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How Much to Tip (and to Whom)
Published on - August 21st, 2012 (by J.D. Roth)
Note: This article is a reprint. Several readers have suggested that one way for Get Rich Slowly to retain my voice although I'm no longer a regular contributor is to re-publish old articles like this. This is a keen idea, especially on days like today when the staff writer hasn't turned in his assignment!
Every time I get my hair cut, I'm faced with a dilemma — should I tip the barber or not? I usually get my hair cut in a small-town shop. I tip $2 on a $12 haircut. If I get to hear stories about Vietnam or histrionic political rants, I tip $3, even if I don't agree with the barber's viewpoints. (I tip because I've been entertained.) Sometimes, if I don't have enough cash, I don't leave a anything at all. Are these tips appropriate?
What about when I pick up Chinese takeout? Should I have tipped the guys who delivered our new gas range last fall? What about a hotel bellhop? A parking valet? Out of curiosity, I did some research on tipping practices in the United States. There's actually significant disagreement about how much to tip for even common services.
For example, you know you should tip your waitress. But how much should you leave? Some people claim that 10% is adequate. Others claim that 20% is standard. But I suspect that most of us learned to tip 15%, and to give more for exceptional service. (The wikipedia entry on tipping currently contains the bizarre claim that "18% is generally accepted as a standard tip for good service".) Which amount is correct?
After browsing dozens of pages, I drafted the following guide. The amounts listed are based on averages or on consensus, when possible.
Food Service
- Barista
- No tip required, though many suggest throwing coins into the tip jar.
- Bartender
- $1/drink (or 15% of total bill). Pre-tip for better service.
- Delivery person (including pizza)
- 10%, $2 minimum (also, also)
- Maitre d'
- $5-$25 for special efforts
- Takeout
- No tip required unless something special is done (also, also)
- Waiter
- 15% for adequate service, 20% for exceptional service. For poor service, leave 10% or less. It's okay to leave nothing for exceptionally poor service, but only if you're sure it's the waiter's fault.
Hotel Staff
- Bellman/Porter
- $1 to $2 per bag, $5 minimum. (Or, just as many places say $1 bag, $2 minimum.)
- Concierge
- $5-$20 depending on the service. $20 if he does something exceptional. Nothing for directions.
- Housekeeper
- $2 to $5 per night, paid daily or as a lump sum at checkout. (Most sites suggest you tip daily.)
- Parking Valet
- A wide range of opinions. Everyone agrees that you should pay when your car is retrieved. Some say to pay when it's parked, too. Most sites say to tip $2, though some suggest $5.
- Room service
- $5 minimum (unless gratuity is included in check)
- Bus driver (not mass transit)
- $1 to $2, if she handles luggage
- Cab driver
- 10%, $2-$5 minimum
- Chauffeur
- 10-15%
- Gas station attendant
- Nothing. Or $2-$4. There's no agreement. (I've never seen anyone tip a gas station attendant ever.)
- Porter/skycap
- $1 per bag. $2 for heavy items, or if porter brings luggage to counter.
Personal service
- Barber/Hairstylist
- Again, little agreement: 10-15%, 15-20%, etc. One person recommends $5 to each individual who shampoos or blow-dries your hair! (also)
- Manicurist
- 15%
- Spa service
- 15-20%
- Masseuse
- 10-15%
- Shoe-shiner
- $2 or $3
- Building superintendent
- Varies —read more.
- Coat checker
- Most sites recommend $1 per coat, though one said $2 to $5 upon retrieval.
- Furniture deliverer
- It depends. Most of the time $5-$20. Some recommend simply offering cold drinks. (also)
- Grocery store bagger
- One site recommended $1-$3, though I've never seen one tipped in my life.
- Mover
- $10-$25 per person (also)
What about tipping at holidays? Tipping service people with whom you have regular contact can build goodwill. I found these recommendations:
Holiday Tips
- Babysitter: one week's pay
- Doorman: bottle of wine or box of chocolates
- Garbage collector: $15 to $25
- Gardener: one week's pay
- Housekeeper: one week's pay
- Janitor: $15 to $25
- Mail carrier: $15 to $20 (up to $20 non-cash)
- Nanny: one week's pay
- Newspaper delivery person: $15 to $25
- Parking attendant: $15 to $25
- Personal trainer: $20 to $50 (tip discreetly)
Some points regarding tipping etiquette:
- If you use a coupon or gift certificate, calculate your tip based on the total before discount.
- Tip above the norm if:
- Service is exceptional,
- You've been a burden, or
- You are a regular client.
- Don't tip if it's not deserved. Poor service should not be rewarded.
- In some circumstances, if you offer an initial tip — especially a large initial tip — you'll get better service.
- If you take up a restaurant table for a long time, tip extra.
- Tip discreetly.
- When in doubt, tip.
What about public officials? When is a tip a tip, and when is a tip a bribe? Kris and I tipped the judge who married us, but even then we had trouble deciding how much to give him. (We gave him $50.)
I suspect that tipping practices vary widely from region-to-region and, especially based upon the size of the city. As always, do what works for you.
Other articles about tipping:
- How to tip in a foreign country
- International tipping etiquette
- Is it better to tip with cash or with credit?
- Tipping at weddings
- Tipping relieves guilt more than it provides incentive
- Tipping etiquette (which is actually the best guide I found)
Photo by nffcnnr.
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Hotel maid service, definitely worth $2-4 dollars a day! Try to carry my own smallish bags around to avoid airport tipping. Thanks for re-running this, hadn't seen it before – very useful!
Hi I'm Cat. I'm a pretty regular reader of your blog (finances totally interest me- and it'd be even better if I knew how to handle my own. Thankfully I just got a higher paying job so that helps…)
I read this post, even though it's an old one and I have to agree with the fact that tips are confusing. I tip 20% standard at restaurants but it's so hard to tell for everything else. Especially take out! And now places pre-authorize your card for something like 15% when they swipe it assuming you will give them a tip, even at a takeout place like sierra grill. I find this to be frustrating. I never had to tip before unless it was exceptional and now I feel pressured.
I also got hung up on your note at the top and wanted to ask you a question.
"Several readers have suggested that one way for Get Rich Slowly to retain my voice although I'm no longer a regular contributor is to re-publish old articles like this."
I know you have guest writers and have built up your business and your blog substantially. Can you tell me how you got followers at the start? Was there a long time where you waited to gain these followers or did you actively search for them? I know the key is posting relevant information, but there are so many groups and I was just wondering if there are some standards I can follow. I am currently trying to reach out to rally enthusiasts and I would like to be strategic about it. Or at least consistent.
Do you find that your followers are still there and you have the same statistics now that you don't write as many posts yourself?
I am a server, and though many people tip the 15%, 20% or more, but I find even as an experienced, capable server that many people tip 10% on great service for seemingly no reason. I think it also depends on where they are from (people that come from countries which do not have the same tipping amounts often tip differently), how they are raised, whether they have ever worked in the serving industry, etc. I always tip 20% because I feel like I owe it to my fellow servers
Wait, we're supposed to tip hotel cleaning staff and furniture delivery people? What the what?
(Also, we had never heard of tipping a pizza delivery person until my cousin worked as one when he was in college. He made *exceptional* amounts of money at that job.)
One night at a motel in Steamboat Springs, CO, we had a pizza delivered, didn't tip the guy, and he keyed our car (okay, we assumed he did it–discovered it shortly after he left). We always tip our pizza delivery people now, even when our car is safely stowed away in the garage.
Ummmm, if I think the pizza delivery person keyed my car, I would be talking to the manager of the joint (see if there have been other complaints), not rewarding them for vandalism. Sooner or later they're going to key the wrong car. I know people (thankfully I'm no longer close friends with them) that would be more than happy to key their eyeballs out. Just sayin'.
For hotel maids I normally give $5 a day. Furniture movers get about $10 each, but if I'm moving a whole apartment, as opposed to having something delivered, it would be more like $100 total.
Absolutely tip hotel cleaning staff. They work very hard for you, cleaning up your messes, and they are paid at very low levels. And if you tip them you get better service too. See my 3 points about tipping hotel housekeeping staff in an earlier response.
I think I've got the rest of the tipping down, but I have no idea how to give a holiday tip to our paper delivery person. They always put a holiday card in our paper in December, but there's no address in there, and I've never even seen this person! How do I track them down to give them $15? This is a real question, BTW, not a rhetorical one.
Hi Trina, I'd recommend calling the paper company, letting them know you'd really like to show your appreciation to your delivery person, and asking them if they have suggestions for how.
I have always wondered about tipping grocery carry out. When you shop at a commessary on a military installation, all the baggers and carry-out work for tips only. I was never sure how much to give them, and since a lot of time tips are around 10% so if I bought $200 in groceries, I tipped $20. One day, I did this and the young lady I gave it to got really excited and asked if I was sure this was what I wanted to tip of course I gave it to her, but ever since I am always unsure about how much to tip anyone. Thank you so much for this article.
Every time I see an article like this it floors me that it's recommended to tip all these people.
What always ESPECIALLY gets me is the holiday tip. The logistics of most of them just seem nearly impossible.
Let's take a look the garbage collector. He drives a trunk with a claw on the side. You obviously can't put the tip in the can (will get thrown away) or on top (won't be seen, especially in the darkness of winter), so how are you supposed to get it to him?
I guess I understand people like the babysitter, nanny or housekeeper. However, I also feel that if you think they need a holiday bonus (when no one else gets them) then you should be paying them more in the first place.
All of this discussion has reminded me that back when I waited tables in college, we were required to report 8% of our total sales as "tips" on our time sheet when we clocked out. This is so it would get reported on our W-2′s as taxable income. (I know, I know, you're "supposed" to claim it all, but that was all the feds would raise an eyebrow at in those days.)
If we had not actually made 8% in tips, we had to claim all of it. If the total of wage + tips per hour did not reach federal minimum wage (at the time, around $4.25/hour), then the employer was required to make it up. Of course, if the customer paid with a credit card, 100% of the tips were claimed automatically via the POS system, and we didn't have to factor that in. I stopped waiting tables in the mid 90′s so I have no idea what the norm is now…
@Megan E.
I really liked your comment. It's blunt but it clears up a lot of wishy washy questions. Thanks!
I don't think I HAVE to tip if the service was not up to par with my expectations and it WAS the server's fault.
I have dined at a place where it was not busy at all and the wait staff seemed more interested in conversations amongst each other, talking about their plans for the weekend, rather than filling my water glass or gasp! cleaning off the sticky residue from the table. Their lack of attention (even screwed up my food order), coupled with ignorance resulted in a 'keep the change' tip, which was less than one dollar. And no, I have not been back there since. I did fill out the customer survey on the receipt and no one got back to me.
I also believe in tipping well if the service was incredible. If the service staff was attentive and helpful, I do tip well! Sometimes, I have even asked to speak to a manager. While this freaks the server out, having worked in the service industry, I know what a compliment can mean to the manager.
I have worked in the service sector for over ten years. Good service is rewarded. Bad service is not. I am not entitled to any extra benefits (such as tips) – I work for them. I knew that going into the role and I do what I do to go above and beyond the call of duty.
That looks about right for tipping a waiter, 15-20%… with the caveat that if the bill is small ($10 or less), I will usually tip a higher percentage and leave at least $3 for their time…
I feel as if some of these are extreme for the average person yet very helpful information depending on the lifestyle.
20% is my standard for dining out especially in metropolitian areas where the COL is higher. I've even tipped close to 25% at places where I'm a regular or if the service was particularly exceptional.
I can't get too carried away though because I simply don't have the money to let myself carry away… so for most of these, I just do it on my own.
We work part-time as janitors for a law office and an accounting office, both successful businesses. They've never given us a holiday tip, not in 10 years. I don't think too highly of them (to put it mildly), but we keep working diligently anyway.
P.S. to lawyers and accountants – don't leave confidential information about your clients lying around… YOUR janitors might not be as ethical as we are.
Why is the money we give a postal carrier or the cleaning crew considered a tip, but notice no one has talked about the expected gift to a teacher at Christmas? I wonder if it is because we consider the latter more professional of a position. We tip those who are lower on the social ladder and give gifts to those who are "equal" to us.
I'm not saying teachers don't deserve a thoughtful gift at the holidays or at the end of the school year, but I do find the distinction interesting. Currently I'm moving from giving Christmas gifts to workers at my kids' Parent's Day Out program to giving tokens to my son's preschool teacher.
I'm already thinking about it, and I realize that with the daycare workers, I was more inclined to just give money or a gift card to a grocery store. But to the teacher with a child development degree who is presumably making more money, I lean towards giving a very different kind of gift. It's not a bonus but a token of regard for the work they do.
Anyway, interesting distinction in my mind.
I would be interested to read an article on how tipping can co-exist with a GRS/frugal mentality. I find so many of these categories mind-boggling that people actually tip for. I guess we each have to make our own code and live by it as far as who is deserving of a tip and who is not. I certainly have, and most of the services on the list I either do not use because of expected tip or I just don't do it and don't care what they think. I often get take-out from restaurants because I don't want to tip the server. After reading this I will consider adding something in the future. I also wonder if high-tippers are the same people giving money on the street? Not that they are the same thing at all, but is it a similar mentality – that you want to be regarded as generous by the people surrounding you? This dovetails with the politeness article a few days ago.
I mostly cook at home, but hubby and I have two sets of tip rules when we go out to eat. At dinner we tend to start at 15% and go up or down from there. We rarely go to the so called casual dinning chains, and we go out to eat about twice a year, so a 20 or 30 % tip for a special dinner is anticipated and part of the budget for the night. We have certainly left less, but our plan says we will pay for the service we get. When we go out to breakfast(only on vacation) we actually start at 20%. This is not the champagne brunch, but the coffee and eggs diner food. The waiter/waitress does just as much work (how many times did they refill that coffee), but the plates tend to be less. Wage rules don't take this into account, but I do when I tally up the tip.
I think tipping has gotten out of hand. Don't get me wrong – when I go into a sit-down restaurant, I tip. I go in expecting to tip 15% (more if the service is exceptional), and if I end up tipping less it is because I have been disappointed in the service. I'll tip a cab driver, pizza delivery guy or bartender. I have no problem with what I consider "normal" tips.
However I am not going to tip a housekeeper at a hotel. I am paying for someone to clean the room as part of what I am paying for the room. I am not going to pay a tip a furniture delivery guy since I am paying to have my things delivered.
I am not going to give special "tips" for the holidays, though I love giving gifts to those I have a personal relationship with (I would assume that maid and nanny would be included under that).
Finally someone who agrees with me about hotel housekeepers/furniture delivery, etc. I also feel this way at take out places, if they deliver I'll tip, if I'm picking up, no tip. I am already paying the hotel for the service, why should I pay for it a second time in a tip, it is the hotel's responsibility to make sure housekeeping is properly compensated for their level of effort and rewarding/punishing better/worse service. I also generally only have housekeeping clean 1-2x/week and that is basically a change the towels and make the bed sort of thing. If I make a big mess, then I will tip because cleaning that is above and beyond their normal job. (Also, they need to stop moving my toothbrush when they clean the bathroom. I mean really, I put that in my mouth, I don't want someone I don't know touching it.)
As far as restaurants, I look at it as the price goes to the restaurant to pay for the food/atmosphere and the tip goes to the server to cover the service. My standard is 20% but I usually stick to the 15-25% range. Although I would love to live somewhere that tips are all included in the menu price.
Only once have I not left a tip at a sit down restaurant. But lets be honest, when its a restaurant that you need reservations to get in, a certain level of service/attentiveness is expected, especially when the place isn't full like that night. Waiting 15min after being seated for the server to show up, 10min to come back with the drinks (beer and wine, not like they had to use the blender or anything), having emply glasses sitting on the table for more than 15min trying to get their attention for a refill, another 15min from finishing the food to get their attention for a dessert menu, then almost half an hour between between bringing dessert to showing up with the check. And all the while paying extra attention to the table right next to us but never even looking over to see if we needed anything. That level of service completely ruined what was meant to be a nice night out at a fancy restaurant and deserves no tip.
I tip the gas station attendant whenever they take the time to clean my windows. I feel like they have done something additional they did not have to do.
Where in the world are there still gas station attendants versus just the cashier? I haven't seen one of those in probably 20 years.
why not transit drivers ..they can help save you money by giving you bus travel info that will save money on a cab.
Also tell you how to get to common tourist places and what to see there.
The bus route in front of you hotel the driver can help you find a drug, grocery and 7-11 stores.
they are a great source of information for the city you are visiting
You should tip anyone who you believe has provided you with good service. I even once had such a horrible experience with a waiter that I left a dollar on the table. However, I tipped the manager because he was very apologetic for my servers poor service, refilled my drinks, and brought out my food-essentially did the servers job. I also asked him to give a tip to the cook for my because my food was delicious. I very often tip the cooks, whether it is cash or buying them a drink. I understand that servers dont make as much money per hour as other jobs, but I don't believe they work as hard as others. I have worked both front of house and back of house and know that back of house is MUCH more difficult. I also know that on a busy night I'd make over 200$ FOH as opposed to 80$ BOH. Good service deserves a good tip (20-25%) average service and average tip (12-18%) and poor service a poor tip (0-10%). I do believe you should tip anyone you deal with who is exceptionally helpful, whether it is customary or not.
It is never okay to not tip your server. Even if you think the server did an awful job, you should still leave at least 4%. Most servers tip out their bartenders, busses, and hostesses. It's automatic. If you don't leave anything, the server has to pay that 4% out of pocket for you to eat out.


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Title in Chinese –北京遇上西雅图
Title in Pinyin – Bei Jing Yu Shang Xi Yu Tu
Genre – Romance
Subject/theme – A woman goes to the US to give birth to an illegitimate child
Language – Mandarin
Region – China
Release date
China – 21 March 2013
Hong Kong – 28 March 2013
USA – 8 November 2013
Director – Xiao Lu Xue
Cast & Role Played
Tang Wei – Jia Jia
Wu Xiubo – Frank
Monica Song – younger Julie
Jessica Song – older Julie
When Jia jia becomes pregnant to her rich and corrupt married boyfriend, she goes to Seattle to give birth. The plan is to avoid a scandal and return to China once the storm blows over. She is met at Seattle airport by a taxi driver Frank who takes her to a small home that acts as an illegal hostel for pregnant Chinese women.
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The Condamine River, part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. It rises on Mount Superbus, South East Queensland's highest peak, on the inland side of the Great Dividing Range and although only about 100 km from the Queensland coast, the Condamine flows north west across the Darling Downs, then west.[2]
The catchment covers 13,292 km².[3] The headwaters of the river rise on the slopes of Mount Superbus, part of the Main Range, before passing through Cambanoora Gorge. The river flows through the towns of Killarney and Warwick, while the tributary Gowrie Creek drains the slopes around Toowoomba.
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Water from the Condamine River is used for town water supply and for irrigation. Leslie Dam on Sandy Creek, a tributary of the Condamine, is the main water reservoir for Warwick. Talgai Weir is a small weir that can hold 640 ML near Clifton.[4] Other water storage facilities on the Condamine River include the Yarramalong Weir, Lemon Tree Weir, Loudoun Weir, Tipton Weir and the Cecil Plains Weir. The Condamine River is reduced to a series of drying ponds during droughts in Australia.
The Condamine was named by Allan Cunningham in 1827 for Thomas de la Condamine, a former aide-de-camp to Governor Ralph Darling who became the colony's first Collector of Internal Revenue. Patrick Leslie was the first white settler in the area. He established Canning Downs in 1840, near Warwick.
Major Thomas Mitchell crossed the Balonne River on St George's Day, 23 April 1846. The next year 1847 Ludwig Leichhardt went to examine the course of the Condamine River.
2010–2011 Queensland floods[edit]
The Condamine and its catchment area were involved in the 2010–2011 Queensland floods. During the floods the river reached a record peak at Condamine of 15.25 metres and another peak of 14.67 m.[5]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Map of Condamine River, QLD". Bonzle.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ a b Shaw, John H., Collins Australian Encyclopedia, Collins, Sydney, 1984, ISBN 0-00-217315-8
- ^ "State of the Rivers report: Condamine River". Department of Environment and Resource Management. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ a b Harrison, Rod; Ernie James; Chris Sully; Bill Classon; Joy Eckermann (2008). Queensland Dams. Bayswater, Victoria: Australian Fishing Network. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-86513-134-4.
- ^ "Flood Warning System for the Condamine River to Cotswold". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 March 2012.


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Some of you may have heard about our exciting news over the weekend. For those of you who haven't, this weekend was the first time our blog has gotten media coverage! I know it may be small beans compared to some blogs but we were pretty excited. I had kept it pretty hush-hush until I actually saw it with my own eyes. Last month at our Best Greenlake Weiner Walk Yet I stood up at the … [Read more...]


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Liberman: Israeli-Palestinian conflict not at heart of Middle East problems
'Hague Day' brings into focus decisions by ICC that could have major ramifications for Israel
Senior defense official: No operational reason to build West Bank Battir barrier at present
'The Syrian war is not our conflict, but we are preparing for day this changes'
Israel, Hamas indirect talks scheduled for Cairo on Tuesday
Bill limiting future terrorist releases heads to final vote
Cabinet to debate proposal for new Beersheba hospital
*Antibody research paves way for new, better flu drugs*
*Cutting the risk*
Arab Israeli high-tech incubator raises $4.5 million
New research center to produce lasers, advanced detectors for IDF
Security & Defense: Israel's first network-centric war
Energy Ministry to allocate NIS 122m. to bring natural gas, improve energy efficiency in South
Theater Review: Ghosts
A new day for dance
Bain backed by Goldhar to lead Maccabi Tel Aviv to success
Davidovich scales podium at windsurfing Worlds
Beersheba up and running with first win of season
Hap TA looks to maintain momentum in Kiryat Shmona
Legendary Mossad operative behind some of spy agency's most daring operations dies at 87
Man stung to death by bees
Bennett widens agreement to promote integration of disabled into workforce
British Labor Party chief Miliband to walk tightrope on Israel at conference in Manchester
Israeli captured in combat in Ukraine freed in prisoner exchange
Poland to be Rivlin's first trip abroad as President
London council removes signs telling women which side of road to walk down
Israel and West Hollywood launch HIV/AIDS task force
Iranian television report shows footage of cameras installed by IAEA at nuclear facility
Iran's Zarif hails 'new chapter' in Saudi ties
King Abdullah says Jordan successfully fended off Islamic State and secured its borders
Islamic State takes aim at Egypt through Sinai terror group
Kerry meets with Iran's Zarif in New York to discuss nuclear talks, ISIS
Letters to the editor, September 22, 2014
Center field: Next Year, let's pass the (kosher) 'marshmallow test'
The secret of Islamic State's success
Terra Incognita: The West's axis of evil friends
Selichot – desire and trust
Tikkun olam in Hebrew
Report from the battlefield
Report from the battlefild
Comfort from calvin
Arrivals: The librarian and the gardener – but not what you think
The anatomy of murder
Finding Eichmann guilty
Different paths to a sweet New Year
Distilling Jerusalem sounds
This Week in Jerusalem
Grapevine: Welcome to the neighborhood
A little slice of Europe
Happily Eva After: Roundup: Rosh Hashana reflections
Climb every mountain
City Notes: Tze'elon beach closed due to dangerous vegetation
Still strange bedfellows: Human evil and human progress
Sino-Indian ties: Need for patience
Some good news from the Gaza front
Does moderate Islam exist?
A song for ELUL: 'The song of the land
סִדְרַת סְטֶנְד-אַפְּ חֲדָשָה: קוֹמֶדִי בִּיט
גִיבּוֹרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מְקַבְּלֵי עִיטוּר הַגְבוּרָה
גֶ'אז בְּעִבְרִית
Slichot and the city
Despite war, Breslov Hassidim plan on making Ukraine pilgrimage
Q&A: Why no war can stop David Broza's music
Mossad launches new site and recruitment campaign
Dennis Rodman is not going to the Middle East to meet ISIS leaders
Naples, Florida – a little corner of paradise
WATCH: US embassy helps Israeli Arab school heal in wake of gruesome murder of beloved principal
Scores of lone soldiers reunited with family flown in for holidays
Revivre l'histoire à Zikhron Moshé
Le stade flambant neuf de la capitale, nouveau fief de l'Hapoel Jerusalem
Quand Roméo et Juliette s'appellent Reouven et Djamila
Jeunes, braves et valeureux : la nouvelle génération des soldats de Tsahal
Oh les filles, oh les filles…
Revisiter le sionisme
Préserver l'héritage des Juifs de Tunisie
Ton peuple sera mon peuple
Réseau d'alliances
Malgré quelques revers, l'Etat islamique se porte bien
Israël et la « coalition virtuelle » contre le Hamas
Sous la coupe de l'Etat islamique en Syrie
Le problème avec l'UNRWA
David Azrieli, 1922-2014
Dimanche 13 juillet
Deux familles, une histoire
Après Goldstone, un certain « Rapport Schabas »
Boucler la boucle
Sondage : la victoire de Tsahal à Gaza
L'épreuve de la dissuasion
Pas de trêve pour Bibi
Remembering Those who Perished in the 9/11 Terror Attacks
500 Christians for Israel Plant Trees in the Galilee
Trail Race in Memory of the Sons of the Druze Community
Canadian Young Leadership Solidarity Mission to Israel
European Parliament Member Bastiaan Belder Tours the Negev
KKL-JNF Helps Chile Deal with the Gall Wasp Pest
KKL-JNF and Fair Planet in Ethiopia–Seeds of Hope
KKL-JNF at United Nations Committee of Forestry Conference
KKL-JNF Tree and Plant Nurseries
Care of the Forests Continues Even in a Sabbatical Year
Nevatim Celebrates 60 Years and Dedicates a New Reservoir
European Leadership Conference 2014 - Brussels, Belgium
The KKL-JNF Europe Young Leadership Conference
KKL-JNF Office Opens in New Zealand
KKL-JNF Leaders at ELC meet with the EU Parliament
Addressing Climate Change Conference
Nurturing the Foresters of the Future
Saving the Sabras
Ma'alot 360 Scholarship Recipients from Australia Tour Israel
09.22.2014 | 27 Elul, 5774
Ban Ki-moon to address UN Climate Summit, set the groundwork for global climate action agreement
British MPs to vote on motion calling for Palestinian state
Report: Belgium prevented jihadist attacks
Islamic State creates police force in northwest Iraq
Scottish voters reject independence
US Senate votes to arm Syrian rebels
British MPs to vote on calls for Palestinian state
West warns Iran it must address nuclear bomb fears
Scotland begins voting in historic independence referendum
Watch: New ISIS video resembles Hollywood blockbuster movie trailer
Man abducted by ISIS with Sotloff: 'I did my best to save him'
New York man charged with trying to help Islamic State
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Ottawa eyes Iranian embassy over recruitment
John Baird Canada.
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Canada is keeping tabs on the Iranian Embassy to ensure that diplomats do not
"interfere with the liberties" of Iranian-Canadian civilians, the National Post
quoted Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird as saying on Friday.This
after allegations surfaced that the Islamic Republic was using its embassy to
recruit ethnic Iranians."Canada has taken a very tough stance against
the regime in Tehran, and we won't allow them to disrupt the freedom and
liberties of Canadians of Iranian origin," Baird said.The issue has made
headlines across Canada after Hamid Mohammadi, cultural counselor at the
embassy, urged ethnic Iranians to "occupy high-level key positions" and "resist
being melted into the dominant Canadian culture."Baird slammed Mohammadi
for his remarks, saying "It is completely inconsistent with any diplomatic
mission for the Iranian mission in Ottawa to interfere with the liberties they
enjoy in Canada," the National Post reported.Earlier last week, Baird
said Ottawa would "take action" against foreign embassies trying to breach
Canadian or international law.Elsewhere in Canada on Friday, a Quebec
woman was charged with terrorism after trying to aid the Lebanese Hezbollah
terrorist organization, according to the Globe and Mail.
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But just when I thought I had this story figured it out, it spun me like a game of spin the bottle. Lucy has some big secrets and Gene embarks on a dangerous life-changing journey and road trip to help her.Whippersnappers: Gene is a horny teen so there is talk of certain body parts and woodies. As the story progresses there is sex, drug usage, and mentions of violent anti-war activism. There is also some religious ponderings and profanity. However, none of it felt gratuitous and our beloved Gene is a good guy through it all.
Wooed: One of my favorite parts of this story is that it really made me see 1969. In a way it's historical fiction. It opened my eyes to what it must have been like to be a teen then. It made me ponder how those things could shape a person. It helped me understand an entire generation a bit better. I feel like I get that summer and all it's complexities and contradictions way more now.
Warning: The ending is what Mr. Whimsy called a "dude ending". It wraps up all the strings but doesn't completely flesh it out.
Words aloud: It took me a minute to adjust to the author's fast-paced unpolished narration style but once I did I was hooked. I think it made the story more authentic and ultimately by the end of the story I was so convinced John was Gene that I had to remind myself this is a work of fiction. Mr. Whimsy said, "I wish all narrators read at that pace." If you find the speed is too much, remember your iPod allows you to adjust the speed on audiobooks.
Wrapping: I don't love this cover. Maybe if it was zoomed in a bit more à la Almost Famous.
Wind-up: Lucy in the Sky was written and narrated by John Vorhaus and is 6 hours and 42 minutes long. Audiobook rating: 4 stars. Narrator rating: 4 stars.


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NEW YORK – The Rangers clearly outplayed Boston for large
stretches of their wild 3-2 victory Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
Still, this was possibly their most improbable win of the season.
Why? Because they got goals from a guy who hadn't scored
for 21 games, another guy who scored only his second goal of the season, and a
third fellow who scored his first goal at Madison Square Garden as a Ranger in
Ales Kotalik, Erik Christensen, and Christopher Higgins, respectively.
Higgins' goal was the biggest, though. After Boston
scored twice in a 1:26 minute span starting at 14:33 of the third, Higgins streaked
down the far side and found a hole from a bad angle for his first goal at MSG,
and fifth of the season.
"It kind of figures that that's the one that goes in,"
said Higgins, who had a crowd of players around his locker congratulating him
as the media were allowed into the locker room. "I've missed better scoring
chances than that. Fortunately, it came at the right time. Points have been
difficult to come by for a lot of players including myself this year, so to be
able to contribute obviously feels good."
"Big contributions from those guys," said Brandon
Dubinsky after assisting on the first two Rangers goals. "In respect for Chris
and Ales, those guys both can put pucks in the net. We know that here, and we've
known that all year. Hopefully this opens the door for them, gives them more opportunities,
and maybe a little more confidence to net a few more. We could use goals on
this team, we can't rely on Gabby to score every single night and score every
single goal for us."
Ales Kotalik was the first member of the not-many-goals
club to net one for the Rangers, who won for only the eighth time this year
that Marian Gaborik has not scored. After Ryan Callahan impressively won a
battle on the wall, Kotalik took Dubinsky's set-up and wired it past Boston
netminder Tuukka Rask for New York's first goal.
"When you find yourself in this kind of situation, slump,
in a hole, you're reaching for anything that can help you to get back," said
Kotalik, who snapped a personal goal-less streak of 21 games. "I've been trying
to put the work in and trying to get some shots on the net. They've been there
in the slump, but the pucks haven't gone in and they've been breakaways, open
nets for me and nothing was going in. Today, I was fortunate to get one in."
"I thought we played real well in all facets of the game,"
Rangers coach John Tortorella said after breathing a large sigh of relief
before beginning his post-game press conference. "I thought our fore checking
was much better tonight, we were patient through the neutral zone as far as
getting through their trap."
The home standing Blueshirts (20-17-5) scored the game's
second goal when Brandon Dubinsky made a splendid tip pass of a Michael Del
Zotto head-man to Christensen, who broke in, protected the puck beautifully,
and one-handed the puck through Rask's five-hole.
"It's about being consistent and patient," said Kotalik. "Against
a team like Boston, who's jamming the neutral zone and waiting for your mistakes
and turnovers, it's not pretty. You have to grind it out. Even though we let
them come back today, we found a way."
"It's someone else scoring a goal," said Tortorella of
his team's three secondary scorers. "I thought Koats [Kotalik] played better
tonight, not only on the power-play, but a lot five-on-five, and Higgy scores
the winner there. He's a guy that's been playing well in all areas but has just
not scored. He comes through with a big goal."
Boston (21-13-7), playing for the first time since Friday's
Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, looked lethargic over the first 55 minutes, and
that's being kind. But they woke up with just over five minutes left, and with
the Rangers on a power play. David Krejci found Blake Wheeler all alone in the
slot. The blown defensive coverage allowed Matt Hunwick to score the Bruins'
first goal at 14:33 before Wheeler beat Lundqvist over the glove with 4:01 left
in the game to tie it.
"We can't attempt to win hockey games playing the way we
are, just showing up for a period or a half period," said Bruins coach Claude
Julien. "We get ourselves back into the game and get excited. We didn't even
deserve a point tonight. We didn't get it – we didn't deserve it."
"I was still angry from the first goal," said goaltender
Henrik Lundqvist, who stopped 26 shots. "At that time of the game, to give up a
shorthanded goal, that's a tough one. Then the big scramble, I don't know what
happened. I had a guy behind me, I couldn't move in my crease, then they found the
But then came the heroics of Higgins, who told reporters
his 14-year-old brother has been chirping about his inability to score in this
building. His was a tally that sent MSG into delirium, and had his teammates
delivering platitudes they haven't had a chance to deliver all season.
"I think everyone's really happy for Higgy tonight," said
Christensen. "There's a lot of guys that are struggling – even Ales tonight,
you guys and fans can be critical of these guys, and they feel it. It's amazing
what one goal, no matter how it goes in, what that can do for someone's
confidence. We're not robots, we sometimes feel a little down in the dumps when
things aren't going well. It's amazing what a goal, no matter how pretty or
ugly it is, your confidence can turn a 180."
"That's a big goal," Lundqvist said. "It was a weird last
five minutes. We were still angry, even after we scored the third one we were
angry it was that close a game. We had five minutes left and a power play with a
2-0 lead. We should control that."
"We played a strong game, let up a little bit, especially
on the shorthanded one," said Higgins. "We were playing well. We were confident
we were going to win, even after they tied it up. People might not believe us,
but we felt it on the bench that we were still going to win."
New York took a too-many-men penalty in the first period,
their seventh bench minor of the season. Only Phoenix, New Jersey, Boston,
Colorado, Ottawa and the Rangers have seven or more bench minors.
Dubinsky's first assist gave him 100 points in his NHL
Lundqvist has held opponents to two or fewer goals in 12
of his last 15 games, and has started 16 straight for the Rangers, his longest
streak since the 2006-'07 season (19 games).
The Rangers scored three goals in a game for the first
time since December 23 vs. Florida, a 4-1 win.
New York is now 4-1-2 against Original Six teams this


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We thought we would ease your pain and hunger by revealing the immense progress that is being conducted in Tiny's right now.
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HR Roundtable panelist Michael Haberman discusses the benefits of meaningful work when it comes to retaining good employees:
Despite the large number of people that have been laid-off in the last 6 months or so there are companies that are still concerned about employee commitment. Not all employers think they have a captive group because of the economy. Talented people still leave jobs and find new ones. And in many cases companies are relying even more heavily on these talented people for the continued success of the company. So they search for ways to retain this talent.
Consultant and blogger Cathy Missildine-Martin asked, in a blog post at Profitability Through Human Capital, the following question: "What do our employees commit to at work?" She answered the question with the following:
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Regulatory News:
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (STO:HMB):
1 December 2012 – 31 August 2013
· The H&M Group's sales including VAT increased in local currencies by 8 percent in the first nine months of the financial year. Sales in comparable units decreased by 2 percent. Converted into SEK, sales excluding VAT amounted to SEK 92,067 m (88,297), an increase of 4 percent.
· Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 15,189 m (15,649). The Group's profit after tax amounted to SEK 11,544 m (11,580), corresponding to SEK 6.97 (7.00) per share.
· The H&M Group's sales including VAT increased in local currencies by 12 percent in the third quarter. Converted into SEK, sales excluding VAT amounted to SEK 32,040 m (28,806). Sales in comparable units increased by 2 percent.
· Gross profit amounted to SEK 18,828 m (16,771), corresponding to a gross margin of 58.8 percent (58.2).
· Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 5,830 m (4,895). The Group's profit after tax amounted to SEK 4,431 m (3,622), corresponding to SEK 2.68 (2.19) per share, an increase of 22 percent.
· H&M's online store in the US, launched in August, has got off to a good start.
· H&M's first stores in Lithuania and Serbia were very well received on opening in August.
· Sales increased by 8 percent in local currencies in the period 1 September – 24 September 2013 compared to the same period last year. The full month of September will have a negative calendar effect of approximately 2 percentage points for the H&M Group.
Comments by CEO Karl-Johan Persson
"The third quarter has been very good as regards both sales and profits. Profits after financial items increased by nearly SEK 1 billion. Our well received summer collections have resulted in strong sales development in the quarter, particularly in Asia but also in a number of European markets. We have also seen the very successful launch of our online store in the US in August and can see that our offering stands up well in the world's largest online market.
Our expansion is strong. It is not long since we opened our 2,000th store in 2010, and this September – only three years later – we opened our store number 3,000 in Chengdu, one of China's major cities. China is the country where our expansion is strongest, but we are also expanding in other exciting regions. We have opened 215 new stores so far this year and have had successful openings in four new H&M countries: Chile, Lithuania, Serbia and Estonia. In October this year we will open in another country in Southeast Asia – in Indonesia via franchise – and in the first half of 2014 we will open our first store in Melbourne, Australia. In 2015 we plan to open in South Africa.
We are also continuing to work on our other brands as well as on our global roll-out of online shopping with the aim of launching our online store in more markets during 2014. Expansion continues for our other brands, especially COS and & Other Stories, which continue to do well and will expand even more rapidly next year."
The information in this Interim Report is that which H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) is required to disclose under Sweden's Securities Market Act. It will be released for publication at 8.00 (CET) on 26 September 2013. This Interim Report, and other information about H&M, is available at www.hm.com.
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H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) was founded in Sweden in 1947 and is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. The company's business concept is to offer fashion and quality at the best price. In addition to H&M, the group includes the brands COS, Monki, Weekday, Cheap Monday, & Other Stories as well as H&M Home. The H&M Group has more than 3,000 stores in 52 markets including franchise markets. In 2012, sales including VAT were SEK 140,948 million and the number of employees was more than 104,000. For further information, visit www.hm.com.
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Daktarin gold cream (ketoconazole)
|Main use
|Active ingredient
|Fungal skin infections
How does it work?
Daktarin gold cream contains the active ingredient ketoconazole, which is a type of medicine called an antifungal. It is used to treat infections with fungi and yeasts.
Ketoconazole kills fungi and yeasts by interfering with their cell membranes. It works by stopping the fungi from producing a substance called ergosterol, which is an essential component of fungal cell membranes. The disruption in production of ergosterol disrupts the fungal cell membrane, causing holes to appear in it.
The cell membranes of fungi are vital for their survival. They keep unwanted substances from entering the cells and stop the contents of the cells from leaking out. As ketoconazole causes holes to appear in the cell membranes, essential constituents of the fungal cells can leak out. This kills the fungi and treats the infection.
Daktarin gold cream is used to treat athletes foot, sweat rash and jock itch, which are all fungal infections of the skin.
To treat athletes foot the cream should be applied to the affected areas twice a day, usually for a week for mild cases. More severe or extensive cases may take longer to clear up.
To treat jock itch or sweat rash the cream should be applied to the affected area(s) of skin once or twice a day. It may take up to six weeks of treatment to clear up these infections. If there is no improvement in your symptoms after four weeks of treatment you should consult your doctor for advice.
Ask your pharmacist for further advice on treating your particular infection.
What is it used for?
- Athlete's foot (tinea pedis).
- Ringworm of the groin or jock itch (tinea cruris).
- Candida infections - of skin folds (sweat rash), eg in the groin or under the armpits or breasts.
- This medicine is for external use only. It should not be taken by or used inside the mouth. Avoid contact with the eyes.
- Wash and dry the skin thoroughly before applying the cream. Unless the infected skin is on your hands, wash your hands after applying the cream to avoid spreading the infection to other areas of the body, or to other people.
- It is important to keep using this medicine for two or three days after the symptoms of the infection have cleared up. This is to ensure that the infection is fully treated and thus prevent it coming back.
- If symptoms persist consult your doctor.
Not to be used in
- Known sensitivity or allergy to any of the ingredients.
This medicine should not be used if you are allergic to one or
any of its ingredients. Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if you have
previously experienced such an
If you feel you have experienced an allergic reaction, stop using this medicine and inform your doctor or pharmacist immediately.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Certain medicines should not be used during pregnancy or breastfeeding. However, other medicines may be safely used in pregnancy or breastfeeding providing the benefits to the mother outweigh the risks to the unborn baby. Always inform your doctor if you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, before using any medicine.
- This medicine is not absorbed into the bloodstream from the skin and thus should not be harmful if used during pregnancy. However, as with all medicines, you should seek medical advice from your doctor before using this medicine if you are pregnant.
- This medicine is not absorbed into the bloodstream from the skin and can be safely used during breastfeeding. However, avoid applying the cream on or near the breasts before feeding to prevent the nursing infant accidentally ingesting it. Seek further medical advice from your doctor or pharmacist.
Side effects
Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with this medicine. Because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.
- Burning sensation.
- Irritation of the skin.
- Rash.
- Allergic skin reactions such as contact dermatitis.
The side effects listed above may not include all of the side
effects reported by the drug's
For more information about any other possible risks associated with this medicine, please read the information provided with the medicine or consult your doctor or pharmacist.
How can this medicine affect other medicines?
This medicine is not absorbed into the bloodstream and does not affect other medicines.
Other medicines containing the same active ingredient
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If you go into Northampton County Judge Emil Giordano's courtroom, you're likely to meet his mother-in-law.
If you appear before Judge Michael Koury Jr. in the same Easton courthouse, the first person to greet you could be his uncle.
Giordano and Koury have hired relatives, a practice that — if they weren't judges — would be prohibited in Northampton County government. But the state's judiciary has never enacted rules barring nepotism, and employing family members is not unheard of in the courts, unlike in some other public sectors.
Critics say that is a throwback to a best-forgotten era when family connections meant more than merit. The state bar association says it should change, and has recommended Pennsylvania's courts ban such hires, as all but two other states have.
The issue has been under a microscope recently after two Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices and the family members who worked for them fell under public scrutiny.
In May, disgraced former Justice Joan Orie Melvin was sentenced to house arrest, as was her sister and former secretary, Janine Orie, after being convicted of using state-paid staff to run her campaigns for office in 2003 and 2009.
Another justice, Seamus McCaffery, came under criticism in March for the referral fees that his wife, who is his top judicial aide, received from law firms she connected clients to, including one for $821,000.
Employing relatives "raises eyebrows" even if they are qualified for their jobs, said Lynn Marks, executive director of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, a Philadelphia reform group.
"The harm is that there's favoritism in the judiciary," Marks said. "It has somewhat the appearance of impropriety, even if it may not be improper at all."
Giordano and Koury are among three judges in Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks, Carbon, Monroe and Montgomery counties with family members working for them, according to interviews and public information requests by The Morning Call. The other is Montgomery County Judge Gary Silow, whose wife, Mary, is his secretary, a $53,775-a-year post.
Giordano's and Koury's relatives work as court officers, a job with part-time hours and full-time benefits that is traditionally held in the county by retirees from other professions who are close to the judges employing them. Often called tipstaffs or court criers, they help keep courtrooms running by tracking down errant attorneys, pointing jurors to bathrooms and the cafeteria, and leading witnesses to the stand.
Anna Goldfeder, Giordano's mother-in-law, earns $22,389 a year. Anthony Koury, Judge Koury's uncle, earns $20,963.
The employment is permitted under a gray area in Pennsylvania's judicial canons, which seem to frown on nepotism. Under the code, judges should make appointments "only on the basis of merit, avoiding favoritism," language that hasn't been interpreted to apply to the hiring of family members.
The rules, put in place by the Supreme Court, cover the state's bench — from the justices themselves, to the appellate courts, to the common pleas judges who preside in county seats across Pennsylvania. But they don't go as far as those enacted for the lowest rung of the judiciary — local district judges — whose standards explicitly include "nepotism" as something that must be avoided in hiring.
The Pennsylvania Bar Association is recommending a ban on nepotism for all judges, part of a comprehensive package of revisions to the judicial canons it endorsed this year. But the change would only take effect going forward, grandfathering in existing hires.
"We recognize that there are a lot of fine judges who have members of their family on staff," said Abraham Reich, co-chairman of the task force that drew up the proposals. "Telling people they have to fire their family members is not what we're doing."
Reich said the change wasn't in response to recent headlines, adding it seeks only to bring Pennsylvania up to national standards.
"It's an issue that we think should be avoided," said Reich, a Philadelphia attorney.
Among state courts, only Pennsylvania, Michigan and Oregon have judicial canons that are silent on nepotism, a review by The Morning Call found.
Six states and the federal courts say judges "should" avoid it, while the remaining 41 states use the even more restrictive "shall" avoid it. That is what the American Bar Association's model code of judicial conduct recommends, and what the Pennsylvania chapter wants the state to adopt.


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Experiencing the spectacle of doomed behavior in local wildlife can be a sad or even heart-wrenching affair for those of us who are diehard animal lovers. Perhaps these situations are all the more heartbreaking upon realizing that climate change is in some way probably at least partly to blame for what amounts to a certain death — by freezing, in this case — approaching the young American Robin chicks, should the eggs now being warmed by the mother bird actually hatch.
This is probably the same American Robin that lost one or more of her chicks to a two story fall onto the driveway below from a nest in the exact same location — on the gutter spout just under the eave — in her second nest of 2012 (late August). (Read post)
As I write this blog post it is MLK Day at 7:30pm CST; the current temperature is a bit over 30 degrees F. Tonight's low temperature in the Nashville, Tennessee area is expected to drop to around 17 degrees F after midnight.
What else but ridiculously warm, unseasonal winter weather could cause such an American Robin to nest in January here in Nashville? Of course, I may be jumping to this conclusion; however, I fear this episode is portentous and that such behavior will occur more and more often as mankind continues to heat up the average temperature of our world.
If you've seen birds nesting in winter locally, I'd appreciate hearing any stories.
Will the female American Robin actually nest through such a deep freeze? We'll see.


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Pico Iyer: Where is home?
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More and more people worldwide are living in countries not considered their own. Writer Pico Iyer — who himself has three or four "origins" — meditates on the meaning of home, the joy of traveling and the serenity of standing still.
Pico Iyer's travel writing chronicles fascinating (and often jarring) examples of cultural mashups. Now he shows how travel can rescue us from our technological distractions.
Acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer began his career documenting a neglected aspect of travel — the sometimes surreal disconnect between local tradition and imported global pop culture. Since then, he has written ten books, exploring also the cultural consequences of isolation, whether writing about the exiled spiritual leaders of Tibet or the embargoed society of Cuba.
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Teaching is both a science and an art, and many teachers around the world spend endless hours perfecting their professional practice. At TEDActive 2013, a few teachers from the United States offer some tricks of the trade they've learned (and continue to hone) along the way.
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"Here's the thing: The Culliver Episode is a net positive for the LGBT community. The takeaway isn't that there are still anti-gay bigots in the NFL, or in non-football life; no, the real takeaway here is that it's no longer cool to hate the gays and be safe from instant, justified persecution."
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Manti Te'o is either very gullible or mildly sociopathic…OR, a third possibility, he's another closeted gay athlete. HERE ARE THE OPTIONS.
An excerpt: There is no evidence to support this. Let me be clear like Obama: I am not calling Manti Te'o a closeted homosexual. But think about the reasons you make up a fake girlfriend, then think about which makes more sense: Boredom, Heisman publicity, or throwing people off the scent of a gay man doing the one thing openly gay men still have never done to this day?
A devout Mormon at a Catholic school, a rugged football player — these are communities that openly reject homosexuality, some of the last remaining vestiges of the decaying closet. There has never been an openly gay athlete in a major American sport, and who knows when that day will come. For now, athletes are pretty freakin' scared to be the first, even though there could be big endorsement dollars in it for them. Wild speculation, perhaps, but maybe Te'o is just another in a long line of players who would rather live the straight life and not take the risk than declare his true self to the sports world.
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Today, we're learning that House Republicans will likely reject the Senate's fiscal cliff patch, a legislative compromise that passed the U.S. Senate 89-8. Speaker Boehner said the Senate must act; it did. Now there's no excuse. The House GOP is dominated by severe conservatives who believe that any and all tax increases are bad. But where are the moderate Republicans right now? I don't understand what's stopping moderate Republicans from assembling 20 or so of their colleagues, crossing the aisle and cutting their own deal? It happens in state legislatures every day. My message to those moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives is simple: Stand up! Right now. The wingnuts are ruining your party and ruining our nation. Cross the aisle, talk to Nancy Pelosi, make a deal.
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Lets kick off with a definition. According to the FAO, Probiotics are
"Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit to the host."
The microorganisms used as probiotics are typically beneficial bacteria such as those belonging to the Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium strains.
For many years I have been a proponent of maintaining a healthy balance of natural micro-flora in the gut. This can aid digestion, control inflammatory bowel disorders, reduce the incidence of localized yeast infections, improve nutrient and vitamin uptake, help recovery from antibiotics as well as reduce diarrhea and stomach upsets. Taking a probiotic may even help support the immune system and reduce the incidence of colds and flu's.
But what about weight loss? Can probiotics improve overall health and help keep us trim?
Well a study by the center for health policy at Standford University School of Medicine found that the use of probiotics can help gastric-bypass patients lose weight more quickly. Research conducted by the John A Burns School Of Medicine suggested that probiotics may help regulate the process by which energy is used by the body. And a study carried out by researches at the Lund University in Sweeden on rats found that adding robotic bateria to the diet reduced weight gain.
So yes, it seems a link can be made. But before we get over-excited, we should stress that probiotics are not a magic diet pill. The effects they have on weight loss are indirect and a function of having an efficient digestive process. They are unlikely to counteract a high calorie diet in themselves.
It follows therefore that our goal when taking probiotics should not be weight loss per se, but improved digestive function and increased overall wellbeing. That's certainly something to strive for in my book.
I'll end with a word of warning: Be careful when choosing a probiotic food or supplement as the labeling in the food supplement industry is relatively unregulated. In particular check for the following two attributes (for more guidance have a look at whatisthebestprobiotic.com:
Quantity: The notion of "adequate amounts" in the definition we included at the head of this post is important and it is where many probiotic supplements and probiotic foods fall short. The measurement you'll come across when looking at probiotics is Colony Forming Units or CFU's and you will generally need billions per dose in order to confer a health benefit. Studies have shown that many so called "probiotic" products do not contain viable bacteria in these quantities.
Strain: Health benefits are determined at the strain level. In other words the same species of probiotic bacteria may have different health effects. So ignore broad generalizations made by vendors at the species level. You should look for independent health claims that are verifiable at the strain level before you proceed.


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