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Before Belize was flung open to tourism in the mid-1980s and 1990s, it was already the case that our society had a lot of poor people in urban settings. Often when we speak about our poverty in Belize, we hesitate to confront the starkness and brutality of the human condition of poverty. We don't want to say that people are hungry, much less that people are starving.
In a home which is poor and hungry, the physical sexuality of the child, especially the female child, becomes an economic commodity, a commodity increasing in value as the child enters puberty. The sexuality of the child may be classified as an economic commodity in a poor home or community because there are adult predators of various sorts who are willing to pay money in order to exploit, violate actually, the sexuality of the child. In a poor home or community, which is suffering from hunger, money from any source means food, which amounts to the easing of pain.
Even in the non-tourism economy, as was the case in Belize before the change of government in 1984, there was pressure in poor homes for parents and guardians to protect their innocent children and teenagers from their own sexuality. We repeat, in a poor home hunger is a reality from time to time: in fact, hunger may be an almost chronic condition. As the child's sexuality develops, the child becomes a potential source of food for the home.
There are countries in the world where tourism is only one more source of income in a diversified economy. Tourism is a certified money earner in wealthy nations. Everyone wants to visit Paris and New York City. Tourism does not affect the national psyche of rich nations in a negative way: tourism boosts the ego of the rich nations. In a poor nation like Belize, however, the essence of tourism involves visitors from rich countries being entertained by people who are suffering from poverty, which is to say, hunger. Tourism can be toxic for our national self-esteem.
Looking back, it is difficult to separate television from tourism where their entry here and impact on the Belizean psyche are concerned. Television entered in 1982, and was let loose after the change of government, just like tourism. The twin terrors of tourism and television have created a climate in Belize which emphasizes pelvic activity more than cerebral pursuits. Everywhere we turn we see beautiful, healthy young Belizean bodies in the bump-and-grind mode. Remember, earlier we told you that even in the pre-tourism days, the sexuality of our children and teenagers had to be guarded by parents and guardians. In the tourism economy, this is even more the case, because there is much more money around which is hunting for young, innocent sexuality. But, no one wants to talk about this, because Belize's ruling politicians have totally endorsed the tourism economy concept, and continue to congratulate themselves publicly for their "wisdom."
Now then, in Belize's television-intense and tourism–dominated climate, sexual exhibitionism has become almost voyeuristic. Sometimes it seems as if everyone wants to watch everybody else's "pelvicity." The perspective of our children is being poisoned by the atmosphere. As usual, well-off parents are in a better position to protect their children and teenagers from the pelvic madness and ensure their focus on developing their minds.
Why is it important for our children to be more focused on developing their minds than on exercising their pelvis? The reason is that the competition in the pelvic world is extreme, and one's shelf life is limited. One's pelvic value declines sharply as one matures and ages. With acquired cerebral skills, on the other hand, one can compete into one's senior years, when no one is interested in your pelvis as a commodity.
Nowadays it appears to us as if Belize's September celebrations are not so much about patriotism as they are about tourism. The centerpiece of it all has become Carnival. And there is nothing as erotically and publicly pelvic as Carnival. It reached the point fifteen or twenty years ago where a few brave Belizeans began to condemn the sexual exploitation of Belize City children in the Carnival parades. What grown men and women want to do with their bodies in public is basically their adult business, but the bump-and-grinding of the skimpily-dressed children had become outrageous, and for sure this must have attracted pedophiles and predators worldwide. One troubling aspect of it all was that the outcry never came from Belize's church leaders. And it is they who should have nipped this in the bud twenty years before.
It may well seem that the newspaper is branching out into religious morality in this editorial. We think, however, that our concerns are secular and nationalistic. What sort of nation are we building here? Belize is fast heading towards where Cuba was before the Revolution. Perhaps we are already there. India and Singapore, you know, were desperately poor Third World nations before their leaders committed to educating their children, developing their brains, at any cost. One thing about Belize's first Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. George C. Price, was that he saw that tourism could never be the foundation of a Belizean economy which emphasized national dignity.
It's bad enough for us to have experienced the John MacAfee scandal and the Faye Linn Cannon horror. Every time the ruling politicians tell us how great Belize's tourism sector is doing, we ask ourselves the question: where is the money? We are seeing too much hunger and pain in the streets of Belize City around us.
And, 49 years after this newspaper began to be subjected to all kinds of persecution for demanding that Belizean children be taught their ancestral African and Mayan history, Belize's educational power structure still refuses to do right. It is for sure that our children are gifted enough cerebrally to aspire to higher than Carnival "pelvicity." There is something seriously wrong here. The white supremacists put our own people in charge, but the agenda our own people are carrying out is the original white supremacist agenda. Nothing that substantial has changed in the education curriculum here since colonialism. Television and tourism rule.


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|Budget 2016 introduced plenty of new tax changes covering the full gamut.
Billed as the Budget for the next generation, the 2016 tax changes were not particularly focused. The tinkering impacting workers in north sea oil and gas to clapped out sports-persons enjoying their benefit season.
This note provides a summary of Budget 2016's main tax changes:
Business and Company tax changes
Corporation tax will be reduced to 17% with effect from April 2020. This supplemented previous announcements which had already stated that this would a fall to 18% by the same date.
Companies ability to carry forward and offset losses against future profits will be restricted with effect from April 2017. A cap of allowing a maximum offset of 50% versus profits above £5m will apply.
In addition, Companies will broadly be capped at 30% of EBITDA. However, specific rules may exist for groups who might be able to use a group-wide ratio.
Intellectual Property ("IP") was also in the cross hair. In this regard, UK withholding tax will apply to royalty payments for the use of intellectual property including trademarks and brand names. An important carve-out is that payments made under double tax treaties – or where EU Directives apply – will not be subject to any such withholding tax.
There were also amendments to the Employee Shareholder Scheme ("ESS") – a relief which allows employees to acquire tax efficient shares in their employee in exchange for giving up their employment rights – effectively capping the value of benefits available.
Property tax changes
The previously announced 3% SDLT surcharge on the purchase of 'additional properties' was confirmed. The new SDLT charge has applied since 1 April 2016 and the draft legislation has been published.
Buy to Let investors will now have to bear this not inconsequential transaction cost in mind when acquiring new properties.
George Osborne turned his attention to Commercial property – which has remained relatively unscathed until this point. The slab basis of taxation now consigned to the tax dustbin. More significantly, a top rate of 5% on consideration above £250,000 will apply.
This could represent a significant increase in the effective rate payable on larger commercial property transactions.
Tax changes for Individuals
The higher and basic CGT rates will be reduced to 20% and 10% respectively.
However, the tax whipping boy that is UK residential property is excluded from this reduction. So is 'carried interest' for the private equity / investment industry. Where these two are the subject matter of a disposal then they will continue to pay CGT at the 28% and 18% rates respectively.
Class 2 NICs for self-employed individuals will be abolished from April 2018.
Also announced was an interesting extension to Entrepreneurs' Relief (ER). This is for external investors who are not employees or directors and are making long term investments in unlisted trading companies.
Anti-avoidance and tax evasion
As one would expect, there were also plenty of anti-avoidance measures announced. In no particular order, these included:
- Prevention of the avoidance by using Double Tax Treaties for non-UK resident property developers with UK projects;
- Proposed tightening of salary sacrifice arrangements;
- Targeted avoidance in relation to 'disguised remuneration schemes';
- Corporate tax measures including hybrids, royalty payments, transfer pricing and loss relief;
- Measure in relation to online VAT fraud in goods;
- Further toughening over marketed tax avoidance;
- Increased sanctions for offshore tax evasion
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Winter Engagement Session
April 3, 2014
Here's a little glimpse into winter this year…oh wait, it's still winter out there.
Jasmine and Grant were great together during out winter session. I love playing with some of the colours we found especially the red drapes. And of course it's always fun to play around with some fun lighting at night. Looking forward to your wedding day, but hoping it's a little warmer by then.


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You descend in an express elevator car; in that bucket you just drop.
Who saw its fires here rise, and there descend, Explain his own beginning, or his end?
"Then we must walk," said Lady Idleways; and she bade Laura descend also from the carriage.
In the face of such an assault the man could not descend in safety.
This is repeated again and again, and at last the sun begins to descend.
It is not necessary to descend minutely into particulars in this place.
You will descend as the picture draws near completion, and at the last stroke of your brush you will see him.
Others embarked in their larger boats to ascend the river, and others to descend, so as to cut off all possibility of retreat.
Then he started on downward, zig-zagging carefully this time as one should descend a trailless mountain.
This caused its pursuer to descend to the ground again with all speed.
descend c.1300, from O.Fr. descendre, from L. descendere, from de- "down" + scandere "to climb," from PIE base *skand- "jump." Sense of "originate from" is late 14c. In typography, descender "part of a letter that extends below the body" is from 1802.


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Notes for you:
April 14th is the date we will be heading to Nicole Noyce's studio.
If you are not done your current events assignment; GET IT IN!
Your poetry analysis's are currently being marked.
You need to be filming your PSA within the next 7 days!
English 20:
What did you guys like about what we have seen in TKAM so far?
What is the same?
What is different?
Today; you will read Chapter 10 together as a class!
We will move on to 11 if we get that far.
Social Studies 20:
I can properly identify 53 specific key people in world history and explain why they are significant.
We will begin with; THE WEEK IN RAP!? What the heck is going on in the world?
We will continue with Key People: L to J.
We will take a break from Key People tomorrow to begin discussion of the Russian Revolution on Friday.
Photography 20:
Remember that you should be filming your PSA's this week!
This following assignment MUST be done and all pictures MUST be uploaded this weekend.
You will want to make a Scavenger Hunt page OFF your Photography 20 WordPress page.
Scavenger Hunt: 10 Images
I can define DSLR and provide a summary on how an image is recorded on a DSLR.
I can manipulate aperture to serve a specific purpose.
I can relationship between the lighting/sharpness of an image and aperture.
I can manipulate shutter speed to serve a specific purpose.
I can understand the relationship between the lighting/sharpness of an image and shutter speed.
I can manipulate white balance to serve a specific purpose.
I can manipulate exposure compensation to serve a specific purpose.
I can manipulate ISO to serve a specific purpose.
I can summarize what each of the 'modes' are on the DSLR and explain how each serves a different purpose in obtaining a quality image.
I will become confident in operating a DSLR camera in manual mode.
Photograph a tree from a worms eye view
Photograph a person from a birds eye view
Photography something to imply a jail cell or being locked away
Photograph a silhouette of a person or object with backlighting
Show how aperture (Av) can be used; foreground blurry, back image in focus
Show how shutter speed (Tv) can be used to freeze a frame outdoors
Show how shutter speed (Tv) can be used to blur a frame outdoors
Show understanding of the rule of thirds outdoors
Show understanding of framing indoors
This image is FREE; show your creativity in any way you want
Notes for Friday;
Remember that Machiavelli, Buddha and Hammurabi chat will appear on your Friday Kahoot!
There are 25 questions on Friday's Kahoot! 22 of the questions are for marks! You got this 'smarties'.
English 20: We will continue reading in TKAM.
(We will have a break Monday from reading to dive into some of the themes that are presenting themself in the novel. You won't want to miss Monday! Monday we will also have a Kahoot in regards to what we have read so far.)
Social Studies 20:
We will cover a few Key People.
You will have time to work on your I Have a Dream speeches. Remember that these are due next week!
You need to devise a plan for how you are going to film this.
*Remember you also have to film your PSA's.
**Work is going to start stacking up so stay on top of things.
Media Studies 20/Photography:
You will have the entire period to finish shooting your scavenger hunt images and posting them on your WordPress.
*I will show you how to put a caption on your images.
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Science on Tap to focus on advancing children's understanding of engineering concepts
March 11, 2014
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University engineering education professors Monica Cardella and Ṣenay Purzer will headline this week's Science on Tap with a talk on efforts and successes in exposing students in younger grades to engineering concepts.
The lecture, titled "Engineering at Home, Schools, Museums and Beyond," is at 6 p.m. Thursday (March 13) in the upstairs of Lafayette Brewing Company, 622 Main St., Lafayette. This month's Science on Tap, which is free and open to those 21 and older, is sponsored by the School of Engineering Education, College of Engineering and Discovery Park.
"This Science on Tap talk will present research on engineering education at the preschool to fourth-grade level and provide our vision of how children can engage in engineering learning," said Cardella, director of Informal Learning Environments Research for the Purdue-led Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE).
"We will leave the audience with tools and strategies to promote engineering in K-12 schools, help their own children learn about engineering or promote engineering learning in their interactions with children outside of school."
Senay Purzer
Purzer, director of Assessment Research at INSPIRE, said there are new opportunities for understanding what engineers do and new opportunities for students to make informed decisions for pursuing engineering careers.
"There is growing interest at the national level for students to develop sound understandings of engineering practices such as design, optimization and balancing trade-offs," Purzer said. "In addition, it is becoming increasingly common for engineering to be taught in K-12 classrooms."
The number of students choosing engineering as a career path, however, has consistently slipped in the last decades, hindering this nation's global competitiveness. Engineering also continues to be a disproportionately dominated by men.
"To complicate concerns, recent data reveal waning student interest in engineering and general science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as early as second and third grades," Purzer said.
In response, Purdue's School of Engineering Education and INSPIRE, the university's P-12 engineering education research institute, were created to find answers to these issues.
Established in 2006, INSPIRE focuses both on increasing the presence of engineering in the formal P-12 curriculum and on ways children learn about engineering outside of school settings, ultimately preparing a greater number of diverse students for study in engineering.
"Our research shows that the earlier the better in introducing engineering concepts into elementary (and preschool) classrooms and out-of-school programs," Purzer said.
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Added Cardella, "We also must continue to recognize the critical role that parents play in supporting their children's learning, and we must understand parents' perspectives on the inclusion of engineering in precollege classrooms."
INSPIRE is led by David Radcliffe, the Kamyar Haghighi Head of the School of Engineering Education and an epistemology professor of engineering education.
Cardella, also an affiliate of the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, is studying how children learn about engineering through interactions with parents and in other informal learning environments. She also conducts research on design thinking across the lifespan as well as engineers' mathematical thinking. Cardella received her bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Puget Sound and her master's and doctoral degrees in industrial engineering from the University of Washington.
Purzer's research focuses on assessment of student learning. She also conducts research on design thinking and engineering creativity. Purzer earned her master's and doctoral degrees in science education from Arizona State University and has a bachelor's degree in physics education and in engineering
Science on Tap, led by graduate students David Welkie, Anju Karki and Nelda Vazquez, provides Purdue faculty and collaborating researchers the opportunity to share research activities in an informal setting with presentations that are designed to appeal to a more general audience. Attendance at the monthly event has averaged 80 during the program's first four years.
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In this week's Picks we have some brilliant examples of colour saturation! Whether it's a dazzling Hebridean sunrise or bright explosions of coloured powders at Holi Festival, we are always astounded by the range of talents shown by Picfair photographers! We open with a sublime pic of the the Old Man of Storr from Gavin Duncan. What a beautiful shot Gavin, congratulations to you, and to all the other photographers featured in this week's Picks!
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We're moving into the final stretch before the Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival. The elves have been busy helping me package up goodies.
There is lots to be done. My purchase of a wide format printer earlier this year has come in very handy for doing posters. Polly loves the printer; she runs to catch the paper as it comes out.
In between packing and paperwork, I am sorting quilts to take to the Thursday show. This one was quilted but never bound, so I will stitch that on this evening. Amazingly, I had made the binding when I pieced the top and placed it in a baggie pinned to the quilt. I wish I were always so organized! It's such a good feeling to finish a project that's been lying around.
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
It's All About The Festival!
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Those little packing elves have been very busy! Love the Anne quilt - I really enjoyed those books when I was young, they have always been popular here too.ReplyDelete
Looks like you've been busy, and like you are about to have loads of fun! Can't wait to see pics. :)ReplyDelete
I see my name on one of those goodies...:) and I love the quilt.ReplyDelete
Love this Anne quilt too. My little grand-daughter loves Anne. In a few years, if she still has a thing for Anne, I'll make her this quilt. Good luck with all the Festival activities.ReplyDelete
You make the prettiest things! I love the hanging bow. That whole cloth sampler is pretty intriguing! : )ReplyDelete
Have a terrific weekend Karen!~
~Monika in Saskatoon
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Enough Said: Movie Review
Enough Said: Movie Review
Cast: Julia Louis Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Ben Falco
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Tis a rare beast - a rom-com that feels fresh, doesn't rely on cliches and doesn't short change the characters and the audience.
It's an even rarer one that tackles an older set of protagonists, and does such a wonderful job of it. (Sure, we've had Hope Springs, but....)
Enough Said, from Walking and Talking director Nicole Holofcener, is the tale of divorced and single parent Eva (played with wonderful realism by VEEP and Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Saddled with a massive masseuse table and moving from client to client, Eva is worried about her daughter's impending departure for college.
A chance meeting at a party throws her into the path of self-confessed slob Albert (James Gandolfini in his last full movie role), who's in a similar situation. Despite Eva's initial dismissal of Albert, she finds herself attracted to him and a romance blossoms.
But there's a stumble in this road to romance - one of Eva's clients is always bitching about her ex-husband and revealing the real reasons why she left . That sends Eva into a tailspin of doubt over Albert - however, there are bigger revelations ahead.
Enough Said is an absolute delight of a movie, an incisive and often hilarious insight into relationships later in life and an examination of how people's foibles can prove to be their undoing. Gently unassuming and charmingly honest, it's a film that deserves to stand on its own two feet rather than being mired in the sentiment of it being one of James Gandolfini's last before his untimely death.
Both Gandolfini and Louis-Dreyfus absolutely nail their roles, imbuing each with warmth and a raw honesty that's completely compelling and utterly entrancing. Gandolfini in particular displays a softer, more melancholy and self-deprecating side to his character that's so rarely been seen due to his more hard men roles like The Sopranos and his turn in Killing Them Softly. The screen crackles with their repartie and it never feels try hard or forced; ultimately their chemistry is disarming and enthralling to watch.
Louis-Dreyfus displays her usual touch of light comedy for the majority of the film and manages to fill her character with recognisable traits and touches. It helps that there's a well-observed script which dances over the material with ease, while skirting into the bittersweet territory of the flow and ebb of post marriage relationships / adult romances.
All in all, Enough Said deserves to be seen for more reasons than it's simply one of James Gandolfini's last films. It's an incisive, insightful, gently unassuming yet beautifully put together heartfelt adult romantic comedy which has a warmth running through its cinematic veins.


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Canon Working On A Lego-Style DSLR?
Canon Rumors writes:
We're told that Canon will introduce a brand new DSLR model some time in 2015 that will be somewhat modular. All we were told is that the viewfinder will be interchangeable, as well as "other parts of the camera"
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European University, St Petersburg;
Centre of Independent Social Research, St Petersburg
PhD. Student /Researcher
- MSSc., Hertsen Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- MSSc. in Sociology, European University in St. Petersburg, Russia
- PhD candidate, European University St. Petersburg, Russia
Main research interests:
- Studying the impacts of environmentally and socially responsible, international niche markets on local communities. Evaluate how local actors in the process of global standard implementations adopt and adjust to these markets in a local context.
- Analysis of these processes are conducted following theoretical frameworks of economic and ecological sociology.
Email: stulaeva(a)eu.spb.ru; svett07(a)mail.ru


text: Rjf32 0 Report post Posted August 8, 2016 About five years ago I saw a training video on BYC where they showed a ward and how they did the meeting. They show the youth leading out in the discussions and not the adult advisors. I really liked how it taught to focus on the youth leaders and not let the adult leaders take over the meeting. I cannot seem to find that video now though, does anyone know where I can find it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Dr. Ralph Stanley can't sit still; he tried to retire in 2013 and even went out on a farewell tour, but the three-time Grammy winner just wasn't ready to say farewell, yet. Making music for well over half a century, Stanley has been re-shaping music his entire career, riding firmly in the path of bluegrass tradition while helping shape that tradition with his iconic high lonesome sound. After his brother Carter's death in 1964, he refashioned the Clinch Mountain Boys, focusing on his voice and introducing many of the leading singers and players in contemporary bluegrass, some of whom, like Keith Whitley, have left this world, and others like Larry Sparks, who've gone on to spectacular careers of their own.
On "Man of Constant Sorrow," a stellar group of Dr. Stanley's friends gather around him to record new versions of his songs with him, paying tribute to his musical genius and his deep, deep influence on many musical styles.
Produced by the tireless Americana duo of Jim Lauderdale and Buddy Miller, the album features Stanley's high lonesome tenor weaving and bobbing around the voices of artists ranging from Robert Plant and Elvis Costello to Old Crow Medicine Show and Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.
Josh Turner grew up listening to "We Shall Rise" on an old Stanley Brothers' album, and he joins Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys for some rousing, get-up-and-meet-the-Lord bluegrass gospel to kick off the album. Lee Ann Womack and her daughter, Aubrie Sellers, join Stanley, capturing the poignant ache of lonesomeness in their heart-rending version of Carter Stanley's "White Dove."
Miller and Lauderdale testify in the stirring call-and-response tune "I Am the Man, Thomas," written by Stanley and Larry Sparks, while Dierks Bentley croons the tear-jerker "I Only Exist," co-written by Stanley's wife, Jimmie. Del McCoury and Stanley join forces for the first time ever on their version of the Jesse Winchester chestnut, "Brand New Tennessee Waltz."
The album closes out with Stanley's tribute to his brother, Carter, the recitation "Hills of Home" and the song for which Dr. Stanley may be best known to listeners outside the bluegrass world, "Man of Constant Sorrow."
Dr. Stanley turns 88 on Feb. 25. As this album makes clear, he's not slowing down any time soon.


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Interspace : An investigation about threshold spaces
Abstract: Threshold spaces often contain a narrative moment that holds both the past, the present and the future. It is ambiguous since it can both connect an separate. It works as a transition through spatial sequences, where it changes from one position to another. They thrive on spatial ambivalence and the expectation of what is to come. In my investigation, I want to highlight these qualities. By unfolding methods from photography, threshold spaces can be enhanced. Working in-between mediums such as photography, drawing and models. Transforming the findings into new space. I want to invite the visitors into a moment, going through, inside and around the space. Working with photography I highlight different parts to later take it further into 3D modeling, to show my findings in the image. After this translation in the digital world, it comes back to the analogue world again. Here it's possible to work in a less controlled way than in the computer. So the method goes through different stages in representations from 2D analogue to 3D modeling.
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Best Buy trying to attract new customers with new Connected Store
Best Buy has recently opened its first Connected Store in Richfield. The store has new additions in order to engage customers: a Genius Bar-like tech support center, called the Geek Squad Solution Central, employees with advice on pricey stoves, and rooms where home theater geeks can design their ultimate entertainment centers.
Best Buy's hope for the Connected stores is to emphasize high-end service in a smaller floor space. This is because Best Buy plans to close 50 big boxes across the country by the end of the year and open 100 small Best Buy Mobile and 50 Connected stores.
The company expects this new store format to retain their current shoppers and also attract new customers, especially ones willing to pay a premium price for products. As a result, Best Buy hopes it can offset some of the lost sales and profits from the traditional big boxes that will close.
According to industry analysts, the new Connected stores will only be successful with they can attract new customers who are willing to buy products and services from Best Buy over other competitors. However, these analysts are unsure if the new format will help Best Buy reverse its sales declines from other stores, such as Wal-Mart and Amazon, or if the Connected Store can erase the practice of showrooming, the practice of consumers examining store merchandise and then making the purchase from a competitor.
For more information, see the article, "Best Buy's Richfield store seeks to connect on new scale" by Thomas Lee.
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- "The Bachelor" just ended its 24th season, helmed by none other than Pilot Pete, aka Peter Weber.
- In honour of Weber's season, we've ranked every star of "The Bachelor" based on likability, quality of contestants, and the entertainment value of his season.
- No, Arie Luyendyk, Jr. does not rank last. But he comes close.
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Reality TV juggernaut "The Bachelor" finished its 24th season on March 10, with its 23rd Bachelor, Peter Weber.
It's hard to believe that this show has been on air for so long, or that it's spawned a whopping five separate spin-offs, and more than a few wedding specials.
To mark the end of the season, we've ranked the Bachelors themselves, from fan-favourites like Ben Higgins to the universally hated Juan Pablo Galavis.
Keep scrolling to see where your favourite man lands.
23. Juan Pablo Galavis, season 18
Could this have been anyone else? While many were initially delighted when Galavis was announced as the first Latino Bachelor back in 2013, things quickly deteriorated. Two weeks into the broadcast of his season, Galavis upset many when he stated that he believed that there shouldn't be a gay or bisexual Bachelor, though he later apologised and claimed his words were taken out of context.
Galavis was also patronising towards his contestants, repeatedly brushing off any of their concerns by saying "It's ok." Andi Dorfman, future star of "The Bachelorette" spin-off, left the show after Fantasy Suites, claiming that she "want[ed] to die" if she had to hear him say "it's ok" again.
The season ended with runner-up Clare Crawley telling Galavis off because she felt that he had lead her on, and ended with her telling him "I would never want my children having a father like you." Galavis' reply? "I'm glad I didn't pick her."
To top it all off, Galavis didn't even propose at the end of the season, instead offering winner Nikki Ferrell a final rose – the two broke up soon after.
22. Arie Luyendyk, Jr., season 22
Things started off rocky for Luyendyk when he was announced Bachelor, as his pick was met with a resounding "who?" The race car driver hadn't appeared on the franchise in six years, since his break-up with then-Bachelorette Emily Maynard. Plus, Bachelor Nation had been hoping that Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay's runner-up Peter Kraus would be named the new Bachelor.
It was only downhill from there. Fans frequently complained about how boring Arie – and thus the season – was, and how it was unclear what Luyendyk actually wanted.
But, of course, nothing will top the finale, in which painfully raw, unedited footage showed Luyendyk dumping his distraught winner and fiancée, future-Bachelorette Becca Kufrin, so he could reunite with runner-up Lauren Burnham. Though this wasn't the first time this happened – more on that later – it made Luyendyk persona non grata to Bachelor Nation, and even got him banned from Kufrin's home state of Minnesota.
21. Jake Pavelka, season 14
Pavelka's fall from grace is still astounding nine years later. The pilot's season, subtitled "On the Wings of Love," was highly anticipated since he was a fan-favourite on his season of "The Bachelorette."
However, Bachelor Nation turned on him when he picked the season's villain, Vienna Girardi.
The couple broke up not long after the show wrapped, putting fans through an excruciatingly uncomfortable break-up special, in which Girardi sobbed and called Pavelka emotionally abusive, while he screamed at her to stop interrupting him.
20. Peter Weber, season 24
Ranked just above the other pilot in "Bachelor" history, Weber's season was, simply put, excruciating to watch. From his inability to mediate conflict, to his tendency to reward drama, to his main requirement of his future wife being "someone who wants me," it has been frustrating, annoying, and sometimes boring to watch his season.
The other requirement of a good season, the contestants, also let us down. There wasn't even a good enough candidate to pick for this season's "Bachelorette" – they had to take a trip down memory lane to 2014. All of the women seemed catty, which is not what you want. There was no one to root for!
Yes, the two-part finale was riveting television, but that was in spite of Weber, not because of him. It was empowering to see his ex-fiancée Hannah Ann Sluss tell him off, and jaw-dropping to see his mum's open disdain of his current girlfriend, Madison Prewett. Weber himself didn't really do much of anything – and that's the hallmark of a bad Bachelor.
19. Byron Velvick, season 6
Velvick's main crime is being forgettable, made worse because he was the star of an objectively important season. It was the first time the contestants were given a choice between two Bachelors, a gimmick that would later be used on "The Bachelorette."
Velvick, a professional bass fisherman, was chosen over Jay Overbye, a realtor, back in 2004. He ended up proposing to former football cheerleader Mary Delgado. The two were together for a few years, but their relationship ended in 2009 – after five years and Delgado getting arrested for allegedly punching Velvick in the face.
18. Lorenzo Borghese, season 9
In 2006, Borghese was marketed as an Italian prince, but he technically doesn't have a title – his father's the real prince – plus he grew up in Short Hills, New Jersey.
While his season was interesting to watch – it was filmed in Rome, Italy – it felt too gimmicky to have a "prince" as Bachelor, and Borghese wasn't very compelling. Essentially, another forgettable lead.
Borghese chose Jennifer Wilson at the end of the season, but didn't propose. Instead, he offered her a "family ring," and the two dated for a few months before breaking up. Borghese then began dating runner-up Sadie Murray, but they fizzled out as well.
17. Aaron Buerge, season 2
Buerge was another perfectly nice, yet forgettable Bachelor. To become a highly-ranked Bachelor, one must be more than just nice.
Buerge, a banker, searched for love on reality television in 2002. He chose Helene Eksterowicz and proposed to her, but they called off their engagement only a few weeks after the show aired.
16. Matt Grant, season 12
Grant's British accent bumped him up a few slots. When he became Bachelor in 2008 he was the first lead from outside of North America, which made him very exciting. But his season wasn't as thrilling as it should have been – there was no real drama until after the season wrapped, when he and the winner Shayne Lamas broke up.
Grant openly regretted picking Lamas, saying "Did I find true love on the show? Um, no. Not one little bit. I proposed to a woman who was about a foot and a half shorter than me, who had nothing in common with me, and thought there were palm trees in London. Did I make a mistake? Yes. Did I look like an idiot? Yes. Do I regret it? A little bit." Being rude about your winner rarely makes you more likable.
15. Travis Lane Stork, season 8
Stork is now best known for hosting the syndicated morning talk show, "The Doctors." The fact that he was able to successfully re-brand himself as a TV doctor can only mean one thing: he was the star of a very uneventful season of "The Bachelor."
Stork appeared on the show in 2006, and didn't end up proposing to his final contestant, Sarah Stone. Instead, the two began a short-lived relationship, and the handsome doctor began hosting his show two years later.
14. Charlie O'Connell, season 7
O'Connell's season in 2005 seemed to be when the show's producers realised that adding copious amounts of alcohol, while potentially dangerous and definitely problematic, made for entertaining reality TV.
It's the year "The Bachelor" stopped taking itself so seriously, and the season began with body shots and plenty of making out, which is essentially what makes spinoff "Bachelor in Paradise" so much fun to watch.
O'Connell, older brother of actor Jerry O'Connell, proposed to Sarah Brice, and the couple were on-and-off until 2010, when they called it quits for good.
13. Ben Flajnik, season 16
Flajnik, a winemaker and owner of Envolve wines, was well-liked, but a bit clueless. He ended his 2012 season by committing the faux pas of picking the season's villain, Courtney Robertson.
Viewers were frustrated week after week when Flajnik turned a blind eye to Robertson's rude behaviour towards other contestants, instead focusing only on the way she acted towards him. But Flajnik and Robertson will be best remembered for their midnight skinny dipping in the ocean, which remains a huge deal in Bachelor Nation.
Flajnik proposed to Robertson, but the couple didn't last long. In fact, they broke up while the season was still airing due to Robertson's villainy. While they briefly reunited for "After the Final Rose," they ended things for good only a few months later.
12. Alex Michel, season 1
The very first Bachelor ranks smack in the middle of the show's list of eligible men. Michel was plucked from obscurity in 2002 to become the now mega-franchise's guinea pig. He seemed like a genuine catch; the businessman graduated from both Harvard and Stanford.
However, his season was hampered by its short length – it was only a month long – and viewers didn't get the chance to know him that well.
Michel didn't propose to his winner, Amanda Marsh, and the couple broke up after a year of dating. Since the show,Michel has stayed off the grid instead of becoming an influencer like other "Bachelor" alumni, suggesting that he was probably there for the right reasons.
11. Andy Baldwin, season 10
Baldwin was a real get for the show. He was an actual US Naval Officer, (the "Bachelor" franchise loves the armed forces), which led to his season getting subtitled "An Officer and a Gentleman," and he genuinely treated the contestants with respect. These two things get a "Bachelor" top 10 placement.
Baldwin proposed to Tessa Horst in the 2007 finale, but they called off their engagement only a few weeks later. They continued to date, but broke up for good in September of that year.
10. Jesse Palmer, season 5
Palmer cracks the top 10 for his longevity. The former New York Giants quarterback appeared as Bachelor in 2004, and returned to the ABC family in 2018 to host an even shorter version of "The Bachelor," called "The Proposal," in which 10 women participate in a beauty pageant of sorts before getting proposed to.
Palmer is also responsible for one of the most iconic "Bachelor" moments of all time, when he accidentally said the wrong woman's name at a rose ceremony before legitimately fleeing the room upon realising this mistake. It's always fun to peek behind the curtain of "The Bachelor," and it was a truly human moment – who can actually remember the names of 30 identical women after pulling an all-nighter?
Lastly, Palmer pulled a never-before-seen and never-again-attempted move – he made one of his married friends go undercover as a contestant in order to gain intel and spill secrets about what the ladies are like without him around.
Palmer ended up asking Jessica Bowlin to continue dating, instead of proposing. They broke up shortly after.
9. Nick Viall, season 21
Viall earned his spot on this list, after appearing on not one, not two, but three "Bachelor" shows. He was runner-up on both Andi Dorfman and Kaitlyn Bristowe's seasons of "The Bachelorette," and almost proposed to Jen Saviano on the third season of "Bachelor in Paradise."
Although Viall wasn't a fan-favourite when he was announced as the next Bachelor in 2016, Viall's season was definitely entertaining. It also introduced us to "Bachelor" favourites like Raven Gates,future "Bachelorette" Rachel Lindsay, and, of course, Corinne Olympios.
Though this might annoy some viewers, it can be endearing when the lead has a clear favourite from day one, and Viall's eventual winner Vanessa Grimaldi was the obvious frontrunner for most of the season. The two got engaged, but broke things off a few months after the show.
8. Bob Guiney, season 4
Guiney's 2003 season introduced viewers to the now-standard formula of picking a Bachelor from the cast-offs of a previous season of "The Bachelorette." He was eliminated during the first-ever season of "The Bachelorette" by Trista Rehn.
Guiney stands out because the viewers already had a relationship with him, and he was legitimately funny.
His season is also the most-watched season premiere in the franchise's history, with 18.62 million viewers.
Guiney didn't propose with an engagement ring, but did offer a promise ring to winner Estella Gardinier. They broke up a month after the show ended.
7. Brad Womack, seasons 11 and 15
Womack pulled the ultimate no-no at the end of his first season of "The Bachelor" in 2007 when he didn't choose a winner. While this would probably be considered an emotionally mature decision in real life, he was demonized by Bachelor Nation.
However, he also has one of the greatest comeback stories in the franchise's history. In an unprecedented move, he was re-named the Bachelor four years later, in 2011, and vowed to find love for real this time. Even though he did get slapped along the way, Womack proposed to Emily Maynard, an all-time Bachelor Nation favourite.
But, unfortunately, the couple broke off their engagement three months after the show aired. Maynard was named Bachelorette in 2012.
6. Jason Mesnick, season 13
The fact that Mesnick made the top six in this ranking, despite essentially doing the same thing to his top two finalists as Arie Luyendyk, just nine years earlier in 2009, is a real testament to his likability.
Mesnick, a single dad, was beloved throughout DeAnna Pappas' season of "The Bachelorette," and his own season of "The Bachelor. " However, during the "After the Final Rose" special he blindsided his original winner, Melissa Rycroft, by breaking up with her on live television, then immediately asked runner-up Molly Malaney to get back together.
This turned Mesnick into public enemy number one… but also made for incredible TV. Plus, Mesnick and Malaney are married with a daughter, making them one of three couples from "The Bachelor" to stay together.
5. Andrew Firestone, season 3
Firestone is the epitome of what the star of "The Bachelor" should be: handsome, wealthy, and just cheesy enough to sell the ridiculous premise of "The Bachelor."
A solidly good guy, complete with millions of dollars as the heir to Firestone tires as well as his own family-owned vineyard – that is a Bachelor we can all get on board with.
Firestone proposed to Jen Schefft at the end of his 2003 season. They broke up seven months later, in December.
4. Colton Underwood, season 23
After a rocky journey on "Bachelor in Paradise," Underwood took the reins and became the star of "The Bachelor" season 23.
Let's cut to the chase: Underwood ranks this high because of one single, shining moment – the fence jump. After being so distraught and heartbroken by frontrunner Cassie's decision to leave him, Underwood ripped off his mic and fled into the inky black Portuguese night.
Audiences had never seen the curtain ripped this far back on "The Bachelor," and they loved it. Underwood earned this high spot, with his tears, and incredible jumping ability.
3. Chris Soules, season 19
Excluding his more recent legal troubles due to a hit-and-run, Soules is a top three Bachelor because he somehow convinced every female viewer that she wanted to ditch her family, friends, and job to move to his farm in Iowa.
After appearing on Andi Dorfman's season of "The Bachelorette" and gaining legions of fans during his time there, he became the franchise's next star in 2015.
While Soules was a perfectly fine Bachelor, the real stars were his contestants. No "Bachelor" fan will ever forget Kelsey's "amazing love story," in which she essentially used her husband's death to get closer to Soules, or when she was accused of faking a panic attack to stay in the house. Soules' season also introduced Bachelor Nation to franchise staples Ashley Iaconetti, future Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe, Jade Roper, Carly Waddell, and Becca Tilley.
Soules proposed to Whitney Bischoff, and the two stayed together for almost seven months before splitting.
2. Ben Higgins, season 20
This is a final two we'd have a hard time choosing between, but the runner-up is our 2016 Bachelor, Ben Higgins. After becoming hugely popular on Kaitlyn Bristowe's season of "The Bachelorette," picking Higgins was an easy choice for producers.
While some people may call him boring, we disagree, though he did commit one of the cardinal sins of the show: he told the final two that he loved them both! This was a huge source of drama that even carried over into his spin-off show with winner Lauren Bushnell,"Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?" (The fact that he even received a spin-off show should tell you a lot about how much he was loved by fans.) The two eventually broke up after a year-long engagement.
His season also included one of the greatest eliminations from a two-on-one date in "Bachelor" history, as Higgins left villain Olivia Caridi behind on a deserted island.
And again, his contestants were great, including future Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher, "Bachelor in Paradise" staple Amanda Stanton, the twins, and Lace Morris.
1. Sean Lowe, season 17
Really, who else could number one be? Lowe is, to date, the only Bachelor to ever marry his original winner – sorry Arie and Jason – and the couple are still going strong in 2019, almost six years later.
Lowe, the original virgin Bachelor, was funny, charismatic, and seemed like a guy genuinely looking for love after getting his heart broken by Emily Maynard on "The Bachelorette."
His season was truly a nail-biter. Lowe's choice came right down to the wire, and he shocked many when he got down on one knee and proposed to Catherine Giudici.
But flash-forward a few years, and the couple are happily married with two kids, and a third on the way. Clearly, Lowe saw something that the rest of us simply did not.
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Sharing this gorgeous poem about Hypatia and the fear that using reason (especially a woman using reason) inspires
18 Friday Dec 2015
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18 Friday Dec 2015
Sharing this gorgeous poem about Hypatia and the fear that using reason (especially a woman using reason) inspires
05 Saturday Dec 2015
Between the ages of 19 and 20, I was involved with an abusive man. I doubt this is a surprise. I stayed, even when I realized that he was hurting me. It only gets uglier ahead… Continue reading
29 Sunday Nov 2015
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I've tried to avoid fucking with men on dating sites. I generally respond as politely as I can, even when I'm rejecting them.
Today, I gave in. I woke up to a message of "sup" – seriously, that was it. Normally, I'd ignore the sender and wait for the inevitable "you're a bitch or whatever" reply. Today, as I looked at "sup" – my mind instantly went to Dracula. So I replied: "You will I trust, excuse me that I do not join you, but I have dined already, and I do not sup." – He hasn't replied, but he has looked at my profile 3 more times.
Film versions of Dracula changed the line from supping to drinking wine (or in the case of Dracula, not drinking wine). The word play makes a better joke (and Stoker wasn't known for his jokes). Also, I suspect that contemporary audiences wouldn't understand the use of sup as a verb.
I genuinely try not to troll anyone. My understanding of "trolling" is to purposefully incite another person to anger. To me, that isn't discourse. I've seen this behavior used to derail far to many conversations in real life and online. In the online dating world, most of the time I think trolling fails to address the actual problem (in my experience the actual problem being the sheer number of horribly misogynistic messages I receive). However, today I went for it.
I am sadden, that armed with what is considered the last of the gothic novels, I did not get a chance to respond with other choice passages… However, it may be an option in the future.
I was happy to see that the entire novel is listed on Sacred Texts. Com
30 Friday Oct 2015
My grandfather died today. It's a reminder of how complicated family is.
My sister called me crying (I was working, so she left me a voicemail). I'm sure my mother is upset, but I got out of work too late to call her.
I'm not glad that he is dead, but I'm also not crying over it. My sister remembers good times with him. What do I remember? I remember the time he pulled me down the stairs. I remember the times he or my grandmother belittled me. I don't ever remember them supporting me – I remember the time my grandmother was angry with me about something, so she pulled my hairy so hard she tore it out. I remember he didn't stop her.
I haven't seen much of then over the last decade or so. Maybe a few hours on the off Christmas or thanksgiving (they always preferred going to some other relative's house.
They became strangers to me over the years. I left my mother's house for good at 18. I never invited my grandparents to any of my apartments, nor to my new house. I moved far enough away, that dropping out of daily stuff was easy.
At my mother's request, I attended his 90th birthday. He was a frail, tired old man. I don't hate him. But he was also a stranger (as were my other family members – I couldn't even identify my cousins' kids when my husband asked who they were).
Family is complicated. My sister is crying, and remembering the "good" times…. I don't remember being part of those times.
02 Friday Oct 2015
Sexist – check
Misogynist – check
ad hominem attack- check
Also I have no idea what actual aspect of America this meme is commenting on, other than the less than manly military men we have. I wasn't aware that this was an actual issue. Given the current events in the US, I can think of far more important aspects of American life to comment on. But perhaps my definition of "important" is skewed.
And look something new: toxic masculinity…
27 Sunday Sep 2015
When I can, or at least when I'm moved to – I'll post a variety of memes (the ones I see incessantly on social media. The problem is this meme reinforces stereotype that poor people are literally trash. Do we really need to punch down when attempting to, I presume punch up, at Trump?
Also must we rely on ad hominem attacks? Really are Trumps actual ideas so hard to attack – like hey his actual arguments and ideas are racist. How hard is that?
While people may get a giggle and a smile out of this meme, all it does it perpetuate a toxic view of the poor, imply that Trumps ideas may have merit (after all this does nothing to confront those ideas), and does nothing to further anyone's thinking on the subjects raised.
11 Saturday Jul 2015
I watch a lot of bad TV. I roll my eyes at the cliches. Sometimes show writers cross a line for me – something too egregious for me to ignore. This isn't a deal breaker moment, but it is troubling.
Dear TV writers,
Stop telling men that "no" means try harder.
I'm watching the "Ghost Whisperer," admittedly not top quality TV. But also not terrible – it's feel good TV with ghosts and gorgeous clothes.
The show started to set up a relationship between two of the secondary characters. The best friends of the main characters develop a budding romance. The night if their first date, he stands her up. She is understandably angry. He apologizes. She says thanks, but no thanks for another date. She is clear and direct. The subplot of various following episodes each contain his attempts to "win her back" – stalking her (calling it "not creepy following you" doesn't make it not stalking). He buys her gifts. In the current episode, he sets up a cafe table and chairs in front of her place of employment (since she declined his coffee date). He sits in front of her place of work – in the real world this could cause her to lose her job – in TV world, she is told "he'll sit out there all day" grin, wink, nudge nudge…
So character who clearly said "no" just give in – even your "friends" think you should.
*update* so the creepy storyline culminates with the widow's dead husband seeming to torment the rejected-suitor. Aside for the show clearly trying to generate sympathy for him, I was onboard. I have no sympathy for him. She said no, and he is stalking her – ghost torment, ok in my book. Alas, it turns out dead husband is actually trying to get rejected guy and his wife together. Ugh.
Maybe the show writers intended their choice of "Every Breath You Take" to be ironic rather than romantic.
Epic writing fail.
TV writers, maybe you could rethink promoting stalking and stop promoting a lack of consent as an "obstacle"
15 Monday Jun 2015
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I was hoping to have some sort of interesting, or perhaps funny story to tell… Instead, I got stood up. No show, no call, no nothing. As a first foray back into dating, this is not a positive – but I guess it is not a negative.
04 Thursday Jun 2015
Dear George: thanks for address points about sexual violence that no one brought up. The complaints about sexual violence in GoT have largely been centered around 2 points, neither of which do you address.
1. Rape without consequence for the victim. Essentially she just brushes it off and moves on – if you are so concerned about accuracy, why not look at how actual people suffer? Seriously in the US, 1in 6 women could help you out there.
2. Rape as plot device. I.e. women can't have any other motivation to do anything unless they have been raped. The TV writers can't think of any other reason for a woman to be motivated to do something for any other reason? There are decades of other stereotypical motivations for women you could choose from: protecting her kids, spurned in love, in love, religious conviction, to name a few.
No criticisms, at least that I have seen, have said you can't show rape. All of them have been clearly about the above 2 issues.
As to your claims about historical accuracy, you chose to include dragons, magic, a giant ice wall, zombies, magic tree people… I'm not a medieval historian, but I am 100% certain NONE of those choices are historic. None. So help me out here George, what part of being historically "honest" is a cult where I can literally wear someone else's face?
What part of historically accurate is rape victims suffering no consequence? What part of rape as the only motivator for women is historically accurate?
You mentioned Joan d'Arc her motivation was religious fervor (perhaps mental illness), and a desire to change the world she lived in. Look historically accurate motivation without rape.
27 Wednesday May 2015
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Patricia is a Nima community member living in San Diego, California. She is a gluten-free foodie and celiac warrior! You can follow her gluten-free adventures on her instagram @everythingceliac. She will also have a public blog coming soon!
What's your food identity, and how do you maintain it?
Even though I've been sick for years, I was only diagnosed with Celiac disease a few months ago, and I've been strictly gluten-free since then. This is an autoimmune disease where your body responds to gluten (a protein found in wheat, barley, malt, and sometimes oats, due to cross-contamination) consumption by attacking the villi in your small intestine. When your villi gets attacked, it flattens out, avoiding the absorption of the nutrients you ingest, leaving you with malnutrition, and most likely, anemic. The only treatment for this disease is to maintain a strict gluten-free diet for life, like no cheating – a little crumb can cause damage for months!
I'm a foodie! I love to cook, to discover new ingredients, flavors, and combinations. I've been playing around in my kitchen making gluten-free versions of a few of my favorite family dishes. I also enjoy trying new restaurants. I now plan to revisit a few of them to try their gluten-free dishes.
I appreciate good food, and I try to keep a balance between eating organic whole foods, while enjoying a little bit of the gluten-free indulgences I like. Celiac won't make me stop enjoying and appreciate good and safe gluten-free food.
Tell us a little about your gluten-free journey. What was it like when you started eating gluten-free? What challenges did you face?
Starting a gluten-free diet, while learning what was indeed Celiac disease, what was safe to eat, what tasted good, what could cause pain, what was cross-contaminated etc, was like being on a tiny boat on really choppy waters! No fun. Actually it was nerve-wracking. When you enter a strict gluten-free diet, your body goes through a few changes, as it begins lowering inflammation, you start having migraines, pains and aches like the flu. You feel worse until you start to feel better.
I faced many challenges during this process. I had to learn where gluten was hidden on labels, sometimes under different names. I learned to not trust all gluten-free labels. I had to completely change my kitchen to gluten-free, by replacing a few gadgets like, toaster, cutting boards, strainers, colanders, silicone utensils, and non-stick pans. I got rid of all gluten containing products, and I now carefully read every single label of anything and everything that enters my kitchen, bathroom, and medicine cabinet. I mostly eat at home and make my own food. I had to learn what was cross-contamination and how to advocate for myself to have my meal safely prepared at restaurants. I also learned there's no guarantee this will happen, that's why I test my food every time.
What was your food life like before you had your Nima?
It was a scary one. Kinda like a lottery game, but you don't want to hit the "jackpot". Back then, entering the unknown world of gluten-free, having to trust exclusively on manufacturer's labels, I had to quickly stick to a few staple foods that were safe, because I wasn't having a reaction. I couldn't be adventurous and risk my own health.
What's your food life like now that you have Nima?
So much better!!! Nima has given me the tool I needed to try different foods that I was afraid to try before and risk getting a reaction. Foods I thought were safe, were actually not safe after I tested them with Nima, and the opposite also happened, foods I thought weren't safe, turned out safe. Restaurant nights are now so much easier! I always let Nima take the first bite and it has been saving me from getting sick. Such peace of mind!
What do you test with Nima? Has there been anything that surprised you wasn't safe (according to Nima)?
I test pretty much every single spice and condiment I get. I also test spreads, deli meats, snacks, sweets, medicine, cosmetics, and restaurant dishes.
I've had a few surprises with Nima test results. Things I thought were safe, were actually giving me a bad reaction, and after I tested them with Nima, voila! The confirmation I already knew, that it contained gluten. The biggest surprise came when I was testing a certified gluten-free product and found gluten in it. To be certified, their products must test at <10ppm (tem parts per million) by the organization that certified them.
What do your friends, family, and/or doctors think about Nima?
My doctor had never heard of Nima before I told him about it, and he was impressed and pleased to know there's such an amazing tool available to help Celiacs live a better life. My family loves Nima, and is happy knowing I'm safe. My friends think it's a really cool device. They love to watch Nima working. It's an entertainment for them.
When using Nima at restaurants, what has been your experience? Do you have a favorite Nima related story?
It has been great! Amazingly, staff at restaurants are open and very accommodating of Celiac needs. Once at a restaurant, after asking the key questions on how their food was prepared, cross-contamination, etc, the food came and after testing positive for gluten, they were surprised, and worked with me until we figured out what was the source of gluten, and it turned out it was a spice that they had recently switched providers. He then brought some of it to the table, and the confirmation came that the gluten source was from it. They were relieved to find out the source of contamination, and after I tested the new dish, they celebrated the gluten-free result.
Bonus fun questions:
If you can only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Eggs Benedict
If you can only use one spice or condiment what would it be?
If you can only choose one restaurant for the rest of your life where would it be?
The Cheesecake Factory
– – –Thank you for sharing your story Patricia!
If you have a Nima story to share with the community, please send them to email@example.com so we can feature it in our next Breaking Bread post. See previous Breaking Bread posts here.


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Created in 2002, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a sprawling agency of more than 240,000 employees with a wide array of responsibilities ranging from counterterrorism to physical security to cybersecurity to emergency response. Of heightened current interest are DHS's responsibilities concerning border security, immigration and law enforcement. As the implementation of these critical functions has grown in complexity, the oversight and accountability mechanisms for these specific DHS activities by the executive and legislative branches have struggled to keep pace.
To address these challenges, CNAS is launching a task force to review and provide guidance for the development of recommendations concerning three main aspects of DHS functions. First, the task force will review DHS legal authorities, policies and procedures governing the agency's increasingly complex border security, and combined immigration, investigative and law enforcement functions. The project's work will focus on investigative standards, oversight mechanisms and civil liberties and privacy protections. Second, recognizing the imperative of crafting border security laws and policies that include foreign policy considerations, the project will consider the national security and foreign policy implications of existing and proposed border security and immigration policies. Third, the project will provide recommendations for enhancing congressional oversight of these areas.
"The debate surrounding border security and immigration policy has become too politicized," said the project's lead, Carrie Cordero, Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow at CNAS. "This initiative will develop pragmatic policy recommendations to improve confidence that DHS is implementing its border security, immigration and law enforcement functions that meet our security needs in a manner consistent with U.S. legal requirements, civil liberties protections and American values."
The task force's work will also be informed by scholarly research currently underway on the legal issues surrounding the implementation of family separation as a component of immigration enforcement.
"CNAS projects like this aren't constrained by party lines or a desire to maintain the status quo," said Ely Ratner, CNAS Executive Vice President and Director of Studies. "This task force's objective is to ask the hardest questions and develop realistic, actionable solutions for policymakers."
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Since 1997, Adam Lambert has been a practicing attorney in New Orleans. Adam has personally helped thousands of your neighbors win their cases and he wants to help you.
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Auto accidents in New Orleans and auto accidents in Jefferson make up a great deal of Adam Lambert's practice. If you were injured in a car wreck (or in some other manner), Mr. Lambert is here to help you with every aspect of your case, including helping you find a doctor who specializes in accidents with injury (at no cost to you), arranging to have your wrecked car repaired by a quality auto repair shop (also at no cost to you), and getting you every dollar that you deserve for your injury!
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Farewell Old Friends, Lithographic print, 20″ x 30″, L/E 450
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When the painting was created in 1986 this F-106 of the 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Griffiss AFB, New York had been flying for 30 years
Capable of speeds in excess of 1400 mph, two Convair F-106A "Delta Darts" and two subsonic Lockheed T-33 "T-Birds" of the 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Griffiss AFB, New York, meet in a 1986 training intercept high in the cloudscape above upstate New York. The 49th FIS is proud to have been the last active duty Air Force Squadron to fly "The Six". First flown on 26 December 1956, the 106 had served three decades as one of America's most important manned interceptors.
The 49th's 60453, shown in this image, was the third F-106 built and had been flying for 30 years. The T-33s, which were developed from the F-80, the nation's first operational jet fighter, served the squadron faithfully as target and support aircraft. Both of these beautiful aircraft have long since been retired. They served our country well. *
"Farewell Old Friends", USAF Convair F-106A Delta Dart fighter, USAF Lockheed T-33 T-Bird trainer, 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Griffiss AFB, Rome, NY, F-106 lithographic print


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General knowledge about History of India and its civilization which dates back to at least 6500 BC is very important for exams. India has seen many invaders who came to India but Indian religions allowed it to adapt to and absorb all of them. All the while, these local dynasties built upon the roots of a culture well established.
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IRS Releases Updated Form W-4 and Withholding Calculator
The IRS has released a new version of Form W-4 and a revised Withholding Calculator on irs.gov (IR-2018-36). These updated tools can help you check your 2018 tax withholding to determine if it's still appropriate following passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017. The IRS urges taxpayers to use these tools to make sure they have the right amount of tax withheld from their paychecks, taking into account significant changes to the tax law for 2018.
Asset Sale vs. Stock Sale of a Business – What's the Difference?
One of the major aspects of a business sale is whether the business will be sold as an asset or as stock. An owner might be thinking, "Does it really matter as long as I get the highest sales price?" Well, as you'll see below, there are plenty of circumstances that can make a LOWER sales price MORE attractive.
Health Savings Account Utilization Strategies
Health savings accounts (HSA) are a means for an individual with a qualifying high deductible health plan(1) to save for both current and future health expenses. Unlike any other savings vehicle, they are largely appealing for the triple tax benefit that they offer: contributions are tax-deductible, the interest and/or earnings grow tax free, and account owners may make tax-free withdrawals for qualified medical expenses (2).
Tax Strategies for Charitably Inclined Taxpayers
2018 Tax reform has brought about some of the biggest changes to the tax laws since the 1980's. With new law, often comes confusion and occasionally misinformation for taxpayers. Many taxpayers believe they will no longer be able to deduct their charitable contributions in 2018 and going forward. The standard deduction has been increased, meaning that many people with modest charitable contributions each year may not see the same benefit. However, strategies exist for the charitably inclined to realize tax benefits in 2018 and going forward.
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Two years have passed since the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami devastated the Pacific coast of north-eastern Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011. On the second anniversary of this tragic earthquake, we would like to express our sincere appreciations and respect once again to all the people in the world that prayed and donated for the Japanese victims as well as to the governmentsand armed forces that were engaged in rescue operation.
The magnitude of the earthquake was 9.0, the most powerful earthquake ever measured in Japan. About 19,000 are dead and missing. Three prefectures in the Tohoku (north-eastern) region of Japan, Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima, have been most seriously damaged. Many cities and towns are still far from reconstruction.
The area around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is still evacuated due to radioactive contamination. There seems to be a long way to go before the survivors recover their normal life.
We thank you for joining us in a moment of prayer for the victims.
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Originally published as a series on Reality Sandwich and The Huffington Post, Exile Nation is a work of "spiritual journalism" that grapples with the themes of drugs, prisons, politics, and spirituality through Shaw's personal story. In 2005, Shaw was arrested in Chicago for possession of MDMA and was sent to prison for one year. Shaw not only looks at the current prison system and its many destructive flaws, but also at how American culture regards criminals and those who live outside of society. He begins his story at Chicago's Cook County Jail, and uses its sprawling, highly corrupt infrastructure to build upon his overarching argument.This is an insider's look at the forgotten or excluded segments of our society, the disenfranchised lifestyles and subcultures existing in what Shaw calls the "exile nation." They are those who lost some or all of their ability to participate in the full opportunities of society because of an arrest or conviction for a non-violent, drug-related, or "moral" offense, those who cannot participate in the credit economy, and those with lifestyle choices that involve radical politics and sexuality, cognitive liberty, and unorthodox spiritual and healing practices. Together they make up the new "evolutionary counterculture" of the most significant epoch in human history.
Exile Nation tells the dirty story none of us really wants to hear. But we all should be listening. Author Charles Shaw 'did time' in prison and lived to write about it. The antiquated and terrible system he describes is Dickensian. Like Dickens, Shaw offers a metaphor for many of the ills that infect our economy and society. And screams for change.


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U.S. stock-index futures turned higher, reversing course on losses that came in the immediate aftermath of the January jobs report, with fewer Americans finding work last month than estimated, but the unemployment rate fell.
"Mitigating some of these negatives is the unemployment rate ticked a bit lower and the labor participation rate ticked up. Both of those are good things," said Chris Gaffney, senior market strategist at EverBank.
The government reported the creation of 113,000 jobs in January versus expectations of 185,000. The jobless rate fell to 6.6 percent versus an expectation of 6.7 percent.
In China, data from HSBC late on Thursday showed service sector growth fell to a near two-and-a-half-year low in January, the latest indicator suggesting a slowdown.
On Thursday, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 posted their biggest one-day percentage gains of the year, after data showed weekly unemployment claims fell more than expected last week, suggesting an improving labor market.
Other data out on Friday include the Fed's consumer credit numbers for December, at 3 p.m.
Companies worth watching include Apple, after Wall Street Journal reported it had repurchased $14 billion worth of its own stock following disappointing results. Frankfurt-listed Apple shares traded 2.3 percent higher early on Friday.
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The legend of green tea started in 2737 BC, in the era of Emperor Shen Nung who is popularly known as the "Divine Healer". He accidentally blew a few tea leaves into his boiling hot drinking water, which gave a captivating aroma, from then on he began to drink that same mixture, and started to promote the well-being and good health benefits. Green tea spread throughout China and Japan, and they have been drinking it ever since to promote good health.
Today, green tea extracts continuously prove its health benefits. Made from unoxidized leaves which contains the benefit of Polyphenols and antioxidants.
The Polyphenols also known as Flavonoids or Catechins, found in green tea are abundant in antioxidants or Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). The EGCG is very rich in Vitamins C and E to protect cells and DNA from the free radical damage connected to various health problems.
Through the years green tea has been shown to deliver a positive health benefit such as anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, cardiovascular, anti-cancer, metabolic, hematologic and neurological effects.
It is no surprise that it has gained popularity in Australia and the world. Drinking tea has become a healthy lifestyle activity. Here are some more advantages that you'll gain drinking green tea:
- Extra energy;
- Refresh, calm and enlighten;
- Promote health;
- Fat burning;
- It can aid in the control of bleeding and healing wounds;
- Aid digestion;
- Improve heart and mental health;
- Regulate body temperature;
- It has the potential positive effects to improve liver conditions, Alzheimer's disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer prevention;
- Heart benefits due to the compounds it contains that protect the cardiovascular system;
- Lower cholesterol levels because green tea can reduce LDL or bad cholesterol;
- Help lower stroke risk;
- Research studied show green tea's promising positive treatment of cognitive impairments associated with neuro-psychiatric disorders, such as dementia.
The Goji Berry also called the wolfberry, is a bright orange-red berry that comes from a shrub that's native to China which have been eaten for generations.
Over time, people have used Goji Berries to try to treat many common health problems like diabetes, high blood pressure, fever, and age-related eye problems.


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|24 Jan 2020 to 26 Jan 2020
|Scottish dinner meet / Burn's Supper
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|The ever popular Scottish dinner meet.
|31 Jan 2020 to 5 Feb 2020
|Strawberry Cottage, Glen Affric
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|Day tours around Glen Affric, based at Strawberry Cottage.
|8 Feb 2020 to 12 Feb 2020
|Corrour part 1
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|12 Feb 2020 to 16 Feb 2020
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|29 Feb 2020 to 1 Mar 2020
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Microsoft yesterday released a new update for OneNote for Android app with a couple of new features. First, the Office Lens experience is now integrated within the app. This will allow users in scanning, cropping, and rotation of photos, documents, whiteboards, and business-cards. Second, users can now press and hold the OneNote icon to quickly create different kinds of notes. This feature is supported only for Android devices running version 7.1 and above.
Microsoft has also added the ability to sign in to OneNote using just your phone number with this update. Apart from these new features, this update includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
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