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TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2018 /CNW/ - GreenSpace Brands Inc. ("GreenSpace" or "the Company") (TSXV: JTR) today reported its first quarter fiscal year 2019 results for the period ending June 30, 2018.
Key Highlights for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2019:
Record gross revenue of $21.0 million, representing a 48% increase over the prior year period and a 10% sequential increase from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.
Adjusted gross margin of 23.7% compared to 22.8% for the prior year period and 20.4% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.
SG&A expenses increased from 21.4% to 36.5% of net revenue year over year, largely as a result of non-recurring costs associated with Love Child voluntary recall, restructuring costs and costs related to the MeatBar launch.
Adjusted EBITDA margins fell to (2.1%) as a percentage of net revenue excluding listing fees, from 3.5% in the prior year period and (1.5%) in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.
Rebates and Discounts as a percentage of gross revenue was 11.2% compared to 11.8% in the prior year period.
"Our record revenue reported in the first quarter illustrates the strength in the portfolio of brands we have amassed with national scale across some of the fastest growing areas in the food industry. Adjusted EBITDA declined from the prior year and was negatively impacted by substantial investments in the US business in particular. Our expectation is that as we launch some of our Canadian brands into the US, and re-launch our plant-based brand, we believe we will generate a meaningful return on that investment through an increased revenue base in the US." said Matthew von Teichman, President and CEO, GreenSpace. "The value in our business is rooted in the strength of our brands. Although we saw some challenges in the first quarter due to the decision to voluntarily recall seven Love Child SKU's, we're pleased by the resiliency of Love Child as sales have returned to pre-recall levels and are continuing to grow. GreenSpace remains uniquely positioned as an innovator within the natural and organic marketplace which will continue to drive increasing shareholder value."
Consolidated Performance Summary
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Revenue Gross revenue, for the first quarter ended June 30, 2018, was the highest gross revenue amount earned by the Company in a single quarter. Gross revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 increased 47.5% and net revenue, which is gross revenue net of deductions for rebates, discounts and one-time listing fees, increased 49.4% over the same period in prior year. Gross revenue for Love Child was temporarily negatively impacted by approximately $0.9 million as a result of a voluntary product recall as described below.
The gross and net revenue increases in the quarter were the result of the inclusion of sales of our GO VEGGIE brands through the acquisition of Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc. ("Galaxy") effective January 28, 2018, as well as continued growth from the internally launched brands including Rolling Meadow, and MeatBar. Additionally, there was growth in the acquired brands of Love Child, Central Roast, Kiju and Cedar. The revenue growth was partially offset by the discontinuation of Nudge and Holistic Choice whose results had appeared in previous quarters.
Love Child Voluntary Recall In May 2018, select Love Child brand baby food pouches were voluntarily recalled due to packaging defects that may have allowed premature spoilage; the recall had no impact on product safety. The Company estimates that the sales impact to the affected SKU's, as well as the indirect effect on non-affected SKU's in the first quarter was approximately $0.9 million. The total non-recurring costs recorded to date is $1.476 million. The Company expects to recover a significant amount of this cost through its suppliers and insurers. Since the completion of the recall, Love Child sales have returned to pre-recall levels.
Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit (see Non-IFRS Measures) The Company's Adjusted Gross Profit margin for the first quarter ended June 30, 2018 increased by 0.9% over the same period last year. The increase was primarily due to a larger proportion of revenue being earned through the relatively higher margin CEDAR and GO VEGGIE brands, which were acquired during the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2018, respectively.
Consistent with prior periods, listing fees incurred in the current quarter (considered one-time, non-recurring costs) have been added back to gross profit by the Company in calculating Adjusted Gross Profit. Please see the non-IFRS measures for details on these adjustments.
Selling, General and Administrative ("SG&A") Expenses Overall, SG&A expenses for the first quarter ended June 30, 2018 increased from 21.4% of net revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 to 36.5% of net revenue in the current quarter. The increase was primarily due to non-recurring costs associated with the Love Child recall of $1.476 million and restructuring costs associated with the hiring of key staff in the Toronto office, costs related to the MeatBar launch, and costs incurred by Galaxy for refrigerated storage and delivery which are currently higher as a percentage of net revenue compared to the rest of the GreenSpace business. Excluding the recall and restructuring costs, SG&A was $4.924 million or 28.5% of net revenue. As discussed last quarter, the Company expects several quarters of higher SG&A costs as a percentage of revenue as it launches new brands, re-brands some of the Galaxy products and integrates and rationalizes the cost structure of the Galaxy acquisition.
GreenSpace continues to believe that there are a number of fundamental trends occurring within both the Global and North American food industries. These trends will continue to drive consumer demand for GSB brands and customers will continue to be attracted by the Company's innovation within the natural and organic marketplace.
As a result of this the Company is optimistic that anticipated market growth will continue to drive demand for the Company's acquired and developed brands and provides a significant opportunity for further expansion into new product offerings. This has been evidenced by several distribution wins announced over the last three quarters and entrance into new product categories. In particular GreenSpace expects that it will continue to execute on a two-pronged growth strategy. Firstly, the Company expects to have a strong and ongoing internal brand and product development program. There are currently a number of new product offerings in various stages of development that the Company expects to release strategically, to fill gaps in the Canadian natural and organic marketplace, over the next few quarters. Secondly, the tripling in size of the Canadian natural and organic food market over the last decade has been driven by a number of new entrants, creating a highly fragmented competitive landscape. The Company seeks to continue to take advantage of this and expects to eventually grow through strategic investments in strong, simple ingredient businesses which are accretive to revenue and profitability.
With its increasing revenue base and numerous new distribution wins, management expects to see year on year quarterly organic revenue growth of 20% or more, incremental gross margin improvement and positive adjusted EBITDA margins, once the Go Veggie acquisition is integrated. The Company continues to believe it is in a strong position to be one of the innovation leaders, as well as a principle consolidator, in the North American natural and organic food market, due to its industry position and accumulated reputational goodwill.
Use of Non-IFRS Measures, Measures of Operating Performance and Reconciliation of Net (Loss) Earnings to Adjusted EBITDA
This press release contains references to "Adjusted Gross Profit" and "Adjusted EBITDA" which are not measures prescribed by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Management uses IFRS, non-IFRS and operating performance measures as key performance indicators to better assess the Company's underlying performance and provides this additional information in this MD&A.
Adjusted Gross Profit is a non-IFRS measure which represents gross profit adjusted to exclude non-recurring, one-time listing fees which would not be considered part of on-going, normal operations. The Company's management believes that in addition to gross profit, adjusted gross profit is a useful supplemental measure of gross profit prior to one-time expense items such as listing fees. Adjusted Gross Profit allows management to compare the Company's margin over time on a consistent basis. However, adjusted gross profit is not a recognized measure under IFRS. Investors are cautioned that Adjusted Gross Profit should not be construed as an alternative to gross profit determined in accordance with IFRS. The Company's method of calculating adjusted gross profit may differ from the method used by other issuers, and accordingly, the Company's adjusted gross profit calculation may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other issuers.
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS measure and excludes finance costs, interest income, income tax expense or recovery, depreciation and amortization and income or expenses of a non-recurring, unusual or one-time nature. Adjusted EBITDA is a measure used by management, the food and beverage industry and investors as an indicator of the Company's operating performance, ability to incur and service debt, and as a valuation metric. The Company uses adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the operating performance of its business as well as an executive compensation metric. While adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS measure, management believes that it is an important indicator of operating performance because it excludes the effect of financing and investing activities by eliminating the effects of interest and depreciation and removes the impact of certain non-recurring items that are not indicative of our ongoing operating performance. Therefore, management believes Adjusted EBITDA gives investors greater transparency in assessing the Company's results of operations. The Company's method of calculating Adjusted EBITDA may differ from the method used by other issuers and, accordingly, the Company's Adjusted EBITDA calculation may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other issuers.
A reconciliation of the Company's Gross Profit to Adjusted gross profit is outlined in the following table:
Reconciliation of Gross profit to Adjusted gross profit (expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars)
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Reconciliation of Net loss from continuing operations to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations (expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars) A reconciliation of the Company's net loss to Adjusted EBITDA is outlined in the following table:
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About GreenSpace Brands Inc. GreenSpace is a Canadian-based brand ideation team that develops, markets and sells premium natural food products to consumers across North America. GreenSpace owns Rolling Meadow Dairy, Canada's first grass fed dairy business, Life Choices, convenience meat products made with grass fed and pasture raised meats without the use of added hormones and antibiotics, Love Child, a producer of 100% organic food for infants and toddlers made with the purest, natural and most nutritionally-rich ingredients, Central Roast, a clean snacking brand featuring a wide assortment of nut and seed mixes, Kiju, the Canadian market leader in the shelf stable organic juice segment, CEDAR, the leaders in the Canadian Cold Press Juice category and the most recently acquired brand, GO VEGGIE, one of the leaders in the US plant based dairy market. All brands are wholly owned and retail in a variety of natural and mass retail grocery locations across Canada.
Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements made under the heading "Outlook" and other statements concerning the Company's 2018 objectives, strategies to achieve those objectives, as well as statements with respect to management's beliefs, plans, estimates, and intentions, and similar statements concerning anticipated future events, results, circumstances, performance or expectations that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "outlook", "objective", "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "should", "plans" or "continue", or similar expressions suggesting future outcomes or events. Such forward-looking statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such statements and there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences include the cyclical nature of the construction and agriculture industries, changes in general economic conditions and interest rates, adverse weather, cost and availability of materials used to manufacture the Company's products, competitive developments, legislative and government policy changes, as well as other risk factors included in the Company's Annual Information Form dated July 18, 2017 under the heading "Risks and Uncertainties Related to the Business" and as described from time to time in the reports and disclosure documents filed by the Company with Canadian securities regulatory agencies and commissions. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may impact the Company's forward-looking statements. These and other factors should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company's forward-looking statements. As a result of the foregoing and other factors, no assurance can be given as to any such future results, levels of activity or achievements or levels of dividends and neither the Company nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of these forward-looking statements. The factors underlying current expectations are dynamic and subject to change. Certain statements included in this press release may be considered "financial outlook" for purposes of applicable securities laws, and such financial outlook may not be appropriate for all purposes. All forward-looking statements in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this press release and except as required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
SOURCE GreenSpace Brands Inc.
For further information: please contact: Matthew von Teichman, President & Chief Executive Officer, GreenSpace Brands Inc., Tel: (416) 934-5034 Ext. 200; Greg Guyatt, Chief Financial Officer, GreenSpace Brands Inc., Tel: (416) 934-5034 Ext. 201
GreenSpace is a Canadian-based brand ideation team that develops, markets and sells premium natural food products to consumers across North America. GreenSpace owns Rolling Meadow Dairy, Canada's first grass fed dairy business, Life Choices, convenience meat products made...


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Fox’s Scream Queens is adding another big name to its cast, with Kirstie Alley confirmed to have a role in season 2. Entertainment Weekly had the story.
Scream Queens, created by Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story), Brad Falchuk (Nip/Tuck) and Ian Brennan (Cooties), is a comedy/horror series inspired by the slasher films of the ’80s and ’90s. The cast includes Emma Roberts (Unfabulous, We’re the Millers), Lea Michele (Glee), Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), Keke Palmer (Grease Live!), and one of the original “Scream Queens” herself, Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween, Prom Night).
According to Fox’s press release, Alley – whose previous credits include Cheers and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – will play the “brilliant and devious administrator” of the C.U.R.E. Institute, a hospital where “some of the most fascinating and bizarre medical cases are under observation”.
The press release also called Alley “one of the great actresses of her generation, proving time and again that she is capable of great depth and range, as well as possessing a comedic timing second to none”.
Alley isn’t the only new face joining the cast. John Stamos (Full House), Taylor Lautner (Twilight), and Colton Haynes (Arrow) have also been confirmed to appear in season 2.
Scream Queens will return to Fox on September 20th.

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Spring Onion Lilia
A dual purpose Italian variety with a pungent flavour. Spring Onion Lilia is best grown as a salad onion with nice, dark green leaves and a shiny, intense red inner core. Onion Lilia can also be grown as a maincrop, storing bulb onion. When fully mature it shows off its defined red and white inner rings.
Spring onions will grow in any good fertile soil provided it is well drained. Sow seeds from late winter to summer at 3 weekly intervals. For an early spring crop sow seeds in autumn and over winter. Sow thinly 6mm (0.25in) deep in drills 15cm (6in) apart. No thinning is required. Harvesting can usually start 6-8 weeks after sowing.
Will grow in any fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. Keep well watered.
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A workshop of sound creation with the student of class IA (school year 2018/2019) of the Belforte del Chienti Primary School, in the San Basilio district, eastern suburbs of Rome. Along twelve weekly meetings, the students were introduced to use the suggestive power of sound to explore the topic of an imaginary city. Mixing poetic creations, interviews, listening sessions with urban explorations and fiel recordings we narrated the story of our ideal city: silent but full of life, green, rainy, joyful.
From this research took form, Sanba Wamba: a sound story for the outside that you can listen lying comfortably on your bed or walking freely through the streets of your city, looking around you, and trying to perceive the possibility of a utopian city built, for all of us, by funny twelve year olds architects.
Sanba Wamba was a workshop of sound creation realized as part of the San Basilio Calling project together with a theater workshop and an audiovisual one. The aim of the project was to break down stereotyped representations and discriminatory practices against the suburbs through activities that can reconstruct the historical memory of the neighborhood. These workshops aimed to create spaces for intergenerational dialogue, soliciting the enhancement of the social and cultural reality of San Basilio district.
Sanba Wamba is a workshop run by Marco Stefanelli and Lea Walter (noMade)
With the voices of the students of class IA of the Belforte del Chienti Primary School
Realized for the San Basilio Calling project coordinated by Archivio delle Memorie Migranti
In collaboration with Belforte del Chienti Primary School Rome, Cro.M.A. – Cross Media Action, Circolo Gianni Bosio, AAMOD – Archivio Audiovisivo del Movimento Operaio e Democratico
Project financed by 8×1000 Chiesa Evangelica Valdese
Installation setting by noMade


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Gordonstoun: How this Scottish school Won Independent Boarding School of the Year 2021
By Independent School Parent | Wed 2nd Mar 2022
Gordonstoun, a prestigious boarding school located in Scotland, won the title of Independent Boarding School of the Year 2021 at our Independent School of the Year awards 2021. Here’s how they came out on top out of over 700 entrants.
Gordonstoun School is situated in Elgin, Moray on the Scottish coast, and was founded in 1934.
After a year which turned students’ world upside down, Gordonstoun recognised the need for a different ‘three R’s’: a return to campus, a reconnection with nature and a focus on rebuilding resilience.
The school, which famously educated HRH Prince Philip, as well as two further generations of the Royal Family, set about building a mental health recovery curriculum for its 600 pupils in the North East of Scotland.
How Gordonstoun Won Independent Boarding School of the Year 2021
Welcome back to Gordonstoun
Houses were reorganised and empty buildings were refurbished to create homely quarantine bubbles. Once back on campus, a return programme was built around the CHIME mental health recovery framework.
This has been shown to help people recover from mental trauma by focusing on connectedness, hope and optimism about the future, identity, meaning in life and empowerment.
At Gordonstoun, this translated into activities to rebuild friendships, adventures to look forward to, training senior students to be ‘wellbeing watchers’ and art therapy classes. It was all organised in a way which offered a gentle opportunity to get used to school life again.
The great outdoors
The building of Gordounstoun are set in a safe and beautiful 200 acre woodland campus, walking distance from the expansive beaches of the Moray Firth, and within easy reach of the stunning Scottish Highlands.
This location means the school can deliver a uniquely broad curriculum of indoor and outdoor learning which brings out the best in their pupils, both academically and personally.
The curriculum is based on the educational philosophy of the school’s founder, Dr Kurt Hahn, who believed students should develop their life skills at the same time as they reached their full academic potential.
His ambition is summarised in the school’s motto : ‘Plus est en vous’ – ‘There is more in you’.
Gordonstoun was built upon the idea that the best classrooms don’t have walls; its pioneering approach was the basis for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards, and inspiring the Outward Bound movement.
This ethos is now more relevant than ever, as an already extensive outdoor programme was expanded to reconnect students with nature. Parachutes, gazebos and tipis were erected in the campus woodlands to provide new outdoor learning and social spaces, boarding houses were given personalised braziers for evening fires and a winter funfair took place on the lawn complete, with a colourful full-sized ferris wheel.
To help build resilience following months of containment, young people needed to be challenged – so the outdoor education team was quadrupled in size, Sunday rest days were dispensed in favour of coasteering, the local coastal cliffs were rigged with ropes for abseiling adventures, and a pair of resident swans on the school’s ornamental lake found themselves rudely disturbed by groups of children learning how to paddle a canoe.
Every pupil enjoyed several expeditions and a second yacht was chartered to operate alongside the school’s existing sail training vessel, Ocean Spirit of Moray. After rigorous risk assessments and cleaning, Gordonstoun became the only school operating overnight sail-training voyages, the perfect antidote to the stresses of the past months.
Food for thought
Lockdown provided the opportunity for some teams within the school to work on new exciting initiatives. With scientific research clearly linking diet with mental and physical performance, the refectory team developed a school menu to match student activities.
Gordonstoun’s Phased Learning menu has nutrient-packed breakfasts to boost concentration and memory; a carb and protein bar on Wednesday and Saturday to deliver energy for sporting events; and brain-aiding Omega-3 and antioxidants during assessment periods.
But most importantly, the new menu had to taste good, and students gave very honest feedback during regular tasting sessions! Given that a healthy diet is linked to better mental health, the new menu has helped overall wellbeing on campus.
You could say that Gordonstoun has lived up to its motto, Plus est en vous (there is more in you). It’s a school which believes that the character traits of resilience, compassion and self-awareness are key to success.
Whether by crewing a yacht through a storm, setting off on an expedition with just a backpack, or by becoming a peer mentor in house, this is a school whose boarders develop skills and experiences which last a lifetime.
It’s no wonder that it’s experiencing record admissions inquiries and that there’s not a spare bed in the school.
Gordonstoun: Independent Boarding School of the Year 2021
The Independent School Parent judges stated that the win was down to the school’s: “creative and imaginative return to campus programme following lockdown which focused on reconnecting with nature and rebuilding resilience through outdoor education”
The Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2022
Our awards are returning in 2022! It will be the third year that the awards show is virtual, and this year is expected to be bigger and better than ever.
Entries open 16th March 2022.
What are the judges looking for?
- The judges will be looking for stories of success which demonstrate how the schools applying for each award have fostered excellence and enhanced their students’ ability to grow and develop.
- They will also wish to be persuaded that the schools submitting entries are continually evolving to meet the needs of their students and offer a vibrant learning – and living – environment.
- Success comes in many different guises – from winning national competitions to creating life-changing moments. The judges will be open to individual schools’ own interpretation of what represents success for them.
- Each award celebrates a different element or dimension of an independent school education. Consequently, the judges will expect each entry to focus on the achievement of excellence in the area of activity for which the particular award is being made rather than a holistic description of the school’s overall performance.
Visit independentschoolsoftheyear.co.uk for more information on how to submit your entry.
- Independent Schools of the Year 2021: Winners Announced!
- Pre-Prep School Curriculum
- 10 Ways that Outdoor Learning Benefits your Child


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New York (CNN Business)As pandemic restrictions ease, and more people get vaccinated and start returning to offices, some restaurants are seeing lunchtime crowds pick up. But this time, things are a little different.
Among the changes restaurant owners have encountered: Boozy lunches getting boozier. Attire that’s less buttoned up. And at least one pandemic-era addition — the partition between tables — that has actually grown on customers.At Estiatorio Milos, a high-end Greek restaurant with two locations in New York City, diners are coming back for the midday meal. “We’re full” at the outdoor space of Milos’ midtown location, said Costas Spiliadis, the chain’s executive chef and founder.
The terrace at Estiatorio Milos in midtown.”People stay longer,” he said. “They spend more,” he added, suggesting that those who skipped vacations and other events this year may have more cash on hand for an upscale meal. And he’s noted another difference, too.
“For lunch, before, wine and alcohol were very limited,” he said. “People were maybe having a glass of wine. But now you see people during business hours … they are ordering a bottle of wine.” The trend is especially pronounced at the Hudson Yards location, which caters to a younger crowd, he said.Read More
Struggling restaurant owners pin their hopes on a new recovery fundSpiliadis expects business to pick up as more people return to work. With tables spread out indoors to keep up with social distancing guidelines, he’s worried there won’t be enough space. In an effort to accommodate more people, Milos introduced a “Back to the Office” lunch with just two courses — salad, tartare or calamari followed by fish or chicken — for $24. The traditional office lunch has more options, costs $38 and has an additional dessert course, making it a more time-consuming meal. Nick Livanos, who along with his family owns the Livanos Restaurant Group, said people are coming back to lunch at some of his midtown locations, like Oceana, a seafood restaurant on 49th Street. But the meetings seem more casual. “The attire has not gone back to business attire,” he said. “It might be a nice shirt and slacks,” he specified. “But we’re not seeing jackets. We’re not seeing what the midtown clientele used to wear.” Livanos said that he looks forward to abandoning some pandemic-era protocols, like checking customers’ temperatures. But others may stay: Livanos has put up partitions between tables at his location in a New York City suburb. Customers love them, he said. “As things get back to normal, that means jovial and happy conversation, loud conversation,” he said, which could make customers at nearby tables uncomfortable. “People are still concerned with receiving the germs from the table next to them,” he said. The partition could “give them peace of mind.” One eatery in an area where restrictions have completely lifted has noticed a positive change: demand is exceeding pre-pandemic levels.
Diners seated in the courtyard of Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink in Miami.At Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink in Miami, “we are all the way back to where we were before the pandemic, if not even higher,” said Sunil Bhatt, CEO of the Genuine Hospitality Group, which operates the bistro. At lunch, people are spending a little more, he added. “Our average ticket has gone up a little bit,” he said. “People are spending maybe 5% more than they were before.”
The restaurant is maintaining some social distancing measures so is not at full capacity, Bhatt said, even though Florida does not have any pandemic restrictions on restaurants at this time. That means that more people are flowing through the premises during the lunch rush. Before the pandemic, the restaurant might have some empty tables between 11 AM and 3 PM, he said. “Now we’re pretty much full all the time.”

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Irving Kupcinet, the son of a truck driver, was born in North Lawndale on 31st July, 1912. After graduating from the University of North Dakota he joined the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. A serious shoulder injury resulted in him giving up football and in 1935 became a sports writer with the Chicago Sun-Times.
In 1948 Kupcinet was given his own column for the Chicago Sun-Times. Over the years, his column was distributed to more than 100 newspapers around the world.
In 1952 Kupcinet became a television talk show host on CBS. Five years later he replaced Jack Parr on NBCs America After the Dark, which eventually became The Tonight Show. He also appeared in two movies produced by Otto Preminger, Anatomy of a Murder (1959) and Advise and Consent (1962). His daughter, Karyn Kupcinet, became an actress and appeared in The Ladies' Man (1961).
Irv Kupcinet knew Jack Ruby in Chicago in the 1940s. According to W. Penn Jones Irv kept in contact with Ruby and discovered that he was involved in a plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Jones argues that Irv passed this information on to his daughter Karyn. In his book, Forgive My Grief, Jones reports that "a few days before the assassination, Karyn Kupcinet, 23, was trying to place a long distance telephone call from the Los Angeles area. According to reports, the long distance operator heard Miss Kupcinet scream into the telephone that President Kennedy was going to be killed."
Karyn Kupcinet's body was discovered on 30th November, 1963. Police estimated that she had been dead for two days. The New York Times reported that she had been strangled. Her actor boyfriend, Andrew Prine was the main suspect but he was never charged with the murder and the crime remains unsolved.
Some researchers claimed that there was a link between the death of Kupcinet and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It was argued that the conspirators were trying to frighten off Kupcinet from telling what he knew. Kupcinet rejected this idea. He wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times (9th November, 1992): "The NBC Today Show on Friday carried a list of people who died violently in 1963 shortly after the death of President John F. Kennedy and may have had some link to the assassination. The first name on the list was Karyn Kupcinet, my daughter. That is an atrocious outrage. She did die violently in a Hollywood murder case still unsolved. That same list was published in a book years ago with no justification or verification. The book left the impression that some on the list may have been killed to silence them because of knowledge of the assassination. Nothing could be further from the truth in my daughter's case."
Irv Kupcinet died of pneumonia in Chicago, Illinois, on 11th November, 2003.


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Ever since I made my daughter strawberry pop tarts last month she’s been asking for them every morning. To have some fun I’ve been switching up fillings, using apricot jam, blueberry jam and grape jam. Then, last week, I took it over the top and filled them with nutella. Yes, nutella. I mean, nutella always seems to be the next step after peanut butter and jam anyway, right? I got the idea for these when I read that my friend Megan sells Nutella PopTarts at her bakery stand at the farmer’s market in San Francisco. Her recipe is top secret and, I’m sure, far more gourmet than this one. So, for those of us who can’t make it out there, here is a great one to try. Well, needless to say, she loved the new filling idea. In fact, I wonder if she’ll be able to ever go back to regular jam fillings again. I’ve created a nutella monster! Oh well, I can’t say I blame her. These easy breakfast treats are delicious, fun and just the thing!
Homemade Nutella Pop Tarts
1 package of refrigerated pie crust
1. Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
2. Transfer the pie crusts to a lightly floured surface and cut it into 2×3 rectangles. It is easiest to measure the pieces with a ruler, score the crust with a knife and cut it with a pizza cutter.
3. Spoon about 2 teaspoons of nutella onto one of the rectangles, leaving about 1/4 inch of space before the edge. Use a cookie cutter or paring knife to cut out fun shapes in the second rectangle. Then place the cut out rectangle over the jam and seal the edges together with the tines of a fork. Baking on a cookie sheet for 8 to 10 minutes, then allow to cool.
4. Drizzle the melted nutella over the warm pop tarts and serve up.

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Customer: Development Company "Pervostroitel"
Task: To develop 3D visualization of the projected microdistrict. Demonstrate the features of infrastructure, architectural and landscape solutions. Reflect the relationship of modern design solutions and ecologically important, existing features of the territories.
3D presentation was developed for public hearings on land use determination and subsequent marketing activities of the developer company.
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It all began with a kick and a crackle.
The Lost Art of Lo-Fi Beats
s the wide landscape of music continues to expand in every direction possible, bits and pieces of the story are lost along the way. It’s the nature of evolution as we’ve always known it. Music practically wages wars with itself, and there are martyrs left in the rubble of every battle.
Lo-fi beats are infectious loops of nostalgia that can only be explained in kicks, snares, and static. It’s a brand of hip-hop that gets overlooked in the bottomless digital record bin more than it deserves.
If you scour YouTube, you can find a sizable collection of lo-fi playlists.
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Lo-fi hip hop is a sub-genre laced with heavy sampling, swinging kick drums, and melodic soundscapes that range from moody to serene. It has the allure of black coffee and faded photographs. Often undervalued and overlooked by the industry at large, there’s still a loyal tribe of purists who enjoy the subtle beauty of it. Unsurprisingly, the loyal tribe is dwindling to survive in mainstream music while the umbrella genre still lives on.
Over time, hip-hop infected pop culture like a viral case of wildfire, making it one of the most prominent styles alluded to in the media. Fashion has grown around it. The lifestyle has slithered into the pockets of designer handbags and underneath the soles of sneakers. Hip-hop is embedded into film and TV among shattering box office hits and binge-worthy Netflix series. Bottom line, it’s thriving practically everywhere.
On a subatomic level, the limping “boom-bap” of the kick and snare is the rhythmic backbone that gave hip-hop the infamous swing we’ve all learned to recognize. The same rhythmic style is used in lo-fi. The sub-genre has spiraled off down a completely different branch. The seeds of hip-hop culture are rooted everywhere, and yet lo-fi is left hanging too high above the norm for most consumers to grasp.
Artists who craft lo-fi typically lack enough momentum to dent the rigid barrier of the mainstream. The fabled hip-hop architects are constantly out-shadowed by the behemoth of popular music. Mapping out the next big trend is like hunting a chameleon in a ball pit. The music industry is a business, but Lo-fi artists are less concerned with chasing the chameleon. Instead, they make music to quench their thirst for creation.
Lo-fi producers are as well-known as riddles inked onto pop-sickle sticks, but it doesn’t keep them from inspiring a cult-following of fans. We owe it to the artists who still manage to keep their heads above the tide. Landmark innovators like Pete Rock, J-Dilla, and Madlib helped pave the groundwork of modern beat production. If we trace our fingers along the lush family tree of hip-hop history, we’ll find the same lineup of originators dug into the outline of home base.
There isn’t a recipe book to cook lo-fi. Anyone can scrap a few drum samples together and sew them into loops. The real artistry lives in sampling and arrangement. It’s a jigsaw of soul-mending jazz sprinkled with vinyl static. Bass lines walk, tape hisses, and snares crack behind a collage of chopped samples. Flavors range from mellow vanilla to black licorice with beats that shuffle like pop rocks. It’s a pacifier for overactive minds and stray thoughts without a home. The production style is straightforward, but the volume of complex emotions scrapes the ceiling of infinity.
Will Lo-fi Beats Ever Integrate into Mainstream Music?
Lo-fi music is less appealing to mainstream audiences because of its reliance on instrumentals without any vocals. Lyrical content sells songs, and without a voice behind the microphone, lo-fi will stay an outcast genre. Until the mold of mainstream music reforms to favor these artists, lo-fi will forever sit in the corner rocking a dunce cap.
Truth be told, the dunce cap will probably come back in style at some point. When it does, you’ll see me wearing one with a pair of cans match.
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Can You Play Apex Legends on PS5 ?
As many of the players have doubts is apex legend will be available to play on PS5. As per information available with us players can play this game on ps5. Ps5 will consists of backward compatibility with ps4. So, as per information players can play apex legends on ps5 console.
Is Crossplay Available On Apex Legends?
And many of the players have also searching is crossplay available on apex legends. Here you can find the answer to this query. Based on information yes, crossplay is now available on apex legends. As information developers of game added this feature to game in last year and doesn’t added during the game launch.
And players can play with their friends from other platforms like xbox one, xbox series x/s, ps4, ps5, pc by choosing the friends menu available on lobby screen and enter their game profile name will have search for him. After you find him you have to place an request for him after your request got accepted only you will be played with your friend.
As information players can also have option to turn off or turn on their crossplay option in game. And this crossplay will not available for solo players or playing yourself can’t play against other console players if player were on PC and if player using console can’t play against console players. So, they have to turnoff the crossplay feature by using steps shown below.
Steps How To Turn On/Off The Crossplay:
- Players need to go to the lobby.
- And then have to click on cogwheel (game menu) available in bottom left corner of screen.
- After that have to click on settings.
- Then scroll down to Cross Platform Play.
- You have to enabled to turn it on,& disabled to turn it off.
As per information cross progression wasn’t available in this game. It’s an feature which will helps the players to link their gaming accounts across all the platforms.

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Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Dr Nasir Ahmad Naqash, Tuesday conducted a surprise inspection of various Government offices in the district during which he suspended eight employees for remaining unauthorized absent from their duties.
The DC accompanied by Joint Director Planning, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Chief Medical Officer Tehsildar Baramulla and other concerned officers visited offices of Animal Husbandry, Cooperative, Irrigation & Flood Control ITI and Mini-secretariat Baramulla.
During the inspection, Dr. Naqash suspended the eight employees including 2 gazetted officers. The DC said that such a drive will be held on routine basis to curb the menace of absenteeism.

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“Pay for a tax cut?” Are they kidding us? You expect me to pay the government in order to keep more of my money? That will be the noise from the Village Storytellers as we move into the tax-reform debate. The government would like to frame the topic as how much of the “governments’ money” they will allow us to keep. It will never be framed as how many taxpayer dollars can we save.
The very concept of coming up with a solution to “paying for our tax cut” requires you to believe all of your money belongs to the government, and if we are good boys and girls they will allow us to keep more of it.
Why not use this concept? It is a successful one already in use. It works with Social Security: They decide how much to take, tax us when they take it, keep it for us until we retire, collect the interest themselves, and they decide if, how much and when we will get it back. Then they tax us again on our payments, keeps some if we get or have another job past their self-determined age for our retirement, and when we die they determine how much, if any, is given to our heirs. It is their money, not ours; we are slaves to the government.
Even though we all know the federal government has no money and they produce no product, we still allow the argument that we must go before the government with a good excuse for tax reform. Unless we tell government how we are going to pay for a tax cut, we cannot hope to receive one.
If the government just returned to their original authority from “We The People”, there would be a surplus to the government. But we are bullied or guilted into accepting government confiscation of our income to pay for votes.
We must ask ourselves a question: Are we entitled to our money, or is someone else entitled to our money? We know vast amounts of revenues to the federal government are wasted. So much is wasted, and no one is surprised when we see examples of waste.
One of the reasons I wrote my first book, “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation,” was to point out how hypnotic government is to our beliefs system. We believe taxation is a form of charity to help the less fortunate. Some of us believe it is our patriotic duty to support every government program. But the truth is, compelling me to pay for someone else’s medical care or education is not charity; it is confiscation.
We are taxed every time we move or touch our money. We are taxed to death and even after death. Bill Clinton and the Democratic Congress approved a “back tax” that covered folks who had died before he was in office.
As the debate over your taxes rage on in the next few weeks, ask your self a few questions. Would you rather your Social Security deductions go into your 401k or the federal treasury? Would you prefer all of your Social Security income be transferred to your heirs or allow the government keep some of what you leave? The tax debate will be centered around your sense of guilt, not your determination to take care of your family.
They are going to call you mean, greedy, selfish, unpatriotic and un-American. You will be required to accept total government domination of your life. They will try hard to convince you that your desire to take care of yourself is crude and rude.
Are you prepared to defend your freedom? Let’s demand a change to the narrative. How much money should we allow the government to have? How will the government stop the waste? We are done with programs to take care of the poor. We want a program to eliminate government assistance to the poor and allow the people to create jobs, fund real charities and increase families’ income. All of this together would alleviate poverty and certainly curtail government interference, but what it would not do is feed the swamp creatures.
This will require putting pressure on government to change. We cannot allow politicians to assume ownership of our money. There must be a loud and continued response every time they bring it up.
Watch for it, listen for it – it will come soon. “How are we going to pay for it?!” Let that become your trigger; let it be your rallying call. When they poke their miserable, greedy heads up … let them have it.
They cannot resist the will of the people if the people express their will.
Read more at https://www.wnd.com/2017/03/reject-the-we-must-pay-for-tax-cuts-blather/#81f7PK9UXSgSSdCD.99


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KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s central leader Qari Muhammad Usman said targeting the Tablighi Jamaat was not appropriate, during government lockdown to ensure the prevention of sensitive borders from where the Kuruna virus is entering the country, Delivery of rations to students in homes, camps and palaces is limited to announcements only, blaming the global movement of invitation and publicity is an attempt to cover up the worst atrocities and failures, placing the world’s most vulnerable. Exercising is to exacerbate anger.
Talking to a delegation of Tablighi Jamaat officials, Qari Mohammed Usman said that practical steps should be taken for the relief and rehabilitation of governmental and community leaders in the outbreak, often with cessation and suppression. Can be achieved, despite the government’s clear orders to preach the Propaganda Party’s Akbarin and to stop the system spreading across the country and to follow the precautionary measures of government agencies, a universal movement of invitation and propaganda. Being held responsible for the worst atrocities and the veil over your own failure Attempts to put in place, the government is arresting the scholars of Tablighi party on the one hand, and on the other hand, those responsible for the spread of the Karuna virus have been given open public meetings; Entering the country, the whole area was sealed and all the resources there
He said that it was the responsibility of the government to ensure that the precautionary measures were fully implemented and that cooperation would be given. Making drunkenness is to exacerbate the wrath, to fill the buses in the preaching centers, to make the role of government and institutions suspicious, the government and the administration take immediate action against the elements that have caused hatred in this atmosphere of curb. Are giving. He said that during the lockdown, people should stay in their homes to prevent the outbreak of the outbreak. A slight caution can also lead to historical tragedy. He expressed surprise at the announcement of ration by the government of Sindh, saying that so far no poor had received ration or aid, which is a proof of the administration’s inability. Ensure uninterrupted supply of ration instead of declaration. He said that the people have set a new example of brotherhood and empathy by serving the poor and the white under their support. The ration packages of Jamiat Ulema and other religious parties, including Islam, are reaching out to the poorer classes, the donors are helping the working masses beyond their reach, in such cases the so-called NGOs who spend the whole year in the name of the poor. But few collect them as if they were a snake.

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Holy shit, this place looks magical. After watching Mark Wien's go to Balochistan I wanna go there and eat all the food too.
I have relatives in Pakistan, but doing an all round trip would be amazing and travelling to Balochistan. Ko
Glad I could spread the word about my city. We've had been at our lowest point in 2013 but back in my parent's day, it was a popular tourist spot for British, Russian and chinese people.
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“Space Exploration Company to Expand Earth's Resource Base” is not a line out of a science fiction epic, but the title of a media alert I received this week. Planetary Resources -- yes, that's the company name -- makes its debut on April 24 in Seattle to talk about “a new space venture with a mission to help ensure humanity's prosperity.” Speculation is rampant this will be all about asteroid mining, but I'm willing to put a little side money on moon mining and solar power.
Speaking at the Planet Resources rollout event at the Museum of Flight will be company investor and self-styled “Space Tourist” Charles Simonyi, co-founders Eric Anderson and Peter Diamandis, President and Chief Engineer Chris Lewicki, and company advisor Tom Jones. Microsoft (News - Alert)-made billionaire Simonyi is the only person to take two (2) Soyuz flights into orbit. Anderson booked Simonyi's flights through his startup Space Adventures. There's also a supporting cast of investors/advisors that includes Google's (News - Alert) Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, film director and explorer James Cameron, Google board of directors founding member K. Ram Shriram, and Ross Perot, Jr.
Diamandis founded the X-Prize organization and gave a 2012 TED talk entitled “Abundance is our Future.” In his talk, he briefly discusses the vast amounts of solar energy hitting the planet and how plentiful energy can deliver plentiful clean water.
On LinkedIn (News - Alert) Lewicki is currently listed as President and Chief Engineer at Arkyd Astronautics, a company that “ develops technology and systems to enable low-cost commercial robotic exploration of the solar system.” Lewicki was also involved with the NASA Mars Exploration Rovers and the Phoenix Mars Lander missions.
Rounding out the presenters, Jones is a planetary scientist and flew four space missions as a NASA astronaut. His official NASA bio lists his PhD research interests to include the remote sensing of asteroids, meteorite spectroscopy, and applications of space resources, but the most tantalizing tidbits are on his website. Jones has advocated establishing a lunar outpost on the Moon if water ice is available on the lunar poles, otherwise going to near-Earth asteroids.
Planetary Resources sounds good. It's got billionaire backers, heavy-hitters on its advisory board, idea guys, and real-world NASA experience. But is it enough to mine asteroids?
Let's be clear: Asteroid mining is a hard problem that nobody has ever demonstrated in real life. First, you have to take a chunk of rock and move it to where you want it -- presumably to one of the Earth-Moon Lagrange points. Once parked, then you have to strip it down to usable raw materials in zero gravity, and ship them either to an off-planet factory (something else you need to build from scratch) or “import” them to Earth without burning up your materials or accidently killing anyone on the ground in the process.
Oh yes, and at the end of the day, you have to make a profit. Easy, right?
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde : Barrington Stoke Edition
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
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A dyslexia-friendly, unabridged edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s timeless classic, in a format accessible to all readers. This edition is presented using Barrington Stoke’s specially-designed font, increased spacing and tinted paper.
Beneath the prim and proper morals of Victorian society lurks a violent madman who emerges at night to commit the most cold-hearted of crimes. Nothing is known of him except his name: Mr Hyde. A lawyer and a doctor begin their own investigation and are shocked to find that Mr Hyde is an acquaintance of their respectable friend Dr Henry Jekyll. Worse still, Dr Jekyll is unwilling to listen to them and retreats into his laboratory when confronted. As months turn to years and the violence turns to ruthless murder, Dr Jekyll is finally forced to confront the chaos.
Barrington Stoke is an award-winning publisher with 25 years’ experience of pioneering super-readable, struggling, reluctant reader and dyslexia-friendly fiction to help every child become a reader. From our specially designed font to the colour of our paper, accessibility is at the heart of everything we do.
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Golf-Oosthuizen takes Masters lead with rare albatross (Reuters)
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 8 (Reuters) - South African LouisOosthuizen grabbed the Masters lead in sensational fashion onSunday, holing out from the fairway at the par-five second for arare albatross two in the final round.
The former British Open champion watched as his ball pitchedjust short of the green before bouncing and then rolling some 50yards up the hill before dropping into the cup.
Oosthuizen, a runaway winner of the 2010 British Open,thrust both arms skywards before high-fiving his caddie, havingrecorded the first albatross, or double-eagle, at the secondhole and only the fourth ever at the Masters.
That put the South African on 10 under par at a sun-splashedAugusta National, two ahead of overnight leader Peter Hanson andthree-times champion Phil Mickelson.
Swede Hanson, a stroke in front overnight in pursuit of hisfirst major title, had bogeyed the par-four first after missingthe green to the right with his approach.
Left-hander Mickelson, playing in the final group withHanson, parred the opening hole to remain at eight under.
Gene Sarazen famously recorded an albatross at the 15th holein the fourth round of the 1935 Masters. Australian Bruce Devlinfollowed suit at the eighth in the first round in 1967 and JeffMaggert did so at the 13th in the fourth round in 1994. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes)


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180 Nutrition: There are a huge number of bodyweight exercises that can be performed in the comfort of your own space if you’re working from home or can’t get to gym. To help you start, here are some of the best exercises that you can build into your daily routine that effectively work the major muscle groups and help with flexibility too. Before you start, it goes without saying that if you are new to exercise or have an underlying medical condition you should consult your physician or other health care professional before starting this or any other fitness program.
One of the most common and convenient exercise you can do is push-ups. It can be performed anywhere and work the triceps, pectoral muscles, and shoulders. When done with proper form, they can also strengthen the lower back and core.
For it to be truly effective for your body, you should be concentrating on the quality of the push-ups that you are doing instead of the quantity, so let’s get the form right first.
To start with, position yourself in a plank position (see illustration). Make sure that your hands are directly placed under your shoulder and your feet are hip-width apart. Now that you are already in the perfect position, you can now lower your body as you maintain your elbow close to your body. Following this very simple procedure will allow you to add more quality to your push-ups.
2. Air Squats
Air Squats are very helpful in strengthening your glutes (bottom muscles) and hamstrings. Like all exercises, you should always use the proper form so that you get the optimal benefits without risking injury. This means stretching and warming up first. Even if you’re only doing squats, this is essential.
To be able to do air squats, you can start by positioning your feet apart. The distance from both feet should be shoulder-width. Make sure that you are able to move comfortably by turning your toes out. Stand uprightly and look up slightly. Now, slowly squat as low as you can and stabilise yourself with stretched-out arms (see illustration). The depth will depend on the flexibility of your body. You should not squat deeper than what feels comfortable for you and work to build up more repetitions when comfortable.
This exercise is a great way to help in strengthening the abdominal muscles; specifically, the rectus abdominal muscles.
To effectively perform this exercise, you should lie down on your back and make sure that your knees are bent and your arms are placed across your chest. Your feet should be flat on the floor and should be hip-width apart.
Now, exhale as you lift your upper body. While doing this, your head and your knees should be relaxed. Finally, return to your starting position as you inhale. It’s important to not rush this exercise, instead concentrate on a slow considered movement.
4. Running Plank
The running plank is an exercise that focuses on your core. For you to be able to effectively do the exercise, start by positioning your body straight as a plank of wood holding yourself up from the floor on your forearms (see illustration). Now, as you stay in that position, flex your core. Hold for as long as you can. Remember, planks aren’t supposed to look like the Downward Dog yoga pose.
To really get your core working the way it should in the plank position, keep your back flat enough so your abs feel engaged from top (right below your sternum) to bottom (directly below your belt). Just don’t dip your bottom too far toward the floor.
When it comes to sculpting and strengthening muscle groups including the quadriceps, hamstrings and buttocks, lunges are perfect. If you’ve just started your workout routine, you should add this to your list of exercises to do.
Start doing lunges by getting in the right position. By keeping your upper body straight and your shoulders relaxed, maintain your chin up in a position where you are at a point of staring in front of you. For the next part, step forward with one leg and lower your hips as you bend both your knees in a 90-degree angle. Doing this exercise regularly will certainly help you maintain the strength of your core.
There are different benefits that you will be able to enjoy if you are going to start adding glute bridges to your workout routine. Aside from improving your hip mobility, they can also help strengthen the lower back and help to alleviate lower back pain. With these benefits, this exercise is perfect for people who are regularly working in front of their computer.
To start with, you must lie with your back flat on the floor and your knees bent. With your feet flat on the floor, put your arms on your side and keep your palms down. Now that you are in the perfect position, you can now start lifting your hips off the ground. You should notice your knees, shoulders, and hips form a straight line as you do this. Squeeze your glutes but make sure that you are not over extending your back. Hold the position for few seconds and gently go back to the original position.
No matter how busy life gets, you should be able to maintain a healthy lifestyle. One way to be able to do this is to integrate regular exercise in your daily routine. Focus on the simplest exercises that you can do for few minutes and those that do not need any equipment. This way, it would be easier to maintain a routine. If circumstances dictate that you can’t get to the gym, you can still work on your fitness and strength using the exercises outlined above.
Learn More About Exercising Smarter Here:
- 7 Exercise & Fat Burning Myths Exposed
- What Happens To Your Body When You Don’t Exercise?
- What Should I Eat Before A Workout?

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A federal study released on April 22 found the suicide rate in the U.S. hit its highest peak in almost 30 years.
According to the study by the National Center for Health Statistics, the overall U.S. suicide rate increased by 24 percent from 1999 to 2014.
The nation went up to 13 suicides per 100,000 people in 2014, the highest level since 1986.
The study also found the preferred method of suicide for American males was guns (55.4 percent), while women most often chose poisoning (34.1 percent).
A whopping 42,773 Americans took their own lives in 2014 in contrast to 29,199 in 1999.
There was an especially large suicide increase among women and middle-aged Americans, notes The New York Times.
Women 45 to 64-years-old saw a suicide increase of 63 percent, while men in the same age range went up by 43 percent.
Suicide among girls ages 10 to 14 jumped from 50 in 1999 to 150 in 2014.
"This one certainly jumped out," Sally Curtin, a statician for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention one of the authors of the report, said, according to The New York Times.
"It’s really stunning to see such a large increase in suicide rates affecting virtually every age group," Katherine Hempstead of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation added.
Native American women saw a 89 percent increase, while men went up by 38 percent.
White, middle-aged women jumped by 80 percent, but the suicide rate dropped for black men and for all Americans 75 years old or older.
Now, there are calls to increase suicide awareness and prevention in America's for-profit health care system.
While some hospitals and heath care practices screen people for suicidal thoughts and have good treatment, there are many facilities in 2016 that do not, The New York Times notes.
"We have more and more effective treatments, but we have to figure out how to bake them into health care systems so they are used more automatically," Dr. Jane Pearson, chairwoman of the National Institute of Mental Health’s Suicide Research Consortium, said.
"We’ve got bits and pieces, but we haven’t really put them all together yet," Pearson added.
As with the lack of general physical heath care, the problem for suicide prevention goes back to funding.
Pearson acknowledged the NIH's funding for suicide prevention has only increased from $22 million in 2012 to $25 million in 2016, and is a small part of all the funding for mental illnesses.


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Our Medication-Assisted Treatment Program
Our medication-assisted treatment program (MAT) combines FDA-approved medication with counseling and behavioral therapies, offering a holistic and comprehensive approach to addiction treatment. It’s tailored to address withdrawal symptoms and cravings resulting from severe opioid, alcohol, and benzodiazepine use disorders, as well as symptoms associated with mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and trauma.
It can be difficult to stay sober if you’re facing physical and psychological issues from all sides, and MAT is the perfect solution. The overall goals of MAT include:
Stabilizing mental health conditions
Reducing cravings, withdrawal symptoms, and overdose
Helping the brain heal and recover from substance abuse
Increasing the focus on developing long-term recovery and relapse prevention strategies
Are You Covered For Treatment?
East Coast Recovery Center partners with numerous private insurance providers. Our team is committed to assisting you in quickly and effortlessly verifying your insurance coverage for treatment.
What’s Included In Medication-Assisted Treatment
Medication-assisted treatment at our addiction treatment center isn’t simply a matter of giving individuals unregulated amounts of medication.
Medications Are Carefully Chosen And Prescribed:
Stage 1: During the induction stage, our clinicians establish how much of the medicine is needed based on a person’s history and severity of drug use. Types of medication and dosage can change based on the person’s biological response to the medication.
Stage 2: In the stabilization and maintenance phase, our clinicians determine the minimum dose needed to prevent severe withdrawal symptoms and monitor each client for potential side effects. In most cases, MAT is started in the earliest treatment phase, such as medical detox or residential treatment. Dose adjustments are made as needed in your healing journey, but the basic dose remains fairly consistent during the stabilization phase.
Stage 3: If and when our clinicians determine a client can transition out of MAT, they’ll gradually taper their medication until they no longer experience unmanageable mental health issues or withdrawal symptoms.
Typical Medications In MAT:
Antabuse: Used to deter alcohol consumption by inducing unpleasant side effects when alcohol is consumed.
Campral: Helps to reduce cravings and dependence on alcohol by stabilizing chemical imbalances in the brain.
Naltrexone: Blocks opioid receptors, reducing the desire to use opioids or alcohol and preventing their effects.
Vivitrol: A long-acting form of naltrexone used to prevent relapse in individuals with opioid or alcohol dependence.
Sublocade: Administered monthly, it provides a sustained release of buprenorphine to manage opioid dependence.
Suboxone: Combines buprenorphine and naloxone to alleviate opioid cravings and withdrawal symptoms while deterring misuse.
Buprenorphine: Partial opioid agonist used to manage withdrawal symptoms and cravings in opioid dependence treatment.
NAC (N-acetylcysteine): Supplement that can help reduce cravings and improve abstinence in substance use disorders through various mechanisms, including glutamate modulation.
Treatment Methods Combined With Medication:
Treatments often combined with MAT include individual therapy, group therapy sessions, 12-step tracks, family therapy, and experiential therapy. MAT can be integrated into any of our treatment programs, including intensive outpatient program (IOP) and partial hospitalization program (PHP), or through one of our partnered facilities. Studies have found that MAT is more effective than behavioral therapies or medication when used alone.
Benefits Of MAT In Cohasset, MA
Stabilizing Mental Health Conditions: MAT medications can directly target symptoms of co-occurring mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety, which often accompany substance use disorders (SUDs). Medications like SSRIs and buprenorphine have been shown to have antidepressant effects, which can help stabilize mood and alleviate symptoms of depression in individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). By effectively managing mental health symptoms, MAT makes it easier for individuals to engage in therapy, group sessions, and workshops essential for recovery.
Reduces cravings and withdrawal symptoms: MAT medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone bind to opioid receptors in the brain without producing the intense euphoria or sedation associated with full opioid agonists like heroin. This helps individuals remain stable and functional, allowing them to focus on their recovery journey without the overwhelming urge to use drugs.
Helps the brain heal: MAT helps the brain heal and recover by balancing neurotransmitter activity, encouraging neuroplasticity (the brain’s ability to adapt and reorganize functions), and reducing the harmful effects of drugs on the brain.
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Unlike other rehab centers around Greater Boston, we don’t rely on medications to do all the work. Our compassionate and caring clinicians focus on each client’s needs and create treatment plans full of engaging and helpful healing methods. All of our clinicians offer something different and unique so clients can connect with a therapy method or treatment approach that feels rewarding and beneficial.
Additionally, our location in Cohasset, Massachusetts, provides a peaceful and calm escape from life’s stressors unlike any other. We’re surrounded by biking trails, walking paths, wooded areas, picnic spots, rolling hills, rocky shorelines, and a great view of sailboats, sunsets, and seabirds across the Cohasset and Hingham Harbor.
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Our intake specialists assess each client’s needs and if they’re a suitable match for medication-assisted treatment. You must have an official substance use disorder diagnosis and be willing and motivated to follow prescription instructions. You might not be eligible for MAT if you’ve abused prescription drugs in the past, have an addiction to a substance without an FDA-approved medication, do not have sufficient motivation to recover, or have an existing medical condition that a drug may exacerbate.
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If you or a loved one could benefit from medication-assisted treatment in Cohasset, MA, contact East Coast Recovery Center today. Our treatment center is right off Massachusetts Bay, surrounded by beaches, state parks, historic districts, and a tight-knit recovery community. Besides MAT, we offer dual diagnosis treatment, continued aftercare support, holistic healing methods, and more. Additionally, our partnership with Health Care Alliance NA helps clients access different levels of care, including medical detox programs, residential treatment, and adventure therapy programs. Call, email, or fill out a form to get started or learn more.
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Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) involves prescription, FDA-approved medications. Whether someone on MAT is considered “sober” can vary depending on personal definitions, but the priority is reducing substance use, and most experts do not consider it as “substance use.”

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Despite the overwhelming positive data from early hormone replacement therapy (HRT) studies in human and animal studies, the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) studies demonstrated that the use of HRT was detrimental to health, and raised serious doubts as to their role in preventing age-related diseases. This talk is an update on what has been learned over the last 10 years since the WHI study results were published.


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An act performed without delay, reflection, voluntary direction or obvious control in response to a stimulus.
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Impulsive Behavior" by people in Profiles.
Illegal behaviors as a consequence of gambling disorder. Am J Addict. 2023 01; 32(1):40-46.
Associations of polygenic risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with general and specific dimensions of childhood psychological problems and facets of impulsivity. J Psychiatr Res. 2022 08; 152:187-193.
Personality disorder and mild traumatic brain injury. Personal Ment Health. 2022 11; 16(4):331-337.
Skin picking disorder: Does a person's sex matter? Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2022 02; 34(1):15-20.
A latent class analysis of intermittent explosive disorder symptoms. J Affect Disord. 2022 04 01; 302:367-375.
Neurobiology of subtypes of trichotillomania and skin picking disorder. CNS Spectr. 2023 Feb; 28(1):98-103.
Binge-eating disorder in university students: high prevalence and strong link to impulsive and compulsive traits. CNS Spectr. 2023 Feb; 28(1):61-69.
Assessment of subjective sleep quality and issues in aggression: Intermittent Explosive Disorder compared with psychiatric and healthy controls. Compr Psychiatry. 2022 01; 112:152270.
Examining the roles of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity in the relationship between psychological trauma and substance abuse among women with bulimic-spectrum pathology. Eat Disord. 2021 May-Jun; 29(3):276-291.
Screening for adult ADHD using brief rating tools: What can we conclude from a positive screen? Some caveats. Compr Psychiatry. 2021 04; 106:152224.

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The devices also allow users to set up their own preferences for listening and once the Dolby Atmos feature is activated, there are three presets, for Movie, Voice and Music. The movie sound mode is out of this world, especially when combined with the 18.5:9 edge-to-edge ratio display, which curves over the phone, offering a fully cinematic view.
The Adapt Sound feature optimises the sound settings for a user’ ears. The Samsung Galaxy S9 is also backed by the in-house SoundAlive, which lets users’ amp up the audio output. It comes with a 9-band equalizer, which lets you adjust the frequency from 63Hz to 16kHz and from a range of 10dB to -10dB.
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- 1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1⁄4 cup melted butter
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
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NFL training camp primer: Johnny Manziel heads list of summer story lines
The road to Super Bowl XLIX begins Sunday in Pittsford, N.Y., where the Buffalo Bills will hold their first full-squad practice of training camp.
They're the first NFL team to open camp, with the New York Giants — the Bills' opponent in the Aug. 3 Hall of Fame Game, allowing both teams to start early — kicking off Tuesday and the other 30 teams over the next week.
Every team has questions this time of year, here are 10 notable story lines to monitor during the preseason:
Forget the inflatable swan, money phone and other offseason social media sensations: It's football time for Johnny Manziel, who has the best chance of any rookie quarterback to start in Week 1. The Cleveland Browns have made it clear the job belongs to Brian Hoyer, a 28-year-old journeyman with four NFL starts who is coming off knee reconstruction surgery. But it's only a matter of time before Manziel gets the chance to prove his elite improv skills can translate to the pro game and lift the NFL's most tormented franchise. A Tim Tebow-worthy news media throng will document Manziel's every move on the field — and hey, better there than a nightclub bathroom.
If you ask Michael Vick, the New York Jets have no quarterback competition. But the team gave Vick a $4 million contract for a reason: to push Geno Smith, who won't have the same luxury to play through growing pains as he did during an uneven rookie season. Even after signing a contract extension in January, coach Rex Ryan can't feel safe if a three-year playoff drought becomes four. The Jets need to win now, and Vick has done it before. Elsewhere, veteran QBs sit atop the depth charts and are heavy favorites with the Minnesota Vikings (Matt Cassel) and Oakland Raiders (Matt Schaub), who need someone to make things respectable until rookies are ready.
Hard feelings lingering?
Jimmy Graham's franchise-tag fight with the Saints is over, but is all well with the New Orleans Saints? Coach Sean Payton testified on the team's behalf in an arbitration case Graham lost, tipping leverage in negotiations that yielded a four-year, $40 million contract Tuesday. And it was Payton's (smart) deployment of Graham that raised the issue of whether he's a tight end or a receiver. Regardless, both men figure to dismiss the issue publicly as the Saints move on to more important questions — such as how they'll replace dynamic halfback Darren Sproles.
Easing Peyton's load
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning put together one of the greatest seasons in NFL history, only for it all to fall apart against Seattle in a 35-point loss in Super Bowl XLVIII. Can he and the Broncos recapture the magic? The five-time MVP and future Hall of Famer is 38. His arm never will be the same after a series of neck surgeries. Manning is as smart as dedicated as any player in the game, but he'll need help to reach the pinnacle again — support Broncos GM John Elway hopes he provided by adding DeMarcus Ware, Aqib Talib and T.J. Ward to a revamped defense.
Training camp holdouts are less common these days, given the hefty fines threatened by the collective-bargaining agreement for veterans and the simplified nature of negotiating rookie contracts. But that only increases the intrigue surrounding established stars such as San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis and Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson, who both might be absent when camps open. Davis wants a new contract. Johnson apparently wants out. Each day they miss could result in a $30,000 fine — although in Davis' case, it's always possible that will be erased as part of a new deal. Davis' teammate, guard Alex Boone, could be another holdout.
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith are expected to be on the field when camps begin, but both appear to be long shots to play Week 1. The NFL will hand down discipline at some point related to their respective legal issues, and Smith is slated to be sentenced on DUI and felony weapons charges, to which he pleaded no contest, next Friday — two days after veterans report. (Rice was accepted into a pretrial diversion program, avoiding prosecution on an assault charge.) Also coming: discipline for Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, who faces an Aug. 28 trial date on two misdemeanor charges related to driving under the influence of prescription drugs.
The deployment of freakish No. 1 pick Jadeveon Clowney in the Texans' defense will be worth watching from Day One. But there's likely to be more attention on another former Southeastern Conference defensive end: Michael Sam, who in May became the first openly gay player drafted. Sam must overcome his athletic limitations, stand up to the immense pressure that comes with being a trailblazer and make the St. Louis Rams' roster. He figures to have plenty of support from fans when camp opens next Friday, with the first padded practice a couple of days later. Another milestone awaits Aug. 8, when Sam will make his preseason debut against the Saints.
Players on the mend
Will Tony Romo be the same after another back surgery? In June, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback said he hoped to be 100% by camp and thought he could play in a game already. But if he has a setback, the backup plan — Brandon Weeden — isn't reassuring, especially given all of Dallas' defensive issues. Others who will have various levels of participation to open camp as they return from season-ending injuries/offseason surgery: Clay Matthews, Rob Gronkowski, Sam Bradford, Julio Jones, Reggie Wayne, Von Miller, Arian Foster, Doug Martin, Brian Cushing, Geno Atkins, Cam Newton and Eli Manning.
It's easy to forget Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III was a rookie sensation in 2012 before his knee gave out. New coach Jay Gruden's primary task is to get RGIII back on track — and earn his trust as predecessor Mike Shanahan apparently couldn't. The same could be said of new Detroit Lions coach Jim Caldwell, whose offensive staff was built to fix Matthew Stafford. Ken Whisenhunt (Tennessee Titans) and Bill O'Brien (Houston) also come from offensive backgrounds, while the other three new head coaches — Lovie Smith (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Mike Zimmer (Minnesota) and Mike Pettine (Cleveland) — made their names on defense.
Seahawks begin tilte defense
The last two Super Bowl champions failed to make the playoffs the following season. There hasn't been a repeat champion since the New England Patriots a decade ago. But the Seattle Seahawks have a better shot than most to carry over their success, given the makeup of a roster that appears to be improving. Four of their top difference-makers (Russell Wilson, Percy Harvin, Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas) are 26 or under. No starter on offense or defense has hit 30. With the loss of some depth along both lines and in the secondary, there are opportunities for other young players to show in camp they're ready to step into larger roles.


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