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Complex malware is commonplace. It features in opportunistic, generic keyloggers secreted on websites and custom concoctions built into targeted attacks. While advanced inline systems on endpoints and in the network can detect the overwhelming majority of malware, it's almost inevitable that some dangerous code will slip through. Then what? For some, back-up controls shut down malicious activities on the endpoint using a range of application and OS-layer tools. What if these systems are missing or fail?
Few companies have the resources to deploy specialized monitoring tools and hire experts to capture and analyze anomalous code. Typically, nothing happens — until a breach or attack upsets the apple cart. Then, expensive specialists descend to determine what happened where, find any rotten apples, and define a recovery plan.
This cycle will become more frequent as off-the-black-market-shelf tool kits make complex malware accessible to every criminal. However, you can fight back using integrated and intelligent protections that mesh defenses and monitoring operations into a system.
This solution guide explains how existing antimalware in endpoints and the network must change to better detect, block, analyze, and respond to the full range of ingenuity in advanced malware. As long as malware remains the most potent tool in the cybercriminal's tool kit, an integrated and systematic approach is your best defense.


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R.I.P. Estelle Getty
Golden Girls matriarch Estelle Getty, who played Sophia Petrillo on the show from 1985 to 1992—and for eternity in "Lifetime" reruns—has died at the age of 84.
Revel in her sassiness!:
Rose: Dorothy, you're the smart one, and Blanche, you're the sexy one, and Sophia, you're the old one, and I'm the nice one. Everybody always likes me.
Sophia: The old one isn't so crazy about you.
Her son had this to say: "She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents."

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Banjo-Kazooie (series)
|Nintendo (1998-2005)
Microsoft Studios (2008-present)
|Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One
|Platform of origin
|Nintendo 64
|First release
29 June 1998
|Latest release
|Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
11 November 2008
Banjo-Kazooie is a series of video games created by Rare. The games feature a honey bear named Banjo and his friend, a large red bird – of the fictional Breegull species – named Kazooie, who are both controlled by the player. Throughout the various games they are tasked with thwarting the various evil schemes of a witch named Gruntilda. The first game Banjo-Kazooie was originally released on the Nintendo 64 in 1998. Entries in the series have also appeared on later platforms.
- 1 Games
- 1.1 Main series
- 1.2 Cancelled games
- 2 Rereleases
- 3 Other appearances
- 4 Characters
- 5 Items
- 6 Stop 'N' Swop
- 7 Reception
- 8 Legacy
- 9 References
- 10 External links
|Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Curse (cancelled)
|Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
|Banjo-Threeie (cancelled)
Banjo-X (cancelled)
|Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
|Banjo-Karting (cancelled)
|Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Land (cancelled)
Main series[edit]
Banjo-Kazooie (1998)[edit]
Banjo-Kazooie was released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64 and re-released in 2008 for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. In Spiral Mountain, Banjo's sister, Tooty, has been kidnapped by the witch known as Gruntilda who wants Tooty's beauty and is willing to turn her into a hag for it. It is up to Banjo and Kazooie to save her. The goal is to progress through the witch's lair and the various worlds within it, collect items including jiggys which are golden jigsaw pieces which are needed to unlock new worlds and music notes that open up certain doors to help Banjo and Kazooie along their quest, and defeat Gruntilda.
Banjo-Tooie (2000)[edit]
Banjo-Tooie was released in 2000 for the Nintendo 64 and re-released in 2009 for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. Two years after Banjo and Kazooie defeat Gruntilda, Gruntilda is freed from her grave and revived by her two sisters using a drilling machine and their magic spell. Using a machine named B.O.B., she proceeds to wreak havoc on the Isle O' Hags, sucking the life force out of the land and its inhabitants to gain power to restore her body to its former state. After she kills Bottles, Banjo and Kazooie go to stop her. Tooie is famous for being significantly harder than its predecessor; jigsaw pieces are almost never in visible places or easily accessed, and abilities, powers, and items obtained from some worlds need to be used in others to complete tasks. Many new features were added to the game, such as bosses in each dungeon. Backtracking was also a feature, where the player needed to travel to previous dungeons as a result of abilities learned from Jam-Jars in the latter worlds.
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (2003)[edit]
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge was released in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. It takes place two months after Banjo-Kazooie. While Gruntilda is still trapped under the boulder that fell on top of her, Klungo decides to make a robot for Gruntilda's spirit to dwell inside. During the game, Gruntilda transfers her spirit into the robot and travels back in time to prevent the first meeting of Banjo and Kazooie. In the end, Gruntilda tells Klungo to go try to get her sisters, thereby setting the events of Banjo-Tooie into motion.
Banjo-Pilot (2005)[edit]
Banjo-Pilot was released in 2005 for the Game Boy Advance. This game is not part of the plot of the series, but is a racing game similar to Mario Kart where the characters race planes.
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (2008)[edit]
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts was released in 2008 for the Xbox 360. The ending sequence in Banjo-Tooie suggested the title would be Banjo-Threeie, with early press releases tentatively calling it Banjo-Kazooie 3. The original trailer sported a more angular artistic design for the characters and complete fur and feather detailing on Banjo and Kazooie. The game's release on 12 November 2008 marked the tenth anniversary of the series.[1] It is the first original Banjo-Kazooie game released on a non-Nintendo system. The gameplay is a departure from the previous games in that, rather than learning new moves in order to continue, the player must instead build vehicles of all shapes and sizes to complete challenges. These challenges include races, transporting objects, fighting enemies, and a variety of other tasks. Gruntilda is still the main antagonist, but this time the Lord of Games (L.O.G.) has swept Banjo, Kazooie, and most of the cast into an all new world.
Cancelled games[edit]
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Curse[edit]
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Curse was a concept designed for Game Boy Color just before Banjo-Kazooie was finished in mid-1998. The game was to have Kazooie turn into an evil by Grunty and would ride around in her backpack instead of Banjo's. Grunty's Curse was in production for a handful of months during 1999 and were in the process of sprite designs. However the game was cancelled and eventually rebooted as Grunty's Revenge.[2]
Banjo-Threeie was a game prototype for GameCube and Xbox just before Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge was finished in late-2003., this prototype was cancelled.
Banjo-X was a game prototype for Xbox Live just before Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge was finished in late-2003., this prototype was cancelled.
Banjo-Karting or Banjo-Kazoomie was a game prototype for Xbox 360, started by Rare Ltd. just before Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts was finished in late 2008. The prototype took advantage of classic Banjo-Kazooie characters and built upon the racing parts of Nuts and Bolts . With Rare's shift to Kinect projects only, this prototype was cancelled.
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Land[edit]
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Land was a game prototype for Xbox One, but this prototype was cancelled.
Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie were rereleased on Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade in 2008 and 2009 respectively. These versions featured fully HD graphics for both the polygonal models and 2D images. They also included revised controls and the reinstatement of the Stop'n'Swop feature. These versions of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie, as well as Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, were rereleased as a part of the 30 game compilation, Rare Replay, on August 4, 2015.[3]
Other appearances[edit]
Prior to Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo's first appearance was as a playable racer in Diddy Kong Racing, released for Nintendo 64 in 1997. In Conker's Bad Fur Day & Conker: Live & Reloaded, Banjo's head can be seen, disembodied, above the fireplace in the main menu. Additionally, Kazooie's head can be found on the end of an umbrella in the chapter select screen for both games. In Grabbed by the Ghoulies, pictures are seen throughout the game as well as scenes from the levels. Also monster versions of Banjo and Kazooie's heads are seen. Following Microsoft's purchase of Rare, Banjo was absent from the Nintendo DS remake, Diddy Kong Racing DS. Banjo and Kazooie also appear in the Xbox 360 version of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.[4][5][6]
- Jiggy - The games' main collectibles. Jiggies are golden jigsaw puzzle pieces with magical properties. They can assume any image and are all exactly the same shape and can hook together infinitely unless required otherwise. They allow worlds to be accessed when assembled to form an image of said world. In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, they are instead banked and used to purchase doorways to new worlds. Despite being made of gold, Jiggies apparently float on the surface of water.
- Notes - The games' currency. They are pairs of golden eighth notes that can be collected and used as money (to a certain extent). In Banjo-Kazooie, Notes are required to complete the game. Notes gathered in a level add to the total amount of Notes in the game. Every stage had 100 notes. Should a player exit a level without collecting all the notes, their current level total will be added to their overall total and won't raise until all of the notes are recollected and the remaining ones are collected as well. Notes are used to enter Note Doors which conceal the different districts of the game with over 800 notes being needed to open the final Note Door. In Banjo-Tooie, Notes have a completely different behavior. They are still required to complete the game, but in a completely different way. A standard note is now worth 5 notes and a rare Treble Cleft is worth 20. Notes are used to purchase new moves, but instead of losing notes for every move, you keep the same amount and are tasked with finding more for the next move. These moves are required for further progression in the game. In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, they are no longer required to beat the game and now come in three varieties: Copper (Worth 1 Note), Silver (worth 5), and the traditional gold (worth 10). They serve as direct currency in this game and are consumed upon purchases.
Stop 'N' Swop[edit]
Stop 'N' Swop is a feature from Banjo-Kazooie that was supposed to be a means of unlocking special content in Banjo-Tooie. Though it was shown in an ending sequence in Banjo-Kazooie, evidence suggests that it was never fully implemented due to the Nintendo 64 revisions completed in 1999 that kept the feature from being practical.[7][8] The feature was widely publicized through a column published by Nintendo Power.[9] Rare announced that special areas and items in the game could only be reached by completing certain tasks in its sequel, Banjo-Tooie. It was later discovered that Banjo-Kazooie contains seven special items which can be accessed using lengthy in-game cheat codes[10] or by using a cheat cartridge. Once collected, these items would be viewable in a menu titled "Stop 'N' Swop". Even if the game is reset, all of the items will remain permanently.
An ending sequence in Banjo-Kazooie, should the player collect all 100 Jiggies in the game, indicated that two colored eggs in the game would be put to use in the sequel Banjo-Tooie. There was also an inaccessible ice key shown in the sequence, which induced gamers to search for a way to get it. While only two eggs were shown in the sequence, hackers Alan "Ice Mario" Pierce and Mitchell "SubDrag" Kleiman of the Rare Witch Project fansite discovered in-game cheat codes to unlock a total of six different eggs and the ice key.[9] Other ways of getting the six eggs and key were previously discovered via the use of a cheat cartridge. Once acquired, these items would be viewable by all three game files, and would remain even after erasing the files.
In the years between the two Banjo-Kazooie games, Rare representatives were questioned on "Stop 'N' Swop" and how it would be implemented. Ken Lobb was reportedly unwilling to discuss how the connection would be made between the games.[11]
Banjo-Tooie was released in 2000 and offered a way to retrieve the items without the need to acquire Banjo-Kazooie. The player would attain them by destroying in-game Banjo-Kazooie Game Paks. These eggs could then be brought to Heggy the hen to hatch. There were three eggs in total (i.e. the pink, yellow, and blue eggs), one of which was already with the hen, but which Kazooie had to hatch herself. The ice key, however, was to be used to obtain an item locked in an ice vault, containing a Mega Glowbo, which could turn Kazooie into a dragon. No explanation for "Stop 'N' Swop" was revealed in the game. Nintendo released a statement on the matter expressing that the feature "was not implemented in the game, and although we know there is a code that opens this menu, it does not do anything at all. And as much as I would like to be able to answer your question about why it was not implemented in the game, this is not information that our Consumer Service Department has access to."[12]
A reference to Stop 'N' Swop was included in the 2003 video game Grabbed by the Ghoulies. On one of the chalkboards in the schoolroom is a mathematical equation, stating: "[egg] + [egg] + [egg] + [egg] + [key] = ?".
In 2004, a patent filed by Rare was published which suggests that Stop 'N' Swop involved swapping cartridges with the power off to transfer data. The information would be momentarily retained by utilizing the Rambus memory in the Nintendo 64.[7] As a result of changes done to the Nintendo 64 systems produced in 1999, the system could no longer do this effectively.
In an August 2004 interview with ClubJoe,[13] an anonymous ex-Rare employee explained in detail how Stop 'N' Swop was going to work:
- Only four eggs and the ice key were involved - two eggs (the cyan and yellow eggs, found in Mad Monster Mansion and Click Clock Wood) were "bad eggs" that would not be pointed to by Tooie, and would prevent Stop 'N' Swop from working since only hackers would have access to them.
- Blackeye the pirate would give out sandcastle codes in Tooie in return for completing tasks, allowing the collection of the "good eggs" and ice key in Banjo-Kazooie.
- By going through the gold warp pot in the Grunty's Furnace Fun with the appropriate items, the ice key would sparkle and open one of the locked doors in the transformation room seen in the GAME OVER sequence (owing to a programming mistake, the ice key would disappear afterward, so this would only work once).
- Going through this door would result in Grunty complaining about Blackeye, and a message to swap cartridges.
- In Tooie, the four eggs would be used to enable special transformations - Kazooie to a dragon (the only one remaining in the final game), Banjo to a polar bear, and two unspecified transformations that were never coded owing to the abandonment of the feature - as "fun and useful, but not needed" bonuses for those who had both games.
Another Stop 'N' Swop reference appeared in 2005's Banjo-Pilot. After completing most of the game, Cheato sells an item called "STOP 'N' SWOP" for 999 Cheato Pages. The only result of buying is Cheato saying: "So you want to know about Stop 'N' Swop, eh? I hope you're ready. Here goes...Why don't you stop annoying me and swop this game for a nice book or something?"
In a 2007 interview with Retro Gamer, Rare employees told the magazine reporters that they may have to wait until the release of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for the details of Stop 'N' Swop to be revealed.[14] In March 2008, a new website appeared with an animation of the ice key rotating, the eggs, and the words "the answers are coming." On April 1, however this was revealed to be an April Fool's joke created by The Rare Witch Project.[15]
In 2008, MTV conducted an interview with Salvatore Fileccia, lead software engineer at Rare. Fileccia cited that the abandonment of Stop 'N' Swop was due to revisions made to the Nintendo 64 circuitry. He stated that older versions of the system would have given the player 10 seconds to swap cartridges, while newer iterations of the console reduced this time to one second.[8]
At Microsoft's E3 press conference on 14 July 2008, it was announced that the original Banjo-Kazooie would be made available through the Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) and feature Stop 'N' Swop connectivity with Nuts & Bolts to unlock new features.[16] In both the demo version and full version of Nuts & Bolts, Bottles also offers a "Stop 'N' Swop Truth" for 6,000 music notes. The Rare Witch Project extracted the demo's text string, which revealed that when Bottles is paid 6,000 notes he says "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you, and we couldn't show that in a game with this rating. Put it out of your mind and think happy thoughts! Thanks for the notes!".
On 27 January 2009, Rare announced that Banjo-Tooie would be released in April on XBLA and that the "original plan" for Stop 'N' Swop would be implemented.[17] It was revealed that the eggs and key in the XBLA version of Banjo-Kazooie would unlock bonus vehicle parts in Nuts & Bolts such as fuzzy dice.[18] In Nuts & Bolts there is an imprint of the ice key on top of Boggy's gym and drawings of the eggs throughout Showdown Town. When a Stop 'N' Swop item is collected in Banjo-Kazooie, a corresponding crate appears at each drawing. Banjo and Kazooie can take them to Mumbo to get the special vehicle parts. The level BanjoLand (a museum-like level that contains various artifacts from the first two games) also features large fake Stop 'N' Swop eggs that contain Gruntbots.
In the XBLA port of Banjo-Tooie, the six eggs and key from Banjo-Kazooie unlock the bonuses included in the original N64 version, as well as new content related to the Xbox 360. In place of the three preexisting eggs are gold, silver and bronze eggs. The three unlock achievements listed under a "Stop 'N' Swop II" submenu. Additional Stop 'N' Swop II achievements can be unlocked by completing specific objectives in the game. Like the original Stop 'N' Swop before it, the items and criteria to be met in Stop 'n' Swop II are meant to be used in a future Banjo game.
Grunty's Revenge
Nuts & Bolts
Banjo-Kazooie's critical and commercial success led Rare to begin development of a sequel titled Banjo-Tooie, also for the Nintendo 64. Banjo-Tooie was released on 20 November 2000 to very positive reviews, and largely adopts the gameplay mechanics of its predecessor. The characters Banjo and Kazooie proved to be popular and made cameo appearances in subsequent Rare games such as Conker's Bad Fur Day and Grabbed by the Ghoulies. Upon release, Banjo-Tooie was critically acclaimed and sold more than three million copies worldwide.
On 10 February 2015, a group of former Rare employees who worked on Banjo-Kazooie announced their formation of a new studio named Playtonic Games, planning a "spiritual successor" to the franchise titled Yooka-Laylee, formerly code-named Project Ukulele.[33] It is set to be released on Microsoft Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii U.[34] The game reached its initial funding goal of £175,000 within thirty-eight minutes and is currently set to be released in October 2016.[35]
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External links[edit]
- Official Banjo-Kazooie website
- Donkey Kong 64 Stop 'n' Swop Special – includes a brief introduction to Stop 'N' Swop


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Des Moines Area Community College
Current DMACC Logo
|"Life's Calling"
|Public Community College
|March 18, 1966
|University of Iowa, NCA
|$11 Million
|Rob Denson J. D.
|Dr. Kim Linduska and Greg Martin C.P.A.
|Dr. Laurie Wolf
|Kim Didier M.P.A.
Academic staff
|Statewide, Iowa, USA
|Ankeny, IA (Main Campus, Six total Campuses)
|This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (December 2014)
Des Moines Area Community College is a public institution and Iowa's largest two-year college.[1] DMACC offers 168 programs, certificates and transfer degrees, annually serving more than 75,000 credit and non-credit students at campuses and learning centers throughout Central Iowa. DMACC serves a 6,560 square mile area in 22 counties and has a student to faculty ratio of 18:2.[2]
Des Moines Area Community College was created on March 18, 1966. The first classes were held on the Ankeny Campus in 1968. DMACC has experienced tremendous growth in the last two decades. In the Fall of 2000, 10,803 students were enrolled at DMACC. By the fall of 2011, that number grew to 25,425. While the main campus remains in Ankeny, the Urban Campus is the premier campus in the district, graduating more students who earn master's degrees than any other campus in the district.
- 2011 "Top Workplace" by The Des Moines Register[3]
- 2008 Greater Des Moines Partnership Diversity Award [4]
- Named a "Military-Friendly College" by G.I. Jobs magazine [5]
Notable Alums[edit]
- Dennis Albaugh, Iowa's first billionaire,[6] founder of Albaugh Inc.
- Bonnie Campbell, Iowa's first female Attorney General, former Iowa gubernatorial candidate, former official in the U.S. Department of Justice [7]
- Judy Bradshaw, Des Moines' first female Chief of Police [8]
Honors Program[edit]
The DMACC Honors Program launched in the fall of 2012. It is the first 20-credit honors program at an Iowa community college. The program is designed for degree-seeking students to expand their boundaries and better prepare them to enter the workforce or continue to an honors program at a four-year college or university.
DMACC athletics are located on the Boone Campus. The DMACC Bears compete in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference and the National Junior College Athletic Association. The Bears participate in baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's cross country, men's and women's golf, softball, volleyball, and dance team.
Each campus offers ways for students to get involved in activities outside of the classroom. Several campuses have their own newspapers including the award-winning Ankeny Chronicle, The Boone Banner and The Urban Vibe. The Student Advisory Council, International Club, and intramural sports are just a few of the clubs and activities offered at DMACC. DMACC West Campus is opening a Jimmy John's in the fall of 2015.
Accreditation and Board[edit]
DMACC is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.[9] The College is also approved by the Iowa State Department of Education.[10] The College is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors, each representing one the of the nine districts the College serves.
Transfer Agreements and Articulations[edit]
DMACC has transfer agreements and articulations with several colleges, institutions, and universities:
- AIB College of Business
- Buena Vista University
- Central College
- Des Moines Public Schools
- Drake University
- Grand View University
- Grinnell College
- University of Iowa
- Iowa State University
- University of Northern Iowa
- Simpson College
- Tuskegee University
National Recognition[edit]
DMACC has been the site for visits and announcements by officials from Washington D.C. In February of 2015, Vice President Joe Biden visited the DMACC Ankeny campus, advocating for free community college tuition. In October 2012, the Chairman of the Obama Administration's Council of Economic Advisors spoke at DMACC about the "State of the U.S. Economy.[11] " In the same month, Deputy Labor Secretary, Seth Harris announced a $13 million grant to the Iowa-Advanced Manufacturing Consortium of all 15 Community Colleges in Iowa.[12] U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, visited the DMACC Ankeny campus in April 2012 touting President Obama's plan to help needy students earn a degree.[13]
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- ^ "#799 Dennis Albaugh". Forbes.com. 2007-02-09. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- ^ "1997 OJP Press Releases". Ojp.usdoj.gov. 1997-11-13. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
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- ^ "Department of Labor Photo Gallery: Deputy Labor Secretary Seth Harris visits Des Moines Area Community College (October 2, 2012)". Dol.gov. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- ^ "US Secretary of Education Applauds DMACC". Go.dmacc.edu. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-12-26.


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What does your body have to say about what you are eating? How often does the sight or smell of food drown out your body's words of wisdom?
What does your body have to say about what you are eating? How often does the sight or smell of food drown out your body's words of wisdom?
Here, Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, shares eight simple things that you can add to your daily routine that will burn an extra 100 calories. Think about it. If you do one of these things each day, rotating them if you like, at the end of one year you will have burned off 10 pounds.
Last night, we went to a small gathering; a dinner party. Big fun! Aside from the 5 yum food, the great conversation, giggles, chortles and belly laughs, we climbed up onto the roof and looked down on Tucson. What a […]
The news that Maya Angelou died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Wednesday, spread like wildfire. Together, we mourn the loss of a giant, a warrior. At the age of 86, her spirit left her body, but her […]
From the Our Lady of Weight Loss archives…The perfect post and video that can put you back on track after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend! Enjoy!!! Just yesterday, I was talking to "Mary" (yes, I work with my beloved clients on […]
"I believe in roses. And I believe in putting roses into a vase and sitting the vase on the table. I believe in getting lost and being found, I believe in going barefoot, and in laughter! My religion is to […]
Good Day Tushkateers, How are you on this bird-chirping morning? I am (we are) in Tucson, celebrating my birthday. A week long celebration, which kicked into gear last weekend in Manhattan and has now migrated to the southwest along with […]
Because my mother had a stroke last week, and she is, so to speak, scripting her final chapter, which is currently overflowing with love, laughter and song, I can't help but to think about life. And as I do, as […]
As some of you know — in my life — "life" is happening is a big way. Life is happening in the form of death, as my 96 year-amazingly-awesome mother begins to leave us. With a fully open and grateful […]
Sometimes unseen forces zap our energy, nibble away at our resolve and either send us on an unfortunate detour or stop us entirely in our tracks, moving us away from manifesting our goals. These "things" are not obvious to the […]
Racelle Rosett, winner of the WGA award for thirtysomething, recipient of both the Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Prize for Jewish short fiction and the Lilith Fiction Prize, author of the critically acclaimed book "Moving Waters," breast cancer survivor and blogger shares […]
TURN A DEAF EAR TO CAKE Many of my clients tell me that they feel as if they are entitled to a treat after a long, hard day at work or a complicated day at home. "I deserve to have […]
1. First There Was the Thought: When it comes to emotional baggage, we consciously experience a 'feeling' before we understand its trigger. When a strong feeling surfaces; a feeling that can 'sink you,' or 'squash your enthusiasm;' when a feeling […]
Looking for a magic bullet? A miracle cure? Something that will add health to your life and help you lose that fat belly? If you're looking for the 'magic bullet,' then you've come to the right place!!! Our Lady of […]
"Our inner guidance comes to us through our feelings and body wisdom first — not through intellectual understanding." ~ Christiane Northrup Because thoughts come from our head, and said thoughts tend to be loud (very loud), we are inclined to […]
People call me, text me, email me, and sometimes even send massively long missives the old fashioned way, via the United States Postal Service, to let me know that they not only want to change, but they are ready to […]
Ever walk down the street or through the park, in deep thought, with a scowl on your face and a furrowed brow, and some stranger takes it upon himself to yell out to you, "It can't be that bad. How […]
Fear is without question the most common type of emotional block. There is … Fear of feeling stupid, Fear of asking dumb questions, Fear of success, Fear of intimacy, Fear of bankruptcy, Fear of rejection, Fear of death, Fear of […]
One way to start to implement change and activate the power within is to send a new message to your unconscious. A strong message, that at the same time not only respects how your unconscious mind has been protecting you […]
This week's Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, entitled PIG CROSSING, is inspired by the 4th of July, Independence Day! Are you ready for the marching bands, parades, fireworks, and the BBQs? Last year more than 80 million folk participated […]
I just returned from the corner fruit stand where I scored 2 pounds of fresh cherries, just in time to 'cook up' a fabulous lunch. Well … I don't mean to imply that I am going to actually cook, as […]
Do YOU want to look 5 pounds thinner, be more confident, and feel happier than you do right NOW? Say YES and then read on and follow Our Lady of Weight Loss's brilliant 'be thin' strategy! True or False: Good […]
In anticipation and preparation for my next workshop, "Feed Your Soul: Change Your Weight," I've committed to listing 10 Ways to Feed Your Soul each week from now until the workshop, which is scheduled to begin on September 16 – […]
Are 'cravings' a gateway to binging? It's worse than we thought! "They" (as in researchers and scientists) tell us that not only can giving into cravings tip the Scales of Injustice into the wrong direction, but food cravings have been […]
I love a good nap. Sometimes it's the only thing getting me up in the morning. ~ George Costanza, Seinfeld : George Sleeping Under His Desk The Exhausted Modern World. The modern world puts enormous value on being as productive […]
The Cataract surgery did not go as well as expected. Even though it ranks as one of the safest and simplest of surgeries; even though the literature reports that 99.5% of the population can see clearly as soon as the […]
Seriously folks, you could not possibly believe that the 20 to 2 vote from the FDA that came wiggling, jiggling and rolling on in approving the latest magic weight loss pill, Qnexa, from pretty much the same members of the […]
When we feel threatened or stressed, our neuroendocrine system kicks into high gear and releases a series of hormones. One of these is Cortisol, which gives us the biochemical strength we need to fight or flee our stressors. Back in […]
"He who goes to bed hungry dreams of pancakes." ~ Proverb Greetings Tushkateers & BRACE YOURSELVES … today is Pancake Tuesday! a.k.a. Fat Tuesday a.k.a. Shrove Tuesday, a.k.a. Mardi Gras and finally a.k.a. – my personal fav – Bursting Tuesday, […]
As most of you know, ten years ago I permanently removed over 50 pounds with Our Lady of Weight Loss by my side. Part of my permanent fat removal plan was to 'fill' up on life; to get involved in […]
Greetings Tushkateers … and a very Happy Valentine's Day to YOU! As I am sure you are well aware, today is Valentine's Day. How exciting for both Our Lady of Weight Loss and me to celebrate the day with you! […]
Greetings Tushkateers!!! How are you on this fabulous morning (afternoon or evening, depending on your time zone)? I'm just 'dandy' – 'peachy keen' – maybe even 'groovy.' It's not my style to toss out an empty "how are you?" I […]
Accountability is one of the most powerful principles you can follow in your quest to lose weight, shed pounds, drop the excess, lighten up, declutter, write that novel, or be the best you ever. Accountability will keep you on […]
President Obama delivered a fine State of the Union address last night, but OMG!!! … he forgot the MONEY RITUALS!!! Therefore, Our Lady of Weight Loss and I thought we'd share our 5 best money rituals with you! They are […]
Susan Keats, Contributor for The Succulent Wife and Seize-the-Day Propagandist is "not dead yet," and that's a good thing. A good thing for her, her family, for me and for anyone else wants or needs a jolt of inspiration, motivation […]
I've been thinking. Can you smell the wood burning? (Something my father used to say.) Yes, I've been thinking about resolutions and why it is that so many people start out on fire but ultimately fail to reach their goals. […]
Happy New Year!!! Want to lose weight? Burn calories? Move your mind away from food and the kitchen? Then you have come to the right place!!! Our Lady of Weight Loss's KICK in the TUSH CLUB offers a weekly Get […]
Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked. "Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter." ~Lewis Carroll, Alice […]
It is said that wherever there is Ganesh, there is success and prosperity; and wherever there is success and prosperity, there is a Ganesh. Ganesh, the Hindu deity, is the lord of wisdom, intelligence, education, luck and fortune, gates, doors, […]
well·ness noun the quality or state of being healthy in body and mind, especially as the result of deliberate effort. What does "Wellness" look like to you? As you click through this week's Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, feel […]
Our body image (a.k.a. body esteem) is the picture we have of our physical body. It is an inner view of our outer self. It is formed by our awareness, imagination and emotions. It is ever-shifting. It changes depending upon […]
People tell me, "I don't have the time to … "… go to the store and pick up fruits and vegetables. "… exercise." "… sit and breathe." "… to be positive." Really? Too busy to be positive? Surely, you can […]
When I ask people, "Why do you want to lose weight?" people often say, "Health and better energy." While this may be true, it is often not the primary reason (or solo reason) that they want to lose weight. They […]
On the one hand maybe I'm being overly dramatic by stating that these 6 Supermarket Food Safety Tips CAN save your life; but on the other hand, maybe they can and maybe they will!!! At the very least, they can […]
Did you know that when we feel threatened or stressed, our neuroendocrine system kicks into high gear and releases a series of hormones? One of these is Cortisol, which gives us the biochemical strength we need to fight or flee […]
What does Groundhog Day have to do with weight loss? Our Lady of Weight Loss says, "All roads lead to weight loss!" If the winter is getting you down, you might eat! If you are longing for spring, you might make an extra trip to the fridge. If it's grey outside and/or snowing, you may turn to food to add color to your life! Here follow 9 Groundhog Day Quotes for you to chew on, as you smile and stay steady on your healthy living journey!
"Be Well" is an artfully vague term.
What does "be well" mean? What makes you feel well? What does wellness look like to you? The aspects of wellness that are yours and yours alone have a magical quality to them. They warm your heart; the illuminate your soul.
Did you know that just one or two ounces of almonds, peanuts, cashews, pistachios or walnuts – delivers a fully-body health punch??? Studies show that nuts help prevent type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Nuts also promote longevity! (Talking about longevity, my mom is almost 95 and she's plenty nuts!
If you, too, have difficulty with your morning Rise & Grind or suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), then you might want to take a look at the Sun Alarm! What will they think of next???
From the our Lady of Weight Loss 2011 Health Living Plan … STUDIES SHOW that SMALL AMOUNTS OF BRISK WALKING helps to keep you healthy? Learn how to decrease your chances of developing Colon Cancer, Heart Disease, Depression, Strokes and worse by WALKING!!!
Coffee, the most popular drink in America – next to water – may help some lose weight as it increases the number of calories you burn per hour by 44%! Caffeinated coffee increases your metabolism. Cuppa Joe, be mine!
Yesterday, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its report on obesity in America. And guess what? We're fatter than ever. On the one hand, it is shocking to find that to be the case. We're trying so […]
Complete this Get Jiggy Jigsaw Puzzle and the ultimate way to weigh less and finally, once and for all, put an end to those sweet tooth cravings that are sabotaging your weight loss efforts will be revealed!!!
Last night, Siobhan Magnus was voted off American Idol. One of the things I like most about Siobhan is her authenticity, her level of comfort with herself. As Oscar Wilde said, "Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." And Sioban did just that! I'm hoping we will see more of her!
As I am sure you can well imagine, in this 'drug' culture many a person who gains weight attributes a good deal of said packed on pounds to the pills that they are a popping. And yes, there is evidence that there are pills that do, indeed, cause weight gain. Some more than others.
I was talking to one of my star weight loss clients (you are all stars), who has permanently lost over 35 pound. Yes, JB is thrilled about that, but she is still having difficulty loving herself, because she's kind of down on her thighs. They are not perfect thighs. They are not stick thin thighs like you see in the magazines; they are not air-brushed thighs. After an interesting conversation that was filled with aha moments, I decided to share a few tips on how to love yourself, love your thighs.
The fierce and muscled trainer, Jillian Michaels, of "The Biggest Loser" fame and fortune is getting some feedback a.k.a. lash-back from some comments she made in an interview to Women's Health magazine regarding pregnancy. Weigh-in here! Your thoughts on her comments.
Zeus had a plan. He thought that whenever his wife Hera was away, he'd get together with Cynara. However, Cynara soon became homesick. She missed her mother, so she slipped back to the earth for a short but meaningful visit with the mortals. When she returned, it was quite apparent that she had a new attitude. Zeus wasn't particularly happy with her un-goddess-like behavior. He threw a fit and tossed her back to earth, and he changed her into the plant that we now call the artichoke.
After a full week of headlines, the dread-locked singer and American Idol frontrunner, Crystal Bowersox (a.k.a. Mama Sox) last night served up platters full of soul, gratitude and love.
When we are energized, feeling good, hydrated, smiling and breathing in the poetry of life, we are less likely to gravitate towards food as a form of self-medication and more likely to open up to living la vida feliz … The Happy Life!
This week's 'Get Jiggy JigSaw Puzzle' was inspired by my jones for peanut butter. Just love the stuff and you know, the natural kind, is good for you! Here's a great recipe that makes a stupendous breakfast, lunch or snack!
I hear tell that Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson is losing it! Pounds that is!
Jennifer, on behalf of WeightWatchers, kicked off a national ad campaign last Sunday "I decided to do Weight Watchers. I feel like I've conquered the world." says the lovely and voluptuous Jennifer. In addition to getting the big payola …
I'm not sure how "No Housework Day" originated or when it was first celebrated. I am imagining that a woman who was tired of her daily chores, tired of the dust reappearing, that a woman who was more than likely being taken for granted threw her arms up in the air, took in a deep breath and proclaimed …
Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, invites you to imagine what it must be like to lose 350 pounds and for the very first time be able to drive a car, use a normal sized seatbelt, wear a pair of jeans. Read Ruby's story here. An in depth and moving interview from Beliefnet's editor Holly Leibowitz Rossi.
Foolish and fool proof April Fool's Day quotes! Don't give cherries to pigs or advice to fools … and much more from Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, on a mission to lighten!
From the Our Lady of Weight Loss kitchens – Matzo Brie! There are two matzo brie camps; those who fervertly believe that soaking the matzo in cold water before frying is the only way to go, and those who follow the hot water recipes. Either way, matzo brie (much like french toast) is delicious!
The 'Sandra Bullock pregnancy' rumors have taken off like wildfire, the Internet ablaze. Reports are admittedly coming from unreliable sources …
What would Jesus eat and just how much? Just how big were the plates at the Last Supper?
Laugh Yourself Skinny. Laughter is one of the best aerobic exercises. One minute of mirthful laughter is equal to 6 minutes on the rowing machine.
Leave your judgment, lectures and nagging at the door. Encourage and support your children to live their best life.
Kirstie Alley's Big Life: A review from Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Coach, author and 50 pound big-time-loser. "Hopefully, Kirstie will get her groove back and future episodes will include some useful weight loss information, and a more interesting life that motivates and inspires. So far, only Kirstie is big; not her life.
This week's "Get Jiggy Weight Loss Jigsaw Puzzle" is inspired by the Vernal Equinox. At precisely 1:32 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (17:32 Universal Time), the Sun will cross directly over the Earth's equator. In the Northern Hemisphere, with open arms; in the Southern Hemisphere, autumn arrives. Ponder that while you keep your hands and mind busy working Our Lady of Weight Loss's Get Jiggy Weight Loss Puzzle!!! A miracle cure if ever there was one!
Knowing full well that water is the healing elixir of all time, I have been on a mega-water kick, telling any and all who will listen to me that it's important – actually crucial to drink water.
Have you ever questioned whether your inspiration, insight or sudden shift in experience was the result of receiving divine guidance or communication?
Janice Taylor, your Weight Loss Coach, shares her best ever Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe. Needless to say – it is extraordinarily delicious, and it's Our Lady of Weight Loss approved! Low in calories. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Our thoughts and words create our realities. They determine what we focus on, how we direct our attention, and how we use our mental and emotional energies. What words do you use? How to they inform, color and create your reality?
We are not just turning the clocks ahead by one hour! Tonight, we are also moving our internal clock and the many mechanisms that are governed by it, ahead by one hour, and therein lies the rub. Getting those inner-mechanisms to work on a time schedule!
Score one for Einstein and then score one for Our Lady of Weight Loss! Do you know what the scales really measure – scientifically that is?
The best in Celebrity Weight … Hot off the Dancing With the Stars dance floor! The pairings!!! Who will dance with whom and who is your fav?
For those of us who are hooked on watching the Academy Awards, because we love movies, the glitz of Hollywood, or just because it is a time-honored tradition, here follow some of 'award-wininng' quotes from last night's Oscars.
It's GET JIGGY SUNDAY!!! Want a fun way exercise your brain? To weigh less? To keep your hands and mind busy and out of the cookie jar? Then GET JIGGY with Janice Taylor, your Life & Wellness Coach! A jigsaw puzzle that delites!
Happiness is a new supermarket overflowing with fresh fruit and vegetables! Join Dysfunctional Chef, Janice Taylor, as she whips up a Strawberry and Arugula Salad to die for. Simply delish!
In an unprecedented move, American Idol flipped the boy/girl schedule this week. The boys were up on Tuesday night instead of Wednesday; and the girls sang live on Wednesday instead of Tuesday, creating time for the 24-year old Ohio mom Crystal Bowersox to recover from … what? Janice Taylor, your Life & Wellness Coach, sheds light to Bowersox' illness.
Today is Dr. Seuss' birthday. In celebration, your weight loss coach, Janice Taylor, serves up platters full of her favorite Dr. Seuss quotes that you might like to post, green recipes that feed the soul, minus the mold and videos that will get you through, so without further ado … read on!
Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, has a few "outside the donut box" weight loss tips that will blow your mind and melt the fat cells that include turning your bathroom into a meditation center, art gallery and no food zone! Tune in, melt fat!
Janice Taylor, weight loss coach, comments and questions Kelly Osbourne's weight loss journey.
In celebration, Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, shares her favorite 100 calorie pancake recipe with you, as well as a few tips on how to make the best pancake ever! Enjoy your holiday.
Janice Taylor, weight loss artist and coach, visits MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) – a place where she spent several hours thinking about art, creativity (not food!). Here, she photographs an artist sketching the work of another artist. Artist to artist to artist. A creative passage. She hopes that you catch the Creative Weight Loss bug!
The Yin and Yang of Lent!!! What are you giving up for Lent; what are you gaining from Lent? Our Lady of Weight Loss leads the way!
Our Lady of Weight Loss, the patron saint of permanent fat removal shares "The 3 Step Diet," which inevitably leads you straight into the arms of a gooey grilled cheese sandwich!
Get your downloadable St. Valentine's hearts, jigsaw puzzles, to die for recipes and more here, NOW! Hurry! Janice Taylor makes weight loss fun!
Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach & Our Lady of Weight Loss, the patron saint of permanent fat removal, invite you to join the Kick in the Tush Club and "be stupid together." Happy Valentine's Day.
Here, Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, shares her Winter Wonderland, New York City February 2010 Snow Storm photos. Janice ventured out on the snowiest day of the year to snap, crackle and pop her weigh down! Get it! Get in your daily walk, no matter! Stimulate your brain, get the endorphins pumping, move your body!
How to count your blessings, change your life and transform your girdle into an amazing piece of Weight Loss Art. Listen up and Lighten up with Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach and our country's premiere weight loss artist!
Playtime at the Kick in the Tush Club: This week, Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Artist, Coach – she who makes weight loss fun – offers up platters full of Pomegranate Hearts, Rosemary Capellini, Sage Advice and more!
Today is WEAR RED DAY 2010! Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, has designed the perfect downloadable red dress for you to wear on WEAR RED DAY 2010! Print it and drape yourself in it! Enjoy.
Listen UP and Lighten UP! Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach and Our Lady of Weight Loss scoured the universe and have found a sister site, a place where you can go for the latest in news that helps you lose! Skinny Scoopers! You can thank them later! After you read on and lighten up!
'We live in an obesogenic environment – a plethora of fast food outlets, reliance on cars, and offers enticing us to eat larger portions …' Professor Mike Kelly – as quoted in the Telegraph 8th October 2003 Ain't THAT the […]
Weight Loss Motivation 101: We can all relate to wanting things to change on a dime, to lose weight with the snap of a finger, can't we? Our Lady of Weight Loss explains!
Say it's not so! Are Brad and Angelina no more? Bradgelina over? Our Lady of Weight Loss, the patron saint of permanent fat removal and Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, present a Sunday Puzzle for These Troubling Times!
Guilt can overwhelm us and block the rest of our emotions. In other words, you can become so consumed with feeling guilty that you are unable to fully feel joyful or fully feel dreadful! Are you ready to let go and MOVE ON?
While perusing the headlines this morning, I stumbled upon "Pier Brosnan's Wife Gets Fit for Her Man!" Give ME a Break, I shouted!!! For more on the why's and wherefore's of weight loss and celebrity madness, read on!
It's National Popcorn Day and rather than celebrating it by hitting the streets in search of a bucket or two of buttered caramel popcorn, I thought it the perfect opportunity to make a piece of Weight Loss Art™®!
Join with Our Lady of Self-eSteem, the patron saint of permanent self-confidence, sister of Our Lady of Weight Loss, as she moves us through a jigsaw puzzle that increases self-love!
How would you feel if you stepped on the scale in the morning and it always gave you a compliment? "you're perfect," "you're gorgeous," "you're hot!" Here, Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, shares the best and hottest weight loss product ever!
When was the last time that you were so engrossed in an activity or passionately at play that you forgot to eat? Maybe, say – when you were 10? Playing with your Ken and Barbie dolls? If you find that you are all too often foraging for food, searching for snacks, or rummaging for rations, you need to get a life! A life filled with passion and play!!!
According to Our Lady of Weight Loss, the patron saint of permanent fat removal, who has devoted a great deal of time to examining the way in which people eat, there are 10 basic eating styles. What does your style say about you? Something to chew on!
Unless you're running marathons, swimming the British Channel or climbing mountains (in other words, engaging in arduous exercise in sweltering environments wherein you need extra sodium to compensate for the amount of fluids you're sweating out), you should be thinking of ways to reduce your sodium intake.
The 21 Day Cure: Blow the Fat Cells Out of Your Mind from your Weight Loss Coach, Janice Taylor, starts on Monday, January 11th. There's still time to join with us as we blow the fat cells out of our minds!!! "Janice is a kooky genius …. see if her idiosyncratic plan works for you." O, The Oprah Magazine
The up-coming "Size" issue of V Magazine, scheduled to hit the stands on January 14, is overflowing with a bevy of voluptuous beauties flaunting their feminine wiles. Plus-sized, scantily clad models work it as they model Guess jeans, Ralph Lauren and Versace. Check out the preview photos …
This morning at 8 a.m. Eastern time, Janice Taylor, Life & Wellness Coach is headed to the Martha Stewart radio (Sirius) studios, where she will be chatting about New Year's Resolutions with hosts Betsy and Kim. How it is that we make resolutions but often don't follow through? Here are the 10 tips that Janice will be sharing on how to get going again!
Did you know that you can lose up to 18 pounds in one year, just by changing your plate size? Smaller bowls equal smaller numbers of the Scales of Injustice. More diet tips from Our Lady of Weight Loss, the patron saint of permanent fat removal. Your gain is her pain!
Because a number of scientific studies have demonstrated that garlic is a 'healing' food and that regular consumption of said garlic cures our ills, I decided to load up on this aromatic vegetable like there's no tomorrow, adding it in bulk to my recipes! Read on for the best Penne recipe ever!
Diet Resolutions 2010: Janice Taylor, your Life & Wellness Coach and 50-pound big-time-loser is here to tell you that the best way to begin anew is to make sure that the energy in your home is supporting your new healthy eating and living style. Learn how to reduce stress, promote harmony, eliminate toxic energy and lose weight!
Take a leap of faith right off that cake, straight into 2010! Our Lady of Weight Loss, patron saint of Permanent Fat Removal and Janice Taylor, your Life & Wellness Coach and 50 lb. big-time-loser, invite you to join with them as they follow the lead of The Fool.
n honor of 2010, Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Coach, Artist and author, pulled together 10 of your favorite Our Lady of Weight Loss blog spots from 2009! They range from covering something – anything – in chocolate!!! to spiritual weight loss tips from Suzie Winfrey??? Hmmm … an interesting top 10 list that is sure to get you moving in the best ever direction for 2010!
By the time 2018 rolls around, 43 percent of adults in the U.S. are expected to roll with it, straight into obesity. Spending on the obesity epidemic will quadruple to $344 billion! Health care costs associated with obesity include but are not limited to heart disease, diabetes and cancer
Head's up for all Our Lady of Weight Loss devotees and Tushkateers (and the rest of you, as well)… there's been a Tylenol Recall. Read-up and re-call.
Want to live a life you love? Here, Janice Taylor, Life and Wellness Coach shares her 21 Simple Steps to Living a Life You Love!
Our Lady of Weight Loss, the patron saint of permanent fat removal, editor of the Kick in the Tush Club has created e-Postcards from the Diet Edge. Sure to inspire, motivate and bring a smile to your face! And guess what, Tushkateers? There's no charge! Just send, smile and watch the fat melt!!!
The SUN is square Saturn! What does this mean? As far as this novice can tell, it means that this is the last astrological "decision point" of the year.
It is time, YES – right now – heck you've got time to read this, so you must have a moment to do some internal gazing … to take a deep look into the world of your spirit, first; then your spirit … and then answer these questions!
Here, Queen Jaw Jaw and Our Lady of Weight Loss chew the fat and with great style and verve share the ins and outs of being a Gabologist, a recession proof job!
In honor of National Covered in Anything Chocolate Day, I've gathered 25 fabulously rich and tasty chocolate quotes! You can now cover yourself in these fun thoughts, phrases, words and thoroughly enjoy one 1-oz. piece of dark chocolate, if you like, at 170 calories per ounce!
Alice asked, "Which road do I take?" The Cheshire Cat answered, "Where do you want to go?" Alice said, "I don't know." "Then," said the Cheshire cat, "it doesn't matter. If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." Janice Taylor, Life and Wellness Coach asks, "What road will you take? Do you know where you are going?"
This Sunday JigSaw "Weight Loss" Art by Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Artist, is inspired by the Sun. May the Sun shine on you. May the perfect happiness of heaven be yours.
Much to Weight Loss Expert, Janice Taylor's shock (yes SHOCK!), after forty years (yes 40!) of breakfast related studies that show without a shadow of a doubt that kick-starting your day with breakfast is the healthy thing to do – one of the best strategies to lose weight – my peeps told me that they opt to skip breakfast, especially on the party days, thinking that they will save those calories for later. To fast or not to fast? Join in the discussion!
Is it time to step up to the plate (so to speak), take an honest and courageous look at your life, and make a commitment to loving yourself? Are you ready to let go of belief systems and habits that no longer serve you? Are you ready to step into a healthier 2010?
Janice Taylor, our country's premiere Weight Loss Artist shares her favorite Latke recipe. "Whether you are in search of Chanukah recipes or not, you owe it to yourself and your family to cook up some Latkes a.k.a. potato pancakes."
An alert from Our Lady of Weight Loss: Slim Fast, is voluntarily recalling over 10 million cans of its diet beverage. Tests showed that it is contaminated with the B. cereus bacteria, which can bring about stomach upset and/or vomiting.
Get JIGGY! Here, our country's weight loss artist, Janice Taylor, helps us to keep our hands and mind busy (and away from food)! Enjoy!!
Holidays got you feeling more emotional than usual? Are you reaching for food? Again? Here, Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Artist, Author and Coach and Our Lady of Weight Loss bring you the 3-Step Cure! Read on!!!
Chewing the fat with Janice Taylor. Today, "Is the Biggest Loser making us fatter?"
What will you bring to Thanksgiving that can help you navigate the screaming children? What will you bring that will keep you strong and able to say 'no thank you' to the heavily spiked Egg Nog when the slings and arrows of miss-communication are being sent your way? Seriously?! Janice Taylor and Our Lady of Weight Loss are here to help!
Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Artist and Our Lady of Weight Loss together have created this Thanksgiving Calorie Guide just for you! Downloadable, printable, passable. Enjoy!
Janice Taylor, 50 pound big-time-loser, Weight Loss Artist, Author & Coach and Our Lady of Weight Loss, the patron saint of permanent fat removal, team up here and dish out "21 Tips: Thanksgiving Survival Guide." A must read for any and all who are or who are not celebrating Thanksgiving. Either way – you're gonna' have to survive the day!
Did you hear? There's an Eggo Waffle shortage and Oprah is saying good-bye to daytime talk TV! Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Artist and High Priestess of Permanent Weight Loss blames both 'catastrophic' happenings on the New Moon.
Here, from Janice Taylor, Thanksgiving recipes with a 400 calorie fix twist: As the temperature cools down, and the leaves turn from green to orange, red and yellow, my kitchen – home to my under-400 calorie fix recipes – comes a live! The pots and pans start humming, and sweet, tart, and tasty aromas fill the air promising and delivering great comfort. Time to cozy up.
Janice Taylor, Weight Loss artist, author and coach, knows from experience (as I'm sure we all do) that when we start the day on a 'crappy' note, it makes it that much more difficult to muster up enough energy to make the best choices, food or otherwise! Here, she shares her secret on "How to Be a Happy Idiot."
Kelly is dancing those pounds away for sure! She recently told E! News that she's avoiding the scales of injustice. "If I start weighing myself I will start being like, 'Maybe I shouldn't eat so I could lose some more,' I would go to that end. I would get obsessed with that fact that I was losing it and I would keep at it."
Here's a tasty tidbit for you that offers plenty of food for thought. While many of us gain a pound or two or even six over the holidays and suffer the indignity of broken zippers and split seams; in Japan, employees face an annual FATsical exam! And penalties are involved!
There's water on the Moon. Join with Our Lady of Weight Loss and Janice Taylor, as we raise our water glasses and toast our dreams! (No Butter)
Were you born under a lucky star? Is luck a random event? A force that brings good fortune or adversity? Or, is luck is the product of our own mental focus and attitudes? Here, Our Lady of Weight Loss and Janice Taylor, present 13 Ways to Activate LUCK!
Are you ready to take 21 simple steps towards better health and total happiness? If yes, then join with Beliefnet's Fresh Living blogger, Holly Rossi, as she walks the talk and talks the walk.
Are you genetically cursed? Are you stressed or tired? Do you suffer from S.A.D.? It's easy to get wrapped up in your stories and actually believe them, isn't it? And further, use them as an excuse to eat and eat some more! Our Lady of Weight Loss and Janice Taylor invite you to join with them for "No Excuses November!."
How would you like to easily and effortlessly lose weight, melt fat, and clear space so that the authentic and happy you can show up? Our Lady of Weight Loss has the questions and the answers!
This "Kill the Craving" post is hot off the Our Lady of Weight Loss Permanent Fat Removal Factory press! Both Our Lady of Weight Loss and Janice Taylor, your weight loss coach, are determined to change the 'fat tide,' and enable you to Wake Up Thinner on New Year's Day!
Janice Taylor and Our Lady of Weight Loss team up to bring you the best HOLIDAY DIET TIPS EVER that will help you to WAKE UP THINNER on New Year's Day. Chew on that!
Our Lady of Weight Loss is on the prowl, looking for hot picks for under $20. See what she's got cookin' for us today!
How many calories does Dexter burn while hammering nails into homes? How many calories do you burn while watching Dexter? Hmmmm … more de-lish food for thought from Our Lady of Weight Loss!
Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Artist and Coach, along with Our Lady of Weight Loss, invite you to 'dump it!' The Halloween candy that is … feel triumphant … and wake up thinner!
Polar opposites in childhood, finding middle ground as adults, Janice Taylor, creator of Our Lady of Weight Loss meets up with Denise Austin, fitness guru, to discuss saddlebag slimmers and fit bottoms.
The great Oscar Wilde once said, "One's real life is often the life that one does not lead." True enough, no? How will you lead your life today? Our Lady of Weight Loss wants to know!
Whoi s Our Lady of Weight Loss? Where did she come from? Is she a fig newton of Janice Taylor's mind? Is Janice crazy? Did she really lose over 50 pounds with the guidance of Our Lady of Weight Loss? Can she be My Lady of Weight Loss, too?
What happens when one of America's best weight loss experts bumps into one of America's top fitness experts? Do sparks fly? Are tips exchanged? Does love fill the air?
Halloween is only 10 days away. I don't know about you, but I want to stay awake and aware in the face of all those little mini-chocolate bars! With that in mind, here are some fun exercises that we can do today that can help us to exercise our 'awake and aware' muscles from the Our Lady of Weight Loss Fitness Center!
A recent study at the St. George's Hospital in London showed that vanilla might aid in weight loss. Overweight people who wore vanilla-scented skin patches reported that they ingested smaller amounts of sweets. Want more fat burning news?
Living to 100, Harriet Taylor (94 years young; sure to live past 100) shares her anti-aging secrets! Amazingly young and active, an inspiration to us all.
Mindless eating occurs primarily at night, after dinner, when – after a long, sometimes difficult day – you sit down and relax. What to do? Understand it and plan for it!
Here, Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Coach and Our Lady of Weight Loss, the patron saint of permanent fat removal share their 10 top secrets about how to end nighttime eating now!
10 Ways to Curb, Conquer and Control Nighttime Eating
Never too thin. Never too rich. Never too famous? Now casting: 100 Lost, a hit cable network is looking for people to lose weight for money. Just how much would it take for you to jump on the weight loss bandwagon and stay there?!
I've got some shocking and sweet news for you! Sweet potatoes do not belong to the potato family. The sweet potato is a relative of the Morning Glory (Ipomoea Batatas), and its nutritional makeup is quite different than the white potato. Take a look and then 'fry' up some sweet potato steaks.
Studies in the US show that pumpkin seeds may help reduce hormone damage to the prostate, which in turn lessens the risk of developing prostate cancer. They've been used in certain areas of Europe to treat learning disorders. In China, pumpkin seeds are used to ward off depression, and pumpkin seed oil has been used for treatment of prostatitis.
From toxic burgers to body image, Our Lady of Weight Loss, culls the compelling and serves them 'family style,' giving you much food for thought! Wake Up America!
Our Lady of Weight Loss says, "If you're not having fun – if you are not excited – you are doing something wrong!!! I am on a mission: to make weight loss fun! And I will do anything for a laugh, anything to bring a smile to your face!" To that end, this week's Our Lady of Weight Loss shows you how to decorate your toilet seats! Get ready to move from stuck to happy!
Our Lady of Weight Loss tells all about the Artichoke! According to Aegean myth, the first artichoke was a divine young woman who lived on the island of Zinari. One day the Greek god, Zeus, visited his brother Poseidon (God of the Sea). (They were some powerful family.)
Want to lose weight, but you don't know where to start? Being honest with yourself about how you feel, what the number of the scale says and what it means to you is your first step toward emotional freedom and ultimately to winning the Battle of the Bulge.
If you would like to wake up energized, happy and thinner, then read Our Lady of Weight Loss's Top 10 Tips on How to Wake Up Happier and Thinner NOW!
Be a Weekend Weight Loss Warrior. Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Coach shares her top 20 'food' weight loss tips that you can take with you as you head off into the weekend!
Did you get your mammogram? In 2009, some 192,370 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, accounting for more than one in four cancers diagnosed.
In 2009, an estimated 40,170 women will die from breast cancer. And what were you waiting for?
Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Coach, helps you get clear on what success means to you. Everyone measures success differently. Some people measure it by how much money they make, some by their career path and their titles, some by a successful marriage, some by how pretty or thin they might be.
Did you watch Grey's Anatomy last night? I did. And I have to say, I really thought the seviche/ceviche comment about the poor, mangled girl was tasteless (HA! pun intended) and just plain dumb. Nevertheless, it did bring Ceviche to mind … a delicious dish that is low in calories, carbs and fat. Something you might want to order the next time you're dining out! Info and recipe to follow!!!
Our Lady of Weight Loss presents the 10 Commandments of Permanent Fat Removal because it is her mission to make weight loss fun. Our Lady of Weight Loss hopes that you will smile, laugh and lighten up, particularly in these very serious times. She can't think of anything more delicious than a side-splitting belly laugh. Can you? Sure, laughter is one of God's greatest gifts!
Tips on cookies, milk and break times: "Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap." ~ Barbara Jordan
Happiness is a warm belly! From the Our Lady of Weight Loss Kitchens … 10 recipes to warm your soul this autumn.
Are you getting enough sleep? Restful sleep? Tired? Maybe even exhausted? The Our Lady of Weight Loss Snooze Factory has 25 tips for you that are sure to help!
In recognition of International Peace Day, here follow 52 'peace-filled' affirmations. It is my hope that we find peace in our hearts and send a ripple effect of love out into the world.
Reuters (and other news outlets) described Alec Baldwin as "portly." Is it okay for men to be 'fat?' Is Alec upset by these remarks? Does he need the help of Our Lady of Weight Loss? Is there a double standard when it comes to 'fat?' Weigh-in here!
Our Lady of Weight Loss turns to her Tarot Deck and The Empress for inspiration and weight loss motivation. Here, she shares her insights as well as a pear recipe.
Janice Taylor, Spiritual Weight Loss Coach, Guided Imagery Innovator, author and 50 pound loser offers 28 diet tips, a take-away from her 4-week program!
Our Lady of Weight Loss and I are invited to our neighbors' tonight to celebrate the Jewish New Year. Needless to say, Our Lady volunteered me to bring dessert. So, I'm bringing my famous Oranges in Fig Sauce. It's easy to make, delicious and so pretty on the platter! Heads will spin! Tune in for secret ingredient!
You might be operating from 'food victim mode' if: You think you 'deserve' ice cream sundaes, cakes and cookies, because you had a hard day. -or –
You take what happened to you in the past, drag it into the future and keep using it as an excuse over and over again. "I can't do this, because I was ______________." Sound familiar?
Luke, the plus-sized bachelor in search of his plus-sized dream wife, narrowed the playing field to two: Malissa, blonde and Christian. Tali, dark and Jewish. And then he headed home, with gals in tow, to his Pa and Ma for their input. Great family stuff! Video included.
Required Weight Loss Reading: Will the Biggest Loser make YOU Fatter? The new contestants go mano a mano. Will they reach their goals? Will YOU?
Lips are amazing. They help us to eat, talk, smile, and express emotions. And, most importantly, they were made for kissing!
Maybe y'all think that if you don't eat breakfast, you just saved yourself 300 calories and are that much closer to that skinny-minnie body that you're after. Sorry to be the one to tell you, but it just doesn't work that way!
Serena Williams' outburst in the US Open 2009 in a match with Kim Clijsters against a lines-woman for making a wrong call got me to thinking the messages we send out and how they reflect upon how we feel about ourselves! This week's Sundae Jigsaw Puzzle is for you Serena!
You may be clear about your goal, but are you thinking past your goal? Have you considered what reaching the goal will do for you or how it will change your life? Here, Our Lady of Weight Loss, presents an opportunity for you to 'coach yourself happy.'
According to Star magazine Kate Gosselin was offered $400,000 to pose for Playboy. It got my mind to spinning naked thoughts and wondering, if Hugh called me, would I say "yes?" How confident do I feel about my body? How confident do you feel about your body? Is $400,000 enough?
"The food industry has huge culpability as to why we in America find ourselves where we are," Dr. Ian said. "The food industry is not a non-profit agency. They are in it for the profits."
It's 09 09 09 Our Lady of Weight Loss has 9 tips to share with you that can help you to lose 9 pounds in 9 minutes.
The holiday weekend is over. It's time to get serious! This weight loss riddle will get you back on track, back on the wagon … presidential style.
The Do's and Don'ts o Peanut Butter Smack from the Our Lady of Weight Loss kitchens. Yum!
People say, "I really don't understand why I am always hungry. It's this crazy thing, like an alien has taken over." People ask, "Can you shed 'lite' on this unexplained phenomenon? How can I kill my appetite?" Our Lady of Weight Loss sheds 'lite' …
Back to School Food Tips: If you had lunch at 11:30 a.m. (or even earlier) and the next time you had access to food was 3:00 in-the-afternoon, wouldn't you be hungry and cranky, too?
It takes both chutzpah and cojones (both indigenous to NYC) to roll out a campaign that takes on the beverage industry. And that's just what the New York City Department of Health has done with its "Pouring on the Pounds campaign," that effectively highlights the anti-health impact of sugary, sweetened drinks.
According to the American Heart Association (AHA) the average American will munch through, chow down and/or guzzle 22 teaspoons, or 355 calories of sugar today (and tomorrow and the next day)! And you?
For those of us who are HUGE True Blood fans and are sad to see the season come to an end (next episode the last, boo hoo), consider throwing a season finale cocktail party or, alternatively, how about a romantic warm blooded evening for two? Here's how!
This Sundae Jigsaw Puzzle was inspired by the mandala, one of Tantric Buddhism's most widely used meditational tools.
Did you know that Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is formulated differently for countries in Europe than for the U.S.? I didn't either until I read The Unhealthy Truth.
Got the end of summer blues? Here are 5 happy zaps of color from Our Lady of Weight Loss, sure to lighten your mood and bring energy to your day.
Guilt Free Moon Pie, for those who are craving chocolate but don't want to get weighed-down by the calories and fat from the Our Lady of Weight Loss kitchens.
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Program Director
Associate Professor, Mathematics
(619) 260-7781
Office: Serra Hall 147
Office Hours: M 9:15-11:15am| T 10:35-12:05 or by appointment
Diane Hoffoss, PhD, has been a member of the faculty since 2001, where she teaches all levels of mathematics. Her research interests are in the areas of 3-manifold topology, foliations, and hyperbolic geometry. In addition to her teaching and research activity, she is responsible for authoring and maintaining the Mathematics Placement Exam software system. Also, each year Hoffoss advises teams of students who participate in COMAP's International Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science
(619) 260-4018
Office: Serra Hall 133A
Office Hours: T 3:50-4:50pm | W 10:00-12:00pm; 2:00-3:00| R 3:50-4:50pm
John Glick, PhD has been a member of the faculty at USD since 1993. He also currently serves as chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Glick teaches both computer science and mathematics courses. He does research in the areas of optimization and parallel algorithms.
Professor and Department Chair
(619) 260-4128
Office: Camino Hall - C161A
David Harnish, PhD, is ethnomusicologist, co-director of the Gamelan Ensemble, and Chair of the Music Department at USD, with former affiliations with Bowling Green State University, (professor, dean), Skidmore College and Colorado College (professor), and Semester at Sea (professor). He also serves as Academic Liaison to the Kyoto Prize Committee and has worked with renowned onnagata Tamasaburo Bando, postcolonial critic Gayatri Spivak, free jazz impresario Cecil Taylor, and foremost ballet choreographer John Neumeier.
As a scholar, he has researched music in Asia, Africa, and the United States, and is particularly interested in religion, festival, hybridity, pedagogy, composition, popular culture, sustainability and politics in music. In support of research, he has received grants from Fulbright-Hayes, National Foundation, Freeman Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Ohio Arts Council, United States-Indonesia Society, MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, and Partnerships for Community Action. As a musician, he has extensively performed Indonesian gamelan, North Indian music, Japanese music, Tejano conjunto music, Latin rock, and jazz, rock, blues, bluegrass, and country musics.
Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies
(619) 260-4131
Office: Maher Hall 291
Office Hours: T: 9:00am-12:00pm, 2:00pm-5:00pm, and by appointment.
Evelyn Kirkley, PhD, has been teaching at USD since 1995. She is an advisor to PRIDE, USD's organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer, and questioning undergraduate students and allies. She has also served as co-director of the Gender Studies Program and director of the Faculty and Curriculum Development Program. She teaches about the history of Christianity and other religious movements, especially in the United States. Her research focuses on alternative religious movements (often called "cults" or "sects") in the United States and intersections between religion and gender, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
Associate Professor, Art History and Architecture
Architecture Program Director
(619) 260-7636
Office: Camino Hall 33B
Office Hours: Thursdays 10:00am - 1:00pm, and by appointment
Juliana Maxim is an art and architectural historian whose work focuses on the history of modern aesthetic practices – from photography to urbanism – under the communist, centralized states of the Soviet Bloc. She completed her PhD dissertation in the History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture at M.I.T. in 2006.
Maxim was a recipient of the National Council for East European and Eurasian Research Award (2008-2010) and was an American Council for Learned Societies post-doctoral fellow (2012-2013).
Her forthcoming book titled The Socialist Life of Modern Architecture: Bucharest, 1955-1965, explores the remarkably intense and multifaceted architectural activity in postwar Romania and the mechanisms through which architecture was invested with political meaning.
Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies
(619) 260-2754
Office: Maher Hall 258
Office Hours: MWF: 1:00pm-2:00pm, TTH: 2:00pm-3:00pm
Susie Paulik Babka specializes in the relationship between theological aesthetics and doctrines of the trinity and incarnation. She has published on these areas as well as explorations of popular culture and Christology, examining the meaning of kenosis in Christology, as well as the relationship between kenosis (self-emptying) and sunyata in Buddhist-Christian studies. A forthcoming monograph is Through the Dark Field of the Other: Exploring the Doctrine of the Incarnation in Visual Art, from Liturgical Press. Other research, teaching and speaking areas include: aesthetics as a medium for interreligious dialogue; the problem of catastrophic suffering; feminist and liberation theologies, especially in relation to artistic expression; film and media studies and religion; the relation between science and religion. Dr. Babka has taught at the University of Notre Dame and Catholic Theological Union before coming to the University of San Diego in 2007, excited to participate in Mother Hill's legacy of providing USD with a mission that intertwines Beauty with Justice. Where Beauty draws us out of ourselves toward something deeper, Justice refers to the practical work of transforming this world into the world intended by God: a world that celebrates the dignity and inherent interdependence of every human being with each other and all creation.
Associate Professor, Visual Arts
Department Chair
(619) 260-7990
Office: Camino Hall 47
Office Hours: Mondays and Tuesdays 10:00am - 12:30pm
Allison Wiese, an associate professor, teaches sculpture and related topics. She is an interdisciplinary artist who makes sculptures, installations, sound works and architectural interventions. Wiese's work has been exhibited throughout the United States at such venues as Machine Project in Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego and Socrates Sculpture Park in New York. She is a recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and has also received grants from Art Matters, Creative Capital and the Cultural Arts Council of Houston.
Preceptorial Assistants
Riley Evans
Kevin Do
Halie Carpenter
Alexa Audino
Solomon Dane Hood
Gabriella Sardina
Resident Assistants
Dennis Pudjarminta
Sarah Oconnor
Ruth Hoover
Bryce Wimberly
Kathay Tousant