PORTLAND: Calling on election officials to “count every vote,” protesters marched through the streets of several American cities Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump’s aggressive effort to challenge the vote count in Tuesday’s presidential election.

In Minneapolis, protesters blocked a freeway, prompting arrests. In Portland, hundreds gathered on the waterfront to protest the president’s attempted interventions in the vote count as a separate group protesting the police and u ..

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OK, perhaps not exactly what you were hoping for. Election night wasn't a real thriller for a whole lot of people, and now it looks as if we're going to be counting votes for … quite a while. Will everybody still be talking about it at Thanksgiving dinner? If so, be careful not to invite your cousin in Pennsylvania who forgot to vote.

Meru Valley’s Patchwork Society is spreading some traditional cheer with handsewn Batik and patchwork face masks, with funds raised to support the care of disabled children.

Mark your calendars as the Patchwork Society will be holding their thirteenth annual charity bazaar at the Function Room on 7 November 2020, from 9am to 5pm.

The bazaar will feature handmade crafts, food (Japanese sushi, muffins, and cookies) and a jumble-sale corner with porcelains and housewares up for grabs.

All proceeds from the bazaar will be channelled to Pusat Jagaan Kanak-Kanak Cacat Setia Silibin, to help support the care of disabled children.

Initiated by Datin Mina Ushiama, the Patchwork society get together every Tuesday for the love and passion of handicraft and sewing. They’ve created beautiful crafts items such as face masks purses, bags, cot quilts, coasters, handphone cases, bags, passport holders and many others.

Speaking about the bazaar, Datin Ushiama said: “This year we have handmade reusable face mask to keep everyone safe. There will be two designs- one type is made from ‘Batik’ material and the other one is made of attractive prints and gauze, which has four layers (2 layers of cotton and 2 layers of gauze) and would be very comfortable. These masks are priced at RM 7 per piece.”

She further explained: “This time round we have added patchwork collections from some professional patchwork artist from KL, Ms Bovey Ho, Ms.Yoriko Sugihara and Ms. Yukiko Kojima in this bazaar. Ms. Bovey Ho used to donate her crochet bags and dolls for our annual bazaars, however this year she has made elaborated face masks upon huge demand, which will be sold at RM12 per piece. Ms. Yoriko has donated us her handmade bags, purses, and ceramics like vases, teapots and cups. Meanwhile Ms. Yukiko has donated some of her handmade crafts to us to be sold at the bazaar.”

With the festive season just around the corner, take this opportunity to purchase fine handmade crafts as gifts and support the lives of disabled children with your generosity. Bring your neighbours and friends and pencil in on 7 November for a day of craft and a good cause.

For more information on the event, please contact Jia Huey at 05-529 3354. See you there!



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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has found 21 food products involving 16 brands containing controlled poisons such as sildenafil and tadalafil, and warned vendors against selling them.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said legal action has been taken against the producers and distributors of four brands, while the 12 others were found to have false or incomplete company names and addresses.

Under Section 13 of Food Act 1983, he said, any person who prepares or sells any food that has in or upon it any substance which is poisonous, harmful or otherwise injurious to health, may be fined up to RM100,000 or face a maximum jail sentence of 10 years or both.

“All traders, including online traders, who still have stock of the products are instructed to immediately stop selling them and to contact the nearest district health office for them to be seized.


“Members of the public who consume these products are encouraged to immediately seek advice and treatment from health professionals,” Noor Hisham said in a statement today.

The ministry’s food safety and quality division had surveyed 849 products from 2019 until August this year.

The 21 products found to contain controlled poisons include health drinks, candies and premix coffee.

The list of the products can be found in the director-general’s full statement here.


Source: FMT

Democratic nominee Joe Biden said he expects to defeat President Donald Trump when all the votes are counted and delivered a call for healing and unity in the wake of the brutal election.

“We are not enemies,” Biden said in a speech delivered from Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday afternoon.

“We’ve faced hard times before. So once this election is finalized and behind us, it will be time for us to do what we’ve always done as Americans: to put the harsh rhetoric of the campaign behind us, to lower the temperature, to see each other again, to listen to one another, to hear each other again,” Biden said.

“To unite, to heal, to come together as a nation. I know this won’t be easy. I’m not naive, neither of us are,” Biden said. “But I know this as well: To make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as enemies. We are not enemies.”

“We are campaigning as Democrats, but I will govern as an American president,” he said.

• More than 1,100 new mutual funds in China have launched this year, for a scale of issuance that’s topped 2.5 trillion yuan ($373.1 billion) as of Friday, according to data from the Wind financial information database.
  
• Lower interest rates, new regulations and changes in Chinese investor preferences helped drive the growth, analysts said.
  
• ″(It’s) a clear opportunity for most mutual fund companies and managers, especially for those with (a) good track record, strong distribution network and established brand name,” said Cliff Sheng, partner leading the capital market service line of McKinsey in greater China.