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Make an Email Viral Marketing Campaign
These days, email viral marketing campaigns seem to be more like legends and myths than actual techniques you can use in the Internet. But the truth remains and it?s a fact thatemail viral marketing campaigns do exist and if you?re lucky then they can also drive targeted traffic to your website. What is an Email Viral Marketing Campaign? Let?s talk about viral marketing first. This method is also known as word-of-mouth marketing and it utilizes just about any strategy that would potentially cause people to advertise about your business with or without knowing and caring. What?s important is that they?re doing it without you paying a cent. Now, email viral marketing campaigns are simply viral marketing techniques utilizing mainly emails as a means of passing the message to other people. Creating an email viral marketing campaign is simple, affordable, and easy but first you need an idea. Well, not just any idea but a great idea to base your campaign on. 6 Tips on Making an Email Viral Marketing Campaign Be aware that statistics show how satisfied customers relay their positive feelings about something they?ve availed of to an average of three people. Negative feelings reach more ears however or eleven eager listeners. The latter figure may be daunting but don?t let yourself get intimidated. Just remind yourself of the three prospective customers who may have heard nice things about your business and you?ll do fine. Tip #1 Email updates must always include pertinent details about your website. This must not be limited to contact information but also include the products and services together with other promotions you?re offering. Last but not the least, include an option for members to forward your email. Forwarding is already one simple way for people to participate in your email viral marketing campaign?even if they don?t know it. Tip #2 Create or have a professional create games that promote your business. You can then email this to members of your e-zine subscription. If the game?s simple, fun, and easy to download you can definitely trust your members to share the fantastic (free) game you?re offering. Tip #3 Set your readers on fire. Succcessful email viral marketing campaigns have at least one thing in common and that is its ability to command your emotions and set your heart racings until you can?t resist its powerful pleas to visit your website. Tip #4 Keep people on their toes. Another way to incite excitement from your readers and ensure that they?ll spread news about your website is by doing the unexpected once in a while and surprising people around you. People just won?t be excited to talk about you if you?re only doing the same thing over and over. Tip #5 Never imitate. People who have participated in email viral marketing campaigns tend to have excellent memory. If they notice that you?re doing the same thing over and over, be prepared to have other companies to retaliate for bad business practice and for people to turn their backs on you. Be creative. Be original. Use your imagination and your customers will do the rest. Tip #6 Make follow-ups. Your first campaign was successful. What next? One thing you should never do is rest on your laurels. Instead get right back to the drawing board and start planning for the next email viral marketing campaign. Constantly bombarding your customers with one excellent offer after another will carve a permanent place of your business in their minds.
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To misquote Douglas Adams, nonfiction is big. Very big. As a genre, nonfiction covers the entire Dewey decimal classification scheme. Rather vast. Nonfiction as a genre for the purpose of readers advisory (RA), has been about since 2006 where Alpert in a guest column for the Reference & User Services Quarterly (RUSQ) mentions "a shift towards interest in narrative nonfiction" (p. 25). This is also reflected by the publication of The Readers Advisory Guide to Nonfiction by Neil Wyatt in 2007. Nonfiction as a readers advisory genre did not make the Genreflecting book until the 7th edition in 2013 with a chapter by Sarah Statz Cords.
Dewey is one way of understanding nonfiction, as Statz Cords points out nonfiction is best described as what it is not – it is not fiction (2013, p. 425). It is created from real events, experiences and characters across any and every range of topics. In most public libraries nonfiction is categorized by a classification system, such as Dewey. Even amid the readers advisory literature and book review sites, there are differences of opinion and categories. Nonfiction is perhaps better viewed as having many guidelines rather than strict rules.
A good way to navigate nonfiction especially within a readers advisory capacity, excluding subject matter can be categorisation into two families of titles. Task oriented and non-task oriented. Task oriented nonfiction is what is generally conjured when nonfiction is mentioned. Excluding memoir, which highlights how exceptions are the rule for nonfiction. Examples of task oriented nonfiction are cookbooks, DIY manuals or 'how-to' (garden, care for animals) guides and manuals. In this genre guide, these types of books will not be discussed.
Instead, for reader advisory purposes, the focus will be on non-task oriented nonfiction, or as Alpert calls it, narrative nonfiction. One thing all sources agree upon is narrative nonfiction lies on a very large continuum, from the "very factual to the very narrative" (Statz Cords, 2013, p. 426). Narrative is another word for storytelling. With nonfiction this translates as to how much the author of the title has set out to create a story within the sharing of the information be it events, dates, experiences, lives or other subject matter. When reading nonfiction as a term, remember these are titles that sit somewhere on the non-task oriented narrative continuum.
A good definition for narrative nonfiction is how "narrative nonfiction uses literary devices of fiction writing to take nonfiction beyond the summarization of a series of facts and into the realm of storytelling" (Alpert, 2006, p. 26). Both aspects cannot be discounted. The nonfiction component is as important for the reader as the narrative element. This does not discount the option of suggestions for example to a true crime reader the idea of crime thrillers, however it may not be pursued due to the fictional element. No matter how much narrative is contained, with nonfiction facts are front and centre. It is not a facts used creatively to extrapolate and weave a story. It is the fact that is woven in a story-like way.
Like its cousins the fiction genres, nonfiction has appeal elements. A strong element that cannot be discounted for nonfiction is subject. In fiction subject is strong but can be swayed by other elements that appeal to the reader. In nonfiction the subject may be the driving motivator and the reader will forgive any other element in their pursuit of learning about this subject.
The narrative continuum results in titles that can read like fiction such as The Perfect Storm by Sebasitan Junger to a title such as The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory is a book by Brian Greene which works to explain the concepts and theory of string theory.
The level of narrative a reader is after assists, along with subject, to determine the type of titles to recommend. The concept of narrative nonfiction, is relatively new (Statz Cords, 2013, p. 429) and its ongoing publishing successes has led to the explosion of titles available across many subject areas in nonfiction from travel, science, history and true crime.
The following appeal elements can all apply to nonfiction, however, the ones marked (*) are the elements that can make or break the reader's acceptance of the title offered.
- Subject* – the subject matter can be a deal breaker
- Narrative continuum
- Type*- is the reader after facts, explanation, theory, humourous, investigation, memoir, essay. The type is an element that can cross categories of subject. An example of diverse type is biography that can be historical, true crime, science or true adventure.
- Appeal – these are the commonly the elements that can and do crossover with fiction genres and contain:
– Pacing
– Characterisation
– Story line
– Detail* is important and a strong factor in the appeal of learning about the topic. In contrary terms, the level of detail is possibly the weakest of the '*' elements, however for many readers, this can also be a deal breaker with not enough present. Usually the more they want to learn/experience, the greater the detail required.
– Language
– Tone
– Learning/Experience * this element is closely tied to subject and one of the other primary elements which makes nonfiction more appealing over fiction for many readers. The ability to know or understand something better is, along with subject and type one of the driving elements of reader choices for nonfiction.
– Setting
Alpert, A 2006, 'Incorporating nonfiction into readers' advisory services', Reference & User Services Quarterly, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 25-32.
Statz Cords, S 2013, 'Nonfiction' in Orr, C & Herald, D.T. (eds) Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests, Libraries Unlimited, Santa Barbara, ch. 17, pp. 425-466.
Wyatt, N 2007, The readers advisory guide to nonfiction, American Library Association, Chicago.

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July 9 is Independence Day for South Sudan, the world's newest nation. But what should be a time of celebration has instead been marred by bloodshed and fears of a possible return to war. Violence erupted recently when troops from northern Sudan seized control of Abyei, a contested border region. Civilians have been killed or displaced, and an observer from the International Rescue Committee warned this week that South Sudan will be born into crisis.
Back in December, Need to Know sent reporter George Lerner to South Sudan as its people prepared to vote after decades of civil war. Here's his updated report, as well as a look at the country's newfound independence through the eyes of Salva Dut, a former Sudanese refugee and "lost boy" who was separated from his family after his village was attacked by the northern army and has since returned to help rebuild his homeland.


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My palms were sweating and my mind was racing.
I was about to pitch my first client on why he should move all his marketing from an established competitor to my new, not even started, real estate marketing company.
I was 19 and as I sat in the front seat of my Honda Element rehearsing my talking points, I watched the clock slowly count down.
I was nervous and rightfully so, I had to land this client, or the following week I'd be submitting my application for a position at Subway.
This was my "make or break" moment.
My First Sales Pitch
As I walked into the president's spacious office, he brought up the football game from the night before.
(I didn't watch it. I'm not a sports guy and I was WAY too nervous about this meeting to relax.)
I mentioned that I had missed it and slowly eased the conversation towards business.
As I began my slide deck my hands were shaking uncontrollably.
5 minutes in the pitch seemed to be going well.
10 minutes in my slide deck ended and I struggled to keep the conversation going.
13 minutes in I was out of things to talk about and I froze.
The next few minutes where a blur… and while I still don't have a clue how I closed the deal I learned a valuable lesson.
You must learn how to ask for the sale.
How to Ask for the Sale Without Feeling Sleazy
Today, I love listening to sales pitches.
I love hearing the logical and emotional arguments, the storytelling, and the case studies… but without fail the part I find most interesting is how people ask for the sale.
To be honest, this is the part most people struggle with and it doesn't have to be nearly as complex as most people make it.
With that in mind, here's a simple script you can use to ask for the sale without feeling slimy.
A Simple Script to Ask for the Sale:
While there is tons of advice online about the best technique to ask for the sale, I love this script because it's simple, easy to remember, and genuine.
Script: I'm really excited about this project, how can we get started?
The best part is that it works really well if your business is B2C or if you work with and small to medium sized companies because everyone likes to buy, but no one wants to be sold.
Selling Shouldn't Make You Feel Dirty
In many of the emails I get asking for advice, I find that most people who don't like sales have a "Sales = Bad" mentality.
While this is the same mentality I had when I first got into business, I've found that by reframing the sales process can make all the difference.
Today when I walk into a sales meeting, instead of thinking of myself someone who is there to sell something, I try to think myself as "trusted advisor" who is there to help them.
This subtle shift of motives makes all the difference and it's inline with new research that shows much of modern selling is about being an advocate/consultant for your potential customers.
Excited to see how you'll use this script to increase your sales so try it on your next sales call.
Always on your team,
PS. Do you have any common scripts you use when talking with clients? If so, drop them in the comments so others can level-up their sales game.


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Experts: Sharon not out of the woods
Doctors: Good chance leader will be disabled if he survives
By Peggy Peck
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Ariel Sharon's doctors say it could be some time before they can gauge the extent of his impairment.
(MedPage Today) -- Medical experts predict a grim future for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon even if he defies the odds and survives the terrible trauma to his brain.
Doctors in Jerusalem said Sharon began breathing on his own as they slowly awakened him from a medically induced coma. Neurologists induced the coma to protect Sharon's brain after he suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke last week.
Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of the Hadassah Hospital, said Sharon is still connected to a ventilator to assist his breathing but "the prime minister is breathing spontaneously. This is one stage, a first stage."
Doctors on Tuesday said Sharon moved his left hand, and his right hand and right leg with more strength than before.
Movement of his left hand is significant because the left hand is controlled by the right side of the brain, which was damaged by the stroke Sharon suffered January 4.
"There is no immediate danger to the prime minister's life," said Sharon anesthesiologist Dr. Yoram Weiss. "Metaphorically speaking, we were right on the edge of the cliff. Now we are five meters back."
It's even odds whether the 77-year-old Sharon will survive the stroke -- in most studies of strokes caused by bleeding in the brain "half of the patients die within 30 days," said Dr. Robert Felberg, director of the stroke program at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana. Even with surgery about one in three pateints die, he said.
Doctors said they performed three operations on the right side of the 77-year-old prime minister's brain to stop bleeding and swelling.
Felberg said that hemorrhagic strokes on the right side of the brain are usually associated with long-term cognitive disability.
"The ability to think abstractly is usually diminished," Felberg said.
A stroke on the left side of the brain usually affects speech.
"The possibility of [Sharon] returning to the level of functioning that he had before this stroke is very, very small, and there is a good chance that if he survives he will be significantly disabled, meaning that he will be wheelchair-bound with cognitive deficits," Felberg said.
"Some patients do recover, but it takes months to years to achieve that recovery," he added. "If he does survive, he will also certainly be paralyzed on the opposite side of the body [from the bleeding]."
Hemorrhagic strokes occur when a blood vessel in the brain bursts and blood is leaked into brain tissue. Brain cells, or neurons, are rapidly damaged by blood. The brain reacts to the bleeding by forming a hematoma.
The presence of blood irritates brain tissue and causes it to swell. The swollen tissue and hematoma combine to drive up intracranial pressure and press the brain against the skull, which causes more damage.
Dr. Anthony Furlan, head of the section of stroke and neurocritical care at Ohio's Cleveland Clinic, said that neurosurgeons often place a shunt inside the brain to control swelling by draining fluid.
Sharon's doctors have not mentioned placement of a shunt.
Felberg said the brain is also damaged by surgery since surgeons often have to destroy healthy brain tissue to get at the source of the bleeding.
The Stroke Center at the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland, suggests that physical therapy may benefit some recovering hemorrhagic stroke patients.
In addition, patients can undergo intensive speech therapy and occupational therapy to improve function.
Furlan agreed, however, that full recovery is unlikely.
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Characteristic wetlands of Noord-Beveland
Noord-Beveland has extensive wetlands. The wetlands here are small, secondary polders that are tucked behind the sea dike in places where people once feared the dike might breach. They were originally fields and meadows which have become deep, wet marshlands and beautiful, valuable nature reserves. The wetlands are very important areas for birds.
The best views can be found from the top of the area´s many dikes.
The north coast of Noord-Beveland between the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier and Colijnsplaat is made up of a series of inter-connected wetlands. Most wetlands are managed by Het Zeeuwse Landschap (Foundation for the preservation of Zeeland´s countryside), such as the Thoornpolder, the Vlietepolder, the Oesterput wetland and the Oesterput, an area on the other side of the dike that was lost to the sea in 1881.
Most wetlands in Noord-Beveland are freshwater. Particularly those waters that are the most open have the largest variety of birdlife throughout the year. Ducks, seagulls and waders are regular residents.
In the middle of the Keihoogte wetland (to the north of Wissenkerke) is a bird-watching hide where you are almost guaranteed a glimpse of a wide variety of coastal bird species. There is an information panel on the Keihoogte dike and that is also where you´ll find the path to the hide.
We can recommend the view of the three bird islands from the viewing point along the dike by the Gravenhoek wetlands and there is a splendid view from the point at which this dike meets the Oosterschelde dike by the Oesterput wetlands. If you turn and look the other way, you can also see the extensive agricultural area behind the wetlands and the former Oesterput wetland on the other side of the dike.
Tours and guidebooks for these nature reserves can be purchased at the VVV Tourist Office in Kamperland.


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Pay Down Debt
If you have credit card debt, you may feel like it's going to take forever to pay it off. But you can get ahead by choosing one card -- ideally, the one with the highest interest rate -- and paying as much as you can on it every month. If you have other cards, pay the minimum balance on those until you've paid off the first card. Then, choose the next card and pay extra on it while you pay minimums on the others. If you pay only the minimums on all your cards, you'll be paying a lot more in interest than you may realize.


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How To Stay Productive As A WAHM With Kids At Home
If you are a work from home mom, you might struggle with productivity; particularly when your little ones are home during the day. Summer break, Christmas break, Spring break, all those other random days they have off of school.
I mean really, can't we just go to year-round schooling already!
In order to stay productive during these times you need to have a plan! It can feel so overwhelming when you have children at your feet, housework to get done, meals to prepare, and the thousand other things on your to-do list.
But fear not my fellow WAHM! There is a way to stay productive when the kids are home without losing your marbles!
How To Stay Productive As A WAHM With Kids At Home
Written by guest writer Keegan Kraemer of TheDailyChangeJar
Get Up Early
I know, this is my least favorite one…but it is a necessary evil.
I am not a morning person! However, I love being able to get some work in before the kids get up and all the chaos ensues. I generally try to schedule work for the morning that requires less distractions, like writing or strategic planning.
But of course, I don't do anything without my cup of coffee in hand!
Set Expectations
We have house rules and chores posted where the kids can easily see them. They know before they can get screen time (especially over the summer) that they need to complete their "work" first.
This includes things like reading for 20 minutes, doing something creative or productive for 45 minutes, their daily chores, cleaning their rooms, etc.
Not only does this give them a sense of structure but it also gives me time to get some work done. While they are occupied with their work, I can get things done.
Related: From Mom To Mompreneur
Schedule Playdates
If you know other local WAHMs then see if you can schedule playdates. Either switch off and take each other's kids for blocks of time, or let the kids play together while the both of you work.
This is great for socialization for both your kids and for you. Working from home can be lonely, having another adult around can help to keep you sane!
Speaking Of Time Blocks
Time Block! In order to stay productive as a WAHM you need to schedule your activities and time blocking is a great way to do just that! Time blocking allows you to schedule activities for certain amounts of time and work specifically on those tasks. This works for both large and small tasks.
For example, from 5-7am, Monday through Thursday, before the kids get up in the morning, I will write.
Then, the kids are working on their "work" I will spend about 2 hours checking emails, responding to blog comments and other things that time but don't require a lot of brain power.
That way if the kids need help with something and I need to step away, it is easier to just jump right back into what I was doing.
Then I also use little chunks of time that I know I will have for smaller tasks. For example, for an hour when my daughter is in dance class Tuesday evenings, I'll be active in Facebook groups or read other blogs and comment on their posts.
There is no set "you need to do this at this time" for time blocking. It will be different for everyone depending upon what you have going on in your life.
Make A Schedule
This is very similar to time blocking but can include other non-work activities. For example, grocery shopping, doing laundry, making dinner, and all those "other" things that life requires.
I am one of those types of people that if it isn't in my calendar, it's not gonna happen!
Now I'm not that crazy person that schedules EVERYTHING, but I know things like grocery shopping and making the dinner needs to be scheduled otherwise I'll get carried away doing something else and suddenly it's 7 something and everyone is hangry!
Get Dressed!
I pretty much live in yoga pants! I mean, why not, I DO work from home!
However, I have personally found that I am far more productive during the day if I start my day off like I am actually "going" to work. You know, shower, put on a bra, and maybe a little perfume! Doing these activities gets you in the mindset of being productive and getting stuff done!
Related: How To Build A Minimalist Capsule Wardrobe
It can be so easy to fall into the trap of staying in your PJs all day, forgetting to eat then binging on cookies because your starving (I have some experience in this if you can't tell…).
Minimize Distractions
Besides waking up at the crack of dawn, this one is probably the most difficult for me personally. I am more than your average amount of children (6 to be exact). My entire day is one big distraction. So how do I go about minimizing them?
I create a dedicated work space. I have an "office" that thankfully has a door.
The kids know that when I am in my office I am working. So if you can, create a "work" area for yourself and let the rest of your family know when you are in this "work area" you are not to be disturbed unless the house is on fire or someone is bleeding!
Make sure that this work area, again if possible, is free of visual distractions. You don't want to be staring at a pile of dishes or laundry that needs to be done.
Keep your work space for your work stuff. I can't tell you how many times I have been distracted because my kids unload all their school papers in my office and I notice something out of the corner of my eye that I feel needs my immediate attention.
Get Outside
I try to get outside at least once a day. You know, sunlight and vitamin D and whatnot.
But seriously.
Get some some light, at least indirectly if you still need to see your screen. Let the kids play in the backyard while you get some work done. As I write this I am sitting on my deck, while the kids ride their bikes around and the baby is happy as can be in his jumper next to me.
It's not much, but it's a change of scenery, which is nice change of pace from my office chair. A few more "distractions" but well worth it!
What tips and tricks do you have for working from home while the kids are home?
Keegan Kraemer blogs at TheDailyChangeJar.com, a site dedicated to empowering women to take control of their finances through frugal living and savvy side hustles. As a mother of 6, she knows a thing or two about living frugally and making a side income through random hustles. Be sure to get your free copy of Keegan's Savvy Girl's Guide to Financial Freedom.
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Teleporting not as far away as we think?
Teleporting not as far away as we think? news post from TweakTown's online news computing and technology content pages.
Published Mon, Jun 17 2002 10:59 AM CDT | Updated Tue, Jun 16 2020 4:29 PM CDT
I've seen news posted about this on just about every tech site I have visited but in case you hadn't heard about it yet, an Australian-based research team has teleported a message-encoded laser beam - bringing the science fiction fantasy of "beaming" humans from one place to another a step closer. Friends in school used to tell me stories like this from their physics classes and how humans could maybe one day be teleported, maybe we aren't as far away as we think from the famous Star Trek style transportation.
But for a human to be teleported, a machine would have to be built that could pinpoint and analyse the trillions and trillions of atoms that make up the human body.Quantum teleporting is problematic for humans because the original is destroyed in the process of creating the replica.More information at Australian IT


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These widgets will be broken down by category to keep it organized and do contain affiliate links. For reference, I have sensitive, combo skin – dry around the mouth area and an oily t-zone. I have a warm undertone and I will almost always will include the shade I use in each category with the retailer I personally think you can get the best value at.
Lastly, be sure to check back often for updated lists. Do let me know if you have any questions!
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From the Oven is the thirty-ninthUS/EU episode from the first season of The Garfield Show.
When Jon and Garfield add unusual ingredients to Odie's birthday cake mixture, the concoction comes to life.
Main Characters
Major Characters
- Birthday Cake Monster
- Eddie Gourmand
Minor Characters
- Mad Scientist (voiced by Frank Welker)
- Monster
- Harvey
- Harvey's Wife (voiced by Julie Payne)
- Pete (cameo)
- Sarah O'Connor
- Henry
- Rottweiler (cameo)
- Garbage Truck Man
- Percy (cameo)
- Director
- Mr. Hotchkins (voiced by Gregg Berger)
Cultural References
- The scene where the cake monster grabs Garfield and climbs up the tower parodies King Kong.
- When Mr. Hotchkins says "My studio!", he has Eddie Gourmand's voice.
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My Weekend In Waterloo Park
Summer is the perfect time to explore Waterloo Park. Located near Uptown Waterloo as well as both Universities, the park is a lovely natural haven in the middle of the city. My main goals was to take a few nice pictures, but I spent most of the time looking at really cute animals. Here are a few I got when not so distracted.
The Perimeter Institute is located sort of inside Waterloo Park. Here's a picture of a physicist likely pondering the Polyakov path integral. Or maybe just some guy trying to decide what to have for lunch.
Abraham Erb's Grist Mill was built by Waterloo's first settler. This is a replica was built on silver lake in Waterloo Park so that people can take wedding pictures by it. Or maybe just takewalks around it wearing wedding gowns and suits.
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A Gypsy recipe for pork chops brined in milk with lots of garlic and seared in the skillet. Served with a delicious vegetable rice.
The last recipe in this Gypsy Recipe Series on Where Is My Spoon and like I have mentioned it before each recipe from this series was a total hit in our family, especially with the children. Must be all the meat, I don't know… 🙂 🙂 They loved the Pork Chop Burgers with Mustard and Onions and adored the Skillet Chicken in Garlic and Roasted Pepper Sauce and actually thoroughly enjoyed each an every dish from the Gypsy Series. Sometimes I get lucky that way! 🙂 🙂
This will be another short post, but we are still on holiday and I would very much like to take the time and do something with my family instead on sitting in front of the laptop.
But I can only recommend this recipe: it actually takes a very short time to cook, the brining does take a day but you don't have to do anything to the meat after you have put it into the milk. And to cook it afterward takes less than 10 minutes. The brining makes the pork chops wonderfully tender and aromatic due to that garlic and the little flour you sprinkle on the meat before you actually fry it makes the pieces of meat a bit crispy on the outside.
So, I hope you enjoyed this series as much as we did and I wish you a very nice weekend.
- For the pork chops:
- 4 pork chops, about 175-200 g/ 6-7 oz
- 5 garlic cloves
- about 750 ml/ 25 fl.oz/ about 3 cups milk (See note)
- sweet paprika powder
- about 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- For the rice:
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 large carrot
- 1 small bell pepper
- 1 small zucchini
- 200 g/ 7 oz long-grain rice
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- ½ teaspoon sweet paprika powder
- ½ teaspoon dry marjoram
- 500 ml/ about 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- salt and pepper
- parsley
Generously sprinkle the pork chops with salt. Place them in a shallow, earthenware or porcelain casserole dish. Grate the garlic and mix it with about one cup of the milk. Pour this milk carefully over the pork chops. Pour more milk until the pork chops are completely covered with milk.
Cover the dish with plastic foil and place in the fridge for several hours or overnight.
Remove the dish from the fridge about one hour before you start cooking the meat.
To make the rice, chop the onions and the garlic very finely. Heat the oil in a pot and cook the onions until translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
While the onions are cooking, cut the carrot into thin slices or half slices. Slice the pepper and the zucchini as well. Add the vegetables to the pot and cook for another 3-4 minutes.
Add the washed and drained rice and stir for a couple of minutes. In the meantime chop the tomatoes into small cubes.
Add the tomatoes and the tomato paste to the pot and stir very well. Add the chicken or vegetable broth, some pepper, sweet paprika and the marjoram. Cover and let cook on low heat for about 20-25 minutes or until the rice is cooked to your liking. Sprinkle with parsley.
While the rice is cooking start with the pork chops. Take them out of the brine and dry them very well with kitchen paper.
Sprinkle them generously with salt, pepper and sweet paprika powder on both sides.
Heat the oil in a skillet or another pan. You should have a thin film of oil on the entire bottom of the skillet, two tablespoons were enough for my 12 inch skillet.
When the oil is hot give the pork chops to the skillet. Cook for 3 minutes on one side until golden, turn and continue cooking for another 2 minutes until golden. You might add one minute or so if the chops are on the larger side. However, make sure to check if the meat is done to your liking.
Give the pork chops to a warm plate, cover it loosely with foil and let the meat rest for a few minutes until the rice is done and the table is set. Give it to the serving plates and pour some of the meat juices collected in the plate over the rice and the meat. Serve immediately with green salad.
Note: the amount of milk needed might vary. Just make sure that the meat is submerged in the milk.
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I was at the launch event of the BBC Good Food Magazine India this Saturday.
The first issue of the magazine is out. An interesting mix of fairly world class photography and paper, international cuisine and presentation style with an Indian touch coming in through a fair bit of local content spawned by chefs, food writers and bloggers. With its production values the magazine carries on the movement started by TLC, then Master Chef Australia and recently Fox Traveller on TV. One of opening the eyes of India to international standards in culinary media.
The evening had a collection of luminaries – chefs, restaurateurs, reviewers -from the food world including a couple of Indians with international acclaim. Most of them one recognised from amateurish, specially in the case of those produced in India, TV cooking shows and page three photographs. There were a few Bollywood faces from the recent past and one rather slim current heroine who opened the show. She came for the inauguration, late, and left immediately before dinner started. Well Deepika Padukone didn't look like she eats much.
Deb, from the magazine, didn't think much of my suggestion, that Bappida was the ideal Bollywood person to open the show for a food mag, though.
I caught up with photo-journalist and blogger Anish Bhasin whom one knew from the various food bloggers dinners. Then the sit down dinner started. An hour late thanks to Bollywood gang coming late. I have come across sit down dinners in banquets abroad but rarely here. Sit downs make a lot of sense in meets where people don't know each other. Typically folks at a table break the ice and get talking.
I was at a pretty warm table with Anish and Deepna, the ever smiling Ms Basu the mixologist, the lovely folks from the Singapore Tourism Board who were fellow Ling's fans and Chef Moshe Shek.
Of all the food honchos there that evening Moshe Shek is the one person I really wanted to meet. I really him admire for the quality of his restaurants, the fact that he pushed the envelope pretty early on and is one of the most unassuming and diffident people one could come across. We'd once bumped into him at his Bandra restaurant where you could have mistaken him to be one of the staff and not the owner had one not seen his photographs. That's how down to earth he is.
Turned, out as I introduced myself, that he remembered me.
"You had left a very nice comment at the restaurant".
I am very sure that he would have had a billion customers and a million nice comments.
We spoke for a while on food and cooking. He spoke of various places across the word where he still goes to sharpen his skills in cooking.
I told him what Kurush's told me when I was planning to bake a cheesecake.
"Don't bother. Just pick it up from Moshe's. They have the best baked cheesecake in town"
Moshe Shek looked at me, smiled and said, "Oh no, you should bake cheesecakes. It's good fun".
That's Moshe Shek for you.
The high point of the dinner was the act by The Three Waiters from Australia. They were quite phenomenal and had us completely taken in. We also had local talent Tanmay Bhat as the master of the ceremony. His interactive stand up act did occasionally elicit answers such as "I really think that love is a more important ingredient than salt in cooking" and "I could cook cook for one Indian it would be Gandhi"…and Indian expat TV show host who probably thought she was at the trials of Miss Universe. Though, to be fair, she didn't talk about cooking for world peace.
The dinner, designed apparently by two top chefs, was probably spoilt by a chef too many. A pity given that this was for the launch of a food magazine. The menu was supposed to be experimental but the rasam shot was too sweet, mixing tandoori masala with the very delicate Norwegian smoked salmon made as much sense as getting Ben Kinglsey to act in a Bollywood potboiler and the kingfish couldn't have been more inert had it been in a morgue.
This was a bit of a shame since the rest of the BBC Good food evening…the performances, the collection of food personas, the energy in the room, the liquor, most of the desserts lived up to the billing of the magazine.
Chef Moshe Shek later told me that it is always smarter to go ahead with the chicken at a banquet. Next time.
Two fish dishes, where the high points were the cucumber slices and the couscous that came with them, were very different from some of the very evolved sea-food that we ate at the no frills Mahim Koli Seafood Festival the next day.
There was kingfish which was juicer than a gossip rag of the 80s, fried prawns which purred into your ears in a bedroom voice, plump fried bombil which made a very 'Dirty Picture' and a very seductive curry made with dried shrimp. Robust lavani like seductive seafood which fired up up your senses. Cooked by local fisher folks with catch straight out from the sea in a manner that they did everyday.
Or 'eat in' as the Good Food Magazine calls it.
My strategy in such events is to always go for the food being fried, grilled, cooked in front of you. It is better to avoid the curries in events such as this festival or even the Durga Puja ground fare as they are often served cold which is something that doesn't work for me. I felt quite proud when my sixth sense took me to the right stall out of 44 and when I emerged from the sea of humanity with a plate of juicy prawns which to me was the high point of the stellar stuff on our table that evening.
The simple Kolis seemed better geared to handle huge crowds than the folks at the Taj Lands End.
And the crowd at Mahim fish festival was huge. Probably more folks at the grounds that day than those who get off at the Mahim train station in a year. Thousands of people happily eating away on the last evening of the three day festival. The field was packed to capacity as was the one at Versova that I went to earlier. Yet, the crowd was largely Maharashtrian. Not too many across other sections, including those who are into food, knew about it.
I know that the place was packed to the gills, no pun intended, but there could be merits in drawing in people from other communities of Mumbai here. Gives a tremendous opportunity for folks from outside to understand and appreciate the local culture. And what better way than food for this?
Which got me thinking.
The food scene at India is still evolving. Mumbai, as India's truest immigrant city, has the greatest potential to marry pan Indian cuisines and international cuisines with the local Maharashtrian cuisine.
It would be interesting to see which direction the food map of Mumbai takes in the future.
Would it be the Sydney model of food which spawns from the city's multiplicity of immigrant cultures? For in Sydney you find food from across the globe dished out by the city's multi-racial immigrant community….Chinese, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Argentine, Brazilian, Portuguese, Indian, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, Ethiopian, Moroccan, Lebanese and more…you have it all at Sydney.
You don't see much of this diversity at Mumbai even at a state level. Just a touch of Udipi and Punjabi. Guajarati but that is from next door. Some Mangalorean out of South Mumbai from fifty years back. Muslim, Parsi, Goan but all with a reducing footprint. No Andhra, Kashmiri, Mizo, Naga or any of the other states of India. Even hardly any Bengali despite us being a food obsessed community. And yet all these communities are represented here through immigrants.
International expats are still a lot less at Mumbai compared to large world cities. Chances are that international cuisine here would be cooked up by Indian chefs and moulded for a largely Indian palate and therefore far removed from the original.
The other model, and I am talking from my recent experience of two food obsessed cities, is that of Singapore. You would get the best of world cuisine here at a Clark Quay but this is built on a very strong local food culture. Singapore celebrates its own food and is anything but shy of it … Maxwell Central, Lao Pa Sat, Chinatown, East Coast …the heart of Singaporean food lies in its food carts, hawker centres and hole in the walls. And that's what food aficionados from across the world, including Bourdain, have fallen in love with.
So what is the model we want to adopt?
High end, international, that frankly doesn't sit naturally here? Or a food culture built on a strong local food base – Maharashtrian, Muslim…neighbouring Goan and Gujarati and then food of the immigrants to Mumbai that come from all corners of India…and gradually from across the world…
It would be interesting to see how folks like those at the Good Food Magazine feed the emerging food culture of India.
The Koli Seafood festivals happen at various fishing villages of Mumbai…Mahim, Chembur, Versova etc over winter. The best way to find out about them is look out for Marathi hoardings or ads in Marathi newspaper or to look for tweets etc from folks such as @sassyfork This is her post on the Koli fest.


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Infrastructure giant Downer EDI has outsourced its IT infrastructure to HP for six years.
The company today revealed plans to standardise on a single data centre, operating system and network.
It currently had eight data centres, five data networks, 36 operating systems and "a number" of email systems.
Downer chief Grant Fenn said the deal would transform the company's IT infrastructure.
"Under this agreement with HP, we will move from the current fragmented and inefficient model to a single data centre, operating system and network," Fenn said.
"This will reduce risk, improve performance and provide high quality support for our growing business needs.
"It will enable common systems and processes which support a single face to our customers and deliver cost savings as part of our Fit 4 Business program."
Fenn said there would be a "four month transition period before Downer formally hands over to HP".
Further comment was being sought on the deal.


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City V Spurs next week will be a cracker.
Are they? Just said City on Bein.
Deeney seems like a bit of a psycho
Funny I got slated for going on about Lukakus pointing and gesturing to his team mates here last year ....and so it begins in Utd 😅😅.he's shite ...nowhere near his dad's ego .😅..and crap unless every ball goes through him like when he was ere ....we robbed them .See the Mancs buying a striker in the window me.
Naismith making his Hearts debut v Hibs today. That's the next couple of hours entertainment sorted, a dour Edinburgh derby on a dour Sunday afternoon.
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Article 6bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1967) requires member countries to afford certain protections to well-known marks, regardless of whether they are registered. Specifically, member countries must refuse or cancel the registration, and prohibit the use, of a well-known mark when applied for or used by an unauthorized party for identical or similar goods, when its use or registration would likely cause confusion. Article 16.2 of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) extends Paris Convention Article 6bis to services and provides that members shall take into account that a mark is well-known to a relevant sector of the public (not the entire country) as well as promotion of the mark (not just use). Article 16.3 of TRIPS extends Art. 6bis protection to well-known marks when used on unrelated goods or services in cases where the well-known mark is registered, if such use indicates a connection to the owner and the well-known mark owner would likely be damaged.
The United States implements these standards by protecting registered as well as unregistered well-known marks, of both domestic and foreign origin, from use and/or registration by unauthorized parties through the operation of Lanham Act §43(a), §43(c), §44(b) and §44(h) and under the Lanham Act §2(a) and 2(d). (15 U.S.C., §1125(a), §1125(c), §1126(b) and (h), and §1052(a) and (d)). U.S. federal law protects a mark against infringement or registration by another party's similar mark for goods or services that are the same, similar, related or even unrelated if there is a likelihood of confusion, whether or not the senior mark is registered.
The owner of a well-known mark may bring an action in U.S. federal court for trademark infringement under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act. A U.S. federal court will make a determination as to likelihood of confusion in deciding infringement. U.S. case law outlines a variety of non-exclusive and non-exhaustive factors that can be used in the analysis. These factors include, but are not limited to, the similarity of the marks, the relatedness or proximity of the goods and/or services, the strength of the plaintiff's mark including the level of commercial recognition, marketing channels used including the similarity or dissimilarity between the consumers of the parties' goods and/or services, the degree of care likely to be exercised by purchasers in selecting goods and/or services, the defendant's intent in selecting its mark, the evidence of actual confusion, the likelihood of expansion in product lines, etc. In this analysis, while no one factor is determinative, a strong or well-known mark will receive broader protection than a weaker mark. A mark does not need to be registered to receive protection.
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Most people reading this keep up with Nathan's page and so you probably already know that he is in the hospital and Julia is at home on oxygen for pneumonia. I thought I'd add some visuals.
The picturesque scene to the left was taken with my phone out the window in Nathan's hospital room. The onocology kids get private rooms with the view of the park. On of the perks, I guess.
I stayed with Nathan at the hospital today. Since I am breastfeeding, Lauren stayed too. She did pretty well today but I doubt tomorrow will go as well. She is currently in her crib crying refusing to go to bed.
Julia is all hooked up to the oxygen, dosed up with codeine cough syrup and in bed. I am already sick of hearing the drone of the large oxygen machine sitting in out upstairs hall.
I have no idea how long she will need the oxygen. What a pair her and Nathan will make in their room at night, Julia on oxygen, Nathan hooked up to IV antibiotics.


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The 29er Winter Championship and Harken GP5 were held at Draycote on 4/5 February with a forecast that suggested that there might not be much racing.
As the fleet rigged up no more than 2-3 knots of wind was detected and many sailors huddled in the warm clubhouse. However, with a slight delay the D flag was raised and Race Officer Ian Bullock got to work. That he managed to get in 8 races over the weekend was a great credit to the Race Team. On Saturday the wind blew between 4-8 knots from the South East, with the 4th race shortened at the last windward mark as the breeze swung and died. Meanwhile on Sunday the wind was from the North and slightly stronger and steadier, aside from the last gate of the last race when the fleet from 11th and higher arrived together.
Dan and Fin Armstrong dominated the event with a fantastic display of light wind sailing, counting 1,1,1,4,4,4, 13 discarding 18th to win with a race to spare. Not a single boat managed a top 10 in every race. The battle for second was between Nick Robins / Billy V-O and James Hammett / James Eales and decided on the last race which Nick/Billy won adding that 1st to a 3,5,7,7,11,12 to count from James/James 2,2,5,6,6,8, 20 to count. Behind this pair only 10 points covered the next 5 boats with new pairing Hattie Rogers / Emily Covell taking 4th overall and first all girls narrowly from 5th placed and first mixed pair Sarah Jarman and Nick Deverux. 6th place and 2nd Girls went to Freya Black and Orla Mitchell. Morgan Archer and Hakan Digby were first placed Juniors in 8th overall.
After a tough weekend of racing with rapid turn arounds between the races it was great to see some newer faces at the front with almost half of the sailors in the top 12 being girls. The next Harken GP6 is at Pwllheli in March before the Youth Nationals / exams break. GP 7 will be in Largs for the Northern contingent and Torbay for the Southern area and the Final round GP 8 is at HISC in July.
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MAMLE's Facebook page is undergoing a facelift to make it more useful to middle level educators. By "liking" us on Facebook you will receive notification of new postings. Check out our page at https://www.facebook.com/Maine.MAMLE
10 Reasons to Click on the Like Button on the MAMLE Facebook Page
1. Keep up-to-date on MAMLE news
We're psyched about the 2013 annual conference (2 fantastic keynoters + 40 + concurrent sessions)–check out the conference page on our new website: http://mainemamle.org/conference/
2. Find out what cool projects other school have going on
Students at Georgetown Central School are going to monitoring the health of their community's forests in Project Canopy! Read all about it! http://www.timesrecord.com/news/2013-09-17/Front_Page/Students_an_integral_part_of_Project_Canopy.html
3. Locate a provocative article to stimulate conversations about school goals in staff meetings
Something to think about–compliance vs engagement: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/09/17/getting-students-to-engage-not-just-comply/
4. Share resources for specific curriculum areas
Here's a site for Health, Family Consumer Science, and Home Ec teachers–Larry Ferlazzo's best sites on food and nutrition–lots of info-graphics: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/01/19/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-nutrition-food-safety/
5. Share instructional strategies that stretch across the curriculum
Here's a strategy to help students reflect on what they have learned and apply it in a new situation, Remember– John Dewey said, "We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience." Be Sure To…strategy from The Teaching Channel: https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-goal-setting
6. Find an interesting website or article to share with parents in your school/team newsletter
Larry Ferlazzo reports on a study that shows students do not respond well to threats: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/09/11/study-young-people-respond-better-to-the-positive-than-they-do-to-threats/
7. Suggest new titles for your students to read
Mary Morton Cowan author of the award-winning biography, Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer will be presenting at the MAMLE Conference on Friday, October 18. http://tinyurl.com/ktdnzyg
8. Keep up-to-date with new ideas in technology integration
Just tried out MindMup–a free, in the cloud, open resource webbing site. It interfaces with Google Drive and Drop Box. Worth a visit! http://www.mindmup.com/
9. Get some different perspectives on instructional dilemmas such as "Do-Overs"
As you think about do-overs, take time to listen to Dave Puckett talk about the inspiration for his book Mr. DeVore's Do-Over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27x4v9i5zoo
10. Find PD opportunities focused just on teaching 10-14 year olds
The MAMLE Conference has a strong literacy strand with featured presenter, Kevin Perks. Check it all out at http://mainemamle.org/conference/
BONUS: Share stories with your students that inspire them to become concerned and responsible citizens
Middle level students believe in fairness and compassion in the world. Just look at what Meghan accomplished in 24 hours. http://www.timesrecord.com/news/2013-09-03/Front_Page/Maine_girl_12_rescues_horses_from_slaughter.html


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text: Sean 3743 Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) First of all, a big shoutout to @Hawk and others for restoring Jailbreak to its former glory, you're doing great, I love the new markers and audio. While playing last night, there was a few discussions going on in admin chat that I wanted to bring up here so we can address it, and maybe others can bring up some concerns as well. 1. Lowering or removing CT armor. - CTs NEVER had armor, from my understanding this was introduced due to new knife mechanics in CS:GO, but it's very unnecessary. I think the agreed common ground was to lower it to 25-50. (Thanks @Shadow for bringing this up) 2. Removing complicated and annoying maps. - This includes new large maps that nobody enjoys playing, have a few secrets that benefit terrorists greatly, overall ridiculous. (Clouds is a great example of this) The old school maps are where it's at, they have enough games and really just need some creativity. Edited January 8, 2019 by Sean pressed enter too quickly lmao 1 1 1 1 Mr. Big Shot, Hawk, lemonade and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Each year millions of houses are bought and sold, but such events are irrelevant. Why? There are more or less 4.6 Millions of families are homeless in Philippines alone. And yet increasing because of massive foreclosures as a result of unstable income. No one can ever predict with certainty what can happen in the future. You may encounter a personal financial crisis such as job loss or illness that can impair your ability to pay your bills, including your mortgage. That is why we should be able to know our own purchasing power when buying a home or any real estate investments.
Here are some few steps when buying a home.
Add all your total annual income. This includes your salary, business income, dividends, and other sources.
Look for licensed real estate brokers and loan officers of the banks and other financial institutions. These financial advisors may give you a great help when financing your new home. Ask for an estimated monthly cost, this includes the principal plus the interest.
Speak with property owners and real estate brokers to determine the property taxes in the area. Because property values may varies with respect to location.
Speak with brokers and insurance advisors to determine how much property insurance will cost each month for your home. According to Money Sense (Guide to Buying Home Insurance), "Many people are not aware that home insurance is not as expensive as other types of insurance. You can get one year basic protection for a P1 million property for less than P2, 000. That's a small amount to pay in exchange for your peace of mind. "
Compute your Front-End Ratio by combining your monthly cost for mortgage principal, mortgage interest, real estate taxes and property insurance. Divide this total by your gross monthly income. This ratio indicates a portion of individual income earners is used to make mortgage payments and is expressed in percentage.
List your monthly debts include expenses such as mortgage payments, credit card payments, expenses to your child and families. Add these debts.
Compute your Back-End Ratio also known as your debt-to-income ratio by combining your monthly debts with your PITI. Divide by your gross monthly income. Some lenders use this ratio in conjunction with front-end ratio to approve mortgages.
Note: Water and Electrical connection is not included in the computation because it will be a one-time payment upon the turnover of your new home. Ask the water and electrical companies near you.
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4chan, the Internet's long-time dumping ground and butt of many a joke, is getting serious about software by making their biggest public-facing code change in nearly a decade, introducing an API and a bunch of new functionality.
Given its reputation, many commentators have already written this off with a shrug and a laugh. But 4chan is also one of the web's most popular and influential communities. It's the source of so many Internet-age cultural trends that even your grandma may be dimly aware that the clever picture she posted on her Facebook was trawled a thousand copies ago from the dark depths of /mlp/. Given that there's big money in all this, the API offers businesses a direct line to the heart of the machine.
As a professional software developer and long time 4chan user, I think this is a pretty interesting development. I talked yesterday afternoon to some of those who worked on 4chan's code over the years and know a little about why this is such an important development.


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G.R. No. 190818, June 05, 2013
METRO MANILA SHOPPING MECCA CORP., SHOEMART, INC., SM PRIME HOLDINGS, INC., STAR APPLIANCES CENTER, SUPER VALUE, INC., ACE HARDWARE PHILIPPINES, INC., HEALTH AND BEAUTY, INC., JOLLIMART PHILS. CORP., and SURPLUS MARKETING CORPORATION, Petitioners, v. MS. LIBERTY M. TOLEDO, in her official capacity as the City Treasurer of Manila, and THE CITY OF MANILA, Respondents.
SEC. 1. Request for admission. — At any time after issues have been joined, a party may file and serve upon any other party a written request for the admission by the latter of the genuineness of any material and relevant document described in and exhibited with the request or of the truth of any material and relevant matter of fact set forth in the request. Copies of the documents shall be delivered with the request unless copies have already been furnished.
SEC. 2. Implied admission. — Each of the matters of which an admission is requested shall be deemed admitted unless, within a period designated in the request, which shall not be less than fifteen (15) days after service thereof, or within such further time as the court may allow on motion, the party to whom the request is directed files and serves upon the party requesting the admission a sworn statement either denying specifically the matters of which an admission is requested or setting forth in detail the reasons why he cannot truthfully either admit or deny those matters.
Objections to any request for admission shall be submitted to the court by the party requested within the period for and prior to the filing of his sworn statement as contemplated in the preceding paragraph and his compliance therewith shall be deferred until such objections are resolved, which resolution shall be made as early as practicable. (Emphasis and underscoring supplied)
As Concrete Aggregates Corporation v. Court of Appeals holds, admissions by an adverse party as a mode of discovery contemplates of interrogatories that would clarify and tend to shed light on the truth or falsity of the allegations in a pleading, and does not refer to a mere reiteration of what has already been alleged in the pleadings; otherwise, it constitutes an utter redundancy and will be a useless, pointless process which petitioner should not be subjected to.
Petitioner controverted in its Answers the matters set forth in respondent's Petitions for Review before the CTA — the requests for admission being mere reproductions of the matters already stated in the petitions. Thus, petitioner should not be required to make a second denial of those matters it already denied in its Answers. (Emphasis and underscoring supplied; citations omitted)
A request for admission is not intended to merely reproduce or reiterate the allegations of the requesting party's pleading but should set forth relevant evidentiary matters of fact described in the request, whose purpose is to establish said party's cause of action or defense. Unless it serves that purpose, it is pointless, useless and a mere redundancy. (Emphasis and underscoring supplied)
* Designated Acting Chairperson in lieu of Justice Antonio T. Carpio per Special Order No. 1460 dated May 29, 2013.cralawlibrary
** Designated Acting Member per Special Order No. 1461 dated May 29, 2013.cralawlibrary
1Rollo, pp. 13-110.cralawlibrary
2 Id. at 113-134. Penned by Associate Justice Lovell R. Bautista, with Presiding Justice Ernesto D. Acosta, and Associate Justices Juanita C. Castaneda, Jr., Caesar A. Casanova, Erlinda P. Uy, and Olga Palanca-Enriquez, concurring.cralawlibrary
3 Id. at 137-143.cralawlibrary
4 Id. at 214-230. Penned by Associate Justice Juanito C. Castañeda, Jr., with Associate Justices Erlinda
P. Uy and Olga Palanca-Enriquez, concurring.cralawlibrary
5 Id. at 114-115.cralawlibrary
6 Id. at 115.cralawlibrary
7 Id. at 224-225.cralawlibrary
8 Id. at 225-226.cralawlibrary
9 Id. at 115.cralawlibrary
10 Records, Vol. 1, pp. 186-195.cralawlibrary
11 Id. at 220-221.cralawlibrary
12 Id. at 234-243.cralawlibrary
13 Id. at 189, 238.cralawlibrary
14Rollo, pp. 152-158.cralawlibrary
15 Id. at 144-149. Penned by Presiding Judge Augusto T. Gutierrez.cralawlibrary
16 Id. at 149.cralawlibrary
17 526 Phil. 249, 260-261 (2006).cralawlibrary
18Rollo, p. 149.cralawlibrary
19 Id. at 159-165.cralawlibrary
20 Id. at 150-151.cralawlibrary
21 Id. at 117.cralawlibrary
22 Id. at 171-189.cralawlibrary
23 Id. at 190-192.cralawlibrary
24 Id. at 117.cralawlibrary
25 Id. at 229.cralawlibrary
26 Section 195 of the LGC provides:cralavvonlinelawlibrary
SEC. 195. Protest of Assessment. — x x x The taxpayer shall have thirty (30) days from the receipt of the denial of the protest or from the lapse of the sixty-day period prescribed herein within which to appeal with the court of competent jurisdiction otherwise the assessment becomes conclusive and unappealable.cralawlibrary
27Rollo, p. 226.cralawlibrary
28 Section 196 of the LGC provides:cralavvonlinelawlibrary
SEC. 196. Claim for Refund of Tax Credit. — No case or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for the recovery of any tax, fee, or charge erroneously or illegally collected until a written claim for refund or credit has been filed with the local treasurer. No case or proceeding shall be entertained in any court after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of the payment of such tax, fee, or charge, or from the date the taxpayer is entitled to a refund or credit.cralawlibrary
29Rollo, pp. 227-228.cralawlibrary
30 Id. at 232-238.cralawlibrary
31 Id. at 122-134.cralawlibrary
32 Id. at 137-143.cralawlibrary
33 Section 3, Rule 8 of the RRCTA provides:cralavvonlinelawlibrary
SEC. 3. Who may appeal; period to file petition. — (a) A party adversely affected by a decision, ruling or the inaction of x x x a Regional Trial Court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction may appeal to the Court by petition for review filed within thirty days after receipt of a copy of such decision or ruling x x x.cralawlibrary
34 Section 4, Rule 5 of the RRCTA provides:cralavvonlinelawlibrary
SEC. 4. Number of copies. — The parties shall file eleven signed copies of every paper for cases before the Court en banc and six signed copies for cases before a Division of the Court in addition to the signed original copy, except as otherwise directed by the Court. x x x.cralawlibrary
35 Section 2, Rule 6 of the RRCTA provides:cralavvonlinelawlibrary
SEC. 2. Petition for review; contents. — x x x A clearly legible duplicate original or certified true copy of the decision appealed from shall be attached to the petition.cralawlibrary
36 Section 1, Rule 7 of the RRCTA provides:cralavvonlinelawlibrary
SEC. 1. Applicability of the Rules of the Court of Appeals, exception. — The procedure in the Court en banc or in Divisions in original and in appealed cases shall be the same as those in petitions for review and appeals before the Court of Appeals pursuant to the applicable provisions of Rules 42, 43, 44 and 46 of the Rules of Court, except as otherwise provided for in these Rules.cralawlibrary
37 Section 9 of Republic Act No. 9282 provides:cralavvonlinelawlibrary
SEC. 9. Sec. 11 of [Republic Act No. 1125] is hereby amended to read as follows:cralavvonlinelawlibrarySEC. 11. Who may Appeal; Mode of Appeal; Effect of Appeal. — Any party adversely affected by a decision, ruling or inaction of the x x x Regional Trial Courts may file an appeal with the CTA within thirty (30) days after the receipt of such decision or ruling or after the expiration of the period fixed by law for action as referred to in Section38 Section 1, Rule 42 of the Rules of Court provides:cralavvonlinelawlibrary
7(a)(2) herein.
Appeal shall be made by filing a petition for review under a procedure analogous to that provided for under Rule 42 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure with the CTA within thirty (30) days from the receipt of the decision or ruling or in the case of inaction as herein provided x x x.
SEC. 1. How appeal taken; time for filing. — x x x Upon proper motion and the payment of the full amount of the docket and other lawful fees and the deposit for costs before the expiration of the reglementary period, the Court of Appeals may grant an additional period of fifteen (15) days only within which to file the petition for review. No further extension shall be granted except for the most compelling reason and in no case to exceed fifteen (15) days.cralawlibrary
39 G.R. No. 181845, August 4, 2009, 595 SCRA 299.cralawlibrary
40 Id. at 315.cralawlibrary
41 See Go v. Chaves, G.R. No. 182341, April 23, 2010, 619 SCRA 333, 345; citing Aguam v. CA, 388 Phil. 587, 594 (2000).cralawlibrary
42 Section 196 of the LGC provides:cralavvonlinelawlibrary
SEC. 196. Claim for Refund of Tax Credit. — No case or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for the recovery of any tax, fee, or charge erroneously or illegally collected until a written claim for refund or credit has been filed with the local treasurer. No case or proceeding shall be entertained in any court after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of the payment of such tax, fee, or charge, or from the date the taxpayer is entitled to a refund or credit.cralawlibrary
43 Petitioners paid the local business taxes to the City on October 20, 2001 and thereafter, filed their judicial claim for refund on October 20, 2003.cralawlibrary
44 See Marcelo v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 156605, August 28, 2007, 531 SCRA 385, 399; Manzano v.
Despabiladeras, G.R. No. 148786, December 16, 2004, 447 SCRA 123, 134; Motor Service Co., Inc. v. Yellow Taxicab Co., Inc., 96 Phil. 688, 691-692 (1955).cralawlibrary
45Limos v. Odones, G.R. No. 186979, August 11, 2010, 628 SCRA 288, 298.cralawlibrary
46 G.R. No. 153204, August 31, 2005, 468 SCRA 571, 595.cralawlibrary
47 334 Phil. 77 (1997).cralawlibrary
48Limos v. Odones, supra note 45, at 298.cralawlibrary
49 Paragraphs 13 to 14, petitioners' Request for Admissions & Interrogatories dated July 7, 2004; rollo, pp. 152-158.cralawlibrary
50 Records, Vol.1, pp. 189 and 238.cralawlibrary
51 See KEPCO Philippines Corporation vs. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, G.R. No. 179961, January 31, 2011, 641 SCRA 70, 86; CIR v. Manila Mining Corporation, supra note 46, at 596.


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When I first asked my wife if she could take enough time off for a long anticipated vacation trip to Italy, she said "only if I can keep in touch with the office and my clients".
No problem, I thought. Plenty of my golfing buddies travel on business around the world. But I should have remembered that they have "people" who handle the details. I was on my own.
My descent into international telephone and e-mail madness began with a series of trips to the local ATT Wireless store to test drive various products guaranteed to keep them and my wife in business, while driving me nuts.
I finally settled on the sleek new Blackberry gadget that can handle both e-mail and phone service for about three hundred bucks, plus monthly service charges per unit. My wife bought her own Blackberry, but only for e-mail. She told me, "That way I can multi-task. Talk on my Motorola phone while e-mailing on the Blackberry". I should have caught on right then.
We each ordered the international phone connection for an additional $5.99 a month, plus ninety nine cents per minute connection time. The e-mail component automatically roams to the closest service available at no extra charge.
So now we're ready to go. Well, sort of. You see nothing works as well on the road as it does in the showroom. I should have taken a test drive.
During the week before departure we both spent hours on the phone with ATT Wireless ironing out the bugs, figuring out how voice-mail works, and sending each other e-mails to confirm our mounting confidence. It seemed this just might work.
That is until we landed in Rome. For whatever reason, we were not connected. So our first few hours in a lovely junior suite overlooking a beautiful Italian fountain were spent on the hotel phone with ATT Wireless back in California.
To its credit ATT said it would pay the hotel phone charges. Then finally, "voila". Everything worked. All too well for my wife. Not long enough for me.
During our first day of touring, I sent and received lots of e-mails and phone calls. When my twin brother called from Hawaii, (12 time zones away) he sounded like he was down the street. I was at the Vatican. Now enamored with the technology, I strapped the Blackberry on my belt and headed off to a wonderful dinner. Dessert was a different story.
While visiting the men's room, an incoming phone call startled me. As I grabbed for my new best friend, the Blackberry, it fell off my belt and landed….you guessed it…right in the middle of the "toletta".
In desperation, I threw off the cloud of Chianti, dove in and rescued my now dead Blackberry. I even shocked the Italians sitting near me with my gestures of anger after returning to the table.
You guessed it. I raced back to the hotel, grabbed the hair dryer, and attempted to dry out the Blackberry. Drying me out took a lot longer.
Finally, two days later, the Blackberry magically came back to life. My wife thinks it was because I visited all those churches in Rome. I think it was because we build good products and the Italians keep clean bathrooms.
But I forgot to change my voice mail message to say we were in Italy. So in the middle of the night I was awakened with phone calls from folks who dialed my local number and were sent overseas. (I pay for those calls.) So I was able to confirm a hair appointment, get a briefing from the vet, and say I couldn't make a Saturday tee time. Isn't technology wonderful?
My wife sure thought so. She spent so much time e-mailing and talking to clients that I suggested it might be cheaper and easier to fly them to Italy. That didn't go over so well.
But she did keep at it. In the car driving through Tuscany, walking to the shops in Florence, taking the boat taxi to Venice. In fact she was so busy she hardly noticed Nicole Kidman waiting behind us for a boat taxi from the Cipriani Hotel to the Venice train station. (It was during the Venice Film Festival). Kidman was wearing a baseball cap. My wife was wearing a Motorola.
And she was not alone. During our five hour train ride back to Rome, there were so many people on the sold out train multi-tasking in multiple languages, I thought we were at a working session of the United Nations.
While I was admiring the spectacular views of Tuscany, the Italian businessman across the aisle was working on his computer, talking into his tie (where his phone mike was attached), and taking breaks to sing along to songs from his iPod. Unfortunately his version was not as good as the original must have been.
Yes, the Italians, famous for their love of animated conversation, have taken to high tech in a big way. And no wonder. There were almost no drops out zones during our entire trip. (ATT could learn a lesson here.) And since my wife did stay in touch, her clients were happy.
So we get back home. The cell phones worked fine, until a week later when they stopped taking calls all afternoon. ATT called it a temporary system outage all over California. I called it a relief.
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Musings of a naija artiste after rehearsals...
*Watched a Jim Iyke/Rita Dominic movie in which the scion of a rich family married a poor girl against the wishes of his family. They were happy in love, then he lost his sight in a kitchen fire accident that blinded him without scorching his features.
Then, she, who had been there for him through thick and thin, fell in love with another. Then he regained his sight. Then he found out she was cheating. Then his parents came back and said "We told you so". Then he knelt and begged for their forgiveness.
I could have cried. For wasting my own time.
*I was invited to the 80 year old Yoruba Lawn Tennis Club by a Judge of the High Court of Lagos State last night. We sat, we spoke, he's quite literary. All over the club, a grey haired cardiologist, an obstetrician, some living legend, pipe in mouth, puffing quietly, contemplating past years, thinking of the future...
I asked, why a name like that, "The Yoruba Tennis Club", seemingly tribal in all things. The judge said, "80 years ago, the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club was formed and membership was restricted to the white colonialists. The Yoruba Tennis Club was a direct answer to the segregation of that other club."
Someday, I'll tell my kids, "I shared food from the same plate with a judge. Can you beat that?"
*My theory- If you want to be remembered after you're gone, write a good book.
15 comments:
- Mimi said...
oh dear laspapi,
dear dear dear...
I really do wish I had warned you..gosh i am sorry.
don't do that to yourself again. please.i always used to feel this way after watching nigerian films so i dont.ever.
awwwwww my poor groupie :(
- Thursday, 30 August, 2007
- Refinedone said...
...guess it's time they remaned the club. Lagos is not made up of only Yorubas and I would hope that members are not only Yoruba's too.
- Thursday, 30 August, 2007
- Babawilly said...
I have since learnt that the things that irritate me the most are the things I need to work on.
Laspapi, if that film was really as bad as you say, write a good one.
If good scripts don't come alone, the ulgy ones will shine.
- Thursday, 30 August, 2007
- dramaqueen said...
'Someday, I'll tell my kids, "I shared food from the same plate with a judge. Can you beat that?"'....i am worried...aspire for greater things like meeting Nelson Mendela( i promise ur children will be more impressed.but I am sure the jugde was impressed by u as well.......
- Thursday, 30 August, 2007
- Araceli said...
As for your last line, here's what BENJAMIN FRANKLIN said:
"IF YOU WOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN AS SOON AS YOU ARE DEAD AND ROTTEN, EITHER WRITE THINGS WORTH THE READING, OR DO THINGS WORTH THE WRITING." Benjamin Franklin (1706 -1790)
It's one of my favourite quotations.
- Friday, 31 August, 2007
- laspapi said...
@ ~mimi~ I was shell-shocked for a while, wondering how they lost the plot. How have you been, idol?
@ refined one- I don't think they should rename the club. There is a plaque at the entrance to the club inscribed with Anthony Enahoro's words eulogising YTC's retention of its cultural identity. I agree with him. The club's name was in response to imperialism, with no trace of tribalism by the original founders.
@ babawilly- you're right as to the necesity of adding one's writing to the mix to improve the mess.
ps- I have given your books to Terra. They're available in the reading room now. You might want to put them up for sale there as well. Just tell your rep to call me.
@ dramaqueen- aspire for greater things like mandela?
That made me smile. I'll tell you the story of my life someday.
I'm a lawyer, dramaqueen, called to the Nigerian bar, and for us, there is none greater than the keeper of the laws, the last bastion. That was not a man I had dinner with, it was with an establishment, a representative of the Nigerian Bench, as great as the Lord Chancellor in Britain's Highest Courts.
I was musing...my child will appreciate those who stand between us and anarchy.
@ Abuja Walkabout- Strong words by B. Franklin, but accurate. I believe that.
ps- I think I want to be cremated. (after I'm gone, that is).
- Friday, 31 August, 2007
- Refinedone said...
...Papi, It may not have any tribal connotation ,that still does not stop it from sounding IMHO a lot out of date (for the reason you give for not changing the name) in a country that is trying to see it's self as Nigerians first and not tribes..
.PS: Anthony Enahoro I don't think represents or is the voice of the Hausa, Ijaw, Ibo, Efik or Delta man/woman (you get my drift) of Lagos.
- Friday, 31 August, 2007
- Thirty + said...
Well I am going to things worth writing as soon as I figure it out.
- Friday, 31 August, 2007
- Sam Oracle said...
As for the movie.
Thatz how nigerian movies go, itz always a waste of time to watch them.
But lately i saw some films that impressed me.
If you wanna be remembered in this world, do something remarkable, be an icon.
Let language use your name.
Be good at whatever you do and be consistent.
- Friday, 31 August, 2007
- Mrs Somebody said...
- Saturday, 01 September, 2007
- Uzo said...
I love Nigerian movies...LOL....Abeg jare..I am sure you learnt something new....
- Monday, 03 September, 2007
- Babawilly said...
Thanks laspapi. Will get in touch via e mail
- Monday, 03 September, 2007
- Ms. Catwalq said...
That is why i said, u and I should make our own movies. what is wrong with u?
- Tuesday, 04 September, 2007
- laspapi said...
@ refined one- I get your drift.
@ 30+ How've you been?
@ oracle- thanks for this, oracle. I try to look at our movies with an unbiased eye, but some films make this hard.
@ mrs. somebody......
@ uzo- I know those of you who are permanently glued to "Africa Magic" ;P
@ babawilly- It was my pleasure
@ catwalq- I love you too. See, we have to sit and talk. I have a script in progress, I think you'll love
- Wednesday, 05 September, 2007
- Unknown said...
Help tell Segun Ogundipe "Laph up" that I dey greet am. Sunkanmi Adebayo say, Na Wao!
- Wednesday, 19 September, 2007


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