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Two Schnauzer puppies were reunited recently with their owners with the help of the New Jersey Devils Facebook community, but the hockey club's enviable social media program delivers much more than furry photo ops and team updates. It delivers a whole new revenue stream.
"Every new partner that we've brought on...has wanted some piece of what we do in here," said Devils Marketing Director Will Carafello, referring to the team's sophisticated fan-guided social media initiative, Mission Control.
Mission Control - a hub stocked with flat-screen computers, TVs, and red and black-skinned Apple iPads located in the team's administrative offices in Newark, NJ - has become the team's leading money maker for its sponsorship department, said Carafello.
Renewable energy company Pfister Energy is running a contest promoted on the Devils Facebook page asking kids to submit illustrations, videos, or photos demonstrating the value of renewable energy. Winners get game tickets, an iPad, and a team jersey.
NJ Lottery is also running a social media-fueled contest. The brand asks for a like on Facebook in exchange for a chance to win similar prizes. According to Carafello, NJ Lottery has scored between 5,000 and 7,000 likes each time it has run a contest in the past six months.
"We've had to educate our sponsors on Facebook and Twitter...what it means to like something," he said.
The sponsorship team has needed its own schooling. Until the Devils launched Mission Control about a year ago, the sales department was less than social media savvy, said Carafello. "We had them come in one day and basically did 101," he said, noting they signed up for Twitter and Facebook and were taught about what fans want out of the platforms.
Since Mission Control has generated accolades around the sports world, several teams have reached out in the hopes the Devils will spread some knowledge. Carafello said he's received at least 30 phone calls from various teams, many outside of the National Hockey League, including Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians, the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys, women's soccer clubs, and more. The NHL's Florida Panthers have also sought guidance from the Devils.
What they want to hear about most: The Devils Army Generals. The Generals are a 25-person volunteer crew dedicated to representing the Devils on official Twitter and Facebook accounts, and the team blog. Some also do player and stats research, and help the team determine the best spots around the Garden State for game viewing parties. Many of them visit the Mission Control room at the Devils offices to work pre-, post-, and in-game shifts.
Other teams "want to know about the generals.... That's really where a lot of our power comes from," said Carafello.
Not surprisingly, big come-from-behind victories like the Devils win over rival New York Rangers on Wednesday night generate lots of interaction from fans online. A Facebook poll asking supporters what their favorite part of the game was put "David Clarkson's game tying goal with 48 seconds left to send the game to OT" on top with over 400 votes.
But sometimes the team's social media presence is used for something a little more unexpected. On January 25, an out-of-the-ordinary post featured a photo of two small dogs, accompanied by a plea: "We've found two Schnauzer dogs outside of Prudential Center on January 23. If you are or know the rightful owner of these dogs please contact Prudential Center at 973-757-6082. Both dogs are fine and are safe. We hope to have them home soon."
The dogs had wandered into the loading dock after a game, and after determining the two pups were healthy, the team put out the call to find their owners. The critters returned home the next day, NJ Devils doggie gear in tow. "Thank you #NJDevils & #PruCenter fans. You helped us reunite the 2 dogs w/ their rightful owner. The family was worried & looking for them" noted the team on Twitter.
"The best way to get the dogs back to their rightful owners was Facebook and Twitter," said Carafello.
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A former chief executive officer of a Kansas City retail distribution company has pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling up to $338,221 from the business over nine years.
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Thanks. A silly question. I'm new to this.
Q#2 – I am using OpenStock extension which uses vqmod. Is that supported in theme? the basic function of the extension works as advertised but small things, like an "active" check box does not seem to have an effect. This check box should inactivate products even though they are entered in the products section. The developers are confident that their code is clean. Thoughts?
I replied to your email.
Hello Ravi,
Nice theme but have issues. On internet explorer the search result page, the search result bar has issues, it is shrunken… It's thinner than the normal search bar (height that is).
Then also the shopping cart page, the quantity box is not the normal sizes on other explorers, please can you fix this or tell how to? This is very important.
Also how do I get rid of this error? Tried all i could. Here is the image…http://tapag.com/image/error.gif
Please help out with this okay and I think I should be fine, thanks!
Hello, I am interested to buy this one, but let me know, how to add arabic, french language, does this supports languages specially arabic.
Thanks for the interest in the theme.
You can search for your language packs here: http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extension&path=2 Just download and install.
If you can't find it, just copy the English language folder, rename it and translate the files.
q1: can the pricing for each item be set to adjust based upon the selection of options, i.e. a black shirt costs more than a white shirt, and a shirt with 3 colors of ink cost more than a one color ink shirt?
q2: is there a way to allow the customer to upload their own image. I am not looking for an interactive design, just want customer to be able to upload their image to basically an ftp that I can retrieve the image from. Also want the customer to be able to provide comments/instructions on what they want printed. Is all of this possible with this template?
1. Yes you can do that.
2. You can add an upload field as an option on the product page. The uploaded images can be viewed in the admin.
i see that the option for quantity pricing is set up on the tshirt theme. i.e the page said 10 or more 88, 20 or more 77 but when you put 20 in the cart the price is not consistent.
are you able to set quantity pricing up, if so can you fix the live view so i can see what this looks like.
Hi could you give me the code to fix this problem: http://postimage.org/image/y8pug22bx/
As you can see the checkbox is in the wrong place and could you make a space between the text (I have read the terms and conditions…...)
and the button "verder"
Oh ye and the footer on some pages is all wrong:
404 page: http://postimage.org/image/nsangh171/ My Account page: http://postimage.org/image/jjrxkfocr/
Sorry for the late reply. I will upload a fix for the issues you pointed out asap.
And i changed all the color and size words to my language in the /public_html/catalog/view/theme/teez/template/product/product.tpl folder (BTW you need to change the documentation because it is product.tpl and not options.tpl) but it only worked for the color and not the size value.
My website: http://tinyurl.com/d3rq3lx
It is a great theme but you still need to improve some stuff.
Hi Ravi,
I sent you a private message regarding few edits. Login details are also included.
Can you please get back to me asap.
How do I add products to homepage ?
You can use the latest products or featured products. See the documentation file for more info.
I found another bug when you add a product and don't selected a category you get this error at the header of all pages:http://s11.postimage.org/y37nvb3k3/Schermafbeelding_2012_12_04_om_19_20_56.png
Where are you getting this error? Frontend or backend?
On all front end pages, I fixed the problem but so that you know
I have this theme installed and it has been running smoothly but 'Options Boost' is not working with it. I saw a comment you left from 8 months ago suggesting this problem had been fixed, and pointers for where I should look for problems or what to do?
Are you getting errors on the frontend? Can you please post a link to your site.
For third party plugins, I can't really help since I'm not sure how they are coded but I can give you some pointers if you tell me exactly what is not working.
I sent you the details for website and hosting while back. Were you able to check the issues out.
Would love to resolve them soon, and get the website going.
hello ravi, i have bought this template on another account, i could supply the details, could you please help me out as i cannot access that account no more thanks i am nearly up to date on this template just the newist update i have not got. thanks


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Jennifer Aniston is coming to Broadway for one night only. The Emmy Award-winning "Friend" will appear in "The 6th Annual 24 Hour Plays on Broadway" on Monday, Oct. 23, in which Jen and other star performers write, direct and act in six 10-minute plays all within, well, 24 hours!
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THE editorial cartoon pictures two tourists being ejected from Hanauma Bay State Beach Park, one of Hawaii's most beautiful strips of sea and sand. One tourist dejectedly tells the other, "I didn't know about the test."
The illustration plays off a year-old get-tough policy that requires all visitors to watch a nine-minute educational film before they're allowed on the beach. There isn't actually a test, but woe to the tourist who ignores the film and feeds the fish, drops cigarette butts on the beach or walks on the delicate reef.
"This is a nature preserve," park manager Alan Hong said when I visited in August. "People who are looking for a beach where they can play Frisbee are going to find this isn't it."
There's change afoot on Oahu, from the stunning reefs of Hanauma Bay to the strip of tourist hotels lining Waikiki Beach, where, it's hoped, an infusion of $1 billion will revitalize an area that was showing its age.
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I hadn't been to Hanauma for a dozen years or more. On my last visit, people were parked helter-skelter, but this time, Times photographer Gail Fisher and I arrived at 8:10 a.m. and parked in an orderly fashion in one of the last spaces in the lot. The gate closed shortly thereafter.
"We used to get 3 million visitors a year on the beach," Hong told us. "We've reduced that to 1 million. People look at it as very poor customer service, but we do what we have to do to protect this resource."
We watched the film — which explains that the reef is a fragile, living thing — and saw beautiful footage of the creatures we would encounter if we went snorkeling: yellow tangs, black-and-white Moorish idols, bright green sea turtles. "Look but don't touch," the film cautioned viewers. Cleared as beachgoers, we were allowed to ride a tram down to the crescent-shaped bay in the crater of a long-extinct volcano. The water was a brilliant turquoise, with a labyrinth of coral fingers stretching from the reef almost to the shoreline.
Visitors could rent snorkel gear for $6, but there were no food stands on the beach. "Cuts down on trash," Hong said. "It's in keeping with the way a nature preserve should look."
Changing its image
While Hanauma Bay is improving its appearance by limiting visitors, Waikiki is improving itself in hopes of increasing visitors. They'll find new upscale shopping centers and broad landscaped walkways. Aging hotels have been renovated, and the shrinking beach is being widened.
"We needed to change the perception of Waikiki as a mature, aging resort area," said Rick Egged, president of the Waikiki Improvement Assn.
"There's no denying the product was slipping. Everybody knew it, but no one did anything about it. Honolulu was a cash cow. All the business community had to do was manage the cash registers. There were decades of neglect."
The bubble burst when the Japanese economy crashed in the 1990s.
"We were being held afloat by Japanese tourism," Egged said. "People realized we needed to do something so we wouldn't be so dependent."
Other changes weren't helping. New resorts were being built on Maui, Kauai and the Big Island, and airlines were increasingly bypassing Oahu and delivering visitors directly to the other islands.
A revitalization project, which got underway in the late '90s, gained momentum after Sept. 11. Nearly half a billion dollars has been pumped into Waikiki. Another half a billion has been committed to future projects.
The investment shows. As we walked along Kalakaua Avenue, Waikiki's main thoroughfare, we saw that the street had been narrowed to create wide, inviting pedestrian walkways. Sidewalks were newly tiled, flowers spilled out of lamppost baskets and waterfalls splashed. Members of the Aloha Patrol, a security and information service, were standing watch and answering tourists' questions.
A sea change on Oahu
From Hanauma Bay to Waikiki, Hawaii is spending millions to polish the gems of the island's south shore.
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How can I support my fiancee's weight loss efforts without being a "diet cop"?
May 2, 2011
How can I support my fiancee's weight loss efforts without being a "diet cop"?
My fiancee - like many women in the year before their marriage - has decided she wants to lose some weight before our wedding. She's done programs like WeightWatchers before to varying degrees of success. In the past, she never fully committed to programs. For instance: she'd have a general plan for the WW points system, but wouldn't enter her points into the system, insisting that she was keeping rough track of things in her head. Eventually she'd just stop keeping track all together, which led to her gaining the weight back and being unhappy about it.
To me, it seemed like she was cheating herself by not sticking to it but I never said as much because I want to be a supportive partner and honestly don't think she needs to be trying to lose weight in the first place. My dilemma: It seems like losing the weight would truly make her happier which I'm all about. How can I assert myself if I see her "slipping" without inferring that I want her to lose weight, thus implying that maybe I'm not as attracted to her as I could be?
(posting anonymously to have 100% certainly this will not be found by her and hurt her feelings in any way)
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It's very sweet that you want to be supportive of her. Why not pose this question to her? (Without the part about why you think her last attempt wasn't successful, of course.) Do whatever it is she thinks will help her with her diet, then check again with her after a few days to make sure that it's helping as much as should thought it would.
posted by
on May 2, 2011
is not exactly the same question, but I bet you'll find a lot of helpful tips in that thread.
I'd also recommend being able to talk about this with her. Ask her, "How do you want me to support you?" You can even be specific: "Do you want me to say anything if I see you slipping?"
These conversations are a little scary and nerve-wracking, for sure, but absolutely possible.
posted by
on May 2, 2011
You need to ask her whether she wants you to help, and if so, how she would like you to help. Then, you need to respect her decision. Maybe she wants you to remind her, and maybe she doesn't, but what "supportive" means is up to her.
You also, however, have a right to your own opinion and your own needs. I, for example, tend to get really upset when people I love talk about their diets or their weight all the time, especially if they're in a constant cycle of dieting and beating themselves up. I have let people, even people I love dearly and am extremely close to, know that the topic is off limits for me, because I just can't deal with hearing people say such mean things about themselves. If it hurts you to watch her so unhappy about her body, you have every right to tell her how you feel and to ask her to help you in whatever way you need it.
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Just keep telling her you love her and she is fine the way she is.
That's the most supportive thing you can do. You don't want her to become obsessed about weight - that way lies madness. Plus continually gaining & losing is unhealthy. Try to get her focus simply on eating for health.
posted by
on May 2, 2011
1. Ask her if you wants you to help.
2. If yes, ask her HOW she wants you to help.
If you *really* want to be helpful,
3. Eat the way she's trying to eat. If she has to avoid certain foods or restrict her portions, don't gorge yourself on delicious unhealthy things around her. If she has to exercise, be game to do it with her. But if it's easy for you to eat that way, or exercise that way, don't point that out. If it's easy for you to lose weight and/or you lose more weight than she does doing that, don't point that out.
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Let her know you love her.
Let her know she is beautiful.
Let her know you like her right now, and that her weight loss is not a requirement.
If you start monitoring her you're gonna potentially run into big long term problems. I dissagree with the posters above about talking to her. This is rarely a fruitful conversation (for very complex reasons usually). This is total ninja stuff that people who have 10 years of marriage experience have a hard time navigating. All you can really do is make her feel like a million bucks and then hope she is inspired to blow you away in the ways she chooses to blow you away (note: which might be different than the ways you wish--which isn't necessesarily a bad thing).
If you really must DO something than get into shape yourself and be enthusiastic about these decisions that YOU're making in YOUR life. That's the most healthy option.
The long term game is about building her confidence. That's the ball you've got to keep your eye on.
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I have a lot of weight to lose. My partner, who doesn't need to lose much, declared that he wanted to lose 15 pounds, and went on the same plan that I did (a website where you track calories eaten and burned through exercise).
I cannot tell you how much that helps. We both struggle with the same temptation to order a Dr Pepper instead of water, we both complain about finding food we're able to eat at restaurants, we exercise together a lot of the time, and we both track our calories. I'm not alone, and he's not sabotaging my efforts (unintentionally, I assure you!) by bringing home cookies or other temptations because he thought it was a nice treat. (They are a nice treat...just not when I'm trying to get back on track and reduce the amount of fat I'm eating!)
Anyway, if you don't need to lose any weight, why don't you pick another fitness or eating-related goal or two like "add 5 pounds of muscle," "decrease the amount of fat I eat," "exercise at least 30 minutes 3 days a week"? You won't be nagging or policing her, you'll be encouraging her by example, and if she's anything like me, she'll be happy that you're joining her in trying to improve your health and feel much better about it, instead of feeling annoyed that you get to eat the awesome sloppy pizza and she doesn't.
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Cook for her. Get up early and make her breakfast. Pack lunches and 2 snacks. Make dinner. Anticipate her needs - has it been like 2 hours since she last ate something? Peel an orange and offer her half. Cut up an apple, put it on a plate with one cookie, along with a cup of tea and give it to her while you are watching TV together. Cut up a pear, put it on a plate, put a slice of Manchego on it. Make sure she always has a glass of water handy.
Also, eat what she eats. Don't make her an egg white omelette while you are about to tuck into a bacon buttie.
Remember that scene in Forrest Gump when Jenny is sick in bed and Forrest comes in with a tray that has a cup of tea and orange slices on it? Do that. You take care of her. Be her Forrest.
btw I agree with the people saying to accept her as she is. However, you asked and you want to help her. Lift a finger. Don't just occasionally wave a pom pom and then give her pointed stares any time she is about to put something into her mouth.
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Oh boy, this is such a hard question. My husband and I deal with this a lot since I've gone on and off healthy eating/exercise regimes and he always wants to "help." Honestly, it's usually not helpful and often hurtful because any sort of suggestions/encouragement/reminder ends up feeling to me like judgment and disapproval. This is clearly my issues because he feels the same way you do - just wants me to be happy.
Anyway, just wanted to second the idea of asking her (a) what role she wants you to play, if any, in her efforts, (b) try to avoid eating tempting foods around her (if possible) and (c) be prepared for her to change her mind about what she would like you to do. Weight loss is so tied to approval and self-image for most women and while I think it is so great you want to help, it really is a difficult line to walk.
Good luck!
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Make it a joint effort to eat better and move more. Talk to her about being healthy, not about the pounds.
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on May 2, 2011
Points systems never work because they make you think about food. Maybe it'd be best to suggest you exercise together in a joint keep fit programme instead. Get her to write the shopping list then you go to the supermarket and buy it, that way she's not tempted to slip in something she shouldn't and you're helping out rather than admonishing her. Don't buy stuff that's full of calories and keep it in the house. If you want biscuits or sweets or cake or oven chips or chocolate or something then buy it and eat it out of her sight. If something's in the house, it's going to get eaten. If you haven't bought it, you can't eat it. Tell her she's beautiful and sexy and have sex with her a lot. Never ever tut or sigh and say anything if, god forbid, she has a kit kat or something otherwise you might not end up getting married at all.
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on May 2, 2011
Make a set lifting schedule for yourself and have it setup where you can do it the same time as her.
Eat healthy with her.
posted by
on May 2, 2011
My husband can be a huge help when I'm trying to eat more healthily! First off, I love it when it bakes! Except I don't have very good impulse control when delicious chocolate chip cookies are sitting around the house. So I asked him to bake less.
Same with other sweet treats: he doesn't nosh on this stuff, but I do, so not having it in the house is a huge help.
When we're out to dinner, sometimes we share a desert. It's much easier for me if he doesn't suggest it in the first place. Or, if we're going out to dinner, he suggests someplace where it's easy for me to eat healthily.
These same things might not work for your fiancee, but go ahead and ask her. She may have very specific suggestions (and I suspect none will have to do with getting her to track).
posted by
on May 2, 2011
Honestly, the pressures put on women to lose weight (regardless of whether they "need" to or not) are ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. These pressures exponentially increase before any big event, especially weddings.
I'm getting married next year. A helpful friend who is also in the process of planning a wedding sent me links to various pre-wedding checklists of things to do, so we'd get an idea and start planning. Point number two or three in
list I've seen? "Start losing weight for the wedding". Christ.
Now, everybody wants to look their best at their wedding, but society tells us that for women? Our best is one or two sizes smaller than we actually are, independently of what those sizes are. Size 8? You should be a six! Size 6? You could probably get to a four! Lose weight! Fit into the very small wedding dress of your dreams!
You don't think she needs to lose weight, but why does she think she needs to? Is she responding to the very strong pressures to conform to a standard behavior, which assumes you absolutely MUST want to lose weight for your wedding? Obviously, if it's what she's genuinely passionate about doing, you should be as helpful as possible, which boils down to not doing any of the things she feels she can't do (from skipping the gym to watch a movie, to eating that last slice of pizza).
But really? The best thing you could do, as a couple, is start living healthier
. What better way to prepare for a marriage than to start taking care of yourselves for the future? More veggies, more walks, less soda. More time together, more sex, more cooking dinner. This has nothing to do with weight, as well it shouldn't, and everything to do with building a good, healthy partnership.
posted by
on May 3, 2011
My husband just flat out started to go to the gym with me 5 times a week. We compare how many calories we burn, and we have a chart on the bathroom door where we both write to our weight down weekly (he's trying to gain). He also encourages me to track my calories everyday, but never really checks. If he sees me eating something crazy, he says something like "is that within your calorie count"
Also, in my case, he was the one who told me I needed to lose weight (I had a BMI of 30, so he was right) and I
asked him to help me as much as he could. I could not make it on my own.
posted by
on May 3, 2011
As I said in another thread, my boyfriend has been a huge help in my weight loss by being supportive. This includes:
- cooking healthy foods.
- making healthier food choices for himself as well when around me.
- asking me if I want him to remove some temptation if it looks like I'm mindlessly eating it.
- going for walks with me.
- assuring me over and over that I'm attractive as is, that he's doing this for me. But that he, too, will be happy if I lose weight, so that it's a goal we can both celebrate.
- never ever making decisions For me, just supporting my healthy decisions every way he can.
Good luck to both of you - life can be a whole lot Easier when a little lighter!
posted by
on May 3, 2011
I don't want to criticize any of the other advice that's been given. Specific actions like cooking at home with healthy ingredients are fine. But your question is mostly about what to say or what not to say. So, in your own mind, always stay focused on 2 things:
1. You love her, accept her, and are wildly attracted to her
the way she is
, not conditioned on her losing weight (or even staying the same weight) in the future.
2. You support her goals
Notice how these points are complementary.
you love her the way she is, she doesn't need to lose weight to win your approval. If she wants to do it, she should do it for herself.
I assume #1 is no problem, since you want to marry her.
#2 is tougher. I don't think you need to refrain from
comment, but always be guided by what she wants. And when in doubt, err on the side of
intervening. Don't find fault with any of the details of how she's implementing the diet unless she has made it unambiguously clear that she encourages this -- and even then, I'd be reluctant to be a critic. Chances are, she's plenty critical of herself already. Just reading your post as a neutral observer, I already have a sense that you're on a dangerous borderline between "supportive" and "critical" or worse.
Again, when in doubt, keep those two things in mind: you love her the way she is, and you want her to achieve what she wants
it's what she wants. There's nothing more you have to say.
posted by
John Cohen
on May 3, 2011
You've got some tremendously good advice here. I'll add some of my own experiences and what I've learned.
You did not mention whether or not your fiancé is also going to exercise, but I firmly believe that diet alone does not a weight-loss make so I apologize for leading off with this. If you do exercise together, each of you acting as the other's encouragement, it's important that the two of you understand that the encouragement is to get better and grow stronger, and not take it personally or take it out on each other afterward. That means if you don't feel like exercising today and she tries to get you going, you can't snap out at her to leave you alone. However, the reverse requires a bit more of a delicate touch, and relies on your ability to sense when the gentle push becomes a forceful shove.
That means if she doesn't feel like jogging, suggest a walk. If she doesn't feel like walking, suggest jumping jacks. If she doesn't feel like doing anything and just wants to lie down and why can't you leave me alone, well then it depends on what other options you have. Time later in the day to do something? Maybe she'll feel better. Do you have an XBox/Wii with motion sensor game? Play together for a few minutes. Or, were you exercising plenty the day before? Maybe a rest day is needed after all.
The other approach is to exercise separately. Sometimes people need more accountability than a significant other's encouragement. Some people find their determination by spending money on a gym membership or personal trainer. Dropping cash on a business relationship makes people work out more (at least for the time being) because they have a tangible investment and don't want to waste it. I don't know your financial situation nor your fiancé's personality, so this may not necessarily apply, but sometimes it doesn't have to be a monetary thing. My spouse and I actually find a change in scenery is a nice motivation; driving to a different park to walk or jog around is sometimes enough to get us going when we've trod a hundred miles in our neighborhood.
I really like the idea of joining your fiancé in her diet plan, and I do this with my spouse. I don't care if you're the fittest person on the planet, you are
allowed to eat anything that's not in that diet plan.
If you decide to join your fiancé in a new diet plan, you must watch for some warning signs and take appropriate action. The one I experience often is the desire to eat out. We know home-cooked meals are healthier, but some days the urge to go out is strong. And, quite often it will be your fiancé who will ask you where you want to go.
Warning! Never suggest a forbidden food, no matter how long it's been since you've had that delicious pepperoni pizza or juicy hamburger. Instead opt for a place that offers healthier alternatives, even if it's just a salad bar. If you have to explain why, don't suggest that it's to keep your fiancé on track, but rather that it's for you; you want to eat better.
Your fiancé might say she doesn't feel like eating at [Place]. Suggest a different locale, but maintain the healthier choices. Research menus beforehand, if at all possible (many places now have websites with selection and nutritional values). If you've never been there before, say you want to try them out. If you have been there before, say you want to try out their healthier choices. By making these choices less about enforcement of your fiancé's diet and more about healthy living, it demonstrates that this lifestyle is a team effort and you're willing/eager to do this because it benefits the both of you.
Now, if despite all your efforts to maintain healthy eating and exercise, your fiancé really really wants to indulge, going so far as to cite scientific research claiming that it's okay to cheat if you exercise more afterward, you can drop a line of last resort, "Baby, I love you, and I want to be with you for a long,
posted by
on May 3, 2011
I agree that you should leave this up to her, and not try to be the diet police. Ask her what kind of help she wants and then give it to her. My boyfriend and I are both trying to lose some weight, exercise more, and generally get healthier. I help him by pulling out every trick in the book to making it easy and attractive for him to eat healthy (reducing meat and increasing veg in all the recipes I know he likes, making him healthy snacks, not buying junk, buying the caffeine-free diet soda he likes, etc.) He asked how he could help me and I told him that my biggest problem is getting my butt in the garage to exercise; it helps if he comes in there with me, so he does that.
Now, every couple is different, but I don't think I would recommend trying to "manage" her eating or push her in the right direction or anything like that. Maybe she would find that helpful, but I sure wouldn't; I guess what I'm saying is you should talk to her about it.
posted by
on May 3, 2011
This might sound completely ridiculous, but the most helpful thing my husband can do for me when I'm trying to lose weight is to finish my leftovers.
So silly, but knowing that he'll eat the last half of whatever portion I'm served at a restaurant so I don't have to choose between finishing it or "wasting it" is a nice psychological motivator to not finish eating it. Or if I want to cook a particular thing but don't want to eat the same thing over and over again in tiny portions all week, knowing that he'll eventually eat it so I can just have a few bites and be satisfied is
so nice.
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When a company boasts having "everything you need under one roof," it's often a promise woefully undelivered. With Event Extravagant Group, that promise plays out 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the most diversified, hands-on, dedicated event-planning business in California. With eight companies under one roof, offering 27 services in five cities (San Francisco, Sacramento, Napa, Modesto and Monterey), Event Extravagant provides a specialized menu for any event. With founder and creative director Chris Irish at the helm, Event Extravagant has serviced large intricate events, such as PeopleSoft's extravagant party for thousands on Treasure Island or the San Francisco 49ers' Christmas party, to intimate weddings or parties organized by families seeking that personal touch. Founded by Irish in 2000 as Next Fx, a themed-event production company that created custom props and décor, Event Extravagant Group spreads its umbrella over eight individually run companies: Next Fx (event décor and rentals); Event Drape (pipe and drape rental); Linen Connections (linens and chair covers); Sculptree (decorative metal trees); Designs by Illumination (event lighting, illuminated furnishing and décor); Pure Creative Ice (ice sculptures); and Live Event Décor (human interactive décor). "If someone planning an event needed four of those services, they would be dealing with four sales reps, four deliveries, four trucks, four invoices, four payments," said Irish. "What we do is offer an a la carte experience. Even if we match the price exactly we're cheaper because we will have one delivery fee and one truck and one itemized invoice. It's all bundled together." That concept results in reduced shipping costs, reduced labor costs and reduced stress. Irish believes in competitive pricing, and knows the world revolves around price points. "Our prices are great, but I'll beat them in service every time." Each Event Extravagant sales rep is trained in public relations, is fluent in English and goes through extensive etiquette training. On the back of each employee name badge is a company pledge that outlines courteous behavior, promptness and other key elements of sound service. "Our employees know that our customers have read that beforehand, so they know they must live up to that promise," Irish said. What's more, Event Extravagant offers customer service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. "Day or night, weekday or weekend they know they can call us," Irish said. "No one else comes close to offering that." Irish has produced events for 23 years. He once spent a year on the road planning parties for Cirque du Soleil, and his client list includes the likes of Yahoo, Pixar, AT&T, Caesar's Hotel Casino, Chevrolet, Make A Wish Foundation and Camp Taylor for Kids, among many others. Find out more about Event Extravagant at www.eventextravagant.com or call 877-634-7766.
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Of the sixteen graduate students chosen from a worldwide pool of candidates for the 2011 Translation and Terminology Fellowships at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), nine—or 56 percent—come from the Monterey Institute. The prestigious fellowship is a paid position for at least three months with the organization.
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|Hello, I have perused the web and cannot find reference to this plant being invasive.
I have had this in my garden for many years and noticed that in the last 3 or so years it has become invasive by spreading thick, spongey yellow brown roots.
I am sure that the plant is orvala. Was well behaved for many years, just clumping and then decided to turn. I am sure that these are not seedlings as I have followed the roots throughout my bed.
Just curious if anyone else has had this occur as all the references I gave found do not mention this problem.
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|Hello whidbeywood,
I think it is more likely that some seedling/ volunteer hijacked your Lamium orvala.
I learned about this plant at a talk/ lecture by some German plantsman and landscape architect, stressing its great garden qualities and its clumping growth.
I got some myself and they did great for 3 years ( then I moved).
Did yours flower last season? That should make them IDable without a doubt.
IME it is more likely that other stuff cropped up and you misstook that for the Lamium. Drastic changes/ mutations like that are rare so my money is on some impersonater.
Perhaps you could take some pics this spring of the flowering plant?
Good luck with your search,
Bye, Lin
|Mine had only clumped for many years, however it does self sow - not wildly.
Now I wish I could remember if it came with me to this garden, I have a few things still in pots - hope there is a piece of it out there because I've already placed my seed orders for this year ;)
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I haven't planted these, but did a little bit of research. They shouldn't reseed, but I suspect they reproduce (albeit slowly) through rhizomes. What I've read says the bed should be divided every few years, so that's what I would do, keeping the nicest looking and the ones that are NOT producing those thick, spongy, yucky looking roots.
I may have to try growing these. They are rather pretty and shouldn't be invasive at all.
Here is a link that might be useful: Lamium info
|grandma, the type lamiums you linked are spreading groundcover plants. Their growing habit doesn't particularly resemble deep-rooted non spreading clumper lamium orvala.
|I find lamium orvala to be relatively mannerly in my garden, beloved by bees....while the little L.maculatum 'White Nancy has been a reliable groundcover in dry shade without ever over-stepping the mark......unlike the horrendous lamium galeobdolum (yellow archangel) - a supremely stoloniferous maniac.
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Labour negotiations for Halifax-area nurses could be precedent-setting and unions and health departments across the country are monitoring with interest.
"We're keenly watching," said a representative of one Western Canadian nurses union.
Capital Health nurses who are represented by the Nova Scotia Government & General Employees Union are calling for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in some hospital units to address workplace safety concerns.
The union recently voted 90 per cent in favour of a strike, although a walkout date has not been set.
Were it to succeed in getting the ratios, the union would be the first in Canada to do so. For now, the union points to California and Australia as examples of where it says the policy has improved workplace conditions and patient care.
Debra McPherson, president of the British Columbia Nurses' Union, said her union has pursued ratios in the past without much progress, although recently the union was able to get mandatory replacement language in its contract.
McPherson said her union is much larger than the one seeking ratios here, but she added that a victory for Capital Health nurses would have wide-ranging implications.
"Should there be success (in Nova Scotia), other provinces would be maybe going in that same direction."
United Nurses of Alberta president Heather Smith, whose group is now in negotiations, said addressing safe staffing has been a part of its proposals for the last three bargaining rounds.
Its proposal focuses not on fixed ratios, but on giving each clinical setting the ability to determine its own ratio.
This issue of staffing levels and resources is one that every union is concerned about, said Smith.
"It crosses the entire continuum, whether you're talking home-care nurses or you're talking long-term care or you're talking acute care. The acuity and complexity in all of the settings has escalated, and we have not seen staffing numbers or skill mix keep up with that."
Other unions and even a few health departments across Canada also acknowledge they are following what is happening in Nova Scotia. The reasons are fairly clear: for the unions, a successful pursuit in Nova Scotia would establish a precedent to be used in future negotiations. For the provinces, such a precedent could lead to increased demand on already precious health-care dollars.
Joan Jessome, president of the Nova Scotia Government & General Employees Union, said it is standard for unions to keep tabs on negotiations in other parts of the country and beyond. In fact, that kind of profession-wide monitoring is what made her union aware of ratios in the first place, said Jessome.
According to several provinces' representatives, nurses unions have discussed ratios for years, but it is often one of the first things to be taken off the table in favour of more pressing issues during negotiations. Jessome said her union is making ratios one of its key issues because nothing else has addressed nurses' concerns about working conditions and workplace safety.
Ratios, scheduling enough rest time between blocks of shifts and the need to replace a nurse when someone calls in sick are a single package in negotiations, said Jessome.
"If you address every one of them, those patients in Capital Health will get optimal care."
Meanwhile, Nova Scotia's other union that represents nurses has gone a different route.
Janet Hazelton, president of the Nova Scotia Nurses' Union, said her union was concerned mandatory ratios for registered nurses could have adverse implications for licensed practical nurses. There is also the issue that not all clinical settings in Nova Scotia are the same size, she said.
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Barry Nelson, first James Bond, dead at 89
A lot of people don't realize that the first James Bond wasn't Sean Connery on the big screen, it was Barry Nelson on television, on a 1954 episode of the CBS series Climax. Nelson played 007 in an adaptation of Casino Royale.
Nelson died in Buck's County, PA on April 7 while traveling. He was 89.
Besides the classic role of Bond, Nelson was a regular on the 50s series My Favorite Husband, and guest starred on several other shows, including The Twilight Zone, Murder, She Wrote, Fantasy Island, Magnum, P.I., Dallas, The Love Boat, Thriller, Cannon, Longstreet, The F.B.I., The Philco Playhouse, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and many others. On the big screen he was in several films, including The Shining, Airport, and Pete N' Tillie, and starred on stage in several productions.
Casino Royale: The TV Version
If you haven't seen the new James Bond film Casino Royale, go now. Seriously, don't even finish reading this story. Shut off your computer, grab your coat, and rush out to your local cineplex. It's that good.
But it's not the first version of Casino Royale. And I'm not talking about the lame comedy version in the 60s starring Peter Sellers, which pretty much everyone agrees is an atrocity and not an official 007 film. I'm talking about the 1954 TV version, starring My Favorite Husband lead Barry Nelson as James Bond. Or, more precisely, "Jimmy" Bond, in an attempt to Americanize the character from the Ian Fleming novel. It was an episode of the CBS anthology series Climax and aired live on October 21, 1954. Peter Lorre played Le Chiffre. The show was pretty much forgotten and not seen that much until the 80s, and in the late 90s a nice collector's edition video was released, with the entire show intact.
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IAC/InterActiveCorp. (IACI) Chairman Barry Diller agreed to pay a civil penalty of $480,000 to settle allegations he violated pre-merger and waiting requirements related to purchases of Coca-Cola Co. (KO) stock from 2010 to 2012, according to the Justice Department.
Mr. Diller's attorney couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
A Coca-Cola spokesman said Mr. Diller, who was on the company's board during the period in question, will remain a director. "Mr. Diller is a valued member of our board and will continue to be," the spokesman said.
According to the complaint, Mr. Diller allegedly acquired voting shares in Coca-Cola in excess of the allowable limits under antitrust law without making the required filings and observing the required waiting period. At the time of the alleged violations, the limits on such stock holdings ranged from $63.4 million to $68.2 million, and currently are $70.9 million, according to the Justice Department.
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The passing of James 'Jim' Stynes, following a long battle with cancer, has left the community mourning more than just a talented AFL player. Jim was a leader and a role model on the field as well as off, becoming a youth worker, philanthropist and proud father. He will be missed by all.
Jim's wife Sam Stynes posted this message her Facebook page:
Jim Stynes' died on tuesay the 20th of March at 8.20 a.m.. Jim was pain free, dignified and peaceful. Matisse and Tiernan were present. Not surprisingly, in his last week of life Jim continued to defy the odds and lived his life to the fullest attending the Melbourne vs. Hawthorn football match, his son Tiernan's 7th Birthday celebration, The MFC Blazer Ceremony and a casual Friday night dinner at Toplinos in his much loved suburb St.Kilda. In his final days Jim was immersed with insurmountable love and tenderness surrounded by his family and some close friends in the comfort of his own home.
On behalf of Jim my heartfelt thanks to all those who have so generously cared for, guided and supported Jim throughout his challenging cancer battle. The list of people to thank reaches far and wide but for now I would like to make special mention of those that went far and beyond the call of duty, Dr Grant Macarthur from The Peter McCallum Centre, Dr Grahame Southwick from the Australian Institute of Plastic Surgery, Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld from The Alfred Hospital, Dr Peter Sherwan from Freemasons Hospital and the team at Cabrini Palliative Home Care that combined with Jim's fighting spirit resulted in Jim's extended three year life journey.
It is an incredibly sad time, however Jim in his passing, has made us see that in our grief that we can smile in our hearts for a beautiful man who will forever hold a special place in the hearts of many. Jim's lesson is that life was to be challenged and treasured. Sam Stynes.
Brad Hardy,Brownlow medallist and 6PR commentator, spoke to Paul Murray about the legacy that was left by Jim Stynes. Brad said that Jim was the type of man who always left things in better condition than he found them, whether it was an organisation or a person.
Broadcast legend Dennis Cometti added to the tributes to the late Jim Stynes by saying that there was nothing artificial about the former Melbourne big man.
Blog comments
A true champion on and off the field.You are much loved by not only the footy family, but the community in general that you contributed much of your precious time.Thanks big fella. You leave us with heavy hearts and swollen eyes.We will miss you mate.Thoughts go to your beautiful family.mark feld Tuesday 20 March, 2012 - 1:14 PM
RIP Jimmy - the Grand Old Flag still flies thanks to your selfless efforts. A wonderful man who'll be remembered for his selfless approach to life. No controversy, just an honest, hard working bloke who everyone could relate to.Neil Gardner Tuesday 20 March, 2012 - 9:22 AM