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The Berlin Wall divided Germany's present-day capital for 28 years. Today, you need a helping hand to explore the history of the former border installations and to find what remains of them. One of the best ways is by bike.
Travelling along the Berlin Wall Trail, the traces of Cold War tensions are never too far away. Much of the trail runs on border patrol paths in the west (Zollwege) and their equivalents in the east (Kolonnenwege). You cycle through the city centre, past the museums, memorial sites and the last remaining watchtowers, and along the old border outside the city. This mix of nature and dramatic history means the Berlin Wall Trail offers the best of both worlds. It is a themed city tour and scenic route rolled into one.
Terrain: signposted from beginning to end and largely traffic-free beyond the city limits. The cycle paths are mostly flat and asphalt; some sections are surfaced with crushed brick/stone or concrete.
Scenery: city sights and sounds in the Berlin metropolitan area, followed by quieter, scenic stretches in leafy surroundings or by the water. Numerous sections where fragments of the wall remain or its history can be traced.
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Hold the Phone! 9 Do It Yourself Takeout Favourites
We all know the scenario where you come home from work tired and the kids are hungry and fractious. You reach for the phone and order their favourite pizza or Chinese food. But there are compelling reasons to forgo the telephone and make those things yourself. It is significantly cheaper to make your own food, and penny pinching is the order of the day right now. When you make your own you know exactly what goes into it, no MSG, no nitrites in your pepperoni. And of course, making it yourself means there are no pizza boxes piling up, no aluminum coated wrappers, no styrofoam or plastic "clam shells" to dispose of. Read on for nine great example of takeout food you can cook yourself.
There is also the matter of taste. Pizza fresh from the oven or pork buns straight out of the steamer taste better and you get it while it's hot. These recipes aren't difficult or complicated and you can usually have dinner on the table in the time it takes to have it delivered. Read more about making your own pizza at Planet Green.
Vegetarian Pad Thai
When I eat Thai food, I usually go for the spicier dishes on offer and pad thai always seemed a bit tame to me. But I've noticed that if you mention Thai cuisine to people, they almost always tell you how much they like pad thai. So I thought I would give it a whirl and see what everybody loves about it. Get some tips on making Vegetarian Pad Thai from Planet Green.
Dim Sum
After the big shopping expedition last week to the Asian market with my daughter, son, and my son's girlfriend, we had some dim sum. The three of them are vegetarians so we didn't get anything with meat, which was fine with me, because sometimes I'm just not sure what kind of meat it is in those little dumplings. We ordered something called "flavoured tofu", but none of us could figure out what the flavour was supposed to be. We have made dim sum in the past and agreed that we could do better than what we were eating. Read up on making Dim Sum at Planet Green.
Chipotle Black Bean Burritos
Good Mexican takeout food is not the easiest thing to find in our town, so making your own is definitely the best option. And why not? They are fast, easy and economical. They are also versatile. You really don't need a recipe to make burritos, and you can put together all kinds of ingredients and come up with a new flavour each time. Read more about making Chipotle Black Bean Burritos at Planet Green.
Onion Rings
My husband was out of town on a business trip, my daughter invited her best friend Julia over and we had a girl's night of beer and onion rings. It's not all we had to eat, but it's the important part. I love onion rings, but have long since stopped buying them as they are just too unhealthy to eat. However, the great thing about making them yourself, like all of the Hold the Phone! series is that you know exactly what is in them, and you can make a healthier version of it for yourself. I know what the coating is and I also know what kind of oil I'm frying them in and that it hasn't been in use for a week or two already. Read more about making Onion Rings at Planet Green.
Steamed Pork Buns
Whenever we make a trip down to Toronto's original Chinatown, my husband always makes a beeline for the Chinese bakery that makes his favourite pork buns. He's not alone. The store has been there for some 40-odd years and there is always a lineup out the door. I like pork buns as much as the next person, but I'm always a bit suspicious of the alarming red colour of the meat. When I was looking up recipes for this, I came across a number that said to add red food colouring to the marinade. Read more about making Steamed Pork Buns at Planet Green.
Vietnamese Pho
My husband loves a bowl of pho -- the delicious, brothy Vietnamese soup -- and he's always trying to drag me to a pho joint for lunch. I've always been resistant, because Vietnamese cuisine isn't something that I've ever had a lot of interest in. I really enjoyed this recipe, so maybe it's time to broaden my horizons and have a try. Learn how to make your own Vietnamese Pho at Planet Green.
Spring Rolls
Don't let making spring rolls intimidate you, they really aren't that hard. You can buy packages of spring roll wrappers in most grocery stores now. Once you've opened the package, keep a damp cloth over them, otherwise they will dry out and you won't be able to wrap them. Any wrappers you have left over can be frozen. I also use them to make stuffed Chinese dumplings or ravioli. Read more about making Spring Rolls at Planet Green.
General Tso's Chicken or Tofu
Here is a recipe for the ever popular General Tso's Chicken that you can make yourself, instead of dialing up your local Chinese restaurant. If you are vegetarian, just substitute firm tofu for the chicken and cook it in exactly the same way. This is a very quick and delicious recipe. Read more about making General Tso's Chicken or Tofu at Planet Green.
Now step away from the phone and toward the kitchen. Happy cooking!
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text: The most dangerous threat to Christianity is secularism. You might object and say quite forcefully that Communism is the greatest threat. I would argue that it's really not because the deception of secularism is more dangerous and has already led millions astray, whereas communism in its purest form allows no voice to the people, no freedom of expression, and no religious tolerance. Therefore, Christians in a communist country know that they are being oppressed. In 1844 Karl Marx a revolutionary German socialist philosopher declared that religion was the"opiate of the masses." For any form of government that states unequivocally that all religion is a drug to its people that must be forcefully removed will in time become a failed state. For any philosophy of government that denies the voice of her people in time will not only lose the heart of her people but will experience a counter revolution to bring forth some form of democracy as witnessed in Russia. At the conclusion of the revolutionary coup in Russia I traveled through Moscow to the Russian state of Latvia to openly proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Even China a communist state over the years has moved toward an increased freedom of religion and a socioeconomic platform of capitalism to provide for her people. As communist China moves to the center her closest neighbor, North Korea, has remained on the far left. Continue reading The Great Deception – Part II


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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon women's basketball team took control early and beat Agnes Scott 65-43 on Wednesday night.
The Lady Hawks scored the first 15 points of the game, built a 26-point lead in the first half, led by at least 15 points for the entire second half and were able to play 14 players in the final regular-season home game.
The win was the 19th of the season for Huntingdon (19-4, 12-3 USA South) and extended the Lady Hawks' NCAA-era program-record nine-game winning streak. Huntingdon needs one more win to tie the program's NCAA-era record for wins in a season.
T.I. Duncan and Shaonica Thomas were the only two Huntingdon players to score in double figures. Duncan had 13 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Thomas, who scored nine of Huntingdon's first 13 points in the game, also finished with 13 points and seven rebounds. Thomas continues to lead the USA South Athletic Conference in field-goal percentage (58.6) this season and Duncan is third at 55.9 percent.
Payton Kiser and Kassidy Crawford each added eight points in less than 20 minutes. Indya Lawrence had a game-high five assists in 17 minutes. Lawrence ranks fourth in the USA South with 77 assists this season.
Hannah Parks had a team-high two blocks to go with three assists and Abiba Bernard also had three assists. Alex Lowery finished with three steals.
Records: Huntingdon (19-4, 12-3 USA South); Agnes Scott (1-23, 1-14 USA South)
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Winter rugs have so much more to offer than warming your feet. As a decor item, they are a great way to refresh your interior design for the winter season. They're also a great way to subtly change the look and feel of any room at any time of year.
For those who like to change out their rugs with the seasons, here are six inspirations to get your winter creativity flowing.
Winter Rugs • 6 Styles for Inspiration
Winter Lodge Rustic
Could this modern lodge-style room be any more heartwarming? It's impossible to find a space in this room that is not either a natural element or is completely surrounded by one. The room colors of wood, leather, and stone fill the geometric patterns in this rug. Moreover, this provocative rug provides a visual pathway from the center of the room to the breathtaking view outside.
Modern Sizzle Statement
An extra layer of sizzlingly elegant energy brings this modern dining room to life with its red, orange, pink, and purple area rug. How imaginative it is to add this rug to the earthy textures of cement, wood, and metal in this modern interior design.
Urban Interior Naturals
Greenery, wood, and metal combine for this naturalistic yet urban interior design. At the same time, the straight and geometric lines of this design are delightfully interrupted by the offset op art rug with its black and white brilliance.
Classic Vintage Style
It doesn't have to be a traditional setting for this rug to fit in, however, this small vintage rug fits in nicely with this English country room setting. It brightly pops as it sits on top of a snow white plush carpet. This room feels like winter warm with its dark orange and light toast color scheme.
Chevron Winter Brown
From the beige to white walls to the sofa with wintery blue pillows, this room makes a modern, fluid statement. Additionally, the caramel-hued wood furniture and leather chairs in the dining room are delicious atop a lighter shade of hardwood floor. While beneath it all, the jazzy brown and white chevron rug brings this entire space together.
Nordic Winter Neutrals
Big loops in a cross-hatch pattern in this Nordic-style rug add warm and wonderful layers of texture to this bedroom. White walls contrasted with thin black big frames are greeted with pops of greenery here and there while the light greys and beiges in the fabrics give this room a soft feeling of comfort.
Now that you've viewed these examples of inspiration, do you know what you want in your home? If you're still not sure, I suggest that you continue your search to find just the right winter rugs for your interior design. With so many from which to choose and a little effort, you're sure to find the perfect rug for your beautiful home.
Other Posts You Might Enjoy:
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Lip Pencils: MAC Patent Polish vs NARS Velvet Matte
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The popularity of lip pencils and crayons is soaring, I suspect it's because they're just so easy to use. I've been trying out two new ones to see which I prefer. In the red corner we have MAC Patent Polish Lip Pencil and in the blue corner we have NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil. So let's get ready to rumble while I put them through their paces….
Although the packaging of these two is quite similar the formulation and finish of the lip colours are very different – MAC Patent Polish is a light gloss and NARS Velvet Matte has a stark matte finish. So whether you prefer your lips sheer and glossy or pigmented and matte there should be something for everyone here.
MAC Patent Polish Lip Pencil – this is the first lip pencil that I've tried from MAC (apart from lip liner) and I'm really impressed with it. As the name suggests the finish is a very shiny gloss that gives an almost patent shine, it has the feel of a lip gloss but it's not sticky.
The colour is called Spontaneous, MAC describe it as a 'soft plum with pearl'. It's definitely a plummy shade, although I can't really detect any pearl in there. It looks quite dark as a crayon but as it's very sheer it appears much more natural once it's on the lips. It's a great way to introduce darker lip colours to your make-up bag if you're not used to them. MAC Patent Polish Lip Pencil is a bit like a fabulous giant tinted lip balm!
The crayon itself is chunky and easy to hold, the nib is quite chunky and not great for precision application, but you could use a lip brush to apply it. I love to apply MAC Patent Polish straight from the crayon, it's quick and easy, and as it's very light and sheer it's easy to wipe away any mistakes and re-apply.
MAC Patent Polish Lip Pencil has 14 shades available and I'll definitely be trying out some more. At £17.50 each they're more expensive than a tinted lip balm, but they're great quality in great packaging and you can't really go wrong with MAC can you!
NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil – this is another crayon style pencil although it's not as chunky as the MAC pencil. In stark contrast to the MAC version the NARS colour has a flat matte finish, and NARS suggest it can either be used as just a liner or all over the lips which I do like as the MAC pencil is much too thick to use as a liner.
The colour itself is called Paimpol and it's a pale pink from the cold spectrum, it has a nod to the 1960s about it. Despite it being a matte finish the colour contains emollients and vitamin E to prevent it from drying out the lips and it feels very soft on the lips, but it does show up every flake of dry skin so make sure that your lips are well exfoliated before applying it.
Pale pink is my go-to lip colour for everyday so I've tried hundreds (have you read my series 'The hunt for the perfect pink lipstick'?) and I was slighty disappointed that this NARS pencil wasn't a bit more pigmented. However if you're new to matte lipsticks and don't want anything too in your face then NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil would be a good option, plus there are 21 different shades available. At £20 it's a little bit more expensive than its MAC rival.
After comparing the two crayons my favourite is definitely MAC Patent Polish Lip Pencil, I love how easy it is to apply, how natural the colours looks and how nourishing it feels on my lips. I've already been eyeing up some new shades, I fancy a bright red shade as it would be great for Summer and not too heavy.
What are your favourite lip pencils, I'd love to know?
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Contrary to popular belief, reinventing the wheel is not a bad thing. We all deserve a new set of wheels once in a while. Am I right?
Out with the Old & In with the New
Most likely, the wheels you rode on as you bumped along the path to a dead end with alcohol were not in the best shape. It makes no difference if you hit bottom hard or simply got tired of letting alcohol play a lead role in your life. Chances are the circumstances that led to your ultimate decision to live alcohol free have left you feeling unsteady and unsure.
Whether you are truly addicted to alcohol or just have a tendency to engage in unhealthy consumption, your wheels have built up some rust, the tires are flat, and some of the spokes have snapped. Are you going to scrape off the rust, keep injecting air into leaky tires, and MacGuyver the spokes back together? Or, are you going to replace the rust with the brilliant glow of brand new chrome, mount fresh tires (maybe a little bit wider and easier to balance than the old ones), and swap the spokes for something stronger?
Gearing Up for Life's Twists & Turns
Your wheels are what carry you through life. You ride on them every day. You rely on them to take you places. Lots of places. ALL the places. But, can you trust them? Not if you're neglecting them. Bumping into curbs. Hitting potholes. And, if you've ignored them long enough, a swatch of duck tape here and a pump of air there just won't suffice. It's a fact.
Just getting sober takes everything you've got. You focus on one day at a time, just for today. And, you should, you have to, just to keep from picking up. You put faith in the wheels that drove your drinking days and hope you can steer them in the right direction as you navigate sobriety.
Sometimes, you're rolling along, smooth and easy. Just like a perfect bicycle wheel. Other times a spoke gets bent or nudged out of place. You keep rolling – what choice do you have? – but, things start to feel bumpy. Because you didn't fix that spoke when it went out of alignment. Then it snaps and you end up stuck in a rut. That's when you know it's time for an adjustment. Maybe something more than a simple tweak.
Despite the old adage, sometimes it's best to reinvent the wheel, especially when they're your wheels and you have a new road you want to travel. With new wheels, you can be prepared for the frost heaves and potholes, the hairpin turns and traffic jams, the construction zones and detours.
Luckily, you are capable of change. You are strong enough to become who you are meant to be and live your ideal life, even as you focus on recovery. Especially when you're focused on recovery.
What if you could create exactly the wheels you imagine, wheels that turn smoothly and with ease, with each spoke specially designed just for you and with the perfect amount of air in the tires?
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A special year-long group coaching program for 2019, Reinvent Your Wheels is a chance to make an investment in yourself, give the spokes in your wheels a little check up, fill up the tires, perform some preventive maintenance, or even replace those wheels with something brand new.
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Reinvent Your Wheels embraces all that and much more! It offers tools for recovery that are basic enough to handle minor repairs but also pack enough power to fuel complete transformation.
We tend to avoid reinventing the wheel. We think it's a waste of time. But when it comes to living life as the best version of yourself, sometimes it's the only way to go.
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- 365 days packed with resources, wisdom, experience, tools, and more to help in your recovery – each month focuses on a different theme.
- Twice monthly, 60-minute group coaching sessions with Laura Ward via Zoom. Each session will cover a different recovery-focused topic, exercises and activities, and an opportunity for attendees to share.
- Weekly emails with links to relevant recovery-related articles, book and podcast recommendations, inspirational tidbits, tips, tricks, recipes, and more.
- Membership in a secret Facebook group for sisterhood, networking, community building, collaboration, and accountability with others. The group is designed to be an intimate community where women choosing to live alcohol free can be their authentic and vulnerable selves without fear of judgement or shaming, where they can hold one another accountable and serve as a source of support and motivation for others. Each month the group will feature a guest speaker via Facebook Live.
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January: Finding Time for Fitness
a month focused on moving your body every day
Special Guest: Alison Evans, NASM CPT
In January of 2017, Alison Evans's life completely changed, as she decided to start living life on her terms rather than by the terms of another wine bottle. Since then, Alison has left her profession as a high school counselor, returned to school to earn a Masters in Exercise Science, and is now a NASM Certified Personal Trainer.
Her passion for health and fitness have led her to launch her upcoming company, Teetotally Fit, where she hopes to help women all along the teetotaler spectrum to build strength from the inside-out.
Alongside her professional titles, Alison is a proud Air Force wife, as well as mother to three crazy, fun-loving little kiddos. She and her family currently live in Sacramento, California with dreams of eventually settling in the Midwest.
In January, Alison will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation entitled "Let's Move to Your Own Beat January."
February: Love Yourself Every Day
a month focused on self-care
Special Guest: Kelley Kitley, LCSW
Owner of Serendipitous Psychotherapy/Best Selling Author
Kelley Kitley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been inspiring clients for the past 15 years. She's a sought after international women's mental health expert and best selling author of an autobiography of survival, MY self. Kelley has appeared in hundreds of publications, podcasts, live news, and radio including WGN, NBC, The Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Self, Shape, and as a columnist for Fitness Magazine, Recovery Connection, and Thrive Global. Kelley has shared her experience, strength, and hope on national media outlets such as Dr. Oz, Megyn Kelly TODAY, and Access Live, and as a TEDx speaker.
In February, Kelley will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation about self care.
March: Guiding You to Mindfulness
a month focused on peace and mindfulness
Special Guest: Diana Unlu
Yoga and Meditation Teacher
Diana Unlu is a proud sober woman, also a mom and a wife. Originally from Mexico, now living in Austin, Texas, Diana is a forever student of life as well as a RYT 500 yoga teacher. She teaches all different kinds of yoga and leads mediation practices as well. She is currently developing a yoga/mediation retreat in Turkey for Summer 2019. Diana is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle, finding balance between mind, body and spirit. She loves to cook, exercise, travel, listen to music, spend time outdoors, connecting with people and creating a safe/honest space for others to thrive. She solely believes in creating a ritual that serves your life style, likes, and needs – a non negotiable set of things that you will carve time every day to follow through. Diana's list starts with mediation. "Meditation is the foundation of not only my sobriety, but my success in life," says Diana. "It's helped me find my center, control my reactiveness, rebuild the part of my brain that was affected by alcohol and prescription drugs, and it has given me control over my negative mind. More than anything, meditation has become the number one coping mechanism in my life for stress, anxiety, anger, sadness, and also for joy and peace. Mediation is like a force that shakes a trunk of a tree, all the dead leaves, twigs, and dried up fruit no longer serving the tree fall to the ground. We learn so much about ourselves through meditation, by the simple act of taking a few minutes of our day to be still and to focus on our breath." For recipes as well as a peek into Diana's life and lifestyle, follow her on Instagram.
In March, Diana will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation about getting started with meditation.
April: Remove the Shame from Your Game
a month focused on honesty and vulnerability
Special Guest: Amy Dresner
Author of My Fair Junkie and writer for theFix.com
Amy Dresner is a journalist, author, and former comedian as well as a recovering addict and alcoholic. She has been a columnist for the addiction/recovery magazine theFix.com since 2012 and has freelanced for Addiction.com, Psychology Today, and many other publications. Her first book, "My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean," was published by Hachette in 2017 to rave reviews from critics and readers alike. Elle magazine compared Dresner's darkly comic memoir to Carrie Fisher's "Postcards from the Edge" and Mary Karr's "Lit," calling Dresner's book "one for the ages." Dresner has appeared on the television show The Doctors and on numerous radio shows and podcasts, including Dr. Drew and Rich Roll. She does regular speaking engagements around the U.S. and Canada. Her book is currently in development for a TV series.
In April, Amy will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation about why ugly honesty and vulnerability are good for you.
May: Redesigning Your Relationship with Food
a month focused on fueling your body with kindness and nutrients
Special Guest: Shelly-Anne Mckay, ACC, CPCC, CPRC, SRCD, MEP
Certified Professional Coach
Shelly-Anne Mckay currently resides in Saskatchewan, Canada. She is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coach Federation (ICF) and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), a Certified Professional Recovery Coach (CPRC) through the International Association of Professional Recovery Coaches (IAPRC) and holds a SHE RECOVERS coach designation.
Shelly-Anne has supported many executives and professionals through her private practice specializing in the area of recovery. This includes recovery from trauma, addictions, disordered eating, major health challenges and fractured family relationships.
She has formal training as well as first-hand experience using mindfulness techniques and practices to heal the mind, body, and spirit. After experiencing the transformational benefits of these techniques personally, she decided to become a licensed Mindful Eating (ME) program facilitator and completed Mindful-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training.
She views physical and psychological health and wellness through a holistic lens and firmly believes all areas must be addressed for true healing and recovery. She speaks openly about mental health and has completed Mental Health First Aid training with the Canadian Mental Health Association and possesses her Developmental Services Worker (DSW) diploma from Red River Community College.
Before her career as a professional certified coach, Shelly-Anne obtained her business administration (BAdmin) diploma and worked as a TV producer while managing a female recording artist in the entertainment industry for over 20 years.
Colleagues and clients say she is a creative individual who always sees the best in others and has a unique talent of bringing this to the surface. She is known to compassionately challenge one's thinking, inspires people to live their life-purpose, and has been credited with culminating long-lasting change.
In May, Shelly-Anne will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation about changing our relationship with food.
June: Essential Oils in Recovery
a month focused on the benefits of using oils
Special Guest: Natalie Fairbrook, RYT200
RYT200 yoga teacher, alchemist, certified recovery + life coach
Natalie Fairbrook is a mama, grandma, wife, daughter, friend, teetotaler, light seeker, truth teller, Certified Professional Recovery Coach (CPRC) and Certified Professional Coach (CPC), RYT200 yoga teacher, alchemist, crystal enthusiast and lover of travel + life.
She began her sobriety journey in August 2015 and has never looked back. She has become a yoga teacher and teaches a Yoga for Recovery series at her yoga studio. She knew early on in sobriety that being of service filled her up and helped her on her own path to recovery, so she took the leap and became a She Recovers Certified Professional Recovery and Life Coach. She thoroughly enjoys helping others on their path to reconnecting with their highest selves and breaking free from old habits and turning their fears into freedom. She works with clients both in and out of recovery. Natalie also works as an accountability coach for Tempest Sobriety School.
Through her recovery Natalie found essential oils and quickly realized they were very grounding and uplifting and could easily change her mood or malady and they took center stage in her recovery. When it came time to purchase blends however, she never could find the "perfect one," so she decided to invest in and learn about and create her own blends. She started sharing them with friends and lo and behold … people LOVED them! She has created a line of her own essential oil blends, energy clearing sprays, room + yoga mat sprays as well as aromasticks and other fragrant products. She meditates while blending and feels that her love energy and passion for oils can be sensed in the blends she creates.
Natalie lives in Northern California with her husband, 16-year-old twin daughters, and slightly neurotic black tuxedo cat.
In June, Natalie will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation about essential oils in recovery.
July: Telling Your Story
a month focused on recovering out loud (even in your own private journal)
Special Guest: Lisa Smith
Author, Girl Walks Out of a Bar
Co-host, Recovery Rocks podcast
Lisa Smith is a recovery advocate, writer, podcast host, and lawyer in New York City. She is the best-selling author of Girl Walks Out of a Bar, her memoir of high-functioning addiction and recovery in the world of New York City corporate law. She also cohosts the podcast, Recovery Rocks, an inclusive discussion of issues affecting people in all kinds of recovery, with fellow recovery advocate Tawny Lara.
Lisa is passionate about breaking the stigma of addiction and mental health issues and is a frequent speaker at law firms, law schools, bar associations, and other organizations. She has appeared on NBC's TODAY and BBC World News discussing alcoholism and addiction. Her writing has been published in The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Women's Health, Refinery29, A Women's Thing, and TheTemper.com, among others.
In July, Lisa will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation about smashing the stigma of substance use and mental health disorders.
August: Artists Retreat
a month focused on creativity in recovery
Special Guest: Jenn James
Joy Catalyst + Art Manifestor
Jenn is a Utah mountain girl who now lives is Austin Texas. She is a mom and wife and loves her backyard chickens and fat cat. Jenn is a Recovery Coach for women and calls herself a Joy Catalyst and Artist, for she loves helping women find their purpose and joy in life again through self awareness and art. She is three years sober, eats a plant-based diet, and loves podcasts, birds, reading, and yoga. Jenn feels most at home in nature and loves anything and everything color.
In August, Jenn will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation focused on welcoming yourself back home through creativity.
September: Yoga for Recovery
a month focused on the benefits of yoga
Special Guest: Taryn Strong
Taryn Strong is the co-founder (with her mother) of SHE RECOVERS. SHE RECOVERS is currently the largest online platform available (over 290,000 followers via social channels) to women in or seeking recovery from a wide variety of issues, including substance use and addiction, trauma, codependency, loss, and other life challenges. SHE RECOVERS is the first organization to connect, support, and empower women in or seeking recovery from all life's issues.
Taryn is in recovery from substance use disorder, trauma, disordered eating, self- harm, codependency and all of the things that came with those things; shame, low self-worth, and low self-esteem. Today, she knows for a fact, that she has been through everything she has been through – every heartbreak, addiction, trauma, insecurity – to bring her to exactly where she is in this moment. Taryn is a Trauma Informed Yoga instructor, Recovery Coach, and dōTERRA Wellness Advocate. She has led over 25 yoga for recovery retreats, presented at several Yoga conferences, has an online yoga membership program, and has co-taught alongside Elena Brower. More recently, she has started teaching SHE RECOVERS Yoga at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and is creating a SHE RECOVERS Yoga Teacher Training Program (launching October 2019.)
"It is my honor, privilege and responsibility to do this work. Deep bow in gratitude."
In September, Taryn will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation about yoga for recovery.
October: Recovering Your Financial Health
a month focused on not spending money
Special Guest: Linda Parmar
Professional Recovery Coach, She Recovers Coach
Linda Parmar specializes in financial recovery and helping women in recovery to heal their money thoughts and behaviors. Her life in addiction led her to a life of financial chaos. With her recovery she has learned that alcohol and drugs were just a symptom of negative patterns and behaviors. This is the same for money. A few years into recovery she was ready to look at these patterns and behaviors which led her to become a Certified Money Coach and start her financial recovery. Linda has worked in the financial industry for 18 years and has made a career from helping people with their finances and is specifically trained to help women in recovery achieve financial success.
In October, Linda will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation about financial recovery.
November: Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude
a month focused on developing a gratitude practice
Special Guest: Tammi Salas
Artist, Writer + Podcaster
Tammi Salas is an artist, author, student, late-bloomer and co-host of The Unruffled Podcast, a weekly show that explores all topics relating to the intersection of creativity and recovery. After attending Write Doe Bay in the Spring of 2014, she returned home with her creative fire lit. She re-enrolled in college and will soon be transferring to Sonoma State University to pursue her BFA. Tammi lives in a small town in Northern California that boasts more cows than people. She makes art everyday and credits this practice as the path to her spiritual overhaul and creative awakening. Tammi has self-published My Daily Gratitude Practice: How I Got Started and Found My Visual Voice and has written a gratitude list everyday since December 10, 2015. Her illustrations can be found gracing the The Mantra Project: 40 Days of Sobriety Email Course, a collaboration with Holly Whitaker, Founder of The Temper (formerly Hip Sobriety). Learn more at www.tammisalas.com.
In November, Tammi will join us for a special Facebook Live conversation about developing and maintaining a daily gratitude practice.
December: Breathwork for Recovery
a month focused on different ways to breathe
Special Guest: TBA
Breathwork for Recovery Facilitator
Who We Are
Breathwork for Recovery® is an organization of trained and certified mental health professionals who use breathwork to help clients process and heal from trauma. Breathwork for Recovery® is the only breathwork service provider that requires facilitators to receive training in treating trauma, addiction, and mental illness. We are also the only breathwork organization abiding by a Code of Ethics in line with the APA.
What We Do
Using a two-stage breathing technique, Breathwork for Recovery® practitioners help clients regulate their autonomic nervous system, connect to their emotions in a healthy way, process trauma, free themselves from fight/flight and freeze patterns, and manage stress and depression. We have created a pathway to recovery by offering The Recovery Circle, nationwide breathwork-based support group which is available to everyone regardless of their socioeconomic status. We also have developed the only training specifically for clinicians wanting to learn how to utilize this powerful practice.
Who We Work With
Breathwork for Recovery® practitioners host weekly one-on-one and group breathwork sessions at adult and adolescent residential, IOP, OP, sober living facilities, and mental health treatment centers across the country. We specialize in working with substance use disorders, eating disorders, compulsive behaviors, mental illness, depression, anxiety, and with clients who are seeking tangible ways to manage their daily lives.
What's Breathwork?
Breathwork is a somatic treatment modality that assists in processing trauma, developing healthier thought patterns, and forming a deeper connection to oneself. It can be used at any stage of the treatment process and is an important component of clients' aftercare. Because breathwork doesn't depend on conscious thought, breathwork can successfully circumnavigate the defense mechanisms and roadblocks typically encountered during conventional talk therapy. Breathwork allows clients to increase empathy and decrease defensiveness, which enables them to participate more effectively in the therapeutic process.
What is Reinvent Your Wheels?
Who is It For?
Developed by Laura Ward, Reinvent Your Wheels is a subscription-based recovery membership offering group coaching and community support. It is designed for women who are choosing to live alcohol free and, in that space, wanting to identify blocks that prevent them from living their ideal lives; embrace what brings them joy, peace, and purpose; and harness what nourishes their mind, body, and spirit.
The mission of Reinvent Your Wheels is twofold:
- To support sober women looking to add to their recovery toolbox, and
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If you are …
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As of December 29, 2018, registration for Reinvent Your Wheels is closed. However, we may be able to open up a few spots right after the New Year. If you are interested in joining the program, please add your name to the waiting list by clicking the button below.
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Activities for under fives
At Canvas Holidays we know what makes a great family holiday. Finding things to keep the littles ones amused isn't always easy so we've worked closely with activity specialists In2Action to create Zero2Five, a holiday activity programme tailored for under 5s. With specific sessions for both under 3s and 3-5 years old, children will love the fun-filled activities.
Activities for under 3's
Exciting parent and baby/toddler sessions designed specifically for this age group. Encourage their imagination, get crafty (or messy) and meet other parents.
You do need to stay with the little ones, but we promise you'll have fun too!
Activities for 3 - 5's
A fully-supervised activity programme tailored for pre-schoolers. They can get involved with loads of fun activities, including:
- Mini-fencing
- Circus Time
- Role play zone
- Messy play
Stay and play if you want, or our fully-qualified team will look after your children while you enjoy a relaxing hour to yourself!
Safety first
Canvas Holidays have teamed up with outdoor activity specialists In2Action to create Zero2Five.
In2Action are members of the Royal Society of Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and British Activity Providers Association (BAPA). Their teams are qualified in Child Protection and Welfare from the NSPCC and every member of staff within In2action is DBS (formerly CRB) checked and go through a rigorous 14-day training programme.
Where can I find Zero2Five?
Zero2Five will run from 26 May until the end of June at the campsites below.


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When the internet came about, its main purpose was to maintain communication, but shortly afterwards, it was discovered that it was possible to make some profit from it.
Many people are now making real fortunes through it, and the internet has become an important means of working. People who work in the medium, whether through websites or blogs, seek to make a profit from the dissemination of their content. Thus, nothing more just than those who offer informative material and contents receive some monetary benefit to maintaining the service.
Taking into account the fact, website owners and blog search Google Adsense, with this, will be able to monetize your work on the internet and ensure some profit with the disclosure of information.
After all, what is Google Adsense?
Google Adsense is a service offered by Google that aims to compensate the owners of websites and blogs of any size and that offer any kind of content. The remuneration passed on by Google occurs through every click the visitor receives on the page ads.
In short, the person responsible for the site or blog offers content, which can be of any nature allowed by Google, and thus, after applying to Google Adsense, advertisers will make ads available on the page. The visitor, clicking on some of them, will be directed to the page of the advertisement and with that, the owner of the site will receive for it. That being the case, the more clicks the ads have, the more the site or blog owner will receive.
Who can advertise?
Anyone can advertise your product or service. To be able to have your ad attached in Google search results you need to join the Adwords program. At the site, the advertiser will have to buy keywords in both the searches and the thousands of sites that are partners of the Adsense program. Each advertiser needs to pay one amount for each visit in their ads, and with this, Google can pass on part of the value to the owners of websites and blogs.
How much does Google pay per click on the ad?
As we've seen, Google offers an ad program, where both the advertiser and the owner of a website or blog end up winning. The advertiser earns the return of his ad, while the site owner receives cash for displaying the content. A fair exchange.
But for those who think that being a Google Adsense affiliate is synonymous with easy money, know you're wrong. The money arrives yes, in a correct way, however, to get some profit from your website or blog it takes a lot of effort, and it does not usually happen from one day to the next.
Thus, to make a profit depends on several factors, such as the types of campaign you offer, product, and also amount paid by the advertiser. It's not easy to pinpoint just how much Google Adsense pays to website or blog owners, as it all depends on the number of ad clicks and the amount the advertiser pays for them.
What we can state is that the more daily visits in a certain content, the better for the owner. So let's imagine that the clicks are generating 10 cents for each time and the owner receives 3000 visits per day, and of these 400 ending up clicking on an ad, with this we have 10 x 300 = $ 30.00. It seems little, but the value is daily and moreover, on the dollar!
However, we have seen that the number of visits needs to be large, and thus increase the chances of clicks on the ads. In order to win a large number of visits, the content exposed must be very attractive, so that more people visit the page, and pass it on to other friends.
Finally, at the end of each month, Google will close the values that will be passed on to the owners of websites and blogs. For the value to be passed through it is necessary to reach the minimum of one hundred dollars. To receive the first payment you must have to pass through the bank since the amount is paid in dollars and must be converted into the local currency.
Is it worth working with Google Adsense?
The answer is yes! It pays to work with Google Adsense since it is a safe and practical way to monetize content on a website or blog. Several large websites use the service. In addition, YouTube also works with this option, which is why many channels survive financially from the portal. However, the logic is the same, the more visits on the page, the more possibility of gain! Hard work, for sure, though, in addition to providing content to Internet users, the site owner will also profit.
Do not get banned in Google Adsense
Google Adsense is a serious program, and many websites or blogs are not even approved to participate in the system. In addition, if the site breaches a rule over time, it may be banned and no longer profitable with the service.
Check out some caution not to have a website declined or even banned from Google Adsense:
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- It is not allowed to create multiple accounts;
- Sites or blogs with few posts may not be accepted in the service;
- Generation of false clicks;
- It is not allowed to modify any Adsense Ads;
- Little traffic on the site or blog can cause the registration is not accepted.
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We're hoping this is only the first of many such happy announcements here at Scribblers Cove. If any of you get some good news of your own, then you better be sharin' it with yer crew. But for now, lets break out a keg o' me best lemonade and call the cabin girl to tune her ukulele and strike up a hornpipe!
And here's Rachel to tell you all about how it feels to hold the comp copy in her hands:
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I want to thank all the fine people at The Mosby Foundation and their wonderful sponsors and contributors for helping my dog London for the operation she needed. She is a 10-year-old rescued Golden Retriever my husband and I adopted from Dallas-Fort Worth Golden Retriever Rescue two years ago. London is the sweetest loving girl anyone could have as a companion. She loves kids and all animals especially the small ones. London is not my pet rather we are her humans and proud of it. She had a mass in the front of her mouth and had six infected teeth that needed to be removed. London was having a difficult time eating and was in pain.
Have not been for the generosity of the The Mosby Foundation we would not been able to afford to have the mass and teeth removed. Now she is doing great and can eat without any problems and acts like a puppy. We can tell she feels much better and enjoys playing with her sisters: Mija,a Chihuahua, and Misty, a Pekingese, who are also rescued dogs. Once again thank you from our heart and soul!
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Best bass Fishing in Ohio
As an ardent bass angler over much of my angling and outdoors career, I've learned to note credible and useful information from both the forthcoming and successful anglers throughout Ohio and learned to avoid the poor or downright misleading information that dominates so much of the social media these days.
In my six decades of pursuing the sport and my favorite specie within it, I've been privileged to at one time or another fish literally all the major locales in Ohio, whether for personal fun or while filming our " Buckeye Angler" TV program.
Utilizing those experiences, and information and updated from sources around the state, here, arranged reverse/alphabetically, are what I feel are the Top 10 bass fishing locations in the Buckeye State:
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The author with a nice Salt Fork bass that took a spinnerbait.
Seneca Lake - The state's third largest inland lake somehow suffers in comparison to it's neighbor lake Salt Fork.y On many a day when Salt Fork is overcrowded, nearby southeast Ohio sister lake Seneca seems almost lonel by comparison, though Salt Fork is indeed a premier largemouth fishery. Seneca is no slouch for bucketmouths, while also adding the bonus of smallmouth bass and stripers. Contact the marina there at 740-685-5831.
Salt Fork Lake - Arguably second only to Pleasant Hill as arguably Ohio's most beautiful body of water, Salt Fork's sheer size enables ongoing largemouth notoriety despite ongoing tournament and vacation pressures. Outstanding spinnerbait lake. The 3, 000 acre lake, outside of Cambridge, has a beautiful lodge and conference center that can be reached at 1-800-282-7275.
Portage Lakes - Assemblage of accessible conjoining lakes of divergent size and individual personalities, just south of Akron, is perhaps the state's very premier largemouth bass fishery. Despite amazing pressures on limited-size waters with no abundance of speed lanes, the best-five tournament catches regularly still run 15-20 pounds. No more credible and knowledgeable source of Portage Lakes information for all lakes' species and up-to-date information exists than local legend and professional guide Ron Slater, who also owns the area's premier bait shop right on East Reservoir. I encourage you to give Ron a call at 330-644-0316.
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Arguably second only to Pleasant Hill as arguably Ohio's most beautiful body of water, Salt Fork's sheer size enables ongoing largemouth notoriety.
Mogadore Reservoir - This legendary Portage Lakes standout gained national notoriety originally as a fabled panfish destination. In more recent years the largemouth fishing has supplanted the lofty status of those big redears. Weed edges and fallen timber are two key sources of productive cover. Mogadore Bait & Tackle on Randolph Road is a true old-fashioned full-service shop (330-628-9872).
Lake Milton -Trumbull County river-fed stop is almost equidistant between Akron and Youngstown. Completely drained and re-stocked in the 1980's, the comeback has been slow and sure. Both smallmouth and bigmouths are now available in both numbers and trophy size. Northcoast Bait & Tackle can answer any questions at 330-654-2516.
Ohio River - Frustrated tournament anglers may be surprised by this listing, but the fact is that from Pennsylvania to Indiana this historical waterway is full of both largemouth and smallmouth bass, undersized as they may often be. Twice picked as for B.A.S.S. championship events. Simply a wonderful place to take an ultra-light outfit and just have fun with the never-ending action. My favorite stretch: the Cumberland Pool out of East Liverpool, even though I once won a tournament at Powhatten Point, further down river.
Lake Erie - Still occasionally sited as perhaps the country's premier smallmouth destination, despite the decade-long decline in the Western Basin. As the smallie bite seems to be in ascension eastward - think Conneaut and Ashtabula. The biggest story of late has been the emerging largemouth fishery from the tributaries out into the lake proper. Tubes a primary bait choice for both. Two trusted information sources: Cranberry Creek Marina in the Central Basin (419-433-3932) and Snug Harbor eastward (440-593-3755).
Deer Creek - Not the not-all-that-bad more southern Ohio Deer Creek. This one straddles the Portage/Stark County border. Simply a largely overlooked electric-only largemouth gem. Contact: Crawlers Bait & Tackle at 330-581-5698.
Cuyahoga River - Whether it be walking a beautiful shoreline, finding long, isolated stretches of prime wading water, a deep reservoir full of smallmouth and largemouth, a canoe or kayak excursion, or just an idyllic spot to laze and casually cast topwaters for evening bass, somewhere on the Upper Cuyahoga's 30-plus miles you're sure to find what you desire. You may well want to rule out the section from the end of the Liberty Commons area of Akron to Cleveland, as it is decidedly inferior to the upriver stretches in terms of water quality, and the fishing reflects it increasingly from Akron through the Cuyahoga Valley to Lake Erie. Further info @ Facebook's " Buckeye Angler" site.
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The Philippine All Stars were champions during the 2008 World Hip Hip Dance Championships held in Las Vegas, and they certainly were among the favorites to repeat as champions again in the 2009 World Hip Hop Dance Championships.
Featuring dance groups from all over the world, the Philippine All Stars had no problem getting past the preliminaries and earning themselves a spot on the finals of the 2009 World Hip Hop Championships. In fact, the Philippine All Stars placed first in the elimination rounds.
However, despite an awesome performance, it just wasn't enough to secure a repeat as World Hip Hop Champions.
Instead, being crowned 2009 World Hip Hop Dance champions were the R.A.F. Crew from France with second place going to the Neutral Zone Adults from Mexico, and third going to Joyce and The Boys from Singapore. Sadly, the Philippine All Stars placed only fourth.
Nevertheless, the feat of the Philippine All Stars was still amazing, and still they bring pride to the Philippines for overcoming all sorts of odds to make their place in the finals. And, of course, the attitude and vision of the group is still awe-inspiring.
Chelo Astrid of the Philippine All Stars writes a great piece about their experience in the 2009 World Hip Hop Championships, which you can read by clicking here.
Attached below is their first place performance during the preliminaries of the 2009 World Hip Hop Championships that bested over 50 other dance groups from all over the world.


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How to keep herbs fresh
November 17, 2011
Pune has become a place of plenty. Earlier on about the only fresh herb one could get was green dhania ( coriander) in generous bunches.Now you get fresh Thyme, Parsley, Flat leaf parsley, Basil, Sage and Marjoram , even though the bunches are quite slender.
One of the problems about fresh herbs is that they don't stay fresh very long and soon become a sodden mess when kept in a plastic bag in the fridge. Unless you go veggie shopping everyday, these herbs need to be replenished frequently, and sadly the day that I need one or the other I find a green mass of what looks like seaweed in the said plastic bags instead of the nice, springy, fragrant leaves I want.
To circumvent such utter disappointment I have taken to freezing my herbs.
All you need is lots of ice, a large bowl and a wire basket in the same size as a pan.I use a 6 " pan and and a 6" wire basket.
- First remove any wilted or damaged bits from the herbs , then wash them in cold water. Tie them into tiny bunches .
- Now bring a pan of water to the boil. When it is giving off a good amount of steam hold the bunch of herbs in a steam/wire strainer/ basket over the pan and blanch them for 1 minute.
- Immediately remove the bunch and plunge into a bowl of ice water.
- Shake of f the excess water and pack in a clean plastic bag and tie.
- You can now store them in the freezer for individual use. Tada...herbs at hand everyday!


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With the >200 person class this year I'd be pretty surprised if 3.8 graded onto Law Review this year unless a bunch of the top take the write on spots too.
If a person would have both graded and written on, they get put in as a grade-on. So someone who would have graded on does not take up a write on spot.
I heard differently from a couple of people on law review and the student handbook on the intranet says write on scores go first. Now that could be incorrect, but that's what I've seen and heard


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I am an award winning Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Consultant with over 18 years experience. I run clinics in the Vale of Glamorgan and offer Skype consultations for clients living further afield. Family and individual dietary assessments and recommendations can all be done remotely with practical advice to help you and your family meet current nutritional guidelines.
I specialise in babies, children and young adults but with an increasing demand for adult services I see older clients too depending on the nutritional issue.
The types of patients I see include those with suspected cow's milk allergy, constipation, faddy/fussy eating, eating disorders and families wishing to make healthier food choices. Please email or ring me and I can discuss your requirements and arrange an appointment for you. I am listed as a private practitioner on the beat (beating eating disorders) website: www.b-eat.co.uk.
The appointment letter and invoice, and a food diary (if indicated) are all emailed to you prior to the appointment. Appointments are usually for one hour and cost £85/session. An initial appointment for a suspected/confirmed eating disorder will usually last 90 mins and these are charged at £100/session.
I am a regular guest speaker for health visiting and GP events on topics such as obesity, vitamins, constipation and cows milk allergy. If you have a topic in mind then please get in touch.
I work on a consultancy basis for global nutrition companies producing patient literature and dairy free recipe books. I run allergy cookery workshops for dietitians across the UK. I also consult for Cardiff Metropolitan University, the Vegan Society and the Association of Nutrition (AfN).
Consultancy rates: £100/hour and £300/day
I write articles and recipes for websites and magazines and offer media support to the British Dietetic Association (BDA).
I am a Food Revolution Ambassador for Jamie Oliver and do voluntary work in my local schools to improve nutrition education.
I am a member of the British Dietetic Association and three of their sub-groups including freelance dietitians group, paediatric group and food allergy and intolerance group. I am a committee member for the BDA Paediatric Group.
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Cow's milk allergy training (2014), NICE approved.
Assessment & treatment using the SOS approach to feeding, 3.75 day course (2016)
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If you disappoint your passengers, "it will be public, and it will live forever," Forrester Research analyst Henry Harteveldt said at the recent SITA IT Summit in Cannes, France. Harteveldt was talking about social media phenomena such as Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Twitter, which allow travelers to broadcast their experiences immediately to hundreds, thousands, even millions of people.
The reality of social media is that airlines must treat their customers as though the entire world is watching. A good chunk of it may be doing just that. Hartelveldt's presentation, titled "Keeping Mr. 22D Happy: What changing passenger behaviors and attitudes mean for air transport industry IT," included two photos posted by Flickr users. One depicted the airport in Baden, Germany, where, the poster said, "Ryanair gave me a birthday present on Sunday of an extra 5 hours and 40 minutes in Germany. The bad news is that I spent them at Baden airport!" The other memorialized in less-than-appetizing detail a breakfast served on a BMI transatlantic flight.
An emphatic demonstration of Harteveldt's warning came a few days after he spoke in Cannes, when Canadian folksinger Dave Carroll posted a video on YouTube that details a battle with United Airlines in music and lyrics. Carroll's song describes his experience in March 2008, when he and his band traveled from Nova Scotia to Nebraska with a connection at Chicago O'Hare. While sitting on a plane in Chicago, he heard a passenger exclaim, "My God, they're throwing guitars out there!" He immediately alerted three employees that baggage handlers were mishandling expensive equipment, but none took any action. Sure enough, Carroll's guitar was severely damaged.
For more than a year, Carroll tried to get United either to replace the guitar, pay for the repair or provide travel vouchers as compensation. Nothing happened until he posted his video, "United Breaks Guitars," on the evening of July 6. On July 7, United took action, and it, too, used social media -- in this case, Twitter -- to say, "This has struck a chord w/ us and we've contacted him directly to make it right." In another "tweet" on July 8, United said Carroll's video "is excellent and that is why we would like to use it for training purposes so everyone receives better service from us." But by July 10, the video had been viewed more than 1.38 million times, and more than 14,000 viewers went to the trouble of rating it (it got five stars).
A Google search for the terms "Dave Carroll guitar United" returned 65,700 links. The video made the rounds on Facebook, too. Travel writer Peter Greenberg posted a story about it for his 1,652 friends.
Carroll was invited to appear on CBS News' morning show, where he said that were it not for the video, he was sure United would not have gotten in touch with him. "They told me I wouldn't ever hear from them again."
The moral of the story: Passengers are now armed with the ability to air their complaints instantaneously and globally. "Public relations no longer controls the message," Harteveldt said in his presentation. The message is viral, and it lives in cyberspace for a long, long time.
The flip side: Social media can be used as a vehicle to reach out to customers, Harteveldt said. JetBlue and United, for example, alert their Twitter followers to short-term offerings.
Even more intriguing is the ability to use Twitter to nip customer service issues in the bud before they become public relations nightmares. When a customer tweeted, "JetBlue, I need a wheelchair," she got an instant response from the carrier's Twitter account. "Twitter is becoming the customer service feedback loop," Harteveldt said.


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By now I have established that I didn't really mean to move away; I didn't really want to go. But man-oh-man, I'm ever so glad I did. When I think back to who I was before I left Georgia for that first time, I'm almost embarrassed. I know I shouldn't be, but I am… almost.
I was your stereotypical little-girl-lost after college and, except for one useless move to Atlanta, which just cost me more in gas and rent, one wretched interview at some middle school that I don't even remember the name of now, and one ill-fated room-renting that could've cost me a friendship if the friend hadn't been the stronger of the two of us, I did nothing to help find my way out. I was in a ridiculous farce of a relationship that would meet any number of requirements for abusive and it seemed like life was destined to stay that way, since I obviously wasn't going to do anything about it.
It took me a few trips out and a few trips home, but I literally came back. I came back to being me, an even better me than from before. I left home afraid, depressed, and lost, someone I did not know and did not care for. Even though planning my move was terrifying, I felt brave and exotic, stepping on that plane (only my second airplane ride ever). I was off on an adventure and life was changing. I moved to a country where I didn't speak the language and I learned how to do things on my own- well, except order a pizza. That always made me exceptionally nervous for some reason. I started spending weekends at the beach, soaking up that good ol' Vitamin D. I made friends with people who were all running away from something in their own way as well. I ate new foods, I drank too much Presidente, I learned a culture that was different from my own, people who had a much harder life than my college-educated self.
I remember those first few trips back home. I was like a celebrity! People were scrambling to see me, to meet me for lunches and dinners. When I went back to Logan's for a visit, you would've thought Reba McEntire had walked in ('cause it was a country-music-playing-throw-your-peanut-shells-on-the-floor-yell-'yee-haw'-for-people's-birthdays-kinda-roadhouse)! The farcical boyfriend couldn't believe I'd really done it and was much more impressed and interested after I'd returned… And I was finally able to say, "Uh. No thanks. Buh-bye now," which was amazing.
I felt quite powerful, really.
And suddenly, through my new eyes, my little town wasn't enough for me anymore.
As an international teacher, recruitment starts in October- you've hardly started a school year before you're making plans to move to a new one. We start throwing together resumes, signing up for recruiting fairs, tweaking our websites and making sure we've had enough professional development. At the end of my contract in the DR, I had decided to go home. Truthfully, I was sort of picturing the fame and glory to continue for an indefinite amount of time. I would always be Kelli who went to the Dominican Republic to teach.
I was at my friend MP's house one evening and, after telling me that she and her husband were going to recruit that year, she asked what I was going to do. I said I was going home. Without judgement, without malice, she simply asked, "Why? What's waiting for you there?"
And I didn't have an answer.
I realized that I had grown a little bit beyond home. I could see it for what it was- a wonderful place with a gleaming Target and a giant Michael's and clothing stores where the clothes actually fit and TACO BELL. It was full of memories and the people I loved. But I didn't really need to be there anymore. It had become a place of the past. It may be a place in my future, but it won't be the same place, it won't be the place I left. I'll come back with a husband and two kids. I'll come back with confidence and experience and other grown-up words (like mortgage and income tax). I'll come back to a place where I know I am loved.
And I think that if you asked those people, the ones who were there for the bad and are still around for the good, they'd agree with you. They might not like it, but, if they're being as honest as I'm being, I couldn't have stayed home and been happy, not the way things were going then. I know most of those people want me to move home and that is a possibility on the horizon. But even though I miss them desperately every day, I had to go away. I had to go away to find myself.
And I think I've done a pretty bang-up job, if I do say so myself.


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Springtime is the most refreshing of all the seasons, and it's not over yet! The world is awakening; trees and flowers are coming back to life; the days are growing longer and warmer; and we can practically feel ourselves getting recharged and re-energized by the day. What to do with those growing hours of daylight? […]
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Patients and their families often need a variety of medical services to recover from an injury or illness, or to engage in activities of daily living. Many of these services may seem the same at first glance, but are actually quite different.
Short-term rehab and respite care are similar in many ways, but each provides different benefits to patients and their families. Both are forward-thinking practices that involve highly-skilled professionals who provide customized, effective and compassionate care that helps patients recover more quickly.
About Short-Term Rehab
Short-term rehab helps patients regain their health after an injury or illness quickly so that they can regain their independence and return home faster.
Short-term rehab frequently involves a number of specific services, such as skilled nursing, post-surgical care and physical, occupational or speech therapy. Rehab may focus on pain management, skin or wound management, recovery from a stroke, hip replacement or other orthopedic surgery. Short-term rehab services may include intravenous or enteral therapy to help with nutrition, non-acute cardiac care or dialysis support. Some short-term rehab providers offer advanced services, such as electrical muscle stimulation, manual therapy and neuromuscular facilitation.
Rehab may also include care management specialists and care-at-home services in some cases.
About Respite Care
Respite care helps family caregivers by allowing them to take a temporary rest from caregiving while still providing a safe environment.
Everyone needs a break now and then; this is particularly true for individuals who provide care for a family member. On average, caregivers spend 13 days each month shopping, preparing food, doing housework and laundry, providing transportation and administering medication, according to the Family Caregiver Alliance. Family caregivers spend another 6 days per month performing feeding, dressing, grooming, walking, bathing and assistance with toileting. About 40 percent of caregivers are in high-burden situations, providing 21 or more hours of care per week.
Providing care for a friend or family member is physically, mentally and emotionally demanding. The challenges of caregiving can lead to stress, which can result in serious health problems. Most caregivers are women, according to the Office on Women's Health, and women are at special risk for the harmful effects of caregiver stress. These effects can include depression and anxiety, which increase the risk of heart disease and stroke. Caregiver stress can also lead to a weakened immune system, weight gain and obesity, higher rates of chronic disease and problems with short-term memory.
Regular breaks from caregiving can reduce caregiver stress and its negative health consequences. Using respite care does not mean that the caregiver has failed – in fact, it means the caregiver is wise enough to utilize all available resources in order to provide the best care possible for every member of the family.
Respite care is somewhat like taking a "mental health day" at a high-pressure job. It allows the caregiver an opportunity to rest, refresh and recover. Respite care can provide a chance to spend quality time with other friends or family members, handle personal errands, go shopping, exercise, go to the doctor or take some personal time – all with the comfort and peace of mind knowing that a caring and competent healthcare provider is watching over the patient.
Respite care provides a variety of services, memory care, skilled nursing and rehab. Exceptional respite care includes a full range of services, such as nutritious meals and snacks, housekeeping, laundry and bed linen service, planned activities that stimulate the mind and move the body, help with medications and assistance with bathing and grooming as needed.
While respite care is beneficial for the caregiver, it also benefits the patient by giving them an opportunity to interact with others with similar experiences. Patients spend time in a safe, supportive environment and participate in activities that match their personal needs and abilities.
Participating in respite care regularly can foster strong relationships between patients, families and respite care providers. Having an existing relationship with a respite care provider can also pay off during an emergency, unplanned situation or unexpected trip.
Both short-term rehab and respite care can greatly enrich the lives of patients and their families. The Overlook provides the short-term rehab and respite care your family needs in a lively, engaging community nestled in the picturesque New England countryside. The caring and compassionate professionals at The Overlook provide short-term rehab, respite care and other healthcare services with integrity, grace and respect for individual choice. Learn more about our senior care programs.


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Madrid is one of the gayest cities in the world, and its Pride celebration is completely off the chain — check out our gay Madrid travel guide
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(by Caitlin Bronson | Apr 08, 2014, Insurance Business America)
There are many ways agents can slash workers' compensation costs relatively painlessly, but nothing works as well as reducing overall claims. A client with fewer workers' comp claims qualifies for a better experience mod and lower rates, as well as a wider range of carriers from whom to purchase insurance.
Lowering comp claims has traditionally been a matter of taking proactive safety measures, but a new report from Lieberman Research Worldwide suggests adding two additional insurance products to a client's account can also help.
According to the Lieberman Research Worldwide Workers' Compensation Report, 42% of all companies providing voluntary accident and disability insurance report declines in their workers' comp claims—some of up to 50%.
Roughly 17% of employers offering voluntary accident insurance and 15% of those offering disability saw claims declines of 25% to 49%. The declines were most frequent for large employers, 55% of whom noted a corresponding decline in workers' compensation claims. 34% of small- and medium-sized companies reported the same results.
Tye Elliot, vice president of Core Broker Sales for Aflac, said the report provides ample reason for independent agents and brokers to start pitching more voluntary products.
"For years, insurance agents and brokers have heard anecdotal rumors linking accident and disability insurance to reduced workers' compensation claims, and we learned the anecdotes are true based on our recent study results," Elliot said. "These findings confirm the correlation [and]…employers can now weigh the potential positive financial effects of offering accident and disability insurance against the costs of workers' compensation claims."
Rebecca Shafer, president of AMAXX Risk Solutions and author of "Your Ultimate Guide to Mastering Workers Comp Costs," told Insurance Business she wouldn't argue with Aflac's findings.
"I do think that [offering accident and disability] would probably help to remediate an employee that has an illness or injury," Shafer said. "It could be that workers' compensation is seen as a more difficult avenue for employees to be reimbursed, so they would possibly choose the alternative avuenue of filing an accident or disability claim."
In making the choice to file through disability or workers' compensation, Shafer said it is important to determine the cause of the injury. Workers' compensation carriers may not "go along willingly" if there is any doubt the injury is work-related, which could complicate the claims process.
As such, an agent or employee HR director should be consulted, she said.
"They can get involved in the conversation and steer the employee towards the most appropriate remedy," Shafer stressed. "It's not always clear at the outset what the cause of the injury is, which could raise workers' comp questions."
The Aflac survey was conducted by Lieberman Research Worldwide. Researches asked 600 small, medium and large US employers if they had offered accident or disability insurance to their workers, whether they saw a corresponding decrease in comp claims and the relative size of that decrease.


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Why VAM is Even More of a Scam than I First Thought
As someone who is not comfortable living life on my knees with duct tape over my mouth (you may have figured this out by now if you have been reading this blog for any length of time), I am not comfortable working on an annual contract. Teachers must be able to voice their concerns about administrative decisions that harm students without fear of losing their jobs. Eliminate continuing contracts and a culture of complacency, sycophants and fear will rule the schools. Senate Bills passed in state after Race to the Top state have included VAMs as a major portion of teacher evaluations all in the name of "Student Success" and "Educational Excellence" when in reality they have been immaculately designed to end the teaching profession as we know it and free state and districts from career teachers with pension aspirations. Some may brush me off as your typical history teacher conspiracy nut, but my daddy didn't raise no sucker. VAM is a scam.
Preparing for the Trial of Thomas J Lafoe
One week fror today, we'll most likely be hearing the opening arguments in the first degree murder case against Thomas J Lafoe for the murder of Jeffery Norton. The whole thing seems surreal at times. Can this actually be happening? I feel a plethera of emotions all jumbled together. I'm angry, sad and in shock. This can't be happening. But it is. I can't let myself get too angry or I won't be able to write. I wonder if I'll actually be able to make sense of this thing just to write about it. It seems impossible that I need to write this at all.I am thankful for the people who will there as witnesses for the prosecution and in the courtroom as witnesses of the trial. We'll figure this thing out as we go, I guess. The prosecution sits on the right side of the courtroom and the defense on the left. Once you enter the doors to the courtroom, we are subject to the rules of the court.
Trial from the accused's view
Sun Zhu said to know your enemy.
The day will come when you will have to go to the big dance. Get yourself a haircut and some dress clothes and look presentable. Needless to say, one person who is going to have a marked effect on your prospects at this point will be the judge. Your lawyer and the district attorney will both try to monkey with the process to get as favorable a judge as possible onto the case. You will have a choice between a bench trial and a jury trial. In a jury trial, the jury determines innocence or guilt, and the judge imposes the sentence, if any. In a bench trial, the judge determines innocence or guilt, as well as the sentence. You cannot be forced to have a bench trial. You can have a jury trial if you want one. There are situations where either one is preferable. I am no legal expert, but I think it's fair to say that judges are more predictable than juries, which could be good or bad. If the judge has an extremely nasty reputation you definitely don't want a bench trial. If the judge has a good reputation, and the state's case is not very strong, you might do better at the bench. If the accusations against you are such that a random jury pool is likely to be sympathetic, with you might do better with a jury. If you are accused of something toward which a random jury pool is likely to be antagonistic, you might do better with the judge. One disadvantage of a bench trial is that it eliminates the possibility of a hung jury. Listen to the advice of your lawyer, listen to your gut instinct, and pray that you make the right choice.
I don't think it ever hurts to pack the courtroom; just make sure that everyone is accountable to you, and does or doesn't do whatever it is that you want them to. Generally the order of events will be as follows: jury selection, followed by defense and then prosecution opening statements; prosecution evidence and witnesses, and defense cross-examination; defense evidence and witnesses, and prosecution cross-examination; defense and then prosecution closing statements; deliberation; and the rendering of the verdict. How long all this will take depends wholly on how complicated your case is. There are far too many variables to really get into here, but suffice it to say this is zero hour and it's time to throw down. If you are going to testify then eat some food beforehand so you don't get lightheaded. Speak clearly and don't let the DA get you flustered.
And then it will be over. You will either take the short walk around the banister into the arms of someone who loves you, or the long walk with the bailiff, through the back door, down the hall, and back into the system. If you take the short walk, then nothing will ever have been so sublime, and you will swear that you will never take anything for granted ever again, and that you will never forget Rico and everyone else that you left inside, and that you will do everything you can every day for the rest of your life to leave the world a little better. If you take the long walk, you will keep your head up, and you will stay strong, and you will do your time like a warrior, because that is what you are and what you will have to do. You will continue to navigate the Byzantine process of appeals, and of Appellate and Superior and Supreme Courts, and you will exhaust every possible avenue to overturn or reduce your sentence. Maybe it will work and maybe it will not. Someday your time will be up and they will let you out, and then FOR REAL nothing will ever have been so sublime. Unless, of course, you are REALLY in hot water and you are not ever going to get out, in which case you will still remain unbroken. You will continue the struggle, even when everything has been taken from you, and your spirit will still be free.
Either way, the frogs will still croak and the buds will still blossom, and people will still love each other, and you. And this cancerous prison that mankind has erected for itself will continue to teeter toward its increasingly imminent collapse, and the sooner the better, I say. We will continue to wage war on that system, and to learn and relearn how to live in harmony with each other and with the earth, because if we do not then we will all surely die. If we do all die then we will return to the earth, and the ashes of our species will decompose in its bosom, and eventually something will grow up out of the compost. One time, in total despair, I looked down and saw two hornets fucking in the dust, and I saw that it was good. In the long run everything really will be all right, and I mean that. Hell, there are folks out there doing bids longer than I really expect to see civilization as we know it last. That's something to think about when you're getting down in the mouth!
Remember: your body will always be a part of the magnificent web of life, of plants and animals inhaling oxygen and carbon dioxide, of birth and death and decomposition. You are in the embrace of an unbroken body of ghosts that reaches back through every place since the dawn of time. We have done everything that we could to combat all that is abusive and cruel. We have endured every manner of suffering and tribulation, and we have never given up the ghost. No matter what, you must know that we love you, that we give thanks to you for what you have done, and that your efforts—whatever they have been—have not been in vain.
New Black Panther Party Announces Bounty on Zimmerman
This case is supposed to be about justice not lynch mentality hunts for Zimmerman. The police know where he is and hopefully are protecting him until and including when [and if] he is charged.As with other social movements, this one is evolving into a forum for anyone with an ax to grind against authority. OK people, simmer down and let justice take its course.