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Today we premiered an ongoing segment called É Bella, meaning "It's Beautiful." If living in a beautiful space is important to you, Tammy Hernandez discovered how Bella Casa can help make living in style affordable! On location in Bella Casa at 223 NW 9th Ave in Portland's Pearl District.
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text: Share: Comments Print June 26, 2014 at 2:42 PM Former Seahawk Quinn lending local veteran a helping hand Posted by Bob Condotta Brady Quinn was a Seahawk for only about five months, signed in the spring of 2013 to battle for the No. 2 quarterback job. It was a spot he ultimately lost when the team brought back Tarvaris Jackson, who beat out Quinn and went on to back up Russell Wilson as the Seahawks won the Super Bowl. Quinn, though, left town with a soft spot in his heart for the Northwest. "I enjoyed the city so much, loved the organization so much, the players and the coaching staff," Quinn said. "I really wanted to get involved in the community here." Thursday, Quinn made good on that pledge. Quinn's 3rd & Goal Foundation today was at the forefront of a project to retrofit the Onalaska home of Sgt. Trevor Phillips, who lost part of his right arm while serving in Iraq due to a roadside bomb. Also assisting in the project is the Everett-based company Coast Real Estate Services. As Coast Real Estate Services owner and co-founder Tom Hoban explained it, his company is donating the labor, Quinn's foundation is paying for the materials "and we're tossing a whole bunch of love at Sgt. Phillips' house." Specifically, they are re-siding the house (that's a picture above of the construction, courtesy of Hoban — Quinn is not picture. ) They are also renovating a few things to make life easier for Phillips, such as switching out light fixtures to long-lasting bulbs — replacing them isn't so easy with one arm — and putting a cover on his deck. "This is huge for me," said Phillips, who is raising his 13-year-old daughter and also has a son. "A big deal." Such projects are at the centerpiece of the goals for Quinn's foundation, whose mission statement reads in part: "The 3rd & Goal Foundation is committed to making a difference in the lives of our veterans. 3rd & Goal assists veterans requiring home improvements in order to make their lives more comfortable." Quinn's father served in Viet Nam as a Marine, then later became a home builder — so renovating homes for wounded veterans only made sense to serve as the focus of his foundation when he began it while playing for the Cleveland Browns from 2007-09. Quinn's long-range goal is to align with other NFL players to renovate at least one home per year in each of the league's 32 cities. For now, Quinn is doing what he can where he can — a similar retrofitting aided by his foundation is also taking place today in Quinn's home state of Ohio. While playing with the Seahawks last summer, Quinn mentioned his foundation to some team officials, and Phillips — a longtime Seahawk fan — was quickly identified as a worthy recipient. When Quinn was released by the Seahawks in the final cutdown to 53, though, the project was put on hold while he played with the Jets and then the Rams. Quinn, who had back surgery last November, was released again by the Jets earlier this month but hopes to get healthy and get back on another roster soon. Quinn, though, said that after leaving Seattle, he told the Seahawks and others involved in the project that "we really had a commitment where we wanted to come back and help out even though I wasn't with the team anymore. It just took a matter of time to put it together." Hoban was a natural to help out — he runs his company with his brother, Shawn, each Notre Dame grads who got to know Quinn, a quarterback for the Irish from 2003-06, last summer while he was with the Seahawks. "The model here is 'let's get one done here in Seattle, bring some exposure to it, develop some local donors and take care of more in the area if we can, but also create a how-to kit so others can partner with 3rd & Goal to do the same,"' Hoban said. Phillips, retired from the Army since 2005, helped out a little with the project today, but left most of the heavy lifting to the others, and hoping that other veterans may someday also be similarly assisted. "I purchased a home and didn't know anything about construction and it needed a lot of work," he said. "This helps me out a lot." Comments


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Jose Mourinho is often painted as a pragmatist; a man with only one goal – to win – and a man that is willing to whatever necessary in order to achieve it. However, it increasingly seems like Mourinho only wants to win one way: his way. The manager has become so closely married to his counter-attacking '4-2-3-1' that it's difficult to see him as a pragmatist anymore.
The reasons for Mourinho's use of this system are clearly pragmatic. Following the Capital One Cup defeat to Sunderland – the now clearly defined Rubicon in Chelsea's season – the manager claimed: "If I want to win 1-0, I think I can, as I think it's one of the easiest things in football." Up to this point, Mourinho had been attempting to play a more expansive game in order to satisfy owner Roman Abramovich. Post-Sunderland defeat, the Chelsea manager reverted to his favoured counter-attacking system.
The problem for Mourinho is that most teams don't want to attack Chelsea. This isn't idiosyncratic to the West London club, but an increasing problem for the 'big teams' in modern football. As the gap between Europe's elite few and the rest grows, the willingness of the smaller teams to openly engage this elite decreases. The consequence is league football that is rarely competitive for the top teams barring a select number of fixtures.
What this means for Chelsea is that they are faced with a packed defence in the majority of their matches. The onus is on Mourinho's team to break the opposition down, and their opponent's defence rarely gets near the halfway line aside from when they have an attacking corner.
It's very difficult to counter-attack such teams simply because they don't attack very often. The result has been a lot of dull affairs involving Chelsea and supposed 'lesser' opposition, with Mourinho's team often struggling to score or not scoring at all. The manager has attempted to blame others for this – his accusation that West Ham play 19th century football stands out – but it's hard to see how he could have expected much different given how his team is set up.
For the majority of Chelsea's games last season they deployed a '4-2-3-1' and then looked to counter. The back four sit deep and the full-backs are rarely allowed to get forward. The midfield two's most important job is to screen the back four, and these players seldom get in front of the play. This leaves the majority of creative responsibility to the front four players.
This hasn't been a problem when Chelsea have been able to counter. Against a similar number of defenders, or on any sort of overlap, Chelsea's front four have looked formidable. However, when faced with an opposition that are defending with 11 men, the forwards haven't had the space or numbers to break their opponents down.
In spite of this quickly emerging as a trend, Mourinho has stuck with his counter-attacking system. There are of course advantages to stubbornly playing 'your' way – familiarity of system etc. – but in light of this way proving to be consistently inadequate, deciding to continue on regardless can only be viewed as a folly.
Jose Mourinho not only wants to play a certain kind of way but is apparently only willing to work with a certain kind of player – one that loves working. Mata was quickly marginalized for laziness and then sold, Luiz deemed too ill disciplined and Hazard publicly reprimanded for not concentrating enough on the defensive side of the game. While all these arguments can be understood to a varying extents, Mourinho's obsession with work rate seemingly has distorted his ability to appreciate the creative advantages that these players bring.
Juan Mata created more chances (95) and provided more assists (17) than any other Chelsea player last season. His deftness of touch and ability to thread the ball between defenders is invaluable when faced with a deep defence. Given that Chelsea were going to be faced with such defences in the majority of their games, Mata surely must be seen as a key player.
Almost any other manager would have recognised Mata's brilliance and sought to take advantage of it. Mourinho preferred to try and change the player and ending selling the man best-equipped to solve the team's creative issues that developed in the second half of the season.
Mourinho's inability to fully appreciate the advantages of creativity must throw serious doubt on his label as a pragmatist. But more worrying for Chelsea, his insistence on playing only one type of way with one type of player leaves the team predictable.


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While prices for most precious and base metals have been subdued throughout 2018, there has nevertheless been a high level of mineral exploration around the world, as companies seek to fill the project pipeline before the next uptick in commodity prices. Here is a look at eight such companies and projects.
Vancouver-based, Mark Campbell-led Aton Resources (TSXV: AAN; US-OTC: ANLBF) is exploring for gold in Egypt at its Abu Marawat concession in the Arabian–Nubian shield, which Aton calls "one of the world's last gold mining frontiers with district-scale potential."
The Abu Marawat concession spans over 738 sq. km and contains the Hamama and Abu Marawat deposits, plus the recently discovered Rodruin exploration project — all in an area that Aton says has "excellent" infrastructure, and is only 200 km north of Centamin's large Sukari gold mine.
Aton aims to expand resources at the Hamama and Abu Marawat deposits, continue its drill program at Rodruin, and carry out a regional target-identification program.
It hopes to convert its exploration permit to an exploitation permit in 2019.
In November, Aton borrowed $1 million from its shareholder Ou Moonrider, and granted it bonus warrants.
Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT; US-OTC: FTMDF) is pushing forward with its vertically integrated Nico cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project. The original Nico concept would see a mine and mill in the Northwest Territories that produces a bulk concentrate for shipment to a refinery, which the company may build in Saskatchewan.
Fortune says the products at the refinery would include cobalt chemicals for high-performance, rechargeable batteries and bismuth metals and chemicals, as well as gold.
However, in June Fortune said it had been approached by several global mining and refining companies interested in buying metal concentrates from the mine.
If the junior goes this route, it says it could "defer the Saskatchewan refinery, reducing upfront capital by about 50%, and mitigating risks in commissioning and downstream processing."
Fortune says it is adjusting its Nico project engineering designs to allow flexibility to accommodate all of its downstream process options.
In October, the federal and territorial governments accepted the environmental assessment approval for the Tlicho all-season road incorporating the modified measures developed with the Tlicho government through the "consult to modify" process with the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board. The Tlicho government also approved the board's recommendation, with modifications.
Glencore (LON: GLEN; US-OTC: GLNCY) has launched a $1-billion development program at its Craig nickel mine, which is part of the supermajor's Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations (Sudbury INO) division in Sudbury, Ontario.
Named the Onaping Depth project, the mine expansion is designed to reach ore zones located 2,500 metres below surface, and is critical to the long-term sustainability of Sudbury INO's operations in the Sudbury basin.
Cementation Canada Inc. has been awarded the main contract to design and build the new internal underground shaft for the Onaping Depth project, with production from the new zones expected to begin in 2023 and go fully online by 2025.
The 7.2-metre-diameter production shaft will be sunk from the 4,025 level of the Craig mine and measures 1.5 km horizontally from the Craig shaft. Cementation will engineer and build the hoistrooms and underground headframe, and is widening a 3-metre-diameter raise bore as a pilot raise for part of the final shaft excavation and construction.
Glencore's Sudbury INO employs 1,300 permanent employees engaged in exploration and other activities that include the Fraser mine, Nickel Rim South mine, Strathcona mill and Sudbury smelter. The company and its precursors have been mining nickel-copper ores in Sudbury since 1928, with facilities spread throughout the 60 km long Sudbury basin.
Nickel and copper are the primary metals, but cobalt and precious metals, such as gold, silver, platinum and palladium, are also produced.
Iamgold's (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) 64.8%-owned Côté gold project is located 20 km southwest of Gogama in Ontario's Sudbury district, and is the subject of a newly completed feasibility study.
As a base case, Côté now has a projected mine life of 16 years with mill throughput of 36,000 tonnes per day, at average annual production of 367,000 oz. gold and average annual production of 428,000 oz. gold over the first 12 years.
An outcrop at Iamgold's Côté gold property in Ontario. Credit: Iamgold.
The average head grade would be 0.98 gram gold per tonne; total cash costs, US$594 per oz.; and all-in sustaining costs, US$694 per oz. gold.
The after-tax net present value is US$795 million at a 5% discount rate and US$1,250 per oz. gold price. The after-tax internal rate of return is an estimated 15.2%, with a 4.4-year payback period. Initial capital expenses are pegged at US$1.15 billion.
The feasibility study already includes plans for a two-year mine life extension.
Proven and probable reserves on a 100% basis for the base case have risen to 203 million proven and probable tonnes grading 0.98 gram gold per tonne for 6.4 million contained oz. gold. Adding resources and the mine extension pushes the total number of contained ounces near 10 million oz. gold, on a 100% basis.
Iamgold acquired the project through its friendly takeover of Trelawney Mining and Exploration in 2012, and Japan's Sumitomo subsequently acquired a 27.75% interest.
Toronto-based Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB; US-OTC: PROBF) led by president and CEO David Palmer and chairman Jamie Sokalsky — a former president and CEO of Barrick Gold, with Probe Metals having been formed as a spinoff after Probe Mines Ltd. was bought by Goldcorp in 2015. Goldcorp still owns a 13.7% stake in the Toronto-based junior.
Probe is exploring for gold in Quebec's Abitibi region, with its flagship being the Val-d'Or East gold project outside the city of Val-d'Or.
Probe Metals' chairman Jamie Sokalsky (left) with director Gordon McCreary at the Val-d'Or east gold project. Credit: Probe Metals.
Combining open-pit and some underground material, total indicated resources at Val-d'Or East stand at 9 million indicated tonnes grading 2.35 grams gold per tonne for 682,400 oz. gold, plus 9.3 million inferred tonnes at 2.41 grams gold for another 722,100 oz. gold.
Probe's exploration budget for 2018 was $12 million, with plans for 85,000 metres of drilling for resource expansion and discoveries, plus engineering studies, environmental baseline studies and regional target generation. Last year's drilling campaign totalled 83,000 metres.
In November, Probe said it had made "numerous new discoveries surrounding the past-producing Bussiere mine" located 1.5 km west of its Pascalis gold trend, including a near-surface discovery grading 3.3 grams gold per tonne over 11 metres within a larger zone of 2 grams gold over 22.4 metres, located 200 metres west of the Bussiere mine.
Vancouver-based Sun Metals (TSXV: SUNM; US-OTC: SMTTF) is advancing its flagship Stardust copper-zinc-gold-silver project in north-central British Columbia.
Sun Metals describes Stardust as a "high-grade, polymetallic, carbonate-replacement deposit with a rich history," with the deposit's Canyon Creek copper-gold skarn zone being the subject of a 2018 resource estimate.
A soil sampler at Sun Metals' Stardust project in British Columbia. Credit: Sun Metals.
Indicated resources at Canyon Creek stand at 985,000 tonnes grading 1.34% copper, 0.62% zinc, 1.59 grams gold per tonne and 36.8 grams silver per tonne, or 2.92% copper equivalent. Another 2 million tonnes at slightly lower grades lie in the inferred category.
From diamond drill hole 18-421, drilled more recently at Stardust, Sun Metals cut a 100-metre intersection grading 2.51% copper, 3.03 grams gold and 52.5 grams silver for a 4.99% copper equivalent.
Pursuant to an option agreement between Sun Metals and Lorraine Copper Corp., Sun Metals has an option to earn a 100% interest in the Stardust project by making annual installments of Sun Metals common share and cash payments. Sun Metals must also spend $6 million before 2022.
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It seems like an absolute eternity ago that I was in Ho Chi Minh City and in many respects it was a long time, but it feels much, much longer than the 6 or so weeks it has actually been. That's primarily due to the fact that the last 6 weeks have been a busy time. Weeks full of information, transportation, fresh faces, international visas, reasonably priced cuisine, and cheap beer. I'm quite literally bursting with stories to write about, but primarily for myself I'd like to write it all chronologically, however long that may take. I can only hope that I'll keep up with writing when I return back to Canada, as it's been a tremendously fruitful last year or so for my blog, thanks to my trusty readers (I appreciate the false sense of importance you impart to me!). So, let's talk about Ho Chi Minh City. Firstly, I'll quickly note that (for the most part) I'll be calling it Saigon in my blog, as it's often referred to anyways by the Southern Vietnamese people. The name Ho Chi Minh City was assigned to the city by the North after the fall of the South around 1975, so I'd rather refer to it as Saigon. Also, for some reason or another, Saigon has a certain ring to it that I've come to love, and it also happens to speak volumes more to me than Ho Chi Minh City. I actually spent time thinking about some sort of peculiar Canadian equivalent for something like this, and concocted the idea that it would be like Quebec taking over Toronto and renaming it Samuel de Champlain City. I know it doesn't entirely fit the bill, but it gets the brain moving, doesn't it?
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
Firstly, I should mention that we were CouchSurfing in Saigon with a kind Swiss-Filipino fellow who has been living there for just over ten years. He was gracious enough to let us take the spare bedroom in his apartment, which was conveniently located near District 1, for a whole three nights. I can't possibly recommend CouchSurfing any higher, as it's a fantastic community. You meet intriguing and generous people, end up getting invaluable information on the city from the host, and often partake in activities that you'd otherwise snub. Take, for example, the fact that Bri and I joined Jerry for his swing-dancing class on our first night there. That's the stuff that CouchSurfing is made of if you'll allow yourself to accept those challenges, and occasionally embarrass yourself slightly in the name of a new experience. We'll actually be CouchSurfing again in about two weeks in Brunei with a brother and sister who seem to be teeming with kindness.
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Saigon isn't necessarily the best city in which to walk around with a check-list while carefully ensuring you've "seen everything." It's more a city to walk around and hopefully get lost in while purposely ignoring your map, especially in the central districts. Although, like every city, there are certain sights which shouldn't be missed. Here's what I found along the way.
The Reunification Palace was actually one of the sights that I didn't want to miss, as per its historical value in the formation of Vietnam. Not surprisingly, it wasn't always called the Reunification Palace, but rather the Independence Palace (when the South used it as a headquarters during the war). As with the changing of the city name, the South seems to still refer to this place by its original name. Long before either of those names, it was the Norodom Palace, and it was constructed by the French Colonialists in the 19th century. The bottom line is that names change upon conquest, and this usually creates a bit of tension. Anyway, my absolute favourite part about this place is that it serves more or less as a time capsule. The building that stands today was built in the early '60s, and hasn't been renovated or touched really since it was built. It wasn't even really touched after the North burst through the front gates in 1975 (a monumental event that ended the Vietnam War). Perhaps I'll need verification from my parents, but this place looks to mark its place in the '60s era with an exclamation mark.
The boardrooms were neatly drawn up and simplistic according to the standards of the '60s, and the recreation rooms were downright groovy, also according to the standards of the '60s. The first picture will show you the former with the cabinet meeting room, and the second picture will show you the latter with the gambling room. Needless to say, the gambling room is hands down my favourite room in this complex. It looks like it's straight out of an Austin Power's movie.
The War Remnants Museum is something to behold, and it will unquestionably leave an impression. This is by far the most anti-American exhibition I've ever experienced. To be honest, I was blown away. The first floor of the museum essentially just displays what a united front of protest there was against the US "aggression in Vietnam" (this is the term they use throughout the exhibition). The subsequent floors paint a dark, disturbing picture of what the United States did during the war. They hold back no graphic content when displaying pictures of the effects of agent orange, and maybe they shouldn't. It's interesting to note that the original museum was put together in 1975 and was called the "Exhibition House for US and Puppet Crimes." Then, in 1990, it was changed to the "Exhibition House for Crimes of War and Aggression." Finally, in 1995 it was changed to its current name. From what I can gather, the names were changed, but the content inside remains just as striking and condemning as it ever was. Quite honestly, there really isn't much defense for what the US did in Vietnam, and this museum was proof enough that Vietnam hasn't forgotten about the atrocities that occurred...and they likely won't.
The Golden Dragon Puppet Theatre is the premier place in Saigon to watch some ancient water puppetry in action. Water puppetry is famous around Vietnam, and has been since it originated in the North around the 11th century. It was a 50 minute long show depicting events of cultural importance to Vietnam, and managed to be entertaining even though I don't speak a word of Vietnamese. I wasn't discouraged by the lack of English, and in fact would have been very discouraged had it been in English as it's a Vietnamese show (and has been that way for hundreds and hundreds of years). They handed out a program to try to help out their English audience, which I adored because of the straightforward titles for each specific act. My personal favourites were: "4. On a buffalo with a flute," "7. Rearing ducks and catching foxes," and my top choice goes to "15. Unicorns play with ball." The acts tended to follow the descriptions pretty closely, so you can imagine the show as nothing if not entertaining.
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Also in the eloquent French style is Ho Chi Minh City Hall, perhaps more appropriately known as Hotel de Ville de Saigon. I wouldn't necessarily plan my day around a visit here, but it was definitely worth walking past and taking a moment to appreciate. You can say what you want about the French, but their architecture speaks for itself, even when it's halfway across the world.
One last note on transportation. All around Saigon you'll find gentlemen who will transport you on the back of their motorbike for next to nothing. It's common practice, it's exciting, and it's a true Vietnamese experience. I certainly couldn't do it every time I wanted to get somewhere, but a few times gave me that extra special feel for Saigon.
Well, I've officially written about all the destinations I visited in Vietnam (Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Hue and Hoi An, and Mui Ne). Seeing as I'm on the road, I'll dare to call that an accomplishment. It's simply an impossibility to think that I'll be able to write about all that I've done while I'm travelling. However, it's a comfort to know that I've officially knocked one country off the list. Vietnam won't stand as my favourite country on the planet, but it was a fantastic experience. Hoi An, specifically, will always remain a city on the forefront of my mind as long as I live. In the past, Vietnam has been a country that has been colonized, invaded, and generally exploited. It's fair to say that now Vietnam is creating their own destiny and has an exciting future ahead of it. Whatever direction Vietnam is heading, I'll always have warm feelings for that bustling, beautiful country.


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Donald Trump is ready to rumble. Trump tuned up yesterday for Sunday's town hall with Hillary Clinton by taking questions from New Hampshire voters intent on making the candidate say words and make faces. The transcript of the event offers an intriguing peek inside Trumplandia.
Q: Mr. Trump, when you win, how fast will you clean up Washington?
A: I'm glad you asked me that.
Q: President Trump, my question is a three-parter. First, without revealing your secret plan to defeat ISIS, what's your favorite female body part and I love you!
A: Let me take your questions in order. The bosom.
Q: Lord Trump, when Barack Insane Nobama imposed sharia law, did that bug you as much as when Crooked Hillary bombed Pearl Harbor?
A: That's a tough one! I'll just say Alicia Machado looks like she ate Rosie O'Donnell and leave it at that.
Q: Exalted Lord President Trump, when you say "leave it at that" are you saying you don't want to run an insult driven campaign of insults like Fat Crooked Fat Hillary is doing?
A: Yes. I think voters want to hear about important issues, which is why I'm tweeting right now about how great I'm winning this debate. I think we have time for one more pre-screened question, preferably from someone with an above average bosom.
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A: Because I care so much about people and women, I'm going to make a personal connection with you by answering your question with my own question about what matters most to you. Are those real?


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TORONTO, March 30 (Reuters) - An Ontario court judge on Thursday approved the sale of a downtown Toronto hotel and condominium high-rise bearing U.S. President Donald Trump's name to the tower's main debt holder, according to documents posted on the receiver's website.
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Bernie Sanders on Welfare & Poverty
Democratic primry challenger; Socialist Senator; previously Representative (VT-At-Large)
This community land trust concept has not only spread all across our country, but it has been adopted in other nations as well. The United Nations acknowledged the Burlington Community Land Trust as one of the most creative approaches to affordable housing in the world.
Well, let me tell my Republican colleagues that I respectfully disagree with their approach. Instead of cutting Social Security, we're going to expand benefits. Instead of cutting Head Start and child care, we are going to move to a universal Pre-K system for all the children of this country. As FDR reminded us, a nation's greatness is judged not by what it provides to the most well-off, but how it treats the people most in need. And that's the kind of nation we must become.
A: Bernie is on the front line of addressing economic inequality for all Americans, particularly blacks who are disproportionately affected by systemic inequities that directly contribute to economic disparity. An important thing to understand about Bernie--perhaps the most important thing with regards to his views on issues affecting people of color--is that he views economic inequality and institutional racism as parallel and interrelated issues that must be addressed simultaneously: "Too many African-Americans and other minorities find themselves subjected to a system that treats citizens who have not committed crimes like criminals. A growing number of communities do not trust the police and police have become disconnected from the communities they are sworn to protect. We must reform our criminal justice system. Black lives do matter. Communities of color also face the violence of economic deprivation."
In my view, when credit card companies charge over 20% interest, they are not engaged in the business of making credit available to their customers; they are involved in extortion and loan-sharking--nothing essentially different than gangsters who charge outrageously high prices.
My father worked hard as a paint salesman--day after day, year after year. There was always enough money to put food on the table and to buy a few extras, but never enough to fulfill my mother's dream of moving out of our 3-and-a-half-room apartment and into a home of our own.
While I had my share of hand-me-downs, there was enough money for decent clothes, but only after an enormous amount of shopping to get the "best buy." At a very young age I learned that lack of money and economic insecurity can play a pivotal role in determining how one lives life. There's a lesson I've never forgotten.
Working with a tenant organization and nonprofit housing groups, we prevented the largest subsidized housing development in the state, Northgate, from being converted into expensive condominiums.
If, 5 years before, someone had suggested that a Democratic president and the vast majority of Democrats in Congress would have supported legislation that cut food stamps by over $20 billion, and terminated a child's right to minimal economic support they would have been laughed at. Gingrich became Speaker, and Rush Limbaugh's brutal attitude toward the poor had permeated both parties. The bill accepts the brilliant proposal that poverty is caused by the poor.
Perhaps more remarkable were the issues NOT talked about. There was virtually no discussion of class, despite the fact that we have the most unequal distribution of wealth and income in the industrialized world, and real wages of workers continue to fall. There was no discussion of our huge trade deficit, nor of corporate investment in China, Mexico, and other Third World countries, which is causing the loss of millions of decent-paying jobs. There was no mention of the fragility of a democracy in which half the people no longer vote and have given up on the political process.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Sen. BARBARA MIKULSKI (D, MD): [In developing national service over many years] we were not in the business of creating another new social program. What we were in the business of was creating a new social invention. What do I mean by that? In our country, we are known for our technological inventions. But also often overlooked, and sometimes undervalued, is our social inventions.
We created national service to let young people find opportunity to be of service and also to make an important contribution. But not all was rosy. In 2003, when I was the ranking member on the appropriations subcommittee funding national service, they created a debacle. One of their most colossal errors was that they enrolled over 20,000 volunteers and could not afford to pay for it. That is how sloppy they were in their accounting. I called them the "Enron of nonprofits."
And they worked on it. But all that is history. We are going to expand AmeriCorps activity into specialized corps. One, an education corps; another, a health futures corps; another, a veterans corps; and another called opportunity corps. These are not outside of AmeriCorps. They will be subsets because we find this is where compelling human need is and at the same time offers great opportunity for volunteers to do it.
Opponent's argument to vote No:No senators spoke against the amendment.
Provisions Relating to Earned Income Credit: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the supplemental young child credit and revise and increase the earned income credit.
Making appropriations to begin a phase-in toward full funding of the special supplemental food program for women, infants and children (WIC) and of Head Start programs, and to expand the Job Corps program for the year ending September 30, 1994.
Economic inequality is the result of two and a half decades of government policies and rules governing the economy being tilted in favor of large asset owners at the expense of wage earners. Tax policy, trade policy, monetary policy, government regulations and other rules have reflected this pro-investor bias. We propose the introduction or reintroduction of a package of legislative initiatives that will close America�s economic divide and address both income and wealth disparities.
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Literature FlowchartPosted by Jimmy Chen @ 4:43 pm on March 29th, 2012
The four main writers merely act as barriers between which a lot of exciting stuff happened and do not serve to preclude, only maintain, discourse — though rather auspiciously placed, as both pairings represent their respective vastly different approaches in writing, however within the same social contexts and under similar preoccupations. Much of the chart, hopefully, is self-explanatory; I will only mention how Faulkner brought Joyce's "high modernism" from Europe to the States (as Pollock did, or was delegated to do, with painting), and to the South, of all places. I've always found this moment very important in literary history. One wonders what would have happened without that. It was also difficult to link Joyce as coming from anything, other than loosely to Flaubert, due to the latter's incipient play and self-consciousness with language. Hemingway also does this odd straddling thing: he wrote existential novels in the context of American social realism, and much of it war. As simple as his books — or at least sentences — were, he was a very complicated writer. Most of the others fit somewhat easily among their contemporaries.
Addendum in Response to Commentary Concerning the Canon, and Other Qualms
This is being written the day after this post was first published, in a way that is both emotionally petty i.e. defensive, but more so, verily, out of a sense of responsibility, as my hand has been again led into the fervent political waters which many of our more dissenting readership, perhaps in need of a jacuzzi, like going. When I made the graph, I knew it only represented the mainly White Male canon, and that our more educated (though a quick wikipedia search will explain it perfectly well) would undoubtedly mention it in a kind of impulse which sustains — but never attempts or wants to resolve — the ongoing grad school-y argument over [whatever the current word for bad is e.g. "power," "patriarchy," "canonical"] vs. [whatever the current word for good is e.g. "the other," "minority," "queer," "post-{something}"], and no matter what disclaimers, caveats, or preemptive apologies this contributor would propose in this post's very explicit text, pale angry people with most likely more than one cat and degree would serve me with: (1) a list of authors they felt were unfairly omitted, with implications of my being coerced; (2) an open, or at least implied, call for an apology for not having a more inclusive chart, or having a literary orientation different from them; and (3) an attack on the very medium with which this post is conveyed, namely, a blog on the internet, with allusions to a collective truncated attention span or learning. I will now address each concern.
1. I think we all commodify the very authors we ostensibly herald or even defend by naming, and thus consuming, them in the same manner one would name a band, or restaurant, or movie, or city, or any pairing of letters which embody cultural merit or experience, because, really, we are collecting marbles. This is an issue of class, of who is entitled to what names. Those who shun the canon are in socioeconomic collusion with them; that is, to name "the other," regardless if one is, points to a precedent of educational privilege. This is an imperialist impulse, so I understand. Still, the romantic part of me thinks it's endearing how we honor our love for someone by naming them, by placing them in our hearts, as I do Joyce, or you Didion, or you [some name I never heard of and can't pronounce]. I feel better now.
2. I will not apologize for my non-inclusive list. This website's width is 600 pixels, and I wanted the font to be legible, so you can imagine my constraints. I'm sorry I did not name every author in existence, a list exhaustive enough to exhaust some exhausting people. I will admit, however, that there is something counter-intuitive about naming off the canon on a website which offers itself as subversive — but more than that, this website is about not giving a fuck, so in honoring that, I don't give a fuck. There are many, many socially more responsible and pensive literary websites you can go to and be politically, socially, and aesthetically well-adjusted with. If you come here, you will find me being incorrect in some way. Always. That is my loyalty to this place, and myself.
3. When a person with austere taste goes online and contributes to the very noise he seems so somberly subdued by, he is legitimizing that medium's power. I made someone in a cabin sans wifi/wife embalmed by a fireplace put a bookmark inside War and Peace, walk 4 miles along the thawing snow to the public library, and type in a comment which included European last names. Come over more often, we are insane.
I first thought Noam Chomsky was a woman, maybe because of the soft vowels in his first name, or because I found, and still do, his linguistic approach to be gentle, considerate, and receptive. These are great qualities in writing, which I generally attribute to women, who often make better writers, but historically were not given an equal chance to write and publish due to a complex set of institutional matters. See? That wasn't so hard. During college, in a damp seminar room which exuded patience, I kept referred to him as "she," and the (this was some political theory class, in UC Santa Cruz) feministy T.A. sort of looked at me with huge grateful eyes, like I single-handedly had done what her Ph.D. was trying to do. They were almost watery, verging on the warm version of the cold mindless rain tapping from above. My ignorance was both endearing and politically convenient. Race and Gender are rent-a-cops at the mall dressed in authority. They are unreal, like you and me. I want to go back to that seminar room, of half-empty water bottles occasionally chugged out of pure boredom in front of a tearful grad student and tuitions being burnt after some prior weed. "If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion," she said. One day someone will write a great nasty book again. "Okay," I replied.


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Manado porridge... main ingredients are kangkung, corn and yam... was there rice? cant remember... unlike normal porridge, this is a lot more flavorful and i could probably eat this on its own...
cant remember what the fish called... but the focal point of this dish is not the fish anyway... its the chilies... it looks harmless enough but is probably the most potent of its kind... (comparable to nyoknyang's lombok even... remember the chili that made fat owl stand in front of the air con for hours with his mouth open?? hahahah)
Paw paw's leaves?? i didnt touch this dish.. but from what i can remember the leaves are bitter and is pretty much an acquired taste.. loaded with medicinal purposes i believe??


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As the Chilmark planning board continues to work on crafting a bylaw to regulate large houses, the town zoning board of appeals sounded off this week about the proposed bylaw, saying among other things that the planning, not zoning board, is the proper committee to review large houses under any new rules that the town decides to adopt.
"Putting the board of appeals into development decisions is a bad plan," said board of appeals chairman Chris Murphy. "You deal with development all day long . . . in the end it should stay with you. Somewhere far down the line, whatever you do will undoubtedly end up at the ZBA, but you should be the primarily place these discussions take place."
The comments came at the planning board meeting on Monday night. The board of appeals was invited to attend to give comments on the draft bylaw that has been worked on by a planning board subcommittee for months. The latest draft calls for houses over 3,500 square feet to go through an extra site review process among town land use boards, with the board of appeals as a special permit-granting authority. The planning board wants to adopt a temporary bylaw that is in effect for two years and then reviewed. Town meeting approval is needed.
On Monday night Mr. Murphy called the concept sound, but said the planning board should have the courage of its convictions and then trust the will of the voters.
"If I could urge you to do one thing — don't come in with something politically correct," he said. "Come in with a proposal and defend it on town meeting floor, and if it gets adjusted, it gets adjusted. Don't come in with a compromise already. Come in with what you think is the best answer, and let the chips fall where they fall."
Planning board chairman Janet Weidner took the message to heart but said the details are still important. "We want to put together something you guys can enforce," she said.
Mr. Murphy also took issue with the trial balloon approach. "I think rushing to put in an interim plan is unnecessary," he said. "If it's well thought-out, it will be worth waiting for."
He also said the trigger for extra review should be less than 3,500 square feet.
"I would move the level down. I'm not saying that you should never have a house bigger than a certain level, but our experience all over the Island is . . . people immediately build four square feet less than the threshold," said Mr. Murphy, who is also chairman of the Martha's Vineyard Commission.
Zoning board member Frank LoRusso had a different view, calling the bylaw "much too radical."
"I'm just afraid that it's going to get out of hand and 3,500 square feet as far as I'm concerned is much too low to start at," Mr. LoRusso said. "My feeling is 5,000 square feet would be a kick in, or maybe 4,500, but certainly not 3,500 square feet."
Ms. Weidner said the planning board has not settled on a number yet.
Zoning board member Russell Maloney said beyond the large house issue, the zoning bylaws need a general overhaul.
"I think we could solve a lot of problems if we took a look at the bylaws and got everyone involved and fixed them," Mr. Maloney said. "Now we have a bunch of people fired up because someone built a detached bedroom," he said, referring to the townwide controversy over the Zoia house on Nashaquitsa Pond. "How hard is it to write what a guest house is, what a barn is? It's not that hard."
In addition to sparking widespread discussion in town about the house size, character and impact to neighborhoods, the Zoia house is the subject of an appeal proceeding with the zoning board. Last month Ken and Jill Iscoll, who are abutters to the Zoias, filed an appeal over what they claim are zoning violations, including a claim that an accessory structure on the property needs a special permit and that it was built without one.
The town has retained special counsel on the matter. The zoning board is expected to make a decision in October.
Mr. Maloney said if the town had a clearly-written zoning bylaw, many such appeals would be unnecessary.
He said he would like to see the town "take the glaring problems that were pointed out to us by our attorney and all agree on what we want and how we want to correct these problems and do it by April and get it to the town [for a vote]."
But planning board subcommittee member Joan Malkin said the Zoia house was a catalyst for an important discussion in town about a critical issue.
"It is indicative of a problem and that is the large house problem," Mrs. Malkin said. "It has to do with the impact of big houses. It is true that the most obvious impact is visual, but it isn't the only impact. There are a lot of issues going on with large houses and we are trying to address those things . . . Chilmark's character runs the risk of being altered irrevocably with large houses."


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After the smashing success of her 'Wonderstruck' and 'Wonderstruck Enchanted' perfumes, Taylor Swift will launch her third fragrance, Taylor by Taylor Swift. This time, the country singer is aiming to bring more personal touches which closely reflect her own style and preferences. The star's intent, by her own addition is to bring a classic yet modern alternative for her fans to enjoy: "My first two fragrances were more about fairytales. But this fragrance is more about my own style, so I wanted the name to be more personal. It's really my way of translating classic, yet modern, into a perfume", the star told StyleWatch.
The Taylor by Taylor Swift perfume is sweet yet sophisticated, combining floral and fruity notes. The scent first delights one's olfactory sense with notes of lychee, tangerine, magnolia petals, peony, hydrangea. A heart of vanilla orchid and apricot nectar adds complexity to the scent while soft woods and cashmere musk notes add the defining touches to the new scent.
The star's personality is also reflected in the new Taylor by Taylor Swift perfume bottle design, which brings some interesting retro flairs. Apparently, the 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' singer is quite fond of pearls. "Pearls are the one the fashion accessories that never seems to go out of style," she said. "I keep a strand in my purse, and throw them on whenever I need to dress up my outfit." Well, she certainly knows a thing or two about style as she always pulls the hottest looks at all the red carpet events she attends.
Unlike the other two scents that were announced way ahead of time, the star's third scent won't keep fans waiting for too long. The new Taylor by Taylor Swift fragrance will be launched by the end of this month, at Ulta.com and in Ulta stores. The new scent will be available in only two versions: a 50 ml one and a 100 ml one. Fans will also be able to indulge in adjacent products like a body lotion, a hair mist and an Eau de Parfum rollerball.
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Concordia was hired by the City of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to produce a Comprehensive Facility Assessment and Master Plan for improvements. The Master Plan recommended breaking the project in two phases, linked to available funding sources from FEMA, CDBG, and the City of New Orleans. Phase I included a full… Continue reading
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Developed through a process of interdisciplinary collaboration, Concordia's renovation of the Contemporary Arts Center creates a richly layered building that integrates sculptural work to complement the architecture. Concordia worked with national arts advisers and local curators to select the artists.


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Plan your route
- Choose a route that is suited to your ability – don't plan a challenging climb if you don't feel confident or fit enough to tackle it
- Guide books can provide routes or help you design your own
- Use a good map such as Ordnance Survey (available from all National Park information centres), preferably 1:25,000 scale
- Make a route card that details each section of your route with grid references, distances etc
Get the timing right
- As a rough guide, allow for a speed of 4km/h (2.5mph), plus an additional half hour for every 300m climbed – but remember times will vary depending on the conditions and your particular walking speed
- Allow plenty of time to complete your route before nightfall and have a planned alternative 'escape' route in case of emergency
Take the right equipment
- Clothing: warm, windproof layers, good waterproofs, a warm hat and gloves in cold weather, a hat with brim in the sun
- Footwear: walking boots or strong shoes are essential; sandals and trainers are not suitable for mountain walking
- Navigation: map, compass, GPS (make sure you know how to use them), route card, mobile phone
- Health and safety: first aid kit, plenty of water, a hot flask in winter, chocolate or sweets for an energy boost
- Extras: pencil and paper, torch, coins for phone calls (mobile phone coverage can be patchy), survival bag, spare clothes
Be weather-wise
- Conditions can change rapidly and the general forecast is not always reliable, so plan for the worst – there is a danger of exposure all year round
- It will get colder the higher you go – on the hilltops, spring and autumn can feel like winter and even in summer, it can be chilly
- Mist, wind or rain can disorientate you and make you lose your way
- Apply suncream even on overcast days to avoid the risk of burning
- In snow and ice you need special equipment and skills to go out on the mountains – do not attempt this without them


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Good morning. Welcome to the Boardroom of the National Transportation Safety Board. I am Debbie Hersman, and it is my privilege to serve as Chairman of the NTSB. Joining me are my fellow Board members: Vice Chairman Christopher Hart, Member Robert Sumwalt, Member Mark Rosekind, and Member Earl Weener.
Now, please turn your attention to the video screen.
That story - along with so many other tragedies of lives cut short, lives forever changed - that's why we're here today. It's time to address how to modify attitudes, change behaviors, and save lives.
Today, we are joined by experts as well as leading highway safety advocates. We also have exhibitors showcasing how they are fighting distracted driving.
Most poignantly, are the victims and family members who are here. They have suffered unimaginable losses, yet they work hard so others won't experience the tragedies they have known.
One person, who is making a difference, is Ross Brenner. Ross is a sophomore at Spanish River High School, in Boca Raton, Florida, and he's spearheading a national event to raise awareness about the dangers of texting and driving. His message to fellow teens is simple: don't text and drive. As Ross put it so well, "There is already enough danger in the world, we don't have to go out of our way to create our own." Ross, please stand and be recognized.
Another person who has been working for years to make a difference is champion racecar driver Andy Pilgrim. He has been focusing on teen driver safety for more than 15 years. Since car accidents are the biggest killer of our young people, Andy's message has been: Pay attention at all times while driving. His public service announcements, which you can see during the breaks, are outstanding. Andy, please stand and be recognized.
And look at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Yesterday, the town passed a complete cell-phone ban, hands-free and hand-held. Advocates Krista Slough and Joe Capowski, who worked so hard to achieve this ban, are here today. Congratulations to you, both, and to Chapel Hill. It is these individual and collective actions that will change attitudes and behaviors.
At the NTSB, we've seen distracted operations on our nation's railways, airways, waterways, and, most commonly, on our roadways. Ten years ago, we investigated a crash where a young driver was talking on her cell phone. Her car crossed the highway median, flipped over, and landed on a minivan. That conversation ended in five fatalities.
Just last year, we completed an investigation where a commercial truck driver, on his phone, crossed the median, overrode a barrier, and struck a van - killing himself and ten others.
Then, in December, the Board met on a multi-vehicle crash, caused by a teen driver who sent and received 11 text messages in the 11 minutes before the fatal accident. After a decade of issuing recommendations about distraction, in December that we issued our boldest recommendation yet. We called for a nationwide ban on the use of portable electronic devices while driving.
That recommendation struck a chord. As it should.
We ignited a national dialog and heard from citizens across the country. Some said we had a lot of nerve; there goes intrusive government again. But, others applauded us for taking such a strong stand. We received letters, emails, phone calls, and original public service announcements. One man even sent a song he wrote called, "Shut Up and Drive."
Yes, our nation is at a deadly intersection of mobility and connectivity.
Mobility: Americans are always on the move. Millions of people drive billions of miles each day.
Connectivity: Just look at the growing market penetration of electronic devices. There are more wireless accounts in this country than people.
Raise your hand if you have one or more cell phones, Blackberrys, smartphones, or other devices. These devices are pervasive. They are in our offices, our homes, our schools, and, unfortunately, in our vehicles - with fatal results. People want to be connected - anywhere... anytime ... any how.
Whether it's handheld or hands-free, touching the dashboard, or waving at a windshield - it can be distracting. Further, there are multiple kinds of distraction - visual, aural, manual, and cognitive. And, we've got to dispel the myth of multi-tasking. We're still learning what the human brain can, and cannot, handle.
But, what is the price of our desire to be mobile and connected at the same time? Just ask Jacy Good, Allen Andres, and so many more. They can tell you: the price is too high.
Can any message, call, or text be worth someone's life?
As we gather on the eve of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, it's time to ask: What will it take to move from awareness to ACTION? It's clear that we don't need another decade of investigations and recommendations. It's clear we need to determine what we can do - individually and collectively - to stop the deadliness of distraction.
It's clear that we need to act now. Too much is at stake.
Let's listen, learn, and identify specific steps to put attention back in the driver's seat, improve safety, and, most importantly, save lives.
I look forward to an informative and provocative day of discussion. Now, I will turn the podium over to Deborah Bruce, who has done an outstanding job planning this forum. Dr. Bruce, please introduce the first panel.


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Fence Glossary
Bottom rail – A bottom is a piece of fencing material placed along the bottom of a fence.
Cantilevered slide gate – Cantilevered slide gates are horizontal, counter-balanced slide gates that have neither a top or bottom support inside the opening of the gate.
Center stop – On a double gate, the center stop receives and holds the drop rod (also called a drop bar).
Drop rod – Drop rods, or drop bars as they are often called, work within a double gate latch assembly.
Frame hinge – Gates swing open and closed due to hinges attached to the gate frame and the post.
Gate holdback – Gate holdbacks are used to hold a gate in the open position. They are also called gate keepers.
Gate latch – Gate latches hold a closed gate in place.
Gate opening – A gate opening is the empty space that you walk through when a gate is in the open position.
Middle rail – Also called an intermediate rail, a middle rail is a piece of fencing material placed horizontally between the top and bottom of a fence.
Polymer fence coating – Fences are often coated with polymers such as polyester or PVC.
Post cap – A fitting that goes on top of a fence post to add decoration and/or keep water out.
Scroll – An ornamental embellishment placed on top of a fence gate.
Top rail – A top rail is a piece of fencing material placed along the top of a fence.
Wrought iron – A type of metal work frequently used in fencing. Wrought iron is frequently used as a decorative element in fencing.


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I finally made it back to Mydatewithfood!
Hi all, it feels like it's been ages since I last updated Mydatewithfood. When you are away for too long, people will start asking you questions like: "How come you never update your blog anymore?", "What happened to your blog?" or "When are you going to update your blog again?". Ok, let me take this opportunity to answer your questions...First, it's because I was away overseas for three and a half weeks, then after I came back I was busy running errands for my parents.
And lucky for me, things are slowing down and I thought to myself...since I'll be 'home alone' today, why not update mydatewithfood (because my husband is out for his company Christmas party). So, I've decided...today is the day to start updating my blog again =)
So...why did I post this pasta recipe on my come back? It's because me and my friends are planning for a Chirstmas trip out of Sydney next month and I will be in charge of preparing pasta for our dinner, while my blog buddy (Sydney Indulgence) will be in charge of desserts.
I originally made this pasta specially for my husband...because he loves his Asian food. So, I always try to add an asian touch whenever I cook western food. So is this recipe an Italian recipe with Asian influence or it's an Asian recipe with Italian influence? I'm not sure myself...I guess it works either way. To make sure that my friends could accept this Half Italian Half Asian pasta, I decided to post it up on my blog so they can use their imaginary taste bud and see if their stomach could digest this humble creation of mine.
Chilli Tomato Pasta Recipe
There are actually 3 parts that u need to prepare in the recipe, it might looks like a long process, but trust me... it's really easy:
1) The chilli tomato paste
2) Preparing the sauce for pasta
3) Fried egg - sunny side up
Measurement below is approximately for 4 servings.
Chilli Tomato Paste Ingredients:
- 12 big red chillies
- 2 fresh tomatoes (sliced)
- 6 Shallots
- 4 Garlic cloves (half for chilli paste and half for cooking)
Pasta Sauce/cooking Ingredients:
- 2 fresh tomatoes (diced)
- 1 onion (diced/sliced)
- Fresh chives (chopped) - set aside some for garnishing
(when I cooked the pasta this time, I forgot to buy fresh chives so I substituted with dried chives)
- Button Mushroom (diced/sliced)
- Thickened cream ( I use less fat)
- For the meat and seafood I used minced chicken and Fish fillet
(feel free to add any type of meat/seafood of your preference)
- Salt, black pepper, sugar
- Olive oil for cooking
- Chilli sauce Sambal abc (optional) - can be found in Asian grocery
- Your choice of pasta (cooked until al dente)
Fried Egg Ingredients:
- Fresh Eggs
- Oil for frying
1) Making the chilli tomato paste
- Blend the ingredients in blender then set aside
2) Cooking the sauce/ingredients:
- Heat up the wok/pan with olive oil
- Add in the chilli paste, stir until chilli is dry and fragrant
- Set a side
- Heat up the same wok/pan with olive oil (is okay if the wok/pan still has some chilli paste)
- Add in garlic, stir until fragrant
- Add in the onions, give it a quick stir
- Add in the minced chicken, stir until chicken is almost cooked, then add in fish fillet, give it a quick stir, add in fresh tomatoes, lightly stir until minced chick and fish are cooked
- Add in the chilli tomato paste, give it a stir
- Add in mushrooms and stir
- Add in some fresh chopped chives
- Add in sugar, salt and black pepper until u get your desired taste (you can add sambal abc now if u like)
- Once u r happy, add in the cream according to your taste, mix well.
- Served hot on top of your choice of pasta
- You can cook your pasta (until al dente) while you are cooking the sauce/ingredients or you can cook it after you finished cooking the sauce/ingredients.
3) Fried Egg
- Prepare a sunny side up egg, MAKE SURE the yolk is still raw, then add it on top of the pasta, add some chopped chives.
- Mix them before eating it!
- Yummo!!!!


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Keeping ones energy level up during throughout the work day can be a challenge, especially if your work day is more than 8 hours. Exhaustion can grow from the vicious cycle of continuously working late along with lack of sleep and consuming huge amounts of coffee. Your lunchtime turned nap time in your car does little to help your situation. So what else is one to do?
While there is no cure for a lack of sleep besides just sleeping the full 8 hours, food can absolutely help provide you will enough energy so you don't have to rely on consuming massive qualities of coffee, which will end up keeping you up all night. Here is a list of healthy foods that will give you energy, keep you full and keep you alert and able to function during your workday.
Instant oatmeal makes a great breakfast or afternoon snack especially during the cold months. It's easy to make and store in your desk, if ever you are running late and can't make a full breakfast at home. Oatmeal is a great source of iron and fiber. The fiber alone will help keep hunger away and move waste through the body. Stay away from the flavored varieties which contain a lot of added sugar, the more unrefined, the more fiber the oatmeal contains.
Almonds are a super nut! They contain monounsaturated fats that will provide you with essential fatty acids (omega-3s and omega-6s) that will help keep you alert all throughout the day. Almonds help slow absorption of sugar and carbs and aid in heart health, diabetes and weight management. The magnesium contained in almonds can also help regulate the digestive tract, relief stress, and enhance your energy levels. Snack packs can be purchased at any super market and stored conveniently in your desk.
Sometimes people forget about eating fruit as part of their diet, especially when working long hours. As they say, fruit is nature's candy and for those with a sweet tooth and strong cravings, fruit will be your better and healthier option for a snack. Fruit provides you with a source of fiber, vitamins and minerals and some even help neutralize acids such as bananas. For the coffee drinkers that suffer with acid reflux, try eating a banana to help keep the acids pains away. Bananas have a pH 5.6, and work wonders for acid reflux suffers. Bananas are just one of the many fruits that will also help give you a quick boost during the workday.
Some vegetables are best when eaten raw such as carrots and celery, and zucchini. These vegetables make a great snack during the work day and are packed with vitamins, minerals and fiber. For those that need more flavor, try eating your vegetables with hummus. Hummus is made from ground chickpeas and sesame seeds, olive oil, lemon, and garlic. The chickpeas alone are high in plant-based protein and fiber and will help make you feel full, improve digestion and even aid heart health.
So do yourself a favor, make eating healthy food a priority as much as work and see how much your energy and quality of life improves.
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TULSA, Okla. - Oral Roberts redshirt senior Nick Wood collected the team's first individual accolade of the 2016 season Monday, by being named one of the Louisville Slugger National Players of the Week by Collegiate Baseball.
Wood helped the Golden Eagles to a 6-0 victory over Western Illinois Saturday afternoon in Macomb. He held the Leathernecks to just one hit in the complete-game shutout while facing the minimum on number of batters and striking out seven.
It marked the first time in seven seasons that an ORU pitcher went nine innings, giving up just one hit as Jerry Sullivan did so in 2009 against Centenary. The performance was also the first time an ORU pitcher went nine innings this season.
The Golden Eagles will be back in action Tuesday as they head to Stillwater to take on Oklahoma State. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. from Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.
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Because they are constrained by the rule of law, conservative judges are invariably going to be better than Leftist social justice activists on the bench.
The ostensible starting point for this rumination is a post I read at Power Line about Administrative Law Judges, which I'll get to in a little while. For me, the real starting point was a few cases on which I worked in the early 1990s, which exposed me to the worst that Leftist judges in San Francisco had to offer and that, although I didn't realize it then, started me on the road to being a conservative.
I've changed all of the names, or excluded names altogether, but these retellings are as accurate as I can make them. I'll start with the biggest case on which I worked, for it was the case that had the most profound impact on my thinking.
Once upon a time, there was a little old lady named Mrs. Murphy. When this story starts, her husband and son had both died, although she continued living in the family home. She had never wanted to be alone, so even before she became frail, Mrs. Murphy hired a live-in housekeeper named Ilene Corbeil.
Mrs. Murphy kept in touch with her husband's niece, Laura O'Toole, although it was not a close relationship. It was Ilene who facilitated every aspect of Mrs. Murphy's life by cooking and cleaning for her, driving her everywhere, helping her with her personal grooming, etc.
The house in which Mrs. Murphy and Ilene lived was not a fancy house, but it was a San Francisco house. That means that, while it might have sold for around $150,000 were it in a similarly situated working- to middle-class neighborhood in Wichita, in San Francisco, the house was worth about $800,000 or $900,000 dollars.
Laura, looking at that house, and looking at the close relationship that had developed between Mrs. Murphy and Ilene during their 16 years living together, decided that she needed to take action to protect what she assumed would be her inheritance. After her delicate hints that Mrs. Murphy would do better in an old age home failed, Laura escalated things: she approached a city agency tasked with looking after old people, and told the agency that she was worried that Ilene was taking advantage of Mrs. Murphy.
The agency immediately sent a couple of people over to Mrs. Murphy's house to check things out. After their inspection, they were satisfied that Mrs. Murphy was mentally competent, that Ilene was taking good care of her, and that Mrs. Murphy was not being abused or unduly influenced in any way.
Mrs. Murphy, although grateful that her comfortable lifestyle in her long-time home would not be interrupted, was livid. She also felt weak and unable to stand up to Laura on her own. It did not occur to her to turn to Ilene for help. Mrs. Murphy came from a class and generation that said you needed a man for these things. [Read more…]


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The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of combined soil and foliar spray potassium doses on seed cotton yield and quality of cotton fiber, in southeastern Goiás State, Brazil. Seed cotton yield gains were observed for potassium applied both through soil (as KCl) and foliar spraying (as KNO3), without interactions between modes of application. With four foliar potassium nitrate sprays at 10 days interval, a maximum of 5% (200 kg yield per ha) seed cotton yield increase was reached with 8 kg KNO3 per spray (Figure 1). There were no effects of doses and mode of application on cotton fiber quality, in the cultivar Delta Opal tested.
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Top 10 Disappearing Futures
Smartphones may have a more limited future than you think (or hope) today. And the stores we buy them in could also disappear by 2030. Doctors and schools could go, too. But so might intolerance, insecurity, and other problems, according to contributors to this special "crowdsourced" report.
One of my family's legends (unverified) was that my great-grandfather invented the coin-operated newspaper-vending machine. He never patented it, however, so watching the gradual disappearance of this sturdy, useful invention—first from my apartment building's lobby, and then from the sidewalks outside my office—leaves me with no sense of grand, despairing loss. Today, I can read whatever I want digitally, without ever having to bash a frequently failing machine that eats my quarters.
For me, the saddest loss from my youth is the soda fountain, that countertop fixture in just about every drugstore in the United States a half a century ago. Folks could have a quick meal of grilled cheese sandwiches and cherry Cokes, and then buy sundries on the way out. As the car-crazy nation spread our lifestyles out into suburbs, it became easier and faster to order food at drive-through windows. Cars with cup holders reigned supreme, and the soda fountain disappeared.
So, what else might disappear in the next 15-20 years? And will we miss these things much? The loss of newspaper vending machines hasn't affected our access to news, for instance. Soda fountains were replaced by alternative methods of meal dissemination. But in some cases, things have disappeared irrevocably and irreplaceably, some for better (smallpox) and some for worse (passenger pigeons).
One thing we might not see disappear: predictions. Though many futurists believe we would be better off learning to make "robust" decisions that enable us to adapt and succeed in a variety of potential future scenarios—without benefit of definitive forecasts—humans have always felt a compulsion to know the future with as much certainty as possible.
And that is why we have gone to members and friends of the World Future Society, once again, to seek out their informed and eye-opening insights about the future—in this case, the future we may not see.
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It is true that things change and when they do, we lose icons we have grown to know and love. Often things are replaced by better things, methods, ideas. Automobiles have gone through many changes, from cranks, to simple engines, to computer chips that drive cars and everything ...
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