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Well, who knew? My friend, Marge, did for one. :) The other day she showed me the best trick with a Sharpie. Just color on top of Stampin' Up Basic Rhinestones and you can make jewels in whatever color you need! That's how I made the little red ones on this card. Isn't it fun? I've been waiting for them to come out with different color jewels but I guess I just wasn't being creative enough. Now I don't have to wait at all! Today is the very last day of Sale-a-Bration, so I wanted to use a SAB exclusive set for my Color Throwdown. I love these colors and will have to make another card with them soon. This one won't even make my display board since the set will be gone for good after today. That's the hard part of SAB. Thanks to all of you for making my Sale-a-Bration wonderful this year! I couldn't keep my stamping business alive without all of your support. Never fear, I have all sorts of fun planned for us to keep the stamping excitement alive through the whole year. Sale-a-Braion may be over, but the fun is just getting started!
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30 March 2011
Fishes 4 You
Where have I been? Well it wasn't jet-setting, I promise. Nope, I have my posts all lined up for when I'll actually be out of town. Life just got in the way of stamping this week! Or, stamping got in the way of stamping, really. I had some great classes & I've been making cards for the Horseshoe Market in May. However, most of my Horseshoe cards are made from retired goodies or are cards you all have seen before. This one is no exception. You guys have seen my favorite little Ornament Punch fish, but there are a few things I wanted to share about this one. First off, the Bermuda Bay & Crushed Curry textured cardstock come from the Clearance Rack. It's such fun to hop over to shop SU online and find bargains! Just visit my SU site & click on "shop now". I recommend it for getting in your last minute Sale-a-Bration orders. Remember: SAB ends TOMORROW! On Friday it will all be over. Another bit I wanted to point out are the larger Tempting Turquoise circles. They are left over from the great Cheers to You Glitter Window cards we made in class. Using up our left over bits will be the focus of my Quarterly Quarter Party on Sunday. Let me know if you can stop in to make some cards!
23 March 2011
Lattice Leftover Flowers
Do you know where these cute little flowers come from? The title of this post should help you out a bit... Yep, they are the little bits that are left over from making the Lattice Die. The other day, I made a batch of cards with an Eggplant lattice on each. So, I had about a million little pieces from that process. Knowing me, I couldn't just throw them away! I already had a use in mind for the left over frames (of course) & these little bits look like perfect flower petals. I tried to spice up the Wasabi background with textures, stamps, etc. but I found that leaving it plain was the best effect. Sometimes simple is just the way to go! Oh, and there's a "new to me" toy on this one too. :) I just added the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Boarder Punch to my collection. It's great because all of the 1/2 strips I keep from paper cutting fit into it perfectly to make my own little accents! I imagine you'll be seeing this one a lot. I tried backing the punched strips with So Saffron. The fit was great, but I really missed the bold contrast between Wasabi and White. It was another return to basics for this card. Keep it simple stamper! Having that simple mantra in mind would have saved me a bunch of time. :)
21 March 2011
A Good Egg In Colors
I decided not to let another Easter season go by without A Good Egg in my collection. Isn't he just too cute? I know it's not a Mojo Monday card, but their new sketch wasn't up by the time I needed to go to work part 1 for the day and still not there yet during my break before work part 2. I'll go for Mojo on Tuesday. :) Besides, I needed to put together this little number for my Easter Theme class this weekend. Perhaps he'll find his way into my Lakewood classes as well. All the colors except for the So Saffron in this one are In Colors & the designer paper comes from the In Color Hostess Pack. Fun, huh? The spare eggs are one of my favorite tricks for Easter time. Just punch a bit of designer paper using the Wide Oval Punch and you have an instant Easter Egg. It's the easiest one to decorate! No need to even get dye on your hands. :) If I were to do this one over, I think I would pop out the little shell fragment at the bottom... However, it's time for me to head off to work so that will have to wait!
18 March 2011
A Favor to Ask
I have a small favor to ask all of you. I already asked folks on the Accidental Stamper Facebook Page, so I apologise if you've already seen this request once. :) I'm putting together cards for my booth at the Horseshoe Market in May & am brainstorming which cards I should make. Some are brand new designs that I feel will fit the venue, but others are batches of cards we've made in classes. Do you have any favorites that you've made in class or that you've seen on the blog? (I know some folks live way too far away to get to play with us at classes...) If you do have favorites, please leave a comment on this post & let me know! That way I can add them to my "for sure" list. I thank you in advance for banishing the guess work & for all your support!! Happy stamping. :)
17 March 2011
Hostess Sets Go Baby
I know, I know, it's St. Patrick's Day and there isn't a spot of green on my card. So sorry. I intended on making a fun charm or card this morning, but what I really needed was a baby card. Given the state of my head this morning (oh how I hate migraines!), I'm going to stick with making what I actually need today. Call it self preservation. I did have lots of fun making this one though! I had to concentrate a bit more than normal & go with less light, but those are accommodations I can handle. I couldn't handle the high school band sub job that was offered on the phone this morning. The thought just makes me cringe!
I used a couple of my hostess sets this morning for a little baby fun. I also used my Scallop Rectangle Clearlits die which gets shockingly little use. We were talking about it in class last week & just how useful it can be. So I decided it was high time it got more use. The best part of this die is that you can stamp your image first & then cut it out using the Big Shot. The die itself is clear so you can see exactly what you're going to get. It's like using our punches upside down. You can aim perfectly! Such a fun option for precision with the Big Shot. Goodness knows I hate to aim using the stamp!
16 March 2011
Bunny Basket
A tisket a tasket it's time for a basket! Easter is just around the corner & my Spring/Easter Class is even closer. That means it's time to get going on some baskets! My Basket & Blooms die for the Big Shot makes creating cute little baskets super quick and easy. I ran though some textured Soft Suede cardstock with a bit of So Saffron for the embellishments that are included on the die. Then, I just stamped my little bunny using my latest Sale-a-Bration set, Forest Friends. I'm ever so excited about all the new toys I've gotten for free thanks to SAB! I now have more stamps than shelf space. That's a pretty fun problem to have. My basket is all ready to fill with some Easter grass & treats. You can make one of these fun little baskets in class at the end of the month. I hope you'll join me!
15 March 2011
Funky Four Flowers/PPC #52
The ladies over at PPC had a great selection of colors this week: Always Artichoke, Tangerine Tango, & Elegant Eggplant. I've realized lately that I've been neglecting Eggplant ever since Concord Crush came around. Perhaps it's time to design a card that includes both of these great colors? Maybe next time... Today's card features two stamp sets I got for free thanks to Sale-a-Bration. Aren't they fun together? I really wanted to do a textured background, but I just wasn't feeling like any of my folders fit the bill. Then, I remembered my Texturz Plates! So, I inked this one up with some Always Artichoke & gave it a shot. Ever since I discovered the great look these plates give when inked, they became a much better product in my mind. The ink just makes everything pop! Time to clean up the studio and get my act together. :) Happy Stamping!!
14 March 2011
Two in One Challenge Card/ LBNL #2 & Mojo Monday 182
I don't usually combine challenges, but today's combo came naturally. I finished up my Mojo Monday before I headed out this morning...or so I thought! I added the little flower & small circle when I got home. Then I thought I was finished, so I took pictures and got ready to make my post. It just didn't look finished when I looked at my picture though. It needed something. At that point, the requirements for this month's Last But Not Least challenge came to mind: embossing folder, edge punch, designer paper, and a trio of brads. I had the embossing folder & designer paper take care of already & the something extra I needed ended up being the brads & boarder punch. Excellent! I'm much happier with the finished product & am so glad I took part of the card apart to get there! I've been wanting to add texture to designer paper & try embossing two pieces already glued together. I've seen lots of cards using this technique and really like what it adds to the card. You'll have to check it out in person to get the full effect, but I think you'll like it! Oh, and I got such a kick out of making glitter brads in class this week that I was excited to make a few more for this card. It's amazing what you can do with a little Heat and Stick Powder & Dazzling Diamonds Glitter!
13 March 2011
Dotted Fabric Goes Floral
I knew that the fabric would be no match for my BigZ dies, but I wasn't sure if I could use it with my Sizzlits too. The fabric was so thin that I decided to give it a shot with my Floral Fusion Sizzlit. It worked like a charm! It was a little less of a clean cut than with my BigZ Top Note Die, but I was able to cut any hangers on using my scissors. That way I got clean flowers each time. The black, white, and yellow pattern from the paper really seemed in need of some shocking pink. I decided to pair it with Mellon Mambo textured cardstock to fill that need. Then the bling was a clear choice. Mellon Mambo, Rhinestone bling, and crazy patterns, how can you go wrong? The inside is stamped with one of my favorites from Occasional Quotes: "One day just isn't enough to celebrate someone as wonderful as you...let's party all week!" All in all a very fun birthday card. Hope you enjoy it too. :)
12 March 2011
Dotted Fabric Top Note
Okay, this was super fun! I bought a BUNCH of this kinda crazy fabric at a yard sale a long time ago thinking that it would be fun to make into cards. Then, I just could get a feel for what I wanted to do with it. So it just sat. And sat. And sat a bit more. Yesterday I decided to boycott my computer all together and just make cards all day. What a great choice! I had an excellent day and came up with a couple of fun uses for this super funky material. Of course, the Big Shot can cut through darn near anything. That made it a natural choice when working with this stuff. I also found that this fabric doesn't have the tendency to fray unlike others I've used in the past. It also gave me a chance to use the Dot, Dot, Dot stamp that I just got for free from Sale-a-Bration. I have lots of this fabric left, so look for more posts using it soon & let me know if you would like to make one of these cards in class!
09 March 2011
Simply Adorned Charm
Here's something a little different...stamped art you can wear! I finally broke down and got myself a Simply Adorned Charm & Chain. I love the idea that I can change the image inside whenever I want. That way I can have a necklace for all seasons & I get the fun of making it happen. For the first time around, I decided to keep it simple. I inked this lovely little image from Tiny Tags using my makers & just added a tiny accent with a small circle (love my Punch Pack) and a pearl. It was so fast and easy! I've already gotten compliments on this one. It makes me excited to try again. The charm is 1" x 1" so I'm looking forward to challenging myself with a tiny canvas. I'll wear this one at classes this month so you can check it out up close & in person!
08 March 2011
A Clearance Rack Creation!
I know, I know... it looks like I'm showing off a card made with all sorts of retired goodies. The best part is, I am but I'm not all at the same time! The Tall Tales designer paper hasn't been around for quite a while, but it lives on in the Clearance Rack! In fact, it's offered there at the excellent price of $3.49 a pack. You can't beat that. Oh, and my ribbon is retired as well. It's another Clearance Rack find. This So Saffron ribbon comes in a two pack with Certainly Celery ribbon. You get both rolls (10 yrds each) for just $3.49. There is all sorts of ribbon, chipboard, and the like waiting for the bargain hunters of the SU world. Just visit my webstie, click on "shop now", & then "clearance rack". I went Clearance Rack shopping to stock up on supplies for my Horseshoe Market cards. This little number is one of them. I think he's funky fun enough to fit the bill, don't you? Check out the Clearance Rack and snag some great deals of your own!
07 March 2011
Springetime Vintage Vogue/ Mojo Monday 181
Have I told you lately how much I enjoy Mojo Monday? Thanks again to Sharon for first hooking me up with this sketch challenge! It's just such a great way to start the week. I'm especially fond of this week's sketch and a bit proud that I interpreted things a bit this time around. Doesn't this card just shout "spring"? It's a good thing the card does, because the weather outside is still insisting that it's winter! I haven't used Vintage Vogue in a while, so I decided to play with it this morning. I don't think I'll ever tire of these flowers & leaves. It's kind of fun to use five stamps from the set & not even use the sentiments! Thank goodness I got it at the SU regionals last year. I don't think I would have been brave enough to get it on my own, but I've made some of my very favorite cards with it! I think this one may add to the list!!
04 March 2011
Punch Potpourri Color Challenge/ Curtain Call #71
Today I decided to have fun with some of my level one hostess sets. I grabbed some color inspiration from the Curtain Call Color Challenge. Their colors for this week are: Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler, & More Mustard. A very fun group that I don't usually mix together. It's always fun to give a new combo a try! They are a super rich group when placed together. I think my natural inclination is to add a bit of Night of Navy to this group, so I really had to restrain myself from adding that one. It's been forever since I used my XL Bird Punch & I've missed it a bit. So, out he came. I've never even inked the flower image from Punch Potpourri which made that a must this time around! I love the way in which sentiments that just don't quite fit in my Word Window Punch work perfectly inside the Modern Label Punch. Some times I use that one as just a back ground layer & other times it's great all on its own! The elegance of the "thank you" from Because I care makes it a favorite of mine, but I found I didn't use it as much as I could have because it didn't fit my punch. That was until I got the Modern Label of course. I'm such a punch addict! The little circles with the rhinestones add just enough glitz to my sentiment so it stands out well on its own without having to use any Whisper White to make it pop. All in all a fun card for a Friday!
03 March 2011
Tiny Butterfly Bliss Thanks
I find myself in need of little cards all the time. Perhaps I want to leave one on the teacher's desk after I substitute or I want to stick one into a bag of stamping goodies or I want to just leave one around to be unexpectedly found. They're super fun to make because they are so small. Don't let this fool you though, they can be some of the best cards! This little guy is just 3"x3" but it's full of goodies from three stamp sets! It all started with a scrap So Saffron Circle that I found in my collection of punched left overs. (That's how many of my tiny cards start out.) Everything else just fell into place. I'm particularly pleased with my use of the large background image from the Bliss Sale-a-Bration set. It works nicely with this smaller format. So, brighten some one's day and leave a little TGIF card for them tomorrow. It will leave you both smiling!
02 March 2011
Detachable Frame/ Color Throwdown #131
I've said it in class about a million times: "We have no mistakes, just creative opportunities". Well, I had a whole bunch of creative opportunities on this card! When I saw the great colors over at the Color Throwdown this morning, I knew that was the starting point for me today. Not Quite Navy is one of my seldom used colors and it just looks so lovely with the Pink Pirouette and Baja Breeze. Colors = done. That was the easiest thing this morning. I decided that I also wanted to try out the simple frame technique I saw on Splitcoast the other day. We'll come back to that in a bit. First I needed an image. I found one I thought would work in the A Slice of Life hostess set from the Occasions Mini. A set I haven't even used yet! Out it came. No problems. Until I tried to get my Crystal Effects to work. Sigh. It's super clogged. So, I switched over to a Versamarker & thick embossing powder. Of course, it doesn't show up here, but trust me when I say it looks pretty cool. I sponged some Baja Breeze on my Whisper White cardstock & added accents with the Priceless set. Focal image = almost done. All I needed was the frame. Sigh. There's where the problems came. I totally failed at the tutorial. It happens. So, after MUCH deliberation, I just decided on a modified version. The best part is, I actually like it! The most excellent part of it all is that the thread can just slide off my Antique Brad so you can hang it up all on its own if you like. I almost didn't even make a card for the little frame once I got it finally finished. Then, the detachable idea came to me. Great fun! Besides, the card itself is simple. Just run a little Pink Pirouette through the Big Shot with the Perfect Details Texturz Plate, add a brad, and glue it on your Not Quite Navy base. Whole card = done. This little number rose up like a phoenix from the ashes!
01 March 2011
Sweet Summer Watercolor
In my last order, I finally got my very own Watercolor Crayons. I decided to start with the Brights collection since water coloring tends to lighten colors anyway. I'm so glad I'm switching over to the crayons! My Watercolor Pencils were okay, but these were a real pleasure to use. I love that they come in all the colors...not just a few general ones. Out came my water color paper & my Stazon ink so I could make the most of my new toys. I colored in the little butterfly using Daffodil Delight & Pumpkin Pie, but the end result looked so much like Peach Parfait that I decided to use that as the card base & accent color. I don't think I would have normally thought to pair it up with Rich Razzleberry, but they really seem to work together. My sentiment is courtesy of Tiny Tags while the background is my new big stamp obsession, Sanded. It's just so versatile that I find myself using it all the time on different types of cards. I can't believe I waited this long to add it to my collection!
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Arizona Station Investigating Incident Involving Reporter/
On Friday, FTVLive FIRST told you about a woman that claimed in a Facebook post that a Fox Arizona Reporter went on a racist rant against her.
Krys Poleon says she got into a very small car accident with Fox Sports Arizona Anchor/Reporter Todd Walsh.
Poleon, a black female, took to social media to talk about the incident and how Walsh started in with racist comments.
Hours after FTVLive posted the story, a number of other media outlets including the Phoenix paper and Deadspin, picked up on our story (thanks to Deadspin for giving proper credit to FTVLive).
Fox Sports Arizona, confirmed that the person in the picture that Poleon posted online is in fact Walsh.
The station released this statement:
FOX Sports Arizona has become aware of an incident involving Todd Walsh, we are investigating and will take appropriate action once we've concluded that investigation. Our policy is not to comment on personnel matters, so we do not have any further comments at this time.
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The 9/11 National Student Challenge is a program hosted at the 9-11 10th Year Anniversary website. The student challenge engages America's youth and young adults and allows them to learn much about 9/11 from their parents and from the trusted mature adults around them. In the challenge, students convene teams to represent their respective schools and compete across the country in one of three categories – Middle School, High School, and College level. They compete to fulfill one of three challenges presented to them. Read the full details about the 9/11 National Student Challenge.
Are you a parent with a middle school, high school, or college age child / young adult? Learn more about the student challenge and let us know what you think. Share your thoughts here.


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I don't know what life holds in store for me and I want to be intentional about how I live it, but I need motivation to keep me on the straight and narrow every day.
I need accountability. I need to focus outside of myself to keep going.
Accountability. I have chosen to share this journey with you and have responsibility to you. I am committed to exploring new topics and learning how to squeeze lemons into really good lemonade! Race runners, nutritionist, exercise instructors all have built in accountability. They, I assume, have figured this out to some extent already.
A year post chemo and I am feeling better and better every week. Just when I think it's as good as it's going to get I feel even better. I'm up past 9pm! My brain fog is slowly but surely lifting. What this means, however, is that I am doing more and more and more. I find myself being squished out since life has so many demands. Maintaining inner peace is like dieting! It's easy to fall off track even though you feel so good when you are keeping to better habits. Unlike dieting we don't see a number on the scale to scare us back into a healthy routine. We can easily ignore the signs that our balance is off. They are often subtle, but border on dangerous territory.
I am finding it more of a struggle now to find time to write. I need to have time to reflect, learn, practice and share in order to write a post. It has become a sign that my balance is off. If I hadn't made myself accountable to all of you I would have put this on the back burner and it soon would have become a thing of the past. I find I have to keep re-adjusting and every day I have to recommit to myself.
Do you have a sign?
Here's my dirty little secret. My bedroom is a mess! It's the backstage of our busy lives. Where everything gets sorted and piled to do "later". I never was a bed maker...my dog just messes it up trying to get under the covers during the day anyway. Since my journey to finding and maintaining inner peace I find that the act of bed making slows me down and adds something pretty and calm to my morning. It makes my room seem not so off limits, so stressful. It is such a little thing. If anyone told me to make my bed to find inner peace I would have laughed. The motivation is different. I do it not as a "should" do but something that makes me content. Inner peace is being content amidst the storm after all, is it not? Here's the thing, when my bed isn't made or it's thrown together haphazardly too many days in a row it is a tangible sign that things are too busy. I don't need to wait until I start snapping at my husband and kids or until I get sick and end up missing work or canceling on a friend. For me it's making my bed. For you it might be making dinner or having a date night or reading or whatever makes you content.
I'm sure there will be other signs along the way, but the key is to keep enough awareness on life and making sure to add accountability and noticing the signs along the way.
Need more ideas for accountability?
1) I miss reading! I now have committed to reading with my kids for their 30 minutes of assigned reading time. It keeps them on track and I enjoy it more than trying to police their homework time!
2) My husband has committed himself to making Sunday dinners. He started an Instagram page where he photographs his work. It keeps it fun and him engaged to this WONDERFUL hobby of his! Please support his efforts @dads_can_cook on Instagram. I'm REALLY encouraging this one.
I'd love to hear your ideas too!!
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2 Reviews At Mikhailtech
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By TweakTown Staff from Aug 25, 2002 @ 19:34 CDT
Mikhailtech has 2 reviews for you today with the first being on the Crystal Clear Blue LED Fans.
The fan itself is a ball bearing model, which means extended life when compared to its sleeve bearing brethren. It is very quiet to my ear, much quieter than my Antec Blue LED fans which surprised me greatly. The two LEDs are mounted in the hub of the fan. The light from the LEDs is focused forward of the fan and each LED is very bright. The only negative of this is that the fan focuses almost no light to the rear.The second review is on the Lian Li PC-6087A Aluminum Case.
Everything is secured using thumbscrews which earns much cool points in my book. From the top down we have the removable PSU cover followed by the slide-out motherboard tray. On the left is a somewhat thin I/O panel that has enough holes to fit most motherboards. To the right is the 80mm exhaust fan behind a pretty restrictive fan grill cutout. Much like they pioneered the aluminum case market, Lian Li should promote the use of screw-on chrome grills on all their cases; they look nice, are removable (for cleaning, replacement, etc) and don't block so much airflow. Furthermore, shifting it up slightly (or making the case just a tad bit taller) in future revisions would allow for the use of a secondary exhaust fan, which would be quite helpful. The case comes with seven PCI tabs already in place; these too are held stationary by thumbscrews.


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Our first photo on the mountain roundup this week is not a surprise, as we've actually had this one in our roundup before..when Steven Freedman first posted this, it immediately shot into top posts, and the second time around was exactly the same. We are so pleased to be able to share this one again.
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Referred to as "a place of beauty, peace and tranquility"
Landscapes of the Blue Ridge
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Mingo Falls holds a special place in the NC Culture heart, as we have done a past post on this, on a trip to visit Cherokee, NC. Unfortunately, our website was hacked, and the Mingo Falls post was one of the ones we were unable to recover. A very special thanks to Landscapes of the Blue Ridge for reminding us of the awe and beauty of this place.
Mingo is located in the Qualla Indian Reservation.
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St Matthews Church in Todd, NC
"Time to move on from Banner Elk for a quick trip to Todd, NC. I went just to take a photograph of St. Matthew's church and do a little more exploring. The next time I am up in the area I plan to do a little more research on this beautiful country church. About all I could find out is it was an Episcopal church at one time and perhaps is an active church of another denomination nowaday…s, or was at one point.
Episcopal and Lutheran churches (other denominations also) often have red doors. I thought I knew the meaning until I googled it, here are three explanations:
-"The red door tradition originated during the Middle Ages in England when it was a sign of sanctuary"
-"The color is associated with the Holy Spirit"
-"'Red is the color of the Passion""
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CINNAMON Cinnamon is actually the bark of a tree, rather than a fruit or a seed like most spices. And it tastes like it, or at least the way you wish tree tasted. It has a deep, earthy, sweet smell that reminds me as much of coconut broth and travels in the East as it does of Christmas at home with mulled wine and brandy. Delicate, yet so specific and unusual in flavour, cinnamon can stand up to all sorts of stronger tastes. It brings a mouthfilling roundness to spice blends, and something similar, but almost deeper, when thrown whole into slow-cooked stews or curries. Ground cinnamon gives a more immediate, more assertive flavour and is a useful baking ingredient.
But in large quantities cinnamon can be really cloying – think sticky American breakfast pastries. I wonder if this is because ground cinnamon is usually mostly made up of cassia. Cassia (Cinnamomum cassia) is a close relative of proper Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum), and rather like delicate little cinnamon's brutish older brother. Cassia isn't always clearly labelled so, to avoid overpowering your cooking, always buy whole cinnamon sticks that are soft enough to break in your hands, as these are likely to be true cinnamon.
Cinnamon rules
It's hard to grind cinnamon sticks to a fine powder, so it's best to keep both sticks and powder in the cupboard. If you are cooking an American recipe, increase the amount of cinnamon you use to compensate for the stronger cassia cinnamon used in the US. Storage Whole sticks will last about a year stored in an airtight container.
In an airtight container out of direct sunlight, ground cinnamon lasts about six months.
Cinnamon quick fixes
• Cinnamon toast – eggy bread with loads of cinnamon.
• For a warming drink, heat cloudy apple juice with cinnamon and cloves.
• For a winter custard, add a teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
• A stick of cinnamon in a stew brings out the deep, meaty flavours of lamb, beef and chicken.
• Cinnamon tea – a broken cinnamon
quill steeped in hot water is great for health and very warming.
NUTMEG I think of nutmeg as the most British of spices – the spice of bread sauce, cauliflower cheese, creamed spinach and apple pie – and yet it comes from some of the most beautiful, tropical places on earth, including Grenada. Grenada is a vibrant place; they know how to party and how to eat, and nutmeg really helps them do both. It's sprinkled on the rum punch and mixed into 'mannish water' (a sort of Irish stew made from goat's head), and everyone is convinced of its manhood-enhancing powers. Grenadians are seriously into nutmeg. It's even on their flag.
Nutmeg is a very versatile spice. You can put it on almost anything. I can't think of much that wouldn't benefit from a scratch or two of it. It's often grated on food after cooking, because if you heat nutmeg it loses some of its perfume. That said, it retains a lot of its depth and spiciness, so it is still a great spice for seasoning – just remember if you are going for an aromatic, 'pretty' nutmeg taste, you may want to grate a little on at the end.
If you're wondering what the difference is between nutmeg and mace is, nutmeg is the seed of the tree Myristica fragrans, while mace is its lacy covering. They both have similar qualities, but nutmeg tends to be slightly sweeter and mace more delicate.
Nutmeg and mace quick fixes
• A blade of mace in cream of chicken soup or other creamy soups gives a hint of pungency.
• Grate nutmeg over cheese on toast, cheese omelette or cauliflower cheese to add a kick and depth of flavour.
• Grating nutmeg over pasta dishes really peps up pesto or tomato sauces.
• Freshly grated or ground nutmeg goes well with sweet potatoes
and adds zip to carrots, spinach, broccoli or any other greens.
Nutmeg rules
• Always grate whole nutmeg rather than using pre-ground, which rapidly loses its sparkle. Add nutmeg early to the dish to distribute.
• Nutmeg and cheese are partners in crime – whether goat's, cow's or sheep's, they work really well together.
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I'm horribly indecisive. It's bad. Really bad. I can suck up hours of time debating which black cardigan to buy, or which brand of granola bars is more bang for my buck. When I saw that Warby Parker launched a new collection I jumped for joy. New glasses to try on! Then things were taking awhile and I sorta lost my cool with the folks at Warby Parker via Twitter (sorry!). Known for their stellar Customer Service, Warby Parker made sure to send out my HTO right away. Naturally, I felt a little guilty when I rifled through the frames and wasn't sold on any one style. Welp.
I decided I'd give it another go around and this time I didn't even have to berate Warby Parker into rushing out my HTO. This time around, I think I'm sold on a pair but decided to solicit a little feedback just for fun.
Take a gander at the frames below and make sure to vote or comment to let me know what you think. I've left style names off so each picture corresponds with a number 1 through 5 (top pic is 1, bottom is 5 - you get the idea). And go!


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The Tourist Synopsis
Frank (Depp) is an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise (Jolie) is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path in order to mislead all those following her former lover, Alexander Pearce, a criminal wanted in fourteen countries who has stolen money from a gangster (Berkoff) and is being pursued by an agent (Bettany). Against the breathtaking backdrop of Venice, Frank attempts to forge a potential romance but soon finds himself a target as he and Elise are caught in a whirlwind of intrigue and danger.
The movie follows the series of manipulations, as characters realise that they are merely pieces being played by an unseen mastermind of the game.
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Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
Produced by Graham King, Tim Headington, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, and Jonathan Glickman.
Screenplay by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie, and Julian Fellowes.
Based on the 2005 French action-thriller "Anthony Zimmer" by Jérôme Salle.
Cinematography by John Seale.
Story by Jay Scherick and David Ronn.
Editing by Joe Hutshing, and Patricia Rommel.
Music by James Newton Howard.
Starring Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell, Timothy Dalton, and Haley Webb.
Distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Studios by GK Films, and Spyglass Entertainment.
Release date(s) December 10, 2010
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Dun & Bradstreet CEO to Retire
Outgoing CEO Sara Mathew has presided over a three-year stagnation in the company's stock price.
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) needs a new Chief Executive Officer.
On Friday, the self-proclaimed "world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses," announced that Chairman and CEO Sara Mathew plans to retire by May 2014. Planning ahead, D&B's board of directors has retained the services of executive recruiting firm Spencer Stuart to help find a replacement.
Wishing Mathew well on her departure, D&B Lead Director thanked the departing CEO "for her strategic vision, leadership and dedication over her 12-year career with the company."
Other shareholders may feel less charitable. Since Mathew took over D&B at the beginning of January 2010, the company's shares have gained less than 5% in value, underperforming the S&P 500 by nearly 40 percentage points.
Upon news of her retirement being released, Dun & Bradstreet shares gained 1.1%, to close at $90.00.


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It's had me thinking the last couple of days of why I want the flexibility to add poses in the first place.
3rd series was part of it. It's a nice series but I'm not sure I want to practice it. Now you know I love arm balances, but for all the wrong reasons. However, for a guy they're perhaps the least challenging kind of asanas; we're designed for them. Besides, after only a month of 3rd I could feel myself starting to bulk up. I tend to put muscle on quite easily and feel it just gets in the way of other postures, the twists for example. Twice a week was bad enough, four days a week and my Mari D would be right out the window and wouldn't have a hope of Purna M.
There are a lot of asanas in Third series I like, some I practiced in Vinyasa Krama earlier in the year and some I just find beautiful as well as challenging. In Vinyasa Krama these poses would just show up towards the end of a Sub routine and it seemed to make sense to have the option of slotting them in at the appropriate place in the Primary or Intermediate.
This morning, being my day off, I had an extended practice, Primary to Baddha Konasana then all of Intermediate. After the 2nd series LBH I just slotted in the LBH asanas from 3rd then carried on to Titthibhasana. This seemed to work OK, only added an extra ten minutes on to the practice and just took the LBH a little further. Perhaps next week i'll do a similar thing with back bends after kapo.
One of the things I missed about Vinyasa Krama was the wide range of asanas and variations. As it happens most asanas are represented in Primary to Advanced A, but obviously with less variation. Sometimes I feel like I want more twisting postures say, and this flexible approach allows me to add some. In Vinyasa Krama there are some twisted versions of Paschimottasana, for example, and occasionally it might be nice to slot them in.
Ramaswami writes about having a clear plan for your practice and this seems to be the key to making this approach work. I know too many extra asana will over burden the Series and it will no longer be what I love about Ashtanga.
The idea then is to have days where I add a small group of asanas I want to work on, Standing poses from 3rd say (perhaps my days off), and days where I add the odd variations because I feel like working on a particular area of my body or indeed of the practice.
And of course there's nothing new about Ashtanga VInyasa Krama, I'm sure people have been practicing this way at home ever since the Ashtanga came west. It's useful to give this approach to practice a name though and look at it as a separate style, kinda fun too. Over the next few months I want to locate each of the Primary and Intermediate asanas in their Vinyasa Krama Sub-routines to improve my familiarity with the variations available.


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Welcome Lyft's New VP of Engineering, Luc Vincent
We are excited to welcome Luc Vincent, an industry titan, to Lyft. In his role as Vice President of Engineering, Luc will be leading our Mapping and Marketplace engineering efforts, ensuring that our real-time transportation network continues to provide the best possible experience for millions of passengers and drivers through dispatch, matching, pricing, and mapping innovation.
Luc was most recently at Google, and brings more than 25 years of experience leading world-class engineering teams. At Google, Luc pioneered Street View, scaling it from inception to become a one of the most iconic and essential Google products. Originally from France, Luc holds a B.S. in Math, Physics, and Computer Science from Ecole Polytechnique; an M.S. in Computer Science from University of Paris XI; and a Ph.D in Morphological Image Analysis from MINES ParisTech. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University's Robotics Lab.
Luc will work with Lyft's VP of Engineering, Peter Morelli, and Chief Technology Officer, Chris Lambert, to continue growing our talented engineering team as we make our vision — improving people's lives with the world's best transportation — come to life.
Welcome to the team Luc, we're thankful and thrilled to be working with you!


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I looked from the outside and saw mostly Korean patrons, so I decided to try this restaurant. The place is spacious and looked decently clean, that is, until you go to the washroom. I ordered a beef ribs soup with rice and side dishes. All were pretty tasteless, and I suspect the (cold) side dishes were not clean as I experienced some discomfort later in the evening. Service was no good either. There were only two servers in the whole restaurant. Everything took a long time -- ordering, tea refilling, getting the bill. And it's hard to get the attention of the servers since they were both so busy. Needless to say, I will not be returning.
Went for a lunch on a weekday. Walked in at a few minutes before noon and the place was completely empty. In fact, the whole time we were there only three other customers came in, and two of them were together.
They do have a decent lunch special menu. I ordered soondubu (tofu seafood hotpot) which was not bad. It was not spicy at all though, which was disappointing. Others ordered dolsot bibimbap and pork bone soup with potato noodle. Side dishes were kimchi, which had a nice tang to it, a rather tasteless dish of kelp, and some marinated bean sprouts. None of the sweet potatoes that I like. The food is ok, not bad but not great. Lunch specials are a decent value though at around $7-8.
Being so empty, service was not bad. Tea was promptly brought when we were first seated, but we never got refills. Ringing the bell for the bill was quick. Overall not a bad experience, but there are tastier Korean places to eat close by. One person commented that the Korean variety/singing show they were showing on the tv got really annoying.
We tried this restaurant on the recommendation of a coworker.
There is nothing I can say here that will add to what the other reviewers have already said.
The service is poor and the dishes are tasteless.
Our go-to dish is the cow/ pork bone hot pot - while the bones and meat where plentiful, it is bland and tasteless. Dol Sot Bi Bim Bap was not hot enough, hence the rice didn't crisp very well.
If you want decent Korean food, go to Jang Mo Jib down the road, it is much better.
I hate to give them a bad review.
I mean, the food was tasty. Juicy fatty, delicious galbi (shortribs) marinated in a sweet sesame soy - rich with flavour... It was the aftermath that changed my overall opinion.
My Fiancé and I arrived at around 8pm for a late night dinner. Looking back I wish we had gone earlier.... (I'll get into this later...). I ordered the Spicy Pork bone Soup as my appetizer, the BBQ Marinated short ribs and the BBQ pork, chicken and beef plate combination.
We waited for about 10 mins and then they had arrived w/ a cart filled with all our food and equipment and the little side dishes that were very very tasty.
The waitress set up the stove and turned it on, she then grabbed the tongs and started piling on our short ribs on the cold grill. So much for the searing eh? she piled on vegetables and crowded all the meat.. i mean - what happened to "cook yourself?"... I wasn't impress by this and neither was my Fiancé. Upon close inspection of the plate of meat, we noticed there was no chicken nor pork. Just a few little piles of beef. (all that was left for us to cook ourselves). We rang the handy dandy bell at our table and the server came back. I asked her if that was our order. She smiled and left. Came back, said sorry and took our plate.
5 mins later she arrived and returned out plate with a few little mounds of chicken on it.
She came back a few seconds later with the appetizer pork bone soup. The bowl was hot, the soup was hot, but the pork bone/meat was cold! I think it was started to warm up in the hot broth but it was really hard to juggle eating the meat before it burnt and got cold sitting on myrice while eating the pork bone soup... I really wish it had arrived as my appetizer.... and wish we coudl have eaten it first and taken our time w/ cooking - if only they gave us that chance to let us cook when we wanted to!
Well - the meats were tasty - there really wasn't a lot, but all in all it was filling w/ the rice. The broth of the soup was nice and tasty and when warmed up the pork meat was nice as well!
We paid the bill - came to around 50.00 with tax for two people. Stuffed? Yea - I'd say so....
We went home, went to bed around 11:30 (I know, you don't want to hear the details) - but we woke up at 2am, again at 3am, then 5am, and then 6:30am. Why you ask? MSG sleeplessness! We couldn't sleep! The meat and soup were chock full of MSG and we were beyond dehydrated all with a migraine to boot!
The food was tasty, the service wasn't the best but the MSG aftermath has ruined all possibility of ever stepping into the restaurant ever again. I will not return!
I used to take the 106 and it always passed by this korean restaurant in which I found the name unusual. However, I decided to look it up on dinehere.ca and the pictures looked quite appetizing! Decided to give it a try and I was not disappointed! I really enjoyed the ttukbaegi bulgogi and lunch hour makes a lot of things super cheap.. starts from 11 till 3! In my opinion, eating here during lunch hour will be the most worth it. Oh and in addition, they play kpop live performances from a while ago because it's most likely recorded.. so if you're a fan you will enjoy it but if you don't like kpop at all you will be very annoyed.
Ok about the food! The thing I always get is ttukbaegi bulgogi and it's pretty much soup with bulgogi (korean meat), japchae noodles, green onions, carrots, onions, and a few ricecakes with an egg boiling on top of all of it because it's in a stone bowl. It comes with rice as well as side dishes but then again side dishes are always included! They consist of kimchi that they give you scissors to cut because it's very long, beansprouts and seaweed.
Service isn't too bad either there are only like 2 waitresses working but since the place isn't too big they can easily see you. If not, there are those buzzer things you can press.
Thanks for reading this, hopefully it's not a crap review and seriously I really love coming here!
Since the recent change in ownership/management, I've been to this restaurant a few times. Sad to say, the quality has been going downhill. On this visit for lunch, I went with my mother, who was feeling a little under the weather. We were seated quickly and tea was brought promptly. I ordered the kimchi chigae (a kimchi stew with kimchi, pork, tofu, and SPAM). My mother ordered japchae with rice (stir-fried glass noodles with veggies and beef). These items were part of the lunch menu, so the prices were very good; $6.95 for my kimchi chigae, and $7.95 for my mom's japchae. As per the norm at almost all Korean restaurants, there was only one server. However, it wasn't very busy, so the waiter wasn't being run off his feet. He was very efficient and polite. The tables had those little cordless doorbell thingies that you press when you need to call your server. He came immediately whenever someone rang the doorbell. Our table didn't have a doorbell but this was not an issue, as he was always nearby, but never hovering. My kimchi chigae was delicious. It came with a bowl of rice. It was bubbling hot and spicy, with a touch of sourness from the kimchi. I was worried about the SPAM, but it was not an issue. There was one slice of it, and it basically absorbed the flavours of the rest of the stew, so I liked it! My mom's meal, however, was a different story. She didn't like her japchae at all. She said that the noodles, which are supposed to be kind of soft and melt-in-your-mouth, weren't. I had a taste, and I found the noodles to be al dente. Korean japchae should NEVER be al dente. The side dishes, which you always get when you have Korean food, were quite boring. There was the ubiquitous kimchi, a seaweed salad (which tasted too fishy for my taste), and some bland sauteed bean sprouts. But my kimchi chigae was so tasty that I didn't even have any of the sides, except to taste them. About the ambiance, it was kind of "meh". There was a TV on the wall showing Korean pop stars doing their thing, and some prints of foliage scattered about the restaurant. The washroom was clean. The tables were clean, and were bussed as soon as diners left. So it was a good experience. Not the best Korean dining experience I've ever had, but far from the worst.
I came here for lunch by myself. After standing there for two minutes with no one to greet me I say "Hello" and a waitress comes out and seats me.
I am the only table in the restaurant.
After waiting for almost ten minutes with no sight of her, I walk back up towards the kitchen/front desk and place my order. I had to ask for tea.
The food took way longer than it should have and after placing the food on the table I don't see her for the rest of meal. Refill of tea? Forget it.
I go up to pay and honestly, I think tipping is well-deserved by people in the service industry WHO PROVIDE A SERVICE. The set up of the place was basically like a mcdonald's aka self-service place. I don't tip at mcdonald's. I ain't gonna tip here.
She then says "Excuse me, no tip?" Amazing! she speaks!
I said I didn't think the service was that great. She said "It's not just for me, it's for the kitchen too". Unbelievable.
I said no thank you and left. Needless to say I will not be coming back. There are far too many OTHER great Korean places on Kingsway than to waste time here
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Freefall Global Warming
Is Record Warmth Melting Tourism's Future in Austria?
With the warmest fall season ever recorded in Austrian history behind us, the reality of climate change is becoming increasingly hard to ignore. The average temperature this fall has been a balmy 12.4 degrees Celsius—warm enough for people to keep riding their bikes, stroll around town in a light coat and even save some money on heating costs. For those people who earn their living at a desk, it has been a boon – an 'eternal summer' worthy of poetry.
The farmers, insurance companies and ski resorts don't feel so lucky.
"No one… is as dependent on climactic influences as the farmers," said Franz Grillitsch, head of Austrian lobbying group Forum Land in a speech last year. "Winter sports, climate change and the agricultural sector all have a common destiny."
According to the Austrian Hail Insurance Company (Hagelversicherung GmbH), which insures farmers and crops, up to 80 percent of agricultural products are dependent on weather conditions. In the last 45 years, the company estimates, damages from natural phenomena have increased by three hundred percent in their sector, with claims in Austria doubling between 2005 and 2006 alone.
Things have been manageable so far. The agricultural sector could deal with a temperature increase of about two degrees, land usage expert Günther Fischer told the ORF recently. After that, all further effects will be negative. Agriculture will probably have to move further north, as colder areas such as Siberia and Canada become more arable.
The tourist industry in Austria will be even harder hit. At the traditional start of the ski season, December 1, there was not enough snow on the mountains even for a snowball fight. Several days of at least zero-degree temperature are required for snow to stay on the mountains. But temperatures like these even make the snow-cannons useless.
And worse is yet to come. According to Vienna scientist Helga Kromp-Kolb in an interview with the daily Österreich, the next couple of decades will see an increase by about one degree, with the potential of reaching four degrees by 2050.
"The summers will be hot and dry, rivers will have less water. Days with temperatures of about 30 degrees will occur more often, and the duration of snow cover in the winter will be reduced," she said. There will continue to be years with good ski seasons in Austria, she said, but they will not come as regularly.
This is worrisome news to an industry that brings in a large share of Austria's tourists, and employs 150,000 people, or about 5 percent of the workforce - with revenues of 9.77 billion Euro in 2005. Canceled hotel reservations are already rolling in, and some people are saying that maybe it's time to diversify.
"In the long term, we have to invest more in the culinary and cultural aspects [of tourism]," Fabienne Edenhauser of Tiroler Werbung told Österreich.
Increasingly, ski resorts have started planning hiking trails and golf courses, which they can fall back on in case there is no snow.
Situated in the center of Europe, Austria is expected to be among the most insulated against climactic shifts. Other countries, in the North and South of Europe, will be harder hit. Some cities in Italy have begun supplying older people with air conditioners, because the summer months can become so unbearable. And it was only last year that more than 100 people in Genoa were hospitalized after toxic warm-water algae started appearing for the first time on the city's beaches.
In Sweden, scientists studying the ticks carrying Lyme disease have seen an increase directly related to the warming of the weather. The ticks can only live in areas where the winters are warm and short, weather not common to many parts of Sweden.
"Variations in climate have had a very noticeable impact," Elisabeth Lindgren of the University of Stockholm told the International Herald Tribune late last year. "We're seeing disease in areas where we've never had it before, as well as more cases in areas where it previously existed."
What's more, it is widely predicted that Europe will be one of the least affected areas in the world, with the poorer countries in Africa and Asia getting the brunt of it. So whatever problems we face, others will be far worse off,
"The problem is clear to economists," Joseph Stiglitz wrote in a recent column in Der Standard. "The polluters are not carrying the full costs for their damages."
Efforts are already underway in some countries to force politicians to put global warming at the top of their agendas. A blizzard of unimaginable strength hit Scandinavia in October, putting the region under a blanket of snow and closing roads, railways, factories and power plants. This prompted Aftonbladet, Sweden's most widely circulated newspaper, to use its own Internet ad space to flash pictures of environmental catastrophes from all over the world.
Just a few weeks later, over 315,000 people had signed an online petition, pledging to save energy and live "greener." In it they promise to buy new, energy-friendly appliances, switch to natural gas-powered cars, use public transportation more often and wear warmer clothes instead of turning up the heat.
People are also flocking to Green Parties around the world. In Austria, for instance, the increased support for "Die Grünen" is pronounced. In 1983, at their entry onto the political stage, they received only 3.4 percent of the votes, not even enough to enter parliament. In this year's October elections they received a record 11 percent, and 14.63 percent in Vienna.
With climate change upon us, it is clear that cutting emissions isn't the only solution, but that changes in lifestyle have become a necessity.
"Unless we act now," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair, "and not some time distant but now, these consequences disastrous as they are, will be irreversible." His government's recent study on global warming, that has alarmed governments across Europe, suggested that the only way to solve this problem was by dedicating a full one percent of worldwide GDP to aggressive solutions — or risk facing problems that will take at least five times that amount to solve.
"The question isn't if we can afford to do anything about global warming anymore," Stiglitz wrote, "but if we can afford to not do anything about it."


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In what seems like a daily occurrence anymore, Titan FC has signed two more talented fighters to bolster their ever-growing roster. SciFighting has confirmed two more signings with Titan FC.
A few days ago, Titan announced the signing of former UFC fighters George Sotiropoulos and Iliarde Santos. The conveyer belt of new signings is still rolling as well.
Two of their new signees both have UFC experience in Jeff Curran and Dave Herman.
The first is Jeff Curran (34-16-1), a longtime MMA veteran who has fought in a multitude of MMA promotions including the UFC, WEC and Bellator. Curran doesn't have an opponent to debut against but the 36-year-old will be a tough task for anyone in Titan's lighter divisions. Curran has fought regularly in four different weight divisions from flyweight all the way up to lightweight. His last two fights were in separate divisions with his most recent being for the RFA bantamweight title. Unfortunately he lost that fight via split decision to Pedro Munhoz.
Curran announced his retirement following this bout but he has returned and will likely be highly motivated to get back in the win column.
Herman stormed in to the UFC with a 21-2 record and just one decision to his career. In his first fight for the promotion he TKO'd John Olav-Einemo at UFC 131. He then went on to drop four straight all by either knockout or submission to the likes of Stefan Struve, Roy Nelson, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Gabriel Gonzaga.
The next Titan FC is event is their 27th. It takes place on February 28th from Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. It is headlined by a fight between Mike Ricci and Jorge Gurgel.
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Right around now, all the people who resolved to start the year with a diet are beginning to hit the "I'm starving!" crux point. And by all indications — including a cover story in Sunday's New York Times Magazine about the superhuman effort needed to keep weight off — the vast majority are doomed to fail in this New Year's effort. Jean Fain, a writer and Harvard-affiliated therapist, says there's a better way, and spells it out in her book, "The Self-Compassion Diet."
I'd been wanting to speak with Jean for months, and this finally seemed like the moment. So what, I asked her, would she tell all the dieters who are just about to fall off the wagon?
Most diets demand that dieters stick to the program no matter what. Even if you're starving, you're supposed to keep eating those tiny unpalatable portions, and even if you're going on vacation, you're supposed to stick to the carbs, the points and the calories. It's not a compassionate approach, it is not effective, and it's absolutely no fun.
So rather than starving yourself thin and cranky, how about treating yourself with self- compassion? And by that, I mean treating yourself like a friend or a loved one, with care and concern, because when you do that, you're more apt to eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full — as well as rest when you're tired and move when you feel energized. And when you do that, you lose weight naturally and you're much more likely to keep it off.
That New York Times piece was really striking: Tara Parker-Pope, whom I consider the most prominent health journalist in America, effectively comes out of the closet as someone who's significantly overweight and just can't keep off the pounds. What would you say to someone like her, who clearly has a genetic propensity toward obesity?
We come in all sizes as human beings, and we're not all going to be equally slim and beautiful, and that's fine because that's just the way it is. But given whatever our genetic predisposition is, when you force yourself to eat this and not that, or you discipline yourself to stick to some kind of low-calorie diet, more often than not you get trapped in a vicious cycle of under-eating and over-indulging. Continue reading


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Bicycles are an affordable way to see the world in an up close and personal way. Syndicated television personality Judge Alex E. Ferrer agrees, pointing to wildlife spotting on a bike ride through Shark Valley in Everglades National Park as a favorite way to get back to nature while affordably enjoying Miami.
Nancy Sathre-Vogel and her husband John (www.familyonbikes.org) took things to the next level when they embarked on a multi-year journey with their twin boys to ride the Pan-American Highway from Alaska to Argentina. She gave us a few minutes of her time a while back, during a brief layover in the Peruvian Andes. She had lots to say about things to consider on your own bicycle touring adventure. (See also: World Class Walking Tours)
Logistics: Decide what youre going to carry and how youre going to carry it. Sathre-Vogel is a fan of side panniers for storage, while her husband prefers the tow-behind trailer. Turns out, they need both for things like spare parts, home-schooling supplies and all-weather gear.
Planning: To cross the Darien Gap a stretch between Panama and Columbia with no road the Vogels made arrangements to strap their bikes to the front of a sail boat and spent five days chillaxing on the water making their way to Columbia. In Peru, the family had to choose between a flat coastal route with strong daily headwinds and desert, or the stunning mountain route with scenery and interaction with the local people. They chose the latter, but paid the price with brutal climbs.
City tours: Travel writer Shelley Seale, author of Insiders Guide to Seattle, recommends scoring a free copy of the citys bicycling guide – see www.seattle.gov for details for frugal guidance on how to enjoy Seattle affordably on two wheels. Seale points to Seattles two-hundred seventy miles of bike trails, bike rack-equipped city buses, and the bicycle-friendly ferries and streetcars as evidence of just how bike tourist friendly the city is. Her overall top tip? Bikestation.com. This site lists bike-transit stations around the United States where you can have secure parking for your bike while out and about seeing the sites.
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Air Force men's basketball coach Dave Pilipovich is no stranger to losing players who realize they are unable to cope with the academy's stringent academic and military requirements. That doesn't make it any easier for Pilipovich to come to grips with the growing number of players nationally who are switching schools for entirely different reasons.
The ballooning catalog of men's Division I college basketball transfers since the end of last season contains a record 600 players, according to ESPN.com's Jeff Goodman.
Whether the epidemic of transfers should be considered a problem, or simply an accepted part of the game, depends on who is asked.
Recruiting transfers has become as important for some coaches as finding high school talent. A rule that gives schools the ability to add veteran players from another program right away has changed the landscape of the game, leaving some to wonder whether changes need to be made.
"It's getting out of hand," Pilipovich said.
The number of players switching schools continues to rise at a staggering rate. In 2011, Goodman's list contained fewer than 300 names, so the transfer rate has more than doubled in the past three years.
Front Range programs haven't been immune. Colorado State has seen three players leave the school since the end of last season. One of those players, senior Dwight Smith, will play next season at Northern Colorado, where he will be one of three transfers on the Bears' roster. Air Force lost its leading scorer, Tre' Coggins, who has yet to choose his next school.
Those moves, each made for varying reasons, are a microcosm of a trend that is remaking the college game.
"The quick fix"
Conversations with men's basketball coaches about the rash of transfers usually include the words "instant gratification."
Coaches caution that every departure should be examined on a case-by-case basis, but many cite a culture of young players who expect results fast and look elsewhere if they don't find them.
Some players begin looking for change long before they reach the college level.
B.J. Hill, the head coach at Northern Colorado, said it isn't unusual to see a recruit play for a different Amateur Athletic Union team every summer, constantly keeping an eye out for a better opportunity.
"There's just so many club teams," Hill said. "Maybe they start out on one team and don't hear what they want to hear. There are always opportunities to go to another team. A lot of times, that throws up a red flag at our level if they're bouncing around."
The picture painted is that today's young players lack patience to wade through struggles. But Kent Shaw, the Regis Jesuit High School coach who has had a handful of players earn Division I scholarships, said coaches "shouldn't get a hall pass" on the subject. Coaches with high salaries and higher pressure to win often recruit "over" a player, leaving the player little choice but to transfer if he wants to play.
"Everybody is looking for the quick fix," Shaw said.
Bending the rule
The search for quick fixes has led to a trend many in the sport liken to free agency, with the ability to strengthen a roster during the offseason.
Two of the three players who left coach Larry Eustachy's program at CSU this offseason wouldn't have been able to do so without an NCAA rule that was introduced in 2006.
The rule allows players who have graduated and still have a year of eligibility left to transfer and play right away, provided they enroll in a graduate degree program their old school doesn't offer.
That rule cost Eustachy his point guard, Jon Octeus, who averaged 13.4 points per game last season. Octeus, on track to earn his degree this summer, decided to spend his final season of eligibility with a more high-profile program. CBS- Sports.com reported Friday that he will play for UCLA.
Players with a proven track record such as Octeus are potentially more valuable than a high-profile high school recruit who needs seasoning. The free-agency aspect of the graduate transfer rule, which some believe can be a breeding ground for tampering, is something many college basketball coaches want examined.
"The intent of the rule is a good one," said Colorado coach Tad Boyle. "The execution is a farce. It's a black eye on our game."
Boyle, who has had only two players transfer in his four years at CU, would like to see graduate transfers sit out a season so they have two years at a new school to accomplish what the rule intends: earn a graduate degree.
"It would make kids think hard about it, and it would make schools who are bringing those kids in think hard about it," Boyle said.
Until then, players will take advantage of the rule as it stands.
Dwight Smith spent the past four seasons at Colorado State before transferring to Northern Colorado this offseason, knowing he might be buried deep on the Rams' bench next season.
So, after several meetings with Eustachy, the pair decided to work together to find Smith the perfect landing spot, which turned out to be with a UNC team the Rams will play next season.
"And that was cool with me. I'm not one of those guys who says, 'You can leave, but you can't go here,' " Eustachy said. "He could be their best player. It's an individual thing, but he was smart in what he chose to do. Not everybody does that."
Some success stories
Smith, who has a close relationship with Eustachy, believes there can be too much hand-wringing at players who transfer. He argues that not every move is made in the wake of frustration or broken relationships.
"You would really have to sit down with every player to realize what they want in their situation," Smith said. "You have to understand that a lot of it isn't negative. A lot of it is positive."
Terran Petteway agrees. The 6-foot-6 guard spent a quiet freshman season at Texas Tech before transferring to a better fit at Nebraska, where last season he led the Big Ten in scoring with an average of 18.1 points and helped lead the Cornhuskers to their first NCAA Tournament berth since 1998.
Petteway said players shouldn't be judged harshly, in most instances, for trying to put themselves in a similar situation.
"Players get a bad rap," Petteway said. "People think players leave just because they're not the star, or whatever the case may be, but sometimes it's just a better situation to transfer."
For every success such as Petteway, there are plenty more players who are searching for results that won't come with a different uniform.
Eustachy said the rapid rise of transfers "is where we're at" in college basketball. He doesn't scold players who transfer or, in most cases, even try to change their minds. If a player is thinking about leaving, the CSU coach said, he's probably already gone.
Eustachy does offer words of caution, though, for players who believe a change is the best answer.
"Deal with your issues," he said. "Confront them, be honest, because that's what life is. Those 600 players are going to find the same adversity wherever they go. Your problems follow you if you don't face them."
Nick Kosmider: 303-954-1516 or nkosmider @denverpost.com


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With my Mondays & Wednesdays spent at the yoga studio, I usually go to the gym on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Atlanta had some seriously gorgeous weather yesterday, and I just couldn't bring myself to stay inside, running on a treadmill like a hamster. When I got home from work, I laced up my shoes and took the dogs for a quick 2-mile walk, wondering what else I could do to make myself feel less guilty about missing a workout. While walking back home, I remembered a New York Times tweet I had seen about a new, super effective seven-minute endurance workout that had appeared in a recent issue of the American College of Sports Medicine's Health & Fitness Journal. My interest was piqued.
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LinkedIn May Face Irish Privacy Probe Over Password Leak
LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD), owner of the world's biggest professional-networking website, may be investigated by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner's Office after some user passwords were compromised in a security breach.
Gary Davis, the country's deputy data-protection commissioner, said the incident falls within the area that can be investigated under the agency's code of practice on data breaches.
"We are in ongoing contact with LinkedIn in relation to the matter," Davis said in an e-mail. "I am not in a position to indicate how we will be progressing."
Irish privacy regulators can levy fines on electronic- communication providers and networks for data breaches, Davis said. Ireland polices LinkedIn's data security because its base for operations outside the U.S. is in Dublin. The company, based in Mountain View, California, apologized to customers in a blog post yesterday and said that its more than 160 million users will know if their accounts were affected because their passwords will no longer be valid.
LinkedIn "has been working closely with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner's Office to keep them abreast of the situation," said Darain Faraz, a spokesman for the company in London.
"We're taking immediate action to protect our members," Faraz said in an e-mail.
Passwords have been changed for members with accounts linked to the data breach and they will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to reset the passwords, he said.
The company cites security issues as a risk for investors in regulatory filings and disclosed as recently as last month that it experienced website disruptions and outages for reasons including "denial of service or fraud or security attacks."
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