Im proud to announce that my company Kitchen Cabinet Kings made the Inc. 5000 list for the second straight year! Were ranked #1081 with a 3 year revenue growth of 359%!! I want to thank every member of the Kitchen Cabinet Kings team for all of their hard work and dedication. You are truly what makes Kitchen Cabinet Kings great. View our full Inc. profile at http://www.inc.com/profile/kitchen-cabinet-kings

Inc. magazine ranked Kitchen Cabinet Kings NO. 1081 on its 35th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nations fastest-growing private companies. the list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economys most dynamic segment— its independent small businesses. Companies such as Microsoft, Dell, Dominos Pizza, Pandora, Timberland, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zillow, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees of the Inc. 5000.

The 2016 Inc. 5000, unveiled online at Inc.com and with the top 500 companies featured in the September issue of Inc. is the most competitive crop in the lists history. The average company on the list achieved a mind-boggling three-year growth of 433%. The Inc. 5000s aggregate revenue is $200 billion, and the companies on the list collectively generated 640,000 jobs over the past three years, or about 8% of all jobs created in the entire economy during that period. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.

The Inc. 5000 list stands out where it really counts, says Inc. President and Editor-In-Chief Eric Schurenberg. It honors real achievement by a founder or a team of them. No one makes the Inc. 5000 without building something great – usually from scratch. Thats one of the hardest things to do in business, as every company founder knows. But without it, free enterprise fails.

NEW YORK, 10/22/2013 — Andrew Saladino has been selected as one of the 30 Under 30 recipients by The National Kitchen Bath Association (NKBA) for the Kitchen Bath Industry Show 2014 (KBIS®), to be held February 4-6 in Las Vegas.

We are excited to present our 30 Under 30 young professionals at KBIS 2014 for the second year in a row, says Nancy Barnes, NKBA Director of Learning. The program launch in 2013 was a huge success with the group, which included enthusiastic entrepreneurs, forward-thinking CEOs, and cutting-edge designers who are all still in their 20s.

The goal of the NKBA 30 Under 30 Program is to acknowledge outstanding young professionals, while helping these individuals to immerse and apply themselves to new opportunities for growth and development in support of the industry.

On Thursday, February 6, 2014, the group of 30 young professionals will present their findings on the Las Vegas show floor in a featured speaker presentation for KBIS 2014 Conference attendees. They will share the results of their explorations and answer questions from the audience.

Now celebrating its 50^th Anniversary, the National Kitchen Bath Association (NKBA) is a not-for-profit trade association that owns the Kitchen Bath Industry Show (KBIS®). With nearly 60,000 members, the NKBA has educated and led the kitchen and bath industry since the association’s founding in 1963. The mission of the NKBA is to enhance member success and excellence, promote professionalism and ethical business practices, and provide leadership and direction for the kitchen and bath industry worldwide. For more information, visit the NKBA Press Room or call 1-800-THE-NKBA (843-6522).

KBIS® and NKBA® are registered trademarks of the National Kitchen Bath Association.

Ive lost a lot of weight over the past year and I wanted to share some tips that have helped me along the way that might be able to help you with your goals as well.

Dropping too low on daily fat intake, over a long period of time, causes massive cravings/binges and can mess with your hormones. If I go any lower than 50g/day of fat, I tend to start craving food obsessively. If you turn into a food obsessed emotional monster, this is might be why.

When you really nail down a good diet, you might start finding new foods to slip into the mix to make things fresh/new. Keep this in mind: The more you think about food (Planning meals, recipes, etc), the more you will crave food. The best thing you can do for your appetite is minimize the time you spend thinking about food. You do this by preparing 2-3 menus of food you adhere to on any given day like wearing a different suit on any given day of the week. Oh, its Tuesday that means its 1 lb chicken breast, 8 eggs, 500 calories of fruit/veg, and a serving of butter today.

Looking forward to only one meal (maybe spread out a bit) requires less conscious thought than looking forward to 3 meals + snacks. Less thought = less appetite. There might also be weird hormonal reasons for IF curbing appetite, but it works regardless. Less meals.

Foods that fill you up are foods that have a lot of fiber and/or absorb a lot of water. Examples include fruit, vegetables, and oatmeal (with 3 cups of water per 1 cup of oats). Protein and fat also satiate obviously, but the satiety from protein/fat feels more hormonal than physical. Fiber/water absorption satiates on a very physical level.

When you start a new habit or routine, it will feel very hard at first. Youll find that after 2 weeks it starts to seem easy to you to do the new routine, and after 4 weeks of repetition it will seem default or automatic. After a month of doing something it will become your natural state, and it will be hard for you to think of any way else to do things.
I like to think of this as a kind of psychological momentum. Every positive routine you have creates a feedback loop where doing it becomes easier the more you do it. The same can be said for bad habits though. This leads to two lessons:

As previously stated, the more you think about something the more you will gravitate toward it. If youre having trouble sticking to your goals, think about how much you want them every time you find yourself straying. If you think about where you DONT want to be two minutes a day for every minute you spend thinking about where you DO want to be, you cant expect yourself to succeed. Force yourself to stack the odds in your favor by thinking about your goals more than you think about your temptations.
If I find myself day dreaming about my weakness foods, I consciously force myself to spend more time immediately after that thinking about how awesome it would be to look amazing, and to be ripped. IT WORKS.

Youre going to slip up. When you do, your focus will be to abolish the bad habit youve picked up and re-establish your positive momentum. During this time, the name of the game is DAMAGE CONTROL. Putting on 5 lbs during a bad time is a huge psychological burden compared to just stalling in your weight loss. Minimize the damage you do during your slip ups by eating less for a few days after you splurge. Your body takes DAYS to process food. When you overeat you incur debt. You have a few days to pay it off with a correction to your diet. You have about a day to exercise as much of it off as you can while its still being processed before it turns to fat. DO NOT use this as an excuse to binge-starve-binge. That is unhealthy for obvious reasons and will lead to an eating disorder. This method is occasionally used to temporarily correct a lapse in control or judgement it is not a pattern you want to adopt.

Your body talks to you. It tells you what nutrients you need by giving you cravings for certain foods. Your body doesnt know what a pepperoni pizza is, or what a sweet potato is. All it knows is, That fatty thing with a lot of sodium I ate yesterday (pizza), or That filling starchy thing with vitamin A (Sweet potato). If your putting pizza and hamburgers into your body, your conscious mind will interpret those cravings as Eat more Pizza!; and If you are constantly craving pizza, it will be very hard to lose weight, and very easy to over eat.
For this reason it is important to eat healthy foods. After a few weeks of eating fruits, vegetables, and other whole foods, you will start CRAVING THEM. its easy to stick to your diet when youre craving veggies and chicken breast.
This is also why you want varied food in your diet. Your body needs to be able to put a name to the nutrients it needs. If you need more vitamin C, and youve eaten peaches recently (they have vitamin C), then you crave peaches. If you arent eating any peaches though, you just get hungry without knowing why, and you stay that way after you should be full. Eat a somewhat varied diet so you know what to eat to satisfy yourself.

I am probably the least flexible person in the world and have always struggled to find ways to improve my flexibility. Most stretching routines too complex and time consuming to do on a daily basis so Ive gone my whole life without ever stretching. Now that Im constantly in the gym, Im finding that my limited flexibility limits my ability to properly do some workouts and I knew that it was time for a change.

I started doing a bit of research and found a beginners stretching program called Starting Stretching created by phrakture. Its the perfect program for a person like me who has absolutely no idea what they are doing and is too overwhelmed to know where to begin. The routine should take about 15 minutes to complete and should be performed in succession daily and after every workout. Keep reading below for the complete program pasted from Phraktures website as well as some pictures to help with the explanation of the movements.

This program covers a series of 9 stretches 3 upper body, 4 lower body, and 2 torso. Each is to be done for a total of 60 seconds. Doing this in one stretch is the best, but if you need to stretch for 30s, relax, and finish 30s, that is fine too. Try not to go lower than 20s intervals if you cant do a stretch for at least 20s, lessen the intensity.

These stretches are to be performed in succession after every single workout. This should take only 10-15 minutes. It is recommended, however to do them every single day. If you have time, repeating the stretches 2-3 times is also recommended.

Place your hands on some object that is overhead, while keeping your arms straight. You may bend forward to an object, as long as it is still overhead. Attempt to push your head and chest through so that the arms are pressed behind the body. Variation 1, Variation 2.

Beginner: As above, with palms facing down

Intermediate: Place your elbows on the object and bring the hands together as it you were praying.

Advanced: Rotate the palms facing upward. Holding a stick might be useful to help keep the hands from rotating. Alternatively, a dead hang from a bar in a chinup grip might be used.

While seated, place your hands behind you on the ground, fingers pointing away, and slide your butt forward, keeping the arms straight. This can also be done by placing your hands behind you on a tall object, and squatting/crouching down.

Beginner: As above, keeping hands on the ground, approximately shoulder width.

Intermediate: Use a stick or resistance band to keep arms narrower than shoulder width.

Advanced: Do this while hanging from a bar. Also known as a German Hang

With one hand overhead and the other hand behind your lower back, attempt to grasp fingertips behind your back. Make sure to do this on both sides. Example Video.

Beginner: Use a towel or strap to bring the hands together

Intermediate: Grab opposing fingers or hands

Advanced: Grab opposing wrists

Keeping the heels on the ground, squat down as far as your body will allow. Keep your arms inside the knees and press them outward. Feel free to hold on to something for balance, as it should not affect the stretch, but free balancing is preferred.

Beginner: Just get into the position and hold

Intermediate: Work on sitting up as straight as possible. Chest and head held high

Advanced: Sit up vertically and attempt to keep the toes pointed forward

Bend forward, hinging at the hips while trying to keep the back flat. Do not try to touch your toes instead, try to touch the ground 1-2 feet in front of your toes. This will help you hinge at the hips and not bend at the back. When you can get decently below parallel with a flat back, then you can grab your calves and attempt to pull your head to your knees.

Note: When returning from the stretch, bend your knees and let your hips drop, before lifting your upper body up. Stand up as if squatting. Doing otherwise can risk back injury

Beginner: Forward bend with a flat back

Intermediate: When below parallel with a flat back grab your calves and pull your knees to your chest

Advanced: Pull your knees to your chest without using your arms to pull

Kneel on the ground and place one foot in front of you, flat on the ground, in a lunge position with the back knee and top of foot on the ground. Squeeze the glutes and press the pelvis forward, stretching the rear leg. Move the front foot forward as needed to ensure the front shin remains roughly vertical. Ensure the torso remains vertical, and not bending backwards or leaning forwards.

Beginner: Perform the kneeling lunge with hands on the front leg, supporting some of the torso

Intermediate: Keep the hands at the side of the torso, with palms facing forward and shoulders pulled back

Advanced: Raise the rear leg up against your glutes and hold with both arms

Sit on the ground, and bring the bottoms of your feet together in front of you. Hold your feet together with your hands and pull them slightly towards you. Actively try to press your knees towards the ground. See here for more instruction

Beginner: Use strength alone to push the knees towards the floor.

Intermediate: Lean forward slightly (with a flat back) and press the legs towards the floor by using your elbows.

Advanced: Lean forward with a flat back, attempting to touch both your chest to your legs and your knees to the ground.

Backbends are fairly difficult for people who have never done them, so were going to scale it with a few other stretches first. With any of these stretches, if you feel pinching in the lower back, youre doing it wrong. Take a step back and dont push so hard.

Beginner: Glute Bridge. While lying on your back, bend your knees and put your feet near your buttocks. By squeezing the glutes, lift the hips and pelvis off the floor and press it towards the ceiling.

Intermediate: Camel. Kneel on your shins on the ground. Curl the toes under your feet, and reach behind you, grabbing the heels with the respective hand. From here, squeeze the glutes and push the pelvis forward as much as possible while holding onto the heels. Look upward and pull the shoulders back. You may need to use blocks or pillows to raise the heels higher at first.

Advanced: Bridge/Wheel. Lie on your back with your knees bent and pulled into your glutes. Place your hands on the ground beside your head, with fingers pointing down towards your shoulders. From here, press with the arms and glutes to lift yourself onto the top of your head. Hold this position for time. As you get better in this position, you will eventually be able to lift your head off the ground by pressing the arms straight. In doing this, make sure your shoulders remain above the hands and much as possible, and strive to straighten the legs.

Lie on the ground, facing upward, and extend your arms out to the sides. Lift one leg up at a 90 degree angle (bend the knee as much as necessary). Now lower the leg to the opposite side of the torso while keeping the shoulders on the ground. Attempt to touch the ground with the leg while maintaining shoulders on the floor. Turn the head in the opposite direction of the leg. Repeat for both sides.

Beginner: Bend the knees at 90 degrees and press down with the arm to deepen the stretch

Intermediate: Use a straight leg (locked knee) and press down with the arm

Advanced: Use a straight leg and no arm assistance use only muscular power to maintain the position

After every stretching session, it is also helpful to work on weaknesses. Choose 1-3 stretches above where youd most like additional flexibility, and add those at the end. Id also suggest wrist and ankle stretches here as well.

Name your top five favorite TV shows right now? GO! If Luther wasnt on that list, you are missing out. This show is absolutely amazing! It has everything that I look for: British Accents? CHECK! Awesome Bad A$# Main Character? Insane Interrogation Scenes? CHECK! Crazy Psychological Battles? CHECK! Insert Thing You Want In A TV Show? CHECK! It really is unlike any show that Ive ever seen before. Still not completely sold on how great of a show Luther is? Watch the first two minutes of the below YouTube video and then decide for yourself:

Luther follows the cases of a troubled yet brilliant English police detective, DCI John Luther (Idris Elba). Separated from his wife, whom he loves passionately, he is torn between an unrelenting approach to solving serial killings and his attempts to rekindle his marriage. Luther is a highly charged emotional man who is not above stretching the law to solve a case or save a life. In episode one, Alice Morgan (Ruth Wilson) proves she is equally brilliant by committing the perfect murder of her parents, which challenges Luther as never before. Alice develops a strange fascination for Luther and their continued exchanges and interplay serve as a backdrop for the rest of the season. Luthers edgy police tactics make him a serious concern to his superiors, who feel that he is a threat to their reputations and that of the Police force. From the opening credits to the end of season one, Luther is a fast paced mystery presented with many plot twists and insights into the human psyche.

Luther is on Netflix! Im sure that most of you either have your own Netflix account or have a friends account that you can borrow to watch it. If you have neither, I will gladly let you watch it at my apartment whenever you want (please call 24 hours in advance).

I have been told by many people that I like and watch really bad television shows and movies all the time. I really do think that if youre a fan of those criminal drama shows like Law Order, that you will not be disappointed.

Do you have trouble sleeping at night? Do you use your computer before bed? f.lux might be exactly what the doctor ordered! This program made my List of Applications That Everyone Should Have on Their Computer so if you already have it, good job! To those of you who didnt go through every single application in that list, WHY NOT??? I personally think it is amazing so read this post to learn more about it.

f.lux is a computer application that changes the color temperature of your computers display depending on the time of day. It produces warm colors at night and bright vivid colors during the day. f.lux makes the colors on your computer screen look like the room youre in, all the time. At nighttime, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights (using color temperature that is easy on the eyes). During the morning and daytime, your screen is much brighter as it would normally be and you probably wont even notice a difference. f.lux is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and jailbroken iPhone / iPad devices.

Configuring f.lux takes less than 5 minutes. Download it via one of these download links: Windows, Mac, Linux, and jailbroken iOS and run the installer. When you start it for the first time, the settings page will appear. Enter your location and the type of lighting that you have in your room and youre done! It does the rest.

When you first use f.lux, youre going to hate it. The colors are really weird and your eyes will be so used to seeing the normal blue light from your computer screen that its going to look horrible. Your eyes will slowly adjust to the colors (about an hour) and you wont even realize it afterwards. You need to get through this initial phase! Once you do, youll wonder how you lived without it.

Theres a lot of research that was done by the f.lux team and you can read all about it on their website. To summarize: Blue light affects sleep. Night-time exposure to blue light keeps people up late. f.lux adjusts colors in a way that greatly reduces the stimulating effects of blue light at night. If my summary wasnt good enough, read the official research on the f.lux website.

You really have nothing to lose by trying this application (and so much great sleep to gain). Leave me a message below in the comments if you tried it and hate it / love it / want to say hi. Download links one last time: Windows, Mac, Linux, and jailbroken iPhone / iPad devices.

Do you use Spotify for your music? Do you like going to shows of your favorite artists? If you answered yes to both of these questions, you need to install the Songkick application right now for Spotify. If you answered no to the first question, you need to go download Spotify now and start! If you answered no to both questions, then you should probably stop reading this post because its useless to you.

Songkicks slogan is, be the first to know about concerts and this application will make sure that you never miss your favorite artists show ever again. What exactly does Songkick do? In tech speak, they index different ticket vendors, venue websites, and local newspapers to create a database of upcoming concerts for artists happening around the world. In normal speak, you tell Songkick where you live and your favorite artists and they send you a personalized concert alert when an artists show is announced in your city.

When you install the Spotify application for Songkick, it will scan your Spotify music and automatically add all of your favorite artists to the tracking list. Using Spotifys interface, you can click Songkick Concerts on the left side and see a complete list of concerts that are coming up with your tracked artists without doing nearly any work at all.

Depending on how fast you type, setup probably takes less than 5 minutes. First step is to create a Songkick account. Heres a link directly to their signup page where you can create an account using Facebook with one click or the traditional way by entering in a username and password. Once youre all signed up, open the application installation page on Spotify for Songkick, agree to their terms of service, and enter your login that you just created. After youve put in your information, youre all set! Youll never miss a show again.

In addition to Spotify, Songkick also lets you track artists from Pandora, Last.fm, Facebook, and iTunes so theres no excuse NOT to use it. Id like to send a quick shout-out to Matt Ramos for originally showing me this application and yelling at me to download it. If it were not for him, this post might not exist. If you have any problems setting it up, send me a message and Ill help you (its pretty darn easy and I hope I really dont need to help you with this). If you need someone to go to a show with, let me know! Ill probably come.

As many of you know (or may not know?), Im a huge tea drinker and have probably 20 different types of tea in my apartment (tea is addicting). I wanted to let everyone know about my new favorite tea, the Yama Kushu Gyokuro (or Yame Kyushu Gyokuro as it says on my bag) from Wellness Tea Dynasty. Take a look:

The first thing youll notice is that the instructions are written CLEARLY on the packaging which helps create the perfect cup of tea (I /3 tea that has been steeped too long). Did you know that depending on what type of tea youre making, youre supposed to steep it at a different temperature and time? Pro Tip: Dont order tea from Starbucks the water they use is way too hot and by the time you figure out how long to steep it for, it is probably too late.

These are some great looking leaves! They are a nice long size and a great dark shade of green. They also smell incredible (if it were a cologne, Id wear it).

The first thing youll notice is that they expanded and are now overflowing from the tray! I wonder if I couldve used less leaves when making it and still had the same taste? When it comes to tea, I dont question the tea masters so I dont think Im going to attempt it.

The tea has a very light color and I was afraid that it wasnt going to taste like anything   I was wrong! This tea has a complex flavor that isnt overly strong (like cheap teas), great mild flavors, and a refreshing aftertaste. What Im trying to say is this tea will make your tastebuds happy.

If you like green tea, I highly recommend trying the Yama Kushu Gyokuro from Wellness Tea Dynasty. Its one of the most expensive teas on the website but this high quality tea is definitely worth every penny. This post took a long time to write and I think its time for me to make another cup.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a professional tea drinker nor do I know everything about teas. The only thing I truly know is that I like this one

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