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Rosemary Pretzel Bites with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
Game day food at its finest— soft and chewy pretzel bites with cheese and rosemary, dunked in a homemade honey mustard dipping sauce.
Those closest to me know that I really don't like football. Like really, really don't like it. But I gave up my absolute hatred for it a few seasons ago, and my weekends in the fall are much more enjoyable because of it. I've decided to just ignore it as much as I can.
And this is the part where I become a complete hypocrite.
Because I am from Seattle, so even though I don't care about football, I am crazy excited that my city made it to the Superbowl. I'm even looking forward to it, y'all. This year I won't just be watching the superbowl for the commercials, or because I love the mindless snacking, but because I actually care about the outcome.
Come Sunday afternoon you can find me on the couch, cozied up to a plate of pretzel bites and a huge bowl of honey mustard, actually watching the game.
These pretzel bites are so fun, with a great flavor and texture. They're bite-sized and perfect for feeding a crowd, or perhaps just a few hungry Seattle fans.
Go Hawks!
Why you need to boil your pretzels in baking soda before baking
Pretzel recipes instruct us to boil pretzels (or in this case, pretzel bites) in a baking soda solution before baking them in the oven. Can you skip this step? Yes, but the resulting pretzels won't be what you're used to.
Boiling the dough causes it to instantly puff, creating a chewy interior and giving the exterior a head start on forming a crisp crust. The baking soda also produces pretzels with a deep golden brown and cracked appearance.
Don't skip it!
Yield: Makes 5 dozen bite-sized pretzels
Soft and chewy pretzel bites filled with cheese and rosemary make an irresistible appetizer or snack, especially when paired with honey mustard dipping sauce.
- 1 1/2 cup (355 ml) water
- 1/4 cup (56 ml) unsalted butter
- 4 1/2 cups (540 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 package (2 1/4 teaspoon, 7 grams) active-dry yeast
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped
- 1 cup (113 grams) cheddar cheese, grated
- 10 cups (2 1/3 liters) water
- 2/3 cup (50 grams) baking soda
- 1 egg + 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash
- Coarse sugar, for sprinkling
- 2/3 cup (50 grams) mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon whole grain mustard
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh black pepper
- In a small saucepan, heat the water and butter until butter is melted. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes, or until 110-120 degrees F.
- In the bowl of stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment, combine 2 cups of the all-purpose flour, yeast, salt, sugar, rosemary, and cheese. Add the water mixture and mix until combined to form a wet dough.
- With the mixer on medium low, add the remaining flour 1/4 cup at a time until dough clears the bowl but is still slightly sticky to the touch. You may not need to use all of the flour. Continue to knead until dough is smooth and elastic, about 5-7 minutes.
- Place dough in a grease bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Gently punch down dough and knead a few times. Tear a small handful of dough off with your hand and roll into a long thin rope about 1/2 inch wide. Use a sharp knife to cut into 1-inch pieces. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Line another sheet pan with parchment paper and liberally spray with non-stick cooking spray. Pour the 10 cups of water into a large pot and set over medium high heat. Stir in the baking soda. Bring the mixture to a boil and then cook the dough pieces in small batches for 30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on the greased sheet pan.
- Place par-boiled dough pieces on the clean parchment paper-lined sheet pan, and brush with egg wash and sprinkle generously with coarse salt. Bake until golden brown, about 10-12 minutes. Let cool completely.
- To make the dipping sauce, whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl and serve with the pretzel bites. Pretzel bites are best the day they are made but will keep for a few days in an airtight container at room temperature.
Recipe adapted from Alton Brown.
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9 Responses to Rosemary Pretzel Bites with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
I baking cake right now, but these are things that are on my mind! Trying these right after my cake is done.
I love everything about these little babies. First of all I like that they're in bite-size…I've always found little things (especially food) to be the prettiest! Plus, I'm a huge bread-lover and these definitely combine the best flavors ever!
xo, Elisa
Joan - My Cookie Clinic says:
Annalise, What a great recipe and looks fun to make. I had to pin and share on g+.
Kathryn says:
I'm excited to try them. So…when do you add the yeast?
Go Hawks!
Coco says:
the yeast is added in step 2
Flavia says:
Such a great recipe and so fun for an appetizer. I'm rooting for Seattle too, even though I normally could care less about football. After seeing the Duracell commercial featuring Derrick Coleman and his generous gesture of inviting a pair of hearing-impaired identical twins and their family members to the Superbowl, I became an instant fan of the Seahawks! Have a fun weekend, friend! xo
Mercedes says:
What a perfect snack for game day or any day! I would love that mustard dipping sauce!
Abril says:
Hi Annalise! I tried this recipe yesterday and I loved the taste, but I waited an hour for the dough to rise and that didn't work… May I use fresh yeast instead of active-dry yeast?
Thanks for your advice,
Coco says:
the ingredients list coarse sugar, but the instructions state coarse salt – I am assuming it's coarse salt since most pretzels are salted rather than sweet
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Greyhound swim team receives votes in national poll
Assumption College swimming and diving team
has received votes in the national College Swimming Coaches
Association of America poll released November 10, 2010.
The Greyhounds, in just their third season of intercollegiate competition, received 24 votes to be included in the "also receiving votes" which would have them 42nd nationally. It is the first time in its brief history that the team has received mention in the national poll.
The Greyhounds are now 5-1 in dual meets having only lost to ranked Pace University.
Assumption is one of four teams in the Northeast-10 Conference to be included. Southern Connecticut is ranked No. 20 and Pace University is No. 23, while Le Moyne College received 32 votes. The Greyhounds defeated Le Moyne Saturday.
The next poll is die to be released on December 15, 2010.
The team is next in action SATURDAY at Syracuse, NY in a double dual meet with host Le Moyne College and the College of Saint Rose.

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Breaking News: Mother-To-Be Chilina Kennedy Withdraws from Stratford Season
Chilina Kennedy has had to withdraw from the 2014 season for the happiest of reasons: she and her partner, Jacob James, are expecting a baby. She was to play Polly Baker in Crazy for You and Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, but she is now unable to undertake two such physically challenging roles. Ms Kennedy remains a valued member of the Festival family, and plans are underway to include her new concert as part of the 2014 Forum.
Natalie Daradich, most recently seen as Glinda in the U.S. tour of Wicked, will take on the role of Polly Baker. Ms Daradich, whose career took her to New York after she graduated from the Sheridan musical theatre program with Ms Kennedy more than a decade ago, will make her Festival debut in Crazy for You.
Robin Hutton will step into the role of Aldonza in Man of La Mancha and is also playing Irene Roth in Crazy for You. Ms Hutton shone in the key roles of Louise in the 2012 production of Wanderlust, Irene in 2005's Hello, Dolly! and Tzeitel in 2000's Fiddler on the Roof, a musical she returned to last season, playing Rifka. Her other Stratford credits include Tommy, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Henry V, As You Like It and The Three Musketeers.
"We are absolutely delighted that Natalie and Robin are able to take on these roles," says Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino. "They are both exceptionally talented performers whom we are privileged to have on our stages. Our audiences have a real treat in store. I'm so happy for Chilina and look forward to welcoming her back to the company in future seasons."
The first rehearsal for Crazy for You, directed and choreographed by Donna Feore with musical direction by Shelley Hanson, is on Monday, February 17. The production starts previews on April 21 and opens officially on May 27, running until October 12.
Man of La Mancha, directed by Robert McQueen and choreographed by Marc Kimelman with musical direction by Franklin Brasz, goes into rehearsal on March 1. Previews begin May 8 and the production opens on May 29, running until October 11.
The 2014 season of the Stratford Festival runs from April 21 to October 12, featuring King Lear; Crazy for You; two versions of A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Beaux' Stratagem; Man of La Mancha; Alice Through the Looking-Glass; Hay Fever; King John; Mother Courage and Her Children; Antony and Cleopatra; Christina, The Girl King; and more than 150 events in The Stratford Festival Forum. Tickets are available through the box office at 1.800.567.1600 or online at www.stratfordfestival.ca.
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Julie & Julia, which hits theaters this month, tells the true stories of two women who discover the job -- and redemptive power -- of cooking. Meryl Streep plays Julia Child, living with her husband in Paris in the late 1940s, slightly bored, and about to uncover the passion for French cuisine that would make her famous. Amy Adams plays Julie Powell, a wannabe writer in New York City in 2002. Tired of her dead-end job, she challenges herself to cook every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's renowned Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Nora Ephron wove both women's memoirs into a screenplay that's funny, touching, and quite literally leaves you hungry for more. We got the dish from the film's director and stars.
Nora Ephron: One of the things I love about this movie is that the women in it are able to reinvent themselves.
Meryl Streep: Because we're less about what we do and more about what we are. I can never get over the fact that Julia Child's famous book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, was published when she was almost 50 years old. So she didn't really become "Julia Child" until she was 50.
LHJ: Why do you think reinvention is such a female thing?
Streep: Men buy into the idea that there is a path up to success. I think -- speaking for myself -- that women are more 360. We're looking all around -- behind, in front, to the side. And we take a lot of other people into account in our decisions.
LHJ: Amy, can you talk a little bit about how this pertains to your life? I read that when you were about to start filming Junebug [Adams's breakthrough 2005 indie film], you found yourself at one of these turning points.
Amy Adams: Yeah, I did. I think for me it was when I abandoned the list of what I should do by what age because I hadn't done most of what I was supposed to have done by 30. It made me surrender a bit more to the possibilities as opposed to my predicted trajectory.
Ephron: I read, Amy, that you were thinking, Should I give up acting?
Adams: I was.
Streep: But don't you think each actor thinks each year of her life, Okay, this is it. What am I doing? We're always reassessing. Putting a finger in the wind and thinking, Well, is this really it?
LHJ: How do you guys keep it fresh for yourselves?
Adams: One day at a time, that's the only way for me to approach it. When I look too far into the future or examine too far into the past I become a crazy person.
Ephron: I started as a newspaper reporter, then I became a magazine writer, then I became a screenwriter, then I became a director. Every 10 years or so there was a moment when I'd say, even subconsciously, Is that all there is? You've got to find ways to keep it fresh for yourself. To do the thing, as they say, that is a stretch.
Streep: I think acting is a little too fresh because you're trying something new every four months. Unemployment opens its mouth at the end of each job, and you think, No one will ever hire me again, and then they do. I haven't ever managed to feel that I was equipped for the next new job. I've always had an appetite for each new thing and also a big dose of insecurity about whether or not it would be any good.
Ephron: Meryl, the 40s are a Bermuda Triangle for most actresses. How difficult was it to navigate that period?
Streep: What was hard about my 40s was that I had four young children. I had my fourth child at 43, and that was really something. I had some really interesting choices to make because of this new baby and the bigger kids -- Louisa is 12 years younger than Henry, who is the oldest. It was about organizing and the least amount of disruption for everybody in the family.
LHJ: One thing you all seem to share with the heroines of your movie is appetite, which helped them turn their lives around. Amy, can you talk about your own hunger for life?
Adams: For me, my hunger is more for balance in my life rather than anything specifically about my career. I look at Nora and Meryl and they have a wonderful balance in their lives, and that's my biggest goal.
Streep: Julia and Julie, our characters in the film, both have appetites of a different flavor. Amy's character has a determination to survive and a will against all odds. Julia Child was a young woman who was six-foot-two. She was great-looking but she was outsized in her world and that was a handicap in the days when the main reason to go to Smith College was to get a husband. She transformed something that could have held her back into a strength and a joy.
Adams: I love that both of these women are married because it shows what a wonderful, supportive man can allow a woman to do. In my own life that's been very important. [Adams is engaged to actor Darren Le Gallo.]
LHJ: How so?
Adams: I spent most of my 20s looking to find a man. What a waste of energy. Now I actually have a man and I'm able to focus on becoming a woman.
Ephron: The marriage of Julia and Paul Child almost never had a bad moment, I think. In her book she refers to a fight in a car after a party. You know, one fight in a near-50-year marriage, it's practically irrelevant to most of us. It was a wild uncritical love. I am so not like that.
Streep: It's something to aspire to.
Ephron: Were you nicer to your husband, Meryl? [Streep has been married to sculptor Don Gummer for 30 years.]
Streep: I'm always nice to him. But here's what I think about that, in the wake of Susan Boyle [the unlikely TV star from Britain's Got Talent]. When you're playing romantic characters, a great part of my attention has to be that I look really attractive. Obviously you can't play a romantic character if she's not really pretty. What's liberating about these characters is that there's this huge throbbing love between two people who don't look like our normal package of lovers. It made it more real and intimate because somehow those concerns were thrown away. If you've been married for a long time you love without looking. I don't assess how my husband looks every single day and think, Is he cute enough or whatever? And I sure hope he doesn't do it to me! [Laughs]
LHJ: Similarly, Amy's character, Julie, got to spend most of the movie in sneakers and jeans. Was that liberating?
Adams: Absolutely, it's closer to home. It was great to not have to worry about if I looked attractive or not, because that can be a little overwhelming.
LHJ: I heard for this movie you all learned how to cook.
Streep: Yeah, I got a lot of good tips. Mostly what I learned has to do with equipment and how to use it right. You need a very good pan and if you don't have a really good pan, it's never going to work. And always cook at a high heat. The other thing I learned was, and I've been cooking for hundreds of years, that if you have garlic and onions on your fingertips, if you dip your hands in salt and then rinse them in cool water, the smell goes right away.
LHJ: That's a useful tip.
Streep: And always sharpen your knives, otherwise you can't cook right and everything takes 10 times longer and you get really mad.
LHJ: How hard was it to nail Julia Child's way of talking?
Streep: Nora said, "You're not really Julia Child, you're Julie's idea of Julia Child." So that gave me the freedom to not replicate her so much as to try to find the particular spirit that I kept reading about.
Ephron: One of her friends said that she was like a Christmas tree. She was joyful.
Streep: In a way, it was a perfect moment to pay tribute to my mother, who was sort of that person in my life. She was somebody who turned the lights on when she came into a room. I have a much more reserved side. But I've always wanted to be more like her, so playing Julia gave me the chance.
LHJ: Okay, so how much weight did you all put on making this movie?
Streep: I gained 15 pounds. I'm still trying to lose it. It was worth it.
LHJ: What about you, Amy?
Adams: I was very grateful that my character wasn't about her physique. Let's just put it that way.
Ephron: But you didn't gain a whole lot of weight did you?
Adams: No, but I ate a lot.
Ephron: Well that's one of the things that I said in rehearsal -- everyone had to eat in the scenes. These actors just really went for it.
Streep: I wanted to ask Nora, after you finished the movie and saw it all put together, was there anything that surprised you about it that you didn't know?
Ephron: I always thought that this was going to be a movie about marriage. But I didn't really know that until I got into the cutting room. That's one of the things I like so much about it because you just do not see any movies about marriage. You see movies about people who fall in love or fall out of love, but mostly fall in love, and then the movie ends when they say "Will you marry me?" That thing, that quotidian thing about marriage that we all love so much, the "what's for dinner?" of it, that to me was something that I was really happy with when it was over.
LHJ: What specifically appealed to you about your role, Meryl?
Streep: As Nora said, movies are usually about a marriage that somebody's trying to break out of or can't find, never about the sustenance, like food, that a marriage provides you.
LHJ: And Amy, how did it affect you? I know that you're engaged.
Ephron: She would never be engaged but for this movie. [Laughter]
Adams: Yeah, I got engaged on this film -- the day before I finished shooting. Maybe this is a very, I don't know, young girl statement, but when you're not seeking to gain the approval of your man, it's amazing what you can accomplish. And that's what I've learned from my fiance -- he accepted me from day one as I was, which allowed me to discover who I was meant to be. I'm very appreciative of that.
LHJ: In the film, Julie receives pearls from her husband. Is your engagement ring your pearls?
Adams: It's funny because the engagement ring is not...it's beautiful, but it's the smaller gifts that led up to the engagement ring that mean a lot. He's written me letters when I'm on sets and drawn me pictures. He's made me paintings. It's the stuff that didn't cost anything except for time and thought.
Ephron: My husband [screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote Goodfellas], used to bring the silliest things home to me, like a bag of subway tokens because I was always losing them in my purse. It was so romantic.
Adams: When my fiance puts gas in the car and I get in the car and there's a full tank of gas, it's awesome.
Streep: It's all those little considerations. Warming the car up, that's a big one for me.
LHJ: Julia's prescription to eat well and enjoy life is so simple and delicious. If you had to condense your philosophy into a simple dictum, what would it be?
Ephron: To me fun is everything and I'm always sad when I meet people who don't have what my sister calls "the fun gene." The older you get the more crucial it is to think about, how can I have the most fun out of this day, the most delicious food, be with the people I really want to be with.
Adams: There was a greeting card I read that said "Cooking is like love, it should be approached with abandon."
LHJ: Which brings me to...what are your favorite Julia Child recipes?
Streep: Tarragon roast chicken is a foolproof recipe and also something that everybody loves.
Adams: I recommend the brussels sprouts with butter and cheese.
Ephron: And I have too many to name.
LHJ: Bon appetit!
Originally published in Ladies' Home Journal, August 2009.


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State investigators will arrive August eighth to begin their investigation into CRCT tampering and cheating in the Dougherty County School System.
The Superintendent said he would not tolerate cheating. Now, he's asked anyone with information to come to him, but state investigators say any cheating should be reported directly to them.
Murfree reiterated they won't tolerate any interference in their investigation, but why would teachers or administrators cheat?
Superintendent Dr. Joshua Murfree says cheating will be punished.
"If they say that they have been cheating and we find names, that we will end their employment immediately, having said that we have no reason or evidence to suggest that the result of our investigation are not reliable and valid," said Dr. Joshua Murfree, Dougherty County School System Superintendent.
State investigators disagree. They've already had cheating confessions. Some parents stand behind Dr. Murfree and his concerns that students be the focus, a parent proctor at Merry Acres found no cheating.
"In the last two years I know cheating has not occurred and it sends a strong statement to a child that they don't have the ability to learn and test and I'm concerned about the impact it will have on my child," said Thelma Johnson, a parent and test proctor.
We dug deeper into the Criterion Referenced Competency Test. The test measures a student's understanding of the state's curriculum. The results help determine a school's Annual Yearly Progress. Schools with poor scores are placed on varying levels of probation. Dougherty County School Board Member David Maschke and Carol Tharin say test results are an important tool to measure teacher and student progress.
"It's vital that both be measured because, if a student sis not performing I think it is at least some reflection on the ability of the teacher, so I think that it's two separate issue that need to be looked at," said School Board member Carol Tharin.
Board member Dr. Anita Williams Brown, a former educator, disagrees to judging teachers based on the tests. Both Tharin and Maschke feel the system could do more with results.
"I don't think we're doing enough, we've had poor results for several years and that should tell us that there's a problem somewhere, maybe in multiple places," said Tharin.
We found in third grade reading from 2007 to 2011 there was no improvement, 18 percent didn't meet standards. In fourth grade from 2007 to 2011, reading scores continuously fell. Parents worry scores will continue to fall if the investigation isn't concluded soon.
"Given the investigation and they're trying to pick up on learning new things in school, kids have a hard time adjusting," said parent Betty Gilbert.
They don't want to see teachers disrupted while class is in session.
Investigators expect to question about 350 teachers and principals when they arrive August 8th to complete the Dougherty Schools investigation.
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Ocean Plaza is located on Southport's sea front in a retail and leisure park which includes cinemas and a bowling alley. This Brewers Fayre was purpose built in 2004. It is open plan, all on one level with a Premier Inn attached. We have a large function room suitable for any occasion. Our bar has comfy seating where you can relax over a pint with friends or colleagues. Being child friendly we are more family orientated than any other pub in the area. We have an indoor Playzone which is very popular with the youngsters. The restaurant serves quality Brewers Fayre food at a reasonable price from an extensive menu and the children's menu has appetizing choices for our younger visitors. Our team really enjoy their jobs which is reflected in the customer service we provide. If you live locally, are on holiday in the area or are here on business staying at the Inn come and enjoy a drink or meal with us.
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Workouts to lose weight – cardio & muscle
Workouts to lose weight come in many forms, but just a few are very effective. Learn how to cut the boredom out of cardio and burn fat, and fire up your weight training to pack on muscle on your body, so that you can lose body fat fast.
There are basically two types of workouts to lose weight:
- Cardio workouts to lose weight
- Muscle workouts to lose weight
You can do them both or you can do one and not the other, but if you add both to your weight loss program, you'll would have found the fastest way to lose weight minus the dieting side of things, that is.
Let's have a look at the workouts to lose weight…
Cardio workouts to lose weight
When people hear the word "cardio exercise" they immediately think of long boring workouts sitting on a stationary bike or running on a treadmill. But cardio does not have to be boring.
I know there are some advocates who preach that you can do workouts to lose weight that do not involve cardio exercise. These people are mostly referring to doing muscle workouts to lose weight instead of cardio.
While this is true, what they don't tell you is that there is scientific evidence that cardiovascular exercise burns more fat as fuel if your exercise session is long enough. Workouts that involve lifting weights generally burn more carbohydrates as fuel; not fat.
If you go to a gym, you'll most likely wind up in an aerobics class or on a stationary bike or treadmill to do cardio. But you don't have to make your cardio sessions that boring by doing the same thing over and over again.
What I like to do instead is go out for a run and change my scenery every day. Running is an excellent exercise to get into shape fast.
It not only burns more calories than for example walking, but if you keep the intensity high enough and run in your target heart rate zone, you'll literally see the fat melt off of your body in a matter of a couple of weeks or months, depending on how much weight you need to lose.
But let's get down to business… Listen! There is a good way to do cardio exercises as workouts to lose weight, and there is a bad way. Let's start with the bad way first.
If you do any type of cardiovascular exercise at a sub-optimum heart rate for less than 30 minutes, you're unlikely to lose much weight. You see, the exercise must be intense enough for you to actually burn calories while you're exercising and also to get what's called an after-burn effect, where you burn calories for 15 – 30 minutes after you've exercised.
So the right way to do cardio workouts to lose weight is:
- Perform the exercise at a target heart rate of 65-80% of your maximum heart rate. Use a heart rate monitor until you know how to assess your body by the way you feel.
- Do the exercise for at least 40 minutes. A workout length of anywhere between 40 and 75 minutes is ideal. Remember, you start burning fat 20-25 minutes into the exercise. Before that, you'll burn mostly carbs.
And to spice up your cardio workouts, add some interval training to them. It'll not only keep the intensity high, but the after-burn effect will be greater.
Muscle workouts to lose weight
The second type of workouts to lose weight are muscle workouts or workouts where you use weights to build muscle.
As I've written in a previous article, the more muscle you have on your body, the more calories you'll burn while you're resting. Adding muscle to your frame is a way to increase your BMR.
But again, there is a good way and a bad way to do muscle workouts to lose weight.
When you weight train, you can achieve one of 3 things:
- Build muscle mass
- Build muscle endurance
- Build muscle strength
Where weight loss is concerned, you want to be doing the first, that is, building muscle mass. As I've previously written about muscle training, you need to choose the correct rep range and corresponding weights for each weight training goal.
If you want to build muscle strength, stay within the 1-6 rep range with a heavy enough weight for you to fail on the 5th rep.
If you want to build muscle mass, stay within the 8-12 rep range with a heavy enough weight for you to fail on the 10th rep.
If you want to build muscle endurance, go beyond 12 reps and do as many reps as you can with a chosen weight. Reps up to 100 are not uncommon when trying to build muscle endurance.
This brings us to the correct way to use muscle workouts to lose weight: You want to increase muscle mass, so stay within the 8-12 rep range with a heavy enough weight for you to fail on the 10th rep. Remember, you need to fail, that is, not be able to perform another rep. This is an indication that your workout is intense enough to build muscle.
And don't forget to apply the progressive overload training principle and increase your weights with each workout you do. That's the only way you'll be able to tell that you're making progress. If you're lifting the same amount of weight workout after workout, it is unlikely that you'll build muscle. You need to force your body to grow.
A second thing you need to keep in mind is that to pack on muscle quickly onto your frame, you need to focus on the large muscle groups and body parts. You need to learn how to group muscle groups for an effective workout. This means that you should focus on training your chest, back, glutes, hamstrings, and quads, instead of training your biceps, triceps, delts, forearms, and calves.
And to really pack on muscle, remember to do compound exercises instead of isolation exercises. So for example, do deadlifts for your hamstrings and back, do bench presses for your chest, do bent barbell or dumbbell rows for your back, and do squats for your quads and glutes. This is just a small sample of the many compound exercises you could do for all of the large muscle groups of your body.
Final words on workouts to lose weight
I hope this article has given you a clearer idea on the types of workouts you could do to accelerate your weight loss gains. Of course there is still one component missing. Your diet.
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Linfield College's Multicultural Department recently created an internship position. Amy Bumatai, a recent graduate of Linfield College, is the first person to hold this title.
One of Bumatai's main duties is advising student-lead multicultural groups. Director of Multicultural Programs, Jason Rodriqguez, and Bumatai help to direct such groups with event planning and other major projects or tasks.
For instance, Bumatai is assisting multicultural student organizations with big projects, including Hispanic Heritage Day, Native American Heritage Month and Multicultural Reception.
Bumatai said that her job also includes helping people and students understand culture and diversity. She also acts as the multicultural department's receptionist.
One of Bumatai's main projects is helping to develop and establish mentor and mentee relationships between Linfield's freshmen and upper classmen through Linfield's new Wildcat Intercultural Network (WIN) Program.
The multicultural internship was created with the recent expansion of Linfield's Multicultural Programs Department that has moved to the third floor of Riley Hall.
"We are constantly [expanding] the office and looking for ways to celebrate the wonderful diversity at Linfield College," said Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has worked with Bumatai for the past two years while she was co-chair for Linfield's Hawaiian Club's Lu'au. This is where he noticed Bumatai's strong work ethic, positive attitude and ideas for diversity and multiculturalism at Linfield.
"Brenda DeVore Marshall recommended Amy chat with me about my career path and opportunities in Multicultural Programs and next thing you know, Amy is the intern for Multicultural Programs," Rodriguez said. Bumatai graduated with a major in intercultural communications from Linfield in May 2013. She wrote her thesis on diversity and higher education.
"I really like student affairs and working with college groups," Bumatai said.
Another one of Bumatai's current projects is working with the Asian American Alliance group to create a Chinese New Year event. She is helping the group take the necessary steps to make it a campus wide event.
The Multicultural internship has a chance of being offered next year in Linfield's Multicultural Programs department.
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The song is 'Jingle Bells' (yes, there IS a song playing!) and it's a great way to ring in the holiday season. Thanks to Kmart for this great way to market their Joe Boxers! And just to stop you from looking….I couldn't find a good sale on the men in those Joe Boxers. But I'm suddenly a huge fan of Christmas music…..


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We publish the pro-con packages on Mondays to emphasize the fair-and-balanced approach we try to take on controversial issues. This reader, though, decided the Advocate was against Christmas because we chose to even write about the issue.
I assured her that wasn't the case, but she switched gears to complain that Pepper wasn't worthy of being the most fascinating person in our recent series. I explained that our readers voted him to that position.
She then suggested we strike through "Victoria" in our name and ask our readers to vote on whether we should replace that with "Obama." I let her know our newspaper did not endorse President Obama in the last election and asked her what the pro-con story and Pepper had to do with politics. Our focus is local news.
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Pianist/composer Aron Kallay has been praised as possessing "that special blend of intellect, emotion, and overt physicality that makes even the thorniest scores simply leap from the page into the listeners' laps." After Aron premiered three of Kyle Gann's works, the composer and music critic was "struck speechless," adding, "he did a beautiful job and made me all impressed with my music all over again... he makes me want to write more." Aron is an award-winning solo and chamber musician who has performed throughout the United States, Czech Republic, and Ukraine as well as on the radio and internet. Aron is a champion of contemporary composers, microtonal music, and music that combines electronics with acoustic instruments. As such, he is dedicated to expanding the repertoire by commissioning new works that challenge the idea of what it means to be a pianist in the 21st century. He has appeared on numerous new music festivals, including MicroFest, Jacaranda, In Frequency, Hear Now, What's Next, and the Other Minds Festival.
Aron received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California, where he studied with Daniel Pollack. He is on the faculty of the University of Southern California and Chapman University, where he teaches music technology, electro-acoustic media, and piano. Aron is an artist-in-residence with Catalysis Projects.
Isaac Schankler is a composer, pianist, accordionist and electronic musician living in Los Angeles. Lauded as "extraordinarily eclectic" and "masterfully composed," Isaac's music is inspired by improvisatory practices, indeterminate processes, spoken language, narrative, entropy and puzzles. His recent honors include grants from Meet the Composer and the American Composers Forum, the Sadye J. Moss Composition Prize, an Associate Artist residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the Damien Top Prize in the ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation Art Song Competition. He has given lectures on electronic music, composition, improvisation, and theory at the University of Southern California, the California Institute of the Arts, Machine Project, and Brevard Music Center. Ensembles and venues that have featured Isaac's work include Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), the Ussachevsky Memorial Festival, the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME), Le Centre Artistique de Piégon (France), Juventas New Music Ensemble, University of Southern California Contemporary Music Ensemble, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, Midwest Composer Symposium, Threshold Electroacoustic Music Festival, Brevard Music Center, Boston Conservatory, and the University of Arizona.
Isaac holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition from the USC Thornton School of Music, and degrees in composition (MM, BM) and a degree in English (BA) from the University of Michigan. An expert on interactions between music and technology, he is the artist in residence of the Music Computation and Cognition Laboratory (MuCoaCo) at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and a resident artist with the interdisciplinary arts organization Catalysis Projects.
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Your 9 Minute Beauty and Gratitude Challenge
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder
This post was originally planned as my holiday "gift to you" post for Christmas week, but I decided to move it forward, because this season we've been reminded, in spectacular fashion, of the best and worst of humankind.
I referred to this post as a "challenge" because the video I'm sharing with you is 9 minutes in length – longer than I would normally share, and way longer than most people will tolerate sticking with a blog post. And yet, I decided to share it because I've watched it 3 times and each time ended up with a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat.
We are all connected as one …
So, here's my challenge to you – make the time to watch this presentation now. If you bookmark it you'll forget, and then it will get buried, and eventually deleted. You need this message … just going by the sea of frowns on the faces I saw around town yesterday … we all need this message! I can promise you that by the end of it, your heart will be filled to overflowing with gratitude for the beauty and wonder that surrounds us.
Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life — revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.
Schwartzberg's notable career spans feature films, television shows, commercials and documentaries. He won two Clio Awards for TV advertising, including best environmental broadcast spot, an Emmy nomination for best cinematography and the Heartland Film Festival's Truly Moving Picture Award for the feature film "America's Heart & Soul." Schwartzberg founded Moving Art to use the power of media to inspire and entertain through television programming, DVD products, and full-length motion picture and IMAX films. His new film "Wings of Life" will be released by Disneynature. To learn more about Louie Schwartzerg and his "moving nature" visit his website at http://www.movingart.tv/
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July 25, 2013
This is an amazing post. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Everyone needs to see this video. We go through our day to day lives and never stop to smell taste and really feel the beauty offered to us. Learn to take time for others and be grateful that you are alive. Thanks so much for sharing this. It has really touched me. It made me cry.
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Such a lovely post Marty! Whenever I feel down and distressed I just think of the things that I have to be grateful for. This allows me to focus on the positive things in me rather than thinking of my misfortunes.
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Sandra permalinkDecember 29, 2012
Fascinating post. The photos were just simply amazing. Lovely piece really. Hoping to read more from you. Thanks for sharing!
December 28, 2012
Such a deep and thought-provoking post. I wonder when I can write something of relevance such as this. Very well done!
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Thank you for sharing this. I enjoyed the amazing time lapsed photos as well as the wisdom. I will remember to bless every person I see and to really look at their faces and know they all have a story. Whenever possible I will try to learn something of their story.
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Marty, that was awesome!! Thank you for sharing.
It was my love of solitude and nature that led us to move out into the country ten years ago. I love living here, half a mile from our nearest neighbour, where maybe one vehicle per hour drives past our home. We often see moose, deer, foxes and coyotes. Even now, with a foot of snow on the ground, I look out my kitchen window and see a host of birds happily feeding from our feeders. Blue jays, magpies, chickadees, downy and hairy woodpeckers, and the beautiful pine grosbeaks.
We are truly blessed!
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December 21, 2012
HI Marty, even though I've taken a break off blogging, I'm just stopping by to say Happy Holidays to all my blogging friends. Thanks for all the support, comments, visits etc. I hope you have fun with your loved ones and I wish you all the best for 2013.
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permalinkDecember 20, 2012
"Live each day as if it was your first, and as if it was going to be your last." That, to me, is one of the most powerful truths I will take from this video. But also, listening to the myriad upon myriad of things we have to be grateful for, set against the backdrop of people and nature, restored my soul as I watched this video. Thank you for sharing it with us!
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permalinkDecember 20, 2012
Incredible video Marquita! I love time lapse videos and that was spectacular.
I love that quote by JFK too!
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permalinkDecember 20, 2012
Beautiful and moving video Marquita. Don't you think that little girl was very wise for her age? You don't hear many children talk like that about TV. I loved the moving flowers/ plants also, it really brings them to life and shows they are able to do so much more than just look pretty!
Thanks Marquita, and Merry Christmas to you!
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permalinkDecember 19, 2012
Hi Marquita,
Thank you very much for the beautiful post.This was just what I needed as I was one of those people walking around with a frown on my face :).You're right,we have been reminded,in dramatic fashion,of the best and worst of humankind.I wish everyone could see just how connected we are to everyone and everything.Imagine a world where we had the utmost respect for each other,and mother nature,and love was all we knew.The video was fantastic and reminded me of how we can find our smiles if we just take the time to stop and see the beauty we are surrounded by.You have definitely helped in putting a smile back on my face today.I've downloaded the video to share with my loved ones and intend to watch it when I need to be reminded to smile and appreciate life.
Thank you again for sharing a beautiful,positive message,
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permalinkDecember 19, 2012
Hi Marquta,
Thank you for this wonderful gift! This video was so moving that it brought joyful tears to my eyes. I loved the "old man" in the video. I would name it "This is Truth" In our fast paced world, we go from one thing to another and forget all those nuances that bring us joy.
It is so important to be mindful of this. This is why I never carry a cell phone around when I leave my home. I want to enjoy that little piece of sky, the radiant sunset, the sweet smell of the trees and plants around me. I take a walk and want to make eye contact with people (difficult journey since I was born and raised in NYC lol)
In a restaurant, I want to talk to my server. There were times I connected so well, that the server would sit at our table a moment and chat. Yes, we are all connected. If we walk with the mindset of gratefulness, it is known by a stranger passing by.
Thanks so much, especially during the hustle-bustle of this time of year!
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Marquita, my fellow tribemate…this is a gift. Thank you so much for this:) Kaarina
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Hi Marquita! Had you not insisted on the importance of not bookmarking that video, I probably would have bookmarked it! But since I didn't, I was met with the most peaceful and serene message surrounding our beauty and connectedness to one another. Thank you for this timely post, especially in the midst of such tragedy in our country!
December 18, 2012
Hi Marquita,
the timing of your post couldn't be better.
Hopefully people will get to read your message and watch the video to give them an 'oasis' in the middle of there busy time.
I like how he said in the video "Live each day as if it was your first and your last and then you will have lived that day very well."
Living in New Zealand I feel very blessed with the beauty around me and sometimes I remember how I saw it all when I arrived, which was astounding.
I really appreciate that you shared this beautiful message!
Love and Light
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Hi Marquita,
Thank you for sharing your post and video. Wow, the images in this video are absolutely gorgeous! It's a great reminder to be grateful for everything we have every single day. I love the words of both the little girl and the elderly gentleman.
"Today is the one day that is given to you today." We need reminders to be grateful and to open our hearts. "If you learn to respond as if it is was the first day of your life and the last day, then you would have spent this day very well." I especially love the end as he shows all the different smiling faces! It's a modern version of "Wake up and smell the roses!"
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Hi Marquita,
Thank you for sharing. I loved the young girl and her explanation of TV and how much better it is to explore and expand our minds
It's so easy to forget the wonders that surround us as we run around taking care of our lives.
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Hi Marquita,
I've actually seen this video on YouTube and shared it myself but it started with the little girl speaking. His Ted talk wasn't included but it was worth watching the entire video again.
I'm glad you went ahead and shared this because I've been telling people for years to treat each day like it's your last. We don't know how much time any of us have. It's not promised so when saying goodbye to loved ones be sure to tell them what they mean to you. Never let words go unsaid. Don't worry about things you have no control over and enjoy the time you have right here and now.
Life is so precious and I hate it when people have to be reminded through horrific events.
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As you guys know I'm a Channing supporter. I like him as a player and a person. I also know a fair amount of are not, that's OK too. But the fact remains that the Fins were better with him than they are now. So when I discovered he was doing his radio at a local bar & grill I headed over to catch up with my old buddy. I got there a little late and the show was already in progress. However, during there 1st commercial break I walked up to the broadcast table. Nothing cooler than having a player ( and one you like ) jump right up and with a giant grin " Griff ! What's up ?". I replied, " this is fucking bullshit,...your ass needs to be on the field". I continued, "the Wifey is over there". He immediately ran over to say hello before the segment begun.
Ya gotta know M.M. loved seeing this...
During the show I asked if they had any tickets left as they had 50 pairs to give away ( I was going to score them, then post on FB for anyone that needed a pair ), they did not. However, the guys at WQAM said, "we do have a 12 pack of Corona if you want". Score ! M.M. was indeed happy with that.
So after the show ended we got to hang with Channing for a little bit. During our conversation I learned some interesting things. Like Channing release was based on money, they wanted him to take a pay cut which he refused. I asked if his groin was completely healed and if that played into it. He said he was fine. He looked at Buffalo, New England, Seattle, & Minnesota but didn't want to play for any of those teams. You see Channing and his Wife just had their 1st child, so not playing this year is kind of a blessing in disguise. Good for him I thought. I asked if he would want to play again for the Dolphins, "not under this regime". Can you blame him ? I went on to say that we both know they are out of thereat some point. Here Channing told me that just yesterday he spoke with Wayne Huizenga. Now we all know Ross owns the team, but it appears Mr Huizenga still has some influence. He went on to say, " Wayne said to not leave the area, there is going to be some furniture that gets moved around". I don't know what that furniture comment means, but I can read between the lines just as well as the next guy.
I asked if the team has quit. "No,...they just have no leader". I said, " no shit, you're standing right here". He continued, "say what you will about my stats, my defense got results". I concurred, "that is a true story". Moving on, I asked about the Sanchez TD run last week. Again I explained I'm not an X's & O's guy and I thought it was a blown coverage. It was not. It was the perfect call against that defensive formation. He said the safeties were to help defend against the pass, leaving nobody but the lineman in that area. He went on to say that was the same way Houston's Shaub scored for a game winning score a couple of years ago.
Channing, the Wifey, and I chatted some more. I mention I'm doing the DCC to his reply, "nice knowing ya, you're going to die,....that's 170 miles" with a chuckle. Getting back to Buffalo & Seattle, it appears he is not a fan of rainy weather. He said he looked up the weather conditions in those areas to discover what I learn 1st hand, it rains lot there (more so in Seattle). He also mentioned what I already knew,...those ares have a high suicide rate. "No way I'm living where its gloomy all the time". although I didn't meet his Wife as she was involved in her own conversation at another table, I told him, "you're like me, you married up". That gave him a chuckle.
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The Body Shop Olive Oil Dry Oil Mist is listed as one of my December 2011 favorites. I have been using it in behalf of lotion for more than a month now. Why do I like it? Like is an understatement love is more suitable. It's now more affordable at the price of 495 php, before its 795 php. The packaging is small enough to bring when going out of town or something. The spray nozzle makes it easy to dispense. Usually it takes 3 sprays for each leg and 2 for each arm to fully cover my skin with oil. I already said in my previous post that when I'm using it I feel like curling up in bed and just read a good book. Until now I still feel that way. The smell is very relaxing and stays long, like when you go out at 8 in the morning and be back at 5 you can still smell the scent. Also, it is very moisturizing especially now that the weather is colder than usual. No need to check if your elbow or knees are dry and flaky. It's not sticky at all and gives a dewy finish. Only good words for this simple but super intense product. The only downside is that on what I heard it's just until stock lasts.
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|Cornelia Lynde Meigs was born in Rock Island, Illinois in 1885. She graduated from Pennsylvania's Bryn Mawr College in 1907, then returned to her home in Keokuk, Iowa to teach. She later spent eighteen years at St. Katherine's school in Davenport, Iowa. While she was teaching, she wrote a collection of faerie tales, called The Kingdom of the Winding Road, which was published in 1915. Cornelia Meigs is best known as the author of Invincible Louisa, a biography of Louisa May Alcott. She died in 1973.
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