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Again, Warren Buffett gives the same advice to his shareholders that this website is preaching.
Much has been said about where Warren Buffett puts his money. But do you know where Buffett thinks you should put yours?
After all, one of the reasons Buffett has been so successful is his ability to invest in big-name companies such as Coca-Cola, and countless others, at just the right time. That's part of the reason Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A ) (NYSE: BRK-B ) has grown from a small textile firm valued at $18 million into one worth nearly $320 billion.
Yet his advice on where we should put our money will surprise you.
In the following video, Buffett speaks to the beauty of the U.S. economy, and how one of the most successful strategies is finding a fund that simply matches the returns delivered by the S&P 500 offered at a low cost.
He says far too many people "jump in at the wrong time," or simply make investments they shouldn't because they haven't been able to truly grasp the dynamics of the business and its relative value. Buffett suggests that in the same way he can't write prescriptions, many people shouldn't attempt to beat the market by trying to pick winners and losers.
And this isn't just his advice to others, but in fact to his family as well. In his latest annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett provided an honest admission of where the fortune he was leaving to his wife would go:
My advice to the trustee could not be more simple: Put 10% of the cash in short-term government bonds and 90% in a very low-cost S&P 500 index fund. (I suggest Vanguard's.) I believe the trust's long-term results from this policy will be superior to those attained by most investors — whether pension funds, institutions, or individuals — who employ high-fee managers.
At times we think we must attempt to beat the market just as Buffett has. But there truly is value in simply joining him in it by putting our money into index funds. While they may be boring, they're undoubtedly valuable.
Here is the link to the article by Patrick Morris in The Motley Fool July 26, 2014


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Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
Romans 15: 7
This verse brings up the question, who is it that I do welcome and who do I not? For the reality of it all is that there are people that I give warmth and acceptance to and there are others with whom I do not so readily do this. What makes the difference, and why is it that I even think that I have a right to so discriminate when God does not do this? Jesus was hammered onto that cross for everyone. This is an undiluted and non-differentiated fact. Jesus had demonstrated the nature of God's grace and His heart for redemption many times; so, there was really no question left about the availability of welcome when it came to God and to admittance into His kingdom. All are welcomed in, Christ has paid for that right for each and every one who will accept His love gift, and God, the Host, desires that each of us would accept the invitation to join in this eternal feast.
So, when it comes to my own attitudes about people, God grants me very little latitude to determine who is acceptable to me. As it pertains to my discriminating mind, the Lord seeks to provide me with opportunities to grow and to expand the length and the depth of my understanding of others so that I can just begin to see them as He does. Additionally, when I encounter people that are troubling to me in any of the ways that my sensibilities are upset, the Spirit is speaking to me to remind me that the person there before me that is causing me such disgust or who is so marginalized in my sight as to not even be visible is, in fact, a living, a thinking, and a feeling person who has been created by God's own hand in His divine image. Thus, I have no right to turn up my nose or to avert my eyes when I am in the presence of God's beloved creation.
It seems to me that the most important thing that Paul says here is what he tells us about the purpose of possessing this welcoming heart. We are to view others in this manner for the glory of God. As sinful people who dwell in our shaken and shattered world, we are not ready and willing to welcome people who trouble us into our homes and up to our tables. Acts of hospitality such as this are supernatural in their instigation and in their implementation. So, acts of care for others and extending love to them is a form of worship that carries with it the presence of Christ. This sort of unnatural acceptance of people who would in the usual state of our hearts and minds be ones that we would avoid is the work of the Spirit within us. It comes out of our surrender to the Christ who knew no strangers and who welcomed the most heavily sin stained of all humanity to come and to dine at His grace-filled table of redemption. Thus, in light of these hard truths, my Lord says to me, "My child, go about this day with open arms and with welcome on your lips."

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05 Nov 2015
A ground breaking report has found that Australia is well placed to secure prosperity over the coming decades despite the challenges of an uncertain and possible resource constrained future.
[Music plays and model clocks, question marks and heads pan up the screen and then the image changes to show a model calendar turning the pages and text appears on the pages as they turn: Today, 2020, 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2050]
Narrator: The choices we make today determine the future of Australia.
[Image changes to show a model hiker looking at a map in a model landscape and then the camera zooms in on the map]
With robust projections of the choices that lie ahead we can ensure a bright future and help prevent the loss of things we value most.
[Images flash through of different models scenes as seen through a telescopic lens]
Most predictive models and forecasts of the future have a specific focus.
[Camera zooms in on one of the model scenes of a landscape showing a bridge, mountains, a hot air balloon, a house and a kangaroo]
They don't see the bigger integrated picture of our future that we need in order to choose well.
[Image changes to show a map of Australia surrounded by telescopes with text: Australian National Outlook]
This is why the Australian National Outlook applies not one but nine of the world's leading economic and environmental models.
[Image changes and the map of Australia becomes surrounded by model telescopes and heads which spin clockwise and anticlockwise around the map]
It employees the expertise and insight of over 40 scientific researchers with a wealth of international research to create a detailed integrated evidence based map of Australia's possible futures.
[Image changes to show a model compass surrounded by circles which contain a kangaroo, a truck, a water drop, a light bulb, mountains, wheat, people, the sun behind a cloud and a graph and then the image changes to show the compass in the centre of a landscape with pathways leading from the compass into the landscape and text appears: 2050]
The National Outlook charts key global and uniquely Australian drivers that shape 20 possible pathways that Australians may need to navigate over the next 35 years.
[Image changes and the screen is divided into four parts showing an energy symbol, a wheat head, a water droplet and a house and then model scenes move up from the bottom of the screen showing an industrial scene, a farmyard scene, a water scene and a city scene]
It assesses the impact of these possible futures on energy, food and water supplies and analyses the prospects for our most material and energy intensive industries.
[Image changes to show a model world globe surrounded by model people and then a graph appears depicting population growth]
Most of us already know that the world's population is growing from seven to nine billion people in the next 35 years.
[Image changes to show the graph on one side of the screen and a female, a child and a male on the other and then images appear of a handbag, a remote control, a drill, a flat screen, a couch and an air conditioner]
This growth includes a tripling of the world's middle classes from one to three billion and with it the larger consumer demand for all the resources needed to furnish this increased standard of living.
[Image appears of a circle and text appears within the circle: Energy Demand Supply and Assets, Water Demand Supply and Assets, Food Demand Supply and Assets and then text appears in the centre of the circle: People, Landscapes and Ecosystems]
The management and use of energy food and water needed for this expansion are deeply interrelated and impact upon people industries, landscapes and ecosystems.
[Image changes to show shapes which resolve into a light bulb and then three more light bulbs appear and rotate in a clockwise direction on the screen and then the image changes to show dollar, population and environment graphs and then the image changes again to show a model of four doors and a head with a light bulb above it]
The National Outlook's future scenarios show that with a strengthened growing role of innovation and new technology, Australia's economy can continue to grow and our living standards improve with only minor impacts on the environment and some improvements but only if we make the right choices today and only if we increase innovative technologies.
Whilst this is good news, not all the possible future paths would take us there.
[Camera zooms out to show the four doors within a thought bubble and a person appears and then the camera zooms out again to show ten people with the thought bubble and then the image changes and the screen moves to the left displaying ten people inside a pie graph on the left hand side and the Energy, Food and Water circle on the right hand side with People Landscapes and Ecosystems at the centre of the circle]
The choices we make as individuals are important but the choices we make collectively are even more important and responsible for up to 90% of the impact of how we manage energy, food and water including impacts on people, landscapes and ecosystems.
[Image changes to show a model stage and the curtains are drawn back to show six people]
The stage has been set for a national discussion about the kind of future that would best serve all Australians and the choices that we'll need to make to get us there.
[Image changes and the camera zooms in on a compass which eventually resolves into the CSIRO logo and text appears: Australian National Outlook, www.csiro.au/nationaloutlook]
CSIRO's Australian National Outlook helps navigate the future so that we can enhance Australia's long term prosperity.
However this prosperity is not a given - instead Australia's future will be shaped by innovation and technology uptake and the choices we make as a society will be paramount.
The Australian National Outlook, released today, is the most comprehensive quantitative analysis yet of the interactions between economic growth, water-energy-food use, environmental outcomes and living standards in Australia.
CSIRO Executive Director Dr Alex Wonhas said National Outlook focused on the 'physical economy' that contributes to about 75 per cent of natural resource use and produces about 25 per cent of Australia's GDP.
"The National Outlook is a first attempt to understand and analyse the connections in Australia's physical environment many decades into the future," Dr Wonhas said.
"It has a particular focus on understanding two aspects: The 'water- energy-food nexus' and the prospects for Australia's materials- and energy-intensive industries."
National Outlook finds a number of key insights and potential opportunities across the Australian economy.
"For example, we find strong growth prospects for Australia's agri-food production, which are forecast to increase at least 50 per cent by 2050, provided long term productivity improvements can be maintained in line with historical rates," Dr Wonhas said.
"There's also the possibility of a win-win for farmers with potential growth in agri-food exports and new income sources for rural landholders through carbon farming on less productive land."
National Outlook also finds as Australia's population grows, so too does water demand.
"Despite projections of a doubling of our water use, Australia could meet this growth as well as enhance urban water security and avoid increased environmental pressures through increased water recycling, desalination and integrated catchment management," Dr Wonhas said.
The results of CSIRO's first National Outlook show that energy and other resources could remain a pillar of the Australian economy well into the future, and that energy intensive industries could be well positioned to continue to grow, even in scenarios where the world is taking global action to significantly limit greenhouse gas emissions.
"The key to this success will be innovation and application of smart technologies," Dr Wonhas said.
"We hope the National Outlook will help Australia chart its future in an increasingly complex and interconnected world."
The National Outlook explores over 20 possible futures for Australia out to 2050 against the backdrop of the past 40 years.
The work was undertaken by a team of 40 CSIRO experts and university collaborators, and draws extensively on observed data and analysis.
It utilises a world-class suite of nine linked models, includes input from more than 80 experts and stakeholders from over ten organisations, and has undergone rigorous international peer review.
National Outlook is underpinned by more than 10 journal papers including a Nature paper published today. The report is available at Australian National Outlook
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"Hillary Rodham Clinton needed a game changer . Instead, it's almost game over."
(Associated Press)
"Clinton didn't exactly get the game-changer she wanted and Indiana was not, as Obama put it, the potential tie-breaker."
(Chicago Sun-Times)
"His advisers dubbed last night a momentum builder, but not a game changer ."
"Yesterday offered her last, best chance for a 'game-changer,' to use the buzz-phrase of the last two weeks."
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
"Still behind in pledged delegates and in the national popular vote, Clinton has unabashedly called on Hoosiers to give her a game-changer today .."
(Providence Journal-Bulletin)
"Just hours before voters were set to go to the polls in the Tar Heel State and the Hoosier State, Obama and Clinton clashed over economic issues like the gas tax holiday while hoping for a game changer to bolster their cause, boost their delegate count and persuade crucial superdelegates to put them over the top."
(San Francisco Chronicle)
"A win here could be a game-changer, so Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are offering a full-court press."
(Maggie Rodriguez, CBS)
"Yes, there are more contests to go, but North Carolina was not the game changer Senator Clinton needed in the view of the Obama campaign."
(John King, CNN)
"MSNBC will stay live until 2 in the morning Eastern time. These primaries could be game-changers tomorrow night."
(Chris Matthews, MSNBC)


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Cartier is the definition of luxury, the universal language of emotion. The perfumes and jewelry created by the House of Cartier are impossible not to recognize because of their richness, perfection and mysterious appearance.
Earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants or brooches, they all are forms of preserving beauty and sometimes even memories. Each piece created by the House of Cartier is evocative and no matter if it is inspired by flowers, birds, hearts or the emblematical panther, because of the harmonious geometry and exquisite design every piece turns out to be unbelievable.
The extraordinary designers working for Cartier have the incredible talent of reinventing the Cartier style over and over again in order to not only shock the audience but also to maintain the well-known style that made the brand famous.
The Cartier jewelry lines have long tuned to be legendary and a lot of the pieces created by the worldwide known brand have become even mythical. Pieces such as the 'Trinity' ring, the 'love' bracelet or the 'Tank' ring manage to fascinate the beholder with their exquisite designs, beauty and a great deal of refinement.
The 'Tank' ring, one of the most desired rings ever created by Cartier, has gained the admiration of all jewelry lovers with its simplicity and the refinement it emanates. The pure simplicity of the ring comes in perfect contrast with the big stone that can either be amethyst, aquamarine, citrine or moonstone.
The 'Tank' ring is an ultra-modern geometric band with sleek lines and contemporary edges that will definitely not pass unnoticed.
The simple design crafted of either yellow or white gold and embellished with princess-cut amethyst, aquamarine, citrine or moonstone has managed to become a symbol of the House of Cartier.
The simplicity and purity of the square design make this collection not only impossible to resist to but also unique, refined and luxurious. Inspired by the 1920's geometry, the 'Tank' ring is both impressive and timelessly elegant.
The history of the House of Cartier began 160 years ago and since then it has done nothing but evolving. If Faberge makes us think about the famous eggs, Tiffany about engagement ring, Carties makes us think about luxury in a general meaning so, the reason why, just as the 'Tank' ring, Cartier jewelry can be acquired all over the world, is for any woman to be able to wear these gorgeous symbols of elegance and luxury.


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Lost Ring Found and Returned — Dog Beach Bonita Springs, FL
Recently married in February, this gentleman knew he had to do whatever he could to get his Tungsten ring back after losing it in the water while playing with his dog at the Dog Beach in Bonita Springs.
After finding my information on the Ring Finders website and reading of our many success stories in the Naples, Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel areas, he and his wife contacted me and I made arrangements to meet them at the beach to begin my search.
After several targets of trash and soda can tabs, I finally recovered the missing ring.
We all had smiles as the wedding band was back on his hand where it belongs as reflected in the photo.


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Roland Cummings has lost his bid to overturn his conviction for murdering a 92-year-old Waterville man in 2014.
In a decision issued this week, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of a lower court. Cummings, 47, was convicted in November 2015 after the jury deliberated for two days. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Aurele Fecteau's body was discovered May 23, 2014, by his oldest son, Ernest, who went to his father's house to check on him after failing several times to reach him by phone. Police theorize that Fecteau had been killed on May 20, 2014.
In March this year, attorney Tina Heather Nadeau argued that the state's charging of Cummings under the theories of both intentional murder and depraved indifference murder served to confuse jurors, as did the judge's instructions to jurors.
"In this case, the state did not present evidence that would meet the definition of what depraved indifference is," Nadeau said at the time.
Under Maine law, a person can be guilty of murder, among other things, if the person "engaged in conduct that manifests depraved indifference to the value of human life and that in fact causes the death of another human being."
The state's chief medical examiner testified at Cummings' trial that Fecteau had been stabbed 16 times.
But Nadeau told the justices that wasn't enough to support the depraved indifference theory.
The brief filed in this appeal by Assistant Attorney General Donald Macomber, who was also one of the prosecutors at trial, said the evidence at trial was sufficient to uphold a conviction under either theory and that the state was not required to choose one.
"The state presented abundant circumstantial evidence that it was Cummings that stabbed 92-year-old Aurele Fecteau 16 times as he lay in bed, thus causing his death," Macomber wrote in his brief.
In its decision, Maine's high court said the evidence presented, "taken in its entirety, could support more than one theory of murder.
"Specifically, a jury could rationally find — based on the evidence presented — that Cummings stabbed Fecteau repeatedly (1) with the conscious object to cause Fecteau's death, (2) with the knowledge that Fecteau's death was practically certain to result from his conduct, or (3) without intent or knowledge but manifesting a depraved indifference to the value of human life."
The court said depraved indifference murder was charged properly as an alternative to intentional or knowing murder in a single count.
Cummings had done odd jobs for Fecteau, who lived alone. Police found evidence of a break-in and search at Fecteau's home, as well as indications some items were missing. Analysis determined that DNA that matched Cummings was on the pockets of Fecteau's pants found at the scene.
Cummings also was charged with burglary and theft and he was convicted on those charges, but that conviction was not appealed.
Nadeau said Friday that she's disappointed in the decision.
"With its opinion, the court is, in essence, allowing the Attorney General's office to continue charging and proving murder in a sloppy and unfair manner, using 'depraved indifference' to shore up shaky murder charges," she wrote in an emailed statement. "Other appellate courts around the country have addressed the identical issue here on appeal and have come to the exact opposite conclusion. My hope was that this court would engage in similar analysis; instead, the Law Court relied entirely on its own troubling jurisprudence to reach its conclusion here. I am hopeful that Mr. Cummings will see justice done either in the post conviction review process or with federal habeas relief."
Jessica Lowell — 621-5632
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|(minimum group size 10 pax)
Based on 3 Star Hotels
|Dates for this 23rd annual Saint- Louis Jazz Festival are yet to be announced
|Day 1 ARRIVAL IN DAKARArrive in Dakar, Senegal. You will be met at the airport by your guide and transferred to your hotel for check-in. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
|Lodging: Hotel in Dakar
|Day 2 DAKAR – PINK LAKEAfter breakfast, depart for a full day tour of the mysterious Pink Lake. Arrive at this incredible rose colored body of water known as Pink Lake, ('Lac Rose' in French, 'Retba' in Wolof). Take some time to swim in the shallow, warm waters without any fear of drowning. You are guaranteed to float (as everything floats on this lake due to its very high salinity)! During the week, men and mostly women are busy crushing the bottom of the lake, which consists of a thick crust of salt. The lake is particularly spectacular at dawn and dusk, when feldspar deposits reflecting the sunlight through the salty waters produce the unique and vibrant pink color.
Located just outside of Dakar, the lake is surrounded by sand dunes, a baobab forest and traditional villages with thatch-roofed huts in the middle of Senegal's 'garden belt." The area produces huge quantities of flowers and vegetables for domestic consumption and export. While men farm the gardens, women control the sale of goods at all levels, except exports.
After visiting the lake, lunch at a nearby resort located on the beach. You will have the opportunity to relax by the pool, take a ride along the beach on a camel or ride on the beach in a dune buggy. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
|Lodging: Hotel in Pink Lake
Meals: B D
Day 3 PINK LAKE – THIES – SAINT LOUIS
After breakfast, depart for the drive to Saint Louis. En-route, stop over for lunch at Thies. This city is known for beautiful baskets hand woven by local artisans. After lunch, you will have the opportunity to purchase baskets, hats and other items at bargain prices. Continue the journey to Saint Louis for a late afternoon arrival. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
|Lodging: Hotel in Saint Louis
Meals: B D
|Day 4 SAINT LOUIS – LAC DE GUIERS – RICHARD TOLL – JAZZ FESTIVALAfter breakfast depart for Lac de Guiers. Drive through typical Senegalese villages. Visit Keur Momar Sarr, where there is a weekly market on Saturdays. Spend time in the bustling market to get a taste of daily life in Senegal. Later in the afternoon, continue to Lake Guiers for a picnic lunch. This trip includes a visit a Fulani village and Richard Toll, which is famous for sugar cane farms. Return to Saint Louis in the late afternoon to attend the jazz festival celebrations.
|Lodging: Hotel in Saint Louis
Meals: B L D
|Day 5 SAINT LOUIS JAZZ FESTIVALAfter breakfast, spend the morning at leisure or exploring Saint Louis on your own. After lunch, depart to attend the jazz festival celebrations.
|Lodging: Hotel in Saint Louis
Meals: B D
|Day 6 SAINT LOUIS – RAO – JAZZ FESTIVALBreakfast will be served at the hotel. After a morning departure, drive through several small villages before reaching large red dunes. You will be awed by this spectacle of nature. Continue towards Rao and visit the local market and villages of various ethnic groups. As part of the trip, the group will learn about the schooling system in the villages, and also how the local women participate in farming and other income generating activities. Return to Saint Louis to participate in the closing ceremony of the festival.
|Lodging: Hotel in Saint Louis
Meals: B D
|Day 7 SAINT LOUIS – LOMPOUL
After breakfast, depart Saint Louis for Lompoul. Lompoul is a desert where you will participate in afternoon full of trekking and other fun activities. You will enjoy a delicious lunch and dinner in Lompoul. Overnight accommodation will be in Bedouins tents, also in Lompoul.
|Lodging: Camp of Lompoul
Meals: B D
|Day 8 LOMPOUL – BANDAI – SALYAfter breakfast, the group will depart for Saly. En-route, you will visit the Bandai Nature Reserve. This nature haven presents the opportunity to view a variety of animals including buffalo, antelope, rhinos, monkeys and other animals. Continue on to Saly for dinner and overnight.
|Lodging: Hotel in Saly
Meals: B D
|Day 9 SALY – JOAL FADIOUTH – SALYAfter breakfast, depart for the island of Fadiouth with a drive through Joal and several traditional villages on the way. Lunch today will be on the island of Fadiouth, a unique village built on a bank of shells. Later, leave Fadiouth for an evening party in the village, with a scrumptious spread of traditional food and delicacies. You will also enjoy local entertainment as part the evening's festivities. Overnight in Saly.
|Lodging: Camp of Saly
Meals: B D
|Day 10 SALY – DAKAR – DEPARTUREEnjoy breakfast at your hotel. Depart for the drive to Dakar, where you will enjoy last minute shopping for souvenirs. Later, transfer to the airport for check-in and departure.
|Meals: B
|** DISCLAIMER: Cost will vary depending on group size. Contact a member of the team at firstname.lastname@example.com to get a customized quote. The cost of package will increase if hotel and transportation costs increase. Quote will be reviewed 3 months before your tour begins and you will be notified accordingly.


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Challoner points Mountmellick to replay success over Camross
After a compelling drawn final, in which Camross will feel they let the game slip, Mountmellick and Camross were deadlocked and were forced to fight it out again a week and a half later in O'Moore Park last Friday night.
Junior B HC Final replay
Mountmellick 1-11
Camross 0-12
This time, the match was nowhere near as open as the last outing, and it turned out to be a battle of the wits for the free takers, as both Aidan Challoner and David Mortimer gave a master-class in free taking, accounting for a rather large percentage of their side's scores.
Mountmellick were first out of the blocks when centre forward Cahlloner opened his account with his first free of the evening. Camross soon replied to level it up when Daniel Delaney pointed. It was evident from the beginning of the game that both sides were suffering from early jitters, both committing cynical fouls and displaying a poor first touch and poor passing. It was Mountmellick who began to settle the quicker, however, and started to look far more comfortable in possession, and soon after had their second point, Aidan Challoner doubling his own tally.
Two more frees from Challoner for Mountmellick saw them go three points clear with fifteen minutes on the clock. Challoner notched on his first point from play before Camross got an opportunity to take their second point when David Mortimer landed his twenty one yard free.
Moving into the second quarter of the game, neither side look to have any real control or upper hand on the game, but it was Mountmellick who did look a little more comfortable while on the ball. Two more points for Camross from Damien Ryan and David Mortimer saw the lead cut to a solitary point, opening the way for Mountmellick to land a big blow which in hindsight was a real turning point.
Ian Fennelly goaled when he gathered a high ball which Billy Lally in the Camross goals failed to deal with. This gave them a four point lead, which was stretched to five just before the interval, again thanks to Aidan Challoner.
At half time on the scoreboard it was Mountmellick on top but no real side had taken any major step towards cementing themselves with the status as the dominant side in this match. Both were making silly schoolboy mistakes.
When Mountmellick emerged for the second half they were kept waiting for quite a while before Camross emerged from the tunnel to begin the second half, whether this was a tactic taken by the Camross officials or whether it was mere bad time keeping is unknown but in the short run it seemed to work as Camross were first off the mark in the second half when Mortimer landed two points.
There was then a massive rut in the game in which both teams were stuck as it took almost twelve minutes for the next score in the game, and it went the way of the men in blue and white when Challoner again increased his own personal tally and again stretched his sides lead.
Camross were beginning to at long last grow gradually into the game. Two points from David Mortimer and one from their captain Gary Cuddy saw only two points between the sides heading into the final quarter.
Challoner settled Mountmellick again, bringing the lead back to three, but again this was short lived, as Mortimer matched Challoner again, sending his own free over the bar. Camross continued to pile the pressure on Mountmellick, but were wasting priceless chances they were creating.
Redmond McEvoy, after making his first contribution to the game after being introduced stretched Mountmellick's lead to two again. With two minutes left in this enthralling game, David Mortimer notched on another point to leave a single score between the sides.
But Mountmellick refused to panic and they finished the game with a two point lead courtesy of, again, Aidan Challoner's last score. After two draining games Mountmellick were probably the deserved champions. A game which was dominated by the battle of the free-takers and a game which took its time to really ignite, didn't disappoint in the end.
SCORERS - Mountmellick: Aidan Challoner 0-10 (nine frees), Ian Fennelly 1-0, Redmond McEvoy 0-1; Camross: David Mortimer 0-8 (seven frees), Daniel Delaney, Damien Ryan, Gary Cuddy 0-1 each
MOUNTMELLICK: Killian Murphy; David Allen, Paddy O'Brien, Paddy Simms; John McEvoy, Darren Young, Eddie Melia; Tom Gormley, Barry Mangan; Laurence Kenny, Aidan Challoner, Keith Dunphy; Shane Conlon, Ray O'Connor, Ian Fennelly. Subs: Redmond McEvoy for P Simms, Bernard Rochford for R O'Connor
CAMROSS: Billy Lally; Craig Delnaney, Keith Delaney, Aidan Carroll; Tadhg Drennan, Andrew Lowry, Aidan Hynes; Sean Higgins, Damien Ryan; David Mortimer, Gary Cuddy, Garrett Cuddy; Daniel Delaney, Darragh Moore, Brendan Ryan. Subs: Ger Guilfoyle for D Moore


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The Expiration Date
Mom told me that when I was a baby, she would come in my room and find me in my crib on all fours apparently sleep-hopping, saying "I'm a bunny, I'm a bunny."
A few years later, she told me that she would find me sitting alone "in a daze," staring into space. And when someone asked me what I wanted when I grew up and I said, "Peace of mind." Odd for a kid, huh? Maybe dazed, but never confused.
I think I was six years old when the teacher asked our class to write a paragraph about a nickel. I wrote three pages which ended up on the bulletin board. I should have known that I might have had a penchant for the pen way back when – or maybe it was the Pixy Stix and PEZ straight-up sugar rush – but I was so inspired!
My nickel was happily inhabiting a cash register and when the clerk was making change, he (mine was a boy nickel) fell on the floor and rolled out the door to an adventurous life, finally realizing what he was missing. He met another nickel (who just happened to be female) and they had five baby pennies. The story ended with them all getting scooped back up again and put in a drawer.
Point being is that we know. We know who we are (and maybe even our higher purpose) quite early in the game. Then something happens. We are told to find a career and support ourselves. Instead of finding our bliss and inspiration, we find a job that pays us money that pays our bills that we incur from buying the "right" groceries and things that we are told will make us prettier, more desirable, happy and blissful. Hmmm. Was there a shortcut missed in there somewhere? Becoming adulterated is overrated.
I loved the stars when I was little. They inspired me and made me feel bigger. The immeasurable distance between them fascinated me. I could see and feel infinity above.
But I grew up and although my height increased so I was a few feet closer to those stars, somehow I began to feel smaller as life closed in around me.
As the years flew by, the care and feeding of this thing called me became more complicated. Foods (the fun ones like Pixie Stix) became taboo. I wasn't getting any closer to my stars, and the only things getting higher were my cholesterol and sugar levels. I found myself revisiting that dazed state of being except now I was confused.
Restrictions were vehemently shared by enthusiastic doctors. One diet called for no sugar (including fruit) and very low carbs (including grains.) Another prohibited fats and meat, but encouraged grains and fruit which I couldn't have according to list number one.
Another suggested high protein (meats included) but most meats made cholesterol go up and my spiritual practice diet suggested vegetarianism which was beginning to look like the most reasonable option due to the fact that about the only thing on my "ok" list of foods was looking like lettuce. ("I'm a bunny, I'm a bunny.") I must have known was what coming.
Maybe what I should do is find a place that sells Pixy Stix and go crazy writing about nickels. It worked for me before, like staring at the stars did, along with sitting in a peaceful altered state and freaking out my mom. We know what we need, or at least we used to.
We need to explore and rediscover what we have been missing before being scooped up and put in a drawer.
That's just my five cents, for what it is worth.


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Chelsea Burg, PA-C is a proud native of Colorado. She graduated from Colorado State University with a BS in Sports Medicine and a minor in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. She then went on to complete her Masters of Medical Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Midwestern University in Glendale Arizona. Chelsea has experience in dermatology as well as extensive orthopedic experience including total joints, trauma and sports medicine. She has had the privilege of being a part of the Denver Spine team since 2017. Chelsea sees patients in the Denver Spine Surgeons Greenwood Village where she specializes in the disorders of the adult spine and their treatments. Additionally, she acts as a first assistant to Dr Wong in the operating room. Chelsea enjoys running, hiking, spending time with her family and skiing.
Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ
Master of Science, Physician's Assistant Studies
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
Bachelor of Science: Sports Medicine
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Archdeacons' biographical notes
The Venerable Dr Rosemarie Mallett
Ven. Dr Rosemarie Mallett
Archdeacon of Croydon
Rosemarie trained for the ministry at South Eastern Institute for Theological Education (SEITE), (now known as St Augustine's College) and was ordained in 2004. She served her curacy at Christ Church, Brixton in the Diocese of Southwark and became Priest-in-Charge of St John, Angell Town in 2007, becoming Vicar in 2013; the same year in which she also became an Honorary Canon of Southwark Cathedral. Rosemarie has been a member of the General Synod of the Church of England since 2010. Prior to ordination, Rosemarie obtained a PhD in Sociology and worked as a senior researcher and honorary lecturer and in the field of BAME Mental Health.
Rosemarie was installed as Archdeacon of Croydon on Sunday 15 March 2020.
The Venerable Simon Gates
The Venerable Simon Gates
Archdeacon of Lambeth
Simon Gates was born in 1960 and studied at St John's College, Cranmer Hall, University of Durham. He was ordained Deacon in 1987 and Priest in 1988 and served his title at St John's Southall, in London Diocese. He then became Associate Minister of St Andrew's Kowloon in Hong Kong for 4 years before moving to the Diocese of Southwark. He was Vicar of St Thomas with St Stephen, Telford Park, for 17 years and Area Dean of Lambeth South Deanery. Before he was ordained he taught English at an Anglican school in Macau.
He is married to Helen, who is a self employed HR consultant and has three children. His two elder daughters attend St Martin in the Fields High School for Girls and his son Henry Cavendish School Balham. He enjoys hiking, gardening, and cooking for others.
Simon was installed as Archdeacon of Lambeth in Southwark Cathedral on Sunday 29 September 2013, and is chair of the Diocesan Mission & Pastoral Commitee.
The Venerable Alastair Cutting
The Venerable Alastair Cutting
Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich
Alastair was born in 1960, and grew up in South India where four generations of his family lived and worked for nearly a century. His parents were doctors at a rural hospital; and he subsequently spent a gap year working with the Salvation Army in South India, between school and a teaching & youth work degree at The University of Birmingham. After theological college at St John's Nottingham and ordination in 1987 and a couple of curacies in the Diocese of Sheffield, he served in London and Chichester Dioceses before moving to Southwark. He has served as Pro-Prolocutor of the Province of Canterbury of the General Synod; and is a member of the Church of England Evangelical Council.
Alastair's Masters dissertation was on Maori and Celtic Spirituality. He is a keen musician, an average busking keyboard player and has an interest in the arts and film. He is married to Kay, and they have two grown up daughters; the family has strong links with New Zealand.
Alastair was installed as Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich in Southwark Cathedral on Sunday 14 April 2013.
The Venerable Moira Astin
The Venerable Moira Astin
Archdeacon of Reigate
Moira Astin was born in 1965 and grew up in Staines, North Surrey. She went to Clare College Cambridge, where she studied Natural Sciences. After some years working in computing, she went to Wycliffe Hall Oxford to train for ordained ministry. Her curacy was at Newbury in West Berkshire, in Oxford Diocese, followed by 5 years as Team Vicar in nearby Thatcham. She then was Vicar of St James in Woodley near Reading, before moving to North Lincolnshire where she served as Vicar of Frodingham and New Brumby in the heart of Scunthorpe and Area Dean of North Lincolnshire.
Moira is married to Tim and they have one son, Del. Moira enjoys bird-watching, especially trips to the Farne Islands to see puffins and together with Tim is researching the history of the church in this country between 400 and 600 A.D.
Moira was installed as Archdeacon of Reigate in Southwark Cathedral on Sunday 30th October 2016.
The Venerable Dr Jane Steen
The Venerable Dr Jane Steen
Archdeacon of Southwark
Jane Steen was born in 1964 and studied at Newnham and Trinity Colleges, Cambridge and Westcott House. She served her title in the Diocese of St Albans before moving to the Diocese of Southwark as Chaplain to Bishop Tom Butler. Before being appointed as Archdeacon of Southwark she was Director of Ministerial Education and Canon Theologian for the Diocese of Southwark and Canon Chancellor of Southwark Cathedral. She is a member of the Joint Implementation Committee for the Anglican Methodist Covenant.
Her PhD dissertation was on Samuel Johnson's Anglicanism and she maintains a continuing academic interest in Samuel Johnson, lecturing and taking part in conferences. Married to Preston (Pip) she enjoys reading, walking, cooking and gardening on a small scale.
Jane was installed as Archdeacon of Southwark in Southwark Cathedral on Sunday 14 April 2013.
The Venerable John Kiddle
The Venerable John Kiddle
Archdeacon of Wandsworth
John Kiddle was born and brought up in Africa. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall and was ordained Deacon in 1982 and priest in 1983, serving his curacy and first incumbency in the Diocese of Liverpool.
He then moved to the Diocese of St Albans and held a number of roles there, ending his time in the Diocese as Director of Mission and Residentiary Canon of St Albans Abbey.
He remains interested in matters related to Africa, enjoys walking and is a keen supporter of Watford Football Club.
John was installed as Archdeacon of Wandsworth in Southwark Cathedral on Sunday 22 November 2015.


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Meena Kandasamy's When I Hit You has been widely appreciated by readers and critics alike. The book has been
- shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2018,
- longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2018 and UK's Women's Prize for Fiction 2018.
It was also included in the Guardian's, Daily Telegraph's, Observer's and Financial Times' Best Books of 2017.
The book is a smart, fierce and courageous take on traditional wedlock in modern India. We bring to you some of the reader reviews which might compel you to read this book as well.
Sherina Poyyail's review on Amazon says,
"Gripping till the very end. The author is stunning with her ability to carry the narrative without a dull moment. Presents the stark reality of many relationships. Highly recommend."
This Amazon review by Ashima Jain,
"Meena Kandasamy, in her novel – When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife – writes a hard-hitting account of a writer's marriage in an effort to lift the veil on the silence that surrounds domestic violence and marital rape in modern India. She addresses compelling questions in her lyrical style of writing that is poetic and draws you into it's prose. The incidents she describes play havoc with your mind, and they are not even a fraction of what the victim would have experienced…When I Hit You is seething with rage. It is painful and devastating. It is also powerful, courageous and inspiring. It is a lesson. Of the signs that should be identified. Of hope. Of strength. Of being the woman not the world wants you to be, but what you want to become. It is a lesson to not let your loyalty become slavery. Any relationship, when becomes overbearing, needs to be terminated. One always needs to remember that one can always get out."
I ended up reading this book over the weekend and I couldn't put it down.A lyrical,compelling read #WhenIHitYou #MustRead @juggernautbooks pic.twitter.com/vWUPtwBBbP
— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) August 25, 2017
This is what a blogger had to say,
"This book made made me think of all the women who have suffered in marriage, most of them silently, many of them withstanding emotional violence, some of them physical and sexual violence. Women like my mom, like Nora from 'The Doll's House' and countless others that I knew or read about. This book might open some old wounds if one has seen or experienced something similar. It is not for the faint-hearted."
Read more here.
Preethi's review on Goodreads says,
"If you are a woman, read this book and tell yourself how bad some people in this world could be. If you are a man, read it to know the atrocities women have to put up with. If you are a parent, read this to know that you have to support your girl and teach your boy to be a sensitive human being. And if you are a citizen of the world, read it to know how harsh the world is and how quick it is to judge, in many cases."
Read more here.
Meghna Pant's review in The Asian Age,
"Kandasamy's prose reads like a poem. Her feminism reads like a manifesto discovering itself. Her tryst with truth reads like a scar slashing across experience. Her pithy prose does not numb but highlights the horror. The narrator and perpetrator are left unnamed and largely undescribed. They could be any man and any woman. This obtuseness throws the violence into sharp relief, manifesting itself into the central character. This feeling of unfeeling is something Kandasamy excels at."
Read more here.
Books warm ur ❤, sm hv a grt story.Bt some make u sit up & rethink abt ur stringent beliefs. #WHENIHITYOU by @meenakandasamy was 1 of them pic.twitter.com/naPEMy7Xjw
— Deepali Adhikary (@deepaliadhikary) July 7, 2017
Here is a review from The Guardian Bookshop,
"Coming with giant grass-roots support and extraordinary critical acclaim, When I Hit You has moved readers to laughter, to anger, to tears… and to action.Caught in the hook of love, a young woman marries a dashing university professor. She moves to a rain-washed coastal town to be with him, but behind closed doors she discovers that her perfect husband is a perfect monster. As he sets about battering her into obedience and as her family pressures her to stay in the marriage, she swears to fight back – a resistance that will either kill her or set her free."
A glimpse of the review on The Wire,
"The triumph of Kandasamy's book is that it straps you into your seat and makes you ride the rollercoaster for yourself so that you are jolted out of any pity or derision you may feel, and shaken into a sense of genuine empathy. Every stupid, horrific question of 'why didn't you' and 'why did you' is efficiently invoked, comprehensively slain and feminism modelled as a way to stay breathing in the face of patriarchal dehumanisation. Unlike the Tumblr posts and comic gifs you may have ignored at your peril, this book shows far more than it tells. After reading it, you really have no excuse for not getting it."
Read more here.
Proshant Chakraborty wrote a review on Medium,
"When I Hit You is a book that resonated so much with me, as a feminist and an anthropologist who's been involved with front-line workers and domestic violence prevention over the last three years; it resonated so much because it tells a truth about the experience of millions of women across the world who face abuse and violence of all sorts, whose voices are battling the silence forced upon them (and the abuse faced by others who are marginalised in other respects and are forced to stay silent)."
Read more here.
If you still haven't read When I Hit You, you can read it here.


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Hi everybody.
I'm developing a custom extension to extract data from third-party files, and represent it in spreadsheet documents.
The extension is developed entirely on Java, (Netbeans IDE 8.x, with AOO plug-in).
Sometimes, due to the data structure requiered, more than 1024 columns are needed.
So, I have tryed buiding calc again, modifying the defintions for the maximum number of rows and columns, in sc/inc/address.hxx (now, the sheets has 131072 rows and 8092 columns, both multiples of 16, so the total number of cells remains unchanged, to minimize the impact on performance).
Aparently, the calc application works ok, but the java bridge throws IndexOutOfBounds exception every time the getCellRangeByPosition is called from within the extension.
Does anybody knows what else is needed to make the extension could manage more than 1024 columns too?


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After studying bio-engineering at Ghent University, Frédéric Leroy obtained a PhD in Applied Biological Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2002, where he continued his academic career at the research group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology (Faculty of Sciences and Bio-engineering Sciences). As associate professor, his lecturing activities include courses in food science and technology (i.e., 'Nutrition', 'Technology of animal products', 'Food microbiology and ecology', and 'Quantitative and predictive microbiology'). Leroy's research primarily deals with the ecology and functional roles of bacterial communities in (fermented) foods, in particular with respect to the generation of quality, safety, and/or nutritional and health advantages. Focus is mostly on meat products, but other food systems are also being studied, including fermented milks and sourdough breads. In addition, his research interests relate to elements of tradition and innovation in foods, both from a technological and societal point of view. Currently, Leroy is a member of the board of directors of the Belgian Association for Meat Science and Technology (BAMST), an effective member of the Belgian Society for Food Microbiology (BSFM), as well as a member of the scientific board of Institute Danone and the Advisory Commission for the "Protection of Geographical Denominations and Guaranteed Traditional Specialities for Agricultural Products and Foods" of the Ministry of the Brussels Capital Region.
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My friends know how in love I am with Korean skincare (okay fine, Korean-everything!). So, imagine my excitement when I got a call from Dr. Skin to visit their clinic!
Dr. Skin is the newest Korean dermatology clinic here in Davao City. Conveniently located along F. Torres st., I'm pretty sure you won't miss it because of its aesthetically pleasing store front!
Once you go inside, you would immediately feel like you stepped into a K-drama location with its very high-class looking interior and vibes, but no need to worry because the staff and Dr. Choi herself, are very friendly and accommodating people.
Since it's a dermatology clinic, the first step is consultation. Dr. Choi believes that it is very important to know specifically what your skin problems are and that is why she uses a very high technology skin analyzer, so she could easily spot which areas to treat to increase efficiency and effectivity. Once the results are out, she immediately prescribes what customized procedures are to be done. Every face has a different procedure.
For my first session, I did two treatments (my first time to experience both!) which I will talk more about in detail on my next blog post!
Experience it for yourself, visit their clinic at Unit 8, Wisdom Academy Building, F. Torres St. Davao City. You can also call for an appointment at 0995-906-3888 or check out their Facebook page!
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I recently went on a trip to South Korea and obviously, make-up shopping is something I couldn't miss. I mean, how could I forget it when everywhere I go they sell make-up and skin care products. Cosmetics go way back in Korea; history now tells us that it all started during the Three Kingdoms (57 B.C. – 668) and peaked during the Goryeo Period (918-1392) when people were already interested in self-grooming and beautification. During the Joseon Period (1392-1897), some of the make-up practices were restricted since a clean face was considered beautiful due to Confucianism's emphasis on being thrift and modest, and that inner beauty is more important than the outer beauty. Ever since the beginning, up until today, one practice has been well passed on, and that is the use of more natural ingredients to keep the skin looking good, not only on the outside but also on the inside. Another fun fact that I learned was that, eyebrows were already a big thing since the Goryeo Period, they considered it as their most important feature and used eyebrow ink made from plant ash to emphasize them.
So here the things I got while I was there, most of these I got from Myeongdong since I allotted one day just for shopping in Myeongdong alone. As you can see, I more of a lipstick person since I don't really know how to put make-up on my eyes…yet *wink*.
Chateau Labiotte Wine Lip Tints
If you love wine and lipsticks, well, this is must-have for you. According to its description, "A long finishing lip tint containing extracts from France premium wine for a stronger moisturizing and covering effect.". For quite some time before I arrived in Korea, it was widely raved about not only in Korea (*it was featured in EXO's song "Lotto") but also in the U.S and here in the Philippines. That's why I made it a point to get a bunch of these in different shades. Let me tell you, the consistency might look watery, but they are super pigmented and their lasting power is amazing, after I washed my arm and scrubbed it, it's still there!
Top to Bottom: CR01 Rose Coral, RD03 Merlot Burgundy, RD01 Shiraz Red, RD02 Nebbiolo, OR01 Chardonnay Orange, PK01 Blush Pink
Forencos Glam Allure Lip Crayon
As I was getting lost in the streets of Myeongdong, I found this store with a huge face of Song Joong Ki. Of course, the fan girl inside of me couldn't resist, so I went in and at first I thought that they purely sold men's skincare but the lady dragged me to the lipstick areas and told me I needed one (I might have looked too haggard that night), so I tried one on and it led me to buying an entire set. I liked it because it glided smoothly on my lips, it was a bit creamy but the right kind of creamy. The lasting power is almost the same as the Wine Lip Tints and throughout the day, I notice that it doesn't make your lips dry.
Top to Bottom: 01 Glam Scarlet, 02 Glam Berry, 03 Glam Coral, 04 Glam Orange, 05 Glam Pink
Laneige Two Tone Lip Bar
This product rose to fame after Song Hye Kyo was seen using it in the drama Descendants of the Sun and then it got a following when Lee Sung Kyung used it in Doctors. Achieving the gradient lip is easier when using this, since it instantly gives you two shades at one swipe!
I forgot to take the photo *oops* but it' the 2 white ones in the background. For a closer look, here's a photo:
Left to Right: No. 14 Dear Pink, No. 3 Pink Salmon
3ce Style Nanda Eye Shadow in Valenti – love the color but the glitters are too big 🙁
Skin Food Peach Sake Pore Pact – I use this to set my BB cream or foundation, it smells really nice and it's not cakey. Love!
As I forgot to individual photos of the other products *sorry again* I'll just link them here 🙂
3CE Style Nanda Cream Blusher in Coral Coral – Very very very pigmented!
Etude House Lash Perm Curl Fix Mascara – Makes my lashes longer and it's waterproof. Lasting power is insane! I had a hard time removing it the next day.
Etude House Drawing Eye Brow in #3 – My everyday eyebrow product, very affordable and easy to use since it is retractable
Etude House Color My Brows in #4 Natural Brown – Whenever I find my eyebrow pencil is too dark for me, I use this to lighten my brows and also, to set them in place 🙂
Skin Food Wedge Puff – Love love this! It doesn't eat up the product!
The Face Shop Touch My Lip Liner in Wonder Coral – works as good as a Kylie Lipliner, bad side is that it melts easily 🙁
Travel Tips to Myeongdong:
- Don't get too excited, you might lose it! Honestly, Myeongdong is like make-up and skincare heaven, everywhere you look, the flashing lights and cute colors will attract you. Know what you want to avoid overspending!
- Speaking of overspending, it's easy to overspend in Korea, since the currency is big, once you get your Won, you'll feel like a millionaire instantly. When you're in Myeongdong, learn to control your money and listen carefully to what the saleslady will say, because she will be offering you a lot of products even when you're just looking for one kind.
- Salesladies will grab you inside their store! I swear, this happened to me while I was standing outside Holika Holika. I was just waiting for my cousin and suddenly a girl grabs me out of nowhere, literally, GRABS ME FORCEFULLY, gives me freestuff and leaves me inside the store. Good thing is that, they didn't force me to buy anything, I think the lady has quota or something like that, she just needed me to go inside since it was already near closing time.
So, that's it! Those were my make-up purchases from Korea. I hope you liked reading through my short reviews. Personally, I prefer buying skin care than make-up because I always have a hard time choosing the shades but then again, as they say, it takes practice and self-control (not to go loco over the hundreds of shades! Haha!). I'll be posting my Korean Skin Care Haul next and my travel posts from Korea. Stay tuned!


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Tweet and retweet your blog using TweetMeme
Twitter is buzzword and the most favourite tool for the bloggers to promote their blogs and the blog visitors as well to get update with whats new in the blog. But how do you use twitter to promote your blog? Use TweetMeme button on your blog and avoid auto tweet plugins to tweet your blog posts.
Why should you tweet your blog?
This is a very interesting question often expected from new bloggers. As we all know that twitter has become such a favourite service among all other online social interactive media that mobile companies has now made this twitter service integrated with almost all internet compatible phones. Since people always love to send messages to their near and dear ones telling them about their choices, what they are doing etc. so this service gets popular as this application does not charges money for every message, the only thing you are paying for is internet service and that is too for unlimited twitter messages.
Thus people are getting more and more attach with twitter even when they are not in front of their PC. They use to share with their fellow friends what they are browsing online through twitter. So, if your are not tweeting your Livesexchat.net blog then its obvious that you are not getting in front of large section of people who are not using internet on PC to browse your blog and in fact you are also loosing another section of online PC user who may not get into your blog till some of their mobile twitter user has informed them about your website. That is why it is not only my opinion but a general opinion that you should tweet each of your blog post.
How should you tweet your blog?
There are lots of wp-plugins available for tweeting your blog post. But I think that using auto tweet plugins for word press does nothing good to your blog. Auto tweet plugins posts new messages on your twitter account starting with "New Blog Post". This lefts a bad impression to your twitter followers that you are not physically involved with what is going on there and hence they will leave your new tweets as it is without any interaction with the blog post. In this state, your twitter account appears useless. So, tweet your each post manually with proper intelligence. I will discuss about that in my coming blog post.
Retweet blog posts using TweetMeme WP-plugin.
Tweeting important posts of your blog is only half the battle won, it is better to permit others helping you to win this battle. The followers of your tweeter account comes to your blogpost using your tweet but it is very hard to expect them to retweet it manually everytime they find a new useful information on your blog. So, a retweet button on each of your blogpost will provoke them to retweet the post if they find it useful for themselves and others as well. TweetMeme button WP- plugin helps a lot in this context. It also displays the number of tweets gathered by a blogpost.
Installing TweetMeme plugin will not only adds a retweet button to every blogpost but also provide you the privilege to customize the position and some other features regarding it. The best part of TweetMeme wp-plugin is that it is integrated with Analytics which helps you to check the stat of the recent 5 posts. So, each time you are posting a new article for your blog, give a little more time to tweet it manually on twitter and help others by putting retweet button on your post by installing TweetMeme plugins once.
Google friend connect helps branding your blog
Google friend connect adds a new dimension to this era of getting social and branding with a single click on the web. With more and more penetration of Google in every possible field of social interactivity platform and products that we like to use in our daily life, we are getting more powerful tool to get connected with our fans and friends. Google friend connect is among "one such must be used tools".
Google Friend Connect, a social tool from Google.
Now, if you are a blogger, then it is obvious that you would like to get your blog promoted round the sphere through www. As I have just discussed that Google is trying to penetrate itself up to the extreme where human online needs meets satisfaction, so it has a large range of social web products including Google friend connect, that a large section of Jasmine Live users are using throughout the web. Since Google has the best idea of bringing every online user to get socialize, so they use to provide many voluntary details about someone who joins your Google friend connect widget present on your blog.
How Google Friend Connect, helps you & your blog.
This is nothing but a nice effort to bring like-minded people together on the web, displaying their choices of what they like to read and interest in each other's blog as well. Simplicity of with several facilities has made Google friend connect widget very popular. Since Google integrates many of all the information of a Google product user, so often someone who connects to your blog is promoting your blog through their own profile by showing their own interest in your blog by joining it. Hence when other people visit their profile can have easy access to your blog without your own promotion.
Whenever someone likes your blog or website, they can get a quick option on your Google Friend Connect widget present on the site and can join your friend circle, just with a click on Join Now button.
You can now a new friend in your friend widget whom you can send welcome message or any personal greetings or messages to establish your relationship in long run.
You can click of icon of your friend and can see their own choices of blogs and websites they have joined. Thus you can get to know about the choice of your jasmin live friend and often have possibilities to get like-minded people here.
Through their profile you can come to other new blogs and websites that match your niche, thus you can have a clear idea about what the world is thinking about the same niche that you too are interested about.
Similarly would be the case when some of your friend joins the Google friend connect widget or other blogs or websites, then followers of that blog or website possibly click on your friends profile and get joined to your blog through your friend. Thus your blog find its new way to promote itself through out the web.
So, Google friend connect not only helps you tracking your own blog popularity but also helps you to meet the like-minded people and branding your own blog through your friend's profile.
Does Alexa rank really worth for SEO experts.
Alexa Ranking is the most buzzword among new webmasters, domain owners and cheap SEO masters and for those who really mean to fool their customers / clients / novice students who are interested in learning SEO. I am sorry if this article would hurt your believe or sentiment or SEO masters personal ego, but what is truth will always truth.
Alexa Rank is often used to fool others.
First of all I would like to vote those webmasters and SEO experts who constantly advocate the fact that Alexa ranking has nothing to do with SEO. (Learn more about what are Alexa rank gnd Google page rank). All SEO expets know that Alexa never considers the actual unique data for ranking any website. Anyone can manipulate alexa ranking with little effort. I personally believe that if something can be manipulated easily, it can't be a parameter set for success.
Alexa rank has nothing to do with SEO.
Alexa rank is only a measure of popularity of your site. But it is completely im-perfect in counting global online visitors. It is only biased to calculate the livejasmin visitors from the browsers that have any of alexa product/ tools installed. Thus what you are getting a completely wrong perception about any website. SEO is completely different thing and has nothing to do with Alexa ranking.Because SEO is about inducing quality, relevancy and getting at the top of all search result in any search engine resulting pages and getting the most awaited Google Page rank reward from Google itself.
So, when you are doing SEO, it is only Google page rank and your position in search engine resulting pages for certain keywords that measures your success of SEO and not Alexa rank. The most attractive thing that I like about Google page rank is that it is being measured by the number of quality links from other websites that point to your websites voting for your website as being trust-worthy and relevant. Whereas Alexa ranking can be self manipulated in several ways that I am going to discuss in the last section of this article. So, its obvious that anything that can be self-manipulated by anyone can never be trust worthy parameter for SEO
Why everyone is running after Alexa ranking? The Alexa ranking myth.
Not everyone is running after Alexa ranking. I am not saying that Alexa is completely wrong. But it is mere a measure of your site's popularity only among Alexa users. This is even not sure whether that Alexa ranking is being achieved by self manipulation of real measure of popularity among Alexa users. It is quite obvious that a website with millions of visitor's who are not using Alexa product will rank less in compare to a site with only few hundreds of visitors, most of whom are using Alexa product. So, whats you think about this type of result.
A genuine SEO expert never runs after alexa ranking. Some webmasters and advertisers use to fool their clients by showing their high alexa ranking, mostly manipulated and use to claim their site to be very popular and ranking well to get sponsors for the website. The sponsors fall easy trap in such ranking results as 90% of people hardly knows how easy it is to manipulate this ranking to make easy money. Disclaimer: I never advocate the below mention manipulation ways of increasing Alexa ranking, so I have not illustrated any point in this post but it worth memtioning here to show you the ways that alexa ranking is easily manipulated. But those who are really interested in it, they don't have to get frustrated as i am going to illustrate it in some other post.
Easy ways to increase your alexa ranking.
1. Install the alexa toolbar and frequently visit your site yourself.
2. Install alexa rank widget to get counted for every visit including who doesnot have alexa tool install in your browser.
3. Encourage others to install alexa toolbar and visit your website.
4. Install alexa toolbar in different IP of your office and access your site from all the IPs.
5. Asians are fond of Alexa, so posting your URL in Asian forums will help increasing your website alexa raanking.
6. Post your links in webmaster forum as most of them have alexa toolbars installed in your browser.
7. Pay cybercafe owners to install alexa tool and promoting your site visit.
There are lots of other ways most of which only gaurantees the increase of alexa ranking but has nothing to do with SEO nor indicates about the quality of your website. So, trying for increasing Alexa ranking is not a sin but if you are talking about SEO then don't proof yourself as idiot SEO expert by talking to others about alexa rank in comparison to Google page rank.
Avoid Keyword research tools | Keyword Selection tips
Keyword research or selection is the only secret skill that can help you win the online existence. But, this is very unfortunate that this secret is not hidden and everyone is running after the same. Consequently when everyone is running after keywords, the competition for the keyword gets stiffer. But you can win this battle with little more intelligence. Below I have mentioned the strategy that I follow for keyword selection.
I always avoid any keyword research software for keyword selection but I always use them whenever I have to do research for keyword. Now you may be getting puzzeled. Don't worry, everything is being clearly mentioned here.
Disclaimer: I never claim to be the best keyword selector and all my keywords get 100% hits, but I often find my keyword works for 1st page of search result.
Why I avoid any keyword research tool?
The main reason of avoiding keyword research tool for selecting keywords is nothing but its popularity. To me, it appears that sometimes your strength is so much visible that it becomes your most appearing weakness. Whenever anybody starts searching the for how to do keyword research, then any search engine you consider gets flooded with various software tools available for keyword research. Though each and every software tool performs different way but I never rely on just click and pick method from their result, because it is obvious that what I am using is being used by lakhs or crores of blogger. So, what is special you are trying? its just something better than nothing.
Solution: Defenitely don't avoid these keyword selection tools but try your own brain or take advice of SEO experts to select the best keyword for you.
So, How do I select key?
Its nothing special way, but a simple tricky way. I generally use to follow the below mentioned steps.
1. Never use any specific keyword tool except Google Adword Tool. But never just open Google tool and pick from it.
Analyse each and every synonyms available from keyword selection tool.
Take considerable to put each and every available keyword suggestion in Google Adword Tool.
Since I cares about AdSense, I use to analyse Advertiser Competition and Search Volume.
I try to select the medium advertiser competition competition with medium to high search volume depending upon the topic to write upon. But this is not the end.
Now selects few of them that I think will work out for me, now put each of them in the most wanted Google Search Engine.
Now I use to check out the medium competitive keywords in search results among them and start working on them.
May be you find this is the most non-sense way of selection but one thing I would like to say you that no software can take place of human brain and human instinct. You should agree that better ideas may emerge in seconds but it takes time to reach towards the best cumulative ideas to choose from. But do stick to the ideas that work for you.
Common SEO mistakes are Image optimization mistakes
SEO common mistakes are what lots of bloggers are found to make when it comes to adding image to their blogs.Some people avoid adding images to their blogs posts where it is really needed. But readers love to check the accompanying image graphics on the blog posts and they are much inclined to read and share. The image adds potential to the posts for attracting visitors and linking by them.
The common mistake made by Big Blog Academy blog?
This is the most common mistake, I too have made in most of the posts till now while writing posts for Big Blog Academy. My visitors may be searching through myposts for images that help them getting interest in my posts. But since last few posts I start experimenting with adding images to the posts and really gets surprised at the visitors performance on those pages. So, it works. Atleast adding image on blog post does not hurt. So, add image to each blog posts.
Images optimization for your blog
WordPress has already most of the features integrated within to help you uploading media on the fly and do image optimization. The heavy and big size images should not be uploaded directly to blogposts as it makes your blog heavy and takes time more than expected to load which is bad for your blog. There are lots of Wp-plugins available for cropping and re-sizing images to fit nicely within the content either above or alongside. A little knowledge about photoshop helps you even more.
SEO optimization for images
The SEO experts are very much concerned about every kind of optimization related to images. Adding images to your blog is only half the battle conquered. You should add alt tag to each image so that search engines can realize the image because search engines are image blind. The text within the images are not readable by search engines so the alt text for images helps the search engines to read the images and helps the post images to appear in the image search results thus the blog gets more exposure in front of potential image visitors to visit the blog.
SEO learning step by step
Search Engine Optimization or SEO we all know is almost a never-ending job and often many people are found to get overwhelmed by SEO. But it is never so hectic experience for those who have understand the basics of SEO step by step. Instead, when SEO being learned step by step increases curiosity and developes interest among the SEO learners to reach the next extreme and watch out the results.
How to avoid overwhelming from SEO?
To be perfectionist is ok, but to overlook situation demand is nothing but foolishness. Few of my SEO students are seems to be so perfectionist in nature that they demand each and every thing to be ok for SEO before publishing any changes made by them on their blogs. Apparently it seems to be a good habit, but I must admit, this is one of the worst reason that invites fatigue within your soul and gradually will kill your SEO spirit.
The reason being quite simple - human soul expects results from their achievement, but when you are struggling hard for long without result, your soul starts loosing hopes. Similarly, SEO is a long process of making changes and getting perfect after subsequent trail and error process. So the best way to keep your enthusiasm up is to keep on changing small factors concerning SEO and publish it to get results.
Don't wait for publishing SEO changes.
As I have mentioned earlier that many new SEO learners have the tendency to publish changes once they have finished completely. This has two disadvantage.
1. You have to wait long for complete SEO before publishing and getting the results, thus you starts loosing your faith.
2. You are loosing the attraction of Google spiders. As we know that Google loves changes, hence if you starts publishing in small chunks then Google spiders starts getting new changes in your blog and thus you are providing reasons to the spiders for visiting to your blog more often, thus helps increasing your blog visibility to Google which is considered as the most important factor of SEO.
When to publish SEO changes?
If you are doing SEO, you should know that Google loves changes or something new on the web. So, every time you have made any little changes in your blog regarding SEO, do publish it and don't wait till another new idea of SEO comes in your mind.
1. If you have made any changes in Blog title, publish it before waiting long for another changes to get completed.
2. While working upon keyword density, you have done up to certain level have to wait for some new idea about something else about SEO, just publish it before starts waiting.
3. Publish your blog if you have done any SEO changes in meta description, meta keyword tag or whole meta section and waiting for something else.
Though it is not wise to re-publish your every minute, but it does not have any bad impact known to me if you are doing so. It has a positive impact on your blog if you have .xml site-map present in your blog. This site-map notices the frequency of changes and inform it to Google spiders to crawl your page more frequently, which is positive for SEO.
On page and Off page SEO factors
SEO is the prime concern of every bloggers and webmasters who know that creating content is not the final thing but there is much more, that should be kept in mind from the very beginning of all to get the content rank in the search engine resulting pages. But most of the new bloggers or website owners does not even have clear conception about types of SEO. Here on this post you will get a little idea about the types of SEO and the factors affecting SEO.
SEO has been divided into two broad categories - On page SEO and Off page SEO.
On page SEO
This includes the over all of your website or blog which sets the foundation of the optimization process, so that the search engines can find it more useful for the readers who are searching for some keyword present on your article.
- When talking about on page factors for search engine optimization, it is better to understand that it starts right from the selection of domain name URL, permalink name and structural url naming.
- Error free html coding in the site will add to SEO.
- Creating quality content rich with information for every targeted keyword will help developing authenticity of your site in the eyes of search engine.
- Site map creation .xml type helps the search engines crawl better on your site in customized way.
- Internal linking between posts do even better. Try linking between newer and older post on your blog/ website whenever possible.
- The selection of title also worth mentioning. Google and other search engines do rely on title for setting relevancy of the content with the search terms.
On page factors that should be avoided
- Keyword stuffing - Inserting lots of keywords on a single page will ont only dilute your necessary keyword density for search engine ranking but the repetition of keyword will risk you to get caught for keyword spamming.
- Duplicate content - Search engines and the readers as well love only orignal content to read.
- Cloacking - never try to show something else to your readers than what search engines can see.
- Hidden text - Hiding text by using same font and background color will not help you as search engines will caught you and may ban your site for black hat SEO.
Off page factors
The off page factors are the toughest part to achieve in compare to on page SEO as it focuses on developing site's relationship with other sites. These includes the following:
Using anchor text - Anchor text in the links to relevant sites or pages with similar content on your site helps the search engines to know more clearly about your site.
Establishing links with quality sites helps acquiring more authenticity from search engines.
Developing link popularity can be achieved from social bookmarking, social networks etc.
So, on page and off page SEO are two different aspects of search engine optimization targeting towards the same goal of attaining higher search engine ranking thus bringing more and more traffic to your site, giving better ROI from your blog or website.


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The report was published Feb. 22 on the Web site of Environmental Science & Technology, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
Perchlorate occurs naturally and is also a primary ingredient in solid rocket fuel. The chemical, which has been showing up in many segments of the environment, can interfere with iodide uptake in the thyroid gland, disrupting adult metabolism and childhood development.
The researchers, led by Professor Purnendu Dasgupta, Ph.D., of the university's department of chemistry and biochemistry, analyzed 47 dairy milk samples purchased randomly from grocery stores in 11 states, and 36 breast milk samples from women recruited at random in 18 states. Every sample of breast milk contained perchlorate, and only one sample of dairy milk contained no detectable levels.
The average perchlorate concentration in breast milk was 10.5 micrograms per liter; the dairy milk average was 2.0 micrograms per liter. No definitive national standard exists, although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had suggested a limit of 1.0 micrograms per liter in drinking water.
The researchers also found that high levels of perchlorate correlated with low levels of iodide in breast milk, which can inhibit thyroid function in nursing women--an essential component for proper neural development of the fetus. Although the data are limited, the levels of iodide in this study are sufficiently low to be of concern, according to the researchers. They suggest that the recommended daily intake of iodine for pregnant and nursing women may need to be revised upwards.
The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the U.S. Congress, with a multidisciplinary membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.
-- Jason Gorss
The online version of the research paper cited above was published Feb. 22 on the journal's Web site. Journalists can arrange access to this site by sending an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or calling the contact person for this release.


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Writer, food critic and StyleBlueprint friend Kay West is back today, discussing more about our fair city's fabulous food scene!
Something that may have gone unnoticed in the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau euphoria (and everyone else's head scratching) over Conde Nast Traveler's pick of Nashville as one of the 5 Best Cities in the World to Visit in 2013 was another glowing come-hither to our town published in the Charleston City Paper, the Holy City's terrific alt-weekly. Here writer Robert Moss asks if Nashville 2013 is poised to take the restaurant relay baton from Charleston 2012 and zoom to the top of the country's food chain.
This is not just another glib "40 is the new 30, blue is the new black, grits are the new polenta" trend piece. Moss offers a thoughtful overview of the scene in both cities, though his insight into Charleston, where he lives, is more informed than that of Nashville. It's an engaging and entertaining read and pays respect to Nashville's rich food heritage. Yet I don't necessarily agree with his statement that "2013 will witness the rise of Nashville, Tenn., as the South's premier culinary city." (Please, Butch Spyridon, hold your fire until I finish…)
Let me confess to two major holes in my personal culinary profile. 1) I've never been to Charleston. Tragic but true, and inexcusable given the easy access by car or plane. I'll blame the overwhelming logistical responsibilities of single mothering. 2) I haven't eaten at the Catbird Seat. Not tragic, but sad. I'll blame the overwhelming fiscal responsibilities of single mothering.
Nonetheless, I have some creds to draw from when it comes to reflecting, analyzing and pontificating on edible matters. I spent my formative exploratory adult dining years in New York City, arguably the greatest restaurant town in the world. When I moved to Nashville in 1981, I cried when someone took me to The Spaghetti Factory after I told them I was craving Italian. Likewise my first piece of pizza from Mr. Gatti's left me in the depths of despair. Until Shalimar opened in 1990, I drove to Atlanta for Indian food and contemporary fashion. I was among those crammed into tiny little Koto for the city's first sushi when it opened in a grungy cinder block building at the foot of the Shelby Street Bridge. My visits back to New York were veritable gorge-a-thons; I was starved for something beyond the fern bar concepts like Ruby Tuesday and Friday's, so popular and common here then (and, like bad pennies, back again). When I discovered hot chicken, first at Colombo's and then at Prince's, I was ecstatic.
I began reviewing restaurants for the Scene in 1992 and continued on a weekly basis through the end of 2006. I feel like the Nashville restaurant industry and I grew up together, and there were some definite growing pains the first few years. But I was fortunate to have a front row (or back against the wall) seat to watch the evolution and maturation of our town's changing and maturing eating habits, fueled by independent locally and/or chef-owned restaurants; the explosion of the ethnic population in Nashville and the flavors, product and influences they brought us; and the growth of the local food movement, small farms, CSAs and satellite farmer's markets. I often regret retiring from weekly reviews just as things were really heating up, but was content to find a more manageable monthly home in Nashville Lifestyles.
Though I was – and remain – perplexed by Nashville's fondness for big chain restaurants (why Cheesecake Factory over Table 3? Why California Pizza Kitchen over Porta Via? Why Five Guys over Burger Up or Gabby's? Why Maggiano's ever?) over the last two decades, now there is far more to be proud and excited about than disappointed over.
The development of urban neighborhoods like East Nashville, Sylvan Park, Hillsboro Village, Germantown, 12South and The Gulch owes much to brave and under-financed restaurateurs and chefs willing to make investments of their own money, time and talents in uncharted territories; lately SoBro, Midtown and Melrose have followed their lead. Pop-up restaurants are all the buzz, and so much fun to catch solo-flying visionaries as they try out their ideas on curious and enthused eaters.
Nashville chefs including Tandy Wilson, Tyler Brown and those cats from the Catbird Seat (did I mention I haven't been?) have garnished their resumes with some nice national press, and chef Kevin Ramquist keeps pioneering with independent F. Scott's fresh and inventive menu in their 26th year. Locally-made buttermilk, beer, bourbon, chocolate, marshmallows, pasta, pastries, bread, butter, wine and cheese can fully stock a locally-sourced pantry, fridge and bar.
The Godmother of Nashville Kitchens, Deb Paquette, made a welcome encore on the street level of SoBro's Encore building in the sleek new Etch, where her Moroccan-flavored dishes offer exotic alternatives to the earthy farm-to-table theme filling so many plates of late. Slipping in under the radar at the end of the year was Rolf and Daughters, the first restaurant in reclaimed Werthan Mills and the best reason to key 700 Taylor Street into your iPhone. Opened by Chef Philip Krajeck, who left WaterColor on the Gulf Coast for Germantown, R&D offers "modern peasant food" with Northern Italian and Mediterranean influences in a cozy brick and wood room.
Last January, ebullient chef Chef Bob Waggoner—who left Wild Boar in 1997 for the Charleston Grill—renewed his passport to Music City when he was challenged to steer the listing Watermark ship back on course. By all accounts he made quick work of the task and it's smooth sailing again at The Gulch's top tier restaurant. (On January 20th, Chef Bob, the Charleston Grill's Michelle Weaver, Frank Lee of Slightly North of Broad, and Watermark's own superb Sam Tucker cook a four-course meal for Louie's Kids that you should resolve to attend. Click here for details)
And speaking of ChuckTown luminaries, just as the first of the spring harvest is being pulled from the ground, Chef Sean Brock will be pulling back into town. What's that, you say? Sean Brock? THE Sean Brock? The James Beard 'Best Chef Southeast' and creator of Charleston's Husk, Bon Appetit's 'Best New Restaurant in America 2011' Sean Brock?
If the name rings a bell closer to home, it's because he was once ours. Nashville's relationship with Brock can be timelined back to Valentine's Day 2003, when the century old Hermitage Hotel revealed its $20 million renovation in a gala celebration that also introduced the 24-year-old culinary wunderkind to whom they had entrusted the hotel's entire food operations and re-invention of the iconic, if slightly tired Hermitage Grille.
It was a bit of a rocky start. The local daily inexplicably sent their food critic to review the new restaurant that night—not only opening night, but Valentine's night, every kitchen's operations nightmare. Not surprisingly, her experience was uneven. Unfortunately, her negative critique was based on that visit, a write-up that was devastating for young Brock in his first post as executive chef in a very high profile position.
Brock famously overcame that bump, and in three years his mix of traditional southern comfort fare and avant-garde molecular gastronomy inspired a fervid local following and national attention as one of the most exciting (and obsessed) young chefs in the South.
It was only a matter of time before he left us, but the news in the early spring of 2006 that he was packing his knives and heading east was still painful. Not long after he bid farewell to his kitchen staff–handing over the reins to his sous, Tyler Brown, who has not only held the high bar but raised it–and unloaded his tubs of immersion circulators and chemicals in the kitchen of Charleston's McCrady's, that I got a call from the Charleston City Paper asking if I would write a piece on what they might look forward to from Chef Brock.
Despite the fact that it seemed like being asked by the boyfriend who just dumped you to write him a letter of recommendation to his new girlfriend's family, I agreed. After all, I had spent three years eating his glorious food; I might as well send him off with a fond fare-thee-well. You can read it here: www.charlestoncitypaper.com.
After he left me, I mean us, I continued to follow the arc of his career–the stellar reviews for McCrady's, the feverishly anticipated opening of Husk in December 2010 and its role in affixing Charleston as the epicenter of the Southern Food Movement, his own ascent to international celebri-chef, the countless awards. So of course, I was thrilled by the news last fall that his restaurant group will be taking over the Victorian mansion at 37 Rutledge St. (briefly the address of Andrew Chadwick's) to open some iteration of Brockism. (Maybe he and Waggoner, who also splits his time between here and there, as Brock will, can timeshare a pied-à-terre.)
Is Nashville poised to be "the next Charleston"? Though it's a flattering theory, I hope not, just as I never wanted us to be "the next Atlanta" or "the next Charlotte," two below-the-Mason-Dixon metropolises often mentioned in years past as emerging southern cities to model ourselves on.
I'm as proud as any native to be distinctly and uniquely Nashville, a city where past and present contribute to now and next. In the 32 years I've lived here, I've been witness to the new Nashville emerging every day, every week, every month, every year, around every corner, in some surprising places—East Nashville, The Gulch, Nolensville Road, Germantown, 12South and, bubbling up, SoBro and Marathon Village. Eventually they weave themselves into the fabric of the old and new Nashville, and we are all the richer for it.
When it comes to dining trends and the next big thing, I found myself much more on the same page with Robert Moss in this article, where he ponders the proliferation of a broader pan-Southern cuisine that softens the distinctions between Charleston, Birmingham, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, New Orleans and Atlanta into something more homogenized. He does not applaud that direction and neither do I.
From Prince's Hot Chicken to Catbird Seat, from Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint to Margot Café, from Arnold's Country Kitchen to Flyte World Dining, from Hacienda Taqueria to Sunset Grill, there is no place else like Nashville and we should celebrate that rather than emulate somewhere else.
And Sean, all is forgiven! See you soon in NowVille!
*Note: "NowVille" was coined by GQ in this article on Nashville.
For the last 26 years, Kay has been a freelance, professional writer for local, regional and national publications, as well as doing significant writing for the music industry. She continues to write features for the Scene (where she was the weekly restaurant critic from 1992-2007), as well as The City Paper, she writes the monthly restaurant column for Nashville Lifestyles and is Nashville correspondent for People Weekly/People Country/People.com. She has written for TV Guide, InStyle, Glamor and USA Weekend. She has also written five books: How To Raise a Gentleman; How To Raise a Lady and 50 Things Every Young Lady Should Know, part of the Gentle Manners series for Thomas Nelson; Around The Opry Table: A Feast of Recipes and Stories from the Grand Ole Opry; and Dani's Story: A Journey From Neglect to Love.
Kay was also featured as our FACE of Nashville last year. Read her interview here. Click here to read her pop-up restaurant post from this past December.
Thanks, Kay!
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Leave it to Rihanna to make a huge fashion statement even when she's basically incognito. The singer and fashion/beauty mogul, long known for her sartorial dominance on red carpets and beyond, had no shortage of epic fashion moments at this year's Coachella, but may have reached her style apex when she took to day 3 of the festival in a knit Gucci balaclava that obscured nearly all of her face.
An icon not known for minimalism, Ri paired her balaclava with a pair of thigh-hgh snakeskin boots, a shirt and sweater combo, and rose gold bracelet that doubled as a flask — because even dramatic fashion can be functional. And while some may have found the balaclava restrictive to their accessory game, Ri also upped the ante by attaching her earrings outside of the balaclava and liberally applying glittery Fenty Beauty eyeliner to her eyes.
Rihanna may not have performed at Coachella, but her fashion was definitely a show in and of itself. See her most epic looks below.