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This plugin to disables the blog functionality of WordPress, mostly by hiding admin pages and settings and redirecting pages on both the front-end and admin side. This can be useful when you want a WordPress site to remain static and hide blog-related elements from admin users to avoid confusion.
Important: If Settings > Reading > "Front Page Displays" is not set to show on a page, then this plugin will update it to that option, but you still need to select a page to act as the front page. Not doing so will mean that your post page can still be visible on the front-end of the site.
Comments: Comments remain enabled, unless the 'post' type is the only type supporting comments (pages also typical support comments so they don't disappear in most cases). If you're looking to disable them completely, check out the Disable Comments plugin (by others).
Categories & Tags: These are hidden and redirected, unless they are supported by a custom post type.
Custom Post Types: For the most part this plugin shouldn't bother any custom post types. If you are using a custom post type that supports the built-in
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post_tag taxonomies, they will be visible and accessible through that post type.
Database: This plugin will not delete anything in your database. If you don't want your posts, comments, categories, or tags, delete them prior to activation (or deactivate this plugin, delete them, and re-active). The only exception to the database modifications is related to the way your site displays it's front page, as mentioned above.
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- I want to delete my posts and comments.
Deactivate the plugin, delete your posts (which will delete related comments), and delete any tags or categories you might want to remove as well. Then reactivate the plugin to hide everything.
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- Added check on disable feed functionality to confirm post type prior to disabling feed.
- Remove the functionality hiding the Settings > Writing admin page, allow this option to be re-enabled via the older filter. This page used to be entirely related to posts, but is also used to select the editor type (Gutenberg vs Classic).
- Correct misspelled dwpb_redirect_options_tools filter.
- Hide the Settings > Writing menu item, which shows up with Disable Comments enabled everywhere. Thanks to @dater for identifying.
- Fix fatal error conflict with WooCommerce versions older than 2.6.3 (props to @Mahjouba91 for the heads up), no returns an array of comments in the filter for those older WooCommerce versions.
- Add de/activation hooks to clear comment caches
- Cleanup comment count functions.
- Disable the REST API for 'post' post type. Props to @shawnhooper.
- Fix unintended redirect for custom admin pages under tools.php. Props to @greatislander for the catch.
A bunch of stuff:
- Refactor code to match WP Plugin Boilerplate structure, including:
- Move hooks and filters into loader class.
- Separate Admin and Public hooks.
- Add support for internationalization.
- Expanded inline documentation.
- Add another failsafe for potential redirect loops.
- Disable comments feed only if 'post' is only type shown.
- Hide/redirect discussion options page if 'post' is the only post type supporting it (typically supported by pages).
- Filter comment counts to remove comments associated with 'post' post type.
- Add $is_comment_feed variable to disable feed filters.
- Remove feed link from front end (for WP >= 4.4.0), remove comment feed link if 'post' is the only post type supporting comments.
- Hide options in Reading Settings page related to posts (shows front page and search engine options only now), previously it was hiding everything on this page (bugfix!).
- Fix show_on_front pages: now, if it's set to 'posts' it will set the blog page to value 0 (not a valid option) and set the front page to value 1.
- Add uninstall.php to remove plugin version saved in options table on uninstall.
- Weird issue with svn, same as 0.3.2
- Fix potential loop issue with
home_urlin redirection function
- Fix custom taxonomy save redirect (used to redirect to dashboard, now it saves correctly)
- Add WordPress readme.txt
- Singleton Class
- Clean up documentation
- Add filters
- Remove 'post' post type from most queries
- Change disable feed functionality to a redirect instead of die message
- Refine admin redirects
- Add redirects for Single Posts, Post Archives, Tag & Category archives to home page (the latter two are only redirected if 'post' post type is the only post type associated with it)
- Filter out the 'post' post type from 'Comments' admin page
- Remove Post from '+New' admin bar menu
- Hide number of posts and comment count on Activity dashboard widget
- Remove 'Writing' Options from Settings Menu
- Redirect 'Writing' Options to General Options
- Hide 'Posts' options on 'Menus' admin page
- Remove Post Related Widgets
- Disable "Press This" functionality
- Disable "Post By Email" functionality
- Force Reading Settings: show_on_front, pages_for_posts, and posts_on_front, if they are not already set
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I have noticed recently that my wonderful son Luke, who is in the pre-teenage years, has become more 'aware' of his body and discusses things like 'six-pack abs' and the need to be strong and have big muscles, probably like most boys of his age. I remember an old colleague at the University of Free State mention to me that her son, who was starting his last year at school, and who was a naturally good sports-person, had started supplementing his sport with gym work as he perceived that 'all boys his age were interested in having big muscles', as my colleague described it. A few decades ago, my old colleague and friend Mike Lambert, exercise physiologist and scientist without peer, and I did some work researching the effect of anabolic steroid use on bodybuilders, and noted that there were not just physical but also psychological changes in some of the trial participants. I did a fair amount of time in the gym in my University days, and always wondered why some of the biggest folk in the gym seemed to do their workouts with long pants and tracksuit tops, sometimes with hoods up, even on hot days, and how in conversation with them I was often told that despite them being enormous (muscular rather than obese-wise), they felt that they were small compared to their fellow bodybuilders and weightlifters, and that they needed to work harder and longer in the gym than they were currently doing to get results. All of these got me thinking of the fascinating syndrome known as muscle dysmorphia, also known as the Adonis complex, 'bigorexia', or 'reverse anorexia' and what causes the syndrome / disorder in the folk that develop it.
Muscle dysmorphia is a disorder mostly affecting males (though females can also be affected) where there is a belief or delusion that one's body is too small, thin, insufficiently muscular or lean, despite it often being normal or exceptionally large and muscular, and related to obsessional efforts to increase muscularity and muscle mass by weightlifting exercise routines, dietary regimens and supplements, and often anabolic steroid use. This perception of being not muscular enough becomes severely distressing for the folk suffering from the syndrome, and the desire to enhance their muscularity eventually impacts negatively on the sufferer's daily life, work and social interactions. The symptoms usually begin in early adulthood, and are most prevalent in body-builders, weight-lifters, and strength-based sports participants (up to 50 percent in some bodybuilder population studies, for example). Worryingly, muscle dysmorphia is increasingly being diagnosed in younger / adolescent folks, and across the spectrum of sports participants, and even in young folk who begin lifting weights for aesthetic rather than sport-specific purposes, and who from the start perceive they need to go to gym to improve their 'body beautiful'. Two old academic friends of mine, Dave Tod and David Lavallee, published an excellent article on muscle dysmorphia a few years ago, where they suggested that the diagnostic criteria for the disorder are that the sufferer needs to be pre-occupied with the notion that their bodies are insufficiently lean and muscular, and that the preoccupation needs to cause distress or impairment in social or occupational function, including at least two of the four following criteria: 1) they give up / excuse themselves from social, occupational or recreational activities because of the need to maintain workout and diet schedules; 2) they avoid situations where their bodies may be exposed to others, or 'endure' such situations with distress or anxiety; 3) their concerns about their body cause distress or impairment in social, occupational or other areas of their daily functioning; and 4) they continue to exercise and monitor their diet excessively, or use physique-enhancing supplements or drugs such as anabolic steroids, despite knowledge of potential adverse physical or psychological consequences of these activities. Folk with muscle dysmorphia spend a lot of their time agonizing over their 'situation', even if it is in their mind rather than reality, look at their physiques in the mirror often, and are always of the feeling that they are smaller or weaker than what they really are, so there is clearly some cognitive dissonance / body image problem occurring in them.
What causes muscle dysmorphia is still not completely known, but what is telling is that it was first observed as a disorder in the late 1980's and early 1990's, and was first defined as such by Harrison Pope, Katharine Phillips, Roberto Olivardia and colleagues in a seminal publication of their work on it in 1997. There are no known reports of this disorder from earlier times, and as suggested by these academics, it's increasing development appears to be related a growing social obsession with 'maleness' and muscularity, that is evident in the media and marketing adverts of and for the 'ideal' male in the last few decades. While women have had relentless pressure on them from the concept of increasing 'thinness' as the 'ideal body' perspective for perhaps a century or longer from a social media perspective, with for example the body size of female models and advertised clothes sizes decreasing over the years (and it has been suggested that in part this is responsible for the increase in the prevalence in anorexia nervosa in females), it appears that males are now under the same marketing / media 'spotlight', but more from a muscularity rather than a 'thinness' perspective, with magazines, newspapers and social media often 'punting' this muscular 'body ideal' for males when selling male-targeted health and beauty products. Some interesting changes have occurred which appear to support this concept, for example the physique of GI-Joe toys for young boys changing completely in the last few decades, apparently being much more muscular in the last decade or two compared to their 1970 prototypes. Matching this change, in 1972 only 15-20 percent of young men disliked their body image, while in 2000 approximately 50% percent of young men disliked their body image. Contemporary young men (though older men may also be becoming increasingly 'caught up' in similar desire for muscularity as contemporary culture puts a price on the 'body beautiful' right through the life cycle) perceive that they would like to have 13 kg more muscle mass on average, and believe that women would prefer them to have 14 kg more muscle mass to be most desirable, though interestingly when women were asked about this, women were happy with the current mass of their partners, and many were indeed not attracted to heavily-muscled males. Therefore, it appears that social pressure may play a large part in creating an environment where men perceive their bodies in a negative light, and this may in turn lead to the development of a 'full blown' muscle dysmorphia syndrome in some folk.
While the concept that social pressure plays a big role in the development of muscle dysmorphia, other factors have also been suggested to play a part. Muscle dysmorphia is suggested to be associated with, or indeed a sub-type of, the more general body dysmorphic disorder (and anorexia nervosa, though of course anorexia nervosa is about weight loss, rather than weight gain), where folk develop a pathological dislike of one or several body parts or components of their appearance, and develop a preoccupation with hiding or attempting to fix their perceived body flaw, often with cosmetic surgery (and this apparently affects up to 3 percent of the population). It has been suggested that both muscle dysmorphia and body dysmorphic disorder may be caused by a problem of 'somatoperception' (knowing one's own body), which may be related to organic lesions or processing issues in the right parietal lobe of the brain, which is suggested to be the important area of the brain for own-body perception and the sense of self. In folk that have lesions of the right parietal cortex, they perceive themselves to be 'outside' of their body (autoscopy), or that body parts are missing / there is a lack of awareness of the existence of parts of the body (asomatognosia). Non-organic / psychological factors have also been associated with muscle dysmorphia, apart from media and socio-cultural influences, including being a victim of childhood bullying, being teased about levels of muscularity when young, or being exposed to violence in their family environment. It has also been suggested that it is associated with appearance-based rejection sensitivity, which is defined as anxiety-causing expectations of social rejection based on physical appearance – in other words, for some reason, folk with muscle dysmorphia are anxious that they will be socially rejected due to their perceived lack of muscularity and associated appearance deficits. Whether this rejection sensitivity is due to prior negative social interactions, or episodes of childhood teasing or body shaming, has not been well elicited. Interestingly, while studies have reported inconclusive correlations with body mass index, body fat, height, weight, and pubertal development age, there have been strong correlations reported with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, perfectionism, substance abuse, and eating and exercise-dependence / addiction disorders, as well as with the clinical depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. There does not appear to be a strong relationship to narcissism, which perhaps is surprising. Whether these are co-morbidities or they have a common pathophysiology at either a psychological or organic level is yet to be determined. It has been suggested that a combination of cognitive behavioural therapy and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor prescription (a type of antidepressant) may improve the symptoms of muscle dysmorphia. While these treatment modalities would support a link between muscle dysmorphia and the psychological disorders described above, the efficacy of these treatment choices is still controversial, and there is unfortunately a high relapse rate. It is unfortunately a difficult disorder to 'cure', given that all folk need to eat regularly in order to live, and most folk incorporate exercise into their daily routines, which make managing 'enough' but not 'excessive' amounts of weightlifting and dietary regulation difficult to regulate in folk who have a disordered body image.
Muscle dysmorphia appears therefore to be a growing issue in contemporary society, which is increasing in tandem with the increased media-related marketing drive for the male 'body beautiful', which now appears to be operating at a similar level to the 'drive for thinness' media marketing which has blighted the female perception of body image for a long time, and has potentially led to an increased incidence of body image disorders such as anorexia nervosa and body dysmorphic syndrome. However none of these are gender specific, and it is not clear how much of a relationship these body image disorders have with either organic brain or clinical psychological disorders, as described above. It appears to be a problem mostly in young folk, with older folk being more accepting of their body abnormalities and imperfections, whether these are perceived or real, though sadly it appears that there is a growing incidence of muscle dysmorphia and other body image disorder in older age, as societies relationship and expectations of 'old age' changes. As I see my son become more 'interested' in his own physique and physical development, which must have obviously been caused by either discussions with his friends, or due to what he reads, or what the 'actors' in his computer games look like which he so enjoys playing, like all his friends, I hope he (and likewise my daughter) will always enjoy his sport but have a healthy self-image through the testing teenage and early adult period of time. I remember those bodybuilders my colleague Mike and I worked with all those years ago, and how some of them were comfortable with their large physiques, while with some it was clearly an ordeal to take off their shirts in order to be tested in the lab as part of the trials we did back then. The mind is very sensitive to suggestion, and it is fascinating to see that males now are being 'barraged' with advertising suggesting they are not good enough, and if they buy a certain product it will make them stronger, fitter, better, and thus more attractive, to perhaps the same level females have been subjected to for a long period of time. The mind is also sensitive to bullying, teasing and body shaming, as well as a host of other social issues which impinge on it particularly in its childhood and early adolescent development phases. It's difficult to know where this issue will 'end', and whether governmental organizations will 'crack down' on such marketing and media hype which surely 'target' folks (usually perceived) physical inadequacies or desires, or if it is too late to do so and such media activity has become innate and part of the intrinsic fabric of our daily life and social experience. Perhaps education programs are the way to go at school level, though these are unfortunately often not successful.
There are so many daily challenges one has to deal with, it may seem almost bizarre that folk can spend time worrying about issues that are not even potentially 'real', but for the folk staring obsessively at themselves in the mirror, or struggling to stop the intrusive thoughts about their perceived physical shortcomings, these challenges are surely very real, and surely all-consuming and often overwhelming. In Greek mythology Adonis was a well-muscled half man, half god, whose was considered to be the ultimate in masculine beauty, and according to mythology his masculine beauty was so great that he won the love of Aphrodite, the queen of all the gods, because of it. Sadly for the folk with muscle dysmorphia, while they may be chasing this ideal, they are likely to be too busy working on creating their own perfect physique to have time to 'woo' their own Aphrodite, and indeed, contemporary Aphrodite's don't appear to even appreciate the level of muscularity they eventually obtain. The mirror on the wall, as it usually is, is a false siren, beckoning those weak enough to fall into its thrall – no matter how big, never to appear as the biggest or most beautiful of all.

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We already knew Tim Gunn's new book "Gunn's Golden Rules" was packed with fashion world gossip after we read an excerpt in June revealing that Anna Wintour's bodyguards carry her down stairs...but what else does Gunn have to say? The New York Daily News talked to the "Project Runway" mentor about what else is in the pages. In the book, Gunn takes on designer Isaac Mizrahi, calling him a spoiled snob. He explained to the Daily News, "Oh, please, I was so kind to him. I mean, I wouldn't have the words to describe some of the more abhorrent behavior. He really is a terrible, terrible, terrible person."
But "Gunn's Golden Rules" also serves as an autobiography and Gunn discusses his own sexuality. He came to terms with being gay in his 20s, but hasn't had sex since he ended a terrible relationship decades ago. According to Gunn, "I wanted to say that, whether you're gay or straight, you can live a celibate life and be perfectly satisfied and happy."


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Bernd Neumann, Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor – Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Thomas Rachel, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, President of the Goethe-Institut
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Dieter Ernst, Vice-Chairman of the German Asia-Pacific Business Association
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My favourite cuisines are without a doubt Japanese and Korean. It's a bit surprising perhaps considering that I have a strong aversion to seafood, and I'm a massive cheese fiend. This crunchy salad has been my go-to salad for years. It's delicious with spring rolls, gyoza, tofu katsu or simply topped with a fried egg.
Sweetheart cabbage or green cabbage
Daikon or radishes
Black sesame seeds
Rice vinegar
Toasted sesame oil
Soy sauce
Preparation method
1. Grate carrots and radishes into a large bowl. Shred the cabbage and slice the gherkins. Add them to the bowl and mix all the vegetables together.
2. In a small bowl mix all the ingredients for the sesame dressing. I do this to taste but I would advice you to not go overboard with the sesame oil. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss until all the vegetables are evenly coated.
Note: I mixed mayonnaise with Eat the Bits Chilli Oil and drizzled it over the salad but it's equally yummy with gochujang (fermented Korean chilli paste). If you decide to use neither, add fresh ginger and garlic to the dressing. Also, try adding bean sprouts or edamame to the salad.


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Once again, scientists have confirmed Einstein's theory of general relativity, which describes the way massive objects – like stars – cause space to bend. For the first time, astronomers have glimpsed the bending of light from a more distant star by a nearby white dwarf. They then used Einstein's theory to calculate the white dwarf's mass. They published their study this week (June 7, 2017) in the peer-reviewed journal Science.
Kailash C. Sahu at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland led the international team that conducted this new research. The team used the Hubble Space Telescope to make their observations.
Terry Oswalt of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida wrote a related perspective piece in the same issue of Science, and his university produced the explanatory video at the top of this post. Oswalt said in a statement:
The research by Sahu and colleagues provides a new tool for determining the masses of objects we can't easily measure by other means. The team determined the mass of a collapsed stellar remnant called a white dwarf star. Such objects have completed their hydrogen-burning life cycle, and thus are the fossils of all prior generations of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
Einstein would be proud. One of his key predictions has passed a very rigorous observational test.
Einstein himself believed you could, in theory, obtain mass measurements from gravitational lensing. But his astounding revelations about the universe didn't include predictions about the many advances in instrumentation that have actually occurred. Thus in a 1936 article in Science, he wrote that because stars are so far apart:
… there is no hope of observing this phenomenon directly.
And yet, of course, the phenomenon of the bending of starlight has been observed, beginning with Arthur Eddington and team's May 1919 measurement of light bending around our local star, the sun, during a total solar eclipse. That early confirmation of Einstein's theory made headlines around the world and made Einstein the world's most famous scientist.
Since 1979, astronomers have had the technological oomph to observe the bending of light by yet-more-distant objects, starting with SBS 0957+561, aka the Twin Quasar.
In the 1980s, astronomers realized that the combination of CCD imagers and computers would allow the brightness of millions of stars to be measured each night. And since then – in observational programs such as Poland's Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE), astronomers have discovered hundreds of examples of gravitational lensing and microlensing.
The statement featuring Terry Oswalt at Embry-Riddle explained why this new research is different and significant:
When a star in the foreground passes exactly between us and a background star, gravitational microlensing results in a perfectly circular ring of light – a so-called 'Einstein ring.'
Sahu's group observed a much more likely scenario: Two objects were slightly out of alignment, and therefore an asymmetrical version of an Einstein ring formed. The ring and its brightening were too small to be measured, but its asymmetry caused the distant star to appear off-center from its true position. This part of Einstein's prediction is called 'astrometric lensing' and Sahu's team was the first to observe it in a star other than the sun …
Sahu's team measured shifts in the apparent position of a distant star as its light was deflected around a nearby white dwarf star called Stein 2051 B on eight dates between October 2013 and October 2015. They determined that Stein 2051 B – the sixth-closest white dwarf star to the sun – has a mass that is about two-thirds that of the sun.
Terry Oswalt explained that the finding is important because it "provides a new tool for determining the masses of objects we can't easily measure by other means." He said it also opens a new window to understanding "the history and evolution of galaxies such as our own."
Bottom line: Once again, Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity has been confirmed, using gravitational microlensing. Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to measure the mass of a nearby white dwarf, as it bent the light of a more distant star.
Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.


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IvywaveParticipantMarch 9, 2018 at 4:39 am #167083
I m dating a male , we both in 30s but I just know he is still a virgin, I v had a previous relationship who was virgin too, my ex was addicted to sex, all he knew and wanted was so much sex all the time, and it exhausted me…..
I m scared that I met a virgin again.
will a man be able to direct his sex energy to a right direction?
I hear usually a man need to be able to understand sex after he dated a lot women, so the first woman for him usually ended up just a teacher , will not last long will not able to make a successful relationship.
Is that so?
r there any examples for a virgin to make successful relationship nowadays?
I know in old times our grand parents r able.
richiroParticipantMarch 9, 2018 at 4:05 pm #167151
first of all.. "virgIn" and "sex addict" have nothing to do with each other. so you need to take it one at a time.
1. will a man be able to direct his sexual energy in the right direction? every man is differnt. part of your job is to figure that out before byou're in the situation. does he seem obssessed with sex? is he "looking forward" too much to the sex specifically?
2. men and their first sexual partner. Yes it is true men are pretty clueless about sex right off the bat and will need some help and may not know they're way around.. that is a fact with ANY virgin (not just males)
3. examples of virgin men successful in relationships? yes.. plenty. but that does not matter because those examples are NOT about the man you're talkinga bout. th only question improtant is .. is the MAN you are talking about relaitonship material or ready. that's your job to find out and figure out.
IvywaveParticipantMarch 9, 2018 at 9:15 pm #167163
1.. does he seem obssessed with sex? is he "looking forward" too much to the sex specifically
3. th only question improtant is .. is the MAN you are talking about relaitonship material or ready. that's your job to find out and figure out..quote]
Thank u very much,
from your words,,i feel what I need to know is, he is ready for LOVE or not?
he is still obsessed with sex or he is growing forward into LOVE…..
If I need to know about these, then I feel it applies to all the men/women, doesn't matter he is a virgin or not virgin. ?
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[The truth emerged when the smoke cleared: There was no weapon inside Bell's blood-splattered car.
After an ambulance was summoned, the shaken detectives gathered in the middle of the street — a scene the supervisor described as "surreal."
"We were all in shock," he said. "We thanked God that none of us were hit and we were going home." ]
The cops thanked God that they weren't hit by any bullets.
Underneath a paragraph that said Sean Bell didn't even have a gun.
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Is Nas a leader of a rebellion or is he the soothsayer, helping the rest of the world see what he has seen since he started rapping? The media may try to make him look like the gangster rapper who will rob your house and have his way with your wife and daughter despite what his music catalogue suggests of his character. Like Tupac over ten years ago when rap was under fire, Nas is stepping up to take whatever will come out of this and like Tupac he is now deemed as a dangerous gangster rapper even though the music points at consequences, hope, and inspiration.
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Alright, so I was browsing through youtube and I came across one of their features that has to do with my topic for analytical research. It is the video collection of a debate style show that BET put on discussing the state of hip-hop music and how it affects society which was a major topic in America this year. I contacted the people who had the videos that were being featured and they said it would be great so I will also link to them at the end of the post. I thought the debate was pretty interesting when I caught parts of it on TV and I hope everyone else finds it interesting too, feel free to leave some response to them. I haven't watched it in awhile so hopefully you hundreds of people passing through will leave some comments to discuss and bring up some points.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he hoped to engage with India again after the Lok Sabha polls in 2019.
"One thing Pakistan needs more than any other country right now is peace and security, particularly with India and Afghanistan for regional peace and stability," Khan said at an investment conference in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh.
"Peace with India would help the two countries to divert their resources towards human development instead of indulging in an arms race."
Despite the talk of peace Imran khan did not shy away from once again raising the Kashmir issue. His tweet indicated his double speak.
Strongly condemn the new cycle of killings of innocent Kashmiris in IOK by Indian security forces. It is time India realised it must move to resolve the Kashmir dispute through dialogue in accordance with the UN SC resolutions & the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) October 22, 2018
The tweet however did not go down well with India. The Ministry of External Affairs slammed the tweet. "Instead of making comments on India's internal affairs, Pakistan leadership should look inwards and address its own issues," ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.
Randeep Surjewala, Congress Communications-in charge too slammed Imran for his Kashmir remark
Pak is the 'Terror Machine' of the world!
From harbouring 26/11 & 9/11 terrorists to sponsoring daily terror attacks in J&K, from shielding Hafiz Sayeed,Dawood to Masood Azhar-Pak is the protector, benefactor and the root cause of Terrorism!
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Tired of expensive marketing campaigns with mediocre results? Give door hanger advertising a try! This low cost method of advertising is easy to implement and can grow your business immediately.
Besides being straightforward and practical, door hangers attract customers to your business and open the door to immediate and future marketing opportunities.
In this article, clashgraphics.com discusses the many benefits that may make door hangers an essential part of your company's marketing strategy, how they are able to generate both immediate and future income, and the limitless options you have in creating them.
Benefits of Door Hangers
Like direct mail marketing, door hangers present your company and its product to a targeted consumer. Where door hangers differ is that they aren't mixed in and lost in a pile of mail, but have to be physically removed from a door handle. This act provides an extra second or two for you to get individualized attention of the potential customer.
Here are a few ideas you can use to guide the designing and distribution of your door hanger:
Shape - Rather than the typical rectangle "Do Not Disturb" sign, use a shorter, rounded edge door hanger, or consider having them cut in a shape which represents your company, or the product you are marketing.
Thickness - Use a sturdy 12pt or 16pt cardstock. Door hangers with this thickness will withstand the elements and give a professional appearance that can distinguish your company or brand.
Color and Finish - Bright and lively full-color printing will enhance your design work, while UV coating will give it a high gloss finish and captivating aesthetic.
Using a Matte finish on one side will give your door hanger a writable surface, which is convenient for personalization or note taking when the consumer calls for more information.
Perforation - Elevate your campaign's effectiveness by using door hangers with a tear-off perforation that incites a direct response.
This enables you to include a business card, coupon, membership card, or free pass. The possibilities are limitless.
Content - Since this type of marketing campaign is targeting specific consumers, it is of the utmost importance that you identify their problem and offer a solution.
Less is more! Remember, you have only a matter of seconds to catch your customer's attention. Whether it's a question, a statement, a picture, or an offer, the design should be simple and convey the value that your product provides.
Example: In a neighborhood with a severe beetle infestation, a tree care service could use full-color door hangers shaped like a tree or a beetle with a tear-off business card or coupon.
Distribution - As mentioned above, professional distribution companies will charge an average of .20 cents per door hanger. Also mentioned was using your own employees, community group, volunteers, etc.
By using local groups for your distribution needs, you help them through your donations, contributions, or even the camaraderie fostered in a pizza party. The other potential return is a broader acceptance of your advertising and product or service within the community.
Ultimately, you are building a reputation in the community, helping others, and saving money.
Watch this video for more door hanger distribution ideas.
Door Hanger Marketing Response Rate
A variable of any marketing efforts success formula is its response rate. As with other media, door hanger marketing response rates are dependent on how well targeted they are and how relevant they are to the targeted consumer. Results can range from 1% to 5% or more, but on a general basis, you can expect an average of 2% ROI (return on investment).
While this number may seem low, let's take a closer look at cost, ROI, and how that 2% can grow your business.
Cost - The expenses you can expect for design, print, and distribution of 5,000 door hangers are as follows:
$300 (or more) is about what you can expect to pay for 5,000 high-quality door hangers.
$1,000* for having them professionally distributed (average of 20 cents per hanger).
$200 for graphic design and copy.
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$1,500 is the total cost of this example campaign.
*Distribution expenses can be dramatically reduced when you use your own employees, volunteers, church group, Girl Scout troop, or boys and girls club to distribute the door hangers. It may cost you a donation or a pizza party, but you will still be saving.
ROI - Your return on investment can be seen or valued in one of two ways. There is the immediate return or response, and there is the lifetime value of the customer.
For the immediate return, as an example, a house cleaning service distributes a coupon on the door hangers and tracks the number of responses.
For the lifetime value of the customer, the house cleaning service tracks the immediate return, as well as considering the value of the customer over their lifetime (how many total transactions they will make in the present and future years).
In this example, the house cleaning service sends out a coupon which will earn them $25 net profit with the 5,000 door hangers at a cost of $1,500.
At 2% return, the cleaning service can anticipate 100 customers taking advantage of the coupon. The campaign's gross profit would be $2,500, with a net profit of $1,000.
The formula to calculate your immediate return is as follows:
Percent of Return X Profit = Gross Profit Gross Profit - Campaign Cost = Net Profit
A core variable in the above formula is the percent of return (how many customers out of the total marketed to actually buy). By raising and lowering this percentage, you can create a range of expectations for your campaign.
Growing the Business - While the immediate return may not seem like a big win, the perspective changes when you calculate the lifetime value of the new customers.
Conservatively speaking, let's assume that the lifetime value of the cleaning service's newly acquired customers is $4,000. Those 100 new customers equate to $400,000 from a campaign that cost only $1,500.
Primary Advantages of Door Hanger Marketing
Door hanger marketing is surprisingly full of benefits. Here are a few for you to consider:
Cost-Effective - More often cheaper than other comparable marketing strategies (including direct mail), door hangers possess the potential to grow your business in the short and long-term without substantial investment.
It's a Can't-Miss - Consumers are greeted at their door, and they must handle the door hanger individually. This increases the likelihood that it will be read and responded to.
Limitless Options - Your door hangers can be printed in any shape, color, size, and finish.
Targeted Consumers - Nothing random here, you are attempting to solve a specific problem or share an offer with a specific group of people.
Extras - Refrigerator magnets, coupons, business cards, and other items can be added to your door hanger to encourage an action or increase its appeal.
Campaign Tracking - Coupon, discount, or promotional codes can be added to door hangers to track and provide valuable insight into the effectiveness of your campaign.
If these benefits aren't enough to persuade you to consider a door hanger campaign, consider and compare the time, effort, and cost of your other marketing campaigns. You will certainly discover a large disparity between the costs of the campaigns and their respective ROI's.
Door Hangers in Your Marketing Strategy
Elevating your marketing strategy with door hangers is a cost-effective way to grow your business, local reputation, and revenue.
In this article, you've discovered how door hangers can increase your immediate and long-term revenue. You've also uncovered many of the possibilities and benefits found in a door hanger marketing campaign.
Straightforward and impossible to ignore, door hangers provide immediate and long-term results. With limitless options and cost-effectiveness as some of the benefits, door hangers should be a consideration in many company's marketing strategies.
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47-year-old Police Constable Nick Dumphreys died after the incident on the southbound carriageway on Sunday 26 January.Read the full story ›
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M6 closed after lorry crashes into barrier
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Upgrade for M6 in Cumbria
Stretches of the M6 in Cumbria are getting a £2m upgrade to repair potholes.
In all, five resurfacing projects are taking place at different locations between junction 36 of the motorway at Kirkby Lonsdale and junction 39 at Shap over the next few weeks.
"These are routine repairs – typically to tackle potholes and other surface defects caused by wear and tear – to ensure users of the M6 through this part of Cumbria can continue to enjoy safe, smooth and reliable journeys.
"There will be no full carriageway closures and we are doing all we can to keep traffic moving by keeping as many lanes open as possible and doing most of the work at night when traffic volumes are low."
M6 closed for second time today
The M6 has been closed for the second time today, this time due to a car fire.
All three lanes on the northbound side have been closed between junction 41 and junction 42 while emergency services deal with the blaze.
The incident comes just hours after the M6 was re-opened following a 'police incident'.
Emergency services are currently dealing with a fire on the M6.
Motorists are asked to avoid the area and take diversions.
M6 re-opens but congestion remains
The M6 has re-opened following a police incident earlier this afternoon.
There is still congestion between junction 44 (Carlisle North) and Southwaite Services.
There is also still heavy traffic in Carlisle where the diversion was routed during the closure.
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The M6 is closed in both directions due to a police incident.
The closure is between junction 43 at the A6 and junction 42 at the A69.
There is a northbound diversion in place along the A6, onto Eastern way and then onto the M6 at junction 43, and for southbound drivers; vice versa.
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Driverless lorries set for Cumbria trial
Driverless lorries could be tested on a stretch of the M6 in Cumbria as part of a new government initiative.Read the full story ›
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Transport Secretary: M6 collision was 'tragic incident'
Patrick McLoughlin said his thoughts are with the family of Adam Gibb, who died, and his colleague who was injured, while working on the M6.Read the full story ›
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Family pay tribute to 'fantastic dad' after M6 crash
The family of Adam Gibb, the Highways England worker killed on the M6 in Cumbria, have paid tribute to him.Read the full story ›
Traffic officer killed in M6 crash named as Adam Gibb
The man who died in a road traffic collision on the M6 has been identified as Adam Gibb, 51, from Penrith.
Cumbria Police were called to reports of a vehicle veering off the M6 southbound between junction 37 and 38 yesterday afternoon, February 21.
A black Mercedes left the carriageway colliding with two Highways England officers who were at the side of the carriageway dealing with a separate incident.
Adam Gibb died at the scene as a result of the collision.
The second Highways England officer, a 51-year-old man from Kirby Stephen, was transferred to James Cook hospital with serious injuries and remains in a critical but stable condition.
The southbound carriageway of the M6 was closed for nine hours as emergency services dealt with the incident.
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I was reading the other day about working v retirement and although I've always claimed I could lie on a beach doing absolutely nothing I was beginning to question that, not a lot, but then I'm never really going to get the chance, I've no huge pension pot to keep me going so I'm probably destined to work until I drop.
Finding something to motivate me to get up, get dressed up, get out, do something constructive or at least positive has always been a challenge and the slightest thing becomes a insurmountable hurdle, like finding something to wear ... my ex actually said to me one day, jokingly ...
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Blood completely at boiling point reading your post. Why the hell could the GP not give you a prescription for Antibiotics if your were bringing up green gunge??? Why A and E?? maybe I haven't read it correctly will go back and read again. But really its not good enough you trailing around so poorly.
Probably not meant to say this but I always take Olive leaf extract for any infection particularly chest infection and I always have some in the cupboard, I will put a link up. Obviously you need to check with your Doc/Onc but as they treating you so shabby...
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Hi Helen,
I think the GP thought that she was doing her best sending me straight to A& E with an explanatory letter regarding my symptoms. A&E were immensely overworked and full of patients, including Dementia patients too.
So that was the reason it took them 5 hrs to take my bloods and do a chest X-ray. I felt so tired, it just seemed like 1:5 hrs to me. I was put on a covered trolley in a side room with a closed door, so the nurses were trying to protect me from further infection.
I saw my nurse today at GP's for daily blood thinner injection. I took a urine sample and have a UTI so was given a 3 days prescription for an antibiotic ( took first one this evening).
I am interested in the olive leaf extract and will definitely look into it ! Thanks
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I so agree with all you write about motivation!!
I think that I'm still vgrieving in a way for the loss of my former structured working days to that which exists now ... a distinct lack of focus.
My work was at times challenging. ,, but never dull, with a keen sense of purpose and hopefully making a difference in young people's lives.
No, bI am officially retired now, my lack of energy would not allow me to return even if I wanted to on a part -time basis. My journey alone was a 3 hrs round trip each day.
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Rose Vespa is the Executive Director of the CCBC and previously was Director of Library Services for the Mississauga Library System. Rose graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours English and History) and a Master of Library and Information Services. In 2018 Rose completed her Master of Public Administration from the University of Liverpool.
Shannon Barnes is the CCBC's Program Coordinator and joined the Book Centre team 16 years ago as an intern. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA (Honours) in English and Psychology and received a certificate in Book and Magazine Publishing from Centennial College. She's the person who makes our events happen, from TD Canadian Children's Book Week to our Awards night. She has worked with over 200 Canadian children's book authors and illustrators, and has assisted in the coordination of over 400 national TD Canadian Children's Book Week tours. Shannon is the mother of two young readers: Molly (age 4) and Nathan (age 8).
Meghan Howe is the CCBC's Library Coordinator and is a bit of a "Jane of all Trades" at the CCBC: in the 15 years she's worked for the CCBC she's done parts of every position here. Meghan went to the University of Toronto and has a BSc (Honours) in Biology and Sociology. She joined the CCBC team in 2003 after graduating and has been here ever since! Meghan handles our collections, awards, the TD Grade One Book Giveaway Program and Best Books for Kids & Teens. She loves baking, cross stitching and spending summers at her cottage. She has a lovebird named Lucky and her favourite book for kids is Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress.
Emma Hunter is the CCBC's Marketing and Communications Coordinator. She manages our social media, website, newsletter, book banks, marketing initiatives and our overall online presence. Emma majored in History (Honours) at Laurentian University and received a certificate in Publishing from Ryerson University. She has previously interned and worked at Book*hug Press, HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin. She loves children's books, her cat Penny Lane, graphic novels, the X-Files, book design and exploring Toronto. Her favourite Canadian children's books are The Gypsy Princess, Sidewalk Flowers, Anne of Green Gables and This One Summer. You can find her online on Instagram and Twitter.
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Simon Students Help Animal Shelter
The Simon GT Think Tank team has successfully completed a fundraiser/information campaign to benefit the Conway Animal Welfare Unit.
The students presented Shona Osborne of the Conway Animal Welfare Unit and representatives from the Friends of the Conway Animal Shelter a check for over $1500 for the Conway Animal Welfare Unit.
Congratulations to Mrs. Shelton's, Mrs. Hooten's, and Mrs. Henderson's home room classes for raising the most money in your grade.
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While the NMD shoes has certainly cooled off from its hot streak, adidas is aiming to rekindle the proverbial flame by releasing four new R1 colorways on their Confirmed App, a platform typically reserved for extremely limited and coveted product such as Yeezys. With each iteration of the adidas NMD "A.I. Camo" being limited to 900 pairs, these four color offerings may send a jolt back into the hype around the NMD considering the XR1 and R2 models haven't quite achieved the same esteem as the original. All four are currently up for reservation on the aforementioned App and are set for a release on October 20th.
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — In the span of a week, we've seen gas prices spike across the Twin Cities.
AAA says a gallon of unleaded was going for $3.56 last week. That number jumped more than 20 cents to $3.77 yesterday.
And online price trackers say many gas stations are now selling it for as much as $3.89.
"It's a tough time to be driving, but a lot of people are," said Gail Weinholzer of AAA.
Weinholzer said there are four major reasons for the sudden increase.
One: Crude oil prices have risen almost $15 a barrel since the Fourth of July.
Two: Drought is having an impact on corn crops, which is causing ethanol prices to go up.
Three: This is a busy travel time before kids go back to school.
And four: The Enbridge Pipeline in Wisconsin began leaking about 10 days ago, causing fuel to be diverted from other areas.
"We've seen it happen before in larger numbers, but it wasn't totally expected at this point," Weinholzer said. "Of course, it's hard to predict a drought or a pipeline leakage."
But she doesn't believe we will see $4-a-gallon gas anytime soon. That's because she said the pipeline should be up running again and the summer driving season is almost over.
This fall, we will switch from summer to winter grade fuel, which is less expensive for your car. Prices will drop again, keeping your pocketbook on a roller coaster.
"Just one day being one price and another day being another price — it's kind of challenging," said driver, Greer Bingham.
The increase in ethanol is a major part of the increase in gas prices.
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Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time - Sat, February 11, 2017
Heavenly Father, you are worthy of all glory and honor. I realize that your demands that I should be holy, that I should obey your Word, and that I should seek your will are all based on your desire to love me and bless me. I want to serve you with an undivided heart. I want my obedience to be offered as joyously and graciously to you as your blessings have been shared with me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.


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Cajun Style Chicken with Roasted Tomatoes and Spinach
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2 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 c. packed baby spinach
Handful of Grape tomatoes cut in half
Wildtree Cajun Seasoning (to taste)
Garlic (to taste)
4 teaspoons of Wildtree Roasted Garlic Grapeseed oil
Heat a skillet over medium high heat. Pound out chicken to ¼ inch thickness.
Add grapeseed oil to skillet with Cajun seasonings and garlic. Allow spices to infuse in the oil, about 1-2 minutes
Add the pounded chicken breasts to heated oil and turn once or twice to coat chicken. Cook the chicken until the juices run clear, turning occasionally, about 20 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan, leaving the spices and oil.
Add the spinach and tomatoes to pan stirring occasionally to coat with spices until the spinach is wilted and tomatoes are heated through. If it starts to stick, put a few tablespoons of water in the pan to finish the cooking process without adding more oil.
Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Makes 3-4 servings
1 red bell pepper, 1 orange bell pepper and 1 yellow bell pepper
1 clove minced garlic
1 jalapeno
2 tsp Italian seasonings
½ tsp salt
1 tsp. grapeseed or olive oil
½ lime, juiced
Cut the core and seeds out of the peppers and jalapeno. Put bell peppers and jalapenos on a baking sheet and roast in the oven at 400 degrees about 30-40 minutes. Add all of the ingredients to your blender and blend until smooth. You could also add roasted tomatoes to this mixture. Feel free to add more seasonings or use fresh herbs for a super fresh taste. This is great served over "zoodles" (zucchini noodles).
Make some IP compliant meatballs to go with this dish, and VOILA! You have "spaghetti and meatballs"! You can purchase the "Zoodle Maker" from Amazon or a spiralizer at Bed, Bath and Beyond. These turn any long vegetables in to a noodle shape. The Zoodle Maker also makes ribbon shaped "noodles".
3-Ingredient BBQ Popcorn Chicken
Servings: 2
2 chicken breasts
1 cup of Walden Farms BBQ Sauce (I like the thick and spicy one the best)
2 packages of Ideal Protein BBQ crisps
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick oil.
Cut the chicken breasts in to bite-sized pieces and place in a bowl. Add the BBQ sauce to the bowl with the chicken and stir.
In a large ziplock bag, crush the BBQ crisps in to desired size crumbs (to replace bread crumbs). Coat each piece of chicken in chip crumbs until fully covered and place on prepared baking tray.
Bake chicken until golden brown, about 12 minutes. You can use Walden Farms Ranch or BBQ sauce as dipping sauces but make sure to track your amounts. Also, make sure to save your "snack" for dinner since you will be using the equivalent of 1 Ideal Protein food with your dinner.
Rhubarb Swirl Overnight Oatmeal
Servings: 1
16 grams IP Apple Oatmeal
125 ml of IP Yogurt, Vanilla Almond Drink (or the Vanilla premade shake)
1 cup diced and stewed rhubarb
2 Tbsp Walden Farms Strawberry Jam
In a glass container with lid, layer 16 grams of IP Apple Oatmeal, 125 ml of IP Yogurt, Vanilla Almond drink (or Vanilla premade shake), 1 cup diced stewed rhubarb and 2 Tbsp of Walden Farms Strawberry Jam. Gently combine and seal container and let meld overnight in fridge. Enjoy!
Chayote Maple Spice Overnight Oatmeal
Servings: 1
16 grams IP Apple Oatmeal
125 ml of IP Yogurt, Vanilla Almond Drink (or the Vanilla premade shake)
1 cup diced and stewed chayote
Cinnamon to taste
2 Tbsp Walden Farms Maple Walnut Syrup
In a glass container with lid, layer 16 grams of IP Apple Oatmeal, 125 ml of IP Yogurt, Vanilla Almond drink (or Vanilla premade shake), 1 cup diced stewed chayote, cinnamon and 2 Tbsp of Walden Farms Maple Walnut Syrup. Gently combine and seal container and let meld overnight in fridge. Enjoy!
Shrimp and Chicken Jambalaya
Serves 4
1 package of fresh riced cauliflower (found in the produce section at Walmart)
6 tsp of grapeseed oil (The Wildtree jalapeno or garlic grapeseed oil would be great)
16. oz. of chopped cooked chicken
16 oz. cooked shrimp (tails removed)
A total of 1 cup of diced onion, green bell pepper, red bell pepper and celery
2 Tbsp. no sugar added Creole seasoning
1 (28 oz.) can of fire roasted diced tomatoes
Heat grapeseed oil in a large deep nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook riced cauliflower, mixed vegetables, chicken and shrimp and creole seasonings for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes. Cook 15 minutes or until liquid is thickened, stirring frequently.
Serve with a side salad to make up the rest of your veggies.
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Salad
Serves 2
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Frank's Red Hot
2 heads of romaine lettuce, chopped
1 c. chopped celery
1 c. diced radishes
1 c. chopped tomatoes
1 c. spinach
4 tbsp. Walden Farms Bleu Cheese Dressing
Place boneless, skinless chicken breasts in your slow cooker. Pour 1/2 c. of Frank's Red Hot over your chicken and cook on low for 6 hours. Remove chicken breasts and use two forks to shred chicken in to small pieces. Put in a microwaveable dish and add Frank's Red Hot Sauce and stir until combined. Heat up chicken in the microwave and serve over chopped lettuce and chopped vegetables. Drizzle with Walden Farms Bleu Cheese dressing and serve.
Slow Cooker Cabbage Roll Soup
Serves 4-5
2 lbs. lean ground beef or turkey
½ head of cabbage
1 16 oz. jar low sugar marinara sauce
5 cups beef broth
1 cup water
4 cloves of garlic
1 yellow onion
2 Tablespoon olive or grapeseed oil
1 teaspoon parsley
1 teaspoon oregano
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper to taste.
Brown burger or turkey in frying pan until no longer pink. Slice the head of cabbage and add all remaining ingredients into the slow cooker. Cook on low for 6 hours.
Cauliflower Hash Browns
Lowfatlowcarb.com: Chef Verati
1 serving
½ cauliflower (riced)
1 large egg
¼ tsp sea salt
1/8 tsp onion powder
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp grape seed oil
Combine the riced cauliflower with minced garlic, egg, salt, pepper and onion powder in a large bowl, mixing thoroughly.
Heat up grape seed oil in a pan on medium-high heat, adding the cauliflower mixture in thirds. Gently press down on each piece to create a thin, round patty. Cook for approximately 3-4 minutes, or until the edges start to turn golden-brown.
Carefully flip the hash browns over, letting the other side brown and cook through.
Remove from the pan and top with freshly chopped chives or a garnish of your choice.
Great side dish for scrambled eggs or fried eggs and turkey sausage.
Eggroll in a Bowl
Servings: 2-3
1 pound lean ground beef or ground turkey
5 cloves of garlic
2 tsp of minced Ginger
1-2 sliced green onions
¼ Soy sauce or Bragg's Liquid Amino
1 Bag of Coleslaw mix (pull out carrots)
Brown ground beef (or turkey) in a large, deep skillet. While it is cooking, combine garlic, soy sauce and ginger and set aside. Once the beef is cooked all the way, add the coleslaw mix in to the skillet and stir until combined. Pour soy sauce mixture into the skillet and stir. Cook over medium heat for 5-8 minutes or until cabbage is wilted, but still crunchy. Slice green onions and serve on top after you dish the mixture in to a bowl.
Garlicky Tomato-Basil Shrimp with Zoodles
Serves 2
Adapted from the Food network to be Ideal Protein compliant
4 small, straight zucchinis, ends trimmed
Salt, garlic salt, pepper
1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, quartered
5 large fresh basil leaves, chopped
4 tsp. of olive oil (divided)
1 lb. jumbo shrimp (16/20 count), peeled and deveined
1 large clove garlic, minced
Spiralize zucchini using the fattest noodle blade and then add to a colander set atop a bowl. Lightly salt then toss with your fingers to coat. Cover and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to an hour to drain excess liquid.
Put quartered tomatoes and chopped basil in a large bowl with 1 tsp. of extra virgin olive oil and season with garlic salt and pepper. Stir to combine and set aside.
Heat 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil in a large, non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Pat shrimp very dry between paper towels and then season with garlic salt and pepper. Add the shrimp to the skillet seasoning side down then sauté for 2-3 minutes per side, or until cooked through. When shrimp have about 30 seconds left, add the minced garlic and sauté until fragrant then transfer to a bowl with the tomatoes and basil and stir until everything is combined. Place in an oven safe bowl on warm while you sauté the zoodles.
Meanwhile, remove zoodles from the refrigerator. Pour out on to a rimmed cookie sheet and then pat dry with paper towels trying to remove most of the moisture. Heat the remaining 1 tsp. of extra virgin olive oil in the skillet and add zoodles. Season with salt and pepper and sauté until crisp-tender- 2-3 minutes. Plate zoodles in the middle of the plate and then top with garlicky tomato-basil shrimp and serve.
Buffalo Coleslaw
6 servings (2 cups each)
1/4 c. Walden Farms Ranch Mayo or Amazin' Mayo
¼ c. Frank's Buffalo Sauce
¼ c. Apple Cider Vinegar
½ tsp. garlic powder
½ large green cabbage, thinly sliced
2 large celery ribs, finely diced
½ medium white onion, finely diced
2 Tbsp. chopped chives
In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the Walden Farms Mayo, Franks Buffalo Sauce, Apple Cider vinegar, garlic powder and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, toss together the green cabbage, celery, white onion and half the chives.
Add the dressing to the cabbage and toss together.
Serve the coleslaw with a drizzle of hotsauce and the remaining chives sprinkled on top.
Calirice Taboule
1 bag of riced cauliflower
1 cup of fresh parsley leaves, chopped
½ cup of packed fresh mint leaves, chopped
3 green onions, thinly sliced
1 cup of cherry or grape tomatoes, quartered
1 medium cucumber, chopped
1 Tbsp. finely grated lemon zest
3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 Tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 ½ tsp. turmeric
1 ½ tsp. fine sea salt
¼ tsp black pepper
Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Great to serve with the IP Garlic and Herb Chips or you could serve with cucumbers to be used "as chips". Two cups of this would be 1 serving of vegetables. This recipe courtesy of Rosemarie Reeves Gleichowski.
Dill Pickle Deviled Eggs
6 Hard boiled eggs
½ cup of finely diced dill pickles
½ cup of finely diced celery
2 Tbsp of finely diced fresh dill
2 Tbsp Walden Farms Onion Dip
2 tsp. Dijon Mustard
Fresh ground pepper
Slice the hard boiled eggs in half and place the yolks of each half in a mixing bowl. Discard the other 4 yolks. With the yolks in a mixing bowl, add the diced dill pickles, celery, fresh dill, onion dip, Dijon mustard and fresh ground pepper. Mix until well combined and fill the egg wells with mixture. Garnish with slices of dill pickles and a sprig of fresh dill.
3-4 small zucchini, spiralized (try to use a wider cut instead of the very thin cuts)
7 oz. chicken tenders, cut in to bite sized pieces
¼-1/2 cup of fresh basil leaves, preferably Thai basil but if you can't find it, normal basil is fine.
2 green onions, cut in to slices
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 ½ tsp chili garlic sauce (or Sriracha)
Ginger to taste (the squirt kind in the tubes is easy to keep on hand)
2 tsp. olive oil
3 Tbsp. Ideal Protein Oriental Sesame Sauce
3 Tbsp. of soy sauce
1 packet of Splenda
2 Tbsp. water
Try to spiralize the zucchini a few days ahead of time. Place folded paper towels in the bottom of a Tupperware container and place zoodles on top and then place more paper towels on top and store in the fridge. Try to switch out the paper towels the next day and push the zoodles down with them to try and get some of the excess water out. This will help dry them out before you make them so they are not watery.
1.Put sauce ingredients in a small bowl and mix to combine.
2.Heat oil in a wok or pain on medium high heat.
3.Add garlic, chili sauce and ginger and cook for 10 seconds. Don't inhale, the chili sauce will make you cough.
4.Add chicken and stir fry until cooked, around 2 minutes.
5.Add the green onions and about 1 Tbsp. of the sauce and stir fry for 30 seconds, just to coat chicken.
6.Add the zoodles and sauce and cook for 1 minute until the water evaporates and the sauce has coated the noodles.
7.If your zoodles absorb the sauce very quickly, this is probably because your zoodles were on the drier side. If this occurs, just add a splash of water (preferably hot) and this not only helps finish cooking the noodles but also revitalizes the sauce.
8.Remove from the heat and immediately add basil leaves, stirring until just wilted. Serve immediately.
1 serving
Stuffed Pepper Skillet
2 servings
1 pound lean ground beef or turkey
2 green peppers (chopped)
1 head of cauliflower (chopped)
1/3 green onion (chopped)
2 Tbsp soy sauce or Bragg's Liquid Amino
1 dash salt and pepper
2 tsp Italian seasoning
2 clove chopped garlic (or 2 tsp. of the minced in a jar)
½ tsp oregano leaves
Rice your cauliflower in a food processor (or buy the bags of riced cauliflower, raw) and put in a covered casserole dish. Microwave about 5-7 minutes until slightly tender. Drain the cauliflower on paper towels laid out on a cookie sheet and push down with paper towels to get as much moisture out as you can.
Begin browning hamburger/turkey burger in a skillet. Chop up onions and green peppers. Add the chopped onions and chopped green peppers to your hamburger just until onions are clear and soft. Add the well-drained tomatoes.
Mix in the caulifrice in to the skillet and combine until thoroughly mixed in and heated through. Serve immediately.
Chocolate Chai Cookies
1 Ideal Protein Chocolate Carmel Mug Cake
1 Ideal Protein Vanilla Chai Drink Mix
1 tsp olive oil
1 tablespoon Ideal Protein vanilla pre-made shake
3 tablespoon liquid egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon Walden farm or Ideal Protein pancake syrup
Cooking spray
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl, mix together the dry ingredients. Add the liquid ingredients and stir to mix. Spray a regular size muffin tin with cooking spray. Place batter in to the muffin tin making 12 cookies. With the back of a sprayed spoon (Pam) level the batter for each cookie. Spray the back of the spoon each time you flatten the cookie. Bake for 9-11 minutes (baking time may vary so check them). You could also do these in a mini muffin tin but baking time will be shorter. Makes 2 unrestricted servings.
Cinnamon Chai Muffins
2 Servings
1 Package of Ideal Protein Crispy Cereal
1 Package of Ideal Protein Vanilla Chai Latte Drink Mix
2 Egg Whites, beaten slightly (6 Tablespoons Liquid Egg Whites)
½ Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
4 Teaspoons Olive Oil
1 Teaspoon of Baking Powder
1-2 Tablespoons of Water (optional- less water results in a denser cake.)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a standard sized muffin tin with olive oil spray. Before opening packet, crush IP Crispy Cereal until fine (powder consistency.) In a medium bowl, mix beaten eggs, ground cinnamon, olive oil, and baking powder. Once mixed, add in Vanilla Chai Latte and Crispy Cereal. Slowly mix in water. Spoon mixed-up batter into muffin tins. (Makes 4-6 muffins.) If there are empty muffin cups in your tin, fill ¼ of the way with water to allow other muffins to bake evenly.
Bake muffins for 10-12 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Apple Cinnamon Caramel Donuts
Based off of Dea's recipe
1 package of Ideal Protein Apple Oatmeal
1 package of Ideal Protein Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix
2 tsp of grapeseed oil
1 oz milk
1 egg + 1 egg white
½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. cinnamon
2 Tbsp Walden Farms caramel syrup
Combine dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet ingredients in another bowl. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and combine well. Divide evenly in a cake donut pan in 6 portions. Bake for 10 minutes at 350. Three donuts is one unrestricted serving and uses 1 oz. of your protein allowance and ½ of a sweetener.
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You're on the hunt for the right gear to suit the situation and don't have the time to spend trawling the interwebs. Fear not T3 is here.
This guide will offer you the best of the best, the cream of the crop, so you know what to buy for what you need - no matter what it is.
This week it's all about bringing you the best gear to get your Great British Bake Off going on. That means items that make the whole process of baking easier so you can focus on creating a better end result. We're not saying you'll be in for a Hollywood hand-shake but you should be able to bake impressive enough creations to keep your family and friends in awe. From stand mixers to range cookers, these are the best bits of kit to get you to the level of baking behemoth.
Best stand mixers
Stand mixers are the golden boys of the kitchen tech world. With the recent, reasonably inexplicable, explosion in the popularity of baking, many people are even buying them and ACTUALLY USING THEM, rather than having them serve their traditional purpose: looking nice and impressing visitors to your kitchen, who went away thinking you were baking all the time, even though you actually were not.
Our favourite stand mixer at the moment is the Sage The Scrape Mixer Pro. It may not be the most beautiful, but it's fantastic as well as being quiet.
Best hand blender
When it comes to instant food prep or whipping up a quick solo smoothie or soup, you don't necessarily want to be dragging out a huge tabletop blender.
Instead, reach for a hand blender. The BEST hand blender.
Best range cookers
Range cookers are the SUVs of the cooking world. They're a sizeable hob and a semi-pro oven, in one peer-group-pleasing package.
If you're looking for a new one but haven't a clue where to begin, you can stop right here because we've done our homework. And our cakework.
Best bread makers
For the cheaters out there the easy way to bake bread is using a dedicated bread maker. Bread making has been a British tradition since the Middle Ages, but its reputation has been sullied by mass production, dubious additives and Mother's Pride.
Rest assured there'll be no more of those kind of shoddy, dough-based results when you have a bread maker, though. When they work well, it really is as simple as chucking in a load of ingredients and then going away to do something more productive. There's no kneading, no stirring, no pouring in of mixed seeds: the best bread makers do it for you.


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Hello Im using bitnami nginx stack on google cloud,please tell me how i can install memcached؟
Hello @breklamltd
The NGinx Stack does not include Memcached. Neither the Memcached PHP Module.
You can install Memcached on Google Cloud as you would do it on any Debian/Ubuntu system:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y php5-memcached memcached
However, those commands won't install Memcached within the Nginx Stack directory. As you can check, the PHP module binary will be at installed at /usr/lib/php5/20131226/memcached.so and the Memcached configuration files under /etc/,
Our Stacks include their own components. They don't use the System Packages. Therefore, we can't guarantee that the components included in the Stack will work as expected when using System Packages since they could be compiled with different flags, component versions, etc.
After installing Memcached as explained previously. You could add this line at the end of the PHP configuration file /opt/bitnami/php/etc/php.ini.
Then restart NGINX and run the command below to check if the module was loaded:
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart nginx
php -m | grep memcached
Best Regards,
Juan Ariza
I am also looking at this doc from bitnami: https://docs.bitnami.com/google/apps/wordpress/#how-to-install-the-memcached-module-using-the-libmemcached-library.
nginx stack on GCP. Please confirm if they are the same.
This is the command instructed. Are the libtool any different?
> sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autoconf unzip wget
Hi @ningthou,
Yes, following this guide you should get memcached installed.
Please let us know if you find any issues.
Thanks David, I followed the doc and got this working. Cheers !


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1144 116 Street Nw, Edmonton
Courtesy Of Joshua Currie Of MaxWell Challenge Realty.
Immaculate 2 storey in Skyrattler! This large home features 5 bedrooms above grade! On the main level you will find a large living room, family room, formal dinning room, large kitchen with sunny breakfast nook, bedroom/office, and a remodelled 2-piece bathroom. Brazilian hardwood and ceramic tile floors throughout the main level. Upstairs there are 4 bedrooms including a large master with walk-in closet and 4-piece ensuite. Upstairs also boasts a remodelled 4-piece bathroom and loft space. The basement is huge and includes ample storage, large rec room, laundry room, cold room and plenty of flex space. Many upgrades have been completed including 2 year old shingles and air conditioning! The large backyard is beautifully landscaped and features a large storage shed, fruit trees, irrigation system, and a brand new deck! Phenomenal location in Skyrattler facing the park and field. Excellent access to Whitemud, Anthony Henday, and a short walk to the LRT! Very rare 5 bedroom home for a great price!
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Air Conditioner, Closet Organizers, Deck, No Smoking Home, Insulation-Upgraded
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Listing information last updated on June 5th, 2020 at 11:01pm MDT.


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Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was taken Monday to the hospital for an urgent operation, suggesting a further deterioration in his health.
Pollard has been suffering lately from many medical complications in his gallbladder and kidneys. He was supposed to undergo surgery last week, but it was postponed due to a visit by Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren.
MK Uri Ariel (National Union), who chairs the lobby for Pollard in the Knesset, said Tuesday that "Pollard's imprisonment is a humanitarian disgrace," adding "I call again on President Obama to release him immediately, not because he is not guilty, but because you can't keep a sick and non-dangerous man imprisoned for so many years."
For more, see Haaretz.com