Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Thanks for visiting Kainan Miranda has been selected to join the executive team and lead government relations for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Hawai‘i and Palmyra Miranda returns to Hawai‘i after serving in Washington as Senior Policy Advisor for natural resources and conservation to Hawaiʻi Congressman Ed Case “We are delighted to welcome Kainan as Director of External Affairs,” says Ulalia Woodside Executive Director of TNC Hawai‘i and Palmyra “He has demonstrated a deep commitment to caring for the ‘āina and fostering meaningful partnerships throughout Hawai‘i to advance conservation goals and ensure the sustainability of our precious ecosystems Miranda will help further the essential policies that enable and fund conservation through direct interaction with local “I am excited to play a role in advancing The Nature Conservancy’s vision for conservation in Hawai‘i and Palmyra,” says Miranda “I have seen first-hand the impact our innovative community-led approach to conservation management can have I look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with stakeholders and policy makers in caring for the ‘āina.”   Miranda has a proven track record of success at the federal level He stewarded Congressman Case’s efforts to enact critical legislation such as the Coral Reef Conservation Act reauthorization and the Ka‘ena Point National Heritage Area Act as well as advanced efforts to study whether to establish a National Forest in Hawaiʻi His leadership in expanding protections in Papahānaumokuākea and the Pacific Remote Islands demonstrates his dedication to preserving Hawai‘i’s natural heritage for future generations As Congressman Case’s Appropriations Coordinator Miranda played a central role in securing tens of millions of dollars in federal appropriations for conservation activities in Hawai‘i Miranda was raised in the hills and grasslands of Waimea on Hawai‘i Island in International Political Economy from Pitzer College in Claremont he is excited to return to a lifestyle that includes mauka and makai including both ocean visits and hiking Hawai‘i’s trails Please view the main text area of the page by skipping the main menu. The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser Japanese version The couple behind the Eater Award-winning Filipino food cart share their go-to doughnut spots Welcome to Dining Confidential, a monthly column in which local chefs talk about their favorite restaurants, bars, and cafes in Portland, highlighting their own restaurant’s ethos and sharing fun personal takes. Know of a chef you’d like to see featured? Let us know via our tip line Ethan and Geri Leung, the husband and wife team who own the Eater Award-winning Filipino food cart Baon Kainan, have spent the first third of the year focusing on community and culture. The Leungs are major players in Sobrang Sarap April’s monthlong celebration of Filipino food across 16 Portland restaurants “It’s a food month that’s recognized in the Philippines The project blossomed out of the recent founding of Kolectivo, a collective started by Magna, Sun Rice, and Tikim; the Leungs look forward to getting involved with the collective as much as possible in the coming years “There was a need for a third space for the FilAm community — a place where we can finally come together “We hope we can inspire more Filipino American businesses and create a blueprint so that more people can do this.” We met with the Leungs at Kolectivo to chat over coffee and bibingka where they also filled us in on their picks for post-shift sushi Can you talk a bit more about Kolectivo and the way you feel its founders are reflective of the spirit and style of Baon Kainan chef Carlo (Lamagna of Magna) and Ethan are all very similar and really strive to do the same thing with Filipino food: starting out traditional and classic but elevating it to a place that’s uniquely personal to them We’re not just a homogeneous group of Filipinos who can cook Ethan Leung: A common theme when people think of Filipino food is that it needs to taste or be presented a certain way. With us, Carlo, TJ, Makulit GL: Makulit’s another cart we gotta mention because they’re walking distance from where we live and we love their food Xrysto (Castillo) and Mike (Bautista) are doing great things — they’re just so fun and kind Have you tried anything new or exciting recently GL: A couple of things have been on my mind. The egg salad sandwich with caviar at Canard last October. My mind was blown. Last summer for Ethan’s birthday, we went to L’Orange and had a crepe loaded with crab and crusty cheese and citrus sauce I want to go again and see what they’re working on EL: Sushi Hada GL: We’ve actually been going there quite a lot after our shifts end and don’t interact with anyone after a ten-hour shift so we recharge by having quiet time and not talking too — sweet potato tempura or deep-fried asparagus with cream cheese can you throw each other under the bus a little bit and share any embarrassing eating habits GL: Ethan will just have ice cream for dinner I’d be like ‘what do you wanna do?’ and he’d say ‘ice cream,’ deadpan EL: It’s either mint chocolate ice cream or a bag of Lay’s sour cream and onion chips GL: We’ll have pizza three days in a row, especially now that we’re next to Paladin Pie I always veer toward something with mushrooms Are there any local Portland products you cook with at home EL: We use Ota Tofu a lot GL: We live near Market of Choice and it’s nice to see a lot of local brands there I feel good that most of the things we buy there are local GL: Less and More I love anything with a thick foam or custard on top GL: For breakfast, we’re coffee and doughnuts people. We go to Deadstock EL: Kalesa Coffee GL: Heyday. Delicious Donuts — we love that family We introduced ourselves and Penny (Nguyen) who owns it was like ‘What? ‘I’m gonna be by today and order a lot.’ She came through and ordered so much We had to source a box for her to carry it They have really good doughnuts and they’re really good people and so supportive to the community This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity '#' : location.hash;window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery = location.search === '' && location.href.slice(0 location.href.length - window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash.length).indexOf('?') !== -1 '?' : location.search;if (window.history && window.history.replaceState) {var ogU = location.pathname + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash;history.replaceState(null "\/keep-your-friends-close-and-your-enemies-closer\/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=tIEjBG4lKWxSTw_J8Gm9fJHe3VE2zcyIvFzdQq3W_VU-1746531052-1.0.1.1-tFjsNrDPrfYdzCg5woBvv_yw5R0zZIJA1ZqMwtKq6tA" + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash);cpo.onload = function() {history.replaceState(null ogU);}}document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(cpo);}()); The ad-free version is ready for purchase on iOS mobile app today we couldn't find that page";var n=e.querySelector("h2");return n&&n.remove(),{staticContent:e,title:t}},d=function(e){var t=document.createElement("button");return t.innerText=e,t.classList.add("error-page-button"),t},f=function(e){var t=document.createElement("div");t.id="recirculation-404",t.classList.add("brand-hint-bg");var n="\n \n \n Tick here if you would like us to send you the author’s response His loved ones and friends have poured their hearts out after losing Kainan Dayus Touching tributes have been share since his sad loss make up his own jokes and spend time with family and friends I grieve quietly but I will remember him loudly Read Next: We tried the new A30 and there's a big problem with the layout Read Next: Man given 'LEGO eviction notice' has collection worth thousands She also wrote: "He was a fierce warrior but also a Mummy's boy and didn't care who knew it He had my name tattooed on his leg above a diamond I asked him why he didn't just get the word 'Mum' tattooed people wouldn't know who you were'." My life will never ever be the same without you Please stay with me until I’m back with you Get the best stories and latest news delivered to your inbox every day. Choose what you want here Phil Pellow wrote: "I'll miss our chats, the infectious laugh, the popping in five times a day. You are a legend always burned into our hearts. Rest easy friend King Kain Kernow the Cornish gypsy king." Tom Blaney: "Another one gone way too soon There will only ever be one Kainan Kernow." Chantelle Williams shared a heartfelt message on behalf of her dad Sometimes there are no words for the man who lit up a room before he entered it The man who made you smile even though your world was falling apart You brought laughter and joy to so many and you always put others first before yourself "You were the soul of a party and you made people feel they belonged but you made sure it was never about you When you were struggling we knew but inside those voices you carried cared not you didn’t deserve the pain you carried but you just wanted to feel what others felt on a daily basis "You were let down by the people who were suppose to support you and failed by so many in your times of need Not all angels have wings but I saw yours every time we spoke or made welcoming gestures but for all that you continued to smile regardless where you was you gave me your time and for that I gave you my friendship and my admiration You're probably not aware of this but the way you touched so many in the way that you did you will always leave a handprint in the hearts of so many folk thank you for sharing the time you had with us thank you for kindness to others and most of all thanks for being a friend Go rest now until we all meet again on a sunny day in Cornwall." Gee Lepore shared: "True words about one hell of a guy He was always out to make sure everyone else was happy truly will miss you my friend." Kerry Stevens: "Oh Kainan from that little boy on the left who would love to aggravate his sisters to the politest young man who absolutely adored and protected his family at all times I hope you continue that where ever you will be and your mind is at rest." CornwallLive is now on WhatsApp and we want you to join us we'll send the latest breaking news and biggest stories of the day straight to your phone To join our community, you need to already have WhatsApp. All you need to do is click this link and select 'Join Community' No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the CornwallLive team We also treat our community members to special offers To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'Exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice Click here to join our WhatsApp community He was the one that was always there to protect them the man all his sisters/nieces/nephews looked up too smile and singing voice will stay with us forever We know you’ll carry on protecting your family from above This fundraiser is for Kain's family to go towards his funeral." Crowds gathered to remember Kain and leave floral balloon and other tributes in a touching evening on June 14 on the Penzance promenade Michaela posted subsequently: "I want to thank all that have been a part of Kain's tribute on the promenade It has brought comfort and opened many conversations with strangers "I love you all and appreciate everything The funeral notice adds: "Traditional funeral attire is not required Please do wear something with a splash of colour For those who are unable to attend the ceremony you may wish to pay your respects as Kain's funeral cortege travels along Alexandra Road turning left onto Penzance Promenade at approximately 11.20-11.25am on July 6 "The ceremony at Treswithian Downs Crematorium will also be live streamed for those who cannot attend in person webcast login instructions are listed below all are welcome to return for refreshments at the Lugger Inn and to continue celebrating Kainan's life To view the webcast of the ceremony go to the website watch.obitus.com and enter the username josa6751 and password 748020 The live webcast will be viewable from approximately 11:55am on Saturday Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right have begun popping up at the Portland cart Matta; soon Ethan and Geri Leung moved to Portland for the same reason countless New York, San Francisco, and Seattle chefs do: to slow down. Ethan Leung, who was previously cooking at Seattle’s buzzy hotel restaurant Ben Paris lived the life of a chef in a demanding market: 12 all with the high pressure of working in a traditional restaurant kitchen making dishes like smoked salmon sinigang and ube panna cotta But after coming down to visit Matta power couple Richard and Sophia Le the Leungs realized they wanted to do something for themselves on their terms in a way that allowed them to live the life they wanted “To see Matta do what they do so very well that really opened my eyes,” Ethan Leung says Baon Kainan will land in Portland as a food cart and seasonal dishes like wintertime arroz caldo Baon Kainan is an exploration of the foods both Ethan and Geri ate growing up as Filipino Americans While Ethan pivoted into professional cooking after a short-lived career in engineering Geri grew up cooking at home for her younger brother absorbing what she could from the Food Network and a “ratty old binder of recipes,” including her mother’s Filipino dishes After Ethan’s first year cooking professionally he felt compelled to attempt the food he ate growing up through this new lens and the two of them started hosting supper clubs for their friends and family I was the tester of all the foods,” Geri says “I put the homey spin on it; he had this fine dining experience When the Leungs talk about Baon Kainan — or Filipino cooking in general — they often frame their food as a departure from the home-cooked staples common to most Filipino families The couple uses the phrase “Not your tita’s cooking” in their Instagram bio a recognition that the food at Baon Kainan is not the textbook version of any given Filipino dish while holding full respect for that traditional interpretation “What we want to convey in the food is that this is our story; this is our upbringing,” Geri Leung says We grew up on fast food and the buffets and pizza rolls and so we’re inevitably going to honor the foods that we grew up with the cart’s kare kare fries are a nod to Geri and Ethan’s college trips to Canada The chef sears seasoned short ribs before braising them with carrots Ethan combines the braising liquid with peanut butter “We make the peanut stew with the braised beef as traditionally as we can that pays homage to our time in college,” Ethan says The rest of the menu will include gluten-free versions of both chicken and mushroom adobo and a rotating selection of dishes like sinigang The two hope to offer desserts as well — the Seattle pop-up has served things like ube brownies and ensaymadas — but the Leungs don’t want to bite off more than they can chew The Baon Kainan food cart will open August 7 at 4311 NE Prescott. Learn more about Baon Kainan by following the Leungs’ Instagram 2021 at 6:14 p.m.: This story was updated to include the food cart’s opening date and address • Baon Kainan [Official]• Baon Kainan [Instagram] Texas (KVII) — An Amarillo man accused of having 500-plus images of child porn was arrested on new charges was arrested Friday and charged with possession of child pornography greater than or equal to 50 depictions or video and possession of child pornography greater than 100 Details on the latest case are not available Berry was first arrested when DPS served a search warrant at his house in February 2024 They seized his cell phone which DPS said contained child porn That case has not yet been presented to the grand jury There is a new Ossiarch Bonereaper Warband and they have some new Age of Sigmar Rules you can use If there was a time that GW was tipping their hand about a future release Kainan’s Reapers is the new warband coming to Age of Sigmar they also have rules for use in your standard games of Age of Sigmar To start off, while he might look like a regular Soulreaper, Mir Kainan is quite literally bigger and tougher than a Mortisan Soulreaper He’s got more attacks and a better Rend – but he only has a 1″ range (which is kind of odd) He’s also wielding a Soulreaper AXE vs a standard Soulreaper Scythe his axe has different rules – it trades out the re-roll to hit for a straight up D3+1 mortal wound swipe on 6s even though he’s technically still a wizard he did lose out on the Soulreaper’s standard Soul-blast spell this is where things get a bit more interesting take note of all the DIFFERENT Nadirite weapons ALL of these weapons have the Nadirite Weapon ability Which means you can have bow fire from Morteks that get double hits on 6s That’s an exciting prospect for us OBR players I’m also glad to see things like that Halberd with it’s +3/+3 stat line and 2″ range The club has that extra rend for a -2 as well Why is this such a big deal? Well, it’s basically a prototype for future Ossiarch Bonereaper units. I can already imagine a unit of 10 Mortek’s with bows who get hit with the Leige Kavalos’ Endless Duty ability and get 2 shots per trooper but with this army’s ability to generate hits I’m also looking forward to more weapon options besides just Swords and Spears The halberds and club options would be a welcome change We’ll have to see if these pan out for the future Kainan’s Reapers were amongst the first forces he despatched the tithekeepers sent to call in ancient debts and claim osseous stockpiles that might be used to bolster the Bonereapers’ advance The Mortisan Executioner Mir Kainan was charged with collecting the long-overdue tithe of the Silent People Kainan’s Reapers found the Silent People had fled their regular migration cycle interrupted by the mountain’s anguished raging They did not intend to return empty-handed Direchasm’s depths held countless ancient bones and many rival warbands would pay the price for the Silent People’s delinquency and disposable bone constructs to the living mountain Kainan’s Reapers are an incredibly flexible warband Emphasise your preferred play style through the use of a range of warband-specific and universal cards and their new tithe mechanic will help you inspire your warband This set also features universal cards for any warband in Warhammer Underworlds while a free downloadable warscroll lets you fight with Kainan’s Reapers in Warhammer Age of Sigmar Warhammer's Origins of Malekith: Tabletop Legendary Heroes - PRIME About Us | Contact Us Names, trademarks, and images copyright theirrespective owner. 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Privacy, Terms of Use, Comment Rules If you come to the Highland hamlet’s brand-new restaurant Hapag Kainan you’ll find more than just excellent Filipino cuisine; you’ll find a welcoming attitude and a bit of philosophy as well “My kitchen is deep,” says chef/owner Alvin Balabastro Balabastro grew up in a village called Santa Rosa Laguna in an area of rice farms about half an hour outside Manila on the island of Luzon The dominant cuisine in the area surrounding the capital is known as Tagalog But he and his wife Odette – who grew up in the northern province of La Unión speaking another language called Ilocano – are quick to point out that the Philippines are a land of more than seven thousand islands colonized and influenced by many foreign cultures over many centuries Favored ingredients and styles of cooking are different wherever you go in the islands as well Areas more heavily influenced by Chinese culture tend to incorporate more soy sauce His own parents died when he was in his teens so it was mainly his grandparents who taught him to cook As he had to care for a younger brother and sister from an early age This talent applies as Balabastro travels around the world as a perquisite of his “day job” as a mechanic for United Airlines he likes to immerse himself in the culture and try what the natives eat rather than falling back on fast food or something generic “My benefit of travel is eating local food and drinking local beer.” And always he can figure out from the taste how a dish must be put together he can incorporate elements of many cuisines into the dishes he creates Not every special offered at Hapag Kainan is the same thing that can be found at any Filipino restaurant with an intent to sample some of his specialties he steered us away from the more commonly known Filipino dishes such as pork sisig and silog (although you can certainly get those classics there) he – along with head chef Edwin Maravilla and assistant Sam Santillan – produced a veritable feast of less-familiar dishes that exemplify Tagalog style a cold dish that might be described as the Filipino equivalent of whitefish salad a bony-but-delicious fish that needs to be imported from the Philippines It’s mixed with chopped green onions and chilis given a distinct tang by the addition of citrus juice Like nearly every food in Filipino culture but any leftovers you take home would make a refreshing substitute for tuna on a sandwich as well Another seafood entrée we sampled was palabok: shrimp sliced eggs and crumbled chicharron served over rice noodles Odette notes that they don’t use any artificial colorings or flavorings in their kitchen and vegetarian and gluten-free diets are easily accommodated Wheat flour is typically only used in breakfast pastries in the Philippines A side salad mingles chopped tomatoes with spinach the green substituted for a type of edible fern available only in the Philippines It’s topped with thick slices of salty eggs a specialty that involves fermenting duck eggs for a period of 19 to 21 days packed in a “mud” of salt and clay or charcoal before cooking while he had restaurant jobs while attending school his first foray into commercial cooking on his own was starting a salted egg business at age 21 He recalls attending a Catholic school for underprivileged children and taking home the eggs that hadn’t been found during the annual Easter egg hunt as part of doing the cleanup That sense of nostalgia around eggs manifests in a number of dishes on the Hapag Kainan menu but you won’t see the notorious balut: fertilized eggs in which the chicken embryo is allowed to develop substantially before being deep-fried It’s a popular street-vendor food in the Philippines But its preparation violates the taboos of some religions and is simply unappealing to many foreigners “Most other nationalities are scared to eat Filipino food because of that,” he says Pork is a staple ingredient in Filipino cooking and we tried two styles of preparation: Crispy pata is deep-fried pork knuckle with a delicious crunchy skin Binalot can be made with either pork or chicken it’s cooked and served on a bed of rice wrapped in banana leaf Binalot is meant to be eaten with the fingers as was generally true of Filipino food prior to the Spanish occupation The process of steaming food in banana leaves infuses it with a unique flavor but the leaves were originally used in place of dinner plates for serving a big family party in the Philippines will often feature a long buffet table covered with banana leaves where guests simply stand and eat with their fingers the tradition evolved during times of scarcity when people had to eat fast or go hungry Today it has evolved into what Millennial Filipinos call a Boodle Fight: competitive fast eating Participants will even cheat by surreptitiously throwing tiny super-hot peppers among the food to slow down their rivals So popular is this phenomenon that Hapag Kainan is offering a $140 Boodle Fight package featuring 11 different traditional foods in quantities to serve six to eight people All these customs point up the social nature of dining in Filipino tradition Hospitality is an important cultural value; people will vie for the right to pick up the tab for a large group dining out Hapag kainan translates as “dinner table,” and © 2022 Ulster Publishing © 2022 Ulster Publishing The shrinking town of Kainan in Wakayama prefecture is offering money to people who relocate there – but there’s a catch As the “birthplace” of Suzuki, the town decided to tap into its association with Japan’s second most common surname when it launched the campaign in 2021, by targeting the estimated 750,000 Suzukis who live in Tokyo or the neighbouring prefectures of Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa. Read moreEach household that can prove the family surname is plus the same amount for each child under the age of 18 That means a family of four with two young children would receive ¥3m “I can confirm that not a single Suzuki-san has relocated to Kainan so far,” Tomonari Fujita head of the town’s urban development division people named Suzuki will be reconnecting with their ancestors The name is said to have originated among priests at a shrine in the nearby town of Kumano The Suzuki clan moved to present-day Kainan during the Heian period (794-1185) where they continued to spread their version of Shinto taking their name with them during pilgrimages Kainan is not alone in experiencing a steady decline in residents The population of Japanese nationals fell by a record 800,000 to 125.4 million in 2022 Photograph: Kainan municipal governmentRecently completed renovation work on the family’s Edo period (1603-1868) mansion in Kainan was funded by hundreds of donations totalling ¥70m from their namesakes across the country including the Suzuki motorbike and carmaker The town has also hosted regular gatherings of Suzukis who want to learn more about their ancestry While Sato tops the list of common Japanese surnames with 1.86 million Suzuki is a close second with 1.77 million Kainan is not alone in experiencing a steady decline in the number of residents although the number of foreigners rose to a record high of almost 3 million The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research forecasts that the country will be home to just 87 million people in 2070 Lacquerware on sale in Kainan a coastal town in Japan that is trying to attract new residents Photograph: Kainan municipal governmentOf Kainan’s 47,000 residents “Population decline is serious here,” he said “We thought we could make our campaign stand out by appealing to people with the surname Suzuki but the hurdles in the way of actually getting people to live here are high.” Officials in the town – famous for its lacquerware kuradashi mikan tangerines and beautiful coastal sunsets – hope the completion next year of a hotel will tempt more Suzukis to visit and get a proper feel for their spiritual home “It’s unreasonable to ask someone to drop everything and relocate,” Fujita said “There is so much to consider before making a decision like that But if we can get people to come just for a short time and sense the atmosphere here I think some of them will quickly fall for the place.” The new method could be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on nondegradable plastics Technology to produce bioplastics has been developed by Susie Dai and a team of Texas A&M AgriLife researchers A team of Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists has developed a system that uses carbon dioxide to produce biodegradable plastics that could replace the nondegradable plastics used today The research addresses two challenges: the accumulation of nondegradable plastics and the remediation of greenhouse gas emissions The research was made possible by the John ’90 and Sally ’92 Hood Fund for Sustainability and Renewable Products Texas A&M AgriLife and Texas A&M University Electrocatalysis converts CO2 to ethanol and other carbon-chain molecules consume carbon molecules to produce bioplastics Dai said today’s petroleum-based plastics do not degrade easily and create a massive issue in the ecosystems and “Carbon dioxide has been used in concert with bacteria to produce many chemicals but this design produces a highly efficient smooth flow through our carbon dioxide-to-bioplastics pipeline,” Dai said it is kind of like a train with units connected to each other,” she said “The first unit uses electricity to convert the carbon dioxide to ethanol and other two-carbon molecules – a process called electrocatalysis the bacteria consume the ethanol and carbon molecules to become a machine to produce bioplastics which are different from petroleum-based plastic polymers that are harder to degrade.” Using CO2 in the process could also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions Many manufacturing processes emit CO2 as a waste product “If we can capture the waste carbon dioxide we reduce greenhouse gas emission and can use it as a feedstock to produce something,” Dai said “This new platform has great potential to address sustainability challenges and transform the future design of carbon dioxide reduction.” The major strength of the new platform is a much faster reaction rate than photosynthesis and higher energy efficiency “We are expanding the capacity of this platform to broad product areas such as fuels commodity chemicals and diverse materials,” Dai said “The study demonstrated the blueprint for ‘decarbonized biomanufacturing’ that could transform our manufacturing sector.” Peng Zhang (left) and Kainan Chen (right) are part of the team that developed a system for producing bioplastics bioplastics are more expensive than petroleum-based plastics But if the technology is successful enough to produce bioplastics at an economic scale industries could replace traditional plastic products with ones that have fewer negative environmental impacts mitigating CO2 emissions from energy sectors such as gas and electric facilities would also be a benefit “This innovation opens the door for new products if the bacterium is engineered to consume carbon dioxide-derived molecules and produce target products,” Dai said “One of the advantages of this design is the condition the bacteria grow in is mild and adaptable to industry-scale conditions.” Researchers will introduce a breakthrough wearable device for PTSD management at the 2025 Project Hero Texas Challenge Lori Teller offers insights into vet bills and how owners can best prepare to ensure their pets are healthy Study of 285 cases shows radiation nearly doubles average survival time in dogs with brain tumors watch videos and discover how Texas A&M University is shaping an innovative more secure future for the citizens of Texas and the world WASHINGTON (AP) — Aaliyah Manning's dreams of becoming a psychologist ended abruptly during her freshman year at Potomac State in West Virginia when the cost of continuing her education became overwhelming "The money just wasn't there," said Manning "I knew I wasn't going to finish so I just had fun." she was back in the nation's capital working fast food jobs Now she lives largely on public assistance in a two-bedroom apartment with her boyfriend his mother and his 9-year-old daughter from another relationship She still has student debt and there's a baby boy on the way thanks to a landmark social program being pioneered in Washington Called "Baby Bonds," it will provide children of the city's poorest families with up to $25,000 when they reach adulthood — for use on multiple purposes "It would be such a different opportunity for him a lot different than what I had," she said The Baby Bonds idea has swiftly moved from a fringe leftist concept to actual policy — with the District of Columbia as first laboratory Lawmakers from coast to coast are monitoring the experiment one that proponents say could reshape America's growing wealth gap in a single generation if instituted on a federal level One week after giving birth to her second child Aaliyah Wright told The Associated Press that she didn't anticipate having much savings to help her children when they reached adulthood especially with about $80,000 in college loan debt are on Medicaid despite steady jobs (she's a case worker at a nongovernmental organization and he's a barber) and an estimated annual income around $70,000 their new daughter still would qualify for the district's program that money can be a door opener to some pretty big things," Kainan Wright said designed to provide a financial boost at a critical time for the poorest children each enrolled child would receive a lump sum payment that can be used to fund higher education invest in a business or make a mortgage down payment "Think about all the things that people with money do to support themselves or what parents do for kids," said Kenyan McDuffie a District of Columbia Council member who pushed the Baby Bonds program through last summer The city has so far identified 833 babies born since then who will receive up to $25,000 when they turn 18 came to mainstream attention when New Jersey Sen made it a centerpiece of his 2020 presidential campaign "I think it's an idea that's growing," Booker said It's on the level of Medicare." He added: "One generation would create a dramatic change." Booker's national plan envisioned annual costs of $60 billion something he proposes funding by raising taxes on the wealthy Washington's program will cost $32 million for the first four years alone Baby Bonds proposals have recently emerged in Wisconsin and Washington state while Massachusetts has convened a task force on the issue with Baby Bonds funds specifically for children who lost parents to COVID The concept's journey from academia to on-the-ground policy received a boost from the national conversation on poverty brought on by the pandemic as multiple proposals put forward at the state level publicly backed a Baby Bonds proposal in 2020 But the Legislature stripped it from his budget Connecticut's legislature approved America's first state-level Baby Bonds program that same government delayed the start by two years said he remains convinced the policy's time has come "There's quite the level of interest in this," he said "And always with these things we need what we call first movers." Wooden has discussed Baby Bonds with members of President Joe Biden's domestic policy team McDuffie's office has fielded queries from multiple state governments The concept is new enough that it's still being tinkered with in real time with multiple models and internal debates among advocates on issues like how best to determine eligibility Washington's program is open to families on Medicaid making less than 300% of the federal poverty line: about $83,250 for a family of four Connecticut's will automatically enroll any newborn from a family on the state's Medicaid program Booker's proposal would have granted every newborn a Baby Bonds fund and $1,000 in seed money; all subsequent payments into the fund would have been heavily weighted toward poorer families Booker's proposal would have paid about $46,000 to children of the poorest families while Washington expects to pay a maximum of $25,000 Connecticut's plan would pay about $13,000 — something Wooden described as "pretty much the floor" for a serious Baby Bonds attempt an assistant professor in health economics at the City University of New York said her 2019 analysis of the Baby Bonds concept suggested the program would boost the economic standing of both white and Black Americans while massively shrinking the racial wealth gap a senior research fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center said the program could tie up millions that could be used to address immediate immediate needs it "does nothing to encourage the culture of savings." Economist Michael Strain of the conservative American Enterprise Institute says the price tag makes the program "a hard sell." Wooden counters that the program will have an immediate impact leading to real-time behavioral changes in planning "How much is enough to inspire a kid and their family to think about the future," he said "There is a high value that should be placed on hope We know what hopelessness looks like in our communities." said knowing about the program and its payout would change the way they talk about her son's future Follow Ashraf Khalil on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ashrafkhalil 2024A spread of dishes from Magna Kainan in Denver Colorado.Photograph by Carter HiyamaAnd just like that there’s a presidential election on the horizon and the restaurant world is buzzing with openings but we’re already doing the work of researching—and cross-country dining—in preparation for our yearly Best New Restaurants list This year, the chef behind one of the Best New Restaurants of 2022 is opening a spot for Mexican mariscos in New Orleans and the team behind a Vietnamese mainstay in Portland is opening a second restaurant all about Khmer Chinese cooking While some restaurant veterans are expanding their footholds Detroit and San Francisco will see the openings of two restaurants from promising first-time restaurateurs From modern Filipino cooking in Denver to a long-awaited fish fry restaurant from one of Asheville these are the nine restaurant openings we’re most excited for in 2024 This list is organized alphabetically by city The opening dates below are subject to change so check restaurant websites and Instagram accounts for the latest updates Diners can expect pop-up favorites like smoked catfish gumbo and a cornmeal-battered catfish sandwich with sour collard greens This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from farm-to-table cooking he became known for at Woodfire Grill whose name comes from the Scottish Gaelic phrase dòigh nàdair (meaning “the way of nature”) will take over the former space of Floataway Cafe in the Woodland Hills The menu will feature hearty Scottish-inspired fare with an emphasis on local ingredients: Scotch pie with lamb slow-roasted leg of deer with corn pudding and black treacle sauce and North Georgia rainbow trout with mustard greens are just some of the dishes we’re looking forward to which focuses on modern takes on classical Filipino cooking which serves rotisserie-style meats in a lechóneria format Photograph by Alejandro Ugalde from FeatherstoneA Liberian pop-up scores a permanent space in DetroitLittle LiberiaDetroit a more casual Mexican mariscos restaurant that she will run with her sister The menu will feature dishes that lean into the bounty of the Gulf of Mexico: grilled octopus in walnut salsa negra laid-back spirit of Acamaya celebrates Castro’s adopted hometown of New Orleans and her native Mexico in equal parts which will have all counter seating so guests have a front-row seat to the shucking action at the raw bar Only time will tell what Penny’s breakout Instagram star dish might be Chef Bounahcree Kim will move over from Cong Tu Bot to helm the kitchen and serve the Khmer Chinese food of his childhood with dishes like iced jello salad with coconut sauce and mi ka thung—a fresh wide noodle stir-fry with shredded beef Kim is testing out additional menu items like a bahn chao waffle and a bao breakfast sandwich during a “breakfast residency” at Cong Tu Bot The Oun Lidos team of Kim plus Cong Tu Bot owners Jessica Sheahan and Vien Doubui will open the take-out counter in February with plans to debut full service later this spring This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from there will be an open kitchen with lots of bar seating and hip-hop blasting from the speakers This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from Puerto Rican tripletas (a three-meat sandwich similar to a Cubano) Get Bon Appétit’s restaurant coverage in your inbox with our daily newsletter American pizza culture has never been more inventive and varied. These eight pizzerias are leading the charge Planning (or dreaming of) a trip to Paris? Check out our list of the best kebabs in the City of Lights Should children be allowed in fine dining restaurants? Contributor Maggie Hennessy talked to restaurateurs and parents across the country to find an answer At Naar in the Himalayan foothills Chef Prateek Sadhu serves a 15-course tasting menu Food director Chris Morocco solves your kitchen emergencies on the Dinner SOS podcast Check out our merch shop to source the perfect gift for your food-loving friend (or yourself) Japanese version an evolved offering of his Magna Kusina concept recently recognized as Portland Restaurant of the Year by The Oregonian The arrival of Chef Lamagna and Magna Kainan cements RiNo’s status as a premier food and beverage destination furthering the work begun by The Culinary Creative Group Culinary Creative Group founded Denver’s favorite and awarded establishments including A5 Steakhouse; Ash’Kara; Aviano Coffee; Ay Papi; Bar Dough; Forget Me Not; Fox & The Hen; Mister Oso; Red Tops Rendezvous; Señor Bear; and Tap & Burger “We could not be more thrilled to welcome Culinary Creative Group Chef Lamagna and Magna Kainan as our first retail partners at NOVEL RiNo,” said Ben Krasnow managing director of Mountain States for Crescent Communities “The caliber of this offering and the significance of these award-winning establishments choosing our community cannot be understated Not only does this addition strengthen our residents’ experience but also helps bring focus to an exciting and emerging community that we are grateful to be surrounded by Together with Chef Lamagna and The Culinary Creative Group we are excited to set the standard for residential and hospitality experiences in Denver.” NOVEL RiNo will also offer a rooftop cocktail bar atop the 12-story high-rise building The Culinary Creative Group Partner Nicole Lebedevitch of Forget Me Not notoriety in Cherry Creek The 2,600-square-foot space will feature small plates from Magna Kainan and offer indoor and outdoor seating with undisturbed views of downtown and the Front Range The 12th-story bar provides a bird’s eye view into the community’s private amenity deck Invoking the energy and excitement that made Forget Me Not one of Denver’s premier establishments the rooftop at NOVEL RiNo is designed to impress and will be the perfect complement to Magna Kainan The Culinary Creative Group is widely recognized for providing signature hospitality The Culinary Creative Group is responsible for several critically acclaimed restaurants in Denver “This is an ideal partnership between developers Crescent Communities There was an understanding of each other’s businesses that led to a deal that we think will be exciting for the city of Denver and RiNo It’s unusual to find real estate and development partners that truly understand hospitality,” said The Culinary Creative Group’s CEO Juan Padró “This deal is especially personal for me because it’s an opportunity to reflect one of The Culinary Creative Group’s core values: to create opportunities for diverse talent We don’t have a lot of Filipino cuisine in Denver and I can’t think of a more meaningful way to add to the Denver dining scene landscape than to partner with a nationally and internationally recognized chef like Carlo What’s special is how much Carlo’s values align with The Culinary Creative Group’s: we both invest in people and our community and believe that is just as important as creating amazing food for the people we serve We hope this becomes the signature restaurant for Carlo NOVEL RiNo is one of three active investments by Crescent Communities in the Denver area; NOVEL White Fence Farm is now pre-leasing Crescent Communities continues to experience significant growth with $7.2 billion of residential and commercial investments and developments currently underway The organization currently has 15,300 units of multifamily/single family build-to-rent 58,000 square feet of complementary retail With a focus on environmental sustainability and wellness the organization pursues certifications including LEED Further details surrounding the community and its retail partners will be announced at a later date. A rendering of NOVEL RiNo is available here and photos for Magna Kainan are available here Opus has broken ground on Catalyst Industrial a new 188,054-square-foot Class A speculative industrial development on 14.26 acres located at 15030 E Each year during National Preservation Month Historic Denver opens the doors for the public to nominate the people and projects Games Workshop is teasing the last new Warband for the season AND we get a new look a model coming soon It’s been a long time coming (and they won’t get here until for a couple months yet) But we’re finally getting a look at the first reveal from the Ossiarch Bonereaper’s warband for Warhammer Underworlds Plus we’ve got a look at another model from the final warband via Warhammer Community we’re not just going to show off any member of Kainan’s Reapers we’re going to show off the main skeleton himself – say hello to Mir Kainan.” The Ossiarch Bonereapers are joining the fray of Warhammer Underworlds and the Warband’s name is Kainan’s Reapers Which is fitting based on Mir Kainan above given he’s packing that whole “reaper” vibe I have many questions about this warband and this model Based on the scythe and the many “phylactery” tubes he’s got Mortisan Soulreapers are also Wizards which would be appropriate for the current season as well I’m looking forward to seeing what the REST of the warband looks like And the final Warband for this season is getting it’s first major tease We’ve suspected who it could be for months now “But who will be joining the Reapers as the final warband of season four Looks like something fishy is going on with the updated road map.” Sure looks like we’re getting some Idoneth Deepkin in June Not only do we appear to have a flying fish it’s base also has a similar look to their shipwreck themes: It sure looks like it could be the internal structure of this wrecked boat on the base of that silhouette Now I’m wondering what sorts of crazy fish the Idoneth Deepkin will be bringing to the tabletop in Warhammer Underworlds I can’t wait to see more from these warbands – we’ve got a few months left to wait so it’s time to let these reveals sink in for a bit Anyone else getting excited for the future of Warhammer Underworlds? Heck ya – I wonder how many new models will be in each warband… The Japan-America Society of Houston (JASH) advances mutual interest in American and Japanese peoples.  Regular business hours to resume on Tuesday LEADING U.S.-JAPAN EXCHANGE IN HOUSTON FOR 57 YEARS Within the 2016 Houston Turkish Film Festival Houston is presenting a very unique docu-drama that is known to the Japanese community as KAINAN 1890 (known as Ertuğrul 1890 in Turkish and 125 Years Memory in English) This moving and dramatic historical epic is based on two occasions of humanitarian cooperation between Japanese and Turkish people that happened a century apart on its way home after paying a courtesy visit to the emperor of Japan was driven aground in a typhoon and wrecked in the Pacific Ocean Hearing the alarm bell that warned of a vessel in distress when the evacuation of Japanese citizens in Tehran was aided by officials at the Turkish Embassy who arranged for a safe departure during the dangerous bombing raids These two humanitarian initiatives have indelibly linked Turkey and Japan For tickets, click here  KAINAN 1890 | Erugrul 1890 | 125 Years Memory   2015; Mitsutoshi Tanaka2 hrs 2 minsin Japanese and Turkish with English subtitles http://125yearsmemory.com/ To learn more about the film, click here All content © 2025, Japan-America Society of Houston, Inc., unless otherwise noted. | 2990 Richmond Ave, Suite 670, Houston, TX 77098 | Phone: 713.963.0121 | PRIVACY POLICY Games Workshop is showing off some new rules for the Ossiarch Bonereapers Warband Kainan’s Reapers The next warband on deck for Warhammer Underworlds is Kainan’s Reapers It’s one warband that players are really going to be able to practice their formation movement with let’s take a closer look at the Morteks and a pair of abilities that will make them function as a team like no other warband via Warhammer Community “The Morteks are designed to be greater than the sum of their parts with a couple of abilities that allow them to work together to combat any threat the Morteks are meant to work together as a unit and this is most obvious in their Mortek Advance ability This ability can be found on the Morteks in the warband (except for their commander Binar Khenta) this does mean that a single move action can allow you to chain move Morteks in the warband you can surround an isolated enemy fighter this still means you can only move a model once per round (under normal situations) and it also means that you might end up stringing your fighters out or overextending early But if you are able to use this at the right time you’ll be able to make a big swing when you activate your Nadirite weapons This ability applies to Morteks (except for Hakor who just has a big sword) That +1 Damage can be a huge boon for your Morteks when they are taking on enemy fighters The extra support dice not only allow for a more consistent attack roll they also allow make those attacks deadlier “It’s worth considering Binar Khenta and Nohem in particular – the Nadirite ability allows Khenta to strike for 3 Damage from up to two hexes away and Nohem to strike for 2 Damage from up to three hexes away with his Nadirite arrows.” GW also mentioned a few other card-based abilities that are worth taking note of: “…the Ceaseless Advance ploy also allows you to move your Morteks en masse the Exceptional Efficiency and Lethal Accuracy ploys give you re-rolls and additional dice to help you find those all-important support symbols the Empowered Nadirite upgrade gives one fighter a huge boost giving their Nadirite weapons +1 Damage (with the exception of Nohem’s arrows) and +1 Dice.” The Mortek Advance is coming to Warhammer Underworlds Age of Sigmar: Blood Knights Rules Preview - The Hammer of The Soulblight Vampires Games Workshop has dropped the full card set for Kainan’s Reapers with a closer look at their warband and deck – come see The first Ossiarch Bonereapers Warband is coming to Warhammer Underworlds and that means a ton of new cards are being released along with their models we’re going to focus on their warband cards sepcifically if you want to see all the cards in their deck via Warhammer Community He can pretty much do it all – but don’t think for a second that he’ll be doing it alone he’s going to be able to hit like a bus full of bricks especially if you trigger his Invigorated ability Kainan is the backbone of this warband – but don’t underestimate the rest of them either Binar Khenta is mostly there to help keep track of the Bone Tithe but he’s got some reach and a decent attack stat The Bone Tithe rules are also on this card and they are basically your trigger for inspiring the Warband If you have 3 or more tithe counters after the power step this entire warband gets to flip to inspired We got a look at how the Morteks are going to function already they are going to get to chain their moves and work even better at supporting each other Now we’re getting a better look at their cards The Morteks aren’t the toughest batch of fighters around they are some of the best at supporting each other’s attacks If they get to the enemy as a unit and can attack in unison their Nadirite weapons will drag their enemies down Hakor’s card has the rules for the Mortek Advance (which is how they can chain those move actions) He doesn’t have Nadirite for his weapon Senha is about as barebones (ha) as you can get for the Morteks finding a way to get Senha into a support position is almost more important for this warband anyway Nohem is perhaps the most interesting of the Morteks you can do some fun stuff with the supporting attacks at range thanks to his But what makes this model the most interesting is that his is a Mortek with a bow We’re going to get rules for this entire warband in Age of Sigmar My hope is that we’re about to get a unit of Mortek Archers who also have bows Probably not anytime soon – but you never know what GW has up their sleeves As far as decks of cards go, you can expect a ton of new options from this warband’s set. Again, we’re not going to cover every single card. However, if you want to look at them all, you can do that HERE here is a stack of them to get your interest: Kainan’s Reapers will be available for Pre-Order this Sunday Warhammer 40K Next Week: Adeptus Mechanicus Get New Codex And Minis "\/strides-towards-a-new-middle-east\/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=RqF80M4caNTt3j1rZBI5tg_tP6IMYQLRsRTcwrNKY1I-1746531127-1.0.1.1-Z0bAmglbCY_bZfL8pmJkslJkUPx29CMABttKzxxCA4w" + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash);cpo.onload = function() {history.replaceState(null a takeout Sunday brunch with cocktails — called Kainan and Orry's Extravagant Extravaganza — will pop up at Amilinda downtown on May 3 Amilinda sous chef Kainan Loebbaka and Amilinda co-owner Orry León are orchestrating the brunch which will be available at the restaurant from 9 a.m The menu will be not-your-basic breakfast fare will be the house English muffin stacked with fried Spam Other menu items include stuffed French toast with ñora pepper-chocolate sauce; beef tartare tartine with Manchego piri piri aioli and egg yolk; breakfast fried rice with ramps kielbasa and egg; and two eggs with kielbasa toast and cottage cheese with soy sauce.  and there will be cocktails to go — individual Bloody Marys and batch Mimosa kits.  Orders can be made online at amilinda.com after 8 p.m or they can be called in during the pop-up on Sunday at (414) 369-3683 Amilinda has a curbside pickup zone in front of the restaurant Amilinda will have a Japanese street food pop-up (date to be determined); in the past couple months it's also turned into a bakery and an Italian restaurant for a day It's open Wednesday to Saturday evenings for takeout of its usual Spanish- and Portuguese-influenced menu Contact dining critic Carol Deptolla at carol.deptolla@jrn.com or (414) 224-2841, or through the Journal Sentinel Food & Home page on Facebook. Follow her on Twitter at @mkediner or Instagram at @mke_diner please disable the ad blocking feature and reload the page This website uses cookies to collect information about your visit for purposes such as showing you personalized ads and content By clicking “Accept all,” you will allow the use of these cookies Users accessing this site from EEA countries and UK are unable to view this site without your consent By Miho Shimizu / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Wakayama — There is a story surrounding tachibana oranges which are said to be the origin of sweets in Japan suggesting that the trees were first planted thousands of years ago in Kainan the city has been trying to make a name for itself as the “town of sweets.” Local businesses involved in the campaign have developed various unique sweets using the citrus and other local products The golden yellow fruits are slightly smaller than the popular unshu mikan oranges and are characterized by their sour taste and fresh scent tachibana orange trees grow naturally in many parts of Japan dried foods and sweets shop operator Maru San Noda Sho-ten has been using tachibana to make their Kainan Gugelhupf cake The batter is not only mixed with tachibana oranges but also includes locally produced dried hijiki seaweed is said to have been loved by Marie Antoinette “I use tachibana oranges as a way to help promote Kainan as the ‘town of sweets,’” said Tomoya Noda president of the company operating the shop I bought a Kainan Gugelhupf cake at one of the shops operated by the company called Sanji no Kanbutsuya-san the refreshing flavor of the tachibana instantly filled my mouth The soft cake with the tachibana peel and seaweed created a great mix of textures Sanji no Kanbutsuya-san sells other unique goods using dried foods such as shiitake kakurenbo chiffon cake (shiitake hide-and-seek chiffon cake) which uses chopped dried shiitake mushroom that has been soaked in cocoa and chiffon cake with kiriboshi daikon (dried daikon strips) and jabara A butter cake sold by confectionery shop Enchanter is named Ropponju no Oka after the location where it is thought that tachibana orange trees were first planted in Japan Kishu is the former name of Wakayama Prefecture derived from mikan flowers produced in the city The number of flavors was made to match the “six” in Ropponju no Oka “The cake is moist and mildly sweet,” said Tomoya Yamaguchi After the product hit the shelves last autumn “We are seeing more repeat customers,” Yamaguchi said Noda and Yamaguchi have both organized and held various confectionery-related events which were hosted by the city’s tourism promotion association Their goal is to have residents be proud of their town and be able to tell others you will be able to try many delicious sweets.” has an aging population and a declining birth rate The population decreased from about 70,000 in 1980 to 48,500 as of February this year “Sweets have the power to make people happy,” Noda said “I choose to use that power to revitalize our community.” The folktale about tachibana orange trees in Kainan is based on descriptions in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) and Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan) a man named Tajimamori no Mikoto was ordered by Emperor Suinin to go on a journey to find Tokijiku no Kagu no Konomi When he finally found it in Tokoyo no Kuni Tajimamori no Mikoto was so saddened by the news that he died soon after It is believed that the tachibana orange was the magical fruit thought to bring immortality Tajimamori no Mikoto is now revered as a deity of confectionery and is worshipped at Kitsumoto Shrine there are six tachibana trees in Ropponju no Oka which used to be a part of Kitsumoto Shrine two on the grounds of the shrine located about a 10-minute walk away and 10 in a field owned by the shrine’s chief priest Maeyama has provided the fruits to the confectionery shops in the city “Some say that the Kojiki and Nihonshoki are just myths but I think the stories are enjoyable,” he said Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting © 2025 The Japan News - by The Yomiuri Shimbun Holds single-season record in triples (7) and career RBI record (88) COACH’S VIEW >> “Kainan has anchored the middle of our lineup for three years and has done nothing but produce big numbers while being asked to play a number of different positions defensively Kainan is one of the smartest players I have ever coached and he studies the game relentlessly in order to get better Kainan is also one of the best pure hitters our program has ever had He is a player that can put up a high average and hit for power Kainan is one of the best teammates I have ever been around He leads with positivity and is always there to encourage I feel very lucky to have been able to watch Kainan grow as a person and athlete over the last four years ON THE DIAMOND >> 7-2 (single-season record for most wins) COACH’S VIEW >> “Adam is a tremendous talent and this year he really grew into his body and started to dominate on the mound he has potential to continue to grow and gain velocity along with having a great change-up and developing slider We are really lucky to have him in our program and look forward to next year when he could be one of the best pitchers in Michigan the best quality that Adam possess is his attitude He is extremely coachable and works tirelessly to continue to improve his skills While he is already very good he doesn’t allow himself to get complacent … He wants to be the best and never skips reps or the chance to improve This is something truly special in a high school athlete.” — Matt Sattler COACH’S VIEW >> “Koby is a solid player who works very hard at baseball He is very consistent offensively and will always give you a quality at-bat He handles the ups and downs of baseball very well He has pushed through some adversity and is an example of how hard work leads to success.” — Eric Rozema COACH’S VIEW >> “Ben has been our most consistent player in all facets of the game the last two years Ben played a great shortstop for us this season after catching and playing second base much of his junior year Ben is another three-sport athlete at WO and has had an accomplished career with many outstanding achievements Ben is as good as it gets when it comes to playing and competing at a high level.” — Matt Naber COACH’S VIEW >> “Clayton was one of the biggest reasons we were so successful this year He made a tremendous jump in his velocity and skills over the last year due to hard work and dedication Clayton could have easily had a better win/loss record but lost a few close games where he didn’t get a ton of run support The most impressive part of Clayton’s ability is he doesn’t walk batters He pounds the zone and throws all three pitches for strikes He had an amazing year and made us competitive each time he stepped on the mound Clayton is a great kid and still has a very high ceiling in college I expect him to continue to grow as a pitcher and help Ashland next year.” — Matt Sattler 59 strikeouts in 57 innings pitches with a 3.04 ERA SAC Lakeshore all-conference and all-district COACH’S VIEW >> “Evan worked hard every game and practice and was a leader and mentor to our younger players He led the team in nine offensive categories COACH’S VIEW >> “Brody is a great competitor He’s going to do whatever he can to be successful He has great potential at the plate and when he makes solid contact the ball jumps off the bat as hard as anyone I’ve seen.” — Brian Grabinski COACH’S VIEW >> “I could always count on Brad to give us a good game on the mound He gave us a chance to win every game he pitched Brad only struck out eight times the entire year and was always an offensive threat I am excited to see his follow-up season as he continues to improve.” — Tim Antel Holds single-season Dux records in home runs (7) COACH’S VIEW >> “Max has an insatiable desire to improve in every aspect of the game Players don’t always get to see immediate results from the work they put in but this season Max earned all of those numbers through hard work.” — Adam Locker COACH’S VIEW >> “Brady is our leading hitter and our most versatile player He has great range and a very strong arm.” — Jim Caserta Holds single-season record for stolen bases He won 97 varsity games in four-years and is second all-time in hits with 155 COACH’S VIEW >> “Cobe has been a four-year starter and anchored our middle infield He is one of the best all-around athletes I have ever coached and he is an even better student and person He carries himself with great character and never cheats working hard for his team His production on the baseball field will be greatly missed Cobe has spent his entire life making good choices and doing the right things I admire that about him and can’t thank him enough for leading by example I know Cobe will continue to do great things in the classroom and on the playing field as he continues his career at Davenport University next year.” — Matt Sattler COACH’S VIEW >> “Trevor was able to follow up a great Freshman season with an even better Sophomore season and 6 3B led the team in each of those categories I love the passion he has for the game and his commitment to improving will continue to impact our program for the next two years." — Adam Locker COACH’S VIEW >> “Matthew is a great athlete who gets great reads off the bat and covers a lot of ground in the outfield.” — Steve Peterson COACH’S VIEW >> “Aaron is an outstanding catcher His knowledge of the game is very high and he did a great job all season working with our pitching staff and calling pitches including two no-hitters.” — Adam Locker He has great poise and composure on the mound and had some dominant outings this spring The ball jumps off his bat and he does a great job of using the entire field with his power Isaac will be one of the top returning players in the area next season.” — Matt Naber 6 triples (second most in school history) 1 home run 62 strikeouts and allowed 34 hits in 46 1/3 innings COACH’S VIEW >> “Jake did a great job for us this year We knew he would keep us in every game he pitches He also showed good pop in his bat and combined with his speed resulted in 12 extra base hits in only 74 at-bats.” — Brian Grabinski Holds ZW single-season records for stolen bases (24) and wins (7) and career records in wins (17) and ERA (2.44) COACH’S VIEW >> “Brendan has been an outstanding outfielder and pitcher for us His toughness came out in everything he did on and off the field.” — Adam Locker 11 stolen bases and 1.000 fielding percentage Named OK Red all-conference and all-district COACH’S VIEW >> “Mike had a fantastic offensive season Mike is a great athlete that has an outstanding career in all sports at WO He’s an old-school three-sport start that is as tough as they come.” — Matt Naber Reviews Kainan was returning from the Moorwen’s home planet wiping out most of Kainan’s fellow settlers; what he doesn’t realize is that one Moorwen was on board ship when he blasted off Kainan uses a handy device to pump the local Earth language (Viking spoken in English) into his mind through his eyeball and soon encounters the nearest Viking village Having seen more than a few movies, we intuit that this village will contain a venerable king (Rothgar, played by John Hurt), his bodacious daughter (Freya, played by Sophia Myles), a jealous young warrior (Wulfric, played by Jack Huston) and a menacing dissident (Gunnar, played by Ron Perlman) There are also numerous villagers who stand around in the background looking intensely interested The village is suspicious of this strange “outlander.” Then Vikings start to disappear in the forest and Kainan realizes he has brought along a passenger he wins royal favor and organizes the village in a plan to lure the beast into a deep pit with stakes at the bottom and burn it alive I began my study of science fiction at the age of 9 I grew to love the authors who incorporated as much science as possible: Clarke They would have had questions about Kainan It seems unlikely from a Darwinian point of view that two human species should evolve independently and contemporaneously on separate worlds Even more so that they would share common sexual feelings and be able to mate though that is precisely what Kainan and Freya propose And much depends on a sword mighty enough to pierce its armor Kainan dives into the fjord and retrieves scrap steel from the wreckage of his ship thus bringing the Iron Age to a quick close — in this village The climax involves the usual violent and incoherent special-effects scenes after which Rothgar gives Kainan the hand of his daughter and Kainan and Freya presumably retire to discover if separate evolutionary paths have outfitted them with compatible fixtures “Outlander” is interesting as a collision of genres: the monster movie meets the Viking saga You have to give it credit for carrying that premise to its ultimate (if not logical) conclusion that the Moorwen had legitimate reason to be grieved First Kainan’s race appropriated the Moorwen planet for its own purposes Do you think genocide or colonialism are concepts to be found in “Outlander” Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013 he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism The folktale about tachibana orange trees in Kainan city is based on descriptions in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) and Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan) WAKAYAMA — There is a story surrounding tachibana oranges Courtesy of Wakayama Fruit Tree Experimental StationTachibana oranges The golden yellow fruits are slightly smaller than the popular unshu mikan oranges and are characterized by their sour taste and fresh scent “I use tachibana oranges as a way to help promote Kainan as the ‘town of sweets,’” said Tomoya Noda I bought a Kainan Gugelhupf cake at one of the shops operated by the company called Sanji no Kanbutsuya-san The Yomiuri ShimbunEnchanter sells a wide selection of cakes made with fruits produced in Wakayama Prefecture The Yomiuri ShimbunChiffon cake made with kiriboshi daikon and jabara The Yomiuri ShimbunA butter cake made by Enchanter is named Ropponju no Oka after the location where it is believed that tachibana orange trees were first planted in Japan Your browser does not support JavaScript, or it is disabled．Please check the site policy for more information National Report 2 brought torrential downpours that battered the Pacific side of the country on June 2 and prompted heavy rain warnings for wide areas from western to eastern Japan through June 3 At least 10 people have been injured by the storm which has also disrupted railway operations The typhoon was moving east-northeastward over waters east of Amami city in Kagoshima Prefecture on the afternoon of June 2 which cause extremely heavy rain over extended periods had formed over Kochi Prefecture by 8:10 a.m. according to the Japan Meteorological Agency linear rainbands had also formed over Wakayama Agency officials urged residents in those areas to take precautions against the rapidly increasing risk of landslides and flooding The highest evacuation alert for heavy rain was issued for four municipalities in Wakayama Prefecture: Kainan city The prefectural government said at 2:15 p.m which flows through Wakayama and Kainan cities the central area near JR Kainan Station was flooded and some residential districts were inundated The city government said around 50 people were taking shelter in at least 10 of the 29 evacuation centers that were set up as of 1 p.m A landslide warning was issued in eastern Gifu Prefecture The Tokigawa river in the prefecture temporarily overflowed in Mizunami city The JMA said linear rainbands could develop in the Kanto-Koshin region from the night of June 2 to the following morning on June 2 had a central pressure of 980 hectopascals with maximum sustained winds of 83 kph near its center and maximum instantaneous gusts of 126 kph The typhoon is expected to move northeastward over waters south of Japan and become an extratropical low-pressure system on June 3 According to fire departments in Okinawa Prefecture 10 people had been injured by the morning of June 2 mainly due to falls caused by strong winds of the approaching typhoon The typhoon has blown warm and moist air into a rain front over Japan’s main island of Honshu Thunderstorms are expected over a wide area of the country through June 3 For the 24-hour period until noon on June 3 the JMA forecasts as much as 250 millimeters of rain in the Kanto-Koshin (JR East) said operations on the Keiyo Line were suspended between Tokyo and Soga stations Services on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line were also suspended between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations The Kinki headquarters of West Japan Railway Co Super Hakuto and Kuroshio limited express trains In some parts of the Keihanshin and Wakayama areas the number of train services was reduced from around noon and the departure times of the last trains of the day were moved up Operations were suspended on some sections of the Wakayama Line Kakogawa Line and Sanin Line in the morning Train services will also be suspended for some sections of the Hokuriku Line The land ministry said at noon on June 2 that 51 dams in the Chubu Shikoku and Hokuriku regions released water held in reservoirs to increase capacity before the heavy rain Typhoon leaves tens of thousands of buildings without power Typhoon makes landfall; travel disrupted as warnings issued Okinawa braces for strong winds as Typhoon No Monster typhoon could bring ‘unprecedented strong winds’ Information on the latest cherry blossom conditions Please right click to use your browser’s translation function.) A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II In-house News and Messages No reproduction or republication without written permission Japanese version must always return to this preamble: it is a festival of “untried despite the phenomenal submission of 197 plays was a miscellany of plays with varying degrees of thickness of plot This is part of the annual package of perils and pleasures when one buys a season pass There were plays that were opulent visual feasts and seductively staged but reminded viewers of the characters and ballads of previous tales already told on the very same stage Several were amusing and tingling despite the lean story lines Others were waylaid and simply fell into the trap of being directly didactic The following are the top three 2016 VLF plays for this reporter: “Hapag-Kainan” written by Rick Patriarca “Bait” written by Guelan Varela Luarca and starring Renante Bustamante and Kalil Almonte; and “Loyalist” written by Kanakan Balintagos and starring Irma Adlawan and Abner Delina Jr “Devirginized” at this year’s VLF Patriarca was overwhelmed by the audience’s resounding reception of “Hapag-Kainan.” It would not be inaccurate to label the reed-thin Patriarca as the “rock star” of the 2016 VLF Inspired by an instant noodle television commercial “Hapag-Kainan” describes itself as “a satirical play that experiments on familial relations and communication and aims to discuss some of the most important issues that touch the lives of the members of a common Filipino household.” Under the guidance of VLF veteran Martinez Patriarca’s script leaps onstage like the cooking of a pot of instant noodles: slow burn until it reaches boiling point then the performers scorch and sizzle in their acting “Hapag-Kainan” can make the audience cry while laughing The fabulous and perfectly-timed ensemble acting by Reyes and Vergara was the key to the play's success The performers kept the stage ablazed with their sarcastic lines and movements and stage manager John Mark Yap studiously crafted a symmetrical set to effectively contrast the disorganization and differences among the members of this “happy Even the still family portrait nailed on the wall of the dining room appeared to take flight in the glory of “Hapag-Kainan.” “Hapag-Kainan” is an intense invitation to pause and reflect on one's relations with family members the characters in “Hapag-Kainan” may mirror you and other mortals you deal with daily and intimately “Hapag-kainan” is too real not to be true The conflict in Luarca’s “Bait” quietly springs from the desecration of a sacred Muslim object and the resulting fatal violence between a Muslim student and his Christian classmate Director Marasigan’s decision to cast Bustamante and Almonte was wise The brawny Bustamante’s transfiguration from a vengeance-seeking Muslim father to a messenger of understanding and reconciliation provides potent tautness that allows the audience to initially hate the character and eventually empathize with him as the story progresses Almonte’s understated depiction of a teacher caught in the vortex of Muslim-Christian strain side by side Bustamante’s solid presence “Bait” intelligently explores the tensions of Muslim-Christian relations: fear fuels hatred and hostility metamorphosing into violence in many forms The enemies of Muslims and Christians are not each other “Bait” is an acute appeal to various ethnic groups in the country to consciously seek to understand each other: what spawns misconceptions and how ordinary people trapped in the daily activities of dealing with Christians and Muslims navigate the complex (and stressful) condition of their existence for example a teacher in a school with Christian and Muslim student population Set designer for “Bait” was Ohm David capitalizes on a short conversation he had decades ago with a Marcos loyalist as the foundation of his play “Loyalist” featuring Adlawan (a pro-Marcos mother) and Delina Jr (her anti-Marcos son) In “Loyalist,” the petite Adlawan is a towering stage presence while Delina Jr showcasing humor and eloquence in confronting his mother’s “love” of Imelda Marcos Driving the message of life’s bittersweet contradictions the script traces the money flow from the Marcoses to the unseen father who in turn transmits the amount to the mother who then hands it to their son in the form of a daily allowance The son also benefits financially from his mother corrupt practice as a “fixer” in a government office “Loyalist,” aside from being an overtly political play can also be viewed as a story of love of and loyalty to loved ones: of parents toward their children reminding the audience that both are seasoned stage performers Stage manager for “Loyalist” was Alpauline Grace Peña and musical scoring by Benjamin Marasigan and Peter Legaste The Virgin Labfest runs until July 17 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines contact TicketWorld or the CCP Marketing Department at 832-3706 or 832-3704 or email the CCP Sales and Promotions Division at ccpsalesandpromo@gmail.com {{gallery.imageDetails.images.0.description}} Underneath the scorching heat of the afternoon sun 21-year-old Joemar Pauig dug fully-grown gabi and ube from shallow earth Accompanied by his mother and younger brother he loads the root crops on his horse and prepares to descend their farm atop the mountains of Daraitan “Sometimes I go up here to harvest every third day We get paid by the day,” Pauig said in Filipino the indigenous people (IP) native to this area were taught the ways of farming as a means of sustenance.  farming is still what we teach and pass on to the next generation because our land can’t be left unutilized,” said Maria Clara Dullas president of the Kababaihang Dumagat ng Sierra Madre (KGAT) “We plant food so that we can make use of our land and reap our primary needs from it.” the community’s harvest would not only make up their lunch but also hundreds of others’ lunches here in Metro Manila Joemar had only recently heard of community pantries a movement that began when Ana Patricia Non put up one in Maginhawa St. his and his family’s harvest would be packaged and brought to ten of such pantries for the urban poor “We used to exchange goods with other communities and received products that we did not have,” said Renato Ibañez leader of Dumagat Remontado group SUKATAN-LN “That is why we thought that if [people in Metro Manila] were able to help us with relief goods such as canned food and rice we should be able to return the favor with goods that they don’t have.” along with the mountains being flocked by hikers They also suffered the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses late last year—but through time-tested practices “We have visions of when the flood is about to come and how big the water is going to be the water rises as if the wind is carrying it the impending construction of the Kaliwa Dam on their ancestral lands—to which they still haven’t given consent–will flood Daraitan and areas in the Quezon Province which would force their tribe and other non-IP residents to move upland there are 700 IPs among around 5,000 residents of Daraitan “Some of our sacred places will also be submerged We haven’t seen the actual plans,and a lot of us don’t agree with this project but they’re always reporting that we already consented to it,” Dullas said adding that the Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA) requires any public or private project to secure free and prior informed consent (FPIC) from the IPs in affected areas Even as they call for awareness on this crisis from Metro Manila citizens Dullas said these problems would not stop them from helping community pantries “We also want to show the government or anyone who represents them in this project: ‘Look at this food we’re getting from the areas when the dam is being built This can feed a lot of families,’” Dullas said Or should we support the IPs further and stop this project?’” such as the Sustainable Community Pantry in Pinagbuhatan are thankful for the food the Dumagat Remontado farmers have provided “We thank the Dumagat Remontado because they are the real symbol of bayanihan; whatever they had they still shared it with us,” said pantry organizer Lou Mercado Mercado and his fellow volunteers had an ingenious way of stocking his pantry but would otherwise be disposed of the next day Mercado said they would continue stocking the pantry so long as there is food in the market to rescue and there are people who are willing to help at least we can get through each day,” said Leonora Obando Produce from the Dumagat farmers also reached West Crame home to several employees laid off from businesses in the nearby Greenhills complex 20-year-old Joey Biteng and his fellow youth put up a pantry on a corner street where he says up to more than a hundred line up on a normal day Biteng further encourages young Filipinos to do what they can for their community “Just push through with what you want to do in order to help you could also ask their parents for guidance [on how to run their pantry],” Biteng said in Filipino “My message to the government is that they must support the youth who are helping others Dullas and her community are happy to see their countrymen enjoy the fruits of their labor But she hopes those who benefited from this endeavor will not let the food go to waste they could still feed a lot of people,” she said “Be thankful for the people who paved the way for community pantries because that means there are still people who want to volunteer for their community.” he sees these efforts as steps to solidify solidarity between the Dumagat Remontado and the city people something that could help the nation in the long run all of us in this country are eating as one—we’re not divided Maverick Flores is a Communications Campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia – Philippines He is an advocate for indigenous peoples’ rights and social justice This article was first published on Rappler on May 30 More than a hundred young people from Marikina last Saturday called on local and national candidates to stand up for corporate accountability and to make climate polluters pay climate-affected communities for damages Check out our cookbook with easy recipes to help you begin your healthy and eco-friendly journey At today’s Senate inquiry on the oil spill caused by the sinking of MT Terranova Greenpeace Campaigner Jefferson Chua said: Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Please select which cookies you are willing to store These cookies will provide you a better experience of our website You will be able to hide the cookies acceptance banner and use the website features better The non-acceptance of these cookies will give you a cookie-free experience These cookies help improving the performance of Greenpeace.org They are set to collect data such as how long users stay on a page or which links are clicked This helps us make better content based on your experience navigating the website Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism 21-year-old Joemar Pauig dug up fully-grown gabi and ube from shallow earth he then loaded the root crops onto his horse and prepared to descend from their farm atop the mountains of Daraitan but also hundreds of others’ lunches in Metro Manila Pauig had only recently heard of community pantries, a movement that began when Ana Patricia Non put one up along Maginhawa Street, Quezon City his and his family’s harvest would be packaged and brought to ten such pantries for the urban poor along with the mountains being flocked to by hikers They also had to face the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses late last year — but through time-tested practices “We have visions of when the flood is about to come and how big the water is going to be,” Ibañez said Furthermore, the impending construction of the Kaliwa Dam on their ancestral lands — to which they still haven’t given consent — will flood Daraitan and areas in Quezon Province there are 700 IPs among the approximately 5,000 residents of Daraitan and a lot of us don’t agree with this project Even as they call for awareness on this crisis from Metro Manila citizens, Dullas said these problems would not stop them from helping community pantries “We also want to show the government or anyone who represents them in this project: ‘Look at this food we’re getting from the areas where the dam is being built For their part, community pantries such as the Sustainable Community Pantry in Pinagbuhatan Mercado and his fellow volunteers had an ingenious way of stocking up the pantry “Thank you for the help; at least we can get through each day,” said Leonora Obando Produce from the Dumagat farmers have also reached West Crame “Just push through with what you want to do in order to help; you could also ask their parents for guidance [on how to run their pantry],” Biteng said in Filipino “I told our fellow IP farmers: ‘With what we’re doing all of us in this country are eating as one — we’re not divided we’re all dining at one table.”– Rappler.com Maverick Flores is a Communications Campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia-Philippines Japanese version Japanese version The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser. 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All rights reserved. 1 ContributorWHY DON’T U CALL LyricsWhy don't you call?Tell me what's the reasonYou left me to fallI just wanna know how you're feelingI'm giving my allBut you don't even care just callI just wanna know how you're feelingI just wanna hear from you(Call me)I just need to hear from you(Call me)If it's over just let me know(Call me)But can you just pick up the phoneWhy don't you call?Tell me what's the reasonYou left me to fallI just wanna know how you're feelingI'm giving my allBut you don't even care just callI just wanna know how you're feelingWhy don't you call?Tell me what's the reasonYou left me to fallI just wanna know how you're feelingI'm giving my allBut you don't even care just callI just wanna know how you're feelingYou might also likeEmbedCancelHow to Format Lyrics: To learn more, check out our transcription guide or visit our transcribers forum This song bio is unreviewedGenius Annotation1 contributor“WHY DON’T U CALL” by “KAINAN” is a heartfelt tune that delves into the longing for connection in a fading relationship The lyrics express KAINAN’s frustration and desire to hear from his partner questioning why communication has dwindled The track is anticipated as part of KAINAN’s upcoming album set to drop in November 2023 ShareQ&AFind answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning