Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 1, 2014 — The Foundation to Protect New Mexico Wildlife today announced it has formalized an agreement with the Navajo Nation to develop a comprehensive and humane program to manage the thousands of free-roaming horses on the reservation. The ultimate goal of the agreement is to develop alternatives to transporting the horses to slaughter facilities.
Former New Mexico Governor and Foundation co-founder, Bill Richardson, negotiated the agreement with Navajo President Ben Shelly.
“This historic agreement is a great first step in our efforts to not only protect these horses, but to find humane and long-term solutions that are in the best interest of the Navajo people and their land,” Governor Richardson said. “I commend President Shelly for his commitment to this issue, and we look forward to getting right to work.”
“Working together to resolve challenges is our approach as we work with Governor Richardson and his Foundation. They will give us funding and find more resources to reverse the population of feral horses,” President Shelly said. “We will continue to treat these animals humanely and implement the best solutions to our rangeland issues. We thank Governor Richardson and the Foundation for working with the Navajo Nation in this most important effort.”
The two men have initialed the agreement, allowing work to begin, and hope to hold a formal signing ceremony with all involved parties in the near future.
“I also want to thank the country’s top animal protection groups that have agreed to partner with us on this important project,” Governor Richardson added. “Their dedication and expertise will be critical to the success of our efforts.”
Those partners include: Return to Freedom Wild Horse Preservation, ASPCA, Humane Society of United States, Animal Welfare Institute, and Animal Protection of New Mexico.
The Foundation and its partners are currently working with representatives of the Navajo Nation on developing the first phase of the equine management program, which may eventually include adoptions, triages, veterinarian services and sanctuaries. They are also working to identify possible funding sources for these activities.
Meanwhile, the Navajo Nation has agreed to immediately make every effort to only deal with those horse buyers that offer humane alternatives to the transportation of horses to slaughter facilities.
“Return to Freedom salutes Governor Richardson for his leadership and applauds Navajo President Shelley for his commitment to collaborate on alternatives to horse slaughter while we work together on long-term solutions for horses on Navajo lands,” said Neda DeMayo, President of Return to Freedom, a wild horse preservation and education organization. “Since 1999, Return to Freedom has pioneered educational programs and minimally invasive wild horse management solutions that have been applied both on sanctuaries and on western rangelands. We stand ready to help.”
“The ASPCA applauds former Governor Richardson and Navajo President Shelly for their joint efforts to protect the free-roaming horses on Navajo land from being sent to slaughter,” said Jacque Schultz, senior director of the ASPCA Equine Fund. “Horses have been central to the ASPCA’s mission since our founding in 1866. Through our experience providing funding and training sources to equine rescues and sanctuaries around the country, we look forward to lending our support at this critical juncture to those ready and willing to offer a humane alternative to slaughter.”
“The HSUS welcomes the opportunity to work with The Foundation to Protect New Mexico Wildlife and the Navajo Nation to implement long-term, humane and sustainable solutions for managing the Navajo Nation’s horse population,” said Stephanie Boyles Griffin, the HSUS’ senior director of Innovative Wildlife Management. “The HSUS is a leader in the research and development of non-lethal wildlife management technologies and is currently conducting wild horse fertility control research projects, including one in the Jarita Mesa Wild Horse Territory in New Mexico. The Navajo Nation’s efforts to create humane horse management programs will serve as a model for other tribes and will be a source of pride for the entire tribe for years to come.”
“We are grateful for the opportunity to join with Governor Richardson in working with the Navajo Nation and the Navajo people on what will be an unprecedented endeavor to save wild horses from being removed from their habitat and slaughtered,” said Chris Heyde, deputy director of Government and Legal Affairs for the Animal Welfare Institute. “The horse is central to the culture of the Diné and we know the people have great reverence for their well-being and conservation. With time and cooperation, this project will succeed and be an example for the proper management of all wild and free-roaming horses throughout the West.”
“Horses help to remind us of the things all New Mexicans care about: our land, our people, and all the animals that enrich our lives and make our state unique and wonderful. We’re grateful for the opportunity to work with the Navajo people to help preserve this honorable heritage,” said Lisa Jennings, Executive Director of Animal Protection of New Mexico.
About the Foundation to Protect New Mexico Wildlife:
Governor Richardson and actor, director and conservationist, Robert Redford, founded the Foundation to Protect New Mexico Wildlife in 2013. Since its inception, the Foundation has worked to stop the slaughter of horses and seek out alternative and humane solutions to deal with the country’s wild horse population.


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Taking the help of social media, they are mobilising volunteers and identifying areas that require help.
Volunteers from the Rotary Clubs of Madras North and West have put in place five centres over the last one week providing food packets to 2.75 lakh people.
"It's a spontaneous response. All our clubs have joined together besides many non-rotarians," said Past District Governor G Olivannan.
From Wednesday, the group has stopped supplying food and has switched to sending hampers with fourteen items including clothes, bad sheets, mosquito repellants, water, sanitary napkins collected from across the state.
Prashant, a young volunteer who takes supplies to communities in need often wading through knee-deep to neck-deep waters for more than a week, explained, "We first survey going to many areas and identify areas where help is required. Then we seek police help to distribute smoothly. This way we ensure the same groups don't get everything."
Another student volunteer said "Now there's an abundant supply of food. Now people need clothes, blankets, torches, candles etc to start rebuilding their lives."
In another part of Chennai, Merlia Shaukath has taken time off work to collect medicine and distribute them to prevent disease in vulnerable areas. "Skin infection, dehydration, diarrhea are on the rise and through these non-prescription drugs we are attempting to stop any disease breakdown," she said.
Grace Beryl Caroline, a young woman, is working to provide books, note books and stationery to all the children whose books got destroyed by floods. "Otherwise there could be school dropouts," she said.
More than 250 people were killed and thousands displaced as much of Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu were submerged in flood waters after the highest rainfall in nearly a hundred years lashed the state over the past month.
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Gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) plays a significant role in the vascular system. Regulation of GJIC is a dynamic process, with alterations in connexin (Cx) protein expression and post-translational modification as contributing mechanisms. We hypothesized that the endothelial autacoid nitric oxide (NO) would reduce dye coupling in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). In our subsequent experiments, we sought to isolate the specific Cx isoform(s) targeted by NO or NO-activated signaling pathways. Since HUVEC cells variably express three Cx (Cx37, Cx40, and Cx43), this latter aim required the use of transfected HeLa cells (HeLaCx37, HeLaCx43), which do not express Cx proteins in their wild type form. Dye coupling was measured by injecting fluorescent dye (e.g., Alexa Fluor 488) into a single cell and determining the number of stained adjacent cells. Application of the NO donor SNAP (2 microM, 20 min) reduced dye coupling in HUVEC by 30%. In HeLa cells, SNAP did not reduce dye transfer of cells expressing Cx43, but decreased the dye transfer from Cx37-expressing cells to Cx43-expressing cells by 76%. The effect of SNAP on dye coupling was not mediated via cGMP. In contrast to its effect on dye coupling, SNAP had no effect on electrical coupling, measured by a double patch clamp in whole cell mode. Our results demonstrate that NO inhibits the intercellular transfer of small molecules by a specific influence on Cx37, suggesting a potential role of NO in controlling certain aspects of vascular GJIC.
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SOUTH SHORE — Adrienne Irmer, a candidate for 5th Ward alderperson, will not appear on February’s ballot after elections officials determined her home is outside the ward under both the current and prior ward maps.
Irmer lives in the 8th Ward, making her ineligible to appear on the 5th Ward ballot, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners ruled Friday.
City Council candidates generally are required to have lived in their ward for at least a year prior to the election. Because the ward boundaries were redrawn in 2022, candidates can run for office in any ward that includes a part of the ward they lived in before redistricting, the elections board announced in October.
But 8th Ward residents are only eligible to run in the 6th, 7th and 8th wards under those rules. The 5th and 8th Ward boundaries never overlapped, so Irmer can’t be elected as 5th Ward alderperson, commissioners said.
Irmer appealed that finding, arguing through her lawyer that the new 5th and old 8th wards overlap along the Chicago Skyway, according to a summary of the hearing.
Commissioners denied Irmer’s appeal following testimony from elections board consultant Larry Hanson, who told the board he “did the redistricting this year” by creating the new maps and found no overlap between the wards.
“The provenance of [Hanson’s] maps was more reliable than the maps that were introduced by [Irmer,] who offered no testimonial evidence from an expert who had been involved in the 2022 redistricting or remapping process,” hearing officer Linda Crane wrote.
Irmer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A South Shore resident of 19 years, Irmer joined the 5th Ward race in September and was endorsed by former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black woman elected to the Senate.
Irmer is a public policy administrator at the Illinois Institute of Technology and an appointed commissioner of Special Service Area No. 42 in South Shore. She placed fourth in the 2018 Democratic primary for the Illinois House, which was won by now-Rep. Curtis Tarver.
Longtime Ald. Leslie Hairston, first elected in 1999, announced in August she would not seek reelection.
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Vicky Kaushal's dialogue in his last film 'Uri: The Surgical Strike' – "How’s the josh?" got the entire nation buzzing about it. So much so, that even the Prime Minister of India used it. While the film became a blockbuster, and entered the top 10 highest-grossing films ever, the dialogue has been etched in the memory of fans forever.
However, did you know that there was a possibility that we may have never got this line in the first place if Vicky’s wish had come true. Incidentally, minutes before he was to say the line for the first time in the film while shooting for it, Vicky had approached the director Aditya Dhar and insisted that the line is changed.
Recalling the incident, Dhar said, "We first shot the line 'How's the josh?' during the Myanmar
sequence. Two minutes before the camera rolled, Vicky came to me and asked me to change the line because he thought somewhere the feel was not coming. I tried to explain that to motivate their team, army commanders talk like that, so let's give it a try."
"I still remember when Vicky said that line for the first time, 30 members of our team had goosebumps on hearing it," added the 36-year-old director during a conversation with veteran screenplay writer Robin Bhatt
What was the story behind the line?
"I used to visit the Army club in Delhi along with my friends when I was a little boy. There used to be a former Army officer, who would ask all of us children to stand in a queue and ask us 'How's the josh?'. The game was, one by one, all children have to reply, 'High, Sir'. Whoever would say it the loudest and the best would get a chocolate. Most of the time I used to win the chocolate," Dhar recounted.
"It was just a memory that stayed with me," shared the film director.
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As the government’s way to “capitalize” on the relatively recently concluded civil conflict, is Sri Lanka’s attempt at “conflict tourism” is euphemistically up the creek without a paddle?
By: Ringo Bones
A couple of years ago – well back around September 2012 – the government of Sri Lanka made that “notorious” Jordanian ship that had been impounded by the Tamil Tigers back in 2006 that was eventually used as their base and a source of vital war materiel in the form of scrap steel for the then war effort before its bloody controversial end back in 2009 – as the centerpiece of their conflict tourism program that would hopefully bring in vital tourist dollars for vital postwar reconstruction of the country. Given the history of the Sri Lankan civil conflict between the ethnic Tamil and the Sinhalese majority – is this move well-advised?
Major tour providers around the world had expressed their wariness of this “history from the victorious ethnic group’s perspective” as soon as they’ve heard the announcement back in September 2012. And unbeknownst to most people – conventional tourism that takes advantage of Sri Lanka’s pristine beaches barely exists even as far back as the country’s independence. Those few music videos that the 1980s pop-rock supergroup Duran Duran shot there during the mid 1980s – before the Tamil Tiger-Sinhalese Conflict started - was allegedly a logistical tour de force given the nonexistence of even a “conventional” tourism industry in Sri Lanka.
Concerns of major travel and tourism providers on the Sri Lankan conflict tourism initiative were very much justified because war memorial signs of the facilities that were fast-tracked into completion were written only in English and Sinhalese – there were no Tamil language signs in sight whatsoever! I wonder if the Sri Lankan conflict tourism facilities will be serving Tamil fish curry as part of their haute cuisine. Only time will tell if this “oversight” will be rectified by the current Sri Lankan government.

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LLAMA webinar: Best practices for accessible and inclusive marketing
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Outreach and marketing are vital for all types of libraries, but it can seem like an overwhelming challenge to ensure that promotional materials, online content and social media posts are inclusive and accessible to everyone. The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present “Beyond Ticking Off the Boxes: Best Practices for Accessible and Inclusive Marketing,” on Wednesday, March 13, at 1:30-3:00 p.m. CT.
This webinar will offer best practices and tools to ensure that your library’s marketing is accessible, inclusive and effective for all members of your community. It will review free accessibility tools for designing print and online marketing materials, as well as methods for a more inclusive approach to outreach. Participants will learn concrete steps to improve their existing marketing practices and will discover new methods. The content is relevant to all types of libraries that have marketing activities.
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This webinar addresses communication skills and marketing and advocacy, which are two of LLAMA's Foundational Leadership Competencies.
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Victorian rockers, Stonefield, are back in WA for shows kicking off on Thursday, February 13, at the Prince Of Wales, Bunbury; Friday, February 14, at Clancy’s Dunsborough, and Saturday, February 15, at Capitol. SHANE PINNEGAR catches up with singer/drummer and eldest sibling in the all-sister band, Amy Findlay.
Perth plays an important part in the Stonefield story, with their first visit in 2010 for the One Movement Festival resulting in a spot on the bill at legendary UK music festival Glastonbury.
Drummer Amy Findlay says the experience was special for her and sisters Hannah, Sarah and Holly.
“It was amazing. Playing at Glastonbury was also surreal and crazy. We had a really good response, and the crowd was really warming.”
The sisters are looking forward to making the trek west again.
“Definitely. We always like coming over to WA,” she says enthusiastically, “unfortunately it’s not quite as easy – it’s a bit more of a distance, it’s a bit more expensive and stuff, but we always love it when we do come over and we always have a really good show.”
The band have been surging forward for the past four years, but it’s in the last 12 months that things have really taken off, with the release of their debut self-titled album, a surging, riff-laden beast that comes from the blues, but reverberates with psych-rock and even gospel touches. Findlay is justifiably proud of the opus.
“It kind of just makes you feel like you’re the real deal, getting a full album out there,” she says. “I dunno… we just feel really accomplished, and it was a big learning curve for us. We learned so much about being in the studio and production stuff and songwriting and everything.”
Raised in Darraweit Guim, rural Victoria, the sisters just happened to all pick up different instruments that made up a band. Findlay laughs out loud at the memory. “Yeah, it does kind of seem a bit funny when I do actually stop and think about it – but it’s normal to us. We don’t really think about that too much. It just kind of happened, it wasn’t really planned.”
One of the album standouts is lead single Put Your Curse On Me, which features a full gospel choir on backing vocals. It’s a vocal tour de force and, given the lyrics, one that transforms the song into a seductively grinding voodoo anthem straight out of New Orleans. Findlay says that when they started recording, the choir wasn’t earmarked for that tune.
“We knew that we wanted to use a gospel choir on some songs,” she declares, “but we hadn’t really worked out which songs it would be best suited for. Our producer suggested that song, and we really liked the idea of it being not your typical song that you would use it on. That’s probably one of my favourite sounds in the world, a gospel choir. It was really, really cool to have those guys working with us.”
Last month Stonefield released a video clip for new single, Love You Deserve. Shot in a paddock, it features two cars playing a dangerous game of chicken. Findlay says the clip was “really, really fun to make, and we’ve been telling everyone that we did the stunt driving,” she laughs, mischievously. “I’m just going to say, ‘Yes we did’.”


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The Boyd County, Ky., board of education has decided to ban all school clubs in the district in an effort to shut down a recently formed gay-straight alliance in the high school, according to a Thursday press release from the American Civil Liberties Union.
"It's truly shameful that the school board has decided to sacrifice the needs of all its students rather than permit this group of students to meet to address issues of tolerance and diversity," said James Esseks, litigation director at the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project. "This decision is frightfully similar to the days when many cities chose to shut down public swimming pools rather than let African-Americans use them."
In October a decision-making council that decides all issues related to school clubs approved the application by a group of about 20 students to form the GSA. The students had been urging the school to allow the GSA since February 2001. It was only after the ACLU sent a letter to the school explaining that the federal Equal Access Act required the school to treat all noncurricular clubs equally that the council reversed its position and permitted the GSA. Local ministers then launched an appeal of the decision that eventually prompted today's decision by the board.
"The board's decision does a disservice to the entire community," said Jeff Vessels, executive director of the ACLU of Kentucky. "This ban will hurt all of Boyd County's students' chances of getting accepted to college. School clubs play a key role in many college admissions policies. This is a textbook case of cutting off your nose to spite your face."


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Reset usually if it has it will be in owner manual---if you want to look in the factory service manual---google the model number "service manual" to see if you can find it there---9 of 10 times this answer is in the 'OWNER'S MANUAL" ---IF in doubt read that first.
I see so many here with no sound/nopicture issues:
1. IF sound main fuse/s are good. 2. If no power or standby check main fuse, standby power supply and any signsof damage you can see---burnt parts etc. 3. almost all these sets the troubleshooting involves checking voltages on the main power board to narrow down theproblem. 4. Be safe and if you do not know what you are doing don't open the set.
Answers to issues:
1. RE:fuses---if a blown fuse is found get a good replacement(not the genericones like Radio Shack). Many fuses are special even aside from amperage--Don'tput a higher rated amperage fuse in the set for any reason.
2. RE: power supply in set: if total dead aside from main fuse the set uses astandby power supply that runs 7/24 and a main supply (some are combined andsome not.
Here aside from checking fuses you want to examine all the filter caps on thepower/standby to see if any are puffed up or buldged up in some fashion--Iattach a photo of a good one---top should be silver metal and PERFECTLY flatand have no brown material coming out on top or bottom.
What happens in the standby area is they use caps with too low a voltage rating(saves money) which causes them to fail in a year or two---the standby runs7/24 and the heat dries out the caps and they fail.
3. Trouble shooting consists of the above and then at some point you have tobuy and try a board to see if it fixes it or not.
4. Safety first--no TV set is worth getting injured or even killed over.
Look for puffed up caps on the power supply board like these.
hello! the problem is display panel connectors or panel itself(bad case). To solve it, you must disassemble the set till the point, when you will be able to see t-con(display controller). It, usually have metal shield over it. you need to unscrew those tiny screws, may be remove sticking foil too. After you see the board itself, there are 1 or more flat ribbon cables connecting t-con board to display panel itself. Plugs have plastic locking, fragile! First, unlock the left side(opposite to your view) and pull cable out, then carefully reconnect it. If more, than one, repeat the procedure. got working? assemble everything back. Still have the problem: try to do the same with the other end of the ribbon(s). those, what connect display's boards. You may have insufficient space to reach plug's locks. Invent something to accomplish the task: use tweezers or metal picks. Try not to break anything. In most cases this problem caused by dust/dirt accumulation at those connectors. If nothing helps, I've seen the panels itself doing that. that's the end of DIY project, may be TV itself, unless you purchased extended replacement plan. cost of the panel will void any reasonable repair! good luck, thanks, Alex.
First of all, thank you for consulting Fixya.com regarding on your LCD TV problem.
The symptoms you've described is one of the common problem not only on LCD TV's but almost all types of TV's including the LED, Plasma, DLP, and CRT. This is caused by faulty (leaky/dried) electrolytic capacitor in the power supply board. Leaky/dried electrolytic capacitor will dropped the normal operating output voltage of the power supply board and will disable the unit. In the first stage of the symptoms, warm-up will make itself stable like leaving it plugged to the outlet, wait a few minutes/hour, hitting the power button key several times before it will power up but the symptoms will get worst as time goes by, the unit will not react at all once the leaky/dried electrolytic capacitor is totally faulty.
Electrolytic capacitor act like a power reservoir, the unit will work fine once the capacitor reach(charged) to minimum power requirements needed by the circuitry that's why you need it to warm-up (if the capacitor is partially faulty) or else the circuitry will not work.
Leaky electrolytic capacitor has a physical indication of fault like bulged, dome at the top and can be easily identify through visual inspection. See sample picture below.
Open the back cover of your TV and then inspect the power supply board (this is where the power cord's directly connected). Once you found capacitor with bulged or dome at the top, replaced it with same capacitance and working voltage that is printed on its body. Watch the video below for more info on electrolytic capacitor.
Dried electrolytic capacitor has no physical indication of fault. You must have a capacitor checker/tester to determine its condition.
If you don't have necessary tools and test instrument and can't troubleshoot the unit yourself, I would advice you to replaced the entire power supply board. It is more convenient if you are going to DIY because no troubleshooting and soldering required. All you have to do is to unplug the TV from the outlet overnight, take off the rear cover, pull-out all connectors to the power supply board, unscrew the board, put in the new board, re-insert the connectors and you can now try the unit.
You may obtain the board online, try to check the board on ebay.com or shopjimmy.com. Just type TV's model no. on their search engine to view the available boards. The power supply board has a part no. that is printed on the board itself, I would advice you to check it to ensure you will get the exact replacement online.
Watch the video below for more info regarding on the symptoms you've encountered right now.
Sound very much like a faulty LCD controller problem. However I would like to be sure before I suggest replacing any parts. If you can just take a picture of it and upload it here that would help me confirm the source of the problem. While posting your comment click on the camera button on the lower right corner of this text box, browse for the image on your hard-drive and upload it.
I'm sorry that the TV is displaying vertical lines on the screen. Please follow the troubleshooting steps and check the operation:
Please make sure that the connections are secure and proper.
Try connecting a different video source like DVD player or VCR and check the operation. If it works with another device, the issue might be with the input device currently.
Also try connecting the device to a different port in the TV if no other devices are available.
If the issue persists, try with a different cable.
Perform a power resetting and check the operation. To perform the power resetting, unplug the TV from wall outlet for more than 2 minutes and then reconnect it.
If the issue persists, after all above troubleshooting steps, service may be required. You can click hear to setup a service for the TV.
Also it would be good if you can come back with the model # of the TV to check whether the issue can be resolved with a firmware update.
Thanks for understanding. Please let me know if you require any clarifications/additional help.
Sir the problem of your unit is in the power supply it has already a bulging capacitor this bad capacitor is producing a low and unfiltered dc output.
If you see this bad capacitor replace it with same type and also try to observe the solder part of your pcb if there is a cold solder or loosed solder.
If you see this resolder it but be sure not to connect separated pins if accidentally solder may caused much damage to the unit. Note before doing this be sure to unplug the unit. Good day and best regards.
It's the problem of overheating in the power supply board of the TV.on the power supply board of the TV there are few capacitors and IC.any of this IC is got short or may be weak.so due to this when you start the TV the current passes from electric outlet to the power supply board of TV.but when the current passes from that weak/faulty part at that time current gets stopped or slow and the board overheats and TV shuts off. this is a common problem faced by many other users too.the possible option to solve this issue is to check the power supply board by a meter and continuity tester and replace the faulty component on the board which is short due to which power supply board is getting overheated.its bit technical job but yes its not at all a costly repair to do or get it done by the technician. for required parts it can be easily available from local electronic hardware shop.
The tv power supply board it is the causes and the problems.That the board where the tv power a/c cord plug into it.Tries websites like Shopjimmy.com,Ebay.com to buy a whole new refurbish power supply board for the replacement.
I had the same problem with a 32HL67. (Your TV may use many of the same parts.) The TV would not come on, and the only way to stop the yellow blinking light was to pull the power.
Took the TV to a local repair shop, and we jointly decided the problem was either the power supply or the main video board (seine board). We decided to try the video board first. Ordered board PEO249A, part number V28A000320A1 from www.discount-merchant.com (49.95 plus shipping) and had it installed last week. This solved the problem. However, a new problem showed up. The TV now will not scan over the air for digital stations. This is not really critical since I use DirecTV; however, it is good to be able to get the locals over the air.
When the video board was replaced, we discovered that the original board in my TV was PEO361A, part number V28A00043601. This is Toshiba part 75007222. (This board is also available at the same vendor for the same price.) This difference in parts may be the reason my TV now will not scan for digital stations. It appears that replacing the video board with either of these new boards will likely solve the blinking yellow light problem; however, if you use the PEO249A, you may lose the ability to scan for stations. On the other hand, there may be an inherent problem in the PEO361A which may be causing the blinking yellow light problem. Who can say?


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Not a fairytale ending! Miley Cyrus' brother Trace calls off engagement to Disney star Brenda Song
It had seemed there was going to be double marriage celebrations in the Cyrus family in the near future.
But it has emerged Miley's brother Trace will not be following her down the aisle, as he has broke up with his Disney star fiancee Brenda Song.
In fact it has emerged the couple broke up a 'couple' of months ago,
Achy breaky heart: Trace Cyrus has split from his Disney star fiancee Brenda Song
The 23-year-old musician told JustJared: 'Brenda and I have decided to go our separate ways.
'We split up a couple of months ago. We will continue to focus on our careers.
'I wish Brenda the best and much success in the future. I hope everyone can respect our privacy about this situation.'
So close: The pair seemed to be getting along swimmingly when they were pictured together in April 2011
Having a ball: Brenda was seen on an outing with her fellow Disney star Aly Michalka just before news of her split from Trace
The pair began dating in May 2010 and in August 2011 it was rumored that Brenda was pregnant, though the news was never confirmed.
The split seemed far from the 24-year-old Suite Life on Deck star's mind as she enjoyed a fun lunch with her girlfriend Aly Michalka last week.
They Disney stars looked in a jolly mood, and even held hands as they made their way to an eatery in Los Angeles for a friendly meal.
Built to last: Miley will be hoping her relationship with Liam Hemsworth is made of sterner stuff
No doubt the Cyrus family were disappointed when they learned the news, though Miley's recently announced engagement to Australian Hunger Games beefcake Liam Hemsworth will have helped heal the pain.
The 19-year-old former Disney star confirmed the happy news last week, saying: 'I'm so happy to be engaged and look forward to a life of happiness with Liam.'
The romantic hunk got down on one knee and proposed to Miley on 31st May with a 3.5 carat diamond ring.
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The case, and SCO’s continued assertions that black is white, up is down, and that software licenses can’t give users the right to copy, is starting to make the mainstream press. Ed Quillen of the Denver Post wrote this column today. Funny, I’ve been making pretty much the same arguments since Disney first bought the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act in 1996.
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REMI NICOLE: MY CONSCIENCE AND I **
TEENAGERS with guitars is hardly a new phenomenon but, in the past few years, there has been an upsurge of performers who have chosen to go it alone with an acoustic rather than bash out a garage racket with their mates. This year, Kate Nash (admittedly more of a keyboard girl) and Jack Peate have been the most successful of these accidental troubadours, though the sylph-like 17-year-old Laura Marling is emerging as a precocious challenger with her fragile folk madrigals.
Remi Nicole is a far more commercial proposition. Her mixed-race background and her tomboy image distinguish her visually, while her songs have an off-the-top-of-her-head spontaneity. Rather than come at her adolescent subject matter from a quirky or poetic angle, as Nash does, she spells out her feelings using lyrics so rudimentary that she makes Amy MacDonald sound like Leonard Cohen.
Unlike so many of her peers who are swept into the bosom of a major label, her style has not been swamped by a battalion of co-writers. However, on the basis of this disposable debut album, there is an argument that Nicole has been hoovered up prematurely before she has had a chance to develop her writing.
Too late, though - she's out there now, with her hummable new single Rock N Roll already colonising the airwaves. Until now, Nicole has been moving in the same London indie circles as Peate, with whom she has the most obvious musical kinship. But there is a good chance that the combination of her childlike voice and her confident, even cocky, attitude will find her a more natural audience among younger teenage, even tweenage girls for whom she could be a less volatile (but also less interesting) role model than loose cannon Lily Allen.
For those who know nothing about Remi Nicole, breezy opening track Go With the Flow serves as a superficial introduction to her fledgling music career, as she relates the story of an opportunity that fell into her lap - "one day I was in an office job, the next I was doing what I didn't know I loved". The song celebrates the enjoyment of simply performing with no agenda - "wherever it takes me, I'll go" - offering a refreshing alternative view for youngsters who are desperately seeking celebrity for the sake of it.
Rock N Roll is more chirpy autobiography, as she answers her peers who don't understand why a young black girl chooses to be an indie kid rather than an R&B diva.
So far, so current. But the faintly ridiculous New Old Days proves that you're never too young to look back nostalgically on your childhood, as Nicole namechecks a host of kiddie cultural references before sighing "looking back now, haven't we grown up fast?" Even on an album of questionable lyrical merit, this is feeble fare, though not as bad as the witless rhyming couplet "they are not very swell, these dates from hell" or the track Go Mr Sunshine, whose essence can be boiled down to "isn't summer great?" Set to a cheerful tune, it's only one step up from The Tweenies.
Fed Up is the first sign that Nicole has any emotional range, outlining typical relationship woes in colloquial terms as a muted trumpet lends a rueful jazzy feel. But while on the one hand she berates a boyfriend for not accommodating her, on Na Nighty she has to have it her way, pledging that she won't be changing for any guy. However, she has something positive to say about relationships on Right Side of Me, a sweet, downbeat celebration of a tolerant boyfriend, embellished with a lyrical piano arrangement.
The doe-eyed teen pop of Lights Out takes her even further away from her professed love of Oasis and skinny jeans. She reasserts her self-appointed authority on Tabloid Queen, which occupies exactly the same scornful territory as Amy MacDonald's Footballer's Wife but is set to a much frothier backing track. Her declaration that "it's the glossy magazines and the tabloid thugs that bully you to diets and taking drugs, if you tried individuality you may get by more happily" is overly simplistic but delivered with the righteous concern of a close mate lecturing her vulnerable chum.
There are rumblings of a marginally more sophisticated songwriter in the downbeat brooding of Soul Back and Inside of Me. The former laments the banal choices we make to keep our heads above water, while the latter wrestles with conflicting emotions - as Nicole styles it, "the Bonnie and Clyde driving through my mind" - in an honest, unaffected manner. It is from this final song that the album title is derived. But we only ever forge a superficial acquaintance with Remi Nicole and her conscience which, on this evidence, is either cheery, sneery or teary.
FOUND: THIS MESS WE KEEP RESHAPING ***
EDINBURGH outfit Found made some good friends with their experimental debut album Found Can Move, including Fife's Fence Records who release this dishevelled follow-up. The appropriately titled This Mess We Keep Reshaping recalls the boho shuffle of Beck, The Bees and Super Furry Animals without ever exploding with pop wonder. Found are more obviously inheritors of The Beta Band's exploratory mood mantle, influenced by those moments in The Beatles' catalogue when they wandered off the melodic track and into a world of tape loops and found sounds, though the plangent country folk of Gifted suggests that they do actually know how to write a song but, for whatever reason, they just choose not to.
RICHARD FLEESHMAN: NEON **
FORMER Coronation Street teen star Richard Fleeshman is keen not to be seen as your typical soap-actor-turned-singer. Having come out top on last year's Soapstar Superstar series, the boat appears to have sailed on that one, but at least Fleeshman avoids the cheesy karaoke covers route. Unfortunately, his alternative is an album of mostly self-penned singer/songwriter banality in the navel-gazing vein of David Gray and Damien Rice, which makes for dreary listening.
KHAYA: IS/ARE/WAS - THE BEST OF... ***
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'TIS the season for compilations and repackaged material. Among this week's releases which won't have to try too hard for a place in someone's Christmas stocking are a Housemartins/Beautiful South compilation and a remastered edition of U2's The Joshua Tree, but you already know what they sound like. Over at the other extremity of the commercial spectrum, Edinburgh independent label SL Records pitches a long shot with a sprawling compilation of the works of an obscure, defunct collective of musical mavericks who failed to get anywhere ten years ago and won't likely be discovered posthumously. Which is not to say Khaya were without ramshackle charm. As this collection demonstrates, they could be witty, renegade and inventive, as far as their miniscule budget allowed.
MARIONAS: FRANCISCO GUERAU ****
SCOTS guitarist Gordon Ferries's latest recording on the Delphian label centres on the music of 17th-century Spanish guitarist and composer Francisco Guerau. The playlist - a Baroque cocktail of Villanos, Pasacalles, Gallardas, the theatrical Jacaras and other prevalent Spanish dance styles - is taken from Guerau's Poema Harmonica, a spicy collection dating from 1690s Madrid. Ferries's stylish playing captures the sensuality of the music, a quality endorsed by the somewhat provocative woman on the sleeve cover. My one reservation would be that the resonant natural acoustic of the recording venue - Crichton Collegiate Church in Edinburgh - becomes a little overbearing after a while, effectively dulling the immediacy of the music, even if it helps illuminate the rich timbre of the thickly strung instrument. That aside, this is another fascinating addition to the catalogue, offering fresh insight into the pungent world of the early Spanish guitar.
THE SIXTEEN: INTO THE LIGHT ***
MORE guitar, this time as a sweet-scented accompaniment to Harry Christophers's immaculate vocal ensemble, The Sixteen. This is essentially an easy-listening album, even including a vocal/guitar arrangement of Pachelbel's ubiquitous Canon by former King's Singer Bob Chilcott. Arrangements, too, of Borodin's Polovtsian Dances and the delicious Cantilena from Heitor Villa-Lobos's Bachiana Brasiliera add to the eclectic range of tracks. Guitarist Kaori Muraji hits out on her own in Villa-Lobos's Five Preludes though, once again, two of these receive additional vocal embellishment. There's no question about the quality of performance throughout, and The Sixteen give unblemished straight performances of Vittoria's masterful motet O Quam Gloriosum and Alma Redemptoris Mater.
THEO TRAVIS: DOUBLE TALK ****
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SAXOPHONIST Theo Travis's love of prog rock is well-known, and continues to exert a clear influence on his music. His core quartet featuring guitarist Mike Outram, Hammond organist Peter Whittaker and drummer Roy Dodds is augmented on three cuts by Robert Fripp's distinctive spacey guitarscapes, and the album's one cover version is not a jazz standard, but Syd Barrett's See Emily Play. He's a gifted improviser in a variety of settings, from the beguilingly melodic approach he adopts here through to free-jazz blowing. His compositions have a spacious openness that allows his collaborators to make their own telling contributions.
"PEERIE" WILLIE JOHNSON: WILLIE'S WORLD ***
ALTHOUGH it appears on a major Scottish folk music label, the majority of the material on this collection featuring the late Shetland guitarist falls squarely into a jazz category. I suspect many more people know of Johnson by reputation than have ever heard him play, and this collection gathered from diverse sources gives a feel of the guitarist's capabilities without quite living up to the glowing praise from Aly Bain and Martin Taylor on the sleeve. The majority of the recordings were made by pianist Billy Kay at his home in Shetland, and have an unbuttoned informality that shines through the mid-fi sound quality. Two traditional sets were recorded professionally in 1958 with fiddler Willie Hunter, and a couple more are from albums by fiddlers Bain and Debbie Scott. Two tributes led by Harris Playfair don't feature the guitarist. A rare and valuable taste of a legendary musician in action.
MUSIQUES METISSES ****
THE subtitle of this is "La Mandingue - empire de la musique", which is exact. The empire in question dominated West Africa in the 13th century, and its music was provided by a hereditary caste of professional musicians known as griots. Inherited griot status was at once an honour and a stigma, embodying its own hierarchy with strict rules governing who might demand obeisance - and money - from whom. Yet none of this should be put in the past tense, because it all exists today. This CD reflects the current state of the tradition. The Olympian Ali Farka Tour may lead it, but he is only one of many brilliant artists on parade here, some accompanying themselves on the harp-like kora, some on the ngoni lute, some on the balafon xylophone, and some - like Djelimady Tounkara - on the guitar. Mande society may be patrilineal and patriarchal, but female griots are also prominent, led by the provocative Oumou Sangare. We also get a blast from Bamako's fabled Rail Band, and a touch of sweetness from the blind duo Amadou and Mariam.
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE MUSIC OF PARIS ****
FROM France comes a Rough Guides confection covering everything from bal musette to Gypsy swing and Django Reinhardt, opening with a series of contemporary chansons. Slip it in your case before you board the Eurostar.

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Mark Schwahn has been accused of sexual harassment by 25 female crew members who work on his E! soap “The Royals.” The women all signed an open letter in which they describe “repeated unwanted sexual harassment” at the hands of Schwahn. The creator was accused of similar allegations earlier this week by the female cast and crew of “One Tree Hill.”
“Upon reading a statement from the ladies of ‘One Tree Hill,’ a statement from their Royal sisters could not possibly go unwritten,” the letter begins. The women say they were aware of the rumors surrounding Schwahn’s behavior on the set of “One Tree Hill” but went into the filming of “The Royals” hoping they were “just rumors.” “By the time we wrapped this had irrevocably proven not to be the case,” they write.
The statement has been signed by the following women: Hatty Preston, Sophie Colquhoun, Alex Watherson, Lydia Rose Bewley, April Church, Annalise Beusnel, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Florence Chow, Charlie Jones, Isabella Artitzone, Jade Armstrong, Rachel Walsh, Tania Vernava, Bonnie Vannucci, Merritt Patterson, Kate Benton, Jerry-Jane Pears, Jodie Simone, Kate Royds, Leonie Hartard, Lisa Mitton, Marie Deehan, Alice Woodward, Rachel Lennon, and Kimberly Macbeth.
Read the open letter below.
Upon reading a statement from the ladies of One Tree Hill, a statement from their Royal sisters could not possibly go unwritten.
Despite hearing rumours about his behaviour on One Tree Hill, those of us involved from the early stages went into the filming of the pilot hoping they were just that – rumours. By the time we wrapped this had irrevocably proven not to be the case. It became all too apparent reading their statement earlier this week that the betrayal and anger so many of us had experienced during our time on The Royals is not exclusively ours. And we were angry then, and we are angry now.
This statement is a collection of voices from those women involved in The Royals who would like to finally respond to the behaviour of our showrunner. Who felt the inclination to abuse his power and influence in an environment where he had it over women who felt they did not. This manifested itself in the repeated unwanted sexual harassment of multiple female members of cast and crew.
Where we should have been excited to meet new female cast and crew members, we felt nauseating concern in case they too should have him track down their mobile number. Where we should have offered our friends who auditioned for The Royals scene help and advice, we offered warnings about the man they would meet in the room. More than all of this, where we should all collectively have felt pride over jobs hard won and roles much loved, we felt undermined as artists and creatives. And in many cases, no more than a sum of body attributes.
Whilst voraciously condemning the actions of one man, we would like to make note of our gratitude to others. Thank you to so many of the Royal men who ensured we were never alone in social situations with him and took two steps towards us for his every one. Thank you to the friends, loved ones and partners who supported us at the time and ever more so now in coming forwards.
But thank you most of all to the women of One Tree Hill, whose solid gold backbones have moved us enormously. To you we doff our crowns.
The Ladies of The Royals.
The letter was published following allegations made by series star Alexandra Park. Park wrote on Twitter following the accusations made by the cast and crew of “One Tree Hill” that she had experienced similar “reprehensible behavior” from Schwahn while working on “The Royals.”
— Alexandra Park (@AlexandraPark1) November 16, 2017
In response to the allegations, “The Royals” star Elizabeth Hurley has issued her own statement on Twitter, saying that she was unaware of the alleged harassment taking place on set. “[I] feel like I have let down a younger cast member,” she said. “I could have helped her. I would have helped her. But I didn’t know.”
I have loved working on The Royals. I am devastated by recent reports. This is my statement. pic.twitter.com/7c7VCAgPjr
— Elizabeth Hurley (@ElizabethHurley) November 16, 2017


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Maundy Thursday, for a service of Holy Communion at 7.30pm; on Good Friday there will be a service of the Liturgy of the Cross at 2pm; on Saturday there will be The Easter Liturgy and First Communion of Easter at 8.45pm; on Easter Day there will be a Family Communion Service at 10am and a Songs of Praise at 6pm.
The Village Pump – the over-50s club – meets in the lower hall at Farnhill Methodist Church from 2pm-3.30pm on Wednesday Farnhill Methodist Church celebrates Easter at the Easter Early Morning Service at Farnhill Pinnacle at 7am followed by tea and hot cross buns at Farnhill Methodist Church. All denominations are invited. At 9am there will be an Easter Morning Communion in the church conducted by Rev Ruth Crompton. The coffee morning held on Saturday raised £208.60 for church funds and £45 for the Gambia Schools Trust Isobel Stirk will give a talk on Friday April 25 at 7.30pm on the Life and Works of Charles Dickens. The talk has been organised by the Farnhill and Kildwick History Group and will be held in the Kildwick and Farnhill Institute. Admission is £3 on the door.


Lady GaGa has revealed details about her new music video.
The singer, who will release 'You and I' as the fourth single from her Born This Way album, confirmed reports that she has filmed a music video for the track in Springfield, Nebraska.
"The premise of the video is that I've walked all the way from New York City to Nebraska to get [my boyfriend] back," GaGa told US radio station Channel 94.
"I'm walking with no luggage, it's just me and my ankles are kind of bleeding a little bit and there's grass stuck in my shoes and I've got this outfit on - it's real New York sort of clothing as it's woolly.
"It's the idea that when you're away from somebody you love it's torture. It's a very powerful and awful and strange feeling when you're away from the person you love."
The star later posted a picture of a pair of ballet shoes with grass in them on Twitter.
Listen to Lady GaGa's interview on Channel 94 below:
'You and I' was written by Lady GaGa and produced by AC/DC collaborator Robert John Lange. It also features electric guitar from Queen's Brian May.
An official release date for the single and video has yet to be confirmed.
Listen to Lady GaGa's new single 'You and I' below:


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Variations on Panini's spine design.
Here in Europe, Italian based publisher Panini has the rights to reprint material from Marvel and publish trade paperbacks. They also release collectors editions, 3 single issues from a particular IP, collected together in a cardboard bound floppy for around £3. Released monthly around 8 months after the issues original US shipping, these CE's are great for catching up on previous arcs. The Avengers one for example would contain.
New Avengers #1
Secret Avengers #1
And so on every month, sometimes there might even be a free poster. My favourite of them all was probably Wolverine & Deadpool. Titan UK release similar formats for Batman and Star Wars comics.
Some of Panini's Collected Editions.
Obviously I'm here to talk about the trades. My first ever TPB was Panini's Planet Hulk reprint. £10 for X pages of smashing goodness. Back then however Panini's paperbacks felt like they were made out of slate and had these horrible grey spines. I very quickly graduated on to picking up Marvel's own trades.
Nowadays however, it might surprise you to learn that not only have Panini dramatically improved the design of their trades, they are also cheaper, often collect more and released before the actual Marvel edition.
Here's an example:
Wolverine and the X-Men vol.1 TPB.
Panini, £12.99 issues 1-7 11/07/12
Marvel, £10.99 issues 1-4 07/11/12
So that's nearly £1 cheaper an issue and released nearly half a year before Marvel. Not bad at all. This isn't a one off either. Every title I tried is similarly priced/released.
Now, if like me it's the difference in spines that puts you off. (I have over 300 Marvel TPBs with Marvel logo on top) you could do what I have done and collect one or two runs in Panini that wont need Marvel books to complete. I have been collecting Ultimate Comics, starting from Hickman's run this way. Always remember to check the publisher when buying trades online.


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OR SOLO'S FAVORITE RECIPE
THE STORY BEHIND THE FOOD
I dedicate this recipe to the person whom I already dedicate this whole website. The person whom, when I met, said he would never eat eggplants.
I can’t even remember when my passion and appreciation for food well cooked and high quality aliments started. As far back as I can remember I was driven to discover new things, to find unknown flavors, to travel as much as possible at to get to know different cultures. My curiosity has no limits. I love life, music and the company of my friends, and when they are my guests, I sit hours to invent and improvise something with which I can spoil their taste buds. I bring recipes from my travelings, and I try to reinvent and rediscover them at my home. And when I make a Pizza at my place, I look for the taste I had when I ate it in Venice. Remember mom? How we waited in line for 15 minutes while it was raining to have the best Pizza of our lives? That taste of olive oil gives birth to memories, the foods own memory.
Why now this website? Even though almost everyone around me suggested to share my experience through a blog, I never had the courage for this, saying, ‘there are many others’, ‘what if nobody likes it’, ‘what if nobody will read it’..’what if’, ’what if’, ‘what if’..If this what if wouldn’t block us so much, how good would it be!
I got rid of 'what if' when my boyfriend Solo, not only ate the eggplants, but he made it himself after my recipe. I got rid of ‘what if’ when he started to believe in me, and one day he gifted me www.elasfood.com. So, this ‘what if’ transformed into many good dishes for Solo and my mother and in a wonderful mix of smells in the house. In a passion, which I didn't even knew I had in me.
If you want to come with me in this journey, I welcome you from my heart into my kitchen. My home will become your home, and my recipes will hopefully fill your homes with joy. Thank you Solo for having faith in me. Next, the recipe that convinced Solo to eat eggplant.
P.S. Its actually him in the pictures
Salt and pepper
HOW IT'S MADE
1. Wash the eggplants as a whole. After, cut them in slices and put salt on each side. Leave them 30 minutes so the moisture dries out. This step is very important!. Drain the last marks of water with a paper towel by dabbing.
2. In a bowl, beat two eggs and add salt and pepper after taste in the mixture. Prepare two soup bowls, in one of them you put the bread crumbs, and in the other one, the oat. Dump each slice of eggplant into the egg mixture, next through the breadcrumbs, and lastly thorough the oat. This process is made easiest with the hand, and if the oat doesn’t easily stick, add some more egg mixture for a better stick.
3. Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, fry each side about 2-3 minutes until the eggplants are golden brown. Take the eggplants out and dry them of oil in a paper towel. (Optional: I scrape some parmigiano over them while they are still hot). Season them with salt, pepper, coriander, cayenne pepper or parsley. Serve it warm with a classic sauce of butter and garlic or an extremely fast variation with greek yogurt.

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Foodie Guide: 5 Go-to Restaurants that Serve Unlimited Rice
Extra rice, please!
To say that Filipinos love rice is an understatement. In fact, it has been ingrained in our culture as seen with how it has become a staple every mealtime. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner — no matter what time of day, a cup of piping white rice is always a good idea.
What’s amazing about rice is that it’s incredibly versatile, especially as it complements and balances out the strong flavors brought about by our favorite homemade dishes. Indeed, pairing our fried, grilled, or soup-based food with rice makes up a filling and satisfying meal.
More often than not, a single cup of rice is not enough, leading us to order additional cups to make our tummies happier. That’s why finding restaurants that offer unlimited rice options is a gem for us rice lovers. Good thing, some restaurants understood the assignment.
Have an unforgettable meal and enjoy as many cups of rice as you’d like at these 5 must-visit restaurants. There really is no such thing as too many cups of rice, so go get ‘em!
Indulge in the perfect combination of grilled chicken and rice at Mang Inasal
One of the many dishes that Filipinos will always say yes to is grilled chicken barbecue. Actually, anything inihaw or barbecue-marinated meat cooked on a charcoal grill has a special place in every Filipino’s heart. When thinking of such dishes, Mang Inasal never fails to come to mind.
The wide variety of Filipino classics in this restaurant always comes with an appetizing smoky smell and an addicting burst of flavor you’ll definitely crave often. Its food selection includes Chicken Inasal where you can choose between chicken breast or chicken leg, Grilled Liempo, and Pork BBQ.
Trust us, drizzling your rice with chicken oil and dipping your chicken in a mixture of soy sauce, calamansi, and chili will make you say, “Winner, winner, chicken dinner!”
This pro-tip will definitely make you want more cups of rice, so make sure to dine in to avail of their unlimited serving! Unli rice at Mang Inasal means unli fun, so head on to the nearest branch today.
Fill your tummy with a delicious katsu set at Yabu
Craving for an authentic tonkatsu meal? Look no further as Yabu is here to save the day and satiate your cravings!
Since 2011, this resto has been serving exceptional tonkatsu bento sets and similar rice-topping dishes in the metro. Their breaded pork is fried until golden brown and is tender enough to melt in your mouth. No wonder this spot is deemed as “the house of katsu” — it certainly is fitting for the quality that they put on their dishes.
Their bento sets come with unlimited sides you can refill like cabbage, Japanese rice, and fruits. First off, who doesn’t love Japanese rice? Its unique, slightly sweeter taste is a great pair for the restaurant’s dishes as it makes way for the well-seasoned flavor from the pork and the sweet sesame flavor from the tonkatsu sauce to shine even further.
With several slices of your chosen pork tonkatsu, one cup of Japanese rice would not be enough, so order away. Have a memorable mealtime at Yabu right after work!
Savor the goodness of Filipino food at Hukad
Did anyone say lechon belly? Cebu has been renowned for delectable lechon belly, but thanks to Hukad located in select SM malls like SM City San Lazaro, we can now relish this Filipino favorite right at our fingertips.
This establishment has been known for its charcoal-roasted pork which produces a crispy skin and moist lechon meat and oozes an explosion of flavor best for both special occasions and even mundane days.
Besides their crowd-favorite lechon belly, they also serve Lechon Paksiw, Lechon Sisig, and Lechon Kawali on top of other Filipino delicacies. Get ready to feed your neighborhood with irresistible and familiar flavors of Filipino food.
Another reason to love Hukad is that they offer an unlimited serving of rice to their customers. Filipino food and rice have always been a match made in heaven, and this resto allows us to enjoy this combo as much as we want.
Take the time to go to Hukad when you’re around the area as it sure is a big hit you wouldn’t want to miss!
Bring your peers to Hainanese Delight for a delightful chicken feast
You won’t need to fly to Singapore to munch on your all-time favorite Hainanese chicken as Hainanese Delight is just right around the corner.
There’s a reason why Hainanese chicken is their specialty, and we’re totally not complaining. Its juicy interior does not disappoint, especially when it's topped with the well-loved special ginger sauce served with it. Aside from the steamed and fried version of this dish, this chain also offers other food such as Laksa, BBQ Pork Chop, and Tender Beef Brisket.
In most Asian tables, rice is also a must which is why unli Hainan rice is also available here. Its flavor is induced from the broth used to cook its Hainanese chicken. For sure, this rice brings out more of the main dishes’ essence making it a hearty dish in and of itself!
What are you waiting for? Taste the bold yet comforting Asian flavors that Hainanese Delights has to offer and take advantage of their unli Hainan rice! You and your food buddies won’t regret it!
Go for a heartwarming hotpot session at Nabe Japanese Izakaya + Hotpot
Regardless of the weather, staying warm through a cozy bowl of hotpot spells ‘comfort food’ like no other.
Visit Nabe Japanese Izakaya + Hotpot and explore the different hotpot combinations they have to offer by choosing from their 16 soup bases and ordering your desired vegetables, meat, and side dishes. They’re all unlimited, by the way, so feel free to try them out and reorder the ones you love the most.
To be honest, you won’t go wrong with any of their selections as their US-grade meat cuts are top-notch, their vegetables are nothing but fresh, and their soup bases are savory but not too overpowering. If you’re unsure where to start, pick the Spicy Miso soup base for an extra kick of heat. If you’re not a big fan of spicy, go for the Shoyu soup base for a reduced soy sauce taste.
Of course, among their unlimited servings is white rice! Pour a bit of your hotpot soup over your rice, and you’ll definitely be surprised with the number of cups you’ll be able to finish by the end of your mealtime at Nabe Japanese Izakaya + Hotpot.
Drooling over a hearty hotpot with a cup of rice? Put this spot at the top of your list when deciding where to eat next!
Can’t stop thinking about food and the unli rice that you can get from these restaurants? Well, SM Deals brings you huge foodie promos and discounts, so you can enjoy your food at the lowest price possible! Don’t forget to check out SM Malls Online as well to snap up the trendiest outfits and gadgets!
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Lapierre unveil their 2012 bikes
2012 Lapierre launch
Dirt heads out to Les Gets to test ride the new Zesty and Spicy
There was always room for improvement even on one of the fastest trail bikes available. For 2012 Lapierre’s 140mm Zesty (and longer travel 160mm Spicy) see changes to the leverage ratio curve and hydraulic settings. The company have addressed one of the biggest issues of the current bike – support and grip in the shock/suspension area and come out with better handling trail and enduro bikes.
The basics of this involve more suppleness at the beginning of the curve leading to improved grip, gradual progression through the curve giving more support and a far better management at the end of the stroke involving much more progression than the current model that tended to fade somewhat.
In terms of angles the Zesty is now slacker and lower, it also feels lighter too but that might partly be down to the shorter chainstays giving a livelier ride. The Spicy is slackened from 67 to 66 whilst the Zesty goes from 68 to 67. Wheelbase on a large Zesty is 45" and on the Spicy 46".
The Spicy now becomes more Enduro friendly too. The totally new carbon frame – the Spicy 916 is 400g lighter and even our mid range 516 certainly feels it on the hill. All come with internal cable routing and an adjustable seat post.
The Zesty, now available in 3 carbon models and 3 alloy models include tapered head tube, internal cable routing and fork and shock designed specifically for Lapierre.
We took the entry level Zesty 314 and mid range Spicy 516 out onto the Les Gets slopes and were impressed with the improved grip on the new suspension/shock workings. The increased sag range is very noticeable and so too the overall ability to deal with braking bumps. Both bikes feel super quick across the ground.
We look forward to bringing a fuller review in the next issue.


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Z Café in downtown Worcester, struggling without lunch crowd, to close by early March
WORCESTER — Z Café, a downtown lunch spot for 14 years, will close for good by early March, according to one of its owners.
The loss of foot traffic, with many downtown offices empty for much of the pandemic, was a factor in the decision to shut down.
“As the COVID was ramping up, you could see our business slowly dying down in March, obviously, and then everybody was forced to close their doors,” said Jaime Sens, who owns the business with her husband, Ryan. “I was excited and anticipating that we would be the ones that would be back in Easter (2020), like it was going to be a two weeks' break. And, clearly, no one really recovered from that yet.”
In the months before the pandemic, the business was doing well, Sens said.
“Pre-COVID we were celebrating January and February, middle of the winter, 2020. It was the best winter we have had on record. And we were just ecstatic about the way business was going,” she said. “We were booming. We were looking at other locations. We were looking to expand. I had a full staff that could run this ship on its own. I could step away. I could finally vacation.”
The Sens's opened Z Café, 389 Main St, in 2007.
Prior to being Z Café, Albrizio’s Deli was located at the same spot. Joseph T. Albrizio owned and operated Albrizio’s Deli for more than 45 years before he retired.
In June 2000, Paul Pace bought the Albrizio’s business and kept its name and most of the workers, before closing in February 2007.
Prior to Albrizio’s, the spot was the home of W.T. Grant Co.
With the goal of hoping to fill a gap for downtown workers looking for a quick bite, Z Café was a success. In fact, two of its biggest months were January and February 2020.
Then, in March 2020, COVID hit. Z Café hasn’t been the same ever since.
After closing for most of the summer 2020, Sens said they were planning to reopen a few days before Labor Day. Then, the building had a water main break at the end of August 2020, and Z Café was forced to close for another six weeks.
They finally reopened in the first week of October 2020.
In the spring of 2021, Sens said Z Café's business started picking up a little bit and then they received a little bit more of a push in September.
“We actually were a little optimistic. Business was buzzing a little bit for September, October, November (2021),” she said. “But it was still nothing like we were.”
Then, she said, another blow came for Z Café with the Nov. 26, 2021, fire across the street at the 13-floor Guaranty Building at 370 Main St., which had brought to them dozens of regular lunchtime patrons.
Before COVID, Sens said, Z Café had hundreds of regular customers — 80% she knew by name and knew what they wanted to eat before ordering. During the lunchtime rush, people had to wait for a table to sit. Now, only one or two are occupied.
In addition to walk-in patrons, Z Café's food catering business also suffered due to COVID.
“We say thanks to UMass because UMass kept us open during COVID. They were the only people that were still catering with us,” Sens said. “We worked with a lot of companies, a lot of companies, nonprofits. We lost the majority of its catering clients and they never came back.”
Pandemic, shortages perfect storm
Z Café did get some government funding to help them get through the pandemic. Sens said if they didn’t get assistance, they would have closed a year ago. But that money is now gone, she said.
Furthermore, food costs went way up and, during the summer, they had trouble getting food deliveries.
Plus, she said, it’s hard to find staff. She and her husband have always considered her staff to be like family. She has five on staff now, but only one of her original staffers came back after COVID.
“We make all of our soups. We make a majority of all of our dressings and our sauces and our bread so we’re very hands on with the food that we make. So we need the manpower to keep everything up,” she said. “I thought fall was going to be it. We were going to be able to push forward and move on. And now I hang onto my staff because I know they need a job right now. And we’re just getting through it together.”
Sens said COVID did in Z Café. She expects Z Café will close late February, maybe early March. The lease expires March 31, she said.
“A lot of people say, ‘Don’t you think downtown is going to be buzzing and up-and-coming?’ And, I say, ‘Yeah, but I think it’s going to be about two years,’” Sens said. “It’s been two years. Somebody else will have to come in. And it’s time to stop.”
Sens is planning to open a crystal shop called The Crystal Mine in the Belmont Plaza at 276 Turnpike Road in Westborough, while her husband continues to run another family-owned business, Kirsch Liquors at 646 Main St., Worcester.
“I’m trading my baking for baryte. And baryte won’t die. It’s been around for a million of years. No matter how long it sits and waits for me, it will be there,” Sens said of the crystal. “I’m not sure our regulars know how much they affected me in my life because they’re my people every day. They’re the people I see day in and day out and day in and day out. I hope they follow me to Westborough…It’s very sad to say goodbye.”

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