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Is personal mandatory or not? With the help of a personal trainer, one will able to achieve the Fitness goals with ease because he will suggest you essential exercise. Most of the gyms are providing the Personal Trainer in a gym that is an additional benefit. It means you will get a personal trainer in the prime membership. Before choosing a Personal Trainer, one needs to pay close attention to the trainer's experience, knowledge, and skills. A professional trainer will solve all complicated problems with ease.
If you are looking for the benefits of a personal trainer, then you have come at right place because we are elaborating benefits of a personal trainer.
- Educational and experienced
You may find thousands of personal trainers that are enough skilled and experienced in particular filed. After hiring a personal trainer, he will suggest you perfect nutrition diet and exercise that will remove anxiety from your body. He will assist you in achieving your fitness goals with ease. Following are some benefits of a personal trainer.
- If you don't have knowledge of exercise, then you should always consider a personal trainer because he is experienced enough that sill suggests you particular exercise for your body. You will able to grab knowledge of some exercise.
- It will automatically remove the risk of complicated injury. If you are doing perfect exercise on a regular basis then it will create a positive impact on your body. Overall a personal trainer will reduce the risk and will increase the effectiveness of the body.
- Improve the body posture
If you have anybody posture problem, then the personal trainer would be a reliable option for you. He will execute some essential techniques that will improve the overall body posture problems. Make sure that you are performing all exercise efficiently.
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Nothing is better than a personal trainer that will help you in achieving your fitness goals with ease. They will suggest you a particular problem that will able to remove the phobia problem with ease. If you have any complicated old injury, then you should discuss with a personal trainer. An experienced trainer will solve all complicated problems with ease.
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Nowadays, everyone wants to achieve personal goals. Therefore you should choose and trainer that is experienced or skilled. A professional trainer will assist you in achieving the personal fitness goals with ease. Bear in mind that, you have to put some additional efforts. After completing the exercise, you should eat essential foods.
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Don't let the dreary weather fool you, Spring is a week away. I've picked 4 pieces that I think are perfect for spring:
For fans of dainty charms, Alex Monroe Tiny Butterfly Necklace features a pink tourmaline droplet.
Yvone Christa Hortensia Blossom Earrings- the gorgeous Venetian filigree detailing and aqua crystals on these drop earrings make a great addition to any outfit.
Whether you're accessorising for work or weekend, these tiny flower studs with pearls are a great choice.
Budget-friendly Estella Bartlett is great for little gifts, this simple pearl necklace looks great layered or worn on its own with a nice blouse and jeans.
What are your favourite pieces for spring?

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Yesterday it was reported that a huge reticulated python (Python reticulatus) was captured on the island of Penang, Malaysia. A construction team building a flyover on the busy tourist destination found the snake coiled under a tree. It was estimated to be 8m long and weigh in excess of 250kg. If estimates are correct, it would have made this snake the longest living specimen. It has however since died.
The snake apparently laid one egg before "going quiet". Unsurprisingly the rough handling of the captured snake almost certainly contributed to its death. One video shows a construction worker kicking the snake, to seemingly provoke an agressive response:
Perhaps what's most surprising is that a python of this size has managed to remain undetected for such a long time on an island that is so heavily populated with tourists.
Until the snake is properly measured, we won't know if it was indeed the longest known snake, but either way, a magnificent animal has been needlessly killed.
On a personal note I would say that the length and weight have been somewhat exaggerated. Like 'the one that got away' fishing stories, the bigger the snake means the bigger the news story.
If you want to read more about giant snakes, read my other blog article here.


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In the afternoon on Good Friday we will be running a multi-sensory space, giving people the opportunity to walk through the Easter story. You can do this on your own, with a group of friends or with your family. It is suitable for all ages and all stages, however we do suggest that if you are bringing children to remain with them for the duration of your time with us.
It is a free drop-in space, so feel free to swing by at any time between 2 and 3 pm.


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As we near the end of January many of you may find yourself starting to slip away from your new years resolutions already – yikes! So let's take a new look at those resolutions – or as I like to call them "goals". Creating resolutions may just seem like to big a task to actually accomplish. Instead, let's make goals that you will actually be able to accomplish and feel amazing doing so!
By all means shoot for the stars! Figure out your BIG goal – write it down – then let's figure out what 2-5 things you need to actively do to reach your BIG goal. It's about action! Find those action items – write them down.
For me this year I really want to do more yoga – not just learn it – but do yoga for me…I teach a lot (pilates and strength training mostly) and believe it or not sometimes I just want someone else to tell me what to do. Instead of me having to always think about what move or exercise comes next (because I do that ALL the time).
In order for me to do more yoga I have to figure out where to fit it into my busy life of training, building a biz, oh and yes, I have 3 kids and an amazing hubby that fill up every ounce of time I'm home. So for me I have a couple options:
- Do yoga at home – which is great when I'm at home all day with the kiddos plus they get to see me be active and they love to join in too! Really a great option for you busy mamas that don't have time to go to the gym. I do understand that sometimes after you've spent all day running around after them and/or working the thought of actually "working out" is exhausting…but even 10 minutes on a regular basis can make a BIG difference and you are setting a wonderful example for your little ones!
- Find a class to attend – many of my favorite yoga instructors teach at the same time I do, so typically I must go in an evening when hubby's home to watch the kiddos. I love my evenings with my family so this one's challenging, but I'll go if that ends up being my only option for the week because my hubby and I make it a priority for us both to get our workouts in on an almost daily basis…Sometimes you just have to schedule your workouts in, even if they aren't the most convenient.
- Squeeze in some yoga between clients at the gym – honestly this is my most "realistic" option since I'm already in the gym and in the "workout" mindset. But then there's the reformer and weights…lots of choices J I know for many of you this isn't an option because your not in a gym all day – but, you can use your breaks, baby's naptime or lunch break during the day to squeeze in even a short workout.
Hmmm….just too much to do and so little time…but I really am trying to do more yoga this year and I wanted to share with you 8 of my favorite yoga poses in my new Target® C9 workout gear!
Which, I can happily say fits me really well and I'm comfortable wearing the Target® C9 workout wear all day. That's saying a lot since I live in workout clothes. There was no pulling or tugging on any of the three pieces (especially the pants, I was super happy with the fit!) – plus what's not to love because it's affordable! I bought all three pieces for $65 at my local Target®! $65 for three articles of clothing – seriously, for real? That's less than I've paid in the past for a typical pair of pants that's in my closet right now. Super impressed!
Premium Capri Legging ($34.99) @ Target®
Medium Support Compression Sports Bra ($16.99) @ Target®
I also found a couple maternity tops online for you pregnant mamas: Maternity Tank ($22.99) & Maternity Halter Fit & Flare Tank ($24.99)
Always listen to your body and be sure your physician has approved you for exercise. I added "Pregnant?" with an answer for each exercise and "Modify" with modifications for each exercise. If an exercise doesn't feel good for your body – don't do it. Find the modification or focus on the exercises you can do and as you become stronger you'll be able to do more (a couple exercises are more challenging and NOT for pregnancy). I love yoga but during pregnancy I recommend focusing on strength and stability and be cautious to avoid over-stretching. Stretches should feel good and never painful.
Down Dog
Pregnant? Love for pregnancy, be sure they feel good for you as your pregnancy progresses. Replace with Cat Cows once they no longer feel good for you.
Modify – bend your knees to allow your lower back to flatten.
Down Dog Twist
Pregnant? Can do early on but recommend avoiding later on in pregnancy.
Single Leg Bridge
Pregnant? A great exercise during pregnancy as long as you feel good on your back.
Modify – keep both feet on the ground.
Pregnant? A great exercise during pregnancy.
Modify – use a chair or something stable to hang onto to help you balance.
Warrior 2
Pregnant? Love warrior 2 for pregnancy, a great exercise to help open up your hips.
Modify – avoid going so low.
Pregnant? Can do if it feels good for you but I recommend modifying. Replace with warrior 2 once this no longer feels good.
Modify – Use a block for your back hand.
Shoulder Stand
Pregnant? I recommend avoiding unless you are completely comfortable doing this before pregnancy and it feels good for you now.
Pregnant? AVOID – you cannot do this during pregnancy. But it's great after to help open up your tight chest and strengthen your back.
The reality of it is that I'm aiming for 1 yoga session every week – now that might not sound like a lot but since I already do pilates and lift weights regularly and run occasionally, adding yoga is actually a challenge for me. But a good challenge for me because I always feel amazing after – all the more reason for me to do it. And you too! When we strive for something that is challenging it will make us stronger (both physically and mentally).
So what's your new years BIG goal and how are you going to achieve it?
This post was sponsored by Target® through their partnership with POPSUGAR Select. While I was compensated to write a post about Target® C9, all opinions are my own.
I am a plus sized woman and have 3 month old baby and I would love to do yoga in order to stay fit. Also I would love to buy some plus sized workout clothes to wear during the yoga.
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I love this website!!!!
Just wanted to share my story because I am a fit fanatic mom like you, and I have a GREAT story. I actually stumbled across this website, and it is just terrific! Will be a follower from now on…Wanted to give my details, just for kicks (no pun intended!) Well, we have two sets of boy twins, another sweet boy, and I am due in a month with another boy! That's right, we will have SIX boys….But wait, it gets better! My twin boys are exactly 9.5 months apart!!! Yep, you read correctly!!! My obgyn declared me a super fertile mama because I had my first set at 22. Little background…I married my high school sweetheart right out of college, and we knew we wanted a family,but when was the question? We honeymooned in romantic Paris. Honestly, we were not being too careful, but who is at all times. We came home 12 days later, and I just knew. The next day I went to the drugstore, and my assumptions were correct. The ob/gyn later that week confirmed twins. We have twins on both sides of our families. I had a wonderful pregnancy, and after I gave birth, we thought we were in the clear birth control wise (Honestly, it had not occurred to me to start up the pill, since I had never taken it. My husband and I use the withdrawal method. My doctor gave us the go ahead for sex…If I am being honest, we were very eager…it obviously started RIGHT when I got home from the hospital!) I was breast feeding, and we just were really enjoying our time with the newborns, but something seemed off with me. I had swollen breasts, was very nauseous, and my hormones were raging, you know the drill…Plus, I had what I thought was a menstrual period; so, I assumed everything was moving along. Eventually I had a doctor´s appointment. I told him about my extreme sickness, and he immediately sent me to get a pregnancy test. BOOM, it confimed I was expecting, and it just so happened to be twins again! In fact, when I went to the doctor, my babies were four months old, and I was three and a half months along. Very,very rare, but it happens! Apparently, you are very fertile after birth. We were shocked to say the least, but we knew we could handle it. The second set of twins came along, and we knew we wanted more; so, we decided to throw caution to the wind, and I got pregnant immediately. This time did consult my doctor, and he declared it possible if it is something we wanted, and we did. I was breast feeding, and we got the green light immediately for sex. We all know what can happen with it unprotected, and it did. Now my boys are 11 times 2, 10 times 2, and my other sweet son is 9. He was born 11 months to the day after the last set of twins. A small surprise, but as I mentioned we were also planning it! Yes, we have our hands full, but we would not have it any other way. My husband was in med school for many of the young years, but we made it work! For years, I thought we were totally in the clear as we had perfected the withdrawal method, and guess what? Three late periods is not early menopause…I am due 25 March with a baby boy. I guess I should have figured it out. I was so sick the first month, and my breasts got huge. When I went to the doctor, he did not have much explanation for me, only that this contraception is not 100 percent. This was such a shock to us because we have been able to have sex at any time of the month, and this pregnancy seemed to conceive just a day or two before my period was to start. Oh my! I am so excited. Morning sickness has been terrible, and my hormones have been crazy, but ready to start life as a family of 8.
Sorry to ramble on, but I thought you would enjoy my story. If you are wondering, my doctor is amazed. He said my fertility is way crazy, and my cycles can not be predicted. Duh…my husband is also a doctor, but he is an orthopedic surgeon. After this pregnancy he said he is going to buy condoms by the truckload!!! Apparently we need to double protect, as I think this is it us. This is a wild ride, but I am young and happy and, obviously very active! Thankfully I have never minded being pregnant, and I hope you don't mind me saying this, but I think you will understand…since fitness encompasses all…We love having sex, especially while pregnant. There I said it. I am sure many women feel this way. We always wanted a big family. People tend to ask me if I know how I got this way? ! What a comment…yes, I do, and that will not stop.


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Sensex breaches 17K level, ends 22 pts up at 16, 9212 min read . Updated: 26 Sep 2007, 06:35 PM IST
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Sensex breaches 17K level, ends 22 pts up at 16, 921
Mumbai, 26 September The stock market continued its record-breaking run today with the BSE Sensex breaching the 17,000 mark for the first time in its fastest 1,000-point rally as foreign funds stepped up purchases of local shares.
The 30-share index, however, failed to hold on to early gains and closed at 16,921.39, still higher by 21.85 points from the previous close, as investors booked profit.
Profit-booking sparked as the Sensex crossed the 17,000-point level, covering the last 1,000 points in just six trading sessions. It touched an intra-day high of 17,073.87, and a low of 16,887.07 points.
In similar fashion, the National Stock Exchange's index Nifty closed higher by 1.65 points at 4,940.50, after touching a record high of 4,980.85 and day's low of 4,930.35 points.
A steep fall in Reliance Industries, the country's biggest firm by market value, mainly drove the Sensex down. The RIL scrip, which has about 15% weightage in the Sensex, fell after reports that the company may put on hold investment plans to expand retail venture in UP.
Oil and gas index dropped by 160.57 points at 9,616.94, followed by realty index by 112.09 points at 8,973.38. Capital goods index lost 109.26 points at 14,654.35 and auto index ended lower by 35 points at 5,215.27.
Major support to the market came in from the bank index, which rose 172.82 points at 9,117.80. This was followed by IT index by 153.35 points at 4,501.97. PSU index gained 80.39 points at 8,055.51 and teck index rose 69.05 points at 3,720.46 points.
The benchmark Sensex crossed the 17,000-point mark on 26 September, taking its fastest 1,000-point stride in six trading sessions, on sustained FII inflows and funds buying.
The previous record of shortest 1,000-point journey was of 19 days when the Sensex soared from 11,000 to 12,000 in March 2006.
The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange index gained 125.53 point to 17,025.07 in the first few minutes of trade from yesterday's close of 16,899.54 points.
"This was a Reliance driven rally and another key factor propelling the market was foreign inflows," a broker said.
Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries touched an intra-day high of Rs2,425.90, telecom major Bharti Airtel soared to Rs973 while country's leading private sector lender ICICI Bank witnessed a high of Rs1,004.
After the US Federal Reserve Board cut key interest rates, the rally witnessed in other Asian markets also boosted Indian stocks, marketmen said.
Sensex had hit 16,000-point on 19 September. The journey from 15,000 to 16,000 had taken 52 trading sessions.
Meanwhile, the journey from 14,000 to 15,000 level had taken more than 140 trading sessions, the longest 1,000-point march since the Sensex touched the five-figure level of 10,000 in February last year. The 15,000 level was reached on July 6.
The index took 143 days to travel from 14k to 15k, 26 days from 13k to 14k, 132 days from 12k to 13k, 19 days from 11k to 12k, 33 days for 10k to 11k, 48 days from 9k to 10k, 54 days from 8k to 9k, 55 days from 7k to 8k, and as many as 1,124 sessions for 6k to 7k.


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Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.
Joseph Campbell
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.
Joseph Campbell
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Sojourners has been a life-changing experience for me. As a busy pastor and therapist, I seldom have a chance to explore and deepen my own spiritual journey. Not only has this course given me a rich community of safe souls with whom I can explore my questions, doubts, and visions for the future, but it has equipped me with solid academic and spiritual content that has been immediately beneficial to my clients and parishioners. I look forward to our gathering each month.
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Every individual should have a goal for himself so as to work in a proper direction. Setting goals will help people work harder and smarter. It will help them to keep on toes always till the goal is achieved.
Every person has a burning desire to do something unique or great in his life. And he has to set a goal first and then should proceed with proper planning and organizing. There is a quotation that "Plan out your work and work out your plan".
One should set a realistic goal first and then work in that direction by allocating sufficient time on day-to-day basis. Goals are of two types; short-term goals and long term goals. The short-term goals must be either directly or indirectly related to long-term goals.
Committing the goals on paper and reading the same before going to bed and early morning will pay off. By adopting such techniques the goals will go to our sub conscious mind and will always remind us constantly. It serves as a reminder and thus encouraging us staying focused.
After reaching the goals the person should not quit trying and should keep setting higher goals to touch his upper limits. The person should never stay in comfort zone but should always stay in effective zone so that he can reach his tipping point very fast.
In one small village one boy's name Jack. He was ambitious to become great in this world. He did not know how to reach his goal. He went and asked his teacher that "Sir give me some idea to reach my goal" Teacher replied that he should work hard and work smart from this age itself. And also, he added to have positive attitude. He advised Jack to set short-term goal first and step-by-step he should reach his targets. "After reaching one goal, set another goal". If you set a goal clearly, that means you have already completed half the way. After listening to the teacher's golden words Jack developed confidence and started giving his best with his will power.
The moral of this story is that if you want to achieve any thing you should work hard and concentrate on your goal as it is said, "Where there is a will there is a way".
All children should cultivate the concept of goal setting in childhood itself to achieve big in life. Swami Vivekananda aptly said "Arise! Awake! And stop not till the goal is reached".
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This is the first book to celebrate the life and work of Grant Featherston (1922–1995), the Melbourne-based industrial designer best-known for his Contour chairs. This collection was designed and developed in the early 1950s and remains highly sought after by mid-century modern collectors in Australia and overseas – often fetching $10,000 or more at auction.
Featherston, later joined by his second wife, Mary, designed hundreds of chairs over the next thirty years; however, this astonishing Australian industrial design partnership has gone largely uncelebrated until now. Featherston focuses on the chairs produced between 1947 and 1975 and presents a new biography of the designer, drawn from archival research and interviews with his peers. It is extensively illustrated with over 250 beautiful photographs and includes a selection from the previously unpublished personal archive of Ian Howard, the former Managing Director of Melbourne-based manufacturer Aristoc.
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Company's Proposal Seeks First-Year Rate Hike of $96 million for NSTAR Electric and Western Massachusetts Electric Company Customers
BOSTON – In a brief filed today, Attorney General Maura Healey urged the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to reject Eversource's proposal to increase the electricity rates of its 1.4 million Massachusetts customers by nearly 20 percent. Calling the proposed increase of $284 million over the next five years "unwarranted," AG Healey's Office also called on the DPU to order the company to decrease its rates.
"As customers and businesses across our state are looking to trim their costs, now is not the time to burden them with a 20 percent bill hike to benefit a company that is already highly profitable," AG Healey said. "Customers in Massachusetts deserve a decrease in rates, not hundreds of millions in extra charges."
In a January 2017 filing, Eversource asked the DPU to raise the price that customers pay to have their electricity delivered by NSTAR Electric Company (NSTAR) and Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) by nearly 20 percent over the next five years. The company proposed a five-year rate plan that would raise customers' rates by $284 million, a $96 million increase in the first year and then an additional $188 million more over the next four years.
In the brief, the AG's Office challenged the need for the rate increase, noting NSTAR's and WMECo's stable cost structure, record stock price, and outsized investor returns over the last few years. According to the brief, in both 2015 and 2016, Eversource shareholders earned far more on their investments than others who made similar investments with similar risks. NSTAR's reported returns for those years were 13.2 and 11.3 percent, respectively, and WMECo's were 8.9 and 9.1, respectively. The AG's Office also noted that Eversource has spent hundreds of millions on tangential investments, recently paying $800 million in cash for a water company and acquiring a 50 percent interest in an offshore wind partnership that could cost billions of dollars.
AG Healey and her office have been challenging Eversource's proposed rate increase since the company announced it in early January. Prior to the company filing its request, AG Healey sent the DPU a letter urging it to launch an investigation to explain why the allowed profits for Massachusetts utility companies are higher than the allowed profits in neighboring states. Her office echoed that sentiment in the brief and challenged the DPU to consider the appropriateness of Eversource's request to earn a 10.5 percent rate of allowed shareholder profits – or return on equity (ROE).
If approved by the DPU, Eversource's ROE would be the highest allowed return in New England, and significantly higher than the average ROE (9.3 percent) allowed by state public utility commissions throughout the country last year. A 10.5 percent ROE would be the highest ROE granted by the DPU in a decade. In its brief, the AG's Office urged the DPU to reject the requested ROE and instead approve a reduction to 8.875 percent, which will save Eversource customers $42 million, almost half of the requested first-year rate increase.
The AG's Office is also calling on the DPU to reject Eversource's proposed multi-year rate plan, consisting of a series of automatic rate increases. The AG's Office argues in its brief that "the [c]ompany's proposal creates an up-front guessing game that creates substantial risks for ratepayers that Eversource's electric distribution companies will be over-compensated, with very little risk for [the company] that it will suffer low returns."
While AG Healey and her office strongly support the state's efforts to meet its statutory obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to invest in Massachusetts' clean energy future, the office raises concerns about the company's $400 million plan for grid modernization, electric vehicle, and storage investments. In its brief the AG's Office told the DPU that the company's plan "essentially amounts to a request for a blank check, lacking in critical details and providing no guarantee that ratepayers will benefit from the proposed investment." Instead, AG Healey advocated for moving forward with statewide policies to advance these investments while ensuring that specific proposals benefit customers at the lowest possible cost.
Filing the brief is the latest action in AG Healey's and her office's months-long public opposition to the rate case, including cross-examining witnesses during the DPU's four weeks of evidentiary hearings on the case and testifying at the ten public hearings the DPU held on the case.
In March, AG Healey herself testified before the DPU in Boston and then again in April in Pittsfield urging it to reset the balance between company profits and customers' rates. She told the DPU, "it is time to return money to customers, not to raise their electric bills to benefit highly profitable utility companies."


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The need for age-friendly housing has increased dramatically over the last several years. As the population increases and people begin to live longer thanks to modern medicine, there will be over 923,000 seniors in the region by 2031. This means that there will be one in five persons over the age of 65 in the region and the need for age-friendly housing will increase exponentially. As more seniors choose to remain in their own homes longer, it's going to become more important than ever before to make some age-friendly home renovations for seniors. Most seniors just don't know where to start. This is where Heilman's Renovations can help out.
Home Renovations Promoting Aging In Place
A good general contractor will be able to specialize in age-friendly home renovations to ensure that seniors who wish to remain in their own homes are safe and can remain in their homes. They will have a lot of great options for renovations that will ensure that seniors won't injure themselves in their own homes. This can help seniors to remain independent which is really important to them.
The general contractor will start by creating a list of what needs to be done to ensure that seniors are safe in their own homes. They will install shelving that seniors can easily access from seated positions, they will install non-slip flooring in bathrooms. They will adjust the height of toilets and install grab bars to ensure safety. Ramps may need to be set up to enter the home and they'll adjust switch plates so that seniors can reach them easily.


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Welcome Chef!
Your journey to weekly meal prep mastery begins now.
Purpose of The Course
This course is designed to do one thing - empower you with meal prep skills to last a lifetime.
Our goal is for you to GRADUATE from this course with all the skills and strategies you need to create and maintain a meal prep practice that suits YOUR particular needs.
Membership to this course is not something you need to maintain indefinitely. We hope to provide value to your meal prep practice for a long time to come but we expect that eventually you will outgrow us and fly on your own.
The Kitchen Karate Approach To Meal Prep
Our belief is that there is no one-size-fits-all meal prep practice.
Your diet, schedule, family dynamics, space constraints, budget constraints, and cooking abilities all impact your meal prep. And all of these factors will change and evolve over the course of your life.
Our goal is to empower you with an approach to meal prep that is ADAPTABLE to your changing needs.
That's why we teach what we call an "Ingredients-Up Approach". This will be covered throughout upcoming lessons but the gist of it is that you start with the components that make up your meals - the ingredients - and then create dishes. This is the exact opposite of the "Recipes Down Approach" where you start with a recipe and go hunt for ingredients.
By starting with ingredients (rather than recipes) you can create a meal prep routine that:
- Supports any diet: Vegan, Paleo, Gluten-Free, Keto, etc.
- Meets any nutritional goals
- Fits any schedule
- Works with any budget
- Scales to any family size
- Accounts for picky eaters' preferences
Plus, it allows you to:
- Shop and plan your meals quickly
- Create endless variety with your dishes
- Advance your cooking skills rapidly
Is This Course Right For You?
The truth is, this course is not for everyone. The people who excel at Kitchen Karate are those who:
- Enjoy learning
- Like to take ownership of the things they do
- Are willing to try new things
- See "fails" as necessary steps toward mastery
- Ask questions
- Get a thrill from "Hizzah!" moments of new understanding
In short, Kitchen Karate is super empowering. It will guide you to overcome barriers that get in the way of creating lasting healthy eating habits, but YOU have to make it happen.
How The Course Works
The course has three components:
- Lessons & Guides
- Cook-Along Sessions
- Support
Lessons & Guides - The daily lessons and guides are designed to teach you the skills and strategies you need to create a meal prep routine that fits YOUR particular needs. These contain the most important things you will take away from this entire program.
Cook-Along Sessions - Like training wheels on a bike, think of these as "training meals". Buy the suggested ingredients (customizable to your diet) and follow along with videos as you cook. The play-by-play guidance will help you put the lessons into practice. (More on this later.)
Support - Our Office Hours, Email Support, and Private Forum are there to provide personalized help as you craft your particular meal prep practice. Please don't hesitate to ask any question no matter how nuanced. You will be helping ten other people who come through the course after you.
How Long Does The Course Take?
Short answer: Anywhere from six weeks to six months or more.
Long answer: You could read all the lessons and guides as quickly as you might read a how-to book. But this is an online course with a video-based Cook-Along component and ongoing coaching support precisely because meal prep is a skill set rather than a knowledge set.
It's what you actually DO with the information in your real life that matters.
Think of your meal prep practice like a martial arts practice. You can read all about it but it's not until you physically start practicing that you actually get it. And like any skill worth having, you can learn the fundamentals fairly quickly but to excel you need to focus on your form. That takes practice. And that's what this course provides.
Final answer: You don't need to become a Black Belt to create a perfectly suitable meal prep routine for yourself but at a minimum we suggest you complete all of the Four Weeks to Mastery courses.
Where To Begin
Start by reading all the lessons in our Orientation Week, even if you are an experienced chef. These lessons will let you know our philosophy and approach to cooking and meal prep, which are utilized throughout all belt levels.
A Quick Tour of Your Members Area
Members Home - Clicking "my courses" or "members home" brings you to this page
Account settings - Click to access your billing and profile information, extend or cancel your membership.
Belt Level Status - This indicates the belt level you have completed. Everybody starts at White Belt. That is free. The rest you earn.
Points Earned - You earn points for completing belt levels, sharing your accomplishments, and inviting friends. The points will be redeemable in our shop (coming soon).
Resource Tabs - Click each one to see what they offer.
Belt Level Lessons - All materials related to each belt level.
Cook-Along Materials - Contains the shopping list (emailable), meal plan, descriptions of the plated meals, time target and point value for that Cook-Along.
Daily Lessons - Click each box to access the lessons before attempting the Cook-Along for that belt level. Click the "Done" check box to mark the ones you have completed.
Share - After completing each belt level you will receive a badge of honor with your name on it, which you can share on social media to earn additional points to use in our store (coming soon).
Cook-Along - Clicking the Cook-Along button brings you to the Cook-Along videos for that belt level. Videos are broken into chapters for easy navigation. Clicking "Done Belt Me" marks the belt complete, which awards you a new belt badge and points.
Cook-Along Header - The top of the Cook-Along section contains two important links which open in new browser windows so they don't interrupt the Cook-Along in progress. One is to the Meal Plan, which you can reference as a guide throughout the Cook-Along. The other is Plate Pictures which shows you the completed meals for the Cook-Along.
Cooking Along - Play the videos using a mobile device in your kitchen as you prep the meals for that Cook-Along. Pause and rewind as often as necessary.
Let's Do This Thing!
That completes your tour. Why not jump right in? Click around your Members homepage to get familiarized with the materials then start your Orientation Week lessons.
Happy Prepping!


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I will never forget this 82-year-old man. I met him at a health summit and he made an impact when I saw him fallen to his knees. His emphasis was that he dear anyone above 70 to do what he did (fallen on knee caps). He's statement was "if you fall on your Knees at 82, you will not get back up; your knees will stay on the floor."
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Ray Lopez reported on the activities of the Scholarship Committee. Along with Ray, members Robert Wilkinson, Rey Neufeld and Andy Brakebill interviewed the candidates from La Quinta High School and recommended twelve students for scholarships. Ray said that with students like these, our future is in good hands. Great job, guys.
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Our Sergeant at Arms, Jeff Wattenbarger, got off to a pretty slow start. Dave Turner offered tickets to the Follies and Diane Kelley tickets to the Kraft Nabisco Golf Tournament for auction. It appears everyone had other plans and no bids were entered. Identification of the Secret Greeter generated a few bills on the table. Lacking other material, everyone who did not attend the Taste of La Quinta was assessed $1.00. There was also a $1.00 assessment for the good crime statistics report from Chief Rod. I am not sure what the relationship between crime statistics and a $1.00 assessment might be, but it made sense to Jeff. Mayor Don was in a happy mood and gave a happy dollar for the great happenings in the City over the past two weeks. Jeff recognized wife Mary's birthday and Andy Lorenz recognized the birthdays of daughter, Patricia, and granddaughter, Kenya.
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Orangina 420Ml
- Energy217kJ 51kcal0%
of the reference intake*
Typical values per 100g: Energy per 100ml
Product Description
- Sparkling Orange Juice Drink with Citrus Pulp, Sugar and Sweeteners
- No added colours
- Made with real orange pulp
- No added colours
- Pack size: 420ml
Carbonated Water, Orange Juice and other Citrus Juice from Concentrate 12% (Orange 10%, Lemon, Mandarin, Grapefruit), Sugar, Pulp 2% (Orange 1%, Mandarin), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Gluconate), Orange Peel Extract, Sweeteners (Acesulfame-K, Sucralose), Natural Orange Flavourings, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)
Best Before End - See bottle neck. Store in a cool place out of sunlight
Preparation and Usage
- Best served shaken
Number of uses
Contains 1-2 servings.
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Life with life-threatening food allergies is not easy. With every bite I take (and for me that's pretty often as to just maintain my weight I'm eating 6-7 times a day) I'm often faced with the fact that something may have gone wrong in the prep of the food and it may trigger a reaction. Or, I could have out of the blue developed a new allergy. It can be scary and daunting at times. At nearly every meal my silent prayer is , "God, *please* let this be safe!"
A few weeks ago I was one of the teen speakers at the FARE Food Allergy Conference near DC. At the end of the day myself and one other teen answered parents' questions for an hour about how we deal with our allergies and shared tips and stuff we've learned. One of the moms asked me how with my allergies slowly increasing and having had so many reactions, how do I deal with the fear and anxiety that comes along with it all and developing new allergies and having so many reactions.
I gave her a brief answer, but that question got stuck in the back of my mind and I've been wanting to write a more full answer to that question. Because thinking about her question has made me think deeper and come up with a new perspective of life.
Dealing with my allergies increasing one at a time is annoying. But it's not as hard to deal with as dealing with the fear of having a reaction. I've had 2 really severe anaphylactic reactions to airborne dairy which landed me in the ICU. And I've also incurred brain damage from those two. My memory is definitely affected from those, and daily life is definitely affected by the short term memory loss and struggle to figure out how to word something. You've probably heard people joke about how their brain cells are dying by the minute because the person giving a speech or talk is so so boring. Sorry, but its not funny. No, it's not. Your brain cells are not dying from being bored. And you should be glad they're not! Living with brain damage and memory loss from not getting enough oxygen is really frustrating at times. And it's hard. I don't wish it on anyone.
I've come so close to dying more than once. 4 weeks ago I had another reaction. I managed to hold things off for a little bit but then I couldn't anymore and started wheezing. I made it to urgent care and then a nurse had to use my EpiPen.
They were just going to keep me for like 6 hours for observation when an hour or so later it started coming back. But I didn't realize it was bad till it was really bad. I was really dizzy and light-headed and passing in and out of consciousness. I remember feeling like I was at the brink of death. Somehow I stayed alive. And somehow I reached the call button. There are chunks of time I don't know what happened to. The nurse came in and then ran to get the doctor. I was super weak, my tongue was super swollen, and I was barely conscious. I could hear the doctor and nurses around me. Once or twice I managed to open my eyes when the doctor told me to. I managed a whispered answer that they could barely understand because my tongue was so swollen. The doctor called 911 and I have some recollection of hearing him talk on the phone and hearing him and the nurses doing something and then the EMT and fire crew got there. They all picked me up by my clothing and transferred me over and got me in the ambulance and off we went once the nurse has printed up a quick copy of my records from that night. Each time I'd manage to open my eyes it was like I was being shocked back into reality, then I'd close them as I was too weak to keep them open and I'd drift back out, aware of what was going on around me only through what I was hearing.
I managed to whisper to the EMT that I was starting to choke but I don't know if he really understood me or not. But he knew I was starting to choke. And he could tell my tongue was really swollen. It didn't even fit in my mouth. He drew up the Epi, but it felt like forever. He gave me Epi. Then he turned around. While he was disposing of the needle and stuff and putting stuff away, it kicked in. Another 30 seconds and my tongue finally fit in my mouth and I could breathe normally and I started waking up, like really waking up. When he turned around he looked at me, awake, coherent, smiling, and my tongue finally fit in my mouth and said, "woah!! Where'd your tongue go??!" While he was filling out paperwork in the ER he also helped keep an eye on me and also talked with me. He told me that in the 27 years of being an EMT he has NEVER seen a tongue as swollen as mine was. Then he asked me if I remembered when he and his crew came in the room at urgent care as I looked like I was sleeping. I didn't see them come in, but I have some recollection of hearing them come in or at least I have some recollection of them not being there then they were there.
In the ER my nurse kept a super close eye on me and when the reaction started to come back again she got another dose of Epi. After that my mouth was parched. I wanted water. But she said absolutely not. I still begged. She still refused explaining, "if I give you water now and then the reaction comes back again and if we have to intubate you, you could throw up in the process and aspirate it you'll end up with pneumonia on top of anaphylaxis, which none of us want. So no. Not even a sip." She had a point. So I gave up asking. (Parched mouth is one of my most hated side effects of epinephrine) I didn't get intubated, but they did all decide that I needed to be admitted. To the ICU. Again. I wasn't thrilled at all. But I didn't have a choice in the matter. I had totaled 3 doses of Epi, a ton of steroids, and I had freaked out the nurses and dr at urgent care as well as the EMT and a few ER nurses who heard the EMT's account of the size of my tongue.
While I was stuck in the ICU, my mom brought me my sketch pad and my colored pencils as well as my twistable crayons. I've found that drawing often helps me work though stuff when I'm working on coping with a reaction. Usually I draw frogs. But this time I was way too tired to draw frogs so just drew squiggly lines and then colored it in. There's something therapeutic about drawing. It took me quite a few hours to draw this one as I would get really worn out.
I spent 36 hours in the ICU. Then I managed to convince the doctor (the nurses all came to this conclusion as well, but the doctor had to be sure I wasn't going to have another rebound reaction and had an ENT scope me to make sure that the swelling was completely gone) that it was safer for me to be home. Though for the first afternoon back home I wondered if I had done the right thing by begging to go home, but my immune system calmed down one I was able to rest and I was fine. They had to keep my ICU door shut and asked all the nurses to not heat anything with dairy in the microwave at the nurses' station and absolutely NO popping of popcorn. When I finally did get discharged we had to walk out a different way to avoid the cafeteria. At home there's a policy where no one heats up dairy products. And at home I could get much more desperately needed sleep and rest. The ICU is the last place you want to be if you are exhausted. I was awakened every 6 hours if not more frequently due to the schedule for meds they had me on (IV steroids and benadryl every 6 hours) as well as random interruptions for blood draws, vitals and then there was the blood pressure cuff inflating every 1-2 hours. And the monitor kept honking at me when it thought my oxygen level was too low or if I was moving around too much (mainly when I was drawing during the day). I was so so so glad to get discharged straight out of the ICU to home I stead of getting moved down to another hospital floor.
Over the next week I practically just laid on the couch and slept, or at least tried to sleep. The very thought of finding food to eat was exhausting. Somehow I made it to the FARE conference and somehow I survived the day sharing with the other teens and then answering parent questions at the end. But what kept nagging at me and made it the hardest reaction to cope with after the fact was what kept going through my mind back when I was still at urgent care and passing in and out of consciousness for what I have some recollection was an hour (pretty sure the clock hand went around a whole time, but there are chunks of time that I don't have a clue what happened to).
I distinctly remember begging God to let me come home. I've had many reactions, and I've had several pretty bad ones. But I've never reached the point where I was begging God to call me home to heaven.
2 1/2 years ago my bestest friend I had known for 16+ years passed away due to a ruptured brain aneurysm. While I knew that she was in heaven where she had been longing to be, it still hurt so much to not be able to run up to her house and get a bear hug or pray with her over IM when I was having a rough time with something. It's still hard and still hurts. Knowing the pain that it brings those left here on earth, I've been scared to die. No, I've not been scared of what happens to me, I know what will happen to me. It's that I know the pain my family and friends will go through. And actually, food allergies have reminded me of how broken this sin-infested world is and how much I long to go home to heaven.
So it all comes back down to something one of my dear friends told me 2 years ago when I was struggling to cope after a reaction. She told me,
"Don't focus on how close it was. Focus instead on how impossible it is for God to let you die when he's not finished with you yet."
And really, every time I'm struggling, I remember that and it puts things back into perspective. If God wants me here, he'll make sure I stay here. If he says it's time for me to come home, then it's time to come home and I get to go to where my heart is.
And here is where food allergies are actually a blessing: I'm frequently reminded that one wrong bite of food could kill me. And so, I'm reminded that I could live years and years, or, I could die tonight. So, how am I going to live that will make a difference and change those around me and through that, change the world? That's where the perspective of living life to leave a legacy comes in. When my bestest friend Amy died a few days after her 19th birthday, I was reminded that we don't know how long we have to live. But Amy took each day and loved others and loved everyone with God's love and the things which she had started didn't just end with her life ending here. God took the stuff that she had been doing and he is still using her 19 years and 3 days of life to impact the lives of others, even now over 2 years after she died here on earth.
Sometimes it can seem daunting to try to live in a way that will change the world. But it's just a matter of doing little things each day. Love those around you. Spend time with family and siblings (including those who can drive you nuts). This is the kind of stuff that people remember especially well. Live in a way that sets an example to those around you. Laugh & be joyful. Pick some project to do and like I told the teens at the conference, dream big and never give up.
Sometimes it's just little things like giving your sister a random hug. Or helping her figure out how to play a game on the Wii or how to do better at a game. Helping her write a paper for school. Surprise her with something that she's been hinting at and thought you hadn't noticed. Having a random dance party while cleaning the house together. Laughing together about her mishearing me saying "I'm exhausted from standing up" as "I'm making sausages while standing up"(oh, the crazy things we mishear with an auditory processing disorder!). Watching Shaun the Sheep together even though we've both watched all the episodes at least 2-3 if not more times already. Watching a random other movie, letting her read my favorite book to me. Plotting a surprise together for someone else. Baking together or even just teaching her how to draw Super Froggie. Biking together and just having fun together. Spontaneously deciding to go out dancing in the rain and jumping in puddles together.
Sometimes the projects are bigger. I want to (now that my ankle is finally healed!) run a 5K and then 1/2 marathon for Bible translation projects into Signed Languages around the world. I want to help college students with food allergies stay safe and communicate with the dinging hall, dean of students and disability office. I'm working on writing stories for kids with food allergies with some new superheroes. I may not get to see every project of mine to completion. But, I can get them started for other people to take on afterwards when God does call me home… kind of like passing the torch. For now, I want to use my time wisely and be faithful to what God has given me to do.
And in the end, if I do die, I'm ok with that. It means God said it was time for me to come home. One of my best friends has told me many times over the last months that she doesn't want me to die because she's not ready for it. Death sucks and hurts. But God will provide the comfort for her and others. Whenever it is that God chooses to call me home, I'm ok with it. And I can't wait for that day.
But till then, I'm going to push forward to change the world through the little things and leaving a legacy. And I refuse to give up. I'm going to keep fighting and keep going even when the going is rough. Even when I'm just frustrated from not being able to remember what I did earlier in the day or when I can't figure out how to express what I want I to words, even when my memory just makes me fed up and makes life all that more challenging. Yes, there'll be rough and tough days. But like I said: I refuse to give up. Looking back over my life, it's a miracle that I'm still alive, so I know that God has a reason for keeping me here, and accomplishing that is what I'm going to do.


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With automation and emerging technologies shaping the workplace of the future, the workforce of tomorrow must also adapt. The sharp growth in new industries means engineering enterprises are set to need more than 265,000 skilled entrants every year through to 2024. Of these, around 186,000 people will be needed in purely engineering occupations. However, the UK is struggling to meet the growing demand for engineers.
Having gone through the UK education system and working as an engineer for 11 years, I can think of many reasons for the deficiency of engineers in the UK. Lack of diversity in the field, due to misconceptions and gender bias, plays a huge part.
It wasn't until I was 17, whilst on a university residential taster course, that I found out what engineering really entailed. Until then I was quite sure that the only thing engineers did was fix cars. Luckily, I found out the truth and moved into a profession that I thoroughly enjoy.
The odd person still asks me if I can fix their TV or air-conditioning unit, but this isn't too surprising. Carry out a simple internet search of engineering images and you will come across pages of construction images, with men in hard hats. The common misconception with engineering is that it's a hands-on manual job for men.
Engineering is about creativity and problem solving by applying mathematical and scientific theory. There is a diverse range of careers within engineering, both office and site based. If more people understood what a career in engineering really involved, we would have a lot more engineers.
These misconceptions start from an early age: through various avenues including cartoons; toys; and books. On visits to primary schools to talk about engineering, I always ask the children what they think an engineer does. I get responses ranging from "operating cranes" to "fixing things". It's shocking that children are being fed false information about the profession from as young as 4 years old.
On one school visit I opened the floor for questions, when an 8-year-old boy asked: "What made you think you could do a man's job?"… This brings me on to gender bias in engineering.
Gender Bias
Only 9% of UK engineers are female meaning, in essence, we are missing out on almost half of the population. For a profession that requires innovation and creativity, this is a staggering statistic.
I believe that, along with the common misconceptions, this is down to a lack of role models. Young people are more likely to have an interest in engineering if they come across people in industry who they can relate to, i.e. people who look like them. Getting more women from industry into schools is a great way to do this. Both boys and girls need to see that engineering is not only for men.
Being able to see first-hand the misconceptions and gender bias in engineering is what urged me to publish 'My Mummy is an Engineer', a picture book for 3-7 year olds introducing them to the exciting world of engineering. I didn't want children missing out on a rewarding career, just because they didn't know what it was or that it was normal for them to pursue it.
With my technical background and my brother's (Jason Bryan) creative input, we founded Butterfly Books and have since published 2 more titles. We work closely with professional industry representatives to ensure that the correct message is given in all books. This requires close coordination between the industry representatives, the illustrator, the editor and the authors.
'My Mummy is an Engineer' won the 2016 Bronze Wishing Shelf book award and was a finalist in the 2016 International Book Awards. However, what excites us the most is seeing the immediate impact that the book has on children's views and perceptions. The original idea of the books stems from my experience as an engineer, and just like engineering, the highlight of the books is seeing our work and ideas come to life in order to solve a real life problem.
There's a huge amount of resources available and work being done by various organisations to encourage more diversity into the field of engineering. However, it's also up to industry and educational bodies to make use of the resources and programmes available to really make a big change.
Kerrine Bryan
In 2014 she was listed by Management Today Magazine and The Sunday Times as one of the UKs top 35 women in business under the age of 35. In 2015 she won the PRECIOUS award for outstanding woman in STEM and is a winner of the 2016 'We are the City Rising Star' award in the oil and gas category.
Kerrine is a volunteer mentor for the IET with a passion for educating young people on what engineering is really about. She has visited schools, colleges and universities sharing her experiences as an engineer and encouraging more women to consider engineering as a career.Her passion for changing perceptions led her to set up Butterfly Books Limited in 2015, to publish career themed children's picture books. Current titles are 'My Mummy is an Engineer', 'My Mummy is a Plumber' and 'My Mummy is a Scientist'.


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In the context of this monthly series, this post is less of a 'how to' and more of a call to arms.
In season five of the brilliant television drama The Wire much of the action is set inside the newsroom of a fictional version of The Baltimore Sun. On a number of occasions we see journalists and editors debating nuances of argument, word choice and grammatical accuracy. It's a nod to the seemingly old-fashioned idea that getting the words right actually matters.
Sadly, if many of today's newspapers are anything to go by, the pace and pressure associated with survival in the modern media environment have put paid to this dedication to accuracy. Hardly a day goes by where I don't find at least one blatant typo in our paper – usually more – along with a missing or duplicated line or an obvious hole in an argument.
However, there is one area of writing in which 'getting it right' still matters: the book.


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The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has set 1.58metric tonnes (Mt) production target for next year. This is less than the 1.6metric tonnes target for this year.
Its Executive Secretary, Latif Busari said the 1.58mt would be shared among operators based on performance.
In Abuja, he said: "This year, the projection was 1.6million metric tonnes but in 2018, it has to dropped due to the challenges facing sugar production.
"The drop in metric tonnes is part of the attack on Noma, Adamawa Savannah Sugar Plantation which is the only sugar plantation operating in the country presently.
"The sugar company started production on November 4, 2017 and the attack on Noma happened on December 4, 2017 with the herdsmen destroying all the work that has been done in the three plantations. It is a very serious issue.
"There will be serious challenge in production if the Noma, Adamawa Savannah issue is not resolved on time, about three fields in the savannah are already burnt.
"At present, we have both foreign and local investors in the sugar industry. There are productions going in in mini plants all over the country but it is not enough to meet demands. Nigeria presently has six brands of sugar, and we are appealing to our people to patronise made-in-Nigeria sugar.
"The Council has evolved new strategies for effective implementation going forward, including increased inter-agency cooperation and sanctions for defaulters."


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The 'Ex' Factor: Trying to Win Through the Stocks You Avoid
Some exchange-traded funds have what can only be called an "ex" factor.
It isn't that they have some special attributes to dazzle an audience, but rather that their defining feature is the list of performers they won't let on the stage. These ETFs target a particular universe of stocks but then exclude from that a specific industry sector, investing style, or even an entire country.


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Taste of Home partnered with several cleaning experts to learn the best ways to tackle one of the toughest stains... grease!
Debra Johnson, Merry Maids home cleaning expert, shares some great tips for removing grease from kitchen backsplash.
Realtor.com featured expert tips from Dave Quandt, vice president of field operations for American Home Shield, in a recent article titled "Check Yourself: 7 Home Maintenance Tasks You Should Tackle in July."
The article focuses on tips for your home that could potentially save you money.
"Using caulk to seal cracks and openings in your home is one of the most inexpensive ways you can save money on your utilities," says Quandt.
Check out the expert advice here.
Glee started her career in the restoration industry in 1991 and has served in a variety of roles, such as market expansion manager, regional operations manager, a franchisee (one of the top 100 revenue-producing franchises) and more.
Today, serving as vice president of operations for ServiceMaster Restore and Furniture Medic, Glee has keen ability to see things through the eyes of both the franchise and the franchisor.
Just when the city looked like it would lose a major employer, ServiceMaster Global Holdings announced a year ago it would stay in Memphis, raising a question that has been asked ever since: Who decided to keep the company here?


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Hello and welcome to Day 2 of our Fall 2015 Release! We hope you enjoyed the first day of our release week and we can't thank you all enough for your enthusiasm and amazing encouraging words! Today we have 4 new stamp sets and 3 Couture Mixes to share with you.
Our mixes today are more festive! We hope you like them and hope they'll inspire you to make really amazing shaker cards for the next few months.
Now we have some beautiful cards made by the Design Team. Enjoy the gallery!!
Jess' first card is so sweet with her gray fox and glitter snowbanks. We can't get enough of the way she crafts with her foxes! The sentiment is from a set that will be debuting on Thursday.
Mayline's fox is just adorable with a touch of whimsy! How cute is that bowtie? Mayline created a video on how she made this card.
Jess' card is similarly sweet with a more a decadent touch! These foxes are so fluffy and Jess' use of the Pyrotechnics set is just stunning.
Ruby's card is gorgeous with a light graphic feel. Her shading is seriously on fleek.
Mayline's card is bright and pretty and reminds me of beautiful stained glass.
Jess' card is bold and pretty with her gold embossing and fully bloomed red peony.
Ruby's next card is so pretty with the subtle touch of lace and that similarly subtle, sunny marvelous background (which was featured yesterday- you can find the post here).
Jess' shaker card is pretty, elegant and subtle all at the same time with her colored vellum.
Next up is my card for today's post. I colored with zigs and created a shaded halo on the background of the card with distress inks. I also added the slight touch of gold with the embossing powder (because I simply can't resist pink and gold).
For the last card of the day, I created a CAS graphic card with two of the peonies from the Large Peony Collection. I added lines and thickened the lines around the leaves. I selectively shaded only the tips of the leaves with a copic marker.
All new release sets will be available for pre-order on Friday, September 4. The anticipated ship date for all preorders is September 14. All new gilding will be available on Friday, September 4.
That's it for the day! What did you think of the sets and the DT cards for today? Leave us a comment and let us know!
GIVEAWAYS: Remember to leave a comment here on our blog post to qualify to win. Any additional comments on the DT blog posts are extra chances to win. Our daily giveaway commenting period will close on Saturday, September 5 at 11:59pm. All winners will be announced on our blog on Tuesday, September 8.
I hope you all enjoyed Day 2 of our Fall 2015 Release Week! If you missed Day 1 of the festivities, you can find the post here. Check out all the DT members' blogs (Ruby, Jess, Mayline) for more details on how they made their beautiful cards. We have two more days left to show you the rest of the sets and then ending our Release Week on Friday with a fun blog hop! Thank you everyone for stopping by!


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Arc Length as a Measure of RiskJoint Statistical Meetings (2012)
We introduce arc length methods as a way of quantifying volatility and risk in time series. The idea is that processes with larger sample arc lengths exhibit larger fluctuations, and hence suggest greater risk and volatility. While arc length methods have not been previously proposed to study volatility, measuring volatility via arc lengths (in lieu of squared returns) is less problematic in financial settings, where infinite process fourth moments may be encountered. Here, a Gaussian functional central limit theorem for the sample arc lengths is proven under general finite second moment conditions. The limit theory is shown to apply to most popular financial models of log price ratios, including the autoregressive moving-average, generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic, and stochastic volatility model classes. A cumulative sum statistic based on sample arc lengths is used to identify changepoints in the volatility of the Dow Jones Index. The results are compared to cumulative sum tests based on absolute and squared returns. The risk of financial assets can be compared via arc length. The methods naturally extend to multivariate processes and irregularly-spaced data.
- Volatility,
- Changepoint,
- Central limit theory
Publication Date2012
Citation InformationTharanga Wickramarchchi. "Arc Length as a Measure of Risk" Joint Statistical Meetings (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tharanga_wichramarchchi/4/