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HBO Removes Russell Simmons From 'All Def Comedy' After Sexual Assault Allegations
The brainchild behind Def Comedy Jam, Def Jam, Phat Farm and more, Russell Simmons, is stepping down in the wake of an accusation of harassment and sexual assault.
UPDATE: HBO just released a statement saying that they would be removing Russell Simmons from all episodes of their planned revival of All Def Comedy. You can check out the full statement below.
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Russell Simmons released a statement Thursday, Nov. 30, after screenwriter Jenny Lumet accused him of forcing her to have sex with him in 1991. In a guest column published by The Hollywood Reporter, Jenny detailed the encounter, which prompted the response from Simmons. "I have been informed with great anguish of Jenny Lumet's recollection about our night together in 1991. I know Jenny and her family and have seen her several times over the years since the evening she described. While her memory of that evening is very different from mine, it is now clear to me that her feelings of fear and intimidate are real. While I have never been violent, I have been thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades and I sincerely and humbly apologize."
READ: Russell Simmons Writes A Letter Denying Sexual Assault Allegations
The Los Angeles Times published a report on Nov. 19 that detailed allegations of sexual misconduct made against director Brett Ratner and Simmons. Quoted in the story was a woman who said that Ratner and Simmons, 60, were "in it together." Both men denied the allegations, with Simmons adding that, "abusing women in any way shape or form violates the very core of my being." In his statement, Simmons continued by saying, "While I have never been violent, I have been thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades and I sincerely and humbly apologize. This is a time of great transition. The voices of the voiceless, those who have been hurt or shamed, deserve and need to be heard."
READ: Russell Simmons Is Developing A Biopic About T La Rock
Russell will be removing himself from all of the business that he founded, which includes and is not limited to, Global Grind, Def Jam, Rush Management, Def Comedy Jam, All Def Digital, Rush Communications, Def Pictures, the Russell Simmons Design Group, Diamond Empowerment Fund and Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation. For context behind all this, Lumet was reported offered a ride home by Simmons, but refused to take her to her address and instead ordered his driver to take her to his apartment, despite her repeatedly saying "no." Russell was then accused of coercing Lumet into oral sex in 1991. "I couldn't open the doors. I couldn't open the windows. The car was moving. The driver did not stop … He took me to his apartment," Lumet, daughter of the famous director Sidney Lumet wrote in her account. "I simply did what I was told. There was penetration."
Lumet explained that she left, got her clothes and exited Simmons' place after he ejaculated and never shared the story until Oct. 27 after allegations started coming out about Harvey Weinstein.


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Posted on December 3, 2009, in attraction, recruiting, social media, socrecruitau. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
Bingo! When deciding which communication channels to use in recruitment (social media and otherwise), it's important to select those that will help you communicate with your target audience. What social media approaches work for one company may not work for another depending on where their 'fish' are. It's not a one-size fits all approach and shouldn't be treated as such. What's the point if no one is listening?

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Carrie Rengers
Owners of Wichita's latest restaurant delivery service are some familiar faces
What would make a longtime family of printers get into a restaurant-related business, too?
Opportunity, Wynter and Jason Harshbarger say.
The Harshbargers, along with Jason's mother, Connie, own the more than 40-year-old CityPrint and now are starting a restaurant delivery service called Speedywaiter.com, too.
Six years ago, CityPrint began printing for a New Mexico customer that has a restaurant delivery service. Eventually, the client invited the family to a delivery service conference to be a vendor in order to get more delivery service printing.
"So for the last five years, we've been attending these conferences in Las Vegas," Wynter Harshbarger says.
The result has been a substantial amount of new business with other delivery service companies.
Harshbarger says she and her family became increasingly intrigued.
"Some of these people are really, really successful, and it seemed so simple at the time."
Now that her family has started the business, she says they have learned better.
"It's really not that simple."
At the time they first started preparing to open, there weren't any of the services here.
Since then, MyTown2Go, which operates in Wichita as WichitaToGo, has opened.
Unlike that company, which is a franchise, the Harshbargers started Speedywaiter.com from scratch.
Customers who want food delivered can go to www.Speedywaiter.com to check restaurant options.
There's group ordering available, such as when a number of employees from one business want to place orders together.
Dispatchers then order the food. For now, there are four drivers.
Delivery in a 5-mile radius of restaurants is $3.99, and then it's 50 cents more a mile after that for up to 10 miles.
So far, there are 13 restaurants with 16 sites, but that will expand quickly, the Harshbargers say.
Initially, the focus is on the west side and the northwest area.
The Harshbargers had a soft launch last week, but they haven't had any customers yet. They say that was on purpose as they worked out potential kinks in the system.
Jason Harshbarger says there's one key thing that will be a selling point for Speedywaiter.com.
"We don't mark up the food," he says. "Pay what you pay in the restaurant."
Also, he says, owning a printing company helps. He says delivery service clients tell him their largest expense is printing.
"That's a big advantage for us."
He says since they've been doing so much printing for similar companies, "I know what works and what doesn't work."
Speedywaiter.com is operating out of a room at CityPrint, which is at 235 S. Ellis a few blocks east of Washington.
Jason Harshbarger says more and more in society, people want convenience.
"It's almost scary to me," he says. "It's making people lazy – me being one of them."
Convenience is what his business is based on, though.
"We're trying to figure out a way to sort of capitalize on some of that convenience," he says.
The family is interested in expanding to Andover and Derby after getting established throughout Wichita.
"We would be just ecstatic to get the whole city and the suburbs of the city," Jason Harshbarger says.
They could possibly expand even farther.
"That's definitely an option," Wynter Harshbarger says. "We're not closing that book."
Carrie Rengers: 316-268-6340, @CarrieRengers


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Many people dream of working from home. No more commuting to the office, no set working hours and the freedom to come and go as you please. Starting a home-based business can be exciting and it is definitely a big bonus not sitting for hours in rush-hour traffic trying to get into work. However before taking the plunge you need to be aware of some of the harsh realities of this type of business.
The cons of a home-based business
The irony is that the very same reasons why you choose to run a home-based business can negatively impact you and the success of your business.
Working in isolation
So finally you can work in peace and quiet, without the constant distractions of colleagues. You get to wear comfortable clothes, listen to your music and even work outside if the weather is good. Unfortunately it also means you have no one to bounce ideas off, or discuss problems with. Being isolated can lead to you being less productive as being around other people can help give you a new perspective on things, they offer support when you get stuck, and can offer a much-needed distraction when you need a break.
No fixed working hours
I will admit it, I am not a morning person. For me getting up at 5:40am to be in at an office by 8am is just plain cruel. Running a home-based business means that I can work the hours that suit me best, and this is also one of the key benefits for most entrepreneurs working from home. The major downside to having no fixed working hours is, having no fixed working hours.
Let me explain – there are always a million and one things to do and you can get trapped in "work mode" for hours on end without a break. Even if you only start working at 8:30am you may only end your working day at midnight. There is no start or finish time so you can literally work yourself to the point of exhaustion.
Self discipline
Procrastinators beware – if you want to be a successful home-based entrepreneur you have to be disciplined.With no-one to push you into setting and meeting deadlines or targets, it can be so easy to let things slide. Not all tasks involved in running a business will be enjoyable, for instance admin, therefore entrepreneurs tend to keep putting them off.
Your business will not succeed if you do not have self-discipline. This means making action plans and sticking to them. It means doing all those unenjoyable tasks and pushing yourself to set and meet targets. Procrastination will only hinder your progress.
Business image
There is still a stigma attached to home-based businesses. While it will enable you to keep your costs down so that you can spend more on product development and promotion, people still often view home-based businesses as less professional. They tend to think that the quality of the product or service will not be as good as that of a business based in an office block. Even though this is a myth as quality is dependent on the business itself and not the location, it is still something to consider when deciding to run your business from home.
Having said all that, you can be a highly successful entrepreneur running a home-based business. Think about all the well-known brands that started from humble beginnings like Facebook – started in a college dorm room, Apple – started in a garage. As long as you are focussed, disciplined, know how to manage your time effectively and can stay motivated you can be successful.


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MISSION PROMENADE / Pomona, CA
An urban oasis redefines downtown.
A compact city block of elegant, mixed-use development was constructed on the prime location across from Pomona's City Hall. Four stories of retail, offices and condomoniums completed Phase I. Phase II balanced an eight story combination of live/work flats, condominiums, rooftop planting, and a parking garage.
Fountains, courtyards, decks and roof gardens provide the amenities necessary for this dense urban environment. Mature Camphor and Oak trees protected on-site added mass and scale to the entryways.
CLIENT: Rothenberg-Sawasy Architects


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Nootrobrain Reviews
About Nootrobrain
The Nootrobrain is a new nutritional supplement that promises to help people improve their cognitive brain function, including memory, learning ability, focus, sensory perceptions, communications, and mood.
How Does It Work?
The ingredients chosen for this supplement claim to improve brain function by elevating the number of neurotransmitters in your brain. Since neurotransmitters are responsible for cognitive function, this increase should provide benefits such as "increased focus, enhanced memory and learning abilities, improved mental clarity and sensory perception, improved communications skills and enhanced mood."
Cost/Price Plans
One bottle is priced at $67, while two bottles costs $134 and includes one free bottle, and three bottles costs $201 and includes two free bottles.
Refund Policy
Nootrobrain.com does provide a Refund Policy which states that customers who are unhappy for any reason during the first 6 months after the date of purchase, simply contact Customer Service to receive the full return instructions. Once the return is completed you will get your money back.
Ingredients and Side Effects
This supplement is considered a nootropic supplement, which is not uncommon. However, Nootrobrain promises that all of their ingredients have been chosen because studies and clinical trials have not only shown their effectiveness, but also because these ingredients have shown no negative side effects.
Compared to other nootropic supplements, Nootrobrain says they not only use proven and effective ingredients but provides them in the correct doses for the best results.
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Customers who need to contact Customer Service with any questions, concerns, or complaints can do so by phone at 800-308-4924, or by email [email protected]
The reviews of this product seem generally positive, though most reviews are from personal third party sources and may be from affiliates. Unfortunately there do not seem to be very many personal user reviews available.
Competitors and Alternatives?
There are actually many different supplements that claim to help people improve their brain performance in a variety of different ways, including Procera AVH, Alpha BRAIN, Brain Abundance, and more.
If you have experience with this company or their products, please leave your Nootrobrain reviews below.


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I told you from the beginning that our country has been taken over.
I told you that one day you would wake up and find that you are a prisoner in your own country, which you are no longer the citizen but you are now the prisoner.
Does it feel that way to you?
You have a president who is responsible for the murder of four Americans in a foreign country and is not charged with any crime. How can this be?
A president that borrowed $5trillion in fewer than 4 years, and plans to borrow another $5 trillion in his second term and gets re-elected?
Make no bones about it; both parties are involved with this takeover.
The clintons, bushes, obma, wilson, roosevelts, all complicit with pushing America over the cliff. It is gone. The Constitution is forgotten. It is mentioned in name only.
Continue to deny and you become the problem. Continue to bury your head in the sand, they will find you. obmacare took care of that.
Do you want to do something? Who are you? You are just one person.
The current administration rejects the most fundamental of American values, that our rights come from our Creator, and not from the government.
The Titanic is sinking. It took a hit. Are we normal human beings and do we try to vie for our survival? Or do we go into denial like some of the people did on the Titanic and simply go to the bar and drink away our problem? We could act inappropriately. We could panic. What good does that do to help with survival? Or we could quietly and deliberately walk slowly to the awaiting lifeboats. Quietly getting away from the problem, in this case, the sinking ship, would be the correct answer.
Why not apply the same logic to our sinking country? We loved it, it was the best, but it took a hit. It is sinking and cannot be resuscitated. It is dying. Why don't we accept that, as painful as it is, and look to at least salvage our state? We can still do that and again capture the Republic of Texas.
I know it is painful. I know it is with a great and heavy heart that we acknowledge the pain we have. But it has to be done. We have to rise to the occasion and act responsibly. We have to be the grown ups here. No one else is coming for us. There is no one who will go to Washington to fix it. It doesn't see the need to change its ways, it doesn't want to and it has resolved to not change. Now with this current administration's re-election, they now have no need to look to the electorate. Looks like they are free from any encumbrances, including the Constitution.
We need to get to those "lifeboats". Get independent of the problem. Go to Texas Independence. It is the way to the lifeboats.


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The past year has been a particularly sparkling one for the Royal College of Nursing Library and Archive Service. We launched our HLF service scrapbook project which included our first heritage graduate trainee role, we successfully completed our digital archive pilot, delivered our first Saturday drop-ins and developed our fellows collecting project. It was a year for accolades and we celebrated achieving Archive Accreditation, won the RCN Staff Awards Team of the Year and gained the Customer Service Excellence © Standard.
We have produced a review of the year, with help from our Communication team and it's packed with highlights, photos and quotes from our members and partners. Click here to read it.
As part of our Customer Service Excellence we are reviewing our enquiry and service standards. If you have any comments or feedback on the standards please email us to let us know by 1st June.
We are looking forward to a similarly exciting 2018 and building on these achievements – and I would like to praise both our members for all their help and input and also the team for such a fantastic year.


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Where in the USA was the first sequel in the Carmen Sandiego series and was the only IIGS specific sequel to be made.
The game plays in the same way as the original, except that Carmen has a new band of thieves and this time the trail leads only to the different states of the United States of America. To help you in this quest and learning a lot about American geography along the way, Fodor's Guide to the USA was included, as opposed to the World Almanac. Where I have truly mastered Where in the World this game well and truly presents a challenge to me not being a native to North America.
Again, the IIGS version comes on two disks and has the added requirement of needing 1 meg of RAM to run. Still, Broderbund has provided another solid version to the Sandiego stable, with the most notable improvement of an animated introduction. The game is hard drive installable and runs from System 6 without any problems.


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Journal & Courier Purdue insiders Nathan Baird and Mike Carmin and host Clayton Duffy discuss the bowl-clinching victory over IU and basketball's ups and downs in the Bahamas. Nathan Baird/Journal & Courier
The Boilermakers continue a critical two-week stretch after a 1-2 stint in the Bahamas.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In one week, the national assessment of Purdue basketball took a significant turn.
The Boilermakers left for the Battle 4 Atlantis as a top 20 team in both polls. They also felt they were underrated, and looked at the three-game tournament as a chance to earn some respect.
After two losses to unranked teams — and a win over now-unranked Arizona — Purdue sits outside of the top 25 for the first time in more than two seasons.
A new perspective on respect has emerged as the Boilermakers prepare to play No. 17 Louisville in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Tuesday.
"It was kind of a reality check," junior guard Ryan Cline said. "We come in 16th in the country and we think we're all cool and one of the best teams in there. But anything can happen on any night in college basketball. We came out so dead and we weren't ready to play at all."
If you're asking why a team with four senior starters and a summer loaded with extensive international experience needed an early season wake-up call, so are the Boilermakers. In theory, the World University Games gave Purdue an early advantage over its peers in cohesiveness and chemistry.
So much for theories. What one didn't sense from the Boilermakers on Monday was any crisis of confidence.
Purdue knew before Atlantis how good it can be, and it knew coming out. What it also now knows is how vulnerable it is when it doesn't match an opponent's intensity in rebounding and defense.
The Boilermaker coach on what his team learned at the Battle 4 Atlantis and keys to Tuesday's game against Louisville. Nathan Baird/Journal & Courier
"We are really good, but we're not as good as we may think we are because you can't just show up and play and beat anybody," senior guard P.J. Thompson said. "Tennessee proved that and so did Western Kentucky.
"But if we show up and play with a purpose and play with a fight and an effort and be really competitive, we can be really good."
Long before last week's losses, Purdue coach Matt Painter cautioned against the "fool's gold" of 3-point prowess. When jump shots won't fall, how does a player respond?
BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS: What we learned from Purdue basketball in the Bahamas
Painter's disappointment with Atlantis had less to do with losses and more to do with why they happened. He's withholding judgment on potential lessons learned until the Boilermakers face a similar scenario.
"The tell-tale's going to be when we get back to having some of those runs go against us, how are we going to act," Painter said. "How are we going to play? How are we going to rebound and defend when our shots aren't falling?
"... Ultimately, it shouldn't affect you, but with this group so far it has."
The Boilermakers point guard on the team's mindset coming out of the Battle 4 Atlantis and into a challenging week of games. Nathan Baird/Journal & Courier
The test Painter awaits may arrive as soon as Tuesday. Louisville's combination of physical makeup and defensive credentials could create any number of problems.
Throughout Monday's pre-practice interviews, the Boilermakers repeated two words in relation to Louisville — long and athletic. The Cardinals rank second nationally in block percentage and 10th in two-point field goal defense, per KenPom.com.
Senior 7-footer Anas Mahmoud, juniors Ray Spalding and Deng Adel and freshman Malik Williams — a Fort Wayne Snider product recruited by Purdue — create a disruptive tangle of arms and legs.
Without the specter of those Bahamas losses, Purdue would still go into Tuesday trying to avoid a repeat of last season's loss at Louisville. The Cardinals shut down Purdue's interior, held the Boilermakers to 19 first-half points and built an 18-point with under 12 minutes to play.
PURDUE 89, ARIZONA 64: Energized Boilermakers close out Battle 4 Atlantis with rout
Even considering the caliber of opponent, it was as bad of a first half as Purdue played all season.
"Last year we didn't, as coach would say, pass and catch," Thompson said, presciently using the terms Painter himself would use minutes later. "We didn't do the simple things really well. We had a really, really bad first half. We looked scared. We didn't play how Purdue should play."
Atlantis served as only the first half of a tough two-week stretch. After Louisville, Purdue opens Big Ten Conference play at Maryland on Friday and at home against Northwestern on Sunday.
The Boilermakers may know by the end of the week how much that reality check truly set in.
"This could determine the rest of our season — how we overcome adversity and how we do in these first two Big Ten games," Cline said.


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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) --The U.S. economy closed last year in fine form, growing at the fastest rate in nearly 16 years in the final three months of 1999, the Commerce Department said Thursday in its third revision of GDP.
Gross domestic product -- the broadest measure of growth -- rose 7.3 percent, topping Wall Street expectations for 7 percent growth after a previous calculation put fourth quarter growth at 6.9 percent.GDP is the total output of all goods and services produced by labor and property in the United States.
The quarter's clip is the fastest since the first quarter of 1984, when the domestic economy charged ahead by 9 percent.
The strong final-quarter GDP was primarily the result of increases in consumer and government spending and stocking up by businesses on inventories.
Personal consumption expenditures were revised higher to a 5.9-percent increase last quarter, outpacing a 4.9-percent rise in the third period.
Government spending rose a sharp, upwardly revised, 9.3 percent in the quarter. Exports were revised up, to a 10.1 percent gain, but still lagged the 11.5 percent pickup in the third period. Imports were revised higher, although they were significantly behind the third quarter's increase -- at an 8.7-percent gain versus a 14.9-percent gain.
Private fixed investment in the United States rose 10 percent in the final months of the year, but had jumped 13.6 percent in the third period.
"We already knew that conditions were wonderful late last year, but this report confirms how amazingly strong the economy was," said Joel Naroff, president and chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisers, Inc. "Outside of nonresidential construction, every sector posted significant gains. Consumers bought every big-ticket item they could find and businesses continued to invest, though much of the gain was in inventories."
"Maybe most encouraging was the modest widening in the trade gap. Exports actually grew at a faster pace than imports and that trend could continue for some time as domestic consumption eases modestly while foreign demand improves," Naroff said.
Offsetting domestic growth was a rise in imports, which many economists argue proves just how insatiable the U.S. consumer is these days.
It's the torrid pace of demand that has Federal Reserve policy-makers entrenched in an interest-rate tightening mode -- borrowing costs have been raised five times in eight months. They're worried that production can't keep up with demand, a formula for inflation.
Still, some observers argue that with inflation remaining under control, the economy should be allowed to fully flex its muscle.
In fact, a key price measure found in Thursday's GDP report, the implicit price deflator for gross domestic purchases was left unrevised at a 2.3- percent gain.
The core rate, which excludes food and energy, rose 1.9 percent compared with 1.2 percent in the third quarter. For all of 1999, the deflator rose 1.5 percent compared with just 0.7 percent in the disinflationary year of 1998.
The numbers show that prices are rising from quarter to quarter, but the increases are still very small.
In all of 1999, the economy grew at a modestly upwardly revised 4.2 percent, a tad slower than the 4.3 percent pace of 1998 and matching 1997's rate of growth.
Also reported Thursday, fourth-quarter pre-tax corporate profits -- including inventories -- increased by $35.3 billion compared to a $3.6 billion increase in the third period.
Commerce said the fourth-quarter increase was the result of a recovery in profits after Hurricane Floyd ravaged much of the eastern seaboard and company balance sheets in the third period. A one-time payment by tobacco companies for civil suit settlements offset fourth-quarter profits.
"This sort of jump in profits would mean that, even though the unemployment rate has reached a thirty year low, wages are not squeezing profits in the least," said Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "If the profit share of income can rise when the unemployment rate is close to 4 percent, it implies that the unemployment rate can safely fall to lower levels without leading to inflation."
"The profit data from the first quarter will likely reveal whether the fourth quarter profit figures were a fluke. If they show comparable levels of profit, then there is absolutely no reason to be concerned about wage-driven inflation, in spite of the low unemployment rate," Baker added.


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Two arrows facing each other on an old, carved-up set of doors. As I snapped the photo, I thought it was a fitting image for the weekend: a marriage retreat. Like the arrows, we were focusing on each other. We had our heads together, thinking about our future as empty nesters, and our hearts together, too, wanting our marriage to be all that it can be.
In part one of this post, I talked about why we almost didn't go to the marriage retreat. It was a question of time. (Isn't it always?) We're right in the middle of one of the busiest times in the life of a family: our high school senior is graduating in a few weeks. But the marriage retreat was clearly the best place for us to be last weekend.
In this post, I'm going to do something a little different. As always, I'll share glimpses of the beauty that I saw and experienced, but I'll also share some of what I learned in the hopes that it will help you, too. In addition, I'll list a few things I'm planning to put into practice right away.
The retreat was sponsored by Family First, a nonprofit that helps people love their families well, and WinShape Marriage. WinShape's retreat center, just beyond the Berry College campus in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, provides the perfect backdrop for a marriage retreat. Formerly part of an old dairy farm, pristine white brick buildings with red tile roofs offer comfortable, inviting spaces to relax and reconnect.
The natural, peaceful setting is filled with beauty, with trails to hike and sites to see. We explored the grounds during free time Saturday afternoon.
The Old Mill Wheel, built in 1930, is one of the largest operational, wooden overshot waterwheels (meaning, the water flows onto the wheel from above) in existence. At 42 feet in diameter, it reminds me of a ferris wheel. You can get a sense of its size by looking at the door in the stone building on the left. (We happened upon another old waterwheel at a waterfall a few weeks ago if you'd like to check that out.)
After seeing the Old Mill and listening to the sound of the stream, we walked over to Swan Lake where the water was tranquil and a swan glided by just in time. I love enjoying the beauty around us, and sharing it with my husband is one of my favorite things to do together.
Around the corner and up the road, we found this: a curvy path leading up a grassy hill to the beautiful Frost Chapel.
This view made me ask myself: What path are we on in our marriage? Where does it lead?
Those are good questions for any married couple to ask at anytime, but they are top of mind for us and our marriage right now.
So, here are three things I learned at the marriage retreat that I can put into practice right away:
1. Speaker and best-selling author Gary Thomas gave us a new vision for what marriage could be. He taught about the topic of his latest book, Cherish. Traditional wedding vows include the phrase "to love and to cherish" but few people spend much time thinking about what cherish is. Gary says it means to "hold our spouse dear" by "protecting them, treating them with tenderness, nurturing them, going out of our way to indulge them (at least occasionally)." When we cultivate an attitude and a habit of cherishing our spouse, we find ways to showcase them because we want others to see their worth, too.
Most of us aren't good at cherishing. It requires humility and intention. We may feel that our spouse doesn't deserve it, and the feeling might be mutual. Or maybe we want the spotlight for ourselves. But to transform our marriage, deepen our joy and fulfillment, and make it more of what God designed it to be, Gary encourages us to start cherishing our spouse and see what happens.
Mart appreciates when I do things for him, so one way I'm going to cherish him is to be more prompt to do those things rather than sometimes putting them off.
2. Benjamin and Kirsten Watson were our second speakers. Benjamin plays football for the New Orleans Saints, but he and Kirsten don't let football take over their lives. Their focus is on God first, then their marriage, then their family of five children. They told us about an image that sums up marriage to them: a triangle, with God at the top and the husband and wife on each corner at the bottom. When each spouse is moving closer to God, they automatically are growing closer to each other.
So, I am going to continue growing as a follower of Jesus and supporting Mart in doing the same.
3. Marriage therapist Shawn Stoever told us that vision is intentionally taking your marriage where you want it to go. "Where there is no vision, the people perish" (Proverbs 29:18). Shawn gave us a long list of words from which to choose the core values of our marriage, words like authenticity, harmony, fun, generosity, service, respect, trust, adventure. Mart and I each chose several words that we want to use to both describe and inspire our marriage.
I'm going to schedule a time with him in June (after graduation!) to sit down and talk more about our core values and come up with a vision statement for us. (As a brand strategist, he loves things like core values and vision statements, so I'll earn extra points for that. Ha!)
And a bonus #4: Mark Merrill, founder of Family First who sponsored the retreat, shared a profound quote from Leo Tolstoy that quickly became my new favorite: "Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself." Mark pointed out that if we want to make our marriages the best they can be, we each have to be willing to change ourselves.
I have to be willing. And as someone whose first marriage ended, I will do whatever it takes to make this one truly last forever.
Regardless of where you are in your marriage, let me encourage you to find and attend a marriage retreat like this one. Check out WinShape Marriage, for example; they have several scheduled for this year. It will be well worth your time.
If you are struggling or feeling discouraged in your marriage, I am not a counselor, but I am a person who takes prayer seriously, and I'd be honored to pray for you. Just email me at email@example.com. Be assured that I will keep your request confidential.
Thank you, again, to Family First and WinShape Marriage for a weekend filled with beauty--from the setting to the messages to the people we met and the time we had together. We absolutely loved it. Thank you.
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Press Play | #GoodMusicAndChill: Transcending Sound's Winter 2016 Playlist
With constant reminders of hate and negativity around, there's always a need to spread love. Love, to me, isn't only romance, but includes being warm, empathetic, and caring, along with other things, to a person or people. Love isn't about a person's looks: it's about the euphoric feeling they give you. Oh, and love isn't only extended this way to other people, but starts within...because seriously, what does love have to do with it when you don't love yourself? (5 gold stars to whoever knows where that line came from!)
This season's playlist, #GoodMusicAndChill, mixes all of these feelings of love together.
Much of the playlist is R&B, so if you like R&B, then you'll love this. From D'Angelo covers and SWV samples to dreamy sounds and trap soul influences, there are old and new sounds and songs from familiar and unfamiliar artists alike. The playlist is a little short of an hour, so feel free to play it more than once. I contemplated adding so many more songs, but I became so frustrated by the order of the songs from the 11 songs that I chose! Plus, I had to get it out to y'all this weekend while folks are stuck indoors due to the blizzard! I mean...it is the ultimate chill weekend.
It feels like forever since I've posted here on TS, but trust and believe, TS has been on my mind and heart. I've been trying to develop quality content for you all! I hope that when I publish something new -- hopefully next week! -- that it's something you'll like. Until then, grab something to eat and drink then sit back, relax, and enjoy the vibes. Listen to some good music and chill, share the vibes, and let me know what you think on Twitter at @amirahrashidah or by using the hashtag #GoodMusicAndChill.
Love and light to you all, and as always, be inspired.
BJ the Chicago Kid - Send It On (D'Angelo cover) | Alex Isley - Into Orbit | KING - Hey (Extended Mix) | ArchDuke - Nefertiti (feat. Taylor Iman) | Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Show Me | Kehlani - The Way (feat. Chance The Rapper) [Sango, Atu, Dpat, Asante Remix] | eu-IV - R A I N //// | J*DaVeY - Center of the Earth | Teedra Moses - Make It Beautiful.


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AcuProsper | Logo Design
Katherine came to me last summer with the idea for AcuProsper, an online course that teaches business and marketing to acupuncturists. As an acupuncturist, Katherine loved bringing people to the world of holistic medicine who normally wouldn't be open to it, and with AcuProsper she wanted to bring the business world to acupuncturists. The logical place to start was with a professional and beautiful logo design. Our goal for the project was to elevate the course and make it feel more put-together so she could focus on teaching.
During our initial consultation we discussed how even
though the course teaches business, the logo shouldn't feel too businessy, salesy or corporate because that wouldn't appeal to her acupuncturist audience. Katherine wanted to focus on the "prosper" feeling and to covey growth and expansion. She also wanted to feel make it feel light, easy, relaxing and not stressful.
For the initial design concepts we decided to really hone in on those feelings with a sunburst and some hand-drawn elements to give it an inviting and friendly tone. The trick was to try to balance the friendly feeling with the business aspect of the course.
After the initial logo designs had been presented and reviewed, we decided to focus on the 2nd concept because it had the perfect balance of being professional and still being inviting. We went through one round of revisions to try out some different color and layout options before settling on the final design.
"I'm so glad I found Lindsey. I've wasted time and money on other designers who didn't seem to listen or just created generic designs for me. Lindsey really listened to what I wanted, what I was trying to communicate with my logo, and took into account colors and images I thought I wanted. She combined that with ideas of her own and came up with something I absolutely love, and better than I could have imagined. Thank you Lindsey!!"
- Katherine Altneu, Owner of AcuProsper


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Two golden touches by Rashad Jules ensured Barbados earned their first win of the year with a 2-1 result over Martinique at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex Sunday night.
The results were however reversed when Barbados senior women's team lost 2-1 to Martinique in another hard-fought contest.
All eyes were on the senior men's showdown between the two Caribbean nations in a highly anticipated international friendly that also served as preparation for the upcoming Windward Islands Cup.
Unfortunately for Barbados they suffered an early hiccup when the skillful Romario Harewood was forced to leave play in the 13th minute with an injury. Crane and Equipment Ellerton Football Club striker Shakille Belle came on and got right to work as the local men never got sidetracked and captured sweet revenge over a much more experienced Martinique side who were victorious 3-2 the last time these two teams met in 2014.
Jules, Barbados Defence Force Sports Programme's star player in the local Barbados Football Association Premiership, outpaced the Martiniquais' defence twice on the left flank during the second half with his brilliant left footed touches. He was a constant headache for the visiting team.
The first half was uneventful with the most telling occurrence being Martinique placed at a numerical disadvantage from the 40th minute. They lost former Real Madrid midfielder Julien Favbert who was red-carded by Vincentian referee Moeth Gaymes for what appeared to be unsportsmanlike language directed towards the referee who went straight to his back pocket.
This is where the Tridents led by Arantees Lawrence in place of an injured Mario Harte exploited the advantage.
In the second half they capitalized when Jules found a break in the 60th minute past Martinique defenders Nicolas Zaire and Gerald Dondon, followed by a well measured on target left footed chip over the head of custodian Kevin Olympa who left his mark and was unable to get back in time.
The visitors underestimated the ability of Jules who for his second goal of the night ran past the duo of Zaire and Dondon with a tremendous burst of speed for a clinical one-time finish inside the 18-yard box in the 67th minute as local football fans erupted in celebration.
Barbados coach Colin "Heavy Foot" Harewood made a few changes during the second half when he brought on Zico Edmee, Elijah Downey and Sheran Hoyte. There were a few chances that went a-begging including Edmee who nearly got one past Martinique goalkeeper Olympa on his first touch in Barbados colours.
The French-speaking opponents were clearly under pressure and needed a response. They managed to earn themselves at least two free kicks on the left flank with the first shot being superbly saved by national goalkeeper Dario Weir going airborne to his left. The visitors then made good use of another opportunity when Stephan Abaul unmarked at the top post of the 18-yard box buried one past goalkeeper Weir in the 85th minute.
It was game on in the dying stages of the match but the Bajans did well to keep ball possession and hold on for the victory.
Speaking after the match, Harewood said they were looking for the right mix going into the Windward Cup Tournament and were pleased to they were finding it gradually.
"We are now trying to find our style and now we have our new technical director [Ahmed Mohamed]. He was on me in terms of different systems, different way we should be playing and to be honest we executed a lot of things from practice. And also since the new technical director came, I feel comfortable, I think the guys have showed that we can play.
"It was a tough game. We know that technically Martinique are a good team, they have good pedigree and to be honest the Martinique team never gave up. Although they were playing with ten men, they still had us under pressure but our guys kept their calm, we kept our shape, discipline and that is why we came out victorious," Harewood said.
In the women's game, Emeline Fontaine and Adeline Privat netted goals in the 13th and 90+1 minutes respectively for Martinique while Felicia Jarvis scored Barbados' lone goal in the 29th which was the equalizer.
Captained by Gabriella Lopez, the Bajan Gems showed signs of great improvement on the offensive end with the skillful Soraya Toppin-Herbert and Shanice Stevenson both creating their magic upfront but were left to rue not being able to find the back of the nets.


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Drs. Ali Mahdavi Fard and Leili Pourafkari treated a patient who had an unusual, hairy mass of tissue growing on one of his eyes. The 19-year-old man appeared in their ophthalmology clinic with a mass in his right eye that had been present since birth but had gradually increased in size. He did not have pain, but the mass caused vision defects, mild discomfort when blinking, and the intermittent sensation of the presence of a foreign body.
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Josh's workouts often necessitate a calculator or abacus to figure out your score. Today was one of those days!!
3 rounds with a partner:
2 minute AMRAP at each of the following four stations, one person working at a time, switching whenever they like. Additionally, both partners complete a one rep buy-in every 15 seconds:
1) power cleans (73/115). Buy-in squat clean (73/115)
2) KBSs (35/53). Buy-in SDLHP (35/53)
3) Wall Balls (14/20). Buy-in Med-ball burpee clean.
4) Sit-up. Buy-in box jump (24/30)
1 minutes rest
Score = total AMRAP reps


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Have you considered dividing it and repotting the divisions?
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My questions are should I increase the size of the pot (because it is already 7 inches) or just change the medium. Should I snip or try to bend the mass of arial roots or leave them be? Also, this plant seems to be growing upwards, is that a good thing and how is that going to affect the placement of the plant in the new pot? Any help would be awesome thanks a bunch!
Have you considered dividing it and repotting the divisions?
There are a few good articles on here about repotting orchids, here's two that are fairly applicable.
Repotting Oncidiums covers repotting Oncids/Hybrids and Roots and All takes a good look at good roots vs bad ones.
Hope this helps!
I agree; Divide and conquer (Then you will have orchids to trade. )
Good luck to you.
or get them some parachutes?
If you soak the roots most aerials will become pliable and you'll be able to squish em into pots if you're of the mind. Also don't worry too much cause a healthy root system isn't necessarily a LARGE root system. I think i read on AOS that divisions don't need that much length of root. Also make sure you get some cinnamon glue goo ready so you can paste up any cuts you gotta make.
Don't forget to dis-infect the knife/scissors.
hi everyone,
i have an oncidium (colmenara jungle monarch) of which the flower has already wilted, after flowering what are the things to do to continue its growth?


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This is a second post of a series of post discussing the concepts of contestable markets and contestability. Read the first one here.
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Jesse likes to play street soccer with his friends. There's a street court in the neighbourhood that they always go to. It's surrounded by a fence that's 10 metres tall. Because Jesse's dad is friends with the town council manager, he gets priority to the keys. Other kids can't come in and play with them.
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New Hope Sunday services run from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm each Sunday. For those who would like to join us in prayer, there is an open prayer meeting in the pastor's office at 9:45 am, lasting about 15 minutes.
The service begins with worship followed by announcements, then a sermon. This usually wraps up about 11:15. Following this attendees are invited to stay for mid-sized groups, groups of 10 to 20 people where we discuss the practical elements of the sermon and pray for one another. The groups wrap up at 12:00.
Children are dismissed after the announcements for Sunday school. They gather together to do kids' worship for about 40 minutes, and then, while the adults are in mid-sized groups, they break up into age specific groups for a lesson and craft. Children can be picked up after the service at noon.
Dress at the church is casual. We take a come-as-you are approach. Some people come to church in shorts and a t-shirt while others come in a suit and tie. However you'd like to come dressed isn't so important to us.


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Living The Bali Beach Life
Just the word "Bali" has become a byword for the good life. It conjures images of jungle-fringed beaches and cascading rice terraces, of tropical vistas and salt-spraying seas, all underpinned with a current of mystery and magic, wreathed in incense and scented with enticing peanut satay and BBQ smoke. We make no secret of our no-holes-barred love for the so-called Isle of the Gods, which is why hopping the beaches of Bali, from Bingin to Canggu, is one of our favorite things to do. Maybe you'll join us someday?
It's early in Kuta. There's a soft glow of light spreading across the Indian Ocean, glinting on the waves of the Bali Sea in hues of orange, ochre and yellow. Footsteps tinkle on the cobbled streets outside, some returning from an all-nighter in the sky bars (no doubt), others heading to stake their claim in the line-up and grab the morning swell. The clang of the gamelan – Indonesia's recognizable local instrument – echoes somewhere in the distance. It marks the start of a new day in Bali's beachside party town, like a signal for the good vibes to flow again.
I'm trotting up to breakfast, leaving the cool, air-conned interior of my surf-side pad for the tropical rooftop. Palm leaves provide the shade up there, swaying as the salt-tasting breezes roll in from the Ocean. Frangipani and bougainvillea blooms combine to color the trellises overhead. I sit and watch the rhythm of the water from beneath them, just 100 meters away, or less, and delve into a plate of fruits so tasty I feel like writing home about them: bananas as short as my pinky but packed with flavor; watermelon that melts in the mouth; a papaya-type thing I can't describe; a pineapple to make any SpongeBob jealous.
Fruits of the Isle of the Gods done and dusted, it's time to make like a Kuta local and hit the beach. The stretch of sand that fringes the coastline of southern Bali just a stone's throw from where I'm staying is among the most famous on the whole island. It's powdery and yellow, wide and softly sloping, packed with coconut shacks and tanning bodies. It's easy to see why it's so vaunted.
But most of all, it's home to the iconic Kuta beach break, once a magnet for West Coasters and Hawaiian masters of the waves. These days, it's widely considered to be THE best place to find your surfing feet on Bali. I watch as 100s of folk dutifully trudge, foamies in arm, across the pavements towards the crashing sounds of the waves. Others meet at the surf schools that pepper the narrow lanes of North Kuta, bargaining for hour-long lessons and hopeful to conquer the legendary swells of Bali.
I join the steady stream of morning sun seekers on their way to Kuta Beach. Wiggling past the boho bars and barber shops, the knock-of T-shirt sellers and the endless surf shops, I find time enough to grab a health shake from a roadside shack. Piles of avocado and lime and mint and all sorts of other uber-good-for-you green stuff goes in. It costs less than $1 and I'm on my way again, sipping, smiling, slurping and just taking in the good vibes life of southern Bali on my way to the beach.
Kuta Beach lines the long and bustling roadway of Jalan Pantai Kuta. It starts just north of the runways of Denpasar Airport (be sure to keep an eye out for its sparkling run of sand if you're planning on landing during the day – it looks breathtaking). I dodge the blue-hued taxis and the rumbling scooters and find myself ducking under a carved gateway – curious little architectural flurries like that are everywhere on Bali – to access the shoreline.
Then it spreads out in front of me. To the south-east, it peters away into the reefs that ring around the runways of DPS. I think I can just about see the outline of surfers peaking and toughing with the waves that crash so close to where the planes are taking off and landing. To the north-west, it runs and runs as far as the eye can see. In the distance, it's obscured by the mist that froths up from the sea, where the waves are crashing and ripping, rolling and roaring to the unceasing rhythm of the Indian Ocean.
Everywhere are surf boards, jutting from the sands like the totems of Easter Islander tribes. Like palms sprouting to form a jungle, they create a forest of fiberglass and foam that stretches away in pockets with the whole length of Kuta Beach. Their moss is the caking of surf wax, washed and muddied by the smash of countless Balinese waves. There's always a figure to tend them, usually lazing on a deckchair behind a plume of cigarette smoke and some darn cool shades.
There are also trails of footsteps wiggling this way and that like snakes across the yellow sands. This early in the morning, I know they could have only been made by the dedicated coconut sellers or ice-cream wallahs that are always the first to Bali's shores at sunup. I follow them and see a double-bent figure weighed down by stacks of green coconuts, a man toting a souvenir bow and arrow, another with his arms laden with ice creams and lollipops.
It's not hard to find a patch of shade right where I'm standing, but I've also learned that Kuta Beach gets a tad less busy as you stroll up its length. I start trudging over the yellow powder and weave between the groves of standing surfboards. I encounter surfers in rash vests and boardies stretching, others pulling their morning downward dog yoga poses while gazing out across the Indian Ocean, others strapping on the leash and starting to paddle over the whitewash.
There's a smile on all of their faces. It's enough to give you the feeling that surfing in Kuta is about enjoyment, not territory, not ego, not showing off. Pure enjoyment. It's what sets this stretch of surfer sand apart from so many of the other "hotspots" around the planet. You can come here as a total beginner and not worry about being judged. You'll probably find you share the waves with all levels of rider, plus countless groups of neon-clad first-timers to boot. I say that as I look up and see a whole crew of learning surfers practicing their pops on the sand of Kuta Beach. Aloha guys.
I keep walking until I find my familiar spot. I can see Berawa Beach just up the road. That's home to Canggu – south Bali's digital nomad come hippy mecca. I know I should head there for lunch if I have the energy to move by midafternoon. The place is laden with cool coffee joints and organic eateries – veggie burgers and quinoa salads burst from every rice paddy-sided road and mocktail joint up there.
A little closer to me is Seminyak. All hail North Kuta's coolest enclave. A place of chichi bars and whitewashed cocktail pads, you feel like you might need a Rolls Royce to be welcomed there. But you don't. The beers still cost just a matter dollars and the pool bars are filled with backpackers and vacationers just looking for a good time on the edge of the Bali Sea.
I settle in between two groups of sun loungers. I'm alone except for an old dog who's reclined in the shade of a leaning umbrella. The hues of the Bintang logo refract in the sun as it glints through the cloth and hides the pupper in a sultry haze of tropical light. He snores, stretches and spreads out. I do the same, lazing back to the sound of the sandbar-breaking waves and the occasional toot of traffic that echoes out from the streets behind.
I wake an hour – or is it two? – later. The sun's arched higher overhead and Kuta Beach is much busier than it was when I dozed off. My dog's still at my side, unperturbed. Only now the deckchairs host other tanning bodies, and the seas are peppered with more colorful rash vests and bobbing surfboards than I can count – the waves are up in Kuta.
I gather my things and make for the nearest beach bar. It's a half-crooked shack with a big concrete building attached; half Caribbean rum dive, half swish Seminyak mainstay. Inside, I order iced coffee and I find myself a cushiony beanbag to be consumed by as the swells roll over. It's a cracking spot.
The people watching is A-star, and I sometimes glance over the top of my Javanese mocha on ice to spy out the bodies of Indonesian wave maestros flinging and flipping above the whitecaps. Other times, I gaze along the beach. There are thousands of people about now. Some are thumping volleyballs, others are topping up their tans under the Southern Hemisphere sun, others are gazing out across the Indian Ocean. I see some of the foam boards move and turn. It's another group of wave-hungry riders hitting the swells, tutor in tow.
As the afternoon wears on, I laze and drink and eat and sunbathe some more. I watch surfers somersaulting on the swells of legendary Kuta. I enjoy seeing the skies go coral blue and then red as the sunset approaches. It's just another episode in the beach life of Bali.
Bali and Kuta itself are just one of the bucket-list highlights of our trips to Indonesia. You'll have plenty of time to conquer the waves, sip cold beers, watch sunsets and top up the tan on our trips to the Isle of the Gods. Our longest is Blissful Bali, which takes 19 days to reveal the wonders of jungle-shrouded Ubud, happening Canggu, surf-washed Kuta and more. Our shorter Bali Discovery also passes through the amazing southern beaches, putting mystical Ubud and the surf shacks of Kuta front and center. We'd love you to come live the Bali beach life with us this year.


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The agencies will maintain their separate branding for the time being, and there are no senior management changes planned on the FitzGerald side.
"We have talked to dozens of firms," said Andy Carney, CEO of Brodeur. "You have to feel that these are really people you can work with in the trenches. The synergies and complementary strengths are important."
FitzGerald will keep its offices in San Francisco, New York and Washington DC, as well as its Boston headquarters. "FitzGerald gives us a much stronger presence in California," explained Carney.
Zanku Armenian, who led Brodeur's Washington DC office, will now head up Brodeur's Western region out of the FitzGerald San Francisco offices, working closely with FitzGerald's local head John Berard.
Maura FitzGerald, founder and president, has been talking to possible partners for a year. "It became really clear to me that we needed to partner with someone who understood us, or organization and our target market," she said. "It needed to be another technology agency."
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It's called the 'silly season' for a reason but Christmas doesn't mean your health goals should veer off track!
Did you know... on average Australians gain between 0.8-1.5kg over this period? But you can navigate your way through the holiday season's parties with these easy tips to keep your body and health on track for the new year.
The food table at any party can be a trap for even the healthiest person in the room but these are ways to navigate the healthier options:
The easiest way to successfully avoid the food table at any party is to eat beforehand. Having a light, healthy dinner before heading out means you'll be feeling full and less likely to overindulge.
If you stand next to the food table, you're more likely to eat what you see in front of you. Avoid temptation and stand on the other side of the room.
Most party food tables will have healthier food options. Instead of a handful of chips, choose cut up vegetables dipped in hummus or salsa, fruit pieces, sushi or a handful of nuts.
We tend to eat out more during the silly season, catching up with family and friends, which also tends to mean we eat more than we usually would. But your everyday choices during the holiday season could help your waistline fight off that Christmas creep.
When eating at a restaurant:
When you're on holiday and out of your regular environment, finding healthy options can sometimes be difficult. When waiting at the airport or driving on a road trip, a bit of planning can help you stay on track.
Breakfast is one meal in the day where it's easy to eat light and healthy. Start the day right by making the most of healthy options provided where you're staying or step out and buy your own.
Don't fall into the snacking trap of chips, chocolate and lollies. It'll leave you feeling sluggish and your hunger won't be satisfied. Instead, head to the local supermarket and stock up on nuts, oat-based muesli bars, fruit and wholegrain crackers and cheese to keep you going when you get peckish.
Always have a bottle of water handy. It's the best drink for you and will also help stop you from overindulging when you're hungry.
Nutrition Australia, Oct 2011, Tips to beat the Christmas bulge Fact Sheet, http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/national/resource/tips-beat-christmas-bulge
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The conundrum of Jewish comedy today is this: How does a sensibility that has long benefited from its outsider status adjust to a world where it has not only assimilated into popular culture but also helped define it.
One answer can be found at the Theater Center in Times Square, where a slickly funny stand-up show, "Strictly Unorthodox," presents a more culturally marginal Jewish perspective. An ultra-Orthodox Jew from England, Ashley Blaker has built an act about the rituals of an insular, deeply traditional community that treats much of modern culture and society with suspicion. While contemporary Jewish comedians like Moshe Kasher have talked about religious Jews in their family, and Woody Allen used traditional garb for a famous sight gag in "Annie Hall," Orthodox Jews are usually portrayed as alien or weird — and it's rare to see a stand-up in New York from this devout perspective.
"Most of you probably see Orthodox Jews with our beards and sidelocks and funny hats and probably think we're slightly crazy," he said on a radio show called "Ashley Blaker's Goyish Guide to Judaism. "But if you got what was involved, you'd realize we're totally crazy."
This is pitched to a mainstream audience, but his live set also caters to an observant Jewish audience, and appealing to both is the challenge of his show. Mr. Blaker, a producer at the BBC whose credits include "Little Britain," jokes that he might be the only person who works in television who doesn't own one. And after he polled his crowd, it was clear he wasn't the only one without a set. He does not perform during the Sabbath, and in an effort to accommodate religious audiences who do not want to sit next to a member of the opposite sex, some of his performances feature seating segregated by gender.
His jokes attempt the balancing act of translating religious customs for a secular audience while poking fun at the devout in a way that doesn't offend. A major theme is the difficulty of following the word of the Torah in a secular world. "Believe it or not, I never coveted my neighbor's ox," he said, before adding a sneaky aside: "And he did have a nice ox."
Using a verbally dexterous and slightly exasperated delivery evoking that of John Oliver, he specializes in problems of etiquette that arise in an effort to remain devout. Since observant Jews can't use electricity during the Sabbath, what happens when you accidentally leave the bedroom light on and want to go to sleep? He says you have to find a gentile to help, and asking one to come inside your house to turn off a light is difficult to do without seeming like a sociopath.
In a trickier bit about observing the rule forbidding an Orthodox man to touch a woman who isn't his wife, he outlines his many strategies for evading handshakes at work. Many nonreligious people find this prohibition alienating if not offensive, but in presenting himself clownishly struggling to remain polite, his self-deprecating joke tries to normalize it. It helps that he has some funny lines. "The irony is the Nazi salute is the perfect greeting for the frum man," he says, using the Yiddish word for the very pious, as he describes himself.
In contrast to most overtly Jewish comedy, which usually compares Jews and gentiles, most of his material juxtaposes the frum and not frum.
Some of his funniest bits are about the competitiveness of the frum, explaining how they try to one-up each other about who has the most backward technology. "My mobile is so kosher it doesn't even take phone calls," he says.
Mr. Blaker calls himself "the only strictly Orthodox comedian in the U.K.," but Orthodox Jewish comedy is growing worldwide, particularly in Israel. A fascinating article in Haaretz on the trend of ultra-Orthodox comedians explains one reason: As the population has grown, it's become more integrated into Israeli society and a leisure culture has developed. Some argue that it's precisely the restrictive nature of Orthodox life that makes it ripe for comedians. "When you have 613 laws, this is fertile ground for jokes," the satirist Kobi Arieli told Haaretz.
Indeed, Mr. Blaker has said in interviews that he didn't find success until he became strictly Orthodox. The experience of becoming religious, he has said, gave him a subject he wanted to explore onstage. And he exploits the unusual tension of a man from a modest, conservative culture telling jokes. "Strictly Unorthodox" begins with an empty stage and audio from what sounds like a rabbi warning the audience that the following show may not be kosher. This sense of the forbidden can be a helpful foil in comedy, which Mr. Blaker clearly understands, poking fun at his tribe but carefully, never going too far. His amiable act doesn't question religious dogma with any persistence or engage with doubters. The only time he truly engages is in his promotion.
Before the show's run, his publicist sent out a news release saying that ads for his show have been rejected by the religious media, one of which, he said refused to even use the word "theater." His producer Mike Leigh called it "religious correctness gone mad."
Whatever you think of this spin on the familiar comedian complaint about political correctness, it is savvy public relations. And not just because it gets attention for the show. Mr. Blaker, a clean comic who steers clear of politics, seems more subversive than secular Jewish comics, even those working with much edgier material.
Whether secular audiences used to more overtly button-pushing Jewish satire like that of Larry David will enjoy Mr. Blaker's gentle observational comedy is unclear. But he's a skilled joke-teller with none of the borscht belt timing you would expect from a Catskills comic. And since we rarely hear the perspective of the ultra-Orthodox in comedy clubs, there's a pleasing freshness about an act that offers a look into a world often hidden from public view. His religious fans, some of whom rarely see stand-up or mainstream comedy, may also find him a change of pace. His deft crowd work provides a window into his challenges. When he asks a man in the front row, what's the first thing he associates with the BBC, Mr. Blaker's employer, the response was "anti-Semitism."
Mr. Blaker did not appear surprised by this answer and may have even been seeking it, in order to defuse anxiety among his audience members, some of whom were surely critical of the news media's treatment of Israel. He nodded, said he avoids the subject of Israel and added that he had never seen any examples of bigotry against Jews as long as he worked at the BBC. This was a difficult crowd for a comic, an audience that started quiet, was even cautious about laughing, but he gradually won them over. He is proof that even the most reverent enjoy a little irreverence.


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When I first moved to the Pacific Northwest, I thought that I was finished with balmy summer days - like we get back East. I envisioned the PNW to be cool and breezy, comfortable, and rainy at times. But as the year's progress, so do the temperatures. We definitely need to consider getting an air conditioner.
I've declared my house an 'oven free zone' for the rest of the summer. Slightly dramatic, I know. Maybe I'll allow some light simmering on the stovetop at night, but NO ONE will dare turn on the stove until this baby makes his debut early Sept (you hear me baby, early Sept).
Now that I've declared our house a 'no oven zone', I'm thinking - can I really survive on ice cream for the rest of the summer? This week I had a few friends over and I knew that I couldn't just serve ice cream for dinner, so I turned on the grill and made corn, potatoes, veggies, and shrimp. And then I had the idea to make a crumble using the grill. I'm not sure why the thought of cooking 'everything' on the grill has never crossed my mind before.
This crumble was so easy to make. Five minutes tops, minus the cooking time. All you do it cut up the fruit and place it right into the skillet. Mix up the topping in a small bowl, pile it on top of the fruit and then bake. You can even eat it right out of the skillet once cooked. I think I dirtied 3 dishes in the process. The first crumble that I made on the grill I used our large cast iron skillet. I then bought two 6.5 inch mini cast iron skillets, so that I could prepare individual crumbles for Brent and myself.
The idea of cooking foods in a skillet on the grill is a new concept for me. By the end of the summer, I will probably be able to write a book on mini skillet creations because no jokes, this oven is not turning on, unless it starts to snow, which we all know is never going to happen.
serves 4
notes: acidic foods tend to leach iron out of new cast-iron skillets. The longer you've had the skillet, the less likely you'll be able to taste it in foods. If you purchase new cast iron skillets for this recipe, the acidic berries will likely leech some of the iron out, and therefore, the crumble will taste a bit metallic. Try seasoning the skillets first, or using small enamelware pans.
a small dab of butter
1 cup blueberries
1 cup raspberries
1 cup strawberries, quartered
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
dash of salt
3/4 cup rolled oats
4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
2 scoops vanilla ice cream
Preheat the grill to 400ºF.
Lightly coat two small
with butter.
Scoop 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup raspberries, and 1/2 cup strawberries into each skillet. Toss.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt, and rolled oats. Pour in the melted butter and combine. Sprinkle on top of the berries.
Place the skillets onto the grill and close the lid. Cook for 20 - 25 minutes, until the berries are bubbling and the crumble is toasty and medium brown in color. Remove and let cool.
Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.


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Low memory issues usually arise when you have too many applications installed an/or running:
I. Verify you have available memory using Sprint Zone.
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The feeling of meeting Sisters Uncut was rather overwhelming. One thing is to read about something but another seeing it for yourself. I have even more respect for them than I had before.
The bravery and commitment of those girls is bigger that I have imagined. Their passion for what they stand for and believe in is very much contagious. They sacrifice a lot to fight for women, their heart and head is in it 100 per cent. While you sit there comfy in your sofa or out clubbing they have meetings about how to help women in need, they do a lot of research and preparation. Their knowledge about the issue is never ending, you can see that they are intelligent, very articulate and respectful.
While reading the book about Emmeline Pankhurst there is a lot of reflections that come to my head. There is not that many brave people these days, some people are too selfish to care or too scared to get involved. Sometimes it's just a simple case that you think it doesn't consider you then you don't feel obliged to do anything and you don't think that you can make any difference. I haven't felt this useless in a long time. It made me realise that I don't do anything to help the situation.
At some point in our lifes we may experience some sort of injustice, or abuse from other people that's why it's important to fight not just for the present but past and future as well. We have to cherish the fact that there were lives lost so as we can have rights that we do have now. Some people who did fight they haven't experienced the benefits for themselves but thanks to them now we can.
I really wanted to take projects this academic year to another level and I think I have taken this one. This is not the end of me emotionally connecting with the subject and exploring more aspects of it.


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Immigrant Hope's mission is to provide immigrants with the hope of the Gospel, help to find a pathway to legal residency, and a home in a church that cares for their needs. The Lord has utilized our recently established Bloomington office to provide support to several individuals in the citizenship process.
TreeHouse programs are designed to meet social, emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual needs of at-risk teens. TreeHouse provides a safe environment as well as mentoring for teens to receive support, guidance and practical skills in making better choices today to live as healthy adults tomorrow.


text: When the American Red Cross came back to us for the second year in a row to produce a PSA campaign for them we were thrilled. Not only did we get to work with a great creative team again but raising awareness for an organization that does so much good just makes your soul happy, especially in a year that needed the American Red Cross more than ever. The challenge was how do we highlight all the services the American Red Cross provides and keep it hopeful rather than scary for an audience comprised mainly of kids and families. We found inspiration in the letters of real people who experienced firsthand the kindness, hard work, and generosity of American Red Cross volunteers.


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Replacing older small apartment buildings may erode affordability
Small multifamily properties — which can be a key source of affordable rental units in many places — face an uncertain future, according to the latest Multifamily Market Commentary from Fannie Mae.
"Multifamily rental units can be found in high-rise structures or in garden-style buildings, but there are a number of properties that house between just five and 50 housing units," explains Tanya Zahalak, senior multifamily economist in Fannie Mae's Multifamily Economics and Market Research (MRG) Group.
"These properties are usually identified as small multifamily and can be found in many different metros across the country."
The MRG report expects the nation's multifamily housing stock to see an influx of properties with higher numbers of units. Since older small multifamily properties they are replacing frequently offer more affordable rents, that could upset affordability in many markets going forward.
"As older small multifamily rental properties age and/or fall into disrepair, they will likely be replaced with properties with more density per square foot," the Fannie Mae commentary says.
"Developers will likely create more — but much smaller and more expensive – units on the same size lot."
Read more: Even in the best of times for apartment rentals, there can be too much in the pipeline
California Has More to Lose
Zahalak notes that small multifamily is a property type that can have a big impact in a lot of metros. But the impact of this trend will hit some parts of the country harder than others because the stock is unevenly distributed.
Estimates from CoStar and CreditFi put the number of small multifamily properties nationwide at between roughly 300,000 and 330,000. Those buildings provide an estimated 3.5 million to 4.4 million housing units.
However, according to CoStar, California accounts for nearly 99,000 of those properties — about one-third of the entire national supply. New York claims a 14 percent share, with 37,000 small properties, followed by Illinois and Florida, with some 14,000 properties each.
Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming are at the bottom of the pack, each home to fewer than 500 small multifamily properties.
Counting by city, Los Angeles has the lion's share by far with 51,100 properties with a whopping 637,500 units, according to CoStar estimates. Rounding out the top five are New York City (30,800), San Francisco-Oakland (15,100), Chicago (12,800), and San Diego (9,900).
Read more: A Louisiana builder shares why homes in his area are in short supply
Challenges Despite Brisk Lending
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"But even though loan volume looks robust, there are some challenges around preservation of this type of property," says Zahalak. "Construction is starting to slow, while properties have been getting larger. In fact, the average number of units per construction project as of the second quarter of 2016 was an estimated 117," according to the Dodge Data & Analytics Construction Pipeline.
"Given the high land and construction costs in most metros, this trend of maximizing square footage in multifamily development, rehabilitation, and renovation should not be surprising," says the MRG multifamily report.
"Unfortunately, it does have implications for the small multifamily segment, which in many places tends to offer more affordable rents when compared to newer properties."
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During the last week of March I gave myself a few days off from concentrating on work and business stuff to spend some time with my Mum, who was also taking some holiday. We always have a list of loads of places we want to go and things we want to do, and then somehow the time flies by and we haven't done any of it. So this week, we had planned in several things to make sure that we actually got out of the house to enjoy some of the beautiful spring weather!
So off we headed, coast-ward bound through the country lanes and villages of Kent and Sussex to Eastbourne for the day, blessed by a sunny morning and blue sky.
Well I say that, when we arrived there was a worrying blanket of cloud and a chill breeze blowing, so we headed first towards the town centre and shops were we could duck indoors in the event of the weather worsening. But we needn't have worried, by the time we headed back down to the sea front and a walk along the pier the clouds were parting again. Still the wind off the sea had a bit of a bite to it so we were glad of the shelter of the pier buildings as we walked back towards land.
Any day at the seaside has to involve fish and chips, so we found ourselves a cosy table by the window of the Chippy on the Pier, ordering cod and chips twice which was delivered to us freshly cooked and steaming hot. With added lashings of salt and vinegar, a dash or two of ketchup, the beautifully flaking fish and crispy-on-the-outside-fluffy-in-the-middle chips made the most satisfying meal.
As the sun was by now warming us nicely through the glass of the window we headed back out into fresher air and a gentle walk to work off our lunch. There's no point going to the seaside if you don't actually go on the beach, so descend the steps we did onto the pebbled bank, picking our way over the shapes and colours and textures of water-tumbled rocks, careful to find a steady footing and avoid twisted ankles!
The pier looked resplendent in the sunlight, the golden dome of the pavilion shining against the blue sky, and the waves rolling in and out of the shore creating that wonderfully rhythmic shhhing sound of the pebbles shifting.
Further along we walked, past beautifully tended banks of spring flowers mixed with exotic palms, then turning back we walked along the main promenade with its manicured beds of brightly coloured blooms - a once derided Eastbourne tradition, but one that I think shows a respect for history and a love of the town.
We couldn't leave without having an ice cream, so back to the pier for a whippy with a flake each, happily licked as we walked back to the car - the weather not yet that warm to worry about it melting too quickly!
I haven't been to Eastbourne for years and years, so it was wonderful to reacquaint myself with the place, and see how things have changed, and how they seem to never change. Where is your favourite seaside town? What do you never miss doing when you're there? Do share your memories, or recommendations for new places for me to explore.


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Just Trade Collaboration
I collaborated with the amazing company Just Trade to produce a range of pieces that are inspired by The Worm and the Bird!
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Just Trade collaborates with artisans around the world to create stylish, desirable handmade jewellery and accessories. Founded in 2006 by jewellery designer Laura Cave, Just Trade is a collaborative, innovative brand.
Born out of first hand contact with real people in the developing world and the recognition that in order for small Fair Trade projects to be sustainable, they need a long-term route to market for their goods. Just Trade now works with eight groups of artisans in Peru, Ecuador, India and Vietnam.
Combining traditional craft skills and materials with expert knowledge of contemporary jewellery and accessories, we have developed ranges of unique, characterful pieces with strong appeal in the European market. From exquisite crocheted silverwork to beautifully carved tagua pendants, our distinctive products are made with care and skill from locally-sourced and ethical materials where possible.
I have just done a second collaboration with Just Trade. My first foray into printed fabrics. The fern inspired design is hand screen printed in gold pigment on a premium linen-cotton mix before being skilfully constructed by artisans in Hanoi, Vietnam. This beautifully made range is easy to care for and long lasting. I collaborate with Just Trade because of the incredible work they do to with creative people around the world and any profit from my designs goes straight back into helping Just Trade support the artisans that create the pieces.


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Ceramic Designer Jojo Corväiá is a multidisciplinary creative whose body of work focuses on social statement through multimedia projects and gastronomy. Most recently, his ceramics gravitate towards the concept of imperfection, asymmetry, and modesty. Jojo creates his pieces with an ancient method of production dating to the 10th Century B.C allowing him a unique intimacy with the material.
The Valise Society will join Jojo in his Berlin atelier for drinks and special insight on Thursday, February 23rd.
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Nature & Health
Driving alone in her car late one night with no one else on the road, my mother felt a sharp pain in her chest. She pulled over thinking that she was having a heart attack. The pain intensified so greatly it became almost unbearable. She let out a deafening scream. Surprisingly this helped the pain subside. She checked herself into the hospital just to be sure but the doctors could find nothing wrong with her. They put it down to a 'broken heart'.
At the time my parents were going through a painful divorce following seventeen years of marriage. For my mother, this meant starting her life over at 45 years of age with two young children. Not having a sense of who she was or what she wanted from life this task seemed too daunting to even contemplate. There were occasions when she wondered if it would be easier to go to sleep and never wake up. The road ahead looked too long, too hard and unlikely to ever lead to happiness again.
The rebuilding process began by putting one foot in front of the other over and over. She created a vision for her life as one of happiness and fulfillment. 'The full loaf', as she termed it. A life that was rich, fresh and full of flavor. To help her get the ingredients rights she engaged a counsellor and the support of her friends. During this time she bought a house, found a job, took up swimming, finished her schooling, completed an university degree and met the man that she would eventually marry and find lasting happiness with. She also became a senior Lifeline counsellor using her experience to help others overcome challenging life situations.
Today millions of people around the world are faced with the same daunting prospect. As the current financial crisis takes a firm grip on global economies many people are having to start again. Some at an age they consider 'too old' to want or have to. Many have lost their homes, their jobs, their businesses, their marriages, their retirement funds. For some they have lost all of the above. No one has escaped unaffected. Even for those whose lives remain intact we all know someone, directly or indirectly, who has been hit. The loss of the securities we took for granted for so long has rocked our confidence in the institutions that helped create them. Our wounds run deep and the healing and rebuilding process is one that requires time, patience and perseverance.
The Chinese symbol for 'crisis' comprises of two elements - danger and opportunity. While the world faces the danger of a global economic slowdown, record unemployment and drop in consumer confidence the opportunity lies in how we personally choose to face the road ahead. For some this path will be longer and harder than for others. Individually it's an opportunity to reassess our lives and redefine our goals. For the global community it's an opportunity for governments and organisations to address the mistakes that contributed to the situation to ensure they never happen again.
Every moment is an opportunity to start again. To choose a new perspective, a new approach or a new way of being. Change can happen in an instant. For better or worse depending on where we decide to place our focus. For my mother, she describes her path of starting again as one of the toughest, most challenging paths she has ever travelled. But looking back the rewards have far outweighed the pain. My mother has emerged a happier, more fulfilled person than ever before. Hopefully years from now the world will look back on today's global 'crisis' and recognise the rewards that would never have been possible had we not endured the pain.


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