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She easily got our attention in films like Superbad, The House Bunny, and Zombieland, but it was her Golden Globe-nominated performance in Easy A — in which her character feigns sex with a gay pal to save him from bullying — that elevated Emma Stone to the A-list. This summer, after breaking hearts in Friends with Benefits and Crazy, Stupid, Love., the 22-year-old takes on another brassy firecracker in The Help, an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's novel about the civil rights movement. Here, the unsinkable Stone breaks down her soft spot for tough girls and tomboys.
By Brandon Voss
The Advocate: When did you become aware of your gay following?
Emma Stone: When The House Bunny came out, and it was incredibly exciting. That support is profoundly important and moving to me, because you guys are the best. I grew up with a ton of gay friends and witnessed their struggles. One of the most wonderful things about doing Easy A was that we got to tackle issues that many gay teenagers face.
Did you anticipate the extent to which Easy A would resonate with the gay audience?
Our writer, Bert V. Royal, is gay, and these were issues that he had actually experienced growing up, so we knew that would resonate. But when the movie came out last summer, media coverage of gay teen suicides was everywhere. Because the movie came out right in the eye of that storm, the timing ended up being more relevant and poignant than we anticipated.
Who's the most important gay person in your life?
I did a lot of theater growing up, and I was lucky to be raised in a family that was very accepting, so someone being gay was never odd or off-putting to me. I have a lot of wonderful gay friends, but one of the most formative men in my life is Max, who's been my best friend since I was 11 years old. He's the funniest human being on the planet, and he single-handedly taught me how to do improv. He also taught me what friendship is and what it is to truly know someone. Now we both live in New York, so we've been able to stay close for our whole lives.
Your character in The Help, "Skeeter," is a young journalist who exposes the injustices suffered by black housemaids in 1960s Mississippi. Do you also strive to use your creative power to speak out on socio-political issues?
I'm the least eloquent person on the planet, so I don't know that I'd be the right person to speak out on anything. But that's what's so wonderful about good movies and writers: I can be a part of a project that says what I wish I could say. My ultimate goal is to continue doing movies with some sort of message that can make a change, like Easy A or The Help. Because that's what good movies do for me: They teach me and bring injustices to my attention.
The civil rights message in The Help is certainly one to which the gay community can relate.
Absolutely. I didn't live through the '60s, obviously, so one of the ways I was able to really understand that struggle was by looking at what's happening in America now with the gay community in terms of the lack of equality and what we're fighting for.
The Help aside, you break up with Justin Timberlake in Friends with Benefits, and you're unimpressed by Ryan Gosling in Crazy, Stupid, Love. Now that's good acting.
[Laughs] Thank you. Yeah, it's been a tough year.
In the Crazy, Stupid, Love. trailer, your character admires Ryan Gosling's shirtless torso and says, "It's like you're photoshopped!" Since you got closer to all that than most of us ever will, what else can you share?
Well, I got to touch it too, so I can confirm that he isn't photoshopped at all. He put in all the hard work, and it will not disappoint you.
Instead of boy-crazy girly girls, you often play these strong, independent women with an edgy tomboy quality, which has certainly endeared you to lesbian fans.
Really? Oh, I'm so flattered. The tomboy quality is probably coincidental just due to the fact that my voice hits male octaves most of the time. I don't really think about it — I just respond to what I read — but I must be subconsciously drawn to women who, even if they don't necessarily have their shit together, are secure within themselves and don't need a man to fix them.
Are you a tomboy or a girly girl in real life?
It depends on the day. I'm a solid party mix of both.
A lesbian role seems like a logical next step for you.
Right? Send me over a good script. That sounds amazing.
Which gay star would you play in a biopic?
Can I play a man? Anthony Perkins would be interesting, because it was kind of a secret thing.
You also seem guarded when it comes to your personal life. But as you become more and more famous, people naturally want to know more about you and whom you're dating. How do you navigate that?
I've tried to figure out how to be honest and totally myself while not giving away those things that are most sacred to me. I'm afraid that if I ever expose those parts of my life, it will just open up a floodgate of more speculation. So I don't ever want to talk about relationships or family in interviews. That would be like meeting a stranger for the first time and telling them all that stuff.
But we're besties now, right?
Yeah, totally, so our next conversation is going to be crazy.
When you guested on Chelsea Lately, Chelsea Handler asked if you had a girlfriend when you evaded her question about having a boyfriend. You responded sarcastically, but I got excited for a second.
No, I don't have a girlfriend. But who knows? You love who you love.
Do you have a girl crush?
Christina Hendricks. It's a no-brainer. Everything about her does it for me. That's my kind of woman.
Like her, you're a natural blonde who's found fame as a redhead. Were you surprised by the brouhaha on the blogosphere when you went back to blonde to play Gwen Stacy in next year's The Amazing Spider-Man?
It was so funny. To me, hair is hair — you dye it, cut it, whatever — so all that attention was wild.
It gets confusing for a guy who might want to dress as you for Halloween.
Damn it. OK, always stick with red — that's my advice to a drag Emma Stone. I may be a blonde at roots, but I'm a redhead at heart.
When The Amazing Spider-Man comes out, you'll become the fantasy of fanboys everywhere. Are you prepared for that kind of attention?
If that happens, it'll be the biggest compliment ever. Just because the scale is so large, doing Spider-Man is more daunting than I realized in the beginning. I've tried not to think about it too much — especially while we were shooting — but when you're sitting on these giant blue screens with all these rigs, it's the opposite of an environment like Superbad. It's odd, but it's very exciting. Like with The Help but more insane, Spider-Man has this built-in fan base, where people already know the story and are going in with their own opinions and expectations, so you're either going to live up to them or let people down. But it's really all about passion, and I love passionate people.
You made your film debut in Superbad as the love interest of Jonah Hill's Seth, but some viewers questioned the homoerotic nature of the relationship between Seth and Michael Cera's Evan. If we revisited those characters today, do you think either of them would be openly gay?
[Laughs] I don't know. In some friendships there's so much love between two people that there's just a fine line. Hey, I have girlfriends that I'm incredibly close to, and there's definitely a fine line there.
The Advocate, August 2011 issue; extended online version.


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August 17, 2014, 8:04 pm
Nate Robinson back on the court and dunking
As of mid-June, Nuggets guard Nate Robinson was on track to return to the team for the start of training camp after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in January and undergoing surgery.
"Hopefully August," Robinson told The Post. "I'm trying to sway the doctors to give me a little more leeway."
Well, based on an Instagram video posted to his account Saturday, it seems he wasn't messing around. Robinson, all 5 feet and 9 inches of him, is back to throwing down dunks, this one on his outdoor court at his home in Seattle.

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What are database logs? They are minimal records generated by transactional writes to keep track of database changes. In all senses, they are nothing but side products generated out of write operations within transactions; and are not something served out of, in response to users' data queries. Moreover, DBMS incurs CPU, memory and storage resources owing to generation and maintenance of these logs. An obvious question next to this would be why someone on earth should care for stuffs that eat system resources and do just nothing? If you are a newbie in the field of system administration, and at this point ready to turn off database logging forever; hold on your decision until you read this post completely. Data management has always been a serious affair regardless of the type and/or size of the business dealing with it. Nobody would rejoice investing on something having no significant value add. So, logs are required and important in much greater extent. How? Let's understand that.
Transaction writes facilitate applications performing changes to database's data. By fundamental virtue, they steal database consistency at the beginning, and re-establish it at the end. In other words, during execution, transactions make database inconsistent. In addition, like any other system, failure of a DBMS is not uncommon. Situations like power outage, OS or software crash, disk corruption are unavoidable. However, under any circumstances, businesses cannot afford loosing data, and hence DBMS vendors must ensure database recovery across points of failures. Scenarios, wherein DBMS is brought down disgracefully, database is typically left inconsistent owing to abnormal termination of ongoing transactions. Applications, if allowed to connect to the database at this state, would certainly fetch some inaccurate data, which a business can never accept. Therefore, post such failure, DBMS must bring database consistency back before making it available for use. While doing this DBMS would need to refer to the history of transactional changes happened to the database before failure; but, wait…history? Where is it? Relax…DBMS won't let your business down. Here comes the utility of transaction logs, whose credibility was being questioned sometime back. Recall that they kept on consuming system resources to keep track of the changes your database was undergoing during its good times. Now, it's their turn to pay back. DBMS would read individual log records stored within log files sequentially, and perform the following.
- Redo the effects of committed transactions that could not make their way to database disks before the failure.
- Undo those pertaining to uncommitted (i.e. ongoing / in-flight) transactions that somehow got persistent into database storage space.
At the end, your database will get the lost data back and regain its consistency. Henceforth, applications are guaranteed to see correct data whenever connected to the database.
In another kind of failure situation, your database storage may completely or partially go bad, and you end up restoring a backup image of the database taken prior to the disk crash. Definitely, this will rebuild your database, but its state will be taken back to the backup time. Should you ask DBMS to take the state of your database forward, log records following the backup timestamp will be read sequentially from the log files and re-applied to the restored database.
So far we discussed the importance of transaction logs in a DBMS, but have you ever wondered that they could be even more precious than the actual data stored within your database? Well, let's face the truth straight away. Yes, DBMS always cares more for transaction logs than user data. It makes sure that log records are saved in log disks before the corresponding user data is made persistent to the database. Why so? Let's explore.
Transaction writes bring data pages from disks to bufferpool area of database memory and modifies them per user request. Each modification generates log record in log buffer (different from bufferpool, but collocated with it within database memory). Now, it is not a rare scenario, wherein bufferpool gets full of changed data pages (a.k.a. dirty pages) owing to long running transactions and DBMS needs to make space for new transactions. This is called dirty page steal, where new data pages as requested by new transaction replace the old dirty pages pertaining to other ongoing transactions. Those old dirty pages are placed into database disk. However, before that, DBMS must write their corresponding log records into the log files within log disk. If that wasn't the logic (i.e. dirty pages were made persistent to database storage without having corresponding log records flushed to files), and a crash (like power outage) was encountered, DBMS wouldn't find the necessary log records to undo uncommitted changes (that were written to disk). As a result, database consistency cannot be re-established. In a nutshell, transaction logs must go to disk before corresponding data changes do so. In DBMS world this mechanism is known as 'Write Ahead Logging' (WAL).
Externalization of log records from memory to disk is initialized when a transaction commits, and/or log buffer gets full, and/or bufferpool gets full. Writing bufferpool data to database disk on the other hand can run asynchronously based upon whether conditions like bufferpool full and/or deactivation of database etc. are met.
Hope this explains the perspective of DBMS treating transaction logs as golden data and why you cannot afford loosing them if data recovery is one of your priorities. I will talk more about this area of database technology in my upcoming posts. Until then, please stay tuned.
Although I work for IBM, the views expressed are my own and not necessarily those of IBM and its affiliates.


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Interesting to see that the UK Government's House of Lords Select Committee on Communications has launched an inquiry into the UK's broadband strategy, as spotted by ISP Review and ThinkBroadband.
Submissions are sought by 13th March 2012. The call for evidence document notes how demand for broadband has risen in recent years and is set to increase further. It questions whether the Government's strategy is sufficiently ambitious, given that "consumer demand for bandwidth is growing by around 60% a year" which may require "speeds of 1Gb/s...by 2020". It also notes that "current investment looks unlikely to be sufficient to deliver this". The document asks some interesting questions:
- What speed of broadband do we need and what drives demand for superfast broadband?
- In some ways this is the wrong question. It's more important to ask what services do we need to deliver via superfast broadband both now and in the future, as these will define what speeds are required. I think the demand question has already been answered (I've had a go a couple of times): concurrency is the key driver for demand, as more and more devices require access to homes' broadband connections, something exemplified in recent research commissioned by BSkyB.
- ...are there other targets the Government should set; are there other indicators which should be used to monitor the health of the digital economy?
- Things like increasing takeup of online services spring to mind here (making sure that people aren't left behind at the same time), together with data demonstrating increased satisfaction as a result, as well as the savings and benefits accruing from the more efficient and effective delivery of public services.
- How will superfast broadband change e-commerce and the provision of Government services?
- Lots of opportunities here, countries like Australia and Singapore seem to have a strong grasp of these possibilities already.
This recent DCMS press release makes for interesting reading in the context of this new inquiry. It follows on from December's announcement (covered in this previous post) requiring local authorities to submit their draft local broadband plans by the end of this month (February 2012). The new press release provides an update on local authorities' progress, reporting that "a third of the 47 projects are now ready to begin taking superfast broadband to homes and businesses in their area". However, "There are 32 projects that have not had their Local Broadband Plans approved yet. Of these, a total of 16 have been rated as 'high confidence' the timetable will be met with 13 rated as 'medium confidence'. But three groups of local authorities are making insufficient progress."
So, a rather mixed picture. Not an ideal report card perhaps in the run up to a House of Lords Select Committee's inquiry into the effectiveness of the UK's broadband strategy ?


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Week One - Easing in to the cleanse with simple, easy, nutritious, and delicious raw detox recipes and herbal teas! (ease in with no detox symptoms, withdrawals or cravings)...
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The 21 Day Raw Cleanse will help you launch in to the raw vegan lifestyle with confidence! You will enjoy your body transformation and your new way of relating to your body, your health and your mind!
In the first week you will experience a lightening of both your physical body and your emotional being. You will definitely feel more energetic. With comforting herbal sun-teas you will not experience any uncomfortable detox symptoms, caffeine withdrawal headaches, or flue-like tiredness and aches! You can eat fruits between meals any time during the cleanse if you are hungry.
In the second week you will notice weight coming off, inches coming off, your face shape changing, your body weight redistributing, more muscle tone, your skin glowing, your eyes more clear and bright, increased desire to drink more water, and incredible inner peace and mental clarity. Creative thoughts, a sense of direction and purpose, and insights into all kinds of things (life, who you are, what you want, nature's beauty, all you have to be grateful for) are not uncommon in this phase.
In the third week you will experience even more dramatic weight loss, rejuvenation, and beauty! You may experience bliss and ecstasy at just being alive. You will feel empowered and ready to live your life on a completely new level!
The Menu Plans include recommended substitutions, additions, and variations for the sugar-sensitive person, the person who is focused on healing, people kicking coffee, those who need to gain weight or need additional calories, pregnant and nursing Mothers, people who wish to focus on rapid weight loss during this program, and for those in areas where all the ingredients may not be available.
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2. click the link at the end of the sign-up process to download your materials, including the menu plans, right away! The materials include...
- our Garden Diet eBooks for you to enjoy while you are waiting for the 21 Day Cleanse to begin or to read after the program for ongoing education in your new raw vegan lifestyle.
- the optional prep week guide (to help you start preparing yourself for the program), the journaling guide, and the workout guide which you can also start reading in advance!
- the menu plans / recipes and shopping lists for each week (2 shopping lists per week)
- the mini-eBooks to inspire you during the cleanse (including "A Journey To Happiness", "Practical Tips For Positive Thinking", "Raw Forgiveness", "Orthorexia Defined", "The Importance of Byron Katie", "Natural and Spiritual Beauty", "The Healing Power of Breath", "Cycles of Health and Love", "Raw Science", "Yoga For Beauty" with our compilation mini-eBook with articles on "Weight As Protection", "Raw Kitchen Space". "How to Drink More Water", "Kicking Coffee", "Common Cold and Cooked Cravings", "How to Cheat Wisely", "Raw Muscle For Weight Loss", "Healthy Eyes - Eye Exercises", "Salt, It's About Balance", "Cleansing As A Way of Life", and "The Secret Raw Matrix")
3. When you receive your forum invite the night before the next start date, log in to our Support Community Forum.
4. Shop for the ingredients outlined in the first 21 Day Cleanse Shopping List on the Saturday and Sunday before the next start date.
5. Spend about 20 minutes a day on the materials for the day each of the 21 days to keep you motivated and inspired! (These arrive in your inbox each morning)
6. Participate in the 21 Day Cleanse Support Community Online!
7. Prepare the recipes, do the exercises, enjoy the delicious meals, and experience transformation!
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What You Get (The Modules)
- daily email support and instructions
Daily Support email with the day's Workout Schedule, Motivational Reading, Raw Education, Happiness Exercise and Journal Exercise.
- online community support
Get support from others on the program
Share photos, videos, journals
Blog, set goals and keep a log of your progress
Online chat console
Forum for Questions and Answers
- exercise schedule
Daily walking schedule plus exercise routines requiring no equipment presented on streaming video and video downloads.
- shopping lists
Twice-weekly list of ingredients to buy to make all the recipes for the next few days.
- menu plans
3 complete menu plans with recipes for three meals a day for 21 days!
- recipes
Raw meals, green juices, green smoothies, salads, wraps, nut milks, guilt-free deserts, cleansing drinks, herbal teas, and more! All natural! All 100% raw vegan! Made with totally fresh food available at any health food market! Some recipes: falafels, tabouli, tacos, celery chowder, sushi, gazpacho, quiche salad, lemon cream pie, almond avocado mousse, ice cream....
- video demonstrations
Recipes, workouts, how to open young coconuts and other mysteries of raw foods, using your raw equipment, basic concepts of raw cuisine, and more...
- mini eBooks
Menu Plan and Recipes for Each Week
Shopping Lists for Each Week
Exercise Schedule for Each Week
Keeping a Journal of your Cleanse
Importance of Happines
How to Cultivate Hapiness
Practical Tips for Positive Thinking
Shifting Core Emotions
Beauty Treatments using Raw Foods!
The Science of Raw Foods
Eating Raw After The Raw Cleanse
Fine-Tuning the Raw Diet for Your Lifestyle and Personality
Forgiveness and Weight Loss
.....And More
- program pal
We pair you up with someone on the program to keep each-other inspired - and accountable! (optional)
- share before and afters
Share your Before, During, and After pictures in the Photo section in the Online Community! (optional)
- journaling
Keep a journal of your 21 day cleanse either in a book, online, or as a blog in our forum! (optional)
- support
Get support from Jinjee and other participants!
What people have said about our programs….
"The best thing I have noticed about this program is that if I am hungry, I do not have to eat, water is what I need first.
When I do eat, I do not eat even a fourth of what I usually eat and I am full.
I am not getting headaches..Amen...
My body is not in pain when I awake in the morning.
My clothes I just bought for mother's day are way too big (I have to take them back).
I am sleeping better, I do not need a fan blowing at me and I breathe easier while sleeping.
I think more clearer than I have in months.
Got a bike on Saturday - I enjoy riding it and have found a bike path down the street from my home, been tearing it up...hitting the meddle peddle...Fun, fun, fun...I road around the path 4 times (four miles).
I have discovered myself...I know that I am a wonderful, loving, giving person and warm person.
And the biggest thing that I discovered is that I CAN DO IT...I can continue to be raw thru all the potato chips, Pepsi, cake, cookies, coffee, chicken, hamburgers, fried rice, sausages, pancakes, milk and white chocolate, fried sea food and enjoy the food that I am eating that is simple, easy, is filling and most of all it taste great...
I have lost twenty pounds and I am loving it and myself"
- Oya
Soorya's story: June 21.11 I was at my heaviest here (above left) at 167 pounds. UGGH! I'm 5'4" and just turned 63. This photo caught me by surprise. And though vegetarian in my food habits, nothing I did allowed me to lose weight for any significant length of time. I tried all kinds of different diets and strategies. I also had a tendency to injure myself if I worked out at all at the gym.
Here I am (above middle) Sept 2.11 I've purposely kept the same clothes on for the photos to see how I'm doing. I had lost 20 pounds eating wonderful raw vegan foods. I was down to 167 and subsequently as low as 130. I felt terrific. I was hooked on raw…My pants were baggy! And I loved it.
At the same time I started on raw foods, July 3.11, I also started going to the gym mostly working on cardio and stretch. The winter months ahead in 2012 were somewhat challenging since I was resorting to juices and salads and shakes. But I found I was eating the same raw foods, not enough variety. I started to eat a lot more vegan cooked beans, quinoa, and veggies. I went up to 167.
Jan 29. 2013 (above right) I liked these pants and had them taken in. I've been a month on the Garden Diet and since Jan.2013. I'm down to 133. More muscled too. Since June 2012 I've been training with weights with a trainer. And I haven't been injured. I've come off vegan cooked foods and am back onto raw with renewed enthusiasm because I have some great menus with the support of The Garden Diet Program. I'm eating lots more fruit and the menus are incredibly simple. And delicious. Lots more variety in my meals.
"I was thrilled with the 21 day cleanse. I was ready for change and that paired with the cleanse buddy, the excellent recipes, this blog site, the workouts, and the happiness reminders was a total package for me. What I learned and what I got out of this cleanse:
• I lost 15 pounds and my clothes fit great
• I gained confidence in eating cleaner when others around me are not
• I learned that I feel better when I eat live foods
• I learned to be in self control
• I lost my sugar cravings
• I liked being reminded that exercise and happiness are a cycle (thanks Jinjee)
• I liked the workouts (although I couldn't do them due to training I plan to start them tomorrow)
• I liked being able to ask questions to others and having a cleanse buddy (shout out to A in Israel!)
• I liked being part of a group that was trying to create change
• I learned that I could compete in athletic events being raw and be stronger than with a cooked diet
• I learned how to create simple, yummy meals to satisfy my cravings
• I felt sexier
• I felt like I was doing the right thing for my body when my neighbors are all doing those shots of HCG to lose weight. They may lose weight, but they don't look that good, where as I have rosy cheeks and they say I "radiate health."
My husband also did the cleanse and he was even more perfect than me. He lost 20 pounds and has learned that he can reach for a piece of fruit or vegetable and be delighted by the taste. He learned that ice-cream makes him hike slower and that he feels better when eating lighter. He is planning on making some life style changes although he won't be 100% raw, he is excited about what this program did for him and made him realize and he is supportive of what I what to do in the future.
Thank you to all of you on this site, to "A" my cleanse buddy- I couldn't have done it without you, I have learned so much from you. Thank you to Jinjee for all the time you spent on putting this together. I look up to you and your family so much. I am going to continue down this path in joy".
"I am so thankful to your 21-day program. Mike (former pasta/pizza/ice cream-addicted husband) learned to love our kitchen appliances (blender/juicer/food processor). We've been having lots of fun in the kitchen. Yes, Jinjee….YOU have found your calling! Keep up the great work! One of the best things in your program is the exact meal plan with exact recipes and easy shopping lists. Even though we repeated a couple of your Week 1 recipes during Week 2 (when we could not juice)….it was great to have your schedule posted in the kitchen. (I LOVE the coconut/celery chowder! And newbie/rawbie Mike finds avocados very grounding when hungry.) Also, as an added benefit, we have made so many new friends via the local farmers' markets. And we are making a difference (esp. during the oil crisis) by buying local produce. These changes will be permanent….we have vowed to buy local food (w/in a 100-mile or less radius).
"Feel such a balance today yippppppppie. thxs for the opportunity to do this cleanse".
"I am drawn/attracted to you and your family on a spiritual level. Your ebooks inspire me completely. I firmly believe in the laws of the universe as well as the law of attraction. I have asked the Universe/God to make available to me the knowledge of how I should treat my mind and body for health and longevity. In response, raw food teachers, websites, flyers, books, etc kept crossing my path. I am a lover of knowledge so I absorbed everything even though I had yet to put it into practice. I was fascinated. Interestingly, your website was the first raw food knowledge I obtained.
Unfortunately, the world of raw food has become as confusing and littered with "excess paraphenalia" as the S.A.D. world. I recently went to a raw food longevity conference and I was dismayed to see so may bottles, tubes, creams, concoctions, supplements, technologies....as the way to a long healthy life.
I love your teachings mainly because you stay true to the laws of the universe and you stand firm in your beliefs despite what the "mainstream" raw foodists are doing. You attract me because you are all about what I call "loving simplicity": Give and it will be given back to you. Give the best foods to your body and it will reward you with health. Work in harmony with the earth and it will reward you with it's abundance. Simple. No pills, no supplements, no technologies needed".
"I want to thank you for introducing me to the raw foods lifestyle!!!! I've been raw for 3 months now & I've NEVER felt so healthy! I've lost 28 lbs and have tons of energy! (I need all the energy I can get! I work at a preschool teaching 2 yr olds! ) Thank you again!!!"
- Kelzy
"I am able to move without pain for the first time in years"
- Jeff
"i am 52 years old. this is the first time in my life that i actually get up earlier to make my breakfast and lunch for the day. i smile as i juice my oj and blend in the blender the oj and banana and come up with wonderful salads for lunch. Everyone at work glances over to see what i've brought in for the day. they all say they wish they could eat the way i do. i feel wonderful. thank you, thank you, thank you".
- myriam
"I lost 8 lbs. the first week!"
- Christine
"I'm loving the recipes. I'm 61 years old and feel wonderful on this diet. It satisfies me longer with less food eaten. I'm losing weight and feeling great! Thanks to you both"
- Tica
"You've inspired me to eat raw and work out every day. I'm loving the results".
- Chuck
Juliana's story: God has truly smiled on me! When I began this journey, I was 230 lbs, depressed, anemic, and basically at the bottom. I really had no other place to turn but to God. And he gave me this program!! I weighed myself this morning - I am 213 pounds! A loss of 17 lbs!
I read stories about how people who did Gastric Bypass celebrated 2 birthdays: Their actual birthday and the day they got the surgery done. I feel like I have to celebrate December 10, 2012 - the day I committed to the Raw Food Lifestyle! I have blemishes in my skin that are fading completely away! One of the most important things that I have achieved just in these 21 days is the beautiful peace and freedom I feel. I have never been at peace when it comes to food. Food is not a crutch anymore. My mind feels clearer. Overall, I am just making choices that are feeding my spirit, and not just my flesh.
I recognize that this is the beginning of my journey. There will be falls and challenges. But this is truly a gift. This is what I cried out to God about when I was in despair about my out-of-control addiction to food. God has TRULY smiled on me! I feel so ridiculously blessed and honored. I begin the 28 Day Raw Food Transition tomorrow! I am excited about new recipes and continual cleansing! God Bless Everyone! See you all on the next cleanse!
Love, Juliana
"I had a tumor the size of a grapefruit in my leg. It is now lemon-size after drinking your vegetable juices for a week! I don't have medical insurance so I'm lucky I heard about your site!"
- Brad
"I'm doing great, I don't crave anything. My husband is also doing it, and we are loving it. I'm drinking a 1 liter of green smoothie as I type this, just before I go to bed".
- Carlisia
"Thank you so much for this plan! I absolutely love the herb salad from Day 1. I never would have thought of using cilantro and parsley as the base but it is so delicious"!
- Jennifer
"I appreciate so much the efforts that you and your family have put into making knowledge, products, and resources available to people at all levels of health and healing".
- Korekara
"Yesterday was tough for me, but I stayed committed to the raw force in my life and today I feel wonderful"!!
- Susan
"Of all the books that I've read on raw food, your information is the easiest and most simple to apply and the tastiest of them all. I really appreciate your realness".
- Julie
"Greetings. I am 75 years old and I have been diabetic for about 4 years and on a pill. I was taking 4 pills each day and after 10 days on the diet I am down to 1 pill each day".
- John
"Will look forward to getting the information and learning how to properly cleanse safely..there are so many out there..i have been looking for one that doesn't involve supplements...can't wait. have a blessed day".
- Saidia
For hundreds of more testimonials and Before and Afters click here!
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Topics covered in our eMaterials:
The following topics will be covered in our daily emails, videos, daily reading materials, and motivational materials in the 21 Day Program….All of these are designed to guide you step-by-step to a healthier, happier way of life!
Positive Thinking
Doing the 21 Day Cleanse in the work-place
How to influence your family with no stress
How to cut out Mindless Eating
Keeping the Seal on your Diet
Raw Rejuvenation
Raw Beauty
Raw Creativity
Raw Healing
Raw Forgiveness
Discipline and Fun
Healthy Breathing
Healthy Sleeping
Healthy Hydration
Opportunities for Growth
Carving out Time for Thinking
Accepting Your Reality
Accepting Perfection
A Whole New Level of Being
Learning from Life
Beauty of Simplicity
Learning to Love
Combatting Compulsive Eating
Life's Pleasures
Increasing Your Ability to Learn
How to Open Your Heart
Accepting our Humanness
Loving our Shadow
Moving Forward
a Community of Pure Love
Learning through Osmosis
Who are these Raw People?
Raw Diet Ahead of its Time?
The Raw Trend
The Raw Emissaries
An Exciting Responsibility
Steps to Happiness
Listening Deeply
Reducing Mind Chatter
Creative Thinking
Inner Wellness
Beautifying Your Inner Landscape
The Inner Terrain of the Mind
How to Make a Habit of Thinking Positive
Daily Exercises to Help you Think More Positively
Pitfalls to Positive Thoughts
Happiness in Your Relationships
Empowering Your Mate
Detox Tips and Other Tips from Successfully Raw Folks
Raw Kitchen Tips
Raw Kitchen - Making Space - Storage Ideas
...And More!
What Does The Garden Diet 21 Day Cleanse Do?
The Garden Diet 21 Day Raw Cleanse removes….
• toxins, heavy metals, food chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals...
• candida, mold, parasites
• environmental toxins
• toxic by-products from cooked foods
• free radicals, cholesterol, carcinogens
The Garden Diet 21 Day Raw Cleanse repairs….
• joint damage
• cellular damage
• tissue damage
• varicose veins, spider veins, burst blood vessels
• scars, cellulite, acne
• leaky gut, IBS, bloating, digestive problems
The Garden Diet 21 Day Raw Cleanse restores….
• energy, vitality, motivation
• emotional balance
• mental clarity
• ideal pH balance
• essential nutrients, vitamins, minerals
• healthy sleep
• healthy immune system
• healthy hair, skin, and nails
• improved eyesight
• a healthy inner terrain
More details below...
Four Things you should have in your Kitchen to do the 21 Day Cleanse:
1. Blender - Any blender will do (around $50 at a home store), but the best investment to make in your raw kitchen is in one of the high-powered blenders, the Vitamix or K-Tek.
2. Vegetable Juicer - any vegetable juicer will work fine (around $100 at a home store), but my favorite is the Breville Elite Juice Fountain for its ease of use and cleaning, and affordable price. (As we only have a few vegetable juices on the cleanse, you can do the program without a vegetable juicer and substitute with any of our green smoothie recipes)
3. Citrus Juicer - available at any home store for around $20; you can buy them online too. (If you prefer, you can blend the citrus juices in your blender).
4. Food Processor - available at any home store for as little as $20 or so for a small one; you can also purchase one online.
That's it! We do not use a dehydrator!
Our Approach...
Many cleanses are designed to starve a body. When people get off these cleanses they often start eating junk again. They never find that center of balance. This cleanse is entirely different. It is a way of eating that is easily carried on into a balanced daily life. For additional help transitioning to a raw diet, consider also signing up for the 28 Day Transition-To-Raw Program which is held back-to-back with the 21 Day Cleanse!
Cleansing ocurrs naturally when you stop eating toxic foods. This allows your body to start eliminating the toxins that have been stored up over time. This is the nature of a cleanse. Our bodies can only handle so much food at one time. When we eat more food than the body can handle it stuffs food anywhere it can and the cleansing systems overload and basically shut down.
We were addicted. We were undernourished. We were trying to get nutrients but we were addicted to non-nutritious food that was designed to addict us through chemical additives. As soon as there was a little room there came another onslaught of toxic waste. Our idea of cleansing is to stop that onslaught and thus allow the body to eliminate naturally.
During The Garden Diet 21 Day Cleanse you'll encounter some meals and days where we eat a "mono-diet", which means one to three foods at a time are consumed. This way of eating is helpful for digestion, healing the digestive organs, and maximizing nutrient absorption.
You'll also encounter some liquid meals and days. This provides concentrated nutrition that is easier to digest and that totally nourishes your body on a cellular level, while allowing your digestive system to rest.
Cleansing can help you....
Reduce symptoms
Prevent disease
Prevent common colds and flu
Eliminate cellular toxins
Rest your organs
Purify your blood stream
Melt off fat
Clear up skin problems
Reduce wrinkles
Banish cellulite
Reverse aging
Improve flexibility
Improve fertility
Our Unique Exercise Program!
In each day's instructions you will receive links to workout videos for The 21 Day Raw Cleanse to go with the diet plan so you can achieve maximum results with the greatest degree of safety.
The 21 Day Cleanse exercise program is easy to adapt to your unique level of fitnes. It takes in to consideration the amount of calories you are taking in during each day of the cleanse and adjusts accordingly.
If you already have a workout routine you can stay with the one you are doing while doing the Cleanse.
Who Would I Like to See Take this Program?
I would like to see you take this program if you are someone who needs inspiration and motivation to stick to a healthy eating plan. If you need fast, simple, and delicious recipes to be able to eat raw happily, if you are tired of spending tons of money on supplements and superfoods, if you could use some help getting inspired to work out, and if you will be so happy with your results you will want to share them with the world!
If you are someone like Devon, Ana, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jacob, Laura, or Lisbeth in the Before and After photos on this site, people like me who couldn't be reached by the extremists in the raw movement but needed a common-sense, every-day approach to healthy eating that works for the long-term, that is flexible, that one can eat when pregnant or nursing, that is good for kids, that is good for athletes, and that allows one to experience good health as one gets older.
If you are seeking experienced guides to help you navigate the new territory of raw vegan nutrition then I want you to take this program.
If you are struggling with food addictions, compulsive eating, overeating, or eating disorders, I want you to take this program and be free, experience well-being, and find out how easy it is to love the healthiest foods on earth!
When you sign up for our 21 Day Raw Cleanse, you will be directed to download a zip file, called 21days.zip with all the materials (in adobe acrobat PDF format) you need to get started on the Program.
If you order the 2-Program Special your download will be called Programs.zip and will contain two folders: 21days and 28days, with all of the materials.
The evening before the Program starts, you will receive an email invitation to log in to The 21 Day Cleanse Raw Community, where you will be able to interact with the approximately 60 - 120 other new people who generally sign up at the beginning of a program, plus some of the now over 3000 lifetime members who have signed up since this cleanse first launched four years ago.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!
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Value of Individual Modules:
Workouts - $97
Motivational, Educational, and Inspirational Materials - $140
Lifetime Membership to Online Community - $90/yr.
Menu Plan, Recipes, Shopping Lists - $137
Total Value - Over $500.00
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- Only $97
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How To Get Our Programs Free of Charge!
1.) Order the 21 Day Cleanse or the 2-Program Special on this site above.
2.) Do one or both of the Programs just once or up to as many times as you like.
3.) Take good quality Before and After Pictures showing a visible amount of weight loss comparable to the photos on this site. (no underwear shots please as we'll be sharing these on Facebook, etc...)
4.) Write a Testimonial about how you did it, how you were able to stick with the menu and workouts, and what changes you experienced in your weight, health and well-being.
5.) Post your Before & After Pictures and Testimonial on a public blog site. You can start one for free quite easily at http://hubpages.com or wordpress.com for instance. (Or use Tumblr, Blogger, Posterous, or blog on your own domain or existing blogsite...)
Email the Before & After Pictures and Testimonial to us along with your permission allowing us to use them on our sites and social networks. Also let us know the location of your blog site.
Follow these steps and we'll send you back your entire payment in full!!!
I believe if you take us up on this offer that you will motivate yourself to succeed! We hope this will give you the incentive to stick with the program and thereby achieve your health goals! We are so excited about the positive changes you will experience on our programs, the quality of life and incredible levels of health and well-being you will enjoy, that we would be absolutely delighted to refund your money as a celebration of your success!
See testimonials and Before and Afters to find out what thousands of our graduates are experiencing!
Can I start the program any time?
- Yes, you can follow the menu plan as soon as you order, but to do the program with the group and daily support you would join in on the start date of the next session, and/or any future sessions, held every 7 weeks.
For questions or if you have any trouble with your order please email Jinjee!
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California's budget crisis could cost thousands of teachers their jobs.
State school districts had issued 21,905 pink slips to teachers and other school employees by Monday, the legal deadline for districts to send preliminary layoff notices.
The state's public schools employ nearly 307,000 K-12 teachers, according to the state Department of Education. About 7 percent of those teachers have received pink slips.
Not all the teachers who get a pink slip will actually lose their job. The final tally depends on the final state budget.
Last year, 60 percent of the 26,000 teachers who received the notice lost their jobs. That means the other 40 percent who got a pink slip ended up keeping their jobs.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell expected this year's actual job losses to be high, given the state's persistent budget problems and the smaller pool of education stimulus money available from the federal government.
"These layoffs would be devastating to our schools, would harm our communities and would harm our education delivery system," he said.
California schools rank at or near the bottom nationally in academic performance, student-teacher ratios in middle and high school, access to guidance counselors and the percentage of seniors who go directly to four-year colleges, according to a 2009 report by the Institute for Democracy, Education and Access at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The layoff figures do not include classified school employees such as bus drivers, maintenance workers and cafeteria staff. School districts have 45 days to issue pink slips to those workers, and as many as 10,000 could be facing unemployment, O'Connell said.
Education advocates say Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state Legislature have made the job situation worse through their attempts to plug the state's $20 billion budget deficit.
They say Proposition 98, a constitutional amendment passed by voters in 1988, requires the state to increase education funding each year based on the previous year's budget.
By keeping this year's education funding at last year's level of $48 billion, as Schwarzenegger has proposed, the state is shortchanging schools by an estimated $2.4 billion, according to groups representing teachers and school administrators.
Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear said claims that education funding will be reduced are false.
"The governor has proposed protecting education while making devastating cuts in other areas to deal with our current deficit," McLear said. "We are funding education at exactly the same level as last year."
California's schools benefited greatly from federal stimulus funding in 2009, with more than $4.8 billion in grants.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education rejected California's application for the first round of its "Race to the Top" competition, which will distribute $4.3 billion to states for education reform.
Less government support for education will translate into more layoffs, O'Connell predicted.
"Last year's stimulus money saved thousands of jobs," he said. "I expect the number of pink slips enacted this year to be higher."


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Low Elo Podcast EP. 98 - Get Phreaky With It
Episode 98 of Low Elo is here (finally!) and we're happy to welcome David "Phreak" Turley back to the show in what is becoming a tradition for the first episode of the new year.
In the midst of heavy holiday travel, Phreak, Dave and Christian pass the time while remembering times now past and a look to the future.
Send your around the world updates, questions and other email to email@example.com.
You can follow the hosts at @EatGamer @LowEloDave @ctf1990 and @RiotPhreak.
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Of fools, $18 billion oil subsidies and the nation's energy future
On Tuesday, Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, held a well-publicized hearing with five of the nation's top oil executives. The theme: Explain why the nation's taxpayers should extend $18 billion in tax subsidies to an industry whose top five companies posted profits of $123 billion last year.The obvious answer: Cut the subsidies and make it effective as soon as possible. Then, extend those subsidies to the alternative fuel industry and increase the nation's conservation efforts.That is the very least Congress should do to right the wrongs promoted and passed by a Republican Congress and President Bush since he came to office. The Republican Congress and Bush not only have been in bed with the oil companies since 2000, the excesses border on the obscene. Hence, Exxon-Mobil's vice-chairman was testifying before the committee why it seemed reasonable that its former executive was given a $350 million salary and retirement package — an amount, as the senator from Missouri noted, that translates to $958,904 per day. When the average American is struggling to afford a tank of gasoline and oil companies are pulling in record profits, just how — the Democratic congressman asked — should he explain to his constituents why they are being taxed to pay for $18 billion in oil industry subsidies?J. Stephen Simon, senior vice president for Exxon, did his best to explain the excess, but it was abundantly clear that greed has tarnished the oil industry as much as the hydro-carbons the industry produces.Just what did the hearings accomplish? Well, even though it's a drop in the bucket for the oil industry, shifting the $18 billion in tax credits to the alternative fuels industry is a significant step that has been blocked by Republicans and President Bush for the past two years. Passage this year is important. Why? Not because it would generate more energy for Americans to use in the immediate or near future (because it won't), but because it would encourage the alternative fuels industry to set up shop in America and create jobs here instead of abroad. And that's important to this country's future.As it stands, the struggling renewable energy industry in the U.S. faces the elimination of its comparatively small production and investment tax credits at the end of 2008. According to renewable energy lobbyist Scott Sklar of the Stella Group, the industry is seeing jobs moving to Europe and out of the U.S. because of a lack of certainly that the president and Congress will agree on continuing or increasing subsidies for renewal energy investments. Such subsidies are vital to emerging industries because of the amount of research and development that must be done before the industries become profitable. It doesn't take a genius to know that if the U.S. doesn't extend significant long-term subsidies for the renewal energy industry (enough to match other developed countries), it's a sure bet those jobs will be created elsewhere and Americans will be importing energy from foreign lands for a long time to come. That's not only foolhardy, but supporting the oil industry with cash subsidies makes no sense. A few of the industry executives testified Tuesday that they don't need the subsidies; what they want is more access to oil located within the nation's jurisdiction — onshore or offshore.But Congress would be making a mistake to include greater access in any legislation that could be drafted this session. Rather, as Chevron executive Peter Robertson noted, what Congress could do is conduct a geological survey of America's offshore oil reserves and open those reserves to discussion as to which leases would be too environmentally sensitive to drill and which reserves might be allowable. Congress also should review its environmental standards that limit fuel production in terms of changed technology. The executives noted that many reserves were currently off-limits based on production technology that is more than 30 years old. That's an excellent idea that might make Americans less dependent on foreign oil as well as update our environmental concerns to standards based on modern science and manufacturing capability.What was obvious from the testimony is that there is no silver bullet to solve the soaring cost of gasoline or oil. Demand from the rest of the world will continue to pressure fuel prices higher and higher. Supplies will try to keep up, but the irrefutable fact is that at some point in the future, the world's oil reserves will give out at the current rate of consumption. That single fact — in addition to the growing concerns of global warming — mandate a change in how Americans get their energy and how we curtail our consumption of energy. If we continue to squander our financial resources on tax giveaways to big oil, we're fools. Getting oil-loving Republicans in Congress and President Bush to recognize that and go along with needed tax changes and changes in how we consume energy is the Democrats' immediate challenge. To that end, Tuesday's testimony — timed with record high gasoline prices — helped focused public attention on the issue and will make it harder for Republicans to defy reason much longer. Put simply, the nation's energy future is at risk and Republicans can't afford to put that in jeopardy as well.Angelo S. Lynn


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A big price tag for 1,612-square-foot building had Sarasota County commissioners slamming the project as "over the top."
At 1,612 square feet of enclosed space, the new public bathroom proposed for South Lido Beach park is the size of an average Sarasota County home.
But the project's nearly $1.3 million cost for design and construction is eight times the county's median home value. That big price tag for such a small building had Sarasota County commissioners slamming the project Tuesday as "over the top."
Now the restroom rebuild is on hold and commissioners are reconsidering their design standards for public buildings.
Outrage over fancy public bathrooms is not new in Sarasota County. Similar concerns were raised over the Siesta Key Beach Pavilion and North Jetty Beach Park projects.
The county has a tradition of unique public beach facilities. The Nokomis Beach Pavilion — a classic "Sarasota School of Architecture" structure designed by renowned architect Jack West — recently was restored to its original condition.
But Commissioner Nora Patterson said good architecture does not necessarily have to cost a lot.
"We just don't have a gold-plated budget," Patterson said.
The South Lido restrooms were designed by Sweet Sparkman Architects, a highly regarded Sarasota architecture firm.
Similar facilities designed by the same firm already have been built at Manasota Beach in Englewood and Caspersen Beach in Venice.
The restrooms have a striking modern design with lofted ceilings and an outdoor area enclosed by metal bars set at different angles.
Commissioner Joe Barbetta praised the architects and said he likes their design — just not the cost.
"No criticism of the architectural community here," Barbetta said. "I like their free flowing design and want them to be creative, but I think we also have to look at functionality and making it justifiable to the taxpayer."
No individual aspects of the project jumped out at Barbetta as extravagant. There are no $3,500 trash cans, one of the Siesta Beach items that drew concern.
Barbetta noted the project must meet federal flood zone standards, disability requirements and hurricane wind ratings, so he does not expect it to cost what a typical 1,600-square-foot building would farther inland.
But "it's still way too expensive," he said.
County employees managing the project noted the restroom actually has 3,200 square feet of total space under the roof. Half of that is an outdoor area that includes a wheelchair ramp.
Other features include a cistern for collecting rainwater to use in the toilets, parking spaces, a multi-purpose room and landscaping.
County parks director Carolyn Brown said the building was designed "to last a long time" with minimal maintenance. That will save the county money over time, she said.
Barbetta and Patterson were still prepared to vote the project down. Other commissioners wanted to explore the costs in more detail before deciding, so the issue was postponed for two weeks.
Commissioner Christine Robinson suggested the board hold a workshop on design standards for public buildings, noting "we've had a couple" for which design costs have been an issue.
Barbetta said he still wants county buildings to have unique architectural features.
"In this case it just seemed a little steep," he said.


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City crews completed the installation of a giant xylophone in Forsyth Park on Friday morning on the west side of the band shell, near the central walkway.
The instrument is a permanent addition to the park, handicap accessible and a tool that can promote music education to park visitors.
SLIDESHOW: Giant xylophone installed in Forsyth Park
Artist Gregg Payne out of Chico, Calif., constructed the oversized chimes and Savannah city and grounds crews built the hefty ipe hardwood frame. Funding for the xylophone was provided through a grant from the Bloomberg Foundation.
Margaret Williams with the city of Savannah, who helped get the project off the ground, said "it would be a great volunteer partnership if we could get Savannah Arts Academy or SCAD students or anybody who wanted to volunteer their musical talent to teach the little ones music notes and at the same time get them moving."
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Caviar over hard-boiled eggs, made during culinary school during our hors d'oeuvres module, was probably the only Russian food I had eaten until last night. Shameful, I know. I guess it's a good thing that I live in Beijing. Other than going to Russia or the northern Chinese city of Harbin, it is probably one of the best places to try Russian food for the first time. The high concentration of Russians in the city, the geographical proximity, the some very close, um, historical alliances between the two countries, most likely means authenticity won't be compromised.
If there's any doubt that China and Russia are still close buds, check out the Russian Embassy. The high golden gates, fortress walls, and palatial mansion that (at night) looks like something out of Monte Carlo are eons above the embassies that other countries get. For dinner last night J and I went to Trakktir Pushkin, just down the street from that opulent complex. Apparently this is where embassy folks go to dine, so I felt like we were in good hands. And I have a soft spot for restaurants named after writers.
First, the drinks. The alcohol menu listed a wide variety of vodkas and Russian beers, including, of course, Baltika. They also had three draft beers: one light wheat, one dark, and one green. We passed on the green (the menu said something about radiation, maybe tongue-in-cheek, maybe not) and ordered the dark. It was a lot like Guinness, black in color, slightly bitter, not very strong.
We also had to try the infused vodkas, and picked one flavored with mint and another with red currant. The red currant vodka came out in a mini martini glass, as if it was meant to be sipped as an apéritif. Of course, it was too strong to be an apéritif, but delicious just as well.
Then came the appetizers. While eating the red and black caviar over eggs, J reminisced about his trip to Harbin, where in every convenience store there was someone hawking 60 rmb tins of Russian caviar.
"If I knew how to bargain better I would have picked up a tin," he said. "But who knows what kind of quality I would have gotten." I told him about my cousin's wife who studied medicine in Moscow, who would get tins for 5 USD and eat it every morning for breakfast.
After the caviar, and a small dish of mushrooms baked with (Gruyère?) cheese, came the borscht. Served in a porcelein tureen, it had shaved beets and onions in a thin magenta broth (beef stock, it seems) with a sliver of sour cream on top. It tasted vaguely like French onion soup, and I instantly became addicted. Note this was the first time I had ever had borscht. Now I could finally understand all these odes to borscht I've read lately, by writers like M.F.K. Fisher and my fellow food bloggers.
J's baked salmon arrived, then my roasted duck with baked apples and bilberry sauce. Bilberry sauce, something else that was new to me, tasted like the delicious lingonberry sauce I once had on a reindeer kebab in Sweden. (Something similar and easier to find may be lingonberry jam, sold at IKEA'S food shop and European import stores.) The duck was overdone and thus a bit dry, but the baked apples, with a hint of cinnamon, were delicious.
J claimed to be stuffed after his baked salmon, but he always has a separate stomache for dessert. "The baked apple cake," he told the waiter, then pointed to the vanilla ice cream, making some motion with his hands and fumbling for the words in Chinese.
"Put the ice cream on top of the cake," the waiter guessed. "Of course, right away."
"I wonder how many requests he gets for à la mode," I wondered.
"Probably from every American who comes in here," J responded.
The ice cream, imported from Russia, had a dense custard-y taste so unlike Chinese ice creams or American big brands we get here. A refreshing change, and a nice way to end my first full-on Russian meal.
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Don't let back to school shopping stress you out. Some of the best deals of the year are available right now so you can save money on the things you need. Think of it as a treasure hunt! Whether you're shopping for a backpack, pair of jeans or peanut butter, make it your mission to find the best deal. Here are five unexpected savings that will make your back to school shopping experience productive and affordable.
1. Price Match
Compare the sale ads from all of the stores and bring them with you when you shop. Many stores offer price matching so you can get the best prices without having to drive from store to store. Staples, for example, introduced their Back to School 110% price match guarantee. They will match a lower price and discount it by 10% of the difference. Walmart offers the Walmart Savings Catcher. When you enter your receipt number, Walmart scans ads in your area to check prices. If they find the item for a lower advertised price elsewhere, you get a Walmart eGift card for the difference.
2. Trade In
Take advantage of trade-in programs for electronics. Stores like Best Buy, Apple and Target allow you to send in old electronics (that still have value) in exchange for a store gift card. You can use this credit toward back to school purchases and it doesn't even necessarily have to be for replacement electronics. Trade-in used electronics and DVDs through a store like Target and you can use it on general school supplies like binders and pens. Or, check out Office Depot's Tech Trade-Up.
3. Stock Up
Certain grocery items see some of their best prices of the year in August/September. Here are five items you probably want to add to your grocery list right now that also make for great school lunches and after-school snacks:
- peanut butter
- granola bars
- canned tuna
- fruit snacks
- cereal
Always check expiration dates, but typically these items come with a long shelf life (if unopened and stored properly) so it makes sense to stock up. While you're at the grocery store, be sure to check for sales on school supplies. Sometimes when you use your store loyalty card, you can find even better deals than at the office supply store.
4. Give Back
Make your purchase do double duty when you buy supplies that give back to your child's school. For example, Office Depot has a 5% Back to Schools program, which gives 5% to your school on qualifying purchases when you present your school's Back to Schools ID number (just ask for it at your local Office Depot store).
Get even more back to school savings with Amazon Smile too. It lets you designate a school or charity to donate 0.5% of your purchase price to (when you purchase through smile.amazon.com). Now your child has the supplies they need and their school has a little extra funding.
5. Think Ahead
One of the best ways to make sure you don't land in debt in January is to spread out your holiday shopping. What better way to do that than to take advantage of back to school sales now? Clearance priced back to school supplies and loss leaders make great stocking stuffers. Many stores will have bins near the front of the store with very low cost items like colorful erasers, flavored lip balms, and other stocking-sized goodies. You can even take advantage of back to school clothing sales for the holidays by shopping at stores with long return periods like Macy's and Nordstrom.
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As one of the tiny sliver of highly attentive voters who are still undecided, here's where I stand: If Mitt Romney and Barack Obama don't begin showing me something positive in this week's debate, I'm writing in Alan Simpson.
If I could, I'd start a national movement for writing in the former Wyoming Senator and co-chairman of the 2010 national debt commission so that millions of voters could send a message to the next president: Start solving problems!
This has been a miserable campaign for getting answers from the candidates on the most pressing issues. The strategies of the campaigns dictate that attack is preferable to elucidation or inspiration.
So I'm voting for Simpson unless I start hearing some definitive answers on these domestic issues, the focus of the first debate Wednesday night.
1. The Fiscal Cliff: I have not heard either candidate address the catastrophe that befalls the country at the end of this year unless a deal is reached.
A combination of expirations - of the Bush tax cuts, the alternative minimum tax fix and Obama's payroll tax cuts and unemployment extensions - plus an automatic sequestration of defense spending by 10 percent, domestic spending by 8 percent and Medicare by 2 percent is estimated to clobber the economy by up to
5 percent of gross domestic product.
Jim Lehrer's first question to Obama should be: What are you doing to avoid this debacle on your watch? And, to Romney, what advice do you have for Republicans in Congress so you don't inherit it?
Then, to both, what do you say to those - Grover Norquist of anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform and AARP - who have blocked bipartisan solutions proposed in Congress? Simpson has not hesitated to take on both.
2. The Debt and Jobs: The Simpson-Bowles commission set out a formula for saving us from a debt catastrophe - the public debt rising from 70 percent of the GDP at present ($10.6 trillion) - the highest since just after World War II - to
90 percent in 10 years and 200 percent by 2037. Greece's is at 165 percent, but Spain (also in trouble) is like us, at 70 percent.
Simpson-Bowles proposed $4 trillion in debt reduction over 10 years on a 4-1 ratio of spending cuts to revenue increases. Obama appointed the commission, then ignored it. He now claims he's for $4 trillion in cuts, too - on a 2.5-1 ratio - but watchdogs such as the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget say he's double-counting defense savings. And he refuses to restructure Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, the big debt drivers.
Moreover, Obama's deficits over four fiscal years - not including the deep recession year 2009 - will total increases of 31.7 percent of the GDP, compared with 26 percent in eight years of spendthrift George W. Bush (including 2009).
Romney, in one GOP debate, said he wouldn't accept a deal involving even $10 in spending cuts to $1 in new revenues.
Getting the debt under control is not just a numbers issue - it's a jobs issue. Concerted action on the debt and taxes - with tax reform that eliminated loopholes and lowered rates - would stimulate investment and job creation. I know where Simpson stands, but not the other two.
3. Investment and Jobs: Obama talks a lot about public investment but I rarely hear him talk about encouraging broad private investment, which best produces lasting growth. Moreover, he never says anything about reforming public investment - for example, by doing away with the Davis-Bacon Act that requires paying union wages on public projects. Romney never talks about public investment - for instance, the estimated 10-year need for $2 trillion for roads, bridges, water projects, etc. And Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's budget calls for slashing domestic spending and entitlements from 13 percent of the GDP now to 6.6 percent in 10 years.
4. Inequality: A 2011 Congressional Budget Office study showed that from 1979 to 2007, the income of the top 1 percent of earners increased 275 percent to just 40 percent for the middle fifth. More disturbing, the median income of U.S. households was lower in 2011 than in 1996. Taxing the rich, as Obama wants to do, won't change this long-term trend, which is producing a country where the wealthy and well-educated have an enormous advantage over everybody else. What's to be done?
5. Education: It's a big part of the answer, yet after 30 years of talk about education reform, U.S. kids rank 25th in math, 14th in reading and 17th in science among advanced countries. Only a third of high school graduates are proficient in those subjects and nearly 50 percent aren't ready for college work. In 20 years, our population will be half "of color," but half of kids "of color" don't finish high school. Obama and Romney favor school reform, but where is it on their priority list? And will they smite the teachers unions, which protect inept adults at the expense of kids?
6. Immigration: Is Romney still for "self-deportation"? Will Obama work for comprehensive immigration reform - but, if he can't get it, accept giving green cards to foreign Ph.D.s?
7. Health Care: What will Romney replace Obamacare with? How will Obama pay for the higher-than-estimated costs that always accompany new entitlements?
8. The Next Generation: Social Security and Medicare, programs for seniors (who vote) make up 50 percent of federal spending. Programs for kids (who don't vote), only 8 percent. What will the candidates do to adjust the balance?
I honestly don't know what Alan Simpson's answers to every question would be, but if I don't get some good ones from Obama and Romney, I'll take a chance.