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In the September 2023 issue of the South Asia Bulletin, NIPoRe’s researchers discuss the key events from August 2023 that continue to shape the South Asia region. Read the South Asia Bulletin for more.
In this issue of the South Asia Bulletin, contributors analyze the efforts South Asian countries have made to bring their citizens back from conflict-ridden Sudan. Other national, and transnational issues have been discussed, including Sri Lanka and Nepal’s economic crises, increased terror attacks in Pakistan, and the first Apple store in India. Read the South Asia Bulletin for more.
The column originally appeared in The Diplomat on 9 August 2022. Please read the original article here.
On August 3, the U.N. aviation watchdog, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), formally asked the Nepali government to split the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) into two separate entities — a service provider and a regulator. Nepal needed the restructuring to ensure a “clear separation of authority between service providers, operators and the regulatory authority” in order to improve air safety, ICAO said.
Back in 2009, during a safety audit by ICAO, Nepal had committed to work on legislation to split CAAN. However, 13 years later the proposed legislation remains in limbo.
Nepal has a poor aviation safety record. According to the Aviation Safety database, there have been 27 plane crashes in Nepal over the past three decades, 20 of them over the last 10 years. In May 2022, a Tara Air plane crashed in the mountainous Mustang district of Nepal, killing all 22 passengers and crew members, including six foreigners.
The European Commission (EC) imposed a blanket ban on Nepali airlines entering European airspace in 2013 after eight British nationals were killed in a Sita Air plane crash in 2012.
The rugged mountain terrain, a lack of investment in new planes, and poor infrastructure have contributed to dangerous air travel in Nepal. However, Nepal’s aviation governing structure shares some blame too.
CAAN is both the service provider and regulator in Nepal. That has engendered a conflict of interest, especially when it comes to safety regulations.
This prompted the EC to insist on CAAN splitting into two separate bodies before it considers lifting the ban on Nepali airlines. EU Ambassador Nona Deprez unequivocally stated that passing the bills to split CAAN is a “prerequisite” for Nepali airlines to be removed from the “air safety list.”
Nepali policymakers recognize the need to split CAAN. Since 2007, successive governments have put forward plans to end the dual functioning of the aviation regulator. Each government has expressed a commitment in bilateral (with the EU) and multilateral forums to split CAAN and urged the EC to revoke the ban. A subcommittee of the parliamentary International Relations Committee led by former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal even directed the government to split CAAN, saying it was mandatory.
Besides improving safety, restructuring CAAN has other tangible benefits for Nepal and Nepali aviation.
First, it will likely lead to the EC removing Nepal from its “air safety list,” opening European skies to Nepali airlines. It would boost revenue for Nepal’s struggling national carrier, Nepal Airlines. Nepal Airlines could not carry out chartered flights to the EU during COVID-19 rescue missions. As a result, the airline lost a big chunk of potential revenue, besides affecting the government’s ability to rescue Nepalis stranded in European countries during the pandemic.
Second, a restructuring would provide a shot in the arm to Nepal’s tourism industry. Around 15-20 percent of tourist arrivals to Nepal are from EU member countries. In 2019, almost a quarter of a million tourists from the EU visited Nepal. Nepal has announced a “Visit Nepal decade, 2023-2033” to revive the tourism sector. Without safe air services, the primary mode of transport for inbound tourists, the tourism decade cannot be successful. Nepal’s poor air safety record and the EU’s ban dissuaded many potential tourists from visiting Nepal. That would change if Nepal sets in motion the necessary changes to make flights safe.
Finally, the issue provides a litmus test of Nepali leaders’ commitment and delivery. Every government since 2007 has committed to and “prioritized” CAAN’s restructuring, but none have delivered.
On March 1 this year, the parliament secretariat included two aviation bills, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Bill and the Air Service Authority of Nepal Bill, on the agenda for the meeting of the House of Representatives scheduled for the following day. However, then-Minister for Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale did a volte-face and requested the parliament secretariat to hold back the bills. Some employees of the aviation regulator were opposed to the planned restructuring, he claimed.
The bills have not made any headway in the House of Representatives since, although the National Assembly, Nepal’s upper house, passed the bills unanimously.
On July 31, Jeevan Ram Shrestha, who succeeded Ale as aviation minister, said that Nepal would not immediately accept the EC’s condition and that CAAN would be restructured “according to need and at the appropriate time.”
Analysts attribute the lack of progress in passing the bills to the vested interest of some office holders and foreign airline operators. The existing system allows CAAN’s director-general to issue tenders and oversee compliance while issuing regulations governing the issues of licenses to airlines and crews. These officials would not want to give up this power.
Meanwhile, other international airlines have gained market share and revenue at the expense of Nepali airlines. Ale and Shrestha’s dilly-dallying shows the deep reach of such vested interests.
Going forward, the path for the government could not have been more straightforward. Yet vested interests have reigned over the common sense measure for 15 years. Shrestha’s statement provides little hope of a change to the status quo.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) annually releases the Global Gender Gap Report. WEF, with this report, helps the world leaders to understand better how their governments fare in terms of minimizing existing gender gaps. It published the first report in 2006 using indicators across four subindexes: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Education Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment. In 2021, the report highlighted that it would take 135.6 years to close the existing global gender gap. With some improvements, the 2022 report was revised to 132 years. In this blog, I will try to answer questions like: Where does South Asia stand in terms of gender parity? Have we seen growth in our region, or rather, decline?
To begin with, the WEF defines the gender gap as “the difference between women and men as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, or economic attainments and attitudes”. The subindexes receive scores from 0 (which indicates perfect gender imparity) to 1 (which indicates perfect gender parity).
South Asia remains one of the poor performers in the analysis. In 2021, the region ranked second last among the eight regions considered for the analysis, with a parity score of 62.3 percent. The region’s performance further slided in 2022 and ranked the lowest. has become the lowest performer with the same parity score. South Asia, in the Economic Participation and Opportunity subindex, has improved the region’s score from 33.8 percent in 2021 to 35.7 percent in 2022. Still, this is the lowest performance out of all the regions. North America is leading the progress with a parity of 77.4 percent. Afghanistan, one of the major ranked countries from South Asia, has been ranked in the last position (of the total 146 ranked countries) with a score of just 0.176. China, another key rising global economy, on the other hand, ranks in the 37th position (score 0.741).
In 2022, South Asia ranks in the second last position under the Educational Attainment subindex with the score from 93.3 percent in 2021 to 93.2 percent in 2022. Under this subindex as well, Afghanistan ranks in the last position further sliding in overall score from 0.514 in 2021 to 0.482 in 2022. China, on the other hand, has here managed to rank in 120th position (score 0.936), thus ranking above Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Likewise, South Asia in the Health and Survival subindex has a parity of 94.2 percent for both the years. The score is still the lowest possible regional score. Under this subindex, India ranks in the last position (among all the ranked countries) with a score of 0.937. However, in 2021, India was just a step ahead of China (ranked last with a score of 0.935).
Finally, under the Political Empowerment subindex, parity score for South Asia has declined from 28.1 percent in 2021 to 26.2 percent in 2022. Despite this decline, the region still remains the fourth best performer in this subindex. Here, China ranks in 120th position (score 0.113), just ahead of Bhutan (score 0.093). Bhutan, as of 2022, remains the lowest performer for this subindex in the region while India is the best performer.
South Asia, overall, has a parity score of 62.3 percent in 2022, which is 5.8 percent less than the global average of 68.1 percent. The parity score of the region was the same in 2021, against the global average score of 67.7 percent. The 2022 Report has highlighted that South Asia requires 197 years to close the gender gap in the region, far more years than that of global average. Hence, being the worst performing region in the world, it is high time that the governments in the region take national and well-coordinated regional approaches to minimize staggering gender-based gaps.
– NISCHAL Dhungel, Non-Resident Fellow
The column originally appeared in The Kathmandu Post on 4 August 2022. Read the original article here.
The geostrategic positioning of Nepal offers a unique opportunity to participate in numerous regional projects. Before engaging in such projects, it is essential to understand where our strengths lie concerning our connectivity, and the reasons holding back our connectivity with South Asian countries. In this regard, improving connectivity through sub-regional cooperation such as the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal Motor Vehicles Agreement (BBIN MVA) plays a crucial role in pushing forward social and economic development among these South Asian countries.
Following the failure of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to reach a consensus on a regional motor vehicle accord at the Kathmandu Summit in 2014, primarily due to resistance from Pakistan, the BBIN MVA connectivity project was proposed. The BBIN MVA seeks to build a road-based economic corridor linking Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal. Bhutan has not ratified the agreement but encouraged the other three to approve and engage in the pact. The BBIN MVA aims to promote the smooth movement of passengers, personal and vehicular cargo traffic within and between the BBIN countries.
With only 5 percent of the total trade in the region, intraregional trade in South Asia is among the lowest in the world. Significant challenges lie before implementing massive connectivity projects like the BBIN MVA. Traders usually have to visit more than 10 agencies for documentation clearances. The lack of accredited laboratories to certify export products often delays shipments by weeks. The lengthy border hold-ups add to the enormous trade costs among BBIN member nations. Regarding infrastructure gaps, congested borders, long and diversionary transport routes, and low quality roads increase trade cost and transit time which directly hampers the transport of goods and services. Besides these challenges, the development of inter-modal transhipment facilities, modern warehouse capacities, and gender-friendly infrastructure and trade and transit-related offices should be considered.
As Nepal is a landlocked mountainous nation with poor transportation infrastructure, improving road and railway connectivity is essential for the smooth flow of goods and services. Simplifying paperwork, advancing risk management practices to reduce physical checks, facilitating cross-border transit and modernising sanitary and phytosanitary measures will help streamline trade processes. To enable importers and exporters to submit their paperwork electronically, the World Bank assists Bangladesh and Nepal in building single electronic gateways. These National Single Windows which are anticipated to decrease clearing times require strong implementation support. Upgradation of the roads connecting integrated check posts and inland container depots will help smoothen large volumes of cross-border trade.
Hence, modernising infrastructure and integrated border points, developing and upgrading cross-border and internal roads, and increasing multi-modal transport networks, including road and railways, helps to bridge the infrastructure gaps. Also, local concepts such as border “haat” practised at the India-Bangladesh and India-Myanmar border points should be adopted on the India-Nepal border to provide economic opportunities to small entrepreneurs and women traders.
Looking at the composition of transport connectivity in Nepal, 90 percent of goods and passenger transport services take place via road, 8 percent by air and 2 percent by rail, rope and others. Nepal should prioritise high-quality road infrastructure to increase connectivity in the short term. At present, the upgradation of the east-west highway, which connects significant land ports (Birgunj, Biratnagar and Bhairahawa) is crucial for transport connectivity. High quality road infrastructure could be initially expensive. However, investing in such massive projects is worthwhile in the long term. Several studies in high-, middle- and low-income countries show a positive relationship between transport infrastructure and economic development. Therefore, transport infrastructure becomes extremely important as it is the primary driver of economic growth. Nepal can tap into two huge markets—China and India—if she can develop advanced road and railway systems.
South and Southeast Asia
The Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) in Southeast Asia and the BBIN MVA in South Asia operate under a similar model (project-based). The GMS comprises six countries and is regarded as a successful development story. The GMS countries share the Mekong River in implementing high priority projects to facilitate doing business, accessing markets and engaging in other activities that comprehensively support trade and development in addition to developing infrastructure. Similarly, the BBIN countries can follow in the footsteps of the GMS by leveraging their economic corridors and concentrating on priority sectors to foster regional harmony and integration by cementing strong ties between their peoples.
A recent World Bank report entitled Deepening Linkages between South Asia and Southeast Asia examines new strategies for reviving trade and economic ties between the two regions, concentrating on sectors including digital systems, environmental goods and services. The gross domestic product (GDP) gains would be significant, amounting to about 17.6 percent for South Asia and 15.7 percent for Southeast Asia. Nepal will benefit from such regional South Asia and Southeast Asia cooperation by engaging in high priority projects.
Nepal confronts significant economic development obstacles due to electricity supply. Recently, there has been some positive developments. Nepal and Bangladesh intend to hold meetings about bilateral power trade and Bangladeshi investment in Nepal’s hydropower industry. The positive side of the bilateral power trade is that Nepal can buy power from Bangladesh during the winter and sell its power dominance during the rainy season. This increases the prospect of improving energy trade not only with India but also with Bangladesh. In this regard, The Millennium Challenge Cooperation (MCC) Nepal Compact ushers in a new era in United States-Nepal Partnership, which aims to improve road quality, increase the availability and reliability of electricity, and facilitate cross-border electricity trade between Nepal and India.
The MCC Nepal Compact and bilateral power trade with Bangladesh will be an opportunity for Nepal to improve its connectivity and engage in power trade with India and Bangladesh respectively. Nepal can also benefit from new railway connectivity with another neighbouring country China. The feasibility study for the proposed Kerung-Kathmandu railway project would significantly boost the development of a “cross-Himalayan connectivity network” using transportation, ports for trade, roads and telecommunication. While implementing projects like the BBIN MVA, Nepal should be free from political ties and act in the country’s best interests. Swift implementation of high priority connectivity projects should be first on the agenda, bringing considerable macro economic benefits not limited to generating thousands of jobs for the Nepali people.
Framing Nepal’s relations with China and India: balance or diversify?
Scholars and political leaders, be it within or out of the government, have used various terms to describe the policies Nepal should adopt vis-à-vis China and India. From the evergreen ‘balance’ to short-lived ‘equi-distance’ to now buzz word ‘equi-proximity’ have been put forth. In essence, all these words convey that Nepal should maintain equal relations with both our giant neighbors. This commentary explains why these concepts (about balance) are problematic and Nepal needs a new ‘frame’ to describe our relations with China and India.
Balance: What do we mean?
In the context of Nepali foreign policy, ‘balance’ is a term that is most frequently used by decision-makers, academicians, journalists and the general public. I once talked to a former Prime Minister and asked him about his views on Nepal’s relations with China and India. His brief response was – “China and India are major powers. We need to have balanced relations with both”. It is so commonly used that many do not even feel the need to explain the term. The need for balance is pronounced even more after the India-imposed blockade along the Southern border in 2015. However, what do they refer to by ‘balance’?
First, most Nepali understand ‘balance’ at a strategic level. They feel that India has undue influence in Nepal and frequently applies bullying tactics to meet its interests. India has extensive access/influence over major political, business, security stakeholders, including academicians. To those, ‘balance’ means seeking the help of another big neighbor, China, as a counterweight to ‘excessive’ Indian influence. In doing so, it will increase the leverage of Nepalese domestic actors and hence reduce Indian high-handedness. This is ironic at best and counterproductive at the worst. Inviting a third country to ‘intervene’ to lower interference from another country simply leads to higher, not lower, interference cumulatively.
Second, ‘balance’ typically refers to a trading relationship. The ratio of Nepal’s export to import is 1:14.8 in the first 11 months of the fiscal year 2075/76. This means, for every dollar of export, we import 15 USD worth of goods. The vast proportion of such trade imbalance is with India. During this period, Nepal exported goods worth NPR 56.59 billion to India and imported goods worth NPR. 841.7 billion. While the export-import ratio is the same [it’s primarily because Nepal’s trade with India accounted for 65%]. It is the absolute amount of trade deficit that is concerning to many Nepalese. Many Nepali understand, and correctly, that this over-dependence on India provides enabling environment for extensive Indian influence. Hence, trade with other countries, especially China, should be increased to reduce such over-dependence. A similar case can be made for investment (China has become the largest investor in Nepal in recent years) or aid. However, the irony is that Nepal’s export-import ratio with China is 1:95. Hence, increased trade with China has furthered the trade deficit, not created ‘balance’.
Third, and related to the second, is ‘balance’ in terms of Nepal’s connectivity. Given the geographic location of Nepal, as of now, our access to the rest of the world is mostly through India and Indian ports. Therefore, India virtually has a monopoly over Nepal’s connectivity and supply of petroleum products. Hence, opening trading and connectivity links though China is understood as a ‘balance’. This intensified after the 2015 Indian blockade and resulted in multiple agreements of trade, transit, and connectivity between Nepal and China. In saying that, the connectivity with China will not come cheap.
Is Balance Possible?
The relation between any two countries is guided by the interests of the thus involved countries. Therefore, the relation between any two pairs of the country is never the same. Nepal has its dynamics concerning India and China.
Geographically, the Southern neighbor is easily accessible. Even the infrastructure along the Southern border is better than along the Himalayas. In line with geography, the population of Nepal is also concentrated along the Southern plain. Culturally, India and Nepal largely share the same civilizational roots, religion, linguistic origins, and social values. Nepal has a ‘roti-beti’ [bread and marriage] relations with India. The close socio-cultural ties along with open-border mean the movement of people across the border is thick. Varanasi was/is a major educational/religious center for the Nepalis and so is Pashupatinath and others for Indians.
Even in economic terms, Nepal trades five times more with India than with China. If we include the trade via India as well, the ratio will be even higher. Hundreds of thousands of Nepali workers migrate to India for work and education. A similar number of Indians enter Nepal for work and investment opportunities. A significant proportion of Nepalis can speak or understand Hindi/Bhojpuri and watch Indian TV channels.
Even in technical terms, Nepal’s resources are too limited to engage in a ‘balancing’ game or make any major impact on the overall balance of power in the region. Neither is our diplomatic practices sophisticated enough to handle the risks associated with having to balance the two powers.
Both China and India have their interests in Nepal and Nepal has different interests in engaging with the two neighbors. Nepal should engage with them based on the actual premise of the relations, and not compare one to the other. When we frame our foreign policy as ‘balance’, we are weighing the importance/influence of those two countries. The interests of those two powers are different; the socio-cultural, economic, strategic context of Nepal’s relations with the two powers is different. Then, why should we put the relations between those two neighbors on the same scale and try to ‘balance’ them out?
Also, it is equally important in diplomacy how the other partner understands the policy or framing. India is wary of increasing Chinese presence/influence in the South Asian Region. In such a context, India likely understands Nepali ‘balance’ as an attempt to tilt away from India towards China. Hence, it is likely to resist such policies using every means available. This will provide fuel to further skepticism of Nepalis among Indian policy-makers. Increase in distrust with a major partner is not something that is in Nepal’s interest.
Diversification, not balance!
While balance may not be possible or desirable, all three understandings of ‘balance’ are relevant. Nepal cannot simply be passive and accept Indian domination as a ‘revenge of geography’. The common point in all three understandings of ‘balance’ is the need for diversification: diversify engagement of neighbors (and other major powers), trade/aid/investment or connectivity. They are not about reducing/increasing the influence of one neighbor vis-à-vis another but not being over-dependent on anyone so that Nepal retains diplomatic independence as required by the constitution of Nepal. Today, we have trade over-dependence on India. Soon, we might have investment over-dependence on China. Neither of them is healthy for Nepalese diplomacy even though some might suggest that creates balance between China and India.
Unlike in ‘balancing’, which is a zero-sum game, Nepal need not work towards reducing the role or significance of one neighbor against the other if it follows ‘diversification’. Instead, it can improve its trade and strategic relations with other members, as diversification is not a zero-sum game, while keeping the relations with others at the same level.
‘Balancing’ is a term loaded with strategic (and military) connotation, meaning chances of mistrust are higher. Meanwhile, ‘diversification’ has an economic connotation where cooperation is easier to achieve compared to strategic issues. Also, the ‘diversification’ is less threatening to the interest of dominant power than ‘balancing’. This could make India less skeptical about Nepalese intentions. While both may not have major differences in policies, the impact of the change in framing could make it easier for the implementation of the policy and therefore the impact of such framing should not be underestimated.
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- 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- 2 cups white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- In a large non-reactive saucepan, crush the blueberries with a potato masher or back of a large spoon. Stir in vinegar and sugar; bring to a boil and stir until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Pour the mixture into 1-quart jar or storage container; cover and refrigerate 48 hours to allow flavors to blend.
- In a fine wire sieve, strain blueberry mixture pressing out as much liquid as possible; discard solids. Line the sieve with cheesecloth and strain out finer particles. Pour vinegar into a glass bottle or jar and cover. Refrigerate.
Preparation time: 48 hours including marinating time
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Uses: vinaigrettes; marinades and glazes for red meat and game; barbecue sauces; beverages
Yield: 1-1/2 cups

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Justice Gurang Kant issued notices to some media houses and directed them to file a reply. These media houses were impleaded by the court earlier.
The bench also directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file a status report. The counsel for the agency submitted that the ED is not required to file a reply.
The bench also asked the counsel for the petitioner Vijay Nair if he still wishes to pursue the petition as he has already been protected by the order of the High Court passed on November 21, 2022.
The matter has been listed on October 11 for further hearing. During the hearing, advocate Nisha Bhambhani, counsel for Broadcaster and Digital Association (NBDSA), informed the court that as per the direction of the court, a report has been filed. She also submitted that only three media house parties to the matter are its members and they did not violate the code.
On November 21, the High Court directed news channels to adhere to the guidelines governing them and to ensure that all broadcasts carried while reporting liquor scam case are based on official press releases by the investigation agencies.
The bench had also issued notice to 5 channels impleaded by Vijay Nair. He alleged that the sensitive information related to the case is being leaked to the media.
While hearing the petition moved by businessman Vijay Nair, the bench of Justice Yashwant Varma passed the above directions.
The bench also perused the status report and heard the submissions made by the counsel for the CBI and ED. The counsel for CBI had submitted that the agency issued 3 press releases. The press releases do not contain what has been broadcast.
ED’s counsel said that they did not issue any press releases. Justice Verma asked the counsels, Where from they are getting the information? The counsel replied that the channels only answer this.
Advocate Nisha Bhambhani, the counsel for News Broadcaster and Digital Standard Authority (NBDSA) submitted that some of the channels are not their partners. We are not monitoring what they broadcast.
“If self-regulation is a mere eyewash, then why should we not disband you?,” Justice Varma had asked the counsel for NBDSA while expressing displeasure over the reporting made by news channels.
The bench asked the counsel about certain channels and whether they are members or not. Where from they are getting the information related to disclosure made to CBI?
You call them and ask them. The counsel for NBDSA said that I can communicate and ask them to remove the content.
The counsel had submitted that some of the channels are members of the News NBDA. I won’t be able to tell where from they are getting the information.
After noting the submission the bench directed to Implead NBDA and examine what has been broadcasted.
The court had also said the broadcast in the instant matter was not according to the press releases issued and in accordance with the guidelines and directives. This constrained the petitioner to approach this court.
This is not a case where atleast at this stage it can be said that the information was collectively leaked or provided by the investigating agencies,” the bench said.
“….What the news channels publish has to be in line with the disclosures made by CBI, ED…it could be something which is reflected from order, where are they getting from?” It asked.
Meanwhile, the court directs NBDSA to examine whether the channel complied with the guidelines
Businessman Vijay Nair had approached the Delhi High Court alleging that the sensitive information related to his case is being leaked to the media by the CBI and ED and it is prejudicing his right as an accused.
Nair is an accused and in the custody of ED. He has been granted bail in the CBI case. (ANI)

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THIS IS MY 100TH POST EVER AND IT’S ON CHRISTMAS EVE!
And my 100th post is one of the best candy recipes ever!
We make this every Christmas. Actually my mom made it. I’ve been eating it…
These caramels are buttery, have three types of nuts in them, and need to be cut super small, because otherwise you will just have a huge wad of caramel in your mouth.
Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it is a little hard to chew.
I promise, they only take a few minutes to put together and they’re always everyone’s favorite. Recipes that are super easy and that everyone loves=something you should make rn.
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*Recipe slightly adapted from Taste of Home*
1 c. walnut halves
1 c. pecan halves
1 c. hazelnuts
1 tsp. butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. heavy whipping cream
1/2 c. light corn syrup
Place walnuts, pecans, and hazelnuts in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake at 350*F until you smell the nuts, and they are toasty brown. Cool. Line an 8 in. square pan with foil, and grease with butter. Set aside.
In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, cream, and corn syrup. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Stir in toasted nuts. Cook, without stirring until candy thermometer reads 238* (soft-ball stage). Remove from heat. Stir with a wooden spoon until creamy and thickened. Quickly spread into prepared pan; cool. Cover, refrigerate for 8 hours or more. Lift candy out using the foil. Discard foil. Cut into little squares. Place in mini cupcake liners to keep from sticking. Keep in an airtight container.
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Disaster response agencies have urged the government to invest on the modernization of their communication equipment in order to make more efficient services.
This was among the topics during the recently concluded Radshow 2016 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City that highlighted communication tools as a critical component for disaster management and response.
Engr. Cecile Oreta-Rivera, president of Commercial & Amateur Radio Transceivers and Dealers Association of the Philippines Inc. (CARTDAPI), said communication is an aid that a must have during disaster response.
“Two-way radios have proven to be reliable tools that helped us reach victims and communities in emergency situations,” she said.
Ritchie Angeles, chief of Pasig City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM), added that the disaster-response tools should adapt to the evolving kinds of calamities.
“Two-way radio has been there for many years, but disasters are evolving. I believe that communication should also evolve. We should also use latest technologies of communication out there if we want to ensure our constituents that help would arrive,” he said.
Today’s two-way radios offer a lot of modern features but the national government is not keen on spending for this technology, Angeles said.
He lauded the Pasig City, which slammed by the disastrous typhoon “Ondoy” in 2009, for having a modernized disaster management where the local government allots some five percent of its annual budget to reduce the risk and mitigating the impact of disasters.
Pasig has its City Command Center to centralize response to incidents, and over 200 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and weather gauging sensors.
Angeles said the national government could do the same if they do not have the mindset of purchasing cheap equipment.
“The Philippines is not lagging in terms of technology because all the modern models are already here. The only question is who will buy them, who have the political will to invest to ensure good services?” he said.
“Our government has always had the mentality to buy cheap equipment. But if you want a very robust, a really strong and ready to go communication technology, you really have to invest to it. Let’s aim for something better,” he said.
David Lum, director of Asia Pacific & Middle East Regulatory, product and support operations for Motorola, said modern two-way radios have been significantly effective in the US, Europe and Australia to save lives.
The communication device also helped the counties to bounce back from any disaster because it minimized the loss of life and impact on the economy.
“…because a lot of respondents use this technology, it helps them improve on the decision-making and allows for the first person to immediately report what are the situation on the ground so the government officials can then make orders very quickly,” he said. (MJD)


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Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that metastatic cancer cells can reprogram their metabolism to thrive in new organs, the university announced.
Specifically, the research shows that cells originating from colorectal cancer change their dietary habits to capitalize on the high levels of fructose often found in the liver, according to a university article.
The finding offers both general and specific insights into new ways of fighting metastatic cancer. It appears April 26 in the journal Cell Metabolism.
Cancer becomes much more deadly once it spreads to different parts of the body, yet treatments don't take their location into account, according to the article.
"Genetically speaking, colon cancer is colon cancer no matter where it goes," explained Xiling Shen, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Duke. "But that doesn't mean that it can't respond to a new environment. We had a hunch that such a response might not be genetic, but metabolic in nature."
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Michael Davis, director of the Children's Heart Research and Outcomes Center (HeRO) under the Georgia Tech and Emory University's Department of Biomedical Engineering is using stem cell research, predictive medicine models and 3D printing to treat pediatric cardiology issues.
According to a Georgia Tech article, a few years ago, Davis noticed that during bypass surgery, small amounts of tissue were being removed to run the bypass tubing into the heart, and surgeons were throwing it away after removal.
Davis, a BMES member, asked and was granted permission to use the tissue in his research lab for stem cell studies, according to the article. Davis began extracting and quantifying the stem cells, eventually finding that the young cells had more reparative qualities, and when injected into damaged tissue, released healing proteins.
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At Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's medical school commencement Surgeon-Scientist Dr. Cato T. Laurencin was bestowed an honorary Doctor of Science degree.
The honorary degree's citation proclaims, "Doctor Cato T. Laurencin, for your revolutionary impact on the fields of biomaterials, stem cell science, nanotechnology, drug delivery systems, and regenerative engineering, for advancing our ability to treat diseases and heal injuries, and for inspiring important lines of inquiry now and in the future, it is a privilege to confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa."
Laurencin is a BMES fellow.
Liquid assembly line to produce drug microparticles
University of Pennsylvania engineers developed a microfluidic system in which more than ten thousand of these devices run in parallel, all on a silicon-and-glass chip that can fit into a shirt pocket, to produce a paradigm shift in microparticle manufacturing, according to a Penn Bioengineering post.
The team, led by David Issadore, Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, outlined the design of their system in the journal Nature Communications. Issadore is a BMES member.
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Research from the lab of Pamela Kreeger, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has identified one way ovarian cancer cells appear to successfully spread.
The work, detailed in a paper published May 8, 2018, in Cancer Research, could lead to new therapies to curb metastasis of these tumors. Kreeger is a BMES member.
"Like most cancers, it's not the primary tumor that's usually the problem. It's the spread of the tumor to nearby organs that leads to serious complications," Kreeger said in a university article. "So if you can slow that process down, it's possible the patient will live longer and/or have a better quality of life."
U of Texas professor Jiang to develop new platform for cancer immune therapy
Jenny Jiang, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, has received a new grant to develop an integrated platform that will identify T cell receptors to treat cancer.
The grant is from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Jiang is a BMES member.
T cell receptor-based adoptive cell transfer therapy involves isolating cancer antigen specific T cell receptors, engineering them into patient derived T cells, and reinfusing these T cells back into patients to treat disease, according to a university article.
While recent successes have generated excitement in the research community, the lack of an efficient tool for isolating therapeutic T cell receptors has limited this approach.
Jiang's team will develop an integrated technology to speed up the process of therapeutic T cell receptor identification and validation. The research aims to establish a foundation for a paradigm shift in future cancer immune therapy, as well as make T cell receptor-based adoptive cell transfer therapy applicable to more kinds of cancers and more patients.

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I'm a Celebrity winner Giovanna Fletcher is celebrating a cosy Christmas back at home with her husband, McFly star Tom Fletcher, and their three sons.
They have Buzz, six, Buddy, four, and Max two, and the couple looked festive and happy as they donned matching pyjamas and posed for a selfie.
Tom posted the cute snap on his Instagram as they cuddled up together on a festive blanket, and wrote: "Clashing into Christmas," alongside it.
Giovanna and Tom live in Tier 4 and so have been unable to see their extended family this year, a fact that must be even harder for Giovanna since she won I'm a Celeb just three weeks ago.
She has seen her brother, TOWIE star Mario Falcone, for a brief doorstop visit, but has not been able to properly hug her family since two weeks before her castle stint began, as contestants were required to self-isolate.
Tom also posted a snap of the three boys looking up their chimney on Christmas Eve, eagerly awaiting Santa's arrival.
The family's six stockings were hanging in the fireplace, all embroidered with the names of who they belonged to.
Tom captioned the adorable photo: "Final chimney check".
And on the big day itself, Tom and one of the boys were getting stuck in to their gifts already.
Tom posted a photo of father and son playing on their brand new Nintendo Switch, and joked: "See you next christmas".
Music must run in the family, too, as he also posted an adorable video on Christmas Eve of the boys dressed up in festive pyjamas and Santa hats, dancing around and playing guitar while Tom sang Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town and played piano.
Over on Giovanna's Instagram, Tom looked decidedly less pleased in a photo that demonstrated the children's gift of a Spider-Man web shooter.
His face and glasses covered in the blue string, Tom looked full of regret, still in his festive pyjamas, as Giovanna wrote: "Father Christmas got the kids Spider-Man webshooters... shotgun, I’m not clearing this up... MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

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Unfortunately they can scratch and peck bare spots in your yard and destroy landscaping. Gardens are in great danger if the hens are allowed to roam there, especially if any plants are setting fruit. Chickens will even fly up into your fruit trees and eat the ripe fruit just before you get any.
But chickens have been a mainstay of homesteaders for centuries and are a wonderful supply of fresh eggs and meat. It's very rewarding to go out each day and collect the bounty your hens have produced for you. Eggs are used in many recipes and dishes and are very versatile. The meat produced by birds raised just for that purpose is a delicious meat that is also very versatile and is used in many wonderful meals.
Kinds Of Birds
There are meat birds which are bred and grown only for producing large quantities of meat. The big white birds you see on some farms are usually what end up in your local grocery store. They do not lay eggs because they do not live over about 8 week of age. There are other large breeds that are not bred for fast growth but do produce a lot of meat and mature later. Any of these can be grown in your back yard for your own meat raised just how you like it.
The egg laying breeds do not produce as much meat as those birds grown for that purpose but are far superior in quantities of eggs. These breeds can produce white, brown and blue or green eggs. There are variances in color from light brown to medium and dark brown, blue, green, and even hints of red and pink eggs. Each bird produces it's own shade of color so if you have one that lays a pretty blue color she will always lay that shade unless something goes wrong.
Some of the main laying breeds are the Rhode Island Red, Black Australorpe, Barred Plymouth Rock, Buff Orpington, and the Red or Black Sexlinks for brown eggs and the White Leghorn and Brown Leghorn for white eggs. There are, of course, many other breeds that lay eggs as well.
Keeping your own hens in your back yard, whether in the city or the country will involve a hen house or coop. These can be bought ready-made to set in your yard and add hens or if you like doing things your way you can build one yourself without too much effort. Find plans and ideas in these books:
Raising your own birds is very rewarding but it is a lot of work. The main things are a warm and clean environment. A brooder box can be as simple as a plastic tote or cardboard box or as elegant as a brooder bought just for chicks. Any heat lamp will work as long as it can be securely fastened where it will keep the chicks at the correct temperature. Bedding may consist of chopped cardboard or shredded paper which will absorb liquids well but will need changed frequently, or pine shavings or sawdust which work better. Proper feed and water should always be kept in front of them. If you want to try your hand at raising your own chicks there are many resources available to you. One of them is:

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Estero-based Hertz tries again to get approval for employee incentive plan
Hertz has proposed a new employee incentive plan that he hopes will win over a skeptical bankruptcy court judge.
In a court brief on Wednesday, Estero-based Hertz Global Holdings said it “was considering dropping the incentive plans altogether” after Judge Mary Walrath quashed them, calling them “offensive.”
While this would have been the “easiest course” to take, Hertz argued that it wouldn’t have been the best.
Now the car rental company is seeking court approval for a single plan – and that plan excludes most of its top brass.
In her decision after a hours-long hearing last month, Walrath said she found the plan Hertz proposed for his upper echelon particularly offensive because they had already received hefty retention payments days before Hertz filed for bankruptcy. , even though they “were” I’m entitled to it. “
The judge also asked if the plans were really incentive.
Citing the judge’s “strong statements”, Hertz said in his brief that he had decided to “postpone consideration” of the plan he was proposing to his senior executives until 2021.
The company is still hoping to get court approval of a plan for other mission-critical employees, which it has amended based on concerns raised by the judge.
While Walrath rejected the initial plans, she left the door open for Hertz to come back with revisions, continuing last month’s hearing – and her final decision – at a later date.
Previous coverage: Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Hertz Employee Incentive Plans
The new plan reduces the rewards offered for all senior vice presidents and vice presidents by 20%. It would include three of the high-level employees who were originally part of the other plan that is on hold.
Hertz argued that incentives are essential to motivate and retain employees in its executive ranks – and necessary to reward them for their hard work during difficult times as the company struggles to extricate itself from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. .
Critics, however, called the incentives unnecessary and wasteful, saying they would use scarce funds.
The new incentive plan would include 291 employees – 65 senior vice presidents / vice presidents and 226 principals / senior managers.
Together, these employees could earn more than $ 8.2 million in incentive compensation if Hertz achieves its highest performance goals. That’s a drop of about $ 1 million from what the company originally offered as a maximum payout.
In his court case, Hertz said he also changed or removed settings that the judge deemed “problematic” and provided “additional evidence” to show that the goals to which the incentive rewards are tied are difficult to achieve.
“This analysis clearly shows that not only does achieving the goals require significant effort, but that the economic benefits to estates of achieving this far outweigh the cost of the programs,” the company said.
Additionally, Hertz argues that retention programs and incentive programs are “fundamentally different, and not mutually exclusive” and that it is common for companies to use both, even if they are bankrupt in the past. chapter 11.
The recent employee departures are “a stark reminder” of why the incentive plan is necessary and important, the company said.
Hertz said it has already seen more voluntary departures of employees with one or more managerial titles this year than in 2019, despite a “tough job market.”
Recently, the company appointed its third CFO in two months.
“These departures occurred at a time when debtors most needed the dedicated service of their key employees,” Hertz said.
While 85% of employees included in the new incentive plan received loyalty bonuses, Hertz said those bonuses have “proven to be insufficient” with proposed participants continuing to voluntarily resign, even if it means they have to surrender their loyalty. bonuses.
After taking a hard hit from the coronavirus pandemic, Hertz filed for bankruptcy on May 22 in Delaware under a mound of debt.
The Hertz Corp. operates the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands, with thousands of branches and franchises across the country.
Parent company Hertz Global also owns Donlen, an Illinois-based US fleet rental and management company, which is included in bankruptcy filings.
Hertz has some 18,000 employees across the country, including Southwest Florida.


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Saturday, January 23, 2016
New Recipe for January
One of my resolutions is to try a new recipe every month. Last week, I made something I have been meaning to try for ages - homemade miso soup. I love miso soup. It doesn't have many calories and in winter, it is hot and comforting. To control the salt, I used a low sodium sweet miso and a low sodium tamari sauce. Here are the ingredients:
They include two kinds of sea veggies - kombu for making a dashi which is Japanese broth and wakame to add with the tofu to the broth. To make a dashi, one brings a piece of kombu and 5 cups of water to a boil. Take it off the heat, discard the kombu and pour the hot water over 1/2 cup of bonito flakes. Let that steep for 10 minutes and strain.
Then dissolve 3 tablespoons of miso in the broth, add green onions, tofu and wakame and simmer. If it is too bland, add a few tablespoons of tamari. It is that easy, low calorie and really satisfying.


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Water is a non-ionized vapor which occurs to some extent at about 100,000°F (3900°C) and may be liquid at this temperature without increasing the volume of the liquid to something greater than about two to three microns.
Water is not a gas, which means it does not form a liquid as a gas does. In other words, it does not form a “critical temperature” beyond which no reaction of any sort takes place — it’s a non-gas. But that does not mean water does not have a temperature. What does mean is that it is about 100 oC (212°F) hotter than the boiling point of water, and at that temperature it is a liquid at which reaction can take place.
What is the “critical temperature”?
“Initiated by the chemical reaction at a critical temperature, water can flow.”
You have heard this phrase used in several ways. Let me give you one of them:
The temperature required to melt a solid block without being vaporized by fire is the critical temperature. For water, it is 0.8°C/3°F (200°F/100°C).
I realize what you may think of this statement, namely “Water is a gas” but it’s a bit hard to understand the meaning. To clarify, this means that water’s liquid is liquid at about 0.8°C/3°F, and it will become a gas at about the same temperature. So, in a vacuum, the temperature will be at the bottom of the container. This might not be what you expect.
What is the “critical temperature” without being vaporized by fire?
In order to be a gas without being vaporized by fire it needs to be about the temperature at which it can flow without the possibility of boiling. Thereby it can be called a vapor pressure.
What is the “critical temperature” while being vaporized?
It turns out that while being vaporized, water is about the same temperature, because the volume of the air surrounding it is not more than 2 microns deep. The question then arises if one takes the temperature of water while being vaporized (or more precisely if a volume of water is removed from the air), as it is much lower than the temperature one would normally expect (since water is a gas, only 1/2 of it is in liquid form, not its vapor form).

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Contact: Craig D'Ooge (202) 707-9189
October 7, 1993
Three Syndicated Fiction Award Winners to Read at the Library of Congress
Rick Bass, Joshua Henkin, and Rosa Shand, authors of three of the Syndicated Fiction Project's 1992 annual best short stories, will read their award-winning stories on Thursday, November 4. The program is co-sponsored by the Library's Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund and the Syndicated Fiction Project and will be presented at 6:45 p.m. in the Mumford Room on the sixth floor Madison Building. The stories were judged by author Herbert Gold.
Immediately following the reading, the audience is invited to attend a reception for the authors in the ground-level foyer of the Madison Building. The reception, co-sponsored with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, will celebrate the opening of "Language of the Land: Journeys into Literary America," a traveling exhibition made possible by a generous grant from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund.
"Language of the Land," part of the Center's Literary Heritage of the States project, will be on view at the Library of Congress until January 17, 1994. It will also travel throughout America under the auspices of 16 affiliated state centers for the book.
Rick Bass, who will read "The Valley," lives in a valley in Troy, Montana, and he is the author of a short story collection, The Watch, as well as five books of natural history, the most recent of which is The Ninemile Wolves. In February of 1994, Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence will publish a collection of his novellas, Platte River. Mr. Bass is currently at work on a novel, Where the Sea Used to Be. His fiction has appeared in many anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Prize Stories, New Stories from the South, the Pushcart Prize stories, New American Short Stories, and Best of the West.
Joshua Henkin, whose prize-winning story is "Juggling," was born in 1964 and grew up in New York City. He was educated at Harvard College and at the M.F.A. program at the University of Michigan, where he won the Avery and Julie Hopwood Award in the categories of Short Fiction, Novel, and Essay, and the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship in Creative Writing. He is third- prize winner of the 1992 Playboy Fiction Contest. Mr. Henkin's essays and reviews have been published in many periodicals, including The New York Times Book Review, Mother Jones, and The Nation, and his short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in The Southern Review, The Massachusetts Review, The Cimarron Review, The Seattle Review, The Greensboro Review, Witness, and Ploughshares, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he is at work on a novel. Rosa Shand, who will read "A Good Place Smelled Like Woodsmoke," grew up in Columbia, South Carolina, and has a B.A. degree from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia. In 1991 she won the Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Prize for an African story, and she received "Special Mention" in the Pushcart Prize #17. She has twice this year been a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and will be a fellow during the holidays this year at Yaddo, in Saratoga Springs, New York. Ms. Shand's story, "A Good Place Smelled Like Woodsmoke," is part of a collection of African stories she has recently completed.
The stories to be read are prize winners in a special competition of the Syndicated Fiction Project. This program is the seventh Syndicated Fiction Award winners reading presented at the Library of Congress in association with the Project. The Syndicated Fiction Project, directed by Caroline Marshall and based in Washington, D.C., was launched by the National Endowment for the Arts and American PEN under the direction of Richard Harteis in 1982 to make high-quality short fiction available to a broad, nationwide audience.
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Lately I have been on this kick with Avocados. They can add so much more to a simple dish and the creaminess of a good fresh avocado just leaves my taste buds begging for more. One of my favorite meals as a kid was BLT’s, I mean really who doesn’t like anything with bacon in it. I was in the mood the other night so I went to the store and bought some goods and decided to amp up the regular BLT and created my own A+ BLT. The “A” stands for…. you guessed it (so smart).. Avocado. The “+” is for the Chipotle Mayo that I add to the sandwich to give it a little needed heat and thus the A+ BLT was born. You have to try it!
An easy BLT sandwich recipe with turkey bacon, roma tomatoes and avocado.
- 1 lb. Turkey Bacon (or Low Sodium Bacon)
- 2–3 Roma Tomatoes
- Red Leaf Lettuce
- 2 Avocados
- Sourdough Bread
- 4 T. Mayo
- 1 Chipotle Chili minced (from can of La Costena Chipotle Peppers in Adobe sauce)
- 1 tsp. of adobe sauce from can of chipotles
- Heat oven to 350.
- Place bacon onto a baking rack positioned over a baking sheet.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes. (Cooking bacon this way renders the most fat and is easy clean up.. no more crazy amounts of paper towels)
- Stir together mayo and chipotle peppers.
- Assemble BLT to your liking and ENJOY!
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I work as a tradesman in construction here, in this beautiful country, and I must say there is no reason almost every tradesman in my company should be on a work permit; maybe a couple, maybe, but not the majority in this day and age.
I am watching the news about the ‘biggest stories of 2019’ and one of the stories is, of course, the port, the father of the red herrings your government wants you to focus on. If a port is in place how many jobs will it create? Hundreds possibly? And what is the purpose of people coming to the island? To spend money? To invest back into an economy to grow.
Who will build the houses for this growing economy that this port has funded? Who will build this port? Who will build the roads and its related infrastructure? Who will literally build the rest of the island? Not the Caymanians, because their government has intentionally ignored this ageing issue of the dumpster fire that is this island’s education system and it is appalling.
Think about this fact for one minute: there is proof of established trade/artisan schools in the world since before Christ’s birth! We are in 2020 and there is not an established trade school in this country!
The wealthiest country in the Caribbean! Why? It’s not the money. You could easily have a for-profit school system here just like they have all over the world and they are very successful … so why hasn’t it happened?
Absolutely no good reason except that your government is not doing their job. Building a port, gay marriage or whatever the government has got you intentionally concerned about this month is not even on a comparable scale to not having a basic education in a country as well off as this one. You should have my job! I’m with you!

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GM Offers $25,000 Reward to Nab Those Hanging Nooses in Plant
Style Magazine Newswire | 2/15/2019, 3:37 p.m.
General Motors says it is offering a $25,000 reward to anyone who has information about racist graffiti and nooses found at a plant in Toledo, Ohio, nearly two years ago. The reward, which GM said it put up in January, follows a story the Free Press first reported in November that nine black workers are suing GM, alleging the carmaker has allowed racial discrimination and failed to take prompt corrective action after the workers reported acts of racism at the GM Powertrain & Fabrications plant in Toledo. The lawsuit was filed in September and the racial incidents started in spring of 2017. GM said its reward is offered through a CrimeStoppers program administered by Toledo police and the FBI. An attorney for the litigants did not reply to a request for comment. GM has said it has taken several steps to address the improper behavior, even stopping production to train workers on antiharassment and antidiscrimination policies after a noose was found in March 2017.