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Pure Chocolate

October 19th, 2013

So it’s national chocolate week this week which meant that I just had to share a chocolatey recipe with you and what’s better than an amazingly simple, totally perfect, homemade recipe for pure chocolate – especially when it’s healthy and melt-in-your-mouth good. The beauty of these chocolates really lies in the rich authentic taste of the raw cacao powder and the cacao butter, both just have such deep flavours that are so unlike any of the processed cocoa you buy. I’ve always been a bit nervous about making chocolate, assuming that it would be so complicated, but I was so blown away by the simplicity of it – you literally just put cacao butter, cacao powder and either maple syrup or rice syrup in a pan and warm gently until melted! At this point I couldn’t really resist eating at least half the mix with a spoon while continuously squealing that each mouthful was the best thing I’d eaten in years! I ate so much of my first batch that I had to redo it to have enough to actually make chocolates with, so be warned the same thing may happen to you! Don’t worry about it though as this is healthy chocolate! Pure cacao is even classed as a superfood! Unlike cocoa it’s not processed and refined which means that it keeps all it goodness, and there’s a lot of goodness to keep! The two best properties of raw cacao are, firstly that it’s one of the world’s richest sources of antioxidants, and secondly that it works to increase your seratonin – the happy hormone – so you can eat chocolate and simultaneously fight disease and become happier, how awesome is that!

Also on another note I just wanted to let you all know that I’ve added a third cooking class after the first two sold out in 24 hours, which was just crazy! This one will be on Thursday the 5th of December from 6.30-10pm, to book please follow this link. There was a technical issue on the website too which means that one extra ticket has now been released for the second class! I’m so excited to start meeting you all and share my favourite cooking secrets! I’m hoping to add another December one too, if not there will be lots from January.

Makes 20-30 chocolates

– 1/2 a cup of cacao butter

– 2-3 tablespoons of raw cacao powder

– 3-4 tablespoons of rice syrup or pure maple syrup (the rice syrup gives them a more caramel like texture and flavour)

Simply place the three ingredients in a sauce pan and heat really gently until the three have melted together, don’t let them come to the boil though. Then spoon the mix into your moulds, freeze for about thirty minutes to an hour and then store in the fridge – if you don’t eat them all at once! Enjoy!


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Have The Night Of Your Life At One Of These 5 Quirky Container Hotels In KL & Selangor!

For a quick weekend getaway in the city, nothing screams fun and spontaneity than staying in a container hotel. What exactly is a container hotel, you may ask? Well, a container hotel is exactly that, a hotel with large, metal shipping containers instead of rooms.

You might be appalled by the idea at first, but container hotels have become a huge trend all over the world for their simplicity, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and the fact that they’re like a blank canvas, you can design them however you want!

This trend has seen a growth of container-style hotels popping up in Malaysia, with a few located right here in KL and Selangor. Check out the following container hotels in the area that you should check out next time you’re looking for cool accommodation:

Container Hotel, Jalan Delima

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The most well-known hotel on this list, Container Hotel is one of the first of its kind in KL, and people flock to their doors from all over to experience a night in a freight container themselves. Embodying the Japanese philosophy of compact living, Container Hotel has put together several brightly coloured shipping containers, tastefully decorated, perfect for short stays in the city. Besides having containers for rooms, you can also go the more adventurous route and stay inside a concrete cylinder or even a cabana tent! With its central location that’s walking distance to several main tourist attractions, it’s no wonder that the hotel has proven popular over the past couple of years.

Address: 1, Jalan Delima, 55100 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-2110 4388

Website: http://containerhotel.my/kl/

Capsule by Container Hotel, KLIA2

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For travelers looking for a quick snooze in between flights, Capsule is perfect for you. Created by the same people behind Container Hotel, the same concept of stacked containers as living spaces is used here. What differentiates this hotel with the one in KL is that the containers are divided up into smaller capsule spaces that can comfortably bed one person. Called the CapSpace, 120 capsules, divided into male or female only and mixed sections, are available for travelers if you don’t feel like spending the night on the airport floor. If you’re with a partner, there’s also capsules for two available as well. Sounds like a great space to catch some Zs while waiting for your next flight!

Address: Lot L1-2 & 3, Gateway, Terminal KLIA2, KL International Airport, Jalan KLIA 2/1, 64000 KLIA, Sepang, Selangor

Tel: 03-7610 2020

Website: http://capsulecontainer.com/

Farm Ville Café and Homestay, Sekinchan

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Farm Ville Café and Homestay was previously mentioned on our list of uniquely Malaysian experiences, which you can check out here! The place is a bit further off from the city, and consists of stacks of bright red containers overlooking the beautifully picturesque rice paddy fields of Sekinchan, Selangor. The lodging is plenty comfortable, and the breathtaking panoramic view is visible from the café as well as the roofs of the containers.Other attractions include a swimming pool, an open-air patio on top of most rooms, a barbecue area, and nearby Sekinchan 3D Art Gallery. This serene location is perfect for a quick getaway with loved ones over the weekend.

Address: Lot 11304, Jalan Tepi Sawah, Kampung Site B Tambahan, 45400 Kampong Sekinchang, Selangor

Tel: 017-206 8666

Website: http://facebook.com/farmvillecafehomestay

The Kabin, Kuala Selangor

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This sprawling, modern container resort in Kuala Selangor has it all for your weekend getaway: a strategic location nearby the town of Kuala Selangor and next to Remis Beach, chic, contemporarily furnished containers in several different styles and price points, a 50ft swimming pool, a games room in a tree house, karaoke, kayaks, bicycles, barbecues, etc., etc. Some of their container rooms can even fit up to 6 people! You’ll be surrounded by nature, walking distance to the beach, in a cool, comfortable hotel. What could be better than that?

Address: Lot 2984 Jalan Jati, Pantai Remis, 45800 Jeram, Kuala Selangor, Selangor

Tel: 017-678 3825 / 03 3264 0578

Website: http://thekabin.com.my/

41 Berangan, Bukit Bintang

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Even though this hotel isn’t entirely built of freight containers, two of the rooms in their courtyard are built in them! Simple, minimalistic rooms make up most of their lodgings, and the place is located right in the heart of town at Bukit Bintang, so it’s walking distance to lots of major attractions. It’s a nice, quiet place to settle down for the night in the middle of the bustling city.

Address: 41 Jalan Berangan, Bukit Bintang, 50200 Kuala Lumpur

Booking website here

Bonus: for container stays outside KL & Selangor!

Container Hotel, Ipoh

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Under the same group as the Container Hotel in KL, they also have branches in Ipoh and Penang as well! Container Hotel in Ipoh has a similar concept to Capsule in KLIA2, where instead of rooms, lodgers will sleep in individual, compartmentalized pods. Divided into female only, mixed, and twin pods, choose your preferred room and settle down for a comfortable sleep. The hotel’s interior space is also converted into a creative, artistic space for artists to share and display their works. Sounds like a cool place to me!

Address: 89-91, Jalan Sultan Yussuf, 30000 Ipoh Perak

Tel: 05-243 3311

Website: http://containerhotel.my/ipoh/

Container Gardenstay @ Bangkok Village, Johor Bahru

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If you’re in Johor, there’s a container hotel there for you too. Container Gardenstay at Bangkok Village, Johor Bahru boasts a rainbow of containers, with single, double, or king-sized beds for you to choose from. You can also opt for a garden view in your room, overlooking the well-kept garden and playground within the compound. With a Thai restaurant right next to the hotel and close distances to the town center, this looks like an interesting place to crash for a night or two if you’re looking for lodging in Johor!

Address: PTD 93547 Jln Harmonium 3, off Jln Kota Tinggi, Tmn Desa Tebrau, 81100 Johor Bahru

Booking website here

Know of any other container hotels in the area? Let us know down below!

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    I'd love to play, but I'd have to upgrade my PC first. And since I don't really play too many PC games anymore (partly because I need to upgrade) not sure if it's worth it.

    Or ... I need to just buck up and upgrade my PC.

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      just beat diablo 3 for the first time earlier working on nightmare mode
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        I have bought this rpg game. It is really great. I love diablo and dialo 3 is best game.

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          I beat Normal 17 hours after launch, it was way too easy. Nightmare is a bit too easy also--hopefully Hell really cranks the difficulty up.

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            May I just say how happy I am to read about Diablo 3 on MiceChat? Combines my two fave things... Disney and Diablo!

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The recent acquisition by the Buffalo Sabres of enforcer John Scott is evidence that fighting in hockey is still a necessary part of the game.

Scott, who stands 6’8” and weighs 270 pounds, has a reputation as one of the best fighters in the league and is being brought in to neutralize the intimidation tactics of teams like the Boston Bruins.

Last year, the Sabres were ridiculed throughout North America for not responding to a cheap shot by Boston’s Milan Lucic that concussed goalie Ryan Miller and permanently derailed the season. One Boston news outlet accused the Sabres of “cowardice,” and this sentiment was echoed by many others who cover the sport. The situation was arguably the most humiliating episode in the history of the once-proud Buffalo franchise.

Ironically, while fighting in the National Hockey League has declined, concussions are on the rise.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman told reporters at last season’s All-Star Game, “The increase in concussions appears to be in the area of accidental or inadvertent situations… I’m not saying no concussions came from hits to the head; it appears the increase is coming from somewhere else. We don’t have any answers yet.”

NHL analyst and former All-Star Jeremy Roenick doesn’t agree. Writing in an site, he had this to say on the subject: “I'd like to know when the respect factor is going to come back into the game… There are too many hits from behind near the boards. There are too many elbows to the head. There are too many blindside hits… It's one thing to hit strong and hard, but it's another thing to throw elbows, have knee-on-knee hits, hits from behind, cross checks on defensemen who are four feet from the boards.”

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Whether they’d like to admit it or not, for several years the Sabres have been the 16-year-olds getting picked on by Boston’s 20-year olds. With nobody to “step in and take charge,” they let their goalie get concussed and did absolutely nothing about it.

That is why fighting must remain part of the game. As long as talented players like Milan Lucic keep steamrolling goalies and intimidating weaker foes, NHL legend Conn Smythe’s immortal adage will hold true, “If you can beat ‘em in the alley, you can beat ‘em on the ice.”

If the NHL wants to reduce concussions, eliminating fighting is the last place to start. The NHL’s 2011 concussion statistics reveal the following: 44% of reported concussions were caused by legal hits; 31% were accidental; 14% caused by legal head shots; only 8% caused by fighting.

In spite of this, the league is determined to reduce fighting as much as possible. Meanwhile, the NHL’s abominable, “You Can Play” promotion, which all but endorses homosexuality in hockey, is among its top priorities.

Thanks to Gary Bettman and his ilk, enforcers are out, but gays are in. So why don’t they just hire Elton John as commissioner and be done with it?

Fortunately for Sabres fans, the team has not come out of the closet and the signing of tough guy, John Scott is an indication there might be some shred of manliness left in an otherwise emasculated organization that has much to prove in 2012-13.


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Prohibition, then and now

Oddly, the excerpt from the Fresh Air interview with Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition author Daniel Okrent do not connect the past and present (although perhaps the full interview as aired did). The full interview can be found here. A couple of excerpts that beg for a comparison to today:

On the political beliefs shared by a majority of Prohibitionists

“It largely had to do with a xenophobic, largely anti-immigration feeling that arose in the American Middle West, that arose among white, native-born Protestants. It also had a strong racist element to it. Prohibition was a tool that the white South could use to keep down the black population. In fact, they used Prohibition to keep liquor away from black people but not from white people. So you could find a number of ways that people could come into whatever issue they wanted to use and use Prohibition as their tool. The clearest one, probably, was women’s suffrage. Oddly, the suffrage movement and the Prohibition movement were almost one and the same — and you found organizations like the Ku Klux Klan supporting women’s suffrage because they believed women would vote on behalf of Prohibition.”

Prohibition loopholes

“The second one was medicinal liquor. I have a bottle on my shelf at home — an empty bottle — that says Jim Beam, for medicinal purposes only. In 1917, the American Medical Association — supporting Prohibition — said there was no reason at all to use alcohol as a therapeutic remedy of any kind. Then they realized with this loophole that there was an opportunity to make some money. And capitalism abhors a vacuum. Within two or three years, you could go into virtually any city in the country and buy a prescription for $3 from your local physician and then take it to your local pharmacy and go home with a pint of liquor every 10 days. And this is really how many of the large distilleries in Kentucky and the middle of the country stayed in business throughout the Prohibition years.

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The Ides of January (Rules)

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We’re halfway through the month, and it’s time for an update from our January Rulers!

My Report

It’s pretty simple:  I’ve followed the rules strictly, with one tiny lapse yesterday. I ordered a salad at an upscale Santa Monica cafe (disappointingly, they didn’t have any 100% whole grain bread for the sandwiches).  The salad was good, but not even close to filling. It came with two slices of very-refined French bread, and after finishing the salad my stomach was still rumbling.  I finally ate both slices after much deliberation… and then when I got home I had another snack.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention our Umami Burger cheat meal from last weekend!  Matty and I met up with Rene Lynch and her husband for dinner there, and we decided to order one of every appetizer and share them family-style.

I was unimpressed by the Veggie Burger (it had a bland, mashed-potato-like topping which I still don’t quite understand), though the bun was certainly quite tasty decadent.  It was good, but I was expecting something, well, revolutionary.

The Thin Fries seemed similar to McDonald’s — good but unremarkable (I still devoured them). Then again, the homemade ketchup was first-rate, so that easily made up for it. The Tempura Onion Rings? Almost flavorless. The Pickle Plate, however, was terrific: A sizable sampler plate of several types of homemade pickles, including spicy pickles, tarragon pickles, and pickled okra.

The home-run, though, was the Cheesy Tots. They. Were. Divine.  I’ve always had a weakness for those Ore-Ida Tater Tots (one Chicago dive-bar in particular comes to mind), though I probably only eat them once every other year.  I was expecting something similar, but no, they were unlike any tot I’ve ever had: Shredded potatoes, formed into a ball with a cheese-filled center (I think it was homemade American cheese), and then fried into a gooey, greasy, absolutely heart-stopping ball of savory heaven.  We got a second order.

Overall, I think my expectations were way too high (how could they not be, after all the hype?), and if we go back for another cheat meal, I’ll probably just order an Allagash Black and a bowl of Cheesy Tots.

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After starting the January Rules challenge, I have been paying more attention to the foods that I have been making for my family.  At first, it seemed like it would be pretty easy, but then I realized — as I stopped myself from reaching for the bag of pasta in my pantry (several times!) — that I would have to work a little harder.  Crikey.  This actually means change, not just documenting what I already do.

Okay – so I started experimenting with flours.  It seemed like a good place to start.  I had some reasonable success with a batch of Oat Cherry Scones that used a mixture of whole wheat pastry flour and oat flour.  They were a little dense, but passed muster with my kids.  Not so much with the waffles I tried the following weekend.  I quickly realized that just because I want something to be whole grain doesn’t mean that I can simply switch the flours and voila — it would turn out well.  Dang it.  I think I’ll have to do a bit more research on this one — especially since the kids are pressuring me for a delicious breakfast.  And for them, that usually involves lots of carbs.  Back to the drawing board.

Andrew’s Note: I’ve got two whole-grain pancake ideas for Michelle (and you):  First, the easy way: Bob’s Red Mill makes several wonderful whole-grain pancake mixes (High Fiber, Seven Grain, and Ten Grain). I’ve had the first two; they’re as easy as any other pancake mix, and taste terrific.  Another option is homemade protein pancakes, made with oatmeal.  They’re a bit more dense, but hearty and delicious, which gives your pancakes some nice variety.

Jayne Rivera-Lynch

I am finding the January rules good!  The whole grain rule is a good one. It’s by far the hardest one to stick to, but so good in that it has me saying “no” to lots of unhealthy things! And, I have lost 5 lbs which was most needed — mentally as well as physically!

Jayne’s shared a January update on her blog, in which she also recommends two nice recipes.

Nimisha Ambati

The January Rules challenge is much easier than the October Unprocessed challenge, and I have been enjoying it quite a bit. I have come across so many tempting situations, but managed to show will power. The cheat day has helped me question whether the food I am presented with is really worth the cheat and what satisfaction I would gain from eating that food.

I am also hosting a cookbook potluck party this month, featuring the cookbook Cooking with Italian Grandmothers. I have been making most of my meals from this cookbook and almost all of the recipes do not require refined flours or fried food. I highly recommend the cookbook to anyone who wants to eat simple, rustic food.

Also, I am discovering a variety of lentils and beans as they are perfect, complex carbohydrates to replace the refined flours in my diet. I even made Chana Masala for the first time, to much success! Even though we are only two weeks into the challenge, it has changed how I feel and I hope to continue it beyond January.

Andrew’s Note: Don’t miss Nimisha’s recent post, Whole Grain vs. Refined Flour.

Ame Schneider

I’ve been happy with my diet overall this week.  I eat in moderation, and enjoy trying new vegan food like the “beef” burger at Green Leaves in Los Feliz, CA.  I have to admit I had some delicious SWEET Thai Iced Tea … and fries … but they were REALLY good — and I shared them with friends.

Also, in addition to being conscious of my intake, I have made a concerted effort to be more active. I am swimming, dancing, biking, and hiking again.  My favorite has been playing Frisbee!

Here’s the good news: I am able to fit into the jeans from two years ago!  I feel a little slimmer in the waste/hips/thighs area.  Though in general I am happy with my curves, I would like to tone up and slim down some more!   Several friends and family members have noticed a difference as well.

Having this January Ruler to measure my progress by, and keep me accountable, has been very helpful.

Andrew’s Note: I’m really glad Ame mentioned exercise.  Although it’s not part of the three rules, it’s the other half of the equation.  Bravo, Ame!

Kimberly Morales

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying my January so far.  As I expected, this is much easier for me than for some of my friends (who insist this is still far too hard; I scoff at them), because I do follow these rules for the most part in my regular eating.

BUT… I do have to admit that I do find it a bit challenging to enjoy certain kinds of starches (breads, tortillas, etc) because many of the actual “whole grain” products (not “whole wheat, which seems to confuse people), cost way more than I’m able to afford.

Breadwise, I’m okay because I get the CA Whole Protein bread at Trader Joe’s, which is nothing but sprouted whole grains and just $2.99/loaf.  The tortillas, though… not quite as easy to find.  The Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op has some great options, but they’re about $6 per 10-pack (!!!), and that’s just not something I can justify right now.

I’m still a happy camper with my bare bones staples of yummy grains like quinoa, amaranth, kamut berries, etc., plus legumes and other lean proteins.  My first two recipes of the year were made from the same batch of red quinoa.  One sweet, one savory, and both quite tasty & nutritious.

My “cheat” day last week included a new dessert shot recipe (which shall remain top secret for now), and a tasty soup filled with veggies & big slurpy udon noodles, which may or may not have been whole grain.  Overall, not much has changed for me this month, except that I am a lot more obsessive about reading ingredients vs. just reading the nutrition facts on product labels.  Just because it looks “healthy” doesn’t mean it follows the rules!

Rachel Wilson

Andrew’s Note: I don’t think I’ve introduced you to Chef Rachel just yet.  She’s a Chef Instructor, teaching aspiring Chefs at a private college. When she’s at work, she has to taste all their “classwork,” which can mean tasting 20 hollandaise sauces in an hour!  That tastes good, of course, but it really adds up.  She decided to follow the January Rules as a way to balance it all out.

The whole family agreed to the rules. We talked about them — what they meant and what might change. We would follow the rules.

A trip to the grocery store took longer than usual. We had to re-read every label. This was a new way of looking at the ingredients: What does that unpronounceable word mean? Is it whole grain only or a mix? Does dextrose count? Am I doing this right?

Breakfast was easy — Toast and fruit is the norm at our house. As long as we have the right bread, we’re set.  I have been on vacation and enjoying fresh oatmeal every morning. With raisins I get an extra serving of fruit. Check.

Lunch was harder — Being on vacation I can make a salad or scramble an egg.  My son eats at school. At age fourteen, getting up early enough to pack lunch is an impossible task. We’ve all heard plenty about school lunches lately, all bad.  He runs to the lunch line early enough to get one of the few salads available. My daughter’s college classes and my husband’s self-employment allow them to eat at home. I trust they’re following the rules. I didn’t read every label in the refrigerator, but all the new stuff is ok. Check (for now).

Dinner has been very difficult — For one, my son returned to an evening commitment that included dinner and we didn’t plan ahead. The salad was great, but the pizza, typical teenage fare, wasn’t whole grain. For me, it was easy to just have a big salad. Not so for a growing boy — so he limited himself to a single slice to hold him until we got home. At home, my husband did his best (he cooks). The tortillas were whole grain and the rice was brown.

We avoid pre-packaged foods in general. I stocked us up on fruit and yogurt for desserts. I tried a great recipe for Quesadillas with greens and feta from the LA Times that I loved. Check (for now).

The cooking classes I teach were on vacation except one. That one I planned — wheatberry salad and dried fruit tart on a whole wheat crust. Next week is back to a proscribed curriculum and I can’t always follow the whole grain rule, although the others should work.

The bottom line is that we’re trying. As a busy family moving in many directions, we’ve done pretty well. Sometimes, you gotta bend the rules.

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lynn @ the actor's diet

umami’s meat burgers are where it’s at – esp. the turkey – their earth and portabello burgers (and fries/onion rings) aren’t really anything special. but i’ve yet to try their tater tots!

Renae Porter

I’m still going strong! I love knowing that people are truly concerned about what they are putting in their bodies!


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Tue, 14 Feb 2017 02:58 EST
Notarized letter of invitation and letter of guarantee from a Korean
Dear Embassy of Korea Kuala Lumpur,

My name Adi from Indonesia. Currently i am working in Kuala Lumpur.
I would like to ask a suggestion or might be a help hoe to obtain the notarized letter of invitation from Korean as I am going there as a tourist and I do not have relative or friends in Korea. It will be a big help if you can shed a light on this matter.
Thank you.

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padam gurung
Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:43 EST
asking visa
hello Im from nepal working in her malaysia and im going to South Korea for holiday. may i know what i need to do and how to apply turest visa

please reply this email(
Arnie Anggraini
Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:51 EST
tourist visa
Dear embassy,

My name arnie, currently I'm studying in Malaysia for 1 year and this year is my 2nd year, I have plan to vacation to south korea with my malaysian friends on april 2017, since I'm Indonesian thus, I have to apply for tourist visa.
May I have some information what are requirements need to provide, especially about bank account,

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Stefan Lunt
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 06:38 EST
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Dear Embassy of Korea Kuala Lumpur,

My name Stefan from Indonesia. Currently i am working in Kuala Lumpur.
I would like to ask a suggestion or might be a help.
Here is my problem:
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3. Hotel itenary.
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5. Prepared sufficient amount in bank at least MYR 10,000
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I really need a suggestion or a help which can help me to obtain number 7 requirement, as i am going there as a visitor to sight seing korea and i don't have a friend which can be a guarantor.
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Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:57 EST
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I'm shariful islam. I'm from Bangladesh but I'm study in Malaysia. I'm in graduate.I will visiting south korea. can I get Korean tourist visa?

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Fri, 6 Jan 2017 10:20 EST
Korean Scholarship Programme for Undergraduate students.
Good evening ,
Madam / Sir

I am currently a science foundation student in the Universiti of Malaya . Within 4 months, I'll be completing this programme and continue on Bachelors Degree.
Being a science student, like many, it's a dream of mine to pursue in medicine programme . To be able to pursue medicine in Korea? That's insane! I've been looking forward to continue my studies in overseas and Korea is the perfect place I could ever be .
One of many reasons are, I definitely love how culturally close Malaysian and Korean is .
Primarily,our countries modernized without leaving behind our traditions and cultures . Evidently, our netizens are still meticulous about modesty and that is a great value that I will never want to eradicate from me wherever I go. Therefore I believe, in Korea, social adaptation would be easier for an Asian, like me .

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I would like to ask , Do Korean goverment offers scholarships to International students in medicine ?

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Hi im an filipina currently working her in malaysia.i'd like to tour in south korea.could i applying the tourist visa her in korean embassy her at malaysia?and what are the requirements that i need to provides?

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Good evening to Mr and Mrs, I am here want to ask some question. actually I really want to further my study at Korea. But I have money problem. Can I get a sponsorship to further my study and when I came back to Malaysia I can give the best my service to Malaysia people. So I hope you can help me to solve my problem because I have no choise that’s why I sent this email to embassy of Korea. Thank you very much. God bless you always.
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I am Ahmed from Yemen I have invitoin from South Korea I want visa to travel
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hiim working here in malaysia,,can posseble i can go korea for tour only,

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Definition of bania in English:

  • (in India) a trader or merchant.

    • ‘Also indispensable in the making of Indian Opinion was Gandhi's nephew Chhaganlal, who was assigned a bania's duties of keeping the accounts and collecting the advertisements.’
    • ‘Look at the subject: the milkman, the barber, the priest, the unbiquitous paan vendor, the artisan, the crafty bania.’
    • ‘Both communities were providing stiff competition to the patels and banias of Gujarat.’
    • ‘As the hill stations grew, there was an expansion in trade, and it was often the much-detested banias from the plains who rushed in to avail themselves of new opportunities.’
    • ‘The campsite favourably located next to the bania boasted bird- and frog-song, accompanied by the splashing of a gentle brook.’

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Definition of library in English:

  • 1A building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for use or borrowing by the public or the members of an institution.

    ‘a university library’
    as modifier ‘a library book’
    • ‘I researched sailboat building at our town library and Boston Public Library.’
    • ‘By publicly borrowing library books, patrons forfeit any constitutional protections they may have had in their reading habits.’
    • ‘When interrupted or just merely looking up, common places like my bedroom, the library or my school gym are foreign to me.’
    • ‘He was led through the library, study rooms and multimedia centre.’
    • ‘Students in year three and four were given two days off, and are now back at the school using the library as a temporary classroom.’
    • ‘Further, we found a severe lack of Latino children's literature in the libraries and classrooms of schools in this study.’
    • ‘So a university gets a new library building but no funds for new books.’
    • ‘This included various workshops and activities and visiting speakers were available to youngsters in the library and the school hall.’
    • ‘Students are considering the energy sources in their own dorms, libraries and classrooms and then working to harness this buying power to create a clean energy revolution.’
    • ‘So you look at the overall campus and you look at lots and lots of rooms: libraries, dorm rooms, classrooms, cubicles and so forth.’
    • ‘Children may not be able to return to a school in September after a £1m fire devastated four classrooms, a library and a hall.’
    • ‘Each month 10 per cent of all book sales to library members goes back to the Richmond-Tweed Regional Library for the purchase of new books.’
    • ‘It was raining when I left home, heading to university to return my library book to stop the fine accruing at $3 a day.’
    • ‘For sixty years the Geology Museum remained in the public library building.’
    • ‘A newspaper dating from 1867 was one of three items found in a glass bottle in the wall cavity between the school library and a classroom.’
    • ‘It's easier to borrow the book from a public library or buy it from a second-hand bookshop.’
    • ‘Showmen would also tour schools, libraries and concert halls with the apparatus showing off the latest film slides.’
    • ‘When I was a lad, all those years ago, I was an assistant to the Librarian at Queens' College, Cambridge, a post which gave me access to the inner sanctum of the library.’
    • ‘In 1911 the collection was placed on view in a third-floor gallery at the new public library building at Forty-second Street.’
    • ‘The students can then access the presentation at the school library at his/her convenience.’
    1. 1.1 A collection of books and periodicals held in a library.
      ‘the Institute houses an outstanding library of 35,000 volumes on the fine arts’
      • ‘I trust that you will find this issue a welcome addition to your library.’
      • ‘Like family heirlooms, libraries and research collections gain luster with age and use.’
      • ‘They visited the stables, admiring the horses, and settled in to read from the extensive library Geoff had collected.’
      • ‘The museum houses a library with about 60,000 books related to Gandhi and the various causes he espoused.’
      • ‘Readers with deep pockets should feel free to purchase this W.B. Yeats second issue for my library.’
      • ‘A few Italian book collectors began to amass libraries of unprecedented proportions: one cardinal is said to have had as many as 15,000 books.’
      • ‘It is not surprising then that the young Abdurrahman was encouraged to debate ideas and issues and to read widely in his father's extensive library.’
      • ‘His annotated score, as well as a beautifully bound presentation copy signed by every member of the orchestra, is among the thousands of scores and sound recordings in the library.’
      • ‘This volume belongs in all college and research libraries, and in scholars' professional collections.’
      • ‘This practical guide for pedagogy students and teachers is a welcome addition to our collective libraries.’
      • ‘Many people who would not think of themselves as collectors amass considerable libraries in their lifetime.’
      • ‘Onboard, take advantage of the research library and expert naturalists.’
    2. 1.2 A room in a private house where books are kept.
      ‘there was a library that Uncle Hilbert used as his study’
      • ‘He was cordial and invited me to his small private drawing room and library.’
      • ‘Along the cool corridors are private dining rooms, libraries, a gymnasium, and Turkish baths.’
      • ‘There are two formal reception rooms on the ground floor, as well as a kitchen, breakfast room, library, study, conservatory and guest bathroom.’
      • ‘The bedrooms are linked to the bathrooms, dressing rooms, libraries and anterooms.’
      • ‘Dominic's room was more like a hotel luxury suite complete with a living room and a private library.’
      • ‘It includes a library, kitchen, four main bedrooms, a dressing room, two bathrooms, three further attic bedrooms and a study.’
      • ‘After the game room came the three guest rooms, the kitchen, the library, the informal living room and Rob's bedroom.’
      • ‘The library and drawing room looked almost normal compared to the bizarre collection of marble busts, classical casts and ancient antiquities that covered the walls of the rooms behind.’
      • ‘The floating glass divider turns up again to encapsulate a private library and two guest bedrooms.’
      • ‘The castle has a panelled dining room, a library, a billiards room and a grand hall.’
      • ‘You can use the kitchen, the library, the living room.’
      • ‘It is a single-family four-bedroom house, with a living room, dining room, library, kitchen, two bathrooms, yard and garage.’
      • ‘It had a dining room, spacious living room with a central fireplace, an impressive kitchen, a small breakfast room, a large library and a sitting room.’
      • ‘The house has two studies, a library, a 15 ft kitchen, dining room, family room, sitting room, drawing room and two bathrooms.’
      • ‘The ground floor also features a library and dining room.’
      • ‘The villa had running water, underfloor heating, bathing facilities, two libraries, a reception room and bedrooms surrounding an internal patio.’
      • ‘Downstairs there is a library, living room, terrace and a kitchen and dining area.’
      • ‘After adding on more casual spaces, he'll turn a little-used living room into a library, study, or game room.’
      • ‘For the same money, you can buy a three-bedroom Greek beach house with a sitting room, library, fitted kitchen and bathroom.’
      • ‘The property includes eight bedrooms, a library, study, a conservatory, and two wine cellars.’
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    3. 1.3 A series of books or recordings issued by a company as a set.
      • ‘A Dutch publisher plans to release the complete series in a library of 12 hardcovers.’
    4. 1.4 A collection of films, recorded music, etc., organized systematically and kept for research or borrowing.
      ‘a record library’
      • ‘He left behind a much smaller library of recorded works than Sun Ra, but what a collection it is.’
      • ‘Start your library by researching other denominational hymnals.’
      • ‘‘He's simpatico with the culture and has a whole library of recorded sounds from that area,’ Karp said.’
      • ‘One may lament the absence of a libretto but the CD version will probably be in most collectors' libraries anyway.’
      • ‘The archive functions as a dance library and research center, much like the New York City Public Library's Dance Collection.’
      • ‘This is not a recording to build a library with, then.’
      • ‘Often, I've found, it's just the coincidental timing of first hearing and life events that have made them assume a special place in the recording library inside my head.’
      • ‘Experts analysing the anthrax used in the US attacks are comparing its DNA with a library of strains collected worldwide.’
      • ‘This includes photo libraries, research databases and detailed archives.’
    5. 1.5Computing A collection of programs and software packages made generally available, often loaded and stored on disk for immediate use.
      ‘download any of thousands of programs from our software libraries’
      • ‘All [customers] need to do is buy a camera, and the software library and toolkit do the analysis.’
      • ‘That said, backward-compatibility is a relatively new feature for consoles - for a long time, buying a next-generation machine meant leaving your software library behind.’
      • ‘At under $20 per title, however, these are great recommendations for a family's home software library, as well as for a teacher's free-time area.’
      • ‘Update the software library to get rid of old software versions, beta versions and out of date service packs.’
      • ‘He reckons it will take 18 months to get the 4,000 programs in the software library built, and has taken the CD off the market.’

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin libraria ‘bookshop’, feminine (used as a noun) of librarius ‘relating to books’, from liber, libr- ‘book’.


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Definition of order of magnitude in English:

order of magnitude

  • 1A class in a system of classification determined by size, typically in powers of ten.

    ‘the forces between atoms on a polymer chain are about two orders of magnitude stronger than those between chains’
    • ‘For a simple model of population structure the same is true when the probability of migrating is not higher than the order of magnitude of the inverse of the population size.’
    • ‘This value is on the same order of magnitude as determined in Fig.6.’
    • ‘This is an order of magnitude faster than on the old VAX system.’
    • ‘This ratio varies in plesiosaurs by more than an order of magnitude and is used here as a proxy for trophic specialization.’
    • ‘To measure changes that take place in about a femtosecond, they needed something they could characterize in attoseconds, an order of magnitude lower than existing systems.’
    • ‘Second, Mott and Nabarro considered the case where the particle spacing is not negligible compared to the minimum radius of curvature of the dislocation, but are of the same order of magnitude.’
    • ‘As late as 1997 unemployment rates remained over 10 per cent, an order of magnitude higher than in the golden age of the 1960s and more than twice the rates of the United States.’
    • ‘Galileo's telescopes increased both light-gathering power and angular resolution by about an order of magnitude.’
    • ‘Thus we will only discuss the order of magnitude of the estimated number of loci and not fine numerical comparisons.’
    • ‘Its numerical value also grew by an order of magnitude during the war owing to an increase of the third factor.’
    • ‘Their analysis and observations agreed: The resonance is sharp, its amplitude modest, and its frequency an order of magnitude below that of the power supply.’
    • ‘This has been done using sample sizes of the same order of magnitude as those used by Buchanan and Evans.’
    • ‘By doubling ‘only’ every 18 months or so, computer power takes five years to increase by a single order of magnitude.’
    • ‘So, the answer will be only correct within an order of magnitude.’
    • ‘The calculated diffusion coefficient was found to be of the same order of magnitude as the diffusion coefficient of air in water.’
    • ‘Because these parameters span two orders of magnitude, we cannot determine mutation rates.’
    • ‘Both these estimates were an order of magnitude too small, but the fault was in Aristarchus's lack of accurate instruments rather than in his correct method of reasoning.’
    • ‘This new system will provide nearly an order of magnitude more data than the current operational system.’
    • ‘Costs are still a few orders of magnitude too high for the sequencing of one's own genome to become commonplace.’
    • ‘The total amount of data collected per experiment will go up by orders of magnitude with this system.’
    1. 1.1 Size or quantity.
      ‘the new problems were of a different order of magnitude’
      • ‘Considerations of this order of magnitude must not be brushed aside.’
      • ‘We are dealing with a different order of magnitude of threat.’
      • ‘Fifty years from now, the biological intelligence of humanity will still be at that same order of magnitude.’
      • ‘When the city's homicide toll hovers in that order of magnitude, nobody gets too upset.’
      • ‘I was bowled away by the band's performance last year, but this was a different order of magnitude.’
      • ‘Nonetheless, with costs of that order of magnitude, one might imagine that such a venture would be solely within the domain of governments.’
      • ‘But Mont Pincon was different, the same sort of battle but of a different order of magnitude.’
      • ‘In other theatres of operation, statistics for military losses were of an order of magnitude that had been registered in the First World War.’
      • ‘‘It's a different order of magnitude,’ says Chronos.’
      • ‘But what takes it into a different order of magnitude is his decision to keep his shares in the family - until forced, last night, to sell them.’
      • ‘It must be in that order of magnitude because think of the billions of dollars that have been sent that way, billions.’
      • ‘I think it is in a different order of magnitude to that of Smith and Carlos back then.’
      • ‘The economics of operation were therefore of a wholly different order of magnitude from the economics of operation of the slower, smaller but basically efficient older ferries.’
      • ‘Or is what CBS News is doing here just a whole different order of magnitude?’
      • ‘We've never faced a disaster of this nature or order of magnitude, but yes, I think we're beginning to understand what we need.’
    2. 1.2mass noun The arrangement of a number of items determined by their relative size.
      ‘the items are arranged in ascending order of magnitude’
      • ‘The higher the absolute value, more important is the response variable, which enables its sorting in descending order of magnitude.’
      • ‘Write the sequence in ascending order of magnitude beginning with the smallest.’

order of magnitude


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Definition of rebarbative in English:

  • Unattractive and objectionable.

    ‘rebarbative modern buildings’
    • ‘It is too perversely rebarbative an opera to be, as I say, exactly enjoyable, but you begin to wonder if life, with its sado-masochistic tensions below the surface, isn't sometimes like this.’
    • ‘Over the past couple of hours a lot of rebarbative, ulcerated and embittered people had been working hard at bedding their resentments down in sensory-deprivation tanks full of alcohol.’
    • ‘As Thomas's pained gait and brittle limbs signal a physical deterioration, put-on sibling chitchat quickly turns to rebarbative bickering.’
    • ‘Matthew Turner dug up some of his more rebarbative columns.’
    • ‘Wanting the approval and affection of her teacher, she is baffled by his alternately affectionate and rebarbative behaviour.’
    • ‘It is not a chronicle of an aristocratic caste, but of the potpourri of birth, nurture, ambition and opportunism that has imposed upon Britain the most rebarbative governing élite outside France.’
    • ‘They were highly rebarbative in the way that they were carried out and the threats that were used.’
    • ‘It's just another bit of dreary left-wing ‘statement art’: morally rebarbative, aesthetically nugatory, interesting only as a symptom of cultural decay.’
    • ‘Yet the text is neither dense nor rebarbative, and the author provides summaries of the argument as she proceeds from stage to stage.’
    • ‘Quantification of aims and accomplishments may seem less rebarbative to scientists than to humanists.’
    • ‘Has Stanley's ill-considered publication of this literary leviathan given license to a certain kind of rebarbative white animus toward any stirrings of black cultural ascendancy?’
    • ‘Our readings proved to be chock-a-block with militant palaver and rebarbative nonsense.’
    • ‘In the 11 years since Romanian dictator Nicolai Ceausescu and his rebarbative wife Elena were toppled, the popular uprisings in Eastern Europe have developed their own distinctive choreography.’
    • ‘The more rebarbative influence of O'Casey is tempered by the gentler one of Synge.’
    • ‘Some of the author's strategies for outwitting this rebarbative terrain are well practised and well documented.’
    • ‘The person who brings this out in most women is that television presenter who had the mean little whiney, rebarbative jibes that suited her well.’
    • ‘We'd done the critical reading and so could sort through the often rebarbative yet always challenging works we favored.’
    • ‘It is quite as rebarbative and as jealous of its prerogatives as Parliament and nothing like so easy to summon.’
    • ‘If this is correct, the US response should be to drive a wedge between the perpetrators and to their close supporters, rebarbative as they definitely will turn out to be.’
    • ‘If all this is a little rebarbative for your battered soul, and tender stomach, you could try some of the globe's more spiritual and/or magical remedies.’
    revolting, disgusting, abhorrent, repellent, repugnant, offensive, objectionable, vile, foul, nasty, loathsome, sickening, nauseating, stomach-churning, stomach-turning, hateful, detestable, execrable, abominable, monstrous, appalling, reprehensible, deplorable, insufferable, intolerable, despicable, contemptible, beyond the pale, unspeakable, noxious, horrendous, heinous, atrocious, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightful, obnoxious, unsavoury, unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful, dislikeable, off-putting, uninviting, displeasing
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Late 19th century: from French rébarbatif, -ive, from Old French se rebarber ‘face each other ‘beard to beard’ aggressively’, from barbe ‘beard’.


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Definition of coast in English:

  • 1The part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land.

    ‘the west coast of Africa’
    ‘they sailed further up the coast’
    as modifier ‘the coast road’
    • ‘The hurricane hit the coast with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles an hour.’
    • ‘They have a widespread range and can be found on the coasts of six continents in the winter.’
    • ‘They explored the coast, seeing birds of all kinds.’
    • ‘He has fished tuna in the Bay of Biscay and off the south west coast.’
    • ‘The search for a missing yachtsman whose boat ran aground on the North East coast has been scaled down.’
    • ‘There are also plans to have some naval vessels patrol the West African coast.’
    • ‘They have now moved to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on the south west coast.’
    • ‘They had turned to the right and were now following the coast road west.’
    • ‘Some algae have been observed in large numbers off the South East coast.’
    • ‘As we crossed the coast of the mainland, we dropped the wing tanks and prepared to face enemy aircraft.’
    • ‘There's been a big buildup in military capability, in missiles deployed along the mainland coast.’
    • ‘Trade was extremely limited, and ships only rarely sailed to the country's coast.’
    • ‘Apparently it is expected to pick up speed as it approaches the coast.’
    • ‘How it was ever going to reach the Atlantic coast was anybody's guess.’
    • ‘The coast road is virtually closed with two or three sets of traffic lights.’
    • ‘Many mangrove forest areas along the country's coast have been converted into fish farms.’
    • ‘At one time we were fishing off the Labrador coast.’
    • ‘Slavic peoples migrated into the Balkans and along the Dalmatian coast in the sixth century.’
    • ‘Port Moresby on the island's southern coast was only 340 sea miles from Australia.’
    • ‘Irrigated rice agriculture is also practiced in numerous smaller river deltas and plains along the country's coast.’
    seaboard, coastal region, coastline, seashore, shore, shoreline, seaside, beach, sand, sands, foreshore, waterside, water's edge, waterfront
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    1. 1.1North American The Pacific coast of North America.
  • 2A run or movement in or on a vehicle without the use of power.

  • 1no object (of a person or vehicle) move easily without using power.

    ‘the engines stopped, and the craft coasted along’
    • ‘Even if I ran out of gas, I'd simply coast back down to Harbourville, where I know I'd be well taken care of.’
    • ‘The vehicle coasts, slowed only by tire and wind resistance.’
    • ‘Suddenly the sail is flapping and useless, the acceleration is gone, and I'm coasting gently towards the edge of the airfield, still steering with my feet.’
    • ‘Laboriously we pushed the vehicles up the hill and then pushed off and pedaled like mad until we gained enough speed to coast the two blocks to where the street leveled off again.’
    • ‘In the afternoon, he coasts down the hill on his bicycle to a quaint village, stops at a Peet's coffee shop for a latte or Chai tea, and pumps back up the hill.’
    • ‘There was a gas station a couple of miles up the road so I wasn't worried, I just kept going and coasted the last few hundred yards to the station.’
    • ‘This is what I love about living in the UK, when you're quietly coasting through a perfect spring morning in this beautiful rolling countryside!’
    • ‘The impact had also apparently jarred the engine of my car, as it would not restart; it coasted to a stop at the exit at the bottom of the hill.’
    • ‘Driving through the streets, I noticed a lot of drivers just coasted through stop signs, totally ignoring who might actually have the right of way.’
    • ‘I coasted to a halt, removed my helmet and sat down on the rocks, watching the lake.’
    • ‘Once the radiator blew and he'd coasted onto the centre green, he popped the glove box, took out the can of beer placed there for that specific occasion and stood around yacking to the other drivers that had already been knocked out.’
    • ‘There's a little strip of grass where you can coast if you blow a tire or a ventricle.’
    • ‘Once you are successfully coasting in the narrow stance with an upright torso, lift the left toe and get used to coasting that way.’
    • ‘Soon they were coasting down the highway towards town.’
    • ‘Mostly we just coasted along in the Firebird wherever whim directed.’
    • ‘As we drew closer to the system I cut the engines and let the Moonshadow coast the rest of the way in.’
    • ‘He may be coasting down a hill with the gears in neutral and the engine switched off.’
    • ‘Any time the vehicle is coasting, it is not consuming any power, which adds many miles to the vehicle's overall range.’
    • ‘Within five minutes I was coasting smoothly across the river as river tugs heaved past below.’
    • ‘While you are coasting with both skates parallel, move one skate forward and the other skate backward for balance.’
    • ‘I made it up one hill and coasted down the other side; after that, though I was shaky and absolutely drained, I managed to go hard.’
    • ‘I closed the door with the belt hanging out, so it would work as a mechanism to keep the car going straight when I coasted it down the hill.’
    1. 1.1 Act or make progress without making much effort.
      ‘he coasted to victory’
      • ‘And worryingly for their rivals, not only have New Zealand coasted to the second grand slam but they have also developed an international squad of remarkable depth in the process.’
      • ‘Initially they were coasting to an easy win at 21-10 after 15 ends.’
      • ‘Waterloo never looked back and coasted to a 56-50 victory, with Mike Sovran leading the way with 12 points and 7 rebounds.’
      • ‘Australia coasted to victory in the first Test at Lord's but it was fallacious.’
      • ‘In the college ranks, top players often coast by on sheer ability; in the pros, everyone gets physically whipped sooner or later.’
      • ‘A controversial report written by a top policemen says too many officers are coasting towards their lucrative pensions and contributing little to the fight against crime.’
      • ‘He is a member of the Anglo-Irish upper classes; he has coasted along in life, acquiring accolades and a beautiful wife in America with no effort, just an attitude and an accent which charm.’
      • ‘I knew I was coasting, and that I'm capable of so much more.’
      • ‘The locker room is bursting with rich, young, immature players and over-the-hill veterans coasting toward retirement while collecting a nice paycheck.’
      • ‘Maybe you're coasting through a too-familiar routine: shower, coffee, work, sandwich, work, gym, home, dinner, TV, sleep.’
      • ‘He labors diligently and earnestly at his craft at a stage in his career when he could coast instead.’
      • ‘There you are, coasting your way through a Bachelor of Arts degree.’
      • ‘He ended up winning the primary and then coasting to victory in his Democratic district.’
      • ‘Nevertheless, when the time finally came to find an heir, he was still the golden boy and coasted to victory.’
      • ‘They were coasting, a goal ahead, never in trouble, and then disaster struck in the third minute of added time.’
      • ‘A friend of mine once made the pointed observation that many of these students simply coast along doing only a part or none of the readings.’
      • ‘Quarry appeared to get tired in the middle rounds and gave the impression of coasting his way to victory.’
      • ‘Saints coasted to a very comfortable 60-16 victory, after a devastating first-half performance which emphasised the gap between the top and bottom of Super League.’
      • ‘The incomparable Bennett, who'd seized control of the women's race almost from the outset, coasted to her fourth victory in five attempts.’
      • ‘I've coasted along in college, doing last-minute papers, forgetting to study for tests, forgetting there was a test, falling into a coma in class, maximizing my cuts.’
      • ‘After that, the men in white coasted to a victory which was every bit as comfortable as the score suggests.’
      freewheel, cruise, taxi, drift, glide, sail, float, skate, slip, skim
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  • 2no object , with adverbial of direction Sail along the coast, especially in order to carry cargo.

    ‘a coasting schooner’
    • ‘Instead, he bumped into the Americas on his first voyage of discovery, landing first somewhere in the Bahamas, and then coasting along Cuba, before eventually returning to Spain.’
    • ‘After coasting along the shores of Brazil and advancing up the River Amazon, then called Marañon, he returned by way of Hispaniola, to be driven for refuge from storm into the port of Aguada.’
    • ‘A small red ferryboat gently coasted on its way to San Fransisco.’

  • the coast is clear

    • There is no danger of being observed or caught.

      • ‘And then, if the coast is clear, we can safely follow.’
      • ‘He made his way out of the room once the coast was clear.’
      • ‘Once the coast was clear, he would get to the second floor somehow and then he would get to Juliet, hopefully before night fell.’
      • ‘Once finally convinced the coast was clear, Gabby nonetheless tiptoed her way down the hall and slipped into the room.’
      • ‘‘Okay, the coast is clear,’ she whispered, ‘but try not to be too noisy.’’
      • ‘They all start running off and, thinking the coast is clear, I get out of my car.’
      • ‘Once the coast was clear the elf leaped gracefully from the tree and Miaku followed.’
      • ‘We'll wait until the coast is clear, hide the stuff, and then go after them.’
      • ‘Our characters were supposed to look around to make sure the coast is clear, then jump in the truck and race off.’
      • ‘He would then park the cars a few miles away before returning days later to check the coast was clear before selling the vehicle on.’
      • ‘She then looks up and down the street, as if she's making sure the coast is clear, and then she just takes off.’

Middle English (in the sense ‘side of the body’), from Old French coste (noun), costeier (verb), from Latin costa ‘rib, flank, side’. coast (sense 1 of the noun) arose from the phrase coast of the sea ‘side of the sea’.


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Definition of Stalag in English:

  • (in World War II) a German prison camp, especially for noncommissioned officers and privates.

    • ‘And stamped on the inside cover is the imprint of the Stalag where he spent the latter part of WWII, having been shot down over Germany on a fighter mission.’
    • ‘Having been shot down over Berlin, Roy was captured by the Nazis and sent to the Stalag 6 prisoner of war camp.’
    • ‘He was incarcerated in three different Stalags prior to his escape and repatriation.’
    • ‘Well, as a prisoner of war in Stalag 17, the 4,300 of us there, of whom 1,200 were from this new group that got shot down in those three weeks that I'm speaking about, we were under the command of the Luftwaffe.’
    • ‘He was taken prisoner after the Normandy landings and transported to the Stalag VIIIC PoW camp on the Polish border.’

German, contraction of Stammlager, from Stamm ‘base, main stock’ + Lager ‘camp’.


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Egyptian University Nur-Mubarak renamed

05 march 2013, 17:56
Nur-Mubarak University in Almaty. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy©
Nur-Mubarak University in Almaty. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy©
Egyptian University of the Islamic Culture Nur-Mubarak in Almaty changed its name to Kazakh-Egyptian Islamic University Nur, Tengrinews.kz reports citing the press-service of Kazakhstan Agency for Religious Affairs.

In the beginning of 2011 Kazakhstan's Muslims Union requested to exclude the word "Mubarak" from the name of the university in relation to the clashes in Egypt between the opposition and the supporters of president Mubarak. They addressed this request to Kazakhstan Ministry of Education and Science and the University's management.

"Upon the results of the work of the university's board and in relation to the initiative of the Egyptian party, the decision was made to rename the university into Kazakh-Egyptian Islamic University Nur," the press-service wrote in late November 2012.

The meeting of the board of the Egyptian University of the Islamic Culture was held on November 22-23. The board's co-chairs include chairman of Kazakhstan Agency for Religious Affairs Kairat Lama Sharif and Minister of Egyptian Wakufs Doctor Talgat Afifi. The meeting was also attended by deputy Minister of Education and Science Murat Abenov, the University's president Al-Azhar Usama Al-Abd, Kazakhstan Ambassador to Cairo Berik Aryn, Ambassador of Egypt to Astana Nabila Salama and others.

The buildings of the university built at the cost of the Egyptian party were passed as a gift to Kazakhstan. The board also made several changes into the university's structure. In particular, three schools were opened: Basics of religion and Islamic preaching, Shariah, Arabic philology and Islamic civilization. The university will also have an Abu Hanifa scientific-research center.

According to the press-service, Nur-Mubarak university is acting on the bases of an agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and Egypt signed in 2001 and educates imams, religious experts and Arabic-philologists.

During the work of the board Kairat Lama Sharif stressed that Kazakhstan strongly needed qualified experts in traditional Islam that also posses secular knowledge. He emphasized that the main work of the Islamic experts and imams was to preach Hanafi Islam (that is traditional for Kazakhstan), research its doctrines from the scientific point of view and introduce them to the Islamic part of the country's population.

In the period from 2004 to 2011 Nur-Mubarak University trained 262 experts in Islamic studies. 163 of them are working as imams and naib-imams of the mosques around Kazakhstan, which is 62.2 percent of all the graduates. 37 experts, i.e. 14.1 percent of the graduates, are teaching in 9 religious schools of the Spiritual Management of Muslims of Kazakhstan.

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Comune di Bracciano
A view of the Castello Orsini-Odescalchi.
Coat of arms of Bracciano
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Bracciano is located in Italy
Location of Bracciano in Italy
Coordinates: 42°06′N 12°11′E / 42.100°N 12.183°E / 42.100; 12.183
Country Italy
Region Lazio
Province / Metropolitan city Rome
Frazioni Castel Giuliano, Pisciarelli, Sambuco, Vicarello, Vigna di Valle
 • Mayor Armando Tondinelli
 • Total 142 km2 (55 sq mi)
Elevation 280 m (920 ft)
Population (30 November 2015)
 • Total 19,384
 • Density 140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Braccianesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 00062
Dialing code 06
Patron saint St. Sebastian
Saint day January 20
Website Official website
The historic center of Bracciano.

Bracciano[1] is a small town in the Italian region of Lazio, 30 kilometres (19 miles) northwest of Rome. The town is famous for its volcanic lake (Lago di Bracciano or "Sabatino", the eighth largest lake in Italy) and for a particularly well-preserved medieval castle Castello Orsini-Odescalchi. The lake is widely used for sailing and is popular with tourists; the castle has hosted a number of events, especially weddings of actors and singers.

The town is served by an urban railway (Line FR3) which connects it with Rome (stations of Ostiense and Valle Aurelia) in about 55 minutes. Close to it lie the two medieval towns of Anguillara Sabazia and Trevignano Romano.

There is no certain information about the origins of Bracciano, on the Via Cassia overlooking the lake.[2] It probably rose from one of the numerous towers built in the tenth century as a defence against the Saracen attacks, as implied by the ancient name of Castrum Brachiani. In the eleventh century the neighbouring territory was acquired by the Prefetti di Vico family, who turned the tower into a castle. Ferdinand Gregorovius dated the possession of Bracciano by the Orsini to 1234. The area was later acquired by the Roman hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia and, from 1375, was a Papal possession.

In 1419 the Colonna Pope Martin V confirmed the fief of Bracciano in the Orsini family branch of Tagliacozzo. Under this powerful family the city developed into a flourishing town, famous in the whole of Italy for its castle, which was enlarged, starting from 1470, by Napoleone Orsini and his son Virginio. In 1481 it housed Pope Sixtus IV, who had fled from the plague in Rome; the Sala Papalina in one of the corner towers commemorates the event. Four years later, however, the city and the castle were ravaged by Papal troops under Prospero Colonna, and subsequently a new line of walls was built.

In 1494 Charles VIII of France and his troops marching against Rome stopped at Bracciano. This act led to the excommunication of the Orsini, and in 1496 the city was besieged by a papal army headed by Giovanni di Candia, son of Pope Alexander VI Borgia, though it resisted successfully. Cesare Borgia, another of Alexander's natural sons, was unsuccessful in his attempt to take the Orsini stronghold a few years later. The sixteenth century was a period of splendour for Bracciano. The notorious spendthrift and libertine Paolo Giordano I Orsini, having married in 1558 Isabella de' Medici, daughter of Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, received the title of duke of Bracciano in 1560. The castello received some modernization for the brief visit of the Medici that year. He hired the most prestigious painter available in Rome, Taddeo Zuccaro, to fresco with allegories and coats-of-arms the fortress's most prestigious room, the Sala Papalinia that had been occupied by Sixtus IV.[3] Isabella spent the remainder of her life avoiding a return to the castle, which a modern tourist tradition would have her haunting.[4]

The economy was boosted by the exploitation of sulphur and iron, the production of tapestries and paper. The latter was favoured by the construction of an aqueduct whose ruins can still be seen in the city. Bracciano in this period had some 4,500 inhabitants.

However, the expensive tenor of life of the Orsini eventually damaged the economic conditions of the city. The last great ruler was probably Paolo Giordano II, a patron of arts and literature who made Bracciano a center of culture in Italy. The decline culminated in 1696 when the castle was sold to Livio Odescalchi, nephew of Pope Innocent XI; the Odescalchi family still retain the castle.

In the castle, richly frescoed friezes and ceilings now contrast with blank walls, which were hung with richly-coloured tapestries when the lords of Bracciano were in residence. Fortunately, the important late-15th century frieze showing the labours of Hercules[5] is still visible.

The castle seen from the hospital parking lot.
The lake as seen from Largo Falcone and Borsellino, near the castle.

The main economic activities are tourism, services and agriculture. Until the twentieth century the region was notoriously unhealthy for its malaria, now eradicated; as a result, none of the fine villas were built at the water's edge, but all stood on healthier rises of ground.

Main sights[edit]

The main monument of Bracciano is its castle, Castello Orsini-Odescalchi, one of the most noteworthy examples of Renaissance military architecture in Italy.

3 km (2 mi) outside the city, alongside the road leading to Trevignano Romano, is the ancient church of San Liberato (ninth century). It occupies what was once the Roman settlement of Forum Clodii, now surrounded by an herb garden, part of the complex of English-style gardens at the adjoining Villa San Librato, designed by Russell Page in 1965 for the art historian conte Donato Sanminatelli and his contessa, Maria Odescalchi, and carried out over the following decade.

On the same road are the ruins of the Aquae Apollinaris, a complex of baths famous in the Roman age.

At Vigna di Valle, next to the lake, the former seaplane base today houses the Italian Air Force Museum.[6] The museum's four hangars hold a number of historical military aircraft, including famous planes such as the MC. 202, the Supermarine Spitfire, the Savoia Marchetti S.79, the F-104 Starfighter, the Caproni Ca.100 and the Panavia Tornado. Also on view is a remarkable collection of three Schneider Cup racers, including the Macchi M.C.72. The museum stages an annual 'Giornata Azzura' airshow at Pratica di Mare airport.

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Csa" (Mediterranean climate).[7]

Climate data for Bracciano
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 9
Average low °C (°F) 3
Average precipitation mm (inches) 112
Source: Weatherbase [8]

Twin towns[edit]

Bracciano is twinned with

See also[edit]

  1. ^ Bracciano is pronounced in three syllables: "Bra-CHA-no"
  2. ^ The modern history is Carla Micheli Giaccone, Bracciano e il suo castelloRome, 1990.
  3. ^ Caroline P. Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess 2008:80f.
  4. ^ "Given that Isabella could not bear the idea of living in Bracciano when she was alive, it seems unlikely she would choose to haunt the castle dead," observes Caroline P. Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess 2008:351.
  5. ^ Malcolm Bull, The Mirror of the Gods, How Renaissance Artists Rediscovered the Pagan Gods, Oxford UP, 2005, ISBN 0-19-521923-6
  6. ^ url=
  7. ^ Climate Summary for Bracciano
  8. ^ . 2013  Missing or empty |title= (help) Retrieved on July 29, 2013.

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Cape Split cliffs and tidal current

Cape Split is a headland located on the Bay of Fundy coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Cape Split is located in Kings County and is a continuation of the North Mountain range, which is made of tholeiitic basalt.[1] The cape separates the main part of the Bay of Fundy from the Minas Basin, a sub-basin to the east.

The cape itself is 7 km (4 mi) long and ranges between several kilometres to several dozen metres in width. Both sides of the headland end in high cliffs overlooking treacherous tidal currents in the Minas Channel.

Privately owned until recently, the property has now been sold to the Government of Nova Scotia and is being transformed into a provincial park.[2] Its current status is that of a Reserve Park of 427 hectares.[3] A popular hiking trail has existed for decades on Cape Split, taking approximately 2–2.5 hours each way to the tip of the headland.[4] Most of the Cape is heavily forested, but the tip of the peninsula is a meadow, providing excellent long-distance views in good weather.

The cliffs at Cape Split are actively eroding and potentially dangerous. The height of the cliffs is over 60 m (200 ft) and a fall could be fatal. There are several features that appear to be trails, but are actually lines of erosion that lead to steep edges with loose soil and rocks underfoot. Rescue services have been called several times in the past years and are highlighting the need for additional warning signs.[5]

Looking across the Minas Channel, Nova Scotia, Canada into Greville Bay and Cumberland County from the further possible point on Cape Split that a hiker can reach.

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Coordinates: 45°20′05″N 64°29′27″W / 45.33472°N 64.49083°W / 45.33472; -64.49083