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While it has not been officially announced at this point, there is reason to believe that Tinashe is preparing a brand new project. We'll wait for her confirmation before jumping the gun but after releasing two singles in a few weeks, it looks like this might be a trend for the recording artist. Tinashe has been experiencing quite the rollercoaster ride in terms of her relationships as of late. After splitting up with Ben Simmons, rumors were flying about her potential involvement with other NBA stars, enough so for her to entirely call off any future dates with ballers. In fact, she's a successful woman and as she celebrates her independence, she's spoiling herself on the new single "Throw A Fit."
If she doesn't get what she wants, that's exactly what she's going to do: throw a fit. Notably less emotional than her previous work, Nashe is all about herself on her latest single, produced by Hitmaka. According to the songstress, today is "bag day" so what is she gonna do? She's buying a bag and she doesn't care what the price tag says. She wants it, she buys it. Not depending on anybody else's money to cop what she wants, Tinashe is singing all about her love of the finer things in the new track.
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While I love Sigma and their relentless pursuit of image fidelity and quality they slightly have shot themselves in the foot with their choice of mount on their new cameras. The cameras themselves are excellently built, rugged and capable studio and location shoot tools. Sigma capture pro is coming along nicely and allows for tethered .x3f and .dng shooting though I wish Sigma would allow for scaling the program for users with 4k screens. This brings me back to mount choice,the SA mount is very similar to Pentax K and has only a bayonet difference and it has the same registry distance as canon ef (44mm) . The problem lies in that only Sigma makes glass and while they have a rather fleshed out lineup I find myself wanting more specialized glass ie ultra fast apertures, trioplan style, more artist focused lenses. If they were to copy the Sony-FE mount or make something with a short flange distance the ability to adapt glass from various other mounts would make the system a whole hell of alot more viable to the average photographer. But there is one mount that is adaptable quiet easily M42. From m42 you adapt a few different style of lens like Pentacon and 6x6 lens. For the purpose of this review I used a Carl Zeiss Jena 180mm f2.8 lens paired with a unknown pentacon to m42 adaptor, then with a Kipon M42 to SA adaptor. The lens is obviously manual focus and with the focus peaking available by default with the Sdqh it is not terrible to use. I do recommend good lighting or the use of flash because the liveview of the sdqh becomes quite mushy and grainy without good light.
As you can see in tbe above photo the Carl Zeiss Jena 180mm really leans towards the green spectra in terms of color, it also has a high amount of chromatic aberration when paired with the foveon x3, but renders quite a bit sharper then what I was expecting from a very old lens.
Now the real question is, how's the bokeh? It's Tony the Tiger levels of great to be honest. Bokeh balls are round and soapy, compression is fantastic and dof is 3d-ish.
I'm truly happy with this lens particularly and with how it pairs onto the Sigma.
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It has a super smooth focusing ring and very audible and noticeable clicks on the aperture ring.
Since the SDQH already isn't fantastic in low light even when paired with 1.4 primes it obviously is gonna need artificial lighting frequently to which I pair the Sigma ef-630 flash and the Godox Ad360 it has tons less abberations then when only paired with natural light.
As you can see in the above picture the way it renders is very 3D-ish with alot of compression and a very sharp fall-off it renders reds, greens and blues very beautiful but over saturates purples, but thats just my opinion. The bokeh... is friggin fantastic. Its very round and very soapy which I really like. It can be a tad busy on occasion but It's one of those things thats a matter of taste. Also remembering that the sdqh is utilizing a aps-h sensor (26.7 x 17.9mm) while the lense is made for 6x6 film which is 56 x 56mm so you are basically only using the center of already high quality lense which is normally the sharpest part of a lense.
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Sale Sharks will be without star scrum-half Dwayne Peel for a month after the former Welsh international suffered a shoulder injury last weekend.
There were original fears that Peel had badly dislocated his shoulder against London Welsh which would have resulted in a lengthy spell on the sidelines. But Peel will not be forced to undergo surgery and he should be back in action in four weeks time. Although Peel will be back for the Sharks sooner than some had feared, the news of his injury will still be a massive blow for the beleaguered side.
They are the only side in the Aviva Premiership to yet register a win this season and lie at the foot of the table with a solitary point to their name. They have acted swiftly to stop the rot by sacking forwards coach Steve Scott with CEO Steve Diamond now assuming that position on a temporary basis.
Coach Bryan Redpath is only four games into his Sharks tenure but he will be under pressure to secure their first win of the season sooner rather than later. And he believes that Diamond's foray onto the training field will help stabilise the side.
"It is a strange circumstance, Dimes coming back, but it's what it is and I don't think we're in a position to be picking and choosing," Redpath told the Manchester Evening News. "Obviously, Steve has coached me before when I was a player and I've seen him coach and I understand what he wants and how he delivers it.
"He was obviously involved last year and he knows the players well and what he felt worked last year and having him on the training field is fine. We are very similar. Steve probably handles things a little differently to me but our values towards this place are the same and we are old-school mentality in lots of ways.
"Backs and forwards have a different mentality so you need to use those old-school values in different ways to get the best out of people. Hopefully, we can do that in the short term and look around to see if there is anyone else who suits this environment.
"That's important. It's not necessarily the best coaches, it's who suits the environment so we'll wait and see. At this moment, for me, I just need to focus on each day and ensure that the displays we saw at Exeter and against London Welsh don't reoccur."
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The Revenue Revolution: How to win and retain your most important business customers
Friday 29 August at 12.00pm (AEST)
Sponsored by Bank of Melbourne
There is no doubt about it, selling services is tough.
Products are tangible and tactile; we can see and feel them. Services are invisible.
Products encourage two-way conversation; they can be pulled apart, debated and analysed. Services are harder to talk about.
Products usually have masses and masses of information to support them; customer research, data sheets, and product reviews. Services often don't.
84% of Australian small businesses operate in the services sectors. Most service businesses sell to business customers, either exclusively, or in addition to consumers.
If you sell services, you have probably had at least one experience of talking to a prospective customer about what you do where you've been met with polite nods (at best) or blank stares (at worst). Unfortunately, the sale of services often stalls at the presentation stage.
These days, a formal bid, proposal, submission, or tender response is often the only way to win work with business customers. Customers often see only the very transactional parts of what service businesses do, and it is dangerous to keep responding to an agenda that is based on this limited knowledge.
This Friday I'm running a free 30-minute webinar for the Bank of Melbourne to help celebrate Small Business Month. If you run a service-based business, please register and come along.


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Lee Pittman, joined our staff in 2017 as our event coordinator and A Way Out Program assistant. Lee, holds a Bachelors of Science in the division of Arts and Sciences with a major in psychology from Blue Mountain College. She graduated Summa Cum Laude. Other honors and affiliations include being President of PHI GAMMA MU- 2016, member of the Cap & Gown National Honor Society, and member of PSI CHI International Honor Society.
Ms. Pittman, a South Carolina native, is no stranger to the work of ministry. While in school, she served on staff as retreat coordinator for Asbury Hills Methodist Camp in Cleveland, SC before surrendering to the call of full time ministry. In 2014, she moved to Olive Branch, MS to work as Children's Minister for Immanuel Baptist Church. After serving on staff at Immanuel, she took a position with Amy Howard at Home working with the Rescue Restore Redecorate program. Lee, has a heart for broken women and is passionate about helping bring restoration to those who are hurting.


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Trump immigration waffle reflects voter confusion on issue
They want toughness. They want firmness. "No citizenship . Let me go a step further: They'll pay back taxes". How exactly can people trust Trump on that when he is now flip-flopping on the signature plank of his campaign?... Previously Trump has called to build a border wall and use a "deportation force" to remove 11 million undocumented immigrants . According to Univision, at least one pa... [Full Article...]
FDA recommends nation-wide blood testing for Zika
But he said a uniform policy to test all donations across the nation is "misguided". The Washoe County Health District has confirmed that a woman who travelled to a country with documented Zika virus transmission and returned to Washoe County contracted the Zika virus. [Full Article...]
Mom drowns holding 2-year-old above water for rescue
CPR began, but life-saving efforts eventually proved unsuccessful. She was taken to Hall's Crossing Marina, where she was pronounced dead. A family member when used a smaller boat to go to the mother of the child before they both went underwater. [Full Article...]
Ten Dead in 'Historic' Louisiana Flooding
Torrential rains swamped parts of southern Louisiana, causing widespread flooding. The body of a man was recovered Monday afternoon outside the Greenwell Springs Library. From the air, homes in southwest Louisiana looked more like little islands surrounded by flooded fields. In a sign of the housing crunch, Livingston Parish officials are talking with FEMA about getting temporary housing for e... [Full Article...]
Obamacare 'Near Collapse' In Tennessee, Says Insurance Regulator
On Tuesday, the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance said the state's ACA exchange was "very near collapse" after approving premium rate increases ranging from 44.3% to 62%. In addition to the tax credits, the competition among the 11 health insurers approved to offer plans in the marketplace next year will hold prices down, HHS officials said during a Wednesday c... [Full Article...]
Sylville Smith shooting: Milwaukee imposes curfew to quell rioting
After a tumultuous weekend mired in protests and violence, many Milwaukee residents hoped for calm. "There is a curfew that will be more strictly enforced tonight for teenagers", Barrett told a news conference. One of the family members of Sylville K. Smith attends a candlelight vigil at a site where Smith was shot and killed Saturday by Milwaukee Police in Milwaukee , Sunday, Aug. [Full Article...]
Columbia ruling: Graduate students at U.S. private universities can unionize
Tuesday's long-awaited overturns a 2004 Brown University ruling in which the board said grad students engaging in collective bargaining would undermine the nature and goal of graduate education. Last September, University President Drew G. Faust said a union would change the relationship between students and faculty to one based in labor, not mentorship. [Full Article...]
CDCR: Clayton Fire Arson Suspect Worked As Inmate Firefighter
Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin says that 40year old Damin Anthony Pashilk who hails from Clearlake, California is behind bars and will be facing charges of 17 counts of arson. Firefighters said the Clayton Fire is burning on the eastern portion of Lower Lake, east of Highway 29. A wildfire destroyed at least 10 homes and forced some 4,000 of people to flee their homes in two Northern Californi... [Full Article...]
Stanford sex assault judge bows out from upcoming sex case
Graduate students hosting parties can still serve hard liquor, but only in the form of mixed drinks and shots are not allowed. Stanford University just made some new rules in the wake of a controversial campus rape case, but the new policy is probably not what students had in mind when they protested the university's inaction on the Brock Turner rape case at commencement ceremonies in June. [Full Article...]
Police say 4 people have died in Chicago apartment fire
A 48-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after, as the eye-witness say, he jumped out of the third floor of the building with a child in his arms. "It's just the nick of the time", resident Lanita Smith told ABC station WLS-TV . The fire was upstairs and downstairs when I came in the hallway. [Full Article...]
Teddy Bridgewater back at practice Tuesday, sleeper fantasy potential for 2016
Zimmer said Bridgewater was healthy enough to play in Seattle, but he made the call not to play him. The 36-year-old Hill played most of the first half, going 10 of 17 for 129 yards in the team's 18-11 win over the Seahawks. Clemmings took his snaps. It's not like he's a first-year rookie. If I played him and he got hurt, you guys would be killing me in the press. The Minnesota Vikings sign... [Full Article...]
Claressa Shields Of Michigan Wins Second Straight Gold Medal
Shields, who is only 21, is the only US boxer to win two gold medals in a row; she earned her first at the age of 17 during the London 2012 Games, when she defeated Russia's Nadezda Torlopova. "I'm definitely going to go out there and give it 300% and hopefully she's going to give her 300%, let the best woman win". It was Aloian who started the brighter of the two boxers, the London 2012 Semi-Fina... [Full Article...]
Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights of Felons
McAuliffe said Monday the state would mail personalized rights restoration notifications, along with voter registration applications, to all 13,000 people affected. The state Supreme Court said McAuliffe had overstepped his clemency powers through his sweeping order. One exception is Iowa, as Max Lewontin reported for the Monitor in June. [Full Article...]
Federal Judge Orders Injunction Against Obama Bathroom Directive
Judge Reed O'Connor wrote that the administration's guidelines were binding by nature, and did carry legal consequences. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch had likened that law to policies of racial segregation. The states that brought the suit are Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Arizona, Maine, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Utah, Georgia, Mississippi and Kentucky. [Full Article...]
Pennsylvania attorney general resigns a day after conviction
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane , second left, and members of her legal and security teams, prepare to leave the Montgomery County Courthouse and await a verdict, in Norristown, Pa., Monday. Her announcement came amid calls for her to step down and as lawmakers prepared to force her from the office, where she earned a $158,764 a year salary. [Full Article...]
13 shot, wounded at Connecticut house party
Bridgeport Police spokesman Av Harris says the attackers shot at partygoers from behind hedges around the Bridgeport home's backyard about 1.30am Sunday (3.30pm Sunday AEST). In a statement, Senator Richard Blumenthal said the shooting was "more trauma, more tragedy". "Congress is complicit in this scourge by its inexcusable inaction". [Full Article...]
San Bernardino County to consider Blue Cut fire emergency proclamation
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said Sunday that Lytle Creek residents may now return to their properties, and show proof of residence upon doing so. Forest Service release said. California is in the fifth year of drought, and dry conditions have exacerbated wildfire conditions. Since then, some people have been allowed to return home, Sieliet said, but she could not say how many. [Full Article...]
Body of 5-year-old Minnesota girl found after Amber Alert
The charges are pending in Cass County, the officer said, but Anderson "has not yet made it to Cass County". Chopper 5 flew over the area where the stolen pick up was found and Anderson was arrested . Authorities say Anderson was staying overnight at the girl's home. Anderson was apprehended just before 4:30 p.m. after the sad discovery. Anderson is believed to be driving a 2002 white GMC S... [Full Article...]
Clinton charity to limit donations if Hillary Clinton wins
After all, there's a good chance Hillary Clinton will be president in just a few short months. "The Clintons should move now to end donations to the foundation, and make plans to shut it down in November". The Clintons also failed to disclose donations given to the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, two other offshoots of the Clinton Foundation... [Full Article...]
Com to shut down next week
The six other Gawker Media blogs that will be rolled into Univision's digital media business include: Lifehacker (tips); Deadspin (sports); Jezebel (women's interests); Kotaku (gaming); Jalopnik (cars) and Gizmodo (technology). The company now publishes seven sites in addition to Gawker .com, including the feminist-focused Jezebel, the tech site Gizmodo and the sports site Deadspin. [Full Article...]


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TOKYO — Japanese media conglom Kadokawa Group Holdings plans to set up a Chinese joint venture to expand its presence in the Chinese market for comics, toons and novels.
Kadokawa's wholly owned subsid, Kadokawa Holdings China, will launch Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa Animation and Comics in May together with local toon and comics producer Hunan Tianwen.
Hunan Tianwen will supply 51% and Kadokawa 49% of the $4.3 million start-up capital. Hunan Tianwen is a member of the Zhongnan Publishing Media Group, China's largest publishing group.
Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa will engage in a range of entertainment businesses, including the production of manga and anime, as well as the localization of Kadokawa content.
Kadokawa has had success with a similar joint venture in Taiwan, and is now ready to expand its biz on the mainland, which has been a tough market.
Kadokawa is a Tokyo-based publisher with a wide range of media interests. Among its group members are Asmik Ace Entertainment and Kadokawa Pictures, both of which produce and distrib pics in Japan.


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At today's welcome back staff meeting, my administrators asked the staff to think of our own personal vision and mission statement for our classroom. After being out of the classroom for the past two years, and returning to teaching biology this year, I've really been thinking about my role in education and my goals for this year. I've thought about what changes I want to make since I was last in the classroom and this was a great opportunity to really start formulating a plan.
This is what I've come up with so far. It is a work in progress. I think the 21st Century Learner idea is getting a little old and overused, but these are skills I really want my students to leave my class with.
My Vision Statement: My students will be 21st Century learners. They will be able to think critically about the curriculum and how it relates to their lives outside of the classroom. They will be able to communicate effectively with their peers, their teachers, the community, and the world. They will be able to collaborate and work well with others. And they will be creative in sharing what they have learned and their passions.
My Mission Statement:The mission of Ms. Hero's classroom is to provide a learning environment where all students will succeed, are a valued part of the community, are prepared for their futures, and become lifelong learners.
You may have noticed that I didn't specifically mention technology in my vision or mission. While I am a huge fan of integrating technology in my classroom, and have spent the last two years as an Instructional Technology Specialist, tech isn't my main focus. My focus in the classroom is and has always been the students and their learning and growth. Technology will be a big part of my classroom, but technology is just a tool that when used at the right time, can help students become 21st century learners.


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In November 2008, the governments of the United States and Iraq agreed that U.S. troops would leave Iraq by 2011 -- eight years after the U.S. invasion. For some, this is much too soon. These critics argue that events on the ground, not an artificial deadline, should govern the pullout and that, in any case, a residual force should remain for decades.
But as Washington ponders how long to stay in Iraq, it would do well to examine the strategic impact of the United States' withdrawal from other conflict-riven countries: Vietnam and Cambodia in the 1970s, Lebanon in the 1980s, and Somalia in the 1990s. Even though Washington's commitment to these situations differed in its degree, disengagement eventually proved to be the right policy for the United States. Abandonment damaged Washington's credibility at first, but it was the best way to protect U.S. interests in the long run. The dominoes did not fall after the United States left Southeast Asia; Moscow did not fill the power vacuum in Lebanon; Washington has been largely unaffected by the failed state of Somalia. In each case, after the United States exited, its adversaries became preoccupied with consolidating power and embroiled themselves in conflicts with neighboring countries. A regional stability of sorts emerged, leaving Washington's vital interests intact. For the people of Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, and Somalia, U.S. withdrawal may have been a mixed blessing. But from the United States' perspective, the costs of withdrawal were less than those of staying and lower than what had been feared.
Extensive, long-term nation building paid off in Germany and Japan after 1945. But Iraq is different. Divided and unstable, it has more in common with Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, and Somalia. It is those who make the case for staying in Iraq who bear the burden of proving why history would unfold differently this time.
It was the ghosts of Munich, Yalta, and Beijing's fall to Mao that lured the United States into Vietnam's
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Enablers for finding purpose
Full Time Lives hosted a roundtable discussion dinner with a diverse group of incredible social venture and business leaders.
The conversation weaved around how #purpose drives us and how each of us can play a role in changing the narrative of business culture to be more focused on humanity.
There were countless sound grabs that we wished we could have recorded but here's a small selection of some of the most memorable and moving moments:
- Tom Ferrier the CEO of Purposed shared his motivation for "making a difference by making things differently" after his beloved father passed away from cancer.
- Toby Tester is on his personal journey of defining a meaningful life. Only a matter of days have passed since he came out of a 10 day silent meditation retreat. He has been struck by how the lack of introspection and silence in our modern lives (previously filled by churches, libraries and absence of perennial devices), which partly explains why mental illness is so high.
- As a few in the room were corporate refugees now doing social impact work, cognitive dissonance in the corporate world is one reason why people of all ages leave for other opportunities that make them feel more fulfilled. Kat Dunn, CEO of Grameen Foundation, moved away from her more traditional career trajectory as a lawyer and funds structurer by overcoming her fear of failure and co-creating the F-OFF: Fear of Failure Forum.
- We all have options - so it's about making conscious decisions in our lives and roles as leaders as to how use technology to serve our purpose and society in a meaningful way. Tracey Middleton, Co-founder of Communiteer, believes that we can use tech to make an impact by creating a human-centric course to "exponential impact".
- Janne Ryan, cultural philanthropist and Ted conference coach, is seeing how digital is driving our communities to restructure through making and sharing stories.
- There was a big question about where the nexus point between humanity and tech disruption sits. How experience and empathy remains important in making tech work for humanity instead of the other way around. We were left to ponder - how do we collectively harness it?
- Richard Schutte, Customer-led Innovation Director at NAB, bowled us over throughout the night with detailed quotes from his latest readings including a few that we've listed below. We all want his memory and lateral thinking!
Cindy Lenferna de la Motte, CEO of Ikabo, summed up the evening brilliantly, 'There were so many interesting insights. It was great to hear from everyone and clearly there is lots of support around Full Time Lives'.
Jake and Nat from Full Time Lives came away feeling energised that there is so much passion in our community around tackling the big issues. Perhaps it was fuelled by the French feast at Hubert's but we felt there was a strong appetite for the crowd to keep connecting and exploring new ideas together.
Join us at our next thought leader roundtable vent on 13 June, 2018 where we will be discussing the importance of support crews for making their mid to late career transition.
Related reading:
- The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community Is Changing the World by Aaron Hurst
- The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook by Niall Ferguson
- Thinking the unthinkable: a new imperative for leadership for in the digital age by Nik Gowing and Chris Langdon


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Two out of three people believe the prime minister showed poor judgment in employing Andy Coulson as his Downing Street director of communications.
In an opinion poll carried out by ComRes for the Independent newspaper, 66% said they thought David Cameron should not have hired Coulson knowing he had resigned as editor of the News of the World over the phone-hacking scandal.
Coulson quit his role in the government 10 days ago after repeated inquiries into his knowledge of phone hacking at the News of the World, saying the affair limited his ability to devote himself to his job.
Nine out of 10 of those polled believe it is wrong for journalists to hack into the private telephone voicemail messages of celebrities and politicians.
The poll also showed that 67% thought the allegations of telephone hacking meant the newspaper industry should no longer regulate itself.
ComRes polled 1,002 adults over the weekend between the 28-30 January.
Last night, giving the Hugh Cudlipp memorial lecture in London, the editor of the Financial Times, Lionel Barber, warned that Britain's newspapers risked political "retribution" in the form of statutory regulation following the phone hacking scandal. He accused Rupert Murdoch's News International – publishers of the NoW – of failing to pursue a policy of "own up rather than cover up", and he criticised the bulk of the industry for failing to "take the issue seriously" because their titles may also have been implicated in the illegal practice.
In a trenchant lecture, he described "the phone hacking scandal" as a "watershed - not just for News International but also for tabloid journalism" arguing that a 2006 report by the Information Commissioner suggested that 305 journalists from a range of titles used the services of a private investigator.
Other newspapers, "aside from the lead taken by the Guardian, which was followed by the FT, BBC and Independent," Barber said, "took a pass on the News of the World phone hacking story - almost certainly because they too were involved in similar practices". It amounted to, he said, a "conspiracy of silence [that] ruled Fleet Street".
The result of a "failure to clean house at all news organisations" would be that the "mainstream media in Britain" would be "at risk of retribution in the form of statutory regulation," not least because many MPs are "itching to retaliate" in the wake of the expenses scandal.
It emerged that police have been asked to investigate suspicions that rail union leader Bob Crow's mobile phone was hacked into. Lawyers for the general secretary of the rail, maritime and transport union have written to the Metropolitan police asking them to look into suspicions that journalists had access to private information about Crow's movements over the past decade.
Crow said: "RMT has had suspicions that journalists may have had access to private information about my movements and my union's activities that date back to the year 2000 and we are now asking for the police, as part of their renewed investigation, to disclose to us any evidence or information that they may have uncovered in respect of the News of the World."
A string of politicians and celebrities have claimed their phones were hacked into, but this is the first time a union leader has raised suspicions.
It is understood that Crow became worried that information about his movements had been accessed without his knowledge.
The union leader has been involved in a number of high-profile transport disputes in recent years, including strikes on London Underground.


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By Presidential Proclamation No. 479 to honor more than 500,000 teachers nationwide. However, in the Philippines Teachers' Day is actually celebrated in schools between the months of September and October (mainly elementary and secondary levels). Teachers are presented with orchid corsages by students. Groups of students representing various grade levels perform short skits or song and dance numbers, or read poetry for their teachers in front of fellow schoolmates in school-wide activities. These activities are planned by senior students in the Student Council who coordinate the activities well in advance.
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DepEd Memo No. 109, s. of 2012
The initiatives and successes of the Teacher's Month Campaign since 2008 were solidified when His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III signed Proclamation No. 242 on August 24, 2011 declaring the period from September 5 to October 5 of every year as the "National Teacher's Month". Accordingly, the Department of Education (DepEd) will celebrate the National Teacher's Month (NTM) during the whole month of September starting on September 5, 2012 and culminating on October 5, 2012, which is the World Teacher's Day (WTD). The theme of this celebration is "My Teacher, My Hero."
It was stipulated in the memo that all schools and DepEd Offices are required to post streamers to ensure that the communities are aware of the TMC and WTD celebrations. The official streamer design and the official logo design are posted above (click each photo to enlarge):
The said design may also be acquired thru electronic copies by linking www.facebook.com/csca.deped or www.facebook.com/depedtmc, or by providing the CSCA with email addresses of the requesting DepEd offices or schools.
Other enclosures in the DepEd Memo No. 109, s. of 2012 are the following:
The said design may also be acquired thru electronic copies by linking www.facebook.com/csca.deped or www.facebook.com/depedtmc, or by providing the CSCA with email addresses of the requesting DepEd offices or schools.
Other enclosures in the DepEd Memo No. 109, s. of 2012 are the following:
Giver of All Wisdom and Greatest of all Teachers,
Look upon our teachers with love
Grant them the resolve
To nurture our eager minds
And to never give up on us who fall behind
Bless their hearts
For they rejoice when we succeed
And encourage us when we fail
Endow them with gentle patience
For the path of learning is never easy
Kindle a spirit of passion in them
It is the flame that ignites the love of learning in us
Help them see the potential in each student
Their belief in us means much more than the grade we make
Instill in them a commitment to keep on learning
It shows us to not fear new knowledge and experiences
Inspire them to touch the future
They influence how big a dream we dream for ourselves
Bless our teachers who have come before
for their work endures to this day
Let the light of Your example shine upon all teachers:
To build up with their words
To love with their mind
To share with their heart
Tagapagkaloob ng Lahat ng Kaalaman at Guro ng mga guro
Bigyan po Ninyo ng pagkalinga ang aming mga guro
Biyayaan Ninyo sila ng kahandaang
Linangin ang aming murang isipan
At huwag magsawa kapag di makahabol ang turuan
Pagpalain nawa ang kanilang mga pusong
Nagdiriwang sa tuwing kami'y nagwawagi,
At nag-aalo sa tuwing kami'y nadadaig
Pagkalooban Ninyo sila ng mahinahong pagtitiyaga
Sapagkat ang landas ng kaalaman ay hindi madali
Pagningasin Ninyo sa kanila ang maapoy na diwang
Nagpapaliyab sa kagustuhan naming matuto
Tulungan Ninyo silang makita ang galing sa bawat mag-aaral
Wala sa marka ang halaga kundi sa pananalig nila
Ikintal Ninyo sa kanila ang walang pagkauhaw sa karunungan
Ang bagong kaalaman at karanasan ay di dapat katakutan
Turuan po Ninyo silang masiglang abutin ang alapaap
Kasinsigla at kasintayog ng sarili naming pangarap
Pagpalain po Ninyo ang mga gurong nauna sa amin
Ang nagawa nila ay napapakinabangan pa rin
Tanglawan po ng Iyong mabuting halimbawa ang kaguruan
Upang makapagtayo sila sa pamamagitan ng kanilang pangungusap
Upang makapagmahal sila sa pamamagitan ng kanilang isipan
Upang makapagbahagi sila sa pamamagitan ng kanilang puso
Siya nawa.


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Personal Training Review: 8 Reasons to work out with Pazitive Transformation!
For most of my life I've been active by playing sports, taking hula, other dance classes and yoga. I had times where I would go to the gym everyday then had long months away from the gym. My weight also fluctuated a lot. Through the years I weighed from 100-134 pounds. I'm 5ft. I had my chubbier days during my senior year of high school then lost all the weight during college when I took up cardio kick-boxing and yoga. I was 18 and losing weight was easier back then. That dreaded "Freshman 15" came and the "Happy-weight" kicked in and now I am 27 years old at 130 Lbs.
Usually I'm pretty private about my weight because of insecurities growing up of having to fit the "mold". My weight was always pointed out as a teenager. I would hear comments such as "you should only weigh this much. You're getting so fat." It gets hurtful at times and sometimes I just ignore it. It's the worst when you're actively working out, feel so good about yourself and someone criticizes your weight. Sometimes the biggest critics are your own family. It's part of the reason why I don't like people to know how much I weigh. But now I don't care! I'm working out eating healthy and feeling more energized. When I was 100 lbs, I had a bad diet and felt really frail. Now at 130 and working out, I feel a lot stronger than I did. I felt like 115 was my happy weight so I still have 15 lbs to shed. I started to train with Andrea from Pazitive Transformation in July this year. I'm glad I did! Here are 8 reasons to work out with Pazitive Transformation.
1. Go at your own pace
Andrea let's you know it's okay to go at your own pace! There is no pressure to exert yourself. During my first session with her, I told myself I was going to fight through the last set of exercises. Big mistake. I threw up in public. Thank goodness for the trash can. haha. But if you really don't feel well be honest! We gradually build our strength and endurance so she let me know it was okay to tell her I can't do anymore...(Those burpees will get you...;D)
2. Exercises are tailored to your goals
I had a trainer who pointed out what areas he thought I needed to work on. That made me feels super insecure and uncomfortable working with him. I canceled my session with him. Andrea made me feel comfortable with talking about what my fitness goals are. She also checks in with you during the week to see how your exercises are going. It's not a one size fits all. Your work out plan will be tailored to your goals.
3. Offers Personal Coaching Sessions as Part of training
She's a great listener and it was nice to have someone who you can relate to! She's easy to open up to. There was one week when I was discouraged because people were commenting on my weight. I was feeling good and working out more and people were saying how much weight I've gained. I know I've gained weight through out the years. My weight fluctuated through out the years. I used to be 100 lbs when I was 18 and now at 27 I am around 130. I felt comfortable opening up to her and it helps having someone to relate to.
4. Gives advice on eating habits
Part of your fitness is also changing your eating habits. Andrea gave me great advice. I usually give in to my cravings, but she reminds you of what your goals are and shares tips on eating habits. She doesn't make you feel like you have to give up a certain food. You can still have foods you like, but in moderation. I still eat what I like, but I won't stuff myself.
5. Great Equipment and Work Out Area (and she has Chickens!!)
Andrea is equipped with new fitness equipment! She has a great space in her backyard. Newly remodeled with a grass area, TRX straps, weights, and other new equipment. She also has a nice little farm with chickens! It's a fun space and I love working out there. Don't worry they won't be running around you while you work out. :)
6. Provides a variety of different work outs
I never got bored with the work outs because Andrea always added and tried new things with my work outs. One week we did a stair work out. She added a TRX workout which I loved! I actually purchased my own that I do at home. We also did deadlifting and squats which I've always wanted to do! I was always afraid of hurting myself, but Andrea made sure I had the correct form. She also provides a weekly sheet of the exercises/guide to help you during the week.
7. She'll make you do box jumps and you will have fun
One of the most challenging, not because it required super strength but I was so scared to jump! Haha. It wasn't too high, but when I was going to jump on it, I started to second guess myself. I thought I was going to trip and fall over. The first jump is always the hardest. The key is to be confident in your jump and you can do it.
8. You will feel great!
Before starting my personal training session with her, I felt so stressed out. I was always making excuses not to go to the gym. I'm more aware of what I am eating. I feel a lot stronger. When I first started I couldn't even 1 push up. That's when I knew I was out of shape. In about a month of training with her. I was able to go from 0 push-ups to 20! Within 2 months I was able to do the Pike exercise on the TRX. With consistency and a determined mindset, you can definitely reach your fitness goals.
After taking personal training sessions with Andrea, it has got me to think of fitness as a life-long priority. Honestly, I still have a difficult time balancing fitness and the rest of my life, but it's great to have guidance from someone like Andrea to help achieve your goals! We don't have to do it alone. :)
If you're interested in personal training please check out her website. I hear she may be setting up bootcamp or TRX classes in the future and also be one of our guests on the blog. ;)


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Calling all Scott Pilgrim Fans. To celebrate the release of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World on DVD, HMV is hosting an exclusive meet & greet with Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley, as well as director Edgar Wright and cast member Ellen Wong. Head down to 333 Yonge Street this Friday, November 5th at 12:30pm to meet the Scott Pilgrim crew and have them autograph one, two, or the whole series of graphic novels! The first 75 people in line will also receive a double pass to the Fan Screening and Q&A at Bloor Cinema.
For more info on all things Scott Pilgrim click HERE.


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Welcome to our family blog. We share lots of posts here, and you can also follow along over there:
I love sharing my photographs and stories on new platforms too. I've recently dipped into Steller and you can follow the tiny collections I make and share on my Steller page.
Here are a few of my recent Stellers.


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Cloudy water in the swimming pool can result from poor filtration or pH imbalance. It can also result from inadequate chlorine levels.
Poor filtration can result from inconsistent backwashing, the filter not operating long enough to clear debris, or the need for a new filter. Small adjustments such as changing the filter or the filter's running time can resolve these issues.
If the pH levels are too high, calcium can form as scales on top of the water and leave it cloudy. When there is not enough chlorine in the water, microbes and algae multiply and leave a cloudy haze in the pool water.


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We think that you can never have too many photos of your children. So if you're after professional photos of your child or family, whether it's to celebrate a special occasion or to simply celebrate them, book a portrait session with us.
We can offer in-studio or local on-location sessions and take time to get to know your little one(s) and make sure they feel comfortable with us. By putting them at ease we can capture relaxed, fun portraits which you'll treasure. They also make great gifts too!


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Social Media Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that collects and delivers the top social media news first thing every morning. You can sign up to receive Social Media Insights here or at the bottom of this post.
How Content Diffuses Through Different Social Networks ( Scott Hendrickson via Social Media Today) How does content evolve along the different paths it takes on different social networks? Let's take a look at expected versus unexpected events, which each have very different pulses in the form and speed information travels around these events. Expected events drive significant volume on social media because people know they're coming and plan to comment, observe, banter, trash talk and analyze. However, theses events are characterized by a gradual growth and decay around the event rather than abrupt changes. A hurricane is an example of an event that people are anticipating, so you'll see a gradual growth and decay around the event rather than abrupt changes. On the other hand, unexpected events result in abrupt spikes in volume. These spikes have well-defined growth, peak and decay half-lives. Read >>
Get Off Your Duff: Social Media Advertising Statistics And Trends (GO-Gulf via Mediabistro) According to GO-Gulf, businesses are spending quite a bit to promote their products on popular social media sites. Global social network advertising revenues are projected to double 2012 figures by 2014 - climbing from seven to 14 billion. This makes sense as 70 percent of advertisers are currently devoting at least a small portion of their budget to social networks now. Are you among the 64 percent who plan to increase your social media advertising budget this year? Or are okay with being left behind? You should really start thinking about this now so you don't need to race to catch up later. Click here for the full infographic. Read >>
U.S. Mobile Ad Spending On Social Networks To Reach $4.5 Billion By 2018 (Forrester) Forrester forecasts that U.S. mobile ad spending on social networks will reach $4.5 billion by 2018. Spending on mobile ads is predicted to grow nearly twice as fast as the spending on desktop ads on social networks. The future of social is mobile:
- More users are accessing social networking sites through mobile.
- The share of time spent on mobile social networking apps continues to increase.
- Mobile ads provide a better return on investment (ROI) for marketers.
- Mobile ads earn more money for social media vendors than desktop ads.
- The overall mobile ad ecosystem will evolve.
Mobile will be a key driver for social media spending growth. Read >>
Four Reasons Why Facebook Is Overvalued ( Forbes) Facebook is dominating the news cycle. But just because Facebook stock is down 29 percent from where it traded when it went public, it does not mean it's fairly valued by the market. Mobile ad revenue is still too small, and earnings growth lackluster. Management seems distracted by a flurry of strategic initiatives. Barring a huge upside surprise, investors should beware. Read >>
Facebook Offers Clarification On The Privacy Of Home ( TechCrunch) If you find yourself expressing concerns over Facebook's invasion of Android, here's the important things you need to know:
- Facebook Home is like an app. You can install it and delete it as you choose.
- If you install it, Home collects information on all Facebook activity (as usual), plus location, Facebook messages, and that you've launched certain apps. This information is identifiable for 90 days before it is detached from your identity.
- Incoming SMS are automatically pulled through the Facebook Home interface, but it sounds like Facebook isn't pushing the content of those messages back to the mothership.
- If Home comes pre-installed (for the HTC First and beyond), Facebook has access to all of the above, plus third-party notifications.
- Facebook Home can not see your activity within other, non-Facebook apps, like Google Maps.
With regards to location, things get a bit tricky. Read >>
Roger Ebert Found A New Voice On Twitter ( CNN) It was on the pages of newspapers and in the coveted aisle seat on television's "At the Movies" that the world met Roger Ebert. But in his final years, when cancer had robbed him of his jawbone and whittled away his once ample frame, it was social media, particularly Twitter, that let Ebert not only keep talking, but also interact with his fans, and foes, more freely and personally than ever. "Twitter for me performs the function of a running conversation," Ebert wrote in June 2010, about eight months after he signed up for the site and five years after losing his vocal chords and part of his lower jaw to thyroid and salivary gland cancer. "For someone who cannot speak, it allows a way to unload my zingers and one-liners." Read >>
Social Media Measurement: Thoughts And Ideas (Sixth Man Marketing) Be on the social media platforms where your customers are. Sounds like good advice, but why?
- Mitigate risk
- Extend brand
- Create dialog
You don't necessarily hear a lot of talk about "the why" so this is a good opportunity to throw out a few reasons for businesses to put forth a social media effort and how to measure effectiveness. Read >>
The Organizational Impact Of A Social Signal (Rignite via Social Media Today) A meaningful social signal can deliver a whole lot more. Integrating social media into multiple functions of your organization can benefit operations and yield a distinct competitive advantage. Read >>


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Nasser, who represents the Islamic regime ruling Qatar, told the UK Independent newspaper that allowing the governments of France, the United States, Britain, Russia, and China to block UN demands represented a danger to world peace. He also called for radical reforms of the international body to facilitate concerted action in the fields of health, security, human rights, crises, and more.
"We need a very effective UN and very effective UN Security Council," he told the paper for an article published today. "If this system is not doing what it's supposed to do, then we need to look for another system."
Citing the Security Council veto of a resolution aimed at forcing Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad to step down, Nasser said the system was outdated and no longer credible. The Chinese and Russian governments said they blocked the UN measure last month to avoid another bloody "regime change" operation like NATO's war on Libya.
"We oppose anyone interfering in Syria's internal affairs under the pretext of 'humanitarian' issues," noted a statement posted on the communist Chinese dictatorship's foreign ministry website, calling for an immediate cease-fire and talks between the regime and the armed opposition. "China does not approve of armed interference or pushing for 'regime change' in Syria and believes that use or threat of sanctions does not help to resolve the issue."
The Russian government, which has trade ties and a key naval base in Syria, offered similar statements. The secular Assad regime, meanwhile, insists it is battling a conspiracy consisting of "armed gangs" and "terrorists" on the ground directed from abroad.
Nasser claimed that because of the Security Council disagreement and the use of a veto, the UN sent the "wrong message" to the Syrian government. And that, according to Nasser, is why the regime there is refusing to cooperate as it aims to quash a rebellion against Assad backed by Western governments, assorted Islamists, and al Qaeda.
Thousands have already been killed on both sides in Syria as the conflict grows, according to official estimates. And despite the recent approval of a new Constitution, the bloodshed is expected to continue as Western powers arm the opposition. Advocates of intervention say the UN must step in.
"The world has changed; the UN should also reform itself to deal with the issues of today," Nasser told the newspaper. "Sixty years ago who could imagine we'll be discussing climate change, food security, or the world would reach seven billion people, so we need to see a more active and effective UN."
The Security Council is composed of five permanent member governments with veto power and 10 rotating governments without the ability to veto resolutions. The UN General Assembly, on the other hand — a collection of mostly despotic regimes of various persuasions — includes representatives of almost every national government on Earth including more than a few mass-murdering dictators.
Nasser hopes to give the General Assembly, which backed the anti-Assad resolution, more authority. Under the current system, its resolutions are non-binding, while the Security Council purports to have legally binding powers.
"In the Security Council today we see many important and powerful countries, emerging powers in the world, which are also playing good positive roles; they want to see themselves given the right recognition for what they are," Nasser explained. "If the Security Council reflected the whole world in a fair way, then we would see a more effective council."
Of course, the Qatari regime is hardly the first to call for reforms to the UN Security Council. Senior officials have even suggested that the body should have its own "rapid reaction force" — a military wing that could enforce the entity's demands around the world at a moment's notice.
Numerous governments including those ruling Germany, India, Brazil, and Japan have also called for drastic reform, hoping to acquire permanent seats in the body. So far, however, efforts at remaking the Security Council have largely failed.
But following the failure of the UN's resolution on Syria, advocates of a more powerful world regime unconstrained by vetoes are once again on the march. A columnist for Reuters, for example, made remarks similar to Nasser's just a few days earlier, citing a fellow at the infamous, global governance-promoting, Council on Foreign Relations.
"Why the make-up of the council and the way it operates has remained unchanged since 1945 is a question that merits more vigorous public debate than there has been in the past," wrote Reuters columnist Bernd Debusmann, pointing out that the U.S. government regularly uses its veto to protect the Israeli government. "The case for re-thinking the system becomes stronger every time a veto frustrates the will of the majority."
The wealthy Islamist dictatorship ruling over Qatar — headed by an all-powerful king known by the title of "Emir" — has long been demanding that Syrian despot Assad relinquish power. Along with its broadcasting wing Al Jazeera, the Qatari government also played a key role in helping NATO and an assortment of Islamists overthrow Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi last year. That mission was purportedly authorized by a UN resolution.
Still, the Obama administration and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been at the forefront pushing for regime change in Syria. After the Security Council veto, Clinton vowed to redouble her efforts outside the UN to overthrow Assad — a former U.S. ally in the terror war relied upon to torture suspects delivered by American officials. Christians in Syria fear that if Assad falls, genocide will follow.
Even as calls to further empower the UN and its innumerable tentacles continue to grow — it is seeking the power to impose taxes, regulate the economy, control the Internet, define mental health standards, overthrow governments, and much more— opposition is building, too, especially in America. Activists andlawmakers have been pushing to de-fund the global body and withdraw the U.S. government's membership for years. And the momentum is still on the rise.
Critics of the reforms proposed by Nasser and other advocates of a more activist global entity argue that removing America's veto — without the U.S. government completely extricating itself from the UN — would be extraordinarily dangerous. But according to analysts, major reforms are unlikely to happen any time soon.
Related articles:
Russia, China Block UN Vote on Syria Regime Change
Al-Qaeda & the West Back Syrian Rebels Against Assad
Potential Syria Intervention May Lead to Wider War
UN, Obama Fighting Alongside Al-Qaeda in Libya
Syria: From Valued Ally to "Vicious Enemy"
Syrian Christians Fear Genocide if al-Assad Falls to Muslim Extremists
With Increasing Conflict in Syria, Talk of "Intervention" Escalates
US Withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council Proposed in Congress
UN May Get Global Carbon Tax on Air Travel to Avert "Trade War"
Obama Quiet as UN & Dictators Push to Control Internet
UN Bureaucrats Floating Plan for Global Tax
Obama Speech Pushes More UN Meddling, Big Government
UN Bosses Secretly Plot Global Govt Through "Green Economy" for Rio+20
House Republicans Advance Vote to Defund UN Group
UN Pushes Population Control Agenda
Another War, Another Reason to Get US Out!
UN Seeking Global "Mental Health" Plan
Sharron Angle: Get U.S. out of United Nations
UN Seeking to Tax and Control Food Markets
House Foreign Affairs Chairwoman Proposes Major UN Reforms
UN-backed Forces Slaughter Christians in Ivory Coast


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Following on from last Saturday's FANS forum we are delighted to announce the following initiative that was suggested by supporters at the meeting. It was discussed that if the club reduced the admission prices then more people would attend.
For the next two home games the management of the club will support the suggested initiative and reduce the admission prices to the following:
Adults £10, Under 16's £1 (This applies to the homes games against Tonbridge & Eastbourne only at this time)
It is important that we all get behind this imitative and bring all our friends and family to these games. If it is successful, we will continue with this pricing structure to the end of the season.


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Baby Fanatic NFL 5 Piece Gift Set
Get your little one started on the road to fandom with this officially licensed gift set from Baby Fanatic.
It includes a bib, bottle, high-top shoes, pacifier, and pacifier clip.
Each item is 100% BPA free - and is boldly decorated with colorful team graphics and colors.
The pacifier and bottle feature a silicone nipple while the bib is 100% cotton with a velcro closure and embroidered logo.
Pre-walkers slip on and feature team logo, soft fabric upper with white laces, grippers on the bottom, padded soles, and a supported toe cap for stability.
Pacifer: To clean, use hot water and mild detergent and rinse thoroughly. Bottle: Before using, boil all parts for 3 minutes to sterilize.
Push nipple through cap ring. After each use, wash all parts thoroughly in warm, soapy water. Rinse thoroughly. Dishwasher safe, top rack only.
Paciifer: Prior to first use, sterilize by boiling for 5 minutes. After sterilizing allow pacifier to cool for an additional 5 minutes. Inspect pacifier before and after each use.
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In the Jewish religion a very popular day is the day after a fasting holiday such as Yom Yippur. It is called the break fast and obviously means breaking the fast. Now put those 2 words together and what do we have…breakfast.
You've been told it's the most important meal of the day and that skipping breakfast can interfere with your weight management goals. But why is this so?
If you think of it in terms of breaking the fast it is the only time during the day that we go anywhere from 8 or more hours without food. Your body is essentially in fasting mode and if you are the person who is never hungry in the morning this is most likely why. Whether you are hungry or not, it is recommended that you eat something. I often recommend to my clients who fall into this category to eat a handful of nuts or 1 piece of toast or a handful of granola or a small piece of fruit before they leave their house. Then later in the am when they are hungry, have the rest of their breakfast (like oatmeal, yogurt with fruit and granola, eggs, etc.).
Breakfast should consist of about 25 -30% of your daily calorie intake. Remember that breakfast can be spread out throughout the morning.
In a study done earlier this year regarding exercise fasting or fed to enhance fat loss, subjects who exercised after eating burned more calories and a higher percentage of fat. It is something to consider.
There is a lot of conflicting info on how soon you must consume calories after waking for maximum benefits. My advice is the sooner you eat, the sooner you rev up that metabolism.
Make sure your breakfast include some fiber, protein, whole grains and fruits/veggies. Remember that protein can come from things other than eggs and meat such as beans, low fat (and low sodium) cottage cheese, nuts, oat bran, lentils, bulgar, yogurt, lox, low fat dairy, etc.
My easy oatmeal: I take 1/2 cup of rolled oats and mix in a spoonful or 2 of applesauce (all natural please) and add water. Once it comes to a boil I then turn it down to a simmer until it is appropriately thick. You can top with cranberries or fruit if you like. If the applesauce does not make it sweet enough, I recommend a few drizzles of agave nectar. Maple syrup or brown sugar is ok too, just keep it to a few drizzles or a sprinkle.
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Recently I've been playing around with an idea of participating in some pop-up store. So, when Kate Duncan, local furniture design genius, contacted me and suggested to take part in her upcoming show the ADDRESS, I said yes. No, I said YES!!!!!
I immediately started working on my recent line of home decor objects (that is yet to be named) - nested satin white porcelain bowls with gold lustre painted rim. I've made more than 20 bowls of various sizes and I got a great feedback on them! They are almost sold out now and the rest will be taken to my family and friends. Will they be available at my online store, you may ask? The new bunch is coming up in the nearest future and I'll keep you updated. Here are few images of the bowls alongside with great handmade furniture by Kate Duncan.
The ADDRESS became a great experience for me, I was happy to see all my Golem arranged beautifully in bright, modern and stylish space. Everything looked so fresh and gorgeous! Particle bowls worked beautifully on Kate's minimal wood dining tables. Our recent collaboration with Green With Envy, hanging O-Planters, adorned rustic reclaimed wood shelves by Lumina Concepts.
One of my all time favourite designers Amanda Parker send her beautiful white on white wall compositions all the way from Calgary and they added a great contemporary feel to the whole space. Le Fil Rouge brought Scandinavian chic with her natural textiles - hand sewn linen towels, alpaca wool blankets and hand dyed pillows.
So today the ADDRESS is over and we all are going to come tomorrow and take down this beautiful space....Sigh..
Its been an amazing creative adventure that gave me new inspiration and great new friends. I really cannot wait for the ADDRESS no2 :-)


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Do you know the beauty contests in which they have different kind of awards? I guess that there is one for a beautiful woman who has long and sexy legs. Unfortunately, in American Idol, they do not have this category of giving award to someone for long and sexy legs. Poor Haley Scarnato. She really has long and sexy legs but it did not help her in American Idol. Instead, her legs caused her out of the American Idol.
No problem, Haley Scarnato has been called as Miss Legs by someone. May be more people will call her by this name: Miss Legs.
The New Straits Times wrote:
When you pit a bald guy and a young lady whose legs seem to go on forever, the situation becomes a bit dicey. Suddenly, it doesn't seem to be a singing contest anymore. No wonder, Simon passed that socially incorrect remark about Haley.
He said: "You have a very good tactic. Wear the least amount as possible." I thought it was one of the rudest comments ever to come out of Simon's mouth. I know his career thrives on being painfully honest and tactless but that was one of those times when I couldn't help but cringed.
There was simply no earthly excuse to hurt a contestant's feelings that way. At this stage of the competition, it was unnecessary and downright insensitive. Simon should apologise to Haley without reservations.
Off-hand, don't you think Haley look just dandy in those hot pants? My sister punched me in the shoulder when I unconsciously blurted out: "Can't sing for a glass of hot barley but she's good for another week!" I just lost my bet and now have to take her to that restaurant that sells claypot loh she fun.
So, Miss Legs should be happy now.


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When I see empty space I can't help figuring out a way to fill it and make it useful. A year ago my wife bought me this saw after I took David Marks' double bevel marquetry class. I like to have all the little parts and accessories I need as close as possible to the tool they belong to and this seemed like a natural solution. It also adds weight which stabilizes the machine in use. I plan to add some hooks for the foot pedal and cords to the outside and perhaps a bracket for a light and/or magnifier. There's also a trey on the bottom for additional storage of thick veneers or other items and it also serves as a foot rest. This project was also a fun way to learn or practice some geometry.
-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com
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#1 posted 03-01-2016 04:19 AM
I have this saw and this looks like a great design!
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#2 posted 03-01-2016 05:09 AM
The cabinet looks really great! And it's a nice saw, too (worthy of the good-looking cabinet)!
I had made a similar plan for my belt/disc sander. I spent a lot of time designing it and realized I would probably never get it looking just right. I also didn't like wasting the space with the angle of the drawer. So I took the easy way out and recycled a couple of lab cabinets. I took the doors off and turned the space into drawers, and added a back, top and casters. (Never did get the toe-kick on it.)
I didn't even need to practice any geometry! (You can tell I'm pretty lazy and no where nearly as skilled as you!)
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#3 posted 03-01-2016 01:42 PM
Great job on the cabinet. I like the angels on the drawers..
#4 posted 03-01-2016 02:30 PM
Hey Tim,
Great looking use of space!
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#5 posted 03-01-2016 03:02 PM
I really like this, I have a Porter Cable SS with a similar base, might have to borrow this idea
#6 posted 03-01-2016 03:32 PM
Nice. I've always liked the idea of utilizing the space under a stand for drawers and other storage, c.f.http://lumberjocks.com/projects/74215
Your casters are new to me—haven't seen the type that fit directly to the metal leg. Can you share where you found them and how you attached them. They look like a great idea.
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#7 posted 03-01-2016 05:02 PM
great job i agree when i see wasted space i try to figure out the best way to utilize it.plus its always nice keeping what you need for the machine close at hand.
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#8 posted 03-02-2016 01:42 AM
Geometry????? Oh, no !
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#9 posted 03-02-2016 01:56 AM
Thanks everyone. In response to some private messages and posted questions, here are some answers and additional pictures. I got the wheels from Woodcraft. These have the bolt or stem already installed, instead of the flat base. All four are front locking and swivel which allows the saw to spin about its own axis. Very easy to move around. The saw stand came with extensions which had a hole in the bottom and fit the wheels. I don't recall doing anything to customize it. I think the bolt is 3/8", but they can be changed out.
To fit the case I had to take the bottom metal cross rails off. I clamped the case to the top and bolted them back on. The bottom tray was cut in half to install because there's not enough clearance to fit a single piece. I added a support to the bottom, but it is very sturdy and won't need to carry much weight anyway. The drawer supports were built to slide in with about 1/32" clearance and are screwed in to the case from the bottom. This allowed me to install the drawers on the workbench and then insert the drawer assembly as a unit and get it lined up. Easy peasy. Enjoy.
-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com
#10 posted 03-02-2016 02:05 AM
That is quite an accomplishment!
Nice finished project!
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#11 posted 03-02-2016 02:10 AM
Wow, I just took a look at John C's (Hillbillyshooter) Slanted Scroll Saw cabinet and it is awesome. Here again is his link. http://lumberjocks.com/projects/74215 A slightly different approach, but with better craftsmanship and front and back drawers. Very nicely done.
-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com
#12 posted 03-02-2016 02:19 AM
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#13 posted 03-02-2016 12:22 PM
Just added it to the "to Do" list and Favorites list so I can remember what it looks like and all of the great tips that were provided. Not only does it provide storage space, but it makes the equipment look a whole lot nicer.
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#14 posted 03-03-2016 12:44 PM
Nice use of that space.
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#15 posted 03-03-2016 09:25 PM
Nice work looks great.
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Google is tinkering away trying to create a new version of its Jelly Bean system. For all we know it may have just completed the Android 4.3 since it was spotted running on Nexus 4 at the Mobile Expo held in Thailand.
Google was expected to unveil its Android 4.3 Jelly Bean at the I/O Conference held the previous week. But the expectations were left unfulfilled. No such electronic device got displayed and everyone was disappointed by this lack of wish-fulfillment. While that may be true, there was a strange incident at a Thai Mobile Expo that pointed to a wholly different story from the standard news.
According to Android Police, the official release was announced to be some time in the blistering heat of the summer months. But already two individuals who happen to be developers have spotted such a device at a Thai show. And they have each taken a photograph of the new device in order to corroborate the evidence pertaining to their finding. While it is still being speculated if the whole thing is a fraudulent scheme meant to delude the public, the fact is that two photographs can't lie. After all, seeing is enough to warrant belief. The mobile shown in the pictures was a Nexus 4 and it clearly displayed the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean firmware. The exhilarating news spread like wildfire and pretty soon it was on every mobile phone user's lips.
Still the news is hearsay and sometimes what you view in broad daylight can deceive you. Therefore the authenticity of the pictures is still being questioned in certain quarters. The previous disappointment regarding the newly updated firmware was a blow from which the fans of Google have not yet fully recovered. That is why like a burnt child dreading the fire, they are cautious about accepting even visible proof of the entry of the system in the technology market.
However, even if it was true, there is a bit of a mismatch between expectations and reality. The changes are not all that exciting on this brand new version. In fact, apart from clarity of graphics and a few other revamped features there is little else that is novel in it. Nevertheless you just can't get some people down! Those who are enthusiastic won't quit their ecstatic rants. They say they will truly enjoy taking snaps from this system. Meanwhile, Google has yet to give a statement regarding the whole matter. Everyone must show a little patience before the facts are reaffirmed or for that matter denied.


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Jeff Hoffman will watch the baseball draft on Thursday from his home in Latham, N.Y., and for a while, he will not be happy. Hoffman, a junior right-hander at East Carolina, began the season hoping to be selected first over all.
"The competitor in me makes it hard for me to see, maybe, a bunch of guys get picked ahead of me — guys that I know aren't better than me, some guys out of high school that don't really understand the game of baseball yet," Hoffman said last week. "It's going to be tough if I fall a little further. But everything happens for a reason, and whatever team takes the so-called risk and drafts me is going to get the best player in the draft."
Hoffman, a 6-foot-4 starter, was not drafted out of high school. But he developed quickly at East Carolina, where he added muscle to his frame and several miles per hour to his fastball, which has touched 98. He thrived in two summers pitching for Hyannis in the Cape Cod League, where the baseballs have lower seams and the hitters use wooden bats, mimicking the professional game.
At the start of this season, Hoffman was widely projected to go in the top four, like Justin Verlander (second over all in 2004) and Stephen Strasburg (first over all in 2009), other lanky college right-handers with hard fastballs and sharp curveballs. As Hoffman rolled along in the early season, with a 2.94 earned run average and more strikeouts than innings, his pitching coach, Dan Roszel, said he seemed very likely to go first.
"I've heard a lot of people talking about Verlander or Strasburg when they see him in live action," said Roszel, who mentored Chris Sale at Florida Gulf Coast. "Watching Jeff and the way he's handled everything, it makes me believe he can be a big league No. 1."
But when he was warming up for the seventh inning of a mid-April start against Middle Tennessee State, Hoffman said, something seemed different in his elbow.
"That was weird," Hoffman said he thought at the time. "It felt like something kind of jumped. But I never had any issues before, and I didn't really think much about it. I didn't think, I just tore my U.C.L."
But that is what happened, and in mid-May, Dr. James Andrews performed Tommy John surgery on Hoffman to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament. The same injury has sidelined Matt Harvey, Jose Fernandez, Matt Moore and many others this season, but in some ways, it is so common that it almost helps Hoffman's cause.
Mock drafts conducted by Baseball America, ESPN.com and MLB.com still project Hoffman to go among the top 20 selections. One high-ranking amateur scout, who was not authorized to talk about prospects, said his team had just been discussing Hoffman's draft stock.
"He probably slides a little," the scout said, "but not too far."
There is precedent for spending a first-round pick on a pitcher with an elbow injury. The Washington Nationals used the 16th overall pick in 2012 on a high school pitcher, Lucas Giolito, who had reconstructive elbow surgery almost immediately after signing. He has since dominated the low minors and is considered the team's top prospect.
Brady Aiken, a high school left-hander from San Diego, has been cited by some reports as the probable top pick, with the North Carolina State left-hander Carlos Rodon close behind. No matter where Hoffman falls — perhaps to Toronto, which picks ninth and 11th — he plans to reach the majors soon.
"In the short term, my goal was to be the No. 1 overall pick, because I feel I'm the best player in the draft," Hoffman said. "That's kind of changed a little bit, but my long-term goal of making an impact on a big league team within two years — that's not changed at all."
Hoffman said he was eager to start playing catch in four months, and he understands that the surgery generally requires a year of recovery. These days, it is almost a rite of passage for a pitcher, and the team that drafts Hoffman will at least know he has a stable ligament.
"My attitude is, it's done and over with," he said. "With pitchers these days, I hate to say it, but it's bound to happen, especially when guys are throwing at high velocity for a long period of time. It's just too much on the human body. They're going to have to get repaired sooner or later."
The repairs came sooner for Hoffman, but chances are that he will not have to wait too long to hear his name Thursday.
Beckett's Reasonable Outcome
No-hitters are always special, coming as they do without warning and with ever-increasing suspense as the outs roll by. But for a pitcher with the résumé of the Los Angeles Dodgers' Josh Beckett, who threw his first no-hitter last Sunday in Philadelphia, how unusual is the accomplishment?
At the end of the game, Beckett had made 321 career starts and compiled 35.1 wins above replacement, according to Baseball-Reference.com. The site's Play Index says 141 pitchers in major league history have matched or exceeded those figures.
What are the chances a pitcher that good, with that many opportunities, will throw a no-hitter at some point in his career? The answer, it turns out, is an even 33 percent — one out of three. Of those 141 pitchers, 47 have thrown at least one no-hitter.
Three others (Pedro Martinez, Bobo Newsom and Hippo Vaughn) pitched nine no-hit innings before losing their bid in the 10th. They fall into the unlucky two-thirds who never officially matched what Beckett did — including luminaries like Grover Cleveland Alexander, Steve Carlton, Roger Clemens, Lefty Grove and Greg Maddux.
The Pitcher Who Jumps
The strangest delivery in the major leagues may belong to the Atlanta Braves right-hander Jordan Walden. In an era of increasing concern over pitchers' health, no one would recommend pitching his way.
As Walden propels his body toward the plate and swings his right arm back, he disengages his right foot from the pitching rubber. For an instant, he is actually in midair, jumping, with the ball in his hand.
"When I was a young kid, my dad always told me, 'Use your legs,' " Walden said earlier this year. "So, I don't know, I just started using my legs that way, and I've pitched that way since high school."
The odd mechanics were good enough to help Walden make the 2011 American League All-Star team for the Los Angeles Angels, and to post a 3.45 earned run average in 50 games for Atlanta last season. For his career, he has averaged 10.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
The problem is the obvious risk of a leg injury, which Walden is dealing with now. He missed time late last season with groin trouble and is now on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring. He has not pitched since May 4 and is not expected back until late June.
Walden is fascinating to watch, but it is reasonable to wonder if his latest injury will force him to pitch more conventionally. Even before he was injured, he conceded he would adjust someday.
"Everybody has tried to change me," Walden said. "But when you get in the game, you kind of forget about what you've been practicing and just worry about getting the job done in front of you. It'll eventually happen — I want it to — but it's hard. I've just done it so long that I don't even realize I'm doing it. It feels weird to pitch normal."
Just Like That, a Career High
One unusual streak ended last Tuesday, and another nearly did the next night. The first streak-buster was Ben Revere of the Philadelphia Phillies, who finally hit his first career home run in his 1,566th at-bat.
It was the longest start to a career without a home run since that of Frank Taveras, who went 1,594 at-bats before his first homer for Pittsburgh, in 1977. That home run, it should be noted, was inside the park. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, three other nonpitchers since 1960 had more plate appearances than Revere before their first home run: Woody Woodward, Greg Gross and Larry Bowa, who all broke their droughts in the 1970s.
"It's past me," Revere told reporters. "I'm just trying to get 400 more."
The San Diego Padres, alas, could not snap their streak of games without a player hitting for the cycle. The Padres, who made their debut in 1969, have never had a cycle, and on Wednesday in Arizona, Tommy Medica collected a homer, a triple and a double — but not a single. It was the 11th time that a Padre ended a single short of the cycle.


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There are as many stories about Buffalo – as many truths and as many lies about the city and its place in the world – as there are citizens.
For one person, the city is a dying star, burning off the final fumes of its former brilliance. For another, it is a lethargic phoenix, rising gradually out of a half-century of industrial soot. For still others it is a living laboratory, a place where the failures of 20th century capitalism might be reorganized into a 21st century communitarian ideal.
None of these people are exactly right or exactly wrong. But to even come close to understanding a city as complex as Buffalo, it's necessary to become acquainted with as many of these individual viewpoints as possible. And that's where the new book "Ineffably Urban: Imagining Buffalo," an extraordinary collection of essays on the city by 14 artists and thinkers, comes in.
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center (341 Delaware Ave.) will host a launch party for the project at 7 p.m. Thursday. The central conceit of the book, edited by University at Buffalo professor Miriam Paeslack and released in December by the U.K.-based publishing company Ashgate, is a simple and obvious one: That Buffalo's urban fabric is "ineffable," which is to say difficult if not impossible to accurately describe in words or to capture in a single narrative. This is also the organizing philosophy behind recent city-books such as Rebecca Solnit's excellent map-based projects "Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas" and "Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas," both of which, like "Ineffably Urban," owe a debt to "Invisible Cities," Italo Calvino's 1974 paean to the urban imagination.
Cities as small as Lockport or as large as Los Angeles are inexhaustible, unknowable places. Most citizens know this inherently – we can't personally meet 261,310 people or visit 112,144 households – however we may cling to or repeat the simplest or most comforting narratives about the place we call home. But it does help to be reminded from time to time.
For Paeslack, a specialist in the history of photography who was born in Germany and moved to Buffalo in 2009, the book project emerged from a personal desire to understand her adopted city.
"I was struck by the way that people talked about Buffalo. When we decided to move here, there was a very one-dimensional way of addressing Buffalo, and it was mostly talking about the glorious history of Buffalo or about the desolate state of Buffalo today," she said. "That made me actually more curious about what Buffalo was really about."
That curiosity led her to people like Dennis Maher, the Buffalo architect whose house on Fargo Avenue is nothing less than the headquarters for a quixotic movement to will a new city into existence by the sheer force of the human imagination. And to artists such as J-M Reed and Julian Montague, whose work deals with the shrinking footprint of the city and the new landscape that is emerging in place of buildings that have burned down or slowly returned to nature.
The book opens with a clear-eyed essay from architecture writer Jeff Byles of New York City's Van Alen Institute on the unexpected value that can be found in the rubble and empty spaces left by decades of decline. "In Buffalo," he writes, "rubble gives life to new forms of urban action. Failure here has a freshness, an authenticity, an integrity that few American cities can match. The next generation of urban visionaries and scribes would do well to visit."
As if to prove that point in the book's most starry-eyed essay, Aaron Bartley of the advocacy organization PUSH Buffalo dreams out loud about the potential for a new, sustainable city to arise from its oversupply of vacant lots and proximity to major waterways. Indeed, Bartley describes how the seeds of that dream have already been planted, in urban farms on the East Side and efforts like the Massachusetts Avenue Project, and makes a good argument that we should all work together to water them.
Art historian Peter Bacon Hales, in his beautifully written consideration of the way Buffalo has presented itself in photographs over the past century, plants some subversive ideas in our heads. Foremost of these is his theory that Olmsted and Vaux's acclaimed parks and avenues were constructed as beautiful smokescreens that enabled Buffalo's titans of industry to "siphon off class resentment" and promote a supposedly egalitarian notion of the city while reaping enormous profits and inflicting massive environmental damage.
Hales also neatly breaks down the convenient ways of thinking about Buffalo in 2014: "Multiple presents require multiple histories, each contesting with the other," he writes. "The nostalgist writes a history of decline, from a golden past to a degraded present. The enthusiast sets the present as pinnacle, leaving unspoken the implication that decline must necessarily follow. The booster declares greatness just arriving: the angelic choir is descending; though the clouds obscure our view, we can hear the dim harmonies and join our voices to theirs."
These are all easy stories to tell and to repeat, and each one contains some grain of truth. "Imagining Buffalo" includes bits and pieces of each one. But its great and enduring value is in its inclusion of more nuanced reactions to those simple stories, each one beautifully flawed in its own way, and its insistence on encouraging readers to think in more critical and complex ways about this critical and complex place.
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"Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you."
- Jim Rohn, was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker.
"Asking for help does not mean that we are weak or incompetent. It usually indicates an advanced level of honesty and intelligence."
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As Seen on TV: Memphis Restaurants Featured on the Small Screen
If you craft your culinary itinerary based on delectable dishes you've seen on television, check out some of these Memphis classics that have been featured on the top travel food shows.
Hog and Hominy – Heritage by Tastemade
Tastemade's Heritage series tells the personal stories of some of the country's most brilliant chefs and what inspires them. This episode shows how Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman honor their Italian roots while embracing the local Southern culture. Maw Maw's ravioli is made with fresh pasta and formed with the trays their grandmother brought from Italy. Be sure to also stop by their other two hot spots: Porcellino's and Andrew Michael Kitchen. Their newest restaurant, Catherine & Mary's is opened it's doors in 2016 in the historic Hotel Chisca building in downtown Memphis.
Brother Juniper's: The San Diegan – $40 a Day
Rachael Ray got a satisfying start to her one-day excursion at this East Memphis eatery. The San Diegan is an open-faced omelet topped with home fries, sautéed portabella mushrooms, tomatoes, bacon, green onions, and feta and cheddar cheeses. It's served with cheese grits and diner's choice of toast or a biscuit (get the biscuit). Lines can get long, so be prepared for a wait, especially on the weekend.
Restaurant Iris: Surf and Turf – The Best Thing I Ever Ate
Memphis chef and television personality, Claire Robinson, declared Kelly English's signature dish as one of the best things she's ever put in her mouth. If you're a meat lover, you don't want to miss this hearty entrée. Chef English stuffs a NY strip with fried oysters, smothers it in a creamy bleu cheese sauces and serves it over a potato and bacon hash. It's like New York and New Orleans got married in Memphis.
Bar-B-Q Shop: Barbecue Spaghetti – Bizarre Foods
It may have piqued host Andrew Zimmern's interest, but there's nothing bizarre about barbecue spaghetti. It's just good, old-fashioned, home style cooking. This Midtown mainstay takes tender bits of smoked pork shoulder and tangy sauce and tosses it with spaghetti noodles. It's classified as a side dish on the menu, but it's substantial enough to be an entrée. Add a side of coleslaw and a piece of buttery Texas toast and you've got the perfect meal.
Kooky Canuck: Kookamonga Burger – Man v. Food
Extreme eater, Adam Richman, accepted the king of all food challenges when he took on the Kookamonga burger. Anybody who can consume this four-pound burger plus the bun and all the toppings (seven pounds total) in 60 minutes will be inducted into the Kooky Canuck hall of fame. Though the challenge has been successfully completed over twenty times, Richman fell short of the mark. Feel free to bring a couple of friends to help, but only solo eaters win the grand prize.
Uncle Lou's Fried Chicken: Fried Chicken – Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Triple D host, Guy Fieri, became a deep-fried believer after learning the secrets of Uncle Lou's delicious chicken. Lou seasons up fresh chicken and fries it until it's golden and crispy. Now you can stop there, and you'll have his home style version. Or, Lou can dip your chicken in a tangy and savory concoction he calls "sweet spicy love" sauce. Either way, make sure to order a couple of honey butter biscuits; they make the perfect accompaniment for the chicken.