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New Year. . . new diet. Unfortunately for far too many people this is the sad truth. Did 2015 kick your butt? Are you ready to shed some pounds and inches? Well now that the major food eating holidays are behind us it's time work on your fitness and get in shape. Trying to get back on the wagon is the hardest part. If you're looking for a good meal and fitness plan to follow and help you jumpstart your New Years health goals, you may want to check out the Beachbody 21 Day Fix. We were recently given the opportunity to test it out. Here is the breakdown of what we learned…
- 7 color coded food containers
- Six 30 minute workouts
- Quick start guide
- Workout calendar
- Eating plan
- 3 day quick fix
- 24/7 online support
There is nothing worse than attempting a workout routine that is almost impossible to do (at the current starting point in your fitness level). It can be very frustrating and usually discouraging. I have attempted many at home fitness programs, and usually only make it through two weeks before I end up going back to doing my own thing. With the 21 Day Fix, the workouts are only 30 minutes long (big plus with my schedule) and the moves are simple enough that almost anybody can do them. They have a modifier to show an even easier way to accomplish them. Each of the 6 workouts are different and focus on different parts of the body. I never got bored or wanted to check the clock with this program. Don't think that just because it's only 30 minutes it isn't a good workout. They will still make you sweat and give you those hated (but loved) sore muscles.
Meal Plan:
This was the most difficult part of the program for me. Depending on your calorie category, you are allowed a certain number of each color container for the whole day. It was very time consuming for me to cook each food category separately so it could then be measured into the proper container. Making sure that you were eating enough of one color and not too much of another during the day also required planning. I spent a good portion of each morning planning out the whole day's meals just so I would be sure not to have one color category for breakfast or lunch if I was going to have it for dinner also. The plan does work though and the results you get are based on the time and effort you put into it.
Knowing that I wouldn't be crazy toned and slim by the end of the 21 days (that's just not realistic), I was pretty impressed with the results. I eliminated a lot of bloat and cut my portions down drastically. I lost 6lbs and 5 inches total. I'd say that's a good jump start to some positive health changes. It was definitely a combination of proper diet and daily exercise.
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If it's your goal to finally kick the bad eating habits this may be the perfect program for you. At a modest $60, you can get the whole kit for yourself and then another for a friend or family member who may want to do the program with you. You've got nothing to lose but bloat and a little unwanted fat. The fitness program alone is worth the money, and the guided meal plan is the icing on the cake (except you shouldn't eat cake with this plan).
Buy Now: $59.85 or to learn more go to: Beachbody.com
- Simple fun fitness routines
- Included containers that help develop proper portion control
- Meal guide and sample recipes
- Meal prep takes a lot of time and planning
- Hard to commit a full 21 days with a busy 'on the go' lifestyle


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Over the past 42 years, City College come together to celebrate and highlight the educational accomplishments of its students with a Chicano/Latina Graduation Ceremony, this year taking place May 12, at noon in Gorton Quad.
The celebration is open to all students of any ethnicity, and its goal is to provide role models for our communities.
The bilingual celebration will be conducted, by masters of ceremony Rosalinda Sandoval, chair of the Language Department, and Misael Camarena, co-chair of the Math Department.
Chunky y Los Alacranes Mojados, a Chicano music activist and former City College student, will be in charge of the cultural entertainment.
This year the keynote speaker will be Herman Baca, political activist during the mid-1960's.
The keynote student speaker will be Beto Vazquez and Juanita Ayala-Lopez, from MECHA.
City College President Terry Burgess and Chicano Sutdies Department Chair Enrique Davalos will also be present to congratulate students graduating.
Each graduate will have the opportunity to address the audience and recognize parents, family, and others attending the celebration for their support and love in helping them to accomplish their college degrees. Throughout the semester, the graduation committee members and staff, raise donations from their paychecks for the ceremony. Sponsors this year include Burgess, the World Cultures Program and Associate Students.
The Chicano Latina Graduation Committee invites students that wish to participate, to go to Student Affairs and RSVP at 388-3498, D-106 and sign up to be part of this celebration.
If you are graduating, transferring, or interested in volunteering to help with this celebration, please contact ChicanoLatinaG[email protected] or visit citychicanaograduation.blogspot.com

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Now that things are returning to some sort of normal, you can start to think about taking steps towards climbing up the career ladder, or, if you are feeling particularly daring, looking at a whole new industry.
Remember what you do best
Make a list of the things that you enjoy doing and the things that you are great at. In most cases, they are the same thing. So do not think about jobs just yet; instead, consider your abilities and hobbies.
Make a list of all the things you enjoy doing, including some that you believe are not profitable.
Consider what other people have to say about you and how you perceive yourself. If you are good at fishing, for example, include that on your list.
Make a list of the talents and skills required for those activities – for example, fishing takes keen powers of perception and meticulous attention to detail.
Look at the jobs that use those skills
Look for information on the Internet. Search for job skills, career skills, skills evaluation, and anything else that springs to mind.
Narrow the list down to the ones that you would want to do
Reduce the number of potential professions to just three, maybe four. Continue to revise your list until you are convinced that you would enjoy working in those fields and that you would be successful in them. Then reduce your options down to a single career and devote your full attention to it.
Do your research into the career.
Look for information on the Internet - it is a wealth of information. You will find case studies, real-life thoughts, experiences, and just about everything else about it.
Consult your local job centre to learn about work opportunities in your new field of study or profession. Enquire about training opportunities and courses such as SMP Liverpool.
Talk to people who are already working in your chosen field. Remember that you are not asking for a job; instead, you are learning about the profession itself. What is it about it that attracts successful people? What are the most significant abilities? What is it like on the inside? If they could go back in time, would they have chosen something different?
If there is a union, you can find out more by contacting the local office. It is a good idea to join a union if there is one, as this can give you legal support.
If you have found your career curtailed by the Covid pandemic, turn it into a positive. Perhaps this is your chance to branch out and try something completely different!
The internet has long been one of the most helpful tools to grow your career. It's great for discovering new opportunities, learning new skills, and even networking to meet new people in the industry. However, many people still don't fully utilise the internet when it comes to growing their career, which is why we've put together this helpful post to show you just how beneficial the internet can be when it comes to growing your career.
Online training to help you learn new skills
Online learning has made it possible for us to quickly switch to a new career path or acquire new skills to position ourselves for a promotion. Learning with the internet is incredibly convenient since you can do it anywhere as long as you have a computer and internet access. In addition, online learning is something you can do at your own pace since you don't attend classes like a traditional school. This can be an extremely convenient alternative to regular academic classes and will enable you to study for a career change or pick up new skills even while you work your regular job.
If you're thinking about online training to help you pick up new skills to embark on a different career path, then services like Evercoach are a great place to start. Online learning can be extremely specific with what it teaches, but there are also some services that offer a wide variety of general disciplines too. Whatever you choose, it's a good idea to see what courses are on offer and if there are any qualifications or certifications to earn at the end of it.
Online coding and programming is becoming one of the fastest growing skills you can learn and this can open many different opportunities across all industries. Thanks to various sponsors and funding, Bay Valley Tech offers a free coding boot camp with other low cost learning options.
Learning about different careers
A great way to use the internet is to actually learn about different kinds of careers that are available to you. Some people have a fairly limited understanding of what career choices they have available to them with a certain skill set, but the internet can show you that there are loads of unique opportunities available out there if you're willing to look around.
It can really show you that there are unique ways to apply your skills and use your experience to follow a different career path, and it can help you chase your passions and figure out ways to make a living doing what you love. There are so many different career options out there whether you're interested in pilot training or a career in law. It can be a good idea to meet with a career consultant to discuss your options. A career consultant can offer support in many different areas, such as:
Networking is one of the most useful ways to help you find new opportunities. Whether you have certain career goals in mind or if you're looking for different paths to embark on, networking can be one of the best ways to seek out different job placements and learn about unique roles that you qualify for.
Networking is essentially like using social media, but instead of using Twitter and Facebook, you're more likely going to use LinkedIn or other professional platforms. They're designed for professional use and they come with unique tools that allow you to list your experience and also the qualifications you have, making it easier to help advertise yourself as a suitable candidate.
Is your career stuck in a rut? Are you struggling to fulfill the potential that you know you hold? Well, then you have come to the right place! Indeed, in the post below you can get some clever ideas on how to push your career to the next level. Keep reading to find out what they are.
Eat the frog
First of all, the well-known business concept of eating the frog can help here. No, it's not about throwing your hand up in the air and heading to the nearest French eatery! Instead, in this scenario, eating the frog represents the thing that you don't want to do, the idea being that by getting this done first the rest of your day is all downhill from there.
Indeed, there is some good evidence to show that the sense of achievement we feel by completing difficult tasks, is enough to propel us through the rest of the day with ease. Not to mention the fact that dealing with the hardest thing first obliterators procrastination, which is only good news for your career trajectory.
Stay up to date with the news in your field
There are many benefits to staying abreast of the trends in your industry, including being privy to cutting-edge information first, and ensuring that you gain expert status in the eyes of your customers and colleagues.
Indeed, by regularly reading articles about the area in which you work you can gain all sorts of valuable information that may have a direct impact on the way you go about your day-to-day tasks and even the future of your career.
With that in mind, favoriting industry experts on social media, and setting google alerts for specific key terms related to your field can be a very helpful way to boost your career prospects.
Study for new qualifications
It may seem like a no-brainer, but learning new skills and qualifications is one of the best things you can do to enhance your career. Of course, the education that you choose needs to be as relevant to your industry as possible to be most effective.
For instance, if you are an IT professional looking to focus on creating a service management system, then taking a qualification such as the ITIL foundation exam, is a great way to begin. However, if you find yourself in a different type of industry such as HR, then choosing a foundation CIPD exam is a better choice.
Email someone in your network
All too often people expect their network of contacts to do all the heavy lifting in terms of their career, finding them suitable placements, and putting them in touch with the right people. However, what anyone hoping to progress in their career needs to understand is that networks function based on exchange.
What this means is, if you want something from a network contact, you will need to have built up a certain amount of capital first. This capital can often be secured by offering to help them with something they need complete.
Indeed, if you can identify the people you are most likely to need help from and focus on providing value to them, you will be all set when it comes time to call those favours back in.
New career goals for 2021
It is important to make sure you have career goals as much as possible, and there are a number of factors to consider when you are looking at a new career path this year. The coronavirus pandemic is something that has impacted all of us in so many ways, and there is a lot to keep in mind here. Try to make the most of this, and use the uncertainty in the world right now as a chance to take charge of your future and set career goals for 2021.
It might be time to consider a change of career this year, and there are a lot of options you can consider that will help you to make the most of this right now. Try to come up with ideas that will allow you to achieve the best possible career path this year, but it is also important to make sure you have realistic goals in order to make sure they're easier to achieve. And these are some of the key factors that you need to consider when it comes to making the most of this.
Think About Your Interests
Thinking about what you are interested in is really important, and there are a lot of elements that play a role in helping you to develop a career path you can be proud of. Make sure you think about some of the best ways of achieving this right now, and there are so many factors that you should be making the most of right now. If you can pursue a career path that links or relates to things you are interested in, then this is one of the best options for you. So many people wish they could do a job they really love, and it makes it so much easier to get out of bed in the morning if you are going to a job you love.
Improve Your Experience
There are a lot of things that you should be looking to make the most of, and it is vital that you look at being able to focus on this as much as possible. Try to come up with ideas that will allow you to boost and improve your experience, and this is something that you should be looking to make the most of right now. There are plenty of online courses or qualifications you could be taking in order to improve and boost your experience and help you to be more qualified for the job at hand.
Start Looking for the Right Kinds of Jobs
You need to make sure you start looking for the right kinds of jobs that will help you to improve the way you look at being able to do things like this. There are a lot of ideas that will play a role in helping you here, and it depends on what sort of thing you'd like to do. For instance, there are so many opportunities if you are looking at getting a job in the public sector.
These are some of the things you need to be considering when it comes to looking at some of the best ways of improving your career prospects. You have to make sure you focus on being able to improve your ideas when it comes to assessing this right now. Choosing the right career prospects and making the right kinds of changes is something you need to make the most of right now.
It is now been just over one year since the UK government announced a total lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. It's been a funny year. The world has felt like it has both sped up and slowed down at the same time. Everything looks different now.
You can't go shopping unless it's for essentials, lots of people haven't been able to spend time with their friends and family, and when you do go to places you have to sanitise everything and wear a mask as protection. The saddest thing of all is that people have lost loved ones and their jobs as a result.
Lots of people are feeling incredibly hopeless right now, and when there may not seem as though there's a light at the end of this long, dark, tunnel--it is still worth thinking of planning towards your future- especially if you have lost work.
Look at Your CV/ Resume
There's going to be a lot of competition for people applying for work right now. Recruiters will be busier than ever making their way through all of the CVs and resume's that come to their inbox supporting an application for a job that they have advertised. You don't want yours to be at the bottom of that big pile. Find someone to look at your CV or resume, and ask them to tell you honestly what it says about you as a potential employee. This could be a work colleague, your boss, or a professional writing service like ARC Resumes (https://www.arcresumes.com/). Would they employ you based on your CV? Chances are that this interview ticket is selling you short.
Consider Changing Career Path
If you've lost a job then the first thing you're going to do is to start looking for jobs with the same title. However, why should that always be the case? If you've had several years of experience in one industry, the chances are that you've developed some pretty impressive transferable skills that can be used all over the place.
Changing career path is not an easy thing to consider, especially in the current market--but now is as good a time as any to do just that. Discuss your previous experience with recruiters and let them do some of the hard work employment matching for you.
Use This as an Opportunity to Upskill
During the first lockdown, lots of course providers started to provide their content online. This is great news as it means that there's plenty of opportunities for you to learn more skills to make you more employable.
One of the benefits of this is that you can complete the work in your own time and at your own pace. So whether you're interested in doing either coding, business administration or health and social care courses, there are plenty of options for you.
The best news is that being out of work is the perfect opportunity for you to reassess and take the time to figure out exactly where you want to be in life.
Job searching made simple
Finding a job is not an easy task in today's saturated markets. Unemployment has been on the rise for years and it seems to be slowly sinking into the red zone because of Covid-19. However, there is still a way to achieve your career goals. When finding a job, you have probably already looked at all the websites that promise to offer the best jobs in your city. Perhaps you have joined groups and social media sites that help you find suitable positions. What else can you do to assist yourself?
Don't limit yourself
When applying to a job searching company, do not necessarily give a limited job definition that you can perform. If you have a wealth of skills, apply even for jobs that may be quite different from each other. Also, do not hesitate to challenge yourself and ask for job offers as well that seem to be less likely to be accepted. Be sure to emphasize your benefits and abilities and what you are willing to give and invest. Tell employers how you can benefit, and what your contribution will be to their business. And always, do preliminary (not necessarily long) research on the intended employer. Find out what the corporate culture is, what characterizes the company. When you come to an interview with prior knowledge and with clear answers to questions, the chances of finding a job even faster rises miraculously. In addition, learn to use the smart tools that can be found within job search sites. With these tools, you can better focus on the jobs that interest you. By job definitions, by geographical areas, by the type of flexibility you want. Using these tools will allow you to spend less time searching because you will find a job much easier - even in these turbulent times.
Look at your current skills and see what may need to be improved on. If you want to work in technology then perhaps you should consider a course in computer technology or a niche area. If you want to move into garden landscaping, you should consider looking at ways to learn how to become a tree surgeon. Once you have these skills in black and white, you will have the confidence to talk openly to the employer about what you can offer them in return. Stay on top of opportunities by receiving email notifications about suitable jobs. This will cut down the time you spend trolling through every page.
It is very important to be updated on a daily basis on the site as the supply of jobs varies from day to day and you will not want to miss the opportunity when interesting and new jobs emerge in your region. The use of social media sites helps prospective employers look at your track record which is why you should use LinkedIn and other sites to cultivate a great image. Keep information professional, including your email address. Show you're serious and willing to find a great position and you will surely stumble upon the ideal job.
During the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment rates have skyrocketed everywhere you look. In the United Kingdom, the unemployment rate has gone up to 4.8 percent. Nearly 250,000 people have lost their jobs since June of this year. That is the largest unemployment increase in a three-month period since 2009.
The same thing can be said with the United States in terms of unemployment. Rates are the highest they have been in a long time. According to the United States' Bureau of Labor and Statistics, U.S unemployment currently sits at 6.9 percent. Before 2020, the last time the states' rate of unemployment was this high was November of 2013.
With all that being said, it may be harder to find a job at this current point in time than it has been in recent memory. But in the same breath, it is worth mentioning that you should not just take any old job that you come across.
Yes, if you need the money right then and now, that is not a bad route to go. But if that is not the case, you should take some time in deciding the route you want to go in. Here a few things you should consider when concluding on whether or not a job is a good fit.
What is the commute like
Commuting to work every morning can be a pain. So when considering whether or not a job is right for you, make sure you have a good idea of how long the commute is. The commute to a company offering you a position should not be the biggest of worries, but it would be pretty inconvenient to take two hours to drive into work and two hours to drive home.
Is the company you are working for well managed
This is essential when finding the right job. If you work for a company that is professionally handled, organized life can be a lot easier.
No one wants to work for a disheveled boss with a nasty personality. It could make waking up every day that much harder. So when picking an occupation, look at the company as a whole. Ask questions about employee benefits, what the chain of command at the company/organization is, and how communicating is effectively done at that given job.
Do you like the work you are doing
This might be the most important of them all. Making sure you like what you do day in and day out is so important. You do not want to show up to work dreading the next eight hours of your life. Try and find an occupation that is engaging and keeps you entertained: even if that means there is a little more stress on your plate.
That is a little easier said than done, but do your best! You know yourself enough to say whether or not you would be a good fit working in a restaurant, office building, gym, et cetera. Being bored can be a lot worse than being busy, so try and find work that will make you excited to head in and earn that paycheck.
People who hate their jobs tend to move on and look for something else. Some even change their careers when they're feeling unfulfilled by work.
But what do you do if you love your career, but need a new challenge? The good news is that there are a lot of ways you can turn things around and inject some excitement into your job.
Here is some useful advice for taking on a new challenge, without changing your career.
Move to a new location
f you're starting to outgrow your current workplace, moving to a new location could help keep things fresh for you. A change in location not only helps you realise new career opportunities but opportunities for your personal life too. Perhaps you want to move closer to home to be with family, or even move to an exciting new city or country?
Wherever you decide to relocate, you're going to need to get on the job hunt. Check out cmr.com.au for some exciting opportunities that could invigorate your career. A change of scenery brings all kinds of changes, and could be just what you need to shake things up.
Start chasing that promotion
Perhaps a part of your frustration comes from outgrowing your role? When your job starts becoming routine and easy, it could be a sign that you're ready for more. Start preparing for a promotion so that you're ready to go for it when the opportunities come your way.
Volunteer your time and skills to help others
If you've always felt like you could do more with your skills and expertise, why not use what you have to do some good for others? If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, tit's that community values are more important than ever. There are several ways you can use your skills to help others, including mentoring, pro bono work and volunteering to help charities and good causes. This can bring a lot of fulfilment to your role, and could even help you discover new opportunities that could help you choose a different path for your career.
Take on a side hustle
Side hustles are a great way to develop other interests that you have, without sacrificing your career. There are inspiring stories of people who've embarked on incredible new ventures, from starting fitness businesses to their own pizza brand! It's possible to be passionate about more than one thing at a time, so why not give it a try so that you can get more out of your career.
If you're dissatisfied with your current situation, then it's time to make a change. Even if you love your career, it doesn't mean you have to stay exactly where you are - there are ways you can develop and grow tbring exciting change to both your career and your life outside work. There are all kinds of challenges out there waiting for you, so which one will you take on first?
Wouldn't it be great if you knew exactly what questions a hiring manager would be asking you in your next job interview? We can't read minds, unfortunately, but The Muse has the next best thing: a list of more than 40 of the most commonly asked interview questions, along with advice for answering them all.
Never apologise for having a life!
You work hard don't you? What happens when you get to Friday or if you are one of those weekend warriors, your frame of mind isn't quite on it! Employees shouldn't have to apologise for having a life and if you're from the retail or service industry, this is huge! A feature on LinkedIN will tell you more!
6 simple job search tips!
There is so much job search advice out there, literally everywhere! But sometimes you can miss the very basics! The Muse has some very basic tips to try out whilst on the hunt for that new gig!
You can also get 'The Ultimate List of Job Search Strategies To Land you Next Job' from Fancy Resumes' to give you that cutting edge plan to the next big gig of yours!
Fast Company have a list of 7 books that could help you become a leader in 2020. Click here to start building your library!
Your CV on average can take just 34 seconds to be rejected! The Sun has some of the do's and don'ts for your CV check!
How to stay competitive!
So Christmas is now done and over for another year and chances are that you've now got yourself back into work, but with the working environment continually changing, itself it time you had a look at how you can stay in the competitive market? LinkedIN has some ideas of how to go about creating the 'new you!'
8 ways to clean up your social media!
When you apply for a job, you actually have two CV's out there. You may well submit one CV but its also your social media that acts as the second one so knowing exactly what's on it really helps especially as recruiters will find it too! The Muse has 8 easy ways to have a clean up!
Hiring managers are now saying that emotional intelligence is valued more than IQ. Fast Company have a quick read to why emotional intelligence is one of the fastest growing job skills.
We've all had that moment in an interview where you are asked, what are your strengths and weaknesses, but how do you answer those questions without sounding too big headed or not good enough? The Muse have some great tips with examples!
4 small habits for a big career!
You want to make a big career for yourself but think you need to learn so much to make it happen! The Muse has four habits that you need to try to make that career big for you! You can see more here!
22 phone interview tips!
Your job application is submitted and then you get that phone call, the phone interview! The Muse has 22 big tips on nailing that phone call!
Interview mind tricks!
Going into an interview is nerve wrecking enough but having a few tricks up your sleeve could make or break it for you! Thrive Global have more on the tricks to your next gig!
Its great to have some self-awareness about yourself and how you portray yourself but how do you turn that into self-improvement? Harvard Business Review has more on making yourself more powerful!
No one has ever found you 'feeling well' and do you really have 'best wishes' when you sign off an email? Probably not! Joe.co.uk has got a round up of what your email sign off really means!
A good routine has been proven to provide a structure to your day no matter how much is 'going on' right now. Entrepreneur Europe has 14 hacks to boost your day!
Job interview judgements!
Not many people in the world look forward to going for a job interview, for some, the anxiety levels go off the scales! Forbes has a short list of what could help prepare you for the next big job!
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BOSTON — Getting an Uber or ordering a Lyft. It's now one of the more popular ways to get around Boston, but are all those ride shares affecting traffic congestion?
Boston roads have never been tighter and now the push to get people to ride share has people wondering if that's become too much.
"You're seeing Lyft and Uber on every corner. It's not about how many you are seeing, it's about when you are seeing them," said Lawrence Graham of Boston.
On a rainy mid-afternoon on Wednesday, Boston 25 News Reporter Robert Goulston saw Uber after Lyft making their way through Government Center.
"I do have a little bit of a problem with them blocking the sidewalks and dropping off on the corners," said Keith Fanning of Boston.
Are ride shares leading to more traffic congestion in #Boston?@Uber & @lyft say not so fast.@rgoulston story at 7:15am on @boston25 News pic.twitter.com/kADz0OLsIo— Boston 25 News (@boston25) October 26, 2017
Over at Newbury Street, more Ubers and Lyfts.
"Every time people who are driving Ubers and Lyfts are stopping in the middle off the street, dropping people off and picking people up," said Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.
In Boston, there are no restrictions on how many ride shares can operate on any given day, like there are for cab drivers and tourism buses.
"There should definitely be some sort of cap or number on it," said Fanning.
Lyft New England says its ridership in Boston has doubled in this year alone. Neither company would release day to day numbers, but we tracked down one ride share driver who admits there are a lot of them in the city.
"Traffic is pretty tough sometimes," said the driver who wished to stay anonymous.
Boston 25 News reached out to the companies.
"UberPOOL is now our fastest growing product in the Commonwealth because more and more Bostonians are choosing to save money and share their ride. Uber also helps residents connect to public transit and allows residents to rely less on car ownership," said an Uber spokesperson.
"Since day one, Lyft has been focused on increasing occupancy in cars on the road. We've seen tremendous growth in Boston since launching here in 2013 and are proud of the role we play in the city's transportation ecosystem. Not only do we help passengers get around safely and reliably, but we see many using Lyft to connect with the MBTA, and to share a ride with others going the same direction through Lyft Line. We are committed to offering convenient, affordable, and sustainable transportation in the city of Boston," said Tyler George, General Manager, Lyft New England.
Both ride shares are pushing new carpooling programs where multiple people can use the same car for a lower price.
Uber says UberPOOL is its fastest-growing product in Boston and Lyft says its carpooling option Lyft Line accounts for more than one third of all trips nationally.
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Raw chia seed porridge recipe:
Ingredients required for the raw chia seed porridge recipe are 1/3 cup of raw and organic chia seeds; 1 tbsp of goji berries; 2/3 cup of spring water; 1 tbsp of dried and desiccated coconut; 1 tsp honey; 1 tbsp sunflower seeds; 1 tbsp organic pumpkin seeds; and a dash of almond milk.
Preparation of the porridge: To start with, pop a little chia seeds into a big mixing bowl and add some spring water. Stir the mix thoroughly and then add the coconut and honey. Now again mix the ingredients well before adding sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds to it. When the chia seeds absorb water adequately, the porridge will start to thicken. Lastly add a handful of goji berries to the porridge and serve the dish with almond milk.
Tropical mango, orange, and chia seed smoothie
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Brown chutney. That brown sauce. You know, that sauce that seems to come with every indian appetizer ever. That's tamarind chutney, sometimes with dates (like here), sometimes watery and thin, sometimes thick and rich (like here), sometimes more sweet, sometimes more sour (this one is a nice balance of both)….but usually pretty darn good (unless it's been crazy watered down, in that case, throw a fit and jump on the table and demand better chutney!)
1.5g | ½ tsp ginger powder
4.5g | 1 1/4 tsp amchoor powder
8.5g | 1 ½ tsp chaat masala
.4g | 1/16 tsp (large pinch) hing/asafoetida (make sure it doesn't have wheat starch if gluten free)
.3g | ⅛ tsp kashmiri chile powder
3.5g | 1 tsp onion powder
3g | ¾ tsp garam masala
4.5g | ¾ tsp fine salt
65g | ¼ cup tamarind concentrate
350g/ml | 1 ½ cups water
110g | ½ cup + 1 Tbsp sugar
100g | 6 whole medjool dates, pitted
Toast spices in pan over medium-low heat, stirring and shaking, until aroma is softened and caramely (you won't smell the harsh scent of the hing, or the sulphurous odor of the kala namak anymore)
Place everything but tamarind and ⅓ of the water into a blender and blend until totally smooth
Pour into pan, use the remaining water to rinse remains from blender and add to pan along with tamarind
Bring to a light boil (while stirring) and reduce heat to low, simmer for about 5 minutes, remove from heat, cover and allow to cool
This recipe is best prepared at least a day ahead, the flavors and texture will be better after refrigeration
For using as a dip or drizzle, you can mix 2-3 parts chutney with 1 part water for a thinner, less concentrated consistency (like you'd find in a lot of restaurants)
Will keep in the refrigerator for at least a week (my experience has been that it lasts several weeks), and it freezes very well for up to 6 months (try freezing it in ice cube trays, then you can pull out a serving or two whenever you need it)
This is one of the easiest chutneys to make, perhaps that's part of the reason it's so popular, and because of it's wonderful marriage of sweet, sour, slightly salty, and a touch of umami, it goes with just about everything. The ingredients are pretty simple, tamarind (i prefer using tamarind concentrate to avoid having to mess with making our own, plus it keeps forever) which brings the bulk of the tartness and some familiar umami notes to us westerners (it's used in steak sauces, worcestershire, and other savory western sauces.) Dates bring sweetness and caramel notes, as well as bumping up the fruitiness of the chutney. Amchoor brings in some more tartness to boost the tamarind without becoming too rich, onion powder to enhance the sweetness and help to meld and soften the flavors, garam and chaat masalas for flavor and spice, and sugar to give you that lovely syrupy consistency.
After blending the dates, you may think things got away from you and you made a mistake, it will look more like coffee with cream that the dark brown with hints of red that you're used to. It's okay, once you add the tamarind and simmer for a bit, that milkiness goes away.
It is a good idea to keep stirring during the 5 minutes, because of the thickness and sugar content, this can scorch pretty easy. You don't have to be super aggressive, just keep things moving around. That's really all there is to it! I promise this is better than anything you're gonna pick up at the market, and loads better than what most restaurants are going to pass off on you. Plus, you get to decide how thick, which is always nice (who likes watery tamarind chutney? who, i ask? who?)
Serve along with your favorite chaat, drizzle over snack and appetizers, dip papad in it, but don't limit it to just indian finger foods! Try this as a BBQ sauce, a glaze for vegges or "meats", add it to rice for some easy tasty tamarind rice, or freeze it to use later in whatever recipe tickles your fancy. [you like fancy tickles, yes you do]
Don't forget, it pairs insanely well with cilantro+mint chutney! and it's an ingredient in chaat quesadillas and kala chana aloo masala.


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Four years came and went, and Ryan Boraski has reason to be proud, according to his coach.
The senior swam in his last meet as a Keene State College (KSC) Owl over spring break, and earned All-American Honors for the seventh, eighth and ninth times in his career.
Boraski competed in the 2017 NCAA Division III National Championship meet in Shenandoah, Texas.
Boraski said he was trying to stay optimistic going into the meet, even though it was potentially one of the biggest of his career.
"I was feeling really good and really positive. A lot of confidence, so that definitely helped me out," Boraski said.
Swimming and diving Head Coach Chris Woolridge said Boraski's work ethic has played a huge factor in his success as an Owl. Woolridge said that when Boraski came in as a first-year, he wasn't standing out, but he knew what he had to do.
"He made the commitment, he worked year-round, he made it a priority, sometimes at the cost of probably some friendship and some social inclusion," Woolridge said.
"He did everything he could to make sure that this piece of what he was doing came out well."
Woolridge also said, "He's come a long way, due mainly to his dedication and his effort."
Boraski's work certainly shows in his results.
In the morning preliminary at the National Championship, Boraski broke a Keene State College record, held by him, swimming the 100 freestyle in 43.65 seconds.
Later on in the championship round, Boraski re-broke the same record from earlier in the day, swimming the event in 43.43 seconds. Boraski's record-breaking swim earned him second place in the event, only trailing the winner by .15 seconds.
While Boraski may have been happy with the time, he wasn't personally thrilled with his position.
"I'm definitely disappointed in getting second, you know, I didn't come there for second," Boraski said.
"I have an attitude of, either you win or you lose. So I'm a loser, I lost."
Woolridge said that while Boraski's placing may not have been what he was personally working for, there was no disappointment from a coach's perspective.
"I don't feel like he had let anybody down with his performance's," Woolridge said. "I don't think you can look at the body of work and feel like you left much on the table."
Woolridge also had high praise for Boraski, who knows that there won't be a "next meet."
"His career exemplifies everything that we're looking for in somebody that comes in, whether they achieve the success at the level that he has or not," Woolridge said.
While Boraski has competed in his final meet for KSC, he will still be swimming for his club team out of Medfield, Massachusetts, and he is excited for that.
"That was it, that was my last college meet, but there's still more things to come, and that's exciting," Boraski said.
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Thanks to help from a reader, Mark Baker, I gained access to this wonderful postcard view of the College Park/Hyde Park at what looks to be the turn of the Twentieth Century, which illuminated additional information on the Jewish Home for the Aged at Blair and Grand.� For starters, if you look closely, the Home, with its two projecting bays in center left of the photo, corresponds with the Sanborn map of the area.
Mark also took this picture below of the "cornerstone" of sorts for what I would suspect is the central wing facing Blair.� Perhaps now we can get a better idea of when the mansion was torn down and replaced with newer structures in 1924.
But what is also cool is that you can see the two building below, the frame house and the apartment building, clearly represented in the postcard in the lower center of the image.� It always fascinates me the arbitrariness of which houses survive in St. Louis; surely the wolf of demolition would have annihilated the wood frame house long before its sturdy brick neighbors?� Apparently not, and perhaps it was simply the resolve of the owners that determine if a house lives or dies.
I continued down the street from the ones above, and found these crumbling beauties.� Hyde Park has not yet relinquished even a fraction of its surprising finds to me.


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Avon is a leading beauty company, and is developing the digital tools necessary to bring customers the latest trends, through the direct, trusted, personal experience of its 6 million strong network of beauty micro-entrepreneurs.
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Here's another reminder as to why TCPA.World is one of the most widely read legal blogs on the planet. A story that won't get covered anywhere else–but that is incredibly important to folks hoping to call the 29 million folks living within the boundaries of the Great State of Texas.
So a company called Dealer Renewal Services was sued for making a grand total of 28 calls to a consumer in Texas.
The resulting judgment? Nearly a quarter million bucks.
Here's what happened.
The consumer sued DRS under the TCPA and under the little enforced Section 302.101 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code.
The Defendant failed to show up in court so the Court considered the damages available to the consumer. Here's what the Court determined:
- Since the calls were allegedly made using an ATDS or prerecorded voice and without consent, each of the 28 calls violated Section (b)(iii) of the TCPA. The Court assessed the maximum of $1,500.00 per call for each of those calls–finding them to be willful–and resulting in $42k in damages automatically.
- But the Court also found these same 28 calls violated 227(c)'s prohibition against calls to consumers on the DNC list. Once again the Court elected to apply the maximum penalty of $1,500.00 for each call–resulting in a total of another $42k in fees. (Notably this should not have been possible since a consumer must receive two calls in a 12 month period to be actionable, so only 27 calls should have lead to damages here.)
- The Court found the caller also failed to register with the secretary of state as allegedly required under Texas law. Specifically, "a seller may not make a telephone solicitation from a location in this state or to a purchaser located in this state unless the seller holds a registration certificate for the business location from which the telephone solicitation is made." Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Ann. § 302.101(a). "A person who violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation." Id. § 302.302. In light of these violations the Court assessed the maximum penalty to the 28 calls resulting in an additional $140,000.00 in penalties.
So 28 calls ended up costing a caller $221,500 (it should have been $224k but a co-defendant [wisely] paid $2,500.00 to get out of the case.)
That means each call ended up costing the Defendant $8,000–and notice that each single call was deemed to have violated two different sections of the TCPA and a section of a state law enactment. So gone are the days–it seems–when an illegal call costs only $500-$1,500.00.
Some take aways here:
- In the post-Facebook (tcpa)world you MUST be aware of state enactments folks. While Florida continues to get much of the news (for good reason), state law enactments–such as those in Texas and Virginia–may actually carry even higher per call penalties than the TCPA. If you're not properly licensed in states requiring marketer registration you should be–or you risk HUGE exposure. ;
- Again, penalty stacking is becoming more common. As I explained in my "Ahead of the Curve" article a few days ago, the Plaintiff' bar is no longer content to recover a mere $500.00 a call these days; and
- Never allow yourself to go into default on one of these TCPA cases. You may think that 28 calls is a small number and that the case is not worth fighting–but this did not end up being the $14k loss the Defendant might have expected. And remember–unlike other areas of law the Plaintiffs do not need to pierce the corporate veil to sue the owners and operators of the business for TCPA violations directly.
The case is Thompson v. Dealer Renewal Servs., No. 4:21-cv-0467-P, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 223424 (N.D. Tex. November 18, 2021).


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PARAGOULD, AR – Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announces that a jury in Paragould, AR found Heath Mabry, 51, guilty of six counts of Rape, each a Y felony.
His co-defendant in the case, Clarissa Cooley, previously pleaded guilty to Rape and received 35 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. She also testified against Mabry at trial.
The victim in the case was a juvenile.
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