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Thsi storage box is strong, well made, and has a lot more interior space than expected. It is perfect for storing bedding - pillows and blankets, because it allows air flow and breathes well, without allowing dust to enter. It is suitable for any informal decor; it adds flair and charm to any room I love it, and will get another one if it will become available again.
I'm thinking about ordering a second one for another bedroom! This box is perfectly sized, I love that it's lined and seems to be well made. I needed a place to put our king sized comforter in and it fits perfectly, and looks nice!
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I love this new storage box. It hold all my throws & blankets.
I order this storage box with a different purpose in mind: it will be my clothes hamper. It afforded the most square inches for the price, fits perfectly in my itty bitty bathroom, and has feet (not sitting directly on the floor). It looks very, very nice and seems to be well made. I was surprised it was not damaged in shipping as the box was shredded when it arrived. It seems the cardboard was not of a very dense type--I could put my finger right through it. However, the styrofoam packing apparently did the trick as it was not damaged in the least.
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Sometimes I think we must be the only people on the planet
who eat tofu regurly. We just had iridofu for dinner this evening and we like it. Oh, by the way, iridofu means chicken with tofu. At least that is what my friend Hideo tells me.
Our DS went vegetarian a few years ago, so we went looking for resturants and recipes that we could share.
We found a hole in the wall resturant in a strip mall that has the most wonderful veggi/tofu dishes. Want pork, chicken, beef dishes, you can get it here, but it is all made with tofu.
We luv it.
Here is a link that might be useful: Veggi.................
WG, there is a Carraba's Restaurant in Frederick, MD (about 20 miles from us). We've been there only once, but thought the food was delicious. Guess I didn't peruse the menu carefully enough, b/c I didn't know they had vegetarian fare, unless perhaps, they don't, and it's a specialty of the restaurant near you.
I confess I've never eaten tofu; my taste buds need to be expanded, I think! :>)
Probably not low-cal but I love a happens-to-be-vegetarian dish at a restaurant we sometimes visit. I think it's called sesame tofu. It's chunks of fried tofu in a fairly spicy sweet/sour sauce and sesame seeds all over it. Extremely delicious, filling, and usually paired with steamed broccoli (which always bumps into that yummy sauce just before I take a bite.) Wouldn't be hard to make at home, where I would blot the fried chunks on paper towels, or try sautee'ing without the batter/breading. As long as there's a little crunch on the edges, I don't think anything would be lost. If anybody else would eat it with me, I'd try making it this way (if I could find tofu to buy, don't think I've seen any around here.) It's not something I've had often but have never NOT enjoyed it. It doesn't have to be a main dish and I'm sure I would find lots of uses for it.
I've had to cut back on eating dark green veggies-- broccoli, brussel sprouts, kale, spinach, even dark leaf lettuces, b/c I am taking Warfarin, and those vegetables curtail its effectiveness. I didn't realize how much of them I ate, till I'm not supposed to do so. Even cranberries are now a "no-no"! Which is a bummer, b/c I make a great cranberry sauce. :(


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I am making an instagram application using rails, but I keep getting this error every time I start my application:
can't activate multi_json (~> 0.0.5, runtime) for ["instagram-0.8"], already activated multi_json-1.0.3 for []
My rails version is 3.0.4 and instagram gem has been installed (gem install instagram). What am i doing wrong?
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General Social Survey: Majority Of Americans Say Marijuana Should Be Legal
The majority of Americans say that "the use of marijuana should be made legal," according to nationwide polling data provided by the General Social Survey. The GSS is a bi-annual scientific survey that collects data on social trends within the United States.
Fifty-two percent of respondents endorsed legalizing marijuana – an increase of nine percentage points since GSS pollsters asked the question in 2012. Forty-two percent of respondents said that they opposed the idea.
GSS pollsters have been tracking Americans' views regarding marijuana legalization since the early 1970s. In 1990, only 16 percent of respondents backed legalizing the plant. The just-reported 2014 survey data marks the first time that the General Social Survey has ever reported majority support for legalizing cannabis.
Separate national surveys by both Gallup and the Pew Research Center, among others, have previously documented that most Americans now favor legalizing the plant.
Jamaica: Ganja Decriminalization Plan Finally Approved By Parliament
Members of Jamaica's Parliament have given final approval to a long-standing plan to amend the nation's marijuana policies.
The newly passed measure amends the island's Dangerous Drugs Act so that the possession of up to two ounces of cannabis by an adult is reclassified as a non-criminal offense. Violators of the new law will receive a ticket and be mandated to pay a fine, but will not face criminal penalties. Public use of the substance will remain prohibited.
Separate provisions of the measure seek to establish regulations allowing for the licensed production of cannabis for therapeutic purposes as well as for industrial purposes. Additional provisions of the bill provide broader legal protections for those who use the plant for sacramental purposes.
Although various Jamaican commissions had previously recommended similar changes in policy for well over a decade, lawmakers had until now consistently failed to move forward with any legislation seeking to depenalize the plant's possession or production.
Big Brouhaha in DC as Legalization is Phased-In
The new marijuana laws recently approved by the voters of the District of Columbia (Initiative 71) by nearly 70 percent took effect last week, following a 30-day period in which the US Congress had the opportunity to override the provision, but our opponents did not have the votes.
So it is now perfectly legal in the District of Columbia to possess up to two ounces of marijuana; to cultivate up to six plants in the home, not more than three of which may be flowering; and to give away, but not sell, up to one ounce of marijuana to someone at least 21 years of age. It is one of the better decriminalization laws in the country, a welcome half-way step that is now law in 17 states as well as the District.
I say it is a half-way step, because while it legalizes the possession and use of marijuana by adults, it does not establish a legal, regulated market, such as those currently operating in Colorado and Washington, and soon to be up and running in Oregon and Alaska. (Voter initiatives in DC may not require the expenditure of city funds, so that was not an option). In DC, marijuana smokers will either have to cultivate their own marijuana in their home, or continue to buy their marijuana on the black market, with no quality controls to protect them from contaminants such as molds or pesticides, and no way to evaluate the strength of the product.
Decriminalization is obviously a giant step forward for any jurisdiction, as it ends the practice of treating marijuana smokers as criminals. Although in DC the elected City Council has already reduced the penalty for possession of up to one ounce of marijuana to a civil offense, punishable by a fine of $25, so the latest change will not be dramatic, and the changes will largely go unnoticed by the general public. Nonetheless, it is good to get rid of the fine altogether and finally make marijuana possession and cultivation legal.
Perhaps most significant, now that possession of two ounces of marijuana is legal in the District, the smell of marijuana, traditionally used by the police as legal justification to search the passenger compartment of a car without the need to obtain a search warrant, no longer provides probable cause for a search. It is impossible for the police to tell whether the marijuana they are smelling is more or less than the two ounce limit, so this much-abused police practice now must stop.
Similarly, the smell of marijuana when the police come to someone's home has traditionally been used by the police as probable cause to obtain a search warrant for someone's home; that common, abusive practice must now also end. So the new laws in the District will have the positive result of protecting our right to privacy and reinforcing our 4th Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Interestingly, Mayor Muriel Bowser and a majority of the DC City Council members were poised to develop and approve a set of regulations to license growers and dispensaries in the District, until the drug warriors in Congress used the budget bill approved at the end of the last Congress to preclude the District from spending any of its money to legalize marijuana. Some on the council have long supported more progressive marijuana laws, while others resent the interference of Congress in the local affairs in the District, which enjoys a limited form of "home rule."
The anti-pot zealots in Congress, led by Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), had thought their budget amendment would also stop the provisions of Initiative 71 from being implemented, but the mayor and City Council Chair Phil Mendelson and the new DC Attorney General all took the position that the initiative was "self-enacting" and required no expenditure of funds by the District, and they are treating the Congressional budget amendment as having no effect on the initiative, although they acknowledge it would block the Council from going further to regulate the market.
When the anti-marijuana ideologues in Congress saw that the elected leadership in the District were going to enforce the language of the new initiative, they publicly threatened to have the mayor and other city officials arrested! To the everlasting credit of Mayor Bowser, Council Chair Phil Mendelson and Police Chief Cathy Lanier, they held a joint press conference explaining what is and is not allowed by the new laws (no public smoking; no selling; no outdoor cultivation; and no possession on federal lands, which comprise roughly 29 percent of the District's total land area), and announcing the new laws would take effect at 12:01am on Thursday, Feb. 26th.
It was wonderful to see a united defense of the right of the voters in the District of Columbia to determine their own marijuana policy, free from Congressional interference.
This situation may yet end up being resolved by the courts, but for the moment, the good guys are winning. As an aside, the mayor has now called for the City Council to adopt new legislation making it clear that Amsterdam-style "cannabis clubs" will not be tolerated in DC; a sop, I suppose, to the other side. We will try to stop the ban from being enacted. Smoking marijuana is a social activity, and there is no reason to limit marijuana smoking only to a private home. Hopefully we can find some middle ground that will permit smokers to exercise their new right in other private areas. This issue too may end up in the courts.
New Alaska Penalties Also Took Effect
The new legalization law recently approved by the voters in Alaska (Measure 2) calls for the establishment of licensed growers and sellers by the end of the year, but there too the parts of the new law eliminating all penalties for possession of up to one ounce of marijuana, and for cultivating up to six plants in the home, took effect last week. Once again, little will change initially for smokers in Alaska, since they have enjoyed protection from arrest or prosecution for possessing personal use amounts of marijuana in the home since 1978, because of a state Supreme Court decision, Ravin v State, finding such conduct protected by the right to privacy provisions in the state constitution.
But again, as in DC, the police will no longer be able to use the mere smell of marijuana as probable cause to search a vehicle, so the legal significance of the new law is enormous.
Oregon Law to Take Effect in Mid-Year
The new penalties approved by the voters in Oregon (Measure 91) will take effect on July 1, although the state has until Jan. 1, 2016 to implement the provisions regulating the cultivation and sale of marijuana. As of July 1, Oregonians will be legally permitted to possess up to one ounce of marijuana in public and up to eight ounces of marijuana in the home (and one pound of solid edibiles, 72-ounces of infused liquid, and one ounce of extracts), along with the right to grow up to four plants per household.
Until that time, possession of an ounce or less remains a non-criminal violation, carrying a fine-only, with no possibility of jail.
This column was originally published on Marijuana.com.
District of Columbia: Voter-Approved Depenalization Plan To Become Law
District of Columbia officials are moving forward with implementing a voter-approved initiative depenalizing offenses involving the personal possession and/or cultivation of cannabis by adults.
The new law is set to take effect Thursday, February 26, at 12:01am. In a press release issued Tuesday, District officials — including Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Cathy Lanier — reaffirmed their intent to recognize the will of District voters, 70 percent of whom voted in favor of the municipal measure (I-71).
"In November, residents of the District of Columbia voted to legalize small amounts of marijuana by adults for personal, in-home use in the District," said Mayor Bowser. "We will uphold the letter and the spirit of the initiative that was passed last year, and we will establish the Initiative 71 Task Force to coordinate our enforcement, awareness and engagement efforts and address policy questions as they arise."
Initiative 71 permits adults to possess up to two ounces of marijuana and to cultivate up to six marijuana plants (no more than three mature at any one time) in one's primary residence without facing any criminal or civil penalty. Not-for-profit transactions involving small amounts of the substance are also permitted; however, for-profit sales are prohibited as is the retail production or distribution of the plant.
The consumption of cannabis in public or on federal property also remains prohibited.
District officials contend that they possess the legal authority to depenalize minor marijuana offenses despite the passage of a federal spending provision in December prohibiting the District from spending any tax dollars to implement the new law. They argue that the municipal measure took effect upon passage in November and that Congress failed to take any explicit action to overturn the law during its requisite 30-day review period. (This Congressional review period is mandated law before any new District legislation may be imposed.)
District officials' stance is not without some vocal critics. Earlier this week, two Republican members of Congress sent a letter to DC's Mayor warning that Congress may take action if I-71 is enforced.
"If you decide to move forward … with the legalization of marijuana in the District, you will be doing so in knowing and willful violation of the law," reads the letter signed by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), chairman of the subcommittee that handles DC affairs.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Rep. Chaffetz threatened Mayor Bowser and city officials, stating, "[If District officials are] under any illusion that this would be legal, they are wrong. And there are very severe consequences for violating this provision. You can go to prison for this. We're not playing a little game here."
To date, neither spokespersons for the Mayor's office and/or the DC City Council have responded directly to the Congressmen nor have they indicated that they intend to reconsider their decision to implement I-71 as voters intended.
Poll: No Buyer's Remorse In Colorado
Nearly six out of ten Coloradans say that they support keeping retail marijuana production and sales legal, according to statewide polling data released by Quinnipiac University.
The figure is a five percent increase in support since voters approved the law in November 2012. A September 2014 statewide NBC News/Marist College poll previously reported that 55 percent of Coloradoans favored the law.
Men and younger voters were most likely to support legalization. Voters ages 18 to 34 overwhelmingly favored state law (86 percent to 16 percent) while 50 percent of those ages 55 and older opposed it.
Male voters supported the legalization by a margin of 63 percent to 33 percent, while women only favored the law by a margin of 53 percent to 44 percent.
The gender and age differences in support are not surprising. A just-published study in the February issue of the journal Drug Abuse and Alcohol Dependence reports that women are twice as likely as men to perceive significant risks associated with the use of cannabis. The study reported that those least likely to perceive significant harms associated with cannabis are those between the ages of 18 to 25, those who have completed high-school and/or college, and those with annual household incomes exceeding $75,000.
According to newly released figures by the Colorado Department of Revenue, retail sales of marijuana totaled just under $700 million in Colorado in 2014 – the first full year during which sales of marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes were allowed.
NORML Responds To Marijuana And Psychosis Claims
Last week, in what is becoming a semi-annual mainstream media ritual, news outlets around the globe published sensational headlines alleging that consuming cannabis will drives people crazy.
On Monday, I published a rebuttal of these claims in a commentary published on the website Alternet.org — an excerpt of which appears below.
Debunking the Latest Pathetic Fear Smear Campaign Against Marijuana
[excerpt] [N]umerous (though far less publicized) studies have come to light downplaying the likelihood that cannabis use is a direct cause of psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia. Specifically, a 2009 paper in the journal Schizophrenia Research compared trends in marijuana use and incidences of schizophrenia in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2005. Authors reported that "incidence and prevalence of schizophrenia and psychoses were either stable or declining" during this period, even though pot use among the general population was rising. They concluded: "This study does not therefore support the specific causal link between cannabis use and incidence of psychotic disorders. … This concurs with other reports indicating that increases in population cannabis use have not been followed by increases in psychotic incidence."
Similarly, a 2010 review paper published by a pair of British scientists in the journal Addiction reported that clinical evidence indicating that use of he herb may be casually linked to incidences of schizophrenia or other psychological harms is not persuasive. Authors wrote: "We continue to take the view that the evidence that cannabis use causes schizophrenia is neither very new, nor by normal criteria, particularly compelling. … For example, our recent modeling suggests that we would need to prevent between 3000 and 5000 cases of heavy cannabis use among young men and women to prevent one case of schizophrenia, and that four or five times more young people would need to avoid light cannabis use to prevent a single schizophrenia case. … We conclude that the strongest evidence of a possible causal relation between cannabis use and schizophrenia emerged more than 20 years ago and that the strength of more recent evidence may have been overstated."
More recently, researchers at Harvard University released a study further rebutting this allegation. Writing in 2013 in Schizophrenia Research, investigators compared the family histories of 108 schizophrenia patients and 171 individuals without schizophrenia to assess whether youth cannabis consumption was an independent factor in developing the disorder. Researchers reported that a family history of schizophrenia increased the risk of developing the disease, regardless of whether or not subjects consumed weed as adolescents. They concluded: "The results of the current study, both when analyzed using morbid risk and family frequency calculations, suggest that having an increased familial risk for schizophrenia is the underlying basis for schizophrenia in these samples and not the cannabis use. While cannabis may have an effect on the age of onset of schizophrenia it is unlikely to be the cause of illness."
In fact, some researchers speculate that specific cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol (CBD), may even be efficacious in treating symptoms of psychosis. According to a review published in the January 2014 issue of the journal Neuropsychopharmacology: "CBD has some potential as an antipsychotic treatment. … Given the high tolerability and superior cost-effectiveness, CBD may prove to be an attractive alternative to current antipsychotic treatment." Specifically, a 2012 double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial assessing the administration of CBD versus the prescription anti-psychotic drug amisulpride in 42 subjects with schizophrenia and acute paranoia concluded that two substances provided similar levels of improvement, but that cannabidiol did so with far fewer adverse side effects.
Case reports in the scientific literature also indicate that some patients turn to cannabis for subjective benefits, though other studies indicate that pot use may exacerbate certain symptoms in patients with psychiatric disorders. Nonetheless, even a recent paper summarizing the "adverse health effects of recreational cannabis use" acknowledges, "It is difficult to decide whether cannabis use has had any effects on psychosis incidence, because even if a relationship were to be causal, cannabis use would produce a very modest increase in incidence."
You can read my full commentary here.
You can also watch my discussion with Thom Hartmann of The Big Picture (air date: February 23) here.
Alaska Legalization Law Takes Effect
Legislation enacted by voters in November legalizing the personal use and cultivation of marijuana takes effect today.
Fifty-three percent of Alaska voters approved Ballot Measure 2 on Election Day, permitting those over the age of 21 to lawfully possess up to one ounce of marijuana and/or to grow up to six marijuana plants (no more than three mature) for non-commercial purposes. Sharing or gifting personal use quantities of marijuana is also permitted under the new law; however the consumption of cannabis in public remains an offense.
Lawmakers will now begin the process of establishing licensing requirements for those who wish to commercially produce cannabis and/or engage in the plant's retail sale. State regulators have up to nine months to enact rules to govern these commercial entities and are expected to begin granting operator permits by February 2016.
Since 1975, Alaskans have enjoyed personal privacy protections based on a state Supreme Court decision allowing for the possession and cultivation of personal use amounts of cannabis in one's home. However, state lawmakers had never before codified these protections into law or permitted a legal market for marijuana production and sales.
Alaska is the third state – following Colorado and Washington – to legalize the personal possession of marijuana by adults and to license the plant's retail production and sales. Oregon voters in November approved similar legislation (Measure 91), which is scheduled to go into effect later this year.
Congressional Legislation Introduced to Get the Federal Government Out of the Marijuana Enforcement Business
Legislation was introduced Friday in the US House of Representatives to permit states to establish their own marijuana regulatory policies free from federal interference.
House Resolution 1013, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, removes cannabis from the United States Controlled Substances Act. It also removes enforcement power from the US Drug Enforcement Administration in matters concerning marijuana possession, production, and sales — thus permitting state governments to regulate these activities as they see fit.
Said the bill's primary sponsor, Democrat Jared Polis of Colorado: "Over the past year, Colorado has demonstrated that regulating marijuana like alcohol takes money away from criminals and cartels, grows our economy, and keeps marijuana out of the hands of children. While President Obama and the Justice Department have allowed the will of voters in states like Colorado and 22 other jurisdictions to move forward, small business owners, medical marijuana patients, and others who follow state laws still live with the fear that a new administration – or this one—could reverse course and turn them into criminals. It is time for us to replace the failed prohibition with a regulatory system that works and let states and municipalities decide for themselves if they want, or don't want, to have legal marijuana within their borders."
Separate legislation, House Resolution 1014: the Marijuana Tax Revenue Act, introduced by Democrat Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, seeks to impose a federal excise tax on the retail sale of marijuana for non-medical purposes as well as apply an occupational tax for state-licensed marijuana businesses. Such commercial taxes would only be applicable if and when Congress has moved to defederalize marijuana prohibition.
"It's time for the federal government to chart a new path forward for marijuana." said Rep. Blumenauer. "Together these bills create a federal framework to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana, much like we treat alcohol and tobacco. The federal prohibition of marijuana has been a failure, wasting tax dollars and ruining countless lives. As more states move to legalize marijuana as Oregon, Colorado, Washington and Alaska have done, it's imperative the federal government become a full partner in building a workable and safe framework."
Similar versions of these measures were introduced in the previous Congress but failed to gain federal hearings.
To contact your US House member and urge him/her to support House Resolution 1013, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act and/or other pending federal marijuana law reform legislation, please visit NORML's Take Action page here.
The Impact of Big Money in the Marijuana Legalization Movement
One indisputable fact is that big-money interests have now surfaced in a number of states, seeking to influence the type of legalization adopted in specific states, and to profit from the legal marijuana market. We should not be surprised that the economic appeal of legalizing marijuana would attract the attention of people with resources.
Understandably, some activists who have worked long and hard to help bring us to this point, are concerned about the entry of big money into the political equation. They fear the legalization movement has been hijacked by those seeking to profit from legal marijuana.
Of course, big money has been a major factor in the legalization movement as far back as 1996, when the California medical marijuana initiative was bailed-out with money provided by a handful of rich philanthropists, led by George Soros and the late Peter Lewis, who have been major funders supporting many of the statewide initiatives passed since, including both the Colorado and Washington state full legalization initiatives, and more recently the Oregon legalization initiative.
To Read the Balance of this Column, Please Go To Marijuana.com.
31 States Are Considering Marijuana Law Reform, Is Yours One of Them?
At post time, there are 31 states that currently have pending marijuana law reform legislation. These measures deal with a wide array of topics including decriminalization, record expungement, medical access, and full legalization. 2015 is shaping up to be one of the most active legislative sessions on record for the marijuana legalization movement, but these bills won't pass themselves. It is absolutely crucial that you, the stakeholders and voters, get engaged in the process and apply pressure to your state lawmakers to urge them to support these measures.
Reaching out to your state officials is as simple as a few clicks of the mouse using NORML's Take Action Center. Simply consult the landing page to see if your state has pending legislation, click on that legislation, enter your zip code, and a pre-written email will be sent on your behalf. Once you have taken this initial step, we strongly encourage you to follow up by contacting your lawmakers directly and speaking to them on the phone. If politicians don't hear from their constituents on these pieces of legislation, they remain unlikely to support them when they are called for a vote. Click HERE to see the full list of pending legislation. Recent additions include:
- Vermont: Marijuana Legalization Bill Introduced in Senate
- Tennessee: Measures Introduced To Depenalize Minor Marijuana Offenses
- Maryland: Lawmakers to Consider Measure to Vacate Past Marijuana Convictions
- New Mexico: Senate Committee Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill
- Hawaii: Provide Safe Access to Medical Marijuana
- New Hampshire: Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
Don't forget to check out the full listing here and check back frequently as new alerts are added and old ones are updated with the most recent information.
Together, we can make the country a little more NORML. Together, we WILL legalize marijuana nationwide.
Study: History Of Cannabis Use Associated With Reduced Cancer Risk
Cannabis use is inversely associated with incidences of bladder cancer in males, according epidemiological findings published in the February issue of the journal Urology.
Investigators at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Department of Neurology assessed the association of cannabis use and tobacco smoking on the risk of bladder cancer in a multiethnic cohort of more than 80,000 men aged 45 to 69 years old over an 11-year period.
Researchers determined that a history of cannabis use was associated with a decreased risk of bladder cancer. By contrast, tobacco use was associated with an increased risk of cancer.
"After adjusting for age, race or ethnicity, and body mass index, using tobacco only was associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer (hazard regression 1.52) whereas cannabis use was only associated with a 45 percent reduction in bladder cancer incidence (HR 0.55)," investigators reported.
Subjects who reported using both tobacco and cannabis possessed a decreased risk of cancer (HR 1.28) compared to those subjects who used tobacco only (HR 1.52).
The study is the first to indicate that cannabis use may be inversely associated with bladder cancer risk.
Authors concluded:
"In this multiethnic cohort of 82,050 men, we found that cannabis use alone was associated with a decreased risk of bladder cancer. … [M]en who used tobacco alone were 1.5 times more likely to develop bladder cancer when compared with men who did not use tobacco or cannabis. … However, among men who used both substances, this risk of bladder cancer was mitigated. … If this represents a cause and effect relationship, this pathway may provide new opportunities for the prevention and/or treatment of bladder cancer."
In 2009, Brown University researchers similarly reported that the moderate long-term use of marijuana was associated with a reduced risk of head and neck cancers in a multi-center cohort involving over 1,000 subjects. Investigators further reported that marijuana use "modified the interaction between alcohol and cigarette smoking, resulting in a decreased HNSCC (head and neck squamous cell carcinoma) risk among moderate smokers and light drinkers, and attenuated risk among the heaviest smokers and drinkers."
Read the abstract of the study, "Association between cannabis use and the risk of bladder cancer: Results from the California Men's Health Survey," online here.
Take Action on Marijuana Law Reform in 2015
As we get further into 2015, state legislatures are convening all around the country and the issue of marijuana law reform is a hot topic in many of them. From full legalization to decriminalization to medical use, marijuana is being debated in state houses across the nation. A key component of making these reform efforts successful is the mobilization of citizens like yourself. Only so much can be done by top down lobbying and lawmakers often base their votes off of the will of their constituents.
To make this process as pain-free as possible, NORML has collected all of the currently pending legislation and provided tools for constituents to contact their elected officials in our Take Action Center. Bills currently pending in 2015 include:
- Federal: Members Of Congress Move To Exclude Hemp From the Controlled Substances Act
- Arizona: Measure Introduced To Defelonize Marijuana Penalties
- New York: Measure Introduced To Legalize Cannabis Commerce
- Delaware: Lawmakers To Debate Marijuana Decriminalization Measure
- New Mexico: Senate Lawmakers to Consider Decriminalizing Marijuana
- Kentucky: Medical Cannabis Legislation Filed In Both Chambers
- And many more!
You can view the full list of pending legislation here. This list is continually updated as new measures are introduced so be sure to keep checking back to see what legislation will be debated in your state this year. Be sure you take a moment of your time to use these action alerts to quickly and easily contact lawmakers in support of pending legislation in your state and share them with your friends and family!
Help us keep the GRASS in GRASSROOTS and together we will legalize marijuana nationwide.
Cannabis Sniffing Canines Needed No More
Need another prime example of cannabis prohibition coming to pass in these United States? Look no further than the states of Alaska and Oregon where the voters have ended cannabis prohibition and instead replaced the failed prohibition with tax-n-regulate policies, both states are canceling the use (and expense) of maintaining and employing cannabis sniffing canines.
Up next in states that have jettisoned cannabis prohibition: Canceling law enforcement overflights looking for once illegal cannabis plants.
Voters Have Spoken, But Drug Warriors Aren't Listening
The drug warriors — led principally by law enforcement and their handmaidens in the state legislatures — continue to do everything within their power to prolong marijuana prohibition, even in those states in which the voters have approved full legalization.
I am referring specifically to a legislative proposal introduced last week in the Alaska state legislature, allegedly to implement their recent legalization initiative, under which possession of one ounce of marijuana and the private cultivation of six plants was legalized for everyone over 21 years of age. Recreational marijuana use will be totally decriminalized effective February 24, although the state has until the end of the year to implement the regulations for licensing recreational growers and dispensaries.
Senate Bill 30, and it's House companion bill, HB 79, initially considered by the House and Senate Judiciary Committees last week, would have kept any amount of marijuana illegal, causing users to be arrested and brought to trial, when they could then raise an affirmative defense by proving they were over 21 and their conduct was protected under the new initiative.
To read the balance of this column, please go to Marijuana.com.
American Academy of Pediatrics Calls For Rescheduling Cannabis
An updated policy statement issued today by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) calls for the rescheduling of the cannabis plant under federal law to better facilitate clinical trial research and to promote the plant's eventual pharmaceutical development.
The new position statement resolves: "The AAP strongly supports research and development of pharmaceutical cannabinoids and supports a review of policies promoting research on the medical use of these compounds. The AAP recommends changing marijuana from a Drug Enforcement Administration schedule I (controlled substance) to a Schedule II drug to facilitate this (clinical) research."
By definition, schedule I controlled substances are defined as possessing no "accepted medical use." Clinical protocols involving cannabis are strictly controlled and require authorization from various federal agencies, including DEA, FDA, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – the latter of which is designated under federal law as the sole provider of cannabis and/or organic cannabinoids for research purposes.
"A Schedule 1 listing means there's no medical use or helpful indications, but we know that's not true because there has been limited evidence showing [marijuana] may be helpful for certain conditions in adults," said Dr. Seth Ammerman, who co-authored the new policy statement.
The newly amended AAP resolution also acknowledges that certain types of cannabinoid-therapy may provide benefits to adolescents, particularly those patient populations with treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy and chronic seizures. It states, "The AAP recognizes that marijuana may currently be an option for cannabinoid administration for children with life-limiting or severely debilitating conditions and for whom current therapies are inadequate."
Last year the Epilepsy Foundation of America issued a similar resolution, citing preclinical data and observational reports of the potential therapeutic benefit of the cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) in pediatric patients and calling for "an end to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) restrictions that limit clinical trials and research into medical marijuana for epilepsy."
Separate language in the AAP's position statement also addresses the social use of the plant, affirming, "AAP strongly supports the decriminalization of marijuana use for both minors and young adults and encourages pediatricians to advocate for laws that prevent harsh criminal penalties for possession or use of marijuana." By contrast, the statement acknowledges the group's continued opposition to the legalization of marijuana, a policy change that it alleges poses "potential harm to children."
Text of the amended AAP position paper is online here. A summary of resolutions issued by other medical and health organizations in regard to patient access to therapeutic cannabis is available on the NORML website here.
Demanding "Perfect Legalization" is a Formula for Defeat
You don't have to look too hard to see marijuana legalization efforts in several states that have a good chance of being approved by the voters in 2016. But many of those efforts are mired-down with competing proposals and competing proponents that could easily undermine the ability of supporters in those states to actually change public policy and end prohibition.
The inability to accept compromise in the interest of building a winning coalition threatens to turn some of these political opportunities into losing efforts. And that would be a disaster.
Specifically, different factions with different political demands are competing for control of the issue in Massachusetts, Ohio and California, three large and important states that would add enormous legitimacy and political credibility to the legalization movement, were they to approve legalization in 2016.
Click here to read the balance of this column.
Want Legalization in Your State?
How do we move from prohibition to legalization in my state?
That's one of the most asked questions we hear every week at NORML.
With national media attention focusing on the favorable experience with legalization in Colorado and Washington, and on the not-yet-implemented legalization programs recently adopted in Oregon and Alaska, anyone living in a state that continues arresting and jailing marijuana smokers would naturally wonder why their state seems to have missed out on the drive to end marijuana prohibition.
More accurately, many of those states are lagging behind in the legalization movement, but that, too, will change. As we continue to gather data demonstrating these new laws are working as intended, with few unintended consequences, the drive to end marijuana prohibition will soon reach every state in the union, and beyond. We are no longer debating theory and conjecture; we now have real-life experiences that can be evaluated, and that data resource will grow with each new state.
Patience and persistence still required
We all need to accept the reality that changing public policy is a complex process that requires financial resources, re-education and political organizing. Following more than 75 years of criminal prohibition, and "reefer madness" propaganda by our state and federal governments, many Americans — especially older Americans — hold a negative view of marijuana and marijuana smoking, believing it presents a risk to health or public safety.
Since all but a few of us have lived under prohibition for our entire lives, it is understandable that many would presume there must have been some justification for those tens of millions of marijuana arrests. Surely our own government would not needlessly wreak havoc on all those lives and careers without a good reason.
To Read the Balance of This Column, please go to Marijuana.com.
Washington, DC: District Officials Move Forward To Enact Municipal Depenalization Initiative
District of Columbia city officials this week moved forward with their intentions to implement a voter-approved municipal initiative depenalizing marijuana possession and cultivation offenses.
On Tuesday, city officials confirmed that Initiative 71 was transmitted to Congress for review. Under federal law, all District laws are subject to a 30-day review process by Congress, during which time members may take action to halt the law's implementation.
Speaking to Roll Call this week, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said that language previously adopted by Congress in a December 2014 spending bill already prohibits DC officials from implementing I-71 and, thus, no further action by Congress is necessary. However, several District officials – including DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson – said that the federal provision in question in no way blocks city officials from enacting the new law.
"The District's examination agrees with our analysis that the initiative was enacted when voters approved it and will take effect at the end of the 30-day congressional review period," Del. Norton said in a statement.
Chairman Mendelson agreed, saying, "I happen to believe that the initiative was enacted so I think there's no question that after the 30-day review it will be law."
The District of Columbia Attorney General's office has not yet commented in regard to how the District will respond if Congress does not address the initiative during the review process, Roll Call reported.
In November, 70 percent of District voters approved I-71, which removes criminal and civil penalties regarding the adult possession of up to two ounces of cannabis and/or the cultivation of up to six plants.
Separate DC municipal legislation – 'The Marijuana Legalization and regulation Act' – which seeks to regulate commercial cannabis production and retail sales, is also pending before the Council. If enacted, this legislation would also go before lawmakers for Congressional review and likely would force a federal challenge.
Study: Long Term Cannabis Exposure "Not Associated With Significant Effects On Lung Function"
The inhalation of one marijuana cigarette per day over a 20-year period is not associated with adverse changes in lung health, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Investigators at Emory University in Atlanta assessed marijuana smoke exposure and lung health in a large representative sample of US adults age 18 to 59. Researchers reported that cannabis exposure was not associated with FEV1 (forced expiratory volume) decline or deleterious change in spirometric values of small airways disease.
Authors further reported that marijuana smoke exposure may even be associated with some protective lung effects among long-term smokers of tobacco. Investigators acknowledged, "[T]he pattern of marijuana's effects seems to be distinctly different when compared to that of tobacco use."
Researchers also acknowledged that habitual cannabis consumers were more likely to self-report increased symptoms of bronchitis, a finding that is consistent with previous literature. Separate studies indicate that subjects who vaporize cannabis report fewer adverse respiratory symptoms than do those who inhale combustive marijuana smoke.
Authors concluded, "[I]n a large representative sample of US adults, ongoing use of marijuana is associated with increased respiratory symptoms of bronchitis without a significant functional abnormality in spirometry, and cumulative marijuana use under 20 joint-years is not associated with significant effects on lung function."
This study is the largest cross-sectional analysis to date examining the relationship between marijuana use and spirometric parameters of lung health.
A separate study published in 2012 in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) similarly reported that cumulative marijuana smoke exposure over a period of up to 7 joint-years (the equivalent of up to one marijuana cigarette per day for seven years) was not associated with adverse effects on pulmonary function.
A 2013 review also published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society acknowledged that marijuana smoke exposure was not positively associated with the development of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, or bullous lung disease. It concluded: "[H]abitual use of marijuana alone does not appear to lead to significant abnormalities in lung function. Findings from a limited number of well-designed epidemiological studies do not suggest an increased risk of either lung or upper airway cancer from light or moderate use. … Overall, the risks of pulmonary complications of regular use of marijuana appear to be relatively small and far lower than those of tobacco smoking."
You may view an abstract of the study, "Effects of marijuana exposure on expiratory airflow: A study of adults who participated in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Study," here.
POLL: Majority of Michigan Voters Want to Legalize Marijuana
From Michigan NORML:
The attitude of Michigan voters is evolving toward acceptance of legalizing and taxing marijuana use for adults, per a recent EPIC-MRA survey commissioned by the Michigan chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (MiNORML).
The poll shows 50% of Michigan adults would likely vote in favor of a system like those being utilized in Washington and Colorado, where marijuana is sold to adults and the proceeds are taxed by the state. 46% of respondents opposed the program. The results show a 3% increase in the acceptance of the tax and regulate legalization model from the previous survey, conducted in 2013 by the same firm.
The 2014 poll asked respondents if they would vote for a ballot proposal that would legalize marijuana use for adults 21 and over, create a system of licensed dispensaries to distribute the marijuana and tax its sale. 600 participants were surveyed on December 10 through 14, including 20% cell phone contact and the poll has a margin of error of ±4%.
"Michigan is a leader in the national trend toward reform of marijuana laws," said Matthew Abel, attorney with Cannabis Counsel PLC in Detroit and the Executive Director of MiNORML. "This latest poll shows a major shift in attitude toward marijuana legalization over the last year. Legislators, take note: Michigan is ready for this."
Support for legalized marijuana was greater among parents (52% likely YES) than among those voters without children (49%). Voters of all educational levels would approve a marijuana legalization ballot proposal; more than 50% of all the poll's respondents (309) identify themselves as college-educated. 69% of those in the 18-34 age group responded as likely YES votes, as did 60% of all men age 18-49 and 70% of male Democrats. The largest demographic of opposition: Republican males (63% likely NO).
In conservative western Michigan the staunchest support for legalized marijuana was higher (40% definite YES), and opposition was lower (35% definite NO), than statewide averages (39% definite YES/36% definite NO). The statewide averages are skewed by numbers from the Bay Region that are significantly more negative toward legalization (38% likely YES/60% likely NO) than any other region surveyed.
Keith Stroup, national NORML founder and legal counsel, said "The latest Michigan polling results are in line with what we are seeing all across the country. Numerous polls have shown a majority of the public nationwide now support ending marijuana prohibition, and regulating and taxing the responsible use of marijuana by adults. It's promising to see that voters in Michigan agree."


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In racquetball, when a ball that was going to be a killshot goes under the buttocks and hits a male player facing the front wall in the back of the testicles, resulting in a testicular motion very similar to the bells on top of a door when you enter a store. Imagine hearing "ding-a-ling-a-lingaling" One of the most painful experiences in sports.
I'm gonna tape my balls to my stomach so I never get hit by a store opener again.
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"Special effects and catchy music make this matching game more fun each time you play."
"This app gives learners a lot of encouragement and special effects with Giraffe accompanied by audio cues. A nice resource for drill and practice matching."
--SmartTots Teacher review--
Your kids will have so much fun, they won't even realize they're learning. Giraffe's Matching Zoo is a vibrant and exciting mind & memory development game designed for children, but
fun for all ages. Put your noggin to the test. Loved the world over by toddlers, teens, and even grown-ups too!
Fun music, hilarious animal sounds, and cute animations make this game a blast. Educational for preschool kids, fun for all.
Every adorable animal makes a unique and entertaining sound. This is matching done right.
Fun music, cute animations and special effects make this game a blast to play. The matching game that every kid loves!
Can you beat your best score and your best time?
If you have any questions or issues please feel free to contact. We'll do our best to help you out.
If you like this app, please check out our other Android app for children: Giraffe's PreSchool Playground, the best educational app, with 6 fun games that will challenge your little ones while they learn. Your child will love it!
What's New
Fun With Animals Matching Game
It is not only capable of being challenging enough for adults but also as easy as for kids and toddlers to play. This game adds a level of cute to everyday matching games, by using colorful and vivid graphics for each card.
After all cards are laid face down, they are flipped over by the player over each turn.
Player must then recall where they and touch them to create a match.
Exercise your retention, mnemonic skills trying to find two same cards. Matching pairs is not only fun but also educational.
The game has three categories:
Easy, hard and time based.
Easy part consists 4x4 matrix, Hard part consist of 6x6 and lastly time based part consists of 6x6 matrix and you will have 90 sec. If you have time after finishing the game, it will be points of your score. You will see your score after competition.
Download Fun With Animals matching game and enjoy, in one of the best apps for preschool students!
-Cute farm animals
-Colourful images
-Flip the cards
-Match the pairs
-Different difficulty levels easy, hard and time
-Easy and simple to play
-Have fun playing
Play fun with animals matching game regularly and you will see your retention, memory skills improve, concentration levels rise and will have a better ability to focus easily. This excellent mind trainer will give you and your kid an excellent "brain training" activity. It is completely free of charge and you'll get the best brain gym.
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Fruit Matching
A cute style matching fruit game! The classic play, fine screen, a variety of cute fruit icons.
Simple operation, the specified time, click triple the distance within the same two pictures can be eliminated.
If you like matching game, absolutely can not miss it. Try to challenge the evaluation of the full star.
Game rule:
The same two fruits together with less than three straight lines can be eliminated, the rules are simple and easy to get started.
Clear stage by collecting 20 required fruits in 1 stage, other stage added 5 fruits requirement In ascending order.
Props introduction:
Clock:Increase the time
Bomb :Eliminate all of the pictures arround it
Arrow:Eliminate all of the pictures of the current line
Stick:Eliminate all of the pictures of the same fruit
Each level has different random props reward, batter reward off stimulus than the one off.
Do not hesitate, play it now!
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Connect Matching Game
If you want to check your memory,
let's play!!!
Another classic Connect game which includes More than 100 levels.
5 theme
The easy puzzle casual, classic elimination game。
Connect matching tiles and clear the game board.
The goal is to clear the board by removing all the matching identical pairs from the layout.
A valid pair consists of two tiles which are both "free" and "identical" (or of the same type).
In more details, you can remove a pair of tiles if the following condition are true:
The tiles are identical (e.g. 4 and 4, West and West, etc.)
All of the seasons and flowers can be matched with each others, they don't have to be identical.
Each tile of the pair must comply with the following rules :
- No other tile is lying above or is partially covering it
- No other tile is lying to the left or to the right of it
With many features:
- great graphics, for Tablets and High phones
- auto-save
- 96 levels
- Statistics
- Zoom in/out
- Touch to move the layout game
- Multi-touch (pinch) to zoom in/out
- unlimited Undos
Smurfette's Magic Match
What's New
• 30 new Smurftastic levels (131 – 160)
• 5 new outfits for Smurfette
• Bug fixes and lots of performance improvements
- Help Smurfette save the village!
- Swap puzzle pieces to match three or more Smurfy objects at a time to clear pieces and complete levels
- Line up four or more Smurfy objects in a row to unlock powerups
- Make your way through 160 Smurf-tacular levels
- Use powerful Smurfy boosters featuring your favorite characters to breeze through levels
- Sync with Facebook to track your progress against your friends
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PLEASE NOTE: Smurfette's Magic Match is free to play, but charges real money for additional in-app content. You may lock out the ability to purchase in-app content by adjusting your device's settings.
Magnetic balls puzzle game
* 4 worlds with different physics, 384 levels with increasing difficulty
* 16 collection kittens with 80 items for the collection of which you gain experience
* new location "Vacation" (at the end of stage) in which you can help to make the penguin ski resort
* endless game mode with adjustable difficulty (nightmare included)
* amusing ball physics for different materials
* leaderboards
* friendly user interface
* mode for people with impaired color vision (in settings top-right button)
Game description:
There are two game modes — endless mode with adjustable difficulty ("Arcade" button) and campaign mode ("Levels" button). Game has four worlds with different physics and decorations, which can be switched by the «Realms» button in the main menu.
The gravity in the playing area is upward-directed, and this is taken into account for geometrical calculations of wall rebounds and ball drops.
In the game you can see the score, time and number of coins on the left, the players ball queue on the right and the current ball on the bottom side.
You can shoot the ball by pressing on the game field.
Special balls can be chosen by pressing on the current ball. Second pressing allows to change the ball type.
There is advertising in the free version of the game.
Game instructions:
Press the screen where you want to shoot the ball. The new line appears in the glass after several balls shot (amount depending on the level). Combine three or more balls in one line to destroy them.
You get coins for each line of four and more balls. You can exchange the coins for special balls to use in difficult situations (or just for fun).
You can get combo bonus for destroying of several groups of balls within 1.5 seconds.
3-combo will give you a special "mine" ball. If you combine it in line with 3 or more balls, you will get an explosion and an extra coin.
You will get up to 6 coins for 5-combo and higher.
Press the ball in the bottom of the screen to select a special ball. Press again to change the ball type.
Game supports all Android screen sizes (phones and tablets) .
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Clash of Diamonds: Match 3
Features of Clash of Diamonds:
+ Amazing World Map
+ More Than 299 Match 3 Levels
+ Boosters with Gem Crunching Effects
+ Play With Friends: Facebook or Google
Dreaming about gems and beautiful charms lately? Make it happen! Enter this amazing world of diamond gems with over 299 levels to complete. The start might be simple, it's hard to master! Use cool boosters if you can't complete or try until you're out of energy. Invite and play with friends; send them lives, gifts and share your score! Solve the puzzle of Clash of Diamonds, swipe and match 3 in a row or more and crunch. Create gem crunching effects on every diamond and win this very addictive game.
You need to prepare yourself for this diamond match 3 puzzle game, become king or queen yourself in this Clash of Diamonds. Swipe and match beautiful charms and connect them in lines to win the game. Let them crunch with super boosters and get three stars on each level; deserve the win and dare playing with friends! Can they score better than you did? Let this brain trainer crunch your brains and create that one special move in this match 3 puzzle game. Conquering over friends can be very addictive, especially with those beautiful charms and magic diamonds.
Every magic diamond in this puzzle adventure seems to be made by an alchemist. He needs to retire soon, so you could follow up! You need to prove your match 3 puzzle game skills, can you take over and crunch each diamond like he did? Magic diamonds are rare in this puzzle adventure, you need to swipe and match your way through this very addictive game. Begin your journey soon and play your way to the top; become king or queen.
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Collapse! Blast: Match 3 Free
Invite your Facebook friends and challenge them to weekly tournaments in this socially connected, free puzzle game. Match groups of colored blocks to achieve high scores, earn rewards and climb to the top of the charts. Practice makes perfect. Earn valuable XP points as you continue to play and compete. Unlock power ups along the way to help you score big and advance against your friends before your time is up.
Game features:
* Fast action, 60-second matching game play
* Challenge your Facebook friends
* Share your achievements with friends on Facebook
* New game board and challenges every week
* 8 Power Ups to help you score big
* Available in 7 languages
Download Collapse! Blast for Android now and find out if you have what it takes to blast your way to the top in this wildly addictive, fast-action 60-second matching game.
Witch Puzzle - Match 3 Game
Witchcraft is now both fun and entertaining with Witch Puzzle! For all you boys and girls out there who thought Harry Potter was the name of the game in wizardry, just wait till you play this highly addictive match 3 game with amazing graphics!
The items in this matching game are skulls, pumpkins, witch hats, mushrooms, moons, and poisoned apples. When you match more than 3 of them of the same type, enhanced items such as Magic Fire, Crystal Ball, and Magic Book will be unveiled. Combine them to create massive magical explosions and clear levels!
Explore the magic world of Witch Puzzle that includes a witch city, a magic school, castles, mountains, a haunted house, a waterfall, a cemetery, an island, and a cave, laid out as a world map.
Help the cute little witch who is learning to cast spells advance through her magical world by solving the puzzles presented by the powerful Wizard! She needs all the help she can get. Are you ready to switch to your witch avatar? Put on your witch hat now!
Witch Puzzle Features:
- A number of spectacular levels for those who love challenges: reaching target scores, clearing all the spider webs, and bringing down all the magic potions
- Amazing magical boosters to power up for harder levels
- Combine enchanted items in spectacular combos to clear levels in big matches
- Free chance to win Boosters when you play on a daily basis
- Unlock fantastic items by completing levels and also unlock hidden special levels
- Completely FREE strategy and matching game with FREE updates, including new levels and challenges
- Seamless Facebook integration to share your progress with friends and invite them to play!
- One of the best FREE brain teaser games you can find!
- Super easy and fun to play, but hard to master!
To help you get through all the Spooktacular levels, this amazing match 3 game of witchcraft offers a numbers of Boosters:
- Magic Book: Combine it with an item to destroy all items of the same type
- Bat: Touch it to remove 3 spider webs.
- Magic Combo: Start the level with the Magic Fire and a Crystal Ball combo!
- Wizard Spell: Clear all the items of the game!
- Free Move: Move an item freely, even without a match!
- Magic Broom: Sweep an item from the game!
- Magic Wand: Select 8 connecting items to destroy them!
- Extra Seconds: 15 Extra Seconds to help you finish a level!
- Extra Moves: 5 Extra Moves to help you finish a level!
Start your adventure with this witch themed puzzle game to unleash the power of pure magic right away! Play Witch Puzzle for never-ending fun and excitement!
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Matching Game Memory Classic
Do you want to improve your memory and have fun at the same time?
There is nothing better than this classic game.
Kids will love it!
This stylish memory game involves finding pairs of cards, and it has different levels of difficulty.
Developed for training your brain activity.
The more you play the more you train your brain!
Challenge yourself and beat your scores! Fight with friends!
Play with your children, your friends, your parents or against yourself.
Perfect both for children and adults.
✔ Game themes
- There are 3 game themes: flags, fruits, famous signs.
Choose the one that you love most.
✔ Configurable background
- More than 10 different backgrounds.
Find your perfect background!
✔ Configurable back of playing cards
- 8 cute back of cards.
Choose what you love.
✔ 3 levels of difficulty:
Easy - Medium - Hard
Pick your type of game.
✔ Integrated Google Play game services:
- Leaderboards and Achievements!
Develop yourself and open all achievements! Compare your results with friends! Boast to your parents, show them what a clever kid they have!
✔ Completely free game!
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Magic Kitchen: match-3 game
Our magic land is in danger now and it needs your help urgently!
Solve intriguing puzzles, open new terrific locations, help the magic land inhabitants and save them from upcoming dark!
We have only you to count on! We are waiting for you in the game, join now!
Magic Kitchen is a free game which will give you plenty of magnificent hours and unforgettable impressions.
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Magic Kitchen features:
* Endless rich and bright special effects!
* Hundreds of thrilling levels to challenge your master skills!
* Uniting those who wish to relax and those who love to ponder as fans of one and the same game!
* Conquering your friends - gain more points, outrace your friends, find out who is the best!
* Social network synchronization options: Facebook
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Our players feedback:
'You wish to relax at night, kill some time going on transport or at a lecture - this game is perfect for any situation' - Jack L.
'Used to play it on Facebook - awesome game, would advise it to anyone!' - Sammy T.
'The game is likely to be the best of this type for now. Speaking for myself - can't stop playing!' - Stefy V."
Jewel Blast Match 3 Game
▲If you're searching for new jewel quest mysteries to solve or activate your brain by playing match games like Candy Crush, you're on the right spot. Nowhere else will you find a more addictive puzzle game, more spectacular graphics, sound effects or funnier characters. "Jewel Blast Thief Quest" will take you to a jeweled world of challenging obstacles, exciting missions and powerful boosters where you'll become part of a major thief quest for lost jewels, gems and diamonds in various places. Get one of the best matching games free from the market and make sure this jewel saga has a happy ending. Similar to Candy Blast, this is a first rate match three game you wouldn't want to miss! Hurry up, the jewel fever is just about to begin!▲
HOW TO PLAY ▼Jewel Blast "Match 3" Game▼
➤Matching 3 jewels in a row eliminates all 3 and other elements fall down to fill the space left.
➤Matching 4 jewels in a row gives a striped jewel of the same color.
➤Making a 5 element combination in a T or L shape gives you an exploding jewel.
➤Making a 5 element combination in a row gives a diamond.
1. Score Cap
Score enough points in a limited number of moves or time.
2. Remove metal blocks
Remove metal blocks underneath the jewels in a limited number of moves or time.
3. Collect
Collect a certain amount of diamonds in a limited number of moves or time.
4. Bring Down
Bring the given key down to the bottom of the board in a limited number of moves or time.
❤‿❤ Match crazy jewels of the same shape and color and clear all obstacles in front of you.
❤‿❤ Take a tour around six places with twenty levels: mansion, bank, jewelry store, casino, castle, pirate ship.
❤‿❤ Have fun solving numerous puzzle games and activate amazing blast effects.
❤‿❤ Fulfill every mission, collect all diamonds, gems and jewels and make sure the thief's quest ends successfully.
❤‿❤ Enjoy playing any time and see how sharp and animated visuals bring this jewels saga deluxe to life.
❤‿❤ Discover the jewels legend and become a master in popular "match 3 games".
❤‿❤ Jewels with friends will be your next favorite time killer!
▲Download one of the most terrific "jewel games" for kids and adults and see for yourself what makes it one of a kind. If you've already played other similar candy games or fruit mania games, now's a perfect time to try out Jewel Blast saga. You're about to find out it's one of the most fantastic jewel crush games you could play and have so much fun at the same time. Train your mind on a daily basis with best Android™ brain games free such as this one and enjoy the role of a legendary jewel hunter and diamond digger. Embark on the most exciting gems journey ever!▲
▲Wrapped up in a totally free app for Android, ▼ "Jewel Blast" Thief Quest▼ has everything a puzzle player could want in a typical gem swap game. Diamond games such as this one are a very suitable pastime for adults and extremely thrilling matching games for kids, so don't waste your time any longer – download one of the top trending games on the market and it will bring fun for everyone. Let's start this "jewel mania" now! Match three or more sweets, crush jewels and experience ultimate fun in one of the best candy puzzles ever! Matching with friends has never been more interesting! Crazy fruit, lost jewels or bejeweled stars – it's up to you, choose your favorite match 3 blitz game and enjoy!▲
Wonderland: match-3 game
The game's mechanics are similar to those of games like Candy Crush Saga, Farm Heroes Saga and Diamond Digger Saga.
Join Hatiko and his friends in the Candy Land. Multiple levels, locations and interesting mechanics are sure to keep you entertained.
Wonderland is a completely free game, but some game elements like moves and lives can be purchased for real money.
Wonderland features:
- 450+ different levels.
- Colorful graphics, amazing effects and animation.
- able to synchronize progress with VKontakte and Odnoklassniki social networks.
- compete with your friends – score more points and find out who is the best in Wonderland!
- a completely free game.
- a popular match-3 game.
- You can even play without an Internet connection!
Matching With Friends
★ NEW puzzle game you can play with your friends!
★ MATCH 3 or more blocks to score points
★ PLACE tiles in strategic locations
★ EARN big points by using bonus multipliers
★ SWAP tiles to find the perfect match
★ UNLEASH bombs to use the board to your advantage
★ SCORE the most points and you win!
★ PLAY with your friends, or instantly match up with a new opponent
It's a different puzzle every single time!
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Paris. Vaughn's standing around as Omar walks up all, yeah, you wanna find your dad on your own? Vaughn's all, dude? What in the HELL are we doing here? Omar tells him that he hired a team of independent contractors to help them with the job at hand. Vaughn's all, and that job is? Omar's all, like that matters? Vaughn's all, IT DOES TO ME. Omar's all, okay, so, what we're supposed to steal is an instruction manual of sorts. Omar goes on to say that the coil wasn't being used properly. Vaughn's all, and I give a shit about the coil? Omar's all, dude? I am just like you. I don't give a shit about the coil or the instruction manual or anything else. I just get paid, you know? Omar goes on to pull some seriously sick psycho bullshit on Vaughn, saying something akin to, "Where was your daddy when you and your mama where standing over his grave, mourning him?" It's sort of pointless, really, when you know what the resolution of this episode is. Just then, a horn honks, and a car pulls up. Omar and Vaughn get in.
Baddie Central. We're now in the belly of the beast. Omar and Vaughn enter a garage or something and a bunch of baddies, hired by the same person who hired Omar, are hanging out. They seem to be planning a heist of some sort. Izabella Scorupco is there, looking devilishly gorgeous, as usual. Omar introduces Vaughn. "This is Mike." Izabella looks him over. "So, is he any good? Or is he just eye candy?" Oh, both, Izabella. Both. Omar introduces Izabella as Sabina, and also introduces the other members of the team who wind up dead or something later, so their names don't really matter. One of the probably dead guys tries to offer Vaughn a beer, but Vaughn's like, uh, dude? How 'bout you tell me why I'm here and THEN I'll consider drinking your beer. Oh, hell, Vaughn. Drink the damn beer. I would have. But then, I'm a career alcoholic, so I would have been like, THERE'S BEER? FUCK THE MISSION. Yeah. I have a problem.
Omar finally clues everyone into what their mission actually is. It's a two-pronged plan. Tomorrow at midnight, an armored transport will be leaving Darmstadt carrying a very valuable item. Apparently, it's so important that spell check doesn't even QUESTION the word "Darmstadt." The Baddies will be stealing the valuable item. But to do it, they're going to need a cold laser. Too bad the cold laser prototype hasn't even hit the streets yet. It's in a secure R&D wing at a hospital in Bordeaux. Heavily guarded. "Civilians?" asks Vaughn. "Yeah, you got a problem wit dat?" asks Omar. Uh, YEAH, dude. Have you not MET the man? "No," says Vaughn, with almost no hesitation. Oh. I was wrong. I've met the man and…apparently, I've met the man who doesn't think twice when it comes to killing innocent people. Nice.
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This year, the president also made a point to single out H.R. 7, the bill passed by the House today that would permanently ban federal funding for abortions as "intrusive" and "unnecessarily restrictive" on women's rights.
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Forty-two years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Roe v. Wade, a decision that protects a woman's freedom to make her own choices about her body and her health, and reaffirms a fundamental American value: that government should not intrude in our most private and personal family matters.
I am deeply committed to protecting this core constitutional right, and I believe that efforts like H.R. 7, the bill the House considered today, would intrude on women's reproductive freedom and access to health care and unnecessarily restrict the private insurance choices that consumers have today. The federal government should not be injecting itself into decisions best made between women, their families, and their doctors. I am also deeply committed to continuing our work to reduce unintended pregnancies, support maternal and child health, promote adoptions, and minimize the need for abortion.
Today, as we reflect on this critical moment in our history, may we all rededicate ourselves to ensuring that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons.
On this 42nd anniversary, the annual March for Life is also taking place in Washington.
The Islamist terrorist attack on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which, so far, has resulted in 12 deaths and many more wounded, should come as no surprise.
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Hong KongOn the evening of Saturday, October 4, enormous crowds gathered in downtown Hong Kong at the main site of the democracy protests that have dominated the affairs of this city of 7.2 million for weeks. They filled an eight-lane thoroughfare in the center of the Admiralty business district, spilling out around the adjacent government office complex. Banners hanging from overpasses demanded democracy and denounced the deeply unpopular, Beijing-appointed chief executive, CY Leung.
School bakes sales, that is, and the authority to regulate them. Agrarian types thought, quaintly, that authority as to the suitability of chocolate should be reserved to the states. Those who dreamed of a mightier union thought otherwise.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Obama administration has violated federal law in its implementation of Obamacare. Specifically, it has violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), a law passed (almost unanimously) twenty years ago by a Democratic House and Senate and signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton. Adam White provides a nice overview and analysis of the ruling. I just wanted to highlight a few aspects of it.
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.
Outgoing White House press secretary Jay Carney says he felt "liberated" when he left Time magazine to work for the Obama administration.
Twenty-five years have passed since a lone man stood in front of Chinese tanks and dared to defy Beijing's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. His bold challenge to the Chinese Communist Party was one of history's most profound reminders of the insatiable human desire to live free even in the face of terrifying state power.
Martin Gross, a trustee on the Brandeis board, responds to the faculty outrage over Ayaan Hirsi Ali:
Support for the decision of Brandeis University not to award Ayaan Hirsi Ali an honorary degree, after previously announcing it would do so, has coalesced around the notion that while Islamic radicalism can be criticized, even condemned, one cannot criticize Islam itself. By condemning both, and by implying strongly that Radical Islam and Islam are indistinguishable, Ms. Ali—so the argument goes—not only does not deserve an honorary degree; she is, in fact, a bigot.
The distinguished intellectual historian Jeffrey Herf, whose Ph.D. is from Brandeis, has written an eloquent and powerful letter to Brandeis president Fred Lawrence. Prof. Herf concludes:
In his speech today at the United Nations, President Obama continued his administration's odd and somewhat schizophrenic policy with respect to freedom, human rights, and democracy.
The hot dog is in decline in America, writes Paul Lukas at Bloomberg, and one thinks, "What isn't?" What institution, anyway. If everything were not in decline, then what would there be for journalists to write about (see Andrew Ferguson on George Packer and Haynes Johnson) and what would politicians have to campaign about?
On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress declared independence. George Washington declared that day that "The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves....The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army." A useful reminder for us, in a week when we rightly celebrate a Declaration, a document embodying a great idea, that speech needs to be backed up by arms, and that all still depends on the "courage and conduct" of our armed forces.
Today, speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama paid appropriate tribute to the brave East Germans who rebelled 60 years ago against Communist dictatorship:
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Gold and silver daily review (July 21, 2014)
Spot gold prices declined by 2 percent last week as receding fears over Portugal's banking sector and a gain in U.S. equities prompted investors to take profits after bullion's rally to 3-1/2 month highs last week. Portuguese bond yields fell last week after the country's biggest bank took steps aimed at reassuring investors of its stability, calming peripheral debt markets after their first episode of contagion this year.
Spot gold prices continued its decline over the week dropping below $1300 mark as bullion investors focused on a U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy report showing the central bank is set to end its bond-buying stimulus in October.
U.S. manufacturing output rose at its fastest pace in more than two years in the second quarter, suggesting the economy was regaining enough momentum to lift growth throughout the year.
Strong U.S. economic outlook and fears that the Federal Reserve could raise U.S. interest rates limited gains for the safe haven. Gold prices touched a weekly low of $1291.7/oz before closing at $1310.6/oz on Friday.
In the Indian markets, gold prices declined by around 1.3 percent in the last week but sharp downside was limited owing to Rupee depreciation.
Weakness in gold prices as Portugal fears receded led to a bout of selling as spot silver prices declined by around 3 percent in the last week and closed at $20.8/oz. also, traders realized that the recent positive run in the metal is not going to last long spurred selling. In addition, strength in the dollar index and weakness in Nickel prices pushed the grey metal lower. On the MCX, silver prices declined by 2.5 percent taking cues from weak international markets and closed at Rs.44931/kg.
On an intraday basis, we expect gold and silver prices to trade on a positive note aided by anticipation of increased geopolitical risks as the United States began demanding answers from Russia after a Malaysian plane was downed in eastern Ukraine. Also, increased concerns in Gaza along with spurt in SPDR holdings will support gains.
On the MCX, gold and silver prices are expected to trade on a positive note taking cues from strong international markets.
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