Pão de queijo, cheese bread, are small rolls with crunchy exteriors and uniquely chewy, stretchy centers. Instead of using flour like most baked goods, they use a surprise ingredient: tapioca starch. Tapioca starch (also called tapioca flour) is made from cassava root, a plant native to South America, that has been ground into a powder….
These Cheesy Rolls, Originally From Brazil, Are Easy to Make in Your Own Kitchen
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Sept. 22)
The federal reserve chair didn’t give a timeline at his speech on Wednesday for when to reduce its monetary stimulus, even though many say it’s fueling the price increases. The child care industry is experiencing a crisis. Workers are quitting and children need to get on wait lists for pre-school, with the treasury department calling…
10,000 Unnecessary Cancer Deaths Linked to COVID-19 Pandemic, Lockdown in UK: Report
A lack of face-to-face doctor visits in the UK since the start of the CCP virus pandemic may result in 10,000 unnecessary deaths due to cancer, said a report from University College London published this week. Researchers with the university said that a drop in emergency referrals from general practitioners in 2020 across the United…
Fields to Make First Start for Bears With Dalton Injured
LAKE FOREST, Ill.—Justin Fields is set to make his first start for the Chicago Bears. The team will go with the prized rookie quarterback when the Bears visit the Cleveland Browns this week with veteran Andy Dalton sidelined because of a left knee injury, coach Matt Nagy said Wednesday. “Justin’s gonna be our starter,” he…
NYC Metro Transit Authority Spent $1.5 Million on Flood Pumps Nobody Knew How to Use
The New York City metro public transportation company spent $1.5 million on pump trucks to mitigate flooding, but none of its personnel got trained to operate them so they just sat parked for years with no maintenance, according to the watchdog agency that oversees the state-owned company. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bought the 12…
How the PPC, Christian Heritage, Maverick, and Libertarian Parties Fared in the 2021 Election
As mail-in ballots continue to be counted for the Sept. 20 federal election, here are how some of Canada’s smaller parties have fared as of Sept. 22. People’s Party of Canada The PPC didn’t win any seats but garnered a total of 825,780 votes—an increase of its share of the national vote to 5 percent,…
House GOP Leadership Will Encourage Members to Vote Against Infrastructure Bill
In a statement from Rep. Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) office Wednesday, the House Minority Whip said that Republican leadership would be asking members to vote against the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. In the Senate, the infrastructure bill passed easily, with all 50 Democrats and 19 Republicans in the upper chamber supporting the bill. Of those, many…
US Solar Companies Warn That Proposed Tariffs Would Devastate New Projects
A U.S. solar industry group warned on Wednesday that tariffs on imported panels from three Asian countries would jeopardize nearly 30 percent of the solar capacity the nation is expected to install over the next two years. The Commerce Department is poised to decide by the end of September whether to launch a trade investigation…
Memory and the Arts
The Greek myths are full of insightful and explanatory details that help us understand not only how to conduct ourselves in this world, but also about how things came to be and how things work. This latter point—how things work—is really important if we want to achieve anything. As we know, success and achievement can…
US and China Battle for Defense-Critical Rare Earth Metals
September 22, 2021
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Analysis For years, China has undercut other countries in the production and refining of defense-critical rare earth metals, dominating the global market. At present China controls 85 percent of the global supply. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses threats to cut off the supplies of rare earth minerals as a bargaining chip. It did this…
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