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Adam Levine is, well, in misery.
After his Sports Illustrated swimsuit model girlfriend of two years, Anne Vyalitsyna, dumped him, she announced it to the world April 2 without giving him a heads-up.
"It was a cheap shot," a pal tells the new issue of Us Weekly (out now). "Anne didn't want it to look like he broke up with her."
The Maroon 5 frontman and Voice mentor, 33 — who was home in L.A. when Vyalitsyna broke up with him from NYC — "was blindsided," says a Levine pal. "Adam's heartbroken. He wasn't even fully sure they were really broken up."
Though Levine didn't predict a split, friends of the couple saw it coming. "Anne said he didn't pay her enough attention," a friend of the model, 26, tells Us.
Another gripe: Levine wasn't planning to propose anytime soon. "As a woman, you get to a point where you want to get married," an insider explains. "Adam wasn't ready to take that step."
For more details on their split — including how Vyalitsyna is already "telling people she wants to meet guys" — pick up the new issue of Us Weekly, out now!


There are several printers out there in the market. Each of these printers have a distinct feature. If one is suited for home, the other is suited for productive office work. But there aren't really any printers out there that are made specifically for kids. All the other regular printers are often pretty complex for the kids to understand, and also a bit dangerous for them as well. So the kids need a printer that is easy to use and also fun and safe while the kids are working with it.
Toybox is the first ever one-touch 3D printer for kids and is also extremely easy to use. Now your kids can design and print their own toys. It comes with an enormous toy catalog. Also, it creates no mess. Toybox offers affordable fun for the whole family. The creators of Toybox hope this product bridges the tricky gap between affordability and quality. Many 3D printers on the market today struggle to hit that middle ground. But Toybox claims to have figured out this his allows you to keep Toybox right on your desktop for instant printing fun. You can upload yproblem.
Your kids will be able to create each build using some very familiar controls. The printer has to offer an expansive library of content. This library consists of over 500 toys. Toybox also works as a platform to upload designs and share them with other builders, too. This helps in making your designs well known and this makes them well accepted. One of the most interesting features is the ability to draw a build within the app. This is definitely going to be appealing, particularly to younger designers.
Just press one button and watch your toys come to life. This makes play time much more fun for your kids. There are many engaging games, blocks, or any other toy your kids can think of. So now you can print with endless possibilities. Toybox comes with an advanced technology. This means precision details will bring your toys to life faster than ever before. Toybox comes with a one-touch technology. It also offers an ever growing toy catalog. This means fun for the whole family. All materials are kid-friendly. Tour own designs to create your own toys or draw them and bring your creations to life.
The printer itself comes in at 9- x 7-inches. It is capable of pushing out up to 60mm of filament per second. A touchscreen display sits on the base for controlling some features. But the bulk of the work is handled within the iOS or Android app. The free iOS and Android app lets you easily set up and start printing.
One Filament At A Time.
Toybox allows only one filament color at a time to be handled. But you can change different hues if it is required to complete more complex projects. One roll is of 1.75mm-thick filament. It is said to manage consisting up to 300 toys. So this allows you are to get plenty of use on each refill. Toybox supplies biodegradable corn-based filament. This filament is designed specifically with younger builders in mind while leaping out on the likely hazardous ingredients some other printers use.
Toybox hit Indiegogo a few days ago. Toybox had an initial goal of $40,000 and it has almost reached to $20,000 already. Initially, an early bird price of $259 will deliver a unit in January of 2018 if it all goes according to plan. Each packaging of a Toybox includes the Toybox itself and one roll of 3D ink.
Jumping up to $319 will supposedly ensure holiday delivery. The $325 orders will bring eight units of filament for more fun right out of the box. The Toybox 3D printer is expected to go out in the retail market next year for almost $400.


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Why I Dumped iPhone 6S For Samsung Galaxy S8
By Marc Thomas / July 25, 2017 July 25, 2017 / Android Hardware, Apple iOS Devices
Like a long running marriage breakdown, akin to a Burton-Taylor novella, Apple and I finally parted ways no more than three weeks ago – for the second time I might add – in an often acrimonious and bitter war of tastes. It had been no more than an arranged marriage really, having been thrown together on a must-needs basis; very much a state of convenience if you like. And boy did we argue; usually due to her stubborn, one dimensional view of the world, whereas I always preferred a more open, flexible marriage, not bound by fixed boundaries and constant nagging. Of course, the killer for her were my constant wandering eyes and if it weren't for the timely intervention of a family member, we may still be rolling around on the floor knocking ten bells out of each other.
You see, I'm a curve man and my wandering eyes were immediately seduced by the Galaxy S7 Edge which made its graceful entrance onto the world's stage some fifteen months ago, when I was still in a long term relationship with my old flame, the Galaxy S3. But old habits die hard and when I acquired the unloved (and practically unlovable) iPhone 6S last November, my lust for curves grew ever stronger, which is when the breakdown began to manifest itself.
I acquired the iPhone 6S 64Gb last December, after my wife's son came back from a European trip sporting a brand new iPhone 7, which coincided with my wife's Motorola Razr D3 packing up temporarily, forcing me to give her the S3 and beggars can't be choosers… or can they? Moving from the tried and trusted Galaxy S3 to the iPhone was a revealing experience. It's fast, the camera is pretty good, it has 4G (LTE) and the Apple Lightning reversible connection knocks the spots off USB-C and is a detail one notices immediately.
The simplicity of a reversible spade connection takes user friendliness to new heights, especially when you consider that connecting and reconnecting the phone happens several times a day, unless you have a wireless charger. Quite why USB-C couldn't have been designed along similar lines is beyond me, especially when you consider that Samsung has never been backward in the imitation game. Strange as it may sound, this is the one stand-out iPhone feature that really cut it for me… and then I began to use the phone. The first thing that struck me was being unable to start using the iPhone without a SIM card installed for phone activation. Granted, I had a SIM card already, but it appears that this is an 'out of the box' requirement for all iPhones, although there are ways around it. Then the nagging started. Much that I appreciate security features, I found that getting the phone up and running became an obstacle course of security codes, two step authentications and the obligatory signing up to that abomination known as iTunes; an experience I would rather forget. But I was stuck with it, at least for the time being, so I soldiered on hoping the iPhone would reveal some hidden magic.
iPhone Compass and Camera
Comparing the iPhone to the Galaxy S3 is rather pointless, although I did do this in an article last October called Apple iPhone 6s vs Samsung Galaxy S3. In hindsight, I would add that the compass and camera, not to mention the speed of the device, are top notch and as I've already mentioned, the USB connection is brilliant. Unfortunately I found the rest of the experience dull and uninspiring for many reasons, not least the inability to customise the device in the ways one can with an Android phone, at least without Jailbreaking it, which I wasn't inclined to do since I didn't expect my wandering eyes to allow me to hold on to it for much longer. The default compass is really rather good and there's no faulting the camera, which takes some superb photos.
Bluetooth Woes
Possibly the most annoying feature about the iPhone for me, just behind iTunes, was the Bluetooth connectivity, which was hit and miss at best and an aspect of living with the device that I'd rather forget. And why is it not possible to toggle data on and off? A simple feature, which can be circumvented by going into airplane mode, I grant you; but irritating nonetheless. Personally I found the entire eight months of living with the iPhone to be dull, uninspiring and straight-jacketed.
And then the Galaxy S8 arrived on the scene…
Enter the King
During a trip to England last month I had already formulated nefarious plans to acquire a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, so imagine my surprise when my brother presented me with a box to open on my birthday which contained none other than a Galaxy S8. To say that I was gobsmacked would only be touching the surface. Unboxing it was a delight and at first sight it's clear to see how Samsung has stolen the lead from Apple when it comes to building devices that stand out from the crowd, are new and exciting and are packed with easy to use, customisable features. I knew as soon as I picked it up, switched it on and saw the welcome screen (without having to insert a SIM card) that I was in for a treat and I wasn't disappointed.
Within seconds I was at the home screen (having skipped account login, leaving it for later) with no annoying and utterly pointless security hurdles, admiring the beauty of the 5.8″ curved Infinity Display and grinning like a Cheshire Cat, knowing that I'd returned to the open and free universe of Android with possibly the most desirable phone currently available. Naturally, the iPhone was instantly tossed to one side as a dull and uninteresting chattel, whilst I got on with the more serious business of acquainting myself with my precious new shiny thing.
Just about the only thing the Galaxy S8 won't do is take a photograph of itself, but I'm sure Samsung is working on that. In the meantime, I'll leave this picture taken by a Motorola Razr D3 (which is all I had to hand) and hope to have an overview of the Galaxy S8 ready just as soon as I've explored the many features this remarkable phone is capable of.
Marc is an avid traveler, motorcyclist, entrepreneur, and gamer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. His interest in computers and technology began in the early 1990's when he was introduced by a friend to a Zenith Data Systems computer running DOS. In the years following he has experienced all versions of the Windows operating system, built hundreds of systems, and fixed many more for his customers. Marc also has an interesting forum you might like to check out at Argentina Expats
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Black Thursday: Thanksgiving to trump Black Friday
NEW YORK — Thanksgiving could be the best day to shop all year.
An analysis of sales data and store circulars by two research firms contradicts conventional wisdom that Black Friday is when shoppers can get the most and biggest sales of the year.
Turns out, shoppers will find more discounted items in stores that are open on Thanksgiving. For example, there are a total of 86 laptops and tablets deeply discounted as door buster deals at Best Buy, Wal-Mart and others on the holiday compared with just nine on Black Friday, according to an analysis of promotions for The Associated Press by researcher Market Track.
And on the Web, discounts will be deeper on the holiday. Online prices on Thanksgiving are expected to be about 24 percent cheaper compared with 23 percent on Black Friday and 20 percent on Cyber Monday, according to Adobe, which tracks data on 4,500 retail web sites.
The data is the latest proof that retailers are slowly redefining the Black Friday tradition. It's been the biggest shopping day of the year for decades, mostly because it's traditionally when retailers pull out their best sales events. But in the last few years, retailers like the Gap, Target and Toys R Us have started opening their stores and offering holiday discounts on Thanksgiving to better compete with online rivals.
"I was surprised, but it really shifted one day," said Tamara Gaffney, principal analyst at Adobe, which is based in San Jose, California.
Shoppers already are noticing the deals on Thanksgiving. Corey Grassell, 34, of Appleton, Wisconsin, said he plans to shop for deals on Thanksgiving and bypass Black Friday. That's after he grabbed bargains last year on the holiday, including a washer-dryer combination at Sears for about $800, a 50 percent discount.
"I feel guilty for going out on Thanksgiving, but the deals are so much more attractive to me than on Black Friday," he says.
But some industry watchers fear others won't shop on Thanksgiving, choosing to keep the day sacred. Those who wait instead to shop on Black Friday could wind up being disappointed with the leftover deals, they say. In fact, according to Deloitte Research's recent survey of shoppers, about two-thirds say they're not motivated to go out to stores Thanksgiving because it's important to be with family and friends.
"Shoppers could be disappointed and find that the hot items on their list are not in stock on Black Friday because of the early push by retailers," says Traci Gregorski, Market Track's vice president of marketing.
She says she's conducting a survey of shoppers after the holiday shopping weekend to see how retailers fared. "We want to get shoppers' perception of these deals," she says.
Most big retailers acknowledge that they're starting to offer deals on Thanksgiving that previously were reserved for Black Friday.
Jeff Haydock, a spokesman at Best Buy, the nation's largest consumer electronics chain, said the best deals become available Thanksgiving when its doors open at 5 p.m. For example, one of Best Buy's Thanksgiving specials is a $899 55-inch LED Smart TV, the lowest price it has ever offered on a Samsung ultra-high definition TV of this size. That will be available on Friday —if supplies last.
"Naturally, more of the deals are being pulled into Thursday because our stores are open," says Haydock.
Brian Hanover, a spokesman at Sears, which is opening at 6 p.m. Thursday, also says Thanksgiving specials spill into Black Friday. But the quantities for the 1,000 door busters are limited. They include Nordic Track treadmills for $699.99, or an $800 discount, and a 36 percent savings on a Whirlpool laundry machine, regularly priced at $549.99.
"It probably behooves the customer to shop earlier on Thanksgiving," he says.
For its part, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, says it's spreading out discounts online and in the store. But Gregorski, of Market Track's says its "evident" in Wal-Mart's circular that "the best deals are on Thanksgiving."
To be sure, for its two sales events on Thanksgiving, Wal-Mart devotes 36 pages of its circular to discounted TVs, computers and other items. On Black Friday? Wal-Mart has four pages of deals.


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Sandra Renee Coggins
Posted by Lincoln County Central | Oct 12, 2018 | Obituaries | 0
Sandra Renee Coggins passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 27, 2018 surrounded by her loving husband, Tony, and family.
Sandra and her twin sister Debbie were born on March 20, 1961 to their parents Nelson and Gayle McLean in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1964 where they lived until 1977 when they moved to Pioche, Nevada to be closer to her Grandparents Lewis and Mildred Kanirie in Eagle Valley, Nevada.
Sandra had two brothers, David McLean (Torrie) of Pioche, NV and was blessed to be the aunt to their children, Cecilia, Brian and Jesse. Sandra was also an aunt to her twin sister Debbie (deceased) two sons, Sean and Alex.
Sandra married Gary Ware in 1981. Together they had two sons and a daughter, Jonus Ware (Angie) and granddaughter Daryan of Ely, NV and son Michael Ware of Yerington, NV, daughter Brandy Ware Ashdown (Justin), grandsons, James, Vincent, and Brandon of Ely, NV.
Sandra had many moves that took her to living in Ely, Winnemucca, Hawthorne, Fallon and Colorado and then returned to Lincoln County where she referred to it as "Home."
Sandra moved to Caliente, NV where she worked for Great Basin Foods as a Baker. Sandra married Tony Coggins on July 3, 2004 in Caliente, NV where she resided until her passing. Sandra and Tony shared the love of outdoors, camping, fishing, as well as cooking and baking for others.
Sandra was preceded in death by her mother Gayle, brother Billy, and her twin sister Debbie. Sandra is survived by her father Nelson McLean, husband Tony Coggins, brother David McLean, sons Jonus and Michael Ware, daughter Brandy, grandchildren James, Vincent, Brandon, and Daryan, along with many nieces and nephews who loved her dearly.
A Celebration of Life was held on October 6, 2018 at the Shamrock Pub in Caliente, NV with her family and friends.
A special thanks to Lance Davis for the loving companionship he provided to Sandra and Tony during her journey and to all of those who have shown the family sincere love and support.
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A Cortland teenager is accused of burglarizing a number of businesses in the Town of Cortlandville on the evening of January 9th.
The 17-year-old boy is charged in connection with break-ins at Coffee Mania, Doug's Powersports and Grace Christian Fellowship Church.
Cortland County Sheriff's Investigators say the boy is accused of stealing money and other items from Coffee Mania on State Route 222 then tried, unsuccessfully to get into Doug's Powersports on Route 281 in Cortlandville. $1,800 in damage was caused to the doorway.
Authorities say that same evening, the teen got into Grace Christian Fellowship on Fisher Avenue in Cortlandville but nothing was stolen and there was no damage.
The boy is charged with one count of felony burglary for the incidents at Coffee Mania and Grace Christian, criminal mischief and petit larceny for the break-in at Coffee Mania and felony attempted burglary and felony criminal mischief for damaging Doug's Powersports.
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Sutherland, the process transformation company, Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia; and Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), one of the largest higher education institutions in the Gulf region, today announced a partnership in which Sutherland will train local women and create a sustainable all-female professional development model for the region.
The agreement signed today is in line with Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia's national transformation program, whose economic diversification aims to include women's workforce engagement, and increase female participation in the workforce from 22% to 30%.
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NOFX is an American punk rock band it was formed 1983 in Los Angles and now it has moved to Sans Francisco.The band had following three members before splitting up1. Fat Mike Singer and Bassist2. Erik Sandin Drummer3. Eric Melvin played guitarIn 1991 after trying different line ups El Hefe is now playing lead guitar and trumpet. Following is the band's career and achievements throughout the period of time:
Don Bolles produced the first recording of NOFX in 1983 it did not sell any copies. They released their self-titled debut EP NOFX on Mystic Records in 1985, which was later re-released in 1992. For a year, Erik Sandin left the band. In 1986, the band released So What if We're on Mystic! Dave Casillas joined the band on second guitar in 1987 and was featured on the EP Can Suck on This, attacking the PMRC's campaign for music censorship.
They recorded Liberal Animation in 1988. The title and some of the album's lyrics mocked vegetarianism and animal rights, Fat Mike became a vegetarian after writing the Liberal Animation album. The album was re-released in 1991 on Gurewitz's label Epitaph Records. NOFX had signed to Epitaph by 1989, releasing their second album S&M Airlines. In 1990 they released Ribbed. In 1991 the band underwent many changes but three original members reunited again.
On March 14, 2006, the EP Never Trust a Hippy was released. This EP was followed on April 18 by the full-length album Wolves in Wolves' Clothing. On September 12, 2006, the video game EA Sports NHL07 was released, featuring Wolves in Wolves' Clothing on its soundtrack, produced by Bill Stevenson and Fat Mike.
In January 2007, the band recorded three nights of shows in San Francisco, California, for an upcoming live album entitled They've Actually Gotten Worse Live, set to be released in November 2007. The album was considered boggiest, drunkest, funniest, best sounding recording ever by the band.
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Peter Dinklage talks about 'The House of the Dragon': «If you imitate 'Game of Thrones', it seems that it is only for money»
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The actor who gave life to Tyrion Lannister believes that the trick of the 'spin-off' to succeed is to forget about the original series.
2022 will be the year of the premiere of The House of the Dragon, the new series from the George RR Martin universe, and, although the comparison with Game of Thrones is inevitable, Peter Dinklage has a trick for its possible success: don't imitate her. In a recent interview with The Independent, the actor has stated that the mistake of many sequels, 'spin-offs' and other derivative productions is that they are not made for an honest reason. They only develop to keep making money.
I think the trick is not trying to imitate 'Game of Thrones'. If you try to imitate him, it seems that it is only for money. As it happens in many sequels, the reason for them is that the first one made money, so they are not as strong. But I'm excited to see 'House of the Dragon' just as a spectator, not knowing what happens next
If the creators of The House of the Dragon they try to make a product similar to what was Game of Thrones, it is possible that they will never achieve it and, in addition, they will have lost the opportunity to make a series with its own identity.
It is the same that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau said a few months ago, when he declared that they should create «their own series». «I hope the success of Game of Thrones don't get in the way of people experiencing this new series,» said the actor who brought Jaime Lannister to life. Coster-Waldau remembers how it took several seasons to get off the ground and knows that The House of the Dragon you can't afford that luxury. «They have to start where we were in season four or five, because they're going to compare it to that.», he assures.
The House of the Dragon takes place more than 300 years before the events narrated in Game of Thrones. It focuses on the Targaryen empire. More specifically, in the Civil War known as Dance of Dragons, a hostile and complicated period for the famous house. Leading the cast are names like Emma D'Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, Paddy Considine, Steve Toussaint and Rhys Ifans, among others. The good news is that it already has the blessing of George RR Martin, who assured that he loved the first episode: «It's dark, powerful, visceral… just the way I like my epic fantasy».
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Mumbai, June 23, 2017 : Modern Food Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. (MFEL) has announced a comprehensive relaunch of its iconic Modern brand, with new brand positioning; new brand identity; fresh, vibrant and contemporary packaging; and an enhanced portfolio of superior and healthier products.
In the Mumbai-Thane region, Modern currently has an estimated overall 15% market share, which the company is looking to increase to over 20% during the course of the next two quarters.
Modern Food sees significant potential in the health and wellness breads category. The Mumbai-Thane region is one of the two most evolved markets in India, along with Delhi. Within Mumbai, the Health & Wellness sub-category accounts for 25% of the overall bread sales. As a leading industry player, Modern will spearhead the development of this segment in the Mumbai-Thane region and across India, making more healthy, nutritious and tasty choices available to consumers.
Aseem Soni, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member, Modern Food, said, "In the Mumbai-Thane market alone, we are looking at 25% overall growth and this will be driven by a 30% growth in the health and wellness range alone.
In this context, we plan to strengthen our presence in the states where we are already present, especially Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and West Bengal; and expand our presence in white spaces in the North and West. In Mumbai-Thane region specifically, we are planning to widen our reach by significantly increasing distribution." added Soni.
Speaking further, Soni said that though Modern is well known in Maharashtra as a bread and bakery brand, he expected the brand's distribution to go up by over 50% within Mumbai.
Everstone Group, a leading Southeast Asia and India focused private equity investor with approximately US $4 billion assets under management acquired Modern Food from Hindustan Unilever Ltd. on 1st April, 2016, and Modern's relaunch has been crafted with intensive efforts over the last 12 months, with significant investments in manufacturing, as well as R&D at Modern's new innovation hub in Chennai, coupled with thorough efforts on consumer insights, strategy and design.
The new portfolio features products such as Milk Plus bread enriched with calcium; Hi-Fibre Brown bread reinforced with premium wheat fibre; 100% whole-wheat bread; and new innovations such as Multigrain Superseed Bread which not only has superseed sprinkles on top but even the flour is made of seven grains and contains Omega 3. All these products will be now available in Mumbai-Thane, giving the state's consumers a greater variety of tasty and healthier eating and snacking options for every meal and snack occasion.
With the backing of Everstone Group, the 25% overall revenue growth in Modern in the current fiscal year will be significantly driven by volume growth of more than 20% in the health and wellness segment.
Rajev Shukla, Managing Director, Everstone Capital Advisors, Mumbai, and a Director on the Board of Modern Food, said, "At Everstone Capital, we believe in strong partnerships and building great brands. Modern is an iconic brand, the first brand to launch packaged bread in Mumbai in 1968 and was the first to launch the iconic fruity bread in 1968 and the first ever brown bread. It has been a pleasure for me to work with the Modern Team in crafting the renovated mix. We have received an excellent response in the last few weeks since our relaunch in southern India and Kolkata. Consumers love the renewed Modern, reflecting in bread volume uplifts of more than 5% in the aggregate (vs. incoming sales rate) across markets where the relaunch has been rolled out.
Our health and wellness segment is also expanding steadily. In the last 45 days,since the launch of our new bouquet of products, the health and wellness range is growing at double the normal value growth for the overall portfolio. We are confident of accelerating this success in a crucial region like Mumbai-Thane," Shukla added.
Established in 1965 by the Government of India, Modern was the first branded bread in India. In the following decades, Modern became one of India's best recognized brands with a full range of white, sweet, health and wellness breads, as well as value-added bakery products such as rusks, cakes, muffins, buns, pavs and cream rolls. Modern Food's bread and bakery products are manufactured and marketed nationally through a network of over 40 manufacturing plants and around 80,000 outlets. In its new avatar, Modern wants its customers to 'Thrive, and savour life to the fullest' by helping them make smarter choices from its expanded range of healthy, nutritious and tasty bread and bakery products.
The Everstone Group is a premier India and Southeast Asia focused private equity and real estate investment firm with assets under management of approximately US $4 billion. Everstone has around 200 people working across six offices—Singapore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Mauritius and London. The firm's strong presence and network in India and Southeast Asia allows its existing and new portfolio businesses to build operations in the region and beyond. Everstone has been awarded 'Mid-Market Firm of the Year in Asia' for 2016, as well as 'Private Equity Firm of the Year in India' by Private Equity International for six consecutive years from 2011 to 2016.
Mumbai, March 2, 2017 – The prestigious 'Private Equity International' (PEI) magazine has named Everstone Group 'Mid-Market Firm of the Year in Asia' for 2016, the first India-focused fund to receive such an honour. It was also named 'Firm of the Year in India' for an unprecedented sixth year running.
The PEI Awards are the largest, most respected awards in the global private equity industry. With multiple categories for selection, voters have the chance to vote for the categories across the Americas, EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) and Asia-Pacific.
The awards come on the back of Everstone significantly stepping up investment in India and Southeast Asia and expanding its international presence to the US through the acquisition of CRM firm C3/CustomerContactChannels, as well as by the opening of an investor relations and business development office in London.
"In the eyes of the private equity industry, there is a clear champion when it comes to investing in India. Singapore-based Everstone Group, which has won this category every year since 2011, has claimed the top spot again," said PEI in its Annual Review 2016.
The awards follow a rigorous nomination and global voting process that involves investors, peers and other PEI subscribers from the private equity industry.
Everstone had an eventful 2016 with several control deals across multiple sectors including ITeS, with C3's acquisition in October. In the healthcare and wellness sector, it acquired in March a majority stake in Ascent Health, a leading pharma delivery services company in India. It also acquired a majority stake in Rubicon Research, an India-based pioneering drug delivery technology company, in October. In the food sector, in April, Everstone completed the buyout of iconic Indian consumer brand Modern Foods. It also successfully exited several positions in Funds 1 and 2, and continued to return capital to LPs.
Continuing its increased investment in India, Everstone invested $35 million in January this year for a significant minority stake in OmniActive Health Technologies, which supplies ingredients to the fastgrowing nutraceuticals sector.
The Everstone Group is a premier India and Southeast Asia focused private equity and real estate investment firm with assets under management of $3.3 billion. Everstone has around 200 people working across six offices—Singapore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Mauritius and London. The firm's strong presence and network in India and Southeast Asia allows its existing and new portfolio businesses to build operations in the region and beyond. Everstone has been awarded 'Mid-Market Firm of the Year in Asia' for 2016, as well as 'Private Equity Firm of the Year in India' by Private Equity International for six consecutive years from 2011 to 2016.
Manila, Thursday, January 19, 2017 – Leading CRM solutions provider C3/CustomerContactChannels will strengthen its operations in the Philippines and globally, fueled by its recent acquisition by private equity investor Everstone Capital and co-investor Sunrise BPO.
C3 says its global revenues are likely to double by 2022 as it expands into new geographies and enters new services lines such as Back Office Processing. It also plans on providing next-gen CRM solutions using Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence.
As part of its global growth agenda, the company plans to significantly increase its headcount in the Philippines from 2,800 to around 5,600 in next two years.
Sudhir Agarwal, Global CEO of C3 and founder of Sunrise BPO said: "In the Philippines, we are enjoying a revenue CAGR of over 50% while globally, we have witnessed growth of more than 60% over the past six years. The Philippines is crucial for us, not just in the region but for our global operations as well.
As part of our aggressive growth agenda, C3 is looking to increase its worldwide employee count from 8,500 to over 18,000 in the next five years," Agarwal added.
Everstone Capital and Sunrise BPO completed the acquisition of C3 from US-based Stone Point Capital in December last year and formed Everise Holdings, based out of Singapore. Everise Holdings controls 100% stake in C3 and Agarwal was named as the Global CEO of C3. On the back of this acquisition, C3 plans to expand to other geographies with the support of Everise.
"We plan to expand operations to eight countries from three currently," Agarwal said.
C3 is looking at the possibility of acquisitions in the Philippines and in other markets to support C3's expansion into new markets and services lines, and Everise will work with its leadership on assessing such opportunities as they arise," added Kapur.
We believe C3 is ideally positioned to capitalize on the global appetite for high-performing customer experience organizations," Agarwal added.
Kapur, who is the managing partner for the $3.3 billion asset under management Everstone Group, also underscored that the conditions in the Philippines were very conducive for C3's expansion plans. "Philippines has a stable business environment, impressive human capital, an English speaking workforce, and strong economic growth," he added.
Beyond the Philippines, C3 also has operating centers in the United States and Guatemala. Its services include sales, service, performance optimization, reputation management and complete customer lifecycle management via traditional, web, and emerging communication channels.
The Everstone Group is a premier India and Southeast Asia focused private equity and real estate investment firm with assets under management of US $3.3 billion. Everstone has over 200 people working across six offices—Singapore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Mauritius and London. The firm's strong presence and network in India and Southeast Asia allows its existing and new portfolio businesses to build operations in the region and beyond. Everstone has been awarded 'Private Equity Firm of the Year in India' by Private Equity International for five consecutive years from 2011 to 2015.
Mumbai, January 02, 2017 – The Everstone Group has invested US$ 35 million in Mumbai-based OmniActive Health Technologies Ltd (OmniActive) to further accelerate its growth in the fast-expanding nutraceuticals space. The deal is Everstone's third in the healthcare and wellness sector in less than a year.
OmniActive is a leading supplier of naturally sourced ingredients for eye health, weight management and heart health to global nutraceutical companies that provide food supplements and nutritional fortification. OmniActive has a research-driven approach, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, well-equipped R&D centres across India and Canada, and sales and marketing presence across the US, Europe and Asia.
In the last 18 months, innovation-driven OmniActive completed 12 human clinical trials in healthy populations across its portfolio of branded ingredients. The company has a strong presence in the US and is working to achieve similar success in Europe and Asia. The Everstone investment — which gives it a significant minority stake — will help OmniActive diversify and expand its offerings. OmniActive will use the proceeds from this deal in its inorganic growth strategy and execute the acquisition opportunities it has identified.
Sameer Sain, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Everstone Group, said: "This investment will help OmniActive scale its already strong presence in the fast-growing nutraceutical space. We are excited about partnering with the Mariwala family and building a world-class global business." OmniActive was founded in 2005 and has, over the last decade, emerged as the leading nutraceutical ingredient supplier to international markets from India, helped by the gradual shift in the sector towards consumption of natural products.
Sanjaya Mariwala, Managing Director, OmniActive Health Technologies Ltd. said: "We welcome this partnership with the Everstone Group. With the support of its experienced teams and funding, OmniActive looks forward to building on our history of solid organic growth by further strengthening our presence globally using innovative products and technologies.
This will be done by also growing inorganically to bring a wider product portfolio of responsibly made ingredients to our customers through our strategic acquisitions," Mariwala added.
The global nutraceuticals supplements market was estimated at US $108 billion in 2014 and is expected to touch US $168 billion by 2020. The US is the largest market, accounting for slightly more than one-third of global sales. In India, according to a study published by ASSOCHAM, the nutraceuticals industry is expected to reach US $6.1 billion by 2020. The growth in India will be fuelled by rising awareness about lifestyle diseases and the need for healthier lifestyles; the spread of urbanisation; an increasing middle-class population with a higher disposable income; and the rising demand for supplementary nutrition for a healthier life.
The OmniActive investment will be Everstone's fifth from its third PE fund (Everstone Capital Partners III) that closed in September 2015, and the third in the pharmaceutical and wellness sector. It acquired a majority stake in Rubicon Research, a pioneering drug delivery technology company, in October 2016, which was preceded by Everstone taking a majority stake in Ascent Health, an Indian pharmaceutical delivery services provider, in March 2016.
Everstone will be represented by Deep Mishra, Managing Director, who will join OmniActive's board as a nominee director, along with Dr Leendert Staal, an internationally reputed nutraceutical expert who was the CEO of the global industry leader DSM Nutritional Products from 2008 to 2013.
About OmniActive Health Technologies Ltd.
OmniActive Health Technologies (www.omniactives.com) offers a range of quality ingredients, that are innovative and scientifically validated to address complex challenges for customers in the dietary supplement, food and beverage space using technology-driven, sustainable solutions with application support within a global regulatory framework. OmniActive's core products include carotenoids, plant extracts and specialty functional ingredients. The company develops IP-protected, science-backed branded ingredients from natural sources using cutting edge technologies. OmniActive leverages international R&D strengths to deploy an array of state of the art manufacturing technologies in extraction, purification, isolation and delivery of nutritional actives. Clinical research–geared towards demonstrating efficacy and claim substantiation–is the cornerstone of OmniActive's R&D activities. The company's centers of excellence are located in North America and India, whereas its cGMP and HACCP system-compliant manufacturing operations are located at multiple FDA inspected sites in India. Whether looking for a new ingredient to add to a finished product, or technology to enhance an existing ingredient, OmniActive delivers unmatched innovation.
Mumbai, December 07, 2016 – P M Devaiah, Partner and General Counsel, Everstone Group, has been selected to The Legal 500 GC Powerlist for India, the only person from a private equity firm to make the prestigious honour roll of legal experts, Everstone announced today.
The Legal 500 GC Powerlist for India 2016 is the inaugural one for the country and recognises corporate General Counsels for their outstanding work. The GC Powerlist series from The Legal 500 (based in London) highlights the most influential in-house lawyers in business. The series has covered regions and countries including the UK, the US, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the Middle East, and the Nordics.
Devaiah has more than 25 years of corporate and legal experience, having worked at some of India's largest and most successful companies, including Tata Projects, Hindustan Unilever, BPL Group, Carlyle Group, and ICICI Venture.
He joined the Everstone Group in 2007, and several key features of his tenure include transforming its legal department into an 'in-house law firm', training his team to be 'completely business like', and positioning the unit to become a strategic and integral part of the company to deliver high-quality services, as well as add-value to business teams. Devaiah holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Law degree from the University of Mysore.
Congratulating Devaiah on this achievement, Sameer Sain, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of the Everstone Group, said: "We are extremely proud of Devaiah for not only being selected to this prestigious list but also for being the sole representative from the private equity sector.
This honour rightly recognizes the great work he has done in helping make the Everstone Group a successful organization with the highest standards of corporate governance and ethics," Sain added.
The Legal 500 finds the "best of the best" by canvassing opinions from law firm partners and in-house counsel across India, to identify corporate counsel that have been instrumental in changing or forming opinions within their company or industry.
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Mumbai, October 24, 2016– The Everstone Group has bought a 70% stake in Mumbai-based Rubicon Research Pvt. Ltd., a pioneering drug delivery technology company in India, for a total outlay of Rs 220 crore (US$ 33 million).
Along with a US$ 20 million investment directly into the business, the deal includes acquiring stakes from Kotak Private Equity and a private investor.
Rubicon is a world-class outsourcing partner to the global pharmaceutical industry and its proprietary technologies provide solutions for bioavailability enhancement, gastric retention, taste masking, and customising the release profiles of drugs. Rubicon also offers lifecycle management services for pharmaceutical products.
Rubicon also has a US FDA-approved manufacturing plant at Ambernath in Maharashtra, with a capacity of 800 million tablets and it has refocused its business on creating its own Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs)/New Drug Applications (NDAs) for the global market.
"Rubicon has an excellent record of providing cutting-edge solutions to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry," said Sameer Sain, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the Everstone Group. "We are excited about enhancing its capabilities," Sameer added.
This investment will be fourth investment from Everstone's latest PE fund (Everstone Capital Partners III) and was led by Deep Mishra, an Everstone MD who focuses on consumer and pharmaceutical investments for the Group. Deep will be joining the board of directors of Rubicon.
The Everstone Group is a premier India and Southeast Asia focused private equity and real estate investment firm with assets under management of USD $3.3 billion. Headquartered in Singapore, Everstone has around 200 people working across five offices—Singapore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mauritius. Everstone has been awarded 'Private Equity Firm of the Year in India' by Private Equity International for five consecutive years.
Rubicon Research is a pioneer Drug Delivery Technology company in India and is recognized as a world class outsourcing partner in pharmaceutical industry. Rubicon's proprietary technologies provide solutions for bioavailability enhancement, gastric retention, taste masking, and customising the release profiles. Rubicon has a US FDA-approved manufacturing plant and is bringing complex generics into the regulated markets of US and Europe.
Singapore, October 6, 2016 – Everstone Group, along with Sunrise BPO, has signed a definitive agreement to buy US-based C3 (CustomerContactChannels), a global CRM solutions provider. The investment will be done via Everise Services in Singapore, a company held by Everstone, along with Sunrise BPO as a co-investor.
Founded in 2010, C3 is headquartered in the United States. C3 has expansive operations in the Philippines and Guatemala and has enjoyed a remarkable revenue CAGR of more than 60% over the past six years. The company has a marquee list of more than 20 clients in healthcare, telecommunications & media, consumer internet, logistics, retail, travel & hospitality and financial services. C3 also provides training and consulting in the customer management solutions space, as well as sales, performance optimization, reputation management and complete customer lifecycle management via traditional, web, and emerging communication channels. C3 provides multi-lingual support to clients and has seven operating centers across the U.S., the Philippines and Guatemala, with nearly 8,000 employees. C3's US headquarters is in Plantation, Florida.
Everise plans to make C3 into a US$500-plus million revenue company in the next five years, from nearly $200 million currently. As part of this strategy, Singapore-based Sunrise BPO Pte. Ltd (Sunrise BPO), will take the leading role in operating the business, in addition to bringing capital. Everstone will be the largest financial investor and it will take the lead in C3's India operational build-out to grow the company.
The new CEO of C3 will be Sudhir Agarwal, the founder of Sunrise BPO.
This will be Everstone's third investment through its latest private equity fund, ECP III, which raised US$730 million last year, and the second investment into the ITES-enabled space after it acquired Servion Global Solutions, a leading Customer Engagement Management firm, in 2014.
"We are excited to partner with Sunrise in the acquisition of this marquee business. I look forward to leveraging our deep understanding of the sector and strong presence in India to further build C3's global business," Sameer Sain, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of the Everstone Group, said.
"Sunrise BPO not only brings capital, along with our key partner Everstone, but we also bring in the capability to rapidly scale C3's business in the US and Asia and greatly improve customer experience, working closely with all of C3's amazingly skilled employees and agents," Agarwal added.
Everise will acquire 100% of C3. The current President & COO of C3, Rick Ferry, along with C3's experienced leadership team, will continue as part of the leadership in his new role as CEO-USA.
"The team and I are committed and excited about this move and will work with Everise to grow the business globally," Ferry said.
Prateek Dhawan, Managing Director – Private Equity, Everstone Group will join the Everise board.
Sunrise BPO Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based Business Process management ("BPO") company with the business mission to be the world's foremost integrated customer service solution provider, focused on the Americas and the Far East markets. It has been set up with the strategic intent to offer its customers a multi-channel and integrated service solution with a focus on Contact Centre, Back Office and analytics delivered through tech-based service oriented products and process capabilities. This will drive cost savings, create value, and enable Innovation for its clients. Sudhir Agarwal is the founder and a co-investor in Sunrise. He has over 17 years' experience in the BPO industry with Genpact and Aegis. Sunrise is also backed by global HNI investors who are thought leaders of international repute and who are committed to Sunrise's financial, operational, and strategic vision.
Mumbai, June 6, 2016 – Servion Global Solutions Ltd, a leading Customer Engagement Management (CEM) solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Sameet Gupte as its new CEO and Board member. The new appointment comes as the company aims to double sales within the next four years.
Gupte is an industry veteran with an established track record of building IT Services businesses across Asia, the United States, and Europe. Prior to joining Servion, Gupte was Executive Vice-President & Global Head of financial services for VirtusaPolaris, an IT consulting firm. Before that, he built and led successful businesses in North America and Europe for Headstrong and Genpact Capital Markets.
Gupte replaces Balakrishnan K. who has been elevated to Executive Vice Chairman of Servion's Board. In his new post, Balakrishnan will play a more involved role in developing the company's future vision.
"With his rich and diverse experience in global markets, Gupte will take the firm to the next level of growth, as well as increase its engagement with the growing digital and cognitive space that is focused on customer experience," said Puneet Pushkarna, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Servion.
With the new high-level appointments, the board is being strengthened, as the firm moves to boost the current 20% growth that it is witnessing, and double its revenues in the next four years.
"With the company set for continued robust growth, I am excited to be working with Gupte on the firm's wider strategy," said Balakrishnan K.
As a part of its move to double revenues, Servion is strengthening its presence in the US, Britain, Australia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
"I feel privileged to be part of the Servion team. With my colleagues' support, as well as the Board's guidance, I plan to help Servion build a more robust, geographically diverse and scalable business," said Gupte.
Evertech, an SPV of Everstone Capital and Solmark, which owns a majority stake in Servion, said that the elevation of Balakrishnan and appointment of Gupte would align strategy more closely with the changing digital landscape and the increasing tempo of Servion's operational moves.
"Mr Gupte and Mr Balakrishnan's new roles show that Servion is entering exciting times and pushing growth assertively by ensuring even greater alignment between vision, strategy and operations," Prateek Dhawan, MD at Everstone and a member of the Servion Board, said.
The Everstone Group is a premier India and Southeast Asia focused private equity and real estate investment firm with assets under management of USD $3.3 billion. Headquartered in Singapore, Everstone has around 200 people working across five offices including Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mauritius. Everstone has been awarded 'Private Equity Firm of the Year in India' by Private Equity International for five consecutive years.
Solmark is an equity fund started by a group of technology entrepreneurs who have launched and built several companies, and who bring expertise into all aspects of growing a company in a competitive global marketplace.
leader Kuldip Kaura as Chairman of the board.
ongoing concern basis to Modern Food Enterprises Private Ltd., as the business will now be known.
well as expand its portfolio and reach," said Everstone Co-Founder and Managing Partner Sameer Sain.
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. He is currently a Senior Director with Everstone.
Soni, the new CEO, who earlier headed Cargill's consumer pack vertical, is also a member of the board.
brand to adjacent and newer categories, both organically and via acquisitions," said Soni.
in bread, baked goods and possibly in new categories," added Soni.
through a network of nearly 50 manufacturing plants and over 75,000 outlets.
awarded 'Private Equity Firm of the Year in India' by Private Equity International for five consecutive years.


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We invite you to sign up for this workshop at our 2014 Assembly to learn how. Priestless Parishes: There IS An Answer will be one of six workshops presented during the VOTF 2014 Assembly on April 5 in Hartford, Connecticut. Click here to register online and choose the Optional Celibacy workshop option to be part of the solution to priestless parishes.
Additional workshops will include Clericalism; Parish Finances: Tools for Securing Collections; The Montana Hustle Case Study for Diocesan Financial Accountability; Female Voices; and Survivor Support: Spirituality & Trauma, which will be facilitated by Fr. Thomas Doyle.


Let's build a world in which a job seeker has control of which company can see their interest, and who is interested in them.
My name is Adria McMichael, and I am building a job search app that gives control to users by fine tuning their search results, learning who they are, and allows for you to block words, titles, and even people.
I created Job Swiper after a conversation with a co-worker. We were both miserable, and frankly scared about our futures at our job. Because of this, we were both actively searching for work. My friend said to me that she had been ghosted by a company, and I said- exactly- this is just like dating, but the technology doesn't support us as seekers. Right then, I excused myself and worked on the idea of a job search that gives you the control of a dating app, like Tinder. Job Swiper was born.
Job Swiper seeks to give control back to the Job Seeker, and even to the recruiter. We want people to make real connections while looking for their next professional relationship.
We want people to easily navigate their job search, and have control over it too. Is there a company that is ignoring you skill set and hounding you? You can block them. Are you a data analyst, but keep seeing jobs for hotel sales analyst positions? You can block those results from showing!
Job searching has become like modern day dating, but our technology has not kept up with the obvious congruence. We seek to make the search easier, quicker, and more inline with a growing workforce.
The wireframe is there, the app is all but built. The funding will go 100% to building the app, and the beginning marketing stages, along with tech support for the first 90 days.
You know someone right now who is searching for a job, and they are frustrated because they are wasting hours sifting through search results, through recruiters, through companies that have absolutely nothing to do with their expertise. You know a hiring manager, a recruiter, or a company owner who is tired of seeing the same type of candidate, even the same candidate come through for a job they are not qualified for. Job Swiper changes all of this, by allowing everyone to fully control their search and their results.
This is a globally accessible app for anyone looking for a job, both seriously and casually. This market is global and enormous.
Thank you, everyone for believing in me and this app. I know that this is a thing the world needs, that your kids need, that someone you know right now needs. I am extremely grateful, and I promise that my app will change the job search- my company will change the world.
You, whether you are a recruiter or seeker, have control again.
Like Tinder, but for jobs?
Yes! You swipe left when you're not impressed, and can select an enticing profile to get more details if you are sort of impressed. If someone or some-job won't leave you alone, you can send them to the ethers from whence they came.
I was talking to a coworker at a job that we were both miserable in. The company recently laid off a bunch of really great people, the CEO and leadership were out of touch, and we were left wondering if we were going to be employed the next day. We were both searching for new positions and she said she got ghosted by a company. Right then I said, it's exactly like dating only you can't block that company so they never appear in your results again... but you should be allowed to do that! I realized then that I needed to help people with an ideal job search app.
1 hr Webinar with a hiring manager and a recruiter to discuss tips and tricks to get you, or a loved one, hired!
We are happy to cater this to employer services as well, if your org has a need for this wonderful webinar, we can work together to present options suitable for your organization.
Just let me know you care!
You will be listed on our Founding Friends portion on our website.
Job Swiper Jams is a Hip Hop/ Pop playlist that will have you believing that you can take on the world.
You'll receive a link to the playlist that keeps Adria going.
I'll personally go through your current resume and provide feedback. This will not include edits, but will give you a starting point to revise on your own.
I will review your resume, provide feedback, and add suggestions. You'll be able to accept the suggestions, or keep your resume as is.
This will be a 30 minute course, available online for you or your loved ones. It will cover tips and tricks to land a job in this competitive market.
Stacey Kinney is a talented designer who will devote her skills to one project of your choice. This is perfect for the entrepreneur who needs a unique design that is also striking. .
I will personally review your profile on my app, Job Swiper. Already have a great job? Set up a profile for a loved one who is looking, and I will gladly provide feedback to make their profile stand out to prospective employers.
This profile will be featured, for free on Job Swiper for 3 months. This can be a job seeker's profile, or an employer. If you are an individual contributor and are trying to help a friend or family member gain employment; this might be the perfect gift to them! As an employer, you will be featured for Job Seekers, giving you front of line privilege.
1:1 with Female Founder Sara LeHoullier!
Are you looking to start your own company and want to have a 1:1 with a woman who has been there? Get your questions answered, and feel uplifted by a female founder! This 1:1 will be virtual or by phone. Bios of each founder will be available soon.
Tracey will talk to you about her experience building her business, and coach you through what you can expect as an entrepreneur.
Larisa will spend time talking about how she built her business, and offer advice for any entrepreneur.
Larisa Goldin, the Founder and President of Dreamclinic, brings an unusual blend of tech savvy, expertise in Wellness, and a proven track record of business stewardship. Dreamclinic, founded in 2003, is now the premier brand for massage therapy and acupuncture in the Northwest, operating four award-winning Seattle-based clinics. Dreamclinic also provides Onsite Massage Wellness programs in the Workplace for companies in six states – WA, CA, OR, UT, AL and OK. In addition to Dreamclinic, Larisa started and successfully sold Zelcor, a wholesale distributor of computer supplies, and Find Touch, a nationwide Job Search website and community hub for the massage industry, which she sold in 2016. Under her direction, Dreamclinic has become one of WA State's 50 largest Women Owned businesses, according to PSBJ, and has earned three-time inclusion on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private businesses in the U.S. Prior to founding Dreamclinic in 2003, Larisa held a succession of senior level positions in the high-tech sector, most recently as Director of Program Management for 4thpass (acquired by Motorola in 2002). Before that, Larisa was Group Program Manager at Concur (CNQR) in 2000 and Manager of Internet Systems for InstallShield Software Corporation in Chicago (1995-1999).
Larisa is the current Board President of IGNITE (ignite-us.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing female participation in technology careers. In 2018, IGNITE earned the highest possible level of recognition, winning a Presidential Award with the NSF (National Science Foundation) for Excellence in STEM (Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering) mentoring.
Larisa holds a Bachelor's in English from the University of Chicago (1989) and an Executive MBA from the University of Washington (2004). She is also a licensed massage therapist, having graduated in 2002 from Brenneke School of Massage in Seattle (now Cortiva).


Does Drinking Sugar Sweetened Soft Drinks Increase the Risk of Diabetes ? | Life, Sport and Diabetes - An everyday look at my life with type 1 diabetes.
Does Drinking Sugar Sweetened Soft Drinks Increase the Risk of Diabetes ?
Recently a European research report found in the journal Diabetologia, suggested that regular consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks could be a contributing factor to getting Type 2 diabetes. A form of diabetes where by the pancreas still does produce some of its own insulin. But not as much as is required, so some people have to regain control of their blood sugars through a change in diet and sometimes tablets to increase production and or the sensitivity of insulin.
Some European scientists have even suggested that drinking just one can of sugar sweetened drink a day, can raise the relative risk of Type 2 diabetes by as much as a fifth. Compared to someone drinking one can per month or less. Many of the headlines you find in the press can often link shocking statistics such as these to Britain or America where Type 2 diabetes is seeing a sharp increase. However, these studies were conducted in Germany, Denmark, Italy, Spain, France, Netherlands in addition to the UK. And over 350,000 people were included in the study, that was looking at the links between diet and cancer.
In an interview to the BBC lead researcher of the study- Dora Romaguera from Imperial College London (also the home of pioneering diabetes treatments and research) said that 'The consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks increases your risk of diabetes - so for every can of soft drinks that you drink per day, the risk is higher'. She is mentioned as having called for clearer public health information on the effects of sugary drinks. But in my opinion would it be such a bad thing to create clearer information for the public anyway? Whilst eating out or away from home it would make carb counting a lot easier and possibly eliminate the amount of over or under bolus calculations for people with Type 1 diabetes if they were made aware of what went into the food/ drinks they were consuming.
Diabetes UK head of research Matthew Hobbs is included in the same BBC article, as saying that even when BMI (body mass index) was taken into account the link was still present between Type 2 diabetes and sweetened drinks. Suggesting that the risk was not solely down to the increased calorie intake. However, even if you disagree with the results of the research, there is no denying that maintaining a healthy weight is one of the most important things you can do to prevent it.
Diet drinks have come a long way since I was diagnosed 12 years ago. Then as I recall the only diet drink widely available was Diet Cola, which was fine. But as the only viable option when away form home aside from water, sometimes I did wish for something different. However now, the choice of diet soft drinks is a lot more varied including diet cola, diet lemonade, diet orange and many other diet alternatives. Although some are more readily available than others, things are certainly moving in the right direction.
Over the years I've lost count of the amount of people that have commented when they've seen me drinking a diet beverage, saying that they don't like the taste or it doesn't taste the same etc. However, with tastes and choice having improved greatly alongside the range of diet flavours, in addition to the compelling research surrounding the risks of type 2 diabetes. Diet drinks could almost be considered good for your health so why not make the change today? Swap full sugar for diet and see how it tastes, your waistline and your pancreas might thank you for it.


I've got the cold or the flu or something that is causing my sinuses to be miserable.
And it just ain't fun.
But I really can't complain while there is so much suffering in Japan. Or around the world for that matter.
I think I'll get better. At least I hope. As for the rest of the world, I'm not so sure.


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Turkey's outcry falls on deaf ears in Washington
By CANSU ÇAMLIBEL cansu.camlibel@hurriyet.com.tr
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to give a green light to liberate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stronghold of Raqqa in cooperation with a Syrian Kurdish militia came as a blow to Turkey-U.S. ties ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to the White House next week. Now, policy experts on both sides are discussing whether the two countries have hit a nadir in ties with the United States getting ready to provide heavy weaponry to the YPG, whose ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are no secret to anyone with an average IQ. Frankly, nobody really remembers the last time relations between the two countries were impeccable. There has always been some form of tension, mostly because of conflicting national interests in our wider region. "There has never been a golden age in Turkish-American relations" is a phrase Turkey watchers like returning to these days.
However, the talk of the town in Washington is that there is no way things will get better in the foreseeable future with such huge gaps between the basic positions of two allies on key issues. Furthermore, almost everyone in the U.S. capital has a tendency to evaluate everything Turkey says or does through the prism of Erdoğan, whose name is often cited alongside that of Vladimir Putin, Rodrigo Duterte and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. For the U.S. establishment, the image of Turkey under Erdoğan's rule is a country which has proved to be unreliable, unpredictable and openly unwilling to play by the rules of the Western world.
But wait a minute. Wasn't it Donald Trump who came to power by beating the U.S. establishment with pledges of radically changing the American political landscape? And was it not Ankara that was almost cheering for "Trump Reis" against the American political elite? Indeed, the first 110-something days of Trump has been nothing but a drama of how his administration has struggled to take on the system. Trump's latest move to completely hand over the Syria and Iraq dossiers to the Pentagon, according to the Turks, showed that the remains of the Obama bureaucracy is still in charge. However, it is not that simple. It goes way back before Obama.
There is an undeniable CENTCOM factor behind the recent crisis with Turkey. Look at all the U.S. generals who have their stamp on the recent executive order signed by Trump to arm the YPG: Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and CENTCOM Commander Joseph Votel. All of these figures have undertaken critical posts at CENTCOM especially during the war in Iraq in 2003, which means these gentlemen do not have fond memories of the Turkish military because Ankara did not permit U.S. forces to attack Iraq from its territory.
Since then the CENTCOM developed a working relationship with Kurds on the ground, first in Iraq and recently in Syria. They do not trust the Turks as much as they trust Kurds. When coupled with immediate desire to win the battlefield against ISIL, the Turkish objection that "the U.S. should not be supplying weapons to a terrorist organization" fell on deaf ears in Washington.
Despite calls from the opposition to cancel his appointment with Trump, Erdoğan is set to stick to the plans for May 16. Erdoğan will rather come to the U.S. capital and tell Trump to reverse his decision to arm the YPG according to his own accounts. At this point, in fact, the Turkish side needs to be a lot more creative than that. Key people in the U.S. administration were well aware of the cost of arming YPG yet they called the shots.
Before it is too late, Ankara should broaden the scope of its Syria vision and start talking about post-Raqqa plans. After the liberation of Raqqa, the U.S. inevitably will have to come to terms with the nature of the relationship between the YPG and the PKK – which is a designated terrorist organization under U.S. law – before taking any further steps that might lead to the creation of a PKK-affiliated semi-state.
In order to be at the negotiating table for post-conflict Syria and have an upper hand, Turkey will have to develop a more sophisticated and comprehensive strategy than simply launching an operation against Sinjar or bombing YPG targets inside Syria. Clearly such a strategy cannot be contemplated without addressing our very own Kurdish question in Turkey.
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Long Rock is a large rock extending  in east–west direction,  wide and rising to  in the northeast of Morton Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.  The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating on Byers Peninsula.

The feature was named by Discovery Investigations personnel that charted Morton Strait in 1930–31.

Location
The rock is located  south-southwest of Vardim Rocks,  south-southwest of Devils Point,  north of President Head, Snow Island,  east-northeast of Cape Timblón, Snow Island and  southeast of Benson Point, Rugged Island (British mapping in 1933 and 1968, Argentine in 1946 and 1953, Chilean in 1947 and 1971, French in 1951, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

See also
 Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
 List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
 SCAR
 Territorial claims in Antarctica

Maps
 Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
 L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
 L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map.  Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

References

External links
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

Rock formations of the South Shetland Islands