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I'm walking into DS's school to pick him up and I see one of the mom's from DD's class. I smile at her, she looks up from the mom she's chatting with, gives me the up and down, then starts talking to that mom again without so much as a teeny acknowledgement to me. I'm thinking, Are you kidding me? I'm not dressed to the nines like I was going to work/out like her (me: yoga pants, winter coat, slip-on shoes all of which looked completely presentable). But still....? I was very taken aback, especially since she & I have made small talk before and I have only ever been nice to her. What do you do/think if/when someone does this to you?Answer Question
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It comes from the fog light switch. Did you check fuse 22? If it's ok try all the voltage tests above.
i conected pin 85 to 87 and the fogs come on ... what pins should be live. does anyone have a wiring diagram for the fogs please.
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ok i will try that,thats without ignition on? im really stupid at this..lol please be patient with me,i see how you helped out on this thread,i ask if you could keep an eye on it for me. and when i check it with my lights on and the front fog light on ,do i leave the fuses in and just take the little clear tops of the fuses off? then test by touching the inside of the fuse? sorry for being dumb..lol
ok i just went out in the dark..lol.. the number 86 on the relay terminal was coming back 11.86 and fuse 22 was 11.83 i couldnt do the others to dark..so whats that say to you already???
Have your foglights ever worked? Did they just stop working. Have you checked that the fuses (F15 & F22) are not blown.
You do need the ignition on to do the checks.
If you switch on the ignition and switch the sidelights on, then switch on the foglight switch, do you hear/feel the relay click?
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JRPG fans, rejoice--NIS America is bringing a turn-based experience touched by Final Fantasy veterans to PS3 in 2014.
Fairy Fencer F has been confirmed for North American and European release via retail shelves and the PlayStation Store. The game's concept art was drawn by renowned Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, with Nobuo Uematsu orchestrating the soundtrack.
The game was released in Japan on October 13, 2013 and garnered critical praise from one Famitsu reviewer for "extremely uptempo" battles and "flashy and exciting" visuals. However, another reviewer cited an overwhelming amount of gameplay systems available from the get-go.
An NIS America press release (via Gematsu) describes a story centered on weapons created and scattered across the world in the wake of a conflict between the Goddess and the Vile God. Warriors called 'Fencers' seek these weapons, called 'Furies,' which are said to grant wishes to those who collect them. Fang, far from a warrior himself, stumbles across a Fury one day and becomes a Fencer when he pulls it from stone.
Check out the game's first Western trailer below, and enjoy these screenshots.


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Just in Time for the End of Summer, Five New Yorkers Come Down With West Nile Virus
Thanks, mosquitoes.By Caroline Bankoff
Thanks, mosquitoes.By Caroline Bankoff
Infected mosquitoes were found in Staten Island and Queens.By Caroline Bankoff
Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error [Updated]
Trump Signs Holocaust Museum's Book of Remembrance Like It's a Middle-School Yearbook
Donald and Melania Trump Hold Hands Because They're Fine, Everything's Fine. (Update: No, They're Not.)
Trump Nominates Actual Fascist David Clarke for Department of Homeland Security
Trump Budget Director: We Didn't Make a Childish Math Error! (They Did.)
Bruce Springsteen Gave U2 Advice That They Promptly Ignored
America's Got Talent Contestant Accuses Tyra Banks of Humiliating a Child
The Handmaid's Tale Recap: If You Go Back, You Will Die
Does Trump's Pick for Russia-Probe Attorney Mean Lieberman Won't Head the FBI?
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Some people take their travel very seriously, which is something I'll never understand. Sure, there are times for extending your cross-cultural understanding through studied interaction, but there are also times for standing on a table and pouring beer over your head.
The following travel experiences aren't smart. They aren't going to win you any awards for originality, and they aren't going to make you any more culturally aware. They are, however, a whole lot of big, dumb fun.
Everyone should try them once.
Do a coach tour of Europe
There's an unfortunate push at the moment from European tour operators to paint themselves as being more than just a piss-up on wheels. I say, the piss-up on wheels rules. You'll barely see anything of the countries you visit – and the bits you do see you probably won't remember – and the only foreigners you'll meet will be Saffas and Kiwis. But if you're young and in the right frame of mind, it'll be the most fun you've ever had.
Go to Oktoberfest
You can hang out with the "oi oi oi" crowd at the Hofbrau tent if you want, or you can go rogue and check out one of the 13 other dens of beer-related sin at this infamous Munich festival. Wherever you are though, be sure to attempt to drink your bodyweight in booze, and eat it in bratwurst.
Go overland in Africa
Paul Theroux doesn't think much of it – but then, he doesn't think much of anything. Overland trucks are Africa's slightly more serious answer to the Euro bus tour, with safaris and adventure sports interspersed with boozy nights in the campsite bar. They're ideal for single or novice travellers with a penchant for fun.
Have dorm-room sex
If you spend enough time backpacking you're sure to wind up in the same room as some drunken couple attempting to discreetly have sexual relations in the bunk above you. The only way to get even with the world on that point is to ensure that, maybe just once, you're a member of one of those drunken couples. (It should be pointed out that there's an age cap on this – do it when you're over 25 and it's just creepy.)
Do "the London thing"
It's a time-honoured tradition, from those pulling pints in the Shepherds Bush Walkabout and pissing away their earnings to those holding down real jobs and enjoying weekends in Brittany. However you choose to do it, there's a reason living in London has become a "thing" for Australians: it's one of the world's great cities.
Have something stolen
This one isn't fun so much as educational. Because if you have something stolen early on in your travelling career – a camera, a laptop, a wallet – you're unlikely to make the same mistake twice. And it means you get to join in all the one-up stories at the hostel bar. ("You had a phone stolen? Man, I had my whole backpack stolen!")
Stay at an all-inclusive resort
Sounds pretty lame, right? I always thought these resorts were the domain of Mick and Shazza who want to go to Cairns and "just relax for a few weeks". But I was proved wrong a few months ago – with the right set of friends and a little sunshine, it's... kind of like a coach tour of Europe.
"Do" Vegas
You probably think Las Vegas is a hideous place of greed and gluttony, but you obviously haven't had your first beer yet. Because after that Vegas undergoes a magical transformation into The Greatest Place On Earth, where you can see and do whatever the hell you want, for the right price.
Party on a Thai island
It's been done before. By, oh, about a squizillion people. It's also of questionable cultural sensitivity, and potentially dangerous. We're talking about establishments that will let you engage in a full-on drunken Muay Thai bout with a proper fighter for the grand prize of a bucket of knock-off whiskey and Coke. If that's not worth watching I don't know what is.
What are your favourite big, dumb travel experiences?
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The ongoing drama of Gilad Shalit continues as negotiators scurry to find a solution that would result in freedom for the Israeli sergeant who was captured three years ago. The issue that bedevils thousands of Israelis is whether the cost of setting free a brave soldier is worth turning loose hundreds of individuals who are accused of being terrorists or criminals. It poses a moral issue. A fundamental credo of those who fight in armed forces is "don't leave your comrade behind." A noble sentiment, but can it be employed in civilian life when the price entails potential danger to others.
Perhaps, there is a way out of this dilemma. Among the names on the list of Palestinian prisoners is that of Marwan Barghouti, who had been convicted of terrorist activities years ago, but there is evidence he has changed in prison and is ready to assume a leadership role if released from prison that might further the peace process. Are there moments when it is important to trust change in humans?


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(CNSNews.com) - Homeland security? What about the leadership vacuum at the U.S. Park Police -- the uniformed division that guards some of America's most famous monuments -- says a public employees' advocacy group.
A group called Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) accuses the Interior Department of "playing musical chairs with one of the country's top homeland security jobs."
Here's the problem, it says: Ben Holmes, the acting chief of the U.S. Park Police, is scheduled to retire on Friday, but no successor has been named. "No one knows who will fill in for Holmes or for how long," PEER complained in a press release.
Park Police Chief Tesesa Chambers is in limbo, meanwhile: She has been on paid administrative leave for 16 weeks, fighting what she calls an unjustified effort to fire her.
Chambers, who took the top job at the Park Police in 2002, was stripped of her badge in December 2003, after ruffling higher-ups with an interview she gave to the Washington Post.
In that interview, Chambers complained about Park Police staff and funding levels (she considered them too low).
Chambers told the Washington Post that traffic accidents had increased on the Baltimore Washington Parkway, where only two officers patrol instead of the recommended four (the Park Police patrols federal highways in the Washington area).
Chambers also said there weren't enough Park Police officers to provide adequate protection for all the Washington-area land they are assigned to patrol. And she revealed that 20 unarmed security guards would begin patrolling Washington, D.C., monuments.
A furious Donald Murphy, deputy director of the National Park Service, accused Chambers of improperly "making public remarks regarding security on the Federal mall, and in parks and on the parkways in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area."
He also accused Chambers of improperly disclosing confidential budget deliberations. And he blasted Chambers for insubordination -- "failure to carry out a superviser's instructions," his memo said.
"I believe that your misconduct has caused irreparable injury to our professional relationship," Murphy said in a memo announcing his intent to fire Chambers. "It is impossible for me to continue to work with you when...you challenge my authority and display behavior that establishes that you are unwilling to follow the chain of command associated with the NPS."
Chambers is fighting the effort to fire her, claiming protection under the First Amendment and the Whistleblower Protection Act, which shields employees who disclose "a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety."
Several members of Congress have questioned her firing as well.
Meantime, the absence of fixed leadership at the U.S. Park Police leaves the nation vulnerable, PEER said.
"What a ridiculous way to run a railroad," said PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. [It is important to note that Ruch's group is fighting for Chambers' reinstatement.]
"By continuing to dither, the leadership in the Department of Interior is guilty of gross management malpractice," Ruch said in a press release.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility describes itself as a private, non-profit organization that "protects the government employees who protect our environment." PEER says it "promotes environmental ethics and government accountability."
The U.S. Park Police, the oldest uniformed federal police force, is responsible for safeguarding the National Mall, national monuments such as the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge, as well as monuments, parks and parkways in the D.C. metropolitan area.


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The Tobacco-Free College Campus Initiative is encouraging campuses to take a 1Day Stand on March 15, 2017 to celebrate the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' KickButtsDay. Building on their mission of helping people quit tobacco for one day, the 1Day Stand calls upon college campuses to adopt a tobacco-free policy for one day.
By hosting a 1Day Stand event at your campus, you can start a conversation that ends in a healthier campus for all. Our goals for the event are to:
- Encourage students who use tobacco to quit for the day, with an aim to quit for good
- Raise awareness of the benefits of tobacco-free campus policies
- Promote the adoption of permanent smoke- and tobacco-free campus policies
Is your campus taking a 1Day Stand on March 15? If so, please register your event to receive updates and information.
Below are tools and information to help you implement the event on your campus.
Take a 1DayStand!
Sign up here and Let us know that you'll be participating in the 1DayStand on 03.15.2017!
Additional ideas and resources for 1DayStand can be found in our Student Toolkit: Create Change.
For more information on the 1DayStand – please contact us at email@example.com.
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- How to Guide: A list of suggested activities that can be done prior to and on the day of the event – as well as follow-up actions to support long-term policy change. Includes creative ways to raise awareness on your campus.
- Talking Points and FAQs: Talking points for campus spokespeople and answers to questions regarding tobacco policy change will assist with any presentations.
- Newspaper Article: A template article that can be tailored to your campus's specific outreach plans and placed in your campus newspaper.
- Radio PSA: A radio public service announcement (PSA) script that can be recorded and broadcast on the campus and community radio stations.
- Social Media Content: Sample tweets and Facebook posts to share with students and post on campus social media platforms.
- Sample Survey: Recommended questions for gauging student feelings towards tobacco use on campus and interest in a long-term policy.


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Walk Humbly with Hotel Workers
By J.R. Green
Hyatt workers have been at this for three years. They're fighting for their right to work without fear of injury. They're fighting for their right to work for a living wage. In some places, they're fighting to work as an actual employee rather than as "permanent-temps." They're fighting for dignity and basic human rights. IWJ and our supporters are working with UNITE HERE to bring about the Kingdom of God here on Earth and support these workers as they call for justice and dignity at work.
On Nov. 17, in the middle of the annual joint conference of the American Academy of Religion and the Society for Biblical Literature, a group of orthodox rabbis and teachers will be honoring their commitment to boycott the Hyatt Corporation. On Saturday, in order to observe the Sabbath, these prophetic worker advocates won't be able to use any form of transportation. Instead, they will walk from their hotel in downtown Chicago to McCormick Place in order to join the conference. We have the opportunity to support them and walk in solidarity with them.
As people of faith, we have the obligation to support in prayer and in action any act that stands against oppression and injustice. These rabbis and teachers will be sending a message that convenience and ease is no match for justice and honor. The walk may be long but it will be full of joy as we walk in solidarity with those who are willing to sacrifice their ease for the sake of another.
I am a Christian, so I'm just going to frame this in a Christian manner. The Kingdom of God is already here and all around us and still not yet fulfilled. "Already but not yet," theology is a cornerstone in active faith. When we have opportunities to bring about the Kingdom of God in our daily life, we should be moved to participate. Not everyone can be present physically, but everyone, no matter their faith, can support the workers, rabbis, teachers and supporters in prayer. Join us in prayer and/or in person as we sing and march our way through Chicago, making the statement that justice is coming and the fight will soon be over.
Click here to learn more about the Hyatt Hurts campaign, and what people of faith and do to support these workers.
J.R. Green is a seminary student at North Park University and an organizing intern with IWJ. J.R. is working with our union friends on a number of national worker justice campaigns.
We welcome your comments on the IWJ blog and encourage open discussion about important issues around worker justice and the unemployed. Disagreements are fine, but mutual respect is a must. Profanity, slander or abusive language will not be permitted. IWJ reserves the right to delete comments that violate this spirit of respect.
Kate KinserA righteous struggle, and good comment, but you should know that there are many of us who are sabbath observers who are not "Orthodox," and not all Jewish participants in this weekend's conferences are rabbis! Please don't narrow the scope of Jewish interest in this issue. May the day come when ALL workers at Hyatt and other businesses receive their God-given dignity, and a weekly Sabbath of joy and peace.
Adam DeRoseHey Kate!
Thanks for the clarification. We're so proud of all our Jewish brothers and sisters who are supporting workers in these campaigns.
Hope we see you at the Hilton on Saturday at 8 a.m.!
Adam DeRose
Online Organizer, IWJ


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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Kid stuff
Since one of the girls doesn't like jelly (which makes me think she just has to be an alien being, what kid doesn't like jelly?) I made two versions. One filled with strawberry jam and topped with my favorite peanut butter icing, the other filled with Nutella, and topped with the same frosting with a Nutella swirl. I love these cupcakes, and can't ever think of enough excuses to make them. There are lots of PB and J cupcake recipes out there, but these are my favorite! I wanted to imitate the crust and the softness of the bread in a sandwich, hence the pie crust bottoms and the fluffy cake tag team.
PB and J Cupcakes
3 cups Jiffy baking mix (NOT cake mix)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
4 Tbls. vegetable oil
1 1/3 cups milk
One batch of dough for a double pie crust
Nutella or strawberry jam for filling
One batch of Ina's Peanut Butter Icing
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease two muffin tins (this will make about 24 cupcakes). Roll dough out to an 1/8th inch thickness. Using a large/medium scalloped biscuit cutter, cut circles from the dough. Press gently into greased muffin cups.
Using a stand mixer or a large bowl and a hand mixer, beat all ingredients until well combined, scraping down sides of the bowl as needed. Scoop batter evenly into dough circle to fill each cup 3/4 of the way. Scoop filling into a small bowl and stir with a spoon until smooth. Drop rounded teaspoons of filling into the center of each muffin cup. Bake for 15 minutes or until tops are golden. Let cool for 5 minutes in the pan before inverting onto a rack to cool completely.
Once cooled, pipe peanut butter icing on top of the jam filled cakes and decorate with a berry or berry candy. For the Nutella cakes, add a few Tbls. of Nutella to the icing and stir a few times to create swirls. You don't want the Nutella incorporated into the icing completely. Pipe onto cakes and top with hazelnuts or chocolate candy.
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Dateline: July 30, 2006 -- Mandan, ND
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Crossing Minnesota and North Dakota on US Highway 2....
Campground Report: Federal Dam in the Leech Lake Recreation Area -- a Corps of Engineer campground. With large spaces and a well maintained area, this was a great relief after the stay in Duluth. Golden Age Pass made this a $7 a night stay.
This campground is for the fisherman. However, there are not too many fish, so the campground was mostly empty. Walleye is the goal. In recent years after local resorts started to complain about lack of business, the state began a restocking program of the area lakes. It will take a year or two before the fish are large enough to draw the fishermen once again.
The Bear Encounter... The hot spell across the central US extends here into northern Minnesota. With 90 degree temps and a humidity to match, I decided that today I would explore the area inside the truck with air conditioning. There was nothing to report until I was driving back to the campground.
Without checking for road traffic, a black bear ambled out of the swampy ditch trailing water and headed right into my path. I slammed on the brakes to avoid a black bear rug draped across my hood. He continued that slow pace into the swampy woods on the other side of the road. I checked the road in both directions. There were no other cars in sight. Perhaps this bear and a friend bear were on a dare to see if he could make it across without getting hit by the Silver Slug.
That was a first for me. Many a deer has tempted fate crossing on my path, but this was the first time for a black bear.
Sorry. I didn't get the photo.
[I received a note from The Peripatetic Poodle (aka Glen): "Oso, you bearly missed it!" The appropriate response is a GROAN. However, I do enjoy puns.]
Bemidji, Minnesota and nearby...
Passed through Grand Rapids, Minnesota... the birth place of Judy Garland. On the side of one building was the scene from the Wizard of Oz where Dorothy and her companions are on their way to the Emerald City. I passed on the museum that celebrated the city's fame.
Rugby, North Dakota... is another location for more trivial knowledge. It is the geographic center of North America which happens to be located right on US Highway 2 in Rugby, ND. Wow! What are the odds that there would be a city right there so they could build the marker? As the coastlines contact around the continent, no doubt the center remains somewhere nearby.
The Enchanted Highway... winds through 30 miles of the western North Dakota prairie. Along the way are six metal sculptures made up of scrap materials from nearby ranches, farms and communities. Included here are The Tin Family, the male of Pheasants on the Prairie, and Geese in Flight. These are large sculptures and highly visible in the distance of the rolling prairie. Tin Pa is 45 feet tall. The sun ray in the Geese in Flight is 110 feet at the high point.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park...
Campground Report: Juniper Campground in the north unit has 44 RV/tent no hookup spaces from full sun to full shade surrounding a meadow where buffalo frequently dine in the late evening or early morning. Make it a base for hiking the marked trails in the grasslands, wooded areas and coulees.
Recent campers had a wide range of taste in beverages.
I forgot to post this picture when traveling through Minnesota. A water tower painted to look like a bobber. Pequot Lakes is in fishing country in northern Minnesota.
Some other photos to share:
During the ride we saw wild horses, huge prairie dog towns and the ever present buffalo. We did manage to come across a rattle snake without incident. However, near the end of the ride, a buffalo did spook the trailing wrangler's horse tossing the wrangler. Fortunately, it was a young wrangler; they bounce better than us old guys.
Cinnamon Rolls...
In downtown Bemidji, Minnesota a very good cinnamon roll was found at Raphael's Bakery.
Business Names...
"The Bad Habit" is a novel name for a bar in Gresham, Wisconsin.
"Hair Teasers" is the name of a beauty salon in Bemidji, MN. Does the name go back to the 50s-60s when beehive hairdos were the thing.
Vanity plates:
WALI4ME -- No doubt a Walleye fisherman
APRASR -- of what
BOYSNXS -- no girls? On an SUV.
LITSEMI -- on a pickup truck hoping to grow up IBE4U -- not always!
DRMATIC -- Doctor Matic? :-D Okay. Dramatic?
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Content curation has become an important element of social media marketing.
Sharing useful and relevant content helps you build trust and establish yourself as resourceful.
But successful content curation is an activity that should be established as an everyday process. A morning process that takes just the necessary time and energy so you can move on to more important things…
like running your business.
This process should allow you to curate quality content, quick and on the move. There are 3 steps for this process:
- Discovery – Finding the sources of content that are relevant in your industry
- Organization – Collecting and organizing these sources so they are accesible when you need them
- Distribution – The tools used to distribute this content properly
If you have this process on lock down, curating content will be a seamless activity in your day.
I do most of my content curation on the move, while I enjoy coffee in the morning before hitting the office.
And today I want to share with you some of the sources, tools and tricks I use for discovering, organizing and distributing content right from my iPhone.
Here we go:
1- Flipboard
You must be familiar with Flipboard. One of the most beautiful apps in the iOS universe with iPhone and iPad versions.
A great way to discover content on several different topics that are easy to organize. Content from established publications and also a great way to visualize content shared by your social connections like Facebook and Twitter friends.
2- Flud
Flud is another app with a stunning design. Also a great way to access publications of your choice and whatever your social networks connections are sharing.
Flud also has a social network aspect built in, you can follow people and you can "flud" content to your followers. Both these apps present very minimal interfaces for a great experience when consuming content.
3- Zite
Zite is probably my favorite tool. It's a smart customizable magazine that learns your preferences as you use it.
The source of content is based on topics you choose from its menu, your Google Reader account and articles you "like" within the app. This is probably the most successful app in delivering exactly what you want to see.
4- NewsMix
I recently started using NewsMix. This is a different process, besides the suggested channels, you can create your own channels and add Twitter or Facebook accounts as sources.
For example, I added Kristi Hines' Twitter account @kikolani to my "Blogging" channel. NewsMix will grab her tweets and turn them into visual pieces of content as you can see in the image above (right).
Tweets on the web version of this app are displayed visually in a format similar to Pinterest.
5- Feedly
Feedly is basically Google Reader on steroids. Another great way of making content visual.
It also has a browser extension that lets you subscribe to any blog without having to do so through your reader. And if you organize your subscriptions in groups, it makes a much better experience.
6- Pocket
Pocket, formerly known as "Read It Later" is an app that lets you save content from any source when you're on the run. The concept is to save articles to read them later but it's very useful to organize to share.
The new design is also beautiful.
7- Twitter
Most of these apps already come with an integration of Twitter on the iOS. You can simply tweet right from the article without having to craft the tweet on your own.
You don't need screenshots for Twitter, right?
8- Buffer
But when you want to schedule this content throughout the day, there is nothing like Buffer. Yes, in case you didn't know, Buffer also has apps for iPhone and Android.
Some of the apps mentioned above allow you to connect to your Buffer account. If they don't, I'll show you a trick in a second.
If you are using these apps to send content to Buffer, you don't really need the actual app on your mobile. But having the app present is still very useful, you can reorder tweets, you can customize them and you have access to quick analytics.
9- ifttt
ifttt (If This Then That) is not a mobile app but a web-based service that lets you automate tasks. When something happens, an action is triggered. You can use already existing "recipes".
It's kind of hard to explain in a couple of paragraphs but I'll give you two examples I currently use:
- When I post a photo on Instagram, it is automatically saved in a folder in Dropbox
- When there is a new post on the SocialMouths' RSS, a bookmark is automatically created on Delicious
There are thousands of recipes similar to those that you can use. You can really make your life a lot easier by setting up a few recipes.
This is also a way to send content from your smartphone, for example, every post you send to Pocket is automatically added to your Buffer schedule.
10- Email to Buffer
You might not know this one. If you are getting your content from an app that has no connection to Buffer, you can email it. Follow these 3 easy steps to set this up:
- Go to your Buffer account and click on "Help Guides" in the footer
- On the left menu, click on "Email to Buffer" under "Mobile"
- Copy your "secret email"
- Create a new contact on your mobile, call it "Buffer" and add the email address there
- When you have a post you want to share, just "email link" and send the email to your Buffer contact
You can also do this with other apps such as Evernote, they assign you a unique email address that you can use to bookmark content.
Your Turn
Like I said at the beginning, if you have ways to discover content, organize your sources and you have the toolbox ready for distribution, you're golden…
Not all mobile apps are awesome, be careful not to waste your time. Google Currents for example is a sad and weak little attempt that takes space on your phone and I predict has a very short life ahead.
On the other hand, there are rumors about Apple and Facebook going to bed together for iOS integration, this should be important in making mobile sharing more natural. I know you take it for granted but tweeting from an iPhone wasn't as easy as it is now, after Apple baked it into its system.
But I'm sure you have your own weapons to share and curate content from your smartphone, share your sources, apps, tools and tricks!


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Elasto-Gel 8 x 16 Hot/Cold Pack
Sports medicine and rehabilitation professionals agree that applying ice soon after injury can help reduce pain and swelling and minimize inflammation. Switching to heat a few days after injury can help improve blood flow and tissue mobility. The Elasto-Gel Hot/Cold Pack is the perfect therapy tool to have on hand to provide either therapeutic ice or soothing heat in an easy to use, reusable pack.
The Elasto-Gel Hot/Cold Therapy Pack is filled with non-toxic Elasto-Gel that remains flexible when frozen for maximal coverage. The Elasto-Gel is encased in durable urethane, and a soft outer cover ensures maximal comfort during use.
Features of the Elasto-Gel Hot/Cold Pack include:
When dealing with sprains and strains or soft tissue injuries, you need a therapy pack that is easy to use and provides either ice or heat. The Elasto-Gel Hot/Cold Pack is the ideal tool to keep on hand to manage all of your injuries or aches and pains.
Spend any time in a professional physical therapy clinic, and you will likely see Elasto-Gel Hot/Cold Therapy Packs in use. The durable material combined with the soft outer cover and proprietary Elasto-Gel material make these packs the therapy tools that the professionals use.


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Material Innovation
Intelligence, interactivity, and integration were key ideas at matériOs exhibit at Decotec, as Smart Fabrics stole the show this year, fabrics on show could guide robotic cleaners, fight vandalism, ward off mosquitoes, repel and hold moisture, remember, light up a room, create sounds, amplify sound, muffle sound, and give the illusion of water flowing, ice melting, fire burning, or a tropical forest.
Despite the high technology involved, the fabrics were friendly, warm, and cheerful. There was a definite trend towards shiny finishes and metallic fabrics, but even the metallics were less metal in look and feel than liquid and opalescent, taking the consumer away from the hard edges of the industrial landscape to a more natural-feeling environmentwithout the annoyance of nature.
The Bekaert Depla fabrics, for example, with their whimsical patterns, are designed to help you find peace outdoors or in, despite the most persistent and evasive predatorsmosquitoes. Treated with Flocare they are anti-mosquito, and reported to reduce mosquito bites by 90% in a protective environment.
Protection from the elements was a high priority for many textile makers. Pintail International Dept. Wetcares Prato has created a nanotechnology fabric for upholstery in public and private applications. 3Ms Nomad, durable, high performance backed PVC mats hold dirt and water within the mat until it is cleaned, and are recommended for low to high traffic areas and interior and exterior uses. Also fire resistant, these mats come in a variety of colors and sizes and are available in mats and rolls. IPCs DS2 plastic film is a reservoir that absorbs water, moisture, prevents wetness, and limits the development of bacteria and stale odors. Recommended first for footwear (insole, upper...) and sports applications, it is also a valuable material for the home, it is entirely recyclable, and can be thermoformed and printed.
New fireproofing and retarding technologies on display include Maysers 3D-TEX three-dimensional formed fabrics, impregnated with a stabilizing resin system. 3D-TEX has been especially designed and developed to be used as a flexible core material for the production of sandwich components, and is used for the production of metallic façade systems.
But its flexibility extends its uses to the designer milieu for the creation of lampshades or for lighting elements in exhibition installations.
Other protective fabrics take in Sioen Coating Distributions Bio-Steel, a patented composite of PVC coated to polyester fabric to create bright anti-vandalism fabrics. Foin is known for its for Chainex, a light chain mail fabric used in gloves and protective aprons, and now adapted as a fluid cloth formed of individually welded rings of stainless steel that play with light - for curtains, wall and ceiling coverings. Gantois Toile is another product converted from industrial usea metallic mesh primarily used for industrial filtrationto decor, with a tight and silky mesh fabric that dances in the light.
The interaction betweenand integration offabric and light, and fabric, light and color, was a major trend this year. Electroluminescence by Elumin8 is a paper-thin, long-lasting, reliable light source used in component industries for illuminating computer screens, portable phones, control panel backlighting and signage. With improved brightness and specificity-enhancing, it provides a low-energy reactive light source that can be cut, folded and formed to open up creative opportunities for artists, architects, designers, in small or large scale formats. Fibertexs Tape PE/Fiber Optic Yarn produces a special effect when connected to light source. Souffle by Lily Latifi is a reflective textile industrially pleated to create intriguing light effects, ideal for screens and curtains, made out of PVC with a microbeads layer. Dichro from American Supply is dichroic (the property of exhibiting different colors by reflected or transmitted light) laminated film, available in thin films, sheets or rolls, that can be embossed, printed or screened. Backing influences the color and softness. IllusionFlex from American Supply is a lenticular film fabric that becomes alive when applied - some colors give illusion of water flowing, ice melting, fire burning, a tropical forest, which show up best in backlit environment. And Flocart Textile Design gives us a screen fabric with aluminum ribbon woven through knitted polyester that operates much like a two-way mirror: you can see through it from the inside to the outside, but it is reflective from the outside to the inside.
The marriage of fabrics and sound technologies was also an important feature at Decotec a section within Decosit, with super thin acoustical fabrics called Acoustone for acoustical panels, speakers and amplifier from Newcastle Fabrics. For Anne Kyyro Quinn sound-proofing meets sculpture and the walls come alive with Quinns sculptural 3-D wall panels and wall hangings, suitable for domestic or business. Reminiscent of cheery orange sea flowers, soothing lime green landscapes, and folded wool caps. these panels are fire-retardant, acoustic, noise absorbing and sustainable, and meant to be touched.
Vorwerks Smart Floor textile floor covering deserves a category of its own. A one of a kind electronic guidance system on the basis of RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technology, Smart Carpet enables robots equipped with an RFID reader to navigate automatically and intelligently across the floor. Robots of this type can be deployed, for example, as an automatically controlled transport unit or a self-propelling automated cleaner. The secret lies in its backing. Invisibly placed RFID tags are integrated into the carpets basic construction.
Old-fashioned and natural materials showed well too. Frogskin by NatureTouch is just what it sounds like, pieces of frog skin made with a tanning process that has no environmental impact, using biodegradable products. Available in limited quantities for shoes, skirts, bags, jackets, furniture... Cattle stomach and belly leather available as well. Annemette Beck Design Studio showed intriguing 3-D blinds, panels, room dividers made of 100% paper yarn, using a honey comb weaving technique. And Comersans fabric wall covering consists of paper plus any fabric brought together through lamination. Naturtex brought us the glitter of snowflakes on the ground by putting new finishes on a basic fabric; cotton + linen + metallic coatings for interior decoration and upholstery applications. Supracor combined the structural geometry of aerospace honeycomb with the flexibility of thermoplastics to give Supracor Honeycomb unparalleled versatility and performance. Strong, yet lightweight, it has memory and is anisotropic. Applications: footwear, sports protective gear, floor and seating.
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Are methane hydrates dissolving? Is the Methane layer is thawing ?
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MAYBE DROUGHT ? Agricultural water well drilling is on the increase as drought is felt across much of N. America. Aquifers are being drawn down faster than replenish rate, (in a few cases the aquifers don't receive any surface replenishment). These agricultural wells draw serious amounts of water. [link to www.csmonitor.com]
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There seems to be a lot of reports of Methane or Gas leaks and so on. Also, I've seen many people complain about a funny smell around the world.....Why is this an interest to me? Because, I live 20ft from a closed Landfill site. It was closed around 1978.
The last couple of weeks, I have been smelling this awful spell, smells a little like normal household gas but slightly different....Anyway, a couple of nights ago, it was so bad that I contacted my local Council who logged my call and said that he would pass this along to someone else.....After the phone call, I looked up on various gasses that come from landfill sites, methane is one of them, but Methane is odourless.....but, they add an additive that makes it smell...
The next day, I got a call from the Environment Agency that covers the whole of the UK, WTF, I only phoned my local council to complain, who I thought was going to pass it along to the Environment office at the local council, not send to the Top Dog agency...Anyways, I actually missed the call and he left a message on my answerphone, he basically said that they were aware of the situation and that they were monitoring it......Saved the message..
After searching the web more, I noticed alot of stories about other land fill sites leaking methane recently with evac orders that were put in place.....There seems to be a lot of methane leaking from these sites....this all got me thinking about other things, like the Methane in the ocean leaking thread and also, on Volcano Cafe, the people of El Hierro are complaining of a eggy smell..Experts have said that this is nothing to do with the Islands volcanic events....
There was also a thread that mentioned that people were smelling a funny odor in the US as well...This funny smell that people are complaining of seems to be widespread...
Could there be a change in pressure or something that is drawing these gasses out?
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'08: Our Date With Disaster
Thursday, January 1, 2009
When did 2008 begin?
Was it Oct. 14, when the federal government spent the first dollar of taxpayer money to buy into private banks, effectively changing the principles of the U.S. economy?
Was it Sept. 21, when Treasury secretary Hank M. Paulson Jr. gave Congress a three-page plea for $700 billion to rescue failing Wall Street firms that threatened to bring down the national -- perhaps global -- economy?
Was it a few days earlier in September, when the government seized control of struggling mortgage funders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, watched Lehman Brothers fall, gave AIG an emergency $85 billion loan and told Americans that they were on the verge of a great abyss?
Or was it all the way back on March 16, when J.P. Morgan Chase agreed to buy failing Bear Stearns -- once the most profitable of all Wall Street investment banks -- for $2 a share?
Regardless of which date you pick, this year has been split into two parts -- Before Crisis and After Crisis.
Compressed into just the past few months of 2008, Americans endured a lifetime's worth of seismic collapses, whipsawing markets, epoch-defining ideological shifts and heartbreaking human drama. What was happening in the economy back in January? Who knows? That feels like another century, another country.
Seems almost quaint. At least it was familiar -- none of that news had a once-in-a-century global meltdown feel to it.
Before Crisis 2008, we carped about airlines going a la carte, charging for extra bags, peanuts and beverages.
We speculated that Microsoft's $31-per-share bid for Yahoo would be a game-changer and might even knock Google off its perch. It sure seemed big at the time. Yahoo turned down Microsoft's offer, pushing for a higher price. Microsoft walked away, killing Yahoo's stock and forcing chief executive Jerry Yang to reverse field and prostrate himself before Microsoft. When the software giant told Yahoo to take a hike, out went Yang, who appears to have passed on the best deal since the French to sell offered Louisiana to Jefferson. Yahoo, by the way, closed 2008 yesterday at $12.20 a share.
We watched gas prices soar past $3 per gallon, then $4 per gallon, as oil hit an all-time high of $147 a barrel in July. The big news at the time was oil speculators and talk of a possible "green" bubble, as wind and solar stocks briefly sparkled.
We thought about Apple, wondering whether the new 3G iPhone due out in summer would pop the company stock and offset concerns about the health of Steve Jobs, a pancreatic cancer survivor, who was being seen less and less.


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Unionization : a necessary strategy to arrest professional decline?
Karger, Howard & Lonne, Robert L. (2009) Unionization : a necessary strategy to arrest professional decline? Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 24(1&2), pp. 21-44.
This article examines contemporary social work and why it is under serious threat, ideologically and economically, in a rapidly changing world that no longer highly values its social mandate, methods, and outcomes. Within this hostile environment we investigate the low salaries and high student debt that beginning social workers experience, which might otherwise drive them into unions. Instead, the profession resists unionization, preferring to remain focused on its ideals rather than the disquieting marketplace realities. We then examine the general elements of a hybrid union model that can assist social workers to organize and thus arrest their long-standing professional and fiscal decline.
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Chapter 7 - The Individual Point Of View
IMPORTANT as the matter of your point of view for the facts
of social life is, it is of less moment than your viewpoint for
your fellow men, for your acquaintances, friends, relatives,
your immediate family, and, most of all, yourself.
You must learn not to look upon the world as a lost and
decaying thing but as a something perfect and glorious
which is going on to a most beautiful completeness; and you
must learn to see men and women not as lost and accursed
things, but as perfect beings advancing to become complete.
There are no "bad" or "evil" people. An engine, which is on
the rails pulling a heavy train, is perfect after its kind, and it
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There are no evil people; there are perfectly good people
who are off the track, but they do not need condemnation or
punishment; they only need to get upon the rails again.
That which is undeveloped or incomplete often appears to us
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when a child wants to stop, thumb sucking can become a mindless
Here are some tips to help your child stop:
Try to get buy-in from the child. It may help to use examples
they can relate to: "Does Barney (or other favorite character) suck
his thumb?"
Try to replace the thumb or fingers with a blanket or stuffed
animal to hug.
Give reminders: Ask "Do you know you are sucking your
thumb?" or apply tape or a Band-Aid to the thumb as a
Give a star for every day (or hour) without thumb sucking. Then
allow the child to buy a special toy with the earned stars.
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"It is quite amazing how just one dose of the fusion protein was enough to induce significant tissue regeneration in two weeks" says the paper's lead author Piyush Koria, PhD, formerly a postdoctoral fellow at the MGH-CEM and now at the University of South Florida. "Previous reports have suggested that KGF can help heal chronic wounds. But in most studies the growth factor was applied to the surface of the wound, limiting its availability to deeper tissues and requiring repeat applications to produce any clinical benefit. Using large quantities of growth factor would make this therapy extremely expensive. Our work circumvents these limitations by more efficiently delivering KFG throughout the wound to stimulate tissue regeneration."
The authors describe developing a fusion protein from recombinant KGF and elastin-like-peptides, which are major constituents of skin and other connective tissues. Laboratory experiments showed that the fusion protein retained the wound-healing properties of both elastin and KGF and that it rapidly and efficiently self-assembled into nanoparticles in response to a simple increase in temperature. When applied to deep skin wounds in genetically diabetic mice, the nanoparticles accelerated healing by stimulating the formation of both surface epithelial tissue and thick fibrous connective tissue.
"This technology has great potential because the fusion protein can be easily manufactured at a relatively low cost, is easy to administer and does not disappear as readily as the growth factor alone," explains Martin Yarmush, MD, PhD, director of the MGH Center for Engineering in Medicine and senior author of the study. "The technology also provides a platform for delivery of any growth factor or combination of factors. One could imagine administering a mixture of nanoparticles, each with a different factor, or a single set of nanoparticles with a mixture of fusion proteins on each."
Additional co-authors of the report are Hiroshi Yagi, MD, PhD, and Yuko Kitagawa MD, PhD, Keio University in Japan; and Zaki Megeed, Yaakov Nahmias, PhD, and Robert Sheridan, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital. The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, Shriners Hospitals for Children, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
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