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Why Social Media is Not a VA's Job - Part 1
This is a reaaaalllly old blog but I still stand firmly behind my assertion that there is a definitive difference between a social media VA and a Strategist. There are times when one level of help is more appropriate than the other - and knowing the difference can help you make a better business decision.
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The longer I have my business and the more I talk to potential and current clients, the more I realize there are some huge misconceptions of social media and what it does for your business.
There is a big difference between tweeting filler and/or sales content 10 times a day for a business, and planning out social media marketing as part of an overall strategy for building a business' "know, like and trust" factor.
You might have landed here because you're a Virtual Assitant (VA) and you thought, "Excuse me?! I do this for clients all the time! Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?!"
Or maybe you're a small business owner who would like to offload social media, but doesn't understand why it might not be an intern or VA job - or the difference with what you'll get for your money.
I am in no way shape or form knocking the VA industry or VA skills - I am explaining that there IS a difference and why you might decide on one over the other.
With a social media Virtual Assistant, you can expect:
Low cost (somewhere around $10-$20/hr)
By-post basis (certain number of posts per week)
Working-knowledge of each social media network
Posting/scheduling of content
Top-level reporting
Basic graphics for posts
This is a fantastic option if you are social media savvy, understand the uses and platforms, and have no problem directing your VA quite a bit - while still providing timelines, marketing materials, graphics and images, and verbiage.
On the other hand, you might be in need of an expert who can guide you through how to use social media as a complement to, and essential piece of, your marketing plan.
With a social media Strategist, you can expect:
Mid-high cost (somewhere between $60-$125/hr)
Packaged services based on your marketing objectives and/or retainer services
An understanding of how to change social media strategy based on different marketing objectives
Expert knowledge of each social media network you will utilize
Posting/scheduling of content
In-depth reporting based on analytics
Creation of all graphics/videos for posts
Development of branded social media graphics in line with the business' branding
Development of the business' "brand voice" on social media
Creation of engagement and customer service strategy on social media
Consistent engagement with audience/fans
Little-to-no cross-posting/auto-posting
Regular check-ins to discuss marketing, key performance indicators, and upcoming events
Up to date knowledge of social media trends and forecasts.
Knowledge of how to utilize paid ads on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest
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I am reeealllly really close to being able to hire a VA to help with some of my business tasks, and I totally applaud VA's for being able to provide much-needed services to small businesses and entrepreneurs.
However, to be blunt (because I don't believe in blowing smoke up arses), I wouldn't hire a VA to take over and shepherd my entire social media strategy any more than I would hire an intern to take over my marketing department.
You might be thinking, "But Cara, how the heck do you know the difference and how do I know you're not talking out of your arse?"
I spoke with one of the most badass VAs I know, who helps train VA's to start their own businesses and find clients. I've talked with her extensively about this subject to make sure I had the right perspective and knowledge. Here's what she had to say:
"As a virtual assistant, I can't tell you how many times my clients have asked me to create a social media marketing strategy for their business.
I'm a damn good virtual assistant and love a challenge but what always baffled me was the fact that my clients (and prospective clients) assumed that because I knew how to use various social networks, it meant that I must be able to create a social media marketing strategy.
Social media marketing is a crucial part of your overall communication strategy for your business and shouldn't be created and managed by anyone but an expert.
There seems to be this assumption that because virtual assistants know how to post your blogs to Facebook and Twitter, that your VA could also come up with a marketing strategy.
Strategy is more than just creating a posting schedule.
In all fairness, there are a handful of virtual assistants that could come up with a strategy but that's because they (like me) have invested thousands of dollars into my career by taking online courses on marketing and business strategy.
Unfortunately, those VAs are few and far between.
Your best bet for creating a successful social media strategy is to work with a social media strategist whose main focus is social media marketing."
Reese Ben-Yaacov is a strategist, coach and mentor for high achieving Virtual Assistants who are ready to seriously up their game. Find out more about her programs.
I expect some interesting comments - please feel free (as long as you're respectful).
If you're not quite at the point of outsourcing your social media, you still need a handle on how to use social media effectively for your business.
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When a man or woman is getting divorced, often times, people will say, "Oh, I'm so sorry," and ask, "What happened?" A common response: "We fell out of love."
Hmm…The person who asked isn't going to pursue that response with a follow up question, "Why did you fall out of love?" but that's what I'm going to explore in this blog post.
There are countless reasons for getting divorced, but for the purpose of this post, let's exclude the biggie deal breakers: cheating, addiction, or verbal and physical abuse. One of those could be the real reason for the divorce of a person who says "We fell out of love," but let's just say none of those were an issue in the demise of someone's marriage.
Let's focus on "we fell out of love."
I have a friend who is going through a divorce right now and "we fell out of love" is her explanation. I don't know her husband very well, but I happened to see him the other day, and I just kept looking at him thinking, 'Why did these two really sweet, smart, ambitious, kind, people (who have one child and are both great parents) fall out of love? Why?!'
I was seriously considering calling my friend and asking if she would be willing to meet me with her husband for a third party unbiased counseling session. I am not a therapist, I have zero credentials in the psychiatric or marital counseling field, but for some reason I felt like I might be able to help them.
Why? Because in this particular relationship, nothing really bad happened. My guess (and I could be completely wrong) is just that the two of them got on a bad path of non-communication and instead of talking things through, one or both harbored resentment for years. When one of them started talking divorce, they probably went to marriage counseling, but at that point it was just too late. There could have been years when one or both felt lonely and sad and that their marital situation was hopeless.
We all know that feeling of being in a relationship gone bad and desperately trying to get those feelings back. You pray, 'I wish I could just snap my fingers and be in love again' but you just can't. The love is just too far gone.
That makes the key to a successful relationship nipping any bad feelings in the bud by addressing them, tackling them, and solving the issues immediately. And, by both people caring and nurturing the relationship so much that they make their love their number one priority. The best way to explain it is this: if your child has the flu, you do everything you can to nurse him or her back to health, right? You don't say, 'I'll deal with this later.' Your child's illness comes before everything else in your life. That's how a married couple should act when their relationship is "not feeling well."
Now, you might be thinking, "Jackie, you have no idea what happened. People are constantly changing, and maybe the attraction they had 15 years ago changed when they changed." That might be true, which leads me to what I think is the key to avoiding "we fell out of love":
Not just someone you love. Like is actually more important and much more powerful than love. Like is what makes a relationship withstand the test of time.
Do you like being with the person, just hanging out doing nothing? Do you enjoy having conversations with the person? Do you respect his or her values and ethical standards? Does he/she make you laugh? Do you just plain old like being in the same room?
People who genuinely like each other have a better chance of not falling out of love with someone.
Here's the thing. There's no one who loves a good love story more than I do. I'm a huge fan of that period of time (which could last forever) when the relationship is exciting and fun and romantic. The candle lit dinner dates where you sit and drink wine and talk for hours, the times you get home and rip each other's clothes off, the hugs where you want to squeeze the person for a year and not let go.
Love is wonderful. There's no better feeling. But, don't underestimate the importance of like. It's big. Love gets the headlines but like is what lasts.

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My appetite has been insatiable. I've been eating everything including the most incredible avocado BLT sandwich for lunch nearly two weeks ago. Yes people! I ate pork bacon and relished every bite. But then I had a check-up Friday afternoon and my blood pressure was pretty elevated. We could blame it on the bacon but let's not. It was as if somebody slapped me in the face. I left the doctor's office feeling certain the results had everything to do with me not exercising this season and my "eating out" nearly three times a day, almost daily. In addition, I'm not cooking which means I have little control over my sodium intake. I've been feeling out of control and my body is sending "pull it together" signals yet the cravings can be over-powering and the food is soooo damn good in New York.
So this past week, I cooked three times with the exception of last night. I had dinner plans and totally indulged. I had a yummy beef burger with sharp cheddar cheese, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, and fries then I ordered the flour-less chocolate cake with pistachio ice cream. NO SHE DIDN'T!!
Yes, I did!! But now I'm paying for it…so much mucous and congestion. Moving along …
On Friday, my co-worker came into my office to say "Good morning!" I perked up then yelled, "Happy Friday Dude!" We made office small talk then he complained that he hardly slept the night before. In usual WDIET fashion, I began to question him:
What did you eat last night?
or Drink?
Are you worried about something?
How comfortable is your bed?
He watched the game last night; he couldn't remember what he ate but he had three sodas…
To me, this is a no brainer:
3 Cokes = Lots of caffeine and sugar = Very little sleep
Then he retracted and said, but they were diet sodas.
OH MY GOSH!! Insert "Diet" before Coke and the result is the same, even worse.
The words couldn't come out fast enough:
No wonder you couldn't sleep. That's a lot of soda in one sitting, and diet soda at that. With every gulp you are dehydrating your beautiful self. And, IF you're going to drink soda at all … please drink the regular stuff. Aspartame is not cool. Google it.
He was like, "AWW MAAAANNNN! Okay, okay, this weekend I will not drink ANY soda."
I smiled and responded, THANK YOU!!
He bowed his head then disappeared.
It's not easy being the "healthy one" at work. I know he is so over me but I feel like he's open so I share what I know little by little and let him do the rest.
I look forward to seeing how it went tomorrow.
By internet search standards, my co-worker is dealing with 7 of the "at risk for hypertension" factors on the list below:
We had been discussing health and our families lately which is why I know these things.
And I know he doesn't like exercise because he refuses to take the stairs when we have meetings.
Though I'm not sure if he drinks or smokes on a daily basis.
He and I are two different people, with extremely different lifestyles and body types but we are potentially dealing with the same issue: High blood pressure or hypertension.
Hypertension runs in my family … at least the family members who share a similar lifestyle. My mother and father were both diagnosed before they turned 40. When most people speak of future goals, they are referring to career, creative projects, or personal desires. For me, it's often been about staying healthy and being happy because I used to be afraid of dying young. Although my family is cool, fun, talented, and smart, they rarely discussed diet with us or what it means to be healthy. I spent ten years un-learning poor lifestyle habits and another ten years educating myself about the importance of :
While researching various sites including youtube, I was not surprised to find that nearly 11 million people viewed the infamous MC Twerking VMA video yet the highest views related to managing blood pressure was a mere 200,000. Our priorities are skewed and misguided but there's hope.
In several blogs where people write about their near death experiences or the first time they had a heart attack or stroke, there's a common sentiment:
…It took something like this for me to pay better attention to my health…
High blood pressure can lead to hospitalization or death. The road to recovery can be much more challenging than walking for 20 minutes each day. As my dear friend Joel reminds me, WE ARE THE CO-CREATORS of OUR LIVES. Praying, wishing, and thinking about changing is not enough. Be in action.
A blood pressure reading has a top number (systolic) and bottom number (diastolic). The ranges are:
People whose blood pressure is above the normal range should consult their doctor about steps to take to lower it.
For additional information, check out these sites:
Deepak Chopra – Hypertension: A Lifestyle Disorder That Needs A Lifetime of Attention
(more technical overview of blood pressure)
Natural Ayurvedic Home Remedies
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How to Lower Blood Pressure Using Ginger Tea
(you do not need to grate the ginger, just wash, poke holes in it the root in various places, then place in a sauce pan full of water and bring to a boil
Wishing you a wonderful productive week!
Lala aka Kala
(p.s. this post is super long … so only a few photos that make me smile)
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A cheeseburger!!! lol. Good info.
Great info, love ginger tea so thanks for the tip for boiling the ginger root!


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The long lines are not unique to the Philadelphia region, a quick check of statewide news coverage shows.
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
"Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin arrived back in Pittsburgh at 3:30 after last night's Monday Night Football victory over Washington, went to the office, and about three hours later joined the queue. He passed the time by punching numbers into his cellphone, talking football with friends and thinking about how, with a day less than usual to prepare, he would ready his team for the Indianapolis Colts Sunday. Would he get to sleep sometime Tuesday? Probably not, he said. ``I can sleep,'' he said into the phone, ``when I'm dead.' ...'
At the Allegheny County bureau of elections, Director Mark Wolosik predicted a 75 percent turnout of the county's 956,000 registered voters. He was cautioning voters they could face lines if they try to vote from 7 to 9 a.m. or 5 to 8 p.m."
The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa. predicts 70 percent turnout in the bellwether Lehigh Valley:
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It was also chilly outside, but it didn't matter. Altpeter hadn't slept well he was worried. A McCain supporter, he said he knew it was likely his candidate would taste defeat before the day's end, but he remained undeterred."
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Saturday, August 6, 2016
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Is this the future of progressive talk radio?
Due to some bizarre business practices, NOVAM blew up. It was "acquired" by a doctor after their top talent and main draw Randi Rhodes went away. Some Randi-haters have said that she "brought it on herself" which is bullflop, the owners of NOVAM went on a firing spree and dumped LOTS of folks, some of whom are suing, stopped paying the bills and unfortunately one of them had some sort of breakdown. ( I wish him and his family well)
Some doctor by the name of Mike Newcomb apparently bought the "network" and rather than re-instate Randi and promote the thing wound up NOT paying the rent on his flagship station in Phoenix with the result pictured above.Stephen Lemons of The Phoenix New Times published an article on this whole sordid mess.
So. The net result of the firings, lawsuits, nervous breakdowns, bankruptcy, name-change and chained-up radio stations is that ONE of America's top liberal talents no longer HAS a show, another is trying to self- syndicate and Randi's "replacement" reads a paragraph of MY post NATIONWIDE out of context, making me look liks a "guy who hates EVERYBODY" and I damn well resent it.
One thing is clear. (NOT channel) If liberal talk radio is going to continue to exist, there needs to be a concerted effort to gather a consortium of "rich liberal" investors to finance it, and they should hire radio PROFESSIONALS to manage it. There are just too many instances where good-intentioned, but inexperianced people buy networks as a kind of hobby and run it into the ground, and the talent WITH it.
BOTH NOVAM AND On Second Thought websites are down. Are BOTH Mike Malloy and Nancy Skinner without a gig? Can Malloy really self-syndicate? I think he CAN, can Nancy? Jeeze I don't know. Will Randi pop up somewhere? I HOPE so. Jeeze what a mess!


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We should learn from 2018 World Cup failure – Kwesi Appiah
Head coach of the Black Stars, James Kwesi Appiah says he hopes the country will learn from its failed attempt to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
According to Appiah, the poor start to the qualifying campaign under former coach Avram Grant was the undoing of the senior national football team.
Speaking on Metro TV on Wednesday, Appiah said "I hope that next time we can learn from the World Cup failure. Yes, we could have saved our campaign and still qualified but in the end we started poorly and that cost us. Next time we need to start well and remain focus on the goal," he said.
Appiah, who was coach of the Black Stars during the last World Cup in Brazil returned this year after the Ghana Football Association (GFA), decided not to renew the two and half contract of then coach Avram Grant.
Grant started the 2018 qualifiers and managed only one point from the opening two games, putting Ghana at a disadvantage from the onset.
Appiah tried to rescue the situation, but he managed to one win and three draws in the final four games.
Egypt therefore qualified at the expense of Ghana, meaning the Black Stars failed to reach the World Cup for the first time since 2006.
Appiah has however, decided to refocus his attention to building a new team, capable of qualifying to and winning the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted in Cameroon.
Kwesi Appiah also reiterated the point that his doors are not closed to any Ghanaian football player, including the Aye brothers as he prepares for future tournaments with the senior national team.
"If a player has not been invited it does not mean that you are out of the team and if you are called now it does not guarantee anything. I keep saying that the players must just keep doing well in their leagues and I promise you that I am watching and monitoring".
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Science Education
The Jefferson Lab Coloring Book, Quarks - More Than Meets the Eye, was written to help people of all ages understand and appreciate the research conducted at Jefferson Lab. You can download a copy for printing or use the on-line version to color a few pages on your computer!
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Greg Cote
Greg Cote: Kyle Busch wins title, Jeff Gordon wins fans
Kyle Busch won the night, the race and the season.
Jeff Gordon won more. He won the smiles, the tears, the respect and the thanks. He won the career.
So many of the 70,000 race fans jammed into Homestead-Miami Speedway for NASCAR's season-finale race on Sunday were Rainbow Warriors if only for a night, willing a dramatic rally by Gordon, willing his No. 24 Chevrolet to flash first under the checkered flag — willing the perfect ending to a monumental career. The perfect headline was waiting: Won and done.
It didn't quite happen.
Didn't matter, either.
Gordon didn't need to go out as a champion, literally, any more than Derek Jeter needed to go out with one more World Series ring. Both went out as ultimate winners in the broader, historical sense.
The race marked the 20th anniversary of the Homestead track that rose in the wake of Hurricane Andrew, and the 14th consecutive year NASCAR has held its season-ending championship race here.
Busch won the Sprint Cup season title not because he won the race, but because he finished ahead of the three other drivers eligible for the championship. He edged runner-up Kevin Harvick by 1.553 seconds over 267 laps and 400 miles in a start delayed almost two hours by rain. Gordon finished in sixth place in the full 43-driver field, and Martin Truex Jr. 12th.
Busch winning is a great story: An at-times temperamental bad boy winning his first season crown the year he missed four months with a broken leg sustained in a crash.
"A dream of a lifetime, a dream come true," Busch called it as fireworks boomed overhead. "With all the turmoil we went through? Awesome, awesome, awesome."
Season championships are won every year, though.
Stars such as Gordon grace a sport and bid it goodbye maybe once a generation.
He slips now into retirement and a TV analyst's booth, at a still-boyish 44. And goes there contented.
"It didn't take the championship for me to come out of here feeling like I'm on top of the world," Gordon said. "I'm proud of everything. It's a happy, happy, good day. I wanted that win, but we're still going to celebrate. What an amazing experience. All the love from the fans and from everyone in the sport — there's nothing better than that."
The race belonged to Busch but the stage, the moment, was all Gordon's.
He signed hundreds of autographs for fans in the garage area before the race and some wept as their favorite driver handed back a program or hat. Fans were chanting his name.
"It was a surreal moment," he said. "That one really seemed to hit me the most over the whole weekend. I'll never forget it."
On Sunday, Danica Patrick wore a No. 24 Gordon cap. Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton wanted to pose for a photo. So did legend Mario Andretti. ("How cool was that!" Gordon said.) Country star Tim McGraw, who performed before the race, gushed to shake Gordon's hand. Harvick wanted a picture of himself taken beside the No. 24 car.
Respect came in a torrent for a retiring legend.
Gordon's four season championships, the last in 2001, were the fourth-most ever. He won three Daytona 500s. His 93 race wins rank third in NASCAR history, and most in the sport's modern era (since 1972).
Less talked about but equally remarkable, Gordon was Cal Ripken at blur speed, an iron-man who missed not a single race in 24 years of racing at his sport's highest level. Sunday was his 797th start in a row.
Don't measure Gordon's legacy just by wins or records, though.
"He transformed NASCAR from a regional sport with mostly Deep South markets to mainstream markets like Chicago and Miami," said Al Garcia, Homestead-Miami Speedway vice president. "He broadened the appeal and made it nationwide."
Gordon was the diminutive, handsome, charismatic star who appeared on late-night TV, hosted Saturday Night Live, did guest spots on sitcoms and in movies. He was lampooned on South Park, and featured in a Tank McNamara comic strip. He helped make NASCAR mainstream.
The sport slow to yield its North Carolina accent and Confederate flags became popular from coast to coast because Gordon led the way.
He was the star who transcended the sport.
In the end, emotion found him and it hit hard. His mother wandered by his trailer in the garage area early Sunday morning, and it all came out.
"I just started thanking her over and over again," he said. "It was boo-hooing as loud as a person can boo-hoo. Tears were pouring down my face."
Later, near race time, before he climbed in his car for the last time, Gordon walked toward it with his 7-year-old daughter Ella Sofia, her strawberry blonde hair riffling in the South Florida breeze. His wife and their 4-year-old boy, Leo, walked with them.
Gordon recalled trying to explain to Ella Sofia that Daddy was retiring.
There were more tears. His, not hers.
"She had never seen me like that," he said. "I tried to explain that tears don't always mean sad. Sometimes they mean you're proud."
Read Greg's Random Evidence blog daily at MiamiHerald.com.
Greg Cote: 305-376-3492, firstname.lastname@example.com, @gregcote


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This was our go to place until I saw the employee take the rice spoon and spread the rice at the bottom of the tortilla touching the tortilla and then putting it back in the rice container. This location needs some extra training I've had to ask them to change their gloves every time and for a new container after they put a tortilla in it and then took it out and was expecting to use the same container.
This place is awesome! I have yet to get sick from here but I am also not the most sensitive
SWARMS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!!! That said, this place is my go-to whenever I'm in a new place and starving.
"We have worked diligently to remove wheat gluten from all our sauces, dressings, and proteins. Natural glutens remain only in our flour and wheat tortillas and in two desserts--tres leches and key lime pie. This means that we offer "oceans of gluten-free options" in our menu. All of these items are gluten-free: all enchiladas, all tacos, all salads (without the flour or wheat tortilla), all nachos, and our chicken tortilla so up...which uses corn strips."
I eat here a lot, tell them first thing you are gluten free and they will immediately change their gloves. The dressings, meats, and everything else besides the wheat tortillas are gluten free. Deliciousness and the knowledgable staff make this a favorite.
Did everything they could not to cross contaminate! Totally going back!!
Love this place! Affordable and gluten free. They always change their gloves.
I see that they are gig trained but I got so glutened by them. I'm in agony. I had to ask them a lot of things to be sure that there was no cross contamination, but I guess it wasn't enough. Either their workers touch the ingredients to the tortillas (which I saw one do after I was wrung up), they share common cutting services, or they don't really know what makes a food glyren free. I'm extremely upset and should've been tipped off when they aid, "so thst means you. Any h do dairy..." Gig trained-yeah right! They don't follow it if they are. Do not eat here if you have celiac disease. They are set up like chipotle and I never get duck from there, so they obviously have a lot to learn!
Employee changes gloves when I mentioned GF. It was pretty good.
My husband and I eat here often. I don't get the corn tortillas, so I'm not worried about their contamination issues. I get a salad and it's awesome. The staff is very helpful and they'll change their gloves for you if you ask them to.
So great!!
They take very good care of me and always willing to change their gloves make sure that it's completely gluten free
They ahead change their gloves and wash their hands and are careful to tell others down the line. I've never been sick.here! Love it
Fortunately I'm not sensitive to cross contamination. I love costa Vida and I love their efforts to be GF. I can eat there with no problems unless I get beans which I can't tolerate. Love the food and love that its GF! Staff always change gloves and wash their hands.
Although the food here tastes excellent, I have doubts about the claim of gluten free. They claim GIG training, but no one I saw behind the counter seemed to know what that means. Corn tortillas are made on the same griddle as flour, without cleaning the surface first. Watched the cook go from cooking flour to corn tortillas on the same griddle without wiping down the surface, changing gloves, or cooking utensils. She then used a spatula that was kept in a pile of wheat flour and coated with the stuff to turn the corn tortillas. When I got my "gluten free" meal, that I had specifically asked for off the "gluten free" menu, it had a wheat flour tortilla on the bottom of it. I understand the limits of the "gluten free" claim in any restaurant. There is a high risk of cross-contamination anywhere you go. But to say you're GIG trained, and then have this degree of ignorance, is a stretch of the imagination.
I love eating at costa vida. They always do their best to provide gluten free meals.
We were very excited about Costa Vida especially after we went the first time. They changed their gloves. They had one specific person touch our food the whole time. It was great until we went for our third time and we noticed that they put the gluten free corn tortillas on the same cooker as where they cooked the flour tortillas. Cross-contamination central. Unfortunate too because they made such an effort to become gluten free.
The staff is super nice and they change their gloves and wash their hands. Cross contamination is still an issue I've gotten sick here 3 times
Staff ask if it's a gluten allergy and they change gloves to keep it gluten free
As delicious and healthy as this place is, I have been contaminated several times. Even after asking them to change their gloves. They were always willing to help and make me feel welcome there. I'm just very sensitive and sadly won't return. Luckily, I have many friends and family members with CS that can eat here just fine.
I've eaten here many, many times and never had any issues. When I tell them I have celiac, each person on the line who has anything to do with my order change gloves immediately.
Lots of options and the staff is knowledgeable regarding GF.
Edit 2019: no longer safe. Requests to redo mistakes was met with hostility as long as I watch them and remind them not to touch my food without changing their gloves, this is safe. most the time I don't have to say anything. If they do touch it on accident without changing gloves, they will remake it.
Kept getting sick every time I went in. The next time I stood in line, I found out why. They handle the tortillas and dunk their contaminated gloves in ALL of the fixuns... Continuously, making it my gluten nightmare. And I tested with my nima, and sure enough... Positive.
Cross contamination made me sick.
Too much Cross contamination risk for celiacs
Everything in the restaurant is gluten free, except the flour tortillas and the desserts (except the flan). When I tell them I'm gluten free, they change their gloves and treat my item carefully. That being said, the corn tortillas are pressed and cooked on the same griddle as the flour tortillas.
They go above and beyond to make everything safe and gluten-free. The only thing with gluten are he flour tortillas so it makes ordering very easy. I love their chips and queso and the raspberry chipotle chicken salad. The flan is to die for!
Just mentioned really quick that I needed gluten free and I watched every person down the line change their gloves. They clearly have this down
Went in this evening to order dinner for myself and my celiac husband. I ordered their grilled steak salad, gluten free. No sooner were the words out of my mouth than the gentleman behind the counter threw away the tray he had pulled out, replaced his gloves with fresh ones, and grabbed gluten free tortillas. He was careful not to "contaminate" the food at any point in the process. It is delightful to be able to eat somewhere that I don't have to stress about whether it will make my husband sick. Oh, and their sweet pork is to die for.
Very gluten friendly. Its much like Chipotle except much more consistently trained for celiacs. Everything Gfree except tortillas. They always chg gloves and are careful. It's one of my standard spots.
They are amazing! They wash their hands and change their gloves. It's the best gluten free restaurant I know!!
They've worked really hard over the last few years to get their entire menu gluten free except for the flour tortillas! Costa vidas allergen list on their website shows what is gluten and dairy free if you have concerns. The staff at this location, however, could use a bit of training regarding CC. They changed gloves when I asked, but then left it to another employee to continue taking my salad down the line. I had to stop them before touching with their contaminated gloves. Luckily, I had no issues and most locations are better about staying with your food through the line.I've actually been to this location a few times as it's an easy go-to when I need to travel to Pocatello and haven't had problems before.
Staff changed gloves down the line without being asked. The person who took my initial order was very knowledgeable and quick to tell me what was okay. I got the sweet pork salad and ordered it with everything on it, as well as chips and queso. Will definitely go back, it was heavenly.
Gluten free tortillas are kept separate in a sealed bag, only brought out when asked for. All toppings and fillings are gluten free, save for the regular and whole wheat tortillas, tres leches cake, and key lime tart. The workers gladly change gloves when you two them the order is gluten free, and I have never had a reaction (painfully celiac since 2017)
If you have Celiac, this Costa Vida is NOT SAFE! The guy did not wash his hands and put on fresh gloves tonight. He turned around and put a pair of gloves over his dirty pair.
I almost cried when our taco-maker asked if my son's request for corn tortillas was a preference or an allergy. When she found out he has celiac disease, she washed her hands, changed her gloves and cooked his tacos on foil on the grill to avoid cross contamination. Wish they had one of these in Washington State! Thank you for a wonderful meal!!!
Changed gloves, always good service
All staff washed hands and changed gloves. When passes to the next staff member they confirmed it was for celiac and then washed their hands. Very happy to do so!
Really yummy food and the staff was friendly and accommodating! Be sure to let them know you have an intolerance or celiac (I always say I have an allergy because people seem to take that most seriously). Staff changed gloves and offered to change utensils. Will definitely go back!
Great place to stop at on the way through town. They've adjusted their menu so that everything is gluten free except for the flour tortillas. Immediately changed gloves at the mention of a gluten allergy and placed a lid on the salad when finished so that no one else would touch it (even though we were staying in). Very attentive, no issues.
Theresa is awesome. I'm in here at least once a month. Sometimes a lot more than that. She is always so careful and takes good care of me. Plus she's almost always there. To date I've yet to get sick from here. I'm so grateful.
We ate here recently. It's set up like Chipotle, but the food tastes better. They said they can make anything gluten-free with a soft corn tortilla. I asked them to change their gloves. The chicken tastes fire-grilled and the rice was some of the best I've had anywhere! Neither my son or I got sick, so we were happy! (I'm not positive if the toppings come into contact with flour tortillas or not. That's something to be aware of.) To melt the cheese, the staff puts the tortilla on aluminum foil on the grill. That's a great way to do it! They make their tortillas fresh every day. Yum!
They are very careful if you need gf. They change gloves, wash their hands, and I've had no cross contamination.
My family comes here often since we live so close. My son has celiac and they are very knowledgeable with what items he can have they always wash their hands and change their gloves while making his.
Not impressed. I've been there a few times and asked for gluten free. The staff did change their gloves but didn't wash their hands or take any special care of my food. It seems like some employees do and some don't know how sensitive someone can be. I don't see employees communicate to each other that my dish is gluten free. My regular Costa Vida is Tooele and I've always been happy, never been sick but each time I visit West Jordan I am sick.
The staff are all so great, understanding and friendly! They make sure to do things safe and not let cross contamination. There's a Costa in the town I live in but I always come to this one instead!
This place can, at best, be called gluten wise. But this is not gluten free, nor is it anywhere near celiac friendly. Staff uses spoons/ladles that are used for meats and beans and they rub them against the tortillas while making the tacos and burritos. There is no care for gluten free individuals.
98% of the items on their menu can be made gluten free. They used a separate grill for my food, swapped their gloves, got new tongs and offered to put my food in a separate to go bag. Definitely celiac friendly.
I took my family here and ordered everything gluten free. They washed their hands and changed gloves, but didn't change spoons. I watched the gal behind make the next order and saw that they touch the flour tortillas with the spoon every time they put something on it. Then they put the spoon back in, so everything is cross contaminated. Definitely not celiac safe.
Everything is gluten free except wheat and white tortilla supposedly. You can even ask for gluten free corn tortillas. I think it depends on who is behind the counter though because I have eaten there several times and been fine and once I got sick.
The food here has good flavor and their gluten free options and process are better than most but I can't stand how messy their serving line is. Beans, rice, meats etc. are spilled all over the place and it looks like a tornado hit. I finally stopped going as I was disgusted at the cleanliness of their food prep/serving area.
I was so impressed with this location when we usually go to Costa vida they just change their gloves, but this location the girl who took my order when I told her I had celiac she took her gloves off and washed her hands and arms up to her elbows. I appreciated the extra time and care she took and she went down the line and made our whole salad.
Everything is gf except the flour tortillas. Let them know when u order.
Got glutened a couple times here. Staff says everything is OK but definitely not.
We went during a very busy dinner rush. I witnessed a lot of cross contamination. I asked the manager Corey if it would be possible for her to make my bowl using fresh food from the back and she did. It would not have been enough to change the spoons. It was nice that she gladly put in extra effort to keep me safe.
When I told them my daughter had celiacs disease the First Lady took off a set of gloves(had 2 on), washed her surface, and pulled from the middle of the stack for her bowel. She informed everyone about her celiacs. The 2nd lady washed her hands to finish preparing her food! My daughter was so excited to be able to eat there considering she was diagnosed 5 days ago!
Gone here a couple times in the last month. Employees always change their gloves as soon as you say gluten free. Lots of choices and good food. Haven't gotten sick here, will definitely go again!
Honestly, I'm done with this chain. I went to another place about 30 miles south and my first experience I had a severe reaction (for me) with cross contamination. I went again, gave it a second chance, and I was fine. But this location let me down. The first employee down the line changed their gloves. The second did not and acted like he had no real understanding on what to do. I should have spoken up. Honestly, I feel like a putz for not saying something. But I am kinda new to my diagnosis and I thought maybe I could slide by this time. NOT. I dont think I'll be back. Training is just too inconsistent across the chain.
Staff was excellent. When I asked for a corn tortilla I was asked if it was for an allergy. After saying yes, he took off his gloves, washed his hands, put new gloves on, cleaned off the surface, and made my salad. He knew which options were safe and even had them bag mine in a different bag than my husbands. Excellent service for gluten intolerance.
You can get anything on menu with corn tortilla. They changed their gloves. They were well educated staff.
Loved the food here and was reasonably priced. My wife was able to enjoy a number of items that were gluten free including their cinnamon tortillas. Well done costa vida!
I let them know I have celiac and mine needed to be gluten free. First guy changed his gloves and asked if I wanted the gluten free tortillas. He then passed my food down the line where the rest of the team hadn't changed their gloves. They grabbed the tin with their gloves touching the inside. They then passed it down the line where the next person did the same. And again with the cashier. Needless to say I won't be going back there. I am tired of places claiming to have gluten friendly items, but have such poor training on how to handle the food appropriately. Eateries need to stop asking if its allergy or preference and treat them both the same because employees get lax on the way they handle the food. People will keep getting sick until the state requires more training for food handling.
The staff member will wash hands/change gloves and stay with your order from start to finish. They are very friendly and helpful.
Tasted fine but definitely was contaminated here. I had a very large gluten belly.
They changed gloves when we told them my daughter had celiac.
All costa vidas are gluten free. Just tell them gluten free- and they will be sure to do the corn tortillas


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By Steve Jeffery, 08 May 2015
Yesterday we began our latest course at Emmanuel Training and Resources, Biblical Theology and Covenant Theology. Here's the handout from the seminar:
This course is structured to provide a theological foundation for a Reformed evangelical doctrine of salvation based on a systematic reading of the whole Bible, taking into account the progressive character of God's revelation to humanity and the coherence and interconnectedness of the Scriptures. It may be helpful to give a brief overview of the shape of the course:
Biblical theology. We begin with Peter J. Leithart, A House for My Name, which helps us to read the Scriptures as an integrated whole by highlighting some of the important biblical images and themes that highlight how the Bible hangs together.
Covenant theology. We turn next to the topic of covenant theology with O. Palmer Robertson, The Christ of the Covenants. Historically, Reformed theologians have recognised that the apparently diverse strands of the Bible's teaching may helpfully be integrated by tracing the theme of God's covenants with man. This enables us to see how the Bible's story reaches its climax in Christ, while at the same time giving a fully biblical picture of Christ's work by setting it in the context of the whole Bible.
Divine election. Standing behind God's purposes in history (revealed in the unfolding plan of his covenants with humanity) are God's purposes in eternity – in particular, the decree of election. It is appropriate, therefore, to conclude this course by exploring the relationship between covenant and election (Barach, "Covenant and Election"), and the doctrine of election itself (Calvin, Institutes, III.xxi-xxiv).
Having completed this material, we'll then be in a position to examine in more detail the saving work of Christ in the following course, The Doctrine of Redemption (T1.5).
Introduction to Peter Leithart, A House for My Name
Peter Leithart's book is quite easy to read, but is so full is stimulating and thought-provoking material that it's unlike you'll have time to reflect in detail on everything. I therefore suggest you don't try. Instead, here's an approach you may find useful: (1) Read a chapter through; (2) Look at the questions for that chapter, and reflect on a few of them as your mood takes you; (3) Move on to the next chapter.
I've tried to help a little by providing a summary of the introduction (pp. 17-42), so though it's very worthwhile you may wish to skip that section of the book and come back to it another day.
One more word of advice: Keep your Bible open as you read this book. Even more than with other books, Leithart's work is designed to get you thinking about the Bible, so take advantage of what he has to say by turning frequently to the Scriptures.
Introductory questions
a. What do Genesis 3:19; Ezekiel 44:18 and Luke 22:44 have in common? Try to tell the story of human history with reference to only these three texts.
b. What does Genesis 3:24 have to do with Genesis 22:6? What might have entered Isaac's mind when he looked at his Dad?
c. What light does Genesis 3:18 shed upon Matthew 27:29?
d. How would you respond to someone who thought that the texts cited in the previous questions were completely unrelated to one another?
Outline of the introduction (pp. 17-42)
The introduction to Leithart's book is well worth reading, though we won't spend much time on it during the seminar. At times it feels a little technical, so here's a rough outline to guide you on your way:
Leithart outlines two main mistakes in reading the Old Testament:
(1) Liberalism and Marcionism consign the Old Testament to irrelevance. Alarmingly, some contemporary evangelicals look little different in certain respects (pp. 17-21).
(2) Antisupercessionism, exemplified by Kenneth Soulen, claims that ethnic Israelites are still in covenant with God irrespective of their response to Jesus (pp. 21-26).
To read the Old Testament as Christians, we must get beyond the so-called "grammatical-historical" method of exegesis, which, though fine (indeed, necessary) as far as it goes, doesn't go far enough. In particular, it fails to place sufficient weight upon the recurring types and images of Scripture, and upon the storyline of the whole (pp. 27-40).
The rest of the book is a whirlwind tour of the Bible, highlighting many of the themes, storylines, images and types that give coherence and meaning to the whole. The following questions are designed to encourage you to reflect upon some of the themes Leithart identifies, and to work out whether you agree with the direction in which Leithart takes them.
Study questions on chapter 1: Book of Beginnings
1. Leithart suggests that the world is depicted in the Bible as a three-storey house (p. 43). How is this reflected in:
2. "Sometimes the Bible talks about a nation or empire as if it were a three story house" (pp. 46-47). How does this help us to understand the first nine plagues on Egypt (pp. 47-48)?
3. "Very often the land pictures Israel and the sea pictures the nations" (p. 48). (This is particularly clear in Psalm 65:7-8, and also in Isaiah 5:30; 17:12-13; 57:20; Jeremiah 6:23; Daniel 7:2-3; Luke 21:25). How does this help us understand Assyria's assault on the land of Israel (pp. 48-49)?
For reflection: Does this shed any light on the vision of the New Heavens and New Earth in Revelation 21:1, "there was no longer any sea"?
For reflection: If the sea represents the nations, what might fish represent? Does this help us understand why Jesus called his disciples to be "fishers of men" (Mark 1:17)?
4. Can you explain what Leithart means by the three-fold structure of the earth: "the Garden, the land of Eden, and the larger world" (p. 52)? How does this relate to the three "falls" described on p. 56?
5. "Throughout Genesis, the patriarchs ... meet their wives by wells in oases" (p. 54). What light does this shed on John 4?
6. "Joseph is a picture of what Adam is supposed to become" (p. 64). How (see also p. 65)?
Study questions on chapter 2: Out of Egypt I Have Called My Son
7. How does Leithart understand Genesis 31:33-35 (pp. 71-72). What do you think of this interpretation?
For reflection: Does this text surprise you? Why do you think the LORD chose to critique idolatry in this way?
8. Why does Exodus 1:7 use so many words to say so little (p. 74)? What about Exodus 1:13-14 (p. 74)?
9. How is Exodus 20-24 like a marriage feast (pp. 78-80)?
*10. The tabernacle is like a house (p. 83); Mount Sinai (pp. 83-84); the people of God (p. 84); the whole world (p. 85); heaven (p. 85); and the Garden of Eden (p. 85). Pick one or two of these, and try to summarise how the tabernacle corresponds to them.
*11. "Since Jesus has come, there is no longer a tabernacle or temple on earth" (p. 85). What are the implications of this (pp. 85-86)?
12. What do the terms qorban and "bread of God" tell us about the significance of Israel's sacrifices (pp. 87-88)?
13. "Jesus is always eating fish" (p. 88). Why?
Study questions on chapter 3: From Sinai to Shiloh
*14. "The big sin of Israel comes ... when Israel arrives at Kadesh" (p. 103). What is this "big sin" (pp. 103-104). How does it show a lack of faith (p. 104)?
*15. "Instead of organising the army, Joshua focuses on what the priests are going to do" (p. 110). Why is this significant (see also p. 111)? What implications might it have for the contemporary church?
*16. What did Gideon do right? What did he do wrong (pp. 115-118)?


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Ubuntu: Human Kindness
Today's blog is an excerpt from Chapter Nine, "Community", from Nicole Caldwell's book, Better: The Everyday Art of Sustainable Living . Summer is a great time to feel connected to our communities as we get out and about in the warmer weather. Consider some of Nicole's suggestions below to keep the good times rolling through the winter days as well.
The most central focus of our sense of belonging and safety lies in our sense of community. We seek to feel connected — whether it's to our families, our lovers or our neighbors. And the nucleus of any community is the home — which, for many of us, is the greatest exhibit of our status and success.
Research shows that people need a few basic things in order to feel fulfilled and happy. We need work that brings us a sense of purpose, joyful experiences, a sense of autonomy and feelings of connectedness to each other, our families and homes.Yet we repeatedly isolate ourselves, experiencing a sense of aloneness even in big cities where we are surrounded by millions of people. Too many of us feel dissatisfied, limited and purposeless. Much of this comes from our modern ways of living. We bust our humps just to make rent, we exist entirely separate from nature and we spend our free time doing passive activities like watching television or surfing the Internet. We lack the basic skills to provide for ourselves, and we neglect our imaginations by not engaging in creative endeavors. Without survival skills, without the experience of cultivating our own food and without regularly flexing our creative muscles, we have grown dependent on capitalism, the workforce and decisions made by politicians who are even more detached from our lives than we are. For goodness sake: we're the only living things actually paying cash to live on the planet.
What we call community is made of the people living in any common place, or a group sharing the same interests, religion or disposition. But community is also a multigenerational process by which towns are created and nurtured by decades of family businesses, years of hardships and successes and the people who come to live and die within their towns' boundaries. Community suggests a group of people who over time grow into one another and learn to function as a unit. We might think of community as a gesture of inclusiveness and acceptance. It's camaraderie. Whether this banding together is borne of discrimination, a shared sense of purpose or a common set of responsibilities, community is what anchors us in our civilizations.
Ubuntu, or human kindness, is a Bantu term from South Africa referring specifically to our humanness. The word invokes a sense of connectedness among all living things and fosters a sense of community: I am who I am because of who we all are. The philosophy of ubuntu is in step with the changes needed to secure an economically and environmentally sustainable future.
Ubuntu is practiced when we see the people we interact with and the world we live in as mirrors. We create each other, we are influenced by each other; what we do to each other and the Earth we do to ourselves. Ubuntu dictates true openness to everyone, from strangers to our closest allies. Ubuntu acknowledges our uniqueness. People who adhere to Ubuntu are in this together. They enable their communities to be better.
The North Country where Better Farm is situated is a strange and beautiful place — and the Redwood community in particular is a perfect case study in community and the practice of Ubuntu. Nowhere before have I seen so much familiarity among neighbors, so many helping hands or such a vibrant barter system in place. Before 2009, my dwellings were oases from the world outside. Suburban homes and neighborhoods are often isolated fortresses by design. City living has such a high turnover rate, it's a real challenge to know your neighbors or even the person living in the apartment next door.
When you lift the lid of a community like Redwood and begin to learn about the mechanisms that make it turn, you uncover a world of personalities, quirks and details you'd never guess existed. A strong community provides support for the young and old as well as anyone in need. But community also gives those in it a sense of belonging and pride. People feel like they are part of something larger than themselves. Community therefore becomes a cure for the isolation so many of us suffer from.
Community is healing in a lot of ways — not the least of which is neurological. When we have in-person exchanges, we release oxytocin and neurotransmitters that naturally reduce stress and induce trust. A 20-second hug releases enough oxytocin to lower our blood pressure, reduce the physical effects of stress, fight fatigue and infections and lower our heart rates.
Better Farm's surrounding Redwood community is a solar system of humanity. Military veterans live alongside fishers who've never left New York State who live alongside liberals, artists and roofers. Toyota trucks with plastic Buddha sculptures duct-taped to the dashes roll by watering holes in which two-dollar Genny Lights are sipped by wiry old men while they debate NASCAR, the finer points of capital punishment and gun control. Not everyone likes each other — but just about everyone does something to benefit the community in some way. A person gets cancer, a fundraiser spaghetti dinner is planned. The post office's paint peels, and a community group scrapes and repaints it. Every day around here, people are stopping in at each other's homes to make sure they have enough to eat, have enough fuel or wood or propane, are in need of nothing. People help each other farm. Split each other's wood. Community members gather together, solicit donations and secure a location to host a completely free Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings for anyone who would like to participate.
No matter how much the cast and crew of Better Farm goes out in the community to volunteer or lend a hand, the community always seems to be here in greater amounts helping. No matter how any of us tries to repay the favors and gifts bestowed upon us, more arrives. In Redwood you're judged not by the dollar amount on your pay stubs, but by how much you contribute to the community in which you live. This is how neighborhood barter systems and close-knit groups thrive.
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In these financial times, marketing is more important to businesses, schools and non-profits than ever. Prospects are being careful with their money and as such it's getting harder and harder to sell them on products they know nothing about. They want to see results. They want to know what their money's going towards. Due to its accessibility and its easily digestible form, a website promo video is a fantastic means of bringing the message to potential clients.
What is a Website Promo Video?
Put simply, a promo is a video that's put together with the intention of introducing people to your company's products and services. It educates while also keeping people's attention. Since it's a marketing tool, however, there's plenty of room for creativity as well.
Typically a quality promotional video will highlight your unique selling proposition, what your business, school or non-profit has to offer, and perhaps a bit of an introduction to the history of your company. In short, it's a soft sell that works by drawing prospective customers in slowly instead of pushing them to buy immediately. Don't sell, just share, share your story with the prospect.
The Business Implications
What exactly does this mean for your business? For starters, a video allows you to reach more people. Whether you're sticking to your own site or aggressively marketing throughout the Internet, website promo videos are accessible. Second, if you're already self-promoting through sales letters or articles, this is another avenue that's available to you. Lastly, the first two perks combined give you the opportunity to appeal to a broader base. That has to count for something.
The Benefits of a Website Promo Video
Engage People
One of the more obvious benefits of this is the fact that videos grab people in ways that text simply can't. That immediate hook can do a lot to stop someone from clicking the back button. The goal is to keep them on your website, keep them there so they're next click is another section of YOUR webpage. In addition, those extra minutes spent watching have the potential to turn that same visitor into a reliable customer.
Increase Reach
The truth is, visual and audio media have a way of sticking in people's minds. So of course, a website promo video is a potentially powerful means of reaching people. The combination of name recognition, increased influence, and branding make it too good an opportunity to pass up.
Take Advantage of Existing Platforms
Right now YouTube is one of the most visited sites on the web. All people do there is watch videos. Google has been catching up by making the videos available when searched. If nothing else, a video can go a long way towards boosting your company's visibility.
Reach Prospects the Way They Want to Be Reached
Remember in school how some classmates preferred working from written notes while others did better with PowerPoint presentations? In certain respects, people don't change all that much after graduating. Case in point, there are some visitors who will prefer visual aids. If your product requires a lot of text to go with it as well, a website promo video is a compromise everyone can live with.
Putting together a website promo video isn't rocket science. You don't want to be adding it to your site indiscriminately however. You have to know why you're using it. Done well, these vids will let you connect with customers in ways you wouldn't believe. Consider giving it a try today.


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Public invited to buy a piece of Stanford's empire
Public invited to buy a piece of R. Allen Stanford's empire
• See the auctioneer in action at YouTube
R.Allen Stanford conducted business in Houston from behind a $3 million antique desk that was once owned by a king.
That was the talk, anyway. But as with so much else concerning the disgraced financier, the claim appears to have been wildly inflated.
It's a nice piece of furniture — an 8-foot-by-4-foot Victorian partner's library table with drawers on all sides, dating almost certainly to the early or mid-1800s - but it's probably worth closer to $10,000.
That's the nearest comparable asking price that Seth Worstell, who will be auctioning off the desk and thousands of other items seized from Stanford's Houston offices in a court-ordered sale on Saturday, could find in his research of similar items.
And Worstell's dad, a veteran of more than half a century in the auction business, said he "seriously doubts" it was ever owned by royalty.
"He was clever, a very clever promoter," Harry Worstell said of Stanford, the Mexia native and former high-roller now locked up on charges of orchestrating what prosecutors say was a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
From the time authorities pounced in early 2009, Stanford has denied the allegations against him. But while he awaits trial, currently scheduled for September in Houston, authorities have been methodically liquidating his far-flung empire known as Stanford Financial Group.
As of Jan. 31, a court-appointed receiver had taken in $188 million in proceeds from a variety of sources, including bank accounts and the sale of Stanford-owned investments, real estate, airplanes and yachts - all part of an effort to generate funds to pay lawyers and recoup some investor losses.
Something for everyone
The liquidation process continues with Saturday's auction inside a 20,000-square-foot warehouse on Houston's industrial northeast side.
Seth Worstell Auction Co. won a competitive bid to sell the items, all of which were seized from Stanford's Galleria-area office on Westheimer and from a site on Bastrop near downtown.
The inventory ranges from the flashy - a complete fine-china set for 50, a Baccarat crystal eagle that would retail new for $55,000 and a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban LTZ with just under 16,000 miles on the odometer - to the mundane.
The latter group includes a lectern emblazoned with Stanford's stylized eagle logo, 100 or so company coffee mugs and several shrink-wrapped pallets of computers, printers and other office equipment, much of it brand-new.
Bottles and bullets
Buzz-worthy items already attracting interest from potential bidders include not just Stanford's personal desk, but also a stash of approximately 1,150 bottles of wine, champagne and spirits with an estimated $60,000 to $70,000 retail value; a cache of firearms, including 30 still-in-the-box Glock 9mm handguns that Seth Worstell said had been purchased for a Stanford security force that never materialized; and a mahogany conference table with burled inlays and a matching set of 10 Hickory leather chairs.
Collectively, the auction items reveal a man with expensive tastes who always went top-of-the-line.
"There's boxes and boxes of Baccarat china," said Worstell. "Every glass would cost $100 to replace."
He thinks the lot could fetch $200,000 to $250,000 that will go to the receiver, less a cut for the auction house.
To guide buyers, the Worstells rely on factors such as brand names and replacement value.
How much people are actually willing to spend for an artifact touched by notoriety will help determine the success of the sale.
Family affair
Auctioneering is a family business for Worstell, 27, and his father, Harry, who broke in with his own father 53 years ago in Ohio. Harry Worstell, 77, said he started taking Seth with him to auctions as soon as the boy was out of diapers.
They host an auction the first Saturday of every month at a warehouse at 4200 Blaffer. Much of what they sell comes from downtown skyscrapers as large, well-known companies move, fold or renovate their offices. The Worstells also handle estate sales and, every once in a while, something with a higher profile.
Several years ago, for example, the pair got the contract to sell off inventory from another fallen icon, Enron.
On Saturday, they plan to spice up the Stanford auction with a few items from Hughes Tool Co., the family business of the late eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes.
'No respect for the man'
The pending criminal case gives Saturday's event a cachet that will likely draw a bigger crowd than usual with a higher percentage of individual buyers, as opposed to dealers buying in bulk.
For Harry Worstell, the sale will have a personal meaning as well, since one of his close friends allegedly lost $6 million to the Stanford scheme.
Insisting that he has "no respect for the man at all," the elder Worstell said he understands the public interest in having something once owned by Stanford, even if he is proved to be a scoundrel.
It might even be a good investment, he added.
"Anybody who wants to own a piece of Stanford should be here," he said.


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The release of Windows 10 took place only a week ago and already innumerable PCs have upgraded to this latest operating system from Microsoft. The latest OS has features which are apt for today's cloud-connected world. You can now surf the web without worrying each time about data security with new features of Windows 10. Features like the Microsoft Passport and Windows Hello have made Windows 10 an OS with stronger authentication facilities. This comes as great news as we all know how cyber criminals have exploited passwords in recent years.
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Microsoft Passport
Microsoft Passport can be integrated with Microsoft Account, Microsoft Azure Active Directory account, Active Directory (AD) account or other non-Microsoft services that support Fast ID Online authentication. Users have to enroll in Microsoft Passport once and they gain access to their PC and all the services or applications. This is done after they use a PIN or Windows Hello and authenticate with Microsoft Passport.
This feature does not use passwords for authentication. Rather it depends on gestures or biometric methods. Phishing scam risks automatically get minimized when there are no passwords to compromise. Since the feature uses keys generated within Trusted Platform Modules, the chances for server breaches are also decreased.
Who has time for passwords? See how Microsoft Passport & #Azure are eliminating passwords : http://t.co/6F14ke2gK4 pic.twitter.com/0mQrxFUHSe
— Microsoft Developer (@msdev) August 9, 2015
Windows Hello
This feature of the latest OS version makes Microsoft Passport even stronger. It includes iris scanning, fingerprint scanning and facial recognition. If you have seen the TV campaign related to Windows 10, you might have got an idea about what Windows Hello could provide. The campaign shows babies across the globe and depicts a technology situation they will grow up with, which starts with the capacity to log in with just a smile.
The facial recognition feature of Windows Hello has garnered the maximum attention. Equipped with the right camera technology, a Windows 10 PC will simply identify you and authenticate you as you sit in front of your computer.
However, the difficulty lies in finding a PC which is fitted with the right camera technology. The facial recognition feature simply just not match an image of your face like other facial recognition systems. An Intel RealSense 3D camera is required for Windows Hello. The camera identifies depth and recognizes your unique personal characteristics which go beyond the surface image. So, just showing your image in your smartphone won't unlock the computer for you.
With Windows 10, it's time for the end of passwords. This obsolete form of authentication has to die and give way to more reliable modes of authentication. You will also be saved from the pain of creating and remembering complex passwords which still get hacked.
New blog post: "Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport intro" #Win10 https://t.co/LzYk0cvqBk
— paulrobichaux (@paulrobichaux) August 7, 2015
Are you happy with these features? Do you think cyber theft will be minimized with Windows 10? We would like to hear your thoughts on this.
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Priscilla contacted us about a week before their wedding at the Beverly Hills Courthouse and let me know that the photographer she initially hired had not followed up with her and she frantically asked if we could photograph their upcoming wedding.
With the intimate weddings we have photographed over the years, we understood where she was coming from and I told her since we were available that we would be able to take care of her and her wedding. I asked her what these images meant to her and she expressed to me that they would mean the world to her.
She also told me her children would be a part of their wedding and I made sure to incorporate them as much as I could into their wedding images. They also created Priscilla's beautiful bouquet, her daughter's flower crown and her son's boutonniere by hand. The extra personal touches definitely made their wedding that much more special.
After their ceremony, we took Priscilla and Alfonso around the courthouse and the Beverly Hills City Hall area for their family and bridal portraits. They definitely rocked it out and we couldn't have asked to have more fun with them!


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September 13, 2017
Could diet help slow symptoms of multiple sclerosis?
In our morning rounds, a new approach to fight multiple sclerosis -- a disease where the body attacks its own central nervous system. MS affects about 400,000 people in the United States. It is two to three times more common among women. Current treatments may have severe side effects, and there is no cure.


text: How about this for a proposal IETF defines 'canonical form' of RFC/IDs which is Some Profile of HTML that uses the IETF stylesheet plus specified additions * MathML * EBNF markup * Approved image formats [JPG, PNG, Vector?] * Other formats as agreed by specific areas The document management system MAY accept RFCs in additional formats as availability of tools allows. For example, Microsoft might write a filter for .docx files that allowed them to be submitted in that format and they would then be converted to the canonical form. The document management system would publish documents in multiple formats. These would at minimum include: * HTML archive file * Web Page Canonical * Web Page Legacy [Supporting older browsers] * PDF/A [iff someone provides the necessary filter] The Web Page Legacy would do stuff like converting MathML and vector formats to PNG images. The requirements for adding any new format to the approval list would include: * Having a defined, open spec * Providing code for a validation filter * Providing code for a rendering filter if the content is to be rendered in any format other than plaintext On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke at gmx.de> wrote: > On 2012-04-18 21:02, David Carlisle wrote: >> >> On 18/04/2012 17:40, Julian Reschke wrote: >>> >>> >>> If we decide to do MathML (which I believe would be the right >>> approach), then David Carlisle probably can help us understanding >>> what we can rely on, and in which version of browsers. >> >> >> I probably could, but any pointer to the start of this thread? >> What are we talking about?:-) > > > The IETF (once more) discussed new document formats (as opposed to what RFCs > look like today), and one use case that was mentioned was display of > equations. > > If we did decide to do *html plus MathML, we might need your assistance on > what we can rely on with today's browsers.... > > > Best regards, Julian > _______________________________________________ > rfc-interest mailing list > rfc-interest at rfc-editor.org > https://www.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-interest -- Website: http://hallambaker.com/


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Colombia and the peace process
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At some stage this year a peace deal is likely to be signed between the Colombian government and Farc guerrillas, ending a 50-year civil war. It's not easy to balance peace and justice. We ask whether this agreement can teach us how to solve other wars.
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