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Actor and Comedian, Regular on Whose Line is it Anyway?
About Greg Proops
Greg Proops is best known for his unpredictable appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway?, the hit improvised comedy show on ABC hosted by Drew Carey. Greg was also a regular on the long running British version of WLIIA?? currently seen on Comedy Central and the ABC Family Channel.
Mr. Proops stared most recently in Drew Carey's Green Screen Show on the WB network, and inventive and visually arresting new comedy series that combined improvisation with animation.
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Declaring your love for an SUV in 2017 is quite risky – after all, being a petrol head isn't exactly the responsible thing to do in a time when hybrid cars and electric cars are on the rise. However, despite some public criticism for being a heavy petrol eater, the Cadillac Escalade is a car that many passionate drivers secretly want. Considering its impressive specs and build, this hardly comes as a surprise. Some prefer buying the new version directly from the manufacturer, while others choose to purchase a used Cadillac Escalade to save money. No matter what you prefer, this car is definitely worth the money and has some key benefits that don't just cater for only one type of driver.
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Whether you're stuck in rush hour traffic or driving alone on mountain roads, the Cadillac Escalade always stands out. The design is bold and striking and there is nothing about it. Glamorous without being overly flashy, this car has an impressive clean design and genuinely denotes elegance. Looking for even more attention? Then buy the version with the 22-inch chrome wheels and you are bound to turn heads. Cadillac Escalade is equipped with an insanely powerful V8 engine and 420 horsepower and it can go 0 to 60 in a little over 6 seconds.
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When looking at a picture of the Cadillac Escalade, many will say that it's a gorgeous SUV, but it can't handle off-road conditions. However, nothing could be farther from the truth. Despite its glamorous, executive design, this Cadillac can handle some difficult conditions, including mud, snow and rocky mountain roads. The car also has magnetic ride control suspension, which means there's better handling, in spite of the large size. Last, but not least, you can fold down the back seats and use the extra space for transporting things. So, if you're planning a weekend getaway or moving out, this car will be your best friend.
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A lorry veered off a busy Tayside road and landed on its side after the driver apparently took ill at the wheel.
The accident happened around 3.15pm on Wednesday on the Dundee road near the Arbirlot junction in Arbroath.
The driver managed to get out of the vehicle which went off the road and down the embankment.
He was shocked but otherwise unhurt.
Passing motorists stopped to help the man.
One witness said: "I noticed the lorry swerve and then he went right down the embankment.
"The driver was awake and breathing.
"He was shocked but otherwise unhurt with just a few cuts and scratches.
"He said he felt dizzy, went to pull over, blacked out and then went down the embankment."


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Saint-Petersburg -- You could hear a pin drop on the floor of the tsarist-era Konstantinovsky Palace just outside Russia's second largest city of Saint Petersburg. As the great doors to the majestic room opened, that silence was broken by camera-clicking fanatical journalists looking for the most wanted image in the civilized media world: Vladimir Putin making his first public appearance in 11 days.
One journalist commented Mr. Putin looked "somewhat pale", another disagreed saying "there was nothing in his appearance that indicated any obvious health problems." Asked about the various stories about his whereabouts of the last few days, Mr. Putin himself simply commented, "It would be boring without gossip."
For 11 straight days, the media onslaught was nonstop. The rumors varied in seriousness, from a simple flu to being treated for recurring back ailments. There was the story of Putin being the victim of one the most lethal forms of pancreatic cancer. The last health-related story saw the President dead by stroke. Then there was the soap opera version of him loping to Switzerland to be with his girlfriend who was giving birth to his illegitimate daughter. Finally, there was the James Bond version, a palace coup of course; we are in Russia after all.
Kremlin communications staff scrambled, and fumbled terribly, to manage the back-to-back social media feed frenzy. A picture of white smoke coming out of a Kremlin chimney appeared with the idiom: "It appears we have a new Tsar." Hashtags followed, #whereisputin and of course #PutinIsDead. So frustrated was Putin's personal spokesman Dmitry Peskov with the continued barrage of questions asking him to confirm his boss's health was fine that the man finally barked: "Yes. We've already said this a hundred times. This isn't funny anymore."
Of course most of the pain Mr. Peskov was complaining about was self-inflicted. Posting pictures and images of his boss meeting with people he had in fact met months and even years earlier for example. State media posting the story of the President meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart two days before it actually happened, oops, didn't help either.
And since the rodeo show wasn't colourful enough, as if his grand re-entrance into the public domain needed any additional bang for effect, Mr. Putin decided to mobilize Russia's entire Northern Fleet, over 40,000 troops, at least 41 warships, 15 submarines and some 110 aircraft, for a range of military exercises he personally ordered. The entire northern fleet people. This after appearing Sunday in a one-year anniversary documentary on the annexation of Crimea, during which he said he has been ready to put Russian nuclear forces on alert over the small Ukrainian territory.
Now, we could blame all of this nonsense on badly botched communications issues management. Alternatively, we could be led to believe that something did in fact happen, but that Putin has, so far, managed to survive and discourage whatever it is he was facing. However, there is an alternative scenario one could consider.
What if all this show was anything but botched, what if this mess was exactly what he wanted it to be, a useful distraction from a series of other issues he would rather we not pay as much attention to, like the mysterious murder of his primary opposition critic just outside the Kremlin walls?
It could also be most useful to remind both friend and foe alike that you may not like me or what I'm doing, but if I left tomorrow, what do you think would come next? In other words, careful what you wish for people. In the final analysis, we may still be witnessing the end of Vladimir Putin. Alternatively, it may simply be Putin's wag the dog communications strategy.
Joseph Soares served as a communications issues advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada (2008-2010), as well as a Policy Advisor to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (2006-2008).
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I left Old World Winery in a downpour and headed south to my next appointment. It was only 12 miles away, but with the majority of drivers on the 101 approaching the rain as if it were snowing at a foot an hour pace, it took me a while to get there.
That was just fine by me, actually, as my destination, Matanzas Creek Winery in Bennet Valley, was quite the contrast to the Natural Wine outpost I just left. My first "interaction" with Matanzas Creek was a few bottles of late 1990s Bennet Valley Merlot that were pretty close to spectacular.
My second? Well, that would be a couple of bottles of the same wine from the mid-2000s. Meh.
I did not really ponder the discrepancy all that much as I was not a Merlot drinker by any stretch of the imagination (I have since altered my stance considerably), but after a bit more study, it was clear that Matanzas Creek had been a major player in California Merlot.
Without going too far down the rabbit hole, the winery was founded in 1977, the winery has been a pillar in the Valley for four decades, virtually putting Bennet Valley back on the proverbial map.
Bennet Valley's winemaking history dates back to the 19th Century, but like with so many, the area went virtually fallow during prohibition, with wine production all but disappearing. It was not until Matanzas Creek established itself as a world-class producer of Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot that Bennet Valley saw a resurgence, culminating in its own AVA in 2003.
Another significant "event" occurred in that time frame: in 2000, Jess Jackson, owner of Kendall-Jackson, purchased Matanzas Creek. Shortly after the purchase, the longtime winemakers, Susan Reed and Bill Parker, left the winery and frankly, quality suffered.
I pulled into the winery just as another deluge fell, so there was really no impetus to admire the extensive gardens on the property (the winery is known for its beautiful lavender fields, but there was not much to see under the pouring rain in early March). It was also nearly 4:00, and the tasting room would close in an hour, so there would be no dillying nor any dallying.
I saddled up to the impressive tasting room bar, and after a few brief introductions, I dove right in. Matanzas Creek makes four Sauvignon Blancs (of which I tasted the three that are not as widely distributed), and I could tell from the first sip of the 2014 Bennet Valley that the quality issues following the purchase of the winery had been addressed.
2014 Matanzas Creek Bennet Valley Sauvignon Blanc: Retail $32. Green apple, grapefruit, and a bit of cat pee. On the palate very nice with great fruit and acidity. Outstanding. 90-92 Points.
2014 Matanzas Creek Knights Valley Helena Bench Sauvignon Blanc: Retail $40. More white fruit driven (peach and grape) with less of a cat pee note. Rounder mouthfeel with less prominent acidity, but a longer more intense finish. Very Good to Outstanding. 89-91 Points.
The "Journey" series of wines is Matanzas Creek's flagship series, all limited-production wines, selected from the best blocks and barrels. The first was the Journey Chardonnay in 1990, followed by the Journey Merlot in 1992 (which has since become a blend and called "Journey Red"), and the Journey Sauvignon Blanc debuted in 2012.
2014 Matanzas Creek Journey Sauvignon Blanc: Retail $50. By far the best nose of the three with fleshier fruit and a decided floral aspect. Starts a bit slow but has an incredible finish. I am not a huge SB fan but this could sway me in that direction. Outstanding. 91-93 Points.
We then moved onto the Chardonnays, another staple of Matanzas Creek since the beginning. The Chardonnays tend to the bigger, more traditional style of California Chardonnay as both wines go through 100% malolactic fermentation, resulting in a buttery, creamy style.
2014 Matanzas Creek Chardonnay Bennet Valley: Retail $40. 17% new French oak but it comes off as a bit woody on the nose, followed by peach and buttered popcorn. Buttery and rich–the popcorn really comes through on the palate. Lingering finish. For those that like traditional California Chardonnay, this is up your alley. Outstanding. 90-92 Points.
2014 Matanzas Creek Journey Chardonnay Sonoma County: Retail $75. 60% new French oak, but it does not come off as oaky as the Bennet Valley. Richer and fruitier on the palate and a bit more amped up across the board. Again, a big California Chardonnay, but I believe in big Chardonnays, and you should too, this is really good. Outstanding. 92-94 Points.
2014 Matanzas Creek Bennett Valley Pinot Noir: Retail $50. Bing cherry, strawberry, and a bit of earth. Rose petal also comes through at the end. Acid initially but then intense fruit and nicely balanced. I have to say I am a fan, but it needs time to settle down a bit. Outstanding. 91-93 Points.
2012 Matanzas Creek Merlot Jackson Park: Retail $60. Boysenberry with some blackberry and a hint of chocolate. On the palate, this is why you come to Matanzas Creek: serious Merlot. Great fruit, nice depth, a bit of tannin still. In a few years? Look out. Outstanding. Now? 91-93 Points. In a few years? 93-95+?
2012 Matanzas Creek Merlot Alexander Valley: Retail $45. Blackberry with more of a smokey nose. A tad austere on the palate with vibrant acidity. Needs food. Very Good to Outstanding. 89-91 Points.
2012 Matanzas Creek Merlot Knights Valley: Retail $45. More chocolate coming through with dried flowers and small red berries. Nice fruit upfront and big tannins on the back-end. Still needs more time. Outstanding. 90-92 Points.
2012 Matanzas Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Knight's Valley: Retail $60. 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot. Blackberry and tobacco. Good fruit but not too much. Nice earthiness but not too much. Even though this had been open for a while, it still had some great structure and plenty of heft. Still time left–hold onto this one. Outstanding. 92-94 Points.
2012 Matanzas Creek Journey Red: Retail $100. 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot. Even though this could technically be labeled as a Cabernet, the Red is not always at least 75% Cabernet, so it is always labeled simply "Red," giving the winemaker freedom to create the best blend. Again, this needs time but this is nice, really nice. We were past closing time, but I could have just sniffed this wine for another hour. Deep and complex with different elements rotating through: blackberry, anise, fig. On the palate? This clearly has a ton of time ahead of it, but it is fantastic right now. Outstanding. 93-95 Points.


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I am in the process of returning two of the same item to Amazon for a refund.
The item in question is a multi way USB charger, one of them started smoking.
I don't envisage any problems with a refund as Amazon if nothing else have excellent customer service.
However, I received the following from the seller last night.
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2 of USB Charger, Jelly Comb USB Charging Stations: 6-Port USB Wall Charger with Smart Identification for Android Apple iPhone 7 Plus iPad Pro/Air 2 LG G5 [ASIN: B01N6QMIJ6]
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It's no secret that we're big fans of A.skate – a non-profit foundation created to introduce kids with autism to the engaging and therapeutic effects of skateboarding. So, we were stoked to see their new collaboration with Vans on a new shoe for Spring 2014. The shoe is a first ever Laceless Era Pro and features artwork by Jay Croft. For every pair sold, a portion of the profit will go to support A.skate in their mission to empower kids with autism everywhere, including hosting nationwide autism-friendly skate clinics. Check your local skate shop for availability and learn more about A.skate by watching the documentary by Ben Duffy.
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There's something to be said about the retro graphical style. It's generally looked upon with criticism and suggestion that it's a bit of a cop out compared to fully-fledged 2D sprites or 3D models. Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP has unmistakably retro graphics, but manages to create such beautiful detail in relatively blocky visuals that it contends and even exceeds most modern indie titles on the market.
Sword & Swordcery is an odd game with no firm plot or backstory. But none of that ever seems to be a problem as you explore this fantastical world and discover new treasures. Game mechanics involve singing the song of sworcery to activate environmental features and using your sword to strike enemies and cut objects.
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery Gameplay
Animals especially move with such precision, such realistic detail that it's really something special seeing a startled deer run into the shrubbery behind it. The rush of a nearby waterfall to the calls of a group of birds, the sound and visuals work together to create such an excellent immersive experience.
Sword & Sworcery EP sacrifices some functionality to get across this minimalist, uninterrupted experience. It took me an age to work out that you can unsheathe your sword by hitting the right mouse button, something that isn't explicitly explained before and whose on-screen instructions are too faint or too slow to activate to be noticeable.
While the sound and graphics communicate a sense of mystical wonderment, the script is awkwardly colloquial and informal. Phrases like 'he had the heebie-jeebies' or 'he was totally freaking us out' don't fit the professional vibe the game tries so hard to create.
Sword and Sworcery contains puzzles that are designed to be very unconventional. It introduces many new incredible concepts which give the game a distinct feel, unlike any I have played before. However, this unpredictability can lead to some moments of complete confusion. Your next step is never clear, and you will have to consult your Megatome (a book that gives you hints on what to do) a lot.
What's more, some contextual mechanics reset themselves when you exit out of the game which can mean you will have to repeat sections of the game again to get back to where you were at.
Combat is simple, but effective. When engaging in combat, you are able to block with your shield or attack with your sword. By examining enemy movements and patterns, you must use combinations of the two at the right time to knock away hit points from the opposition. It's not particularly original, but the way it is presented makes keeps it from being repetitive. Unfortunately there are only three identical enemy types to fight against which limits the potential breadth of combat.
Sword and Sworcery's graphical presentation and immersive sound design can't be faulted. But this doesn't relieve it of its gameplay missteps. Some of its puzzles seem to be placed to purposefully waste time and extend the length of the game, and the its unpredictability means that it is sometime very hard to know where to go next. It's certainly an incredible work of art, with gameplay that's not far behind, but under par when contrasted with the generally short and limited adventure as a whole.
Publisher: Superbrothers
Price: $7.99/£5.49
Genre: Point-and-Click Adventure
Rating: 3.5/5
Pros: Beautiful presentation, interesting and innovative gameplay mechanics.
Cons: Unguided and unpredictable meaning it's unclear what to do next sometimes, lazy script, sometimes unintuitive, short.


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Staff of budget institutions and industrial enterprises of Kherson region transfer their daily wages to flood-hit residents in western Ukraine.
According to the State Regional Administration, budget institutions of Kherson region transferred over UAH 78 thousand to the assistance fund for flood-hit residents.
Industrial workers transfer funds as well. Besides, on August, 4 employees of the Kharkiv state works Palada donated UAH 15.5 thousand in order to assist flood-hit regions.


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Due to its global vision and comprehensive range of academic and research programs at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, the University attracts highly motivated students from the UAE, Gulf States as well as international students from many other countries. The University is situated within the prominent Sharjah University City. Students, faculty and staff at the University of Sharjah participate fully around the year in the dynamic and vibrant academic activities and rich cultural life of the Emirate of Sharjah and the United Arab Emirates. They also enjoy the scenic surrounding nature with its captivating desert environment and proximity to the active city life and beautiful beaches of Sharjah, Dubai, and Ajman.
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Glorious Archangel St. Raphael, great prince of the heavenly court, you are illustrious for your gifts of wisdom and grace. You are a guide of those who journey by land or sea or air, consoler of the afflicted, and refuge of sinners.I beg you, assist me in all my needs and in all the sufferings of this life, as once you helped the young Tobias on his travels. Because you are the "medicine of God" I humbly pray you to heal the many infirmities of my soul and the ills that afflict my body. I especially ask of you the favor (here mention your special intention), and the great grace of purity to prepare me to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Then Raphael[ called the two of them privately and said to them, "Bless God and acknowledge him in the presence of all the living for the good things he has done for you. Bless and sing praise to his name. With fitting honor declare to all people the deeds of God. Do not be slow to acknowledge him Tobit 12:6
Saint Raphael is associated with a variety of things, all because of the Book of Tobit. He's mainly known as a healing angel because he created a cure to heal Tobit of his blindness. He is also one of the patron saints for travel because he's Tobias's traveling companion. And he's the patron saint of happy meetings and matchmaking, since he planned for Tobias to marry Sarah.
But did you know that Saint Raphael is also the patron saint for those who struggle with nightmares? This is because Sarah was plagued with a living nightmare: a demon who killed all of her previous husbands on their wedding night. She also struggled with thoughts of suicide because she felt like she was shaming her family by the lousy reputation and mudslinging others were putting upon her.
Thankfully, Raphael was able to help Sarah with her problem. By advising Tobias and Sarah to pray first and delay the consummation of their marriage, and using a special cure from the fish, the demon was driven out and Tobias and Sarah were able to celebrate their marriage with Sarah's family for two whole weeks.
Many cradle Catholics, such as myself, often ask our guardian angel to be with us when we sleep. If you struggle with nightmares or can't sleep at night because of depression and anxiety, ask Saint Raphael to help you out. We all have our own demons that we fight on a frequent basis. The wonderful thing about having a devotion to the angels is that we don't have to fight alone.
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It Turns Out There Is Accounting for Taste/
After analyzing the data, the researchers concluded that people's aesthetic tastes can be broken down into five "entertainment-preference dimensions."
They are: Aesthetic (which includes classical music, art films and poetry), cerebral (current events, documentaries), communal (romantic comedies, pop music, daytime talk shows), dark (heavy metal music, horror movies) and thrilling (action-adventure films, thrillers, science fiction). The first two fall under the general heading of highbrow, while the final three are labeled lowbrow.
Most people go back and forth between the dimensions but tend to prefer one over the others. Works of art encompass all of them at once.


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As we anticipate the pouring of the basement and garage floor slabs, plumbing is going in. Once complete, several layers of rigid insulation and a vapor barrier will be added. Then concrete.
On the lower left is the sewage ejector pump. The city couldn't verify exactly where the invert was for the street line, and we ended up with a basement floor elevation a little lower than what worked for pure gravity flow. Hence the pump. On the right is the sump pump basin. Exterior and interior drain tile feeds into this, and a vertical PVC vent will extend up through the roof, since the interior drain tile also acts as part of the radon venting system. In the background is the start of the drain piping for the basement bathroom's shower, toilet and sink.


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MAKING YOU DELICIOUS MEALS… ONE GOOD DINOSAUR AT A TIME! Nate gets a hunting partner. Starlee wonders why the bill for meat is so low. Maribel's mental state takes a turn for the worse. The Sheriff starts to dig up Tony's past. An actual use for T-Rex arms is revealed!
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Hang In There, You're Not Done Yet/
Hey, I'm having a great day today, but somedays I just really have crap days... In case you're having a crap day, take a moment to listen to "Proud of You" by witty, soulful and profound musician Chris Conway (chrisconway.org).
As you struggle remember what my dear colleague Julie Blanton always says, that "This too shall pass." And also remember "T.T.T.":
T. T. T. —Piet HeinPut up in a place
where it's easy to see
the cryptic admonishment
When you feel how depressingly
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Just hang in there, friend. You're not done yet. Today doesn't decide your tomorrow. I'm proud of you for just trying. Keep trying. You'll get it. Really. Trust me.


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It's a given. Casinos are places where we take risks. Everything that happens in casinos is the result of the risks taken by the gamblers, the dealers, and the house itself.
The moment one decides to visit a casino is the moment a risk starts. But risks also start and progress through the day, daily, with or without gambling, and a casino is just one more place to express risks in certain gambling terms. Life is a big risk, and casinos are just a microcosm of this reality. Thus, risks in
casino gambling are merely an extension or offshoot of what actually takes place in the bigger scenario of life out there.
Actually, the real risk in gambling is not to take any risk at all. In fact, the most dangerous and crazy thing to do in gambling (or in life) is not to take any risk and still engage in it. Just imagine stepping inside a casino to gamble and refrain from risking. Or imagine stepping out of the house and taking life's challenges but refraining to risk either. All gambling involves an element of not knowing what would come out of a certain decisive action. And the decision is one that has no sure outcome and any certainty.
Risks, being decisive actions, must be done with determination and all-out commitment. A gambling player in poker will not settle for a hand dealt him by a casino dealer. The player thinks there are better cards available in the deck somewhere for him and will choose to draw. Why a gambling poker player would determine to have a 5 of a kind when the hand available is for a flush, or why spilt a ten in blackjack is the same reason why man refused to just stay in caves and gather foods and went out to invent the wheel and get to the other side of the world. Did he risk and bet? Well, the moment he grew tired of the cave and stepped out to wander was the same moment man wagered his life in the casino of life and took a risk gambling for a better world.
Had the gambling player simply settled with a high card or flush in poker and still bet—being content with what cards were dealt him—or had man been satisfied with a cave and food gathering existence, casinos would have been totally unnecessary, even casinos of life.
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In general, I'll make a quick bowl of old fashioned oatmeal with fresh fruit before I have to get to an early class. But if I have more time, I would prefer to have more of a leisurely breakfast and enjoy making either waffles or a toasted almond butter and jelly sandwich (below).
No Oil Waffles (recipe from: Happy Herbivore Abroad; using a nonstick waffle iron)
¾ cup of oat flour
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp baking powder
¾ cup of nondairy milk (I like to use Unsweetened Coconut Milk by So Delicious)
¼ tsp vanilla
Mix all ingredients together (dry ingredients first); once the waffle iron is fully heated, pour desired batter into hot iron, and let cook. Repeat until all batter is gone.
I like to add berries or a banana on top of my waffles or just simply eat them alone.
Toasted Almond Butter and Jelly Sandwich
1 tbsp of unsalted and unsweetened almond butter (I like to use Barney Butter Bare)
1 tbsp of jam or jelly of your choice (I like to use Smucker's Sugar Free Raspberry Jam or Blackberry Jam)
2 slices of bread (I use Ezekiel 4:9 Low Sodium bread—MY ABSOLUTE FAVORTIE)
I always add fruit to my breakfast as a rule; however the choice of fruit varies on the season.
In general, I typically enjoy a large field green salad (romaine, radicchio, spinach, and kale with cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, and parsley) with either no salt added kidney or cannellini beans (I like to get my beans from Whole Foods). For the dressing, I combine red wine vinegar, olive oil, dried parsley, and a variety of no salt seasonings (Bragg Seasoning is AMAZING), or I also enjoy making black bean corn salads (recipe below). On the side, I typically have unsalted pretzels, pita bread, salt-free Melba toasts, or unsalted tortilla chips, and a piece of fruit or berries.
Black Bean Corn Salad
1 cup black beans (no salt added)
1 cup tomatoes (chopped)
1 cup frozen corn
½ cup red pepper (chopped)
½ cup cucumber (peeled and chopped)
1 cup fresh cilantro
3 tblsp lime juice
2 tblsp balsamic vinegar
Mix all ingredients together, and serve with your favorite tortilla chips or pita bread!
My snacks include either fruit (apples, oranges, or berries) or hummus with unsalted pretzels, pita bread, or vegetables. At night I love snacking on Kashi Berry Fruitful Shredded Wheat or making homemade hot cocoa with raw cacao powder and coconut milk.
I definitely try to make a new recipe every night to enjoy for dinner. However, I do have my favorite recipes of course. These include: Vegan Chili, Vegan Lentil Stuffed Cabbage Rolls, Homemade Vegan Pizza with brown rice pizza crusts or Portobello Mushroom Fajitas. In addition, I love making fresh tabouli with pita bread. I have over fifty vegan and plant-based cookbooks and frequently visit Pinterest for more recipe ideas!
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For breakfast, we typically enjoy a hot cup of coffee with a splash of unsweetened soymilk, and a warm bowl of oatmeal. In particular, we enjoy Rip's Engine 2 Oatmeal with unsalted, raw walnuts and fresh berries, or old-fashioned oats with natural peanut butter and banana.
Our favorite lunch is leftovers from our dinner from the night before. But if there are no leftovers, I'll make us either a fresh greens salad with avocado, no salt added beans, vinegar and oil. In addition, we enjoy hummus wraps or avocado wraps with fresh salsa and tortilla chips.
Dinner is always fresh, exciting and YUMMY! In particular, we enjoy Lentil Bolognese with kamut pasta, Coconut Curry or African Peanut Curry, Eggplant Parmesan, Tortilla Casserole, or Homemade Pizza with brown rice crusts!
As for snacks, raw, unsalted nuts are always a go-to with fresh fruit. Also, coconut milk yogurt, granola, and hummus with chips and vegetables are always a favorite option. In the morning, Michael and I enjoy a plant-based smoothie with fresh and frozen fruits, fresh ginger, parsley or spinach, unsweetened soymilk, chia seeds, and Green Vibrance Powder. At night, muesli or shredded wheat is the go-to snack, and occasionally a plant-based dessert like avocado chocolate pudding!


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The Kitchen (The home of Delicious Arabic Food) invites you to try Bokhari Rice recipe. Enjoy the Arabic cuisine and learn how to make Bokhari Rice.
Bukhari or Bokhari Rice (known in Arabic as Ruz al Bukhari) is a Saudi Arabian speciality (some say it is Afghani by origin).
For : 6 Persons
Duration : 70 Min
2 Cups Basmati Rice
1/4 Cup Corn Oil
500 Gram Meat Pieces
1 Large Chopped Onion
2 Cloves Minced Garlic
1 Teaspoon Chopped Ginger
2 Cups Grated Carrot
1 Tablespoon Mixed Spices
2 Teaspoons Cumin
1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cardamom
1/2 1 Teaspoons Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Black Pepper
4 Cups Chicken Broth Or Water
1. Wash rice and soak in salted water for 15 minutes.
2. In a large pot heat oil over medium heat. Add meat pieces and stir until brown. Stir in onion, garlic, and ginger. Stir until onions are caramelized.
3. Add carrot, mixed spices, cumin, turmeric, cardamom, salt, black pepper, and water. Cover the meat and let simmer until meat is well done.
4. Remove meat from broth. Set aside. Drain rice and add to the broth. Add enough water to reach ½ an inch above the rice. Bring to a boil over high heat until rice absorbs most of the broth.
5. Place meat pieces on top of the rice. Cover pot and reduce heat to low. Let simmer for 30 minutes.
6. To serve garnish rice with fried raisins and almonds.
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A perfect blend of mythology and drama, wrapped up in a compelling storyline, Siddharth Kumar Tewary's Mahakaali Anth Hi Aarambh Hai, has made its makers proud. The costume drama, which airs every Saturday-Sunday at 7.00 pm on Colors, has topped the rating charts among the fiction shows this week.
"It's really exciting to see such numbers in today's times and all of us are having a blast. All we wanted is to give our best and that people should like our work. The response that we received has humbled us and we are even more charged up to deliver our best. Goddess Mahakaali has a deep purpose, she didn't take form just to annihilate the demons, there was a message to the story and I believe that message has worked for us. The show is based on the thought that every woman has the power to fight her own battles. She can be Parvati, who is known to be a giver of life and can even become Kaali if situations force her. She has the power to end evil and make a new beginning," says Siddharth.
Talking about the compliments he has got for the show, Siddharth adds that the high relevance of the show is the biggest one."I have received a lot of compliments for the show since the beginning. People have loved actors Pooja and Saurabh. Both of them are my friends and I really love them. Some have told me they got goose bumps when they saw the transformation of Parvati to Kaali. But for me, the best so far, has been when a person told me that the show is so relevant. Actually that's the core reason behind all mythological stories, whether it's the Mahabharat or Ramayan or Shani, every story was written for a purpose and had a deeper meaning behind it," he says.
Lead actor Pooja, who also played Drupadi in Mahabharat and is now playing Parvati and Mahakaali, is thrilled with the phenomenal response. "Mahakaali humare saath Hai. This show is our labour of love. And I am happy and thrilled that the show is resonating with the audiences," she says.


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I've had four online buying experiences over the past couple weeks. This doesn't include about a dozen eBay transactions, all of which went very smoothly.
I bought some equipment from newegg.com and tigerdirect.com, and I bought a replacement door handle from carparts.com. In the Newegg transaction, what I bought came all the way from Hong Kong, in about four days. The stuff from Tiger Direct, it came from a warehouse in California, four days. The door handle, I think came from California also, six days.
From the time I selected the stuff I bought until the time I completed the sale, in all cases, was less than five minutes.
The fourth transaction was not nearly as good. I bought a new laptop for Raegan from Best Buy, using one of their trusted vendors, buy.com (which changed it's name to or was bought by Rakuten). While the buying process was fast here as well, there were a couple glitches. The laptop was coming via FedEx.
The FedEx driver tried to deliver Thursday evening, but we weren't home; they left a door tag. I tried to get FedEx to requeue, since we had missed them by less than 10 minutes, but FedEx couldn't. I asked them to let me pick it up at their local office, but they said that Buy.com had disallowed that. They would only deliver the next day. We were home the next day at 1600, and waiting in the living room. I was checking fedex.com, and at 1750, suddenly the status showed an attempted delivery. No truck came near our house; no door tag. I got on with FedEx and got a human. This person told me that leaving a door tag was a courtesy, and not a requirement for the driver. I asked if stopping the truck, walking up to the door, and ringing or knocking was a requirement, and she said no.
A delivery service is not required to walk up to the delivery location? Side note: I called FedEx and lodged a complaint, and sent a feedback message, but NO response. Pretty crappy service.
Also, FedEx would not redeliver on Saturday, they would not let me pick it up, they had no way to contact the driver. I personally think all of this was bullshit. They would let it be delivered for pickup to a FedEx Kinkos, and only at the nearest location in Edmond. I wasn't going to take a chance that they would fail to try to deliver (three was the limit), so I had to drive all the way to downtown Edmond the next day.
We got home and excitedly opened the box. The computer wouldn't power up. I thought the battery might be shot, so I plugged it in to let it charge a bit. The front light that indicated charging didn't light up. I was not encouraged. A lot of troubleshooting followed, but the bottom line was the laptop was DOA.
Buy/Rakuten had no way to get in touch with a live person via telephone. I used an email form to report the issue as a defective product. Surprisingly, I had a response in about an hour. The person wanted to know the UPC and serial number. After getting them, I got a link to a site to print a UPS shipping tag. I reboxed the laptop, taped the sticker, and hauled it to UPS, dropped it off, and got a receipt.
I immediately send the tracking number to Buy/Rakuten with a request to ship my replacement NOW. I got an email saying that it would be received and inspected and a replacement sent after six or seven days. I shot an immediate demand to ship a replacement NOW. Silence. I send several other emails, once a day, and at day three, upped it to demand an instant refund.
To me it was easy. I'd already paid for junk. I sent it back, and they still had my money, and I had no laptop. They had the tracking number, and the weight matched. It was their fault. They should have shipped a replacement immediately.
After a week, I got a reply, saying that no laptops were in stock, and refund would be made in 1-2 days. I immediately got on buy.com and found that they did have the same laptops in stock. So Buy/Rakuten lied to me.
The only good news was that the refund showed the next day.
I sure would not deal with Buy/Rakuten.
FedEx also has a black eye in this with their fracked up delivery.
Four online transactions, three went smoothly, one was bad. I don't have an issue with a computer showing up bad. I don't really think that it was well packed, so was probably damaged by shipping. But I do have a problem with the company not being responsive, especially for what was 100% their mistake.


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Alright, make sure you have an active Steam account ready because Conan Exiles is launching later this year. Funcom have announced that their new Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) will use Valve's popular distribution service. Conan Exiles (http://www.conanexiles.com/)is not your normal MMORPG though as Funcom will be making it available in eight languages.
By launching as an "early access title" Funcom can get live response from players on certain parts of the game. This will also allow them to verify the scalability of their servers for the potential load players may create. According to Olivia Morin of Bestmmorpg2017.net, early access also allows fans to try the game out and get a feel for it, comment on various parts for fixing or general praise. A lot of games today enter early access for various reasons so it is not uncommon.
Okay, enough about the way they plan on releasing Conan Exiles. How about the game? I mean, you are reading this because you are interested in that rather than distribution models.
As with most MMORPGs, Conan Exiles is on track to be an open world survival game. What is interesting with this one is that there will be both public and private servers available. The combat is promising to be bloody and visceral in your face action based. You won't be selecting "attack" then an enemy and waiting for the game to decide the damage done here. No, if you want to take out that Orc over there that has been eyeing your camping supplies then go over there and knock his block off with your weapon. Hope you ate a hearty breakfast and trained well because it is not going to be a cakewalk.
Your weapons are greatly dependent on you. Sure, there will be stores to purchase them. You will probably be crafting your own out in the wild based on bone and ore you collect. Your weapons are not the only thing that is dependent on your combat skills. The whole world is based on the actions of other players, yourself included. Settlements will pop up based on the hard work of players coming together. The quality of life in those settlements will also be based on working together.
Funcom are working very closely with NVIDIA to ensure that Conan Exiles will run beautifully on their video cards. NVIDIA will be using the game in their advertising campaign, "The Way It's Meant to Be Played."
Conan Exiles is scheduled to hit early access via Steam on September 13th 2016. Launch on PC and consoles will occur shortly thereafter.


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Jump to 1:12 for The 2018 Trophee Hassan II Review. Jump to 9:10 for The 2018 Volvo China Open Preview.
Jump to 26:35 for One-N-Done Picks. Jump to 27:27 for "From the Hazard." The FGWW Team briefly acknowledges the Asian and Sunshine Tour events held last week.
Jump to 29:10 for Fantasy Golf Picks Review.
The FGWW Podcast Team previews the 2018 Volvo China Open at Topwin Golf & Country Club in Beijing, China.


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Most of the men love the idea of online shoes shopping mainly because of the convenience associated with it. Usually, men find it troublesome to shop from the offline stores and since it is very easy and comfortable to shop from home or workplace; many men are using this mode of online shoes shopping.
The ease of your feet should be your full priority when it comes to choosing the exact foot gear to purchase. This is significant if you desire your feet to stay healthy and in full condition all day. As you explore for the best footwear, you will see new balance outlet stores that provides wide variety shoes that you can use every day. Whether you are like to walk along the park or doing some errands, you need footwear that will give you utmost comfort. At the end of the day, your feet will suffer from strain and stress, if you are not wearing capture foot gear.
Men don't often think about their shoes, but footwear plays a big role in a man's well-being. Comfortable shoes can mean the difference between coming home ready to enjoy the company of his family and coming home in a miserable mood. Furthermore, unlike women's shoes, the comfort of a man's shoes is in direct proportion to their cost. Finally, a good pair of handmade shoes for men can last a lifetime. You don't want to skimp on your footwear.
Character references – try to get some people in your community to vouch for you when you look for jobs for felons. Employers will want to know that you have been rehabilitated and character references can help land you a job.


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You eat clean, drink a lot of water and never go to bed without washing your face, yet you're still suffering from adult acne not unlike the type that used to haunt you back in 7th grade — so what gives?
The answer might be hiding in an unassuming little brush that can have a big impact on the appearance of your skin.
If you're not cleaning your makeup brushes religiously, then you're hiding a dirty little secret, literally. Regular washing of your brushes can prevent contamination, which in turn thwarts bacteria from spreading to your skin, thus putting an end to those annoying breakouts that totally annihilate your self confidence and make you want to lock yourself inside your house.
But don't set out on a mad hunt for the perfect store-bought cleaner just yet. Luckily there's an easy, all-natural remedy you can do yourself by using simple, basic ingredients you probably have on hand already.
What You'll Need
½ cup witch hazel
2 tsp castile soap
1 tsp nourishing oil (olive, almond or jojoba oil)
1 cup distilled water
Now What?
1. In a jar with a tight lid, combine all ingredients; shake the bottle thoroughly.
2. Before using each time, shake the bottle vigorously before opening the lid.
3. Next, pour some cleaner into a small dish and place only the tip of your brushes into the solution for about five minutes.
4. Remove the brushes from the solution and rinse with warm water.
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The MIT Media Lab Complex by Fumihiko Maki that opened Friday hints at the resemblance of a Japanese paper lantern when lit up at night. It cost approximately $90 million to construct, according to MIT.
Read more in our related article: MIT Media Lab Complex ready to illuminate
In contrast to the old Media Lab Space in the Wiesner Building by I.M. Pei, the MIT Media Lab Complex by Fumihiko Maki is filled with glass and natural light.
The six-story complex consists mainly of a series of seven labs or cubes around a common atrium. Each double-story cube is staggered by floor so that the first floor of one cube is adjacent to the second floor of another cube.
A view of the Boston skyline, shown here from the inside of the Silverman Skyline Room, can be seen from many places within the building, since the MIT Media Lab Complex sits only one block from the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass.
Maki and his team, admittedly influenced by Piet Mondrian, included touches of bold primary colors among the building's white space filled with geometric lines and angles.
Wide-open hallways skirting the center atrium evoke the open corridor plan of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Frank Moss, director of the MIT Media Lab, gave reporters a tour of the new space. Moss replaced Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder and director of the MIT Media Lab since 1985, after Negroponte left to pursue his $100 computer initiative with the One Laptop Per Child nonprofit organization.
Correction, March 29, 7:14 a.m. PDT: This caption initially miscast the name of the One Laptop Per Child organization.
Tod Machover, head of the Media Lab's Hyperinstruments/Opera of the Future group, explains his current project: composing a digital opera with a libretto written by former poet laureate Robert Pinsky, set to debut this fall in Monaco and next year throughout the United States. The stars of this opera, of course, are not the tenors but a three-dimensional sound system integrated with robotic instruments, set pieces, and staging.
Recognize this car? Michael Chia-Liang Lin and Nicholas Pennycooke show a half-scale working chassis of the City Car concept unveiled by MIT's Smart Cities group in 2007. The collapsible electric vehicle is intended to solve the "last mile" problem in public transport by offering communities with EV kiosks at key locations.
Robotic prosthetic feet, ankles, and limbs in the lab for the Biomechatronics group. The PowerFoot One from iWalk, the first robotic prosthetic ankle and foot, grew out of an MIT Media Lab project from the Biomechatronics group.
A guitar and a Wii remote left on the floor by Rob Morris of MIT Media Lab's Affective Computing group. Morris is working on a project to track and analyze the natural gestures and movements of humans while playing guitar.


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Dinosaur George will bring his traveling natural history museum to Killeen Civic & Conference Center Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The museum features dozens of artifacts and replicas complete with educational displays. Participants can get up close to prehistoric items, participate in a scavenger hunt and be entertained by a dinosaur –themed performance.
Dinosaur George Blasing is a nationally renowned public speaker, writer and television host who travels the state teaching kids and kids at heart about the giant creatures that once inhabited our Earth.
This event is a collaboration between Killeen Public Libraries and Killeen Civic & Conference Center to bring unique and educational programming to our community.


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This week, I'd like to discuss the third way in which a salesperson can maximize sales. In other words, how to acquire more people that you can sell to. The following is a checklist of things that a salesperson should do in order to achieve this goal.
- Ask every existing customer for a referral. Ask if you can mention their name.
- Send a thank you note to every customer – no matter if they buy from you or not. Put a couple business cards in the envelope.
- Make a follow-up call, after purchase, to every customer – ask for a referral.
- Promote your business by passing out a business card to every one you meet. For example, your bank teller, postal clerk, mechanic, doctor, dentist, etc.
- Call your existing customers and invite them back for a holiday or special event.
- Network through your church, school, social events, children's sporting events, etc.
- Keep a "wish list" file of gift items.
- Get involved in groups like the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Lions Club, and so on.
- Get involved with groups like Junior Achievement, D.E.C.A, and intern programs at your local schools.
- Be active and remember you are always working to promote your business. Remember it is your business even if you don't own the place.
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Yuvaan, the official literary fest of Delhi Technological University, laid the foundation of a legacy with its premier edition in 2017. Deriving from the Hindi word Yuva, the fest captures the vigour,
boldness and the spontaneity associated with the youth. It represents the quintessential voice responsible for moulding the future.
It is often said, "Actions speak louder than words," Yuvaan proves to be magnetic by pulling every person out there, powered by the fusion of classical literature with modern,
divergent and unconventional literary events. The aim is to provide entertainment, enlightenment, and instruction to the audience and participants.
Yuvaan has been graced by DTU's own alumni and national bestseller: Durjoy Datta, artists of the viral slam poetry group UnErase Poetry, the wonderful Nizami
Brothers who gave the perfect closing ceremony in the form of a Sufi Night, Major General GD Bakshi, celebrated journalists such as Sunetra Chaudhary, Rohit Sardana, Sanket Upadhyay and many more.
Yuvaan'17, was embarked with an amalgamation of conventional events like poetry slam, debates, elocutions, and interesting events such as talk shows, a poets' ensemble,
various motivational speakers & the much-anticipated bonfire night.
This year with the theme 'The Elixir of Life,' and over 40k people participants and attendees, the fest was a bigger hit.
It is safe to say, Yuvaan over the last two years has created a furore in the Delhi NCR region and is already one of the biggest college literary fest in India.
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The Little Girls by Elizabeth Bowen was first published in 1964.
I don't think I've ever read anything else by Elizabeth Bowen, if I did it was way back in the year dot, but I know that she has a lot of loyal fans so I thought I would be on to a winner with this one. How wrong I was!
I really felt like giving up on this book very early on, something which I almost never do, I ploughed on thinking that it would get better and it must be my fault that I wasn't enjoying it. I now wish I hadn't wasted my time.
The Little Girls is about three women in their 50s who had been friends at school when they were eleven years old in 1914. They hadn't kept in touch with each other over the years and only recently got in contact with each other again. There's supposed to be a mystery, something which happened in their past, but really the characters are so unlikeable that I couldn't care less about any of them and the so called mystery was just boring.
Apart from that the book is very dialogue heavy, it's almost all dialogue which wouldn't be too bad if the writing itself was good, but I found myself having to re-read the same sentences again and again because the words had been written in unusual order, making it read as if Yoda was speaking. Sadly I couldn't find the part of the book which annoyed me most, it was really unintelligable, as if there must have been a few missing crucial words. My bit of paper marking the page fell out, but here's another excerpt, this bit is just clunky and there's a lot like it in the book, judge for yourself:
Instead she trod with crushing deliberation from one to another and then the next of the carpet's barely distinguishable roses. The child had been (each time, through inability to get away in time) in the distasteful presence of grown up persons who became 'overcome' – whether by heat, sea sickness, vertigo, stage fright or bad news. Of inferior calibre did she find them. With more like sympathy she had watched one soldier after another faint on parade.
I don't think you should have to re-read sentences to work out what is being said. Maybe I shouldn't have read it as a bedtime book. Anyway, I'm now beginning to read Hilary Mantel's Every Day is Mother's Day and I hope I have more joy with that one.


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Thanksgiving Who?
Well, really Thanksgiving What? What are you thankful for? 2013 is come and going, it's time to tell the world. Yup, Ringraziamento is back once more.
As per previous years we are using a temporary username for all posts for 2013:
- Username: tg2013
- Password: tg2013
Remember to put your name in the title e.g. Gordon's List for 2013.
I know it's been a long time but keep the list true and simple:
* things to be thankful for
* memories of 2013 (aka favourite books, movies, smells, music etc)
Happy Thanksgiving!


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You can use Dropbox for backups whatever the web hosting service that you opt for when you sign up and the feature shall be available within the Hepsia CP provided with all accounts. Linking one or even multiple Dropbox accounts takes only a couple of clicks and once the connection with our system is established, you can choose if all of your data will be backed up there or just certain websites and databases. This is determined by the size of the data which you have on our end and how much space you have in your Dropbox account. The amount of backups that you can have ranges from three to fourteen and our system will generate a new one every day, so you can have a copy of your data for up to fourteen days back and you shall be able to access them on your laptop or computer as standard files and folders. You can change the sites or the number of backups whenever you want. This functionality is an outstanding addition to the backups which we will keep of your entire content four times per day. In the event that you no longer want your Dropbox account to be linked to our system, you'll be able to remove it with a click in your CP.


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Manchester United Football Club piled the pressure on both City and Liverpool this weekend, thanks to a comfortable 2-0 victory away at Burnley. Things are definitely starting to look up for us at the moment, and we head into the derby just one point behind our fierce rivals.
We're definitely a team in the ascendancy right now, despite our squad being decimated by injuries. Anthony Martial came into the mix as the starting striker at Turf Moor, and my did he take his opportunity.
The young Frenchman found the back of the net in an excellent counter-attacking move, and his all-round game was pretty good. He gives us that extra bit of cutting edge and penetration due to his pace, and he was absolutely devastating.
Now Jose Mourinho has given his verdict on the 21-year-old's performance, and of course, he's very pleased. The gaffer hailed Martial's play with and without the ball, before saying he coped excellently despite being isolated.
"Yes, of course, it was very good," Mourinho told reports, as per the MEN. "Very good with the ball, without the ball in the middle of two strong central defenders. Without anyone just behind him, he was quite distant from our midfielders."
"He did very well."
Martial has had opportunities this season but more often than not he hasn't taken them. This weekend was different and you could see the hunger and desire in his eyes.
Hopefully, this is the start of a good stretch of form for him, because we really need him to step up and prove his worth from now until the end of the season. He'll get chances because of the state our squad is in. He now has to take them.


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Baltic and Scandinavian Bliss
Embark the luxurious Marina in London, Britain's timeless capital filled with history and pageantry. Sail to Oslo, the capital of Norway, and take in its stunning natural beauty and urban atmosphere. Visit Copenhagen, Denmark's relaxed and unhurried capital, and explore the delightful former fishing village of Warnemünde, or travel inland to Berlin, Germany's culture-rich capital. Visit Visby, former Viking site, a walled town known for its narrow cobblestone streets, and its beautiful dichotomy of roses and ruins. Sail to Tallinn where red-roofed homes line cobblestone streets and ancient churches are ornamented by powerful spires. Spend two days admiring the splendors of St. Petersburg, a glittering metropolis crisscrossed by canals and dotted with elaborate palaces. Before our final stop in Stockholm, head ashore in Helsinki, where imaginative architecture mingles with leafy parks and elegant gardens.


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Frederick Douglass Bicentennial
As the city of Bristol, UK gears up to mark 200 years since the birth of Frederick Douglass (May 28, 1818), Historian Dr Edson Burton talks to us about Douglass' tour of the UK in the mid 1800s, and how this great American made a huge difference to the abolitionist movement on both sides of the Atlantic.
Thank you Edson for talking to us about Frederick Douglass, especially as Bristol is celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth date on May 28th. It's impossible to sum up the amazing life and works of Frederick Douglass in a few words, but if you only had 3 words to sum up the man, what would they be?
Courageous, integrity, indefatigable.
Your academic specialisms include the Transatlantic Slave Trade and African-American history - what inspired you to study Douglass?
The life of Frederick Douglass is the most extraordinary story of personal transformation that I have come across and yet he is largely unheard of the in the UK. Given the dramatic arc of his biography it is surprising that in recent cinematic treatments of slavery, he has not made his way to the big screen. As a film programmer and historian, one is aware that film has the power to bring into light the under illuminated aspects of history. Douglass is perfect for dramatic treatment – he was intersectional before the term was coined, he was international in perspective and pragmatic in politics. I wanted to do my bit to increase awareness of his inspirational career. The fact he was until this year largely unknown in Britain is a kind of injustice both to his legacy and to a community's self image.
Douglass started his famous tour of the UK in 1845 - what drew him to visit the UK, and what did Britain make of him when he arrived?
Douglass was partly avoiding the danger of his re-enslavement in the USA. He was a fugitive from slavery and could fall prey to the fugitive slave bill. But I think more importantly he came to the UK to raise funds for the abolitionist cause and to win British hearts and minds to the cause. Douglass was acutely aware that abolition had to win the propaganda war against the South. Offering his presence, image, his story, his impassioned speeches were the key weapons in the battle.
In 1846, Douglass toured Bristol, and the city are celebrating this tour as part of their day commemorating Douglass' Bicentenial on May 28. As a significant city in the history of the Transatlantic slave trade, what did Douglass do when he visited, and what impact did his visit have on the city?
On the invitation of Bristol's anti-slavery society, Douglass spoke at the main Baptist Church in the city and in our major civic space, the Victoria Rooms. He applauded Britain's abolition of slavery 12 years previously, and in the same breath contrasted this with the maintenance of slavery in the American South. He appealed to Christian conscience, whilst highlighting the hypocrisy of UK and American churches for holding communion with slave owners. Douglass was so scathing that his fellow American abolitionists, including William Garrison, were often concerned he would upset his audiences. I think for Douglass the urgency of speaking for 'three million slaves' dispelled the urge to caution. But the fact Douglass was on a fund-raising tour led to the omission, in his speeches, of matters that must have occurred to him. His praise of England was fulsome but the trade had only been abolished over a decade before. It is also worth bearing in mind that slave produced cotton was being processed in the city's mills.
What effect did Douglass have on feelings towards the slave trade in the UK as a whole?
Douglass spoke to thousands during his tour. His words were avidly reported in the major newspapers of the cities he visited, and by the national press. Interjections and applause are noted in the reports written by journalists. He, without a doubt, disrupted the narrative of slavery's respectability and led thousands across the country to oppose the continuance of the trade in the Southern states. The increase in giving to the abolitionist cause provides further evidence of his impact. We must also bear in mind that in a world where people of African descent were still regarded as intellectually inferior, Douglass was a living riposte to racism.
How will you be taking part in Bristol's series of events?
I am part of various conversations across the city that are trying to create a sustained commemoration of the Transatlantic slave trade, and to find ways in which this, my adopted city, can share new and existing resources to challenge the inequalities that are part of slavery's long term legacy. Unlike the US, Bristol's Black population are not descended from slaves born in its borders, but the economic underdevelopment of the Caribbean islands from which many of today's Black population have come, the racial discrimination that have confined the descendants of these Caribbean migrants is a direct result of 400 years of slavery. As an artist I will be creating new works that will be part of this year of change. But I feel that this is just the beginning of my creative journey with Frederick Douglass.
If you could choose one of Douglass' quotes that is most poignant today, what would it be?
"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe." - From Douglass´ speech in 1886 on the 24th anniversary of Emancipation, Washington, D.C
If there's one thing that you'd like people to remember about Frederick Douglass' Life and Work, what would it be?
Douglass had a moral clarity and a commitment to a moral clarity that was quite breathtaking. He risked and lost friendships, positions, White and Black public opinion if it involved compromising what he felt to be right, responsible and just. He remains the epitome of what one would expect in a statesman.
Dr Edson Burton will be joining a series of free events taking place in Bristol on May 28 to commemorate 200 years since the birth of Frederick Douglass, including his tour of Bristol. Locations and timings can be found below, whilst more details are available from Bristol Old Vic's Website (Click Here), and registration for free participation is accessible via Eventbrite (Click Here).
Locations and Timings
8.15am Alfred Fagon Statue, Grosvenor Road Triangle, St Pauls, BS2 8YA
10.00am The Seven Stars Public House, Thomas Lane, BS1 6JG
10.30am Queen Square, BS1 4LH
11.00am Marsh Street, Telephone Avenue, BS1 4AZ
12.00pm Inside Bristol Cathedral, College Green, BS1 5TJ
13.00pm Outside City Hall, College Green, BS1 5TJ
14.00pm Venue to be announced at a later date


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It seems like these posts are getting fewer and far between - life has been ridiculously crazy recently. There are several reasons for that including: my job, grad school, Ellis, Davis working nights, and being in the process of buying a house.
Thankfully, grad school is almost over, and I am so ready. Just a couple more weeks in this semester and one more class this summer. Also, a portfolio, and then I'm done! Figuring out how to juggle everything in my life with Davis working nights has been difficult; I'm grateful that my professor is totally okay with Ellis joining me in class every now and then. (He even gets to walk around with her and help check classwork sometimes!)
I'm also ready for this school year to be over. It has been a challenging year courtesy of a crazy first semester; it has been increasingly difficult to manage behavior as a result. I don't feel like I've done the best I could, and I'm ready for a fresh start.
To make things even more hectic, we've been in the process of looking for and buying a house. Our current lease is up on May 24, so we ended up in a bit of a time crunch. Luckily we (I) found a house that I fell in love with. Davis hadn't even seen it when we put an offer in (and thankfully he likes it too)! It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in Lilburn, GA. The kitchen is about twice as large as our current one and has an eat-in dining room. There is also a formal dining room between the living room and kitchen that I anticipate using as a playroom (also for our ginormous fish tank). There's a large shed in the backyard that will be perfect for storing tools and lawn equipment. We even have an attic! My favorite part about the house (besides the fact that it will be ours) is the windows - there are tons of windows, so plenty of natural light. There are even a couple stained glass windows.
It's hard to believe that our sweet little boy is already 6 months old! (I know he's the real reason you read my posts!) He is getting so big and developing quite the little personality. In general he has a happy, pleasant temperament; but if you make him mad, he's quick to let you know. For the most part, he's happy if he has a clean diaper, full belly, and enough rest.
I think I've finally figured out how to get him to nap at home. As soon as he starts showing signs that he's tired (i.e. rubbing his eyes and hollering for no other apparent reason), I lay him down on his belly and either pat his behind, rub his back, or give him a gentle, rocking shake. It usually only takes a few minutes for him to stop being furious that he's on his belly and fall asleep.
We've been trying lots of food with him, and he loves it! Carrots, green beans, bananas, blueberries, kiwi, butternut squash, pears, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes, peas, plums, peaches. We're going to try cucumber and grapes later this week. If we get the ok from his doctor on Friday, we'll start trying some meat!
Ellis loves "standing", taking baths, exploring new places, and banging objects together. Our house has gotten a lot noisier in the past couple weeks! He is starting to "talk" a lot more and make more varied sounds (including a "mama" sound). When he wants to be picked up, he'll reach out for you and grab onto your shirt. He is constantly chewing on things. There are no signs that a tooth is coming through any time soon, but he's sure working on it.
Well, Ellis is demanding my attention, so I think we're going to go take a walk in the park!


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When people think about getting healthy, they tend to focus on cardiovascular exercise (like walking or jogging) and on healthier eating. Those are important — but if you overlook strength training and balance and stability exercise, it can reduce your overall progress and lead to difficulties down the road.
On average, people lose between 3 and 5 percent of their lean muscle mass each decade after the age of 30. This can decrease functionality, reduce metabolism and contribute to chronic health conditions. The good news is that by incorporating strength and balance training into your routine, you can reduce or even prevent such loss and improve your overall health.
Check out this month's fitness plan for a full schedule of strength and balance exercises. Our video will walk you through each exercise, and we've also added a few tips below:
For the balance and stability workout, perform 12-20 repetitions, 2-3 sets as tolerated.
Complete each strength exercise for 8-12 repetitions, 3-5 sets as tolerated.
A healthy eating style includes choosing from a variety of foods to get the nutrients and calories you need — in the right proportions. Healthy eating can help you keep your weight in a healthy range and also help reduce your risk of diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
But planning and preparing healthy meals can feel overwhelming, especially when you don't know where to start. What if I told you there was a tool you could use to help reduce the stress of cooking and ensure that you and your family are getting adequate nutrition? Well — there is! MyPlate is a food guide published by the United States Department of Agriculture that gives you an easy, visual reminder of how to build a healthy plate at every meal.
A well-balanced, nutritious meal should match the proportions of MyPlate's five food groups: fruits, vegetables, proteins, dairy products, and grains. It is also important to consume whole fruits and a variety of vegetables, make half your grains whole grains, choose low-fat or fat-free dairy products, and select lean sources of protein for an overall healthy diet.
You can read more about MyPlate in our previous blog article (or una version en Espanol). For immediate help making your plate match MyPlate's guidelines, click any of the recipes below, or download our Eat for Health guide, which includes all of the recipes, a meal plan and a grocery list in one convenient place!
Cranberry Chicken Salad Sandwich
Shrimp Fajitas with Plantain Chips
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