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Either way, you’ll be as grateful as Tiny Tim at the end of “A Christmas Carol.” Accent optional. |
Tip: When you visit the supermarket, be sure to choose highest-quality dates, raisins, plums and currants. This recipe depends on the intense flavor of sun-ripened, carefully dried fruits. |
All over the world, the people of the Jewish diaspora celebrate Hanukkah, the winter festival of lights. With influences from a range of culinary traditions, Hanukkah menus vary widely and incorporate a diversity of flavors. |
This hearty kugel, laden with protein-packed cottage cheese, wide egg noodles and plump dried cherries, will fill your home with enticing aromas — and satisfy any appetite. |
Tip: Let the kids do the measuring and mixing. Sturdy ingredients like the ones in kugel will hold up well. |
With the Philippines’ largely Catholic population, Christmas is an all-out affair there. |
One of the island nation’s most cherished holiday dishes, bibingka touches upon all the winter-treat requirements — sweetness, enticing fragrance, a stick-to-your-ribs element — but adds tropical flair with banana leaf and coconut. |
Prepared traditionally, this glorious dish can take a village to make, not to mention a host of ingredients. Simplified versions sidestep some of the work without sacrificing bibingka’s festive deliciousness and unique aspects, including a savory cheese topping. |
Tip: Want to go full-on authentic with this holiday dessert? Bits of salted duck egg — or hard-boiled egg — can be used as a crowning garnish. |
Cooking can make people of all ages more open to trying new tastes, so enlist the whole gang in holiday dessert prep. Wherever and whatever you’re celebrating, these winter treats are sure to brighten your day. |
Warner Bros. has dropped the first trailer for A Star is Born, starring Bradley Cooper as an aging musician who finds and falls for a younger aspiring talent, played by Lady Gaga. |
Although the story's a classic – it's the third remake of the 1937 original – the film marks a first for both of its stars. Cooper is making his directorial debut, while Gaga is in her first-ever lead role in a film. |
If the first trailer is any indication, though, it looks like they're doing just fine. A Star is Born arrives October 5. |
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President Barack Obama and some surviving marchers are going back to Selma this weekend to commemorate the 50th anniversary of that "Bloody Sunday" assault, and to talk about how the country has — and has not — changed since then. |
Several Ferguson protesters also plan to go to Selma, hoping to ensure that more Americans will draw parallels between yesterday's and today's struggles. "It is clear that the struggle continues," said human rights attorney Nicole Lee, who was in Ferguson during the unrest after police decided not to charge officer Dar... |
A grand jury declined to indict Wilson as well last year. The Justice Department said Wednesday that it also would not seek to prosecute Wilson. It did issue a scathing report that called Ferguson's law enforcement practices discriminatory and unconstitutional. |
Similar things were said about Selma after the police killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson, 26, who died a few days after being shot in the stomach by Alabama state trooper James Bonard Fowler while trying to protect family members during a melee that broke out after a voting rights protest in February 1965. A grand jury late... |
Georgia congressman John Lewis, then a student activist who was severely beaten in Selma, also sees parallels between the 1965 marches and the #BlackLivesMatter movement that sprang up after Brown's death. He also sees a major distinction. |
"The only thing that is so different (is that) today, I don't think many of the young people have a deep understanding of the ways of nonviolent direct action," Lewis said. |
Other Selma veterans say they fear their sacrifices are being wasted by those who fail to vote, leading to lack of representation in government and on police forces. "Racism never went anywhere. Racism just took a nap, and when it woke up, we were watching ... all those stupid reality shows. We let everything pass by u... |
"There was nothing magic about Selma," said Andrew Young, one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s closest aides and an organizer in King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference. "Selma just gave us the right to vote. But if you don't vote, and don't take advantage of that right, you're still living in a pre-Selma age," Youn... |
African Americans voted at a higher rate than non-Hispanic whites in 2012 — 66.2 percent versus 64.1 percent — with Obama on the ballot. But voter turnout was down in last year's midterm elections roughly three months after Brown was killed, and dismal in local elections. In Ferguson, fewer than 1,484 of the town's 12,... |
Back in 1965, the SCLC targeted Selma as an area where they should challenge the lack of voting rights, Young said, and King called it "the most segregated city in America." |
Young said they came up with the idea to march from Selma to Montgomery at the funeral for Jackson, to make a voting rights statement and to protest Jackson's death. Shocking images of the police beatings were broadcast nationwide; ABC interrupted its Sunday night movie, "Judgment at Nuremberg," to air 15 minutes of un... |
"They broke into Hitler and the Nazi persecution of the Jews to (show) the persecution of African Americans by state troopers in Alabama," Young said. "People made the connection that this cannot be allowed to happen." |
Eighty four people were injured in the violence, including Lewis, who suffered a skull fracture. In 2004, Fowler confessed to a newspaper reporter that he shot Jackson. He said he fired in self-defense after Jackson hit him on the head with a bottle. In 2010, Fowler pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was ... |
A few days after the Bloody Sunday assaults, King led a second march to the scene of the violence. A third march, on March 21, actually made it from Selma to Montgomery. Eight days later, President Lyndon Johnson spoke to a joint session of Congress, and compared Selma to some of America's Revolutionary battles. |
Five months later, Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which ushered millions of African Americans and other minorities onto voter rolls in the South. |
ISLAMABAD: Members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) continued their war of words on the floor of the National Assembly on Wednesday as the lower house of parliament witnessed another unproductive day. |
The members from both sides of the aisle, during their fiery speeches, called each other’s leadership “thieves” and “robbers” and even passed some personal remarks during over three-hour proceedings when Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri gave a free hand to the legislators to speak on any matter. |
An unnecessarily aggressive response from Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda to a calling-attention notice moved by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) members regarding “non-provision of due share of water to Sindh according to 1991 Accord” soon after the Question Hour vitiated the otherwise peaceful environment of th... |
Sharing his concerns with the PPP members, Mr Vawda alleged that the previous PML-N government had deprived Sindh of its water share by shutting telemeters. According to him, telemeters installed to “check water theft” are still closed to date and he has been making every effort to resolve the issue of water scarcity i... |
“Water was stolen. During the Nawaz Sharif government, telemeters were deliberately shut on verbal orders to deprive other provinces of their water share. Besides committing financial corruption, they also stole water,” Mr Vawda alleged amid a noisy protest by the PML-N members. |
“I have caught the theft committed by the PML-N. Sindh was facing great excesses,” the minister said without caring for the opposition’s protest and alleged that the province was getting 38 per cent less water. |
Mr Vawda said he had some reservations over the 18th Amendment due to which his hands were tied. Pointing towards PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, the minister said he would also take up the matter with the former. |
Without naming but in an apparent reference to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the minister said Karachi was also facing water shortage due to illegal hydrants installed when the “self-proclaimed custodians of the city” were in total control. |
PML-N leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi responded by saying that the minister had levelled “a very serious allegation” against his government. He asked the deputy speaker to either refer the matter to the standing committee concerned or form a special committee to prove this charge and present its r... |
Mr Abbasi lashed out at the minister for constantly calling the opposition members “thieves” and warned if he continued to do so he would get the response in the same coin. He said those who had acquired power through “stolen elections” had no right to call others “thieves.” He said the “certified thieves” were sitting... |
Upon this, Mr Vawda took the floor again, saying there was no need for constituting a committee as he would present all the record in the house. |
“During the PML-N’s tenure, every institution was robbed,” he went on saying, creating a rumpus in the house. |
The deputy speaker then gave the floor to another fiery speaker and Minister of State for Communications Murad Saeed only to aggravate the situation. The young minister said if the PML-N people had not committed corruption why its leaders and the entire Sharif family were facing inquiries before the National Accountabi... |
Then it was PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah’s turn to respond to the treasury benches. He alleged that the ministers were making a hue and cry only to hide their incompetence as they could not defend the government due to its “failure” on all fronts, including economy and law and order. |
He also made some personal attacks on Prime Minister Imran Khan, accusing him of having the habit of levelling false allegations against the opponents. |
“Why is NAB not arresting Aleem Khan, Pervez Khattak and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as all of them are also facing inquiries?” he asked and condemned the government for arresting Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif. He also highlighted a number of alleged corruption cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the previous PTI g... |
The deputy speaker adjourned the sitting till Thursday evening. |
The secretary of health and human services presents a 10-year plan to improve the nation's health care technology. |
WASHINGTON—Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson on Wednesday presented a plan for building a national health care information infrastructure to improve health care technology. |
Thompson, along with Dr. David Brailer, the recently-appointed National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, outlined the 10-year plan for an audience of policy makers and health IT industry leaders at the Secretarial Summit on Health Information Technology here. |
"Today the decade of health information technology innovation has been launched," said Thompson. |
The objectives of the plan are to bring electronic health records into physician offices and hospitals; to build an interoperable health information infrastructure that connects clinicians; to allow increased consumer access to health information; and to improve population health by facilitating public health monitorin... |
The highly-anticipated plan comes just a few months after the creation of the health IT coordinator position and the appointment of Brailer. Brailer was given a target of 90 days to complete his initial recommendations for action, but actually delivered it in 76 days. A seemingly weary Brailer joked that this demonstra... |
/zimages/1/28571.gifClick here to read more about Brailers appointment and his priorities as the health IT czar. |
Indeed, Thompson said, "We have reached a tipping point as far as technology is concerned. I think, finally, health care technology has arrived." |
Thompson ran through a litany of industries that have become completely technology-dependent, ranging from banking to the media. "Virtually every other sector of the economy is charging ahead into the 21st century, its time for health care to catch up," he argued. |
Americans spend more resources on health care than the citizens of any other nation. Health care spending represents more than $1.3 trillion dollars, or 15 percent of the national economy, yet Americans only get the appropriate treatment for medical conditions 55 percent of the time, according to a Rand study cited by ... |
He went on to argue that implementing effective health IT could save $130 billion a year—or about 10 percent of nations health spending—by eliminating redundant testing and enabling more effective treatment. |
/zimages/1/28571.gifThompson has praised mandatory moves toward bar codes on drugs. Click here for the full story. |
Thompson demonstrated considerable concern that health care is so far behind other industry sectors. "If you have a pet dog, they have an electronic record," he said. "You get an electronic reminder to update the dogs shots, dont you think we should do that for children?" |
/zimages/1/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms Health Care Center at http://healthcare.eweek.com for the latest news, views and analysis of technologys impact on health care. |
The actor learns how to make dumplings and explores the city where his new film "Skyscraper" takes place with "GMA." |
Lockup Paris skyscraper with our sponsor Universal Pictures the star of the film doing Johnson. It appeared yet seen any of the Times Square on Tuesday but before that our Adrian being very got to meet up with him and the rest of the cast in Hong Kong where the movie takes place. They explored by city by land sea and s... |
The "Skyscraper" star also revealed how his daughter plans to break into show business. |
Plus, a runaway sheep leads local cops on a chase in Mansfield, Massachusetts. |
The actor surprises two of his megafans on FaceTime, and then invites them to the premiere of his new film, "Skyscraper." |
Before the season started, Dwyer coach Fred Ross pointed out his senior captain Darick Jarmon. |
On Thursday afternoon, Jarmon got his moment. |
BETHESDA, Md. — It’s an occasion unlike any other in Dwyer basketball’s history. |
The 19th annual Kissimmee Klassic softball tournament will kickoff Thursday in, you guessed it, Kissimmee. |
Second-ranked Palm Beach Gardens, fourth-ranked Okeechobee and Jensen Beach will play in the tournament. |
There won’t be any college recruiters at the ESPN Rise Invitational to watch Dwyer, but they will be down in droves in April to inquire about multiple Dwyer players and several other area stars. |
It was hard enough to return to practice after more than three weeks off, but the Dwyer basketball team is also dealing with injuries to two key players. |
Check out our winter All-Area teams, listed with players of the year. Click the links after the jump for stories and information on additional honorees for each sport. |
There aren’t many offensive linemen prospects in the country with a better frame or greater potential than 6-foot-6, 290-pound Palm Beach Gardens junior Avery Young. |
Is YouTube Google Inc.'s Answer to Cable? |
The search king is the latest of many rumored to be investigating beginning its own streaming service to compete with cable. |
Though cable companies by the score have pooh-poohed "upstart" entertainment alternatives like Hulu, Netflix, and a host of others, the days of brushing aside the upstarts may be nearing an end. It's no secret that consumers dislike their respective cable providers; the industry consistently ends up at the bottom of vi... |
But if Netflix and Hulu weren't enough to get the cable industry worried, rumors of an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) streaming service on the horizon should. And Apple's not alone, it appears. Word has it Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is planning its own entertainment service via its wildly popular YouTube property. As ... |
The popularity of YouTube is nearly unimaginable in this age of streaming video. With over a billion users, millions of hours of videos viewed each and every day, and 300 hours uploaded every minute, YouTube is a mainstay of the global online community. As impressive as YouTube's popularity is, perhaps even more incred... |
Though Google CEO Larry Page doesn't break out YouTube-specific revenues, there's no denying it's already a cash-generating machine. With over 1 million advertisers in the fold, estimates that YouTube is expected to generate net revenues of over $1.5 billion this year are, if anything, on the conservative side. The que... |
The rumored Apple streaming TV service will pipe popular channels like the three major networks, ESPN, Animal Planet, and Discovery, among a host of others. By contrast, the YouTube video on-demand subscription will offer viewers original content and a wider variety of alternatives, similar to its existing music video ... |
Despite the diatribe from the cable industry, the environment couldn't be better for a YouTube on-demand service. The notion of "cutting the cord," has become a familiar theme as consumers look for options to cable, and Google has the infrastructure, and YouTube the scale, to make an immediate impact. And for Google, k... |
As alluded to in a recent article, the much-ballyhooed Google Fiber may be ready to go mainstream thanks to the recent passing of net neutrality. By opening the door to existing telephone poles and existing infrastructure, installing Fiber won't require the expensive process of tearing up of streets and yards, and the ... |
In addition to Fiber, Google is also close to rolling out its own wireless service. In other words, the successful launch of a YouTube on-demand video subscription service could, conceivably, be the final step in Google literally "owning" online usage from beginning to end. Imagine millions of consumers could be loggin... |
And Google can even take it a step further. As fans of the search king know, Google can and does collect reams of user data to assist its marketing partners in targeting the right ad, to the right person, at the right time. Now consider the aforementioned scenario: the amount, and the scope, of data Google would collec... |
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. -- Instead of electing an art or music class, students at East Stroudsburg High School South are choosing to learn how to save a life in a new emergency medical response course. |
"I want to go into being a nurse practitioner, and so I figured this would be a good way to jump-start my career," said Elexes Strube. |
The district's school board recently approved the training course for high school students. |
The course started this week. |
Debbie Kulick is a school board member and was the driving force behind the program. |
"I started as a high schooler, and this is my 45th year still volunteering in the community, and I have seen the difference that it can make either with others finding careers and also becoming better people in their own right where they learn how to handle emergencies," said Kulick. |
Students who choose to take the course at school also don't have to pay for it, and directors say that's a good thing because the training can be pricey. |
The district partnered with Northampton Community College, and students will earn college credit through this program. |
Johnathan Kulick-Cummings is the Director of Operations at the Bushkill Emergency Corps and says this is a great opportunity for students. |
"It can provide them with a slew of professional experience and build up their resume and give them the avenue go into volunteer services that can help with job and volunteer experience," said Kulick-Cummings. |
School officials say once the emergency medical response course is concluded, an emergency medical technician course will begin in the fall. |
THE PSN is down for some PS4 and PS3 gamers tonight, with a new PlayStation Network error stopping some console owners accessing core online features. |
According to the latest online chatter, the PSN is down for some PS3 and PS4 users tonight. |
Fans are reporting 8002a537 PlayStation Network error codes popping up when trying to sign in. |
Others are also confirming being signed out of their current PSN session on PS4 and PS3 consoles. |
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