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Green beans work just as well as asparagus if the latter are no longer in season. Steam and refrigerate the asparagus a day ahead; arrange on a platter with the other ingredients a couple of hours before dinner.
8 servings (serving size: about 3 ounces asparagus)
Nutritional Information
Calories 48
Caloriesfromfat 53 %
Fat 2.8 g
Satfat 0.4 g
Monofat 2 g
Polyfat 0.3 g
Protein 2.6 g
Carbohydrate 4.7 g
Fiber 2.4 g
Cholesterol 0.0 mg
Iron 2.5 mg
Sodium 151 mg
Calcium 30 mg
2 pounds fresh asparagus
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil
3 tablespoons minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
3/4 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 garlic clove, minced
Snap off tough ends of asparagus. Steam asparagus, covered, 4 minutes or until crisp-tender. Plunge asparagus into ice water; drain. Place asparagus on a large platter. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle with oil.
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Current EI Fellows
Short Biographies
Ruthie Birger (2016-2018 Cohort)
Ruthie Birger conducted her PhD research in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. She focused on HIV-Hepatitis C coinfection dynamics, using mathematical models to describe both within-patient biological processes and epidemiological impacts of public health interventions. At the Earth Institute, Ruthie will be building on these modeling methods and applying them in an effort to understand the interplay between coinfection with various pathogens and the emergence and evolution of drug resistance in populations and individuals. One of the main goals of this research will be to improve estimates of the scale of the growing problem of drug resistance, in particular in the context of global urbanization.
Madison Condon (2015-2017 Cohort)
Madison Condon received her J.D. from Harvard University and her Masters in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Her research focuses on environmental law, land and water rights, and international trade and investment law. As a Fulbright Fellow based in the Netherlands, she researched the impact of foreign investment on customary water rights in rural Tanzania. Her most recent work examines the integration of environmental treaties into trade agreements. Prior to joining the Earth Institute, Madison clerked for Judge Jane Kelly of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She will be working with the Columbia Water Center on a project on water use in the mining industry. She received a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Columbia University.
Kyle Davis (2016-2018 Cohort)
Kyle received his Ph.D in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia. While there, he examined various human and environmental impacts of the globalizing food system and ways to make future food production more sustainable. Working with Prof. Ruth DeFries and Brian Richter (The Nature Conservancy), he will continue this general line of research at the Earth Institute. He will lead collaborative efforts to examine several case studies which highlight the multiple challenges at the nexus of food, water, and climate change. These teams will develop strategies to simultaneously increase food production, reduce the environmental cost of agriculture, and enhance the climate resilience of farmers.
Robert Elliott (2015-2017 Cohort)
Robert Elliott received his Ph.D in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (CEEM) from Columbia University. During his time at the Earth Institute, he will be researching how to update contemporary infrastructure with eco-technical systems and apply engineering principles observed in living systems to develop more sustainable environments. Specifically, he will work with an interdisciplinary team of scientists to focus on the ability of green infrastructure to improve urban health and livability while mitigating environmental pollution. Projects include designing next-generation green infrastructure components, measuring the efficacy of extant green infrastructure, and multi-scale modeling of various ecosystem services. Robert holds a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Lafayette College.
Xiaohui Feng (2015-2017 Cohort)
Xiaohui received her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana. Her dissertation research investigated the productivity, physiology, community dynamics, and ecological impacts of a grassland agro-ecosystem combining field studies and ecosystem modeling. At the Earth Institute, she will be working with Dr. Maria Uriarte to improve our understanding of global carbon cycle. As a field ecologist and modeler, her research will focus on the investigation of the interactions and feedbacks of tropical forests with climatic changes. Her research goals are to quantify the responses of tropical forests to climate variability including drought, warming and hurricane disturbance and to improve the predictive capacity of terrestrial ecosystem models. Her work will identify the critical scientific gaps and key processes in tropical forest studies, and thus lead to significant improvement in the representation of tropical ecosystems in terrestrial carbon models.
Alexandra Karambelas (2016-2018 Cohort)
Alexandra (Alex) Karambelas received her Ph.D. in Environment and Resources from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. Alex' research focuses on the links between energy, emissions, air quality, and human health outcomes. During her time at The Earth Institute, Alex will work with Drs. Ruth DeFries, Arlene Fiore, and Patrick Kinney to evaluate these connections in northern India. Through this research, she seeks to quantify contributions from various anthropogenic emissions sectors to ambient pollution concentrations and human health outcomes in the region and determine potential sectors for future mitigation. Alex also holds degrees in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (B.S., M.S.) and a certificate in Energy Analysis and Policy from the University of Wisconsin—Madison.
Milad Kharratzadeh (2016-2018 Cohort)
Milad Kharratzadeh received his Ph.D. from McGill University in 2016. His dissertation developed novel multivariate regression schemes with real-world applications. He obtained his M.Eng from McGill University (2012) and his B.Sc from Sharif University (2010). While at the Earth Institute, he will be working with Andrew Gelman, professor of statistics and political science and director of the Applied Statistics Center. Milad will be focusing on the use of hierarchical Bayesian models for analysing environmental, social, and health data. He will also collaborate with researchers at the Data Science Institute at Columbia University.
W. Victoria Lee (2014-2016 Cohort)
Victoria received her Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Cambridge. Her dissertation explored new ways to assess and predict the indoor thermal environment, with a particular focus on health implications. During her time at the Earth Institute Victoria will be working with Dr. Pat Kinney and Dr. Jeff Shaman at the Climate and Health Program in the Mailman School of Public Health to examine the impact of indoor heat exposure on heat-related health outcomes, as well as to investigate factors that drive the variability of the indoor heat exposure across NYC residential building stock. Victoria holds a Master of Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Philosophy in Environmental Design from University of Cambridge.
Ding Ma (2016-2018 Cohort)
Ding Ma received his Ph.D in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Harvard University. His dissertation research investigated three dominant patterns of large-scale atmospheric variability, namely the South Asian monsoon, Madden-Julian Oscillation and the annular mode. At the Earth Institute, he will be working with Prof. Adam Sobel to explore extreme weather associated with large-scale variability and its societal impacts. His work will emphasize a combination of observational analysis and numerical modeling. Guided by observations, numerical experiments will be designed and conducted to pursue a better theoretical understanding of the large-scale atmospheric variability in the past, present and future. His work will identify essential physical mechanisms governing the large-scale circulation variability and will have important implications for interpretation of climate projection.
Justin Mankin (2015-2017 Cohort)
Mankin is a climate scientist jointly appointed at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the Center for Climate Systems Research under the Earth Institute. His research aims to advance understanding and responses to global warming's impacts on people. He focuses on two of the major sources of uncertainty in climate impacts assessments: the chaos innate to the climate system and the complexity of how people respond to climate stress. His hope is that his research can help inform the adaptation and risk management decisions that people undertake in response to the uncertain threats from climate change. Prior to earning his PhD from Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, he served as an intelligence officer. He also holds degrees from Columbia University (BA, MPA) and the London School of Economics (MSc).
Shira Mitchell (2014-2016 Cohort)
Shira Mitchell received her Ph.D. in biostatistics from Harvard University, focusing on hierarchical models for estimating numbers of casualties in armed conflicts and for impact evaluation (i.e. causal inference). She also holds a B.A. in mathematics from Harvard University. While at the Earth Institute, she will be working with Andrew Gelman, professor of statistics and political science and director of the Applied Statistics Center, and Jeffrey D. Sachs, professor of sustainable development, and director of the Earth Institute and the Millennium Villages Project. They will be working on the end-line impact evaluation of the Millennium Villages Project. Shira will be focusing on the use of Bayesian hierarchical models for analysis of complex survey designs, small area estimation, and causal inference.
Hannah Nissan (2015-2017 Cohort)
Hannah Nissan is a climate scientist from London. Originally a physicist by training, she holds a postgraduate degree in economics and a PhD in regional climate modelling from Imperial College London. At the Earth Institute she will work jointly with scientists at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre to develop climate change projections for disaster risk reduction programmes in Bangladesh. A key focus of her research will be to examine how this knowledge, and in particular the uncertainty surrounding climate projections, can best be communicated to decision makers.
Jeffrey Paller (2015-2017 Cohort)
Jeffrey Paller received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on the practice of democracy and accountability in urban African slums. He also examines the political conditions under which collective action leads to public goods outcomes. During his time at the Earth Institute he will be working with the Center for Sustainable Urban Development. He is working on a book manuscript about political accountability in urban Africa based on his fieldwork in Ghana, as well as a project that examines state and slum relations, land rights, and public goods across Africa. Jeffrey holds a B.A. in political science from Northwestern University.
Nandini Velho (2016-2018 Cohort)
Nandini Velho has done field work in remote areas in north-east India, where her PhD focused on how protected area and community-managed lands are managed to reduce hunting and help wildlife persist. She works closely with the forest department, resident communities and writes in popular media. She completed her Ph.D. from James Cook University, Australia. As an EI fellow, she will be working with Ruth DeFries to understand the social and health outcomes that exist in and around India's protected areas.


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What's moderate intensity exercise?
Most people are aware of the current physical activity guidelines, but many are still confused about what moderate intensity physical activity is. Moderate intensity can be defined in absolute or relative terms. Understanding absolute intensity is simpler, so let's start with that.
Absolute moderate intensity has been defined by public health experts as any activity that expends 3.5 to 7 calories per minute. A classic example of moderate physical activity is walking at a 15-20 minute mile pace. Other examples of moderate intensity activities are:
- Brisk walking
- Doing water aerobics
- Bicycling at 5 to 9 mph on level terrain, or with few hills; or stationary bicycling using moderate effort
- Playing doubles tennis
- Yoga
- Golf, wheeling or carrying clubs
- Playing Frisbee
- Ballroom dancing
- Pushing a lawn mower
- General gardening, such as raking the lawn, bagging grass, digging, hoeing, or weeding while standing or bending
- Shoveling light snow
- Actively playing with children
Many of these activities are not what we normally think of as exercise. This is great news because you can accumulate your recommended moderate activity by doing housework, gardening, recreating or other lifestyle physical activities.
Of course, people's fitness levels vary. An easy stroll in the park may raise one person's heart rate enough to be considered moderate intensity. For another person the same stroll may not be considered moderate intensity because it does not raise their heart rate enough. That's where relative intensity comes in. Your heart rate will increase and you may break a sweat when exercising at moderate intensity. A simple way of determining whether you are exercising at a moderate level is the talk test. This test is quite easy. If you are doing moderate intensity activity you will be able to talk, but not be able to sing.
Using relative intensity as a guideline is helpful for those who are new to physical activity, and who may not be able to sustain an activity at the absolute moderate intensity. You can start at whatever intensity is moderate for you using the talk test, and increase intensity as your fitness levels improve.
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The new CBA, however, has different rules and there are a couple of sweet spots where there definitely should be some Group 2 (RFA) offers -- and even some of the GMs are thinking it's a pretty good idea. Take the case of outstanding players coming off their rookie contracts. Most will be offered $1 million US, will opt for arbitration and end up getting $1.2 or $1.3 million. But if another team comes in and offers them a $1.99-million deal, which is to say they keep it under $2 million, the compensation is only a second-round draft pick. Who wouldn't want a player like Michael Cammalleri, Marek Svatos or a John-Michael Liles for that kind of money?more
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After being overwhelmed by the number of garden bird photos you shared with us, we've whittled them down to the best. Voting has now closed: the winning photo is Johnmullin's superb shot of greenfinches in flight
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The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch kicks off nationwide this Sunday at 1pm, and we'll be blogging the event tweet by tweet
Greenfinches, ptarmigans and blackbirds could be among the next British birds sliding towards extinction
The RSPB wants you to look for 15 birds in parks and gardens for this year's Big Garden Birdwatch
Despite a steady decline in numbers, the house sparrow is still the most common bird found in British gardens, an annual survey by the RSPB has found
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We huddle on a tiny astroturf lawn, waiting for our hosts while a Dropcam Pro aimed at the doorstep monitors our movements. It's smart home suburbia, shrunk to showroom scale, and we're here as guests of Wink, a Quirky subsidiary that is the latest entrant in the race to make our homes more responsive, efficient, and secure.
Chaz Flexman, Wink general manager, appears at the door and pulls a phone from his jeans pocket. As he guides us through the model connected home, locks open, blinds raise and lower, and lights dim.
Wink is betting that consumers want to buy better versions of the home products and appliances they already need, and use their smartphone as the built-in remote control for managing those devices. Plus, in a nuanced way, Wink is offering consumers a home that is not smart so much as it is connected; the "intelligence" comes from third-party product designers and consumers themselves, who are responsible for programming the triggers and shortcuts that govern how Wink-enabled products operate. Wink offers cohesion and control via its software platform and all-encompassing app—but little else.
That strategy stands in contrast to Nest, the smart home hub acquired by Google for $3.2 billion earlier this year. Nest features a hero shot of its signature thermostat at every opportunity, hoping to give consumers a hub-metaphor they can understand, as we've previously pointed out. Moreover, Nest is doubling down the idea of smartness, aiming for a future in which the high IQ of its platform is able to automate the work of optimizing the home environment. In the simplest of terms: Nest is betting on passive, contextual user experience, whereas Wink requires a more active one.
Ben Kaufman*, Quirky founder and CEO, believes that Wink's intuitive offline-meets-online design, including a retail partnership with Home Depot, will convince homeowners to take the time to set up commands that are meaningful to them. "We're approaching this as someone who knows how to talk to the consumer," he says. "Simplicity—that's what's needed."
Comparatively, Nest is going a step further, arguing that invisibility should trump simplicity. For example, imagine that you want to run your washing machine while you're at work; you may not know the optimal time to do so, given water and electricity capacity, but Nest would like to solve that problem for you. In a sense, Nest has adopted the old-fashioned upstairs-downstairs premise that good service should be invisible—but will that be what consumers really want from their home gadgets and appliances?
When Nest recently announced that it would be opening its platform to third-party developers, it placed that value front and center. As the company boasts on its website—in a not so subtle jab at offerings like Wink: "The Nest Developer Program isn't about simply linking and remote controlling the devices in your home. Anyone can do that. This is about working behind the scenes to anticipate people's needs and make their lives easier."
It's an ambitious vision that will be daunting to execute, given homeowners' differing and ever-evolving preferences—heck, half of married couples don't seem to understand one another's behavior, let alone anticipate it. It also depends on Google's far-reaching ability to gather data about your relationships, your habits, and your possessions, in order to deliver an experience that feels like magic.
Wink makes no claim on a magic—but nor does it make a claim on your personal data. "We're not selling ads, we don't need to know where you are," Kaufman says.
Instead, Wink assumes a basic level of digital know-how and and offers flexibility and control. The API of digital "recipe-maker" IFTTT (If This Then That) powers the Wink app, making it possible for consumers to connect any of the 115 IFTTT channels, ranging from Facebook to SMS, to any product included in the Wink ecosystem. So far, those 60 compatible physical products include big-name appliances like GE ovens and newly-launched devices like the Rachio sprinkler controller.
As that list expands, "we're going to work with products that are direct competitors to Quirky," Flexman says. And what about Nest? It's not available at launch, "but we're working on it."
Through Wink, consumers interact with connected products in three ways. At the most basic level, they can monitor activity and keep tabs on maintenance. In addition, they can establish rules called "robots" based on specific triggers; for example, "when the outside temperature rises above 87 degrees, turn on the Aros air conditioner."
In a more advanced way, consumers can create shortcuts that effectively aggregate a collection of robots in a single button. A "cool down the house button," for example, might lower the blinds and dim the lights while also turning on the AC. Dreaming up these use cases falls to the homeowner; Wink downloads as a blank slate.
"Smartness" can also reside in Wink-compatible products, giving consumers a glimmer of the intelligence Nest is selling. Chris Klein, cofounder of Rachio, says that his team's sprinkler controller uses inputs like a backyard's slope and shade, plus GPS coordinates, to determine when to water the lawn. "I got sick of sprinklers watering in the rain," says the Denver native. However, in the Wink universe, nothing that Rachio "learns" over time will flow back to the rest of the house, unless the consumer acts on an insight.
Ultimately, Quirky sees the platform as an important future resource for building better, smarter devices. Kaufman anticipates that data from Wink about its full ecosystem of products will help guide invention at Quirky: "If we find a product is constantly failing, that's an insight we can use," he says.
And Kaufman means business: the systems are already in place to capture that data. Click through the Wink app to call customer support, as this reporter did, and a woman's voice chirps the standard greeting: "Hello, this is Quirky. How can I help you?"
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US General criticises 'incompetent' leadership
Washington: A former top US commander has launched a scathing attack on the leadership of the Iraq war, describing it as "incompetent'' and a "catastrophic failure''.
Lt Gen Ricardo Sanchez, who was in charge of US forces in Iraq in 2003 and 2004, said that the best the US could hope for in the "nightmare'' conflict was to stave off defeat.
He also said that the US could not afford to pull out of Iraq because of the regional instability it would cause.
Speaking to military reporters, Sanchez is reported to have said: "There has been a glaring, unfortunate display of incompetent strategic leadership within our national leaders.
"America continues its desperate struggle in Iraq without any concerted effort to devise a strategy that will achieve 'victory' in that war-torn country or in the greater conflict against extremism.''
The general, who retired in 2006, also criticized the recent deployment of 30,000 extra soldiers in a bid to stop the escalating violence in the country.
He said it was a "desperate attempt by an administration that has not accepted the political and economic realities of this war."
"There is no question America is living a nightmare with no end in sight," he added.
Sanchez also blamed the White House Security Council, which was previously headed by Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, describing them as a "catastrophic failure'' and took aim at the political in-fighting which dominates Congress.
He added: "America has not been fully committed to win this war. Partisan politics have hindered this war effort."
Finally, Sanchez said the US government made huge mistakes in disbanding the Saddam-era military, failing to cement ties with tribal leaders and failing to quickly establish a civilian government.


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Description: The reverse side of the Green Bay treaty, August 18, 1821. The treaty is signed by the chiefs of the six Indian nations for the possession of lands near th...
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Date: 1953 ca.
Description: Captain John Cotton residence. Also known as "Beaupre", this Greek Revival style house was built in 1842 for Cotton, a retired U.S. Army officer.
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...a two year old $100 graphics card. I mean couldn't they spring for the Ti version or something?
when I obtained my first mount was damn cool.
I haven't had the chance to play Final Fantasy XIV yet. I have played every single player Final Fantasy from 7 forth though (unfortunately not the first ones, I wasn't even born when some of them came out). I remember I was 11 when I first bought the 7th one and I had no clue on how it worked. There was no localization for my language and the only version was the english one. I just grabbed a dictionary and started translating every damn sentence. Well, now I am a foreign language and literature student, I can communicate in four different languages and I have travelled a lot because of that. Basically, all thanks to Final Fantasy 7.
Talking about "best moments", obviously Aeris' death in the 7th, the Garden's siege in the 8th and the intro scene (whose quality was something rather unseen at the time) plus the first encounter with a Dark Aeon in the 10th are something that will never leave my videogaming memories.
Best moment? Gotta be Kefka in early game visiting Figaro's Castle, he walks through an entire desert and says: I have SAND on my boots!
And the two guards go to wipe it off, hoho! Not even Jofrey/Justin Bibier can be more annoying than Kefka!
The OST!!!!! its just..... set the mood right with everything!!!
me (and my guild) spend the whole day just fooling around in gridania, just sit around, chatting and crafting, its just beautiful....
Titan and Garuda fight.... oh god that's the most intense fight i ever had in mmo, no stand still spam skill and such, you have to run around like madman, dodging aoe like neo , hiding behind rock like your life depend on it... the feeling when your party die..... the patience when your party plan for everything... and off course the feeling when you finally beat them...
and finally i vote for ultima music, when me and my guild arrive at that place, we all just stand there totally in awe like "oh... my.... god...." and start panicking together in hilarious way, again the music TOTALLY set the mood.
My best moment was when I finished leveling my Monk in FF14, I had a blast leveling him, punching my way through the levels and getting a Behemoth kill in the process.
I was also very happy that I had things to do at 50, Relic, dailys (optional), Duty Dailys, CT etc... the game as a whole lot to offer and that was/is a great thing.
btw FF14 was my first FF game lol..


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Subject: RE: [iris-photos]NOID:ID's
There are two points I would like to add to your discussion below.
First, the vast majority of gardeners don't care about the
cultivar names of their plants. That applies to roses and daylilies as
well as irises. Those of us who do care know that it takes 3 levels of
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Second point is that identification technology is still not up to the
level to be fully useful. The most obvious level of identification is visual.
Until there is a color standard that can be
used with color calibrated cameras and monitors, there is
little hope of significant improvement over current practices. I was
having a similar conversation about a year ago and made the statement
that this identification problem would only be solved when a complete DNA
profile had to be attached to the AIS registration form. Someone in the group
who knew a lot more about DNA profiling than I do stated that that technology
had a lot more development to do before it would be useful for this purpose.
It has to be able to distinguish between siblings.
I find a misidentified clump in my garden, I replace the cultivar name stake
with one that says "for sale immediately". When a customer is interested, I
watch their body language closely and price the clump to sell then. When the
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I recently received a message on The CurvyGirl Diva FB fan page. Whenever I receive these, I will respond and post, with permission, because women go through the same thing.
Hi Zoe! Thank you for liking the page and for asking this question. So many women have this same issue - They lack self confidence. Either they have gained weight and now aren't confident the way they used to be or they have always been plus size/full figured (like me) and never really felt good about themselves.
Confidence is a state of mind and it has to be cultivated. We truly are what we think and that will always manifest, in some form or another, on the outside. There was a time in my life that the confidence I exuded was not a true reflection of how I felt on the inside. I overcompensated in how I dressed or acted to give the facade of something that was not real. When I realized this, that is when I saw the change in me that today truly is who I am. I looked at me and everything I wasn't, everything I used to be, everything I should be and that was just not healthy for me. I had to stop, in the words of a dear friend, "That stinking thinking" and put it all on the table. It was tough and it was hard but I dealt with me. And every time those feelings of inadequacies or unworthiness crept in, I immediately dismissed them and filled my mind with all that I was and all that I was going to be. I cultivated my self confidence.
Baby girl gaining weight is not the end of the world. I know it seems like it, but it does not take away from who you are as a person. It can be a big deal, especially when a person has not dealt with body image issues from a plus size stance before. But that is what this blog and this page is for. For those of us who have been there to help others get through. The key is to change the way you think about you.
Remember too that how we dress is very important to how we feel about and look at ourselves. People make think otherwise or say it's shallow, but when you look in the mirror and you feel like what you are wearing looks good on you, it does give you a boost of confidence. That's why finding brands that have cute plus size clothes is a quest of mine.
As far as dressing for your new found shape, there are so many places that carry styles, cuts and fits that can cater to your body at this point in your life. Empire waist shirts and dresses ( like the one below) really accentuate the bust and help to smooth out the tummy. Peplum shirts (like the one below) are perfect for this and a fav of mine.
For pants go with a wide leg pant. That will give you room in the thigh area and depending on where you get them from, will also help the mid section too.
Hot Trend Now: Chevron Print
I am all over this trend. Chevron print is classy and so in. From black and white, one of my fav color combinations, to red and brown, designers are playing with colors making Chevron a very desirable fashion addition to any wardrobe. Like this cute top from ModCloth.
Now as I've said before, I am a dresses kind of girl. I believe a cute or sexy dress is a staple of any woman's closet and I have several in my arsenal. I am adding this Statement Chevron Maxi from Forever21.com to mine this week.
Since mixing prints is something I love to do, Chevron is so easy to mix and get away with it. You can wear these black and white Chevron Pants from Torrid and these coral and black pumps from heels.com. I am getting excited just thinking about it. Bring it all together with a cute top and accessories to pull off the look. I mix and match a lot with polka dots and stripes, not so much with leopard or paisley although leopard is my absolute favorite print.
Chevron is fun to play around with and you can do some stylish numbers with them. Dress it up or down and don't be afraid to take chances. That's my thing in life. Take chances with, especially with your fashion. I mean make sure what you are wearing looks good on you and compliments your body in the most flattering way but don't shun mixing prints, colors and even materials.
Here are some of my fav Chevron pieces.
Growing up, I wanted to be a princess so badly. To dress in fancy dresses, wear high heels, and put on make up. I didn't have any sisters so I solicited, more like demanded, that my brother play dress up with me (he denies it to this day). Today as an adult, I get dressed up, I wear cute dresses and pretty nice shoes but not to the extent of say... one who might attend grand events like the Met Gala hosted in New York last night.
The stars were out and in full affect at what many fashion higher ups consider to be the most important fashion event of the year. An annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, The Met "Ball" also serves as an opening celebration for the institute's annual fashion exhibit.
The color and trends of the season were all over the place. From yellow to champaign to pink. Black and white, which is one of my favorite color combinations, was heavily worn by many as well. There were some hits and there were definitely some misses.
Since there is already so much negativity in the world, I am going to focus on the outstanding looks last night. The little princess in me just has to!
Blake Lively in Gucci. She looked absolutely amazing. She was one of the show stoppers. The drapery and the material is so flowy. It is just beautiful. The fit is perfect and her locks and make up all just work. The minimal accessories allows for the focus to be on the dress and how it looks on her.
Liu Wen in Zac Posen.This dress is so totally epic. It is my princess dream come true. The color is lovely, the earrings are perfect and the hair pulled back really frames her face. I would have opted for a statement neck piece but that's the diva in me.
Emmy Rossum in Carolina Herrera. She really took a chance here with the floral but to me, it paid off. The colors are vibrant for spring and the pattern is a modern floral that doesn't give a "grandma's curtain" feel. I particularly love how her lip stick really pulls the color out in the dress.
Olivia Munn in Diane Von Furstenberg. This was one of the few dress with sleeves which some stars tend to stay away from at events because perhaps it's not sexy enough but the plunging neckline def made up for that. And while many leading ladies wore their hair back, Olivia opted for a relaxed curl look. I love the color and I love the style.
Amber Heard in Giambattista Valli Haute Couture. This dress is so classic and the lace just takes my breath away. Her hair is perfectly swept back with the bump in the front and the dangle earrings are the perfect touch. She looks absolutely stunning.
Black and White All Night
So many stars rocked the trend. Here are the best looks.
There is no way I could not compile this list and not include royalty. Beyonce and Jay Z were a picture perfect sight in Givenchy.
Jay was looking fly of course, but I have to showcase my girl. I utterly adore her and in my book, she can do very little wrong. I love the daring lip color and the dramatic touch of the veil. The plunging neckline, high split and train are pure Beyonce magic. I want to be like her when I grow up.
Charlize Theron in Dior Haute Couture. The ultimate show stopper in my opinion and the winner of this best dress list. She is flawless. The lines, the flow, the colors. She played up the accessories a little more than others and I love it. This dress is so elegant, diamonds were truly its best friend last night. I want this dress and I gotta have this dress. I would def wear a diamond statement necklace with this Dior number.
These are my top picks but there was a score of others. Who do you think was the best dressed?
Today I am springing into action in a chic yet professional look for the office. I am working, which seems to be always lately, another awesome Gwynnie Bee find. I mean who would have thought that a try before you buy monthly subscription service for plus size clothing would be so convenient (raises hand) and that's why I love them. You should check them out. The first 30 days are free!
The blouse is the Long Sleeve Lace Peplum Top by Soprano and it is all kinds of cute. Of course it caught my eye because of the lace, but I love peplum too so it was a no brainer. I paired it with a pencil skirt that has been in my closet for a while (surprised and happy I was still able to fit it). My shoes are some comfortable black pumps. A nude shoe would also look great with this outfit.
My necklace is from Side Dish, a cute little mobile jewelry boutique I found at Boulevard of Chic, a mobile fashion truck rally that came to Baltimore a few weeks ago. The multi-strand beaded necklace style is my new fav. The earrings are black and gold studs that I got from Forever21.
For the professional working ladies, you can handle your business and not only look good but be fashionable while doing it (there is a difference).
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This is a beautiful Saturday morning in Baltimore as I head to the Blogger Week UnConnference in DC. So I figured I'd bust out my new denim Blue Jean Babe Distressed Shorts from Forever21.
I love these babies. They are very comfortable and so are awesome for the curvy girl who likes to show her legs. I am also sporting another great find from Gwennie Bee, The Chantal Chiffon Blouse in Rose Print by Kiyonna which I'm loving!
The necklace I am wearing is the Nature Girl Beaded Necklace also from Forever21. Since I've got it has become a staple in my jewelry arsenal. It is just so versatile because it's so colorful and the beaded style is definitely in this season.
I decided to go a sexy for today so I'm wearing my Nine West pumps to really extenuate my legs. They are low enough for me to be comfortable in for the day. I also am using my Steve Madden tote to carry around my necessities.
My overall theme for my outfit is fun and sassy. I want to encourage the curvy girls who may have thick legs to go for. Let the hem line on your shorts go a little. The key is to find a pair that really flatter your legs and you can sport them with just about anything, dressing them up or down. Make a good pair of denim short a stable in your closet this spring and summer. Don't be afraid because you don't have thigh gap or Serena Williams gams. You can still rock short shorts and rock them well.
OOTD: Lace Shift Dress
Today I am feeling so bright and pretty in my Jessica London Shift Lace Dress on this beautiful morning in Baltimore. I ordered it through onestopplus.com which coins itself as "the first plus-size online shopping mall." It really does have a lot of brands that all cater to the plus size and curvy woman. I have found some hidden gems shopping on that site and I have been doing so for years.
The dress is very feminine and perfect for spring. Lace is another of my signature fashion favs so any chance I get to grab up a cute lace anything, I jump at it. The color is amazing too.
I paired it with some leopard flats that I got from Dots. To me and for me leopard is like black, it can go with anything. I also wore a thrifted wooden necklace that really brings the whole outfit together.
This dress is easy to wear and doesn't require a lot of extra stuff. I do suggest that you wear some comfortable shapewear underneath to make sure that you have a smooth look. The dress is for the most part flattering but if you still need to work on your tummy area, because it is a shift dress and not A-line or empire waist, a solid foundation garment is a must.
I will be wearing this to my blogger event in DC today and I definitely feel confident in it.
This spring season is so full of awesome trends and things to try and one of my new favorite shoe trends is the d' Orsay flat. These little darlings are oh so cute and they go with just about anything.
They are a more chic take on the ballet flat and the styles are endless. I recently bought two pairs, one of course, in my signature Leopard. The thing I like about these is that designers have really played with the print on a lot of the ones I've seen. From polka dots and stripes to just stripes to Chevron, the colors and patterns are all over the place and I absolutely love it!
You can find them everywhere and they range from pretty cheap ($17 on amazon) to way up there ($458 at Nordstrom). Of course there are some reasonable prices in between and it all depends on what you are looking for. I particularly love this Kayla d'Orsay flat from Nordstrom.
I tend to gravitate to black and white stripes everything - dresses, shirts, pants and shoes. There is just something about the look so you know this shoe is right up my alley. It goes up to a size 11 so those with big feet (like me) grab it up while you can because 10's and 11's tend to be the first to go in most styles.
Now, I must say that while I love the d'Orsay flat, I had a really hard time wearing my leopard ones. They were very comfortable when I first put them on and even when I walked around in them... in the house. Once I wore them outside, it was a whole different story. They started to slip off my feet in the back so majority of the time I was trying to maneuver my foot so that they didn't make me fall. I am in the process of trying to find something I can put in the shoe to help the fit contour to my foot in a more comfortable way so they don't slide off.
I am not going to lie, a part of me was thinking that d'orsay flats may not be for me because of this, but I am not giving up that easily. They are just too cute and fashion is about making things works for you. There are some styles that have a strap on the ankle which would def help with my slippage problem, but I prefer the strapless. It is just more my style. They also come in peep toe so, yes, you will get a chance to show off your fresh pedicure in these cuties.
I encourage you to give them a try. With all the variety all there, I promise you will find something that works for you.
I have listed some of my favorites below. Enjoy!
A People for All People
With the recent crowning of Lupita Nyong'o by People Magazine as the most beautiful woman in the world, it brings to my mind something that is always on my mind- can plus size women ever be accepted as a standard of beauty in the eyes of the media?
People all over the world praise Lupita for breaking the mold of what it means to be beautiful. A dark skinned woman gaining attention (although in my opinion to the point of over saturation) by all facets of the social sphere – fashion, media, TV, magazines, the internet – is indeed a powerful thing, but only the skin color "barrier" of beauty has been broken (in my view really only penetrated). What about the body shape barrier? A black woman being hailed as sexy and attractive, even by the media, is not new and it sure isn't news. I have yet to see that done to a full figured woman of any color on a consistent basis who don't have abs or thigh gap. While the media's agenda of placing Lupita at the forefront of everything entertainment, trendy and "in" right now has people groveling, I am waiting for the little curvy in me to be able to raise my glass and clap my hands (in the same way that little dark skinned girls are able to now) to seeing an image in the main stream media, getting unprecedented coverage, that looks like me.
I am bringing to court the case of the plus size woman in the eyes of media. Why? Because the media is so strategic in how they influence our minds. My background is in communications so let me give you a quick lesson on the media's reach and something called agenda setting- pay attention here because this is so powerful. Cultural Hegemony is when a culturally diverse society is dominated by a ruling class that manipulates said society's beliefs, perceptions and even values so that the ruling class's worldview becomes the worldview, through imposing and therefore acceptance, of that culturally diverse society. The worldview becomes the cultural norm and is seen as the universally valid, dominate ideology which justifies the social, in particular, status quo. So you have a small group of very powerful people controlling the things that affect the majority. The media is a part of that ruling class and their agenda is to bash into our minds as much as possible what is socially acceptable, what is beautiful and what is sexy so that those who aren't the status quo will do whatever they have to do to become it. That is why we only see images of skinny women or women with small waists and big butts portrayed in a positive light and plus size or out of shape women portrayed in a negative and mocking light.
I am telling you, there was a point where every time I got on Facebook my timeline was over flowing with Lupita Nyong'o. At first it was encouraging but then it just became annoying, with one person even saying that she is the epitome of black beauty. "What a big statement" I thought. Can that ever be said of a plus size woman or a woman that doesn't fit the societal mold? Perhaps if the media gave one person as much attention as they have Lupita it can. In fact, I know it can because that is the power the media holds. And just like that, little curvy girls all over the world would be inspired to take that dance class or sign up for that voice lesson because confidence in your body image spills over into other areas of your life. For some, it just takes seeing a woman that looks like them doing it to push them to do it.
This brings me back to my original question- can plus size woman ever be accepted as a standard of beauty in the media? Some people reading this will say, "Who cares, just leave it alone," "Why are you hating on Lupita" or "It doesn't matter?" But the truth is, we all should care, I am not hating on Lupita, it does matter and cultural hegemony is the reason why. If we don't see a true representation just as vivid of plus size women, how will our daughters who don't fit the "perfect body" ideal know that they are beautiful, that they are worthy, that, in the words of People's Most Beautiful Person herself, their dreams are valid?
I am thrilled that a black woman, only the second one in the 25 years that People Magazine have been publishing their 50 Most Beautiful People issue by the way (Julia Roberts has been on the cover 3… I'm just saying), who represents a large majority of her community got the top spot. It is a boost to chocolate girls' self-esteem everywhere. But how much longer do we have to wait until people look at someone who is plus size and see, not the nuances deemed by society and maybe even herself as imperfections of her body, but the beauty of her spirit, the awesomeness of her talent and the sheer badassery of who she is, not just as a plus size female, but as a woman?
OOTD: Color and Flowers
Over the weekend I attended a really cool event in Baltimore as a VIP guess blogger. Boulevard of Chic was a first of its kind in the DMV area and fashion lovers came out in full effect. I sported another great Gwynnie Bee find, the Portia Pin Up Dress by Kiyonna. It was a hit and I felt oh so joyful and happy in it.
I decided to really bring out the reds in the dress so I paired it with my fav red pumps, earrings and red lips and my new red thrifted clutch.
I don't wear red lipstick too often but when I do I only wear Sonia Kashuk Shine Luxe Lip Color Sheer Rouge #27. I really like the burst of red it gives and to me, if I'm going to do a red lip, it has to be a deep, vivid red.
The necklace, Forever21 Nature Girl Beaded Necklace, is a medley of colors and is one that I've been wearing often since I bought it because it really does go well with a lot of my outfits.
All in all, I loved my look and I was so comfortable the entire day. Everywhere I went was my runway.
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Marinated Zucchini And Pepper Salad
|12 Small (Tender And Young)
|Boiling water
|2 Cup (32 tbs) (To Cover)
|Green pepper
|Sweet red pepper
|Olive oil
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Lemon juice
|2 Tablespoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Freshly ground pepper
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Chopped fresh basil
|1 Teaspoon
|Finely chopped parsley
|2 Tablespoon
|Green onions
|2 , chopped finely
|1 Clove (5 gm), chopped finely
|Finely chopped capers
|1 Teaspoon
|Lettuce leaves
|2 (Preferably Romaine Or Curly Leaf Lettuce)
Place the zucchini and the 1/2 tsp salt into a saucepan.
Cover with boiling water, put on the lid, bring to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer 8 minutes.
The zucchini should still be firm.
Drain, cut in half lengthwise, and lay in a shallow dish.
Remove the core and seed from the green and red peppers, cut into strips lengthwise, and lay over the zucchini.
Combine all the rest of the ingredients except the lettuce and pour over the vegetables.
Cover and refrigerate 3-4 hours.
Spoon the dressing over the vegetables periodically.
To serve, line a platter with the lettuce leaves, lay the zucchini and pepper strips attractively along the middle of the leaves, and pour over any remaining dressing.
Serve immediately.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 222 Calories from Fat 165
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19 g28.7%
Saturated Fat 2.6 g13.1%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 208 mg8.7%
Total Carbohydrates 13 g4.5%
Dietary Fiber 4.4 g17.6%
Sugars 6.5 g
Protein 4 g8.7%
Vitamin A 37.9% Vitamin C 160.7%
Calcium 6.9% Iron 10%
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The pressure was on. Sir Stuart Rose was going to have to give the performance of his life at Marks & Spencer's annual general meeting last week, on the stage of the Royal Festival Hall in front of hordes of alarmed investors. The nation's business pages had been predicting a revolt by up to a quarter of his dissatisfied shareholders. Could this AGM even prove to be his swansong if he failed to get them back onside – a tragic fall "from hero to zero" as one headline proclaimed?
Once, he could do no wrong. Having fought off Sir Philip Green's takeover bid four years ago, Sir Stuart became a fabulous success story as he pulled the company out of a slump, with the shares climbing from around £3.50 on his appointment in May 2004 to a heady £7 during last year. But this spring several major shareholders protested vociferously when the retailer announced Sir Stuart was to take on the post of chairman in addition to his chief executive role – a breach of corporate "best practice" guidelines.
Then at the start of this month, while the FTSE 100 headed into a technical bear market, M&S released a profit warning. Its food sales had taken a nasty turn and the company's overall UK sales, like-for-like in the quarter from April to June, had dropped 5.3 per cent. In reaction to this news, the share value plunged to 212p, down by a third.
So a great deal of comfort eating appeared to be going on in the foyer when I arrived at the Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday. M&S was providing its shareholders with a gratefully received free lunch, even though there isn't supposed to be any such thing. Certainly, the so-called "grey brigade" of small investors – mostly sensible-looking, silver-haired and smart-casual – weren't baying for Sir Stuart's blood as they sipped their wine and tucked into chocolate cake. Clearly, no one wanted to think about the collective tightening of belts just yet. Or perhaps they had been soothed by the smiling and attentive staff, all sporting sashes in that trademark soft minty-green, printed with the reassuring mantra "YOUR M&S".
Finally, everyone was ushered into the auditorium. The stage looked something like a political rally crossed with the Last Supper, huge corporate logos towering over a long table. Actually, the main aim of the board, as they filed in to take their seats, was to make the event as undramatic as possible. This was about smart grey suits and dry statistics, projected graphs and bullet points. Several of the non-executives merely sat demurely throughout, like shop dummies.
This was still a performance, though. The stage lighting subliminally encouraged calm and hope, a soft dawn-glow emanating from behind the table. And Sir Stuart looked impressively unruffled – an elegant éminence grise, impeccably dapper with smoothed-down hair. He spoke calmly of needing to maintain the balance between prudence and investment. He underlined that M&S was a strong business, just in a weak market right now, and that he and his team were listening to their financially pressed customers and acting swiftly to rectify the problems with stock availability.
On closer inspection, he was perhaps not quite as cool as he seemed. With his face being filmed and projected on a giant overhead screen, a nervous licking of the lips was writ large. His slightly constrained larynx became croaky at one point too, combined with his odd habit of speaking out of the side of his mouth, which makes him look a bit like a ventriloquist. He said he was losing his voice.
Yet, fundamentally, he exuded a persuasive air of steady reliability – solid as a rock albeit on the shifting sands of the depressed economy. Indeed, as the AGM progressed, it became clear that the shareholders who had rolled up were, in the main, fans of Sir Stuart. Though there may have been a swathe of disapproving abstentions, 94.1 per cent ended up voting for his re-election, with only 5.9 against. There had been one notable heckle: when Sir Stuart defended M&S's decision to charge for plastic bags, a surely ecologically confused yell of "Rubbish!" reverberated around the hall.
Certainly, in the question and answer session after his speech, many criticisms and worries were raised. Nonetheless, the slow handclapping was saved for those shareholders who hogged the mike to ask multiple niggling questions.
Sir Stuart's body language became positively saintly at such moments, with his fingers together as if in patient prayer. He's the Ratzinger of retail.
At another point, he got lively and whisked out from behind his podium, down to the front of the stage as if this were a rock gig. It would be a big exaggeration to say the crowd went wild, but he was treated to sporadic rounds of applause, and he charmed the socks off one customer who bemoaned this season's range of clothing. He would personally take her shopping, he said, and he was sure she'd find something lovely in store. Here's hoping.Reuse content


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Ambrosia rice pudding
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- 1/4 cup caster sugar
- 1 banana, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp passionfruit pulp or fresh passionfruit
- 1/2 mango, thinly sliced
- 8 lychees, from a can
- 1/3 cup long thread coconut, toasted*
- Place the rice, cream, coconut milk, vanilla paste and sugar in a saucepan over a medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes or until the rice is heated through and the mixture thickens.
- Divide rice mixture among bowls. Top with the banana, passion fruit, mango, lychees and coconut.