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Yes, its very sad, but we do take a little bit of a break in the summer. Not from quilting. Heavens no, we are all still probably quilting up a storm in our respective homes, but we of the Toronto Modern Quilt Guild take a little break from meetings. The Summer is so short and there are only so many weekends to go around and people camp and travel and go to weddings and whatnot, so we decided it was easiest to just take a brief hiatus in the summertime.
Our last meeting of the year was great though. We kicked things off with a gift. Zoriana, one of our members is going to have a baby soon (in fact, at the time of this blog, she probably already has!) and we got together to make her a little quilt for the baby. Nothin' more fun to make than a baby quilt! So small and manageable and it can be just a colour free for all! We all made quilt-as-you-go log cabin blocks in a bright fun palette and the result is perfect for a little tummy time.
Here are some of the blocks that were made for the "Flood Texas with Love" charity quilt call. Its the Just One Slab block, which is a simple improvisational block, designed by Cheryl Arkison. It was a really fun block to make, and a lovely way to use up all the fun scraps.
And here is the result of our first block lotto! We got one ticket for the draw for each block you entered into it, so its no wonder Adrienne won! I think she's got eight tickets there. Those are some good odds. Its the Pick Up Sticks block and if you want want to make one yourself you can find the tutorial here.
Berene brought this cool project in to show us. Its called "The Ultimate Equipment Tote".
Its a giant portfolio case for bringing all your rulers and cutting mat and whatnot with you when you quilt away from home. This is a brilliant idea because mine are forever falling out of too small bags and getting their corners chipped. I hate that.
If you are interested in making one of these handy bags yourself, you can get your hands on a copy of this new book "Make It, Take It" in which the pattern is included. Berene was kind enough to raffle off her copy of it.
And Cath was the lucky winner!
Marilou brought in this centre piece of the Marcelle Medallion quilt that she is working on. The pattern can be found in the Liberty Love book by Alexia Abegg. Its an intense bit of patchwork, but has quite a following as a simple google search will show you.
Marilou also brought in her finished "Modern Bear Claw". She had brought in the top to show us previously, but its always so nice to see things all quilted down and bound together.
Cath brought in this gorgeous little number.
Its only her third quilt ever (!), and when I asked her what she called it she quite succinctly replied "Quilt Number Three".
Lisa brought in this small piece, inspired by "Low Volume" quilting, as she really enjoys the subtlety of items that are less high contrast. She came up with the pattern herself. It has a lovely rhythm to it, doesn't it?
Valerie brought in these nice little stars. She's not quite sure what she's going to do with them, but they sure are pretty.
Adrienne is almost done binding this punchy little baby quilt. Its called "Baby #6". She's had a bit of a baby boom amongst her friends and family of late, but she's a trooper and keeps the quilts coming. She originally bought this Riley Blake Jungle Alphabet fabric to make some sort of soft book, but ended up using it for this quilt instead.
Catherine had planned to use this gorgeous William Morris fabric to make a table runner for her daughter, but somehow, it ended up NOT being a table runner. Instead its this fantastic small quilt.
Lorna who was visiting our guild for the first time brought in this appliquéd block to share with us. She'd taken a hand sewing course with Jeannie Jenkins at SewSisters and really enjoys the process. She also told us about volunteer work that she participated in through Sistering, an organization that serves homeless, marginalized and low-income women in Toronto. They have drop in sewing classes that teach women to do their own clothing repairs, and also drop in classes to teach knitting and crochet. If you're interested in volunteering there, you can fill out a volunteer application online, (click the link at the bottom of the page) and their volunteer co-ordinator will contact you. Sounds like a great opportunity to use your skills to help others.
Jaqueline had this amazing cat themed quilt to show us. And of course, she used the Lizzy House "Cat Nap" fabric line to make it with. Very clever! Its a pattern she designed herself, based on a vintage Tumbling Cat block.
Jaqueline also made this concentric circle wall hanging.
It was made as a gift for Katrina (who is holding it in the picture here) to hang in her new office.
The concentric circle quilting and matchstick quilting on it are so great in close up. I love really dense quilting like this.
Zoriana wasn't able to attend the meeting last month, and so did not get to show us her Not Really President's Challenge piece even though she did make one. Above you can see the random magazine page she got as inspiration. She decided to focus on the stack of bowls in the bottom right corner.
And here is the piece she made. She decided to use no new fabric, and learn a new technique. Which is why she decided to appliqué the bowl shapes. She used the finished small quilt to make a tote bag.
Rebecca showed us this notebook cover that she made as part of the Modern Quilt Guild's Riley Blake Challenge. Notebook covers are another great way to make small, cool projects that don't require the workload commitment of an entire quilt.
Once show-and-tell was done, Julie led us in a tutorial/demo about sewing curves. She shared some great resources with us, including a very useful handout, and highly recommended this book, "A Quilter's Mixology"
She showed us how to make this block from the Sheildmaiden quilt from the sew scatterbrained blog.
And impressed me with her demonstration by sewing while standing up. I know that was not the intention of the tutorial, but it was a bonus take-away from the lesson for me! I feel much less scared about sewing curves now, and really like the tip about using a shorter stitch length.
So that's it for meetings until next fall. Though I will be back here with a post after our quilt retreat in August. Have a great summer!


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Could nostalgia for a sinful past create a hopeful future?
Young Greeks look at their bittersweet past using humour and sarcasm as their weapons.
In a changing world, it is normal to look back at the past. Especially in "sick" societies wrecked by crises, this reflex becomes inescapable, and more importantly, invaluable. The courage to move forward only comes when we make peace with the past and feel supported by it. The Greek society is sick. And after seven years of being buffeted by economic and social crises, Greeks are turning to their past to find hope for the future. And perhaps this is justified. After all, nostalgia is a Greek word — sort of…
Nostalgia (noun): a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.
Etymologically, the word is a derivative of the Greek words νόστος (nostos = return journey) and άλγος (algos = pain). The French combined them and created nostalgie which was then adopted by many more languages, including Greek (νοσταλγία).
Greek history is indisputably rich. But as full of treasures as the Antiquity is, it's also far too removed from modern Greek life to appeal to 21st century Greeks, who have instead found refuge in the 1980s. But nostalgia for the 80s is atypical and largely satirical, centered on mocking the modus operandi of that period: a mindset that led, to a greater or lesser extent, to the economic and political crisis that would hit the country 30 years later. Using social media as their weapon of choice, the Greek youth are turning against previous generations that acted irresponsibly and, according to some, mortgaged the Mediterranean country's future. At the same time, however, this trend could be seen as the expression of a shy longing for the carefree lifestyle of that era, with all of its accompanying virtues and sins.
So, why the 80s?
The 1980s was a glorious decade for Greece — at least on the surface. Following the end of the military junta in 1974, the new Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, an emblematic figure of Greek politics, initiated the accession of Greece to the European Economic Community, the European Union's predecessor. These developments made Greece attractive for foreign investment and kickstarted a period of unprecedented economic growth. Not everyone was benefiting from it, though; those with lower incomes demanded a piece of the pie. They wanted, needed, change.
In the elections of 1981, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), led by Andreas Papandreou, the charismatic son of a former Prime Minister (and the father of a future one), won with exactly that slogan: CHANGE. Papandreou dominated the Greek political scene for the rest of the 20th century, with a short break during the period 1989–1993 when his political opponents banded together to take him to court over his involvement in a big corruption scandal that took place during his term as Prime Minister.
Andreas, as both his friends and his enemies called him, implemented a statist model in Greece. The creation of an overpowering state, combined with a rapid increase in the flow of money gave way to extravagant consumerism and an overly luxurious way of life. New cars, champagne and other imported products became symbols of the 1980s for a part of the Greek population. Of course, not everyone got invited to this party. A fair amount of people did, though, with most of them copying what their neighbours and political leaders did.
Andreas remains a very controversial figure today, 21 years after his death. Many praise his government for giving the people purchasing power, creating jobs, restoring national unity and democratizing Greece's political system. The social welfare state was established and the economy was on the rise. Finally, Andreas turned the country into a powerful player on the international stage, with a multifaceted foreign policy that maintained good relations with both superpowers of the Cold War and a respected member of the ECC.
But many accuse Andreas and PASOK are of short-sighted populism purely aimed at staying in power. Not to mention a cascading series of scandals. People today often use the term "old PASOK" to describe the machiavellianism, corruption and wastefulness that defined this period's leaders. And it is this same term that is used by the administrators of one of the most popular Greek social media pages: The Old, Orthodox PASOK (Παλιό ΠΑΣΟΚ — το Ορθόδοξο).
And why now?
The differences between the 1980s and the 2010s are obvious. Irrespective of their sinful character, the 80s were a time when Greece was a strong and wealthy country. In contrast, the Greece of today is drowning in debt and has virtually no national sovereignty, as a result of the bailout agreements that the country has signed with its creditors (the EU Commission, the ECB, the ESM and the IMF).
This immense gap makes the 1980s a sort of mythical era. So mythical that many often tend to forget that it was real, possibly in an effort to avoid blame. It is in this context that the past few years have seen a rise in social media pages that mockingly glorify the days when PASOK and Papandreou dominated the landscape, "favourably" comparing the former political titans to current Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his party, SYRIZA. The most prominent example is The Old, Orthodox PASOK, which has even more Facebook followers than the actual PASOK party.
If in these pages political disillusionment has taken on a fundamentally satirical character, a feeling of nostalgia is also present, albeit unconsciously. This nostalgia, expressed with self-derogatory humour, sees the 1980s as a carefree period that the creators of these social media pages — millennials, most likely — will probably never experience, because of the country's ongoing economic recession. This is also the subject of a new song from the Greek ska band Locomondo, titled 80s. The lyrics of the song mix popular culture and specific events of the 1980s with those of today. The song's final verse is a dedication "to all those who lived the 80s / the witnesses of an unmerciful change / a generation that is paying its debts."
Some find this kind of nostalgia dangerous, suggesting that reminiscing about this period will spur Greece to repeat its past mistakes — if and when the country overcomes the recession. But that concern is misplaced. It is normal for people to long for a time of their lives that was marked by prosperity and high living standards. In any case, the websites that engage with this sense of nostalgia are run by young people who take a mocking stance towards a past that has condemned today's youth to a precarious lifestyle; the exact opposite of the extravaganza that was the 1980s.
The new generations of Greeks have creative potential, and they show it in many different ways — one of which is, of course, through memes and political satire. The question is whether they will have the opportunity to apply this creative potential, nourished as it is by nostalgia and a self-critical approach to the country's past, in order to create the Greece of the future. A future which can be much better and much more profound than the kitsch that characterized the 1980s. For the sake of the whole country, and of Europe too, let's hope they make it happen.
*This article was originally published for Are We Europe's September issue on Nostalgia.


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Inspired by a daily scene in an Indian village, rural women walking with clay pots or 'matkas' stacked atop their heads. These red and yellow finials are made using the South Indian tradition of 'Channapatna'.
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Material: Sheesham Wood, Mango Wood
Color: Brown
Style: Contemporary
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Series: The Confidence Game #2
Published by Reckless Siren Publishing on February 27, 2018
Genres: Adult, Thriller, romance
Pages: 254
Format: ebook
Source: the author
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Consequence, the conclusion to Sayer and Caroline's epic love story
Five years ago, I escaped a dangerous life I had always wanted to leave. I got away. I found freedom. But it cost me the love of my life.
For five years I lived in hiding, protecting my most valuable secret while Sayer Wesley sat in prison paying for both our sins. I promised to love him forever. I promised to never leave him.
I broke my promises.
Five months ago Sayer found me.
Five weeks ago, I was forced to face my past.
Five days ago, someone took my daughter. They kidnapped her in order to make Sayer and me suffer. I will do anything to get her back. Even if that means coming clean to Sayer, letting him into my life and introducing him to our daughter.
All I wanted was to protect her from this life and now she's right in the middle of the chaos. Sayer is the only one that can help me. He's the only one that can get her back.
But it might mean losing him again.
Fifteen years ago, I fell in love with Sayer Wesley. Now I must pay the consequences for falling in love with a con man.
I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
This is the sequel to Constant that I reviewed last week, which I loved. This book's pacing was a little slower because it's told in a series of flashbacks as well as in the present. In Consequence. we also get to read from Sayer's point of view, which is enlightening to say the least.
I really liked how this book wrapped everything up. Caro and Sayer's daughter is missing. The assumption is that she's been kidnapped by the Bratva in order to punish Caro for leaving. That is soon proven true but for completely different reasons. Even if they do want her to suffer, they want her back even more.
My favorite part of this book was the flashbacks. The story in the current timeline is interesting but the flashbacks drive the entire book. They explain and give context to the current timeline. The flashbacks really help us get to know the characters and their motivations. I know flashbacks can be controversial, but I usually like them. In this case, teh flashbacks really made the story special.
This book cemented my deep and abiding love for Sayer. He's a criminal mastermind, but he's not evil. Everything he has done, he has done to keep Caro safe and to make sure that they will be safe and provided for in the future. He wanted to ensure a life for her. Caro on the otherhand says that she loves Sayer but is paranoid and distrustful at every turn. Maybe it's because she is fearful for her daughter's safety but I'm not sure that Sayer ever deserved such treatment for the support he's given her.
This sequel was suspensefilled and thrilling. It really lived up to the story that Rachel Higginson started with Constant. Very satisfying ending and it kept me guessing!
About the Author
Rachel Higginson is the best-selling author of The Opposite of You, The Five Stages of Falling in Love, Every Wrong Reason, Bet on Us and The Star-Crossed Series.
She was born and raised in Nebraska, and spent her college years traveling the world. She fell in love with Eastern Europe, Paris, Indian Food and the beautiful beaches of Sri Lanka, but came back home to marry her high school sweetheart. Now she spends her days writing stories and raising five amazing kids.
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|"To increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural, historical, and natural resources."
|John M. Fahey
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|6.8 million
|Gardiner Greene Hubbard
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history.
Founded in January 1888, it has funded more than 7,500 scientific research projects and supports an education program combating geographic illiteracy. It is estimated that it reaches more than 280 million people worldwide each month through its many media outlets. Its extremely successful National Geographic Magazine has, through its use of photojournalism and quality writing, served to bridge cultures and enlighten people to the beauty of the Earth and the plight of its environmental condition.
Formed with the mission to "increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural, historical, and natural resources," it is a noble mission which has succeeded in many ways.
The historical mission of the National Geographic Society is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural, historical, and natural resources."[1] As NGS President and CEO (since March 1998), John Fahey succinctly put it; its purpose is to inspire people to care about the planet.
The Society is governed by a twenty-three member Board of Trustees composed of educators, businesspeople, scientists, former governmental officials, and conservationists. The organization sponsors and funds scientific research and exploration.
Some of the NGS' projects include:
On January 13, 1888, thirty-three explorers and scientists gathered at the Cosmos Club, a private club then located on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., to organize "a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge."
After preparing a constitution and a plan of organization, the National Geographic Society was incorporated two weeks later on January 27. Gardiner Greene Hubbard became its first president and his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, eventually succeeded him in 1897 following his death. Bell's son-in-law Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor was named the first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine and served the organization for fifty-five years; members of the Grosvenor family have played important roles in the organization since.
Bell and his son-in-law, Grosvenor, devised the successful marketing notion of Society membership and the first major use of photographs to tell stories in magazines. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of National Geographic in 2008 is Gilbert Melville Grosvenor, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 for the Society's leadership in geography education.
In 2004, the National Geographic Headquarters in Washington, D.C. was one of the first buildings to receive a "Green" certification from Global Green USA in recognition of their efforts "to support a sustainable and secure world."[5]
The Society received the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanity in October 2006 in Oviedo, Spain.
The National Geographic Magazine, later shortened to National Geographic, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. Its first issue was published nine months after the Society was founded. It has become one of the world's best-known magazines and is immediately identifiable by the characteristic yellow border running around the edge of its cover. There are 12 monthly issues of National Geographic per year, plus additional map supplements. On rare occasions, special editions are also issued. The magazine is published in 31 language editions in many countries around the world. Combined English and other language circulation is nearly nine million monthly with more than fifty million readers per month.
It contains articles about geography, popular science, world history, culture, current events, and photography. The fame of the magazine worldwide resulted from its pioneering use of photojournalism, providing spectacular color images of nature from locations around the world. Beyond introducing the public to the beauties of nature, the magazine has more recently taken on a number of issues related to preservation and stewardship of the environment, thus contributing to human responsibility for the beauties of creation.
In addition to its flagship magazine, the Society publishes five other periodicals in the United States:
The Society also runs an online news outlet, National Geographic News.[6]
Items previously published by the Society include:
In October 2007, National Geographic created a new Global Media group composed of its magazine, book publishing, television, film, music, radio, digital media and maps units. Tim Kelly, president and CEO of National Geographic Ventures, was named president.
Stories by the National Geographic Society are shown on television. National Geographic specials as well as television series have been shown on PBS and other networks in the United States and globally for many years. The Geographic series in the U.S. started on CBS in 1964, moved to ABC in 1973 and shifted to PBS (produced by WQED, Pittsburgh) in 1975. It has featured stories on numerous scientific figures such as Louis Leakey, Jacques Cousteau, and Jane Goodall that not only featured their work but helped make them world-famous and accessible to millions. The specials' theme music, by Elmer Bernstein, was also adopted by the National Geographic Channel. The National Geographic Channel has begun to launch a number of subbranded channels in international markets, such as Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Adventure, Nat Geo Junior, and Nat Geo Music.
In 1997, internationally, and in 2001 in the United States, the Society launched, in part ownership with other entities such as News Corporation, the National Geographic Channel, a television channel with global distribution for cable and satellite viewers.
National Geographic Films, a wholly-owned taxable subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, produced a feature film based on the diary of a Russian submarine commander starring Harrison Ford in K-19: The Widowmaker, and March of the Penguins, which received an Academy Award for the Best Documentary in 2006. Arctic Tale, features the story of two families of walrus and polar bears.
Inspired by a National Geographic Magazine article, National Geographic opened in October 2007 a 3-D large format and Reality 3-D film called Sea Monsters, with a musical score by Peter Gabriel. National Geographic Films is co-producing with Edward Norton and Brad Pitt the 10-hour mini series of Steven Ambrose's award-winning Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West for HBO. The National Geographic website (nationalgeographic.com) provides a wealth of content in multimedia formats, including a recently launched site highlighting world music.
The Society has helped sponsor many expeditions and research projects over the years, including:
The Society supports many socially-based projects including AINA, a Kabul-based organization dedicated to developing an independent Afghan media, which was founded by one of the Society's most famous photographers, Reza.
The Society sponsors the National Geographic Bee, an annual geographic contest for American middle-school students. More than four million students a year begin the geography competition locally, which culminates in a national competition of the winners of each state each May in Washington, D.C. Every two years, the Society conducts an international geography competition of competing teams from all over the world. The 2007 contest was held at Marineworld in San Diego, California with representatives from 18 international teams. The team from Mexico emerged as the winner.
The Hubbard Medal is awarded by the National Geographic Society for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research. The Society's most prestigious honor, the medal is named for Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the first National Geographic Society president.
Past recipients of the award include; Polar explorers Roald Amundsen in 1907, Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1910 and Richard Byrd in 1926; aviators Charles Lindbergh in 1927 and Anne Morrow Lindbergh in 1934; anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey in 1962; Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins in 1970; anthropologist Richard Leakey in 1994; conservationist Jane Goodall in 1995; underwater explorer Robert Ballard in 1996; and balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones in 1999, and posthumously in 2000 to Matthew Henson, who with Robert Peary led the 1909 American expedition to the North Pole.[7]
All links retrieved November 9, 2018.
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Growing a patient practice doesn't have to solely include generating new patients. It can (and should) also include a broad scope of patient referrals. This is an easy, manageable way to grow your practice without spending tons of time and money on marketing and advertising. In fact, once you get the hang of it, it may start to happen naturally and build on itself over time.
To give a little boost to your patient referrals, try some of these quick tips:
Take the time to get to know your fellow physicians.
According to Medscape, less than 10 percent of doctors regularly refer their patients to physicians they don't know, and about 40 percent say they know something specific about the specialists' outcomes or quality records. If a referring physician doesn't know anything about you, why would you be top of mind when the time comes to refer their patient? The more physicians you know, the higher the chances you will be thought of when this opportunity arises.
When you do get a patient referral, treat them right.
When a physician refers you to their patient, don't take too long getting them in for an appointment. Don't make them wait. Don't make them feel like they can't ask you questions. Don't make them feel rushed during the appointment. Don't make them feel unheard. Be extra respectful to these patients, because their referring physicians will most likely ask how their appointment went. If it went badly, or the patient felt disrespected, it may hurt your chances of being referred to by that doctor again.
Network online.
With your busy schedule, networking in person may not be possible as often as you'd like. That's where online networking comes in. You can use social media platforms like Twitter to get to know other area physicians – and their patients – so that you can begin building relationships with them. This will help make you top of mind so those physicians may be more likely to refer you. Find these physicians on Twitter, follow them, and interact with them on occasion (but not too often.) Retweet any tweets you find intriguing, comment with your own personal opinion, etc. If you engage with them consistently, that relationship will naturally blossom.
Focus on improving and maintaining your reputation.
Your professional reputation plays a huge role in patient referrals, so make sure you're working to maintain a positive one. That means consistently pushing out positive information. This can include news about your practice, new technology you're using or your professional accomplishments, positive patient testimonials and stories from those who give you permission to use them, and striving for top awards in the medical industry. Pushing out encouraging information about these subjects can keep your positive reputation going strong.
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Social media today plays a huge role in the ongoing drug abuse crisis in America. Although it is marketed as a safe, fun, online place to interact with friends and family (and it definitely can be), some people also abuse it for the purpose of sharing drug-related propaganda or for selling illegal substances.
Social Media in Today's World
Social media platforms have an increasingly large responsibility to maintain online safety due to an ever-growing population of users. According to Tech Crunch, some of the world's most popular social media platforms boast the following total monthly users.1
- Facebook – 2 billion monthly users
- YouTube – 1.5 billion monthly users
- Instagram – 700 million monthly users
- Twitter – 328 million monthly users
- WhatsApp – 1.2 billion monthly users
- Snapchat – approximately 255 million monthly users
- Facebook Messenger – 1.2 billion monthly users
- WeChat – 889 million monthly users
Seven in ten Americans (or 69 percent of the population) use social media.2 Engagement on these platforms is even higher among teens and young adults, with only two percent of 13 to 33-year-olds not actively using any social media platform at all. That means 98 percent of teens and young adults are engaged with at least one social media platform today.3
The Link Between Social Media and Drug Abuse
It's very clear that the idea of sharing our personal lives via social media is something that many Americans value and use on a daily basis. Although most (if not all) social media channels maintain some type of anti-drug policy, some of these websites do not enforce them as strictly as others, leaving plenty of opportunity for drug-related activities and sales.
Illegal drugs, and even prescription drugs like Triazolam, Valium, and Oxymorphone (among others), are sold on a number of different social media platforms, including4:
- Facebook Marketplace
- Tinder
Drug dealers typically don't sell substances on these social media sites with blatant posts proclaiming "Drugs for Sale!" Instead, they use imagery and hashtags to engage interested buyers before migrating the conversation to an anonymous messaging app like Kik or Whisper to close the deal.5
For example, drug dealers on Instagram may use hashtags like #kush4sale paired with images of scantily-clad women smoking marijuana to attract buyers. These potential buyers may then direct message the dealer on Instagram to get in contact with them. These conversations are often then carried to other platforms to actually purchase the drugs or arrange a meeting.
Eighty-two percent of drug dealers on Instagram claim to sell marijuana, but codeine cocktails are also available from 58 percent of dealers and 20 percent are selling MDMA.6
In addition to the illegal sales being made on these platforms, users frequently tout their own drug and alcohol abuse on their profiles with pictures and status updates, which may encourage some of their younger friends and/or peers to do the same in an effort to live up to some sort of social expectation.
Combating Drug Abuse with Long-Term Rehab
Drug and alcohol abuse continues to be a prevalent problem among teens, young adults, and older adults, and there's no doubt that social media plays a part in this. In a time when drugs and alcohol are easily accessible via social media and the internet, it's extremely important to address the drug abuse and addiction of loved ones immediately, before it gets out of hand.
If you believe that a loved one is addicted to drugs or alcohol, an inpatient or outpatient drug rehab program may be the best way to address the physical, psychological and behavioral aspects of their addiction. Long-term drug rehab lasting 90 days or longer has been shown to provide better outcomes for individuals who are suffering from addiction.7
Recovery from substance abuse is a lifelong process that may require multiple episodes of treatment, such as drug detox, inpatient drug and alcohol rehab, sober living, and aftercare. If your loved one is addicted, it's very important that he or she does not leave treatment prematurely, as this could hinder his or her long-term recovery and lead to relapse.
There are plenty of things that may keep a person from enrolling in a rehab program, such as fear of failure, denial, or a concern for what others may think, but a carefully planned intervention may be just what your loved one needs to start their recovery journey. Plus, a high-quality rehab center like Nova Recovery Center will provide you or your addicted loved one with a personalized continuum of care plan to keep you fully engaged in each step of your recovery so you have the best chance at achieving a genuine and lasting personal transformation that leads to a full life of sobriety.
If you or a loved one regularly purchase drugs on social media or has been sucked into a lifestyle of consistent drug and alcohol abuse in an effort to maintain a social standing, you should know that there is a way out.
Call Nova Recovery Center today to speak with an admissions specialist about our gender-specific drug and alcohol rehab programs for men and women. We are here to help whenever you're ready.
- https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/27/facebook-2-billion-users/
- http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/12/evolution-of-technology/
- https://www.ypulse.com/post/view/5-stats-on-millennials-teens-social-media1
- https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/snapchat-instagram-cocaine-mdma-how-10812890
- http://www.complex.com/life/2016/06/digital-underground-weed-market
- http://observer.com/2014/05/heres-every-statistic-you-could-want-on-instagram-drug-dealers/
- https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/principles-drug-addiction-treatment-research-based-guide-third-edition/principles-effective-treatment


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LAKE FOREST, California (CNN) - During a break, someone yelled: "We love you John." In fact, McCain was on his game, doing better than I thought he would, given that faith is not his most favorite subject to discuss in public. And in fact, it does seem that the crowd is greeting him every bit as warmly as they did Obama. (Although: as far as I can see, the two Obama supporters who told me they were forced to turn their t-shirts inside out left a while ago.)
Act Two is over - and McCain gets huge applause, and a standing ovation.
McCain politically won the night – and may end up in the Oval Office with this type of performance. Drill, Drill, Drill! Fight, Fight, Fight! Destroy Evil – our new president is personally on the prowl! Rich: $5 million a year and up! Promise everything (except tracking the bears DNA, a very important and particular evil), and lower taxes for everyone! Hold on, folks...a lot of people jump to their feet and applaud this crap. In the spirit of the night – Please, Help us, O Lord!
McCain had prepared speeches and used these comments in reply to any question presented. He did not bother to answer the simplest of questions. that is "What income do you consider rich?" Many of his responses had little or nothing to do with the questions asked. From Senator McCain's answers , I know nothing new about his Faith, and very little about his respect for the Faith of others.
In the future, I suggest that each participant be required to answer the same, identical questions.
Obama would look down while thinking but looked Pastor Rick in the eye when answering. I have gone back and reviewed the tapes. McCain looked at the audience and did not talk 'to' Pastor Rick.
Obama thought about his answers and then responded. McCain used his speeches as his answers so he did not have to 'ponder' much.
McCain solidified his base and lost the independents.
He proved that he is Bush's third term.
Um...yeah...his greatest moral failure is the dissolution of his marriage?? I notice that he neglected to mention that the reason his marriage failed was because he CHEATED on his wife!!! I guess that wouldn't have played so well in front of the evangelical crowd. The only reason he's still married to his second wife is that she forgave him when he CHEATED ON HER, TOO!
BTW, this message is from an evangelical Christian who is not voting for McCain (not all of us are sheep who are going to vote for someone just because the religious "right" tells us to.)
McCain is a "KILL first and ask questions later" type of person. If you don't agree with him, he is likely to bomb you.
Obama is a thoughful and respectful person who is willing to listen to and work with someone who has a different opinion or belief. Don't get me wrong I wouldn't push him, but his first thought would not be bomb them as McCain's would be.
McWar was on point tonight!
Where were the true Christian Values in his responses, except on abortion?
Wake up evangelicals.... you should be Christians before you are evangelical or republican!
Why did McCain rattle of the next question during this period, he know what the questions were prior to this show. McCain is not the ideal candidate and the remaining voters who pay attention know it. The media just is trying to create another story to drum up business.
Now you can see why Obama hides from a town hall meeting......lets count how many times he said uhhhhh....I now believe he is the true radical leftist that he is...
Janice James in Denver..."Obama appeared humble, however is clever and a smooth talker who diverts from the facts." Interesting that you find someone who thinks and considers before he speaks as "smooth talker". To me the one with the quick, repeated over and over again answers is the one who 'diverts from the facts'. I want a President who considers and thinks, someone who listens to others and then makes decisions based on facts. You find intelligence untrustworthy....so sad and too bad for you and our county.
The night belonged to McCain, all the rest of you haters can chew on that. McCain was decisive and direct, this was not Barack's finest moment. If I had any doubt about McCain's ability to compete with Obama one on one, no more. If the audience's response was any indication of his connection tonight with evangelical's he will rmaintain his lead over Obama and probably broaden it. That's what all you libs don't want to discuss, this night was a bid for evangelical votes. Mission Accomplished.
What a staged setup for John McCain.Abortion should be on a national ballot.Let the people decide it once and for all or every 4 years, but it should not decide elections,where everything else is trumped by one issue.
I'm not looking for one word answers. Sure McCain was on his game, but he practiced evading questions better than Obama. I wanted to hear well thought out answers about his "true" feelings and not those stump quotes fed to him by the Right. As a christian, I worry about putting anyone in office that is quick to condemn others and act as if "America" is all that matters a the costs of others rights. We share this world with other people and obviosly these belicos and crack responses may offend the very people we are trying to work with now. We need a president with a cool and steady hand, not one who shoots from the hip first and then asks questions later. That's what got us into the mess we're in now. I was disappointed that the Old McCain was not there but some imposter pretending to be something he is not.
Obama's faith has been under a lot of media scrutiny throughout this campaign but I do not see why the media isn't really digging into McCain's christian background. It is about time the media started looking that way so at least we evangelicals can know who we vote for .Being pro-life and being anti- gay marriage shouldn't be an ultimate test for the evangelical vote, afterall these are just political positions depending on which party you are in.
What a farce! I respect Pastor Rick Warren and the candidates but McCain's short, no-thought answers were almost like he had been given the questions in advance and even if he hadn't he was really rehearsed well in what his audience wanted to hear. So short answers are all that was necessary. It is nice that he is from a military family and has lived long enough to have fought in a war and become the hero he brags about over and over. It is a very touching story but there have been millions of heros from our country. It just seems to me to be unfair.
Obama has not lived long enough to experience such a horrible war. But he gave the best answers, the most thoughtful and intelligent answers.
my interpretaion of Obama answering the abortion issue using a simple analogy for you libs...."Is 2 + 2 = 4" well..uh....you can look at this analytically or scientifically...if some people's beliefs are that...ummm....that 2 is a number that they deeply.....blah blah blah....
Partisan politics at its best. Why so atrabilious and splenetic, Obama supporters? Didn't think McCain could actually bring it? And my goodness, I thought Obama supporters were supposed to be the intellectual, contemplative ones. Take a look at all your solecisms and misspellings!
PS Those who think McCain was overemphasizing his Vietnam experiences have not been paying attention; in fact, analysts often wonder why he hasn't mentioned his personal story as often as Obama has during this campaign.
I got a better understanding of Omama's position on stem cells, gay marriages, who is considered rich, how to address orphan issues, teachers pay etc... McCain was more fluff and war stories.
McCain came across as his usual boring, pandering self. No thought...just bomb, bomb bomb. Fight...attack....and....we can't forget the war stories. PLEASE.............
I want a thinker for president, not some old nut acting out his Teddy Roosevelt fantasy.
Anyone else notice the CNN political ticker has like ten straight posts about how McSame did tonight. Last time I heard there were two candidates up on the stage. Come on CNN if we wanted partisanship we would have watched Faux News! Very disappointing coverage!
Like many others here, I thought McCain was awful. I keep hearing about how he displays a loose, winning personal style in smaller, conversational settings. But every time I've seen him in a non-stump-speech arena - like tonight - he still seems like he's reading off of mental cue cards, rather than responsing in-the-moment in a truly personal way.
Given the rightwing bias of evangelicals, Obama had nothing to lose tonight, since most of the audience was predisposed against him. However, I think he might've brought some of the saner, more truly Christian evangelicals over to his side with his forthright displays of how genuine Christian principles (rather than Christian love-hate) guide his sense of mission as a public figure.
Difference between the young one and the old one?
The young one thinks before he opens his mouth.
The old one opens his mouth before the question is asked completly and then when the thought catches up to him, tries to go back and then tries to answer it again but half way through forgets what the question was and answers a different question
the old man new the question
Candy Crowley needs to stick to REPORTING and stay away from commentary. Your analysis is terrible.
McCain studied really really hard for this test.
That counts as 'on one's game' having gamed the teacher.
And was so afraid he would get a reference to Warren's comment that he could not bring himself to vote for an adulterer, McCain stabbed himself with it so no one else had to.


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LOS ALTOS, Calif. — It's about 20 minutes into my lunch interview with Aaron Levie, co-founder of Box, at the headquarters of the online data storage company, and he still doesn't have any food.
"Are you eating?" I ask, awkwardly swirling Thai noodles onto my fork.
Like someone swerving out of the way of oncoming traffic, he abruptly shifts from a lengthy ramble on the short history of cloud computing and responds: "For your own sake, I'm not going to eat. I speak too quickly, and my food would be splattered all over the table."
Mr. Levie, 27, the chief executive of Box, always operates on fast forward. He talks quickly. Walks quickly. Thinks quickly.
Even his clothing displays a need for speed. Mr. Levie doesn't own a single pair of dress shoes. Instead, he opts for Asics or Puma sneakers with bright orange or pink laces, which he wears daily with a dark suit. "Sneakers help me walk faster," he says. "Plus, it reminds me that we're fighting for the end user — the consumer — because they wear sneakers, too!"
His career and his start-up have also grown at warp speed.
Just seven years ago, while attending the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, Mr. Levie founded Box from his dorm room with Dylan Smith. Mr. Levie programmed the site, and Mr. Smith, who is now the company's chief financial officer, played online poker to finance the business. (Until recently, the company was known as Box.net.)
The founders learned to identify the 3 percent of people who were "terrible poker players" and beat them, Mr. Levie said. "If you played against eight screens at a time, it basically just becomes statistical."
After a brief stint in Seattle, Box moved to Oakland and operated out of a garage belonging to Mr. Levie's uncle. For seven months, a small group of programmers lived and worked there among pizza crusts and Coca-Cola cans.
Now, Box is one of the fastest-growing companies in Silicon Valley. It has more than 500 employees and supplies cloud storage services to more than 11 million people and 125,000 businesses. It has raised $200 million from notable investors, including the Texas billionaire Mark Cuban, SAP Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. And revenue has more than doubled every year since Box was founded in 2005, although the company does not disclose the amount.
Sean Andersen, director of interactive services at Six Flags Entertainment, said he chose Box because of its ability to adapt for businesses. "I first met Aaron at a trade show, and at the time, he was literally having two conversations at once," Mr. Andersen said. "They have this iteration cycle where they are changing and improving their product at a much faster scale than others."
Mr. Levie talks about his business the way an ardent "Star Trek" fan explains his favorite episode. As he sees it, enterprise computing, or software sold to companies, is at a pivotal moment as businesses move from clunky, in-house systems to Web-based ones operating in the cloud.
"If you think about the market that we're in, and more broadly just the enterprise software market, the kind of transition that's happening right now from legacy systems to the cloud is literally, by definition, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," he says. "This is probably going to happen at a larger scale than any other technology transition we've seen in the enterprise. Larger than client servers. Larger than mainframes."
The business potential, he adds, seems limitless: "We think we are just 1 percent into that transition."
To Mr. Levie, mobile is the biggest driver of change. Before, legacy systems used to be connected to Windows computers, and people printed out most of their documents. Now, printers are giving way to iPhones and iPads, all of which are connected to the cloud.
"All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers," he says. "They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices. Mobile is the catalyst that can actually re-evaluate and re-engineer your entire I.T. strategy."
This is where he expects most of his company's growth to come. As chief information officers of Fortune 500 companies continue to switch from mainframes and allow employees to work remotely from mobile devices, including tablets and laptops, the cloud and services like Box will become all the more important.
While Mr. Levie runs a multimillion-dollar business and oversees hundreds of employees, he is still a 20-something tech geek. In Silicon Valley, where he is often described as the son of the mad professor from "Back to the Future," he arrives at the office around noon and works until 3 a.m. After work, he goes home and plays video games to "wind down."
The company's headquarters are infused with his youthful energy. A bright yellow slide spirals from the second floor to the lobby. Swings hang from the ceiling of meeting areas. Hundreds of stuffed unicorns litter the office, sitting on chairs, above computer monitors and abandoned in the hallway.
All of this, Mr. Levie says, helps employees remember that they are fighting for the consumer. He believes this philosophy separates Box from its competitors.
"This is the thing that we think will always keep us competitive with enterprise incumbents," he says, noting that traditional enterprise software is often clunky and confusing. He says Box tries to "fight the man" by making software from a consumer standpoint so it can easily be downloaded to any device and remain secure.
I reminded him that technically, he is "the man." As if momentarily placing a finger on a spinning record, he pauses for a millisecond, looks up and says, "Oh, yeah," before turning down a new street in his mind to explain the importance of security in cloud software.
But "the man" is different in this case. Even with the colorful sneakers and boyish looks, the young chief executive stands out for his philosophy, which he demonstrates on his personal Twitter account with jokes about cloud computing and other technologies.
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It was only fitting that Graham Allgood received his summer internship offer from Horizon Media via Snapchat.
After all, that's how he attracted their attention in the first place.
Business Insider first reported about Allgood's Snapchat creativity on May 12, after Allgood had already first been turned down by the company.
He'd been looking for an internship since Christmas, only to find his emails unreturned or résumé shoved into piles.
"Honestly my story to find a summer internship is fairly familiar with lots of other college students. I am an eager student who, at the end of the school year, found myself crashing on a friend's couch, surviving on PB+J's, and spending all my free time pursuing the optimal internship; somewhere, somehow," Allgood wrote to Business Insider in an e-mail.
That's when he decided to do something different to stand out from the crowd.
He turned to Snapchat and designed his own geofilter to run an advertising campaign to promote himself as a great hire to the employees of Horizon Media, the largest stand-alone ad agency in the US.
Geofilters on Snapchat target a specific location and can be overlaid on a photo. In Allgood's case, he designed the Horizon name to appear alongside his at the bottom of the screen with a small "Hey Hire Me" square at the top.
He knew that the company posted photos and videos from inside the office on Tuesdays, so he spent $30 to target the company. And it definitely caught the company's attention.
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So Project 370Z has not seen a power part upgrade since the first installment of the series which included the AEM "E.T.I." cold air intake nearly 3 years ago. Despite the Fairlady's solid power to weight ratio as it stands, a bit more power, sound, and weight reduction from an aftermarket cat back exhaust system was desired. With the help of ARK Design USA, the exhaust side of Project 370Z was going to see its first step in unlocking some power and performance oriented notes.
Last Year Project 370Z received some much needed cooling modifications thanks to CSF race radiators. Their single pass/higher capacity radiator and AC condenser combo made for improved water cooling and retained the factory AC performance. But as the year went on into the hotter months during summer, water temperatures started to again fall victim to over heating. The 370Z front end design only has one opening for radiator air flow. So from the get go the top half of the radiator's surface area does not get fresh air. On top of that, I have an external oil cooler taking up the left half of that single opening. So even though the CSF radiator is a large improvement over the OE unit, there is still alot of factors working against it. Top it off with 90 to 100+ degree summer track weather in SoCal, an engine known for high heat production and decently quick pace on track with a significant amount of time spent at wide open throttle, you have a recipe for overwhelming the cooling system. There were a few things we tried before the CSF triple pass unit was implemented though.
Brakes, the all so critical system of a automobile that turns momentum into heat as well as being the most important safety feature of any car. Unfortunately they're often over looked or marginalized, even by those who choose to track their cars on road courses. Seems as though braking upgrades are not nearly as "cool" as power or suspension modifications, even though braking is far more important.
Project 370Z - Improving Grip by Tuning a Cusco RS LSD!
By Mike Kojima
So far with our Project 370Z we have been focused on dialing in the chassis. After some track time, it has become apparent that the rear differential is the next handicap in achieving faster lap times. Although the Z has a viscous limited slip diff from the factory, our testing has found it to be highly inadequate. In fact it is hardly a limited slip diff at all, allowing a lot of inside rear wheel spin, even out of medium speed corners. In some street tire testing at Buttonwillow our lap time was being limited to the low 2:06 range for configuration 13CW.
Project Nissan 370Z - Installing B&M's Short Throw Shifter
by Clint Boisdeau
Project Nissan 370Z - Keeping it cool with a CSF radiator, HPS Hoses and a Nissan Motorsports Oil Cooler
The Nissan 370Z is a notoriously under cooled car. It has a pretty bad reputation for easily going into overheat limp mode very quickly under track conditions and sometimes even on the street during normal driving in extremely hot conditions. Nissan knows about the problem - 370Z press cars are fitted with oil coolers and diff coolers. Probably Nissan does not want to add to the price of the car and instead relies on cheaper electronic nannies like limp mode to control the engine's and driveline's temps.
Project Nissan 370Z- Kinetix Racing Suspension, Enkei Wheels and Continental Tires
In our last edition of Project Nissan 370Z, we installed a basic suspension with KW V3 coilovers and Whiteline sway bars. To continue to develop our car into a dual purpose track/daily driver we needed to add some more adjustability to the suspension, we had to get more negative camber in the front and less in the rear. We also had to get more rubber on the road.
To achieve this we added some adjustable suspension links from Kinetix and some super light Enkei PF01 wheels with Continental Extreme Contact DW Tires.
In the first segment of Project 370Z we worked with AEM to evaluate the awesome ETI cold air intake. Since our car is going to be focused on streetable track performance, we next turned our attention to the suspension. The first and most critical parts of any track worthy suspension build are the swaybars, dampers and springs.
Project 370Z: Part 1 - Testing the AEM ETI Cold Air Intake
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It started like this: when I arrived, I was welcomed by wonderful and cheerful faces that made me feel very welcomed. On the first day, I got to meet many new faces. I felt no regrets meeting everyone and it was amazing, as we journey together for this 3 days.
I felt so happy, blessed and excited of what's going to happen next. I got to experience the presence of the Lord during this journey. I took this three days to actually find out things that I was yearning to know. The talks made me reflect in every area of my life. As the last day ended it was sad to say goodbye to all my new friends I got to meet.
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Sharing this time with people who share the same faith was great and the friendship that was built is wonderful. I am truly glad I went for Choice. If I could turn the clock back I would still want to join Choice again. It was the best choice I made... no regrets.
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Decorative Mirrors For Bathrooms - Elephant Nursery Decor - Gingerbread Outdoor Decor.
Decorative Mirrors For Bathrooms
- cosmetic: serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose; "cosmetic fenders on cars"; "the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative"
- (decoratively) in a decorative manner; "used decoratively at Christmas"
- Serving to make something look more attractive; ornamental
- Relating to decoration
- (decorativeness) an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive
- A room containing a toilet
- A set of matching units to be fitted in such a room, esp. as sold together
- (bathroom) toilet: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- A bathroom is a room that may have different functions depending on the culturalist context. In the most literal sense, the word bathroom means "a room with a bath".
- A room containing a bathtub or a shower and usually also a washbasin and a toilet
- (bathroom) a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
- (mirror) polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
- (mirror) reflect as if in a mirror; "The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above"
- (of a reflective surface) Show a reflection of
- Correspond to
- Keep a copy of some or all of the contents of (a network site) at another site, typically in order to improve accessibility
- (mirror) a faithful depiction or reflection; "the best mirror is an old friend"
MIRRORS - DVD Movie
Kiefer Sutherland anchors this supernatural thriller from Hills Have Eyes (2006) director Alexandra Aja about an abandoned building that harbors vengeful spirits. Sutherland brings a degree of his 24 intensity to his role as a disgraced police detective working a security detail at a derelict building. A package from a former security guard--who commits suicide in the film's eerie opening moments--alerts Sutherland to the building's tragic past, as well as to the presence of dark forces with the ability to harm the living; once aware of their presence, Sutherland and his family become their next target. Mirrors works best in its first third, where Joseph Nemec's production design delivers maximum chills. Where the film stumbles is its rush to provide a slam-bang conclusion filled with CGI and other effects, resulting in an unsatisfying, open-ended conclusion that does much to dispel the film's impressively Gothic atmosphere. The unrated DVD presentation differs from the theatrical cut by mere seconds, and the alternate ending included among the battery of deleted scenes is a more satisfying conclusion than the one used in the film. --Paul Gaita
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•Set Includes:
-Vanity Cabinet
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-Mirror and Decorative Shelve
•Vanity Dimensions: 800* 580*840mm
•Mirror Dimensions: 600*750mm
•Decorative Shelve Dimensions: 200*750mm
•Sink: Tempered Safe Glass
•Wood: Solid Oak Wood
•Finish: Espresso. Wood is properly sealed for moisture protection.
•Faucet: Copper with Chrome Finish
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-Wood Properly Dried to Prevent Warping and Cracking
-The Vanity Has Proper Sealed Finish to Prevent Peeling and Fading in Elevated Humidity Levels.
-Plumbing and Personal Items are hidden in The Enclosed, but Easily Accessible Center Compartment and Six Front Drawers.
-The Matching Mirror Comes with Built-in and Open Shelve for Decorative Accents or Items That Must Remain in Easy Reach.
-This Vanity Uses Framed Type Construction, Which Ensures Stability and Unsurpassed Durability for Many Years to Come.
-The Ultra-Thick Glass Sink Rests on Metal Supports that Echo the Cabinet Legs and Is Available in Several Finishes and Sink Configurations. Its Gently Curving Front Balances The Unit's Strong Vertical Lines.
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•Set Includes:
-Vanity Frame with Glass Countertop
-Glass Vessel Sink
-Mirror Cabinet and Two Open Shelves
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•Vanity Dimensions: 600*500*840mm
•Mirror Dimensions: 440*600mm
•Sink: Tempered Safe Glass
•Wood: Plywood
•Finish: Wood Texture Veneer
•Faucet: Copper with Chrome Finish
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-The Vanity Has Proper Sealed Finish to Prevent Peeling and Fading in Elevated Humidity Levels.
-The Matching Mirror Cabinet with Mounted Open Shelf for Decorative Accents or Items that Must Remain in Easy Reach.
-This vanity is constructed in the appealing shape of a puzzle piece.
-The contrasting color scheme of white and blue is very fresh and creates an interesting contrast with the more severe lines of the structure.
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Cut and Paste Faith
The art of postmodern collage might seem disorienting, but it has something to teach the Church. Last April, I took thirteen students from Columbia Bible College to the Vancouver Art Gallery to see a show called MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture. The exhibit was focused on collage. We explored four floors crammed full of artwork created from other pieces of art/culture in every imaginable genre: Hannah Höch's magazine collages challenging ideals of beauty and female roles; the first sampled dub beats of "King Tubby" and "Scratch;" Brian Jungen's elaborate Aboriginal masks made out of Nike Air Jordans; Stanley...Read More


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Ask Your Senator to Co-Sponsor Senator Gillibrand's "Restore SNAP Cuts" Amendment!
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is now looking for co-sponsors for her 'Restore SNAP Cuts' amendment. This amendment restores the $4.1 billion/10 years cut to SNAP made in the Farm Bill, and offsets this cost by reducing payments to crop insurance companies without reducing the crop insurance subsidies the government pays directly to farmers.
If you support this restoration, please contact your Senators and ask that they co-sponsor Senator Gillibrand's amendment to restore the $4.1 billion SNAP cut.


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In the United States, 46 people die from an overdose of prescription painkillers every day, according to a recent report from the CDC.
The report, which looked at opioid prescriptions in the U.S. found that physicians wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, which is enough for every adult in the U.S. to have a bottle of pills. The states with the highest number of painkiller prescriptions are in the South. The CDC reports that in 2012, health care providers in the states with the highest number of painkiller prescriptions wrote nearly three times as many prescriptions per person as the state with the lowest number.
The number of prescriptions are very alarming, considering that the high prescriptions is linked to more deaths from overdose.
The CDC says states should increase use of prescription drug monitoring programs that track painkiller prescriptions by state. ProPublica has created a database that shows the doctors and providers who prescribe the most painkillers.


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Beyond the Iron provides an in-depth overview of the types of events that take place around the world, offers specific training ideas/schedules, and helps you design a plan that meets your needs.
Before you sign up, I want you to know this should be an interactive experience. You will not be able to successfully tackle the challenge of an Ultra Ironman triathlon without commitment, goal setting, tenacity, and more importantly desire; but through the use of my training programs including the most important component – mental training.
I hope to help you reach your goal and achieve your dream of triumphantly soaring over the finish line. As I have experienced, these races are full of lifetime memories and life changing experiences.
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To having Wayne speak at your event, please download this Media Kit and email email@example.com
Before I launch into my program, I want to give you an introduction as to why I am the man best suited to guide you through this incredible mental and physical journey to help you successfully train for these exceptional triathlons. My name is Wayne Kurtz, and I am the founder of RaceTwitch.com and Endurance Racing Report (www.racetwitch.com). I have a lifelong passion for racing in various endurance sport races throughout the world. I quite simply love this sport. In fact, I live for it and it's part of my makeup.
Over the last 25 years, I have gone up against and triumphed over hundreds of endurance race events that the average athlete would not dare to test – but not me! I thrive on the adrenalin and feel an unparalleled passion about the challenge, strength and endurance required not just of your physical body but the test of your mental stamina to hang in there and confront yourself; keep going even when you are physically exhausted and your mind simply takes over, pushing and challenging you to never give into physical defeat.
Yet I am not a man defined only by my dedication to the Ultra distance triathlon challenge. I love and appreciate all physical endurance and other athletic challenges, including ultra running races, cycling races, snowshoe races at various distances and other long distance endurance events. My recent focus's include the Double, Quintuple, DECA Triathlon, 100-mile and multi-day running events. My journey to learn how to properly train and prepare for these events continues to evolve each year. And now I am in the fortunate position to share some of this knowledge and insight with you – so you too can successfully train and prepare both mentally and physically to pursue your goals.
In preparing you for these events, I am going to give you specific training plans and expertise that will apply to ultra distance triathlons. I understand that every athlete has his or her specific goals and reasons for attempting and racing in whatever event he or she decides; but overall most would agree that the journey to the finish line is what resonates in most athlete's minds – and most certainly in my own.
Throughout all of my racing experiences and challenges, I've learned a lot. I've found out more about myself; I've traveled to some memorable places; I've bonded with and created lifelong friendships that will continue to touch and define my life. I've had the pleasure of meeting hundreds of athletes, race directors and others round the world where the sport has become a community for me. A place where I have dear friends and supporters I know I could count on for just about anything. If you're ready to train and prepare yourself for the mental and physical tests required to succeed at these ultra distance endurance events then please use Beyond the Ironman to its fullest potential to help you achieve your goals.
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I received my State Tax Refund...only 5 calendar days since my return was reported as accepted. TurboTax had said allow up to 21 days. There was a year where there was a budget crisis...though it doesn't seem to have ended yet....where they were threatening to not pay income tax refunds....or severely delay them.
Though it wasn't that huge of a delay by the time I filed.
Wonder when I'll get my Federal Tax Refund.... TurboTax said 9 out of 10 got refunds in under 21 days last year, though when I did my taxes last year, TurboTax said 7-14 days. Which was pretty much spot on....I got my Federal refund 7 days after I filed....the state refund came 5 days after filing.
So, if things hold....my Federal should appear on Monday.
Like I do every year, I bought TurboTax Premier Federal + E-File + State 2012 as a PC Download from Amazon.com back on Jan 18th, in part due to sale email from TurboTax. But, probably should've waited, because its cheaper now. Not sure why PC download is so similar in price to buying PC/Mac package. And, wasn't sure if I would still be on a PC.
In fact, I haven't had a physical Windows machine for almost 10 months now. Last year I did my taxes in a Windows XP VirtualBox VM on orac, since I had evolved to running Quicken in different XP VirtualBox VMs and using Dropbox to house my Quicken datafile. My first XP VM was on my laptop....and I spent part of Gallifrey One 2011 getting Quicken up and running in that VM and recovering my Quicken data. Where it seemed the best place to put the file was in my Dropbox. Have since adjusted things to make that work better to mostly cope with the locking issues between Quicken and Dropbox. I set up the one on orac which is where I did 'Windows' for about 9 months, and still use on occasion due to the lack of USB 2.0 support for VirtualBox on FreeBSD.
Though on zen, I have a Windows 7 VM (and still own another Windows 7 copy that I don't know where I'm going to put to use, just as I have a couple copies of XP still...been planning to put the 64-bit XP one into a VM on zen...but it hasn't happened yet.) Perhaps when I finally do get my Mac, I'll use some copies there.
Anyways...I would fire up TurboTax now and then, to see it get updates. Always thought it strange that after it said it was done that it would say that it was restarting TurboTax, but not. So, I never did more than see what updates it was getting.
But, I had intended to start my taxes last weekend...where DST began, though that turned out to be a bit of a weird weekend so I didn't get to it. I had actually intended the weekend before DST, but that also didn't pan out. But, seems tradition has been 2nd or 3rd weekend of March lately.... It is also for some reason the weekend that they always bring down HRIS for upgrades. As it happened this year, I did want to go on there and check something....
So, Friday night at 10pm I fired up TurboTax to see what updates, there were a lot. Been kind of unsettling lately...especially after the IRS Notice I got last year, which I dealt with using the services of Tax Resources...but it might have been a variation of a TurboTax bugs -- "Federal 2010: Customers with certain 1099-R retirement distribution codes" or "Federal 2010: Qualified Pension Conversion and Rollover" -- so I probably should've gotten TurboTax to take the heat for it.
Of course, TurboTax has had other issues in the past, and yet I stay with it year after year....
In what turned into the continuing saga of Finally rolled my retirement to new job... I get notice from IRS that I owned them taxes for my IRA rollover plus interest and that unless I provide document to the contrary, I was to send them payment or arrange a payment plan....
At first I wondered what the heck was up... and why would TD Ameritrade report to the IRS differently than what they had reported to me, and that I had filed in my return. TD Ameritrade reported the distribution from my Rollover IRA, but not that it went to a qualified retirement account. And, reviewing my Turbo Tax data, no other documentation was needed for to document such. And, checking with TIAA-CREF, they said no tax form was needed from them and that they had nothing to issue for it.
I then struggled with how I would file an appeal, when I remembered that I get the Audit Protection service every year I've been filing with Turbo Tax. So, I open up a case with the Audit Protection company (Tax Resources). They then ask me to send some forms giving them permission to access my return data with the IRS, along with the TurboTax data file, and granting them power to represent me on this matter. Plus copies of the forms I had gotten from TD Ameritrade. Later they ask if there's some kind of confirmation letter when TIAA-CREF received the rollover, which TIAA-CREF was able to send me a new copy to forward on.
After many months....I get a call that the matter has been resolved and that I'll get an official letter from the IRS in a couple of weeks. But, we're done and hopefully we'll never have to talk to each other again.
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So, again this year, I bought TurboTax Premier 2011 as a download from Amazon.com. But, then on February 15th, my Windows 7 computer crashed. Or rather it auto updated and wouldn't boot. After a couple weeks of various attempts to fix it, I've written it off. Hopefully, my backups were good...and I'll eventually get around to rebuilding that.
In the meantime, I fired up my XP VM...installed Quicken Premier 2012 and recovered a backup of my Quicken data..and had been continuing to use that. So with likelihood of getting Windows 7 running in my home again anytime soon, being low. I reinstalled the recently purchased TurboTax Premier 2011 into the VM debated when I would make a start.
After the initial update, it noted that on or before March 8th, there would be another update. So I decided I would defer to then. I had intended to pop on to HRIS sometime before then to check something, but I didn't remember that I needed to do it until after I took the system down for planned weekend upgrades. As it was, there wasn't anything I needed from it anyways.
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She has always been there, and soon she is not there anymore. The grandmother's words carry the family that has emerged on the farm on the island of Öland.
The narrator Tove returns again and again to save words and memories. She wants to be a continuation. Then she and her wife arrive in the queue at Reproductive Medicine. They have longed and are close now, she believes. They join the clinical world of donor registers, freezer recaps and curatorial talks. But death is out there on the stairs. And in the farm's warden tree, the seed pods rustle yellow already. It's summer.
Her words is about longing for children, but also about losing the fragile dream in the brutal meeting with reality. It is a story of a branch that is being broken, a love that must be taken advantage of.
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The opening of an exhibit focused on "Jane," a beautifully preserved tyrannosaur collected by the Burpee Museum of Natural History, was the occasion for an international symposium on tyrannosaur paleobiology. This volume, drawn from the symposium, includes studies of the tyrannosaurids Chingkankousaurus fragilis and "Sir William" and the generic status of Nanotyrannus; theropod teeth, pedal proportions, brain size, and craniocervical function; soft tissue reconstruction, including that of "Jane"; paleopathology and tyrannosaurid claws; dating the "Jane" site; and tyrannosaur feeding and hunting strategies. Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology highlights the far ranging and vital state of current tyrannosaurid dinosaur research and discovery.
J. Michael Parrish is Dean College of Sciences, San Jose State University.
Ralph E. Molnar is Research Associate with the Museum of Northern Arizona.
Philip J. Currie is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.
Eva B. Koppelhus is Research Scientist in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.
"Despite being discovered over 100 years ago, Tyrannosaurus rex and its kin still inspire researchers to ask fundamental questions about what the best known dinosaur was like as a living, breathing animal. Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology present a series of wide-ranging and innovative studies that cover diverse topics such as how tyrannosaurs attacked and dismembered prey, the shapes and sizes of feet and brains, and what sorts of injuries individuals sustained and lived with. There are also examinations of the diversity of tyrannosaurs, determinations of exactly when different kinds lived and died, and what goes into making a museum exhibit featuring tyrannosaurs. This volume clearly shows that there is much more to the study of dinosaurs than just digging up and cataloguing old bones."
— Donald M. Henderson, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
"Arising from an international symposium on tyrannosaur paleobiology, this volume focuses on in-depth studies of specific tyrannosaurids and highlights the far ranging and vital state of current tyrannosaurid dinosaur research and discovery."
"Highly recommended."
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Introduction /J. Michael Parrish and Ralph E. MolnarPart One. Systematics and Descriptions1. Phylogenetic Revision of Chingkankousaurus fragilis, a Forgotten Tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous of China /Stephen L. Brusatte, David W. E. Hone, and Xu Xing2. The Case for Nanotyrannus /Peter Larson3. Preliminary Analysis of a Sub-Adult Tyrannosaurid Skeleton from the Judith River Formation of Petroleum County, Montana /Walter W. Stein and Michael TrieboldPart Two. Functional Morphology and Reconstruction4. Internal Structure of Tooth Serrations /William L. Abler 5. Feet of the Fierce (and Not So Fierce): Pedal Proportions in Large Theropods, Other Non-Avian Dinosaurs, and Large Ground Birds /James O. Farlow, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., Trevor H. Worthy, and Ralph E. Chapman6. Relative Size of Brain and Cerebrum in Tyrannosaurid Dinosaurs: An Analysis Using Brain-Endocast Quantitative Relationships in Extant Alligators /Grant R. Hurlburt, Ryan C. Ridgley, and Lawrence M. Witmer7. Jane, In the Flesh: The State of Life-Reconstruction in Paleoart /Tyler Keillor8. Comparison of Reconstructed Jaw Musculature and Mechanics of Some Large Theropods /Ralph E. Molnar9. Tyrannosaurid Craniocervical Mobility: A Preliminary Assessment /Tanya SammanPart Three. Paleopathology, Paleoecology, and Taphonomy10. Clawing Their Way to the Top: Tyrannosaurid Pathology and Lifestyle /Bruce M. Rothschild11. Brodie Abscess Involving a Tyrannosaur Phalanx: Imaging and Implications /Christopher P. Vittore, MD and Michael D. Henderson12. Using Pollen, Leaves, and Paleomagnetism to Date a Juvenile Tyrannosaurid in Upper Cretaceous Rock /William F. Harrison, †Douglas J. Nichols, Michael D. Henderson, and Reed P. Scherer13. The Biomechanics of a Plausible Hunting Strategy for Tyrannosaurus rex /David A. Krauss and James M. Robinson14. A Closer Look at the Hypothesis of Scavenging vs. Predation by Tyrannosaurus rex /Kenneth Carpenter<
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The files at the links below contain source code for three interrelated classes, a Dog class, a DogOwner class, and a DogTester class that manipulates objects from the other two classes.
Write a statement that creates a 15 kg showdog called "Hotdog" that's a poodle. Reference this dog using the Dog variable d.
SO i write:
Dog d = new Dog("Hotdog","poodle",15.0,true);
and then there error says "compilation error(line 1, column 5): d is already defined in q1()
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The hero of this story, a 46-year-old Harvard grad, is exiled among the farmers and hippies of northern Vermont in the Nixon-era '70s after his vision fails, Roy Hoffman writes in The New York Times Book Review.
Prescott, nicknamed Press, is "sidelined from his job as a Manhattan stockbroker, separated from his wife and children in Connecticut and plagued by 20/400 vision — 'My eyes are like Swiss cheese, the doctor says. I see through the holes.' "
Searching for meaning, Press takes off with a friend across the country.
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