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Prescription Drug Addiction
A drug use disorder is marked by an out-of-control need and craving for a specific drug that affects relationships and social obligations such as work and school. Prescription medications are drugs given to treat a certain condition. Prescription drug use disorder is the compulsive seeking and overuse of prescription medications despite harmful consequences. Some medications have a higher risk of addiction. Even with proper use they are associated with alterations in the pathways in the brain. These pathways influence the senses of reward and well-being which can influence addiction.
Medication use disorder is inappropriate use of a medication. It may include taking higher doses than recommended, snorting pills, mixing with other drugs and alcohol, or using medication for the wrong reasons (such as using pain medication for sleep). Medication (drug) use disorder may only develop because of addiction or the addiction may develop after misuse of a medication.
There are certain prescription drugs that are commonly misused because they are more likely to cause addiction. These drugs include:
Opioids—used to treat pain, medication examples include:
- Morphine
- Codeine
- Oxycodone
Central nervous system depressants—used to treat
sleep disorders
, medication examples include:
- Barbiturates
- Benzodiazepines
Stimulants—used to treat
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
, medication examples include:
- Dextroamphetamine
- Methylphenidate
The reasons people misuse prescription drugs are largely unknown. It is most likely due to a combination of factors. The following may play a role in prescription medication addiction:
- Genetic factors
- Altered pathways in brain caused by addicting medications
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Risk Factors
Prescription drug use disorder for sleeping pills and mild anxiety drugs is more common in males, except for teenagers where the rate of use is higher among females. Other factors that may increase the chances of prescription drug use disorder:
- Family history of drug use disorders
- Misuse of medications
- Peer pressure and personality traits
- Having anxiety , depression , loneliness, and a history of alcohol use disorder
Physical dependence may contribute to the development and continuance of addiction. Physical dependence is when your body needs a drug to function normally. Withdrawal symptoms when the medication is stopped or reduced can be a sign of physical dependence. It can make cessation of drug use difficult. Physical dependence may occur with misuse or with long-term proper use of medications.
The symptoms below are associated with prescription drug use disorder. If you experience any one of them, see your doctor.
- Rapid increase in the amount of medication needed
- Moving from one doctor to another for additional prescriptions
- Craving the medication
- Inability to stop or limit medication use
- Withdrawal symptoms (can be intense and include nausea, vomiting, and sweating)
- Using significant effort to acquire the medication
- Medication use that interferes with activities
- Compulsive use of the medication, despite adverse effects
Let your doctor know if you are having symptoms of physical dependence.
Prescription drug use disorder can be difficult to diagnose. Prescription drug use disorder can start with someone who needs frequent medications for a long-term condition like chronic pain. This can make it difficult to distinguish the difference between addiction and medical need.
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam may be done. Your doctor will ask specific questions about your prescription medication use and may review your refill history.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Drug use disorders can be treated effectively through detoxification and counseling . Treatment will depend on the type of drug you misuse and your specific needs.
Treatment options include the following:
This involves managing the symptoms of withdrawal while the medication leaves your system. Some symptoms of withdrawal can be life-threatening. Your medical team will slowly taper you off the drug and monitor your body's reactions.
Other medications may be used to counteract the effects of addiction and withdrawal symptoms. This should be done under the supervision of a doctor in a hospital or other outpatient setting to ensure your safety and effective detoxification.
It is important to follow up with other therapies to avoid relapse.
Behavioral Therapies
Behavioral therapies can help. This therapy will help you learn to function without the medication, handle cravings, and avoid situations in which relapse is likely. Behavioral therapy may include individual, group, or family counseling.
Certain medications can be used to treat opioid dependence that may be present with addiction. They may be used during detoxification to reduce withdrawal symptoms. They may also be continued through maintenance to decrease craving and reduce the risk of relapse. They are given as a part of an overall treatment approach including counseling. Common medication options include:
- Methadone
- Buprenorphine
- Naltrexone
The choice of medication will depend on the drugs involved in the addiction, your medical history, and your recovery commitment.
Other medications may be needed to treat underlying issues, such as depression or anxiety. These medications may help you on your way to a full and productive life as well as prevent relapse.
To help reduce the chances of a prescription drug use disorder:
- Carefully follow directions that come with medications.
- Be aware of potential interactions with other drugs.
- Talk with your doctor before changing the dose.
- Never use another person's prescription.
- Tell your doctor all the medications you are taking. This includes over-the-counter medications and dietary and herbal supplements.
This content is reviewed regularly and is updated when new and relevant evidence is made available. This information is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with questions regarding a medical condition.
Edits to original content made by Denver Health.
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Posted by Arroyoribera on July 25, 2007
After attending and reflecting on tonight's meeting of the Spokane Human Rights Commission, I decided to post this information here. As it turns out, Spokane is a front in some of the ugliest aspects of the U.S. war on the world.
It is time that Spokanites no longer be allowed to claim ignorance of events occurring in our community which are part and parcel of the brutalizing and torturing of the people of this globe. During the 1960s and early 1970s, Spokane's Fairchild Air Force Base played a crucial role in the aerial genocide of the Vietnamese people. As a legacy of that period, Fairchild still houses 85 nuclear weapons as part of the U.S. strategic reserve, making Fairchild home to more nuclear weapons than Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. With KC-135 aerial refuelers flying out of Fairchild from the start of the Clinton air war on Iraq until now, Spokane and Fairchild play a central role in another barbaric and illegal US war. And beyond the "clean, surgical killing" carried out with the aid of Spokane-based aircraft, we now know that Spokane has played a central part in years of physical torture and psychological abuse being carried out in U.S. military and CIA-run facilities in Guantanamo (Cuba), Iraq, Afghanistan, Europe, and elsewhere.
About three years ago, I began to raise 3 questions in e-mails to the media, legislators, and activists:
1) If the U.S. trains its world-class pilots in interrogation and torturer resistance training at the U.S. Air Force Survival School (SERE/JPRA) at Fairchild, isn't it logical that the U.S. also brings world class interrogators and torturers to Spokane to pit against these pilots and train to "better" conduct real torture?
2) Why has the 12th Special Forces Group–which supposedly hasn't existed for more than a decade–been listed for years in the DEX phone directory listing (click on thumbnail below for page 25 of the 2005 Spokane Qwest Dex phone entry and look at bottom of left column) for the U.S. Army Mann Hall Army Reserve Center in Spokane, Washington? The specific listing is for Detachment B4 and B5 Co B 3rd BN 12th Special Forces Group. What is the non-existent 12th Special Forces Group and its personnel actually doing in Spokane? (Hint: Think SERE, think torture, think human rights abuses).
3) Why is Ciber, Inc. at the same Mann Hall Army Reserve Center in Spokane the Army Reserve Center in Spokane, Washington? Ciber, you may know, is the same folks involved in, among many other things, in the electronic vote fraud scandal.
Among the items you will find in this post are two videos of waterboarding–one an MSNBC reporter describing his experience being waterboarded and another which will make it clear why we are hated around the world.
At the bottom of this very long post, you will find additional Unanswered questions for Spokane reporters, broadcasters, activists & citizens. I ask you to do your own research and share it here and elsewhere. There is a war to stop, and administration to impeach, and a world to reconstruct.
(Update from original version posted 6/27/07–from original & source materials)
(All blue underlined words and phrases are links to websites, documents, maps, etc).
Fairchild AFB is home to a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Program. SERE Programs train soldiers, seaman, airmen, CIA operatives, and others–including foreign nationals–in resistance techniques. However, they also provide military and other government torturers, trainers, foreign nationals, contractors (aka US government mercenaries employed by corporations such as Blackwater, CACI International, Titan Corp, and SAIC) and psychologists, among others, the opportunity to develop, refine, practice and polish their torture techniques.
In their must-read June 29, 2007 Spokesman-Review article, reporters Karen Dorn Steele and Bill Morlin reveal that "the SERE program is used by the Army at Fort Bragg, where Green Berets train, and at the U.S. Air Force Survival School near Spokane, where thousands of other trainees are instructed annually." Using first-hand reporting and research as well as reporting from sources such as the New Yorker and Salon.com, Dorn Steele and Morlin reveal the role of Spokane area psychologists and businesses in the U.S. government's reverse-engineering of torture resistance training.
These techniques of torture–witnessed at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and other U.S. facilities around the world–have been employed by the U.S. government, military, intelligence agencies, contractors and foreign agents with the express purpose of breaking human beings as part of the global U.S. "war on terror". That so-called "war on terror" has produced worldwide denunciations of U.S. preemptive attacks, massacres of civilians, torture, disappearances, use of "depleted" uranium, and other actions which are illegal under international standards and laws.
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Fairchild's SERE Program — The premiere Air Force SERE program
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In fact, not only is Fairchild home to a SERE program, it is home to an even more exclusive and secret program, SERE/JPRA (Joint Personnel Recovery Agency). This unclassified Department of Defense (DOD) memo shows that the SERE/JPRA site at the PRA White Bluff Site at 11604 W. NEWKIRK ROAD, SPOKANE, WA 99224 was the host in May 2007 of the DOD SERE Conference and the DOD SERE Psychology Conference.
As the memo shows, foreign government representatives from the U.S. government's Iraq "coalition" partners participated in the two conferences as did three representatives from each of the FBI, DEA, and CIA. In point of fact, the facility has all the markings of a CIA facility such as those at Warrenton, VA and other locations in the U.S. (compare the similarity between the facility maps by clicking the respective links above).
On September 16, 2002, a prior SERE Psychologist Conference was hosted by the Army Special Operations Command and the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency at Fort Bragg for JTF-170 (the military component responsible for interrogations at Guantanamo) interrogation personnel. The Army's Behavioral Science Consultation Team from Guantanamo Bay also attended the conference. Joint Personnel Recovery Agency personnel briefed JTF-170 representatives on the exploitation and methods used in resistance (to interrogation) training at SERE schools. The purpose was the reverse engineering of interrogation resistance to design more "effective" torture techniques. (See "Shrinks and the SERE Techniques at Guantanamo")
Wording in the declassified memo indicates that topics dealt with at the SERE Psychology Conference include such topics as how to conduct psychological and other forms of torture in a way that is psychologically and morally palatable to the torturer as well as how to justify those actions under the law and in a way that can be argued to be "ethical" and "legal". The memo states, "The first two days will focus on sere/code of conduct issues and reintegration. The remaining three days involve discussion and training on ethic, research, and SERE Orientation training". (See conference agenda here).
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Torture, the Geneva Conventions and the School of the Americas
By Ann Wright, US Army Reserve Colonel
(quote) Do Special Operations Forces of the Army, Navy Marines and Air Force practice on detainees the interrogation techniques they are subjected to during their Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training at Ft. Bragg, NC, Fairchild, Air Force Base, WA and Naval Air Stations in Brunswick, ME and North Island, San Diego, CA? What are the limits of abusive interrogation techniques taught to CIA and CIA contract interrogators in the various CIA training areas around the Washington, DC and other locations in the US? (end quote)
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Report of the Department of Defense Inspector General, August 25, 2006
DOD Interrogation Techniques — The Office of the DoD Inspector General produced a Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse (Report No. 06-INTEL-10) on August 25, 2006.
(excerpt) The report made three findings. One of them was that SERE, a course designed to prepare selected American forces to withstand interrogations that did not abide by the Geneva Conventions, was turned into a program for harsh, coercive interrogation. In this way, a course of training to resist cruel, degrading, and inhumane treatment was transformed into a program to counter this very resistance. This program was carried out in the interrogation of Guantánamo prisoners before it "migrated" to Iraq. Officially, Guantánamo prisoners were not entitled to the protections afforded by the Geneva Conventions; Iraqi prisoners were. The finding in question is entitled "DoD Interrogation Techniques …"
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Physicians for Human Rights letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates regarding SERE
(excerpt) The OIG additionally found that the SERE methods later became the standard operating procedure for interrogations conducted in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and had migrated from Guantanamo due, in part, to training and support from JPRA, BSCT, and Special Operations psychologists and others. (end excerpt)
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"Improving the Fighting Position": A Practitioner's Guide to Operational Law Support to the Interrogation Process (From the July 2005 edition of The Army Lawyer )
(quote) This balance between legitimate manipulation and inhumane treatment in the form of physical or mental abuse orcoercion is articulated as a key principle of interrogation operations in FM 34-52:
The GWS, GPW, GC, and US policy expressly prohibit acts of violence or intimidation, including physical or mental torture, threats, insults, or exposure to inhumane treatment as a means of or aid to interrogation.
Experience indicates that the use of prohibited techniques is not necessary to gain the cooperation
of interrogation sources. Use of torture and other illegal methods is a poor technique that yields unreliable results, may damage subsequent collection efforts, and can induce the source to say what he thinks the interrogator wants to hear. (end quote)
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Spokane Journal — June 2007– It's No Game at Base's Survival School
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The Torture Question Frontline Special Watch it online
The Abu Ghraib files by Joan Walsh — A 10-part evidentiary series from inside Abu Ghraib prison accompanied by 279 photographs and 19 videos based on the U.S. Army's own investigation of the three month period from October 17-December 30, 2003. Nine essays follow the photos and videos.
Iraqi woman detainee in U.S. custody.
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(excerpt) In fact, there are likely people being "tortured" in this manner as we speak at Fairchild Air Force base Washington as a part of their "Land Survival" program (the POW resistance training). The only difference is that those at Fairchild have in the back of their minds the fact that their "torture" is only going to last 2 days. Many different career fields go through that training. Most field intelligence, anyone who flies (pilots and aircrew), SERE naturally, special forces and a few others.
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(Excerpt from Trip Report Summary of Commissioner Elaine Donnelly). During her two-day trip to Fairchild AFB, Washington, August 9-11, 1992, Donnelly talked to instructors about their realistic "rape scenario," in which male trainees are taught to manage more intense feelings when a female colleague is threatened with sexual assault or worse, so that enemy captors cannot exploit those emotions. Donnelly described parts of the SERE training that she saw at Fairchild Air Force Base during her visit:
Without knowing what to expect, I found myself locked in a cramped black box that was both physically and psychologically uncomfortable. I also participated in and witnessed interrogation exercises designed to suggest but not duplicate the physical and emotional stress of being a POW. As the night wore on, a sense of cultural dissonance began to overcome the camp's logic of equality in the simulation of brutality.
A woman I watched being interrogated was very capable, but she was totally in the power of a man much stronger than she. What I saw was an unmistakable element of inequality that-in the opinion of many Commission witnesses-cannot be overcome by peacetime training programs or psychological techniques. As the interrogation continued, it was easy to visualize the possibility of sexual abuse as well as physical harm at the hands of a menacing enemy. For reasons of survival, the SERE training for aircrew members makes sense. . . . However, the politically-correct unisex nature of the resistance training is very seductive; it is easy to become "desensitized," meaning accustomed, to the idea that men and women are interchangeable equals in a world of torture and abuse. The SERE trainers asserted that the entire nation must prepare itself for this very real possibility if women are assigned to combat positions.
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(excerpt) An interview with trainers at the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training center at Fairchild Air Force Base uncovered a logical but disturbing consequence of assigning women to combat: "If a policy change is made, and women are allowed into combat positions, there must be a concerted effort to educate the American public on the increased likelihood that women will be raped, will come home in bodybags, and will be exploited.." (end excerpt)
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Robert Johnson, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
This Doctor of Clinical Preventative Medicine and Family Medicine proudly lists on his resume USAF Survival, Escape, Evasion and Resistance (SERE) Training, Fairchild AFB, WA, Sep-Oct 1990
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Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Training Instructor Course. The 66th Training Squadron based at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington, conducts the survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) training instructor course in select areas of Washington and Oregon. The course is a physically demanding six-month program designed to teach future SERE instructors how to teach aircrew members to survive in any environment. The course includes instruction in basic survival, medical, land navigation, evasion, arctic survival, teaching techniques, rough-land evacuation, coastal survival, tropics/river survival, and desert survival.
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(quote) The SERE program also uses waterboarding, continual bombardment by loud noise, and sexual humiliation. Several sources told Mayer that psychologists trained in SERE techniques had advised interrogators at Guantánamo and elsewhere. One of the most disturbing things about the article is its suggestion that what started out as a stupid means of getting information evolved into pure sadism. As a retired colonel who attended a SERE school as part of his Special Forces training said, "If you did too much of that stuff, you could really get to like it. You can manipulate people. And most people like power." (end quote)
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Senate probe focuses on Spokane men
Karen Dorn Steele and Bill Morlin
Spokesman-Review Staff writers
June 29, 2007
Two Spokane psychologists are the focus of a congressional inquiry into the use of harsh techniques to interrogate terrorist suspects in Guantanamo, Iraq, Afghanistan and other secret military and CIA detention centers.
In an article published last week, the online magazine Salon.com identified psychologists James E. Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen as key developers of the interrogation program — which the magazine said was linked to the CIA and likely violated the Geneva Conventions against the torture and mistreatment of prisoners.
The interrogation methods, according to a recently declassified Pentagon report reviewed by The Spokesman-Review, are "reverse engineering" of techniques taught in the military's SERE program, set up to train U.S. special forces and flight crews in the principles of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape.
The SERE program is used by the Army at Fort Bragg, where Green Berets train, and at the U.S. Air Force Survival School near Spokane, where thousands of other trainees are instructed annually.
(cont'd at http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=10496 )
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SERE SOLUTIONS, INC — SERE Solutions, Inc., is owned by Spokane-based contractor Michael Lyons. In 2006 Lyons received a $47 million US Air Force grant with the 336th SERE Training Group at Fairchild AFB after 2 years of extensive assistance from the Washington State College of Business Small Business Development Center. Lyons operation employs at least 37 people in various locations.
SERE Solutions, Inc, lists an address of 6603 S. Shelby Ridge Rd., Spokane, WA. Interestingly, that same address was the site of the Democratic Party Sixth Legislative District Precinct No. 6151 meeting in 2004.
SERE SOLUTIONS INC (6603 S SHELBY RIDGE RD; small business): $2,161,904 in 2 contracts in 2006 $2,146,904 with Air Force for Training/Curriculum Development. Signed on 2006-03-20. Completion date: 2006-09-30. $15,000, same as above. Signed on 2006-06-28. Completion date: 2006-09-30.
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For more information, cut and paste the following lists of words into an internet search engine:
USAF Survival Escape Evasion and Resistance Training Fairchild AFB
SERE Fairchild torture
SERE JPRA Spokane
SERE Spokane
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Torture Teachers — Salon article
Open Letter to President of American Psychological Association
More Waterboarding (video) — not quite as sanitary as this military training video
Free Soul Jah–The CIA, Torture & George Tenet's Body Language (Video of a CIA director in action)
(See the Cryptome Eyeball Series at http://eyeball-series.org/ )
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For more on Blackwater:
Iraq for Sale (video excerpt)
Blackwater: America's Private Army (video)
Blackwater @ www.sourcewatch.org
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Unanswered questions for Spokane reporters, broadcasters, activists & citizens:
Have "high-value detainees" been flown into Fairchild, Felts Field, Spokane International Airport, the helicopter landing pad at Spokane's SERE/JPRA site at 11604 Newkirk Road or other Spokane locations to be subject to interrogation and torture?
What involvement exists between the Spokane Police Department and the Spokane County Sherriff's Department with the SERE/JPRA program? How many SPD and SCSD personnel are graduates of SERE/JPRA and other government or private coercive interrogation training programs?
What is the level of collaboration in surveillance of U.S. citizens, Spokane area activists, members of the media, and others by government agencies in the Spokane area–FBI, DEA, ATF, USCIS (formerly INS), Spokane Police Department, Spokane County Sherriff's and others–as well as involvement of contracted companies and organizations such as SERE Solutions, Inc.
Why has the 12th Special Forces Group–which supposedly hasn't existed for more than a decade–been listed for years in the DEX phone directory listing (click on thumbnail below for page 25 of the 2005 Spokane Qwest Dex phone entry and look at bottom of left column) for the U.S. Army Mann Hall Army Reserve Center in Spokane, Washington? The specific listing is for Detachment B4 and B5 Co B 3rd BN 12th Special Forces Group. What is the non-existent 12th Special Forces Group and its personnel actually doing in Spokane? (Hint: Think SERE, think torture, think human rights abuses).
Why is Ciber, Inc. at the same Mann Hall Army Reserve Center in Spokane? Ciber, you may know, is the same folks involved in, among many other things, the electronic vote fraud scandals of 2000 and 2004. Why when one calls the Mann Hall Army Reserve Center at 489-6441 does one get a message for Ray at Ciber, Inc.?
How many Spokane Police Officers are former U.S. military, what sort of training do they have, and how much of that training may help explain their attacks on protesters, killings of citizens, and other lawless behavior? (As an example, see the bio of 27 year Spokane Police Department officer Skip Pahvlischak, an instructor for this Team One Network tactics and weapons training). http://www.teamonenetwork.com/TeamOneCatalog2007.pdf

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This year has been a bit of a doozy... first off, Lilia was sick on Friday. Poor kid. She missed her Halloween party at school. The interesting part? She missed it last year for the same reason. And she got sick the year before that right after she did the trunk or treat but before we could take her around the neighborhood... Quite the odd coincidence, doncha think?
Luckily she was feeling fine by Friday night so we decided she would be fine to go trick or treating over the weekend.
Second, this was Matthew's first Halloween. YAY! But due to him being sick with an ear infection and a cold he sat out most of the night... BOO! I took him trunk or treating (where he slept in the car almost the entire time). But decided to not take him around the neighborhood. Mostly due to all the RAIN.
Lilia was Cinderella. She is so darn cute! She loved the dress I got her. Lacey was a vampire bat. The costume had wings, a headband with ears, a tutu, tights, and little fingerless gloves. She looked super cute, but refused to say she was a bat. If you ask her she was "a black Tinkerbell!" Matthew was a vampire. I was gonna paint his head to have the classic widows peak black hair, but decided against it when we saw the rain and chose to keep him home.
The picture of the kids for trunk or treating...
The trunk or treat was quite the ordeal with the weather being so bleak. There were a lot of people there, yet many neighbors I didn't see. So we went home and I made some totally delicious stew for dinner. WHILE I was making the stew, Lacey realized she needed to go potty- NOW. Unfortunately, she couldn't get her tights and tutu off in time and had an accident on the bathroom floor. All over her costume. :S Not two minutes later, while I was attending to Lacey, Matthew crawled into the kitchen and decided to go for a swim (or sit) in the dog's water dish. He was SOAKED from the waist down. Good grief! So Matthew was stripped down to nothing but his shoes and a diaper, and was dubbed "the modest streaker." (Or maybe I was too lazy to re-dress him- you may never know...) For Lacey, we decided to just pull out one of the dress up dresses, and sent her as "Sleeping Beauty." She wore a pull up this time. :) I did get a picture of my two youngest miscreants, but my camera is dead. I'll update this with pictures once it's charged.
I took the girls for the first half of the neighborhood. Lilia had a great time, except for the need to stop for a potty break... Lacey was not faring so well. When we finished the "top loop" of our neighborhood, I took the girls home so Lil could go potty, and then I convinced a frozen wet Lacey to stay with me and Matthew while Joe took Lil back out to finish the "bottom half" of the 'hood. All in all, a crazy hectic night. We didn't quite give out all our candy this year, but I totally blame the weather and the fact that Halloween is really on Sunday so we may get a few stragglers tomorrow night.
To give you an idea of how much candy we go through in this neighborhood...
For the trunk or treat I gave out a REALLY large bag of Smarties, and about 3 large bags of Livesavers.
For trick or treating we gave out:
1 bag of Twix
1 bag of Snickers
1 bag of Almond Joys
1 bag of M&M's and Skittles
1 bag of Baby Ruths
1 bag of Crunch Bars
1 bag of Starbursts AND
1 bag of Dove milk chocolates
I would say of all of that we have about 1 bag of candy total left... (we always save the best candy to be handed out last, can you tell?)
How was YOUR Halloween?


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While the study of religion as an academic enterprise has roots that extend back several centuries, its modern configuration and institutional embodiment are a 20th century phenomenon. This field of study has emerged with the recognition that religion is a cultural phenomenon that is marked by both diversity and transformation. The pervasiveness and power of religions throughout human history and their continuing role in shaping individuals and societies make their study within an academic context essential.
A primary objective of the study of religion is to clarify the concept and define the category. The rigorous interrogation of a basic cultural category is a central act of a critical education. On the other hand, human beings do not live through general categories, but through concrete, historical traditions embedded in particular times and places. The study of particular traditions, leaders, doctrines, rituals and artifacts draws students into complex, enduring and compelling systems of meaning that have affected millions of lives.
To study religion is to study responses, both behavioral and intellectual, to the great riddles and questions that face human beings, including death, suffering, tragedy and the nature of the self, society and universe. Religious Studies incorporates cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approaches and utilizes historical, ethnographic, theological/philosophical and sociological tools to interpret and explain the multifaceted complexes that are religions.
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In the past decade, we have become increasingly aware of how religion intersects with ethnicity and nationalism to shape the identities of individuals and societies around the world. Far from being simply a private phenomenon, religion is integrally involved in configuring the world-view and ethos of major civilizations of our day. It plays a central role in determining the shape and tenor of political and cultural conflicts within and between nations. To understand, the diversity of peoples and societies around the world, as well as the conflicts within and between them, it is essential that Americans come to recognize and to understand the diverse religious roots of individual and communal identity.
These factors help to establish the place and mission of the study of religion in American higher education. Education is our society′s primary mode of socialization and acculturation. It is where our students acquire not only information and skills but also a basic sense of American culture and its endemic pluralistic structure and values. One of the things higher education must do, then, is to give students the skills to appreciate the plausibility and appeal of lives they do no and may never lead. This is more than a matter of supplying information. It is a matter of giving them the capacity to understand ways of living that are unknown, alien, and even threatening to them. Since religion is at the core of pluralism, the study of religion must play a central role in American higher education. Through its study, students acquire the attitude, skills and knowledge they will need to negotiate the increasingly pluralistic world of the 21st century.
Why study religious traditions?
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How will this benefit my education and career goals?
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The Department of Religious Studies offers an extensive range of courses that introduce undergraduates to a variety of religious traditions, texts, rituals, symbols and cultures. In consultation with a faculty advisor, students design a course of study that combines a core curriculum with individual interests in order to understand better the ways in which religious values, ethics and beliefs influence human thought and action in societies around the world and throughout history.
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What would be the necessary ingredients for a Duke Nukem movie? Alien invasions, scantily clad women, cigar smoking and action hero swagger, all of which are on display in fan film The Duke: Fate of Humanity.
Directed by Finnish filmmaker Paul J. Helin, The Duke: Fate of Humanity is a "nod towards the toughest bad-ass of all time," according to the short's official Facebook fan page. There's not much dialogue in this slightly-NSFW film that tells the tale of Mr. Nukem ogling an exotic dancer and being upset that aliens invading earth have spilled his beer. But it sure is attractive.
This is a damn fine looking Duke tribute, which we hope grows into something even more spectacular.
The Duke: Fate of Humanity [YouTube - thanks, Jirka!]


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Suburban KC-area Man Fights Neighbors Over Backyard Chicken Coop
I grew up in Kansas City, a city that some folks here in my current place of residence view as hicksville. (It's not.) So I love what Fat City blogger Owen Morris has to say about an Overland Park, Kansas, man whose neighbors are giving him (chicken)s**t about his chicken coop: "This means Kansas City is on the cutting edge, not stuck in the rural past."


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a. The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by sewing.
b. The material, such as thread, gut, or wire, that is used in this procedure.
c. The line or stitch so formed.
2. Medicine
a. The fine thread or other material used surgically to close a wound or join tissues.
b. The stitch so formed.
3. Anatomy The line of junction or an immovable joint between two bones, especially of the skull.
4. Biology A seamlike joint or line of articulation, such as the line of dehiscence in a dry fruit or the spiral seam marking the junction of whorls of a gastropod shell.
tr.v. su·tured, su·tur·ing, su·tures
To join by means of sutures or a suture.
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a. catgut, silk thread, or wire used to stitch together two bodily surfaces
b. the surgical seam formed after joining two surfaces. Also called: seam
2. (Anatomy) anatomy a type of immovable joint, esp between the bones of the skull (cranial suture)
3. (Knitting & Sewing) a seam or joining, as in sewing
4. (Zoology) zoology a line of junction in a mollusc shell, esp the line between adjacent chambers of a nautiloid shell
5. (Botany) botany a line marking the point of dehiscence in a seed pod or capsule
(Surgery) (tr) surgery to join (the edges of a wound, etc) by means of sutures
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a. a joining of the edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
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c. one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
2. the seam where two bones are fused, as at the top of the skull.
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intermaxillary suture, sutura intermaxillaris - the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone
internasal suture, sutura internasalis - the suture between the two nasal bones
lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea - the suture between the occipital and parietal bones
occipitomastoid suture - the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture
parietomastoid suture - the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones
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Minute Maid Park will include Caswell's, Killen's Texas Smokehouse
It's anybody's guess how the Houston Astros will do in the American League West this season. But at Minute Maid Park's concession stands and gift shop, they're ready to "Play ball!"
I got a sneak peek Thursday morning at the stadium's new double-sized Majestic Homeplate Team Store behind home plate.
And a sneak eat of all the new items at food stands.
The team store found extra space when the stadium eliminated Larry's Big Bamboo beer and snack joint. Every shape and size of T-shirts, bobbleheads and Astros gear is there, including jerseys with names of players, like Jose Altuve, Jason Castro, L.J. Hoes and Brett Oberholtzer.
It's a veritable "Who's Who" of superstars - with the emphasis on "Who?"
You can buy game-worn Astros uniforms of olde, including iconic rainbow jerseys from the '70s. There's used equipment, too, including Jeff Bagwell's first baseman's mitt for $350. I know about buying baseball gloves, and Baggy's glove probably cost more than $350 retail off the rack.
Ah, now the food.
Here's an overdue improvement. This year, when you buy a hot dog or peanuts or whatever, you'll pay at the counter, like at normal quick service restaurants. And there will be twice as many cash registers as before. You won't have to wait in line for your food, then wait in another line to pay. Man, that used to bug me.
I had a new Brisket Sausage Sandwich that was perfect. That's going to be a huge hit with fans. Another upgrade, Minute Maid now uses Nolan Ryan brand meats at it concession stands. Hall of Famer Ryan recently signed with the team as an executive adviser, and brought along his personal line of meat products.
That's called "adviser with benefits."
Foodies and barbecue fans will flock to Texas Smoke - Caswell's and Killen's Texas Smokehouse. The new concession stand in Section 124 from local chefs Bryan Caswell and Ronnie Killen will serve country-style barbecue, burgers and classic country sides like baked beans, potato salad and coleslaw.
The various concession stands have new names to reflect hometown pride. There's the H Town Grille, with classic baseball food like dogs, burgers, sandwiches and soda. A bottomless (unlimited free refills) box of popcorn will cost $8.75. Pass it around. Large sodas are $7.50 with one free refill.
Yes, there's a veggie dog, too.
I asked Mat Drain, the Maharaja of Mustard at Minute Maid Park, exactly how many veggie dogs do you sell a year?"
"We sell about 300. We don't know if that's 300 different fans eating one veggie dog each, or one fan eating 300 veggie dogs. We make veggie dogs available because baseball is the ultimate family game, and we strive to have something for everybody in the family," Drain said.
Most important, the Extreme Hot Dog stand is back in right field, with the "Ken Hoffman New York Dog" (sauerkraut and Gulden's Spicy Brown Mustard) and a new "Texas Dog" (with bacon, naturally). I tried those, both great. There's also a Cincinnati Dog and a Georgia Dog.
The Texans Legend Grill at Section 134 has burgers and a New York Strip Steak Sandwich with a white Cheddar horseradish sauce that will slay you.
Maybe the most intriguing new stand is called Street Eats. You'll find a revolving menu usually associated with food trucks. The first offerings include: Chicken Fried BLT (killer), Smoked Pork Sandwich Dip, Pulled Pork Taco and Chicken Bahn Mi, which is Asian chicken with cucumber, pickled carrots, cilantro and chili mayo.
What goes up, rarely comes down. Most everything is 25 cents higher than last year.
The Astros start the 2014 season at home Tuesday with a three-game set against the New York Yankees.


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The community of San Moritz stands in distinction with its European-style architecture of stone mosaics, white trimmed windows, and balconies that overlook the beauty of Midvale.
Our apartments just got smart, learn more! San Moritz Apartments features smart apartment mobile controls in select homes. It's like having your apartment in your phone. You can let a friend in when you're on vacation with digital locks. Or turn off all your lights from bed. Or save money by automating your climate. To learn which apartments have smart features, please consult the leasing office.
You'll find every amenity to enjoy a life of leisure, from an exclusively designed clubhouse and state-of-the-art fitness center to a resort-inspired pool and spa. Inside, our Midvale apartments are crafted for luxury living, featuring 9-foot ceilings, beautifully appointed kitchens with granite countertops and maple cabinetry, and master bedrooms with Roman oval baths. Residents of our apartments in Midvale, Utah also enjoy premier living with community features like assigned garages, personal concierge service, and a professional maintenance team. If you're searching for a stunning home in a vibrant residential community, discover modern comfort and convenience at San Moritz Apartments, Midvale's luxury haven.
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San Moritz is in the Canyons School District and in close proximity to Midvale Elementary and Middle Schools and Hillcrest High School. University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College are also just a 30-minute drive away.
Enjoy the beauty of Salt Lake County by walking the trail of Jordan River Parkway. You're just a short drive away from geological beauties like O'Sullivan Peak and Reed and Benson Ridge. Play and stay at the local mountain resorts and enjoy a multitude of ski slopes. Be sure to catch a game at Rio Tinto Stadium and cheer on the MLS Real Salt Lake!
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Midvale Alerts695 West Center StreetMidvale City655 W Center St.
Midvale, Utah 84047
All Star Bowling and Entertainment1776 W. 7800 S.
West Jordan, UT 84088Carmike Cinemas 129200 S Redwood Rd
West Jordan, UT 84088Cinemark 24 Jordan Landing7301 Jordan Landing Blvd
West Jordan, UT 84084Classic Fun Center9151 S. 255 W.
Sandy, UT 84070Gardner Village100 W. 7800 S.
West Jordan, UT 84088Hastur Games and Hobbies6831 S State St
Midvale, UT 84047Jordan Commons9335 S State St
Sandy, UT 84070Jordan Landing7301 South Jordan Landing Blvd
West Jordan, UT 84084
Bicentennial Park1900 W 7000 South
West Jordan, UT 84084Brigadoon Park1400 W 9300 South
West Jordan, UT 84088Camelot Park1975 W 7250 South
Midvale, UT 84088Jordan River Jogging Trail and Fishing7800 South 1050 West
Midvale, UT 84047Jordan River Parkway Trail1000 W. 7800 S.
West Jordan, UT 84088Liberty Park600 E. 900 S.
Salt Lake City, UT 84105Midvale City Park655 W Center St (7800 S.)
Midvale, UT 84047Mountain View Golf Course2400 W 8660 S
West Jordan, UT 84088Mulligans Golf and Games692 W 10600 S
South Jordan, UT 84095Murray City Park296 E. Murray Park Ave
Murray, UT 84107Old Town Park7662 S Main St
Midvale, UT 84047Salt Lake City Hiking TrailsVarious Locations
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Archibald's Restaurant1100 W. 7800 S.
West Jordan, UT 84088Buca di Beppo935 Fort Union Blvd
Midvale, UT 84047Buffalo Wild Wings985 Fort Union Avenue
Midvale, uT 84047Chabaar Beyond Thai87 W 7200 S.
Midvale, UT 84047Chili's1070 Fort Union Blvd
Midvale, UT 84047Culvers7165 S. Bingham Junction Blvd
Midvale, UT 84047Denny's Restaurant401 W 7200 S
Midvale, UT 84047Dunkin Donuts7219 Grandeur View Way
Midvale, UT 84047Famous Daves1166 Fort Union Blvd
Midvale, UT 84047Freddy's Steak Burgers716 Blue Vista Lane
Midvale, UT 84047Hoppers Bar and Grill890 Fort Union Blvd
Midvale, UT 84047Jersey Mikes7141 South Bingham Junction
Midvale, UT 84047
Benjamin Franklin Academy K 129204 S 700 East
Sandy, UT 84070Challenger School2247 Gardner Ln
West Jordan, UT 84088Heartland Elementary1451 W 7000 South
West Jordan, UT 84084Hillcrest High School7350 S. 900 E.
Midvale, UT 84047Jordan Resource332 W. Center St. 7800 S.
Midvale, UT 84047Jordan Technical Center9085 S. 825 East
Sandy, UT 84094Jordan Valley K12 School7501 S. 1000 East
Midvale, UT 84047Midvale Elementary School7830 Chapel St.
Midvale, UT 84047Midvale Middle School11150 S. 300 E.
Sandy, UT 84070University of Utah201 Presidents Cir
Salt Lake City, UT 84112West Jordan Elementary7220 S. 2370 West
West Jordan, UT 84084
Atlas Disposal2175 3140 W
West Valley City, UT 84119Midvale Post Office35 Center St.
Midvale, UT 84047Salt Lake City International Airport776 N Terminal Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84122Salt Lake County DMV14555 S. Minuteman Drive
Draper, UT 84020Utah Transit Authority7769 S. Bingham Junction
Midvale, UT 84047Yellow Cab Utah435 S 600 W.
Salt Lake City, UT 84041
CVS Pharmacy7777 S. Redwood Rd
West Jordan, UT 84084Dillards6191 S State Street
Murray, UT 84107Fashion Place Mall6191 S State Street
Murray, UT 84107Gardner Village1100 W. 7800 S.
West Jordan, UT 84088Harmons Pharmacy7755 S 700 E
Midvale, UT 84047Jordan Landing7000 S-7800 S Bangerter Highway
West Jordan, UT 84088Nordstrom6191 S State Street
Murray, UT 84107Ross Dress For Less7220 Union Park Ave
Midvale, UT 84047Smiths Marketplace1820 W 9000 S
West Jordan, UT 84088Southtowne Mall10450 State Street
Sandy, UT 84070Target6748 Redwood Rd
West Jordan, UT 84084
24 Hour Fitness5684 S. 900 E.
SLC, UT 84121Absolute MMA1338 W. 7800 S.
West Jordan, UT 84088Hunts Gymnastics Academy7150 Cottonwood St.
Midvale, UT 84047Planet Fitness324 S State St
Salt Lake City, UT 84111Rio Tinto Stadium (Home of Real Salt Lake)9256 S State St
Sandy, UT 84070VASA Fitness7836 Redwood Rd
West Jordan, UT 84088Westwind Karate Schools - Midvale723 S. 300 W.
Midvale, UT 84047Zions Bank Real Academy14787 Academy Parkway
Herriman, Utah 84096
Wasatch Communities Nearby
Arcadia222 West Harrison Street
Sandy, UT 84070Broadmoor Village3375 West 7800 South
West Jordan, UT 84088Florentine Villas7497 S. Siena Vista Ln
Midvale, UT 84047Kimpton Square850 West Center Street
Midvale, UT 84047Lofts at 78007650 Euro Drive
Midvale, UT 84047Parc View7865 South Bingham Junction Boulevard
Midvale, UT 84047Remington Apartments7400 South State Street
Midvale, UT 84047Reserve at View 788095 South Seghini Drive
Midvale, UT 84047Talavera at The Junction1004 W. Tuscany View Rd.
Midvale, UT 84047Tuscany Villas948 W. Tuscany View Rd
Midvale, UT 84047
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The competition in the ultra-high-performance tire arena is getting more and more fierce by the day. The concept that there would or even could be UHP tires in up to 20 and 21-inch wheels was a pipe dream 20 years ago. Even 10 years ago it seemed implausible.
Now it seems like there's a new UHP tire introduced every month and the factory is fitting 18s on its most pedestrian models and 19s and 20s are standard on the '10 Camaro LT and SS (respectively). Go to any local car show and the trend is towards lower profile, wider rubber, even on vehicles built 40 and 50 years ago.
Part of the reason for this is purely looks, but the reality is hot rodders are fitting 13- and 14-inch rotors with six-piston calipers to their machines and these are generally not going to work with 14-inch Rally wheels.
The competition for sales in this price category is absolutely bonkers and there are new players entering the market, with names both well-known and some you've never heard of. One company familiar in the OE market that's got two new entries on the aftermarket side is Continental. Conti has original-equipment fitments on everything from passenger cars (Porsche, Audi, Mercedes, etc.) to motorcycles and is the leading tire brand in Europe.
Recently we flew to Southern California to sample its new DW (dry and wet) and DWS (dry, wet and snow) Extreme Contact tires. Unfortunately, we didn't get to try them on any interesting Chevrolet products, either new or old, but we did put them to the test on a main competitor, the Ford Mustang GT, as well as on a 3-series BMW, and a couple of others.
The TiresThe Extreme Contact DW was designed to take on the likes of the Goodyear Eagle F1 as a replacement tire, as well as garner a chunk of the 20 million annual unit UHP market.
The DW carries a 340 treadwear rating, meaning it should provide good long-term durability. It'll come in sizes from 205/55ZR16 to 295/30ZR20, with plenty of fitments in between. The DWS sacrifices some grip (it has a 540 treadwear rating), but is meant to be used in all conditions, including when temperatures drop below 45 degrees, which is when Continental says you should park your summer tires.
So, how do they work? Quite well. In braking tests, we were able to come to a stop from 55 mph in 79 feet in a car wearing the DW tires, as opposed to 84 feet in one wearing summer Goodyear F1s. On a 200-foot skidpad, we were a half-second faster on the DWS all-season Contis as opposed to the all-season version of the F1.
We were also impressed in the DW's behavior on the road course at California Speedway. They had excellent grip for a street tire. They transitioned nicely coming out of corners and communicated nicely through the steering wheel. Predictability was also a strong suit. On the autocross, the new DW tires outperformed the Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sports when fitted to a 3-series BMW.


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Okay, so it hasn't actually taken Harrison Ford this long to watch the Indiana Jones movies, but this fun video does a clever job of making it look like Ford is watching his films for the very first time.
In fact, Dogfoodfilms, which put together this video, used footage of Ford watching the videogame Uncharted 3. But it's still wonderful to imagine Ford getting so excited over a series of movies that have brought so much childlike excitement to other people.
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Nani Iro's Quilted Double Gauze is just one of those fabrics that makes you want to sew! The prints and colors are absolutely beautiful, and if you're long on inspiration but short on time, the fact that it's pre-quilted opens up a world of potential.
Just add bias tape and make a quick-as-a-wink quilted blanket. Whip up a cute little baby jacket in no time flat. Or try this super adorable Puffy Tote!
With the fabric doing most of the work for you, our Puffy Tote in Nani Iro's Quilted Double Gauze couldn't be easier to make, and we love its unique structural charm… Like a soft and puffy cloud that happens to hold all your stuff! -Molly
- ½ yard of Nani Iro's Quilted Double Gauze. We used Pocho in Ecru/Gold, Pocho in Gray/White, and Bird's Eye in Moe Gray/Yellow.
- 4 yards of Purl Soho's Bias Tape in Natural 2 yards of Purl Soho's Cotton Webbing in Natural
- One 110-yard spool of Gutermann's Cotton Sewing Thread. We used color 1040.
- An erasable fabric marker
Finished Dimensions: 11 inches wide at the bottom and 15 inches wide at the top X 15 inches tall X 5 inches wide
Use your machine's walking foot for all of the sewing in this pattern.
From the fabric, cut…
- An 18 x 36-inch rectangle, with the quilting lines running horizontal to the 18-inch sides
From the bias tape, cut…
- Two 18-inch lengths
- Two 38-inch lengths
From the webbing, cut…
- Two 26-inch lengths
Orient the fabric so its wrong side is facing up. Unfold one long edge of an 18-inch length of bias tape, and with its wrong side facing up, pin the bias tape's raw edge flush along an 18-inch edge of the fabric. Note that the right side of the bias tape faces the wrong side of the fabric.
Sew along the bias tape's crease, as shown above.
Pull the folded edge of the bias tape over to the right side of the fabric. Pull it so that the folded edge is just a bit beyond the seam you just sewed. Pin this fold down.
Edgestitch along the edge of the fold to sew down the second side of the bias tape.
Using the second piece of 18-inch bias tape, bind the other 18-inch edge of the fabric in the same way.
Next, pin one of the longer pieces of bias tape to a long side of the fabric in the same manner. Here, the bias tape is 2 inches longer than the fabric, so leave 1 inch of bias tape overhanging at each end of the fabric.
Sew this tape down along the fold, just as you did for the other sides.
Pull the folded edge of the bias tape over to the right side of the fabric, and pin it down as you did for the other sides, except before you pin down each end, fold the 1-inch overhang under to neatly finish.
Edgestitch along the edge of the fold.
With the remaining piece of bias tape, bind the second long edge of the fabric in the same way.
This is now the Bag Panel, and it's ready to sew…
Fold one of the short sides of the Bag Panel 1 inch towards the wrong side. Press and pin this fold into place.
With the wrong side of the Bag Panel facing up, insert one of the raw ends of one of the webbing pieces under the fold, 4 ½ inches from the left corner. Pin the webbing into place.
Then, making sure not to twist the webbing, insert the second raw end under the fold, 4 ½ inches from the right corner. Pin it into place, as well.
Sew down this fold just above the top edge of the bias tape.
Flip up the webbing so that it's lying above the Bag Panel and pin it in this orientation.
To secure the handle, sew a seam a ¼-inch from the top fold along this whole side.
Repeat these steps on the opposite 18-inch side of the Bag Panel, folding the bound edge and adding the handle.
Now fold the Bag Panel in half, right sides together, so that the edges with the handles meet up. Press this fold and pin the left and right sides together.
Sew each pinned side together with a 1-inch seam allowance. This is now the Bag.
Create the Boxed Bottom
Open up the Bag so that one of the side seams is lying on top of the Bag's bottom fold so that the corner is a 90-degree angle and the side seam bisects it. Fold the side seam allowance to one side (it doesn't matter which side). Now, draw a line that is perpendicular to the side seam at the spot where the left edge of the corner is five inches from the right edge.
Pin the two sides of the Bag together along this line and then sew along the line.
Repeat for the opposite corner of the Bag.
Now turn the Bag right sides out. The boxed corners fold automatically to the bottom of the Bag, and you're all done!


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We were out at Lafayette Reservoir a couple of weeks ago, looking for the bald eagle that wasn't there. But there was a fair amount of butterfly action: a probable echo blue, some small hyperactive orange jobs, and three or four mourning cloaks, sparring or courting—it's hard to tell with butterflies. -more-


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This week's stitch on SSS challenge is Knotted satin stitch. This a broad version of rope stitch. The working of the stitch is explained in Queenie's blog.
I have been interested in glazig embroidery. The name was known through Pinterest. It is contemporary, and colourful. Lots of room for creativity too. This person- Pascal Jaouen seems to have started this according to my knowledge. I may be wrong.
This Glazig embroidery is so attractive and inspiring. A notion of merging this week's stitch and this embroidery seemed appealing. The project is for a string bag.
The colours-
Started working knotted satin stitch on this new peacock.
Still struggling for neat stitches. It is time to use the rope stitch for eyes and curves.
While work the stitches realized that, it could take quite a bit of time to complete the whole design. Should have controlled my enthusiasm before starting a medium size project like this. After working the outlines with rope stitch, this project is stopped for this challenge.
Though the mastering of this stitch is still far away, I am consoling myself with the idea that this is a study of the stitch.
There are two other challenges in Facebook- A year in stitches and Just one stitch. This project can be used for that. A little bit of stitching everyday might get this project completed. It will be good to have a creative project going on the side.
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This week's stitch on SSS challenge is Knotted satin stitch. This a broad version of rope stitch. The working of the stitch is explained in Queenie's blog.


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Having been knocked by "Blue Valentine," we're eager to see writer-director Derek Cianfrance's debut film. Can anybody out there spare $300,000 to make that happen?
"Brother Tied," Cianfrance's debut effort, won all sorts of acclaim while making the festival rounds in 1998, but the film never got proper distribution because he couldn't afford to secure the rights to the litany of '50s doo wop on the soundtrack. So a single 35mm print has been just sitting there in his dad's basement.
Here's the synopsis from the film's website:
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'Brother Tied' is the story of a brotherhood by blood challenged by a brother of friendship. Cal and Aaron are two brothers whose already strained relationship is pushed to the breaking point when Cal befriends his African-American barber, Cassius. The two men attend Cassius' Christmas party; but when Aaron goads Cassius into a fight, Cal sides with his friend, not his brother. Ostracized by his mother and sibling, Cal becomes more deeply involved in his friendship with Cassius, who is similarly estranged from his family. But when Christmas time rolls around again, Aaron strikes back, hurtling the three of them down a path of vengeance, redemption and tragic dissolution.
"It's unbearable to watch, because it's trying so hard to be cinematic in a show-offy way," Cianfrance told Indie Wire (by way of The Playlist). "I was a little pretentious and I had a chip on my shoulder and I wanted to prove myself. But it marks a time in my life as a person and a filmmaker. It's like a tattoo or a scar. And as you grow as a filmmaker, your work represents where you are as a person."
Watching the trailer, you can understand the sentiment, it is a bit arch and showy. But, hey, we'd still like to see it. Can't they put "Brother Tied" on KickStarter.com or something?


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BAGHDAD (CNN) — In a brazen afternoon ambush, gunmen snatched 20 young New Iraqi Army recruits on Friday, Iraqi police told CNN.
The abducted men, mostly Sunnis from Mosul, were traveling in a bus from Mosul to Baghdad to finish their paperwork, medical tests and security checks, according to police.
After the bus stopped for lunch on a highway near Baiji, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Baghdad, at least six SUVs carrying more than 15 gunmen surrounded the bus and forced the driver to head for an unknown location, police said.
Iraqi security forces were searching nearby areas for the missing men.


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Pastrami lovers line up outside Langer's for free sandwiches
Pastrami lovers came out bright and early Friday morning to line up in front of Langer's Deli in Westlake as the restaurant celebrates its 65th anniversary by giving away free sandwiches.
By 7 a.m., nearly 40 people had formed a queue outside the eatery on the corner of South Alvarado and West 7th streets.
"This is a way for the owner, Norm Langer, to show his appreciation to his customers and to the community at large for everything they've given him," said spokesman John Schwada.
On Friday and Saturday, customers will receive a free No. 19 sandwich, the deli's most popular: hand-cut pastrami, cole slaw, Swiss cheese and Russsian dressing on double-baked rye bread.
Schwada said thousands of people are expected to show up over the next two days to take advantage of the offer.
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There are essentially two camps to the public education debate (I'm ignoring the apathetic and the delusional). There is one side that says the current state of public education is not as good as it can be, that we need to reform it, but only to a degree, and the best way to do that is to pump more money into the system and give more power and control to the state. The other side says that public education is essentially a failure, and we need to radically reform or abolish it. In the first camp is the government and those who control it, the establishment political parties, the teachers unions, the graduate schools of education, and the large education publishing companies, who all have a vested interest in the system as it is currently set up. In the second camp are the homeschoolers and unschoolers who want the freedom to raise their kids without interference, and those on the political fringes who are opposed to any form of government control over their children and who do not care to win favor with those in the first camp. This second camp has no vested interest in the system nor do they want any.
The first camp controls public education in America – they control how the money is collected, how it is distributed to the various members of the first camp, how much time kids spend in school, which people have the privilege of teaching our children, the content (or lack thereof) of the "education" provided, and the manner in which they educate (or indoctrinate) the children, also known as pedagogy. Any radical change in the American public education system would threaten the privileged position they hold, and all the money and power that comes along with it. So why would this camp, the one that controls public education, reform it to solve the problems of education which they benefit and profit from? Well, it wouldn't, and it won't. Education will not be voluntarily reformed by the government.
Those who disagree might be quick to list off all of the education reform initiatives that we have seen over the past couple of decades, particularly No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top at the federal level, and the expansion of charter schools throughout the nation. If we include increased pay and benefits for teachers, often noted as the solution to our problems, then the argument can be made that the system has been continually reforming itself for decades!
However, the reforms that the government so eagerly touts and advances are often marginal and affect only a small subset of the population (e.g., charter schools, vouchers), as if they're throwing scraps of food at caged animals. The reforms typically affect kids negatively by browbeating them in an attempt to meet sadly low standards or pass standardized tests which do nothing for children. Worse, many of the so-called reforms do not focus on education at all, but on compensation and benefits (and campaign contributions, union dues, and revenues) for the adults in the first camp that feed off of the system. The education reform initiatives championed by the government typically further centralize decision making in capitol buildings where kids are seen as nothing more than parts of a group represented by an average, as opposed to individual children with individual learning styles and individual needs. They don't do this because they are merely misguided despite good intentions, but rather they do this because it is how they further entrench their power in a broken but lucrative system.
The government's first priority is to gain more power and take care of the people who take care of them. The children are never a priority for them; they are but a means to an end. John Taylor Gatto, a renowned public high school teacher turned advocate of ending compulsory schooling, sums up perfectly the problem inherent in public education:
Nearly a century ago, a French sociologist wrote that every institution's unstated first goal is to survive and grow, not to undertake the mission it has nominally staked out for itself. Thus the first goal of a government postal service is not to deliver the mail; it is to provide protection for its employees and perhaps a modest status ladder for the more ambitious ones. The first goal of a permanent military organization is not to defend national security but to secure, in perpetuity, a fraction of the national wealth to distribute to its personnel.
It was this philistine potential – that teaching the young for pay would inevitably expand into an institution for the protection of teachers, not students – that made Socrates condemn the Sophists so strongly long ago in ancient Greece.
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With the United Nations General Assembly in full swing, "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart was eager to see whether this week's session would deliver any high drama and "red meat rhetoric."
"I love this thing, 'cause the U.N. is where you get to see countries go insane," Stewart said, referring to world leaders' history of dramatic displays before the General Assembly.
Past General Assemblies have bore witness to such performances as late Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev banging his shoe at the podium, and Libyan leader Moammar Khaddafy tossing a copy of the U.N. charter to the floor.
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Given the Assembly's colorful history and the current state of the world, Stewart was gearing up for a showdown with Iran, the U.S. and Israel, which he giddily likened to "World War III."
Only, it wasn't as dramatic as Stewart had hoped for.
Obama quoted Gandhi and spoke of diplomacy, while Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he believed Muslims, Christians, Jews and other religions "get along comfortably."
"Isn't anybody going to give us the red meat rhetoric and innovative prop comedy we've come to expect from the United Nations?" demanded an exasperated Stewart.
Israel was next to bat, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not disappoint.
Taking to the podium, Netanyahu attempted to illustrate Iran's nuclear plans by holding up a sketch of what Stewart called a "Wile E. Coyote nuclear bomb."
"You're really going to pretend that you don't know what a nuclear bomb looks like?" Stewart goaded. "You're Israel – run downstairs and look in the basement."
To see Stewart's recap of this week's General Assembly, check out the clip below, courtesy of Comedy Central:


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