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Richard Monson-Haefels prediction that Java EE 5 is destined for the ash heap of history has lead to a lot of uproar in the blogosphere.
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Orchha – The Hidden Beauty (Jul '10)
As usual, started searching for a weekend getaway from Delhi. This time I am trying to go to a different place other than Himalayas (as I have covered almost all the places in 300km radius). So, searching for a getaway has now become a difficult one. Decided to plan a visit to Madhya Pradesh as it was visited less frequently (infact less travelled). While searching got to know about this place called Orchha. I fell in love with this place when I go over the images in the internet and decided to visit the place for sure.
Didn't want to travel on my bike/car and hence decided to use public transport. Checked out the train details to Jhansi and got confirmed return ticket and a wait list ticket for onward journey. Till Friday evening didn't see a change in wait list number and decided to go by bus. The last bus leaves from Delhi to Jhansi at 8.30. Reached 'Sarai Kale Khan' and boarded the bus. Not so impressive seats but settled on a window seat in the middle of the bus. Bus started at 8.30 PM but there were only few passengers on board so the conductor decided to fill up some passengers from Nizamuddin Railway Station. After picking up few passengers from the Station, bus started its journey at 9.30. Journey was uneventful after Agra as most of the passengers got down there.
Reached Jhansi at 7.45 AM and got a bus to Orchha. I had already booked a room at 'Orchha Home Stay'. It is managed by a french couple 'Asha & Louk' who fell in love with this little town. The concept of this home stay is that, you will be taken to one of the 6 families which are part of this program. You will be provided a separate room within their home. There is a good chance for outsiders to learn about the life style, culture & customs of the residents of Orchha. You are free to join with them for breakfast/lunch/dinner or else if you like privacy you can have it in your room as I did.
Orchha is a tiny little town which has got wealth of hidden beauties. The major attractions include -Chatturbuj Temple, Ramaraja Temple, Laxmi Narayan Temple, Raja Mahal, Jahangir Mahal, Laxmi Temple.
Don't miss out the famous view of Orchha on Betwa river side during Sunset.
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text: Prithvi Khurana (Zayed Khan) is a middle-class Delhite who believes in walking the straight path. With a mediocre job and a steady girlfriend, Prithvi has nothing to complain about. His roommate, Sam (Rannvijay Singh) is a guy whose motto in life is to earn easy money by taking shortcuts. Megha (Tena Desae) is a television journalist and also the lady love of Prithvi. The protagonists appear to be living in utmost 'sharafat', a concept rarer than rarity in today's day and age.Referred by Sam as 'Kanjoos', Prithvi visits ATM outlets from time to time. On one such visit, he finds out that his bank balance has jumped to 100 crores! Prithvi can't believe it, and is in complete shock until a phone call solves the mystery. The voice on the other side is that of so-called underworld don "Dawood", who then takes the story forward. Watch what happens when a typical middle-class man gives up decency to set things right in society.


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This healthy roasted sweet potato brussel sprout hash is a simple fall treat that drizzles on a light layer of olive oil, garlic, and cumin before roasting. The vegan and gluten-free recipe produces perfectly golden baked sweet potato pieces surrounded by fresh spiced corn kernels and crisp and tender cooked brussel sprouts.
I just couldn't wait to share this recipe. Instead of waiting until next we like I had planned it's coming out to y'all today! Some things are just too good not to share right away.
That must be a new trend of mine. I couldn't wait to share my Slow Cooker Mexican Quinoa Dip with y'all last week and now this!
Don't ask me to keep a secret because I clearly can't keep anything to myself.
I digress. Anyways, this roasted sweet potato brussel sprout hash is that something.
After making it this past weekend Alex and I decided to skip the traditional dinner and just have big bowls of this roasted hash while swinging in a hammock outside in the fall sunshine.
Did we regret our decision?
Obviously not since I am so excited to share this recipe with y'all today! It may have been the best decision we made all day.
This isn't your traditional sweet potato hash recipe. I like mine with roasted corn kernels and a splash of garlic, cumin, and red pepper flakes.
I also don't use balsamic vinegar for this recipe. Instead I use red wine vinegar.
Yes balsamic vinegar is delicious on roasted sweet potatoes, but how about something a little bit different?
The red wine vinegar adds a bit of a sweet tangy edge and plays real real nice with the spiciness in the recipe.
And it's really not "hot" spicy at all, more like "flavorful" spicy. Y'all catch my flow?
Roasted Sweet Potato Brussel Sprout Hash
This healthy roasted sweet potato brussel sprout hash is a simple fall treat that drizzles on a light layer of olive oil, garlic, and cumin before roasting. The vegan and gluten-free recipe produces perfectly golden baked sweet potato pieces surrounded by fresh spiced corn kernels and crisp and tender cooked brussel sprouts.
- 1 large sweet potato, cubed
- 1 pound brussel sprouts, trimmed and halved
- 1 cup corn kernels
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 TBSP red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp cracked red pepper flakes
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Preheat your oven to 425*F and line a baking sheet with tin foil. Set aside.
- Combine and stir all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
- Spread the mix in an even single layer on your lined baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and flip the veggies over and cook for another 20-25 minutes ro until the veggies are browning on the edges and a fork is easily inserted into the veggies.
- Remove from the oven and serve warm. Enjoy!
Tips for the roasted sweet potato brussel sprout hash:
- You can substitute out the red wine vinegar for another type of vinegar in your pantry but be aware that all vinegars give off a slightly different flavor with the veggies after the heat of the roasting gets to them.
- If you don't have fresh end-of-season corn straight off the cob feel free to use a can of sweet corn kernels as a replacement.
- Don't want it spicy? Take out the red pepper flakes. But as I mentioned above, it's not spicy at all (Keep in mind that this is coming from someone who LOVES spice).
- Ovens vary so much so watch your hash the last few minutes of roasting and take it out when you notice your veggies with the perfect amount of char to your liking. I like mine with crispy edges fo' sure.
I can not wait to share with y'all what is coming up the rest of this week! I've got one hell of a delicious week for y'all with a homemade Rigatoni D that is a copycat from Maggiano's Little Italy. I've got some dunkable taco crisp appetizers coming out your way and also some tips on how to treat yourself in 5 minutes or less because we all could use a little pampering. Right?


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While many outsiders may view Los Angeles as an imposing megalopolis, it is truly a city of great neighborhoods. Just slightly off the beaten path, in communities throughout the city, are remarkably intact historic neighborhoods.
Recognizing the need to identify and protect neighborhoods with distinct architectural and cultural resources, the City has developed an expansive program of Historic Preservation Overlay Zones (HPOZs). HPOZs, commonly known as historic districts, provide for review of proposed exterior alterations and additions to historic properties within designated districts.


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Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company headquartered in Denmark. Its long-term commitment to behave in a financially, environmentally and socially responsible way led to its use of a wide and comprehensive range of means to communicate its integrated thinking. 'The objective of going for an integrated report,' said Susanne Stormer, who leads the corporate sustainability function, 'was that we wanted to enhance the readers' evaluation of the company in terms of our performance and also, importantly, the company's position for the future.' And it is the deep thinking behind the company's communications which has brought it such strength. The communication sends a strong message to shareholders and potential investors and enhances their decision making, while also leading to better informed decisions internally. It brings information about financial, environmental and social performance together, reflecting the company's triple bottom line. The process of getting there was carefully planned. 'We achieved it,' said Stormer, 'by bringing it all together into one document, the annual report, the legal document, the information about the company's financial performance and the company's environmental and social performance.' This became the embodiment of, as Stormer put it: 'A reflection of the triple bottom line which is our business principle, the principle on which we build our business and create long-term value for shareholders and other stakeholders.'
"The communication sends a strong message to shareholders and potential investors and enhances their decision making, while also leading to better informed decisions internally."
And everything else follows on naturally from there. 'On top of providing the performance information in the statements, the narrative management report explains in a magazine style article format what the management's perspective is on various dimensions relevant to the business, so that the investors and other readers will get a picture and will have an impression of how we do business. Our intent is to invite them inside the company, so to speak.' This is at the heart of the way that they communicate integrated thinking. 'The intent is to communicate integrated thinking by having an explanation of how we make decisions,' says Stormer. 'So when we use the triple bottom line we use it to make decisions in the perspective of looking at financial viability, how we spend, how we earn our money, our social responsibility to patients, employees, communities, and environmental responsibility towards nature. For example when we talk about our performance during the year, we naturally have to explain how these factors have determined the choices we made.' And the benefits from this rigorous thinking come through in other ways.
"It is important to us to communicate integrated thinking because that is how we do business."
'It is important to us to communicate integrated thinking because that is how we do business,' said Stormer. 'So we want our readers of the report and our stakeholders with whom we interact to understand that this is how we do business. That was a very important objective. The benefits of that process have been that readers do get a better picture of what the company's position is for the future and also they get an idea of the character of the company and about how decisions are made.'
The aim is to enable the company to get as close as possible to its shareholders and stakeholders. 'We know that one of the "asks" that readers would have of an annual report is "Could we please get into your boardroom",' she said.
'That is not feasible but we can take them as closely into the boardroom as possible, by conveying in an authentic and personal voice how we deal with dilemmas, and how we make decisions and what are the consequences of those decisions.' The integrated annual report is the backbone for communication to investors, enabling them to make 360° assessments of performance.
The project was driven by a close collaboration between the finance and sustainability functions. The rigour and discipline of financial data was emulated with social and environmental data, while the presentation of sustainability performance with contextual information inspired the format for the financial statements. The emphasis on the triple bottom line allows the company to grow both profitably and responsibly.
"The finance function was instrumental in driving this forwards."
Publishing its Blueprint For Change reports emphasises the company's belief that communicating integrated thinking reflects how they do business. People get a better idea about the character of the company and how decisions are made. The finance function has been central to this. 'The finance function was instrumental in driving this forwards,' said Stormer. 'When we began to experiment with the thinking around integrating sustainability reporting and financial reporting this had not been seen before, so we were definitely breaking new ground. And our chief of finance at the time was extremely supportive, even if we didn't know what the end goal would look like. We have made a journey and we are not at the final destination yet,' she said. 'During the process of how we developed the formats and finetuned the quality of the contents of the report we worked seamlessly together with our finance function.' The world of reporting has long been dominated by a focus on the financials, particularly true when Novo Nordisk first started to develop its integrated reporting approach. Standards for non-financial, environmental or social reporting are less generally accepted than financial reporting standards and what there is does not lend itself easily to integration into an annual report.
"So we have been able to make it this far by simply challenging conventional thinking."
There is also a challenge in how to measure and account for performance on the six capitals of the International Integrated Reporting Framework and how to fully reflect connectivity across different issues and areas of performance. This was one of the challenges the company faced.
'The standards which are available for environmental and social reporting do not easily lend themselves to integration into an annual report,' said Stormer. 'So we have been able to make it this far by simply challenging conventional thinking. But what it takes for us to get to that final destination is a need to have frameworks. That is why we were so deeply involved in the making of the Integrated Reporting framework.
We do pledge allegiance to that as, if not the answer, then at least it is the initiative that will be able to take us forward to make a much more truly integrated reporting framework.'
And the overwhelming lesson that Novo Nordisk learned in the process was the importance of working together. 'The main lesson we have learned,' said Stormer, 'is that by working together with many functions, both the finance function, investor relations, strategy, communications, business planning, we have built a much broader and much deeper common understanding of how the triple bottom line philosophy pans out in reality. And it shows us how we can convey, in a disciplined and structured way, what that means for shareholders and for other stakeholders and how it influences decision making.'
What the judges said
Novo Nordisk has told a highly impressive story of integration across the business through its comprehensive suite of communications. It is clear that both internally and externally non-financial data is going through the same rigour as financial data.
2016 winner case study
Read how United Utilities puts integrated thinking into action accross the way it runs its water and wastewater network.
2017 Communicating integrated thinking award
The 2017 awards will open for entries on Monday 6th March 2017. Click here to find out more about this category and how to enter.


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Tozers are excited to announce that nominations are now open for their Charity of the Year 2017.
Every year Tozers staff vote for their 'Charity of the Year'. Whilst there is no guarantee as to the amount of funds staff will raise, in previous years staff and partners have run marathons, baked (and eaten) cakes, held quizzes and got muddy for great causes.
If you would like to be considered by the staff of Tozers as the focus of their fundraising efforts for 2017, please print off the application form, complete and send to email@example.com. Applications close on 28 October 2016.
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A QUESTION: How long does it take to build a playground? Can it take a year? A decade? Does it come together over many years as parents and visitors decide a slide might be nice, or a sandbox? Or can a traditional playground come together over a course a single day? We'll wager that that final choice happens less frequently, but, when it does, it is very often a major event requiring the brawn and brains of hundreds of volunteer. So let's pause here to salute the brawn and brains and good cheer of the 200+ volunteers that headed out to Stoddard Park in Anaheim on Saturday, May 12 with one goal in mind: Build an entire playground before the day was over.
HOW IT HAPPENED: Back in March some local Anaheim youngsters met with planners on how the new playground should look (we love when kids get consulted on these sorts of things). The design was hatched and the build day was picked: May 12. Then City of Anaheim, the Anaheim YMCA, Disney, and KaBOOM! rounded up a bunch of up-and-at-'em volunteers for the carrying and hauling and hammering and placing. This story is sweet for a few reasons. One? Children's drawings helped inform the final look of the playground. Two? Anaheim and its environs are famed for theme parks; we like seeing a free spot families can visit that happens to be close to those parks (and let's high-five Disney for being a backer of the Stoddard playground). And three? The new playground is part of a larger initiative that wants to place "a great place to play" within walking distance of every child's home. C'mon. That is fantastic and something everyone can support.


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We take intense pride and interest in our work as we create and maintain oases of natural beauty in, around and above the urban landscape, with excellent service to our clients as our goal.


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The United States needs air power, but it does not need an air force.
In fact, it never really did. The U.S. Air Force, founded in 1947, was the product of a decades-long campaign by aviation enthusiasts inside the U.S. Army. These advocates argued that air power could not achieve its promise under the leadership of ground commanders. With memories of the great bombing campaigns of World War II still fresh and a possible confrontation with the Soviets looming, the nation's would-be cold warriors determined that the age of air power was upon them. But it wasn't. Advocates of an independent air force had misinterpreted the lessons of World War II to draw faulty conclusions about air power's future.
Their mistake produced a myriad of problems. Modern warfare almost invariably demands close cooperation across air and surface units. In naval operations, all of these assets -- submarines, surface ships, and aircraft -- belong to the same service. In the case of the army and the air force, however, the component parts end up being divided -- or needlessly replicated -- by separate bureaucratic organizations, each with its own priorities. As a result, the services tend to plan operations and procure equipment based on their own needs rather than those of the military as a whole. When they ask lawmakers for funding, moreover, they tend to concentrate on missions that they believe they can accomplish on their own. Finally, during wars, the services often struggle to cooperate by scaling the bureaucratic walls they constructed in peacetime.
With the benefit of hindsight, the United States should fold the U.S. Air Force back into its two sibling services, the army and the navy. Done properly, such a reform could improve military readiness, cut mounting and unsustainable defense costs, and refocus the Pentagon on preparing for the fights of the future.
More than anything else, the creation of the U.S. Air Force after World War II sowed
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text: Smart Tips for Safe Travel By Jane Farrell Traveling can frazzle your brain. Between trying to remember if you locked the house or put your ID back into your wallet, thinking about personal safety in airport parking lots is the last thing that may be on your mind. However, poorly lighted parking garages, arms full of luggage, confusing parking signs, forgetting where you parked and keys buried in the bottom of an overflowing purse can make you an easy target for predators. To help you stay safe while traveling, Krav Maga Worldwide, a leading company in the teaching of the self-defense technique Krav Maga, has put together a list of personal safety tips to keep in mind when at the airport, train station or in an unfamiliar city.Stay aware of your surroundings by scanning your environment. No matter how busy you are, do not allow your mind to wander. It might seem important in the moment to be making a to-do list in your head, but if you are worrying about what you need to do when you get home you might not notice someone following you to your vehicle or sliding a hand into your purse.Park in well lighted areas. If you are renting a car while traveling, when you park avoid spots next to vans, trucks with camper shells, or cars with tinted windows. You want to keep your car and yourself as visible to as many people as possible, and you should also avoid parking next to tall shrubs or plants that could block views of your vehicle.Don't wear your purse so that the strap crosses your body. Wearing a purse strap across your body makes you more connected to your bag. If someone tries to steal your purse, you will be pulled with the strap. You can become unbalanced and put into a vulnerable position or you could end up in a physical altercation with the assailant. If your purse is draped on one shoulder you can easily let go of it.Dress casually and comfortably. During transit is not the time to make a fashion statement. It is better to leave the high heels and flashy statement pieces at home or in your luggage until you arrive at your destination. Jeans and sneakers will help you blend in and if needed enable you to make a quick getaway. Avoid wearing large and expensive looking jewelry that can draw attention.Always keep one arm and hand free of luggage and other gear. Many people travel with multiple bags, purses, laptop cases and other paraphernalia. But, if your arms and hands are tied up with bags you have no means of defending yourself from an attacker. Luggage that can stack together securely and be pulled by one handle is a safer choice than wearing and carrying numerous bags.About Krav Maga WorldwideFounded in 1997 to promote Krav Maga, the self-defense system used by the Israeli Defense Forces, Krav Maga Worldwide trains and certifies instructors and licenses over 150 authorized Krav Maga Worldwide training centers in the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico, South America, and Europe, as well as over 800 law enforcement agencies and military units. For additional information, visit: www.kravmaga.com. Share this:


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I currently have a standard single domain SSL (we purchased a multi-year one), but now my it guy says we need one we can add SAN's to for Exchange 2013. Can I upgrade my current one or do I have get a brand new one?
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Hello @RF-CWI and welcome to the community!
At this time, an SSL can not be upgraded. You would need a new UCC SSL.
I have already purchased SSL and it was assigned to my host name (eyecareoptometry.com.au). I have a lot of other domain names and some of them are already assigned to a website which files are already under a folder in (eyecareoptometry.com.au). One of it is this http://www.eyecarevision.com.au/ Do I need to purchased another SSL or upgrade to UCC so I can make that other domain name secured?
Please advise. This is really urgent. Thank you.
Thanks for your reply. I have the same scenario, my question is can I detach the domain name from the old one and re-assign it to the new Wildcard one?


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I tried out a variety of color trios, looking for a combination that was just right. The first color that jumped out was a soft purple-lined crystal in size 6/o. It makes a nice contrast for the lime green, but it needed another solid color to balance with the Picasso finish. To complete Fairy Garden, I added canary yellow 11/o's for a bright, flowery look.
The wasabi diamonds have a nuttiness to them, thanks to the Picasso finish, so for the second palette I tried some soft, creamy colors that would bring to mind pistachios and Gelato. Here, ceylon cream 8/o seed beads, and lustered turquoise 11/o's become ice cream's sophisticated side.
I couldn't resist taking the wasabi name literally, so for the final palette, I used Sushi as inspiration. For white, I chose opaque crystal AB, which has a beautiful shimmer. Dark transparent emerald both contrasts with the white, and complements the bright green beautifully, drawing everything together.
Have you ever purchased beads for their color, and found them difficult to match?
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Voice Verso is proud to showcase you all that our beloved founder
Mohak Bhambry has been covered in one of the local Dailies – City Bhaskar – Dainik Bhaskar
Here is the sneak peak
Kudos to team Voice Verso
We are growing and we are growing fast.
"We won' t stop until we serve the all writers community of the internet"
– Mohak Bhambry, Founder Voice Verso
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Dogs At Polling Stations – What You Need To Know
The #DogsAtPollingStations started on Twitter a few years ago and is now a new British voting tradition. Taking and sharing a photo of your dog at polling stations is no longer confined to social media. National media, both television and print, will run stories featuring our four-pawed friends. If you turn on your local news on election day you are likely to see at least one shot of a dog outside waiting for their owner to return. But is this craze actually putting your dog at risk? How did it... Read More


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My Self is An Other
Curated by Claressinka Anderson and Sonny Ruscha Granade
Marine Projects at the Underground Museum
October 4 – November 22, 2014
Marine Projects presents "My Self is An Other", a group show curated by Claressinka Anderson and Sonny Ruscha Granade. Taking place at The Underground Museum in the West Adams/ Crenshaw district of Los Angeles, "My self is an other" comes from the phrase by the French poet Arthur Rimbaud. "Je est un autre", which literally translated into English means "I is an other" is meant to convey the distance or alienation felt from the sense of self – that the self is really "other" – a construction or collage of thoughts and voices that come as much from outside us, as from within.
The work of Kendell Carter, Rives Granade, Alexandra Grant, Dennis Koch and April Street looks at the self in myriad literal and subtle ways. Some of how the self is understood is cultural, it reflects historical time, experience and a person's sense of the non physical world. All the artists' work explores the relationship with the self, how the self is embodied physically in the work, whether physically, consciously or spiritually.
Artists are also, by default, looking at themselves through the lens of the other. Can we only understand ourselves through that lens? Is the self "an other"? The works in the show question these ideas and the viewer's sense of self as well.
Above: My Self Is An Other, 2013, oil on linen, 80 x 70 inches
Top: I Was Born to Love, 2014, oil on linen, 80 x 60 inches
Middle photos: Self (Projection #2), 2013, laminated wood and fabric, 96 x 48 x 48 inches
Bottom: Selves, 2013-4, fabric, paint, cardboard, wood and rope, dimensions variable
Five Artsy Things to Do in LA This Week, Catherine Wagley www.laweekly.com/publicspectacle/2014/10/22/5-artsy-things-to-do-in-la-this-week-including-a-discussion-about-whether-la-artists-are-too-white


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More bubble talk from the Financial Times
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Here's some more food for thought from the Financial Times for the many bubble-deniers in the world today, such as Jim Rogers as seen in this item earlier today. The British business daily seems to be full of "bubble stories" in recent weeks, just a few days ago publishing Nouriel Roubini's Mother of all carry trades faces an inevitable bust.
China rushes towards a Japan-style bubbleJust the fact that government sponsored bank lending in China this year has grown to staggering proportions should set off alarm bells for most people, but, human nature being what it is, many look past that development all too easily.
By Peter Tasker
Emerging markets, it seems, have had a good crisis. In contrast to the debt-ridden G7 economies, they have quickly resumed their growth trajectory. No surprise, then, that US emerging market mutual funds are experiencing record inflows. The stellar performance of the Brics markets - Brazil, Russia, Indian and China - is due to continue into the distant future.
Such is the narrative now forming among investors. To anyone who has lived through the rise and fall of the Japanese bubble economy, it should set off alarm bells.
Remember that it was in the years following the 1987 "Black Monday" crash that Japanese assets went from being expensive to absurdly overvalued and the Nikkei's dizzy rise to 39,000 forced the bears to throw in the towel.
Then, as now, the logic seemed unassailable. While the western world was stuck in the post-crash doldrums, the Japanese economy had got back on track with apparent ease. Japanese corporations were using their high market capitalisations to finance acquisitions of foreign trophy assets. Japanese banks boasted the world's strongest credit ratings.
But what you saw was decidedly not what you got.
The Wall Street Journal joined in with their own bubble warning of sorts with the lead story in the Money & Investing section today - Fears of a New Bubble As Cash Pours In.
Pretty straightforward stuff - zero percent interest rates, a large and growing carry trade, government profligacy in the name of economic recovery.
Back to the Financial Times and the parallels between 1980s Japan and 2000s China...
The crisis, far from leaving Japan unscathed, exacerbated its structural problems and laid the groundwork for a far greater disaster. And it was the weak western economies, not Japan, that produced healthy investment returns over the next decade.If China does end the dollar peg, then it will be, "Katie bar the door" - we'll see things that will make even the 1980s Japan bubble look tame.
In reality, 1980s Japan was never going to be terminally damaged by weakness in export markets. Its current account surplus and strong fiscal position provided the macro policy leeway to make any slowdown strictly temporary. The Bank of Japan duly put the pedal to the metal and the recently deregulated banks went on a patriotic lending spree. High-end consumption boomed but the real action was in the asset markets and capital investment, which soared as a proportion of gross domestic product.
Sound familiar? It should, because the same dynamic is evident today in China and some other emerging economies.
Interest rates have been far too low for far too long. If the natural interest rate is, as the Swedish economist Knut Wicksell posited, around the level of nominal GDP growth, then China's interest rates should have been close to 10 per cent for most of this decade. Alan Greenspan, former chief of the US Federal Reserve, has been criticised for holding interest rates too low and setting off a housing and credit bubble in the US. But if US monetary policy was wrong for the US, it was even more wrong for the high-growth countries that "imported" it. The result could only be a massive misallocation of capital.
At the 2008 peak, the price-to-book ratio of the Shanghai stock exchange was over seven times, well above the five times achieved by Japanese stocks in 1989. After the turbulence of the past 18 months, the ratio has fallen to 3.3 times, still the world's second highest after India, and residential real estate trades at multiples of income that make the US housing boom look tame. Bulls justify such lofty valuations by plugging high growth numbers into their models. Historically, however, the linkage between high GDP growth and investment returns is tenuous. The years of the Japanese economic miracle saw poor stock market performance, and the market indices of high-growth economies such as Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand have made little progress for 20 years in dollar terms.
What is scary is that the current frothiness of emerging markets, centred on China, may be only a taste of what is to come.
For most of the 1980s, Japan, like China today, used government direction of bank credit ("window guidance") to overlay monetary policy. It was the combination of banking deregulation and the G7-sanctioned surge in the yen that ushered in the final manic stage of the Japanese bubble.
At its peak, the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo had a greater theoretical value than the entire state of California. By then there was no way out - asset market collapse and financial system wipe-out were baked in the cake.
If China continues to follow the Japanese template, the end of the dollar peg will be the trigger event, setting off a Godzilla-sized credit binge. Why would China's rulers embark on a such a disastrous course? Because the alternative - unleashing deflationary forces stored up over years of mercantilist policies - would be too painful to contemplate. That was the choice made by Japanese policymakers, who had 100 years' experience of managing a quasi-capitalist economy.
This time the denouement would be one of the biggest bubbles in history, probably in scale and certainly in number of people involved. Could China weather the subsequent financial turmoil as stoically as Japan? It seems unlikely; at the least its ascent to global hegemony would suffer an interruption.
It's hard to imagine that the Chinese government will allow that to happen, but, currency crises (something that we may be barreling toward at the moment) have a way of forcing leaders to do things they might not otherwise do.


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Why we need Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill
5 June 2019 by Sarah
This week's guest blog has been written by artist Dano Wall, who designed a stamp which puts Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Dano kindly allows us to use the stamp in some of our public education sessions at the Museum. Find out how and why he came up with this fantastic idea, as he writes:
On April 20, 2016, then-U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced plans to add Harriet Tubman to the front of the revised twenty-dollar bill, moving President Andrew Jackson to the rear. Lew instructed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to expedite the redesign process, and the new bill was expected to enter circulation sometime after 2020. Read more…


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NPR badly needs donations of paper bags, because a lot of people there need to be wearing them over their heads after this piece. The piece ostensibly tells listeners that both left and right agree that things can't keep going as they are going and that the problem is Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
This is hugely wrong. First, the budget deficit first became large when the economy plunged because of the collapse of the housing bubble. The deficit in 2007 was just 1.2 percent of GDP and was projected to stay low in the next several years, even if the Bush tax cuts did not expire.
In other words, there is no short-term deficit problem. The problem was a collapse of private sector spending that made it necessary for the federal government to pick up the gap. Those who are unhappy about current deficits want higher unemployment. That is the reality, whether they know it or not.
The longer term problem is a health care story. We can say the cost of anything together with Medicare and Medicaid funding is a problem, because rising private sector health care costs, felt through these programs, is the problem. For example, we could say that funding for NPR (through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting) plus Medicare and Medicaid will rise hugely as a share of GDP over the next two decades.
Social Security is financed by its dedicated tax stream, which is projected to keep the program fully funded through the year 2038. It is misleading to imply that this is a cause of deficit problems. (Under the law, if Social Security funding is not increased, then only 81 percent of projected benefits will be paid in years after 2038. So the program would not contribute to the deficit.)
In reality, both left and right can agree that the broken U.S. health care system is the problem. The United States already pays more than twice as much per person as the average in other wealthy countries. If our per person health care costs were the same as those in Canada, Germany or any other wealthy country, we would be looking at huge budget surpluses, not deficits.


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Sunugan sa Suplado Show
Last night at the Suplado Show on Dig Radio, Fliptop battle emcees like Franchize, Harlem, Shehyee, and Juan Tamad guested to promote their event Sunugan this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 at Guijo St., Makati.
We talked about their rivals in the industry, secret fliptop battles and of course we have to do a demo of the battle rap.
Here are some of the photos last night:
Juan Tamad, Shehyee, Mr. Suplado, Harlem, & Franchize
Thanks to Michelis for my bling!
Here's a video of what happened after the show:
Be sure to catch the entire group at Sunugan this Saturday! I'll be there to record some videos too.


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Struggling Australian apparel maker and retailer Pacific Brands, which Tuesday announced losses of A$224.5m, is to sell its workwear division to retail giant Wesfarmers for A$180m ($167m) in cash. The money will be used to pay down debt, Pacific Brands said. The company, which also owns hosiery and intimates brand Bonds and Sheridan sheets, produces workwear brands Hard Yakka, KingGee and Stubbies. Pacific Brands also said Tuesday it has promoted its CFO David Bortolussi to oversee the ongoing recovery effort, replacing former chief executive John Pollaers who left the company in July following a disagreement with the board over strategy.
Despite the changes, Pacific Brands' shares plummeted almost 9% to 92 cents in afternoon trading as the company said soaring costs plus sinking profits and margins are set to continue.
Net loss hit A$224.5m for the year to June 30, compared to a A$73.8m profit in fiscal 2012/13. The full year result was weighed down by a A$241.8m goodwill writedown to the workwear division and A$46.6m in restructuring costs.
Stripping out one-time items as well as interest and tax, earnings fell 25% to A$91.2m, in line with its reduced guidance issued in June.
Sales, however, rose 3.8% to A$1.32bn.
But Bortolussi said that although the company expects to continue to lift sales during H1, weaker profit margins and a lower Australian dollar would push earnings down again.
"The company expects a continuation of challenging and variable market conditions," he said on Tuesday.
He also said the company continued to look at other options to simplify its businesses, as well as measured investment in retail, category expansion and international distribution.
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Welcome to Poland
- A country where a newborn is given high-risk vaccine against tuberculosis – the very one that Germany withdrew 18 years ago! (1)
- A country where even premature babies are vaccinated against hepatitis B due to the fact that hygiene standards in medical facilities are notoriously neglected. Newborns are offered a cheap, Korean vaccine used nowhere else in Europe! (2)
- A country that continues to use a high risk, whole cell vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis already withdrawn in other European countries. (3)
- A country where the tender for the pneumococcal vaccine is won by a pharmaceutical company that previously employed the Deputy Minister of Health. (4)
- A country where children are injected with vaccines never legally approved for the given market – only by applying the regulations on … pandemic. (5)
- A country where parents are charged a huge penalty fine if refusing to inject their child with the above `goodness`. (6)
- A country, that didn't ratify the bioethics Committee and lets testing the biggest amount of vaccines in whole Europe, on it's citizens. (7)
- A country where the government and corporations censor public television shows where families of vaccine-injured children were allowed to tell their story. (8)
- A countrywhere doctors are punished for informing patients on side effects of pharmaceutical products. (9)
- A country where doctors are unable to recognize vaccine adverse reaction and its consequences. (10)
- A country that has the highest child-immunization rate in the world and yet the lowest number of doctors vaccinated against flu. (11) (12)
- A country where the only excuse allowing not to vaccinate a child is their death. (13)
- A country where pharmaceutical companies sponsor media campaigns aiming to turn the society against the real advocates of patients' rights and do so by introducing fake epidemics! (14)
- A country where the Sanitary Chief Officer performs a rap song mocking the victims of system's negligence. (15) (16)
- A country where the dangerous oral polio vaccine is forced to be used up till the end of stocks AFTER it was given the status "for immediate withdrawal." (17) (18)
- A country where there is no compensation program for the victims and doctors and officials are above the law. (19)
- POLAND – a country where you can go to jail if you issue a petition which calls for a change of the abovementioned irregulaties. (20)


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Palais de Seoul
This buzzy, three-story art gallery shows monthly rotating exhibitions of painting, sculpture and photography.
6 Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea
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This buzzy, three-story art gallery shows monthly rotating exhibitions of painting, sculpture, photography and even performance art by up-and-coming names like Seong Tae-hun and Dallae Bae.
6 Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu,
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Engineers from NASA and Boeing as well as former US Naval architects and professional powerboat builders collaborated on designing the Phenomenon. Restaurateur Al Copeland Sr., the founder of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits restaurant and a driver of the Popeyes Offshore race team, developed the prototype of Phenomenon. Unfortunately, Mr. Copeland succumbed to cancer and died before seeing his dream come to fruition. Al Copeland Jr. is finishing the job his father began.


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November 9, 2011. 8.30pm
"In this special event for Intelligence Squared, Hitchens will be in conversation via satellite in Washington with his friend Stephen Fry who'll be on stage live at Royal
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Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.
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Commander of the Order
The Honorable Mr. Vib, Esq. (AKA "The Kentuckistan Kid," "The Master of Disaster") (born April 18, 1776) is a poster on the site uncyclopedia.wikia.com. He is often seen as a twit, socially inept, and a guy with a fetish for the soothing sounds of the saxophone.
Mr.Vib was born to Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previt on April 18, 1776. His incredibly ugly appearance at birth was what finally convinced the British that the colonists in America couldn't survive on their own, leading them to start the Revolutionary War that lead to independence.
Growing up in New England, he became involved in an experiment in futility known as the Fountain of Youth, which gave him the power of immortality but also led to a severe case of acne that haunted him until the early 1990s. Constantly moving from town to town, he was responsible for many different calamities. For example:
- He once touched a tomato, infecting it with Bubonic Plague. When somebody ate it and died, it led to the tomato being thought of as a poison for many years.
- His vocal support of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election caused a severe rift in the country. Southerners, convinced that all northerners MUST be that ugly and hideous, decided to reverse their attempts at freeing slaves and began to secede from the United States, thus leading to the Civil War.
- He suggested that President William McKinley go to the expo in New York, where he was assassinated, thus leading to the horrible dictatorship in place under Emperor Theodore Roosevelt.
Shuned by the public (despite plastic surgery to improve his appearance), Mr.Vib retreated to the mountains of Chile to live his life as a hermit. He spends his days and nights surfing the internet on websites such as uncyclopedia and various marching band websites. He can also be heard making horrible sounds on the saxophone and passing it off as music, much to the horror of the villagers below his mountain.
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Routes » Continental Divide Trailby ScottM
Please note, this page is about the CDT, which is long distance singletrack trail, for information on the "bike version" of the divide, see the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Page.
Generally accepted as more difficult, in many respects, than the PCT or AT, the CDT is the big daddy of all long distance trails. It is also unlike the PCT and AT in that most of the trail is open to cyclists (outside wilderness areas).
The trail is a work in progress, with many sections unfinished or routed on dirt roads.
History of cycling on the CDT
There have been no known thru-rides on the CDT. Will you be the first?
Until 2014, there have been no known thru-rides on the CDT. Scott Morris and Eszter Horanyi completed the trail, from Crazy Cook to Waterton Lake, in the summer of 2014. There is still much to explore on the CDT, especially as it develops and changes over the years.
Besides a full thru-ride, sections of the CDT, are also frequently bikepacked. A prime example is where the CT and CDT overlap in Colorado. Other sections in New Mexico and Montana are also frequently ridden.
Many areas of the CDT are currently being considered for wilderness designation, despite historical mountain bike usage. There have also been indications that land agencies would like to discourage or not allow bikes on the CDT summarily. Since cyclists are already shut out of the other two major long distance trails, it would be a shame to lose access to the CDT!
GPS Data
Drop-n-Roll has current GPX files for the entire trail here: CDT GPS Data. They are based on Bear Creek Survey's official CDT data as well as Jonathan Ley's maps
CDTBike GPX data to come!
The following are two GPX files from different CDT loops along the MT/ID border:
Trip Reports
Zen on Dirt – CDTBike 2014
CDTBike 2014 – Diary of Scott Morris, including GPS data
CDT bikepacking in New Mexico – by Tony Mason and his daughter, Cassi
CDT bikepacking from Lima, MT
CDT bikepacking from Jackson, MT
Alma to Magdalena Chapter 2 – Wahoo on the CDT
CDTC: CDT Coalition Unfortunately no mention of cycling is made on their entire website, let alone bikepacking, despite the majority of the trail being open to bikes. They do not seem to view human powered and silent travel of the CDT as an acceptable use.
Jonathan Ley's site – his maps are the best source of current information on the CDT. Most thru-hikers use his maps.


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A move to help vets and the public better understand farm assurance schemes on the basis of animal health and welfare has been questioned by livestock experts for its 'idealistic' approach.
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) launched its seven principles last week with points specifically targeted to help reverse the 'confusing customer experience when food shoppers are navigating both ethical and budgetary considerations as well as the shopping aisles'.
The policy position was developed as part of the BVA's animal welfare strategy and has been proposed to encourage consumers to consider schemes including lifetime assurance; welfare at slaughter; veterinary involvement; behavioural opportunity; responsible use of antimicrobials and other medicines; animal health and biosecurity; and sustainability and the environment.
But executive secretary of the Livestock Auctioneers Association Chris Dodds warned the BVA was presenting solutions of a more idealistic nature than of a practical one.
He said: "I am very clear within my role as an auctioneer that until Red Tractor and or the Government provide us with a traceability database which is truly accurate and timely, it is impossible to move towards lifetime assurance.
"You have to know of an animal's movements and it has to have been on an assured premise its whole life."
BVA president John Fishwick said the association was lobbying the Government to recognise animal and health welfare as a public good but Mr Dodds said farmers may be wary of some principles as the suggestion animals should be stunned before slaughter ignored other people's food choices and a short journey to slaughter was not always possible.
He said the industry should instead be ensuring British farmers have the chance of achieving the best price possible.
"What we have to appreciate is all races of humans have equal rights as to how they want to have their food presented to them," Mr Dodds added.
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One of several projects executed by W2A under an Open-End Contract with Shippensburg University, W2A provided full A/E services for the roofing replacement and roof edge upgrade / repairs plus exterior envelope upgrade at historic Gilbert Hall (c. 1912). The project included:
- Roof replacement with Synthetic Slate (recycled rubber product) and Substrate Repairs.
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Because of the historic status of Gilbert Hall and ownership by the Commonwealth, renovations were required to meet National Park Service Guidelines for Historic Buildings with approvals by the Pennsylvania Museum Commission.


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MONDAY, March 11, 2013 — There may be more behind the accumulation of calcified plaque in the arteries, called atherosclerosis, than poor health choices. Researchers have discovered that pre-modern humans — who never saw processed meats, obesity epidemics, or debates over soda bans — developed atherosclerosis, too. They learned this by scanning ancient mummies for signs of clogged arteries.
Researchers used CT scans to look for evidence of atherosclerosis in 137 mummies from ancient Egypt, Peru, the American Southwest, and Alaska's Aleutian Islands. In all, they found 47 cases of probable or definite atherosclerosis. Older mummies (identified by their bone structure) were more likely to show signs of plaque buildup, according to the findings, which were published online in the Lancet and presented Sunday at the American College of Cardiology's annual scientific sessions.
Previous studies had found traces of atherosclerosis in ancient Egyptian mummies, but the authors of this new work (which broadened the scope to different global regions, with different cultures and lifestyles) think it suggests atherosclerosis may simply be a characteristic of human aging.
Atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries, is considered an important marker for heart disease. Over time, arterial plaques tend to burst inside the blood vessels, damaging the vessel wall and causing blood clots to form. If a clot is big enough, it can completely block blood from the heart (which causes a heart attack) or the brain (which results in a stroke).
Egyptians who were mummified tended to be part of high society and therefore may have eaten more foods high in saturated fat, but by expanding the geographical pool of mummies the researchers were able to examine pre-modern humans whose bodies mummified naturally due to local weather conditions.
"The fact that we found similar levels of atherosclerosis in all of the different cultures we studied, all of whom had very different lifestyles and diets, suggests that atherosclerosis may have been far more common in the ancient world than previously thought," lead researcher Randall Thompson, MD, a cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Mo., said in a release. "Furthermore, the mummies we studied from outside Egypt were produced naturally as a result of local climate conditions, meaning that it's reasonable to assume that these mummies represent a reasonable cross-section of the population, rather than the specially selected elite group of people who were selected for mummification in ancient Egypt."
But don't leave the gym in the dust for a fast-food joint just yet. More research is needed to fully understand potential natural tendencies toward developing atherosclerosis.
Everyday Health expert and South Beach Diet creator Arthur Agatston, MD, a preventive cardiologist and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, isn't convinced that calcification in the arteries is an inherent part of aging. He stands by the idea that the condition is connected to lifestyle factors. "While calcification is common in aging, it's not inevitable," Dr. Agatston says. "We do we see a percentage of people in their seventies and eighties with minimal or no calcium" in their arteries.
Ultimately, said Dr. Thompson in the release, the findings "suggest that our understanding of the causes of atherosclerosis is incomplete, and that it might be somehow inherent to the process of human aging."
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This colorful presentation of tofu is packed with lots of flavor. Marinated tofu is rolled in Za'atar, a traditional Mediterranean spice mixture of sesame seeds, sumac, and oregano. This intensely aromatic and ancient spice blend then takes a quick turn in the Aroma Wok AEW-305 and plated on a bed of flavorful rice studded with olives, bell peppers and mint.
1 lb extra firm tofu
¼ cup gluten free soy sauce
2 tbsp organic brown sugar
2 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp garam masala
4 tbsp za'atar spice mix *
4 tbsp peanut or vegetable oil
* Be sure your za'atar is gluten free as some store brands contain roasted wheat. Or make your own mixture:
Za'atar Seasoning Mix
4 tsp dried thyme
2 tsp powdered sumac
¼ tsp sea salt
3 tsp toasted sesame seeds
Slice the tofu into ½ inch thick slices. Place on a flat surface covered with layers of paper towels to drain and remove excess moisture.
Spread the za'atar onto a plate. Combine the soy sauce, brown sugar, vinegar and garam masala in a bowl and stir well.
Carefully brush the mixture onto all sides of the tofu and then gently roll in the za'atar. Set aside until all tofu pieces are coated.
Heat the oil in the Aroma Wok to 350 degrees. Working in batches, carefully add tofu slices and cook until lightly crispy.
Drain on paper towels and serve over cooked rice.
Garnish with olives, diced red bell pepper, green onions and fresh mint.
Grind together the thyme, sumac and salt until it becomes a powder. Stir in sesame seeds.
Adjust the seasonings according to your taste. Keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer.
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The Zuffa End Around
September 3, 2008
It is often said that business ethics is an oxymoron, but that is the case only if you conduct yourself in such a manner. Rob Maysey details the increasingly questionable nature of the UFC's push for merchandising agreements with it's fighters:
Multiple sources have indicated that UFC officials are now sending letters to fighters who have not yet signed the Merchandising Rights Agreement. The letter warns fighters that if they do not return the executed Merchandising Rights Agreement by the end of the week, the offer will be rescinded, and the fighter will not be included in the UFC's licensing program.
Even more outrageous, UFC officials are directly contacting fighters, instead of the fighters' selected agents. Fighters are told that they are hearing only one side of the story from their selected representatives, and that the UFC's Merchandising Rights program really is a great deal. By not signing the Merchandising Rights Agreement, fighters are told they are leaving money on the table.
The old saw "he signed the contract, he should honor it" line of thinking is a bit of a dodge and hard to defend if the signature is attained by subverting the fighter-agent relationship and without the advise and consent of legal representation, in effect, duping the fighter. Moves of this nature are more at home in the moral morass that is the boxing scene, and not something that MMA promoters should be mimicking.


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Life is one long gastronomic journey, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy.....So dig in and enjoy!!
Monday, October 31, 2005
Blueberry and Blackcurrant Cheesecake
Blackcurrant and blueberry cheesecake served with white chocolate sauce and blueberry compote.
Blackcurrant is from Ribena and blueberry is fresh blueberries cooked in sugar and it's own juices and then mashed.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
MeMe - Childhood Memories
Most of my childhood memories are of food, hehe, no surprises there
Friday, October 21, 2005
Custard Chiffon Cake
This is Rabbit's all-time favourite cake. This is the cake everyone requested (although in hot contending with chocolate cake) to my friend Rachel, who is both a fantastic cook and baker, whenever we organize a pot luck party. Oh, don't you know, there is not much to do in Brunei during our spare time except eating, eating and er.... more eating.
Tada...this is my version! As I do not have a solid bottom cake tin, I used one of my bread tin to bake, turns out rather well I must say. As Big King does not like caramel :( , hence the 'anaemic' looking cake (see top view below).
Thank you Rachel for sharing this fantastic cake with us.
Recipe (in brackets are Rachel's modifications)
For the custard:
Condensed milk ½ can
Evaporated milk 400 grams (2 cans)
Sugar 230 grams (120g)
Egg yolks 100 grams (8 medium whole eggs)
1. In a rectangular baking pan caramelize 120g of sugar and set a side until cooled.
2. For the custard: Mix together the 2 types of milk and yolks and pour onto the rectangular pan on top of the cooled caramel (which should have harden).
For the cake:
Cake flour 100% 250g
Baking powder 3.6% 9g
Sugar 66% 165g (½ cup)
Egg yolks 57.2% 143g (6 yolks)
Water 48% 120g
Vegetable oil 57.2% 143g
Lemon/ orange flavor 1% 2.5g (juice from 2 limes)
Egg whites 85.8% 214.5% (6 whites)
Sugar 62.2% 155.5g (½ cup)
Cream of tartar 0.5% 1.3g (1 tsp)
1. Sift together cake flour, baking powder and sugar.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients (excluding the last 3) in the order listed and mix to a smooth consistency. Set aside.
3. Whip egg whites and cream of tartar to a soft peak. Add sugar gradually, continue whipping until medium peak.
4. Fold cake batter into the beaten egg whites. Drizzle the batter slowly into the rectangular pan on top of the custard (try to pour it from the corner of the pan). The cake batter is lighter than the custard so will sit nicely on top of the custard. Place the pan on a tray with water (bain marie) and bake at 375°F until done (about 35 to 40 minutes).
Let the cake refrigerate overnight before turning out. To turn out the cake: remove cake from fridge and let it sit on a pan of warm water (to melt the caramel) for 5 minutes. Divide cake and sides of pan with a knife carefully, scraping all the way down to the bottom of pan. Invert on a clean plate, tap all sides of the pan until you can hear the cake being released from the pan to the plate. Remove pan and serve. Unfinished cake can be stored in the fridge for about a week.
Note: As I have used an unconventional pan. I have butter and flour my mould but I still need to use a knife to divide the cake and the sides so I guess I shouldn't have bothered.......
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Spicy Sardine Bun and Cheesy Red Bean Bun
Sardine is one of my favourite bread filling. I opened up a can of sardines in tomato sauce (salty in taste), clean and mashed it then add Maggi Chilli Sauce for sweetness and Thai Chilli Sauce for spiciness, then add freshly grind black pepper liberally. Heat up the mixture in a saucepan to let the flavour macerate and pour in some cornflour solution to thicken the mixture. Set aside in the fridge when cooled until needed.
Cheesy Red Bean Bun
This is an experimental flavour. I never thought they will complement each other so well, the saltiness of the cheese somehow enchanced the sweetness of the red bean. I made my own red bean paste with some whole red bean which provide a more interesting texture to the not so sweet paste.
A piece of Gouda cheese (good for baking purposes) is wrapped inside some red bean paste and rolled into balls ready to be wrapped inside the dough.
A very interesting yet tasty bread with lots of different flavours and texture intertwined. The mere sight of the melted and gooey cheese when you tear the bread open is enough to make you ooh and aah!
Dutch Croquette
Pi Pa Tofu in Crabmeat Sauce
I have added plain flour to the masked tofu which I should not have done so. But the mashed tofu looked so watery..............
I will try again.....
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Muachi - Sweet Glutinous Rice Balls
Right (top and bottom) : Peanut praline coated in toasted crushed peanuts
Black sesame paste filling:
Peanut praline filling (I never measure make as much as you like):
Melted butter
Monday, October 10, 2005
Cloud like afternoon tea - Heavenly Souffle Cheesecake (updated with recipe)
Light cheesecake with green tea (in the cup not the cake)
Originally posted 6/9/2005.
It's very hard to describe the texture of this cake. I felt like I was eating cotton wool, er no, cloud more like.
I have tried so many recipes all either failed or does not come up to my taste. Finally success smiled on me when I came across this recipe from EUPHO Cafe
The top still cracks a little bit, my heart sank when I saw the crack, I thought to myself,"Oh no, another failed cake". Nevertheless, I still let the cake cooled and refrigerate overnight before eating it, forbidding Big King to touch it and warned him,"You can only eat it for breakfast the next morning." His face sank.........
Recipe below:-
Souffle Cheesecake
8" round cake tin
A. Plain cream cheese 250g, fresh cream 50ml, milk 100ml, butter 80g
B. Cornflour 25g, milk 50ml
C. Egg white 150g, cornflour 10g, sugar 100g
D. Egg yolks 138g, butter and plain flour (for buttering the mould)
1. Melt A. over a pan of simmering water until the mixture liquefies (stir every 3 minutes), use spatula to stir the mixture well.
2. Mix B. until cornflour dissolves and pours into 1, stir until well-combined. Add in beaten yolks and strain the mixture.
3. Preheat oven to 150°C/300°F. Line bottom of mould with baking parchment paper. Butter the sides of the mould and coat it with plain flour, remove excess flour. If using loose bottom cake tin, cover the outside of the tin with 2 layers of aluminium foil.
4. In a clean bowl (make sure oil less and waterless), beat the egg whites till foamy and add in sugar and cornflour in 3 batches and beat until soft peak.
5. Take 1/3 egg white and stir into the cream cheese mixture to loosen the batter. Pour the cheese batter into the remaining egg whites and using cut and fold method quickly fold in the egg whites, do not over fold or else the air in the egg whites will escape.
6. Pour batter into cake tin. Sit the tin in a bigger mould or baking tray. Bake in a bain-marie (water-bath). Water must be boiling hot when poured into the baking tray or bigger mould. Water level should come up to ¾ of the height of the cake tin, at least half if you cannot manage ¾.
7. Put in oven and bake for about 25 minutes or when top is brown, reduce the heat to 125°C/260°F, continue to bake for another 1 hour or until a cake skewer comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the cake tin and remove from tin when cooled and refrigerate (it's ok to leave the cake in the tin and refrigerate).
I normally use 4 eggs (4 whites and 4 yolks) for this recipe. It's cumbersome measuring out the whites and the yolks.
It is natural that the cake will contract when it's cooled leaving a small gap between the cake and side of the cake tin. The top of the cake should not sink and should be smooth.
You can also omit buttering the side of the cake tin and line it with baking parchment paper instead.
If your cake came out dense or separated into layers, it could be:
a. the oven temperature is too low, use an oven thermometer, do not believe what it says on the switch dial;
b. the water bath is not hot enough, remember to pour in boiling water just before baking;
c. the egg whites have not been folded into the batter completely.
Remember to check the height of the water every now and then, add in more boiling water when necessary.
Friday, October 07, 2005
Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe - at sister's request
200ml cream
200ml milk
6 tbsp sugar
3 eggs
3-4 pieces bread
A little butter
A handful of currants/raisins (I omitted here)
Pre-heat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
You will also need a 2 pound loaf tin (one of the oblong kind) or use the disposable aluminium container as I have done here, well buttered.
1. Butter the bread and cut each slice of buttered bread in 4 (triangular shape) – leaving the crusts on. Now arrange one layer of buttered bread over the base of the baking dish, sprinkle the half the currants over, then cover with another layer of the bread slices and the remainder of the currants.
2. Combine the cream and milk in a saucepan and heat up using a low heat (do not boil), test with finger remove from heat when it's just warm.
3. In a bowl, stir the sugar and eggs together. When they are well-combined pour the cream and milk mixture into the eggs, stirring all the time.
4. Strain 3 and pour over the bread. Rest for 5 minutes before putting into oven.
5. Bake for 20 minutes. Lower the heat if top is too brown.
Monday, October 03, 2005
Taiwan Delicacy - Salted Crispy Chicken
Marinate the chicken with salt, sugar, five spice powder, rice wine, white pepper and a splash of dark soy sauce for colour. Leave to marinate for at least 4 hours.
Coat the chicken with a layer of egg wash and then with tapioca starch before deep frying.
Delicious! I love fried chicken!
Nasi Lemak - Coconut Rice with Spicy Chicken and Condiments
It's been ages since I had nasi lemak! I miss it so much so I DIY again.......
If it wasn't for the coconut rice, this is a very healthy version.
Both peanuts and ikan bilis (dried anchovies) were roasted in the oven with just a spray of oil to prevent sticking. Result is still crispy!
I serve the nasi with Korean spicy chicken which make this a Korean nasi lemak???


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Beginning from primitive times when man discovered fire and thus began the journey of cookery, to now where the Chefs are slowly moving towards creating that special kitchen evolution hand in hand with science, the kitchen is one place that is constantly evolving.
The Chef's responsibility is to be the Key of Healthy Food that he serves to his guests. Listed below are 7 principles that every chef follows to create a meal that is as robust as it is delectable.
- The More & Less factors
Intake more of the good nutrients for our body growth and reduce intake of those which are bad to our health. The "More" and healthy nutrients can be found in vegetables, fruits, legumes, beans, healthy cereals, fish and poultry. The "Less" food are mainly found in butter, fats or frying oils, candies and chocolates, soft drinks, ice creams and milkshakes, dairy products, eggs, wholegrain pasta, most of the red meats.
- Right quantities
A Chef should know the proper portioning of what an individual should eat as a fundamental part for human body metabolism, as taking more than what is needed, would not burn if not coupled with proper activities.
- Preparation and cooking methods
Food scientists treat the cutting, slicing, chopping and washing of fresh vegetables as procedures that stress and wound the cells of the plants. Nutrients are lost during any of these steps, even before cooking; one of the most crucial is washing a cut raw material, such as vegetables or fruits. This would mean washing away all nutrients together with dirt, as a result of poor culinary practice.
- Correct pairing
The ABC of culinary gastronomy tells that color, texture, taste and shape are the most crucial rules when pairing foods in a menu. Chefs are very attentive and creative while preparing those menus. But there is more to that… combining the food in a plate is a simple way to help the digestive process with efficient assimilation of the nutrients, having more beneficial influence on the body's energy levels.
- Variety
Varieties of foods are now available 365 days a year. Organic food market and selection are growing. People are more diversified on their eating habits. This simply means plenty of opportunities given to the chef to plan and prepare more creative menus, balancing healthy ingredients.
- Tradition
Each one has knowledge taken from the ancestor and childhood memories that influence our mind and direct us to that special experience when it comes to selecting a dish. Cultural traditions enhance a Chef's culinary skills with techniques passed on through generations.


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|Archived February 20, 2019
USGS and New England Coastal Issues
Dave Russ, Eastern Regional Geologist, a.k.a. new regional executive, visited the WHFC on May 11th and 12th as part of a week-long trip to New England to gather information about New England Coastal issues. Other stops included the University of Rhode Island BRD and Massachusetts WRD District Offices. In the new regionalized structure of the USGS, he has been tasked as the lead executive for New England coastal issues.
In addition to speaking at the WHFC monthly meeting, Dave met with three groups: scientists, for a forum on New England Coastal Issues; information specialists, for a demonstration of the Marine Realms Information Bank; and several supervisors, for a discussion of WHFC management and personnel issues. Dave also spent several hours meeting individually with Center staff to discuss specific concerns. Staff members were delighted to have had the chance to meet with him.
in this issue: Puerto Rico OBS Study
Gulf of Mexico Shelf-Edge Habitats
cover story:
Nat'l Weather Service Open House
New England Coastal Issues
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If you're a serious airline geek like me, you've saved every airline boarding pass you've ever used. No, it doesn't make sense but you do it anyway. But until recently, my boarding passes sat in a box with really no practical use except for the occasional bookmark. That was until I learned about a Web site that lets you put your flight history to very good use.
FlightMemory.com is a fantastic and free Web site that allows you to log your commercial flights into a database that will then give you oodles of cool statistics. You can see how long you've spent in the air, how many miles/kilometers you've flown, your total number of flights, your shortest and longest flights, a map of all your routes, and your top airlines, airports, routes, and aircraft types. FlightMemory even will tell you how how many times you've circled the Earth, and how many times you've flown to the moon and the Sun. Logging in all those flights does take a lot of time, but the results are worth it once you add everything in. Though my boarding passes only dated back to 1996, I was able to recall most of my prior flights from memory (geek alert!). For many flights I couldn't recall whether I had a window, middle, or aisle seat, but the site will track that as well.
According to my profile, I've circumnavigated the Earth 16.47 times and I've flown to the moon 1.7 times. I've barely made it to the Sun but I doubt I'll fly 93 million miles in my lifetime. My total flying distance is 410,056 miles, which translates to 39.01 days in the air. Yet that's nothing when compared with my friend who is a flight attendant with United Airlines. He's flown 3.56 million miles (that's 14.92 trips to the moon) and has spent 10.93 months aloft. And he still has flights to record.
FlightMemory also lets you purchase a poster with a world map of all your routes. I want to make it to South America before buying mine, but I'm saving space on my wall now.


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To apply you will need to pick up an ARCHES application from the Disability Resource Center (Bldg 9, room 103) or the ARCHES office (Bldg 1 room 214). The ARCHES application is also available to download on our Eligbility and Applying page. Once you have completed the application return it to the DRC or ARCHES office. Once the ARCHES staff has reviewed your application you will receive a phone call to schedule an intake appointment.
Do I need to provide disability documentation to ARCHES?
No, ARCHES is able to verify a student's disability documentation through the Disability Resource Center.
Why do I have to complete the income verification form that is part of the ARCHES Application?
This information is required by the U.S. Department of Education for all ARCHES Participants. The ARCHES grant is a federally funded program that aims to support underrepresented students, including low income students. This information will be kept confidential in our office and will be used to determine a student's low income status.
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Why should I join ARCHES?
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How do I request tutoring?
ARCHES tutoring is only available to ARCHES participants. For instructions on requesting a tutor please read our requesting a tutor page.
Why should I meet with a peer advisor?
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Sawyer Sweeten dead: 'Everybody Loves Raymond' actor, 19, commits suicide
Sawyer Sweeten, a child actor who played one of the twins on the Long Island-set sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died of an apparent suicide, according to reports. He was 19.
Sweeten played Geoffrey Barone opposite his real-life twin brother, Sullivan, who played Michael. Their older sister, Madylin, played their onscreen big sister, Ally.
The siblings starred with Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton, who played their parents, Ray and Debra.
"This morning a terrible family tragedy has occurred," Madylin Sweeten said in a statement sent to USA Today, The Associated Press and other outlets by Sawyer's manager, Dino May.
"We are devastated to report that our beloved brother, son, and friend, Sawyer Sweeten, took his own life. He was weeks away from his 20th birthday. At this sensitive time, our family requests privacy and we beg of you to reach out to the ones you love."
Radar Online first reported the news of Sweeten's death Thursday night. The site reports he was visiting family in Texas, where he was believed to have shot himself that day on their front porch.
The brothers from Brownwood, Texas, were 16 months old when they first appeared on the show, and went on to star in 139 episodes.
Romano starred as a (fictional) Newsday sportswriter on the CBS sitcom that ran from 1996-2005.
Sawyer Sweeten's other listed credits were a 2002 movie starring Randy Quaid, and appearing in one episode of the TV show "Even Stevens." IMDB listed no credits after "Raymond" left the air.
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Photo DJ Vega
Once the first DJs so why choose instead to be a model or musician?
Certainly do not believe if I said that since a hoax, but that's about. Initially it because love the music.
DJ Vega love much to music, it's why finally she becomes a DJ. DJ Vega is a sexy and pretty.
DJ Vega is an Indonesian model. Here are photo of DJ Vega for Popular Magazine. Enjoy the sexy photo.


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Stocks are searching for a starting point this morning with futures mixed on the first trading day of the second quarter. Merger headlines and weaker oil could be positives. A big focus for the markets today will be ISM manufacturing data, due at 10 a.m. EDT.
European stocks are mostly higher as merger activity brightens up stocks there. Japan's stock market ended sharply lower after the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey showed worsening business confidence.
MERGER MONDAYKKR leads the charge with a mega deal for First Data, the big credit card processing firm. KKR is paying $34 cash per share, or $29 billion. Xerox is acquiring Global Imaging for $1.46 billion. In other deal news, the Wall Street Journal is quoting a source who says Sam Zell has won the bidding for Tribune Co. The Journal also reports that Google is getting in on the action for DoubleClick and could bid against Microsoft for the company.
EMI announced that Apple's online store, iTunes will be the first retailer to sell EMI's new downloads. CNBC's Jim Goldman will have the latest on the two companies, including how they fair in early trade.
STANDOFF Iran today says all the British sailors concede that they entered Iraqi waters. Oil, for now, is weaker and trading under $66 a barrel.
UP AND DOWN WALL STREET As the second quarter begins, analysts are busy shifting their views on some stocks. Citigroup today cut FedEx to hold from buy and decreased the price target to $120 on concerns a softer U.S. economy will impact it. UBS also removed FedEx from its strategic stock selections.
Goldman made comments on its fellow brokers, adding Merrill Lynch to its conviction list and removing Morgan Stanley.
TRADING FLOOR ENVY The Wall Street Journal describes a race among the big Wall Street firms to find new Manhattan real estate for trading floors. Goldman Sachs leads the way with a new building in lower Manhattan that will house six large, state of the art trading floors. The Journal says other firms are now scouring the city in an "office-space race" to find a place for their own gigantic, technologically advanced trading rooms. This is an endorsement of New York City's dominance as a financial center and its recovery from 9/11. But also in another era, it was clearly a sign of a pending top when Wall Street firms were worried about whose trading floor was bigger.


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Dawn of the Capricorn
Iran, 1964 (MIFF 1965)
Director: Ahmad Faroughy-Kadjar
A sad eyed little boy wanders through the alley of the ancient city of Isfahau — his adventures ending in a final, bitter-sweet taste of first love.
Prize of the Superior Technical Commission of the French Cinema, Cannes Festival. Prize of the Best Film for Youth, Cannes Festival.