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HARRISONBURG, Va. and KITCHENER, Ontario.—“It’s one of the blessings of life to share ourselves with each other.” So writes Old Order Mennonite compiler Lucy Leid in her introduction to Gather around the Amish Table, a cookbook released by Herald Press in August.
Gather around the Amish Table is an updated edition of Leid’s previous compilation, Countryside Cooking & Chatting released by Herald Press back in 2006. In light of the perennial popularity of Amish and Mennonite cookbooks, editors updated and retitled Countryside Cooking & Chatting, added new full color photography, and retested and revised recipes.
Recipes vary from family sized dishes to the 120 pies and 50 pounds of roast beef required for a barn-raising. Accompanying the recipes and simple step-by-step instructions are stories submitted by the same cooks who shared their recipes.
Leid has included her own kitchen tips spread throughout Gather around the Amish Table, from adding wheat germ to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches healthier to suggestions about how to use water left over from boiling eggs.
Melissa Engle was food photographer with Cherise Harper serving as food stylist. The two women also worked on recent Herald Press cookbook updates: Mennonite Community Cookbook 65th Anniversary Edition, Extending the Table Revised Edition, and Simply in Season 10th Anniversary Edition.
Leid lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where she and her husband run an evergreen nursery and belong to a local Old Order Mennonite church community, the Groffdale Conference, and use horse and buggy transportation.
“As I paged through the recipes and poured over the photos in Gather around the Amish Table, I found myself thinking again and again, I’ve just got to try this! There are so many recipes in here just waiting to become new family favorites,” says Georgia Varozza, author of Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook.
Gather around the Amish Table is available in paperback for $19.99 USD from MennoMedia at 800-245-7894 or www.MennoMedia.org, as well as at bookstores everywhere.
HARRISONBURG, Va., and KITCHENER, Ontario—Amid increased consumer demand for local foods and growing concern about processed food products, Simply in Season: Tenth Anniversary Edition invites readers to celebrate the gifts of garden, farm, and market around their tables.
The new edition of Simply in Season cookbook contains colorful photographs of seasonal dishes and an expanded fruit and vegetable guide that outlines every step of care for produce once it is out of the garden, from storage to preparation. Accompanying these descriptions are some identifying characteristics, nutrition facts, and selection guidelines for each fruit or vegetable.
Written by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert, the cookbook will be released in late May and is part of the World Community Cookbook series published by Herald Press in cooperation with Mennonite Central Committee.
“Many excellent cookbooks have come along in support of the local food revolution, but there is still not a better one than this,” says Steven L. Hopp, coauthor of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle with his spouse, Barbara Kingsolver.
Originally published in 2005, the book has over 141,000 copies in print. Readers will still find the accessible recipes of the previous edition, along with stories that provide insight into the world of sustainability.
Menu suggestions frame each of the seasonally based chapters in this new edition, including a weeknight menu for quick preparation, a weekend menu for entertaining, and a vegetarian menu. In addition, qualifying recipes are now labelled as gluten-free or vegetarian for quicker identification.
While some parts of the cookbook have changed, the components of Simply in Season that first won a spot on kitchen shelves remain. The recipes are accompanied by anecdotes on such topics as sustainability and gardening practices. A recipe like Pork Apricot Skillet, for instance, includes information about how different farming conditions and diets affect animals. Another short piece looks at which fruits are easiest to grow at home.
Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert coauthored the book, with help from submissions from all over North America. Lind is a nutritional consultant and dietician, and helped found a Christian retreat center called Mountain Retreat. She works as a market gardener in West Virginia. Hockman-Wert lives in Corvallis, Oregon, where she works as a journalist and is an avid farmers’ market shopper. Both authors show commitment to Simply in Season’s mission of sustainable, healthful food in their daily lives. The book was originally commissioned by Mennonite Central Committee, with the MCC portion of royalties helping nourish people around the world.
Simply in Season: Tenth Anniversary Edition hardcover/spiral edition is available for $24.99 USD from MennoMedia at 800-245-7894 or www.MennoMedia.org and at local bookstores.

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It is common for the term ‘micromanagement’ to be associated with managers aggressively intervening to conduct actions on behalf of their subordinates.
The subordinates notice a loss of control and autonomy over their ability to execute actions. The experience can be debilitating for many and some may even feel demoralised, vulnerable, and even bullied.
However, there is another dimension to micromanagement, which is rarely discussed or acknowledged. This is when the offending project manager micromanages the ideas of subordinates, or in the worst-case scenario dominates their ability to think and produce concepts.
Instead of providing guidelines and etching out boundaries of concepts, the project manager controls the entire process of building the concept from inception to completion.
Under the pretext of challenging and brainstorming the idea, the project manager embarks on a painstaking process to supplant ideas into the minds of subordinates.
No matter how weak or skewed the ideas may seem, they are gradually implanted into the minds of the subordinates until their minds are intellectually colonised.
Any resistance from the subordinates, no matter how justified it is, is met with ridicule and endless debates that quickly digress into accusations about the subordinates’ inability to comprehend the wider picture, or understand what executives really want.
If flaws in the idea are pointed out by employees of higher rank, the idea is immediately revised, but the mistakes are never admitted before the project team.
Those subordinates – who possess a superior understanding about the idea under discussion – rapidly learn that efforts to persuade are futile and they eventually capitulate.
Others, who refuse to be browbeaten into submission, are hounded until they resist no more, or are isolated.
Because concepts take time to manufacture and polish, subordinates discover the repetitive invasion of intellectual privacy undermines their ability to control their own thinking.
This is an earth-shattering experience and leaves an indelible mark on the psychological state of subordinates. There is little doubt that this form of micromanagement is far worse than micromanaging actions.
The intellectual tyranny leaves subordinates broken and imprisoned within the mind-set of the micromanager. Subordinates lose motivation, team morale diminishes, and conviction to publicise the idea to a broader audience is permanently lost.
Subordinates have no real options other than become like zombies, or look elsewhere for employment. But in the epoch of economic uncertainty, the search for alternative employment can be a long torturous wait.
The lack of spirit and vigour is easily detected by other teams, but most fail to interpret these signs and dismiss the root cause (the meddling micromanager) as being too idealistic, or impractical for implementation.
HR managers follow in the footsteps of their colleagues and fail to diagnose the tell-tale signs of intellectual dictatorship, and treat the problem of poor team morale through standard employee engagement methods.
The wise project manager is the one who implants the seeds of the idea in the subordinates and instils within them the confidence and freedom to develop and nurture the idea, based on a few specified guidelines.
In this manner, subordinates feel the idea belongs to them, and they develop conviction to defend the idea before others. The same principle should apply to actions.
If there is a need to micromanage, it should be applicable to objectives only. Project managers all too often set objectives but panic when they discover that the objectives are not being met. Hence, they scurry to take control of their subordinates’ actions, or seize ownership of their subordinates’ minds.
However, if they had micromanaged the objectives and provided feedback and direction on a periodic basis, then there would be no need for project managers to micro-manage ideas and actions.


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Nigeran comedian Ali Baba has taken to social media to bemoan the terrible judicial state in the country.
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All vehicles in New York must be registered to be on the road. Several documents are required to do this as well as a trip to your local Department of Motor Vehicles office. Make sure you come prepared to the DMV with all the necessary paperwork and documentation.
You or your business must register and title at a Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) office any vehicle you own or lease.
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A NYS Driver License, Permit, or Non-Driver ID card that is current or not expired for more than 2 years can serve as proof of both identity and age. If you don’t have one of these, see other kinds of proof.
Your insurance company gives you 2 barcoded NYS Insurance ID Cards and will send an electronic notice of coverage to the DMV. The Insurance Cards and the electronic notice together verify your coverage. We need both.
To register a vehicle for a business or organization, you also need to bring proof of incorporation.
Call us Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM (except holidays).
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The use of ultimates can be a dangerous thing. Calling anything or anyone something that generally ends in the suffix est, or some variation thereof, is almost like a call to arms. There will inevitably be someone(s) else who will assert that the item or person under the magnifying glass of being the best, the worst, the mightiest, etc. is not deserving at all and that the honor (or whatever) should, in fact, go to another person, place, or thing. When these absolutes are applied to the arts, which really shouldn’t be judged that way, then it can all become dicey indeed.
In line with all of this, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has bestowed its award on the worthy (or not) for the better part of a century. No organization should know better the pitfalls of naming absolutes, since that’s what awards do by their very definition. Keeping that in mind, it is no surprise at all that every year, without fail, there are some (often many somes) who proclaim that the Academy doesn’t know what it’s doing or is doing it for the wrong reasons and the best was not rewarded at all.
All of this leads to the point of this article. While the idea of simply naming a group of works or people as outstanding and simply saying that good jobs were done and leaving it at that is admirable, human beings thrive on the excitement of competition and the ideas of winning and losing.
The National Board of Review, the oldest US organization awarding good work in film, tried just naming a list of deserving works and workers in film in 1943 (as did TV’s Emmy awards in 1966 and which the distinguished George Foster Peabody awards, TV’s highest honors always has) and had to go back to competition the next year due to lack of interest. However, as stated people often get mad if something/one they consider deserving doesn’t win.
Sometimes, such as the case of 1952’s Best Picture winner, The Greatest Show on Earth (a winner due far more to blacklist era politics than anything else), there is no logic or excuse in terms of quality.
However, there are a number of films with the term “Oscar winning Best Picture” attached to them that, if not the best, are really pretty decent films, and might well be thought of as such if that onus wasn’t on them. This article wishes to focus on those films. The thesis here isn’t that they deserved their awards, just that they deserve a break.
Perhaps the Academy’s greatest flaw throughout the years is the fact that the members often vote with an eye towards posterity, thinking often about how choices will look to future generations, thus causing those members to play it safe and go for safe-sounding prestige efforts which will surely reflect glory back upon the choosers.
Going for Art with a capital A sounds good but that can be so dicey since art can so easily be confused with pretention and, also, those trying for art for art’s sake (as MGM’s motto supposedly exhorted) can so often create something with no pulse at all. That was all brought into play with the choice of the 1932/33 season (the last year the Academy used a theatrical season calendar).
That period of time brought some fine, lively films. The horror/special effects classic King Kong and the eternally fun, low-ish down musical 42nd Street still live on vibrantly in popular culture (though only the latter was even nominated).
If one prefers a higher brow, Little Women, a case study in how to adapt a genteel literary classic and still have it come out interestingly was a nominee, though, sadly, Queen Christina and Dinner at Eight, two other efforts which could be labeled “prestige” didn’t get noticed at all (the timing of the calendar might have caused that) and those films still look wonderful. Then there is the winner…. Cavalcade.
Due to the fact that Twentieth Century Fox very, very rarely released the films made before two companies merged to create the studio as it’s known to this day (the companies being Fox Films and Twentieth Century Pictures) in more recent times until just lately, and, also, due to so many of those early films being lost in a fire in the late 1930s, Cavalcade was unseen for years.
The film was an adaptation of a rare dramatic play by British playwright Noel Coward, one of the great theatrical wits of his century. The play traced the (mis)fortunes of an upper class London family during the hectic early years of the 20th Century, after leaving the peace of the preceding century, and having every big cataclysm of the day hit them (even the sinking of the Titanic).
It was a big hit in London but, significantly, never made it to North America, let alone Broadway, since the work was considered too Anglo-centric to be of interest elsewhere. (However, a decade later Coward and then-young director David Lean reused the idea, this time focusing on a working class family, for the fine and popular 1944 film This Happy Breed, which got no Academy notice.) Well, early Hollywood had a weakness for the stage and US citizens have always had a yen to pair with “the homeland” (i.e. the UK) so a pre-20th Fox films bought the rights and made the film.
This film is surely not to everyone’s tastes. It is quite tasteful in a Victorian era kind of way. Though the husband and wife (Clive Brook, somewhat known to US film goers, and Diana Wynyard, new to both film and the US) are kind to their inferiors (anyone lower class, which is virtually everyone outside of the palace) their behavior unintentionally smacks of condescension.
Also, the way this film enshrines them and their kind might give some a turn (though there is the fact of Downton Abbey in the modern day…). However, it must be noted that the acting is quite good, if of another period (Wynyard was an acting nominee).
The costumes and set design also reflect a lavish sense of both the time in British history the plot concerns and, also, a moment in Hollywood history which won’t come again. There are also, surprisingly, some witty Coward songs in the film, including the classic “Twentieth Century Blues”.
The topper is the expert direction of Oscar winning Frank Lloyd, often a top-notch director of naval dramas, and here giving the story his all. For all this, there are those who will never like this film with the quaint charm of a lovely antique (which it itself is) but, though not close to deserving, it still is worthwhile.
Addressing the elephant in the room: CITIZEN KANE IS THE BEST FILM OF 1941. OK, now that that’s out of the way, the winner of the best picture award for 1941 may be discussed.
There is little point in beating the drum for Orson Welles’ great film, often selected Best Film of All Time. Many a book has related how Hollywood resented brash newcomer Welles, how he angered the mighty publisher William Randolph Hurst, and how Hurst’s influence and the fact that Kane, for all its brilliance, is not the most likeable or sympathetic film, all of which doomed it at the box office and killed its chance at winning many or very big awards (it made off with best original screenplay only, a smarmy injoke).
1941, almost as rich a year as 1939, also saw the renowned John Huston (Welles spiritual brother) making his directorial debut with his superlative mystery classic The Maltese Falcon (actually the third version of the novel).
However, the mystery genre was never favored by the Academy so Falcon’s nomination was an honor in itself. Also director William Dieterle’s fantasy folk classic, The Devil and Daniel Webster, unnominated, was a fine piece of filmmaking but a notorious box office bomb (go figure).
All that being said, the winner, the Wales-set period memory piece from the iconic director John Ford, How Green Was My Valley, is actually one of the best films to ever win the award. Ford stands second to none as a filmmaker and Welles himself ran Ford’s western classic Stagecoach many times preparing for Kane.
The previous year had seen two of his films, both now classics, The Grapes of Wrath and The Long Voyage Home (and Welles had chosen cinematographer Gregg Toland to lens Kane based on his work in these films), nominated but they lost to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (not a favored work in his cannon) though Ford himself won for Grapes.
Valley saw Ford working at that same high level. He had worked at Fox Films, then its successor, Twentieth Century Fox for decades by even that time and he had created a crack group of collaborators in front of and behind the camera (which was lensed by the excellent Arthur C. Miller). No studio in Hollywood could create the right physical look for period films better than the artisans at Fox and they outdid themselves in creating the early 1900s Welsh mining town.
In front of the camera were many Ford regulars such as Barry Fitzgerald, Anna Lee, Arthur Shields, Rhys Williams, Sara Allgood (nominated) and Oscar winning Donald Crisp, with the cast being led by Ford’s favorite leading lady Maureen O’Hara (quite radiant), MGM loan-out Walter Pidgeon (easily his best performance), and young Roddy McDowell in the performance which set him on the fine career he pursued the rest of his life.
Past all of that, Ford skillfully held together a film which, by design, didn’t have a strong central plot but worked as a group of highly emotional segments, all directed to maximum impact (though with that sentimentality Ford couldn’t live without but did so well). If this film had beaten out the risible Mrs.
Miniver for the next year’s Oscar it would have looked like a triumphant choice. As it is, this fine picture gets repeatedly clobbered by the weight of having beaten out one of the great pictures of all time.
Elephant number two: DOUBLE INDEMNITY WAS THE BEST FILM OF 1944 AND THE GREATEST OF FILM NOIRS. OK, now that is also out of the way. Yes, DI is an immortal film and one of the supreme Billy Wilder’s best works. Also, the classic suspense melodrama, Gaslight (unofficially remade so many times) is also a film to remember. There was also Otto Preminger’s memorable and unnominated film noir classic Laura. Then there is the actual winner, Leo McCarey’s Going My Way.
Quite often modern viewers overlook context when judging the past. 1944 was near the end of World War II (though no one knew that at the time). The war had been long and grueling and, quite often, people tend to get rather sanctimonious in times of great stress. Surely the citizens of 1944 could attest to that fact. For all their many virtues, DI, Gaslight, and Laura are very dark films which are vastly entertaining to modern viewers but didn’t and don’t provide a lot of uplift. By contrast, the winner was nothing but uplift.
Going My Way is a pleasantly sentimental comedy-light drama concerning a progressive minded youngish priest (best actor winner Bing Crosby), who has been sent to take over a failing and troubled inner-city Parrish from the somewhat crotchety, very set in his ways old Irish priest (supporting actor winner Barry Fitzgerald) who has run it for decades.
Needless to say, the warm and easy-going younger man gets the church on track, tames the neighborhood juvenile delinquents (by getting them to sing with him!), solves a few love problems and makes a nice peace with the old priest.
OK, this is cinematic comfort food but, if this sort of film needed to be made, it couldn’t have been made better than Going My Way. A large part of this credit goes to best director winner McCarey. This was his second win in this category, after taking the prize in 1938 for his comedy classic The Awful Truth (still loved to this day) in a year that also saw the release of his dramatic masterpiece Make Way For Tomorrow.
That was the essence of McCarey: he could be funny and dramatic with equal skill because he knew what he was doing and seemed to love people. It would have been so easy to have made the old priest a stock villain to be defeated, but McCarey makes him someone to be understood and the young priest great at understanding. He had perfect players in Crosby, self-admittedly not a great actor but a soothing and relaxed screen presence, and the (somewhat ham) flavorful Fitzgerald, who is a comic delight (and reportedly the actors were nothing like their screen personas off camera).
The pay-off is the finale when the old priest is surprised at his retirement party with the tiny, ancient mother from Ireland he hasn’t been able to see in decades. The director frames the moment so perfectly and simply that resistance is futile. And McCarey could do it over and over. That’s a gift.
Hamlet, the greatest play of the greatest playwright in the English language, William Shakespeare, as filmed by Laurence Olivier, then thought of as arguably the greatest actor in the world: how could the Academy resist prestige catnip like that? As it turns out, they couldn’t. Never mind that John Huston turned in what very well may be not only his best film but one of the great ones ever, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (though he himself did win best director).
Also the superlative British film making team The Archers hit an all-around high with the ballet themed drama The Red Shoes (a triumph of skill and technique over a trite storyline). Also the great European director Max Ophuls offered Letter From an Unknown Woman, a film to stand with his continental masterpieces, not that it got the time of day from the Academy.
Now, as to the winner, past the films it beat out, critics have always carped about its mere two and half hour running length, eliminating a good deal of the play. However, most Shakespearean plays are edited for time (and when Kenneth Branaugh did film the whole thing decades later it came off as more like a stunt than anything else). The more perceptive critics have noted that the editing is quite skillful and very little of great import was cut.
Also, this was the only one of the four Olivier-Shakespeare films to be shot in black and white (Olivier later claimed to have been having a feud with Technicolor). However, this is one of the darkest of dramas, one that has many similarities to what is now known as film noir. In fact, Hamlet looks very much like a film noir and the cinematography (by Desmond Dickinson) achieves such enormous depth of field that the film almost looks to be three dimensional at times.
Along with that criticism, many over the years have noted that the camera wanders over the empty rooms several times but this makes sense for a story where all major characters will lie dead by the end, so the settings take on greater significance, especially as the camera surveys these now tragic locations at the end. Then there is, surprisingly, the comments on the acting.
Though few had negative comments about Olivier’s performance (though, at 41, he was awfully old to be a student prince) nor for an 18-year-old Jean Simmons coming fully into her own with a fine showing as Ophelia, but there were others to consider.
It will be admitted that Basil Sidney, Eileen Herlie (Hamlet’s mother Gertrude at 28 to a 41-year-old son!) and Felix Aylmer as Polonius, might have been more powerful but the supporting cast is still filled out with man familiar and expert faces (including future horror icons Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, though not together). No, Hamlet may not, in the end, be all that, but it is far from negligible.
Gigi, the last big hit of MGM’s famed Arthur Freed musical unit, is quite often damned with praise. It always seems to get comments such as “good-for what it is”, “nice, if you like that kind of thing”, or “a nice product of its time and place”. All of that sounds, and is, very limiting. Depending on taste, virtually any film that can fit into a genre could have such comments applied to it.
Musicals seem to have a harder time with this sort of things than most genres since they appeal to a very niche audience. That same year the comedy Auntie Mame, a big hit, was major competition, though comedy is still a niche, too (the musical version of that property was still a decade away).
Though Auntie does have her partisans (many in the gay community), a large number of film fans/students would now prefer the nominated, harder edged I Want to Live! (about capital punishment with an Oscar winning Susan Hayward) and The Defiant Ones (a then-much acclaimed crime based racial drama) and even more, many more, prefer the now classic Sweet Smell of Success (a big all around flop then, despite Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis at their peaks and some fine filmmaking) and Welles Touch of Evil (thrown away by Universal and then available in an almost incoherent studio cut).
OK, these are much harder edged times than the late 1950s and something such as Gigi is perceived to be has a much harder time of it now than it surely did back in that day. However, Gigi is far from a negligible film. In fact, modern cineastes love many of the pictures from the Freed Unit. If the Freed musicals which won best picture had been, say, Singin’ in the Rain (which was not a Vincente Minnelli film) and Meet Me in St. Louis or The Band Wagon (both of which most assuredly were) then there would be little to no dissension.
Well, Gigi, sumptuously set in the fin-de-siècle Paris of the early 20th Century, may seem a bit rarefied put next to those somewhat more homespun (could any famed MGM musical of the time be homespun?) films but it has a lively pulse of its own. The story, taken from a short novel by the great French writer Colette, is actually rather naughty for the day (and even now if one considers the age Gigi is actually supposed to be at the time the story takes place).
Gigi is the latest daughter of a long line of courtesans, women brought up and trained to give sophisticated pleasure to very upper class gentlemen for get monetary reward (yes, upper class prostitutes). Gigi, however, is very natural and unruly and actually captures the heart of the young man chosen for her and makes him go the respectable route (after many fine songs from the renowned Broadway team of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe).
The cast is flawless with the players being Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor and Leslie Caron in the title role giving a performance which almost typecast her out of a career (even more remarkable in light of the fact that she was almost a decade older than the character is as indicated in the script and she still gets by with to the extent that no one ever really questioned the fact!).
In point of fact, everything in this film, the sets, the costumes, the lush cinematography, the orchestrations, Minnelli’s ultra-smooth direction, everything, show the Freed Unit operating in full gear. Perhaps Gigi also suffers, though, from being linked to another (far less defendable and not on this list) Oscar winning best picture: 1964’s George Cukor-directed My Fair Lady.
MGM had concocted Gigi when Lerner and Lowe refused to sell their enormous and then still running stage hit (and wouldn’t for another half a decade). The joke is that MGM ended up with the better film and one that deserves a little more respect.

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The Coromandel is Good for Your Soul!
Once you visit you won't want to leave. Golden beaches, open spaces, fresh air, and great food and wine. It does not get much better.
Better still ….. all but two of them can be ticked off with Boom Sailing!
The Coromandel's most popular attraction, Cathedral Cove, is a limestone cave carved by nature over thousands of years which opens up on to the perfect golden beach.
The best way to get to Cathedral Cove from Whitianga is by boat, which saves a long drive around to Hahei. It also means you can check out the amazing islands and marine reserve just out from Cathedral Cove.
Cathedral Cove forms the iconic landmark on the shores of the Te Whanganui a Hei Marine Reserve. This marine reserve is quickly becoming one of New Zealand's most abundant and is home to schools of large snapper and big crayfish.
Both Cathedral Cove and Te Whanganui a Hei Marine Reserve are the highlight of our daily 3 hr sailing trips. We anchor up in close to the beach, and you can paddleboard, swim or snorkel ashore.
Getting out into 'The Bay' is definitely a Coromandel Must Do!
The Bay has so many stories to tell, such varied marine life and no day is quite the same.
Our daily 3 hr sailing trips provide one of the best ways to explore the entire Bay as nature intended!
Along the way we will visit historic landmarks and tell the stories of Kupe and Capt Cook, as we sail past Wharekaho, Cooks Beach and Shakespeare's Cliff.
From dolphins to orca, blue penguins to gannets, not to mention schools of feeding fish, when you are on the Coromandel you simply have to get out and meet the locals!
A sailing trip is one of the best ways to do this, with no motor noise you will be amazed at what comes in to say hello!
The Mercury Islands are a large group of islands lying off the northern peninsula of the Mercury Bay. Great Mercury has many lovely deserted beaches to pull up in and relax, while the Red Mercury Islands are protected marine sanctuaries. You could spend a lifetime exploring 'The Merc's and still not seem them all.
We can explore the Mercury Islands on our private sailing charters. We can customise these trips to what you would like to do, whether that be freediving, pure sailing, or mixing it up with some sightseeing and relaxation.
The volcanic group of islands lying to the east of Tairua, the Aldermen Islands, is a well known spot for many Kiwi boaties. The remnants of a volcanic crater these huge bits of rock jut out of the big blue, very close to the continental shelf. Team with marine life, and with huge caves, swim through and caverns it is just a magic place to explore.
The Aldermen Islands can be reached on one of Boom Sailing's private charters, whether that is a sightseeing trip, or bring your free diving gear for an exceptional day out exploring the underwater domain of 'the Aldies'.
While you are on the Coromandel we highly recommend you visit one of the Coromandel's thermal attractions, whether that be Hot Water Beach, or while you are in Whitianga, visiting the Lost Spring. If you don't mind getting a bit sandy and hanging out with a lot of tourists, then go for Hot Water Beach. If you want something a little more intimate, then the Lost Spring is the perfect thermal get away, especially after a big day of sailing.
While you are on the Coromandel make the most of sampling our local homegrown food, beer and wine. Pretty much every town around the Peninsula specialises in some sort of local homegrown produce, whether that is mussels, oysters, craft beers, wineries, macadamias and so much more. We try and incorporate some of this into each of our sailing trips, and can also guide you to the best spots on land to indulge in some more.
Around the corner from the Mercury Bay you will find out pick of beaches on the Coromandel. We can get to Opito Bay on one of our full day private sailing charters. When you get to Opito you won't want to leave!
After the early Europeans plundered the Coromandel for gold and kauri - 80% of the Coromanel is now protected as national forest park. While you are here you have to make sure you get into the hills for a big long walk and listen to the birds, as well as hearing the stories of the past, like the kauri felling check out remnants of the huge kauri dams and explore old gold mining tunnels. We don't get into the hills on our sailing trips - but we can point you in the right direction!
Another well kept Coromandel secret, Slipper Island is a stunning jewel lying off the East Coast. Slipper can be reached on a day sail via private sailing charter south from Whitianga. With a camp ground and lodge on the island we can also provide picks ups from here for some sailing fun, or do a multi day with accommodation included.


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To mark Remembrance Day, we tell the story of how and why the poppy came to be Britain’s memorial symbol for our fallen soldiers.
By Spring 1915 the ferocious fighting in Belgium and France had left much of the terrain lifeless – with the exception of pests finding shelter in the trenches. Against all odds, when the cold winter ended, a vivid red glimpse of hope blossomed from the ground. Poppies!
Poppy seeds germinate when disturbances in the soil expose them to light. So greatly was the soil disturbed by fighting on the Western Front that thousands of poppies set into the ground and began to grow.
The view of the poppies inspired John McCrae, a Canadian who served on the Western Front, to write the poem In Flanders Fields. In 1918 Moina Michael, an American professor and humanitarian, came across McCrae’s work in a magazine. She decided that she would buy a poppy to wear as a symbol of personal remembrance.
After buying 25 poppies, Moina was hounded by colleagues desperate for one to wear. She was determined that a simple red poppy could become a universal memorial symbol across the world. She later began a tireless campaign, at her own expense, creating poppy pins and postcards ready for the signing of the peace treaty in 1919.
When the Royal British Legion was established in 1921, they were inspired by Moina Michael and ordered 9 million poppies to raise money for injured soldiers. They sold all of them on the 11 November, raising an extraordinary £160,000.
Subsequently, the phenomenon of poppy-themed items, such as clothing, bottled beer and cards has helped the British Legion raise millions of pounds to support injured soldiers and their families. It still also remains a key part of our commemorations to our fallen soldiers.


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The taste of summer all year long. Grab a cool breeze and the refreshingly sweet taste of Old Orchard lemonade. You'll find the great taste of real fruit juice with no artificial flavors or preservatives. Sweetened with a blend of sugar and Truvia brand stevia! It’s pitcher perfect!
Filtered water, sugar, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), stevia leaf extract.
INGREDIENTS: Filtered water, sugar, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), stevia leaf extract.


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Recently I was asked to read and review a new fitness book coming out this month. I jumped at the change because the topic was something I was highly interested in: weight loss and kettlebells.
The book is called “The Swing! Lose the Fat and Get Fit with this Revolutionary Kettlebell Program” by Tracy Reifkind. The name might sound familiar to you if you read the book “The Four Hour Body” because she was one of the case studies in that book. Check out Tracy’s Facebook Page for more information.
I’m not new to the kettlebell world. My boyfriend Michael has been talking about the workout for years due to it’s popularity in Mixed Martial Arts, and I’ve done a kettlebell workout at my old trainer’s crossfit gym. I loved the workout and have been anxious to do it again. My trepidation? I was worried about doing it on my own and having bad form. This book detailed many workouts and also went over proper form complete with pictures.
Tracy’s story is similar to mine, which I could obviously relate to. She was in her forties and had been 250 pounds for most of her adult life. She had a wake-up call that told her it was finally time to lose the weight, and she did.
I think no matter how much weight you want to lose–10 pounds or 100– you can find value in this book.
What I didn’t agree with in the book was her statement that gyms were a waste of time and that you won’t lose weight working out at a gym. I beg to differ. As someone who DID lose over 100 pounds by swimming and working out in a gym, I think gyms can be beneficial. The good thing about gyms is that there is variety. Too often people get bored with working out and then give up. There are so many different classes and machines at the gym that it would be impossible to be bored. But to be fair, not everyone likes the gym environment. My boyfriend, for example, hates gyms and works out at home (including a kettlebell workout).
Yes! I’ve said it many times. The weight loss equation is diet and exercise. They go hand-in-hand with losing weight and keeping it off. Ignoring one part of the equation will slow the process down and the results will be disappointing.
I’m really glad she addressed this fact because it’s all too common when people try to lose weight. They often think it’s a temporary thing, it’s a diet, that they can restrict calories and exercise for awhile to lose and then go back to their bad habits. That’s how we “yo-yo” diet and it’s not lasting results, nor healthy.
There were two things that turned me off in the book: the first was that she wrote as if everything was fact, but it was lacking in annotations citing sources (which I like to see) and the frequent use of words like “rapid weight loss” felt gimmicky when it’s not; I felt like that diminished the amazing benefits of the kettlebell workouts.
What is great about kettlebell workouts is that is both cardio and strength training in one. What an amazing way to get aerobic and anaerobic fitness in one session! Reifkind also stated that kettlebells were how she managed to lose 120 pounds and avoid sagging skin [pg 64].
Except for swimming, of course! To each its own. I do a lot of different workouts because I like them. I swim, I bike, I run, I hike, I walk, I lift weights. I think there is value in doing all of them.
The book spends a decent amount of time on listing a bunch of different workouts to do with the kettlebells, as well as addressing the food part. I will let the readers draw their own conclusions on her food plans.
The book is valuable for kettlebell newbies and I’m looking forward to starting the workouts from the book.
1. Leave a comment here telling me your experience with kettlebells.
2. Become a member of my Facebook page and leave a comment here telling me you did.
3. Tweet this: “I want to win a copy of the book The Swing! from @lisaeirene at http://wp.me/p116Lc-7WW” and leave a comment here telling me you did.
I will pick one person to receive a copy of the book this Sunday, April 22nd. You must have a mailing address in the United States or Canada. Thanks!
QUESTION: Have you done kettlebell workouts? What did you think?
I have never used Kettle balls, but am very interested! We cannot afford to be part of a gym right now, so an effective workout at home would be great!
Yes, kettlebells are a great alternative to a gym membership if you can’t spare a monthly fee.
I don’t have any experience with kettlebells, but I would love to read the book and start.
I’ve never used kettlebells, but I’d love to try it.
I have never used kettleballs but would love to try them.
I NEEDED the gym to lose my weight. I can’t stay disciplined enough at home.
Thanks for sharing your review of the book!
I’m with you. I need a PLACE to go to!
I’ve never done them because I always worry about the swinging motions and my back. But I’ve read research from the ACSM that shows how incredibly effective they are.
I have never used kettlebells but would love to give it a try.
ps – thanks to you, I am starting week 2 of a running program. You are an inspiration.
I’ve never done a full just kettle ball workout. However I have used them as part of circuit stations in group fitness classes and I’ve found I quite enjoy them. The swing motion I get with them doesn’t seem to bother my back as much as when I use dumbbells for the same movement. I think the key is to maintain proper form and the kettle balls help with that.
I also find them so much nicer to hold and handle versus dumbbells and medicine balls!
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Yes! They are definitely more comfortable to hold. I enjoyed using them quite a bit.
This type of workout is totally new to me but it sounds like something I could do!
I’m glad you enjoyed the book overall in spite of the minor quibbles you had with it. Thanks for being on the tour!


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text: St. Martins is a place of Tidal Wonder at the heart of the Bay of Fundy. Life is governed here by the rhythm of the world's highest tides. A colourful fleet of fishing boats wait in the Bay for the high tide to rise and fill the empty harbour with water so that they can unload their catch. At low tide the boats sit in the mud. Its a daily tidal cycle that has been showcased for many years in a time lapse film at Disney's Epcot Centre.


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Here is one of the cards we will be making at next week’s class (details below). Don’t forget to RSVP if you would like to come. This card features 2 favorite retiring stamp sets – Heartfelt Thanks and Big Deal Alphabet. Both can be purchased at www.kwstamps.stampinup.net – Last Chance!


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Here are some testimonials we have received from our clients. We are here to help, if you need any help or advice please call us.
Since I spoke to you last I have read 'It's Not About Me' and want to say I am far wiser and more knowledgeable than ever before about the long journey through addiction and back to sobriety. Your book has been inspiring, enlightened me, made me cry, filled me with despair yet hope and longing for my daughter to one day see that glimmer of light that will grow and help her very soon to realise what she has to do to get well.
Ian, I feel I've tried everything, I've been soft, tough, soft again, and at present am trying just to love her, be her mum but not giving her any cash but still reminding her that help is at hand once she accepts her need and asks for it.
I missed my tube and bus stops several times as I was so engrossed in it! The 12 steps you describe sound amazing and I so want S. to have that chance.
"This is a great book and tells the truth of someone who walked the walk and talked the talk. Could not put this down. Inspiring for all."
"Thank you Ian for being honest, open and brave to write this book! It's a miracle you went through what you went through alive and with such compassion and passion to help others! Never give up! You're right it's not about you it's about all of us addicts or not! But this book is certainly about you and it is GREAT!!"
"My daughter is an alcoholic and was on a downhill spiral. She had been in rehabs before but was unwilling to undergo further rehab treatment. I was deeply concerned about the traditional concept that the alcoholic has to reach 'rock bottom' before any meaningful treatment would work. This gambles that in the interim the alcoholic won't die, cause irreversible damage to their body/mind and jeopardise their future by possibly having a criminal record, debts, losing their home etc.
Sober Services offered a different approach of 'intervention' before the alcoholic descends into the possible terrifying consequences mentioned above. The intervention process, which is explained in the Sober Services programme, whilst being very stressful for myself and my family, was effective in that despite my daughter's initial strong resistance to further detox and rehab she ended up undergoing detox in the UK and rehab in South Africa.
(3) choosing the right rehab as Ian has extensive knowledge of various rehab possibilities both domestically in the UK and abroad.
(4) putting together a programme to cover the post rehab situation for my daughter.
Throughout the process Ian was always contactable which was hugely important to myself and he gave advice to family members on the actions they needed to take as part of the intervention.
I appreciate there are no absolute guarantees that my daughter will remain alcohol free forever but I felt the intervention process at least offers her a good chance of living rather than the highly probable dire consequences of the 'rock bottom' approach."
Just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know that Willem is doing great.
You worked intensely with him and brought him home to us after he'd been arrested, back to Phoenix, Az, USA from South Africa two years ago, just in time for Christmas.
He is working full time, driving his car, which he is paying for, and he has a very lovely girl friend. He is thinking of going to university and studying for a business degree.
We want to thank you so much for bringing him home to us and inspiring him to make such radical changes in his life, at such a relatively young age (he was 19)!
"Rory and I are very grateful to you for your inimitable organisation in providing a seamless journey for our son Alex to the US for residential treatment.
Without your wealth of experience in all the various aspects (especially the US Border procedures) there would definitely have been a hitch at some point and that could have scuppered the whole operation.
We are deeply grateful to you for making this part of Alex's progress happen.
I cannot thank you enough for your help in transporting my son from London to Cape Town, caring for him a further 24 hours, before accompanying him on a second flight to a detox clinic in Nelspruit.
Your professionalism was evident from the first time I contacted you to enquire about your services and continued throughout your travelling with my son to his final destination. This was not easy at times with him being so ill, but you were able to reassure him as well as work with airport staff to ensure he was able to fly when there was the prospect of him not being allowed on the plane.
I personally would recommend you to anyone needing support transporting a family member to a detox clinic/rehabilitation centre whether locally or abroad.
"The service you provide is absolutely WONDERFUL. We would not have made it without your professional help. We cannot thank you enough and are so impressed what you are able to offer clients over and above just supporting them through the physical journey to a clinic.
Thank you so much once again for your service."
"I'd just like to add my thanks to Sober Services for doing such superb job yesterday, and for the sensitivity and empathy with which you approached Alex and us.
And thank you for the article you sent. It's good to see that the dangers of legal highs are getting better known.
Thanks again for all your help - we felt very supported.
"Sober Services did a first class job and we are grateful for all the support you gave. "
But now after your successful Sober Intervention and residential rehab recommendation we are approaching my brothers one year anniversary.
One year of being clean and sober!
This is a sentence I cannot stop repeating to myself.
For each time I do, am left feeling astonishingly proud of my brother.
Proud of his achievement, who he has become and the path he is creating for himself.
This was something I not only thought was impossible, but has now created the foundation of my new relationship with him.
Ian, thank you for everything you have done for all of us.
"“To any family feeling helpless, frustrated and like there is no way forward to help your alcoholic loved one, please phone Sober Services now.
There is a way forward. I phoned to learn about the Intervention – a word that conjured up terrible images.
It was an emotionally fraught time.
After just one phone call I had clicked with Ian (who took the call), been reassured about the Sober Intervention service on offer and, most importantly, been convinced that finally, finally, somebody understood our situation and had a clear way forward for us to help our Dad.
If you have a loved one who is an alcoholic (drinking, recovering or any stage in between) and you need help, phone Sober Services.
It will be the single best thing you have ever done for yourself and your loved alcoholic.”"
"“I want to thank you very much for your time, effort and support through this very difficult time – you have been amazing and it’s been very useful receiving your input. You definitely made me feel better as seemed to be able to relate very well to everything I said which also made me feel that we weren’t alone in this and weren’t peculiar or anything but that these things do happen to normal families!
Maybe we will meet one day, but hopefully under nicer circumstances!!
Sober Services are here to help you find the most appropriate method towards recovery available to fit your circumstances and lifestyle. “"
"After getting your number from a concerned friend, I thought our conversation would be short. Part of me hoped that you’d say I didn’t need help and it would all work out. The other part was exhausted, beaten and ashamed, silently screaming for something to fix me, to take away the craving.
As I listened I was taken back your openness and honesty.
I identified with so much of your story.
That hope you gave me persuaded me admit to myself that I needed help.
It’s been almost a year since we completed sober coaching, and I now have a sense of freedom, peace and contentment, which back then I couldn’t have imagined.
Life just keeps getting better.
Thank you for your help and inspiration.
I look forward to your book in the hope that it may help others not lucky enough to have your number.”"
"It's almost a year since I was first put in contact with you and what a year it has been!
I really just wanted to say a huge thank you again to you.
As well as making the trip to SA to collect Dad, the support you gave me throughout the hardest time in my life was beyond invaluable.
I think the work you and your team do is amazing and families who use your services are lucky to have that level of understanding and support.
I hope we don't need to use your services again but to know you are there is reassurance enough for me!
"A very big thank you from Management and Team at Stepping Stones Clinic – your professional ‘can-do’ attitude was refreshing and so appreciated – we’re in awe of your easy-manner and delighted our client was re-united safely with his parents!
Grateful too that you were able to find him a sponsor and introduce him to a sober community."
"We have been using sober services virtually since there inception in 2008. We have no hesitation in recommending their services to all those who think they may need them.
We are proud to offer Sober Services as part of our structure."
"We have been utilizing the Sober Transportation services for over 18 months.
At all times we are very impressed with their rapid call to action and availability at very short notice to collect a client anywhere (within the British Isles and Europe) and transport them safely at the agreed location with accurately timed arrival.
The Referral Network fully supports Sober Services for their professional approach and their results. The industry is a better place for their services.
As I listened I was taken back your openness and honesty. I identified with so much of your story. That hope you gave me, persuaded me admit to myself that I needed help.
It’s been almost a year since we completed sober coaching, I now have a sense of freedom, peace and contentment which back then I couldn’t have imagined.
Life just keeps getting better. Thank you for your help and inspiration.
I look forward to your book in the hope that it may help others not lucky enough to have your number."
"On 15th July 2010 Sober Services transportation offered us a very good service.
They were efficient and considerate in their duty.
We would certainly use them again."
"We have used Sober Services on a number of occasions and have found them to be extremely reliable, flexible and courteous. They have enabled us to ensure that clients have arrived with us in a safe, stable and comfortable manner, allaying the anxiety that can be felt by a client in having to organise trains, taxis etc. I have no hesitation in recommending this service to other treatment providers or similar services."
“We are happy to confirm that we have been successfully commissioning transportation and client relocation services from Sober Services since January 2009. We have always found them to be reliable and efficient in managing our, sometimes, unpredictable and chaotic clientele, and one of the most cost-effective solutions to a reoccurring challenge for our multi location organisation. Our admissions team work closely with the Sober Services team and this allows us both to offer a professional and effective service which we believe to be of paramount importance in our client’s recovery journey. Whilst we do not endorse any outside agency we are happy to confirm that we have every intention to continue working with Sober Services for the foreseeable future."
"Ian Young was an amazing influence in my life last year and has continued to be a wonderful support to me since. He helped me to research a film role I was determined to get right. It was the role of a police woman struggling with alcohol and cocaine addiction. Ian introduced me to some unbelievable people who were so honest and open about their own experiences of addiction and rehabilitation.
The whole experience was unbelievably moving to me as a person and made the role in to something that exceeded all of my expectations as an actress. I knew, after my time with Ian researching, that I had to honour him and all the people who had given me their time in my performance. I am so grateful to all of them. I don’t care how the role is perceived as long as they and Ian gives it the thumbs up! That’s what matters.
Seeing the generosity, commitment and humour Ian brings to the people he works with is truly inspirational. He uses his own struggle and experience to help others through theirs. Not the kind of humanity you find every day. He is one of those people that makes things happen. All I had to do was ask if he could sort me out with some people to talk to and places to visit for research and it was done. He really did make what I thought to be the impossible, possible. I could not have done it without you Ian! Let’s hope the film does well, but most importantly, let’s hope all the people I met are happy and healthy and continue to thrive on the support you and people like you give them.
Thanks for being so generous and putting yourself on the line for a complete stranger. All the blessings in the world for all you put your hand to"
"We employed Ian to offer cocaine addiction consultancy and training to our leading lady – Zawe Ashton, so that she could play the part of a policewoman with a drug habit. Ian did so much more than help her understand how to act like a cocaine addict, but over a number of sessions he went on to make suggestions regarding the complete psychology and behavioural patterns of an addicted person, which positively impacted the complete credibility of the film. I know that our movie benefitted greatly from Ian’s input and I will be recommending him and his Sober Consultancy services in other Lionsgate movie productions"
"To whom it may concern.
Hi, my name is Dave and I am an extremely happy customer of Sober Services. After 18months of continually failing to stay sober for more than two months I was somewhat baffled to why this was. Most of the time all was well, I would get through the first couple of weeks full of confidence, and then out of the blue would find myself relapsing at times of stress or at social events. On speaking to a friend she suggested I contact Ian, so I did. On meeting Ian for the first time I immediately felt very comfortable and at ease in his company. A week later I was due to go on business abroad, these certain trips were always my most vulnerable times (airports, business meetings etc.) so I decided to give sober services a try. Ian picked me up promptly in the very early hours of the morning (in a very nice comfortable car) and drove me to Heathrow airport. We chatted all the way to the airport and I was made to feel at ease before boarding my flight. Upon my return Ian was again prompt and returned me home safely. A couple of weeks later I had to attend a family function, (these were always big trigger points for me), and I invited Ian to accompany me. Ian introduced himself as a friend and was welcomed by all members of my family, and again I returned home safe and sober…. A few months have passed now and I’m still sober thanks to the help, genuine care and support from Ian and Sober Services. Many thanks"
"I want to thank you very much for your time, effort and support through this very difficult time – you have been amazing and it’s been very useful receiving your input. You definitely made me feel better as seemed to be able to relate very well to everything I said which also made me feel that we weren’t alone in this and weren’t peculiar or anything but that these things do happen to normal families!
Maybe we will meet one day, but hopefully under nicer circumstances!!"
I just wanted to drop you a note to thank you for the report you sent through and for the service that you provided.
We were very concerned that my brother-in-law would find traveling alone between London and Cape Town very difficult at such an early stage in his recovery. We realised that the best thing to do was to arrange for someone to travel with him and the Detox facility he was in recommended Sober Service’s transport service to us.
From the very first contact, Sober Services were brilliant. It was a huge relief to find someone offering exactly the service that we needed. It was also very reassuring talking to you and a great comfort to know that my brother-in-law was in such safe and experienced hands.
Thank you for taking so much time and care to plan everything with me. I’m sure that it made a huge difference to my brother-in-law to have you there and it certainly was very important to his family and friends.
In the nicest possible way, I hope that we never have need of your services again, but I would be very happy to recommend you to anyone in a similar position. I will of course let you know how he gets on. In the meantime, it has genuinely been a pleasure dealing with you.
With many thanks again and best wishes for the future."
"My name is Lea, and I was suffering from addiction to alcohol and cocaine.
I had desperately tried to stop, but just could not.
It got to a point where I was scared that I would die.
I knew that if I did not get away to receive professional help, I would probably end up dead.
I live in Luxembourg and I had no clue where to go.
I got in touch with Sober Services and spoke to a very friendly voice.
I told him I needed to find a rehab immediately and that I had to leave in the next few days, otherwise I knew I would not have the courage to go.
Ian said he would help find me a rehab that was best suited for me, and he kept in touch with me each hour to let me know what was happening.
That afternoon Ian had found me a place in a rehab in South Africa.
From that point on and until I left 4 days later, Ian kept in contact with me, providing me with the emotional support I so desperately needed.
Today I am 8 months clean and my life has completely changed.
Today I am finally free to be me, to be a mother, a wife and a friend.
I am so grateful for what Ian and Sober Services did for me.
Without them, I’m not sure I would be who I am today.
I received so much care and support when I needed it the most.
"Ian Young and his team at Sober Services have delivered a service that has been far better then we could have ever hoped for.
On the very first day I called Ian he was able to react to our situation immediately and had two people on the job that very afternoon.
The level of advice, support, experience and resources that Sober Services provide is quite impressive.
This particular assignment had its own challenges… confidentiality and being able to adapt to constantly changing schedule were key!
Sober Services fitted around our requirements perfectly and got the job done."
"To any family feeling helpless, frustrated and like there is no way forward to help your alcoholic loved one, please phone Sober Services now. There is a way forward.I phoned to learn about Intervention – a word that conjured up terrible images. It was an emotionally fraught time. After just one phone call I had clicked with the person who took the call, been reassured about the Intervention service on offer and, most importantly, been convinced that finally, finally, somebody understood our situation and had a clear way forward for us to help our Dad.
If you have a loved one who is an alcoholic (drinking, recovering or any stage in between) and you need help, phone Sober Services. It will be the single best thing you have ever done for yourself and your loved alcoholic."

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Chimneys are beautiful accents to any home, but they require proper maintenance and inspection to keep them functioning properly and remaining a safe part of the home. While many chimneys in Stockbridge and the surrounding areas are simply metal pipes surrounded by wood framing and then enclosed with siding, there are a number of homes that have true masonry chimneys. Masonry chimneys are constructed out of brick or natural stone, often found on older homes. These masonry chimneys require a specific footing in order to withstand the weight of years and years of heavy materials. Failing to hire a trusted source for foundational chimney work and repair can cause extremely expensive and potentially dangerous outcomes.
Anglin’s Foundation & Masonry Repairs is the name area residents and business owners have trusted for over 85 years for chimney repair. We have the expertise to address all concerns with cracked, leaning, or falling chimneys in order to save your home, property, and loved ones. Our chimney repair experts can straighten and restore almost any chimney, properly aligning it against your home. The name Anglin has become synonymous with expert foundational support for homes, chimneys, porches, decks, and more. We are not satisfied until your issue is fully repaired.
A cracked or leaning chimney shows obvious signs of damage, yet thousands of people ignore these signs each year. Masonry chimneys are made of brick or natural stone and are extremely heavy. They (should) have been built upon their own foundation in order to support the enormous weight of their construction. Any time there is sinking of a chimney’s foundation, cracks at the base of the chimney, or signs that the chimney is pulling away from the home or tilting, expert repair is needed. While it has been somewhat commonplace to fill in the cracks or gaps from a damaged chimney with foam or mortar, these are not solutions to the problem – they are only prolonging the damage and adding up more costly repairs.
At Anglin’s Foundation & Masonry Repairs, we fix cracked, leaning chimneys. Our company has the experience needed from more than 85 years, and we work with all aspects of chimney repair. We offer free chimney inspections and free quotes on the cost of chimney repairs. Anglin’s is the source to trust because all of our work is backed by our price protection and personal guarantee. Contact us today!

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The word “albinism” refers to a group of inherited conditions. People with albinism have little or no pigment in their eyes, skin, or hair. They have inherited altered genes that do not make the usual amounts of a pigment called melanin. One person in 17,000 in the U.S.A. has some type of albinism. Albinism affects people from all races. Most children with albinism are born to parents who have normal hair and eye color for their ethnic backgrounds. Sometimes people do not recognize that they have albinism. A common myth is that people with albinism have red eyes. In fact there are different types of albinism and the amount of pigment in the eyes varies. Although some individuals with albinism have reddish or violet eyes, most have blue eyes. Some have hazel or brown eyes. However, all forms of albinism are associated with vision problems.
An albino baby black bear.
An albino boy from Tanzania.
An albino boy from China.
An albino girl in Honduras.
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ever hence the update i got back into this series, but now i have a solid intrest in it. this thread is for talking about anything related to One Piece.
right now in the anime is where luffy is in a cave on skypia and zolo is eating lunch while interupted by a giant south bird. so no spoilers please.
You are, quite literally, 5 years behind. Expect to be spoiled.
I kind of wish the war on marine headquarters was handled differently than in the manga. Seems like one of those things that could really be amazing if they used a drastically different tone. I really wanted a saving private ryan style endevour, felt like a real waste when it was done.
[QUOTE=Mesoian;4387971]You are, quite literally, 5 years behind. Expect to be spoiled.
yea i just got back into it a few weeks ago, but im farther in the magna im up to where frankie joins the crew in the magna but only a few chapters before that i started at so from skypia to then i got to fill it all in.
Last three chapters, I feel like Trafalgar. DO SOMETHING ODA!
Its one of those series where I watch like 30 eps, and then get tired and stop,... and then a year later I watch another batch. Well i used to anyways, i've really fallen behind. I got to the Post-Enies Lobby Arc and then quit. I'll need to watch a whole bunch again.
You too? I used to be a HUGE fan. I read scanlations up until LITERALLY Frankie's debut where he has the 2 women with him and makes a big production out of it posing with the stars on his forearms. Then I left it be because it was serialized and bought over by 4kids I used to eat a rather fatty breakfast and watch it Saturday mornings on Fox.
i used to get shonen jump and thats how i read the magna, the 4kids dub on fox had been long sense gone. now that im getting back into it i started over from the begining and i like the 4kids dub opening more than the funiation dub. from what i saw so far buggy the clown is a decent guy just don't talk about his nose and you will be fine.
when i was reading the magna in shonen jump i read the don krieg "arc" to death, so when i got to it in the anime i was alittle weary of watching it but it turned out to be a little different than the magna so it was bearable. now the arlong/fishman arc is another story i think i overwatched it back when it was aring on tv but maybe it was becase of the magna too. so i skipped over it.
when i first saw frankie (i have not gotten that far yet exactly) he reminded me of popeye with the big arms and all. i allways wondered what would happen if you swaped out his cola power supply with diet cola.


text: Keynote 5: Digital as a State of Mind: Unlocking Big Data Potential and Tackling Digital Disruption Digital innovation is shaking the core of every industry and incumbents are struggling to respond. Capgemini Consulting’s Chief Digital Officer, Fernando Alvarez, provides insight in to how a ‘digital state of mind’ underlines a successful strategy for responding to digital disruption. Indeed, when it’s a state of mind, digital transformation is an enabler of business transformation. But thinking and doing are two separate things. Fernando’s session will outline what separates successful enterprises and specifically through their big data implementations – addressing the fact that while most enterprises recognize the importance of big data, few are embracing the truly disruptive opportunity. Delegates attending this session will learn about what’s needed in their operating model to unlock their enterprise’s big data potential and come away with a checklist to help negotiate their industry’s digital disruption!

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy — CBT — has been in use at Cornerstone of Recovery since the doors of our facility opened in September 1989. CBT’s roots, however, can be traced back to Greek philosophers who believed that logic could be used to identify and change false beliefs and destructive emotions. In the substance abuse treatment field, it’s used as an effective and evidence-based psycho-therapeutic tool for a number of addiction- and behavior-related issues since the 1960s.
In other words, Smith says, those with addiction issues have developed maladaptive behaviors – poor coping skills and destructive habits – to cope with the inner beliefs they have about themselves. These beliefs may stem from toxic relationships, anger issues, verbal and/or physical abuse or clinical depression; regardless of the source, they create distorted beliefs that are attached to intense emotions that influence and motivate maladaptive actions and responses, which in turn lead to emotionally damaging consequences.
The only problem is that those memories are improperly stored; they’re memory fragments, drawn from a place of pain, and the feelings they trigger drive a reaction that often has a cascading effect of negativity. A classic example is when a patient declares himself or herself a “failure.” Such an identification can be a driving force in a number of poor coping skills, from self-harm to substance abuse, but what Smith finds – and what she helps patients discover – is that such a label rarely aligns with reality.
The cascade effect is triggered by an event — something the patient is experience at the moment, which pulls the stored memory of a similar event, which precipitates a negative feeling. Those feelings are what drive the behaviors that CBT seeks to change. The CBT process allows patients to change the way they think vs. simply addressing the behavior, Smith said; by changing the thought process, the behavior follows, and the cycle is broken.
But how does CBT relate to addiction?
There is a spiritual component to CBT, which aligns with the Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual approach to Cornerstone’s treatment philosophy. The goal of treatment is to address the root cause of addiction, but while addiction is a problem, it’s not the problem.
The end result of CBT, combined with other therapies and 12 Step work that Cornerstone embraces as part of a multi-faceted approach to substance abuse treatment, is to give patients who seek our help a life of recovery that’s accompanied by happiness, health and peace of mind.


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Our Creative Learning programmes include curriculum-focused activity, after-school and out-of-school workshops and initiatives to support young people’s personal and social development. These include encouraging young people to get into theatre independently and explore the options available for a career in the arts. We are a London-based company with more than 25 years of experience in understanding and responding to the needs of schools.
Contact us to discuss how we could support your school.
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AirAsia (Thai AirAsia) Airbus A320-216 WL F-WWBN (HS-BBR) (msn 6676) TLS (Paul Bannwarth). Image: 928571.
AirAsia has signed an agreement with Airbus to order an additional 14 A320ceo aircraft to meet higher than expected near-term growth on the carrier’s regional network. The contract, which is subject to AirAsia board approval, was announced at the Paris Air Show on June 22, 2017.
This announcement will see the total number of A320 Family aircraft ordered by AirAsia rise to 592, reaffirming its position as the largest airline customer for the Airbus single aisle product line. To date, 171 A320ceo and eight A320neo have already been delivered to the airline and are flying with its units in Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

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One theory as to her identity is that she is the ghost of a nun. Approximately two miles away, is Nunsthorpe where a convent was located at the Priory of St. Leonard. It was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539 during the Reformation.
The land the priory was situated on was the site of an earlier monastery which was founded by St. Wilfrid in 658 and destroyed by the Danes when they invaded the area. William the Conqueror and the Bishop of Durham refounded it in 1082 as the Priory of St. Leonard.
Maybe this young nun was having secret assignations in these woods, far enough from prying eyes at the convent, but close enough for her to walk there.
The sightings have always been of a tall, young lady with a tearful, stricken face, clothed in a black cloak walking through the woods near Bradley.
One of the most well-known stories associated with the Black Lady of Bradley Woods is set during the time of the War of the Roses, or the Baron's War. A woodsman and his wife and baby son lived in a cottage in the woods of the village of Bradley. However, the woodsman was recruited to be in the army of the Earl of Yarborough. Days and months passed and the husband did not return. The wife, however, continued waiting for him with their baby in the entrance of the woods.
Time came when the enemy army has started to cross the Humber. The wife, with the baby in her arms, tried to escape, however, three hobilars blocked her way. They raped the woman and took her baby away. Shamed and ruined, the woman continued to search for her husband and baby son even after death.
Most people in the village believe that if you go to the woods on Christmas Eve and say, “Black lady, black lady, I’ve stolen your baby” three times, the black lady will appear to you.
The Black Lady has been seen by motorists who pass through the woods. She is said to be seen standing near the entrance of the woods. Some have reported that they’ve seen a lady run in front of their car. When they come out to see who they’ve hit, there was no one there.
A few relate to seeing the lady in a form of a mist. They tried to follow it but it led them to St. George’s church, where the lady disappeared through the door, even if there wasn’t really a door there. Some says that they’ve only seen a strange light appearing on the bend, while, a couple saw a lady dressed in clothing in the 1800’s in different shades of gray. One captured the ‘supposed’ black lady and several others on picture.
Perhaps the Black Lady was a victim of the bubonic plague. In 2016 a team discovered a 14th century Black Death burial pit containing 48 skeletons, including 21 children, at the site of a monastery hospital at Thornton Abbey. This place is approximately five miles from Bradley Woods, and the disease is documented to have reached Lincolnshire in the spring of 1349.


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It's time people started taking heart health seriously before it's too late. Unfortunately, most people don't think about something they can't readily see or feel... after all, you can't "see" how much plaque your arteries are clogged with on a daily basis like you can see how much body fat you have on any given day.
This means that most people ignore their heart health until they actually have a heart attack or even die. Even worse, I see so many people make jokes about clogged arteries while eating junk food, saying things like "I'd rather enjoy life than worry about clogged arteries". Uh, sorry pal, but you can't enjoy life if you're DEAD!
This mentality that so many people have of not caring about the ticking time bomb of your heart health is sad if you think about it.
And do eating donuts and fried chicken REALLY equate to "enjoying life"? Not for me!
Enjoying life for me is skiing deep powder in the winter, hiking beautiful mountains and enjoying nature in the summer, barreling down a mountain biking trail on my bike, playing games and having laughs with friends, and of course, enjoying some good aged cheese with a great red wine -- both of which by the way, can help to protect your arteries... the antioxidants and resveratrol in red wine have been shown to help protect your heart health, and the vitamin K2 in a good aged cheese have been proven in scientific studies to help prevent artery calcification.
One thing that sometimes wakes people up is to actually get an artery calcification test and see how clogged their arteries already are. This is a wake up call to many people and will spur them into finally caring about their heart health before it's too late.
"A 2010 study in the Archives of Internal Medicine demonstrated that women who ate the highest amount of carbohydrates had a significantly greater risk of coronary heart disease than those who ate the lowest amount, and that carbohydrates from high-glycemic carbs were particularly assiciated with significantly greater risk for heart disease"
As you can see, they're seeing direct relationships between carbohydrate consumption and heart disease. And as you know already from my other articles, research in recent years has proven that natural saturated fat and dietary cholesterol basically has NOTHING to do with heart disease at all. It's sugar, overall high GI carbs, stress levels, and trans fats that appear to be the MAIN culprits responsible for heart disease.
What about immediate effects on your heart from eating a high-carb meal?
They used something called brachial reactive testing to measure artery functioning and gave groups high GI carbs such as corn flakes and sugar (very much like the typical American breakfast) ... Dr Sinatra explains, "Enormous peaks indicating arterial stress were found in the high GI groups: the cornflakes and sugar groups."
We're not talking about artery damage here folks from saturated fat and cholesterol like you've been led to believe... as you can see, this study is showing direct damage to arteries from grains and sugar. Isn't it sad that those cornflakes are advertised by the food conglomerates as being a "wholesome and healthy" breakfast.
Dr Sinatra continues, "As researchers from Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health noted, quickly digested and absorbed carbs (i.e., those with a high glycemic load) are associated with an increased risk of heart disease." Note that one of the WORST carb sources in terms of blood sugar and glycemic load is anything made with wheat (even so-called "healthy whole wheat"), which has been proven in blood sugar testing to have a higher impact on blood sugar than even pure table sugar due to the nature of the Amylopectin-A in wheat foods.
Dr Sinatra and Dr Bowden also point out studies that directly show that people who eat a higher glycemic load of carbohydrates in their diets experienced higher CRP levels (C-reactive protein), which is an indicator of overall inflammation in your body. Higher CRP generally means higher risk for heart disease.
Check out the CRP differences they noted -- "...those whose diets were lowest in glycemic load had an average CRP reading of 1.6, but those whose diets were highest in glycemic load had a CRP reading more than 3x that amount (average measurement: 5.0 mg/L)".
To give some perspective on CRP if you eat a truly healthy diet focusing on healthy proteins, lots of veggies, spices, teas, red wine, and other antioxidants, and relatively low in overall carbohydrates... I've had my CRP tested twice, and my results came in at 0.1 and 0.4, indicating a VERY LOW amount of inflammation in my body as a whole.
Keep in mind that most previous studies had never separated processed meat (such as hot dogs, bologna, lunch meats with chemical additives, etc) vs unprocessed meats (such as a healthy grass-fed steak, pasture-raised pork tenderloin, grass-fed burger, wild game meats, etc) in investigating the relationship between meat eating and heart disease.
But Dr Sinatra and Dr Bowden reported on a Harvard study where researchers analyzed 20 studies including over 1.2 million people in 10 countries and they found... "each 1.8 oz daily serving of processed meat (about one hot dog or a couple slices of deli meat) was associated with a 42% higher risk of developing heart disease. In contrast, no relationship was found between heart disease and nonprocessed red meat."
Also remember that healthy grass-fed beef contains the unique fat called CLA that has been shown to be a cancer-fighter as well as helping to aid fat loss.
As you can see in this article, even so-called "healthy whole grains", which are big business these days, are now being implicated in causing heart disease and DEATH from damaged, clogged, and hardened arteries that result from runaway inflammation.


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Best Rated Refrigerators 2018 – What happens within your refrigerator could possibly be a mystery to you personally and all of us do not merely indicate that container of menacing goop that’s been in there because who knows. So long as your beef is not spoiling too fast and your spinach appears perky following a day or two, you are likely content to allow it to do its thing.
However, investing in one of those greatest refrigerators out there is a movement worth making, since the appliance will most likely sit in the kitchen for a long time, and some attributes might be more important for you than the others. Differences in drawer space and electricity use are only a few of those items to take into consideration. Following are a couple of of our present favorite fridges that every provide something different.
In case it boils right down to this, purchasing a new refrigerator comes down into a couple of distinct variables: cost, allocated space, and taste. We’ve sifted through numerous fridge versions that is going to help you to discover which is great for you, your finances, and, finally, your personal kitchen. Whenever you are prepared for an update, you are aware you have a gorgeous, dependable, and energy-efficient refrigerator that will last you for several years to come. Take a peek at our best choices below.
The Samsung Family Hub Refrigerator is your best-looking and many fully featured refrigerator we have ever tested. The camera along with its assortment of programs are a cinch to work with, and also the fridge’s camera is surprisingly helpful thanks to smart drag-and-drop trackers. Starting at $5,600, #4,500 or AU$7,499, the Samsung Family Hub is really a gorgeous appliance which works just like the luxury fridge it’s, and it’s packed with easy-to-use features you won’t find anywhere else. A lot of these attributes feel strong superfluous (I’m just as cynical about fridge-based net browsing since you likely are), but a lot of them provide valid usefulness, comfort, and luxury to make my acceptance. Bottom line: it’s a top-of-the-line fridge that is definitely worth needing and worth buying, too, if that’s the kind of budget you are rolling with.
This Whirlpool bottom freezer provides the ideal functionality of any refrigerator we have ever tested, and it comes at a fair asking price to boot up. At $1,400 (roughly $1,500 in the event that you require it in stainless steel)it supplies cooling performance that’s as successful as any fridge, we have examined, including ones which cost thousands of dollars more. Fundamental build apart, it’s a fantastic option, strong enough to unseat the past season’s LG LDC24370ST as our choice for the ideal bottom-freezer refrigerator. If you’re looking around for a foundation freezer and you appreciate performance, I’d have trouble finding an excuse to urge anything else. Bottom freezer fridges reverse the script on the traditional upper freezer construct which a lot of us probably grew up. Like its name suggests, bottom freezers put your down suspended goods beneath the refrigerator compartment.
Samsung’s Chef Collection fridge is your best and most feature-rich variant we’ve ever tested. The stunning design manages to reside until the exorbitant $6,000 price tag. Together with a bevy of special attributes drawn in the input of world class chefs (each Samsung’s advertising, at least), the Chef Collection fridge boasts a whopping 34 cubic feet of storage and also a superior,”t-type” build. Though it was not as powerful a celebrity like I would expect from a 6,000 fridge, it’s stable enough (and cool sufficient) to deserve strong attention along with fancier fridges which sell for much more. In 36 inches wide, 36 inches deep, and 6 feet tall, this thing is truly a kitchen Goliath, ringing in with an entire capacity of 34.3 cubic feet, 19 of that contain the pipes compartment. If that’s not enough of a space odyssey to your demands, it is likely to alter the foundation right radius out of the freezer to the fridge with only a couple of taps on your in-door direction panel.
With 21.2 cubic feet of fresh food storage area, the Kenmore Elite 72482 is about as ample as grills come. Additionally, it provides consistent performance and a very beneficial mix of features. Kenmore doesn’t produce its own appliances instead buys the competition’s racks, so rebrands them with all the Kenmore title, also sells them in Sears, in which they like the lion’s share of ground area. In the case of the 72482, you are looking at a rebranded LG model. Kenmore does not create its own appliances instead buys the contest’s racks, rebrands them with the Kenmore title, and sells them at Sears, where they like the lion’s share of ground area. In the instance of this 72482, you’re looking at a rebranded LG model.
However, investing in one of those greatest refrigerators out there's a movement worth making, since the appliance will probably sit in the kitchen for decades, and some characteristics might be more important to you than the others. Differences in drawer space and electricity use are only a few of the things to take into account.