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Time Inc.
|Traded as
|Henry Luce
Briton Hadden
|225 Liberty Street, New York City, New York, United States
Key people
|Joseph A. Ripp
(Chairman and CEO)
|Independent (1923–89; 2014–present)
Time Warner (1990–2014)
|Time Inc. UK
Time Inc. India
Time Inc. is an American New York-based publishing company. It publishes over 90 magazines, most notably its namesake, Time.[1] Other magazines include Sports Illustrated, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Fortune, People, InStyle, Life, Golf Magazine, Southern Living, Essence, This Old House, All You, Real Simple, and Entertainment Weekly. It also owns the UK magazine house Time Inc. UK, whose major titles include What's On TV, NME, Country Life, Marie Claire, Wallpaper* and InStyle. Time Inc. also operates the digital-only titles MyRecipes, TheSnug, and MIMI.
Time Inc. also owns the rights to LIFE, a well-known magazine that has been published in many different formats. Time Inc. currently owns and runs LIFE.com, a website dedicated to news and photography.
In 1990, Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications to form the media conglomerate Time Warner. This merger lasted until the company was spun off on June 9, 2014.[2]
Nightly discussions of the concept of a news magazine led its founders Henry Luce and Briton Hadden, both age 23, to quit their jobs in 1922. Later that same year, they formed Time Inc. Having raised $86,000 of a $100,000 goal, the first issue of Time was published on March 3, 1923, as the first weekly news magazine in the United States.[3] Luce served as business manager while Hadden was editor-in-chief. Luce and Hadden annually alternated year-to-year the titles of president and secretary-treasurer. Upon Hadden's sudden death in 1929, Luce assumed Hadden's position.
Luce launched the business magazine Fortune in February 1930 and created/founded the pictorial Life magazine in 1934, and launched House & Home in 1952 and Sports Illustrated in 1954. He also produced The March of Time radio and newsreel series. By the mid 1960s, Time Inc. was the largest and most prestigious magazine publisher in the world. (Dwight Macdonald, a Fortune staffer during the 1930s, referred to him as "Il Luce", a play on the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who was called "Il Duce".)
Once ambitious to become Secretary of State in a Republican administration, Luce penned a famous article in Life magazine in 1941, called "The American Century", which defined the role of American foreign policy for the remainder of the 20th century, and perhaps beyond.[4]
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, aware that most publishers were opposed to him, issued a decree in 1943 that blocked all publishers and media executives from visits to combat areas; he put General George Marshall in charge of enforcement. The main target was Luce, who had long opposed FDR. Historian Alan Brinkley argues the move was "badly mistaken", for had Luce been allowed to travel, he would have been an enthusiastic cheerleader for American forces around the globe. But stranded in New York City, Luce's frustration and anger expressed itself in hard-edged partisanship.[5] Luce, supported by Editor-in-Chief T. S. Matthews, appointed Whittaker Chambers as acting Foreign News editor in 1944, despite the feuds Chambers had with reporters in the field.[6]
In 1963, recommendations from Time Inc. based on how it delivered magazines led to the introduction of ZIP codes by the United States Post Office.[citation needed]
Luce, who remained editor-in-chief of all his publications until 1964, maintained a position as an influential member of the Republican Party.[4] Holding anti-communist sentiments, he used Time to support right-wing dictatorships in the name of fighting communism. An instrumental figure behind the so-called "China Lobby", he played a large role in steering American foreign policy and popular sentiment in favor of Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong Mei-ling in their war against the Japanese. (The Chiangs appeared in the cover of Time eleven times between 1927 and 1955.[7])
The merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications was announced on March 4, 1989.[8] During the summer of that same year, Paramount Communications (formerly Gulf+Western) launched a $12.2 billion hostile bid to acquire Time Inc. in an attempt to end a stock swap merger deal between Time and Warner Communications. This caused Time to raise its bid for Warner to $14.9 billion in cash and stock. Paramount responded by filing a lawsuit in a Delaware court to block the Time/Warner merger. The court ruled twice in favor of Time, forcing Paramount to drop both the Time acquisition and the lawsuit, and allowing the formation of the two companies' merger which was completed on January 10, 1990. However, instead of the companies becoming defunct, the impact of the merger and its resultant financial shock wave gave off a new corporate structure, resulting in the new company being called "Time Warner".
In 2008, Time Inc. launched Maghound, an internet-based magazine membership service that featured approximately 300 magazine titles from both Time Inc. brands and external publishing companies.[9]
On January 19, 2010, Time Inc. acquired StyleFeeder, a personal shopping engine.[10]
In August 2010, Time Inc. announced that Ann S. Moore, its chairman and chief executive, would step down as CEO and be replaced by Jack Griffin, an executive with Meredith Corporation, the nation's second-largest publisher of consumer magazines.[11] In September 2010, Time Inc. entered into a licensing agreement with Kolkata-based ABP Group, one of India's largest media conglomerates, to publish Fortune India magazine and the yearly Fortune India 500 list.[12]
On March 6, 2013, Time Warner announced plans to spin-off Time Inc. into a publicly traded company.[13] Time Warner's chairman/CEO Jeff Bewkes said that the split would allow Time Warner to focus entirely on its television and film businesses, and Time Inc. to focus on its core print media businesses.[14] It was announced in May 2014 that Time Inc. would become a publicly traded company on June 6 of that year.[15] The spinoff was completed on June 9, 2014.[16]
Time Inc. purchased American Express Publishing Corporation's suite of titles, including Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Departures, Black Ink and Executive Travel on October 1, 2013.[17]
On 14 January 2014, Time Inc. announced that Colin Bodell was joining the company in the newly created position of Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer.[18]
On 5 February 2014, Time Inc. announced that it was cutting 500 jobs.[19] However, most of the layoffs are at American Express Publishing.[13]
Since April 2014, the Chairman of Time Inc. has been Joseph A. Ripp. Ripp has been Chief Executive since September 2013.[20][21]
See also
- ↑ "Brands". Time Inc. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ "Time Inc Shares Slip As Magazine Company Goes Public". Deadline Hollywood. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "History of TIME". TIME magazine.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Henry R. Luce: End of a Pilgrimage". - TIME. - March 10, 1967
- ↑ Alan Brinkley, The Publisher: Henry Luce and his American Century (2010) pp 302-3
- ↑ Brinkley, The Publisher: Henry Luce and his American Century (2010) pp 322-93
- ↑ "Time magazine historical search". Time magazine. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ↑ Time Inc. and Warner to Merge, Creating Largest Media Company, New York Times
- ↑ "The Netflix Hope: Time Inc's Maghound Set To Launch in Sept". Forbes. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ Wauters, Robin (19 January 2010). "Confirmed:Time Inc. buys personal shopping engine StyleFeeder". (hot topics). TechCrunch. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ Carr, David (4 August 2010). "Ex-Meredith officer to be Time's chief". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ Goyal, Anubhav (27 September 2010). "Fortune launches Indian edition". Media Newsline. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Steigrad, Alexandra (5 February 2014). "Time Inc. Lays Out Restructuring". WWD. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ Lieberman, David, Financial Editor (6 March 2013). "Time Warner plans to spin off Time Inc". Deadline.com. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Time Inc To Go Public On June 6". Deadline Hollywood. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Time Warner (TWX) Completes Time Inc. (TIME) Spinoff". TheStreet.com. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "Media It's Official: Time Inc. Buys AmEx's Food & Wine, Travel & Leisure Magazines". Ad Age. Crain Communications. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ Everett, Teri (14 January 2014). "Time Inc. Names Colin Bodell Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer". Business Wire. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ↑ "Time Inc. to Cut 500 Jobs Ahead of Spinoff". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Joseph A. Ripp". Bloomberg Business. Bloomber LP. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ http://d1lge852tjjqow.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001591517/dd332053-562d-4dba-8665-8d2bb121f029.pdf?noexit=true
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The Federal Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) helps parents assist with their student's educational costs. PLUS loans enable parents with good credit histories to borrow to pay the education expenses of each child who is a dependent undergraduate student enrolled at least half time (six credit-hours). PLUS loans can be certified for each academic year up to – but not more than – the student's cost of attendance, minus the amount of financial assistance that the student receives.

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Volunteer Services
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
Important AnnouncementSMCS Volunteer Services is currently not open for new applications. Please check back September 10th for our November 15th orientation. Thank you.
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento (SMCS) volunteers offer their time and talents to serve, touching the lives of our patients, visitors, and staff. Approximately 500 volunteers (women, men, college students, retirees, and work professionals), representing diverse economic and cultural backgrounds, dedicate their time and energy to volunteering at SMCS. Their devotion and service is vital to both the community and Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento patients and families.
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We all love junk food. Perhaps some people don't love the way it makes their body feel or look afterwards, but there's no denying that the taste of salty chips or a fatty burger makes most of our mouths water, and, if that isn't for you, you're likely hiding a deeply-rooted passion for chocolate. I apologise for making your sweet tooth ache there, but my point is that nobody is immune to the temptation of fast food; it's just that many people have overcome their temptations.
Much as with anything in life, unhealthy treats are fine in moderation. However, for anybody who binges on junk food, moderation might have crossed the line into overconsumption. It's a delicate balance, and it can become all too easy for us to rock the boat and put our bodies under immense strain. Like any addiction, of course, a sweet tooth or a love for fast food can be curbed. It's all about not denying yourself unhealthy treats, but reducing your consumption of them and increasing your consumption of healthy foods. I understand your hesitation, because I was the same, but there are delicious healthy foods out there and you can start to crave them instead (in moderation). Here are some important steps towards becoming a health food junkie, along with some delicious suggestions for treats which treat your body kindly.
The first step to making a big change in your lifestyle is to learn about the benefits of doing so and the negatives of continuing with any bad habits you're currently displaying. It's all about the mind, at the end of the day. You're probably looking at your stomach and thinking, "no, it's all about this greedy thing." Well, in a sense, you're right. Our guts do control our emotions and thoughts, given that bacteria in our stomach controls our minds, but I won't get into that. The point is that you have to learn to retrain your thoughts and desires.
You have to learn that you can nourish your gut without necessarily caving in to unhealthy wants, and, in fact, you've probably realised countless times that junk food doesn't always settle well with your stomach anyway. Food should be making you feel better and not worse. You're probably thinking that unhealthy food definitely does that, but junk only makes us feel better in the moment; our taste buds might be happy, but our bodies are not. If you want to start feeling better after eating, you need to start giving your body what it needs. As soon as you realise how great this is for you, along with how great it feels, you'll find that you crave the foods which give your body a boost.
Everything in moderation.
As I said before, it's okay to have a sweet tooth. In fact, I'd encourage it. What I would not encourage, of course, is losing control of that sweet tooth. A treat should be exactly that: a treat. You've had a healthy lunch, for example, comprising of a ham and lettuce sandwich and a banana. Of course you can treat yourself to a Twix afterwards. Your body needs balance, and so does your mind. If you deny yourself any treats whatsoever, which is usually the mantra behind "fad diets" through which people starve themselves, you're only going to slip back into your old ways further down the line. When you fall off the wagon, you'll binge on unhealthy stuff. If you treat yourself to a little chocolate every day, and maybe a takeaway every Saturday, then you'll curb those cravings, as you'll realise that you can still eat naughty food now and then.
Consistency is the key. If you want to avoid fad diets, which do your body more harm than good when you most likely fluctuate behind binging and starving yourself, you need to view healthy eating as more than a "chore". It has to be part of a balanced lifestyle. You can see healthy food as the nourishment your body needs after a long and tiring, whereas chocolate or chips can be a small afterthought or a weekend treat.
Discover superfoods.
Honestly, if you're shrugging your shoulders at the concept of superfoods, you haven't really tried them. Adding cucumbers to my meals every day really livened up otherwise boring dishes, but I also found that this watery, refreshing vegetable gave me a tonne of energy after my meal. My ham sandwiches are usually great, but they don't give me as much energy or reduce my headaches in the same way that cucumber does.
This wasn't a placebo effect, because I had no preconceived expectations when I was trying out cucumber; I just thought I'd spice up my sandwiches a little, initially. There are other great concoctions containing superfoods, such as apple cider vinegar, which can achieve the opposite to most food out there and help you lose weight: http://thealternativedaily.com/lose-weight-with-apple-cider-vinegar/ I'm a bit of a superfood fanatic, but the effects of most foods I've tried within this category are definitely noticeable. I'm not saying you'll eat a banana and feel a jolt of adrenaline, but, unlike junk food, superfoods just feel... refreshing. When you've eaten a few of them for a week or two, you'll start to feel a little bit of a spring in your step. Still, that could just be the lack of fatty chips or pizza in your digestive system.
Carbs are great, but sitting around isn't.
A lot of people get far too hung up on what they're eating and not what they're doing throughout the day. Don't get me wrong - I love food. We all do, and that's why many of us obsess over what we should or should not be eating. The point of everything I've said so far, however, has been that you should just focus on balancing your overall lifestyle. Don't give up fast food, but don't ignore healthy food. There's so much more to being healthy than what you eat, and the life you lead affects the food you need anyway.
A lot of people say carbohydrates are bad, but they're another necessary part of a balanced, varied diet and lifestyle. If you lead quite a sedentary lifestyle, then carbohydrates might cause you to put on some weight, but so will anything you eat. If you start leading a more physically active routine, you'll find that you not only get into a healthier shape, but you actually need those carbs to replenish your body. Humans were designed to move throughout the day and recharge our bodies through food. That's the cycle.
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Wine and Cheese Night Checklist by Cracker Barrel Cheese
Throw a casual wine and cheese party any night of the week with this convenient list.
Send invitations.
For a quick, no-fuss invitation, use blank cardboard coasters. Write party details on one side and "Your Drink Here" on the other side. It's a fun and memorable way to get the word out.
Determine how much food you need.
For six guests, serve three pounds of cheese and three to four bottles of wine. For 12 guests, serve six pounds of cheese and seven to eight bottles of wine
Serve semihard and smooth cheeses.
Start with cheese most people already love, like Cracker Barrel Extra Sharp Cheddar, Vermont Cheddar, and Aged Reserve Cheddar. Buy it in a block or bar and cut it into cubes. Or go the easy route with pre-sliced Cracker Barrel Cracker Cuts.
Add a variety of other cheeses.
Serve at least one cheese from each of the remaining categories: blue and bold (e.g., gorgonzola or stilton), aged and rich (e.g., manchego), and soft and creamy (e.g., goat cheese).
Buy red and white wines.
Serve a variety of wines, but take note that whites tend to pair better with cheese than reds. Go for Riesling, Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon (which pairs well with aged and rich cheeses), and sparkling wines
Serve extra nibbles.
Set out a variety of small bites, such as: mixed olives, pistachios, almonds, cranberry preserves, prosciutto, dried sausage, fruit (like fresh figs, strawberries, and grapes), pickles, Dijon mustard, and a variety of crackers and bread like baguettes and garlic toast.
Prepare the serving table.
Serve the cheese on a couple of wooden or marble boards. Label each variety with a small folded tent card or on "Hello My Name Is" stickers stuck on toothpicks. Bundle baguettes and breadsticks in vases. Serve food on side tables around the space to encourage mingling
Use the proper utensils.
Make sure to use a different knife for each cheese—a butter knife for soft cheese, a paring knife for semisoft, and a cheese plane for hard wedges like Parmigiano-Reggiano. Provide spoons for accompaniments. Set out toothpicks for bite-sized foods.
Set out plates and wine glasses.
Since it's a casual affair, mix and match small serving plates and wine glasses. Don't have enough small plates or glasses? Pick up a few vintage (and inexpensive) pieces from a resale shop for a charming touch. If you have cloth napkins, use them.
Set the mood with music.
Create a playlist on an MP3 player or CD with some swanky, cool tunes to keep the party going. Mix it up with a little jazz, smooth Motown, classic rock favorites, and contemporary crowd-pleasers.


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Hello Dear Friends,
Tina Brackins is leading up the kitchen at the Amala Foundation's Global Youth Peace Summit and would love some some macro company! This is a great opportunity to gain internship hours, work with a service-oriented community, international youth, and to enjoy a natural setting as well.
About Global Youth Peace Summit:GYPS is a week long camp for international and American youth. Teens are taught community, leadership, and non-violent communication skills at a rural camp outside of Wimberly, TX.
More info on the summit:http://www.amalafoundation.org/gyps.html...and the Amala Foundation: http://www.amalafoundation.org/amala.html
NE Internship hours or Assisting Hours Credit:
Hours are available August 1-6 helping coordinate food donationsand/or in the kitchen August 7-16. Shifts available are breakfast (for 100), or dinner (for about 60). Meals will be vegan and macro-based (good minerals!) You would be in the kitchen with Tina Brackins and at least 2 other volunteers. You are welcome to come for anywhere from 1 or 2 days to all week. Volunteers housed in a community cabin, are fed 3 meals daily and have access to the camp for swimming, hiking, etc.
Please call Tina if you have questions or would like to help out. Amala is having an informational meeting next week also.
Many thanks,
Tina Brackins
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Internship Opportunity
Hello Dear Friends,
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Need Inspiration for your Internship?
My internship began May 1, 2008 and will end on August 5, 2009. Throughout the internship I camped on the farm and received a small weekly stipend in exchange for an average of 40 hours of work a week. Working at HOTE gave me the firsthand experience of growing organic vegetables, maintaining a CSA program, and selling homegrown produce at the Sustainable Food Center's farmer's markets. During the extent of my internship I also got lots of experience teaching different skills involved with organic hand farming to volunteers and fellow employees, which further cemented my knowledge. HOTE also introduced me to many amazing people and the Urban Roots program.
If you have the desire to work at an organic farm it is not hard to do. I started by googling "organic farm internships" which pulled up a very helpful website- http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/internships/ - in which I was able to sort through farms by geographic region. It is possible to work on farms all over the world by joining WWOOF or by directly contacting farms. I would recommend choosing a place according to your preferred climate, especially if you're considering becoming a full time farmer yourself. Marysol Valle, my friend and employer at HOTE, may possibly be seeking interns in the future. Her website is www.handsoftheearth.com, where you can find her contact info and updates on the farm.
Another cool thing that I've learned about while farming is CSA, which stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Many small organic farmers choose to do CSA, in which a person can become a member by purchasing a season's worth of produce up front, thus providing the farmer with the capital to buy seeds and supplies for the vegetables in which the member will soon partake. Joining a CSA ensures that you get the freshest and most local food available and that you have a connection to the source of your food. Eating according to what is available seasonally and locally challenges your cooking creativity and is very rewarding. If you're interested in becoming a CSA member you can search the Internet for available farms or talk directly to farmers at the Austin farmer's markets.
The SFC Farmer's Market at the Triangle
While working at HOTE I have worked this farmer's market, which is sponsored and run by the Sustainable Food Center, probably 40-50 times. This involves transporting all of the goods from the farm to The Triangle, setting up the farm booth and creating an appetizing display of vegetables, helping customers and answering questions, and then packing everything back up into the truck and heading home.
This market is held on Wednesdays the whole year round except during extreme weather. It is located in the park at the center of a triangle shaped group of condos and businesses where Guadalupe St. meets Lamar Blvd. In summer the market runs from 4pm to 8pm, and at some point in the fall it switches to 3pm-7pm to account for the shorter, colder days. There are a variety of vendors selling vegetables, prepared food and snacks, bread, honey, meat, milk, cheese, eggs, coffee, tea, and fruit, and usually there's live music. This is a major hot spot for families, kids, and dogs. Farmer's markets are a great way to meet local farmers and artisans and ask questions about their arts. You can get the low down on all the SFC Farmer's Markets and check out volunteer opportunities at www.sustainablefoodcenter.org. They've got lots of great stuff going on throughout the Austin area.
SFC Farmer's Market at Republic Square Park
This market is similar to the Triangle market except much bigger and more bustling. It is held every Saturday from 8am-12pm, weather permitting. In spring, winter, and fall it runs from 9am-1pm. I've worked around 10-15 of these markets all told. Vendors include the usual suspects times ten, plus those selling pastries, t-shirts, potted plants and ceramics. This is another great way to revel in the Austin community of farmers and small business owners.
WIC Farmer's Market by the SFC
Another program that the SFC set up is weekly farmer's markets that are held at various WIC offices and recreation centers throughout Austin. WIC stands for "Women Infants Children" and is a state-funded non-profit organization that offers financial assistance with the purchase of certain WIC approved foods and various services to low-income women who are pregnant or have children. Only one farmer is present at each market because there is such a limited amount of customers. The SFC organizes when and where and who. Farmers accept WIC vouchers, food stamps, checks, or cash at these markets, and are often known to mark down their prices to accommodate their customers. Personally I've only worked one of these markets, which was 2 hours long. It was cool to talk to the employees at WIC who drifted by and I got to practice speaking Spanish. If you're interested in WIC check out www.dshs.state.tx.us/wichd/default.shtm
Urban Roots Volunteer Crew Leader
An offshoot of Youth Launch, Urban Roots is a non-profit organization that teaches leadership skills, community involvement and social justice to high school aged folks through the medium of organic farm internship, activities, field trips and community service. Mike Evans and Max Elliot, the two main supervisors, are both immensely talented in the fields of teaching and farming. Participants must apply, do an interview, and be specially selected to become involved. Each year there are more applicants than there are spaces available. Interns are paid for all of their work and receive a bi-weekly paycheck. This year 18 interns were hired, including 3 that were rehired from the previous year (also the first year of the program) to expand their individual leadership skills by each directing a team of new interns. Urban Roots' garden occupies a portion of Hands of the Earth Farm while in session from February to mid-August. There are plans for U.R. to expand their operation over the entire farm starting in January of 2010.
As a VCL with Urban Roots I volunteered for 11 weeks of the spring on Saturdays from 8:30am to 12:30 pm. My job was to work with Vivian, one of the ACLs, and her crew of interns, to support her while she stretched her leadership muscles. This gave me the opportunity to be more closely connected with the Urban Roots program and people, which was an immense pleasure. UR brings so much laughter, enthusiasm, and inspiration to the farm, and the transformation that each intern undergoes as they become more confident with the tasks of farming and the less tangible skills imparted by Mike and Max is amazing and moving to witness.
Urban Roots Community Volunteer Days
These are held on various Saturdays throughout the summer season, and usually involve a group of people who may or may not know each other coming out to the farm from within a particular community, such as Whole Foods employees or paralegals. During Community Volunteer Days, first year interns take turns testing their public speaking and leadership skills by directing a team of volunteers, demonstrating farming techniques and guiding them through fieldwork all morning. Volunteers and Interns play team-building games together and are encouraged to discuss their ideas and experiences with each other while they work. By lunch time the farm is much improved from all the extra care and everyone is tired and satisfied. I volunteered at two of these Community Days and would recommend them to anyone who craves a firsthand experience with farming and/or is excited by the amazing things UR is accomplishing. To learn about volunteer opportunities and read more about the program check out www.youthlaunch.org/programs/urbanroots.php. You can also request to be placed on a mailing list to receive notices about Community Volunteer Days or other UR events. You can also check out Urban Roots at their booth at the Farmer's Market on Saturdays at Republic Square Park throughout the summer until mid-August.
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Graduate Maria Rios presents Enchiladas Potosinas
Join us every second Wednesday of the month for a free cooking demonstration and lecture at Casa de Luz.
Culinary Program students are required to take a favorite recipe or dish, analyze it based on the Five Transformation Theory, make it healthier, and then present their converted dish to the public. This demonstration is a timed test and the physical culmination of their Culinary Program experience.
Congratualtions Maria and best wishes on more delicious creations!
Enchiladas Potosinas
By Maria Elena Rios
Natural Epicurean Graduate 2009
Red Sauce
Step 1
1 medium organic Kabocha Squash
1 medium organic rutabaga, quartered
1 small organic red beet
2 organic carrots, peeled and cut in large chunks
1 TBS unrefined sea salt, SI recommended
Step 2
1 large organic onion, diced
1 tsp unrefined sea salt
4-6 cloves organic garlic, minced
1 TBS organic expeller pressed sesame oil
2 tsp of cumin
4 tsp Mexican Oregano
4 TBS of umeboshi vinegar
Step 1
Place the vegetables in the pressure cooker and add water to half the height of the vegetables.
Add salt and cover pressure cooker, bring up to pressure, and cook for 15, minutes.
Remove from heat and let pressure come down. Pour cooked vegetables and broth into a large bowl to cool. When cool, puree vegetables and broth in a food processor or blender. (Do not blend when the vegetables are hot.) Add salt to taste.
Step 2
Warm the sesame oil over a low flame in a large pot. Saute garlic to season the oil. Add the onion. Add enough salt to season the onions well. Keep in mind the overall saltiness of the puree and onions combined. (If too salty, you can adjust later.) Add the herbs to the onion and saute briefly over a medium flame. Add the vegetable puree to the onions and herbs. Cover and bring to a simmer. Do not overcook or the red color will disappear. Add umeboshi vinegar and stir. (If the sauce is too salty, you can use less umeboshi vinegar or substitute rice vinegar.) Set aside.
Enchilada Stuffing
Step 1
Tofu Mayonnaise Recipe
12 ounces organic firm tofu, Mori Nu Brand
½ tsp organic prepared mustard (whole grain or Dijon)
1 tsp organic brown rice vinegar
1 tsp organic lemon juice
¼ cup organic cold-pressed, extra virgin olive oil, or less to reach desired consistency
1 TBS umeboshi vinegar
¾ cup safflower oil or less to reach desired consistency
Step 2
1 ½ lb organic firm tofu, pressed
2 TBS organic unpasteurized white miso
½ cup Tofu Mayonnaise
Juice of 1 lemon (about 2 TBS)
3 leaves of organic kale
4 organic scallions, cut into diamond shape
Step 1
In a blender, puree tofu until smooth. Add seasoning and puree. Leave the food processor running slowly and pour oil down shoot until thoroughly incorporated. Adjust seasonings to taste. Set aside.
Step 2
Remove stems from kale and cut into small pieces. Soak the leaves in water to remove dirt. Shred leaves finely.
Bring small pot of water to a rolling boil. Quickly blanch kale. Allow to cool. Squeeze out excess water.
Mash tofu in bowl. Add miso, tofu mayonnaise, and lemon juice. Add kale stems, leaves, and scallions. Set aside.
Garnish for Enchiladas
Step 1
½ lb of organic green beans, ends trimmed
2 lb of organic carrots, cut into thick matchsticks
1 organic cauliflower, cut into floret size
3 leaves of lettuce, cut into rings
1 daikon, finely grated or cut
Step 2
Cilantro Green Goddess Dressing
½ pkg Silken firm tofu
2 scallions, chopped
2 tsp rinsed capers
2 TBS organic fresh lemon juice
½ cup of organic fresh parsley, chopped
¼ cup of organic fresh cilantro, chopped
1 TBS of agave nectar
¼ cup of apple cider vinegar
1 clove
1 tsp of vegetarian worsthershire sauce
1 tsp prepared mustard
1 TBS daikon, minced
Step 1
In boiling water, quickly blanch the beans, carrots, and cauliflower. Be sure not to overcook the vegetables. Set aside to cool.
Cut the lettuce in ring and place in cool water. Set aside.
Pickle the daikon in a little bit of salt. Massage salt until water is released. Set aside.
Step 2
In a blender, combine all the dressing ingredients and blend until smooth and creamy. Set aside.
Assembly of the Enchiladas Potosinas
24 organic corn tortillas
Prepared Red Sauce
Prepared Filling
Blanched Vegetables
Lettuce Rings
Pickled Daikon
Cilantro Green Goddess Dressing
Brush all the tortillas with the safflower oil. In a hot frying pan, place 3 at a time to heat and soften. Dip the tortilla in the red sauce. Fill the tortilla with the prepared stuffing. Do this with all tortillas. Place in the oven to keep warm.
When ready to serve, place 2 at a time on a plate. Cover the lettuce, blanched vegetables, and drizzle cilantro green goddess dressing on top of the vegetables. Serve immediately and enjoy.
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Macrobiotics and Miso
Miso Miso Miso!
Why does the Macrobiotic Diet seem to emphasis miso so much?
spent many years treating atomic bomb victims and Ito at Hiroshima University's Atomic Radioactivity Medical Laboratory. Dr. Ito found that when he fed Miso's health/medicinal benefits are vast. Perhaps one of the most famous miso stories is about a doctor named Shinichiro Akizuki at St. Francis Hospital in Nagasaki during WWII. Dr. Akizukideveloped a theory as to why he and the other medical staff never suffered from the radiation they were exposed to. Miso soup. The staff of the hospital drank it everyday. In 1989 this "miso soup" theory was supported by Dr. Akihiromiso to rats they were 100 to 200 percent less likely to become ill.
Some other healthy qualities of miso include:
- It's high in iron, calcium, protein, potassium and B vitamins
- Miso aids in digestion. A well-prepared miso soup will also enrich the intestinal flora of healthy bacteria and hence support immunity. You MUST NOT BOIL the miso to obtain these benefits. Simply simmer for a few minutes. This stops the fermentation process so that the miso will not produce gas in your stomach but keeps the healthy bacteria intact
- Certain types of cancer (including prostate and breast) are less likely to occur in people who eat miso on a regular basis
- It lowers both total blood cholesterol and heart friendly
- Miso contains many powerful antioxidants
- Since it's high in calcium, miso is a great dairy-free way to prevent osteoporosis
Miso can be more than soup! Here are some sites that provide new ways to try out your miso:
Veggies with miso
Dressings, Dips
Even Miso Desserts!
To promote miso and The Natural Epicurean, we recently hosted a miso tasting here in Austin.
We hope these health benefits and recipes will help you incorporate miso in your diet but if you should have any additional questions please feel free to email us!
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Valentines Bake Sale Pictures
Thanks to everyone who came out for our Bake Sale and Valentines class this weekend. For those who couldn't make up I've got some pictures worth DROOLING over.
Mint French Kissed Love Bites
Choco-coconut Bliss Love Bites
Carrot Pecan Love Muffins
Hope to see everyone at our next event!
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Monday, February 09, 2009
Valentines Bake Sale!
I mentioned last post that we're having our annual bake sale this weekend. The menu is set and ready to be doled out unto the masses. Here we go!
Petits fours (gluten free) 3 flavors: Chocolate Raspberry, Chocolate Cashew/Coconut, Chocolate Mint
Carrot Pecan Cupcakes with a Cashew Cream Frosting (gluten free)
Cheesecake (gluten free) with your choice of 4 toppings: Chocolate Hazelnut, Blood Orange, Ginger Pineapple, and Blueberry
We're also adding a new savory item:
As always all items are VEGAN and handmade by students of the school. The sale is at our school located HERE.
Please feel free to stop by, say hi and pick up some treats on Saturday Feb 14th from 10am to 2pm or until we sell out!
Hope to see you there.
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Thursday, February 05, 2009
Valentines Aphrodisiacs Class
The Natural Epicurean is holding a speciality cooking class and bake sale on Saturday February the 14th!
When: February 14th, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Casa de Luz - Cielo Room
Cost: $55.00 for a single attendee and only $27.50 for a friend or family member who enrolls and attends with you. $82.50 per couple.
According to The American Heritage Dictionary, "aphrodisiac" is defined as: adj: Arousing or intensifying sexual desire. noun: Something, such as a drug or food, having such an effect. [Greek aphrodisiakos, from aphrodisia, sexual pleasures, from Aphrodite.]
In this vegan and macrobiotic cooking class, we'll talk in detail about foods that are considered aphrodisiacs, but we'll also explain how presentation, ambiance, good health, and serving our partners affect our ability to arouse, to become aroused, and to fully enjoy this most delightful and precious part of our humanity. And then we'll cook and eat some delightful and sensual food.We explain that "love foods" can be divided into two categories: biochemical aphrodisiacs that have a direct physiological effect on our sex organs and the more important psychophysical group. (After all, there is no sexual organ more important than the mind.)You'll learn to cook a complete meal to delight your Valentine's Day sweetheart and then have the opportunity to taste this exceptional food.
The menu:
Artichokes with Lemon Butter
Porcini Mushroom Soup with Chestnuts
Tempeh Italiano and Toasted Pine Nuts over Seasonal Greens
Risotto Milanese (this is made with saffron)
Maple Roasted Winter Squash with Apples and Fennel
Chocolate Amaretto Mousse with Almond Tuile and Kumquats
After the class you can step outside and purchase some delightful vegan baked goods from our annual bake sale. More on what we'll be serving soon!
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Joy of Cooking Humans
After watching a bit of Hannibal on television last night (I like Julianne Moore, but she just isn't a substitute for Jodi Foster), I remembered an item I've been meaning to blog about for ages.
Thanks to Natalie at Bake and Destroy, you now know what to get your favourite cannibal or undead friend for Christmas. As part of her - and I kid you not - Zombies in Popular Media Class, she wrote The Joy of Cooking Humans for all flesh eaters to enjoy.
The premise came after musing about the evolution of Zombies over the years (especially throughout the filmography of George Romero):
Obviously, I am a world away from being an anthropologist, so in my head human civilization went something like this:
1. single cell goo
2. crawly things
3. monkey people
4. cave men/clans
5. communal meals
6. advancements in communication
7. wearing clothes
8. families/separate housing
9. advancements in food preparation
10. ipods
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SOMETIMES SOCIAL scientists can be so bereft of common sense that it`s hard to give them any credence. Consider the recent survey purporting to show which American cities have the most ``urban stress`` and which have the least.
The survey was conducted by Zero Population Growth Inc., and it ranked 184 major cities in 11 categories that supposedly relate in some way to population growth. Apparently the rankings simply were added up and the computer spewed out the results without the leavening of common sense.
Otherwise, how can anyone explain the listing of Madison, Wis., as being almost the least stressful place to live? It was second only to Fargo, N.D.
Madison is the home of the huge and excellent University of Wisconsin, where students try to meet the demanding standards of a world-class faculty. The stress level, especially at examination time, soars off the charts.
The state government also operates in Madison, which causes additional tension. And the city, hardly a bucolic town, struggles with the usual traffic jams and parking problems.
If Madison has a low stress level, so does South Africa.
At the other end of the scale, Miami was rated the most stressful city in America. Maybe so, but an argument can be made that while Miami certainly is a different kind of city, its ``stress level`` at least partly relates to the Hispanic lifestyle there.
The study set up 11 categories that, together, supposedly indicated a stress level: population change, births, crowding, violent crime, individual economics, community economics, education, hazardous wastes, air, water pollution and sewage.
Whether those ought to be the categories is questionable, but given the fact that they were, Miami obviously is stressful in violent crime and in population change, if change means a different complexion of the city.


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Founded: 1899
Nickname: The Spartans, Green Army
Ground: Croft Park (4,435)
2016/17 Average Attendance: 649
Position Last Year: 1st in Evostik Premier (Promoted)
Last Season's Result: N/A
The Club:
Blyth Spartans were founded almost 120 years ago and despite spending all their time in the lower levels of the English football pyramid, are well known for their successes in the FA cup over the years, with the club reaching the first round proper quite regularly during the seventies and eighties. The Green Army also made the 3rd round in 2015, before going out to Birmingham City with a 3-2 loss.
The Spartans current manager is none other than County legend Alun Armstrong, and in the former striker's first season, guided the club to a first place finish to ensure promotion to the National League North for the first time since 2012.
The Ground:
Blyth play their home games at Croft Park and have done since its opening in 1909. The stadium is covered on four sides following redevelopment in 2009 and for County fans making the three hour journey north, a friendly welcome can be expected, although expect segregation to be in place for the visit of The Hatters.


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Brittany Lincicome: LPGA Star Honors Her Roots In Tampa Bay
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Brittany Lincicome has been a winner all over the world. With three wins on the LPGA Tour and other amateur and pro-am wins that span the globe, she's made an imprint just about everywhere on a golf course except in her hometown of St. Petersburg.
That's because there are no women's professional golf tournaments in St. Petersburg. In fact, the
has gone several years without even a visit to the state of Florida even though the Tour is headquarted in Daytona Beach.
Lincicome, 24, has her LPGA victories, including a win at the
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, but she's more active off the course than on, especially in St. Petersburg. She works for many local charities, and one of her big concerns now is to help the fledgling St. Petersburg Sports Alliance get off the ground. She, and many other local athletes who have gained prominence on a national level, have formed the group to raise awareness that St. Petersburg can be the sports capital of Florida's West Coast.
Lincicome is the only professional golfer among the nearly 50 members of the board, so she is taking the reins on trying to bring an LPGA event to Tampa Bay. LPGA events bring in large amounts of dollars to local charities, so Lincicome has taken a special interest.
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"I'm working on golf, but it's important to bring baseball back,'' Lincicome says. "We can get a lot done and it's important because this is such a great region for sports.''
Lincicome has chalked up an impressive LPGA career: along with three wins and a major championship, she has two top-10 finishes this season and, on June 15, was in the middle of a five-event run to lead up to the
Women's U.S. Open
. It's rare that any professional golfer plays five straight weeks, but she is involved with charities all over the country, so priorities are more important than rest, she says.
"I am fortunate to be in the position where I can raise money,'' Lincicome says. "It's not a problem. It's an honor. I'll so anything I can to help whoever I can.''
Lincicome started at the relatively late age of 9, playing the par-3
East Bay Executive Course
in Largo. Once she started, she never stopped. Her dad, Tom, took her every day and she could soon beat her brothers Hunter and Bryan.
"My dad always took pride in beating me,'' Lincicome says. "I could beat my brothers pretty soon after I started, but when I started to beat my dad, I knew I could play.''
Lincicome lost a key figure in her life when her grandmother succumbed to breast cancer two years ago and has a special interest in raising money to defeat it. When she heard that former LPGA standout Val Skinner was speaking about breast cancer at an event in Illinois recently, she jumped on the bandwagon and hasn't let go. At the event, Skinner spoke about former LPGA star Heather Farr, who died of breast cancer in 1993 at the age of 28. Lincicome says she had no previous idea that breast cancer can be passed on genetically and said she started to think about her own life. More than 40,000 women die of the disease each year.
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program that teaches underprivileged kids in the Tampa Bay area the game of golf and she also takes part in the LPGA's Big Sister program, taking rookies under her wing to teach them the intricacies of the Tour, ranging from dealing with the media to working out travel arrangements.
It's a long day for Lincicome and most of it is off the golf course. She still lives in St. Petersburg when she isn't on the road and recently moved into her own townhome for the first time, and she says she won't forget her roots. She has thrown out the first ball at Tampa Bay Rays games twice, even though she forgot to bring shoes the first time and took a lot of giggles when she had to do the whole thing in flip-flops. Still, she threw an almost perfect strike. She's also a regular at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino where she enjoys playing Texas Hold'em. A card hand that might bring in $20 is more nerve-racking, she says, than making a four-footer for half a million dollars.
The time on and off the golf course and the casino is great, but Lincicome says it's the work she does for St. Petersburg and her new job with the Alliance keeps her going.
"This town has meant so much to me and I won't forget it,'' Lincicome says. "I'll do anything for Tampa Bay. I grew up here and don't ever plan to leave. Golf is fun, but I feel a sense to help out the community and that's really important to me. This is a great place to live.''
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Antique Bird of Prey Drinking Cup
This lovely sculpture is actually a drinking cup owned by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It dates back to about the 1600s and originated in what is now Germany. It's gilt with silver and wrapped around a coconut that has been carefully carved to appear feathered.
Now don't start questioning the coconut. The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plumber may seek warmer climes in winter yet these are not strangers to our land.
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When I saw this, I thought that it was 'the stuff that dreams are made of'
I believe he says plover not plumber although they might seek warmer climes in winter also
Perfect for your holiday eggnog!


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Because I am the worst procrastinator in the world, I have allowed my web hosting to lapse and have lost everything.
This will be a long process.
Have I learnt my lesson?
Probably not.
um, does this mean you lost the short stories to the tigers and devils series? i cant find them on any of the free url's that have been posted on goodreads
Well, get on with it, Sir, we need a third (and more) T&D installments! =)
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Florida State University, Yearbook (Tallahassee, Florida)Renegade (1997). The publication of yearbooks at Florida State University began in 1901 when West Florida Seminary published The Argo. Publication under that title continued through the transition to Florida State College with two more editions before it was halted when the school was renamed and repurposed as the Florida Female College in 1905. In 1909 the name of the school changed to Florida State College for Women, and one year later the institution published its first yearbook entitled, Flastacowo. After the 1915 edition, publication was suspended during World War I, and resumed in 1921. In 1947 the school returned to coeducation as Florida State University and in 1948 it published the new yearbook, Tally Ho! After the student published 1971 edition, publication of the Tally-Ho! was halted. Since then it has been published sporadically under various titles, including Tally Ho (1973), Artifacts (1980-1981, 1985-1986), and finally, Renegade (1988-1997, 2006-2007). Publication of the yearbooks ceased after the 2007 Renegade.
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Spring Garden's Forrest Livingston and the Westbrook Warriors claimed top honors in The Gadsden Times' online player and team of the week polls for performances during Week 4 of the 2012 high school football season.
Livingston took first place in the player poll with 243 votes (41.4 percent) from 587 cast at gtpreps.com. The Warriors claimed first place in the team poll after garnering 225 votes (47.3 percent).
Livingston ran 14 times for 258 yards and two touchdowns against Coosa Christian as the Wildcats rolled to a 35-0 shutout victory Friday night. The speedy fullback is averaging 165 yards rushing and two touchdowns per game.
Gadsden City's Chris Lawrence got 152 votes (25.9 percent) and finished second in the online player of the week voting, ahead of Glencoe's Hunter Nunnally, Boaz's Casey Wood and Geraldine's Michael Davis, respectively.
Lawrence rushed for 214 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries in the Titans' 35-7 win over Albertville.
Nunnally completed 14 of 21 passes for 199 yards, passed for a touchdown and scored another one on the ground in Glencoe's 21-0 win over White Plains.
Wood completed 18 of 19 passes for 300 yards and a school passing record. He had a hand in all six touchdowns in the Pirates' 45-10 win over Scottsboro.
Davis rushed for 133 yards and four touchdowns in Geraldine's 42-19 win over New Hope.
In winning the team poll, Westbrook finished ahead runner-up Etowah, which got 150 votes (31.5 pecent) from the 476 made at gtpreps.com. The remainder of the votes were split among Sardis, Gadsden City and Glencoe.
With the Warriors' victory in the online team poll voting, Southside's streak of three-straight wins came to an end. The Panthers suffered their first loss of the season at then-No. 8 Fort Payne on Friday.
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The opening theme was slowed down to add time and avoid the copyright police. Meh, whatever.
There is a stand-alone clip of "Friends Forever" on YouTube, so we'll showcase that another time. Conspicious by her absence was Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie), which is curious in and of itself.
Worth noting: In season 4, NBC finally aired some earlier episodes that had been held back for reasons known only to the network, which made things a little bit strange in screwing up what continuity the series had. The episodes set at the Malibu Shores resort with Ernie Sabella (Perfect Strangers) and Leah Remini (later of The King of Queens) were part of season 3 as well. By that point, NBC was double-running Bell for a full hour every Saturday, which continued through the New Class era (1993-2000).
Rating: A. One of the better episodes of the series.


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Suffolk University Law School Professor Ragini N. Shah will spend a year in Mexico studying whether there are connections between U.S. economic policies and what has become one of the largest human migrations in the world.
Mexican migration to the United States has a long history. One out of seven adults is leaving Mexico, and 50 percent of the immigrant population in the United States hails from our southern neighbor.
Why are they leaving?
A Fulbright Award that is strongly backed by the Law School will support Shah as she conducts her research. The associate clinical professor, who has been directing Suffolk University Law School's Immigration Law Clinic since 2007, will spend four months excavating Mexican government archives and another three months interviewing the country's rural poor about what is influencing their decisions to migrate into the United States.
"The primary question is, 'Why are they leaving?'" said Shah. "I want to focus attention on 'that moment,' the one where the person decides to leave their home country, and why."
Economic policies
Shah says there is plenty of qualitative evidence that the economic policies of the United States and international institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization are responsible for changing conditions that lead people to leave Mexico. Shah would like to track some of that older research and see if it still holds true in the modern, post-NAFTA era. Part of that research will examine whether Mexico's decision to tilt domestic spending heavily toward police and military enforcement and away from agricultural subsidies for the rural poor has influenced people's decision to leave Mexico.
"The U.S. invests a lot of money in the Mexican drug war, and to qualify for those funds the Mexican government needs to show progress," Shah said. "So one question is, 'What effect does U.S. involvement in counter-trafficking in Mexico have on people's decisions to migrate?' "
Siphoning local aid
In other words, Shah says, Washington's emphasis on encouraging Mexican drug policing, which has depleted the government funds available for farm loans and other local aid, may be having the paradoxical effect of driving Mexicans back over the U.S. border so they can amass the capital they are not finding at home.
"I will not be asking people directly about the drug war and its effects on them, as that would be a dangerous question that would likely not invite a straight answer," she said. Instead, "the research will utilize very traditional open-ended interviewing regarding the reasons people are leaving Mexico for the United States."
Listening to migrants' voices
In addition to conducting fieldwork, Shah will study more than two decades of migration data at the University of Guadalajara. In her Fulbright application, she said that her work will "contribute to domestic and international law debates on migration" by allowing her to "harmonize" the stories of rural residents with the global policy shifts buffeting them.
"Little has been done to involve migrants themselves in the crafting of policies," she notes. "Perhaps there are solutions the migrants themselves would propose."
Student connection
Shah says she enjoys teaching her law students the nuts and bolts of immigration cases. She likens their training -- which includes intensive work on actual cases and rehearsing interviews with actors -- to "walking them toward the deep end of the pool" instead of being thrown in, as she was in her early days as a legal services lawyer.
But she has wanted to write more from her perch at Suffolk Law School and believes her time in Mexico will be "rejuvenating" -- an experience she can share with the school, its faculty, and the student body. She has the backing of senior colleagues eager to see her research and was granted a year's leave of absence. She has immersed herself in Spanish since 2006 and, to sharpen her linguistic proficiency, she is learning the idioms and colloquialisms prevalent in various regions of Mexico.
While episodes of kidnapping and violence against foreigners in Mexico are worrisome, she said, her prior experience there has taught her proper caution.
Personal connection to work
Shah, who grew up in North Carolina, is the daughter of immigrants from India. She said that her personal experience has shown her firsthand the daily travails faced by foreign-born citizens.
"I am sure that is where my interest in immigration law came from," she said. "You see how people are sometimes treated."


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I should give a shout out to my mom - she loves to cook and that love shines right through all of that tasty food she always made me! I was incredibly lucky to have such an amazing cook!! She makes the best of plenty of things, one of which is chili. While I am not making her chili, the chili I did make tonight turned out absolutely amazing!!
I guess I should also mention that this chili was inspired by a facebook friend - Amy. She posted a link to a website that had plenty of chili recipes! While she has no idea she inspired tonight's dinner, I still think it necessary to shout out to her! So, thanks Amy! :-)
|The start of the chili.
Chili is so simple and versatile. I love it! Here are the simple ingredients:
- 2 pounds ground beef
- [1 (16 ounce) can of kidney beans], which I omitted because I cannot stand beans. blek!
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 1 jalapeno, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon cayenne chile powder
- 1 tablespoon cumin [my new favorite spice!!]
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- shredded cheese - whatever you have on hand. we had a mixture of mexican cheese
- In a skillet, add oil and beef over medium/high heat. Drain when beef is cooked through
- Transfer to a slow cooker
- Add the remaining ingredients
- Cover and cook on high for about 4hours or on low for 6 hours
- Garnish servings with cheese
** the ingredients in red are slightly more spicy and should only be added if they are flavors you can appreciate... if you do not like spicy dishes, just omit them... that easy!!
A good way to make chili fun is to compliment it with cool parmesan, basil and lemon wafers and/or cornbread. Tonight I made both. [don't judge]
|The Parmesan Wafers before the oven!
The wafers were so easy to make. Here are the ingredients:
- 1 cup shredded Parmesan
- 2 tablespoons shredded basil leaves
- 1/2 tablespoon grated lemon zest
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Mix all ingredients together in a bowl
- Transfer a heaping tablespoon of parmesan mixtre onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and lightly pat down
- Repeat with the remaining cheese mixture, spacing the spoonfuls about 1/2 - inch apart
- Bake for 3 to 5 minutes or until golden and crisp
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LIMA, PERU — At the corner of Union Street and the Plaza de San Martin, where Peru`s underground economy comes bubbling to the surface, Isabel Prado stands all day with her back to the traffic selling cigarettes -- one at a time.
The 21-year-old former waitress seems good at her job. Calling out and occasionally smiling at passers-by, she can sell up to 400 cigarettes over a 14-hour day, earning the equivalent of 12 cents from each pack of 20 and taking home $2.40 in profits. ``But I have to fill the lighter once a week,`` she said, pointing to a hidden expense.
The scores of other peddlers who swirl around her, offering everything from Band-Aids to encyclopedias, testify to the survival instincts and marketing talents awakened over the last two years by Peru`s worst economic crisis in memory.
Not far away, in a section nicknamed Wall Street, some 300 money-changers waving calculators and fists of dollars yell out exchange rates or huddle doing business. ``On a $1,000 turnover,`` said Victor Manrique, a 20-year-old accounting student, ``I make $6. On a good day, I earn four times that.``
The marketplace, though, is less magical for those with less capital. A schoolgirl sits before a pile of telephone tokens, a 9-year-old boy sells candies, an elderly man holds up airmail envelopes -- all on sale for 1 or 2 cents apiece. Yet earnings are enough for them to keep coming back.
In fact, such is the underground economy`s importance in sustaining about half of Lima`s work force that it has spun off yet another line of business: thanks to support from foundations and universities, it is now fashionable for professors to make a living by studying the phenomenon.
If a few years ago foreign investors brought industry to Peru, all that has arrived of late is bingo from Spain.


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Every one of us will watch movies, serials, sports and many other entertaining things on television. It's a fact that most of the guys wants to look like these famous actors who sweeps the heroines off their feet like Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and several others in the industry. It is not a new information that all girls wants to look like famous celebrities like Taylor Swift, Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson and several other actress. If you look closely into these actress, they are thin as though they will break if the actor is going to give her a heart warming and body crushing hugs, most of the time the female actress are shorter than the guys, make up caked faces, in name of perfection, they have hollow faces in which they can see the cheek bones and their collar bones. They are describing size zero to size three actress which is hard to gain without plastic surgeries and artificial fat burners.
Sad news to consider in this madness is specs are considered only to describe old age and similar unwanted characters in films. This is influencing thousands and thousands of females and males to go for laser eyes surgery. These laser eye correction costs, an individual several dollars and it is not really cheap. To gain that pout in lips, people go for lip augmentation. In this lip augmentation, they get a fuller, plump and kissable lips. They are injected with with designer eyewear Sydney. There are different types of fillings. But the problem is there is a high chance for these operations to go wrong and end badly for people. These might include bleeding from the sites where it was injected, bruising of places in lips and there will irregular sweeping. In short instead of getting pump lips you will have a lips like the surface of moon with craters. After which it's pretty obvious no one will want to kiss those lips.
Face uplifts and cheek upliftFace uplifts would involve lifting the muscles of face to give the older cougar more younger look. These can also end badly. There are surgeries to give you that polished look which will give you those hollow cheek bones on the other side there are operations to give you that cheeky baby smile.
Is it right? What is it affecting?Well many teenagers who are entering the puberty and dating stage look up to these female actresses and male actors depicted in films and series and other entertainment shows and chooses a role model to become them. So in the process of becoming an actress in look, they are loosing their own identity. There are females with eating problems like bulimia, anorexia and several others. Apart from this, they are getting involved in other unwanted things and are in danger of dying. Why media? It is supposed to be something that eases mind and gives fun. But sadly, the models depicted are not from normal life, there are like these Barbie's who are picked out of spas and cosmetics surgeries hospitals.


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Assuming you have an Internet connection and a pulse, chances are pretty good you've by now seen the recently circulated footage from the 1928 premiere of Charlie Chaplin's "The Circus."
In it, a dowdy old woman appears to clutch something to her face as she jabbers away. What makes it so amusing is the earnest, energetic introduction from a movie fan who "discovered" the footage and who sees only one possible explanation for it: This woman -- if she even is a woman, he says suspiciously -- is clearly a time traveler.
She's not scratching her face. She's not using some primitive hearing aid. No, our intrepid conspiracy theorist argues, she's proof positive that someone, somewhere, somewhen built a time machine -- and headed straight for the Chaplin era.
And that AT&T apparently had some pretty kickin' coverage back in 1929.
What he's missing, and what everybody else seems to be missing, is that there is, indeed, a time traveler in "The Circus," but it's not the husky woman with the eerie resemblance to Doc Brown.
It's the Little Tramp himself.
Proof of that arrives on Blu-ray on Tuesday (Nov. 16), in the form of "Modern Times," Chaplin's 1936 silent masterpiece. It's almost 75 years old, and it contains Chaplin's trademark blend of humor and heart, but "Modern Times" magically reaches forward through the decades, resonating loudly for these difficult modern times.
Shot during the Great Depression, Chaplin's film is steeped in social commentary as it depicts an America staggered by hard times, one in which good jobs are scarce, and when the prospect of jail -- with its guarantee of a bed and three squares a day -- is more attractive than that of life on the street.
Foreclosure crisis much?
It's one of two socially conscious silents landing on Blu-ray in coming weeks. The other: the restored "Metropolis," Fritz Lang's 1927 sci-fi commentary on the gulf between the capitalist working class and the uppercrust. It lands on DVD Tuesday (Nov. 16) and on Blu-ray on Nov. 23.
Billed as "The Complete Metropolis" -- since it incorporates grainy 16 mm scenes that were only recently rediscovered -- Lang's film lacks the charm of Chaplin's Little Tramp, but it more than makes up for it with a wealth of sociopolitical commentary embedded in its story of a son of privilege who takes up the cause of the working class.
A big part of the genius of both films is in their storytelling proficiency, but it's the way they endure -- the way they still manage to speak to modern themes and modern audiences, even nearly a century later -- that makes them stand apart as masterpieces of cinema.
And you don't even need a flux capacitor or 1.21 giggawatts to appreciate them. All you need is Blu-ray player.
4 stars, out of 4
Snapshot: Charlie Chaplin's 1936 silent masterpiece, about a Little Tramp trying to make his way in a newly industrialized world.
Starring: Chaplin, Paulette Goddard. Director: Chaplin. Feature running time: 1 hour 27 minutes. Extras: Featurettes, deleted scenes, theatrical trailers, documentary short, commentary track, the short film "The Rink."
4 stars, out of 4
Snapshot: Fritz Lang's 1927 expressionist exploration of capitalism, in the form of a sci-fi silent, about a member of the ruling class in a dystopian future who takes up the cause of the working class.
Starring: Alfred Abel, Brigette Helm, Gustav Frohlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge. Director: Lang. Feature running time: 2 hours 28 minutes. Extras: Documentary on the making of and restoration of "Metropolis."


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My recent improvement in health and energy levels has come directly from a rebreathing mask that I got in the Breakspear clinic in
. It has boosted the levels of carbon
dioxide in my system, which were unusually low, and this in turn has had a
positive effect on my wellbeing. London
I have written multiple posts about this. Despite this, I wasn't clear on the exact mechanism of how increasing CO2 improved health and energy. A few months ago I met a guy in a setting totally unconnected to ME or health. I was to get in touch with him about another matter and he gave me his card, which had the term "Breathing expert" on it.
Naturally I asked him what this was. He explained that he has asthma, and has done some research into ways of managing the condition and helping him breathe better. He has now helped other people, teaching them how to breathe and explaining about how you breathe effects every function of the body.
There is a link here to the Buteyko Method, which was developed as a coping mechanism for asthma sufferers. It is all centred on carbon dioxide levels. The problem many people have is that we "over-breathe", in other words we are breathing too shallowly and too often. This doesn't allow us to absorb the correct amount of CO2 for proper functioning of the body.
I went to see this guy, K, a few weeks ago. He hooked up a cannulato my nose, in turn connecting this to a small box-shaped device, which he plugged into the side of his laptop. Here he was able to measure, using software he had, my CO2 levels as I breathed. It appeared on the screen as I watched.
The optimum level of CO2 is 35mmHg (I don't know what this stands for), and I was consistently reaching around 30, though when I came in first I was down at 25, a function, K said, of me being a bit stressed. This was true, I had gotten lost looking for his house and was a bit on edge.
K said that he could let me have one of the CO2 measurement devices, and a copy of the software, so that I could monitor my breathing over a number of months. There is also a training function on the software, which aims to basically teach you how to breathe correctly.
I tried this training aspect when I got home, and have done it every day for twenty minutes, as advised. It is quite simple, you watch a little ball on the screen going up then down then up again at a slow, steady pace, and you match your breathing to the movement of the little ball. You breathe in when the ball is going up, out when the ball is falling.
All the time your CO2 is being monitored. The ideal level is to get over 35. During the training part, when I am following the advised rate of breathing, I find I am somewhere between 29 and 32. Interestingly, you can also monitor your CO2 at normal breathing rates. Without following the rhythm on the training programme, I am generally at somewhere between 26 and 28. So it is obvious that the breathing exercise does increase carbon dioxide.
It is interesting that the breathing training programme is set so that I actually breathe six times a minute. This sounds like an incredibly small number of breaths, but it is apparently the optimum for someone at rest. A lot of us overbreathe, breathe too often, the key, apparently, is to finish each breath completely, allow all of the air out of the lungs after each slow exhale, pause on the bottom before inhaling again.
It is tough at first, though does get easier. The idea is that the muscles that we use for breathing, which according to K are "smooth muscles", have to be trained and worked out like any muscle. The breath training allows the process to become automatic, done for long enough you should see your breathing becoming slower and more relaxed, with the attendant rise in carbon dioxide.
He also explained the exact function of CO2 in the body. As we breathe in, the oxygen is absorbed through the lungs and into the bloodstream. As the haemoglobin travels around the body with its oxygen, it meets cells that need oxygen for energy. A biochemical process takes place where carbon dioxide in the cell is exchanged for oxygen in the haemoglobin. The oxygen is then used, along with other things, to make glucose, which is the basic fuel for energy in cells.
Without sufficient carbon dioxide, this process cannot take place, and so energy is not produced as efficiently. Thus, CO2 is vital in the energy producing process.
I found all of this fascinating, as it clarified the bits and pieces of information that I got from Breakspear, and it put my own experience in some context. Since I began using the rebreathing mask, my breathing has definitely changed. I no longer get out of breath as easily, something I never really thought about before, I just thought it was an inevitable part of my ME. My breathing is also more relaxed now, and noticeably slower. I'm not sure if the breath training has had any effect on it yet, but the mask certainly has.
I have been doing the breathing training for two weeks now. K advised me to do it for three months, it is a slow process, apparently. The goal is to get my CO2 level up to consistently around 35, or even higher, and this is supposed to happen through regular practice. We will see, I will keep at it anyway. It is not going to be the answer to all my problems, but may be another piece along the road to improvement.
If nothing else with ME, you do learn quite a lot about human biology!