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Pour Over Brewing Method
Pourover is the simplest method of coffee brewing. You only have to pour water over and through the grounds. This process will extract the coffee flavors and delicious aroma into your cup. You don't need high-tech brewing gadgets, only a filter and then pour over dripper or filter holder.
It seems simple, but we have a few tips to make sure that you will create the most delicious brew.
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All coffee brewing methods have the same three general phases: wetting, dissolution, and diffusion. Each of these phases is linked to the others; as a result, they affect what comes next in some important ways.
First, add enough hot water to wet all of the coffee grounds. Stop pouring when the water already gets in, and let the carbon dioxide escape and bubble out for about 30 seconds. This process will allow the coffee grounds to create a "bloom", or to expand.
Second, stop brewing when the hot water already dissolved the good flavors. There are solutes inside the beans that produce pleasant and unpleasant tastes.
So, when the beans are fully wetted, the dissolution process starts. The hot water will begin to dissolve the sugar, organic acids and other particles in the beans. This can take up 1/3 of the coffee mass and extract the flavors that would dominate the brew.
BARISTA TIP: The key to finding the perfect flavor is to stop brewing after you extracted the good flavors.
Third, diffuse carefully. Make sure that the dissolved stuff is separated from the coffee grounds. Filter carefully, and find the right flavor balance by extracting not more than 20% of the coffee mass to avoid unusually sour and bitter flavors.
Advantages of Pour Over
- You have full control of the coffee making process. Unlike coffee machines, you can determine how much water to pour and when to stop brewing anytime. Once you're satisfied with the extraction, you can stop the process and enjoy the delicious beverage.
- It brings out the coffee guru in you. When was the last time you made an experiment? Why not try calibrating the perfect water and ground ratio and water temperature to get the best results?
- It allows you to pull out a richer and bolder flavor from the grounds. Though it would take a little longer compared to drip coffee machines, a pour over allows you to control the speed of pouring water to your coffee. If you want a lighter taste, pour faster. The longer you pour, the stronger the flavor.
If you're in a hurry and you prefer a to-go cup in between coffee breaks, or at any time you need a caffeine kick, this may not work for you. A coffee machine-brewed coffee may be a better option.
Drip Coffee Method
It is the most common household coffee maker and is so easy to set up. There are high-end and basic drip coffee makers that you can set up before you go to bed, so it would start brewing when you wake up. Just choose the brand that would give you the unique features you're looking for, such as timers, "keep warm" settings. Some have built-in coffee bean grinders too.
This is the Ninja 12 cup drip coffee maker. It comes equipped with a 60 oz water reservoir and a wide variety of programmable features so you can make that perfect brew.
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Unlike "boiled" coffee brewing methods, drip coffee filters the grounds-preventing the fatty acids from the coffee beans from mixing with your coffee.
- Drinking the allowable amount of drip coffee will not raise your LDL cholesterol levels
- The slower brewing process and lower temperature infuse a variety of flavors and aroma into your coffee.
- It contains more caffeine than espresso. So, if you're looking for a good caffeine kick, this one is for you.
- You can use any coffee bean combination for drip coffee.
- If you don't clean it properly, dangerous bacteria that could cause gastroenteritis and other serious ailments could grow in hard to clean areas. It harbors molds also.
- You cannot make adjustments as you brew coffee. Though drip pots have customizable settings, the automatic brewing process follows a pre-programmed action. So, you can't make adjustments or experiment on your coffee the moment it starts brewing. In short, auto drip brewers limit the full potential of your brew.
Pour over coffee gives you all the control to create a perfect cup of coffee, because you can adjust the water temperature, and pouring style. You don't have to rely on poorly designed and inconsistent shower heads, so you can pour water evenly on coffee grounds. In short, you add some time to the brew, stop when you want to extract less, and lower temperature anytime you want to. Those actions are not possible with drip coffee.
Anthony is a professional barista in the city of Chicago. He has written for many online publications on various topics related to coffee.


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With the New Year quickly approaching, it can seem like 2018 is flying by faster and faster. And with the holidays and New Year so close together, it can feel completely overwhelming to try to prepare for the holidays, while simultaneously set yourself up for the New Year.
I for one, definitely feel this struggle. I want to enjoy the holidays with my friends and family, but I also want to finish up and tie up all those loose ends from 2018. And let's be honest, as early as I do start my Christmas shopping, I always have a few outstanding things that either come unexpectedly, or are super delayed and I need to figure out a back-up plan (thank you Canada Post strike).
So instead of lying to myself that I will achieve this huge list of tasks in the last couple of weeks of 2018, I'm breaking it down to mini-tasks that will help me get a head start without taking away from holiday fun with my friends and family. Oh and just to top it all off, two of my best friends and my boyfriend also have their birthdays in December so it's a continuous month of celebrations for me. I'm not complaining, I love this season, but it can get very overwhelming, very quickly. Between the present wrapping and the goal-setting, time is precious and limited. And the motto I've taken on when it comes to this is:
"Done is better than perfect."
I know myself and if I wait until I have everything perfectly planned and organized, I'll never do it. There's definitely a time and place to be organized and planned like when it comes to organizing my home or making a big purchase, but those are really the items usually do have a deadline on them. Right now, I know I just need to get things done.
So these are my strategies of how to get your 2018 life together with 1 hour (or less) tasks.
Let's fake our way through 2019.
1. Write Down Everything You've Accomplished (Approx. 15-20 minutes)
To start off with some momentum, take some time to reflect on all of the things you've accomplished in 2018. It doesn't have to be a perfect chronological or ranked list, and it doesn't have to be a list of your big, grand accomplishments, it can just be small wins throughout the year and this will reflect on the New Year. It may seem simple, but through the chaos, we all need a quick win.
2. Back Up Photos, Important Files, And My Phone (approx. 15 minutes to 1 Hour)
As someone who takes an obscene amount of photos, you'd think I'd be better at clearing out the useless screenshots that I only needed for an hour or delete some of the many versions of the same photo just in different lighting. The fact that I feel the need to hold onto 10 photos with differences only noticeable to me is probably some deep seeded insecurity issue, but I'll deal with that at another time.
I am the first to admit that I am absolutely terrible at backing up photos, files, or having any kind of organization system on my desktop. It's literally filled with files that have gibberish names like "Screenshot-4562853." This is definitely a task I want to get better at but truthfully, it's hard because I have to think about what kind of system I need and going through a million photos can be very overwhelming. So here's a shortcut if you don't have the time to organize everything perfectly: just make sure it's backed up.
Not only for the space (I'm one of those people that have to delete an app to download a new one), but for the physical safety of that file. I had my phone crash last year, and thankfully I had backed it up a couple months before so I didn't lose the majority of my photos, only a few weeks' worth, but still, it was devastating. So if you can't have the perfect organization system, make sure all of your important photos and files are properly backed up.
While there are many options like Dropbox or Apple Cloud Storage, my favourite app is actually Google Photos. You literally just download it on your phone, press back up, and then you're done. Best of all, Google has a "Clear Space" option so after your photo is backed up, you have the option of having Google mass delete your photos from your phone instead of having to do it yourself. All of your photos are still safely backed up onto Google and accessible from the App so it saves TONS of space. It literally takes 5 mins to download and set up the app and from there – you just let it do its thang.
For files, I use a similar system with Google Drive. Drop it in, back it up.
Lastly, if you're like me and like two back up areas, I also have a physical external hard drive I back up files and photos too. Either way, if you do not have the time to individually go through every single photo and file, make sure it's at least backed up so you don't lose every memory you made in 2018. Depending on your internet speed, this can take a while, but I just throw it in the background while I'm cooking or watching Netflix and before I know it, everything is backed up.
Pro Tip: If you do want to have a bit of organization, quickly create folders that can be based on date or event. I also learned recently that I can mass name files on my MacBook by right clicking on the photos I want to name, and then choosing rename all. It automatically renames the file to "File-Name(1)", "File-Name(2)," etc. I do this for my blog and while it's not a perfect system, it works pretty damn well.
3. Organize Your Clutter (Approx. 1 Hour)
Now, you may be reading this and thinking "it definitely takes an hour to declutter an entire home" and you're right. There's a reason that organizing is a professional category all in itself but not having the time to do a perfect job is not reason not to do it all or at least get started. So take one hour and go through your home and declutter the things you know you shouldn't keep. You don't have to ask it if it brings you joy, you can just ask yourself do I need it/have I touched this in the last year? If the answer is no, then out it goes.
I actually have two garbage bags that I add to throughout the year to help me with this. If I don't think I'll use something or decide it's no longer for me, I add it to the bag. And by the end of the year, if it's still there and I've completely forgotten what items were in there, I donate it or get rid of it.
While there's definitely a process to decluttering, I'm also the type of person to get lazy if I feel overwhelmed. So I just give myself one hour to do as much as possible, and then it becomes like the countdown timer on my microwave. Once I have a set amount of time, I want to do as much as possible and so setting a timer for decluttering just helps me commit to getting rid of that excess clutter.
This is particularly needed for me because I have a lot of scrap wood/metal that I need to take to the recycling. So while I may not be re-organizing everything, I'm getting rid of a good chunk of it to help make the decluttering process that much easier when I'm ready.
4. Review The Year's Budget (Approximately 30 minutes)
This will probably vary depending on how many credit cards and bank accounts you have, but considering I don't have a ton, it isn't too bad. Take a minute to go through and look at all of your final credit card, bank and any other outstanding balances. More so, review your budgets for the past year. Don't have a budget – here's some help!
At the end of this year have some solid numbers you can take away from this exercise for the following account:
Total Savings
Total Chequing Balance
Total Debt
Emergency Fund Balance
Other Saving Goals
Finally, figure out your net worth by adding all of your assets and deducting your debt. Have a solid take away number. Not only is it good to have a clear picture of what your financial state is currently, it will be the foundation on which you build a savings plan on for the next year. If you need some help figuring it, here is a great post on it but it's essentially:
Assets – Debt/Liabilities = Net Worth.
5. Schedule Out Time To Follow Through (Approximately 1 Hour)
As you may have noticed, these items were "quick" solutions to tackling big problems, but my last task is to fully follow through on them, even into the New Year. I've learned throughout the years that while I truly enjoy the motivational push of the New Year, I don't have to be limited by a date. Just because I didn't have everything fully together by December 31st does not make them any less accomplish-able. What's most important is that they get done. And while these tasks will all take more than an hour, take some time to schedule in these days. Block off this time in your calendar, no exceptions. I've given some dates if you need recommendations or want to know what I'm doing.
1. Use your accomplishments list to set out goals for the New Year.
Look at all the things you accomplished this year and see what you missed or wished to accomplish in 2019. Start making mini-goals to achieve for your end of your list in 2019 going into 2020. This will most likely be most desirable to do on January 1st (I have the day off with no plans so works for me!) but is best done at the beginning. The goals that you choose don't necessarily have to be set in stone, but really take time to think about what matters to you for 2019 and take advantage of that "New Year, New Me" vibe with your friends posting inspirational quotes.
2. Get Your Digital Life Together
With all of your most important photos and files already safely backed up, start getting cut throat in what you are keeping on your everyday laptop and phone. If you need to go through those vacation photos from a few years ago, they are still in your Google Photos, but take them out of the precious space on your phone so you don't have to delete apps to take more photos.
Organize your files so it's easy to find important documents on your computer. Where are all your job applications, resumes, and cover letters saved? Are they clearly labelled and easy to access if looking for a new job is something you want for 2019? Start preparing yourself to enter 2019 with your digital ducks in a row. Block off a Wednesday or Thursday night (like January 2nd or 3rd!) and commit to those files.
3. Declutter Your Wardrobe And Organize Your Life
Find days in January where you do not have any plans (let's face it, unless you have birthday celebrations, there's not much happening in January), and plan a declutter day and an organization day. On your Declutter Day, take the time to thoroughly go everything in your wardrobe and home and create a donate, keep, and get rid of pile. Be brutal and if you need some help, read (or listen) to Marie Kondo's book on The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. This woman doesn't exaggerate, its life changing.
Next, set up an organization day. If you have the luxury of booking off a whole weekend, it's probably best to do it back to back, but I know myself and I can't dedicate a whole weekend because I'll get tired and overwhelmed by Day 2. Plus I'll feel resentful and resist if I can't spend time with my friends and family and can't prep for the week (I still need to eat and have clean clothes).
So after your Declutter Day, choose a day on the following weekend to do an Organization Day. During that week, think about how you would like to organize your space and start buying the organization bins or planning the moving of furniture, etc. and get organizing those areas into a system that works for you.
If you don't want to think of a date, I'll decide for you.
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Okay, so unless you have plans, those are the dates to mark in your calendar. This may sound harsh but those are my dates too as of right now because I need that kind of push.
4. Set Clear Financial Goals For The Year
After doing your review of your finances, set a date do a full on audit and set up your financial goals for 2019. Did you meet your savings goals in 2018? Why or why not? Did you overspend on certain areas or do you have a target you want to hit for student loans? Also, do you have vacation planned for 2019? What will the budget look like? Are there some side hustles you are looking into?
These are all things you need to address to set yourself up your best financial self. You don't have to have the perfect financial plan because no one can foresee everything but set up some super high priority financial goals for yourself. To get you started, here some of mine:
- Do A Full Audit for 2018 – I'm working on this as an article to go up in January since it will account for all of my 2018 spending up until Dec 31st.
- Save At Least $5000 for Planned Vacations Next Year – One of which is already booked. I'm going to Peru to hike Machu Picchu in April – Inca Trail here I come!
- Invest $1000 More Into Mutual Funds – And subsequently lessen my investments in the stock market because I'm tanking.
Take a day after work to either heat up some leftovers or order in your favourite take out to go through and truly think about your financial plan for 2019. I realize that heating up leftovers doesn't sound as appetizing, but I always freeze some of my favourite homemade soups that t are really soul-warming to me. Either way, cuddle up on with our heated blanket (if you don't have one, I highly recommend), light a candle, and start kicking some budget butt. Let's do Thursday January 10th?
Lastly, I hope these were helpful and hope it inspires you to get a head start on the New Year too! I know the New Year, "fresh start' idea can be accompanied by an eye-roll because for many people, it's a time of false starts. I truly believe that change can be made at any time of the year, but just like any other holiday, I think it's a great reminder for us to cross off those to dos.
To a new and productive year,
Kimberly ✨


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When we think of protein, there are pretty good chances that weight gain is the first thing that comes to our mind. But do you know that lean protein can help you lose weight? And this lean protein comes in many shapes and sizes.
Ctting protein from your diet to lose weight is the biggest diet mistake you can make. Protein is required by our body to maintain, repair and grow fat-burning muscles. Protein also makes you stay fuller for longer, which automatically reduces your portion size in the next meal.
Here are the 10 kinds of protein that will trigger your weight loss like never before.
Black Beans
Try them in your soup or eat them boiled. Eat ½ cup of black beans to shed that extra weight.
Bake some 28 gms of Cod and have them with lemon juice. One serving of cod contains 24 gm of lean protein.
Popeye's favourite veggie is also a reliable source of protein. Along with protein, it also contains Vitamin A and C. One cup of this leafy green contains as much protein as a hard-boiled egg.
Guava is the highest-protein fruit. One cup of guava contains 4 grams of protein. Plus, the fibre content in the fruit helps in better functioning of your digestive system.
Peas packs eight times more protein than a cup of spinach. With the adequate amount of vitamin C in a single cup, it also helps to boost your immune system.
85 grams of chicken contains 142 calories, 3 grams of fat but a whopping 26 grams of protein. Chicken alone is sufficient enough to meet more than half of your daily protein requirement.
It is the easiest, cheapest and readily available. Each good-quality egg consist of 7 grams of protein. Apart from proteins, eggs are also fortified with amino acids, antioxidants and iron. This time while eating eggs, don't eat just the whites, the egg yolk consist of a fat-booster nutrient called choline.
They are healthy as well as tasty. You'll be surprised to know that one cup of lentils contain three times more protein than an egg. The high-fibre content in lentils makes the digestion easier.
Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is addictive yet healthy. But don't go overboard while having this amazing source of protein. Don't exceed the maximum limit of two tablespoons per day.
Easily available, tasty, rich and healthy! Almonds are a complete package on their own. Consider each almond as a natural weight loss pill. Have a 1/4th cup of these nuts with your low-calorie diet every day.


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Leah Moyers is a photographer with a fine arts background located in East Tennessee. Her style is unobtrusive, candid, inclusive and thoughtfully captured. She creates relationships with clients that allow her to capture them authentically and truly enjoys producing beautiful and unique work.
Nashville Family Portraits
There is nothing quite like the love shared between a family. From the tender devotion of parents who are rearing young children to the endless pride of multi-generational families, there is beauty to be found in every family, no matter how small or large it is. Nashville lifestyle picture sessions are the best way to showcase your life's greatest masterpiece — your family. An experienced Lifestyle Photographer can photograph your family safely in an outdoor location. The possibilities are endless when it comes to selecting a location for your portrait session. Whether you want the sunset skyline of Seattle behind you to create an urban vibe or you would rather have artistic portraits taken with the mountains and lakes in the distance, a creative photographer can pose your family to perfection.
Nashville Maternity Portraits
The power of pregnancy is incomparable. Whether you are having your first child or your fifth child, you deserve to feel beautiful and showcase your confidence as a woman who is growing life within her. To preserve this moment in time, you should hire a pro Tennessee lifestyle portrait photographer for a maternity portrait session. When taken in an outdoor setting, your photographer can use the natural location to complement the intrinsic beauty of pregnancy. From whimsical solo portraits at the beach to relaxed and playful portraits of you and your partner in a park, there are unlimited opportunities for maternity photo sessions in Nashville.
Nashville Solo Portraits
There are many times in life where you simply need a dignified and poignant portrait of yourself. By investing in Nashville lifestyle picture sessions with a creative photographer, you can get the images that you need to build your brand, promote your organization or take your career to the next level. Whether you opt to have the session on the beach or in your own backyard, you will find that these outdoor locations result in crisp, clean images that show the real version of yourself. You are more likely to feel relaxed and confident in an outdoor setting, and those emotions will shine through in the final images. Solo portraits are ideal for many purposes, including modeling headshots, social media portraits, or professional photographs for your business.
Nashville Couple Portraits
The genuine love that two people share with one another is timeless, and that relationship should be preserved in stunning portraits. Many people mistakenly believe that couple portraits are limited to pre-wedding portrait sessions or anniversary sessions, but a Tennessee lifestyle portrait photographer can capture every facet of any relationship at any stage of life. A couple portrait session is an ideal gift to give your parents or grandparents. Not only will they enjoy the fact that these portraits highlight the journey they have endured as a couple, but you also will be able to hold onto these images in the years to come.
Nashville Teen Portraits
The teenage years can be a tumultuous phase, but it's also a stage of life that is filled with milestone moments and coming-of-age experiences. Teen portraits taken by a professional Tennessee lifestyle photographer can commemorate this fleeting phase of life, in which it seems like each day moves faster than the last. If your teen leads an active lifestyle, a lifestyle photographer can take action portraits of them enjoying their favorite sport. In addition, a teen who is about to graduate from high school or who is coming of age in their own way may appreciate portraits that showcase the authentic version of themselves. These powerful portraits can build confidence and instill conviction in your teen as they move forward into adulthood.


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Russia seems to be flip-flopping with their commitment to keep gay people and supporters of LGBT rights out of the country, especially for the Olympics. Despite the fact that they've publicly stated that anybody who's gay or supports gays will be prosecuted, they're now taking back their statement and claiming that gay athletes will be 'comfortable' during the Olympics in Russia. Yeah, too little too late, Russia.
Vladimir Putin released a statement promising that gay and lesbian athletes, as well as their guests, will be just fine despite Russia's ban on 'homosexual propaganda'. Putin explained to the International Olympic Committee, "We will do everything to make sure that athletes, fans and guests feel comfortable at the Olympic Games regardless of their ethnicity, race or sexual orientation."
Yeah, apart from the very public and famous faces of the Olympics that happen to be gay [like Johnny Weir], I don't see many gay people risking their life to go to Russia, even for the Olympics. The president can guarantee all the 'comfort' he wants, but if the crazy lunatics in Russia get their hands on these people, I doubt the Russian government will do much to help them.
Of course, Russia's already spent close to $50 billion on the promotions aimed towards the Sochi Winter Games, and all the Olympic facilities have reportedly been completed. Obviously, the scandal surrounding Russia's anti-gay laws have overwhelmed any other type of Olympics-related news, and I'm sure the Olympics committee was worried about the safety of its athletes. And again, Putin's words don't really ring true, especially since they just seem more like they're trying to pacify the Olympics committee than anything else.
What do you guys think? Do you think Putin meant what he said, or is he just trying to prevent the scandal and backlash from getting worse? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.


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September is almost coming to a close and soon it will be time for the holidays...do you make your own holiday cards? have you started yet?
I painted some Christmas cards this morning and thought I would share one of them here . If you are following me on Instagram, then you would have seen it already.
The sentiment is by PTI.
Here is another one ..


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Title: The Collector (Dante Walker #1)
Author: Victoria Scott
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Release date: March 25th 2013
Source: Netgalley
Format: egalley
Rating: 3.5/5
Buy on: Amazon | B&N | BookDepository
He makes good girls...bad.
Dante Walker is flippin' awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence have made him one of hell's best—a soul collector. His job is simple: weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.
Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante's an equal-opportunity collector and doesn't want it any other way. But he'll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment:
Collect Charlie Cooper's soul within ten days.
Dante doesn't know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that's a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky Nerd Alert chick he's come to collect, he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector…and uncover emotions deeply buried.
I had heard a lot buzz about this book and I saw it mentioned in several blogs, plus I like the cover so I could not resist and had to read it.
The Collector tells the story of Dante Walker a collector of souls from hell, he is the best at his job, but he likes when his work is impersonal and he doesn´t know the person he has to collect, that's until his boss the Boss Man (The Devil /Lucifer) assigned him a new mission if he does this collection right, he gets his promotion at work. The mission is to collect the soul of Charlie Copper, a girl of good feelings, a nerd, she isn´t an attractive girl and Dante must corrupt her and make her to commit sins in order to collect her soul, because hell is very interested in get her. But the more he gets to know her, Dante begins to change and see things differently, but is not easy to give priority to another person, since he has spent the last 19 years being selfish and only worrying about himself and the other people was/is irrelevant.
The story is seen from Dante´s POV, he´s a super-rich-bad-boy, he's a snob, arrogant, selfish, very sure of himself and in short, he feels like the last coca cola in the desert. Aas the story progresses this decreased slightly, but he never stop being who he is, Dante loves Dante. Meanwhile Charlie is an imperfect girl, a little insecure, very innocent and unattractive as looks are concerned. Among the secondary characters are Blue and Annabelle, Charlie's best friends, who are the ones we see more and I liked them.
The Collector is a light, funny and very entertaining book and I liked that the romance is not instant love, but its gradually. I liked it and I'll definitely read the next book - Liberator.


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Kyle Parmley
Vestavia Hills Basketball
Vestavia Hills' Luke Champion (24) during a Steel City Invitational game between Vestavia Hills and Sacred Heart on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, at Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham.
Over the course of the year, Vestavia Voice will keep you up to date on the various Vestavia Hills High School athletic teams. For previous weekly updates, click here.
The Vestavia Hills High School basketball teams played just once last week, as they traveled to Mountain Brook on Friday.
The girls team fell to the Spartans, 59-28, and were led by Anna Wood's nine points. The Lady Rebels are now 9-9 on the season.
The boys team hung tough with Mountain Brook, but ultimately fell, 46-42. Luke Champion led the Rebels with 14 points. Paul Michael Hargrove added 11 and Luke Couch had nine.
This week, Vestavia Hills begins Class 7A, Area 5 play with a pair of road games. On Tuesday, the Rebels play at Tuscaloosa County, followed by games at Thompson on Friday.
Last week, the Vestavia Hills High School bowling teams fell to Thompson. The boys dropped a 1365-1298 decision, while the girls fell 1020-966. Beau Reed led the Rebels with a 202, while Haylee Jemison's 153 paced the girls team.
The girls face Oak Mountain in an area match on Monday. Both teams conclude the regular season in the Rebel Roll on Wednesday.
-- What did we miss? What else would you like to see mentioned? For any suggestions, feel free to email sports editor Kyle Parmley at email@example.com.


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Emil Guillermo: My Muslim family, the New Zealand video, and the Great Replacement
The news of the shooting in New Zealand was so fresh, it hadn't yet been called a massacre. Or an act of domestic terrorism.
When I found out it was in two mosques, my heart sank.
I thought instantly of my cousin M. from the Philippines, whom I first met nearly 40 years ago. When she visited us in San Francisco, I had hoped she would come to America for good. But the waiting list for a permanent resident visa was too long. Instead, the Filipino diaspora took her to the Middle East, where she found both a job, and a husband. She converted to Islam and raised a family of Islamic Filipinos.
Now when I see her on Facebook, a hijab complements her smile.
So when I first heard the news of the mosque shootings, I felt the pain instantly.
I don't just have casual friends who are Muslim, I have family.
Islamophobia? I feel it.
That's the only way to begin a piece like this–with a sense of solidarity and unity, that for me is bonded by blood, not terrorized by it.
I usually talk to M. on Facebook, where it does seem the world is smaller and connected—for the good.
But it also gave the world more than a glimpse of the ugliness amongst us on Friday.
The shooter, identified as Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, an Australian national charged with murder, was livestreaming his act of violence as if it were the video game "Call to Duty."
It took a while for Facebook to take down video, but this is the world now, where terrorists are their own producers. They bypass the real media, and go straight to the world stage with their own DIY act of vanity/insanity.
Facebook had to be alerted by police. FB's crack team of exploited underpaid censors didn't catch this one in time. And even when the video was removed, it couldn't be buried fast enough. By midday Friday in California, I was still able to find links to the video on a right-wing site where I saw every last despicable second of the first shooting.
It starts with that beeping cars make upon one's entry that sounds like a hospital heart monitor. The shooter, who is wearing a helmet cam, shows you his driver's world-view: guns positioned on the floor board, his GPS guiding him. There is one of those Christmas tree deodorizers—a yellow one—hanging from the mirror. It does not mask the odiousness of what is to happen.
Tarrant turns the camera on himself just once for a flash. Then it's back on the drive. He makes a strange utterance to "Subscribe to PewDiePie," a YouTube video game performer, but then is drowned out by a bouncy, polka-sounding track, accordian music that segues to a fife and drum march. A call to militarism?
Tarrant reaches his destination, gets out of the car and walks down the sidewalk and through the parking lot. People see him. He ignores them as he marches to his main event. There is nothing heroic. It is sheer cowardice.
On approach, he aims at an unarmed person, a man in the entry way. He fires nine times, and dumps one gun as he walks past the downed body.
There is no security.
The firestorm has begun.
A man in the hallway is seen crawling away, his back to Tarrant. Three shots are fired. Cries can be heard.
Four more shots are fired into one room. The gunman swings and fires four more at a person in the hall.
Then five more shots as he enters a larger room.
People are scrambling. One man tries to rush the gunman but is shot and falls to the ground. All this in less than 45 seconds. More than 30 rounds have been fired. The gunman reloads and is back to the main room. People are on the ground, and the gunman fires.
Two minutes elapse and the gunman leaves, firing occasionally on the street. He's just going to the car for more guns.
He re-enters the mosque a second time and shoots at people already downed, huddled.
Another minute goes by and he's back on the street. More shots are fired. He sees a downed woman on the street who cries "Help me. Help me."
He silences her with two shots.
The gunman reaches his car, drives off, and as if on cue, the 1968 pop song, "Fire," by Arthur Brown, begins to play with the lyric, "I am the god of hell-fire and I bring you fire!"
The video ends with Tarrant driving presumably to the second mosque. It is a sickening, disgusting video.
I can't imagine anyone being inspired by it.
Would showing it encourage copycats? Only among the most deranged.
Instead, I sought out the tape so as not be inured by yet another shooting that makes the news and then goes away without consequence.
Do you still remember Las Vegas? The Pulse shootings in Orlando? The synagogue in Pittsburgh?
Regardless of what does or doesn't happen, after seeing the video, there is no question in my mind that the threat of white nationalism is real.
But the video was just one part of Tarrant's perspective. The other was his 74-page manifesto entitled "The Great Replacement."
In dialogue form, Tarrant writes how he had planned the attack for two years. And how he is not part of any organization but represents "millions of European and other ethno-nationalist people." He thought New Zealand was a perfect place for his act of violence because it showed him that "nowhere in the world was safe, the invaders were in all of our lands, even in the remotest areas of the world and that there was nowhere to go that was safe and free from mass immigration."
In the manifesto, he writes before the fact and says he feels no remorse for the attack and wishes he "could have killed more invaders."
He said he didn't mind a Muslim man or woman living in their own homelands. But he hated "the convert, those from our own people that turn their back on their traditions and become blood traitors to their own race. These I hate."
Indeed, Tarrant admitted to being a xenophobe against cultures with a higher fertility rate like Muslims, whom he feared would "grow to replace other peoples and faiths."
He saw it as "White Genocide."
It was the crisis of mass immigration and sub-replacement fertility that would "ultimately result in the complete racial and cultural replacement of the European people."
He's concerned about the numbers. No different from white nationalists who are seeing whites become the minority in America.
Does Tarrant sound any different from some right-wing voices in America?
"Mass immigration," he writes, "will disenfranchise us, subvert our nations, destroy our communities, destroy our ethnic binds. . .We must crush immigration and deport those invaders already living on our soil."
He called himself an "ethno-nationalist," who saw the importance of the health and well-being of his race above all else.
Of all the political labels, he saw himself as a "fascist," and said the nation with the closest political and social values to his own is the People's Republic of China.
And what about Donald Trump?
"As a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose? Sure. As a policy maker and leader? Dear god no."
A drop of sanity?
There was no doubt Trump had an opportunity to be the leader of the free world and come out swinging against evil on Friday.
Instead, he played dumb.
A few obligatory tweets, but no full-throated condemnation of the attacks.
He was doing his own " light version" of Tarrant's white nationalism after all.
After vetoing Congress' rebuke of his Border Wall Emergency declaration, Trump was asked about the rise of white nationalism, given the events in New Zealand.
Trump, never shy with an opinion, this time played dumb. Did he think white nationalists were a global threat? "I don't really. I think it's a small group of people."
He said the shooters were a "a terrible thing," and said he hadn't seen the manifesto.
But this is from the man with a political base made up of some people who would pour through the manifesto and nod with approval, while looping the 17-minute video clip as background on their computers.
Consider that nearly 25 arrests were made in the first quarter of 2019, with the number of domestic terror investigations reaching 900 cases, and didn't include individual or lone wolf suspects, a senior FBI official told CNN.
It's a bigger problem than we think.
And they're going after all people of color, not just Muslims. Immigration? Fertility rates? To them, diversity is "The Great Replacement."
Tarrant, the accused shooter, sounds like he'd want a border wall around the entire world.
And all that played out on Facebook, where I see my cousin in the Middle East was safe.
Updates at www.amok.com. Follow Emil on Twitter, and like his Facebook page.
The views expressed in his blog do not necessarily represent AALDEF's views or policies.


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Considering the fact that the 2011 playoffs re-seed after each round, the Detroit Red Wings can simply root for the other three series to keep going. Their veteran roster could benefit greatly from the break they'll get from sweeping the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round.
The Detroit News reports that both Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen expect to be healthy enough to play in the next round of the playoffs. Zetterberg missed the last two games of the regular season with a knee injury and didn't play in Detroit's first round series against Phoenix while Franzen missed Game 4 with an ankle issue. Zetterberg practiced on Friday while Franzen did not, but the team confirmed that both forwards are expected to be back for the next series.
There's even some talk that Chris Osgood might be healthy enough to back up starting goalie Jimmy Howard, although that seems like more of a toss-up.
Here's what Zetterberg and head coach Mike Babcock had to say about the health of those two forwards.
Zetterberg said he'll be ready to dress after Friday's practice, and coach Mike Babcock confirmed it, as the Wings completed a brisk workout before taking the rest of the weekend off.
"I'm feeling better than yesterday, and that's all I can ask for," said Zetterberg, who missed the entire first-round sweep of Phoenix because of a left knee sprain. "As long as it goes that way, it'll be good."
Franzen (sore ankle), who didn't play in Wednesday's deciding game against Phoenix, didn't practice but Babcock said Franzen will be ready to go for the next round.
"We'll give him as much time as (needed) to make sure he's feeling good," Babcock said. "I'm not one bit concerned."


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Tim McGraw Announces Title, Release Date For New Album; Performing New Single At CMA Awards
It's been a long and bumpy road along the way, but Tim McGraw finally has announced a release date for his first album on new label Big Machine Records. Appropriately enough, it's titled Two Lanes Of Freedom, and it'll be out on February 5.
The record is a welcome new start for McGraw, who has been embroiled in a long and still-churning legal battle with former label Curb Records. He received permission to record for another label back in November 2011, and signed formally with Big Machine in May 2012.
McGraw explains that the set is reflective of his own life at the moment: "It's about reflecting on old times with a sense of nostalgia, but it's also about creating new memories and living in the moment and looking towards the future. I am doing that in my own life and career now, and I can't wait for my fans to hear the single and album. It's an unbelievably exciting time for me!"
The singer also noted that he's feeling especially energetic about his career these days, and that he thinks it is audible in his new work. "I always go into the studio to make the best record I can possibly make, and this one is no different. But 'Freedom' is a powerful word," he said. "To come into a situation where there's some weight lifted, some refreshment going on, you can feel that in the music. I think you can feel the horses gallop on this record, and where I might go and what I might do when my engines are revving."
The first single from Two Lanes Of Freedom, "Truck Yeah," marked McGraw's highest solo chart debut to date. He'll be performing the second single for the project, "One Of Those Nights," live for the first time on Thursday's Country Music Association Awards, and the song will be released to radio that night as well.
The Country Music Association Awards will be broadcast live from Nashville November 1 on ABC, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.


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If you're hosting an ASP.Net website on Microsoft IIS, you've likely seen requests being queued from time to time.
As a visitor to a website, you can easily tell you've been queued, if the "spinning loader" in your browser keeps rotating counter-clockwise (at least this is the case for Firefox which is my main browser). The second it changes to rotating clockwise, it's started to receive data from the server.
This can happen for a lot of different reasons, a common cause is your servers CPU being overburdened. However it can also occur when you have plenty of CPU headroom to spare. I recently encountered this myself, and found a nice simple solution for it.
The reason this happens even when you have plenty of CPU power available, is the IIS keeps shutting down its threads. When a new request comes in it has to spin up a new thread, which takes time. While waiting for the new thread, the request is queued.
Luckily there's a configuration for this parameter. I'll start off by showing the config I ended up using:
<httpRuntime minFreeThreads="8" minLocalRequestFreeThreads="8" />
<processModel autoConfig="false" minWorkerThreads="75" maxWorkerThreads="150" maxIoThreads="150" />
This config goes into the machine.config file, which can be found at
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Normally you'll already have at least <httpRuntime /> and probably also <processModel /> elements, so you'll have to find them and alter them rather than simply adding my config to the end of the file (as this would break the IIS)
Here's what the config does:
- minFreeThreads: Determines how many threads MUST be free at all time, this ensures the server has a thread available when a request comes in (unless 9+ requests come in at the same time)
- minLocalRequestFreeThreads: Essentially the same as the previous parameter, only for local requests this time. Normally you won't have many local requests, but for good measure I configure them the same way.
- autoConfig: Defaults to "true" and must be set to "false" in order for the rest of the config to have any effect.
- minWorkerThreads: Defaults to 1! Determines how many threads the IIS should always keep running. Note that this value is multiplied by number of CPU cores. So for a quad core server my value of 75 would yield 400 threads. (75 may be way to high for your setup, the site I did this for is processing up to 1600 requests / s with a single quad core server)
- maxWorkerThreads: Same as above, only this one is a maximum. Microsoft suggests keeping maximum at twice the value of minimum. This one too is multiplied by CPU core count.
- maxIoThreads: Same as above except used for I/O threads (reading from Disk, pushing data over the network etc.)
Apart from this, there's also another section of machine.config that you may want to address as well:
<add address="*" maxconnection="48" />
Normally there won't be a <system.net> section already, but search just to be sure before adding it.
This instructs the IIS to service no more than 48 connections simultaneously. This value is actually another Microsoft recommendation – they recommend setting it at 12*CPU cores count. The value is not automatically multiplied, so if you change your servers CPU core count, you need to remember updating this one as well.
I've followed Microsofts guideline on this and haven't seen any requests getting queued at all after implementing these changes.
NOTICE: You will probably have to restart the server for every setting to take effect – I only noticed a partly effect before restarting.
You can read more about the subject at Microsoft here: Contention, poor performance, and deadlocks when you make calls to Web services from an ASP.NET application
Even though Microsoft's article is from IIS 6 and ASP.Net 2.0 it's still correct today, as IIS 10 / ASP.Net 4.7 on Windows Server 2016 still responds correctly to the registry keys.


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Detailed and easy-to-use offline maps. We have millions of points of interest (POI) on our maps. Record your GPS tracks and bookmark your favorite locations.
• Amazingly-detailed maps covering the entire world.
• Based on open data from OpenStreetMap project.
• Download once, then use offline without restriction.
• Maps updated monthly with most-recent fixes and additions.
• Turn-by-turn driving directions.
• Voice instructions while navigating available in nine languages.
• Routes for Driving/Cycling/Walking/Shortest Distance.
• Automatic rerouting gets you back along your way.
• Supports intermediate points on your itinerary.
• Record your trips even when the app is in the background.
• Monitor your real-time speed, distance, and time traveled, as well as altitude right on the map during the trip.
• Choose from seven solid track colors, or altitude and speed gradients.
• Incredibly fast – results appear instantly as you type.
• Search in a variety of ways – by address, object name, category, or even by GPS coordinates.
• Searches simultaneously in multiple languages, making searching easier than ever.
• Save favorite places on your map.
• Choose from a variety of map icons.
• Sync your data across multiple devices.
• Data saved on a server as a backup.
• It's easy to export your tracks, bookmarks, or your whole travel collection as a KML or GPX file.
• Organized into collections for easy access.
• MBTiles and sqlitedb offline raster maps support.
• One-finger zooming.
• Trip computer with speed and altitude.
• Tracking mode.
• Coordinates and scale.
• Customize what objects are visible.
• 11 different map languages to choose from.
• Adjustable label size – large labels on maps are extremely useful while driving.
Going on vacation? Don't forget to download the map for your destination. Rome? Just 16Mb. Paris? Just 67Mb. Barcelona? 197Mb. Amsterdam? 261Mb. London? 283Mb. New York, Chicago, Florida, Las Vegas, Nevada, Seattle, San Francisco, California, USA? 500Mb in total.
Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Today I want to share with you this banner I made.
I made it using the kit from Discount Paper Crafts. You can find it here. I cut out the pendants using my cricut. I used the Art Philosophy cartridge. I then ran it through my sizzix using a embossing folder. I made the folded paper rosettes and placed some stickers on the middle.
Here are some up close pictures.
I am so glad you stopped by.


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The Food Temple opened 10 years ago as a pioneer of vegan cuisine in Lisbon, and never left the heart of Mouraria. Waiters, chefs, friends, customers and neighbours went back and forth all those years and contributed to creating the unique identity of this place.As the restaurant has had several lives already, some of you have been supporting us for a very long time while others have just discovered us. But to all of you, we want to share our excitement as we write a new chapter of The Food Temple's story with you.Let's continue our journey together – visit us soon !
Our food
The Food Temple is a vegan restaurant. We love to create plant-based dishes that reflects the seasons and our inspirations. We also love how food so naturally brings people together, and so we have designed our menu to be one that is easily shared with good company.
Menu winter 2022
Our drinks
Over the years, many local producers have popped up in Lisbon with inspiring creations. We have picked some of our favourites to have in-house for you! Craft sodas, artesanal beer and local natural wines - our selection is changing from time to time according to the seasons and to our discoveries. Indulge yourself!
Our team
Certainly the mascot of The Food Temple and its kindest team member. Always at your service, Diogo will make sure that you are having an amazing time. Don't forget to follow his recommendations, but be aware that the tipsier you get, the happier he will be.
Passionate about nature and animation, Davide is our own personal cartoon. You can talk with him about your favourite Disney movie or simply appreciate his delightful sense of humour while he waits your table.
Monica took the helm of The Food Temple's kitchen as our new vegan chef. She studied to be a visual artist but chose food rather than paint to express her creativity. She discovered the Food Temple years ago as a customer and fell in love with it. After long-term courtship, we finally got together - on board for new foodie adventures.
When he is not busy drawing, Pedro is the right-hand-man of The Food Temple. Good music lover, he is a drummer and a dreamer in his spare time. For the record, he really likes zebras and giraffes – in fact everything with patterns that can be silkscreened.
LUCIEAs the « french touch » of the team, Lucie will attend your table with a lot of care and a funny accent. When she is not at the Food Temple, she is traveling, wiriting or photographing what gets in her way.
ANEEKAneek conquered everyone's hearts with her beautiful smile and her lunar energy. She has a keen eye for detail which makes her a born hostess, being able to transform any dinner into a special experience. She'll make guests feel at home and ensure they have a great time - as long as she can have her fair share of fun.
How to find us?
As all good things, we are not always easy to find! Google Maps often looses its way in the beautiful labyrinth of Mouraria. Therefore, we suggest you have a look at our map. We are 5 minutes away from the main square Martim Moniz. If you feel lost, you can always give us a call or ask the neighbours around, they will guide you! Please note you cannot enter the neighbourhood by car, so enjoy a stroll on foot to us instead!
Open from TUESDAY to SUNDAY
for dinner 18:30-23:30Beco do Jasmin 18
1100-289 Lisboa, PTReservations are recommended!
(Groups of 10+ must contact us in advance)You can also book a table through social medias or call us at this number +351 218 874 397
© TheFoodTemple. All rights reserved.


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Instrumenting Coopshim with OML
The coopshim application is written in Python. After verifying that it works, we used the instructions oml4py library homepage to instrument the script. We set up three measurement points (database tables) in the script:
- req - used to store information about requests between nodes
- recv - used to store information about recovered packets between nodes
- sent - used to store information about recovery packets sent from nodes
from oml4py import OMLBase class CoopShim(BaseShim): coop = {} coop['oml'] = OMLBase("coopshim","coopshim2","n3","tcp:omfserver-witest.poly.edu:3003") coop['oml'].addmp("req", "id:long total:long") coop['oml'].addmp("recv", "id:long total:long source:string") coop['oml'].addmp("sent", "id:long total:long dest:string") coop['oml'].start() ... self.coop['oml'].inject("req", [pkt_id, self.coop['n_req']]) ... self.coop['oml'].inject("recv", [pkt_id, self.coop['n_recv'], str(srcip)]) ... self.coop['oml'].inject("sent", [str(pkt_id), self.coop['n_sent'], str(srcip)])
Note: In addition to the oml4py module for Python, there is also the oml4r gem for instrumenting Python applications, and a C library for C/C++ applications. There is also a text protocol which can be used with any language.


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Two research projects led by PhD students at the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries have won financial support from the King's Cultural Institute's Collaborative Innovation Scheme.
Toby Bennett will be working in collaboration with UK Music to improve awareness of shared challenges and mutual communications between education and the music industry. For more about UK Music, see: http://www.ukmusic.org/skills-academy/
Michal Ben-David will be working on innovation workshops for TV executives. The workshops will explore with managers the nature of creativity and innovation, together with the inherent tension between creativity/freedom and management/control.
The Collaborative Innovation Scheme for Early Career Researchers provides early career researchers and PhD students from across King's with the opportunity to develop a collaborative and innovative project with a cultural sector or industry partner. Toby and Michal are both supervised by CMCI academic Dr Nick Wilson, and each is now funded with £1,000 for their projects to run between 1 August and 31 December 2014.
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Hi I'm Matthew Nolan, an entrepreneur, engineer, & investor. I build tech that makes the world more open and fun. I'm a TED Resident alum and public speaker on the intersection of society, technology, and culture.
My belief is the Internet can do more than show us the world, it can help us to re-think it. I previously founded Verona, an app that connects people across social and political divides, allowing people to form friendships they never thought were possible. At the dawn of the virtual work movement I co-founded Speek, a meeting and collaboration platform that made it easier for teams to work together. I also previously worked at IBM where I developed tools to better understand how people use social media.
I've done a lot of work in the digitization of value. I've worked at financial institutions like JP Morgan. I've also been focused on blockchain technology which I've been involved in since it's early days. I'm currently the founder and CEO of Menlo One, a blockchain technology company that makes it easy to build products that are secure, transparent, and censorship resistant.


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NEW YORK (AP) Superstorm Sandy, which darkened Broadway while smashing into the eastern U.S. last week, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more than $6 million from the previous week.
The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, released data Tuesday that showed, as expected, all shows took a hit. One of the hardest hit was the musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It," which lost $538,853.
The total haul for the week ending Sunday was $13,578,724, well below the total from the previous week of $20,083,783. Attendance also plunged, from 214,909 to just 149,443.
The storm struck last Monday and shuttered all 40 Broadway theaters until Wednesday. All shows were up and running by Thursday night, but the damage had been done, though few expect the pain to last.
"It will come back to its former life, there's no question about it. Broadway is New York and everyone celebrates the theater in this city," said Barry Weissler, who has been producing work on Broadway since 1982. "It's catch-up time."
Most shows on Broadway have eight performances a week, but Sandy forced many, including "The Phantom of the Opera," "The Heiress," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Chicago" to put on just six shows. "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Evita" only managed five shows. Altogether, 40 individual performances were canceled.
Other shows that took a beating include "Wicked," which lost $490,996, though it still managed to pull in $1,166,275. The least hurt was "Rock of Ages," which lost just $59,209.
Sandy joins other recent shocks to have rocked Broadway finances, including the Sept. 11 attacks, which shuttered theaters for two days, and Hurricane Irene in 2011 that wiped away a weekend's revenue.
"Storms will not stop us, the terrible tragedy of 9/11 will not stop us. Theater will continue. It's one of the oldest art forms known to man and it will continue," said Weissler, who together with his wife, Fran, has produced such shows as "Grease," "Chicago" and "Annie Get Your Gun."
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Bobby Flay is known as one of the most successful chefs in the world. From grilled fish tacos to creme brûlées, Bobby rules the kitchen. However all this time we've been focusing on the gorgeous dishes he creates, we have forgotten that Robert William Flay is pretty dang gorgeous himself. Here's why.
1. His smile
Bobby Flay's got the boy-next-door kind of smile. Let's be real ladies, it lights up a room… not to mention a kitchen when you're about to rip out your hair trying to organize the 30+ ingredients for his German Chocolate Cake With Coconut-Pecan Cajeta Frosting… you're reminded why he is #perfect. Do it for the smile.
2. He works out
No need to worry about all the food-cooking and taste-testing impacting that body. Bobby sweats it out and works hard for that bod. Not to mention, he smiles while doing it #swoon.
3. He loves animals
Bobby's hidden love is thoroughbred horse racing. He's even the owner of a couple of horses, including one that won the prestigious 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. He is also currently serving on the Breeders' Cup board of directors. Do more, Bobby. Do more. (And no, this photo did not come out of a J. Crew catalog.)
4. He hosts 13 shows and has 5 restaurants
From "Brunch @ Bobby's" to "Grillin' and Chillin'", you could say having 13 TV shows makes Bobby pretty hot. He's a celebrity. Oh and his restaurants? 18 locations. Across 11 states. Boy next door, but also a smokin' hot badass, literally (refer to pic above).
5. He is an Iron Chef of America (aka a superhero)
Can Captain America make French Toast Soufflé with Maple-Orange Beurre Blanc and Champagne Whipped Cream? Didn't think so. Who needs their man to save the world when he can save the kitchen and indulge your tastebuds.
6. He is the master of the grill (uber manly)
What's hotter than a man on the grill? That's right. Nothing. Bobby Flay on the grill equals endless possibilities (think Grilled California White Peaches with Almond-Mint Pesto). Add a slightly unbuttoned flannel. #Perfection. He even has a show called "Boy Meets Grill". Although we wish it was "Girl"… and that the girl was us. Regardless, this man means grillin' business.
7. He makes a chef's apron sexy
Bobby Flay was probably born in an apron. No wonder he works it like a male model. Cue the thumb tuck.
8. He was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame
Basketball, football, baseball Hall of Fame? Oh please. Bobby Flay was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame where he sits alongside Food Goddess, Julia Child. Aka Bobby Flay = food god. (He's a superhero and a god … OF FOOD). Yet if all that has still failed to impress you…
9. He has a Burger Palace
Not a burger place. A burger palace. Life goals: marry Bobby Flay and live in his burger palace. And hopefully he'd make us a daily one of these—
Essentially Bobby Flay does it all. He not only heats up a kitchen, but heats up our hearts. The takeaway: keep an eye out for Robert William Flay in the next People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive #teambobby.
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19 Vintage Fashion Feeds to Follow on Instagram
You can find retro getups at thrift stores, flea markets and boutiques in any trendy part of town. There's no doubt that vintage fashion is where it's at if you want unique and one-of-a-kind pieces. Not to mention, buying vintage is sustainable… who knew shopping could save the planet? Finding the perfect piece is all about knowing where to look, which is why we've rounded up 19 of the best vintage fashion feeds on Instagram for your viewing pleasure. Fair warning: You may want to buy EVERYTHING.
1. @amarcordvintage: If your heart is set on vintage looks from high-end names, check out this NYC vintage haven. Scrolling through the Amarcord Vintage feed, it's clear that Chanel, Herve Leger and Missoni are brands that age like fine wines.
2. @rokitvintage: Epic street style knows no decade. This UK brand mixes trendy cuts from the '70s, '80s and '90s into pitch perfect looks for peeps who like to have a little fun with their clothes.
3. @mamastonevintage: Mama Stone has been selling vintage fashion online for a decade, and they've definitely racked up loads of great finds. Their looks are on the bohemian side, which means they're perfect for dates to the farmers market or picnics in the park.
4. @feathersboutiquevintage: Feathers Boutique is keeping Austin fly. Scroll through this feed and we're sure that cut-off shorts and vintage tees will be your summer uniform in no time.
5. @ltrainvintage: Look no further for your #ootd inspiration. New York's L Train Vintage has you covered. In each pic, they dare you to go bold or go home by mixing patterns and conquering color fearlessly. We're up for the challenge.
6. @beyondretro: Are you more of classic pin-up girl or hippie peacemaker chick? Beyond Retro has outfit essentials for every style and their feed is filled with endless fun.
7. @edithmachinist: Each piece is seriously more unique than the rest in this feed. Edith Machinist's collection really captures the essence of vintage shopping, which is that each great piece you find is like striking gold!
8. @frockonvintage: The '80s and '90s are alive and well over at Frock On Vintage. Shop bright colors, explosive patterns and the occasional shoulder pads. Totally rad!
9. @badcatvintage: The style over at Bad Cat is as feminine as it is edgy. The finds are timeless and are sure to make you stand out in a crowd.
10. @outpost_vintage: Touring Canada by way of teardrop trailer, OUTPOST Vintage is uncovering fun, rugged fashions all across the Great White North. Even if you don't find their trailer, you can shop them on Etsy!
11. @reissued: REISSUED is an app just for buying and selling rare and vintage wears. We love this idea for user-to-user shopping! One woman's castaway is another woman's classic.
12. @blacklabelvintage: These rad finds are straight out of Amsterdam. Scrolling through the Black Label feed will bring out the '80s rocker in you by way of studs, crop tops and fringe.
13. @shopgossamer: When we want to browse vintage wedding gowns, the Gossamer Vintage is our first stop. There's so much lace in such delicate detail that every dress is a stand-alone gem.
14. @adoredvintage: Each garment from Adored Vintage looks like it belongs in the most fashionable of museums. From the dainty and delicate to the extravagantly elegant, each find tells a story of its own.
15. @waiste_vintage: Waiste Vintage is an eclectic fashionista's dream! The patterns are decadent. The styles are easy. And you can almost feel the textures through your IG feed. This is where we're headed for next festival season.
16. @intertwinedvintage: Every Intertwined Vintage 'gram puts a fashionable piece or ensemble on display as if it was in a gallery. With these adorable, casual looks we'd be first in line at the opening.
17. @asa_tawny: This one's all about the romance. Amour sans Anguish features flowy dresses and so much lace! The best part is that it's all made from recycled fashion. It's vintage reinvented.
18. @allencompany: The Allen Company collection looks like the wardrobe from a stunning period piece. Browse classic neutrals with modern fits that are worthy of the silver screen.
19. @shareenvintage: Shareen Vintage is like vintage royalty. Shareen alters fashion finds to create modern silhouettes that have been worn by the Queen herself. Queen Bey, that is.
Do you vintage? Tell us which stylish fashionistas jumpstart your thrifty side in the comments!


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Embracing the Season: Favorite Thanksgiving foodsSaturday, November 16, 2013
I am planning for a small gathering on Thanksgiving this year. It doesn't need to be fancy but I would love to try some new recipes. I'm craving something "en croute" as a main course and maybe a dessert covered in caramel!
I sometimes use Pinterest for meal planning and decided to create a board for Thanksgiving this year.
I do have a few favorites that usually find their way to the table too. Here are a few things that I have made and loved in the past:


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The latest budget data confirm once again what I've been saying for the last 30 years: Cutting tax rates in the right way clears jobs and boosts economic revenues. On the other hand, attempting to revive economic growth by just "putting money in people's pockets" through tax credits, deductions and rebates not only fails to increase growth but also creates disincentives to work, save and invest, which ends up costing the government lost revenues.
The historical record couldn't be clearer. The Kennedy tax-rate reductions that triggered the prosperity of the 1960s and produced a windfall of government revenues indeed ended up helping balance the budget in 1964-65. Federal revenues doubled in the 1980s as a result of the Reagan tax-rate cuts. Today the evidence continues to mount that the Bush tax-rate reductions of 2003 also got the economy moving again and are leading to increased federal revenues.
The most compelling evidence comes from the latest Congressional Budget Office monthly report, which shows the totals for the first eight months of fiscal 2005 and tells us most of the story for the whole year. The most notable figure in the CBO report is that corporate income tax receipts are up a stunning 47.5 percent this year. Individual income taxes are also up sharply this year, leaping 20.5 percent over last year.
This is powerful evidence that the investment tax cuts - lowering the tax rate on dividends and capital gains and allowing an increase in the amount of investment spending that businesses may write off in the first year - breathed life back into financial markets, drove a broad revival of American business and increased personal income.
It could not be clearer: Where government revenues are concerned, economic growth really is everything. The economic recovery triggered by the 2003 tax rate reductions means not only greater prosperity for all Americans but more revenue for government, too. Are there disparities? Yes, of course. And are there inequities? Yes, but a rising tide lifts all ships. Where ships are in need of repair, government can and should step in to help out.
It was John F. Kennedy who noted 40 years ago that reducing punitive levels of taxation, such as the 60 percent tax on dividends prior to the 2003 law, is the best way to close the budget deficit. His words are as relevant today as in 1962:
"As I have repeatedly emphasized, our choice today is not between a tax cut and a balanced budget. Our choice is between chronic deficits resulting from chronic slack, on the one hand, and transitional deficits temporarily enlarged by tax revision designed to promote full employment and thus make possible an ultimately balanced budget."
"Tax revision designed to promote full employment" - that was Kennedy's way of distinguishing between reductions in tax rates that increased the incentive to work, save and invest, and tax credits, rebates and deductions that may actually decrease the incentive for productive behavior and cost the government revenue. All tax cuts are not created equal.
A recent study by Dan Mitchell of the Heritage Foundation makes this point vividly. The economy clearly performed better and tax revenues grew faster after the 2003 tax-rate reductions than after the 2001 tax legislation, which included a tax rebate, a new refundable child tax credit, a minuscule 1-percentage-point income tax-rate reduction and a small, gimmicky reduction in the death tax.
The reason, as Mitchell pointed out, is that the 2001 tax cuts were based on the Keynesian demand-side notion of putting money in people's pockets in the form of rebates and credits, which simply does not work to change economic incentives. "Supply-side tax cuts, by contrast," Mitchell observed, "do improve economic performance because they reduce tax rates on work, saving and investment."
The contrast between the effects of the demand-side 2001 tax cuts and 2003 supply-side tax rate reductions proves the point. In Mitchell's words:
"Economic growth since the 2003 tax cut has averaged nearly 4.4 percent on a yearly basis, compared to just 1.9 percent in the period following the 2001 tax cut. Net job creation since the 2003 tax cut has averaged more than 150,000 per month, compared to declining job numbers in the period after the 2001 tax cut. Tax revenues have grown by an average of more than 6 percent annually since the 2003 tax cut, compared to falling tax collections after the 2001 tax cut."
Bush's tax rate reductions, like JFK's supply-side tax cuts, have successfully reduced the deficit, despite Congress's continuing lack of spending discipline. While outlays have jumped by $110 billion so far this year, revenues have far outpaced them, rising by $183 billion and thus closing the budget deficit by $73 billion.
That's serious money. In fact, it's almost enough by itself to pay for stopping the raid on Social Security and saving the surpluses ($85 billion next year) in personal retirement accounts, the only true lockbox that will prevent government from getting its hands on the money.
While most members of Congress have been wringing their hands over how to pay the so-called "transition costs" for personal retirement accounts, they have completely overlooked the fact that Bush's 2003 tax-rate reductions created a prosperity dividend that can be used to make a down payment on permanent solvency. If Congress would take the next step and reform the federal tax code - by reducing tax rates even further and simplifying the code, completing the job it began of defining taxable income properly so as to completely eliminate double, triple and quadruple taxation of income - the prosperity dividend would increase and solve the problem of financing personal retirement accounts.
It's not rocket science, voodoo or magic. It's incentive-oriented economics. Cut tax rates, generate more economic growth, slow the growth of federal spending, capture higher revenues to make a down payment on personal retirement accounts. Stop the raid; start the accounts. I believe on these points, JFK and RWR would have agreed.


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Yesterday, I wrote about how to handle the fears that might get triggered in you (or others) now.
But this Corona-situation ALSO offers great opportunities – if you choose to make the best of this.
If you do, here are some ways to do that:
#1 Reinvent yourself.
How do you want to get through this?
Who do you choose to be?
What do you choose to focus on during these times?
Really think about it. Because how and who you are in the world, is a CHOICE. You don't have a choice about this virus or how others or your government respond. But you have FULL control over how YOU respond.
Who do you choose to be? How do you choose to act?
#2 Inner spring cleaning.
Whatever gets triggered in you now, was already there to begin with. This situation does not create new emotions or fears. All it does is bring out pains and fears that were already inside you.
And you can choose how you deal with it: do you suppress it, numb it, run away from it? (And allow your fears to run your life instead of you…) Or do you choose to address them, face them, heal them, release them?
Every emotion or fear wants to be acknowledged and seen. It shows you where you can liberate and heal yourself even more.
(If you don't know how: The tips I gave you in yesterday's article on handling fear apply to EVERY doubt or emotion that gets triggered in you.)
#3 Mind your mind.
Consciously choose what you pay attention to. What you feed your mind has a HUGE impact on how you feel, think and act. Which determines your results.
So what do you feed your mind? Something nourishing and inspirational? Fear-mongering crap? Do you watch and read the news and if so: how often?
Be mindful of what you feed your mind. Pay attention to your thoughts: do you let them drift off into negativity and fear? Or do you train your mind like you would a little puppy? If left unattended, it jumps all over the place. But with a little training, you can teach it to first walk on a leash, and later to walk next to you without running off.
#4 Connect back to soul & what you REALLY want.
As long as you're sitting inside, you might as well turn inwards, too:
What do you already love about your business and life?
What would you like to change?
Where are you settling?
And what would it look like when you no longer do?
Paint the picture of your true desires. And see what actions you can take to realize that, step by step.
#5 Surrender.
A lot of things that felt certain and normal a short time ago have drastically changed. Events are cancelled, a lot of businesses are closed….it's definitely NOT business or life as usual now.
This shows you how what you THINK is certain, actually rarely is: you really have no control over situations or other people. (But you DO have full control over how you respond to it.)
This is a beautiful opportunity to practice surrendering what you have NO control over. Surrender to something that's bigger than you: life, god, tao, the universe, your soul or higher self – whatever feels right for you.
And then….let it go. Even if you have to remind yourself of that a thousand times a day 🙂 Keep bringing yourself back to what you CAN control and what you are 100% responsible for (yourself, your own responses, behavior etc.). And leave all other responsibilities where they belong (others / life).
#6 Be in the moment.
Practice being in the moment. That's where you're completely open to your intuition. That's where you have full access to your wisdom, power, and creativity.
Whenever you don't feel good, your mind has drifted off to the past or the future. But it's NOT present now.
Practice being present in your body, in this moment. Because in this moment? You are always OK. And you can connect to your inner calm that's always inside you, underneath all turmoil, 24/7.
#7 Upgrade your self-care.
The better you take care of yourself, the better your health and well-being. Now is the perfect time to make those upgrades you were thinking about all along 🙂
How can you take better care of your body, spirit, and mind? What's been calling you for a while now? Whether it's to start exercising or eating healthier, adding meditation to your daily routines, or to quit smoking or drinking: when you get quiet and turn inwards, you KNOW what you need more (or less) of.
How will YOU make the most of this situation and use it as an opportunity to THRIVE?
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