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Weather For "THE" Big Weekend (So Far) in West Michigan! River Bank Run, Lip Dub, Tulip Time And More!
Easily the biggest weekend in Grand Rapids and West Michigan--event wise--so far this year is THIS one! 5th 3rd River Bank Run, Tulip Time wrapping up in Holland and The Lip Dub Sunday Downtown...add in the Gus Macker basketball tourney and the Wicked Diva's, and this is going to big one!
The fine folks at The Press/Mlive.com have the full weekend forecast spelled out in detail for the events...
Here's what to expect, forecasters say:
Saturday: High temperatures may struggle to reach 60 and could end up falling into the 50s as the rain moves in from the south.
Saturday Grand Rapids race conditions: Temperatures 55 to 60, winds 10 to 15 mph, and showers, varying from light to heavy, that move in around daybreak (6 to 7 a.m.) and stay for much of all of the race, according to Nathan Jeruzal of the Grand Rapids National Weather Service office.
Saturday Tulip Time parade conditions Upper 50s, with showers continuing.
Sunday: Lip Dub Forecast: Temperatures and are likely to stay in the 50s Sunday with steady rain at times and a blustery northeast wind.


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Republic Day Wishes
"Civilizations have arisen in other parts of the world. In ancient and modern times, wonderful ideas have been carried forward from one race to another...But mark you, my friends, it has been always with the blast of war trumpets and the march of embattled cohorts. Each idea had to be soaked in a deluge of blood..... Each word of power had to be followed by the groans of millions, by the wails of orphans, by the tears of widows. This, many other nations have taught; but India for thousands of years peacefully existed. Here activity prevailed when even Greece did not exist... Even earlier, when history has no record, and tradition dares not peer into the gloom of that intense past, even from until now, ideas after ideas have marched out from her, but every word has been spoken with a blessing behind it and peace before it. We, of all nations of the world, have never been a conquering race, and that blessing is on our head, and therefore we live....!" - Swami Vivekananda
Some Quotes on Mother India which will make us Indians Proud.
"India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border."
- Hu Shih (Former Ambassador of China to USA)
Historians, writers, politicians and other eminent personalities across the Globe have greatly appreciated India and its contribution to rest of the world. Though these remarks are only a partial reflection of the greatness of India, they certainly make us feel proud of our motherland.
"We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!"
- Albert Einstein (Theoretical Physicist, Germany)
"There are some parts of the world that, once visited, get into your heart and won't go. For me, India is such a place. When I first visited, I was stunned by the richness of the land, by its lush beauty and exotic architecture, by its ability to overload the senses with the pure, concentrated intensity of its colors, smells, tastes, and sounds. It was as if all my life I had been seeing the world in black and white and, when brought face-to-face with India, experienced everything re-rendered in brilliant technicolor."- Keith Bellows (Editor-in-chief, National Geographic Society
"India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most artistic materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!"- Mark Twain (Writer, America

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David Lynch and Mark Frost have often cited the demise of Twin Peaks in the 90s down to the interfering studio executives who forced them to reveal who killed Laura Palmer prematurely in the early episodes of Season 2, thus killing the mystery and ultimately leading to cancellation. This is what Lynch has to say on the matter:
"I had very little to do with Season 2, and I'm not happy with it. Up until 'Who killed Laura Palmer?" I was with it 100 percent, and then it drifted away. We had a little goose that was laying golden eggs, and they told us to snip its head off."
Now, with The Return, and having just viewed glorious Part 16, it's clear that the little goose took the form of Dougie and boy did he lay a lot of golden eggs. We waited and we waited and we waited 15 hours for the return of our hero Special Agent Dale Cooper and when he finally woke up it was proven well worth waiting for. Would the mystery have been kept alive if Coop had snapped out of his slumber in the first few hours? Although it was frustrating, we wouldn't have had The Return with its many mysterious eggs waiting to hatch along the way. Cooper's return is certain to contribute to an explosive finale this coming Sunday/Monday.
Part 16 opened with Mr C driving along the dark and dangerous highway at night with Richard Horne, who we now know is the son of Audrey Horne and Mr C after he visited Audrey in hospital and raped her when she was in a coma. No wonder Richard turned out a sadistic, evil git. In the words of Sailor Ripley, growing up he "didn't have much parental guidance". Unfortunately for Richard, there isn't much time for father/son bonding during their 25 year reunion. Mr C sends Richard to the exact position of the coordinates he's been given and Richard goes out like a firework. The only other witness to this violent act is a still very stoned and lost Jerry Horne who, unbeknown to him, has just seen the death of his own great-nephew. This is also an indication that Mr C is very close to Twin Peaks and I assume that is the next destination on his road trip as he'll next be inspecting the alternative coordinates given to him. Before he sets off he sends Diane a message: a smiley face (why doesn't he use emojis?!) and the word ALL.
In Las Vegas Cooper lies in hospital in a coma surrounded by his biggest fans: Janey-E, Sonny Jim, Bushnell Mullins and of course The Mitchum Brothers with Sandie, Mandie and Candie in tow with finger sandwiches. His 'home' is being watched by the FBI as well as Mr C's henchmen Chantalle and Hutch who soon meet their demise in an altercation with an enraged neighbour who has a machine gun in the back of his car. They go out in true Bonnie and Clyde fashion and I must admit I'll miss the criminal couple.
In the hospital, Cooper is left alone as that mysterious tinkling hum returns and Bushnell follows it out into the corridor as if under a trance. And suddenly he wakes up! Cooper finally returns to us in full speed caffeinated and ready to go Agent Cooper style. He knows exactly what is going on, who he is, where he is and why he is. The One Armed Man speaks for all of us when he says "You're awake… finally!". Without a moment's hesitation Cooper gets suited and booted in his black FBI suit and politely but assertively orders everyone around him to help him out. The Twin Peaks theme began to play and I sobbed with utter joy. I'll miss dumb Dougie Coop as he was so adorable and hilarious but nothing in the world compares to our Special Agent who finally woke up just in time. I am absolutely thrilled that Cooper has recruited the Mitchum crew to escort him to Twin Peaks, their unquestionable loyalty is wonderful and I adored the moment they agreed to fire up the private jet without a moment of hesitation.
It seems Cooper's heart is always going to have a special place in it for his adopted family and I have a feeling The One Armed Man will be manufacturing a Cooper look-alike to stand in for them in both Cooper and Dougie's absence. All of this manufacturing and seed business is getting a little complicated for my minute brain… Another incredible scene revealed that Diane wasn't really Diane after all, but another manufactured Doppelganger like Dougie, or a 'tulpa' as Tammy described. Twin Peaks continues to deal with the trauma of sexual assault as Diane breaks down upon revealing to Gordon, Albert and Tammy that when Mr C visited her unannounced 4 years after Cooper's disappearance, he raped her and took her to what sounds to be The Convenience Store. Laura Dern's performance was heart breaking. But is she Diane? She seemed to be fighting with herself to be herself whilst the evil doppelganger side of her aimed to shoot at the FBI. I determined that Mr C's 'ALL' message was giving Diane the direction to kill them all. But the FBI struck first and Diane, upon being shot, disappeared into the atmosphere and landed in The Black Lodge where she too, like Dougie, turned back into a 'seed' in the form of a golden marble. Is the real Diane out there? Or was she murdered by Mr C/BOB?
The oddest thing about this dramatic scene had to be Gordon's unperturbed reaction. Whilst Albert and Tammy seemed shaken by Diane's dramatic exit, Gordon, who had been listening keenly to the beeps and blips of the techy FBI machines set-up in their temporary HQ, simply remarked "Sheriff's station?!". I'm certain Cole was onto Diane all along. But why did she say she's in the Sheriff's station? We know that's where the coordinates will lead Mr C and thankfully Agent Cooper is also on his way there. Some fans are speculating that Diane is actually Naido – the woman with scars for eyes who is currently locked up at The Sheriff's Station. Naido backwards looks like, O-Dian. And Diane dresses in Asian style clothing but I'm not convinced and I sincerely hope we don't have another racist Tojamura type of disguise on our hands…
Audrey Horne finally arrives at The Roadhouse with the reluctant Charlie. They order dirty martinis and listen to Eddie Vedder crooning about time running out and never being the same again until the superb Roadhouse Announcer invites Audrey to the floor for 'Audrey's Dance'. I couldn't believe they were recreating her iconic dreamy dancing in such a dramatic way – the floor cleared and when the music started she entered into a trance. The discovery that followed, where Audrey appears to be either trapped in a psychiatric ward or maybe still in a coma, was shocking.
Part 16 was extremely satisfying but my mind is now tied in knots trying to make sense of tulpas and doppelgangers. We are racing rapidly towards the last two hours and it is sure to be extraordinary. My bet is that Julee Cruise may make an appearance in The Roadhouse and that the entire Return will be left on the most frustrating cliff-hanger imaginable. I cannot wait to see Cooper riding into Twin Peaks with the Mitchum Crew to back him up. A friend suggested maybe Lucy will take Sandie, Mandie and Candie on a tour of The Sheriff's Station and will show them all of the phones! This plus an appearance of Laura Palmer herself would make me a very happy Peakie.


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Holiday Inn Express Maceio Ponta Verde, Maceio
- Free WiFi and free parking
- Collect nights
Holiday Inn Express Maceio Ponta Verde, Maceiofrom $47
- Room, 2 Double Beds, Non Smoking
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking
- Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, View
- Standard Room
- Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible, Non Smoking (Mobility, Roll-In Shower)
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What's around Holiday Inn Express Maceio Ponta Verde, Maceio
- In Ponta Verde
- Pajucara Beach - 14 min walk
- Ponta Verde Beach - 23 min walk
- Pajuçara Handicraft Market - 7 min walk
- Skatepark Pajucara - 9 min walk
- Maceio Shopping Center - 28 min walk
- Museum of Image and Sound - 30 min walk
- Ruth Cardoso Exposition and Cultural Center - 31 min walk
Getting around
- Maceio (MCZ-Zumbi dos Palmares Intl.) - 29 min drive
- Maceio Station - 5 min drive
- Maceio Mercado Station - 7 min drive
- Maceio Bom Parto Station - 8 min drive
- Free self parking
- Limited parking
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 160 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 8 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-3 AM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Parents must have child's birth certificate and photo ID *
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Free self parking (limited)
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- Free buffet breakfast
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Fitness facilities
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Business center
- Meeting rooms
- Conference space size (feet) - 151
- Conference space size (meters) - 14
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
- Dutch
- English
- Portuguese
- Spanish
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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OppenheimerFunds recently announced a new rebranding effort for its retail sites and as of May 1 its Investor and Advisor sites now feature a new visual design. Overall, the new look is very clean, giving off a modern impression. The new charcoal background is accented by bright green highlights and a new logo design featuring sharper lettering and added color. The new branding does not affect the layout or navigation and no new online content was introduced. However, the rebrand definitely breathes new visual life into Oppenheimer's websites and overall online presence.
New OppenheimerFunds Advisor Homepage
Old Oppenheimer Funds Logo (Left), New Logo (Right)
Getting Advisors Up To Speed
Oppenheimer also made a point of communicating the branding news to its advisors. On the morning the rebranding went public, the firm sent an email to its advisors with a pep talk from CEO Bill Glavin. The letter announces a new name for the firm's institutional investment arm – OFI Global Asset Management – and includes a few details of the firm's rebranding plans not mentioned in press releases.
OppenheimerFunds Advisor Email
Closing Thoughts
The firm's rebranding move finds precedent in a number of rebrands performed by Advisor Monitor firms. For example, DWS Investments recently rebranded as Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DAWM) and implemented a visual redesign that, much like Oppenheimer's, does not alter website content. In DAWM's case, the rebranding was the result of a long running revision to corporate organization, but it would be wrong to speculate too heavily into Oppenheimer's exact reasoning for this current rebranding. Whatever their ultimate reasoning, Oppenheimer's rebranding efforts breathe new life into their website aesthetics and show their desire to stay fresh and competitive in the asset management industry.


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There are many things I really love about it, and a few things I don't like.
1. Being able to see immediate fulfillment after I've worked to do something. As opposed to raising a baby- which takes years.
I say this, though now I think about it, Ella and I were watching Bachelor in Paradise the other day (I know, I know.) and Ashley I. was crying about something on the show, and Ella looked at her on the screen... observing... and then looked at me and pretend cried, her hands covering her eyes like on TV. It was both funny, and frightening.
2. Having my mom babysit Ella. Ella just adores Granny D, I never worry a bit about leaving my baby behind when I leave. That is so nice.
3. Working with adults- and feeling like a working professional again. Its empowering and confidence building.
Not liking:
1. Since I'm new at work, there's a learning curve- and I've been staying late to get up to speed. I don't like it. It makes me feel so guilty when I get home and see baby Ella.
In other news, we took Mouritsen family photos today. It was hard getting Ella to sit still and smile- I mean, it is a tough request- so we'll see how they turn out. But I was able to get 1 or 2 of Ella happy with family- though not sitting still.


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Eat Drink Paleo Team
I don't have an official team, just like I don't have an actual office. I work from my kitchen, my couch and any cafe around London, Sydney or where ever I might be that won't kick me out after two hours of typing away on my laptop while drinking the same cup of filter coffee. But I am surrounded (even if virtually) by amazing, talented, kind and encouraging people who contribute to Eat Drink Paleo in one way or another. Let's meet them!
Irena Macri – Chief Executive Foodie
Yep, Chief Executive Foodie actually my email signature and that's pretty much what I do. I publish Eat Drink Paleo website, which involves everything from cooking the recipes you see, taking photographs, writing (sometimes badly), working the WordPress magic, managing Eat Drink Paleo communities on different social media platforms, and the list goes on. More about me here.
My favourite foods: sweet potato, grass fed beef, oysters, truffles (the fungi type), salmon
Best wellbeing tip I've been given: A salad a day keeps the doctor away!
Favourite thing about paleo cooking: Amount of vegetables I get to eat
Gloria Tong – Sales, Marketing & PR
Gloria is based in Sydney and looks after the customer sales support, guest bloggers, marketing and PR for Eat Drink Paleo. She also teaches yoga and loves swimming, gardening and long walks, often with her little daughter in tow. You can get in touch with her via email@example.com
My favourite foods: mushrooms, seafood, chocolate, mangos and fresh coconuts
The best wellbeing tip I've been given: keep phones and ipads out of the bedroom – it's too easy to stare at a screen late at night or log-on first thing in the morning.
Favourite thing about paleo cooking: the versatility of the sweet potato!
If you want to get in touch about advertising, sponsorships, partnerships and ambassadorships, please contact James or Victoria at The Insiders Agency email@example.com
Melanie Charters – Magical Content Creator
Melanie grew up on a small property in Northern NSW, Australia, with cows, fruit trees, beehives and a veggie patch. She loves to travel and over the last 10 years has lived in New Zealand, London, and Berlin. Melanie has always loved to cook so contributing to the Eat Drink Paleo website provides the perfect opportunity for her to combine her love of food and her background in digital communications. When not out exploring Berlin on her bike, she can be found learning to knit and dreaming of a day when she can have her own patch of dirt and some chickens.
My 5 favourite foods:
- Mangoes – remind me of scorching hot childhood Summers in Australia
- Avocados – smashed with tomato and herbs
- Eggs – poached, scrambled, boiled, fried, baked…
- Coconut (so happy this is Paleo!)
- Pan fried salmon with homemade parsley and lemon pesto (a frequent dinner at our house)
The best wellbeing/health tip I've been given: Start every day with the juice of half a lemon in a glass of warm water – stimulates digestion, cleanses the liver and kidneys, and alkalises the system.
My favourite thing about paleo is: How good I feel when I #JERF (Just Eat Real Food)!
Carla Hackett – Design & Lettering
Carla is a Melbourne-based letterer who runs her studio from a sunny shared creative space Little Gold Studios in Brunswick. She hand-crafts lettering for a range of clients in creative industries, including fashion, music, food, branding, retail, hospitality, magazines, books, weddings and conferences. Her aim is to bring a warm, unique, human element to a world dominated by digital fonts and design and that's exactly what she did for Eat Drink Paleo. Carla is responsible for my gorgeous, playful logo and other chalk lettered elements on the website. She is, however, better known for being the art directing and design force behind my Eat Drink Paleo cookbook.
She loves slow food, coffee and travel, and has a worrying obsession with finding the world's best gelato. When not laughing at cat videos on YouTube, she can be found riding her pink bicycle around the backstreets of Brunswick and Fitzroy pointing out beautiful vintage lettering to anyone who will listen. You can contact Carla via her website, Instagram or Facebook.
My favourite 5 foods: Gelato, Japanese anything, coconut and berry smoothie, omelette with a side of bacon, a well cooked steak.
The best wellbeing/health tip I've been given: Cutting out wheat and sugar was a life-changer, also watch youtube videos of cats when feeling down.
My favourite thing about paleo is: The way clean eating of a wide variety of fresh, whole foods makes me feel great inside and out. It's specific to my body, and I'll eat gelato if I want to!
Jodie Earl – Editor
Jodie is a writer, editor and copywriter who takes as much pleasure in writing about food as she does eating good food… well, almost! When not on her laptop, Jodie can be found hanging out at cafes and running the trails in the Blue Mountains, Australia, where she lives and works. Jodie is the editor of the Eat Drink Paleo cookbook and she is my preferred gal for whenever I need to edit or proofread freelance articles, ebooks and so on.
My favourite 5 foods:
Fish (I'll nearly always order the fish dish off the menu)
Rocket, pear, fennel and parmesan salad (I'll eat this at least three times a week)
Red wine (a glass with dinner most nights!)
Cookies and cream ice-cream (my ultimate dessert)
Any meal made by my husband!
The best wellbeing/health tip I've ever been given is: "Everything in moderation."
My favourite thing about paleo is: Its emphasis on fresh, natural, sustainably sourced produce.
My Tech Team – coming soon!


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Single Stream Recycling
Single Stream Recycling is a technology that allows participants to place all of their recyclables—such as fiber (newspaper, office paper and cardboard) and non-fiber or commingled (plastic and glass bottles, steel and aluminum cans)—into a single container for subsequent collection, processing and remarketing. There is no sorting of materials into separate bins and no use of multiple collection vehicles! That means less noise and less truck traffic in your neighborhoods!
The simplicity of a single cart and the program's ability to accommodate a wider range of materials allows customers to collect, on average, 30 percent more recyclables compared to previous dual- or multi-stream programs. In addition, Single Steam Recycling contributes to the reduction of carbon dioxide and methane emissions, which are gases linked directly to climate change.
Single Stream Recycling is available for commercial services and most residential and municipal services.
Solid Waste
Waste Management of New Jersey provides solid waste collection services to thousands of customers across the state ranging from individual homeowners, to municipalities, to major commercial and industrial sites.
Did you know?
The average person creates about 4.4 pounds of trash a day. That equates to about 19,157 tons of trash a day in New Jersey!


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Petition demands handicap access at busy subway stop
The South Bronx Community Congress is calling on the MTA to provide handicap access to a busy subway stop in the borough.
During a public hearing on fare hikes, the group presented the MTA with a petition signed by 750 people who want an elevator at 149th Street and the Grand Concourse. They complain that there are three sets of staircases that commuters must climb or descend at the station.
Lincoln Hospital and Hostos Community College are also pushing for an elevator, but there's no word yet on whether the MTA has plans to install one.
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Nazarov Nikolai Igorevich
Postgraduate of Audit and Economic Analysis
Ukraine, National University of State Tax Service of Ukraine
This paper presents the results of research methodologies for assessing the competitiveness of the region based on the analysis of literary sources. The study stated the author's technique assessing the competitiveness of the region, in accordance with the paradigm of regional development.
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competitiveness of the region, the evaluation of regional competitiveness, competitive advantage, level of competitiveness of the region, the integrated assessment of regional competitiveness.
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"Happy family is an American-Chinese dish with seafood, meat, and vegetables cooked in brown sauce. Easy Happy family recipes that you can make at home.
I was first introduced to Happy Family during my college days.
I was in graduate school, back in the Midwest, and not quite cooking up a storm like I am doing now.
So, hitting local Chinese buffets and take-outs was a good place to be for someone like me who misses their Chinese food.
It was also then that I got acquainted to all the popular American-Chinese food selections.
I was mostly intrigued by the American version of Sweet and Sour Chicken, BBQ Ribs, Crab Rangoon, Egg Drop Soup, to name a few, and among these, Happy Family was one of them.
Although spending a whopping US$13 (I was a poor international student then) for a large order of Happy Family with white rice on the side seemed hefty for a college student, my friends and I would usually save up to order a few items and share among ourselves, sometimes enough to last us for 3 days!
Being so far from home, Chinese food—albeit the Americanized version—was always our comfort food.
I missed home dearly, particularly mom's cooking.
At the end of the day, mom always made sure we had a balanced meal.
A typical family dine-in experience is usually served with dishes consisting of meat, vegetables and seafood of some sort.
And that is exactly what the dish Happy Family is! It is a popular Chinese stir-fry dish with colorful vegetables (broccoli, water chestnuts, baby corn, bamboo shoots, mushroom, carrots, etc.), meats (beef, pork/BBQ Pork and chicken) and seafood (shrimp, lobster/crab meat and scallops) cooked in a simple brown sauce.
I don't think I have ever encountered any dish quite like Happy Family. It's a great one-pot meal filled with goodness and taste!
In my book, Happy Family is one of those delicious guilt-free happy meals that symbolizes a well-balanced Chinese dish and an American-Chinese creation that I actually enjoy.
What is your favorite American-Chinese dish?
Happy Family Recipe
Happy family is an American-Chinese dish with seafood, meat, and vegetables cooked in brown sauce. Easy Happy family recipes that you can make at home.
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 1 cup cut onion, green and red bell peppers
- 2 cups mixed vegetables, broccoli florets, sliced carrot and trimmed sugar snap peas/snow peas
- 1 1/2 cups canned vegetables, straw mushroom, bamboo shoot sliced, young baby corn and water chestnut sliced
- 1 cup meat, pork/BBQ pork, chicken breast, and beef(sliced)
- 1/2 cup mixed seafood, peeled and cleaned shrimp, lobster meat/crab meat and sea scallops
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 teaspoon dry sherry wine or any Chinese cooking wine
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
Brown Sauce:
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 3 dash of ground white pepper
- 2 tablespoons dry sherry wine or any Chinese cooking wine
- 1/2-3/4 cup chicken broth mixed with 1 teaspoon of cornstarch
- Salt and Sugar to taste
Marinade meat and seafood with a little salt, pepper, sugar and a dash of cooking wine. Set aside. In a bowl, mix all the seasoning ingredients for the Brown Sauce and set aside.
In a wok, heat 2 tablespoon oil to smoky hot, stir-fry onions and peppers until lightly charred, add in minced garlic, briskly stir-fry until fragrant, toss in the broccoli florets, carrots, and continue stir-frying for about 2 minutes, dash a little salt and pepper, mix well and dish up. Set aside.
Lightly clean up wok with damp paper towel. Heat up wok with remaining 1 tablespoon oil, stir-fry shrimp, lobster/crab meat for 1 minute, toss in sliced beef and pork/BBQ pork and continue to stir-fry for another 1 minute, or until lightly browned.
Toss in the mixed canned vegetables, stir well, add in the Brown Sauce seasoning, pour in the chicken broth and continue to stir-fry until vegetables are tender enough to your liking, meat and seafood is thoroughly cooked. Adjust salt, sugar, or other flavorings as per taste. Dish up and serve with hot steamed rice.
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A 30 year old white male was seen in our Walk in Medical Center for treatment of smoking cessation. The patient had been smoking for 16 years but decided to quit smoking immediately but was unable to get an appointment. He was able to come to our walk in medical center as there is no appointment needed. The patient was seen by Dr. Usha Jain who explained the risks of smoking such as cancer, stroke, heart attacks etc.
The patient had blood drawn for basic lab tests and was givet a Chantix prescription.


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This little recipe for almond tuiles is a keeper! It's so crispy and yummy- ALL of the crispy tuiles were gobbled up by Boss Man and toddler in 10 seconds.
(Ingredients for 18 crispy tuiles)
2 egg whites (66-70g size eggs)
50g caster sugar
1 pinch salt
40g low gluten flour
25g melted butter (microwave for 30 seconds)
100g flaked almonds
1. Using a whisk, mix egg whites, caster sugar, and salt until combined. Add flour and mix until combined. Stir in melted butter. Lightly stir in flaked almonds. Leave in fridge for 30 minutes.
2. Spread a tsp of batter thinly on a tray lined with baking paper using the back of the fork dipped in water. Ensure all almond flakes are separated and are not on top of each other.
3. Bake in 150°C preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.
4. Working quickly, lift the tuiles off the tray using a knife. Allow to cool and hardened.


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NEW LONDON, Conn. – Mitchell College never trailed in a 101-90 victory over Wheelock College on Wednesday night in New England Collegiate Conference men's basketball action at the Yarnall Athletic Center.
Domenico Santiago scored a career-high 34 points on 16-for-19 shooting, one of five Mariners in double figures in the contest. Alan Morgan added a season-high 18 points to go with a game-high seven assists while Hasani Williams contributed 17 points. Brayvon Young and Steffen Brunson each chipped in 10 points as the Mitchell starters accounted for all but 12 points on the night.
Rookies Brendan Miller and Erick Hernandez fueled the Wheelock offense. Miller finished with a season-high 25 points and nine rebounds and shot 11-for-20 from the field. Hernandez netted 14 of his season-high 18 points in the second half and shot 6-for-10. Dejuan Rodriguez and Kadeem Apply also scored in double figures with 13 points apiece.
Mitchell scored on its first three possessions and led by double digits just 5:10 into the game. Santiago scored the first 10 points for the Mariners, who took a 49-34 lead into the locker room at intermission. Santiago was dominant in the half, shooting 10-for-10 from the floor to lead all scorers with 20 points.
Hernandez gave the Wildcats a spark early in the second half, draining a pair of threes in the opening 2:07 of the stanza. However, the Mariners kept their cushion to double digits for the entire half, taking their largest lead of the game at 89-69 on a three-pointer by Morgan with 6:06 remaining. Wheelock used full-court pressure to cut the deficit down in the final minutes, but Mitchell held on to secure a sweep of the regular season series for the first time since 2014.
Mitchell shot a season-high 59 percent and finished with a 43-31 edge on the glass. Santiago grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds to record his 12th double-double of the season. Williams also finished with 12 boards to notch his 13th double-double of the year.
Mitchell (12-10 overall, 8-3 NECC) will next play at Southern Vermont College on Saturday, February 10 at 1 p.m. Wheelock (3-18 overall, 2-9 NECC) returns to action at home against Elms College on Saturday at noon.


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Eyewitnesses to History (7) -- The Sky over Yan'an
In 1943, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in China had been going on for six years. It entered the most difficult stage of strategic stalemate.
On a cloudy winter day, a group of foreigners came to the Eighth Route Army's Liaison Office in Chongqing.
Visitors came here every day, rain or shine. Among this group of visitors were Atkinson of the New York Times, H. Foreman of UPI and The Times, Gunther Stein of AP and Israel Epstein of the Time weekly. They interviewed Dong Biwu and expressed their wish to visit the areas led by the Communist Party.
Dong Biwu said there were no fundamental disputes between the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang, because the former also favoured the basic ideas of Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles. Since the outbreak of the war in 1937, he went on, the Communist Party had done nothing against the Three People's Principles. Dong Biwu said the foreign journalists could see with their own eyes if they made on-the-spot investigations.
At a guesthouse on the south bank of the Jialing River, the journalists wrote their reports on this interview. But their reports were pigeonholed by the Kuomintang press censors.
The angered foreign journalists decided to act in unison. They wrote a joint letter to Chiang Kai-shek, demanding a tour of Yan'an.
They waited impatiently for many days. At last six foreign journalists had their wish fulfilled and travelled to Yan'an. This would make a breach in the news blackout imposed by the Kuomintang since the Southern Anhui Incident in 1941.
Yan'an extended a hearty welcome to the guests from afar.
As compared with foggy and cloudy Chongqing, Yan'an presented another picture for the foreign journalists. The vast highland, the dry climate and the bright sunshine made them very happy.
Gunther Stein described Yan'an as a calm and clean village, like a college campus of the Middle Ages rather than the military and political centre of the Chinese Communist Party, where the sun was playing a peaceful and lively rustic melody on the semi-waste but exceptionally attractive land.
This was Yangjialing, the general headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party. Many strategic decisions had been made here since the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Here the Seventh National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held from April 23 to June 11, 1945. It formulated the epoch-making strategic line.
The foreign journalists found it very free to deal with the Communists. They did not see any over-elaborate formalities in official circles.
Earlier, Edgar Snow, the first foreign journalist visiting Northern Shaanxi Province, had been renowned worldwide. In those days, Bao'an was the red capital. Shortly after he left Bao'an, the red capital was moved to Yan'an.
At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, many foreign journalists were attracted to Yan'an by its reputation. They included Agnes Smedley, Edgar Snow's wife Helen, James Bertram, Steel and Bosshard, a press photographer of a newspaper in Zurich. Owen Lattimore had been a journalist, but he came as a scholar.
Israel Epstein and five other foreign journalists jointly interviewed Mao Zedong. In a strong Xiangtan accent, he told them about the War of Resistance. Happily he had photos taken together with the foreign journalists.
The Communists would not let any opportunity slip by to propagate their anti-Japanese position to the world. Edgar Snow seized this opportunity. He was allowed to have long conversations with Mao Zedong and many other high-level members of the Chinese Communist Party. It was for the first time that Mao Zedong opened up his heart to this foreign journalist. Edgar Snow felt as if he had obtained a rare treasure.
The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Academy was the predecessor of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political College. Students of the Red Army Academy used stone caves as classrooms, stone walls as blackboards and stones as desks and chairs. They attended classes under trees and in the open air. They established their academy with their own hands.
The lamp in Mao Zedong's cave often gave light all through the night. He told Edgar Snow about his life experiences. This was the only self-introduction for Mao Zedong.
Liu Lizhen still remembers her impressions she gained when she saw foreigners for the first time.
In those days, everybody had to go to Yan'an by way of Xi'an. It was the starting point of the Silk Road built more than 2,000 years before. In the 1930s and 1940s, many foreign journalists and friends started from here to go to Yan'an.
It was a road of hardships and dangers, but the blockade lines could not block the curiosity of foreign journalists. James Bertram, a correspondent of The Times, hid under rice bags in a lorry of the Eighth Route Army when he travelled to Yan'an.
In Yan'an, James Bertram was accorded a warm welcome. He was invited to attend a graduation ceremony of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political College.
For the first time he saw Mao Zedong who was delivering a speech. He was impressed by the wisdom and charm of the peasant leader. He found Yan'an was a place permeated with an atmosphere of democracy and equality absent in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, a place with vigour and a force of tenacious resistance to Japanese aggression.
Later James Bertram recalled that he had a series of interviews with Mao Zedong in the following weeks and all those interviews were held in the evening, because that was the best time for him to work. Mao leaned against a deck chair and read telegrams coming continuously from the front. He wrote something on each telegram, handed it to an assistant and continued to talk about Bertram's long list of questions.
Bertram observed Mao Zedong almost with a feeling of admiration. Sometimes, Mao Zedong gazed at the night scene outside the window. Sometimes he touched his prominent forehead. Sometimes he tapped the nevus of good luck on his lower jaw. Bertram felt Mao Zedong was the incarnation of Zhuge Liang who could foresee with divine precision.
Mao Zedong's talk with Bertram was published on October 25, 1937 under the title "Interview with the British Journalist James Bertram".
Owen Lattimore and other foreign journalists came to Yan'an a few months earlier than James Bertram. They had much more trouble during their travel.
In early June, 1937, they pretended to be tourists, got to Taiyuan from Beijing, went southward to Xi'an by train and finally arrived in Yan'an.
Owen Lattimore found that Mao Zedong was willing to talk for hours with the Americans he had never met before. Their questions were very simple, but Mao talked patiently with the simplest terms.
The yangge dance was the pick of folk culture in northern Shaanxi Province. This rustic form of art was almost the only way of recreation in Yan'an. Agnes Smedley changed the situation. She introduced the social dance to Yan'an. It was her great innovation.
Smedley gave a course of dancing in a Catholic church. She selected some old records and used a hand gramophone. Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, He Long and other leaders attended the course in the evening. They were taught to dance by Smedley and her interpreter Wu Lili, an actress from Shanghai. But Peng Dehuai would rather sit by. The foreign journalists danced to the music from the old records. They were curious about the atmosphere in Yan'an different from that in Chongqing.
Tens of years have passed. Qiao'ergou Church is now the site of the Yan'an Lu Xun Art School. The yangge dance is still a required course for the students.
After his tour of Yan'an, Gunther Stein wrote a book entitled The Challenge of Red China. He said Yan'an was permeated with a lively and natural atmosphere and it seemed that the American officers and men were fascinated by the happy, enthusiastic and practical Eighth Route Army soldiers.
James Bertram had been well known for his coverage of the Xi'an Incident. He discovered something interesting. The foreign journalists each showed favour to a leader of the Chinese Communist Party. Edgar Snow showed favour to Mao Zedong, Agnes Smedley to Zhu De, Helen Snow to the women revolutionaries in Yan'an and he himself to He Long.
Edgar Snow was the first man who successfully displayed Mao Zedong's image to the world. To make it easier for American readers to understand, he even compared him to Abraham Lincoln, a great man known to every American family. Snow said, Mao Zedong was a very interesting and complicated figure with the simple and true character of Chinese peasants. He said, Mao had a sense of humour and loved to smile innocently. Even when he spoke of himself and the shortcomings of the Soviet political power, he smiled all over. But the childish smile did not shake his conviction. He spoke amiably and led a simple life. Some people thought he was a bit vulgar, but he combined a strange quality of unaffectedness and simplicity with acute resourcefulness and shrewdness.
When Agnes Smedley saw Zhu De for the first time, it was an ordinary but lively scene. She described it in her book The Great Road. She saw a short but robust serviceman in his blue uniform getting up at a desk with a candle on it. She saw Zhu De she had mentioned again and again in her writing over the years. Indeed, he looked like the father of the Red Army. Gentle and friendly, he was over fifty, with deep wrinkles on his face. His thick lips cracked a smile of welcome. He extended out his hand to her and she kissed his cheeks.
Zhu De looked like a kindly father. He was also a general, brave and skilful in battle.
Gunter Stein came to Yan'an in 1944. He was deeply impressed by Nie Rongzhen. In his book The Challenge of Red China, Stein described General Nie Rongzhen as a tall and thin man who looked younger than his age of 46. Nie was dressed in a cotton-cloth uniform like an ordinary soldier, but more neatly than anybody else Stein had seen in Yan'an. His long face, like his whole, looked resourceful, displaying extraordinary stamina, discipline and boldness of vision. But he was very kind, modest and humorous.
A few months later in Chongqing, Baker saw Gunther Stein and others who had come back from Yan'an. Baker would submit to the U.S. State Department an analytical report on the foreign journalists' tour of Yan'an.
When he talked with the journalists, Baker found that their tour had made a great impact on them. Both Baker and the journalists felt that the discrepancy between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang was so great and conspicuous that it was impossible to prevent the outbreak of a civil war. They believed that the Communists would most hopefully win the civil war.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek prepared to launch a civil war with the support of the U.S. government. The peaceful life in Yan'an began to change.
In August 1946, 60-year-old Anna Louise Strong flew to Yan'an from Beiping by a plane of the U.S. Military Mediation Office. She stayed at a cave dwelling of the U.S. Army's observation group known as the "American Compound".
When he talked with Anna Louise Strong who had come to China again, Mao Zedong was full of confidence in the coming victory.
Anna Louise Strong had come to China on several occasions since 1925. She interviewed prominent figures like Feng Yuxiang, Wu Peifu, Soong Ching Ling and Mikhail Markovich Borodin. But her interview with Mao Zedong became a work that would be handed down to posterity. At the stone table and stools under this pear-leaved crabapple tree, Mao Zedong told her metaphorically that "all reactionaries are paper tigers". This famous statement was known to the whole world.
Over two years later in January 1947, General George Marshall who had come to mediate between the conflicting Kuomintang and Communist Party left China sadly after he failed to fulfill his political mission.
Theodore White, a correspondent of the Time weekly in Chongqing, wrote a letter to George Marshall. He said the power to make decisions on the question of China was in the hands of millions upon millions of peasants, and the peasants living in small villages were the foundation of revolution and politics. It seemed that this journalist had a better understanding of the Chinese revolution than the senior soldier and politician.
The trial of strength between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party moved from the conference table to the battleground. In February 1947, eleven American journalists joined the last group of the Chinese Communist Party personnel of the Executive Headquarters for Military Mediation withdrawing from Nanjing to Yan'an. They made their last joint interview in the sacred place of the Chinese revolution. After the interview, John Roderick, an AP reporter, described how he left Yan'an. He found that Mao Zedong with a woolen scarf round his neck was standing on the runway of the Yan'an airport and lost in thought while gazing at the mountain valley in the distance. Roderick walked up to Mao. The chairman of the Chinese Communist Party extended his hand smilingly and asked him to write exactly what he had seen in Yan'an. Roderick said the prospects of communism in China seemed to be gloomy and asked what would occur in the future. Smiling indifferently, Mao Zedong called Roderick by his Chinese name and said, "I invite you to see me in Beiping in two years."
Exactly two years later in 1949, one day in February, Steel, a reporter of the New York Herald Tribune, witnessed the Liberation Army entering the city of Beiping. He saw hundreds of American military trucks captured from the Kuomintang troops and dozens of American cannons.
In the days when the Liberation Army forces were encircling Beiping, the American weekly Life showed its peculiar sensitivity. It invited Henri Cartier Bresson, a well-known French press photographer, to take photos all over Beijing. On January 3, 1949, the Life weekly published photos taken by Bresson in Beiping. Entitled "A Last Look at Beiping", the group of photos had captions on Taijiquan, people at secondhand bookstalls, teahouses, the Forbidden City, lanes, troops and policemen, bird fanciers and funerals. Bresson observed the city of Beijing in the great historical turmoil and recorded the residents and culture of Beijing with his unique way of photography. It seemed to the Americans that the gain or loss of Beijing would determine the destiny of China.
After the peaceful liberation of Beiping, editors of the Life weekly showed unusual ingenuity when they published another group of photos under the title "The Rise and Fall of the Kuomintang". It reviewed the annals of China in half a century and finally focussed on the three great men of the Chinese Communist Party.
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CHICAGO – To say Joakim Noah plays with energy or brings emotion to the court for the Chicago Bulls is to say that the sun plays with light and brings heat to the Earth. See, it's so much more than that.
Noah radiates that stuff.
If coach Tom Thibodeau is Chicago's single-mindedness and hard-headedness, if Derrick Rose when healthy is the team's heart, Noah is its soul. Always quick to rouse and praise the 22,000-plus who fill United Center for each game, the truth is none of them burns for the Bulls the way he does. None of them grabs them by their horns and hoists them on his back the way Noah has done lately, either, putting up big numbers that only scratch the surface of the impact he's having these days.
Noah crammed the score sheet Saturday night in the Bulls' thorough beating of Brooklyn with 21 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, four blocks and two steals. He made 10 of his 13 field-goal attempts – and one of those was a halfcourt heave at the third-quarter buzzer that more stats-conscious players always seem to fling an instant too late to avoid dinging their percentages.
In Chicago's previous game, their spanking of Philadelphia on TNT Thursday, his numbers truly conveyed the spectacular performance he gave: 23 points (8 of 12 from the floor), 21 rebounds and 11 blocked shots. He became only the sixth player since the NBA began tabulating blocks (sorry, Wilt and Russ) to go 20-20-10 in quite that way. The others: Hakeem Olajuwon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shawn Bradley, Shaquille O'Neal and Elvin Hayes.
Late in the Sixers game, as Noah shot a pair of free throws in United Center's west end, the crowd swelled up with a familiar chant of "M-V-P! M-V-P!" In Noah's case, "D-P-O-Y! D-P-O-Y!" would have been a better fit, for it is the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award for which he'll get serious consideration.
But the "MVP" stuff was a link of sorts, too, to Rose, the Bulls' missing All-Star now in the late stages of his rehab from left knee surgery. Not having Rose available for the season's first four months has led some Chicagoans to keep the team at arm's length, as if they're not sure whether to invest emotionally or otherwise in what Bulls management has been selling this season.
Noah, meanwhile, is incapable of such detachment. The vision he has for the Bulls is true. The last two games, it's as if he slit open a vein and spilled it all over the court for the world to see.
"I don't have a choice," Noah said after the Brooklyn game. "This is my job and this is my life. Everything is built around, y'know, this. There's nothing better right now than winning basketball games. It's been an up-and-down year. But I really feel like when we're playing our best, we can really beat a lot of people. So the potential is definitely there."
Noah has been leading the way, not by rounding up two of everything the way that Biblical version did but by grabbing a whole bunch of many things, from rebounds to blocks to, his latest wrinkle, field goals. He never had run off consecutive 20-point games until now, and his offensive inclinations alone have made a difference: When the 6-foot-11 center takes at least 10 shots, the Bulls are 22-7 this season.
"Most people don't expect Jo to shoot the ball," said forward Carlos Boozer, after heaping all sorts of DPOY love on Noah. "But when he's aggressive and he's going to the hoop and he's hitting the jump shot, teams don't know what to do. Because now you've got five guys that can put the ball in the hole."
Said Noah: "It's just opportunity. Just diving harder to the basket. My teammates are looking for me. I'm not really doing anything different than I've been doing. It's just … stats, I guess."
Stats don't much move Noah's needle. Winning does. Winning postseason games does. Teammates plugging into his power source, that's pretty good too.
And pretty standard now, with Noah consciously stepping into the breach of Rose's absence.
"With Derrick being gone this year, from what I've seen, he's been that leader since Day 1," said veteran backup Nazr Mohammed. "He's also a guy who leads by example. You come in and see his energy, his focus before games."
Sometimes there's an (over) abundance. Noah was called for a foul just 85 seconds into the game Saturday, then griped his way to a technical from ref Scott Foster. But he stuck around to play 41 minutes, picking up only two more personals.
There was a stormy game against Memphis in January when Thibodeau yanked Noah and kept him out, the player apologizing the next day for some untoward words.
Most nights now, he harnesses it. Lately, he's channeling it.
"You have to take what you get from guys," Mohammed said. "If a guy's emotional, you take that away from him, you affect his game."
The Bulls are better off with Noah radiating and spilling over to teammates. The talking he does defensively, to clue in forwards and guard on the defensive floor he sees in front of him, is only part of it.
"I think that's a big aspect of his game also to get real excited when a big play goes down," forward Jimmy Butler said, "not if he does it but when somebody else does it. That's part of being a leader, which he's great at being.
"I feel like everybody feeds off his energy. Everybody feeds off his emotion. You see him yelling, it's like something in you is like, 'I'm gonna do it too.' "
On the good nights, those other Bulls wind up as moons, reflecting what their pony-tailed, free spirit center throws off. As for Noah himself, well, he doesn't have a choice.


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This is the fourteenth in a series of profiles about recent NIH postdocs who have found an array of jobs, from academia to industry to communications and beyond, in the U.S. and abroad. What do they do now, and how did they get there? What challenges did they face, and what advice do they have? Read on to find out.
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Aug. 19 - South Korea unveils a new monument on a disputed Pacific island amid rising tensions with Japan. Andrew Raven reports.
The diplomatic row over these small, remote Pacific islands continues to simmer. On Sunday, South Korea unveiled a new monument on one of the isles, which is also claimed by Japan. The ceremony was meant to cement Korea's claim to the chain, which is believed to sit atop billions of dollars of natural gas deposits. "Dokdo is clearly South Korea's territory historically, geographically and under international law," says security minister Maeng Hyung-ku. Last week, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak drew the ire of Japan for visiting the islands, which Tokyo calls Takeshima. The feud is one of several between the countries of east Asia, who are jockeying to control the resource-rich waters of the Pacific.


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Who could've guessed an idea for a presidential address to schoolchildren, encouraging them to stay in school, would create such a political minefield for school superintendents?
The initial reaction of most San Antonio school districts upon hearing that President Obama would deliver a speech especially for kids next week was to say teachers could show it in their classrooms.
But soon what seemed like an easy decision spawned closed-door senior staff meetings and phone calls between leaders of San Antonio's largest school districts to discuss what to do.
About half the districts who responded to a query from the Express-News, including the city's two largest – Northside and North East – say they'll tape the speech and provide a link to it from their Web sites.
The rest – including Alamo Heights, San Antonio and South San Antonio ISD's – are allowing teachers to show the speech if they choose. San Antonio ISD added the caveat that it should fit in with the curriculum.
Richard Middleton sent a letter to parents Thursday explaining his decision:
"There has been quite a bit of media attention recently over President Obama's address to school students on September 8, 2009," the letter began.
"I am sending this message home to inform you about North East ISD's position on this. To avoid a disruption to the school day and loss of academic time, NEISD will provide the President's address for families to watch at home if they so choose. The district will tape the speech and provide a link through the district's Parent Portal.
The decision to record the speech and make it available on our Web site is for logistics and convenience purposes. I realize the highly-charged political environment is in the news, but quite frankly, many students will be at lunch, P.E. and other activities outside the classroom during the original broadcast.
Regardless of political party, adults should model respect for the office of the President of the United States.Thank you for your understanding on this matter."
Middleton said he got some flak from parents for the remark about respecting the office of the president. He also said this issue was eye-opening for him, revealing the political polarization of North East ISD.
The White House now plans to release the text of the speech ahead of time for parents and teachers to review but that's unlikely to change any minds.
Let us know what you think. If your child won't see the speech at school will you watch it with them at home?


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Geneva Motor Show: Aston Martin Zagato
Aston Martin's new range-topping Zagato has been unveiled at Geneva for its European debut.
Just 150 models will be made, at a whopping cost of £330,000. Bespoke is the buzz word for this car, with 2,000 man hours put into every production model and handmade panels ensure its a truly exclusive automobile.
According to Aston, each front wing is made from seven separate pieces of aluminium then hand-crafted to follow the lines of the car.
Notable styling cues are the double bubble roof, handmade aluminium body, steel roll cage and lashings of carbon fibre.
The large oval front grille is also typical of Zagato.
Inside, leather bucket seats are adorned with patterns resembling sound waves as is the roof and copious amounts of red stitching runs through the cabin.
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Usually the table for kitchen table with bench is square because bench is long. For the square kitchen table sets, usually the bench is only one and be put beside the long part of the table. The other side of the table will be filled with small chairs. If you have not really big table, three chairs will fit the table. For a bigger table, you can have four chairs. This set is really functional for you, especially the one with a big family because it can fit many people. You can have a nice conversation with your family after eating at this table.
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The fact is, elections can be stolen in any number of ways – or all of them combined.
What can you do to keep the election results in your area as "honest" as possible?
Read Dan Froomkin's clear, concise, and compelling article – Will Your Vote Be Counted? Ask Election Officials These 4 Questions – and then do what you can to ensure as many eligible voters get their votes counted.
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The Museum Of Ice Cream Has A Pool Full Of Sprinkles!
The Museum Of Ice Cream made its debut in the city of New York, and now it's making a necessary stop in Los Angeles starting April 22! Tickets include not one, but TWO curated ice cream tastings, surprise edible treats, as well as admission to the museum which features a pool filled with hundreds of millions of sprinkles, a room filled with 10,000 bananas, a mint grow house, a melted popsicle jungle, and MORE. Dreams really do come true!
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DIT research aims to establish new test for cervical pre-cancer
21 March, 2018
Researchers at the DIT Radiation and Environmental Science Centre (RESC), under the leadership of Professor Fiona Lyng, may be on the cusp of a major breakthrough in cervical pre-cancer diagnosis.
The team at RESC has been developing a novel technology for cervical cancer screening based on Raman spectroscopy for a number of years. Now, they are carrying out a clinical utility study of 1,000 patient samples to establish the accuracy of the new testing method.
"To our knowledge, this is the largest patient study using this type of spectroscopic assay in the world," explains Fiona. "Previously, people have only looked at up to 100 patient samples. Raman spectroscopy is a powerful tool that uses light to generate a biochemical fingerprint of cells. We are currently building a large database from the 1,000 samples, so that we can map out the biochemical fingerprint of cells at different stages of cervical pre-cancer."
Fiona was appointed as the Centre Manager of RESC in 2003. Her relationship with DIT stretches back to her undergraduate years when she studied Physics in DIT Kevin Street. There, she was mentored by Dr Carmel Mothersill, a trailblazer in the area of radiation biology, who inspired her to apply her physics knowledge to make an impact in human health. A prolific researcher, having published over 100 research papers and supervised 26 PhD students to completion, Fiona was awarded a Professorship by DIT in 2012 and the 'One to Watch' Award in 2011 by Enterprise Ireland, who previously funded the project for five years.
Current screening
A lot is changing in cervical cancer screening because of HPV, a sexually transmitted infection which can be genital or oral. For women, persistent HPV infections can cause abnormal changes in the lining of the cervix, which can lead to cervical cancer (Irish Cancer Society). HPV is implicated in 98% of cervical cancers, explains Fiona, and as a result HPV testing has recently been been introduced by CervicalCheck, Ireland's cervical screening programme.
Current cervical cancer screening is by the Pap test or cervical smear test. Cells are taken from the cervix and sent to a cytology lab, where the cytologist uses a microscope to analyse the structure of the cells: size and shape, staining patterns. "The main problem with the Pap test is that it is subjective and therefore, subject to human error. Missed or incorrect diagnoses are common. The Pap test has saved many lives, but it's been around since the 1940s, it's time for a new test."
If low grade changes are found in the cells by cytology, the sample is also tested for the presence of HPV. If you test positive for HPV, you will be sent for a number of further tests, for example colposcopy and biopsy. "A lot of women are sent for colposcopy when they might not necessarily need it. The HPV infection is very common and usually clears up by itself. It only causes pre-cancer in a percentage of women. A colposcopy exam can be an unnecessary procedure and can cause a lot of extra worry for the woman."
Major impact
The potential impact of the new testing method is huge.
Fiona says that their test can tell from the cellular biochemical fingerprint if the sample is positive for HPV and further, whether the cells are at risk to go on to pre-cancer or whether the infection is transient and will resolve itself. This new technique uses classification algorithms to analyse Raman spectra of cells, comparing them with the predefined database of samples. The system is completely objective and does not rely on human subjectivity.
"The dream would be to see it used as the main test for cervical pre-cancer in Irish hospitals and cytology labs. This new test could help achieve an earlier and more accurate diagnosis for women, reducing stress on the patient and ultimately saving lives." It is also more cost effective, as all of this is possible by analysing the biochemical fingerprint of the sample you originally give to your GP.
With more than 800 samples analysed out of 1000, the results so far are good. "We've gotten greater than 90% specificity and sensitivity in our results so far. It's very exciting."
The clinical utility study is due to be completed in 2018. If the results continue to shine, the team is hoping to generate interest from companies that could bring the test to market. They are also working to translate over to other cancers, for example oral cancer and lung cancer.
Damien Traynor is a fulltime Research Assistant on the team. Dr Shiyamala Duraipandian, a postdoctoral Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow who worked on the project for the past two years, recently moved on to a full-time position with the Danish National Metrology Institute (DFM).
The clinical utility study is being carried out as part of the CERVIVA Consortium, a collaborative research group focused on cervical cancer screening and other Human Papillomavirus (HPV) associated diseases, which is led by The Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital (Professor John O'Leary and Dr Cara Martin), in partnership with DIT, Trinity College Dublin and The National Cancer Registry.
Along with using Raman and infrared spectroscopy for cancer diagnosis, RESC specialises in radiation biology and environmental toxicology. RESC is located in the FOCAS Institute, a research facility at DIT dedicated to surface engineering, nanotechnology, photonics and biophotonics, materials science and radiation biology.
This article was originally published in the DIT Research News Magazine. If you would like to read more articles from the magazine, click here.


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Jason Neepin is a member of the Fox Lake Cree Nation located in Bird, Manitoba. Jason is a Professional Aboriginal Economic Developer (PAED) with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Degree from the I.H. Asper School of Business with a double major in Aboriginal Business Studies and Gereralist. Jason has experience as a Consultant in business development in Manitoba, as a member of the board directors for Owiisookaage and Aboriginal youth group actively involved in outreach programs and volunteering, and as a Commerce Officer in Economic Development Indian and Northern Affairs Headquarters. Jason is currently the Director of Sustainable Development with the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte located on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory responsible for Housing, Economic Development, and Employment and Training.


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- Commentary
- Open Access
Malaria: Global progress 2000 – 2015 and future challenges
© The Author(s). 2016
- Received: 8 April 2016
- Accepted: 20 May 2016
- Published: 9 June 2016
2015 was the target year for malaria goals set by the World Health Assembly and other international institutions to reduce malaria incidence and mortality. A review of progress indicates that malaria programme financing and coverage have been transformed since the beginning of the millennium, and have contributed to substantial reductions in the burden of disease.
Investments in malaria programmes increased by more than 2.5 times between 2005 and 2014 from US$ 960 million to US$ 2.5 billion, allowing an expansion in malaria prevention, diagnostic testing and treatment programmes. In 2015 more than half of the population of sub-Saharan Africa slept under insecticide-treated mosquito nets, compared to just 2 % in 2000. Increased availability of rapid diagnostic tests and antimalarial medicines has allowed many more people to access timely and appropriate treatment. Malaria incidence rates have decreased by 37 % globally and mortality rates by 60 % since 2000. It is estimated that 70 % of the reductions in numbers of cases in sub-Saharan Africa can be attributed to malaria interventions.
Reductions in malaria incidence and mortality rates have been made in every WHO region and almost every country. However, decreases in malaria case incidence and mortality rates were slowest in countries that had the largest numbers of malaria cases and deaths in 2000; reductions in incidence need to be greatly accelerated in these countries to achieve future malaria targets. Progress is made challenging because malaria is concentrated in countries and areas with the least resourced health systems and the least ability to pay for system improvements. Malaria interventions are nevertheless highly cost-effective and have not only led to significant reductions in the incidence of the disease but are estimated to have saved about US$ 900 million in malaria case management costs to public providers in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2014. Investments in malaria programmes can not only reduce malaria morbidity and mortality, thereby contributing to the health targets of the Sustainable Development Goals, but they can also transform the well-being and livelihood of some of the poorest communities across the globe.
- Malaria
- Elimination
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Surveillance
- Universal health coverage
- Burden of disease
- Poverty
Multilingual abstracts
Please see Additional file 1 for translations of the abstract into the six official working languages of the United Nations.
2015 marked the end of the era of Millennium Development Goals and the dawn of a new global agenda for human health and prosperity, the Sustainable Development Goals. It was also the target year for malaria goals set by the World Health Assembly to reduce malaria incidence and mortality and the launch of WHO's Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030. These 2015 goals and targets were supported by commitments from endemic countries and the international community to increase the financing of malaria programmes and expand the coverage of malaria control interventions namely, mosquito vector control through use of insecticide-treated bednets and indoor residual spraying; malaria chemoprevention for pregnant women and for children in areas with highly seasonal malaria; and malaria diagnostic testing and treatment for malaria cases. To assess progress in malaria control and elimination worldwide, the World Health Organization reviews available information from malaria endemic countries and implementing partners and publishes them in the World malaria report [1]. The report shows that there have been substantial gains in malaria programme financing and coverage since the beginning of the millennium and that these have had a substantial impact on the incidence of malaria. Nevertheless, significant challenges lie ahead, particularly for the poorest countries in the world and for substantial proportions of the populations living in them.
Progress in malaria control and elimination 2000-2015
Financing of malaria control programmes
Vector control
The proportion of pregnant women receiving at least three doses of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) increased between 2009 and 2014. In 2014, 52 % of eligible pregnant women received at least one dose of IPTp, 40 % received two or more doses, and 17 % received three or more doses. The difference between the proportion of women attending antenatal care clinics and the proportions receiving the first and subsequent doses of IPTp suggests that opportunities to deliver IPTp at these clinics were missed. Adoption and implementation of chemoprevention in children has been more limited. As of 2014, six of the 15 countries for which WHO recommends seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) had adopted the policy. Only one country, Chad, reported adoption of an intermittent preventive treatment for infants (IPTi) policy in 2014.
Diagnostic testing and treatment
Trends in malaria case incidence and mortality rates
The number of malaria deaths fell from an estimated 839 000 globally in 2000 (range 653 000 to 1.1 million), to 438 000 in 2015 (range 236 000–635 000), a decline of 48 %. Most deaths in 2015 remain in the WHO African Region (90 %), followed by the WHO South-East Asia Region (7 %) and the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (2 %). The malaria mortality rate, which takes into account population growth, is estimated to have decreased by 60 % globally between 2000 and 2015. Thus, substantial progress has been made towards the World Health Assembly target of reducing the malaria burden by 75 % by 2015, and the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership target of reducing deaths to near zero.
Malaria in children
The proportion of children infected with malaria parasites is estimated to have halved in endemic areas of Africa since 2000. Infection prevalence among children aged 2–10 years declined from 33 % in 2000 (uncertainty interval: 31–35 %) to 16 % in 2015 (uncertainty interval: 14–19 %), with three quarters of this change occurring after 2005.
Cases and deaths averted
Progress to elimination
Challenges remaining
Malaria programme financing and coverage have been transformed since the beginning of the millennium, and have contributed to reductions in the burden of disease. However, progress has not been even. Decreases in case incidence and mortality rates were slowest in countries that had the largest numbers of malaria cases and deaths in 2000; reductions in case incidence was 32 % in the 15 countries accounting for 80 % of cases in 2000, while 53 % in the rest. Reductions in incidence need to be greatly accelerated in these countries if global progress is to improve.
Millions of people still do not receive the malaria prevention and treatment services they need. In sub-Saharan Africa in 2014, an estimated 269 million of the 843 million people at risk of malaria lived in households without any ITNs or IRS; 15 million of the 28 million pregnant women at risk did not receive a dose of IPTp; and between 68 and 80 million of the 92 million children with malaria did not receive ACT. Malaria-endemic countries face considerable challenges to fill these gaps as the disease is concentrated in countries and areas with the least resourced health systems as exemplified by lower staff: population ratios and greater use of informal private sector providers. The ability of malaria-endemic countries to strengthen health systems is constrained by low gross national incomes and total domestic government spending per capita. International spending on malaria control is more evenly distributed in relation to malaria burden, but, as indicated previously, a large proportion of this funding is spent on commodities and does not address fundamental weaknesses in health systems. Thus, innovative ways of providing services may be required to rapidly expand access to malaria interventions such as community-based approaches and engaging with private sector providers.
While the lack of strong and adequately financed delivery systems pose a continued challenge to malaria control and elimination, significant biological challenges also need to be faced including the lack of tools to effectively diagnose and treat malaria due to P. vivax and the emergence of parasite resistance to antimalarial medicines and of mosquito resistance to insecticides.
Looking to the future
To address the remaining and emerging challenges, WHO developed the Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030 (GTS 2016–2030) [2], adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2015. The strategy sets the most ambitious targets for reductions in malaria cases and deaths since the malaria eradication era 60 years ago, notably reductions in malaria incidence and mortality rates of 90 % or greater by 2030, and the elimination of malaria from at least 35 countries. Annual investments in malaria control and elimination will need to increase to US$ 8.7 billion by 2030 in order to achieve these targets. The amount may seem prohibitive given that current levels of investment are less than a third of this total. However, malaria funding increased by more than 2.5 times between 2005 and 2014 and similar rates of increase over a fifteen year period would allow the GTS 2016–2030 funding target to be achieved.
Global progress in reducing malaria is nothing short of remarkable. Malaria case incidence has decreased by 37 % globally between 2000 and 2015 and malaria mortality rates by 60 %. Investments in malaria interventions have played a large part in bringing about these reductions, accounting for approximately 70 % of the decline observed in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2015. Further reductions in malaria are possible and are called for in the Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030. However, annual investments in malaria control and elimination will need to increase to US$ 8.7 billion by 2030 in order to achieve the targets set out in the GTS 2016–2030. While this total greatly exceeds current investments, malaria interventions are highly cost-effective and exhibit one of the highest returns on investment in public health. Investments in malaria programmes will not only strengthen health systems and deepen the reductions in malaria morbidity and mortality, thereby contributing to the health targets of the SDGs, but they can also transform the well-being and livelihood of some of the poorest communities across the globe.
ACTs, artemisinin combination therapies; GTS, Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030, IPTi, intermittent preventive treatment for infants; IPTp, intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy; IQR, interquartile range; IRS, indoor residual spraying; ITNs, insecticide-treated mosquito nets; MDG, Millennium Development Goals; NMCP, National Malaria Control Programme; RDTs, rapid diagnostic tests; SDG, Sustainable Development Goals; SMC, seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children; SP, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine; WHO, World Health Organization
This commentary draws from the World malaria report 2015 [1]. WHO staff in regional and subregional offices assisted in the design of data collection forms; the collection and validation of data; and the review of epidemiological estimates, country profiles, regional profiles and sections: Birkinesh Amenshewa, Magaran Bagayoko, Steve Banza Kubenga and Issa Sanou (WHO Regional Office for Africa [AFRO]); Spes Ntabangana (AFRO/Inter-country Support Team [IST] Central Africa); Khoti Gausi (AFRO/IST East and Southern Africa); Abderrahmane Kharchi Tfeil (AFRO/IST West Africa); Keith Carter, Eric Ndofor, Rainier Escalada, Maria Paz Ade and Prabhjot Singh (WHO Regional Office for the Americas); Hoda Atta, Caroline Barwa and Ghasem Zamani (WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean); Elkhan Gasimov and Karen Taksoe-Vester (WHO Regional Office for Europe); Leonard Icutanim Ortega (WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia); Rabindra Abeyasinghe, Eva-Maria Christophel, Steven Mellor, and Raymond Mendoza (WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific). Colleagues in the Global Malaria Programme contributed to the review of sections of the report: Andrea Bosman, Jane Cunningham, Pearl Harlley, Abraham Mnzava, Peter Olumese, Charlotte Rasmussen, Aafje Rietveld, Pascal Ringwald, Vasee Sathiyamoorthy, and Emmanuel Temu. Numerous other people contributed to the production of the report and are listed in the acknowledgements section of the World Malaria Report 2015.
Funding for the World malaria report 2015 was received from the United Kingdom Department for International Development, the United States Agency for International Development and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, through a grant to the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. Collection of malaria programme data was also supported by the "Accelerated Malaria Control towards Pre-elimination in East and Southern Africa by 2015" sponsored by the Government of Monaco.
Availability of data and materials
The world malaria report is available at the following link, including annexes with statistics: http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/world-malaria-report-2015/en/.
Authors' contributions
REC drafted the manuscript. PA, JA, MA, AB, LB, RC, CAF, TK, ML, EP, SSc, SSt and RW contributed to the conception of the work, analysis and interpretation of data and reviewed the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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Authors' Affiliations
- World Health Organization. World malaria report 2015. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.Google Scholar
- World Health Organization. Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.Google Scholar
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