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The Real Reason Jamie Oliver's Restaurant Empire Is Collapsing
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By Debra Kelly/May 22, 2019 1:03 pm EST
Owning your own restaurant is a secret dream for a lot of people, and when you're a celebrity chef, it might seem like you're being handed not only the opportunity, but a guaranteed success. That's not the case, though, and in May 2019 one of the world's biggest celebrity chefs — Jamie Oliver — saw his restaurant empire come crashing down.
According to The Guardian, only three of the chef's 25 UK restaurants will remain open, though the advisory firm called in to sort out the mess searched for a buyer for those remaining restaurants, meaning their fate has yet to be determined. The rest would be gone, immediately.
Oliver had this to say about the closures: "I am deeply saddened by this outcome and would like to thank all of the staff and our suppliers who have put their hearts and souls into this business for over a decade. I appreciate how difficult this is for everyone affected. I would also like to thank all the customers who have enjoyed and supported us over the last decade, it's been a real pleasure serving you."
And it has been just over a decade since Oliver's Jamie's Italian brand of restaurants first launched in 2008. How could such a popular celebrity's restaurant empire fall so far, so fast?
He's been struggling for a long time
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This massive 2019 closure isn't the first time Jamie Oliver has shuttered doors. In 2014, The Guardian reported on another set of Oliver-inspired restaurants — Union Jacks — that were closing. They also said that the small chain's failure wasn't all that surprising, calling the fare "good but relatively ... commonplace," and let's be honest, no one goes out to eat and expects commonplace food.
And The Guardian has also reported that Oliver's restaurants have been in trouble for a long, long time. In 2017, they released the numbers from the previous year and revealed that while they had logged a £2.4 million ($3 million USD) profit in 2015, 2016 brought with it a £9.9 million ($12.6 million USD) loss. A huge part of that loss came because Oliver backed out of a project that had been planned for King's Cross, and they were quick to point out that in spite of that massive loss, things were still going pretty well. That's what they said, at least, but by 2018 The Telegraph was reporting some of Jamie's Italian's 40+ locations were going to be closing.
But there were other things going on, too, amid some massive personnel turnover. Oliver closed his chain of cookery shops, Recipease, in 2015. The presses stopped rolling on his self-titled food magazine, Jamie, in 2017 (via The Guardian). That's a lot of stuff coming to a close.
There's a reason finding the truth has been tough
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According to Bloomberg, the 2019 announcement of insolvency came with the immediate closure of Jamie's Italian, Barbecoa, and Fifteen London restaurants. In 2018, there had been another announcement — The Telegraph reported Jamie's Italian was closing 12 locations and asking for their rent to be lowered at another 11. They were struggling with massive debts, but finding out just what was going on with the celebrity chef's chain was difficult. Why? Because, it came out, the hundreds of people who suddenly found themselves unemployed were instructed to sign non-disclosure agreements preventing them from discussing anything about the situation — and that included making any comments about Oliver or his family.
That sounds odd, at first, until you learn that former staff members — many speaking anonymously — had come out to blame Oliver's brother-in-law, Paul Hunt, for the massive failures suffered by the restaurants. Only one person — former managing director of Jamie Oliver LTD, Tara Donovan — went on record saying that all the criticism was being put out there for a reason.
Insiders blamed some poorly chosen nepotism
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Sure, it might be easy to accept the fact that the life of a celebrity chef is busy, and they can't be everywhere at once. But when it came time for Oliver to appoint a CEO in 2014, he chose his own brother-in-law, Paul Hunt. According to insiders (via Eater London), it was all downhill from there.
Hunt — who had been previously convicted of insider trading — was brought in when there were 42 Jamie's Italian locations. Five years later and, well, we all know where this story goes, even though Oliver had claimed Hunt "radically transformed" his business into something "more successful, vibrant, and creative". Employees didn't agree, saying Hunt had a tendency to mistreat staff and fire anyone he viewed as "strong" — including a PA who learned she was being fired when she was told to type up her own redundancy letter.
Others described him as not having the foggiest idea about what he was doing, and allegations in The Times labeled him a "bully who is destroying his business empire" and just plain "incompetent." One senior exec went so far as to say (via The Telegraph) "He's running the business into the ground, and the day he resigns the staff should have a big party."
Brexit might be to blame… already
It's been a slow rollout of closures for Jamie's Italian over the course of a few years, and in January 2017, The Guardian reported that he was going to be closing six locations — including a restaurant in Aberdeen and one near St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The reason? It was reported that the closures were coming — in part — so Oliver could focus more on Barbecoa and international endeavors, and it was also in part because they were experiencing all kinds of "pressures and unknowns" following the Brexit vote.
To be fair, there are still a lot of unknowns regarding Brexit in 2019, but representative Simon Blagden said (via ITV) a huge part of the problem Oliver's restaurant were having was because of the collapse of the pound and an increase in the costs of importing ingredients from Italy. In order to stay viable, each restaurant needed to average about 3,000 covers a week — and those just didn't make the cut.
There was nothing getting fans into the restaurant
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According to CNBC, Oliver saw his business failing in 2018, and claimed he had learned some valuable lessons from it. Did he? Given the following year's news that's uncertain, but he did say they had started to realize that not only did it take time to get something as big and complicated as a restaurant right, but that it wasn't going to happen just because the person with the name on the door was famous.
Jon Knight, CEO of the Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group in 2017, said the disconnect between Oliver's image and his restaurants as a huge problem.
"The customer would go and buy Jamie's latest book, would sit at home and watch Jamie on Channel 4, but then he or she would go out to eat at (competitor chain) Prezzo. That was our problem," he said. Just what the disconnect was, he didn't specify, but they did say that part of the fix was lowering restaurant prices to try to unify the brand.
They owe an insane amount of money
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According to The New York Times, Oliver started looking for a buyer to help save his restaurants in late 2018 — though a buyer didn't materialize as fast as Oliver would have liked. Will Wright of KPMG, one of the administrators brought in at the start of the closures, had this to say:
"The current trading environment for companies across the casual dining sector is as tough as I've ever seen. The directors at Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group have worked tirelessly to stabilize the business against a backdrop of rising costs and brittle consumer confidence."
But they were fighting an uphill battle. In early 2018, The Guardian got a peek at court documents that detailed just how much Oliver's restaurants were carrying in debt — and it was no small amount. Jamie's Italian alone had £71.5 million ($90.8 million USD) in debt, including £31.2 million ($39.6 million USD) in overdrafts and loans, £41.3 million ($52.4 million USD) owed to various creditors (like landlords), and £2.2 million ($2.7 million USD) overdue to staff. Oliver's representatives were quick to call the debt "standard" for organizations, and stressed that there was no one out there actually waiting for money. Documents, though, suggested the writing was already on the wall.
Too much, too fast, in all the wrong places
Sometimes, it takes failure to learn some very important lessons, and when he talked about his restaurant difficulties in 2018 (via CNBC), he said he had learned a lot — and knew what he would go back and change.
One of those things was that there was a danger in opening too many places too fast, and Oliver empire exec Jon Knight said he had made the mistake of "opening too many restaurants, too quickly, in the wrong places" and that's a huge miscalculation. Oliver added, "In the future, I might spend a bit more time getting in second and getting it right."
Knight continued (via Eater London) about just what they meant. They said they had overlooked two key factors when it came to getting in the right place, and didn't pick places with enough of a tourist draw or a university crowd. Because, let's face it — going out to a celebrity chef's restaurant (where the "entry-level steak" alone was priced at £15.50 ($20 USD)) isn't a normal night out for most families. It's perfect for vacations, though, and tourists are a prime market, so it's too bad they didn't take more advantage of that.
His attempts to save it
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When Oliver's chain faced insolvency in 2019, it was actually the second time it had gotten that bad. The first time it happened — in September 2017 — Oliver was able to pull off a last-minute save by dumping almost £13 million ($16.5 million USD) of his own money into the business.
And, he did it just hours before they were going to have to make the decision to pull the plug.
According to The Guardian, Oliver was — at the time — a bit mystified about what had gone wrong. He told the Financial Times, "We had simply run out of cash. ... And we hadn't expected it. That is just not normal, in any business. You have quarterly meetings. You do board meetings. People supposed to manage that stuff should manage that stuff."
In addition to that, it took another £37 million ($46.8 million USD) in loans and subsidies from other parts of Oliver's business empire to shore up the ailing restaurants, and Oliver called it all "the perfect storm: rents, rates, the high street declining, food costs, Brexit, increase in the minimum wage. There was a lot going on."
And it's continued to go on.
He's said he's not good at business
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Should Jamie Oliver just stick to the cooking? Maybe, especially based on the fact that he told Cannes Lions festival PR chief Richard Edelman this (via The Guardian) in 2015:
"... I worked out the other day, I took a little review of my 17 years — we've done all right, I've sold a few books and we've made a few quid — I realized that I think I wasted and f***ed up about 40 percent."
That "few quid" he's made was, at the time, estimated by the Sunday Times Rich List to be about £180 million ($228 million USD), and Oliver says that other 40 percent of endeavors that had failed were "quite painful." He also said that he wasn't completely wasting those failures, saying, "Did the mistakes not teach me powerful lessons? I'm trying to turn those mistakes into what maybe you guys call R&D. What is the percentage of turnover that is right for innovation. What is healthy? Is it 10 percent, 20 percent? Is 40 percent reckless?"
He's a massively polarizing figure
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Here's the thing about celebrity restaurants: they rely heavily on the draw of the celebrity to get people in the door. Only Jamie Oliver has a tendency to make people very angry.
Take the UK's decision to put a tax on high-sugar soft drinks. He championed it, (via The Telegraph) and media outlets like the Spectator pointed out the hypocrisy: he still sold cookbooks that included recipes containing high-sugar desserts, and sold sugary drinks at his restaurants... just at a higher price than other drinks. Oops?
That's just the start, and almost everyone can find something in Oliver's past to be angry about. There's the time he united Spain in their collective outrage over his "paella" recipe (via The Guardian) and the time he was accused of cultural appropriation with his "jerk rice" (via The Conversation). Then there was the outrage sparked when he started to talk about why all women needed to breastfeed (via The Telegraph), the time he was sued by a beef processor for comments about "pink slime" (comments which led to an 80 percent sales drop for the company and 700 people being laid off, says the Independent), and the time he accused a West Virginia mother of slowly killing her children with food (via The Atlantic). He tried the same thing in LA schools, and fared less well: NPR says he was kicked out.
Why would any of the people he's angered want to go eat at his restaurants?
Skyrocketing costs across the board
The fall of Oliver's restaurant empire is pretty high-profile, but according to The Telegraph, he's not alone in some of the problems he's facing: they're hitting other restaurants, too — we just don't hear about them as much.
Alongside Jamie's Italian and Fifteen, restaurants on an unprecedented scale are failing. Numbers of closures, they say, are up 35 percent from the previous year. Even as Time cited huge problems like consistently rising rent costs and relentlessly rising food prices, it's important to note that he's not the only one struggling. In 2018, UK Hospitality reported that the costs of running a restaurant had hit a new, 12-year high. Payroll costs were up and profit margins were shrinking, all while food sales remained stagnant and drink sales took a nosedive.
And on the other side of the pond, similar trends are being seen in the U.S. Steakhouses have been struggling under increased cost of doing business, and it's taking a toll on chains like The Cheesecake Factory and Outback. And that's food for thought, the next time you and your family decide to eat out. Make your business count — livelihoods are depending on it.
What it means for his employees
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When everyone talks about Jamie Oliver's restaurant empire falling, they tend to talk about Jamie Oliver. But it's important to remember that other lives are being changed, too.
According to Sky News, 2019's insolvency means that around 1,300 people are now without work. And that's not the first time that hundreds of people have lost their jobs or been laid off because of the financial difficulties that developed around Oliver's restaurants.
When he closed 12 locations in 2018, The Telegraph reported that more than 600 people saw their jobs disappear overnight. And that's way more than they originally thought would be lost — according to the Independent, it was first estimated that the closure and restructuring plan was going to put around 200 jobs at risk, with many people going through consultation periods to be moved elsewhere within Oliver's companies. The resulting job loss is a tragedy that all too often gets overlooked when news like this hits the headlines.
Don't feel too bad for him
At the end of the day, you don't have to worry about Oliver. Sure, he closed a huge number of restaurants, but he's fine. According to the BBC, not all of his restaurants are going to be closing, and those that are under the control of franchisees — like his international ventures — will stay open.
The Guardian took a look at Oliver's other holdings, and found that his restaurants are only a small portion of the empire he's built. Jamie Oliver Holdings — which includes his book and television ventures — is still pulling in millions, especially with help from his best-selling cookbooks. He also has a huge stake in licensing agreements, which is a division that basically oversees his partnership with various companies (like Tefal and Hotpoint) and stores to put his name and image on merchandise.
House Beautiful reported that he and his family bought a new family home in Hampstead in 2015, estimated to be worth somewhere around £8.9 million ($11.3 million USD). Hello! then later reported that they were adding to their homes with the subsequent purchase of a 70-acre, 16th century mansion in Essex, a country home worth around £6 million ($7.6 million USD). He's not going anywhere soon.


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Are we witnessing the fulfillment of The Perestroika Deception?
Vladimir Putin is now threatening all of the Ukraine. See here. Robert Mackey notes how, "As the United States condemned a referendum on the future of the Crimean peninsula staged by pro-Russian separatists on Sunday, one of Russia's most influential television hosts appeared on the evening news in Moscow, before a huge mushroom cloud graphic, to remind viewers that Russia is still "the only country in the world capable of turning the U.S.A. into radioactive dust."
Rita Biesemans, in a comment left one post on this Blog dealing with masonic infiltration of the Catholic Church, had this to say: "When I was in 2nd year High School Latin-Greek Humanities in a nun-run boarding school in the 1950's, we had the 'Spekpater' (the "Bacon Priest") preaching during one of our yearly retreat weeks. One day he told us : 'For know that there are priests being trained and formed at the KRIM (Russia) to infiltrate the Church, to spread false teachings in order to corrupt and ruin the Church.' This made such an impact and impression on my soul that I will never forget it."
Anatoliy Golitsyn, the former KGB officer and counterintelligence agent, in his book entitled "The Perestroika Deception," warned that: "They [the Soviets] intend...to induce the Americans to adopt their own 'restructuring' and convergence of the Soviet and American systems using to this end the fear of nuclear conflict...Convergence will be accompanied by blood baths and political re-education camps in Western Europe and the United States. The Soviet Strategists are counting on an economic depression in the United States and intend to introduce their reformed model of socialism with a human face as an alternative to the American system during the depression." (Anatoliy Golitsyn, The Perestroika Deception, 1990).
Golitsyn defected to the West and spent many years attempting to warn the West of long-range Soviet plans. In 1954, H. Rowan Gaither, who served as President of the Ford Foundation, told Norman Dodd of the Congressional Reese Commission that, "...all of us here at the policy-making level have had experience with directives...from the White House....The substance of them is that we shall use our grant-making power so as to alter our life in the United States that we can be comfortably merged with the Soviet Union."
Now, some of you might be thinking: What is the connection? There is a fundamental opposition of Communist principles to those of Freemasonry. The Freemason believes in man but the Communist believes only in the Party, in the State.
Not so according to the Vatican. Pope Leo XIII, in his Encyclical Letter Humanum Genus, teaches that:
"In the sphere of politics, the Naturalists lay down that all men have the same rights and that all are equal and alike in every respect; that everyone is by nature free and independent; that no one has the right to exercise authority over another; that it is an act of violence to demand of men obedience to any authority not emanating from themselves. All power is, therefore, in the free people. Those who exercise authority do so either by the mandate or permission of the people, so that, when the popular will changes, rulers of State may lawfully be deposed even against their will. The source of all rights and civic duties is held to reside either in the multitude or in the ruling power of the State, provided that it has been constituted according to the new principles. They hold also that the State should not acknowledge God and that, out of the various forms of religion, there is no reason why one should be preferred to another. According to them, all should be on the same level. [This is why the Creed will eventually have to go, see here].
Pope Leo XIII continues:
"Now, that these views are held by the Freemasons also, and that they want to set up States constituted according to this ideal, is too well known to be in need of proof. For a long time they have been openly striving with all their strength and with all the resources at their command to bring this about. They thus prepare the way for those numerous and more reckless spirits who, in their mad desire to arrive at equality and common ownership of goods, are ready to hurl society into an even worse condition, by the destruction of all distinctions of rank and property....In thi mad and wicked design, the implacable hatred and thirst for vengeance with which Satan is animated against Our Lord Jesus Christ becomes almost visible to our bodily eyes."
Later on, in the same Encyclical Letter, Pope Leo XIII adds:
"From the anti-social character of the errors we have mentioned, it is clear that the greatest dangers are to be feared for States. For once the fear of God and the reverence due to His laws have been taken away, the authority of rulers treated with contempt, free reign and approval given to sedition, popular passions recklessly fanned, and all restraining influences eliminated except the fear of punishment, then there will necessarily follow a revolutionary upheaval and a period of wholesale destruction of existing institutions...A complete change and upheaval of this kind is being carefully prepared by numerous associations of Communists and Socialists, in fact, it is their openly avowed aim; and Freemasonry is not only not opposed to their plans, but looks upon them with the greatest favour, as its leading principles are identical with theirs. If the Freemasons do not immediately and everywhere proceed to realise the ultimate conclusions contained in these principles, this is not because they are restrained by the discipline of the organization or by lack of determination, but partly on account of the power and virtue of that divine religion which cannot be crushed out of existence, and partly because the more balanced part of mankind are unwilling to sink into slavery under the domination of secret societies, and offer vigorous resistance to their insane endeavours."
This is why ecclesiastical masonry has infiltrated the Church. The Church cannot be destroyed from without. External persecution only serves to make her stronger. The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church as Tertullian reminded us. Ecclesiastical masonry is Freemasonry which has infiltrated the Church with the goal of subverting her from within by questioning all traditional doctrines and remaking the Church into the image and likeness of man.
It was Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski who warned, back in June of 1963, that "It is not the Communists whom we fear. What fills us with anguish is the spectacle of false brethren." Here the great Cardinal was warning of those modern-day Judases who, instead of openly attacking the Church, seek to infiltrate and penetrate her in order to introduce and impose humanitarian, naturalistic and anti-traditional ideas.
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Every minute around the world a million plastic bottles are bought, according to an investigation conducted by The Guardian. While technically these water bottles are recyclable, research also reveals "fewer than half of the bottles bought in 2016 were collected for recycling and just 7% of those collected were turned into new bottles."
Recently, the newspaper featured readers ideas for living with less plastic, including your's truly. While the scale of waste from industry, construction, transport, agriculture, etc. is staggering, we can all pitch in to make our own small difference. If everyone began to waste less, the impacts would be great.
My trusty reusable water bottle.
So, you're probably clued up on bringing a cloth bag to the grocery shop or a refillable water bottle around, but what are some other ways of minimising waste? Here are 5 tips to get you thinking outside the tote bag.
Glass jars from oils, peanut butter, etc. make great reusable storage containers. Ditto for plastic take away containers, yogurt pots and ice cream tubs. Wash them and start reusing!
A glass container from a clay mask will get reused to store spices.
All that plastic packaging on our lovely fruit and veg at the shop is enough to drive me mad. As I pointed out in The Guardian, "the cucumber wrapped in plastic is an abomination of all things holy. I know extending the life of fruit and veg is something to consider, but I'm not buying into those cucumbers. Just eat them quickly." Shop at farmers markets or subscribe to a vegetable box scheme/CSA to avoid those endless aisles of plastic.
Buying in bulk not only saves money, but saves on packaging. In the US most shops will have entire sections dedicated to bulk buying. Bonus, if you bring your own reusable containers to fill up. The UK, is starting to see more zero waste shops pop up. Until they become more ubiquitous though, try buying in large quantities, as that will save on packaging. In Copenhagen, I look forward to checking out Løs, the first zero waste supermarket that opened last summer!
Many products such as soap, sponges, toothbrushes and make-up come in non-plastic alternatives. Bars of soap, natural sponges, bamboo toothbrushes and products packaged in glass can all be used up, composted or recycled.
Big shot out to those DIY beauty and cleaning product makers! I myself haven't ventured too much into this field, but there is a whole world of plastic-free alternatives waiting to be used up naturally. My childhood neighbour makes her own cleaning potions using vinegar and essential oils. Don't stop there! Toothpaste, moisturiser, soap, deoderant, the list goes on. Check out Hello Glow for some great tips and tricks to get started.


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Hon deltog i olympiska vinterspelen 2014 i Sotji där hennes bästa placering blev en
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I världscupkombinationen i St. Moritz den 27 januari 2012 kom hon sexa, vilket är hennes bästa resultat i världscupen hittills i karriären. Hon har även två tiondeplatser .

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First off — Jason's birthday card. Jason hates his birthday like nobody's business, so this one was to cheer him up. This card has extra meaning because I call him "my knight" — he's always rescuing me.
The knight is by A Muse, cake by Savvy Stamps, and I did the message on the computer — used NeoOffice on my MacBook. Fonts are Cooperplate Gothic Light and Edwardian Script ITC. I colored everything with PrismaColor Markers — learned about these gems from Linda's blog, thanks Linda! I also added some glitter for sparkle.
Oh — sorry for the dark pics, as you can see we finally got some rain this afternoon! Not much, but every little bit helps.
Next up — Colin's first birthday card! Colin is Jason's nephew and he was born on Jason's birthday — how sweet is that? Jason was hoping that everyone would forget about his birthday now that Colin is here, but no such luck. Ha!
All stamps in this one are by Hero Arts, except for the tiny heart on the tag by Memory Box. I attached the "C" with pop dots so it really looks neat in real life. The "C" and gemstones are also by Hero Arts. Patterned paper by Chatterbox.
The third card is for a friend who is changing jobs — I'll really miss working with her. I got her a cute little Moka Pot and some coffee, and she has scarlet Fiesta in her kitchen so that's the reason behind the theme and the red. These stamps are all by Hero Arts. I did the message on my MacBook again — sorry but don't remember the font, maybe Typewriter? I used metallic silver ink on the shadow stamp, but it's hard to see the effect in the photo.
And, I wanted to let you know that I'm travelling out to Hero Arts tomorrow — I'll be taking the trusty MacBook, so hopefully I'll be able to post from the hotel — if I can keep my eyes open — 6 AM flight, ugh. Better go get some sleep. Night.
Lisa, Lisa, LISA!!!!!!!!!! How cute are all those cards??? Love your creativity and your design style. The card for your husband is just so wonderful … the great little touches add so much to the card!
All delightful! I think the knight with the cake is hysterical–how can you not feel a teeny bit celebratory about your birthday with a kicky fun card like that presented to ya'???? I hope enjoys his special day anyway . . .
Oh, you are visiting Hero???? Oh, man, I am envious! And, wanting to know if you'll be able to share at least SOME of the juicy details of your visit! At any rate, have a maaaaahvelous time!!! I'll be with you in spirit!
Have a enjoyable time at Hero Arts!!!
A Very Happy Birthday to Jason. Love the card you made for him. Happy Birthday to your nephew Colin too. Hope you have a great time in California.
LOVE all 3 of your cards today! Happy & safe travels to HA and back!
Lisa…all of these cards are just wonderful. I have to say the first one is my favorite…it is awesome…love that little knight. Have a safe trip.
OK, I just NOW figured out the tea cup card. It is MISSING a tea cup, hence "I miss you"…Very clever!!


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My second semester students will complete all of the components of this learning experience based on the California School Library Association Teen Learning modules.
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Home » SPS Observer » Exploring Options, Finding Opportunities
Exploring Options, Finding Opportunities
Rachel Kaufman, Editor and Kendra Remond, Contributing Writer
First, the good news—a degree in physics leads to a wide variety of career options. The challenge is that successfully navigating all of the available opportunities can be overwhelming, especially when most students are only exposed to the physicists at their school—those who have earned a PhD and are now working in academia.
Because there are so many possible pathways available, deciding on a good fit for their unique set of knowledge, skills, and (most importantly) interests is difficult for many students. SPS has a number of resources designed to help students navigate this challenge, from the AIP Careers Toolbox, designed specifically for students interested in entering the workforce after earning a bachelor's degree, to profiles of physicists (like those featured here) and data on the common paths of physics majors.
Check out the projects on the following pages to see which ones might help you in your own career journey, and be sure to browse the profiles of the not-so-traditional physicists featured here—they might just open your eyes to opportunities you never knew existed.
The AIP Careers Toolbox
You can find physics majors in ALL kinds of professions—science writing, medicine, law, history of science, acting, music, healthcare, and more. The Careers Toolbox will give you a deeper awareness of the wide range of career options for physicists, and it will help you figure out how to get the job you want. It's packed with resources for finding career help on campus, overcoming obstacles you might run into, and for empowering you to make your physics department more "career friendly." It also includes hands-on activities to help you narrow down your career options and then nail the job you want.
Learn more at: www.spsnational.org/career-resources/career-pathways
Need specific advice? SPS has deep dives into various career-related topics in webinar form available online. In the webinars, you can learn about networking and interviewing, for example. There's also a webinar perfect for most physics undergrads, with the title "I'm about to graduate—What on earth do I do now?" (If that doesn't resonate, consider yourself lucky!)
Prefer to read rather than watch? SPS also has dozens of articles on job-search topics. Learn about networking, informational interviews, and using LinkedIn effectively. There are also tips on broader topics, like figuring out your goals and values in life.
Get these resources at: www.spsnational.org/career-resources/webinars and www.spsnational.org/career-resources/advice
Learning from Those Who Came Before
Sometimes you just want to hear how other people handled a situation similar to one you find yourself in. A great way to do this is to find a mentor you can talk with in person. But if that's not possible—or if your mentor hasn't been through the situation you're struggling with—you can learn from "virtual" mentors. The SPS Observer publishes advice from experienced voices on almost every possible topic imaginable: internships, outreach, job fairs, even learning from failure.
Read that advice at: www.spsnational.org/the-sps-observer/sps-observer-departments/pathways-advice-experienced-voices
Finally, if the physicist profiles that follow pique your interest, read about the many other careers for physicists by visiting SPS's physicist profiles page at www.spsnational.org/career-resources/physicist-profiles and Sigma Pi Sigma's list of "Hidden Physicists" at www.sigmapisigma.org/sigmapisigma/radiations/hidden-physicists.
Best of luck on your career journey!
Jake Zalkind, BS Ed, Physics, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Physics Teacher at Bohemia Manor High School
I always knew I wanted to help people by teaching. I started as a history education major, but I switched to physics because, well, physics is easier!
My favorite lesson is a lab on projectile motion called Shoot for Your Grade. The students have to calculate where their projectile will land, and they get a better grade the closer they hit.
Motivation: I teach for that "eureka moment." I get to show kids cool stuff. A lot of kids think physics is just a hard, scary subject with a lot of math, but they don't think about the cool stuff that you can do with it.
Advice for students: Do what you love. And we always need educators in the sciences—there's never an overpopulation of science teachers, so if you're a physicist and want to be an educator, you'll have no problem finding a job.
Physicists tend to make great teachers because we think logically, we're tough, we're smart, and we can handle any challenge.
Peter Muhoro, BSc Physics and Math, Hampton University; MSc Applied Physics, University of Michigan; PhD Applied Physics, University of Michigan, Vice President of Strategic Industry Research and Analysis at the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
If you asked me if I ever thought I'd work at a finance entity, my answer would have been no. I'm not a finance person, but I continue to learn as much as I can about finance. I help electric co-ops—not-for-profit, member-owned electric utility companies—figure out what the future looks like. When somebody comes to me and says, "I want to install a battery bank, can you loan me $1 million?" it's my job to understand the technical and business factors that make that a good or bad loan.
Key skills: Communicating and public speaking. I went back and read my dissertation, and I was like, "I'm a horrible writer!" Years later I've improved my writing skills. Practice makes perfect.
Daily challenges: I've run into a lot of "Well, we've always done it this way," or "We tried this, and it didn't work." That's challenging, because I want to be like, "Let's jump in and try it."
Motivation: Creating change—I want to look back some day and say my input was one of the reasons this project was successful. That gets me moving.
Advice to students: Find several mentors. The classroom is great, but it's being around someone and seeing how they do things that can be exactly what you need to learn.
Sean Grullon, BS Physics, Florida International University; PhD Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Machine Learning Data Scientist, GSK
As I was getting to the end of my postdoc, I recognized that I really enjoyed doing physics research, but I didn't want to be a professor. I had worked on a lot of statistics, data analysis, and machine learning in my research career. At the time, the data science field was taking off, and that's when I decided to take what I learned in research and apply that to industry. And I've been pleasantly surprised by the number of very interesting technical challenges and problems that need to be solved in industry.
Why physicists matter: Physicists are well suited to be data scientists. They've looked at and analyzed real data. My personal experience is, computer science is great, but a lot of CS and math students haven't dealt with the complexities and messiness of real data.
Key skills: Fundamental math and statistics. Machine learning is a hot topic these days, but when you break down the algorithms, it's just linear algebra with a little bit of chain rule, and also technical skills, like Python, which I used a lot in my academic career, too. Getting involved in research projects early on would help expose you to that language.
Motivation: The most exciting thing is how quickly this field is changing. The software I used two years ago? Nobody uses it anymore. The approach I used two years ago? Nobody uses it anymore. It's exhilarating.
Anna Quider, BA Religious Studies and BS Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh; PhD Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Director of Federal Relations, Northern Illinois University
I spend time making sure that the people in power know what's important to my university. I work on everything at the federal level that touches our university, so student financial aid, immigration, etc. - but also things that affect our faculty, like funding for the National Science Foundation or the National Endowment for the Arts, or policies that affect research. And I also work on things that affect the university as an employer, like tax policy. So there's a whole range of things I have to learn all the time! It's one of the best things about my job.
Key skills: As a physicist, I learned how to approach complicated problems, and I'm not intimidated by them. Physicists work on problems that may literally have no known solution. It's similar to when you're trying to figure out how to solve a policy problem.
Physics also gave me a strong numerical sense. I ask questions about the data: What's the sample size? What was the selection bias in this survey? How was this data analysis completed? And so on.
Advice to students: If you are interested in policy, get policy experience! Take political science courses while you're doing your physics coursework. Or volunteer on a campaign—you could do an hour a week and still have a worthwhile experience. It's going to result in dynamic reference letters, getting a sense of the broader world out there, and frankly, I think it makes us all better citizens when we have an involvement in the civic process.
Most universities, even small ones, have somebody like me on staff. Find that person and email them, see if you can learn about their job. They might have an internship opening!
Adele Luta, BS Physics, Florida Institute of Technology; MS Physics Entrepreneurship, Case Western Reserve University, Research Affiliate with MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
As a physicist, I was inspired to understand more about the human mind after working as a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mission Control Center flight controller and astronaut instructor. Now I work as a research affiliate with MIT, studying how people react in time-limited, life-critical, restricted communication environments—think astronauts or special ops forces. As an applied scientist, I have the opportunity to work with individuals performing these critical jobs, which is one of my favorite aspects.
Key skills: It's important to have a solid understanding of the science and be up to date on the latest research. It's also key to build a network within the scientific community. Finally, be confident in your ideas and stay persistent.
Daily challenges: I have to manage my own time and deadlines. I apply "life/work integration." Sometimes I'll work late at night or on the weekends if I know that will help me get in a long workout or take advantage of good weather to go flying. (I'm also a private pilot.)
Future plans: To keep applying the science while using my core physics education to inform the way I approach challenges. I also hope to one day own a seaplane.
Bailey Groendyke, BA Music and BS Physics, Grand Valley State University, Applications Engineer, Steelcase
I am currently the acoustics lead on the Innovation Management Office team at Steelcase, which makes furniture for offices, schools, and classrooms. I specifically look into ways Steelcase can incorporate acoustics into their products, whether it be monitoring the acoustics of a space, researching new acoustic technologies for challenging areas, or applying acoustically sensitive products that improve the soundscape.
Key skills: Being creative and willing to learn. Sometimes there's a standard way to solve a problem, but maybe there's a new technique or material we can use that is more effective and less costly. Even though I'm the acoustics lead on the team, there is still much more that I have to learn.
Daily challenges: Communicating with my colleagues in non-science departments about the importance of considering acoustics. Acoustics and wave behavior in general are not always intuitive concepts for people, but they're important to take into account!
Motivation: My passion for physics has always been partly fueled by my love for music. On a more personal level, my little brother has a hearing disability. He struggles in the classroom and in other areas with poor noise control, like a cafeteria or gym. Even for those without hearing disabilities, acoustics are important. Good acoustics can be the factor in landing the big business deal over a conference call, a student learning about an important physics concept, or a patient in the cardiac ward making a full recovery. //


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import net.doubledoordev.d3log.logging.TypeRegistry;
import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraft.util.MathHelper;
import net.minecraft.world.ChunkPosition;
import net.minecraftforge.common.util.FakePlayer;

import java.util.UUID;

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 * @author Dries007
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public class LogEvent
{
    protected int epoch;
    protected int x, y, z, dim;
    protected String data;
    protected UUID uuid;
    protected int id; // The id of the event in the database.
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    {
        epoch = (int) (System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000);
    }

    private TypeRegistry.EventType type;

    public static ItemStack copy(ItemStack item)
    {
        return item == null ? null : item.copy();
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    public static ItemStack[] copy(ItemStack... item)
    {
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        for (int i = 0; i < item.length; i++) stacks[i] = copy(item[i]);
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    public void setPosition(int dimension, int x, int y, int z)
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    public void setPlayerUUID(EntityPlayer player)
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            uuid = player.getGameProfile().getId();
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Every morning, Sheila Walsh grabs a glass of water to wash down her medication. With a prayer of thanksgiving for doctors, the noted author and speaker swallows her antidepressant.
The Women of Faith speaker and former 700 Club host is a broken woman made whole in Christ. Her platform now teaches women that their history doesn't define their destiny.
It's a message she's lived herself. After her stint as Pat Robertson's cohost, Walsh was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and severe clinical depression. She was placed in a psyche ward for one month.
"Sometimes God will take you to a prison to set you free," Walsh says.
In her first Women of Faith event, Walsh recalls how scared she was to admit her flaws, but the Holy Spirit convicted her to tell the truth of her story. Once she finished, she opened her eyes to see scores of women lining up to speak, all saying, "That's my story!"
So, too, goes the story of former Maxim and Victoria's Secret model Nicole Weider.
"I always needed God, and (my depression) ultimately created in me desire to get to know God," Weider says. "I had to see doctors, have medicine, it was the real thing. There's nothing sinful about getting something. Know you're going to come out of it, stronger, more fierce than ever before."
Weider now uses her testimony to connect with young women who are also fighting the same emotional and physical battles.
Consider also Tina Campbell of Mary Mary fame. The gospel singer reached the point where she was "so low that I wanted to die, kill my children, kill my husband and kill everybody and go out with a bang because life was that bad."
Former first lady Barbara Bush also dealt with the nightmares the illness can cause.
"In an otherwise rosy depiction of life as the helpmate of a rising politician, Mrs. Bush also states, almost as an aside, that she was so deeply depressed in the mid-1970s that she sometimes stopped her car on highway shoulders for fear that she might deliberately crash the vehicle into a tree or an oncoming auto," The New York Times reports.
Roll the clock back a few more years, and one can see famed politician Winston Churchill as a case study with his "great black dog."
Even one of history's greatest preachers, Charles Spurgeon, experienced the signs of depression throughout his life.
Though Spurgeon dealt significantly with the illness before his conversion, he was not exempt after experiencing God's saving grace.
"He saw his depression as his 'worst feature,'" John Piper writes.
To quote Spurgeon himself, "Despondency is not a virtue; I believe it is a vice. I am heartily ashamed of myself for falling into it, but I am sure there is no remedy for it like a holy faith in God."
There's a stigma that surrounds depression—particularly chemical depression, or major depressive disorders—that prevents people who are struggling to come forward and reveal how God is working in their lives.
In the words of rap superstar Lecrae, "Depression is not a sign of lack of spirituality. The most renown spiritual leaders walked thru deep depression."
His words reflect a growing trend of younger believers begging for authenticity in the church, particularly regarding depression.
In fact, a Barna study reveals that nearly one-fifth of young adults leave church because their faith "does not help with depression or other emotional problems" they experience. It certainly doesn't help that that the church can sometimes frown on medication. However, the tide appears to be shifting.
"I think Christians are beginning to talk about it a little more," Walsh says. "It's not so much an issue of lack faith as lack of chemicals in your brain. I had a big struggle with medication until my doctor explained I'm one of those people with a chemical imbalance, so take my little pill with a prayer of thanksgiving."
Walsh certainly isn't the only one battling depression. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, major depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States.
More than 16 million people were affected in 2012, according to that same report, and most of them were between 18-25.
Clinical psychologist Al Saunders says depression is as prominent inside the church as outside the church. However, as the church stigmatizes depression, many may be afraid to come forward and admit their struggles.
"I think church needs to quit telling people depression is a sin problem," Saunders says. "It doesn't help anyone get better if I just judge you and pound you for having that problem. This is forcing depressed people to go underground, to hide in shame."
The stigma in the modern-day church as that many believe "depression" is only thoughts of sadness, where in reality, the disease is characterized by much more.
Officially, most depression symptoms are medical and physical, not just emotional. Someone may be in a depressive episode if they experience a change in sleep or eating habits, motivation, enjoyment, energy level or concentration for a period of at least two weeks.
But faith in God is sometimes not enough. Whether the cause is spiritual or physical, if ignored, depression can rip apart the soul.
"If you get stuck in that rut long enough, it morphs from spiritually triggered thing to a medical problem," Saunders says. "It sets in on you which takes time to pull back (from) and affects the way I view myself in God."
Fighting this battle could require anything from counseling to medication to stints in psychiatric institutions, like Walsh experienced.
Others in the church, however, avoid medication, claiming that taking medication means you're not putting your faith in God to heal you.
"I think as far as medication, the church views it as a cop out, a short cut, a masking agent, covering the real problem. They view (depression) as 100 percent spiritual," Saunders says. "They don't understand the medical-chemical problems in the human body, and view antidepressants just like street drugs, but it restores healthy balance. It restores (those who take them); it doesn't change them."
Women of Faith's Walsh says she experienced much of that turmoil when she was initially assigned an antidepressant. But now that little pill is part of her mornings and her prayers; it enables her to build bridges with her audience that would be unattainable without her having first walked through that valley.
The struggle against depression certainly has a biblical precedent, Saunders says. Look to the psalmist, to start, then add in the books of Job and Jeremiah.
Ecclesiastes 3 addresses a time for sadness, and Galatians mandates that Christians bear one another's burdens.
But for the church to bridge the gap and fight depression, its members must first remove the stigma associated with admitting a mental illness or other emotional problems.
If left untreated, depression will grow, Saunders says. The emotions will run deeper and last longer. However, if the church builds a "band of brothers," it has the power to aid in the treatment and prevent devastating effects.


This account is for posts by David Hanscom, MD, from the blog on his website,http://www.drdavidhanscom.com/insights/blog/, as well as the blog for his new book, Back in Control: A Spine Surgeon's Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain http://www.drdavidhanscom.com/book/. Posts Dr. Hanscom makes to his blogs are re-posted here with permission by volunteers of the TMS Wiki.
Dr. Hanscom is a board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in complex spine problems in all areas of the spine. He has expertise in adult and pediatric spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis. A significant part of his practice is devoted to performing surgery on patients who have had multiple prior spine surgeries. He works for Swedish Neuroscience Specialists in Seattle, WA with eight neurosurgeons and a physiatrist. He is the founder of the "DOCC" project. It stands for "Defined, Organized, Comprehensive, Care." This is a structured rehabilitation protocol for chronic pain. He is the founder of the Puget Sound Spine Interest group, which was formed in 1987. It is a non-profit educational group, which provides a regional forum for physicians to share ideas regarding optimum spine care. He co-founded the "Awake at the Wound" program with his golf-instructor, David Elaimy, in 2006. View his bio on his website here and take a look at his book Back in Control here.
Back From the Edge: Coping with Physician Stress. The Doctor's Advocate, 4th quarter, 2011.
Defining Solutions for Workers' Comp: Ability and Motivation. ACPA Chronicle, March 2012.
A Surgeon's Perspective on the Hoffman Process-Hoffman interview of Dr. Hanscom regarding the impact Hoffman has made on his personal and professional life, "Staying Connected" March 2012.
See Dr. Hanscom's Wiki Directory listing here and his survey response here.
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This is an "autoblog" post, reposted with permission from David Hanscom, MD's blog. Dr. Hanscom's: bio / website / book / Dr. Oz segment / 1 week retreat. About this autoblog.


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Sometimes in hindsight, we often find that the most elusive answers to life's deepest mysteries were, in fact, right before our eyes. Many times, they lie within us, waiting to be brought to our consciousness. That's when we need someone to help us see things through our spiritual eyes, to recognize the truth that lies within our own souls. These extraordinary insights presented in this library will give new meaning to every moment of every day of your life. You'll awaken your power of prophecy, prayer, healing, success, and miracles. You'll discover that the way we meet today's challenges will set the course for everything from our personal and collective lives to the future of civilization itself. Learn More
Channels of Profit
12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Yourself and Your Business
Let this legendary profit-generating prodigy share her $650 MILLION MARKETING PLAYBOOK with you. Discover how to "channelize" your marketing efforts across a range of new and traditional outlets in order to get maximum profits and exposure for a minimum investment of creativity and capital. Learn how to start generating an avalanche of cash for yourself, and attract more customers and buzz for your business, - fast, cheap, and easily! Get on top of it - and ride it all the way to the bank. Learn More
The Higher Self
by Dr. Deepak Chopra
The Magic of Inner and Outer Fulfillment
On this amazing adventure through the realm of your own spirituality and the science of the 21st Century, you'll learn how modern science has rejected the notion of a reality we can see, hear, taste and touch...how physical matter isn't really solid at all...that reality changes with the viewpoint of the observer...that, in fact, reality is more like a viewpoint than a thing. Most of us tend to assume that body and spirit are at opposite ends of the spectrum. But according to the discoveries of quantum physics, the body is actually a swirling mass of constantly changing energy. It has more in common with what we think of as "spirit" than what we think of as matter. It is the "you" behind all of the defenses and images you have created for yourself...the you that really knows why you are here, what it is you need, and how you can get it. Learn More
Success is Your Own Damn Fault!
by Larry Winget
The Unvarnished Truth About Business, Money, and Life
Discover the UNVARNISHED TRUTH about what it really takes to get what you want in life! What Larry Winget is interested in is telling the truth about success and how to achieve it. A truth that almost everyone knew once upon a time, but that almost no one seems to know today: Your success isn't dependent upon your background, your company, your spouse, the economy, the latest bestseller on the self-help charts, or who's sitting in the Oval Office. Your success is your own damn fault! Learn More
Clearance 2019


If you have pictures through out your home, switch them around.
space without spending a dime.
one photo on the wall, maybe a picture gallery.
see here. It's fun but still classy and stylish.
All of the home items in these photos are from Burlington.
for your house as well - even furniture!
you can get more for less even if you are on a tight budget.
by Cake Beauty! It smells just like the name...delicious!
well as the scalp. It can fend off dirt and pollutants.
hydrated without parabens. Both are totally creulty free!
only easier but safer, especially if you have pets or kids.
and you don't have to rinse it off! (that's my favorite part).
Winner will be chosen November 30, 2018 12 midnight EST.
the kitchen and grab some olive oil!
current condition to take it to the next level.
and condition it as usual!
Frizz collection will help out.
against damage as well as frizz.
What Fall trends have you decided to try this year?
some beauty products that I've mentioned?
done all of the updates that you've wanted for the season yet.
Here are some must-haves tips to help you out!
to love you for it.
they can use it instead of having to constantly turn the thermostat up and down.
like the swatches you see here.
opt for a faux one. There are many options that look real without the maintenance.


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Made For Skate (Updated 2019 Edition)
10 years after it's original release the definitive book on skate shoes is back with a new updated edition with over 200 new pages. It's a beast by anyone's standards, by far the largest, exhaustive and thorough book there's ever been on the shelves in Palomino.
Put together by the Museum of Skateboard History, Jürgen Blümhein, Dirk Vogel and Cap10, Made For Skate start at the very birth of skateboarding and ends right up to the present day, seen through the eyes of what we as skateboarders have chosen to protect our feet with. If someone made shoes to skate in, they're in here. Interviews with skaters and shoe designers alike, it's one of the most impressive books compiled about our culture you could wish for.
634 pages, hardcover, 9 1/4" x 11 3/4".
If you didn't get a copy of this first time around and have even the most passing interest in skateboarding's history then this book is beyond essential.


AIM: Dyslipidemia plays a crucial role in the development of cardiovascular diseases. A correct lifestyle behaviour based on a balanced diet and moderate physical exercise is the first-line approach, however drug treatment (chiefly statins and/or ezetimibe) may be often needed. Among dietary supplements, so-called "nutraceuticals" are nowadays continuously proposed and frequently employed. In this paper we report our experience with a nutraceutical product largely utilized in Italy (as well as in Mediterranean area) (ARMOLIPID PLUS), based on red yeast rice, berberine, policosanol and some antioxidants, for the treatment of dyslipidemic people.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this open-label trial we treated with this nutraceutical 37 dyslipidemic nondiabetics and 15 dyslipidemic type 2 diabetics for 12 months, monitoring serum lipids, fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin, blood pressure, and performing also anthropometric measurements including skinfold thickness.
RESULTS: Both in dyslipidemic and diabetic patients we observed a great (about 80-100 mg/dL) parallel decrease of total- and non-HDL Cholesterol, not justified by LDL-Ch decrease (about 37 mg/dL). Furthermore, while body weight and body mass index were not affected significantly by treatment, suprailiac skinfolds (around 6 cm) and total skinfold sum (10 cm) were heavily reduced by the nutraceutical in both groups of patients.
CONCLUSION: The present paper confirms that this nutraceutical, due to the synergistic complementary interaction between berberine and red yeast rice, is a reliable option for effective management of dyslipidemia in metabolic disorders with glucolipidic abnormalities.