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Accessibility is a very basic need in web design that gets overlooked by most designers now-a-days. Accessibility should be the underlying framework for your website design or redesign.
To get an idea of the importance of accessibility in website design we needn’t look that far. Consider that, in England, it has been deemed ILLEGAL to operate a website that does not conform to the accessibility guidelines set out by the Disability Rights Commission.
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- Design your websites using DIV tags instead of tables. It is easier to layout the information in a navigable form when using this method of layout. It is also easier when using templates to change or modify the site in the future without an extraneous amount of work.
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Barbara Linn Probst, award-winning author of Queen of the Owls, is back with The Sound Between the Notes. Releasing this April, the book tells the story of Susannah, a pianist who put her career on hold to raise her son. When she’s presented with the opportunity to catapult into the ranks of the most elite musicians, she decides it’s time to put herself first. If she can find the passion and magic she once played with, can she also overcome the hereditary disease that’s robbing her of the ability to play altogether?
Preorder your copy of The Sound Between the Notes today, and scroll on for your first look at the cover.
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The highly anticipated new novel from the multiple award-winning author of Queen of the Owls . . .
What if you had a second chance at the very thing you thought you’d renounced forever? How steep a price would you be willing to pay?
Susannah’s career as a pianist has been on hold for nearly sixteen years, ever since her son was born. An adoptee who’s never forgiven her birth mother for not putting her first, Susannah vowed to put her own child first, no matter what. And she did.
But now, suddenly, she has a chance to vault into that elite tier of “chosen” musicians. There’s just one problem: somewhere along the way, she lost the power and the magic that used to be hers at the keyboard. She needs to get them back. Now.
Her quest―what her husband calls her obsession―turns out to have a cost Susannah couldn’t have anticipated. Even her hand betrays her, as Susannah learns that she has a progressive hereditary disease that’s making her fingers cramp and curl―a curse waiting in her genes, legacy of a birth family that gave her little else. As her now-or-never concert draws near, Susannah is catapulted back to memories she’s never been able to purge―and forward, to choices she never thought she would have to make.
Told through the unique perspective of a musician, The Sound Between the Notes draws the reader deeper and deeper into the question Susannah can no longer silence: Who am I, and where do I belong?
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Nike applies Hyperfuse technology to the latest Tech Pack collection. The pieces include some of Nike’s most iconic designs, including the Windrunner, Vest, and Poncho, all made to deliver breathability and durability in lightweight shells. Ripstop fabric, taped and bonded seams, and reverse coil zippers help to make pieces better through decreasing weight to improve breathability and fit. The design approach is inside out, you’ll see fused layers of materials giving dimension to the aesthetic while also helping to keep a clean silhouette. Materials are engineered to allow air move through, which also delivers breathability and ventilation for the warmer months. The pieces showcased are transparent and colorful.
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Bring the flavours of Easter to your kitchen with Mary Berry's moreish hot cross buns. For this recipe you will need a piping bag fitted witha fine nozzle, but if you don& have a nozzle you could use a piping bag and snip the end off.
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I'm extremely happy to hear that The Flatlanders will be performing at the Thirsty Ear Festival.
The past two times they've been in town, I missed them because I was out of state.
Here's the press release.
Southwest Roots Music presents the 8th annual
THIRSTY EAR FESTIVAL
August 31 - September 2, 2007, Eaves Movie Ranch, Santa Fe
Tickets at the Lensic Box Office 505-988-1234
or online at ThirstyEarFestival.com
THE FLATLANDERS featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely & Butch Hancock
BEAUSOLEIL avec Michael Doucet * THE BE GOOD TANYAS
ROSIE LEDET & THE ZYDECO PLAYBOYS * ELIZA GILKYSON
JOE LOUIS WALKER & THE BOSSTALKERS * RICHARD JOHNSTON
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST * RYAN McGARVEY
JERRY FAIRES * HIGHER GROUND & many more folk, blues, Cajun, zydeco, roots rock, bluegrass & alt-country artists on multiple stages to be announced.
Plus interactive demonstrations by ROGER LANDES (Celtic Music) and MICHAEL DOUCET (Cajun Music), kids' activities, local crafts, healthy food, NM microbrews & wine, solar & sustainable energy exhibits.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
FLATLANDERS AT THIRSTY EAR
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Millennium Films has promoted Jonathan Yunger to director of creative affairs following his work on action-thriller "Olympus Has Fallen."
A black-and-white stop-motion toon that pays loving tribute to Hollywood creature features of yesteryear, this beautifully designed canine-resurrection saga feels, somewhat fittingly, stitched…
A finely chiseled thriller that reflects the cold-blooded efficiency of its murderous subject in every frame and detail, "The Iceman" expertly unpacks the story of frighteningly prolific contract…
At first glance, it might appear that Gwyneth Paltrow benefited from Hollywood nepotism, given her pedigree as the daughter of director-producer Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner.
Winona Ryder and Barry Pepper have been cast to star in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie "When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story."
Winona Ryder is in talks to co-star in Darren Aronofsky's supernatural thriller "Black Swan."
Dear Diary: Fox is developing a contemporary take on the 1989 Christian Slater/Winona Ryder feature "Heathers."
"The Informers" is a faithful adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel.
"Star Trek" is beaming up Winona Ryder.
Despite her small frame, Winona Ryder made a big impression at Monday's premiere of Sundance pic "The Ten."
A promising concept is gradually run into the ground in "Sex and Death 101."

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T.J. sent in this terrific shot of Spider-Man at the Canadian National Exposition (We call it the CNE) in 1979, I love Spider-Man's medallion!. What's cool about this is T.J. and I were friends in high school, check out his great blog here.
Chris Franklin sent in this awesome flyer for a couple of appearances at Hills stores, Captain America and Rom: Space Knight at one and Spider-Man Goblin at the other. Chris saw the Spider-Man Goblin fight, good choice.
Here is a great memento, Spider-Man's autograph, Chris tells me that you should not hand Spider-Man a Batman pen to sign with, sound advice.
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Discussion in News started by Josh, Mar 29, 2011
Poor VIP Mode. Its dead
Shouldn't be dead unless if someone didn't update the server.
I vaguely remember Ray not starting it up for some reason. TBH it doesn't seem to be missed by the admins that played in it (at least I've heard no mention of it on mumble or in-game). But yeah, ask Ray.
I tried putting back up after the hardware failure but it was seg faulting. I didn't really want to mess with it so I said fuck it and went to bed.
I miss VIP. And ZMR. And HnS. And Customs..... Any I'm missing from my missing list?
I think one of the maps was Oil rig...but it has been such a long time, I am not 100% sure.
I remember playing a little 1.6 VIP mod in some CrazyTank map on my cousin's PC when I was like 12. . .Oh, the rotten fun I had.
Any interest in pursuing this again?
nope. best bet is for us to throw it up on training now and then for a little private mumble match.
i always wanted to know what happened to vip it was fun
The orange box update broke the mod, and player numbers were dwindling since VIP mod wasn't that popular back in classic or 1.6. I guess through subsequent updates the mod kept on broke again like ZM every time valve launches an update for css
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Fewer exiles arrived in Germany in 2016 yet assaults on asylum seekers and vandalism of their homes traced at a high level.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel s rked convene protests in her home nation after more than one million transients arrived to benefit from her open door policy.
A string of shock attacks, sex assaults and attacks on German nationals prompted an outcry from right-wing aggregations which called for an end to migration.
Counter demonstrations were held and in 2015 the include of attacks rose dramatically.
On Christmas Eve, at 3:30am, explosives were dumped at a refugee camp in Haldensleben near Magdeburg by “three or four darkly smarten up men”.
Nobody was hurt but re irs will cost about a thousand euros.
The decry was only one of nearly 921 recorded by The Federal Criminal Police Occu tion (BKA) this year.
In 2015, the BKA had recorded 1,031 attacks on asylum camps.
Divers attacks were violent and some resulted in deaths of migrants.
Uncountable than 60 attacks were arson related
Complete accepts from this year are not yet available meaning they could outdo that of the previous year.
Easy registration system figures show up about 890,000 asylum seekers arrived in Germany in 2015, by the end of November of this year it was significantly fewer at fro 305,000.
Com red to 2014 there had only been 199 attacks, concurring to the Federal Criminal Police Office.
Politicians from the SPD and the Greens enjoy suggested there must be a debate in rliament on action which can be infatuated on crimes related to migration.
SPD’s Eva Högl said: «This is a frighteningly s cy number. There is a need for action. People come here and desperate straits protection.
“What we can not do now is to mix up asylum policy and terrorism.»
Irene Mihalic, a spokesperson for the Unsophisticated rty, said: «The number of attacks in 2016 is striking.»
“A politicians, we hold a great responsibility with what we publicly say after such a horrendous attack as the one on the Berlin Christmas market.»
Ms Mihalic blamed right wing politicoes like CSU boss Horst Seehofer for what she called «handing keywords to the Nazi-attackers».

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O’Sullivan Surname Genealogy
root of O’Sullivan is Suileabhan – with suil meaning
“eye,” dubh possibly “black” or “dark,”
and the diminutive –an acting as a suffix. Some think Suileabhan
means one-eyed, others hawk-eyed.
- The International O’Sullivan Clan. Clan association.
- The Book of Sullivan. Sullivan history and
- O’Sullivan History. Clan history and
- Branches of the Sullivan Family. Early Sullivans from
Ireland to Virginia.
- The Sullivan Family. Sullivans from Ireland
to Australia and San Francisco.
- The Timothy Sullivan Website
Timothy Sullivan from Ireland
to South Australia.
- Surrey History Sullivans
in British Columbia.
original home of the O’Sullivans was Tipperary. They were driven
from these lands by the Anglo-Normans in the 1190’s and divided into
two main septs:
O’Sullivan Mor (the larger or the
greater) in the Iveagh peninsula in south Kerry
the O’Sullivan Beare (from the Beara
peninsula) on Bantry Bay in west Cork.
O’Sullivan history was characterized by ongoing feuds with
their neighbors the MacCarthys. But they
generally prospered – at least until
1590’s when they came up against the English. In a final
1601 Donal O’Sullivan Beare had taken command of the Irish Munster
with their Spanish allies, they faced the English at Kinsale. The
was defeat. The O’Sullivan Beare fortress of Dunboy castle
then lost. Donal led the retreat of his
troops but he himself
died in 1618.
After the Kinsale
debacle, there were later assaults on O’Sullivan lands by Cromwell’s
confiscations during the penal years.
Oge O’Sullivan Beare, having fled abroad, did return but
outlawed. In 1756 he was captured and
executed by British forces and his body towed headless to Cork. Many O’Sullivans at this time or later left
Ireland. There are now more than three times as many Sullivans
O’Sullivans outside Ireland than within.
The clan history was first recounted in the Book of
Sullivan, but that book disappeared in the early
1800’s. Gary Sullivan’s 2007 book History
of the O’Sullivan Clan is a modern account.
France. Colonel Dermot
was one of the
“Wild Geese” who fought in Irish brigades for France in the 1640’s. The O’Sullivan McCragh branch in Kerry
departed Ireland and acquired Dunderry castle in the Loire valley. These O’Sullivans became the O’Sullivan
chiefs when the last of the O’Sullivan Mors died in 1762.
They remain at Dunderry today.
Charles O’Sullivan of Nantes was the grandson
of an Irish emigrant who was sent to the guillotine in the 1780’s for
Royalist. His brother John, a fencing
master, was tried for the same offence but acquitted.
Almost half of the Sullivans in England in the 1881
census were to be found in London. Their
numbers included Arthur Sullivan, the collaborator in the Gilbert and
operas and E.J. Sullivan the illustrator.
Many Sullivans came to the East End of London in the 1850’s
potato famine. A later Londoner, John
Sullivan, devised the hugely popular TV program Only Fools
and Horses in the 1980’s.
Laurence Sulivan (not Sullivan) was born in Cork, it
is believed, and arrived in India sometime around 1740.
After marrying the daughter of a rich
merchant, he used this connection to rise through the ranks of the East
Company. He was described as being
by scruples, remorseless, and vindictive.”
In London he directed the company’s affairs during its heyday. Probably through his patronage Sullivan
Cork became important figures in British rule in India in the late
early 19th centuries.
John O’Sullivan of the
O’Sullivan Beares was an early arrival in America, coming to Virginia
as a planter. His father had fled
Ireland with his family after the failure of the 1641 Rebellion. Later generations of these Sullivans migrated
to South Carolina and Alabama.
Owen O’Sullivan left his home in Limerick in 1723 and
settled as a schoolmaster with his wife Margery in the frontier town of
Berwick, Maine. Known as Master John Sullivan, he lived to be 104
old. The Sullivan family
Berwick had some distinguished offspring.:
- one of his sons John was a General in Washington’s army in
- another son James became Governor of Massachusetts
- and a great grandson of James Sullivan was the
Boston writer Thomas Russell Sullivan.
records for Judge Jeremiah Sullivan were in the 1780’s in Augusta
county, Virginia. He was in 1818 an early
settler in Indiana
and his home in Madison, which still stands, is reckoned to have been
mansion built in the state. He had three
co-founded the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell in New York;
Jeremiah and Thomas Sullivan, both Union
generals during the Civil War.
Tom Sullivan migrated from South Carolina to Mississippi
in the early 1800’s and was the forebear of the Sullivans of Sullivan’s Hollow, said to
be some of
the meanest folks around.
Sullivan arrivals in the 19th century were mainly focused on the big
the East Coast like Boston. John L.
Sullivan, the son of Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Boston and was
nicknamed the “Boston Strong Boy.” He
1882 and 1892 the
first world heavyweight boxing champion, having
previously been the king of bare-knuckle boxing.
was a heavy
drinker until he met and married his second wife who helped reform him. He ended up as a speaker on the temperance
James Sullivan from Cork had
an unusual route to America. Convicted
by the British authorities of theft in 1838, he was transported to
Australia. Then, having served out his
sentence in 1849, he and his wife Bridget and their family embarked on
for San Francisco. Sadly, the Irish were
being victimized by vigilante groups in San Francisco at that time and
Sullivan was found murdered in a police cell in 1856.
Canada. Denis and Mary
Sullivan came to Canada from Kerry in 1849 at the time of the potato
suffering many hardships in their voyage to Quebec.
They made their home first at Pakenham in
Lanark county before their six sons set out for Brudenell in the
in 1849 and also from Kerry came Jeremiah Sullivan and his family who
other Kerry arrivals in Kingsbridge in Huron county.
Three of their sons – Tom, Henry and Jerry –
headed west around 1900 to set up a timber and logging operation in
British Columbia at what came to be known as the Sullivan station.
Edward Sullivan was an Anglican bishop from county
Armagh who took up positions in Canada in the 1850’s and 1860’s. His son Alan Sullivan made his mark in Canada
as a poet and writer of short stories in the 1920’s.
If you would like to read more, click on the miscellany page for
further stories and accounts:
Select Sullivans/O’Sullivans Today
- 35,000 in the UK (most numerous
- 72,000 in America (most numerous in Massachusetts)
- 64,000 elsewhere (most numerous in Ireland)
O’Sullivan is the #3 ranked surname in Ireland.
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The behind-the-scenes video features Jennifer Lawrence
A new behind-the-scenes look at The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has been released.
The short featurette film focuses on the IMAX version of the forthcoming sequel, which is due out in UK cinemas on November 21. You can watch the clip by scrolling down the page and clicking ‘play’.
Speaking about the IMAX cut of the film, Jennifer Lawrence, who plays Katniss Everdeen, said: “I think it’s going to be really interesting because I’ve always been a huge fan of IMAX.”
Josh Hutcherson (who plays Peeta Mellark) added: “The scope of the film is just so much bigger this time around. Francis (Lawrence, director) is a genius. He’s really put so much attention to detail in so many different areas that matter a lot to me and a lot of audience members will pick up on them too.”
Meanwhile, The National, Patti Smith and Lorde are among the artists set to feature on the soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The official soundtrack will be released on November 19 and also features the brand new Coldplay song ‘Atlas’. Other artists to have contributed songs include The Lumineers, Ellie Goulding, Christina Aguilera, The Weeknd and Santigold.
Speaking to NME recently, The National’s frontman Matt Berninger revealed that his band’s contribution to the soundtrack was originally deemed “too dark” by the film’s makers – because of its title. The group originally contributed a song called ‘Dying Is Easy’, but it was sent back so the band were forced to change its name to ‘Lean’.
“The song almost didn’t make it because it was too dark for The Hunger Games soundtrack, which I thought was sort of funny because it’s about killing kids, I don’t know how a song can be darker than that?” he said. “So we had to change the name of the song; I actually like the name ‘Lean’.”
He added: “The song was originally called ‘Dying Is Easy’ and I think that they thought it was a little too dark. But, you know, I get it. It was a really fun project… It was a cool change from how we normally work on things – to write something for something else. It was kind of a pressure release thing and it was fun, we really enjoyed it.”

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Evaluation Process of OMPT
Finding the source of your pain
The comprehensive approach taken by the OMPT program investigates the relationship between the symptomatic complaints and the mechanism behind the provoking movement patterns. The evaluation is done in order to systematically find the functional impairment and give understanding to the characteristics of the structures involved. Due to the complexity of the body the therapist first generates a differential diagnoses list. This is a list of possible diagnoses that would be consistent with the patient’s symptoms as reported from the history. Irrelevant diagnoses are sequentially eliminated through the use of localization testing.
The philosophy developed by Evenjth and expanded on by Krauss localizes regions, structures, and/or segments. Localization works on the principle of provocation and alleviation of the specific symptoms the patient presents to the clinic with. Therefore replicating or linking signs from the objective testing done by the therapist to the symptomatic movement complaint. Specific detail about the region and structure is interpreted as it is examined. Regional testing is performed if the pain is broad in nature and travels across multiple areas of the body. In order to differentiate regions within the body, the application of the testing either applies or relieves an applied force on one region in order to rule out uninvolved regions.
For example, if there is pain in the base of the neck and into the shoulder, it could be from either of the two regions. If the patient reproduces the painful movement and the therapist applies a stress such as traction to the neck while the patient is in pain and the pain doesn’t change, this would indicate the shoulder could be the involved region. Then the shoulder should be further tested more from that point on.
At this point, the relevant region has been linked to the symptoms and the therapist continues to examine the structures and/or the segments involved (if dealing with the spine) in order to find the primary tissue involved to help determine a working diagnosis. The structures could include muscle, tendon, ligament, cartilage, joint capsular tissue, neural (nerve) and/or soft tissue. Again the primary structure is identified by the replication or alleviation of the specific symptoms. Examination of these impairments looks at the quality of tissues, such as muscle fiber length and feel, nerve irritation, and translatoric joint play. Joint play is precise testing that evaluates the motion that occurs within the joint. This includes characteristics of gliding and rolling within the joint that lead to the primary motion of functional movement.
For example, pain in the shoulder could be from the joint, nerve and/or muscle. Pulling on the humerus separates glenohumeral joint and could lengthen the muscles in the muscles around the shoulder, therefore if pain is reproduced, the therapist would think the joint is not involved and if the nerve testing is negative the therapist concludes it could be the muscles and continues with muscle testing.
Throughout the differentiation process more than one structure may concurrently be involved. Therefore the therapist looks at the specific impairment of that structure as it correlates to the primary structure, function and symptoms. This method of testing gives insight into the symptoms surrounding the whole body.

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Two COP Mps Vote Against Bill
And then there were two.
Well, at least when it came to COP MPs and Cabinet members breaking rank with the Government on the vote for the Constitution Amendment bill.
They stood their ground as the Prime Minister said she respectfully disagreed with their views.. while offering new amendments to the bill in an apparent effort to stave off efforts to label it an undemocratic one.
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Each week, select Mark’s Daily Apple blog posts are prepared as Primal Blueprint Podcasts. Need to catch up on reading, but don’t have the time? Prefer to listen to articles while on the go? Check out the new blog post podcasts below, and subscribe to the Primal Blueprint Podcast here so you never miss an episode.
Packing a lunch day after day saves money and helps you stick to your health goals, but it requires some regular inspiration. From simple no-cook Bento box lunches, to layered Big-Ass salads, to big-batch recipes that provide dinner and lunch the next day, we’ve got you covered. Pack something good every day of the week with these go-to Primal lunchbox ideas.
Put together several Big-Ass salads and store them in glass mason jars so you can grab the pre-made salads for lunch throughout the workweek. Dressing goes in the bottom of the jar and the salad ingredients are layered on top. This keeps everything crisp and fresh, even if you pack the salad a few days in advance. When you’re ready to eat lunch, dump the contents into a bowl and voila! You’ve got yourself a Big-Ass salad.
Tips For Packing Jar Salads:
Use quart-sized jars for main course salads and pint jars for side salads
Wide mouth jars are easiest to pack
Most mason jar salads can be packed up to 3 days ahead of time
Pour 2 to 4 tablespoons salad dressing in the bottom of the jar
Layer ingredients from firmest in texture to lightest, so the salad doesn’t get soggy
Greens are the last ingredient to go in the jar. Tear larger leaves into bite-sized pieces. It’s okay to pack the greens in tightly.
Mason Jar Big-Ass Salad Inspiration:
Greek Salad: Thinly sliced red onion, cookedground lamb or sliced lamb ,large diced cucumber, feta, Kalamata olives, spinach
Bento box lunches offer a variety of flavors and foods with very little effort. The trick is keeping your kitchen well stocked with healthy whole foods that require little or no prep time. Just open your fridge and pantry, pull a few things out, and pack up your bento lunch box.
Bento Lunch Box Inspiration:
Canned olive oil-packed tuna with Primal Kitchen Mayo + Sweet mini bell peppers + Olives + Fresh berries with coconut butter
Smoked Salmon + Cucumber + Avocado + Green beans drizzled with sesame oil + Dried Seaweed (nori or SeaSnax)
For more kids’ bento box ideas, check out this post.
Not sure what to pack for lunch? The answer might be in your fridge already. It’s called “leftovers.” Packing lunch is always easier when there are dinner leftovers in the fridge. These 9 recipes make big batches of food, providing both dinner and lunch the next day.
Tender chicken thighs are cooked in a rich sauce made from tomatoes, mushrooms, bell peppers and garlic. Packing fresh garnishes in your lunch box like basil, grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and black olives will give leftover chicken cacciatore fresh, bright flavor.
This simple sheet pan meal is just as good the next day eaten as a shrimp and broccoli salad. Buy a bag of baby spinach to toss with the leftover shrimp and broccoli for lunch and don’t forget to dress the salad with Primal Kitchen Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette.
Chili tastes better a day or two after it’s made, which means it’s a perfect leftover for lunch. With a simple list of ingredients and a short cooking time, this smoky sweet potato chiliis sure to become a regular weeknight dinner that also provides lunch the next day.
These short ribs are so good you’re going to be counting down the minutes until lunch so you can eat them again. And the short ribs are tasty hot or cold (especially with the cool and sweet tasting slaw), so you’re good to go without reheating.
A pan of casserole in the fridge is always a welcome sight. Especially when it’s Primal taco casserole. Pack this layered taco casserole with an avocado and small containers of salsa and sour cream and you’ll have a filling and delicious lunch.
Traditional buffalo chicken flavors are baked into this gluten-free, low-carb casserole. Better yet, this recipe is from Meal Prep on Fleek, which provides step-by-step instructions for meal prepping four meals from this one recipe.
Sliced brisket with potatoes is the type of leftover lunch that makes coworkers envious. Pack a few sprigs of fresh parsley to scatter over your meal, plus a little sea salt and a wedge of lemon to perk up the flavors of the meat and potatoes.
Thoughts or other ideas to add to the mix? Share them below, and have a great end to the week, everyone!
For years, collagen/gelatin was maligned by bodybuilding enthusiasts as an “incomplete protein” because it doesn’t contain all the essential amino acids, nor does it contribute directly to muscle protein synthesis. There’s definitely truth to this. If you ate nothing but gelatin for your protein, you’d get sick real quick. That’s exactly what happened to dozens of people who tried the infamous “liquid protein diet” fad of the 70s and 80s, which relied heavily on a gelatin-based protein drink. Man—or woman—shall not live by collagen alone.
As for whey, it’s an extremely complete protein. It’s one of the most bioavailable protein sources around, a potent stimulator of anabolic processes and muscle protein synthesis. I consider it essential for people, especially older ones in whom protein metabolism has degraded, and for anyone who wants to boost their protein intake and get the most bang for their buck.
This said, which is best for your needs today? Let’s take a look….
Collagen and whey are two completely different foods. Whether you take one or the other depends on a number of factors.
The first thing to do is explore the different benefits and applications of whey and collagen.
Whey Protein: Uses and Benefits
Whey is one of two primary dairy proteins, the other one being casein. It gained its reputation in the fitness world as a proven muscle-builder, but it actually has some interesting health effects that have little to do with hypertrophy.
Fatty liver: In obese women, a whey supplement reduces liver fat (and as a nice side effect increases lean mass a bit). Fatty liver patients also benefit from whey, enjoying improvements in glutathione status, liver steatosis, and antioxidant capacity. Rats who supplement with whey see reduced fat synthesis in the liver and increased fatty acid oxidation in the skeletal muscle.
Sarcopenia: Muscle wasting, whether cancer-related or a product of age and inactivity, is a huge threat to one’s health and happiness. Studies show that whey protein is the most effective protein supplement for countering sarcopenia, especially compared to soy. An anti-sarcopenia smoothie I always have people drink on bed rest is 20-30 grams of whey isolate, a couple egg yolks, milk, cream, and ice. Tastes like ice cream and works like a charm. One time a friend even gave this to his grandmother who was on bedrest in the hospital with diarrhea, mental confusion, and a total lack of appetite. She was in a bad state. After a day or two of the smoothie, she recovered quite rapidly, regaining her appetite and alertness.
Gastrointestinal disorders: Dairy gets a bad rap in some corners for its supposed effects on the gut, but a component of dairy can actually improve gut health, even in patients with gastrointestinal disorders. In Crohn’s disease patients, a whey protein supplement reduces leaky gut. In rodent models of inflammatory bowel disease, whey protein reduce gut inflammation and restore mucin (the stuff used to build up the gut barrier) synthesis.
Oh, and whey is great for hypertrophy.
When To Choose Whey
If you lift and want some extra protein, whey’s a great choice.
If you’re older and worry about your ability to metabolize and utilize protein, some extra protein via whey can help.
If you have any of the conditions listed above, whey’s a great choice. Do note that some of the benefits may stem from simply eating more protein than before. Whey itself may not be the whole cause; an extra slab of steak or a few more eggs could possibly have the same effect.
Along with foods like organ meats, egg yolks, and shellfish, I consider whey to be an important “supplemental food”—a food that acts like a high-density nutrition supplement, powerful in small doses and worth including in almost every diet.
Collagen Protein: Uses and Benefits
I advocate collagen protein as afourth macronutrient. It’s different enough from whey and other “regular” proteins, serving a totally different function in the body.
If whey has been the gold standard for the muscle building amino acid profile for 30 years, collagen is the gold standard for supporting collagen-based structures in the body (fascia, ligaments, tendons, cartilage, skin, hair, nails). We don’t get much collagenous material in a normal diet these days, and meat proteins and/or plant proteins and/or milk, eggs, etc. don’t have the collagen peptides nor the ideal ratio of glycine, hydroxyproline, and other amino acids found abundantly in collagen. Furthermore, metabolism of the amino acids present in muscle meat deplete our reserves of glycine, thereby increasing the requirement even further. The more meat you eat, the more collagen you need.
Why We Need Collagen So Much These Days
This (non)relationship with collagen is extremely novel for our species. For millions of years up until very recently we ate nose to tail. We ate the entire animal. To give you an idea of how much collagen we’d have eaten, the average cow is about half muscle meat and half “other stuff,” which includes bones, skin, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and other bits extremely rich in collagen. That’s a ton of glycine and a far cry from eating nothing but ground beef and ribeyes. And more recently, even when we moved toward shrink-wrapped select cuts of meat and away from bones and skin, we still had jello. Then, when jello got maligned, we had nothing. So for the past 20-30 years or so, most Americans have had no appreciable source of collagen peptides in their diet.
Just based on what we know about human biochemistry, this is a disaster. The human body requires at least 16 grams of glycine per day for basic metabolic processes, yet we can only synthesize 3 grams, and the typical omnivorous diet provides just 2-3 grams per day, so we’re looking at an average daily deficit of 10 grams that we need to make up for through diet. Collagen is roughly 1/3 glycine, so that means we need to be eating about 30 grams of collagen per day to hit our 10 gram dosage. And in disease states that disrupt glycine synthesis, like rheumatoid arthritis, or on plant-based diets that provide little to no dietary glycine, we need even more.
I suspect a lot of pro athletes who have connective tissue issues could use even more collagen, especially since they’re exposing their tissues to such incredible stress. I know I did back during my competition days.
What Does Collagen Do For Our Bodies?
It supports our connective tissue and collagen-based structures: fascia, ligaments, tendons, cartilage, skin, hair, and nails.
It balances your muscle meat intake. I mentioned this earlier, and we see both observational and interventional evidence for it.
Observational: In one recent observational study, the relationship between red meat and diabetes was abolished after controlling for low-glycine status. People with low glycine levels and high meat intakes were more likely to have diabetes; people with higher glycine levels could have higher meat intakes without any issues. In another study, low circulating levels of glycine predicted diabetes risk.
Interventional: In both worms and rodents, excessive intake of methionine (the amino acid most abundantly found in muscle meat) reduced longevity, while adding in glycine restored it.
It improves gut health. When I gave up grains and stopped endurance training at age 47 my gut health improved immensely. Like, world-changing for me. But I was still at 90-95%. When I started supplementing with collagen, my gut finally had that last 5% of repair/support/healing it needed to get to 100%.
It’s a great pre-workout. Though maybe not for the reasons most people take “pre-workouts.” I’ve also experienced rapid healing of tendinitis through using pre-workout collagen with vitamin C. I’m not just imagining it because I’ve dealt with a ton of tendon issues over the years, and they never healed that quickly until I introduced pre-workout collagen.
I’ve noticed that my hair and nails grow much faster than before.
Final Answer: Which One?
So, should you use whey or collagen? Let’s get to the bottom line, Sisson.
I made Primal Fuel because I wanted a high quality, low-sugar, moderate-fat meal replacement whey protein.
If I had to choose one, collagen is a better choice for the vast majority of you.
Essential amino acids aren’t a big problem on most ancestral diets, like paleo, Primal, or Primal-keto, and if you’re eating enough animal protein you don’t really need whey. Now, can you benefit from whey despite eating meat? Sure. Necessary does not mean optimal; whey has been shown to improve hypertrophy and muscle recovery from resistance training, plus all the other benefits I already detailed earlier. Almost anyone who does anything in the gym will see benefits from adding 20 grams of whey per day.
But almost no one is getting enough collagen, even the ancestrally-minded eaters who are aware of its importance. And that is a historical aberration on a massive scale. It hasn’t been done before. I wouldn’t recommend testing those waters.
And of course, powders aren’t the only way to get collagen and whey. They both appear in plenty of foods. The powders are just convenient to have on hand when you forget to make the bone broth (chicken, beef, turkey) or throw the oxtails in the crockpot. (Check out those linked recipes if you prefer broth or stew sources.)
Which do you prefer—whey or collagen? What benefits have you noticed from each?
Thanks for reading, everyone. Let me know your thoughts, and take care.
I love dairy. As a man of primarily Northern European descent, my ancestors have been consuming the stuff for thousands of years. It doesn’t give me any issues. You won’t find me chugging tall glasses of straight milk these days, but I’m a big believer in cream, cheese, yogurt, and kefir. Very nutrient-dense food if you can handle it. Lactase persistence? I practically have lactase insistence.
My favorable response to dairy makes keto especially easy. High-fat and fermented dairy is high in nutrients and low in digestible carbs (the bacteria consume most of the lactose). Cheese, cream, kefir, and yogurt all happen to be the most nutritious forms of dairy and the most keto-friendly. Many others getting into keto lean heavily on dairy. It just makes keto easier, especially if you’ve grown up eating dairy.
But globally my reaction to dairy is pretty rare, and that changes the keto landscape for most people.
Most of the world has some degree of lactose intolerance, meaning once weaned from breast milk they no longer retain the digestive enzyme required to comfortably break down the milk sugar lactose. A smaller but still significant chunk of people have dairy protein intolerance; they get an inflammatory or allergic response to the proteins found in dairy, most commonly casein. And there’s also the problem of A1 casein, a relatively novel form of dairy casein that has been shown to cause inflammatory issues in the guts of susceptible people, whereas the more “ancestral” form of casein—A2 casein—does not. A1 casein is far more common these days, and not everyone can handle it or find access to A2 casein-producing dairy animals.
In other words, there are many people reading this blog interested in going keto who either cannot or don’t want to consume dairy. They need tips for doing it dairy-free. And today, I’m going to give them some.
MCT oil powder: I’ve never been a big fan of the straight-up MCT oils. They’re fine if you like adding oil to your coffee, but I really prefer using the powdered MCT oil. The way I do it is mix a scoop or two with a little liquid—milk (although not if you’re avoiding dairy), coconut milk, water, etc—and then add the resulting slurry to the coffee.
Cashews: Cashews are a great creamer replacement because they have a natural sweetness to them. They’re also very rich in fat and low in fiber for a nut, so they promote extreme creaminess when blended. Some of my favorite Indian curries use cashews blended into water as the base instead of heavy cream or yogurt.
Tahini: A fantastic alternative to heavy cream is to blend tahini (sesame seed butter) with coconut milk and a teaspoon of blackstrap molasses. I normally blend the tahini into a bit of heavy cream, but coconut milk or cream also work. Don’t fear the few carbs in that teaspoon of blackstrap molasses; it’s key. You’ll find a nice coffee recipe using tahini here.
Macadamia cream: Blend macadamia butter (make by throwing mac nuts into a food processor) with a bit of water. Mac nuts are almost pure fat, so they make a fantastic creamer base.
Hemp: As I mentioned in one of my recent Sunday With Sisson emails (subscribe to the newsletter to receive those if you’re interested), one of my latest favorites is using 2-3 TB whole hemp hearts, a scoop of Vanilla Collagen Fuel, a dash of salt and cinnamon, and blending it all together until frothy and creamy. The hemp provides a ton of magnesium and creaminess, the Fuel gives collagen and rounds it out, and the salt and cinnamon provide flavor, sodium, and a little extra barrier against insulin resistance. All told, it’s a great way to enhance your coffee and provide many of the nutrients you need while ketogenic.
Eggs: Primal egg coffee. Egg yolks are also great thickeners for sauces where you’d normally use cream or butter.
Yeah, yeah, conventional wisdom sources are obsessed with people missing out on calcium if they choose to eschew dairy, and they get so much about nutrition so wrong that it’s easy to ignore that one, too. They’re not wrong though. Dairy is a good source of calcium, perhaps the best, and definitely the easiest and most available. And although one reason why people feel they need so much calcium for good bone health is that they’re walking around with vitamin D deficiency—which impairs calcium metabolism—you do need calcium.
How do you get calcium on a dairy-free keto diet?
Eat bone-in fish. Canned sardines are a really easy, really delicious way to do it. An average can provides about 20% of your daily calcium requirements. Trader Joe’s has a great bone-in, skin-on wild pink salmon in a BPA-free can. If you eat all 7 servings in the can, you’ll hit 70% of your calcium requirements plus 35 grams of fat, much of which is omega-3, and 90 grams of protein. You could even slow cook whole bone-in fish until the bones soften enough to eat.
Cook bones or bone-in meat in acidic liquid. The old practice of adding a splash or two of apple cider vinegar to your bone broth pot doesn’t actually extract any measurable calcium from the bones. To really extract calcium, you need lots of acidity. An old Chinese postnatal meal was spare ribs cooked in vinegar (and sugar, but you can leave that out); the vinegar extracted huge amounts of calcium from the bones, giving the mother a much-needed source of calcium as she nursed her child. Cook ribs, shanks, or make bone broth using an acidic liquid like red wine or a high vinegar:water ratio. The Chinese vinegar sauce had a pH of 3.2, so you’ll want to aim for something in that realm of acidity. Red wine runs between 3.3 and 3.5 pH.
Eat collard greens. Some of the other calcium plant sources are also quite high in oxalates, which can bind to calcium and inhibit its absorption. Collard greens have less oxalate than most others and plenty of calcium. They’re also delicious cooked in some bacon fat, bone broth (maybe the high-calcium bone broth from the last section, even), and vinegar.
Focus On Whole Foods Rather Than Isolated Fats
Lots of keto people use dairy as a crutch. They drink cream by the cupful. They eat blocks of cheese like apples (not a bad thing, necessarily). They eat bowls and bowls of stevia-sweetened whip cream. They throw sticks of butter in their coffee. All of this in a quest to “get more fat.” These are good foods, to be sure (it’s a great crutch), but I don’t think they should form the basis of your caloric intake. They should enhance a meal, not replace it.
What if instead of subbing in buckets of coconut cream, cashew cheese, and MCT oil, you ate more eggs, meat, and salads? You don’t need to drink shots of olive oil or avocado oil. You can add them to your salad along with some olives and avocado. You can eat actual foods. Actual meals.
This applies to people eating dairy, too. But if you’re dropping dairy and are interested in 1-to-1 isolated fat sources, perhaps use this opportunity to switch over to a whole foods-focus.
A big reason keto folks rely on dairy so much is that it’s easy. It’s right there, ready to be poured (kefir, cream), sliced up (cheese), spread (butter), or scooped out (yogurt, cottage cheese).
Omelettes are a regular go-to for me. There’s no faster or easier way to whip up a healthy and filling meal than this. If I’m not eating a big-ass salad for lunch, you can bet it’s an omelette instead. Eggs offer a good dose of protein as well as plenty of essential minerals. Veggies, meat and a little cheese add their own nutrients and make for constant variety. It’s one of those Primal-keto staples I never get tired of. Let’s dig in.
Mark’s Big-Ass Omelette
Time In the Kitchen: 15 minutes
3 large eggs
1/4 bell pepper
1/4 cup chopped mushrooms
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped ham
3 Tbsp. feta cheese
Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat.
Crack three eggs in a bowl and whisk until well combined. Set aside.
Add veggies to the skillet and saute for a few minutes until cooked. Add salt and pepper to taste, if you’d like, and stir the veggies well. Add any pre-cooked protein you’d like to use (we used diced ham in this version) and warm for 20-30 seconds.
Add whisked eggs to skillet. Allow to cook for a couple of minutes, scraping down the sides of the skillet with your spatula every now and then. Swirl the eggs around a bit with your spatula as the eggs start to cook on the bottom of the pan.
When the eggs are mostly set, sprinkle some cheese, if desired, on the eggs before folding the omelette over. Using your spatula, lift up one side of the eggs and very carefully flip that side over top of the other side.
Carefully slide the omelette out of the pan and onto a plate. Serve immediately with a side of bacon or sliced avocado if desired.
Sea salt caramel is no kiddie flavor (although more discerning children may love it). In fact, sea salt caramel may be one of the most nuanced and decadent ice cream varieties out there…. Something about the caramel flavor feels richer than other ice creams. Something about the sea salt offers a bite that satisfies beyond taste imagination. It’s where sweet meets depth. And with this recipe, it’s an indulgence you can still revel in—even while keto, thanks to the magic of Swerve.
In a medium pot over medium heat, melt 3/4 cup Brown Swerve sugar with 3 tablespoons water, swirling skillet frequently, until Swerve turns mahogany brown in color (it should be almost but not quite black). This should take around 10 minutes.
Add heavy cream, almond milk, 1/8 tsp salt, and simmer until cream mixture is completely smooth and warm. Remove pot from heat. In a separate bowl, whisk yolks. While whisking constantly, slowly pour about a third of the warm cream into the yolks, then whisk the yolk mixture back into the pot with the cream.
Return pot to medium-low heat and gently cook until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (about 170 degrees on an instant-read thermometer). This should take between 25-30 minutes. You want to avoid cooking ice cream mixture too fast because the egg could curdle.
Cool mixture to room temperature. Cover and chill in refrigerator overnight or for 8 hours.
Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into ice cream machine. Churn in ice cream machine according to manufacturer’s instructions. Sprinkle flaky sea salt into base during the last 2 minutes of churning. Serve directly from the machine for soft serve, or store in freezer until needed. Enjoy!
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But I’m sorry to report that Dylan Thomas imploring you to assail life with boldness is becoming harder for the average person to fulfill and embody. People more than ever before are heading into middle age with a head-start on the degenerative changes to body composition and function that used to only hit older folks. They may want to go boldly into that good night, but their bodies probably won’t be cooperating.
Ignore the standouts for a moment. I’m not talking about that awesome granny you saw deadlifting her bodyweight on Instagram or the centenarian sprinter smoking the competition. I’m not talking about the celebrities with personal trainers and access to the latest and greatest medical technologies. I’m referring to the general trend in the greater population. All signs point to average men and women alike having more fragile bones, weaker muscles, and worse postures at a younger age than their counterparts from previous eras.
What Signs Point This Way?
Low Bone Density
These days, more men than ever before are developing the signs of osteoporosis at an earlier age. In fact, one recent study found that among 35-50 year olds, men were more likely than women to have osteopenia—lower bone mineral density—at the neck.
Osteoporosis used to be a “woman’s disease,” lower estrogen after menopause being the primary cause. That’s rather understandable; estrogen is a powerful modulator of bone metabolism in women, and a natural decline in estrogen will lead to a natural decline in bone density. Men’s bone density has a similar relationship with testosterone; as a man’s testosterone declined, so does his bone density. As long as a man or woman entered the decline with high bone density, the decline wouldn’t be as destructive.
But here’s the thing: these days, both men and women are starting the decline with lower bone density. In women and men, peak bone mass attainment occurs during puberty. In girls, that’s about ages 11-13. In boys, it’s later. Puberty sets up our hormonal environment to accumulate healthy amounts of bone mineral density—but we have to take advantage of that window.
One of the main determinants of bone density accumulation is physical activity. If you’re an 11-year-old girl or a 16-year-old boy and you’re not engaging in regular physical activity—running, jumping, throwing, lifting, playing—you will fail to send the appropriate signals to your body to begin amassing bone mass. And once that developmental window closes, and you didn’t spend it engaging in lots of varied movement, it’s really hard to make up for all the bone mineral density you didn’t get.
But you can certainly improve bone mineral density at any age. Even the elderly can make big gains by lifting weights, walking frequently, or even doing something a simple as regular hopping exercises. The problem is that physical activity is down across all ages.
Children are spending more time indoors using devices than outdoors playing. They aren’t walking to school or roaming around outdoors with friends getting into trouble. If they’re active, they’re more likely to be shuttled from soccer practice to ballet to music lessons. Their movement is prescribed rather than freely chosen. Hour-long chunks of “training” rather than hours and hours of unstructured movement…
Not just kids, either. Sedentary living is up in everyone.
So there are two big issues:
Kids are squandering the developmental window where they should be making the biggest gains in bone density.
Adults are leading sedentary lives, squandering the lifelong window we all have to increase bone density.
Another reason men are having newfound problems with low bone mineral density is that a generational drop in testosterone has been observed. Twenty years go, men of all ages had higher testosterone levels than their counterparts today, meaning an average 50-year-old guy in 1999 had higher testosterone than an average 50-year-old guy in 2019. Testosterone will decline with age. That’s unavoidable. But something other than aging is also lowering testosterone—and bone density—across the board.
Experts are now recommending that young men use night lights, avoid throw rugs on the floor, and do pre-emptive physical therapy—all to reduce the risk of tripping, falling, and breaking something. That is absolutely tragic. This shouldn’t be happening.
The smartphone is a great tool with incredible potential to transform lives, economies, and personal capacities. But it can wreck your posture if you’re not careful and mindful.
Try this. Pick up your phone and compose a text message. Do it without thinking. Now hold that position and go look at yourself in a mirror. What do you see?
Head jutting forward, tilted down.
Upper back rounded, almost hunched.
Shoulders internally rotated.
Now spend 6-8 hours a day in this position. Add a few more if you work on a computer. Add another 15-20 minutes if you take your phone into the bathroom with you. Add an hour if you’re the type to walk around staring at your phone.
It all starts to sound a little ridiculous, doesn’t it?
Not only are people spending their days sitting and standing with their spine contorted, they’re staring down at their phones while walking. This is particularly pernicious. They’re training their body to operate in motion with a suboptimal, subhuman spinal position. They’re making it the new normal, forcing the body to adapt. And it is subhuman. Humans are bipeds, hominids that tower over the grasslands, able to scan for miles in every direction, perceive oncoming threats, plot their approach, stand upright and hold the tools at the ready. What would a Pleistocene hunter-gatherer of 20,000 years ago make of the average 25-year-old hunchback shuffling along, nose pointed toward the ground? What would your grandfather make of it?
Interest in effective fitness and healthy eating and CrossFit and paleo and keto and everything else we talk about is at an all-time high, and all your friends on Instagram seem to be drinking bone broth and doing squats, so you’d think that people are getting stronger and waking up from all the crazy conventional wisdom that society has foisted upon us over the years. They’re not, though. That’s the view from inside the Internet bubble. This explosion in ancestral health and fitness is a reaction to the physical ineptitude and torpor enveloping the modern world. A small but growing group of people are discovering the keys to true health and wellness because the world at large has become so backwards.
And no matter how many CrossFit gyms pop up or people you see walking around in yoga pants, the average adult today is weaker than the average adult from twenty years ago. That’s the real trend. It probably doesn’t apply to you, my regular reader, but it does apply to people you know, love, and work with. Here’s the reality:
New recruits in the military are weaker than recruits from previous eras. They’re even having trouble “throwing grenades.”
Everywhere you look—Lithuania, Portugal, Sweden, to name just a few—kids, teens, and adults of all ages are failing to hit the normative standards of strength and fitness established in older eras. People are getting weaker, softer, and less fit earlier than ever before.
Don’t let this happen to you. Don’t let it happen to the people you care about. You have the chance, the duty to your future self to go boldly into that good night, rather than wither and dwindle and fall apart. And it starts today, right now, right here. Do one thing today. What will it be?
How are you guys fighting the ravages of age and gravity? What are you going to do today to ensure you’ll go boldly into older age?
A criticism often leveled against the keto diet is that it’s more expensive than a “regular” (read: SAD) diet. There’s some truth to that. It does cost more to buy meat than ramen and beans. I personally spend more on groceries now than I did before finding Primal. Not only did I shift to buying different types of food, I also came to care more about food quality. I started choosing more pasture-raised meat and eggs, and more pesticide-free and organic produce and dairy.
However, my grocery bills haven’t changed noticeably since going keto. If you’re already eating Primally, your daily foods don’t have to change that much if you decide to try keto. You’ll remove some (okay, most) of the fruits and root veggies, and sub in more above-ground veggies and probably some healthy fats. It’s not a substantial overhaul. However, if you’re coming from a standard high-carb, lots-of-cheap-packaged-foods diet straight into Primal+keto, it can be a shock to the wallet.
Sure, I can tell you that this is an investment in your long-term health and spending more on food now means spending less on medical care later. I believe that. I also know that doesn’t help you today if you’re looking at your food budget and your fridge, now mostly empty after purging it of non-Primal, higher-carb foods.
If you’re committed to making Primal+keto work on limited funds, it can be done. Here are some tips for making it happen.
1) Buy What You Can Afford
With Primal+keto, there are ideals when it comes to food quality, and then there’s what fits your budget. Now is the time to call on the saying, “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” Don’t stress about buying the best quality everything. Don’t forgo eating vegetables because you can’t always fit organic options into your budget. Non-pastured eggs still have more to offer nutrient-wise than a bagel for breakfast.
In terms of priorities, aim for better quality meat. (I’ll include tips for finding less expensive meat choices below.) Check the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch to see which types of seafood are worth your money and which should be avoided altogether; don’t spend money on the latter.
For produce, check out the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen—the vegetables and fruits they recommend buying organic—and the Clean Fifteen that are safer to buy conventional. Of note to keto eaters, spinach and kale should be organic, but many of our keto-friendly faves make the clean list. Don’t stress if you need to choose conventional avocados, cauliflower, and broccoli.
Remember, too, that it’s not always necessary to look for the organic label even for the “dirty dozen.” If you’re buying from local farmers, ask about their practices. Many small farmers are pesticide-free or use organic practices but simply can’t afford the process of becoming organic certified (it’s quite expensive and arduous). The same goes for meat.
2) Don’t Menu Plan
I’m going against the grain here. Most articles on budgeting tell you to make and stick to a strict plan. I find, however, that it’s more cost-effective to let sales be my guide. I’d rather check out my local grocery stores and farmer’s markets, buy what’s cheapest, and make it work. Use apps that tell you where the sales are and buy accordingly. Sign up for the customer loyalty cards at the stores you frequent so they can send you deals and coupons.
I realize that this might sound stressful if you don’t feel confident in the kitchen. If you’re beholden to recipes, this doesn’t always work. (Of course, you can always look up recipes on your phone in the grocery store—I’ve done it a million times.) Remember that you can always default to making a Big-Ass Salad or an omelet or scramble.
3) Shop Around
Get to know the various supermarkets, specialty stores, and farmer’s markets in your area. Learn what’s the freshest, cheapest, and most likely to be available at each. While it’s convenient to do one-stop shopping, it might be worth the extra time it takes to make two or three different trips during the week to hit up different stores.
Think outside the traditional grocery store box. In many smaller communities, a “big box” store may have the largest selection of meat and veggies, including organic, and a wide variety of specialty products. In my town, Grocery Outlet is the best place to buy organic coconut oil and olive oil, and they carry lots of other keto-friendly staples like nut butters, grass-fed meat, and cheese at low prices.
If you have access to a farmer’s market, definitely make sure you check it out. Sometimes farmers will mark down their remaining items at the end of the day so they don’t have to pack it up. You won’t have the same selection, but you might score some deals.
Also look into local CSAs, farm stands, and meat purveyors who sell direct to customers. Again, you can often find ones that offer sustainable practices and high-quality products without the expensive organic label. Check out Eat Wild and Local Harvest to find farmers near you. I’m a fan of CSAs that sell “ugly produce”—the items that aren’t pretty enough for grocery stores but that are still tasty and nutritious—so it doesn’t go to waste.
Finally, check Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, and so on for people looking to sell backyard eggs for cheaper than the store. If you live in an area where people hunt, you might be able to score some meat this way during hunting season, too.
4) Skip the MCT Oil and Exogenous Ketone Products
Unless you have a medical reason to have very elevated ketones, these expensive products aren’t a priority. You don’t need them to do keto “right.”
5) Reconsider the Keto-fied Baking
Almond flour, coconut flour, arrowroot powder, erythritol, and so on can also be pricey. From a nutrient perspective, there are better ways to invest your grocery dollars. You don’t have to give it up entirely, but consider how big a chunk it’s taking out of your budget and whether it’s worth it.
6) Eat the Stuff that Other People Don’t Want
I’m talking organ meat, bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks, sardines, and the like. The great irony is that these are some of the most nutrient-packed foods in the store, and you can often get them for cheap because the average consumer is looking for boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Good news for you!
Ask the butcher at your grocery store if they have organ meats or cuts that they aren’t going to put in the case because they aren’t popular enough. You might be able to snag cheap (or even free) bones for bone broth that way too—although probably less so now that bone broth has become such a trendy item.
If you’re squeamish about organ meat, remember that almost anything can be ground up in a food processor and mixed with ground beef for burgers or meatballs, or to be hidden in chili or meat sauce. Heart is an excellent place to start. It doesn’t have the distinctive strong flavor of liver or kidney, and it’s very affordable.
7) Your Freezer is Your Friend
Many items are less expensive if you buy them frozen—vegetables (especially off-season), berries, seafood—and they’re just as nutritious. Freezing also allows you to buy in bulk and freeze the extras, or prepare big batches of food and freeze smaller portions for later. If you have a chest freezer, look into splitting a cow or a pig with friends. This can sometimes land you a great deal on a pasture-raised animal.
Throwing away food is throwing away money. There’s no reason to waste food if you have a freezer. Most leftovers can be frozen if you’re not going to consume them immediately (though some things, like mashed cauliflower, don’t reheat well). If your avocados are on the verge of going bad, slice and freeze them. Blend fresh herbs with your oil of choice and freeze them in ice cube trays to add to soups and sauces later. Strain leftover bacon grease into a jar and freeze that, too.
My favorite freezer trick is to keep a large zip-top bag to which I add vegetable trimmings like the ends of carrots, celery, onions, and beets, and broccoli stems. I also keep the bones from all the delicious bone-in meat I’m cooking. (I always buy bone-in when I can—it’s one of Dr. Cate Shanahan’s Four Pillars of health.) This allows me to…
8) Make Your Own Bone Broth (and Nut Milk)
Bone broth is a hot commodity nowadays—no pun intended—and you can spend a pretty penny on it at the store… or you can just make it yourself out of stuff that other people are throwing away.
Whenever I cook a whole chicken (which is usually more cost-effective than buying just breasts or thighs), or when my aforementioned freezer bags fill up, I make a batch of bone broth in my slow cooker or Instant Pot. To store it, I freeze it in mason jars or silicone muffin cups. The latter makes broth “pucks” that are uber convenient for adding to dishes later.
Nut milk isn’t necessary for keto obviously. However, if you’re dairy-free and buying nut milk, you really have to try making your own. It couldn’t be easier, and I strongly prefer my homemade nut milk (a blend of almond, hazelnut, and Brazil nut) to anything I can find in the store. As a bonus, I use the leftover nut pulp to make pancakes, bread, and rolls. (See the recipe in The Keto Reset Diet.) It’s a double bang for my buck, and no waste.
The Good News…
Despite the naysaying, it’s not only possible to do keto on a budget, but sometimes going keto actually saves you money. First, many people are able to reduce or eliminate certain medications—insulin, blood pressure meds—which can be a significant monthly savings. Second, once you’ve become keto-adapted, you might find that you’re eating fewer calories overall for the same amount of energy. Mark touts this benefit all the time.
Also, your “non-essentials” budget usually goes down. I’m talking things like frappuccinos, restaurant desserts, and alcohol. The cost of a night on the town decreases significantly when you’re fully buzzed off a glass and a half of wine once you go keto! (And when you’re not ordering 2 a.m. pizza.)
So, let me turn it over to you: Do you have other tips for making Primal+keto easier on the wallet? Share them below, and have a great week, everybody.
Dr. Jason Fung is stopping by the blog today to share a bit about using adaptogens for stress. Enjoy, everybody—and be sure to share any questions you have on the comment board.
“Adaptogens.” Something about the word is reminiscent of Transformers—you know, those robots that look like a normal automobile or airplane—and then turn into something so much more powerful.
In truth, adaptogens aren’t that different from Transformers. They look like normal herbs, roots, and mushrooms. You’ll perhaps even recognize some of the adaptogens discussed in this article and will have eaten them before.
But adaptogens aren’t just normal plants and mushrooms. Research tells us that adaptogens can transform us into people who are less affected by stress.(1)
And, in the modern world, being less stressed certainly sounds like a superpower, right?
So, let’s take a research-based look at how adaptogens work and which ones you might try. We’ll focus in particular on the best adaptogens for stress reduction.
How It Works: Taking Adaptogens for Stress Reduction
It could be that you’re physically stressed from exercise, worn out from fighting off an illness, or emotionally stressed by a work-life balance issue. In any of these situations, adaptogens can help reduce cortisol levels, balance your hormones, and leave you feeling calmer.
In short, adaptogens help with stress reduction because they increase your tolerance for stress.
The reason adaptogens can assist with a broad range of stressors has to do with the mechanism by which they reduce stress. Rather than going to the specific site of our stress—an injured body part or rush hour traffic (wouldn’t that be nice?)—they go to work on our hypothalamus, pituitary, and adrenal glands. These are the parts of our anatomy that signal and respond to stress.
As a result of this interaction, our “fight or flight” response is less likely to be triggered by every little thing that is happening in our day. And our overall cortisol levels are less likely to skyrocket in response to modern-day stresses that don’t actually deserve a physical response (back to that rush hour traffic).
Conversely, chronically high stress levels—and chronically high cortisol—can lead to adrenal fatigue, digestive issues, and even premature aging. So, the fact that adaptogens can reduce stress is important on a physical level, not just an emotional one. Reducing stress can keep us younger and healthier.
5 Adaptogens That Will Help You with Stress Reduction
So, how do you go about incorporating adaptogens into your diet or supplement regimen? It’s actually pretty easy, and you will recognize some of the names of the adaptogens below. While all adaptogens will reduce your body’s stress response, they each have their own special qualities and methods for attacking stress.
Let’s discuss five adaptogens that you can easily get ahold of and why they might be a great addition to your daily health routine.
1. Chaga Mushroom
Chaga comes first in this list because of its broad spectrum of benefits. Chaga has been used for hundreds of years in a variety of Eastern European countries and may even have been used as far back as Roman times.
It is extremely high in antioxidants and is therefore known for its anti-aging properties. These same antioxidants may be behind chaga’s traditional use as a cancer treatment, as well.(2)
But chaga’s ability to boost the immune system (3) also means it has the benefit of stress reduction. How many of us have experienced the two-fronted attack of stress and illness? Don’t you always come down with the flu or a cold at the worst possible time? A 2011 study demonstrated that mice treated with chaga had an increased ability to fend off viruses and bacteria.(4)
This knobby looking root is one of the adaptogens you’re more likely to already be familiar with. Ginseng has trended in and out of fashion in the Western world, but in Traditional Chinese Medicine it has long been a powerful tool for reducing stress, anxiety, and mental fatigue.
There are many recent studies available that demonstrate ginseng’s status as one of the powerful adaptogens for stress reduction. Here are just a few:
A 2003 study on rats found ginseng to be an effective strategy against chronic stress.(5)
A 2010 study on a group of thirty human volunteers showed ginseng improved calmness.(6)
A 2013 meta-analysis of both human and animal studies found ginseng to be an effective “actoprotector,” which means it can increase mental and physical performance. The meta-analysis authors suggested ginseng deserved further research regarding its ability to influence mental work capacity.(7)
Note: because ginseng can also be a natural energy-booster, it can be an effective way to kick a caffeine habit and switch to something more beneficial.
3. Reishi Mushroom
Reishi mushrooms have been used therapeutically for over two thousand years because of the multitude of benefits this mushroom imparts.
In China, reishi mushrooms are considered to symbolize “success, well-being, divine power, and longevity.” (8) On a more practical level, reishi mushrooms are a good source of all nine essential amino acids. (9) This means reishi can assist with muscle growth and recovery, hormonal balance, antibody production, and more—all things that can help us recover from stress and fight it off to begin with.
Reishi has also proven effective in fighting fatigue from various sources. A 2005 study conducted on neurasthenia sufferers—a condition that results in chronic fatigue, irritability, headaches, and more—found consuming reishi resulted in a significant improvement in their symptoms. (10) Another human study found reishi reduced fatigue and improved quality of life in breast cancer patients. (11)
4. Rhodiola Rosea
The adaptogens in rhodiola come from the roots of the plant. Rhodiola is good both for regulating mood and improving cognitive function.
A 2008 study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine demonstrated that participants experienced a significant improvement in their generalized anxiety disorder. (12) And a 2009 study from the Journal of Ethnopharmacology (conducted in a laboratory and using neither humans nor animals) showed that rhodiola roots possessed “potent anti-depressant activity” due to its ability as an MAO inhibitor. (13)
For the most effectiveness, take rhodiola first thing in the morning before you eat.
While this root has long been prescribed in India for a wide range of issues—everything from inflammation to insomnia—modern science does indeed back up ashwagandha’s claims to positively impact our stress level.
According to a study published in the Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, study participants’ serum cortisol levels were “substantially reduced.” (14) In this study, participants took 300 mg of high-concentration full-spectrum ashwagandha extract twice a day for sixty days.
As you can see from the diversity of the research, adaptogens are not a simple substance—but their benefits are simple to understand. By improving our immune system, reducing our cortisol, boosting our brain function, and reducing our anxiety, these seemingly “normal” herbs, roots, and mushrooms can drastically reduce our everyday stress levels.
The Chaga Energy Elixir is a perfect way to begin your day. Blended with N.American ginseng and burdock root, it boosts brain function and energy—and is a great alternative to caffeine. (Or you can add it to your coffee or tea, if you’d like!)
The Reishi Calm Elixir is a great way to complete your day. Drinking it in the evenings can help you wind down from work while it also supports your immune system, combats stress, and regulates your mood.
No matter which adaptogens for stress reduction you decide to try, get ready to feel less anxious and more balanced. Both science and traditional medicines tell us this is true. It’s amazing how many benefits such a simple substance can bring to our lives.
Thanks again to Dr. Jason Fung for his post today. Questions about adaptogens for stress management? Share them below. Have a great week, everybody.


The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has released a draft project list intended to go along with its mammoth Seattle Transportation Plan, still in development and set to be finalized over the coming months. The list, which includes 80 discrete ideas for projects that would overhaul segments of Seattle’s street network over a long time frame, isn’t yet prioritized, doesn’t include the full scope of improvements for each mode, and doesn’t have any costs attached to it.
The list includes many of the types of projects that you’d expect a transportation levy to deliver: multimodal corridor upgrades, future RapidRide lines, upgrades to existing trails, and some concepts for new bridges. It also includes projects that build on the Seattle Transportation Plan’s “People Streets and Public Spaces” element, including a proposal to create a cafe street at Pike Place Market, and an idea for more people-oriented streets in South Lake Union.
The Center City Connector streetcar is on the list, as is Lake Washington Boulevard. So are safety-minded redesigns of Aurora Avenue N and Rainier Avenue S, two of Seattle’s deadliest streets where advocates have long demanded changes. But without scoping or a dollar figure, deciphering the extent of the improvements the Harrell administration has in mind is difficult. And in the streetcar’s case, the lack of funding to restart the project (stalled since a 2018 decision by Mayor Durkan) in the mayor’s recent budget proposal does not suggest an urgent timeline to complete the project.
The list also includes brand new projects, such as proposals for a new pedestrian and bike bridge across the Lake Washington Ship Canal, a RapidRide bus route between Capitol Hill and Beacon Hill, and Complete Streets improvements to some of the city’s most dangerous streets, like Lake City Way, 4th Avenue S, and Airport Way S.
The brand new list provides a fresh perspective on what projects could be included in Seattle’s next transportation levy, as the Harrell administration works behind the scenes to craft a follow-up to the 2015 Move Seattle levy, which is expiring next year. Move Seattle included several high-profile, flagship projects called out directly in campaign literature: a replacement of South Lake Union’s Fairview Avenue Bridge, the Lander Street railroad overpass in SoDo, as well as some projects that faltered like Accessible Mount Baker and Graham Street’s infill light rail station in Sound Transit’s control. Those delayed projects now find themselves on the project list.
Getting a handle on which projects might get tackled first will be one way to ensure that no ground is lost in the transition from one levy to another. A major selling point for a transportation levy is the opportunity to leverage funds for federal grants that just wouldn’t be available without the local funds to match, but SDOT is in an awkward position right now, and lacks the ability to put up local matching dollars that could potentially be included in any levy approved in 2024.
The Seattle Transportation Plan as a whole has been subjected to criticism, including from the Seattle’s Planning Commission, that it doesn’t contain enough details on how the ambitious vision laid out in the plan will actually become reality. The project list does provide some concrete proposals that SDOT is advancing, but implementing the projects on the list, and ensuring it doesn’t just sit on a shelf, is another question.
The Urbanist chatted with SDOT’s Jonathan Lewis, one of the department’s project managers on the Seattle Transportation Plan, about how the project list came out of the work on that plan. “This list, it has 80 projects, and quite frankly, we probably couldn’t afford to do all 80 of these over the 20 years,” he said. “And that was intentional because we wanted the community to help us in refining this.”
Lewis explained the full project list came from previous lists that had been developed as part of the city’s existing modal plans, like the 2015 Transit Master Plan, with safety data that is informing SDOT’s forthcoming Vision Zero implementation plan — showing corridors on the city’s high-crash network or areas with a significant history of bicycle and pedestrian crashes.
The list was also informed by the growth strategies envisioned as part of the update to Seattle’s comprehensive plan. On account of growth, the city expects to accommodate an additional 800,000 additional transportation trips per day, most of which will need to be accommodated via walking, biking or taking transit. Many corridor projects in the list are in areas where those trips are anticipated by laying future network maps for each mode on top of each other. “Bringing those priority networks together helped identify corridors of opportunity,” Lewis said.
The list may see future updates as SDOT completes a full analysis of pavement conditions on arterial streets, work that is wrapping up now. Streets that are in need of repaving open up opportunities for the city to implement improvements, as required by the city’s Complete Streets ordinance.
Smaller projects, which are referred to as “programmatic elements,” including individual blocks of new sidewalks, bike lanes, or bus lanes, aren’t included in this larger list but will likely make up a big part of any future levy.
Ultimately, any specific project being on the list won’t mean that specific outcomes are guaranteed, with familiar fights expected over use of street space for specific modes and any change in the use of current street space taken up by parking.
“We say in the [Seattle Transportation] plan and in the comp plan, and this has been the case for a very long time, that our priority investment networks are higher policy priorities over curbside parking,” Lewis said. “But you know, that’s controversial, and that will, I imagine, continue to be controversial. So we have a strong policy framework for that shift. But that doesn’t negate people’s ability to weigh in on that.”
Decisions on which projects should be prioritized first, and included in the next levy, will likely be made in Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office. So how is development of that levy going? We know that the Harrell administration is holding regular meetings with transportation and climate advocacy organizations, with Deputy Mayor Adiam Emery, a former division head at SDOT, taking the lead on the issue. So far, there are no concrete proposals that have been released to the public.
At a groundbreaking earlier this month, in response to a question about the next levy from The Urbanist, Mayor Bruce Harrell said the City was “aggressively and thoroughly and urgently, but not haphazardly, looking at the conceptual foundations for the new levy… looking at our projects, where we need to pick up the pace, where we’re capable of picking up the pace. Again, to do it without compromising the quality of the projects, or the core foundation, which is safety.”
Harrell also gave a nod to environmental sustainability and maintenance needs.
“Using the cornerstones of what I call the 3 S’s, safety, sustainability, and structural integrity — making sure we’re maintaining our current assets — using that as a sort of conceptual framework, we’re looking at this levy,” Harrell said. “I think the voters have an appetite for a strong, safe transportation system.”
Ryan Packer lives in the Summit Slope neighborhood of Capitol Hill and has been writing for the The Urbanist since 2015. They report on multimodal transportation issues, #VisionZero, preservation, and local politics. They believe in using Seattle's history to help attain the vibrant, diverse city that we all wish to inhabit. Ryan's writing has appeared in Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, Bike Portland, and Seattle Bike Blog, where they also did a four-month stint as temporary editor.


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Caño Negro is a wonderful location to observe mammals, reptiles, and hundreds of bird species, including migratory birds at different times of the year. The refuge is located about and hour and a half from La Fortuna, and it can only be explored by boat. There are several tour providers that offer boat tours, or you can rent a kayak and explore the river on your own. Either way, this makes for a great day trip, relaxing and observing abundant wildlife along the river.
Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge is located in the northern part of Costa Rica, very near the border with Nicaragua, and covers about 10,000 hectares (almost 40 square miles). It is part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, and it is characterized by and band of forest along the Rio Frio river, wetlands, mostly sorrownded by ranches. In fact, conservation in the area is a result of the partnership between authorities and ranchers.
While many tours operate out of Los Chiles, only a couple of miles from the Nicaraguan border, there are several spots southwest from there where the river is accessible. Visiting the areas off the beaten path will probably make for a more relaxing experience, but there is wildlife in most areas along the river. The river is many miles long, but operators will usually navigate a few miles and then come back to the starting point. If you rent a kayak, it is recommended to paddle upstream first; even though the current is not strong, it still makes a difference when paddling for several miles. If you plan to cross the border, make sure to bring passports.
Whether on a commercial boat on paddling on a kayak, watch for alligators, iguanas and lizards -some of which run on the surface of the water. Mammals that can be spotted include monkeys -capuchino, spider and black howler- as well as sloths; larger animals such as jaguars and tapirs also inhabit the area, but are very difficult to see. There are many species of birds that can be observed. Many species winter in the area, when the water is low. During the rainy season, from May to October, there is more water on the river, being fed from the mountains and forests to the south. While many of the migrating birds will be up north for the summer, there are still many resident species that are visible, including anhingas and cormorants, egrets, storks, parrots and many others.
As in other adventures in Costa Rica, a guide is not mandatory, but it can help gain deeper knowledge of local wildlife and culture.

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“What the survey shows is that the needle has not moved that much for women in commercial real estate.”
NEWPORT BEACH, CA–Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal published some encouraging numbers for women in commercial real estate: Of the 94 REIT directors elected this year during the spring proxy season, 52% were women, according to a study by Ferguson Partners. It was the first time women were the majority of directors elected.
A more sobering stat from Ferguson is that only 8 REITs have female CEOs.
A separate survey by recruiting firm RETS Associates moves forward this notion that while women in CRE are slowly but steadily advancing in the boardroom — at least in the public sector — there is still something wrong with the state of gender equality in CRE.
In short, the RETS survey found that the majority of women are still grappling with basic issues of fairness and pay parity.
Its 2018 Women in CRE Survey, which had 615 participants, found that 87.2% of respondents agree or strongly agree that the biggest challenge facing women in CRE today is equal pay, followed closely by a lack of promotion opportunities and feeling that female opinions aren’t as valued or respected as their male counterparts (79.2 and 79.1% respectively).
“What the survey shows is that the needle has not moved that much for women in commercial real estate,” Jana Turner, principal, RETS Associates and a former executive of a Fortune 500 global CRE company tells GlobeSt.com. In 2003 when Turner was working with that global CRE company she found out that a male counterpart in an acquisition the company was making made more money and had less responsibility than she did. Turner rectified the situation by becoming “loud and vocal” with her boss and she continues to be loud and vocal about this issue, producing her survey and speaking to groups about gender equality.
A Granular Examination
Indeed the report gets quite granular in its examination of women’s experiences in the CRE industry.
- Sixty-five percent of respondents noted that they were made aware of being paid less than a male counterpart at some point in their career. Of those, 75% noted it happened at least two times.
- Sixty-one percent of survey respondents noted that they felt they were bypassed for a job, assignment or listing at some point in their career based on gender. Of those, 82% reported that it happened more than once, and 54% noted it happened three or more times.
- Almost two-thirds (63%) did not take action after being bypassed for a job, assignment or listing
- Of those who did take action, 45% began looking for a new job, 28% discussed with HR or management and the issue was not resolved to their satisfaction, 17% resigned, 7% had the issue resolved to their satisfaction, and 3% took legal action
- The top three reasons for not taking action were fear of losing future career opportunities, fear of poor treatment from leadership or fear of reputation damage.
Sexual Harassment Continues
While sexual harassment wasn’t identified by respondents as one of the biggest challenges they face, more than half (52%) reported having been sexually harassed at some point in their career.
- 84% noted it happened more than once
- 41% reported that it happened five or more times
- 33% noted that they were sexually harassed by five or more people throughout their career
- 76% did not report the sexual harassment to HR or management
- 10% of those that reported the harassment noted that the accused lost their job
- 34% of respondents that reported the harassment noted that no action was taken against the accused.
Ask For What You Want
Bottom line: the survey showed that women’s biggest issues are around the pocketbook and that sexual discrimination or harassment — although still a problem — took a back seat, Turner says.
Her advice to women who want to advance financially: ask. “Be able to demonstrate your value when you do ask, of course. But I believe when you do ask there is a 95% chance that you will get what you want, especially if you have been underpaid.” Turner says that CRE executives are mostly passive on this issue and are unlikely to proactive offer to raise women’s compensation unless prodded.
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