Fast food has a negative impact on human body that people should avoid eating it.
"Eat healthy and live healthy" is one of the essential requirements for long life. Unfortunately, today's world has been adapted to a system of consumption of foods which has several adverse effects on health. Life style changes has compelled us so much that one has so little time to really think what we are eating is right! Globalisation has greatly affected one's eating habits and forces them to consume fancy and high calorie fast foods. How does fast food affect our body?.
When you eat fast food, it causes an addictive pattern in your mind but in the end all of you will be overweight lethargic and not feel good about yourself. Something very simple will enter our stomach and it consists of many contents that is called as the killer contents of food such as sodium, fat molecules, sugar molecules. It is a big deal, because when they hit our stomach, good things start happening that means dopamine release in our brain because dopamine and serotonin are going wild. You feel great and this taste is really wonderful.
Then when they are going inside your body that are not so great. Your pancrease is secreting more and more insulin to deal with massive sugar overloaded from the fries from the white bun from the soda. Insulin does one thing a drive sugar into cells but it does something else it tells your body to store fat.
Those fat cells grow in size and they start to secret even more toxic subtances leading to heart disease, diabetes and many other things. All that sodium cause your blood pressure, so your heart is beating twice as fast against twice as much resistance. Moreover, in your brain you no longer are releasing dopamine but instead your brain is signaling you to release cortisol causing stress.
After trying to eat fast food, this doctor gave analysis. There is no more dopamine, there is no more serotonin, even he was letharig and felt unhappy, does not feel about good himself. That is why you feel great when eating it in 30 minutes; however, later you will feel terrible.
In conclusion, fast food has a negative influence on our body; therefore people should avoid consuming it every day and eat healthier and live healthier!
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It's that time of year again when our favorite celebrities are firing up the grill and sipping on cocktails just like the rest of us. Check out who is celebrating the stars and stripes too.
LeBron James, 33, is just one of many celebrities who have been living it up on the Fourth of July. But, rather than celebrate Stateside, the king has been chilling in Italy while on vacation with his family. He's one of a host of our favorite stars who is partying it up on America's birthday. Jessica Alba, 37, shared a boomerang clip of her sipping on a cocktail. The Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel shared a throwback photo of her in a stars and stripes bikini. Meanwhile, it was a family affair for Jon Gosselin who posed in front of the American flag with one of his daughters in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Like King James Kourtney Kardashian, 39, celebrated the holiday in Italy with her kids Mason, 8, Penelope, 5, and Reign, 3, along with boyfriend Younes Bendjima.
Usually, when it comes to celebrity Fourth of July parties Taylor Swift tends to be the go-to person for her girl squad. She didn't have a high profile shindig in 2017, but in previous years she hosted just enough for them to become legendary. Back in 2013 she held her first July 4 party at her home in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Over the years, since then, celebs joining her during those festivities have included TV and film stars like Lena Dunham, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jaime King. Ex boyfriends Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston have also been front and center in previous years.
Other celebs who have shared their Fourth of July celebrations with fans include Bella Thorne, 20, who partied up a storm with her pals in 2017. The Kardashians are also known to throw amazing Independence Day bashes. In 2017 Khloe Kardashian's Fourth of July party included an inflatable slide and gold-tipped ice cream cones. That year Kristen Bell, 37, and husband Dax Shephard, 43, were super cute and wore matching stars and stripes onesies. They posed on Instagram next to a small inflatable swimming pool.
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The oldest railway in Bellechasse RCM began operations in 1855. The Grand Trunk line connecting Charny and Saint-Thomas-de-Montmagny was a crucial portion of the transcontinental railway that helped forge the path to Confederation in 1867. Rapid rail expansion at the turn of the century saw tracks laid throughout the region. Following the decline of rail transport in the latter half of the 20th century, the tracks were gradually abandoned. In 2008, eight municipalities located within the Bellechasse RCM signed a 60 year lease with the Government of Quebec in order to transform the former railway tracks into a vast network of trails. The paved pathways of the Cycloroute de Bellechasse cover 74 km of land spanning eight municipalities. In 2013, the Bellechasse RCM partnered with the Historical Society of Bellechasse to commemorate the railway and the significant role it played in shaping the identities of the eight municipalities in the Bellechasse RCM. Today, 35 interpretive panels tell the story of the railway and of the eight municipalities on route. In addition, three signals mark former railway crossings and three shelters inspired by railway architecture were erected along the path between Saint Henri and Armagh, standing as physical reminders of the past.
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Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson
Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928
My dear Mr. President
The very active propaganda now being carried on in the press respecting the attitude of the Administration towards Russia combined with the fact that Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, and indeed the Russian people, are eagerly awaiting the announcement by the United States of a constructive plan for meeting the present chaotic conditions in Russia leads me to make the following suggestions:(1) The creation of the "Commission for the Relief of Russia". This Commission to be organized generally along the same lines as the "Commission for the Relief of Belgium", except that all of the funds required should be furnished for the time being at least out of your War Fund. This would obviate the necessity of going to Congress for the present for an appropriation.(2) An announcement by you that in order to give some tangible evidence to the world that the United States proposes to stand by Russia and to assist the Russian people in the circumstances in which they find themselves you had concluded to create this Commission and to request Mr. Herbert Hoover to act as its head and that the Commission would act in close conjunction with the State Department and be guided in all questions of foreign policy by the State Department.
I feel sure that you will agree with me that unless the policy of such a Commission is controlled through this Department, so far as it relates to foreign affairs, hopeless confusion will result. Your appointment of Mr. Hughes to assist the Department of Justice in its Aircraft investigation effectively cleared up what bade fair to develop into a most distressing situation. As I pointed out to you after Cabinet on Tuesday, I see signs in Congress and outside of a similar situation arising in connection with Russia unless you give concrete expression to the splendid encouragement you have already extended to the Russian people. I feel sure that Mr. Hoover's appointment to head such a Commission would be widely acclaimed as another evidence of the determination of the United States to assist the Russian people towards the establishment of an orderly Government independent of Germany.
The creation of this Commission would, for the time being, dispose of the proposal of armed intervention. The British, French, Italian and Japanese Governments could be told that armed intervention would have to depend on Mr. Hoover's recommendations after he had proceeded further with his work. Armed intervention to protect the humanitarian work done by the Commission would be much preferable to armed intervention before this work had been begun.
I know you will hesitate to take Mr. Hoover from his present work. I have learned, however, that the organization of the Food Administration has proceeded to such an extent that while much work remains to be done, nevertheless another man could easily step in and effectively continue the work. No doubt Mr. Hoover has told you, as he has me, that our food supply at the present time is most satisfactory and that the present problem is to dispose of properly the enormous supplies we have acquired through stimulation of production. I understand that Mr. Julius Barnes is considered the ablest of Mr. Hoover's assistants and best equipped for his position.
I should very much appreciate an expression of your views with reference to these suggestions.
I am, my dear Mr. President,
Faithfully yours,
Robert Lansing.
Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928, "Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson," 1918 June 13, WWP22403, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.


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2020 Virginia Tech Baseball Preview, Part 2: Player Personnel
By: Cory Van Dyke | Football Beat Writer
John Szefc enters his third season at Virginia Tech. (Photo by Ivan Morozov)
The Virginia Tech baseball season is just about a month away from opening day on February 14. I talked with head coach John Szefc and assistant coaches Ryan Fecteau and Kurt Elbin at length to discuss a variety of topics about the Hokies. This is part two of a three-part article series in the leadup to the start of the season.
The ACC baseball schedule can be a grind. It eats away at even the best of teams. Those teams that survive are the ones with the player personnel in place that provides a combination of depth and talent.
Last year, Virginia Tech had talent within the confines of English Field, but once a slew of injuries knocked out Nick Menken, Reagan Teegarden, Carson Taylor, and Luke Horanski throughout the season in short order, the Hokies didn't have the depth to make up for it.
Heading into the 2020 season, head coach John Szefc believes the team is in a much better place from a player personnel standpoint to survive the gauntlet that they will face.
"We've been working for two and half years now to get it in a good position," Szefc said. "To begin, I would say our player personnel is in a much better place than it has been. It was in a pretty good position last year, then we ran into all those injuries we had. This year, we're a little bit deeper. I believe our pitching and our defense is in a much better place than it had been in the past. Both skill level and depth wise. We could maybe afford to lose a guy and be OK."
Pitching coach Ryan Fecteau has drastically improved Virginia Tech's pitching. (Ivan Morozov)
Ryan Fecteau has already gone above and beyond in commanding a pitching staff that is putting up respectable numbers in Blacksburg. In Fecteau's first year as the pitching coach in 2018 the Hokies ended up with a 5.61 ERA. Last year's staff collectively tallied a 3.98 team ERA, a full 1.63 points lower than the previous year. That was the best team ERA since 1984 when the Hokies went 41-17.
The Gilmanton, New Hampshire native expects more of the same this year after working closely with the group over the fall.
"The core of the pitching staff all returned," Fecteau said. "We pretty much lost [Nic] Enright and [Luke] Scherzer, but the majority of our innings returned especially with [Ian] Seymour and [Chris] Gerard."
The Friday night starter and workhorse of Virginia Tech's rotation, Ian Seymour, returns for his junior season. As a sophomore, Seymour started 13 games and compiled a 4-5 record with a 3.97 ERA. He struck out 81 batters to just 24 walks over 70.1 innings pitched.
Fecteau noted that he's going to carry an even bigger workload in 2020, largely thanks to the place he is physically because of strength and conditioning coach Brian Neal. Otherwise, the focus for Seymour centers on refining his arsenal to become an elite pitcher in the ACC.
"Seymour has always had a really good change up," Fecteau said. "We've made some adjustments with the fastball, trying to pitch a little differently with it, pitch a little more swing-and-miss mentality instead of pitching to contact with it. His cutter has been a great pitch. He just started throwing it last year, so I think that thing is going to keep getting better. It's more just how well he can repeat his delivery. His stuff has always been good. It's just a matter of is he going to really go to a different level with his command, or is he just going to continue to pitch around the zone?"
Southpaw Chris Gerard is expected to return to the rotation after a standout year as a freshman with a 2.77 ERA over 12 starts. The final weekend starter is a toss up, but expect JUCO transfer Anthony Simonelli to throw his name in the hat. The right-handed hurler comes from St. John's River CC, and he previously started six games as a freshman at Coastal Carolina.
"He's the guy, it's a low-to-mid-90's fastball with a power breaking ball, so I think he's the guy that he's probably got a lot of pro potential right now," Fecteau said of Simonelli. "I think he's going to step in and be an immediate impact guy for us."
The Hokies' bullpen starts and ends with Zach Brzykcy. The stuff has never been lacking for Brzykcy, who fires a fastball in the mid-to-upper 90's along with a wipeout slider. It comes down to reigning his stuff in, and the junior began that work this summer in the Cape Cod League, winning Relief Pitcher of the Year in college baseball's premier summer league.
"He came in with a big-time arm and didn't know how to pitch yet. He needed to gain some confidence," Fecteau said. "His sophomore year I thought he made a huge jump. We put him in some big situations right out of the gate that first weekend last year… Then, we were just in so many close games and we couldn't really just wait around for closing situations. We had to start bringing him in in the seventh inning if we felt like the game was on the line.
"The way our team is shaping up, I think we can have him in more of that role this year where he has a little bit better expectation with where he's going to be used in the game. The Cape Cod league, he proved he can be in the zone really effectively with awesome stuff. I think he had one walk the whole summer."
Filling out the backend of the bullpen will be a few veterans in seniors Jaison Heard and Peyton Alford, along with juniors Ryan Okuda, who posted a 1.69 ERA over 32.0 innings, and Nolan Wilson.
"Pitching staff in particular, there's some guys in that staff that have made that staff a really experienced, quality ACC staff," Szefc said. "A lot of it is because of some guys on there that have progressed quickly over the last three semesters."
So who are those newcomers who could play a large role? Fecteau specifically mentioned lefties Henry Weycker and two-way player Gavin Cross as having emerged in the fall. Freshmen like Stephen Restuccio and Mike Grupe possess arm talent that could grow into shape during the season.
"There's some freshman, guys that have a ton of potential, it's just a matter of how they're going to return after an offseason of going home and taking a little break," Fecteau said. "A lot of those freshman make a jump in this two-month period [from winter break to the season beginning]."
Kurt Elbin should have enough hitters this year…if they stay healthy. (Ivan Morozov)
Hitting/Defense
Virginia Tech's offense sputtered down the stretch last year in large part to the aforementioned injuries. The Hokies batted .263 as a team, which was second to last in the ACC. Tech jumped up five spots with a .380 on base percentage. With 2020 on the horizon, hitting coach Kurt Elbin is preaching a simplified mindset to the players.
"For guys to make jumps, they have to be more consistent," Elbin said. "They have to be better at being themselves every single day. That's what I challenge them with. You don't have to hit for more power, you don't have to hit for more average. You just have to be more consistent guys from a clubhouse perspective, on the field and off the field. That's what is going to make them jump."
The lineup will be centered around three returning sophomores in Nick Biddison, Kevin Madden, and Carson Taylor.
Biddison was Mr. Utility for the Hokies in 2019, starting 25 games as the catcher, 23 in center field, two at first, one at third and one in left. He slashed (batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage) .281/.453/.500 with eight home runs and 38 RBIs as a freshman.
"He had a really good summer in the Peninsula," Elbin said. "He came back a better player. His swing is simpler. He's more comfortable in the box. He knows what he needs to work on. He knew his downfalls last year as an offensive player."
Madden will return to third base where he started 50 games last year. He led the Hokies with 62 hits in 2019 and was second on the team with batting average, slashing .316/.362/.423.
"Madden played a little bit in the summer, but came back and lifted all summer," Elbin said. "He's 20 pounds stronger. He's a big dude now. He looks different. He played well this fall."
Taylor is back after starting 36 games last year, with 21 at first, 14 at catcher, and one as designated hitter before a hit by pitch off his hand caused him to miss the final 13 games of the season. He slashed .290/.389/.413 as a freshman.
"Taylor hit I think .600 [in the fall]. He had the best fall from a coaching perspective, one of the best falls I've seen from a hitter," Elbin said. "It was pretty impressive. He didn't get out."
Taylor is expected to catch more in 2020, and he made major strides defensively in the offseason. He'll be joined by freshman Cade Hunter in controlling the pitching staff behind the plate.
"Carson Taylor developed drastically from his freshman fall to his freshman spring and throughout the summer," Szefc said. "If you're struggling behind the plate, it's not going to bode very well for your pitching staff. We have a freshman back there too, Cade Hunter, who will really complement Taylor. The two of those guys work very well together handling the staff. They're fun to watch catch, both of them. I think that will really help the pitching and the defense in general."
5-foot-8, 160-pound freshman Fritz Genther is expected to fill the void left at shortstop with the graduation of Nick Owens. Like Fecteau, Elbin also noted that Gavin Cross is going to be a special player as a two-way star. Elbin was also high on JUCO transfers Spencer Palmer to find a role as a corner infielder and Brennan Reback to bring a dimension that the Hokies haven't had before as a player who stole 61 bases in two years at Central Arizona JC.
"I like a lot of our newcomers," Elbin said. "I think we have probably 12 or 13 guys that we feel comfortable throwing in the lineup. So it's deep as deep can be as long as we stay healthy."
With talent and depth at a place where Virginia Tech hasn't been before, each member of the coaching staff explained that 2020 could be a special season. Results of the past will caution the fanbase from believing too quickly, but those at the next level are already buying into what's built from a player personnel perspective in Blacksburg.
"We go from playing the last two seasons and finishing with sub-.500 records, and not having a competitive record in the ACC. That's a black and white fact," Szefc said. "Now, you have a handful of guys on our roster, if you were just hanging around our offices the last two days, we've had four days of Major League scout meetings where guys will come in and visit with our guys about the upcoming draft and get a feel for who they are and get to know them.
"You go from a team that had a couple guys drafted last year late in the teens and in the 20's, nothing in the top 10 rounds, and now you're looking at a group that just from a talent perspective would appear to be dramatically more talented on paper. When you talk about unique, that's a pretty dramatic change in a short period of time."
"A lot of it is because you have these guys who are draft eligible when last year they weren't, but they're also a year better, a year more experienced, and clearly the professional people think the same thing. If they didn't, they wouldn't be driving all the way to Blacksburg to meet these guys. I think one of the ways the program makes a jump is with more talented, experienced players who have a genuine care about the outcome. Not saying that they didn't last year, because they did, but I think this group has a genuine care to how this season ends and where it's going."
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HokieLXXV says:
Excited for the new season. The improvements in pitching should continue to make us competitive in the league and able to win some of those close games that will get us to the conference tournament and beyond. Coach and his staff are building a program that will take time but are showing steady improvements each year. There are no quick fixes or magic to get us from where we were to where we want to be. A really good sign that we are getting more talented players. Consistent improvement, year after year will be the key to "Building it in Blacksburg."
134435Hokie says:
Encouraging. Maybe this is the turnaround year. Sounds like things going in the right direction. Let's hope we can stay away from the number of injuries we had last year.
Rodant Kapoor says:
Good luck but we'll see.


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Roddy Ricch Has Been Released From Jail After Being Arrested For Gun Possession
Earlier today, we reported that Roddy Ricch was arrested last night for gun possession minutes before he was scheduled to perform at the Governor's Ball in NYC.
The good news is that Roddy Ricch has now been released and all charges against him were dropped.
It was confirmed by the New York Daily News that the case was dismissed in its entirety. He was originally said to be facing four charges: possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device and unlawful possession thereof, as well as criminal possession of a weapon.
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He rose to fame in 2018 with his single, "Die Young", which peaked at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100. Ricch's first two mixtapes, Feed Tha Streets (2017) and Feed Tha Streets II (2018), also received widespread acclaim.
In 2019, Ricch was featured alongside Hit-Boy on Nipsey Hussle's single, "Racks in the Middle", which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance, and on Mustard's Grammy-nominated single "Ballin'", which reached the top 20 of the Hot 100.
Ricch's debut studio album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, was released through Atlantic Records and Bird Vision Entertainment on December 6, 2019, and debuted atop the Billboard 200, becoming his first chart-topping album.
It spawned the Hot 100 number-one single "The Box", which earned him a diamond certification by the RIAA, as well as the top ten single "High Fashion", which features Mustard. Later in 2020, Ricch's feature on DaBaby's single, "Rockstar", became his second number-one single on the Hot 100. His second studio album, Live Life Fast, was released on December 17, 2021.
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Since they were out of beef, we ended up with 2 ham & cheese and 2 chicken Empanadas. Although on the greasier side, we found the pastry to be really crispy and flaky. It was the right thickness where it wasn't heavy or overbearing to eat. As for the fillings, the chicken was our favorite since it was moist and flavorful from the jalapenos and onions. The ham & cheese was too salty for our liking. I'm pretty sure that the flavor profile was pretty much so, but it was just not our personal favorite.
We got the single portion of Shrimp & Chicken Paella which was a decent size and in a deep shade of yellow thanks to the Bijol powder. Hence, the flavour profile was definitely different from the traditional Spanish version (which uses saffron). That is not to say it wasn't good though. The plethora of onions and peppers afforded a certain sweetness and savoriness. The rice was not overcooked while the chicken was sufficiently tender and the shrimp had a sweet snap. Lastly, we shared the Sampler Criollo consisting of roast pork, shredded flank steak Creole style, croquette, rice, black beans, yuca and plantains. If I had to compare, the roast pork was way better than that of the one I had at Padrinos. It was moist and I could really taste the pork. Although the flank steak was stringy and chewy, the flavours from the peppers and stewed tomatoes were intense and rich. The croquettes were not that hot nor that crispy while the yuca was a little firm. The same could be said about the plantains. In the end, we found the food to be decent here and it helped quell the late night munchies.


Myland has announced the recall of three lots of Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Tablets, USP 10mg/500mg.
It is possible that a number of tablets from the affected lots may exceed the weight requirement, essentially causing higher dosage of acetaminophen, resulting in consumers possibility taking more than the intended acetaminophen dose.
This includes product with the following NDC numbers and lot numbers beginning with the letter "C" – The lot number can be found on the side of the manufacturer's bottle.
The Menaflex Collagen Scaffold orthopedic knee device received fast track approval from the FDA to repair and reinforce the meniscus, a C-shaped disk in the knee that acts as a cushion and helps lubricate the joint. Last week, the FDA said approving this device was a mistake. The Food and Drug Administration has taken the unusual step of admitting that it made a mistake when it approved a device used to repair damaged knees.
Now, patients with this device are looking at surgery to have the device removed because it has been absorbed and replaced with new tissue.
The New York Times published an article yesterday, "When Heart Devices Fail, Who Should Be Blamed?" The article puts a nice gloss on how and whether a company and people in charge of a company can properly make amends and taking personal/corporate responsibility.
Manufacturers control the quality of their products. Manufacturers are the first to know when a medical device is dangerous or underperforming. Thus, it is in the best interest of patients, and society in general, for manufacturers to be liable for the safety and effectiveness of their products. To allow a repeat offender, like Guidant, to escape with a fine (that is entirely borne by the shareholders of Boston Scientific) does not hold the guilty parties fully accountable and inevitably undermines patient safety.
Sometimes, personal responsibility is hard to come by. The same can be true of corporate responsibility, which is simply another version of personal responsibility (under the law, corporations are entities capable of suing and being sued, and doing many of the same things that people do).
Heart devices and the companies that manufacture them have had a rocky road the past few years (excluding Medtronic's failed sprint fidelis leads: despite needlessly shocking patients, claims for injuries have been found by a federal trial court to be preempted). These include Guidant, which was subject recall and numerous lawsuits over its defibrillators because of a short-circuiting problem.
Now, Boston Scientific (which acquired Guidant in 2006) has voluntarily recalled all (non-implanted) implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds). An ICD is a device that monitors heart rhythms and delivers life-saving shocks if dangerous rhythms are detected. A CRT-D treats certain types of heart failure by coordinating the pumping of the heart's ventricles. The units recalled fall under the COGNIS, CONFIENT, LIVIAN, PRZM, RENEWAL, TELIGEN and VITALITY lines.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit yesterday issued its opinion in Scroggin v. Wyeth, et al. The opinion is overwhelmingly positive for women and their families who have been injured by the hormone therapy. Donna Scroggins, like many women who took hormone therapy, suffered from breast cancer in both of her breasts and later had both of them removed.
In the underlying 2008 Arkansas trial, the jury found Defendants liable to the tune of $2.75 million in compensatory damages, and $27 million in punitive damages.
Remember Wyeth v. Levine, U.S. Supreme Court decision that held federal approval of labels drug warning labels does not preclude lawsuits under state law claiming inadequate warnings? Well, the government, through the FDA, has now added a final chapter to that story.
The drug at issue in Wyeth v. Levine was Phenergen, an antihistamine. The drug was administered using a method known as an "IV push," however the drug was inadvertently injected into Dina Levine's artery. She developed gangrene, the arm had to be amputated (Diana Levine is a musician, and the tragedy of her injury is simply incomprehensible. See John Bratt's blog post).


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Find an agent that you are comfortable with and you have confidence in. If you need more information about estate agents, view our recent blog on high street vs. online estate agents – this blog covers the advantages and disadvantages of each type of agent.
Make sure you clean and tidy your property throughout, and where possible, make small cosmetic touches this will increase the value. If a room needs painting, or you need to retouch an exterior wall, then it is well worth the time and small expense to make your house more appealing and saleable.
Your estate agent will analyse the value of comparable houses in your area and undertake a valuation of your property in order to help you establish a realistic asking price.
Agree a completion date as soon as you can with the buyer. This way, you both have something to work towards. If you know when everything needs to be completed by, for example in 12 weeks' time, and inform your solicitor (they will also inform the buyer's solicitor), everyone has the same timetable and delays will be prevented.
When receiving any legal documents that don't make sense, or that you disagree with, you should get in contact with your solicitor immediately. Any changes or alterations could cause delays so it's in your best interest to resolve any problems as quickly as possible.
Make sure all correspondence gets to you by ensuring that your solicitor has the correct and most up to date contact information. It's a good idea not to plan any holidays until after you've completed.
If you follow this checklist, you should be able to sell your house quickly. You can find more information and tips on how to sell your house fast on the Quick Move Now website.


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Kvelertak talked to Overdrive about past, present and future!
Posted on April 30, 2014 by Oran
Erlend Hjelvik (Vocals) & Maciek Ofstad (Guitars) of Kvelertak took some time during their recent mini-tour of the UK with Empress and WOUNDS to talk with Overdrive about a possible new album, flying on TOTO's private plane and meeting James Hetfield! Get stuck in!
Overdrive arrives in the almost sleepy town of Wolverhampton to catch up with the lads from Kvelertak on their short but sweet tour, before they embark on a rather nice American tour with the mighty Mastodon and Gojira. We are greeted by the bands tour manager and led to the confines of the bands tour bus, where we find Erland and Maciek relaxing with some Mortal Combat on the games console and a few cold beers.
OD – "Mier" is your second release, how did you approach the recording of this album and was it very different from the first recording experience?
Erlend – Yea, it was different. With the first album we basically just recorded all the songs we had been playing for years. So we had to make a new album from scratch, we spent much less time on it.
Maciek – Well, we started playing a few new songs before the album was done, so I guess it got written in about a year. We had four months at home in Oslo that we were actually working on the songs to try and get it finished. It was pretty hectic from just touring, touring, touring and then getting home and having four months to put it all together. It turned out well and we are all happy with the finished result.
OD – There is a very unique sound to Kvelertak that is completely original. It would seem that you take great care in considering various styles and incorporate them through the music. Can you elaborate a little more on how you have crafted such an original sound?
Erlend – It was a lot simpler when we started out with the band. We just had a mix between Rock and Metal, but since there has been much more influences in the music and I'll credit that to out guitarist Bjarte Lund Rolland. He is the main song writer in the band and he basically listens to pretty much everything and that's why I love his song writing. He can fit all these different elements in there and it never sounds forced. He always thinks in terms of whole songs, if you know what I mean.
Maciek – Yea, it just comes naturally for him and never forced.
OD – With all of your releases, you have used the artwork of the incredible John Blaizley, how did this come about?
Erlend – He actually contacted us! Apparently this is the first time he has ever done that with any other band besides his own (Baroness). What happened was, he got a promo before we released the first album from his tour manager and he just liked the music. He then sent us an email telling us that he really liked our band and if we ever needed any artwork done, that he would love to do it. So, we asked him to do the artwork for the first album and it just happened. We were all pretty blown away, as we are all big fans of Baroness and especially of his artwork too.
OD – When you are creating the cover artwork, was John given 100% freedom or did you have an idea of what you wanted?
Erlend – I just gave him the lyrics and explained what the songs are about and we just let him do his thing. That's pretty much how we like to do things when it comes to music videos and shirt designs. I feel that it just get's better if you give the person doing it some freedom.
OD – Can you explain the finished artwork on both of the album's and is there a connection between the two images?
Erlend – I don't think the first and second album have much to do with each other. It's mostly lots of different elements from the lyrics that John blends in together. I can recognise some stuff that relate to the lyrics when I look at it and that's cool.
OD – With the surge in vinyl popularity, there is more focus on album covers and packaging for records, as we spoke about with your own releases. Would I be correct in assuming that you are vinyl collectors?
Erlend – Yea, I have some. I like to collect some pieces but since we have been so busy on the tour I'm kind of worried about bringing them home because sometimes they get bent in my luggage. I guess I will have to get some special luggage to carry it with me. (Laughs)
OD – Are there any particular album covers or music artwork that you admire or stick out from memory?
Erlend – Probably the first artwork that I can remember from when I was five years old and was living in Holland. My friend next door had an older brother and his room was just covered in Iron Maiden posters. That's the first thing that I remember in terms of album covers.
Maciek – The first one that I remember is my Uncle had a Metallica poster with the skull that they used to use. I don't think it's an album cover, I think it's more of a single release they had. It was the skull getting cracked with a hand or I think it was some wooden clubs with spikes in a skull.
OD – I think your talking about "Damaged Inc"?
Maciek – Yea, that's it. I thought that was so fucking scary. I was four or five years old and I just thought it was so cool.
OD – Are there any plans to release your 2007 demo "Westcoast Holocaust" on vinyl in the future?
Erlend – I think we are just gonna let that die (laughs)! The only thing we have done is put one track (Snilepisk) from the that demo as a B side on Bruane Brenn 7″. It sounds almost shittier on there as it does on the actual demo (laughs).
Maciek – It's also pretty funny to hear it seeing as it's re-recorded. To hear the old version is even more funny.
Erlend – That was also the first song we ever recorded.
OD – You have been touring relentlessly since "Mier" was released early last year, have you any plans to take a break and begin recording some new material, or have you been already?
Erlend – We barely have got started! We have this tour coming up in America with Mastodon and Gojira and a bunch of festivals in the Summer.We then plan to take some time off this coming Fall and start to work on the third album. So hopefully is won't be as long as a time gap between the fist album and the second (Meir).
OD – You are about to embark on a tour with Mastodon and Gojira next month, this will be a spectacular tour no doubt. Have you ever shared a tour with either of the bands or perhaps a festival in the past, or is this the first time?
Erlend – Yea, we played Soundwave in Australia almost 2 years ago and we have done side show's together with both Mastodon and Gojira and it just worked really well. I think that's why this tour was put together. The Mastodon guys really liked the package and wanted to do a whole tour and we are really glad that it finally happened.
OD – KVELERTAK are a prime example of how healthy the heavy/punk/metal/rock scene is at the moment, do you have any particular bands that you are currently inspired by, or have taken a liking to?
Erlend – It's kind of a difficult question as everybody in the band is listening to different things. There is not really just one band that we all listen to at the moment. I think we just get inspired by being on the road with bands and seeing them perform. Mastodon have been a real inspiration for us and even bands like Torche and Converge. I think its just inspiring to watch a great band perform every night.
OD – Have you enjoyed this recent tour with WOUNDS and EMPRESS?
Erlend – They are all great guys. It's been a really short tour but they are really nice bunch of guys. It's been short and sweet but really fun to be on the road with them.
Maciek – Yea, it's only been less than a week but I'm liking what I'm hearing. We are heading off to Desert Fest in London on our own after these shows.
OD – When can we expect a new Kvelertak album?
Erlend – No guarantees but possibly next year. (He asks Maciek) Is that a long-shot?
Maciek – Maybe next year! (laughing)
Erlend – We will see how long it takes from when we start the writing process.
OD – What has been the most stand out memory for you over the last four years since the release of your debut?
Erlend – There has been some really crazy stuff over the years, like ending up on TOTO's plane.
Maciek – Yea, that was cool! Flying on TOTO's private plane!
OD – Did it have a be-jeweled interior?
Erlend – It was pretty ordinary, but you could turn the seats all the way around. They had swivel seats on the plane. That was cool. (Laughs). I have said this a bunch of times before in interviews, but really the craziest thing that has happened to us was the last headline tour that we did in America. We were in San Francisco and the Crown Prince and Princess of Norway were coming to the show. There was a very big press thing with Norwegian media and it was kind of weird because we were playing Slim's which is a medium sized venue at best.
OD – Did they make it to the show?
Maciek – Yea, we had to meet them do all this press. Norwegian BBC was there and it was a really big deal. Kind of weird/surreal but very cool.
Erlend – At the same show, the chef who works at the place told me that James Hetfield (Metallica) had called and was looking for a guest list to the show and I thought he was just kidding but when we were on stage, I looked over and he was standing on the side of the stage and that was insane. Also, to top it off Rob Flynn (Machine Head) was taking pictures of the whole thing down in the photo pit and had asked for an official photo pass.
Kvelertak are currently on tour in America with Mastodon and Gojira. The bands latest album "Meir" is now available via Roadrunner Records.
Words – Oran O'Beirne
Photography – Steve Dempsey – Down The Barrel Photography


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Vancouver Police: from forensic fumbling to racial profiling
A cliffhanger. That's how the murder trial of Dennis Knibbs ended it's third day on Thursday.
Michael Vandenaneele, a former cocaine addict turned journeyman welder, testified that he dropped by the New Wings Hotel to buy cocaine the night of April 4, 2005. He was chatting with the desk clerk, when he saw Dennis "Rocka" Knibbs and his cousin Ian Liscombe come down the stairs with a "guy in arms". The guy was "a very close friend of Ekoh's" – Ekoh being a nickname for Nabib, one of the men Knibbs is accused of shooting that night. Liscombe and Knibbs were yelling at the man they were holding, demanding to know Ekoh's whereabouts, whether he was in the building. When they got to the first landing, they told the guy to get out of the building.
Liscombe and Knibbs then stood around on the landing. "We were congregating, talking," Vandenaneele recalled. A few minutes later, a native guy living in Room 15, Charlie being his surname, came out of his room. "That drew Ian's attention", Vandenaeele said. "Ian asked him if he had seen Ekoh or if Ekoh was in his room."
Liscombe was headed back upstairs with Knibbs trailing when, Vandenaneele says, he doesn't know "what possessed" Liscombe to first walk over to Room 15 and open the door. The door opened about 18 inches, and then slammed back in Liscombe's face. "Rocka was right behind Ian trying to push the door. Rocka was pushing higher on the door 'cause he's a little taller than Ian." Then Vandenaneele spotted the shot gun: "I could see about 2 feet of a barrel….when the door flew open, you could see the barrel of the gun." The witness who went over the sequence of events a couple of times said, "That's when one gun went off, I seen Ian fall to the floor."
It was here that spectators were left hanging. Who was on the other side of the door when the gun went off. Who was holding the shot gun? Was it Ekoh? Ekoh of course ended up dead.
Vandenaneele's story is corroborated by testimony given this morning by Laura Lee Wayne, an admitted prostitute and daily user of "rock" cocaine and sometimes heroin. Wayne, a thin 25 year old with bangs and neck length brown hair with an obvious auburn rinse, lived at the New Wings at the time the shootings occurred. She had been upstairs "getting ready" to go out to work as a prostitute, when she heard a loud noise downstairs, followed by several more loud noises. When she went down, she saw Knibbs standing near Room 15. "I heard him say, 'He shot my cousin first.'" His voice sounded "scared" to her. She also saw a shot gun sticking out of a bag on the floor, which she said she picked up and took downstairs to police, although the transcript of her earlier police interview has her saying she "got caught with the shot gun."
Statements made in a police interview by another witness, Susan Panich, an admitted cocaine addict, also dove tails with Vandenaneele's testimony. Panich, a skinny 45 year old with brownish blond shoulder length hair, was living with her boyfriend Ian Liscombe at the New Wings when he was killed. She and Liscombe sold drugs. In her view, Liscombe and his cousin Knibbs got along "very well". But she acknowledged that there was some animosity between Liscombe and Echo, the latter whom the prosecutor described as having a "dark complexion and a goatee". In her view, Echo "was jealous of Ian." who was more successful at selling drugs. "He tried to cut Ian's grass", she said, explaining that she meant "take his customers away." She testified that Echo hit Liscombe over the head with a bat, requiring 1 ½ -2 inches of stitches. "Echo was barred out of the hotel the day he hit Ian on the back of the head."
The prosecutor asked Panich to recall "any conversation you may have heard between Rocka and Ian about 'roughing someone up'". But he could get no acknowledgement from her that any such conversation had occurred. The prosecutor pointed to a section of the transcript of her interview with police, asking her to read it, "Does it help you recall any conversation?' She would concede only that Liscombe was "a little pissed off."
In addition to reluctant witnesses in withdrawal, today saw the return of the VPD's mistake prone forensics expert, Constable Mark Christensen. Yesterday, Christensen had admitted that his report had falsely identified a large bullet hole as being on the left side of a victim's chest and a small one being on the right side when in fact it was "the opposite."
Today Christensen came to court armed with a voluntary admission that he had incorrectly reported the condition of the shot gun when it was delivered to him from the New Wings crime scene. When he opened the bag and removed the shot gun, the slide containing a fingerprint of Knibbs' was not in a forward position as he had reported yesterday, but back. And the chamber was not closed as he had reported, but open.
Christensen also acknowledged that in his 2005 report, he had mistakenly identified a fingerprint on the shot gun as being from the left "ring" finger when in fact it was from the left "middle" finger. "I wrote the wrong thing down in my report," Christensen said. "You made a mistake", defense lawyer Glen Orris asserted, driving the point home as the jury listened. "So you've worked your way back from patrol since then?", Orris kidded him. "I'm not infallible", Christensen politely retorted, adding that he'd like that fact noted on the record, and shown to his wife. Laughter.
Christensen excused his false identification of the fingerprint as being from a left "ring" finger instead of a left "middle" finger as a "typographical error". He was prone to that excuse. He had used it yesterday when it was pointed out that he had identified Constable McLaughlin, the officer who had taken the crime scene photos, by an incorrect badge number in his report. [McLaughlin had taken the crime scene photos, Christensen explained, with a camera with a malfunctioning flash. Many "didn't turn out" and had to be taken again at a later date.]
There was one mistake made by the VPD in this case, though, that could prove more embarrassing than any made by Constable Christensen, a mistake inadvertently revealed by Orris: racial profiling. As Orris and the judge reviewed sections of the transcripts of an interview police conducted shortly after the murders with Laura Wayne, a 23 yr. old resident of the New Wings, Orris mentioned that the VPD questioner had "asked her about her relationship to black guys", specifically if it was a "pimping" relationship. Wayne, who looks Caucasian but has been identified by police as "native", told police that this was not the case, that she was "an independent".
Laura Wayne did not appear to be under Knibb's control, although she was living with him in Room 50 until "they shut the Wings down" after the shootings. "We were sort of seeing each other but not really", she testified. She had actually developed a "boyfriend-girlfriend" relationship with another New Wings resident, John Whalen, whom she called John Jr.
Laura Wayne did not make herself easy for a man to control, as the beleaguered prosecutor found out: she barked at him in response to questions, once saying "Fuck!"under her breathe, and twice firmly chastised him, "I think you've established that!" Her rebellious nature also permeated the police interrogation of her immediately following the shootings. When prodded about her drug use, she told police, "I'm a professional; I should get a badge for it". She went on to say, "It's like taking a shit and wiping your ass. I do it everyday
Overall, testimony today opened wider the window onto one of the worst addresses on the Downtown Eastside. Tenants behind "every second door" of the New World Hotel had drugs for sale, according to Panich. "Ian, John, Rocka, Susan, Teeth, and Donnie", were selling drugs out of there, according to Van Vandenameele. Two machetes were found slid between the mattress and the box spring in Room 15, according to Christensen, and a bullet was found on the floor as well as a couple of shell casings. Lots of small clear plastic baggies were found in the room too, the type Christensen knew to be used to package drugs for sale. And drugs were found in the pocket of a beige coat. Police style batons were not an uncommon sight, according to Panache: "A lot of the guys have them". Knibbs' had such a baton in his hand as he stood in the hall after the shootings, according to Wayne. Liscombe had a handgun in his room according to Pinach, a handgun which Wayne told police he carried in his pocket "like a fuckin' wallet".
A reminder that the New Wings world was not confined to a few bad blocks on the Downtown Eastside came during questioning of Constable Christensen. Orris asked about a search warrant listing blood stained clothing, a police style baton, and a 38 caliber revolver, served to a "young woman who was obviously frightened" at 1421 East 2nd Ave. A nicer neighbourhood.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority recently announced the annual results of the TVA Investment Challenge, naming Belmont College of Business Administration investment students the fifth-ranked performers out of 24 regional schools. As such, the College will receive more than $5,000 from profits earned for the year. Under the direction of Dr. John Gonas and graduate student Joseph Mosby, students outperformed the S&P 500 index by 11.84 percent in 2009. As of Dec. 31, 2009, the student-managed portfolio was valued at $297,161 (up from $214,866 at the end of 2008).
The investment portfolio is managed primarily by students in an undergraduate laboratory course format. Each class of new students spends time learning practical investment strategies while making transactions in the portfolio. The class format is designed to allow finance students to hone their skills in a "real world" environment and allow other students across campus to build their own investment disciplines. Participation is open to all students.
In addition to the TVA portfolio, Belmont students manage the Bruin Fund, a university endowment created by a local donor. The Bruin Fund was created to allow students to practice investment skills while providing financial support to Belmont's library.
Both funds are managed from the Jack C. Massey Financial Information Center, a simulated Wall Street-like trading floor located on the first floor of the College of Business Administration. This special laboratory for finance students, the first of its kind in a Tennessee university, was made possible by gifts from Barbara Massey Rogers and Clayton McWhorter.


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Siebel touts online wares at Comdex
Siebel Systems CEO Tom Siebel takes the stage to tout his company's server software and online services.
Stephen Shankland
November 18, 2003 11:00 PM PST
LAS VEGAS--Reflecting the Comdex trade show's emphasis on corporate computing, Siebel Systems Chief Executive Tom Siebel took the stage Tuesday to tout his company's server software and online services.
Siebel sells customer relationship management (CRM) software that is used for corporate tasks such as tracking technical support requests, analyzing sales leads and recording customer purchases. The software typically runs on a company's server, but in an hour-long demonstration, Siebel also touted an online version called CRM OnDemand that is sold through a partnership with IBM.
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Siebel said his company will promote its CRM OnDemand service heavily in 2004, including a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign.
"We'll develop a very large-scale, go-to-market effort in 2004, perhaps one of the most significant efforts in 2004," Siebel said.
Companies can tap Siebel's CRM OnDemand service over the Internet using a Web browser for $70 per user per month. It competes with services from competitors such as Salesforce.com.
Siebel's service reflects the industry's interest in utility computing, in which customers pay for the computing capacity they need rather than installing all the hardware and software they anticipate needing.
Typically, that means they rely on a business partner to administer hardware and software, paying only to access it.
That business partner, in turn, can offer the service to several companies so it can benefit from economies of scale.
In his talk, Siebel also said companies must embrace Web services, a suite of Internet communication standards that let businesses tie together computing operations and data. The Web services concept is the latest in a number of profound changes that have swept across the computing in industry recent decades, forcing companies to adapt or expire, Siebel said.
"I think the next major shift we see is to utilize Web services," Siebel said.
To embrace that shift, the company signed development deals to ensure that its software works with the two dominant foundations for Web services: .Net from Microsoft and Java 2 Enterprise Edition, which was created by Sun Microsystems but is now promoted by many companies. Siebel's J2EE partnership, for example, is with IBM.
Web services will glue together disparate CRM applications, such as those between a company and its sales channel partners, Siebel said. This glue becomes more important as companies move operations overseas, expand to overseas markets such as Singapore or China and outsource corporate operations.
Siebel also discussed his company's strategy in expanding to every corner of the CRM market. He said the company won't expand into a new niche until it believes it can attain at least 50 percent market share.
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He later pointed to a series of acquisitions that were required to help the company achieve that goal.
Among the acquisitions that fit this pattern was Paragren in 2000, BoldFish in 2003, OnLink Technologies in 2003 and Motiva in 2003. Siebel also acquired UpShot, which has a similar service to CRM OnDemand that Siebel will eventually assimilate.
During a press conference, Siebel said that the company's goal is to combine the best from CRM OnDemand and UpShot into a new service that will use the OnDemand brand name. The company expects to have it ready by summer 2004.
UpShot customers will be able to use the existing UpShot service as long as they want, but Siebel will offer a free upgrade to the new service, he said.
Achieving dominant market share is crucial in the software industry, he said. In this market, "the leaders will have 50 percent share, the second 15 percent, the third 10 (percent), and the rest fragmentary. When (the market) turns down, it tends to be only the market leader that can generate cash. The others get cleansed out," he said. Consequently, "We are very careful about entering markets."
ZDnet's Dan Farber contributed to this report.
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YouView's Going to Spy On You, Phoning Home With What You Watch and When
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Your brand new YouView box is going to be tracking your every move, err, watch. The internet-connected box will tell broadcasters that, yes, you do actually watch I'm a Celebrity and EastEnders, no matter how many times you tell people you don't.
All your embarrassing TV watching will be tracked and analysed, just like your clicks, views and comments on the web. This makes for a landmark change to the way broadcasters work. Normally, apart from the pay-per-view and streaming services, TV people just send their signal out into the ether and hope you're watching. They get viewing statistics from a small, select bunch of tracked nation-summing goggle box-watchers, but Joe Bloggs on the street is free to watch anything and everything away from the prying eyes of the networks.
YouView's planning to build Google-style profiles on people, recording your every watching secret. No doubt said tracking will involved adverts too, so YouView can then get a better idea of whether ads are actually watched or not. According to YouView, the data collected with be anonymised, but the scary thing is YouView has staff from the much maligned US-based Phorm big brother-style tracking company.
Should you be worried about this? Probably not. Do you even care whether people know what kinds of TV programs you watch? I can't say it really bothers me. Apart from the odd show here and there like Have I Got News For You and sport, most of my TV watching comes over streaming anyway, so I'm already being tracked. Still, I hope YouView puts some sort of opt-out facility in the mix, for those that are paranoid everyone's watching them. [The Independent]
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All I Need to Know From the Right I Learned From Heath Ledger
It's no surprise that the Far Right is populated with homophobes. But the publicity surrounding Heath Ledger's death has taken this hatred to a surrealistic new level. First off, FOX douchebag John Gibson goes off on a ridiculously stupid rant just hours after the news of Ledger's death was announced. Then Fixed News started running stories such as "Ledger's Death - A Wake Up Call for Hollywood?" - even as the reports on the events surrounding his death (the apartment was owned by one of the Olson twins! - Wait - no it wasn't. Pills were spilled all around! - Wait, no they weren't - scratch that! Illegal drugs were found in the apartment! Wait...sorry...my bad - no there were no illegal drugs found.)
Then Fred Phelps vowed to take his spawn up to New York and protest the funeral of an alpha-male character who played a fictitious character.
Then, things get weird.
Wrestler Ultimate Warrior posts a weird ass, rambling remark on his blog about Heath Ledger's death. One memorable quote: "His kid is without a father, yes, but the negative influence is now removed and his own child has the chance for a full recovery."
Apparently, Heath was taking the wrong drugs. If he used steroids, well, then, you're cool.
Finally - fresh the Limbaugh site - the early review of the Rambo movie.
Special highlights: "Rambo schools some liberal do-gooders on evil" and "Yes, you do need to see this movie."
Awesome - a lead foreign policy also leads the pack of the Five Most Ill-Conceived Action Figures ever made.
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1934 , June-16
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Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
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Bill Cobbs, born as Wilbert Francisco Cobbs, is an American actor who has more than 190 acting credits in his name since 1974 and still adding to it. He is very famous for his appearance in The Brother from Another Planet, I'll Fly Away, The Hitter, The Michael Richards Show. Also, he has made his guest appearance in the show such as The Sopranos, Walker, and Texas Ranger.
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Bill Cobbs was born as Wilbert Francisco Cobbs on June 16, 1934, in Cleveland, Ohio, the U.S under the birth sign Gemini to a father who worked in construction and to a mother who was a domestic worker. He s of American nationality while he belongs to the Afro-American ethnicity.
As per the source, he is the second cousin of James Baskett. Apart from this, there is no single information regarding his early life such as education and siblings.
He has a tall height of 6 feet 1 inch.
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Bill Cobbs has a net worth of around $4 million from his more than four-decade of his career. As an actor, he has more than 190 acting credits and as a producer, he has around 5 credits, so no doubt he has earned all of his worth from his involvement in the entertainment industry.
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While talking about his career, he made his acting debut from his appearance in the movie named The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Following years he was cast in the TV movie named First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson as George.
Some of his notable work includes The Brother from Another Planet, Compromising Positions, Trading Places, Dominick and Eugene, The Slap Maxwell Story, The Hard Way, Carolina Skeletons, That Thing You Do!, Air Bud, The Gregory Hines Show, The Michael Richards Show, My Wife, and Kids, Sweet Deadly Dreams, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Back in the Game, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Here is the list of his movie appearance which has earned a huge amount in box office collection.
That Thing You Do! - $34.58 million
Demolition Man - $159 million
Also, he is set to appear in upcoming projects such as Pencil Town, Sabora Mi, Bill, and the Eco Stars Adventures and The Interims: When Between Time & Place.
Prior to becoming an actor, he worked as a radar technician for eight years in the United States Air Force. Also, he served in office products at IBM and sold cars in Cleveland. When he was around 35 and 36, he moved to New York to pursue his career in the acting sector.
Who Is Bill Cobbs Wife?
The 86 years old, Bill Cobbs is a married man as per several reliable sources, whoever the detail on his personal matter is missing.
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Wendy Williams Snaps at Suge Knight for Accusing Her of 'Never Treating' Him Right
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In the latest episode of her talk show, guest Ray J helps deliver his message, 'Tell Wendy don't ask no questions about me or Death Row because she never treated me right or said anything nice about me.'
AceShowbiz - Wendy Williams couldn't hide her disappointment after hearing what Suge Knight said about her. In the Thursday, December 5 episode of her self-titled talk show, Ray J appeared as a guest and helped the record producer deliver his message to the 55-year-old TV host.
Sitting down with Wendy, Ray noted that Suge told him to deliver a message to Wendy after he knew that the "Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood" alum would be going to the show. Ray told Wendy, "He said, 'Tell Wendy don't ask no questions about me or Death Row because she never treated me right or said anything nice about me.' "
Wendy instantly snapped after that, shouting, "Get out of here Suge! Get out of here with that! I've always treated you right and all I do is report what's going on." She then brought up the former music mogul's legal trouble as saying, "It's not my fault you ran over a man, backed up and ran him over again. That is not my fault. I am fair. I am fair Suge."
Wendy was referring to the 2015 incident involving Suge and two men. In January of that year, the Death Row Records founder crashed his car into two men, killing Terry Carter, and fled the scene in Compton, California. Witnesses claimed that Suge followed the men to a burger stand parking lot after an argument on the "Straight Outta Compton" film set, and that the collision looked intentional. In his defense, Suge claimed that he only acted in self-defense. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
Following a series of court hearings, Suge pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 28 years in prison in September 2018. He is now incarcerated at RJ Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.
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By Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, Joel B. Teitelbaum
Given the national reckoning around structural inequity, racism, and intractable health inequalities, there is an unrequited demand among faculty and scholars who teach and write about health equity and social justice for texts that go beyond a discussion of the social determinants of health and access to care to provide analysis that offers a structural and legal lens for understanding entrenched health inequity in the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made the need for this approach more compelling and urgent. Addressing that need, authors Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler and Joel Teitelbaum have built upon and expanded their first edition with Essentials of Health Justice: Law, Policy and Structural Change, Second Edition. This unparalleled new edition explores the historical, structural, and legal underpinnings of racial, ethnic, gender-based, and ableist inequities in health, and provides a framework for students to consider how and why health inequity is tied to the ways that laws are structured and enforced. Additionally, it offers analysis of potential solutions and posits how law may be used as a tool to remedy health injustice. Written for a wide, interdisciplinary audience of students and scholars in public health, medicine, and law, as well as other health professions, this accessible text discusses both the systems and policies that influence health and explores opportunities to advocate for legal and policy change by public health practitioners and policymakers, physicians, health care professionals, lawyers, and lay people. Key Features: • Contextualizes health justice through examination of theoretical underpinnings and historical social justice movements • Provides analysis of how law and policy structure injustices that harm health and drive health inequities • Includes chapters on key systems and policies that drive health injustice – e.g., inequities in socioeconomic status, place-based inequities, the carceral state – and populations whose health is harmed – People of Color, immigrants, women, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities • Provides discussion and analysis of current legal and policy proposals and of possible options for the future • Offers learning objectives and key terms in each chapter. Discussion questions/answers for each chapter are available to faculty adopting the text • Includes Navigate eBook access (with the printed text) for convenient online or offline reading of the text from a computer, tablet, or smart phone.
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Post-Prologue: European Ford GT Holds Its Own
The other two Ford GTs that will assault Le Mans get a workout
By Steve Cole Smith March 28, 2016
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We've seen the two U.S.-based Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs plenty this year – at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring – but we haven't seen the two England-based Ganassi Ford GTs until this weekend, at "The Prologue," which is the coming-out party for the cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The Ford GT assault on the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, in hopes of duplicating the historic Ford GT win at Le Mans in 1966, 50 years ago – includes four cars: The two from Ganassi's shop in Indianapolis, and these two, fielded by Multimatic, which built the cars at its Canadian company.
The Prologue takes place at Circuit Paul Ricard in the south of France. For these two Ford GTs, the learning curve will be steep, as the team will compete in just two races – the 6 Hours of Silverstone and the 6 Hours of Spa – before arriving at Le Mans in a little over two months.
And the result was good. Overall, the two Ford GTs were fourth and fifth in all the GT cars, behind a pair of Ferraris and a Chevrolet Corvette. At the very top of the class: The two Porsche LMP1 Prototypes, ahead of a Toyota and an Audi.
"This is only the second time we've been on track with the full team and I'm pleased with how well everyone is working together," said Ford GT Team Principal George Howard-Chappell. "We've managed to do a lot of laps here, steadily building up the mileage on the Ford GTs; this is an endurance championship after all. Where we are in relation to the competition will become clear at Silverstone."
Both WEC Ford GTs have been running at The Prologue with the full Le Mans line-ups taking the wheel over the course of the two-day test. In the No. 66 Ford GT, Stefan Mücke has shared driving duties with Olivier Pla and Billy Johnson.
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"The team is really coming together now," said Mücke. "The three of us like the same things in the car so driver comfort won't be an issue for us. We have completed some good race simulation work and I'm very happy to say there is a good feeling in the team and I think we have a good season ahead of us."
The No. 67 Ford GT has seen Marino Franchitti teamed with Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell.
"It's really good to be on track with our competition for the first time," said Franchitti, brother of IndyCar champ Dario. "We're a new team so we're still finding our way but there is already a great camaraderie between the two Ford GT crews. To win in the WEC everything has to be perfect. It's going to be a dogfight but we're looking forward to the battle."
Although the official pre-season test is now over, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing is remaining at Circuit Paul Ricard to complete an endurance test on Monday and Tuesday. The first race of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship: Silverstone in England April 17.


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DEA Identifies Ringleaders of Tijuana Violence
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Published January 8, 2009 at 12:39 PM PST
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has published a poster of 10 men it believes are locked in violent battle for drug trafficking routes through Tijuana, Mexico.
The poster released Thursday shows rare photos of Fernando Sanchez Arellano, identified by the DEA as a leader of the Arellano Felix cartel, and Eduardo Teodoro Garcia Simental, identified as his archrival.
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ACG's R&D gets boost with new mega vegetarian capsules facility in Maharashtra
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This move follows Narendra Modi government's push to replace animal origin gelatin with plant-based cellulose capsules.
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Karan Singh, managing director of Mumbai-based ACG, told ET that the company has land allotted by the Maharashtra government and plans to take advantage of the Centre's production linked incentive (PLI) scheme.
According to the announcement, the upcoming facility is expected to generate approximately 1000 direct and indirect jobs in the region by 2023.
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Setting new industry benchmarks will use automation and industry 4.0 technologies to reduce resource intensity while ensuring products meet or exceed the highest global manufacturing practices (GMP).
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Picture Gallery: Opera Australia's La Traviata
A sneak peek at Opera Australia's revival production of Verdi's La Traviata which opens on Thursday night in the newly refurbished the Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre at the Sydney Opera House.
The popular Moshinsky production will be recreated by revival director Constantine Costi with Nicole Car in the title role and Ji Min Park as Alfredo. The season runs on selected evenings till 27 March with a matinée on 17 March. Scroll down to see all 6 images from this sumptuous production. Photo credit Prudence Upton.
Nicole Car as Violetta Valéry in Opera Australia's 2018 production of La Traviata at the Sydney Opera House.
Ji-Min Park as Alfredo Germont and Nicole Car as Violetta Valéry
Anna Dowsley as Flora Bervoix, Tom Hamilton as Marquis D'Obigny and the Opera Australia Chorus
Nicole Car as Violetta Valéry and Vitaliy Bilyy as Giorgio Germont
Nicole Car as Violetta Valéry and Ji-Min Park as Alfredo Germont in Opera Australia's 2018 production of La Traviata at the Sydney Opera House.
Gennadi Dubinsky as Doctor Grenvil and Nicole Car as Violetta Valéry
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