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I wish this and ANTM would just go back to basics. I'll definitely tune in though to check it out, but I'm skeptical.
I wish this and ANTM would just go back to basics. I'll definitely tune in though to check it out, but I'm skeptical.
I personally can't wait for the sixth season of the Aprrentice to premiere. I know a lot of people are skeptical about the show moving to Los Angeles but I think the location will be a breath of fresh air and help to reverse the falling ratings the show has been experiencing for the past few seasons.
I'm sick of everything being in LA or New York! This is a huge country with a lot of other wonderful locations.
"...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer.
When you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, you know which one you hit by the one that yelps!
I have always liked the Apprentice. I love to see the challenges and how they come up with creative ways to complete them. I am skeptical about this season though. It seems to me like it's more about stupid stunts than it is about finding the best person to be the apprentice. I'm going to try it out, but I may not be watching the entire season.
I am disapointed its not being filmed in NYC.....now that I have visted NYC, I love watching shows filmed from there...."we were there"...or "that looks like our tour bus".............................. I know, I'm easily amused
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I agree, and I especially want The Apprentice to get back to basics. This was a dynamite show in the first season, but has been deteriorating ever since, starting in Season 2 when The Donald began to worry more about ratings than about picking the most qualified apprentice. The first season was great because you had top of the line candidates in Bill and Kwame (and most of the others, too), and you didn't have Donald firing good people on a whim, as he's been doing for the last few years. I also think that George and Carolyn added a huge amount of credibility to the whole concept of TA, and do not believe that that will be the case with his kids. I also don't know what to make of the whole tent idea. I'll watch, though.
As soon as I saw the tents in the Apprentice ads, I had flashbacks to that horrible FOX reality show "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss". I can't believe Trump is now stealing ideas from a bad rip-off/parody of his show. I think I will sit this season out!
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I like Donald and am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I have never had a show that was popular and I have never had to try and regain lost popularity accordingly. These changes a risk, just like other business ventures -- he will either solve the format issues and regain viewer share, or he officially jumped the shark. Doing nothing to improve the show was not the answer. We'll see how it all comes out over the next dozen weeks or so, right?
And you know what, he's right about rosie. She is horrible inside and out. Just ask Tom Selleck.
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First Production Photos Of AMERICAN PSYCHO: THE MUSICAL
A preliminary sneak peek at the premiere production of Tony Award-winning SPRING AWAKENING composer Duncan Sheik's new take on Bret Easton Ellis's notable late-20th century novel AMERICAN PSYCHO is now available to view.
Depicting the fast-paced, cutthroat world of 1980s Wall Street, the new musical stars DOCTOR WHO player Matt Smith in the lead role of Patrick Bateman, a serial killer, and the new shots of the production give us a hint of the sterile, stylish and scary surroundings conjured up director Rupert Goold and company.
The official description of AMERICAN PSYCHO is as follows: "Living the high life in 1980s Manhattan, Patrick Bateman has it all - looks, money, style and status. He and his entourage buy the most expensive designer clothes, eat at the most exclusive restaurants and party at the hottest clubs. But privately, Patrick indulges in another kind of transgression. And people - including those closest to him - keep disappearing."
More information on AMERICAN PSYCHO is available at the official site here.
Additionally, check out my 2012 InDepth InterView with Duncan Sheik all about AMERICAN PSYCHO and much more, available here.
View the new production photos of AMERICAN PSYCHO at The Almeida Theatre below.
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No sex (or formal shorts) in the CPAC champagne room (so far)
I get so excited each year for CPAC and look forward to all its sexual hypocrisy. I delight in getting my schadenfreude on by reading the myriad CPAC Craigslist Casual Encounters ads that pop up each year without fail.
And I know it's just the first day, but so far… nothing. NOTHING. I admit it, I am getting impatient! This is basically what I live for. My raison d'etre, if you will. There is pretty much nothing I like better than the smug satisfaction of knowing that the people running around screaming about how gay people are the worst and how women who use birth control are evil harlots are also trying to get some ass at their special conference of equally ignorant people.
Perhaps the lack of sexcapades so far is due to the stringent dress codes barring slutwear like formal shorts and Uggs?
I do, however, have it on authority from a DC friend that the Grindr has been especially rife with an influx of CPAC attendees, so I shall have to do some more investigating on that front.


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Dark comedy at its finest
Lawrence and Holloman a winner by all accounts
Wednesday, Aug 13, 2014 06:00 am
Stars: 5.0
Starring Daniel Arnold, Ben Cotton, Katharine Isabelle, Amy Matysio and Christine Willes
Directed by Matthew Kowalchuk
Written by Daniel Arnold and Matthew Kowalchuk, adapted from the stage play by Morris Panych
Rated 14A for coarse language and some violence
Runtime: 89 minutes
Playing Aug. 16 at 4:30 p.m. and Aug. 18 at 9 p.m.
Metro Cinema, in the historic Garneau Theatre, 8712 109 St. in Edmonton
Call 780-425-9212 or visit www.metrocinema.org for more details.
The movie that won the hearts and minds � as well as the Best Canadian Feature prize � at last year�s Edmonton International Film Festival is finally getting a wider release in theatres.
Lawrence and Holloman, the perfect movie for the intellectual cynic in all of us, is wrapping up a weeklong run at the Metro Cinema. It�s the perfect venue for such a setting as well, especially since it has so much local talent stamped onto every celluloid frame of it. Despite its British Columbia filming location, it�s an Edmonton film through and through.
To wit: Ben Cotton (co-star), Daniel Arnold (co-writer/co-star) and Matthew Kowalchuk (co-writer/director) were all borne out of the Edmonton theatre scene. And not just all that either, but Morris Panych, the celebrated writer who penned the original stage play that this was based on, also makes the capital city his home.
That�s all fine and dandy, but this is a movie that has a lot going for it, too. It�s smart and funny, all in one package. Okay, so it�s a dark comedy so don�t expect Adam Sandler-style guffaws to come out of the audience.
Holloman (Arnold) is our complicated protagonist, a guy who is hanging on at the end of the rope. He doesn�t have much going on for him: a dead-end job, a non-existent love life and a pretty bleak outlook on things in general. I guess there are a few good reasons why he carries a loaded handgun around in his briefcase. At first, he fantasizes about using it on himself to end his misery.
And then he meets Lawrence (Cotton), the eternally perky and infectiously gleeful co-worker who smiles, laughs and dances his way through his entire existence. He can do no wrong, at least not at the beginning of the movie.
He�s not the brightest bulb though, not by a long stretch, but he has his charms. Perhaps you�ve known a fellow like this in your real life, too. He�s someone who gets away with far too much with far too few consequences. Holloman must suffer not only his own morbid outlook on life but also his unlikely companion�s brash and boisterous persona.
Lawrence is the perfect foil for the downtrodden Holloman. It�s an ideal �odd couple� situation that takes a great Trading Places turn. As Lawrence takes Holloman under his wing to teach him a few life lessons about aptitudes, attitudes and girls.
But bad things start happening to Lawrence and they don�t stop. He loses his dog and then a wasps� nest falls on his head. His fianc�e finds out that he�s been cheating. Some money goes missing at work and he�s the prime suspect.
�These things happen,� he tells Holloman with sting marks all over his face. �Life has its ups and downs, its ebbs ��
Indeed. At the same time, Holloman�s life starts taking an upswing, the lessons of his newfound friend gaining some traction upon his personality and behaviour.
There is a lot to be said for filmmakers who can take such an interesting story line and flesh it out on screen without wasting anybody�s precious time. L&H clocks in at just under 90 minutes but feels like two hours. That�s entertainment value for your hard-earned dollar if I may say so.
Plus, it leaves you wanting more. The characters, while disagreeable each in their own ways, make a great pair. You want more out of their lives. You want more of their story. And the ending is something that simply must be experienced for yourself. There�s a lot to learn and to think about there in one powerful scene.
A lot of the credit for this goes back to co-screenwriters Arnold and Kowalchuk for crafting such a darkly humourous but engaging couple of characters. Without them, this simple but philosophical film would come off as either too heavy or too light. It�s certainly an existential quandary that is at the heart of the screenplay and Arnold (the actor) and Cotton make sure that they work together well enough to keep us all along for the ride.
The writing is top notch. The acting is superlative. The directing is as sharp as a razor and the production values don�t belie the film�s fairly modest budget. Plus, it can be appreciated at a superficial or deeper level, depending on your personality.
All films should be like Lawrence and Holloman. If only the world were perfect �


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It's fun to imagine what he's saying. Although, it's probably this, but boiled down into five syllables and some thunder:
"We don't apologize for it being hard, do you understand that? We don't apologize for that one bit. In fact, you will work harder here than anybody in the country. You will be tougher here than any team in the country. We don't apologize for that. We celebrate that." →
This man needs a nickname.
[He's actually saying "Reach!"]
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Things are spiraling even more for the Chicago couple charged with murdering the woman's mother. The woman was found dead and stuffed in a suitcase at an upscale Bali hotel. Her daughter, 19 year-old, Heather Mack and her 21 year-old boyfriend, Tommy Shaefer were later taken into custody after police found the luggage in a taxi parked outside of St. Regis Bali in Nusa Dua on Tuesday.
South Kuta Police Chief Comr. Gede Redastra told the Jakarta Post, "When we opened the suitcase we were really surprised as we found a dead body."
Days before they were scheduled to check out, the couple carried the suitcase to a cab in front of the hotel and told the driver they had more bags – they then escaped through the backdoor of St. Regis. The driver waited for two hours before he noticed that the luggage had blood on it. He then drove it to the nearest police station.


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Henri Wilson wrote: > On 27 Mar 2006 18:58:04 -0800, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > >Henri Wilson wrote: > >> On 26 Mar 2006 23:58:04 -0800, "George Dishman" <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> >Henri Wilson wrote: > >> >... > >> >> Wilson does not agree with Einstein. > >> >> > >> >> Wilson agrees with Ritz..... who effectively said that in any one > >> >> frame, TWLS = > >> >> OWLS = c. > >> > > >> >Careful Henry, not "in any one frame", only "in the rest > >> >frame of the source" and only if the other equipment > >> >is also at rest. Bounce the light off a moving mirror for > >> >example and the reflected one-way speed will probably > >> >be affected but with those qualifications you are right. > >> > >> I have made it quite clear before that by 'any one frame' I mean > >> everything in > >> the experiment is in the one frame. That naturally implies source, mirror > >> and > >> detector are mutually at rest. > >> > >> Even Androcles should be able to understand that. > >> > >> Incidentally, this is only true in flat gravity. If for instance the > >> experiment > >> were carries out vertically, average OWLS would still equals average TWLS > >> but > >> would have a value less than the constant c. > >> > >> The 'hushed-up' Venus radar experiment verified this. > > > >Wasn't to do with gravity H. > > Not so fast Jim. > > >The earth's spin added / subtracted to the signal time of travel > >(less time with radar approaching venus, and opposite. > > Well, this is interesting Jim. What are you assuming to be the speed of the > reflected beam? I assume that the incident approach speed (to venus) would be the same as the reflected, but I am not sure. What I AM sure of, is that radars in Russia and USA, when making simultaneous distance measurements of venus, came up with differring results (having allowed for the earth's geometry etc). This could ONLY be due to (say) USA pulse having a +v due to the earth's spin, and Russia -v Shapiro, possibly under pressure to do so from the US govt, withheld this data. > Is it c wrt Venus... or does the planet behave like a mirror and reflect the > beam at double the incident speed to (c + 2v) wrt Earth, where v is Venus's > speed towards earth? > > Gravity could make a considerable difference. Light slows while escaping Earth > then speeds up as it approaches Venus. It does the opposite on the return > trip. > If the travel times for each leg are significantly different - and they could > be - then so might be the effect due to gravity. I doubt if this would be > anything like 500 kms though. It wouldn't vary with location (USA and Russia) ...hard to prove gravity from a single location? All you have is an average for the round trip. > > >Simultaneous measurements of distance to venus varied by (500kms?) > >placing the planet at two locations at once > > >http://surf.de.uu.net/bookland/sci/farce/farce_6 > > That wont open. Check the address, please Jim. Does for me! The Farce of Physics: Light Lunacy Jim G c'=c+v
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WHETHER it is cutting themselves with scissors, razors or even paper clips, many youngsters have self-harmed and feel ashamed of the marks left behind.
But thanks to a pioneering skin camouflage service, doctors are hopeful teens in the town can get their confidence back with a cream which can significantly reduce the appearance of self-harm scarring.
Great Sankey woman Rachael Johnston, who started self-harming as a way of dealing with her anorexia when she was at school, thinks it will make a difference.
The 21-year-old said: "There's still a lot of stigma around self-harming and in the summer when everyone is wearing short sleeve tops a lot of people who have self-harmed will still be covering up so the creams will help put a bit of normality back into lives and stop them being worried about being judged."
Rachael said she used make up in the past before nights out to cover up her scars and had not self-harmed for more than 18 months before stress at work and the death of a supportive colleague led to her cutting herself again four weeks ago.
She added: "It's mostly my arms I have cut but I have also done it to my legs and stomach and use anything sharp whether it's razors, scissors, knives or I have even grabbed a paper clip without thinking about it.
"When you're in that position you don't realise it's hurting because you're feeling that numb.
"I went to get my eyebrows threaded and couldn't believe how much it hurt, I thought if I could feel that then what's a razor doing to me."
A variety of triggers can lead to self-harming but 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust staff hope the service, launched to coincide with World Mental Health Day, will improve confidence and well-being.
Dr Sandeep Ranote, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, said: "We first piloted the creams in Wigan and four young people told us that they swam for the first time in several years and two other young people felt confident enough to go to their high school prom as a result of the cream."
Funding has been secured for cream prescriptions to patients of all ages as part of a mental health care recovery package.
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MOTORISTS will face delays when £1.2million gasworks are carried out on a main under the A35 for a month.
Southern Gas Networks (SGN) will be carrying out the work from Monday, November 19 to upgrade the gas supply network in Charmouth and Lyme Regis.
The existing gas main under the A35 at Charmouth needs to be upgraded to a larger pipe to meet the increased demand of the West Dorset area.
During the first phase, the gas main running underneath the A35 will be replaced, one carriageway at a time.
SGN says it will be necessary to have two-way temporary traffic lights for approximately four days to allow room for the manoeuvre of equipment.
In early December, the second phase of work will begin in the grass verge at the side of the A35.
Two-way temporary traffic lights will be in place for up to ten days outside of peak times to ensure the safety of the workforce.
SGN construction manager Colin Horne said: "We have been working in close collaboration with the Highways Agency to plan this work, and we will be doing everything we can to minimise disruption.
"I would like to apologise for any inconvenience that may be caused by our work. We understand that people can get frustrated by roadworks.
"However, the new plastic pipe has a minimum lifespan of 80 years.
"This means that when the work is complete, people will continue to enjoy the benefits of a safe and secure gas supply for years to come."


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Tom Daley believes Tory MP Penny Mordaunt will do well on ITV's diving show Splash! because "you must be brave to be in politics".
Yes Tom, but many also believe you must be in politics to be in the spotlight.
Which is why, when you're not seen as talented/disciplined enough for a high-profile job or intelligent/loyal enough to represent your party on Newsnight, you end up seeking the limelight on celebrity game shows.
Like Nadine Dorries, Lembit Opik, George Galloway and now Mordaunt.
If politics is indeed showbiz for ugly people, politicians on reality shows is showbiz for desperate people.
What a joke
I don't know what excites me more about the BBC giving Boris Johnson's dark-haired stunt double, Michael McIntyre, his own chat show.
Is it the thought of yet another ex-public schoolkid (after Benedict Cumberbatch, Jack Whitehall, Miranda Hart, Victoria Coren, Damien Lewis, Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Olivia Colman, Dominic West, Sue Perkins, Ian Hislop etc) being handed a plum job by fellow public school producers?
Or the prospect of yet another comedian sucking up to his comedian mates, cracking in-jokes that none of us are interested in, but giving them the valuable airtime to help them shift another million DVDs?
Mind your language
Research has shown that interviewees who raise their intonation towards the end of a sentence (so they sound like an Aussie asking a question) are 30% less likely to land a job than those who don't.
Which is brilliant news because it's about as attractive as a thong on an oiled-up bodybuilder. But can bosses also snub anyone who says "I'm good (when asked how they are) ...can I get a (instead of have a) ...rilly? (while looking over your shoulder) ...that's s-o-o funny (instead of laughing)" and every jaw-thrusting male whose handshake is so firm it makes your sphincter wobble.
Romanians not roaming
According to their UK ambassador, only two dozen Romanians have arrived here since work-permit controls were lifted on January 1.
Which must come as a massive blow to the right-wing media which predicted that by now there would be three Roma caravans parked in every one of our burnt-out gardens.
So, on their behalf, may I send a new message to Bucharest? "What's the problem, ya cheeky bleeders? Our jobs not good enough for you, eh?"
Could be worse, Valerie. Much, much worse
I'd like to offer solace to Valerie Trierweiler who feels "humiliated" over claims that her French President husband is having it off with a younger woman.
At least you're not Norma Major, love.
Can you imagine the level of humiliation you'd feel if the younger woman your man was dropping his despatch boxes for was Edwina Currie? How unhappy do you have to be in your own bed to stray into those claws?
And so, the 5 big questions of the week...
- Why is Kate Moss reaching 40 treated in the same awestruck manner as Marie Curie's discovery of radium?
- Why the outrage over a couple drinking their own urine on This Morning? Hasn't daytime TV been taking the pee out of us for decades?
- Isn't the best way for protesters to stop the Tories drilling for energy supplies to elect a leader called Arthur and form the National Union of Frackers?
- How come during every awards season the human nipple must be referred to as the wardrobe malfunction?
- Taxpayer-funded Motability boss Mike Betts is on £846,201 a year. Does he take his wages home in a motorised wheelbarrow?


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I was born and raised in Nicaragua, a Spanish-speaking country in Central America where public libraries are not common and donkeys carry children's books from town to town.
Thankfully, my mom made it easier for me, making sure I always had books to read, and soon I was devouring books on my own. I grew up with the Paper Bag Princess, Ramona, the Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Harry Potter, among many others.
In fifth grade, I decided I was going to be a writer, and that goal hasn't changed in the years since, though I've expanded the definition a little. I got my BA in English at Amherst College and I'm working towards a degree in creative writing at Full Sail University.
While my writing tends to fall under literary fiction or drama, I have a special love for children's entertainment, and I hope to get the opportunity to write for children someday. I also hope to bring more books to my home country, so more Nicaraguan children can grow up surrounded by the characters and stories I love.
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By Jennifer LaRue Huget
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My son's name is Charlie. But lately I've come to think of him as the Gaping Maw.
At 14, Charlie is 5 feet 10. Many mornings he comes down to breakfast looking taller than he was the night before. And though he has lots of interests, his primary activity lately seems to be scavenging for food.
Like many of us, when he gets hungry, he gets grumpy. So to avoid that unpleasantness and to fuel his physical growth, I try to keep him amply fed. But I've found that, in the effort to keep him full, my normal nutrition standards often fall by the wayside. Plus, I'm going broke!
At Charlie's last checkup, the pediatrician told me that as long as he's healthy and physically active (as, thankfully, he is), I shouldn't sweat the details of his diet too much. Still, I'd like to do my best by him. So I asked some experts for tips on filling the Gaping Maw without spending a fortune.
Sarah Krieger, a St. Petersburg dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, says my pediatrician's advice is sound. "The key is to keep saturated fat to a minimum," she says. "But if his cholesterol, weight and blood pressure are within normal limits, he can afford" some flexibility in his diet.
Georgia Orcutt, author of the 2007 book How to Feed a Teenage Boy (Celestial Arts/Ten Speed Press), knows what I'm up against, having raised two boys. Here's her advice, based on her experience:
• Jettison junk food. Orcutt says it's "critically important" for parents to help their children and teens develop healthful eating habits, which set the stage for good health through adulthood. She talked with her sons about the "political" aspect of making food choices. "Your dollar is a vote," she told them, explaining that she was "not going to vote for those foods" by buying junk.
• Make it easy. Orcutt, a working mom, left two boxes (one for each boy) full of "healthy stuff" (baby carrots, sandwich fixings, mozzarella sticks) in the fridge from which the kids could assemble snacks after school. "They knew there was food to eat," she says, and that they could feed themselves by "just pulling this stuff out and eating it."
• Cook extra. Orcutt says she began cooking an abundance of rice (mixing highly nutritious brown rice with white to make it more palatable) and freezing portions in bags the boys could toss in the microwave. Other "extras" included roast chicken, grilled chicken breasts and ratatouille.
• Teach cooking skills. Teenage boys are capable of far more than microwaving food, Orcutt notes.She taught her boys "simple sauteing techniques," which she says they use to this day. (They're now 20 and 23.) Stir-frying some of that microwaved rice with peppers, celery and onion is easy, she says; the boys could add a bit of cooked meat or drop in an egg. Wraps are also easy: "There isn't a food known that can't go in a wrap," Orcutt says. She suggests a filling and nutritious mix of beans, shredded lettuce and other vegetables, and "a little shredded cheese."
• Suggest smoothies. Full of protein, smoothies made with yogurt and fresh or frozen fruit are more filling than you might think; you can add nutrition by including peanut butter or flaxseed in the mix.


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Homemade Light Caramel Frappe
If you're getting bored of your standard hot coffee, we suggest sticking in the fridge or freezer until it gets cold, and pouring it over ice for iced coffee. For a tastier frozen treat, frappes are even better. They taste sweet like dessert, but pack the punch of strong coffee.
If you're getting bored of your standard hot coffee, we suggest sticking in the fridge or freezer until it gets cold, and pouring it over ice for iced coffee. For a tastier frozen treat, frappes are even better. They taste sweet like dessert, but pack the punch of strong coffee.
Like most employees, we here at Celebrations are dependent on our coffee intake. Although our Fannie May Pixie Coffee is delicious on its own, we've been finding more creative ways to get our java fix.
This recipe is incredibly high-quality for a few reasons. 1) These are made with delicious flavor-packed coffee with hints of caramel directly in the grounds. 2) I froze said coffee instead of blending it with ice cubes. It makes for a stronger beverage! 3) I only used a few ingredients, all of which are on the lighter side.
To freeze the coffee, I used the ingenius Zipzicles. The ziploc-like baggie is in the shape of a popsicle, so it's super easy to make and freeze your own pops! I froze the coffee by itself overnight, and the coffee pops were a huge hit by themselves.
Using Zipzicles is a great way to store any leftover coffee you may have from your pot. Just keep in the freezer until you are ready to use them!
After freezing the pops overnight, I let them thaw on the counter for about 20 minutes before adding them to the blender. And when I was done making a huge batch of frappes for the office, I stored the leftovers in some Zipzicles for a delicious caramel frappe pop! Talk about versatile.
If you don't have Zipzicles (although I would recommend you get some since they are only $3 for a pack of 12 on Amazon!), you can always freeze your coffee into ice cubes using ice cube trays.
Keep this recipe extra skinny by using sugar-free caramel sauce (I used the real deal from Trader Joe's), and fat-free whipped cream (I could only find the full-fat kind at my grocery store). And not only are these frappes delicious, they are super budget-friendly. Why pay close to $5 a piece when you can make your own for pennies?
Needless to say, they were a huge hit in the office. I can't wait to make some more!
- 12 ounces brewed coffee, frozen (I used Fannie May Pixie Coffee, frozen overnight)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons powdered Stevia (or sweetener of your choice)
- 1 tablespoon caramel sauce, slightly melted (you can use sugar-free for a skinnier version), plus more for topping (optional)
- Whipped cream for topping (optional. Use fat-free for fewer calories)
If you've frozen your coffee in Zipzicles, let them thaw for about 10-15 minutes before using. Then, gently break them up in the pouch, open and squeeze out into a blender.
Add the almond milk, vanilla extract, Stevia and 1 tablespoon of melted caramel sauce (place in a small microwave-safe dish for about 20 seconds).
Blend until smooth. Feel free to add ice cubes, or more cold coffee, milk and sweetener to the mix to reach desired taste and color.
Pour into two glasses, and top with whipped cream and drizzled caramel sauce.
Makes: 2 Frappes
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My name is Fatima*, they say I am a child, but am I really? I am only 14 years old but listen and judge for yourself if I still have my childhood.
I was asked to write a story about my rights. I asked; do I have rights? I did not know that. I live in Missan governorate and you know tribal traditions have a big influence on life here. I was forced to leave school and my parents married me to a man who is 10 years older than me, imagine that! And after one and a half months he divorced me.
Some people say that reason was that he had very little income, he worked as a laborer. Other said that it was because the difference in age.
If you ask me, I don't know why he divorced me. What I know is that he treated me very badly and I did not know how to adapt to my new life. One moment I was playing with other children and my friends and the next I was a wife. I don't know until now what exactly being a wife means and what responsibilities come with this and what rights. If you know you might be able to tell me.
Someone explained to me my rights as a child but I did not understand what they mean. I did not know we had rights and I thought my rights were within the hands of the people who take care of me. Now I know that my rights were violated.
I was forced to leave school and was married and divorced. I am still trying to understand if these rights I have will give me back what I lost and will these rights guarantee my future? Will they defend me? Will they bring back my school and my friends? Will they bring back my self-confidence? I am now a different person since I've been divorced.
I thank you for listening to me and I hope you can help me to at least get some of my rights and I hope you spread the idea of these rights more because a lot of people here do not know what the word 'rights' mean.
* Fatima's name has been changed to protect her identity


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SCOOBY Doo could be seen riding aboard the Mystery Machine for his latest assignment in central Bournemouth yesterday.
Passers-by had to do a double-take as the brightly decorated van weaved through the streets while blaring out theme song Scooby Doo, Where Are You from its loud speakers.
Rahim Jadavji, 33, of Corfe Mullen, dressed as Scooby, has teamed up with friend Gary Lee, who was dressed as Shaggy, to drive the refurbished Volkswagen to Monte Carlo, where it will be entered into the resorts annual 'banger rally' with the hope of raising £5,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
They had first mulled the idea of recreating Back to the Future's iconic DeLorean, but later set their heart on the Mystery Machine and managed to find a van which fit the bill on eBay for £250.
Before its makeover Rahim said the vehicle had spent ten years sitting unused under a tree and was more than a little worse-for-wear.
"It looks beautiful on the outside now but the engine still sounds a bit touch and go," he added.
"I plan to wear this onesie for eight days. It's a bit sweaty already but I should survive."
Gary had driven down to Bournemouth from his home in Hertfordshire to pick up Rahim and said it has already received a lot of attention.
"Everybody who sees it is smiling and laughing," he added. "So many people I have driven past have stopped to take a picture."
To support the duo, visit facebook.com/ScoobySnackers or to donate £2, text SCOO83 £2 to 70070.