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Cuisine and Empire
Was there ever a book more up my alley than this? (Well yes but allow me my extravagance.) I came across this book courtesy of Gastropod, one of my very favourite podcasts: looking at food 'through the lens of science and history'.
Rachel Laudan takes the idea that we 'are the animals that cook' (p1) and looks at how cuisine – how we cook – has travelled and been shaped. She makes a very interesting point that I'd never really thought about: just adopting a particular food doesn't mean you've adopted a particular cuisine, or in anyway integrated a part of a culture. Cooking is the key bit and cooking has always been hedged about with culture and taboo and expectations and so on. She also deliberately looks at the idea of 'empire' as hegemonic political units can do a lot to spread, enforce, and encourage the adoption of cuisine through a whole range of methods. The point of the book therefore is not to consider regional differences but to look at broad similarities in the way that food is treated, and how those similarities came to be.
There are chapters on the development of grain-based cuisines, and what that meant for cooking in general. She looks at Buddhism and its spread and influence, at Islam and Christianity, and how their morals and philosophies and taboos influenced the way food worked. How shifts from Catholicism to Protestantism in parts of Europe changed things, as well as how industry and increasing globalisation changed modern cuisines.
I love that Europe is not entirely the centre here; that the Mongols and the Islamic empires have a significant impact (on Mexico, via Spain, for example). I am intrigued to think about how political and moral questions have shaped some of the ways that I, and my food culture, think and perceive food. I'm also fascinated by how early decisions, sometimes made consciously and sometimes not, have continuing impacts on the way the world acts.
Honestly, grasses have a lot of responsibility in the development of world cultures.
This book was a lot of fun – well, it was a bit of work, because it's not always a straightforward narrative. But that was usually fun too. It has made me think about why we do things the way we do, and the cascade of consequences through history. It's so easy to think of the way we make food as just… passive, somehow; unconnected to politics or anything else. Actually, that's probably only possible for me because I am a part of the ruling elite, so I don't need to think about the consequences of my food choices – and I live in a place and time where choosing to eat outside of my particular food culture is totally acceptable. So I am privileged. But I am still constrained, too, by the things I have been taught. And this book helps me think about some of those things.
The Missing Ingredient
I don't remember how I came across this book – could have been through Gastropod? – but I thought it sounded like just my thing. Time as an ingredient makes a lot of sense, when you consider it! And overall, Linford does look at some interesting points in connecting food with time; I learned a few things and was encouraged in my love of cooking and food.
However, this book turned out to be not quite what I expected. On reflection, I think I was expecting something more like Michael Pollan's Cooked, where he meditates on particular ways in which fire or air or whatever have an impact on cooking and food at length. This is not that. Instead, this is a long series of vignettes. Some of them do go over pages – there's a good few pages on pickles, and on smoking, and the wonders of freezing., among others. But in general each topic within each timeframe (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years) is relatively short, addressing the connection between the topic and time – the seconds between different stages of caramel, the time it takes to make true traditional Modena balsamic vinegar – and usually not going into the depth that my heart really wanted. (And sometimes the topics chosen in each chapter seem to be tangential to the concept of time as an ingredient, but maybe I missed the point.)
If what you're interested in is a series of short stories about time and cooking, that you can easily dip into and out of, that are sometimes amusing and sometimes poignant and that remind you that cooking and good food are good things, then you will probably enjoy this book.
The Seven Culinary Wonders of the World
This book was sent to me by the publisher, Murdoch Books, at no cost. It's out on 1 November; RRP $35.
I was intrigued by the idea of looking at culinary traditions and histories through seven key ingredients, and those chosen here seem quite appropriate. Not comprehensive, since you could argue for others (like corn, or potato, were my first thoughts) but nonetheless widely used in a variety of cultures over the world and with interesting histories attached. Linford's chosen seven 'wonders' are: rice; salt; honey; pork; tomato; chilli; and cacao.
In each chapter, Linford talks a little about the chemistry or something scientific of each ingredient, but that's not the focus. There's more about the history, although it's still very much an introduction – how something like the tomato moved from the Americas to the rest of the world (I love that tomatoes are, relatively speaking, new to Italy), as well as the development and cultivation over time of different types (the ambition to create inedibly hot chilli is completely foreign to me). There's a fairly wide-ranging look at how different cultures use different ingredients; because this is a relatively short book (about 230 ish pages), this is by no means exhaustive, which may annoy some people if she hasn't chosen a particular culture. Still, she does talk about the use of chilli, for instance, in Mexican and Indian and Thai and Malaysian and Korean and Chinese and Portuguese and Italian and American (esp Texan) and Hungarian and Spanish cookery. And finally, there are recipes. Again, these are not comprehensive, but there's no way it could have been. For pork, she has everything from Chinese pork potstickers (dumplings) and char siu to sautéed chorizo with red wine to glazed ham; for honey, it's baclava to honey-glazed shallots and grilled goat's cheese with honey. The recipes are set out nicely on the page, and each one only takes up a page (possibly a requirement in choosing?)
My one reservation with this book is that sometimes the language got repetitive. It's as though Linford, or her editor, assumed that people would mostly not be reading this straight through (I did), and so they thought that repeating certain key phrases would be both a good and not noticed. I noticed. And while it wasn't enormous clumps of text that were repeated, it was obvious enough that I got a bit impatient.
Overall this is a nicely-presented book: I love a good hardcover, although I love a cookbook with a ribbon even more! Each chapter has its own colour for the page numbers and the recipe text and the illustrations (there are some nice illustrations throughout – not photos), which is a nice touch. This is a nice book for someone like me who likes the background to ingredients as well as a variety of recipes.
Acts of Kitchen
A while back I started a food blog, Acts of Kitchen. It then turned into a podcast of the same name, where I interview people and talk to them about food and cooking and such things.
Now, I have put it on Patreon. There's rewards like challenging me to make things, the occasional food or postcard delivery, and recipes being emailed to you. Check it out!
Cooked, by Michael Pollan
This book was recommended to me by the sourdough baker whose course I took. It turned out that I had already one of Pollan's books – The Botany of Desire, which was awesome and looked at various plants in light of the general idea of desire. (My biggest take away message: the Agricultural Revolution was the grasses using humanity to destroy the trees. Also that all edible apples are clones.)
This book is Pollan's attempt to learn more about cooking, having looked at the gardening and the eating side for a long time. He divides the book into four sections: Fire, Water, Air, Earth. Or, basically: barbecue, braise, bread, and fermenting. Continue reading →
Acts of Kitchen
I have a new blog! and a new podcast! Acts of Kitchen is kinda just that. The blog is about whatever I'm cooking or reading about food or watching about food. The podcast (same name) is mostly about me interviewing people to get their food and cooking stories. It's fortnightly, and I aim for it to be about 15-20 minutes in length – pretty easy-listening length, right? You can subscribe at iTunes or listen to it at the blog!
Consider the Fork
When I listened to the first episode of Gastropod, I immediately decided I needed to read Bee Wilson's Consider the Fork. And now I have, and I was not disappointed.
To start with the writing: Wilson writes beautifully. Her prose is clear, occasionally whimsical, sensible, and altogether a delight to read. It's not that often that I read 280 pages of history in just over a day, even when I'm on holidays. In fact at one point I tried to put it away because I was worried I would finish it too quickly (I was away from my bookshelf; I was feeling a bit irrational, ok?). Her love of food and history and cooking come through clearly; she mingles the occasional personal anecdote with what's clearly broad-ranging research. But she also doesn't get bogged down in the research – she's not aiming to construct a thorough, blow by blow account of the development of cooking or food technology. She's writing for an educated but non-professional audience and she does it really well.
The chapters are organised around probably the most important aspects of cooking and its technology: pots and pans; knives; fire; measuring; grinding (I admit this one surprised me a little); eating; ice; and the kitchen itself. In each chapter she gives some of the current thinking about where and if possible how the technology began (in some instances in the Palaeolithic, in others more recently), and then – depending on the objects – skims through the ancient world, the medieval, and the early modern.
My main quibble with the book is its European preponderance, but I do wonder whether I'm being overly sensitive about that. There's a wonderful section about the Chinese knife, the tou; and a discussion about the difference in fork+knife vs chopsticks; some about the differences in wok cooking opposed to more European methods; and other mentions as well. I wonder if there's more history done on this from a European perspective – or that's translated into English anyway. Although if that's the case I would have liked a mention of the dearth of literature.
Another small quibble is that sometimes her language implies that the changes in cooking technology were things that the population had just been waiting for. While that might be true for can openers (invented FIFTY YEARS after the invention of the tin, I kid you not), sometimes it grated a little: to whit: "At last, these people [the ancient Greeks] had discovered the joy of cooking with pots and pans" (12). I get what she means but it grated a little.
Anyway. A few gems include ideas for future ice cream experiments (burnt almond, orange flower water, cinnamon, apricot, quince; bitter cherry; muscat pear…), the history of the refrigerator and freezer and how they show differences between the English and Americans post-WW2, and developments from coal to gas to electricity in terms of stoves. Also the thing about the tin opener. SO WEIRD.
Overall this is a joyous book that I highly recommend if you're into food and history, especially both at the same time. Her writing really is marvellous, you might learn something, and it re-inspired me to get into my kitchen and make something. (Which was annoying because I was on holidays, but whatevs.)
I have baked my first sponge! You can click that link to read my hubristic recount of the deed. And see a fairly average photo.
I am in the 'want to give useful presents' zone. So today, I went to my discovered-forgotten-rediscovered love, Basfoods. Ah, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern, I love you. Especially in bulk.
I intended to buy some puy lentils for some people outside the city, who would struggle to find those little gems, and see what other nuggets I might unearth. Consequently I am sitting here taste-testing and finding new favourites:
double roasted chickpeas: I'd heard of people eating these like popcorn… oh yes.
sugar-coated almonds: OK, so not a new discovery, but… yum!
sugar-coated pistachios: Drool.
sugar-coated chocolate sesame: !!
sugar-coated coriander: Wow.
sugar-coriander: apparently people eat these like after-dinner mints. Me, I could probably eat them by the handful.
I might be in love.
i also bought 150g of cinnamon quills for not much, which I'll split up; and sumac; and curry powder.
I'm feeling really quite smug.
Dangerous chocolate cake
Courtesy of my sister comes this gob-smacking recipe:
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional… ha! as if it would be an option to put them in!)
a small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts (high). The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).
And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!
I made it last night, and did go the 'virtuous' option… it was tasty, but I think I over-mixed it; it had that texture that overmixed muffins sometimes get. Still… I'm trying to decide whether I really ought to post this, or if I should delete it and the email and try to forget that chocolate cake could be so accessible!


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CARLSBAD, Calif.Biotechnology firm Regulus Therapeutics has scored a coup by landing an investment of at least $35 million for early-stage drug discovery and development from French pharmaceutical giant sanofi-aventis. The potential value of this landmark dealif certain milestones are metis $750 million.
The global deal, penned June 22, marks the largest partnership in Regulus' biotechnology specialty, microRNA, and is also the largest miRNA therapeutics alliance to date, consisting of a $25 million upfront fee, a $10 million future equity investment subject to mutual agreement on company valuation and a three-year option worth $50 million for a broader technology alliance.
"The company could receive preclinical milestones as well as development and sales milestones for collaboration targets," says Regulus CEO Kleanthis Xanthopoulos. "In addition, Regulus is eligible to receive royalties on microRNA therapeutic products commercialized by sanofi- aventis. sanofi will support 100 percent of the costs of development and commercialization. Assuming exercise of the technology alliance option, Regulus has certain opt-in rights to participate in the development and commercialization of future sanofi-aventis clinical miRNA programs."
Focused on developing miRNA-based medicines toward four targets, the initial work in this venture will target the therapeutic area of fibrosis, a tissue disorder affecting millions worldwide, but currently with no effective treatment, Xanthopoulos says.
Regulus was attracted to sanofi-aventis because of the Paris-based pharma's reputation for being committed to developing innovative medicines that provide high-value to patients, Xanthapoulos says. The partnership combines Regulus' leading microRNA therapeutic product platform with sanofi's development and commercial expertise.
"There are clear parallels between Regulus' and Sanofi's R&D efforts, including significant efforts in the field of fibrosis," Xanthopoulos says. "Further, sanofi recognizes the huge potential of miRNA therapeutics and can provide Regulus with complementary capabilities and technologies that will support and enhance the Regulus effort."
Jack Cox, sanofi-aventis' senior director of public affairs and media relations, tells ddn, "sanofi-aventis' R&D has established a team that is working to discover and develop innovative nucleic acid drug candidates, initially focusing on miRNA-based therapeutic approaches. Regulus has a dominant IP position in this space and has built a team of scientists with a great deal of expertise in oligonucleotide chemistry. sanofi-aventis did not have the internal expertise or IP for the chemistry required. Therefore, the partnership with Regulus will allow us to rapidly get into the miRNA area."
In preclinical studies, Regulus has demonstrated that modulating miRNAs can effectively regulate disease pathways and produce therapeutically beneficial effects, Cox says. The idea behind Regulus' and other miRNA-based efforts is to create drugs that can inhibit these specific stretches of RNA, which regulate how entire networks of proteins are expressed. Regulus reports it is advancing miRNA therapeutics toward the clinic in several areas, including hepatitis C infection, cardiovascular disease, fibrosis, oncology, immunoinflammatory diseases and metabolic diseases.
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A deevaTravel - Charitable Island is a beautiful island covering an area of 15.9 ha in the Islands Derawan , Berau district , East Kalimantan . The island with white sand is very clean and shiny with a width of about 12-15 meters and its surrounding waters are known as the Marine Park Diving (diving) with a very diverse marine life and the existence of Fish Manta Rays will make your holiday unforgettable throughout your life ,
At nightfall the moon accompanied by a very lovely evening, you can watch a bunch of fish Manta Rays are headed this island. They came to eat some types of plankton are numerous in island waters Charitable. Besides watching Fish Manta Rays this place you can also find other marine life such as Barracuda, Pari, giant squid and some other sea animals as well as a Turtle Conservation.
Not so hard to find a turtle on the island of Charitable. When you walk on the shore alone visible some traces of turtles. It's just that this turtle had come to the Charitable Island at night. At night can be found dozens of turtles that come here. Every year, a total of more than 3,700 turtles who come to this island.
They came to the Charitable Island to spawn, especially when the sea water was high tide. The activities of the turtles lay eggs on the island of Charitable arguably natural spring. Because after the turtles finished laying eggs, eggs that have hatched would be monitored. If it is not safe position where turtles bury their eggs, then there will be a few officers from the Conservation of Natural Resources (BKSDA) which move the eggs to the other locations that are considered more secure.
In addition to the existence of Fish Manta Rays were so amazing, Panorama Underwater existence of this island invites many divers from all over the world to come to this island. They will feel the underwater world paradise Charitable Island with some very amazing point spots such as Channel Entrance , Coral Gardens, Turtle Town, Sandy Ridge, Manta Run, Sherwood Forest, Manta Parade, Manta Avenue, Eel Ridge, Lighthouse and The Rockies.
Another interesting thing you can do in addition to seeing the Charitable Island turtle activity is a dive with manta rays. Manta rays are rare marine animals. Some visitors there who came to the island of Charitable specifically to see this manta rays. In the open sea, manta rays body shaped like kites can reach a width of 7 m. But who live in Charitable Island is of a kind of manta rays reef body can only grow up to 5.5 m width.
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On the island is also available Resort Charitable Dive Lodge are preparing for lodging facilities and perlengakapan dives.
To reach this island, you can use the aircraft to the destination airport Sepingan (BPN) in Balikpapan. From Sepingan, you can use the aircraft to the Capital Deraya Berau district, Tanjung Redeb, East Kalimantan.
Or you can ride a speed boat from other islands in Derawan Islands. It could also set off from the Port of Tanjung Batu. This port is located in Tanjung Redeb, Berau. From Cape Redeb takes 2.5 hours to get to the port. Cape Redeb have airports serving routes from Jakarta.
While the speed boat in the Port of Tanjung Batu can be rented at a cost of Rp 400,000 to get to the island Charitable. Unlike Derawan that every Friday called on by Quick Ship, Charitable Island does not have this facility. So the only way is to use a speed boat rental.


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Goztepe is in 8th place of the Turkish Super League with 34 points conquered, thanks to a record of 9 victories, 7 draws and 9 losses.
Their goalscoring ratio counts with 29 goals scored and 30 goals conceded, with the team presenting an average of 2.4 goals per match.
Their record at home has been average, with the team getting 4 wins on the 11 rounds played as hosts. On the last round, they've gotten a loss by 2-0 against Kasimpasa.
Rizespor occupies the 16th place of the league table with 25 points conquered, thanks to a record of 7 victories, 4 draws and 14 losses.
So far, they count with 26 goals scored and 42 goals conceded, which results on an average of 2.7 goals per match.
Their record away from home has been weak, with the team getting 2 wins on the 12 rounds played away from home. On the last round, they've gotten a loss by 2-1 against Ankaragucu.
I believe there is value in exploring the winners' market in favour of Goztepe.
With more or less difficulty, Goztepe should confirm their favouritism and get 3 more points here, and I see these being two teams with very different records as hosts or visitors.
Goztepe has been competent when playing at home, reminding that they've only gotten 1 loss on the last 9 matches played on that condition, against Basaksehir that occupies the 2nd place of the competition.
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As the stakeholder strategy and vision become less defined over the course of the iterations, so too do the requirements become less accurate. Detailed flows and requirements make way for high-level conceptual ideas. Well-thought-out operational processes make way for on-the-spot "let's hope this works" process definition. The business analyst still delivers requirements at the end of each iteration's analysis phase, but the usefulness and accuracy begin to diminish (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: Requirements quality diminishes as analyst time is spent defining business strategy rather than business requirements.
The downstream impact of this creates a snowball effect for the remaining iterations. Technical folks who have come to rely on well-defined detailed requirements for design and development reject the requirements and burn through significantly more time attempting comprehension rather than forward motion. The analyst's time is then consumed by development needs, which cannibalizes the time the analyst should be spending on the next iteration's analysis. As this trend continues, the analyst has less time to dedicate to analysis (which is already at risk due to the stakeholder issues above), thus compounding the less-than-optimal quality of future iteration requirements deliverables.
Once the business analyst is spending more time managing the fallacies of the requirements during design and development than eliciting and defining new requirements, the iterative method of project execution breaks down. Timelines and budgets are the first to be impacted but the real loser here is the quality of the final product.
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Lao Airlines State Enterprise reduces its network and wants to cut on costs by asking its employees to take several days of unpaid leave.
Plummeting passengers' number are affecting Lao Airlines, although the Laotian government continues to claim to have 0 coronavirus cases. Last month saw a 37 percent reduction in the number of passengers travelling on international routes. "We have asked everyone in the company to take at least one week's unpaid leave so that we can reduce our outlay. We hope that everyone will cooperate with this request from the board as I'm sure they understand the situation," Director of the airline's Commercial Department, Mr Noudeng Chanthaphasouk, said recently to local newspaper the Vientiane Times.
"We will organise people's leave so that staff take it in turns to have a week off. This way it won't affect our operations," he explained to the newspaper.
Many international flights from Laos, including to South Korea and China, have been suspended, reducing the number of passengers from 61,000 in February last year to about 38,000 last month. The number of people flying on domestic routes has also fallen.
"We had about 40,000 passengers on domestic flights in February last year but there were only 31,600 people flying last month as some events were postponed or cancelled because of the coronavirus," Mr Noudeng said.
Lao Airlines hopes passenger numbers will pick up now that flights from Vientiane to Kunming and Guangzhou are back in service.
"We have resumed flights to Kunming and Guangzhou but we have reduced the number of flights to match the number of passengers. We're now flying to Guangzhou three times a week whereas before we had one flight a day. We have two flights a week to Kunming, down from three a week previously," Mr Noudeng added.
According to the Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Public Works and Transport, 60 percent of seats on a flight must be booked to make the flight viable. But on some routes only 10 to 20 people made reservations so the airline suspended those flights.
In addition, the number of flights from other countries into Laos has fallen by about 348 flights a month compared to the same period last year. "Last year about 848 flights arrived in Laos each month but starting in January this year about 348 flights have been cancelled each month," Director of the Air Transport Division, Mr Soukkhongthong Voraphet, told to the Vientiane Times.
Only South Korea has suspended all flights to Laos. Other countries' airlines are still flying into Laos but some have cut the number of flights. Carriers from Thailand, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia continue to offer frequencies to Laos. However, Bangkok Airways already announced to suspend from the end of March its daily flight Bangkok-Vientiane.
"We haven't banned any flights operated by foreign airlines but some countries have suspended flights because of policies put in place by their governments to prevent the spread of Covid-19. They have advised people not to travel overseas, so of course the number of passengers has shrunk dramatically," Mr Soukkhongthong added.
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Book by Greg Kotis
Music By Mark Hollmann
Lyrics by Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis
Directed & Choreographed by Jennie Gray Connard
Music Directed by Kirk Valles
Assistant Director: SeeJay Lewis
(Non-Union Theatre. There is no pay for this show.)
Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America's greatest art forms.
**Performers of all genders, ethnic, and racial backgrounds are strongly encouraged to attend.**
AUDITIONS are by appointment only and will be held on:
Saturday, 3/14 from 10. a.m. – 2 p.m. at
4227 Fairmount Ave San Diego, CA 92105
Invited CALLBACKS will be held on:
Saturday, 3/21/20 from 10AM – 2 PM. at
4227 Fairmount Ave San Diego, CA 92105
Production dates 06/05/2020 – 06/28/2020
Production days/times: Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM
IMPORTANT: There will be a special "Industry Night" performance at 8 PM on Monday, 06/15/2020
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*Performers of all genders, ethnic, and racial backgrounds are strongly encouraged to attend.*
Officer Lockstock
The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, he is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.
Gender: male
Age: 35 to 55
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Penelope Pennywise
The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest town urinal. She is Cladwell's one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper.
Gender: female
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: A3
Bobby Strong
The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell.
Gender: male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: A2
Little Sally
A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play's logic.
Gender: female
Age: 20 to 40
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Dr. Billeaux
Head of Research and Development at UGC. Optional Doubling as TINY TOM.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: E3
Mr. McQueen
Cladwell's sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Senator Fipp
A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward.
Gender: male
Age: 40 to 55
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: C#3
Officer Barrel
Lockstock's patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Hope Cladwell
Cladwell's ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and her new love for Bobby. She begins as an innocent, naive angel but becomes vengeful and determined after being exposed to her father's evil.
Gender: female
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Joseph "old Man" Strong
Bobby's rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution. Will double with HOT BLADES HARRY.
Gender: male
Age: 50 to 65
Tiny Tom
One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child. Will double with DR. BILLEAUX.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: D3
Soupy Sue
One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked. Will double with CALDWELL'S SECRETARY.
Gender: female
Age: 25 to 40
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Little Becky Two-shoes
One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory. Will double with MRS. MILLENIUM.
Gender: female
Age: 20 to 40
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Caldwell B. Cladwell
The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.
Gender: male
Age: 50 to 65
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Josephine "Ma" Strong
Bobby's mother and Joseph's wife. A strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her. Will double with OLD WOMAN.
Gender: female
Age: 55 to 65
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Hot Blades Harry
One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon. Will double with JOSEPH "OLD MAN" STRONG.
Gender: male
Age: 45 to 60
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: A2
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Tour: In Vivo Radiobioassay and Research Facility
Presented by Timothy Lynch
Come join the CCHPS for a tour of the In Vivo Radiobioassay and Research Facility (IVRRF) in downtown Richland! Tim Lynch, CCHPS 2019 Herbert M. Parker Award winner, will be conducting the tour. The social hour/dinner will be held at Tommy's Tap House & Bistro, just a short walk from the IVRRF. The 3,232 square foot facility is located in Richland and houses shielded counting rooms, measurement systems and support areas used to perform the in vivo measurements. Tim will cover a bit of the history of the program and facility during the tour. He will provide a tour of the counting rooms and equipment, and give an overview of the software systems. Tim will also show us the calibration phantoms used at the facility.
Timothy Lynch has over 40 years of health physics experience, including nuclear medicine, radiation safety, and radiological engineering. He has served as the Health Physics Society Standards chairman of the working group for the ANSI N13.35 standard, "Specifications for the Bottle Manikin Absorption Phantom." Issued 1999, Revision 1 issued in 2010. He also served as the Health Physics Society Standards Committee, chairman of the N13 Internal Dosimetry section from November 2009-November 2012.
Tim has been involved with the in vivo monitoring program at Hanford since 1990. He has developed the direct bioassay program at Hanford to what is often referred to by the Department of Energy's Laboratory Accreditation Program (DOELAP) as the gold standard for vivo monitoring of workers at DOE sites. Tim is also a DOELAP assessor, tasked with evaluating DOE sites for DOELAP accreditation. In addition to leading the direct bioassay program at Hanford, Timothy has been involved in over 35 published articles and has been a technical reviewer for manuscripts submitted to the Health Physics Journal and the Radiation Protection Dosimetry journal since 1995. He has been a member of the Health Physics Society since 1980 and a long standing member of the Columbia Chapter of the Health Physics Society."
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Reservations are accepted until Tuesday, January 14.
5:45 – 6:30 PM Dinner & Social
6:30 - 7:15 PM Tour
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- "Burger Bar", side of fries, and Non-Alcoholic Drink (Beer and wine available separately for purchase)
- Burger bar consists of ½ lb. beef patty, bun, lettuce, tomato, cheese and mushroom.
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Dinner & Social: Tommy's Tap House & Bistro, 1312 Lee Blvd, Richland, WA 99352
Tour: In Vivo Radiobioassay and Research Facility (IVRRF), 805 Goethals Dr., Richland, WA 99352
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Here we are – another year older and another "RRSP season" to navigate.
The Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) was introduced in 1957 with the purpose of encouraging people to save for retirement. Much has changed over the course of 60 years in the financial world: we see new investments and vehicles being introduced on a regularly basis, new regulations, and more. The one consistent feature is that February continues to be "RRSP season". The reason is that those last minute contributions can be deductible from your prior year income, thus reducing your tax obligation. After all, who doesn't like the idea of a tax refund at this time of year? However, planning for retirement should be more than just tax refunds, and perhaps February can become known as "retirement planning" month.
Why invest in an RRSP?
The RRSP remains one of best ways to save for retirement. The investment options are diverse and your contributions are tax deductible. While the tax refund or reduced tax obligation frees up money to reinvest, experience shows it is more likely to be used for the purchase of toys.
The growth of the investments held by the RRSP is sheltered from tax until such time as they are withdrawn.1 The tax sheltered growth allows for your retirement account to grow more effectively and the "penalty" for withdrawing the funds makes you think twice before accessing the money you have saved for retirement. These factors combine to make it the perfect vehicle to save for retirement.
Who can contribute to an RRSP?
Basically anyone with "earned income" can contribute to an RRSP within the limits described below.
To qualify for deduction for a particular year the contributions must occur within 60 days from the year end. For 2016 this means contributions must be made no later than March 1, 2017.
The contributions can be made to either an RRSP for yourself or to a spousal or common-law partner RRSP. This flexibility allows for those over the age of 71 to continue contributing to an RRSP, albeit only to a spousal or common-law partner RRSP and where the spouse or common-law partner is 71 or younger. This option enables a contributor to maximize any unused room accumulated during their working years or new room accumulated after the age of 71.
What are the contribution limits?
The contribution limit for a given year is based upon 18% of your "earned income" for the prior year up to a maximum (for 2017 the maximum is $26,010, minus any pension adjustments).2 In addition, any unused room from prior years carries forward, so don't worry if you were not able to maximize your contributions! This is great news for most Canadians because as of 2014 there was $951 billion of unused RRSP contribution room.3
Where can I find my RRSP contribution limit?
The simplest way to find your RRSP contribution limit for a given year is to check your Notice of Assessment from the previous year. This is the document that the CRA mails to you after they have processed your tax return.
If you do not have this document handy the information can also be obtained directly from the CRA either by phone through the Tax Information Phone Services (TIPS) at 1-800-267-6999 or through their online portal: My Account. When calling into the CRA be advised that your identity will be verified by confirming your social insurance number, month and year of birth, and the total income entered on line 150 of your previous year's tax return.
Once you have your deduction limit, simply adjust for any RRSP contributions made between March 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016 to determine your remaining 2016 limit.
Flexibility in claiming the deduction for your RRSP contribution:
While saving for retirement should be motivation enough to use the RRSP, contributions are largely tax motivated. What most Canadians do not know is that the deduction does not need to be claimed in the year the contribution is made. The contributions claimed reduce your taxable income dollar for dollar, thus the reduction of your tax obligation is dependent upon your income level. For some, income levels and other tax deductions can vary greatly from year to year. Deferring this particular deduction to a future year where your marginal tax rate is significantly higher can be extremely beneficial.
Come tax season it is always better to have money owed to you than a big tax bill. A tax refund, however, is just a sign that you have paid too much in the first place. Wouldn't it be great if you did not have to "lend" this money to the government?
Luckily for employees there is a relatively easy process to reduce taxes withheld at source. All you need to do is complete CRA Form T1213 – Request to Reduce Tax Deductions at Source. On this form you are asked to list various deductions from income and non-refundable tax credits, including your planned RRSP contributions, which you will declare on your tax return. The form, once approved, is then submitted to your employer who can then reduce the amount of tax withheld at source. This form typically needs to be filed annually.
Building a retirement plan needs to be ongoing process. The Registered Retirement Savings Plan can be a powerful tool. The deadline of March 1, 2017 is fast approaching for those wishing to take advantage of the tax deduction for 2016. Now is the time to talk to your trusted financial advisor.
- Exceptions exist where funds may be borrowed from an RRSP without triggering a tax obligation. These are the Home Buyers Plan and the Lifelong Learning Plan.
- Earned income includes salary and bonus remuneration and rental income, but not passive investment income.
- Source: Statistics Canada CANSIM Table 111-0040 – Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) room.
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"Climate change has become a defining factor in companies' long-term prospects," wrote Larry Fink, chief executive of Blackrock, in his annual letter to global company bosses last month. "I believe we are on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance."
It was a big moment. Sustainability has been a growing economic issue for more than a decade, but even late last year some of the world's biggest asset managers were accused of doing little more than paying lip service to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investments.
Read more: Blackrock takes tougher stance on climate change after campaigner pressure
When Fink speaks, however, the world tends to take notice. The asset manager holds the keys to about £5.4 trillion of investors' cash. By the US Central Intelligence Service's estimate, that is equivalent to about eight per cent of the money in circulation on the planet.
"Money talks, and Blackrock controls a lot of money," says Emma Wall, head of investment analysis at Hargreaves Lansdown. "ESG investing is officially mainstream."
But as the popularity of ethical investment products has grown, so have concerns about a lack of clarity around the topic. Here is a primer on the investment trend which is taking finance by storm.
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Fink's letter marks the latest chapter in a global shift which has seen more and more people redirect their money towards ethically conscious investments. Traditionally, this has ranged from excluding oil and gas companies from a portfolio, to including technology stocks or renewable energy firms — or both.
However, in recent years, this has evolved to give ESG investing a broader meaning. Maggie Sullivan, a spokesperson for asset manager Schroders, says the "S and the G" — social and governance — are also "fundamental to sustainable investing".
"Social factors could be considerations such as demographics, data security, or nutrition and obesity or how well a company looks after its employees, for instance," she says. "Governance factors relate to the internal policies and processes companies have designed to ensure management acts in the best interests of its shareholders."
In practice, this means that as well as screening out carbon-heavy stocks like oil majors, investors are throwing their support behind companies that are actively changing their behaviour to have a positive impact on society.
A sound investment?
In the past, exclusionary funds have got something of a bad rap among asset managers for failing to yield high returns and meet wider benchmarks. But this is becoming less of a concern, as pro-climate sentiment eats away the oil, gas and coal industry's performance on the stock market.
According to a recent report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis — a think tank partly funded by the Rockefeller family — 2019 was the "Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year for Oil and Gas".
"The energy sector (not including renewable energy) finished dead last in the S&P 500, the second year in a row it has held that distinction," it noted, while the fossil-fuel industry "continued to collapse in value relative to the broader stock market".
And as the criteria governing ESG investing have got wider, the downsides have faded, says Wall. "The new breed of ESG-mindful funds, which invest in the best-in-class companies across all sectors and where boards are making a concerted effort to improve the company's ESG credentials and be more sustainable, do not have the same challenges".
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The big picture
It is easy to think of climate risk as something which applies primarily to the energy sector. But the truth is that environmental factors pose a much broader economic challenge — something analysts have woken up to.
Last month's World Economic Forum in Davos, where every year economists list the top five global economic risks in terms of likelihood, was a prime example. For the first time, all five were climate-related.
Craig Mackenzie, head of strategic asset allocation at Aberdeen Standard Investments, warns of the growing challenge for investors trying to anticipate the growing list of financial and ecological hazards.
"Global warming poses both long-term physical risks and nearer-term risks as the energy sector shifts from fossil fuels to low-carbon alternatives.
"These risks will affect the performance of certain asset classes in various ways," he continues.
"For example, real estate and infrastructure are at particular risk in areas prone to flooding, storms and wildfires. Physical climate risks also have implications for the insurance sector. Meanwhile, power utilities, oil and gas, transport and some industrial activities are at risk from the move away from fossil fuels.
"If investors are serious about ESG integration, they need to consider how ESG factors affect long-term investment returns."
Read more: London Stock Exchange acquires ESG data provider Beyond Ratings to boost sustainable finance offering
Great — where do I start?
From going vegan to opting out of having kids, the effect that the likes of Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough have had on millennial lives has been profound.
But moving money around appears to be the trickiest step, says Wall. "We surveyed our clients last year, and found the majority of those surveyed had changed their lifestyle habits after watching Blue Planet. But when asked if they knew they could use their money to align with their ethics, most were not aware."
And even investors who know how to take control of their savings and put their money to good use can be misled if they do not keep their wits about them, as some brands turn out to be "wolves in sheep's clothing," according to Lisa Ashford, chief executive of investment platform Ethex.
"You will see the terms impact, green, sustainable, ethical attached to a fund, but look under the bonnet and you will see funds with companies with questionable records on fossil fuels, human rights, arms dealing or executive pay.
"This is proving very frustrating to customers and business. It undermines many of the initiatives to reduce carbon emissions."
Subsequently, as interest in the field has grown, advisers have looked for new ways to offer guidance to would-be ethical investors on how best to deploy their cash.
Ethex itself is a purpose-built platform through which people can invest directly in companies whose mission they can get behind. Interactive Investor, meanwhile, is trying to help people navigate the sector with its Ethical investing long list, ACE 30 ethical rated list and Ethical Growth portfolio.
Read more: Nearly a third of investment managers not considering ESG factors
Services like these will surely become even more sought-after in the coming years, as forest fires in Australia, melting ice caps and mass protests make climate change impossible to ignore.
It is "the ultimate long-term problem," Fink wrote last month. "There is no denying the direction we are heading. Every government, company, and shareholder must confront climate change."


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Why AMK?
Geared up for a new adventure. We call upon the survivors to explore the most difficult trek in the Sahyadri. An adventure to explore the path less taken. Come on pack your bags, and join the adventure.
About Alang fort:
Alang Fort (also Alangad) is a fort in Nashik district, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the three forts, the others being Madangad and Kulang, in the Kalsubai range of the Western Ghats. They are the most difficult to reach forts in Nasik District. A dense forest cover makes these treks difficult. These three forts are a little neglected due to very heavy rains in the area and a difficult confusing path to the forts
About Madan fort:
The climb preferred is usually between Madan and Alang. The time taken could around 3-4 hours to reach the step after leaving Kulang fort. Over here rock climbing would be required as the wall of the steps was destroyed during the cannon fire. Use of a fixed rope is required. There is one large cave on this fort and 2 water cistern. The top of the fort is a huge plateau. On the fort, there are two caves, a small temple and 11 water cisterns. Remnants of buildings are spread over the fort. Kalasubai, Aundh Fort, Patta and Bitangad are to the east of the fort, Harihar, Trimbakgad and Anjaneri to its north and Harishchandragad, Aajobagad, Khutta (pinnacle), Ratangad and Katrabai to its south.
About Kulang fort:
Being in the same region of the three forts its said climb to Kulag is the most difficult. On the way up climbing we come across patches of rock cut steps. It takes 6 hours to reach from Kulanwadi to the fort. On the fort to see around 5 water cisterns. Form here we could also see Mahuli with the 3 pinnacles. One can also stay at the caves here.
Alang Madan Kulang Event Details
• Difficulty Level: Difficult
• Endurance Level: Very high
• Base Village: Ambewadi - Kulangwadi
• District: Nashik
• Region: Igatpuri - Kalsubai
• Total distance for climbing: approx. 7km, 5km, 6km respectively
AMK Trek Cost Rs. 2500/- per person (Rappelling / All meals / Transport / Trek Leader expertise)
AMK Trek Event Itinerary
Day 0 – Friday Night
Mumbai Participants
Catch Kasara slow local
CSMT-Kasara local timings
• 23.04 Dadar
• 23:31 Thane
• 00:03 Kalyan
• 01:18 Kasara
Pune Participants
• Board Indrayani train from Pune at 18:35
• Reach Kalyan 21:00
• Have dinner before you board the Kasara train
• Board local train till Kasara.
Day 1 - Saturday
01:30 Meet at Kasara railway station and move toward base village by local jeep.
Reach at base village and take a rest for a while.
06:30 Wake up, Breakfast.
07:00 Start ascending Alang.
Reach on top explore Alang and have Lunch.
After Lunch descend Alang, reach the col between Alang and Madan. Start ascending Madangad.
Reach on top, have dinner. Night stay at Madangad Caves.
Day 2 – Sunday
05:00 Wake up and freshen up.
06:30 Start trek towards Kulang.
Reach on Kulang top, have Lunch. Explore Kulang fort.
Start descending Kulang.
Reach at base village and move towards Kasara station by local jeep.
18:30 Approx. arrival at Kasara railway station.
Please note
• People may board same train from their respective stations of convenience.
• Missing the train is missing AMK Trek, no refund will be provided.
• Trekking shoes: Participant wearing Sandals / Sports Shoes / Running Shoes / Repaired shoes will be returned from Kasara/base village without refund, Trekking shoes are a must.
• Torch with new batteries - Compulsory per person
• No washroom facility while trekking, washroom available at base village only.
Cost Inclusion
• Transportation from Kasara – base village - Kasara by local Transport ST / Jeep
• Day 1 - Breakfast, veg lunch, Evening Tea, and veg Dinner
• Day 2 – Breakfast, veg Lunch, Evening Tea
• Technical Equipment, Expertise
• Treks and Trails, India charges if any
Cost Exclusion
• Travel till Kasara and back
• All kinds of Extra Meals / soft drinks ordered
• Insurance, tips, Porters, bottled mineral water, aerated drinks etc.
• Any kind of personal expenses (Camera charges, etc.)
• Any kind of cost which is not mentioned in the cost includes above
• All expenses incurred due to unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances like road blocks, bad weather
• Any medical / Emergency evacuations if required
Things to carry
• 2/3 liters of water bottles(Compulsory)
• Good Torch must with extra battery
• Trekking Shoes provide more grip and comfort on trek
• Sleeping material (Sleeping mat and sleeping bag or 2 bedsheets)
• Please carry your personal tea mugs, spoon, steel plate and a Swiss-knife
• A proper backpack (No side bags and jholas)
• Some Dry fruits / Dry Snacks / Energy Bars
• Glucon D / ORS / Tang / Gatorade sachets
• Sun Cap and Sunscreen
• Personal First aid and Personal Medicine
• Warm cloths (Jacket, Cap, Muffler)
• Extra pair of cloths, napkin
• Identity Proof
• Please wear Full sleeves and Full Track Pant this will protect from Summer Sun / Thorns / Insects / Prickles
Cancellation Policy
• 75% refund if notified via phone conversation 8 or more days prior to the event date.
• 50 % refund if notified via phone conversation 4 to 7 days prior to the event date.
• No refund if the cancellation requested is less than 3 days prior to event date
• No show No Refund.
• Event Tickets cannot be transferred to another date against cancellation.
• Event Tickets cannot be transferred to another person against cancellation.
• If Trek get cancelled, we will refund "Trek Amount" only.
49 total visits
- Start Date: January 11, 2020 01:20:00
- End Date: January 12, 2020 06:30:00
- Type: Paid
- Location: Pune
- Category: Camping
- Organizer : Trek and Trails India
- Address: Alang Ambewadi, Maharashtra 422604


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Chapter 72 Step by Step
Since it had come to this, no one there had any reason to stay. Ning Xueyan also returned to Bright Frost Garden with her people.
Now it was tranquil in the courtyard. Madam Dowager asked those from Bright Frost Garden to pick themselves up now that Madam Ling was ill, and she suppressed those who seemed to always suck up to Madam Ling. After recovering, Madam Ling also tried to take the opportunity to do something but was held back by Mother Han, who had always come up with some ideas to handle her. That was why Madam Ling hated Mother Han so much and dragged her into the mire.
Back in the courtyard, Lanning and Qingyu were sorting Ning Xueyan's items, while Mother Han come to talk to Ning Xueyan after packing her own things.
"Young Lady. The First Madam and the Second Young Lady paid the price this time. Now that this has happened, the Second Young Lady would not be the principal wife even if she were married into Commandery Prince Li's Manor. By no means can the First Madam and the Second Young Lady bully the Young Lady." Mother Han smiled as she spoke to Ning Xueyan. She had been delivered from great danger and had witnessed the course of the incident, so she was in high spirits at the moment.
But Ning Xueyan was not as delighted as Mother Han was. She lifted the corners of her mouth and said plainly, "Do you think Ning Yuling will only be a concubine, Mammy?"
"But things have gone like this... She was caught in bed with the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li before getting married. Won't she... just be a concubine?" Mother Han opened her eyes open and asked in confusion.
"Do you think they will let this get out, Mammy?" Ning Xueyan tittered indifferently.
No one else aside from the people from Lord Protector's Manor and Commandery Prince Li's Manor had seen the two of them stay together. To prevent it from getting out, they just needed an order from the masters.
Though Commandery Prince Li's Manor had a high status, they had little real power, while Ning Zu'an was the opposite. How would he allow his daughter to be someone's concubine? Now that it had gone like this, Commandery Prince Li's Consort Dowager would have to consent to the marriage whether she liked Ning Yuling or not.
But of course, Lord Protector's Manor would also have to pay some price for the marriage.
"Then what should we do, Young Lady? The First Madam will tyrannize you if the Second Young Lady becomes the consort of a princely heir." Mother Han became impatient. She thought that the evil-minded Second Young Lady had lost her chance, but she never expected that things would end up like this.
"Take it easy, Mammy. What do you think of the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li?" Ning Xueyan raised her head and asked softly.
"It would be interesting if the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li and Ning Yuling get married."
"The Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li, loose in morals, arrogant and overbearing, seems to be quite unsatisfied with the Second Young Lady judging by what he has done to her," Mother Han said after thinking. She was also a sophisticated old woman and her eyes brightened after saying this. "Does the Young Lady mean that the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li won't suffer this loss without taking any action?"
In the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li's eyes, Ning Yuling was just a dissolute jezebel. Everyone knew that he was unwilling to marry a woman like her. Seeing what she had done today, she was by no means virtuous.
She hooked up with the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li on her own accord and tried to pass the buck to Ning Xueyan when she was discovered, which was apparently to vilify Ning Xueyan. Ning Xueyan would have been wronged if she had not been astute enough.
If a woman like Ning Yuling became a householder in the harem, she would do harm to all other women in the manor. The Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li must have gotten dozens of beauties in his harem because he was so romantic. Why would he be willing to marry Ning Yuling?
"Nor was Ning Yuling willing to marry the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li," said Ning Xueyan, smiling slightly.
Ning Yuling loved the Third Prince rather than the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li, and she always posed as the Consort of the Third Prince. Compared with the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li, the Third Prince was much more handsome and attractive. Most importantly, the Third Prince had a brilliant future, which was incomparable to the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li, who was so indolent.
And the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li was notorious since he was often seen in brothels and goofed around.
No virtuous girl would marry him!
Ning Yuling would never fall in love with him because she was so arrogant.
So their marriage would never be successful. They had hated each other before their marriage, so who knew what it would be like when they got married?
Superficially, Lord Protector's Manor succeeded in saving its face but it would suffer more disturbances in the future. Even if Lord Protector's Manor and Commandery Prince Li's Manor tried everything to bring Ning Yuling and the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li together, it was likely that they would fail in the end since they were both unwilling to marry each other.
Hearing Ning Xueyan's words, Mother Han was enlightened. She stopped frowning and nodded vigorously.
"Mammy, what happened to Concubine Ma?" Ning Xueyan stopped smiling. The matter related to Ning Yuling had come to an end. Superficially, at least, Madam Ling did not suffer heavy losses. Now, she would need to figure out who had put poison in her soup. Knowing that it was not Mother Han, could it be Concubine Ma?
"Young Lady, I was called by Madam Dowager this morning and went to Auspicious Fortune Hall. There I saw Concubine Ma kneeling down. She said in tears that I had been on a rampage in the manor using your power. And she said that my son hit her brother outside the manor and that my son was domineering because he didn't admit to his fault."
Mother Han got angry when she said this. In Auspicious Fortune Hall, Concubine Ma cried and complained. Then, Madam Ling asked Mother Han whether she had only one son and then locked her up, saying that she would sell her the next day. It took no more than half an hour for the whole process. Mother Han was sentenced before she could even explain.
And she asked someone to watch Mother Han without any explanation.
"What's Concubine Ma's parentage?" Ning Xueyan asked this after thinking for a while. Concubine Ma was the key to this matter. Last time, Ning Xueyan learned that Concubine Ma was new to the manor and was favored by Ning Hu'an while she got along well with Madam Ling. Sometimes, when Ning Xueyan was taking a walk in the hall, she could see Madam Ling accompanying Concubine Ma and seemed to be joyful.
"Concubine Ma is from a humble family and was a peasant. I remembered that my son did fight with someone the other day, but that guy was in an opera troupe. Some people in the opera troupe occupied some land and put up a platform, which blocked the way. My son tried to discuss it with them but they just wouldn't listen. So they fought. Is Concubine Ma's brother someone from the opera troupe?"
Mother Han recalled this and told Ning Xueyan about the whole affair.
"Though Concubine Ma is from a humble family in the village with a humble origin, it seems impossible for her to bear any relationship with someone in the opera troupe." Ning Xueyan frowned. "There must be something I've missed, otherwise I can inquire about her origin."
"Then how did they find out Concubine Ma was pregnant?" Ning Xueyan continued asking.
"I don't know, either. I just heard from the doorkeeper, an older female servant, who gloated and said that the masters in the manor wouldn't do anything against her because she was pregnant and that I was the one who would be punished." Mother Han looked confused because she saw Concubine Ma still kneeling down when she was dragged out.
How was Concubine Ma found out to be pregnant within such a short time?
"How was Concubine Ma doing when you were in the hall?" Ning Xueyan smiled indifferently.
"She was crying when I got there but was not alarmed at all. Her words were well-organized when she testified against me, and I was stopped several times when I tried to defend myself. But I didn't see anything else strange." Mother Han shook her head. She did not find anything abnormal about Concubine Ma.
"Did she look and behave as usual and keep kneeling down when you left?" Ning Xueyan frowned. She came to realize something.
"Nothing different. Concubine Ma was kneeling down since my arrival and was still kneeling down when I left. She just spoke with tears. I was impatient at that time and was eager to defend myself. So maybe I lost some details."
"Now that they looked all right, then they must have planned everything. They planned how to frame Mother Han as well as how to let everyone know that Concubine Ma was pregnant. That's why Concubine Ma was so calm."
"She kneeled down for half an hour!"
Ning Xueyan sneered. "As expected, they planned everything. Concubine Ma was fine after kneeling down for so long! She framed Mother Han and got away with ease. Next, they will do something about her pregnancy.
"Madam Ling was so malicious. She framed me step by step and I would have been the one to be killed in the end."
"Mammy, go out of the manor and ask about Concubine Ma's family home, her previous job, and if there is anything special about her."
"Yes. I was planning to ask about my son and buy some crude drugs for the Young Lady. Young Lady, these drug stores were yours originally, but now belong to the First Madam. And I was bullied all the time." Tears came into Mother Han's eyes when she said this.
Mother Han was indignant when she thought that the Second Madam used to be in charge of those stores.
Superficially, the manor had provided drugs for Bright Frost Garden. But they did not have enough drugs to offer to two masters at the same time. And the drugs that Madam Ling sent to Bright Frost Garden were either fragmentary, of low quality, or had gone bad from moisture. These drugs could not be used at all.
So Mother Han would buy some drugs for Ning Xueyan every time she left the manor.
Hearing Mother Han's words, Ning Xueyan remembered Mother Han's son, Da Zhuang, who served in a drug store that his family operated.
The drug store was Madam Ming's dowry. The shopkeeper was not only business-minded but also knew some medical skills. That was why the store was still in his charge. He thus could lend a hand to his previous master privately. Otherwise, all of Madam Ming's stores would sooner or later be taken over by Madam Ling and become her private property.
Madam Ling was from a humble family. She had no dowry when she married into the manor. But now, all Madam Ming's dowry was taken over by her, and the entire staff was also replaced by her people. So she was indifferent to Mother Han and even teased her.
"Mammy, I have a dowry list from my uncle. You can check it and tell me the details." Ning Xueyan went over to the trousseau and opened it. She took out the list that Ming Feiyong had given her and handed it to Mother Han.
"It's so great that your uncle gave the list to you. Take it easy, Young Lady. I will count it up right away. I didn't expect that your uncle had been keeping the list for so many years. The Second Madam's list had already been destroyed by the First Madam," Mother Han said angrily.
During that time, Madam Ling pretended to view the list of the Second Madam's dowry and sent someone to fetch it for her. Mother Han had advised her to say that she did not have it but was refused by the Second Madam. Then she never saw the list again, while the Second Madam's stores were taken over by others one after another.
How could Mother Han not feel indignant?
"Don't worry, Mammy. Sooner or later, I'll take back what they took from me." Ning Xueyan smiled slightly but had a cold look cold in her eyes.
"I'll take back everything that belongs to me!
"And I'll take revenge on whoever framed me!
"I'm just waiting for the opportunity..."


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Dear Students,
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Fullerton College received $4.85 million from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), made possible by the CARES Act. These funds must be awarded directly to currently enrolled students who have been negatively impacted by the pandemic and are eligible to receive federal financial aid. Students who submit the eligibility form and qualify, will receive a $500 grant.
Awards will continue until available funds are exhausted. Any remaining eligible students will be placed on a virtual waiting list in case more funding is available at a later date.
The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) interest form will be active through May 22.
Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund FAQs
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Four of these birds can be found in various parts of Karnataka: great Indian bustard, Indian vulture, red-headed vulture and white-backed vulture.
Factors contributing the most to the decline in numbers of several bird species reveal that just like disappearing wetlands, most other habitats such as grasslands and forests are also facing severe threats due to developmental pressures.
Species labelled Critically Endangered category in India include migratory wetland species: Baer's pochard, Siberian crane and spoon-billed sandpiper; non-migratory wetland species: white-bellied heron; grassland species: Bengal florican, great Indian bustard, Jerdon's courser and sociable lapwing; forest species: forest owlet and scavengers: Indian vulture, red-headed vulture, white-backed vulture and slender-billed vulture. The Himalayan quail and pink-headed duck are considered Extinct.
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Source: dnaindia.com