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Recipe | Smoked Pork and Kidney Beans Salad

Today we chat up with restaurateur Elvis Khevito –  owner of Hornbill Cafe, Delhi. Lee is here to share with us the recipe of ‘Ki Baa’ – a favourite of his customers.

Photo | Khevito Elvis Lee

Ki Paa | Kidney Beans salad with Smoked pork – an original recipe of the Khiamniungan tribe, Nagaland

Picture Courtesy: Elvis

Ingredients :
  1. Handful Red kidney beans
  2. 5 gm Ginger
  3. 8-10 Green chilies
  4. Coriander leaves
  5. 8-10 Cooked Smoked pork
  1. First boil the kidney beans and set it aside.
  2. Then cut the cooked smoked pork into small pieces
  3. Ground the ginger and chop the chilies.
  4. Mix the smoked Pork, kidney beans,the grounded ginger and green chilly together along with some coriander leaves and salt to taste . Mix them well together and preheat them in a microwave at 180° for about 2 mins.

Serve Warm.

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Daily Announcements

Friday, February 28, 2020

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by Taylor Musgrave - Friday, 28 February 2020, 8:57 AM

Friday, February 28, 2020

Morning Radio News @ 9:05 am

ROMS Volleyball: This week's volleyball schedule can be found on the ROMS Athletics website and on the PE office doors. Next week's practice schedule will be posted on Sunday morning.

Gr 8 Rec Volleyball: Grade 8 girls recreational volleyball team is asked to meet Mrs. Kreiser in room 215 at morning recess today. Come for a treat and short celebration.

Rugby: Notice to any grade 8 boys interested in rugby - first practice will be Wednesday after school. See Mr. Stanchfield to sign-up.

MX Group: A BIG thank you to Ms. Broome and our MX group for baking and serving more than 600 heart-shaped cookies on Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday. It was an awesome treat and we are grateful to them for their kindness and positivity.

Vaping Awareness Poster Contest: Today is the deadline - please hand in any last posters to the office by the end of the day today. The posters will be judged next week and the prizes will be announced by the end of the week

Pan Am X Country Runners: Attention all athletes who are participating at the Bear Mountain X Country race tomorrow. There will be a brief meeting in Ms. Wheatley's classroom at first recess today. Some important information will be shared

Claremont Course Selection Forms: Just a reminder to our grade 8's that all Claremont course selection forms need to submitted to your homeroom teachers by next Wednesday March 4th. All online applications are due by Monday March 2nd.

Pizza Day order: Today’s pizza day order is Wolf, Orca Raven and then Thunderbird. Thank-you to M-6 for hosting this week.

ROMS Parent Review

Volleyball: This week's volleyball practice schedule can be found on the ROMS Athletics website and on the PE office doors. Also, game schedules for all competitive and recreational teams have been posted on lowerislandschoolsports.ca so please have a look to see where your team will be playing throughout the season.

Grade 8 Parents: Grade 8 Students have until Friday, March 13th to email Miss Cottier a baby photo for the yearbook.

Cordova Bay Fastball: Cordova Bay Fastball registration will remain open until March 15. No previous experience is necessary for any age. Registration can be completed online at: https://cordovabayfastball.ca/

EASTER Purdy’s catalogues have been sent out to your teachers. Please help support our school Easter fundraiser.

Order online at: www.fundraising.purdys.com

Use our school code: 29813

Orders due - March 23

Pick up orders - April 1, 2020

Any question email Courtney at

ROMS families are invited to Silver City Movie Theatre on Sunday March 8th at 2pm to watch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. We will have the whole theatre to ourselves and a chance to chill out with your kids and other ROMS families.

Tickets are $10 and are available at school or at this link:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/roms-at-the-oives-ferris-buellers-day-off-tickets-93870098993?aff=ebdssbeac

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The Morning Conversation: Inspiration

As I am frequently engaged in conversations regarding matters of great importance, at least to myself and to my friends, and even, I should say, some matters of deep triviality, I possess a certain level of familiarity with events on The Farm. As a result I am often asked such questions such as: Have you read those stories written about us? Are they suitable for anyone to read, whether young or old? What messages or themes do they convey, are they positive or inspiring?

As one might expect there is quite some interest in the stories about our lives among the residents here on The Farm. But having lived some of the events recorded in the books I most often mention the stories are mysteries and adventures with themes conveying the importance of friendship, courage, hope, and love. At least, this characterization is how many of us aspire to live. Although I am only a character and not the author, after collaborating for so long together and knowing him as closely as I do, I asked him once how he might characterize the chronicles of life on The Farm. In his reply he said only this: the stories embody everything one father wished to say to his young daughter on her birthday. When we first met, this was his intention in recording life on The Farm, to create a special gift of all he believed he had learned over the course of a lifetime, to give to his daughter so she could have it with her always.

To be more specific regarding the subtleties of the stories, I wish to offer a few examples. As my cohorts and I have always endeavored to uphold, there is a strong message of civility, and of being loving, caring and kind to each other. There are other, related themes: if you see suffering or injustice, be courageous and seek to bring things to right, regardless of your size or age. Move mountains to help a friend in need, because you can. Be curious, be persistent, be courageous, and there is nothing more powerful than love and a good heart.

As the author likes to say, books are magic. Tracing over some squiggly shapes on a page one can become absorbed in another world, perhaps in another time and place. Books with inspiring stories touching on the little truths about this world can add richness to our experience and help us learn to empathize with others, even if those others exist only in our imaginations.

I do hope I have been of help in providing a bit of an answer to the aforementioned questions. To conclude, I wish to suggest any story, whether real or only imagined, containing the themes mentioned above has the potential to fill a heart with a needed dose of hope or give one a reminder of what is truly important in life. Hope is the very thing which drives us onward when faced with the adversities of life. A hopeful or inspiring story can act just as that one kind word or action which has the power to turn someone’s dark day into light. As the ducks here on The Farm are rather too fond of reminding me, a poet in the author’s world named Emily Dickinson once wrote:

“Hope is the thing with feathers,
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all”

Alas, at times I wish she had written hope had four legs and fur. But still do I have hope, for there must be many poets capable of writing a similar sentiment and having a fine appreciation for pigs.

Yours Respectfully,
– Abselard

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Jackfruit Smoothie (Sinh To Mit)

This Jackfruit Smoothie recipe is my favorite way to enjoy jackfruit because it’s so refreshing. The recipe is super simple and can be easily adapted to suit your tastes. When making the smoothie, use a dairy base of your choice. I love plain yogurt but feel free to use a flavored yogurt, sorbet or even ice cream. For a sweetener, I like honey but you can use sugar, a sugar substitute or skip the sugar all together if the fruit is sweet enough. There are lots of great options so experiment to find the combination you love.

Jackfruit Smoothie (Sinh To Mit) - Sweet and Refreshing Drink | recipe from runawayrice.com

Notes on the Jackfruit Smoothie (Sinh To Mit) Recipe, Tips and Tricks

Looking at a jackfruit you may not find this over-sized melon-shaped fruit with prickly green skin remotely appetizing. Surprisingly, when you open this tropical fruit and work through the sticky, fibrous tentacles, you’ll find golden nuggets of succulent fruit inside. The taste can be described as a cross between apples, bananas and pineapple and can be syrupy sweet. It is a heady, heavenly combination and once you get a taste, you’ll love it!

Jackfruit - Strange-Looking but Delicious Tropical Fruit | runawayrice.com

A jackfruit can weigh up to 80 pounds. The ones sold at the Asian grocery store are between 15-20 pounds.

When jackfruit is in season (during the summer months), you can buy it at the Asian grocery stores for as low as $.99 per pound. (An average jackfruit weights about 15-20 pounds.) It’s during this time that I buy jackfruit, extract the fruit and then freeze most of it to enjoy in the later months.Jackfruit - A Look Inside This Exotic Tropical Fruit | runawayrice.com

Watch the video for instructions.

If you enjoy this Jackfruit Smoothie (Sinh To Mit) recipe, you may also like:

Delicious and Healthy Avocado Smoothie | recipe from runawayrice.comAvocado Smoothie (Sinh To Bo)

These little shooters are perfectly portioned for sampling!

Taro Smoothie (Sinh To Khoai Mon)

Pennywort Juice (Nuoc Rau Ma) - Quench Your Thirst with This Tasty Green Juice | recipe from runawayrice.com

Pennywort Drink (Nuoc Rau Ma)

Jackfruit Smoothie (Sinh To Mit)

Jackfruit Smoothie (Sinh To Mit) - Easy and Healthy Fruit Drink | recipe from runawayrice.com

1 cup frozen or fresh jackfruit
1 cup ice
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 Tbsp honey

Remove the seeds from the jackfruit and cut into chunks.

Put all ingredients into a blender and process for 1 minute or until smooth.

Pour into a tall glass and serve immediately.

Yields: 1 serving

Tools I Love and Use in My Kitchen

Jackfruit Smoothie - Refreshing Popsicle Recipe | recipe from runawayrice.com

Turn this delicious Jackfruit Smoothie into cool and creamy popsicles. Yum!!

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Add an interesting twist to your teas by making Jackfruit Smoothie ice cubes. Super fruity and refreshing!

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How to Say Yes to the Dress

By March 31, 2020 Ruthe Tuesdays

I think it’s pretty safe to say that most of us have been dreaming of the moment that we get to say yes to that perfect wedding dress. Everyone says that when you find THE dress, you just know. But how do you get to that point? How do you go from looking at a thousand dresses on Pinterest to being confident in that one dress? While we don’t have a full proof formula for finding the winner, we do have some tips to make a difference as you shop for that important gown.

  • Do your Research

Before waltzing into a bridal boutique, make sure to do your research! Don’t be a shopper without a vision. Take the time beforehand to make that wedding dress Pinterest board. Find out what you like and what you can’t stand. Note the consistencies in the dresses that you are pinning. Do all of them have the same neckline or train? This can be a very helpful observation and something to definitely share with the sales representative of the bridal shop. It’s always good to give them as much information about your style as possible. It’ll make the appointment much easier for both of you!

  • Form a Budget

Before making any appointments with a bridal boutique, please make sure to form a budget for yourself. Consider how much you want, or can afford, to spend on your dress, alterations and accessories. Be realistic. The worst thing you can do is try on a dress you know you can’t afford, fall in love with it, cry tears of joy and have to leave without that dress. Don’t put yourself through that torture!

  • Find your Support System

Typically, a bride will want to go dress shopping with a few of her loved ones. It’s always great to have that support system and group of people to help you find your dream dress. Plus, it’s so sweet to share that “say yes to the dress” moment with someone like your mom or best friend. Find out who that support system is for you and invite them to join you. But on the other hand, don’t feel obligated to invite everyone. Don’t overwhelm yourself and the bridal boutique with 10 or 15 extra people. Too many people might equal too many opinions as well.

  • Give Yourself Time

Getting the perfect dress takes time. If you know you’re a picky or indecisive shopper, start the process well in advance. Consider the time it might take to find something that makes you happy. How many bridal boutiques will you make appointments with? You must also factor in the time it takes to get your dress altered. On average, it could take up to 6-8 months to get those alterations done. That means you might need to start that Pinterest board and shopping prep a year in advance of your wedding. It’s always better to be safe rather than too late!

Finding that perfect dress to say “I Do” in is one of the most special moments within your engagement season. Taking the time to do a little prep before you jump right in can ensure a smoother process and quicker success. I hope these little tips make the difference in your wedding dress experience!

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Metaxas beslimes himself again/further

The [Falkirk C]enter, which launched last fall, equips convicted Christians with educational resources to preserve traditional American freedoms like religious liberty, limited government, free market principles, personal and national defense, and protection of life in all developmental stages.

Author and radio host Eric Metaxas to join Liberty University’s Falkirk Center for Faith & Liberty | Liberty University

I lament our strident political polarization. I really do. But I can’t help but think that it will be a very long time before I admire Eric Metaxas again — both for his support of Trump and his alliance with Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Becoming Senior Fellow at a right-wing fundamentalist think tank looks statesmanlike compareed to this shameful display.

Metaxas will take some heat this weekend on social media, try to defend himself on Monday, and then continue with his Salem Radio program as if nothing has happened. There will be no consequences for this racist tweet because it will garner ratings. The Trump base will love it. Actually, it will probably do much to strengthen Metaxas’s brand. This is the current state of Christian radio.

If There is Such a Thing as Twitter Blackface, Court Evangelical Eric Metaxas Just Engaged in It

Add another few centuries to my disgust.

May 23, 2020

Best use yet for whatever this genre is

Remix to our Song Quarantine on the Album NO ENEMIES.

this is live from the center of the self-imposed quarantine
mountain ranges gorgeous
contrasting with the horror scenes in hospitals
turn to the authorities?
ventilators finite supply so now the stocks are low

stocks are low
alleged leaders irresponsible
narcissistic tantrums run amok until my thoughts explode
soccer stadiums and hockey rinks turn into ICUs
the anchorman announces his infection on the nightly news

and now the camera man’s been eulogized
scuba-diver gear for all occasions
alcoholics saving everclear for the sanitizer
evangelizers blind to revelations
but it was never clearer who the antichrist is

in a crisis
praying for a righteous few right hand advisors
but no time to fantasize
so planet-wide we panic buy
but if you dream of genocide
prepare to see your war machines destroyed
and soldiers redeployed to bedsides for the quarantine

and from bed -sty to the Florida keys
lord please provide some respite
or Jesus christ some test kits
because we’re losing patience fast
we’re losing patients fast
nurses child hand stitching diapers into facial masks

now entire nations stand
ovations from the balcony
the outcome we design
sword to plowshare is the alchemy
don’t ever doubt that even less then 10 can form a crowd
and speak
and salvage life from death’s grip
and change the world palpably

so stay the hell home
clean your cell phone
bury seeds
cultivate sustainability from solidarity
and mutual assistance
calling out the price gouge
stalling all evictions
unless it’s from the white house

now focus on the frontline response and disadvantaged
to go beyond the bunker flags turn into bandanas
let’s purify the planet
let’s revoke the dirty standards
one cough can make Ivanka Trump vote for Bernie Sanders

credits released May 20, 2020 Mixed and Mastered by Brandon Whalen

I don’t even know what genre this song is. It’s tagged alternative, alternative hip-hop, rap & hip-hop, Denver”.

May 21, 2020

Deepest distress

[The] dam’s owners are deeply distressed by recent events, and they have remained in ongoing contact with their dedicated personnel and apprised of the situation. Their primary concern all along has been the safety and welfare of the many residents of the Gladwin and Midland County, Michigan communities.

An attorney representing Lee Mueller, a manager of LikeWeReallyGiveAShit Hydro Power, LLC.

But remember that LLC means Limited Liability Company,” he added off-handedly.

May 21, 2020

What if Trump isn’t lying?

I used to worry that Trump’s serial mendacity might harm the nation,” Conor Friedersdorf writes. Now I worry even more that he isn’t lying, but rather lacks the capacity to see errors in the most obvious falsehoods.”

Coronavirus: Is Trump Lying or Clueless? (The Atlantic).

I don’t often get to say I told you so” to the world, but I told you that Trump’s malignant narcissism prevents him from accurately perceiving reality.

May 20, 2020

Nah, no thanks!

Stories I decided I really didn’t need to read: Britney Spears Issues Powerful Statement on Bangs

May 20, 2020

And today’s winner is …

Dana Milbank wins the internet today for If Trump likes hydroxychloroquine, he’ll love camel urine (The Washington Post).

May 20, 2020

Obamagate” finally defined

One of the saddest things about Trumpworld is the apocalyptic exposure as hacks of people I’d thought sane, even exemplary. For instance, Obamagate’ is here to stay

Hugh Hewitt so defines Obamagate” (“The intentional interference with the peaceful transition of power”) that I fully expect Donald Trump to commit it after we vote him out of office.

May 19, 2020

Missing the point

Unlike Greg Laurie on Palm Sunday and Robert Jeffress on Easter Sunday, [Jack] Graham never acknowledged the fact that Trump was watching.

Three Sundays in April (Part 4) | the way of improvement leads home.

Fly on the White House wall report:

I’m never watching loser Jack Graham again! All he talked about was stuff like Christ and evangelizing the world! He didn’t even mention me! FAKE GOSPEL!!!!”

May 18, 2020

Curdled milk or arsenic?

This column is really good. I’ve clipped more for myself than I can quote in fair use.”

Please tell me why I should care whether Joe Biden is declining mentally when Donald Trump bottomed out morally long ago.

I’m serious. I’d rather drink milk past its expiration date than arsenic.

… Trump’s perfect” phone call [is] not history. It’s harbinger. There are surely dirtier tricks to come.

To hold on to power, this president will do whatever it takes. And in the middle of all of this dying and impoverishment, it’s going to take a lot.

… At the end of the day, Biden can be trusted to do what Trump didn’t and won’t: stock his administration with qualified professionals. He could compensate for any supposed cognitive deficit with a surplus of talent.

Trump can’t fill his moral vacuum. By its nature, it prevents him from recognizing or caring about it. Confused is fixable. Rotten isn’t.

So let Trump tweet and bleat to his heart’s content about Biden as some blithering idiot. It’s not just over the top; it’s irrelevant.

Frank Bruni, I’ll Take Biden’s Confusion Over Trump’s Corruption (emphasis added).

May 17, 2020

Liberal bias, conservative abdication (and even sabotage)

Some fascinating insights by one of Rod Dreher’s readers:

[B]ecause conservatives aren’t interested in environmental policy, public health, etc., they cede those fields to progressives, which means those institutions develop progressive biases, which both repels potential conservative workers and makes it harder for them to advance, which increases progressive bias, and so on. And when conservatives DO get the chance to helm these organizations–and this is where Trump infuriates me more than almost anything else–instead of putting serious thinkers with a body of work and experience into those positions, they put in grifters or people who intentionally dislike the institution and want to weaken it. In some areas, this is an understandable if sad dynamic. But public health has been viewed as part of the magistrate’s job for as long as war and courts. Governments have been quarantining infectious disease since well before the United States existed. It is a CRUCIAL field, and it has to function, and conservatives cannot just bitch about how well it’s full of liberals and has a liberal bias.” Yeah, public health will institutionally be biased a bit towards statist, central action. It will be skeptical of religious institutions as partners. But your county health department is as vital to your community as your local school district or police, and by ceding fields like public health to the progressives, conservatives have basically lost all institutional knowledge about things like public health. There is no viable conservative alternative to public health in this crisis–the entirety of it is bunch of libs doing lib stuff! No to that!”

Masks As Condensed Symbols | The American Conservative (emphasis added).

I’ve been repeatedly encountering lately reminders of how we abstract fairly concreete things so we can analyze them, and a portion of what Rod’s reader said was one of those reminders.

This was one of the best things I read today insofar as it acknowledges institutional liberalism but indicts conservatives as co-conspirators.

May 15, 2020

Pandemic posturing & performance

Not one of the (conflicting) coronavirus conspiracy theories finds any basis for faulting the guy where the buck is supposed to stop. That’s the big tell that, taken literally, every one of the conspiracy-mongers is bullshitting. But:

We have a don’t wear masks” movement that overlaps almost entirely with the reopen immediately” movement.

There are only two possible explanations for why this might be. The first is that people are dumber than a bag of hammers.

The second is that when people tell you what they think about reopening” and masks,” they aren’t actually talking about the coronavirus. They’re telling a story about how they see themselves and their place in the world.

… [T]here is a non-trivial number of Americans—maybe it’s 1-in–10, maybe it’s 1-in–4—who … view the pandemic as … opportunity to posture and perform.

In part, this is an artifact of how successful the mitigation measures have been: Because the death toll has been held to the scores of thousands, many people have the luxury of talking and acting however they like without facing real-world consequences …

As America’s decadence has increased over the last 30 or so years and we have become—just objectively speaking—a less serious country, one of the stories we have told ourselves was that we could become a serious people again if we faced a big enough shock or a stern enough test. That the steely, strong, serious America of the last century—the America that survived the Depression and crushed the Nazis and put men on the moon—was still somewhere within us, just waiting to be awakened. That our true, best selves just needed a call to action, a grave, existential summons.

The reaction of this vocal and sizable minority to the pandemic suggests that this story might not be true, either.

Jonathan V. Last, The Curious Case of the People Who Want to Reopen” America—But Not Wear Masks.

Well, that kinda got dark at the end, didn’t it?

May 15, 2020

Eric Metaxas bring in a second

Eric Metaxas can’t debate David French effectively so he’s bringing in seconds.

I couldn’t risk watching lest I exacerbate our tribalism. Maybe you shouldn’t either.

May 15, 2020

Is this American Exceptionalism”?

I’ve never quite understood what American Exceptionalism is. It seems to shape-shift so that you contest it at your own risk.

Is this it?

May 15, 2020

Things that matter

May 15, 2020

Obamagate - no more excuse for feigned confusion

I guess I’m not the only one who was pretending to be confused about what Obamagate is, but the jig is up now because Donald Trump (who will become POTUS when nefarious Obama finally is toppled) has explained it masterfully.

May 14, 2020

The Real Victims

Biden’s proliferating internet ads hit two themes over and over: the pandemic and jobs, jobs and the pandemic. Those themes are easy to understand. They carry the power of truth. Above all, they are about the viewer: You are sick or scared, you have lost your job or your business—all because Trump failed to do his job.

Trump’s messages, by contrast, are all about him. You are sick or scared, you have lost your job or your business—but let’s remember who the real victim is. Me. Me and Michael Flynn. But mostly me.

David Frum, Trump Has Lost the Plot

May 14, 2020

Education on the assembly-line

Liberty University is pleased that it is very efficient and effective in the delivery of education in a God-honoring way and in a way that adds value to our students ….

Liberty University’s Statement on the Elimination of Its Philosophy Department (emphasis added)

I would not recommend a university that thinks it’s delivering education” and adding value to … students” like some damn factory.

May 14, 2020

Gibberish, or darned close

Democrats Accuse Conservatives of a Dark Money’ Bid to Influence Judges is embarrassingly bad reporting:

  1. The Federalist Society, which advocates strictly interpreting the Constitution according to what conservatives say was its original meaning ….” Well, someone needs to, but I don’t think the Federalist Society advocates for anything.
  2. ‘At the end of the day, the Federalist Society is at the center of a network of dark-money-funded conservative organizations whose purpose is to influence court composition and outcomes,’ said the letter ….” What letter? There has been no prior mention of a letter. To whom?
  3. The ethics panel had proposed the ban in January ….” What ethics panel? You hadn’t said anything about any ethics panel. So was this a letter to somebody’s ethics panel”?

The New York Times is so eager to feed the McCarthyite crusade, led by Sheldon Whitehouse, to cow the Courts, that it can’t be troubled to write coherently.

May 13, 2020

Devin Nunes, Secretary of Something

Devin Nunes is so odious that I cann’t understand why he hasn’t been named Secretary of Something in the Trump Kakistocracy.

May 13, 2020

Newsmakers vs. Reporters

[T]he C.I.A. has reportedly found no evidence of a link between the virus and the Wuhan lab. But at a White House briefing a few days later, a reporter from the right-wing website Newsmax told President Trump that under Barack Obama, the N.I.H. gave the Wuhan lab a $3.7 million grant. Why would the U.S. give a grant like that to China?” she asked.

Opinion | We’re All Casualties of Trump’s War on Coronavirus Science - The New York Times.

You don’t ask Donald Trump a question like that to get an answer. You ask Donald Trump a question like that to hear him turn it into another sound lump.

May 12, 2020

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South Africa's deep concern for those Nigerian school girls, is unfortunately disingenuous!

The African National Congress are firing out press releases at a rate a machine gunnery post would envy. The ANC women are putting all the pressure they can on world leaders. The ANC men are howling like an injured stray dog haunted by the sunlight. The South African government is telling everyone who will listen of those poor wretched, hapless school girls, those girls who were snatched from their classrooms like chickens grabbed by a most African Hyena or a jackal in collaboration with a fox. One could be mistaken for believing that the girls to be brought back were South African, or that South Africa had such sympathy and so deep an eternal empathy with Nigeria that they felt as strongly as though love for neighbour were the underlying truth at work in hearts and minds of political figures.

Alas, the tears might well be those of a weeping crocodilian. Analysts say that the Bring Back Our Girls campaign is most definitely empty, as empty as the campaign to bring Kony to justice. Despite American kill squads being deployed, Kony leaked through half hearted Western grasps for him and is not only alive but very well. Nigeria is in the predicament known as a low scale civil war. Large swathes of territory are now entirely within the heartland of Books Forbidden, a once peaceful group. South Africa has a lot to gain from highlighting Nigerian Plight, even as Nigeria has very little advantage from the hustle and bustle across sofas, couches, and keyboards and mice.

The girls have likely been separated, and are certainly being kept in a Nigerian forest the size of a small country, which territory is entirely within the merciless stranglehold of Books Forbidden, a terrible and most formidable Islamist terror tactics outfit. Books Forbidden emerged from a Nigerian government policy forbidding state jobs from Muslims in Jos. Highly skilled, unquestionably educated Muslim students began a protest movement. Their education could win them nothing in Nigeria's centre and South. Books Forbidden, Boko Haram was born. The government of Nigeria sent the shock troops forth, and massacred many of these highly educated students. Boko Haram, Books Forbidden: became powerful and learnt how to forsake peace. Much of Nigeria backed them fully, and the hearts of many a Nigerian at every level of society burnt with a fire of admiration and love. Books Forbidden killed, kidnapped, bombed, and hearts fluttered in hope, and others in fear.

It is a recent development, that the Nigerian government has begun a massive campaign against Books Forbidden. Books Forbidden massacred whole villages, and the government massacred Boko Haram, and allegedly fired upon civilians all too joyously. Hundreds or dozens dying in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, hardly got an inch or a centimetre of attention.

Books Forbidden saw an opportunity on the outskirts of their zone of military supremacy. A group of girls were attending school. The popular Islamists grasped unto little girls, and herded them off as though submissive animals. The announcement that the girls had been taken by Books Forbidden began to circulate. Before others I caught onto something in foreign language media: Books Forbidden were going to sell the girls, or have them in forced marriages and as slaves. It was such a clear move of calculation. The story spread as wildfire, and Books Forbidden had the recruitment campaign and global spotlight upon Nigeria that they so clearly sought.

How could the girls be regained? There are two ways: negotiation and force.

The first will only strengthen Books Forbidden. The second will devastate Nigeria entirely.

The international attention has seen massive pressure placed on Nigeria's president, the sort of Pressure that saw Syria turn into a failed state in its own fight against Islamists.

Experts and troops, more ceremonially than for any real goal have been deployed to find and free the girls from across the global territory. Like the Spartan army facing the Persians, these are less than half of what would be needed to cause real change. The girls are in a dark heart. A forest surrounds at all sides. This forest the size of a country is Indian Territory to use an American phrase: Boko Haram has a content hold of death upon this forbidden forest. Their support in Nigeria remains, despite it all, and their men are all the more armed and powerful. A real solution by force would be for Nigeria to invade their Forbidden Forest: Sambisa, a failed national park stretching 60,000 square kilometres. That move could only lead to outright war.

Amidst this quagmire, Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as Africa's largest economy. Granted, the size of its massive population is the reason for this. Much of its economy is in oil. None the less, Nigeria is one of the three major Subsaharan Africa powerhouses: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa. Kenya and Nigeria are caught up in wars with Islamists. South Africa is experiencing social unrest.

Perhaps it is cynical to point out that no amount of light will scare out the darkness gripping Nigeria by the neck. If anything the light is forced upon those forces for order, and benefit the monsters which lustfully prowl the night. Perhaps it is terrible to say that South Africa and Nigeria are geo-political foes, fighting for the soul of Africa. South Africa is releasing press releases like a squawking parrot: and all of these words, surely draw attention to the predicaments facing its rivals, and keep the world from looking too hard at its own labrinth forward into a darkened future. A few murders and protests spotting the country like chicken pocks are hardly as worthy of notice as a couple hundred kidnapped Nigerian school girls.

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Too Many Places to Fish!

There are so many fishing options close to me in Bradenton Florida that I don’t know where to start. Within an hours drive there are five fresh water rivers large enough to explore with a Kayak.  There is the Manatee, the Little Manatee, the Braden River, the Myakka River and Phillippi Creek. There are several smaller rivers that I have only heard about that are on my list to visit. These contain bass, blue gills, crappies, catfish, carp, gar, and other fresh water species. In the brackish water of these streams close to the ocean there can be snook, redfish, tarpon, and sea-trout. There are numerous other smaller freshwater rivers and a host of freshwater lakes and hundreds of ponds. Within a two hours drive the options are almost uncountable. No wonder Florida is called the “fisherman’s paradise”.

Miles of the freshwater rivers receives little fishing pressure and are accessible by kayak and small boats

Within an hours drive along the Gulf Coast   includes Tampa Bay to the north and down to Charlotte Harbor in the south. This includes the Gulf Coast beaches, Sarasota Bay, Little Sarasota Bay, and the intercostal waterway. Instead of rainbow trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout and brookies like I fished for in Colorado, there is snook, redfish, sea trout, sharks, and tarpon plus 190  other species of fish in the Tampa Bay area alone.  Instead of midges, mayflies, caddis flies, and stoneflies that trout feed on,  there is shrimp, crabs, bait fish called “white bait”, and squid, plus many lesser foods that ocean fish eat. In the ocean, everything that can be eaten, will be eaten, all the way up to sharks at the top of the food chain.

For the following reasons I have chosen the beaches as my first area of salt water exploration. #1. The beaches are close to home, only 5 miles to Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach, Anna Maria Island,  Longboat key,  and on and on for a thousand miles North and South.. #2. In the summer there are snook on the beach where they spawn, and snook are my number one favorite salt water fish to catch. I might also catch sea-trout, mackerel, sea bass, pompeno, jacks, and even get a shot at a tarpon while fishing for snook. #3. Snook eat primarily bait fish and fishing for snook with a fly rod is very similar to freshwater streamer fishing, which I love to do and am very familiar with. #4. Much of the time you can sight fish for snook in very shallow water close to shore. I love sight fishing and have a lot of experience sight fishing for trout in Colorado.  #5. When summer is over the snook will move back to the mangroves and up into the brackish, freshwater streams to spend the winter. Now is the time to target them and I feel like I have looked forward to this opportunity for a long time. #6. Snook fishing is pretty simple. You just need a good pair of polarised sunglasses, 6-9 weight fly rod, a saltwater fly line and leader, 25 lb fluorocarbon tippet and some flies. Fly patterns are simple too, with only a few different baitfish patterns necessary to cover the bases for snook.

The first day I went to the beach was midday and I just walked for a couple of miles observing. I didn’t even take my rod. The ocean was calm with little wind.  I didn’t see much as far as fish, just a lot of swimmers and sunbathers. At first the beach looked flat and without variance, but as I walked I began to see sand bars, drop offs, troughs, and other structure.

IMG_2072The next time I went out exploring the beach everythng had changed. I carried my rod but didn’t even string it up. There were 3 foot waves and 15 mile an hour winds coming from the south-west. There had just been a tropical storm out in the Gulf. I noticed currents flowing north along the beach and then south. There were also backwashes and undertows where the water went out perpendicular to the beach shore line. There were even surfers out riding the bigger waves. The waves had churned up a sandy, milky, green color to the water and visibility into the water was impossible out for 20-30 feet . Not the best conditions for seeing snook and sight fishing. I saw no fish.

On my first early morning fishing trip I arrived at sunup and rigged up my 10 ft, 7 weight Sage Method fly rod, set up with a Rio Intermediate salt water line, with 4 feet of 25 lb fluorocarbon tippet on the end. I tied on two streamers. I later learned fishing two flies for saltwater fish was a big mistake. Two snook on at the same time probably means one will break off with the fly in its mouth. My first fly was a pattern I tie called the “Holy Mackrel”. It is an Ultra Hair Clouser style pattern that has caught a wide variety of salt water fish for me in the past. It looks similar to a small bait fish called  “white bait”, a local term for small baitfish that are the staple in the diet of many salt water game fish, especially snook on the beach. My second fly was an all white buck-tail Clouser pattern. The water was clear, and the waves had subsided.  As I walked along the beach there was some structure, a cement piling that went out into the water. The water at the farthest point out was the deepest and you could not see the bottom there. The water was a greenish color and looked “fishy”. I made several casts out past the outcropping and stripped the flies back in. After several casts I thought I saw a fish trailing behind the fly. It was long and thin like a giant needlefish. I made several more cast and finally hooked up. This fish jumped, did a complete flip in the air, got me to my backing and certainly put a smile on my face. I managed to get the fish in and wow did it have a set of teeth. I pulled out my salt water pliers and removed my fly from its narrow teeth lined jaw. It was released back into the water. I thought maybe it was a barracuda or a giant needlefish. Later I found out it was a  Houndfish, or also called a Crocodile Needlefish.  I could see a dozen of them laying in the water, stationary, facing out into the ocean. I would cast out and  they would follow the fly in. Then they would speed up and attack the fly. After catching several they got wise and disinterested. I  was a little disappointed not to find a snook that morning, but had a blast catching a fish I had never caught or heard about. You never know what you might catch in the salt. I know some snook are out there. I hope I can see them. I have been told they are hard to see. One thing for sure, I am going to find out! Hopefully next time out on the beach.

Houndfish have teeth and eat mostly small baitfish
This Houndfish was over two feet in length but very skinny.

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  1. Fish that are fairly large, shiny, and active on the end of a hook will usually be appetizing to a Tarpon. Many fish out there may fit this role, including Blue Runners and Mojarras.

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Imagining a more walkable Abu Dhabi

In June, I spent a couple weeks travelling around the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Of course, Dubai is far and away the poster child of the region, with its gee-whiz projects like The World and the 209-storey Burj Khalifa — but neighbourhing Abu Dhabi, where I spent most of my time, is just as ambitious, if less flashy. In fact, the whole country (made up of 7 semi-autonomous Emirates, each with its own ruling Sheikh) is soaked in oil wealth and foreign investment, which the Sheihks spend with varying degrees of extravagance.

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Having sprung up out of the desert in the mid-1900s, Abu Dhabi has grown at an astronomical pace and isn’t slowing down. Its main island is more or less built out. Master plans for the neighbouring Al Reem island and Saadiyat island are going full steam ahead. But at the same time, the city has entered the second life cycle of its infrastructure. Sooner or later, Abu Dhabi will have to divert its energies away from chasing the Next Big Thing and invest in maintaining its existing neighbourhoods.

Al Reem and Saadiyat islands, to the city’s northeast, are on the cusp of a greenfield development boom. Will it come at the expense of the central city?

Unsurprisingly, restraint and maintenance are the last things people want to talk about here. Abu Dhabi is not content to stop at the status quo. Everyone I met had a glimmer in their eye about the city’s future. Checking into a hotel, the concierge exhorted me to visit the newly-built Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. “It’s a world wonder! Ten stars! People will be coming from all over to see it!”

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, photo by Andrew Xu

This is a city relentlessly looking forward. Once-decent apartments built in the 80s are being demolished — too short, too old, out of fashion. Why restore and upgrade outdated infrastructure when you can build a new gleaming steel-and-glass masterpiece in its place?

Even the old medina has been razed and forgotten. In its place stands Abu Dhabi’s World Trade Center. Of course, they’ve incorporated a contemporary souk to honour the traditional market: roomy, air-conditioned, with all the old-world charm of a theme park.

High curbs and wide roads

For such an ambitious place, Abu Dhabi (like the other Emirates) has taken quite a lax approach to active transportation. Walking and cycling is not just inconvenient, but often downright impossible. When I first arrived at the central bus terminal in Abu Dhabi, my destination was only two blocks away. I figured it wouldn’t be too difficult to walk, despite the 40-degree weather and a suitcase to pull.

Poor pedestrian infrastructure on Old Airport Road.

Boy, was I wrong. Sidewalks and pedestrian crossings are an afterthought, if included at all. Curb cuts are almost non-existent, so people with strollers, wheelchairs, luggage, or carts simply can’t get around safely. Sidewalks zigzag at ninety-degree angles to accommodate parking stalls. If you’re not travelling on four wheels in Abu Dhabi, you are indeed a second-class citizen.

Abu Dhabi is planned along a strong grid pattern, with four-lane urban highways slicing the city up into neighbourhood units. These major roads usually have a landscaped median with fences, making jaywalking and mid-block left turns impossible. Many car trips start by heading in the wrong direction until you can make a u-turn.

No jaywalking over this barrier… nevermind the 3 lanes of high-speed traffic each way

Within the neighbourhood units, though, communities are surprisingly complete. In the places I visited, there were all sorts of independent businesses on the ground floors of every building. Supermarkets, restaurants, bakeries, tailors, laundry services, hair salons, doctors’ offices, housewares stores, even the odd karaoke bar or covert nightclub. Each neighbourhood certainly had a mosque. All that’s missing are schools within walking distance.

The standard setup within neighbourhood units: this building is home to two hair salons, a travel agency, a fish market, and what looks to be an office supply store.

The bones of livability

These neighbourhoods are dense, with almost everything you need for day-to-day life — that’s two points on the urbanist scorecard. But I wouldn’t say they are walkable. Why not? Let’s take a look at some aerial photos of the Tourist Club neighbourhood. Despite the name, it’s not a haven for tourists; just a working-class neighbourhood nestled between Abu Dhabi’s emerging financial district and the beachfront Corniche area.

The northern part of Tourist Club. A neighbourhood unit is outlined in green.
Zooming in, we see that there’s no continuous pedestrian network. The space between buildings is almost entirely taken over by parking.
Here’s the view from street level. Not very pedestrian-friendly, is it?

I call this “towers in the parking lot”. It’s a shame that the area feels so hostile on foot, because you’ve got all this mixed-use density, you’ve got buildings in a more-or-less grid pattern, but what fills the spaces between them? A parking lot with little regard for active transportation. Sidewalks hug the edges of each building, but there is no connectivity for pedestrians to move around the neighbourhood comfortably.

Abu Dhabi’s Walking and Cycling Master Plan

It’s with great interest, then, that I came across Abu Dhabi’s recently-announced Walking and Cycling Master Plan. Could it be that they’ve got a plan in motion to address this issue?

The Plan starts with some strong rhetoric, declaring that “walking and cycling will be accessible, safe, convenient and enjoyable for all.” Among the challenges to a walkable city, it lists “Car oriented urban areas – large blocks, very wide streets with very fast traffic, huge parking lots and unorganized parking.” ()

The Safety section says, “The urban environment will be safer and more accessible, no longer dominated by motor vehicles at the expense of all other users.”

Abu Dhabi has done great work on its Corniche by building a widely-used cycle track and recreational pathway.

All good policy. Abu Dhabi clearly recognises the problems with car-dominant cities and wants to do something about it. So how do they plan on getting there?

Achieving broad and far reaching change inevitably draws on multiple stakeholders, necessitating involvement and close collaboration across a number of sectors – transport, police, health, industry, civil society and special interest groups. To have the greatest impact, it is essential that comprehensive institutional buy-in is achieved so a coordinated response can be effectively delivered. — WCMP Highlights, page 18

Re-read that last bit. Comprehensive institutional buy-in: this approach excludes incremental, lighter-quicker-cheaper interventions at the local level. Instead, the Emirate’s way forward is to garner everyone’s support for the already-finalised Master Plan, which the relevant authorities will fund, coordinate, and effectively deliver.

Unfortunately, the Master Plan says nothing about retrofitting the “towers in the parking lot” phenomenon in neighbourhoods like Tourist Club. Either the Planners aren’t aware that it’s a walkability nightmare, or it’s just not a priority.

And if neighbourhoods acted on their own?

Hypothetically, then, what could happen if neighbourhoods — say, under the structure of local Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) or property owners’ associations — were given the authority to plan, fund, and implement their own solutions?

What if instead of lilypads among a sea of parking, the buildings in Tourist Club were connected by proper walkways?

What if a parking structure — generating revenue for the local BIA — freed up some of that scarce asphalt for a basketball court?

What if restaurants and cafes had enough sidewalk space for patio seating?

Maybe Tourist Club could look a little more like this:

Or maybe it would look completely different. And that’s okay. But if Abu Dhabi is going to maintain a resilient urban core, it can’t ignore the infrastructure improvements needed within neighbourhood units. Maybe the neighbourhoods themselves are the best entities to carry out this work, since high-level government seems ever-focused on the big and shiny and new.

“Towers in the parking lot” have no place in a walkable city. So if the Walking and Cycling Master Plan won’t do anything directly to reverse this destructive pattern, local-level associations should be empowered to take the reins.

It’s hard to believe that radical local empowerment could happen in an authoritarian monarchy… but I prefer to sell it as another leap forward for Abu Dhabi’s ever-ambitious society.

Sam Nabi

David R Nabi 7 July 2014, 01:12

Excellent! In my 3 months here I have seen people regularly walk or cycle. Your plan would encourage them and yes why not empower local business to innovate?

Gerry Oxford 21 July 2014, 00:24

Sam, as usual, fascinating. And depressing. One of the problems, I suppose, is convincing people that they want to walk in that heat. Covered walkways would be a must.

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At Pest Control Beyerspark has dedicate its self to offer services such as residential pest control, termite control, library pest control, garden vaccination, agricultural areas and commercial pest control for more than 15years. Our experience has gained us skills that uplifts us to complete our work excellently for the first time we offer a service.

Pest Control Beyerspark has its own fleet of vehicles to ensure reliability of service delivery and to implement quality control inspections on wasted environments.

Pest Control Beyerspark Qualified technicians are just a call away

At Pest Control Beyerspark we ensure that the safety of all our customers is our major priority when applying insecticides as we also understand that it is very crucial to make use of harmless products for humans, plants and animals that would be on the vaccinated area. Our environmental operators work together with environmental engineers and scientists to follow the procedure of identifying, evaluating, preventing and controlling the pollution of the environment. We have environmental operators who often work either in the lab or in the field.

At Pest Control Beyerspark our technicians are taken through the following to ensure that they are prepared before taking any job:

  • Company Training
  • Registered with the department of agriculture
  • Work experience
  • Standard training program
  • Health and safety lessons

Pest Control Beyerspark makes getting your yard pest free a breeze

At Pest Control Beyerspark we dedicate our teams to focus on safety and affordability when offering services. Is the use of pest control dangerous? Unfortunately, there are very dangerous pesticides of which each is meant to be effective against specific pests.  We always put our customers first by taking care of all the hard work so they can get their place pest free without any further complications. Our Beyerspark offices provide a centralized access point for environmental technicians in and around Beyerspark.

At Pest Control Beyerspark we ensure that all our employees are taken through the pest products and services catalog for the purpose of being informed that we aim to deliver reliability in answers for enquiries concerning pest control.

Pest Control Beyerspark offers only accredited professional technicians near you, read more about environmental technicians.

Superior Pest Control Beyerspark
Superior Pest Control Beyerspark

The duty of our environmental technicians is to inspect and maintain equipment’s used for the purpose of pest management, collecting samples, managing waste operations, assisting in regulatory compliance and other duties as would be required.

We are in relation with the department of agriculture for the purpose of keeping the company and its staff up to date about the latest offerings from the department itself. Being an forefront leader in the industry starts with each individual in the company which is why we work towards ensuring that everyone in the company understands all that involves the company.

Pro Pest Management Control
Pro Pest Management Control

At Pest Control Beyerspark we are monitored by environmental health practitioners who are dedicated in helping our company protect the public by offering monitoring and recommending solutions to reduce the increase of contamination levels.

We make use of the Integrated Pest Management/IPM process for solution of pest problems which grants us access to minimizing risks for the targeted environment. The benefits of this integrated approach advances healthy plants on the targeted environment, promotes and advances the sustainable bio-derived pest management alternatives.

Do not hesitate to call us and be empowered with the power to keep any sort of pest away from your house or business.

At Pest Control Beyerspark our services are affordable and you can easily get a quote. You just have to call us.

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Pest Control Pinehaven, cockroach control in Pinehaven

Pest Control Pinehaven we offer quality services for both commercial and domestic pest control problems all throughout Gauteng. As a Pest Management control team we are aware of different methods that are used for the purposes of spray products. Pest control manages all types of species. Pest control is necessary because there are various insects that carry diseases of which may result in the great influx of infections on people especially cockroaches.
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  • Bird Control Pinehaven
  • Fish moths control Pinehaven

At Pest Control Pinehaven has dedicate its self to offer services such as residential pest control, termite control, library pest control, garden vaccination, agricultural areas and commercial pest control for more than 15years. Our experience has gained us skills that uplifts us to complete our work excellently for the first time we offer a service.

Pest Control Pinehaven has its own fleet of vehicles to ensure reliability of service delivery and to implement quality control inspections on wasted environments.

Pest Control Pinehaven Qualified technicians are just a call away

At Pest Control Pinehaven we ensure that the safety of all our customers is our major priority when applying insecticides as we also understand that it is very crucial to make use of harmless products for humans, plants and animals that would be on the vaccinated area. Our environmental operators work together with environmental engineers and scientists to follow the procedure of identifying, evaluating, preventing and controlling the pollution of the environment. We have environmental operators who often work either in the lab or in the field.

At Pest Control Pinehaven our technicians are taken through the following to ensure that they are prepared before taking any job:

  • Company Training
  • Registered with the department of agriculture
  • Work experience
  • Standard training program
  • Health and safety lessons

Pest Control Pinehaven makes getting your yard pest free a breeze

At Pest Control Pinehaven we dedicate our teams to focus on safety and affordability when offering services. Is the use of pest control dangerous? Unfortunately, there are very dangerous pesticides of which each is meant to be effective against specific pests.  We always put our customers first by taking care of all the hard work so they can get their place pest free without any further complications. Our Pinehaven offices provide a centralized access point for environmental technicians in and around Pinehaven.

At Pest Control Pinehaven we ensure that all our employees are taken through the pest products and services catalog for the purpose of being informed that we aim to deliver reliability in answers for enquiries concerning pest control.

Pest Control Pinehaven offers only accredited professional technicians near you, read more about environmental technicians.

Superior Pest Control Pinehaven
Superior Pest Control Pinehaven

The duty of our environmental technicians is to inspect and maintain equipment’s used for the purpose of pest management, collecting samples, managing waste operations, assisting in regulatory compliance and other duties as would be required.

We are in relation with the department of agriculture for the purpose of keeping the company and its staff up to date about the latest offerings from the department itself. Being an forefront leader in the industry starts with each individual in the company which is why we work towards ensuring that everyone in the company understands all that involves the company.

Pro Pest Management Control
Pro Pest Management Control

At Pest Control Pinehaven we are monitored by environmental health practitioners who are dedicated in helping our company protect the public by offering monitoring and recommending solutions to reduce the increase of contamination levels.

We make use of the Integrated Pest Management/IPM process for solution of pest problems which grants us access to minimizing risks for the targeted environment. The benefits of this integrated approach advances healthy plants on the targeted environment, promotes and advances the sustainable bio-derived pest management alternatives.

Do not hesitate to call us and be empowered with the power to keep any sort of pest away from your house or business.

At Pest Control Pinehaven our services are affordable and you can easily get a quote. You just have to call us.

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SaveYourHealthCare is a platform devoted to improving Your Health Care.

Many conditions are age related and new treatments are evolving in the area of regenerative medicine which will be broken down here as there are charlatans offering expensive treatments that confuse the uninformed. For complex medical problems, you will need the involvement of competent and experienced medical providers.

Health Care is multifaceted so we will try to touch on many important areas of health that will also include diet, exercise, and weight loss and provide the supportive scientific rationale.

We are also providing insight to cutting edge methods of treatment.

To help in resolving issues of confidence of knowledge in a provider and medical treatments, many turn to the internet for sites that rely on patient reviews. These can be helpful but do not speak to the experience and competence of individual physicians. Although staff friendliness, office environment, scheduling, and trustworthiness (not sure how you judge this one) are nice, are these the questions you would ask your family doctor when referring you to another physician for a serious problem?

Docs that Docs like:

Well, this is what internet sites provide as well as a new look to the old yellow page style listing of physicians who are advertising their practice. Here, we will only list physicians recommended by other physicians who personally know the quality of their medical care and will not likely be influenced by the environment of their office.

Please understand that a platform like this has to start small and grow so do not be worried if your physician is not listed as we cannot list every great doctor here but will endeavor to get them here eventually. All of this, to help you care for the one thing you carry from birth to death that you cannot trade in or buy new again… the health of your BODY!

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Slow Cooker Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs

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Serves: 8-10

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours 40 minutes

1 pound lean ground beef

1 pound mild Italian sausage

1 cup breadcrumbs

1 small yellow onion, finely chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

2 whole eggs

1/2 cup whole milk

1/2 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped, plus more for serving

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

6 sticks mozzarella cheese, cut into 4 pieces each

6-8 cups marinara sauce, homemade or store bought

Kaiser rolls and provolone cheese for serving (optional)

01Preheat oven to 425 F. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine beef, sausage, breadcrumbs, onion, garlic, Parmesan, eggs, milk, parsley, salt and pepper in large mixing bowl. Mix together with hands until just combined.
02Shape about 1/4 cup meat mixture into ball and push mozzarella cheese piece into center, rolling into ball shape to seal in cheese. Repeat with remaining meat and cheese. Arrange meatballs on prepared baking sheet and bake 10 minutes, until tops are browned.
03Coat bottom of slow cooker with 1 cup marinara sauce. Add enough meatballs to cover sauce in one layer, and top with 2 cups of marinara sauce. Continue layering meatballs and marinara until all are used. Cover and cook 2 1/2 hours on high, until meatballs are cooked through. Top with fresh parsley and keep warm until serving. Serve as appetizer or on kaiser rolls with provolone cheese.

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Business Woman Spotlight: Kelly Parrish Walker

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Kelly Parrish Walker

Vice President of Marketing
Parrish & Company/Parrish on Main

What do you do? All aspects of marketing, from managing advertising platforms to PR to event planning for our four locations spanning from Round Rock to the Rio Grande Valley.

Length of time at this job: 12.5 years.

What is it that you like best about your job? I enjoy being able to meet new people every day from all walks of life, but who have one commonality — that they want to love their home; I like the fast-paced building industry and the challenges that come with it and that no day is boring or alike; I appreciate being able to work with great people, especially my parents and brother.

Education/Major: Graduated from Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in 2002 with a BA in marketing.

What career path led you to where you are today? Being born into a family business, you would think we were cultivated to work within it. Ironically, we were not. I was offered a job in marketing for a rental car company after graduating at A&M, but it just seemed silly to put my ideas and efforts into something that didn’t mean anything to me. My father required me to interview at our Round Rock location with that division manager (poor guy, but he was smart enough to hire the boss’ daughter, ha). So I figured after they put me through college, the least I could do is repay my parents and go to work for them.

Would you encourage your children to go into the same field? This business has afforded our family a great life, but it comes with stresses and responsibilities I could not possibly wish upon my 3-, 6- and 8-year-olds — at this time anyway. I will encourage them to do what they are passionate about, whether it is in this business or not.

Who were your mentors? I’d have to say my parents and brothers have been my greatest mentors. I am continually learning from my parents about how to handle all aspects of a business, and my brothers prepared me to be tough and confident. They are some of the greatest human beings I know.

What person do you most admire? My mother. I have a completely different respect for her now that I am a full-time working mom of three, just like she was. It is amazing what we women can do in a day — pay bills, conduct meetings and change diapers — almost all at once! My mom showed me you really can do it all while leading a happy life.

What do you enjoy on a day off? Nearly every free moment I have is spent with my wonderful husband, Beau (who is busy running his own homebuilding business), and three precious kiddos. If we are not at a sporting event, we are somewhere having fun together as a family.

What is your favorite vacation? My favorite vacation is wherever my family is — we have had equal fun in the snow or on the beach.

What do you like to do in your spare time? Spare time, what’s that? In the rare occasion I find a few minutes, my daughter and I will sneak off for pedicures, or my husband and I will just talk and catch up. That’s a novelty these days.

What’s the best movie you have seen in the last year? I’d like to say something really grown-up and interesting, but truthfully the most recent movie I have seen was Frozen, and I’ve watched it with my kids 100 times at least.

Who has been the biggest influence in your life personally and professionally?
Hands down, my husband. He inspires me to be a better person daily, and he happens to be a builder, so professionally he gives me insight as to things we can do to improve our business.

What do you like most about San Antonio? I love how diverse our city is becoming. You can live in the country if you want or in an urban loft downtown. And the restaurant and shopping scene is great! There are so many old favorites and new finds.

What community groups or not-for-profit groups are you involved with as a volunteer? As a company we are involved with supporting many local groups, such as the SA Stock Show & Rodeo, SA Food Bank and Returning Heroes Home. Personally, I’m a PTA mom.

How do you find balance in your life — career, community and home life? I am not sure that I do — guess you’d have to ask my family. But I think my kids and husband are pretty happy, so that must be a good sign.

What is your favorite relaxation strategy? Escaping for minivacations with my hubby.

What are your goals? My goal professionally is to continue to grow our business in a healthy manner that benefits our employees and customers, whom we see as part of our extended family. Personally, I strive to enjoy every moment with my family and friends and to raise three genuine, happy, productive people.

What is the best advice that you have ever received? My dad is continually telling us the one thing that always changes is that things never stay the same. Boy, have I learned that to be the truth, so you have to embrace change.

People would be surprised to know that I … wanted to live in NY and be in the fashion world until I learned what it would actually cost to live there. So thankful I stuck with Texas!

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

The Biblical Account of the First Palm Sunday

All four Gospels--Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John--record Jesus Christ’s “Triumphal Entry” into Jerusalem. As Holy Week begins in 2014, the story of the first Palm Sunday from the Gospel of Matthew:

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them’ and he will send them at once.” This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

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• tall standard chino fit tailored straight leg with a raw hem
• 13oz japanese chino twill fabric with japanese poplin lining
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Title: Modernization of passenger reservation system: Indian Railways' dilemma
Authors: Srivastava, S.C.
Mathur, S.S.
Teo, T.S.H.
Keywords: Customer
Legacy system
Technology change
Issue Date: 2007
Citation: Srivastava, S.C., Mathur, S.S., Teo, T.S.H. (2007). Modernization of passenger reservation system: Indian Railways' dilemma. Journal of Information Technology 22 (4) : 432-439. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: This teaching case discusses the challenges being faced by the technology managers at Indian Railways (IR) in the current scenario of a resurgent national economy coupled with increasing customer expectations. In the face of growing competition from road and low-cost airlines, to retain its customers, IR has responded by changing its business rules. The Railway Ministry expects a rapid response from Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) to incorporate all these changes in the passenger reservation system (PRS). The old PRS, which is time-tested and reliable, and has been serving the customers' needs for nearly two decades, is now proving to be relatively inflexible to match the rapidly changing business requirements. Although the current scenario of a constant need to change the programming logic of PRS has been making maintenance tougher for CRIS officials, they have realized that PRS is a time-tested, proven, and reliable technology. Though they would be happy to replace the old PRS with a new state-of-art system that would provide them greater maintenance flexibility, the repercussions associated with possible failure of the new system are far too serious. The case exhibits the current dilemma being faced by the head of CRIS, the umbrella agency for information technology (IT) implementation in IR: whether IR should continue using the old PRS technology with its inherent shortcomings, or should it take the risk and go in for a wholesale replacement with a new state-of-art technology which would provide greater maintenance flexibility?Journal of Information Technology (2007) 22, 432-439. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000112.
Source Title: Journal of Information Technology
ISSN: 02683962
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000112
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New Study Reveals Increase in Babies Injured by Nursery Products

After years of steady decline, a new study reveals a concerning increase in overall baby product-related injuries since 2003 and a sharp rise in concussions.

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Announcement: Harriet Hall will not be posting today, and here’s why

I have bad news to announce to our readers. While traveling in Australia, SBM stalwart and founding editor Harriet Hall suffered a fall and significant injury. Australian skeptic and friend of the blog Eren Segev has the news, and this is all I know other than what Steve Novella told me the other day in an e-mail. It wasn’t any more than...

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Legislating Ignorance

Science is under attack, and not just from anti-vaccine celebrities and parents with degrees from Google University. Scientific illiteracy is being woven into the very fabric of our society through legislative assault. If you dismiss this as alarmist hyperbole, you haven’t been paying close enough attention. Every day thousands of pediatric health care providers throughout the country provide safety advice to patients...

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Wyeth Vs. Levine: Joe Six Pack Trumps The FDA

The New York Times has called today’s US Supreme Court ruling in the Wyeth vs. Levine suit the “most important business case in years.” I have been following this case for many months, astonished that a medical malpractice suit had gotten all the way to the Supreme Court. But even more shocking is the fact that the court actually ruled that lay...

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Allied Projects: Total Cost Management – Cost Engineering & Estimating

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Date(s) - 07/06/2016 - 08/06/2016
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This two (2) day professional development course has been designed for those who are actively involved in or are responsible for asset, portfolio, program or project management. This includes technicians such as planners/schedulers, cost estimators, cost engineers, risk analysts, project controllers, business analysts, systems engineers and those preparing feasibility studies as well as their first and second level managers. (Team leaders, Project Control Managers, Project, Program, Portfolio and Asset Managers).

Please see brochure for further details and course outline HERE

This executive training program contributes 16hrs towards your CPD.

Bookings to be made directly with Allied Projects: or call Allan on +61 (0)419 199 344