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101 Ways To Lose Weight
Planning on losing weight this summer? You've probably gone through hundreds of books and articles giving you advice but when planning on losing weight there isn't really just "one" trick to rule them all, but rather a combination of habits you'll need to hold yourself accountable to. So we at DailyFitHit decided to compile a list of 101 ways to lose weight that you can start adopting immediately:
1. Don't Skip Breakfast. Almost 10% of people skip breakfast entirely – either because you're a late sleeper or rushing to work, breakfast is one of the meals that often gets left out in the cold. If you want to eat a healthy breakfast you'll need some energy boosting food or drinks like: green tea, black coffee, whole bread, a bowl of multigrain cereal with honey and almonds. Chances are you won't be extremely hungry in the morning, but eating some consistent for breakfast in the morning ups your energy levels and also has the added benefit of keeping your cravings down so you don't overeat at lunch.
2. Eat Fiber Rich Meals. Eating soluble fiber is a great way to reduce weight by making you feel fuller a longer period of times. Fiber also prevents constipation, aids digestion and lowers cholesterol.
3. Eat Protein. High protein diets are working really well because your body consumes more energy by burning protein then by burning fat and carbohydrates. Proteins are the building blocks of muscles and if you're on a low calorie diet you'll notice that you also lose some of your muscle mass together with the fat. High-protein meals allows you to "direct" your body to only burn the fat.
4. Have a Stash of Fruit at Work. Having a stash of fruit at work will make you avoid the vending machine when you need a snack.
5. Don't Skip Meals. You are more likely to make unhealthy choices when you're too hungry. Also, in order to burn calories, your metabolism needs to be revved up as often as possible and you do that by giving it something to do (such as digesting food).
6. Pile on the Veggies. Adding fiber-rich vegetables to the foods you love will make you feel full quickly and you will no longer have room for dessert.
7. Save Room for Dessert. Budget for the treats you love by eating healthy snacks like hummus, apples or carrots. You can find a list 40 healthy snacks under 100 calories HERE.
8. Nix Nighttime Eating. Stop eating after 6 p.m., at least five time a week. Eating in the evening can mean you eat more. Calories are the same at any hour at the day, however, being at home, relaxed, near the pantry and the fridge can make you overindulge and pick unconsciously.
9. Enjoy Your Favorite Food. Instead of cutting out your favorite foods, be a slim shopper and buy only one cookie instead of a box — It will make you lose weight and still enjoy your favorite foods, but don't forget to eat them in moderation.
10. Eat Protein at Every Meal. Protein-rich dishes are amazing fill-me-up food. They're much more satisfying than fats or carbs and will make you feel full much longer. Foods like egg whites, yogurt, soy, nuts, beans seafood and lean meat contain healthy protein that's perfect for your diet.
11. Spice It Up. Add chilies or spices to your food for a flavor boost that can help you feel satisfied even if you eat super healthy food.
12. Consume Fish Oil. Fish oil can help you with post-exercises soreness, so you'll have no excuse to skip your next workout.
13. Always Read the Food Labels so You Know What You're Eating. It important to know what are you eating and to understand all the ingredients, also you can find out everything about them with a fast google search.
14. Make One Day a Week Meatless. If you're a heavy meat eater, going meatless for one day will not only make you consume less calories, but it may reduce your risk of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity.
15. Banish High-Salt Food. Don't use salt at the table and don't even put it on the table. It will make it easy for you to forget that you needed salt to begin with, and use lemons or lemon juice for extra flavor.
16. Replace Dessert with Fruit Salads. They're delicious, healthy and make for a perfect snack or after-meal dessert.
17. Eat More Fruits and Vegetables. If you eat more fruits and veggies, you will not feel as hungry because fruits and vegetables are high in fiber and water, which can give you the feeling of fullness.
18. Chew Sugarless Gum. Every time you want to grab a fattening snack, reach for sugar-free gum instead – it will make you control snack cravings, give you a fresh breath and aid in weight loss.
19. Know That You Can't Go Back to Your Old Eating Habits. After you've reached your weight goal, don't go back to your eating habits, otherwise you will gain all the weight back and your time and effort was in vain.
20. Don't Eat too Little. Eating less than 1200 calories per day can backfire – you might slow down your metabolism and diets that are too strict are often much harder to keep to.
21. A Slipup Doesn't Have to Ruin an Entire Day of Dieting. Just make a better choice at your next meal.
22. Cut Down, not Out. Trim the portions of carbs and fats instead of removing the entire category. Carbs are your energy source and you don't want to remove them from your diet completely or you'll constantly feel out of energy.
23. Eat Proteins at Breakfast. Protein is digested at slower rates and you'll fell full for a longer period of time.
24. Start With Your Veggies. Another tip that will help you not to overeat is to fill up with "the good stuff" first. I know it doesn't sound delicious, but veggies have more fiber than simple carbohydrate foods like potatoes, bread or rice. Only move to the other food on your plate when you finish.
25. Share Dessert. Sometimes your dessert is too good and you just can't skip it. It's fine to indulge, but why not share it with your best friend or loved one?
26. Only Eat When You Sit at the Table. This way you will do less unplanned nibbling.
27. Never Eat Straight from the Box or Bag – it will make you keep the portions in control
28. Save Some Calories for Snacks Between Meals.
29. Don't Think About What you Can't Eat, instead think about what healthy choices you have: fruits, veggies, fish, nuts, lean meat.
30. Choose Water-Packed Tuna rather then Oil-Packed and you will cut almost a third of the calories.
31. Use Mustard instead of Mayonnaise. Mustard has no fat, versus the 11 g in one tablespoon of mayonnaise. Also…mayo is yucky.
32. Stay Hydrated. Drinking plenty of water or other calorie-free beverages such as (sugarless) tea or coffee, helps energize your muscles, makes your skin look good, helps your kidneys and promotes weight loss by making you feel full for more time.
33. Avoid Drinking Alcohol. Alcohol contains 7 calories per gram and is metabolized differently by the organism then other foods and beverages. The body sees the alcohol as a toxin that needs no digestion, and, when the body tries to process the alcohol, it isn't able to properly break down the other foods that you ate which contain fat and carbohydrates. This isn't to say you can't enjoy a beer or glass of wine now and then, but if you're a heavy party-goer it might just be those gin and tonics that keep you from achieving the body you want.
34. Stop Drinking Soda. Soda contains high amounts of sugars and fructose corn syrup that is known to make you obese, with fat settling especially on the abdomen area. So if you want to get rid of your "fat donut" you might consider skipping that glass of Cola you used to drink with every meal.
35. Drink Green Tea. Green tea speeds up your metabolism, reduces the risk of heart diseasecancer, and drinking it before a workout might increase your fat burn during aerobic exercises.
36. Don't Drink Your Calories. Cut out the juice, soda, lemonade and after work wine from your routine – it's often unimaginable just how many calories we usually go over the thin line of getting thin by drinking them.
37. Drink a Big Glass of Water Before Each Meal – it will make you feel full faster.
38. End Every Meal With a Large Glass of Water – it will aid digestion and keep your hunger levels lower, even if you just had a small snack that left you unsatisfied.
39. For a Toned and Fit Figure Dieting isn't enough, you also need to exercise. Remember, you don't just want to be skinny, you want to be fit! And exercising is an integral part of having that perfect body you've always dreamed of.
40. Catching Up with Friends on a Walk in the Park. Instead of catching up with friends over drinks or food, suggest a reunion in the park. The walk-and-talk session will help fill in your socializing needs as well as your calorie burning ones.
41. Wake Up and Workout. Studies shown that working out in the morning burns up to 3 times more fat than working out at any other time of the day, so, as soon as you wake up every morning, workout for at least 30 minutes.
42. Get Fired Up. Load your iPod with jams that will make you look forward to going to the gym and pick up speed on the elliptical. For more inspiration checkout our Top 25 Workout Songs.
43. Try a New Class. Are you doing Pilates several times a week? Why not try a Zumba or Aerobic class to spice things up? A new routine will tone your legs and abs muscles and give you a heart-pounding workout.
44. Walk Your Dog 3 Times a Day. Don't have a dog? Get one, they're awfully cute! Also, walking your dog several times a day, even if it's just for 10 minutes around the block, will increase your overall calorie consumption and you will make your dog happy at the same time.
45. Do strength-training exercises at least twice a week. Doing strength-training exercises is one of the best ways to speed up your metabolism. Building muscles can make your body more efficient at burning calories throughout the day, even if you're just sitting at the office.
46. Tape Your favorite TV Show and Watch It Only When You Exercise. This way you're virtually "training" your brain that it will get a reward only if it puts your body through some exercising first.
47. Listen to Fun Music While You Work Out. It will make you feel much better and it will make time fly.
48. Create a Calendar and Hang it in a Prominent Spot and Mark the Days You Eat Right and Work Out. Seeing your progress will inspire you to keep it up.
49. Exercising Every Day is More Effective Then Longer, Less Frequent Periods. It's all about discipline and getting into the habit of exercising regularly, so don't just have bouts of running sessions or aerobics – try to turn exercising into something that you can't miss on your daily to-do list.
50. Always Wear Supportive Comfortable Clothes and sneakers so you feel good while exercising.
51. Create a Short Route for the Days You're Too Tired or Too Busy. It's better to take a short walk than doing nothing at all.
52. Take Before Photos and Keep Them on Your Phone. Every time you want to eat something unhealthy, look at those pics – it will be all the motivation that you need.
53. Small Changes Really Add Up. You can lose 12 pounds in a year just giving up butter on your toast and sugar from your coffee.
54. Exercises With a Friend. It will become less difficult, and you are more likely to stick with it.
55. Celebrate Success (but not with food!). Did you lost some weight this month and you go for a run every other day? It's time to celebrate. Rewarding weight loss can encourage more success, so, every time you hit a milestone reward yourself with a new pair of shoes, a day at the spa, some new clothes (because if you apply some of this tips you will really need them) or anything you like.
56. Do Squats While You're Brushing Your Teeth. It might sound silly, but it will help you get the "Beyoncé booty" much faster. After adding it to your daily routine, it will become a habit and it will become much easier over time.
57. Floss After Dinner. It will make you less likely to eat again before you go to bed.
58. Set Leftovers Aside. After you eat, pack the leftovers in a Tupperware container and put it in the fridge (when you don't feel hungry anymore). You don't have to finish everything in your plate all the time, it's not a contest 🙂 This is also a money saver as leftovers can easily account for an extra meal or snack that you would've paid for again.
59. Order From Places Where You can Find the Calories of the Food in the Menu. When you see how many calories pasta has, you will order a chicken salad immediately.
60. Don't Keep Unhealthy Food in the House. If you want a candy bar or a bag of chips, you will have to walk to the store, or, if you're feeling lazy you will just ignore the cravings.
61. Get Fit in 5. Do some jumping jacks, squats, crunches or just dance every time you have a bit of time: during television commercials, washing dishes or mopping the floor.
62. Do a Fridge Purge. Replace all the foods you use to overindulge in, like chocolate, ice-cream or other sweet temptations, whit low-calorie snacks. Not having high calorie foods in the house will determinate you to make better choices.
63. If you have guests and need to serve some delicacies, try not to buy your favorite ones, or you'll end up eating them by yourself.
64. While Cooking, use a Tiny Spoon When Sampling. You'll be surprised at how many calories you eat before actually eating by sampling your cooking delicacies. Using a tiny spoon will cut down on the sample portions.
65. Chew Sugarless Gum while you cook so you won't be tempted to nibble. We've explained why sugarless gum works in one of the tips above – now use it while cooking so you're not tempted to "sample" your food too much.
66. Stop Frying Your Food. – boil, roast or grill it. Frying, especially in oil, is unhealthy and high in calories.
67. Don't Serve Family Style. Instead, make up a plate, and when people want seconds, let them help themselves.
68. Gift-Wrap Temptations. If you're hosting a party, chances are there will be dessert or snacks left. Pack them up and give them to your guests.
69. While Watching TV, take up sewing, knitting or do your nails – it will keep your hands busy and you'll forget about eating while watching your favorite TV series
70. Don't Supersize It. When going out for fast food, buy the smallest portion that you can find and buy water instead of soda – it will stop the cravings and drinking water will make you feel full much faster.
71. Order Children's Portions at Restaurants. Eating children's portion is a great way to cut calories and keep your portions reasonable. This has become a very popular trend that most servants won't bat an eye when you order off the kid's menu.
72. Box-Up Half Your Entrée when You're Eating Out. Most of the times food portions at restaurants can be insane. Sometimes one entrée can be enough for three people. Ask the waiter to box up half your meal right away so you're not tempted to eat it all at once.
73. If you have trouble controlling how much you eat from your favorite food, eat it only in restaurants, and never bring it back home.
74. Before going to a restaurant, check out the menu for the lightest and healthiest dishes; most of the time you can find the menu online.
75. When you're going to a restaurant and you don't feel so hungry, opt for lighter foods, such as mini grilled chicken skewers, hummus or cut-up vegetables.
76. When you're eating out, have the bread basket removed as soon as you sit down at a restaurant – it's a ticking calorie bomb for your diet.
77. When You Order in Group, Be the First to Order so you're not influenced by the choices your friends made.
78. Eat a Snack Before Going to a Party. If you arrive there with an empty stomach you're much more likely to overeat.
79. At a Restaurant, Only Eat Half of Your Meal. You can ask your dinner partner to split a meal or you can take it home for later.
80. Always Have a Stash of Apples, bananas or oranges in your bag. This way you will always have a low-calories snack at hand.
81. A Craving Takes 20 Minutes to Go Away. Whenever you feel a craving setting in, try to distract yourself by doing anything else for 20 minutes and it will go away.
82. When You have a Craving Brush Your Teeth or Rinse With a Mouthwash. The clean taste will reduce your appetite.
83. Eat What You're Craving in a Healthy Form. For instance, if you're craving fries, eat a baked potato or sweet potato fries instead – these are the healthier, less caloric cousins of regular fries.
84. Wear Skinny Jeans. If you gain some weight you will notice immediately and will provide you extra motivation to stay away from those fries. If the jeans don't fit, you gotta quit (eating junk).
85. Have One Cheat Meal Every Week. You can treat yourself with something you love once a week without setting yourself up to bingeing. But don't forget that it is one meal a week not a day for eating whatever you want and how much you want.
86. Don't Guess Portion Sizes. Most people have no idea what a normal-sized meal looks like. To avoid this big mistake, buy a scale and measure your food or buy foods in proportioned containers.
87. Go to Bed Hungry. According to The Biggest Loser trainer, Bob Harper, when you skip your midnight snack, your body will burn fat "like crazy" and after five hours without food, you will start burning your own fat and sugar.
88. Change the way you think. Instead of thinking you deserve to eat something after a hard workout, think that you deserve to be happy, healthy and to feel good in your own body.
89. Set Small Goals. Don't plan for navy-seals-like training sessions or go directly to a harsh diet when you're just starting out. Go through the process of picking up exercising or dieting and try to discipline yourself into making it a daily habit first – you can improve on your goals and targets later on.
90. Eat From Smaller Plates. Eating from smaller plates helps the portions look like more, and if your mind feels satisfied, your stomach will likely be too.
91. Lose Weight Slowly. Don't get discouraged it you're not losing weight as fast as you'd like. Dropping some extra pounds takes time, just like gaining them did. If you're expectation are too high, you might give up when you don't lose weight fast enough, so set a realistic weight lost goal of about one or two pounds a week, as experts suggest.
92. Weight Yourself Once a Week. People who weight themselves regularly tend to lose more weight as they're motivated by the results (or lack of). Most experts suggest weighting yourself once a week, so your weight is not influenced by daily fluctuations. Try to weight yourself at the same time of the day, on the same day of the week, in the same clothes and on the same scale.
93. Get Enough Sleep. When you don't sleep enough, your body produces too much of appetite-stimulation hormone called ghrelin and under produces the hormone leptin, which tells you when you're full, so, getting enough sleep may keep you from doing unnecessary snacking.
94. Keep a Food Diary. Studies has shown that the act of writing down what you drink and eat tends to make you more aware of what, when and how much you've consumed, and make you aware of your current calorie count. One study found that people who kept a food diary six days a week lost almost twice as much as those who only kept a diary for one day or two, or none at all.
95. Don't Go on a Diet When You're Under a Lot of Stress. When you're feeling down, you can experience emotional eating. Emotional eating is using food to make yourself feel better – eating to fill emotional needs will hinder your chances to stick to a diet.
96. Don't Grocery-Shop When You're Hungry. By shopping when you're hungry, you're more likely to make low nutrient, high-fat impulse purchases.
97. Savor Each Bite by Eating Slowly. Eating slowly will make you satisfied with less food and save yourself for overeating. It also helps your body digest food better if you don't throw everything in there in one bite.
98. Put Down Your Fork Between Bites. Don't pick your fork up until you have completely finished your bite and swallowed. It takes your stomach a longer period of time to register that is full and most of the time you have already eaten to much by the time you fell you're full. This method will give the food more time to reach the stomach and alert the brain that it's full.
99. Plan Your Meals. Knowing when your next meal is may save you from eating too much at lunch or dinner.
100. Make Lunch at Home and Bring it to Work. Not taking costs into account this method always allows you to control your meal, planning on eating healthy rather than grabbing a bite on whatever is available at the office.
101. Shop the Perimeter of the Grocery Store Where Most of fresh Vegetables, Fruits, Chicken, Eggs, Fish and Dairy are located, and try to skip going through the sweets and snacks isles so you're not tempted to add them to your cart.


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A new study suggests that dogs have the intrinsic ability to recognise human feelings on top of emotional cues from other dogs. It appears that their exposure to humans, and coexistence, for thousands of years has caused them to evolve this characteristic, maybe as a way to fit in better. Is it any surprise that dogs can show such understanding when it is established that they are very close to their owners?! After all, regardless of being of a different species, animals are living beings!
People with dogs as pets often claim that the latter can respond to their emotional states. When they are sad, their dogs can sense it as though they can understand their need for comfort and consolation. But, is this really true? Can we prove that dogs are empathetic? Scientific studies attempting to deduce whether such inter-species understanding exists have remained elusive in terms of their results. However, a research recently published in Biology Letters suggests that dogs are able to identify emotions of both their own species and humans'.
The new study, aimed at finding out whether dogs could recognise emotional states, marks the first time an animal has been shown to have this ability in regard to the feelings of individuals of another species.
The experiment involved exposing the dogs to images of people and dogs while specific emotional sounds would be played in the background, and the time the dogs spent looking at the pictures was measured. Some sounds matched with the facial expressions depicted in the images while others did not.
The researchers observed that the dogs would look at images with matching sounds for a longer period of time – they deduced that the animals were able to correctly correlate the two variables (sound and image) and thus to identify the emotional state. The dogs not having had any prior training with the experimental procedure, the scientists concluded that the ability was intrinsic.
On the other hand, the dogs showed a significantly greater response to dog stimuli (conspecific stimuli) than to human stimuli (heterospecific).
Previous studies showing how dogs can display strong attachments to their owners suggest that the animals have acquired the ability to consider their humans as social support systems. Perhaps, then, the ability to recognise human emotions – as demonstrated in the new study – is just a component of this evolved skill. Dogs have to coexist with humans, and they already are extremely loyal and loving companions which would literally die for you if need be; perhaps, the findings really prove they are able to sense our feelings and emotional states.

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In the ancient times life of a student was confined in Gurukul. The student would be away from parents and gain knowledge from the Guru. His life was devoted to studies and to get prepared to face any kind of problem that may surface in his future life. He is expected to do all his duties like washing his clothes, do farming and attending to the cattle in the Gurukul. The student there would learn discipline and were under the care of Gurupatni (Guru's wife) who took care of them as mother. They were given training on warfare and rajneeti (politics) too.
It is amazing to see that now the students in the universities who had to be confined within the boundary walls of their educational institutions and learn about political science are playing political games. It is not required for students to get into politics as it's intricacies lies beyond the territorial jurisdiction of their thought process.
Even today it is relevant in the life of the student to have passion towards his studies and also to get ready to face the problems of life to come. If we observe the life of few students now it is more emphasised on taking political stands. The aspects of gaining knowledge and to learn the art of life has taken a back seat for them.
When we were in college we did have student unions and we would elect the student leader. The association of the students in student union should not be overruled. The students are smart, selfless and they love the right and hate the wrong instantly. They are young blood always ready to lay down their lives for the sake of the ideal they believe and follow, whether it is patriotism or something as noble as that. That is why if the students take part in some beneficial movement it becomes a grand success.
Politics within the college should be nourished and nurtured. Students participating in student unions can bring about welcome changes in the administration of the college. But the politics outside the college is always a dangerous affair.
As a student is yet a learner, his first and foremost duty is to gain knowledge. But this does not mean that he should be indifferent to the current affairs of the world in general and especially of his own country. It should not be suggested that the students should be completely away from politics and at the same time they should never be afflicted to main political parties which use them as launch pad to propagate their ideologies. The only advice that should be given to them is that for all noble causes they should go forward, for they only, as the selfless section of our society, having the heart and ability to do what they intend to. But they should never get involved in the active politics of the country which use them as toilet paper. They are left to face the social media war with those who troll them from all angles.
Student life has more to it than playing petty politics.....what say???


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John Legend has shared the first close-up photo of his newborn daughter, just two days after his wife Chrissy Teigen gave the world a glimpse of Luna Simone Stephens on Instagram. The couple welcomed their baby girl on 14 April.
The photo the All Of Me singer shared on Instagram shows the little one lying on a white blanket, while her head rest on a pillow. The baby has a full set of black hair and dark eyes. The 37-year-old singer did not caption the photo. The former Sports Illustrated model shared the same photo on her account. The two married in September 2013.
On 19 April, the 30-year-old mother shared the first glimpse of their daughter on the social media site. In the photo, Teigen can be seen holding her daughter in her arms, while she gently looks at her. She captioned the photo: "hi my lulu!"
Teigen had announced the birth of Luna on Instagram on 17 April. The new mother shared a photo of a monitor that showed the weight of her daughter when she was born. She captioned the photo: "She's here! Luna Simone Stephens, we are so in love with you! And sleepy. Very sleepy. ❤"
"John and Chrissy are in such a joyful place with their healthy baby girl Luna," a source previously told EOnline. "They are surrounded by family and close friends. Chrissy and John can't stop gushing over Luna. She is perfect!"
"Luna looks like a mini Chrissy and has some of John's features. Luna has cute round cheeks and looks like a baby model already," the source said. "They are not looking to get her into modeling anytime soon."
"This is the best time in their lives," the source added. "They are natural parents. They look at Luna as a blessing cause it was not an easy road having a baby. John sings to Luna all the time. This whole experience is stirring up some new music for John. Luna is an inspiration to them both."


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A set of Silicon Vally billionaires are seeking to usher in grand changes to how research is conducted in academia and how it is perceived by peer researchers, to its workings and its outcome.
Wealthy donors who set up foundations to fund academic researches and bringing its results to market is requesting major changes in how researchers expect how their effort will be utilized, academically and financially. Many researchers are expected to share their research and often the financial rewards as well among all researchers funded under the same foundation.
All this is done to speed up research results by fostering collaboration between researchers, who were traditionally very secluded and rather secretive, guarding their research.
This is very welcome. The attitude of finding answer to big problem and claiming fame and reward for themselves is very last century attitude.
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Run Geelong
Sunday, 19 November 2017
Eastern Park, Geelong, VIC
Run Geelong in Victoria on Sunday, 19 November 2017 is a running event like no other, with 100% of every registration fee and donation going directly to the development of Barwon Health's paediatric rehabilitation services, the first of its kind in Australia.
This festive, fun-filled event is for anyone at any fitness level, where the community come together to run, walk or roll into the Event Village for celebratory post-race activities, entertainment and family friendly good vibes.
To date, Run Geelong has raised over $3.07 million for the redevelopment of the Children's Ward, Special Care Nursery, Maternity Day Assessment unit and the Maternity Ward at University Hospital Geelong.
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1km Kids Dash
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Ep. 24: Countering Slow-cooked Misogyny: A Coaching Chat w/Cat Peterson
EQ: How can we understand the slow cooked misogyny of male-dominated professions?
Guest: Catherine Peterson, Physics Teacher & Soccer Coach, one of the hosts of Flounders B-Team Podcast and Teachers United "Cat Peterson Award for Courage"
The beloved and fabulous Cat Peterson joins us to talk about working in male-dominated spaces: science education and soccer coaching. Cat shares her story about...
- Growing up in a small town and the importance of female role models
- Falling in love with soccer and science in high school, college, and beyond
- The intense demands of coaching and teaching at the same time
- The BS she puts up with as a female coach
- Equity issues in soccer and other high school sports - who has access and who doesn't?
- The overwhelming whiteness in high school coaching
Guilty Favesies:
- Annie: white bread - especially English muffins
- Hope: Ketchup
- Cat: Candy all the time!
Do Your Fudging Homework:
- Annie: Positive Coaching Alliance
- Cat: Find female coaches and follow, retweet them @CM_Peterson
- Hope: Support LHS Girls Soccer by donating from their Amazon wish list


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Ukraine feminist group Femen has grabbed the world's attention, but now it's time for some focus, says Julia Molony
The bare-breasted women are revolting! And no, this is not another article about the 'No More Page 3' campaign, even in the light of news that Murdoch may, finally, be considering the concession of taking the tits out of The Sun.
This is about those other controversially topless women in the news, the Ukrainian feminist guerrilla protest group Femen, who recently turned up at the Berlin Film Festival, in their war costume of jeans and naked torsos, stormed the red carpet and had to be wrestled away by security, moments before Jane Fonda showed up decked in fur and diamonds.
I'd like to think Jane wouldn't have been flustered by a few semi-naked protesters with anti-female-circumcision slogans stamped on their bodies. Indeed, with her rocking bod and her activism pedigree, I could almost imagine that she might even have shimmied out of the mink and joined them, had she got there in time.
Certainly, I'm pretty confident she would have appreciated the spectacle of the red-faced burly security men – under the watchful eye of the world's press – trying to remove the protesters, struggling to maintain any decorum in the face of so many renegade nipples.
They started out by protesting against prostitution in Ukraine, and now Femen has expanded its remit. The protesters have been showing up everywhere, tearing off their tops at the World Economic Forum in protest against male-dominated capitalism and, most recently, celebrating the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI by storming the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
You have to admire their style, which is like a flash mob, but angrier – and with real flashing. And without the corporate sponsorship element, obviously. On second thoughts, maybe it's more like streaking with political intent. Whatever. It's ballsy, it's maverick, and it cleverly subverts the expected display of breasts in public, which is mostly limited to the cover of Nuts magazine.
In Nuts, women arch their backs to breaking point, flick their hair and pout for the cameras. Nuts women don't get to paint slogans on their bodies. But if they did, it would probably be "buy me!"
On that note, it's worth mentioning that Femen has been accused of inconsistency for using nudity to protest against, among other things, sexual exploitation. But I think that a large element of this charge stems from a sense of uneasiness about the fact that the women involved in the group are mostly young and, thus, slim and beautiful. They reject objectification on ideological grounds, yet their bodies look like pin-ups.
But the hypocrisy is ours, not theirs. When Lena Dunham proudly takes off her clothes on-screen in Girls, glorying in a physique that doesn't conform to magazine-level standards of beauty, she's hailed as courageous and a visionary. And justifiably so, too. But nudity as a political statement isn't the preserve of a particular body type.
Employing female nakedness as a tool in today's world, outside of the context of pornography, is a highly radical move. It's reductive to make it just about shape. Femen can't be accused of inviting titillation any more than Dunham can, just because they are in possession of tighter abs. Sure, it's a terrible irony that typing in the line www.femen.com, as I did, brings you directly to a page advertising as a way to "meet sexy Ukraine Women", but it's not Femen's fault.
While the protesters can't control the sexualisation of their image, (and nor should they try) they can however, control the power of their message. I'm all for breasts as a tool to get attention, whether they be Dunham's, Femen's or anyone else's. But where Dunham has creative clarity of vision, Femen is floundering in its attempts to built a clear and cogent manifesto.
On the Pope's resignation, the group declared in a rather rambling, melodramatic message via Facebook "FEMEN is congratulating the whole progressive world with the resignation of fascist Benedict XVI from the place of the head of the Catholic mafia". To which the only reasonable response is, "hmmm".
In their rush to characterise themselves as topless guerillas taking on the whole spectrum of anti-feminist bogie men; male-dominated capitalism; violence against women; and organised religion, they end up shadow-boxing at monsters and failing to pack a real punch. They've got the world's attention – now, in order to add credibility to visibility, they need to slim down their remit and focus on making real change.
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ACER was designed by Christopher Seymour in close cooperation with design consultant Carl Esch, and features interior styling by Andrei Pastushuk Design . Part of The Worth Avenue Yachts Collection, this yacht is designed for a shipyard build of the clients choice. Seymour has produced versatile concepts to suit the tastes of his clients ranging from the traditional to the radical. This provides bold inspiration for any owner looking to stand out from the crowd. Equally focused on engineering and creativity, the concepts in Christopher Seymour Designs' portfolio mixes advanced hull forms to the latest propulsion systems. He has crafted a range of concept designs to inspire clients, from his sailing yacht designs, Amor Fati and Y146, to his current motor yacht portfolio that includes Vulcan, Malibu and Double Century.
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By Abby Bar-Lev, AFJ Dorot Fellow
As Thanksgiving approaches, we here at AFJ know that it can sometimes be a struggle to spark interesting conversation with the extended family and family friends who gather around the dinner table. But what is the one sure crowd-pleasing conversation topic? The Supreme Court, of course! (What else would you talk about?) So, to make the conversation a bit easier (if not a bit lighter), consider this post to be a "tip sheet" on what has been happening at the Supreme Court since the last big family gathering. Go ahead, we dare you to not be the life of the party with these snippets in your conversational pocket! No need to thank us; we can feel the gratitude.
Beginning with a Blockbuster: In the Supreme Court's very first week, it heard oral arguments in one of the year's most divisive cases, McCutcheon v. FEC, a campaign finance reform case that challenges the constitutionality of aggregate individual campaign contributions. Some are worried that McCutcheon represents a "sequel" to Citizens United, in which the Supreme Court decided that corporations have a First Amendment right to free speech in giving unlimited funds for independent spending in candidate elections. Others draw a distinction between the two cases, arguing that there is a significant difference between the issue in Citizens United about limitations on independent campaign spending by corporations, and McCutcheon, which deals with direct individual aggregate contributions to campaigns and political committees. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the case and probably will not do so until early summer, so all we can do now is guess.
Rights of the Accused: The Supreme Court has already heard several cases this term involving defendants' rights in criminal trials:
- In one of them, Burt v. Titlow, the Court has handed down a decision. The issue in Titlow revolved around a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. In this case, the defendant had negotiated a plea deal with her attorney, then hired a new attorney. That new attorney advised the defendant to withdraw her plea before investigating the case at all. Consequently, the defendant received the longer prison sentence for murder rather than what would have been a shorter sentence with the originally-negotiated plea deal. The Sixth Circuit found that the second attorney violated the defendant's constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel. The Supreme Court unanimously overruled the Sixth Circuit's decision, finding that the Sixth Circuit applied the wrong standard of review and improperly "assum[ed]" ineffectiveness from a fact record that did not support that claim.
- Earlier this month the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Burrage v. United States, a case asking whether a defendant drug dealer can be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of 20 years for "causing" a customer's death when it is inconclusive that the drug sold by the dealer was the "but-for" cause of the customer's death. In a guest blog post for AFJ, criminal defense attorney Steven Nolder argued that merely showing a drug contributed to an individual's death—rather than proving that the drug sold to the customer actually caused the individual's death beyond a reasonable doubt— should not be enough to sentence a defendant to a mandatory minimum 20 years in prison. The Supreme Court has not yet reached a result in Burrage.
- The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a Fourth Amendment warrantless search and seizure case. That case, Fernandez v. California, tests the boundaries of law enforcement's ability to conduct warrantless searches of an individual's home after that individual expressly objected. Currently, if police ask to search someone's home without a warrant, that individual may refuse to allow the police through the door. However, a roommate may consent to the search if the individual (whom the police's actions are targeting) is not at home at the time of the police's request. In Fernandez, the defendant did object to a police's request to conduct a warrantless search of his home. However, after Fernandez was later arrested, the police returned to his apartment asking to conduct a warrantless search, and Fernandez's girlfriend allowed the police in to search the apartment. Was Fernandez's previous objection enough to ward off a future attempt by the police to search his home in his absence? Or can police officers return to a home as many "reasonable" times as they want in hopes of finding the individual absent and a consenting roommate present? If the Supreme Court decides the latter, it would create a powerful loophole for police to conduct warrantless searches of individuals' homes.


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.101 n.1 Cape Town Jan. 2011
Will national health insurance ensure the national health?
To the Editor: The good intentions in the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme are not doubted, but I suspect that the authorities have not been correctly advised on why the health system is often inadequate.
South Africa's health system provides private health care access to some, but the large majority depends on the state for health services. Private health care appears to offer a better service than state health care because of a lack of adequate state sector infrastructure. However, injecting massive NHI funding into state health will result in a burgeoning bureaucracy and little to improve our citizens' health experience.
Infrastructure, from equipment to health care personnel, is limited in the state health system and patients experience many irritations and inconveniences because of the way it operates.
There is no reason why repeat outpatients cannot have appointments instead of all having to attend the health facility before dawn only to be seen hours later. With appointments the number of patients in a health facility would become more manageable and patients who work would not lose pay by waiting unnecessarily.
Why do patients have to return, often after long journeys, to collect repeat medication instead of accessing it at their nearest state health facility? Private sector prescriptions are on a computer and available at supermarket pharmacies nationwide. State health facilities can use such computer programmes and reduce outpatient and clinic numbers by 30%. And why do supermarkets have better baby-changing facilities than our health facilities, which often do not have any at all?
Patient self-triage is another serious patient-perceived problem. For budgetary and administrative reasons state health services are classified as primary or district, secondary or regional, and tertiary or academic. The family with a sick baby is expected to self-triage the baby into one of these categories. Heaven help them if they appear at a secondary or tertiary hospital with a primary care condition, as they may be denied treatment and referred back. Since when do health facilities turn away patients? Health facilities must recognise that their concept of an emergency differs from that of a lay person and act accordingly!
The state health services have some excellent health practitioners, but there are not enough of them. Most are concentrated in urban areas and medical schools, and although this is unlikely to change, the rural paucity of practitioners could be addressed in part by the following.
Firstly, address the overall numbers of health practitioners in the state services. One cannot buy, but must attract and retain the best personnel. This is not just about money, and the nine provincial health departments and the eight university medical schools must play a role in this joint approach and responsibility. Provinces with medical schools must accept the obligation of providing state-of-theart equipment and consumables to the teaching environment. It is unacceptable that cardiac procedures be delayed because the budget for stents is insufficient, or that patients should suffer long delays because the prosthetic hips budget is exhausted.
Secondly, as part of their co-responsibility for patients the medical schools must recognise that the health department's responsibility for the patients in a teaching hospital extends throughout the province. In recognising this health and teaching continuum the medical schools should co-operate in outreach programmes throughout and across provinces to take treatment to where the patients live, subject to the provinces meeting their equipment obligations. They must also recognise the medical practitioner needs in South Africa and support the front-line health care disciplines of family medicine and emergency medicine.
The present state health system could be remedied by wise investment in real patient care at less than an NHI would cost, and without creating another bureaucracy.
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How to Use Email to Get Your First Client
In the beginning, customers don't just come to you. You gotta WORK for them.
If you are in this place of "well I built it, where ARE they?" you are going to be waiting for a really long time.
Remember last week when we talked about how to answer one of those posts you always see floating around for help? We are going to take it to the next level.
IMAGINE that you really need something and you find someone who not only tells you that they can help you but takes the extra step of emailing YOU and showing you how they can help you.
That would rock, right?
Let me go back to my health coaching example again. I still haven't really made a firm decision because I am so overwhelmed with options. I don't WANT to hunt. I just want the right person to appear in my inbox, so I don't have to look anymore.
People WANT you to be the person who will solve their problems.
If you truly believe that you can help them, you are doing them a huge solid by emailing them. Let me REPEAT that, yo.
We WANT you to be the one. You are not bothering us. You are helping solve our problems.
Let me tell you a little bit about my story:
Hot Brand Action made it's big debut January 2012. I didn't have much of a list (I think it was around 120 people) but I had a desire to sell out the class so instead of using traditional launch methods (doing the webinar and the big show to go with it), I just emailed the people that I thought would really love the class.
I sent lots of emails during that time but I also filled the class.
These were people who had been responding to my blog posts or folks I met through classes and most of them signed up. While most of us have a fairly complicated relationship with our gmail accounts, we can feel nothing but happy when the right person lands in our inbox.
So let's do this!
How to Write Your Email
Make sure you have at least had some contact with them. Maybe you haven't talked to them a lot but you know them well enough to know that they need what you have. Try not to send random emails. You won't get great results and you'll just end up agitating them.
This also hits on a greater problem that a lot of people have. If you don't spend time getting to know people and reaching out to your community, it's gonna be a HELL of alot harder to get that first client.
It takes TIME to develop relationships and a following and allow yourself the time to create that -- you'll feel more confident emailing people that you know already like you and truly enjoy what you create.
Keep the email short and sweet. Get straight to the point and don't try to dress the email up as something different. YES you are sending this email because you would like this person to be your client. Guess what? That is OK.
1. State their problem using THEIR words. This is one of the best ways to make your copy REALLY effective. Make sure you are not talking about the problems the way you would be really locking in on the way THEY talk about those problems. 2. Introduce yourself and your solution
3. Give them an action to take.
4. Make sure you leave them your contact info
5. Bonus: include a link that demonstrates that you know what you are talking about. This is a really great thing to do if you are emailing someone from a forum who doesn't really "know" you that well.
Hey Neo,
You mentioned in the Matrix that you have been trouble dealing with being "The One." I totally get it. Being the one is a BIG deal and I know that I can help you find some life balance so that you can actually ENJOY the world that you are trying so hard to save.
I love working with people who have found themselves in the middle of an epic adventure but still have trouble dealing with what that means for their day-to-day life. How do you go back to getting coffee at the Starbucks when you know that the coffee isn't even real?
I created Being the Chosen One + Having a Life for people like you because I know that despite the fact that you are saving the world, you can still make time to have your morning coffee and read the newspaper.
You can learn more about the program here.
I would also love to chat with you on the phone about it this week. That way, we can get to know each other a little more and I can tell you more about the class.
Do you have some availability this week?
P.S - I just wrote a post about life balance over at my blog. Check that out here.
Your email will evolve as you get more practice. As you start emailing people, you will start to learn what works and what doesn't work. It's all experimentation. This is a great way to get practice becoming MORE comfortable with selling and it also helps you get better at articulating the value of your offer which is one of the keys to selling, yo.
Your Action for this week:
Respond to someone's call for help AND email them personally. FOLLOW UP! Get all up in their business!


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ENG-105 Composition I, 3cr.
Emphasis on expository and argumentative writings including a review of usage and mechanics. Prerequisite: satisfactory score on the ACCT, ASSET or COMPASAS as determined by Iowa Lakes policy or completion of ENG-028.
ENG-106 Composition II, 3cr.
Continuation of ENG-105 with emphasis on research and documentation as well as literary analysis. Prerequisite: ENG-105.
HIS-151 U.S. History to 1877, 3cr.
Study of national foundations, colonial background, revolution, confederation and institutions, nationalism and expansion. The growth of democracy and war plus reconstruction are analyzed.
HIS-152 U.S. History Since 1877, 3 cr.
Covers re-union growth of big business, expansion and World War I, rise to world power, isolation, modern industry, depression, recovery and internationalism.
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PSY-111 Intro to Psychology, 3cr.
A survey course which provides an introduction to the study of psychology with emphasis on the history of psychology, learning, personality, behavior, motivation, perception, psychological disorders and their treatment, and social psychology as well as other areas.
SOC-110 Intro to Sociology, 3cr.
A survey course applying basic sociological concepts, theories and methods to examine society, culture, cultural institutions, cultural diversity and cultural stability and change.
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AGB-327 Principles of Farm Business Management, 2 cr.
Current principles and practices of farm management. Production enterprise budgets, partial budgets and cash flow budgets are explored.
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This course introduces students to basic horticulture. Includes plant anatomy and physiology, plant classification and identification, and basic plant care.
AGS-113 Survey of the Animal Industry, 3 cr.
This course is an introduction in animal science including various species and breeds of domestic animals and gives them an appreciation for the principles of production, biological principles, stewardship, and animal industries as they relate to animal production in the U.S. and the world.
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BUS-161 Human Relations, 3cr.
Students are given the opportunity to apply human relations concepts and evaluate experience and observations. Social skills required in various occupational settings will be developed, emphasizing how appropriate personal attitudes lead to social and business success.
HCM-105 Food Fundamentals, 4 cr.
Reviews the skills and attitudes needed for successful employment in the food service industry. This course and its components are the latest additions to the ProMgmt program. ProMgmt is a college-level curriculum driven by industry research and academic excellence and created by the educational foundation of the National Restaurant Association and the Culinary Institute of America.
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CON-113 Construction Print Reading, 2cr.
Studies the builder's visual language and communication.
CON-201 Framing Techniques and Lab I, 2cr.
Basic framing techniques with emphasis on identification and application. Lecture and Lab.
Social and Human Services
ECE-133 Child Health/Safety/Nutrition, 3 cr.
Focuses on current concepts in the fields of health, safety and nutrition and their relationship to the growth and development of the young child ages birth to eight. Blends current theory with practical applications and assessments. Includes the influences of families and diversity on health, safety, and nutrition in early childhood settings.
ECE-170 Child Growth and Development, 3 cr.
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Published at Monday, April 29th, 2019 - 17:33:15 PM. Kitchen. By Alsatia Philippot.
Take your organizing skills to the next level by adding some hidden compartments! The outgoing mail, cookbooks, recipe cards, shopping lists and everything in between can fit right inside and stay off the counters, making for a cleaned and revived kitchen! We love mixing compartments too. A vase, bread basket and even a serving tray can all come together to create a perfect place to organize your spices and most used ingredients, as well as utensils! Use whatever you like to organize, but keep within a monochromatic theme. This will enhacen the clean and fresh vibe but also give your kitchen a contemporary, fashion-forward air about it as well.
An eco-friendly kitchen calls to mind health and happiness, plus sustainable materials that will last longer than a few seasons. Here are some ways you can ensure a greener kitchen. Make use of your kitchen's natural light which can save you money on electricity bills and make your home much warmer. You can achieve more sun by making the most of the southern exposure of the home so that additional light will stream into your kitchen on a daily basis.
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MU Health Care won't hire smokers starting in 2015
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COLUMBIA - MU Health Care announced it won't hire smokers starting on Jan.1, 2015.
The new nicotine-free hiring policy exempts current employees, but all new applicants will be asked if they use nicotine products. If the applicant says "yes," they'll be given tobacco cessation information and given the opportunity to re-apply for jobs within 90 days.
The policy will add nicotine to MU Health Care's pre-employment drug screenings.
Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine Kevin Everett said banning nicotine isn't a new concept.
"Numerous health care organizations have adopted not hiring those who use tobacco products, or nicotine-free policies, across the nation," Everett said.
MU Health Care Chief Executive Officer Mitch Wasden said the new policy will help the hospital "lead by example."
"Improving the health of our patients, as well as the community and the state, is central to our mission as a leading academic medical center," Wasden said.
Everett agreed, "One of Mu Health Care's primary missions is ensuring the health of our patients. And as we move forward and try to advance and become one of the leaders in the state as an academic health setting, we want to make sure we're leading by example. We're creating a culture of health here, and our employees will take the lead on that."
MU adjunct law professor Sandy Davidson said the policy not discriminatory.
"There is no constitutional right to smoke, so from that perspective, there's not a legal problem," Davidson said. "Employers can't discriminate in many different ways, discriminating against smoking would not fall into any protected categories."
MU Health Care has been a smoke-free campus since 2006, and officials say asking employees to be smoke-free is a natural progression.
"In health care, we've come to strong conclusions that tobacco use is unhealthy for everyone, both the user and the non-user," Everett said. "It's the leading cause of death and disability in this country and this state. I think this is a next step in our organization's strategy to build out healthier work forces and create a healthier environment for people to be healed when they're here as patients."
Davidson said, "If any employers should be looking at nicotine-free policy, it would seem to me that employers of health care workers would be the logical ones to say 'no smokers.'"
Another consideration Davidson brought up was employers' decreased health costs if employees don't smoke, and patients who are more sensitive to smoke won't have worry about the smell left in clothes or hair. Davidson also said regulating smoking could be a slippery slope for future regulatory policies.
Cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, snuff, clove cigarettes and electronic cigarettes are all included in the policy's list of banned nicotine products.


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UMD women's soccer team kicks for a good cause
The UMD women's soccer team opened up their season with a 3-0 victory over Wisconsin Parkside on Aug. 31 at James S. Malosky Stadium. During the game, the team partnered with Life House to begin the 2017 Kicks for Causes fundraiser.
Ashley Alletto, marketing and events intern at UMD, said that designated home games for the women's soccer team have been used to give student athletes a chance to get involved in the community and help raise awareness for charities of their choice.
"They typically have their upperclassmen pick an organization that they have a family connection to, that they volunteered with or just something that really means something to them," she said. "Then the players do the reach out, which I think is a really awesome connection."
UMD soccer's involvement in the community is something that Alletto says is unique and special to the university.
"I've worked with other schools before and I've never gotten to work with a team that did something like this," she said. "I think it's a really unique way to give back to the community and to show that community service is a huge part of the UMD athletic department."
Junior defender Lizzy Fontes from Apple Valley, Minn. was tasked with picking the first organization for the 2017 Kicks for Causes campaign. While the search for an organization took a while, she eventually chose Life House, a local non-profit organization that helps homeless and street youth. Fontes fell in love with Life House immediately.
"At first it was kind of hard because a lot of the players did something that was really personal to them if they've had family members or they have the condition themselves," she said. "I kind of had to brainstorm a little more, but I basically wanted something that was non-profit and for a good cause, so when I ran into Life House it was kind of a no-brainer."
Fontes said that Kicks for Causes is not the only charitable work that the soccer team does throughout the year. The team volunteers with the Salvation Army Adopt a Family program and Laura MacArthur Elementary School. Fontes said that her previous experiences with the soccer program's charitable work helped her decide on Life House.
"The youth part right away kind of attracted me to Life House. After working with them at Laura MacArthur and Adopt a Family, it makes me appreciate all the things that we take for granted sometimes," she said. "Even just the smallest thing like hanging out with them and spending your time with them really makes a difference."
Overall, Alletto was happy with how last Thursday's event turned out.
"I do feel like it was a pretty successful day," she said. "Even if you didn't go to the game and donate directly, I think just bringing that awareness that the charities are here and that you can help is successful."
The next Kicks for Causes fundraiser will take place on Sept. 12 against St. Cloud State to raise money and awareness for rheumatoid arthritis.


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I first thought this might have been a school that was later transformed into a house, but that is not the case. Olivia Williamson Braddy writes: This house was built for Joseph Jackson "Joe" Powell (1871-1957) and his wife, Ava Cynthia Youmans. Five children were born and reared here. After Cynthia's death in 1942, Joe married Maggie Keene Morris. Following their deaths, the house was sold to Schley Williamson and continued as a dwelling until his daughter, Vernery Williamson Cason, passed away in 2010. It was always used as a residence.
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An Important Tool For Straining Tomatoes
An essential tool for separating pulp from skin and seeds when making a basic tomato sauce or salsa
You may not need a heavy duty model like the one in the photo unless you are doing some serious "blending", but if you enjoy whipping up a breakfast shake or adult cocktail, they are nice to have around.
An essential tool for separating pulp from skin and seeds when making a basic tomato sauce or salsa!
I purchased an old hand cranked tomato strainer from years ago. It worked great but you really needed an extra set of hands to keep the process going. Sort of like when you are making your own homemade pasta.
This new electric tomato strainer makes the job a lot easier and a lot faster. Plus you can process a lot of tomatoes in an afternoon. Plus, it can be used for fruit or vegetables. Basically it eliminates the tedious job of separating the skins and seeds from the pulp and juices.
This tool is incredibly helpful when you are preparing your baskets of summer tomatoes for a basic tomato sauce. But it is also fun to use to make soups, sauces or even homemade jams.
This Spremy model has a stainless steel hopper, cast iron spiral and stands only 13 inches for easy storage.
All you have to do is load the food into the hopper on top, turn on the moter and the spiral roter cranks the food through a strainer holding back the skin and the seeds but allowing the pulp and juices go down a wide "squirt guard." The unwanted seeds and skin exit from a long funnel on the side.
If you are into making your own homemade tomato sauce or babyfood, a tomato strainer will really make the job a lot easier.
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Very handy for seedless blackberry jam, also


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Handing the government a stinging defeat, a jury acquitted a Saudi graduate student on Thursday of charges that he had used his computer expertise to help Muslim terrorists raise money and recruit followers.
''I hope the message is that the First Amendment is important and meaningful in this country,'' said David Nevin, a lawyer for the student, Sami Omar Al-Hussayen.
The case against Mr. Al-Hussayen, 34, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the University of Idaho, was seen as an important test of a provision of a new antiterrorism law that makes it a crime to provide expert advice or assistance to terrorists. Mr. Al-Hussayen set up and ran Web sites that prosecutors said were used to recruit terrorists, raise money and disseminate inflammatory rhetoric. They said the sites included religious edicts justifying suicide bombings and an invitation to contribute money to the militant Palestinian organization Hamas.
Mr. Nevin said Mr. Al-Hussayen had little to do with creating the material posted, which he argued was protected by the First Amendment right to freedom of expression and was not intended to raise money or recruit extremists.
''There was a lack of hard evidence,'' said one juror, John Steger. ''There was no clear-cut evidence that said he was a terrorist, so it was all on inference.''
Mr. Al-Hussayen was acquitted on all three terrorism charges, as well as one count of making a false statement and two counts of visa fraud. Jurors could not reach verdicts on three false-statement counts and five visa-fraud counts, and a mistrial was declared on those charges. United States Attorney Tom Moss said it would be a week before a decision was made on whether to retry Mr. Al-Hussayen on those eight counts.
Mr. Al-Hussayen faced up to 15 years for each of the three terrorism charges, 25 years on each charge of visa fraud and five years on each charge of making false statements. He still faces deportation.
Justice Department officials in Washington declined to comment on the verdict, which the jury reached after seven days of deliberations and a trial that lasted seven weeks.
Mr. Al-Hussayen, a member of a prominent family from Riyadh, the Saudi capital, has been jailed since his February 2003 arrest, but continued to work toward his doctorate from his cell. His wife and their children returned to Saudi Arabia this year rather than fight deportation.
In January, a federal judge in California ruled in a separate case that the provision under which Mr. Al-Hussayen was prosecuted violated the First and Fifth Amendments. --------------------
Immigrant Faces Gun Charge
PORTLAND, Ore., June 10 (AP) -- A Lebanese immigrant linked by prosecutors to an Oregon terrorism cell was charged Thursday with possessing a machine gun, shortly before he was to be deported after serving prison time for other weapons counts.
The man, Ali Khaled Steitiye, was charged with carrying a machine gun in 2001 during target practice in Washington attended by men who have since pleaded guilty to conspiring to join the Taliban. Mr. Steitiye, 41, was not indicted in the Taliban case but was named as a co-conspirator of the group, known as the Portland Seven.
Mr. Steitiye was convicted in 2002 of federal firearms, fraud and immigration charges and sentenced to two and a half years in prison.


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Dean Lombardo's cover reveal for his middle-school aged book, Donkey Sense!
Today I am grateful for the opportunity to share a first look at the cover of my latest novel, "Donkey Sense," a story for middle-school ages and up.
Donkey Sense takes you into the thoughts and senses of a bullied eleven-year-old boy named Timmy Unterkanz. Already having suffered the death of his father, red-haired Timmy is nicknamed "Shrimpo Underpants" and teased and bullied by kids at school in the new Pennsylvania town where he and his mother have just moved.
Inspired by the yarn-spinning humor of Mark Twain, Donkey Sense is both a Cinderella story and a slice of harsh reality. In the natural world, we don't have fairy godmothers or wizards to protect us from bullies. However … WINK … once in a while an animal will emerge to soothe, teach and strengthen us. In Donkey Sense, Pedro, the feisty and magical donkey, provides Timmy finds a special friend…
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Orbit Homes Builds Both Plan Homes and Custom-Designed Homes in Australia
Orbit builds both plan homes and custom-designed homes in Victoria and Queensland, servicing metropolitan and rural areas. After more than 35 years in the industry, the company has developed a reputation for excellence, reliability and tireless attention-to-detail.
As a family-owned business, Orbit is run by a genuine, passionate team. Their primary concern is to provide each and every client with a home that inspires satisfaction and easy living. Aware that choosing the right design is crucial, yet not always easy, Orbit works closely with their customers, every step of the way. Clients can choose to custom-design their home independently, select from Orbit's array of building plans or work on a design in collaboration with Orbit. The range Orbit's designs come in three distinctive categories. The Abode range is modern and spacious, yet affordable. Each design features open plan living, with plenty of natural light, and an eye-catching appearance. The Signature range offers more contemporary, cutting-edge designs. For a dash of opulence and extra room, home owners can opt for a commodious second storey. The Metro range is designed for city-living and is therefore made to fit an array of block sizes and shapes. It features striking, innovative designs that are smart yet comfortable. The awards During the past 35 years, Orbit's unwavering commitment to excellence has not only made thousands of clients happy, it has also attracted the attention of leading industry figures. The company has won a plethora of awards, including Master Builders Association of Victoria Home of the Year, Most Innovative use of a Small Lot, Best Affordable Home and Best Multi-Unit Development Award. In 2013, Orbit received the Housing Industry Association's Brisbane Housing Awards for Best Display Home Over $500,001. Values First and foremost, Orbit is committed to building excellent relationships with, and providing premium services for, its customers. The company has a reputation for intelligent, forward-thinking design; outstanding building; positive relationships with an array of suppliers; reliability; and an obsession with attention to detail. Contact To find out more about Orbit custom house builders in Melbourne, or to visit their range of display homes in Australia, please don't hesitate to make contact - by phone, by email or in person, http://orbithomes.com.au/.


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Warm Home Discount
The Warm Home Discount gives you £140 off your electricity bill between October and April.
You'll qualify for the discount if, as of July 10 2016, your name or your partner's name was on your electricity bill, you were receiving the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit, and your electricity supplier is listed here.
If you qualify, you'll get a letter in the autumn or winter, telling you you'll either get the discount automatically or have to apply by 28 February 2017.
If you think you qualify but don't get the letter, you can call the Warm Home Discount Scheme on 0345 603 9430, Monday to Friday, between 8.30am and 4.30pm.
Alternatively, you can write to: Warm Home Discount Team, 2.1.P, Peel Park, Brunel Way, Blackpool FY4 5ES.
The Warm Home Discount will not affect your Cold Weather Payment or Winter Fuel Payment.
If you don't qualify for the Warm Home Discount because you don't get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit, you may be able to apply directly to your electricity supplier – there'll be a number to call on your bill or on its website.
Winter Fuel Payment
This tax-free cash payment of between £100 and £300 can help you to pay your heating bills if you were born on or before May 5, 1953.
Payments go out automatically between November and December and should be in your account by Christmas.
You should get the payment automatically if you get the State Pension or another social security benefit, such as Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reduction, Child Benefit or Universal Credit.
The exact amount you'll receive depends on your personal circumstances during the qualifying week beginning September 19, 2016. You can see how much you'll be entitled to here.
A letter in the post will tell you how much you can expect and when it's likely to arrive. If you qualify but you're not receiving any social security benefits, you'll need to apply.
For more information on how to apply, follow this link.
Cold Weather Payment
When temperatures really drop, some people are entitled to a special Cold Weather Payment of £25 for every week of very cold weather between November and the end of March.
You'll get a payment if the average temperature in your area is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees celsius or below for 7 consecutive days.
You're eligible for Cold Weather Payment if you receive one of the following benefits: Pension Credit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, income related Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit.
For more information on eligibility, click here.
The payment will come within 14 working days of a cold spell and is paid into the same account your other benefits go into.
There are other things to look out for if you have a baby or a child under the age of five comes to stay with you, detailed here, and also if you have to go into hospital, as described here.
Finally, if you think you should have received a Cold Weather Payment but haven't, tell your pension centre or Jobcentre Plus office.
Switch & save
The quickest and most effective way to make deep savings on your energy spending is by shopping around and switching your energy deal.
You can start here– and you should be on your way to a cheaper deal within 10 minutes, with the switch fully complete in 21 days.
There's no need for any work to be done at your property, inside or out, and there'll be no interruption to your supply. But you could save hundreds on your annual energy bill*.
*51% of customers could save up to £359. MoneySuperMarket data, May 2016.
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text: Please pray for our national pastor, River, and his family who have been serving with BIEM for 12 years in a Muslim country. Sunday night, police broke into his home and disrupted a gathering of believers. All the Bibles were confiscated. The police demanded to know who the pastor was and declared they would put him in jail for a minimum of 15 days. No one would say who the pastor was. Ever since, an armed guard has been stationed at River's house. River can't leave, nor can anyone come visit. This is like an unofficial house arrest and local authorities may also be using this opportunity to collect more information about the group of believers. River's wife, Hope, is eight months pregnant. Please pray for their safety, especially that the intense pressure will not affect the pregnancy.


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I've been a blogger for nearly three years, however, I feel like this year I've lost the privilege to say that. I went from daily blogger to 3-5 days a week, to no schedule which means some weeks are better than others but mostly I never see WordPress anymore.
I don't know what it is or if anyone else feels this way. I just don't know what to say. I sold my soul to the Odyssey so when I do have decent ideas I feel like that's where they go. My blog has fallen to the wayside of my not busy life.
I think part of my issue is, I have nothing to say. However, that couldn't be further from the truth. I have a lot to say. Am I self-censoring again? I don't know. I think a huge part of the problem was that I dated someone this year and took 18.5 credits last semester and it kind of wore me down, and I forgot about blogging in my free time, especially since it was so limited. If the boy wasn't around I wanted to be with my friends because I did feel like I was neglecting them. After I ended the relationship my weeks were filled with seemingly endless amounts of school work. Now, I'm at school for the summer spending my free time with friends, and the rest watching Netflix and doing research. I guess I've just lost touch with my blogger self.
I used to share my whole week with this little section of the internet. I used to write down every single thought that came through my mind. Now, I'm a senior in college and the biggest thing I have to show for my life (in my opinion) is this blog. It is my baby and I'm so proud of it, however, recently I just haven't been doing it justice. And I don't know how to fix it.
This year is the the year I'm supposed to really get my shit together (or at least that's what I'm taking from it) and I always had this sliver of hope that someone would find this and it would be my salvation from the real world. I thought that it would help me become some freelance writer with oodles of free time for adventures. I now, don't foresee that happening and freelancing is hard and I don't know if there's anyone I want to write for if I'm being honest. After reading about all the BuzzFeed stuff I'm very conflicted.
Anyway, I'm really hoping that I get some inspiration soon. I'm tired of not blogging. I'm jumping back into it. Maybe things will change, like my social media handles, and the content of my blog, but I'm back (hopefully).


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Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Ottobeuren
Formerly a Benedictine abbey, now a priory, near Memmingen in the Bavarian Allgäu. It was founded in 764 by Blessed Toto, and dedicated to St. Alexander, the martyr. Of its early history little is known beyond the fact that Toto, its first abbot, died about 815 and that St. Ulric was its abbot in 972. In the eleventh century its discipline was on the decline, till Abbot Adalhalm (1082-94) introduced the reform of Hirsau. The same abbot began to restore the decaying buildings, which were completed, with the addition of a convent for noble ladies, by his successor, Abbot Rupert I (1102-45). Under the rule of the latter the newly founded abbey of Marienberg was recruited with monks from Ottobeuren. His successor, Abbot Isengrim, (1145-80), wrote "Annales minores" (Mon. Germ. Hist.: Script., XVII, 315 sq.) and "Annales majores" (ibid., 312 sq.). In 1153, and again in 1217, it was consumed by fire. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries it declined so completely that at the accession of Abbot Johann Schedler (1416-43) only six or eight monks were left, and its annual revenues did not exceed 46 silver marks. Under Abbot Leonard Wiedemann (1508-46) it again began to flourish: he erected a printing establishment and a common house of studies for the Suabian Benedictines. The latter, however, was soon closed, owing to the ravages of the Thirty Years' War.
The most flourishing period in the history of Ottobeuren began with the accession of Abbot Rupert Ness (1710-40) and lasted until its secularization in 1802. From 1711-1725 Abbot Rupert erected the present monastery, the architectural grandeur of which has merited for it the name of "the Suabian Escorial". In 1737 he also began the building of the present church, completed by his successor, Anselm Erb, in 1766. In the zenith of its glory Ottobeuren fell a prey to the greediness of the Bavarian Government (see Schleglmann, "Geschichte der Säkularisation im rechtsrheinischen Bayern", III, Ratisbon, 1906, 611-54). In 1834 King Louis I of Bavaria restored it as a Benedictine priory, dependent on the abbey of St. Stephen at Augsburg. At present (1910) the community consists of five fathers, sixteen lay brothers, and one lay novice, who have under their charge the parish of Ottobeuren, a district school, and an industrial school for poor boys. Noteworthy among monks of Ottobeuren are: Nicolas Ellenbog, humanist, d. 1543; Jacob Molitor, the learned and saintly prior, d. 1675; Albert Krey, the hagiographer, d. 1713; Fr. Schmier, canonist, d. 1728; Augustine Bayrhamer, d. 1782, and Maurus Feyerabend, d. 1818, historians; the learned Abbot Honoratus Goehl (1767-1802), who was a promoter of true church music, and founded two schools; Ulric Schiegg, the mathematician and astronomer, d. 1810.
LINDNER, Album Ottoburanum in Zeitschrift des hist. Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg, XXXI (Augsburg, 1905); IDEM, Die Schriftsteller des Benediktiner-Ordens in Bayern, II (Ratisbon, 1880), 69-113; FEYERABEND, Des ehemaligen Reichsstiftes Ottenbeuren Benediktinerordens in Schwaben sämmtliche Jahrbücher (Ottobeuren, 1813-6); BERNHARD, Beschreibung des Klosters und der Kirche zu Ottobeuren (Ottobeuren, 1883); AUFLEGER, Die Klosterkirche in Ottobeuren (Munich, 1892-4); BAUMANN, Geschichte des Allgäus (Kempten, 1880-95).


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The #LexGiveBack Coin Challenge
Frequently Asked Questions
I just got a #LexGiveBack Coin! What the heck is it?
The coin you received is one of 100 limited-edition, individually numbered LexGiveBack Challenge Coins. Someone may have passed it on to you with an act of kindness, or maybe you simply found it somewhere. However it came to be in your possession, receiving a LexGiveBack Coin is a challenge to engage in an act of compassion.
What do I do with a #LexGiveBack Challenge Coin?
Whatever you want! We suggest taking a picture of your Challenge Coin and posting it to social media (Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter) with the hashtag #LexGiveBack and the number on your coin (i.e., #Coin032). Then, do something nice for someone and pass the coin on, encouraging the next recipient to do the same. Tell us about your experience – how you received your coin, what acts of compassion it may have inspired, who you passed it on to, etc. Follow the coin's journey on social media throughout the week to see where it goes and who else it inspires!
Do I keep the Challenge Coin?
We hope not! The quicker you pass your coin on to another person with an act of kindness, the better. The more people receive the coin, the more acts of compassion it can inspire.
Who do I give my Challenge Coin to?
If you do something nice for someone, you can pass the coin on to that individual or someone else entirely. Challenge a friend, family member or co-worker. Give the coin to a complete stranger! Totally up to you. The important thing is that the coins continue to be passed on.
What is "an act of compassion"?
An act of compassion is anything you do that helps another person or makes their day a little better. It could be holding the door for a stranger, buying someone a sandwich or a cup of coffee, mowing your neighbor's lawn… no matter how small it may seem, every act of compassion can make a difference.
Do #LexGiveBack Challenge Coins have any monetary value?
Nope, not a penny. Its only value is measured in how you pass it on and the good deeds it inspires.
What if I'm not from Lexington?
That's great! That means a little compassion has left our city and is making a positive impact somewhere else.
Why does this coin exist?
The Challenge Coins are an extension of #LexGiveBack, a week-long community service project during which individuals and organizations are encouraged to engage in acts of compassion toward their fellow Lexingtonians. #LexGiveBack is part of the Compassionate Lexington Campaign. It's organized as project of Leadership Lexington and is affiliated with the International Charter for Compassion movement.
Do I need a Challenge Coin to participate in LexGiveBack week?
Absolutely not! We encourage everyone to engage in as many acts of compassion as possible during LexGiveBack Week. No coin required.
Do I really need to post my good deeds to social media?
We'd love to hear about what you're doing — and seeing what you're doing might encourage others to get involved — but if you're not a fan of social media, that's fine. Our primary goal is to encourage Lexingtonians to be compassionate towards one another. The coins and social media channels are just ways to get the word out about LexGiveBack Week and encourage people to get involved.
What if I don't want to participate?
That's OK. If you received a coin, we only ask that you leave it behind where someone else can find it.


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