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Large corner parcel consisting of 166,802.5 sq. ft. (3.83 acres). Great frontage - 289 feet on Dundee Road and 237 feet on Quentin Road. Positioned on highly trafficked stretch of Dundee Road with countless national retailers to the north, south and east. Development potential for retail, office, medical or residential. Asking: $1,999,000 ($11.93 PSF)
4 acres available just south of two heavily trafficked arterials: Route 64 & Route 59. No Menards restrictions. Off site detention. East of Dupage County Airport. Area retailers include Dunkin Donuts, Subway, McDonald's, Dollar Tree, Fifth Third Bank, Steak n' Shake and Hardee's.
3,585 square feet available with Milwaukee Avenue frontage. Can demise to 1,900 sf. High ceilings, exposed brick, large sliding warehouse doors and a skylight create a stylish, trendy atmosphere. ½ block away from the Logan Square CTA Blue Line. Across the street from the Logan Theatre boasting. 200,000 visitors annually. Located in the heart of Logan Square, recently rated one of the 10 hottest neighborhoods in the country by Redfin. Neighboring tenants include Intelligentsia, Longman & Eagle, Lula Café, Webster's Wine Bar and Chase.
Great visibility and high traffic counts along Golf Road Diverse tenants within the shopping center Ample convenient customer parking Area retailers include Jewel-Osco, buybuy BABY, Petco, Burlington, T.J.Maxx, Binny's, Kohl's, Fruitful Yield, Starbucks, and Dunkin'
15,625 SF available for sale or ground lease just off the corner of 63rd Street & Ashland Avenue. Heavy traffic volumes along the 63rd Street & Ashland Avenue corridors. Located next to the Ashland/63rd Green Line stop. Neighboring tenants include McDonald's, Checkers (coming soon) & ACE Hardware.
15,625 SF available for sale or ground lease just off the corner of 63rd Street & Ashland Avenue. Heavy traffic volumes along the 63rd Street & Ashland Avenue corridors. Located next to the Ashland/63rd Green Line stop. Neighboring tenants include McDonald's, Checkers (coming soon) & ACE Hardware.
Mutli-tenant retail. Join Jimmy John's, Naf Naf Grill and Trattoria Raccanto. Adjacent to Target and Allstate Arena. Less than 1 mile to the new Des Plaines casino location. Allstate Arena has over 2.2 million visitors per year for various events and generates almost 300,000 vehicles per year.
3.31 acres available for sale just off the corner of North Avenue and Grace Street in Lombard, IL. Heavy traffic volume along North Avenue. Close proximity to I-355 and I-83. Area tenants include CVS, Starbucks, Jimmy John's, McDonald's, Dunkin Donuts, Bank of America, Aldi, Portillo's and Target.
Retail space available for lease at the intersection of Rand Road, Kensington Road & Main St (Route 83) in Mount Prospect. 1,000 SF - 10,000 SF available. Located across the street from Randhurst Village. Area tenants include O'Reilly Auto Parts, ATI Physical Therapy, Starbucks, Firehouse Subs, AMC Theaters, Bed Bath & Beyond, Costco, Chase Bank, Jewel-Osco and more.
Retail space available for lease at CVS anchored center. Located at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Plum Grove Road in Rolling Meadows. 1,683 - 5,396 SF available (divisible). On-site parking lot. Area tenants include BMO Harris Bank, Jiffy Lube, The UPS Store and Subway.
Free-standing fast food restaurant with drive-thru available for lease. ±3062 SF located across from Arlington International Racecourse and Arlington Park Metra Station. Close proximity to Route 53. Arlington Park Ridership - 35,982 passengers per day. Union Pacific Northwest Line - 11,301,755 passengers in 2015. Area tenants include McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts, Orbit Skate Center, Arlington International Racecourse and more.
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±1,400 SF to ±3,000 SF available In a densely populated neighborhood with great demographics High traffic counts - 36,600 vehicles per day on Lake Cook Road and 18,500 vehicles per day on Arlington Heights Road Drive-thru potential on end cap
Great opportunity for lease or ground lease. 5,505 SF former restaurant available for lease or redevelopment along with a 28,750 SF lot. Area tenants include Target, Walmart, PETCO, Sprint, Kohl's, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Harley Davidson, ALDI, Menards, Home Depot, Tile Shop, Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Chipotle, Vitamin Shoppe, White Castle, Jo-Ann Fabrics, and more.
Home to Chicago's longest operating candy and ice cream institution, Margie's Candies. One space remains with frontage along Western Avenue. Superior first-floor retail frontage on three streets, with visibility from each intersection and the Western Blue Line Station. A Transit Oriented Development (TOD). Steps away from the Western Blue Line L Station (1.6 million riders annually), four CTA bus routes and The 606. Nearby retail includes Concord Music Hall, Starbucks, Langhe Market, HERO Coffee, CrossFit Logan, Wasabi, Green Eye Lounge, Walgreens, Irazu, Remedy, Ipsento, Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club and many more.
Join the new, recently opened Culver's. Build-to-suit opportunities on the NEC of Milwaukee Avenue and Route 22. Pad A: Up to 5,000 SF with outdoor seating; Pad C: Up to 5,560 SF with outdoor terrace; Pad D: Up to 7,430 SF for small shop tenants or restaurants. Located on a strong retail corridor with high traffic counts on Milwaukee Avenue (31,600 VPD). Route 22 provides direct access to the Tri-State Tollway / Highway 94. In close proximity to Lincolnshire Marriott Resort, Commons at Town Center, Lincolnshire Commons, Trinity International University and Stevenson High School.
±900 SF available fronting Logan Square Park.$2,850/month as is. Adjacent to the Logan Square Blue Line. ½ block from the Logan Theatre attracting 200,000 visitors annually. Located in the heart of Logan Square, recently rated one of the 10 hottest neighborhoods in the country by Redfin. Neighboring tenants include Longman & Eagle, Reno, Websters Wine Bar, El Cid, Azucar, Chase Bank, Billy Sunday, New Wave Coffee, Mini Mott, La Boulangerie and Lula Cafe.
9,379 SF available in the heart of Chicago's Loop at the SWC of LaSalle & Monroe. The Loop is considered one of America's strongest business markets consisting of 300,000+ workers in the CBD and over 5,000 residents. Loop market rents have consistently increased for the past 6 years and retail vacancies are currently among the lowest in Chicago. Premium visibility on both LaSalle and Monroe. High pedestrian and vehicular traffic counts. Nearby retailers include Starbucks, BMO Harris Bank, LOFT, AT&T, Jimmy John's and McDonald's.
15,060 SF available off Central Avenue, just south of Diversey Avenue. Located in Belmont Cragin, a dense residential neighborhood. Diversey Avenue benefits from high traffic counts. 1 mile east of the Brickyard and 1/2 mile north of Hanson Park Market retailers include AutoZone, ALDI, Family Dollar and Tony's Finer Foods.
8,527 SF available along Clark Street just north of Diversey Parkway. Located in the Century development with LA Fitness, ITT, Landmark Theatres and the Aveda Institute. Just north of the five way intersection at Broadway, Clark Street and Diversey Parkway. High auto and pedestrian traffic. Located in one of the strongest submarkets in Chicago. Market tenants include Walgreens, LA Fitness, T.J Maxx,Urban Outfitters, Express, Trader Joes, Target and Chipotle.
24,922 SF available at the SEC of Central Park & Division. Huge parking field. Frontage on Division Street, Central Park Avenue and Grand Avenue. Situated in a dense residential neighborhood. Located just west of Humboldt Park. Chicago Kedzie Plaza is located 1/2 mile to the southwest. Market tenants include AutoZone, Dunkin' Donuts, Subway, ALDI, Foot Locker, Chase Bank, Ashley Stewart, VILLA, Wingstop, Rainbow and AT&T.
22,575 SF available at the SWC of Wilson & Pulaski. Located over a full block which encompasses a huge parking field. High traffic counts and easy access from Pulaski Road. Pulaski Road leads to the Kennedy Expressway less than 1 mile to the south. Less than 1 mile from Theodore Roosevelt High School and the Kimball Brown Line CTA 'L' station. Located in Albany Park, 8 miles northwest of the Loop. Market tenants include AutoZone, Chase Bank, Walgreens, Petco, Starbucks and Subway.
13,013 SF available at the NEC of Sibley & Chicago. Located on a main thoroughfare of Dolton with high traffic counts and the Union Pacific intermodal depot directly to the west. Excellent access on both Sibley Boulevard and Chicago Road. 1½ miles from full access interchange onto the Bishop Ford Freeway. Market tenants include Advance Auto Parts, Dollar General, Food 4 Less, MB Financial Bank and Domino's.
10,886 SF available at the SEC of Belmont & Narragansett. Excellent visibility. Located along heavily trafficked arterials and sits at a signalized intersection. ½ mile north of The Brickyard Shopping Center. Less than ¼ mile from Steinmetz College Prep. Market tenants include Bank of America, McDonald's, Starbucks, Target, Lowes, Marshalls, Jewel Osco, Buffalo Wild Wings and Chipotle.
Great corner location at the northwest corner of Northwest Highway and Rohlwing Road. ±24,383 SF of land available. High traffic counts with easy access. Close proximity to Route 53. 5 minute drive to Arlington Park Metra Station (1,672 passengers per weekday). Less than two miles from Arlington International Racecourse with 800,000 visitors per year and the $350 million Arlington Downs mixed-use development which will bring 140,000 SF of new retail space to the market......
Great corner location at the northwest corner of Northwest Highway and Rohlwing Road. ±24,383 SF of land available. High traffic counts with easy access. Close proximity to Route 53. 5 minute drive to Arlington Park Metra Station (1,672 passengers per weekday). Less than two miles from Arlington International Racecourse with 800,000 visitors per year and the $350 million Arlington Downs mixed-use development which will bring 140,000 SF of new retail space to the market.
2,829 SF available, divisible. Great visibility and frontage along Broadway in Uptown's excellent shopping and entertainment corridor. Faces the remodeled Wilson CTA Red Line 'L' station with 1.9M annual riders, which is finalizing a $203M reconstruction. ¼ mile from Truman College, the second largest of the City of Colleges of Chicago with 17,000+ students. Area retailers include Target, Jewel-Osco, Aldi, Ace Hardware, Corepower Yoga, Starbucks, AT&T and many more......
Great strip center located at the high trafficked intersection of Rand Road and River Road. Center is anchored by Dunkin Donuts and Lady Jane's Men's Hair Salon with additional great retail surrounding the center. Excellent signage potential with plenty of parking.
Up to ±7,800 SF available, divisible. Join H&R Block, Destiny Dental, Gamestop, Subway and new Pizza Hut. Just west of the busy intersection of North Avenue and Western Avenue with approximately 72,000 vehicles per day combined. Center offers great visibility with parking in the West Town neighborhood. Excellent signage potential on the building as well as pylon signage available.
Only one space remaining! Great retail location at the southwest corner of Belmont Avenue & Central Avenue in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood Situated next to a free community parking garage Area retailers include Xsport Fitness, Chase Bank, Walgreens, Dollar Tree, Tony's Fresh Market and more Incentives available Broker Owned Property.
±3,366 SF first floor space; ±3,676 SF lower level space available. Fantastic location in the heart of downtown Downers Grove. Across the street from the Downers Grove Metra Station. Area tenants include Starbucks, Aurelio's Pizza, Giordano's, ATI Physical Therapy, Egg Harbor Cafe and Peet's Coffee and Tea. Broker Owned Property.
±3,408 SF outlot available. Great visibility and signage potential. Excellent shopping center located in the heart of Lemont. Village Square is anchored by Aldi, Starbucks and Jimmy Johns as well as AT&T, Rosati's Pizza, Tap House Grill and more. Conveniently located just off the south east corner of 127th Street and State Street with approximately 17,000 vehicles per day combined.
±2,744 SF available. Located at the highly trafficked intersection of Weber Road and Boughton Road in Bolingbrook. Monument sign on Boughton Road offers great visibility. Neighboring tenants are Athletico, T-Mobile and Jenny Craig. Area retail includes Target, Jewel-Osco, Kohl's, Meijer, Best Buy, PetSmart, Hobby Lobby and many more.
Newly renovated shopping center located just west of the high trafficked intersection of Addison & Western. Center offers great visibility and access with a large parking lot. Across the street from Lane Tech High School with ±4,200 students. Surrounded by the Bradley Sports Center, WGN-TV Station, CIBC Fire Pitch (Chicago Fire's practice facility) and more.
Located just south of the heavily trafficked Pulaski Road and Belmont Avenue intersection in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood. Excellent visibility along Pulaski Road (22,100 VPD), Pylon signage available. Ample parking. National co-tenants include AutoZone, Chase Bank, Pizza Hut, Subway, Rent-A-Center and more.
Ground lease or build-to-suit opportunity. Site is just east of Mannheim Road (39,800 VPD). Less than 10 minutes from O'Hare International Airport and the O'Hare I-90/I-294/I-190 interchange. Located in the heart of the O'Hare submarket with approximately 13 million square feet of office space and over 118,000 employees in a 3 mile area. Area attractions include Allstate Arena, River's Casino, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Fashion Outlets of Chicago and more.
±1,242 SF available. Located in the growing Oswego market. Join Dunkin, Tide Cleaners, and brand new Domino's Pizza. Area retailers include Jewel-Osco, Walgreens, McDonald's, Chase Bank, Taco Bell and more.
Excellent visibility with plenty of parking.Transit oriented location just steps from Western/Milwaukee/Armitage, the Western CTA Blue Line (1.6M Annual Riders) and multiple bus routes. Located in the growing Logan Square neighborhood. Over 3,000 new apartment units coming into the market. Area retail includes Starbucks, Margie's Candies, Ipsento, Ace Hardware, Ramen Wasabi, 90 Miles Cuban Cafe, Walgreens, and McDonald's.
±5,890 SF available (divisible). Center features great visibility and access. Join McAlister's Deli. Out parcel to Menards, Sam's Club with fuel station, JCPenney, Office Depot and Sephora within the Ogden Hill Shopping Center. 87,300 daily traffic count on three streets fronting retail center. Adjacent to Walgreens, Sonic, Buona Beef, Earth Mover Credit Union, NTB and Goodwill. Rush-Copley Medical Center (located one mile east) has 1,500+ employees. 45,700 VPD on RT-34 (Oswego Road) 25,600 VPD on RT-30
Great retail space along Palatine Road and Milwaukee Avenue. Pylon signage available. Ample parking; Strong traffic counts along Milwaukee Avenue (32,900 VPD). Join Jimmy Johns, Dunkin Donuts, McDonalds, Enterprise Rent ACar and Indian Trails Public Library...
Outlot parcel with drive-thru available. Located across the street from Target. Area retailers include Aldi, Tony's Fresh Market, Dairy Queen, Sherwin Williams, Goodwill and more. Excellent visibility and signage opportunity.
Brand new development located at the southwest corner of Archer and Cicero with excellent traffic counts (86,700 combined VPD). Center is just north of Midway Airport with more than 22 million passengers per year. Recently opened Starbucks adjacent to space. New indoor parking facility will be developed directly behind the center. Signage opportunity with great visibility.
Retail space available with excellent visibility and accessibility. Corner location at 18th & Throop. Retail spaces feature high ceilings and lots of natural light. Broker Owned.
Join the new, recently opened Culver's. Build-to-suit opportunities on the NEC of Milwaukee Avenue and Route 22. Pad A: Up to 5,000 SF with outdoor seating; Pad C: Up to 5,560 SF with outdoor terrace; Pad D: Up to 7,430 SF for small shop tenants or restaurants. Located on a strong retail corridor with high traffic counts on Milwaukee Avenue (31,600 VPD). Route 22 provides direct access to the Tri-State Tollway / Highway 94. In close proximity to Lincolnshire Marriott Resort, Commons at Town Center, Lincolnshire Commons, Trinity International University and Stevenson High School.
Outlot endcap available. Cherry Creek Shopping Center is anchored by Walgreens and Ace Hardware. Located on Governors Highway with visibility on 183rd Street (29,900 combined VPD). Co-tenants in outlot are Pop's Beef and Forever Yogurt. Area Tenants include Big Lots, Jewel-Osco, Walt's Food Center, Panera Bread, Subway, McDonald's, Burger King, Bank of America, Edible Arrangements and more.
Located on the ground floor of a brand new, 47 story, 500 unit luxury apartment building. Excellent location on S.Michigan Avenue in the heart of the South Loop. Blocks from Roosevelt Road, CTA Roosevelt Station (3.7M Annual Riders), Grant Park, Museum Campus, Soldier Field and more. Area tenants include Trader Joe's, Starbucks, Potbelly, Giordano's, Pure Barre, Chicago Firehouse Restaurant and more.
±82,339 SF (±1.8 Acres) available for ground lease or build-to-suit. Located along Sauk Trail between Walgreens and McDonalds. Central Richton Park location near Rich South Campus High School, Southland College Prep Charter High School, Richton Park Public Library, and Sauk Elementary School. Less than 10 min drive from Richton Park Metra Station. Area retailers include Walmart, Family Dollar, Domino's Pizza, Lakewood Bowl, and Rich City Skate.
2,177 SF available at the base of a 30 story, 242 unit luxury condominium building. Directly across the street from Grant Park. Walking distance to the Art Institute of Chicago, Millennium Park, and DePaul University Loop Campus. Co-tenancy with CVS. Area retailers include Starbucks, Corner Bakery Cafe, Potbelly, Huntington Bank, Bridgeport Coffee, Barnes & Noble, and more.
Former car wash available for sublease. Located just west of the southwest corner of Western Avenue and Irving Park Road. Adjacent to CVS. Great visibility and signage potential.
±18,752 SF available on the SWC of Pulaski Road and 84th Street. Excellent visibility off of heavily trafficked Pulaski Road. 2 miles southeast of Chicago Midway International Airport. Pylon signage available. Massive parking field. Located in a dense trade market. Neighboring retailers include Family Dollar, McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts.
±10,057 SF available on the corner of Jackson and Wells. Housed within the Insurance Exchange Building designed by Daniel Burnham. Sits in a prime position in the Loop among many of Chicago's iconic landmarks. Located 1 block from Willis Tower. More than 1 million people visit its observation deck each year 3 blocks from Union Station, the 4th busiest rail terminal in the United States handling about 140,000 passengers on an average weekday. 1 block from the Chicago Board of Trade, one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges. Easy access to Congress Parkway and I-290.
±13,013 SF available on the NWC of Ashland and 59th. Excellent visibility off of the heavily trafficked Ashland Avenue. Curb cuts along Ashland Avenue and 59th Street. Pylon signage available. Large parking field. Easy access to I-90. Neighboring retailers include Family Dollar, Dunkin' Donuts, O'Reilly Auto Parts and AutoZone.
±25,983 SF available on the NWC of South Chicago Avenue and 92nd Street. Excellent visibility off of the heavily trafficked South Chicago Avenue. Right off of I-90. Pylon signage available. Massive parking field. Located in a dense trade market. Neighboring retailers include McDonald's, Walgreens, U.S. Bank and Family Dollar.
±24,077 SF available on the SEC of Ashland Avenue and 80th Street. Excellent visibility off of the heavily trafficked Ashland Avenue. Pylon signage available. Large parking field. Located in a dense trade market. Neighboring retailers include Family Dollar, Aldi, and Dollar Tree.
±10,880 SF available on the SEC of 103rd Street and Halsted Street. Excellent visibility off of the heavily trafficked Halsted Street. Curb cuts along Halsted Street and 103rd Street. Pylon signage available. Parking field and drive through lanes included. Easy access to I-57. Neighboring retailers include KFC, Subway, Boost Mobile and H&R Block.
±13,013 SF available on the SWC of North Avenue and Kostner Avenue. Excellent visibility off of the heavily trafficked North Avenue. Outlot of Menards and Aldi. Pylon signage available. Parking field and drive through lane included. Located in a dense trade market. Neighboring retailers include Burlington, Walmart and McDonalds, Chase Bank and Taco Bell.
±13,225 SF available on at the southwest corner of Orchard Road and Randall Road. Tremendous visibility and signage potential. Ample parking available. Area retailers include The Turf Room, Bulldog Ale House, Aldi, Pet Supplies Plus and more.
±13,755 SF available at Touhy Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. Adjacent to Binny's Beverage Depot. Multiple access points along Touhy Avenue and Lincoln Avenue as well as on Kostner Avenue. Great signage potential. Ample parking. Area retailers include Pet Supplies Plus, L. Woods Tap & Pine Lodge, Starbucks, Republic Band and more.
±12,900 SF available at the northeast corner of Higgins Road and Bartlett Road. Site is located within The Arboretum of South Barrington. Tenants within the center include IPIC movie theater, LL Bean, Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant, Xsport Fitness and many more. Excellent visibility to Higgins Road. Ample parking.
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Up to ±18,128 SF of continuous space available. End-cap with drive-thru available. Excellent visibility off of the heavily trafficked Harlem Avenue. Located at a full lighted intersection. Updated façade. One mile south of I-80. Two large pylons on site with signage available. ±265 parking stalls.
Free standing quick service restaurant with drive-thru. Restaurant is fully equipped and in excellent condition. Located at the intersection of Plum Grove & Euclid in Rolling Meadows. Densely populated, high-income area with great visibility. Area tenants include CVS, BMO Harris Bank, Chase Bank, MB Financial Bank, Jewel-Osco, UPS Store, Jiffy Lube, Walgreens and more.
±11,000 SF of land available. Located at the NWC of Gross Point Road and Crawford Road. Located in affluent Evanston neighborhood with great visibility. Site is surrounded by residential and great national tenants, such as CVS, Subway, and Starbucks.
±12,000 SF of new construction retail space. Great retail space located at the base of a brand new 320 unit luxury apartment building. Across the street from Wheeling Town Center, a brand new mixed development consisting of 100,000 square feet of commercial space and 301 apartments. Located at the northwest corner of Dundee Road and Northgate Parkway (31,000 combined VPD). Walking distance to the Wheeling Metra Train Station.
±1,515 SF available. Brand new building shell improvements include a complete white box with new HVAC units and new rear windows. Frontage on 18th Street. Large outdoor seating and patio potential. Parking available on site. Zoned B3-2. 4 blocks west of the iconic Thalia Hall. Next to the heavily trafficked intersection of 18th & Loomis. Pilsen has been voted one of the 12 top coolest. neighborhoods in the world by Forbes Magazine.
±5,215 SF available, divisible. Approximately 1 block north of iconic Wrigley Field. Over 128 feet of frontage on highly trafficked Clark Street. 9 dedicated parking spaces available. Surrounded by numerous retailers that include Starbucks, Aurelio's, Wrigleyville Dogs, Yak-zies, Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream, Clark Street Sports, and Metro.
Jewel anchored shopping center at Rt-22 & Northwest Hwy (Rt-14). Located at high traffic intersection with excellent visibility and plenty of parking. Strong lifestyle and daily needs co-tenancy includes Tuesday Morning, Ace Hardware, Snap Fitness, Subway, ATI Physical Therapy and more.
Excellent retail center located at the northwest corner of Main Street and Geneva Road. Center offers great visibility and frontage with strong traffic counts. Co-tenancy with Starbucks, Qdoba Mexican Grill, Supercuts, AT&T, Razi Orthodontics and the UPS Store. Area tenants include Jewel Osco, Home Depot, Office Depot, Dollar Tree, PNC Bank, Advance Auto Parts, and many more.


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The St. Louis CC men's soccer team began Region XVI play with a bang on Wednesday night. In a match played at the Creve Coeur Park Soccer Complex, the Archers got off to a fast start and never looked back. Alem Sabic began the scoring for STLCC, hitting the back of the net at 13:00 of the first half. Noah Vezzu got the assist on Sabic's third goal of 2018. Freshman Riccardo Turcis then notched three straight goals at 21:00, 23:00, and 41:00 of the first half, with Ryan Khedoo assiting on a two of the goals. The Archer lead grew to five at 43:00, when Ricardo Navia assisted on Noah Vezzu's second goal of the season. Alem Sabic added his second goal of the night, which was unassited, at 77:00 to cap the Archer's scoring. Goalkeepers Liam Gibbs and Odaine Reid combined for a shutout in the match.
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I'm not very up to speed with everything technical, so I apologise for the long-winded post.
Basically, my partner turned the computer off of the mains as it wasn't restarting. However, when he came to turning it on, the home screen doesn't load; there's just a black screen. We've tried turning it on then off again but nothing has worked. Does anyone have any suggestions?!
is this vista or xp.? you posted in the xp forum but you listed the os as vista.
this black screen is there a flashing cursor in the upper left corner?
Sorry about that, it's vista. No, there's no cursor on the screen at all, it's just black.
If you press the menu button on the monitor do you get a menu?
When booting do you see the bios summary screen?
Does the computer Beep when you turn it on. It may not because not all computers have an internal speaker but if it does it at least tells us if it is getting power. Do you hear any fans spinning when you turn it on?
Also double check the monitor like Wanderer said it could be a bad monitor or the connection may have come lose from the computer.
Unplug the ac power plug and press the power button a few times. Then plug back in the ac plug.
Then press the power button and look for any signs of life. Look for keyboard lights, computer fan's or beeps, any monitor changes.
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For over a quarter of a century, Red Bud's Michael Kueker did something he loved and did it very well. The game of softball gave Kueker a venue to showcase his talents and quench his competitive juices.
The left-handed, line drive-hitting Kueker played either left field or right field for such teams as Horrell's Distributing, First National Bank of Red Bud and First Bank of Red Bud. He compiled a lifetime .700 batting average and a very impressive .750 on-base percentage. Possessing great speed, Kueker was known for turning singles into doubles and doubles into triples, to accompany numerous inside-the-park home runs throughout his career.
He began his softball playing days in 1976 with veteran Horrell's Distributing club. This is where he picked up the nickname "Flea," which he admits he first thought was "Flee" because of his great speed, but was a little surprised after receiving his team jacket and seeing "Flea" stitched into it. That name has stuck with him ever since.
"As his manager, I can say without any reservations that Mike made an immediate impact on the success of our team, hitting regularly above .500 and fielding with grace and accuracy in the outfield," said Horrell's manager Larry Ehlers. "Once I explained to Mike his role on the team, the team's leadoff hitter and centerfielder, I had no role other than consultant because Mike assumed his responsibilities at his position with vigor, knowledge and competency."
From 1979 through 1992, Kueker was the player/manager of the First National Bank of Red Bud. In 1980, he played in his first Illinois USSSA State Tournament with Mudville Giants and a year later made his initial trip to the Class C Divisional with FNB of Red Bud. The 1986 season saw his club finish 13th place at the Class C Divisional. All told, Kueker teams participated in the Illinois State and Divisional each year from 1982-1992.
"Personal goals are always great for some individuals, but overall I've gotten the same satisfaction out of putting. Solid team together and then being able to go out and take that team to the next level," says Kueker. "There is a great satisfaction in finding that right combination of speed, power and defense that sets your club apart from the rest and then going out and getting results."
In the 1993 and 1994 campaigns, Kueker played and managed First Bank of Red Bud. In 1993, Kueker and his team finished second place at the Class D Illinois State Tournament and a solid seventh place finish at the Great Lakes Divisional Tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio. In that Divisional, Kueker hit an impressive .778 for the tournament. He then bounced around with a few different Class D teams over the next few years and played for Chester Victor Drugs in 1997-1998 in the 35 & Over Illinois State Tournament. In 1999, with Muehl's out of Fairview Heights, Kueker helped his team to a second-place finish at the Illinois State 40 & Over Tournament.
All in all, Kueker played in ten Divisional (five in each Class C and D) and 17 State Tournaments (six in each Class C and D, plus five in Class B). He was also named All-League in the USSSA sanctioned Red Bud league 11 straight years (1990-2001).
As for his take on the game of softball in the Illinois USSSA, he admits there have been many changes since he first took the softball field to begin his career.
"The changes I've experienced over my years of participating in the USSSA sanctioned softball have been the change in the equipment," Kueker said. "When I started playing this game, ten runs were a lot and most games were won by one run – 4-3/6-5 type games, as defense played a key role. Nowadays, it comes down to who bats last, there are more high scoring games decided in the seventh inning, with the home run ball playing a big part."
Kueker continued, "As far as the betterment, I believe also that improving equipment has brought back some of the excitement into the game, therefore it has brought more of the younger crowd back in participating in the game of softball."
We honor all of Michael's accomplishments by bestowing the higest accolade for a USSSA player as we say "Member of the Illinois USSSA Hall of Fame – Michael, the Flea, Kueker."


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1. Of Triton by Anna Banks
This is the sequel to Of Poseidon, which I just ADORED! It was a favorite of mine in 2012. I read it in a day and laughed my butt off. I also had the pleasure of meeting the author on tour and I adored her too! I can't wait to see what happens in this book because THAT CLIFFHANGER!
Out May 28, 2013
2. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Shadow and Bone was also one of my favorite reads of last year. Pretty much my first high fantasy novel, I just fell in love with the world building and the whole plot that Leigh managed to create. It was all just so beautiful, and the characters were so great.
Out June 4, 2013
3. Unbreakable by Elizabeth Norris
THERE'S A SEQUEL!!! I just LOVED the first one, but with the way it ended there very well could have NOT been a sequel, so I'm really glad there is. And it sounds like a doozy!
Out April 23, 2013
Now, I've seen the real cover, but it hasn't been released yet, so we're stuck with this (poor) mock up that I made. But I'm so flipping excited for this book! Trish's debut novel was AMAZING! I'm not kidding, it blew me away. Made me laugh, made me cry. I've read little snippets of this book on Trish's Tumblr (go check it out) and the boy, he's SERIOUSLY HOT! Like, fan-yourself-because-he's-so-attractive hot. I can't wait to see how the novel turns out in the end!
Out October 2013
5. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
I have read every one of Cassie Clare's books, and with this being the end to a series I have a feeling I'm going to cry. I really love this series and I've grown to love both Jem and Will (it's unusual for me to like both of the love interests in a book, but Cassie makes me love them ALL) and although I know that SOME people survive it will be hard to forget that they all end up dying because The Mortal Instruments comes AFTER this series. But it's beautiful, so I'm sure I'll love it regardless.
Out March 19, 2013
6. The Originals by Cat Patrick
Cat is one of my author friends, and she lives somewhere in the Seattle area, so I bump into her a lot at events. I've read her first book, but I didn't get to her second this year. But this one sounds REALLY good (not that her second one didn't, but I just got busy) and it's about clones, and clones falling in love. So, yeah, I'm totally gonna buy it. And read it.
Out May 7, 2013
7. The Program by Suzanne Young
I just loved Suzanne's angel series so when I heard about this book I was really excited. This time Suzanne is dealing with a big problem (teen suicide) in the book. There's romance and action, and it sounds like a great dystopian novel that will lead into a great dystopian series. I can't wait to sink my teeth into this book because I know it's going to be amazing. Also...knowing Suzanne she'll probably make me cry.
Out April 30, 2013
8. Ashes on the Waves by Mary Lindsey
I really enjoyed Mary's debut novel Shattered Souls and even though I've only read one Poe poem I can't help but appreciate the Gothic style he writes in. So since this is a mix of Poe and Mary Lindsey I don't think it's possible for me not to at least check it out. I'm such a sucker for love that has to work through so many things to survive (not for me though) and that's what this book is. Also, it has a boy who is labeled an outcast, so, you know, sexy.
Out June 27, 2013
9. Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan
I love Andrea Cremer. I love David Levithan. Now they're writing a book together. And it's about a girl that falls in love with an invisible boy. I want it and I want it now because it's going to be AWESOME!
Out May 7, 2013
10. Antigoddess by Kendare Blake
Kendare is another great author friend of mine, and her books are deliciously dark. So now she's writing a book about ancient gods and goddesses who are killing each other. And one of them is going to die via chocking on feathers? Yeah, I don't need to hear any more than that, I'm in.
Out September 10, 2013
11. Boundless by Cynthia Hand
I've read these books pretty much the instant they came out, and I really love them. They're about angels, but they take a different spin on the mythology (and the main character is a GIRL). There are two very attractive boys and I can't wait to see who Clara ends up with, along with how her destiny ends.
Out January 22, 2013
12. Shades of Earth by Beth Revis
Despite the fact that I'm not a huge fan of the new covers I am excited to see how this series will end. This series really reminds me of Star Trek which I just LOVED as a child, so to revisit the stars in book form (even if they aren't our stars) it's great.And this one looks like we'll run into something a little different, so I'm extra excited about that!
Out January 15, 2013
13. Dare You To by Katie McGarry
Pushing the Limits was one of my favorite books of last year, and now we get to read Beth's story. According to Katie we are going to see characters from book one appear as side characters in book two, and if they're anything alike this book is going to be SEXY! Seriously, I can't wait to dig into this one.
Out May 28, 2013
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Faith - How Yogic Confidence Forms the Path to Liberation
Jim Tarran
Over the years that I have been practicing I have sometimes yearned to find some sort of central theme or core amidst the multiplicity of 'styles', practices and emphases that have gone under the name yoga over the last two thousand years.
Even a fairly succinct study of a particular niches such as haṭha yoga can reveal a huge range of diversity.
Jim Mallinson's inspiring and fascinating book 'The Roots of Yoga' reveals a huge multivalence of practices and definitions of the word yoga and while there is much that is synchronous, much that resonates as it where at the same frequency, there are also plenty of differences.
Without a clear sense of direction and purpose it is very difficult to achieve much more than a sense of bewilderment. If ones energies are scattered no progress is possible. Patañjali describes how through the 9 obstacles to yoga, the mind is subject to vikṣepa - 'scatteredness'. He also lists saṃśaya 'doubt' within these obstacles.
Where doubt renders everything it touches frozen, faith sets all energies in motion.
With this in mind it is helpful to scan through yoga definitions and practices, both modern and ancient to see if there are some common themes that, if not occurring overtly in every example, are found implied in many. Though there will always be anomalies, if we find the right theme or focuses re-occurring in many examples then we can proceed with more clarity and conviction that have found something of the flavour or essence of what the term yoga is pointing to.
What yoga shares even more unanimously than its methods and expressions is its fundamental purpose. While there are some additions to this main focus we find by far and above the raison d'être to yoga practice is Freedom. And the predominant tool it uses again and again, sometimes implicitly and sometimes explicitly, to effect this Freedom, is Faith.
Most schools of yoga see the key problem is a cycle, seemingly inescapable, chain of cause and effect.
The scenario is one where we are constantly caught up in cycles of action and reaction that are driven by what Georg Feurstein called 'subliminal activators' (saṃskāra) or psycho/emotional/physical habits.
In other words we are often compelled and in a sense forced, to act out of subconscious conditioned patterns. Pathways of thought breath and behaviour that are not free because they are; compulsive, driven and (despite our protestations to the contrary) are not an expression of our real-self because we didn't (on our own) make them.
These cycles are 'karmic' in that actions (karman) have fruit (vipāka). That fruit is often a view, an emotion an urge that manifests in more action (or waits as a 'subliminal activator' for its relevant trigger to set of the action)'.
We can't get off the wheel precisely because it is the very belief in 'self', as this jumble of urges, beliefs and drives, that we would be trying to use to get us off!
The wheel in effect is this misidentification that keeps us so closely tied to reactions. You can't use the self to let go of the self.
Imagine that if a person were reticent to jump in a swimming pool, because it was too cold and needed a nudge to get in. Now imagine that they could conjure up another version of themselves to do the job of nudging - they would then need to conjure another version of themselves to nudge that one in and another for that ad infinitum.
After you have pushed yourself in you're still left poolside.
What is required then is a leap, a surrender a willingness to give, now and totally! This then is what yogin calls śrāddha or 'faith'.
Śrāddha is not an abstract faith it is a manifest complete confidence. It is a total experiential reality that Knows that when you let go you will be supported. This 'faith' Knows that in letting go we become far more supported to act with power, wisdom and compassion than if we were to continue to run things from a bunch of arbitrarily formed and circumstantially changing, conditioned urges.
Adyashanti describes in his book Emptiness Dancing that the main problem people have is not fear but control.
We believe that 'I' must; do, act, will, say and that 'I' must therefore know how to; do, act, will and speak - and what we try to do that with is a bunch of familial and social conditioning that combined with our very particular life story (jata-vikalpa) and the very particular way that we have filtered our life events as they have occurred.
It is precisely this letting go of the feeling that I must control and run things that constitutes
śrāddha and its manifestation that constitutes a crossing over into a spontaneous, flexible adaptable and awake way of being, that leaves us responding to the way things are - what convention would perceive as Wisdom but really is just the Freedom to be whatever the situation really needs.
Śrāddha represents an entry into that complete Freedom (from repetitive cycles). It is that which lifts you when you let go of control. There are scores of examples of words that describe and encourage this sense of letting go and trust in Sanskrit:
Anugraha means that which follows 'after grasping' and is other wise known as grace. Think of what we mean when we use the adjective graceful. When we see a ballet dancer who we describe as graceful it means that they seem to float as if on invisible strings it looks effortless they appear given and there is a deeply moving, spiritual quality to that.
Brahman describes a transcendent and immanent, Ultimate Reality that is the substratum of the Universe. It is a resonant ground of being that the yogin can surrender to. It is the surrender of the individual soul (ātman) to this fundamental field that constitutes, in some systems, liberation.
Bodhicitta In earlier Mahayana Buddhist texts such as the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra, for example, the bodhicitta is a much vaguer concept, more "a certain state of mind" in which a Bodhisattva acts. The general implication is of a will to enlightenment that takes you totally that in a sense you give to - its etymology indicates an awakening to (bodhi) to consciousness (citta).
Prātibha - Is a phrase that indicates Intuitive Knowing and implies an inner light or flash. It is the light of higher knowledge, illumination and it is beyond the sway of normal conditioned bias.
Therefore again implies something beyond any created 'you' it is this belong that we can and should give to.
Śaktipāta - the decent or dropping (into one) of power also known as 'the decent of grace' this expression describes how the Realisation of the way things are is not produced by a person by an individual but is a moment in one particularised aspect of consciousness (you, me) of recognition that is again not something you do but something you give to and hence is an expression of this profound Faith.
Whether its through the surrendered singing and dancing of the vedantic Kṛṣṇa Consciousness yogin, the spontaneous release that a Zen riddle affects by knocking ones mind out of its normal rhythms, the vedic sacrifice (yajña) that transforms simple butter into a direct line to God (in one form or another), the meditation practice Tonglen or 'exchanging self for other' of the Tibetan Buddhists or the immersion of oneself and the willingness to give ones old embodied patterns of the Modern Postural yogin - giving, sacrifice, surrender, letting go all feature again and again in the various expressions of tradition.
Our lives are much more immense than we can guess. We are connected to vast currents that dictate how we think and breathe, where we were yesterday and where we will be tomorrow. By offering our being totally - the quintessence of faith - to the way things are, we allow a simultaneous death and rebirth. Our feeble, conditioned efforts die and are replaced by Iccha-shakti 'the will of the Universe', which acts not out of bias and partisan interest but out of the fundamental understanding that all is equal.


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Purdue star Caleb Swanigan declares for 2017 NBA Draft, won't hire agent yet
For a second season in succession, Caleb Swanigan has declared for the NBA draft. No shocker. He did so last season, too. And, just like last season, Swanigan will not hire an agent. So, he still could return to Purdue for his junior season.


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The death of the screwdriver
Don't worry; we're not talking about the beverage. That's alive and well. The focus group is a classic tool in the market research toolkit, and has been for decades. Relatively easy to organize and conduct, they allow brands to get insight from actual customers on a wide range of important topics. The methodology and costs are well acknowledged by marketers and researchers across all industries, and it can be a comfortable move when formulating a research plan.
Sure, sometimes groups can feel like the AT&T video at the top…
…and there are also issues with groupthink, facility/travel costs and realism of feedback. However, a skilled moderator goes a long way towards reducing the effect those factors have on responses; no need to fix something that isn't broken, right?
The same question can be asked before assembling something that requires more than about 10 screws. Would a screwdriver get the job done? Absolutely. Will it take 10 times longer, result in burning forearms and be way less fun than using a variable speed power drill? Once again: absolutely.
Nearly every computer and phone that is manufactured today comes with at least one camera, usually capable of recording video. People are connected to social media at all hours of the day. Marketers have unprecedented access to customers for research; why make people come to a sterile facility with one-way glass and a bowl of peanut M&Ms when you can get their responses from the comfort of their own home, on their own schedule?
Here at Sol, we've utilized video ethnographies that give us the same type of qualitative feedback we used to get from focus groups, but also allow us to cut video highlight reels that really give our client a feel for their customers. Other techniques such as group chats and discussion boards allow us to maintain communities for projects where feedback is needed over a longer period of time.
Just as there are times when a screwdriver is the appropriate tool for the job, there a certainly plenty of situations that are well suited to in-person focus groups. It just needs to be recognized as one tool among many. With the proliferation of technology solutions that provide the same type of feedback as a focus group, it's time to ask ourselves why we're still using a method that was developed nearly 80 years ago.
Still a sold-out believer in focus groups? Or a recent convert to a new technology? Let us know in the comments.


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Recipe BOok publishing
Students have been working on a recipe book that combines a favorite family recipe with writing about why the recipe is important to them. We will be using Student Treasures Publishing company to publish the book. On Monday I will send home order forms. We ask that you complete and return the form even if you do not purchase the book. If 80% of parents (22 parents) return the form we will recieve a free class copy. Please return the forms by Wednesday 12/21, so we can send the book to the publisher. We will let this copy circulate so that you can try out the student's fabulous recipes. If you have any questions about this project please let me know.
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As a career woman in 2018, you should be able to kick ass from 9 to 5, then come home and get you some, right? But finding a balance between your sex life and work life can be as difficult for some women as locating a clitoris can be for some men. (Yo! If that's your guy, send him this.) Ruling the office world can really take it out of you, and if you're not careful, you'll wind up too exhausted to have anything put in ya (if you catch our drift).
Thankfully, Londin Angel Winters and her partner Justin Patrick Pierce, who coauthored The Awakened Woman's Guide to Everlasting Love, promise that you can have it all—a high-powered job and wildly hot sex.
How do they know? From personal experience, says Winters. As an Emmy-winning producer for NBC News, she found, "It's not true that you have to choose between career and love, but it is true that you need to understand that what you're bringing to each moment affects the moment."
Winters explains that paying close attention to how you and your partner interact is practicing the art of "sacred intimacy," which she and Pierce credit for maintaining what they describe as "super-hot passion" for over a decade, without Winters slowing down on the professional front.
Since we here at Brides are very much interested in encouraging both lady bosses and "super-hot passion," we called up Winters and Pierce and asked them to spill their secrets! How can you go hard at work and between the sheets without burning out?
Here are their four tips for maintaining a sex life and work-life balance.
1. Identify Your Alpha and Omega Dynamics
We're not talking sorority letters here. Pierce tells us couples are always relating in one of three modes: alpha and alpha (like business partners), omega and omega (like best friends), or alpha and omega. "But only with polarity is there that sexual attraction," he says.
Basically, there should be an interplay of the dominant partner and the submissive partner (not necessarily in the literal BDSM sense) to create sexual chemistry. Winters and Pierce place a lot of weight on women letting their dominant (or alpha) personality take a break and allowing the man to take over that role in the bedroom. Now, we get that this initially sounds a little...ick. But, it doesn't have to be a 100 percent swap, and it certainly doesn't mean that women should lie back and take it without having any say in their pleasure.
According to Winters and Pierce, you can simultaneously love being in charge and love being in the charge of someone else, without giving up any feminist ground; it's just about regulating those roles to where they belong. The attributes that make women successful in the workplace—"decisiveness, powerful leadership, strong vision, ability to direct others," says Winters—don't always work during sex.
What makes sex fun for Winters "is relaxing from being the one deciding everything and letting myself be surprised and swept off my feet," she says.
2. Stop Competing for Power
"There's a reason 50 Shades of Grey was so popular," says Winters. "[Many] modern women love somebody who can trump their alpha. They've been telling everybody what to do all day, then they get home and somebody's more in charge than they are?" That can be pretty dang hot.
If you're worrying about your man forgetting you're more than capable of taking care of yourself, stop. That's probably what attracted him to you in the first place!
"Justin finds me really sexy in my alpha," says Winters. "The modern man isn't threatened by her power because he's not trying to compete with it."
Instead, you are enabling a peaceful transfer of power in a specific situation (to the degree that makes you feel comfortable).
3. Receive, receive, receive
While getting ahead at work may require focusing your energy and making things happen on your own, achieving a fully-body orgasm "is the opposite," says Winters. "It's allowing yourself to literally soften, like you don't have a bone in your body. You're going to have to embrace vulnerability and learn how to surrender." Letting someone else take the lead and just opening up might be the key to better sex, especially if the bedroom is the only place where you can do so.
"She might be the breadwinner, she might be better at managing people, she might be more innately alpha in many ways," says Pierce, but sometimes it's great just to be able to put that on pause and allow yourself to relax.
4. Find pleasure on your own too
Too much alpha-ing physically wears you down, creating a damaging tightness and tension in the body. While your man plays a part relieving that stress, "for a woman to have the intimacy she wants, she should always have access to her own pleasure," says Pierce. "If you can't find pleasure on your own outside of the bedroom, you can't expect a man to show up and locate it between the sheets."
Winters learned (and spends a lot of her time teaching other women) how to "reclaim pleasure" by tapping into the characteristics of herself that she ignores during the day. "The qualities that make you an amazing lover would get you fired at work," she jokes. "But you want to bring that overly-emotional expression to the bedroom."
To connect with her own soft side after the day job, Winters spends 30 minutes "unwinding her alpha" by taking a shower or meditating before interacting with Pierce at all.


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Turk's Trail: Backcountry Nordic Skiing in Breckenridge Colorado [Video]/
This vlog (video blog) is about Turk's Trail: Backcountry Nordic Skiing in Breckenridge Colorado. I see lots of images from photographers and couples that seem to go to the downtown area, and maybe outside the venue for a few pics. If you have time and want an adventure, you should head over to the Town of Breckenridge trail system to explore some areas that are truly unique. Downtown classics include the Snowplow Rotary Park, the Blue River Plaza by the Riverwalk Center, and the oldest bar west of the Mississippi, the Gold Pan. If you need more suggestions for photo shoot locations near the Breckenridge and Summit County area, please click here. If you're done searching for locations, photographers and just want some help putting together an all-inclusive destination wedding, elopement, vow renewal or engagement, then please contact us. We want to help you figure it all out without stressing.
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So, What is Eating Competence? (Part 2)
Eating competence has played a monumental role in changing the way I view health and eating. If you read Part 1 of my blog ("Are You A Competent Eater?") and you're interested in hearing more about what eating competence really is, you're in the right place! Summarizing a research-based eating model that has taken years to develop and test is no easy task, so check out Satter's book if you'd like to know more!
Here are some of the key points to eating competence and what they mean:
Eating competence is all about a balance between permission and discipline. Permission means that you allow yourself to enjoy food, seek out good-tasting food and trust yourself to eat as much as you need. The discipline side is referring to the discipline required to faithfully feed yourself and listen to your body while you eat.
It's important to note that the discipline component is a positive discipline. It's not about having a set of rules for yourself to eat at certain times, only eat certain things, etc. It simply means being reliable about feeding yourself and taking the time to plan meals and snacks that are satisfying to you. A happy balance between these two ideas results in freedom to enjoy food while being able to go about your day feeling secure knowing that you will be fed and nourished.
Feeling positive about eating means that you are free to enjoy food, even celebrate it! Eating is a marvelous experience and should be accompanied by feelings of pleasure and joy, not punishment or guilt. It's OK to eat, it's OK to eat enough to feel full, it's OK to eat what you enjoy, and it's OK to take time to eat! I'll admit that developing this kind of accepting attitude toward myself and eating has been a difficult process – one that I'm still working on. But I can tell you that the more positive I feel about eating, the healthier I am – mentally, emotionally, and physically.
Trusting yourself to eat enough for you means that you do not put restrictions or rules on how much you eat. You listen to your body and rely on internal regulators for that. (After all, your body has all the tools it needs for regulating hunger and fullness. Pretty cool, huh?) This can be a tough one for many people to swallow. Trust myself and listen to my body instead of following rules? But I'll just eat ice cream all day and become unhealthy! This is the great part about trusting and listening to your body- you will learn that your body craves what it needs and you will be more inclined to enjoy a variety of foods in a balanced manner. When restrictions are lifted, you are free to listen to what your body really needs, and I can guarantee it won't just be ice cream that you desire all day, every day. (Although let me be clear: a nice big helping of ice cream is still a wonderful part of a healthy diet!)
Feeding yourself faithfully means that you nourish your body and plan to feed yourself. This is the part that takes that positive discipline we talked about. If you go all morning without eating, you'll likely run out of steam and then for lunch grab the first thing in sight, whether it's what you really wanted or not.
You are worth taking care of, so take care of your body by planning regular meals and snacks for yourself. When you know that you have reliable mealtimes planned throughout the day, you will be surprised with how peaceful and enjoyable eating can be. Plan ahead, think about the foods you love, shop for them and have them available so you can be fed and nourished throughout your day.
All of these principles meld together to form a peaceful, enjoyable, healthy relationship between you and food in your everyday life. Like I said, learning to be a competent eater is a process, but every step along the way is rewarding. As a diet-crazed society we've lost our way somewhere between the low-fat and the low-carb aisles. It's time we find our way back to just being normal with food. To be a normal eater is to be a competent eater.
Check out Ellyn Satter's definition of "normal eating":
"Normal eating is going to the table hungry and eating until you are satisfied.
Normal eating is being able to choose food you like and to eat it and truly get enough of it-not just stopping because you think you should.
Normal eating is being able to give some thought to your food selection so you get nutritious food, but not being so wary and restrictive that you miss out on enjoyable food.
Normal eating is sometimes giving yourself permission to eat because you are happy, sad, or bored, or just because it feels good.
Normal eating is mostly three meals a day-or four or five-or it can sometimes be choosing to munch along the way.
Normal eating is leaving some cookies on the plate because you know you can have some again tomorrow, or eating more now because they taste so wonderful.
Normal eating is overeating at times-feeling stuffed and uncomfortable. And it can be undereating at times and wishing you had more.
Normal eating is trusting your body to make up for your 'mistakes' in eating.
Normal eating takes up some of your time and attention but keeps its place as only one important area in your life.
In short, normal eating is flexible. It varies in response to your hunger, your schedule, your proximity to food, and your feelings."
(Ellyn Satter, "Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family, Figure 2.1)
(If you'd like to learn more about this topic, there are some good resources out there. Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family, by Ellyn Satter, is a great place to start to learn more about these freeing, healthy principles.)
Hannah lives in Reno, Nevada with her beloved husband and daughter. After struggling with disordered eating during adolescence, Hannah discovered healthy approaches to body-image, food, and exercise during her studies in the Nutrition department at California State University, Chico. Hannah has a heart for sharing the freeing principles of body acceptance with everyone she meets, especially other moms. She is excited to raise her daughter to know that each and every person is made beautifully in God's image and He wants us to revel in the awe of that beauty every day. Hannah loves spending her time running around with her sweet toddler, cooking for her family, practicing Pilates, and cultivating her love of photography.


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With a "UFC presents: Jon Jones" special scheduled to air before this Saturday night's UFC PPV and non-stop talk about him on anything MMA related, it's finally time to see whether it really is Jon Jones' time and all the hype was justified or if he's just another shark for the tank at 205.
Monsters collide this Saturday for the Main Event as Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua sets out to defend the UFC Light Heavyweight belt he so violently stripped from Machida by taking on wrestling powerhouse and supposed next big thing Jon Jones. Jon Jones has dominated everyone he's faced but his biggest win is Bader, a solid fighter but quite untested himself. He has faced some of the best wrestlers in the division and thoroughly handled all of them but there's not much diversity amongst his past opponents. He hasn't faced anyone who's that good off their back and the best striker he has faced is Vera, who has a cool style but is alright at best. Shogun has been fighting against the elite of his division for a while now, throwing perfectly placed punches, kicks, elbows, and knees to the top of both Pride and the UFC. He has faced wrestlers, judokas, jiu jitsu aces and strikers, legends, champs, and seemingly unstoppable foes. Unlike Matyushenko and the others, experience isn't all that Shogun brings. His ground game is slick and his Muy Thai is second to none. Jon Jones already made it to the top of the heap where he rightfully belongs but he's young and the lack of experience will be evident. He's never faced anyone anywhere near the level of Shogun and though in a couple of years he'll probably be the force people make him out to be, it's too early for him right now. Unlike everyone else, Shogun won't hesitate on the outside wary of how dangerous Jones is and is going to show Jones some things he's never felt, nasty kicks to the body, punches to the face that'll scatter his brains and wobble his legs. Shogun takes it by early aggression and his usual accurate, powerful striking. He'll inevitably get taken down but he's been there before, is good at not taking damage off his back, andshould be able to sweep out from bottom unless he catches a limb and hyper extends it before he gets back to his feet. It's Jones' biggest test to date and one he's going to need to retake because Shogun is just too much for just about anyone right now.
We got to talk to Jon Jones and ask him his opinion on his upcoming fight. He was nice, had a great attitude, and came off as very humble considering the position he's in and how young he is. Still, being cool and charming has no effect on the outcome of a fight and the Shogun that had a 5 round technical battle and then landed the big right hand on untouchable Machida in 6th round of their encounters eats undefeated fighters for breakfast, possibly making them better in the process and I don't think that's just wishful thinking.


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Thanks to all of you, we've moved!
Thanks to the community's generous support, we are in our new space at 1657 River Road. We really feel like we're home.
Please feel free to come by for a tour, a glass of wine, Blackfoot beer, or Western Cider and take a tour (and, later, square dance!) on May 5th! We'll have a scavenger hunt, seed ID, and chickens galore for the kids. (And art! And grinding wheat into flour! We've got kids entertained!) >>LEARN MORE<<
This new space means more for all of us -- you and me--not just our staff:
A Kitchen
for teaching classes on cooking and food preserving, making food with friends and neighbors, bringing people together with food on another level.
Collaboration Space
The farmstead's community space and commercial kitchen allow our gardeners, CSA members, volunteers, partners, staff, and the greater community to join us in growing, learning about, preparing and preserving whole foods.
This is one of the most sustainable buildings in the state of Montana: using double-wall construction, triple-pane windows, a solar array to offset the electrical needs of the site, reclaimed wood, and more.
Heated Indoor Space
This will allow us to work even when the snow flies. Whether it is teens learning job skills by cooking a meal for seniors or staff teaching new gardeners on how to start their seeds indoors.
We did all of this without sacrificing any growing space!
The Little House, where our administrative staff did so much with so little for so long, it was an institution, and this does feel a bit like the end of an era. And a beginning. Of so many things.
Hope to see you at the Grand Opening shinDIG and Square Dance on May 5th!


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In Love with Broc Love Red
I pity the fool who tries to find a better wine for the money. This is right here is pure glouglou. Buy it for the label, buy it because it's Broc Love and drink up—you won't' be sorry!
Vintage: 2016 | Varietal: 54% Carignan, 31% Syrah, 15% Valdiguié | Appellation: Solano County, Green Valley | Production: 3,600 cases | Alcohol: 13%
Tasting Notes:
WINEMAKER'S NOTES: The fifth bottling of Love Red's grapes were harvested in the second week of September to preserve the grape's natural acidity. The Carignan and Syrah were 100% destemmed and fermented in stainless steel tanks. The Valdiguié went under carbonic fermentation in stainless steel. Aged for 8 months in neutral French Oak barrels and blended before bottling.
VITICULTURAL AREA: The grapes come from 50- to 70-year-old vines in Solano County's Green Valley. This area is tucked between Napa and Suisun Valley. Syrah comes from Parenti and Wirth Ranch. Valdiguie comes from Parenti, Wirth and Frei Vineyard. Carignan comes from Frei and Parenti Vineyard. The grapes of each vineyard grow in clay loam soils and come from dry-farmed and head-pruned vines.
Our wines are made naturally, meaning no use of inoculated yeasts or bacteria. We use only native yeast to spark fermentation. We do not add any powdered tannins or enzymes. A minimal dose of S02 is added 4 weeks before bottling to some wines.


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On December 4, 2009, Quebec's National Assembly sanctioned An Act to amend various legislative provisions principally to tighten the regulation of the financial sector ("Bill 74"). The legislation was adopted in the context of the recent financial crisis and its goal is the reinforcement of investor confidence in Quebec. The amendments deal largely with changes to the Quebec Code of Penal Procedure in matters of sentencing, regulation of credit agencies through the Securities Act and amendments to the Derivatives Act.
Changes To Penal Provisions
In reviewing perceived loopholes in the regulation of financial institutions, and in response to recent high profile fraud cases, the authorities were of the view that penalties were not severe enough in order to dissuade white collar crime.
The primary measure taken in Bill 74, with respect to increasing the severity of sentences for penal infractions in Quebec, took the form of a modification to the Quebec Code of Penal Procedure. Henceforth, judges are given the power by the legislature to hand out consecutive sentences. Prior to Bill 74, Quebec legislation only explicitly permitted consecutive sentences to be handed out where the defendant was already serving a sentence for another infraction. As a result of this new legislation, prison sentences currently foreseen in laws, such as the Securities Act and the Derivatives Act, can be given consecutively. Recently, the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the Quebec Court of Appeal, which decided that the current legislation did not permit judges to hand out concurrent sentences in the context of the case of the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") against Vincent Lacroix. As such, the new legislation creates a major change in the state of sentencing for penal matters in Quebec as it relates to securities matters.
Credit Agencies
In the aftermath of the asset-backed commercial paper meltdown and amid growing concerns that credit rating organizations may find themselves in positions of conflict of interest, the National Assembly legislated additional powers in favour of the AMF allowing it to designate credit rating organizations as being subject to the Securities Act. When the modifications to the law come into force, credit rating organizations will have to abide by regulations set out for them by the AMF. In particular, the AMF will been given the power to regulate issues pertaining to the adoption of codes of conduct, the prohibition or maintaining of credit ratings, procedures to follow where a conflict of interest exists, the keeping of books and registers necessary for the conduct of business, the disclosure of information to the AMF, to the public as well as to persons whose securities are being traded, and finally the appointment of compliance officers.
Derivatives Act
In order to ensure fair trading practices in the derivatives market, an additional disposition was added to the Derivatives Act outlining the right of a person who has insider information to trade or recommend the trading of derivative instruments. The provision pertains to persons who have any information relating to an order (either a projected or unexecuted) to purchase or trade a standardized derivative or underlying interest, or even an intention to place such an order, that is likely to have a significant effect on the market price of the standardized derivative.
Essentially, a person with the aforementioned information may not trade, recommend the trading of or communicate the information pertaining to derivatives unless the person is justified in believing that the other party also has the information.
The information may, however be communicated where it is done so in the normal course of business and where there are no grounds to believe that the information passed on would be used or disclosed contrary to the provision. In addition, a person with the information mentioned above may enter into a transaction made under a written automatic standardized derivatives purchase plan and to which the person adhered to prior to obtaining the privileged information.
A person may fulfill the obligations of a contract that would otherwise be in contravention of the new article as long as the contract was entered into prior to the obtaining of the information. Finally, a person may enter into a transaction as agent under the specific unsolicited instructions of the principal, or under instructions that the agent solicited from the principal before obtaining knowledge of the material order information.
In effect, the legislator has brought, to a large degree, the same regime relating to trading of securities based on undisclosed and material information currently in the Securities Act to the market activities governed by the Derivatives Act.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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Change management can only be successful if all participants are included in the process. 3k Coaching Teambuilding has impressively shown how this can succeed when there is rapid growth. The 3k team structured our process, guided it systematically and successfully set us up again.
Norbert Hentschel, CFO/CEO, Miltenyi Biotech GmbH
How can we implement the company strategy in a targeted way? How can we as a management team support our doctors on site? 3k intelligently answers these questions. Thanks to their expertise in our area and the important stimuli they provided on the topic of management, we were able to make improvements faster and grow methodically.
Christina Auerswald, Company medical services, Deutsche Post AG
With an ever-increasing employee count and more and more complex company processes, a strong management team is what's needed. You in the management need to learn to let go and the level below you must want and be able to take on the responsibility. We have been working together with 3k for years now expanding our staff's expertise and it has been a good decision.
Lars Grosenick, Management/CEO, FlowFact AG
To achieve our strategic growth targets we restructured our company and strengthened it by setting up business units. Throughout this change process, 3k has advised us systematically and competently. Thanks to these successful dialogue and communication formats, we were able to persuade our employees that this was the right change process and further strengthen the identity formation as the First Sensor Group.
Dr. Martin U. Schefter, Management First Sensor AG
Company development is a matter of trust – 3k is our partner when it comes to establishing company-wide standards with our managers' programme. 3k persuaded us with its balance of conceptual strength, professional, methodical skills and coaching competence for developing the participants' personalities. Measurable effects of a changed behaviour can be seen from our employee attitude survey.
Dr. Claus-O. Zacharias, Member of the management, Leifheit AG
The Cologne Institute for Economic Research lives by the science for problem-solving. We bring together research, knowledge transfer, education and communication. Our claim for continuous change management is to drive innovation based on this identity. Again and again, 3k supports us with a high degree of intuition and know-how when it comes to the structural and behavioural professionalization of the organisation.
Prof. Michael Hüther, Cologne Institute for Economic Research
Together with 3k we further developed our company-wide management model. During the development phase, the professional task management of 3k first generated bottom-up stimuli interactively and with cross-hierarchical integration and packed it into a high-quality product with which our employees can identify. Thanks to the formats which 3k has developed to anchor and safeguard sustainability, our words are now being our deed!
Michael Baulig, uniVersa Krankenversicherung a.G., member of the management


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DUI Appeals Reports 02/22/16/
The Eight District holds that R.C. 4510.54 and 4510.021 grant trial courts authority to terminate or modify license suspensions or grant occupational driving privileges, even if convicted of R.C. 2903.06 and 2903.08, with DUI specifications
State v. Hyde, 2016 Ohio 113 (8th Dist.).
January 14, 2016
In 1998, Hyde pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide and three counts of aggravated vehicular assault, with the DUI specifications. In addition to prison sentences, the trial court suspended Hyde's driver's license for life.
In 2013, Hyde filed a "motion for termination of suspension, or for limited occupational driving privileges." Hyde contended he was eligible for termination of the life suspension pursuant to R.C. 4510.54 because he fulfilled the mandated requirements of the statute. The trial court denied Hyde's motion concluding, "Ohio trial courts do not possess the authority to modify a criminal sentence that has been imposed unless there is a specific statutory authority to do so." It went on to concluded, "courts have held that where a defendant is convicted for aggravated vehicular homicide while driving under the influence of alcohol, a trial court lacks the authority to grant occupational driving privileges for the revocation period imposed by statute." It held that because Hyde had been convicted of R.C. 2903.06 and 2903.08, with DUI specifications, R.C. 4510.54 and R.C. 4510.021 did not apply.
Hyde appealed, arguing that the cases cited by the trial court were all decided prior to the enactment of R.C. 4510.54 and 4510.021.
The Eighth District observed that in 2004, R.C. 4510.021 was enacted to allow a trial court discretion to grant limited driving privileges during any suspension and R.C. 4510.54 was enacted to allow motions for modification or termination of lifetime suspensions of driving privileges. The Eighth District concluded that these statutes granted the trial court authority to terminate or modify the license suspension or grant occupational driving privileges. Therefore, it remanded the case for the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine whether "other considerations" weigh against terminating Hyde's life suspension pursuant to R.C. 4510.54(D) and to allow Hyde to provide "proof of financial responsibility.
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This article discusses about a researcher at the Colorado School of Mines is taking a close look at shock waves—how they move through mixed ground, and how mathematical models can predict the effects of blasts. Vilem Petr's insight derived from the studies one day may save energy in mining operations and also may help walls withstand bombings. The primary advantage of the discrete element modeling software, which was developed by Graham Mustoe of the School of Mines' Engineering Division, was that it modeled the geomedium as a system of several hundred rigid particles joined together elastically. An industrial application of his research involves concrete to support caverns, the underground openings in mines. Knowledge of how material densities and patterns of particle grains can alter a shock wave can be applied to the development of shock-resistant materials.
A researcher at the Colorado School of Mines is taking a close look at shock waves-how they move through mixed ground, and how mathematical models can predict the effects of blas ts. According to the researcher, Vilem Petr, insight derived from the studies one day may save energy in mining operations and also may help walls withstand bombings.
He and his associates at the school are developing a resilient concrete for which they plan to file a patent application. Petr is framing separate proposals to the US. Department of Energy and the Department of Defense for funding to put his investigative work to practical use.
Petr, a research assistant professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at the school in Golden, has studied the pattern of blasts through combinations of materials simulating the mixed earth encountered in nature. His aim was to get a better understanding of how shock waves behave as they cross joints or fissures in a rock formation, or pass between materials of different density and elasticity.
He said that observing shock waves and modeling them mathematically will improve the ability to forecast fracture phenomena. If that knowledge can be applied to control fragmentation of material in a mine, it can save money and energy, which is the DOE connection. He believes that a concrete with superior resistance to blasts may be something the DOD will want to study.
Petr's data formed the basis of computer models, including some developed with the pro bono help of a Houston-based consultant, Keith Orgeron of Integra Engineering Inc. The models recreate the patterns of shock waves moving through the test specimens and analyze their effects. Petr conducted the first phase of the work, which was completed a little more than a year ago, in pursuit of his Ph.D. under the direction of a faculty advisory committee led by Tibor G. Rozgonyi, head of the school's Department of Mining Engineering.
"We still do not understand fracture phenomena completely," Petr said. "A more complete understanding could lead to refinement of blasting techniques, which would lower mine operation costs."
Petr, who is from the Czech Republic, comes from a long line of miners. His grandfather was a coal miner and his father was an open-pit miner. In 1992, he graduated from the Institute of Mining Engineering at the Technical University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic and then worked as a mining engineer for several years before deciding to continue his education in the United States.
Physical experiments at the School of Mines included the use of strain gauges and photoelastic material to determine the velocity of shock waves and the stress fields they create. In order to study how shock waves spread through various materials, Petr built test specimens in which flat sections of photoelastic material represented the matter in the Earth's crust. A casting resin cemented the sections, which were sandwiched between clear glass for observation.
Some tests were run on a single material between the glass plates and others on specimens made of two sections cemented together. Still other test specimens had one material distributed within the other. Experiments used PSM 1 and 9 from Vishay Measurements Group Inc. of Raleigh, N.C. PSM 1 has a higher modulus than PSM 9, according to Tom Rummage, an applications engineer at Vishay. A third material used in specimens was Homalite, a plastic sold by the Homalite division of Brandywine Investment Group Inc. of Wilmington, Del.
The shock wave generator was a cone covered by a thin film of plastic explosive. Detonation began at the peak. The geometry of the structure was calculated so that, as the combustion of the explosion proceeded down the slope of the cone, the shock waves produced remained in a single plane.
Photo elastic materials under stress change the speed of polarized light passing through them, creating patterns of light and dark that track the forces through the specimen. A high-speed camera, shooting at a rate of a million frames per second, captured 16 images of each test, recording the stress patterns moving through the samples.
By the Numbers
Researchers analyzed data from the physical experiments using discrete element method software developed at the School of Mines and Mechanical Event Simulation software from Algor Inc. of Pittsburgh. "Each method provided distinct advantages," Petr said.
According to Petr, the primary advantage of the discrete element modeling software, which was developed by Graham Mustoe of the School of Mines' Engineering Division, was that it modeled the geomedium as a system of several hundred rigid particles joined together elastically. "Discrete particles were well suited to simulating the grain lattice," Petr said. Mustoe worked with Petr to create the models.
Petr said the Algor software analysis produced a record of conditions inside the material, including displacement, stress, and strain.
In the finite element model, Orgeron and Petr decided to represent the initial blast by a block hitting the top surface of the specimen at the same velocity as measured in the physical experiment.
"The challenge was to make an FEA model of an explosion, which is a chemical reaction," Petr said. "Using the impactor block was a simple way to create a shock wave similar to an explosion."
A simulation used nonlinear material models to include the effects of large deformation and large stress. Built-in result-monitoring tools were used to track the velocity of selected nodes, which enabled calculation of stress history curves. The original models were two-dimensional, focusing on the surface of the specimens.
Analysis results showed, with more detail than could be captured in experimental studies, exactly how shock wave velocity is affected by different material densities and different packing arrangements within a sample.
"The packing of the material and the grain boundary can play a very important role in rock fragmentation," Petr said. "The shock wave can lose a lot of energy as it passes across joints and through materials of different densities." Data from the physical experiments and the Algor models were published in February in a paper listing Petr, Mustoe, Orgeron, and Rozgonyi as authors. They presented it at the Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique in Las Vegas.
Additional work by Orgeron, an ASME member, has extruded the 2-D models into three dimensions.
According to Petr, understanding how matter responds to impact will lead to better calculations of how much energy to send through rock to break it into workable bits. A blast with insufficient energy, for example, can create oversize rocks, which may require a second blast or the use of a primary crusher before they can be processed. In either case, there is a cost in time and energy.
Petr said that one of the next steps in his research will be to test his models against blasts in actual mines.
An industrial application of his research involves concrete to support caverns, the underground openings in mines. "We are thinking that if we can improve the elastic-brittle behavior of regular concrete to elastic-plastic, that this underground concrete support will improve the safety and stability of the underground tunnels," he said.
Another goal is to create a database predicting the amount of energy to use for different types of rock-sandstone, limestone, granite, and so forth. But that still lies in the future. "There are lots of unknowns," Petr said.
Knowledge of how material densities and patterns of particle grains can alter a shock wave can be applied to the development of shock-resistant materials. Petr said he has tested a composite concrete that stands up to shocks better than conventional concrete. He is reluctant to say much about it because the school hopes to patent the idea.
The researchers want to apply for funding to cover further study. For instance, they need to establish the appropriate distribution of composite materials and the bonding material to achieve a required strength.
Meanwhile, Petr plans to ask the Department of Energy for $1.5 million over three years to fund research into using the concept from his models to make better use of energy to break rock in mines.
According to Petr, "This work has shown the importance of the interaction of strain waves with discontinuities in fragmentation. We must know shock wave propagation characteristics in order to be able to determine the effect of blast parameters on fragmentation."


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Spacious Hilton Head Plantation Home. Open Concept, Smooth Ceilings, fresh paint. Gourmet Kitchen, Granite Counters, Walk in Pantry, SS Appliances & 10 ft. Island! Luxurious Master Bathroom remodel with 10' X 11' master closet! In 2002, 2 Bedrooms and study added over 3-car garage & the home was treated to a new roof. High ceilings, Large LR w/built ins, Andersen windows, Custom Hunter Douglas Power Blinds w/remote in LR, wet bar, Gas FP, 3-Zone HVAC, 5 EnSuite Bedrooms! Quiet cul-de-sac. Located on 2nd Fairway of Oyster Reef Golf Course. Owner is SC Real Estate Agent.
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Keith Chanter - chief executive officer
- Joined Emcor in 2007 as group finance director
- Was appointed chief executive officer in November 2008
- Previously worked for BOC, the gas company, and Bristow Helicopters Group
John Matthews - managing director, EMCOR Engineering Services
- Appointed in 2003
- Previously worked forDrake & Scull International on various projects in Singapore, Nigeria and Tanzania, as well as for two other big M&E contractors.
Nick Morris - managing director, EMCOR Facilities Services
- Joined Emcor in 2007 as group business development director
- Became managing director of Emcor Facilities Services in 2008
- Began his career as a quantity surveyor.
- Has held senior director positions at AMEC including president of the Global PharmaChem division


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Episode 25: App Integration
Today we're discussing board games that are in some degree hybrids of board games and video games. These are games that require smartphone apps in order to be played, and the two games that we're featuring are Stop Thief! and Mansions of Madness Second Edition. Then, in our Broader View, we're going to flip the script and talk about board games that have been made into apps and how we feel about that.
[00:00:00] - Introduction
[00:00:43] - App Integration
[00:01:19] - Stop Thief!
[00:16:26] - Mansions of Madness Second Edition
[00:40:10] - Comparison
[00:42:56] - Other Games with App Integration
[00:46:43] - Broader View


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