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|10:26 AM EDT, 06/22/2023 (MT Newswires) -- Dorsey R. Gardner, a long-standing shareholder of BlackBerry Limited (BB.TO, BB) on Thursday urged the company's Board of Directors and shareholders to vote against V. Prem Watsa as lead director at the company's upcoming Annual Meeting.|
According to a statement, Gardner is concerned by the board's recent announcement that it is considering strategic alternatives-on the eve of the company's projected return to profitability and the maturity of the 1.75% debentures, when Fairfax Financial Holdings (FFH.TO), led by Watsa, will be able to convert its debentures to common shares and increase its stake in the company to 16% at a mere $6.00/share. Gardner believes these circumstances make the company and its common shareholders "susceptible to a buyout by Fairfax at an unfairly low price". Accordingly, Gardner is urging the board and shareholders to vote against Watsa as a director, given his conflict of interest as Fairfax's principal. Gardner is also urging the board to resist unfair take-private bids and implement safeguards to protect minority shareholders.


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At a media briefing at New Holland’s North American headquarters in Pennsylvania last July, marketing managers updated journalists on the brand’s then-pending expansion of its PLM Connect telematics offering. The official public introduction was made at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in August.
At the company’s test facility, Jordan Milewski, brand marketing manger, gave members of the media a practical demonstration of what PLM Connect was now capable of with the addition of two-way communication and real-time data transfer. As a Speedrower operated on the facility’s nearby test track, Milewski’s computer screen showed a “virtual dashboard” of its engine monitoring screen, complete with RPM readouts and data from other essential systems. We could all see the Speedrower movements change as the operator responded to email commands Milewski sent to him.
The two-way communication ability of PLM Connect now not only allows for commands to be sent to a machine operator, it also includes wireless transfer of data from the machine — such as yield information — back to a farm office via the cloud.
- Read more: MyNewHolland.com goes mobile
“In the past, a constraint of using PLM technology has been the cumbersome process of transporting the data from the field back to the farm or crop consultant and back to the field using USB drives,” said Dan Valen, New Holland’s Cash Crop Segment marketing manager. “The new cloud-based transfer system will allow producers to access data more efficiently.”
PLM Connect has what the industry calls an “open architecture”, meaning the telematics system is designed to work with a mixed-brand fleet. New Holland is also providing a 24/7 customer support help line farmers can call if they run into trouble with the system.
New Holland staff went out of their way to emphasize that farmers will own their data and no one will be able to access it without consent. But if farmers do want to share some of it with other people, such as an agronomist, the system can be configured to allow limited access by authorized persons.
What services each farmer can take advantage of with their own PLM Connect system will depend on what level of service they’ve opted to purchase.
“It will be a subscription-based service,” said Milewski. “There are two levels, the Essential and the Professional.”
On Milewski’s computer, PLM Connect also provided a map during the demonstration to show the location of all machines sync’d to that fleet, demonstrating how a large farm could keep track of all its machines in real time. And with the real-time virtual dashboard, a farm manager or owner can see how efficiently each machine is being run — or if it’s running at all — providing another management tool.
“This real-time information, it’s the power of this (PLM Connect),” he said. “We all have smart phones today. How would we do without them? Not so well. This is that kind of technology in the hands of the farmer.” †

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text: Foghat – Sonic Mojo By Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro December 1, 2023 Foghat – Sonic Mojo Foghat Records By Peter “Blewzzman” Lauro © November 2023 Prelude In the late fifties, Danny & The Juniors told us “Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay”; about twenty years later, Neil Young reiterated that with “My My, Hey Hey, Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay”; and they, as well as the many others uttering similar sentiments, were right. The amazing thing about this is that many great bands from the era right between when Danny and Neil made those claims are still doin’ the rockin’ and rollin’. One of those great bands is Foghat, and as Roger Earl – co-founder of the band tells us on the disc’s liner notes – he’s been at it for almost sixty years. Time really does fly when you’re having a good time, doesn’t it Roger? Review Foghat’s latest release, Sonic Mojo, features: Roger Earl on drums, percussion and background vocals; Bryan Bassett on lead, slide & bass guitar, and background vocals; Scott Holt on lead vocals and lead guitar; Rodney O’Quinn on bass; and special guest Eddie LeFebvre on percussion. The disc contains a dozen tracks with a fifty-percent mix of band originals and covers. Notably, a few of the tracks were co-written by Roger’s long time friend and band mate in the early years of Savoy Brown, the late and great Kim Simmonds. Since Kim had been invited to play on it, Foghat is dedicating Sonic Mojo to his memory. Like a lot of bands with British roots that were formed in the seventies, Foghat has always had one foot in the blues – and now, with the addition of blues rocker extraordinaire Scott Holt, that will be even more prevalent. His dynamics are immediately evident on the disc’s opening track, a blues infused rocker titled “She’s A Little Bit Of Everything”, one of the three tracks that Kim collaborated with the band on. Right out of the gate, between Scott’s stellar vocals; his back and forth smokin’ guitar leads with Bryan; and the thunderous rhythm Roger and Rodney are battering out; all have me thinking I may have just heard the disc’s best track. Unlike the woman being sung about above, “Mean Woman Blues” (Claude DeMetrius) is about a woman who’s as mean as she can be. Oddly enough, Scott seems to like her that way. With the guitars getting in their licks, this one features Roger, Rodney and Eddie locked into a smooth dance floor filling groove on the rhythm and percussion. With a title like “Drivin’ On”, another Simmonds/Foghat collaboration, I feel absolutely no need to tell you that this one’s a flat out smoker. Think “Hooker ‘n’ Heat” on steroids and there you have it. Musically, it’s Bryan – with his monstrous slide guitar runs, and Roger – who, while having that one foot in the blues is still one of the best rock drummers in the business, who are burning through the gears on this one. “How Many More Years” (Chester Burnett) is one of the more relaxed tracks of the lot. Inasmuch as Foghat can rock the blues, they can also slow it down as good as any traditional blues band can. As the position of lead singer became open when Charlie Huhn retired, Roger and the guys – who had already had a working relationship with him – could not have made a better choice as his replacement than Scott Holt. Hearing Scott sing makes me think he’d have had gotten the job even if he wasn’t a guitar god – of which Foghat now have two. So while reading Billboard, do you think you might fall off your chair seeing Foghat having a song listed on the country charts? Before you say yes, you need to listen to “Wish I’d Been There” – a collaboration with Roger’s brother Colin Earl (Mungo Jerry). The full line, which is actually the songs chorus line is: “I wish I had been there when Hank Williams came to town”, and it is indeed a catchy sing-a-long. It’s not that far fetched to imagine a bunch of country cuties with their cut-offs, cowboy hats and boots, mouthing every word to this song like they do at Blake or Luke shows. While explaining this one in the liner notes, Roger wrote “Foghat does country??” and If I may take the liberty of answering that I’ll go with “Yes, they do…..and not just vocally!”. Be it B. B. King singing about her in the early fifties, with Johnny Ace laying down some serious boogie woogie piano runs, or Foghat singing about her some seventy years later with Roger – and this time Bryan on bass – leading the way with profound rhythm, you just can’t take it away from her…..”She’s Dynamite”. As you’d expect with any cover of the king’s, this smoker features dynamite blues guitar licks from Scott. The search for the “Promised Land” does require a good amount of traveling, and this rendition of a Chuck Berry song is traveling music at it’s best. Be careful though, it’s one of those I can’t drive fifty-drive, pedal to the metal kind of tracks. Additionally, It’s country vibe totally suits the cities along the route. Other tracks on this outstanding and quite diverse release include: three more originals titled “I Don’t Appreciate You”; “Time Slips Away”; and “Black Days & Blue Nights”; “Let me Love You Baby” (Willie Dixon); and “Song For the Life” ((Rodney J. Cowell); To find out more about what’s going on with Foghat, just go to – www.foghat.com. Remember, wherever you go and whomever you speak with, please tell them their friend the Blewzzman sent you. Share It!

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Snails have become very much important for skincare products. Especially the slime is considered to be an essential ingredient required in the preparation of a lot of Korean beauty products, specifically for the serums and the anti-aging creams. What is Snail Mucin? Snail Mucin is widely known as slime or snail mucus, an external body secretion released by the snails and mollusks. Snails generally release this mucus or slime because of any one of the following reasons:
- In case of an injury
- Out of pleasure or agitation
- To move their body
As per a study conducted by some well-known scientists, it is found that maximum slime is secreted out of pleasure. Otherwise, majorly known as the common garden snails or specifically the European breed are the ones from which the slime is also extracted. The snail mucin consists of a lot of good ingredients that are extremely beneficial for the skin and a few of them are glycolic acid, glycoprotein, and hyaluronic acid. These rich properties make slime a perfect addition to your skincare. Also, Chondroitin sulfate i.e. the main component of slime, has always been successful in treating various liver diseases, inflammation of kidneys, and chronic fatigue.
What are the benefits of using Snail Mucin?
Although there are a lot of benefits, a few of the major benefits of applying snail mucus on your skin are as per the following:
- A Perfect remedy for aging skin:
Based on the clinical studies, the ingredients found in the snail mucin as best for skin treatments related to aging skin, irritations and minor burns as well. Apart from the same, it also helps in preventing and curing wrinkles.
- Good skin booster:
Apart from the mentioned ones, snail mucin also has some additional benefits which helps in hydrating, tightening, and maintain the skin’s tone and texture. Secondly, it can also prevent redness caused by rosacea and further help in producing skin collagen.
- Offers Affordable & Painless Facials:
Over a short period, snail facials have gained good popularity and the spas and other beauticians are coming up with innovations related to snail facials, face cream, and other skin related treatments that easily fit in your budget. Apart from Beauty and Lifestyle Bloggers, the micro-needling process is extremely successful in allowing the slime to penetrate inside the skin and ensure better effects without giving any pain.
Thus, to ensure the best results, you need to add snail mucin to your daily skincare routine and apply the same before going to bed to maximize the benefits.

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According to a panic-stricken man, the reports of the alleged sperm collection sent shivers down the spines of men who recklessly disposed condoms after sex with prostitutes."A wave of panic gripped the town especially among men when news filtered through claiming that prostitutes were making brisk business by collecting and selling sperms they would have got from their clients after sex.
This is so because the sperms' real use is not clear although some say it is intended for juju or traditional rituals by sangomas in South Africa," he said."In one case last week, a man reportedly went unconscious for hours after sex with a woman he had hired at a local night club, a move which many people suspected he was drugged by the hooker before being forced into repeated sex for the purpose of taking his sperms," said Mr Dumisani Mhlanga from Jaunda suburb.
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252 japanese tansu chest Home Design Photos
salmon pink are a great contrast to the modern furniture, including the tansu-style sideboard. Notice the spectacular bonsai near the window.
more than 1,000 years ago; the word bonsai means “tree in a tray.” The Japanese adopted the practice through Zen Buddhism, through which the art was modified
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out of an antique Japanese tansu, I love the kitchen island top on this island, how do I go about having
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Dark hardware - the side handles looks like a tansu
Like the chest of drawers
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Royalton - A Perfect Blend of Classic and Contemporary Design
A Seamless Integration of the kitchen the dining room The semi-open kitchen with a sliding-glass panel offers the flexibility to extend the kitchen into the dining area, offering a more spacious party area to entertain friends and family. One can enjoy the view of lush greenery whether cooking or dining. The kitchen countertop serves as a spacious worktop, while creating a p...More
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Colorful Family Home
Chests on side of bed...tansu as end table
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Like a tansu chest
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japanese decor...display sample; painted chest?
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Love the Tansu. Where was this purchased?
in San Fran, Kiku Imports (...). They have some of the very best in Japanese tansu and the prices are very reasonable.
I've no idea where it was purchased, but its a two piece mizuya tansu /kitchen chest. Not entirely sure where you are, but the trocadero antiques database
Tansu in dining room, dining room chairs
double-height tansu chest for dining room
Nice Japanese style dining rm. Like the built-in cove around the tansu cabinet
A gorgeous, double-height tansu looks as if it were built for this room's design. It acts as a sideboard to the dining area, and the storage possibilities
Three simple pendants hang over the dining table, adding to the minimalist Japanese aesthetic.

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Born on 18 December 1948 in Paris, France, Laurent Voulzy is a French singer/songwriter.
He originally led the English-pop-influenced Le Temple de Vénus before joining Pascal Danel as guitarist from 1969 to 1974. However he is best known for his collaborative songwriting efforts with singer/songwriter Alain Souchon and his solo singing career which spanned several successful albums.
Laurent Voulzy made an international hit with the song ‘Rockollection’. The French lyrics were interspersed with some lines from classic rock hits after the chorus. Since then, he’s released several solo albums and some ‘best-of’-collections, as well as one live album in 1994.
A very striking release was Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde, the 1986 single in which Laurent sings about how lonely the nights are without Kim Wilde. Kim contributed some vocals to the song, and appeared in the accompanying videoclip, a glamorous production which also features a pinball machine with Kim Wilde design.
Since then, Laurent and Kim have performed songs together a few times on French television, singing Bye Bye Love (in 1990) and Laurent’s song Belle-Ile en Mer Marie-Galante (in 1992).
The two were reunited in 2006 for a television show celebrating the music of Laurent Voulzy and Alain Souchon, and they sang ‘Les nuits sans Kim Wilde’ together.
In 2010, Laurent and Kim performed live at Night of the Proms in Charleroi (Belgium), singing ‘Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde’ and Oh Lori together.
In 2018, they released the song Amoureux des Rêves on the deluxe edition of the album Here Come the Aliens.
In 2006, Laurent released ‘La Septième Vague’, an album of cover versions of songs from the Seventies and Eighties. The album reached number 1 in France. Voulzy then toured France in 2007.
He now lives in Southern England, in the town of Haslemere. He moved to join his family who had already lived there for 20 years.

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Around 10 miles from home is whats known as Bold Lane car park in Derby. Right blob of retro concrete built in 1974. It's well known around as being the most secure car park in the world since the late 90's when they installed a fancy motion detector/barcode security system. They have never had any theft since then!
we have this bleak post war 693 spaces Avon Street car park
there used to be another similar multi by the old bus station, but that end of town got totally redeveloped a while back, there are now plans to pull Avon Street down and link the to sites together by a new foot bridge.
Preston bus station car park one that has really divided local public opinion, with many calling for its demolition.
Built in 1968/9 in the Brutalist style it has fended off 2 attempts at demolition and been recognised for its form, having a multi million pound refurbishment, in part due to being awarded grade II listed status in 2013.
I've only ever visited when the stairwells smelt of wee, but I definitely get the syle of the place.
And the artists impression of it post refurbishment with the new development opposite, which I'm not so sure about:
A couple of things to mention about the Preston car park and both are in your third photo.
Firstly, at about the 9 O'clock position did you spot the Citroen DS? Definitely a touch of Retro-Rides about the choice of cars.
Secondly, the building which should be demolished in that vicinity is the one at 12 O'clock (with brown windows) which is actually a large hotel, possibly Holiday Inn if I remember correctly. It is faceless, ugly and I hope the architect was embarassed when accepting payment for it.
The car park itself is a very impressive structure especially when you think of its age it is and how radical the design must have seemed at the time.


New investment solutions favour companies with strong strategies to reduce carbon emissions.
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What can an investor do?
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New solutions now make it easier to reward companies that are working to reduce their carbon emissions in line with the targets in the Paris Agreement. Importantly, skilled investment managers can align with progressive companies that display an active commitment to strong environmental policies, potentially reducing investment risk and enhancing returns.
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Forward-looking companies across multiple industries aren’t waiting for the regulations, such as carbon taxes, that many governments will likely need to implement to meet their targets. They’re using the Paris Agreement framework to guide their own carbon emission reduction targets – starting right away. Based on the framework, they can chart a clearly defined path towards lower emissions, helping to prevent the worst impacts of climate change and future-proof their business growth. These early adopters are positioning themselves well to outperform the market and generate higher returns on invested capital.
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Scientists have found antibiotic-resistant bacteria throughout Germany’s waterways
Earlier in February, a group of German scientists warned locals about the presence of bacteria immune to antibiotics in several lakes, rivers, and streams in the country.
According to a report by Northern German Broadcasting (NDR), the deadly pathogens, which are resistant to different kinds of antibiotics, were discovered in 12 locations in the northern German state of Lower Saxony last month.
The scientists gathered sediment and water samples from the different sites. The samples were then sent to the Dresden University of Technology and the German Center for Infection Research in Giessen for testing.
Data from the NDR-commissioned study identified multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDRGN bacteria) for all 12 locations, along with strains that are resistant to critical reserve antibiotics known as “last resort” drugs.
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Introduction BFP High-Tech Bundle Cleaner
The BFP-System is the latest innovation in the field of tube cleaning activities. This is a 100% hydrostatic way of cleaning pipes internally. You shoot special projectiles through the pipes with 130 litres of water/minute. As a result, the projectile can be shot quickly through the pipe and carry a lot of dirt with it. By rinsing the water, you ensure that all loose pieces and other soiling are rinsed along. The BFP-System is therefore recommended above all else if the best results are to be achieved.
Advantages Hydrostatic Cleaning
Hydrostatic cleaning is a very effective method to clean pipe bundles. In particular the BFP-System, which can shoot through all projectiles. This ensures a wide range of application areas. The system can be used for all kinds of pollution, from light algae to heavy lime scale. In addition, these are the other big advantages:
- Speed. Time savings in projectile cleaning is enormous. You can shoot pipes of various lengths within seconds. With 2 persons you can clean about 1000 pipes per hour under the right conditions. That's faster than any method.
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The U.S.-made FGM-148 Javelin is one of the premier portable anti-tank missile systems in the world. It’s also an expensive piece of kit, with each missile typically costing more than the targets it eliminates.
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Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc. stock is up 8.32% since 30 days ago. The dividend yield is 7.46% and its next earnings date is Feb 20, 2024. The company has had below-average volume in the last 30 days. Its seasonality going into this month shows a chance of a green month, as 42.86% of the previous 13 December’s closed higher than November.
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. focuses on multifamily and office properties located in the Western United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Japan. As of December 31, 2021, the company had ownership interests in 10,460 multifamily units, 4.9 million square feet of office space.

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iQSTEL Completes Acquisition Of loT Labs Mexico And Its ‘Smart Gas Platform’ For Remote Real Time Monitoring Of LP Gas Tanks
iQSTEL, Inc. (OTC: IQST) on May 11, 2020 announces it has completed the 100% acquisition of IoT Labs Mexico (IoT Labs Mx SAPI), an Internet of Thing (IoT) developer, and its ‘IoT Smart Gas Platform’ which allows for remote monitoring of LP gas tanks in real-time via a SmartPhone app through the company’s gas partners, Already, more than 100 of these devices are in field use already and work anywhere there is a radio signal and/or cellular connection.
Media companies such as Stock Market Press are reporting on the fast growing telecommunications market. It keeps readers up to date on company stocks such as iQSTEL Inc. (OTC: IQST), amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK), Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA), Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD), Telefónica SA (NYSE: TEF), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (OTC: SSNLF), (Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI), China Mobile Limited (NYSE: CHL),Verizon (NYSE: VZ), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS),Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH).
iQSTEL (OTC: IQST) Completes Acquisition Of loT Labs Mexico And Its ‘Smart Gas Platform’ For Remote Real Time Monitoring Of LP Gas Tanks
The company’s ‘IoT Smart Gas Platform’ is a consumer installable device that offers real time LP gas tank monitoring and provides refilling requests via a SmartPhone add through the company’s gas partners. It works anywhere there is a radio signal and/or cellular connection. Once connected to a tank, its battery can be unattended for more than two years before battery replacement is needed. The unit consists of in-field equipment, mobile application and a back end software platform. iQSTEL (OTC: IQST) Completes Acquisition Of loT Labs Mexico And Its ‘Smart Gas Platform’ For Remote Real Time Monitoring Of LP Gas Tanks.
Further details on the wireless and patent pending Smart Gas Platform device is available at the websites www.IoTlabs.mx and www.smartgas.lat. It explains how it easily installs in minutes with a screwdriver and makes sure the consumer never runs out of gas again. It monitors gas consumption in real time, tells by consumption use if a gas leak exists and creates alerts on a SmartPhone if ordering of more gas is needed. iQSTEL (OTC: IQST) Completes Acquisition Of loT Labs Mexico And Its ‘Smart Gas Platform’ For Remote Real Time Monitoring Of LP Gas Tanks.
iQSTEL (OTC: IQST) Finds A Perfect Acquisition Fit
Mr. Iglesias, CEO of iQSTEL, said, “We have been looking for a high value IoT product for customers along with strong corporate margins and IoT Labs MX along with their IoT Smart Gas Platform is a perfect fit, This platform will be disruptive in the gas industry, significantly increasing efficiencies. IoT labs and the iQSTEL team are already designing upgrades to expand the platform from LP gas tanks to general storage tanks, including gasoline, beverage, water and more.
“The IoT marketplace, part of our 21st century enhanced communications corporate vision, is seeking demand explode. The infrastructure to support this growth is being deployed by iQSTEL throughout Latin America,” Mr. Iglesias said. iQSTEL (OTC: IQST) Completes Acquisition Of loT Labs Mexico And Its ‘Smart Gas Platform’ For Remote Real Time Monitoring Of LP Gas Tanks.
Mr. Francisco Bunt, CEO Of IoT Labs Mexico, said, “IoT Smart Gas units are in production, with more than 100 in field use already. The existing infrastructure access that iQSTEL allows us to benefit from will assist in the rapid commercialization process across Mexico, Latin America, and later this throughout Europe and Canada.”
iQSTEL, Inc. (OTC: IQST) Reports 20% Rise In Q1 Revenues To $5 Million, Sales From Businesses And Stay-At-Home Strategy Strong During COVID-19 Pandemic
iQSTEL, Inc. (OTC: IQST) has reported record setting growth continuing in 2020 with a 20% jump in year-over-year Q1 revenues to $5 million due in part to a ‘very strong’ performance through the COVID-19 pandemic. Many businesses extended their work-from-home strategy — boosting intra-company telco services. iQSTEL expects this trend to continue. It reported sales of $4,980,151 for the current quarter, exclusive of sales from new Miami-based subsidiary QGlobal SMS. It projects sales including those of QGlobal SMS at $9+ million for Q2.
Mr. Iglesias, CEO of iQSTEL, Inc. (OTC: IQST), said, “Our team at iQSTEL and subsidiaries bring record results again. While the COVID-19 near-global-closure has affected many companies’ ability to operate, we continue to surpass expectations. Our business has stayed very strong through the COVID-19 pandemic as many businesses have expanded their work-from-home strategy, thus boosting intra-company telco services.
iQSTEL, Inc. (OTC: IQST) Expands Network Of Subsidiaries
The parent company owns a 75% stake in blockchain subsidiary itsBchain LLC. iQSTEL Inc. (OTC: IQST) wholly owns Miami-based subsidiary, Etelix.com USA, LLC, an American-based 5G provider of Submarine Fiber Optic Network capacity for internet (4G and 5G). It owns 51% of SwissLink Carrier AG. SwissLink Carrier AG provides international VoIP connectivity worldwide and more. It owns 51% of QGlobal SMS LLC, a U.S.-based company which has international interconnection with Tier 1 SMS aggregators to more than 100 countries worldwide. It has acquired 51% of an Austin, Texas-based SMS U.S.-Mexico Service provider.
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One of the best ways to manage stress during a job interview is to be prepared. Research the company, the role you are interviewing for, and the interview process itself. Knowing what to expect can help alleviate some of the anxiety associated with the unknown. Create a list of potential interview questions and practice your responses. The more prepared you are, the more confident you will feel walking into the interview.
Deep breathing exercises can be incredibly effective in reducing stress and calming nerves. Before the interview, take a few minutes to practice deep breathing. Inhale for a count of four, hold for a count of four, and then exhale for a count of four. Repeat this process several times to help relax your mind and body. Deep breathing can help mitigate the physical symptoms of stress, such as a racing heart or shallow breathing.
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Here's what I do not understand -- and apparently I am in good company: Football player Ray Rice apparently physically harms his then-fiancée (now wife Janay Palmer Rice) in an elevator and is videotaped (for all to see) literally dragging her from that elevator.
His punishment from the NFL is a two-game suspension (yes, two) and a salary forfeiture for a third game. That's a weaker punishment than is handed out by the NFL Commissioner for a player smoking marijuana or stomping hard on another player in an actual NFL season game.
Then, the NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, who had a chance yesterday in Canton to address the issue more effectively, staunchly defended his actions on behalf of the NFL. In short, we (the NFL) handled this correctly.

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Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that require energy expenditure or an activity requiring physical effort that is carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness. If food is the most important part of health, exercise definitely comes next. Research studies suggest that physical activity has an important role in weight management.
Obesity is a significant health problem globally for all ages, it is associated with excess calories stored in the form of fat in the body. Consequently, long-term excess calories or fat stores in the body leads to becoming overweight or obese. Research studies have found younger overweight and obese people at a higher risk of developing hypertension, osteoarthritis, abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride levels, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, gall bladder disease, sleep apnea, respiratory problems and some cancers later in life. Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain, help with weight loss and maintain a healthy weight. If supplemented with proper balanced nutrition, exercise can result in burning excess calories and the prevention of obesity.
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Happy 4th of July! Since it’s a holiday week, I’m re-posting popular stories from the past. This one, from 2012, talks about adjunct professors and mileage deductions.
Looking back on it now, I’d say two things about this post:
- In the first section about self-employed people, I used vague language but now I am certain, the mileage would go on Form 2106.
- The ability to deduct mileage as an employee has gone away now with “tax reform” so the topic of this post is outdated starting with 2018 tax returns.
As with anything related to taxes, the answer is “maybe.”
Do You Really Have a Home Office?
Almost all of us have some part of our house or apartment that we say is our “home office.” But most of us do NOT have a “home office” for tax purposes. Why? Because a home office isn’t a home office for taxes unless it is used regularly and EXCLUSIVELY for business. Exclusively means 100% business use and 0% personal use, and this is what dooms most of us.
For our adjunct professor, if the answer to “do you have a home office for tax purposes” is “no,” then they are out of luck on the mileage deduction for miles driven between their home and class.
But if the home office is really a “home office” for tax purposes, or if the professor is an employee working in their employer’s office by day, they might be able to deduct at least some of the mileage.
Let’s say the adjunct professor is self-employed by day and has a legitimate home office for tax purposes. In that case, the mileage they drive to teach class would be deductible. I think the mileage would have to go on Form 2106 as an unreimbursed employee expense rather than as a Schedule C business expense deductible against business income.
If an Employee By Day
If our adjunct professor is an employee somewhere, the mileage driven from the “day job” office to school would be deductible on Form 2106.
Example: Alex Adjunct works at Cubicle Farm, LLC by day and teaches business classes at night at the local college. Alex can deduct mileage driven from Cubicle Farm, LLC to class but NOT from class to home.
One Last Hurdle
Mileage deductions shown on Form 2106 are considered a “miscellaneous itemized deduction.” The total of all miscellaneous deductions must exceed 2% of total income in order to be taken.


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Ed-tech company GreyAtom, founded in 2017 by Shweta Doshi, Mitul Thakkar and Mayuresh Shilotri, has raised a pre-series A round of $1.2 million. Montane Ventures has led this round along with participation from GreyAtom’s existing investor Pravega Ventures. Ritesh Arora, Co-founder & CEO BrowserStack also participated in this round in his personal capacity. GreyAtom enables aspiring learners to pivot careers in emerging technologies like Machine Learning, AI , Data Science and Full stack engineering through an end to end rigorous learning and career prep process.
Talking about the fundraise, Mitul Thakkar, Co-founder and CEO, GreyAtom said “Educational institutes haven’t been able to modify their curriculum so as to impart relevant skill sets to students. GreyAtom bridges the gap between learners and the industry by bringing them together on the learning platform Glabs that provides hands on coding experience, mentorship and access to a huge peer community. We plan to utilise the funds by diversifying our product line up to include courses for front end engineering, back end engineering, automation QA as well as expansion across India. The newer programs will be launched with an “Income Share Agreement” where there is no upfront payment to be made by the learners, only when they get a job ,they share a fixed percentage of their income with GreyAtom. This enables us to create a great amount of trust between us and the learners.”
“We are extremely excited to invest and join GreyAtom’s journey. The founder’s interest in education and their learning product Glabs impressed us the most”, said Josh Bornstein, partner at Montane Ventures. Josh added, “GreyAtom’s tech-first approach to skill learners beyond theory by focusing on application and practice enables the company to scale a business that’s typically dependent on instructors or online videos.”
GreyAtom’s goal is to become the go to credible alternative higher Education System in India and has taken a tech driven approach to learning. The learning platform, GLabs orchestrates the end to end learner experience – this is where people code up, follow a structured learning path and get an instant assessment of their performance. The right mix of a highly blended learning approach – online learning on the platform and offline interactions with mentors and peer community is what is driving outcomes for the learners.Learner engagement and gamification are elements that have been built into Glabs. Glabs also determines the employability index of a learner and matches a learner with the right job.
As per market research reports, Indian engineers fare poorly compared to their global counterparts in terms of their engineering skills and employability. Industry experts have said that 80%-90% Indian engineers are unfit to be hired across leading IT companies. This is despite the fact that over 15 lakh engineers graduate every year(AICTE data). The demand for professionals across the emerging tech spectrum has exploded over the last few years. However due to a lack of skills companies are unable to hire the requisite amount of professionals.
With the new Income share agreement model, GreyAtom is on a quest to transform the career trajectories for deserving and hardworking learners in the emerging tech space.They have seen an overwhelming response to their front end engineering program in Income share model.Since its launch in September 2019, more than 4700 folks have applied to do the program. The current acceptance rate is at 4.8%.
So far, GreyAtom has enabled more than 35,000 learners to reskill/upskill their tech knowledge. In the last 2 years, 87% of learners who were looking for a career pivot have been able to do so.
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The founding team has a solid background in the tech space for over 15 years. Prior to GreyAtom, Mitul co-founded Customer360, that was acquired by Interactive Intelligence (NASDAQ- ININ). His strengths lie in being able to take an idea from concept to reality. Shweta has led large engagements in top tier technology companies in India and globally. After experiencing the challenges of hiring the right people firsthand, elevating the level of education in technology is at the core of her mission. Currently at GreyAtom, she spearheads building learning programs that are relevant to the industry and is growing an expert network of global mentors and strategic partners that lead to the final outcomes for learners.Co-founder of Customer360 prior to GreyAtom, Mayuresh drives the marketing strategy of GreyAtom with an expert hand. An alumnus of IIT Madras, Mayuresh’s strength lies in using off-the-cuff thinking to create rewarding and rich learning experiences.


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In the Soviet Union, in the 1970s the first production of nutritional proteins from hydrocarbons was started. In total, the country has built 12 factories with an expected production of approx 1 million tons every year. This was close to approx 70% of the world’s bioprotein production at the time. The importance of the bioprotein industry in the country was comparable to that of the nuclear industry, as it allowed the Soviet Union to be self-sufficient in animal feed.
Safety and efficacy study
All plants produced Paprin, a single-celled protein yeast grown in a liquid paraffin medium, or Gaprin, an inactivated methane biomass, an oxidized Methyllococcus capsulatus bacterium. Studies on safety and efficiency were not adequately conducted, which resulted in horrifying outcomes in the case of Paprin.
Impact on animal health
The product disrupted hormonal and water balance, causing edema to form throughout the body of the animals, reported by the Russian business consultancy, which brought studies from Bashkiria State University. “Meat obtained from animals fed with Paprin contained an accumulation of abnormal amino acids that were incorporated into the membranes of nerve cells, thus disrupting the process of conducting a normal nerve impulse,” said Raisa Bashirova, principal investigator at Bashkiria State University, who added that it was even harmful to humans to paintings with Paprin: “Factory staff and local citizens were presenting diseases such as canker sores and bronchial asthma. “
In the 1990s, almost the entire production of bioprotein in Russia was stopped. Gaprin, although it had proved to be safe and efficient, could not compete with rather cheap imported protein feedstuffs, which began to land on the local market in large quantities. Now, several decades ¬later, bioprotein production in Russia seems to be getting a second chance.
Bioprotein – A different and new product
The Russian company Metanica recently revealed a new generation of methane-based inactivated protein biomass under the Metaprin brand. The production technology differs from that used in other similar projects around the world and in many ways, it is impressive compared to the technology used for Gaprin production decades ago.
Metaprin is designed to update fishmeal in the nutrition of birds, pigs and livestock.
“We do not use external recycling of mobile culture fluid and paint with air, not oxygen, which results in energy saving and is one of the main components of the bioprotein production costs,” said Nikolay Kutafin, Director of Development at Methanica. “The company has also abandoned airlift mixing, which inhibits the cells of microorganisms. Besides that, the production site does not have a cooling circuit in the fermenter, and there is no post-fermentation gas, which makes it possible to produce a tonne of protein using no more than 2000 cubic meters of gas,” he added. The company also uses several different strains of bacteria, each of which performs an important role. “All the internal laminar-vortex motion of the cell culture fluid is carried out thanks to the use of a specially developed mixing aeration head,” Kutafin explained.
There is a protein shortage ranging from 1. 5 million to 2 million tonnes, every year in Russia. Metaprin is primarily designed to replace fishmeal in the diets of birds, pigs, and livestock. “Fishmeal is Metaprin’s main competitor. However, Metaprin is superior in terms of proteins, amino acids, vitamins, and microelements. It has a sustainable quality. Its production and composition characteristics do not depend upon weather situations and the time of year and its use is more convenient for breeders,” Kutafin said.
Metaprin – A safe product
In Russia, fishmeal is of uneven quality, even within a single consignment, and sometimes it appears to be adulterated. “Metaprin is added to feed at levels ranging from 2.5% to 30% of the total product mass. One tonne of metaprin can balance the protein content of 20 tonnes of feed,” Kutafin said, adding that meat products obtained from animals fed with this type of bioprotein are absolutely safe for humans, which has been confirmed in multiple studies, including in the European Union.
The company is working on an experimental 100 m3 plant for protein biosynthesis, with a production capacity up to 4000 tonnes of protein per year. “We envisage a modular approach to plant construction. It allows us to quickly ramp up production by putting new 100 m3 fermenters into operation,” Kutafin said. Some big investment groups in Russia have already expressed an interest in the new technology, mulling plans to build a plant with a designed production performance of 50,000 tonnes per year.
The country is also among the world’s leaders in terms of oil, gas, and coal production, which opens opportunities for protein biosynthesis from methane. “When we talk about oil and coal production, we are talking about associated petroleum gas and coal mine methane – which is often burned or emitted into the atmosphere, causing significant harm to the environment. We are developing, among other things, mobile complexes that can operate in remote locations during oil production,” Kutafin said. Metanica aims to promote its technology not only in Russia but also abroad. “Quite a few requests to use our developments have come from abroad. Our team sees itself as an integral part of humanity, and so our technology and products will be available all over the world,” Kutafin said.
Metanica is not the only company in Russia interested in Bioprotein. In 2019, Protelux completed a 6,000 tonne per year methane-to-feed-protein plant in Russia, based on technology from the Danish company Unibio. 4 fermenters encompassing methanotrophic bacteria that absorb natural gas have been constructed as part of the Ivangorod facility not far from the Russian border with the European Union, the company said in a statement. The Danish company’s U-Loop technology enables natural gas to be converted into a single-cell protein – UniProtein – to be further used in feed.
A more efficient and faster way of fermenting
These methanotrophic bacteria consume the C1 connections in the methane gas in order to grow. They have transformed into protein granules thanks to a traditional downstream process. This patented technology is a vertical pipe structure that provides optimal growth conditions for the bacteria. This is a more efficient and faster way of fermenting than horizontal, conventional bioreactors. Protelux has invested some $35 million in this project.
The company has also unveiled plans to build 10 similar plants all over the country in the next decade with a designed production capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year each and with expected revenues of over $1.5 billion. If these plans work out, Russia will be able to swiftly regain its position as the world’s leader of bioprotein production. In 2017, it was announced that the second plant was to be launched in the Alabuga special economic zone in the Tatarstan Republic, Russia. The investment cost was estimated at Rub 18 billion ($270 million) and production is expected to reach 100,000 tonnes per year (to be obtained from 180 million cubic meters of natural gas). In April 2018, the company also signed a letter of intent with the government of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, to build another 100,000-tonnes plant for Rub 10 billion ($135 million). However, there was no further progress on either project over the past few years. There is no information as to when these 2 plants might become operational.
Changing competitive environment
There are good prospects that the new bioprotein projects will succeed. Nevertheless, this could be difficult, given the expanding fishmeal and soybean meal production capacities in Russia, commented a source in the Russian feed industry. Besides, the biggest agricultural holdings are struggling to achieve complete independence in feedstuff, so they are not very interested in bioprotein, he said.
During the past few years, Russian production of fishmeal has been limited to 100,000 tonnes per year. This figure is forecasted to triple over the next few years, as the Russian government has embarked on reform of investment quotas in the fishing industry, offering fishermen quotas in exchange for investments in new vessels or processing infrastructure. Under this program, Russian fishermen will put 23 fish-processing plants into operation in the next few years, including plants for fishmeal production.
Russian soybean production totaled 3.08 million tonnes in 2019. This figure has increased by a factor of 3.5 over the past decade and further growth should expand soybean meal supplies for the Russian feed industry.


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Crews responded Saturday evening to a fire at Trump Tower in New York that killed one man and injured four firefighters, city officials said.
The man, 67, whose name was not released pending notification of family, was taken to a hospital but later died of his injuries, said Officer George Tsourovakas, a New York Police Department spokesman. An investigation is under way.
Four firefighters also were injured as they battled the blaze on the 50th floor, including two who were burned. Their injuries are not life threatening, according to New York City Fire Department officials.
The fire started in a large apartment on the 50th floor, and when firefighters responded about 5:30 p.m. ET, the entire unit was engulfed, said Daniel Nigro, commissioner of the New York City Fire Department.
“Members pushed in heroically. They were knocking down the fire and found one occupant of the apartment,” he said, adding crews had a hard time battling the fire because it was up 50 stories and in a large unit.
Before moving to the White House, the tower that President Trump developed was his main home. He and his family own an apartment, which Forbes estimated as being more than 10,000 square feet and spans three floors.
Trump’s penthouse is on floors labeled 66 through 68, meaning the fire occurred more than 10 levels below Trump’s home. The tower really has 58 floors.
While in the building, crews checked on Trump’s home, which was unharmed, Nigro said. Smoke had spread throughout much of the building but it was unclear if any seeped into Trump’s penthouse.
No members of the first family were in the building during the incident, he said.
Onlookers outside Trump Tower took photos and video of the blaze as it grew, flames and smoke billowing from several high-rise windows. Some footage showed debris falling hundreds of feet to the street.
The president tweeted about the blaze, commending the firefighters who responded. He said the fire had been extinguished but fire officials remained at the scene for several hours due to the heavy smoke.
“Fire at Trump Tower is out,” he wrote. “Very confined (well built building). Firemen (and women) did a great job. THANK YOU!”
Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons who also helps head The Trump Organization with headquarters in the tower, tweeted out his thanks to firefighters who tamed the fire.
“Thank you to the amazing men and women of the NYFD who extinguished a fire in a residential apartment at @TrumpTower,” Eric Trump posted on Twitter. “The @FDNY and @NYPD are truly some of the most incredible people anywhere!”
In January, another fire at Trump Tower injured three people, two civilians and a firefighter. It started in the building’s rooftop heating and air conditioning system and left smoke billowing from the roof.


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19 October 2022
At WOA’s successful and well received 2022 Annual Convention in Mainz, delegates and presenters discussed the ever-increasing complexity of the markets, together with the challenges and opportunities these create. Alongside the seismic shock of the situation in Ukraine, the impact of sanctions and the disruption of energy supply markets, the nature and vulnerability of supply chains is at the fore of thinking. What can we expect to see and what are the implications for the Supply Chain Finance & Receivables Finance Industries?
Our Innovation Briefing with Industry experts Steven van der Hooft (Capital Chains), Lionel Taylor (Trade Advisory Network) and Richard Hawkins (Atlantic Risk Management) together with John Brehcist (WOA) took an in-depth journey through the issues and implications in this currently challenging and volatile environment.


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「Hoban Visit」Part 1
The next day, I used 【Transfer Gate】to transfer from Raratoia to the large tree save point that I had set yet yesterday.
After that, there weren’t any problems and we managed to reach Hoban before noon.
In fact, there wasn’t much distance from the attack site I had stumbled upon yesterday.
The city of Hoban was located within a large plain between the Annette mountain to the north and the Parnassus mountain to the south. At the base of the each mountain, a forest opened up in the east and west respectively.
Hoban was at the at the center of the plain and was surrounded by square-shaped outer walls.
Yesterday’s rainfall had completely stopped and the afternoon sun was brilliantly shining down on the city, causing the stone wall give off a dazzling reflection.
Ponta sat on my head while the disguised Ariane and I walked the road between the rice fields towards Hoban. As the distance between us and the town gradually shorted, I started to notice a solemn atmosphere covered the area.
The city walls were around fifteen meters high and surrounded by a large moat. A gate tower was stationed on both sides of the moat and guards observed everyone that entered and left through the gate.
In front of the gate, a pair of guards were quickly inspecting people’s luggage before anyone was allowed to cross over the moat’s bridge. Thanks to the inspection, there was a large queue of people standing around with their luggage, waiting to enter the city.
The north gate wasn’t that large, maybe two carriages could pass through it at a time. Since Hoban’s main highway traveled east to west, perhaps those gates were larger than this one.
But the eastern and western gates must be crowded as well because the occasional cart would make their way over from one of those directions.
Just before we reached the gate, a guard jumped onto a cart and tore off a person’s cloak to get a good look at their face. The situation was so dire that even adventures had to relent and be inspected one by one.
This inspection felt more like they were looking for someone rather than a simple baggage search.
In any case, it would be impossible for us to slip into the town under such a heavy inspection.
I looked back at Ariane and the gray cloak she was wearing to hide the fact that she was a dark elf and her eyes.
While the treaty with the Rhoden Kingdom was supposed to prohibit the capture and selling of elves, it did not mean that it was properly enforced.
From what I’ve learned, dark elves would go for a higher price than regular elves, and there would certainly be potential buyers everywhere.
And if the sale contracts were to be believed, then it would certainly be the case in Ferris De Hoban’s territory. The feudal lord called Hoban, who was ignoring national law, would obviously try to buy an elf that had been exposed in his city.
There’s also the fact that I’m nothing but a skeleton under this armor. I also cannot relent and remove my helmet for the guard’s inspection.
“Seems like it is impossible for us to enter the city through the gate.”
From the depths of her gray cloak, Ariane’s golden eyes focused on the on the city as she nodded.
Still, we couldn’t simply leave without getting information on the elves that had been sold here, so we had no choice but to walk around the city and find a place to sneak in.
The road along this side of the moat had comparatively greater pedestrian traffic, and it seemed unlikely that we could transfer to the top of the outer wall from here. We might have to wait till dusk and used the cover of darkness to get in without the public’s attention.
Together with Ariane and Ponta, we walked along Hoban’s eastern wall in search for a place with fewer guards.
I noted that the town was considerably large as we walk along the path.
Before long we came upon the eastern gate, which was more than twice the size of the northern gate.
Needless to say that the bridge in front of the gate was overflowing with wagons and people.
Probably due to the number of guards carrying out the inspections, there seemed to be fewer guards standing watch atop the wall.
It would be easy to transfer over the gate now and enter the city, but there were too many people waiting for inspection who would spot us.
Leaving with Ariane, we sneak around to the southern side of the city.
The south gate wasn’t that large and it seemed that it was only used by farmers to come and go to the nearby farmland.
The small amount of pedestrian traffic consisted only of exhausted, empty-eyed farmers.
As I walked along the path, all the haggard looking Hoban farmers that saw me looked upon me with fear or tried to avoid direct eye contact.
They showed no reaction when they saw Ariane, so maybe the helmet was the problem.
The luxurious armor was covered by my black cloak, but the helmet couldn’t be completely concealed.
However, their avoidance of eye contact was rather convenient for our current situation.
“Ariane-dono, I can transfer inside from here. Grab on.”
While confirming that there was no one watching, I knelt down and spoke with Ariane. She responded to me while placing her hand on my shoulder.
As the spell activated the scenery changed and now we stood on top of one of the city’s wall, so I lowered my gaze to look around.
Since we can’t stay on the wall forever I quickly looked for a suitable place inside Hoban to transfer to.
I found a location near some rundown houses around the south gate, no one too rich was probably living around there. Using 【Dimensional Step】once more, I transferred us behind one of the houses.
“We finally managed to enter Hoban……”
I mutter so as I looked back at the city wall from behind the house.
“First, we must find the man named Ferris De Hoban and his buyers.”
Dressed in her gray cloak, Ariane stated our objective while observing our surroundings.
“Since his name is Hoban, he may be a part of the feudal lord’s family…… for now, let us look for the feudal lord’s castle.”
If we simply asked about the illegal capture of elves in this city, I doubt that we would find any useful clues.
It’d be faster to just check out the feudal lord and his retinue
Since we were trying to find the lord’s castle we naturally decided to head for the center of Hoban.
With that in mind, we set out to leave this rundown district. The streets were lined with wooden buildings in similar states of disrepair and there were very few signs of life.
When the people in the area saw us, they would get a stiff expression before running off. There were so few people around it almost felt like a ghost town.
For some unknown reason, everyone reacts the same way whenever they notice my knight’s helmet. Where the knights of Hoban a bunch of rowdy people?
I thought about such things while we walked and after a while, we came to a place that was more lively. Merchant stands lined the streets, with hawkers and vendors loudly engaging in business. There seems to be a vigor to the city as the coming and going of carts and people created a lot of noise.
However, peoples with dangerous eyes are occasionally seen and guards were stationed everywhere, creating a rather unfriendly atmosphere.
The inspections at the gates and the weird atmosphere made me think that something must be happening in this city.
“This is a rather solemn atmosphere……”
“A large number of guards downtown would make it difficult to move about.”
Ariane keeps an eye on the crowd while we talked and walked through the streets. A few minutes later I was able to spot castle walls near the center of town.
That was probably the lord’s castle. The walls were almost as tall as the city’s and prevented us from seeing the castle itself. There was a moat dug in front of the walls, making it difficult to approach.
My gaze went to the bascule bridge and the excessive amount of guards that were intimidating the people in the area. There wasn’t a single person on the bridge, and the guards gave the impression that anyone carelessly approaching it would get a sound thrashing.
Entering from the front would be impossible, so I began looking for an infiltration point along the wall as we walked around the perimeter.
However, guards were placed at regular intervals along the moat and even on top of the wall.
The street next to the moat also had a lot of pedestrian traffic, making transferring to a remote location difficult.
We could try to transfer at night under the cover of darkness, but there wouldn’t be many transfer locations unless there was a lot of moonlight tonight.
On account of yesterday’s rain, I could only pray for that──
So I looked up at the sky.
The sun was blocked by some clouds, but there was still enough light to reflect off the moat’s water. Relieved that my fears were for naught, a sudden angry shout caught my attention.
Looking towards the direction of the shout, I saw a pair of guards hitting a small boy. There were many people watching, yet no one stepped up to put an end to the unpleasant sight.
“Watch where the hell you’re walking! You piece of shit!!”
“Dirty kids like you shouldn’t even be around here! You fucking eyesore!!”
The guards began to shout cruel insults while kicking the boy who cowered on the ground.
The boy had unkempt black hair and was wearing dirty rags. The kid was around 13 or 14 years old. Blood began to flow from the cuts caused by the kicks, yet the boy only glared back at the guards. His rebellious stare only seemed to anger the guards more.
“What’s with that look! You’re a rather impertinent brat despite being poor!”
I couldn’t bear watching this uncomfortable scene anymore
When one of the guards was about to kick the boy again I spoke out.
“How about you stop this here and now? The kid has already had enough.”
“Who the fuck said that?! Who dares to unnecessarily interfe──！？”
One of the guards turned towards the crowd to shout, but the last bit was cut off.
When the guards saw my black cloaked figure with bits of silver armor exposed as I partially unsheathed the holy thunder sword, they turned blue in the face.
Since I thought that she would detract from my dignified appearance, an unhappy Ponta had been left behind in Ariane’s bosom
“……It’s enough already, isn’t it?”
After I faced the guards and asked them the same question in a lower tone, the guards stiffly stood at attention and offered a salute while their heads were lowered at a 90° angle.
“Yes! I’m sorry for causing you trouble! We shall take our leave!”
The guards raised their heads before they hurriedly left the place where the boy was.
The effect of the armor was greater than I thought it’d be. After all, there was no way a mere knight or adventurer would be clad in such luxurious armor. It probably gave the impression of a high-class knight.
The armor seemed to affect the surrounding people as well, because they quickly went about their business and soon the surroundings started to clear out.
“If you’re hurt, I can heal you with my magic?”
The boy looked fearfully at my armor while I was asking this question, yet he somehow managed to get into a sitting position and glare at me as he answered.
“What do you want in return……”
Holding his stomach that the guards had repeatedly kicked, the boy tried to stand up but only managed to fall to his knees with a grimace.
“I am not the feudal lord’s underling. Since I can use healing magic, wouldn’t you like for your wounds to be gone in a blink of an eye?”
Covering my armor back up, I kneeled down and asked him again, which caused the boy’s expression to change.
“Healing……magic…… If you use that…… could injuries as bad as this be healed?”
“Yes, they can be healed.”
Even the dead could be revived when I use magic, so even the most severe injuries could be healed. Resurrecting too many people was taboo, but healing an injured child with my magic should be all right.
When I nodded at the boy’s question, I saw a shimmer of hope enter his eyes.
Does that mean nobody else would’ve been willing to treat him?
“I’ll sell you information…… for the healing magic. Will you cure my little sister too!?”
“Hmm, I wasn’t expecting anything in return in the first place, is that really necessary?”
“I will pay any price…… I’m not asking for a handout.”
Though he came off as a little stubborn, at his age it could be seen as pride.
To him, it was reasonable that he would offer something of equal value in order to fulfill his request.
“You said that you’ll sell information…… What kind of information do you have to offer?”
“……Side streets, secret paths……”
The boy’s lips unintentionally loosened as he started to list off what he could offer.
“Huh? …… You wouldn’t happen to know a secret way into the feudal lord’s castle, do you?”
When the boy heard the question, his eyes opened wide as he quickly glanced at the people left in the area. In a quiet voice, he then asked:
“……Why do you ask?”
The boy inquisitively stared at me for a moment.
After receiving such a treatment at the hands of the local lord’s guards, there was no chance he would leak our conversation to them
“I’m looking for a little something in the castle……”
I let my words trail off at the end as I didn’t want to clue the kid in on our true objective. Wrinkles form on the boy’s forehead as he thought it over, but he lifted his head once he found his answer.
“Alright…… I’ll tell you the secret path to the feudal lord’s castle. However, you have to treat my sister first.”
“I understand. I’ll take that information as payment for healing your little sister with my magic.”
As the pain finally began to lose its hold over the boy, he stood up with a grimacing face and started to walk down the streets with a slight limp in his step.


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This pillowy sandwich is filled with an absurd amount of pork fluff.
As a kid I never really dug Fluffernutter sandwiches. I think it has something to with them not being quite savory enough, after all I was the type of kid who ate Accent out of the jar and cut notches in apples to fill them with lunch meat. Last week I had something at Flushing’s Sun Mary Bakery that I’m pretty sure I would have been happy to find in my lunch box: the Chinese Fluffernutter Sandwich.
Perhaps my nickname for rou song dan gao, or Chinese dry pork cake ($2.50), is an exaggeration, but it definitely has the same junk-food gone healthy sensibility as its Western counterpart. Rou song, or dried pork stands in for the peanut butter, in this cakelike bun. A sweet pillowy roll is split and slathered with a buttery spread and then topped with a ridiculous amount of dried pork fluff. It is savory, sweet, and decidedly unwieldy. Bits of crunchy sweet-and-salty pork fluff will fall out as you bite into it.
A strong iced coffee cuts through the fatty sweetness of the bun. I think I may like it better than the old school roast pork buns I used to eat with my old man at Mei Lei Wah in Manhattan’s Chinatown. By the way I’m pretty sure this item is not unique to Sun Mary Bakery, I’d be curious to know how many folks prefer it to the American Fluffernutter.
Sun Mary Bakery ,133-57 41st Rd, Flushing, 718-460-8800
This bowl of shaved ice holds a warm, chewy surprise.
Along with the cold Korean soup naeng-myun, Taiwanese shaved ice is one of my favorite ways to cool off when humidity starts to make me overheat. Ice Fire Land, a hotpot shaved ice hybrid owned by Timothy Chuang, used to be my favorite place to get a bowl of this refreshing sweet treat. Chuang has changed the name of his restaurant to Taipei 101, for Taiwan’s gleaming office tower. Hotpot’s been replaced by an ambitious menu of Taiwanese fare, but the shaved is still there on a separate menu.
I was glad to know that I could still get shaved ice when I walked in yesterday. “Pudding, pineapple,condensed milk,” I said pausing to ask Mr. Chuang, which of the many balls tapioca, taro,or yam were the chewy ones. “They’re all chewy,” he said, so I settled on yam. (more…)
“Oh, it’s so good that I friggin dream about it,” my pal enthused to me about the Muslim lamb chop ($21.95) at Fu Run. “Yeah right, I thought to myself,” filing his rave about this Dongbei joint’s lamb dish away in the back of my mind. And then one day I finally broke down and tried it. It is spectacular in many, many ways. For one thing it is not a lamb chop but rather a whole rack, butchered in what I guess would be called country style.
Imagine a mad chef-scientist turning his attention to American Chinese pork spare ribs. Naturally he’d replace lamb with pork since it’s so much tastier. Then he’d braise it, roll it in spices, and deep fry it. The crunchy spice-studded exterior encases red-tinged meat and bits of snow-white fat, all packed with wonderful lamb flavor. An order of tiger vegetables ($5.95), a cool tangle of cilantro and hot peppers shot through with teeny salty shrimp, is a welcome foil to all that rich meat.
Noodles topped with a trio of fish roe sing with the flavors of Japan.
Last night I found myself wandering around the Lower East Side with a restless appetite. I considered eating at Wylie Dufresne’s new spot Alder then realized I was nowhere near it. Perhaps a bowl of Japanese bacon and egg mazemen noodles at the new Smorgasburg outpost inside Whole Foods. Alas they were closed. So I headed over to my favorite spot in the hood, Mission Chinese, for Danny Bowien’s mouth-blasting, palate-tingling take on Chinese food.
As I waited on line I weighed my spice-fueled options: kung pao lamb pastrami, thrice-cooked bacon, Chonqing chicken wings? When I took a seat in the dining room something delightfully odd happened. I was handed a slip of paper with the evening’s specials, two of which were Japanese. The first, cold tsukemen noodles ($16) with trout roe and sea urchin in bacon consommé sounded quite lovely. Turning back to the main menu I noticed beef heart and Hokkaido scallop sashimi ($13). I immediately ordered both, but felt quite strange. Was I really going to dine on Japanese fare at MCF with nary a hint of lip tingling Sichuan peppercorn? Apparently so. (more…)
Mix in the sauce and dig into the best Sichuan cold noodles ever.
Cheng Du Tian Fu, or Chengdu Heavenly Plenty Snacks, is one of the first stalls I ever visited in the regional Chinese wonderland that is the Golden Shopping Mall. Back in 2007 there was hardly any English signage in the entire place and I was relying upon a rosetta stone of sorts from a Chowhound post. These days the menu is in English and there are dozens of items—beef jerky, fu qi fei pian, dan dan mian and more—shown in the mouthwatering photos that adorn the wall at the bottom of the stairs.
This Sichuan specialist has become a favorite of the Mission Chinese crew. Despite the vast selection I’ve gotten the same thing every time for the last 10 or more visits: cold noodles Chengdu style ($3.50). A palate-awakening sauce consisting of crushed chilies, Sichuan peppercorns, what looks to be MSG, black vinegar, and a prodigious amount of fine garlic paste tops the tangle of thin al dente noodles. Mixing the sauce to coat the noodles take a bit of effort. It’s worth it for the results, though. The bowl of noodles ping pongs between refreshing,fiery, palate-tingling, and pungent.
Cheng Du Tian Fu, No. 31, Golden Shopping Mall, 41-28 Main St., Flushing
Apparently Old Master Fu Zi liked his pork belly and his chilies.
Last night I had dinner in Flushing with two fellow food writers at a newish Sichuan restaurant that shall remain nameless for the purposes of this dispatch. Almost everything we ordered was stunning save for one item. As luck would have it, it was the one dish that I, Queens’ foremost Caucasian expert on Asian food insisted on ordering. I expected a pork belly creation like the one pictured above. To be sure what came to the table was pork belly in a steamer, but all resemblance ended there. For one thing it looked like a washed up version of mofongo and tasted rather like an English school lunch sitting atop bland mashed peas. The entire lot had been steamed into flavorless submission.
What I’d expected was something like a dish I’d had at Hunan House a while back: xiang shan ma la fu zi rou, or “Hunan house Old Master Fuzi meat dish.” It consists of pork belly and rice powder steamed for so long that the rice powder has melded with the pork fat, and vice versa. Each slice of the fanned out pork belly is rich and unctuous and can just barely retain its form. It’s tasty, but superfatty, which is where those pickled chilies come in. It’s the type of thing that’s best eaten with rice and shared with more than one person.
As for the nameless Sichuan restaurant, all I can say is not every dish can be a winner. It was just such a shock to see such a weirdly lackluster dish emerge from an otherwise accomplished kitchen. And it was of course a slight slow to my ego. I suppose such occupational hazards are part and parcel of being The Guy Who Ate Queens.
Chinese crullers and soy milk are a favorite breakfast in China and Flushing.
Even though I am constantly munching during my food tours I always make sure to have a small meal beforehand. That’s because if my blood sugar drops, then it becomes the moody foodie death march, and that’s not good for anyone. One of my favorite pregame meals is a very traditional Chinese breakfast of crullers, or yóutiáo, and soy milk. I like to dip the absurdly long doughnut into the warm, nutty soy milk. Incidentally yóutiáo translates to “oil strip.” The other morning I noticed that they are sold from Tianjin Xianbing the stall in the front window of Flushing’s Golden Shopping Mall. I love how they are stacked like a game of doughnut Jenga.
Tianjin Xianbing, Golden Shopping Mall, 41-28 Main Street, Stall D1, Flushing
Wonder what the Marx Bros. would have made of this duck offal soup.
About a month ago I was showing a tour group around Flushing’s New World Mall Food Court. As we approached No. 28—one of the few spots in the food court whose sign is only in Chinese—the new tenant, a strangely familiar looking woman behind the counter greeted me enthusiastically. No matter how hard tried I couldn’t place her.
On my next visit it dawned on me. The mystery woman was the wife of the owner of Golden Shopping Mall’s Nutritious Lamb Noodle Soup, one of my go-to spots in the rag-tag collection of miniature restaurants. In addition to the wonderful hand-pulled lamb noodle soup there are several other items on the pictorial menu at this new outpost, including a largely forgettable knockoff of Xi’an Famous Foods lamb burger. And then there’s something that the menu lists as “old duck soup fans” ($6.50),which sounds like a club for elderly fans of the Marx Bros.
The offal rich soup’s Chinese name, lao ya feng shi tang,does indeed contain the words for old duick, “lao ya.” I can’t tell whether they came from an old duck or not, but the soup’s nasty bits—gizzard, bits of stomach, and blood cakes—were pleasant enough. Golden pillows of fried tofu, bok choy, and slippery glass noodles round out the bowl. Like the lamb noodle soup, it takes well to a dollop of chili paste. The proprietors of this new stall have set up a flat screen monitor. Instead of Chico, Groucho, and Harpo it plays a loop of Anthony Bourdain’s visit to Golden Shopping Mall.
Nutritious Lamb Noodle Soup, No.28, New World Mall Food Court, Flushing
About a week ago I had the honor of appearing on Travel Channel’s Street Eats: U.S.A. for a segment on street foods in New York City. For those who didn’t get to see it and for those who crave more curbside cuisine I’ve devoted this week’s edition of The Seven to street food. Here then in no particular order are seven of my current street food faves. Some appeared on the show, and some some didn’t. Have a favorite street food you think I left out? Let me know in the comments, or hit me up on the Twitter, @JoeDiStefano.
1. Pedro El Cevichero I first encountered Pedro’s sidewalk ceviche outside a market in Elmhurst. His Mexican ceviche mise en place includes olive oil, limes, onions, cilantro, and a tomato-based sauce. South of the Border ceviche is called coctele, as in shrimp cocktail. It’s more of a cold seafood soup than the Peruvian version. Pedro makes it right before your very eyes. It’s like watching a seafood mixologist as you listen to the 7 train rumble by overhead. Shrimp cocteles are available in three sizes ($8, $10, $12). The excellent mixto, shrimp and octopus is ($6, $8, $10). Find Pedro at Roosevelt Ave. and 80th St. from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
2. Baul Daada Jaal Muri Shop This is not so much a shop as a streetside Bangladeshi chaat vendor. As the name implies there’s only one specialty here, jaal muri. Three bucks gets you an order of Baul Daada’sspicy puffed rice. It’s a sensory overload of a snack consisting of puffed rice, kala chana (black chickpeas) chopped tomatoes, cilantro, green chili paste, red onions, crunchy dried soybeans, cilantro, spicy fried noodles, and squirts and shakes from the various and sundry bottles, including some sinus-clearing mustard oil. Find Daada on 73 St. near 37 Ave. from late afternoon to around 10 p.m. weather permitting. (more…)
Golden Shopping Mall’s Tianjin Dumpling House offers 10 kinds.
Last summer I compiled a list of the Top 7 Dumplings in Queens. The delicious little secret is that it was really, really hard to limit such a list to just seven dumplings. In fact I could devote a whole blog to dumplings in Queens. So today’s edition of Twofer Tuesday is dedicated to two of my latest dumpling discoveries from Queens’ two Chinatowns, Flushing and Elmhurst.
These steamed lamb dumplings made for a perfect Easter snack.
Tianjin Dumpling House is a relatively new outfit on the lower level of Flushing’s Golden Shopping Mall. Among the 10 varieties of dumplings find yáng ròu shuǐ jiǎo, or lamb dumplings with green squash($5for 12). Create your own dipping sauce by combining soy, black vinegar, and chili oil.

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New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): India and Indonesia are both home to the world's largest Islamic populations, Indonesia is the world's largest Islamic country and India is home to the third largest Muslim population in the world, said National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at an event in India Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi.
"Much like in India, Islam in Indonesia was spread by traders from present-day Kerala and Gujarat and Sufis from Bengal and Kashmir. This peaceful spread led to the development of a syncretic culture, where not only pre-Islamic religions flourished side by side, but age-old traditions and local customs greatly influenced religious practices," the NSA said.
"We may speak different languages, but we share a common desire for peace and harmony. Our dialogue today is a vital medium to help us achieve that objective," he said.
He was speaking during a discussion on the role of Ulema in fostering interfaith peace and social harmony in India and Indonesia, to an Indonesian delegation that included senior Muslim scholars of Indonesia and representatives of other faiths.
Doval said that Indonesia is an important partner in India's extended neighbourhood and our two countries share many complementarities. "We have had vast and extended cultural, economic and spiritual contacts for 1600 years upto the 14th Century. These contacts showed us the value of openness, engagement and respect for diversity," he said.
India and Indonesia are both flourishing democracies in the Indo-Pacific region; the waters that lap the shores of Indonesia also lap our shores; they have historical and cultural linkages and extensive people-to-people ties. Tourism has been an important ambassador of cooperation between our two countries. Before the Pandemic, 5 Lakh Indians visited Bali every year. While the Taj Mahal is a major tourist attraction in India, in Indonesia people visit Hindu temples like Prambanan. This is a shining example of our tolerant and syncretic cultures, he said.
He added that the Ulemas play a very important role in Islamic society. The aim of today's discussion is to bring together Indian and Indonesian Ulema and scholars who can take forward our cooperation in promoting tolerance, harmony and peaceful co-existence. This will bolster the fight against violent extremism, terrorism and radicalisation.
"None of the ends for which extremism, radicalisation and the misuse of religion are employed are justifiable on any ground. This is a distortion of religion against which all of us need to raise our voices. Extremism and terrorism are against the very meaning of Islam because Islam means peace and well-being (Salamati/Asalaam). Opposition to such forces should not be painted as a confrontation with any religion. That is a ruse," the NSA said.
Top Indonesian minister Mohammed Mahfud MD is in Delhi on the invitation of National Security Advisor Doval.
Mahfud, the Coordinating Minister for the Political, Legal, and Security Affairs of Indonesia is accompanied by a high-level delegation of Ulema.
Visiting Ulema from Indonesia will also be interacting with their Indian counterparts. The discussion will be on the 'Role of Ulema in fostering a culture of interfaith peace and social harmony in India and Indonesia'. (ANI)