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Earth Day Smoothie Bowl
Better than any Unicorn drink you could ever imagen: The magical Earth Day Smoothie Bowl, straight from a baby blue fairy tale!
A sparkly pink drink sold by a huge coffeeshop chain, has been making baristas cry for a couple of days now. A barista in Colorado, published a video rant on Twitter about the drink, saying that it is terribly difficult to make and very messy. "Please don't get it!" he said in the video. "I have unicorn crap all in my hair and on my nose. I have never been so stressed out in my entire life."
The most magical ingredient of the expansive pink frapuccino though? A shitload of refined sugar. 59 g to be exact. That is 15 teaspoons ladies and gentleman. 15. I am just going to let that number sit.
Not to mention, that the frap is not vegan. Though it could be made without cream and milk. But think twice. Do you really want a drink made from your barista's tears??? We all know that this drink exists only to be instagramed. So, I took it in my hands to come up with a much healthier, cheaper and homemade version – that is equally pretty to look at and totally instagramable!
I proudly present: The EARTH DAY SMOOTHIE BOWL
It happens to be Earth Day, this Saturday, 22nd of April. What better occasion, to come up with a colorful equivalent! The international holiday is a bit like Mother's Day but for Mother Nature. Therefore I took some of the earth's most delicious creations and threw them in my blender. Well. It wasn't that simple, to be frank.
This drink …
- contains only natural ingredients
- and no artificial sweetener
- is high protein and high carb
- is super creamy
- and perfectly sweet
- pleasantly filling
- contains huge amounts of vitamins and nutrients
… and is therefore truly magical!
Try it and fall in love with this colorful blend!
Earth Day Smoothie Bowl
Topped with Raspberry Chia Pudding and Blue Majik
For the Smoothie
1,5 cups of almond milk
1 small ripe mango
1 frozen, ripe banana
1/2 cup of papaya
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tbsp Mettrum Originals Raw Hemp Protein
2 tbsp oats
Mettrum Originals™ Protein & Fibre Powder offers a balanced approach to fueling your body.This pure, single source vegetable protein and fibre has an abundance of amino acids essential to optimum health and performance. Boasting 65% edistin (the highest ranked protein in the plant kingdom) and 35% albumin, it contains 10% Omega 3, 6 and GLA beneficial fats. Milled at very low temperatures to ensure raw freshness and an ultra-fine powder.
For the Blue Majik
1 tsp Blue Majik
Blue Majik is an extract of Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina), a Nutrient Dense AquaBotanical. Its stunning blue pigment contains both phycocyanin and non-PC compounds. PC is clinically shown to relieve physical discomfort, which means consumers feel better, can do more activity, and enjoy an overall better quality of life.
For the Raspberry Chia Pudding
2 tbsp black or white chia seeds
1/2 cup of almond milk
1 tsp agave syrup
1/2 cup raspberries
- Prepare the chia pudding. Mix all the ingredients in a little jar, using a fork to mash up the raspberries. Let the pudding rest for 20 minutes, to allow that the chia seeds can soak up all liquid. Stir after 1o minutes, to get a creamy result.
- Give all ingredients for the smoothie in a blender and blend until smooth. Keep 1/2 cup of the mix in your blender, pour the rest in a nice bowl.
- Give the Blue Majik into the blender with the rest of the smoothie, blend again until combined well.
- Pour first the Blue Majik mix, then the Chia Pudding over the Smoothie, decorate with fruits and superfoods of your choice!
- Enjoy!
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The Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators was founded with the aim of promoting and advancing the study of health services management by medical practitioners.
The Articles of Association were adopted on 21 March 1967. The Founding Convocation and inauguration of the (then) Australian College of Medical Administrators was held at The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne on 29 and 30 May, 1968. There were 279 founding Fellows.
The College was recognised by the National Specialist Qualification Advisory Committee in 1980 as the appropriate examining body for the new specialty of medical administration. Hence, the Fellowship is a nationally recognised specialist qualification.
Profound changes in health services management have occurred since that time, but the need for competent, well trained health sector managers has not diminished.
The increasing complexity of health systems and institutions necessitates specialised management for the co-ordination of the services of highly trained personnel. In addition, costly technology must be used in the most effective and efficient way, and the quality of health services must be continually improved.
By combining the training skills derived from the discipline of medicine with the knowledge and techniques of management, medical practitioners are uniquely qualified to ensure that the highest standards of medical care are maintained. Therefore, an education programme has been developed to enable Candidates to become effective members of the health care team with an insight into the needs and aspirations of both the consumers of medical care and its providers.
The College's National Headquarters are situated at Suite 1, 20 Cato Street, Hawthorn East, Victoria. There are active committees in every State, Territory and New Zealand.
Fellowship of the RACMA can benefit you by:
A Fellowship with RACMA entitles you to recognition as a medical specialist in Australia and New Zealand. This is a specialty that is recognised by the Australian Medical Council and state medical registration boards. A Fellowship signals that you are qualified to achieve high standards of medical management practice, to lead and work with other clinicians and managers to achieve high standards of professional medical service delivery.
The College supports its Fellows to maintain and build a knowledge and skills base that is current, and to contribute as senior and respected professionals in the health services community.
Fellows of RACMA progress quickly to positions of seniority that are diverse, such as Heads of country and health authorities, chief executives of hospitals, universities, heads of medical schools and universities, heads of divisions of medical services, chief health officers of government jurisdictions, consultants to governments and private sector health services. Fellows are also found in public policy and health program management, in information technology, and in pharmaceuticals, biotechnological and blood and blood product services industries, in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, India, the Middle East, Hong Kong, USA, UK and Ireland, just to name some of the places where our Fellows work.
The College's involvement in education, policy formulation and decision-making enables it to help shape the future and thus represent the professional interests of its members. The College is a member of the Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) which is the body that represents the interests of all medical specialist colleges to Government.
When you become a Fellow of the College you join a unique network of other professional medical specialists who will be there for you.
The College conducts a training program that is especially accredited by the Australian Medical Council. It is the only recognized way that you can become a Fellow in the specialty of medical administration.
Continuing professional development is a major commitment by the College and its Fellows. Increasingly all Fellows, whatever their medical specialty are being required by their medical registration boards and other credentialing organizations, to demonstrate participation in ongoing professional development.
At RACMA the Continuing Professional Development Program (CEP) is the means through which Fellows participate in activities that are relevant to the maintenance of ongoing learning. The College supports Fellows by providing access to professional networks of learning groups, scientific meetings and conferences, official roles and responsibilities in College functions, and increasingly in special training programs and courses for medical managers. This participation is recognized and certificated by the College. This evidence is used by Fellows to substantiate their participation to credentialing, registration and employing bodies.
The College provides a variety of information services to keep Fellows up to date with current developments and trends in medical management. These include:
RACMA Fellows can be involved in their College through State/Territory and New Zealand committees and learning groups. This participation facilitates expansion of professional networks and personal professional profile. Fellows can become even more active through formal roles, such as Chair of the local Board of Studies, Treasurer, conference or CEP co-ordinator, Mentors and Preceptors and may go on to become Officers of the College Board.
The College promotes a high standard of professional behaviour and ethical practice in clinical and health services management. Fellows are required to always be in good standing with their College.
Each year the College makes a number of awards and prizes to Fellows, subject to their meeting the established criteria. Information on awards offered is available from the National Secretariat and through State/Territory and New Zealand committees. Information on awards selection is routinely published to Fellows and Candidates.
The College has strong links with international fellows and similar medical specialty groups and organisations in Hong Kong, Indonesia, United States and Britain, These connections enable introductions to be made for you, and for you to expand your network into the international arena.
RACMA Fellows work at executive levels and have diverse careers in:
You may be eligible if you meet all of the following criteria:
RACMA has different levels of membership.
Fellowship: This is the most senior category and is awarded by the Board to members who have met all candidacy requirements and successfully passed the RACMA examination requirements.
Candidate: These are medical practitioners who are preparing for fellowship through a supervised training program with the College.
Associate Fellowship: Are medical practitioners who have current medical registration as a medical practitioner in a state or territory of Australia, New Zealand and live in Australia or other overseas country. Members have at least 3 years clinical experience in health services and participate in medical management professional development activities that are recognised by the College.
Affiliate: The Affiliate category provides for new clinician managers who wish to join RACMA and participate in the benefits of membership. As Affiliate there will be no compulsory CEP and no right to the use of a RACMA post-nominal.
Medical Students and young Doctors: If you have an interest in a career in medical management please contact the College about its awareness program for future medical managers.
Click on the link below to view the current membership fees. Membership fees table
Click on the link below to view details on how to apply. How to apply
How to find out more? You can call the National Secretariat on +61 3 9824 4699


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With all of the new cellular standards and acronyms, I have been in the dark about a couple of things. Specifically, HSDPA and UMTS. If you don't know what these are and don't care to learn about them, you will probably want to stop reading now. :) I know that these are both high(er) speed wireless communications protocols. That was the easy part. I also know that they are both faster than EDGE, a protocol that I have frequently used with cellphones in times of broadband outage.
Now this question isn't something that I have been really racking my brain on. It's just been a curiousity lingering in the back of my mind that surfaces whenever I read about the fancy new phones that are becoming available. It seemed to me that the two acronyms were often loosely interchanged. And without digging around to find the differences, I was beginning to think that they were the same thing.
Finally, I posed a question to a couple of fellow Engadget Mobile readers tonight. And as I typically do, I hammered it out and clicked submit before even thinking about doing a tiny bit of research.
So, within five minutes, I found myself on Wikipedia reading about all of the gory details of HSDPA, or High-Speed Downlink Packet Access. I found that I already knew some of this information, such as the fact that the protocol supports downlink speeds of up to 14.4 Mbit/s. (Wow!)
The real benefit for me from the Wikipedia article on HSDPA was mostly in the first paragraph:
HSDPA provides a smooth evolutionary path for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks allowing for higher data capacity. It is an evolution of the W-CDMA standard, designed to increase the available data rate by a factor of 5 or more. HSDPA defines a new W-CDMA channel, the high-speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) that operates in a different way from existing W-CDMA channels, but is only used for downlink communication to the mobile.Whew! In addition to the above, the UMTS page on Wikipedia says that UMTS "uses W-CDMA as the underlying standard." Ok, so I'm seeing this as a progression: WCDMA→UMTS→HSDPA. The newer standards are evolutions of the older standards, using and expanding upon previous protocols. Elsewhere, I confirmed the following:
HSDPA is compatible with EDGE and is fully backwards compatible with WCDMA, and enterprise and rich multimedia applications developed for WCDMA will work with HSDPA. Most UMTS vendors support HSDPA.So here are my conclusions:
Wi-Fi Networking News, always a trusted source for news about wireless networking, released two interesting bits of news last week.
First, GigaBeam is planning multi-gigabit wireless networking in Lower Manhattan. They are calling this "virtual fiber". It will be using point-to-point technology operating in the 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz ranges. No prices have been announced yet, but I sure would love to have something like this in my apartment.
And second, an update on the progress of 802.11n. The short of this is that we should expect to see 802.11n devices by mid-2006. For those of you not familiar with 802.11n, this is the next generation in wireless networking, promising real throughput of at least 100Mbps.
Exciting things are happening in the wireless world. Within a couple of years, it will be a totally different landscape.
Honorable Mentions:
If you know of any others that are missing from this list, please feel free to contribute.
Engadget was kind enough to post up pics found on TreoCentral of the next incarnation of the Treo. I'm still happy with the old Treo600, but this new phone looks amazing!
New Specs:
After about three years of using T-Mobile's Hotspot service, I finally cancelled my account for good in April. I'll be using the wonderful free service that's available here in Austin for all of my local wireless needs. Finally, my favorite coffee shop has wireless, so I can stop supporting T-Mobile and Starbucks.
The cancellation of my T-Mobile account was not without frustration on my end and sneakiness on the part of T-Mobile, however. It started with the mention of a cancellation fee. The phone rep said, "You have completed your one year agreement, so there is no cancellation fee." One year agreement? I never saw any agreement whatsoever. In fact, when T-Mobile bought out Mobilestar, I merely saw a different SSID at Starbucks and a different name on my credit card statement. Apparently T-Mobile had put me on a one year contract without my knowledge. Not good.
Since I had been using the unlimited T-Mobile service for 24 months, there was not really an issue with the contract. Had there been a fee charged, I would have been very angry. They got lucky with this one.
It was the billing, however, that was a problem. I was last billed for my monthly service on April 16. That was four days prior to my cancellation. When I asked the phone rep whether the account would be cancelled immediately, he said that it would. I then asked when I could expect to see the remaining part of my money refunded, and he responded with, "There is no proration. We have cancelled your account, and there is no money to refund." So T-Mobile has decided that it wants to steal 26 days of service from me. That's just not right.
If you're thinking about signing up with T-Mobile's monthly hotspot plan, think again. This is the most anti-customer organization I have dealt with in a long time.
John Battelle found an interesting service for tracking popular keywords: Wordtracker. Add this to the Lycos 50, the Yahoo! Buzz Index, and the famous Google Zeitgeist, and you have an excellent set of keyword lists for search optimization. A list of the highest priced AdWords keywords would really make this set complete.
In his most recent rant about IE, Dave Shea dropped a nice link to a thorough list of bugs in Internet Explorer. I'm sure there are probably other IE buglists out there, but this one gives examples and workarounds! This list should be very helpful in getting Full Speed looking better in IE.
For those of you who have the occasional need to tweak a server while on the go, PocketPuTTY is for you. This makes that WiFi-enabled iPAQ look a bit more tempting to me. [via MobileWhack]
Microsoft has just released a large bundle of wireless patches for XP. The patches fix a lot of bugs (no surprise there) and also add support for WPA. If you're a wireless XP user, you'll certainly want to download the patches.
I think I've found the phone for me. It's the xda II Pocket PC phone. No external antenna. Interchangable battery. Built-in camera! See the link for a ton of great photos.
Found on Brighthand, Sandisk is about to release a new SD Wi-Fi Card!
This thing might get me one step closer to finding a small device that addresses all of my connectivity needs when I'm on the go.
Rob Flickenger reported today on some serious hacking that he and some Seattle Wireless buddies have been doing on the Linksys WRT54G wireless router. This router already runs Linux out of the box, but these guys are trying to get their own firmware into it so that they can extend it to run some of the NoCat projects, tunnelling, monitoring, better firewalling, and anything else that one might expect from a good, secure WLAN node.
Jeremy pointed out some great RSS feeds today. Now if only we could get the Zeitgeist in RSS.
I hate it when I pick the wrong chair at an unfamiliar Starbuck's. It's the chair with the dead spot. The chair where I can't get my T-Mobile connection.
But this gadget (introduced to me by Boing Boing) will solve all of my problems.


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FFL License – Types of Firearms Sales
You've heard us mention before that one big perk of having a FFL license is being able to make money on the side. Although the go-to image may be of a big gun store, that is certainly not the case. You're likely getting this license out of your home after all, and we don't expect you to run out and open up a gun store on Main Street day one. Therefore, we're going to give you some great options on how to utilize your ffl license for a side income.
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Movies in the Park announced the 2011 lineup for its very popular — and free! — summer movie series this week. Shows start at dusk on June 1 at the Riverfest Amphitheatre.
Looks like a pretty good slate of flicks, with old faves ("Ghostbusters," "Dirty Dancing"), kids' fare ("How to Train Your Dragon," "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") and newish hits ("The Hangover," "True Grit"). For those wondering which version of Rooster Cogburn will show up — the Duke or the Dude — it's Bridges, dude.
More and more details are trickling out about this year's Little Rock Film Festival. Joe Berlinger, director and producer of the "Paradise Lost" West Memphis Three documentaries, will be on hand for a showing of the first film. He will also be featured as part of a panel discussion on the media and the West Memphis Three.
"Smokey and the Bandit," the 1977 film starring Burt Reynolds, will close out the festival with a Movies in the Park showing. Hal Needham, the film's director, will be in attendance. Needham will sign copies of his book, "Stuntman!: My Car-Crashing, Plane-Jumping, Bone-Breaking, Death-Defying Hollywood Life." He will also be honored at the LRFF gala for his lifetime's work as a stuntman and director. Stay tuned to Rock Candy for future LRFF announcements.
Friends and family of Luke Hunsicker, a local musician and artist who died of brain cancer last year, will host an art show to benefit the Lucas Clayton Hunsicker Scholarship Fund. The installment will be held at the THEA Center for the Arts in North Little Rock from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, May 26, and showcase Hunsicker's works. Admission is $10. All proceeds from the event will go to the scholarship fund, which provides a yearly stipend to a Parkview High School senior planning to pursue education in the arts.


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15. Re: DX79SI - wake from sleep failspeterm6389 Apr 11, 2012 1:30 PM (in response to mike.a.p)
Very interesting power numbers. There's a big difference between the 230W going to sleep and the 90W on Power Gadget. How do you see Power Gadget when going to sleep? The instant I press the sleep button my screen goes black.
The 230W number is intriguing because that's exactly what my system consumes in zombie sleep. Even when sleep works properly I notice some disk activity before it powers off, sometimes quite a bit of activity. This is unexpected because S3 leaves data in memory - I didn't think it transferred it to disk like hybrid does.
I consider it a serious bug if the processor indicates by both the LEDs and the blinking light that it is in S3 sleep but in reality is sucking 230W of power.
16. Re: DX79SI - wake from sleep failsmike.a.p Apr 11, 2012 1:51 PM (in response to peterm6389)
I look at the power gadget data, when the system wakes up - you're right once I hit sleep, the screen goes blank. Starting and stopping the power gadget log may also provide historical data points while the system is trying to sleep.
17. Re: DX79SI - wake from sleep failsfx45guy Apr 12, 2012 6:26 AM (in response to peterm6389)
I downgraded to 380 last night. Sleep is working with Hybrid Sleep disabled in the Power CP.
If I leave it enabled I get a BSOD every time it tries to sleep.
So far so good. Did it many times last night OK. Plus it got backed up by the WHS last night OK.
And now this morning it woke up and slept OK.
My CPU lockup issues that were in 281 aren't in 380 (not related to sleep at all).
Without looking at the changelog I think 380 still has the USB3.0 bug though.
18. Re: DX79SI - wake from sleep failspeterm6389 Apr 12, 2012 11:18 PM (in response to fx45guy)
I tried downgrading to 380. So far it sleeps, but my internet connection stopped working! Plugging the cable into the other one works, but I'm less than impressed. I'm now wondering what else doesn't work. My choice is having a computer which (seems to so far) sleep but with at least one non-functional port, or having all functional ports with unpredictable sleep behavior. This is supposed to be a high end system!
Come on, Intel. If downgrading the BIOS solves the sleep problem, surely you can get an updated version which works so I can have a fully functional system.
19. Re: DX79SI - wake from sleep failspeterm6389 Apr 13, 2012 8:45 PM (in response to peterm6389)
The problem comes with any BIOS after 0380. I reverted to 0424 (the original with the motherboard) and the problem is there. I've verified that when in "zombie" sleep it's the processor sucking the power. I put a temperature probe on the heatsink, and in normal operation idling it reads 27.5C. When it went into zombie sleep the temperature rapidly climbed up to 40.5C. So despite the fact that the CPU indicators say S3, it's really consuming lots of power.
20. Re: DX79SI - wake from sleep failspeterm6389 Apr 14, 2012 10:59 PM (in response to peterm6389)
I take back what I said about 0380 working. Whereas it's true it goes to sleep and wakes up ok, it won't resume from hibernation now. Except for rare occasions the system hangs after the resuming windows message.


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Meg, thank you so much for choosing a very interesting recipe for The Food Matters Project this week. Even though our oven had been on for quite a while today, it was worth it to turn it up another notch to bake the beets and make these beautiful sandwiches.
1 cup roasted and salted pistachios, shelled (I would have shelled more but my thumbs gave up)
4 ounces goat cheese
6 tbsp olive oil
Just throw everything in the blender and voila, you get a delicious and versatile filling. The combination of everything was so good! If you're not a big fan of spinach, no worries, the pistachio and good cheese flavors are so distinct, you won't even know there's a ton of Popeye's leaves in there. This filling would be so perfect as a dip for raw vegetables or crackers, bruschetta topping, spread for deli sandwiches, and even as a pizza sauce! I have a huge bowl left and can't wait to use it for any of these other purposes.


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Educational and fun. This is what Type:Rider is all about as the physics puzzler takes you through the history of fonts and typewriting from cave paintings to the very edge of the post-modern world. An atmospheric game urging you to plug in your headphones and listen, not just watch, it grants you control over two balls or dots if you prefer scrolling through the pages of written word.
Type Rider is all about fonts.
Once you start the game, you are instantly immersed in a unique visual style and a world composed of letters of different size and shape. Starting you with caveman writing and the first Gothic font in 1450 you get served small dishes of information about how the human kind evolved its typewriting as you proceed through fairly easy puzzles. The game is not much of a challenge - instead of a run, it feels more like a Sunday stroll. Some will like it, hardcore gamers might prefer to exert a bit more effort, though.
The characters you assume control of are two tiny balls that roll left and right and can jump. Controlling them is fairly straightforward and well optimized for a touch screen - you just tap on the left or right side of the display and another tap while you hold that movement would cause them to jump.
It's all a side-scrolling world and for every level you have to collect the full collection of letters for a maximum score, but you can continue even if you don't. Spread across the levels are portraits of famous people who have contributed either a font, a typewriter, or another advancement in typography. The levels themself are composed of elements like the first letterpress machine or the Gutenberg bible. The letterpress, for instance, is something you see working and you have to escape its pressure in one of the levels. Ultimately, font names like Didot and Clarendon, the history of French typography and the arrival of modern Pixel fonts all melt together in an engaging story.
Type:Rider is available on both Android and iOS for $2.99, and you can also play it free in the browser of a Windows machine. A 193MB download, it takes a while but that wait is worth as you won't have to wait for things to get grabbed from the web inside the game.
You go through the history of typewriting.
All in all, Type:Rider is a fun puzzler that we loved for its immersive atmosphere and for the fun and engaging way it walked us through the history of fonts, from old to modern. While it's not as challenging as we'd like, we're willing to forgive it this slight flaw and take the game not as much as a challenge as a stroll through history. And we definitely recommend you take this stroll as well.
- Unique immersive visual and audio style
- Great educational value
- A bit too easy at times
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Iconfactory released Twitterific 4.0 for the Mac on Thursday, bringing with it a long list of new features. Twitterrific is a popular Twitter client application for Mac OS X, and this update marks the first major revision to the title in about two years.
Twitterrific 4.0 for the Mac
Version 4.0 includes multiple account and multiple window support, the ability to view trends and searches quickly, support for viewing Twitter lists, a redesigned viewer for mentions and favorites, language translation for tweets, a collapsible side bar, official retweet support, a redesigned interface that now more closely matches Twitterrific for the iPhone and iPad, and more.
Twitterrific 4.0 is priced at US$9.99 and is available through Apple's new Mac App Store.


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The Colorado Music Festival's 2017 six-week concert season was announced Sunday night and presented by music director Jean-Marie Zeitouni. The year marks the 40th anniversary and 41st season of the CMF, and Zeitouni's third as music director. All events, including chamber music, will be held at Chautauqua Auditorium.
Full Friday evening repeats of Thursday Festival Orchestra concerts — which were mostly dropped last season — make a soft return with three brief "Symphony Sampler" Fridays, in which the main work from the preceding Thursday concert is given an hour earlier than the usual time.
As usual, the Chamber Orchestra plays Sunday evenings (except July 9), while four solo and chamber programs are on Saturdays.
Zeitouni said that much of the programming during the June 29-Aug. 4 season is commemorative. For example, the opening work on the first concert, the "Festive Overture" by Shostakovich, raised the curtain on the festival's 10th season.
Olga and Giora
After closing the 2016 season, iconic pianist Olga Kern, whom Zeitouni called the CMF's "most beloved guest artist," will appear with the festival orchestra on opening night, Thursday, June 29.
She plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini," a nod to her legendary Rachmaninoff cycle at Chautauqua in 2013. The orchestra also plays that composer's monumental Symphony No. 2. Kern will follow up with a solo recital on Saturday, July 1.
Zeitouni, the festival's third music director, continues to honor his two predecessors. After Michael Christie's triumphant return in 2016, festival founder Giora Bernstein will conduct at Chautauqua for the first time in over a decade, leading the chamber orchestra in a program of Mozart and Bach on July 2.
Beethoven's Ninth marks midpoint
A yet-unnamed guest conductor will lead the festival orchestra in an American-themed concert on July 6. Finnish violinist Elina Vähälä plays John Corigliano's "Red Violin" Concerto, distilled from the Oscar-winning film score. The concert is anchored by Dvorák's "New World" Symphony (No. 9).
The Young People's Concert (which Zeitouni will also miss) is a week later than usual, on Saturday morning, July 8. The first chamber music concert featuring CMF string players in an all-Schubert program, including the great String Quintet, is that evening.
Zeitouni returns for the first time after opening night on July 13, and will conduct all remaining orchestra concerts. He will mark this midpoint with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, featuring the CMF festival chorus and distinguished soloists, including mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung.
DeYoung also sings Mahler's "Songs of a Wayfarer" on the first part of the program. Zeitouni opens the concert with the North American premiere of "A Little Summer Suite" by Betsy Jolas.
"I discovered this wonderful piece by fate," Zeitouni said, noting that he happened upon interviews and videos from the Berlin world premiere. "I jumped on the occasion to give it the American premiere."
The Beethoven Ninth alone is presented on the first "sampler" concert on Friday, July 14.
The chamber orchestra is joined by Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear — with whom Zeitouni often collaborates (and who appeared at the CMF under Christie) — on July 16. He plays two concert pieces with string orchestra — Shostakovich's First Concerto (which also includes a solo trumpet) and Benjamin Britten's "Young Apollo." Taking advantage of the string orchestra, Zeitouni anchors the night with one of the latest works by Richard Strauss, the profound, intense "Metamorphosen" for 23 solo strings.
Pianist joins for French mini-festival
As the festival enters its last weeks, Zeitouni puts his own spin on Christie's "mini-festival" concept. Pianist Benedetto Lupo, a specialist in French music, will be in residence for three successive all-French programs. On July 20, he plays both Ravel piano concertos with the festival orchestra, the G-major and the D-major for the left hand. Ravel's "La Valse" and music of Debussy balance the concert. "La Valse" and the left-hand concerto are repeated for the "sampler" on July 21.
On July 22, Lupo plays a selection of solo piano music by Debussy before being joined by CMF musicians for Gabriel Fauré's Piano Quartet No. 1. Finally, he will join the chamber orchestra for a "soirée" of short French showpieces on July 23. He will play Fauré's "Ballade. CMF musicians will take solo roles in pieces by Dukas, Saint-Saëns, and Chaminade.
Superstar violinist Shaham performs
The festival orchestra concert on July 27 opens with the world premiere by "Click!" composition competition winner Julian Wachner. Zeitouni said that the concert's anchor work, Gustav Holst's "The Planets," with its huge orchestration, gives Wachner a lot of latitude. "The Planets" will be presented with choreographed visual animation that follows the music in real time, similar to last season's presentation with Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition." Also included on the program is Scriabin's virtuosic "Poem of Ecstasy." The final "sampler" concert on July 28 includes only "The Planets."
Former CMF principal clarinetist (now principal with the Los Angeles Philharmonic) Boris Allakhverdyan, is guest artist with CMF wind players in the last chamber music program on July 29, which includes music by Brahms and Mozart. Allakhverdyan is then guest artist for the closing chamber orchestra program July 30. He plays Aaron Copland's jazz-influenced Clarinet Concerto, which inspired Zeitouni to assemble a full program of jazz-inspired classical pieces by European and American composers.
The final concerts are a festival orchestra two-night double bill. On Aug. 3, Zeitouni completes the Mahler cycle Christie never quite finished with the elegiac Ninth Symphony, the work's first-ever performance at the CMF. Finally, on Friday, Aug. 4, superstar violinist Gil Shaham appears in a yet-unnamed concerto. The entire festival closes with Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
Hackman returns for 'happy hour' series
The "Mash-Up" crossover series, which premiered in 2013, is rebranded this year as "Happy Hour@Chautauqua" for three Tuesday events. Conductor and arranger Steve Hackman returns after taking a year off. Pianists Christopher O'Riley and Pablo Ziegler appear with the CMF orchestra July 11 (O'Riley is host of NPR's "From the Top"). The trio Time for Three — frequent CMF guests in the past decade — performs July 18. Hackman will then unveil another of his signature long-form classical/pop "mash-up" arrangements on July 25.
New subscriptions and single tickets go on sale March 20. Call 303-440- 766 or visit the new CMF website at coloradomusicfestival.org


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The Champions of South Africa's T20 League, Highveld Lions will kick-off their CL campaign when they take on a depleted Perth side at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad. The Lions, who finished runners-up in the previous edition of the tournament, will be eager to lift the coveted trophy this year but senior batsman Neil McKenzie wants to take it one game at a time.
Speaking before their opening encounter, McKenzie said all teams had a fair chance of winning the competition and pointed out that the team that gets used to the conditions the quickest will have the advantage. "We would take it one game at a time. I think all the sides can win. Just look at the Qualifiers that have come through and how well they have been played. It's going to be a really hard-fought competition and I think whichever side gets used to the conditions as quickly as possible (can win the tournament)."
Before arriving to India, Lions skipper Alviro Petersen had reckoned that his side would be the underdogs during the CL and McKenzie echoed his captain's sentiments and mentioned that there are quite a few players who haven't played in the sub-continent before. "A lot of the guys haven't left the country in terms of playing in the subcontinent. So back home we probably wouldn't be underdogs, but here the conditions are different than what we are used to. We have to adjust to different lengths so that takes a bit of time."
"Having said that, we have got some serious players in our squad like Imarn Tahir, Sohail Tanveer that can do the job. But the conditions are foreign to quite a few of the squad, so obviously the guys who have played here are doing a lot of talking to get the preparations right. We have got no doubt that those guys will perform," McKenzie added.
Despite having played in India before, McKenzie is not quite sure of what conditions to expect. "I have been to India a few times and it is hard to say (what to expect). You think you are going to come and play on dust bowls, but look at last night's wicket (in Jaipur during the Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians match) and the wickets that matches have been played on (during the Qualifiers) and it looks like there has been some bounce and seam movement and swing. So I think that will help some of our fast bowlers. But it will be hard work for some of our batters, so depends on what sort of pitches we are going to come up against."
Mckenzie is happy that the Lions are playing their first game against Perth, which is also a team that will be looking to adjust to the Indian conditions. "The positive thing about playing against the Perth Scorchers first is that they are not a subcontinent side as well so they will also have to adjust to the conditions. So it lets us get used to the conditions. They have got a young side with a few old heads. They are still a quality side but their bowling is a bit unknown so we have got some homework to do on them."
When asked about their plans for the tournament, McKenzie replied: "If you have an experienced set of guys, especially the bowling side of things just tend to happen. You get your blueprint in most teams. If you look at teams that have done well over the last couple of years, they have got a blueprint that they sort of stick to. There could be one or two variations but it is the blueprint that they know and everyone knows their role. So that comes with experience and playing together for a while."
While terming veteran spinner Brad Hogg as a world-class player, McKenzie said his side is ready to play spin bowling, which will be the key weapon for most teams in this tournament. "He (Hogg) is a world-class player; he has come from retirement and found that the Twenty20 game suits him and he has done well and played for the national side. Look at any side and you won't find any that doesn't have a quality spinner. There are subcontinental sides that can host two or three quality spinners. We sort of know what we are in for."
Mekenzie termed the Lions outfit as a well-balanced unit, capable of doing well with both the bat and the ball and mentioned that the toss will not be much of a factor. "You have to have your basics together and a have a great game plan. We have got a good balance. We have got a quality bowling side. So if we under-score, we have a chance to bowl us to a victory; and if we don't bowl well up front or if someone gets in and goes big, we have got a batting side that can chase. We will back ourselves to chase most totals."
We have a well-balanced team: McKenzie
The Champions of South Africa's T20 League, Highveld Lions will kick-off their CL campaign when they take on a depleted Perth side at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad. The Lions, who finished runners-up in the previous edition of the tournament, will be eager to lift the coveted trophy this year but senior batsman Neil McKenzie wants to take it one game at a time.


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- Further Reflections on Parsley
- Parsley
Is gharsley.
--Ogden Nash
After a few days of deep philosophical thinking, we have a poem that's not only utter nonsense, it's shorter than its title. I have nothing to add to this poem.
On another topic, somebody on Peter's Tokyopop messageboard was trying to find a poem. Here's their post:
- Yep yep. So as a kid I used to read and hear this one poem all the time. And now I'm trying to find it and I can't! So I'd like some help finding it, if it's possible, please. Unfortunately, my knowledge of this thing is somewhat limited. :[
So anyways, it has a certain rhythm to it, and it says something about standing on the banks of the ocean or something, and it says something about a whale song. The author is female. Google brought me nothing. And I heard it all the time as a kid, so it's not recent.
And it's not "The Song of Hiawatha", but I heard that one as a kid too.
Please make me a happy Puru, thanks!
- After one person suggested a poem, she added this:
- Thanks, but I remember the author was def. a female. Also, the word "daughter/s" is used somewhere in the poem.
- And later, she added this:
- I think I first heard it on a kid's story book on tape kinda' thing. And it kinda' had a Native American-ish vibe to it, but I may have just imagined that.
Did I mention that Google gave me nothing? Alas, it is not all-powerful after all. :[
I thought this was hilarious. This is entirely the wrong way to go about finding a poem. You need to have some specific recollection, or you pretty much have to go with random chance. What book did you read it in? What tape did you hear it on? If you don't remember, you can narrow it down by figuring out what books or tapes you had access to at that period in your life. It helps a lot to have a line or two of specific words to search on even if they're not in the title. Finally, you have to realize that Google has two major problems: first, there's too much information out there to give you a good hit on vague information, and second, Google can only show you what's been posted on the web. Of course, you all knew that already.


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Coming To America
After almost one century
Ruggero Bauli's dream has come true
A century has past since Ruggero Bauli first dreamt to live and work in America.
After having great success all over the world Bauli is ready to live out his dream. Bauli has now established the U.S. Headquarters providing Authentic Specialty confections of the finest quality.
Company Growth
In the 2000s, Bauli increased its national and international significance, acquiring Doria the Italian company famous for its brands Bucaneve, Atene and Doriano. Bauli acquired MOTTA and ALEMAGNA brands from Nestlè, and completed the acquisition of the Casale Monferrato company BISTEFANI SPA.
Bauli is in 70 countries on 5 continents
Bauli is excited to extend its authentic Italian baked goods and holiday products to retailers in the US market. Expanding into new product categories Bauli has introduced a line of Italian-style croissants. Currently, croissants account for 50% of Bauli's total production.
Today, Bauli has sales in over 70 countries on 5 continents, 5 production facilities, 31 manufacturing lines and 27 distribution centers and is a beloved brand for both holidays and year round pastry lovers.
Inside Look at Bauli
The Bauli name stands for shared sweetness, joy and Italian tradition.
Take a closer look at how it all began and the modern facility and confectionary secrets of Bauli today!
The Bauli story began with a humble entrance in the baking and confectionery world in 1922. Ruggero Bauli, an adventurous and illustrious figure, opened his own small patisserie before emigrating to seek his fortune in America.
Returning in 1937 to open a small café in Verona. Soon he was known as one of the best bakers in Verona.
He embarked on industrial production of Panettone and Pandoro; it did not take long until Italy enthused about Bauli's specialty cakes.
Bauli became a household name throughout Italy.


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HomeFootballFirst TeamNewsNeymar's 100 games for FC Barcelona by the numbers
Patrícia Pérez
03/10/2015 | 00:00
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Neymar in each of his three seasons with Barça / FCB
Neymar Jr signed for FC Barcelona on 26 May 2013. Two and a half years later, the 23-year-old forward approaches his first century of matches when Barça take on Sevilla on Saturday. Neymar has featured in 64 league games, 24 times in the Champions League, nine in the Copa del Rey and twice in the Spanish Super Cup.
The Brazilian made his debut in a 7-0 win over Levante at the start of the 2013/14 campaign. Since then, Neymar has evolved into a pivotal player, contributing massively to the club's successes. With Neymar on the field, Barça have won approximately 74 per cent of the time in all competitions.
While his win ratio is impressive, so too is his scoring record, having contributed with 57 goals – 33 at the Camp Nou, 22 away from home and twice on neutral ground, giving him an average of 0.57 goals per game. Of those goals, nine came in pairs while he has scored two hat-tricks.
Neymar has won five trophies with the Catalans: one European Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup, one La Liga title, a Champions League and a Copa del Rey.
Apart from the European Super Cup for which he was unavailable due to illness, Neymar has been decisive in the four finals he has participated in. His first ever official goal for the club came in the Spanish Super Cup in 2013/14 in a 1-1 draw away to Atlético Madrid which handed Barça the title on away goals.
Alongside Leo Messi and Luis Suárez, Neymar flourished last year as the trio helped Barça to their second treble, scoring 123 goals together in an illustrious campaign.
Domestically, he scored 22 in 33 games last season. In the Copa del Rey final, he scored Barça's second in a 3-1 win over Athletic Club while also scoring the third and final goal in the Champions League in a victory by the same score over Juventus.
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Sony sells 1m PS3s in UK
But Wii record remains intact
How many weeks does it take to sell a million PS3s in the UK? According to the latest industry figures, just 46 weeks.
UK market watcher Chart Track revealed that by selling 1m PS3s since the console went on sale across the UK, on 23 March 2007, Sony has surpassed its previous personal best: selling 1m PS2s in 50 weeks.
Chart Track said that the console has been outselling the Xbox 360 for the past four weeks. The Microsoft console took 60 weeks to sell 1m units in the UK. However, both consoles are believed to have been running neck and neck during the crucial Christmas weeks 49 to 52 of calendar 2007.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's President, David Reeves, will be pleased with Chart Track's numbers, becuase he bravely said last month that the PS3 would overtake the Xbox 360's installed base across all PAL territories by late summer.
Still, Sony can't afford to get cocky: Nintendo sold 1m Wiis in the UK in just 38 weeks.
Chart Track's UK consoles sales numbers correlate with Electronic Arts' recent prediction that, by the end of 2008, the PS3 will have outsold the Xbox 360 by several million units.


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An interesting registry key which not many people know about for the Enterprise Vault Outlook Add-in is the DeleteHiddenMsgBtnVisible setting.
When the key is added to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ KVS \ Enterprise Vault \ Client, and as a DWORD set to 1, then a new, hidden option is enabled.
This is the option to delete the hidden message, if found, on a folder by folder basis. It can often be done instead of 'zapping' the mailbox, which is something which is done all too often.
The reason for deleting the hidden message is that sometimes it gets out of synch between the end user in Outlook cached mode, versus the online copy of the hidden message (which is what Enterprise Vault writes to)
Here is the Vault Information dialog before the registry key is added:
And after:
Note: The button is disabled until you click on a hidden message, as I have done above.


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Tim McGrawTWO LANES OF FREEDOM
It's in the cards that country star Tim McGraw will be singing the feel-good anthems on his new album for stadiums full of people all summer long.
Two Lanes of Freedom, McGraw's first album for Big Machine Records, surely will add to the singer's already impressive statistics. The north Louisiana native has sold 40 million albums, released 32 No. 1 songs and won three Grammy awards.
The album contains two road songs, the first being title track "Two Lanes of Freedom," a love song for country roads less traveled and the person the singer's sharing the journey with. A production and performance with landscape-worthy range and plenty of horsepower, "Freedom" is, like all of the album, fresh, inspired and, from top to bottom, expertly constructed. The other road song, "Highway Don't Care," features more sonic grandeur and a special guest, McGraw's Big Machine labelmate, Taylor Swift.
The anthems continue with "Southern Girl," an ode to Southern womanhood that could be McGraw's answer to the Beach Boys classic "California Girls." "Kisses sweeter than Tupelo honey," he sings. "A little bit crazy, like New Orleans. Memphis blue and Daytona sunny. Ain't nothin' in the whole wide world like a Southern girl."
McGraw reels off a golden list of song titles in a clever homage to country music, "Nashville Without You." It's appropriately the most conventionally country music of the album. And he's the king of denial in "Friend of a Friend." "Don't you believe anything you hear," he sings with barely checked emotion, "when someone tells you I still ask about you after all these years."
Though "Book of John," a song about the death of beloved parent, is well crafted, it sounds generic alongside the rest of the album. Nearly everything on Two Lanes of Freedom works, including songs that enter pop-rock ("Mexicoma," "It's Your World") and hip-hop territory ("Truck Yeah").
McGraw, in his 20th year as a recording artist, has made an album that's more than worthy of his big-selling catalog.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleTEXAS FLOOD
Stevie Ray Vaughan's debut album, released June 13, 1983, proved that the dynamic 28-year-old singer-guitarist from Texas had what it takes to ignite a blues-rock revival.
A soulful vocalist, brilliant guitarist and clear continuation of the guitar exploits of Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Guitar Slim, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton, Vaughan and his fiery in-studio performances for the Texas Flood album don't sound the least muffled or hindered by the recording studio.
Featuring 10 often explosive tracks, Texas Flood busts open with a Vaughan original, the Chuck Berry-based "Love Struck Baby." His original songs, including the undeniably grooving "Pride and Joy," stand their ground alongside renditions of Howlin' Wolf's "Tell Me" and Buddy Guy's Slim Harpo-funky "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Two instrumentals that arrive mid album doubly testify to Vaughan guitar genius, especially "Rude Mood," an original in which he unleashes a whole bag of six-string tricks.
A bonus disc included in Legacy Recordings' 30th anniversary edition of Texas Flood offers a 1983 Philadelphia concert performed by Vaughan and his two-man band, Double Trouble. Disc two ends with the trio's epic re-creation of Hendrix's "Little Wing" and "Third Stone from the Sun." At his best, Vaughan was a stunning talent.
Destiny's ChildLOVE SONGS
Just days before Beyoncé's Destiny's Child reunion at the Super Bowl in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, a Valentine's Day-timed collection of Destiny's Child's ballads and slow jams hit the market. The 14-track disc features 13 songs originally released from 1998 through 2004 and one new Destiny's Child recording.
Emotion is a key word for the lyrics and performances, but there are also many luxurious girl-group vocal arrangements. Timbaland's 2002 remix of Destiny's Child signature song "Say My Name" doesn't match the original but the album's upbeat new production, "Nuclear," is a keeper.
Billy JoelSHE'S GOT A WAY: LOVE SONGS
Eighteen Billy Joel songs are assembled from his decades of recordings for this love song collection. The obvious choices include "She's Got a Way" (represented by a voice-and-piano-in-performance recording) and, two songs from 1977's The Stranger album, the romantic "Just the Way You Are" and declamatory "She's Always a Woman." But "An Innocent Man," nuanced high-point of Joel's catalog though it is, contains lyrics that may be too unresolved to qualify it as a love song. Joel scores again, though, with the Drifters-style splendor of "Until the Night" and his doo-wop inspired "This Night."


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Carnage as train derails in Spain killing multiple people
A TRAIN derailed in northern Spain in a horror rush hour accident on Friday morning.
It flew off the tracks in Galicia, in the north of the country, at the peak of rush hour.
Local media reported there were a "high number of injuries", with at least four people confirmed dead.
The horror accident happened near the station of O Porriño, Pontevedra.
������ ÁLBUM | Primeras imágenes del accidente de tren de O Porriño https://t.co/5FpFmFUzCa pic.twitter.com/bscJYeQlnZ— La Voz de Galicia (@lavozdegalicia) September 9, 2016
A railway manager – identified only as Adif – said there were 60 people on board the train, which was on the busy Vigo-Porto route.
Spanish railway operator, Renfe, confirmed there were "victims" but could not comment "full extent" of the tragedy at the time.
The train is said to be owned by Comboios Portugal and was being driven by a Portuguese national.
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Descarriló un tren en Porriño pic.twitter.com/FkRuljSAaT— Googlepex$tarthinker (@Googlepex) September 9, 2016
All trains in the area ground to a halt as an investigation into the disaster began.
All railway traffic was also cut off between the stations of Louredo-Valos and O Porriño, located in the northwestern region of Galicia.
It came just two years after 79 people were killed when another train slammed into a wall near Santiago de Compostela – also in Galicia.
It was one of the worst rail disasters in the country's history and led to its driver Francisco José Garzón Amo being charged with multiple counts of reckless homicide.


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I discovered Rosemary's blog, The Cafe Blog, in 2010. Whimsical Fabric was just starting out at that time and I was an avid appliquer. (Is that a word?) I was drawn to Rosemary's teaching technique and wealth of applique knowledge that she shares on her blog. Then, I discovered her applique design website! I immediately fell in love with the classic simplicity of her designs. They are super easy and quick to stitch and yield perfect results every time. And, her prices are amazing! What more could you ask for? I was hooked!
Please help me in welcoming Rosemary Gulledge of Applique Cafe.
What was your background prior to starting your business?
I graduated from Troy University with a degree in Elementary Education and never taught school! Following college I worked for an investment banking firm for 10 years and LOVED it, but decided to "retire" after having my 2nd child. Having 2 kids at home, I was interested in monogramming, so I talked my husband in to buying me an inexpensive embroidery machine (Brother PE700) and I taught myself how to use it. After I "mastered" monogramming and discovered applique, I started doing embroidery and applique for customers and did this for a couple of years. We (my husband and I) then decided to switch gears and try our hand at digitizing. Applique Café was started in August of 2009. At the time there were only a hand full of applique websites that out there, so it was a great time to start a website and get in to that side of the business. I have continued all these years to monogram and applique for friends, family and a few loyal customers, so technically I'm on both sides of the business!
What got you started in your business?
After doing applique and embroidery for customers for a couple of years, designing just seemed like the next step and Applique Café was born. Like I said, at the time there weren't that many websites out there. It's a different story now, as a new applique website pops up every other day it seems. My husband does the actual digitizing, and he also works full time, so this is "part time" for us. We try to produce 3-5 new designs each week. Why does HE do the digitizing, you ask? At the time, I was monogramming and appliqueing for customers almost full time so when we decided to do this, he agreed to learn how to digitize because I had my hands full. I still monogram for customers and friends during the day in addition to keeping up with the website, my blog and other web business.
What choices have you made that helped your business the most?
Setting limits and realizing I don't have to be on the computer 24/7. I try to work while the kids are at school and I try NOT to work much on the weekends. Balancing work and family is a must in owning your own business.
What mistakes have you made that others could learn from?
Thinking I had to be on the computer or sewing something 24/7 was a mistake I made early on!! It took me a while to figure out I had to organize my time and that applique wasn't life or death. It's also OK to sometimes say "no" to people! I also spend a lot of time on Facebook, and Facebook is a blessing and a curse. While it's a great marketing tool, it is easy to get sucked in for an hour, or get involved with other groups and pages on Facebook. Another mistake I've made is worrying about what everyone else is doing (cue Facebook again). I've learned I have to focus on MY business and not how many fans so-and-so has. It's a very competitive business so it's easy to get distracted.
What do you find the most fun and rewarding about having your own business?
Flexibility!! I worked "9-5" for 10 years, so having flexibility and working when I want to is awesome! It's still a balancing act but if I don't want to turn my machine on for 2 days, then I don't have to. I can be a working mom, and yet I never miss a field trip or library duty at my kids' school. I also love being able to turn a $4 t-shirt in to something adorable! I've met some amazing people through this business ~ customers and also people across the US whom I've never met in person but talk to regularly on the computer! Helping people is also very rewarding. When I got my machine there wasn't a lot on the internet like blogs or YouTube, so I taught myself everything and learned from trial and error A LOT. Now I try to write blog posts that are helpful and answer questions from people who are frustrated and ready to throw their embroidery machine out the window!
Tell us a bit about your drive and purpose, your vision for your business.
What drives me is that while this very well may be the most fun "job" I could ever dream of, it's also my family's business. I get to work with my husband in our office in the comfort of our home (sometimes with kids spider-man-ing up the doorway in our office). I also get to make people happy with cute new designs, or by monogramming a bib for a new baby, or by helping them figure out what might be wrong with their embroidery technique or machine. I love helping people through my blog, teaching classes, or answering emails or questions about where I got such-and-such fabric. Sometimes it does get daunting and sometimes I do have to deal with unhappy customers, but overall it really is a dream job! As far as my vision, I just want to keep designing great designs and helping people. I need to blog more often, and I've love to experiment more with video.
Having 3 kids inspires me to create! Being surrounded by beautiful fabrics, amazing thread colors and all of the awesome "blanks" as we call them also inspires me to create! We've been digitizing for close to 5 years and I get ideas everywhere! I'm always looking around and thinking about that next batch of designs.
What do you feel makes your work unique?
Simple designs! When we started Applique Café, I had been slaving away for 2-3 years doing applique turkeys with 8 fabrics and 38 steps and 14 thread changes. I love to keep things simple and easy for our customers. As I mentioned earlier, there is so much competition out there. It's hard to be unique! We try to come up with the cutest designs we can, and we try to make them as easy to sew as we can. When we are coming up with new designs to do each week, we also try to look around and make sure no one else has done exactly what we have in mind. I also test and sample each and every design we sell, so I'm able to make changes where needed and "know" how each design sews.
What's your favorite design from your website?
It might be hard to pick 1 favorite! I love our Stitch the Dog Designs. Stitch is a simple lab design that has become somewhat of a trademark for Applique Café. We currently have about 40 Stitch designs and they are all cute and great for the many seasons.
I also love our Owl Applique Designs. Again, we've changed the owl for the many seasons.
My other "favorite" design is our Elephant Applique Design which is one of the first designs we did. I see it a lot on Pinterest and Facebook and other places so I think it's a customer favorite as well!
I'm constantly re-sewing old designs and bringing new life to them, so my favorites change!
I also love our Owl Applique Designs. Again, we've changed the owl for the many seasons.
My other "favorite" design is our Elephant Applique Design which is one of the first designs we did. I see it a lot on Pinterest and Facebook and other places so I think it's a customer favorite as well!
I'm constantly re-sewing old designs and bringing new life to them, so my favorites change!
Where do you see your business in a year? Or where would you like to see it?
We would like to expand our customer base outside of Facebook. Applique Café is also on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, and of course there is my blog. I'd love to increase our newsletter subscribers and reach more people. Our goal is to stay competitive, produce as many cute designs as we can come up with and to continue our presence in the applique world! I also want to expand my blog and experiment more with video tutorials.
I love Whimsical Fabric because it's a one stop shop for fabric, blanks, patterns (for those of you who sew) and even packaging supplies! WF carries the fabrics I love and use a lot ~ ginghams, polka dots, chevrons, etc. ~ in the brands that I love!
What is your favorite item purchased from us?
Fabric! I'm a huge fan of Michael Miller, Riley Blake and Fabric Finders fabrics, which are all fabrics sold at WF. Also, with applique you only use a small amount of fabric on each design. I like that I can buy fat quarters or fabric by the yard if I want to.
What words of wisdom do you have for readers who are considering starting their own work at home business?
Thank you so much for sharing about your business and yourself Rosemary!
If you enjoyed reading about Rosemary and her business, please take a minute or two and let her know by leaving a message on her Facebook page. And don't forget to check out her website, Applique Cafe. I noticed she is having a great sale right now!
PS If you are interested in being featured in one of our future newsletters please send us an email with FEATURE in the title.
Happy creating!
Danielle Storm
What words of wisdom do you have for readers who are considering starting their own work at home business?
I think anyone can start their own work at home business, but you have to learn to balance work and family or else you will get burned out quickly. Set a work schedule and try to stick with it. Don't work so hard that you put your family on the back burner. My daughter was born in 2008 and we started Applique Café in 2009. She's about to turn 6 and I realize now how much I worked when she was a baby! I should have worked less and enjoyed that time more. Other words of wisdom... remember that there is plenty of business out there for you and everyone else. Be kind and respectful even when you don't feel like it!
Thank you so much for sharing about your business and yourself Rosemary!
If you enjoyed reading about Rosemary and her business, please take a minute or two and let her know by leaving a message on her Facebook page. And don't forget to check out her website, Applique Cafe. I noticed she is having a great sale right now!
PS If you are interested in being featured in one of our future newsletters please send us an email with FEATURE in the title.
Happy creating!
Danielle Storm


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Middletown South returns to The Star-Ledger Top 20 for the first time in two months, rejoining the group at No. 19, and West Deptford makes its season debut at No. 20 after both secured NJSIAA playoff championship spots last weekend.
Middletown South (8-2) advanced to its ninth sectional final since 2001 with a 21-13 win over Hamilton in the Central Jersey, Group 3 semifinals. Andrew Suarez carried for two touchdowns and fellow running back Kyle Bunge added a score for the Eagles. Middletown South will seek its sixth title since '01 and 10th overall when it battles Freehold Borough in two weeks.
West Deptford (10-0) kept its explosive offense burning with a 56-7 romp over Barnegat in the South Jersey, Group 2 semifinals, and will now look to beat Haddonfield a second time this season when they square off for the title. Talented running back Vaughn Scott carried for three TDs against Barnegat to follow his three-TD performance a week earlier against Collingswood, 22-15, in the first round. His Eagles will be after their fifth championship since 2002.
Middletown South and West Deptford both know their way around this poll, and Middletown South has figured out a way to climb all the way to the top. The Eagles scooped up consecutive Star-Ledger trophies in 2004 and '05 as the state's No. 1 team.
Name Knowshon Moreno ring a bell? The current Denver Broncos running back was the force behind the Middletown South squads that captured sectional championships (two in Central Jersey, one in Section 2, Group 3) with three straight 12-0 seasons from 2003 through '05. Even with Moreno at Georgia for the '06 season, the Eagles (11-1) were good enough to seize a fourth consecutive title behind the play of QB Pat Campbell and running backs Brian Meeker, Sean Barber and Dave Dosil.
There is another Meeker helping the current Middletown South team win, Brian's younger brother Scott, the Eagles' QB. He throws the ball occasionally, but this is still a team that would rather attack via the run. Tim McArdle joins Suarez and Bunge as a player who ca help facilitate that mission.
1-Don Bosco Prep (10-0)
Last week: 1
Cornerback Jabrill Peppers didn't play like a freshman as he returned a fumble 87 yards and an interception 94 yards for touchdowns when Don Bosco beat No. 8 St. Peter's Prep, 37-0, in the Non-Public, Group 4 semifinals. Next: Thursday at No. 6 St. Joseph (Mont.).
2-Bergen Catholic (10-1)
Last week: 2
Once again, there was no slowing quarterback Tanner McEvoy. He threw for 163 yards and three scores, two to wide receiver Cameron Dickerson, and rushed for 184 yards and two touchdowns in a 60-17 victory over No. 9 Seton Hall Prep in a Non-Public, Group 4 semifinal. Next: Non-Public, Group 4 final vs. No. 1 Don Bosco Prep.
3-Cherokee (10-0)
Last week: 3
Quarterback Andy Martin accounted for two touchdowns and nose guard Nick Foster and safety Mike Zeuli anchored yet another sterling defensive outing in a 28-7 victory over Egg Harbor in the South Jersey, Group 4 semifinals. No team has scored more than two touchdowns against Zeuli's crew this season. Next: Thursday vs. Seneca.
4-Holy Spirit (10-0)
Last week: 6
It faced its first deficit this season and rallied with fourth-quarter TDs by Donta Pollock and Joe Sarnese to edge No. 15 Pope John, 34-27, in the Non-Public, Group 3 semifinals. Pollock has carried for 290 yards and scored five touchdowns in two playoff games. Next: Thursday vs. Atlantic City.
5-Lacey (11-0)
Last week: 7
Quarterback Craig Cicardo, son of the team's offensive coordinator by the same name, had 96 rushing yards and two TDs and threw a 20-yard TD pass in a 34-14 victory over Winslow in the state playoff semifinals. Next: South Jersey, Group 3 final vs. Delsea.
6-St. Joseph (Mont.) (8-2)
Last week: 8
A ground game featuring backs Dane McDermott, John Sanford and Presley Beauvais powered St. Joseph to a 49-32 triumph over DePaul in the Non-Public, Group 3 semifinals. Next: Thursday vs. No. 1 Don Bosco Prep.
7-Piscataway (10-0)
Last week: 9
Piscataway scored the go-ahead touchdown with four seconds remaining in the first half, then scored the winning touchdown with four seconds left in the game on a 1-yard sneak by QB Nadir Barnwell to secure a 28-21 victory over No. 14 Phillipsburg in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 semifinals. Next: Thursday at Franklin.
8-St. Peter's Prep (9-2)
Last week: 4
The Jersey City team dropped a 37-0 decision to No. 1 Don Bosco Prep in the Non-Public, Group 4 semifinals. Returning next season will be quarterback Brandon Napoleon and running back Jared Crayton for coach Rich Hansen. Next: Season complete.
9-Seton Hall Prep (10-1)
Last week: 5
An injury to running star Kevin Monangai and the brilliance of Bergen Catholic QB Tanner McEvoy became too much for the Prep to handle in a 60-17 loss in the Non-Public, Group 4 semifinals. Monangai closed his career with 4,486 yards and 69 touchdowns. Next: Season complete.
10-Sayreville (10-1)
Last week: 10
Delon Stephenson scored on a 98-yard kick return and a 35-yard run while DL George Koblentz led a stellar defense as Sayreville beat Manalapan, 32-20, in the Central Jersey, Group 4 semifinals. Next: Central Jersey, Group 4 final vs. Brick Memorial.
11-Matawan (10-0)
Last week: 11
Quarterback Jared Allison continued to be the master of the big play, returning a punt 84 yards to a TD in the first quarter and then adding a 92-yard TD run late in the fourth quarter of a 26-14 victory over Manasquan in the Central Jersey, Group 2 semifinals. Next: Saturday vs. St. John Vianney.
12-Hunterdon Central (10-1)
Last week: 12
It avenged a 20-3 regular-season loss to Bridgewater-Raritan in convincing fashion, pounding the Somerset County school, 42-7, in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 semifinals. Christopher Ibrahim passed for 129 yards and two TDs and ran for a score. Brandon Brocklehurst had two TD runs and Kenny Wilson scored on a 103-yard interception return. Next: North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 final vs. No. 7 Piscataway.
13-Wayne Hills (10-1)
Last week: 13
Fumble recoveries by Matt Greenfield, Russ Piekarsky, Jimmy Kenny and Roberto Alvarez led to touchdowns and a 49-0 triumph over High Point in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 semifinals. Next: North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 final vs. No. 16 Old Tappan.
14-Phillipsburg (8-2)
Last week: 14
Without starting quarterback Justin Scuorzo (concussion), Phillipsburg fell to Piscataway, 28-21, in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 semifinals. Dana Lee returned a punt for a touchdown and Sean McNerney recovered a fumble in the end zone. Next: Thursday vs. Easton (Pa.) at Lafayette College.
15-Pope John (10-1)
Last week: 15
It stuck with No. 4 Holy Spirit to the end but a fumble on its 12-yard line in the closing moments set up the Absecon school for the winning touchdown in the Non-Public, Group 3 semifinals. Tailback Kyle McGrath had two touchdowns in the 34-27 loss. Next: Season complete.
16-Old Tappan (10-0)
Last week: 16
Amazing junior quarterback Devin Fuller rushed for 367 yards and six TDs and passed for 98 yards and a score in his team's thrilling 63-56 victory over Paramus in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 semifinals. Next: Thursday vs. Demarest.
17-St. Joseph (Hamm.) (8-1)
Last week: 17
Steady running back Gordon Hill scored four touchdowns and the defense sparkled once again in a 50-7 victory over previously undefeated St. Anthony in the Non-Public, Groups 2/1 semifinals. St. Joseph averages 37.2 points per game and has allowed just 59 all season. Next: Saturday at Hammonton.
18-Randolph (10-1)
Last week: 18
Todd Nigro and Tyler Healy are main targets for quarterback Chris Westenhiser, who has 11 TD passes for the season. Next: North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 final vs. Montclair.
19-Middletown South (8-2)
Last week: NR
Running backs Andrew Suarez (162 yards, two TDs) and Kyle Bunge (131, TD) led a ground game that chewed up 339 yards in a 21-13 victory over Hamilton in the Central Jersey, Group 3 semifinals. Next: Thursday at Middletown North.
20-West Deptford (10-0)
Last week: NR
Running back Vaughn Scott and QB Jake Hannan power an offense that averages 42.5 points per game and seems to be picking up speed as the competition grows fiercer. Scott had three TDs in a 56-7 victory over Barnegat in the South Jersey, Group 2 semifinals. Next: Friday vs. Paulsboro.
Out: 19-DePaul, 20-North Brunswick.


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By next year's Thanksgiving, Deborah Moshenko hopes to be living in a custom-built home raised off the ground on the land where her current home, which was ravaged by the June flood, sits.
For now, she's living with her husband and dog in a nine-foot by nine-foot room that contains a desk, two single beds and a small closet in Saddlebrook, a government-run mobile home community just north of High River.
"It isn't home, but we're not expecting it to be home, either," Moshenko said of the camp, where 1,047 people live.
As she walked through the community on the weekend, Moshenko pointed out details, including small street signs, that she said help make living in an active construction site feel normal.
"It's the little things that just bring the homeyness," Moshenko said.
Sharing a bathroom with strangers, eating in a cafeteria and being required to wear an identification badge are things Moshenko doesn't mind.
"It's just all part and parcel ... You just go with it, that's the best way for survival," she said.
Moshenko spoke fondly of the friendly staff and ethnically diverse food in Saddlebrook and said she's fortunate to have a temporary place to live.
Yet, she said trying to get help from the government as she works to rebuild has been a "slow and painful" process.
"There's an overriding anger and bitterness that's always sitting inside of you," she said.
For flood-affected High River residents who are staying with friends instead of living in the mobile home community, emotions are also high.
Janet Klie is tired of waiting.
The senior, her husband, daughter and seven-year-old grandson have been living in a friend's one-bedroom basement suite since the Highwood River overflowed its banks in June.
Her grandson, who has started to cry whenever it rains, sleeps on a couch.
While the family's High River home was rated red — severely damaged — after the flood, Klie said she's since been passed from one government official to another and told something different every time she tries to figure out what to do.
Recently, she was informed her house will be remediated, even though she said black mould can be seen climbing the walls.
Klie said when she told a government official her house isn't fixable, she was told her file had been passed on.
Now, she's waiting for more information.
"It's an eternal wait," said Klie, whose husband has leukemia and started chemotherapy at the beginning of October.
This year, the family will spend Thanksgiving with friends. In year's past, they've enjoyed a dinner out, but they're reluctant to spend money as they wait to see what will happen to their home.
Klie said to date she's received $2,400 from the government for an initial cleanup fee.
"You don't want to spend any money," said Carla Schmidt, who, like Klie, is relying on friends for a place to live while she tries to figure out what will come of her High River home that was also deemed red.
As Klie and Schmidt lamented disorganization and a lack of communication from government officials, the women expressed deep gratitude for the friends and strangers who have helped their families in the months since the flood.
"There is this grassroots environment that's so full of love and helpfulness," Klie said.
Katharina and Max Schmid, originally from Switzerland, are also grateful for the support of friends.
The couple are living in a trailer they're borrowing from friends, which is parked in the driveway of their uninhabitable home.
"It's a waiting game and winter is coming," Katharina said. "It's like a roller-coaster. You have good days and then you have days you could sit and cry."
The couple are on the wait list for a temporary place to live in Saddlebrook.
Philip Dawson, the site manager at Saddlebrook, said more than 700 of the camp's 1,047 residents are scheduled to attend a traditional turkey dinner on site on Monday evening.
"We wanted to bring everyone together," Dawson said. "Folks have lost a lot, they're survivors and we just want to say welcome and thank you."
Inside the one of the camp's many trailers, parents and kids huddled around tables carving pumpkins, gluing colourful fake feathers to paper turkeys and decorating shortbread cookies with sugar icing and candy.
Federal, provincial and High River politicians worked alongside camp staff and volunteers dishing out dinner.
The air in Saddlebrook, once thick of dust and despair, is replaced, for a few short hours, with hope and the scent of gravy.
Standing in line for Thanksgiving dinner with dozens of other families, Scott and Danielle Fisk hold their two kids, Jeshua, 4, and two-year-old Talia.
The family's house in High River, only three weeks away from completion before the June flood hit, is now, almost four months later, nearly livable.
Still, the couple expressed some sadness and regret that they'd be moving out of Saddlebrook, a place they've called home for seven weeks.
"We know it's temporary, but this is our home." said Danielle Fisk. "The relationships we've made with the staff and workers here, they've just been amazing. They've really gone out of their way to make us feel welcome."
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Some towns like Mackinac Island do not allow people to drive. When the main concern that drove the federal government to pass the 21 requirement was drinking and driving why not make an exception for localities that prohibit driving? You can't have a drunk driving accident if you don't have any cars.
States should be allowed to offer local options to lower the drinking age to 18 for towns that prohibit driving. We allow our 18 year old to fight in the military so why should they be denied anything such as being able to drink if they want to. I do not think there is a big difference in allowing three more years for them to be 21 to drink.
While they say there is evidence that the brain is still maturing by the age of 18. That the age of 25 is more the age it should be to legally drink because your brain is most likely done developing at that point. People are always going to do what they want and it should be the people who live in those individual communities to decide how they want to live their lives. People can always move if they do not like it or fight to show their neighbors a better way.
It does not make sense that the age of majority is 18 but the legal drinking age is 21. Although lawmakers have traffic safety in mind, this problem can be solved if drinkers can prove that they will nor be driving. It does not make sense that someone who can die serving their country in the military cannot legally drink.
A person under 21 could drink on the island and then leave and go drive.
Mackinac has a year-around population of about 492. Mackinac gets up to 15,000 visitors per day during the summer. There are overnight accommodations for less than 5,000. Most are day-visitors. Most drive to Mackinac City or St. Ignace in the lower Peninsula of Michigan and take a ferry to Mackinac Island.
The road encircling the island and closely hugging the shoreline is M-185, the United States' only state highway without motorized vehicles.
Many people stay in Mackinac City and take the ferry everyday. So the 18 year old would drink on the Island and drive in Mackinac city.
Mackinac and a couple other islands in Wisconsin, Michigan, Virginia, etc. Are the only places in America where cars are banned.
List of car-free places
Why would your proffer such a question?
Not drinking until you are 21 is not that important in life.
The passage of Minimum Legal Drinking Age 21 (MLDA 21) laws has been one of the most successful traffic safety countermeasures implemented over the past 30 years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 900 lives are saved every year due to these laws, with a total of more than 25,000 lives since 1975.
A higher MLDA results in fewer alcohol-related problems among youth, and the 21-year-old MLDA saves the lives of well over 1,000 youth each year (Jones et al, 1992; NHTSA, 1989). Conversely, when the MLDA is lowered, motor vehicle crashes and deaths among youth increase. At least 50 studies have evaluated this correlation (Wagenaar, 1993).
Underage youth and youth ages 18-21 who drink are usually more likely to become victims of date rape, sexual abuse, violence, traffic accidents, impaired driving and alcohol poisoning due to the fact that they, experiment with drugs and alcohol and drink more than they can handle.
Alcohol use by teens in the USA is a huge problem.
• Approximately one-third of all girls have their first alcoholic drink (more than a few sips)
before entering high school.
Girls are starting to drink at younger ages than ever before:
In the 1960's, only 7 percent of girls reported having their first drink between the ages of
10 and 14; today, nearly one-quarter of all girls report beginning to drink alcohol before
age 13.
This is especially troubling since those who initiate alcohol use early in life are at
increased risk of becoming problem drinkers.
• Nearly half of high school girls drink alcohol and more than 1 in 4 binge drink (consume
five or more drinks on the same occasion).
Nearly 1 in 5 (18 percent) of 8th grade girls drink alcohol and more than 1 in 10 binge drink.
Lowering the drinking age anywhere in the USA is a bad idea.
It's not the driving problem that's the problem, it's the kids getting sick. Their body can't handle the toxic. That's why the drinking age is 21 in the first place. The government is trying to protect us from ourselves, so they make these laws. They aren't there just for one reasons they are many other reasons why they make laws.
Even if towns prohibit driving, states shouldn't be allowed to offer local jurisdictions the option of lowering the drinking age to 18 years-old. Doing so poses far too many risks, and simply telling people they can't drink and drive won't deter them. People are still going to hop in cars and drive.
States should not be allowed to lower the drinking age in towns that prohibit driving. The reason is that I can't fathom a town prohibiting driving whatsoever. How would people get around? How to residents of the town without driving get to work or go to school? States shouldn't lower the drinking age at all because sometimes 18-year-olds simply aren't mature enough to know when to stop. When teens can't stop drinking, they endanger their health regardless of whether or not they drive.


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Is that a boy?
How can you tell if it's a boy by looking at the ultrasound?
To determine that the baby is a boy, the sonographer should clearly see the scrotum and the penis between the baby's legs. Some boys can be seen earlier than others, but in general by 20 weeks the scrotum and penis should be clearly visualized if the baby cooperates.
The umbilical cord should not be mistaken for a penis. On most modern equipment, the sonographer should be able to clearly distinguish the penis from the umbilical cord. If the ultrasound machine has Color Doppler, the sonographer can use this feature to identify the umbilical cord. Color Doppler shows blood flow, so the umbilical cord (composed of two arteries and a vein) would clearly be identified as the cord and not the penis.
More about boy ultrasounds here!
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Oh blessed vision! Happy child! Thou art so exquisitely wild.
- Wordsworth
Ideas & inspiration
When you're pregnant (especially if you're past any morning sickness), you may feel simply radiant -- especially once you're visibly pregnant. While it's true that not every woman has the "glow of pregnancy," hopefully you'll be one of the lucky ones to experience it. What does it feel like? Like you're healthy and proud and all is well in the world. That glow comes to you from many different directions.
Here is the first of five things that can make you feel fabulous during your pregnancy.
1) You beat the odds: So many women experience difficulty getting pregnant. Whether that means interventions like IVF, a few months of trying or it "just happened," you should feel fortunate to be finally expecting. Health, timing and luck all play into the conception equation, and you came out a winner. And every day that passes brings you closer to a healthy baby. So take a deep breath and realize how lucky you really are!
Click here to read 4 more fabulous things about pregnancy!
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Be sure to take a little time each week (or, better yet, each day) to make a few notes about how you are feeling and how your pregnancy is progressing!
We've made it simple to keep a diary right here in your pregnancy calendar! Write down things like your fundal height measurements, how you're feeling each day, when you first felt the baby hiccup and other memorable moments.
To post a note, just click here or on the link above that says "Add note or event."
Eating for two?
While it's tempting to use pregnancy as the best excuse ever for overindulging (to pretend that the other person you're eating for is a 250 lb. trucker rather than a 1 lb. fetus!), it's healthier for you and your baby to keep your weight gain within the healthy range. Besides, you can't fool Mother Nature forever. At the end of the day, you'll be forced to confront those less-than-welcome pregnancy "souvenirs" on your hips and thighs!
If you find you're gaining weight more quickly than you'd like -- either because you're snacking to avoid nausea or because you're ravenously hungry -- don't hit the panic button. Simply start choosing lower-calorie foods from each of the food groups. That way, your body will be getting the nutrients it needs to grow a healthy baby, and you'll be able to reduce your total calorie hit at the same time. Read more here.
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279 Hickory Ave., Harahan, 504.738.1116
Jason Seither was selling cars for a living when he decided one day in 2004 to throw caution to the wind and open a seafood market in a Harahan building with a long history of housing failed businesses.
He made enough at his market in the first half of his first crawfish season to open a restaurant next door that same year. He got the idea for the two-pronged operation while working as a bartender at Harbor Seafood:
"When I saw how that was run, I was like, 'We can do that here.'"
The boiled seafood is delicious, but in keeping with long-standing south Louisiana tradition, Seither doesn't let his restaurant's status as a joint preclude him from creating in the kitchen. One of the restaurant's longstanding best sellers is a dish of fried eggplant medallions layered with crab stuffing and draped in crawfish cream sauce. Seither puts seared-rare tuna in po-boys -- and cooks an excellent roast beef po-boy, too.
More: Seither's proves that a seafood place can make a killer roast beef po-boy


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The explosion of a car bomb Sept. 17 in the southern Lebanese port of Sidon, killing 17 people and injuring 80, is renewing concern in the Mideast that the 7 -week-old cease-fire that stopped Palestinian-Israeli fighting is near the breaking point, reports Monitor correspondent John Yemma.
Although the Palestinian and leftist Lebanese joint command -- outside whose offices the bomb went off -- blamed Israel, Mideast analysts saw it as more likely the work of anti-Palestinian Lebanese, possibly connected with the Lebanese Phalangists. This is because the easiest route into Sidon would have been from the north rather than through United Nations checkpoints from Israel.
Still, the Palestinian-leftist Lebanese charge against Israel is another in a series of charges and countercharges of cease-fire violations.