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This cookbook is a little franker than most, which isn't that obvious from the cover. In particular, you'll find the odd expletive in place and much of the writing is more conversational than other cookbooks. To me, this makes for a fun book, especially as it also has many stunning photos of the food that you'll be making. But, some people simply don't like the approach.
Perhaps the best part of this Paleo fish taco recipe is that they show you how to make wraps or tortillas without using any all-purpose flour, so you can use these for all sorts of different recipes. In this particular recipe they are using mahi mahi that's been coated in olive oil and then seasoned. They also serve them up with a tasty mango barbecue sauce that incorporates apple cider vinegar into it. There is also a cilantro mayo which is made from a Paleo friendly mayonnaise recipe, as well as coconut milk, chili powder, and cayenne.
The Paleo Approach: Reverse Autoimmune Disease and Heal Your Body, by Sarah Ballantyne, PhD. This book is billed as a solution for autoimmune diseases, in which the body's immune system attacks its own cells. In the text, Ballantyne discusses her own struggles with autoimmune disease and helps guide readers on how the paleo diet may help relieve their symptoms, too.
The main limitation to mention is the layout. In particular, the overall design and font size means that some parts of the recipes are hard to read – especially if you're trying to follow the recipe while cooking. The problem may not be dramatic for everybody but it would be a particularly significant issue for anybody with even minor vision challenges.
On most diet plans, bacon gets the axe because of all the fat it contains. But since it is OK on the Paleo diet, they tend to use it whenever they can. In this case they've decided to wrap up chicken breast in bacon before barbecuing it. Now, you may be thinking this is pretty unhealthy, but just look at their serving suggestion of topping a salad with these bacon wrapped barbecue chicken slices. It's not a matter of an all you can eat bacon buffet, but instead is something you can enjoy in moderation, along with a hearty serving of vegetables.
Hi Kirsty, I recommend any diet that encourages clean eating and avoiding processed food. It doesn't really matter which one. The more from scratch you cook the better. You can also talk to a trainer to work out some exercise specifically for fat burning just make sure to measure your belly/thighs or wherever you want to loose weight to NOT worry about weight but rather body shape. Muscle weighs more than fat so you might not loose weight but loose fat and become leaner. Diet and exercise go hand in hand. One won't work without the other. Most importantly though….go you for carrying 3 human beings in your amazing body be kind to yourself and your body, it's done a hell of a lot of amazing work :)
Eat and Live Healthy for Two: Paleo Slow Cooking for TwoAre you trying to live healthier by following the Paleo way of cooking and... eating? Have you ever made and followed recipes and end up having tons of leftovers because your aim was to cook for two? Do you feel that you are too novice to make delicious dishes using your crockpot or slow cooker?If you have answered "Yes" to all these questions, then this book is definitely for you! This is Paleo cooking in its most worry-free and fool proof way!Paleo cooking using a crockpot or slow cooker can be both exciting and challenging. But with the help of this book, you can start recreating and even coming up with your own Paleo recipes using this cookware with utmost confidence. And not just that, inside you will learn:· The reason why you should go for a Paleo lifestyle· 40 delicious, healthy and completely Paleo recipes that you can cook using a slow cooker.· Recipes that help you prepare your food ahead of time.· How to reduce recipe servings or yields to suit your need to cook for just two people.· And so much moreBring out your slow cooker and get ready to be the star of the kitchen and the dinner table with these amazingly easy Paleo recipes!Don't Delay. Download This Book Now. read more
These pork chops are made on the grill, so they are going to seal in all of the delicious grilled flavor. Plus they have added a nice mustard coating on it, so you're going to have a bit of spiciness here as well as the flavor from the pork. They topped it off with basil apricot relish so there will be a sweetness to balance out the mustard, and sweet fruits like apple sauce are often paired with pork chops because they simply go really well together. You'll want to make sure that you get a vegetable with this. It's nice to have some fruit with it, but vegetables get top rank along with meat.
This cod gets dusted with ginger powder, as well as salt and pepper to keep things very simple, but very delicious. As you see it's served next to a salad made from zucchini which has been spiralized into ribbons, and gets steamed to keep it very healthy. The whole lot is then covered with a blend of vinegar, soy sauce, honey, and sesame oil, so it's not too dry and is full of flavor. The cod and zucchini go together very well, making this a light meal you can use as a lunch, or dinner.
Vegan Paleo loves bold, imaginative flavors from around the world, and his magically simple combinations. He has come to rely more... and more on vegetables and grains in Fresh & Fast Vegetarian,he offers 50 of his favorite receips. Most can be made in half an hour or less some are meals in themselves, while others are smaller dishes that can be paired to create a quick but sumptuous dinner.Vegan PaleoHe spent most of his life learning to appreciate good food, good health and good friends surrounded by great old- fashioned cooks!The appreciation of fresh fruits and vegetables became a part of his... quite naturally. read more
This stew is made from a bunch of beef, some blueberries, carrots, and an onion. It may sound like a bit of an odd mix, but trust us, it works. A stew is the perfect platform to construct a great Paleo meal, and here there's plenty of healthy foods being combined. You'll get plenty of protein from all of that beef, as well as important minerals like iron. Blueberries consistently make the news because of their antioxidant value, and carrots have long been known to be healthy due to the beta Carotene they contain. Onions also add to the nutritional value of this meal, and it will definitely keep you satisfied for several hours.
What sort of stuff is in the book? This book is centered around the 100+ amazing recipes I've developed for you. It's got seven fueling strategies (when training falls at different times during the day), and fifty meal combinations (think of it like the beginnings of a meal plan). The macros for each recipe are provided. This book discusses performance nutrition in a limited manner, so if you're after the detailed rationale behind why Paleo is awesome for athletes, I recommend also picking up my ebook, The Paleo Athlete.
As pictured, these short ribs represent a perfectly portioned Paleo meal, because you're getting nice a serving of vegetables along with your beef. Short ribs can be tough to cook, and often take a long time roasting or grilling, but she's broken it down so that it's a relatively easy recipe, and it'll come out tasting great. She's got them rested on top of a portabella mushroom cap, and served up with a side of broccoli, so this is not only a beefy meal, it's also vegetable centric. Try these off the bone short ribs, and you'll be hooked.
Spiralized sweet potatoes make for a hearty pasta replacement in this fresh feeling paleo meal. Puttanesca is an ultra-savory Italian pasta dish that typically consists of capers, anchovies, olives, tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil. In this iteration, fresh tomatoes meet their salty match for a hearty, dairy-free pasta dish that's light on calories and heavy on flavor. For a vegetarian option, leave out the anchovies and use vegetable broth instead of chicken.
You can eat well and never worry about feeling deprived because this great cookbook offers creative meal ideas for even the pickiest of eaters. Cravings are taken care of easily and time convenience is certainly gained with several weeknight meals included. Everyone receives pre-made shopping lists to make the next grocery trip more convenient and productive.
Stuffed burgers are all the rage, and you can get into the craze with the Paleo diet, you just have to stuff the burger with Paleo friendly foods. In this recipe they've used an avocado as the stuffing, which gives these burgers potassium and healthy fat they wouldn't otherwise have. They are grass-fed ground beef for the burger meat, which you'll want to get into the habit of buying since it is closer to the natural way cows would eat. They've also managed to sneak in some sun-dried tomatoes, so you'll be getting additional nutrition from those.
In fact, those who follow this specific lifestyle will gain the best sources of proteins and fats—fats such as polyunsaturated and omega 3 fatty acids that are known to improve brain health and assist the body in the development of healthy cells too. Are you ready to learn what cookbooks are best for your needs? We reviewed the best paleo diet cookbook options and selected the top 8 options.
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Perhaps the most compelling part of this cookbook is the thousands of glowing reviews. People write that Meals Made Simple is the must-have for every paleo kitchen thanks to its delicious recipes and helpful shopping guides. One person even goes so far as to say this cookbook changed her life! If that doesn't motivate you to check out this product, we don't know what will.
Dried Fruit Bars Bite-Sized Raspberry Popsicles Apple and Almond Butter Bites Acorn Squash with Walnuts & Cranberries Valentine's Day Smoothie Bacon-Wrapped Avocado Baked Apple Chips Granola Bars Pumpkin Pie Smoothie Apple cinnamon fruit rolls Chocolate nut granola Morning Paleo smoothie Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds Grilled peaches with Prosciutto and Basil Paleo Snacks Kale chips Raspberry-Lime Fruit Dip Chocolate Strawberry Hearts Banana Raisin Cookies Chunky Fruit Popsicles Bite-sized chocolate treats Broiled Grapefruit Fruit Pudding Fried Honey Banana
This book features over 100 different Paleo recipes and if you don't like a stuffy cookbook, this is the one to go with. It has a humorous style that will keep you smiling while you cook, and makes the process that much more fun. There is a whopping 288 pages for you to explore, so chances are you won't be short on recipes for any type of meal you'd want to cook up. If you've ever wondered how to make your Paleo meals taste as good as possible, or how to maximize the effectiveness of the time you spend in the kitchen, you'll be happy with the tips, tricks, and ideology of this Paleo chef.

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NIGERIA: Shell to Pay $15.5 Million to Settle Nigerian Case
the big oil company, agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a case
accusing it of taking part in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta in
the early 1990s, a striking sum given that the company has denied any
The settlement, announced late
Monday, came days before the start of a trial in New York that was
expected to reveal extensive details of Shell's activities in the Niger
The announcement caps a protracted legal battle that began
shortly after the death of the Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa in 1995.
Mr. Saro-Wiwa, Shell's most prominent critic at the time in Nigeria,
was hanged by that country's military regime after protesting the
company's environmental practices in the oil-rich delta, especially in
his native Ogoni region.
Shell continued Monday to deny any
role in the death. It called the settlement a "humanitarian gesture"
meant to compensate the plaintiffs, including Mr. Saro-Wiwa's family,
for their loss and to cover a portion of their legal fees and costs.
Some of the money will go into an educational and social trust fund
intended to benefit the Ogoni people.
In a statement, the
company said the agreement "will provide funding for the trust and a
compassionate payment to the plaintiffs and the estates they represent
in recognition of the tragic turn of events in Ogoni land, even though
Shell had no part in the violence that took place."
"Shell has
always maintained the allegations were false," Malcolm Brinded, the
company's executive director for exploration and production, said in
the statement.
Shell said that the trust being set up is in
addition to the contribution to community development made by Shell-run
companies in the Niger Delta. According to Shell, these payments
totaled more than $240 million in 2008.
Ten plaintiffs, including
the son of Mr. Saro-Wiwa and his brother, accused Shell of seeking the
aid of the former Nigerian regime to silence the critic, as well as
paying soldiers who had carried out human rights abuses in the
impoverished region where it operated.
Mr. Saro-Wiwa, who founded
the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni Peoples in 1990, was one of
Shell's most forceful critics because of the damage done to the delta
communities, including gas flaring and the destruction of mangroves to
make way for pipelines.
The Niger Delta continues to be marred
by violence and ethnic strife. Much of Shell's production in the delta
is still the target of militants seeking a larger share of the
country's oil wealth.
The prominent case involving Shell was the
latest to challenge the behavior of some of the world's biggest oil
companies in developing countries. Companies are increasingly being
called to account for their environmental record as well as any
collusion with repressive governments.
The suit was brought under
the Alien Tort Claims Act, an arcane United States law that has been
increasingly used for lawsuits asserting human rights violations
occurring overseas. The Supreme Court
ruled 6 to 3 in 2004 that foreigners could bring cases before American
courts in some limited circumstances, like crimes against humanity or
torture, and the courts have decided that a wide variety of defendants,
including multinational corporations, can be called to account. Royal
Dutch Shell is headquartered in the Netherlands.
So far, no corporation has been found guilty under the alien tort law. Last year, a jury cleared Chevron
of wrongdoing after it was accused of complicity in the shooting of
Nigerian villagers who occupied an offshore oil barge in 1998 to
protest its environmental record and hiring practices.
In 2004,
Unocal, a California oil company that was accused of using slave labor
in the construction of a pipeline in Burma during the 1990s, agreed to
compensate villagers there. The terms of that settlement were not made
For the Nigerian plaintiffs and their lawyers, Shell's
settlement, including publication of the sum involved, is a significant
victory. Companies commonly demand that details of such settlements be
kept secret, for fear of setting precedents.
"It has been a
really long struggle," said Jennie Greene, a lawyer with the Center for
Constitutional Rights, which brought the case on behalf of the
plaintiffs. "But this shows that corporations cannot act without
Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr., the son of the slain rights advocate, was also satisfied with the outcome.
hope this sends a signal," he said in a telephone interview from
London. "It's a relief also that we've been able to draw a line over
the past. And from a legal perspective, this historic case means that
corporations will have to be much more careful."
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text: A year ago, I spoke to you about a book that I was just in the process of completing, that has come out in the interim, and I would like to talk to you today about some of the controversies that that book inspired. The book is called "The Blank Slate," based on the popular idea that the human mind is a blank slate, and that all of its structure comes from socialization, culture, parenting, experience. The "blank slate" was an influential idea in the 20th century. Here are a few quotes indicating that: "Man has no nature," from the historian Jose Ortega y Gasset; "Man has no instincts," from the anthropologist Ashley Montagu; "The human brain is capable of a full range of behaviors and predisposed to none," from the late scientist Stephen Jay Gould. There are a number of reasons to doubt that the human mind is a blank slate, and some of them just come from common sense. As many people have told me over the years, anyone who's had more than one child knows that kids come into the world with certain temperaments and talents; it doesn't all come from the outside. Oh, and anyone who has both a child and a house pet has surely noticed that the child, exposed to speech, will acquire a human language, whereas the house pet won't, presumably because of some innate different between them. And anyone who's ever been in a heterosexual relationship knows that the minds of men and the minds of women are not indistinguishable. There are also, I think, increasing results from the scientific study of humans that, indeed, we're not born blank slates. One of them, from anthropology, is the study of human universals. If you've ever taken anthropology, you know that it's a — kind of an occupational pleasure of anthropologists to show how exotic other cultures can be, and that there are places out there where, supposedly, everything is the opposite to the way it is here. But if you instead look at what is common to the world's cultures, you find that there is an enormously rich set of behaviors and emotions and ways of construing the world that can be found in all of the world's 6,000-odd cultures. The anthropologist Donald Brown has tried to list them all, and they range from aesthetics, affection and age statuses all the way down to weaning, weapons, weather, attempts to control, the color white and a worldview. Also, genetics and neuroscience are increasingly showing that the brain is intricately structured. This is a recent study by the neurobiologist Paul Thompson and his colleagues in which they — using MRI — measured the distribution of gray matter — that is, the outer layer of the cortex — in a large sample of pairs of people. They coded correlations in the thickness of gray matter in different parts of the brain using a false color scheme, in which no difference is coded as purple, and any color other than purple indicates a statistically significant correlation. Well, this is what happens when you pair people up at random. By definition, two people picked at random can't have correlations in the distribution of gray matter in the cortex. This is what happens in people who share half of their DNA — fraternal twins. And as you can see, large amounts of the brain are not purple, showing that if one person has a thicker bit of cortex in that region, so does his fraternal twin. And here's what happens if you get a pair of people who share all their DNA — namely, clones or identical twins. And you can see huge areas of cortex where there are massive correlations in the distribution of gray matter. Now, these aren't just differences in anatomy, like the shape of your ear lobes, but they have consequences in thought and behavior that are well illustrated in this famous cartoon by Charles Addams: "Separated at birth, the Mallifert twins meet accidentally." As you can see, there are two inventors with identical contraptions in their lap, meeting in the waiting room of a patent attorney. Now, the cartoon is not such an exaggeration, because studies of identical twins who were separated at birth and then tested in adulthood show that they have astonishing similarities. And this happens in every pair of identical twins separated at birth ever studied — but much less so with fraternal twins separated at birth. My favorite example is a pair of twins, one of whom was brought up as a Catholic in a Nazi family in Germany, the other brought up in a Jewish family in Trinidad. When they walked into the lab in Minnesota, they were wearing identical navy blue shirts with epaulettes; both of them liked to dip buttered toast in coffee, both of them kept rubber bands around their wrists, both of them flushed the toilet before using it as well as after, and both of them liked to surprise people by sneezing in crowded elevators to watch them jump. Now — the story might seem to good to be true, but when you administer batteries of psychological tests, you get the same results — namely, identical twins separated at birth show quite astonishing similarities. Now, given both the common sense and scientific data calling the doctrine of the blank slate into question, why should it have been such an appealing notion? Well, there are a number of political reasons why people have found it congenial. The foremost is that if we're blank slates, then, by definition, we are equal, because zero equals zero equals zero. But if something is written on the slate, then some people could have more of it than others, and according to this line of thinking, that would justify discrimination and inequality. Another political fear of human nature is that if we are blank slates, we can perfect mankind — the age-old dream of the perfectibility of our species through social engineering. Whereas, if we're born with certain instincts, then perhaps some of them might condemn us to selfishness, prejudice and violence. Well, in the book, I argue that these are, in fact, non sequiturs. And just to make a long story short: first of all, the concept of fairness is not the same as the concept of sameness. And so when Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal," he did not mean "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are clones." Rather, that all men are equal in terms of their rights, and that every person ought to be treated as an individual, and not prejudged by the statistics of particular groups that they may belong to. Also, even if we were born with certain ignoble motives, they don't automatically lead to ignoble behavior. That is because the human mind is a complex system with many parts, and some of them can inhibit others. For example, there's excellent reason to believe that virtually all humans are born with a moral sense, and that we have cognitive abilities that allow us to profit from the lessons of history. So even if people did have impulses towards selfishness or greed, that's not the only thing in the skull, and there are other parts of the mind that can counteract them. In the book, I go over controversies such as this one, and a number of other hot buttons, hot zones, Chernobyls, third rails, and so on — including the arts, cloning, crime, free will, education, evolution, gender differences, God, homosexuality, infanticide, inequality, Marxism, morality, Nazism, parenting, politics, race, rape, religion, resource depletion, social engineering, technological risk and war. And needless to say, there were certain risks in taking on these subjects. When I wrote a first draft of the book, I circulated it to a number of colleagues for comments, and here are some of the reactions that I got: "Better get a security camera for your house." "Don't expect to get any more awards, job offers or positions in scholarly societies." "Tell your publisher not to list your hometown in your author bio." "Do you have tenure?" (Laughter) Well, the book came out in October, and nothing terrible has happened. I — I like — There was indeed reason to be nervous, and there were moments in which I did feel nervous, knowing the history of what has happened to people who've taken controversial stands or discovered disquieting findings in the behavioral sciences. There are many cases, some of which I talk about in the book, of people who have been slandered, called Nazis, physically assaulted, threatened with criminal prosecution for stumbling across or arguing about controversial findings. And you never know when you're going to come across one of these booby traps. My favorite example is a pair of psychologists who did research on left-handers, and published some data showing that left-handers are, on average, more susceptible to disease, more prone to accidents and have a shorter lifespan. It's not clear, by the way, since then, whether that is an accurate generalization, but the data at the time seemed to support that. Well, pretty soon they were barraged with enraged letters, death threats, ban on the topic in a number of scientific journals, coming from irate left-handers and their advocates, and they were literally afraid to open their mail because of the venom and vituperation that they had inadvertently inspired. Well, the night is young, but the book has been out for half a year, and nothing terrible has happened. None of the dire professional consequences has taken place — I haven't been exiled from the city of Cambridge. But what I wanted to talk about are two of these hot buttons that have aroused the strongest response in the 80-odd reviews that The Blank Slate has received. I'll just put that list up for a few seconds, and see if you can guess which two — I would estimate that probably two of these topics inspired probably 90 percent of the reaction in the various reviews and radio interviews. It's not violence and war, it's not race, it's not gender, it's not Marxism, it's not Nazism. They are: the arts and parenting. (Laughter) So let me tell you what aroused such irate responses, and I'll let you decide if whether they — the claims are really that outrageous. Let me start with the arts. I note that among the long list of human universals that I presented a few slides ago are art. There is no society ever discovered in the remotest corner of the world that has not had something that we would consider the arts. Visual arts — decoration of surfaces and bodies — appears to be a human universal. The telling of stories, music, dance, poetry — found in all cultures, and many of the motifs and themes that give us pleasure in the arts can be found in all human societies: a preference for symmetrical forms, the use of repetition and variation, even things as specific as the fact that in poetry all over the world, you have lines that are very close to three seconds long, separated by pauses. Now, on the other hand, in the second half of the 20th century, the arts are frequently said to be in decline. And I have a collection, probably 10 or 15 headlines, from highbrow magazines deploring the fact that the arts are in decline in our time. I'll give you a couple of representative quotes: "We can assert with some confidence that our own period is one of decline, that the standards of culture are lower than they were 50 years ago, and that the evidences of this decline are visible in every department of human activity." That's a quote from T. S. Eliot, a little more than 50 years ago. And a more recent one: "The possibility of sustaining high culture in our time is becoming increasing problematical. Serious book stores are losing their franchise, nonprofit theaters are surviving primarily by commercializing their repertory, symphony orchestras are diluting their programs, public television is increasing its dependence on reruns of British sitcoms, classical radio stations are dwindling, museums are resorting to blockbuster shows, dance is dying." That's from Robert Brustein, the famous drama critic and director, in The New Republic about five years ago. Well, in fact, the arts are not in decline. I don't think this will as a surprise to anyone in this room, but by any standard they have never been flourishing to a greater extent. There are, of course, entirely new art forms and new media, many of which you've heard over these few days. By any economic standard, the demand for art of all forms is skyrocketing, as you can tell from the price of opera tickets, by the number of books sold, by the number of books published, the number of musical titles released, the number of new albums and so on. The only grain of truth to this complaint that the arts are in decline come from three spheres. One of them is in elite art since the 1930s — say, the kinds of works performed by major symphony orchestras, where most of the repertory is before 1930, or the works shown in major galleries and prestigious museums. In literary criticism and analysis, probably 40 or 50 years ago, literary critics were a kind of cultural hero; now they're kind of a national joke. And the humanities and arts programs in the universities, which by many measures, indeed are in decline. Students are staying away in droves, universities are disinvesting in the arts and humanities. Well, here's a diagnosis. They didn't ask me, but by their own admission, they need all the help that they can get. And I would like to suggest that it's not a coincidence that this supposed decline in the elite arts and criticism occurred in the same point in history in which there was a widespread denial of human nature. A famous quotation can be found — if you look on the web, you can find it in literally scores of English core syllabuses — "In or about December 1910, human nature changed." A paraphrase of a quote by Virginia Woolf, and there's some debate as to what she actually meant by that. But it's very clear, looking at these syllabuses, that — it's used now as a way of saying that all forms of appreciation of art that were in place for centuries, or millennia, in the 20th century were discarded. The beauty and pleasure in art — probably a human universal — were — began to be considered saccharine, or kitsch, or commercial. Barnett Newman had a famous quote that "the impulse of modern art is the desire to destroy beauty" — which was considered bourgeois or tacky. And here's just one example. I mean, this is perhaps a representative example of the visual depiction of the female form in the 15th century; here is a representative example of the depiction of the female form in the 20th century. And, as you can see, there — something has changed in the way the elite arts appeal to the senses. Indeed, in movements of modernism and post-modernism, there was visual art without beauty, literature without narrative and plot, poetry without meter and rhyme, architecture and planning without ornament, human scale, green space and natural light, music without melody and rhythm, and criticism without clarity, attention to aesthetics and insight into the human condition. (Laughter) Let me give just you an example to back up that last statement. But here, there — one of the most famous literary English scholars of our time is the Berkeley professor, Judith Butler. And here is an example of one of her analyses: "The move from a structuralist account in which capital is understood to structure social relations in relatively homologous ways to a view of hegemony in which power relations are subject to repetition, convergence and rearticulation brought the question of temporality into the thinking of structure, and marked a shift from the form of Althusserian theory that takes structural totalities as theoretical objects …" Well, you get the idea. By the way, this is one sentence — you can actually parse it. Well, the argument in "The Blank Slate" was that elite art and criticism in the 20th century, although not the arts in general, have disdained beauty, pleasure, clarity, insight and style. People are staying away from elite art and criticism. What a puzzle — I wonder why. Well, this turned out to be probably the most controversial claim in the book. Someone asked me whether I stuck it in in order to deflect ire from discussions of gender and Nazism and race and so on. I won't comment on that. But it certainly inspired an energetic reaction from many university professors. Well, the other hot button is parenting. And the starting point is the — for that discussion was the fact that we have all been subject to the advice of the parenting industrial complex. Now, here is — here is a representative quote from a besieged mother: "I'm overwhelmed with parenting advice. I'm supposed to do lots of physical activity with my kids so I can instill in them a physical fitness habit so they'll grow up to be healthy adults. And I'm supposed to do all kinds of intellectual play so they'll grow up smart. And there are all kinds of play — clay for finger dexterity, word games for reading success, large motor play, small motor play. I feel like I could devote my life to figuring out what to play with my kids." I think anyone who's recently been a parent can sympathize with this mother. Well, here's some sobering facts about parenting. Most studies of parenting on which this advice is based are useless. They're useless because they don't control for heritability. They measure some correlation between what the parents do, how the children turn out and assume a causal relation: that the parenting shaped the child. Parents who talk a lot to their kids have kids who grow up to be articulate, parents who spank their kids have kids who grow up to be violent and so on. And very few of them control for the possibility that parents pass on genes for — that increase the chances a child will be articulate or violent and so on. Until the studies are redone with adoptive children, who provide an environment but not genes to their kids, we have no way of knowing whether these conclusions are valid. The genetically controlled studies have some sobering results. Remember the Mallifert twins: separated at birth, then they meet in the patent office — remarkably similar. Well, what would have happened if the Mallifert twins had grown up together? You might think, well, then they'd be even more similar, because not only would they share their genes, but they would also share their environment. That would make them super-similar, right? Wrong. Identical twins, or any siblings, who are separated at birth are no less similar than if they had grown up together. Everything that happens to you in a given home over all of those years appears to leave no permanent stamp on your personality or intellect. A complementary finding, from a completely different methodology, is that adopted siblings reared together — the mirror image of identical twins reared apart, they share their parents, their home, their neighborhood, don't share their genes — end up not similar at all. OK — two different bodies of research with a similar finding. What it suggests is that children are shaped not by their parents over the long run, but in part — only in part — by their genes, in part by their culture — the culture of the country at large and the children's own culture, namely their peer group — as we heard from Jill Sobule earlier today, that's what kids care about — and, to a very large extent, larger than most people are prepared to acknowledge, by chance: chance events in the wiring of the brain in utero; chance events as you live your life. So let me conclude with just a remark to bring it back to the theme of choices. I think that the sciences of human nature — behavioral genetics, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science — are going to, increasingly in the years to come, upset various dogmas, careers and deeply-held political belief systems. And that presents us with a choice. The choice is whether certain facts about humans, or topics, are to be considered taboos, forbidden knowledge, where we shouldn't go there because no good can come from it, or whether we should explore them honestly. I have my own answer to that question, which comes from a great artist of the 19th century, Anton Chekhov, who said, "Man will become better when you show him what he is like." And I think that the argument can't be put any more eloquently than that. Thank you very much. (Applause)


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Matthias Mueller, head of the Porsche sports-car brand, is to take over as Volkswagen's chief executive with the unenviable task of repairing the automaker's battered reputation.
Mueller, 62, had been widely tipped to succeed Martin Winterkorn, who quit on Wednesday after admitting the world's largest automaker had installed software designed to cheat emissions testing on its diesel vehicles.
Volkswagen's supervisory board choose Mueller on Friday, turning to an insider who has helped revitalize the Porsche brand.
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It also announced it would reorganize its North American operations, combining U.S., Mexican and Canadian units under the leadership of Winfried Vahland, formerly chairman of the board of directors at Czech-based brand Skoda. Michael Horn will remain as president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America.
Volkswagen admits the defeat devices were installed in 11 million vehicles worldwide, including an estimated 100,000 Volkswagen and Audi four-cylinder diesel cars of the model years 2009-2015 that were sold in Canada.
The software in the cars' engine-control computers could detect testing conditions and prompt the cars to remove nitrous oxide, a harmful emission created by burning diesel.
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"I will personally do everything to win back the trust of our customers, our employees, our partners, investors and the whole public," Mueller said. "We stand by our responsibility. Occasionally, our and your patience will be tested, but ... carefulness is even more important than speed."
He pledged to make sure nothing like this scandal could happen again at Volkswagen, saying he would "introduce even tougher compliance and governance standards in the company."
That's even before the lawsuits, in which consumers could argue their cars have been rendered worthless by VW's deceptions as they will lose their resale value, even after they are repaired. There also is potential for lawsuits over the damage its products may have done to the environment.
Mueller trained as a toolmaker before studying information technology, and has worked for parts of the VW empire since the 1970s. He is believed to have the confidence of the Porsche-Piech family who control voting rights at the company.
Mueller made his name as product manager for Audi's successful A3 model in the 1990s and then worked as VW's head product strategist until 2010 when he was asked to lead Porsche.
He is credited with expanding Porsche and expects to increase sales to 200,000 vehicles this year.
Volkswagen stock is down 34 per cent since last Friday when news of the emissions failures first emerged and declined four per cent today.
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What a whirl wind of a week it was!!! Overall, I had a blast, met some amazing sisters and pushed myself in areas I never have before. Here are the daily highlights although not everything… I could write a book about the entire week and all the amazing women who are part of the first Miss for America class.
I flew into Vegas Thursday morning, August 15th, wearing my Miss DC heels, a cute little white romper and my sash proudly walking through the airport. I was so excited to get there but there was also a lot of unknown of what the week would be like. I knew that I had prepared the best I could. Between my outfits and training, both mentally and physically, I had gone in knowing no matter what happened I was proud of the "package" I was bringing.
Friday I woke up with excitement, this was the start of an incredible week! The alarm clock rang, I got up and walked across the hall to Toni's room to get hair and makeup done. I then proceeded through the casino to find the check-in room where I met some of the Miss for America/Mrs America staff. I received my swimsuit (a beautiful coral color), Benjamin Walk shoes, my sash for the week. I ran into a couple "sister queens", once everyone had their sash on it wasn't hard to pick us out! We then were asked to do some pictures around the casino, I was hoping to show off some pool (billiard) skills (or make it look like I had some for the camera), alas, I went "shopping" instead (for those of you who know me know that is probably more accurate anyway). Once photos were finished, I went back upstairs and got ready for Orientation Dinner. A few of us sat at a round table in a banquet room, telling stories while we ate then received a great pep talk from both Mrs and Mr Marmel, Mrs America, Nicole Cook, and Mrs World, Jennifer Lee. They were all inspiring and uplifting! Dinner finished and it was off to bed to rest up for day 2!!
Saturday started similar to Friday, woke up and rolled out of bed across the hall to be beautified by Toni. Today's agenda was rehearsal followed by dinner. We all met Frit and Frat, two amazing and fun choreographers who said they would make us all look good dancing on stage (yeah yeah). Music to my ears as I am not really a dancer. My dad has always joked I dance like Elaine from Seinfeld (I have perfected it, he has joked so many times). Anyway – I was ensured I would be okay dancing, I wasn't convinced but thankfully Miss Alaska, Trish, and Miss Kentucky, Erica, were practicing after dinner and I joined them. We danced a few times then started talking. Trish told her incredibly inspiring story as to why she was there, (check out her video here). Hearing it first hand, my heart sank in sadness for her loss, admittedly I didn't know what to say but what stuck out is her incredible strength. Not only to be able to talk about what happened but to build her platform around it. Erica was first runner up at Miss Kentucky earlier this year, the current Miss Kentucky was unable to attend nationals, the rules go, if the current queen is unable to fulfill her reign, the 1st runner up will take her place. Erica had 9 days to get ready for a week-long event, the same event I spent over 3 months preparing for. I remember her comment, if I am supposed to be here, God had His reasons. She has such a lovely heart. Miss New York talked about her pageant journey, she has such a bright future ahead of her. What an unforgettable bonding night.
Sunday came around and I again rolled out of bed, across the hall to Toni's room where she yet again beautified me. Our bonding time was great, we started each morning with talking about what we were both grateful for. I went down to breakfast, then went to a conference room for gift exchange. Each queen brought a gift from their home state, it was so fun to see what everyone came up with! I wanted to keep with the dc theme and got everyone a magnetic quote from Elanor Roosevelt "A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she's in hot water." Truer words have not been spoken and hearing some of my sister queens stories, I knew it was the right quote. At noon, a bunch of us went to the lobby to support Miss Virginia, Amber, and her charity, raising awareness for veterans who commit suicide. We filled the lobby, some in gym clothes, some in dresses/heels and did 22 push-ups in support. It was so cool to see all these women not only support our military but support another sister queen and her platform. After the pushups, we caught our breath in time to go back to dance rehearsal, I was feeling better about my dancing skills. Dinner that night was at Benihana, hibachi, my favorite! I sat next to my roommate, Miss Deleware, Daphne and Miss Maryland, Deveney. Mrs America class was also at Benihana at the same time, 104 queens in one place.
Monday we had another rehearsal, this time we were on the stage, the same stage Elvis performed on. Just walking into the auditorium I got chills, as we all went on stage to learn the sequence, I looked out to empty seats and it all became real. It reminded me of when I was on the Kennedy Center stage for the first time. I visualized the entire show, looking out to the audience, taking it all in… Keeping with the Elvis theme, that evening our event was in the penthouse at the Westgate, known as Elvis Suite night. It was a beautiful suite but what I remember about it the most is the number of bathtubs! I tried to get a picture in all of them, I recruited Mrs DC, Nikki, but we got sidetracked after two… I might need to go back just for a photo shoot in all the tubs… I digress…
Tuesday was admittedly a rough day for me… I woke up with my head spinning like I have never felt it before. Not like the stand up too fast give me a minute kind of spins, it just kept spinning. I finally was able to get out of bed, after 15 minutes of trying. I drank some water and protein, started to feel a bit better and went across the hall for hair/makeup. I was still hurting but was going to push through it. I made it down to rehearsal but the minute I started dancing it happened again. My sister queens were so kind in helping, finally I made my way to the bathroom and just broke down crying. I am pretty sure I made a joke asking if pageant week being similar to prom/homecoming, can't be real unless there's a gal crying in the bathroom… I think I got some laughs… I was embarrassed, I really had nothing to cry about, it had been an amazing week thus far, great people, I was getting the hang of dancing, yet the tears were flowing, not the Carry Underwood "Cry Pretty" kind of tears. I wasn't quite sure what I was feeling, it was all new, I couldn't see straight, felt helpless and honestly I was scared. Miss Florida, Kelsey, came in and asked a bunch of medical questions and there didn't seem to be anything glaringly wrong (thank goodness). She was so kind in taking care of me. Then Nikki (Mrs DC) and Julie (Mrs CT) came running as soon as they heard I was hurting. We went to get some fluids from the IV bar (usually in Vegas it was used to help speed the hungover along, in my case we thought dehydration had something to do with how I was feeling). A little fluid, Chipotle, and rest and I was starting to feel better. By mid-way to the second rehearsal, I was full on happy-go-lucky Megan again. Truth bomb – I have gone back and forth about writing this last part but in the spirit of being real, I decided to keep it. The amount of concern my sister queens showed was so incredibly heart warming. Even though we were all competing for the same title that week, they all were willing to help and asked how I was feeling after. That is what being a true queen is about, helping those around you. Usually I am not the one admitting I need help, that day I did…
Wednesday I woke up to feeling excited and full of energy. So thankful I was no longer feeling sick and able to get ready for one of the most important days, interview. In the Miss for America pageant, interview counted for 50% of my score (with the rest of the score in swimsuit and gown). Interview was set up as the following, 5 of us go into a room with 5 judges, we each have 3 minutes with each judge, one on one. 3 minutes to wow them, to show them who I am, why I am here, and why I would be the best Miss for America. One of things I worked very hard on prior to this was condensing "who I am". I am so blessed to have been able to experience all I have but only 3 minutes, I really had to work on my quick bullet points. The time went by quickly and I had a great conversation with all the judges. I left the interview feeling like I was true to myself, my goals, and why I wanted to be Miss for America. That evening we had our dignitary dinner where we provided gifts to Mr and Mrs Siegel for their support and hosting the Mrs America and Miss for America pageant at the Westgate. It was such a lovely dinner, I sat next to "my Mrs" (that's what all the Miss dubbed our Mrs state counterpart), Nikki. We even wore similar pink color dresses, just by happenstance (great minds think alike so they say)! After dinner we each presented our gift, picked up our program books and I went up to get my final airbrush tan before going on stage the next day.
The next two days went so quickly, parts were a blur and other parts were so crystal clear. Thursday was prelim day, started with review of the flow of the show. Earlier I mentioned 50% of the score was interview, the other 50% would be decided after prelims. We started out in our swimwear, everyone was standing on the platforms, we walk off stage then I was part of the first group who did the "model walk". Each state was called and we walked to the middle, stopped, walked to one side, walked to the other and then filled in a spot so the next name could be called. The grace and confidence shown in swim was worth 25% of my score. I felt good walking in swim, I felt stronger and more confident than I did during the Miss DC pageant. Another thing I worked hard on, leaning out and my posture, I grew .5 an inch (thank you Fitness Together)! Once everyone went through, it was evening gown time, my absolute favorite. I had on a one of a kind Juan Carlos Pinera gown. I felt amazing in this gown, feminine, strong, confident. One of my favorite gowns I've worn. Similar set up as swim in terms of the model posing. I remember half way through to slow down and not walk as fast as I did in swim. Overall I felt good, I felt confident. Once gown portion was completed, we all got into our costumes and did a parade, introducing ourselves and a quick blurb about our costumes. My costume was the First Lady "representing all the strong women who have hosted the White House.". When prelims were finished, I felt I put everything I had on that stage. There wasn't anything left for me to do, to regret, I knew I brought the best package I've ever had. I knew, no matter the outcome, I was me.
The next morning I woke up in anticipation that today could be the day I am given a new title. Interview and Prelims were to solidify the top 15, once they were announced, all scores were wiped clean and all that mattered was going from top 15 (swim and gown were judged), to top 6 (on stage question), to top 3 (on stage question), then the first Miss for America would be crowned. At the start of finals, we still didn't know who the top 15 were but I felt very good about prelims and interview. We were backstage for a while and I spent the time visualizing, calming my nerves, going through what I would say should I make top 6 and top 3, and trying not to think about the dance number. Finals started out with the parade of costumes, all 50 of us walking around, getting in order to say our quick blurb, then all coming back out on stage for costume awards. There were so many unique ones! Next, we changed into our fringe dresses to introduce ourselves and carry the American Flag. We took our places on the platform and went straight into awards for both publication and congeniality. They called my name as winner of the publication award!!! I am beyond thankful to have received this award as I didn't just win this by myself, I attribute it to all my sponsors and partners who helped me get there. It was such a proud moment for me, I couldn't stop smiling. Then we went into the dance number… I know this was video taped – it is on my Miss DC Facebook page under videos, I haven't had the guts to watch it… so if you do let me know how I did (on a scale of full on Elaine to mostly Elaine). We then changed into swim where they would announce photogenic, fitness and the long awaited top 15. As I stood there, I was smiling and in my head repeating "next finalist is… miss dc, miss dc". As the names (that weren't mine) continued to be called, I kept smiling and thinking just say "miss dc" already!!! Unfortunately, my name wasn't called for top 15. Walking off stage I was bummed but I knew I had given it everything I had and that was something to smile and be proud of. I wasn't what the judges were looking for but having spent the week with all these ladies, they had a lot of amazing women to choose from. In the end Miss Tennessee, Kassie Perkins, is our first Miss for America! She was sweet and gracious and I have no doubt she will be an amazing queen!
While I didn't come away with the crown, I am so proud of my accomplishments. Something I never thought I'd be able to do, on stage at a national pageant, representing the area I grew up in. I came away with an award, with friends, new experience and stand tall as the first Miss District of Columbia for America. I am blogging about my experience, even areas I would otherwise not write or admit. This has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
My title is not over, I still have the crown until April and I intend to take full advantage of utilizing it to give back and help make this world a better place.
I want to thank my friends and family who have supported me throughout this process. I know I come up with random goals more often than not and am so thankful for your love and support. My partners and sponsors who not only have shared their talents with me to help me become the woman I am meant to be but who have become good friends in the process.
Where it started, Raquel (An Officer and a Gentlewoman) the director of the Miss DC for America pageant, thank you for providing me the platform to compete in pageantry. Miss DC for America judges for believing in me to represent the district as the first Miss DC for America. Sponsors: Marta (MB Face Design), for always making sure my tan was perfect for the week leading up to prelims as well as makeup for events. Stephanie (Babe Cave), for making sure my hair was in tip top shape going into the week. Stacy and Enrico (Fitness Together), for helping me grow and be even more confident in swim wear and overall life. Juan Carlos and Cesar (Juan Carlos Pinera), for the amazing outfits all week, including Elvis suite jumpsuit, dignitary dinner gown, interview dress and stage gown. Joanne, Kirsten and everyone at Dejavu for the rest of my outfits nationals week, every one I put on I loved more than the one before. Esteban (Pageant Design), for the amazing ad pages that were in the book, you helped transform my pictures into the story I wanted each of them to tell. Julie, mamma bear, chief of staff, fashion expert – your guidance the last year has been invaluable, from my pageant walk, my posture, my wardrobe, my overall image and making sure I had the best week, all while you were competing. Nikki, my Mrs, you have been a shining light and I am so glad I have been able to go through this experience with you! Toni, (Toni Yvette Barber & Makeup Artist), my makeup/hair artist of the week, you have so much talent, it's incredible. You kept me sane in what could have been a very stressful week. From your smiling face, our random deep conversations early in the morning while doing my hair, to making sure I looked my best and running out to get whatever I needed. You've helped and inspired me in so many ways. Mr and Mrs Mariel, thank you for starting the Miss division, the opportunity to be part of the Mrs America family before I'm married. The staff of Miss for America/Mrs America, Tana, Caroline, Frit and Frat, thank you for an incredible week. My new sash queens, Laney, Trish, Jory, Aida, Kelsey, Alana, Misti, Georgia, Daphne, Suzette, Levanna, Kinsley, Monica, Jaci, Erica, Deveney, Laura, Mikayla, Megan, Chloe, Jenna, Ashley, Kristy, Tanajsia, Kara, Olivia, Marlin, Abigail, Courtney, Trinity, Leah, Emily, Jessie, Gabie, Heather, Mindy, Katie, Kassie, Ba'Leigh, Amber, Keiran, Salem, Brandi, Danielle, Kaycee, Krista, Devyn, Heather, and Steffine. I don't think we could have had a better inaugural class. I learned so much from y'all, you have inspired me in many ways and allowed me to be me during nationals week. I am excited to see the impact each of you continue to make. Kassie, congratulations on becoming the first Miss for America! Next year's queens have some big shoes to fill!
I would be remiss without ending with a little plug-in, if this blog inspired you and you are a single lady over the age of 18, live/work within a 25 mile radius of DC, we are now taking applications. If you happen to be married, over the age of 18 and live/work within a 25 mile radius, Mrs DC is taking applications too. Comment below, shoot me an email or visit Miss DC for America/Mrs DC America website!


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Cultivating Encouragement
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Philippians 1:1-11
Pastor Walter
We begin a new sermon series on the book of Philippians. In this message Pastor Walter shows us why cultivating a culture of encouragement in the church is so critical for spiritual maturity.
God's Glory and Goodness
Giving and Growing
The Secret of Contentment
Joyful, Gentle, and Prayerful
In it Together
Enemies of the Cross
Make it Your Own, Make Harvest Home
Knowing Christ
Shielded by Joy
The Possibilities of Community
A Beautiful Mind
Broken Relationships
Gospel Pain and Gain
Unconditional Joy
No Regrets
The Power of Praying for Others
Gospel Perspective on Life
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