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The world remembers the inventor of instant noodles, Momofuku Ando. The Taiwanese-Japanese inventor, Ando whose instant noodles revolutionized the food world, was born during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan in 1910, moved to Japan at the age of 23 became a Japanese citizen following World War II. He died in Osaka on Jan. 5, 2007, at the age of 96.

TMZ has revealed that Chris Brown has a 9 month old baby with a 31 year old former model, Nia. Sources close to Nia disclosed that Nia had known Chris for a very long time. The 25 year old Chris a report said was proud to be a father! Trending Issues Today has studied the supposed Chris Brown’s kid and concluded that blood is indeed thicker than water. Chris’ paternity to the child is a fact.

The Impacts of Civil Society on Policy Analysis By  Ozeh, Cornelius  Introduction: Analysis of policy options is imperative to making informed policy decisions. It involves relevant stakeholders and actors which participate in the process of clarifying a messy policy challenge, analyzing relevant information – including information on the specific context of the problem, clarifying, playing out the implications of and weighing options for action, making recommendations, and, in some cases, developing a strategic plan for implementation. These stakeholders and actors have their respective three-tiered belief systems: “deep core, policy core and secondary aspects,” (Sabatier 1988).  These three tiers of belief suggest how the policy analysis actors and stakeholders impact on policy analysis itself, so that “policy designs are interpreted as translations of (policy actors’) beliefs (ibid.).” The civil society as a towering actor of policy analysis has gre...