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In all fairness, you might know these Battlefield 4 tips. Perhaps you simply don't utilize them enough, or you might know them and practice all the time. If that's the case, high-five. The tips below range from small and quirky to outright game changers. By adopting and mastering all of these concepts, you have our permission to call yourself a true Battlefielder, rather than just a casual player.
5.) Mastering Dynamic Events
We've all seen the skyscraper tumble on Siege of Shanghai, or the dam collapse on Lancang Dam. The Levolution events in Battlefield 4 are well documented. Lost in the jaw-dropping chaos are the many dynamic events hidden within each map. Most of them are simple and don't really impact the outcome of the game, but each has its own purpose. Take the metal detectors on Dawnbreaker, Lancang Dam or Siege of Shanghai. Avoid passing through them and you might maintain the element of surprise while flanking the opposition. Hear them go off behind you, and spoil someone's careless attempt to take your dog tags.
Of course, there's something unique on almost every map. You could set fire to the oil spills on Hainan Resort for a montage worthy kill. Lock an unsuspecting Recon in a shipping container with one of your finest grenades. If you're into the less flashy but highly functional dynamic events, you could raise the vehicle gates on Siege of Shanghai, preventing an enemy tank from advancing on your position. The key to mastering these events is more than just knowing they exist. It's knowing when to trigger them.
4.) Using XP Boosts
Just because your primary goal is to help your team win at all costs, doesn't mean you can't enjoy the process of ranking up along the way. You know those Battle Packs you've been opening up with all the XP boosts? Well, maybe you knew and maybe you didn't, but they aren't automatic. In order to use them, they must be activated from the Pause screen. They range from 25 to 200 percent and last for one hour of in-game time. It's like a double XP weekend that only you get to participate in.
If you didn't know how to use them, let's set some ground rules so you can maximize your reward. Try not to use them on game modes like Team Deathmatch or even Domination. Most of your points there will come from kills or revives. Save your boosts for gaming sessions which are heavy on Conquest and Rush. Something where you can enjoy the boost in points by putting your head down and playing the objective.
3.) Battle Screen
If you've paid attention to our various Battlefield 4 articles in recent months, you'll know we are big fans of Battlelog. You can join games, customize your loadout, open Battle Packs, track assignments and even utilize Battle Screen. Battle Screen is what your Mini Map would be like if it took performance enhancing drugs. A second screen, completely dedicated to providing pertinent information about the game.
In order to use this feature to the fullest, you need a second screen in addition to the one you play on. This could be done with a second monitor or even a laptop. If you don't have those options, be like us and hijack your girlfriend's iPad, complete with a snazzy pink case. No matter how you go about it, the larger Mini Map will give you a definite edge on the competition.
2.) Squad Orders / Communications
If we didn't mention squad orders, we couldn't show up to work tomorrow. Mab00za, also known as David Knight, mentions this topic every time someone brings up tactics in Battlefield 4. It benefits us to listen to him, since the guy literally wrote the book -- Official Strategy Guide -- on Battlefield 4.
Squad orders can be given if you're the squad leader. Simply look at an objective and press the same button you would use to bring up the communication wheel. Even if you don't have line of sight to it, you can use the on-screen indicators. There's also a distinct line from your position to the objective on your Mini Map. Once you reach the objective, you all start to rack up points just for doing as you're told. The beauty of it is, it might be something as simple as the flag close to your base, with no hint of enemy activity. Give -- or recieve -- the order, head to the objective and rank up faster.
Tying into this concept is the communication wheel. It's the same button you would use to give squad orders; you just hold it down instead. You can use this feature to Request Orders, Accept Orders, Deny Orders and even say thanks when a thoughtful teammate drops ammunition. Of course, there are a lot more options, which is exactly why you should be using them.
1.) Spotting Targets
In the interest of full disclosure, squad orders almost made the top spot. The threat of Mab00za singing loudly into the microphone is a powerful motivator. However, to stay true to the team first approach, we had to go with spotting targets. This is the most underutilized feature in Battlefield 4. It was also the most underutilized feature in Battlefield 3. Who knows why? It's a mystery that may never be solved. All we can do is keep drilling the concept into people's heads.
To spot a target, all you need to do is look at them and press the same button as you would to give squad orders. It's that simple. You should be doing this all the time. Even if the helicopter you're riding in is engaging the opposition chopper, spot it. Just because the players closest to you see the threat doesn't mean everyone else does. Marked targets show up on your teammate's Mini Map, which if they're using Battle Screen is even better. Oh, you also earn points for spotting targets. Even if you don't care about your team, there are benefits for everyone.
Now find out how to dominate the Paracel Storm map.
For more information on Battlefield 4, check out the official eGuide at Prima Games.


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Bullying among Adolescents: The Role of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
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Bullying is a behavioral phenomenon that has received increasing attention in recent times. This paper uses a structural model with latent skills and longitudinal information from Korean youths to identify the determinants and effects of bullying. We find that, unlike cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills significantly reduce the chances of being bullied during high school. We use the model to estimate average treatment effects of being bullied at age 15 on several outcomes measured at age 18. We show that bullying is very costly. It increases the probability of smoking as well as the likelihood of feeling sick, depressed, stressed and unsatisfied with life. It also reduces college enrollment and increases the dislike of school. We document that differences in non-cognitive and cognitive skill endowments palliate or exacerbate these consequences. Finally, we explore whether investing in non-cognitive skills could reduce the occurrence of bullying. Our findings indicate that the investment in skill development is key in any policy intended to fight the behavior.
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One of Epcot's most well known attributes is its dining. In fact the Food and Wine Festival is held here each year. Most of the dining is located in the World Showcase area. This gives visitors the opportunity to experience dining in the style of each of the participating countries. Future World also provides opportunities for hungry diners to get their fill. Be prepared because many of these restaurants are very popular and it can be difficult to get reservations.
Future World
Coral Reef
Garden Grill
World Showcase
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall and Princess Storybook Restaurant
Chefs de France
La Hacienda de San Angel
Le Cellier Steakhouse
Monsieur Paul
Nine Dragons
Restaurant Marrakesh
Rose and Crown Pub and Dining Room
San Angel Inn
Spice Road Table
Teppan Edo
Tokyo Dining
Tutto Gusto
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It's Friday night! Time for a little date night :)
Today I styled a look surrounding this amazing romper I found at Simply B. As soon as I laid eyes on it, my jaw dropped. I may or may not have squealed when I tried it on and it fit like a glove. Ha! It's not every day that you try on a piece and feel like it was just made for you, ya know?? Sign, sealed and delivered. I was in the checkout line!
When I knew I was styling this look for a date night, I paired it with my 'pop fizz clink' necklace because we all deserve to celebrate the little things in life! Who doesn't want to celebrate when sporting a necklace like that?? Any fun and flirty look like this wouldn't be complete without tassel earrings so I added those along too! I felt so cheerful prancing out the door for drinks downtown with E.
If this look isn't really your style, I put together a few other options for your own personal date night! Here's to you, girl!
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Kenzie Platform Wedge // White Crystal Teardrop Earrings // Floral High Necklace Skater Dress // Rebecca Minkoff Envelope Clutch
You might remember a few weeks ago I stepped out for date night drinks in Downtown Paducah with E. I posted a pic on my Instagram and documented a few moments of the night via snapchat (@kitty_621).
One of the restaurants downtown recently re-vamped their menu and added a few tables for outdoor seating. Just in time for the summer! Once I saw that they had made these changes, we decided to check it out. I got a pomegranate martini (so amazing) and E ordered a Blue Moon. If you're ever in the the area, definitely give this martini a try. I'm not always a big martini kind of gal but WOW! This did not disappoint.
Although we only ordered drinks, the menu looked amazing! I'm actually popping over to the same restaurant today at lunch with a friend so make sure to follow along on snapchat and see my review! Happy Friday, dolls!


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TigerEx Debuts Nigeria's First Bitcoin Spot Exchange
TigerEx rolls out revolutionary bitcoin spot exchange where buyers and sellers can trade through a publicly open centralized orderbook.LAGOS, LAGOS, NIGERIA, June 29, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- TigerEx rolls out revolutionary bitcoin spot market, based in Nigerian Naira. Simultaneously TigerEx releases best-in-class products for instant international transfers, investment and bitcoin exchange.
"For the first time ever, Nigerians can now trade in a safe, centralized place in which they know their counterparty has the Naira or Bitcoin to complete the trade and close immediately. There are public open order book for bids and asks denominated in bitcoin, Naira and Dollars allowing Nigerians to deal directly with Nigerians in price discovery and benefit from cheaper transactions and fairer pricing," said Nicholas Levenstein, founder of TigerEx. "If we can invite other traders to arbitrage difference in the Naira-dollar, Naira-Pounds and Naira-Euro rates, Nigerians will find it as easy to transact using cryptocurrencies as those in well-served markets such as Euro Zone, USA and Japan. There are no reason citizens in Africa's largest economy should not see the same opportunities.
TigerEx will pay its users to make a market. The "Maker" fee on TigerEx will be negative such that people who come buy or sell based on others' bids and asks, will pay extra to the market makers with TigerEx taking only half of the fees, or less since referral fees will be paid.
Under the Nicholas Levenstein & Company owned TigerEx brand, are a list of stellar products aimed at driving the Nigeria business community forward. Including:
An income hedge fund that performed 38%, 50% Annually between September 1st, 2019 and March 31st 2020
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An escrow service To compete with MyPatricia and Paxful in which customers can offer gift cards like Amazon or other Pre-Paid cards that will have special attention to customer service, immediate payout and fraud prevention.
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The Gospel: a word with so many emotions, shades of meaning, experiences and life changes. The simple message of the gospel is God welcoming you just as you are, by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, remaking you and setting you on a path to an unimaginably great future. The gospel never stops changing us!
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The upgrades keep right on coming for The OS Quest website. WordPress 3.2 was released today and I jump right in and updated this site. At this point there's been so many changes I won't know where to start if something stops working. The stated focus of this update was to streamline speed-up WordPress. Check out the previous link to see all the changes.Or view the Trac database to see all 402 closed tickets.
Some key changes are:
- Dropped support for PHP 4. PHP 5.2.4 is now the minimum requirement.
- Support for IE 6 was dropped (I hope no one regrets this change).
- Dropped support for MySQL 4. MySQL 5.0.15 or greater is required.
I upgraded all my sites through SVN but was notified and prompted to upgrade through the dashboard. It was necessary to upgrade the database once the files were upgraded. The database upgrade prompt came at the first site access after the upgrade so be sure the visit the admin dashboard after upgrading. The SVN upgrade command is:
svn sw http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/3.2/ .
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The American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence is honoring Legal Momentum's President and CEO Carol Robles-Román with the 2017 Sharon L. Corbitt Award. The annual award recognizes a lawyer who demonstrates exemplary service to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and/or stalking, in the spirit of Sharon L. Corbitt.
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2017Carol Robles-Román Honored with ABA's Sharon L. Corbitt AwardOn August 11, the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence will honor Carol Robles-Román with the 2017 Sharon L. Corbitt Award at the commission's annual awards breakfast in New York City.


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Irrigation Committee member questions validity of well tests
A member of the Shelter Island Irrigation Committee is questioning the value of new data on chloride levels in area wells.
John Hallman — who is also chairman of the town's Water Advisory Committee — said at Thursday night's Irrigation Committee meeting that to get valid data on salted wells on the Island, tests should be conducted at the beginning of June when summer residents and visitors are first arriving on the Island and again at the end of August or beginning of September when they are leaving.
What's more, the tests should be conducted at wells that are used to pump all summer or test wells very close to irrigation systems, not those that are stagnant and are only used by the United States Geological Survey to gather information on water quantity.
According to Irrigation Committee Chairman Thom Milton, tests conducted by field engineers from Leggette, Brashears & Graham — a consulting services focused on groundwater data — in January and due to be conducted again in June are aimed at updating studies last done in 1984.
Updated data was needed to counter challenges to any law the Town Board might enact with respect to water use on the Island based on the old numbers, he said. The committee's charge has been to provide the Town Board with updated information on technology for automatic underground irrigation systems and any other factors that would inform its decision about whether to enforce or abandon a ban on use of the irrigation systems enacted in 2003, but not implemented for 10 years. It was to have taken affect in September 2013, but was delayed pending this committee's study.
It has become something of a regular thrust and parry between Mr. Milton and Mr. Hallman over whose data provides the best indication of what direction the committee might recommend to the Town Board.
At Thursday night's meeting it was more of the same as Mr. Hallman objected to the word "hearsay" in minutes of a previous meeting, relating to information Mr. Hallman had shared as a result of his more than 45 years of experience in dealing with water issues on Shelter Island.
Mr. Milton said the use of the word was his, not committee consultant John Benvegna's, and that he was implying that Mr. Hallman was sharing anecdotal information about salted wells, while Mr. Benvegna needed actual data.
"I'm not going to give you data," Mr. Hallman said, citing privacy rights of his customers.
"It's not pitting you against him," Mr. Milton said about Mr. Hallman's knowledge and Mr. Benvegna's call for actual data. "I don't want to be at war with the Water Advisory Committee."
"I know there are several houses where they can't drink the water," Mr. Hallman said. He also pointed out the dangers of salted wells, saying it poses problems for people with high blood pressure.
"We've got to try to protect these people from ruining their water," Mr. Hallman said. "Let's protect what we have" so there isn't "a war over water."
But is it the town's responsibility to improve those wells that might be affected by neighbors' irrigation systems? asked committee member Fred Hyatt. Committee member Walter Richards pointed out that through the years, some problems with water corrected themselves over time and in recent years, despite some dry spells, there hasn't been a call for restrictions on water use. He has served on the Water Advisory Committee and both he and Mr. Hyatt are landscapers.
The legality of imposing a ban on irrigation systems got some attention, with Mr. Milton advising that whenever a law is passed, the effort must be made to make it as fair as possible. What the Town Board did right 10 years ago was delay implementation of the ban to give those with irrigation systems time to amortize their investments should the ban be imposed.
But Mr. Hyatt questioned whether it would be fair, after someone got a town permit to install a system to take it away from them. If someone got a permit to build a barn, the town wouldn't tell him 10 years later to take it down, he said.
You need data to show that a change is necessary and not just a feeling that a ban would be a good idea, Mr. Milton, a lawyer, responded. He pointed out that "one-size-fits-all" laws sometimes break down in court if you can't show that the same restrictions are needed everywhere.
That has been a recurring theme for the committee as information gathered has shown that conserving water in the Center isn't going to benefit users in the Rams any more than restricting use in the Rams will assure more water in the Center.


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Urban Sketchers Buffalo is officially part of the International Urban Sketchers. An organization dedicated to drawing while situated in real life urban settings. The Buffalo Community Organizer for the local chapter is artist, historian and traveler, Dana Saylor.
Rachel: Have you sketched in France and Italy? Do you have any stories you would like to share?
Dana: Yes I sketched in both places- I had an art residency with Officina Lieve outside Florence in January. They're a grassroots co-working space that also hosts slow food monthly dinners. We worked on a creative place-making project to identify historic grist mills and their communities throughout the Mugello Valley (Borgo San Lorenzo is the main town in the Valley. It's the area from which the Medici family originated before they came into Florence.) We also highlighted heritage grains and the agricultural legacy of the region.
Dana's Roots in Buffalo
Dana started to participate in an organization, Painting for Preservation, founded in 2011 by Sara M. Zak. Urban Sketchers is similar to Painting for Preservation in that artists of all levels and diversity can come together to draw on site.
On September 5, 2015, WNYBAC presented an exhibition by Dana Saylor, Confluence: Collision of Form. To compliment the exhibit, Dana hosted two Plein Air Drawing Workshops in downtown Buffalo in October 2015. In 2016, coloring books of two local neighborhoods: Allentown and East Aurora became available. View her work on her Etsy shop, Confluence Creative.
I Went to the Sketch Meets
On May 30, I came out to the Naval Park to join Dana for the first Sketchers Meet to get a sneak peek at her drawing. I could not make it to the next one, June 4 at the Central Terminal, but I came out to the Lafayette Square to see her work again. They were sketchers sitting all around the Soldiers & Sailors Monument. I did not plan to sketch, but I viewed an interesting scene taking place in front of the central library and started a quick sketch of the situation.At the last sketch meet at Wilkeson Point about 12 artists showed up. The artists decided the place to sit and view and sketch. I asked some of the artists about their work today and the group.
"First time. Nice. Outdoors," shared Billy; penciled lyrics from a song.
"Experiment, anything in mind. Not know what I'm gonna do. Love something about the breakwater," chortled Roger; charcoal grease pencil.
"Following International Sketchers for months. Exciting we have a Buffalo one. It's nice to be with artists: interactions, support," Linda said; pen, ink and water color.
After being nosy, I sketched a bit and started to write a poem.
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The Pentagon may reopen an investigation into charges by four Iraqi journalists that they were abused at a US military base in Iraq.
"We are looking into the case to determine whether further review is necessary," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said when asked about the January incident in which the four from Reuters and NBC were arrested near the site of a US helicopter crash and taken to a base near Falluja.
His comment on Thursday came weeks after the US military issued two reports accusing US troops of abusing Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad last year.
Reuters welcomed the Pentagon move, first reported by The New York Times, saying that the defence department earlier indicated the matter was closed after a US military investigation cleared troops of any wrongdoing.
NBC also welcomed the Whitman statement.
Sexually abused
The three Reuters journalists said in May that they were beaten by US forces and subjected to sexual abuse and religious taunts and humiliation during their detention in the camp near Falluja.
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An Iraqi journalist working for US television network NBC, who was arrested with the Reuters staff, said he had been beaten and mistreated.
"We would welcome a reinvestigation and hope that it is complete, objective and thorough," said Reuters spokeswoman Susan Allsopp in London. "The earlier indication to us was that the matter was closed."
"We've been frustrated by the lack of action by the military on this and we welcome any move to look into it further," said NBC vice-president Bill Wheatley in New York.
The Reuters journalists first told Reuters of the ordeal after their release, but only decided to make it public in May when the US military said there was no evidence they had been abused, and following the exposure of similar mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib.
Humiliating acts
Two of the three Reuters staff said they had been forced to perform humiliating acts and were forced to put shoes in their mouths.
All three – Baghdad-based cameraman Salam Uraibi, Falluja-based freelance television journalist Ahmad Muhammad Hussain al-Badrani and driver Sattar Jabar al-Badrani – were arrested on 2 January and released three days later without being charged.
NBC stringer Ali Muhammad Hussain Ali al-Badrani was detained along with the Reuters staff.
The Reuters journalists said they were forced to make demeaning gestures as soldiers laughed, taunted them and took photographs. They said they did not want to make details public earlier because of the degrading nature of the abuse.
Threats of Guantanamo
The soldiers told them they would be taken to the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, deprived them of sleep, placed bags over their heads, kicked and hit them and forced them to remain in stress positions for long periods.
Sanchez had concluded that the
Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of ground forces in Iraq, said in a letter dated 5 March that he was confident the investigation had been "thorough and objective" and its findings were sound.
Reuters global managing editor David Schlesinger has asked the Pentagon to review the military's findings about the incident in light of the scandal over the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
A defence official, who asked not to be identified, said on Tuesday the Pentagon was looking into "the adequacy" of the military investigation.


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From the When Life Gives You Lemons… Series.
Part 4 – When Life Gives You Lemons … Move it Inside
or How to Move Your Impossibly Heavy Lemon Tree.
So, one of my biggest challenges is how to move my potted lemon tree into the garage when it starts to cool down. My patient hubby tends to lose patience when I ask him to move it as it is awkward and heavy and no fun. And then he starts to procrastinate 'coz he doesn't really want to do it, which in turn makes me anxious about the coming frost and whether my lemon will survive another night outside…. And it all turns in to a big mess. This year I had had enough of dependency and I decided to figure out a way to do it myself. Or at least with only the help of my 9 and 6 year old minions.
Long I searched for practical solutions. We already had some furniture movers, just planks on wheels really, which made moving the pots over long, smooth, distances a breeze, but the pots get placed in to a garden bed each year and must be lifted over a ledge to get them in and out each time. How to lift an incredibly heavy pot without some serious braun to help?
But then I came across potlifters. Have you heard of these things?
Eureka! A solution. I totally would have raced out and bought one but there weren't any locally, only online. So I hemmed and hawed trying to judge shipping time vs impending frost, whether it would actually work given the short stature of my participating minion, and frankly, I didn't really want to spend an extra $30 for something that might or might not work and that I would only use twice a year. Hmmm … maybe there was another way.
And you know what I found? An Instructable (such an amazing resource) for How to Make Your Own Hawler/Pot Lifter. Would take 15 mins and cost $3.
Someone had been reading my mind! This would be perfect. The instructions were straight forward and clear and you only needed 3 things:
- rope
- 2x bicycle inner tubes
- some PVC pipe for handles.
I had the rope and PVC pipe on hand but no spare inner tubes. Fortunately, I happen to live not far from a bike repair place so I wandered over and asked if they had any old punctured inner tubes lying around. You know what, they did! And they were happy for me to take them off their hands since they would otherwise just be thrown away. So we were recycling/upcycling too! Doesn't get better than that.
You do have to learn a new knot, a Blake's Hitch, which takes a little practice but before long I had it all put together and ready to try it out.
The way it works is that the inner tubes form a square through which the ropes are threaded. You put the square around the pot you want to lift, snug up the knots so that it is tight around the pot, then lift using the PVC handles. Very very clever.
I admit to feeling nervous as to whether my minion would be tall enough to help, and whether it would be safe since he's so little and I would have hated for it to fail and fall on a toe, but we figured it out and got the job done with all toes, limbs and eyes intact. And not a daddy to be seen. Whoo hoo!
Very very pleased with this Instructible and the solution it provided me. With the weather warming up I'll be able to move the pots around as I need to which is nice. The other great thing about this design is that it is adjustible, so I could use it on my lime tree pot too. Yay!
How do you move heavy pots around? Have you tried a potlifter like this?
NEXT UP: When Life Gives You Lemons … Make Limoncello


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The ISO 9001 standard emphasizes a process-oriented quality management system (QMS), which provides a structure for process control, defect prevention, reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain, continual improvement and effectively meeting customer requirements. The certification process ensures the conformance of STSI's QMS against the international standard, as well as any organizational and customer specific requirements that have been identified.
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Brunch is that meal for lazy people who don't wake up in time for breakfast or those that are greedy and like to fit another meal into the day, as you can guess I am the latter. It's the new craze meal time in big cities, with everyone getting their poached egg photos on insta. But in this day and age you've got to be cooking up a pretty good meal to stand out from the crowd in the brunch game. Luckily as a blogger I get to eat some delicious meals and tell you all about it, and this one was no exception, so let me tell you a little bit about 19 Cafe Bar...
Really, after looking at those pictures I don't really even need to say anything, I bet you're drooling already aren't you? But as this is a written blog so I must go on.
I chose pancakes, bacon and maple syrup, it's my go to brunch meal and I can never get bored of it, so I have a taste for it and can separate the good from the bad. This was incredible. I'll admit, i've never had icing sugar sprinkled on top but I definitely can't complain, the pancakes were thick and fluffy and as always, the perfect combination with salty bacon.
If having a sweet for brunch isn't your thing do not worry, there is so much more available for you to sink your teeth into. On the brunch menu (served until 3pm) food ranges from your classic full english to a grilled cheese toastie if you're on the go. Or even if you're wanting to eat a little later, the lunch menu is available until 5pm and you can find sandwiches and paninis or even take things a bit further with a veggie burger.
But it doesn't even stop there...As it says in the name, Cafe Bar, you can have your morning coffee there or sit back and enjoy a cocktail with friends in the evening. It is open till late Thursday-Saturday and you can head down for open mic night on a Thursday. You could pretty much stay there from dusk till dawn and never have to leave.
Now with it being pancake day today, I'd suggest you get down to 19 Cafe Bar ASAP and get onto their pancakes, you can opt for the salty bacon stack like me or if you've got more of a sweet tooth have them topped with fresh fruit and a drizzle of syrup, the choice is yours!


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Join us for a lively discussion on composting. What is composting? How hard is it? I only have a small space, can I compost? We will learn about removing and reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfills. Composting helps to support your growing space by feeding the soil on a regular basis. (whether its flower beds or vegetable beds). Come learn how to get started.
We will explore several "small batch" composting methods suitable for the urban environment. A detailed examination of each method including equipment, space needed, and steps in the process will be covered. We will also learn how to use the finished products in our living spaces. How to feed our soil and plants with the goodness we have created.
This class will be offered twice a year: spring and fall when the weather is just changing. Closing the garden for the year provides a lot of material for composting. Spring finds people looking to use compost and start again.
A primary requirement is a place to use the compost created. A garden, flower beds, potted plants. As an example an apartment dweller who has a significant potted garden on a roof or porch or fire escape could use small batch composting and vermicomposting easily to meet their needs.
Methods being covered:
- Small Batch Bins: create a small compost pile in a plastic bin.
- Vermicomposting: use red worms to eat your garbage and turn it into rich nutrient dense worm castings
- Bokashi: Precomposting: Pickle most food and organic wastes into easily compostable materials for a regular compost pile or garden
- Mycoremediation: the fungus among us. Use mushroom spawn to grow mushrooms on coffee grounds. A waste product in almost every household!
- DIY Resources for bins, tumblers and small batch piles.
This course will be facilitated by:
Joe Klinkhoff, long time fermenter, composter, cook, and gardener. 20+ years of using these methods and others give me a solid foundation to teach others.
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Room 521
Bethlehem, PA 18015
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A new frozen yogurt joint called Yogurtland is setting up shop in a space in a shopping center at 2800 N. Campbell Ave.
I'm a little spent on the whole frozen-yogurt thing, what with a zillion of the places opening up here and around the country in recent years. Yet I find myself intrigued by this place's inventive flavors such as rubarb, lychee, dragon fruit and others.
There's more on Yogurtland over here.


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In "Go Wild! Survival Skills for Business and Life" we outline the 5 Wilderness Survival Skills that apply to Business and Life:
- Awareness
- Adaptability
- Skills
- Conservation of Energy
- Positive Mental Attitude
At #YPOForum and #EOForum retreats hosted around the world, we embrace the 5 core skills required of leaders through experiential learning and travel adventures that support the development CEO's as well as the strength and connection of the Forum.
In this post, a look at two essential skills required of today's leaders:
Two Critical Survival Skills for YPO and EO Leaders:
Awareness and Creative Problem Solving.
Awareness: In his books, "How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci" and "Da Vinci decoded" Author, Michael Gelb document's Da Vinci's life and genius. Da Vinci constantly focused his observations on minute details in order to gain a greater perspective. Some 500 years ago in Tuscany, Leonardo remarked that the average person "looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odor or fragrance and talks without thinking" This statement is perhaps never truer than it is today with technology further amplifying lack of awareness of self, others and our environment.
The key to awareness is not looking at everything at once where things tend to blur together, rather breaking down your observations into focus areas of your business and life.
For example in examining customer experience, focus on one aspect of service at a time such as customer wait time. How do you take the pain out of wait time? It begins by actually experiencing and focusing on that wait time and looking for subtle ways that your customer wait time can be improved. The fact is we hate to wait and if you can entertain or delight us in customer wait time, you have improved the customer experience. Focused awareness helps today's leaders look in and out for continual improvements.
Creative Problem Solving (CPS)
The Creative Problem Solving Process gives today's YPO and EO leaders a tool and formula for solving problems both big and small. CPS separates divergent and convergent thinking for creating longer lists and better choices! It also democratizes problem-solving and beats solo genius every time, by engaging diverse points of view and separating ideation from solution analysis and implementation.
At our upcoming EO Forum this month, individual forum members will bring either a personal or business challenge to tap into the forum's best thinking through CPS! Forum members will arrive with a challenge and leave with a blueprint developed through the forum's brain trust and application of CPS.
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Student Anti-Drinking Groups Gain Adherents, But Advocates of 'No Use' Remain Skeptical
TOWSON, MD.--When students in Towson High School's chapter of Students Against Driving Drunk talk about the "fun facts" they want to broadcast over the public address system, they are not referring to answers to Trivial Pursuit questions.
Instead, they hope to shock their fellow students at this suburban Baltimore school with some rather sobering information: that someone dies in an alcohol-related accident every 23 minutes, and that alcohol-related injuries are the number one cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds.
"We just try to get people's attention, and remind them, and not try to preach," Lisa Greenhouse, the chapters president, says.
"If you are going to come out and say, 'Don't drink,' they'd say, 'Get lost,'" the senior says. "But we've never said it's O.K. to drink as long as you don't drive."
Although this non-preachy, student-to-student effort to persuade classmates not to drink, and not to drink and drive, has caught on among teenagers--with 25,000 chapters in middle schools and high schools across the country--some drug-education specialists and federal officials are uncomfortable with the program.
To these critics, SADD subtly promotes the responsible use of alcohol, at a time when programs should stress abstinence.
Backers of the program note, however, that SADD makes it clear that underage drinking is illegal, and that SADD members pledge to follow a drug-free lifestyle.
"You really could think that there's an underlying message that we are encouraging people to drink," says Nancy Hutchins, the SADD chapter adviser at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Md. "But I don't think that's the message."
"I guess if I felt we were encouraging students to drink, I wouldn't be part of it," she adds. "I think saving lives is very important."
No one questions, however, that alcohol use and abuse by teenagers remains a serious problem.
According to a survey by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, 89.5 percent of the students in the class of 1990 said they had used alcohol at least once, and almost a third said they had had five or more drinks in a row during the past two weeks. Other federal surveys have found that about one-third of all students have accepted a ride from a driver who had been drinking.
'Contract for Life'
When SADD started in 1981, its main focus was on preventing drunken driving. That year, 6,280 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 died in alcohol-related traffic accidents. In contrast, nearly 2,700 teenagers died in such accidents last year, a decrease SADD leaders say demonstrates the effectiveness of their program.
In most chapters, students design public-awareness campaigns against drinking, and against drinking and driving.
Here at Towson, for example, students create banners and floats for sporting events and will place "crash dummies" outside of the school in a wrecked car, to demonstrate graphically the effects of drunken driving. The chapter also sponsors drug and alcohol-free events, and hosts assemblies featuring special speakers.
Probably the most well-known, and controversial, element of SADD is its "Contract for Life," which both the teenager and parent sign. In its original incarnation, the adolescent pledged to call home at any time, or at any place, if he was intoxicated or with a drunken driver. The parent, in turn, agreed to pick up the child, no questions asked. The contract states that the incident could be discussed at a later time.
Since SADD'S rounding, however, the political climate and popular theories about drug-abuse prevention have changed. Since 1986, when the Congress adopted the Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Act, all programs funded by the U.S. Education Department must espouse a clear "no use" message.
In a no-use program, students are told that any use of drugs, tobacco, or alcohol by minors is wrong and harmful. Responsible use programs, by contrast, while not condoning drug use, stress informed decisionmaking, or attempt to limit the riskiest forms of behavior, such as drinking and driving.
A U.S. General Accounting Office study, released last month, charges that the department unnecessarily limits its drug-free schools program by only considering schools with a strict no-use approach.
The problem, the study states, is that research has not shown "the general superiority of one prevention approach over any other, nor have any evaluations isolated the effects of a no-use approach." (See Education Week, Oct. 2, 1991 .)
A 'Mixed' Message
Over the past decade, SADD's policies have changed to more clearly reflect a no-use message, contends William Cullinane, the acting executive director of the Marlboro, Mass.-based group.
"The goal initially was to prevent young people from dying," he says. "Once young people proved they could do that, we've moved along to the point that we ask students to accept a no-use lifestyle."
The Contract for Life, he notes, has undergone several changes, the most recent of which includes a note in boldface at the top that states that the signers "understand that SADD requires all youths to adopt a no-use policy."
Language that would indicate that the teenaged signer had himself been drinking was dropped in the early 80's, Mr. Cullinane says. Instead, the adolescent pledges to call for a ride "if I am ever faced with a situation where a driver has been drinking or using illicit drugs." Despite these modifications, some educators are reluctant to embrace SADD.
Officials from the Education Department, for example, say the activities and philosophy of each SADD chapter, like those of any other anti-drug activity, must be individually examined before a chapter can qualify for federal drug-education money, which is passed through the states, or be eligible for the department's drug-free schools recognition program.
"Nobody can make a blanket statement about the SADD program," says William Modzeleski, director of the department's drug-abuse-prevention oversight staff, noting that individual chapters may have policies that do not meet federal standards. "We've been working with SADD for a long time, looking at how it can be strengthened."
James Better, the department's staff director for the recognition program, says there are still concerns about the latest contract. A 1989 letter from the department to SADD officials, which Mr. Better says still represents the department's views, notes that, while "SADD does not expressly condone illegal drinking by students, we believe that the implicit message that the 'Contract for Life' sends is mixed."
Officials in some states also express skepticism about the program.
"Basically, it really conflicts with the drug-free-schools philosophy," says Danny Trujillo, the drug-free-schools and communities coordinator for the New Mexico Department of Education and the former SADD state director.
'The Awareness Is There'
Mr. Trujillo says SADD-which he believes espouses a "responsible use" policy-is being phased out of the state, and is being replaced by programs that emphasize peer-counseling and peer-helping.
"SADD was good for its time, but since then, it has not kept up with the research [emphasizing prevention]," he says.
"We don't feel it extends the purpose of the [drug-free-schools] program, which is essentially no use," says Betty Lohraff, the director of instructional improvement and resources for the Missouri Department of Education. Schools that want to use their federal money to fund SADD activities must explain how the chapter complies with the program's rules, she says.
But schools that have SADD chapters say the groups have made a noticeable difference in students' attitudes about alcohol use.
"I have heard kids say, 'You have been drinking and you drove? You're crazy!'" says Rachel Lopez Arnold, an English teacher and the SADD adviser at Deer Valley High School in Glendale, Ariz. "[Kids] have taken keys, they've taken air out of tires to prevent their friends from driving."
"The vast majority of kids are aware of not drinking and driving," she adds. "I know there are parties all the time, and kids are drinking--but at least the awareness is there."
Tamra Reszler, vice president of the SADD chapter at Aberdeen Central High School in South Dakota, says she believes the group has persuaded students to adopt alcohol-free lifestyles.
"I think it adds a little bit more pressure for a kid to go up to a kid and say, 'I don't think you should be drinking,' "she says. .
Vol. 11, Issue 07, Pages 6-7Published in Print: October 16, 1991, as Student Anti-Drinking Groups Gain Adherents, But Advocates of 'No Use' Remain Skeptical
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Who by Two in 'Doctor Who: The Ark'
There are bad stories, goofy aliens and lousy special effects littered throughout the Doctor Who series, but stories like this help us keep the faith.
Doctor Who: The ArkDistributor: BBC Warner
Cast: William Hartnell, Peter Purves, Jackie Lane
Network: BBC
Release date: 2011-03-08
When Noah brought the animals on his ark they came two by two. This fact makes for a fun bit of singing and wordplay for children first learning the story, but what's missing is the why. The story isn't told to children to explain animal husbandry, though, it's told to extoll the virtues of faith, that listening to and obeying god is the only path to salvation. The image of the animals pairing off and boarding the ark along with Noah and his family also evokes another theme that runs deeper than faith: survival.
With or without Noah, the flood story persists around the world and across religious and cultural traditions. Aboard the TARDIS it transcends time and space. When the TARDIS materializes in a lush forest the Doctor (William Hartnell), Steven (Peter Purves) and their new companion Dodo (Jackie Lane) are sure they've landed on Earth. Despite the presence of lizards, birds, elephants and even people, they learn they're actually aboard a spaceship, traveling along with refugees from a dying Earth, ten million years from the present.
The majority of people aboard the ship have been miniaturized and placed in stasis for their 700 year journey to the planet Refusis. Those remaining are called the Guardians, and they're assisted in their duties by Monoids, refugees from another world.
Doctor Who: The Ark makes great use of the time travel conceit, moving the characters through the entire arc of the refugee's journey to their new home. The story is split into halves, the first of which centers on the specter of disease, something the Guardians have eliminated over the centuries. It comes via Dodo, whose minor case of the sniffles turns deadly and quickly spreads throughout the ship. This gives Steven pause, and he utters a horrifying line: "Has this happened before?" Traveling to other eras and other planets, the Doctor and his companions could spread disease anywhere, wreaking havoc across the universe, an idea that could spawn a whole series of stories.
This idea of the Doctor's legacy of disease is forgotten when a cure is found and order is restored, but for the Guardians traveling to Refusis, the legacy of their actions lingers long into the future. After the TARDIS leaves the ship it materializes again in the exact same spot as before, only seven hundred years later. The planet Refusis is in sight and the Monoids have taken control of the ship.
The second half of the story overshadows the first both in scale and excitement. The Doctor and his friends find a complete reversal of the world they'd only just left. It's a wonderful bit of narrative sleight of hand that proves why the show has endured. Time travel doesn't have to be about killing the dictator or righting some historical wrong. It allows us to peek ahead to see what comes next.
Doctor Who: The Ark marks the Monoids only appearance on the series. As goofy-looking villains go these guys are formidable. They look like stalks of broccoli wearing Beatle wigs and, when they gain the ability to speak, their voices are Dalek-lite. The transformation from servants to masters and their single, unblinking eyes give them enough depth and menace to make them convincing.
Among the brief but satisfying bonus features is the featurette "One Hit Wonder" which explores the Monoids' status among other single appearance aliens, and the strange appeal of their ridiculous and scary look. "Riverside Story" details the making of the story and gives viewers a tour of the sound stage where it was filmed, and "All's Wells" marks Doctor Who's debt to the works of H.G. Wells.
Doctor Who: The Ark is a story of survival and endurance, something the creators of Doctor Who and its fans know a little about. There are bad stories, goofy aliens and lousy special effects littered throughout the series' history, but stories like this help us keep the faith.


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Abdominal distension (flatulence) is quitecommon symptom in our days. Prevalence it is related to many factors, in particular, poor environment, poor diet, stress. Flatulence is often accompanied by wildness in the abdomen, pain, diarrhea. But it may be the only symptom.
Even in such as flatulence causesdiscomfort and bloating in the abdomen. Due to the accumulated gas displaces the stomach intestines, stimulates throw food from the stomach into the esophagus, frequent belching and a sour taste in the mouth. The increase in the volume of the intestine can lead to a raising of the diaphragm, which is manifested by shortness of breath, palpitations and pain in the heart. What matters is that the increased pressure within the gastrointestinal tract. Some sections of the intestine spazmiruyutsya other pererastyagivayutsya that can manifest itself in the form of colic. Significant concerns brought rumbling in the stomach and carminative, which are often accompanied by flatulence.
But the most unpleasant fact that the swelling of the abdomenalways affects social life. Flatulence spoils the appearance of the figure, and something to hide, often forced to sit at home, so as not to blush in front of people for making sounds and smells.
The main causes of flatulence
The main cause of bloating is a violation of the control over the process of digestion, the formation of gases and their disposal, what is happening with the help of intestinal absorption or excretion.
The most common cause of bloating isair into hasty when chewing or talking while eating. Scientists suggest that up to seventy percent of the gas enters the body when ingested. The situation may be exacerbated by the use of carbonated drinks. Gases from drinking a liquid concentrate in the digestive tract, causing bloating.
There are: increased gas formation in the intestine in the absence of pathology and actual pathological conditions.
Physiological flatulence often developswhen used in food products, which cleavage occurs microflora enzymes to generate a large amount of gases. The same type includes high flatulence after eating foods that cause fermentation in the gut. Examples of flatulence:
- eating products causingexcessive gas (for example, peas, soybeans). Often, excessive gas formation causing fresh vegetables and fruits. However, these cases are not the disease, and are easily removed with a diet change, or the body becomes accustomed to these products;
- change of diet. Transition to power other food can cause temporary bloating, is not reconstructed intestines to digest food atypical;
- binge eating. When long overeating food in the intestine is not digested, rotting and fermentation occurs, and as a result, produces a large amount of gases.
It is not a disease and high altitude flatulence. It appears in people who have risen to great heights. This is due to the atmospheric pressure and suction gas pressure equalization in the intestines in accordance with the ambient atmosphere. The body quickly enough to cope with the phenomenon. Sometimes there is excessive gas during pregnancy or before menstruation. It also will not last long.
However, flatulence is a common sign of pathology. Scientists have identified a number of causes of its manifestations:
- Decrease of liver enzymes, pancreas, and small intestine, and stomach. Examples of such manifestations of flatulence:
- production while reducing liver bile, whichnormally inhibits the growth of pathogenic microflora in the intestine is an increase in the amount of harmful bacteria in the intestinal lumen. These then secrete excessive amounts of gas;
- at low pH in the duodenum reduced activity of digestive enzymes may occur that causes an increase in flatulence and intestinal microflora.
- after a course of antibiotics. Drugs kill the body, not only pathogens, but also useful;
- a similar effect is given glucocorticoids and chemotherapy, used orally (by mouth);
- with insufficient development of gastric chyme (food) does not pass adequate training to assimilate her intestines.
Note that individually, these mechanisms are relatively rare, they often appear in various combinations.
- adhesions and stenosis of the abdominal cavity;
- intracolonic tumor.
- possible peritonitis intestinal paresis, as well as recovering from surgery;
- intoxication certain substances, such as lead.
Food affecting flatulence
Products that cause flatulence, can be divided into three main groups:
- Products that cause gas formation.
Of the products that cause the appearance of gas in the intestines, the most known beans. Quite often in the restaurant food add broccoli - very useful productBut, unfortunately, it can cause pronouncedflatulence, especially when it is in its raw form. Nutritionists recommend that whole apples, but this causes an increase in fruit gases in the intestine that may lead to bloating and belching. It is also suspected of flatulence pickled vegetables, bell pepper, chili pepper.
When used in any foodproducts you get bloating, it means that the body is not used to produce enzymes for their digestion. At regular eating the above mentioned foods, the digestive organs begin to produce a sufficient amount of essential enzymes, and after a while the symptoms are bloating.
The best thing - it is to observe them after meals, and determine which product is most clearly leads to the formation of gases.
Supporters separate power supply They argue that there are no products that doby itself cause flatulence. Only their wrong combination can cause bloating. For example, specialists in a separate food does not recommend eating meat food with fruits and juices. This is due to the fact that for complete digestion and assimilation of nutrients from meat and vegetables require different enzymes conflicting.
These products include kvass, beer, black bread, kombucha.
Interesting theory offer supportersunleavened food. They claim that the yeast bread damages the intestinal mucosa, digestion gives that eventually causes it to swell. They offer to watch the women who mainly feed rolls at lunchtime. Most of them have normal feet and hands, but a large swollen belly. To get rid of this symptom should be stop eating leavened bread and go for bread on serum (or any other content without yeast).
What if I have bloating
If you suffer from bloatinga short time, then try to normalize diet. Usually the exception of only a few food products leads to normalization of the bowel. Empirically determine which foods cause you flatulence.
If flatulence need to eat right,excluded from the food spicy, salty, sweet, fizzy drinks. Also I recommend to readers our website to take time off from bread, because it often causes the accumulation of gas in the intestines. Often dairy products lead to increased formation of gas.
Spend purgationBecause getting rid of constipation often leads to normalization of the formation of gases.
What is desirable to pass inspection
If bloating symptoms persist after normalization of diet, you must undergo a medical examination, the purpose of which is to eliminate the disease of the gastrointestinal tract.
Usually examination includes laboratorytests (complete blood count, urinalysis, fecal), bacteriological examination of the intestinal microflora (in the wash enterobiosis) and instrumental diagnostics (abdominal ultrasound, endoscopic examination of the colon, and others.).
With the passage of the survey focusshould be paid to such organs as the stomach, liver, pancreas, intestines, since the problem is in the digestive system can cause increased gas production.
Treatment of flatulence
Treatment of bloating is based on a systematic approach to the disease, and may include:
- A diet based on features of digestive disorders.
- Treatment of the underlying disease and correction of violations revealed during the examination.
- Normalization of the intestinal bacterial composition.
- Treatment of gastrointestinal motility disorders.
- Preventing and removing excess gas from the intestine.
After diagnosis, the doctor will prescribe you the necessary diet and treatment of the underlying disease identified.
To correct the intestinal microflora can youappoint agents pre- and probiotics. Prebiotics (an example is Laktrofiltrum) - a non-digestible in the digestive tract of food ingredients that stimulate their own growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut. Probiotics (eg, Linex) - is ready to beneficial bacteria, which have a positive impact on the digestive tract.
There are several classes of drugs that influence the formation and removal of gases from the intestine:
- Drugs, defoamers (Espumizan). Preparations hinder education and contribute to the destruction of gas bubbles inside the intestine. The gases, which are released at the same time, can be absorbed mucous membrane, as well as output by reducing the muscle of the gastrointestinal tract.
- enterosorbents (activated carbon, Smecta). Due sorbing properties, of the organism is removed from the gases, toxins and bacteria.
- Agents acting on the intestinal motility (Reglan, Motilium). Due to the strengthening of peristalsis is accelerated removal of gases from the gastrointestinal tract.
- Herbal preparations (Plantex) and traditional medicine: decoctions of dill or fennel.
Often these drugs actually produce results,but remember that taking them in isolation from the full complex treatment - a measure of symptomatic, that is, taking these drugs, it is impossible to cure the root cause of the disease. After medication bloating symptoms usually return. For high-quality full treatment necessary to find the cause of the disease and to correct all the violations found in the body.
Frequent bloating can be a symptom of an importantserious illness, so take it responsibly. Be sure to go through the screening and follow all recommendations of the doctor, because the bowel health is an important indicator of the health of the whole organism.


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I've had mostly good experiences with products from XtremeMac (even though none of them have ever actually been used with a Mac). The first iPod case I bought from them was great, ditto for their HDMI switcher. I also liked the design and features of the Luna Voyager alarm clock dock, but had found it difficult to get certain devices to fit in their dock adapters and the dock adapters themselves very difficult to remove. Plus, I had to jump through hoops to get a digital copy of the manual. (When repeated e-mail exchanges proved fruitless, I picked up the phone and talked to a person who resolved it within five minutes.)
Those who have an older car or one without a Bluetooth, though, may want to take a gander at their recently announced InCharge Auto BT. (The company also produces a version for the home using standard AC outlets.) While there have been countless products over the years to send music from a cell phone (or just about anything else) via local FM transmission, the result is often terrible in cities with many FM broadcasters. In contrast, the clever XTremeMac approach acts like a standard USB charge for a smartphone, but integrates Bluetooth reception and a cable to connect to any car head unit that has an aux jack.
I suppose this begs the question, "Why do you need Bluetooth?" You could just charge the phone and run a cable from its headphone jack to the AUX jack. For one, this approach should prove a little neater with a shorter cable and provide for more flexibility in terms of where the phone is placed in the vehicle. On the other hand, if you're not above doing a little installation work in your dashboard (or paying for it) you might just want to start anew with a car stereo that has built-in Bluetooth.


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The Board of Inquiry received 118 submissions and has accepted twelve submissions that were received late. Download submissions from the table below.
A summary of submissions is also available.


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I'm stuck. Or is it fear? Probably both. Maybe even lack of motivation! Why don't we throw in all kinds of stuff to describe where I am right now. I haven't really had a blog entry in a little while because of all of these emotions. So I am hoping that by writing about it I can let it go and it can be cured by this simple processing act (afterall, I ask my clients to do it!).
Here is the situation… I'm not is great space and I think it is a multitude of things.
- It's the holidays and all though I enjoy them, they are stressful and expensive. Not to mention my job gets really hard during this time of year so I have to work extra hard to not let others issues get in my space (which believe me is VERY difficult).
- My runs are not going well (which doesn't help #1). When I ran the Turkey trot and got my new PR I noticed my right hip/top part of my hamstring has been hurting and I can't figure out how to make it feel better. My runs have been at the gym (except for one or two outside when I got done with work early) and I haven't been able to run more than an hour and last night I could only run 3 miles. I am hoping this is only a bad run night and I am hoping by taking today off that I can get a better run in tomorrow (maybe even a 10 miler).
- I need to take my licensure exam for my profession and it scares the pants off me! Okay maybe my pants are staying on, but I don't like to take tests. I like the idea that I am helpful and I think I'm pretty good at what I do (that's very hard to say but I'm getting more confident) and I understand why they have to test but can't I just get a waiver for good behavior! So I've printed out the form to sign up for the test (which by the way takes 4 weeks for them to process the paperwork to get you signed up for a test date of about 3-4 months away), I've filled it out but I'm not ready to write the expensive check and mail it. (maybe that brings us back to the holidays and how things begin to add up quick during them!) (Can someone show me how to make more money so I don't have to worry about money anymore?! Please!!)
- I'm starting to think I am complaining to much so really number 4 is just me saying maybe it is time to just "suck it up and become unstuck!"
What's the plan to get unstuck? Well if I was my client (we all know that I am my own worst client), I would ask myself to pick one of the 3 things I listed (remember #4 doesn't count) and work on it! I guess I will do number 3 because really that is the one that I have some control over. #2 I just need to listen to my body and let it happen and not push too hard because I have a lot of time until that marathon in April. #1 is a little out of my control too. My clients are doing pretty well right now and I can only help them one day at a time and as far as the expense of the holidays I think I just need to suck it up. We always spend too much so this should not surprise me and be glad that it only happens once a year!
The good news is that at least by writing this I was able to process being stuck and I think tomorrow I will begin my unsticking. Tonight,however, I will enjoy my glass of wine, relax by the Christmas tree, and dream of warmer weather to run in!


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In late 2011, I started a new job. One key attraction was that I could work from home instead of in an office.
So in 2012, one would have thought I'd have a lot more time for riding. Well, yes and no. Although I now had the flexibility for lunch rides a few days a week, I didn't have that "need" to ride when I bicycle commuted to work a few days a week at the old job. It's been easy to put off a lunch ride if I'm in the rhythm with something at work, or when I make it out for a ride, it's easy to feel rushed to get back in time to get some more work done. Furthermore, even though I don't race, I usually have a 4-7 day bicycle tour each year as a training goal, but sadly enough not that year. While I still got in a bunch of rides, I feel like I was just floating around aimlessly, without any real fitness goals.
I vowed to change that for 2013, but this year has gotten off to a rocky start. At the beginning of the year a nasty hemorrhoid (TMI) kept me off a bike seat. Some work travel and personal matters also kept me away from the bike. Then I found out the foam in my old bike saddles had deteriorated to the point where I can't comfortably sit anywhere on them. And countless saddle and other small adjustments to the bike over the years have completely messed up my bike fit. Though I'm working on those issues and hope to get back on the bike soon.
The silver lining in all this is that I started running at the beginning of the year as a way to stay fit while being off the bike. I downloaded a "couch to 5k" app on my phone and have been running in the trails at the wilderness park about 1/4 mile from my house. The running has worked out real well to stay in shape when I've been traveling for work, or during a limited lunchtime window. Based on my pace, which I thought "felt" slow, my running friends tell me I'm not doing half bad!
Unfortunately, a week ago, at the end of week 7 of the 8 week C25K program, I developed pain in my toes and the ball of my foot. I believe I traced the source of the problem (metatarsal supports which I stuck onto the wrong spot on my insoles), though I'll need to stay off my feet for another couple of days until they get better.
So, for 2013, I'm going to run a 5K (for the first time ever) and ride a century (for the first time in years). Maybe a multi-day bike tour somewhere in there too. Maybe a swimming goal too – well, let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet! Not big goals, but something to aim for!


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Should Americans brace themselves for European-style unemployment?
Unemployment is a lagging indicator, meaning it won't bounce back until well after the recovery is underway. But even then, the consensus is that joblessness will improve at a glacially slow pace -- so woe unto all of us if the consensus is wrong and the outlook is even worse.
That makes the predictions of our more bearish economists and analysts almost too horrifying to contemplate. As such, we're not having John Mauldin over for tea anytime soon. The prolific financial writer and president of Millennium Wave Investments and his buddy Michael Shedlock, an advisor representative at SitkaPacific Capital Management, have been crunching the unemployment data. They conclude that the unemployment rate won't hit 5% (or so-called full employment) until -- best-case scenario -- 2020.
Before we get into Mauldin and Shedlock's three grim scenarios, let's have a quick recap of where we stand now. The official unemployment rate stands at 10.2% -- nearly a three-decade high -- and is closer to 18% if you count the folks who have given up looking for work. Economists, on average, expect the rate to inch up to 10.3% by the end of the year and fall only to 9.8% by the end of next year, according the The Wall Street Journal's latest economic forecasting survey.
Meanwhile, the economy has shed about 8 million private-sector jobs in the last two years, even as the U.S. needs to add about 125,000 jobs a month just to absorb the new folks entering the workforce. Put the two together, and the economy would need to create about 15 million jobs over the next five years just to get back to where we started at the inception of the Great Recession, Mauldin calculates.
Bad and Ugly
But wait -- it gets worse. What Maudlin is saying is that the U.S. needs to add 250,000 jobs a month every month for five years. That's an unprecedented level of job creation. Over the last decade we've experienced just one year when the economy gained more than 250,000 jobs a month every month, Mauldin says, and that was 1999: the height of the tech bubble. (As a depressing aside, Mauldin notes that the private sector has shed 300,000 jobs since 1999. A Lost Decade, indeed.)
The upshot of all this? Even the "good" scenario Maudlin susses out of the data is both bad and ugly. That's the one where we get to 5% unemployment by 2020. Still, that model assumes some very optimistic (if long-range) outcomes -- namely, no recessions for the following 10 years and 2 million jobs added each year after 2011. "Of course, we've never done that, but let's be optimistic," Mauldin writes.
And even then, we would still be in for a very painful recovery in the labor market. Unemployment would rise to about 11% early next year and remain above 10% until well into 2013. By the end of 2016 it would still stand at 8%, before finally tapering off to levels Americans are conditioned to accept.
Uh Oh
Now for the worst-case scenario, which assumes a quick double-dip recession in 2011. (Meredith Whitney, who is about as famous as a bank analyst can get, said Monday that we're in for a double-dip recession, by the way.) Throw in the very real possibility of higher taxes and we get unemployment peaking at just below 13% in 2011 and 2012, and then remaining above 10% for the next eight years. (David Rosenberg, chief economist at Canada's Gluskin Sheff and formerly of Merrill Lynch, says unemployment could hit 13%, too.)
The middling scenario, which sort of splits the difference, assumes no double-dip recession, baby boomers retiring on time and job creation following along the same lines as it did in the last recovery. That still puts unemployment above 11% for three years, from mid-2010 to mid-2013. It wouldn't drop below 10% until 2015 and would still stand at 8% in 2020.
"Pessimistic? Mainstream and usually very optimistic Mark Zandi of Moody's Economy.com predicted [last] week that unemployment would rise to 11% by the middle of next year, right in line with this scenario," Mauldin says.
True, these are just predictions, not forgone conclusions. There are bullish folks and data points out there, too. Some executives at ING, the Dutch financial services giant, said Tuesday that unemployment will fall precipitously next year. We also learned Tuesday that job losses on Wall Street have not been as bad as feared.
But should a better-than-Mauldin's-best-case scenario fail to materialize, U.S. workers will have to get used to a shocking New Normal -- a jobs picture more traditionally associated with that of Old Europe. That's not exactly the stuff American Dreams are made of.


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The Richland College men's and women's soccer teams won their respective National Junior College Athletic Association Division III National Championships last weekend, marking only the third time in NJCAA Division III history that a school has won the men's and women's national titles in the same year–records also held by Richland College in 2004 and 2006.
The men's team traveled to Herkimer, NY, where they defeated Sussex 4-0 on Nov. 8, Genesee 7-3 on Nov. 9 and Nassau 6-1 on Nov. 11. This final win gave the men's team their seventh national title. Their final 6-1 score against Nassau was also the largest margin of victory in a Division III championship match in NJCAA history.
The women's team traveled to Rockford, Ill., where they defeated Holyoke 9-0 on Nov. 8, Brookdale 5-1 on Nov. 9 and Delta 1-0 on Nov. 11. This is the women's team's fourth national title.
Mohamed Sesay, men's forward, was named the Tournament MVP after scoring five goals and recording an assist during the span of three games. Sesay and Mariano Fazio, defender, and Lucio Martinez, midfielder, earned spots on the All-Tournament Team. In addition, Coach Sean Worley was named Coach of the Tournament.
Miranda Ibarra, women's defender, was named Tournament MVP, Eva Mulligan was named Offensive MVP and Dynastee Cain was named Defensive MVP. Additionally, forward Asia Revelry was named to the All-Tournament Team and Coach Scott Toups was named Coach of the Tournament.
Both Richland College men's and women's soccer teams have winning reputations and have traveled across the country to play in exhibition and postseason games in places like California, Kansas, New York, Chicago, New Jersey and Missouri. The men's team has seven national championships from 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2016 and 2018. For more information, visit www.richlandcollege.edu/sliferlc/athletics/mensoccer/pages/default.aspx. The women's team has four national championships from 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2018. For more information, visit www.richlandcollege.edu/sliferlc/athletics/womensoccer/pages/default.aspx.


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Rajesh's quote immediately made me think of Shakespeare and his monologue from As You Like It. How true it is centuries later, for Social Media, and in the context of the raging discussions around privacy and big data! All seven acts and seven ages, as described by Shakespeare collide at such a fast pace on multiple stages. We're visible to invisible audiences. We're being edited by invisible algorithms.
And we are exposed.
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
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Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
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And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
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Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
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With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
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Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
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SOILL Athletes to Compete at State Basketball Tournament
ISU & IWU to Host 135-Team Tournament
2015 Special Olympics Illinois State Basketball Tournament (list of athletes expected to compete)
Friday, March 13
- Junior and High School Divisions – 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Horton Field House, Illinois State University
- Project UNIFY Evening Activities – 7 – 9 p.m. evening activities Horton Field House, ISU
Saturday, March 14
- All Divisions Play – 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Horton Field House & Shirk Center, Illinois Wesleyan University
- Skills Competition – 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Horton Field House only
- Opening Ceremonies – 8 p.m. Saturday at Horton Field House
Sunday, March 15
- Senior and Female Divisions Play – 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Horton Field House & Shirk Center
Horton Field House at Illinois State University & Shirk Center at Illinois Wesleyan University
Nearly 1,600 Special Olympics athletes from across the state comprising 135 teams will put their abilities in basketball skills and teamwork to the ultimate test in the Special Olympics Illinois State Basketball Tournament.
Athletes will participate in five categories of play and are divisioned within each category based on their age and skill level:
- Senior/Male: 65 teams including at least one male player 16 years or older
- Female: 18 all-female teams with players 16 years or older
- High School: 39 teams with players of high school age
- Junior: 13 teams including male and female players under the age of 16
- Individual Skills: About 265 athletes will test their abilities in dribbling, passing and shooting
- Young Athletes: 5 Young Athletes aged 6-7 will demonstrate their individual skills abilities
To compete in the tournament, athletes must have trained for at least eight weeks. Senior/Male and High School teams qualified through one of nine district tournaments in the state. All teams will play at least two games, and the tournament will be played according to IHSA rules.
The public is welcome to attend any or all of this free event in Bloomington-Normal.
The State Basketball Tournament Gold Medal Sponsors are the Illinois Knights of Columbus, Law Enforcement Torch Run & Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois.
Special Olympics Illinois is a not-for-profit organization offering year-round training and competition in 19 sports for nearly 22,000 Traditional Athletes with intellectual disabilities and nearly 21,000 Young Athletes ages 2-7 with and without intellectual disabilities. Special Olympics transforms the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, allowing them to realize their full potential in sports and in life. Special Olympics programs enhance physical fitness, motor skills, self-confidence, social skills and encourage family and community support. If you are interested in learning more about Special Olympics Illinois, volunteering or providing financial support to help make Special Olympics programs possible, contact your local Special Olympics agency, call 800-394-0562 or visit our website at www.soill.org.
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MEDIA: For more information, contact Michele Evans at 309-888-2573. During the tournament, go to Tournament Central at Horton or Shirk and ask for Michele or call her at 309-660-8497.