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JAY-Z and Beyoncé are encouraging everyone to take part in the plant-based food revolution. In an introduction for the new book The Greenprint: Plant-Based Diet, Best Body, Better World, by Marco Borges, Beyoncé’s trainer, the couple open up about how parenthood changed their outlook on life — including the food they eat. “Having children has changed our lives more than anything else,” they wrote. “We used to think of health as a diet – some worked for us, some didn’t. Once we looked at health as the truth, instead of a diet, it became a mission for us to share that truth and lifestyle with as many people as possible.” The couple share daughter Blue Ivy, 6, as well as twins Rumi and Sir Carter, 18 months.JAY-Z and Beyoncé are encouraging everyone to take part in the plant-based food revolution. In an introduction for the new book The Greenprint: Plant-Based Diet, Best Body, Better World, by Marco Borges, Beyoncé’s trainer, the couple open up about how parenthood changed their outlook on life — including the food they eat. “Having children has changed our lives more than anything else,” they wrote. “We used to think of health as a diet – some worked for us, some didn’t. Once we looked at health as the truth, instead of a diet, it became a mission for us to share that truth and lifestyle with as many people as possible.” The couple share daughter Blue Ivy, 6, as well as twins Rumi and Sir Carter, 18 months.

CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta is writing a book about the Trump administration and its contentious relationship with the media. The Harper imprint of HarperCollins Publishers made the announcement Thursday, saying the book will be titled, "The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America." "Acosta, the most visible member of the media branded an 'enemy of the people' by President Trump, exposes the tumultuous and dangerous realities of the current White House and its war on truth and the first amendment," Harper said in its announcement. "Going inside the briefing room and onto Air Force One with the White House press corps, Acosta reveals the conversations, battles, and near-constant conflict that define life for a media working to hold the Trump administration accountable for its actions and its words." Acosta made headlines in November following a White House press conference in which he refused to relinquish a microphone while posing questions to Trump, prompting the White House to pull his press credentials. CNN sued and a federal judge ruled in the network's favor, restoring Acosta's credentials. "The president and his team, not to mention some of his supporters, have attempted to silence the press in ways we have never seen before," Acosta said in Thursday's announcement. "As just about everybody has seen, I have witnessed this first hand. As difficult as that challenge may be for the free press in America, we must continue to do our jobs and report the news. The truth is worth the fight.”

Dear Carolyn: My husband recently told me he had fallen for another woman. I was stunned, but even more when he said he had informed my daughters of his desires before he spoke to me. Both daughters stood up to him, and he and I have come to a fragile understanding that he really does want to stay in the marriage, but I can't get over the breach of him confiding in his own children before me. I recently opened up to the eldest child and, while remaining respectful of their father and cognizant that our marriage will continue, gave her a tiny bit of insight into her father's less-than-stellar behaviors throughout our marriage. I told her I still loved him, but felt she needed to understand his happy-go-lucky approach came at a price . . . my fear. She seemed content, she and I agreed it was a conversation she needed to hear, and this will end all talk of our marital life. Have I really crossed a huge line? — Stunned Stunned: Without knowing what you actually said, I can’t say whether you crossed a line. And I can’t know whether you will honor your pledge not to put her in the middle again — a huge factor. (Nick Galifianakis/for The Washington Post) What interests me more here is why, why, why you want to stay married to this man. By your own description, if I read you correctly, you live in fear. Whose company is worth that? Re: Stunned: "I was stunned . . . he had informed my daughters of his desires before he spoke to me": What's stunning here is his total lack of respect for you. As Carolyn said, why do you love someone who has no respect for you? — Anonymous Dear Carolyn: Silly question: I have a neighbor I run into a few times a week as we walk our respective dogs, and for the past six months she has made a variation of the same joke EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's based on an aspect of my appearance that changed around then, and is not mean or insulting, but I'm over it from sheer repetition. I think it started as a legit "wow!" reaction, and that I replied jokingly as if I was unaware of the change made it seem like "our shtick."

The myth of the modern “city car” originates from the makers of Swatch watches. They thought there should be a market for stylish, functional, small cars for city dwellers — the same kind of people who bought their watches. This “SwatchMobile” became the Daimler Smart car. It was very po[CENSORED]r, mainly among journalists who found it was something quirky to write about it. As far as sales goes, it turned out to be a product for a very small niche. But the concept of a city car became po[CENSORED]r by marketing drones … eh, gurus and journalists. Defining your public for your product can be smart marketing. The risk is that you forget other potential customers when you concentrate too much on a single group. In the showroom, all potential customers find the car that best fits them and their needs. The problem arises when marketing managers convince designers to make a car optimized for the limited use case of the imagined city dweller. It looks like a sound plan — there are many savings to be found when the car can be less capable. When these glorified golf carts entered the showroom, however, the sales were hard to find. That’s logical, because people will accept a cheaper and less capable car but not a handicapped car that is unfit for all-around use. These models are known as A-segment and B-segment cars. Designations as kei cars, mini cars, super-minis, or by other odd names suggest that these are not fully-fledged cars. And therein lies the problem. Even when customers like small cars, they don’t like crippled cars. The marketing departments target the young buying their first car. In real life, first cars are mostly hand-me-downs or used cars with a lot of experience. The young who do buy these cars buy them as second or third car, a neighborhood shopping cart. The real core po[CENSORED]tions of the customer base are the middle aged and retired people, for whom it is perhaps the only car. The parking lots of retirement homes are full of these small cars. They are used for shopping just around the corner, and for visiting the grandchildren or touring through the country for a day. When the diesel variants were removed from the lineup, they just lost some longer-distance commuters. When the top speed was lowered, the acceleration made more sedate, and the suspension a bit cheaper, the result was a movement by many customers to the C-segment, which has better margins. It was an actual win for the carmakers. … Until the marketing department #*&%! started to think about electric cars. They were also just city cars, they decided. Now they could really design something that was just right for city use. They don’t need range, they don’t need acceleration (electric cars limping away from traffic lights), they don’t need fast charging. They saw a bonanza before their minds eyes. They found a niche smaller than the Smart niche. The number of people willing to buy a crippled car because it is a “city car” is very limited. You find some in the megacities of developing countries. In places where lack of money make something just better than a bicycle a big improvement. In Europe and the USA, not so much. Those customers are used to real cars, and even when they themselves don’t expect to use these features, they insist on all the capabilities a normal car has, if only for the resale value. City cars are a marketing concept, but they don’t exist in the showroom, and should not exist on the carmaker’s drawing boards. Electric city cars are the biggest mistake of the past decade.

Phakaaathi Reporter Virgil Vries of Kaizer Chiefs during the MTN 8 quarter final match between Kaizer Chiefs and Free State Stars at FNB on August 11, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images) Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Virgil Vries says he will not use Itumeleng Khune’s achievement with Amakhosi as a yardstick. Vries says standing in for Khune comes with pressure because Chiefs is a big team, however, insists he will not try to emulate the Bafana Bafana goalkeeper. The Namibian international has had to fill in for Khune after he was ruled out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. “I don’t want to fill Khune’s shoes, I want to fill my own shoes because I have to look at myself, and it has to start with me,” said Vries. “Because if I’m trying to fill his shoes, I’m not giving myself chance to be who I am and for people to see the goalkeeper that I am, so I rather be myself and add value to the club.” The 27-year-old added that he was focused on how he can help the team in the absence of Khune rather than trying to be better than the Bafana Bafana international.

It's something many celebs know about - but how can you manage it in the real world? From Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin to Cheryl and Liam Payne, via Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy, there are no end of celebrities who have to juggle co-parenting because they’ve split. Just recently, Cheryl told Mailonline: “There’s no animosity whatsoever. We are learning all the time. And it’s good, it’s healthy. We’re just like any other couple that have gone through this, but we have a few more eyes watching us… Just a few.” Cheryl backstage in the on air studio at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball (PA) But managing the stresses of parenthood – schedules, diaries, routine, holidays – is a juggling act for anyone, famous or not. Just because they’re rich and famous, we imagine Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr still have to decide the best way to handle Christmas, Easter or who last went to parents’ evening. But it is possible, say the experts, as long as you plan and try to keep on the same page as your ex-other half.

For decades, there were some hard-and-fast rules about how you should write a resume: good-quality stationery, a rigid reverse-chronological format, only one page long. But as hiring and applying have changed over the past 10-15 years by going digital, so have those rules. What the “rule” now comes down to is this: your resume should be a lean, mean snapshot of your professional life. Most resumes are read either by robots or people using different devices, so the length is now much less of an issue. After all, an applicant tracking system doesn’t care how long your resume is—it cares about what’s in it. So let’s walk through some strategies for crafting a great two-page resume. 4 steps to writing a long resume to get you hired 1. Focus on content over length Unless you’re making an academic CV or an IMDB page, you don’t need to include everything you’ve ever done. That said, one page can feel like an artificial constraint. The happy medium is expanding slightly to go in-depth where necessary (like your skills or your work experience) without having to obsess over fractional font sizes and margins that end up looking ridiculous. Tailor your work experience bullet points to the job you’re applying for now, including only relevant information. With two pages you have a bit more space to play with, but you should still give careful consideration to which elements you want to include. For example, two pages may give you more space up front to craft a significant summary statement instead of a pithy one-line objective. Use your extra space to make your narrative even clearer. 2. Use the extra space to your advantage Too much white space can make a resume look skimpy, but some white space is also key for readability. Even if your resume goes through Resumes that look like solid bricks of text often end up in the “I don’t have time for this” pile, so an eye-catching, highly readable format will help you position your resume well. Remember that the average hiring manager spends mere seconds looking at a resume to start, so you want to grab and keep attention any way you can. Boosting readability is an easy way to do this. 3. Make your resume a cohesive document You don’t need to put your full contact info on each page, but it’s not a bad idea to include page numbers in a footer or a header, with your email address on the second page. That way, if your resume gets printed but the pages are somehow separated, the reader won’t be left mystified about why your work experience suddenly leaves off in the middle of 2015. 4. Make sure you’re telling a story You’re asking the reader to stick with you through more than one page of text, so it’s important to stay on message and make sure you’re using every inch of that space to sell yourself. Start your resume by setting a clear message (again, a summary statement or an objective really helps here), and make sure that every section of your resume supports that story. A two-page resume is an opportunity to expand on your experience and achievements, and declutter your crowded one-page resume. As long as you pay careful attention to what you’re including and how, it can be a great asset for your job hunt. Resumes that look like solid bricks of text often end up in the “I don’t have time for this” pile, so an eye-catching, highly readable format will help you position your resume well. Remember that the average hiring manager spends mere seconds looking at a resume to start, so you want to grab and keep attention any way you can. Boosting readability is an easy way to do this. 3. Make your resume a cohesive document You don’t need to put your full contact info on each page, but it’s not a bad idea to include page numbers in a footer or a header, with your email address on the second page. That way, if your resume gets printed but the pages are somehow separated, the reader won’t be left mystified about why your work experience suddenly leaves off in the middle of 2015. 4. Make sure you’re telling a story You’re asking the reader to stick with you through more than one page of text, so it’s important to stay on message and make sure you’re using every inch of that space to sell yourself. Start your resume by setting a clear message (again, a summary statement or an objective really helps here), and make sure that every section of your resume supports that story. A two-page resume is an opportunity to expand on your experience and achievements, and declutter your crowded one-page resume. As long as you pay careful attention to what you’re including and how, it can be a great asset for your job hunt.

Today is the birthday of a very special person for me in this community, every time you get older but do not lose your mind always in the good and bad, in short. Happy birthday @Venus

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