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About Nutritional and Health Benefits of Rice
As far as rice is concerned in Nigeria, Africa and some other countries of the world, locally grown rice popularly called "Local Rice", "Ofada Rice" or "Abakaliki Rice" in Nigeria, and other names in other countries will always be considered the best as it has a lot to offer when it comes to health benefits and contains lots of un-adulterated nutrients which is good for the body and overall health.
Locally grown rice "unpolished or brown rice" contains lots of nutrients than the polished rice and these nutrients includes carbohydrate, protein, contains high fiber, fats, vitamins and minerals such as folic acid, phosphorus, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B3 (niacin), magnesium, selenium, manganese, and iron.
Below Are The Health Benefits Of Local Rice:
1. Rich in Carbohydrate
Its carbohydrate content is of high quality and because of that, it is one of the carbohydrate food sources in Nigeria and is also known to provide adequate energy because of its calorie content and can aid in weight gain as well.
The calorie content differs, as brown rice contains fewer calories than white rice.
2. Helps in Digestion
Rice is rich in fiber content which aids in the body's digestion processes and helps also in reducing and preventing of digestive disorder and also decreases the level of cholesterol in the body.
The fiber it contains is said to be twice/triple as much as that of polished rice and includes both the soluble and insoluble fiber which acts as roughages improving digestive system health conditions such as diarrhea, constipation, etc.
Insoluble fiber has been researched also to help in the prevention of the risk of gallstones in women.
Rice also strengthens or improves the digestive system through its rich digestive enzymes which help alleviate candida infections which affect the digestive system by weakening it.
3. Gluten-Free
Rice contains protein but its protein is considered gluten-free which makes it a good source of food for those who have coeliac disease as well as those suffering from dermatitis herpetiformis as they are considered gluten intolerance.
4. Protects the Heart
The presence of magnesium and selenium can help in protecting the heart from diseases as well as decrease the chances of related heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) disease respectively.
It might be surprising to know that rice contains fats, though, in low amounts, the content of the saturated fats which is very low makes its good for the heart.
5. Reduces the Risk of Diabetes
Brown rice can help to reduce the chances of diabetes, unlike white rice which can trigger or increase the chances of diabetes because of its content of refined carbohydrates which can aid in increasing the level of the blood sugar in the body.
6. Prevents Neurodegenerative Diseases
It has been researched also that whole grain such as brown rice can effectively help to reduce or even better, prevent Alzheimer's disease as well as other neurodegenerative diseases because of its high content of neurotransmitters.
7. Good for the Bones and Heart
Rice contains magnesium which is very vital for bone structures as it helps in the absorption of the calcium, and also helps in the reduction of blood pressure especially when it is high as well as other related symptoms caused by high blood pressure such as migraines, ischemic heart attack, and even stroke.
The presence of magnesium in local rice also helps in the maintenance and improvement of the nervous system.
8. Fights Cancer
Local or unpolished rice contains phytonutrient like lignin which is commonly found in plants is converted to enterolactone, thereby eating more unpolished or local rice increases the enterolactone level in the body which helps in the reduction and fight against the cancer of the breast and even other diseases of the heart.
Also, the mineral selenium which is found in local rice has been discovered to reduce the chances of getting colon cancer. This is so because the dietary rich fiber rice doesn't only aid in digestion but also helps protect the colon by the removal of chemicals that might be present in the gastrointestinal tract.
9. Helps in Weightloss
In as much as rice is high in calories, it also contains other nutrients such as manganese which help in the synthesizing of fats in the body. Whole-grain foods such as local rice also help in the reduction of fats and body mass index (BMI) which leads to weight loss.
10. Reduce Sleep Disorder
Local or brown is said to contain high levels of melatonin making it one of the natural sources of the sleep hormone. Melatonin helps in relieving insomnia and other sleep disorder by making the nerves be in a relax mood thereby triggering sleep.
11. Has an Anti-Aging Property
Local rice contains an anti-aging property which is known as ferulic acid which enhances and promotes the skin making it smoother, brighter and softer, and as well reduces wrinkles and eliminates the chances of aging.
12. Good for Pregnant Women
Local/brown rice is rich in the mineral folate which is a form of folic acid essential for pregnant and (Trying To Conceive) TTC mothers as it promotes healthy development and growth of the baby (fetus).
Nutritional Values of Local/Brown Rice:
Amount per 100 grams
Amount (% Daily Value)
0.9 g 1%
0 mg 0%
43 mg 1%
23 g 7%
How Rice can be consumed:
Rice is not only a staple food in Nigeria but is the most populous of the available food crops as it is widely eaten by many. Rice is mostly known as a source of carbohydrate and classified as one of the energy-giving foods but it is really more than that as it contains some other essential nutrients which the body needs too.
In Nigeria and some other West African countries, it is a common food source and can be used in preparing various delicacies such as plain rice and sauce or stew, jollof rice, coconut rice, Ofada rice, Nigerian fried rice, rice pudding, rice and beans cuisine, rice pancake and lots more.
The major nutrient in Rice is carbohydrates, but with the presence of other nutrients, especially in brown rice which contains natural nutrients, helps to balance the carbohydrate content.
Kinds of Local Rice in Nigeria:
Brown or local rice such as Abakiliki, Ofada, and Lake Rice is considered more beneficial than polished/white rice as it contains more nutrients than its counterparts that have lost most of its nutrients during processing.
Local rice is in high demand because of the nutrients contained in them as they are not genetically modified.
Ofada Rice is the name given to the locally grown rice in the south-west area, the rice was first grown in Ofada Town in Ogun after it was later cultivated in other towns and villages.
While Abakaliki Rice is the name for the local type of rice which is grown in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria and comes from Abakaliki in Ebonyi State where it is predominately/first grown.
Lake Rice may not be a common name in the market but it is a kind of local rice well known in Lagos State.
The Nigerian local rice is characterized by its brown color with robust shape, unique flavor especially when it is cooked.
Local rice is a super whole grain with lots of health benefits and is believed not to cause any kind of allergic reaction, unlike the polished rice.
It helps in reducing chronic illnesses such as infertility, accelerated aging, gastrointestinal problems, etc., which is gotten from genetically modified foods due to the chemicals used in the processing which are mostly present in the food.
Local/brown rice contains diverse ranges of nutrients which helps in improving the skin tone, helps in the treatment of many skin and hair conditions such as psoriasis and hair loss. Its content of ferulic acid also makes it an anti-aging property which is good for the skin.
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Machin's 1787 Patterns: Introduction
In May of 1783, a month after the ending of the Revolutionary War, Captain Thomas Machin was permitted to settle on some land by Great Pond (today called Orange Lake) five miles northwest of Newburgh, New York. The property was owned by Machin's close friend, the governor of the state, George Clinton. Machin built a house on a scenic but marshy area near the point where Chamber's Creek entered the pond. By the following spring he found it necessary to constructed a canal to prevent seasonal flooding. To get the full benefit out of his canal Machin then constructed both a saw mill and a grist mill at the end of the canal nearest the lake. His son later described the mills as consisting of a two story wooden structure thirty feet wide by forty feet long [In 1989 Anton and Kesse (pp. 51-52) measured the surviving foundation wall and found the remains of the structure were fifteen feet wide and of undeterminable length].
In 1787 the legislature of the State of New York announced it was going to award a state coinage franchise and was accepting proposals for consideration. Similar franchises had already been awarded by the neighboring states of Connecticut and New Jersey and the Republic of Vermont. Thomas Machin thought this presented a good opportunity for him. Although he knew nothing of coining he suspected he could make a healthy profit by converting his under used mills into a mint. Machin clearly believed he had a good chance at obtaining the New York franchise as he was a personal friend of the governor and was also acquainted with a junior New York Assemblyman named David Brooks. Brooks was a member of the state monetary committee and served on the panel reviewing the petitions of those who applied for the minting franchise; he was also one of three assemblymen charged with writing a bill to establish copper coinage in the state. With these connections Machin decided to petitioned the New York state legislature for the franchise to produce copper coins and on March 3, 1787 his petition was brought before the committee.
Machin realized he would have competition. The first recorded petition to the New York legislature for the privilege of coining was submitted by James Atlee on February 2, 1787. On February 11th petitions were filed by the New York City goldsmiths John Bailey and Ephraim Brasher. The wording used in the recording of the Bailey and Brasher petitions is ambiguous. Numismatists have usually interpreted the statement as referring to joint petitions, but Hodder has explained it is not known if Bailey and Brasher filed several joint petitions or if they individually filed petitions on the same day. The record for February 12, 1787 states: "The several petitions of John Bailey and Ephraim Brasher, relative to the Coinage of Copper within this State, were read, and referred to Mr. Brooks, Mr. Galatian, and Mr. Duboys." Soon thereafter, on February 16th, a petition was filed by the New York City silversmith partnership of Daniel Van Voorhis and William Coley, who at that time were making dies for the Vermont mint. These were Machin's competitors when he submitted his petition on March 3rd.
It is thought in conjunction with his petition Thomas Machin ordered three pattern or experimental coins that could be presented to the legislature as samples of the work he could produce. As these were experimental issues only a few examples were struck. Today all three of Machin's patterns are quite rare with less than a dozen surviving examples of each variety. One pattern was a copper with an obverse bearing a portrait of Machin's friend Governor George Clinton and a reverse depicting the seal of the state of New York, below was the date 1787 followed by state motto, EXCELSIOR (Higher). Massachusetts was already using their state seal on coppers and in New York the state seal had appeared on several issues of paper currency. In fact, the EXCELSIOR seal was used on the currency issue of 1786, which was still in circulation at the time of the petition. Interestingly, the figures of Liberty and Justice were transposed so the eagle had to face to the right in order to be viewing Liberty. On the currency and in other representations of the seal the eagle faces left, which is the correct location for Liberty. In case the governor's bust was not to the liking of the legislature other designs were also submitted. Another coin had a obverse depicting a standing Indian wielding a tomahawk and a bow with the legend, LIBER NATUS LIBERTATEM DEFENDO (Born free I defend freedom) combined with the state seal reverse. A third variety had the standing Indian obverse combined with a reverse showing an eagle with spread wings on a half globe (based on the top portion of the state seal) with the legend NEO EBORACUS 1787 (New York 1787) and below EXCELSIOR. These would compete against the three patterns that had been submitted by Bailey, which were all variations on the state seal obverse and the eagle reverse.
All three varieties have been assigned to the same diemaker as the coins are interrelated. The state arms reverse is shared by Clinton and a Liber Natus variety, while the third variety uses the Liber Natus obverse with a different reverse. Since the Liber Natus exhibited a broken A in the legend it was assigned to James Atlee as it had been thought he owned a unique letter punch with a broken A. Recently this theory has been seriously questioned (see the section on James Falconer Atlee and Confederation Era Coppers) so that the attribution of these dies must be considered undetermined. At a later date, it seem the Liber Natus obverse die was used at Machin's Mills. Three examples exist of a Machin's Mills product muling an imitation George III obverse with the Standing Indian Liber Natus as the reverse.
In 1869 John Bolen made new dies closely imitating the originals and struck forty copies of each of the three coins, examples of his Clinton copper and the Standing Indian (or "Liber Natus") with the state arms reverse are shown on the following page.
For further information and bibliographic citations see the section on Machin's Mills imitation halfpence.
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Since 2000 the World Croquet Championship Charitable Foundation, a philanthropic organization headquartered in Sebastopol, has supported families of babies in the NICU at Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital by providing hotel vouchers. Now the foundation supports the Bill and Elizabeth Shea House, a four-bedroom home on hospital grounds that provides a safe place of respite for out-of-town families to be close to their hospitalized children. The house is named in gratitude for the major benefactors of the project, Bill and Elizabeth Shea.
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This lodging was available to any family of a hospitalized child in Santa Rosa until October 2017 when the Shea House was damaged in the Tubbs Fire. But the Sonoma spirit prevails. We are now rebuilding and expect the new Shea House to be complete by the end of 2018.
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Principados Unidos de Valaquia y Moldavia, también conocidos como Principados Rumanos Unidos o Principado de Rumanía es el nombre que recibió Rumanía tras la Unión de 1859 bajo el gobierno de Alexandru Ioan Cuza como príncipe de Valaquia y hasta la constitución oficial de Rumanía en un reino en 1881 cuando el príncipe Carol fue coronado como Carol I, Rey de Rumanía.

Nombre
El reino tuvo varios nombres:
 Principados Unidos de Valaquia y Moldavia.
 Principados Rumanos.
 Principado de Rumanía: Este nombre se empezó a utilizar con la entrada en vigor de la Constitución en 1866 y perduró hasta 1881, fecha de la creación del Reino de Rumanía.

El reinado de Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Alexandru Ioan Cuza tomó medidas para unificar las administraciones de los dos principados rumanos y lograr el reconocimiento europeo y posteriormente internacional de la Unión. También adoptó una serie de reformas, entre ellas la secularización de las tierras de la iglesia, la introducción de la educación primaria gratuita, un código civil y penal inspirados en el francés, así como una reforma agraria limitada y una a las estructuras y estamentos del ejército.

La oposición de los propietarios de tierras, que eran mayoría en el parlamento y tenían dominado a Cuza, generó un golpe de Estado en su contra en 1864. Posteriormente, instituyó un régimen autoritario pero su apoyo popular, fuerte en el momento del golpe, disminuyó gradualmente a medida que la reforma agraria no logró llevar la prosperidad a la mayoría campesina.

Cuza fue obligado a abdicar en 1866 por los dos principales grupos políticos, los conservadores y los liberales, que representaban los intereses de los expropietarios de grandes terrenos. Aunque el evento provocó cierta agitación antiunionista en la provincia natal de Cuza de Moldavia, esta fue reprimida por las autoridades centrales.

Jefes de Estado
El Principado sólo tuvo dos príncipes:
 Alejandro Juan Cuza se convertiría en el rey Alexandru Loan I. (1859-1866)
 Carlos de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, un príncipe alemán que más tarde se convertiría en el futuro rey Carol I. (1866-1881)

Referencias
 Mapa detallado y estadísticas del período aquí:

Estados desaparecidos de Europa en el siglo XIX
Estados y territorios fundados en 1859
Estados y territorios desaparecidos en 1881
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The Former Convict Went On To Become A Major Civil Rights Activist And Leader In The Black Panther Party. He Served As The Group's Minister Of Information.
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The background of this slogan is our ambition to remove the need for any middleman between developers and users. In contrast to today's mainstream OSes, which rely on ultimately trusted distributions or app stores, Sculpt works completely federated. The integrity of the installed software is protected by digital signatures of the software providers while each piece of software is sandboxed both at installation time and at runtime. This way, users don't need to be faithful but enter a position of ultimate control.
This is capability-based security at work!
Sculpt CE is available as a ready-to-use disk image bootable from a USB stick. The release is accompanied with comprehensive documentation that covers both the use the system and the philosophy behind it.
Without a middleman between software providers and users in Sculpt OS, there is the obvious question: How can a user find software? This is where our recently started community blog - Genodians.org - enters the picture.
It gives developers a way to announce new software while users can share their perspectives and ideas. Just like Sculpt OS, the content of Genodians.org is managed in a federated fashion. In the previous newsletter, we already announced the beta version of this blogging platform. In the meantime, we launched the site officially. We are happy that there are already more than 10 authors participating.


Noah Bressner/ Sports Editor Former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms spoke at the third annual Greater Binghamton Sports Hall of Fame induction on Monday.
Former New York Giants quarterback and CBS football studio analyst Phil Simms spoke at the third annual Greater Binghamton Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony Monday night. Simms was the keynote speaker at the event, which recognized 10 individual inductees, including the Maine-Endwell Little League baseball team.
At the dinner, which was attended by over 100 paying guests at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Downtown Binghamton, Simms talked about the accomplishment of the inductees.
Simms, a two-time Super Bowl champion, spent 14 seasons as a quarterback for the Giants. In that time, he threw 199 touchdowns and 33,262 yards in 159 career starts. The 1987 Super Bowl MVP recently moved from his job as a color analyst for CBS to a new position in the studio, where he will begin working in the fall.
The Maine-Endwell Little League team defeated South Korea last summer to win the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. All 11 members of the team were present at the ceremony.
Steve Chomyszak, another inductee, played seven seasons for AFL and NFL teams following a football and track and field career at Syracuse. Chomyszak was drafted in the 12th round of the 1966 AFL draft by the New York Jets, but spent just one season with the team. After playing for the Jets in 1966, Chomyszak joined the Cincinnati Bengals for six seasons.
Along with the Maine-Endwell Little League team and Chomyszak, nine other individuals were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Among the other members was Kelsey Green, who spent 12 seasons as the head coach of the Chenango Forks High School football team. While there, he led Chenango Forks to two class-B state championships and six championship game appearances.
The Greater Binghamton Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 2014 in order to honor local athletes who have made a national impact. The hall is currently trying to find a new home for its plaques, which are currently housed in the Oakdale Mall.
"Our 'Vision' for the Greater Binghamton Sports Hall of Fame is to expand or Hall of Fame … into a Sports Museum, detailing the History of Sports in our Community, and finding a central location to house it," Anthony Quagliata, founder of the Greater Binghamton Sports Hall of Fame, wrote in a statement.
In addition to the induction, the Hall of Fame announced that it has donated $2,400 to two Boys & Girls Clubs in the Binghamton area.
At the end of a press conference before the dinner, Simms hesitantly revealed his Super Bowl picks for next season.
"I think it's going to be the Giants and the Patriots," he said.


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America's Drunkest Mayor Promises Real Recovery
By Will Godfrey 02/21/12
Bob Ryan's run as the publicly-relapsing alcoholic mayor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin has ended with defeat in a recall election. Just over 200 days sober, he tells us why his recovery is different this time.
The infamous shot of Bob Ryan during his Elkhart Lake relapse Photo via
The little city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, found unprecedented fame through the notorious drinking binges of its brazenly alcoholic mayor. Bob Ryan, 48, was first elected in April 2009. Since then he's accrued enough public misadventures to sink many a career. Victory in his February 21 recall election might well have redefined the level of scandal needed to topple an American politician, but he was defeated by opponent Terry Van Akkeren.
Ryan's media circus began with a fired city employee's allegations that he made unwelcome sexual advances in a tavern (she received a payout to settle her harassment suit last year, without the mayor or the city admitting any wrongdoing). Then in September 2009, a video posted on YouTube showed a slurring Ryan making crude remarks about his sister-in-law's sexual abilities. It made the mayor a national laughing stock (and fodder for Jay Leno).
"When I've publicly humiliated myself, I put employees at ease by talking about it."
An apologetic press conference followed, in which his wife, Mary, gamely participated. Ryan initially denied a drinking problem, but soon came clean (he says now he "most definitely" identifies as a recovering alcoholic and has done "for several years.") Another public relapse followed in 2010. Then came "The Incident at Elkhart Lake": Ryan and some friends embarked on a three-day drinking binge in July 2011 that led to cops being called to a bar to deal with a "scuffle." A photo emerged of the mayor passed out on a table, and sexual assault allegations stemming from the episode are still under investigation.
But Ryan boldly refused to resign. "I asked my attorneys, 'What has happened before in these cases?'" he tells me. "And they said, 'You idiot, everybody else has quit!'" Opponents gathered 4,500 signatures in November to force a recall election. One candidate in last month's first round was a 17-year-old high schooler named Asher Heimermann, who said he was running to "restore integrity" to the mayor's office (he finished last). Ryan came first, with 33% of the vote—below the 50% needed for outright victory. He speaks with me shortly before his run-off against Terry Van Akkeren. Facing down so many humiliations and allegations requires a rhino-thick hide, and Ryan is bullish about his prospects. His problems were never likely to end with his reelection. But his evident willingness to laugh at himself may prove almost as valuable to him as his avowed dedication to recovery.
So when did you last have a drink?
Two hundred and... [calls to his wife] Mary, how long have I been sober now? 206 days. We have a perpetual calendar that will never run out.
Doesn't your well-documented risk of relapse mean you're asking the citizens of Sheboygan to take a huge gamble on you?
They are taking a gamble. On the other hand, this isn't my first attempt at sobriety. If this was my first attempt, it would be more of a gamble. Now I know the pitfalls of giving up or not running a proper program. I have run a program of sorts—on and off—for five years. However, this is the first time I've run a true program where I meet with people several times a week. I have a sponsor. Actually I have two sponsors: I had one and he said, "I don't know what the Hell I'm going to do with you," so he got another one on board. I'm on the line to them regularly. I can never get complacent. But meetings work and sponsors work, as long as you're addressing it on a daily basis and you never forget who you are. My chances of relapse will always be there, but they are much less now than they ever have been.
You've said your alcoholism and relapses have never affected your duties as mayor. Really?
Yes, that is true. I had the good fortune of being a binge drinker, rather than a maintenance drinker. Did the alcoholism affect my job as mayor? Yes, somewhat, because any time someone is drinking, you're not going to be a hundred percent the next day. But I didn't miss work due to drinking. Very rarely would I come in with a hangover. I was a binge drinker, but normally that would be when I had a day or two that I wasn't scheduled to work, which would give me the green light. One thing it did affect was the time that I spent thinking about alcohol. There were times when I was not as productive as I should be, not when I was drinking but... You know, seven, eight months ago I'd be sitting here going, "Wow, it's three o'clock! That means I can go out and have a drink soon." But the thought doesn't cross my mind any longer.
But when your relapses hit the internet, it must have at least been a distraction to your colleagues.
Yes and no. One thing is, when I've publicly humiliated myself, with employees and all I put them at ease by talking about it, by saying that I'm addressing this issue. Number two, I'm big on self-deprecation, you know? I can sit in a meeting and make fun of myself. I can say to people, "You can use the word 'alcoholic,' it doesn't matter!" I screwed up. That's the way it is. I'm not afraid to talk about it. And I have a lot of people, close associates, that have seriously cut back on their consumption since I've quit. A few have quit outright. I think it has a positive effect.
Bob Ryan
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Will Godfrey
Will Godfrey is the former editor-in-chief of TheFix. He was also the founding editor-in-chief of Substance.com, and previously co-founded a magazine for prisoners in London. His work has appeared in Salon, Pacific Standard, AlterNet and The Nation among others. He is currently the Executive Director at FILTER. You can find Will on Linkedin and Twitter.
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