Podcasts about Carob

Today we are foisting more ancient history on you as we return to the Fertile Crescent with fond memories and family ways. Molly explains the rise and fall of carob and its dubious health claims while Mr. Etymology's soul goes on a journey. We hope to avoid a specific smell and deal with our "thwarted desire for what is forbidden" as we learn that sometimes almonds are pecans. Producer Abby is presenting at the FREE Latinas in Podcasting Virtual Summit. Sign up at her affiliate link HERE!Subscribe to Producer Abby's book newsletter The Rolling Ladder Support Spilled Milk Podcast!Molly's SubstackMatthew's Bands: Early to the Airport and Twilight DinersProducer Abby's WebsiteListen to our spinoff show Dire DesiresJoin our reddit

In this episode, host Kelsey Hipkin chats with AMTA's Cliff Litke (Senior Advisor, Member Services), Rob Destree (Senior Instructor, Driver Development), and Doug Walton (Senior Advisor, Member Solutions) to discuss winter preparedness as we will inevitably move from this stunning fall into the clutches of our Alberta winters, and with that comes challenging winter driving.In our conversation, we cover how carriers and their drivers prepare for winter roads and conditions, and what items drivers should include in and on their vehicles for winter readiness.If you have any questions and would like to contact Cliff, Doug, Rob, or AMTA to learn more, please email: memberservices@amta.ca. Or you can also reach out to us with questions by emailing media@amta.ca. Resources for road conditions across Western CanadaAlberta: 511 - 511.alberta.caBritish Columbia: Drive BC - www.drivebc.caSaskatchewan: Highway Hotline - hotline.gov.sk.caManitoba: 511 - www.manitoba511.caRob also mentions the Waze app as another source for traffic conditions in Alberta. Watch our videos in partnership with Volker Stevin on sharing the road with snowplows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy7kvThb02Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc8f_h-yTWA&t=6s Are you interested in learning more about AMTA's Truck Driving Simulator Training? Visit our website: amta.ca/simulator-training.  Be prepared. Be patient. And be safe out there! Winter is coming.Thank you to all our listeners who engaged on social media with our Best Big Rig Movie Ever Bracket. We greatly enjoyed reviewing these movies and look forward to doing it again. Look out for part 2 coming next summer. Listeners, don't forget about the AMTA Mailbag! We want to hear from you with your industry queries. DM us with your questions and we will answer via the AMTA Mailbag segment in future episodes or directly via our team of advisors.   Join the conversation at: Web: amta.ca X: AMTA_ca Instagram: amta_ca/  Facebook: AlbertaMotorTransportAssociationLinkedIn: alberta-motor-transport-association Thank you for taking the time to listen, we encourage you to share this episode with those in your network who would receive value from our conversation. Make sure to hit that subscribe button and have a safe day! 

Are you ready to revolutionize your diet with a delicious, healthy alternative to cacao and coffee? Meet **Carob** – the caffeine-free wonder that's packed with nutrients and bursting with flavour!

Bava Batra 72 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-09-05 Redeeming trees at their value vs at the standard rate for land. Someone purchased a field from his father and consecrated it, then his father died. Carob and sycamore trees have the status of trees and the status of land.

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Listen to today's Laugh Again with Phil Callaway, "By the Carob Tree." Enjoy!

"Die ersten 72 Stunden ohne Industriezucker sind die härtesten, dann ist man über den Berg", sagt Marcel Trein. Die Umstellung auf eine zuckerfreie Ernährung ist anfangs eine Herausforderung, aber absolut lohnenswert. Marcel Trein, Sohn einer Konditorin und bekannter TV-Food-Experte, teilt seine persönliche Erfahrung, wie er erfolgreich zuckerfrei leben konnte. Trotz der Herausforderungen, die eine Familie und zuckerhaltige Rituale mit sich bringen, bei denen Zucker, Teilchen, Brot und Co. täglich konsumiert werden, hat Marcel den Übergang zu einem zuckerfreien Lebensstil gemeistert. In dieser Folge erfährst Du:

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Tu Bishvat | Choni, the Carob and the Dream, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom How are the Choni legends - the long slumber, the carob tree and the rain-circle - related to each other?  In honor of Tu biSh'vat, we explored the story of Honi HaMa'gil (or Hame'agel) and the various Aggadot associated with him, in the scholion of Megilat Ta'anit, the Mishna, Bavli and Yerushalmi - and in Josephus' Antiquities. In our survey we noted that these narratives had a number of conflicting details. We discussed how to address differing narratives about what seems to be the same event and proposed several strategies for resolving these discrepancies. The shiur was given at GPATS (Graduate Program for Advanced Talmudic Studies) at Stern College for Women.

Carob Marcelle has been speaking out again "Diversity Equity Inclusion" programs, even as someone who would ostensibly benefit from them (being a black american). In this interview, she explain why DEI must DIE, what's at stake, and how we can go about putting to rest this modern form of racism, dressed up as "anti-racism" https://twitter.com/carobmarcelle https://www.youtube.com/@CarobMarcelle Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce https://cash.app/$benjaminaboyce https://www.buymeacoffee.com/benjaminaboyce --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calmversations/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/calmversations/support

Hey Profiteers!   Welcome to Pawsitive Profit! Kara Brothers goes off the Carob track in this episode, sharing crucial insights for aspiring dog treat business owners. She taps into her experience and the wisdom of her dog treat Baker's Facebook group to answer the burning question: What do I need to know before starting a dog treat business?   State Regulations: Research and contact your local agriculture department or Department of Agriculture (DOA). State laws vary, and getting direct advice is crucial. Kara emphasizes the importance of finding your state's specific requirements.   Local State and City Compliance: Each state has unique regulations. Check with your local state and city about the specific requirements for selling dog treats. Some states even require forming an LLC and obtaining an EIN before registering with the DOA.   Guaranteed Analysis (GA) Testing: Treats must undergo lab testing for guaranteed analysis. Kara suggests using volunteer dogs for taste testing before sending samples for lab testing. Some states have additional requirements for product labeling.   Personal Research and Legwork: Don't rely solely on classes or courses. Kara emphasizes making calls, doing online research, and putting in the legwork to understand legal requirements and regulations in your specific state.   Out-of-State Selling: To sell out of state, you must be registered in each state you plan to sell to. Kara warns about potential fines and legal consequences for not complying with out-of-state selling regulations, especially on platforms like Etsy.   Setup Costs: Keep it simple at the beginning. Don't overspend on tools and recipes. Build a base with a straightforward recipe before expanding. Kara acknowledges that the dog treat business is not cheap, but passion and commitment make it rewarding.   Time Costs: Running a dog treat business involves multiple tasks. Kara advises aspiring entrepreneurs to be organized and acknowledges the challenge of managing everything alone. Flexibility in setting your own schedule can be a significant advantage when working from home.   This episode serves as a valuable guide for dog treat enthusiasts, offering practical advice and insights from those who've navigated the challenging yet rewarding path of starting a dog treat business. Tune in for a wealth of information before embarking on your entrepreneurial journey! #DogTreatBusiness #Entrepreneurship #PawsitiveProfitSeries     Woof! Kara   Connect with me: 1)

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Hey Profiteers! Welcome to another insightful episode of Pawsitive Profit! In this segment, we embark on a nutritional exploration of carob chips, unraveling the mysteries of their impact on our canine companions. Are carob chips a healthy addition to your dog's diet, or could they be contributing to unnecessary calories? Join me, your host Kara Brothers, in this enlightening episode, the THIRD installment in our 8-part Carob for Dogs Series. To truly understand carob's influence, we begin by dissecting its nutritional profile. Carob, naturally low in fat, houses fiber, protein, and a spectrum of essential vitamins and minerals. A stark contrast to chocolate, notorious for high sugar and theobromine content, carob emerges as a healthier alternative for our furry friends. Delving into the calorie conversation, we navigate the delicate balance. While carob is lower in fat than chocolate, the presence of natural sugars demands vigilant portion control. Excessive treats, even those adorned with carob, may contribute to unwarranted calories and potential weight gain. Moderation remains the golden rule. Carob's commendable fiber content takes center stage as a boon for digestive health. The positive impact on bowel movements adds to its allure, positioning carob as a valuable addition to a well-rounded doggy diet. Antioxidant properties further elevate carob's status. Though not a panacea, these antioxidants combat oxidative stress and inflammation, potentially enhancing various bodily functions. A nuanced perspective on carob's health benefits emerges. From a culinary standpoint, carob chips offer a delectable, chocolate-like taste without the perilous risks associated with real chocolate. This culinary advantage positions carob as a preferred choice for conscientious bakers, striking a harmonious balance between flavor and safety. While generally safe, we must tread carefully, considering potential allergies. Sensitivities vary among dogs, emphasizing the importance of gradual treat introductions and vigilant observation for adverse reactions. In conclusion, carob chips can indeed be a healthy addition to your dog's diet when approached with moderation. The trifecta of a favorable nutritional profile, lower fat content, and delightful flavor solidify carob's standing as a popular choice among discerning bakers. As always, remember to align treats with your dog's overall diet and health needs. Stay tuned for the next episode in our carob series, where we'll explore how carob might impact various aspects of canine health. For more doggy delicacies and insightful episodes, connect with me on social media @PawsitiveProfit using #CarobNutrition. Happy baking and tail-wagging adventures!

Welcome back to the Somewhat Frank Podcast! In this episode, Frank Gruber (@FrankGruber), John Guidos (@JohnGuidos), and Jen Consalvo (@Noreaster) explore a range of fascinating topics and events, from innovation summits to the changing landscape of social media, and even some exciting product recommendations. Join us on this journey of discovery as we navigate through these diverse subjects.   We kick off the episode by discussing the Innovation Ecosystem Summit, set to take place on December 13-14. Link to event. We also chat about the upcoming AFWERX virtual event titled “Wargaming & AI'' which is set to take place on December 12th (link to event) and the CTA Foundation Pitch Competition that will take place at the Consumer Technology Association Foundation on January 10th. Link to event.   The Future of Truth in the Age of AI and Social Media In an era where truth can sometimes feel elusive we share our thoughts on the importance of reliable information sources and their concerns about the evolving landscape of truth.   Is social media a brainwashing machine?  We delve into this question in light of recent events on TikTok, where a surprising connection to Osama Bin Laden emerged. Links to articles. We explore how viral moments can be based on historical events and their impact on public perception.   We also consider the changing social media landscape and the declining usage of platforms by millennials, as outlined in this Wired article.   Reading:    Surge in Homeschooling Post-Pandemic Homeschooling rates in the U.S. have seen a significant surge post-pandemic, with certain states experiencing remarkable increases. We discuss the implications for public school enrollment and the demographic shifts, especially the increase in homeschooling among Black families. (Read more)   Sports QuickHits: MLB News and NBA Mid-Season Tourney Sports enthusiasts won't want to miss our quick hits on the latest MLB developments, including the introduction of the Vegas Athletics. (Read more) We also touch upon the possibility of the Chicago White Sox relocating to Nashville and the upcoming NBA Midseason Tournament Finals.   Friendly Shoutouts:  Kiki World Marketplace - We give a warm shoutout to Alex Abelin, co-founder of Kiki Milk, on the launch of the Kiki World Marketplace. This marketplace aligns with Kiki Milk's mission to help individuals navigate illness, allergies, and overall health. (Link to Kiki World Marketplace)   Entertainment Recommendations:  Jen introduces the captivating "Humans Decoded Podcast," which delves into the realms of fairies, elves, hobbits, gnomes, dwarfs, and humans. (Listen here)   Meanwhile, we chat about two engaging entertainment options: the series "Suits" on Netflix and the new Season 5 of "Fargo" on FX and Hulu.   Testing 1, 2, 3 - Product Reviews: We put some products to the test, starting with BioLift, a beverage containing ingredients like Guarana, Ginkgo Biloba, Elderberry, and Carob, aimed at boosting energy and well-being. (Learn more)   John shares his excitement about the Ninja® CREAMi® Deluxe 11-in-1 Ice Cream and Frozen Treat Maker, an innovative kitchen appliance perfect for creating a wide variety of frozen treats. (Check it out)   Final Thought: Tesla's CyberTruck Takes Center Stage We conclude the episode with a fascinating insight into Tesla's CyberTruck, which is finally hitting the streets. We reminisce about the anticipation that began in 2019 and share some incredible videos showcasing the vehicle's durability and strength.   As we wrap up, we wish you all a fantastic Holiday season and encourage you to check out our podcast for more exciting updates and discussions. Thanks for tuning in!   As always, thank you for listening and feel free to reach out and let us know what you think at: somewhatfrank@est.us   Get updates like this in your inbox before they hit the web by subscribing to the newsletter here: https://frankgruber.me/newsletter/   

Hey Bakers! I'm so excited to bring you this PAWSITIVE PROFIT SERIES! In this 8 part exclusive series, you will achieve mastery on the topic of carob and using carob in your dog treats.  We will be going over how carob is a safe alternative to chocolate for dogs, nutritional benefits, how carob impacts canine health, how to incorporate this tasty ingredient in your dog treats,  I'll share stories and experiences from dog owners who've included carob chips and carob powder in their homemade treats, how to achieve the perfect all-natural shade of brown using light roast, medium roast and dark roast carob powder, where to purchase, and dog treat RECIPES that use carob chips and powder! This 8 part series on carob is one you don't want to miss!! Be sure to connect with me on social media @PawsitiveProfit and use #pawsitiveprofit to show me all your safe and delicious carob creations for dogs! Woof! Kara   Hello K9 confectioners to another episode of Pawsitive Profit! I'm your host, Kara Brothers. In this episode, we embark on a delectable journey into the world of dog cookies, focusing on the magic of carob chips and carob powder. Are they a barkworthy delight or a potential pup predicament? Join me as we kick off this series on carob exploring the secrets so you know more about this dog safe ingredient that will educate you and you can educate your future customers who may ask about the use of carob in your treats. This is a series you won't want to miss. I've got some recipes as well. Ready to dive into the delicious details. Stay tuned. Welcome to the Pawsitive Profit Podcast. I'm Kara Brothers, dog treat business owner and collector of way too many cute cookie cutters. Do you love to bake treats for your dog and [00:01:00] think about starting or growing your own home based dog treat business, but you're unclear about how to do all the things to make it successful? Sister, I've been there and we've got this. If you want to step into your potential and turn your passion into profit, listen and learn with the other bakers in the pack to get clarity and confidence to bake dog treats from home, make money, and of course, pet all the dogs while you're at it. Give your dog a treat, grab one for yourself, and join our brigade of positive profiteers and let's dig into the episode. Before we dig into this episode, I want to read a review from apple podcasts. This is by Rosie Rod. It's called ready to grow, ready to learn and grow my business. Not only in markets, but local stores and online what a great podcast to help all small businesses. Thank [00:02:00] you. And thank you, Rosie. Thanks for listening to the show. Thank you for your feedback. My goal is to help dog treat bakers specifically. Whether you are starting, whether you already have a business, a budding business thinking about it, we'll have episodes that cover a wide range of topics. So I really am thankful for your review. I'm going to keep on making content for you guys. If you like what you hear on today's episode, I invite you to head over to apple podcasts and leave a review for the show. If you happen to be watching on YouTube, like this episode, and please subscribe to my channel, if you want more of this tasty dog treat content. In today's first episode of the carob series, let's dive into an overview of the tasty world of carob. Don't worry if what you're looking for, isn't in this episode, I've got about six other episodes to follow with specific content on carob. So you can find the episode, you're looking for, dive into it and get that great info. What is [00:03:00] carob? How is it made? And why has it become such a sought after alternative to chocolate, in dog treats? We'll unveil the mysteries surrounding carob from its origin to flavor profile and explore the key reasons behind its popularity among dog treat enthusiasts and we're going to do this in short episodes. got a lot of different topics to cover and I found that short episodes really helped tie everything in together and you can get great nuggets of information that don't have to take a long time. Let's talk about the carob origins. Carob comes from the pod of the Ceratonia siliqua tree that's native to the Mediterranean region. Often referred to as the carob bean, these pods contain seeds surrounded by a sweet pulp. That pulp is ground to produce carob powder or use to make carob chips. One of the primary reasons that carob has gained popularity is its role as a safe and friendly [00:04:00] dog treat chocolate alternative. Unlike chocolate, carob lacks theobromine. That's the compound that can be toxic to dogs. It's really toxic to dogs and pretty much we all know that of the list of food not to give dogs, chocolate is right up there. This makes carob a sweet solution for pet owners looking to treat their furry friends without the associated risks of chocolate. Let's talk about the flavor profile of carob. Carob has a naturally sweet and mild flavor with notes of caramel and honey, I'm getting hungry already. This is not just good for dogs, it's delicious for humans. If you've never tried carob chips, I encourage you. Please try them. They're absolutely delicious. It's taste is often compared to chocolate, although it lacks the bitterness found in cocoa. This pleasant sweetness makes carob a delightful addition to dog treats providing a tasty experience for canine [00:05:00] taste buds. And there's a lot of combinations you can do with carob. A popular one that I used to do for a dog that would come in and only there, they only wanted something carob. One of the most popular things I made was my fat Elvis donut and the fat Elvis donut was a banana applesauce donut, with a peanut butter glaze and I did dehydrated banana chips on top with a carob drizzle. Oh, my gosh, it looked good enough to eat. It looked spectacular and this was this dog's particular favorite, Marlow. Anyway carob is something that I try to carry and that's the doughnut that really did it for me. Beyond being a safe alternative, carob also offers health benefits. It contains fiber which can aid in digestion and it's rich in polyphenols. And if you know what polyphenols are, you know it's an antioxidant known for its potential to combat oxidative stress and inflammation. That's kind of [00:06:00] cool because that can work for dogs too. While carob is not a substitute for a balanced diet, obviously, carob does add a wholesome touch to your pup's treats. Carob chips also bring more than just flavor to the table. They can enhance the texture of dog treats, providing a delightful crunch or chewiness. The textural element adds to the overall enjoyment of the treats, making them not only safe, but also satisfying for your furry companions. You'll have some customers that will walk in if you have carob chips on your cookie or even a glaze made with carob powder or carob chips, and they'll say, Hmm. Is that safe for dogs? The information you're going to find in this series will educate you to know exactly what to tell them. It is safe for dogs. Absolutely. Carob is also very versatile, whether you're baking cookies or biscuits, or even pup friendly cakes. Carob chips seamlessly integrate into a variety of dog recipes. [00:07:00] Same with carob powder. This versatility allows bakers to get creative and it provides a wide range of treats that cater to different tastes and preferences. So there's a whole range of things you can do with carob chips and carob powder. I can't wait to get into it and explore this whole thing with you. Stay with me as we move into the next segment where we will explore how carob chips and carob powder is made. Carob chips are made from the dried and roasted carob pods of the Ceratonia siliqua tree. This process involves several steps. First is harvesting. The cocoa pods are harvested once they ripened on the carob tree. The pods are typically brown and have a sweet pulp surrounding the seeds. That's right. Carob is naturally sweet. Then they're dried. The harvested pods are dried to remove the moisture content. And this can be done naturally by exposing them to the sun or using specialized drying [00:08:00] equipment. Probably dehydrators right? Once dried the carob pods are roasted to develop their characteristic flavor. Roasting enhances the natural sweetness and imparts or rich caramel like taste to the carob. Interestingly enough, roasting carob pods is a lot like roasting coffee beans. You'll find light roast carob, medium roast carob, dark roast carob, all those differ in shades. If you're using carob as a colorant to tint to your frosting. You can get a nice variety of shades. Also flavor, it affects the flavor profile, just like a coffee bean. I find that pretty interesting. After roasting, the seeds are removed from the carob pods and the seeds are usually not used in making carob chips. That's a little bit different from coffee. Cause we use the bean, we roast the bean, we grind the bean, right? And we mix with water and we have coffee. With carob, the pods are used and the beans are discarded. [00:09:00] The remaining pulp of the carob pods is ground into a fine powder, which is the raw material for making carob chips. That carob powder can be used as is, or it can be further processed into carob chips. Carob powder is often combined with fats, such as Palm kernel oil, or other fats, to create a mixture that can be molded and solidified into a chip or a chip like shape. The carob, the fat mixture is molded into chip shapes, and then it's allowed to solidify. The molds are then cooled to ensure that the carob chips maintain their desired form. Now, because they're mixed with this fat and then solidified, this means that for carob chips, when they get warm, they're also going to melt. So if you have used carob chips and you've used them in your treats, like maybe an icing or a glaze or something like that, and you've had to vend in the hot summer heat. [00:10:00] You'll notice that your your carob chips do melt. Which is why I really like working with carob powder over carob chips if I'm going to make any glaze or any icing. You guys stay tuned. There will be recipes in this series and I will give you a carob icing that does not melt. It's fantastic. I cannot wait to share it with you. More on that later. So after the carob chips, we're just going to get back to how carob is made. After there, the chips are solidified the carob chips are then packaged and ready for your use. They can be incorporated into various recipes, including dog treats or even human treats it. Guys, if you have not tasted carob chips, they're amazing. They're absolutely delicious. And they are a safe and dog friendly, alternative to chocolate. Carob chips, as we have learned offer a magical combination of safety, sweetness, and versatility for dog treat enthusiasts. Understanding the origin and flavor [00:11:00] profile of carob enhances our appreciation for this delightful alternative to chocolate. Join me next time as we explore the delicate balance between flavor, nutrition and the potential health benefits or concerns when it comes to carob chips. If you've enjoyed this segment of positive profit. Don't forget to like subscribe and follow the show for more insights into the wonderful world of dog treats. Connect with me on social media at pawsitive profit, and share your own carob creations with me using the hashtag pawsitive profit until next time, don't forget to treat yourself well. Hey sis, one quick thing before you go, if this podcast episode helped or blessed you in some way, the number one way you can pay it forward is to head over to Apple podcast and search for my show, positive profit. Leave me a review and subscribe to the channel. Your heartfelt messages of gratitude impact me so much and bring me such massive joy. I would [00:12:00] be so appreciative. Don't forget to join the free Facebook community at facebook. com Slash groups slash start a dog treat business and send me here juicy questions@positiveprofit.com. I positively appreciate you and look forward to connecting with you again soon. Until then, don't forget to treat yourself well. Connect with me: 1)

Not A Caveman Fixated on Bugs and Bees After All: John the Baptist's Wilderness Vegetarian Diet - Locust Beans Not Bugs - An Exploration of Early Christian Writings and Scholarly Texts Today on This Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast. Nevermind the old Sunday school notion of John the Baptist being some weird caveman dude dining on bugs! John may have a tarnished caveman reputation of eating locusts and honey out in the wild, but this is really a story about copyists mistranslating a Greek word as "locust" ('a-k-r-i-d-e-s') instead of "carob"       ('e-g-k-r-i-d-e-s'). (Henry Ford: "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." Albert Einstein: "Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.")   Since my original research on this topic, a couple more early Christian apocryphal writings have come to light, have been made available in English. These add to the surprisingly large collection of vegetarian references in early Christian writings regarding the diet of John the Baptist. New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. III, by Tony Burke was published and some John the Baptist books are included. In one of the earlier volumes there was a John the Baptist text made available for the first time in English that has a vegetarian passage regarding John's diet in the wilderness. Included in the third volume are, The Birth of Holy John the Forerunner, and, The Decapitation of John the Forerunner, both containing plant-based passages about John's diet consisting of "locusts from the tree" (in the Middle east called "the Saint John's Tree", and "Carob Tree") and "wild honey", also "an abundance of bread and wild honey dripping from a rock". Clearly there was an understanding in early Christianity that this was referring to locust beans (carob pods), not insects. Carob pods do look a bit like locusts hanging from tree branches, hence the name. Locust beans can be ground up and used to make a kind of Middle eastern carob flour flat bread. There's a "cakes dipped in honey" reference in the Gospel of the Ebionites. The wild "honey" was not from bees but sticky desert fruit of some kind. So, as you'll hear being documented during this pod...cast, there are all these plant-based references to John's diet coming from many different sources, and scholars have noticed and discussed these: "Probably the most interesting of the changes from the familiar New Testament accounts of Jesus comes in the Gospel of the Ebionites description of John the Baptist, who, evidently, like his successor Jesus, maintained a strictly vegetarian cuisine." (Professor Bart Ehrman, Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew) "His [John the Baptist's] food was wild honey that tasted like manna, like a cake cooked in olive oil." (The Other Gospels, Accounts of Jesus from Outside the New Testament, by Bart Ehrman)   John the Baptist was a prophet with large number of followers in Israel and Transjordan regions. After his passing, several of his successors headed what became various rival Nasoraean (Nazorean) sects, one of those being Jesus and the Jesus movement. "Again Jesus said to his disciples: Truly I say to you, among all those born of women none has arisen greater than John the Baptizer." (Matthew 11:11, George Howard's translation of Shem-Tob's Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, described as "the oldest extant Hebrew version of the Gospel of Matthew")     May the Blessings Be James Bean Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts A Satsang Without Walls https://www.SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com    

Welcome to the Radical Roots of Ethnic Studies, a series of the Dissidents Podcast， with your co-hosts, Jennifer Richmond and Brandy Shufutinsky. In this series we explore the radical roots of liberated ethnic studies, how extreme ideology is infiltrating our schools with the aim to indoctrinate instead of educate, and our search for solutions to empower parents, teachers and students, giving them the tools to embrace inquiry and to express their individuality. This week we speak with Carob Marcelle, an educator, mother and host of Be Not Afraid. Carob moved her family from Washington to Utah in search of a K-12 education for her child that was free of indoctrination. What she found instead was a growing institutionalization of critical social justice throughout both the education system and religious environment. In her concern over the “colonization” of our minds, she has gone in search of ways to promote black history free of critical “resentment” theory. Podcast Notes: Be Not Afraid: https://www.youtube.com/@CarobMarcelle

It's interesting that Australia is poised to vote on giving First Nationsl people a voice to parliament, but for many of us we are not familiar with the voices around us. How many of us know our neighbours or interact regularly with people in our community, stopping for a chat and a shared experience? In this episode, our political pundit, Robert Godden returns to "read the tea leaves" of where Australia is at regarding voter intention for the October 14, 2023, referendum. This segment will either age really well or age really poorly. Then, we hear a number of voices from people who have gathered at the weekly, Friday night, open mic evenings at Carob and Hare in the main street of Kanmantoo. The Carob business owners and curator of these community events, Donna Twycross, takes Steve on a journey through Carob, and then expands on her vision for regular community nights at her venue. We also hear from Stevie Ray Wonder (MC for the Friday night events), Kathryn and Peter Roberts (local residents), and Garry Duncan (artist). The SA Drink Of The Week in this episode is a Gipsie Jack Cabernet from Langhorne Creek. And in the Musical Pilgrimage, our featured artist is another performer from Carob and Hare, Rod Mitchell, who is one half of the collaboation, BW4. You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of one segment? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We're here to serve! The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast in Australia at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for Best News and Current Affairs Podcast in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: podcast@theadelaideshow.com.au If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store - The Adelaide Show Shop. We'd greatly appreciate it. And please talk about us and share our episodes on social media, it really helps build our community. Oh, and here's our index of all episode in one concisepage Running Sheet: The Voice And The Voices: From The Referendum To Community Friday Nights At Kanmantoo 00:00:00 Intro Introduction 00:04:41 SA Drink Of The Week 2019 Gipsie Jack Cabernet. This wine is the "house red" at Carob and Hare and is an intriguing drop, over-delivering on value with every sip. 00:08:54 Robert Godden and The Voice Referendum Our political commentator, Robert Godden, joins Steve to read the tea leaves of where Australia is at as it approaches the October 14, 2023, referendum on The Voice. 00:39:44 Donna Twycross, Carob and Hare, and the people and performers of Kanmantoo Every Friday night from 5.30-ish until 9-ish, locals and visitor amble in to Carob and Hare on the main street of Kanmantoo, to eat simple food, have a drink, and either listen to or perform music (or both), with an environment of inclusive warmth. The mystical and energetic conjurer of this gathering is the owner of Carob and Hare, Donna Twycross. Donna fell in love with carob when she was in her teens because it tasted great (to her) and met her needs of being a healthy addition to her diet. Today, she produces Hare Balls and other treats using locally grown carob, from our friends Michael and Jam Jolley at The Australian Carob Co. in Booborowie, South Australia. As you'll hear in the discussion, carob is a sweet edible pod that comes from the carob tree. It's been cultivated for over 4000 years and if you get good pods, it tastes very good. That wasn't Steve's experience growing up, but Donna helps put that into perspective. Aside from her carob business, Donna explains the rationale for the weekly community gatherings she hosts, as well as special, monthly, Saturday night themed events. She also shares a sneak peek into her new, Sunday afternoon events themed around Alice in Wonderland, should you happen to visit Kanmantoo from mid-October onwards. In this chat we also meet Stevie Ray Wonder (not his real name, but all will be explained), who has fallen into the role of MCing and stage managing the Friday night events. We also meet locals, Kathryn and Peter Roberts. They moved here many years ago and have reflections to share, including some from Peter who has been driving the school bus for a long time, watching kids grow as he gets them from point A to point B. Finally, we chat with artist, Garry Duncan. Garry is another local and a regular and his artwork not only adorns boardrooms around the world, silos around South Australia, and a variety of galleries everywhere, but it hangs in pride of place around Carob and Hare.​ 01:42:01 Musical Pilgrimage Our featured song this episode is Plague Of Monsters by BW4. BW4 is a partnership between Steve Hearne and Rod Mitchell. Rob Performed at Carob and Hare, despite being a long way from his hometown of Andamooka (which is a hefty stone's throw from another source of opals, Coober Pedy, which recently featured on The Adelaide Show). BW4 is named after a redundant microwave tower on the Stuart Highway just south of Pimba because Rod was fascinated by Central Australian deserts and disputed Australian History. That note makes this song more relevant than ever because The Voice debate has seemed to release angels as well as monsters as people reflect on what the referendum is all about.Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marti talks with Careb Marcelle who converted to to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. After practicing for 13 years, she left and now particpates in a non-denominational Christian church and has personal relationship with God. They talk about her life, religious beliefs, and her political beliefs. Careb’s youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CarobMarcelle Where Will… Read More »Where Will You Go – 022 – A Christian Interview with Carob Marcelle The post Where Will You Go – 022 – A Christian Interview with Carob Marcelle appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

How are we supposed to put a smile on our face then we don't feel it at all on the inside? How does knowing God have anything to do with that?

Intentional Communism with Special Guest 'Carob Marcelle Show'The intentional communism brought about by this idealistic coo. America Infiltrated by the Secret Society of Men with Special Guest 'The Carob Marcelle Show' A Harvard graduate, who's channel is about amplifying the voices of the silenced in our society today, and those who have escaped communism in other countries in comparison of what we are becoming. 'The machinery of communism'Also with Nomad Dad who and his recent updates as he's traveled from sea to shining sea. (Building a cabin & airplane, ready to escape with his African princess)We are in hot water. How did we get here? The product of a filthy nation and a secret combination that is everywhere: An intentional coup. Controversial issues that show how we got to where we are now. The education system that is designed by China through its social emotional learning has replaced our native education. Join us in this special episode of special insight and accountability. Who are these infiltrators? The secret society of men?

#36 - Из-за какого сахара мы стареем? - Где в Лондоне можно сдать анализы? - Полезна ли вегетарианская диета детям?- Как сделать праздничный стол полезным? Обсуждаем эти вопросы с кандидатом биологических наук , физиологом и нутрициологом Еленой Родионовой.Лаборатории в Лондоне:1.) https://www.medical-diagnosis.co.uk/2). https://medichecks.com3)https://welcome.numan.com/blood-test-health-check/ppc-fn-core/?pc=mot30&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=&utm_term=blood%20test%20uk&gclid=Cj0KCQiAsdKbBhDHARIsANJ6-jcDVy4FxS3a6Z7A8EbMDrOEl9L344l1SfHHKV67p9NHUEZ5jwE1mkUaAlz4EALw_wcB4)https://privatebloodtests.co.uk/collections/wellwoman-testing5)https://thriva.co/?discount_code=BETTERTODAY&utm_source=google_ppc&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_campaign=NONBRAND&gclid=Cj0KCQiAsdKbBhDHARIsANJ6-je-pq_n1ZAlpSCftjV5Ga-o5B4xbmqFoB_lwfgRzD7HY9i_D2YI1uUaAh6JEALw_wcBP.S: В 1-ю и 4-ю можно прийти лично. 4-я сеть частных лабораторий при NHS. Остальные онлайн, самим можно собирать образцы.Рецепт праздничного полезного торта: ТОРТ ЧЕРНИЧНЫЙ(с пророщенной гречкой) Корж: Миндаль 70 грФиники 60 грГречиха зелёная проросшая 50 грТыквенные семечки 70 гр Что мы делаем? Измельчаем все ингредиенты в блендере, выкладываем корж на дно формы для чизкейка. Крем – первый слой: Что нам нужно: Кешью – 380 гМёд – 150 гВода – 260 гКакао масло (cacao butter) 180 гЛимонный сок – 20 гЧерника замороженная – 150 гКакао порошок или кэроб (carob powder) 1 ч.л. Что мы делаем: Гомогенизируем все в блендере, выливаем на корж и отправляем в холодильник для стабилизации. Крем – второй слой: Что нам нужно Черника 250-300 гАгар (agar agar)3 гВода 50 г Все ингредиенты закипятить, добавить агар и варить 3 мин.Далее дать немного остыть при комнатной температуре и вылить сверху первого слоя. Убираем в холодильник для стабилизации. Где что купить:Зеленую гречку можно купить в TescoAgar agar, Cacao butter & Carob powder – https://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.ukИнтервью с нутрициологом Анной Лопес для подкаста RusLon https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ruslon/id1576752462?i=1000540359725Support the show

Co-hosts Ryan Piansky and Holly Knotowicz, a speech-language pathologist who serves on APFED's Health Sciences Advisory Council, talk with guest Stephanie Ulrich, NTP. Stephanie Ulrich is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, allergy-friendly recipe developer, and patient advocate, living in Brooklyn, NY. Being diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and food allergies as an adult came as a complete surprise to Stephanie and left her feeling overwhelmed with learning how to navigate her new diagnosis. However, her love of food inspired her to experiment in the kitchen, developing nourishing allergy-friendly recipes that she shares on her website, The Open Cookbook. In addition, Stephanie is a health coach at ViuHealth, a virtual care solution designed to help people living with autoimmunity improve their everyday lives through a combination of data science and access to a dedicated clinician-led care team. In this episode, Ryan and Holly discuss with Stephanie how she navigates life with allergies, asthma, and  EoE. They discuss the impact the conditions have on her life, and her journey to diagnosis and finding her medical care team. This includes a discussion about how she changed careers because of her EoE diagnosis and began a website to share allergy-friendly recipes. Listen in for advice from Stephanie Ulrich for adults newly diagnosed with EoE.   Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is designed to support, not replace the relationship that exists between listeners and their healthcare providers. Opinions, information, and recommendations shared in this podcast are not a substitute for medical advice. Decisions related to medical care should be made with your healthcare provider. Opinions and views of guests and co-hosts are their own.   Key Takeaways: [1:25] Holly introduces today's topic, Being Diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) as an Adult and Cooking with a Limited Diet, and today's guest, Stephanie Ulrich, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, allergy-friendly recipe developer, and patient advocate who was diagnosed with EoE as an adult.   [1:54] Stephanie specializes in supporting people with autoimmune diseases and a wide range of dietary restrictions. She knows what it is like to have a restricted diet. She grew up eating anything, but in her thirties, she was diagnosed with food allergies, EoE, and other autoimmune diseases. The diagnosis that impacts her the most is EoE.   [3:40] Stephanie noticed she had bad heartburn and coughing at night when she was trying to sleep for years before she was diagnosed with EoE. A few months before her EoE diagnosis, she started burping all the time. It was embarrassing. Her heartburn was getting worse. She went to a GI doctor who first thought it might be related to IBS.   [4:21] The doctor suggested an endoscopy for Stephanie but she put it off. Three months later, when she woke up and took a sip of water, she had the worst pain in her chest that she'd ever experienced. Everything got worse from there. Over the next month, Stephanie basically couldn't eat. She couldn't swallow. It was scary.   [4:58] When Stephanie had severe chest pain, her doctor sent her to urgent care. After an EKG, the doctor suggested it was GI-related. Stephanie was directed to a gastroenterologist. She booked an endoscopy. That gave her the diagnosis of EoE. Ryan and Holly relate to Stephanie's symptoms.   [5:52] After Stephanie learned her doctor wasn't experienced in treating EoE, she started on a journey to find a different doctor. This included attending an APFED patient education conference. She feels fortunate that she found a new doctor quickly.   [7:38] Stephanie uses an elimination diet and medication to treat her EoE. She does not eat the top nine food allergens, plus legumes, corn, most nightshades, most spices, etc. She is in the process of gradually adding food back into her diet in collaboration with her doctor. She is trying to add eight new foods a year. At her lowest point, she was restricted to five foods. Now she can eat at least 50 foods.   [8:21] Stephanie takes a swallowed steroid which has helped her expand her diet, so she is happy about that. She tells how good and bad days contrast for her. Food is emotional for her, and bad days are days when she misses the spontaneity of being able to go out and eat whatever she wants. The hardest days are travel days.   [9:56] Stephanie is still figuring out how to manage eating while traveling. She's experimenting with shorter trips and getting accommodations with a kitchen included. Her first stop on a trip is the grocery store. She brings a suitcase filled with food and snacks.   [11:38] EoE has changed Stephanie's career. She first met Ryan shortly after her diagnosis, when she was working as a landscape architect. The long working hours and significant travel were hard to manage. She spent all weekend prepping meals to eat at work and it was exhausting.   [13:01] Stephanie stepped away from her job as a landscape architect. She did freelance work for a few months and then went back to school to become a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. EoE played a huge role in terms of choosing her career. Now she has a flexible schedule, works from home, and makes food during the day as she needs it.   [14:46] The Open Cookbook is where Stephanie shares allergy-friendly recipes and her experiences of living with EoE and other chronic conditions. She has made a lot of connections with people who have EoE and it has been great for her. She meets other people with EoE on her Instagram account. Developing the recipes helped her love food again.   [16:33] Stephanie has two recipes that stand out for her. They have personal meaning, as they are similar to recipes from her childhood. The first is Beef Stroganoff, made with coconut cream and coco aminos. Stephanie uses a spiralizer to cut daikon into noodles.   [18:42] Stephanie explains her process for creating recipes based on comfort meals people might be missing. She also discusses using a single ingredient in many different ways. She uses butternut squash as an example of a versatile food.   [21:05] Stephanie discusses planning the nutritional content of a recipe. She aims for creating meals that balance being nutrient-dense, while also foods that people are happy to eat. She uses gluten-free, grain-free flours, like tigernut flour (from a tuber), and green banana flour.   [24:19] Stephanie tries to keep her recipes flexible. She wants them to be accessible and inclusive. She encourages people to adapt recipes on the website to make them their own. Chia egg, flax egg, or gelatin egg are egg substitutes. Carob can be swapped for chocolate or cocoa. You can also filter the recipes by diet types for your needs.   [25:46] Some ingredients are more readily available online.   [26:17] Stephanie took a little hiatus from developing new recipes but has begun adding new foods to her diet and is starting to experiment with recipes using those ingredients. This year, she also started an online support group for adults who have EoE.   [27:05] Stephanie has recently added new foods to her diet, including hemp hearts, flax seeds, and sacha inchi seeds to her diet. Flax seeds and sacha inchi seeds are high in Omega-3. Stephanie has also added chicken to her diet and is enjoying chicken wings. She previously had restricted her meats to turkey, bison, and beef.   [28:12] Stephanie has some advice for adults diagnosed with EoE. You don't have to figure everything out right away. Take your time. It's OK to feel grief and loss around your diagnosis. Eventually, it will feel like it's just part of your life and you'll develop a new normal. Establish your boundaries. Connect with other adults who have EoE.   [30:15] Stephanie shares advice for the family and friends of someone who has EoE. Please continue inviting them to events. If they are not comfortable, they will politely decline. If they come, they may just bring their own food. It's about continuing to have social connections with family and friends, rather than just about food.   [31:40] Would Stephanie have done anything differently? She would like to have been more patient with herself and her family and friends. EoE is a complex disease and it takes a while to understand what it is. Be patient with the process. You'll make mistakes but you will get there. She suggests not limiting yourself in what you can do with EoE.   [32:42] Holly thanks Stephanie for sharing her experiences on the podcast to help others. Stephanie thanks APFED for having her on the podcast.   [33:01] Stephanie ends by reminding listeners that if you are an adult newly diagnosed with EoE, you are not alone. There are others who are happy to support you. If you need more medical support, keep looking until you find the right medical team for you. It will look different for every single individual. Keep going. You will get there.   [33:30] Ryan thanks Stephanie for her advice. Ryan shares resource links for listeners to learn more and connect with Stephanie and with APFED.   Mentioned in This Episode: American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (APFED) APFED on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram Stephanie Ulrich, NTP TheOpenCookbook.com The Open Cookbook on Instagram Apfed.org/eoe Apfed.org/specialists Apfed.org/connections Real Talk: Eosinophilic Diseases Podcast   This episode is brought to you thanks to the support of our Education Partners Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Mead Johnson Nutrition, Sanofi, and Regeneron.   Tweetables:   “I love working with people who have limited diets to think more creatively about how they can use those limited food choices. I want people to feel encouraged and excited about experimenting in the kitchen and feel excited about food again.” — Stephanie Ulrich, NTP   “Growing up, … I could eat anything. … I did have asthma and environmental allergies. … It wasn't until I was in my thirties that I was diagnosed with a wide range of chronic health conditions, including food allergies, EoE, and … autoimmune diseases.” — Stephanie Ulrich, NTP   “I also take a swallowed steroid right now that does work for me and that's really allowed me to expand my diet, so I feel pretty happy about that.” — Stephanie Ulrich, NTP   “I started The Open Cookbook when I was able to start adding a few foods back into my diet. At the time I was in this major rut where I was eating the same soup every single day. [I said], ‘I love food and I can't keep living like this.'” — Stephanie Ulrich, NTP   “The baked goods have a mix of alternative gluten-free, grain-free flours. One of my favorites is a tigernut flour; … it's a tuber and they just grind it up. It works well as a replacement for almond flour. … Another great one is green banana flour.” — Stephanie Ulrich, NTP   “I honestly just love adding vegetables into everything. I'll add pumpkin into brownies.” — Stephanie Ulrich, NTP   “It's also OK to feel that kind of loss and grief around your diagnosis because, honestly, EoE completely changes your life and it takes some time to get adjusted. So give yourself that time. Give yourself that grace.” — Stephanie Ulrich, NTP

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You should know by now that nothing's what it seems on this show. For example, we don't want to borrow your child forever, just so that Nikki can go to a theme park as the only adult without feeling weird.  However this does spark a business idea which we think is a sure fire moneymaker.  Plus the rant you never knew you needed about Easter chocolate. Any hippy kids out there who also want to jump on the carob hate train with us?  Also... Chocolate devil anyone?  Happy Friday legends!  LINKS Harley Breen @harley.breen Nikki Britton @thenikkibritton Nova Podcasts Instagram @novapodcastsofficial For tickets to Nikki's upcoming shows head to comedy.com.au  For tickets to Harley's upcoming shows head to harleybreen.com.au  CREDITS Hosts: Harley Breen & Nikki Britton  Executive Producer: Rachael Hart Managing Producer: Elle Beattie  Editor: Adrian Walton Find more great podcasts like this at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even as consumption of carob is growing globally, orchards are shrinking, leading CarobWay's founder to seek a new and more sustainable model. Carob—once known as a 70s replacement for chocolate—has come into its own, with consumption growing at 5 percent a year. However, orchards are shrinking and there is an increasing shortage of quality ingredients in the market. This has opened up a whitespace not only for supply, but to do so in a new and more sustainable way. Udi Alroy, CEO and co-founder of https://www.carobway.com/ (CarobWay), has taken up the challenge to develop carob intensive cultivation orchards and to produce ingredients using 100% of the carob fruit—from seeds through pods. With decades of experience in the global food and nutraceutical industry, and a passion for supply chain transparency and sustainability, Udi has identified cultivars that produce well in arid climates, and yield abundant ingredients. Tune in to hear more about: Market opportunities for carob—both for food and beverage products and nutraceuticals. How utilising all parts of the carob fruit yields unique new ingredients. Why an eco-supportive model based on long-term partnerships has overt and underlying benefits to business. Inspiration to make greater sustainability commitments across the supply chain. Guest: Udi Alroy, CEO and co-founder, https://www.carobway.com/ (CarobWay) If you like the show, make sure to subscribe and follow the https://the-vitafoods-insights.captivate.fm/ (Vitafoods Insights podcast). Feel free also to recommend the show to a friend that you think would enjoy it. For more content from Vitafoods Insights, make sure to check our website: https://www.vitafoodsinsights.com/ (https://www.vitafoodsinsights.com/) To learn more about sponsorships opportunities, https://informa.turtl.co/story/vitafoods-insights-2021-media-kit/page/1 (click here) and make sure to check our media kit. 

Here. We. Goooo! 14 days in and we are all doing great...what a team! Hot chocolate that sounds like it tastes like Carob...cigarettes that are not real...cranberry/seltzer, peloton rides, non alcoholic beer, tons of caffeine, "forgetting" your lighter, hikes and anything else that it takes to make it happen...this crew is up for the task. Great work to everyone

Hello. Hello, Vitality Seekers, please help me welcome Kimberly Baca, a Holistic Health Strategist at Legacy Holistic Health. Kimberly was a former fashion designer is a certified living foods. Chef, a Tony Robbins crew member, a best selling author, and the host of the 365 Health podcast and she is best known as the Naked Veganista  so love that. Welcome Kimberly. Thanks Caroline. Thanks for having me. This is going to be so fun. Like, I don't know if we could have any more in common. We both went to fashion school. We both have a culinary background. You got to be a crew member. I have yet to do that, but it's on my list, cause I love Tony Robbins. This is going to be so awesome. I love your title, The Naked Veganista, the fashion inspired name. Tell us a little about your journey because I really find it fascinating. Well, I, you know, always wanted to be a fashion designer since I was little. And I saw one day that movie with Lindsay Wagner, which was called Scruples and I'm like, that's what I want to do. I want to have a beautiful establishment on Rodeo Drive, wherever that was. Cause I was a Michigan girl. So I had no clue where that was. And I was like, I'm going to do that. And I grew up with a family where, you know, blue collar, my dad worked for the steel industry and worked his way up. And eventually he actually bought the steel company, but we were blue collar and traveled around and settled in Michigan. And I grew up just a regular person, but my mom and dad got divorced. I was 12 and they said, You know, oh, we don't have money for you for college. So he could just forget about that. Right. And so what I did was I said, you know what? I going to find a way I'm going to find a way. So I put my mind to work for me and figured out a way I ended up going to a school because I got a scholarship that wasn't for me. I ended up switching to Michigan State University. I graduated with a bachelor's of science and then a minor, which was clothing and textiles. So my degree is in clothing and textiles. And then I was like, how am I going to do this? So I've found before I graduated, I actually was in my fourth year, ready to graduate. I found they had an Institute in Detroit where all of the fashion schools were coming and I said, you know what? I'm going to go there. And. Had to have a portfolio of something, but I didn't, all I had was I had, I was good at drawing. So I created some drawings. I took some new drawing classes in my spare time at night between working three jobs and going to school. And then I presented it and they were like, Do you know what? You're not, you're not Parsons material. You can't, you know, she just like picked it up and threw it. Didn't even really look at it. And I had spent all this time creating this portfolio. I had a three paneled folding screen, long story short. The director was like, you know what? Poopoo on you. I mean, I didn't have the look. I didn't have the money. I didn't have the whatever. And I wasn't from New York. So I was like, I was devastated. You know, I was 22 years. And I was like, this is my dream. You know, I am a great designer. I knew I was a great designer. I just didn't know how to express it. Long story short, I ended up getting into the school, I ended up winning the designer of the year award. I got hired out of school for fortune 500 company as their director of merchandising, uh, as my first technical job, even though I got a summer job and I was making $60 grand a year, I ended up. performing well then the year after that, the competition hired me away from there and we won the designer of the year award again. Wow. And that was for hosiery company. I ended up working for  first and then I worked for a Hue, top designer, director for that company. And what happened to me was my work and all of this caught up with me working three jobs, putting myself through school the designing. When you're in a design career, in a school it's, it's all nighters, you know, you really don't sleep much. You don't eat well. I had no idea what to eat, to keep myself healthy or anything. I just ate whatever. And like, Kids do. Right. Uh, and it all caught up to me. So then in my mid twenties, I became completely debilitated and they diagnosed me with what was called fibromyalgia auto immune disorder. And I couldn't even lift my arms. I couldn't walk nothing, so I couldn't even .Work. So my entire dream life, my house, my marriage, my everything pretty much was stripped from me. And that was because of lack of awareness. I changed my whole life to become a health coach, help women specifically to never be put in that position where they have to make a choice between their health and their job or their health and their family, but to really live authentically living healthy every day. And I've been a vegan since the 1997, when I went to my first Tony Robbins Event. I was like completely mesmerized that half the people left for the health day and they didn't count their health as more important than their business and most people don't. And so that's why I have targeted my coaching to people, specifically, women who are overworked,  over-busy don't know how to take care of themselves and they're going to eventually lose their health because they've put their business in the forefront of, of everything that needs to be important. I love that and I know exactly what you mean about the Tony Robbins health day,  which was probably one of my favorites out of all of them. I went there with such an open mind. It was really excellent.  Thank you for sharing all of that. I ended up working in a lingerie company. You end up working in hosiery! Really really crazy. I loved your story. And that is so true, what you said about how people put their health, in the back seat, or they don't even recognize it as something that needs to be in the forefront of life. Um, and I am doing a similar path with trying to help people who've been successful. I'm on the opposite side, I'm trying to head towards the male client, but it is so true. We just don't realize what we have until it's gone. And you know had the fibromyalgia.  That must have been just so awful. I can't even imagine being that young. You're a fashion designer. You're doing all that stuff, doing all the things you want to do. And then all of a sudden you can can't hardly walk or feed yourself or do any of those things. It must've been devastating. I can't imagine. Work with the people who are very similar to me, really independent. You know, let's say Type A, wants to be in control, need that structure to keep things together. But really when it comes to health, most people don't know how to do that. They don't know how to integrate it in an effective way, that's sustainable. They can do a first book period of time, the 30 days, the 90 days. But then they pretty much fall apart because some other life event happens and it interrupts the flow and they don't know how to get back to it. So that's what I do. I really help people get that congruency I agree with that too. They know what to do, but it's don't know how to implement it. And then there's a huge difference you can know, but that doesn't mean you can actually make it work. Today, we're going to talk about how to feel 10 years younger, who doesn't want to do that. Um, and, and you need some kind of like a banner, a title or something, because I know you had a baby at 50 and you look fabulous and we're the same age.  It's mind blowing so what would you say on how to regain your youthfulness? I think the key is I, I know one of my secrets and people are like, what do you do? How do you do this? You know, I mean, I really don't wear much makeup. I really just do everything naturally. I make all my own products for my hair and my skincare and everything. And I've been doing that for years since I didn't want to put anything toxic in my body or on my body. So make sure that you're aware of what you're actually doing now that could be causing advanced aging or from you from actually looking your most youthful.. And the other thing is, is that. I have a mindset that I have had since I programmed myself to believe this and I continue to tell myself, and now it's just part of who I am. It's not like a mantra I have to say every day, but it's like, I look and feel at least 15 years younger than my chronological age. That's just who I am. So I will always look at least 15 younger years younger than my chronological age. So to begin if that's something that you can't really believe that the affirmation is not going to be effective, you actually have to believe in affirmation. Part of it has to be true. So. Somebody starts out with five years. Okay. And they can, they can grab that. They can grab hold of that 10 years. Right. And then build up a mine used to be 10 years. Right. And then everybody comes, kept telling me, I looked at least 15 years younger. So I'm like, I'm changing my belief. My belief is actually working better. So I, I had said originally 10 years younger and I changed it about four or five years ago to at least 15 years younger because I seem to look like that getting younger. And I think the other thing is, is that to enjoy what we're doing more. I know that I'm guilty of that. Like I'm just too serious, a lot of the times in the past, up until now. So changing our words as well, catching ourselves with what we say and up until now, I've been pretty serious about most of the things, because I'm very direct. And very, you know, one minded when it comes to certain things. So to, to that effect, I was talking yesterday to somebody about it, really. I think having my daughter at 50 years old has actually contributed to my youthfulness because I am more playful. I am more like in spur of the moment. I do more things that are active in terms of like, just play things. Laughter things that I wasn't doing before too serious, all the time kills our joy and kills our liveliness. So I think that is a super secret. So besides believing, creating a belief structure where we believe we look and feel at least whatever age you want to feel, right. So  I felt my best, not in my twenties, I don't want to feel bad again. That was painful to me, but in my thirties, right? So in my late thirties I felt looked and it was absolutely the best. And that's where I want my belief to stay. How I'm looking, how I'm feeling. I'm still able to do everything I do, even though I went through cesarean pregnancy. I was debilitated cause I had two herniated disc twice. I had herniated disc in my back and those have healed. Okay. So how do these things heal? We have to program our mind to do the healing. We have to tell ourselves, even if we just barely believe it or even don't believe it yet, but by reprogramming over and over again, we will program our brain to begin to take root of the truth and begin to create and manifest it in a solid form. That's such a, what? I've heard that so many times that it's like, it doesn't even necessarily have to be real, just like a smile, just slap one on and soon enough it'll, it'll turn to be the real thing.  But in the meantime, your brain really doesn't know the difference. So just do it anyway and have those affirmations. You definitely do not look your age and I would say 15 years, maybe even still a little conservative. Uh, yeah, you definitely can preach to the choir. So vegan since 1997 and then you tell yourself, " I look and feel 15 years younger" than my biological age. I might just have to adopt that there, Ms. Kimberly. Um, and I at least, yeah, at least. So it's 15 or more. Okay. Okay. At least I'm writing that down. All right. And enjoy, I agree with you that I am guilty of the taking life too serious. And I did that for way too many years, but I'm on a new path now. Whew. Give us a couple of success stories of clients maybe that you have dealt with and, and how they have benefited wonderful concept that you have. Well, I'll take a current client. She's actually 74 years old. And, her cardiologist after one month of working with me is blown away. He actually focuses on a plant-based to help his clients to, uh, reduce the cardiological damage or whatever is going on for them. So he was just really blown away because he promotes it already, but he does not see results like this in people over 70, put it that way. First of all, in a month, she had a weight reduction of 16 pounds, which is great cause that weight reduction is not only inflammation, but also the unhealthy accumulation around vital organs, especially at the, in age, past the age of 60, but vital organs start to accumulate fat and they start to accumulate toxic residue. If it hasn't been, focused on as a healing protocol consistently for that person. And most people, it's not been a consistent focused protocol to get toxins out. So she has been moving these very healthfully in the timing over four weeks and now is in a momentum. So her body now is in a momentum and we slowly add things in our program that we focus on with Legacy Holistic Health. Isn't a deprivation mindset. We do not teach the body about deprivation because whenever you deprive something or you resist something, it will persist. And if you deprive the body, it goes seeking for what it's being deprived of. More of it now. So our goal is to add things in it's an additive type of perspective, where we give the body, we give the mind, we give the craving what it's asking for, but in a healthy way. And so I add things in for. And then we slowly do things to increase movement. So now she, where she barely could even move any limbs before she's jumping on a rebounder, she's doing hit workouts, which is high intensity interval training workouts that are designed specifically for her, where she's doing high knees and high kick. Like literally, we don't have to work out an hour to get results. So most of the people that are over the age of 40 think I got to work hard. I got to work long. I got to be in the gym wall one to two hours, but that's not true. So we've just created a customized program. And that's what I do in my one-on-one coaching, so that everything is geared to exactly what you can do, stretching just enough to get results and then moving in, in a guided fashion. So you accelerate those results. As we moved through the coaching. That is so crazy good. I don't know what I'm more excited about either that you've helped us 74 year old person or that a 74 year old person. Was wanting to change at 74! I think. Talk about a win-win, that's fabulous. I absolutely adore the whole concept. And it is a lot harder, at that age and, and may lose that much weight. And then astounded her doctor, !   Any other success stories stand out? Really, I mean, I have a client who really began as a high level executive, multi six figure executive. And, uh, she decided that was that the life for her anymore. She really wanted to follow the path that God had chosen for her. And really. Uh, the money wagon, wasn't the wagon. And she wanted to spend time with her or her family. And at 40 years old, she became pregnant with another boy and, she wanted to make changes, but really didn't know what to do. So I guided her. The type of lifestyle she could have if she focused on healthy things that she puts in her life, getting rid of the toxic elements, surrounding her and putting in nutrient rich foods and having a system to be able to do that while she was working.But then as she transitioned out of working, she was able to implement even more. And as she did that, She changed her whole lifestyle and all of her kids too. And now they all eat healthy foods. They love it. And which they're astonished actually that the kids love eating this way versus eating the old burgers and fries and chips, take out the things that they were doing. And I think part of it has to do with when you're intentional and this is something I train people when you're intentional about it. How you live, there's this high level of vibration energy that comes into your life that brings in community, brings them love. It brings in just joy that wasn't there before. And I think that's the difference is when you actually focus on your health and make it part of how you're actively integrating life in a healthy way, everything else changes too. So good, that amazing you can transform lives like that and, and do it like one-on-one and really custom couture. I'll use the word couture for you because you're the fashionista.   Talk to me a little bit about the certification and the living food chef that piques my interest. Maybe do you have like a favorite recipe or something that our listeners could make themselves at home try to get that nutrient density? Yeah. I became a living foods chef because I wanted to understand the implication of food on our health and how we could get more food nutrients instead of supplements or, uh, you know, just what the normal people are used to doing to get vitamins and the elements that we need in our body. Instead of using it in a pill form or a bottle form I really wanted to learn and how to integrate that in meals. So we don't have to make extra time and we don't have to spend extra money. That is what it is about saving time and money. Is what I help people do best,  while they get healthy and stay that way. And so, uh, one of the best things to do is get avocado in your diet. Every day. A lot of people are like, oh, fat, fat, fat. They're so afraid of fat, but you have to know, you have to have fat for your brain to function. You have to have fat for your ligaments and your joints to have the lubrication. They need to not only feel healthy, but to avoid things like arthritis. Arterial arterial issues that will clog the body. We have to have healthy fat. We have to have healthy nutrients. So my favorite favorite recipe to trick people with is avocado pudding and it's chocolate pudding. It looks and feels like chocolate mousse, but it's using avocado. And my secret ingredient, it's not the avocado. The secret ingredient is cayenne pepper. So you take avocados, make sure that they're, you know, very soft, how you pick a ripe avocado. If you don't know, is I usually like to pick an avocado that has the little, Naval on it already in it, and you just flick the little navel out. And if it's a light, brownish color to darker brown color, Okay. light brown or greeny. It's not right. Okay. You feel soft or something, but it's not ripe. The whole thing isn't ripe. So some parts might be harder, whatever. So that's one of the best ways. And I don't like to buy avocados that don't have that because that is where mold can grow. Ah, grow in that. So, um, if it doesn't have it, make sure you look there. Um, and if you don't have the little Naval part, it's okay to buy it. If you think it's ripe. Again, you want, do you want a soft avocado, but then you don't want to take your knife through the avocado Naval part because then if there is mold there, it will drag them all through your whole avocado. So that's a chef tip. Okay. So go to the left or the right of the little Naval card and cut your knife all around in a circle and then twist and open the article. And get the pit out by taking her a knife, gently tap, tap, tap, stick it into the pit, turn your avocado and the nut at the same time. And the nut will be stuck in the knife. Slide it off of the side of the sink. And then you can scoop out with a spoon, just scoop it out, throw it in a blender. Then you're going to put in a quarter cup of cacao powder.  Cacao powder is raw  cocoa powder. Um, you don't want the alkalized cooked cocoa powder because it has less nutrients in it and usually a higher level of potential to have fillers put in that. So get cacao powder, spelled C a C a O cacao, and one quarter cup of that. Then you're going to put. What I use as no sugar. So you can either use a food as your sugar, which would be two dates. You want to get the medjool dates that are rich. They're really delicious and smushy and good. You open them up, you take the pit out, make sure you count your dates and put your pits aside, not in your food, cause don't go in your whole pudding. Right? And then, uh, one to two tablespoons of water and blend that up and puree it. That is your avocado pudding, simple and super easy. Now you put one teeny weeny, pinch of cayenne pepper in it, and it makes it taste like cooked pudding. That's the secret. Now, if you don't want to use any sugar at all, you can use a Lakanto. You can use a maple Lakanto, a sugar-free option and they have Lakanto L a K a N T O in a maple syrup type of container. And you can just put a tablespoon of that in there. Now. Uh, Lakanto is a monk fruit, sweetener, and monk fruit can be up to 10 times as sweet as regular sugar. So you can try a teaspoon to see if that sweet enough for you up to a tablespoon. If you're using pure maple syrup, you can use a tablespoon. Um, so test it out. Less is more initially with every recipe and then blend it. If it doesn't have enough to blend it. Cause if you don't have a high speed blender, we shipped down a little bit, take the spoon out, blend it again, smush it down, blend it again, or put a teeny little bit more water in it. You don't want it to be running. You want it to be fluffy. And that is one of the best recipes you can dehydrate that and make a fruit roll-ups. Oh, my goodness, 50 rolls with that. It tastes so good for kids and it absolutely no chocolate. I used to substitute for a child was a client of mine, he couldn't have chocolate, it's a Carob, Carobpowder powder. Gotcha. Cara powder doesn't have any caffeine in it. Doesn't have any cocoa in it. People could be allergic to that. So use Cara powder and it tastes equally as delicious. Well, I have everything, but the avocados and I'm going to whole foods in a little bit. So I'm so picking up some good avocados and I'll be whipping up some of that tonight. I did not. I use Monkfruit but I have never heard of the Lakanto. Lakanto that's a brand, correct. Okay. That's a brand. That is so cool. I do know that it is sweeter, than sugar. So thank you for that amazing recipe. And I know, you know, some secret about black Sesame seeds... So this is a secret for all women who don't want gray hair. The secret is you grind up your black Sesame seeds. It needs to be black Sesame seeds. Okay. There's nutrient in the black Sesame seeds that help with hair. The minerals remineralizing the body. So it helps with much more than hair, but actually right here is caused by the stripping of the minerals out of the body. And as we age, our body uses more minerals. And it doesn't process minerals as well. So we need to increase the level of minerals we take. So we can get that in the black Sesame seeds, grinding them up and we can make a tea, like just soak them in water and then drink that. Or we can make a paste. We can make a black Sesame paste, like a hummus, and we can eat it with. Okay. I don't have a recipe off the top of my head for that, but if anybody wants it, they can message me and get the recipe. But that is a black Sesame has higher minerals than the white Sesame. So use the black Sesame. And so you can use that any time, uh, for increasing, if you want to do that, you want to drink that every day. It's just a black Sesame liquid of, uh, soaked in the success. Me and you drink the water or eat the paste, a tablespoon or so a day, make a black Sesame hummus. There's many ways you can do that and have some hair transformation. You will definitely see that. And your body will be remineralized very quickly. Okay. I have black Sesame seeds, and I know organic black Sesame Seeds, aren't the cheapest in the world, but you know what? They are a whole hell of a lot cheaper than going to get your hair done . I hate getting my hair done cause I know how toxic it is. It is just not good for you. So that's just like a double win. You are just such a wealth of information.  I do have one last question for you. If there was one thing in this world that you could eliminate, what would it be and why? You know, there's so many things, there's so many things. I, I'm not sure I can pick one, pick two, two. I think, I think the first one would be. People's " lack of awareness". And what I mean by lack of awareness is people seem to want to believe what they want to believe. And if people were just open to possibility, I think the world would be a different place like this with a doctor telling somebody they have to do something or a doctor telling somebody they have so much time to live or a doctor telling somebody you have this illness and you'll have it for the rest of your life. If I were to believe that I would never walk for the rest of my life, I would be on drugs and medication and having somebody to have to take care of me for the rest of my life. That's where I was when I was 27, 28, 29 years old dealing with figuring out how to. Through this illness, which I felt was toxicity and poisoning of my body. If I wasn't of the right state of mind to tell these doctors to keep their diagnosis, to keep what they're claiming for me, that would be the rest of my life and keep their drugs. Cold Turkey. I'm not taking any more of these things. I know they're poisoning me and you can just take it all. And I'm going to figure this out. If I wasn't strong enough in my mind to have that openness to know, there's another way I think I would be. I wouldn't be here today. I wouldn't have impacted the lives I have. So we all have this power in us to impact lives. But if we don't let ourselves be open to possibility, then we don't. And then the second thing is, is really, getting rid of limiting beliefs. When people have these limiting beliefs of who they can be, what they can do, what people have said to them. If people said I couldn't go to college, I wouldn't be able to go to college. You're never going to be a fashion designer. Like that woman told me that I won the designer of the year at her school while she was the chairman. You know, I mean, if I would have let them to put their limiting beliefs on me, I would've never be where I am and have the impact that I've had in my life for people. Right. You're such an inspiration and you have so much knowledge... i,  concur and  I'm wondering if I feel the same way because we're both Tony Robbins fans. When I went to UPW. That is truly the essence that I came away with was that I don't need to understand everything. All I need to know, like from here forward is like, if things help people like be open, be open to information that I might not have deemed, um, worthy of listening to at one point in my life. But, um, that, that is what I walked away with was change. Can be super good, to try different things and like you said to be open-minded and that boy, if more people were like that, Ooh, this world would be a nicer place to live. Tell our listeners where they can contact you. Well, I have a free gift. If anybody wants to go to recipe hacker secrets.com, you can get, how to set up your healthy kitchen. So it'll have everything in detail or over 30 pages of how to get things in order for what you need to do all free. And. You know, there's other things that are available for you to get there as well, for purchase, but definitely get that for free. And you can go to my business page, which is legacy holistic health on Facebook, and you can go see me, Kimberly Baca on my Facebook personal page or Instagram, the Naked Veganista. I recommend people go see this woman because she is beautiful and she totally does not look her age. She's just like a walking poster child. What you're doing is working. I think it's really cool that you, as Tony would say, "you made your mess, your message" and you're doing obviously a phenomenal job with that. And I thank you so much for sharing your story and all your insights. Cause, I learned a few things today. I can't wait to implement black Sesame Seeds and go make some chocolate avocado pudding. Can't wait to do that tonight.  Thank you, Kimberly. It's been awesome. And I will put in the show notes all your information so people can contact you. And I just want to remind our listeners out there that "Life has no remote. So get up and change it yourself."

Kennst du Carob? Es wird als süßes Superfood und Kakaoersatz gehandelt. Carob ist ein super Energielieferant ohne direkten Zucker und kommt - anders als Kakao - ohne Koffein und Theobromin aus. Doch schmeckt Carob auch wie Kakao und was kannst du alles mit Carob machen? Das erfährst du von mr.broccoli + leckeres Schwarzwälder Kirsch Carob Eiscreme Rezept.   Empfehlung aus der Episode: Carob Bio & Roh   Fragen an mr.broccoli? Schreibe an christian@christian-wenzel.com   Mehr mr.broccoli: Podcast auf Spotify Apple Podcast Mehr Podcast Abonniere meinen YouTube Kanal   *Disclaimer: Ich wurde von keinem der genannten Unternehmen bezahlt. Trotzdem die Markierung als "Werbung", da ich Marken und Produkte genannt habe. Alle genannten Aussagen dienen lediglich zu Informationszwecken und ersetzen nicht den Besuch eines Arztes.

We are over the moon to welcome blessed & highly favored guest MORGAN back to the show today for a Sagittarian Matters Test Kitchen episode featuring BLANCHED TOFU.  We also eulogize Wolf & Bears, discuss carob lava, vegan bacon, secret cafes, and the ONE VEGAN FOOD YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT COLD.  Tune in. 

Take a trip with us across the pond to the Swinging City, the Old Smoke, London Town.In a bonus summer series, Roxy goes on a journey to see what's what for seekers in other great cities, exploring the spiritual side of four favorite metropolises. First up is London, hosted by our top-notch tour guide, Chine McDonald.Chine takes us through some of the twists and turns (and down a few of the dark alleys) of Christianity — and evangelicalism — in England. She gives us a glimpse into navigating race and racism in London as a Black woman and Nigerian immigrant. And we get a front row seat at a poetry reading.Oh, yeah, and naturally we spill some tea on Harry and Meghan.GUESTS:Chine McDonald is the author of the new book "God Is Not a White Man" and is the head of community fundraising and public engagement at Christian Aid.Azariah France-Williams is a priest in the Church of England and is the author of "Ghost Ship: Institutional Racism and the Church of England." He is also a co-host of the podcast "(G)race."The poem below is featured on the show and is written by Azariah France-Williams, who performs and writes under the name BraveSlave.There is an old Jewish tale,Which enriches my own ofHoni the circle maker, who sees,A man who planting the seed of a carob tree.Honi the circle makerasks why, why plant somethingwhich will benefit those who liveafter you have expired?The man replied,I received the fruitfor which my ancestors fought,so for my descendantsthis seed, this thought willfeed them when I am its soil,Hence I plant, I labour, I toil ...The government's racial disparity report,Arrived on April first, but I am not a fool,The African child is divided from the Caribbean, in their school,Just another example, of divide and rule.An separation of an undivided identity ...leads to split personalities ...Altered destinies ... broken harmonies ...Racial crimes of the past are said only to haunt black people,So we should stop reciting,stop inviting ....the ghouls of yesteryear!That's gaslighting!The problems of racism are still evidently here.The authors argue against terms like white privilege,And white fragility, instead it is simply, a bias ofaffinity.The power imbalance, is hidden from the light,As white dominance and prominence are hidden out of sightIf whiteness becomes an airborne pathogen,black and brown folx gonna need some anti-racist Sanatogen,The report indicates we can see the upside of slavery,Because look at the product, it produced me.The new narrative of how we came overto make Britain Great, the empire!It is that which should inspire, soLet's air brush, the gold rush,for the sugar rush,Black gold, were the authors of the reportStone cold sober?This was no mere foreign exchange,Transatlantic slavery only one side gained.The report says institutional racism is not a big factor,In the heart of the matter,Geography, religion, socio-economicsis the cause, job done, racism gone, cue the applause,ExceptMy mother could not freely choose the place where she could reside,Her qualifications nullified, so diminished what she could provide,As for the church this is where it hurts, religion simply lied,It said she was welcome, but left her outside,This report leaves black and brown people's deeper needs unattended,The state shield is removed, and we are all left undefended,But my faith is in the ones whose pursuit of justicemay led to their execution, martyrs for the cause,Of a cosmic solution, a pride of lions prepared to roar,exit every tomb, walk through walls and locked doors.The universal energy, love defeats all enemies.Even if they kill you, and you never get to seeHow the seed of your courage becamea Carob tree.—Azariah France-Williams, 2021See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jesus told a story about a father and his two sons. The younger son asked his father for his inheritance. In first-century Hebrew culture, the son may as well have said, “I wish you were dead, so I can get what's mine.” Those listening would have thought little of the son. I imagine the tension rippling through the crowd as Jesus spoke. When He tells of the father giving his hateful son his full share of the inheritance, I picture the crowd squirming, fists tightening, some spitting on the ground. “How could any son do such a thing to his father?” and “How could that man give his treasure that fool. He is no son.” A reasonable man would surely have sent him away with nothing and would have disowned him. But the gracious father gave his son half of all he had, then he watched him leave.  The young man left, but he not only left his family, he left his town and even his country. He spent his father's wealth on pleasure, and when his money ran out, so did his friends.  I imagine a few smiles among those listening as Jesus told the story. “He got what he deserved.”But life got worse for the young man and everyone around him. Famine. In Western culture, famine is a foreign concept. We've had moments when there were a few empty shelves, no toilet paper, our favorite restaurant was closed because one of the workers got COVID. But we've never experienced famine.No food. Empty stores. Dried-up fields and wells. Everyone scrapes to survive. Everyone. Even the great depression did not match the gravity of a famine in the ancient world. They had no infrastructure to safely or effectively ship food across long distances. Even those who had prepared and stored grains and dried meats would only survive for so long. Famine meant desperation and a fight to survive.The young man had nothing, no one, and nowhere to go. He found work feeding pigs.  As Jesus told the crowd about the young man tossing Carob pods to pigs, I expect there were knowing smiles and head nods. Feeding swine gave them one more reason to despise this wayward fool and one more thing to make him unclean and unworthy to enter the temple courts.You could say he was unworthy to approach his father. He was even unworthy to approach his father's house.But his father waited, not for a wayward fool, but for his lost son. And as his son stared at the dried-out pods, he realized the pigs were eating while he was starving. Starvation brings the kind of delirium that makes dirt-covered, tasteless pods seem like food. The young man broke down. “These pigs eat better than me. My father's servants eat better than me.” No money. No food. Nothing and no one to call his own. He left that far-off country wearing the stench of defeat and made the long journey home. Having wished his father dead, I can't imagine he expected any sort of welcome. He may not have even expected eye contact or entrance into his father's house, but he hoped for food and a place to sleep.I picture the father waiting, climbing to the rooftop each evening, watching the distant hill. Hoping. Praying. Finally, after who knows how many years, a silhouette crests the hill. His pulse rises. “My son!” It's him.  He hikes up his cloak and his robe and sprints toward him.“Welcome home, my son.”The lost son was found. The lost sheep was restored to the flock. And the lost coin was returned to the its set.  But Jesus hadn't finished yet. He had directed these three stories to the Scribes and Pharisees who had ridiculed him for receiving sinners and eating with them. They were the older. They lived in the presence of the Father but didn't know Him, didn't love Him, and despised His love for His wayward son.Even so, the Father loved them and opened His heart to their wandering hearts if only they would come home as well. 

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Oh No, Mr. Dill! What a special show! Mr. Dill and I discuss Bigfoot, The linger Evil of Carob, Motorcycles, Wet Socks, Chinese Food theft, Music and, of course, Comedy! We had a great time and discussed a possible collaboration in the future, I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did! Thank you Ima!

This was an AONE crossword, with an iinnteresting tthheme, and a rebus that crammed more letters into a square than  there are MESONS in the dot at the end of this sentence. As usual, there were a few surprises for Mike -- 61A, Prominent women's rights lawyer, GLORIAALLRED, and 55D, Lesser Antilles native, CARIB -- that is to say, a human being, not to be confused with a non-human bean, aka CAROB.Sometime this week we'll be offering another chance to win a year's subscription to the New York Times crossword, and listen early and often to maximize your chances!

It's Christmas Morning at the Dope Den so the Dopefiend has woken up the worldwide DopeTribe to resurrect the beloved tradition of the Twelve Strains of Christmas in a digital lockdown edition featuring Teenage Pie and Mrs Mole in Halmstead, BB in Melbourne, J Hobbes in Poznan, Scotto Baggins and Green Lady in South London, Syconot and Syconut in California, Tirikite Toker in Brisbane, Hudsonrulez in Ontario, Lorenzo Hagerty in San Diego and Jade HempressRising in North London for a stoney Christmas morning chat about why weed and Christmas go so well together, how it's the first Christmas with medical cannabis for BB and the Dopefiend, and how that's changed their approaches to getting high with the family and level of general paranoia, how parents and families of DopeTribers are getting more and more likely to join them in a bit of stoneage at this festive time, the Christmas tradition of this very podcast and the various memories that we all have of it, why low dose edibles at Christmas are the easiest way of staying consistently stoned, the benefits of pressing your own rosin as a medical grower/patient, and how it compares to other extracts and concentrates, vapo-poop as an ingredient for edibles or "Brown Dragon", the incredible choice on offer for Lorenzo and Syconot and Syconut in California for Christmas, how the future looks to us Dopetribers from the back end of an extraordinary year, and a mention for Teenage Pie and Mrs Mole's favourite strain of the year, Zootz@420's Carob weed and its origins, and a final mention for the late great Queerninja. Some of this year's festive strains: Beacon Medical (Sensi Star), Tilray Oral Solution, Old School Skunk, Girl Scout Cookies, Super Silver Haze, Runtz, Mango Rosin, Pre-98 Bubba Kush Rosin, Ghost, Blue Dream, Forbidden Fruit, Northern Lights, Acapulco Gold, Sour Diesel, OG Kush, Jungley, Carob Weed. For more info on the Cancard, see www.cancard.co.uk

Carob Mars is a speaker and advocate for those in foster care. She is the founder of AgeOutRiseUp. Aging out of the Foster Care System, a sad statistic is one in three kids have dismal outcomes and are incarcerated or under employed. Carob wants to figure out why this is. She believes that the best mentors are those who have walked in similar shoes. So she began in person mentoring. COVID hit and like so many others she had to switch her plans and moved her program online. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGN-NW8HtaCGyEJqOUvaBw --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kim-lengling1/support

Rita is out for a walk through the neighborhood, admiring all of the plants, gardens, and bushes that her neighbors have planted and cared for through the years. Her walk reminds her of another neighborhood with a special carob tree and a tale of two neighbors. The Carob Tree is a Jewish folk tale retold by PJ Library and presented to families here in audio form and as part of a special PJ Library December 2020 gift. Jewish tradition emphasizes both taking care of the here-and-now and creating a better world for generations to come. PJ Library's special December gift invites families to “plant for today” with an at-home growing activity and “plant fortomorrow” through a tree donation campaign– two ways of highlighting for children the miracle of growth and the value of shmirat hateva(responsibility for the earth).Episode CreditsHave I Got a Story For You is a production of PJ LibraryExecutive producers: Meredith Lewis, Alli ThresherDirector: Alli ThresherAdditional production: Craig RosseinWebsite design: Christina RizerAudio editing, mixing and mastering: Peter MooreScore: Peter MooreRecorded at Palace of Purpose Studios in Malden, MA.Story editor: Alli ThresherThe Carob Tree: A Jewish Folktale retold by Naomi Shulman and Danny Paller with illustrations by Sabina Hahn. Adapted for audio by Alli ThresherCast:Narrator, Rita Toomey: Madelaine RipleyYoung Tali: Danielle GeistHannah, Grown-up Tali: Deirdre WadeAnnabel: Gwen D'Angelo

This sweet, rich legume has sometimes been used as a chocolate substitute, but it can (and should!) stand on its own. Anney and Lauren dip into the history and science of carob. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

We discuss life the American Foster Care System. Ways to find your rhythm and develop a cultivating mindset when your settings and surroundings are always changing around you. We also talk about tips for first time Foster Care Parents as well how growing up in Foster Care has helped Carob with basic survival mode needs during the pandemic. Carob Mars, is a former foster who despite the odds has found her way to happy, a survivor of every kind of abuse Carob walked to her local police station at just 8 years old and started the foster care process. She was never adopted and aged out at 18 years of age. Over the years Carob has overcome many obstacles to create her own slice of a modest "good life" and believes that we are all capable of thriving. She created the platform 'Age Out Rise Up" to reach out to former fosters of all ages and encourage them to move past their bad histories and choose to rise! IG: Ageoutriseup Twitter: Ageoutriseup YouTube: Ageoutriseup

يقيم Carob hostel مشروع تبادل اللغات في عمان نشرة أخبار المجتمع - السبت 10/10/2020 إعداد وتقديم بيان مقداد من إنتاج راديو النجاح

We talk a lot about resilience and how to move forward when life throws us a curve ball.   My guest today is the living embodiment of what resilience truly is.  On this episode of Authentic Living with Roxanne, we welcome Carob Mars who is a former foster child and despite the odds has found her way to happiness.  Carob is a veteran of the foster system, who despite many obstacles has found her way to Happy. On her new blog, podcast and YouTube channel, she shares practical doable ideas and stories to help you too, put your past behind you, Rise Up! and succeed at life on your terms. Authentic Touch Points: Carob’s journey through the foster care system.2:30 The impact of trauma as a young child.6:00 How to keep moving forward.10:00 Learning to give to yourself.18:00 Finding your support system.22:30 Don’t let trauma define you.26:00 There’s no “right way” to recover.31:30 The past is gone...34:00 A survivor of every kind of abuse, Carob walked to her local police station at just 8 years old and started the foster care process.  She was never adopted and aged out at 18 years of age.  Over the years Carob has overcome many obstacles to create her own slice of a modest "good life" and believes that we are all capable of thriving. She created the platform 'Age Out Rise Up" to reach out to former fosters of all ages and encourage them to move past their bad histories and choose to rise! With many of us working from home and spending most of our time with family, I encourage you to reach out with thoughts or questions about creating a healthier mindset.  Click here to contact me at your convenience or click the link below to book a call with me.   You will also find more information about me and how I can help you at RoxanneDerhodge.com.  Thank you, Roxanne Links: Carob’s website:  https://ageoutriseup.com/ Carob’s podcast:  https://anchor.fm/carob-mars/episodes/An-Introduction-to-Age-Out-Rise-Up-eb43k2 Carob’s YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJoX-ugFf-sqYUIBxsFgvFDIUO6eBkNrg Roxanne’s email:  roxanne@roxannederhodge.com Book a call with Roxanne: https://calendly.com/roxanne-8 Roxanne’s previous podcasts: https://roxannederhodge.com/blog/

Carob Mars Former Foster alumnis, tells her story of putting herself into care at the age of Eight after experiencing a myriad of abuse. Though she is never adopted she hangs on to joy. As a young adult she struggles to keep afloat and finally finds her way to happy. Her young family attempts to navigate the foster system only to be faced with other hurdles and eventually they give up trying to adopt, realizing she can’t beat the system, she turns her focus on those who have also been unseen. She interviews for fosters at all ages and stages of life giving them a community to feel a part of something larger. Carob's 3 top tips:1. Empowerment should always be over entitlement. 2. We as a people are resilient and can handle much more than we think. 3. Grace  really is a strength. Don't miss another episode. Subscribe to this podcast.If you want learn more about living a fantastic life after alcohol, check out my book!https://www.amazon.com/My-Steps-Sobriety-fantastic-without-ebook/dp/B089ZPD21S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stephan+neff&qid=1595922770&s=digital-text&sr=1-1https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Store/b?ie=UTF8&node=133140011&nocache=1526718783253 And follow me on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook!https://www.instagram.com/mystepstosobriety/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5Rgw59jOX4y3iDeMAXpwQhttps://www.facebook.com/mystepstosobriety

Honi bologna, historical construction of sexualities, conservatism versus radicalism plus emergency fast days. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xavadecordova. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.

This week on Yes But Why, we talk to podcaster, activist and arts educator, Carob Mars. Carob Mars is the creator of “Age Out. Rise Up!”, a podcast by and for survivors of childhood trauma, especially former foster children, who refuse to let their past define them. In our conversation, Carob shares with me some of the darker moments of her life and the ways in which she has used art to process them. She says, “there’s never been a time that [she hasn’t] been a storyteller and a performer.” She is also a great producer of plays. After going to an acting conservatory, Carob organized a Shakespeare in the Park series in Utah; she has directed her son’s elementary school play for many years; and, most recently, she has been teaching 4H performing arts via Zoom. Carob launched “Age Out. Rise Up!” on Mother’s Day this year. Since then, she has populated her podcast feed and YouTube channel with an empowering message to disenfranchised youth, newly released from foster care. Age Out Rise Up's mission is to enable survivors to set and reach personal goals and live their best lives. Support Carob Mars by subscribing to “Age Out. Rise Up!” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube! Yes But Why Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Download the FREE HC Universal Network app for Android and iDevices or visit us at HCUniversalNetwork.com and join the fun. This episode of Yes But Why podcast is sponsored by audible - get your FREE audiobook download and your 30 day free trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/YESBUTWHY.

This week on Yes But Why, we talk to podcaster, activist and arts educator, Carob Mars. Carob Mars is the creator of “Age Out. Rise Up!”, a podcast by and for survivors of childhood trauma, especially former foster children, who refuse to let their past define them. In our conversation, Carob shares with me some of the darker moments of her life and the ways in which she has used art to process them. She says, “there’s never been a time that [she hasn’t] been a storyteller and a performer.” She is also a great producer of plays. After going to an acting conservatory, Carob organized a Shakespeare in the Park series in Utah; she has directed her son’s elementary school play for many years; and, most recently, she has been teaching 4H performing arts via Zoom. Carob launched “Age Out. Rise Up!” on Mother’s Day this year. Since then, she has populated her podcast feed and YouTube channel with an empowering message to disenfranchised youth, newly released from foster care. Age Out Rise Up's mission is to enable survivors to set and reach personal goals and live their best lives.Support Carob Mars by subscribing to “Age Out. Rise Up!” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube!Yes But Why Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Download the FREE HC Universal Network app for Android and iDevices or visit us at HCUniversalNetwork.com and join the fun.This episode of Yes But Why podcast is sponsored by audible - get your FREE audiobook download and your 30 day free trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/YESBUTWHY.

This week on Yes But Why, we talk to podcaster, activist and arts educator, Carob Mars. Carob Mars is the creator of “Age Out. Rise Up!”, a podcast by and for survivors of childhood trauma, especially former foster children, who refuse to let their past define them. In our conversation, Carob shares with me some of the darker moments of her life and the ways in which she has used art to process them. She says, “there’s never been a time that [she hasn’t] been a storyteller and a performer.” She is also a great producer of plays. After going to an acting conservatory, Carob organized a Shakespeare in the Park series in Utah; she has directed her son’s elementary school play for many years; and, most recently, she has been teaching 4H performing arts via Zoom. Carob launched “Age Out. Rise Up!” on Mother’s Day this year. Since then, she has populated her podcast feed and YouTube channel with an empowering message to disenfranchised youth, newly released from foster care. Age Out Rise Up's mission is to enable survivors to set and reach personal goals and live their best lives. Support Carob Mars by subscribing to “Age Out. Rise Up!” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube! Yes But Why Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Download the FREE HC Universal Network app for Android and iDevices or visit us at HCUniversalNetwork.com and join the fun. This episode of Yes But Why podcast is sponsored by audible - get your FREE audiobook download and your 30 day free trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/YESBUTWHY.

This week on Yes But Why, we talk to podcaster, activist and arts educator, Carob Mars. Carob Mars is the creator of “Age Out. Rise Up!”, a podcast by and for survivors of childhood trauma, especially former foster children, who refuse to let their past define them. In our conversation, Carob shares with me some of the darker moments of her life and the ways in which she has used art to process them. She says, “there’s never been a time that [she hasn’t] been a storyteller and a performer.” She is also a great producer of plays. After going to an acting conservatory, Carob organized a Shakespeare in the Park series in Utah; she has directed her son’s elementary school play for many years; and, most recently, she has been teaching 4H performing arts via Zoom. Carob launched “Age Out. Rise Up!” on Mother’s Day this year. Since then, she has populated her podcast feed and YouTube channel with an empowering message to disenfranchised youth, newly released from foster care. Age Out Rise Up's mission is to enable survivors to set and reach personal goals and live their best lives.Support Carob Mars by subscribing to “Age Out. Rise Up!” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube!Yes But Why Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Download the FREE HC Universal Network app for Android and iDevices or visit us at HCUniversalNetwork.com and join the fun.This episode of Yes But Why podcast is sponsored by audible - get your FREE audiobook download and your 30 day free trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/YESBUTWHY.

Here’s the superfood list with the most popular superfoods. By now, everyone should really know them by now. But what distinguishes Carob from Cocoa nibs... The post The Superfood List – You Should Know These 17 Super-Foods appeared first on Ultimatesuperfoods.

2:21:26 – Frank in New Jersey and New York City, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Trash can destruction, Home Depot, the kittens Mojo and Vegas, sweetgreen, the recorder revived, football games, cribbage, Scott Crawford exits Facebook, 12 feet of snow in Newfoundland, comic shop closed (alternate timeline theory related), Wuhan Coronavirus, Carob Atlas, and much more… [&hellip

First Christians were Jews; Only a minority understood Christ; Christ warned many would not follow Him (but say they are Christians); Do YOU know what Christ said?; "Word of God" is much more than what's in the bible; When you discover you're wrong, you can do something about it; Look at all things anew; Make room for Holy Spirit in your heart and mind; Without Holy Spirit you will live in darkness; Humility!; Compartmentalizing self; Sitting in Tens, Hundreds and Thousands as Christ commanded; Epistles are specific to recipients; Religious pious duty - taking care of one another through freewill; Caesar coming-to-power stories; Welfare system their salvation in time of need; John the Baptist raised with Nazarites; Carob (not locusts) and wild honey; Do you know what Jesus would do?; Had they known Moses they would know Jesus; Gender dysphoria; Historically three generations before collapse of society; New History books; Polybius' warning 150BC; Children not being taught history by their grandparents; Republic vs Democracy; Lifting your veil = seeing with new eyes; 2 Corinthians 10 - casting down imagination and disobedience; Covetous have no inheritance in the kingdom of God; Fruits of flesh vs spirit; Examples of bizarre behavior; Strong delusion; Receiving revelation; Why Adam and Eve fled the garden; Accepting the real Jesus; Modern churches worship imaginations; This IS our home - magnify Christ HERE; Kingdom of Heaven at hand; People imagining they know Christ, often relying on instruction from men; Might believe a lie; Know Christ from revelation - Church built upon this; "Transferism"; Messiah is a capitalist; Can't drain the swamp when no one is willing to pull the plug; Charity or Tyranny; God doesn't owe you salvation; Showing fruits of spirit (works) evidence of salvation; Facing the truth; Open your mind to what you know that just ain't so; Best way to hear others is the way Christ commanded; Our "Authority" (2 Cor 10:8) = "exousia", aka "liberty"/right to choose; You have liberty of freely assembling and live Christ's "way" - right now!; Leaving out any truth makes it a lie; Early Church owned all things common; No exercising authority; Love requires sacrifice; Paul telling how the kingdom works; Denominator of Christianity = Christ; Not about outward appearance; "without our measure" - examine self; Why Christians persecuted?; Commandments not done away with; Religion spotted by the world will lose authority; Modern culture not know what a family is; Extra commands for ministers; Difference between ministers (Church) and laity (People); Paul running international welfare system; Modern churches go to the world; Early church was organized; Feeding 5000 miracle explained; Think a different way; "Glory" = giving credit; You have right to choose to let Holy Spirit into you; Covetous practices are contrary to Christ; HHC Books free online; Persevere in commands of Christ; 2 Corinthians 11 full of metaphors; More next time.

On today's episode, we talk about teaching kids to be grateful when they are overindulged. We also talk about working out, especially when it's not something you enjoy. Trevor learns what carob is and does not believe it's a real thing and I discuss what parts of my career I really enjoy!

When we think of cloth diapers we think of iconic Made in the USA brands and everything else being Made in China. But, part of the reason behind the Cloth Diaper Podcast is to uncover and chat with passionate makers around the world including Dgnait from Baby Koala.  Tune in to learn about how Baby Koala came to be, a glimmer at diapering in Israel, and what exactly makes a Baby Koala cloth diaper special. Dgnait is joined by her husband Gilad who provides that little extra oomph of Dad-awesomeness to the conversation that is much need. This show is brought to you with support from Humbird. Pre-order opens October 1-7 for four new wool colours: Brickhouse, Jaded, Carob, and Bermuda Triangle.

This episode is dedicated to James Yamaoka. Joel Sakakihara and his brother updated their grandfather’s 60 year old toffee recipe, and built a business that’s grown from farmer’s markets to Costco and Whole Foods. Joel joins us to chat about the complexities of running a rapidly-growing food business, advice for starting a food business of your own, and how he launched the company with... Arnold Schwarzenegger? Plus, the return of our favorite segment, Wrap-id Fire! Links and Show Notes Focus group testing (https://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/focus-groups.html)—“a moderated discussion that typically involves 5 to 10 participants. Through a focus group, you can learn about users’ attitudes, beliefs, desires, and reactions to concepts.” Carob chips (https://www.thekitchn.com/the-other-chocolate-chip-carob-chips-ingredient-spotlight-177413)—“Carob chips are made from the pod of the carob tree, a small Mediterranean shrub. The pods are dried, roasted, and ground into carob powder before being made into chips or used in other applications. Carob is less bitter than chocolate and has a natural sweetness. The chips require little or no added sugar to make them palatable. To me, carob chips have a roasted flavor that makes them similar to chocolate, but lack chocolate’s richness and melty texture.” Competitive analysis (https://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/competitive-analysis)—“a critical part of your company marketing plan. With this evaluation, you can establish what makes your product or service unique—and therefore what attributes you play up in order to attract your target market.” Mission statement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_statement)—“ a short statement of why an organization exists, what its overall goal is, identifying the goal of its operations: what kind of product or service it provides, its primary customers or market, and its geographical region of operation.” Net-30 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_D)—“The notation ‘net 30’ indicates that full payment is expected within 30 days. If a $1000 invoice has the terms ‘net 30’, the buyer must pay the full $1000 within 30 days.” “Net 30 […] terms are often coupled with a credit for early payment.” What is Net 30 & why is it (probably) bad for my business? (https://organizedassistant.com/net-30/) Cash vs. Accrual (https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/accrual-accounting.asp)—“The main difference between accrual and cash basis accounting lies in the timing of when revenue and expenses are recognized. The cash method is a more immediate recognition of revenue and expenses while the accrual method focuses on anticipated revenue and expenses.” Fiscal year vs. calendar year (https://www.indinero.com/blog/how-choosing-your-fiscal-year-affects-your-business-taxes) De Anza College (https://www.deanza.edu) ISO - International Organization for Standardization (https://www.iso.org/home.html)—“an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 164 national standards bodies” HACCP plans (https://www.fda.gov/food/guidance-regulation-food-and-dietary-supplements/hazard-analysis-critical-control-point-haccp): Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point—“a management system in which food safety is addressed through the analysis and control of biological, chemical, and physical hazards from raw material production, procurement and handling, to manufacturing, distribution and consumption of the finished product.“ Difference Between HACCP and ISO 22000 (https://pecb.com/article/difference-between-haccp-and-iso-22000) Bayside Food Group (http://baysidefood.com) Guittard Chocolates (https://www.guittard.com) Almonds from Modesto (https://www.localharvest.org/modesto-ca/almonds) and Fresno (https://www.localharvest.org/search.jsp?jmp&scale=7&lat=36.83886&lon=-119.800964&nm=prods%3Aalmonds), CA C&H Sugar (http://www.chsugar.com/home) Challenge Dairy butter (https://www.challengedairy.com) California Dairies (https://www.californiadairies.com) Arnold Schwarzenegger (https://www.nga.org/governor/arnold-schwarzenegger/) R&J Toffees on Woot (https://wine.woot.com/plus/rjs-handcrafted-almond-toffee-3-11) Annual Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest (https://nathansfamous.com/hot-dog-eating-contest/) Professor Xavier, X-Men (https://www.marvel.com/characters/professor-x) McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese (https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/double-quarter-pounder-with-cheese.html) and Fries (https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/small-french-fries.html) In-N-Out Burgers (http://www.in-n-out.com) Pirates vs. Ninjas (https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5542447) Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack (https://music.apple.com/us/album/pirates-caribbean-curse-black-pearl-original-soundtrack/1440649561?mt=1&app=music&at=1010lKVW&ct=lc015) on iTunes This episode is dedicated to James Yamaoka In this episode, we mention Joel’s cousin James, and the beautiful work he did designing the packaging for R&J Toffees as the company's Creative Director. Shortly after we recorded, James passed away unexpectedly at the age of 44. R&J Toffees is a family affair, and our hearts go out to the entire Yamaoka, Sakakihara, and R&J Toffees family. James Yamaoka https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/f/ff67b32d-68dc-4ffa-8e3e-157bcf552e52/jiNdPTyG.jpeg Our thanks to Joel for joining us. You can find R&J Toffee on (@rjtoffees) (https://www.instagram.com/rjtoffees/) and on the web at rjtoffees.com (https://www.rjtoffees.com). Thank you for listening. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram: Lettuce Wrap (@lettucewrappod): (https://twitter.com/lettucewrappod) / (https://instagram.com/lettucewrappod) Christine Doerr: @christinedoerr (https://twitter.com/christinedoerr) / @neococoaconfections (https://www.instagram.com/neococoaconfections/) Tammy Tan (@spicehound): (http://twitter.com/spicehound)) / (https://www.instagram.com/spicehound/) or email us at lettucerwrappod@gmail.com (mailto:lettucerwrappod@gmail.com). That’s a wrap! Amazon (https://amzn.to/2DBzg5j) and other links may be affiliates. Purchases help support the show. Special Guest: Joel Sakakihara, R&J Toffees.

In this episode, I'm talking to you about the different types of sweeteners that are appropriate for the keto diet. Here are the sweeteners that are 100% okay for keto: Stevia Monkfruit Erythritol Glycerin (if you can get it) Sugar alcohols to avoid: Maltitol, Sorbitol, and Xylitol (all will impact your blood sugar levels and kick your body out of a fat burning zone). Artificial sweeteners that are in the grey area: Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium, Alitame, Cyclamate, Dulcin, Glucin, Kaltame, Mogrosides, Neotame, Nutrinova, Phenlalanine, Saccharin, Sucralose Below are the sweeteners that you should AVOID: Sugar, honey, fructose, high fructose corn syrup, agave nectar, maltodextrin, sucrose, Beet sugar, Blackstrap molasses, Brown sugar, Buttered syrup, Cane juice crystals, Cane sugar, Caramel, Carob syrup, Castor sugar, Coconut sugar, Confectioner's sugar, Date sugar, Demerara, Evaporated cane juice, Florida crystals, Fruit juice, Fruit juice concentrate, Golden sugar, Golden syrup, Grape sugar, Icing sugar, Invert sugar, Maple syrup, Molasses, Muscovado, Panela, Raw sugar, Refiner's syrup, Sorghum syrup, Secant, Treacle, Turbinado, Yellow sugar, Barley malt, Brown rice syrup, Corn syrup, Corn syrup solids, Dextrin, Dextrose, Diastatic malt, Ethyl maltol, Glucose, Glucose solids, Lactose, Malt Syrup, Maltodextrin, Maltose, Rice syrup

前回に引き続き、モロッコの女性が作る商品をDAR AMAL（ダールアマル）として日本に紹介しているRina KAMOCHIさんをゲストにお招きしてのおしゃべりです。 モロッコに自生しているキャロブにある時その魅力に気づいたリナさん。日本在住の妹のリカさんと組んで日本にもモロッコの魅力を伝えるプロジェクトを始めます。そのスタートアップにメインキャラクターのコンペを開いたところ、ルミコハーモニーがギリギリのところで応募して、採用されるに至った経緯がとっても面白いです。キャロブは植物ではなかなか摂れない鉄分が豊富に含まれているだけでなく、カルシュウムや食物繊維も豊富に含まれています。また、カカオはチョコレートにする際に非常に多くの砂糖を加えられていたり、カフェインも含まれているのですが、キャロブ自体が甘いのでシュガーレスと言えたり、カフェインレスと言えることが出来るそうです。またカカオには児童労働問題もありますが、今回の自生するモロッコのキャロブはそういった問題もないどころかモロッコの労働創出にも一役買っていると言えます。 ぜひご興味を持った方は、ウェブサイトをチェックしてみてくださいね！ 今回のキーワードは、CAROB(キャロブ：カカオに替わる豆科のスーパーフード)です。 皆さんからの声を取り入れて進化していくポッドキャスト番組です！ぜひFacebookグループに参加して、コメント&ご質問などいただければ嬉しいです。こちらをクリック→　エツコ＆ルミコのLove the World! Facebookグループ   ＊私たちはこんなところで情報発信をしています！ ルミコハーモニー：ウェブサイト　Facebook　インスタグラム 塚越悦子：My Peaceful Familyウェブサイト  ツイッター  「異性の心を上手に透視する方法」公式ブログ　著書「国際結婚一年生」　ラブ&マリッジ公式LINE@　ラブ&マリッジLINEブログ　Facebook(お友達申請の際はメッセージ頂けるとスムーズです！）

Joshua McFadden cooks for six seasons; easy French chicken in a pot; coconut rice; and Dan Pashman on pork.

What’s For Dinner :40 Winter cocktails are on the menu in this episode. Ellen gives a recipe for a foraged Carob Horchata and C.L. talks about using the rosemary plant your brought indoors to create a Rosemary Gin Gin. Links to recipes at Plantrama.com Insider Information 4:20 Mice! How to prevent mouse damage on newly planted trees and in other garden situations. Eat/Drink/Grow 10:02 In this section you’ll find out how C.L. feels about poinsettias (pro) and Ellen doesn’t hold back about her opinion (con) of Euphorbia pulcherrima. We discuss the history, care and advantages of this popular holiday plant. And if you think that Ellen and C.L. disagree about the merits of poinsettias in general, just wait until C.L. mentions spray-painting the plant… Did You Know 21:01 After the total disagreement about Euphorbia pulcherrima, it’s back to common ground with a discussion of luminarias and celebrating the solstice. Love Letters and Questions 25:25 Today Ellen and C.L. give the recorded equivalent of thank you notes, expressing appreciation for people who wrote such great reviews of Plantrama on iTunes.

Henry went on vacation to a Carob factory! He visited a tourist attraction called Carobana, and discovered that one of the owners, Jean Hamey, had a lot more to talk about than just carob!  She and her husband Ian operate Carobana, which is a tourist attraction, and a factory, which manufactured Carob coated treats. If you have never seen carob, it is a large seed pod of the carob tree.  We actually have them in San Diego where I (Kathe) live.  First you remove the seeds.  Then you dry and powder the pod.   Jean explains the rest of the process in the interview. Jean agreed to talk about her carob organization with Henry. She and her husband inherited the place after her in-laws passed away.  They now have a successful  manufacturing, retail and tourism business.  Much of the interview focuses on the development of the enterprise, and Jean’s unique business skills. As far as the carob business, Ian has built much of the machinery, and persistence and hard work have produced a steady growth which has resulted in the success Carabana is today. A couple of things to know about carob are: * The pod not only contains many small beans, but also a semi-sweet pulp. * These pods contain iron, magnesium, calcium, along with vitamins A, B2, B3, and D. * Carob pods are used as a cocoa substitute for chocolate flavoring.  It doesn't taste like exactly like chocolate but it does work as a substitute. * On a diet?  Carob contain just 1/3rd of the calories of chocolate. * Even if you are allergic to chocolate, you can usually eat Carob. Henry asked Jean what she was going to do after her imminent retirement.  And boy does she have plans!  Not only has she been running a business all these years, but she also does book-binding, writes children's books, AND writes craft books as well.   So she has a lot going on. Have you ever heard of “Quilling”? I, Kathe, had never heard of this before, but Jean has written a book on it Quilling Beauties of the Bush.  You may have heard of it, but it's basically a way to make beautiful 3D pictures out of paper.  Basically, you use strips of paper and then roll or shape them, and glue them together. Then you loop, curl, and twist the paper until it makes something beautiful. Quilling creates greeting cards, jewelry, or pretty much anything that you want to make in a 3D manner. I (Kathe) found the quilling part of the interview to be fascinating.  It was fun to learn a little about a hobby that I'd never heard of.  Of course once I looked it up, I realized that I had seen the finished works of these artists. If you are in Australia you can purchase Jean's tasty treats at http://www.carobana.com.au/. And you can purchase her quilling books anywhere in the world on Amazon. Have you ever done quilling or eaten carob?  Let us know what you think in the comments below. Special Thanks to: * Angie Strehlow who helps us get great guests that help us with our retirement lifestyle while keeping everything on track…and helps with these show notes! * Les Briney, my husband, and Danny Ozment of Emerald City Pro who edits the show and makes my guests and me sound terrific * Henry Shapiro, host of Retired Excited that airs on Fridays * YOU for telling your friends about the show, leaving comments below, and sharing episodes you really like on Facebook, and reviewing the show on iTunes This post about Retirement and Retirement Lifestyle first a...

Henry went on vacation to a Carob factory! He visited a tourist attraction called Carobana, and discovered that one of the owners, Jean Hamey, had a lot more to talk about than just carob!  She and her husband Ian operate Carobana, which is a tourist attraction, and a factory, which manufactured Carob coated treats. If you have […] The post RE021: Carob and Quilling appeared first on Rock Your Retirement.

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On this week's episode, Lisa Lawrie (@jmoesandbffs) is joined by Roller Derby Queen, Emily (@emilyq4ever) and Second in studio, fellow Orangeonian, Joanna (@Joanna_bowman49) to talk about the @ARIYNBF episodes- Dr Drew/Dr Bruce and “South Dakota Brawlers, White Elephant Parties, Terrible Gifts From Alison” We discuss Body Farms, Social Media, Pain Shmain, Non JMOEs, Medicine In […]

On this week’s episode, Lisa Lawrie (@jmoesandbffs) is joined by Roller Derby Queen, Emily (@emilyq4ever) and Second in studio, fellow Orangeonian, Joanna (@Joanna_bowman49) to talk about the @ARIYNBF episodes- Dr Drew/Dr Bruce and “South Dakota Brawlers, White Elephant Parties, Terrible Gifts From Alison” We discuss Body Farms, Social Media, Pain Shmain, Non JMOEs, Medicine In […]

On this week's episode, Lisa Lawrie (@jmoesandbffs) is joined by Roller Derby Queen, Emily (@emilyq4ever) and Second in studio, fellow Orangeonian, Joanna (@Joanna_bowman49) to talk about the @ARIYNBF episodes- Dr Drew/Dr Bruce and "South Dakota Brawlers, White Elephant Parties, Terrible Gifts From Alison" We discuss Body Farms, Social Media, Pain Shmain, Non JMOEs, Medicine In Entertainment, Black Mirror Reality, Dawn of Don's Fruit, Sean Jordan's Walla, South Dakota Love, Date Night, Hallmark's White Elephant, Andrew Ant's Amazing Snack Chat and See's Daniel Hugs! PLUS A CHRISTMAS FACTS OF LIFE LIVE TWEET WITH ULTRA FAN RAFAEL!! (@RMCGuitars) *********DISCLAIMER****A lot of this recording was lost unfortunately, so it's another short one! XO LL

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In this Tactical Tuesday Minisode, Kaleb goes step by step, teaching you how to get the Knights of the Round Materia in FFVII! You can't get it until you have the airship, so get that first. Go to the chocobo stables and rent as many stables as you can from Choco Bill. Buy lots of Reagan greens. Equip "Chocobo Lure" and find the chocobo tracks near Gold Saucer. Fight on the chocobo tracks until you are attacked by a chocobo accompanied by two Spencers. Use the Reagan greens on the chocobo and kill the two Spencers. Once they die, you will get the chocobo. Send the chocobo back to the stables, then catch another one of these chocobos. Go to Mideel and fight on the nearby chocobo tracks, until you are attacked by a chocobo with two Spirals. Use the greens on the chocobo and kill the Spirals, then take the chocobo back to the stables. Return catch a second chocobo near Mideel. Purchase two "Carob" nuts from Choco Bill and breed your two pairs of chocobos, which should make one green and one blue chocobo. Breed the blue chocobo with the green chocobo using another Carob nut to make a black chocobo. Fly to the Icicle Inn. Fight on the chocobo tracks until attacked by a chocobo with two Jumpings. Use the greens on the chocobo, kill the jumpings, and send the chocobo back to the stables. Travel to Goblin Island. Fight in random battles until you are attacked by a goblin, then Steal from the goblin to acquire a "Zeio" nut. Breed the chocobo you found near Icicle Inn with the black chocobo, using the Zeio nut to make a gold chocobo. Ride the gold chocobo until you find a small island at the north-east corner of the map. On the island you will get the "Knights of the Round" materia.

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Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode. In this Mar 14, 2012 free audio podcast: How Liposuction Makes You Fat. Also: dealing with a chronic calf sprain, what is P.A.P training, can you create glycogen from fat and protein, are unsoaked nuts and seeds a problem, the Maffetone vs. the Triathlon Dominator heart rate zones, distances for long triathlon training sessions, and reasons for fat loss resistance. Do you have a future podcast question for Ben? Call toll free to 1-877-209-9439, Skype to “pacificfit” or scroll down on this post to access the free “Ask Ben” form... Remember, if you have any trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com. 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Compared to chocolate it has higher calcium count (three times as much), no caffeine content, nor fat, and presents your taste buds with a different experience. It's also high in Iron, Vitamin B, Phosphorus, Magnesium, fiber and protein. Top injury sites for the long distance triathletes includes lower back (17.9%), Achilles tendons (14.3%), and knees (14.2%). Among the short to intermediate distance triathletes, most injuries occurred in the knees (44%), calf (20%), hamstrings (20%), and lower back (20%). A group of healthy, active individuals were instructed to cut back on their activity for 3 consecutive days. What they found was that their blood sugar levels spiked 26% more than it normally would have, and that the spikes increased slightly over each successive day. ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: Audio Question from Jennifer: Is liposuction an option or a last resort? Audio Question from Jake: 15 weeks out from Ironman with chronic calf strain. Eric asks: I've been hearing a lot about P.A.P. training and was hoping you could help define what it is and how it may help endurance athletes. Andrei asks: I keep hearing about how after an workout you have to eat to replenish the glycogen storage. Also, during a long training run or a race, you have to ingest carbs to top your glycogen storage. My question is if you can do this with fat or protein, not carbs. Can I just eat fat and protein after an workout to restore my glycogen levels? How about during the workout? Hosanna asks: To what degree does eating unsoaked nuts, seeds affect the bioavailability of nutrients? I was eating a dried fruit, nut and seed mix daily as a significant portion of my diet until I read to limit intake substantially on the paleodietlifestyle website. jeffyt01 wrote: I listened to your podcast with Phil Maffetone and was wondering what your thoughts are on his 180 formula vs how you lay out the heart rate training zones in your Dominator plan. 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From the most sought after action figures and vehicles, to the latest tech and role-play toys that activate and connect, and even the latest Japanese toy crazes, Bandai has the toys that continuously top kids' holiday wish lists. This year's holiday line-up includes several debuts, including: Mugen Pop Pop -Already a huge hit in Japan, the addicting Mugen Pop Pop delivers endless bubble popping fun and is the perfect stocking stuffer idea Power Rangers Jungle Fury Mission Helmet - Kids become their favorite hero with this wearable Red Ranger helmet. Battle against evil space aliens as they play through one of 40 downloadable audio missions Ben 10 Alien Creation Chamber - Kids can discover all-new alien creatures with the one of a kind, never-before-seen Alien Creation Chamber Dragon Ball Z Role Play - The popular Dragon Ball Z franchise returns to Bandai with reinvigorated lineups including role-play toys like the Dragon Ball Z Energy Battle Set CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE OF THE HOTTEST HOLIDAY TOYS FROM BANDAI AMERICA: http://www.pwrnewmedia.com/2008/bandai080508/index.html OR www.bandai.com *************************************************** http://happikins.com/ Do you have kids? Do they have mouths? Do they eat lunch with those mouths? Do they sometimes miss their mouths when eating lunch... maybe getting said lunch on their face and hands? We can't stop your kids from making messes, but we can help clean them up without making a mess of the environment. HappikinsTM are machine-washable cloth napkins for school lunches. 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With a telephone and a computer, I created www.cedarvalleypublishing.com. 10% of all profits are donated to literacy foundations and back to schools. By donating back to a school, they see my books and want to write grants to purchase more! I am the author and publisher of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! & Let's Get Ready For First Grade! Both books are award-winning, state-approved and used inside homes and schools across the nation. Created by a mom, they are currently used in over 350 school districts from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon and in libraries and head start programs all across the country. Parents, kids and grandparents all love them because they are not storybooks or workbooks; they are books meant to be read over and over that cover the curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. In fall, I will be releasing the highly anticipated Spanish/English edition of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! iA prepararse para kindergarten! My kids think it is hilarious that I am writing a Spanish book without being able to read or write the language. As my 7 year old says, "just hire a translator, duh, anyone can do anything!" I am a mom inspired by Oprah to change education. This has become my passion! My mantra is if two brothers from Ohio can change the face of aviation, that why can't a mom, inspired by Oprah change education at the core! Thirty-eight states are discussing all day 4 year-old Kindergarten because kids are not coming to school prepared. But where are the public service announcements telling parents the 7 things they need to know for Kindergarten testing: the alphabet all mixed up, number to 10 all mixed up, basic shapes, colors, coins, counting objects to 10 and how far they can count to 100? Schools purchase my books in bulk to help get parents, kids and teachers all be on the same page of Kindergarten and First Grade! Now I have a national platform speaking to educators, schools, parents and kids! This is a true family business! Who better to help me write Let's Get Ready For Second Grade! than my 2nd and 4th grader! Stacey Kannenberg "The Get Ready To Learn Mom" Cedar Valley Publishing & Mom Central Consulting Award Winning Author/Publisher of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! & Let's Get Ready For First Grade! ****************************************************** www.AbbyRoo.com • In a hurry and can't find it? • Everything drops to the bottom? • Can't see what you packed? • Always losing things? 2" AbbyRoo It's in the bag! The AbbyRoo canvas/cotton carry-all bag is just about perfect for just about every need just about everyday. Why? The AbbyRoo bag has fantastic compartments designed for getting through each and every day - getting through life! Unzip the two front full length zippers and expose the hidden eight mesh compartments. All arranged in several sizes to handle the stuff we carry, but all visible at a glance in the bag. 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You can see them at http://shainsware.com/ Shains are a great gift because - They are made of recycled materials - The products are empowering for kids of all ages to make their own statement - Shains are affordable and retail under $20 - And most importantly - they are fun! Our Dog Molli loves her new Shains Pet Collar and we know your dogs will love theirs too! Empower them to make their own statement ;-) or let them carry yours! Shains recycled pet collars are available in 3 standard sizes: Small, Medium, and Large. Each collar comes with 60 elements including multiples of the alphabet, the numbers 0-9, and 8 exclusive new icons. The icons include a fire hydrant, waterbowl, dog bone, dog house, and of course a newspaper. Four hot colors to choose from - Sun, Poppy, Orchid, and Black. Available now for $19.00. These collars are a fashion statement and do not include rings to attach a leash for a reason - Rubber can stretch and we want to make sure your dogs stay safe. Shains are recycled accessories that encourage and empower people to make their own statements and change them whenever they want! Shainsware, the company, is dedicated to producing eco-friendly products that are useful and empowering. We donate a percentage of net profits to environmental organizations. Shains products are made of recycled and recyclable parts and everything Shains produces is certified lead free. Shains packaging is also recycled and recylable. Shains manufactures bracelets, necklaces, pet collars, hair bands, key chains, and much more all designed to work with Shains interchangeable icons and letters. *****************************************************8 Jailbreak Toys http://www.jailbreaktoys.com Jailbreak Toys produces action figures of historical leaders and political figures. They made a huge splash around the 2008 United States presidential election with their Barack Obama action figure that was quickly followed up by a John McCain action figure. 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Ficklets make eyewear uniquely you... they're your "I-candy"!! www.ficklets.com ************************************************** www.paramount.com PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT MAKES GIFT GIVING EASIER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WITH SELECT WRAPPED AND READY BLOCKBUSTER HITS ON DVD Holiday shopping just got a lot easier when Paramount Home Entertainment offers consumers three of its most successful titles this year Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull already pre-wrapped. The titles available on DVD will be on shelves at most retailers by November 30 or December 7 for purchase. Consumers can just remove the outer sleeve and its wrapped and ready to put under the tree. On Sunday, November 30 the top 18 markets in the country will also offer $50 in savings off Paramount's blockbuster DVD and Blu-ray titles in the local newspapers to kick off the arrival of the wrapped and ready titles in store,. 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The Monkey-Toes family consists of five original designs - Buzzy Bees (bumblebee themed), Little Ladies (ladybug themed), Spunky Spiders (spider themed), Leap Frogs (frog themed), and Little Piggies (pig themed). www.monkey-toes.com *************************************************** You Don't Have To Be Bilingual To Raise A Bilingual Child We live in an increasingly bilingual world, and children are exposed to the Spanish language more than ever before. You probably already know about many of the important benefits of helping your child become bilingual, but you might be concerned about how to introduce the second language to your child - especially if you're not bilingual yourself. http://www.bocabeth.com/ ****************************************************** www.BuffaloGames.com Last Word The uproarious race to have the final say! Last Word is the ultimate creative party game and is the perfect party game for school parties. Be the first Player to advance to the Finish by creatively connecting Subjects and Letters, while racing a Random-Interval Timer and the other Players! For example, Subject: "Vegetables"... Letter: "C". Players yell out... Carrots!Cucumbers! Corn! Cauliflower! 'tick-tick' ... The player with the Last Word before the timer sounds advances. ******************************************************** An awesome new product that is sure to be a hot item on muscle car lovers' holiday wish lists. The Officially Licensed Dodge Charger and Viper Road Mice are computer mice that are authentic replicas of the Dodge Viper and 2008 Charger muscle cars! These aren't just any scaled down replicas, though. They feature working headlights and authentic Dodge paintjobs and badging. With style, functionality is not compromised. The Dodge Road Mice live up to Four Door's expertise in quality pointing devices with 800-dpi resolution for enhanced accuracy and precision movement. Available wire and wireless versions for both MACs and PCs, each Road Mouse has an MSRP of $44.95. ************************************************** Christmas Box of Questions A great Christmas gift game, guaranteed to inspire fun and meaningful conversations at your Christmas dinner or lunch. Good conversation at your holiday dinner begins with our inspiring conversation starters! Give the gift of memorable conversations. The perfect present to start a new Christmas tradition. Fun questions like: Is there an ornament from the tree that is dear to you? If you could kiss a person under the mistletoe, who would it be? What is your favorite holiday smell? A beautifully designed gift box with a snug top and 35 glossy Christamas cookie cards. Playful and original illustrations with clever, engaging and entertaining questions. Bonus: 5 Blank Cards + 5 ribbons to make your own questions and decorate the Christmas tree. www.theboxgirls.com Games for Adults like Truth Or Dare Games for the Holidays, Office parties, kids, and Families. I love these games. Great for long drives! ******************************************************* This is a really memorable gift and will please the parents and the kids. It's a whole new concept in kids books that combines classic titles that have been around for generations of readers and state-of-the-art computer technology that allows each book to be personalized with a dedication and photo. The finished book is printed and shipped right to your front door Save-It-Forever Gift Books for Kids, with Personalized Dedications Many favorite childhood stories can now be transformed into personalized gifts for the children in your life. Personalization includes a printed dedication, complete with the child's name, a meaningful blurb and a photo of your choice if desired, right up front, and sometimes on the inner back hardcover. Available at The Kid Store online at Kids.SharedBook.com. It's fast - all it takes is a click of the mouse -- and one-of-a-kind - a special, unique gift. It even comes with free shipping. Choose from more than 80 classics, both old and new - from The Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland to Pinkalicious. Accessible by age, title or author. Prices range from $19.95 to $30.00. More books are added all the time so the list of titles keeps growing. *************************************************** http://www.babylegs.com/ About BabyLegs When professional extreme snowboarder Nicole Donnelly decided to come down from the mountains, she chose Seattlefor her next adventure and soon began her family. And, as most families encounter, Nicole's baby daughter Sara eventually faced a diaper rash that would not quit. This sparked Nicole's ingenious solution: she cut the feet off of a pair of snowboarding socks and fitted Sara, from hip to ankle, with a homemade set of legwarmers. Sara was now able to be diaper-free, rash-less, crawl safely on her knees, and debut what would become a trend-setting fashion accessory. Founded in April 2005, BabyLegs is now an international company, with products in more than 50 countries. BabyLegs retail from $12 for an original pair, to $28 for Organic Merino Wool designs. BabyLegs was awarded the "2007 Best New Brand" Earnie Award by Earnshaw's for excellence in children's wear design, and recognized with the World Trade Center Tacoma's "Marco Polo" Award for pioneering trade. A few reasons parents and kids will love BabyLegs this holiday season:  Make diaper changing a breeze!  Fun and festive fashion accessory.  Promotes independence while potty training.  Keeps legs warm; great with carriers and strollers!  Protects soft knees from harsh surfaces.  For sports, playgrounds, and dance classes.  Comfortable alternative to tights.  Allows for "nakedy bottom" time!  Instant alternative to undershirt when worn on arms!  Wear over bandages to keep child from removing.  Helps little socks stay on.

www.airhogs.com Here is a great gift for under $50 that is a hit in any office. It's a remote controlled car that can drive on the floor, up walls, even upside down on the ceiling! It's called the Zero Gravity Micro and retails for just $29.99 at all leading retailers (Wal-Mart, Target, Toys ‘R' Us...). It's super fun and always gets a major ‘wow' factor wherever its used. Here's a good youtube video that shows how it works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw4qYG7Tsw The ultimate in gravity-defying indoor R/C racing, Zero Gravity Micro is a radio-controlled car that drives on the floor, up walls and even upside-down! Performing at impressive speed on any smooth surface using a special patented technology, the Zero Gravity Micro has 2 cool power settings: Regular Mode: Outstanding ground control Extreme Mode: Vertical and upside-down action Zero Gravity Micro also features working headlights that act as battery charge level indicators and the rare ability to use 4 different frequencies - allowing up to 4 friends to race their Zero Gravity Micro's at the same time without crossing signals between controllers and cars. Zero Gravity Micro continues Air Hog's streak of industry awards having recently been acknowledged by The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval for Fall 2008, National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) 2008 Gold Award, and the 2008 Create Child Preferred Choice Award. Package Includes: • 1 Zero Gravity Micro Car • 1 Controller/Charger • 1 Instruction Sheet • 1 Lipo battery (6 AA batteries not included) Age: 8+ Suggested Retail Price: $29.99 For more information on Air Hogs please visit: www.airhogs.com For more information on Spin Master please visit: www.spinmaster.com ******************************** www.mumbojumbo.com Specifically, we have just released LUXOR: Quest for the Afterlife, 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven and Can You See What I See?-all three of these titles are available at www.mumbojumbo.com, amazon.com and at retailers nationwide like Wal-Mart and GameStop. Can You See What I See? Curfuffle's Collectibles MSRP: $19.99 • Popular photographs from the books of Walter Wick provide stunning backgrounds • Hundreds of cleverly hidden objects! • Can You See What I See? spent 21 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list • Walter Wick's fun hidden object books have sold more than 1.75 million copies to date 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven MSRP: $19.99 Platform: PC Available: 11.4.08 7 Wonders is back, with an all-new rotatable board! • Ground-breaking third chapter in franchise elevates matching game play • Cool pathway puzzles to solve on each level • Revolving board enhances power-up strength *• Nine all-new Wonders to build • Track your progress and find your next Wonder using the Compass and Map LUXOR: Quest for the Afterlife MSRP: $19.99 Platform: PC Available: 11.4.08 Unravel the mystery along the Silk Road! • Never-before-seen game mode pits you against a challenging shooter! • Venture out of Egypt to six exotic lands on your quest • Story with twists and turns narrated by Queen Nefertiti • Conquer all new achievements • Innovative new power-ups *************************************** www.panicbuttons.com Would your listeners be interested in a fun stocking stuffer? We sell a novelty red computer key imprinted with "PANIC". It has double backed adhesive so you can attach it to any place on your computer or any object that brings you frustration. Great gag gift for frustrated computer users. Your readers can push the Panic button when they get the urge to panic. We also sell the world's least expensive PC. That's right...for under $2.50 your readers can get a brand new PC. That is a Pencil Computer. This high quality mechanical pencil is imprinted with "input" at the lead end and "delete" by the eraser. Another fun gag gift. Feeling stressed? just for fun, check out: www.panicbuttons.com Pencil Computer: This is the lowest cost PC (Pencil Computer) on the Planet! This fun, novelty, mechanical pencil has printed "output" near the lead pointed part of the instrument and "delete" at the eraser end. The name Pencil Computer is printed in the middle. It is round, glossy white with black print. You can brag that this "PC" is : • Crash Proof • Never gets Viruses, Spyware, or Pop-Ups • Never needs to Reboot • It has limitless memory (depending on the user!) • It's Wireless Too! This is a novelty item but it is not just any mechanical pencil. The Pencil Computer uses an amazing writing instrument by a leading USA pencil manufacturer. This new technology in mechanical pencil design automatically feeds graphite as you write! Quite possibly the best pencil you have ever used. It is a quality and fun gift to give. This bright red, actual computer key is imprinted with the word "PANIC". Adhesive backing allows you to attach this novelty computer key to any object that brings you frustration. Most people put PANIC buttons on their keyboards, although we've received reports of PANIC buttons attached to co-worker's foreheads. A convent even ordered 10 PANIC buttons. ********************************************** www.K9Confections.com Often times, our canine companions are overlooked during the Holiday Season... but with K9 Confections, they don't have to be! Let your favorite pooch get in on the holiday action too - with K9 Confections' Holiday Dog Treats. Decorated with Yogurt and Carob and made with all-natural ingredients, these treats are available in flavors like Peanut Butter and Pumpkin (Vegetarian available also), and in the following Holiday shapes: Ornament, Stocking, Squirrel, Star, Christmas Tree, among others. K9 Confections specializes in premium, all-natural and organic dog treats that are: - Wheat, corn and soy free - Salt and sugar-free - Omega rich - Contain no preservatives - Baked fresh What a way to celebrating the holidays with your favorite furry friend! Christmas Dog Treat Gift Box Six of our all-natural, handmade and hand-decorated Christmas shaped dog treats. These are perfectly placed in a clear gift box and hand tied with our signature holiday gift ribbon. Perfect for gift-giving! Available in peanut butter, vegetarian, and pumpkin flavors. ******************************************** www.laplates.com La Plates Personalized plates for entertaining on your patio, at the beach or your kid-friendly kitchen table. La Plates strives to provide the most colorful, hip designs, personalized to your taste. Our company was created by a woman with a need for plates that were easy to clean and wouldn't break when her 3 year old attempted to carry his dishes to the sink. So far, mission accomplished - now we're bringing them to you! We look forward to working with you now and in the future. We appreciate your business and hope you will pass along our name and website when guests ask, "Where did you find those fabulous plates?!" www.laplates.com *********************************************** www.dixonusa.com Ticonderoga¹s Enviro Stiks Pencils are the perfect product for the environmentally conscious person. Whether used for work, school, or around the house, pencils are a necessity. The Enviro Stik is environmentally friendly, containing only approved timber from renewable forests. This wood-cased pencil has a lacquer-free finish, recyclable ferrule, and an environmentally degradable eraser. For your creative friends, try Prang¹s new Metallic Art Markers! These washable markers create eye-popping effects on almost any surface! Bright, metallic colors work especially beautifully on black paper and dark surfaces. Best of all, they will keep your little ones occupied during long hours of travel. Great for all ages, Ticonderoga¹s Noir pencil is a fun, stylish accessory. This retro-looking pencil has a luxurious holograph design. It appears crystal on the exterior, with a premium stained black wood barrel interior. In addition, these pencils have a latex-free eraser, guaranteeing smudge free correction. All items can be purchased at Office Depot and other national retailers. www.dixonusa.com ********************************************* www.stinkykids.com StinkyKids is a brand built around 10 diverse characters: sharing the philosophy of being little stinKers, making right choices and spreading their motto 'Always Be A Leader Of Good'. StinkyKids has been featured on The Today Show and The Big Idea as well as many other media outlets. Simply put, StinkyKids is a breath of fresh air in the apparel industry. Fun, fabulous and fashionable, StinkyKids is a company dedicated to celebrating the innocent and simple joys of childhood. "You little stinker," is an expression that's rolled off the lips of parents for decades. The phrase is affectionate and playful - with a nod to the freewheeling fun of childhood. StinkyKids are kids at their best. Backed by our motto: "Always be a leader of good", StinkyKids are regular kids that make good choices. Each original design is created to capture the most treasured moments of childhood. Whether it's a princess, a golfer, a ballerina, or kid in a bathing suit, each one captures a moment of the imagination and beauty of childhood. A little sentiment and a lot of spunk are a part of each and every StinkyKid. Which StinkyKid do you look like? ************************************************** Welcome to Magnificent Creations Limited! I believe that we are born naturally perfect, whole and complete. What I know is that sometimes things are said or done to us that make us forget about who we truly are and our self esteem suffers. Manifest Your Magnificence products and services are all about helping us remember our Magnificence. I envision a world where the focus is on what is right with us, what the possibilities are for ourselves, our community and our world. I believe that with Manifest Your Magnificence products and services, we can increase people's self worth and self esteem, making a positive impact on the lives of millions of people around the world. I invite you to join our Magnificent movement and help make the world a better place for all. examples "Manifest Your Magnificence", a set of affirmation cards and audio cd for kids that has won an award of excellence through the Creative Child magazine. You can see them at http://www.magnificentcreations.com/. They are great gifts for teachers. Manifest Your Magnificence is a unique set of 64 affirmation cards and audio cd designed specifically to nurture a child's self-esteem. Beautifully illustrated, written and spoken, each affirmation carries a powerful "I AM" message that connects children to their magnificence. This unique set of cards and cd encourages positive interactions between adults and children, creates communication about feelings, promotes values such as honesty, responsibility, and compassion, and imprints positive attitudes and beliefs in the subconscious through use of "I AM" statements. Only $15.95 for each set of cards and $13.95 for each cd (plus shipping). **************************************************** Puppy Lover's Journal Available now! Click book cover to order from Amazon.com. Adorable puppies! Who can resist the snuggly warm feeling you get from a puppy? The Puppy Lover's Journal is filled with 104 different and delightful pictures of playful puppies on lined journal pages you can use to write about your puppy, turn into a gratitude journal, keep memos, take notes, maybe even record the story of your life. This handy journal fits easily in a back pocket or a purse. Makes a great gift for any occasion. Makes a great gift for any occasion! The Puppy Lover's Journal is available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble (BN.com), RichardsonPublishing.com and many online book stores. Get your copy today. Richardson Publishing, Inc. PO Box 162115 Altamonte Springs, FL 32716 Email - coachrik@aol.com www.RichardsonPublishing.com Kitten Lover's Journal Available now! Click book cover to order from Amazon.com. A division of Richardson Publishing, Inc. Delightful, playful, and inquisitive little balls of fur! Who can resist the snuggly, warm feeling you get from a kitten purring loudly as you cuddle it close? The Kitten Lover's Journal is filled with 104 different and delightful pictures of playful kittens on lined journal pages you can use to write about your kitten, create a gratitude journal, or use it to keep memos and dates, take notes of your kitten's mischievous antics, or maybe even record the story of your life. This handy journal fits easily in a back pocket or a purse. Order the Kitten Lover's Journal from Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble (BN.com), www.RichardsonPublishing.com and other major online book sellers. Richardson Publishing, Inc. PO Box 162115 Altamonte Springs, FL 32716 coachrik@aol.com www.RichardsonPublishing.com ********************************************* www.pamspantry.net We have a line of gourmet Dips, Dressings, Spreads, Cheesecake Mixes, Bar-B-Q's and Picklers. We offer taste-tempting, delicious, gourmet mixes that will be a hit with everyone, doesn't matter if you are 2 or 92! Kids love us, grownups love us. Everyone loves to dip! Each dip mix packet is hand measured and gives the perfect flavor quality with no added fillers or preservatives. We use only the freshest ingredients! Our mixes are all very easy and inexpensive to prepare. The best thing about our products is the ease and convenience the products offer. Great tasting foods can be prepared in a matter of minutes. We also have lots of receipes available online to make taste tempting dishes and complete meals with our products. COMPANY & CONTACT INFO: Pam's Pantry PO Box 503 Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Owner: Pam Redman Email: pamspantry@comcast.net WEBSITE: www.pamspantry.net Orders are placed via website. Please see our customer testimonials! Also, we are currently in the running to be named one of the Top 100 Home Based Businesses in the US. You can check out our link and comments at: http://www.startupnation.com/homebased100/contestant/1449/index.php ORDERING DEADLINES: All orders ship within 24-48 hours of receipt. **************************************************** www.bandai.com Bandai America has the hottest toys this holiday season, inspiring the imagination and play of kids of all ages. From the most sought after action figures and vehicles, to the latest tech and role-play toys that activate and connect, and even the latest Japanese toy crazes, Bandai has the toys that continuously top kids' holiday wish lists. This year's holiday line-up includes several debuts, including: Mugen Pop Pop -Already a huge hit in Japan, the addicting Mugen Pop Pop delivers endless bubble popping fun and is the perfect stocking stuffer idea Power Rangers Jungle Fury Mission Helmet - Kids become their favorite hero with this wearable Red Ranger helmet. Battle against evil space aliens as they play through one of 40 downloadable audio missions Ben 10 Alien Creation Chamber - Kids can discover all-new alien creatures with the one of a kind, never-before-seen Alien Creation Chamber Dragon Ball Z Role Play - The popular Dragon Ball Z franchise returns to Bandai with reinvigorated lineups including role-play toys like the Dragon Ball Z Energy Battle Set CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE OF THE HOTTEST HOLIDAY TOYS FROM BANDAI AMERICA: http://www.pwrnewmedia.com/2008/bandai080508/index.html OR www.bandai.com *************************************************** http://happikins.com/ Do you have kids? Do they have mouths? Do they eat lunch with those mouths? Do they sometimes miss their mouths when eating lunch... maybe getting said lunch on their face and hands? We can't stop your kids from making messes, but we can help clean them up without making a mess of the environment. HappikinsTM are machine-washable cloth napkins for school lunches. Purchasing them for your child can help reduce the 18, 760 pounds of unnecessary waste generated by the average elementary school cafeteria each year. All of those paper napkins affect more than the environment. Did you know that most kids use $200 worth of paper napkins a year? HappikinsTM are a fun and easy way to teach your child about the importance of making smart choices for our environment. And for wiping that PB & J out of the corners of their mouths. http://happikins.com/ ****************************************************** www.resumesforchildren.com ResumesforChildren.comis a resource for parents, teachers, mentors, youth organizations, etc. to learn the why's and how-to's of resume development for children. The site includes sample children's resumes, a brochure of resume building activities, and a resume template link. Parents may also obtain the book, Resumes for Children - 17 Years Old and Under, by Donna Kristine "Kris" Manley. Download Kris' interviews and hear the benefits of resume development for children including more than 10 great uses for a child's resume, what NOT to include in a child's resume, and more. *************************************************** Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal www.PregnancyGram.com Retail: $19.99 Simply Breastfeeding DVD www.mybabyexperts.com Retail: $39.98 Preggie Pops www.preggiepops.com Retail: $5.50 Nurse Purse www.lildarlins.org Retail: $24.00 BandaBib, Big Bib and Burper www.BazzleBaby.com Retail $29.99 SayBump maternity tees www.SayBump.com Retail: $39.99 Happi Tummi www.happitummi.com Retail: $19.99 ************************************************* www.ElfMagic.com Elf Magic is the timeless Christmas tradition that has created special memories for countless children and families in homes around the world. The Elf Magic elves - recognized by a magic snowflake placed on their heart by Santa himself - make the holiday season come alive with a timeless tradition that artfully blends playtime, the importance of family values, and reinforces the true meaning of Christmas. From discovering an Elf's magical arrival in the home, to searching for their hidden Elf after a night full of mischievous adventures - children know the magic in Elf Magic is real! Elf MagicTM -- a new, adventuresome holiday tradition that brings Elves from the North Pole into homes Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve for a holiday season full of togetherness, fun ... and mischief. For a mere $26.95 travel fare - from the North Pole, of course - parents and grandparents can elevate the mystique of the holiday season for children. Each night, North Pole Snowflakes bring the Elves to life for late-night Elfcapades and excitement. Children may awake to find the Elves have taken Daddy's car out for 2 a.m. servings of "Elf eats," decorated their rooms with Christmas lights and snowflakes or made them a mix CD of their favorite Christmas carols. These really just scratch the surface, though ... each year the Elves get more ambitious in the twilight hours! Read more of what the Elves are capable of at http://email.secureserver.net/www.Elf-Magic.com. Go to their website and read all about the Elfcapades the elves get into each night. The stories are funny ( like the man who got painted toenails) and I know it will be a new tradition in my family starting this year. *********************************************************** www.GoosieCards.com Goosie Cards® Goosie Cards are the first and only custom flash cards for children that can be personalized with photos and text! Goosie Cards are the ultimate flash cards because they give parents the power to teach...and their teaching possibilities are endless! Kids love them because they're fun and parents love them because they're educational! Special Features: • Every card is unique • High photo quality • Laminated to wipe and keep clean • Professionally made from heavy card stock • Big cards for little hands (4 ¼" wide by 7 ½" long) • Shipped in 3 days • Cards can be created in 10, 20 and 26 card sets and prices start at $28 Gift Certificates for custom card sets are available and make great gifts! **************************************************** www.cedarvalleypublishing.com Becoming a mom not only changed my life but it is impacting education. I created my company when my girls were ages 3 and 1 and I was trying to find something to help them get ready for school. I am not a teacher or educator, and yet I created a book used by schools. I didn't create the alphabet, numbers, colors or shapes but found a way to repackage it for parents, kids and teachers. With a telephone and a computer, I created www.cedarvalleypublishing.com. 10% of all profits are donated to literacy foundations and back to schools. By donating back to a school, they see my books and want to write grants to purchase more! I am the author and publisher of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! & Let's Get Ready For First Grade! Both books are award-winning, state-approved and used inside homes and schools across the nation. Created by a mom, they are currently used in over 350 school districts from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon and in libraries and head start programs all across the country. Parents, kids and grandparents all love them because they are not storybooks or workbooks; they are books meant to be read over and over that cover the curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. In fall, I will be releasing the highly anticipated Spanish/English edition of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! iA prepararse para kindergarten! My kids think it is hilarious that I am writing a Spanish book without being able to read or write the language. As my 7 year old says, "just hire a translator, duh, anyone can do anything!" I am a mom inspired by Oprah to change education. This has become my passion! My mantra is if two brothers from Ohio can change the face of aviation, that why can't a mom, inspired by Oprah change education at the core! Thirty-eight states are discussing all day 4 year-old Kindergarten because kids are not coming to school prepared. But where are the public service announcements telling parents the 7 things they need to know for Kindergarten testing: the alphabet all mixed up, number to 10 all mixed up, basic shapes, colors, coins, counting objects to 10 and how far they can count to 100? Schools purchase my books in bulk to help get parents, kids and teachers all be on the same page of Kindergarten and First Grade! Now I have a national platform speaking to educators, schools, parents and kids! This is a true family business! Who better to help me write Let's Get Ready For Second Grade! than my 2nd and 4th grader! Stacey Kannenberg "The Get Ready To Learn Mom" Cedar Valley Publishing & Mom Central Consulting Award Winning Author/Publisher of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! & Let's Get Ready For First Grade! ****************************************************** www.AbbyRoo.com • In a hurry and can't find it? • Everything drops to the bottom? • Can't see what you packed? • Always losing things? 2" AbbyRoo It's in the bag! The AbbyRoo canvas/cotton carry-all bag is just about perfect for just about every need just about everyday. Why? The AbbyRoo bag has fantastic compartments designed for getting through each and every day - getting through life! Unzip the two front full length zippers and expose the hidden eight mesh compartments. All arranged in several sizes to handle the stuff we carry, but all visible at a glance in the bag. Add the large back side pocket and roomy inside of the tote and the AbbyRoo can handle all of your stuff because it's in the bag! ***************************************************** OrderPopcorn.com If you're not sure what to give someone for the holidays, a tin of popcorn from OrderPopcorn.com is a great choice. Not only is it a great gift, but 70% of the sales from this site go to help Boy Scouts. Another gift alternative is to donate popcorn treats to the military for the holidays, in someone's name. • 3-Way Tin • with Chocolatey Caramel Crunch • • Gourmet Caramel Corn • with Almonds, Pecans and Cashews • • Operation Giftervention • Help Support Our Troops • http://www.orderpopcorn.com **************************************** www.Shainsware.com Shains are a very cool gift for all ages (from 4 and up) especially creative people or anyone who has something to say. You can see them at http://shainsware.com/ Shains are a great gift because - They are made of recycled materials - The products are empowering for kids of all ages to make their own statement - Shains are affordable and retail under $20 - And most importantly - they are fun! Our Dog Molli loves her new Shains Pet Collar and we know your dogs will love theirs too! Empower them to make their own statement ;-) or let them carry yours! Shains recycled pet collars are available in 3 standard sizes: Small, Medium, and Large. Each collar comes with 60 elements including multiples of the alphabet, the numbers 0-9, and 8 exclusive new icons. The icons include a fire hydrant, waterbowl, dog bone, dog house, and of course a newspaper. Four hot colors to choose from - Sun, Poppy, Orchid, and Black. Available now for $19.00. These collars are a fashion statement and do not include rings to attach a leash for a reason - Rubber can stretch and we want to make sure your dogs stay safe. Shains are recycled accessories that encourage and empower people to make their own statements and change them whenever they want! Shainsware, the company, is dedicated to producing eco-friendly products that are useful and empowering. We donate a percentage of net profits to environmental organizations. Shains products are made of recycled and recyclable parts and everything Shains produces is certified lead free. Shains packaging is also recycled and recylable. Shains manufactures bracelets, necklaces, pet collars, hair bands, key chains, and much more all designed to work with Shains interchangeable icons and letters. *****************************************************8 Jailbreak Toys http://www.jailbreaktoys.com Jailbreak Toys produces action figures of historical leaders and political figures. They made a huge splash around the 2008 United States presidential election with their Barack Obama action figure that was quickly followed up by a John McCain action figure. Other Jailbreak Toys action figures include their Artists Collection comprised of figures of artists like Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Frida, Van Gogh and Picasso. The Revolutionaries (world leaders and dictators), The Writers Collection (famous authors) and the Genius http://www.jailbreaktoys.com *************************************************** www.Ficklets.com Eyewear Adornments Take the "ho-hum" out of eyewear, add Ficklets and go from ordinary to a fun, colorful and stylish look. Ficklets are interchangeable, easy to attach and remove, giving you "eye-popping" options to mix-and-match depending on your interest, outfit or mood. Ficklets make eyewear uniquely you... they're your "I-candy"!! www.ficklets.com ************************************************** www.paramount.com PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT MAKES GIFT GIVING EASIER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WITH SELECT WRAPPED AND READY BLOCKBUSTER HITS ON DVD Holiday shopping just got a lot easier when Paramount Home Entertainment offers consumers three of its most successful titles this year Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull already pre-wrapped. The titles available on DVD will be on shelves at most retailers by November 30 or December 7 for purchase. Consumers can just remove the outer sleeve and its wrapped and ready to put under the tree. On Sunday, November 30 the top 18 markets in the country will also offer $50 in savings off Paramount's blockbuster DVD and Blu-ray titles in the local newspapers to kick off the arrival of the wrapped and ready titles in store,. Markets include New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, Dallas, San Francisco, Orlando, San Diego, Tampa, Minneapolis, Sacramento, Phoenix, Miami, Houston and Atlanta. The offer includes $3 off on all single and 2-disc DVD and Blu-ray titles and $10 off DVD and Blu-ray box sets. Pricing: $19.99 U.S. (single-disc DVD) for wrapped and ready titles ******************************************************* www.MonkeyToes.com Monkey-Toes are a playful line of fun animal and insect themed footwear for children. Our original collection of hand-painted sneakers and matching socks is designed with both parents and kids in mind. Monkey-Toes make the everyday activity of putting on shoes and socks more fun by introducing friends for the feet, all while providing quality footwear for children. The Monkey-Toes family consists of five original designs - Buzzy Bees (bumblebee themed), Little Ladies (ladybug themed), Spunky Spiders (spider themed), Leap Frogs (frog themed), and Little Piggies (pig themed). www.monkey-toes.com *************************************************** You Don't Have To Be Bilingual To Raise A Bilingual Child We live in an increasingly bilingual world, and children are exposed to the Spanish language more than ever before. You probably already know about many of the important benefits of helping your child become bilingual, but you might be concerned about how to introduce the second language to your child - especially if you're not bilingual yourself. http://www.bocabeth.com/ ****************************************************** www.BuffaloGames.com Last Word The uproarious race to have the final say! Last Word is the ultimate creative party game and is the perfect party game for school parties. Be the first Player to advance to the Finish by creatively connecting Subjects and Letters, while racing a Random-Interval Timer and the other Players! For example, Subject: "Vegetables"... Letter: "C". Players yell out... Carrots!Cucumbers! Corn! Cauliflower! 'tick-tick' ... The player with the Last Word before the timer sounds advances. ******************************************************** An awesome new product that is sure to be a hot item on muscle car lovers' holiday wish lists. The Officially Licensed Dodge Charger and Viper Road Mice are computer mice that are authentic replicas of the Dodge Viper and 2008 Charger muscle cars! These aren't just any scaled down replicas, though. They feature working headlights and authentic Dodge paintjobs and badging. With style, functionality is not compromised. The Dodge Road Mice live up to Four Door's expertise in quality pointing devices with 800-dpi resolution for enhanced accuracy and precision movement. Available wire and wireless versions for both MACs and PCs, each Road Mouse has an MSRP of $44.95. ************************************************** Christmas Box of Questions A great Christmas gift game, guaranteed to inspire fun and meaningful conversations at your Christmas dinner or lunch. Good conversation at your holiday dinner begins with our inspiring conversation starters! Give the gift of memorable conversations. The perfect present to start a new Christmas tradition. Fun questions like: Is there an ornament from the tree that is dear to you? If you could kiss a person under the mistletoe, who would it be? What is your favorite holiday smell? A beautifully designed gift box with a snug top and 35 glossy Christamas cookie cards. Playful and original illustrations with clever, engaging and entertaining questions. Bonus: 5 Blank Cards + 5 ribbons to make your own questions and decorate the Christmas tree. www.theboxgirls.com Games for Adults like Truth Or Dare Games for the Holidays, Office parties, kids, and Families. I love these games. Great for long drives! ******************************************************* This is a really memorable gift and will please the parents and the kids. It's a whole new concept in kids books that combines classic titles that have been around for generations of readers and state-of-the-art computer technology that allows each book to be personalized with a dedication and photo. The finished book is printed and shipped right to your front door Save-It-Forever Gift Books for Kids, with Personalized Dedications Many favorite childhood stories can now be transformed into personalized gifts for the children in your life. Personalization includes a printed dedication, complete with the child's name, a meaningful blurb and a photo of your choice if desired, right up front, and sometimes on the inner back hardcover. Available at The Kid Store online at Kids.SharedBook.com. It's fast - all it takes is a click of the mouse -- and one-of-a-kind - a special, unique gift. It even comes with free shipping. Choose from more than 80 classics, both old and new - from The Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland to Pinkalicious. Accessible by age, title or author. Prices range from $19.95 to $30.00. More books are added all the time so the list of titles keeps growing. *************************************************** http://www.babylegs.com/ About BabyLegs When professional extreme snowboarder Nicole Donnelly decided to come down from the mountains, she chose Seattlefor her next adventure and soon began her family. And, as most families encounter, Nicole's baby daughter Sara eventually faced a diaper rash that would not quit. This sparked Nicole's ingenious solution: she cut the feet off of a pair of snowboarding socks and fitted Sara, from hip to ankle, with a homemade set of legwarmers. Sara was now able to be diaper-free, rash-less, crawl safely on her knees, and debut what would become a trend-setting fashion accessory. Founded in April 2005, BabyLegs is now an international company, with products in more than 50 countries. BabyLegs retail from $12 for an original pair, to $28 for Organic Merino Wool designs. BabyLegs was awarded the "2007 Best New Brand" Earnie Award by Earnshaw's for excellence in children's wear design, and recognized with the World Trade Center Tacoma's "Marco Polo" Award for pioneering trade. A few reasons parents and kids will love BabyLegs this holiday season:  Make diaper changing a breeze!  Fun and festive fashion accessory.  Promotes independence while potty training.  Keeps legs warm; great with carriers and strollers!  Protects soft knees from harsh surfaces.  For sports, playgrounds, and dance classes.  Comfortable alternative to tights.  Allows for "nakedy bottom" time!  Instant alternative to undershirt when worn on arms!  Wear over bandages to keep child from removing.  Helps little socks stay on.

www.airhogs.com Here is a great gift for under $50 that is a hit in any office. It's a remote controlled car that can drive on the floor, up walls, even upside down on the ceiling! It's called the Zero Gravity Micro and retails for just $29.99 at all leading retailers (Wal-Mart, Target, Toys ‘R' Us...). It's super fun and always gets a major ‘wow' factor wherever its used. Here's a good youtube video that shows how it works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw4qYG7Tsw The ultimate in gravity-defying indoor R/C racing, Zero Gravity Micro is a radio-controlled car that drives on the floor, up walls and even upside-down! Performing at impressive speed on any smooth surface using a special patented technology, the Zero Gravity Micro has 2 cool power settings: Regular Mode: Outstanding ground control Extreme Mode: Vertical and upside-down action Zero Gravity Micro also features working headlights that act as battery charge level indicators and the rare ability to use 4 different frequencies - allowing up to 4 friends to race their Zero Gravity Micro's at the same time without crossing signals between controllers and cars. Zero Gravity Micro continues Air Hog's streak of industry awards having recently been acknowledged by The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval for Fall 2008, National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) 2008 Gold Award, and the 2008 Create Child Preferred Choice Award. Package Includes: • 1 Zero Gravity Micro Car • 1 Controller/Charger • 1 Instruction Sheet • 1 Lipo battery (6 AA batteries not included) Age: 8+ Suggested Retail Price: $29.99 For more information on Air Hogs please visit: www.airhogs.com For more information on Spin Master please visit: www.spinmaster.com ******************************** www.mumbojumbo.com Specifically, we have just released LUXOR: Quest for the Afterlife, 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven and Can You See What I See?-all three of these titles are available at www.mumbojumbo.com, amazon.com and at retailers nationwide like Wal-Mart and GameStop. Can You See What I See? Curfuffle's Collectibles MSRP: $19.99 • Popular photographs from the books of Walter Wick provide stunning backgrounds • Hundreds of cleverly hidden objects! • Can You See What I See? spent 21 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list • Walter Wick's fun hidden object books have sold more than 1.75 million copies to date 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven MSRP: $19.99 Platform: PC Available: 11.4.08 7 Wonders is back, with an all-new rotatable board! • Ground-breaking third chapter in franchise elevates matching game play • Cool pathway puzzles to solve on each level • Revolving board enhances power-up strength *• Nine all-new Wonders to build • Track your progress and find your next Wonder using the Compass and Map LUXOR: Quest for the Afterlife MSRP: $19.99 Platform: PC Available: 11.4.08 Unravel the mystery along the Silk Road! • Never-before-seen game mode pits you against a challenging shooter! • Venture out of Egypt to six exotic lands on your quest • Story with twists and turns narrated by Queen Nefertiti • Conquer all new achievements • Innovative new power-ups *************************************** www.panicbuttons.com Would your listeners be interested in a fun stocking stuffer? We sell a novelty red computer key imprinted with "PANIC". It has double backed adhesive so you can attach it to any place on your computer or any object that brings you frustration. Great gag gift for frustrated computer users. Your readers can push the Panic button when they get the urge to panic. We also sell the world's least expensive PC. That's right...for under $2.50 your readers can get a brand new PC. That is a Pencil Computer. This high quality mechanical pencil is imprinted with "input" at the lead end and "delete" by the eraser. Another fun gag gift. Feeling stressed? just for fun, check out: www.panicbuttons.com Pencil Computer: This is the lowest cost PC (Pencil Computer) on the Planet! This fun, novelty, mechanical pencil has printed "output" near the lead pointed part of the instrument and "delete" at the eraser end. The name Pencil Computer is printed in the middle. It is round, glossy white with black print. You can brag that this "PC" is : • Crash Proof • Never gets Viruses, Spyware, or Pop-Ups • Never needs to Reboot • It has limitless memory (depending on the user!) • It's Wireless Too! This is a novelty item but it is not just any mechanical pencil. The Pencil Computer uses an amazing writing instrument by a leading USA pencil manufacturer. This new technology in mechanical pencil design automatically feeds graphite as you write! Quite possibly the best pencil you have ever used. It is a quality and fun gift to give. This bright red, actual computer key is imprinted with the word "PANIC". Adhesive backing allows you to attach this novelty computer key to any object that brings you frustration. Most people put PANIC buttons on their keyboards, although we've received reports of PANIC buttons attached to co-worker's foreheads. A convent even ordered 10 PANIC buttons. ********************************************** www.K9Confections.com Often times, our canine companions are overlooked during the Holiday Season... but with K9 Confections, they don't have to be! Let your favorite pooch get in on the holiday action too - with K9 Confections' Holiday Dog Treats. Decorated with Yogurt and Carob and made with all-natural ingredients, these treats are available in flavors like Peanut Butter and Pumpkin (Vegetarian available also), and in the following Holiday shapes: Ornament, Stocking, Squirrel, Star, Christmas Tree, among others. K9 Confections specializes in premium, all-natural and organic dog treats that are: - Wheat, corn and soy free - Salt and sugar-free - Omega rich - Contain no preservatives - Baked fresh What a way to celebrating the holidays with your favorite furry friend! Christmas Dog Treat Gift Box Six of our all-natural, handmade and hand-decorated Christmas shaped dog treats. These are perfectly placed in a clear gift box and hand tied with our signature holiday gift ribbon. Perfect for gift-giving! Available in peanut butter, vegetarian, and pumpkin flavors. ******************************************** www.laplates.com La Plates Personalized plates for entertaining on your patio, at the beach or your kid-friendly kitchen table. La Plates strives to provide the most colorful, hip designs, personalized to your taste. Our company was created by a woman with a need for plates that were easy to clean and wouldn't break when her 3 year old attempted to carry his dishes to the sink. So far, mission accomplished - now we're bringing them to you! We look forward to working with you now and in the future. We appreciate your business and hope you will pass along our name and website when guests ask, "Where did you find those fabulous plates?!" www.laplates.com *********************************************** www.dixonusa.com Ticonderoga¹s Enviro Stiks Pencils are the perfect product for the environmentally conscious person. Whether used for work, school, or around the house, pencils are a necessity. The Enviro Stik is environmentally friendly, containing only approved timber from renewable forests. This wood-cased pencil has a lacquer-free finish, recyclable ferrule, and an environmentally degradable eraser. For your creative friends, try Prang¹s new Metallic Art Markers! These washable markers create eye-popping effects on almost any surface! Bright, metallic colors work especially beautifully on black paper and dark surfaces. Best of all, they will keep your little ones occupied during long hours of travel. Great for all ages, Ticonderoga¹s Noir pencil is a fun, stylish accessory. This retro-looking pencil has a luxurious holograph design. It appears crystal on the exterior, with a premium stained black wood barrel interior. In addition, these pencils have a latex-free eraser, guaranteeing smudge free correction. All items can be purchased at Office Depot and other national retailers. www.dixonusa.com ********************************************* www.stinkykids.com StinkyKids is a brand built around 10 diverse characters: sharing the philosophy of being little stinKers, making right choices and spreading their motto 'Always Be A Leader Of Good'. StinkyKids has been featured on The Today Show and The Big Idea as well as many other media outlets. Simply put, StinkyKids is a breath of fresh air in the apparel industry. Fun, fabulous and fashionable, StinkyKids is a company dedicated to celebrating the innocent and simple joys of childhood. "You little stinker," is an expression that's rolled off the lips of parents for decades. The phrase is affectionate and playful - with a nod to the freewheeling fun of childhood. StinkyKids are kids at their best. Backed by our motto: "Always be a leader of good", StinkyKids are regular kids that make good choices. Each original design is created to capture the most treasured moments of childhood. Whether it's a princess, a golfer, a ballerina, or kid in a bathing suit, each one captures a moment of the imagination and beauty of childhood. A little sentiment and a lot of spunk are a part of each and every StinkyKid. Which StinkyKid do you look like? ************************************************** Welcome to Magnificent Creations Limited! I believe that we are born naturally perfect, whole and complete. What I know is that sometimes things are said or done to us that make us forget about who we truly are and our self esteem suffers. Manifest Your Magnificence products and services are all about helping us remember our Magnificence. I envision a world where the focus is on what is right with us, what the possibilities are for ourselves, our community and our world. I believe that with Manifest Your Magnificence products and services, we can increase people's self worth and self esteem, making a positive impact on the lives of millions of people around the world. I invite you to join our Magnificent movement and help make the world a better place for all. examples "Manifest Your Magnificence", a set of affirmation cards and audio cd for kids that has won an award of excellence through the Creative Child magazine. You can see them at http://www.magnificentcreations.com/. They are great gifts for teachers. Manifest Your Magnificence is a unique set of 64 affirmation cards and audio cd designed specifically to nurture a child's self-esteem. Beautifully illustrated, written and spoken, each affirmation carries a powerful "I AM" message that connects children to their magnificence. This unique set of cards and cd encourages positive interactions between adults and children, creates communication about feelings, promotes values such as honesty, responsibility, and compassion, and imprints positive attitudes and beliefs in the subconscious through use of "I AM" statements. Only $15.95 for each set of cards and $13.95 for each cd (plus shipping). **************************************************** Puppy Lover's Journal Available now! Click book cover to order from Amazon.com. Adorable puppies! Who can resist the snuggly warm feeling you get from a puppy? The Puppy Lover's Journal is filled with 104 different and delightful pictures of playful puppies on lined journal pages you can use to write about your puppy, turn into a gratitude journal, keep memos, take notes, maybe even record the story of your life. This handy journal fits easily in a back pocket or a purse. Makes a great gift for any occasion. Makes a great gift for any occasion! The Puppy Lover's Journal is available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble (BN.com), RichardsonPublishing.com and many online book stores. Get your copy today. Richardson Publishing, Inc. PO Box 162115 Altamonte Springs, FL 32716 Email - coachrik@aol.com www.RichardsonPublishing.com Kitten Lover's Journal Available now! Click book cover to order from Amazon.com. A division of Richardson Publishing, Inc. Delightful, playful, and inquisitive little balls of fur! Who can resist the snuggly, warm feeling you get from a kitten purring loudly as you cuddle it close? The Kitten Lover's Journal is filled with 104 different and delightful pictures of playful kittens on lined journal pages you can use to write about your kitten, create a gratitude journal, or use it to keep memos and dates, take notes of your kitten's mischievous antics, or maybe even record the story of your life. This handy journal fits easily in a back pocket or a purse. Order the Kitten Lover's Journal from Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble (BN.com), www.RichardsonPublishing.com and other major online book sellers. Richardson Publishing, Inc. PO Box 162115 Altamonte Springs, FL 32716 coachrik@aol.com www.RichardsonPublishing.com ********************************************* www.pamspantry.net We have a line of gourmet Dips, Dressings, Spreads, Cheesecake Mixes, Bar-B-Q's and Picklers. We offer taste-tempting, delicious, gourmet mixes that will be a hit with everyone, doesn't matter if you are 2 or 92! Kids love us, grownups love us. Everyone loves to dip! Each dip mix packet is hand measured and gives the perfect flavor quality with no added fillers or preservatives. We use only the freshest ingredients! Our mixes are all very easy and inexpensive to prepare. The best thing about our products is the ease and convenience the products offer. Great tasting foods can be prepared in a matter of minutes. We also have lots of receipes available online to make taste tempting dishes and complete meals with our products. COMPANY & CONTACT INFO: Pam's Pantry PO Box 503 Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Owner: Pam Redman Email: pamspantry@comcast.net WEBSITE: www.pamspantry.net Orders are placed via website. Please see our customer testimonials! Also, we are currently in the running to be named one of the Top 100 Home Based Businesses in the US. You can check out our link and comments at: http://www.startupnation.com/homebased100/contestant/1449/index.php ORDERING DEADLINES: All orders ship within 24-48 hours of receipt. **************************************************** www.bandai.com Bandai America has the hottest toys this holiday season, inspiring the imagination and play of kids of all ages. From the most sought after action figures and vehicles, to the latest tech and role-play toys that activate and connect, and even the latest Japanese toy crazes, Bandai has the toys that continuously top kids' holiday wish lists. This year's holiday line-up includes several debuts, including: Mugen Pop Pop -Already a huge hit in Japan, the addicting Mugen Pop Pop delivers endless bubble popping fun and is the perfect stocking stuffer idea Power Rangers Jungle Fury Mission Helmet - Kids become their favorite hero with this wearable Red Ranger helmet. Battle against evil space aliens as they play through one of 40 downloadable audio missions Ben 10 Alien Creation Chamber - Kids can discover all-new alien creatures with the one of a kind, never-before-seen Alien Creation Chamber Dragon Ball Z Role Play - The popular Dragon Ball Z franchise returns to Bandai with reinvigorated lineups including role-play toys like the Dragon Ball Z Energy Battle Set CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE OF THE HOTTEST HOLIDAY TOYS FROM BANDAI AMERICA: http://www.pwrnewmedia.com/2008/bandai080508/index.html OR www.bandai.com *************************************************** http://happikins.com/ Do you have kids? Do they have mouths? Do they eat lunch with those mouths? Do they sometimes miss their mouths when eating lunch... maybe getting said lunch on their face and hands? We can't stop your kids from making messes, but we can help clean them up without making a mess of the environment. HappikinsTM are machine-washable cloth napkins for school lunches. Purchasing them for your child can help reduce the 18, 760 pounds of unnecessary waste generated by the average elementary school cafeteria each year. All of those paper napkins affect more than the environment. Did you know that most kids use $200 worth of paper napkins a year? HappikinsTM are a fun and easy way to teach your child about the importance of making smart choices for our environment. And for wiping that PB & J out of the corners of their mouths. http://happikins.com/ ****************************************************** www.resumesforchildren.com ResumesforChildren.comis a resource for parents, teachers, mentors, youth organizations, etc. to learn the why's and how-to's of resume development for children. The site includes sample children's resumes, a brochure of resume building activities, and a resume template link. Parents may also obtain the book, Resumes for Children - 17 Years Old and Under, by Donna Kristine "Kris" Manley. Download Kris' interviews and hear the benefits of resume development for children including more than 10 great uses for a child's resume, what NOT to include in a child's resume, and more. *************************************************** Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal www.PregnancyGram.com Retail: $19.99 Simply Breastfeeding DVD www.mybabyexperts.com Retail: $39.98 Preggie Pops www.preggiepops.com Retail: $5.50 Nurse Purse www.lildarlins.org Retail: $24.00 BandaBib, Big Bib and Burper www.BazzleBaby.com Retail $29.99 SayBump maternity tees www.SayBump.com Retail: $39.99 Happi Tummi www.happitummi.com Retail: $19.99 ************************************************* www.ElfMagic.com Elf Magic is the timeless Christmas tradition that has created special memories for countless children and families in homes around the world. The Elf Magic elves - recognized by a magic snowflake placed on their heart by Santa himself - make the holiday season come alive with a timeless tradition that artfully blends playtime, the importance of family values, and reinforces the true meaning of Christmas. From discovering an Elf's magical arrival in the home, to searching for their hidden Elf after a night full of mischievous adventures - children know the magic in Elf Magic is real! Elf MagicTM -- a new, adventuresome holiday tradition that brings Elves from the North Pole into homes Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve for a holiday season full of togetherness, fun ... and mischief. For a mere $26.95 travel fare - from the North Pole, of course - parents and grandparents can elevate the mystique of the holiday season for children. Each night, North Pole Snowflakes bring the Elves to life for late-night Elfcapades and excitement. Children may awake to find the Elves have taken Daddy's car out for 2 a.m. servings of "Elf eats," decorated their rooms with Christmas lights and snowflakes or made them a mix CD of their favorite Christmas carols. These really just scratch the surface, though ... each year the Elves get more ambitious in the twilight hours! Read more of what the Elves are capable of at http://email.secureserver.net/www.Elf-Magic.com. Go to their website and read all about the Elfcapades the elves get into each night. The stories are funny ( like the man who got painted toenails) and I know it will be a new tradition in my family starting this year. *********************************************************** www.GoosieCards.com Goosie Cards® Goosie Cards are the first and only custom flash cards for children that can be personalized with photos and text! Goosie Cards are the ultimate flash cards because they give parents the power to teach...and their teaching possibilities are endless! Kids love them because they're fun and parents love them because they're educational! Special Features: • Every card is unique • High photo quality • Laminated to wipe and keep clean • Professionally made from heavy card stock • Big cards for little hands (4 ¼" wide by 7 ½" long) • Shipped in 3 days • Cards can be created in 10, 20 and 26 card sets and prices start at $28 Gift Certificates for custom card sets are available and make great gifts! **************************************************** www.cedarvalleypublishing.com Becoming a mom not only changed my life but it is impacting education. I created my company when my girls were ages 3 and 1 and I was trying to find something to help them get ready for school. I am not a teacher or educator, and yet I created a book used by schools. I didn't create the alphabet, numbers, colors or shapes but found a way to repackage it for parents, kids and teachers. With a telephone and a computer, I created www.cedarvalleypublishing.com. 10% of all profits are donated to literacy foundations and back to schools. By donating back to a school, they see my books and want to write grants to purchase more! I am the author and publisher of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! & Let's Get Ready For First Grade! Both books are award-winning, state-approved and used inside homes and schools across the nation. Created by a mom, they are currently used in over 350 school districts from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon and in libraries and head start programs all across the country. Parents, kids and grandparents all love them because they are not storybooks or workbooks; they are books meant to be read over and over that cover the curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. In fall, I will be releasing the highly anticipated Spanish/English edition of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! iA prepararse para kindergarten! My kids think it is hilarious that I am writing a Spanish book without being able to read or write the language. As my 7 year old says, "just hire a translator, duh, anyone can do anything!" I am a mom inspired by Oprah to change education. This has become my passion! My mantra is if two brothers from Ohio can change the face of aviation, that why can't a mom, inspired by Oprah change education at the core! Thirty-eight states are discussing all day 4 year-old Kindergarten because kids are not coming to school prepared. But where are the public service announcements telling parents the 7 things they need to know for Kindergarten testing: the alphabet all mixed up, number to 10 all mixed up, basic shapes, colors, coins, counting objects to 10 and how far they can count to 100? Schools purchase my books in bulk to help get parents, kids and teachers all be on the same page of Kindergarten and First Grade! Now I have a national platform speaking to educators, schools, parents and kids! This is a true family business! Who better to help me write Let's Get Ready For Second Grade! than my 2nd and 4th grader! Stacey Kannenberg "The Get Ready To Learn Mom" Cedar Valley Publishing & Mom Central Consulting Award Winning Author/Publisher of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! & Let's Get Ready For First Grade! ****************************************************** www.AbbyRoo.com • In a hurry and can't find it? • Everything drops to the bottom? • Can't see what you packed? • Always losing things? 2" AbbyRoo It's in the bag! The AbbyRoo canvas/cotton carry-all bag is just about perfect for just about every need just about everyday. Why? The AbbyRoo bag has fantastic compartments designed for getting through each and every day - getting through life! Unzip the two front full length zippers and expose the hidden eight mesh compartments. All arranged in several sizes to handle the stuff we carry, but all visible at a glance in the bag. Add the large back side pocket and roomy inside of the tote and the AbbyRoo can handle all of your stuff because it's in the bag! ***************************************************** OrderPopcorn.com If you're not sure what to give someone for the holidays, a tin of popcorn from OrderPopcorn.com is a great choice. Not only is it a great gift, but 70% of the sales from this site go to help Boy Scouts. Another gift alternative is to donate popcorn treats to the military for the holidays, in someone's name. • 3-Way Tin • with Chocolatey Caramel Crunch • • Gourmet Caramel Corn • with Almonds, Pecans and Cashews • • Operation Giftervention • Help Support Our Troops • http://www.orderpopcorn.com **************************************** www.Shainsware.com Shains are a very cool gift for all ages (from 4 and up) especially creative people or anyone who has something to say. You can see them at http://shainsware.com/ Shains are a great gift because - They are made of recycled materials - The products are empowering for kids of all ages to make their own statement - Shains are affordable and retail under $20 - And most importantly - they are fun! Our Dog Molli loves her new Shains Pet Collar and we know your dogs will love theirs too! Empower them to make their own statement ;-) or let them carry yours! Shains recycled pet collars are available in 3 standard sizes: Small, Medium, and Large. Each collar comes with 60 elements including multiples of the alphabet, the numbers 0-9, and 8 exclusive new icons. The icons include a fire hydrant, waterbowl, dog bone, dog house, and of course a newspaper. Four hot colors to choose from - Sun, Poppy, Orchid, and Black. Available now for $19.00. These collars are a fashion statement and do not include rings to attach a leash for a reason - Rubber can stretch and we want to make sure your dogs stay safe. Shains are recycled accessories that encourage and empower people to make their own statements and change them whenever they want! Shainsware, the company, is dedicated to producing eco-friendly products that are useful and empowering. We donate a percentage of net profits to environmental organizations. Shains products are made of recycled and recyclable parts and everything Shains produces is certified lead free. Shains packaging is also recycled and recylable. Shains manufactures bracelets, necklaces, pet collars, hair bands, key chains, and much more all designed to work with Shains interchangeable icons and letters. *****************************************************8 Jailbreak Toys http://www.jailbreaktoys.com Jailbreak Toys produces action figures of historical leaders and political figures. They made a huge splash around the 2008 United States presidential election with their Barack Obama action figure that was quickly followed up by a John McCain action figure. Other Jailbreak Toys action figures include their Artists Collection comprised of figures of artists like Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Frida, Van Gogh and Picasso. The Revolutionaries (world leaders and dictators), The Writers Collection (famous authors) and the Genius http://www.jailbreaktoys.com *************************************************** www.Ficklets.com Eyewear Adornments Take the "ho-hum" out of eyewear, add Ficklets and go from ordinary to a fun, colorful and stylish look. Ficklets are interchangeable, easy to attach and remove, giving you "eye-popping" options to mix-and-match depending on your interest, outfit or mood. Ficklets make eyewear uniquely you... they're your "I-candy"!! www.ficklets.com ************************************************** www.paramount.com PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT MAKES GIFT GIVING EASIER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WITH SELECT WRAPPED AND READY BLOCKBUSTER HITS ON DVD Holiday shopping just got a lot easier when Paramount Home Entertainment offers consumers three of its most successful titles this year Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull already pre-wrapped. The titles available on DVD will be on shelves at most retailers by November 30 or December 7 for purchase. Consumers can just remove the outer sleeve and its wrapped and ready to put under the tree. On Sunday, November 30 the top 18 markets in the country will also offer $50 in savings off Paramount's blockbuster DVD and Blu-ray titles in the local newspapers to kick off the arrival of the wrapped and ready titles in store,. Markets include New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, Dallas, San Francisco, Orlando, San Diego, Tampa, Minneapolis, Sacramento, Phoenix, Miami, Houston and Atlanta. The offer includes $3 off on all single and 2-disc DVD and Blu-ray titles and $10 off DVD and Blu-ray box sets. Pricing: $19.99 U.S. (single-disc DVD) for wrapped and ready titles ******************************************************* www.MonkeyToes.com Monkey-Toes are a playful line of fun animal and insect themed footwear for children. Our original collection of hand-painted sneakers and matching socks is designed with both parents and kids in mind. Monkey-Toes make the everyday activity of putting on shoes and socks more fun by introducing friends for the feet, all while providing quality footwear for children. The Monkey-Toes family consists of five original designs - Buzzy Bees (bumblebee themed), Little Ladies (ladybug themed), Spunky Spiders (spider themed), Leap Frogs (frog themed), and Little Piggies (pig themed). www.monkey-toes.com *************************************************** You Don't Have To Be Bilingual To Raise A Bilingual Child We live in an increasingly bilingual world, and children are exposed to the Spanish language more than ever before. You probably already know about many of the important benefits of helping your child become bilingual, but you might be concerned about how to introduce the second language to your child - especially if you're not bilingual yourself. http://www.bocabeth.com/ ****************************************************** www.BuffaloGames.com Last Word The uproarious race to have the final say! Last Word is the ultimate creative party game and is the perfect party game for school parties. Be the first Player to advance to the Finish by creatively connecting Subjects and Letters, while racing a Random-Interval Timer and the other Players! For example, Subject: "Vegetables"... Letter: "C". Players yell out... Carrots!Cucumbers! Corn! Cauliflower! 'tick-tick' ... The player with the Last Word before the timer sounds advances. ******************************************************** An awesome new product that is sure to be a hot item on muscle car lovers' holiday wish lists. The Officially Licensed Dodge Charger and Viper Road Mice are computer mice that are authentic replicas of the Dodge Viper and 2008 Charger muscle cars! These aren't just any scaled down replicas, though. They feature working headlights and authentic Dodge paintjobs and badging. With style, functionality is not compromised. The Dodge Road Mice live up to Four Door's expertise in quality pointing devices with 800-dpi resolution for enhanced accuracy and precision movement. Available wire and wireless versions for both MACs and PCs, each Road Mouse has an MSRP of $44.95. ************************************************** Christmas Box of Questions A great Christmas gift game, guaranteed to inspire fun and meaningful conversations at your Christmas dinner or lunch. Good conversation at your holiday dinner begins with our inspiring conversation starters! Give the gift of memorable conversations. The perfect present to start a new Christmas tradition. Fun questions like: Is there an ornament from the tree that is dear to you? If you could kiss a person under the mistletoe, who would it be? What is your favorite holiday smell? A beautifully designed gift box with a snug top and 35 glossy Christamas cookie cards. Playful and original illustrations with clever, engaging and entertaining questions. Bonus: 5 Blank Cards + 5 ribbons to make your own questions and decorate the Christmas tree. www.theboxgirls.com Games for Adults like Truth Or Dare Games for the Holidays, Office parties, kids, and Families. I love these games. Great for long drives! ******************************************************* This is a really memorable gift and will please the parents and the kids. It's a whole new concept in kids books that combines classic titles that have been around for generations of readers and state-of-the-art computer technology that allows each book to be personalized with a dedication and photo. The finished book is printed and shipped right to your front door Save-It-Forever Gift Books for Kids, with Personalized Dedications Many favorite childhood stories can now be transformed into personalized gifts for the children in your life. Personalization includes a printed dedication, complete with the child's name, a meaningful blurb and a photo of your choice if desired, right up front, and sometimes on the inner back hardcover. Available at The Kid Store online at Kids.SharedBook.com. It's fast - all it takes is a click of the mouse -- and one-of-a-kind - a special, unique gift. It even comes with free shipping. Choose from more than 80 classics, both old and new - from The Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland to Pinkalicious. Accessible by age, title or author. Prices range from $19.95 to $30.00. More books are added all the time so the list of titles keeps growing. *************************************************** http://www.babylegs.com/ About BabyLegs When professional extreme snowboarder Nicole Donnelly decided to come down from the mountains, she chose Seattlefor her next adventure and soon began her family. And, as most families encounter, Nicole's baby daughter Sara eventually faced a diaper rash that would not quit. This sparked Nicole's ingenious solution: she cut the feet off of a pair of snowboarding socks and fitted Sara, from hip to ankle, with a homemade set of legwarmers. Sara was now able to be diaper-free, rash-less, crawl safely on her knees, and debut what would become a trend-setting fashion accessory. Founded in April 2005, BabyLegs is now an international company, with products in more than 50 countries. BabyLegs retail from $12 for an original pair, to $28 for Organic Merino Wool designs. BabyLegs was awarded the "2007 Best New Brand" Earnie Award by Earnshaw's for excellence in children's wear design, and recognized with the World Trade Center Tacoma's "Marco Polo" Award for pioneering trade. A few reasons parents and kids will love BabyLegs this holiday season:  Make diaper changing a breeze!  Fun and festive fashion accessory.  Promotes independence while potty training.  Keeps legs warm; great with carriers and strollers!  Protects soft knees from harsh surfaces.  For sports, playgrounds, and dance classes.  Comfortable alternative to tights.  Allows for "nakedy bottom" time!  Instant alternative to undershirt when worn on arms!  Wear over bandages to keep child from removing.  Helps little socks stay on.

www.airhogs.com Here is a great gift for under $50 that is a hit in any office. It's a remote controlled car that can drive on the floor, up walls, even upside down on the ceiling! It's called the Zero Gravity Micro and retails for just $29.99 at all leading retailers (Wal-Mart, Target, Toys ‘R' Us...). It's super fun and always gets a major ‘wow' factor wherever its used. Here's a good youtube video that shows how it works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw4qYG7Tsw The ultimate in gravity-defying indoor R/C racing, Zero Gravity Micro is a radio-controlled car that drives on the floor, up walls and even upside-down! Performing at impressive speed on any smooth surface using a special patented technology, the Zero Gravity Micro has 2 cool power settings: Regular Mode: Outstanding ground control Extreme Mode: Vertical and upside-down action Zero Gravity Micro also features working headlights that act as battery charge level indicators and the rare ability to use 4 different frequencies - allowing up to 4 friends to race their Zero Gravity Micro's at the same time without crossing signals between controllers and cars. Zero Gravity Micro continues Air Hog's streak of industry awards having recently been acknowledged by The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval for Fall 2008, National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) 2008 Gold Award, and the 2008 Create Child Preferred Choice Award. Package Includes: • 1 Zero Gravity Micro Car • 1 Controller/Charger • 1 Instruction Sheet • 1 Lipo battery (6 AA batteries not included) Age: 8+ Suggested Retail Price: $29.99 For more information on Air Hogs please visit: www.airhogs.com For more information on Spin Master please visit: www.spinmaster.com ******************************** www.mumbojumbo.com Specifically, we have just released LUXOR: Quest for the Afterlife, 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven and Can You See What I See?-all three of these titles are available at www.mumbojumbo.com, amazon.com and at retailers nationwide like Wal-Mart and GameStop. Can You See What I See? Curfuffle's Collectibles MSRP: $19.99 • Popular photographs from the books of Walter Wick provide stunning backgrounds • Hundreds of cleverly hidden objects! • Can You See What I See? spent 21 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list • Walter Wick's fun hidden object books have sold more than 1.75 million copies to date 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven MSRP: $19.99 Platform: PC Available: 11.4.08 7 Wonders is back, with an all-new rotatable board! • Ground-breaking third chapter in franchise elevates matching game play • Cool pathway puzzles to solve on each level • Revolving board enhances power-up strength *• Nine all-new Wonders to build • Track your progress and find your next Wonder using the Compass and Map LUXOR: Quest for the Afterlife MSRP: $19.99 Platform: PC Available: 11.4.08 Unravel the mystery along the Silk Road! • Never-before-seen game mode pits you against a challenging shooter! • Venture out of Egypt to six exotic lands on your quest • Story with twists and turns narrated by Queen Nefertiti • Conquer all new achievements • Innovative new power-ups *************************************** www.panicbuttons.com Would your listeners be interested in a fun stocking stuffer? We sell a novelty red computer key imprinted with "PANIC". It has double backed adhesive so you can attach it to any place on your computer or any object that brings you frustration. Great gag gift for frustrated computer users. Your readers can push the Panic button when they get the urge to panic. We also sell the world's least expensive PC. That's right...for under $2.50 your readers can get a brand new PC. That is a Pencil Computer. This high quality mechanical pencil is imprinted with "input" at the lead end and "delete" by the eraser. Another fun gag gift. Feeling stressed? just for fun, check out: www.panicbuttons.com Pencil Computer: This is the lowest cost PC (Pencil Computer) on the Planet! This fun, novelty, mechanical pencil has printed "output" near the lead pointed part of the instrument and "delete" at the eraser end. The name Pencil Computer is printed in the middle. It is round, glossy white with black print. You can brag that this "PC" is : • Crash Proof • Never gets Viruses, Spyware, or Pop-Ups • Never needs to Reboot • It has limitless memory (depending on the user!) • It's Wireless Too! This is a novelty item but it is not just any mechanical pencil. The Pencil Computer uses an amazing writing instrument by a leading USA pencil manufacturer. This new technology in mechanical pencil design automatically feeds graphite as you write! Quite possibly the best pencil you have ever used. It is a quality and fun gift to give. This bright red, actual computer key is imprinted with the word "PANIC". Adhesive backing allows you to attach this novelty computer key to any object that brings you frustration. Most people put PANIC buttons on their keyboards, although we've received reports of PANIC buttons attached to co-worker's foreheads. A convent even ordered 10 PANIC buttons. ********************************************** www.K9Confections.com Often times, our canine companions are overlooked during the Holiday Season... but with K9 Confections, they don't have to be! Let your favorite pooch get in on the holiday action too - with K9 Confections' Holiday Dog Treats. Decorated with Yogurt and Carob and made with all-natural ingredients, these treats are available in flavors like Peanut Butter and Pumpkin (Vegetarian available also), and in the following Holiday shapes: Ornament, Stocking, Squirrel, Star, Christmas Tree, among others. K9 Confections specializes in premium, all-natural and organic dog treats that are: - Wheat, corn and soy free - Salt and sugar-free - Omega rich - Contain no preservatives - Baked fresh What a way to celebrating the holidays with your favorite furry friend! Christmas Dog Treat Gift Box Six of our all-natural, handmade and hand-decorated Christmas shaped dog treats. These are perfectly placed in a clear gift box and hand tied with our signature holiday gift ribbon. Perfect for gift-giving! Available in peanut butter, vegetarian, and pumpkin flavors. ******************************************** www.laplates.com La Plates Personalized plates for entertaining on your patio, at the beach or your kid-friendly kitchen table. La Plates strives to provide the most colorful, hip designs, personalized to your taste. Our company was created by a woman with a need for plates that were easy to clean and wouldn't break when her 3 year old attempted to carry his dishes to the sink. So far, mission accomplished - now we're bringing them to you! We look forward to working with you now and in the future. We appreciate your business and hope you will pass along our name and website when guests ask, "Where did you find those fabulous plates?!" www.laplates.com *********************************************** www.dixonusa.com Ticonderoga¹s Enviro Stiks Pencils are the perfect product for the environmentally conscious person. Whether used for work, school, or around the house, pencils are a necessity. The Enviro Stik is environmentally friendly, containing only approved timber from renewable forests. This wood-cased pencil has a lacquer-free finish, recyclable ferrule, and an environmentally degradable eraser. For your creative friends, try Prang¹s new Metallic Art Markers! These washable markers create eye-popping effects on almost any surface! Bright, metallic colors work especially beautifully on black paper and dark surfaces. Best of all, they will keep your little ones occupied during long hours of travel. Great for all ages, Ticonderoga¹s Noir pencil is a fun, stylish accessory. This retro-looking pencil has a luxurious holograph design. It appears crystal on the exterior, with a premium stained black wood barrel interior. In addition, these pencils have a latex-free eraser, guaranteeing smudge free correction. All items can be purchased at Office Depot and other national retailers. www.dixonusa.com ********************************************* www.stinkykids.com StinkyKids is a brand built around 10 diverse characters: sharing the philosophy of being little stinKers, making right choices and spreading their motto 'Always Be A Leader Of Good'. StinkyKids has been featured on The Today Show and The Big Idea as well as many other media outlets. Simply put, StinkyKids is a breath of fresh air in the apparel industry. Fun, fabulous and fashionable, StinkyKids is a company dedicated to celebrating the innocent and simple joys of childhood. "You little stinker," is an expression that's rolled off the lips of parents for decades. The phrase is affectionate and playful - with a nod to the freewheeling fun of childhood. StinkyKids are kids at their best. Backed by our motto: "Always be a leader of good", StinkyKids are regular kids that make good choices. Each original design is created to capture the most treasured moments of childhood. Whether it's a princess, a golfer, a ballerina, or kid in a bathing suit, each one captures a moment of the imagination and beauty of childhood. A little sentiment and a lot of spunk are a part of each and every StinkyKid. Which StinkyKid do you look like? ************************************************** Welcome to Magnificent Creations Limited! I believe that we are born naturally perfect, whole and complete. What I know is that sometimes things are said or done to us that make us forget about who we truly are and our self esteem suffers. Manifest Your Magnificence products and services are all about helping us remember our Magnificence. I envision a world where the focus is on what is right with us, what the possibilities are for ourselves, our community and our world. I believe that with Manifest Your Magnificence products and services, we can increase people's self worth and self esteem, making a positive impact on the lives of millions of people around the world. I invite you to join our Magnificent movement and help make the world a better place for all. examples "Manifest Your Magnificence", a set of affirmation cards and audio cd for kids that has won an award of excellence through the Creative Child magazine. You can see them at http://www.magnificentcreations.com/. They are great gifts for teachers. Manifest Your Magnificence is a unique set of 64 affirmation cards and audio cd designed specifically to nurture a child's self-esteem. Beautifully illustrated, written and spoken, each affirmation carries a powerful "I AM" message that connects children to their magnificence. This unique set of cards and cd encourages positive interactions between adults and children, creates communication about feelings, promotes values such as honesty, responsibility, and compassion, and imprints positive attitudes and beliefs in the subconscious through use of "I AM" statements. Only $15.95 for each set of cards and $13.95 for each cd (plus shipping). **************************************************** Puppy Lover's Journal Available now! Click book cover to order from Amazon.com. Adorable puppies! Who can resist the snuggly warm feeling you get from a puppy? The Puppy Lover's Journal is filled with 104 different and delightful pictures of playful puppies on lined journal pages you can use to write about your puppy, turn into a gratitude journal, keep memos, take notes, maybe even record the story of your life. This handy journal fits easily in a back pocket or a purse. Makes a great gift for any occasion. Makes a great gift for any occasion! The Puppy Lover's Journal is available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble (BN.com), RichardsonPublishing.com and many online book stores. Get your copy today. Richardson Publishing, Inc. PO Box 162115 Altamonte Springs, FL 32716 Email - coachrik@aol.com www.RichardsonPublishing.com Kitten Lover's Journal Available now! Click book cover to order from Amazon.com. A division of Richardson Publishing, Inc. Delightful, playful, and inquisitive little balls of fur! Who can resist the snuggly, warm feeling you get from a kitten purring loudly as you cuddle it close? The Kitten Lover's Journal is filled with 104 different and delightful pictures of playful kittens on lined journal pages you can use to write about your kitten, create a gratitude journal, or use it to keep memos and dates, take notes of your kitten's mischievous antics, or maybe even record the story of your life. This handy journal fits easily in a back pocket or a purse. Order the Kitten Lover's Journal from Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble (BN.com), www.RichardsonPublishing.com and other major online book sellers. Richardson Publishing, Inc. PO Box 162115 Altamonte Springs, FL 32716 coachrik@aol.com www.RichardsonPublishing.com ********************************************* www.pamspantry.net We have a line of gourmet Dips, Dressings, Spreads, Cheesecake Mixes, Bar-B-Q's and Picklers. We offer taste-tempting, delicious, gourmet mixes that will be a hit with everyone, doesn't matter if you are 2 or 92! Kids love us, grownups love us. Everyone loves to dip! Each dip mix packet is hand measured and gives the perfect flavor quality with no added fillers or preservatives. We use only the freshest ingredients! Our mixes are all very easy and inexpensive to prepare. The best thing about our products is the ease and convenience the products offer. Great tasting foods can be prepared in a matter of minutes. We also have lots of receipes available online to make taste tempting dishes and complete meals with our products. COMPANY & CONTACT INFO: Pam's Pantry PO Box 503 Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Owner: Pam Redman Email: pamspantry@comcast.net WEBSITE: www.pamspantry.net Orders are placed via website. Please see our customer testimonials! Also, we are currently in the running to be named one of the Top 100 Home Based Businesses in the US. You can check out our link and comments at: http://www.startupnation.com/homebased100/contestant/1449/index.php ORDERING DEADLINES: All orders ship within 24-48 hours of receipt. **************************************************** www.bandai.com Bandai America has the hottest toys this holiday season, inspiring the imagination and play of kids of all ages. From the most sought after action figures and vehicles, to the latest tech and role-play toys that activate and connect, and even the latest Japanese toy crazes, Bandai has the toys that continuously top kids' holiday wish lists. This year's holiday line-up includes several debuts, including: Mugen Pop Pop -Already a huge hit in Japan, the addicting Mugen Pop Pop delivers endless bubble popping fun and is the perfect stocking stuffer idea Power Rangers Jungle Fury Mission Helmet - Kids become their favorite hero with this wearable Red Ranger helmet. Battle against evil space aliens as they play through one of 40 downloadable audio missions Ben 10 Alien Creation Chamber - Kids can discover all-new alien creatures with the one of a kind, never-before-seen Alien Creation Chamber Dragon Ball Z Role Play - The popular Dragon Ball Z franchise returns to Bandai with reinvigorated lineups including role-play toys like the Dragon Ball Z Energy Battle Set CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE OF THE HOTTEST HOLIDAY TOYS FROM BANDAI AMERICA: http://www.pwrnewmedia.com/2008/bandai080508/index.html OR www.bandai.com *************************************************** http://happikins.com/ Do you have kids? Do they have mouths? Do they eat lunch with those mouths? Do they sometimes miss their mouths when eating lunch... maybe getting said lunch on their face and hands? We can't stop your kids from making messes, but we can help clean them up without making a mess of the environment. HappikinsTM are machine-washable cloth napkins for school lunches. Purchasing them for your child can help reduce the 18, 760 pounds of unnecessary waste generated by the average elementary school cafeteria each year. All of those paper napkins affect more than the environment. Did you know that most kids use $200 worth of paper napkins a year? HappikinsTM are a fun and easy way to teach your child about the importance of making smart choices for our environment. And for wiping that PB & J out of the corners of their mouths. http://happikins.com/ ****************************************************** www.resumesforchildren.com ResumesforChildren.comis a resource for parents, teachers, mentors, youth organizations, etc. to learn the why's and how-to's of resume development for children. The site includes sample children's resumes, a brochure of resume building activities, and a resume template link. Parents may also obtain the book, Resumes for Children - 17 Years Old and Under, by Donna Kristine "Kris" Manley. Download Kris' interviews and hear the benefits of resume development for children including more than 10 great uses for a child's resume, what NOT to include in a child's resume, and more. *************************************************** Butterflies & Hiccups: A Guided Pregnancy Journal www.PregnancyGram.com Retail: $19.99 Simply Breastfeeding DVD www.mybabyexperts.com Retail: $39.98 Preggie Pops www.preggiepops.com Retail: $5.50 Nurse Purse www.lildarlins.org Retail: $24.00 BandaBib, Big Bib and Burper www.BazzleBaby.com Retail $29.99 SayBump maternity tees www.SayBump.com Retail: $39.99 Happi Tummi www.happitummi.com Retail: $19.99 ************************************************* www.ElfMagic.com Elf Magic is the timeless Christmas tradition that has created special memories for countless children and families in homes around the world. The Elf Magic elves - recognized by a magic snowflake placed on their heart by Santa himself - make the holiday season come alive with a timeless tradition that artfully blends playtime, the importance of family values, and reinforces the true meaning of Christmas. From discovering an Elf's magical arrival in the home, to searching for their hidden Elf after a night full of mischievous adventures - children know the magic in Elf Magic is real! Elf MagicTM -- a new, adventuresome holiday tradition that brings Elves from the North Pole into homes Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve for a holiday season full of togetherness, fun ... and mischief. For a mere $26.95 travel fare - from the North Pole, of course - parents and grandparents can elevate the mystique of the holiday season for children. Each night, North Pole Snowflakes bring the Elves to life for late-night Elfcapades and excitement. Children may awake to find the Elves have taken Daddy's car out for 2 a.m. servings of "Elf eats," decorated their rooms with Christmas lights and snowflakes or made them a mix CD of their favorite Christmas carols. These really just scratch the surface, though ... each year the Elves get more ambitious in the twilight hours! Read more of what the Elves are capable of at http://email.secureserver.net/www.Elf-Magic.com. Go to their website and read all about the Elfcapades the elves get into each night. The stories are funny ( like the man who got painted toenails) and I know it will be a new tradition in my family starting this year. *********************************************************** www.GoosieCards.com Goosie Cards® Goosie Cards are the first and only custom flash cards for children that can be personalized with photos and text! Goosie Cards are the ultimate flash cards because they give parents the power to teach...and their teaching possibilities are endless! Kids love them because they're fun and parents love them because they're educational! Special Features: • Every card is unique • High photo quality • Laminated to wipe and keep clean • Professionally made from heavy card stock • Big cards for little hands (4 ¼" wide by 7 ½" long) • Shipped in 3 days • Cards can be created in 10, 20 and 26 card sets and prices start at $28 Gift Certificates for custom card sets are available and make great gifts! **************************************************** www.cedarvalleypublishing.com Becoming a mom not only changed my life but it is impacting education. I created my company when my girls were ages 3 and 1 and I was trying to find something to help them get ready for school. I am not a teacher or educator, and yet I created a book used by schools. I didn't create the alphabet, numbers, colors or shapes but found a way to repackage it for parents, kids and teachers. With a telephone and a computer, I created www.cedarvalleypublishing.com. 10% of all profits are donated to literacy foundations and back to schools. By donating back to a school, they see my books and want to write grants to purchase more! I am the author and publisher of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! & Let's Get Ready For First Grade! Both books are award-winning, state-approved and used inside homes and schools across the nation. Created by a mom, they are currently used in over 350 school districts from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon and in libraries and head start programs all across the country. Parents, kids and grandparents all love them because they are not storybooks or workbooks; they are books meant to be read over and over that cover the curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. In fall, I will be releasing the highly anticipated Spanish/English edition of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! iA prepararse para kindergarten! My kids think it is hilarious that I am writing a Spanish book without being able to read or write the language. As my 7 year old says, "just hire a translator, duh, anyone can do anything!" I am a mom inspired by Oprah to change education. This has become my passion! My mantra is if two brothers from Ohio can change the face of aviation, that why can't a mom, inspired by Oprah change education at the core! Thirty-eight states are discussing all day 4 year-old Kindergarten because kids are not coming to school prepared. But where are the public service announcements telling parents the 7 things they need to know for Kindergarten testing: the alphabet all mixed up, number to 10 all mixed up, basic shapes, colors, coins, counting objects to 10 and how far they can count to 100? Schools purchase my books in bulk to help get parents, kids and teachers all be on the same page of Kindergarten and First Grade! Now I have a national platform speaking to educators, schools, parents and kids! This is a true family business! Who better to help me write Let's Get Ready For Second Grade! than my 2nd and 4th grader! Stacey Kannenberg "The Get Ready To Learn Mom" Cedar Valley Publishing & Mom Central Consulting Award Winning Author/Publisher of Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten! & Let's Get Ready For First Grade! ****************************************************** www.AbbyRoo.com • In a hurry and can't find it? • Everything drops to the bottom? • Can't see what you packed? • Always losing things? 2" AbbyRoo It's in the bag! The AbbyRoo canvas/cotton carry-all bag is just about perfect for just about every need just about everyday. Why? The AbbyRoo bag has fantastic compartments designed for getting through each and every day - getting through life! Unzip the two front full length zippers and expose the hidden eight mesh compartments. All arranged in several sizes to handle the stuff we carry, but all visible at a glance in the bag. Add the large back side pocket and roomy inside of the tote and the AbbyRoo can handle all of your stuff because it's in the bag! ***************************************************** OrderPopcorn.com If you're not sure what to give someone for the holidays, a tin of popcorn from OrderPopcorn.com is a great choice. Not only is it a great gift, but 70% of the sales from this site go to help Boy Scouts. Another gift alternative is to donate popcorn treats to the military for the holidays, in someone's name. • 3-Way Tin • with Chocolatey Caramel Crunch • • Gourmet Caramel Corn • with Almonds, Pecans and Cashews • • Operation Giftervention • Help Support Our Troops • http://www.orderpopcorn.com **************************************** www.Shainsware.com Shains are a very cool gift for all ages (from 4 and up) especially creative people or anyone who has something to say. You can see them at http://shainsware.com/ Shains are a great gift because - They are made of recycled materials - The products are empowering for kids of all ages to make their own statement - Shains are affordable and retail under $20 - And most importantly - they are fun! Our Dog Molli loves her new Shains Pet Collar and we know your dogs will love theirs too! Empower them to make their own statement ;-) or let them carry yours! Shains recycled pet collars are available in 3 standard sizes: Small, Medium, and Large. Each collar comes with 60 elements including multiples of the alphabet, the numbers 0-9, and 8 exclusive new icons. The icons include a fire hydrant, waterbowl, dog bone, dog house, and of course a newspaper. Four hot colors to choose from - Sun, Poppy, Orchid, and Black. Available now for $19.00. These collars are a fashion statement and do not include rings to attach a leash for a reason - Rubber can stretch and we want to make sure your dogs stay safe. Shains are recycled accessories that encourage and empower people to make their own statements and change them whenever they want! Shainsware, the company, is dedicated to producing eco-friendly products that are useful and empowering. We donate a percentage of net profits to environmental organizations. Shains products are made of recycled and recyclable parts and everything Shains produces is certified lead free. Shains packaging is also recycled and recylable. Shains manufactures bracelets, necklaces, pet collars, hair bands, key chains, and much more all designed to work with Shains interchangeable icons and letters. *****************************************************8 Jailbreak Toys http://www.jailbreaktoys.com Jailbreak Toys produces action figures of historical leaders and political figures. They made a huge splash around the 2008 United States presidential election with their Barack Obama action figure that was quickly followed up by a John McCain action figure. Other Jailbreak Toys action figures include their Artists Collection comprised of figures of artists like Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Frida, Van Gogh and Picasso. The Revolutionaries (world leaders and dictators), The Writers Collection (famous authors) and the Genius http://www.jailbreaktoys.com *************************************************** www.Ficklets.com Eyewear Adornments Take the "ho-hum" out of eyewear, add Ficklets and go from ordinary to a fun, colorful and stylish look. Ficklets are interchangeable, easy to attach and remove, giving you "eye-popping" options to mix-and-match depending on your interest, outfit or mood. Ficklets make eyewear uniquely you... they're your "I-candy"!! www.ficklets.com ************************************************** www.paramount.com PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT MAKES GIFT GIVING EASIER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WITH SELECT WRAPPED AND READY BLOCKBUSTER HITS ON DVD Holiday shopping just got a lot easier when Paramount Home Entertainment offers consumers three of its most successful titles this year Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull already pre-wrapped. The titles available on DVD will be on shelves at most retailers by November 30 or December 7 for purchase. Consumers can just remove the outer sleeve and its wrapped and ready to put under the tree. On Sunday, November 30 the top 18 markets in the country will also offer $50 in savings off Paramount's blockbuster DVD and Blu-ray titles in the local newspapers to kick off the arrival of the wrapped and ready titles in store,. Markets include New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, Dallas, San Francisco, Orlando, San Diego, Tampa, Minneapolis, Sacramento, Phoenix, Miami, Houston and Atlanta. The offer includes $3 off on all single and 2-disc DVD and Blu-ray titles and $10 off DVD and Blu-ray box sets. Pricing: $19.99 U.S. (single-disc DVD) for wrapped and ready titles ******************************************************* www.MonkeyToes.com Monkey-Toes are a playful line of fun animal and insect themed footwear for children. Our original collection of hand-painted sneakers and matching socks is designed with both parents and kids in mind. Monkey-Toes make the everyday activity of putting on shoes and socks more fun by introducing friends for the feet, all while providing quality footwear for children. The Monkey-Toes family consists of five original designs - Buzzy Bees (bumblebee themed), Little Ladies (ladybug themed), Spunky Spiders (spider themed), Leap Frogs (frog themed), and Little Piggies (pig themed). www.monkey-toes.com *************************************************** You Don't Have To Be Bilingual To Raise A Bilingual Child We live in an increasingly bilingual world, and children are exposed to the Spanish language more than ever before. You probably already know about many of the important benefits of helping your child become bilingual, but you might be concerned about how to introduce the second language to your child - especially if you're not bilingual yourself. http://www.bocabeth.com/ ****************************************************** www.BuffaloGames.com Last Word The uproarious race to have the final say! Last Word is the ultimate creative party game and is the perfect party game for school parties. Be the first Player to advance to the Finish by creatively connecting Subjects and Letters, while racing a Random-Interval Timer and the other Players! For example, Subject: "Vegetables"... Letter: "C". Players yell out... Carrots!Cucumbers! Corn! Cauliflower! 'tick-tick' ... The player with the Last Word before the timer sounds advances. ******************************************************** An awesome new product that is sure to be a hot item on muscle car lovers' holiday wish lists. The Officially Licensed Dodge Charger and Viper Road Mice are computer mice that are authentic replicas of the Dodge Viper and 2008 Charger muscle cars! These aren't just any scaled down replicas, though. They feature working headlights and authentic Dodge paintjobs and badging. With style, functionality is not compromised. The Dodge Road Mice live up to Four Door's expertise in quality pointing devices with 800-dpi resolution for enhanced accuracy and precision movement. Available wire and wireless versions for both MACs and PCs, each Road Mouse has an MSRP of $44.95. ************************************************** Christmas Box of Questions A great Christmas gift game, guaranteed to inspire fun and meaningful conversations at your Christmas dinner or lunch. Good conversation at your holiday dinner begins with our inspiring conversation starters! Give the gift of memorable conversations. The perfect present to start a new Christmas tradition. Fun questions like: Is there an ornament from the tree that is dear to you? If you could kiss a person under the mistletoe, who would it be? What is your favorite holiday smell? A beautifully designed gift box with a snug top and 35 glossy Christamas cookie cards. Playful and original illustrations with clever, engaging and entertaining questions. Bonus: 5 Blank Cards + 5 ribbons to make your own questions and decorate the Christmas tree. www.theboxgirls.com Games for Adults like Truth Or Dare Games for the Holidays, Office parties, kids, and Families. I love these games. Great for long drives! ******************************************************* This is a really memorable gift and will please the parents and the kids. It's a whole new concept in kids books that combines classic titles that have been around for generations of readers and state-of-the-art computer technology that allows each book to be personalized with a dedication and photo. The finished book is printed and shipped right to your front door Save-It-Forever Gift Books for Kids, with Personalized Dedications Many favorite childhood stories can now be transformed into personalized gifts for the children in your life. Personalization includes a printed dedication, complete with the child's name, a meaningful blurb and a photo of your choice if desired, right up front, and sometimes on the inner back hardcover. Available at The Kid Store online at Kids.SharedBook.com. It's fast - all it takes is a click of the mouse -- and one-of-a-kind - a special, unique gift. It even comes with free shipping. Choose from more than 80 classics, both old and new - from The Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland to Pinkalicious. Accessible by age, title or author. Prices range from $19.95 to $30.00. More books are added all the time so the list of titles keeps growing. *************************************************** http://www.babylegs.com/ About BabyLegs When professional extreme snowboarder Nicole Donnelly decided to come down from the mountains, she chose Seattlefor her next adventure and soon began her family. And, as most families encounter, Nicole's baby daughter Sara eventually faced a diaper rash that would not quit. This sparked Nicole's ingenious solution: she cut the feet off of a pair of snowboarding socks and fitted Sara, from hip to ankle, with a homemade set of legwarmers. Sara was now able to be diaper-free, rash-less, crawl safely on her knees, and debut what would become a trend-setting fashion accessory. Founded in April 2005, BabyLegs is now an international company, with products in more than 50 countries. BabyLegs retail from $12 for an original pair, to $28 for Organic Merino Wool designs. BabyLegs was awarded the "2007 Best New Brand" Earnie Award by Earnshaw's for excellence in children's wear design, and recognized with the World Trade Center Tacoma's "Marco Polo" Award for pioneering trade. A few reasons parents and kids will love BabyLegs this holiday season:  Make diaper changing a breeze!  Fun and festive fashion accessory.  Promotes independence while potty training.  Keeps legs warm; great with carriers and strollers!  Protects soft knees from harsh surfaces.  For sports, playgrounds, and dance classes.  Comfortable alternative to tights.  Allows for "nakedy bottom" time!  Instant alternative to undershirt when worn on arms!  Wear over bandages to keep child from removing.  Helps little socks stay on.