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The company formerly known as Research In Motion unveiled its new BlackBerry 10 (BB10) mobile OS and touch-and-gesture-controlled Z10 smartphone this week, and the early-bird reviews are in. After years of hemorrhaging market share to Apple and Android device makers such as Samsung, BlackBerry desperately needs BB10 devices to get the company back into the smartphone game.
The overall impression is that BlackBerry has come out with a very strong handset, but most critics are reluctant to call it a surefire hit. For BlackBerry fans, the Z10 just may be the next-generation BlackBerry they've been waiting for. In the grander scheme of things, there are some agreed-upon drawbacks to the Z10: ho-hum camera performance, disappointing battery life, and a catalog of third-party apps that is missing some very popular titles.
We've posted our first hands-on impressions of the BlackBerry Z10, and we've also put together a chart that compares the phone's hardware to its Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone competition. Right now, let's delve into what some of the best-known tech critics are saying about the new phone and OS.
"Feels good in the hand"
There was near-universal support for the way it feels to hold the BlackBerry Z10. Most critics were impressed with the physical weight of the device, which clocks in at a not-too-light-or-too-heavy 4.85 ounces (0.30 pounds). The rear side of the Z10 was praised for its "dimpled, soft-touch material that I found myself habitually running a finger across," as critic Joshua Topolsky wrote for The Verge.
Best software keyboard, bar none
Traditionally, one of the biggest strengths for previous BlackBerry devices have been their physical keyboards. According to critics, BlackBerry definitely doesn't disappoint with the Z10's software keyboard.
"The Z10 keyboard is the best and fastest out-of-the-box virtual keyboard I've used," wrote technology critic and reputed Apple fan Walt Mossberg for The Wall Street Journal. "It was faster and more accurate than either the native keyboards on the iPhone or Android."
The software keyboard in BlackBerry 10 still maintains the distinctive look of BlackBerry's hardware keyboards, complete with on-screen "frets" between each line of keys. While you type, word suggestions show up in these frets and you can add them to your message as you type by flicking your finger over them. Writing for The New York Times, David Pogue, another well-known Apple fan, called the BlackBerry 10's predictive typing feature "Freaky and brilliant and very, very fast."
Mixed praise for the BlackBerry Hub
In general, most BB10 critics liked the idea of the BlackBerry Hub, the system's universal inbox. Instead of having to switch between apps to view and reply to email, BlackBerry Messenger messages, and posts from social networks (Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook), BlackBerry Hub brings all those messages and updates into one place. From within the Hub, you can respond to messages, forward messages, flag messages, and take other actions without launching the appropriate app.
But several critics didn't like how you couldn't easily navigate from one open message to the next. Once you tap a message in the Hub to display it full-screen, you have to go back to the Hub's inbox to view to your next message. In the current Gmail app for Android, you can just swipe left or right to move from one open message to the next.
The display is great...
The Z10's 4.2-inch screen, which has a 1280-by-768 resolution and a pixel density of 356 ppi, was also lauded by critics. CrackBerry said the Z10's screen compared well to the iPhone 5 and outshined the Galaxy S3 and the Lumia 920 in terms of image display and readability. The Z10 also appears to be a very responsive phone when it comes to typing and gestures.
...but the gesture controls take practice
When using that touchscreen, prospective Z10 users should expect a learning curve when figuring out how to navigate BlackBerry 10. BB10 uses a two-step gesture to navigate away from a running app to the BlackBerry Hub. "In some cases, I found that common controls required too many steps," wrote Mossberg.
The camera's image quality is not so hot...
While previous BlackBerry devices have been known for their good keyboards, the brand has never been associated with grade-A cameras. If the early reviews are any indication, that will continue to be the case.
The BlackBerry Z10's 8-megapixel camera apparently leaves a lot to be desired. Most reviewers glossed over the camera, calling it good, fine, or some other pedestrian term. Based on some of the real-world results showing up online, the Z10 camera doesn't look that great.
Check out CrackBerry's comparison, lining up the Z10 against the Lumia 920, iPhone 5, and Galaxy S3. Based on CrackBerry's results, the Z10's results appear mediocre at best. Gizmodo also tested the Z10 camera in low-light situations and concluded that the Z10 camera had the "worst low-light performance we've seen in a long time."
...but the camera software is neat
Critics may have a lukewarm reaction to the camera itself, but the camera software is getting good reviews, especially for the "Time Shift" feature. In "Time Shift" mode, the camera software starts snapping a few pictures before and after you press the shutter button. From there, you can manually choose between several expressions on the faces of people in the photo to create the perfect composite shot. The Times' Pogue called the feature "brilliant," but the Verge's Topolsky wrote that he wasn't "entirely convinced it makes the camera on the Z10 any more useful than an iPhone or decent Android shooter."
Battery life is not a strong suit
The battery life on the Z10 leaves a lot to be desired, the critics say. There were no formal tests done, but if you wake up with a fully-charged Z10, you can expect to have to recharge the phone towards the end of the day or the early evening.
App apprehension
RIM-turned-BlackBerry made sure to point out that BlackBerry World would offer around 70,000 third-party apps for BlackBerry 10 at launch. That's a healthy number of apps, with some big names in the mix: Skype, Evernote, Dropbox, Amazon Kindle, Rdio, Angry Birds, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Whatsapp. But there are also popular apps still missing, such as Instagram, Netflix, and Spotify.
As for the 70,000 titles that are already on BlackBerry World, Topolsky said he "felt like it was really something like 69,000 really mediocre (or just plain bad) applications."
BBM has some nice additions
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) has been beefed up with video calls and real-time screen-sharing. There wasn't much excitement over video calling across the board from first-wave reviewers other than to note that the feature exists. Screen sharing got a bit more attention, as it allows remote viewers to look at documents, presentations, and photos while their chat partners narrate the show.
This story, "BlackBerry Z10 and the BB10 OS: The early reviews are in (video)" was originally published by TechHive.


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I am all for equal pay for doing an EQUAL job. I'm all for equal rights. Just as long as they are completely equal.
MY experience of equality is,
I was always chosen by management over a women to do any job requiring heavy lifting, even if i wasn't 100% Physically fit, I was informed i had to do it because the women werent strong enough to do so.
but we both earned the same hourly rate, my job scope contained all the jobs she would do, plus extra.
I see athletes campaigning for equal pay.
It usually comes up in Golf and Tennis. I am all for it.
Female Tennis stars play a maximum of 3 sets. men Five.
Gold Stars play off different tees.
women are more able to get housing in the uk, Single white males have the lowest chance of getting any form of housing.
But, we are the privileged.
We have Women only groups / days/ political and financial rewards.
Men do the same it's sexist.
I remember the big debate on allowing girls into the scouts / cubs and because of equality these institutions had to start allowing such..
But i've yet to see those championing equal rights push boys into Brownies.

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GREEN BAY, Wis., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Aaron Rodgers fired three touchdown passes and ran for another score Sunday in the Green Bay Packers' 55-7 dismantling of Tennessee.
Rodgers amassed 342 yards on 27-of-38 passing efficiency while carrying the ball four times for 11 yards as the Packers (11-4) racked up their fourth straight win.
Ryan Grant rushed picked up 80 yards with two touchdowns on 20 carries and James Jones made seven catches for 100 yards and a score for NFC North champion Green Bay.
Jake Locker was limited to 13-of-30 through the air for 140 yards with a touchdown and a pair of interceptions for the Titans (5-10), who stumbled to their fourth loss in five contests.


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When it's not blowing.
I watch the clouds gobble
Up the moon.
I see my thoughts, my feelings,
My love crash
Like seas on ships.
I stand on top of swords and spears.
Iwalk up on endless staircases and mountains
On the tips of giant nails
Drinking spirits out of huge goblets.
My heart pounds against no chest.
I know not what to tell it
Crowded in solitudes.
Too many souls alone to be
One body.
The moon's a defaced minted silver dollar.
It sleeps alone in its own universe.
No longer a star.
Today I died.
I died yesterday and tomorrow.
At night I fly.
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Regulating Credit in Australia
National legislation regulating the way in which credit is provided to private individuals in Australia was regulated in 2009. Key points of this legislation are as follows:
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the consumer credit legislation. The state and territory consumer agencies have a supporting role.
All lenders, entities and persons providing assistance for consumer credit dealings (such as mortgage brokers and commercial debt payment assistance firms) must have a licence from ASIC.
All licensees are required to adopt responsible lending practices. They must check that you have the financial ability to meet your obligation to pay a debt such as a mortgage.
Licensees must establish an in-house informal dispute resolution process to handle consumer complaints or queries, and must also belong to an informal external mediation service.


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Studies & Bills
Orders of Reference
A committee's order of reference is the Order of the Senate that authorizes it to examine a bill or to undertake a special study. Most committees require an order of reference before they can undertake such work. Three standing committees do, however, have permanent orders of reference, allowing them to undertake their work without waiting for a specific order of reference. These are the Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament (responsible for proposing amendments to the rules of the Senate, examining questions of privilege and consideration of the orders and customs of the Senate and privileges of Parliament), the Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration (responsible for the financial and administrative matters relating to the internal management of the Senate) and the Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators.


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Key agri-engineering report launched
Sir John Beddington welcomes document from IAgrE
A report on the role Agricultural Engineering can play in securing future food supplies was launched at Harper Adams University College today.
"Agricultural Engineering – a key discipline enabling agriculture to deliver global food security" was introduced by Government Chief Scientist Professor Sir John Beddington, who had just opened two education and research centres at the University College (more here). The report was stimulated by discussions with Sir John and comes in response to the UK Government's Foresight Project: Global Food and Farming Futures
The report outlines the challenges ahead: "There are formidable challenges, which will increase markedly over the next 40 years, if we are to improve global food security under the pressure of increasing world population, little or no new farm land, and the need to conserve natural resources and minimise environmental pollution.
"Sustainable intensification of agriculture is needed and the report emphasizes the important role agricultural engineering will play in delivering this goal. It highlights the opportunities that engineering, allied with other disciplines, is already offering as part of a vision for future global food security."
Andy Newbold, President of IAgrE, said: "Engineering has a major contribution to make to the required advances in sustainable farming and food, in sympathy with the environment. The UK response to global food security will be much stronger if agricultural engineering is recognised as a critical component, capable of breaking down traditional barriers and enhancing multidisciplinary approaches to the challenges,"
The report advocates:
- A new approach to encourage strategic engagement of public and private sector stakeholders for agriculture and the food chain with the UK engineering sector, from education and research through to business and practical application.
- The development of education and training in agricultural engineering.
- The establishment of an active research programme in engineering for agriculture.
- A partnership approach to translating research and innovation into practice.
The report also illustrates the importance of agricultural and biosystems engineering in contributing to advances in technologies, processes and knowledge that can help make farming methods and practices more sustainable, while having less impact on the environment.
"Deploying new and existing technologies, processes and knowledge that help make farming methods and practices more sustainable, while having less impact on the environment will be important. I welcome this report in highlighting the importance of agricultural and Biosystems engineering in contributing to these advances," said Government Chief Scientist, Sir John Beddington.
Harper Adams University College was thanked for its contributions to the report. Harper Adams is home to the National Centre for Precision Farming, which was created to bring together stakeholders to develop and share knowledge of smart farming technologies.
View the report at:
Jaclyn Green,
Corporate Communications Manager
Harper Adams University College,
01952 815291 (office)
07929 798561 (mobile)
Harper Adams University College is the UK's leading specialist provider of higher education for the rural and land-based industries. Our mission is to deliver higher education and research for the delivery of a sustainable food chain and rural economy. To see how Harper Adams can help you, visit www.harper-adams.ac.uk


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Angelina Jolie: LAX Landing with Shiloh & Zahara!
Angelina Jolie holds onto the hands of her daughters Shiloh and Zahara as they make their way out of LAX International Airport on Wednesday (July 13) in Los Angeles.
When the gals got to their awaiting car, Shiloh, 5, decided to hop into the front seat and pretend to be the driver! Angelina, 36, had to help Shiloh make her way to the backseat after her moment of fun.
Shiloh also showed off some missing teeth while smiling as she left the airport.
The day before, the Jolie-Pitt family celebrated the third birthday of Knox and Vivienne!
Though a report recently surfaced that Angie and partner Brad Pitt were planning to get married, multiple sources told People the latest rumors are untrue.
For more pics, visit X17!
FYI: Shiloh is wearing a Junk Food Rolling Stones tee.
15+ pictures inside of Angelina Jolie at the airport with her girls…


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Hi Robby, I've got a question on a thread I started in the General Discussion.
On the 2018 Weather ... can the title be edited to be for 2018 Weather and Natural Disasters?
I've not seen a thread just for nat. disasters and I wanted to talk about the Kilauea eruptions going on in Hawaii
Hey robby I was wondering how hard it is to change titles because i just had an idea that changing the title of each chapter thread to the Viz Chapter Title might be a nice idea for the future. Since most scans dont even have them labeled in a table of contents I figure itd be something interesting as an idea, if its feasible.
Is there a general movies/book thread??? I'd really love to discuss the diffrences between ready player one book and movie but couldn't find a thread to put them in... also I wanted to know people's opinion on a quiet place and what people thought of Rampage being the best rated video game movie on Rotten Tomatoes, and other stuff
Sorry if I already asked you this but is there a way to appeal in order for me to post in the Hero Academia thread again or Im perm banned?
Okay Robby just cause I'm re reading through the thread, Oda has never said no romance on the crew or in the series and in the context it wouldn't become a shoujo manga correct in SBS/interviews correct?
It is YOU! The GUY! The Birthday one!
3 minutes late but Happy birthday :)
Happy 3-5 :)
Here is a happy birthday, take it for it is very special.
HxH is coming back next month, please reopen the thread.
It's Chaos.
The Powers that Be
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One of Disney Junior's most successful iOS apps, "Doc McStuffins: Time For Your Check Up!" is now live for Android devices in Google Play and for Kindle tablets in the Amazon Appstore.
"Doc McStuffins: Time For Your Check Up!," which Apple just named the 11th most popular paid iPad app of 2013, is an activity based app that allows players to join Doc, along with Hallie, Lambie and the rest of her friends for a fun-filled time fixing, sorting, exploring and caring for toys, dolls and more. Inside Doc's clinic, players can choose from four entertaining and engaging developmental activities. Game features include:
· Check-Up - At Check-Up, players stop by the clinic to help Doc diagnose and cure patients based on a number of different ailments, and can stay for a loving cuddle from Lambie.
· Mixupitis - Help Doc make sure each of her toys have the correct corresponding parts by taking them apart and putting them back together again.
· Doctor's Kit - This open-ended activity allows you to turn your iOS device's camera into a virtual stethoscope, otoscope or X-Ray machine.
· Picture Stickers - Here players can use a variety of Doc McStuffins themed stickers to decorate pictures of their family and friends, or favorite toys.
· The Big Book of Boo Boos saves the names and diagnoses of cured patients so that players can go back and look at them at anytime. Additionally, throughout the game, players will be able to earn Doctor's Notes prescribed with "lots of love," "kisses" and "cuddles."
The "Doc McStuffins: Time For Your Check Up!" App is $3.99. The iOS version of the app has been a favorite for parents and kids, making it to #1 in the Overall Paid iPad App category in 5 countries and #1 in the Entertainment iPad App category in 12 countries.
Disney/ABC Television Group's Digital Media team has launched several new groundbreaking apps that have been a hit with kids and parents. Beginning with the multi-award winning "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode" app last year, the Disney Junior Appisode app is the first that enables kids to interact with full episodes of the shows and characters they love. "WATCH Disney Channel," "WATCH Disney Junior" and "WATCH Disney XD" make full length episodes of popular shows available on smartphones and tablets. Authenticated customers can access live feeds of the networks, as well as first looks and sneak peeks.


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1: THE MOUNTAIN TEMPLE, WAT ARAT | November 7th
2: The natural BEAUTY of southern Thailand was stunning.
4: PHANG NGA BAY, PHUKET | November 7
5: THE MOUNTAIN TEMPLE, WAT ARAT | November 8
9: KRABI, SOUTH END | November 9
10: WEST KRABI COAST | November 10
11: We spent the day with elephants!
13: "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars." Walt Whitman
14: AT THE START of the Rattanakosin or Bangkok period in the late eighteenth century, when the capital was finally settled at Bangkok, an elephant kraal was established in Krabi by order of Chao Phraya Nakorn (Noi), the governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat, which was by then a part of the Thai Kingdom. He sent his vizier, the Phra Palad, to oversee this task, which was to ensure a regular supply of elephants for the larger town. So many followers emigrated in the steps of the Phra Palad that soon Krabi had a large community in three different boroughs: Pakasai, Khlong Pon, and Pak Lao. x | In 1872, King Chulalongkorn graciously elevated these to town status, called Krabi, a word that preserves in its meaning the monkey symbolism of the old standard. The town's first governor was Luang Thep Sena, though it continued a while as a dependency of Nakhon Si Thammarat. This was changed in 1875, when Krabi was raised to a fourth-level town in the old system of Thai government. Administrators then reported directly to the central government in Bangkok, and Krabi's history as a unique entity separated from the other provinces, had begun.
15: ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SUNSET OFF KRABI POINT | November 11
16: ELEPHANTS AT PATARA FARM | November 12
17: LONGTAIL BOATS OFF THE COAST OF MAYA BAY | November 13
21: SWALLOW CAVES BY MAYA BAY | November 14
22: "The entire ocean is affected by a pebble." | Blaise Pascal
23: "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars." | Walt Whitman


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DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy programme manager Jose Zayas presented preliminary figures on the department's vision for wind energy across the US at the AWEA Windpower 2014 conference in Las Vegas.
Zayas said 10% of US electricity from wind power is achievable by 2020 and 20% by 2030.
The 2020 figure is reduced from last year's figure of 20%. Zayas said that a contributory factor was that electricity demand has fallen. The 2050 scenario would include offshore wind.
More details on the DOE vision scenario are expected this week, and the report will be peer-reviewed over the summer before being published.
According to Zayas, the cost to the taxpayer will be up to 1% on taxes until 2030, when the figures start to drop, showing a 3% saving on taxes by 2050 because of decarbonisation and cost-effective technology, based on EIA figures.


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Tonight, I had the honor of doing two Knicks spree casts. The first was the always fun "Knicks Blogger Roundtable" hosted by Chris Delgado. There were a lot of participants as Jamie O'Grady from LoHud Knicks, Dan from Knicksfan.net, Jared Dubin from every single basketball website there is, Ross Bernhardt from Charged.fm and Keith from Knicks Journal all joined in the fun.
Here is the link to that spreecast (I'm still having embedding problems on this site).
After the spreecast, I decided to host an "after-party" spreecast for anyone who wanted to continue to hear Knicks talk. There, Chris Delgado, Dan from Knicksfan.net and I discussed Knicks for about a half hour before we were joined by the one and only Tommy Dee. Tommy was extremely knowledgeable as always and really gave us a great show. It was cool for me personally because theknicksblog.com was one of my inspirations to get into the blogging world. I had spoken with Tommy on twitter but it was great to finally get to speak with him in person (sort of).
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Computex Demos Show WinRT Progress
While Windows 8 was just about everywhere at Computex, a few vendors also championed upcoming tablets running WinRT, essentially Windows 8 running on ARM-based processors. What I saw in demos from Nvidia, Qualcomm, and TI was clearly not finished, but it was quite impressive and revealed interesting tradeoffs compared with Windows on traditional x86 architectures.
WinRT is an exciting concept. It takes the Windows 8 experience and moves it onto the ARM architecture, but still looks pretty much like Windows 8. Developers who create Metro user interface applications should be creating applications that work on both Windows 8 and WinRT. The environment does have a desktop, just like in Windows 8, so the basic operating system functions, such as file management, are very familiar. Traditional desktop applications, however, will not work, with the promised exception of a version of Microsoft Office that is supposed to be bundled with the OS. (None of the prototypes have Microsoft Office yet, so it's impossible to judge that.)
Still, what I did see was impressive. The environment itself seems to work quite quickly, and the machines look responsive at running Metro apps and browsing webpages using Internet Explorer 10. The chip makers didn't let reviewers run benchmarks, making it hard to evaluate exact performance, but for a lot of tasks, results looked quite responsive.
The most finished demo I saw was of the Asus Tablet 600, based on Nividia's quad-core Tegra 3 processor. This is the first actual OEM system announced, and features a 10.1-inch 1366x768 display, mini HDMI, and microSD slots, in a package that is only 8.35mm thick. The unit shown was Wi-Fi only, but Nvidia expects 3G/4G connectivity on launch.
Nvidia makes the case for its processor by talking about quad-core performance as well as graphics, and promises the machine will have "days of battery life" and more than 10 hours of constant video playback. Nvidia showed off the snappy machine by running a variety of Metro apps and Internet Explorer.
Qualcomm was showing a reference design, based on its Snapdragon S4, specifically the dual core APQ 8060A, including Adreno 225 graphics. The demo unit was a bit larger—it had an 11.6-inch display and was a bit thicker—because as a reference design, it was designed to allow testing different internal hardware. Again, I was able to see a number of Metro apps and webpages, and it all looked good.
One fascinating demo showed how Windows Phone and Windows RT can work together, so that a picture taken on a phone immediately shows up on the tablet using Skydrive.
In its meeting room, Texas Instruments displayed its reference design, a much thinner unit based on TI's OMAP 4470, a dual-core process based on the ARM Cortex A9 processor and PowerVR SGX544 graphics. While other chips may have more processor cores, TI says it expects to get better performance because it supports faster, dual-channel memory. Since the platforms aren't finished and reviewers haven't been allowed to run benchmarks, we'll have to wait before testing that.
Still, the machine looked quite fast, scrolling through applications as fast as I could move my finger to swipe, and bringing up and scrolling webpages extremely quickly. Toshiba recently announced plans for a thin and light clamshell design and a traditional tablet (with an optional keyboard) based on the TI processors.
Overall, you wouldn't expect ARM-based machines to be quite as powerful as those based on the Intel Core family (as most of the other Windows 8 machines are). Nevertheless, the demos I saw looked very responsive and my guess is most tablet users are just looking for relatively simple apps and fast Web browsing. Meanwhile, the ARM-based CPUs use notably less power, seem to be paired with tablet size displays, and promise days of battery life, as opposed to the mere hours promised by the x86 system. In other words, it should last more like an iPad than a notebook.
It's still unclear how Microsoft will position and market WinRT versus Windows 8 tablets considering the tradeoff between better battery life and compatibility with desktop applications isn't clear to most consumers. The WinRT tablets to date look like they will be physically smaller units with smaller screens, certainly compared with most of the hybrid designs I've seen in the x86 world. In addition, I worry that although WinRT is supposed to launch around the same time as Windows 8 (later this year), the x86-based devices look more finished. Of course, time remains before the launch.
Still, it makes for an interesting tradeoff in the market, and will certainly create an appealing alternative. I'm looking forward to trying out a finished WinRT tablet.


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President Obama has made a point recently to invoke Bush's name in what many say is a calculated effort to remind voters of the previous administration's economic policies, which Democrats argue led to the worst recession in modern history.
On Monday, the president told those attending a Democratic fundraiser in Atlanta, Georgia, that the GOP has not distinguished itself from Bush.
"They have not come up with a single solitary, new idea to address the challenges of the American people," Obama said. "They don't have a single idea that's different from George Bush's ideas ... not one."
That sentiment was echoed once again on Wednesday during a speech before the AFL-CIO and at a fundraiser in Chicago, Illinois, a day later.
"They haven't come out with a single solitary idea that is different from policies that held sway for eight years before Democrats took over," Obama said Thursday. "Not a single policy difference that's discernable from [George W.] Bush. Not one."
Since taking office, Obama has largely referred to the "previous administration" or the "Republican control for the past eight years" in place of saying the name "Bush."
So why the recent surge in Bush-bashing? It may have something to do with polls.
A Quinnipiac University poll, taken July 13-19, asked 2,181 registered voters: "Who do you blame more for the current condition of the U.S. economy: former President George W. Bush or President Barack Obama?"
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Perhaps the most stark example of why Bush's name is now a part of Obama's stump speech comes from a poll by the Benenson Strategy Group, the president's chief polling firm. The poll was taken for Third Way, a moderate think tank.
Conducted June 19-22 of 1,100 likely voters, the poll found that Bush's economic principles are "almost universally rejected" by a large margin -- and merely bringing up Bush's name causes a swing in attitudes.
When respondents were asked whether they would prefer a candidate who "will stick with President Barack Obama's economic policies" or "one who will return to President George W. Bush's economic policies," the result was a 15-point advantage for the Obama approach.
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Interstate commerce means the goods have traveled into or through another State or country or someone has gone into another State or country to perform the service. Even if your truck does not leave your State, but the goods have or will, the transportation is usually considered to be in interstate commerce. Interstate commerce means the goods have left their home State or the person performing a service has left his or her home State.
If you operate in interstate commerce once in a while, you are not required to comply with the Federal hours-of-service regulations all of the time. You must follow the Federal hours-of-service regulations while you are operating in interstate commerce. At the point you start driving in interstate commerce you must have logs with you for your last 7 days (unless you were not required to log).
You must also follow the Federal hours-of-service regulations for a short period of time after you finish operating in interstate commerce. If you were using the 60-hour/7-day schedule, you must follow the Federal hours-of-service regulations for the next 7 days after you finish operating in interstate commerce. If you were using the 70-hour/8-day schedule, you must follow the Federal hours-of-service regulations for the next 8 days after you finish operating in interstate commerce.
Intrastate commerce means the goods and services stay within a single State. The goods and services do not leave their State.
If you are operating in intrastate commerce only and are not hauling hazardous materials requiring a placard, the Federal regulations do not apply to you. However, most States have regulations that are similar or identical to the Federal Regulations. To determine what State safety requirements you must follow, you should contact the appropriate state agency. This is usually the State police, highway patrol, or an office within the State's department of transportation.
Sometimes your truck may be empty. In these cases your truck is still considered to be in commerce because it is being used to support a business. Even if it is empty, you are considered to be operating in interstate commerce, if you go outside of your State. If the truck is empty and you are operating inside your State, you are operating in intrastate commerce.
INTERSTATE: According to the FMCSA regulation 391.11(b)1 "Is at least 21 years old" for drivers of interstate commerce.
Neither the CDL requirements in part 383 nor the FMCSRs in parts 390-399 require drivers engaged purely in intrastate commerce to be 21 years old. The States may set lower age thresholds for intrastate drivers.
INTRASTATE: The SCdmvonline.com states: You must be at least 18 years of age to drive within the State of South Carolina and 21 years of age for interstate driving.
Official Effective Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
(South Carolina automatically adopts USDOT regulations by the FMCSA once they are in final form and published in the Federal Register.)
On December 2, 2011, the FMCSA and PHMSA (Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration) published their Final Rule to restrict the use of hand-held cellular phones by commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), violation of which will subject drivers and carriers to stiff fines and penalties. This Final Rule, which goes into effect January 3, 2012, operates to amend both the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) and the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMRs). This is on the heels of FMCSA's January 2010 announcement of a Guidance to 49 CFR § 390.17 which purported to ban testing as an agency interpretation of a regulation governing equipment brought into the vehicle and last September's rule banning of texting by CMV drivers. Immediately after the announcement of the FMCSA's final rule, the National Transportation Safety Board called for a nationwide ban on all cell phone use in all vehicles.
What is the Final Rule? (View the rule in its entirety.)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Ban on Hand Held Cellular Phones
Q: What is the effective date of the Mobile Telephone rule? A: The effective date of the rule is January 3, 2012.
Q: Are wired or wireless earpieces allowed? A: Yes. Hands-free use of a mobile telephone is allowed using either a wired or wireless earpiece, or the speakerphone function of the mobile telephone. Wireless connection of the mobile telephone to the vehicle for hands-free operation of the telephone, which would allow the use of single-button controls on the steering wheel or dashboard, would also be allowed.
Q: Are commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers allowed to use push-to-talk mobile communications equipment while driving? A: Yes, provided the driver does not reach for, dial, or hold the actual mobile telephone in his/her hand while driving and the driver is able to touch the button needed to operate the push-to-talk feature from the normal seated position with the safety belt fastened. Generally, the use of this type of communications equipment does not require drivers to take their eyes off of the forward roadway because the button used to enable the driver to communicate can be operated from the normal seated position with the safety belt fastened. For example, if the mobile phone is mounted in a cradle or similar device near the driver, or there is a remote push-to-talk button near the vehicle controls to allow the driver to communicate without reaching for, dialing, or holding the actual mobile telephone in his/her hands while driving, the equipment may be used.
Q: Are holders of a commercial driver's license (CDL) subject to the regulation only when driving a CMV, as defined in 49 CFR 383.5, or any vehicle? A: CDL holders are subject to the Federal rule only when driving a CMV.
Q: What drivers are covered by the Federal rule: intrastate or interstate? CDL holders? All CMVs? A: This Federal rule covers both, drivers of CMVs in interstate commerce, and also any drivers who operate a vehicle transporting a quantity of hazardous materials requiring placarding under 49 CFR Part 172 or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 CFR part 73.
If a CMV driver is employed by a State or a political subdivision of a State (e.g. county, city, township, etc.), FMCSA safety regulations do not apply, even if the driver is engaged in interstate transportation. But if a CMV driver employed by a State or a political subdivision of a State is operating a vehicle that requires a CDL, the applicable State traffic laws would govern (e.g., Maryland's prohibition on the use of hand-held phones). The States have 3 years to implement by State law the disqualification provision.
Q: What is required of the employer in terms of company policy or training? A: The rule does not require motor carriers to establish written policies in terms of company policy or training programs for their drivers. However, employers are prohibited from allowing or requiring their drivers to use hand-held mobile phones. A motor carrier may establish policies or practices that make it clear that the employer does not require or allow hand-held mobile telephone use while driving a CMV in interstate commerce. The carrier is responsible for its drivers' conduct.
Q: Is dialing a phone number allowed under this rule? A: No. Dialing a mobile telephone while operating a CMV in interstate commerce is prohibited by the rule. A driver can initiate, answer, or terminate a call by touching a single button on a mobile telephone, earpiece, steering wheel, or instrument panel – comparable to using vehicle controls or instrument panel functions, such as the radio or climate control system.
Q: Can a driver reach for a mobile telephone even if he/she intends to use the hands-free function? A: No. In order to comply with this rule, a driver must have his or her mobile telephone located where the driver is able to initiate, answer, or terminate a call by touching a single button while the driver is in the seated driving position and properly restrained by a seat belt. If the mobile telephone is not close to the driver and operable while the driver is restrained by properly installed and adjusted seat belts, then the driver is considered to be reaching for the mobile phone, which is prohibited by the rule.
Q: Are tow trucks exempt? A: No. The interstate operation of tow trucks that meet the definition of a CMV are not exempt. Tow trucks, however, are exempt when responding to police emergencies in accordance with 49 CFR 390.23(a)(3).
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Who Must Comply Most drivers must follow the HOS Regulations if they drive a commercial motor vehicle, or CMV.
In general, a CMV is a vehicle that is used as part of a business and is involved in interstate commerce and fits any of these descriptions:
The Hours of Service of Drivers Final Rule [Download PDF Version] was published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2011. The effective date of the Final Rule is February 27, 2012, and the compliance date of selected provisions is July 1, 2013. The links below provide more details regarding the HOS Final Rule:
Logbook Examples (PDF) Updated
Regulatory Impact Analysis (PDF)
Appendices A-E (PDF)
Environmental Assessment (PDF)
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Petitions for Reconsideration and Replies (PDF)
Download the PDF Version of the table that summarizes the differences between the prior HOS Rule and the new HOS Final Rule published in December 2011:
Download the PDF Version of the table that summarizes the HOS regulations for property-carrying and passenger-carrying CMV drivers.
NOTE: One of the little recognized changes in this final rule was to the definition of a "On Duty Time".
On Duty Time is defined in this final rule as:
All time from the time a driver begins to work or is required to be in readiness to work until the time the driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work.
In part the rule state that On Duty time shall include:
All time in or on a commercial motor vehicle, other than:
- Time spent resting in or on a parked vehicle, except as otherwise provided in Section 397.5;
- Time spent resting in a sleeper berth; or,
- Up to 2 hours riding in the passenger seat of a property-carrying vehicle moving on the highway immediately before or after a period of at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth
Simply stated, if a driver has no other responsibilities, a driver may be in a CMV, which may or may not have a sleeper berth, and record his/her time as off duty time. This would not extend the 14-hour shift limitation unless the period off duty is at least 10 consecutive hours, but would not add time to the aggregate time accumulated on duty in an 8 day period.
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As a motor carrier applying for either a new or renewed Hazardous Materials Safety Permit (HMSP), it is important that the information in your Company Safety Profile correctly reflects your performance. This is especially critical in the determination of your company's Driver, Vehicle and Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service (OOS) inspection rates. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recommends that you carefully review your company's information for accuracy, prior to submitting your application, and pay particular attention to your Vehicle OOS rate to ensure that Hazardous Materials OOS inspections are not being counted in both the Hazardous Materials and Vehicle OOS calculations. Should you find information in your Company Safety Profile that you feel is in error and impacts your ability to obtain a HMSP, please contact the Hazardous Materials Division at FMCSA for assistance in resolving your issues at 202-385-2400.
Helpful sites to aid in your search for company information are:
The Department of Public Safety, State Transport Police Division implemented a new Motor Carrier Registration Program for Intrastate motor carriers. Your company is now required to obtain a SC USDOT number and display it on all your commercial motor vehicles (CMV's) if your company operates a CMV that:
(1) Has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, of 4,536 kg (10,001 pounds) or more, whichever is greater; or
(2) Is designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers (including the driver) for compensation; or
(3) Is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to transport passengers for compensation; or
(4) Is used in transporting material found by the Secretary of Transportation to be hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and transported in a quantity requiring placarding under regulations prescribed by the Secretary under 49 CFR, subtitle B, chapter I, subchapter C.
This requirement is not limited to "trucking companies". A motor carrier is any commercial enterprise that uses such vehicles in the furtherance of its business. If your company operates a commercial vehicle, you are subject to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations,
Definitions for Intrastate and Interstate:
1. Intrastate - operates within the State of South Carolina and does not transport freight with shipping papers indicating origins outside South Carolina
2. Interstate - operates in multiple states (crosses State line) and/or does transport freight with shipping papers indicating origins outside of South Carolina..
Once you receive the DOT number, it must be affixed on both sides of the power unit, in a color contrasting with the background of the vehicle, and the numbers must be large enough to be legible from fifty feet from the vehicle.
If you operate outside South Carolina, transporting persons or property across state lines, including international boundaries, or within South Carolina as part of a through movement that originates or terminates in another state or country, you must obtain an interstate USDOT number.
The intrastate DOT number will be clearly recognized by the "SC" suffix. The information below is provided to assist you with this process.
To register on-line for an intrastate (South Carolina) DOT number visit FMCSA's website located at https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/. There is no fee for applying for a SCDOT number, however a Visa or MasterCard must be provided to ensure a digital signature is on file for the official record. Applications must be completed in their entirety. Carrier profile updates, including added or deleted equipment or drivers, changes in cargo classification or company officers/owners, or changes in address or phone numbers of the motor carrier, must be done as they occur, but in all cases an update is required every two (2) years. If you should have any questions, or experience problems completing the on-line DOT number process, you may call, 1/803-896-5500 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com for assistance.
Once your application is received and processed, a letter assigning a South Carolina USDOT number, along with information on how it is to be displayed on all applicable vehicles, will be returned to you. This process will take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Failure to register and obtain the above SCDOT number and clearly display the number on all trucks owned or operated by the carrier, will subject the carrier to penalties to include:
• A $100.00 fine per occurrence for operating a vehicle without the SC DOT number displayed.
If you have difficulty with any of the information provided or do not have on-line computer access, and are applying for an intrastate number only, you may request a hard copy of the information by mail, or telephone. Please be sure to provide your mailing address and contact information.
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10311 Wilson Blvd. / P.O. Box 1993
Blythewood, SC 29016
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Jana Grissom is a middle school teacher, an advocate for foster children and at-risk teens, a mom of two amazing teens, and married to Roy, her high-school sweetheart. Jana holds a Master of Education in Administration and Policy Studies and offers professional development in bullying identification, prevention, and intervention. She is available to speak to students at secondary schools about the writing process or bring a message that challenges them to S.T.O.P. bullying and suicide.
My forehead's throbbing. One minute this girl is yelling at me for giving up and the next, she's laughing. Whiplash.
I squint my eyes at Danielle and whisper with my lips firmly in place, "I will never give up."
Her voice is high and cheerful, "So what's your plan?
Johnny Boggs is a teen with trouble to spare who has learned one thing in life - trust no one. Paranoia befriends him as he moves into his fifth foster home and discovers no one appears as they are, his dreams are not just dreams, and he is supposedly the Prince of Shamayim.
On Johnny's sixteenth birthday, fate requires him to leave the protection of this world but allows for him to choose to reign over the light or turn to the darkness. A vicious competition begins as two kingdoms fight for his loyalty while two beautiful girls, Danielle and Shay, fight for his attention. Time is running out; a decision must be made. Johnny finds it impossible to resist the beauty of his dreams, nor can he turn away from the one who has his heart.
This is the 1st in a series where the sequel will be up to the reader. They will have two choices; Johnny as the Prince of Darkness or the Prince of Light.


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Discovering What Meditation Is All About
Meditation is simply the practice of focusing your attention on a particular object — generally something simple, like a word or phrase, a candle flame or geometrical figure, or the coming and going of your breath. In everyday life, your mind is constantly processing a barrage of sensations, visual impressions, emotions, and thoughts. When you meditate, you narrow your focus, limit the stimuli bombarding your nervous system — and calm your mind in the process. The reason meditation works so effectively is that it connects you with a spiritual dimension, which different commentators give different names, but many people simply call it "being."
Embark on a journey
The journey of meditation has a great deal in common with climbing a mountain. When you reach the summit of the meditation mountain, what do you see? If we can trust the reports of the meditators and mystics who have climbed the mountain before us, we can declare with some confidence that the top of the mountain harbors the source of all love, wisdom, happiness, and joy. Some people call it spirit or soul, true nature or true self, the ultimate truth or the ground of being (or just being itself). Others call it God or the Divine or the Holy Mystery, or simply the One. There are nearly as many names for it as people who experience it. And some spiritual traditions consider it so sacred and powerful that they hesitate to give it a name.
As for the experience of reaching the summit, seasoned meditators use words like enlightenment (from ignorance), awakening (from a dream), liberation (from bondage), freedom (from limitation), and union (with God or being).
Although many ordinary folks are meditating these days, the practice wasn't always so readily available. For centuries, monks, nuns, mystics, and wandering ascetics preserved it in secret, using it to enter higher states of consciousness and ultimately to achieve the pinnacle of their particular path. Highly motivated laypeople with time on their hands uncovered a few techniques. However, the rigorous practice of meditation remained a sacred pursuit limited to an elite few who were willing to renounce the world and devote their lives to it. How times have changed! From Beat Zen in the 1950s and the influx of Indian yogis and swamis in the 1960s to the more recent fascination with Buddhism, meditation has definitely become mainstream, and its practical benefits are applauded.
As you discover how to meditate, you are likely to gain the following:
- Stronger focus and concentration
- Reduced tension, anxiety, and stress
- Clearer thinking and less emotional turmoil
- Lower blood pressure and cholesterol
- Support in kicking addictions and other self-defeating behaviors
- Greater creativity and enhanced performance in work and play
- Increased self-understanding and self-acceptance
- More joy, love, and spontaneity
- Greater intimacy with friends and family members
- Deeper sense of meaning and purpose
- Glimpses of a spiritual dimension of being
Develop awareness: The secret to meditation
If, as the old saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, then the journey of meditation begins with the cultivation of awareness, or attention. In fact, awareness is the mental muscle that carries you along and sustains you on your journey, not only at the start but every step of the way. No matter which path or technique you choose, the secret of meditation lies in developing, focusing, and directing your awareness. (Incidentally, attention is just slightly focused awareness.)
In meditation, you can do the following:
- Increase your powers of awareness by developing concentration on a particular object.
- Through the practice of receptive awareness, expand your awareness to illuminate the full range of your experience.
- Cultivate positive emotions and mind-states.
- Investigate your inner experience and contemplate the nature of existence itself.
These four conditions — concentration, receptive awareness, contemplation, and cultivation — constitute the major uses of awareness throughout the world's great meditative traditions. "Meditation techniques are just different paths up the same mountain."
You can use a variety of techniques to sharpen your sense of awareness. Here are a few of the many techniques that have been developed over the centuries:
- Repeating a meaningful word or phrase, known as a mantra
- Being mindfully aware of the present moment
- Following or counting your breath
- Paying attention to the flow of sensations in your body
- Cultivating loving, kindness, compassion, forgiveness, and other healing emotions
- Concentrating on a geometric shape or other simple visual object
- Visualizing a peaceful place or a healing energy or entity
- Reading and reflection upon inspirational or sacred writings
- Gazing at a picture of a holy being or saint
- Contemplating nature
- Chanting praises to the Divine
Unmask meditation poseurs
Some paths superficially resemble meditation but lead you in an altogether different direction. Of course, every activity can become a meditation if you do it with awareness or concentration. But certain activities become confused with meditation in the popular imagination, whereas they may have a very different intent. Some people claim that reading the newspaper or watching their favorite sitcom qualifies as meditation!
Consider the following list of ersatz meditations that certainly have their place in the repertory of leisure pursuits but don't generally offer the benefits of meditation:
- Thinking: In the West, the term "meditation" has frequently been used to refer to a kind of focused reflection on a particular theme, as when you say, "I'm going to meditate on this problem for a while." Although higher-order contemplation or inquiry plays a part in some meditation techniques, it bears little resemblance to the often tortured, conflicted process that usually passes for thinking. Besides, thinking tires you out, whereas meditation refreshes you and perks you up.
- Daydreaming: Daydreaming and fantasy offer their own unique pleasures and rewards, including occasional problem-solving and a momentary escape from difficult or tedious circumstances. But rather than leaving you feeling more spacious and more connected with being, as meditation does, daydreaming often embroils you more actively in the drama of your life.
- Repeating affirmations: This common new-age practice — a contemporary version of what used to be called positive thinking — purports to provide an antidote to your negative beliefs by replacing them with positive alternatives. Generally, however, the negativity is so deeply rooted that the affirmations merely skim the surface like froth on the ocean and never really penetrate to the depths, where your core beliefs reside.
- Praying: Ordinary or petitionary prayer, which calls on God for help or asks for something, can be performed meditatively but has little in common with meditation. However, contemplative prayer, also known as orison — the yearning of the soul for union with the Divine — is actually a form of concentrated contemplation whose focus is God.


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Keto and the Endurance Athlete
Our go-to IRONMAN nutritionist dishes on why you should be wary of this trendy diet.
by Susan Kitchen
Whether we're gunning for the Kona podium or toeing the line at our very first IRONMAN, all of us want to be in the best shape possible for our goal race. Because of the heavy training load necessary to prepare for an IRONMAN race, it's crucial to follow a nutrition plan that supports optimum health and performance. This is where things get tricky: body composition (read: getting lean) can easily be confused for fitness.
Triathletes aren't immune to the allure of trendy diets. The controversial keto diet is one of these, as it enjoys center stage in a lot of fitness sub-cultures.
According to its proponents, keto is a silver bullet. At first glance, success stories of rapid weight loss, reduced appetite, improved insulin sensitivity, and better endurance at aerobic efforts make it sound appealing. On the flip side, though, triathletes should be aware that the keto diet comes with serious risks.
Let's take a look.
What is the Keto Diet?
The Keto Diet—short for ketogenic—is a low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) diet, originally developed to help reduce seizures in children with uncontrolled epilepsy. Athletes have turned to it more recently as a way of achieving their body composition goals.
Keto restricts carbohydrate intake to less than 50 grams per day, or about five percent of your daily allowance. That's equivalent to the carbs found in about a half cup of oatmeal and a single medium banana. The rest of the daily calories come from fat (75 percent) and protein (20 percent).
Because carbohydrates are drastically reduced on this diet, the body can't rely on glucose, its preferred fuel source, for energy. In the absence of its go-to fuel, the body turns to ketone, a backup fuel that the liver produces from stored fat.
Low carb for long training sessions?
It's almost gospel truth that endurance athletes need carbohydrates to fuel their training sessions and races, so how does a diet low in this primary fuel source work, exactly?
Advocates of the diet, such as Dr. Phil Maffetone, a pioneer in contemporary medicine who has worked with six-time IRONMAN world champion Mark Allen, believe that athletes can achieve optimal performance by using keto to tap into the body's fat-burning system. According to Maffetone, by maximizing your aerobic system in a low-carb environment, the ability to use fat during endurance, strength, and even high-intensity efforts is expanded. Maffetone believes this leads to less GI distress, steady energy levels, and a leaner physique.
Too good to be true, right? Right. Eliminating or drastically reducing your intake of an essential macronutrient (in the absence of a health condition) should immediately raise red flags. To put it simply, carbs are essential for health.
Even before you lace up your shoes or go out for a ride, at a bare minimum the body requires 120 grams of carbs (about 500 calories) per day to fuel the brain, support the central nervous system, and maintain red blood cell production and immune health. Do you really want to be messing with that?
Running on empty
During exercise especially, the body needs carbohydrates for energy. And during high-intensity exercise, its carbs that are responsible for converting fat to glucose quickly; fat is burned in a carbohydrate-fueled flame.
The amount of glycogen stored in our muscle and liver tissue is limited. Fully stocked, we are fueled for approximately two hours of effort at 75 percent of our VO2 max. The higher the effort, the more carbs you use and the faster you burn through those glycogen stores.
Although some research shows improved fatty acid oxidation from LCHF diets, the body will ultimately outsmart this best-laid plan. When we give our bodies inadequate carbs under training stress, they will turn to fat as a secondary source of fuel. This sounds good, but in order to offset fat depletion, our bodies will then increase fat storage. To make matters worse, a LCHF diet elevates cortisol, the stress hormone, which promotes abdominal fat storage. In case you haven't been convinced yet, cortisol also promotes muscle breakdown.
That's right, LCHF diets can encourage burning (and storage) of fat, but they can also burn through muscle tissue you are working so hard to strengthen.
More serious long-term implications include an impaired immune system, hypoglycemia, increased injury/illness, hormonal disturbance, dehydration, disordered eating, sleep disturbance, nutrient deficiencies, impaired capacity to use and process carbs, and central nervous system fatigue.
But I'm so curious…
If you want to see if this diet is for you, do so in the post-season or early season instead of in the build phase/race prep of an endurance race. The bottom line is that getting race ready while adequately fueling for training, recovery, and health is the priority, not training the body to use fat at race intensities. (Be forewarned, in this adaptation period, expect symptoms like fatigue, headaches, sleep disturbances, hunger, and low energy levels—no fun when you're pushing yourself to train for your next race.)
If you're a keto-curious athlete, SFuels is one company that offers low-carb, high fat sports fueling products.
Under this plan, breakfast might be eggs, avocado, and bacon; lunch a salmon fillet pan-seared in butter with a side of raw veggies and a green salad; snacks could be smoothies and nuts, and dinner might be skin-on chicken and broccoli cooked with butter. The absence of carbohydrates is plainly apparent.
The last word
As a general consensus, performance and health benefits are inconsistent and don't outweigh the health risks of the keto diet for athletes. You'll find exceptions for sure, but we are all different and what works for one doesn't necessarily work for another.
What should I be eating then?
This isn't a green light to fill your plate with pasta, bread, and cookies. Be choosy with your carbs and time them around your training and the most active parts of the day. Reach for whole-food carbs such as veggies, fruit and grains like sweet potatoes, winter squash, corn, quinoa, oatmeal, and brown rice, just to name a few. A healthy balance is 40-60 percent carbs depending on training duration.
Susan Kitchen is an IRONMAN Certified Coach, a registered dietitian, and a certified sports specialist in dietetics. Visit her website at racesmart.com.


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News & EventsWednesday, November 20, 2019
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It's not too late for fall classes
The fall semester has begun, and there's still time to apply and get started.
Register for Fall and save!
If you register now for Fall Semester, you can get the best selection of classes, save money, and enjoy your summer in peace.
WCC programs support county economic outlook
The highly anticipated 2015 Economic Outlook for Washtenaw County was presented at the March 19 Washtenaw Economic Club program at Washtenaw Community College.
Nursing and Allied Health students offer free health screenings to community
Starting this month, Washtenaw Community College Nursing and Allied Health students will be taking their skills out into the community in the form of free wellness and health promotion clinics.
Free College Day full of fun, learning
Washtenaw Community College's third Free College Day on March 28 bustled with excitement. More than 300 community members attended, enthusiastic to learn as much as possible from the WCC faculty and staff who were thrilled to share their knowledge.
Spring Career Fair connects employers with talent
The annual Washtenaw Community College Spring Career Fair held last month was the largest in the college's history. Eighty local employers participated in the fair including Dick Scott Automotive Group, IKEA, Manpower, Thetford and Thomson Reuters.
Entrepreneurship Center connects startups, community
Budding entrepreneurs need a variety of resources to grow ideas into thriving businesses, and accessing all those resources can be difficult. But now there is a new central place, offering assistance on everything from marketing to legal support to financing, at the Entrepreneurship Center at Washtenaw Community College.
WCC is a gem in our community
Sean Duval, a member of the WCC Foundation Executive Committee, calls WCC a "gem in our community." He cited the Foundation's mission as an investment in the community and one that will return dividends to the people of Washtenaw County for many years to come.
WCC awarded $4.4 million from State of Michigan
WCC Foundation raises over $100K for WCC students
The 29th annual Mardi Gras fundraiser for the Washtenaw Community College Foundation was another smashing success, raising $111,000 in support of WCC students.
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I've mentioned before that I always got an angel food cake with white frosting for my birthday. Here is an undated (late 1940s or early 1950s?) photo of Mom with one of them. White picket gate to the garden, behind, past the Wash House, brings back many memories, as well. The house was on the left - before the family room was added!
Families are Forever! ;-)


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2013-14: Joined the Retrievers in January after transferring from Towson… Finished with season-best times in the 200-yd. free (1:53.71), placing tenth, 500-yd. free (5:00.60), finishing third, and 1,650-yd. free (17:10.28), placing second, at the America East Championships… Her 1,650 time ranks seventh in the UMBC record book while her 1,000 free time of 10:24.46 is the ninth-fastest in program history… Also helped the 800 free relay garner a bronze medal at the conference championships in Worcester, Mass. … Captured her first two dual meet wins at UMBC by winning the 500 and 1,000 free events against Howard on Jan. 11 at the UMBC Aquatic Complex… Took the top spot in the 500 free two weeks later as the Retrievers competed against East Carolina and Catawba in North Carolina… Named to the America East Honor Roll.
Background: Transferred from Towson University… Named the Yorktown High MVP in 2012 after winning the 200 free at regionals… Helped lead the Patriots to a second-place finish at the regional meet during her junior season… Named an honorable mention on the Washington Post All-Metro Team two consecutive seasons.
Personal: Daughter of Steven and Deborah Romano… Has one younger sister, Elizabeth… Plans to become and elementary school teacher… Born March 21, 1994.


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Master the trampoline with Frontflips, Backflips, Gainers, Layouts, Jumps and Bounces on your backyard, gym or circus trampolines and train to be the Master of Trampoline!
Shoot your own body parts like basketballs!
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Challenge your rivals in famous soccer tournaments.
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Use the pool cue to shoot and pocket the billiard balls.
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Complete this underwater course in the lowest number of shots.
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Take your team all the way through the world championship!
Grab your mask and hunt for treasure - careful of the sharks!
Finish 8 laps in first place to progress to the next level.
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Pull the most extreme moves and score the most points.
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Take part in the Celebrity Ice Bucket Challenge and soak top celebrities with ice cold water!
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Play 8 Ball Pool against other players online!
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Show off your free kick skills in World Soccer 2018!
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Win animals to stack into giant, crazy towers! Challenge friends and level-up to unlock more residents for your collection.
Make that happy glass full with emojis, draw to solve all the puzzles for maximum stars!
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