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Staub Cast-Iron Braiser
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- Summary
Staub's innovative enamel coating takes cast-iron cooking to the next level with improved performance, style and durability. Ideal for braising and slow-cooking, this versatile pan transitions seamlessly from the oven to the table for a most-attractive presentation.
- Heavyweight enameled cast iron transfers and retains heat evenly.
- Multicoat enameling creates a glossy, vibrantly colored "majolique" finish that resembles fine ceramics.
- Resistant to rust, chipping and cracking, the coating requires no additional seasoning like some other cast-iron pieces.
- The specially formulated black matte interior enamel of each piece contains traces of quartz, giving it additional heat resistance and a rougher surface that results in better browning.
- Dishwasher safe.
- Made in France.
- Dimensions & More Info
- 2 3/4-Qt.: 4 3/4" diam., 2 3/4" high; 9 1/2" wide with handles; 9 lb. with lid.
- 4-Qt.: 5" diam., 3" high; 11" wide with handles; 11 lb. 8 oz. with lid.
Additional Information
- Ideal for use on any cooktop, including induction; not recommended for glass stove tops.
- Extra-heavy lid seals in moisture for tender, flavorful results.
- Made in France.
- Use & Care
- Ideal for use on any cooktop, including induction; not recommended for glass stove tops.
- Oven and broiler safe up to 500°F.
- For best results use low to medium heat.
- When using high heat, bring pans slowly to a high temperature.
- Use plastic, wood or nylon utensils only; metal utensils may damage the enamel.
- Enamel may chip or crack if banged against a hard surface.
- Handles and knobs can become very hot. Always use pot holder or glove when handling.
- Allow pan to cool before washing.
- Dishwasher safe.
- Stubborn stains can be removed by soaking your pot for a few minutes in hot, soapy water.
- Completely dry pan before storing.
- Avoid using steel wool, steel scouring pads, harsh detergents, bleach or abrasive cleaners.
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- More about Staub
Staub traces its origin to the Alsace region of France, where founder Francis Staub designed his first enameled pot while working in an old French artillery factory in 1974. With the goal of creating the perfect pot for cooking the region's traditional hearty soups, stews and braises, he combined cast iron, the most popular material of the time, with the latest enameling technology available. Today, Staub still makes its cookware at a traditional atelier in France, casting each pot in an individual sand mold, which is heated to 800°F and destroyed after use. The exterior enamel coating is made with glass powder and mineral pigments, applied in two or three coats to generate brilliant glossy colors.
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When Oprah Winfrey declared a few weeks ago that "this is the most exciting thing I've ever done," she wasn't referring to a new charitable project, her endorsement of Barack Obama, or even her new reality TV show.
She was referring to an unprecedented, 10-week Web broadcast to discuss spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle's latest bestselling book, "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose." Millions have joined this "webinar," which concludes May 5.
It's not hard to see why. It appeals to many disaffected believers, because it claims to liberate us from old, ideological, "I am right; you are wrong" religious beliefs. It offers a new spirituality that supposedly lies at the hidden center of all religions.
It has thus generated great confusion, and a serious backlash among those who see in the Tolle-Oprah juggernaut a pernicious teaching. "The Church of Oprah Exposed" video clip on YouTube has been viewed more than 6 million times.
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The Bible and "A New Earth" at first seem very similar, because Tolle's teachings are often presented in a quasi-Christian framework and affirmed by Oprah as consonant with Christianity.
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There are also parallels with the benefits associated with Christian conversion – phrases such as "new birth," "joy and peace," and "grace" are sprinkled throughout the text.
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On the issue of the nature of God and humanity, and the way of salvation, the apparent agreements give way to fundamental contradictions.
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There is a further source of confusion. Though sounding very open, humble, and inclusive, Tolle's teachings implicitly reject this biblical truth. He declares that "all religions are equally true and equally false." But notice: While he and Oprah dismiss religious teaching that claims to be the only way and the only truth, the unstated, but logically inescapable corollary is that theirs is the only way!
On the webcast, a woman asked Oprah how she reconciles Christianity and "A New Earth." The Baptist-raised Oprah said she could because she had opened her mind to Tolle's way of thinking and, earlier in life, freed herself from church rules and doctrine. In so doing, though, Oprah – and her millions of followers – are accepting the rules and doctrines of another system, Tolle's Gnostic view of truth that Jesus' earliest followers warned against. No wonder so many Christians are confused.
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But this Web class unintentionally creates an occasion of genuine clarity. We face a choice of ultimate importance. We can stand with "the truth" of Tolle-Oprah and a long tradition of mystics who suggest that man is God and that "God" is merely a human creation. Or we can stand with Jesus Christ, who proved that he was "the way, the truth, and the life," and affirm that God is God, and man is God's creation.
As contemporary humanity seeks to create a global community, some sort of "new earth," the age-old challenge that Joshua issued to Israel is placed before us with added urgency: "Choose this day whom ye will serve": the gods or God, because, in the global community, as Bob Dylan rightly observed, "you're gonna have to serve somebody."
• Peter Jones, director of truthXchange, is a professor at Westminster Seminary. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America, and coauthor of "Cracking Da Vinci's Code."


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simplicity, wisdom and dignity of those who are advanced in years is a source
of real encouragement to me in my priestly ministry. In 1999 the venerable Pope
John Paul II wrote a beautiful letter to the Elderly. In it he wrote these
"The Christian
community can receive much from the serene presence of older people. I think
first of all in terms of evangelization: its effectiveness does not depend
principally on technical expertise. In how many families are grandchildren
taught the rudiments of the faith by their grandparents! …How many people find
understanding and comfort from elderly people who may be lonely or ill and yet
are able to instill courage by their loving advice, their silent prayers, or
their witness of suffering borne with patient acceptance."
Pope John Paul II lived
those autumn years of his life of service as a prophetic witness of the love of
God and the beauty of the fullness of Christian life. He understood, as
Christians have for millennia, that death is not an end but an entry into the
fullness of life. He never ceased to share His wisdom and love for the Lord, in
both word and deed. He died the way he lived, revealing the love of God to a
world hungering to find Him.
My mother lives in a
Franciscan home in western New York. Her faith is an inspiration to me. Often
when I visit her I give the chaplain the morning off and celebrate the Holy Mass
for the senior community. I then bring communion to my mother and others who
cannot regularly attend. Those are some of my favorite times as a priest. Age
brings simplicity and clears away the underbrush that so often impedes us in
walking this journey of life.
In my home parish I
celebrate the Mass and offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation at a nearby
nursing home regularly. This weekend I visited a new resident and gave her the
Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. We will call her "Joy" (not her real
name), but an appropriate name for the gift she brought to me. Joy is a humble,
quiet Grandma of seven. She is a peaceful soul – she also has advanced stage
cancer and expects to die soon. After some pleasant conversation about
ourselves, I asked her about her reception of the sacraments – whether she
received Communion, was Confirmed and where she was baptized. "Oh, Father," she
glanced up at me from her wheelchair, "I only became a Catholic very recently."
I was delighted, after
all, at six years I consider myself a recent Catholic too. I came into the full
communion of the Catholic Church from the Anglican Christian tradition. She
went on, "I was just confirmed five weeks ago!" She pointed to a picture of
herself next to a young priest whom I know, and beside the font.
I asked her how that
was. She told me she was raised in a Baptist family in the south. "They were very
anti-Catholic" drawing out the v-e-r-y. "I met my husband who was Catholic, in
the Air Force, and we married. My parents weren't happy, but eventually they
accepted us. For their sake I didn't join the Church, but we raised our five
children Catholic. I made sure we never missed Mass" she was emphatic in that
last detail.
I thought to myself,
how wonderful. For her husband and their children she set aside her own beliefs
and tradition, obeying the Church and preserving unity in their home. Joy went
on, "Then my husband died, and I watched my grandchildren raised Catholic. I
thought to myself, 'It's time to become Catholic' I wanted to be sure I was
with them when I died." She then told me her only surviving sister recently
called her and told her, 'I wish I had become Catholic, so that I could be
assured I was saved." "Why do you think she said that?" Joy asked.
I told her that as
Catholics, we have assurance that the way to Heaven, to eternal communion with
the Lord, is opened before us in the Word of God (The Gospel), the Truth as it
is taught by the Church, and in the Sacraments. The path to salvation begins
with our Baptism, is established in Confirmation, charted by the Sacraments of
Reconciliation and Anointing, marriage and/or Holy Orders and increased by our
ongoing reception of the Holy Eucharist. Because we have these markers, or sign
posts of salvation, we can be assured, if we follow the path marked out for us
by the Church, that we will reach the ultimate destination of Perpetual Light
and Eternal Rest.
Catholics have
unlimited help in getting there – through the prayers of the Saints, the
ministry of angels, the guidance of the clergy, the mutual assistance of
spouses and the fellowship of God's people. I told Joy that her sister probably
doesn't know this much about the assurance of salvation for Catholics, but she
likely detected it in her sister, even if she only became a Catholic "very
It was a privilege to
minister to "Joy" but it was also a privilege to be ministered to by her. She
was prepared to die because she had learned how to live, filled with the faith,
hope and love which comes from an ongoing relationship with the loving God in
whom we will all find our eternal joy.
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I'm graduate student studying algebraic topology. I'm have a simple Question.
Q. Is there a mathematical notion of "Topology on Category" which can describe the notion of "limits in Category, as like the classical case ?
As I stated in the comments, the problem is usually that such topologies do not distinguish between cones and universal cones. However, in the special case where the categories are preorders (i.e., categories where each $Hom(A, B)$ has at most one arrow), then it is possible to give a topology on the set of objects in such a way that for complete preorders, a functor is continuous with respect to the topologies considered if and only if it preserves limits (i.e., inf) of totally (pre)ordered diagrams. Let us call a functor between complete preorders weakly continuous if it does exactly that, i.e., if it preserves all limits corresponding to totally (pre)ordered diagrams. We can topologize the preorders as follows:
Consider first the category $\mathbf{2}$ consisting of an arrow $0 \to 1$ between two objects. Define a topology there which has the object $1$ as the non-trivial closed set. For a general preorder $\mathcal{C}$, define now a topology as the one whose closed sets are of the form $F^{-1}(1)$ for weakly continuous functors $F: \mathcal{C} \to \mathbf{2}$. To see that it is indeed a topology, note that if $(A_i)_i$ are closed sets corresponding to the preimages of $1$ of the weakly continuous functors $(F_i)_i$, respectively, then $\prod_i F_i$ is a weakly continuous functor such that the preimage of $1$ is exactly $\cap_i A_i$. Similarly, if $A, B$ are closed sets corresponding to the preimages of $1$ of the weakly continuous functors $F, G$, respectively, then $F \coprod G$ is weakly continuous and the preimage of $1$ is exactly $A \cup B$ (note that in general the coproduct of two limit preserving functors from preorders to $\mathbf{2}$ need not be limit preserving, so we do need to restrict our considerations to weakly continuous functors).
It is clear that if $F: \mathcal{C} \to \mathcal{D}$ is weakly continuous, it is continuous with respect to the topologies defined above, since for a closed set $A$ in $\mathcal{D}$, preimage of $1$ of the functor $G$, we have that $F^{-1}(A)$ is the preimage of $1$ of the weakly continuous composition $GF$. Conversely, let us see that if $F$ is continuous with respect to the topologies then it must be weakly continuous. If $(C \to C_i)_i$ is a limiting cone in $\mathcal{C}$ corresponding to a totally (pre)ordered diagram $(C_i)_i$, then by definition $C$ belongs to the closure of $(C_i)_i$, and hence $F(C)$ must belong to the closure of $(F(C_i))_i$ in $\mathcal{D}$. If $(F(C) \to F(C_i))_i$ were not a universal cone, let $D$ be the vertex of such a cone; we have an induced arrow $F(C) \to D$ (and hence no arrow $D \to F(C)$). But then the representable functor $[D, -]$ (regarded as a functor with values in $\mathbf{2}$) would be weakly continuous (in fact, limit preserving), and the closed set which is the preimage of $1$ contains each $F(C_i)$ but not $F(C)$, which is absurd, since in that case $F(C)$ would not belong to such a closed set containing the $F(C_i)$. Therefore, $(F(C) \to F(C_i))_i$ must be a universal cone and the proof is complete.


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Sparking Valentine's Romance Without Triggering Allergies
By: Kristen Kauke
Valentine's Day is the ancient rite of celebrating love by exchanging romantic expressions with the person who embraces your heart. Gifts such as cards, candy, flowers and other tokens attempt to convey your utmost adoration and affection for your Valentine.
If your Valentine has food allergies, you might find traditional attempts at cherishing your Valentine challenging as many candies, chocolates and flowers could trigger allergies instead of sparking romance. However, by following simple tips for couples who navigate food allergies, romance can reign!
- I believe in the motto "no askin', no gettin'." Sometimes you need to direct your partner on how to best meet your needs. I've found sharing those "subtle hints" to not be so effective. I have no shame in clipping pictures from catalogs, circling the price and where to purchase. And be sure to let your loved one know about websites that sell your favorite allergy-friendly treats so they can order you chocolates, cupcakes, or other goodies that are safe for you.
- Sometimes the most memorable tokens of affection are homemade! Don't underestimate the power of the handwritten note! My husband won me over with the first Valentine's card he ever gave me. It was made from yellow construction paper, with a lopsided heart drawn on the front. Inside he wrote, "To set the record straight, I swear I did look for a card, but nothing sounded like me." His own words proved personal, sentimental, and superior to a store-bought card. Another one of my favorite gifts from him was a mix tape. I know, I know, mix tapes are basically extinct. So update the idea; just think of how touched your Valentine might be by a virtual video slideshow.
- Priceless gestures might actually be priceless! Do something for your Valentine that eases their burden – run an errand, clean the bathroom, take their car for a wash. The task might even be mutual like walking the dog or trading backrubs.
- If you're heading out for a romantic meal, be sure to follow FARE's tips for dining out with food allergies. Selecting the right restaurant, calling ahead, and remembering to bring a chef card and medication can help ensure you have a safe and enjoyable night together.
- Cooking is a labor of love! Cooking together can be a very romantic experience. Additionally, nothing says "I'm into you" better than when you take the time to plan and execute an allergy-free dinner for your Valentine. My husband makes great milk-free, egg-free, soy-free, peanut-free pumpkin & chocolate chip pancakes.
- If you're hoping for a kiss from your Valentine's Day date, you will want to ask your date to avoid your allergens as well. Have this conversation prior to the day of your date. The (unattractive) hives and wheezing that erupt are way more awkward than just saying, "Dude, if you want to be with me later, don't be with peanuts now." You can learn more about the findings of "The Kissing Study," which was specific to peanut allergy, on FARE's website.
- Valentine's Day doesn't have to involve food at all! Some of my favorite dates involve hiking, playing pool, or even rock wall climbing.
Kristen Kauke is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who also happens to parent two boys with life-threatening food allergies, as well as live with food allergies herself.
Happy Valentine's Day!


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Azam Baki (L4) and other MACC officials with the cash and jewelry seized, at a press conference on Oct 5, 2016. — BBX
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) landed its biggest haul since it was set up 49 years ago when it seized RM114.5 million from two senior officers from the Sabah Water Department (SWD) in October.
In a year when MACC bared its fangs, the commission detained the director and deputy director of SWD, which is a government department.
The top officials were alleged to have misused their power in handling infrastructure projects valued at RM3.3 billion. MACC also seized some RM53.7 million in cash.
A total of 19 engineers from the department were also arrested for allegedly receiving kickbacks of between 27% and 30% of the value of SWD projects and emergency response work awarded to contractors.
Meanwhile at MACC, Datuk Dzulkifli Ahmad was appointed the new chief commissioner and took his oath of office on Aug 23.
Dzulkifli, the former national revenue recovery enforcement team director from the Attorney-General's Chambers, succeeded Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed who stepped down as MACC chief commissioner on Aug 1 after being appointed to the Austrian-based International Anti-Corruption Academy as a board member and visiting expert.
MACC director of investigations Datuk Azam Baki was also promoted as deputy chief commissioner (operations), while its community education division director Datuk Shamshun Baharin Mohd Jamil was appointed deputy chief commissioner (prevention).
Meanwhile, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was investigated by MACC following complaints that he had corruptly purchased a bungalow for a "below market price" of RM2.8 million.
The actual value of the bungalow that Lim bought from a businesswoman Phang Li Koon, was said to be RM4.27 million. He was arrested on June 29 and charged with corruption at the Penang High Court on June 30 but claimed trial.
Statistics revealed that the number of people arrested for corruption from January to September, this year, was 727. This is an increase from 688 in the same period last year.
Other notable corruption cases this year include:
* Jan 18: MACC arrested 14 people, including three Road Transport Department officers, to facilitate investigations into the "sale" of driving licences for between RM2,500 and RM2,800 each in Sarawak. The suspects, aged between 19 and 50, were picked up in an operation in Limbang, Miri, Bintulu and Sibu since Jan 11. They were found to be trying to obtain the licences by submitting false documents to change Brunei driving licences into Malaysian ones.
* Aug 30: The chairman of a bank with the title of "Tan Sri" was remanded for seven days until Sept 5 to assist in the investigation into misappropriation of funds in a RM15 million book publishing contract. Four others, namely the managing director of the same bank with the title of "Datuk", the bank's former director of procurement and two publishing company owners were released by MACC on completion of investigations. A total of seven individuals had been arrested by the MACC to assist in investigations in the case. The chairman was charged in the sessions court with criminal breach of trust.
* Sept 20: MACC detained a 55-year-old doctor and 30-year-old general clerk from a district health department for allegedly being involved in fraudulent claims amounting to RM900,000. Johor MACC director Datuk Simi Abd Ghani had stated the suspects were allegedly involved in making 59 payment vouchers for some materials, amounting to RM900,000, between 2015 and 2016. However, the materials never reached the department and the vouchers involved six services' companies.
*Oct 10: A Datuk Seri and his accomplice were arrested by the MACC for allegedly duping a 58-year-old woman into paying RM125,000 to make changes to erroneous entries in her husband's death certificate.
The duo had supposedly offered to assist the woman and demanded the huge sum of money from the victim. They had supposedly claimed that the funds were to pay off an officer at the National Registration Department at Putrajaya.
This year, there were a number of charges involving high ranking officers by the MACC.
They included the cases of Kuala Lumpur City Hall project management executive director Datuk Seri Syed Affendy Ali charged with 18 counts of corruption and money laundering involving RM4 million; Kota Baru Tenaga Nasional Berhad manager Arman Che Othman charged with 13 counts corruption and money laundering amounting to RM125,200; and Malacca Public Works Department director Datuk Khalid Omar charged with two counts of corruption and money laundering amounting to RM4 million.
Source: Charles Ramendran email@example.com
Trio slapped with 34 money laundering charges involving more than RM61mil
KOTA KINABALU: A former Sabah Water Department director, his wife and his former deputy were slapped with 34 money laundering charges involving RM61.4mil in what the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission is calling the nation's biggest graft probe so far.
The former director Ag Mohd Tahir Ag Mohd Talib, 54, was hit with 12 charges for a sum totalling RM56.9mil while his wife Fauziah Piut, 51, faced 19 similar charges involving cash and properties totalling RM2.2mil.
Ag Mohd Tahir's former deputy Lim Lam Beng, 64, faced four charges involving property and cash totalling RM2.3mil.
All three claimed trial to the charges in the Special Corruption Court after being produced before Sessions Court judge Ummu Kalthom Abdul Samad.
Ag Mohd Tahir was the first to be charged when the hearing began at 10.15am.
Ag Mohd Tahir Ag Mohd Talib, 54 (former Sabah Water Department director) 12 charges involving RM56.9mil.
He faced eight charges of being in possession of RM56.9mil cash and in four bank accounts, two charges of owning six luxury vehicles and a charge of owning 86 types of branded watches.
He also faced another charge of being directly involved in handing over RM14,000 to an individual, Cristine Fiona M. Ponsoi.
The charges were framed under Section 4(1) (b) and Section 4(1) (a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA).
Fauziah faced 18 charges for being in possession of more than RM2.2mil in 18 bank accounts. She was also accused of using proceeds from illegal activities to own 93 branded hand bags.
Ag Mohd Tahir and Fauziah were also jointly charged with owning 575 pieces of gold jewellery and another charge of being in possession of 376 other types of jewellery acquired through illegal means.
They were represented by counsel Hairul Vairon Othman and Ariel C. Dasan who were acting for P. J. Pareira.
Fauziah Piut, 51 (Ag Mohd Tahir's wife) 18 charges involving RM2.2mil.
Lim, who has been suspended as state Finance Ministry advisor, who was represented by counsel Chin Teck Ming, was accused of being in possession of more than RM2.38mil that was allegedly from the proceeds of illegal activities.
Ummu Kalthom subsequently allowed Ag Mohd Tahir to be released on a RM10mil bail – one of the country's biggest bail amounts set in the country.
She also allowed Fauziah to be released on a RM2mil bail while Lim's bail was set at RM1mil with the case management to be heard on Feb 28.
Ummu Kalthom also ordered their travel documents to be surrendered to the court.
Lim Lam Beng, 64 (Technical and Engineering advisor, Ag Mohd Tahir's former deputy) 4 charges involving RM2.38mil
In arguing for the RM10mil bail for Ag Mohd Tahir, Deputy Public Prosecutor of the MACC Husmamuddin Hussin said the property seizures in the case were the largest so far made by the MACC and any other enforcement agency.
The offence is related to the corrupt act by a civil servant entrusted to manage an important resource – water, Husmamuddin said.
Hairul in arguing for Ag Mohd Tahir's bail to be fixed at RM10,000 for each charge, said bail should not be excessive to the point of penalising his clients.
By Muguntan Vanar, ruben sario, Stephanie Lee The Star
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Director and wife to appeal against record RM12mil bail
More to be charged in connection with the scandal
Three accused steer clear of media spotlight
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2. Choose the Sunday on which your parish will celebrate the Family (May 13 - Ascension of the Lord or May 20 - Pentecost).
3. Call the faithful to pray for the family sometime in April and distribute the prayer card (available on the website and printed in advance).
4. Promote the "Week" in the parish bulletin (see suggested announcements).


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My friends Allan and John just returned from a trip to Venice, Italy. While in Venice, they noticed people ordering large pitchers filled with an orange liquid. The beverage turned out to be not Orange Kool-Aid, but Spritz Aperol.
Aperol comes from Padua and was originally created in 1919. Some of the ingredients are bitter orange, gentian, rhubarb and cinchona.
As Allan says: "One of the things we like about it is that it's light in both flavor and
alcohol--a change from our usual brain-numbing martinis--giving us a gentler
launch into the evening."
I looked online, and didn't see Allans's recipe so give him full credit! It also counts as a punch because it has fruit in it!
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Eartha Steward: Skipping preservatives this season
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Dear Eartha,
Great food is my favorite holiday tradition. I was curious if there are any food additives to avoid when I have to take that shortcut from work to the grocery store and onto the party?
– Laurie, Frisco
Homemade meals, made from whole foods, are often the best. They are fresh in flavor and rich in tradition. By contrast, purchasing premade/packaged foods will introduce more additives into your diet. These sweeteners, preservatives, fillers, etc. are often used to maintain the taste and quality. However, there are a few food additives that pose a risk to your health.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration describes a food additive as 'any substance added to food' either during production, processing, treatment, packaging, transportation or storage. Directly or indirectly, the additive alters the characteristics of the food. The FDA explains that direct food additives serve a specific purpose and most are identified on the ingredient label. An example is xanthan gum used to add texture in salad dressings, chocolate milk, bakery fillings, etc. Indirect additives become part of the food in trace amounts due to its packaging, storage, or handling. Manufacturers must prove to the FDA that all materials in contact with the food are safe.
"Top 10 Food Additives to Avoid" (Foodmatters.tv/) lists the most notorious additives. Aspartame, aka Nutrasweet, is the artificial sweetener used in 'diet' and 'sugar free' foods. According to MedicinNet.com, the controversy surrounding aspartame stems from 'conflicts of interest in the studies performed and the way in which its approval was obtained.' Dr. Robert Walton has surveyed 166 studies on the health risks of aspartame. Of the 74 studies funded by the Nutrasweet industry, 100 percent confirmed the product's safety. However, 92 percent of the independently funded research revealed causes for concern when consuming aspartame. Headaches, depression, and cancer are a few of the listed side effects. It's also worth noting that as recently as October, NPR posted an article stating that data linking aspartame to cancer is 'weak.' Contradicting opinions aside, if you are trying to cut calories to avoid the excess holiday weight gain, exercise caution or eat whole foods without aspartame and exercise.
Another artificial sweetener that can leave a sour taste in your mouth is High Fructose Corn Syrup. HFCS is found in most processed foods, is considered the 'number one source of calories in America,' it increases bad cholesterol and contributes to the development of diabetes. WebMD.com describes a study conducted in 43 different countries comparing exposure to HFCS and rates of diabetes. Half of the countries featured in the study had limited to no HFCS in their diet. While the other half of the study was regularly exposed to HFCS, i.e. the United States, where an average citizen may consume up to 55 pounds of the artificial sweetener in a single year! The study revealed that the countries with more HFCS had a 20 percent higher rate of diabetes.
Researchers say that there was no difference between the countries' consumption of sugars and calories, just High Fructose Corn Syrup. While Audrae Erickson, president of the Corn Refiners Association, argues "Just because an ingredient is available in a nation's diet does not mean it is uniquely the cause of a disease." And too much of any sugar can be bad for you.
I enjoy using agave nectar as a natural sweetener. You'll only need 1/3 cup of agave to substitute for a full cup of white sugar. Agave has a lower glycemic index, meaning that your blood sugar will not rise as much after consuming agave compared to HFCS and other sugars. You can use agave nectar in your candies, cakes and cookies during the holiday season.
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Look for in an Event Management Company and How It Benefits You
When it is about business, my own mail to depart any stone unturned and check out every way possible to boost business and produce profits and keep the price under check. So when it comes down to business in a corporate level, what serves among the best way to attract probable clients are the organization occasions, speculate lots of money is needed for organising these occasions, business proprietors have a tendency to organise these without specialist help. Theoretically, this will make sense. You'll be able to organise the big event without getting to invest for that corporate event management companies. Yes! You are able to plan the big event however the result won't be just like those of professionals. You could possibly bring clients for your event, but by performing a not-so-good event, you'll provide a bad impression and can let lower your brand's image. In almost any which way, it might be an imaginative option to rope within an exterior corporate event planner to perform a congrats for you personally. But before you select a company event planner, check whether he/she is capable of doing taking proper care of the next processes:
1. Discussing and comprehending the client's vision
Locate a corporate event coordinator who'll choose to meet and discuss the big event message, corporate values and styles. Any corporate event manager who understands your idea and understands how to transform it into reality are the best suited to organising your event.
2. Creating a cost estimate
Set a financial budget for the event and find out if the event planner can think of a plan that aligns together with your defined budget.
3. Creating a listing
Success of anything depends majorly around the planning when the planning is appropriate, the prospect of success is high and the other way around. Event manager who builds a listing and follows one step-wise procedure, from core planning, administrative responsibilities to operational tasks should be thought about.
4. Planners who've connections
This is among the prime causes of selecting event management companies. These businesses have contracts signed with various providers and therefore can offer greater quality in better cost range. Not only the cost, however they offer services you was clueless that about. So, pick the coordinator who's experienced and it has connections which will make the big event stick out from suppliers.
5. Technological aspects
In the current digital era, it is crucial to have an event organizer to become technologically seem and therefore choose the organization which has appropriate tools and softwares to talk with attendees. He/she should manage to communicating online, the facts of the event, like the conference programmer, map, exhibitor list, speaker photos, etc.
If you discover a company event management company able to fulfilling all of the above pointed out conditions, hire their professional services because you will be benefited in a great deal many different ways, most of which we've pointed out below:
a. Ideas and smoothing running show
Event organisers could possibly get very creative using their work and produce out ideas which will work towards business. Furthermore, because they are professionals with the proper expertise, sourcing and contacts, your show will run easily with no glitch.
b. Helps you save money and time
Should you delegate your event management to some company, you'll save both: money in addition to time. Yes! It might appear like a total waste of money, however in actuality, event planners could save you money because of their contacts with hotels, venues along with other suppliers. And, with the caliber of output that they'll provide, you'll probably earn an excellent value for the brand/business.
So that as everything will be performed according to their plan, you'll save lots of your energy.
c. Manages risk and keep the security of attendees at priority
There is no denying the truth that a celebration is filled with uncertainties and everything from an electrical failure, medical emergency or breaking of fireside can occur. By having an experienced event management company with you, it's not necessary to be worried about all of this. The planners are very well educated to handle such situations. Besides this, the organization also offers a security plan in position for just about any major mishappening.
Effective Business Occasions and Travel, is one such event management company and build a memorable experience for you personally. With 25 experience in the market, we'll make certain you have an event to treasure forever.
Calculated Risk Mangement for a Successful Startup
What's Risk Management?
It's essentially taking risks for the startup inside a controlled atmosphere. So, whenever you go ahead and take risk you've got a plan b to pay for fire in situation you exhaust ammunition within the battleground (market). This is whats called Risk Management in the realm of startups. I'll give a brilliant example.
An individual just began a small company of mobile accessories online. They know there's enough market available already that he must contend with to outreach his customers. So, prior to getting in to the game he must realize that his method is unique and economical at the identical time. Now, when the method is cheap how will it be unique. With this particular purpose he must visit whole purchase markets. As he finds what he needs, next thing is putting a bulk order. Now, as he is selling his item online he'll get customers eventually. But, what matters is he required a danger putting a bulk order simultaneously he did research for uniqueness and cost control. This is exactly what exactly referred to as Risk Management in the realm of startups.
Any launch nowadays fails only if it has no a line of credit. So, it's totally obvious that cash may be the lifeline of the startup. What needs your attention is Risk Management to evaluate the expenditure? How will you do this?
1) STOP SPENDING STUPIDLY:- You aren't here to thrill your girlfriend on the date. You shouldn't be a motion picture off no one should know your spending capacity. Your customers are just seeking some brilliant product packaged with higher services. They aren't here to visit your pricey machineries, your heavily salaried employees as well as your unbelievable infrastructure. This can be a big NO. It is the beginning phase focus only on good products, good services and amazing marketing. That's about that.
2) Don't run having a blindfold in your eyes:- Another stupid reason behind a startup failure happens when you retain spending within the wrong product or services without choosing the market survey report. Why? You can lose a large fortune of cash this is exactly why. Your clients are searching for another thing and you're not prepared to observe that together with your open eyes rather you decide to cover your vision just like a horse and run straight. Browse around understand your market do not get afraid of an item or perhaps a service you want. Know very well what the marketplace needs, the client's demands and work accordingly.
Workforce Management Solutions for the Insurance Industry
Workforce management solutions (WFM) would be the driving pressure for insurance providers particularly bigger departments for example policy administration, underwriting, claims processing, shared services, and phone centres.
Learn how to keep balance in managing your workforce
Ensure proper abilities and mixes: Making certain that operations teams consist only of experts could possibly get costly. For this reason you need to assign a combination of abilities inside the team – teams might have both junior and senior workers. The senior team people can mentor juniors which help with complex cases. Furthermore, some team people could be mix-trained. This could allow teams to lend and borrow sources with one another.
Ensure flexible, real-time workforce management: With regards to workloads you will find daily spikes and lull occasions. This is actually the area where real-time workforce management increases efficiency to melt the extremes. For instance, additional sources could be employed to cover workload spikes, or employees can volunteer to depart early without pay.
Manage team cycles: Management styles for Adhoc / firefighting are confusing, thus they reveal lower performance. Activity consistency is essential to handle teams and processes to enhance performance results.
For instance, Monday could possibly be the day-to discuss plans for that approaching week, Tuesday to examine a few days prior and discuss key insights. Wednesday could be employed to plan strategies for the following week. A different way to increase performance would be to have daily huddles each morning. Actually, there are many recurring operations management routine choices that may be implemented.
Balance loads across teams: To help keep efficiency consistent, operations leaders can monitor workloads across all teams making changes when needed. For instance, leaders can transfer a few of the workload from busy teams to teams with increased capacity. Another way operations leaders may use is lending staff to help other teams. Significant workload imbalance across teams increases worker dissatisfaction because they start to seem like job distribution is unfair.
Plan your workforce efficiently
Improve resource forecasting: Understanding what future demands on sources is going to be and forecasting properly means considerably less sources is going to be wasted. Insurance providers can hire the amount of staff they require instead of hiring extra staff just in situation they require them.
Improve forecasting horizon: Forecasting considerably to return means companies have enough time to employ the perfect staff from both a compensation and talent-set perspective.
Be familiar with seasonality and think about it in planning: It is important with workforce intending to consider alterations in workloads during different seasons. Without thinking about changes you risk getting a lot of or too couple of sources thus, negatively impacting performance. For instance, jobs are busier for vehicle insurance providers at the outset of winter due to the impending frost and ice on the highway.
Monitor trends and embed them into planning: Knowing and embedding trends into workforce planning enables you to definitely decrease or increase your organization's team when the level of work grows and reduces. This removes the chance of low performance and backlog.
Which WFM program is appropriate for insurance firms?
The character of operations is really a complex subject. To operate workforce operations efficiently requires a suitable WFM solution for areas for example planning, forecasting and scheduling. Furthermore, it provides transparency regarding staff skills, performance and potential bottlenecks.
AchieveTM Workforce Management program requires a modular approach that mixes an excellent eWFM (electronic Workforce Management) platform with best-practices which are efficiently used in the insurance coverage talking to services.
AchieveTM rapidly and efficiently delivers results since it optimizes manager's tasks, the way they perform them and which sources they will use to hold them out. This is achieved using 10 weekly cycles of learning, applying, and mastering. AchieveTM targets its concentrate on improved productivity and engagement while creating innovative methods for getting work done.
AchieveTM increases team effectiveness and efficiency, which leads to 10 -15 percent savings within several weeks.
The Burnie Group has introduced the program to many financial and insurance services clients including areas for example:
Sales support and client on boarding
Claims processing
Policy administration/plan administration
Finance and collections
Back-office operations
Numerous others
WFM can help you place the best individuals a good option at exactly the perfect time. It manages work schedules, tracks worker time (for billable projects and worker time), while growing profitability and productivity simultaneously.
Importance of Strategy in Business Management
All of the effective companies nowadays derive from great strategies. Strategy and planning are a couple of important steps without that you simply cannot consider effective business. Regardless if you are launching a brand new business, something new, a brand new campaign or perhaps a business division, you have to first possess a strategy. The very best managers know the need for strategy and just how critical it's to the healthiness of a company. From Jobs to Howard Schultz, Jack Welch and all sorts of great managers and business leaders have spoken and discussed strategy and it is importance. Behind great products and great marketing campaigns, there's the strength of strategy. Kotler has additionally highlighted the need for strategy and just how a great online marketing strategy helps brands flourish in a very competitive world.
When Jack Welch became a member of as GE Chief executive officer, he understood there have been major hurdles when it comes to GE and finding growth could be difficult. So, he made the decision to provide his business a brand new direction. The process he used was simplification. What frequently happens is the fact that executives and managers don't have a obvious cut strategy and thus each time a change happens or perhaps a new pressure arrives on the market, they're left feeling defeated since they're not prepared to shift direction. If you wish to bring a company-wide change, you initially require a strategy to help you go farther than merely achieving targets. From affiliate marketing to sales and marketing as well as finance and HR, everywhere you'll need a good technique to win. The greatest technology the likes of Google and Facebook provide great HR strategies. Apple and Microsoft are very well recognized for their great product strategies. If Amazon . com grew to become the greatest e-retail giant, the main reason was it were built with a great strategy. From being only a book seller to to be the greatest online store, everything took it's origin from the strength of the leaders' strategy. Strategy is often as effective to get rid of every big and small hurdle out of your path. Jack Welch introduced simplicity in the organization while he understood without them there would be clutter that could kill productivity by killing communication. He divided the whole business into several divisions where each one of these had its very own leader and every leader had the possession of his business. He removed several layers of management to produce a leaner structure that was more agile and much more productive. Communication could move faster and also the decision that may otherwise take years, might be made faster and within days. A method can alter a business' direction and everybody knows GE has ongoing to grow regardless of the turbulent market and geopolitical situations.
Other big companies also have centered on technique to find faster development in worldwide market. Apple, Microsoft, Starbucks, Nike and all sorts of other big brands have produced growth through great business strategies. These have great product and marketing strategies. Apple's product strategy makes it among the greatest brands around the globe. Similarly, Nike's online marketing strategy is appreciated globally for being able to interact with its fans. A beautiful strategy bakes an attractive business. It brings synchronization and improves collaboration and communication. Big brands will always be ready for future years and realize that business can need to go through critical economic phases where merely a good business strategy might help. The final decade has witnessed several phases of monetary and geopolitical turbulence. With no excellent strategy, it might be hard to face the altering winds. It's a time where all of the existing ideas from innovation to globalization are now being challenged. It's the duration of disruptive innovation and types like Uber and Air BnB have discovered growth only through great businesses and business strategies. Only a simple bit of technology cannot assist you to win. Several brands have unsuccessful within this highly competitive world only simply because they made financial investments however when it found strategy their own was less strong than their competitors. The amount of your most important competitors is definitely couple of and if you wish to win you'll want a more powerful strategy than them. Versatility, simplicity along with other strengths could be introduced about by using a great business management strategy. Organizations which have an intricate business strategy and business structure, find it hard to change direction whenever a change happens. Technological changes can occur overnight and geopolitical and economic changes can challenge your greatest strengths. When new companies come and challenge the present companies with less strong value propositions, it might be hard for the present companies to shift gear and the like companies crumble.
Industry-wide competition has elevated these days and you'll want an excellent technique to help make your presence felt. Just getting great managers onboard wouldn't do. You have to synchronize to utilize the greatest strengths you've. Simplicity is a superb strategy and also the simpler your logo and product are, the greater will probably be your recognition and faster your growth.
Tips for Project Risk Management Success
The advantages of risk management are vast, yet for a lot of projects it is really an area still generally overlooked. By making use of easy and consistent risk management techniques you can minimise the outcome of potential threats in addition to leverage potential possibilities. This not just ensures meeting the agreed scope, cost and time but additionally increases the all around health and efficiency from the project operation, team people and wider stakeholders. This short article returns towards the basics around the key rules of managing risk, to make sure work are consistently delivered with full success.
Tip #1 – Implement a good identification process
Sounds simple right. However you may still find many projects today which are managed with simply no formal risk identification incorporated. There are others that think they're using risk management appropriately but aren't using the correct strategies to identify risks. The identification process is determined by the work, the organisation and the organization culture involved. So it is advisable to consider individuals areas when figuring out the very best approach. This may be as easy as educating they on which a danger really is and asking periodically to examine the landscape for brand new risks. Or large projects the PMO could be leveraged to make sure risk identification is incorporated within the drumbeat.
Tip #2 – Stay positive
Risk management includes identifying and managing both negative risks and positive ones, yet most projects typically appear to concentrate only around the negative ones. Ensure to include obvious reminders and pointers in your risk management tactic to consider positive risks. A deliverable being delivered well timely date could be a good factor, but additionally might have unforeseen impacts on other locations or leave the work operating inefficiently. However this type of positive risk can really assistance to balance the outcome of negative risks in other locations.
Tip #3 – Prioritise for efficiency
All risks aren't equal and there's always limitations around just how much resource does apply to mitigate them. As a result it is important to classify risks when it comes to 'probability' or how likely the danger would be to occur and 'impact' level when the risk materialises into a problem. In so doing allows the work manager and all sorts of team people to simply see which risks are priority to pay attention to. Utilization of a danger register template is an extremely effective means of doing this. Most organisations might have a typical template with this or maybe not many of them are available online.
Tip #4 – Apply correct possession
It's frequently common for individuals inside the project organisation to visualize the project manager owns all risks however this is totally false. Risks can impact wide regions of the broader stakeholder group which is typical that sources using the relevant understanding or skills on the bottom tend to be better placed to get who owns the danger and to handle the right minimization actions.
Tip #5 – Communicate and track to closure
With correct identification, classification and owner allocation in position we have to be cautious as project managers that this isn't regarded as the ultimate step while risk management. At this time it is important the risks are properly conveyed. First of all towards the owner allotted to manage the minimization actions and next towards the wider stakeholder group affected so that they understand the risk and potential impact for their particular areas. It's also then necessary that the potential risks are regularly monitored and tracked right through to closure regarding progress on minimization actions and potentially changes towards the impact / probability classifications as individuals actions arrived at fruition.
By using the above mentioned tips, project managers is going to be in a position to stay in a situation of control with regards to the treating of risks for his or her projects and eventually this can ensure a seem reason for effective delivery of the work