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American Flatbread epitomizes Vermont's general food ethics – use local ingredients, keep it simple - yet inventive – and always delicious. And of course, brew good beer to go with it.
A trip to the Burlington restaurant will offer you literally hundreds of beer options to go with your hearth-fired flatbread. Their own microbrews are brewed in-house and include intriguing varieties such as Boognosh Brown Ale and Grisette.
For Brewfest, we paired our Organic Mango Truffle with American Flatbreads Zero Gravity Extra Stout. Like really, really dark beer? This one is for you. The word "opaque" doesn't even begin to describe this darkly roasted malt beer.
It pairs well with the light tropical fruity flavor of our dark chocolate Organic Mango Truffle. The flavor of the mango emerges even more and flirts with the chocolate flavor that is oftentimes found in stouts.
There are few things I love more than baking. Eating good food is one of those things, but a recent interest in a vegan diet has altered my food intake a bit and now the things I bake usually end up on the doorsteps of my friends and family. (For example, a couple weeks ago, I showed up at my brother's house with a loaf of homemade bread, a raspberry buttermilk cake and some pumpkin granola). I realized that pretty soon people would start slamming their doors in my face, blaming me for growing wastelines.
So I decided to look into some recipes for baked goods that I would actually keep for myself. Not only have I come up with some fantastic recipes, but with Lake Champlain Chocolates Dark Chocolate Chips and Organic Unsweetened Cocoa Powder readily available, I can throw in dark chocolate and maintain a vegan ingredients list.
First, I realized that my favorite banana bread recipe is highly adaptable. Not only can it become vegan, but the bananas can be replaced with zucchini, carrot, pumpkin or apple, depending on what's in season. Throw in some chocolate chips and you have delicious dessert-like bread that you can get away with eating for breakfast.
1 ½ c unbleached all-purpose flour
½ c whole wheat flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ c coffee, cooled
1/3 c oil – I like to use local sunflower oil when baking
2/3 c maple syrup
1 ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
4 ounces silken tofu
1 cup grated zucchini, carrots, or apple, mashed banana, or pureed pumpkin
1 cup Lake Champlain Chocolates 54% or 70% chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375. Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl. Whisk together liquid ingredients in a separate bowl. Add liquid ingredients to dry, mixing with a large spoon. Add fruit or vegetable and mix to a smooth consistency. Do not over mix. Fold in chocolate chips. Transfer into a greased pan, and bake 40-45 minutes.
This vegan chocolate cupcake literally made my day when I tried it for the first time. Ridiculously dense, almost fudge-like and completely amazing, I had a hard time believing it was vegan and healthy until I made the recipe myself. The especially cool thing about this recipe is that you can lick the spoon and not worry about eating raw eggs.
1 1/2 c sifted flour
1 c sugar
1 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp Lake Champlain Chocolates Organic, Fair Trade Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp vinegar
5 tbsp cooking oil
1 c cold water
Combine dry ingredients in large bowl. Make three holes with your finger or the handle of a spoon, and fill with vanilla, vinegar and oil, each in a separate hole. Pour water over entire bowl and stir. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes, or about 16 minutes for 12 cupcakes. I usually throw on some frosting made from 8 ounces of a dairy-free cream cheese, 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 ½ tsp vanilla and add confectioner's sugar to desired sweetness and consistency.
So, take comfort in knowing Lake Champlain Chocolates Dark Chocolate can make any vegan recipe a little better. Mmm…
What are you going to do for Earth Day this year? It's this Wednesday April 22nd so you only have another couple days to figure it out. There are plenty of websites, books, and media out there giving all sorts of good ideas. Stop using plastic bags at the grocery store and bring your own reusable bags. Start walking to work. Buy recycled. Replace your conventional lightbulbs.
Being a chocolate company, I thought we should focus on food. Food is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Earth Day. However, whether we realize it or not, food is one of our most direct links to the land on which we live. With the localvore movement, farmer's markets and books like the Omnivore Dilemma, that link, between our food and the land, which for years has been completely lost (do you know where all your food for lunch came from and what ingredients were used?) is starting to resurface. Today issues such as climate change and water supply cannot be discussed without also talking about our food supply and the role it plays in our environment.
So getting back to chocolate, and specifically organic chocolate. Lake Champlain Chocolates' certified Organic Chocolates ensure that sustainable farming practices are being used when growing and cultivating cocoa. This results in a clean and safe water supply, wildlife protection, and soil management and conservation. In short, using organic ingredients helps the earth. And in turn, you are only getting the good stuff that goes into the chocolate, the way nature intended.
This is not to say the rest of our chocolates are not full of goodness. At LCC all of our chocolates are handmade from the freshest, all-natural ingredients many of which are local to Vermont where our chocolates are made, including honey, heavy cream and maple syrup. Even our packaging is locally sourced! So whether you decide to treat yourself to an organic truffle or to some chocolate peanut butter cups after you walk or bike home from work on Wednesday (hint, hint), either way you are supporting food that benefits our community and the earth. Who knew eating chocolate could be so empowering?
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Today, it's cold. Spring is here and it's cold. Surprise. Having said that, I'm sure you won't be shocked to hear we're getting a little tired of the cold in VT. So, to take the edge off, I have resorted to a favorite I save for special days when I need a little extra help lifting my spirits. Organic Milk Chocolate squares with Sea Salt and Almonds. They're just the thing when nothing else will do. They have actual gray sea salt added in to the chocolate separate from the almonds and they're just delicious. I love to get those tiny salty bits mixed in with the sweet milk chocolate and the roasty flavor of the almonds rounds it out nicely.
And since they're organic, I can sell myself on the fact that I'm really putting good stuff into my body while I'm snacking. Does this make chocolate health food? No. But it does make me feel less guilty about it.
So, with a few squares and a cup of coffee, it's only a matter of time until my mood is better and I'm back on top of my game. But hey, if that doesn't work, I'll try something else. Maybe the spicy Aztec Dark Chocolate squares. It's worth a shot! Do you have any secret chocolate tips for boosting your spirits?
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While 3DS titles like Fire Emblem: Awakening and New Super Mario Bros. 2 have gotten extensive DLC packs on the company's handheld device, this is the first major home console expansion (that I can think of... If I'm totally wrong, just let me know in the comments and I'll edit your intelligence into this post).
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ALSO, I used to take extreme umbrage at the "Jingle Bells" variation common amongst the same type youths. You know the one:
Jingle bells
Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
Especially the song's conclusion in which the Batmobile loses a wheel allowing the Joker to get away. I didn't know it then, but really what I was bristling at was this silly adolescent notion that somehow the Joker was the more "legitimate" character and that the bad guy is always "cooler" than the good guy. (An affect only bolstered by that redolent pinch-loaf of a Christopher Nolan clusterfuck.) (And yes, my avatar is a Joker face, but c'mon. It's a Silver Age Joker. Talking about boners.)
Unfortunately, unable to vocalize this at the time, I just retaliated by making up my own lyrics. Which were kind of sad, looking back, as all I did was use the other kids' ready-made schematic while putting a heavy emphasis on "Penguin smells" and "Joker laid an egg" and especially "And Batman SAVED THE DAY."
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That is a simply beautiful story Matt. Wow! It would make a fine essay, I reckon. Needs to be a little longer, I guess. Has a very David Foster Wallace feeling to it.
@Matt: The bad guys is always cooler. And I think you mean 'Alexandra I Dislike You'
Jolie's right. Just look at Moff.
Oh no. The lovely little boy who ends his song with "And Batman SAVED THE DAY" is the coolest.
To be fair, there's no evidence that he ate the food. Maybe he's trying to SAVE that guy from eating at Taco Bell?!?!
Jingle bells/Batman smells/Robin laid an egg/The Batmobile/lost its wheel/And the Joker got away/Hey!
No offense.
While Robin got served at Chick-Fil-A.
How does Batman know when it's time to eat?
His mum says
Dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner Batman!
Transatlantic comics humor.
I'm pretty sure that Jingle Bells song inspired that entire Batmobile-Batpod sequence in The Dark Knight.
I thought of that song during that scene the first time I saw the movie. I believe it does lose a wheel when it takes the rocket.


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This week I'm reviewing Macarons by Annie Rigg, from illustrated lifestyle publishers Ryland Peters & Small and CICO Books. Annie Rigg has been baking since her early childhood and has spent the past seven years as a freelance food stylist and writer. She currently has five books in print and her work has featured in numerous bestselling magazines. Before this she cooked for Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones to name a few whilst on tour.
I chose to review this book as of all the treats I have baked in the past few years, macarons have been the hardest to get right. This Christmas I would like to make picture perfect, delicious macarons for my dessert table and to give as gifts.
The first chapter is all about mastering the art and technique of basic macrons with step by step instructions and a host of tips for success. Taking the basic macaron, it also shows how you can make a variety of traditional flavours, from zesty lemon to nutty pistachio to velvety chocolate. Then it takes you through the steps to make a choice of fillings from chocolate ganache, vanilla cream, buttercream, mascarpone cream and lemon curd. All of these are beautifully illustrated with dreamy photographs by Kate Whitaker.
After equipping you with all the know-how on making delicious filled macarons the book then shares with you inspiration for matches made in heaven, like the coconut shells filled with caramelized banana that sound divine or the Christmas themed almond shells filled with a gingerbread spice. Then it moves on to the creative combinations where you make up two different flavored shells and three or four fillings. This I can't wait to try as I have always made them with matching shells in the past. I love the classical autumnal fruit combination of apple and blackberry that sound yummy and look fantastic! The decadent chocolate and cherry ones also sound amazing, filled with a chocolate ganache and a cherry cream.
At a recommended price of £9.99, I think this hardback book is a fantastic book that will leave you feeling more confident and inspired to make your own macarons and is beautifully illustrated with stylish photographs.
Some of my favourite macarons:
Flavour combinations
Apple and blackberry
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To summarize, Macarons is a great book for those looking to master the technique of making macarons and experiment with flavours.
Please note that my opinions are my own and I am not paid for these reviews (apart from receiving a free book, of course!).
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American Express first came up with this term in their green and gold charge cards. They defined it as purchases made from standalone supermarkets, gas stations and drugstores. They paid a higher two points for every dollar you spend on these items rather than the usual one point. Some credit card issuers also include standalone home improvement stores as well in this definition.
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The 5% cash back credit card came about when Citibank started the Citi Dividend Platinum Select Card. This card pays 5% rebates for every dollar you spend on "everyday purchases". You get a 1% rebate for 'other purchases". For a long time, they were the only 5% cash rebate credit card and probably one of the most popular credit cards. In July 2005, Chase introduced a similar card called the Chase Cash Plus Rewards Visa, which also pays 5% rebates on 'everyday purchases". However, Chase has recently stopped offering this card and more recently, Citi has also discontinued the Citi Dividend Platinum Select Card.
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The above mentioned 5% cash back credit cards impose a limit on the amount of rebates you can earn. The Citi Dividend Platinum Select Card limit that to $300 a year. The Blue Cash allows you to earn rebates of up to $50,000 in annual spending. The reason for this cap is simple. All cash rebate credit cards these days do not charge any annual fee at all. Though these card offer perhaps the best value for consumers, they are less profitable for credit card issuers (because they have to pay out 5% rebates), especially compared to an airline credit card for example, that charges an annual fee. Credit card companies only really money if you carry a balance on these 5% cash rebate cards.
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Tiered 5% cash rebate cards - Another card that pays 5% rebates on "everyday purchases" is the Blue Cash® from American Express. You also get a 1.5% rebate for other "other purchases". However, you need to spend $6,500 from the beginning of your "calendar year" before you earn these rebates. Before that, you earn 1% and 0.5% respectively. Hence, the tiered formula. However, this card allows you to earn unlimited rebates. Given that both the Chase Cash Plus Rewards and Citi Dividend Platinum Select Card has been discontinued, the Blue Cash® from American Express is the card we recommend. Aside from the cards mentioned above that pay 5% rebates on "everday purchases", there are other type of credit cards that pay 5% rebates as well. Some gas credit cards pay as rebates as high as 5% when you use your card as their gas stations.
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These in-ear headphones can take all the abuse you dish out, and the sound quality and comfort are impressive for the modest price. Plus, the inline mic and controller make a great bonus for Apple fans.
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Fire Donkeys: Booty Murder
These are BRUTAL: Part firehydrant, part donkey kick. Make them easier by reducing your range of motion.
Tips: Protect your back by engaging your core & try to focus on limiting movement everywhere except for the lifting leg.
This move can be done with one elbow on the floor (as pictured) or with both arms straight. Work to keep your hips neutral throughout.
How To Do It
A. Position yourself on all fours. Stay there with both arms straight or drop to one elbow. Straighten your other arm, and make sure that your hand and elbow are in line with your shoulders.
B. Lift one leg up and out to the side (like a dog peeing on a firehydrant). Return to center, keeping the knee lifted.
C. Keeping your knee bent at 90 degrees, and foot flexed - not pointed - drive your heel up towards the sky. Imagine pushing the heel towards the ceiling, and lift only to hip level. Contract your core and avoid moving your back up and down as you lift up.
D. Return to starting position. That's one rep. Repeat on the same side.
Work up to 10-20 per side!
Advanced: add a dumbbell behind your knee or use leg weights to make this more challenging (5-25lbs).
This exercise is part of the 'Like A Boss' Booty! 16 Minute Lower Body Sculpt.
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Found a friend while we were climbing… Turtles are sweet…
So I've been getting a few people asking me how they can get into climbing and/or how I got into climbing. I think climbing is one of those sports that can be overwhelming to start. If you don't know anyone who climbs you may have no idea what to do, where to do it, or how to do it. I'll give you a few basic steps to get you going in the right direction.
Step 1: Assemble a team
Climbing is super fun but not that fun if you're by yourself. It's hard to belay yourself up a tough climb (ask Aaron). Find a friend or two who have the same passion for rocks as you and then find the closest gym. The first gym I went to was 45 min away so its nice to have some people to split gas with. If for some odd reason you can't find people who'd love to tear the skin off their hands, try going to the gym by yourself. It's weird but a lot of people at climbing gyms enjoy climbing and making new friends who climb. It might take awhile to find some sweet dirtbag friends but if your're outgoing it won't be too bad. Once you get a few climbing buds and some skill you're ready for real rock.
Step 2: Assemble gear
The most essential part of every climbers arsenal is their wicked awesome
magical climbing shoes. Just watch the best boulderer in your gym. You think he got that good by working hard? Wrong! It's all in the shoe. OK thats actually not true at all but the shoes are probably the first thing I would tell someone to invest in. For your first pair stick to something cheap and basic. You're gonna wear the rubber off those things while you're training like crazy on that V0/V1 problem you've been working so hard on, so why buy super expensive for your first pair.
Next I'd say get a harness and a chalk bag. Here you can look around for something nice if you want. A harness should out last your shoes by a lot. Make sure its sweet as to impress the locals at your gym. Avoid buying an old alpine harness from your local army surplus store because you'll get attached to it since its been with you from the start but people at the gym who've never even climbed outside will make fun of you and ask how it works because there's no belay loop. Its an Alpine harness!!! It's not supposed to have one!!! Sorry, I went off on a tangent there. Any harness will do just find one you like.
"Rope!" Get ready to say that a lot because in this next step you're getting your very own rope! Now since I am far from a rope expert I'm going to have to advise you to do some reaserch online as to what to buy. But a 50-60 meter dynamic rope of some thickness around 10 mm I believe should be fine. We have a 50 m rope and find that its sometimes too short for 85+ foot routes.
Quickdraws(10-15) locking carabiners(5-10) runners(2) atc(2): More stuff you need to sport climb. Runners and locking biners are used for cleaning routes. On our first trip we didn't have runners so we made a sling out of webbing and i cleaned that way. It's a lot scarier and more dangerous so I'd just get the runners.
Step 3: Plan a trip
When planning a trip to climb, first and foremost you need to buy a guidebook. We chose to rely on directions to Muir Valley and printed off routes we thought we could do. Moral of the story? Its no fun to walk around all day looking like an idiot because you have no idea what anything is. Needless to say we bought a guild book that night.
Step 4:Climbing Level-Dirtbag
Sell everything you own, buy a van, drive to California and never come back.
End of Blog…
-Jordan Edwards
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Red River Gorge, Muir Valley. Pinnacle deep in the valley with 5.9 Kokopeli's Dream on it. Sucky route though. Climber: Jordan Edwards
(P.S. if anyone found a chalk bag there about 6 months ago that's Aaron's hahaha)
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Today I saw on Facebook that Sasha is switching climbing shoes (and I assume sponsorships) from MadRock to Five Ten.
I've been wearing the same pair of shoes for over a year now. They're MadRock's but honestly I just bought the cheapest pair off eBay I could find. I use them for outdoor sport and trad and now that I'm at OSU I also climb in a gym and boulder in them. To my knowledge the shoes are doing great. For the amount I've been climbing over the last year I'm actually really surprised they've held up so well.
Now obviously its a big deal what brand or shoe a big name climber wears but its times like these where we might want to step back and take a look at what shoes we are wearing. In the blog announcing this switch (http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/12565-my-next-step-sasha-digiulian) Sasha says "I had a fabulous relationship with [MadRock], but I came to the decision that in order to pursue my career, I had to find a shoe more compatible for my personal preferences."
Now given that I am not a professional climber and have worn maybe 5 different pairs of climbing shoes ever I'm not exactly sure what shoe is "more compatible for my personal preferences" but we all know theres a perfect shoe out there so my advice is… go to a gym that sells shoes and test them out. I've seen this happen at my local gym a lot and it has to be the only way. Sharma's shoes may not be perfect for Sasha and Sasha's shoes may not be perfect for you. Honestly most of us aren't even close to the level where our shoes would be holding us back. To quote the guy I was bouldering with the other day, "they're just my gym shoes."
Moral of the story: It's not always about the shoes, but find a shoe that works for you.
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3401-3441 Park Heights Avenue is a 13 minute walk from the 100 METRO at the MONDAWMIN STATION (METRO) nb stop.
This location is in the Liberty Square neighborhood in Baltimore. Nearby parks include Carlins Park (historical), Druid Hill Park and Druid Hill Park Historic District.
Nearby schools include Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior Elementary School, Clara Muhammad School and Dr. Nathan A. Pitts Ashburton Elementary/Middle School.
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The orange look-like vehicle you see is the 2011 Suzuki Q-Concept which really leaves us speechless. We are speechless because we never thought that Suzuki is able to pull something like this. Another reason is, the Japanese carmaker's R&D department has been invaded with Manga artists and then proposed this concept to the board members where they gave green light to build the concept.
One thing to describe the 2011 Suzuki Q-Concept is "futuristic". If we compare this coupe concept with Nissan Cube, we prefer the 2011 Q-Concept because the design is much more appealing with the circle template and a compass look-like, while the Cube is just group of lines made by ruler on the paper. Suzuki translates the design of the Q-Concept as an electric car with a snail and soap bubbles.
Okay, so the 2011 Suzuki Q-Concept is an electric car that looks like a snail with the weight as light as soap bubbles? For us, it's like Spongebob Squarepants has invaded Suzuki's headquarter. Anyway, the Japanese automaker has chosen the perfect venue to give the 2011Q-Concept electric vehicle its proper introductory at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show.
The 2011 Q-Concept electric car is to describe the future city car which length 2,500mm and wide 1,300mm. Suzuki assigns an electric motor with usual battery pack which should be enough to send this vehicle for a ride as far as 50 km (around 31 miles) with the top speed up to 60km/h (37 mph).


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Episode 38: Making an Impact with Chris Brogan
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"The Mikes" are joined by Chris Brogan, co-author of The Impact Equation and Trust Agents, for a conversation about how to stop making noise and start making progress. Vardy tries to deny his tendency to stalk Chris at conferences around the world while Schechter asks about Chris' recent foray into bravery. They also examine why the talk Chris gave at the World Domination Summit may have been his best.
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In what has been called the nation's "second financial capital after New York," sit neighborhoods with perhaps the state's most intense levels of poverty. In fact, in some areas, harsh, pervasive poverty is not just present, it is the norm. It is here where deprivation abounds, inequality is stark, and the surrounding wealth creates a concerning isolation.
New poverty data released in the past few weeks find 15.9 percent of Mecklenburg residents live in poverty – a figure too high by any measure, but not one that attracts attention when compared to other counties. However, the better-than-average poverty rate masks the deplorable truth. Just blocks from the riches that paint the city skyline are neighborhoods where more people than not are poor.
Using 2000 Census data, UNC researchers Allen Serkin and Stephen Whitlow identified the most highly "distressed" census tracts across the state. A tract was defined as distressed when it had a combination of a high poverty rate, low per capita income, and high unemployment. Serkin and Whitlow found that urban "distressed" tracts had higher levels of poverty, child poverty and unemployment tracts than comparable rural ones. These urban tracts also bore lower graduation rates and income levels.
This summer, students at the UNC Poverty Center updated the research for Mecklenburg County, finding that more than 11 percent of Mecklenburg County Census tracts are distressed. Within the distressed tracts, rates of poverty, child poverty and poverty among single mother headed households have increased markedly since 2000.
Poverty in Charlotte is compounded by the stark contrast of the banking towers that define our image of the city. A two-mile trip southwest on Tryon Street will take you from Tract 1, the heart of downtown with a per capita income of $83,620, to Tract 37, where 58 percent of residents live below the federal poverty level and the per capita income is $12,668. Less than a mile's walk northeast on Tryon Street from Tract 1 brings you to Tract 52. Home to the highest poverty rate of any census tract in the county at 67 percent, Tract 52 claims a shocking child poverty rate of 90.1 percent and an alarming unemployment rate of 37.4 percent. In short, the distressed areas paint a very different picture of overall economic health than the stories we see about the Queen City on the 5 o'clock news.
Charlotte's intense poverty is no surprise to Crisis Assistance Ministry's Advocacy Program Manager Daniel Valdez. Valdez sees families every day who "live at the edge of homelessness." Many with low wages, wages that could never meet the basic needs of any family, struggle to keep the lights on and pay their rent. "They're at your daycare, or they've served your dinner, or been your nurse's assistant," says Raquel Lynch, Director of Strategic Initiatives.
The lack of affordable housing in Charlotte cripples families, forcing them out of homes and onto the street. On any given day, scores of families facing utility shut-offs line up in the early morning hours seeking help from Crisis Assistance Ministry.
Many others arrive desperate to remain in their homes and avoid eviction. Fair market rent in Charlotte stands towering at $793 per month and median rent even higher at $879. With average rents only affordable for those making $14.31 per hour, a figure almost twice the minimum wage, families cannot meet the rising costs.
While some of the poor are able to stay in their homes with assistance from area charities, many are homeless. In January 2013, Charlotte-Mecklenburg reported 2,418 homeless people as part of the yearly point in time count. While this is a slight decrease from last year, homelessness remains 22 percent higher than 2007, when 1,976 individuals were without permanent shelter.
Many sleep under the bridges on 11th Street or in the woods. Living in the shadows of skyscrapers that house Charlotte's business district, the homeless struggle to survive on next to nothing.
Despite the city's prosperity, poverty is certainly not hard to find. You can see this poverty each morning, at the door to Crisis Assistance Ministry, where 200 or more people are waiting before 7 a.m., up from the 60 or 70 folks served daily in 2007, each hoping for assistance to keep the lights on and water running. You can also see this poverty at lunchtime at the nearly 26 elementary schools where more than 90 percent of children receive free or reduced lunch. And you can also see it at the Men's Shelter of Charlotte where approximately 320 homeless individuals sleep each night (even more as the temperatures drop in the coming winter months).
The reality of alarmingly deep urban poverty is concealed by the abundance of a Southern financial center and the dull, unassuming surface-level county-wide poverty rates. The poverty and destitution here in our most prosperous city, when one takes the time to look beneath the surface is poverty so intense it should shock the conscience – and change the way we think of poverty in our state and its richest city.
Mary Irvine is Program Associate at the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.
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Get That Look for Less: Carey Mulligan Edition
Putting together a look that embodies Carey Mulligan's timeless style wasn't too much of a challenge. The challenge was in keeping each piece as affordable as possible. I think that this look, which combines certain elements of her iconic red carpet simplicity and her day-to-day classic fare, is a pretty big triumph. Not only is each piece individual under $100 (as per the "Get That Look For Less" mantra), but also everything collectively only comes to a staggeringly reasonable $234!
I decided to go with a LBD look because Carey is often spotted wearing stunning black shift dresses to movie premieres and other chic events, and because it's a style that can readily be adapted to non-celeb lifestyles too. I hate to be so anachronistic, but it really is true that having a perfectly tailored LBD (little black dress, for the unacquainted) can save many "what do I wear to X event?" woes. Choosing the perfect one can be a little challenging, but once you find it, you're pretty much set in terms of semi-formal wear. I'm not going to go into how to choose the perfect style of LBD for each body type in this post, but if this is something you'd be interested in reading about then let me know and I'll throw together a guide!
Anyways, now onto the good stuff. Here is the look I created for Carey Mulligan, our amazingly adorable Fashion Crush for the month of June:
These are a couple of the snapshots I used as inspiration for this look:
Want to re-create this budget style?
1. Honeybadger Chocolate Tortoise, BonLook.com. $99.
2. Sleeveless Asymmetric Shift Dress, Label Lab. $36.
3. Dangle Earrings, Adia Kibur. $30.
4. Braided Curb Chain, Forever 21. $7.
5. Fold-Over Faux Leather Clutch, Forever 21. $20.
6. London Rebel Black Micro Suede Cut Out Heel, ASOS.com. $42.


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A pentium IV cannot be classified as a microcontroller, even if used in an embedded system !The distinction lies in the fact that a microcontroller integrates other system parts besides the processing core. The pentium is still only a processing core.A microcontroller includes things like uarts or other communication interfaces, gpio's , timers, counters and sometimes even ram and rom.So yes the 8032 , although romless , is still classified as microcontroller as it has a uart, gpio ports , timers , interrupt controller and some ram.
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