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When he jumps out to save Morpheus who isn't gonna make it, and catches him then they reveal the chain he's attached to, then the helicopter's fuselage is shot, then trinity has to land them on the rooftop, then Neo rolls to a stop and realizes the woman he loves is stuck on the crashing helicopter and immediately shores up his strength on the cable, then trinity holds the cable and shoots its bearings, then jumps and the helicopter hits…
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Earthlock 2 announced for PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One, and PCOpen-world action RPG sequel due out in 2022.
Snowcastle Games has announced open-world action RPG Earthlock 2 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam). It will launch in 2022.
Speaking to IGN, Snowcastle Games CEO and co-founder Bendik Stang described the Unreal Engine-based sequel as "a much more ambitious" project than its predecessor, which ran on the Unity engine, that aims to "make use of next-generation consoles as best as we can."
Stang said, "Earthlock 2 takes place in the same world, but will be a completely different experience compared to the first Earthlock, which was a turn-based RPG. Earthlock 2 will have real time combat, and without revealing too much, fans and newcomers alike can expect a dynamic and unique experience providing the player with meaningful choices that will allow them to leave their mark on the world."
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
The Earthlock series is set on the planet of Umbra, which has stopped spinning on its axis, meaning half of the world is completely shrouded in darkness, while the other half is constantly baked in sunlight. Along the border in the middle, there is an area that gets the best of both worlds. The game's story centers around a group of friends who must set out to find and rescue their missing family members.
Earthlock 2 will be an open-world action RPG with complex interlocking systems that work together to offer players extensive freedom to customize their own experience.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots (stills from the trailer) at the gallery. Visit the official website here.
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James Bond film series star Colin Salmon said he took on a role in EastEnders as he "can't be far from home" because his wife is "not well".
The British actor – best known for his role as MI6 deputy chief of staff Charles Robinson in three Bond films – will part of a new family arriving in Albert Square next month as father-of-two George Knight alongside Strictly Come Dancing finalist Molly Rainford.
When asked why he took on the role, Salmon said: "My wife's not well, so I can't be far from home…and the universe has brought (me) something quite extraordinary.
He added: "(Executive producer) Chris (Clenshaw) was passionate, he was clear, he was progressive, he had a vision, and a clear love for the show and the people who watch it, so I find that to be the requisite for any job."
Salmon also said that as someone from the East End of London, he understands the importance of the show.
He added: "Growing up and everybody I know, who I've told I'm doing this, has got really, really excited and then some have said: 'How could you do EastEnders?' They don't know me. It's a no brainer, it's worked and the universe has been really kind."
He also revealed he was assigned veteran soap actor Steve McFadden, who as the tough Phil Mitchell is set to strike up a friendship with him on the show, is taking on the role of his mentor in the production.
When asked about what advice the actor gave him, Salmon said he told him: "Just get it done."
He added: "Steve comes on set and Steve's ready. Steve's there and he's quietly the boss… and we had our phone call, I think the opening line is 'You're mad', closely followed by 'Get a bike'. Because (in) that way you can get in and out quite easily. My wife just went: 'Is he mad?'"
Salmon also said that he was a "family man" along with McFadden and the other men on the show so "the conversations are just so refreshing, because it's not that nonsense".
Linda (Kellie Bright) has teamed up with her "larger-than-life" mother to run the Queen Victoria pub as Knight brings his two daughters Gina (Francesca Henry) and Anna (Nova Jones actress Rainford) to Walford.
Speaking about how her character feels about the new arrivals, Bright said: "Linda is very scarred by Janine so for her, everyone is the enemy and no one is to be trusted.
"Especially not this man, who as far as she's concerned her mum does not know nearly well enough so she's starting from that place, so there's no openness."
During the Christmas day episode, Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) appeared to be killed off in the English Channel in an attempt to save Linda after Janine Butcher's (Charlie Brooks) web of lies unravel and she attempts to flee the country.
Elsewhere, Absolutely Fabulous star Thorpe said she wanted to "honour the women" who have gone before her that will not be "put out to pasture with a skirt and a blue rinse".
She added: "I'm almost a 66-year-old woman who's here and now and let me be more rock chick."
The Knights will arrive in an EastEnders episode on BBC One on June 1.


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I regularly clip magazine ads that capture my eye, and I was particularly interested in a few that featured a perfect grid of circles in different colors that create a larger image. I tried to adapt that idea to fabric but realized that it would be too difficult and time-consuming to create at a sewing machine. So further experimentation led to this design of a grid of flames with a Pentecost message. It's still a time-consuming design because each flame consists of four layers of silk organza overlaid with a white Ultrasuede border. And the flame with the red border is cut through all the layers so you can see all the way through the banner.


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A new champion at AmberBull! Yesterday, after only 3 days of being in the ring, Ben finished his championship undefeated for Winners Male. Our boy went FIRST IN CLASS, WINNERS MALE, BEST OF WINNERS, BEST PUPPY IN BREED, and BEST OF BREED with lots of lovely competition. He finished it all off with Fourth in Group and Best Puppy in Group, making him 'MBBIS CAN CH Trushe Iz Palevyh Buldogov'!!! Thank you to the respected judges who recognized Ben's quality, and to Anastasia for showing him.


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In April, several University of Minnesota colleagues and I hosted the symposium "Biologically Motivated," in Minneapolis, to explore connections between architecture, art, and biology. Our interdisciplinary graduate group shares a common interest in the ways that creative fields are increasingly looking to biology for inspiration and guidance. We are also curious about how different fields approach working with biology and biological principles.
To probe these and other questions, we invited a representative associated with each of three disciplines—architecture, art, and biology—to give a public talk and participate in a shared panel discussion: Jeff Karp, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard University Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston; Amy Youngs, an associate professor of art at The Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio; and David Benjamin, an assistant professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the founding principal of The Living, in New York.
While the lecturers, in their talks, focused on their own work, their collective presence highlighted several points of intersection, revealing strategies and raising implications for all disciplines interested in developing a closer relationship with biology.
Tracing Outcomes
One commonality concerns the measurable benefits that such work can deliver, despite its inherent difficulties. Karp, who is a biomedical engineer, described the near-insurmountable challenges his research team faced when developing a solution for individuals with atrial septal defect—a hole between the heart's upper chambers. Working with colleagues at Gecko Biomedical, based in Paris, they developed a viscous, hydrophobic surgical glue inspired by several organisms, including snails and ivy. Composed entirely of organic materials, the biocompatible adhesive promises much higher success rates than existing sutures or medical-grade superglue.
In her 2010 installation at the Redline Gallery, in Denver, Youngs went beyond emulating biology to employing it. The highly interactive "River Construct" exhibit models a waterfront ecology with flowing water, vegetation, a domestic rabbit that generates feces, and worms that decompose it, providing nutrients for the plants.
In the case of The Living's Bionic Partition Project (top image), Benjamin created an optimized component for aircraft maker Airbus based on hundreds of computer-generated design permutations derived from natural structures. By utilizing this bio-computation process, he was able to generate a 3D-printed aircraft partition that is stronger and nearly 50 percent lighter than existing designs.
Rethinking Existing Paradigms
Another shared attribute among the lecturers was their unexpected approaches to typical circumstances, redefining current habits and practices. The Karp Laboratory's solution to a nickel allergy—a skin ailment affecting between 10 percent and 15 percent of the U.S. population—isn't wearing gloves, avoiding physical contact with metal objects, or using a conventional skin lotion. Rather, Karp and his colleagues developed a skin cream composed of calcium carbonate nanoparticles that bind with the nickel ions to ensure that the particles are too large to penetrate the epidermis.
Youngs' 2008 "Cute Parasite" project (shown above) is a whimsical critique on existing cactus-related horticultural practices such as grafting and fluorescence, both of which require human intervention. The installation, which was featured at the the Hybrids Matchmaking exhibition in Trondheim, Norway, included cacti grafted with unanticipated elements such as bird feathers, rabbit fur, and colored twine, calling attention to these often-unquestioned techniques.
And Benjamin's much-documented Hy-Fi pavilion, the winning entry to the 2014 MoMA PS1 competition, was clad in building modules made from mycological biocomposites instead of conventional bricks. The 10,000 lab-grown blocks had much less embodied energy than kiln-fired masonry and were composted after the event to enrich the soil of nearby community gardens.
The Post-Mechanical Age
Another similarity concerns the ways in which the symposium presenters anticipated a post-mechanical age. Each speaker described research that represents the fulfillment of a long-promised, yet little-understood, transition from industrial to biocompatible technologies. For example, the Karp Lab has developed a new technique for skin grafts inspired by porcupine quills and the spiny-headed worm. Unlike conventional skin grafts, which employ sutures or staples at the perimeter that lead to insufficient closure, Karp's team has developed sheets of expandable micro needles that enable full contact and superior healing.
In her 2012-2015 "Machine for Living Interdependently," (shown below) Youngs created a waste-processing, food-providing infrastructure that eschews conventional mechanical solutions. Fed with kitchen scraps and watered by a pump-assisting rocking chair, the Machine is a vertical garden that uses worms to transform waste into fuel without emitting methane or odors.
Meanwhile, Benjamin's Pier 35 EcoPark similarly utilizes living organisms to perform a function that would typically be fulfilled by machines. In a revived mussel habitat along the Manhattan waterfront, Benjamin has developed a new interface for water quality. Live mussels, which Benjamin claims can detect relative levels of water pollution better than any human-made sensor, are tethered to multicolored LEDs that track local water conditions in real time.
Clearly provocative, the symposium speakers inspired audience reactions ranging from excitement to concern. A few earnest queries probed the ethical dimensions of machines made from living organisms, for example, or the functional reliability of buildings engineered to decompose. In this way, the various works presented are as significant for their theoretical value—as astute interrogations of accepted approaches to design, making, and healing—as they are for any particular outcome. Collectively, they raise profound questions about the future of the creative disciplines.
For example, Benjamin shared an emerging engineering conundrum raised by algorithmic methods like his bio-computation process, in which software can be used to iterate and test countless variations in search of an optimal solution. In several cases, the outcomes he encountered represented measurably divergent solutions from conventional best practices, prompting his colleagues to question their habitual reliance upon so-called "first principles." Such a sweeping realization, with all of its controversial implications, would appear to be reason enough to pursue biologically motivated work.


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Table Quiz in aid of Centre Funds/ Dogs Trust.
Ballymac Hotel – Lisburn
Friday 16th November 2018
7.30pm – Team Registration
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Tickets: £5.00 per person
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Note 2. To the misreadings of HUAC's Robert Stripling, Brecht responded once, "No, it is not really in it. You will find, when you read it carefully. . . " and again, "That is not the meaning. It is not very beautiful, but I am not speaking about that. To the second evasion Stripling replied, "What does it mean?"
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Title: Zoku Owarimonogatari
Alternative: Zoku Owarimonogatari
Score: 8.58
Status: Completed
Episodes: 1
Duration: 2 hr. 28 min.
Aired: Nov 10, 2018
Studio: Shaft
Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Supernatural, Vampire
Graduation day is finally here, marking the end of Koyomi Araragi's eccentric high school life full of peculiar relationships with otherworldly beings.
However, Araragi is unexpectedly absorbed into his own bathroom mirror and trapped inside a bizarre world where everything he knows is completely reversed—the haughty Karen Araragi is shorter than usual, poker-faced Yotsugi Ononoki is brimming with emotion, and cute ghost girl Mayoi Hachikuji is a grown woman! But not everything is as it seems.
Zoku Owarimonogatari details the story of Araragi's endeavors in this new world as he struggles to return to his home and understand the nature of this bizarre dimension.
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1. Kia Motors Philippines Dealership: Kia Alabang
Located in one of the most successful and continuously growing cities in the South of Manila, Alabang, Muntinlupa, Kia Alabang is set to be one of the two Kia dealerships in the area, who's ready to serve and provide the latest Kia vehicles to all people situated in this progressing city.
Alongside with Kia Las Pinas which is also along Alabang-Zapote road, but a bit farther down, they are both built to address the growing demands for quality vehicles and top of the line customer care and post-sales service in the area. Armed with a good dealership and passionate staff, this goal is not difficult to achieve.
2. Contact Kia Alabang
Kia Motors Alabang is located in Westgate, Alabang-Zapote Rd., Alabang, Muntinlupa City.
For inquiries, please call 02 423 0662.
They are open from Monday to Saturday, 8:00AM to 5:00PM.
3. About Kia Motors
Kia Motors was originally called Kyungsund Precision Industry, which was founded way back in 1944. The year after, 1945, Kia's first plant opened in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul and in 1946, another plant followed in Busan.
The first passenger pick-up it released was The Brisa, which was produced in 1973 and released the year after. After several years, Kia's most notable car, Kia Pride, started its production in 1986 and reached the US in 1987. In that same year, Kia's exports exceeded 100 million dollars.
It has since been performing great in the market and up until today, Kia continuously producing high quality passenger vehicles from small cars, sedans to SUVs and providing people with a good car brand option for their and their families comfort and convenience.
Here are some of Kia's vehicle line-up:
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WACO's signature education programs provide opportunities for young people through mentorship and skills building, and our audiences through public dialogue.
WACO's signature education programs provide opportunities for young people through mentorship and skills building, and our audiences through public dialogue.
A partnership with KIPP Academy, Angels and Warriors is a year-long mentorship program that uses art to facilitate personal development and growth for young people ages 14-18. The program aims to empower participants to identify their dreams, and with a personal mentor, gain the clarity, discipline and skill to achieve those dreams. The program curriculum includes off site field trips and workshops with guest artists to foster skill development and awareness of careers in the arts.
Utilizing film as a tool for self-expression, communication, and mental health awareness, this program is offered to students across Greater Los Angeles. Participants have the opportunity to develop their voices, learn about themselves, and ultimately elevate and empower their stories through filmmaking. This program is supported in part by AT&T, Horowitz Family Foundation, Shea Moisture and WarnerMedia
First hosted in 2018, this program introduces students to the academic possibilities at universities, and offers an in-depth look into the nuances of on-campus life. Participants meet with representatives, current students and alumni from local and national programs, with a particular focus on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU).
Teaching artists develop comprehensive guides that transform artistic work presented on the WACO stage into a digestible study guide and interactive activities that connect to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) learning objectives. Each box includes all handouts, props, costumes and any additional materials necessary for instruction. The program is accessible to classroom teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District and boxes are provided at little or no cost to the participating schools.
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Finding Your Way in the World
Latitude and Longitude
The Equator The equator is the main latitude line: 0˚
All latitude lines are horizontal. It divides the world into two hemispheres (halves).
The Hemispheres The top half, or the half north of the equator, is called the northern hemisphere.
Hemispheres The bottom half, or the half south of the equator, is called the southern hemisphere.
The Prime Meridian The prime meridian is the main longitude line: 0˚
All longitude lines are vertical. It divides the world into two different hemispheres (halves).
The Hemispheres The left side, or the half west of the prime meridian, is called the Western Hemisphere.
The Hemispheres The right side, or the half east of the prime meridian, is called the Eastern Hemisphere.
Latitude and Longitude Lines
Every map has both latitude and longitude lines. Every place has both a latitude and longitude location number.
Where in the World are You?
The location of a place on the map is written like this: 45˚ N, 80˚E The first number is the latitude location. The second number is the longitude location.
Remember Latitude lines can only be north or south.
Longitude lines can only be east or west. Now you are on your way to understanding latitude and longitude.
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Weekly Meal Plan: July 5th – July 11th
Click here to download the shopping list for the week.
Monday – Lemon & Herb Salmon Burgers
These Paleo Salmon Burgers are perfect for summer. The patties are packed with chunks of salmon, lots of fresh herbs and lemon. The salmon patties are served with tartar sauce, slices of red onion and tomato for a light and delicious burger. They are Whole30, SCD Legal and Keto too!
Get the recipe: Lemon & Herb Salmon Burgers
Tuesday – Sun-Dried Tomato Marinated Chicken
Get the recipe: Sun-Dried Tomato Marinated Chicken
Wednesday – Moo Shu Pork
This Moo Shu Pork is a 30-minute healthier spin on the classic Chinese takeout dish. It's packed with thinly sliced pork, egg and lots of veggies, all cooked until tender, topped with a homemade hoisin sauce and served in lettuce cups. This recipe is Paleo, Whole30, Grain Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free and Specific Carbohydrate Diet Legal.
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Thursday – Pesto Chicken & Tomato Skewers
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Friday – Spicy Baked Salmon
I absolutely love the bold flavours of this Spicy Baked Salmon. The salmon is coated in a spice rub and than baked low and slow in the oven until moist and flakey. It's simple to prepare and so delicious. This salmon is Whole30, Paleo, Keto and Specific Carbohydrate Diet Legal.
Get the recipe: Spicy Baked Salmon
Saturday – Grilled Skirt Steak with Asian Salsa Verde
Skirt steak is one of my favorite cuts of meat, but it's often overlooked because of its flat shape and tendency to become tough when overcooked. However, it's more affordable than the thicker cuts of beef and becomes flavorful and tender when marinated for a few hours and cooked quickly over high heat. If you can't find skirt steak, flank steak is a good second choice. Like skirt steak, it's a thin cut of meat that takes well to marinating. This dish is great for a crowd at a summer cookout and always gets 10/10 rave reviews.
Get the recipe on page 201 in my cookbook.
Sunday – Vietnamese Pork Lettuce Wraps
These Whole30 and Paleo Vietnamese Lettuce Wraps are packed with fresh flavours and tender marinated pork. With a cook time of under 10 minutes, this is a great loss fuss dish you can prep in advance, and set out to let everyone assemble themselves. They are Whole30, Paleo, Keto, Grain/Gluten Free, Dairy Free and Specific Carbohydrate Diet Legal.
Get the recipe: Vietnamese Pork Lettuce Wraps
Click here to download the shopping list for the week.
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- Weekly Meal Plan: June 7th – 13th
- Whole30 Meal Plan: May 24th – 30th
- Whole30 Meal Plan: May 17th – 23rd
- Whole30 Meal Plan: May 10th – 16th
- Weekly Meal Plan: May 3rd – 9th
- Weekly Meal Plan: April 26th – May 2nd
If you follow this week's meal plan let me know in the comment section below, I would love to hear what you think or take a photo and tag me (@everylastbite_) on Instagram, I love seeing your photos!


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21 May 2021, Siniloan, Laguna, Sierra Madre Mountain Range. SEAOIL Foundation, Inc. bridges the local governments and communities towards sustainable development by employing innovative strategies that strengthen co-ownership of social issues and solutions.
Under the memorandum circular, BOI-registered firms will be required to plant at least 100 forest trees in clusters of at least four meters apart within its premises or along the perimeters at a distance of two to four meters, carried out by the local forest guards in Siniloan, Laguna, at the Laguna Quezon Land Grant, an over 9,000 hectare protected forest reserve managed by FEED's first and longest serving Living Legacy partner the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).
Tree planting in Sierra Madre is like building a Road map. When the final decision was made by Sea Oil Foundation about tree planting, LQLG was the chosen planting site with exceptionally rich soil conditions, consistent volumes of rain, safety measures being met, space for the trees to grow are ensured, and monitoring and maintenance can be fulfilled easily with the local communities trained in tree propagation and protection. All factors contributing to the minimum target survival rate of 85% in all FEED plantings, typically reaching 90-95%.
Covid-19 did not interfere with Sea Oil Foundation's quest to comply with their BOI requirements of planting trees. Planting trees was not carried out only to comply with legislation but to fulfill their commitment to the environment.
Laguna Quezon Land Grant was once a logging area during the Marcos time according to Forester Rey Lorida he saw it with his very own eyes people think that the trees in LQLG is limitless but despite of the large amount of trees in the area with the unsustainable logging that was done in the past they are still able to denude the area that's why now, today and tomorrow is the best time to plant trees any time is a good time to plant a new tree as long as sufficient water is available to make sure the survival of our next generation.
Trees are investments that provide environmental, economic, and social benefits throughout their lifetime.
Photo Journal SEAOIL Reforestation of SIerra Madres
GPS Coordinates of On Semi Planting Site, Sierra Madres
Use any GPS (Global Positioning System) software / applications to input the latitude and longitude coordinates to be able to remotely see the location of your trees planted. Some examples include:
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- Stn 4. 14 29'20.40."N
About the Sierra Madre Mountain Range – Longest in the Philippines
The Sierra Madre a 540 km (340 mi) is the longest mountain range in the Philippines. Through the north–south direction from Santa Ana in the province of Cagayan to the north and Quezon province to the south, the mountains form the eastern backbone of Luzon Island, the largest island of the archipelago. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east. The Pacific coast of Luzon along the Sierra Madre is less developed as the lofty and continuous mountains form a bold and almost inaccessible shore, exposed to the full force of the northeast monsoon and the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Some of communities east of the mountain range and along the coast are so remote they are only accessible by plane or boat.
Endemic Flora
The Sierra Madres is home to native Philippine dipterocarp trees of the Hopea and Shorea family, orchids such as Dendrobium aclinia, the leguminous tree, Milletia longipes and a member of the citrus family, Swinglea glutinosa.
Endemic Fauna
The forests are home to endemic lizard species such as the monitor lizard – Varanus bitatawa (common name: Butikaw), which the Aeta and Ilongot indigenous peoples use as a food source. The monitor lizard is one of the three frugivorous lizards in the Varanidae family along with V. olivaceus and V. mabitang. All of the three frugivorous lizards are found only in the Philippines. Endemic mammals in Sierra Madre are the Sierra Madre shrew mouse and Sierra Madre forest mouse.
Non-Endemic Flora Species
Narra, the national tree of the Philippines, Almaciga, and Kamagong can be found in the Sierra Madre range.
Non-Endemic Fauna Species
Isabela oriole, Philippine Eagle, and Philippine Crocodile are critically endangered species that can be found in fragmented locations.
It is important to note that lower portions of the Sierra Madre mountains still experience frequent and sporadic habitat damage and other forest-losses (flora and fauna) due to anthropogenic activities, such as logging and charcoal-making, often funded by outside "investors".
Some outside informal settlers living at the lower portions of the slopes generally are supported by work in these logging and charcoal-making activities without permits. Some portions of the forest cover are already secondary growth forests, i.e. forests or woodland areas which have re-grown after a timber harvest, until a long enough period has passed so that the effects of the disturbance are no longer evident; whereas primary forests refers to untouched, pristine forest that exists in their original condition. It is estimated that forest degradation of at least 1,400 hectares per year is caused by illegal tree-cutting, slash and burn farming, fuel-wood collection, illegal hunting, and residential expansion – which if tackled sustainably and with the community can be averted, minimized and even optimized towards healthy and productive, sustainable social forestry practices. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Madre_(Philippines))
Long term survival is as critical as tree-planting is to sustainable reforestation programs, which is why all FEED plantings aim to achieve and have so far sustained survival rates of at least 85 percent of all species planted, making sure they thrive for future generations too.
The Laguna-Quezon Land Grant covers a 6,765-hectare property acquired by the UPLB by virtue of Republic Act 3608 of 1930, forming the larger part adjacent to the Laguna Land Grant in Paete – together both land grants reach over 9,000 hectares. Reforestation and biodiversity conservation remain the core focus of both land grants 90 years after its establishment, since majority of the remaining forest cover of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range is home to a last bastion for many species that have become endangered in other parts of the country.
Social forestry (SF) can be a part of a sustainable forest management (SFM) strategy to achieve environmental, economic and social objectives. "SF and SFM can be compatible because both recognize the importance of community participation in achieving sustainable use of forest resources. However, there is a gap in translating the SF concept to activities within the SFM approach and a lack of continuity. To strengthen the role of local communities in SFM through SF, there is a need for a platform enabling open discussion among relevant stakeholders, increasing awareness about the benefits of SF and securing adequate funding to conduct SF activities." (Source: https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/7647)
These are the holistic approaches FEED and partners adopt as a science-based, proven method towards enhancing community participation in all planting programs, whether from ridge to reef, up to and including nursery and forest establishment, protection, maintenance, (GPS) monitoring and reporting to ensure at least 85% survival of all species planted, as well as community empowerment in the conservation of our natural resources.
About SEAOIL
SEAOIL Philippines, Inc. is proudly a FILIPINO company that shares and understands every Filipino's hopes for the future: a better economy, the youth achieving their dreams, a healthy environment. As an organization, SEAOIL gives conscious effort to do its part in the nation's path towards success. Through our innovative products, services, and programs, we remain true to our promise of "Fueling a Better Future."
Now the leading and largest independent fuel company in the Philippines, SEAOIL continues to expand its network to provide quality and affordable products to more Filipinos. We are committed to each and every one of our customers, because it is for them and through them that we are in this business.
We are an organization you can always trust, and we will never let it be compromised.
Further information on SEAOIL: https://www.seaoil.com.ph/
Thank you again to all Earth Keepers!
NATURE IS SPEAKING (Narrated by Julia Roberts)
What can I do to stop climate change?
"As the world warms, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense, sea levels are rising, prolonged droughts are putting pressure on food crops, and many animal and plant species are being driven to extinction. It's hard to imagine what we as individuals can do to resolve a problem of this scale and severity.
The good news: We are not alone. People, communities, cities, businesses, schools, faith groups and other organizations are taking action. We're fighting like our lives depend on it — because they do.
In a world of more than seven billion people, each of us is a drop in the bucket. But with enough drops, we can fill any bucket." – David Suzuki
Check out some of the ways you can take more climate change action.
For example, Climate Action groups are the local solution to a global crisis. Right now people just like you are coming together to develop practical, local solutions and make their towns and cities more climate-friendly. Are you ready to join them? Find out what's happening near you.
More here: https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate-change/what-can-I-do-to-stop-climate-change
Contact FEED
In 2015, the Philippine government submitted to the United Nations the country's commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The country committed to reduce its carbon emissions by 70 percent by 2030. The carbon dioxide reductions will come from the sectors of energy, transport, waste, forestry and industry. Join us! Help us reverse the Earth's "hothouse climate" tipping point.
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Contact us at FEED for more details, to join our regular activities or to design your own tree-nurturing event: firstname.lastname@example.com or call/text +63 (0)917 552 4722.
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Got 75 Bottles of Wine to Store?
Me and my wines! In fact, me and my wine coolers! I'm sure that everyone who knows me thinks I might need some therapy, I've become so involved with the different models out there. I'm constantly looking at what capacity they have, what they look like, how much space they'll take up and of course, how much they cost.
But then, I write the reviews here because I know people reading them are probably just like me so I don't feel as if I'm misunderstood. Anyway, my latest "little" find was the Danby DWC612BLP 75 bottle wine cooler. My personal collection is nothing near this sort of size but I happened to come across one when I was on a wine tour recently.
Fortunately for me, I also came across a member of staff who is just as passionate about how wines are stored as well as what's inside the bottles. He was more than willing to tell me all about this cooler.
What you should know is the reason why it caught my eye.
Overall Style
It doesn't matter if you're looking for some new clothes, a piece of furniture or an appliance for your home, what is it that attracts you first? Yes, that's right, the look. Danby in my opinion has done a really good job with how this cooler looks (hence the fact it was on show during a tour I suppose). It stands at about 6 feet tall with a black cabinet that's finished off in a platinum type trim which complements the cabinet perfectly.
The shelves inside are wooden which gives the whole cooler a somewhat rustic look that say's it should stand proud in any professional wine cellar. The only thing I did notice is that the bottles were stacked pretty tightly together but I guess that's how Danby managed to save on space. It can make it hard to see what wines are inside though. Having said that, I was told there is an interior light but this has to be switched on manually, it won't come on just by opening the door.
Other Really "Cool" Features
Being a bit of a novice with wine coolers and collecting (but working hard not to be), I didn't know you could get this feature. This Danby has a reversible door which means you can open it from either the left or the right which is really useful.
I also discovered that this unit has defrosting capabilities. When the cold control is "off", it will start to defrost any build-up of ice in the refrigeration section and the water is sent to a drip tray which then evaporates using the heat from the compressor.
Temperature control is something you don't really need to worry about, this model will do a fine job. Even if the power goes off for an hour or two it has been designed so the temperature isn't really affected. Although, when the power comes back on it will need to be re-programmed to the settings you originally chose.
By and Large
I know I came across this cooler when I was doing a tour, but I could easily see it in the home as well because it doesn't take up that much floor space and it's really nice looking. The price isn't something that will make a private collector fall of their chair either. You can check it out HERE at Amazon.com (they currently give a 16% discount, so make sure to get it in time).
If you can live with a smaller cooler, make sure to read my review on the NewAir 28 Bottle Wine Cooler. It's a great wine cooler for less than half the money of the Danby DWC612BLP
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Matlab - Download and Install
The Matlab software is available for download to any current NMSU student and can be accessed both on and off campus.
This document will assist you on how to download and install Matlab both on and off campus.
Note: To access Matlab from outside the campus network (anywhere off campus or on a personal computer) you will need to download and install the Cisco Virtual Private Network (VPN) client.
To download and install Matlab, complete the steps below:
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Click on Link and "Sign in to get started ".
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Sign in with your NMSU Username and Passphrase.
Note: You will have to use the password you created for the Matlab account.
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To download Matlab an account is required, if you already have an account click on "Sign in to existing Mathwork account" to proceed, if you do not have an account click on "Create a Mathwork Account".
Note: for this instruction we selected Create a Mathwork Account.
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Create your Mathwork account by completing the fields below.
After check the online service agreement box and click on Create.
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On the top right corner of the Mathwork Account page, click on the download icon.
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Then, select from the "download options", your preferred Matlab version.
Step 7:
Select the appropriate OS to begin download.
Step 8:
After your download is complete, navigate to the download folder to locate installer
Note: Mac users will have to expand the download file before starting the installation process.
Step 9:
Double click on installation file to begin installation wizard.
Note:When prompted to sign in, please use your NMSU email and the password you created for the Mathworks account.
Step 10:
Under Licensing, select "Individual License" option, then click Next.
Step 11:
Complete installation prompts and click Next.
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Click Finish to complete installation process.


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College Football Playoff debate: What would an ideal system look like?
Complaining about the College Football Playoff has become its own form of sport for many fan bases around the country — usually those outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama, central Ohio and the southernmost Carolina. This year, those grievances grew louder, as a pandemic challenged the typical criteria for the committee, new rules were created and, as usual, several undefeated teams with solid cases on paper were shut out of title contention (looking at you, Cincinnati and Coastal Carolina).
Are changes in store for the CFP format? With criticism of the playoff and its committee at a boiling point, our experts break down the weak spots in the process and propose fixes. Plus, the architect of the Bowl Championship Series weighs in on the challenges.
What do you believe is the biggest problem with the playoff as currently constituted?
Bill Connelly: Each year, I realize more clearly that the number of teams makes the selection process impossible. The CFP as an entity is extremely proud of its processes, and there's no question that everyone involved goes to painstaking lengths to make sure that the very experienced football people in the committee room cover lots of topics and comparisons before casting their poll votes. But the committee is tasked with picking only four teams, rewarding both pure quality and résumés, assigning bonus points for conference titles but using the eye test. It's a giant, contradictory set of qualifications, especially when you factor in the minimal presence of Group of 5 representation on the committee and everyone's personal built-in biases. Making the committee's job actually doable would be an incredible thing.
Andrea Adelson: I have long been a playoff advocate, because I truly hoped, and somewhat naively believed, that a playoff would open the field up to teams like Boise State, which proved in the BCS era that it absolutely belonged on the biggest stage. But alas, the power conferences want to keep all the power, and the money that goes with it — and that in itself is the largest problem moving forward. There is no equitability when the entire playoff premise is built on inequality — from the amount spent on coaching salaries, support personnel and recruiting, to the number of conference games played and the strength/quality in schedules.
It is not only the Group of 5 that has been punished, but the Pac-12, too. For that reason, the imbalance at the top has only grown starker — and the entire sport has become so regionalized, it feels somewhat impossible for those outside the elite power status or west of Oklahoma to feel any inclusion or ownership in the process. While true expansion might not fix the vast chasm that has separated the top four to six programs from everyone else, what it can do is make this feel more like a sport that values every team and more than just three playoff games every year. More spots means the ability to sell the playoff in recruiting for schools in more than just three or four conferences, for example, allowing more than just a handful of programs to get the best recruits. More spots generates more television money, which allows more schools to try to keep up with the amount Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State pour into their programs.
The greatest thing about the NCAA basketball tournament is the Cinderella story that emerges every year. The playoff, as currently constructed, leaves no room for that. As a result, the sport is suffering. Don't look now, but the projected preseason top five next season is sure to include five teams that have made it into the playoff. Four of them multiple times.
Kyle Bonagura: For finding a national champion, the current structure is without question better than its BCS predecessor. It's hard to make the case that the best team in the country hasn't finished No. 1 since the College Football Playoff was hatched (sorry, UCF). But what it has done is significantly diminish everything that takes place in the sport outside the top four.
Power 5 conference titles that don't come with a playoff berth aren't viewed the same way as they were before. The once-proud tradition of bowl games has been diminished, often carrying the caveat: "Do these teams even care about this game?" The New Year's Six games certainly aren't immune as those are the games that figure to have the most NFL-caliber players, and the (smart) trend of those players opting out only figures to become more prevalent. It's not hard to allow for the possibility the opt-outs start earlier and earlier in the season, with top players not being willing to risk their NFL futures without something meaningful to play for.
David Hale: There are two paradoxical points about the College Football Playoff that both happen to be true: The first is that the committee process is undeniably flawed, with rankings that don't seem to add up outside the top few teams (Iowa State over Coastal Carolina was utterly perplexing this year, for example) and explanations for the rankings that often contradict themselves. The second is that the committee has, perhaps without exception, gotten the final four teams right every year, even if others have had somewhat reasonable counterarguments.
The solution to the first issue is simple: a more clarified mission statement for the committee. Is the job to find the four best teams? The four most deserving? What does "best" or "deserving" even mean? By enacting some more specific means of evaluation, we can get away from the committee chair spending hours every season trying to formulate explanations for the utterly inexplicable.
I'd also love to see a more diverse committee debating "best" and "deserving." There's a lot of room for a hive-mind debate when nearly every committee member comes from a similar background. Media, stat gurus, Vegas folks, heck even a smart fan or two might add some new insight to the discussions.
The concerns about who actually gets into the playoff, however, are really big-picture problems that the committee — and perhaps the playoff itself — isn't going to fix. Expansion might help level the playing field a bit by expanding access and getting more revenue and eyeballs to teams that haven't often fought for a top-four ranking, but it won't necessarily fix the continual first-round blowouts or drastically expand the pool of 12 to 15 teams that legitimately have a chance to win it all in any given year.
Adam Rittenberg: This is not a national playoff as currently constructed. Beyond the not-so-subtle Group of 5 exclusion, the playoff fields have been dominated by teams from the Southeast and Midwest. The exclusivity tunes out large swaths of the country, and the repetitiveness of participants has turned the whole thing stale.
To me, it's never been about including only the teams that can win a national title. That list is almost never more than three. By adding one more layer, the playoff can become more national and provide not only the opportunity to win (however unlikely it is) but the experience of being part of the CFP, which can be seismic for certain programs. I haven't strongly disagreed with many of the selections, but have also long advocated for a standardized scheduling model in college football that includes more conference games, more attractive games and less duds. It's not great when the two leagues that play each other the least — the SEC and ACC — seem to be rewarded the most.
What does your preferred, realistic playoff look like?
Connelly: I know Mark Richt's 32-team explosion is something a lot of coaches would like, and I think I'm fine with that if the support is there, but it's not. Realistically, an eight-team playoff is all we're probably going to get for a while, but that's fine — it's a wonderful solution!
Assuming there are auto-bids for conference champions and the Group of 5 representative (which would actually make college football's national title race inclusive for just about the first time ever), the committee's main job would be seeding teams and picking the two most deserving teams for at-large bids. We'd still yell and scream about whom they pick or how they rank the teams, of course, but this would still be a much more manageable and realistic job for the committee to take on.
Rittenberg: As Bill notes, eight teams solves so many issues. Again, this is more about expanding opportunity than the likelihood of new teams winning championships. Until Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney and Ryan Day move on, their programs are going to claim most of the titles.
Where I struggle is the automatic bids and my desire to have all regions represented. The highest-ranked Group of 5 champion absolutely should have an automatic bid. While I don't love the idea of a two- or three-loss Power 5 champion in there, I could live with that format. One alternative would be the committee continuing to rank the teams and requiring eligible Power 5 champions to be in the final top 12 or top 15. The top conferences would still fill the at-large spots. The regular season wouldn't be compromised (that's a tired argument) and more teams and areas would be under the CFP tent.
Hale: Somewhere between two and 130 is a number that both maximizes access to the playoff while minimizing devaluation of the regular season. Where's that number? Truth is, it probably fluctuates from year to year, but the best answer would seem to be eight.
Every Power 5 league would award a playoff berth to its champion, making every conference game important. This year, for example, only two teams playing in a Power 5 title game were genuinely impacted by the outcome: Clemson and Ohio State. Others either weren't getting in regardless or had already punched their ticket. It also helps cut back on the regional bias, making sure every fan in the country has some stake in the playoff. One spot is awarded to the highest-ranked Group of 5 team, and two wild cards are added to the mix. It's an elegant solution because it would actually increase the amount of meaningful regular-season games, eliminate the constant debates over which conference is best, give all 130 teams a genuine shot at the playoff, and preserve the intrigue of committee rankings which would determine the wild card, the Group of 5 entrant and the seeding.
Most importantly, every team will have a chance to earn its way in by what happens on the field of play, and that is the very definition of a playoff.
Bonagura: I think it's time to split FBS into two divisions and go to eight-team playoff fields for both the Power 5 and Group of 5. For a long time, I've been a proponent of an eight-team field that includes the Power 5 champions, two at-large bids and a Group of 5 team (if it meets a certain threshold — say, undefeated with a No. 12 ranking or higher), but it's probably just time to drop the illusion the Group of 5 is competing on a level playing field. And that's fine!
Look at high school football. Divisions are broken up by enrollment, for the most part, to ensure competitive equity in the state playoffs. It's the same concept here. Can a team like San Jose State or Ball State — both conference champions this year — ever expect to compete for a national title? Absolutely not. So why not give them a title to play for among programs more similar in stature? Maybe there is a mechanism where a Group of 5 team can apply to move up a division, but that's a small detail that could be rectified down the line.
Under this format, every conference champion would receive an automatic bid to the playoffs, which would make every conference relevant up until the end of the season. Bowl games in addition to these two playoff fields don't seem necessary, but it's fine if they stick around, too. No one will be complaining about more football on TV, even if they're glorified spring games.
Adelson: I lean toward a six-team playoff because I do think in most years there are only five or six worthy teams up for consideration. Each Power 5 conference gets an automatic bid, preserving the regular season and the importance of the conference championship game. Then the top-ranked Group of 5 team gets an automatic bid, easing the questions that have come up surrounding UCF and Cincinnati — two teams worthy of inclusion. The top two seeds would get a bye, so they get a slight advantage for the strength of their seasons, and two more bowl sites get looped in on a rotating basis — helping to at least draw more interest to games outside the current playoff structure.
Getting more representation into the field will be hugely beneficial for the entire sport, and that needs to be the top priority. But the best part might be this: A six-team playoff largely eliminates the biggest source of outrage in the current selection process — the power of the selection committee.
The architect of the BCS weighs in on the CFP debate
Roy Kramer predicted all this when college football first ventured down the playoff road.
In short, when it comes to determining a national champion, there's always going to be debate, conspiracy theories and unrest no matter what system is in place or how many teams are involved.
"As soon as you leave somebody out, there are going to be people saying you need to do it another way," said Kramer, the architect of the onetime BCS. "College football will never be the NFL. It will never be Major League Baseball. That's not what college football is about.
"You can't set up a system like that because you're forcing people to be in different conferences, and everybody plays different schedules. That's just the way it is, so you're going to have a subjective decision somewhere in there at some point."
Kramer, who turned 91 in October, said he has chuckled more than once when the gnashing of teeth reverberates all over the country from administrators, coaches and fans as soon as the four College Football Playoff teams are announced.
"I guess they're still having a little controversy, but that's not all bad," Kramer said. "You've heard me say this 100 times: It brings a discussion and brings an interest to the game that I think is healthy."
Much of the criticism of the BCS, which used a combination of human polls, computer rankings and strength of schedule metrics to determine the two teams that would play for the national title, was that it tilted toward the same brand-name schools and wasn't inclusive enough.
Well, since the College Football Playoff's inception following the 2013 season, a simulated version of the BCS shows that the old BCS formula would have produced the same four teams as the CFP selection committee each of the past seven years.
Not only that, but of the 28 playoff spots awarded since the CFP's inception, 22 have been gobbled up by the same five teams: Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Ohio State. Alabama and Clemson have both been in the playoff every year but one.
So has a lot really changed in the transition from the BCS to the College Football Playoff?
"The farther you go down, the more controversy there is because then you're picking teams that lost two games, maybe even more, and then it becomes, 'Who did you lose to?'" Kramer said. "The farther you go down, the tougher it gets."
Kramer, the former SEC commissioner and former Vanderbilt athletic director, understands the appeal of a Group of 5 team getting into the playoff. But he doesn't think expanding the playoff is going to break the stranglehold of the usual suspects who win the championship every year.
"Look at basketball when you have that upset in the first week, but then you get down to the Final Four, how many of those are not the teams that were the strongest in the beginning?" Kramer said. "You don't solve anything that way. It sounds good. But when you get down to it, you're going to almost always end up with the same two teams playing."
To his point, even in a four-team playoff format, rarely have the semifinal games been close. Ten of the 14 semifinal games to this point have been decided by 17 or more points.
Kramer believes the playoff committee has gotten it right most years and wasn't surprised to see Ohio State get in this year despite the Buckeyes' playing only six games. And regardless of any potential changes that might be coming to the playoff, Kramer hopes this year, with all the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, isn't used as a gauge.
"You've got to set this year aside and forget it," Kramer said. "You're not ever going to have again, hopefully, somebody playing five or six games and somebody else playing 10 or 11. That's just a creation of the situation we're in now with the virus."
Kramer still loves to tell the story of a phone call he received from a media member in 2011 when Alabama and LSU played in a rematch for the BCS title. Kramer, like most around the college football world, contends that's the game that once and for all steered the sport to a playoff.
"He was talking about how terrible it was that Alabama and LSU would be in that game," Kramer said. "I asked him if he voted in the AP poll, and he said that he did. I asked him who he voted No. 1 and No. 2 in the final poll [before the release of the final BCS standings], and he said it was LSU and Alabama.
"He quickly let me know, though, that he didn't think those two teams should be playing in the championship game. I told him I always thought that was the purpose of it, to get the two best teams into that game."
And one other thing, as Kramer noted, is that both Alabama and LSU would most certainly have been in the playoff in 2011 had there been one back then.
"No matter where we go from here in determining a champion, it's still a great game and there's still a lot of excitement that makes college football unique," Kramer said. "It's different and it should be.
"We can't force it to be something that it isn't."
— Chris Low
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The magic started when Win Butler blew up the PA system.
Last August, the Arcade Fire frontman was enjoying food and drinks with the band at Toronto's Rhum Corner. Butler decided to ask restaurant co-owner Roland Jean if he could play some rara, a type of Haitian Creole festival music. Jean loved it – right until the speakers gave out.
Almost immediately, Butler's wife and bandmate Régine Chassagne and some Arcade Fire percussionists made up for lost music, keeping the rhythm with glasses and other objects on the tables.
"It was magic," says Jen Agg, Jean's spouse and matriarch of a mini-empire of Toronto restaurants that includes Rhum Corner, the Black Hoof and Cocktail Bar.
Bonding quickly that night, the two couples eventually shared their respective dreams of creating a Haitian-influenced space in Montreal. That was that: Crossing a provincial divide of nightlife, food and culture, their venture, Agrikol, is set to open this summer.
Featuring Haitian cuisine, music and visual arts, the space will build on the cultural advocacy work that Chassagne and Butler have demonstrated since Montreal-based Arcade Fire started raising funds for Haiti in 2005. For Agg and the Haitian-born Jean (who is also a painter), it will be a chance to take their signature, convivial restaurant style beyond Toronto's Dundas Street West.
They could not be more excited. Here's what both couples had to say about the joint venture.
How did this collaboration come to be?
Jean: I wanted to open something cool in Montreal but I never had the opportunity or the partner that I wanted. And one time Régine and Win came to Toronto and they said, "Let's do something." And that's when the magic started.
Chassagne: Win and I have always been dreaming of a Haitian place in Montreal. And we met Roland and Jen and we started talking and …
Agg: … and it happened so fast. It was a whirlwind.
Chassagne: We said, "Let's stop talking and let's just make it happen."
How has the concept for the restaurant developed?
Butler: It's more of an art project. The idea is that it's a cultural space. The thing that we were really impressed with at Rhum Corner is that it's this space for Haitian and Caribbean culture and it's really cool and contemporary. Régine's family moved to Montreal from Haiti, like a lot of Haitians, and moving to this tundra, you know …
Chassagne: … you miss the warmth.
Butler: Yeah, you miss this cultural warmth. It's something that I felt at Rhum Corner and it's something that I know that we can do in Montreal.
Jean: We will make carnival every day.
What can you tell us about the food?
Agg: Jesse [Grasso], who is our head chef at Rhum Corner, is able to pick up on another culture's food so well. He went to Haiti and did all his research.
Jean: My sister came and worked with Jesse. He is such a talented chef, and he upgraded her Haitian food.
Agg: It will be presented slightly differently, but the food and flavours are really authentic. MSG is used in Haitian cooking in a real way, and we want to get rid of the stigma. It's a movement in the world of food. We use it at Rhum, just a little bit; it's just like salt, just a seasoning.
The really nice thing about Montreal is that we have access to all these things, like djon djon mushrooms. It's going to be fun because there is just a much larger community, so we have access to ingredients that we don't have in Toronto.
There aren't a lot of entrepreneurs and restaurateurs willing to innovate in both provinces. Any ideas why that is?
Butler: The Dominican Republic and Haiti don't have much crossover either, but they're on the same island. It's just a language and culture thing. Cuba doesn't know that much about Haiti and you can almost see Cuba from Haiti. It's the same thing here. There are similarities, yet the cultures are isolated.
Jean: Language is a big thing.
Why is now the right moment for Agrikol to bridge these cultures?
Jean: There are nearly 200,000 Haitians in Montreal, so definitely I think that Agrikol is something we need here. It's a celebration of culture, and that includes food.
Agg: It's crazy that there hasn't been a place like this yet. We're going to build here and we're going to move here. It's a big life change – and I'm going to learn French. It will be great.
Chassagne: You can't explain how beautiful it is! So now I think we have an opportunity to try to make a place for it in Montreal.
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Saints Adrian and Eubulus, of Palestine, martyrs, 309. St Kiaran, of Ireland, bishop, 4th century.
Died. – Odoacer, King of Italy, A.D. 493; Alphonso II. (of Portugal), 1223, Alcobaça; Antonio Allegri Correggio, painter, 1534, Corregio; Henri I., Prince of Condé, 1588; Pope Clement VIII., 1605; James Duke of Hamilton, 1649, beheaded, Old Palace Yard; the Rev. Dr Philip Francis, 1773, Bath; Marquis de la Place, philosopher, 1827; Alexander Volta (Voltaism), 1827, Como; M. J. B. Orfila, physician and chemist, 1853.
On this Day in Other Sources.
The 5th day of March, in 1323, there was a fair son born to King Robert, at Dunfermline, whom he christened David.
– Historical Works, pp.88-104.
The 5th of March [1405,] the estates of the kingdom met at Stirling, in 1405, where with unanimous consent, Robert [Stewart], Duke of Albany, is discerned Governor of the realm, until his nephew was relieved from the English captivity. This same day was Stirling town almost all burnt.
– Historical Works, pp.133-144.
At the foot of Leith Wynd, on the west side, there was founded on the 5th of March, 1462, by royal charter, the collegiate church of the Holy Trinity, by Mary, Queen of Scotland, daughter of Arnold Duke of Gueldres, grand-daughter of John Duke of Burgundy, and widow of James II., slain about two years before by the bursting of a cannon at Roxburgh. Her great firmness on that disastrous occasion, and during the few remaining years of her own life, proves her to have been a princess of no ordinary strength of mind.
-Old and New Edinburgh, pp.300-309.
George Nicol, the son of a tailor in Edinburgh, and who had been secretary or clerk to Sir Archibald Acheson, under an unlucky zeal for the public good, resolved to expose some malpractices of the Scottish rulers which had fallen under his attention, or which he believed to exist. Being in London, he presented to the king some information against the Chancellor, the Earls of Morton and Stratherne, the Lord Traquair, the Lord Advocate, &c., for mismanagement of the treasury. These officers were summoned to London to meet the charges brought against them, when it soon appeared that Nicol had advanced what he could not prove.
He was sent back to Scotland under the power of the men whom he had accused, and was adjudged (Mar. 5 [1633]) by the privy Council guilty of lease-making, and to stand at the entry of the session-house for an hour, and two hours at the cross, with a paper on his head bearing, 'Here stands Mr George Nicol, who is tried, found, and declared to be a false calumnious liar,' and thereafter to receive six stripes on his naked back by the hand of the hangman, and then to be led back to the Tolbooth with his shoulders still exposed.
– Domestic Annals, pp.228-256.
A letter of Dalrymple, dated from London the 5th March [1692,] makes us aware that the Massacre of Glencoe was already making a sensation there. It was said that the people had been murdered in their beds, after the chief had made the required submission. The secretary professed to have known nothing of the last fact, but he was far from regretting the bloodshed. 'All I regret is that any of the sect got away.' When the particulars became fully known – when it was ascertained that the Campbells had gone into the glen as friends, and fallen upon the people when they were in a defenceless state and when all suspicion was lulled asleep – the transaction assumed the character which it has ever since borne in the public estimation, as one of the foulest in modern history.
– Domestic Annals, pp.342-354.
On Saturday last, Captain Green, Captain of the Ship Worchester, and the rest of his Crew who are Prisoners here, and are to be try'd as Pyrats, before the Judge-Admiral, has each of them got a Copy of their Inditement to answer against the 5th. of March next [1707;] and the Lords of Her Majesty's Privy-Council, has appointed five of their number to be assessors to the Judge-Admiral.
– Old and New Edinburgh, pp.282-290.
In and around the city during the winter of 1787 there were committed a series of startling robberies, and no clue could be had to the perpetrators. Houses and shops were entered, and articles of value vanished as if by magic. In one instance a lady was unable to go to church from indisposition, and was at home alone, when a man entered with crape over his face, and taking her keys, opened her bureau and took away her money, while she remained panic-stricken; but as he retired she thought, "surely that was Deacon Brodie!" But the idea seemed so utterly inconceivable, that she preserved silence on the subject till subsequent events transpired. As these mysterious outrages continued, all Edinburgh became at last alarmed, and in all of them Brodie was either actively or passively concerned, till he conceived the – to him – fatal idea of robbing the Excise office in Chessel's Court, an undertaking wholly planned by himself. He visited the office openly with a friend, studied the details of the cashier's room, and observing the key of the outer door hanging from a nail, contrived to take an impression of it with putty, made a model therefrom, and tried it on the lock by way of experiment, but went no further then.
On the 5th of March, Brodie, Smith, Ainslie, and Brown, met in the evening about eight to make the grand attempt. The Deacon was attired in black, with a brace of pistols; he had with him several keys and a double picklock. He seemed in the wildest spirits, and as they set forth he sang the well-known ditty from the "Beggar's Opera" –
"Let us take the road,
Hark! I hear the sound of coaches!
The hour of attack approaches;
To your arms brave boys, and load.
"See the ball I hold;
Let chemists toil like asses –
Our fire their fire surpasses,
And turns our lead to gold!"
The office was shut at night, but no watchman came till ten. Ainslie kept watch in Chessel's Court, Brodie inside the outer door, when he opened it, while Smith and Brown entered the cashier's room. All save the first carried pistols, and Brodie had a whistle by which he was to sound an alarm if necessary. In forcing the second or inner door, Brown and Smith had to use a crowbar, and the coulter of a plough which they had previously stolen for the purpose. Their faces were craped; they had with them a dark lantern, and they burst open every desk and press in the room. While thus engaged, Mr. James Bonnar, the deputy-solicitor, returned unexpectedly to the office at half-past eight, and detection seemed imminent indeed! "The outer door he found shut, and on opening it a man in black (Brodie) hurriedly passed him, a circumstance to which, not having the slightest suspicion, he paid no attention. He went to his room up-stairs, where he remained only a few minutes, and then returned, shutting the outer door behind him. Perceiving this, Ainslie became alarmed, gave a signal and retreated. Smith and Brown did not observe the call, but thinking themselves in danger when they heard Mr. Bonnar coming down-stairs, they cocked their pistols, determined not to be taken."
Eventually they got clear off with their booty, which proved to be only sixteen pounds odd, when they had expected thousands!
– Old and New Edinburgh, pp.112-118.