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By Neil Folley Add a little spice to your wining and dinning experience in a steakhouse. After all it is not always that you wine and dine out in steakhouse with family or friends. Whenever you want to celebrate any special occasion, you will surely want to do it with your family and loved ones. Well that does not mean that you always need a special occasion for eating, drinking and enjoying in steakhouse. Be it organizing a big party or enjoying an intimate occasion, you can do all these in a steakhouse. Surf and turf is among of the most widely ordered dish in a steakhouse. Surf and turf dish mostly contains a beefsteak and seafood. If you really want to make your eating out session in the steakhouse a good one you must know how to really enjoy eating steak. Your taste buds must be able to appreciate good steak. Steaks are cooked in varying degrees to give it the kind of taste that people love to eat. Most people love eating steak that is not properly cooked as they believe that more the amount of juice retention is, tastier it is to eat. But some people simply hate this. There are various kinds of dishes that you can enjoy eating in a steakhouse. Some of the most popular and widely loved dishes in steakhouses are surf and turf, beefsteak, steaks and chop and seafood. In seafood you can have lobster, grilled salmon, tuna and swordfish. Mostly a starchy side dish accompanies a steak dish. There are a wide variety of options for you to choose form, you can just choose a dish and indulge in your taste buds. To enjoy a good meal in a steakhouse you must choose your accompanying drink very carefully. The drink can very much change the entire taste of your steak. Some of the choices of drink that you can have in a steakhouse are Solaris reserve and many other kinds of wine. The correct choice of wine that you will drink with the steak can add to the taste of the steak. Steaks prepared in a steakhouse are of different type. Some of the different types of steaks are chuck steak, cube steak, beefsteak, fillet mignon, hanger steak, skirt steak and Swiss steak. Yes, you can find many steakhouses in your city. But what is important for you is that you must find out such a steakhouse that serves the best steak and wine. It is always better to consult a steak lover as he will be sure to know and suggest you a place that sells the best steak and drinks. To enjoy eating and drinking in a steakhouse you can also organize a party for you family and friends. There are many steakhouses that arrange private parties for their customers. If you want to organize parties, make sure that you make the arrangements really well in coordination with the steakhouse. Give them the exact number of people who will be attending your party, and tell them to make arrangement for any extra guest that may show up in your party. Neil Folley holds a Masters Degree in Hotel Management. He loves good food and arranging private parties. He is working for Markjosephsteakhouse. To book for Sunday private parties and enjoy tasteful food visit #1 Rated steakhouse New York www.markjosephsteakhouse.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Neil_Folley http://EzineArticles.com/?Eating-and-Drinking-Enjoyments-in-Steakhouse&id=294374 order phentermine 37.5 mg phentermine diet pills mastercard phentermine prescription phentermine diet pills no prescription

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By Petra Venton This month we look at a difficult area for employers what bank holidays are your part-time employees entitled to? With two bank holidays in May, the Employment Appeal Tribunals recent decision in McMenemy v Capita Business Services Limited will be of interest to employers of part-time staff. Four of the eight bank holidays always fall on a Monday (Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday and August Bank Holiday). One is always on a Friday (Good Friday) and the other three vary from year to year. There has been debate for some time about whether part time employees are eligible for pro-rata time off in lieu of bank holidays where they do not work on a Monday. The basis for this argument is the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favorable) Treatment Regulations 2000 that make it unlawful to treat a worker less favorably on grounds of his or her part-time status. In this case, Mr. McMenemy worked three days a week (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday). He claimed that he was being treated less favourably than full-time employees, as he did not get the benefit of bank holidays that fell on a Monday. Under his contract of employment, he was entitled to take paid leave on public holidays where they fell on one of his normal working days. His employers business operated 7 days a week. This meant that some full-time employees also did not work on Mondays. In fact, Mr. McMenemys line manager had worked a Tuesday to Saturday shift for some time. During this period, he did not get time off in lieu of bank holidays that fell on a Monday. The Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the reason that Mr. McMenemy did not get time off in lieu of bank holidays that fell on a Monday was not because he was part-time as full-time employees were treated in the same way. Rather, it was because he did not work on a Monday. Mr. McMenemy therefore lost his claim. This case is likely to be helpful to many employers in the retail, leisure and manufacturing sectors that operate on a 7-day week basis. However, where does it leave employers who operate 5 days a week from Monday to Friday? What are the options for employers who operate 5 days a week? Where an employer operates on a 5-day week basis (Monday to Friday), all full time employees will receive the benefit of bank holidays that fall on a Monday (assuming that their contracts of employment provide for this). A part-time employee who does not work on Mondays will benefit from a maximum of only four bank holidays a year (depending on what day Christmas falls). The Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favorable Treatment) Regulations 2000 provide that part-time workers should have the same benefits as full-time workers on a pro rata basis. A full-time employee will get 8 days off for bank holidays. Therefore, a part-time employee who works say 3 days a week should get 5 days off in respect of bank holidays. As a maximum of only four bank holidays fall on the part-time employees working days, how should the employer make up the additional day(s)? The DTI Guidance on part-time working suggests that it may be necessary to remove the disadvantage suffered by those staff who do not receive particular days off as a result of their particular working pattern, for example, by giving all workers a pro rata entitlement to days off in lieu according to the number of hours they work. In our example above, this would mean giving the employee at least one additional day off in lieu of bank holidays. The difficulty with such a system is that it is complicated to administer and can have an adverse effect on part-time employees who do work on Mondays. If the part-time employee worked on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at least five bank holidays would fall on working days (all the Monday bank holidays and Good Friday). If Christmas Day and New Years Day also fell on a Monday, seven bank holidays would fall on working days. Under the pro-rata system suggested by the DTI, the employee would only be entitled to five days of bank holidays. What should the employer do about the other two bank holidays for which they would have been paid? There are two options. Either the employee would be required to use some contractual holiday entitlement to cover those days or alternatively be given the option of coming to work on a day they did not normally work. Neither of these options would be favored by employers or part-time employees, as they are difficult to administer and would not fit in with part time working arrangements. Many employers therefore simply give their part-time staff the benefit of bank holidays if they fall on one of their normal working days. This system clearly does not always give part-time staff the same benefits as full-time staff on a pro-rata basis. As such, it is unlawful discrimination, unless an employer can justify it. There is an argument that an employer could justify this system of restricting the benefit of time off for bank holidays to staff who actually work on those days on the basis that the time off relates to the days worked rather than the part-time status. However, this argument is untested. This issue may be resolved in the not too distant future as the Government proposed in its 2005 election manifesto that during their third term they would extend the entitlement to paid annual leave to include bank holidays. The Government has included an enabling power in the Work and Families Bill. This is subject to further consultation and is not expected to come into force until 2007 at the earliest. What is worth noting however is that the DTI make clear in their Guidance that if bank holidays are treated as additional leave on top of the statutory four weeks, the amount of time allocated to part-time staff will be calculated on a pro-rata basis. There is no easy solution to this issue. Employers need to consider their working arrangements carefully. If you would like further advice on this, please contact one of the employment team. The employment law solicitors at Cripps Harries Hall LLP have extensive experience in all areas of employment law and provide pragmatic and commercial advice. The employment law team of 6 solicitors has knowledge of a wide range of industry sectors and structures advice to our clients needs within their particular business. 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By Ronald Steriti Introduction Currently more than 30% of the U.S. population age 20-74 is obese, and more than 60% are overweight. Unfortunately, this trend is increasing dramatically. [1] Conventional Treatments Conventional treatments focus on stimulating drugs that are similar in structure to amphetamine (also known as speed), such as: Phentermine (Adipex, Fastin, Ionamin) Diethylpropion (Tenuate, Tepanil) Phendimetrazine (Adipost, Bontril, Plegine, Prelu-2) Benzphetamine (Didrex) Mazindol (Sanorex, Mazinor) is an isoindole thought to inhibit the reuptake of norepinephrine rather than to cause its release. New drugs for weight loss include Meridia and Xenical: Sibutramine (Meridia) is a new drug that increases the levels of both serotonin and noradrenaline in areas of the brain that regulate food intake and body weight. Orlistat (Xenical) is unique among current obesity drugs in that it does not act directly on the central nervous system. It inhibits and enzyme (pancreatic lipase) essential to fat digestion. Conventional dietary approaches to weight loss focus on reducing the calories eaten in a diet. It is a simplified approach based on making the energy intake (from dietary calories) less than energy expenditure (from exercise). The low-fat diet comes from this theory, since fats have the highest amount of calories by weight. Unfortunately, most low-fat foods are extremely high in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates (sugars) are quickly converted into glucose in the body, and are used for quick energy. Fats are used for long-term energy storage, and are the bodys second choice for energy. Protein is the bodys building block for muscle and is the third choice. High-protein diets are based on the theory that the body will burn carbohydrates and fats for energy before protein. Alternative Approaches Alternative approaches to weight loss, in general, focus on lowering dietary carbohydrates (instead of fats). Low carbohydrate diets are routinely recommended to control diabetes, and many consider obesity and overweight to be early forms of diabetes. In diabetes, the glucose (blood sugar) levels are highly elevated. In pre-diabetes, insulin is not as effective and higher levels are needed to maintain normal glucose levels. Metabolic Syndrome X Syndrome X refers specifically to a group of health problems that can include: Insulin resistance (the inability to properly deal with dietary carbohydrates and sugars), and type II diabetes Abnormal blood fats (such as elevated cholesterol and triglycerides), Overweight, especially abdominal obesity, and High blood pressure (hypertension). Metabolic syndrome X is caused by a diet high in simple carbohydrates, such as sugar, white flour, bread, pasta, donuts, cookies, candy, etc. Refined carbohydrates not only raise glucose and insulin to unhealthy levels, they also are devoid of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients our bodies need to properly utilize these foods. Chromium Chromium is required to break down the cellular insulin resistance that causes higher-than-normal blood sugar levels. Insulin resistance is a component of diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome X. Overweight people usually suffer from insulin impairment that prevents the proper cell uptake of carbohydrates (sugars). Excessive serum glucose is converted into body fat. Chromium has received widespread publicity for its ability to lower serum glucose levels by increasing insulin sensitivity. Studies have shown that chromium supplementation results in a slight reduction in body fat and an increase in lean body mass. In 1997, Austrian researchers conducted a study to assess the effects of chromium yeast and chromium picolinate on lean body mass during and after weight reduction with a very-low-calorie diet. Thirty-six obese non-diabetic patients undergoing an 8-week very-low-calorie diet followed by an 18-week maintenance period were evaluated. During the 26-week treatment period, subjects received either placebo or chromium yeast (200 mcg/day) or chromium picolinate (200 mcg/day) in a double-blind manner. After 26 weeks, chromium picolinatesupplemented subjects showed increased lean body mass. Researchers reported chromium picolinate, but not chromium yeast, is able to increase lean body mass in obese patients in the maintenance period after a very-low-calorie diet without counteracting the weight loss achieved. [2] Magnesium While chromium has received the most media attention, the scientific literature shows that magnesium plays an even more important role in regulating carbohydrate metabolism. About 80% of Americans are magnesium-deficient. When they go on a diet, they become severely deficient in magnesium, which causes the insulin resistance that contributes to the failure of the diet. Magnesium is involved in a number of enzymatic reactions required for cells to uptake and metabolize glucose. Magnesium deficiency causes insulin resistance and elevated blood sugar levels. [3-6] Vitamins B6, B12 and Chromium A recent study found that among overweight or obese men and women, long-term use of multivitamins, vitamins B6 and B12, and chromium were significantly associated with lower levels of weight gain. [7] The study used data from the VITamins And Lifestyle (VITAL) cohort study of western Washington. Participants (n =15,655) completed questionnaires about 10-year supplement use, diet, health habits, height, and present and former weights.The study defined high use as: Multivitamins > 5 pills/week, Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) > 35 mg/day, Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) > 35 mcg/day, Chromium > 150 mcg/day Although there are no studies on vitamins B6 and B12 for weight loss, the authors proposed that their effect on glucose and energy metabolism explains these results. Vitamin B6 is a cofactor for glycogen phosphorylase, which breaks down glycogen (stored glucose) to form energy. Vitamin B12 is a cofactor of methylmalonyl CoA mutase, which converts methylmalonyl CoA to succinyl CoA, an intermediate in the Krebs cycle, the central energy production pathway in the body. Conclusion In this article we present conventional and alternative approaches to weight loss, including diet, vitamins and minerals, and Metabolic Syndrome X. References 1. Flegal, K.M., et al., Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2000. Jama, 2002. 288(14): p. 1723-7. 2. Bahadori, B., et al., [Effect of chromium yeast and chromium picolinate on body composition of obese, non-diabetic patients during and after a formula diet]. Acta Med Austriaca, 1997. 24(5): p. 185-7. 3. Paolisso, G., et al., Magnesium and glucose homeostasis. Diabetologia, 1990. 33(9): p. 511-4. 4. Lefebvre, P.J., G. Paolisso, and A.J. Scheen, Magnesium and glucose metabolism. Therapie, 1994. 49(1): p. 1-7. 5. Nadler, J.L., et al., Magnesium deficiency produces insulin resistance and increased thromboxane synthesis. Hypertension, 1993. 21(6 Pt 2): p. 1024-9. 6. Nadler, J.L. and R.K. Rude, Disorders of magnesium metabolism. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am, 1995. 24(3): p. 623-41. 7. Nachtigal, M.C., et al., Dietary supplements and weight control in a middle-age population. J Altern Complement Med, 2005. 11(5): p. 909-15. About the author Dr. Steriti is a graduate of Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, an accredited naturopathic medical school that teaches both conventional diagnosis and alternative therapies, including clinical nutrition, botanical medicine and classical homeopathy. Dr. Steriti is a natural health researcher and writer, and is located in Naples, Florida. Dr. Steriti’s web site is http://www.naturdoctor.com Dr. Steriti offers natural health coaching and naturopathic consultations by phone. Call (239) 659-2684 today! This article was sponsored by Lifexpand.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ronald_Steriti http://EzineArticles.com/?Vitamins-and-Minerals-for-Weight-Loss&id=121519 tramadol prescription dna paternity test penis enl order qoclick ultram buy keyword tramadol online prescription tramadol

By Jessica Dawn Starting a new diet or exercise program is easy, especially when you’ve reached a milestone in your life like a birthday or the New Year. Times like this are a great way to look back, seeing how far you’ve come in the past year and also to look ahead and decide where you want to end up next year. How many exercise programs, new diets, or weight loss programs have you started in your lifetime? Did they work? If you saw results, did you remain on that particular program for good? Take a moment and think about how often you’ve started but never finished your program. What strategies can you use to stay motivated long after the newness of your latest goals fades away? I feel there are two important steps you must take. Step one is to set goals. When you set a goal, you have a blueprint or finish line that gives you direction and focus. It only makes sense to set goals, would you build a house without a blueprint or make a new dish without a recipe-NO! So why begin any new fitness or weight loss program without the end result in mind? Having a clearly defined end result will allow you to focus like a laser beam on your goal. You’ll have moved from aimless exercise with no real point, to focused, purposeful action that produces results. Still, even with firm goals in place, it’s easy to let a hectic schedule throw you out of your fitness routine. And, then, before you know it, it’s been weeks since you’ve exercised. I cannot tell you how many goals I have set in my lifetime, only to see the excitement and energy surrounding them fade away into the horizon. Once in a while, I would find my goal sheet lying around beneath a pile of disorganized papers, written out all nice & neat, with dates and everything. I could tell that I was excited when I wrote down those goals. Regardless of the excitement I may have felt at the time, somehow my focus and drive to achieve these goals got lost in the shuffle of things to do in life. You must go beyond merely setting goals; you must use your goals as a tool for success. Setting any goal and writing it down is the easy part, the challenging part, step two, is to focus on your goal and take action until you see your desired results. I’ve outlined some strategies that we’ll review over the next few days that you can use to set goals and see them realized in your life. Strategy # 1: Believe in your Dream Recently I was speaking to a friend about one of my goals. She said: “I know you can do it, you are so persistent and you are really talented”. I thought to myself: you know she is right, I can do this. But, in the next sentence she went on to describe to me why she couldn’t reach her goals, how it just won’t work for her, and how she just isn’t able to do it. In that moment I realized how easy it is to talk to believe in someone else when we don’t believe in ourselves. 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When you review what you’ve done, written down in your very own handwriting, it shows you exactly where you’re meeting your goals and where you need improvement. It’s really an eye opener when you actually follow through with writing things down…..try it and see! Strategy #4: Make an effort to note your progress Accomplishing a progressive goal is rewarding, each incremental step forward makes ultimate goals seem achievable. One way to motivate yourself to accomplish progressive goals is to mentally note any progress you have made toward them. Pat yourself on the back if you feel more energetic or have tightened your belt one more notch. Congratulate yourself for eating healthy & balanced meals for an entire day. Noting these little steps of progress feels good and motivates you to continue. Focusing on your progress is the exact mental attitude you need if you really want to reach your ultimate goals. If you have a critical personality or low self-esteem, it is very easy to focus on how fat you are and criticize yourself for not reaching weekly goals. As soon as you establish your ultimate & progressive goals, you must also learn to have a “progressive” attitude. Don’t waste your time on thoughts and emotions that tear you down. Your journal contains a record of all the areas you’ve improved and the areas where you still need work. Since the journal has a record, there is no reason for you to continually focus on all your short-comings. Spend your time coming up with creative solutions that will help you reach your progressive goals and focus on everything you are doing right. You may want to set up reward system for extra motivation for reaching certain a certain goal or making it through an entire week while meeting certain criteria. Treat yourself to a massage or a day at the spa and relish every moment of your success. Things like a chair massage, pedicure, manicure, or a visit to a favorite store can be the perfect motivation. Your rewards should reinforce your goals; things like massage and spa days are beneficial to your body and help you to feel good physically. Conversely, a reward such as eating a whole pizza or gallon of ice cream will only cause you to veer off the path to your ultimate goal. Strategy # 5: Be grateful for how far you’ve come Gratitude is a powerful emotion that super charges your brain for success. Research at U.C. Davis accredits gratitude with improved health, reduced stress, and a higher level of overall well-being. Review the following: Highlights from the Research Project on Gratitude and Thankfulness performed at U of C, Davis Dimensions and Perspectives of Gratitude Co-Investigators: Robert A. Emmons, University of California, Davis & Michael E. McCullough, University of Miami Synopsis. Gratitude is the “forgotten factor” in happiness research. We are engaged in a long-term research project designed to create and disseminate a large body of novel scientific data on the nature of gratitude, its causes, and its potential consequences for human health and well-being. Scientists are latecomers to the concept of gratitude. Religions and philosophies have long embraced gratitude as an indispensable manifestation of virtue, and an integral component of health, wholeness, and well-being. This project is supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation of Radnor, PA. Gratitude Interventions and Psychological and Physical Well-Being In an experimental comparison, those who kept gratitude journals on a weekly basis exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better about their lives as a whole, and were more optimistic about the upcoming week compared to those who recorded hassles or neutral life events (Emmons & McCullough, 2003). A related benefit was observed in the realm of personal goal attainment: Participants who kept gratitude lists were more likely to have made progress toward important personal goals (academic, interpersonal and health-based) over a two-month period compared to subjects in the other experimental conditions. A daily gratitude intervention (self-guided exercises) with young adults resulted in higher reported levels of the positive states of alertness, enthusiasm, determination, attentiveness and energy compared to a focus on hassles or a downward social comparison (ways in which participants thought they were better off than others). There was no difference in levels of unpleasant emotions reported in the three groups. Participants in the daily gratitude condition were more likely to report having helped someone with a personal problem or having offered emotional support to another, relative to the hassles or social comparison condition. In a sample of adults with neuromuscular disease, a 21-day gratitude intervention resulted in greater amounts of high energy positive moods, a greater sense of feeling connected to others, more optimistic ratings of one’s life, and better sleep duration and sleep quality, relative to a control group. This study is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the benefits you’ll receive from radiating gratitude for all that’s good in your life. Be grateful for the health you do have, for the activities you can do, and for all the times when your body was strong and capable. Some good statements to repeat daily are: I am grateful and pleased with how I look today. I feel thankful for all that I can already do, and for the things I plan to achieve. Make a gratitude journal and record ten things you are grateful for each day. You’ll be amazed at how your list grows and empowers you to succeed. You can focus on your fitness program, your health, reaching your goals, or whatever you feel thankful for that day. If you invest your time being grateful, you’ll be amazed at the return you receive and the goodness that spills over into every area of your life. Don’t overlook the power of gratitude! Strategy #6: Don’t give up Not everyone reaches their goals in the time frame they want. That doesn’t make giving up an option. It’s not called an “ultimate goal” for nothing. Your ultimate goal should challenge you like never before, and if you don’t make it right away, forgive yourself, pick yourself up and go at it again. If you really want to reach your ultimate goals, you must be willing to go through all the ups and downs that come with it. Sometimes it will be really difficult to continue forward, but once you reach the finish line, it will be worth it! Don’t Quit. Don’t quit when the tide is lowest, For it’s just about to turn; Don’t Quit over doubts and questions, For there’s something you may learn. Don’t quit when the night is darkest, For it’s just a while ’til dawn; Don’t quit when you’ve run the farthest, For the race is almost won. Don’t quit when the hill is steepest, For your goal is almost nigh; Don’t quit, for you’re not a failure Until you fail to try. ~ Author unknown~ Jessica Dawn is a fitness professional who has been studying health & fitness for over 10 years. In addition to actively participating in fitness, Jessica has a degree in Kinesiology (exercise science) which allows her to understand both the scientific and behavioral aspects of weight loss and fitness. If you would like to receive a free 5 day fitness eCourse from Jessica, visit http://www.visfitness.com Jessica Dawn is a leader in teaching health & fitness through the internet. 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