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Katy Perry attends family wedding with John Mayer, tries to blend into the backgroundBy Kat Giantis
Surprisingly enough, Katy Perry and John Mayer are still a thing, and they're solid enough that she's now invited to important family events. On Sunday, the crooner was best man at his brother's wedding at a New York yacht club, and he brought the doll-faced chart-topper along as his date, reports the New York Post.To their credit, the famous flames made sure the focus stayed on the happy couple. One way Perry accomplished this: keeping out of a camera range."They were very polite and down-to-earth and didn't want to take away from the bride and groom's day," relays an eyewitness. "Katy stayed behind the scenes and politely turned down photos. It was a beautiful ceremony on the water."Perry and Mayer got into the nuptial spirit and boogied down on the dance floor, which was quite a feat of endurance considering they were partying until the wee hours the night before. They hit a post-"Saturday Night Live" bash to celebrate Katy's performance and apparently couldn't keep their hands off each other."[They] were beyond affectionate and adorable," a spy tells Us Weekly of the couple's night at Manhattan's Heartland Brewery, where they hung with the likes of Bruce Willis and Lorne Michaels. "He was rubbing her back, then pulled her in for an intimate close chat. She put her hand inside his jacket, and they were kissing and gazing into each other's eyes."They reportedly called it a night around 3 a.m.Click on for more photos of Katy and John's on-off romance ...© Microsoft


text: Hi There, I decided not to get the iPad2 3G. Instead, I purchased the WiFi version. My family and I are going to take a few trips soon, and I am looking into apps that will allow me to view maps even when I am not in range of a WiFi signal. A person I was standing in line with yesterday suggested Navigon, but when I saw how expensive it was, I almost barfed. Isn't there anything cheaper? Thanks in advance for your help.

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Researchers at the University of Jaen found that olive oil makes the immune system stronger and prepares its defense system to fight against bacterial infection. The researchers even concluded that it was a better remedy against infection than using fish oil. It was further found olive could prove effective against infections caused by bacteria like E.coli or Salmonella. The findings of the research were reported in the ABC News.
Olive leaf extract has also been found to be very effective against wounds and infections. People reports to have used Olive leaf extract for several bacterial diseases and malaria, dengue and even worms. Some people find it very useful to treat the symptoms of sickness.
PubMed published research finding in which they said that Olive oil was capable of modulating several immune infections. The researchers also found that it helped to reduce the inflammatory activity in those patients who were suffering from autoimmune disorders. The review also concludes that olive oil has healthy beneficial effects against infectious agents.
Olive Oil against Bacterial Infection
Professor Gerardo Alvarez de Cienguegos of the Discover Foundation explains that olive oil is good for cardiovascular diseases and it enhances the general immunity of the system to fight against bacterial infections. In a study led by Professor Gerardo, it was found that mice that were given extra virgin olive oil and their immunity weakened, showed better results of survival against bacterial infections. They also compared their results with those obtained from mice which were fed fish oil. Extra virgin olive oil was found to be far more effective than fish oil. The Professor concluded that their research could help to place olive oil as a strong competitor against fish oil in the international market.
Olive Oil against Ear infection
It has been used to fight ear infections since ancient times and even doctors today recommend using a few drops of olive oil to remove or soften the wax. During my visit to an ENT specialist, he advised me to use a few drops of olive oil each month in my ear to keep it clean and protected. However, it must be noted that if the ear drum is perforated, no liquid including olive oil should be used except on the recommendation of the doctor. Olive oil can work as a natural analgesic and protect the ear wall against bacterial attack. It also moisturizes the skin and softens the earwax. It can be either used on its own or infused with garlic. Once infused with garlic it becomes a powerful natural antibiotic.
Here is how to use olive oil and garlic against ear infection and earache
- Take a tablespoon of extra virgin or organic olive oil
- Crush one fresh clove of garlic
- Mix the two
- Warm the solution so the garlic mixes with the oil
- Strain the oil to leave any garlic residue behind.
- Put 3 drops of the mixture in the affected ear twice a day.
- Keep a clean cotton ball in the ear
- Continue for a few days.
Olive Oil and Skin Infection
When olive oil is mixed with honey or beeswax, it becomes of the most effective mixture against skin infections caused by bacteria, fungi and yeast. Here is how to prepare and use the mixture.
- Take one tablespoon of raw or organic honey
- Mix it with two tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
- Add some beeswax
- Apply the solution to the affected area twice a day
- Continue for a week or longer depending upon the results.
- Alternatively use the above garlic and olive oil mixture on the affected areas.
Olive and Yeast infection
It can be used both orally or applied to the affected areas to cure yeast infection. The best is to use it both ways.
- Take a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
- Crush one fresh clove of garlic and put in the oil
- Dip a cotton ball into the mixture
- Apply the cotton ball to the affected area
Oral Treatment
- Put half tablespoon of olive oil in a glass of water
- Mix some grapefruit juice
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Over the course of our careers, we've both spent endless hours in media and messaging training sessions with our clients, where either we alone–or, more often, with a professional media trainer–put these folks through the paces before they were to appear on television. We worked on key messages, body language, posture, wardrobe, verbal and physical tics (i.e. ums, uhs and frequent repetition of a word or phrase like "absolutely," "exactly," or "I think") and, most importantly, how to take control of an interview.
Sometimes, we witnessed the transformation of a raw natural talent into a superstar. Other times, we came to the conclusion that no amount of training would ever make a person into a TV personality. But regardless, we never realized how truly difficult it is to prep for a television appearance until we went through media training ourselves in preparation for the release of our book, Be Your Own Best Publicist.
We dedicate an entire chapter to using tips and tricks from the best media trainers, TV producers and on-air talent in the industry to help anyone prepare for a job interview, presentation or speaking engagement, so we knew it would be a good idea to be the trainees for once instead of the trainers.
As a result, we have a newfound respect for the people we've sat in those sessions with because the truth is: it's hard work to come across as comfortable, confident and knowledgeable when there's a video camera in your face. Here are some lessons we learned about how to knock a TV interview out of the ballpark:


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A Loose Thread
Dear Friends
Does it make you cry, does it make you sigh?
I feel lost today, nothing amiss to speak of, just the day is one to be silent and still, after the days of fullness and shrill.
A loose thread is how I feel.
But what is a loose thread, if not just one to be (re)threaded?
I could leave it to the wind and see where it takes me
I could change my sight
Even in darkness I know
I could catch it mid-flight
So, I gather my needles and gather my vision
Loose threads are cast forward
I am on a mission
Unseen hands guiding
The threads are now gliding
A new cloth is made
I still feel like hiding
Like all things new,
I need time to adjust
My loose thread is a'gleaming
Yet I still feel
I Am connected
I Am shining
A loose thread
Is so refining
Does it make you cry, does it make you sigh?
Yes some days it does. We all have those days where we are lost for seemingly no reason because we are all threads, weaving around, dreaming our way along the weft.
Is it coming from within me, or am I feeling the sighs of the world's people? I don't always know until I catch myself drifting away.
Sometimes we are just pushed around, in and out, but in the end a cloth is made, it is the fabric of the life we have made. The dance of life, morphed into a tapestry of colour.
A loose thread, in the end, is just a chance, a gift you've only now noticed 🙂
It's a chance or a voice to follow, or you can sigh or cry, if that's all you can do today.
Wishing you a happy sewing, mending, threading or admiring 🙂 I'll be threading right there with you, in some small way, and I hope you enjoy your day.
Lots of love
2 Responses to "A Loose Thread"
Robyn Stewart
so beautiful Wendy Joy….a delightful sharing …today I received a magnificent small table cloth of hand made lace from a dear friend…it needs a few threads in it here and there and this is what I will be doing this afternoon by the fire…ahhh…sheer Bliss then it will be wash and spread out in the early morning sun to softly dry where it may or may not end up on the ironing board for a very gently smoothing out…where no doubt it will end up on the tea serving table to be adorned with the pure beauty of teacups and saucers…..yep its enlightenment you guessed!!! cheers robyn
WendyJoy Smith
Oh Robyn, such a special gift, hand made lace! I will one day see it on the serving table 🙂


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Minbif aims to use the libpurple library from the Pidgin project to provide
an IRC-friendly instant messaging client.
It is very easy to setup, does not require any non-standard authentication,
and just uses the server password feature of IRC clients.
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/irc/minbif/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install minbif
cd /usr/ports/irc/minbif/ && make install clean
pkg install minbif
PKGNAME: minbif
SHA256 (minbif-1.0.5.tar.gz) = 88271af203a89556165a9ebb4e00e55ea5b649146aea855dd799a79bd9e4befd
SIZE (minbif-1.0.5.tar.gz) = 176039
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for minbif-1.0.5_10:
CACA=on: Buddy icon display using libcaca
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
GNUTLS=off: SSL/TLS support via GnuTLS
PLUGINS=off: Compile additional libpurple-plugins
VIDEO=off: Webcam display using libcaca (implies CACA)
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
cmake pkgconfig gnome
Number of commits found: 38
irc/minbif: Fix build with Clang 6
src/im/auth_pam.cpp:193:11: error: no matching function for call to
retval = pam_chauthtok(pamh, NULL);
/usr/include/security/pam_appl.h:64:1: note: candidate function not viable: no
known conversion from 'nullptr_t' to 'int' for 2nd argument
pam_chauthtok(pam_handle_t *_pamh,
Chase ffmpeg 3.3 update (ABI changes)
Submitted by: riggs
Convert a couple ports that use both _CMAKE_ON and _CMAKE_OFF to _CMAKE_BOOL.
Use options helpers all the way in math/carve, because I couldn't help myself.
- Fix trailing whitespace in pkg-messages
Approved by: portmgr blanket
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories h, i, j, k, and l.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
- Update security/gnutls to 3.4.10.
- Rename the LIBDANE option DANE because that's the name of the protocol
supported by libgnutls-dane and gnutls-cli. Also clarify the option
- Add an IDN option.
- libgnutls-openssl has been removed in 3.4. Some ports used this library
in their LIB_DEPENDS but no port actually required it.
- Some old API functions have been removed. Ports that used these have been
updated or patched to use the new API.
- Add a patch to print/cups to prevent overlinking of libgnutls.so.
- Bump PORTREVISION on dependent ports.
net-im/jabber: This port used the old API to give users fine grained
control over which crypto algorithms were used via a configuration file.
It's not immediately obvious how to port this to the new API so the port
always uses the defaults now.
www/hydra: Mark BROKEN. This uses more removed calls than the other ports,
is said to be alpha quality and not fully functional and has been abandoned
10 years ago.
Exp-run by: antoine
Approved by: portmgr (antoine)
- Unbreak the build against new Imlib2: previous versions (e.g. 1.4.6) had
two typedefs (apparently, the latter was deprecated and finally removed
in 1.4.7):
typedef enum _imlib_load_error Imlib_Load_Error;
typedef enum _imlib_load_error ImlibLoadError;
- Instead of handling of VIDEO and CACA options interdependency manually,
define VIDEO_IMPLIES=CACA (available since r394573) and thus consummate
conversion to option helpers
- Install sample configuration files as @sample in pkg-plist (and convert
PLIST_FILES to separate file due to better readability thereof)
- Restore sane installation routine broken in r336927 and install couple
of extra documentation files while here
- Augment port description text and update WWW line to avoid redirect
Mark BROKEN: fails to build
cd /wrkdirs/usr/ports/irc/minbif/work/minbif-1.0.5/src && /usr/bin/c++
-I/usr/local/include/libpurple -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0
-I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/local/include
-I/wrkdirs/usr/ports/irc/minbif/work/minbif-1.0.5/src -O2 -pipe
-DX_DISPLAY_MISSING -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -DHAVE_IMLIB
-DHAVE_CACA -DHAVE_PAM -D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wall -Wextra
-Wno-unused-parameter -O2 -pipe -DX_DISPLAY_MISSING -fstack-protector
-fno-strict-aliasing -o CMakeFiles/minbif.dir/im/account.cpp.o -c
/wrkdirs/usr/ports/irc/minbif/work/minbif-1.0.5/src/im/account.cpp: In member
function 'void im::Account::setBuddyIcon(std::string)':
/wrkdirs/usr/ports/irc/minbif/work/minbif-1.0.5/src/im/account.cpp:276: error:
'ImlibLoadError' was not declared in this scope
/wrkdirs/usr/ports/irc/minbif/work/minbif-1.0.5/src/im/account.cpp:276: error:
expected `;' before 'err'
/wrkdirs/usr/ports/irc/minbif/work/minbif-1.0.5/src/im/account.cpp:281: error:
'err' was not declared in this scope
/wrkdirs/usr/ports/irc/minbif/work/minbif-1.0.5/src/im/account.cpp:287: error:
'err' was not declared in this scope
Reported by: pkg-fallout
- Remove Mk/bsd.efl.mk
- Convert USE_EFL=libtool_hack to USES=libtool
- Convert USE_EFL=imlib2 to LIB_DEPENDS=libImlib2.so:...
- Bump PORTVERSION in graphics/imlib2 and in all ports
which depends on imlib2
Approved by: portmgr
Cleanup plist
Update the default version of GCC in the Ports Collection from GCC 4.7.4
to GCC 4.8.3.
Part II, Bump PORTREVISIONs.
Tested by: antoine (-exp runs)
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
- Replace security/gnutls with security/gnutls3 and update to 3.2.15
- Bump PORTREVISION on all ports that depend on security/gnutls and
adjust all ports that depend on security/gnutls3
- Update mail/anubis to version 4.2 which supports gnutls 3.x
- Update mail/libvmime to a development snapshot (recommended by upstream
Exp-run by: antoine
Approved by: portmgr (antoine)
irc/minbif: Depend on imlib2 with CACA option only
Submitted by: Chris Nehren
Convert net-im/libpurple (and slave ports net-im/finch and net-im/pidgin)
to "USES=libtool tar:bzip2". Bump PORTREVISION on all dependent ports
and modernise them as well (USES, LIB_DEPENDS, staging).
- Replace LIBS with LDFLAGS.
- Disable static plugin.
net/online-desktop: Remove obsolete patches.
- Drop pkgconf dependency.
- Replace post-patch with MAKE_ARGS.
- Use standard do-build.
The FreeBSD x11@ and graphics team proudly presents
a zeising, kwm production, with help from dumbbell, bdrewery:
This update switches over to use the new xorg stack by default on FreeBSD 9
and 10 stable, on osversions where vt(9) is available.
It is still possible to use the old stack by specifying WITHOUT_NEW_XORG in
/etc/make.conf .
FreeBSD 8-STABLE and released versions of FreeBSD still use
the old version.
A package repository with binary packages for new xorg will
be available soon.
This patch also contains updates of libxcb and related ports, pixman, as well
- Fix build with clang
- Remove leading article from COMMENT
- Convert to new LIB_DEPENDS format
- Support staging
While I'm here use option helpers where possible.
PR: ports/184816
Submitted by: KATO Tsuguru <email@example.com>
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
Add an explicit dependency on pkgconf
- Remove MAKE_JOBS_SAFE variable
Approved by: portmgr (bdrewery)
- convert USE_CMAKE to USES
- while here clean up some ports from CMAKE_VERBOSE, which is intended
for users
Approved by: portmgr (miwi)
* Update the glib to 2.34.3 and gtk20 to 2.24.17 and gtk30 to 3.6.4 which
are the latest stable releases.
* Update vala to the newest stable release 0.18.1, also update a few ports
in the gtk/gnome stack.
* The c++ bindings ports for glib, atk, gconf, etc, have now USE_GNOME toggles.
* Remove pkg-config run depends from glib20 and freetype2. This doesn't
eliminate pkg-config run dependency completely, a second phase is needed
and is planned.
* Support for .:run. and .:build. for USE_GNOME components was added.
Currently only libxml2 and libxslt support this mechanism.
* Updates of the telepathy stack and empathy.
* Trim makefile headers, convert ports to new options, trim off library
versions for some ports.
* Fix other ports so they build with the new glib version.
Thanks to miwi and crees for helping out with some exp-runs.
Approved by: portmgr (miwi & bapt)
Obtained from: gnome team repo
- Add UPDATING entry for gnutls update
- Chase shlib version bump for dependant ports
- Update to 1.0.5.
- Update MASTER_SITES.
- Add LICENSE.
- Add MAKE_JOBS_SAFE.
- Trim header.
PR: ports/174190
Submitted by: KATO Tsuguru <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Convert to new options framework
- update png to 1.5.10
In the rc.d scripts, change assignments to rcvar to use the
literal name_enable wherever possible, and ${name}_enable
when it's not, to prepare for the demise of set_rcvar().
In cases where I had to hand-edit unusual instances also
modify formatting slightly to be more uniform (and in
some cases, correct). This includes adding some $FreeBSD$
tags, and most importantly moving rcvar= to right after
name= so it's clear that one is derived from the other.
Remove references to unsupported FreeBSD versions. Mostly of the form:
.if ${OSVERSION} < 700000
Update Pidgin and friends to 2.10.0. See
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog for a list of changes in this
Update master_site
Update Pidgin and friends to 2.9.0. See
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog for a list of changes in this
Chase the libpurple shared lib version.
Chase security/gnutls update and add an UPDATING entry.
- Get Rid MD5 support
Reset to ports@. Thanks Frank for your work on these ports.
Discussed on: ports@
- Update to 1.0.3
PR: ports/148021
Submitted by: Guillermo Amaral <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Approved by: maintainer timeout
Update Pidgin and friends to 2.7.0. See
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog for the list of changes. Also,
enable Tcl 8.5 support.
Submitted by: dougb
- Update to 1.0.2
- Add option to build with GnuTLS support
Submitted by: Frank Steinborn <steinex AT nognu.de> (maintainer)
Minbif aims to use the libpurple library from the Pidgin project
to provide an IRC-friendly instant messaging client.
WWW: http://minbif.im
Submitted by: Frank Steinborn <steinex AT nognu.de>
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
9 vulnerabilities affecting 102 ports have been reported in the past 14 days
* - modified, not new
All vulnerabilities
Last updated:2018-10-22 17:21:57


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This is a blog I wrote about book two in the Vampire Blood series by Juliette Cross featuring Nikolai and Sienna, who we met in book one. It will be released on
July 19, 2017 and was fantastic. Check it out below! 🙂
The Red Lily is book two in the Vampire Blood series by Juliette Cross. The kingdoms are ruled by the dark and powerful Varis vampire family. One of the royals is pulling the strings and powering the soldiers with a blood madness, called sanguine furorem, giving them extra strength and an indiscriminate urge to murder […]
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When you paired this with the digestion of the Federal Reserve rate hike, sentiments were not particularly hopeful. US equities closed down sharply. Volatility jumped 9.3% to just over 20. This sets the stage for a cautious trade in Asia on Monday.
As we head into the final two weeks of the year, the limited year-end liquidity will be something to keep a watch on, particularly during the holiday periods of Christmas and New Year's Eve, where most western markets will be closed. Nonetheless, the fact that market reaction was rather well-behaved in the wake of the FOMC rate action, means we should have one less thing to worry about for the rest of the year. This week, we have macro data and international developments to contend with. US will be releasing consumer spending, housing spending, inflation, revisions to Q3 GDP, while Japan will be doing the usual data dump on Christmas, as they don't really celebrate the occasion.
The important data for China will only come in the final week, when they release PMI readings on New Year's Eve. The main issue will be whether the Chinese manufacturing sector show signs of stabilisation amid a downward trend, and whether their non-manufacturing industry (namely services) continue to show support for the overall economy.
Today, we have not much in the way of market-moving data for Asia, so market players will likely be sitting on the sidelines and trying to search for clarity. Singapore may come under pressure, and the STI could eye the 2800 again.
- US equities were smacked lower by the quadruple witching, which is the quarter-end option and futures expiration of stock and index. Typically, markets will trade with high volume and potentially high volatility. The S&P 500 tumbled -1.8%, with volume soaring to 1.8 billion, compared to the average of around 700 million in Mon-Thu. The index however managed to hold on above 2000. The Dow fell -2.1%, with volume more than doubling to 344.6 million.
- Oil traded near the seven-year low, as fresh signs that the supply glut will persist spook market participants. Baker Hughes reported that drillers added the most number of rigs (17) since July, while Saudi crude exports rose to the highest in four months in October. Brent traded as low as $36.35, whereas WTI slumped to a near seven-year low of $34.29.
- Commodities however seems to be afforded some relief. The Bloomberg Commodity Index trimmed some of the weekly losses to -1.2% after rebounding 1.1% on Friday. However, it is still moving below 80.
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This holiday season, avoid long lines and crowded parking lots by doing your holiday shopping in the idyllic towns and villages of Elgin County. The main streets of Elgin County are the perfect places to pick up gifts that are truly one-of-a-kind and are sure to please everyone on your list.
Explore quaint boutiques for trendy clothing and jewellery pieces, select fine local wines, pick up handcrafted home decor pieces, fresh flowers, natural skin care products, hand-made pottery, homemade fudge, sweet local honey, artisan candles and more!
While you are out and about snap a photo of yourself at a local holiday open house, a photo of a product purchased at an Elgin County retailer, or a photo at a holiday event in the County and post it on Instagram with the hashtag #ShopElgin. Each week we'll randomly select an entry to win a gift certificate to a local business. Learn more about the rules at the link below:


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Equity Residential to Acquire 60% of Archstone
Equity Residential to Acquire 60% of Archstone
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Equity Residential (NYS: EQR) today announced that the company and AvalonBay Communities, Inc. ("AvalonBay") (NYS: AVB) have entered into an agreement with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ("Lehman") to acquire, for approximately $16 billion, the assets and liabilities of Archstone Enterprise LP ("Archstone"), which consists principally of a portfolio of high-quality apartment properties in major markets in the United States. Under the terms of the agreement, Equity Residential will acquire approximately 60% of Archstone's assets and liabilities and AvalonBay will acquire approximately 40% of Archstone's assets and liabilities. The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of 2013.
The combined purchase price for the assets consists of (i) $2.7 billion in cash, (ii)a fixed number ofshares of Equity Residential and AvalonBay's common shares valued at $3.8 billion as of the market's close on Friday, November 23, 2012, and (iii) the assumption of approximately $9.5 billion of debt and $330 million of preferred equity. Of the debt to be assumed, approximately $8.6 billion is held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, each of which has agreed to the assumption of this debt by Equity Residential and AvalonBay.
"Archstone's assets will fit perfectly into the Equity Residential portfolio, further improve the overall quality of our assets and add scale to our operating platform in our core markets," said David J. Neithercut, Equity Residential's President and CEO. "Furthermore, by funding much of this acquisition with proceeds from the sale of assets in our non-core, exit markets, we are accelerating the completion of the total transformation of our portfolio. As a result, Equity Residential's future earnings and shareholder return will be derived from the highest quality assets in the nation's high-barrier, high-growth coastal markets."
Archstone Assets being acquired by Equity Residential
Equity Residential will acquire 78 wholly-owned stabilized operating properties, consisting of 23,110 apartment units with an average monthly rent of $2,492 per unit. The transaction values the residential portion of these stabilized operating properties at $367,003 per apartment unit. The capitalization (cap) rate is approximately 5.0%. When adjusted for transaction costs and the debt mark-to-market, the cap rate would be approximately 4.7%.
Summary of Operating Properties Being Acquired by Equity Residential:
|Washington, D.C.
|San Francisco
|Southern California
|New York
|South Florida
|All Other Markets
In addition, Equity Residential will acquire four properties currently under development, one each in the Washington D.C. metro area, San Francisco, Phoenix and South Florida, and 15 land sites primarily in its core markets to be held for future development. The company will also acquire a 60% interest in a joint venture with AvalonBay described below.
The following table depicts the company's investment in the operating properties, development properties and joint ventures:
|Acquisition Value
|(in thousands)
Consolidated stabilized assets
Development properties under construction
Land held for future development and development rights
Net equity in unconsolidated joint ventures plus allocable venture debt
The following table provides the percentage of net operating income ("NOI") generated during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, by market for all operating properties and pro forma combined with the Archstone portfolio.
Equity Residential
Pro Forma
% of 2012 YTD
% of 2012 YTD
% of 2012 YTD
|Washington D.C.
|Southern California
|New York
|San Francisco
|South Florida
|All Other Markets
Transaction Funding
Equity Residential will pay its portion of the transaction consideration with $2.016 billion in cash and the issuance of 34,468,085 common shares to Lehman. In addition, the company will be responsible for approximately $5.5 billion of consolidated and unconsolidated secured debt (exclusive of an approximate $300 million mark-to-market adjustment), including $5.1 billion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac secured debt for which consent to assume has already been obtained.
The company has also obtained a commitment from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. to provide a $2.5 billion bridge loan facility.
Equity Residential intends to fund a substantial portion of the acquisition with proceeds from asset sales. Equity Residential intends to use proceeds from approximately $3.0 billion to $4.0 billion in asset sales in exit markets such as Atlanta, Orlando, Phoenix and Jacksonville and from the sale of non-core assets in other markets between now and the end of 2013, most of which are intended to be structured as tax free exchanges. Of this amount, the company expects to close approximately $1.0 billion of its asset sales by the close of the Archstone transaction and expects that Archstone will sell approximately $750 million of assets that were to be acquired by Equity Residential prior to the close of the transaction, reducing Equity Residential's purchase price by a like amount. The company then intends to sell approximately $2.0 billion to $3.0 billion in the balance of 2013, depending on market and other conditions. Equity Residential currently has approximately $400 million of assets under contract for sale; approximately $250 million under letter of intent and over $2.0 billion in various stages of marketing, with several billion dollars of additional assets identified and ready to begin the marketing process. The company can make no assurance that it will be able to complete its intended dispositions in the amount targeted, in the time frame expected, on attractive terms, or at all.
Other expected sources of capital to fund the transaction include cash on hand, available borrowings under the company's $1.75 billion revolving credit facility, issuances of common shares, debt financing, including potential new term loans or issuances of unsecured debt.
Earnings Guidance
The company is reaffirming its 2012 Normalized FFO guidance range of $2.74 to $2.78 per share.
The company currently anticipates no change to the 4% to 5% same store revenue growth expectation that it has previously provided for 2013.
The company expects that its 2013 Normalized Funds from Operations will be reduced by up to $0.04 per share because of the Archstone transaction, primarily due to the company's planned disposition activity. Normalized FFO begins with Funds from Operations (as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts) and eliminates certain items that by their nature are not comparable from period to period or that tend to obscure the company's operating performance. Transaction expenses, prepayment penalties and other similar non-comparable items relating to the Archstone transaction are excluded from the computation of Normalized FFO. The estimated change in Normalized FFO set forth above is forward looking and is based on estimates and assumptions made by management and may change materially due to, among other things, the actual timing and amount of the dispositions, pricing, changes in interest rates, changes in the operating environment and other unanticipated changes. Equity Residential expects to provide guidance for 2013 Funds from Operations and Normalized Funds from Operations as part of its Fourth Quarter 2012 earnings release on Tuesday, February 5, 2013.
Joint Venture Arrangements with AvalonBay
As previously discussed in this press release, certain Archstone assets primarily comprised of its interests in unconsolidated joint ventures that own apartment properties in various U.S. markets as well as Archstone's interest in a portfolio of apartment communities in Germany, will be placed in a joint venture co-owned by Equity Residential and AvalonBay. Equity Residential will maintain a 60% interest and AvalonBay will maintain a 40% interest in the joint venture. The companies will co-manage these assets while working towards a liquidation program to preserve and enhance the value of the assets jointly owned. The combined gross value for both companies is approximately $500 million, with a net value (after considering debt at share) of approximately $170 million.
Other Matters
Lehman has entered into certain registration rights and shareholder agreements with Equity Residential under which all the shares issued to Lehman will have a lock up period of 150 days following today's announcement. In addition to other restrictions, as long as Lehman owns more than 5% of Equity Residential's outstanding shares, Lehman will vote their shares in accordance with the recommendations of Equity Residential's Board of Trustees, subject to certain exceptions.
In the event that the Purchase Agreement is terminated by Lehman due to the failure of Equity Residential and AvalonBay to satisfy the conditions to closing, Equity Residential and AvalonBay are jointly and severally liable to pay to Archstone liquidated damages in an amount equal to $650 million, which amount will be increased to $800 million if Equity Residential and AvalonBay extend the closing date beyond 60 days following the date of the Purchase Agreement.
4:30 pm Eastern Conference Call to Discuss the Transaction
There will be a listen only conference call hosted by David J. Neithercut, President and CEO of Equity Residential and Timothy J. Naughton, CEO and President of AvalonBay at 4:30 pm Eastern this afternoon to discuss the transaction. The dial-in number is 866-589-2723 and the conference identification number is 74790864.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC served as Equity Residential's exclusive financial advisor and Hogan Lovells US LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP as its legal advisors on these transactions. Greenhill served as AvalonBay's financial advisor and Goodwin Procter LLP as its legal advisor on these transactions. Gleacher & Company, who acted as lead advisor, along with Citigroup and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC., served as Lehman's financial advisors, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP served as its legal advisor in connection with this transaction.
About Equity Residential
Equity Residential is an S&P 500 company focused on the acquisition, development and management of high quality apartment properties in top U.S. growth markets. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 418 properties located in 13 states and the District of Columbia, consisting of 118,986 apartment units. For more information on Equity Residential, please visit our website at www.equityapartments.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this news release, and other statements that Equity Residential may make, including statements about the transactions described in this release, may contain forward-looking or other statements that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. The statements contained in this news release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding the management of Equity Residential's expectations, beliefs and intentions regarding the consummation of the Archstone acquisition, Equity Residential's financing plans with respect to the Archstone acquisition and the dispositions intended to form a part of such financing plan, including the timing and amount of any dispositions actually completed.All forward-looking statements included in this communication are based on information available to Equity Residential on the date hereof.In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "can," "will," "should," "could," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "intends," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "targets," "goals," "projects," "outlook," "continue," "preliminary," "guidance," or variations of such words, similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what impact they will have on the expected Archstone acquisition or Equity Residential's results of operations or financial condition.Accordingly, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Equity Residential nor any other person can assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of forward-looking statements. There are various important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in any such forward-looking statements, many of which are beyond Equity Residential's control. Equity Residential undertakes no obligation (and expressly disclaims any such obligation) to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. For additional information, please refer to Equity Residential's most recent Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports filed with the SEC.
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Editor's Note: This post is the first in a five-part series exploring the state of Southern Baptist churches today. It is important to first have an idea of where things stand before we can begin to understand where we should be going and what route will take us there. So, accordingly, after we establish this baseline on the state of our churches generally we can then move on to a discussion of what to do about it.
Is This Our Future?
At present there are roughly 16.24 million Southern Baptists (Terry 2009). That sounds pretty good and makes the Southern Baptist Convention America's largest Protestant denomination (Smietana 2010). But what about in the year 2050? Well, that's where things get more interesting and we realize that membership less than 40 years out could be as low as 8.7 million, less than half of where it currently stands (Terry 2009). In fact, the membership of the SBC has been in a pattern of decline since the 1950s (Stetzer 2011). While there wasn't a net loss in membership, a true decrease in the size of the Convention, until the new millennium (with the exception of a hiccup in 1998) a 50-year trend in membership change "shows that the SBC was growing rapidly in the 1950s, growing well in the '60s and '70s, growing slightly in the '80s and '90s, and then the decline started in the new millennium" (Ibid.; emphasis mine). "Growing rapidly…growing well…growing slightly…decline…." We can easily see from this trend how the SBC could lose more than half of its members by the middle of this century.
Unfortunately, the numbers get worse as we dig a little deeper. Out of the 16.24 million current Southern Baptists, how many of them are in a local church on a given Sunday morning? Answer: about 6 million. What about Sunday evening or Wednesday services? Answer: about 1.95 million. That is, on average, 37% of Southern Baptists show up for services on Sunday morning and around 12% are in the pews for other services and church functions (Elliff 2005). In the negative this means that about 63% of us don't mind forsaking the assembling of the saints and the corporate worship of our Lord and Savior at our main worship time and a full 88% of Southern Baptists believe that one hour per week on Sunday morning is sufficient time to worship the King of Glory who ransomed us from sin, death, and hell at the cost of His own precious blood. Now there are certainly many SBC members who have legitimate reasons that they cannot attend (e.g. sickness, military service, etc.) but that small percentage cannot put a dent in these numbers. When it comes down to it we have to admit that most of us are putting other things above at least our scheduled corporate worship times.
In sum, these numbers, especially when considered in light of the general decline in other key indicators such as baptisms, Sunday School enrollment, men and boys mission education enrollment and WMU enrollment, one can certainly see why one commentator was forced to conclude that the Southern Baptist Convention is an unregenerate denomination (Rankin 2006; Elliff 2005).
More Bad News
I wish I could say that our wake up call ended at the numbers discussed above but it doesn't. Our next post in this series will focus on another trend in the SBC that could have much farther reaching implications and that is the growing generation gap in our churches and especially in our leadership. In the meantime, though, I will try to post some encouraging Baptist history to help us all to understand what we can still recover. And, believe me, as bad as these numbers are (and they'll get worse) there is still time to return to our Baptist roots and to watch as the Lord turns these depressing statistics around.
Elliff, Jim. 2005. Southern Baptists, an Unregenerate Denomination. Founders Ministries. http://www.founders.org/library/elliff1.html (accessed January 29, 2012).
Rankin, Russ. 2006. FY 2005 stats: Southern Baptists experience drop in baptisms. Baptist Press. April 19. http://www.baptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?id=23070 (accessed January 29, 2012).
Smietana, Bob. 2010. Southern Baptists buck trend, post most baptisms in 4 years. USA Today. May 20. http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-05-20-southern-baptist_N.htm (accessed January 29, 2012).
Stetzer, Ed. 2011. First-Person: From decline to decision. Baptist Press. June 13. http://www.bpnews.net/BPFirstPerson.asp?ID=35531 (accessed January 29, 2012).
Terry, Bob. 2009. First-Person: 22 million? 14 million? 8 million? What will SBC membership be? Baptist Press. August 20. http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=31111 (accessed January 29, 2012).


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- He had six children
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- A child falling into nettles and seeking comfort from their parents.
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- The poem is composed of a single stanza with alternately rhyming lines
- From the perspective of the father
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- The nettles are compared to 'spears' and a 'regiment of spite'. This makes the nettles look like an aggressive group of attackers, reflecting the poets need to protect his child from the attacking force.
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Michael D Higgins must decide on Wednesday whether the controversial abortion legislation should be sent to the Supreme Court.
The President hauled in former taoisigh and ex-office holders to have their say on the laws after pro-life groups warned they will challenge them in the highest court in the land.
The 21 members of the Council of State were met by angry protesters at the gates of Aras an Uachtarain, who carried rosary beads, held a prayer vigil and sang hymns.
This is the 27th meeting to take place in the history of the State and was called to discuss the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore joined former taoisigh Liam Cosgrave, Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen, former president Mary McAleese, Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett and Senator Paddy Burke.
Former and current members of the judiciary included Susan Denham, Nicholas Kearns, John L Murray, Ronan Keane and Thomas Finlay. Attorney General Maire Whelan also attended.
Former taoisigh Albert Reynolds and John Bruton and former president Mary Robinson were unable to attend.
Mr Cowen arrived in a mini-van from the Office of Public Works instead of his Merc given to him, while Bertie drove himself and walked from the visitor's car park.
The group of advisers included individuals personally appointed by the President including Dublin-born Sally Mulready, a British Labour Party councillor in London, Judge Catherine McGuinness, Prof Gearoid O Tuathaigh, Ruairi McKiernan, Prof Gerard Quinn, solicitor and civil rights activist Michael Farrell and Prof Deirdre Heenan.
Convening the Council of State and referring legislation to the Supreme Court is one of few powers the resident has.
If Mr Higgins asks the Supreme Court to test the laws and it is found to adhere to the Constitution, it will never be open to challenge once enshrined into law.
Speaking to the Irish Mirror last week, he said: "I called the Council of State in accordance with my constitutional right under article 26.
"I think that after the council meets and I have heard their opinions, I am left with a decision as to how it is best to proceed. That's where it is."
Once enacted, the laws will provide for a woman's right to an abortion if her life is at risk, including suicide.


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FORUM2015: Getting Readers to Go Beyond the "Like" Button
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You read an article about someone in need, it moves you, and you want to help. But you don't know how. Sure, sometimes a link to a nonprofit is included at the end, but can't the media do more to tell us how to help?
Yes, said Michael Skoler of Public Radio International and PRI.org, who led a spirited lunchtime discussion, "Moving Beyond the 'Like' Button," at the Skoll World Forum Thursday.
"If what we report is not important or relevant enough to make people pause and consider action — and if we don't help them find meaningful actions — then all we are doing is adding to the relentless stream of information. Worse yet, we may be sending the message that little can, or should, be done," Skoler said.
Skoler and his colleague David Beard shared some fascinating case studies, and one big idea: Include a box with a call to action. It works.
My favorite case study? The story about the Detroit man who walks 21 miles to and from work. In case you didn't read the article, which went viral and caused thousands of people to donate money to him, it began in the Detroit Free Press.
"The paper was unprepared," Beard said. "There was no causal connection."
PRI.org, with a grant from the Knight Prototype Fund, is exploring how to make it easier for people to directly respond to stories like the Detroit one by displaying user actions within the story.
The session participants – mostly journalists – shared their own insights, including a debate about whether or not comment sections are worth the time and effort to manage.


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History - The State Highway Administration owns the Lake and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fishing and Boating Services, Freshwater Fisheries Division has been solicited by Wicomico County to provide management advice on the impoundment. Fiscal resources for this work and maintenance of the grounds comes from fishing license sales and the Federal Aid and Restoration Fund (Dingell-Johnson Act).
Physical/Habitat Descriptions - Adkins Mill Pond is a 4 acre impoundment in south central Wicomico County. The pond is tannic and shallow with the deepest area near the upper reaches of the pond. The upper reaches of the pond are heavily forested with some bald cypress. Four walking trails exist for accessing this area. There is a picnic pavilion, modern restrooms and a dock for public use.
Fish Species - Adkins Mill Pond supports a standard bass/bluegill (largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill) fishery and is managed accordingly. Anglers may also occasionally catch other species including: pumpkinseed sunfish, brown bullhead catfish, golden shiners, creek chubsucker, black crappie, chain pickerel and common carp, bluespotted sunfish and American eel.
Restrictions - No gas motors greater than 10 horsepower are permitted on the lake. Camping and swimming are not permitted.
From Annapolis - US Rt.50 east towards Easton/Ocean City. Make right onto Rt. 350 (Mt. Hermon Rd.) in Salisbury towards Powellville. Make left onto Rt. 354 (Willards Whiton Rd.) pond will be on your left.
From Elkton - Take Rt. 213 south to Rt.313 in Galena. Take this to US Rt 301 South. Take Rt.213 (Wye Mills) and take a left onto US Route 50 East towards Easton/Ocean City. Make right onto Rt. 350 (Mt. Hermon Rd.) in Salisbury towards Powellville. Make left onto Rt. 354 (Willards Whiton Rd.) pond will be on your left.
Contact Us - Any questions, comments or suggestions about the fisheries management on Adkins Mill Pond can be directed to:
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Fishing and Boating Services
Unicorn Lake Fish Hatchery
110 Fishing Lake Lane, Millington, MD. 21651
Phone 410-928-3643
580 Taylor Ave, Annapolis MD 21401


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HUBB UK 2014 Adventure Travellers Meeting
At the weekend I managed to get to the HUBBUK 2014 event. For those not in the know, the aim of HUBB is to inspire, inform and connect overland adventure travellers.
HUBB laid on a first class event with a huge presentation schedule, so camping out for the weekend was a great opportunity to test any equipment recently purchased and to mingle with like minded folk. There were many presentations taking place, but for me it had to be the one by Austin Vince that stood out amongst all others. He's like a cross between the manager from the Phone Shop and Mr Gilbert from The Inbetweeners. He gives no ordinary talk. It's like watching proper dry stand up comedy. Austin certainly knows how to keep an audience engaged and more importantly, transmit information in a language they understand.
Of course, my main reason for attending was to draw inspiration for my trip to Ukraine by motorcycle next year. Many there are seasoned travellers and this was an ideal opportunity to put the feelers out. I didn't have to feel for long. Whilst attending a presentation I got talking to Rod Shaw. Rod seemed fascinated in my trip to Ukraine next year so hopefully we may be able to put some plans together between us.
So whilst basking in the sun with a beer in hand, I came across the legendary Ted Simon of Jupiter's Travels fame. Ted's wife is Ukrainian (coincidentally!) and his bike is now on display at the Coventry Transport Museum.
All in all a great weekend. Big thanks must go to all those involved and in particular Sam Manicom and co-organiser Iain Harper for helping to arrange things.


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TEQUESTA — William T. Dwyer, a former vice president of Pratt & Whitney and a community leader, died at his Tequesta home Tuesday after a lengthy illness. He was 58.
Mr. Dwyer was honored last month for his activism when the Urban League of Palm Beach County named its West Palm Beach headquarters after him.
He had served in the league, which strives to further the rights and improve the living conditions of blacks, since its incorporation in the early 1970s, and was in his second term as chairman.
Mr. Dwyer received numerous business awards and awards from local organizations.
After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1949, Mr. Dwyer joined the FBI and worked there about 10 years.
He joined Pratt & Whitney in 1962 in the security department and became vice president of personnel in 1967. By the late 1970s, he had become vice president of community and government relations, a job that included lobbying in Tallahassee and working with community groups.
Failing health forced Mr. Dwyer to retire from the aircraft company in the late summer of 1984.
Survivors include his wife, Terry; two daughters, Patricia Dwyer of Glendale, Ca., and Mary Ann Dwyer of Summit, N.J.; six sons, Ken of Palm Beach Gardens, Joe of Jupiter, Bill and Tom of Tequesta, Terrence of Atlanta and John of West Palm Beach; two brothers, Raymond of Winter Springs and Charles of Hendersonville, N.C.; and one sister, Dorothea Johnson of Chicago.
There will be a funeral Mass on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Jude`s Catholic Church at 204 U.S. 1 in Tequesta. Burial will follow at Queen of Peace Cemetery at 10941 Southern Blvd., west of West Palm Beach.


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Balsamic Baked Carrots
Have you seen our Monday Night Live Streams? If not, I think you may be missing out on something pretty radical. Each Monday on Instagram (@TheAllergyChef) we stream live. We cook and bake live, and answer any questions you may have. We talk about recipes, substitutions, and all things food allergies. There's also lots of humor mixed in. Be sure to check our Instagram account for the latest details each Monday. This delicious dish was made a few weeks ago, and our good friends have had nothing but rave reviews for it.
Allergy Status: Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Grain Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Yeast Free, Corn Free, Onion & Garlic Free, Cane/Refined Sugar Free, Low Histamine, Vegan, Paleo, GAPs, AIP, Diabetic, SCD Compatible
For SCD: Use Organic Date Sugar
For Corn Free: Source Safe Ingredients Read More
Allergy Free, Simple Rabbit Stew
I thought this would be really nice to try for myself. It was rather delicious, but I also ended up having a serious allergic reaction to one of the ingredients. I'm still not sure which, but I have my suspicions. However, the kids, especially Kid Four and The Papa really enjoyed this stew.
Allergy Status: Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Yeast Free, Onion Free, Cane/Refined Sugar Free, Low Histamine, Diabetic Read More
Allergy Free Comforting Chicken & Rice
This dish came together as one of those, "use what's in the fridge" types of meals. I only used a small amount of asparagus since around here, it's considered a bad word. I'm working on that by the way, lol. Here's the best part though: after I had everything ready, I asked everyone to sample, and they were just so pleased. The Papa said that it's not a dish that knocks you off your feet with flavor, but at the same time, it's just so comforting to eat. In fact, he told me several times that evening that "Dinner was just so comforting. We should have that again soon." Coming from him, and knowing that asparagus was involved, it was quite the compliment. So, from our kitchen to yours, here's a comforting dish for the family to enjoy.
Allergy Status: Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Yeast Free, Diabetic, Low Histamine, Corn Free Compatible, Paleo Compatible, GAPs Compatible, AIP Compatible, SCD Compatible
For Corn Free: Source safe ingredients. SnoPac makes a frozen green bean, if you can find it in a store near you.
For Paleo, GAPs, AIP, and SCD: Use cauliflower rice. Read More
AIP Allergy Friendly Fish Sticks & Sweet Potato Dip
Do you remember our first post with Constructive Eating? We are still very much in love with their product, and today is the last day to save on their product with the code the created for our readers (not an affiliate link). Visit ConstructiveEating.com and when you check out, use the code Allergy15 and save 15% on your order! How nice is that? The code will expire June 1st, 2017.
The recipe that I'm sharing today is easy to make, and something that our youngest child was in love with. Keep in mind, she doesn't like fish. What makes me even happier is its allergy friendly status. This one is safe for SO many people.
Allergy Status: Gluten/Wheat Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Yeast Free, Onion & Garlic Free, Cane/Refined Sugar Free, Corn Free, Paleo, AIP, Diabetic, Low Histamine, GAPs Compatible
For Corn Free: Be sure to source safe ingredients, specifically the potato and white fish.
For GAPs: Use an approved flour, and serve with a squash and carrot blend. Read More
Allergy & Grain Free Veggie Stuffed Pork & Cauliflower Rice
We teamed up with Bentology to bring you this recipe (and another that will be posted soon). They have a really great lunch product you may enjoy. The premise is that it helps with portion control. Their bento-style lunch box comes with 5 containers, each with an image of what should go inside, such as vegetables. It's a great visual reminder for adults who want to eat healthy. I personally like simply because it's bento-style. Be sure to check out our Instagram account, @theallergychef, for a giveaway of their product.
Allergy Status: Gluten/Wheat Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Yeast Free, Cane/Refined Sugar Free, Paleo, Diabetic, AIP, GAPs, SCD Compatible, Corn Free Compatible, Low Histamine
For SCD: Drizzle organic honey or organic date sugar instead of organic maple sugar
For Corn Free: Source safe ingredients. You will need to investigate any packaged condiments, or make your own. Read More
Allergy Free Bison Cinnamon Meatballs
Before we get started, Constructive Eating sent us their product, free of charge, to be used and reviewed. Alright, let's get talking. This product… it's EPIC. You know how honest I am. I'd never say that unless I meant it. The Papa, The Kids, and I all have our eyes on the eating utensils, lol. I can say that for the most part, we've been quite blessed with having kids that weren't too picky when it comes to eating. However, our oldest, up until about age 10 could be a problem. I suppose the others were a bit picky in their early years too. I am over the moon in love with the concept behind this product. It's simply way too cool if you have a picky eater. Now, I know some of you come from the background of "not playing with your food" however, have you seen the plates? As a graphic designer, I would have loved to have this when the kids were younger so I could make my own inserts. It would have been never ending fun for me, and them.
The inserts that we have seen are the ABCs, and different kid themes such as space, the beach, the farm, etc. There was also a place-mat included, but honestly, the other items totally overshadowed the place-mat. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice addition to the set, especially if you want your child to have the full experience. As an adult with older kids reviewing it, I could take it or leave it. The utensils on the other hand, I REALLY want to take them for myself. They're just too cool.
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Today, I present you with M is for Meatball. This was a recipe that turned out really well. It was my first time working with ground bison, and the kids, and the extended family, all really enjoyed this creation.
Allergy Status: Gluten/Wheat Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Yeast Free, Corn Free, Rice Free, Refined Sugar Free, Nightshade Free, Paleo, AIP, Low Histamine, Diabetic Friendly, GAPs Compatible, SCD Compatible
Corn Free: Always remember to use brands that are safe for you, especially meat
GAPs: Use an alternative approved flour of choice. If coconut, use 2 TBSP.
SCD: Omit flour and water. Read More
Allergy Free Jazzed up Chicken Hotdogs (Beef Version Too)
Did you know that Kid Two is allergic to beef? It's why most of our recipes that have meat are turkey and chicken based. However, when we purchased our stove, pots, and pans, it made starting fresh and dividing the kitchen awesome. Everyone else likes beef, for the most part. Now, we're able to safely make them a beef version of something (even though I don't do this very often yet). It also means we can save a little money by not having them eat the allergy-friendly meats, especially hotdogs, which can sometimes be more expensive. This was one of those times.
I like showing the kids the different things they can do with hotdogs, since it's "easy" for them (no meat to trim and prep, etc.). Kids in general like hotdogs, but personally, I feel like the meal is too easy… like somehow I've cheated everyone because I boiled hotdogs and served them. Yet, if the kids boil the exact same hotdogs, I sing their praises for taking initiative. LOL. I really crack myself up. This time I opted to make something that I felt would be fancy and healthy. I had several items from Costco that I wanted to put to good use, and I'm glad I did.
Allergy Status: Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Yeast Free, Paleo Compatible, Refined/Cane Sugar Free Compatible, Diabetic Compatible, GAPs Compatible, SCD Compatible, Low Histamine Compatible
For Sugar Free, Paleo, Diabetic, AIP, GAPs, SCD, and Low Histamine: Follow the beef recipe, or use fresh chicken rather than the hotdogs. Read More
Peach & Blackberry Mini Pies
It's not very often that I get to share something that I make for me. This is one of those times. I wasn't able to eat it much, but let me tell you, it was such a nice thing to try. If you haven't heard of Inna Jam, go check them out. It's SOOOO delicious. They source some of their fruit from a safe area for me, so it's worth trying, even if the test fails.
To give you an idea of how delicious this was, when it came out of the oven, I ate it… nearly piping hot. It was just sooo goooodd. I couldn't stop myself. So I proceeded to make a couple more for the following days. Truthfully, I liked the filling more than the crust, and the crust standalone wasn't that awesome. Overall, it was worth it. Well worth it. The filling really helps mask the parts of the crust I wasn't in love with.
Allergy Status: Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Corn Free, Yeast Free, Vegan, Low Histamine Read More
Allergy Free, Organic, Vegan, Sweet Vegetables
The inspiration from this came from a deep desire to create more vegan recipes. It breaks my heart sometimes because there's a lot of social debate about the word, and lifestyle, vegan. However, it means a lot of different things to a lot different people. For example, there are some people who make the honest choice to be a vegan to save animals. Others have a medical condition, and have to eat a vegan diet. Then there are those that happen to benefit from the word vegan: those with food allergies. If you have an egg and dairy allergy (and no others), you can eat vegan by default. This can make it very clear when ordering from a restaurant, or trying something new in the grocery store.
I personally see the GIANT Venn Diagram that is the food allergy/lifestyle/dietary differences. There's so many overlaps, but depending on why you're on a path, you may not realize there are many others that can join you. I like to tell people it's a language disconnect. Since people are approaching it from a different perspective, they go with what they know. It's why I try so hard to break down those walls, and say hey, you can all enjoy this meal together. So, get cooking, and get to enjoying.
Allergy Status: Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Yeast Free, Refined/Cane Sugar Free, Diabetic Friendly, Low Histamine Read More
Allergy Free Beet Stir Fry v2.0
If you've ever seen our Cookbooks, you'll know that we have Beet Stir Fry. The kids call it Red Heaven. I kid you not, that's what they call it. Like always, I think they're messing around with me, but apparently, Beet Stir Fry is just epic. Now, let's be honest, half the fun of having a blog like this is doing something different. If I always made Beet Stir Fry the same old way, there wouldn't be much to share with you. So, I decided to take something old and turn it into something new. Although I really love making new concepts, playing with old favorites is great too. This one was quite special, and the kids loved it so much.
Traditional Beet Stir Fry uses red beets, so I opted for gold beets this time around. I also added in ingredients such as mushroom and green onion to add new depths of flavor. If you're not a huge beet fan, try steaming one and eating it with salt. When I was first introducing the kids to beets, I did this, and they thought it tasted like a rich buttery potato. Then I introduced them to Beet Stir Fry (which isn't really stir fry at all), and there was no turning back.
Allergy Status: Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Soy Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Yeast Free, Refined/Cane Sugar Free, Low Histamine, Diabetic Friendly, Paleo Compatible, GAPs Compatible, AIP Compatible, SCD Compatible
For Paleo, GAPs, AIP, SCD: Serve over cauliflower rice, or your favorite rice alternative. Zoodles would work well too. Read More


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I call it "the year of hell." It started in May when my uncle died unexpectedly. A few days later my mother had a fire in her house, leaving it uninhabitable. (Thankfully, Mom was able to move back in at the end of the summer.) In September a very close friend of our family died after a months-long battle with cancer. A few days later, it was Mom. An aunt who had been in a nursing home left us about two months later. She had been in very ill health, but still, it was another. Then, before a year had passed, one of my younger brothers was gone.
Our father had died four years earlier, and I had always liked to imagine that he was with my grandparents and his brother and sister that had gone on before him—but I was never certain that I actually believed it deep down inside. A couple of things happened during that year of hell that made me doubt it less.
Our mother had had heart problems for several years and, because of some very concerning symptoms, had gone in for some tests. I called her in the evening two days later to find out if the results were back—they weren't. We had a nice conversation and I said I'd talk to her, as usual, on Saturday. My brother called early the next morning to tell us Mom had died. He had found her on the couch the next morning, looking as if she were asleep—with the phone lying next to her. Mom had always been afraid of serious illness and, if her heart were giving out, she probably would have ended up in the hospital undergoing all kinds of procedures that would have terrified her. I believe that Dad came to get her before that could happen.
Our brother Michael, who was 36 years old, had Down's Syndrome and had been diagnosed with an enlarged heart a few years earlier, but I think we had all put that out of our minds. My youngest brother had him home for the weekend, as usual, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But sometime during the night Michael packed all of his clothes—even his pillow—which was not something he usually did. Early that morning my sister-in-law found him on the floor among his young nieces and nephews (whom he loved dearly)—it looked like they were all asleep. But Michael had left us. I have little doubt that somehow Mom and Dad told him he was going to come be with them, so he figured he'd better pack his things.
So this is what I believe—I believe that there is so much more in this world than what we can see and hear and touch. I believe that love is one of the strongest forces in our universe. I believe that the soul does not die. And I believe that Mom and Dad and our brother are together…somewhere.
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LOUISVILLE, KY – UPS has placed an order for 167 CNG delivery trucks and took delivery of 139 new propane delivery trucks for its North American delivery service. In addition, the company has launched an initiative to use biodiesel fuel in its ground support vehicles at its air hub in Louisville, Ky. UPS' worldwide AFV fleet includes 1,629 vehicles, the largest such private fleet in the transportation industry. The fleet includes CNG, LNG, propane, electric, and hybrid electric vehicles. UPS already operates 800 CNG delivery trucks in the United States and plans to locate the new CNG vehicles in Dallas; Atlanta; Los Angeles; Ontario, Calif.; San Ramon, Calif.; and Fresno, Calif.
The propane vehicles will join the nearly 600 propane trucks already operating in Canada and Mexico. The propane and CNG trucks currently in the UPS fleet were converted from gasoline and diesel vehicles in the 1980s to run on alternative fuels. The new trucks are originally manufactured for alternative fuel use. The chassis for the CNG trucks are being purchased in two sizes from Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation.
The trucks will feature engines from Cummins Westport that are expected to yield a 20 percent emissions reduction and 10 percent improvement in fuel economy over the cleanest diesel engines available in the market today. The new propane-powered vehicles were manufactured by Workhorse Custom Chassis and feature the latest technology in clean burning propane engines provided by Baytech Corporation. The biodiesel initiative in Louisville is being funded with the support of a $515,000 federal grant that is helping to offset some of the cost of building a fuel infrastructure at the airport. The infrastructure will provide B-5, a five percent biodiesel blend, to operate 366 UPS ground support vehicles starting early in 2008.


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Global Economic Crisis is really a big problem and if this continues, what will happen to us? Many companies either big or small, local or international have started to reduce the number of their employees. Recession here, there and everywhere has started and many people have lost their jobs. If this economic problem persist, many people will become jobless.
Investors either local or foreign were encouraged by the government to invest here in the Philippines. They were encouraged to put up or established a business here because the more business means the more jobs will be available for people.
This economic meltdown is really devastating. More and more companies are shutting down and declaring bankruptcy and resulted to the loss of hundreds of jobs for their employees. Without jobs, how can we help our families survive?
Money is indeed important to all. It is a necessity. Without money we can't survive right? That's why we have to work to earn it. But with economic dilemma like this then how can we go on with our lives?
Many companies like Philamlife have said that they will still continue to provide their customers and distributors with the highest level of service. They have assured that there will be no problem concerning about their funds and that they are financially sound or secured even if ther mother company is AIG who has it's own financial issues.
Customers/Investors should really not lose the trust and confidence they have built in with the company where they have invested their money. And as for the companies either big or small must reassure their customers/distributors/investors that they're well-capitalized and have back-up plans to make sure that they can still continue to provide and meet their needs.