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Love getting takeout? So do I. But I don't love the fact that it often comes loaded with extra calories, fat and sodium. For example, an innocent-sounding dish like eggplant in garlic sauce from your local Chinese restaurant can actually set you back 1,000 calories, 13 grams of saturated fat and 2,000 milligrams of sodium. Even tofu with mixed vegetables can weigh in at 900 calories, 9 g of fat, and 2,200 mg of sodium. Mexican takeout is just as bad. A chicken quesadilla can carry a whopping 1,010 calories, 27 g of saturated fat and 1,980 mg of sodium.
So what's a concerned eater to do? I've come up with some tricks for myself and my clients to trim down some of our favorite meals. Print out a copy of this article and throw it in with your takeout menus so you can use it the next time you order.
1. Asian Food
- Order your sauce on the side. Full of vegetables (including healthy greens) and lean protein, Asian food is a healthy choice ... until it's smothered in typical takeout sauces, which are loaded with sugar, salt and calories. Many dishes come covered with a full cup of sauce or more. So order yours on the side and put yourself in control, adding just 1 or 2 tablespoons.
- Choose steamed over fried. Go ahead and order the shrimp or pork dumplings, but get them steamed to save calories and fat.
- Go for brown rice. White rice has been stripped of all its nutrients and fiber, unlike brown rice, which is a whole grain. Some sushi places will even make rolls with brown rice if you ask.
2. Pizza
- Make the move from thick crust to thin crust. The difference can be substantial when it comes to calories. At Pizza Hut, for example, you'll save 50 calories per slice, which can really add up.
- Ask them to go light on cheese or skip it altogether. Add more cheese flavor at home by sprinkling your slice with 1 tablespoon of grated Parmesan or Romano.
- Switch from meat to veggie toppings. This not only cuts calories and fat, but also amps up the health benefits. Go ahead and pile on as many veggies as you want (peppers, mushrooms, onions, olives) to satisfy your hunger.
3. Mexican Food
- Ask for vegetarian refried beans. They don't contain lard like the regular kind do. You'll save calories too.
- Choose a soft burrito with a vegetable filling. You'll save lots of calories over any of the fried options or quesadillas and other dishes with lots of cheese.
- Swap guacamole for sour cream. Guacamole is full of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and antioxidants. Stick to a 1/4 cup portion, though, since it can come with a lot of calories. Don't forget to pile on the salsa as well to get a hefty dose of prostate cancer–preventing lycopene from the tomatoes.
4. Fast-food Burgers
- Order the child's size. It will still satisfy your beef craving but with less damage to your waistline and your heart. Better yet, order a grilled chicken sandwich or salad.
- Request double the lettuce and tomatoes. Yes, they count as a full serving of vegetables.
- Dress your salad at home. Filling up with some greens is a great idea. But most restaurant dressings are usually loaded with fat, and the reduced-calorie kind are often full of sugar and chemicals. Your best bet: using your own oil and vinegar at home.
What's your favorite way to make takeout healthy? Comment below or connect with us @Completely_You


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9 Important Behavior Which Confident People Don't Use
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Do you want to be a successful person, do you want to develop a rocking personality, do you want to make a different positive image in society then this article will help you a lot.
Here I am providing 10 important things which successful and confident person don't use in life. Behaviour decide that what you will become. So by adopting positive attitude it is possible to live a successful and confident life.
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So let's begin with positive mind and a commitment to achieve our goal in any case:
1. Confident people keep them away from excuses:
Famous management guru said that "a good manager has time for every thing". This show that excuses shows that a person is not confident and also not able to manage the time. Therefore don't uses excuses but try to do every thing with full devotion which will make your life successful.
2. They avoid comfort zone:
This is again a very important thing. If a person become habitual of living in comfort zone then he is not able to work in adverse situations which is a bad point of personality.
Therefore persons who want to be successful avoid the comfort zone.
Situation not remain same always so get ready for every thing always.
3. Successful persons don't waste time in judging people:
Yes, this is a very important characteristic of a successful persons. They know the value of time and so they just work and don't probe in other's life. This habit take them to the culmination of success.
4. They Don't depend upon tomorrow:
This is a truth that tomorrow never comes and so successful person don't leave things for tomorrow. They try to finish there work in present. They believe that this is the right time to do any good work.
5. They avoid flattering behaviour:
This is be fooling our self and other by showing false word to please others. So they don't waste time in flattering. They say what is right and what is good for every one.
This behaviour helps in maintaining the confidence always.
6. They don't make castle in the air:
It means that they don't live there life in dreams in fact they try to live a practical life. They work hard to fulfil there dreams. They know that only dreaming will not lead to achievement.
7. They don't depend upon others for taking any decision:
Decisive power is very important characteristic of any successful person so they don't depend upon others for any decision, they just take good decision where ever necessary.
8. They don't follow anything blindly:
Confident people try to use there logic before following any rules or regulations or any principles. This helps in gaining knowledge and also helps in maintaining the confidence.
9. They Don't leave challenges:
To accept challenges is the main key nature of any successful person so they don't run away from challenges but they accept it. They know a fact that challenges are necessary to enter in the world of success.
So if you really want to enter in the success zone then do adopt the positive behaviour and win the world.
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Q: Your grandfather, Barry Goldwater, was both adored and vilified during his lifetime as the rightest of the right-wing senators. Yet your new documentary, "Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater," which will be shown on HBO starting Sept. 18, rehabilitates him as a kind of liberal compared with today's conservatives.
That was part of the reason I thought a film could be done about him.
He emerges as a complex figure — a half-Jewish cowboy from Phoenix who believed the government should stay out of our hair. He thought gays should be allowed in the military and was also pro-choice.
My mom had an abortion in the mid-50's, before she had me. She was in college, and she wanted to finish and get a degree and not have a child then. Barry felt it was a woman's right to make that choice.
On the other hand, what does it say about the current state of American politics if Barry Goldwater is held up as a model of social enlightenment? Many people considered him a bigot because he voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
That was a wart on his career, and he knew it. He was the furthest thing from a bigot there was.
In the film, you manage to assemble a chorus of mostly admiring Democrats — Al Franken,
Ben Bradlee calls your grandfather "an unsung hero of Watergate."
Barry didn't go to Nixon's funeral. He ended up feeling that Nixon really cheated the country and lied to the country, and that was something you just didn't do in Barry's book. You don't lie.
It's odd to see so many East Coast people praising your grandfather when he famously said that the U.S. might be better off "if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea."
What you saw is what you got from him.
Are you a Republican?
No, I'm an independent. My mom is an independent, because she has always been supportive of initiatives in women's rights, and so am I. The Republican Party has shifted so far away from the center that I don't know if I can get over there.
Did you try to interview President Bush for the film?
Where was Bill Clinton?
He said, "You're interviewing my wife, you don't need to interview me."
I was surprised you left out William Buckley, who probably did as much as Goldwater to shape conservative ideals in this country.
My co-producer, Tani Cohen, and I just had so many people who were of the same genre. We were trying to get different voices.
It would have been interesting to compare the Buckley and Goldwater styles of conservatism.
It's the white bucks vs. the cowboy boots. Argyle socks vs. no socks and Birkenstocks.
Buckley, no doubt, is read more, as the founder of National Review. You don't hear too much anymore about your grandfather's "Conscience of a Conservative," which was a huge best seller in 1960.
It is going to be reissued by Princeton University Press. The book is the first in Princeton's series of classic works of American politics.
Did you always want to be a filmmaker?
I never set out to be a filmmaker. I wanted to tell a story. It's a big thing to do when you don't have the background to do it, but I was blessed to have HBO on board from an early stage. They were our partners on this, 50-50.
How large was your budget?
A little over $750,000, closer to $800,000. I tried to raise my half, and then I realized I would have to give up too much creative control, so I just put it up myself.
How do you have that much money?
I don't. Barry was not materialistic. We were not the Rockefellers, so I refinanced my house to come up with the money.
Do you plan to do another documentary?
There's nothing that comes to mind. I don't have enough interesting family members to allow me to do a boxed set.


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Resident Camp Parents
We are excited you're considering sending your child to a JA camp! We want to assist you in preparing your child for a wonderful experience. Getting ready for camp is an important part of your child's overall camp experience. This preparation time is an opportunity to build excitement for camp and answer questions you may have.
We hope camp will open your child's eyes to a whole new world. They will get to try new activities, learn how to manage their juvenile arthritis and meet new friends. It's the one place where a child doesn't have to explain what it's like living with arthritis, because everyone knows. Attending a family camp? Learn more here.
What to expect when you send your child to camp:
- Our juvenile arthritis resident camps are medically supervised by pediatric rheumatologists, rheumatology nurses, mental health professionals or other healthcare professionals who are available on-site, 24 hours a day.
- Counselors, who often times live with juvenile arthritis and other childhood rheumatic diseases themselves, will look after your child day and night
- Your child will grow while at camp, in unexpected and wonderful ways.
- Your child will try some different, amazing activities.
- Your child will make lifelong friends who also live with childhood rheumatic disease.
Essential Elegibility Criteria:
Children who attend an Arthritis Foundation JA Camp must meet certain criteria in order to participate. Eligible applicants must:
- Have a doctor diagnosed childhood rheumatic disease
- Display behaviors at home and school that allow them to function in an overnight group setting in a way that does not negatively affect other group members (no biting, kicking, displays of defiant behavior, running away, etc.)
- Be predominantly independent (bathing, dressing, toileting, sleeping through the night, eating, etc.)
- If the child has a mental health condition, it must have been managed under medical supervision for at least 6 months prior to start of camp start date.
- If campers have a comorbidity (epilepsy, diabetes, etc.), it must be managed under medical supervision for the at least the last 6 months.
- Have a desire to participate in daily camp activities such as swimming, arts and crafts, etc.
- Be comfortable with supervision from adults they are unfamiliar with (for example, volunteer counselors)
Our juvenile arthritis resident camps are medically supervised by pediatric rheumatologists, rheumatology nurses or other healthcare professionals who are available on-site, 24 hours a day. Our medical team has expertise in rheumatology but not other medical or mental health conditions. Please provide the most detailed information about your child while filling out this application so we can provide a safe environment for your child. If your child has additional or special needs while at camp, please call us so we can ensure our camp team can safely care for your child. If your child is not eligible, please consider camps that might be a better fit. Our staff are happy to help recommend an alternative program for your child.
Camp Activities
Activities vary by camp and age - some activities may include swimming, high and low ropes course, arts and crafts, fishing and more! Activities may even include things like a campfire or a dance. All the activities are a blast!
Goals of Camp
Everything we do at camp is done intentionally, and for the benefit of kids with juvenile arthritis and other childhood rheumatic disease. It is our hope that at camp, campers will:
- Gain a greater understanding of their own diagnosis and treatment
- Develop peer-to-peer support
- Increase independence and self-confidence
- Discover new skills and interests
- Develop the skills they need to be leaders, advocates and champions in their everyday lives.
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America's 14th-largest city, Indianapolis has experienced ups and downs over the past half-century, but it's definitely in an "up" mood of late, with ambitious redevelopments of downtown neighborhoods; outstanding museums, theaters, and sports venues; and an increasingly visible gay and lesbian community. The city is host of a quite popular Indy Gay Pride celebration in early to mid-June, which includes a number of smaller events and parties during the preceding week. Indy's Circle City Gay Pride takes place the second week in June, a couple of weeks before the Midwest's most famous such event, Chicago Gay Pride.
During the week leading up to Pride, you can attend a number of related events and activities, including a Rainbow Pride 5K run, Community Picnic, Pet Pride, a Bianca Del Rio comedy show, Indy Pride Bag Ladies' Show and Girl Pride, and several other gatherings.
More details on Circle City Pride will be posted as information is released. Here's a look at last year's event in the meantime:
The Parade (aka the Cadillac Barbie in Pride Parade) typically takes place at 10 am on Saturday, and begins as it traditionally has in the Mass Avenue Arts District at the corner of Mass Ave. and N. College Ave. It then continues southwest down Mass Avenue, then turns west onto Michigan Street, then north on Meridian, ending at St. Clair Street and this year's new festival venue, American Legion Mall.
From 10 am until 7 pm on Saturday, the Circle City IN Pride Festival takes place right where the parade ends, at lovely American Legion Mall, at E. St. Clair and N. Meridian streets. The festival includes dozens of vendors and organizations from the community as well as a Main Stage, with live music performances and DJ tunes all day long. This year's festival will be headlined by the legendary group En Vogue, returning with a new single and album.
For tips on where to socialize and party, have a look at the Indianapolis Gay Nightlife Guide, which also includes a number of restaurant recommendations. Check local gay papers, such as The Word and Unite Magazine for details. And be sure to check out the helpful GLBT travel website of the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association.


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Spike Jonze (Where the Wild Things Are) has been casting for a new project in Austin, Texas. According to /Film, the Oscar nominated director has been looking mainly for actors in their late teens. The film is apparently about "friends growing apart". Spike plans to collaborate with the indie rock band Arcade Fire, whose music he used in the trailer for his last film Where the Wild Things Are.
It's also been speculated that the project that he's working on is another short film. Spike Jonze, who started out as a music video director, isn't new to short filmmaking. He just premiered his newest short film I'm Here at the Sundance Film Festival 2010. The film has been released online for all to view here. As a fan of Jonze I'm always interested in seeing more and the same applies here.


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It's a trial and error for me to find the best products that don't look funky on me! Being pale means you're basically white as heck, and pigments show up just how they look in the pan on you. Which could be a great thing or a bad thing, and if you don't match your undertone correctly it could end up looking disastrous.
Here are my top picks for those who are cool & warm toned, which not only are white enough but are amazing quality!
1. Seventeen Stay Time – Extra Fair
A cool toned £4 concealer, perfect for the under eye and blemishes. This is my go-to concealer and my holy grail, it's so underrated!! Look at the swatch on my hand, it's a perfect match. I can't say enough good things, go pick it up from Boots and never look back!!
2. Miss Sporty Perfect Stay – Light
This is more warm toned and ideal for blemishes, depending on your skin tone. The formula is really nice, and £2.99 is a great price. I would love to see them release an extra light version.
Smashbox Highlighting stick in Hollywood & Highlight.
This is the most gorgeous, natural looking cream highlight stick that actually has a pretty blinding glow. It's the best highlighting cream product I've ever come across! It's a beautiful champagne shade, and totally worth every penny.
This shade is perfect for fair skin because it's super light and the shade is super flattering.
I use this under foundation or sometimes on top, before setting & applying a powder highlight.
Kat Von D Shade & Light is the best contour palette I've tried, the above shades work for me the best, the first shade 'Sombre' is perfect for contouring, and 'Shadowplay' is the best for bronzing!
Lucid isn't a highlighting shade on me so I can set my whole face with this colour, same as Lyric, but that shade has more of a 'banana' tone to it so I use it under my eyes only to brighten. These finely milled powders are a dream to work with and don't look muddy or odd on my skin-tone.
Mac's Studio Fix Fluid is my holy grail, all favourite time foundation.
I always speak highly about this foundation because I can't get over it!
They have such a wide variety of shades and undertone, and the coverage is amazing.
You can build it up for full coverage or buff in a thin layer for a natural finish.
I'm NC10 for reference & it's the best foundation I've found for my skin tone.
Another highlighter! This one was £5 from I Heart Makeup! It's a champagne glow with a pink undertone, this is my favourite highlighter of all time. It looks dewy, glowy and gorgeous without the glitter. It performs like a high end highlighter & I truly love this.
Check it out and swatch it if you see it in Superdrug.
Last but not least… Mac Medium Golden!
When MAC did my makeup for my birthday they used this bronzer on me and it looked really great! It's light and warm enough, just the right shade especially if you're cool toned. It reminds me of Hoola lite (never personally tried) but it looks like it could be a good dupe.
I use this on a daily basis and I've not even made a dint in it.
Some of these products are pricey but they are worth the investment to me as they last a good amount of time and the quality is astounding.
Whats your fave foundation that's pale enough?!
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iPhone 2018: Details of Pricing, Specifications, Availability
The most reliable sources have claimed that the Cupertino giant will be releasing three new iPhones this year.
New Apple iPhones are coming next month and as we get closer to the launch date, we can expect a lot more information about the devices.
So far, the most reliable sources have claimed that the Cupertino giant will be releasing three new iPhones this year.
One of the iPhones will be an immediate successor of the iPhone X with a similar 5.8-inch screen, the second will be bigger and slightly better version with a 6.5-inch screen and the third will be a cheaper, 6.1-inch iPhone.
One of the biggest differentiators between the flagship phones and the cheaper 6.1-inch variant is the display panel. The cheaper iPhone is expected to feature an LCD display instead of AMOLED on the other two.
According to Ming Chi-Kuo's latest revelation, the construction material of the cheaper iPhone will also be different. The 6.1-inch iPhone is expected to go for Aluminum instead of Stainless Steel on the other two. However, all three will come with a notch and also feature Apple's Face ID.
Kuo also shed light on the launch schedule of these new smartphones. The analyst claims that the cheaper 6.1-inch iPhone will be coming later than expected.
According to a report by 9to5mac, Kuo claims that only the OLED phones will be launched in September and the LCD version will be launched slightly later. The analyst cited production schedule behind the delay of the cheaper iPhone.
The analyst also revealed the specifications of all three devices. One good news for those planning to buy the cheaper iPhone is that it will feature the same chipset as the other two phones. All three devices are expected to use the A12 chipset.
The cheaper phone will come with 3GB RAM instead of 4GB on the other two. In terms of storage, the more expensive phones will get three options; the base with 64GB, another variant with 256GB and the third with 512GB storage. The LCD variant, however, will just get 64GB and 256GB variants.
The camera modules will also be different on the cheaper phone. While the 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch iPhones will get dual cameras with two 12-megapixel lenses, the LCD variant will get a single lens setup with a 12-megapixel sensor.
However, the device will get more colour options in comparison to its expensive siblings. The cheapest 2018 iPhone will be offered in 5 colour options, whereas the others will be offered in just 3 colours.
The analyst also managed to provide a price range for all three devices. The 6.5-inch OLED iPhone is expected to be priced in the range of $900-$999 for the base variant.
The 5.8-inch device is expected to sell within a price range of $800 to $899. The cheapest of the lot, with a 6.1-inch LCD display, is expected to fall in the range of $600 to $699.>


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The tawny nurse shark is a nocturnal shark, swimming and hunting during the night and returning to the same location to rest during the day. These bottom-dwelling sharks typically look for small overhangs, caves or other slightly protected areas as their resting grounds and occasionally even rest in groups. Tawny nurse sharks are known to be docile and generally ignore humans unless provoked.
Check out how these sharks hunt for their prey -- Or explore some different ocean animals! And of course, check back tomorrow for another FOTD!


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Today is the first real day of my leave.
The Christmas break is over. My colleagues go back to work and
my the students are back in the classroom. I, on the other hand, get to write in my new, comfee lounge pants. My outright obligations are few. As I sit here with my coffee, I should be able to unleash my inner taunting playground "Na, na, na, na, Na, na." I should be ecstatic that my experiment in semi-retirement is actually underway.
I am not.
I think what I am feeling would be best described as angst. From Wikipedia: "Kierkegaard used the word Angest (in common Danish, angst, meaning "dread" or "anxiety") to describe a profound and deep-seated spiritual condition of insecurity and fear in the free human being. Where the animal is a slave to its instincts but always conscious in its own actions, Kierkegaard believed that the freedom given to people leaves the human in a constant fear of failing his/her responsibilities to God. [] While Kierkegaard's feeling of angst is fear of actual responsibility to God, in modern use, angst was broadened by the later existentialists to include general frustration associated with the conflict between actual responsibilities to self, one's principles, and others (possibly including God)."
Yup. That's me. Conflicted. On one side of the scale is the joy of following a dream. I am writing full-time. I am off to Antarctica in less than a month. On the other side are feelings of guilt and, if I am being totally honest, shame. It took me almost 50 years, but this "people pleaser" is just now coming to terms with the fact that sometimes, if you make a decision, conflicted feelings are inevitable.


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Coincidentally, I'll be speaking to two different individuals this weekend from 2 different churches that are involved in teaching financial principals to their respective congregations. One has been teaching the church using the Dave Ramsey program. The other is currently in preparation for teaching an 8 hour course and is exploring the Dave Ramsey (as well as other) programs to use.
I was hoping I could get some insight here, from individuals here who have been involved in both programs. What are the strong points of the Ramsey program? What additional benefits does the Life Financial Fitness Program brings to the table? I want to be able to point out they made a good choice in picking the Ramsey program, but can make their program great by bringing in the extra benefits of the FF program. I know the Into to FF points out some differences of the FF to other programs, but was hoping to get some specifics here.
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New Microsoft product support service targets largest customers
The Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate plan helps customers shore up their IT infrastructure, but it shouldn't interfere with the services partners provide.
A new Microsoft product support service is available to the company's largest business customers.
Microsoft partners won't be able to sell the Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate plan. But they typically don't do business with the service's target customers anyway, according to Charles DeJong, Microsoft's general manager for support and health.
"We have a relationship already -- generally, a multiyear relationship," DeJong said. "It's a natural fit. A partner would sort of be a duck out of water if they don't already have an existing relationship."
Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate becomes the top tier of Microsoft's product support services. The four levels of Microsoft support -- Foundation, Standard, Premier and Premier Ultimate --
The Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate plan gives customers three years of preventative maintenance and unlimited problem resolution for one fixed price, which depends on the size and complexity of their infrastructure. Paul DeGroot, analyst for Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland, Wash., said these Microsoft product support services go above the first level of technical support that partners usually offer.
"I wouldn't see this as having a lot of impact on partners," DeGroot said. "Most of these customers already have premium agreements. Probably all of them already have premium agreements. There aren't many partners whose primary business is technical support."
Partners watch Microsoft's direct support and services offerings very carefully as the vendor tries to garner more revenue from subscription or annuity services versus the sale of shrink-wrap software. Anything Microsoft does to strengthen direct customer relationships is of acute interest to partners, including big systems integrators, who wrestle with vendors over enterprise account control.
There is an assessment process to determine if a customer is eligible for the new top-tier Microsoft product support service, but the criteria do not include a minimum number of seats.
"They're going to range from 10,000 to 200,000 or 300,000," DeJong said. "It's less about the seats and more about the infrastructure products."
Four companies participated in a Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate pilot program. Microsoft won't disclose their identities, but DeJong said they are some of the leaders in their respective industries.
"The nature of the offering is such that you're going to have to be a large customer to benefit from this," DeGroot said. "The kind of customer for whom this makes a lot of sense is a large customer with more than, say, a dozen IT people."
A large IT staff is necessary because Microsoft will put out several people for days at a time for training at the start of the contract, DeGroot said. Businesses with extremely high uptime requirements, such as large banks and brokerages, will also benefit from the Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate plan, he added.


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Escrow Officer Guilty in North Texas Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy
Final Defendant's Guilty Plea Brings Closure to Nearly $4 Million Fraud
|U.S. Attorney's Office February 26, 2014
SHERMAN, TX—A 35-year-old Edinburg, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
Lacie Devine pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Amos L. Mazzant. She is the remaining defendant associated with five others in the same conspiracy to plead guilty to the mortgage fraud scheme.
According to information presented in court, from March 2008 through February 2010, Devine, an escrow officer at National Escrow & Title LCC, located on north Dallas Parkway in Dallas, conspired with others, including the five individuals identified below, to defraud lending institutions by submitting false documentation in support of mortgage applications on 28 property transactions located in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Specifically, Devine created fraudulent HUD-1 documents for each transaction that falsely stated the source of the down payments and concealed the true nature of the loan fund disbursements from the lending institutions. Devine's criminal conduct in the scheme resulted in a loss to lending institutions of approximately $3,718,702.28.
Devine was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 13, 2013 and charged with federal violations. The five co-conspirators, all charged in separate indictments, have also pleaded guilty and been sentenced for their roles in the mortgage fraud conspiracy:
- Roslyn Long, 45-year-old loan officer from Plano, Texas, sentenced to 97 months in federal prison and $3,492,011.79 in restitution;
- Michael Ross, 36-year-old loan officer and coordinator from Dallas, Texas, sentenced to 63 months in federal prison and $3,337,930.60 in restitution
- Curtis Callier, 33-year-old recruiter from Desoto, Texas, sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and restitution in the amount of $691,543.22
- Ronzell Mitchell, 37-year-old recruiter from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, sentenced to 46 months in federal prison and $1,408,402.96 in restitution; and
- Christi Wyatt, 42-year-old recruiter from Desoto, Texas, sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and restitution in the amount of $1,032,650.17.
Devine faces up to 20 years in federal prison at sentencing. A sentencing date has not been set.
This law enforcement action is part of President Barack Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force.
President Obama established the interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to wage an aggressive, coordinated, and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch and, with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Office of Inspector General, the Federal Housing Finance Agency-Office of Inspector General, and the Texas Department of Insurance. These cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christopher A. Eason and J. Andrew Williams.


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Ling follows Lings as Church Army research head
Church Army has appointed a new Director of Research, currently the Church of England's Head of Ministry Development, Dr Tim Ling.
Church Army has appointed a new Director of Research, currently the Church of England's Head of Ministry Development, Dr Tim Ling.
This follows the announcement that George Lings, who has led Church Army's Research Unit for 20 years, will be retiring in September.
Tim said: "I'm very much looking forward to working with the Church Army team, and thinking about how we may build on George's compelling legacy. We cannot pause in our paying attention to how God is active in mission, particularly through the voices from 'the edge', which is one of the gifts that the Church Army brings to the wider Church."
In his current role, Tim oversees research work and has been responsible for the development, implementation and review of national policy relating to continuing ministerial development. Tim will be commencing his new role for Church Army in October.
The Church of England's Director of Ministry, Julian Hubbard, said: "Tim has made a major contribution to the work of ministry development. My colleagues and I look forward to continuing to work together with him on the many areas of common interest and purpose which we share with Church Army."
Church Army Chief Executive, Mark Russell, said: "We are thrilled that Tim is joining our team. For 20 years, our Research Unit has been at the cutting edge of pioneering and evangelism, inspiring others to help the church be more creative in mission. Tim will bring his considerable gifts and skills to this crucial role. We are so excited he will join our team."
Tim is an Honorary Research Associate at University College London's Institute of Education and his previous experience includes work as a police officer, company director, university lecturer and as a diocesan ministry development officer. He lives in Canterbury with his wife and two children.
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Thanks for getting back to us, crystala.
I would like to get to the bottom of this as much as you do.
Our QuickBooks Blog is where you can find our future features, enhancements and product developments.
While our engineers are still looking for the permanent fix of the Workforce issue, I'd suggest contacting us so we can add you to our notification list.
Here's how:
Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have further questions about QuickBooks Desktop. We're here to help you day and night.
Oh my goodness. I wish I could just talk to someone. I do not need a lesson on QuickBooks - I need a lesson on where to go AFTER I get to your blog. Please stop sending me your canned answers and think for a minute what I'm actually asking. If you are working on this, then it should be in this blog, right? This blog tells me how to hire people, not how to see what's coming down the pike. Please.
Our QuickBooks Blog is where you can find our future features, enhancements and product developments.
I can route you to the correct site, crystala.
If there are any services outages or interruptions, the status of the issue will be posted in the QuickBooks Status page and not in the QuickBooks Blog site.
You can get an email notification whenever QuickBooks creates, updates or resolves an incident. Just click the Subscribe To Updates button in the QuickBooks Status page.
Also, our product engineers will send you an email update once the issue is resolved.
Please hit the Reply button if you need anything else with payroll. I'm here to help.
What is the status of the original question in this thread? Is there a fix yet?
I've checked the investigation status and it's still in progress, lancpay.
We're closely working with our engineers to get this issue fixed. Right now, we don't have exact time frame as to when this unexpected behavior resolved.
You can visit this website to check the status of the investigation.
We appreciate your patience as we work on this.
This is NOT UNEXPECTED BEHAVIOR! This was a functionality that was left out and needs to be added back. It is causing many of us a great deal of trouble. Please try and get us a time frame so that we can tell our clients before they leave us and QuickBooks payroll. I have already had 2 change to Gusto payroll because of this.
Could you PLEASE look at your own links and explain where we find anything that talks about this problem. You are all sending links, but don't bother to tell us where to look once we get there. Please be part of the solution - it's bad enough not having the functionality, losing business and being extremely frustrated, but your help is really not helping. Where are the supervisors? Please get someone involved. Evidently Priority Circle folks and Enterprise folks and ProAdvisor folks don't have a way of even knowing this is an issue? Not sure all of these special designations are fulfilling the purpose that we would hope they would. None of us have time for this, we are small businesses and need quick, complete assistance, not a bunch of rhetoric.
I Second that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi there, @crystala.
I understand how valuable your time is. This not what we want our customers to experience.
I know you want this to resolve as soon as possible. However, our engineers are still looking for a permanent fix to prevent this from happening again. If you have already called our support, you'll be notified once a resolution becomes available.
I'll take note of your feedback and raise it to our engineers for immediate action.
We appreciate your patience while we're fixing this. Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any other concerns. I'll be around to help.
I have 48 clients on QB payroll. No Admin access for paychecks since the change to Workforce. Why make the change without considering the people who do all the work?
Hi there, @DentonWineGuy,
I know how frustrating it could be when you don't have the employer access to view employee's paystubs sent onlinw. Let me provide some clarification about this issue.
At the moment, QuickBooks Workforce doesn't have an admin portal unlike ViewMyPaycheck. The website only gives you the option to send invitations to employee's who wants to access their paystubs online.
If you want to have the visibility to the pay stubs that were uploaded to our system, you can do that inside QuickBooks. Perform the steps below:
I'm taking note of your request and making it sure it reaches our developers. I want you to know that ideas and feedback from customers like you can help improve the our products and features.
In the meantime, we're asking for your patience and understanding while we're continuing to work on this. As always, I'm always around to help whenever you need a hand.
That is fine for users within my company.We are accountants doing payroll for clients. Clients DO NOT have access to my desktop QB files. They need to be able to access the paychecks and paystubs WITHOUT having to call me or one of my employees to get the information.
We keep getting told this is being "noted" and "sent to the developers". Is there a timeline for this? Has it been put on the schedule for your programmers to work on? Where is it on the priority list?
If we are talking weeks, we can make this work. Months and we have to come up with another solution. Please have the courtesy to give us an honest timeline.
Thanks for getting back to this thread, tnpmommy.
I understand how the admin access in QuickBooks Workforce would be beneficial for you. The change is also based on how popular a specific feature request is.
As much as I would love to provide the specific date if when this option would be available, however, we don't have any update yet.
Finding new ways to adapt to our customers' needs is how QuickBooks gets even better. I'll make sure to take note of this and will inform you once we receive product enhancement update about the availability of this feature.
Please know that you're always welcome to post if you have any other concerns. Have a good one.
Finally, someone says something that makes total sense.
JanyRoseB says: The change is also based on how popular a specific feature request is.
So, I am gathering from this comment that the decision was purposely made to remove the administrative access to this feature and that there is no intention of ever putting it back. I am quite sure that it's very costly to put this back, so I'm not very hopeful that we'll ever get that function back. We'll be making other arrangements to get our clients what they need, even if Intuit does not do the same for us. Losing functionality was a bad move in QBOL and it's a bad move in Desktop. If this wasn't an option to start with, and we didn't rely on it to conduct business it wouldn't be a problem. But now, you've made it a problem. How sad.
Hi there, lancpay.
For now, there's no turn around time in adding the admin view of paychecks.
I've checked and found out that our product team is continuing to investigate this issue you're having with Workforce invitations. You'll receive an email from us once information is available.
We'll be around.
Thanks for joining the discussion, @crystala,
I completely understand where you're coming from, and I can see the inconvenience this has caused your business. Having an employer access to view employee's paystubs is something we look forward to be available in the QuickBooks Workforce website.
I know that not having the visibility to view which transactions are uploaded online can be a real pain when you have more important things to be doing. Our developers have a massive product road map and are implementing new features based on the functionality that works best for most users. I already submitted this request for them to review.
In the meantime, if you have an Admin access to QuickBooks, you can view the pay stubs that were uploaded to our system. Here's how:
We're continually asking for your patience while this feature is not yet available. Please feel free to update me if you need additional assistance, as I want to make sure you're all taken care of.
When they started workforce for the employees they still had and I used the VMP site as an Admin to see all my employees paychecks. Why not simply bring VMP site back for the Admins?
To the rest of you who are as frustrated as I am with the lack of functionality to have our own admin access as well as provide that admin access to clients:
Let me tell you what happened as I heard it from a support person with whom I spent over an hour in chat and on the phone trying to get admin access. ViewMyPaycheck was not owned by Intuit. They had contracted out this fabulous service, but the time had come to end that contract and have an in-house viewing platform. Intuit bought the company responsible for the "new and UNimproved" Workforce.
What it comes down to is that Intuit set an implementation date, and they did not do their due diligence to ensure that existing functionality was retained. They just needed to get "something" out there to be sure they made their date. The result is that employees can view, but admins cannot. I--like many of you--expressed my dismay that a company as large and well-known and trusted as Intuit could blunder in such a fantastic way. The response I got was the same as the one you are getting here: that trained script "this is not our intent, so sorry for your experience" with no resolution in sight.
Intuit? Are you listening? You have so many customers who are losing patience. We cannot complete our own job functions or enable others to complete theirs without this functionality. How do we organize so that you hear us? Is there somewhere we can vote on functionality we'd like to have (restored)? Can you get us a realistic date? Do you care at all about your customers?
Hello fkyou,
We hear you and this issue with Workforce has been escalated to our senior managerial level. There isn't a timeline as to when the old functionality will be back. But, rest assure we'll notified you once there's an update.
We are grateful for you patience. If you have any other concerns, we are here to help.
Where will that notification occur? Will we get an email? Do we have to return to this forum and search?
Hi there, @fkyou.
Yes, you'll receive email update since there's already an escalation about this. I will also personally post changes and improvements from our Developers through this thread from time to time.
I'll look into this for you and let you know as soon as I have more information. Have a good one.


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Meat grown in a lab may sound strange, but it's the sustainable, clean, animal-friendly future of meat, according to the Good Food Institute. How will it be marketed to the meat-loving masses?
Americans eat a great deal of meat—198 pounds for every capita yearly, to be correct. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which detailed that figure, says Americans will expend significantly more meat—up to 207.5 pounds for each individual every year—by 2024.
Beside Americans inclining toward the savage, many individuals have made trenchant reactions of the meat business generally speaking, one being its impact on nature. Animals, for instance, contribute 14.5% of worldwide ozone harming substance discharges, as per the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. There are likewise worries about creature brutality, cleanliness and straightforwardness of mechanical cultivating. As writer Michael Pollan notes in his point of interest 2006 book The Omnivore's Dilemma, "Were the dividers of our meat industry to end up plainly straightforward, actually or even allegorically, we would not long keep on raising, murder and eat creatures the way we do."
However, what should be possible to decrease the cons of modern meat? Americans adore meat and the quantity of homesteads dropped from about 7 million of every 1935 to approximately 2 million out of 2012, as indicated by the USDA, leaving modern ranches to command the meat business. The meatless meat industry, for example, tofu and seitan—is no match for the traditional meat industry. Furthermore, the eventual fate of meatless meat, ready to create $6 billion by 2022 (per Markets and Markets), is overshadowed by the meat business' present deals quantities of $198 billion out of 2013 (per the Meat Institute).
The Good Food Institute, a Washington, D.C.- based charitable, may have an answer: clean meat. Clean meat is developed in a lab utilizing cell horticulture, an innovation that develops genuine meat from cells without raising or butchering creatures. GFI's central goal incorporates showcase based activities, utilization of sustenance innovation to end industrial facility cultivating and empowering sympathetic and practical nourishment sources, for example, clean meat.
Showcasing News talked with GFI's senior specialized master Emily Byrd to take in more about how clean meat is made, how it will be promoted and how it will endeavor to enter the market.
Q: For those who may not be aware, what are the arguments against the use of animal products?
A: Industrial animal agriculture is at the root of four major global problems. If you're looking at public health and human health, a lot of these products are shown to induce chronic diseases like heart disease, obesity, diabetes—no one is arguing that everyone needs more cheese or red meat in their diet. It's also contributing to antibiotic resistance on a global scale because of the steady stream of antibiotics that we're feeding to farm animals.
Beyond that, there's a huge environmental problem. The [most recent] UN Food and Agriculture report, titled "Livestock's Long Shadow," mentioned industrial animal agriculture as the leading cause of deforestation, biodiversity loss, land use, water pollution and water use. It is also a leading driver of climate change, producing more than the entire transportation sector. Of course [animal products] are a problem for animal welfare as well. That's pretty self-explanatory. The animals live in horrible conditions in factory farms.
"Allowing cells to reproduce and grow is truly natural and far more appetizing than cramming 50,000 birds into a feces-filled barn and pumping them full of growth-promoting antibiotics."
There's also an implication for global poverty. Hundreds of millions of metric tons of usable feed crops, such as wheat and corn, are turned into export crops from developing nations to the developed world. This is driving up the price of grain and creating competition for these edible foods between affluent [markets] and the global poor. It's a swell of problems associated with the way that we currently produce food, especially the way that we produce animal products in the industrial farming system. We realize that people are fairly well aware that factory farming isn't the ideal, but it's not exactly easy to get alternative products out unless you want to make a huge dietary behavior change. And that isn't in the cards in time to address the environmental concerns.
Q: Maybe this is just my big-city bias, but it seems public perception on animal products is shifting. I've seen more meat alternatives at restaurants and in grocery stores. In your view, has the public's perception of non-meat meat products changed from just a few years ago?
A: I think that people are becoming more aware of the implications of the system. But then there's the question of how much people are really eating in line with their values. I think all the time about how I care about the environment, I care about supporting local farmers, I care about animals, but the overwhelming sociological research shows that people make their food purchasing decisions based on three factors: taste, price and convenience. It makes sense. You can't actually buy a product that's better if it's not accessible or you can't afford it. And of course, the taste part is self-explanatory. We have this idea that we're more aware and we're trying to make better decisions. I think people are paying more attention to labels, but far and away the products that are most easily accessible and affordable are the products that are least sustainably produced.
Memphis Meat meatball served with fettucine.
Q: What are the GFI's efforts to shift public perception?
A: We are looking at some groundbreaking food technology. We focus on plant-based meat, dairy and eggs, stuff like the Impossible Burger or Beyond Burger. Bill Gates actually invested in Beyond Meat. Tyson is also invested in Beyond Meat, which is really interesting. It gives us a lot of hope. The food industry giants are realizing they need to take a more sustainable tract or else it will actually cause business concerns down the line.
We also focus on the products of cellular agriculture. This is like [cow-free dairy company] Perfect Day producing milk without cows. [They use] a fairly simple fermentation process in the same way that we produce insulin where you take a microbe, typically of yeast, and get it to express a dairy protein. That's really phenomenal stuff where you can actually make an identical product circumventing the entire factory farming system and the slaughterhouse.
Within cellular agriculture, there's also a slightly different technology that can be used to grow meat outside of an animal without breeding, raising or slaughtering animals. It's the same method used in tissue engineering for regenerative medicine, but applied to food.
Q: Can you give me a brief history of clean meat, how it came to be and how it's produced?
A: We've been referring to this as "clean meat" for a few different reasons. Partially, it's a nod to clean energy because it's fundamentally better for the environment, but also because it's literally cleaner from the basic sanitation standpoint. If you're getting meat from a factory farm, e-coli, salmonella, campylobacter and fecal matter are all standard. By circumventing that system, we're able to protect meat from those contaminants.
These technologies have been well-developed in the field of regenerative medicine; that's really what you can trace it back to. But the first time it came into the public consciousness writ large was when Mark Post produced the first clean meat hamburger in 2013. He was a professor at the University of Maastricht and has since launched Mosa Meats. Since then, there have been a handful of other companies that have launched, like SuperMeat in Israel and then Memphis Meats here in the Bay Area. Memphis Meats released the first clean meat poultry products—chicken and duck. I actually got to try the duck, which was incredible; a really cool experience. And I've been a vegetarian for about a decade, so it was pretty cool, strange and, sadly, very delicious.
Clean duck from Memphis Meats.
Q: You're a vegetarian so I'm not sure if you can compare it to the standard meat, but what have you heard as far as taste comparisons? Is clean meat pretty on par with real meat?
A: Oh, yeah. The thing is, it actually is meat. It definitely is about getting the perfect ratio of cell types, so that can change the taste or texture, but it was amazing, and it was also prepared by a phenomenal chef. [The duck] was perfectly tender, melt-in-your-mouth and kind of gamey. I didn't get to try the fried chicken, but I hear that it, as one would expect, tasted like chicken but slightly less stringy than conventional chicken.
That gets into the production method. Basically, it requires four principal technologies: There is a cell line that is the initial sample of animal cells that includes muscle cells, fat cells, etc., and then media, which is a mixture of ingredients that works as a food source for the cell lines encouraging them to grow and divide. Then there's scaffolding, which structures the end product and encourages differentiation of cell types into an organized pattern. That [determines] either the flavor or texture. If you're creating a ground meat product, that's fairly simplistic; you need the right ratio of cells. If you're creating steak, it is a little bit more difficult to get the perfect marbling and co-culturing. The final factor is a bioreactor, which is similar to fermenters in a beer brewery. It's a location where cell lines are kept and grow on the scaffold.
Q: Are there any marketing initiatives thus far?
A: Both of the leading experts in clean meat products—Dr. Uma Valeti from Memphis Meats and Mark Post at Mosa Meats—have made the goal of getting this onto the market within five years and get it cost-competitive within 10. Right now, it's still in the scale-up phase, still trying to figure out what the perfect market entry point would be. Perhaps it could be a value-added product to plant-based food in the beginning to really get that visceral meat taste companies like Impossible Foods are incorporating. But there's also the possibility of incorporating actual meat that's been grown through cellular agriculture into otherwise plant-based products. Or [its entry point could be as a] high-value product, probably in higher-end restaurants at first, but the goal of everyone doing this is to eventually create products that are less expensive than even the least expensive conventionally produced chicken. Something that can meet the accessibility and affordability needs of everyone. That's how it's going to be a global solution: if we can scale up, bring costs down and replace the products of factory farming instead of just adding another product in the market.
Q: Is clean meat out on the market anywhere yet?
A: No it's not. Small tasting events, but that's all.
Q: I've seen a few different names for this: clean meat, cultured meat, meatless meat, lab-grown meat. Is there a consensus on what the best marketing strategy is for naming a product that is so unique?
A: We have come down on the side of clean meat. Our scientists were at the 2016 Institute of Food technologist meeting last year and were talking to people about cultured meat. Even the premier food scientists were saying, "Does that have something to do with culturing like for yogurt?" They didn't associate it with cell culture because culturing has such a pre-established meaning in the food world. We found it to be ineffective. Instead of actually talking about this process and why it's being done and why it's important, we got down the rabbit hole of trying to clear up misconceptions right from the get-go.
"Clean meat involves growing meat in the equivalent of a brewery—it's safe, clean and efficient. By contrast, it's hard to imagine anything less natural than a modern factory farm."
Then there's lab-grown meat, and that seems ridiculous because that's not going to describe what the meat is at scale. Any sort of processed food or food that requires any sort of science starts in a food lab—you could talk the same way about corn flakes. [Clean meat] is going to be produced in basically the equivalent of a brewery—like any other food. You wouldn't talk about lab-grown cereal. That [name] gives people an odd conception of what this technology is or what it would be on the market.
There are positive differentiators that we really want to put front and center. We want to make sure that people are entirely in the know about the process and make it totally transparent. But at the end of the day, it is interesting to find a term for it because what you're making is just meat. It's not different from the other products in any way except that it's produced in a way that's more sustainable and better for people, the planet and animals.
Q: Is that confusion a roadblock for marketing? It's real meat, but it's also grown differently than what people are used to. Is that a point that you'll have to make with the average consumer?
A: It's a conversation we're having very openly now with consumers and in the media. We don't want it to be a high-end product. [Similar products] are very expensive and not very accessible to people. If this is going to be a solution, it needs to be something that everyone can see.
Right now, people eat meat despite how it's produced, not because of it. They're not thinking about the inefficiency or the horrible conditions on factory farms or slaughterhouses, and they haven't been given an alternative. They haven't been presented with two options: meat from these overcrowded and environmentally harmful factory farms versus meat that's grown in a safer, more efficient way. Honestly, if Madison Avenue can sell meat from industrial farms with all of the horrible things that go on, it can certainly sell the comparative advantages of meat grown in a clean meat brewery.
Q: What do you see being the main method of bringing this product to market?
A: It's yet to be seen exactly what the market entry point will be, and that will be determined by the companies at that time, but we think it will fall within one of two pathways: a higher-end product initially and then, within two years, right in the middle in every meat counter or a value-add product to other plant-based alternatives. It's certainly not an all-or-nothing proposition.
Q: What is the philosophy behind going high-end initially—is it to build up some hype?
A: Partially to build up some hype and partially because of legitimate cost constraints. That's essentially what's happening with [plant-based meat company] Impossible Foods, although they're scaling up pretty dramatically since they opened their new production facility in March. [Going high-end] is introducing people to this food in a way that's exciting. It taps into a lot of trendsetters and chefs in the scene and lets people know that this is something totally delicious and embraced by people who are very culinary-minded. Then eventually [we want to spread] it worldwide and make it accessible to people. But it does definitely build some hype and helps these companies test the product out and get it on the market while they're scaling up.
Clean fired chicken from Memphis Meats.
Q: Do you expect any regulatory or lobbying obstacles in introducing this product?
A: We expect it to be a really smooth regulatory process. We have a policy director whose sole job … is defining the regulatory pathway for clean meat. Under the USDA, meat is regulated based on animal slaughter. Since clean meat doesn't involve slaughter, it's going to be a very interesting pathway forward. But the White House just commissioned a report from the National Academy of Sciences on biotechnology products that will come of age within the next 10 years. In that report, they mention clean meat as an area of high growth potential and recommend a single and clear regulatory pathway, so that is extremely promising.
Our hope is that the meat industry will join us. There are already companies, such as Tyson and Hormel, expressing interest. Who better to be creating chicken nuggets than Tyson, the people who are well-established and have the resources? They're really being pushed in this direction toward sustainability as well. Last year, there was an investor coalition representing $1.25 trillion in assets, and they reached the top 16 food companies basically demanding that they come up with a plan to investigate sustainable protein alternatives because they realized that factory farming is a material risk to their assets and food security in the future. Shortly after that, Tyson Foods launched its $150 million [venture capital] arm to specifically invest in sustainable protein, and they've mentioned both plant-based and clean meats as potential investment areas. Their very first investment was in Beyond Meat.
Q: Is there any argument you've heard against clean meat that the GFI is preparing for?
A: Definitely not within the industry. I wouldn't be surprised if there was pushback from someone. Any time there is a new product that could be seen as competition instead of collaboration, there's a chance for pushback, but we have not seen that. We've seen a lot of people being forthcoming about wanting to investigate this technology and get ahead of the curve. There's a sense that a lot of these companies who really want to get ahead of this are already feeling as though they're falling behind the curve of sustainable protein production.
"People eat meat despite how it's produced, not because of it. They're not thinking about the inefficiency or the horrible conditions on factory farms or slaughterhouses, and they haven't been given an alternative."
Q: Is the entry point likely going to be in the U.S. first?
A: Really too soon to tell. It will probably be global. I know that Memphis Meats will likely stick to the U.S. first, but again, there's SuperMeat in Israel and Mosa Meats in the Netherlands. There are companies globally who are producing this product, and their mission is global.
Q: What is the GFI doing right now to lay the groundwork for marketing?
A: We're trying to educate people about the process and the benefits. There is this aversion to food science, although science plays a role in every bit of food that we eat. We believe that's because people feel like they've had the wool pulled over their eyes or they don't like the business practices of some companies who are employing these technologies.
We believe it's critically important that people understand every aspect of what's going into [clean meat] and face the reality of the food they're eating now as well. Clean meat involves growing meat in the equivalent of a brewery—it's safe, clean and efficient. By contrast, it's hard to imagine anything less natural than a modern factory farm. Modern farm animals are Frankenstein animals. The chickens grow six to seven times as quickly as they would naturally, and cows give more than 10 times their normal milk output. Turkeys are so top-heavy they can't even breathe naturally. Almost all meat is the product of artificial insemination and massive doses of growth-promoting drugs. In contrast, allowing cells to reproduce and grow is a pretty solid option—it's truly natural and far more appetizing than cramming 50,000 birds into a feces-filled barn and pumping them full of growth-promoting antibiotics. It's just about offering [consumers] a choice.
Q: The factory farm conditions you discussed were found through a lot of reporting and undercover work. The meat industry has lacked transparency for years, so it's interesting that GFI is focusing on transparency. Is that openness something you are trying to keep up with during this whole process?
A: We are absolutely committed to it. I was having this conversation with Dr. Valeti from Memphis Meats the other day. We were on a tirade about ag[riculture]-gag laws and how horrible they are. Modern factory farms are actually making it illegal to know what's going on inside of them because if people were aware, they wouldn't want to participate in this, whereas everyone at Memphis Meats has openly made the promise that they are happy to do tours of their [facility] in the future because there's nothing to hide. There's nothing that would upset people or turn them off from the food. And that's such a huge win. That's so promising that people can finally eat with both eyes open and feel OK about it.


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President Barack Obama addressed the Connecticut school shooting today from the White House. Around 3:15pm on Friday December 14th, 2012 President Obama conducted a press conference to speak to America, especially residents in Connecticut. While speaking, it was visibly noticeable that the President was emotional.
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"I offer Gov. Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation."
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"We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. Each time I learn the news I react not as a president but as anybody else would as a parent.
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"I know there's not a parent in America that doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.
"The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10.
"They had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own."
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Is it possible to use CBD for cold symptoms?
June 4, 2018 at 7:24 am by admin
Cannabidiol has been noticed in recent years by a wealth of medically valuable properties. Research can no longer keep up with the many experiences that users of CBD have in their private lives. Somehow that's understandable. Side effects of cbd pills. CBD is so harmless that users who have a CBD product at home try it on all sorts of ailments, even beyond the purpose for which they bought the CBD. And so, in particular, the CBD oil is gradually becoming an integral part of many medicine pharmacies.
What weakens the immune system?
Stress is one of the factors that put a significant strain on the immune system of modern humans, whether caused by work, family or other things. Anyone who is exposed to excessive stress for long periods, whose body's defences will sooner or later be affected. Then you become more susceptible to disease because the body is overwhelmed with the tasks of protection. How to use cbd tincture. Even poor or one-sided nutrition weakens the immune system. Artificial substances in foods such as preservatives or flavorings occupy the immune system so that actual pathogens have a more comfortable play to develop and multiply in the body. Outside of food, we also supply the body with substances that negatively affect the immune system. These include, for example, tobacco, alcohol or medicines. Also, lack of exercise, sleep disorders, environmental contaminants or ageing can reduce the performance of the immune system. Especially colds and flu you catch yourself with a not fully efficient immune system more often.
CBD gives a boost to the immune system for fast recovery
It is therefore possible to separate the details relevant to our immune system into two categories. There are things like age or the environment, against which we are a little powerless. Others are subject to our influence, such as lack of exercise or poor nutrition. Remarkably, the CBD may affect factors of both categories. One example is the general stress that we can only partially do against. CBD has a calming, relaxing effect and reduces the stress sensations. Sleep quality can also be improved with CBD. Less stress and more sleep are two excellent conditions to deal with a cold quickly. Inflammatory foci that form, for example, in the throat or nose can also be contained with CBD. With improved general well-being, healing processes can be accelerated. This, in turn, motivates more exercise. At the moment, CBD is used as a lever to start means that will make us recover faster. A combination of CBD oil and CBD hemp flower tea is excellent for getting a feel-good experience and helping the body defence to get started.
One thing is sure: the leaves of the hemp plant were used many years ago for the cure of various diseases. Also, the type of tea that is extracted from the leaves is completely legal and can be purchased freely in almost any store. The tea is obtained from so-called Nutzhanf. This comes mostly from strictly controlled organic farming. There are certain hemp crops in which ensure active breeding of hemp leaves
A positive effect of the special tea
The special tea can vary significantly in taste. In the production of the tea from hemp leaves, it depends entirely on whether this is made purely from the leaves of the plant, or in combination with others. If the hemp plant is very young, even its stems can be used for making tea. However, the fact is that usually the leaves and flowers have a positive effect on the human body. what happens if you bad reaction to weed. The taste of the plant can be described as soothing and aromatic. The effect of the tea is terrific and can in many ways have a positive effect on the health of every person. Among other things, the hemp tea has the following results:
- Fights stress
- Has a positive impact on digestion
- Strengthens the immune system
- Ignites positive feelings
- Has an antispasmodic effect
The preparation of the tea is effortless and uncomplicated. In the first step, of course, water must be brought to a boil. Next, you need a teaspoon of hemp powder, which is obtained from the flowers and leaves of the hemp plant. The powder is then doused with the boiling water. The tea should draw about five to ten minutes so that it can develop its full effect. The taste is described in most cases as slightly bitter. For this reason, it is recommended to add one teaspoon of sugar. Have fun with the preparation.
How to clean inflatable objects
May 26, 2019 at 5:52 pm by admin
First of all, if you want to do a quick wash before washing it thoroughly, you should remember that the dirty can dry and it will represent much more work for you later, the ideal thing is to do, at least, a previous wash where the muck is rinsed and, therefore, do not allow the stains to dry and stick to the surface. Then, you must eliminate the remains of water to avoid the creation of mold, for this, a useful advice is to make use of a blower, open all the zippers of the inflatable object and let the water flow until it is dry, so you can save it. Remember to make sure when you are going to roll this type of products if it is connected to an electrical device or if it is connected to a hose. Once this process is finished, you can have it ready to wash it deep on another occasion.
It has been found that the easiest way to wash inflatable objects is by doing it while they are inflated. To do this, place a canvas carpet under the object to be washed. For the cleaning of such, water with powder soap and a sponge are quite efficient materials and give a very good result. It's important to be always aware that the device has not acquired any hole or crack.
In the case of inflatable tubs and inflatable mattresses, these should be cleaned after every occasion in which they are used since they quickly acquire dirt and, as it is in direct contact with your skin, you do not want all these bacteria to move to your body. Their cleaning varies depending on how often they are used. For their maintenance, use a few drops of mild soap or a little soap powder and dissolve it in a bowl of water, then with a cloth moistened with the mixture, clean the surface to remove all the small spots you have found, then leave it air dry.
If you want to reduce odors caused by humidity or dirt, a very useful advice is to use baking soda, you just have to spread a little of it on the surface and leave it for at least 5 minutes and then you can remove it with a vacuum cleaner.
To get rid of the mold, you can use water with a little vinegar or with isopropyl alcohol and spread it on the surface of the mattress or tub with a cloth. Remember to use a cloth or sponge in these cases since a brush can cause perforations due to its pointed bristles. Then simply rinse it and let it air dry.
Finally, to prevent mold and odors, take your inflatable object out and let it rest under the sunlight at least once every one or two months for a full day and store it in a place where it does not have contact with moisture, if possible protect it by covering it with a protective cover . Remember that, also, these types of tubs, despite being very versatile because they can be placed anywhere and can even move, require much more care than normal tubs. Therefore, it is important to pay due attention to the cleaning and maintenance tasks you need to extend their life and prevent them from being harmful to our health.
How to find reviews of products before you buy them
April 7, 2015 at 11:36 pm by admin
Buying this online can be a little scary. Mainly because you don not get a chance to try the product before you actually buy it. So you are forced to rely on things like online reviews to get a good idea if a product will what you want. This can also be true about real estate. Maybe not for houses or properties that are local to you. But what if you happen to be an investor? Sometimes you have to make a quick decision on just pictures online. There are other things such as pills and other health products that you cant quite see with just pictures. Like if you are looking for a vitamin pill, you have to go and search for reviews. The best place to find real world reviews is by looking on websites that are trusted. Which website are you bound to trust more? Some unheard of website, or large known site like LAtimes? Of course your answer would be the latter. So that is our very first tip. Always look at trusted sourced of information for accurate info. You have to keep in mind that lots of products out there have affiliate programs. This means that there is always people out there writing fake reviews in order to make money. However we should also mention that not all independent review pages are fake. We found a couple websites that we will link to so you can get an idea of what they look like.
The website mentioned above is Vigrx Plus Review. They offer a personal review of the product Vigrx.
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Mortgage fraud on the rise
March 3, 2015 at 12:35 am by admin
As the economy gets tough you will start to see more and more people doing anything to make a quick buck. There are a bunch of charlatans trying to screw people out of their possessions. Mortgage fraud is a very popular type of fraud. The following has happened to all of us! You get in your car and you see a little card for mortgage modification. While a business card might look professional, you have no idea how reputable they are. More and more people today are not doing their research about real estate companies despite the fact of having an amazing tool such as the internet. In most cases all it takes is a simple Google search to find out.
If you are a home owner you might not help but feel a bit worried about this. Its okay. Just know there are people out there who can help you fix this. The first thing homeowners think of doing is suing. But at times it can be hard to find out who to sue. Some of these scam companies are not real companies. They are not incorporated. We have heard of some cases where a private investigator was hired by the affected family to find out all of the details of the offender. While it might not be feasible for everyone to do this there is an alternative. Like we said before all it might take is just some looking around in the web.
While there are many lawyers out there who handle this type of case, after digging around we found the law offices of Mark Werksman. To know more about him check out Mark Werksman on Super Lawyers or on yelp. We can only give you this info since we are based in the LA area. But you are more than likely to find someone who can help you in your area. Simply do your research before you hire anyone. Find reviews and talk to past defendants.
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