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A lovely listener named Catherine asked if I would talk a little bit more about fitness, how I stay motivated and get out of ruts, so that's exactly what I'm talking about this week on the podcast! At the end of the day, it's all about motivating yourself and making the conscious decision that you deserve better for yourself and your long life.
But firs,t I'm talking about explicit content such as strong language that some human beings on this earth cannot handle, dirty podcasts I'm loving lately, the Bachelor, and every other random thought that popped into my head while recording this shorter podcast.
Listener discretion is advised.
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Episode 16 Transcription:
This is Juli Bauer from PaleOMG and you are listening to PaleOMG Uncensored.
Juli Bauer: Well hello guys. Welcome to another episode; another lovely, lovely episode of PaleOMG Uncensored. To begin with, I think we have to do what I've started to take on on a weekly basis. I think this is my second week doing this. So if you're starting not at the beginning; go back to the beginning; what the f*ck? But starting before that. Rewind, rewind, sorry.
If this is your first podcast that you're listening to; first episode of PaleOMG Uncensored; I'd like to warn you that there may be strong language in this podcast, and sometimes sexual content. Because these two things are very fun. That's why there's an explicit letter E next to my podcast; if you don't know what explicit means, that means it's bad. So if you don't like that, if you do not like explicit content, that is your own fault for listening to this podcast. But there is no need for you to email me or write me to tell me that you hate cussing. I hate when people don't cuss; or don't like cussing. But I'm not emailing them to complain about it.
My mom, I think I've only seen her say "f*ck" once because I was a teenager and I probably almost lit the house on fire. But you know, she never uses that language. I'm pretty sure she doesn't listen to this podcast because of that language; do I come after her, and give her sh*t about that? No. I don't give a f*ck. Because it changes nothing in my life. If you do not like cussing, then stop listening now. And thank you for trying it out; but you know, if it's not for you, it's not for you. There are millions of other podcasts out there. Literally millions. I don't know if that's completely true. But there are hundreds of thousands; so there's no need to listen to mine if you don't like it. So that's my TSA; is it called TSA announcement? Or something like that. I'm just giving you the honest truth here. And that's that. It's just been a day.
This woman named Lynn left a comment about my last podcast about how I've been changing and she's not a fan of it. And she also said she has my cookbooks; which I cuss up a storm, and I have many bad reviews on Amazon because of my cussing in my third cookbook. And literally every post on my blog on www.PaleOMG.com has cusswords in it. So I'm not sure how I'm changing. I think it's just because you're hearing my voice, and you're hearing that word and if it affects you in a negative way; I don't know, you just don't process it very well.
But I am who I am. I'm not apologizing because the work f*ck hurts your feelings. It's just a word. It's not a racial slur; it's not an opinion about politics. I'm not talking about f*cking Trump on this podcast; or Obama, or whoever the f*ck that offends you out in this world. I'm not talking about abortions; I'm not talking about any of that jazz. I'm literally talking about fitness and food and fashion and whatever the hell comes into my mind. I just don't know why it's so upsetting. The world was not created to do any of us any favors. It's not doing me any favors. So you might as well do, listen, and create whatever you like. So if you don't like this podcast, f*cking make your own! Simple as that.
Ok. I'll let that go. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Just because I've gotten a couple of these comments the past couple of days. Sometimes I see the people; I think about this because I just watched this movie the other night. The people who complain about cussing over the internet, or trolls, it reminds me of Amanda Bynes in Easy A. You know the movie Easy A with Emma Stone? Which, she's the best thing since f*cking pancakes. Well, people out there complaining about cussing are Amanda Bynes in that movie. And do you know what happened to Amanda Bynes in real life? Think about that. Google that sh*t.
Ok. I need to just let it go, right? Right? There's so much sh*t. I mean, I listen to so many murder podcasts, and I listen to sh*t about child molestation and sex trafficking and murdering, and then people get incredibly upset about the word f*ck. I'm like; why? Go listen to a murder podcast and be upset about the real terrors in this world. Ok. Now I'm going to put it away.
Let's talk about podcasts real quick. Just because; speaking of podcasts. Just podcasts I'm loving lately. Because I'm pretty sure I went through every true crime podcast there is out there. Luckily somebody gave me a new one; let me see if I can find it. Somebody gave me a new true crime podcast to listen to, so I need to listen to that one. But I haven't yet. Oh; Missing and Murdered; Who Killed Alberta Williams. A reader recommended that. So I'm going to listen to that; I just downloaded it. I just haven't listened to it yet.
But there are three new podcasts that I've been listening to that aren't murder related, if you're not a huge fan of murder, which is fair. I'm loving My Dad Wrote a Porno; {laughs} so this is very graphic. So if you're not a fan of the word f*ck, you will not like this podcast. It's literally about a guy whose dad wrote a porno, and it is so funny. They have British accents, so I feel like that just makes it 10 times better. British people saying dirty stuff is hilarious. People from America saying dirty stuff is just dirty. So that's one is super fun.
Guys We F*cked; again, if you do not like this podcast, do not go over there. But these girls just talk about their sexcapades, and they interview guys that they've had sex with. It's just very interesting. It's very interesting listening to other people's sex lives. Like, interesting. Never heard of that thing before.
And then a reader or listener just recommended the B*tch Bible; which, thank god she did, because I was getting all this sh*t on my blog today, and then I drove away; stopped looking at my computer, drove to a coffee shop, and I listened to; let's see what her name is. Whatever her name is on the B*tch Bible; Jackie. Yeah, she's just this, says whatever the hell she wants, just talk about random sh*t and her first episode is with her mom, and it is so hilarious. So, again, if you don't like this podcast, don't listen to those three. But those are the three I'm into right now that aren't murder related. And I feel like I'm in less of a dark place because I've been listening to more positive things.
When you get wrapped up in those murder episodes; I mean, it gets dark, man. You're like; lose all hope of human kind. So luckily these bitchy ones have brought me out of that. These sex related ones. But speaking of murder; real quick. Did you guys watch the Menendez Brothers; it was like a special on ABC. It was; I don't know, talking about the Menendez Brothers; those are the guys who murdered their parents. I always kind of knew the story but didn't know the background. And that was super interesting to listen to. Their dad raped them; it's super f*cked up. But if you like true crime stuff, you should watch that show. It was a good, just little short thing. It was interesting.
We've got to get out of this dark rut I keep pulling ourselves into. I've had a couple of you guys ask if I'm going to; what's it called, interview anyone on the podcast. And somebody has given a couple of recommendations of people to interview. And here's the thing. Since I work on the interview; no. Since I work on the internet, I do not like any human beings. There are awesome people out there; but man, those negative sh*tty people, they just drag you down. So I pretty much hate all people. And I don't really like just talking about paleo; it's super boring. Some people are really into it, and I was super into it when I first started with paleo, but to me it's very boring. I like to talk about other things as well.
But I think I'm going to interview my friend Cassy; she has the blog; oh my god I'm yawning. Sorry guys. It's literally 4 degrees outside; I'm on the couch with Jackson so he won't chew a bone and piss you guys off on the podcast. But I'm cuddled up in 47 blankets, because I'm always cold. So I'm getting sleepy and I'm going to get bad reviews for my yawn, but whatever.
So I think I'm going to interview Cassy from http://FedandFit.com. I wrote the fitness portion to her newest cookbook that's like the best book of all time, and she's like the best girl. So if you hate cussing, but you like awesome food, you like fitness, you like fashion, you like adorable dogs; she is the person to follow, because she doesn't cuss and she's like the bigger the hair the closer to god, style, you know what I mean? She's a good human being. She's not like me, she's a good human being.
So I want to interview her and talk about random sh*t, because she likes more than just food. And then I love my friend Vanessa; I went on book tour with her. She has the blog Clean Eating With a Dirty Mind; which, ok, there you go. Listen to that blog title; you know it's going to be good. Her and I, on this book tour, is it she and I? F*ck I'm going to get in trouble from my mother for that. She and I; her and I? I don't know.
So she and I; we'll say that; went on book tour together, and I don't know if you've traveled with another human being, but if you're not traveling with your spouse, traveling can be really f*cking annoying with other people, and Vanessa was the best human being. And go to her blog right now so you know who the hell I'm talking about; Clean Eating With a Dirty Mind. Vanessa is so f*cking funny, and she's as weird as f*ck as I am. So her and I; oh my god. She and I? F*ck. {laughs}
We'll just say we, we'd be in a hotel room, and so tired because we had been on two flights that day, we'd been in multiple airports, we had to rent a car, we had to drive through the city, we had to check into our hotel, and then we'd have to get ready and go straight to our event. So not glamorous at all. And we'd be so tired that we'd be hallucinating and we'd just say gibberish to each other; and we just got each other. She's the f*cking best, so I want to interview her. She works for a really cool company; I'm not sure if I'm supposed to disclose what kind of company she works for, but she works for a really f*cking cool company, and has a cookbook, and has a blog, and she's just really cool.
And you know who I might interview? Because she's into basic b*tch stuff like me, is my mother-in-law. I've got a cool mother-in-law who gives me makeup all the time. It's just so much fun. I just love it. But she's into basic stuff like the Bachelor. So I might have to interview her someday. Because she's just a gem.
And wait; oh my god, how long as this been already? It's been 12 minutes and I've talked about nothing on this subject. So if you're a skipper; just keep skipping away, ok. Ok little panda? So the Bachelor is on. Thank god because what the hell else are we supposed to do on Monday nights? Are we supposed to watch WWE Raw? I'm into Total Divas on the E Network, but I'm not into watching the actual Raw footage of WWE. That sh*t is whack.
But what else are you supposed to do on a Monday night? So the other day I got sucked into the rabbit hole of the Bachelor. Somebody gave me a podcast to listen to that was Bachelor related, so I got sucked into that. Thank you listener for that. Then I started doing some research; because if you watch the first episode of the Bachelor, you can tell that the Bachelor was set up for Luke, who didn't win the last season and we all fell in love with his very thick accent and brooding smile and super horse legs; bow-legged. He's so f*cking bow-legged, but he's just so handsome. I mean, my legs are super f*cked up so I'm not talking sh*t about that. But he had this significant cowboy walk, and cowboy-esque personality. So we all thought it was going to be him; right? Right?
And then all these girls come out. There's the girl from Hoxie; whatever state that's in. she's literally the perky version of Wednesday Addams. Go look at her; she is Wednesday Addams. But obviously she was meant for Luke. She's like "pig sooie" or whatever the hell that means when she came out of the limo. Is that English language? I'm not sure. But, of course, I get in this rabbit hole. I start looking up stuff online, and Luke I think was dismissed because he had alternative motives, like his country music career. So they axed him and hired Nick. Which, congrats to Nick and his new career. Who knows how many sponsorships you're going to get out of this; fantastic for you.
And I did a little recap on the blog; and I cannot wait for this season. I love when men cry, and I wonder what happened. I cannot wait. But Corrine obviously became the top human being of the Bachelor episode; and if you don't know who Corrine is, or if you don't watch this show, that's fine. She was the girl who; I think she had a really low, did she have a really low-cut dress? There was one other with a really low-cut dress. But in her intro, she owns a multi-million dollar company with her family or something. And I think the company was flooring; my friend looked it up so we could Google this b*tch and see what she was all about. Textiles? Oh, epoxy floor coverings. That's how sexy it was. But she talks about how she has a multi-million dollar career with her family; she lives with her parents still. Hey, we've all done it. And then she mentions that she has a platinum vagine. You know, I love that she said vagine. I haven't said vagine in a while, and I'm going to take that back on. Because vagina is gross. Vagine.
But what does a platinum vagine look like? Because in my mind, she should probably get that checked out. I'm just saying. But she is going to be the mess. She is wanting to control the day with her vagine. Go you; to each their own. Go you. I hope he keeps her a while for a while. I'm sure the show will make him. It's going to be wonderful.
Oh my god, and wait. I swear to god this is the last topic before I talk about the real topic on the podcast. So my husband, the other day, was pretty hung over from New Years' Eve. So Sundays in winter become; he watches football. And if you've listened to me before I f*cking hate football, and I wish football would go away. But obviously, you know, it's not going anywhere. It continues. Like winter is the darkest time because it has snow and football. So it's like, what the hell am I going to do if the football is on TV in my house? So I took on either starting to work out on Sundays, because I don't normally workout on Sundays. I go to brunch with a friend, get out of the house, get away from the sound of football. I can't even stand the sound of it. And then I get a sh*t ton of work done. So I kind of tune it out. I need to get some headphones to listen to, but I sometimes do. I'll turn on my podcast in my office, and then I'll cook and photograph, and the other day I filmed a cooking video for you guys. I've been trying to do more of those.
Luckily my husband; maybe not a lot of football was on. But he turned on Alaska: The Last Frontier on the Discovery channel. It's like the family of Jewel; you know, Jewel the singer, her family who decided to still kick it in Alaska and live the rough life of living off the land. They literally hunt, they grow their own food; they do a lot of sh*t. and it's like; first of all, how many pieces of equipment can you have? How do you own every piece of equipment there is in the world? It's very interesting. But he got me hooked on this f*cking Alaska: The Last Frontier. It's dark, man. It's a life I do not want to live. In Alaska, living off the land. Man. That's f*cking rough. But it was really interesting. I don't know why I felt like I needed to tell you that.
But, ok, let's talk about the real subject here. The whole reason you're probably listening to this podcast in the first place, if you even made it this far in. congrats; I'm very proud of you. But today I'm talking about fitness. I had a lovely reader named Catherine ask how I keep fitness interesting. So here's what she said. Here's her comment/question she left on the blog. "How do you put things together; exercises, intensity, etc., to really keep your body and mind from getting in a rut. I love that you're a trainer and know how to combine movements to get the best bang for your buck. I have no idea how to do that. Also, how do you mentally get to a place that you allow yourself to take a step back? I still have a hard time taking rest days. I'm not into lifting crazy heavy or being the strongest, but I have a hard time not working out every day. Anyways, I know that's lots of questions; keep up the great work; you are awesome."
Catherine; you are f*cking awesome. Thanks for bringing a whole topic to life here on PaleOMG Uncensored. See; for all the negative people; there are a million better, awesome people like Catherine. So let's start talking about the basics. Hold on; let's get a sip of water first.
So let's talk about the basics. Start from the beginning. And if you are not working out yet, you need to. You need to be physically active in some way. Our bodies were made to move. They were not meant to be big blobs on the couch, or big blobs in moving furniture like in the move Wall-E; which that movie is amazing and really what our country is coming to.
But, working out is different for everyone. Everyone's bodies are different; everyone's situations are different. So you have to find what works for you. Whether that is walking your neighborhood or running the Leadville 100. Which is 100 miles; running 100 miles in the mountains. That's; just think about that. That's f*cking crazy. I'm not expecting you to do that.
But my point is, everyone starts somewhere. Everyone has different interests, everyone is just plain different. So you have to find what works for you. And what works for you may change over time, and that's ok. So that being said, let's get down to the basics of honesty here. Exercising sucks. If you're a person who has exercised your whole life, maybe you're like; "oh, I don't get it. Exercise is great, I feel so good!" No. if you're a person who was not moving at some point, and then you get back into exercise; exercise f*cking sucks. You feel like you can't breathe, you can't function, your body is shutting down. It's not normal for a person who hasn't felt that in quite a while; it's not normal to feel that way. Meaning to them. It is very normal in the grand scheme of things, but the body is saying; "Why are you doing this to me? I have been sitting comfortably on the couch eating my chips and not felt like this. Why are you putting me through this?"
So I think a lot of people maybe worked out in high school or college. Not everybody; maybe that wasn't your thing. I didn't work out much in high school, and it wasn't until college I tried to start pushing myself more in the gym. But I remember doing my first few burpees, and it was literally like, "I'm never f*cking doing these again. Ever again." Because my body was going into shock. It was like, what are you doing?
So the first month or so, maybe longer, it depends what state you're at, can be incredibly hard and incredibly hard to keep yourself accountable. So if it hurts, you don't really want to keep doing it, and I get that. But it gets easier, and the more you see maybe physical changes or the more you feel the difference in how you feel when you're not working versus when you do workout, the more you'll want to stick with it and the more you'll begin to crave it. So know that it's normal if you don't work out to feel like, "I don't want to f*cking do this because this sucks." Because it does. But it does get better and the body adapts to that feeling. I hope that makes sense.
That being said, you have to find a workout that works for you and that you enjoy and that keeps you motivated. Just because, say Crossfit, or Orangetheory are the rave, the fad right now, doesn't mean you have to do that. You don't have to do it if you do not like it. You need to do what you like and what keeps you wanting to go back. So start trying it all. A lot of gyms have free trials, or free classes. I know our gym does that. We do a week free for our boot camp style classes, and we do; I think one or two free Crossfit workouts to try it out and just see what it is. So shop around, try new things. Get outside your comfort zone.
And try all kinds of things. There are so many different ways to workout at this point. You could get a personal trainer, you could try Curves; Zoomba; spin, Crossfit, Orangetheory, Body Pump, boot camp, Barre; what's it called; dang it now I'm blanking on one of them. I don't know; marathons, triathlons; there are so many different ways to workout and you could just workout by yourself. There are so many things online; programs that you can download through people online, like the amazing two chicks of Tone it Up; those chicks. You could download their workouts. You can find stuff on Instagram.
I've been sharing more workouts on Instagram, because I see how much people like those and how it gives them inspiration in their own gym, so I've been sharing more Instagram workouts and plan to do more and more with that this year. So shop around; look around; try new things, just get moving. I don't care what you do, get moving. You've got to do it. Your body is the one body you were given as we know of, so you might as well take f*cking care of it and live a cool-ass long life. And by being sedentary and wasting away on the couch is not going to be the way to do it. Just my personal opinion.
So, I've been doing Crossfit for about 6-7 years now, because for me I never get bored with Crossfit. I love the programming at my gym; my gym is called Crossfit Broadway in Denver. Not mine; the gym I go to, I don't own the gym. But I love the programming, I love the head coach, I've been friends with him for years now, and he's the whole reason I go into the gym, because I feel motivated and I know that if I'm having a sh*tty day that one hour spent in class is going to completely change it around. Or at least get me to a better place than I was before. So get to; you've got to find what motivates you.
And even though I've gone through competing to not competing to kind of just not loving some of the programming or the strength cycle I'm going through, I will always go back to it even though I mix other workouts into it, because I'm always challenged. And for me, I want to feel incredibly uncomfortable because I'm not only strengthening my body, I'm strengthening my mind. If I know I can push myself and finish a workout that I thought I'd never be able to finish, then I know in my real world life I can do that same thing. I can push so much farther than I thought I could, because Crossfit taught me that.
I think fitness is often thought of as just physique or health; but it is so much more. If we are able to strengthen our bodies, we're able to strengthen our mind, and we can push so much further than we thought we could. That's what's so cool about fitness and knowing that all the hard work you put into something can pay off. I think that's what's so cool.
So for me, I've coached for about 5-plus years in Crossfit, so I know how to program through trial and error, because I've programmed many times in my life and many things have failed in the past of programming, whether it was just way too hard or way too easy. So, when I program workouts like on Instagram or in my weekly workout posts on Mondays, I want to learn new things that I don't know of. I want to learn new movements. And we have a great boot camp style class, so the woman who programs the workouts there, I'm always learning new movements from her. I just did the boot camp class yesterday; it's called Fit at our gym. I just did that class, and then I programmed a workout on Instagram today with multiple movements that I learned in those classes.
So I am always taking inspiration from other people whether; sorry, I have to yawn. Whether that's a person at my gym or online, something I saw on Instagram. I'm always looking for new inspiration so I can program it and try it out myself and see if I like it or not. And that's what kind of helps me stay motivated, is trying new things. Because we do all this fitness; that's why you should try new things. Because you strengthen your body; so whether you're going outdoors to snowboard or ski, you want your body to be strong so you can do those things, those fun things outside of the gym. So that's why I like trying new things; I don't want to go up to the mountains because it's cold, but I like to try other stuff because it keeps me motivated.
And let's talk about a topic that Catherine brought up; and that's rest. And I feel like; ok, say you've gotten to this point where you're working out on a regular basis, and then you get addicted to it. Maybe you're addictive personality, and the more you workout the more you love the feeling of working out, and that maybe you've earned your day, I don't know. But you get addicted to that feeling, and then it's hard to not workout sometimes. I went through this for a good amount of time when I was competing in Crossfit. I did not take rest days. My rest days were running 3 miles, and that's what I did for my rest days. Or I'd row a 5K or something.
Nowadays; well, so, when I was not resting, I was always wondering why I wasn't seeing results. Because I was working out all the time; I'm like, why am I not; why are my legs just getting bigger? They're not getting more tone, more sculpted. Why am I not seeing the results of everything I'm putting in. and I didn't blame it on Crossfit; I didn't blame it on the workout I was doing. I was like; well I'm just not doing something right. So, f*ck. That was bad.
Ok so I'm not doing something right, so I just probably should workout more. So I just worked out more. And I was literally doing 3-4 workouts a day; just f*cking stupid. So, once I finally stopped competing in Crossfit and said f*ck it, I'm going to take more rest days; my legs completely changed. My legs were always the thing that I never could really gain muscle in, and that completely started to morph and change when I started taking rest days. Because I was reducing the inflammation in my body and letting my muscle tissue heal itself. Because you're breaking down muscle tissue; it has to rebuild. Your body just needs that. Just like it needs sleep, it needs rest days.
So once I started taking more rest days, I actually started seeing the results of all the work I was putting in at the gym. And that's what really changed my outlook on rest. I thought rest was such a bad thing, and it's not. You have to take rest days so you can really see the full potential of your workouts. So don't forget that fitness is so incredibly important; but letting your body heal is just as important. So if you're a person who is kind of addicted to working out, keep that in mind.
So we're in January here; this is the month where we're like; "F*ck yeah, we can do this! I love working out (I f*cking hate it) but I love working out." But then we get to; whatever it is, February. And those feelings kind of start to fade. That motivation of summer time or whatever your f*cking goal is; whatever you have in mind. Weight loss, fit into a certain pair of pants, whatever it is. That kind of starts to dissipate and we lose focus. We use January as this refocusing time, but hey , there are 11 other months in the year. So it's time to cut the cord with these habits. If you're a person who is the person who makes goals or resolutions on January 1st, and then they're gone by mid-February, it's time to cut the cord with that. No need to do that.
Small goals in between are a great motivator; but no more creating a goal and then not sticking to it. There is no point in that. That would not be acceptable at work; if you told your boss that you were going to do this huge project and you were going to get it done, and then you just kind of forgot about it and acted like it never happened. That would not be acceptable at work; so why is it acceptable for you? You should hold yourself to the highest of standards, and you should remember that these goals were set for a reason.
So if you're feeling unmotivated come February; it's time to wonder why and think through why you're not feeling motivated and start changing that. So if you're going to this gym and you hate it every f*cking day, and it's been a month and you hate it; time to go to a different gym. Time to mix it up. Maybe it's time for you to workout by yourself, or maybe it's time for you to hit a class, or maybe it's time for you to bike to work. You need to figure out what is going to keep you motivated, and maybe it's in different terms than you thought it would be. No more; and I'm telling you, I don't know why you'd listen to me, but I'm telling you. No more thinking that it's ok to just forget about your goals. That's not what life is about. We set goals for reasons, and we have to accomplish them because we set those goals for ourselves, and we set those standards. And at the end of the day, it's just being a grownup. You say you're going to do something; you do it. And that's what being a grownup is about. Being a child, you can say whatever the f*ck you want and it doesn't matter. But being an adult, you have to hold yourself to a higher standard and really motivate yourself.
And say you have a partner and you want them to workout with you to keep you motivated. Tell them that; if they don't support you, get a new partner. F*ck that. But you should find a way; whether it's with a workout partner, maybe a friend or your spouse, someone that gets you in the gym or out doing whatever physical activity, snowboarding, skiing, I don't know, I don't know what else do you do outside? Not anything right now because it's disgusting. Go sit in my hot tub; that's one. But whatever you need to do to hold yourself accountable, you need to do that. That is what fitness is all about; putting yourself, holding yourself to a higher standard and believing in yourself and accomplishing those small goals.
And saying that, I think it's really good to set some goals when you first get started with working out. When I first started Crossfit, I put together a little book; just a little notebook, and I wrote down all my goals. I wanted to be able to do kipping pull-ups. I wanted to be able to snatch; at one point I said 95 pounds. That was my long-term goal; one of the last things I accomplished. I wanted to be able to do a muscle up. I wanted to deadlift a certain weight. I wrote down all these goals, and that's what kept me motivated. It wasn't like; ok, I want to lose weight, I want to fit into a certain pair of pants, because that didn't work for my mind. That made me go towards very obsessive, negative behaviors. So putting goals in numbers workout wise kept me way more motivated. Because each day I was getting stronger; each workout I was seeing progress, whether it was I was just a little bit faster, or I was stronger, or I beat someone in the gym that I hadn't before. These small, small goals really kept me going.
So maybe doing that same thing for you; you want to be able to swim a mile nonstop or whatever. I don't know; a mile is a really long ways. But you know what I mean; putting something on paper that you say, ok, I want to attain this goal. How am I going to get there? And for me, getting to a 95-pound snatch back then, I had to work on snatches all the time, and really work my way up to that. If I just put this goal of 95-pound snatch and didn't try ever, well I wasn't going to attain that goal.
So maybe put down; if you're a person who likes to write sh*t down; I am. Put down what you want to accomplish this year, and how you're going to accomplish it. And remember that you might not feel motivated every day, but that's like. Do you feel motivated to go to work every single day? Hopefully yes, but maybe not. And you still do it. Do you feel motivated to brush your teeth every night? I know I sure as f*ck don't when I'm like falling asleep on the couch and I have to wake back up to brush my teeth and floss them. But do I brush my teeth and floss my teeth every single night of my life? Yes, I'm an adult, yes I do it. Fitness is the same thing. I've said that so many times.
Do you want to pick your kids up from school? Probably not. But are you just going to leave your kids? No. because you're an adult. Fitness is the same thing. So do it; just f*cking do it. If you're like; "My life is too busy, I don't have time." Do a workout at home when you're watching TV with everyone else. I create travel workouts; there are body weight workouts and I'm planning to do even more. Find something you can do at home, and workout for 20 minutes, and you did a workout, and you went all out for 20 minutes. Boom, you're done. Don't say; "Oh, I have to go to the gym for 2 hours." No you don't. There are plenty of workouts out there that are short, sweet, and get you to your goals way faster than just sitting on the couch. And I'm saying this while lying on the couch with a dog on top of me. But you know what I mean.
So find a workout that you love; know that it may change, and then find another workout you love. Push past f*cking February; nobody wants to be out in this cold, I get it. But get to the gym, or get to your garage, or get to your basement, and do something. And hold yourself accountable. Set your goals, whatever those goals may be, and don't forget about them. You set those goals for a reason; don't let, "Ugh, I don't want to do it!" f*cking take over. Because how is that going to make you mentally stronger in your own actual life if you can't be mentally strong in just a simple 20 minute workout?
Gah, that's tough love, right? What a b*tch. You guys should go listen to the B*tch Bible. She's a doll.
So that's all I got for you. I think we all get in ruts, and we all have hard times when it comes to fitness. But the longer you can stick with it, the more likely you will stick with it over and over and over, even when you go through ruts. Say you're pregnant and you're bed-ridden; you can't get out of bed. Well that's going to be hard getting back to it, knowing where you were at before, but you can do it. Anybody can do it. Whether you're f*cking sit and be fit on PBS, or running Leadville 100. I don't care what you're doing; do something. The body was made to move, it was not made to be a slug. You know, slugs even move! Yeah, yeah. Slugs move. They make those little f*cking nasty ass spots.
Oh hi Jackson! You little doggie! So don't be a slug, I don't know, whatever doesn't move. A bugger that's on the ground. Don't be a bugger.
That's all I have for you today. What a short and sweet podcast! So I'm thinking about interviewing some people soon; only the handful of human beings that I like in this world. So that should be fun. Next week is going to be random reader podcast; or random reader questions, so if you have a question that you'd like to ask, whether it'd be about facials. Not facials, but procedures, treatments, I don't know what they're called; I've been doing lately.
I posted a picture, or a video online, and it was like the end. I tried to take pictures while I was getting this laser done to my fast and skin tightening, but the laser, it's really f*cking bright. You have goggles on, it's really bright {laughs} so the pictures did not come out whatsoever. Imagine this woman is working on my face and I'm taking pictures at the same time. I'm such a f*cking annoying human being. But I have to say that I'm not a person who Snapchats at social events. That's why I haven't been Snapchatting much because I like to hang out with the people that I'm around and not be on Snapchat. No hate on those people.
But ok, back to the point. If you have questions about anything, next week on the blog I'm sharing my favorite treatments I've been doing lately to the face. I just had an awesome laser that I tried and it's been amazing. And I'm going to talk about profactional, going to talk about permanent eyeliner, going to talk about; oh, I'm trying something called lash lifting this next week. So I'm going to talk about all that sh*t on the blog next week. So that's going to be a topic next week.
If you have any questions, whether it's food related, fitness related, fashion, beauty, why I'm such a b*tch; whatever you need to ask, feel free to come over to the blog to www.PaleOMG.com and you can ask it anywhere; on my Monday post, my weekly workouts post, I'll be asking for random reader questions, so feel free to ask them on Monday there. I'd love to hear from you; only positive people, I would prefer those, because those people are just way more f*cking fun.
So any questions, I'll be doing a full random reader questions podcast. But I think I'm going to do some interviews soon. I think that would be fun because I'm running out of ideas. I'm running out of things to talk about other than the Bachelor. And I think I would get a lot of hate if I did a Bachelor recap every single week on the podcast. But I'm going anyways, hahahaha! {laughs} Jokes on you. Did I just blow your eardrums out? I tried to pull my head back.
So that's that. If you want to get free recipes, free content, fun sh*t, head to www.PaleOMG.com. I have all kinds of new stuff on there. Making some new cooking videos; I have a new cooking video for you guys going live on Tuesday, and it's like 1 minute because people have very short attention spans, so I just made it one lovely minute for you short attention span human beings. So feel free to head to www.PaleOMG.com.
Rate, review, subscribe. Subscribe to this podcast so you can hear Jackson chewing his bone more often. He just started at it, so that's why I've got to wrap this sh*t up before I start freaking out and you start freaking out and we have a freak out session together. So rate, review, subscribe. Head to www.PaleOMG.com. Check out the content there. And if you have any podcast topics you'd like me to cover, or questions about this podcast, feel free to leave them in the blog post for this podcast. Also, I don't really have anything else to talk about.
It's getting close to dinner. My husband is working super late tonight, so I get to pick whatever the hell I want, and my husband is even healthier than I am, so it's like; "ooh, do I want to get Thai food?" I get to do whatever I want tonight. Watch f*cking trash TV; just be a basic b*tch. Sorry, they were talking about basic bitches in the B*tch Bible so it's jut in my head right now; it's just hot.
Ok that's all I've got for you guys today. Thank you so much for coming and listening; you're such a doll. If you don't workout, do it. And if you want to workout with me, head to my Instagram. It's just PaleOMG. Pale-OMG. Like the title of this podcast. And I'm sharing all kinds of new workouts there. So let's get motivated this 201. Let's f*cking change lives through fitness! Change your life. Let's be f*cking awesome this year! Ok thanks for listening. You're a doll. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, wonderful week whenever you're listening to this. Go kick some ass, and take some f*cking names. Bye!!


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Where heritage prioritises something by collective consensus, legacy is a less filtered, broader inheritance of things past. Heritage is about quality, selection, prioritisation, inheritance, documented memory and tradition. Legacy is about quantity, fate, circumstance and a past that is given to you and not selected.
Homeless people are excluded from almost all collective societal frameworks. They own very little and have no social capital. Also, with Cape Town following a neoliberal path of gentrification, sanitisation and public space controlled by private organisations, these individuals are increasingly marginalised. They are being pushed out of the city as parks are fenced, soup-kitchens closed and intimidation by city officials and other private or semi-private entities increases. They have little opportunity to build any form of heritage
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A poet dreams of three women—a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer—all of whom break his heart in different ways. Powell and Pressburger create a phantasmagoric marriage of cinema and opera in this one-of-a-kind classic.
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|Indonesia average monthly production of motorcycles among AISI members in units for the years 2009 and 2010
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Average production of motorcycles per month by AISI members
Producers 2009 2010
Honda XXX,XXX XXX,XXX Yamaha XXX,XXX XXX,XXX Suzuki XX,XXX XX,XXX Kawasaki X,XXX X,XXX Kanzen XXX XX TVS X,XXX X,XXX
Sources: Aisi, Data Consult
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Motorcycle industry in Indonesia suffered a setback in 2009 with shrinking sales that year as a result of the global financial crisis. Banks were forced to adopt a tighter money policy and financing companies were more selective in offering credits including for the purchases of motorcycles. In 2010, however, the condition improved marked with a XX.X% surge in motorcycle sales to a new peak at X.X million units from X.XX million units in 2009.
The growing trend continued in 2011. Some producers, however, are in difficulty to increase their production with the limited production capacity.
A number of producers have made plan for capacity expansion hoping to gain from the fast growing demand and encouraging prospects.
Honda and Yamaha have competed tightly on the domestic market. Honda, however, succeeded in maintaining lead in annual sales although Yamaha managed sometimes to jump ahead in monthly sales in 2010.
In 2011, Honda succeeded again to strengthen its lead in the market. Honda is more aggressive in advertising its products and launching new models. In addition, its has larger capacity than Yamaha. In 2010, the production of Yamaha motorcycles reached X.XX million with capacity at X.X million as against Honda production of X.XX million units with production capacity of X.X million units after capacity expansion in 2010.
The rapid growth of motorcycle sales in Indonesia has given greater optimism for the business players. Some old brands which have disappeared from the market such as Vespa scooter of Italy's Piaggio have made new appearance .
Production capacity increases led by big players
The country's production of motorcycles has continued to increase from year to year boosted by growing demand especially on the domestic market. Producer's especially big players have expanded their production capacity to meet the growing demand.
In 2009, the market demand was weak as a result of the global financial crisis but the condition improved in 2010. The country's economy recovered quickly from the malaise encouraging motorcycle producers to expand their production capacity.
The country's motorcycle production capacity continued to expand in 2010. In 2009, the production capacity reached X.XX million units /year including X.XX million units of producers not grouped in the Indonesian Association of Motorcycle Industries (AISI). In 2010, the production capacity expanded to XX.XX million units per year. The expansion was recorded mainly by the members of AISI up by X.X million units per year
Yamaha and Honda accounted mainly for the expansion of the production capacity in 2010. The production capacity of Yamaha and Honda was expanded by XXX units/year each. The capacity expansion made Yamaha the largest in capacity in 2010 with a production capacity of X.X million units per year, followed by Honda with a capacity of X.X million units per year. Suzuki was by far the third largest after expanding its production capacity by XXX,XXX units/year to X.X million units /year.
In 2011, Honda regained its position by expanding its production capacity by XXX,XXX units per year to X.X million units per year . In 2011, Yamaha made no plan to increase its production capacity .
Despite the growing market and capacity expansion, two producers of brands Kymco and Piaggio were forced to stop operation in 2009 after shrinking sales on failure in marker competition.
PT. Kymco Surya Raya that produced Taiwanese motorcycles Kymco, an automatic scooter closed its factory in Cikarang with a production capacity of XX,XXX units / year.
The country's production capacity is expected to continue to expand in the coming years with some producers planning to invest to expand their production capacity. Yamaha is set to keep to be competitive facing Honda although it had no immediate plan for expansion in 2011.
Players Invest to Build New Factories
The growing market has encouraged foreign principals to make Indonesia as their main market target and as production base for the world market.
Honda Motor Co has indicated interest in making Indonesia one of its main production bases in the world . Honda Motor Co plans to build new factory to expand its production capacity in the country.
The capacity expansion has been planned by Honda Motor Co to meet growing competition in the world including from rivals in China .
Chief Executive of Honda Motor Co, Takanobu, said the new production units to be built in 2011 will have a production capacity of XXX,XXX units per year. The new factory will produce various types of Honda motorcycles. The factory may produce electric motorcycles, Takanobu said.
Meanwhile, Yamaha Motor Company after earlier announced postponement of capacity expansion finally decided to build its third plant in Indonesia to remain competitive facing the market leader Honda. Honda already expanded its production capacity to X.X million units per year. Without expansion, Yamaha will be left farther behind Honda.
The plan to build a new factory by its local unit PT Yamaha Motor Kencana Indonesia (YMKI), however, is still in the early phase of buying land plot for the factory . Information from PT YMKI said investment by Yamaha in Indonesia will follow the market trend in the country. Capacity expansion will be made by phases starting with XXX,XXX units and then XXX,XXX units and XXX,XXX units a year.
Kawasaki also plans to expand its production capacity in 2011. In 2009 its production capacity in Indonesia was only XXX,XXX units per year with capacity utilization of XX percent. The production capacity will be expanded by XXX,XXX units to XXX,XXX units / year by the end of this year. The new factory will be built in Cikarang, West Java.
Production up in 2011
Change in the people's income is a determinant factor on automotive industry. In 2009, Indonesia's economy suffered a setback as a result of the global economic woes.
The condition forced financing firms to be more careful and selective in offering credits for the purchases of motorcycles. Motorcycle sales in the country are financed mainly with credits from financing firms. The sluggish market had also forced producers to slow down production.
The production of motorcycles recorded by AISI members in 2009 dropped X.XX percent to X,XXX,XXX units from the previous year's X,XXX,XXX units. The decline in the production was the second in five years. In 2006, the country's production of motorcycles fell after a XXX% hikes in the price of oil fuels.
In 2010, however, the market recovered quickly as the country's succeeded in averting the worse impact of the global crisis. The purchasing power of the people improved as country's economy grew strongly amid the threat of the global crisis.
In 2010, the country's production of motorcycles surged XX.X% to X.XX million units. In 2011, the production of motorcycles by AISI members is forecast to grow further with some players planning capacity expansion. The production this year is forecast to reach more than X million units.
Production of Yamaha Motorcycles Hindered by Limited Capacity
In 2009, motorcycle industry suffered a setback as a result of the global economic crisis. Banks, which are the main financial sources of financing firms, raised their lending rates, forcing the providers of credits for the purchases of motorcycles to be more selective in financing operations.
In 2009, production of Yamaha, the country's second market leader totaled X.XX million units or XX.X percent of the country's total production Unlike Honda, however, Yamaha still managed to chalks up a X.X% increase in production from X.X million units in the previous year.
In 2009, Yamaha sometimes took lead in monthly production and sales from Honda although in the whole year, Honda maintained the lead. That year, Yamaha was the largest in capacity. However, in 2010, Honda expanded its capacity putting Yamaha behinds.
Average production per month higher in 2010
The production in 2010 increased with the improved condition of the country's economy . Almost all producers recorded higher production per month in 2010 compared to average production per month in 2009.
Honda's average production in 2010 was XXX,XXX units, up from the previous year's average of XXX,XXX units. The production of Yamaha averaged XXX,XXX units per months in 2010 up from XXX,XXX units per month in 2009.
A decline was recorded only by Kanzen with monthly production down on the average in 2010.
Production of Automatic Scooters up
Automatic scooters (Skutik) have become the driving motor for growth of the country's motorcycle industry in Indonesia lately. Demand for skutik has continued to increase from year to year. Producers have also expanded their production capacity for skutik to meet their growing demand.
Producers like Suzuki Indomobil Motor expanded its production of skutik in 2010 from XXX,XXX units to XXX,XXX units.
Meanwhile, YMKI plans to produce some of the components to support its plan to expand its production capacity for skutik


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It is now possible to buy Geodon (ziprasidone) in generic form. Four strengths of Geodon capsules are available as generics; however, the injectable form is still sold as a brand-name drug only. Although the generics are considered equivalent to the brand-name drug, they might contain different inactive ingredients that could cause problems for some people.
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GCPL eyes sixfold increase in Africa business by 2020
Viveat Susan Pinto, Business Standard, 22 April 2015
The $2.25-billion (Rs 13,500-crore) Godrej Group has prepared a blueprint to place itself among the top consumer goods companies in Africa, one of three markets it has identified as a growth driver.
The group's flagship company Godrej Consumer Products Limited proposes to increase its African turnover six times in five years from around Rs 1,200 crore now through aggressive acquisition of local brands. The endeavour is to increase its presence in personal and home care, segments where Godrej Consumer is strong in India.
"Unlike multinational companies, which believe in having one brand across markets, our approach is to invest in local brands and let them be the face of the company. The back-end can be supported by our technology and category learnings," Vivek Gambhir, managing director of Godrej Consumer, said in a conversation with the Business Standard.
"There is a greater chance of us succeeding because consumers in Africa will be familiar with local brands rather than products transported from India," he added.
Good knight from Godrej Consumer's India portfolio is the only product to have been taken to Africa in the last few years. "Good Knight enjoys a strong equity in India and something the African (management) team felt would be accepted by people there. Which is why we took it there, beginning with pilot projects and then launching it. It is 12 months that Good Knight has been present in Africa in the aerosol format. It is the dominant product category in household insecticides there," Gambhir added.
Household insecticides and hair care are categories Godrej Consumer is expected to devote attention for acquisitions. So far, Godrej Consumer has wrapped up five purchases in Africa, including Rapidol, Kinky and Frika hair care brands in South Africa; Tura, a personal care brand in Nigeria; and the Darling Group, a hair care company that has a presence in 14 countries on the continent.
Analysts said the company had spent close to Rs 2,000 crore in making these acquisitions and was expected to spend a similar amount in the next few years. Godrej Consumer has made most of its purchases in the last decade in Africa, followed by Latin America (Issue, Argencos and Cosmetica Nacional) and Asia (Megasari Makmur in Indonesia).
Africa business, Gambhir said, was expected to see double-digit growth - top line growth has been close to 20 per cent - in the coming years, ensuring it remained among Godrej Consumer's key contributors to international revenue. Godrej Consumer derives half of its consolidated top line of Rs 7,583 crore from international operations.
To ensure the momentum is sustained, the African market has been divided into three clusters, South-Africa-Mozambique in the south, Nigeria-Ghana in the west, and Kenya-Uganda-Tanzania in the east. "These clusters will operate as hubs, allowing us to expand into nearby territories. Manufacturing will be located in these clusters. We could focus on expanding distribution in neighbouring territories," Gambhir said.


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Monday, May 24, 2010
Throughout my adolescence I slept with an underwire bra on under my nightgown. Why? Earthquakes. Here in California, the earth wiggles and jiggles more than Pam Anderson did on Dancing With the Stars, and with a lot less warning. If an earthquake were to strike in the middle of the night and I survived, would I want to be running around the tent city with no support for the girls? Absolutely not. It would be both mortifying and uncomfortable.
Some of us are in greater need of proper underpinnings than others. Some of us have never been petite and perky. Some of us have needed underwires since sixth grade. Some of us still keep an apocalypse-worthy bra bedside, along with the slip-on shoes and flashlight. In case of nocturnal earthquakes. Don't mock m...er, some of us. The Big One is coming. And when it does, some of us want all the support we can get.
You know that impeccable woman Sophie described in her post last Monday? From the age of four, I wanted to be that woman. Short neck and broad shoulders aside, by the time I was twelve, it was obvious I wasn't ever going to look elegant in a linen sheath dress, no matter what kind of underpinnings I might enlist. Ample curves are not fashion forward. This is not to say they're bad -- there are compensations -- but sartorial elegance is challenging in the realms beyond DD.
The search for adequate and appropriate underpinnings is a lifelong quest for some of us. It's never been as simple as popping down to Target and getting whatever's on sale. No. Ha. The selection of underpinnings available in the average clothing emporium has little to offer in larger cup sizes. At least it's now possible to find more choices online, but that leaves a lot of conjecture as far as fit is concerned. Obviously every gal who wears a 34F isn't built the same, and who knows whether the fit model was remotely like any given buyer.
Once, twenty years ago, I drove fifty miles to the home of a former movie costumer who ran an individualized bra fitting service out of her garage. I insisted on underwire support. She rhapsodized over the healthy support of non-underwire nursing bras. Eew. I bought a couple of basic industrial-strength metal contraptions, beggaring myself. Both of them popped a wire and stabbed me in the armpit. So much for her custom fitting skills.
Fifteen years ago, I visited Carol Doda's lingerie shop in San Francisco. If anyone should understand the physics of bras, she should. Surely even Carol didn't want to go topless all the time. Once more, I parted with vast sums of money for some solid underpinnings when I really wanted something frilly and feminine. And strong. Next, I tried ordering from catalogs, but I never got anything that fit quite right. The pretty underwire bras had the strength of Christmas tree ornament hooks. Please. If it's possible to make iPods, iPads and space stations, why not strong yet delicate bras?
Generally speaking, bras are better built today than in the past, and there are more sizes available. However, as I learned researching the nicer stuff for a character with a predilection for pretty undies, La Perla, as one example, doesn't offer a lot of styles beyond a C-cup. There are a few, but only in a handful of sizes. I'm tempted to rail in demand of the right to spend lavish sums on underwear in my size, but I won't be able to afford it until I'm regularly hitting the bestseller lists, so... whatever.
A huge amount of effort appears to have gone into making women with B-cups look like they're Ds. Could we not have comparable efforts made toward helping the well-endowed women of the world look their best? It's still surprisingly difficult to find stores that stock a wide selection of bras in larger sizes that include both intrepid construction and lovely details that can actually be tried on. Fewer still that might possibly, gasp, fit them.
I dream of some day patronizing Rigby&Peller in London where they make custom underpinnings. Until that day comes, my earthquake bras come from the outlet mall. When The Big One hits, if I manage to salvage two of them, I can make tents for orphans out of the spare.
10 comments:
- Rachael Herron said...
Oh, GOD, this is funny -- I love the art you chose, too. And when the Big One hits, and I've forgotten to leave my bra next to the bed like you, I'll be jealous.
- May 24, 2010 at 5:02 AM
- Adrienne Bell said...
Lynn, you are my people! I understand. Oh yes, I do. I have found one particular brand and style that I swear by, but imagining a custom fitted job...no pulling, or tugging, or adjusting around 3p...ahhh...sounds like heaven!
- May 24, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- Another Joan said...
3 words: Specialty Bra Shop. 2 case histories: DD: lifetime 36B came in at 32DD/E with narrow set straps; SIL: lifetime 36B came in at 30D/DD with wide set straps. Yes expensive but WOWEE what a difference to the way they both (?they all??) feel and the way cloths fit. I'm saving up for my trip!!
- May 24, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- L.G.C. Smith said...
Joan, tell me where. Please. :)
- May 24, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Unknown said...
http://www.barenecessities.com/ has some, ladyGrace.com has more, but tends toward the orthopedic styles, sad to say.
The bra fitting ladies say most women in our neighborhood need a a smaller band size and bigger cup for better fit (unless you've already had a fitting done). Some don't like the smaller band size as it can lead to visible bra line on the back. who cares! If the girls are settled for the day, there's all the more brain power I have to apply to more interesting problems.
Good luck from a fellow sufferer!!!!
- May 24, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- Bethany said...
Amen! Those first-week girls didn't come close to hitting on this truth. Nice post!
Also, I know they held a place of "oh my gosh, that's where the hookers shop" in my teenage head, but I'm totally in love with Frederick's now. They fit you for free, they hold a massive array of sizes, they're purrrrty, they make the most comfortable, wide-strapped, under-wired bras I've ever worn... Only problem is that they ALWAYS want to make you bigger and cleavagy-er, even if you're already a DD.
- May 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Sophie Littlefield said...
wonderful, wonderful post and I'm so glad you told about the earthquake :) Plus, you picked the perfect illustrations!
- May 24, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- L.G.C. Smith said...
Bethany, Thanks. I did love those first week posts, though.
Sophie, my brother took those pictures in museums all over Paris, and one in Avignon. I never know what I'm going to find when I go looking in my photo archive.
- May 24, 2010 at 2:11 PM
- Martha Flynn said...
The earthquake preparedness is no joke! In college I had to run from my apartment in the middle of the night because of a fire and I was THREE DAYS without a bra because they wouldn't let us back into the apartment so I had no clothes...no ID.....no money...AGH!
- May 24, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- Unknown said...
For those who wish to know...the Earthquake bra story was the inspiration for this topic :)
Thanks LGC!! :) :)
- May 24, 2010 at 9:51 PM


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Christina Aguilera Reportedly Propositioned Vanessa Hudgens for a 'Dirrty' Threesome
The rumor mill is spinning about Christina Aguilera once again. According to the buzz, the 'Voice' coach recently propositioned 23-year-old actress Vanessa Hudgens to get down and "dirrty" in a threesome.
Perez Hilton says Aguilera was spotted flirting with the 'Spring Breakers' star at a recent Samsung Galaxy II event in Beverly Hills. After some boozing and dancing, the pop superstar finally asked Hudgens to join her and boyfriend Matt Rutler for a ménage à trois.
"She spent a lot of time on the dance floor gyrating next to Vanessa, who looked like she was having fun with the situation in a good-natured way," a party guest told the gossip site. "And the more Christina drank, the more her kinky side seemed to come out ... Out of the blue [Aguilera] stumbled over to Vanessa and begged her to come back home with her and Matt! Vanessa was taken aback but smiled and politely declined the offer."
The 'Your Body' singer is no stranger to making headlines as a result of her drunkenness. In 2011, Aguilera reportedly "passed out" on actor Jeremy Renner's bed during his birthday party, and was arrested for public intoxication two months later.
"She was not capable of taking care of herself. ... She was incapacitated, not belligerent, but just intoxicated," said Steve Whitmore, a rep for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department. Aguilera was released on $250 bail, but was not prosecuted.
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A Thai Stir Fry Full of Flavor: Pork and Gai Lan with Shallots, Garlic and Chilies
I have been craving gai lan something fierce for two weeks, but sadly, our local Asian market hasn't had any.
So, while we were in Columbus buying supplies for Morganna's better late than never 18th birthday party, I picked up gai lan. I am glad I bought extra, because I want to make this recipe again for the party. (We are doing Thai food for the party, the dishes will include tom kha gai, spicy basil chicken and massamun beef curry–and now this pork with gai lan dish.)
I doubt that this is traditional in any sense, although I know that both pork and gai lan are eaten in Thailand, and I used all traditional Thai ingredients: Thai sweet soy, fish sauce, shallots, bird chilies, garlic, lime juice a touch of palm sugar and oyster sauce, so maybe this dish really is something like a stir fry one would eat in Thailand. (I had Thai basil, too, but resisted the urge to use it, as I think that the flavor would not meld with the gai lan. I don't think that they would get along in a dish–I think that the two greens, both possessing strong flavors, would duke it out on the plate and every bite would be a cage match. So, I just didn't go there.) As an improvisation made without consulting any food blogs or cookbooks, this dish turned out to taste quite good–it was a balance between sweet, sour, salty and spicy with a great fragrance from the garlic and the browned shallots.
Let me give a word about shallots: they are an often overlooked ingredient in Thai food, and I find them to be indispensable when I am cooking Thai. They give a delicious sweetness to Thai stir-fries and roasted, they are often incorporated into curry pastes. I have tried onions and scallions both in the same capacity and they just don't taste right. It has to be shallots. And you will notice that I used quite a bit of them in this stir-fry–they are a main component of the overall flavor of the dish, not to mention that they give a little subtle hint of pale violet color–at least in the parts of the slices that aren't browned.
One more word of advice before I give the recipe–the number of bird chilies you use depends on how spicy you like the dish, and how hot your particular batch of chilies is. I bought some at a local store last week which were not at all that hot, but the ones I bought from the Thai grocery store in Columbus were smokin'! I tasted one while I was prepping, and boy was it hot! It brought tears to my eyes. For less spicy chilies, I might have used around eight of them, but for these wicked little red fellows, I used five.
This would be really tasty with spiced pressed tofu and mushrooms in place of the pork, too. I love both of them with gai lan and they would go beautifully in this sauce.
Thai Pork and Gai Lan with Shallots, Garlic and Chilies
3/4 pound lean pork loin, trimmed of excess fat and thinly sliced in pieces 1 1/2″ X1/4″X1/8″
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons Thai Sweet Soy
1 tablespoon dry sherry
2 tablespoons fish sauce
3 tablespoons canola or peanut oil
1 cup thinly sliced fresh shallots
8 cloves fresh garlic, peeled and minced
5-8 Thai bird chilies, to taste, thinly sliced on the diagonal
1 tablespoon palm sugar
2 teaspoons Thai sweet soy sauce
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 pound gai lan, washed and dried, stems cut thinly on the bias, and leaves cut into large pieces
2 tablespoons chicken broth or stock
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
juice of one lime
Mix pork slices with the next four ingredients, and allow to marinate for at least twenty minutes, but no longer than about a half hour while you prepare the other ingredients.
Heat wok until it smokes, and add oil. Allow to heat for another thirty seconds. Add shallots to the wok and stir fry until they turn golden brown and fragrant. At this point, add pork, spread it into a single layer on the bottom of the wok and sprinkle garlic. chilies and palm sugar over it. Leave the pork undisturbed until the pork browns lightly on the bottom, and then stir fry until most of the pink is gone. Add sweet soy and fish sauce, then the gai lan and continue cooking. Sprinkle the gai lan with the chicken broth or stock, and stir fry until all the pink is gone from the pork, and the gai lan leaves are wilted and the stems are have brightened to a nice emerald green. Add the oyster sauce and lime juice, and toss over heat for a few seconds to combine, then remove from heat and scrape into a warmed serving plate.
Served with steamed jasmine rice.
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Yum! I will have to try that. I made lamb meatballs with gai lan (photos here) but felt it was too sweet with that dish. Yours sounds like a better combo.
Your dishes always sound and look so wonderful! Can you tell me what Thai store you go to up in Columbus?
Comment by Mike — February 20, 2008 #
Mike–I went to the Bangkok Grocery and Market on Refugree Road.
Kitt–gai lan is really good with slightly bitter or chili flavors. Adding sweet with sweet greens like gai lan is too much.
But I love gai lan and would just about eat it every day.
Mmmmm. I love gai lan. I used it in place of broccoli in your ocean beef and broccoli recipe (and I used seitan in place of the beef). I'll try this one next week using tofu and mushrooms.
Comment by sgt pepper — February 20, 2008 #
Don't know if you've seen this Thai cooking website
It's got about 30 recipes each one with a cooking video to go along
Comment by norris hill — February 20, 2008 #
Norris, thank you for the link! The ladies in the videos are adorable and the video quality is great–this is a great resource.
Pepper–gai lan is awesome in OBB, isn't it?
Either pressed spiced tofu or extra firm tofu that is first deep fried and then used in this stir fry would be great in this recipe. The sauce is fantastic.
I really think you will like it.
This post is just great as I am having a recent interest on Thai food. I used to "wok" a lot but I got a bit bored of it until I "discovered" Thai food. Now my wok is back on overuse mode! thanks
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The Ontario division of Canada's largest union has voted to support an international campaign that is boycotting Israel over its treatment of Palestinians.
Delegates to the Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario convention in Ottawa voted overwhelmingly Saturday to support the campaign until it sees Israel recognizing the Palestinians' right to self-determination. The Ontario group represents more than 200,000 workers.
The global campaign started last July and has been supported by many North American churches, 20 Quebec organizations, and others, Canadian Press said.
CUPE also condemned what they called Israel's "apartheid wall," saying it is illegal under international law.
"Boycott, divestment and sanction worked to end apartheid in South Africa," said Katherine Nastovski, chairwoman of the CUPE Ontario international solidarity committee.
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The HIP4080A/81AEVALZ evaluation board is used to demonstrate the HIP4080A and HIP4081A 80V/2.5A peak, high frequency full bridge FET drivers with charge pump and input comparators.
The HIP4080A and HIP4081A are high frequency, medium voltage full bridge N-channel FET driver ICs, available in 20 lead plastic SOIC and DIP packages. These FET drivers switch at frequencies up to 1MHz making them well suited for driving voice coil motors, switching power amplifiers and power supplies.
The HIP4080A includes an input comparator, used to facilitate the "hysteresis" and PWM modes of operation. The HIP4081A can drive every possible switch combination except those which would cause a shoot-through condition.
Key Features
- Drives N-channel FET full bridge including high side chop capability (HIP4080A)
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Throughout the nation there are three words that are continued to be spoken about on the news, on the internet, and even in a conversation amongst peers. These three words are school, transgender, and bathroom. These three words are under heavy discussion after the Obama administration made some new guidelines that are hard to swallow by some and celebrated by others. The new rules oblige schools to permit transgender students to utilize the restroom and locker rooms that relate to their picked gender.
Perhaps some school officials and parents fear this new policy because they do not understand the impact that it will have on current students. Parents and other school officials are able to peek into a world where this policy is already taking place. Schools in the Santa Rosa school district located in California already permit transgender to utilize the locker rooms and bathrooms that coincide with the gender that the student identifies with. This change is school policy has been activated since 2013.
School officials have admitted that many individuals and groups opposed the right that gave transgendered students the ability to choose the facilities that best fitted their gender identity. Parents, religious and conservative groups gave much push-back to the new policies.
These policies not only provide transgender students with certain rights, but it also allows students to feel comfortable while receiving an education. According to Andrew Cochrane, a teacher at Petaluma High School located in California, all students should feel comfortable while at school. Being comfortable at school can help students to maximize their full potential. Cochrane also adds that when the full potential of a student is met, everyone is able to benefit from it.
The policies not only affected bathrooms guidelines for grades k – 12, it also affected universities and college. Currently, Santa Rosa Junior College has created gender neutral bathrooms in about half of its academic and administrative buildings. These particular accommodations are used to help decrease the amount of harassment and bullying that transgender studies face while at school. In order to reduce the amount of harassment received from fellow students some transgendered student has gone as far as avoiding bathrooms the whole time that they are at school.
In addition to creating gender neutral facilities and allowing student to pick the bathroom that fits their gender identity, schools in Santa Rosa allow students to choose the name they would like to go by. For example, if a transgender student name is Billy but she identifies as a female and would like to be called Jenny, then she would be able to confidently do this at many of the schools in Santa Rosa. Not only are student able to choose the name that they are called while in the classroom, schools such as Santa Rosa High School and Sonoma State University allow students to replace their birth names with their preferred name on his or her school records.
If schools across the nation fail to abide by the policies that have been signed into existence by the Obama administration then they could be at risk of losing federal funds. Though some people may be afraid of the new policies, these policies provide a platform to discuss the transgender population. Perhaps with more discussion people will be able to see that the transgendered community is a part of our society and aren't going to disappear.


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Jewish World Review Dec. 29, 2004 / 17 Teves 5765
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Using ABS statistics: Telling the right story
Using ABS Statistics: Telling the right story
On this page:
Understanding ABS Statistics
Limitations of ABS data
Further reading
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has a statutory duty to provide reliable information. The statistics produced by the ABS are used by governments, business and the general community to inform policy and business decisions or in supporting a news story. Statistics therefore must be used in the appropriate way, and presented in a manner that is meaningful and easily understood by readers.
Understanding ABS statistics
Ensuring accuracy and integrity in the reporting of statistics is a serious responsibility. In cases where there may not be an in-depth understanding of statistics in general, or of a particular topic, the use of glossaries, explanatory notes and classifications will assist in their interpretation.
Statistics can be presented and used in ways that may lead readers to draw misleading conclusions. It is possible to take numbers out of context.
Some common areas where mistakes can occur relate to survey sample size, non-response in census and surveys, margin of error and terminology. When these are not taken into account, conclusions drawn from statistics can be affected. Sometimes conclusions drawn from the use of the average or mean figure are not as useful as those drawn from the use of median. There are also pitfalls in using the wrong data. See How reliable are my conclusions?
All data have their limitations (see ABS Data Quality Framework, cat no. 1520.0) and it is important to establish these limitations with regard to the data that is being used. Giving due consideration to these limitations ensures that the right story will likely be presented.
Non-response (not stating an answer to a question) is a problem that imposes a limitation on the data provided by the ABS. This can occur in censuses (for example, the ABS Census of Population and Housing) as well as in surveys (for example, the ABS Survey of Mental Health and Well Being). Refer toSurvey or Census: what's the difference?
In the 2006 Census of Population and Housing a large percentage of the population did not respond to the question on Religious affiliation or Individual income . This percentage was as high as 10%. The non-response rate for the question on Religion is always high because it is an optional question. Note this is the only optional question in the Census.
If the non-response is taken into account when drawing conclusions about either religion or individual income, the data becomes more meaningful. It may be more accurate to state that 'a certain % of those who stated their income were in a particular income range'. Similarly this applies to religious affiliation.
Sydney (C) Local Government Area, Individual income Count of persons
Population aged 15 years and over: 145,298
Of whom:
Stated their weekly income 108,676
Of whom:
Stated weekly income over $2000 11,647
Misleading assumption: 11,647 out of 145,298 = 8%
Correct assumption: 11,647 out of 108,676 = 11%
Misleading conclusion: Only 8% of the population in the Sydney (C) had an income of over $2,000 per week',
Correct conclusion: 'About 11% of those who stated their income in the Sydney (C) had an income of over $2,000 per week.'
If we look at one of the Statistical Local Areas within Sydney (C), the difference is even greater where 40% did not state their income.
The region or geographic area being used will affect the comparison of statistics. See Comparison Pitfalls.
In using terminology it is important to understand the definition of the terms that the ABS adopts in the dissemination of its data. Refer to Understand the context
|Example 1
Full-time/Part-time Employment: The Census data relating to full-time and part-time employment is based on the hours an employed person worked in the week prior to the Census. This is often not taken into account. As a result the data is taken to refer to full-time and part-time employment in the Census year.
This also applies to assessment of unemployed.
|Example 2
Method of travel to work: The data for method of travel to work also has limitations because it is about the method used on census day.
For the 2006 Census, this fact as well as
the number of employed persons who did not go to work on Census day (10.9% of total employed),
the number of persons who did not state their method of travel to work (1.8%) and
the number of those who worked at home (a total of 4.7%, some of whom may have worked at home only on that day)
impose limitations on the data relating to the Method of Travel to Work used by Employed Persons.
In reporting this data, a more reliable picture could be provided by qualifying this data with the words ' On Census day, of those who went to work and stated their method of travel ...(4.9% walked to work)'.
While percentages are summary indicators, sometimes they can be misleading.
2006 Census of Population and Housing
Question: Of the NSW Local Government Areas, which has the highest proportion of unmarried (Registered Marital Status) women aged 18 to 40?
Answer: If you look at percentages only, it is Brewarrina at 82%.
However, if you look only at the numbers (ie. not the proportion), a different story emerges.
As shown in the table below:
Sydney (C) had the highest number at 32,241 out of 43,055 (75%) and Blacktown (C) had the second largest number at 21,982 out of 47,767 (46%).
Whereas Brewarrina (C) had a low number though it amounted to a high percentage of 82%.
Further, Brewarrina is not a typical NSW Local Government Area as it is comparatively small and in a remote location. If we look at the Social Marital Status of persons in this LGA, the percentage of women aged 18-40 years who are unmarried is only about 47%.
|Local Government Area
|Unmarried number of women aged 18 to 40
|Total women aged 18 to 40
|Percentage of unmarried women aged 18 to 40
|Sydney (C)
|Blacktown (C)
|Brewarrina (C)
Thus, when the Census data is placed in the proper context, it tells a more meaningful story.
Further reading : Census Media Releases and Fact sheets, Understanding Statistics, ABS in the Media


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The City Harmonic are a band that instantly became one of my favourite bands upon hearing their EP and debut album 'I Have A Dream (It Feels Like Home)'.
Their ability to write songs with such strong lyrics and fantastic production has made them popular all over the world fusing genres and setting Praise & Worship to the tune of Alternaive/Indie Pop-Rock.
The new album 'Heart' starts where 'I Have A Dream (It Feels Like Home)' finished off… Thunderous production and a big build up in the introduction leading in to the tranquil verse, which builds into a big, half-time Orchestral Rock chorus… "You were… You are… You are to come…" This song addresses the heart and helps in re-aligning our hearts with the heart of God… "No, my heart's not giving up, here You are, here You are… You've been living in my dying, now I'm dying for Your heart."
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The chord progression on 'Alive Alive' coupled with the Electro drums and the raspy, deep vocal tone caught my attention straight away and is one of my favourites on 'Heart'. "My God saves and I'm up from the grave
I'm alive that's what He's done for me… Live or die: I'll be alive… Alive! Alive! That's what He's done for me… My God, that's what He's done for me…"
"Image of the, unseen Father, the beginning and the end… All is from Him, to Him, through Him, altogether held within… Christ the glorious one, Christ the father Son, Christ the glory of God…" I love 'Glory' so much because of the emphasis it places on giving all the glory to God. The production on this song is amazing and almost has a Dubstep undertone on the chorus, which is different but effective in giving this song a massive feel.
'1+1' doesn't give much away from the title but it's a Christ-centred prayer about relationships/marriage which expresses the desire of Godly marriage and Christ-like love… "Lord, can I love just like love Himself, And live out my life for my bride? Am I strong enough to be built on You? I pray that it's 1+1, And that makes 3 of us, 2 of us 1 heart to, Your heart…"
The City Harmonic have done it again… I genuinely didn't think they would be able to top 'I Have A Dream (It Feels Like Home)' but they have built on that and created something which contains all of The City Harmonic's DNA but has evolved into something colossal, gallant and utterly exhilarating while maintaining scriptural truths and songs that (although not presented like Sunday morning worship songs) can take you deep into worship.
The City Harmonic's songs are scriptural, edifying & their music is art and creative expression personified… The textures they create & the attention to detail in their production is phenomenal and 'Heart' is The City Harmonic at their very best…
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