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That's right. The sanctions have frozen one half to two thirds of their foreign currency reserves, which will be drained faster than expected.

China has it's own financial problems and cannot carry Russia for any length of time. If sanctions are not very effective, why was Putin so upset that he mentioned them as one of the reasons for his veiled nuclear threat. The SWIFT sanctions are only partial. Cutting Russia off completely from SWIFT will have a devastating effect and Putin knows this. Russia's foreign exchange reserves can last only so long and then what? The rouble's fall is not over and it may take Putin down with it.

Saw this just now. Oregon Coast Wasabi, the largest wasabi farm in the U.S. By the way, my neighbor buys wasabi tissue cultures from a Vancouver company every 2 to three years.

Wasabi may be grown commercially exclusively in Japan, but is also grown on a small scale in Hawaii. I live in the Volcano area on the island of Hawaii at 4,000 ft. elevation where winter time temperatures can drop into the 40s F. The guy raising the wasabia japonica is also a commercial vegetable farmer. His wasabi plants are watered 4 times a day and he has harvested mature plants. He got the original plants from another Japanese farmer who imported them from Japan. The first ingredient listed on a tube of PREMIUM S&B Wasabi Paste is wasabi. It sells for 3 to four times the price of the colored horseradish. As for preference, it depends on how much you want to spend.

S&B does sell "real" wasabi which costs three times more than the "imitation" wasabi. One of my neighbors grows wasabi and sells both potted plants and fresh wasabi.

Rather doubt it that he can be removed politically.

I grew up eating the many ethnic foods available here in Hawaii, including the local versions of nori maki and inari sushi. The first time I ate tekka maki and onigiri sushi was in Japan. I am far from a being a sushi chef, but make passable sushi. Prepared wasabi in plastic squeeze tubes imported from Japan is readily available. In the past everyone in Hawaii used karashi (yellow mustard, the kind served with oden and gyoza). There are a few people here that grow wasabi which does best grown next to cold, clear spring water. Yellowfin tuna in Hawaii is called ahi. The Japanese call big eye tuna maguro and tend to use the term for tuna.

Sushi is also one of my favorites. I make good inari (stuffed in deep fried tofu pockets) and nori maki (rolled in dried seaweed sheets). My favorite is tekka maki which has raw fish, preferably sashimi grade ahi, and wasabi in the center. You are right about Kokuho, although the supermarkets here stock other brands which are just as good. I only use long grain rice when cooking fried rice since it does not stick together.

One food vendor that I patronized on a regular basis sterilized all utensils with boiling water. He and his wife seemed very concerned about proper sanitation. Flies were not a problem since he was only open after sundown.

Suspect email should be forwarded to [email protected]. They usually acknowledge receipt when I do. I rarely receive another fraudulent email after that; that is, not for a long time.

Had this happen one time. Tried to use my card and found out my card wouldn't work. Upon phoning the card company I was questioned about recent transactions and we determined there were two fraudulent transactions, each for less than five dollars. The charges were reversed, a new card issued and I received it by express mail. Like you I am very cautious where I use my card.

This problem is not unique to Thailand. It exists anywhere enforcement is lax or completely lacking.

This is a step down from all of the tough talk from Xi and his foreign minister. China's economy is much worse shape than they would like us to believe.

My "p" key needs extra pressure to work.

You can buy it online. I have seen it being sold on eBay.