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A critical piece of any online presence, these days, is to start a blog. When running a blog and creating an online presence, you're allowing many opportunities to come your way. Blog Posting can help advertise a small business or advertise your own opinions. You might be able to earn extra money writing a blog. This article can help you learn about blog posting.
Blog often and blog smartly. Bloggers tend to begin a blog and then post inconsistently. Readers whose interest is gained at first will become bored waiting for continuations or updated articles. Aim for one blog per week. Send your readers an email to update them when a new blog is posted.
You must update frequently to keep your blog fresh. New content that is fresh and relevant is what will attract and retain your audience. If you're lacking new and fresh content, people have no reason to revisit your blog. Running A Blog daily will significantly improve your traffic.
Make your blog stand out from the competition. Readers will be attracted to unique content. You'll get the same result by having information that is hard to locate. Blog about some uncommon experience that few other people have written about. Give intimate details of the way something is made. The idea is to provide readers with a reason to look for posts on your site.
When publishing a blog, consider buying a unique domain name, instead of using a free generic one. Domains do not have to be expensive, and it can help your blog seem more professional. This will allow users to find you more easily, and it will also help when it comes to search engine optimization.
Use lists to communicate ideas effectively in your blogs. Whether you're blogging about romance novels; the ingredients required to make a recipe; or how to repair a refrigerator; a list is very important. Lists are useful for organizing and highlighting a post's most important information, and readers appreciate them.
Make your blog unique. Having interesting content will increase site traffic. Address issues that no one else has yet tackled online. Make blog posts about unique experiences and hobbies. Explain how certain popular technologies work. You should focus on giving readers incentive to open your blog when looking for a specific kind of information.
Start your mailing list right away. Your list will have more time to grow the sooner you get it started. The list can be used to generate more money for you over time. It is a serious mistake to delay starting your mailing list.
Strive for authenticity in your blog posts. Don't offend your reader's intelligence. Portray yourself as forthcoming, candid and giving. Always try to do this. Your blog should be an expression of your individuality. Attempting to ascertain perfection is most often futile; you should devote your energies to improvement instead. Everyone makes mistakes! Ultimately, people will want to read your content because of the unique spin you put on it.
Stay patient and eventually your readership will grow on its own. Even with the best advertising and link building campaign out there, it's going to take a bit of time for readers to find your blog. Until your blog has a good amount of content, chances are your audience will stay smaller. The key to getting more views is the amount of time your blog has existed, as well as the quality and quantity of content.
it is useful to add lists to your blog. Lists are important whether your blog is about recipes and cooking, or whether it is about what you need for overhauling your Volkswagon van. By incorporating lists into your blog, you allow readers to quickly find relevant information.
Focus on your content when writing your blog. Be sure content is inspirational, informative and interesting. The higher the quality of your writing, the higher your readership will be. Make sure that what you write reads as honest and personal.
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It is necessary to keep in mind that blogging is typically done in a less formal style than other types of writing. Blogging should be social and fun. You need to produce your blog accordingly. Keep your content fun and interesting and connect to your readers in an informal way that will leave them wanting more.
Start your mailing list right away. Your list will have more time to grow the sooner you get it started. You can use this list to earn more money later! Failing to start a mailing list right away is a huge error.
As you decide on which keywords to use for your blog, remember that it is crucial to select unique ones. If the keywords you choose are the same as those used by lots of other sites, your blog will be lost amongst all the other sites on the Internet. Keep your keywords unique to get the search engines' attention.
If you want to gain quality traffic for your blog, try focusing your content on well-informed and inspirational posts. When you have honest, personal, quality content, readers are more likely to return.
Do not attempt to write paragraph upon paragraph of uninteresting, uninspired content. Find a topic that suits your blog, and research it carefully. If you're just writing about things that aren't in your niche, you won't succeed. Keep in mind at all times that the way to be successful is through content.
Social media sites are effective tools to use when promoting your blog, but never overdo it. If all or most of your tweets contain self-promoting links, you may soon be overlooked for predictability or even ignored entirely. Combine links with other, interesting content.
For longer blog posts, you have to divide the article into readable chunks and use a subheading for each section. Your blog will look much better, be easy for people to read and understand, and give a wider viewership. Implementing this technique is easy and it can be very useful.
Research every topic fully that you wish to post about. If you are not an expert on the subject, you will provide faulty or incorrect information. In addition, even if you can "fake" knowledge of the subject well enough to write about it, you won't be able to respond to comments appropriately if you don't know anything about the topic.
When possible, italicize or bold keywords that are relevant to your niche. Make bullet lists, too. This will make search engines rank your site higher and will increase views on your site. This little method can help to increase traffic.
Blog comments are important. This will make your readers feel important to your blog. Try and respond to as many comments as you can. Maintaining an active conversation will make readers want to keep visiting your blog.
Ensure that keywords have been italicized and bolded. This makes your keywords stand out to readers and search engines alike. If your keyword stands out, readers are more apt to click it to discover more, which is the point of your blogging in the first place.
Long blogs should be segmented for improved readability. Readers struggle to consume big blobs of information. Organize your blog into digestible sections, so it is easier to read by your intended audience.
Build your blog through promotion on social networks. In today's market, everyone is a social media site. If you aren't, then you are missing many fantastic opportunities to promote your blog. You should announce new posts on sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Giving away freebies is a wonderful way to attract visitors. Everyone is interesting in getting freebies, even if it is something rather small and inexpensive. Give away freebies regularly and you'll find that your visitor base is growing rapidly. If there is a hint that you use this incentive, you will find visitors flocking to your blog.
Ensure that you use links wisely on your blog, including in your content. Doing so helps to keep your site clean and easy to navigate. It is tremendously frustrating to find a web page that you know holds volumes of information you would like to read but you can't efficiently find the information.
Pay attention to what other people blog posting about your topics are up to, and try to surpass their activities. Other bloggers, in once sense at least, are your competition. This means you need to stay abreast of what they are doing on their sites. Your competition will probably be scoping you out with the same ideas in mind.
You can pull in extra readers by offering them a freebie. It doesn't have to be an expensive item, people love to get anything for free! Hold contests on your blog on a regular basis and you will see a jump in your readership. People will frequent your blog on a more regular basis so that they don't miss the chance to win!
Post regularly and on a schedule. If you post on specific days, such as Tuesday and Thursday, your audience will know when to check your blog for new content. Readers usually appreciate a predictable schedule coupled with fresh and exciting content. Write about a variety of topics to keep your blog fresh and new, and try not to be repetitive.
It has been shown that many web surfers are not interested in reading content; therefore, you highlight the information in your blog using several techniques. To make your blog stand out from the rest, use an appealing graphic or heading and embolden any keywords in your post. You can also use bullet points to attract and keep attention.
Make sure you select an SEO-friendly theme. This will ensure you get more web traffic and have a smooth and efficient site. Nowadays, speed is extremely important. Readers do not like waiting for graphics and other plug-ins to load. They will be back to their search engine and moving on to another blog before ever getting a glimpse at your content.
If your budget allows it, try to go to a few blogger conferences. They provide you with critical information and skills for blogging. As an added benefit, the bloggers who attend such conferences tend to be more successful, and that can rub off on you.
Think "quality" and "promotion". In order to have a blog that works well, you must focus on these key elements. If you let the blog go for weeks at a time, or let the quality slip, your readers will likely move on to someone else. You can have quality content, but if you are not promoting your site, it really doesn't matter. Make sure to promote your blog as well as producing great articles to ensure that your blog has the best chance of success.
Post regularly and on a schedule. If viewers know what days you will post new content, they will be able to anticipate it. Your blog's readers will appreciate the regular posting and will also enjoy all of the new content that you post. Write about several different things in your area of interest, and make sure that what you post is fresh and new.
Try using a campaign for creating good links that go with your blog. This is powerful but easy and will help you to increase site traffic.
Always proofread your work. If your blog is full of typos and bad grammar, you will drive your readers away in droves. This is no doubt imagining the worst case possible, but things you need to watch out for include malapropisms and commonly confused homonyms, including "your" and "you're." Especially watch for errors the spell checkers will overlook.
Keep your important content high on the page, within the first screen of content they see when they load your blog. This will ensure that your site is easy to navigate for your viewers.
In order to help readers understand what your blog is all about, have a "top 10 list" that features your best work. This provides a quick way for readers to determine whether your blog interests them, and it may improve your blog's ranking on search engine results pages, too.
Now, you probably understand blogging better, and you now know how to use it in order to increase your income or get your business known. Carefully read the material that is presented above. Reread it if necessary. It should go a long way towards helping you achieve your running a blog goals.
Jaiku micro-blogging and Twitter are both free tools that can greatly improve the reach of your blogs. These sorts of services alert readers when your new blog posts are available so you are able to stay in touch. This method is excellent for staying in contact with your readers and for keeping them interested and caught up.


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Vanessa Diaz is a Catapult Bookseller Emeritus and Catapult Employee #001, having left San Diego for the rainy, greener grasses of Portland, Oregon where she writes & edits for the prestigious independent editorial book website, Book Riot.
I absolutely love books, movies, etc that take a villain and give them some a fully fleshed-out backstory, especially when that villain is a woman and the story is complex and nuanced (think Elphaba in Wicked or Maleficent). This is precisely what Madeline Miller does in Circe: she takes the witch from The Odyssey and gives her a beautiful, harrowing, complicated narrative to create a character that you feel for, root for, cry for, hope for. This is an age-old story turned stay-up-all-night page turner that I am absolutely in love with. Mythology rocks.
"A gingerbread addict once told Harriet that eating her gingerbread is like eating revenge…with darts of heat, salt, spice, and sulfurous syrup, as if honey was measured out, set ablaze, and trickled through the dough along with the liquefied spoon." That sentence alone hooked me, but it's Helen Oyeyemi's unique and twisty reworkings of fairytales and folklore that I can't get enough of. This story is a little weird, a little whimsical, gorgeously written with a touch of snark. My kind of book 100%. -Vanessa
This is one of my favorite pieces of YA I've read in a long time. A heist, stolen treasure, a merry band of misfits, all set in a magical reimagining of Belle Epoque Paris. The story is a page-turner, but what absolutely slayed me were the lush, elegant descriptions of the clothing, the food, and magic itself. Plus the fact that the characters are diverse and nuanced. Can't wait for the next installment!!
I love a cozy mystery but have long lamented the genre's extreme lack of diversity both in authorship and characters. Enter Sujata Massey! She has written this fantastic cozy set in 1920s India featuring Perveen Mistry, India's first and only woman lawyer. This is a great new series in a fantastic setting with a wonderful heroine to root for: capable, intelligent, independent, and resilient in the face of endless discrimination and, ya know, murder!
I'm not sure just how to do this beautiful read justice. Set in the middle of the AIDS epidemic in 1980s Chicago, it's a story of profound loss and tragedy, of betrayal and estrangement, but also of love and hard-fought redemption. This is one of those reads that you stay up late to finish through tears; though it will tear you wide open, it will put you back together too. -Vanessa
Gah! This book is a beautifully written and heartbreaking retelling of the Oedipus myth set in the canals of Oxford. It's told from the perspective of Gretel, a lexicographer attempting to track down the mother who mysteriously abandoned her in her youth. If you remember Oedipus, you'll sort of see the tragedy coming. There is a twist to how it happens though, and it's every bit the gut-punch when it does. *shivers*
Victoria Schwab (aka V.E. Schwab) is one of my absolute favorite fantasy authors! She writes novels for adults as well as YA and Middle Grade fiction and all of it is just brilliant, mind-bendy, world-building perfection. I read City of Ghosts in one sitting on an airplane and was sucked right into Cass' ghost-hunting escapades in Edinburgh. It's both a fun page-turner and a love letter to that specific gorgeous and haunted feel of one of my favorite cities in the world. -Vanessa
I'll admit that I have a major soft spot for books about books, especially ones like this with a touch of mystery. Reclusive author Vida Winter is famous for a particular collection of stories where the thirteenth tale is missing. Facing the final years of her life, she's finally ready to reveal the secret of the missing story. She selects a biographer and bookseller (someone pick me for this PLEEEEASE) to tell her story to, taking readers on adventure set long ago in the English countryside. Be stil, my heart!
I recommend this book left and right because it's just such a superb example of the ridiculous prowess of the one, the only, the original queen of crime. The tale she weaves and the final reveal are nothing short of ingenious, especially when you consider how long ago she was killing the game (no pun intended). You think you know where she's going with this one and then BAM. Fooled you. All hail! -Vanessa

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University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)
Following the success of the large sports and academic facility for the University of East London, the sports specialist team within Clague have worked with the national sport hall provider Ball Hall Ltd to develop a new scheme for The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).
Clague have secured full planning consent for the proposed Academy of Sport and Well-being under delegated powers. Located on the UHI's Perth campus, Scotland, this proposed building has an internal floor space of 4,800m2, 51,667ft2.
The building has used a simple pallet of materials, red brick as found on other campus buildings, glazed curtain walling and profile metal cladding. The façade has been designed to respect views over a neighbouring school site and Clague have worked hard to break down the potential large mass of the building.
The Sports Hall is a six badminton court facility designed to an international standard, which is also suitable for indoor hockey. It allows for a full height curtain dividing the hall into two teaching or training areas. Provision has been made for markings and equipment for basketball, hockey, badminton, volleyball, 5-a-side football and netball, and further additional markings can be provided for other sports as required. However it is recommended that an excessive number of lines should be avoided if possible.
A retractable bleacher seating unit providing approximately 428 seats has been included to one side of the hall and it is intended that the indoor hockey pitch and show courts for basketball, volleyball and netball are offset to provide for the seating. It should be noted that four of the badminton courts will also be available in this configuration. On the first floor, the hairdressing salon and the beauty therapy suite have been located above the dance and fitness wing. The hair salon includes 42 work stations.
The project is now going out to tender under a D&B contract and we look forward to seeing the final building.


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Dr. Pang Presents at Transgender Conference
April 11, 2013
Dr. Samuel Pang, a specialist in helping LGBTQ men and women have genetically related children, was a featured presenter at the annual First Event conference for trans and genderqueer men and women held in Peabody, MA in January 2013.
Dr. Samuel Pang presented "Family Building Options for Transgender Men and Women Using Assisted Reproductive Technologies". Sponsored by the Tiffany Club, this is the second year that Dr. Pang, a national authority on assisted reproduction for LGBT men and women, has been invited to speak.
As Dr. Pang explains, "Historically, transgender men and women have been able to have children through heterosexual relationships prior to their coming out and transitioning. More recently, trans and genderqueer individuals are coming out and transitioning sooner in their lives. Consequently, they may not have the opportunity to have children through a traditional heterosexual relationship."
"Having babies and raising a family may not be a topic that is foremost in the minds of younger transgender men and women," says Dr. Pang. " However and unfortunately, procreation may not be an option after a transgender person has completely transitioned. Public education about fertility is part of our mission at Boston IVF and we want trans and genderqueer young people especially to know that it is important to consider the future and take steps to preserve their reproductive potential prior to transitioning."
With the availability of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), transgender individuals have the opportunity to have genetic offspring if they choose to do so. However, it is important to plan ahead.
Dr. Pang advises that, "Prior to gender reassignment hormonal treatment and surgical procedures, transgender individuals may bank their gametes (sperm or eggs) which could be used in the future to build their families through ART."
Specifically, Dr. Pang explains that, "The hormonal treatments that male-to-female individuals undergo as they transition are likely to cause suppression of spermatogenesis. To preserve one's ability for the possibility of parenting a child, sperm must be collected, frozen and stored at a sperm bank."
"Female-to-male individuals also go through fertility hormonal treatment which could potentially damage their fertility potential," states Dr. Pang. "These individuals have the option for their eggs to be retrieved, frozen and stored in an egg bank. Ideally, this should be done prior to initiation of hormonal therapy. Alternatively, in vitro fertilization (IVF) before transitional treatment is another option for fertility preservation. IVF involves egg retrieval, insemination with sperm, followed by cryopreservation storage of resulting embryos which may be used to conceive children in future."


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Liberation of Colour
Winifred Nicholson: Liberation of Colour is an exhibition, co-curated by Jovan Nicholson, that examines the major periods of the artist's creativity. It brings together works in which she approached the genres of landscape, still life and portrait alongside her experiments with abstraction, with particular emphasis on the way she treated light and colour. Read more.


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And oh, the projects we'll do!
To be honest, it is a little overwhelming. Every room I am in, I look around thinking about how much there is to do. Everything is unpacked and furniture is mostly set, but now I have to make the big decisions, ugh. I don't really want to paint anything because they did such an incredible job, but some of the colours are just not me.
And I can't decide where to put which art.
And I want new art.
And new furniture.
And new rugs, lights, linens, shelves - you name it.
And my husband thinks everything is perfect just the way it is. Sigh.
The one decision I finally made was on the counter stools for the kitchen. At first, we weren't going to get stools, and got some low bookcases to put under the overhang. But they just didn't work for me, so I brought them up to the playroom (where they fit perfectly - hooray!) and started on the long road of deliberations. Money being a definite hindrance (getting the stool of my dreams would have an easy decision!) I brought home several options before deciding on these bad boys from Bouclair.
Holy awful colour - usually my iPhone is great but these are terrible... oh well.
These were the previous contenders (more bad pics):
|Cheapies from Target - I think they were $20. You could tell.
They would work maybe for a kids' playroom, but they didn't match the calibre of the kitchen.
|Another contender from Bouclair - who knew they had so many stools?
These were just ok, and they had a bigger footprint. And they were too white.
Anyway, big thanks to my Instagram friends for helping me out with that decision!
The glass cabinet kind of crowds them on the side... I would like to put some walnut floating shelves there instead... I think... there is really nowhere for display in this place.
All that being said, I love, love, love this house. I think all these projects are more difficult for me to act on cause I don't want to mess it up! The paint is perfect, I don't want to ruin it, but I don't love the colour. There is nowhere to display my pottery and tchotchkes, but I don't want to work against the minimalism of the house. I know that we bought it, I have to live here, etc. but it feels like a complete self-contained work of art, and anything I do to it will be something that future owners will be wailing about as they try to restore the aesthetic of the house, like people who live in Craftsman houses, or something.
Gosh, I really depend too much on external approval, don't I? Why am I worrying about future owners of the house? Or design snobs who will shudder at my every post? Where do I get these wacky ideas?? Sometimes you just need to write something down to see how stupid it is. And then post it for the everyone to read. :)


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PARIS — Donald Trump might be unhappy, but he can't blame Europeans for listening to him.
The U.S. president's Twitter tirade on Tuesday targeting Emmanuel Macron— attacking the French president for wanting to build a European army "to protect us against China, Russia and even the United States of America" — is just the latest in a series of spiky rebukes of his European allies.
But besides being evidence of Trump's confrontational style — his tweets claimed the French were "starting to learn German" during World War II before the Americans came along — the ire they contain is misdirected.
Macron's — and now German Chancellor Angela Merkel's — desire to build a European army is a reflection that the Continent has woken up to the reality that it needs to stand on its own two feet, instead of relying on the U.S. on security.
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And that's exactly what Trump has said he wants.
With the European election looming on the horizon, Macron wants to prove a united, strong EU can protect its citizens.
Two years after his surprise election, Europeans are starting to take the U.S. president seriously — and literally. They've abandoned the hope he would represent a passing fad, or that personal relations would attenuate his policies. Instead, they've accepted they need to build a European response.
At Armistice Day commemorations in Paris last weekend, the Europeans came out looking well — celebrating multilateralism and dismissing nationalism as a "clear betrayal of patriotism." Trump, meanwhile, resorted to Twitter attacks and canceled an appearance at a war veterans' cemetery.
The events were also the backdrop to the first Paris Peace Forum, an ambitious event promoting cooperation on issues like climate change, nuclear proliferation and corruption — proving the Continent has the ambition to be a global leader.
Macron's push for a European army fits into this larger effort. With the European election looming on the horizon, the French president wants to prove a united, strong EU can protect its citizens.
That includes making the case for shared borders, pooling defense efforts and promoting common trade policies that will make Europe more powerful on the world stage. The goal, in his own words is "a Europe that defends itself on its own, without depending solely on the United States and in a more sovereign way."
The U.S. president should be celebrating that idea. Presidents before him, too, have repeated that America is spending too much to protect rich European allies.
Now Europe — and crucially, France — is finally listening.
Paris, often frustrated by the defense underinvestment of some its partners — notably Germany — knows Trump has a point. In the last year, Macron has pushed policies to share troops between European states to promote a convergence of European "strategic cultures." More broadly, European efforts like the launch of PESCO and the European Defense Fund have helped to pool resources. There's also a general increase in defense spending across the continent that predates Trump.
Europeans, in short, have reawakened to security issues. Russian aggression against Ukraine, ISIS-inspired terror attacks in Europe and the refugee crisis that resulted from the collapse of the Syrian and Libyan states have reminded Europe of its previous complacency on security matters.
Despite Trump's attacks on allies, the U.S. military still carries the heavy load in reassuring Eastern Europeans against Russia.
France, which has troops in the Sahel to fight al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and in Estonia within NATO's reassurance measures, has been at the forefront of the European response.
To the French at least, this is not just about Trump.
French strategists see him as a symptom, albeit a brutal one, of a deeper realignment of American power that started well before him, that will likely outlast him. The "America First" president's agenda has only added a feeling of loneliness to Europeans' growing sense of insecurity.
"This shift to isolationism, or rather unilateralism, is not new," Macron told ambassadors in an August speech. The French policy elite is still traumatized by the events of 2013, when President François Hollande — who had military jets to stand by to strike the Syrian regime's chemical facilities — received a call from President Obama announcing that the U.S. was reneging on the strikes.
"We didn't forget Syria," a French intellectual close to the Elysée told me in Paris this week. "I hate Obama."
From Obama's non-intervention to Trump's withdrawal of the Iran deal, compelling European companies to divest in Iran, the two recent administrations have underscored Europe's weaknesses and over-reliance on Washington.
That's why France doesn't see efforts to increase European security independence as being in competition with NATO. The end goal is to create a more mature and balanced partnership in the long run.
This will take more than a few speeches. For all the high-profile attendees at the Paris forum, Syria, Ukraine and Libya went unmentioned. This isn't surprising: It'll take a generation to catch up on Europe's military shortcomings.
Despite Trump's attacks on allies, the U.S. military still carries the heavy load in reassuring Eastern Europeans against Russia. And in Europe, the road to bridging divisions — as we've seen when it comes to other issues, like migration and national budgets — is long and rocky.
But at the very least, a serious conversation has started. Trump should be cheering.
Benjamin Haddad is a fellow at Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. He worked on Emmanuel Macron's 2017 presidential campaign.


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Sacramento Music Festival
Old Sacramento is the snug rustic locale for this Memorial day weekend party since around 1974. Originally a traditional jazz event the festival lineup was shaken up only a few short years ago. Music and fun in Old Sac ranging from marching bands to street performers to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
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4 of America's favorite stimulants, but proceed with caution
I know that lately I've been saying we are a country of loving, pill-popping consumers – but we are also a country that has become enamored with our daily stimulants. Now, I think it's okay to have a stimulating substance once in a while. For example, if you're getting tired in the afternoon, you take a shot of espresso and Bingo, you seem awake and alert. However, going overboard on these stimulants can have dire consequences.
Here are four popular stimulants used by people every day:
Guarana is a plant in the maple family that's fruit contains very high concentrations of caffeine, providing enhancement to energy and cognition. Often found in the Amazon rainforest, guarana is used in some South American soft drinks similar to the way caffeine is used in some sodas in the United States. The plant has been recognized as generally safe by the FDA, it can also be found in herbal teas and in capsule form.
Ginseng is a perennial herb found in the eastern United States that is typically used to make medicine. According to the National Institutes of Health, ginseng contains chemicals called ginsenosides that manipulate insulin levels and lower blood sugar in the body – providing a boost of energy. Polysaccharides found in ginseng may help to boost the immune system.
Ginseng is used in small doses in some soft drinks, energy drinks and teas. The herb's roots can also be ground and presented in capsule form to be taken orally. Certain cosmetic items utilize oil extracts from ginseng plants.
This very popular stimulant is found in a variety of beverages and foods – including coffees, teas, sodas, chocolate and more. According to the FDA, caffeine occurs naturally in over 60 plants. Caffeine stimulates the nervous system, providing a big boost of energy. Some common side effects of imbibing caffeine include jitteriness, an elevated heart rate and, sometimes, dizziness and dehydration.
While caffeine is found in many of the foods and drinks we consume every day, oral caffeine supplements are also available to provide people with a quick energy fix.
An amino acid that boosts neurological development, taurine is a stimulant that helps to regulate water and mineral salt levels in the blood, according to Mayo Clinic. While it naturally occurs in various animal tissues such as meat and fish, Mayo Clinic added that is often used as a dietary supplement and can be found in sports drinks, purportedly due to its ability to improve mental performance.
I don't know when this obsession with stimulants started, but in my opinion, it seems to be out of control. Nowadays, it seems that at all times of the day, people choose a beverage on the basis of how stimulating it is for them.
Recently I visited a summer camp for teenagers. Here I was in this beautiful open-air facility, with beautiful rolling hills and fresh air, and when I got to walk around inside the campus of this camp, I saw that they had the Red Bull lounge. Inside, there were many little seats of red bull cans so that the teenagers can go and tank up on Red Bull any time they wanted while they were enjoying the camp.
We fail to forget many of these stimulants have side effects. They dehydrate you, they hyper stimulate your cardiovascular system, and they sure disrupt your sleep pattern. And the dangers are greater for teenagers and young adults. Many times they're mixing these stimulants with alcohol, which makes the effects of alcohol worse, causing them not to know just how much alcohol they're having. Controversy arose a few years ago over the drink Four Loko – a combination of alcohol and caffeine – after the drink was suspected in numerous deaths and hospital visits by youths.
So as we move on, especially in this summer heat, think about how many daily stimulants you are putting in your body.
And as my mother used to say, "Make better choices."


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Sisterhood Schmooze 4/24/2014
The Party at Papa Joe's
Thanks to Kathy Snyder for capturing the fun at Papa Joe's on Wednesday night! As you can see from the photos, the sistas were all smiles and a good time was had by all!
Sista and Guest Night… Happiness Awaits!
Hosts Lisa and Rick Singer are gearing-up for the foodie event of the year! The ever popular Sista and Guest Night will be held at their Medina home on Saturday, May 3rd at 6:00 p.m.
With a theme of HAPPY, everyone is sure to enjoy the HAPPY cookin' as well as the casual and HAPPY conversations!
Browse through your HAPPY recipe box and bring something special for the group to enjoy. (Appetizers, side dishes, desserts… be creative)!
Show and Tell will be fun. Bring a special memento or share something which makes you HAPPY!
The days are racing by! Call soon and let Lisa know what treat you'll be bringing: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Come join the fun!
Yours in Sisterhood,
Emily Audra Fleisher


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Economic Action Plan 2013, delivered today by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, reinforces the government's determination to eliminate the federal deficit by 2015. At the heart of this year's budget is the government's vision for maximizing job creation and economic growth within existing or slightly decreased spending levels.
Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper is confident both in the Canadian economy and in his party's political standing. The Prime Minister has made much of his brand about being a good steward for the economy. As much as the government wants to eliminate the deficit, employment levels and the general state of the economy are additional identified budget priorities.
The federal government has used this budget to try to get greater return on investment with respect to current levels of spending. There are three clear areas of focus in the budget on maximizing the value of federal dollars:
Skills: Trying to do a better job of matching the skills Canadians are learning to labour market demand, in particular responding to the growing needs of the natural resource sector with respect to skilled trades like welding and knowledge of the STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Measures include:
- Creation of the Canada Job Grant could provide $15,000 or more per person. Up to $5,000 will be provided by the federal government, and that amount will be matched by the province/territory and the employer.
- Reallocate $19 million over two years to give young Canadians access to information about fields of study in high demand areas such as science, technology, engineering, mathematics and the skilled trades.
- Enhancing skills training opportunities for Canadians with disabilities through a new generation of Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities that will be introduced by 2014.
- To create a new "Expression of Interest" immigration management system that will allow employers, provinces and territories to select skilled immigrants from a designated pool.
Manufacturing: Building off of Economic Action Plan 2012's work to improve Canada's performance in innovation, the budget has significantly realigned the supports available to hi- tech and high value added manufacturing. The government clearly believes many of the old manufacturing jobs of the past have already permanently moved to China, but opportunity lies ahead for companies doing high skilled and innovative work. Measures include:
- A two-year extension of the temporary accelerated capital cost allowance for new investment in machinery and equipment in the manufacturing and processing sector.
- Renewal of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) with funding of $920 million over five years including $200 million over five years for a new Advanced Manufacturing Fund in Ontario.
- Beyond the Border and the Regulatory Cooperation Council Action Plans continue to move forward.
Infrastructure: The federal government's continuation of infrastructure spending through a new Build Canada program has a very strategic and focused economic goal, getting people to their place of work and getting goods to market. Investments include:
- Over $32 billion to municipalities for projects such as roads, public transit, recreational facilities, and other community infrastructure through the Community Improvement Fund. This consists of the Gas Tax Fund and the GST Rebate for Municipalities.
- $14 billion to support major economic projects of national, regional and local significance across the country.
- The renewed P3 Canada Fund will provide $1.25 billion to continue to support infrastructure projects through public-private partnerships.
The budget reaffirmed the Harper government's commitment to increased access to new and emerging markets as detailed in its Global Commerce Strategy. All of the main themes contained in the budget – skills, manufacturing and infrastructure – are perfectly aligned with the government's stated goal of concluding bilateral free trade agreements with the European Union, Korea, Japan and India as well as multilateral agreements including the Trans Pacific Partnership.
More specifically, enhanced skills training in the areas of value added manufacturing will ensure the creation and production of new products for export markets. The shipment of these goods will be further facilitated by the announced investments in strategic infrastructure at bridges, sea ports and airports. Taken together, the signature initiatives outlined in the budget are designed to collectively support and advance the government's trade agenda.
Targeted Spending Reductions
As well as announcements of new or reallocated spending in the areas mentioned above, a number of federal departments will see their funding frozen or reduced in this budget as the government continues towards eliminating the deficit. Most notably, the Department of National Defence has seen its budget reduced. While symbolically the military still occupies a key place in the Conservative agenda, the Prime Minister has made little secret that he believes the military has been well funded in recent years and now needs to do more to show it is spending that money wisely.
The government also eliminated a number of corporate tax loop holes or tax credits that it either saw as unfair or ineffective. This too illustrates both the tight fiscal circumstance the government is in and the government's ongoing agenda to slowly eliminate what it sees as inefficiency or lack of focus in the use of public funds.
Procurement Issues
Budget 2013 follows on both the Jenkins and the Emerson reports, which were commissioned to restructure and leverage defence procurement investments in Canada. It announces the development of key industrial capabilities to guide procurement, a commitment to the National Shipbuilding Industry and increased investments into the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative.
Budget 2013's endorsement of KICs should contribute to a home-grown specialized defence industry and may result in increased IRBs for Canadian firms. Furthermore, investments into the SADI and the launching of the National Aerospace Research and Technology Network will encourage technological development by Canadian innovators in aerospace and will provide opportunities for investors to off-set IRB requirements with Canadian R&D firms.
Natural Resources
The Budget will phase out the accelerated capital cost allowance for capital assets used in new mines and will also reduce the rate at which pre-production mine development expenses may be deducted for tax purposes.
There is an extension of the 15% Mineral Exploration Tax Credit for flow-through share investors for one more year.
Creating a New Department and Consumer Benefits
Further, this budget continued with two elements that have now almost become staples of every federal budget: 1) a surprise that people were not told was coming and 2) an easily communicable measure that helps families in their pocket books. The surprise was the government's announcement that it plans to merge the Canadian International Development Agency with the Department of Foreign Affairs; though with hindsight this does seem a logical continuation of the government's transformation of the delivery of international aid. The family friendly measure was the elimination of import tariffs on hockey equipment and baby clothing; the notion of making these items less expensive should play well with the Conservative, middle-class suburban family base.
A total of less than $1 billion dollars in new spending was announced in the budget and in fact total federal government program spending is projected to slightly decrease. The budget has the 2012-13 deficit projected at $26 billion dollars with the deficit falling to $18 billion for 2013-14. A return to balanced budgets is projected for 2014-2015. The 2013-2014 deficit is $8.5 billion higher than was
projected a year ago; this means the Canadian economy will need significant growth to return to reach zero deficit.
The overall spending numbers showed that the Conservative federal government continues to see a limited and, as a percentage of GDP, shrinking role for itself. Funding was again reduced for lower priority departments and programs and only modest, targeted investments were made in those areas that the government sees as key to economic performance.
Details on Other Key Budget Announces
- $1 billion over five years for the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative, the creation of an Aerospace Technology Development Program, with funding of $110 million over four years starting in 2014–15 and $55 million annually thereafter, and consultations on establishing a National Aerospace Research and Technology Network.
- Expands and extends for one year the temporary Hiring Credit for Small Business.
- $10 million to Indspire in support of Aboriginal postsecondary education.
- Raising the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption to $800,000 and indexing the new limit to inflation.
- $92 million over two years to the forestry sector in support of its transformation to higher-value activities and its expansion into new export markets.
- $225 million to support advanced research infrastructure and the Canada Foundation for
- Innovation's long-term operations.
- Phases out the Labour Sponsored Venture Capital Corporations Tax Credit
- $165 million in multi-year support for genomics research through Genome Canada.
- The development of a comprehensive financial consumer code for the financial sector to replace the current mix of legislation and regulations.
- Renew the Investment in Affordable Housing, with $253 million per year over five years.
- A new, temporary First-Time Donor's Super Credit for first time claimants of the Charitable Donations Tax Credit.
- $60 million over five years to help outstanding and high-potential incubator and accelerator organizations expand their services to entrepreneurs so that new companies can start and thrive.
Both the NDP and the Liberals have announced their opposition to the budget, declaring it does not do enough to address a number of Canadians' key concerns. Prior to the budget, both parties sent open letters to Finance Minister Flaherty detailing issues they wanted addressed in the budget. The NDP asked for a reversal of changes to Employment Insurance, increased funding for research and specific actions to improve the social and economic situation for Aboriginal Canadians. The Liberals
asked for action on unemployment, wealth inequality, First Nations education and tourism. The opposition parties are united in their belief that additional details not fully developed in the budget will find their way into the expected omnibus Budget Implementation Bills.
Looking Ahead
In the coming weeks, Parliament will debate and then pass the 2013 federal budget, but this is more a symbolic act as opposed to meaningful action. The pieces of legislation that will give the budget its true power are the main estimates, which approve federal expenditures and are already working their way through parliament, and the budget implementation bill. The implementation bill will be tabled and it is through this legislation that those policy changes announced in the budget that require legislative changes will occur. In recent years, we have seen the federal government include a wide variety of legislative changes in these implementation bills, often to policy matters that were only vaguely referred to in the budget. These bills should be monitored closely as the changes in them can significantly affect your organization.
It is widely anticipated that after Parliament wraps up for the summer, Prime Minister Harper will shuffle his cabinet as he prepares for the 2015 election. Though the Prime Minister likes to keep changes to a minimum, he both has a number of key cabinet ministers who should move to different portfolios for reasons of political management and a number of rising stars who will be looking for a promotion to cabinet. This budget and its implementation may represent the end of a wider systemic and policy-focused phase for the government as it begins to transition to the more purely political focus needed to ensure electoral success.


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Originally from Arizona, Jesse is a recent graduate of the American Musical & Dramatic Academy's Musical Theatre Program in NYC. While attending college, he has served as Company Manager for the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine.
We asked Jesse which of the Frog & Toad characters that he plays he likes best. His response:
I love all the characters I play because I get to make them all so interesting in there own little way, but if I had to choose one I would have to say SNAIL because of his journey... He's shy and timid in the beginning and by the second act he gets a lot more confident holds nothing back when he sings, "I'M COMING OUT OF MY SHELL"
Here's more from Jesse about rehearsing A YEAR WITH FROG & TOAD:
What an incredible adventure it's been--learning all the music, dances, and coming up with fun ways to tell the characters apart from each other. I'm in the ensemble which means I get to play a handful of different characters. I'm playing Man Bird, Snail, Lizard, Mole, Father Frog, and the Large and Terrible Frog.
Up until this weekend we've been rehearsing in a separate studio while they've been building the incredible sets and costumes designed by Lex Liang. Hope you like my video!Are you excited to see A YEAR WITH FROG & TOAD? Who's your favorite character?


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Eugenie Bouchard has become the first Canadian women's singles tennis player to reach a Grand Slam final after defeating Romania's Simona Halep at Wimbledon on Thursday.
Bouchard, the No. 13 seed from the Montreal area, upset the third-seeded Halep 7-6 (5), 6-2 on the grass at the All England Club.
Bouchard will face Petra Kvitova for the title. The sixth-seeded Czech defeated No. 23 Lucie Safarova in the other semifinal earlier.
Kvitova, a powerful lefty, won Wimbledon in 2011. She defeated Bouchard in straight sets in Toronto last year.
"I'm just gonna go for it," said Bouchard, who reached the semis of the Australian and French Opens this season. "I'll have probably my toughest match yet."
Halep showed toughness in the semifinal by playing through an apparent ankle injury. The Romanian rolled her left ankle while chasing down a ball on the final point of the fourth game of the match. She took a medical timeout and had the ankle wrapped but did not appear overly affected by the injury once play resumed.
Milos Raonic will look to follow Bouchard's lead when he faces seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in the men's semifinals on Friday.
Raonic and Bouchard are the first Canadian singles players in the Open era to reach the Wimbledon semis.
Greg Rusedski is the only other Canadian-born player to reach a Grand Slam singles final, but he had decided to compete for Great Britain before he made it to the 1997 U.S. Open final.
Canada has two other players still alive in the doubles draws. Toronto's Daniel Nestor and his mixed doubles teammate Kristina Mladenovic of France are in the semifinals, while Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil and his American teammate Jack Sock are in the men's doubles semis.
Tennis scoring for dummies
Love is generally a good thing, unless you're playing tennis. In tennis, "Love" is zero, and zero, as in any sports score, is bad.
The object of tennis is to win points, then games, then sets, then the match. Players alternate games between serving and returning serve. You serve to your opponent and win? Nice one! That's 15-Love for you, not 1-0. Serve and win again? 30-Love. Again? 40-Love, then one more, and that's Game. If you're tied at 40-40, that's called "Deuce." It just is.
Whoever wins the next point has the advantage, so if you're serving and you're ahead, it's "Ad In," and if you're returning and up a point, it's "Ad Out." If you have the advantage and win the point, you win the game. But if you lose the point, it's back to Deuce, my sneakered friend.
A player who is the first to win six games wins the set, unless it's tied at 6-6, which happens a lot and forces a tie-break. In tie-breaks, the player first to win seven points with two points more than his opponent wins the tie-break — and the set.
In major professional tournaments such as Wimbledon, known as "Grand Slams" on the tour, men play up to five sets in a match, and the first player to win three sets wins. The women play up to three sets, with the first to win two sets being the winner. If it's tied 6-6 at the end of the last set, then get ready for the long haul, as the winner is determined not by a tie-break, but by whoever next wins two consecutive games.
See? It's simple. Now you're ready for this weekend's final. Go Genie Go!


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Research from the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS) sheds new light on the factors behind drug shortages in Canada, a common problem across the country.
In 2018 alone, Canadian patients faced shortages for hundreds of medications, including EpiPens, opioid drugs, and treatments for Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and depression.
In many cases, these shortages can have severe and life-threatening consequences. While there are several studies from the United States about this topic, there have been very few investigations about drug shortages in Canada, mostly due to lack of reliable data.
To understand drug shortages in the Canadian context, the CHÉOS research team--led by Wei Zhang and Aslam Anis--analyzed prescription drug data from the Canadian Drug Shortage Database. The team also included Larry Lynd, director of the Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, and senior statisticians Daphne Guh and Dr. Huiying Sun.
"Since early 2017, Canadian drug manufacturers are required to report drug shortages and state the reason they are unable to meet demand for the drug," said Zhang, the study's first author and program head for health economics at CHÉOS. "We looked at the first year and a half of data from this database to describe the factors associated with drug shortages."
The researchers found that, of the over 9,000 different drugs marketed in Canada, one quarter were reported in shortage during the study period. The average length of a shortage was five months.
The researchers also grouped the drugs with the same ingredients, dosage, type, and strength into a "market." The drugs under the same market were considered as interchangeable. This allowed them to look at shortages at the market level, rather than at the level of individual manufacturer. There was a total of 3,470 distinct markets; of these, 13 per cent were reported as having a shortage.
Related to the reasons behind these shortages, the team found several factors that could be at play.
"Our main finding was that markets with a single generic manufacturer were the most vulnerable to shortage," said Zhang. "We did not see the same result with single branded manufacturers."
This result suggests that shortage could be related to the low profit margins for generic drugs compared to branded drugs. "One of the reasons behind this finding could be related to the lower reimbursement price for generic drugs based on the pan-Canadian tiered pricing framework and provincial price-cap policies" said Anis, study co-lead and director of CHÉOS.
The team also found that markets with a larger proportion of their drugs covered under provincial formularies were more likely to be in shortage. Other factors related to shortages included complex manufacturing processes and certain types of therapies.
"This study gives Canadian policy makers who are trying to balance cost with drug supply security a number of red flags to look out for in order to avoid drug shortages," said Zhang.
The research, published in CMAJ Open, was supported by a project grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and includes co-authors from the University of Calgary and the University of Toronto.
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EXCLUSIVE: In the first part of a special investigation, True Crime News Weekly takes a look at why long accused sexual predators such as Liberal Party heavyweight Robert Doyle are allowed to get away with their alleged misconduct and possible crimes for so long, even in the face of a litany of complaints stretching back 40 years and involving claims of sexual abuse against schoolgirls and the alleged drugging of women. Our Melbourne correspondent Gary Johnston reports.
It's ironic and telling in the extreme that the fame – make that notoriety – of Jimmy Savile, the British disc jockey, 'national eccentric' and, as it turned out, child sex abuser on a mammoth scale, is far greater now than when the old, self-promoting fraud was alive and fiddling, if not actually kicking.
Discovered in his death bed, stiff as a board with his fingers crossed, the incriminating evidence of Savile's crimes – literally hundreds, possibly even thousands of victims – started to be circulated hours after he'd been buried, resulting in the coffin having to be hastily exhumed and then replanted in 'a secret location'.
Incredibly, mystifyingly, Jimmy Savile's sexual history was not revelatory to many people who knew him. Executives at the BBC, numerous staff at the hospitals where he worked 'tirelessly' as a volunteer, his many traumatised victims and even the Police were fully aware of the allegations and in some cases, proof of his actions, but for reasons known only to themselves – which we can now identify as power and influence – no one spoke up.
And the ones who did, were summarily ignored.
Couldn't happen here, you say? Not in Australia?
Well, just this week News Corp's local gutter rag the Herald Sun published an utterly shameless, promotional puff piece about how good it was to see Melbourne's recently resigned Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, out in public, looking "trim and relaxed". This is the very self-same Robert Doyle who only a few weeks ago was too ill to attend a tribunal set up to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct while he was the chairman of Melbourne Health. The same Robert Doyle who resigned as the city's lord mayor earlier this year in the face of a damning yet limited investigation ordered by the City of Melbourne council into ongoing claims of sexual misconduct and harassment. No word about that in News Corp's gushing love letter to the sleazy former mayor.
The investigation's report into Doyle's conduct is thought to be so damaging to the council's reputation that even alleged victims of Doyle's sexual harassment have been denied access to it. It has become yet another 'open secret'. In that event, with elements of the mainstream media and the big end of town continuing to protect Doyle, it is now then perhaps the right time for True Crime News Weekly to reveal the extent of Doyle's alleged peccadilloes which are said to stretch back 40 years or so.
And unlike in Jimmy Savile's case, True Crime News Weekly will not be waiting until Doyle is safely dead and buried, or cremated.
RELATED: COVER UP! The dark past of disgraced Melbourne lord mayor Robert Doyle in "The Valley of the Dolls"
A digital avalanche of information, personal experiences, victim statements and accusations has reached True Crime News Weekly detailing in no small measure how Doyle has behaved down the years. The data covers Doyle's life from his days as Sports Master at prestigious Geelong College, to his life as a Masterful political manipulator in the higher echelons of the Liberal Party, then, during his term as Master – Lord Mayor – of The Good Ship, Melbourne and, as seems to have been the case throughout, as a serial Masturbator, in every available sense of the idiom.
If the catalogue of depravity, as reported to us by the literally countless of informants were revealed – bear with us, because as many of them as possible will be revealed – our report would rival Tolstoy's War and Peace both in length and in terms of realistic narrative. From businesswomen alleging Bill Cosby-like proferred potions to women who were teenage schoolgirls in the 1970s saying their teacher, Mister Doyle, had sexual relations with them. Remember, this is a man who eventually married a woman – a girl – he first met when he was her trusted teacher. It is even alleged by some former students that Doyle once gave a favourable mark for an essay by a young schoolgirl in return for sexual favours.
The tract of information leaked to True Crime News Weekly also contains the grumblings of numerous colleagues at the City of Melbourne council, and gives an insight into the drunken dysfunction within the council as well as a view of the underlings and factotums whose employment and career advancement depended upon Doyle's largesse. Shockingly, there are even credible accusations leveled against a married senior councillor and one of Doyle's strongest supporters who is alleged to have made crude sexual remarks to guests and attempted to pick up women while being high on cocaine at an official council event. The councillor's wife had only given birth to their child a few weeks before the incident in question. Unable to reveal their experiences at the time, the floodgates are finally opening, precipitating a flood the Hoover Dam couldn't restrain.
However, these stories – outrageous, scandalous as they undoubtedly are – do not represent the real picture, the true disgrace. In this age of #MeToo, with abused and exploited women finally finding their voices world-wide, the biggest injustice of all is surely the sight of Melbourne's ruling class, the exclusive coterie of private schoolboys who call the shots in this town, who rule the mainstream media, manipulate and exploit the truth, doing all in their considerable power to defend and protect one of their own.
OPINION: #MeToo, Breaking a Few Eggs, and the Impossible Fight for Justice in Sexual Harassment Matters
Robert Doyle clearly has a number of friends in high places. But it's the friends in low places who continue to preserve his reputation despite mounting and overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Doyle – known to his friends and enemies as 'Piggy' – is not Jimmy Savile; a show business personality whose fame and influence somehow influenced the fourth estate to desperately circle the wagons, cover up his predatory behaviour and preserve the myth of a decent man doing good works, but there are parallels. And of course, they do say that politics is show business for ugly people.
Doyle has so far publicly denied all claims against him. As did Savile until his dying breath.


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- Warp 9 Titanium Swingarm spindles are CNC machined from Solid Ti Bar stock
- Threads are rolled threads, not cut like some brands. This gives a stronger and smoother thread and also provides a more accurate torque setting.
- The heads on the swingarm bolts are forged giving a far stronger head than standard CNC cut heads.
- 45-50% lighter weight than the OEM swingarm Bolt
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Get Shift Done: Tips and Tricks
It's great to depend on Google's authentication system to confirm your identity on an online application's website — until it doesn't work. If you've ever been locked out of your own life, here's how to work around that conundrum.
The authentication process is a little hard to explain, so let me give you an example to show why it matters. Let's say your old cell phone died and you bought a replacement. After you restore all your apps and your contacts, you are ready to return to your normal routine. You sit down at your computer, and go to log into your Dropbox account. Because you previously enabled two-factor authentication using Google Authenticator, Dropbox prompts you to open the Google Authentication app (available for both Android and iPhone users) on your phone and enter the code it shows you.
Whoops! Although the Google Authenticator app was restored to your new phone, the settings were not — and now you can't log into your Dropbox account.
To understand the nature of the problem — and the solution that just quit working — let me explain what 2FA is and why the applications you depend on use it.
What's This Authentication Stuff, and Why Should I Care?
Basically, two-factor (2FA) is a common practice to guard against password theft. By insisting that you use two ways to say, "Really, it's me!" the web application provides the equivalent of adding a dead bolt to your front door. Even if a thief steals your account password, he also needs the 2FA — an additional bit of information — to gain access.
There are several ways for security experts to implement 2FA on a website, and you probably have encountered most of them. For example, you may be asked to choose a picture that is displayed every time you log in, which reassures you that you reached the correct website and not a phishing site. Other websites send a code in a text message that you must enter to proceed. The downside is that text messages are easily hacked; nonetheless it's a common type of 2FA.
The most secure 2FA is considered to be a token-based authentication. One of the earliest token based authenticators was designed by RSA Security; it consisted of a keychain fob with an LCD screen that displayed a code that changed every 10 seconds.
Which leads us to Google Authenticator, an app that provides token-based 2FA to website developers which uses Time-based One-time Password Algorithm (TOTP) and HMAC-based One-time Password Algorithm (HOTP) using algorithms specified in RFC 6238 and RFC 4226.
Here's how it works. When you create an account with an online application that uses Google for its authentication — let's pretend it is the ABM File Service — you are prompted to create a passcode or other token to say, "Yup, that's me!" The ABM File Service displays a QR code that you scan into the Google Authenticator app. The Google Authenticator app uses the information embedded in the QR code to generate the token that, when you visit the website later, permits you to log in.
As you saw in the example, each website that uses the Google Authenticator app for 2FA needs to be configured on your phone — and this is how you could be locked out of one of your accounts. It's like you left the key to your house in your other set of pants, and then you gave that other set of pants to Goodwill.
The problem is: The Google Authenticator does not have a method to create a backup of the sites you set up in the app. When you get a new phone, you need to set up each site in the app again. Unfortunately, if you don't have access to your old phone, you don't have any way of logging into the site to generate the QR code that is needed.
Although I used Dropbox in the original scenario, it could easily have been your Gmail account (Google Authenticator was developed as a method of 2FA for Google accounts) or plenty of other online sites and business applications. Many depend on Google Authenticator as part of their processes. Among the websites that might ask for you to plug in a code on an application you can't access are Amazon Web Services, Dropbox, and Evernote; your bank or other financial institution might do so, too.
Some sites, such as Google and Dropbox, allow you to set up multiple methods of 2FA, so that if you don't have access to your phone you can still access the site. Others, such as Amazon Web Services, require you to call the customer service department to regain access to your account. That's a pain.
Okay, So How Do I Fix This?
Fortunately, there is Authy, a Google Authenticator replacement app that provides 2FA, allows you to backup your account settings, and syncs those accounts across multiple devices.
Just like Google Authenticator, Authy needs to be set up with each site that uses Google Authenticator for 2FA.
You want to make the switch to Authy now, while you still have access using your current phone. Waiting until you get a new phone defeats the purpose.
Here's how to get started, using Dropbox as the web application to secure. It looks like there's a lot of steps, but only because I show you every step you can take. The whole process is completed in a few minutes.
First, sign into the Dropbox website as you normally would.
From the profile link in the top right corner, select settings
Click on the Security tab:
Under Two-step verification, choose the "click to enable" link:
Click the Get Started button on the "Enable two-step verification" window, then re-enter your password for verification purposes:
Select "Use a mobile app" and click the Next button:
Dropbox displays instructions to open your authenticator app and scan the QR code that is displayed. Dropbox supports any authenticator app that supports the Time-Based One-Time Password (TOTP) protocol, including Authy, Google Authenticator, Duo Mobile, and Microsoft Authenticator; other online applications vary in their support, but the concepts are similar.
Open Authy on your smartphone or tablet. Select Add Account from the menu. (These pictures are from a Samsung Galaxy S7 and may look different on your device.)
Click the
SCAN QR CODE button. For web applications that don't display a QR code, there is a link to enter the key manually)
Authy displays the logo for the applications that it knows about and gives you a chance to edit the account name. Click the
DONE button when ready.
Authy now starts generating a token for you to use with Dropbox. The token changes every 20 seconds, but the protocol permits you to finish entering a token even if it expires while you are viewing it. There is also a copy button you can use if you are trying to log into Dropbox on your phone.
Back on the Dropbox website, click the
Next button.
Dropbox asks you to input the code phone is displaying, to confirm that it is configured correctly.
As a precaution to help you gain access to your account if you are unable to access your Authy app, Dropbox asks for your mobile phone number. Although Dropbox allows you to use SMS messaging as a backup, not all web applications do. Depending on your personal level of security risk, you may want to leave this blank, since SMS messaging is subject to hacking and the next step provides a backup verification method that is more secure.
Dropbox displays a list of 10 one-time-use tokens that you can use if you are unable to generate a code using Authy. If this list is ever compromised, you can deactivate the entire list and generate a new one. I recommend that you print this list and store it in a secure location rather than save it in a text file or PDF document.
Click the
Enable two-step verification button to complete the process.
Your Dropbox security now show several status changes: that Two-step verification is enabled using an Authenticator app as the primary method, whether you enabled your mobile phone as a backup method, and a link to display that list of recovery codes.
The next time you attempt to log into Dropbox you are prompted to enter the code Authy generated. You also have the option to "Remember this computer" so the code isn't required again. Only check this box if you are on a personal or work computer. Do not check it on public-use computers or on a laptop computer that you travel with that easily could be compromised.
It takes a little bit of time to set up 2FA, but with the constant reports of account data being stolen (Yahoo announced one billion accounts were stolen as I was writing this article), adding 2FA to sensitive accounts can give you some piece of mind.
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Colson Whitehead: Winner of the National Book Award & Pulitzer Prize
Tickets are now available online and at Lackawanna County Libraries for Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad, who, will deliver the Lackawanna County Library System's 2018 American Masters Lecture on Thursday, November 15, at 7 p.m., in the Scranton Cultural Center.
Whitehead, 48, has had six novels and two works of non-fiction published. He won the National Book Award in 2016 and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2017. He has also received a MacArthur Fellowship (the so-called "Genius Award") and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
But it is The Underground Railroad that catapulted Whitehead into the ranks of leading American authors.
The book follows a young African-American woman named Cora in her flight from slavery. Whitehead created a physical railroad that runs in underground tunnels as a metaphor that moves Cora on a journey with stops that illuminate the story of the slave-era South as it was experienced by the victims of slavery.
It was an Oprah's Book Club selection and was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction by the American Library Association. It was also a New York Times #1 Bestseller.
Whitehead's other novels are: The Intuitionist, a finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award; John Henry Days, a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; Apex Hides the Hurt; Sag Harbor; and Zone One.
His non-fiction books are The Colossus of New York, a history of that city; and The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky & Death, a book about the World Series of Poker, which Whitehead, a non-gambler, competed in to fulfill a magazine writing assignment.
He has also written non-fiction articles for a number of leading periodicals including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Granta, and Harper's.
A New York City native, he attended Trinity School in Manhattan and graduated from Harvard University.
In addition to his writing, he has taught at Princeton University, New York University, the University of Houston, Columbia University, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Wesleyan University, and been writer-in-residence at Vassar College, the University of Richmond, and the University of Wyoming.


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- Who: Cheena Chopra
- What: "A World Above, A World Beneath!"
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- What: "Walk…"
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One of the best things in life is eating. I looove to cook food, explore food, watch people cook food and smell food. Food is really one of the key attributes to my heart! If you want to treat me out on the town for a night or for a special occasion, for like oh… I don't know, maybe my birthday, then direct me to food. Ok, so you get the idea. One of my favorite places that I like to go eat ALL the time is Olive Garden. I don't know why, but I feel that this place really just takes me away to a place where I dream of vineyards and beautiful green fields…and LoVe. ONE day, I will make it to ITALY! I don't know if you get that same feeling, but it sure is nice:) Anywho, I don't know if you've heard, but Olive Garden has recently unveiled the most significant NEW MENU evolution in the restaurant's history, including more than 20 new menu items that include new cocktails, appetizers, main courses and desserts. Also, you will find some dishes on the menu suitable for those waistlines which are under 575 calories! Some of the items are already in your bellies and some are just waiting to get in your bellies 🙂 I had the honor of tasting some of the wonderful dishes ahead of time, just so I could prep you for what is to come…
Please allow me to take you along my date night with ITALY… shall we?
Did you think I was going to be tasting all 20 items on the new menu?!?
(I did) Shhh. I was so excited about my pasta adventure. I was ready to get pasta wasted!
First up for the night was these DELISH Crispy Risotto Bites ("Small Plates") which were bite-sized blend of Italian cheeses and rice, lightly fried and served in marinara sauce. These were just scrumptous and were the perfect size. MMMmmm I could still taste them.
Next that came out was the Artichoke Fritta. These were marinated artichoke hearts that are lightly battered and fried. (Yes, fried) and also served with this AMAZING five cheese marinara dipping sauce. Folks, These are not out YET! BUT, will be on the menu's starting June 16th. I recommend that you give these bad boys a try. I promise, you can't stop at just one!
This dish was EXCELLENTE'. We have the Polenta Shrimp alla Greca ("Small Plates") this consists of sautéed shrimp served on creamy and I mean creammmmy polenta that is topped with fresh blend of olives, capers and tomato sauce.
Whewwww… I was NOT getting full. I was trying to only have one bite of each dish, but it was IMPOSSIBLE! Everything was soooo good.
Now I know a salad when I see one. Let me introduce to you the Roasted Tomato Caprese Salad Topper. This beauty tasted so fresh and DELISH! I loved how it was so colorful and you could really smell the kale! Fresh mozzarella bites, roasted tomato, bell pepper, basil, kale and an extra-virgin olive oil drizzle makes this salad taste outta this world. You seriously have to try this!
I don't know about you, but this is heaven in a dish! This had so much good flavors going on all in one! Let me introduce to you the Smashed Chicken Meatball Sandwich! It is made with yes, you guessed it, smashed chicken meatballs that melt in your mouth and then add some roasted bell peppers and mozzarella on a focaccia bun! See, I told ya! Heaven on a bun 🙂
Now this is the dish I have been waiting on all night to dive into. Why may you ask? Well, it is the Lasagna Fresca which will be coming soon to an Olive Garden near you on June 16th that is comprised of the best sun-dried tomato sauce in this world. The combination of hand folded vegetable lasagna, sautéed shrimp and grilled tomatoes in one just makes all the taste buds in your mouth jumping for joy! I'm not kidding. This dish is outta this world and the only way you are going to believe me, is to TRY IT! I double dare you:)
Where are all my garlic lovers at? Boy do I have a dish for you! This Garlic Rosemary Chicken is just what the vampires
have ordered because it is simply lip biting good! See what I did there? :0) Anyways, this dish is made up of grilled marinated chicken breast that is topped with rosemary and caramelized garlic cloves. It is then paired with some garlic parmesan mashed potatoes and fresh spinach. I LOVED THIS DISH, and if you love garlic, SO WILL YOU!!
So as the night was winding down and my belly was soooo full. I was trying to capture every moment of the entrees, I oddly found room for one more dish. Any takers on what that dish might have been?
Allow me the honor of introducing to you the newest desert on the menu and it is simply to die for. It's a Strawberry Panna Cotta which will be available to you on June 16th as well, and is made up of sweet summer strawberries top a rich and creamy vanilla custard that is inspired by ITALY's mountainous Piedmont region. This dish which I DID NOT SHARE with no one as I inhaled it lol, was the perfect ending to my date night with ITALY! If you want to take a trip to ITALY, TRY THIS DESSERT!!!
And as my date night was coming to an end, luck was on my side as I had won this awesome gift card to come back and try out the fabulous new menu once it lands on June 16th. I will get to continue to fantasize what ITALY will be like through the wonderful meals at Olive Garden until I embark on my journey to the beautiful country itself. But until I do, I will settle for a DATE NIGHT WITH OLIVE GARDEN anytime!
Be sure to check out Olive Garden's new menu on June 16th! I might just see you there!!!!
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On Monday morning, we did the ultimate walk of shame: jungle edition. Twigs in hair, dirt in fingernails and covered in a thick layer of what can only be described as dusty film-slime, we emerged from the Victorian bush in a dazzle-daze, wondering what had just happened, wondering if it had happened at all.
It was outside a bakery in the closest town, Tocumwal, balls deep in a curry pie that it all came swarming back. The dancing, the dust, the hugs, the vibrance, the dense forests and most importantly, the music. If Strawberry Fields Festival was all a dream, then it was the most ridiculous kaleidoscope cheese dream I ever did have.
Being the 5th Anniversary of the 'Intelligent Dance Music' festival, challenges were undoubtedly on organisers to deliver a milestone event, converging the music and art spheres to deliver a weekend way beyond your average 'bush-doof'.
Toting a true bad-ass posse consisting of the most white and excitable kids Sydney has to offer, we arrived late on Friday evening, stumbling to put our tents together in the dark as we simultaneously stripped off in anticipation of surrendering to dance (I wasn't kidding about the white thing).
The festival boasted four stages, although more seemed to grow on the festival as it progressed (similarly to things to growing on my body – showering isn't part of general decorum in the Strawberry Fields). Each offered various acts contributing to a 24hour roster of styles which varied between house, electronica, experimental, cool progressive and shit which blew our minds. Featuring some of our favourite internationals inc. Tiga, Carl Craig and Microtrauma (disappointingly Nosaj Thing was a no show…), considerable love was also given to some smaller names who made some serious tracks in the dust. See below for our pick of best of the fest.
(White girl represent: Photo court. D. Hutchinson)
Quickly becoming enlightened in the Strawberry ways, we soon realised that this was not our average festival. No reception meant none of our beloved instagramming, and more to the point ostracised us as willing prisoners to the Strawberry land. At any singular point one had the choice to roll around in the dust, stomp feet as part of a 1000 strong collective, smoke sweet smoke from festival hookahs, have happy times in the tent of another, spew an expression on a 3×4 canvas, chase lasers or make out with serious hotties in a ball pit. You could also eat muesli bars by yourself in some grass, which I may have indulged in a few times.
Most importantly, the bullshit 'eat-sleep-rave-repeat' culture could not be found here. There were no roid heavy douchebags with sunglasses taped to their heads or hyperactive tweens posing for selfies. More importantly, there were no fights going down – or even any insinuations of angry or anti-social behaviour. The scariest thing that happened to me the whole weekend was being propositioned for a foursome by a guy wearing a dinosaur onsie in aforementioned ball pit. Even then, I was so chilled that I almost went for it…almost.
Disappointingly, it was found that a fair few left the festival still under the influence (read our report here). But inside the wall of trees it was more than serene, calling us to recall the big festival vs. small festival debate. This peaceful and interesting convergence of people made me question the fun-factor of larger festivals, wondering if they could satisfy the natural needs of the untameable raver. Increasingly, Strawberry Fields and other boutique music festivals such as this weekend's Subsonic and the fastly approaching Meredith are gaining serious local and national popularity. In this, one reaches a party-paradox in simultaneously wanting to share the experience with a plethora of others and wanting to keep it as a secret dreamscape experience, waiting for me and a select few other pseudo hippies in the forest forever.
Cut forward 10 hours as I deployed curry pie into my stomach and jumped in my friends dust-covered automobile as we reluctantly made the sneaky 11hour drive back to Sydney. Bones aching and ears ringing, yet genuinely hating on all we were returning to…except maybe a shower or five. Until next year, Strawberry Fields.
Stoney Road's Best of the Fest
Tiga: Left rendered speechless by his performance – then inspired to be extremely articulate a few days later, you can read about my Tiga experience here.
Moomin: Catering to the serious chiller in all of us, Moomin brought sounds as original and smooth as it's possible to be in the world of today. Perfect for scat children everywhere – and a bit of cheeky old school slow dancing.
E A V E S: Graduate from the schooling that is Triple J's Unearthed, I had to sneakily check up on this one. Perhaps a little intoxicated, I remember throwing my white girl arms up in the air with vivacity between 10-1am. Knowing Strawberry's not exactly perfect time scheduling, 10 minutes of Soundcloud sifting saw me stumble upon E A V E S with a subsequent 'Eureka!'
Tagged as an up and comer, he's worth a look fo sho.
Willow Beats: Another in the Trippy J Unearthed family, we all knew they'd rock (the way you rock 10 valium down – CHILLED), and they delivered. Happy days.
Jennifer Loveless: Poor Jen did not have the best set to work with, 10am Saturday morning. Even I had only stumbled to the festival grounds to wash the taste of canned spaghetti out of my mouth (dayum girl). She was playing to an audience about 11 heavy who were about 100% inebriated. Even so, the Toronto local was busting out some tasty beats – and I couldn't help but notice she was a total babe town.