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Adolescence is a critical developmental period regarding exposure to substances. Therefore, it is important to be able to identify those adolescents who are most vulnerable to substance abuse in the (near) future. The JOiN study was specifically designed to examine two endophenotypes of adolescent substance use in a normal risk (NR) and high risk (HR) sample of adolescents: (1) behavioural disinhibition, and (2) individual differences in stress sensitivity.
The NR adolescents were part of a longitudinal general population study at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands of children and adolescents initially aged 6 to 18 years old. Three assessment waves have been nearly completed, and data are available of N = 711 participants for stress sensitivity measures, and of a subsample of N = 110 for electroencephalography (EEG) measures. Added to this study, HR adolescents who had at least one parent with a substance use disorder and who were treated by an outpatient clinic of a primary addiction care provider were approached via their parent(s). In total, N = 83 adolescents formed this HR sample. NR and HR adolescents participated in standardized stress procedure and EEG procedures in our laboratory. Questionnaires were filled out on background variables, behavioural and emotional problems, and substance use, and a diagnostic interview was conducted with adolescents and parents to assess psychopathology symptoms. DNA was collected through saliva or blood samples.
The design of the JOiN study is optimal for examining the predictive role of endophenotypes of adolescent substance use. The combination of different methods, i.e. stress physiology, electrophysiology, genetics, and questionnaire data from several informants on a range of behaviours and environmental factors enables the investigation of the multifactorial nature of adolescent substance use.
Keywords:Adolescent Substance Use; Endophenotypes; EEG; Stress reactivity; Behavioral Disinhibition
Since 1983, the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has conducted surveys every decade to assess the level of psychiatric problems in children and youth, to test for time-trends in the occurrence of these problems, and to (re)validate the well-known and often used ASEBA instruments in the Netherlands (South Holland study). Numerous publications can be found that describe the findings of these surveys (e.g. [1-5]). As part of that ongoing study, the Youth in the Netherlands (Jongeren Onderzoek in Nederland in Dutch, abbreviated as JOiN) study was initiated. This study selected adolescents from the survey, aged 12 to 20 years, and enriched this sample with high risk (HR) youth, of whom at least one parent was in clinical treatment for a substance use disorder (alcohol or illicit drugs).
Scope of research
Adolescence is a critical developmental period regarding exposure to substances. Therefore, it is important to be able to identify those adolescents who are most vulnerable to substance abuse in the (near) future. Genetic susceptibility is one important factor that underlies individual vulnerability. For complex multifactorial disorders such as substance abuse, the identification of susceptibility genes may be substantially aided by using quantitative intermediate phenotypes, or endophenotypes, instead of dichotomized clinical variables [6]. These endophenotypes reflect neurobiological pathways to substance abuse. The JOiN study was specifically designed to examine several endophenotypes of adolescent substance use. These endophenotypes represent two neurobiological pathways to substance misuse or abuse: (1) behavioural disinhibition, as a possible result of altered cognitive functions of the prefrontal cortex and (2) individual differences in stress sensitivity. Behavioural disinhibition includes two measures: (a) the P300 component of the Event-Related Potential (ERP), which is associated with attentional allocation and context updating processes of working memory and involves the activation of inhibitory processes [7], and (b) risky decision making, or reward-associated decision-making skills, which have been associated with substance abuse in adults. Likewise, individual differences in stress physiological responses are represented by two endophenotypes: measures of stress reactivity of (c) the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and (d) the autonomic nervous system (ANS). More details on the measures of the endophenotypes and the outcomes are presented in Tables 1 and 2, respectively.
Table 1. Endophenotypes under study
Table 2. Main outcomes of the JOiN study assessed at T1 and/or T2
The general aims of the JOiN study are:
(1) to examine the role of endophenotypes, representing two potentially important underlying pathways towards substance abuse, that explain individual resilience and vulnerability to early onset of substance use and the transition to regular use;
(2) to identify, based on the endophenotypes, the most vulnerable group of adolescents with regard to substance misuse and abuse;
(3) to examine the relationship between endophenotypic characteristics and common and specific DNA polymorphisms that have been associated with increased risk for substance abuse in adult populations.
The JOiN study sample consists of a normal risk (NR) sample and a high risk (HR) sample. The NR sample is part of a larger sample that participated in a longitudinal general population study at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands of children and adolescents initially aged 6 to 18 years old [21]. For this larger study, 2567 children and adolescents were randomly drawn from municipal registers of 35 representative municipalities in the Dutch province of South Holland including urban and rural areas. Of these 2567 children and adolescents, 2286 were eligible for participation (191 had parents that did not speak Dutch, 31 had a physical or mental disability, 31 were unable to be reached (had missing or faulty contact details), 22 departed the study area, 6 for whom no person could complete questionnaires). Of the 2286 eligible participants, 1710 (74.8%) agreed to participate at the baseline assessment wave (T0), which took place in 2003–2004. Participants did not differ from non-participants at this baseline assessment in terms of gender (p > .05). The next assessment wave (T1) of this sample ran from September 2005 until March 2009. A second follow-up (T2) started in 2009 and is currently nearly completed.
The JOiN study includes a subgroup of participants of this larger study that took part in a stress and electroencephalography (EEG) procedure at T1 (see Figure 1), which we refer to as the normal risk (NR) sample. Of the 1710 participants at T0, n = 1161(67.9%) participants were eligible to be part of this NR population, the other n = 549 were not selected based on their age (< 11 years old) or lack of permission to be contacted for follow-up research. Of these 1161 eligible individuals, N = 990 (85.3%) participated in T1, of which N = 711 in the stress procedure, and N = 110 in the EEG procedure. For more details on the NR population, please see the section 'Response' further down below and Figure 1.
Figure 1. Flow chart of participation of thenormal risk(NR) population
We further enriched this NR sample with a high risk (HR) population of adolescents. The HR population of adolescents included participants with a familial risk for substance use disorders. These HR adolescents presumably have an increased risk to show altered endophenotypic characteristics due to their genetic vulnerability for substance use disorders. They all had at least one parent with a substance use disorder (alcohol or illicit drugs), for whom treatment was necessary and provided by Bouman GGZ, the primary addiction care provider in the city of Rotterdam and the surrounding area (Zuid-Holland), and were considered as HR for our study purpose. The parent(s) of these adolescents were recruited from a consecutive series of patients referred to Bouman GGZ in the period of May 2009 – November 2011. For a small number of HR participants (n = 6) of whom the parent had a substance use disorder, the parent was not in treatment, but parent and adolescent were recruited by word of mouth. For these parents, substance use disorder was ascertained with a standardized diagnostic interview (CIDI; [20]) prior to participation of the adolescent in the study. In total, N = 83 HR adolescents were included in the JOiN study. Other inclusion criteria for this HR group of adolescents were similar to those of the NR population. We specifically checked for (severe) mental retardation and epilepsy, which were considered exclusion criteria for EEG measures.
Power of the study
Our sample size was calculated to be at least N = 600 in order to have enough power to run our analyses. For continuously distributed variables (such as number of cigarettes smoked, number of alcoholic beverages consumed), such a sample size yields a power of 0.99 to show a contribution to the explained variance of 5% in a linear regression model with 10 predictors, for main effects and/or interactions (alpha set on 0.05). For categorical outcome variables with a rate of 12%, a sample size of N = 600 yields a power of > 90% to demonstrate a Relative Risk (RR) of 2 (alpha set on 0.05). Because the study has several measurements on behavior and substance use repeated over time, the accuracy of measuring the true underlying value will be increased, which will add to the statistical power for these measurements. Also, the addition of a high risk sample of adolescents will increase the frequency of risk alleles in our total study sample. The program Quanto V was used for genetic power analyses for continuous outcomes (e.g. number of cigarettes smoked). For the estimate of power to detect main effects of genes, we assumed a 'disorder' allele frequency of 0.35, which is based on actual allele frequencies of DRD2 and DRD4 SNPs that were genotyped in a Finnish Twin study, very recently (Kaprio, personal communication). For continuous outcomes, the study was estimated to have over 80% power to detect a genetic main effect and a G*E interaction effect that accounts for 10% or more of the total variance.
Study procedure and data collection
The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Erasmus Medical Center, the Netherlands, and was conducted in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participating adolescents and their parents.
Participants for the NR population were informed about the study through mail sent to their home address, and a subsequent telephone call to invite them to participate in the
- baseline assessment (T0
NR adolescent participants at T0 were approached by telephone by our researchers for the
- T1 assessment
The parents of the HR population were informed about the study by the treatment staff of Bouman GGZ. All patients who had a child in the age range of 12–20 years received an information package on the study, and were asked if they approved of their child to participate. If they agreed, the patients and their child were screened by telephone on inclusion and exclusion criteria. If they were found to be eligible, an appointment was made for T1 assessments. 107 families were approached which included at least 131 eligible adolescents. Of these, 83 adolescents from 64 families participated in the study.
Prior to the experimental sessions (see below), questionnaires and four tubes for assessment of salivary cortisol levels on a normal day were sent to the participants by mail. Detailed written instructions were given on the time and manner of sample collections, and to preserve the tubes in the freezer until the testing day. Participants were instructed to provide the first sample directly upon awakening (Cort1), the second 30 minutes afterwards (Cort2), the third at 12 p.m. (Cort3) and the fourth at 8 p.m. (Cort4). Participants then brought the frozen tubes to the session that collected their endophenotypic characteristics, along with questionnaire data on the main outcomes and covariates. The experimental sessions included a stress procedure and an EEG procedure, which together lasted approximately three to four hours.
The stress procedure took place during the afternoon in order to minimize differences in cortisol levels due to normal diurnal variations. The experiment leader explained the procedure before the session started. The electrodes of the electrocardiogram were attached and participants were told to breathe normally and to relax. For the NR population, this procedure started with filling out a questionnaire set, followed by a ten minute pre-task resting period, after which the social stress tasks began. For the HR sample, the questionnaire set was filled out shortly before the EEG procedure, but the stress procedure similarly started with a ten minute pre-task resting period. The stress session ended with a five minute recovery period and a subsequent calm nature documentary that was shown for 25 minutes for further relaxation. After each period/task, during the middle of the movie and at the end of it, the participant was asked to passively drool into a test tube in order to collect salivary cortisol. In total, six test tubes were filled with saliva on the day of the testing session, and heart rate was monitored continuously using a three-lead electrocardiogram throughout the entire stress procedure, which lasted for approximately 90 minutes. Also, blood pressure was monitored continuously, using a Portapress device. All saliva samples were kept in a freezer at −20 degrees Celsius until data collection was complete. All samples were sent to the laboratory (Kirschbaum Laboratory in Dresden, Germany) for analysis. A time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay was used in order to determine the cortisol concentration in the saliva samples. Heart rate data were stored offline to be analyzed at a subsequent moment and were visually checked for artefacts.
The EEG session lasted approximately 75 minutes in total. Participants were seated on a comfortable chair in a light and sound-attenuated room. While filling in a questionnaire set, the EEG electrodes were attached. Hereafter, participants conducted a visual novelty oddball task and a gambling/decision-making paradigm (i.e., the Balloon Analogue Risk Task; BART).
The EEG was recorded with BioSemi Active-Two using 34 scalp sites (10–10 system, and two additional electrodes at FCz and CPz) with Ag/AgCl active electrodes mounted in an elastic cap. Two electrodes were attached to the left and right mastoids as reference electrodes. To be able to correct for ocular artifacts, two electrodes were placed next to each eye for horizontal electrooculogram (HEOG) and two electrodes were placed above and below the left eye for vertical electrooculogram (VEOG). Online signals were recorded with a low-pass filter of 134 Hz. All signals were digitized with a sampling rate of 512 Hz and 24 bit A/D conversion. EEG data were stored offline to be analyzed (using Brain Vision Analyzer 2) at a subsequent moment and then off-line referenced to mathematically linked mastoids, filtered, ocular corrected, baseline corrected, visually checked for artefacts and finally, relevant epochs were averaged for relevant artefact free trials at each scalp site, for each participant. All participants received a gift certificate worth 50 euro for their participation in the experimental session.
Besides questionnaire data and endophenotypic data, DNA was also collected at T1 through saliva or blood samples from the adolescents. Blood and buccal swab samples were stored at −20 degrees Celsius. Saliva samples contained in Oragene containers were stored at room temperature. Genotyping will be conducted by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) in a genetic laboratory.
Furthermore, diagnostic interview data were collected at T1. Parents of the participants who had completed the experimental sessions were contacted by telephone by a research assistant to make an appointment for interviews with the parents as well as the adolescents. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI; [20]) pertains to symptoms of psychopathology and was completed by either one or both parents 73.4% (727/990) participated in the interviews, of which 35.2% mother, 5.0% father, 59.8% both). The Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC; [19,22]) pertains to symptoms of psychopathology in youth and was completed by one of the parents about their child (parent-report version) and by the participants about themselves (self-report version).
- T2 assessment
Data collection normal risk population only
At baseline (T0, 2003–2004) general demographic information (i.e. gender, age, social-economic status, and ethnicity) was collected from the sample of NR participants of the general population as well as information on behavioural and emotional problems. To obtain a complete view on adolescent's problem behaviours, information from multiple informants and differences among them is needed [23]. Adolescents' behavioural and emotional problems were assessed with: Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL/6-18; parent report); Youth Self-Report (YSR); Teachers' Report Form (TRF). The content of the above mentioned scale is the same for all three informants, although the scales vary in some items across informants. All items, which are scored 0 (not true), 1 (somewhat or sometimes true) or 2 (very true or often true), are based on the preceding 6 months. Eight syndrome scores are derived: Withdrawn/Depressed, Somatic Complaints, Anxious/Depressed, Social Problems, Thought Problems, Attention Problems, Rule-Breaking Behavior, and Aggressive Behaviour. Good reliability and validity of the instruments have been replicated for the Dutch translation [24-26].
Data collection at T1: normal risk and high risk population
Predictor variables
Polymorphisms in several genes related to our endophenotypes and/or our outcome of interest will be determined, including (but not restricted to) the D2/4 (DRD2/DRD4) dopamine receptor gene, the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1), the GABA-a receptor gene (GABRA2), the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor gene (CHRM2), and the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) gene.
An overview of endophenotypes covered in the JOiN study is provided in Table 1. For the first neurobiological pathway, behavioural disinhibition, several cognitive indices and personality measures were included in our study design. We used a visual novelty oddball paradigm to elicit a P300 ERP response. The amplitude of the P300 has been proposed to reflect attentional allocation, with reduced P300 amplitudes referring to inefficient allocation of attentional resources in processing task-relevant cognitive information (e.g. [8,9]). Furthermore, the automatic response mode version of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART; see [12,27] for further details) was used as an index of reward-associated/risky decision-making skills. In addition, by pairing this measure with EEG recordings, we were also able to investigate the brain's feedback processing mechanisms during risky decision-making (i.e., the feedback-related negativity (FRN) and the feedback-related P300 amplitude). Moreover, personality traits encompassing three related personality traits of impulsivity, sensation seeking tendencies and sensitivity for reward were assessed, using the I7 questionnaire [15,16], the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS; [14]) and BIS/BAS scales [13,28], respectively. The second neurobiological pathway, individual sensitivity to stress, is measured in a standard laboratory setting. Three tasks are used to elicit a physiological stress response of the participants, after baseline measures are collected. Physiological stress responses include cardiovascular reactivity measures (blood pressure, electrocardiogram), and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis response (cortisol). Tasks include (1) a public speaking task, (2) a high speed mathematics task on the computer, and (3) a mental arithmetic task. These tasks have repeatedly been shown to elicit stress responses (e.g. [17,18,29]).
General background characteristics were collected on gender, SES, age, weight and height (to determine Body Mass Index), pubertal stage by Tanner [30,31], oral contraceptive use (females only), medication use, birth outcome information reported by the parent(s).
Extensive measures of symptoms of psychopathology were collected in both NR and HR adolescents, including: CBCL, YSR, TRF (see T0), Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD; [32]); Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC; [33]). In addition, information on temperament was collected with the Emotionality Activity Sociability scale (EAS; [34]). Occurrence of life events were also assessed using a self-report questionnaire developed by the TRAILS consortium [35,36].
Information on family and parental factors included parental substance use (reported by the parent(s)), including information on parental substance use during pregnancy, parenting style as reported by the adolescent and parent ('My memories of upbringing-Child; EMBU' [37]) and the 'Alabama Parenting Questionnaire'; [38]).
Outcome variables
An overview of the most important outcomes for the study aims of the JOiN study is listed in Table 2. To determine symptoms of alcohol, cannabis and other drug abuse and dependence, based on DSM- IV criteria, a highly structured respondent-based interview, the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC) was applied. Unless otherwise specified, the timeframe of the DISC is the past 12 months. The DISC has two parallel forms: DISC-C administered directly to the adolescent, and DISC-P administered to the parent or parent substitute. Both are used in the present study. The reliability and validity of the DISC have been supported by previous studies [19,22]. Trained and certified students administered the DISC.
To assess age of onset of substance use of adolescents, frequency of substance use, quantity of use, and level of drunkenness or being stoned, a self-reported Substance Use Questionnaire was used, including items on (1) age at first use, (2) (a) monthly, yearly and lifetime prevalence of use, and (b) monthly, yearly, and lifetime prevalence of intensive use (i.e. drunkenness for alcohol users); (3) (a) quantity of alcohol use during the week, and (b) during weekends; (4) (a) number of weekdays and (b) number of weekend days in which alcohol was consumed; (5) the level of drunkenness, and being stoned the last time alcohol or cannabis was consumed, respectively.
Normal risk population
The response rates for the NR sample are illustrated in Figure 1 (flowchart). The 990 individuals that took part in T1 did not differ from those who did not (n = 171) with regard to gender or psychopathology, although they did have a slightly higher social economic status (p < .001). The 711 individuals that participated in the stress procedure did not differ from those who did not (n = 990 – 711 = 279) regarding T0 psychopathology, but they did show somewhat more internalizing problems during T1 (p < .05) and more girls participated than boys (p < .01). No differences were found between the 110 individuals that participated in the EEG experiment and those who did not.
High risk population
Estimation of the precise number of eligible adolescents for the HR population, of whom at least one parent was a patient at Bouman GGZ from May 2009 until November 2011 is difficult, because there was no satisfactory registry of the number or age of children of this patient group of Bouman GGZ at the start of our study. Therefore, we did not attempt to identify the overall response rate of this population. However, several remarks regarding the response of this particular subsample can be made. First, when patients at Bouman GGZ were approached by our researchers or by their counsellors to ask for their approval to have their adolescent child contacted by our researchers, we noticed that a large number of patients had limited contact or disturbed relations with their child. This first hurdle reduced the number of available adolescents for our study. Second, if the parent agreed to have their child contacted by our researchers, some of the adolescents themselves did not want to be confronted with the addiction problem of one of their parents, and refused to participate for that reason, or did not have time or motivation to take part in the extensive measures. Third, perhaps because of the adolescent age of our population, if arrangements were made to participate in our study, about half of the adolescents were no-shows at the set time and date for their assessment. Nonetheless, of the 107 approached families, we were able to include n = 83 participants in the HR population.
As described in the response section, there was a slight response bias in the NR population with more female, higher socioeconomic status individuals participating. Since children whose parents did not speak Dutch were excluded, the group of ethnic minorities is underrepresented. Moreover, to limit the amount of time spent by the adolescents and their parent(s) in order to maintain feasibility and keep the burden for participants acceptable, we did not include all measures that might, in retrospect, be useful for examining additional hypotheses in our study. For instance, although we included information on several personality characteristics, and on various symptoms of psychopathology, we did not include the whole spectrum of personality that might underlie the occurrence of risk taking behaviour such as substance use. Thus, the breadth of focus may be limited, but the counterbalance is offered by detailed information collected on several occasions on other important factors. Another weakness of the study is that some possibly important determinants of psychopathology that operate earlier in life, such as birth outcomes and prenatal influences, have been assessed retrospectively or not at all.
The longitudinal design of the JOiN study, in which a normal risk population of adolescents is combined with a high risk population of adolescents with a familial vulnerability for substance use disorders, is optimal for examining the predictive role of endophenotypes of adolescent substance use.
Furthermore, the combination of different methods, i.e. stress physiology, electrophysiology, genetics, and questionnaire data from several informants on a range of behaviours and environmental factors, in the JOIN study, enables the investigation of the multifactorial nature of adolescent substance use. In addition, the unique element of our study is that various interrelations among endophenotypic characteristics, and between genotype and endophenotype can be tested for their predictive value of substance use. It may therefore contribute to the identification of adolescents at risk for onset of substance use and those who progress to regular use and abuse.
JOiN: Youth in the Netherlands Study [in Dutch]; NR: Normal risk; HR: High risk; EEG: Electroencephalography; ERP: Event-related potential; HPA axis: Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; ANS: Autonomic nervous system; BART: Balloon analogue risk task; T0: Baseline assessment of normal risk population; T1: Assessment of endophenotypes in both normal risk and high risk population; T2: Follow-up assessment one year after T1.
Competing interest
Dr. Verhulst is a contributing author of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment, from which he receives remuneration. No other competing interests are reported.
Authors' contributions
ACH conceived of the study, participated in its design and supervised the researchers involved of acquisition of data, acquired the funding, and drafted the manuscript. KGL participated in the coordination of the data-collection and participated in drafting the manuscript. BE and AE substantially contributed to acquisition of data and analysis and interpretation of descriptive data. JvdE and FCV were involved in the conception of the study, participated in its design and critically reviewed drafts of the manuscript. IHAF participated in the conception of the study, contributed to supervision of the researchers involved and critically reviewed drafts of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The JOiN study is conducted by the Erasmus Medical Center, department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Erasmus University, department of Clinical Psychology, in close collaboration with Bouman GGZ. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Ben van de Wetering, director of Bouman GGZ and treatment coordinators Jeannette Verveen, Piet Visser, Jannie Wolfert, Bob Pruissers, Daphne Kanner, Peter Tielemans, Peter Lever, and Michiel Boog for their efforts to recruit HR adolescents. The JOIN study is financially supported by ZonMW grant 3116.0002 and ERAB grant 0609. Furthermore, Anja Huizink (PI) and Ingmar Franken were financially supported by NWO-VIDI scheme (452-06-004), and NWO-VIDI scheme (452-07-010), respectively.
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- This valve combined detector, first audio stage and output valve in the one envelope. It was intended for use in portable radios. It was popular with manufacturers because it saved a valve and the space it occupied.
1.4 volt directly heated cathode. Used as class A audio amplifier and class A power output amplifier.
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Caitlin Seavey relives the same nightmare every night for three years. Then one day, the dream seeps into reality when an ethereal Scotsman visits. Horrified, she confides in her grandmother who then gives her a two hundred year old novel titled Fate's Monolith. It tells the tale of her distant relative's journey to medieval Scotland and can only be a myth. When Caitlin discovers a family heirloom in the attic she soon learns the book is based on truth.
�I didn�t realize I was doing anything to your men or otherwise.�
She took a step back as he took a step forward.
�Unlikely,� he said.
�Why do you doubt me? You don�t know me.� He had her backed up another step.
�I know enough about you just by watching your actions.�
Both his tone and his assumption annoyed her. Blast his ice blue eyes. She wanted to look away but that would be giving in. �And I you.�
�It�s unwise to compare us.� He almost had her against the wall between the room of claymores and battle-axes. �But if I were to humor you, what do you mean by that?�
Ah, she had gained ground. �Just that my appreciation for the male species is obviously equivalent to yours for the female.�
One corner of his lip pulled up and his eyes flickered over her face until they landed on her lips. �You could only be referring to Emma.�
Caitlin willed the fire from her face even as it flooded in. She was as transparent as a newly cleaned window. �I�m referring to the fact that I have as much right to entertain a man as you do a woman.�
His hands fell to the wall on either side of her head and Caitlin�s breath switched pace. What was he doing? She could duck beneath his arm and escape but would again give him the upper hand. His leaned so close she could make out the little flecks of silver caught in his eyes.
�Our situations are very different,� he whispered.
His luscious mouth was within inches of hers and the nearness of his heat began melting the muscles so crucial to holding her legs up. She suddenly rethought things. It�d be best to move away from him. Caitlin sprung into action and dipped to move under his arm.
Too late, the skin on their arms touched. That was all it took.
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"If you like romance AND time travel you will love this book! I loved it and am anxious to read more by this author. The story is well written and moves right along at a fast pace. The setting alternates between New Hampshire 2007 and Scotland nearly 200 years earlier. There appears to be a mysterious connection between the past and the present that has affected several generations of Caitlin Seavey�s family. When true love calls it can reach through time and join both parties in each time period with some interesting results. Caitlin and her brother Shane are transported to an earlier time and bring back with them a missing piece of history. The plot twists and turns. You are involved as you try to piece together the magic and match the family histories and the characters. All of this keeps you constantly paying attention. I like having a story that fascinates you and makes you keep up with it and this one definitely does.
Of course Caitlin and her Mac�Lomain chieftain Ferchar are hot ticket items. The sexual tension snaps and vibrates through the entire story. Caitlin manipulates her 21st century womanhood in such a way that at one time she has three Scottish chieftains after her! I loved the language, I loved the men, I loved the descriptions of a Scotland that I have never seen. You can see the physical land clearly. As the story unfolds it carries with it not only Scotland�s history but a wonderfully dear description of daily lives.
And back to the two main characters: Caitlin and Ferchar. They are from different time periods and have found each other somehow. Caitlin�s character shines through all her actions. Her bravery and straight-forwardness will endear her to you. The use of her modern language will clarify for you the intent of what is meant. She embodies the spirit of modern women. Ferchar is magnificent. No other way to describe him. The man makes your heart pound. Why? Physically tall, muscular, forthright, sexy, strong�oh I could go on at great length. Did I mention I read this story twice?
The hero and heroine strike sparks from the very beginning and I was definitely rooting for The author has skillfully woven a tale that pleases on every aspect. I loved it!"
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"Destiny's Denial is the second book in Sky Purington's The MacLomain Trilogy, the first one is Fate's Monolith and the third one coming soon is Sylvan's Mist. So far I have loved this series and I am anxiously awaiting the third tale.
Magic, dreams and rogue Highland Scots combine to make these stories much more than just time travel. With wizards and prophesies and two families seemingly forever bound Ms. Purington has woven quite an intricate trilogy.
Caitlin has been dreaming this same dream for three years. It always plays out the same way until the night it doesn�t. Suddenly she is in the arms of a glorious Scot, he can't be real, its just a dream, isn't it? Finally she gathers the strength to tell her grandmother who gives her an ancient book. What she reads there is unbelievable or is it?
Chieftain Ferchar Mac'Lomain doesn�t want "his destiny" he doesn't even want to be laird but yet he is and his destiny will come for him no matter what he wants. What he doesn't count on is falling for the feisty Caitlin and willingly change his life for her. Ferchar and Caitlin make a dynamic couple and when they get together the heat is palpable. But most of all I loved the inner strength that Caitlin, she handles things that would break most women and she pulls it off. Ferchar of course is sexy, gruff and tries to push her away but then he pulls her into his arms every opportunity he has -- can you say mixed messages?
There is so much packed into Destiny's Denial the story is gripping. I couldn't put it down until I finished the last page but don't take my word for it, you really need to read these books. If you have the slightest interest in time travel, Scotland or magic you will be pulled into this story hook, line and sinker."
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"Caitlin Seavey has a recurring nightmare. It�s been going on for about three years, but she hasn�t told anyone about it. The intensity of the dream leads her to believe she�s seeing actual events through the eyes of the man in the dream. Afraid people will think she�s crazy, she doesn�t tell anyone. Then, it becomes more than a dream, she�s visited by a Scotsman during the day and accosted by him in plain sight of others. Nobody realizes anything is amiss. Distraught, she confides in her grandmother who shares with her a 200-year-old book called Fate�s Monolith. It has a fanciful story about a distant relative�s travel to Scotland. She knows it isn�t real, it�s only a fairy tale�or is it.
Chieftain Ferchar Mac�Lomain has found what he was looking for in Caitlin. He knows he should have left her in the 21st Century, but she is needed to fulfill the vision from the gods of old. Ferchar feels that his life is not his to live; he is tossed about by the whims of the old gods. He knows Caitlin might be the undoing of his heart, but he cannot allow that to happen. He must do as the gods have shown�even if he loses himself along the way.
At first, I would have likened Caitlin and Ferchar to oil and water. However, that�s not quite an accurate description. Oil and water never quite mix. Perhaps they are more of a freezing rain and hail. Very similar, both from the same source, but subtle differences can be found. From outward appearances, both seem to be cold people unable to get close to another person. But when they get close to each other, they melt and it does get steamy. There are so many external forces trying to push them apart, I despaired their ever getting together.
Ms. Purington writes a compelling novel. It was easy to accept the time travel and her descriptions of Scotland were excellent. I was surprised by several twists in the plot that I didn�t see coming. My heart broke as Caitlin realized that her love was not to be. With surprises down to the last chapter, I was never sure how it would end. As a second story in a trilogy, I found the book able to stand on it�s own."
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Marc Lynch is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and of the Project on Middle East Political Science. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. He is the author of The Arab Uprising (March 2012, PublicAffairs).
He publishes frequently on the politics of the Middle East, with a particular focus on the Arab media and information technology, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and Islamist movements.
There's some hope that Iran will return to nuclear talks with the P5+1 in Geneva on Nov. 15, even if they probably will have more questions about the agenda as the deadline approaches before they formally RSVP. Those talks will hopefully become the basis for an ongoing diplomatic process, where a range of issues can be explored, alternative arrangements proposed, and confidence built. But it's a very bad sign that, according to the New York Times, the lack of progress in talks thus far has "prompted a discussion inside the White House about whether it would be helpful, or counterproductive, to have him [President Barack Obama] talk more openly about military options." That fits with Dennis Ross's remarks to AIPAC a few days ago: "But should Iran continue its defiance, despite its growing isolation and the damage to its economy, its leaders should listen carefully to President Obama who has said many times, "we are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons." Here's an easy answer: they would be highly counterproductive, and downright dangerous. So let's move on from that discussion, shall we?
The idea of putting war talk on the table is presumably to increase the pressure on Iran to come to the table and make a deal. It won't likely accomplish that. Iran will quite reasonably refuse to bargain under the threat of military force, and will view U.S. offers under such conditions as manifestly insincere. It probably will not view the military threat as credible, given the realities of U.S. challenges and limitations. The war talk would swamp all other issues, make confidence building virtually impossible, and even further harden the divisions. What's more, war talk might very well undermine the international consensus on sanctions, the one accomplishment of which the administration boasts, since few of the countries which came on board for sanctions in defense of nonproliferation would have any stomach for another U.S. preventive war in the Middle East.
That's not the worst of it, though. The greatest danger of introducing open war talk by the administration is that it would represent the next step in the "ratcheting" — which I've been warning of for months — and pave the way either to a 1990's Iraq scenario or to an actual war. Once the military option is on the table, it never goes away. The only way to signal "toughness" in future encounters will be to somehow escalate beyond military threats — i.e. to commit action, such as airstrikes or cruise missiles. And those would, by the consensus of virtually every serious analyst, be a catastrophe. If the United States isn't prepared to follow through on the threat — and it really, really shouldn't be — then it shouldn't make the threat. That would just either undermine credibility, or else give a hook for hawks to demand that actions live up to rhetoric. Dangerous either way.
If the administration is really having an internal debate about whether to put the military option openly on the table, I hope that they quickly and firmly resolve it in the negative. It would not increase U.S. bargaining leverage over Iran. It would undermine the international consensus on sanctions for which they have worked so hard. It would almost certainly kill any prospect for the meaningful diplomatic process which is so badly needed. And it would represent the next step in the seemingly inexorable ratcheting process towards an unnecessary and counterproductive war. This would be yet another of those painfully predictable victories of narrowly-conceived tactics over realistic strategy. It may offer momentary satisfaction to U.S. domestic hawks and earn a few fleeting moments of praise, but at the expense of real U.S. strategic interests. Let's not go there.
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Before moving to Foreign Policy, Lynch reported on diplomacy and national security for the Washington Post for more than a decade. As the Washington Post's United Nations reporter, Lynch had been involved in the paper's diplomatic coverage of crises in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, and Somalia, as well as the nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea. He also played a key part in the Post's diplomatic reporting on the Iraq war, the International Criminal Court, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Lynch's enterprise reporting has explored the underside of international diplomacy. His investigations have uncovered a U.S. spying operation in Iraq, Dick Cheney's former company's financial links to Saddam Hussein, and documented numerous sexual misconduct and corruption scandals.
Lynch has appeared frequently on the Lehrer News Hour, MSNBC, NPR radio, and the BBC. He has also moderated public discussions on foreign policy, including interviews with Susan E. Rice, the U.S. National Security Advisor, Gerard Araud, France's U.N. ambassador, and other senior diplomatic leaders.
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Frequent travelers Scott Won Choi and Jim K. Song grew weary of starting their days sipping bland coffee in hotel rooms and resorting to buying overpriced gourmet alternatives at coffee shops. So they decided to create their own brew.
The entrepreneurs launched Caffé Borsa, an Irvine-based company that produces prepackaged filters of arabica coffee grounds that each yield one cup. They're like K-Cups – made popular by the makers of the Keurig machine – except they don't require the brewing machine, which can range from $100 to $300.
What they do require is a slightly more elaborate process. Users attach the Caffé Borsa cups to their mugs and slowly pour in hot water until half-full, allowing the coffee to drip. Unlike instant coffee, the grounds don't dissolve.
"The problem with the Keurig is that you're tied down to your kitchen," said Song. With their process, "all you need is hot water."
Caffé Borsa joins a rapidly expanding U.S. single-serve coffee market. Industry sales are expected to surpass $3 billion this year, more than tripling from 2011, based on numbers from research firm Mintel Group.
Roasted coffee remains the market leader, with more than $6 billion in sales this year. But the single-serve niche continues to gain steam as major retailers including Safeway and Kroger offer their versions of the K-Cup, whose patent expired last fall.
Among those who want a slice of that market are Choi, 27, and Song, 36, who have persuaded Whole Foods to carry their product in 10 Southern California locations, including Newport Beach, Tustin and Laguna Niguel. They're working to expand to nearly 30 additional stores throughout the chain's Southern Pacific region, which includes Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.
The two joined forces after meeting at a business mixer in 2010. There, they bonded over their love of coffee and experiences with international trading. Choi was an importer and exporter of clothing and electronics, and Song works at a Korean dry-food distributor run by his family in Los Angeles.
As they looked for products together, they came across a Korean contraption they ended up modifying to make today's Caffé Borsa filter.
They invested $125,000 in the venture, with help from friends and family members, as well as a year of research and development.
Research proved to be easy because they mainly analyzed market leader Keurig, Choi said. A major complaint consumers have about their competitor is that its cups aren't eco-friendly. Choi and Song developed a paper-based filter that's fully recyclable and partially biodegradable.
The duo made their debut in spring 2012 at the Great Park Farmers Market in Irvine.
Joe Di Stanislao, a former food broker and small-business counselor with SCORE, has mentored Choi on topics ranging from store negotiations to marketing. Di Stanislao suggested Song and Choi meet with Whole Foods' regional buyer, who they had been trying to connect with but just happened to meet at the grand opening of the chain's Newport Beach store.
Choi and Song pitched the product on the spot and were invited for an official meeting.
"When you meet with the buyer, there's a lot of negotiating that's done subtly," said Choi, referring to advice from Di Stanislao. "You want to be a better listener than a talker."


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"Life can be complicated. The challenges we experience often make us feel overwhelmed. This is normal. However, there are times in life when you feel extra support could be helpful. Counseling can be an effective step in learning new ways to deal with life's challenges. Are you experiencing emotions and/or behaviors that are impacting your daily life or affecting your relationships with others? I can help you work through these challenges and I am available to listen, support and collaborate with you in developing a plan to move forward.
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Richard Lamberson
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LCAC
"My ideal client is struggling with dissatisfaction in their life. Whether depression, anxiety or relational issues, life is not turning out the way they want. I help my clients clarify who they are and what they are wanting in their lives. I am informed by psychodynamic and family of origin theory among many. I like to work with clients to discover the underlying reasons for their lack of satisfaction in life. I hope to encourage curiosity in my clients about how their think, feel, and interact in the world and what gets in the way of living life more fully.
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"Anthem BC/BS Accepted! If you are struggling with anxiety, fears, depression, life transitions, or relationships, I would be honored to work with you. You can learn to: Change unhelpful thought patterns ~ Gain confidence ~ Increase insight and bring new perspective to your circumstances ~ Control and manage anxiety, racing thoughts, worries, and stress ~ More effectively manage physical manifestations of stress and sleep disturbances ~ Recognize and end negative patterns in relationships ~ Communicate effectively with your partner in order to feel heard and understood ~ Ask for what you need ~ Address physical and emotional intimacy needs ~ Model a positive, healthy relationship to your children.
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Ada Stephanie Hosier
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"Are you or your family member overwhelmed or experiencing despair? You are not alone. One in five people seek out therapy because they are dealing with emotional issues that are severe enough to interfere with their daily lives. I have 30 years experience in the Mental Health Field and know approaching therapy can be very intimidating. I will help you walk through the first step with a free phone consult hoping to gain your trust. We will work to find the best solutions to your issues, so you can find relief from your symptoms and feel renewed again.
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Tony Trapp
Counselor, MA, LMHC
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Kathryn L Sahm
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Sys is a OpenSuse 12.2 64 bit using a GTX 560 firestorm card with the G03-driver from the OpenSuse Repo.
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Outdoor Channel & Bonnier Corporation Renew Multi-Year Strategic Partnership
TEMECULA, Calif., Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Outdoor Channel, America's Leader in Outdoor TV, has renewed a multi-year strategic partnership with Bonnier Corporation, publisher of the world's most popular outdoor titles, including Field & Stream, Outdoor Life and several industry-leading marine titles. This partnership, which brings together two top media brands in the outdoor industry, covers a variety of platforms including programming, advertising, marketing and digital initiatives. Thanks to the combined strength of their television, print, online and event properties, Outdoor Channel and Bonnier Corporation will reach an audience of more than 57 million outdoor enthusiasts, allowing them to maintain their position as the premiere hub for outdoor related content.
"Some of Outdoor Channel's success can be credited to our partnerships with like-minded companies and organizations such as Bonnier Corporation, who share our love and passion for the great outdoors," said Denise Conroy-Galley, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Research for Outdoor Channel. "We are excited for the renewal of our partnership with Bonnier Corporation and look forward to the continuation of this highly successful collaborative relationship for years to come."
Under terms of the agreement, Outdoor Channel and Bonnier Corporation will leverage their strengths on their respective television, print and digital platforms to provide the highest quality content to the hunters, anglers, archers and outdoorsmen of the U.S. Most notably, for the third consecutive year, Outdoor Channel will be the exclusive television home of "Field & Stream's Total Outdoorsman Challenge," an original program developed through the partnership that follows the road to the crowning of the Total Outdoorsman. In addition, the two companies will once again collaborate to produce another season of "Field & Stream's The Gun Nuts Presented by Smith & Wesson," which premiered on Outdoor Channel in 2010. This one-of-a-kind series brings to life the highly successful "Gun Nut" franchise Web site and publication feature, further demonstrating the power of the strategic partnership.
"The renewal of our strategic partnership with Outdoor Channel represents the collaboration of two leading companies in the outdoor industry. By combining the best assets of each company our goal is to provide outdoorsmen and women the highest quality content products possible," said Eric Zinczenko, Vice President and Group Publisher of Bonnier Corporation's Outdoor Group.
Both Outdoor Channel and Bonnier Corporation have developed strong digital platforms for their brands. Through the deal, Outdoor Channel will continue to syndicate a video player featuring programming highlights on both FieldandStream.com and OutdoorLife.com. Likewise, Bonnier Corporation will provide editorial content to be featured on OutdoorChannel.com.
Outdoor Channel and Bonnier Corporation will also join together on a variety of consumer direct marketing campaigns and at various trade and consumer events throughout 2011. Outdoor Channel will undertake numerous advertising tactics in both Field & Stream and Outdoor Life including traditional ads and advertortials, among others.
The partnership will also be supported by both Outdoor Channel and Bonnier Corporation's sales teams, as they continue to offer fully integrated advertising packages, including TV, print and digital.
Field & Stream and Outdoor Life are the largest, most recognized outdoor publications in the world, and like Outdoor Channel, are completely devoted to the outdoor experience and lifestyle. For more than 100 years, Field & Stream and Outdoor Life have provided hunters and fishermen with compelling stories, expert tips and trusted advice through their magazines, websites and events.
About Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc.
Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OUTD) owns and operates Outdoor Channel, America's leader in outdoor TV, and Winnercomm Inc., an Emmy Award winning production and interactive company. Outdoor Channel offers programming that captures the excitement of hunting, fishing, shooting, off-road motorsports, adventure and the Western lifestyle and can be viewed on multiple platforms including high definition, video-on-demand, as well as on a dynamic broadband website. Winnercomm Inc. is one of America's leading and highest quality producers of live sporting events and sports series for cable and broadcast television. Winnercomm also owns and operates the patented Skycam and CableCam aerial camera systems which provide dramatic overhead camera angles for major sports events, including college and NFL football. For more information, please visit http://www.outdoorchannel.com.
About Bonnier Corporation
Bonnier Corp. (http://www.bonniercorp.com) is one of the largest consumer-publishing groups in America and is the leading media company serving passionate, highly engaged audiences, through 50 magazines and related multimedia projects and events. Bonnier Corp. is the U.S. division of the Bonnier Group (www.bonnier.com), a 200-year-old, family-owned media group based in Sweden with business operations in 25 countries.
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There are two reasons for doing that.
1-When I bring the cases into a motel room and toss them on the furniture, the brackets will be on top. If on the bottom, I'd scratch the furniture. Applies to the furniture at home too.
2-When I want to get something out of a case, I lean against it, pop the latch, then slowly crack open the case. Using my leg, I allow the case to slowly open while I fish around inside. All the stuff stays in the case because I'm opening the deep part of the case, not the lid. If I mounted the brackets the other way around, everything would fall on the ground or at least spill out the sides before I could find that thing I'm looking for.
Makes sense to me. Never considered mounting them any other way. But maybe I'm not thinking this through. What are the advantages to putting the mounting brackets on the base instead of the lid? Are there any?
Caribou does the base mount and most I've seen are mounted that way:
I like what you did and your rationale is sound. I'm just wondering if you had to do it again, would you mount it differently? Based upon what you said above, I think you're as happy as a bug in a rug.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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By Daniel email@example.com The pale, purple balloons almost matched the color of the periwinkle sky. Lifting off, drifting up with the breeze, they were silhouettes against cloud-puffs, then disappeared against the background of the sky, and the people said in unison, "I remember you." There were 91 names, belonging to people murdered in Georgia in the last 12 months, during domestic-violence incidents. Each time a name was spoken, a balloon was released, then the affirmation, "I remember you" was repeated. "Carol Young Gresham ... I remember you." "Tobias Favors ... I remember you." "Sandeela Kanwal ... I remember you." "Shawnte Wells ... I remember you ..." On the first day of Securus House's anti-family violence campaign, a month-long effort to raise awareness and education, more than 100 people gathered in front of the Harold R. Banke Justice Center, put purple ribbons on their chests and released balloons in a quiet memorial for murdered men, women and children. "I hope we will have the courage to do whatever is necessary to improve our lives and our community," said Mel Layne, a Securus House board member for more than seven years. "As we release these balloons and return to the normalcy of what we call life, please remember that each minute in this country, a man, a woman or a child, someone is being injured or killed as a result of domestic violence. "Someone is left scarred emotionally and physically. As our economy continues to crumble, and we lose our jobs and homes. As the stacks of bills continue to grow, the family unit is also threatened. Please understand that we have to think before we act. Please reach out to each other, be patient and understanding. I do believe there is hope." Clayton County Police Chief Jeff Turner told those gathered in the courthouse parking lot that the police received more than 11,000 domestic-disturbance calls in 2007, and more than 2,000 of those escalated from an argument to outbursts of violence. Turner told everyone that domestic violence is a societal problem, not just a personal issue and not an issue that can be hidden. "We can no longer afford to turn our heads from domestic abuse," Turner said. "It's killing our young people. It's killing our old people. It's killing us as a society." Standing in a circle, the group read names and released balloons, one after another, and then ended with a reaffirmation of remembrance. "We end by saying, 'We remember you.' Let's say that three times," Layne said. And as the last balloon disappeared, the people gathered, said together: "We remember you. We remember you. We remember you." To help Securus House or participate in the abuse-awareness campaign, call (770) 960-7153, or visit www.securushouse.org.
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Steelworker Activists Help Secure Victory for Obama and Tom Allen
BUCKSPORT, Maine, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — United Steelworkers (USW) members nationwide enthusiastically watched last night's polling results and celebrated victories in key battleground states where the USW mounted unprecedented grassroots efforts. Steelworkers and other working families look to an Obama presidency to help American working families by getting the economy back on track.
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"When you feel the brunt of the downturn in the economy and wake up wondering if your job is being shipped overseas or whether you can still afford health care, you want change," said USW International President Leo W. Gerard. "Our members worked like hell to make sure change happened."
In the Bucksport area, USW made major commitments to help Barack Obama be elected president and Tom Allen win a U.S. Senate seat. USW members worked the phones, leafleted work sites and canvassed neighbors to educate voters on issues and the need to go to the polls on Election Day.
Dan Lawson, vice president of Local 4-261 and union safety coordinator at the Verso Paper plant here, said, "Our members have suffered layoffs and plant closures during this campaign, causing economic hardship to hundreds of working families. These hard times have brought people out to campaign like never before.
"In past elections, Republicans have exploited the gun issue because many of our members are avid hunters and fishermen," he said. "So this time we put out a flyer with Obama's position on the second amendment, on the back side had Tom Allen's position to show that both candidates supported their right to own firearms. This campaign was about jobs, health care, fair trade and retirement security."
The USW political campaign had more than 500 people working full-time in 31 states, mobilizing members and working families. More than 10,000 Steelworkers volunteered their time to ensure Barack Obama's victory. The strategy included calling and speaking to more than 100,000 union members in key battlegrounds states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina between Labor Day and the Election. Nearly 5 million pieces of persuasive literature were mailed from USW international, district and local union offices.
"It is essential that the new President and Senator-elect Allen work with other members of Congress to restore the American dream for all of our citizens and for us, once again, to establish our society as a shiny beacon to rest of the world," said Gerard. "Steelworkers families will continue to fight the good fights."
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