Archive for May, 2011
How to Survive College Move-In Day Pain-Free
(NewsUSA) – College move-in day is full of aches and pains. There are, of course, the heartache and worries that accompany what for most parents is their children’s first time away from home. On top of that, there are the back, neck and arm pains that are incurred as you haul TVs, shoe collections and [...]
A Refreshing Twist on Traditional Guacamole
(NewsUSA) – In America, the most typical way to use avocados is in guacamole, which is frequently eaten as an appetizer and served with tortilla chips. Mexican Chef Roberto Santibanez explains that guacamole is rarely served like that in his home country, and encourages people to explore other usages, such as adding guacamole to soups, [...]
One dead as typhoon skirts Philippines
MANILA, May 27, 2011 (AFP) – One person died in the Philippines as typhoon Songda brought floods and triggered landslides that cut off roads across the country, rescuers said Friday. The eye of the storm passed to the north of the Philippines early Friday, sparing the country a direct hit, the government’s National Disaster Risk [...]
Return to glory: Miami Heat EC champs
CHICAGO, May 27, 2011 (AFP) – LeBron James and Dwyane Wade sparked a fourth-quarter rally as the Miami Heat came from behind to beat Chicago 83-80 Thursday to set up a rematch of their 2006 finals against the Dallas Mavericks. James scored 28 points and Wade had 21 for Miami who went on an 18-3 [...]
IMF ready to lend $35 billion to needy Arab countries
DEAUVILLE, May 26, 2011 (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it was prepared to lend about $35 billion to oil importing countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. But that was a small part of the more than $300 billion the region could require over the next two years, even [...]
Poetry in motion
Sheryll Contillo of the National Capital Region was poetry in motion during her golden performance in the rhythmic gymnastics competitions of the ongoing Philippines National Games at the Colegio de San Agustin gym in Bacolod City over the weekend. (PNA photo by Marvie Lloren)
Chicken Pastel Recipe
Estimated cooking time for this chicken recipe: 1.5 hours Chicken Pastel Ingredients: • One 1 1/2 kilo chicken, cut in pieces • One can (14 ounces) Vienna sausage, sliced • 3 potatoes, diced • 1 carrot, diced • 1 up mushrooms, cut in half • 1 green bell pepper, sliced in strips • 1/2 cup [...]
After 25 years, TV megastar Oprah bows out
By Dan Dorfman CHICAGO, May 25, 2011 (AFP) – Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey bade farewell to her trailblazing television program Wednesday, ending 25 years of intimate star confessions by telling loyal fans they had been the love of her life. In a program taped a day earlier at Oprah’s Harpo Studios in Chicago, Winfrey [...]
Hollywood deal for film of bin Laden killing
LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2011 (AFP) – US film giant Columbia Pictures said Tuesday it has won the US distribution rights for a film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, to be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow and journalist-turned screenwriter Mark Boal, who won Oscars for Iraq bomb squad movie “The Hurt [...]
Stay on Track to Your Destination With Regular Tire Maintenance
(NewsUSA) – When the rubber meets the road this summer, will you be prepared? Summer heat can be tough on tires, which makes regular tire checks a critical part of your general vehicle maintenance schedule. Heat combined with improper tire pressure, uneven wear or damage and poor alignment can cause potentially dangerous driving conditions and [...]
