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What’s the secret to better baking? Science. Since I was a child, barely seeing over the counters I was a baker. More specifically, I was a butter baker. There were no alternatives, no swapping out for margarine. My grandmother didn’t mess around with anything but the originals, recipe cards with asterisks and names of where they were amassed overflowed in her tidy indexed and catalogued card box. She inspired me to bake, as did my maternal grandmother, who was a little more creative and free with her chocolate chips. And now plant-based butter has entered the chat.
Now, baking for my bunch, I’ve collected a few recipes my family treasures. But with diets and preferences changing, I wanted to investigate some other options and discovered a few interesting replacements to go toe to toe versus everyone’s go-to greaser.
Using President’s Choice new Basic Cookie Dough recipe, created by the PC Test Kitchen, I baked six versions, each identical*, except for the butter substitution. PC’s version calls for the classic grandmother-approved butter version, the stalwart favourite of many bakers, but does it still hold up? After a lengthy investigative report from my pal Julie over at Globe & Mail, butter just ain’t what it used to be. With a myriad of impressive alternatives, I grabbed my wooden spoon and got to work.
*canola oil cookies require slightly less oil, when baking with oils you decrease the amount slightly. Refer to this conversion chart for the math.
🍪 Each dough rested in the fridge for 36 hours
🍪 Each cookie was scooped using a big melon baller for precision measuring
🍪 Each dough was baked on the same exact cookie sheet
🍪 Each dough was baked in the same degree oven, on the same rack
🍪 Each dough was cooled on a cooling rack
There’s a lot of science to ensure each dough and cookie would be as identical as possible. Can you measure love?
I think so.
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PC Plant-Based– This coconut and vegetable oil-based butter alternative is meant to substitute effortlessly. The look, especially that classic butter curl is achieved here. The dough resembles real butter. It’s easy to work with and creams like the real thing. Even smells nice (yeah, I sniff my dough).
Earth’s Own Dairy Free Butter Spread– Organic, Non-GMO, No Soy, No Nuts, No Problem. This vegan-friendly spread consists of a plant base (butter beans) with coconut and sunflower oils, which resulted in a standard-looking dough that was really sticky and clung to the spoon. Slightly trickier to work with when pulling off the clingwrap, but it still worked.
Lactancia Unsalted Butter– 100% pure pasteurized cream, sourced from Canadian farms. I picture a cow grazing while writing this, but we know the dirty dairy truth, thanks to Julie (above) palm oils have entered the chat, and well of course you are what you eat. Mooove it along.
Crisco Vegetable Shortening– A sunny blend of Soybean Oil, Fully Hydrogenated Palm Oil, More Palm Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, TBHQ And Citric Acid (Antioxidants) but it’s Kosher, so count it! Super shelf-stable, Crisco literally smells the worst, but damn if it doesn’t deliver consistent results.
Becel Vegan Plant-Based– A blend of Canola Oil (74%), Water, Modified palm and palm kernel oils 6%, Salt, Natural flavours, Lactic acid, Vitamin A palmitate (vitamin A), Vitamin D2, Beta carotene, Soy lecithin, Calcium disodium EDTA goes into the mix, and includes Omega 3s! The dough creams well but has a synthetic appearance.
Canola Oil– Canola! Canada’s oil brings Omega 3&6 to the mix and a colour departure I wasn’t prepared for. Using a smaller amount of oil (as per the canola bible) these cookies were almost runny, but I went with it, it’s science folks. The dough was dense and heavy, and not surprisingly did not stick to the clingwrap, or counter, or anything. It is oil after all!
C is for Cookie, But is it Good Enough For Me?
Crispy? Chewy? Crunchy? Personally, a good cookie should offer a trifecta of the three, a brittle border, just slightly crunchy and crispy, before a soft and forgiving middle. Kind of like my personality at first glance. But, it’s a personal approach and one that should be carefully considered – what is your desired outcome? While this particular recipe lends itself to any and all of the above, many other recipes require a replication, a cookie clone of the original.
With 6 x 30 cookies cooling on my countertop, it was a blind taste test for anyone who stumbled into my flour-filled snowglobe of a kitchen. While I meticulously labelled and photographed each batch, I already suspected the winner was obvious- perfectly uniform shape, a dense but slightly cracked surface, perfect beige colour with a slight intensification of colour at the edges. Beautiful!
That’s The Way The Cookie Crumbles
To a seasoned pro like myself, there were some very subtle markers in the taste category; Butter does amplify the creamy texture sought after in a classic cookie dough, but when baked resulted in a too-brown-too-crispy cookie- even though they’re all measured and timed, butter browns too quickly with adverse effects.
The opposite is true for Canola, where the cookies were moist, and almost flaccid, clearly baking times could have been adjusted for a crispier outcome. Earth’s Own Dairy Free Butter spread had a cake-ier outcome, not altogether wrong or bad, just probably a better replacement for brownies or bars instead of delicate cookies.
PC Plant-Based Butter was the most butter-like, if you’re looking for a product that can also do double-duty for your breakfast toast, this is the closest in appearance and taste. The cookies also look similar to butter-based cookies, a little browner and a little flatter than my preference.
Down to the final contenders, and it’s getting close, Becel’s Plant-Based and the Crisco versions offer similar textures and the colour is too close to call. But the deciding factor is always taste, and Crisco, laden with fat and completely neutral in taste takes the cake and the crown. Palm oil is present but maybe that’s the key to these cookies, they stay fresher longer, softer and chewy in the centre even days later.
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As investors are increasingly looking at the residential sector, AEW’s European Research & Strategy team is happy to present a comprehensive pan-European analysis of this defensive sector:
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Welcome to Collieston Offshore Rowing Club! At the moment the club meet every Wednesday, at 8pm, in John and Rachel Hitchcock’s garage, building the boat. The club has also just started sessions on Saturdays, at Peterhead, to learn to row these skiffs! For more information call John on 751323.
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Warm meat, gooey cheese, and grilled vegetables--what's not to love about a Philly cheese steak? How about the more than 1,600 calories in each one! This take on the classic skimps on fat but not flavor.
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The original recipe was taken from Taste of Home; however, I changed it up a little bit to lower the calories. I found that the bread was the key issue so the nutritional information is calculated for a single patty, no bread. Use whatever bread you like and just make sure you add it on to your calorie count.
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April 29 marks the tenth anniversary of the beatification of Joseph Toniolo which took place in Rome in the basilica of San Paolo fuori le mura.
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Participating Artists in the Exhibition PEACE
With many thanks to the artists for their engagement in this peace project.
All participating artists listed below will present their artistic positions on the complex subject matter peace in the exhibition PEACE.
Exhibition: "YOUNG ART for PEACE" in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Atelierhaus, former Semperdepot, Lehargasse 6-8, 1060 Vienna Opening: 6.9.2018, 18:30
We welcome numerous artists from Austria and many other countries (see below). It has been selected a fine mix of mainly academic artists who who are already established contemporary artists, artists who have received their diploma in 2018 and also very young artists that are actually studying at the Academy of Fine Arts (especially from the Dptm. Figurative Painting (Prof. Kirsi Mikkola) Dptm. Expanded Pictorial Space (Prof. Daniel Richter) and Dptm. Graphic Arts (Prof. Christian Schwarzwald) ). Numerous Street Artist enrich the list of participating artists engaging for peace. In the following please find the participants listed in alphabetical order.
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|Microchannel heat sinks have been an active research area since the early 1980s and have a wide applicability due to their ability to efficiently remove large amounts of head in a compact space. Many of the current solutions to improve heat sink performance including manifold techniques, optimization of fin and channel shape, and features to alter flow characteristics. These techniques are inefficient and not widely accepted. There is a need for a new technology that can improve the performance of heat sinks.
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new technology that is a heat sink with novel porous features. This technology increases the area available for fluid flow and heat transfer, allowing potential benefits in both hydraulic and thermal performance. It also reduces the need for separate fluid distribution, which reduces the overall heat sink volume of the heat sink. This eliminates the need to bond with multiple parts and also eliminates interfacial thermal resistances. This new technology could change how heat sinks are used with power electronics, radars, portable electronics, avionics, and more.
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Poker is a card game in which players wager money on the outcome of a hand. It has a variety of variants and can be played with two to 14 people. The aim of the game is to win the pot, which consists of all bets made during one deal. A player can win the pot by having the highest-ranking poker hand, or by making a bet that no other players call.
The rules of poker are very simple, and a novice can learn the basics in a few minutes. The most important thing to remember is that there’s always a risk involved in any bet, and you can lose money even when your hand is strong. That’s why it’s so important to be confident and not to over-bluff. In addition, you must weigh your chances to maximise your profit.
In order to improve your poker skills, you need to practice a lot. This will help you develop your own quick instincts and become a better player over time. In addition, watching experienced players can also be helpful. By observing how they play, you can understand their strategies and learn from their mistakes.
Another key skill is bankroll management. This means playing within your budget and only entering games that you can afford to lose. This is especially important when you’re a beginner, as it will prevent you from spending more than you can afford to lose. Ideally, you should also avoid playing against players who are better than you at the same level of the game.
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To maximize your winnings, you need to understand how different hands rank in order of value. The best poker hand is a Royal flush, which consists of all five cards of the same suit in consecutive sequence. A straight is a five-card combination that skips around in rank or in suit, and three of a kind is made up of three cards of the same rank, with two unmatched cards. A pair is two matching cards of the same rank, and two other unmatched cards.
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It's not the salt you put ON your food but the CW salt that they must put IN the food to make CW SAD crap taste like anything decent. I can hardly gag down a hotdog anymore because of the loaded salt content and I am always dehydrated the next day and thirsty as all get out. They load it with sugar to make it palatable and addictive, they load it with salt to counter the sugar and to make you want more to drink (sugary drinks), they load it with preservatives to keep it around for weeks and months and they load it with chemicals that mimic what nature does (mouth "feel," satisfaction - look up PGPR and Hershey's).
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It ceases to be food at some point.
I always tell people to NOT salt their steak when they go out to eat at a chain. If their steak tastes "salty" it's been bladed or injected with a brining solution and most likely has a higher incidence of salmonella or some killer bacteria or virus. Killer, because most of the meat that has been brined or injected comes from CAFO that routinely feed anti-biotics to their cattle prophylacticly, thereby causing the germs injected into the meat to be resistant strains of said bacteria or virii.
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The Northern District Court of California recently invalidated President Joe Biden’s new asylum policy, marking a setback for the White House in its efforts to address the immigration crisis on the border with Mexico. This decision comes in response to a lawsuit filed in May, shortly before the elimination of the Title 42 rule, a health security measure used by both the Trump and Biden administrations to expedite deportations.
The cancellation of Biden’s asylum policy will take effect on August 8, 2023, but the government is likely to appeal the decision. In the meantime, the current asylum policy remains in effect. The ruling specifically affects immigrants who do not have visas, humanitarian leave or family reunification. The CBP One application to apply for asylum remains valid for the next 14 days until an appeal is filed.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) disagrees with the ruling and plans to appeal, emphasizing that the decision does not immediately change anything. Migrants without visas or humanitarian permission are encouraged to apply for asylum through the CBP One application and follow the legal processes. It is important to be alert to possible scams and misinformation spread by human smugglers. The border is not open to everyone and it is critical to seek accurate information from reliable sources.
The ruling against the Biden administration’s asylum policy has also raised concerns among immigrant advocates. Lawyers, religious leaders and activists criticize the new policy, arguing that it is “totally out of bounds.” They believe the limitations and restrictions imposed by the policy put immigrants at risk and go against the law. The Department of Justice is expected to appeal the decision within 14 days.
In summary, the court ruling against Biden’s asylum policy has a significant impact on asylum seekers in the United States. Although the cancellation of the policy will take effect in August 2023, the government will likely appeal the decision. In the meantime, migrants without visas or humanitarian permission are advised to follow legal processes and avoid falling for potential scams. It is important to be informed and seek reliable information on the subject.


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Influence of Emotional Intelligence and Social Adjustment on Peer Victimization among Secondary School Students in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria (Published)
Emotional intelligence and social adjustment are positive psychological constructs which can help to establish positive attitude and warm relationship among people. So students are expected to imbibe these virtuous constructs so as to relate well with one another and to avoid bullying and antisocial behaviours. Therefore, this correlational study investigated the influence of emotional intelligence and social adjustment on peer victimization among secondary school students in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. A sample of 372 students from public secondary schools in the area was composed from a population of 1548 senior secondary school (1&2) students in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria using simple random sampling technique and proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection is Emotional Intelligence, Social Adjustment and Peer Victimization Questionnaire. The instrument validated through the assistance of three experts in Counselling Psychology has reliability coefficients obtained through Cronbach alpha technique in the range of 0.68-0.82. The results of the study show that emotional intelligence had a high negative and significant influence on peer victimization among secondary school students in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State; social adjustment had a high negative and significant influence on peer victimization among secondary school students; emotional intelligence and social adjustment had a negative and significant joint influence on peer victimization. Based on the findings, it was recommended that counsellors, teachers, parents/guardians and religious leaders should make spirited effort to inculcate the virtue of emotional intelligence and social adjustment in the students. This they can do by preaching virtuous principles such as conscientiousness, love, selflessness, and consideration for others among young people including the students.

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MANILA -- The country's young cagers swept all their foes, highlighted by a 69-38 rout on Thailand, to bag the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (Seaba) Under-18 Championship in Yangoon, Myanmar last Friday.
The Filipino boys had a lethargic start not seen in their first four games, but got their acts going in the second quarter on the way to wrapping up the win just the same -- with plenty to spare.
"Mission accomplished," said coach Eric Altamirano moments after their victory which gave the Filipino boys a ticket to the Fiba-Asia Under-18 for men in Yemen this September.
"We're very happy we won the championship. The boys were very consistent the whole tournament, although somehow nahirapan ng konti sa game because Thailand was really into it until the fourth period."
The elite squad of coach Eric Altamirano include Ravena, Russel Escoto, Kevin Ferrer, Jeth Troy Rosario, Von Pessumal, Michael Pate, Gwyne Capacio, Mike Tolomia, Jeron Teng, Joshua Angelo Alolino, Roldan Sara, Cederick Labing-isa, Paolo Romero, Raphael Banal, and Kyle Neypes. (Virgil Lopez/Sunnex)


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Abu Dhabi - The highest number of longlisted authors came from Egypt and Palestine.
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction, IPAF, has revealed the longlist of 16 novels in contention for the 2016 prize. Those selected were chosen from 159 entries from 18 countries, all published within the last 12 months. The highest number of longlisted authors came from Egypt and Palestine.
Two of this year's longlisted authors have been shortlisted for the prize previously: Rabai al-Madhoun and Mohammed Mansi Qandil both appeared on the IPAF shortlist in 2010, with Al Madhoun's book, The Lady from Tel Aviv, now available in English translation from Telegram Books. Taleb Alrefai was also Chair of Judges for IPAF that year.
The list includes a number of writers and debut novelists. Three longlisted writers are under the age of 40, and first novels by Tareq Bakari and Abdennour Mezzine have been included. In addition, two of the longlisted authors - Mohammed Rabie and Shahla Ujayli - previously participated in IPAF's annual 'nadwa', or writers' workshop, for emerging writers with promise. Ujayli worked on a section of her longlisted book, A Sky Close to Our House, during the 2014 nadwa. - Wam

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Column: The history behind New Hampshire education freedom accounts
|Published: 02-23-2024 5:18 PM
It was distressing, but not surprising, to read that the New Hampshire Legislature is considering an increase in funding for Education Freedom Accounts by raising the eligibility ceiling to $150,000 per year for families of four who want to secure grants to homeschool their children or enroll them in private schools.
I was distressed because if this legislation is enacted, it will drain millions of dollars from the Education Trust Fund, the source of adequacy grants designed to provide more equitable funding for public schools across the state.
I was not surprised because New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Accounts are the inevitable result of the undercutting of government that began during Ronald Reagan’s presidency and has been the centerpiece of conservatism ever since. One of Reagan’s most famous quotes, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help,” captured the attitude of the Republican party toward public service at that time, an attitude that has only gotten worse. By making “inefficient government” the enemy and “cost effective businesses” the protagonist, Reagan implicitly encouraged the privatization of public services.
Over time, this perspective was adopted by both political parties, with Republicans wanting to make the government “small enough to drown in a bathtub” and Democrats advocating “public-private partnerships.” In public education the privatization movement led many school boards to outsource services such as transportation, school lunches, custodial and maintenance staffing, accounting and payroll functions, nursing and special education.
During this same period, voters adopted the view that publicly funded organizations should be “run like a business,” that they should be “responsible for the quality of their product.” This led to the emergence of the accountability movement in public education, whereby schools would be graded based on how well their students performed on standardized tests.
After a succession of false starts at setting federal quality standards for schools, George W. Bush gained bipartisan support for his “No Child Left Behind” Act (NCLB), which required each state to develop high-stakes tests that would identify “failing schools.” If those schools failed to improve after intervention, parents with children in those schools would be offered alternatives. The underlying premise of NCLB was that parents of children who were “trapped in failing schools” would be able to choose a more successful one for their children.
What happened next was completely predictable: the schools serving children raised in poverty and/or grossly underfunded schools were identified as “failing,” funds to help those schools were non-existent, and, the bipartisan coalition that passed NCLB vanished. In 2009, the Obama administration launched “Race to the Top”, a competitive grant program designed to spur and underwrite reforms in state education departments and local school districts. Using $4.35 billion of the stimulus funds approved by Congress to address the Great Recession, Obama hoped the Race to the Top grants would turn around the “failing schools.” However, by the end of his administration, over 30% of the nation’s schools were still “failing.”
In 2015 Congress reached a bi-partisan agreement on education policy by passing the Every Student Succeeds Act, which aspired to advance equity by “setting high standards” for all students and “returning decision-making back to local educators, families, and communities.” The teacher’s unions appreciated the role educators were expected to play and local school boards appreciated the reference to the role communities would play. But it was the conservative state legislators who appreciated this new law the most. By focusing on the reference to the role of families, states with GOP legislatures and governors enacted a series of “choice” laws that undercut both the teachers unions and local school boards. Using model legislation developed by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nonprofit organization underwritten by wealthy backers like the Koch brothers, conservative legislators enacted bills that expanded school choice through grants funded by “Education Savings Accounts” or ESAs. The first state laws funded the grants from a pool of money generated by tax-deductible donations made by investors seeking tax shelters. By using voluntary donations to underwrite the grants that provided parents with options to “failing” public schools, legislators could “advance equity” without raising taxes.
New Hampshire’s version of ESAs, the “Education Freedom Accounts” (EFAs), were far worse for taxpayers because they did not rely solely on voluntary contributions. Instead, New Hampshire’s EFA grants drew predominantly from state funds earmarked for public schools. Worse yet, 72% of the EFA grants went to parents whose children were already enrolled in a private school or already homeschooling their children. In the words of NEA-NH President Megan Tuttle, New Hampshire’s EFA grants “take scarce funding away from public schools and give it to private and religious schools that are unaccountable to the public.”
In a state where the Supreme Court has repeatedly determined state funding for education is insufficient and inequitably distributed it is difficult to justify the diversion of any taxpayer funds dedicated to public schools. Diverting those funds to pay the expenses of parents who choose to homeschool their children or pay tuition to religious-affiliated schools shifts the costs for public education to local property taxes.
If Gov. Chris Sununu and Republican legislators want to provide aid to parents who homeschool their children or enroll their children in religious schools, they should do so explicitly and not through a Byzantine mechanism like EFAs. Forbes Magazine reported earlier this month that New Hampshire’s Public Schools were ranked the fourth best in the nation based on standardized test scores. Given this performance, it strikes me that the Legislature should invest more in the exceptional public education system it already has rather than spending it on homeschooling and private schools.
Wayne Gersen is a retired school superintendent. He lives in Etna.


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At dawn, a pigeon delivered a most important letter. The King had appointed me head of the aviary.
After the midday heat abated, I went to the palace to take my new office. The King gave me a special robe of celestial bleu and the golden key to the aviary.
As dark clouds gathered in the late afternoon, I walked to the aviary. With the golden key, I opened the cages and all the birds flew out.
Tonight, I sit alone smiling inside a cage. The King was rather displeased you see, and the golden key does not work on the lock.
Several flocks of ducks flew over the house this morning, going north to their summer dwellings.
I thought of counting them. There must have been more than 200 birds in each flock.
And then I came to my senses.
Why this need to count? To appropriate something by putting it into a category or a number? Why compare or count?
Let the birds fly north! Enjoy them as they are!
And most importantly, take in the beauty of their ways in silence just as they leave no traces in the sky.
Inspirations: Spring, morning sky and birds.
Just as the sun starts to light up the sky, flocks of birds fly over the house.
White snow egrets with gold reflected on their wings, ducks in almost perfect formations and swallows moving in waves.
Closer to me, a few hummingbirds buzz around the lavender; while, despite the coolness of the air, bees start their morning collection around the same flowers.
These are the sights I am privileged to, and every dawn I give thanks for the beauty.
This morning, from way way up, a white egret pooped. As simple as that, and it landed a few centimeters from my foot.
I took it as a blessing both for its ordinary nature and … for having missed me.
I smiled and the smile remained with me for the entire day.
Who would have thought? Life brings us joy in so many forms!
All night rain,
the sun went to sleep alone.
two small birds on a branch
the sun wakes up with friends.
A flock of birds flies north.
Two tired bees buzz near the blooming lavender.
A cloud, mindless.
The last ray spreads its gold.
The birds leave not a trace in the sky.
Note: “Mindless cloud”: In Zen poetry as well as in classical Chinese poetry, the cloud is often a metaphor for the mind –floating, shifting, insubstantial.


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Ishaan Khatter, Ananya Panday starrer ‘Khaali Peeli’ to get theatrical release overseas
2 October, 2020 | Rakshanda Afrin
Ishaan Khatter and Ananya Panday's upcoming 'Khaali Peeli', which is set to be released on OTT platform on Friday, will also hit the cinema halls in the selected overseas market.
Ishaan Khatter and Ananya Panday’s upcoming flick ‘Khaali Peeli’, which is set to be released on OTT platform on Friday, will also hit the cinema halls in the selected overseas market. Besides the OTT platform, the flick will also be released in the USA, Singapore, Netherlands, Austria, Fiji, Africa and Mauritius. Film critic and movie trade analyst Taran Adarsh confirmed the same over social media.
“RELEASING IN OVERSEAS CINEMAS…2 Oct 2020 in USA, Singapore, Netherlands, Austria, Fiji, Africa and Mauritius. Overseas,” he tweeted. Helmed by debutant director Maqbool Khan and backed by filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar, Himanshu Mehra, and Zee Studios, the film also stars ‘Paatal Lok’ actor Jaideep Ahlawat.
‘Khaali Peeli’ went on the floors in September last year and was scheduled for a June 12 release but was delayed due to the shuttering of film theatres. The movie will start streaming on OTT platform Zeeplex from October 2. Ishaan Khatter and Ananya Panday-starrer much-anticipated film will also be released in drive-in theatres Gurugram and Bengaluru simultaneously.
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Along with the announcement, Taran shared an intriguing picture from the film featuring the lead duo. In the snap, Ananya is seen seated on the bonnet of the taxi while Ishaan stood by her side. Earlier the makers of upcoming flick ‘Khaali Peeli’ dropped its quirky soundtrack ‘Tehas Nehas,’ that features the lead duo dancing in a garage.
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City Council approved the Move EUG Funding Proposal
Move EUG was a planning project led by the City’s Transportation Planning Team to identify and prioritize walking, biking, and safety programs and infrastructure projects throughout Eugene. Staff spent spring 2023 listening to community members about their transportation project ideas, and summer 2023 analyzing and prioritizing the 1,300 comments we received.
The primary objective of Move EUG was to develop a list of walking, biking, and safety infrastructure projects for funding through the 2025-2029 Street Repair Bond Measure. City Council approved the Move EUG Funding Proposal on October 23, 2023. The list and map of the 55 selected projects can be found at the links below.
This is an historic investment in active transportation by voters and City Council. Between 2025-2029, Eugene will see $11 million dollars of Street Repair Bond funding allocated to walking, biking and safety projects. An additional $2 million is unprogrammed and will be used to leverage grant funding or to achieve economies of scale. There was also $2 million allocated for street trees. Overall, the City of Eugene will invest $15 million of the bond funds to enhance our transportation network and increase the street tree canopy.
If you have questions or comments about Move EUG or the funded projects, please email Willow Hamilton, Community Engagement Coordinator at WHamilton@eugene-or.gov.
Move EUG Question and Answer
Why did the City do this project?
The 2025-2029 Street Repair Bond measure was passed by voters in November 2022. The bond measure included $15 million for walking, biking, safety and street tree projects. The Transportation Planning Team was charged with identifying projects for bike, pedestrian, and safety bond funds for approval by City Council.
Council included the $15 million for walking, biking, safety and street trees into the bond as recognition that more comfortable infrastructure can help encourage community members and visitors to make more trips by walking, biking, rolling, and taking the bus. Increasing the number of active transportation trips made will help the city meet climate, equity, and livability goals.
Investments in walking , biking, and rolling provide additional transportation options to all community members but can be particularly impactful for the nearly 30% of community members who don't drive. Active transportation trips that replace car trips also cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, keep roadways in good condition for longer, and help make Eugene a more vibrant and livable city.
How did the City decide which projects to fund?
Move EUG included a comprehensive community engagement process that spanned three months, from March to May 2023. The engagement process utilized both in-person events and online tools to maximize community involvement and gather diverse perspectives. Overall, the City heard over 1,300 comments from community members about project ideas, transportation challenges, and program suggestions. View the Community Engagement Report to learn more about the City's process.
After months of community engagement, transportation staff manually reviewed all 1,300 comments and project ideas heard in Spring 2023 and synthesized them into over 600 buildable project ideas for prioritization. Staff then ran the 600 projects through a prioritization matrix that looked at the following criteria:
Once the projects were ranked based on the above objective criteria, staff adjusted the projects to make sure each ward received funding and that the projects were feasible and contributed to the overall active transportation network.
What happens next with the 55 new funded projects?
Move EUG only identified projects and allocated funding. The specifics of each project will need careful planning, including engaging the surrounding community. The level of engagement for each project will depend on the scale and impacts of that particular project.
Once a project is planned, it will move into the engineering stage. This is where the specific and detailed design is drafted by engineers. This stage includes communication with residents, property owners, and businesses that are directly impacted by a project.
What happens to all the project ideas that weren't funded?
Transportation System Plan Update:
Staff will review the existing Transportation System Plan, which includes a list of walking and biking projects. Many of the projects identified by community members during Move EUG will be added to the current list. This ensures that they will be considered for future funding.
Some projects identified by the community ranked high but were too large to fund with bond funding. These large, high-ranking projects make good candidates for grant funding opportunities. Staff will be able to use the robust community engagement and data driven process of Move EUG to justify and support future grant funding applications.
Active Transportation Strategic Plan:
Some of the 1,300 comments received during Move EUG weren't for infrastructure projects but were programmatic ideas instead. Transportation programs include Breakfast at the Bike Bridges, the Get There Challenge, Employer Incentives, and more. Staff will use the comments from Move EUG to inform the next update of the Active Transportation Strategic Plan.


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This is an exciting week for me - my book comes out this Friday. Whoo hoo! I'm going to be honest - I never thought it would happen this fast. I started writing a year ago, have amassed quite the collection of crappy half-assed manuscripts on my hard drive. There are so many things I want to do with my writing, so many ways I want to go, and it surprises me still that I ended up writing a steamy erotic romance and it's actually going to be sold to the public. With a cover and everything.
So I want to share my excitement with you all. Everyone who posts on my blog this week -- starting today -- will be entered to win a goody basket. I'm not quite sure what's in the goody basket yet but know that it's gonna be good! It's gonna be fun! It's gonna be ------- exciting!
Well, I don't know about the exciting part, but come on, I can't help it. I'm excited.
Tomorrow I'll share an excerpt of Release Me. A teaser if you will. And you can tell me if you like it or hate it. I hope you'll like it.