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My homebrew club, the Austin ZEALOTS, recently held their homebrew contest, the Homebrew Inquisition. Judging occurred two Saturdays ago (July 18) and this most recent Saturday (July 25). For the past few years, club member Chris Rauschuber has hosted the judging at his house. Our Primary Fermenter, Corey Martin, organized and stored all the entries at his house, then brought them over to Chris's the morning of the judging. We had 210 entries this year, which is more than we had last year. Most of our entries came from within the club.
On the 18th, I judged our malty beer category and later our yeasty beer category. The first beer I judged in the malty beer category was crystal clear and had a nice layer of foam. It smelled beautifully malty and tasted wonderful. It's always nice to start a round of judging with a great entry. The rest of the beers in the category were variable, but none showed any glaring faults. Having judged at homebrew contests for many years, it seems like the bar keeps getting raised every year.
The second flight I judged was "yeasty beers." This category is for beers that show yeast-derived characters different from "regular" ales and lagers. The category is usually full of German hefeweizens and all sorts of Belgian beers. This year, there was only one hefe, with the rest being (apparently) some style of Belgian beer. Most were good, although for a few, it was hard to tell that the yeast added a really distinctive note.
I did escape having to judge our Big and Boozy category this year. The first year of the contest, Jim Michalk and I ended up as the judges, as everyone else present at the judging had an entry in that category. We had over 20 beers to judges and, when it came to pick our top three for the winners of the category, Jim chose three beers and I chose three completely different beers. As our judging continued, club members gathered around the table and encouraged us to hurry up, as everything else was wrapped up. After discussing the pros and cons of just about every beer in the flight, and resampling them to confirm our impressions, we finally agreed on the first, second and third places. It was one of those experiences on which I look back fondly, but don't ever want to repeat. (In subsequent years, we made sure to break that category up into more than one flight, with two pairs of judges.)...


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Welcome back to learning about getting the right way to do business lead generation and b2b appointment setting. Last time, we talked about the wonders of what outsourcing to lead generation services can do for you and your organization (to check that tip out, click here). Today, we are going to learn how to look for a call center… THE right call center.
As stated before, you may have already heard some nasty things about telemarketing call centers and the way telemarketers talk to prospects. Fear not, it is just a matter of finding the right contact center for you.
How can we separate the capable cold calling firm from the not-so-capable ones?
It's just a matter of asking the right questions. It's just like interviewing someone if he or she is perfect for a job position in your organization. You ask them some questions to gauge their professionalism on what will be their tasks. Here are some questions that you can use in searching for the right contact center.
- Can you give me a list of some companies that you have worked with in the past?
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- Is your contact database updated and verified constantly?
- How long have you been in the lead generation industry?
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- How much are the services of your sales representatives?
- What is your edge among other contact centers?
If the call center is able to prove that their answers with hard-core evidence, then by all means opt for them and let the business leads and sales appointments fill your sales pipeline.
This is it for today's tip. Tune in tomorrow for the next technique on how to bring success to your b2b lead generation campaign.


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Help with IE!!!!
When i try to open IE i get an error message "internet explorer encountered aproblem and needs to close" It gives me an option to send an error report, then it closes as soon as it is done. When i try opening it again it does the same thing over and over even if i choose "dont send".
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Joining a Sorority Could Bring a Rush of Bad Body Image
We know some sorority girls have harsh words for those who break strict dress code guidelines, but apparently going Greek might impact more than a woman's sartorial self-esteem.
A recent survey found that women who go through rush are more likely to have a negative body image than non-sorority women. Specifically, they're more likely to judge their bodies from an outsider's perspective, engage in disordered eating, and experience body shame. And the survey also found that body shame got worse for new pledges a month into joining. I would love to see the results five or 10 years down the road; would former sorority sisters still experience poorer body image than their nonaffiliated counterparts?
For more on the influence of sororities,
The authors admitted that "sororities are very powerful at influencing the norms and ideals of their members" and that "a move away from a focus on appearance" would be helpful. Looking at one example, the Pi Beta Phi rush handbook — which bans muffin tops along with satin unless "you weigh less than 130 pounds, [and] have three pairs of spanks on" — it seems some sororities have a long way to go. Still I wonder if we can really identify Greek systems as the cause. Young women looking for outside approval might be more likely to join a sorority — and they also might be more likely to judge their bodies from an outsider's perspective.
If you were in a sorority, do you recognize the survey results in your own experience, or did you find your sisters no more prone to bad body image than any other woman?


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Sources say the Pitt and partner Angelina Jolie have come to blows over his drug and drinking issues. Jolie fears that he'll cheat on her and her verbal abuse of their beloved children.
"Even though Brad denies up and down that he's still using drugs, Angie is convinced that he's secretly abusing pot and possibly other drugs behind her back," a source said. "She's also turned off by his excessive drinking. Brad stormed out of their French chateau.
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Ovarian Issues (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Premature Ovarian Failure)
Ovarian issues are a leading cause of female infertility.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), also known as Stein Leventhal Syndrome, PCOD (polycystic ovary disease), Syndrome O and Syndrome X, is a hormonal disease affecting between 5-10% of women of childbearing age. Women with PCOS produce greater than normal amounts of androgens, a male hormone normally produced in small amounts in a woman's body. The hormone insulin is also linked to PCOS.
- Infertility due to lack of ovulation
- Infrequent, absent, and/or irregular menstrual periods
- Hirsutism (HER-suh-tiz-um): Increased hair growth on the face, chest, stomach, back, thumbs, or toes
- Cysts on the ovaries
- Acne, oily skin, or dandruff
- Weight gain or obesity, usually with extra weight around the waist
- Male-pattern baldness or thinning hair
- Patches of skin on the neck, arms, breasts, or thighs that are thick and dark brown or black
- Skin tags: excess flaps of skin in the armpits or neck area
- Pelvic pain
- Anxiety or depression
- Sleep apnea: breathing stops for short periods of time while asleep
- Exercise is an absolute must.
- Eat an anti-inflammatory diet.
- Avoid conventionally raised beef and dairy products, which may contain residues of estrogenic hormones used as growth promoters.
- Increase your intake of whole soy foods, including tofu, tempeh, soymilk, and edamame. The isoflavones in soy may help with the hormonal imbalances.
- A study in Fertility and Sterility showed that one-quarter to one-half teaspoon of cinnamon powder reduced insulin resistance in women with PCOS.
- There may be additional herbs and acupuncture that can help, but you would need to see a trained practitioner for specific advice.
- More than 50 percent of women with PCOS will have diabetes or pre-diabetes (impaired glucose tolerance) before the age of 40.
- The risk of a heart attack is 4 to 7 times higher in women with PCOS than women of the same age without PCOS.
- Women with PCOS have a greater risk of having high blood pressure.
- Women with PCOS often have high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol and low levels of HDL (good) cholesterol.
- Sleep apnea, when breathing stops for short periods of time during sleep, is common.
- Women with PCOS are at an increased risk for endometrial cancer.
Premature Ovarian Failure
Premature ovarian failure, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency and premature menopause, is defined as the loss of normal ovarian function before age 40. Technically, premature menopause is when menstruation stops completely, but these terms are often used interchangeably.
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- Reduced sexual desire
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The MLS Disciplinary Committee announced on Wednesday that FC Dallas midfielder Andrés Escobar has been fined an undisclosed amount for embellishment in Saturday's match against the San Jose Earthquakes.
The incident took place in the 51st minute of FCD's 5-0 win at Buck Shaw Stadium (see video above).
Week 21: Eddie Johnson suspended two games, Calum Mallace one for separate incidents
Week 20: Jamison Olave suspended two games, both Morales and Cahill fined
Week 19: Vancouver Whitecaps, Real Salt Lake charged with mass confrontation
Week 17: New York defender Armando, Colorado forward Sánchez suspended two games each
Week 17: Revs midfielder Lee Nguyen suspended for stomp on RSL's John Stertzer
Week 16: FC Dallas winger Fabian Castillo suspended four matches
Week 15: D.C. United's Fabian Espindola suspended, FC Dallas' Josema Bazan suspended, Portland Timbers' Maximiliano Urruti fined
Week 14: Colorado Rapids' Dillon Serna suspended, fines handed out to Chicago Fire, Seattle Sounders
Week 13: Fines issued to Montreal Impact's Hassoun Camara for simulation, Sporting KC's Igor Julião for hands to the face and Vancouver's Sebastian Fernandez for embellishment
Week 12: Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders warned for violating mass confrontation policy, Vancouver Whitecaps' Pedro Morales and Seattle Sounders' Chad Barrett fined
Week 11: D.C. United's Eddie Johnson, Portland Timbers' Alvas Powell suspended
Week 10: San Jose's Víctor Bernárdez suspended
Week 9: LA Galaxy's Rob Friend fined for embellishment
Week 8: D.C.'s Eddie Johnson fined for hands to the face; Vancouver's Paolo Tornaghi suspended for entering field
Week 7: Crew's Bernardo Añor fined for mass confrontation, Chivas USA's Wilmer Cabrera fined
Week 6: Crew's Giancarlo Gonzalez fined for embellishment
Week 5: D.C.'s Lewis Neal suspended, Revolution's Jay Heaps is fined
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Packed with high-flying action and nonstop laughs, MEGAMIND puts a whole new hilarious twist on the superhero movie. Super villain Megamind's (Will Ferrell) dreams have come true when he conquers the city's protector, Metro Man (Brad Pitt), gaining control of Metro City. But when a new villain (Jonah Hill) is created and chaos runs rampant, the world's biggest "mind" and his comic sidekick Minion (David Cross) might actually save the day. With an all-star cast including Tina Fey, and amazing animation, MEGAMIND "is a smart, funny and original treat" (Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington Post).
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For a film whose stock in trade are tongue-in-cheek reversals of comic-book cliche, it too often settles for trite audience-pleasing.
The fast-paced wisecracks and ironic asides that are the studio's hallmark help to push the film past the lumpy, generic storytelling.
No doubt some of it is charming enough to induce giggles in its preteen target audience... What's needed is a narrative invention to match the technical invention.
You'll enjoy it. And then you'll forget it.
The story's the thing. And this one is as subtly deep as it is ridiculously fun.
I do love Ferrell, whose absurdist man-child routine has always been a matter of taste.
The kiddie set can chortle at Megamind's slapstick and its goofy one-upmanship while adults get a kick out of all the smart spatial tricks that highlight the 3-D effects.


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Apple Valley Unified School District Transitional Kindergarten/Kindergarten enrollment will begin on Jan. 18 for the 2017-2018 school year. The Central Enrollment Office is located at 12555 Navajo Rd. and is open daily from 7:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Visit www.avusd.org/kindergarten2017 for details.
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November 2010
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has issued updated recommendations regarding the use of the influenza vaccination for the 2010-11 influenza season.
The ACIP recommendations indicate that the 2010-11 seasonal flu vaccination is recommended for everyone 6 months of age and older unless they have a specific contraindication to flu vaccine. See Persons Who Should Not Be Vaccinated.
Based on this information, the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has the following update for civil surgeons who provide influenza vaccination as part of the medical examination for status adjustment.
Effective immediately, all applicants 6 months of age or older are required to present proof of the influenza vaccine for the 2010-11 influenza season or receive a single dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine as provided in the ACIP 2010 recommendations for the influenza vaccine. The table on page 12 of the Vaccination Technical Instructions has been revised to reflect this change.
The 2010 ACIP recommendations for the influenza vaccine are available at Prevention and Control of Influenza with Vaccines, Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2010 [PDF – 68 pages].
The current Immunization Schedules are available at Vaccines & Immunizations Immunization Schedules
Additional Information about 2010-11 Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Vaccination
The 2010-11 seasonal flu vaccine protects against three different flu viruses: an influenza A H3N2 virus, an influenza B virus, and the 2009 H1N1 virus that caused so much illness last season.
There are two types of seasonal flu vaccines. One type is the "flu shot," an inactivated (killed) vaccine (TIV for "trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine") that is given with a needle, usually in the upper arm or thigh. This vaccine can be given to anyone 6 months or older, including pregnant women and people with existing medical conditions. The second type is the nasal spray vaccine (FluMist® or LAIV for "live attenuated influenza vaccine"), a vaccine made with live, weakened flu viruses that do not cause flu. This type of vaccine is approved for use in people 2–49 years of age who are not pregnant and who do not have health problems.
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Morning Joe has never been my favorite morning show, I will admit. I think Joe Scarborough is an asshat who abuses his co-host and constantly mansplains. In turn, Mika Brzezinski acts like she has no voice and allows him to walk all over it. Like a stereotypical white girl who drinks a lot of Starbucks lattes, I just can't even and more often than not I have to turn the channel in rage because I can't believe this is allowed on MSNBC–the "liberal" network. However, recently, Mika has found her voice and she has decided it is best used by telling her viewers what a terrible person Donald Trump is.
Last week, the Republican presidential candidate had a full-on Twitter meltdown (SHOCKING!) after Mika hammered one of his supporters, Pastor Mark Burns. The African-American pastor refused to answer her question about whether or not Trump was a racist and the billionaire was pissed. He couldn't believe she had the nerve to do her job and then started calling her lots of names. Trump's meltdown didn't intimidate her, though and on Monday morning she attacked him again.
During a segment about Dwyane Wade's cousin, Nykea Aldridge, who was killed in Chicago recently, Joe Scarborough asked ,"What kind of sickness infects the mind?" after Trump exploited her death for votes. Mika responded by pummeling the Republican:
"Let's just take this seriously at this point — at other stages at other campaigns, a network might be snarky and get a psychologist out. I actually think it's time to hear from somebody in the mental health community to look at this person who's been on television for months and give us a sense of what we have going on here. And, I'm sorry, let's stop pretending — we're dealing with someone who we can completely understand. When you see somebody with problems, you know it."
She isn't wrong; Donald Trump definitely needs help. He is the biggest narcissist to ever run for president. When something tragic happens in this country — like Aldrige's murder or the Pulse massacre — Trump latches onto other people's pain and tries to use it to benefit himself. He is almost giddy with excitement when people die; how sick is that? Instead of running for president he should do exactly like the Morning Joe host suggests and go to a damn doctor.
As for Mika, bravo. I wish she'd use her voice to destroy Republicans every day.


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7 Day Slow Carb Challenge
January 12, 2012 § Leave a comment
Today, I spotted a guy ravenously spoon-feeding himself black beans from a Snapware container. For a moment, I was touched. I thought I found a comrade – a fellow slow carbist in action. Then, I noticed his side plate of bagel and cream cheese. Damn…
At this same black bean consuming location, I was working my Slow Carb sales pitch to one not familiar. I mentioned, of course, my guru Tim Ferriss. "Buy his book", I demanded. Then, I gave my synopsis of the diet – the one I've delivered about a million times to anyone that will listen. I feel like all my conversations go something like this: "Hi, my name is Tessa. Have you heard of Tim Ferriss?". Then, my Slow Carb sales pitch follows shortly thereafter: "It's effortless. Simply eat ONLY beans, greens, eggs, and meat 6 days a week. Day seven is carbohydrate bliss. I've never been one to limit my intake of carbs. When I take on a Ben and Jerry's pint, I'm in it to win it. No to two scoops! No to saving half for later! I'll down the whole freakin' thing. So, now, I reserve a day where I can do that without guilt, without shame. So, on day 7, I eat whatever food in whatever inordinate amount. It works. I've shed 16 lbs. My boyfriend, 25 lbs. Exercise is minimal, less than 10 minutes per week. There's NO calorie counting. NO restricting." How could you not be sold, right?
(Tim Ferriss should hire me.)
At first, my audience is intrigued. Then, something happens. I get this (especially from women):
"I can't give up fruit!"
"I can't give up chocolate!"
"I can't give up yogurt!"
"I can't give up bread!"
"I can't do cheat day because I'll binge the next day!"
"I can't do that, it's too extreme!"
Can't, can't, can't, can't, can't! What a viral, self-defeating word! It's not that you can't. It's that you choose not to. And that's your choice. Slow Carb isn't for everyone and it's not the only "diet" out there that works. But at least hold the instinctive urge to can't all over it. Because you CAN.
Trust me, I was scared to
give up those carbs, too. Wait, did I say give up? Cross that out because you're NOT giving up anything! You're, instead, strategically including those delicious foods. Consume all the fruit, dairy, and bread you want on that reserved, guilt free binge day (GFBD). Go hard.
Now, let's address the binge effect. After GFBD, you should have mentally and physically tamed any bingeing urges. You have allowed your body and brain access to your favorite foods in excess. As a result, your body will be ready to assume clean eating the next day. It definitely takes awhile for your brain and emotions to catch up. Sure, you may feel guilty with this foreign concept of a GFBD. Sure, you may feel uncomfortable with it. Soon, though, it'll be fun – a day long, eating whatever you please adventure.
Now, let's address extremity. I'm always baffled when people dub Slow Carb extreme. I know extreme. Extreme is juice fasts. Raw Foodism. Veganism. Cabbage soup fasts. Extreme is calorie counting. I've nothing wrong with extreme. Extreme isn't always bad, but it's NOT Slow Carb. If anything, the Slow Carb plan is open with its lack of caloric restriction and its glorious "Cheat Day". What diet insists you take a day off and stuff your mouth with all that is forbidden? So, there. You know that old cliché "All things in moderation"? Well, this is moderation – strategic, effective moderation.
So, let's see how you fare with one week. Week 1 is the MOST difficult. Adjustments are difficult. If you can survive Week 1, you can stop with the can'ts.
Slow Carb Shopping List for 1 (< $150):
Beans: 2 black, 2 white, 2 butter, 1 lentil
1 can fire roasted crushed tomatoes
1 lime
1 lemon
1 jalapeno
Mixed Greens
1 bunch Romaine Lettuce
1 red onion
3 yellow onions
2 heads Cauliflower
1 tomato (or salsa)
3 avocados
Bag Frozen Peas/Carrots
2 dozen eggs
1 Stick Unsalted Butter
Breakfast Sausage (or bacon)
4 Chicken Breasts
Hamburger meat (I prefer buffalo)
Salad Dressing (Check to make sure there are zero sugars on the back)
Chicken Broth
Sea Salt
Black Pepper
Olive Oil
1/2 cups cashews
Apple Cider Vinegar
Options Slow Carb Elements:
Red Wine (Pinot or Merlot)
Cabbage for tacos (see Day 5)
Raw nut butter
Meal Plan Suggestion (Feel free to improvise)
Day 1
Breakfast of Champions **(Day 1 – 6)**:
2 eggs any style
breakfast meat
sautéed (or raw) spinach (saute in 1 tsp. olive oil)
About 1/3 can beans (I prefer black)
Lunch: Mixed Green Salad with 1 hardboiled eggs, red onions, chicken, 1/2 cup beans, 1/2 avocado, & dressing.
Dinner: My Black Bean Soup & 1 Chicken Breast cooked to your liking (try sautéing on medium heat in garlic, lemon, and pepper for something simple).
Day 2
Lunch: Mixed green salad with dressing. Left over soup.
Dinner: Try the Shepard's Pie from the 4-Hour Cookbook (Page 26).
Day 3
Lunch: Try a BEAT from the 4-Hour Cookbook (Page 7). I substitute salsa for chopped tomatoes.
Dinner: Double my Butter Bean Soup.
Day 4
Lunch: Left over soup. Mixed green salad with dressing.
Dinner: Bunless Burgers (Bacon and Egg Burger with Sautéed Mushrooms and Onions and Avocado Slices on the side)
Day 5
Lunch: Leftover bunless burgers.
Dinner: Tacos
2 boneless/skinless chicken breast tenders
3 large leafs of Romaine lettuce
Sea Salt (to taste)
1 cup Black Bean
Salsa (to taste)
Optional Taco elements:
avocados (about ½)
chopped cabbage
limes for squeezing
cilantro for garnish
Cashew "Sour Cream" by Sarah Britton of My New Roots
½ cup raw cashews
juice of ½ lemon
1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
5 Tbsp. water (approx.)
Day 6
Lunch: Leftover tacos.
Dinner: Your Choice!
Day 7
Heaven! Go to town. For inspiration, click here.
Final Remarks:
I'm a fan of leftovers. Can you tell? Leftovers enhance simplicity.
If you find you NEED a snack, indulge on a scoop of raw nut butter (I like almond and cashew butter from Whole Foods). If you are still hungry, EAT MORE BEANS.
Buy organic OR even better, local.
Enjoy an optional glass of Red Wine at dinner!
If you don't feel like cooking, Mexican restaurants are a solid option. Try fajitas (sans tortillas). Chipotle's burrito bowls are also convenient (no cheese & no rice on that, please!).
As always, feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Good luck, guys! Be that guy ravenously downing black beans in a coffee shop.
AND for further slow carb concerns/information, buy Tim's book. I don't want to reinvent the wheel, here. All you need to know is in one easy-to-read chapter in the 4-Hour Body.
Debunking Butter Bean Soup, Butter Bean Gravy, and Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes
January 9, 2012 § Leave a comment
Oh, wow!
I had low expectations for my butter bean soup, but man were my sensory taste neurons pleasantly triggered! Creamy, light, and filling. As a soup, it was fabulous, but while I was spooning it into my mouth I had an epiphany! Boy, would this taste good on a mound of Cauliflower mashed potatoes*! To use this as a gravy, increase thickness by adding less broth (maybe 3/4 cup). I would also recommend adding some sautéed mushrooms to the mixture pre-blending.
The soup is easy, of course, to whip up!
I made enough soup for 2, but I'd highly recommend doubling the recipe for seconds or for next day's lunch. Yes, it's that good.
You'll need…
1 yellow onion
1 T butter (or oil if you don't have butter)
1 can of butter beans
1 cup chicken broth
1 tsp Thyme
Crisp bacon, ham, or pancetta to top
Chives for garnish
Black pepper to taste
1. Melt butter on medium heat.
2. Add onions; cook for about 10 min.
3. Add butter beans, broth, and thyme.
4. Allow to simmer for about 30 sec.
5. Remove from heat for 10 min.
6. Blend mixture.
7. Reheat.
8. Serve in small bowls or cups.
9. Add bacon and chives on top.
And you're done. But WAIT there's more…
* To make cauliflower mashed potatoes, use one head cauliflower. Chop up the cauliflower, doing your best to remove the stems. Fill a large saucepan with water. Bring water to a boil. Add in chopped cauliflower. Reduce heat and allow to simmer for about 5 – 10 min, until the pieces are soft (NOT soggy). Drain water. Add cauliflower to a food processor with some butter. Mix until smooth, like mashed potatoes. Use in Shepard's Pie (see in 4-Hour Body Cookbook), under bunless burgers, as a side dish, etc. Get creative!
Speaking of cauliflower mashed potatoes, these Cauliflower Mashed Potato Cups look divine (sans cheese!).
I know you're probably thinking Yuck, Cauliflower!? I get it. I really am not a fan of it in its raw, uncooked form. Yet, it is surprisingly good in its whipped up, cooked form and really DOES taste as good as mashed potatoes. If that's hard to fathom, try it for yourself and you be the judge. I think your taste buds will be pleasantly wowed. Not only that, but your body will be well nourished.
Cauliflower is a great source of Vitamin C and B vitamins. It has anti-inflammatory properties, and with regular consumption can reduce your risk of arthritis, obesity, diabetes mellitus, inflammatory bowel disease and ulcerative colitis. It is notable for its fiber content, helping the digestive system rid the body of impurities. Also, it may be a natural agent in fighting cancer for it contains phytochemicals – chemicals thought to play a role in stimulating enzymes that block cancer cell proliferation.
Not so yuck anymore, right?
Debunking Black Bean Soup
January 5, 2012 § Leave a comment
So, I've made black bean soup at least 3 times now and I'm still perfecting it! Last night, I came close to black bean soup perfection.
First, though, why black beans? I can't stress enough how important excess bean consumption is on the slow carb plan. Yeah, you heard me, right. Excess. You should be taking in more beans that you think you should. They should be on your plate at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Why? One, beans are packed with protein. Two, beans are your only source of carbohydrates 6 days a week. Sans beans, be prepared to feel sluggish, delirious, and imbalanced. Plus, legumes (complex carbohydrates) curb cravings for those simple carbohydrates (processed sugar, fruit, etc.) that we are cutting out. Black beans are especially awesome because they are a super food. Perhaps, for all of these reasons, I favor black beans to other beans. They work so beautifully in egg scrambles, salads, and yes, soups!
So, here's what you'll need to replicate the almost perfect slow carb black bean sopa!
25 ounce can black beans (or 2 15 ounce cans)
1 yellow (or red) onion minced
1 T cumin
1 jalapeno pepper finely chopped and seeded
1 1/2 cups vegetable or chicken broth
4-6 slices of bacon (I used turkey bacon)
1 T olive oil
1/2 can of fire roasted crushed tomatoes
cilantro or chives for garnish (optional)
1. Heat olive oil in deep sauce pan.
2. Add bacon and cook on medium heat for about 2-3 min.
3. Add onion and jalapeno pepper and cook for about 2-3 min.
4. Add cumin.
5. Add a little more than half of the beans.
6. Add broth.
7. Add crushed tomatoes.
8. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat to let cool for 10 min.
9. Transfer to a blender. Puree on high.
10. Transfer back to sauce pan and add the remaining beans.
11. Cook on low heat for about 3 min.
Pretty simple.
Last night, I also made beer braised chicken in the slow cooker. It wasn't intended, but I ended up shredding the chicken and putting it in the soup. Too good!I realized that the soup could deliciously be used as a sauce over chicken and perhaps fajitas (no tortillas, of course!).
* Some other ingredients to experiment with in your black bean sopa experiments:
Garlic, chili powder, chopped red peppers, ham in lieu of bacon, thyme, oregano, bay leave…Sky's the limit.
** Here's an Epicurious black bean soup worth trying.
Debunking Goals
January 4, 2012 § Leave a comment
So, goals are tough to follow through with even if you're a master in the art of organization, a member of the highly focused camp, and an individual with unwavering motivation. I can't attest to being a master of anything, a member of anything focused, or an individual with unwavering anything. And that's just fine. I am, however, still trying to figure out how to reach goals – attempting to decode the process. There's so much noise out there about acquiring our goals. It's easy to get lost in the noise. It's easy to lose focus. It's so, so, so easy to exhaust, become overwhelmed, lose motivation, and move on to the next best thing. I feel like I've lived most of my life moving on to the next best thing. Somewhere along the goal reaching line, I exhaust and my motivation depletes. Maybe I build up too much enthusiasm and wear myself out. Maybe I suffer from a personality that loves change, movement, and stimulation. Maybe I'm too distracted. Maybe my brain is too cluttered. I've contemplated over these maybes more than once. While the maybes are (maybe) all valid, they are just more noise and more distraction. Maybes are mere excuses. Mere defense mechanisms. What am I defending? Well, the same thing that everyone is defending. Fear.
Fear. The fundamental emotion that drives us to sadness, depression, and anxiety. Fear. That emotion that shuts us off from being loving and loved. Fear. That fucking voice that gets in the way, tells us we aren't good enough, and leaves us feeling hopeless and wounded. I've battled fear for so long. No. Correction. Fear has battled me for so long. I've let it. I've let it come in and shit all over my goals, my aspirations, my lovingness, and worthiness. Guess what 2012? Fear is getting an ass kicking. Fear is being subdued.
Why 2012? It's not like January 1st, 2012 I woke up and said "Fear be gone!". It's all been a gradual process. I mean, first off, I didn't even know fear was consuming me. I didn't even know how to pair the word "fear" with what I was experiencing and feeling. I just thought life was crazy, messy, and ugly and that I just needed to deal with it like everyone else. When I realized my fear (which took years by the way) and recognized the toll it was taking on me, my life, and my relationships. I realized how detrimental this emotion is when you don't get a handle on it.
I was dodging fear. I was dodging fear through food, through drink, through drug, and through a plethora of destructive behavioral patterns. I thought I was fighting back, but really, fear was winning. Dodging it, numbing it, eating it, drinking it, and sexualizing it, does not OVERCOME it. What does? Well, it's a process…
Debunking fear, meant getting to know myself. I never got to know myself. I'm still working on it. I always just kind of went with what I thought I was or what I should be. I never realized what I was – what I am. Because I didn't know myself, I didn't know if I was worthy. If you don't know something, how do you know its any good? That was my dilemma. I measured myself based on what others fed me. If it was negative, I thought I was unworthy. If it was positive, I'd have a temporary moment of relief. Ah, I am okay, that person thinks I am worthy.
Worthiness. The fundamental emotion that makes us feel worthy of love. How can you love something if you don't know it? Easy, you just can't! As I get in touch with myself, as I approach my ideal self, I realize that hey, you know what, I'm damn worthy. What else? I'm lovable. What more? I'm a creative thinker. I'm loving. I'm an intellectual. I'm giving. I'm compassionate. I'm flowing with potential for greatness. So are you, if you believe yourself worthy enough to be all that and more. The great thing about knowing yourself, is that no one can ever bring you down with their criticism, their accusations because YOU know that that's just not YOU.
So, what's the first step in achieving goals? Realizing that you are, without a doubt, WORTHY. When you feel worthy, you believe yourself worth LOVING. When you love yourself, you love others freely, widely, and openly without shame, without doubt, and without fear. You connect. You build networks filled with amazing individuals. You accept vulnerability (For a great video on vulnerability, see this). You find meaning. Life is seriously way better – way worth sticking around for despite the challenges, loss, disappointments, and bouts of fear that we will undeniably face – when you admit to yourself that you are worthy.
I'd rather NOT be a master in the art of organization. I'd rather NOT be highly focused all the time because I enjoy breathing, observing, experiencing, and just being. Unwavering motivation would be nice, but motivation is not always sustainable. What I'd rather be is a loving human being. I'd rather feel worthy. I'd rather experience unwavering lovingness of myself and of others.
With fear understood and tamed through the recognition of my own worthiness, I've achieved goals I never imagined attainable. Here are some…
1) Letting go of a destructive food addiction and developing a new, beautiful relationship with food!
2) Getting a handle on my depression, BPD, and hypomania
3) Achieving emotional stability
4) Finding a loving relationship and committing to it
5) Finding the ability to relax and be present in that relaxation
6) Expressing lovingness toward my family
7) Saying "no" to a path that was rendering me unhappy
8) Following my own, unique path
Man, writing those all out totally brings tears gushing out, because I NEVER imagined any of it to be possible. I had resigned to binge eating, depression, and all of it. I thought, fuck, this is me, and this is my unavoidable, sick reality. Did I feel worthy? Hardly ever. Did I think myself lovable? Not really, no.
In 2011, came worthiness. In came lovingness. Man, am I grateful! It's such a vital foundation – an integral piece of the goal reaching puzzle. With fear on its way out, I feel like there is so much more beauty and achievement to come.
For a structured, simple goal reaching plan test out this planner. This planner is a great way to debunk your goals, to narrow them down, and to assess their importance. Ultimately, 4 goals are chosen to start with. You map out the ways you will achieve these and when you do, off to the next best thing without defeat!
My four goals? Yoga daily, blogging/writing daily, meditation daily, and reading 1 book/week.
Another great goal tool is Wishcraft – a free e-book to help you achieve your goals and dreams. Very powerful. The exercises are very insightful.
Daily Debunks
1. Fear is the root of all sadness, shame, depression, anxiety, etc.
2. Worthiness is the root of all beauty, lovingness, connectedness, compassion, etc.
3. With worthiness, our goals become more attainable.
Slow carb kitchen essentials
January 3, 2012 § Leave a comment
One, BIG appeal of the slow carb diet is its simplicity. It's not a high maintenance diet like others I have embarked upon i.e. veganism, raw foodism, etc. Food preparation doesn't take hours. I'm so happy my days of soaking nuts and legumes hours in advance is over! On the slow carb plan, every meal of the day could easily be whipped up in under 30 minutes. I love it!
To make your life even easier, you should consider incorporating certain tools into your kitchen if you're going to take on slow carbism (Why not add an -ism?). Here's a comprehensive list…
Food Processor – Good for making sauces, blending soups, chopping herbs, etc. I have a 9-cup Cuisinart.
Blender – Good for blending soups. I have a cheap Hamilton Beach blender, and it does the job just fine.
Slow Cooker – This is a recent addition to my kitchen. I'm so excited to test it out! It adds a whole new element of creativity (and simplicity) to my meals. It's so awesome to throw all the ingredients into a pot, sit back, and let it do its magic.
Garlic press – I use minced garlic daily. Without this inexpensive tool, I'd be hard pressed to make my soups, sauces, etc.
Lemon/lime juicer – I use a lot of lemons/limes to add flavor to soups, meats, fish, etc. While you could simply juice by hand, it's annoying to pick out the seeds and even more annoying to find them in your food. Spare yourself the annoyance and pick up this handy, inexpensive tool.
Deep Saucepan – Necessary for making soups, boiling eggs, etc.
Vegetable Steamer – I tend to saute my vegetables a lot, but sometimes I prefer to steam so I'm not saturating all my veggies in olive oil.
Colander – I always drain my beans to wash away excess sodium.
Can Opener – You'll be eating loads of beans, so get one of these (if you don't already own one) quick!
2 Frying Pans – One small, one large. There's really no need to have a full set of pots and pans. Less is more, especially in a small kitchen prone to messiness and clutter.
Chef's knife – Get a good one! All you really need to do your chopping is a good quality chef's knife.
So, that's it! Well, if I were a hardcore minimalist that would be it. Here are some other fancy tools I could do without, but choose not to :).
For the coffee enthusiasts…
Espresso Maker – While wildly expensive, I don't regret a penny of this buy.
Coffee Maker – I cannot do without my morning cup of coffee. Okay, I could, but again, I choose not to.
French Press – Before I had my coffee and espresso maker, this was an inexpensive way to make my coffee.
Coffee grinder – Used to grind espresso beans and coffee beans for the French Press.
Stovetop Espresso maker – Isn't he just cute? I used this a lot pre espresso maker. The espresso turns out pretty decent.
Extra slow carb gadgets…
Egg Poacher – I love poached (technically caudled) eggs. I don't have this tool, but I plan on investing in one. Since you'll be eating a lot of eggs, it's nice to have different ways to prepare them.
CorkPops – "The Fastest, Easiest Way to Open a Bottle of Wine". It's true. And fun.
Red Wine glasses
Hand Mixer – I'm on the hunt for one of these too. Why? Well, my guru Tim Ferriss recently contributed a post highlighting ways to age wine. See Method #4. I've performed the science experiment. It works!
Omelet Pan – I'm still making my omelets in a nonstick frying pan, but it would be oh-so-nice to have a pan truly dedicated to omelet craft.
Tea Pot – Since my consumption days of juice and other caloric beverages are over, I've discovered the beauty of tea! Also, a tea pot is convenient for boiling water for the French Press.
I'm sure there are a plethora of other appliances I could include, but again, less is more. Let's not get too carried away. The basics are enough to get you going and if you find you'd like to incorporate something new, by all means, do (especially if it makes cooking easier)!
Stay tuned for a list of ingredients integral to the slow carb diet. Let's get your kitchen fully stocked and loaded for the New Year!
Simple, Slow-carb Soup – Turkey Bacon & Lentil
December 22, 2011 § Leave a comment
1 shallot (or 1 onion) finely chopped
4 cloves garlic minced
1 tbs olive oil
2 cans lentils (not dry)
3 -4 slices turkey bacon chopped up
1 can fire-roasted crushed tomatoes
~3-5 cups Chicken or Vegetable broth
2 tsp Rosemary
2 tsp Thyme
Salt & Pepper to taste
Cilantro for garnish
1. Grab a large pot.
2. Olive oil in.
3. On medium heat, saute onion and garlic. About 2 minutes.
4. In goes lentils, can of tomatoes, turkey bacon, broth (I'd start out with 3 cups here; you can always add more post blending if the soup is too thick), & spices.
5. Turn up heat. Let the soup simmer, then take it off the heat to cool for 5-10 min.
6. Dump the mix in a blender or food processor. Puree until you have yourself a thick, creamy, chunk-less texture.
7. Dump back into large pot. If too thick, add more broth. Keep on low heat until ready to serve.
Et Voila!
Debunking my freak out
December 22, 2011 § Leave a comment
It doesn't take much to get me worked up. Yeah, that's right. I'll be the first to admit that I'm easily shaken, easily pissed off, easily hurt, easily disappointed, easily scared, and easily annoyed. In the lyrics of Jewel, "I'm sensitive, and I'd like to stay that way." My emotions have the ability to go from a smooth, flowing calm to a blood boiling, pulling-out-my-hair storm in nanoseconds. I pace ferociously and mindlessly around my space. I hurl out obscenities to the air around me. I create a catastrophe in my brain. I render even the littlest, irrelevant thing the end of my world. Essentially, I'll perform the adult version of a 2-year-old temper tantrum. Hey, I'm entitled to it. So are you.
So, that inner 2-year-old emerged today. Fortunately, she emerged with only my adult self witnessing. Why the show? Well, UPS did something wrong. They didn't ring my bell when I was home. Shame on them! Hence, I did not get my package – a package integral to my boyfriend's Christmas present for the Christmas we are celebrating tonight! So, I did the adult thing: I called my boyfriend to bitch about UPS. Then, I did the real adult thing: I called UPS.
I always forget that people are real people. The UPS guy on the phone isn't just the UPS guy. He's a human being. I forgot to care about his human beingness today. In my frenzied, catastrophic state, he was just the UPS guy – the UPS guy that couldn't fix any of my problems. As the UPS guy, he was the root of my problems. He couldn't deliver (pun-intended). I was fuming – fuming enough to post a Facebook status update: UPS just ruined Christmas. But why?
At my core, I know it's a silly package. I know it's integral to a silly gift. It's even a silly holiday. It's all silly! But today it was serious, it was vital, it was a big, hell of a deal. At least, I thought so.
Following a few phone calls, the UPS delivery guy decided to meet me half-way. So, in compromise, I will hunt him down on my block from 4:430pm. Problem solved. "Crisis" averted. I felt like a nut bag.What was with me?
I realized that, maybe, I needed to get worked up. Maybe the situation triggered a surge of emotions that I was dumbing down – anxiety, stress, disappointment, and fear. Maybe UPS gave me an excuse to work out those emotions. Perhaps, the calm was a facade and what I really needed was a solid 2-year-old moment followed by an adult reflection.
I wasn't going to write a post today because I was feeling too preoccupied, distracted, and unmotivated. Now, after my little performance, I feel good. I feel a release. I feel renewed and truly zen. UPS did me a favor.
The point is that "crises", detours, and changes happen for a reason. I think they really keep you in check with your emotional state. Your reaction says it all. Analyzing my response, my emotional state was a little (if not more than a little) on edge today. It was good to really get in touch with that – to really recognize and feel it, instead of carrying on with emotional chips on my shoulders. Feeling emotions, whether good or bad, feels good. I'm so happy to feel them!
In the past, I never felt much. No, correction: I didn't feel at all. I was numb. Had the UPS wronged me a year ago, I would have been pissed off and angry at him. I would have damned his incompetency. I would not have considered his human beingness, because in my mind he was just the UPS guy. I wouldn't have figured myself, my feelings, and my emotional response into the equation. It was his fault. It was that simple. It had nothing to do with me!
My current self places no fault (Well, once my emotions catch up). First off, shit happens. Second, how I reacted has EVERYTHING to do with me and NOTHING to do with the UPS guy. It's all me. The UPS guy did not create the catastrophe. I created the catastrophe. You know what, I created it for a reason. I needed to freakin' feel something!
Reactions, decisions, and everything comes from our emotions. You can say you're a logical, left brain person all you want, but it's proven that all reasoning, all sequential thinking, and all so-called logical decisions stem first from an emotional seed. We are probably more like human feelings, rather than human beings. The problem for many of us (myself included), is that we have no idea how to effectively manage our feelings. We don't even know what to call them! We call fear 'uncertainty'. We call disappointment and sad 'pissed off'. We call anxiousness 'busy' or 'tired' or 'fed up'. We don't call things how we feel.
Instead of feeling through a temper tantrum, through crying, through conversation, through journaling, through music, through yoga, through whatever positive outlet possible, we destroy. We eat our feelings. We drug our feelings. We sexualize our feelings. It's crazy because, for most of my life, this felt so normal.
I'm not so sure if the UPS mess up would have initiated a binge over 6 months ago, but it's situations, disappointments, catastrophes of that sort that led me to pursue destructive habits that further numbed and ineffectively managed my feelings. Eating diverted my attention away from me and my unwanted emotions. It distracted me. Like drugs and alcohol, it took me to a mindless, stimulated and temporarily satisfying place. But it wasn't sustainable. While it allowed me to escape, it didn't bring me an ounce of real happiness. I couldn't verbalize it at the time, but it made me feel defeated, scared, guilty, failed, and worthless.
Feeling is not weak. It's good to feel excited! It's good to feel loving! It's even good to feel sad! To feel disappointed! It's so good to recognize feelings, to own those feelings, and to let them just be.
Daily Debunks
1. You create your own catastrophes. Nothing is inherently a catastrophe. You make it as such.
2. You are emotional. You have feelings. Even if you're the most rational, logical person on the planet, you act based on emotions. They key is to recognize them and own them.
3. You are entitled to tantrums, crying fits, ferocious pacing, panting, jumping up and down, air punches, air swears, whatever it may be. Just try to do it in a private place. It's about you. No one should be involved or bear witness to your letting loose moment. After these moments pass, reflect. Ask yourself, What's really going on here?
4. Bingeing, drugs, sex etc. do make you feel good. Dopamine is released – the happy hormone. The only catch? It's short-lived. It's not sustainable. It follows a sustained, long-lived depression until the next binge or stimulus. Luckily, there are ways to sustain happiness that don't destroy you and your body. Easier said than done, but there are infinite ways! What really makes one happy is a solid self-esteem. If you have self-esteem, you have it all.
5. UPS isn't mean and they didn't ruin my Christmas 🙂


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Bio: The jury is still out as to whether or not curly haired Shirley Temple was the most talented child star in movie history; there is little doubt, however, that she was the most consistently popular. The daughter of non-professionals, she started taking singing and dancing classes at the age of three, and the following year began accompanying her mother on the movie… More Bio: The jury is still out as to whether or not curly haired Shirley Temple was the most talented child star in movie history; there is little doubt, however, that she was the most consistently popular. The daughter of non-professionals, she started taking singing and dancing classes at the age of three, and the following year began accompanying her mother on the movie audition circuit. Hired by the two-reel comedy firm of Educational Pictures in 1933, she starred in an imitation Our Gang series called the Baby Burlesks, performing astonishingly accurate impressions of Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich; she was also featured in the films of Educational's other stars, including Andy Clyde and Frank Coghlan Jr. In 1934 she was signed by Fox Pictures, a studio then teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. After a handful of minor roles she created a sensation by stopping the show with her rendition of "Baby Take a Bow" in Fox's Stand Up and Cheer. She was promptly promoted to her own starring features, literally saving Fox (and its successor 20th Century Fox) from receivership, and earned a special Oscar in 1934 "in grateful recognition to her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment." With such tailor-made vehicles as Bright Eyes (1934), Curly Top (1935), The Little Colonel (1935), Dimples (1936), and Heidi (1937), Temple was not only America's number one box-office attraction, but a merchandising cash cow, inspiring an unending cascade of Shirley Temple dolls, toys, and coloring books. She also prompted other studios to develop potential Shirley Temples of their own, such as Sybil Jason and Edith Fellows (ironically, the only juvenile actress to come close to Temple's popularity was 20th Century Fox's own Jane Withers, who got her start playing a pint-sized villain in Temples' Bright Eyes). Though the Fox publicity mill was careful to foster the myth that Temple was just a "typical" child with a "normal" life, her parents carefully screened her friends and painstakingly predetermined every move she made in public. Surprisingly, she remained an unspoiled and most cooperative coworker, though not a few veteran character actors were known to blow their stacks when little Temple, possessed of a photographic memory, corrected their line readings. By 1940, Temple had outgrown her popularity, as indicated by the failure of her last Fox releases The Blue Bird and Young People. The following year, MGM, who'd originally wanted Temple to play Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, cast her in Kathleen, another box-office disappointment which ended her MGM association almost before it began. Under the auspices of producers Edward Small and David O. Selznick, Temple enjoyed modest success as a teenaged actress in such productions as 1942's Miss Annie Rooney (in which Dickie Moore gave her first screen kiss) and 1944's Since You Went Away. Still, the public preferred to remember the Shirley Temple that was, reacting with horror when she played sexually savvy characters in Kiss and Tell (1945) and That Hagen Girl (1947). Perhaps the best of her post-child star roles was spunky army brat Philadelphia Thursday in John Ford's Fort Apache (1947), in which she co-starred with her first husband, actor John Agar (the union broke up after four years when Agar began to resent being labeled "Mr. Shirley Temple"). She returned to 20th Century Fox for her last film, Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949), in which played second fiddle to star Clifton Webb. Retiring on her trust fund in 1950, she wed a second time to business executive Charles Black, a marriage that would endure for several decades and produce a number of children. In 1958 she made a comeback as host of The Shirley Temple Storybook, a well-received series of children's TV specials. Her final show business assignment was the weekly 1960 anthology The Shirley Temple Show, which though not a success enabled her to play a variety of character roles -- including a toothless old witch in an hour-long adapta
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Yoga Finds Our Balance
Article by: Janna Leyde
Illustrations by: Nicole Renee
From: JannaMLeyde.com
Balance is our natural state. We seek it, both mentally and physically. It is when we are off our center, away from our midline, or just not quite right, that those unsettling emerge. Those like fear, apathy, anger, impatience, compulsion, greed. And even the good ones, like elation, ambition, exuberance and determination can put us off kilter.
"Yoga is the study of balance, and balance is the aim of all living creatures: it is our home."
-Rolf Gates
Yoga is a practice of opposing energies. In any given yoga class, the poses will lead the body through expansion and contraction, right versus left, grounding as opposed to energizing. If we are able to harness these oppositions in tandem, then we are onto something. Some might call it emotional stability.
Below are Three Yoga Practices that help bring back the balance. All you need are few minutes to yourself and a quiet place to practice.
Seated Hip Circles
to reconnect with your center
- Choose a quiet space and find a comfortable seat—sukhasana (Easy Pose). You can either sit with legs crossed on the floor (or sit on top of a folded blanket or a pillow) or sit in a chair with both feet flat on the floor.
- Place hands, palms facing down, on top of the knees. Close your eyes. Sit in stillness to take a moment to connect with your breath. If this feels like a challenge, count 1-2-3 for each inhale and 3-2-1 for each exhale.
- Stay connected to the breath as you begin to make circles with your upper body.
- Inhale and swing the hips and torso over the left, drawing a half-circle as you rock back, dip the chin, and round the spine.
- Exhale and swing the hips and torso over to the right to complete the circle as you lift the chin and chest and lean forward.
Repeat these movements for 1-2 minutes. Think of it as drawing a counter-clockwise circle around your seat. Switch to a clockwise rotation and repeat for another set of 1-2 minutes. Get creative and allow the elbows to bend and rock as far back, forward or to the side as feels good to your body.
Sun Breaths
to let go of what is not serving you
- Stand in Tadasana (Mountain Pose) with the big toes touching and the heels slightly apart (or keep the feet parallel and hip-width distance apart). Feel the weight in the heel and the ball of each foot evenly. Pick up all ten toes and place them down one toe at a time. Allow the arms to rest easy at your sides.
One complete Sun Breath:
- Inhale and extend the arms all the way out to the sides. Imagine you are scooping up all the air as you reach the fingertips up toward the sky—Urdhva Hastasana
- Exhale to swan dive forward, bringing the hands down as you fold at the waist into a forward fold—Uttanasana. Let the knees bend if the hamstrings are tight.
- Inhale and lift the torso up to a flat back and rest the hands on the shins. Keep the back of the neck long and the lower belly engaged to support a healthy spine—Ardha Uttanasana
- Exhale and fold back down to Uttanasana.
- Inhale, bend the knees—a lot—and begin a slow roll up to stand, heading lifting up last.
- Exhale and bring the palms together and draw them down in front of your heart—Tadasana.
Practice 3-5 Sun Breaths, initiating each inhale and exhale before the movement of the body. You can close your eyes and imagine that you are swimming or flying through the air.
Alternate Nostril Breathing
to balance your inner energy channels.
- Choose a quiet space and find a comfortable seat—Sukhasana (Easy Pose). You can either sit with legs crossed on the floor (or on top of a folded blanket or pillow) or sit in a chair with both feet flat on the floor. Sit with a tall spine.
- Left hand: Bring the index finger and thumb to touch. Extend the other three fingers and place the back of the hand on the left knee.
- Right hand: Reach the tips of the index finger and middle finger up to the space between the eyebrows (the third eye). Place the ring finger and the little finger on the left side of the nose. Place the thumb on the right side the nose. (The right hand controls the breathing in and out of each nostril for this exercise).
One complete round of breath:
- Close the left nostril and inhale through the right for 1-2-3
- Close both nostrils and retain the inhale for 3-2-1
- Release the left nostril and exhale for 1-2-3
- Release the right and retain the exhale for 3-2-1
- Close the right nostril and inhale through the left for 1-2-3
- Close both nostrils and retain the inhale for 3-2-1
- Release the right nostril and exhale for 1-2-3
- Release both and retain for 3-2-1
Practice for 5-10 complete rounds of breath. You can increase the count to a 4-count or 6-count breath if you feel comfortable. Try to keep the breaths even.


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|Samsung have announced the new Samsung E500 mobile phone at Russia's SVIAZ Expo Comm trade fair. In another "World's first" for Samsung, the E500 is the world's first mobile phone pitched at women that isn't pink!
Ever since Motorola targeted the female market with a pink RAZR, every other handset manufacturer has released a pink version of their existing models, believing that what women really want is a pink phone . Samsung, though, know better, and have opted instead for a design influenced by Botticelli's "The birth of Venus", and included a feature called the 'Mobile Beauty Box', and a miror. Which apparently is what women really want from a phone.
To be fair, the Samsung E500 doesn't look half bad, and certainly beats the harsh black design of many of its other models. However, I can't help but feel the Mobile Beauty Box is just a little gimmicky, as well as, dare I say it, patronizing? The Mobile Beauty Box feature allows users to take pictures and apply different hair styles to their pictures. Also, users can fuse two different facial images to see the result of the combination.
According to Kitae Lee, president of Samsung's Telecommunication Network Business, "Samsung recognizes the impact that style and fashion has on our culture today. As part of our strategy to meet specific market needs, we have added this new women phone to reach a highly targeted segment of female market."
>> Samsung E500 Full Phone SpecificationThe specification for the Samsung E500 aren't too bad, although they're nothing special:


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It appears that the age of realistic films has begun in Tamil films in right earnest. After films like Kaadhal, Paruthiveeran, Tenmerku Paruvakkatru and Mynaa and the recently released Vazakku Enn 18/9, here comes another film which seeks to portray another facet of the realistic cinema-making.
Such films release almost in obscurity with no pre-release hype or expectations. As days roll on, the talk about the film spreads through 'word-of-mouth' and through positive criticisms in the media. Debutant director Thangasamy's Rattinam appears to be the next one in the spate of realistic films following close on the heels of Vazakku Enn 18/9.
The recently held audio-launch of Rattinam saw many noted directors appreciating the debutant for the way in which the film has been made. Gautham Menon described the film as another Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya set in Tuticorin.
Thangasamy's portrayal of a realistic romantic story in the backdrop of the port city has received widespread appreciation. The film, though, has an entire cast of newcomers including its music director and cinematographer.
Talking about his film on the eve of its release, Thangasamy says "The human is an engine; it never stays fixed in a place and keeps on wavering. Like a rattinam (swing), it keeps on osciallating from one extreme to the other which I have attempted to portray to the best of my abilities."
Looks like he's got a hit film on his hands!


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Gosford shooting victim Laurie Starling 'lit up the room everywhere he went'
The victim of a shooting murder on the New South Wales central coast was targeted by his killer but was not involved in organised crime, police believe.
It is believed Laurie Starling, 29, was shot several times as he sat behind the wheel of his 4WD ute outside his car restoration business in West Gosford on Thursday night.
Witnesses heard a volley of gunshots before a silver or grey car was seen speeding away with several men inside.
The victim's father Robert Starling, brother Jamie Starling and girlfriend Tiffany spoke to the media on Friday to pay tribute to a man they said always tried to do the right thing in life.
Tiffany described her boyfriend of a year as someone everyone wanted to be around.
"Laurie lit up the room everywhere he went and that's an understatement," she said.
"Everyone wanted to know Laurie.
"He was just a gentle giant."
Robert Starling said his son, known to the family as "goofy uncle Laurie", had achieved big things and was on the verge of doing even more.
"He and his team have won many awards for vehicle fabrication, including winning this year's grand champion at [Canberra car festival] Summernats," Mr Starling said.
The industrial street where the shooting happened is known to be a popular haunt for bikie gang members, but Detective Inspector Grant Taylor said there was nothing to suggest the victim was involved in organised crime.
He described the shooting as a callous and brutal murder.
"This person, as far as we know at this stage, was an innocent member of the public going about his business," he said.
Police found a burnt-out silver vehicle, matching witnesses' description of the getaway car, in the car park of a sporting field in East Gosford earlier on Friday.
The family pleaded with anyone with information about the shooting to contact police.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, gosford-west-2250
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