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Go for sushi; an egg scramble topped with salsa and served with a small spinach salad; or cooked shredded chicken with crunchy vegetables, such as jicama, cukes and carrots, wrapped in a big lettuce leaf instead of bread. A heavy steak dinner or anything fried will sit in your stomachs and make you feel lethargic and sick. For more stylish ideas and solutions, visit TheNest.com. .
DPWH execs in Asean lamppost scam axed
After almost two weeks, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) finally replaced its officials linked to the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit streetlamps mess in Cebu. Sun-Star Cebu (www.sunstar.com.ph) reported Wednesday that the Ombudsmans six-month preventive suspension on DPWH Central Visayas officials was finally served Tuesday. The order, issued two weeks ago, was delivered to DPWH 7 last week but it was only Tuesday that the DPWH hierarchy decided on who will replace Regional Director Robert Lala. Lala confirmed that he will start serving his suspension Wednesday and that engineer Gamaliel Abiera, chief of the DPWH 7 construction division, will take his place. Abiera is the district engineer of the 4th Iloilo Engineering District based in Sta. Barbara town.
Eco-Leading by example; Fledging club triples high school ...
OAK PARK HEIGHTS - When she came to Stillwater Area High School as a sophomore, Lauren Anastos was surprised and disappointed to learn the school didn't have an environmentally minded student group."She came up to me after class one day and asked, 'Why isn't there a club here?'" recalled SAHS Spanish teacher Robyn Eliason. "'I don't know; you should start one,' I told her. So she did, and it's been absolutely wonderful."Eliason was willing to donate her time as a faculty adviser, and the SAHS Eco-Leaders were born.
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A bolt of cloth, an old slipcover — you’re all set
WASHINGTON When I was growing up, we never lived any place longer than a year and a half. My father was in the Army, and we moved constantly from post to post, from one side of the country to another, from one country to another. This was not easy for my mother. She was the one who stayed behind to pack, then travel with three children to our new destination, unpack and create a new home. My father always went ahead for his new assignment and was totally involved in it before we even arrived. We never knew what we were facing, and this was part of the excitement and the trepidation. Would we be living in a palace or a Quonset hut? The challenge for my mother was to make our living quarters a place where we could feel safe and secure, where we felt as if we belonged, where we could be a family in a new and strange environment.
Beyond an unassuming exterior, a treasure of woodwork that ...
QUINCY -- Like an unadorned jewelry box that offers no hint of the treasures within, this squat bungalow presents a beguilingly simple exterior. But take a peek inside and prepare to be dazzled. The stained glass windows, the fireplaces, even the radiator covers -- mahogany and marble -- are striking, but it's the woodwork that is incomparable. Intricately carved corbels reminiscent of a ship's figurehead and hand-carved wainscot panels embellish several rooms. "It's pretty spectacular," said Tiffany Kelly, sales coordinator for The Quantum Group/Daisher-Chiles Cos. , which renovated and is selling the house. Neighbors told her that the original owner, a financier, salvaged woodwork from banks as they failed in the 1920s. A den features the most impressive woodwork, including matching female figures with lamps atop their heads, young boys carved into either side of the massive fireplace, hunting scenes with a wolf's head, boar's head, fish and fowl, and a series of motifs such as musical instruments and a cornucopia encircling the room.
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