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Imagine earning money, but not being able to give away a single penny.
Imagine memorising breathtakingly long and amazing surahs of the Quran, but not being able to recite them in your Salah.
Imagine learning things, gaining ilm, but not being able to teach them to a single soul.
Imagine knowing about the immense virtues of a good deed but not being able to get yourself to do it.
Imagine having a pen, but not being able to write.
Imagine your hands being tied up. Tied up in the strongest of loops. By the Lord of the Worlds Himself.
Maybe you sinned too much.
Maybe you sinned too much AND didn't repent.
Maybe you wasted away your blessings.
Maybe you ignored the light inside of you and outside of you and all around you and thus, passively chose a path of darkness.
And by giving so much leeway to your Nafs, you sealed off your own door to good deeds.
You shut your eyes, only to open them and find your heart shut as well.
"Whomever Allah guides, none can misguide him. And whomever Allah misguides, none can guide him." None.


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Happy New Year every one 😀
I am back with alot of pictures and stories, will hopefully share them soon, for now, wordpress sent me a review of my blog for the year 2012, so here it is i am sharing with you all who made it possible for me for keep going even when i was very lazy and thought to stop but still wrote sumthing or another just so i can share with you all 🙂
Hope you guys have a lovely year ahead, enjoy my review
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In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we talk with Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author and Edgar award-winning author of 29 novels, including her latest work, Exposed:A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel. In our Stories Segment, Anthony talks to Zachary DiIonno, events director for the Friends of Italy Society of Hawaii, about how he ended up in Hawaii and the feast (Festa Italiana) that his society is putting together. Episode Quote "A little more persistence, a … [Read more...]
The power of a new generation
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I had six weeks off till I could ski again which was going to suck because I had a lot of sick trips lined up for those six weeks. Since I couldn't ski and I was already over seas in France I decided to hop on a train and go see something.
On a train to somewhere…
I hoped on a train to an area called Cinque Terre in Italy and sat on the beach there for a week till I had to fly home to the Line team shoot.
This could be a post card.
Anyways I got back to North America, did my time, and in early May got my gear together and headed to Baker for the last couple days of the Theory-3 three week long wind up trip.
I only got one day of skiing in which was super scary and weird just because I felt weak and off my game but the rest of the crew was defiantly feeling good. The footage that they produced down there is absolutely amazing. From Riley and Sherpa to new guy Matt Margetts to King Charley Ager, everyone got sick shots and finished off the year on a good note.
If you look hard enough you can see Stack in the there.
We packed up the gear, got in my sweet ass van and headed'er back to Whistler. With skis, shovel and sled in hand I was ready to hit something else because I was now itching to ski.
As everyone knows Whistler doesn't exactly have the most consistent weather which means that we didn't get quite as much done as we had planned. But, we did still have a lot of fun and hit a few jumps. And damn! It felt good to be skiing again.
At first it was just Margetts, Ty Spence and myself and we hit ourselves a good one…
Oh, she was a beauty.
Myself and Marg.
A couple days later the rest of the boys joined us up there for another jumps session, but more importantly our huge ass fire.
Little smokey at first.
But the wind helped her get going.
Our hip/step down
After a few down days shooting the intro and such we got another sunny break for a day. By now the snow was getting pretty sun baked and it had been raining so we defiantly needed to find a step up. An hour or so of scouting brought us to this step up, which looks super sick but we built it a little wrong so we didn't get as much air as we planned. But that didn't stop Frank the Tank Raymond from killing it either way.
Franks step up.
With such high hopes for this trip I came back to reality at the end and realized how hard it is to shoot backcountry. If you find a good spot, build the jump right, the weather is good, then all you have to do is land all your shit, which doesn't exactly happen all the time. But all in all it was fairly productive and we all had an awesome time.
Im back coaching at Camp Of Champions for the summer so pretty much everyday until then I will be thinking about getting up there in the sun with everyone for a killer session, hope to see you all there. Peace


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Ever wondered how many times you can wear something before you have to toss it in the laundry basket? Or maybe you smelled the under arms of a shirt after you took it off, possibly even the crotch of some jeans to determine if you could wear it again or if it needed to go in the dirty clothes hamper. And if you're a NORMAL (what is normal?) person, you don't have time to wash every day. Who would want to anyways?
Personally, I wear my bras 3 times and jeans at least twice before throwing them in the laundry basket. The other day I stumbled upon a "how long you should wear it" list and thought, wow, there's an actual list that says how long you should wear an article of clothing before its time to wash it. Of course everyone has their preference and there aren't any drastic consequences if you add one more day to how long you wear something, however, some things are just common sense!
Majority of the time frames that were on the list, are the same time frames that I go by when I decide if something is dirty or still wearable. Check out the list below:
- BRAS: 3 – 4 wears
- UNDERWEAR: after every wear, duh! (the common sense one)
- SOCKS & STOCKINGS: 1 – 2 wears
- JEANS: 5 – 6 wears (wow, that's a lot!) (really?!)
- TOPS: 1 – 2 wears
- DRESSES: 1 – 2 wears
- LEGGINGS: 1 – 2 wears (for me, if they are nylon type leggings, only 1 wear, they're not formfitting anymore after)
- PANTS, SKIRTS, SHORTS: 3 – 4 wears
- JACKETS & BLAZERS: 5 – 6 wears (I definitely agree with this one!)
- PJs: 3 – 4 wears
All of these are subject to situation and personal preference. Stay clean!
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Being aware of it we never go for cheap or sometimes fake imitations of original products, but choose our components carefully from proven European suppliers and manufactures. Only this way we can provide the highest level of quality and protection.
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Posted at 10:35 PM in craftiness, crochet, decorating, designer sock monkeys, holidays, home, made from felted wools, Winston | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
My last "gee I took a lot of iphone photos and never posted them post" There is so much to do in the summer... we are packing it all in.
Before the 4th, Mike and I somehow managed TWO date nights in one week. Totally wild, and totally unheard of for the two of us. Dinner in Salt Lake one night and one evening at the new outdoor mega shopping/theatre complex being built in our town. It was a looovely night... We saw Moonrise Kingdom It was the quirkiest movie I've seen since Napoleon Dynamite. Very funny and unpredictable. Except for the scene with the wire-hair fox terrier, who looked just like a young Winston, I would have given it 4.5 stars. (I was emotionally undone for five minutes after the dog scene... really awful). After, we sat and watched the new water fountains just built by the theatre and ate gelatto. Mine was named something like "proscuitto" only I know that's like an Italian coldcut, so it wasn't that, and it tasted like custard and cashews and Heath bars. Wow. I had a half order of the "proscuitto?" stuff and a half order of fresh raspberry gelatto, since I couldn't make up my mind between them. The raspberry gelatto was THE BEST raspberry anything I've ever had, just like fresh off the vine warm sunshine raspberries, but cold :) I could develop a gelatto problem int he near future.
The summer evenings in the desert are so nice in Utah. Warm and dry and nearly bug free. We watched everyone milling around the water show and sitting and chatting at the tables and benches scattered around. Little girls in ballet tutus ran around on the grass doing cartwheels while the sun set behind all of it. Beautiful evening.
Our 4th was so low-key it was almost off the radar screen. Mike was just home from Europe and jet-lagged. I was pooped for no particular reason. We stayed home and roasted hot dogs and s'mores over the firepit (Winston almost caught his tail on fire trying to snatch a hotdog), watched the golf course fireworks like always since they are right by our house, then migrated to the front yard for the annual neighborhood firework "competition". I think we took second or third place this year :)
The drinks were my big attempt at finding a way to be festive and lazy all at the same time. (And they sort of tie in with the water fountain photos, so there ya go). I hunted around Pinterest and found the recipe. (There are bunches of similiar ones). For mine, I bought SoBe pina colada, blue Gatorade, and Gatorade G2 ( I think that's what it was... it's the low-sugar version). I stood at the grocery store debating for five minutes, wondering if the kids were too old to be excited over something like this. But you know, they were super excited. I added leftover wedding shower drink umbrellas for further "Martha" excitement. I think I successfully copied a recipe and was lazy and it was pretty cool. Wow. Ha.
We spent this past weekend getting Sophey ready and off to church camp. She's there this whole week. It's the longest she's ever been away from home and she isn't with any girls she knows. But she really wanted to go. I'm sorta freaking out about it; I'm sure she's just fine... she will definately have conversation material more interesting than colored water when she gets home :) Pretty sure about that.
Off to the craft room.
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Spring break was lovely. Sleeping in, reading, and tea drinking in the morning in the warm living room sunshine, (while kids slowly made their way to pancakes and showers...) friends, play dates and a day at the new SportsPlex diving off trampolines into rubber brick filled pits made up our staycation break this year. Mike marked out space in the back yard for a kitchen garden- I think it's going to be a fun summer family project. Baking Easter cookies, and crocheting while watching the snow storm Good Friday morning...it felt like Christmas instead of Good Friday, so strange. Sunday it was the sound of brass bells and ancient hallelujah choruses rising up through the church rafters on a glorious, warm and sunny Easter morning.
A week of contrasts, but a settling too into a more peaceful place these days... like a dog who has gone round and round to make his bed and then settles in... that's me... and that's the best explanation I can muster at the moment.
But today it was back to work... laundry, cleaning, and thinking... what am I making in the craft room this week? :)
How was your spring week?
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Tags: baking, Easter cookies, spring decorating
Oh, hello there! Aren't we the cutest chicks you've ever seen...? ;)
We are so happy that it's finally spring, we've been chirping, "hooray for spring!" all day long while sitting on the sunny kitchen windowsill.
Hee hee ;)
So I made it back on Monday...like, barely. It was a kid-ful kind of day.
Here's that quick little Easter/spring craft I mentioned for you...
I didn't use a pattern for the leaves and cut them out un-exactly, because un-exact is part of the charm.
Next, I hot glued the little crocheted primroses I made awhile ago for the chick's hats, but you could use silk flowers, or cut out felt flowers.
Or whatever you want to use for hats- it's your creation :)
I strung little red beads with a needle and thread, and then tied a knot. Dabbed the tiniest dot of hot glue where the knot was tied and hung the glued part at the back of the chicks neck (do chicks have necks...?)
Then I made little scarves for the rest of the chickies. I cut fabric triangles measuring about three inches in both directions, but adding long ties on one edge to tie under the chicks chin (do chicks have chins... well, you know what I mean ;).
Again, add just a teeny dab of hot glue to the top underside of the scarf to secure to the chicks head.
Glued the chicks on a branch from the back yard. Added the leaves and more red flowers...
And voila! Chicks on a stick chirping their little hearts out : )
Easy enough with a little help from an adult for older kids or grandkids to make too.
They made me happy sitting there on the windowsill, watching me do dishes.
I made five sets to sell at the shop. Each birdie/set seemed to have it's own personality... how does that happen anyway...?
So there ya go.
Did you have a good weekend?
I did... the house was a happy, crazy place with all the kids here working on projects. Ainsley and Jeff bought a 1960's teardrop camper last summer for $200 (!) to refurbish. (They completedly gutted it and started redoing it last summer, but couldn't get it and a wedding done at the same time). The cabinets are done and Ainsley is making upholstered cushions for it... burnt orange and avocado green for the decor. I'll show you someday when it's finished.
Sophey made April Fool's Day "egg cupcakes" for Sunday dinner.
I almost finished a new design for appliqued tea towels.
Corbyn and his band worked on recording their first music CD.
Jesse didn't sprain anything!
And friends we haven't seen for way too long stopped by and surprised Mike and I with a Sunday evening visit ... it was all good... really good, in fact : )
See you next Monday, after the holiday...
Happy Easter to you!
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Tags: chenille chick tutorial, chenille chick tutorial, Easter chick craft, spring craft, tutorial
I feel like I'm always driving lately...
two more Dr appts this week, still working on my bum foot...
kid chaffeuring, ballet ( two nights a week), a baseball tryout, fabric stores, etc.
You know how it goes, I'm sure.
But today I got to drive to a favorite happy place of mine and drop off
my freshly sewn Valentine hearts :D
It's been pretty gray and dismal weather wise lately.
And gray just isn't my favorite color, you know?
But I finished up my hearts and they are cheery.
And so is the sweet children's and mom's shop I sell them at...
But my computer is uploading s.l.o.w.l.y again tonight.
So I will love you and leave you with lots of cheery photos
(and less words).
for a February day.
The white hearts are from a recycled bedspread.
And the flowery ones are made from a thrifted pinecone hill pajama top.
The polka dots and paisley are new fabrics.
The beads were from a vintage necklace.
I took lots of photos, because it was fun : D
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and now for the shop... stinkin adorable today!
Are you cheerier now...?
Mission accomplished ;)
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Tags: fabric hearts, polka dots, recycled fabrics, Valentine's Day crafts, Valentine's Day handmade sewn fabric hearts, vintage
This was our Christmas eve day skiing/snowboarding trip to Snowbasin.
It's only about twenty minutes away from our house.
It was completely rebuilt for the 2002 Utah Olympics.
It's gorgeous.
All the kids skiied and snowboarded...
Mike and I hung out.
And we had the place almost to ourselves this year...
because there is hardly any snow in Utah.
It's mostly man-made snow at Snowbasin right now.
I made it this far taking photos...
and then Mike said, "Hey the couches are free by the fireplace...
wanna sit there!?"
I did for two minutes...
and then I layed down
and snoozed the afternoon away.
I was a tired Christmas mama.
No more ski photos...
until I took this one when I woke up...
before I really realized what was up.
Jesse fell on the last run.
We thought he might have broken his wrist...
Luckily, we brought two vehicles.
So Mike and Jess went to the all-hours kid clinic
for Xrays.
Merry Christmas :(
Poor guy.
But fortunately (I guess?) it was just a bad sprain.
He came home bandaged up tight.
And we had Christmas Eve dinner without any further drama.
I made my first ever very moist ham.
I left it cooking while we went skiing.
In a crockpot... this is the easiest ever recipe... and it's great!
And good old Utah funeral potatoes.
One of my very, very favorite recipes.
(But I only use one can of soup.)
(You do not need to be a Mormon to eat these, btw.
I'm not, and I don't get indigestion when I eat them ;)
I forgot to buy cornflakes,
so the potatoes went topless this year :)
I didn't take photos of much of Christmas this year,
I don't really know why.
Other than I just wanted to enjoy the day,
without people telling me not to take their photo...
I guess that was it.
But Winston never cares if I take his photo.
He was looking for his present.
He was a dog on a mission.
He found it.
A sock monkey I bought with a squeaker in it.
He loves it.
We cut back some and had a smaller Christmas this year.
It was still nice, but not quite so over the top...
it's a problem of mine...
I want to give everyone everything at Christmas.
But I didn't freak out about it,
and I think it turned out just right.
I made one handmade gift for everyone this year,
minky fabric bean bags to heat in the microwave.
They are great for little aches and bumps.
We goofed off- eating and playing most of the day
and visited my Dad in the evening.
And that was our Christmas...
pretty laid back this year.
And I'm slow getting back here to blogland,
but it was good to unplug for awhile.
I need to do that every so often...
(If you can remember that far back ;)
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Monday I finished up twenty stockings for a family shopping night at church.
The local food pantry teamed up with our church to provide low income families a shopping night for their kids.
Stuff at the church has been hopping this week...
The place was filled with toys,
stuffed animals,
goodies, hats, blankets...
you name it.
Really well-organized and the volunteers even served the shoppers cookies and cocoa.
DOG HAPPINESS at home...
Winston discovered the bag of stuffed animals I'd left in the kitchen,
they were his, Greta's, and Frank's Christmas presents.
He went CRAZY for the bunny.
I gave in and gave it to him.
I bought more stuffed animals yesterday....
He ran around the house with it
non-stop for twenty minutes...
and then he played with it on his back
for another ten minutes...
And this is how you look after all that exercise- haha!
I wish I could make everyone that happy
for one whole $1.00!
Sophey made a kiln-fired clay candle holder at school.
She gave it to us.
That was happy too...
And the kids are now out of school till after New Year's.
Happy X's three people.
I helped Sophey make some melted crayon hearts.
They are fun to make... (if you're not the one peeling the crayons :0)
Just put the crayon pieces in the oven at 350 for about fifteen minutes,
and then you have new psychedelic crayons when they've cooled.
I seem to keep decorating (and shopping ) right up to Christmas.
Santa cups make good candle holders too.
I added glass votive candles to them this year...
and again to the glasses.
All thrift store specials last year.
I found this pair of old windows at an estate sale a year ago
for fifteen dollars.
They are hung on a wall going into the living room.
I decided to hang the Xmas cards on it this year.
Added a sign to the mirror
and few more ornaments
art : )
The poinsettias are not looking too good though...
they may barely make it to Christmas.
I am a trained professional poinsettia killer ;)
You didn't know that about me did you?
(But the poinsettias do).
Well, that's it for me.
Today I'm cooking and baking.
Tomorrow we're skiing in the afternoon.
Not any snow in the valley
but enough in the mountains.
I think I'll stop here until New Year's.
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Wow, it's Wednesday night already...
this Christmas week is moving TOO fast!
I meant to post on Monday.
I teach Sunday school once a month to the grade-school kids at church.
I create a lesson and a craft.
(I know, perfect for me... kids and a craft!)
Every month we study a different virtue or topic.
For December, the topic has been LIGHT.
I planned a lesson based on Matthew 5:16 and shining your light
and not hiding it under a bowl...
I used the candle and the bowl above to show the kids the story.
They were into it...
I discovered that fire is a great attention-getting teaching tool ;)
We read THE FIRST CHRISTMAS while we worked.
The Amazon reviews are right:
It's message is not preachy
and the illustrations are just stunningly beautiful...
The kids did such a good job making the craft.
I gathered up a bunch of old jars I'd saved
and they made "stained glass" candle holders
with Modge Podge, tissue paper, and another Bible verse.
They went in the living room when we got home...
(We still need to make a new baby Jesus
for the little nativity the kids made
years ago...
Winston stole him last year, and he is still MIA...
Bad dog, really bad dog).
But anyway,
before we went home, we participated in a cookie walk.
Two really long tables loaded with all sorts of cookies.
(I had never done this before).
Everyone brings their favorite cookies
and then you go home with a really great assortment of cookies.
There are cookie artists here... delish.
I think this will have to be my post for today...
I wanted to get to bed early tonight- haha.
But I'll post one more time before Christmas.
I think (?!)
Are you getting there...? I'm almost done.
I still need to grocery shop and buy a couple of things
and bake on Friday...
I'm trying really hard not to stress out and have my usual Christmas freak-out moment.
So far, so good.
But I still have three more days to go ;)
So tonight we went carolling with our church to a hospital pediatric wing...
that put everything I could stress over in sharp perspective for me.
I wish I could always keep my perspective,
about what's really important... and what's not...
It's so easy to get caught up in the trivial stuff, isn't it?
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I almost finished my Christmas shopping today.
My first day of "store" Christmas shopping.
(And school plays and ballet chauffering)
Running all day long... I am pooped...
And tired of hearing cheesy Christmas music in the stores.
(Sorry Elvis, but you should never have sung Christmas songs.)
I LOVE shopping on the internet for Christmas now.
It is sooooo much easier for me...
And Etsy... I luv it too.
Just got some vintage SHINY BRITE ornaments in the mail yesterday.
From ETSY seller GLAMOURAMA.
She did such a great job packaging them.
None of them were broken...
until they got to our house...
and a (will remain nameless) child had to inspect them.
We are one less SHINY BRITE ornie here.
The clay pottery was my first ETSY purchase a few years ago...
From FARMER JULIE.
She is so talented.
Her designs make me happy.
And this made me happy when I spotted it today...
Not enough time for me to enter to do a giveaway,
but I wanted to share the link
so that you can enter the giveaways going on
through the weekend.
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I'm marking all the great Christmas charity projects in blogland,
so that next year I'll be ready to participate too!
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We did my "official" birthday celebrating Saturday night.
It was sooo much fun.
The whole fam went to see the Muppet movie at the new theatre in our town.
that's if you think dancing chickens in sequined bikinis singing "forget you"
is hilarious...
Ainsley and I do.
Laughing/crying funny.
We want to go see it again next weekend.
It was like meeting long-lost childhood friends again...
Oh ya, I remember YOU!
And Kemit hasn't aged a bit...
(What a hunk).
And I totally scored on the birthday goods...
Mike spoiled me with a Kindle and an iphone.
Ainsley and Jeff gave me a cool iphone cover.
Corbyn bought me a RED Kindle case.
Yes, I finally got an iphone.
Technology and I are not the best of friends.
I am always scared of new gadgets.
I wait along time before jumping in...
But I LOVE it!
And this sweet girl made me a homemade cake.
She made her first icing roses
and "drop lines".
I didn't know what those were.
But she does... those are the swag lines on the bottom.
(She's the serious cake-boss-watching-future-professional-baker around here now).
Jesse gave me the best smelling candle ever: CYPRESS SAGE.
It smells like a really clean Christmas tree.
I give it five stars. * * * * *
(He told me Target.)
Sophey made cute art for my studio.
Cupcake liner petals.
Ta Da!
And Mike gave me a Santa from his trip to Germany last week.
Isn't he a gorgeous guy?
Mr. German Gandolph wizard Santa ;)
See, I told you I scored...
I have such the sweet fam.
The kids bought their 'friend gifts' and wrapped them this weekend.
And we bought a real tree for the family room.
I did the lights.
(While Mike recovered/snoozed away jet lag).
The kids did the rest.
I left them to it...
(I have finally learned it doesn't have to be perfect to be perfect, you know?)
Pizza for the Saturday birthday dinner
and turkey meatballs
And Mr. Newman's sauce for Sunday dinner.
(I miss Paul...)
I decorated some more...
And got my husband off for another week away today.
It's been a long month of business trips
I miss him...
How about YOU?
What did YOU do last weekend?
(ps. and um... just in case you wondered... I messed up my blog... trying to change things a little and now it's really messed up and I can't fix it myself... will have to wait for the I.T. guy er, husband to get back in town :)
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Count it! Lock it! Drop it! That's what ETSU's Counseling Center is hoping to share with students in a new campaign.
The Count it! Lock it! Drop it! campaign began Nov. 7 and aims to make students aware of how to prevent prescription drug abuse by keeping track of how many pills they have, keeping them in secure locations and disposing of unused pills properly.
"I think students don't believe that it will happen—that their friends will steal their meds," Mina McVeigh said. "Sometimes it's not their friends. It's friends of friends, or just your door is open because you went to the bathroom and someone wanders in."
McVeigh is Assistant Director for General Outreach with the ETSU Counseling Center. The Counseling Center is partnering with the ETSU Drug Abuse Research Program (DIDARP) for this campaign.
Program Director for DIDARP Angela Hagaman said the program is for people who are not abusing drugs but may also not be taking precautions to secure their prescription medications.
"If you secure your medication, you're reducing the amount of stuff that's accessible," said Hagaman.
Of prescription drug users, 67.6 percent say they obtained the drugs from relatives and friends, according to a 2013 national survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Those drugs could be given by or stolen from the relative or friend.
Medications that are most often abused are pain killers, stimulants, muscle relaxers, sleep aids, anxiety medications and opioids.
Hagaman also noted that even if a person is not using the drug themselves, it may have street value and could be sold.
McVeigh said a lot of the project is just to make students aware that, as adults, they need to take care of their medication responsibly.
"It's important that even if they're not using, that they know this is happening," she said. "That's what an awareness campaign is."
Count it! refers to knowing the number of pills in a prescription bottle so people know if any are taken. Lock it! means taking steps to securely store medications in places like lock boxes. Drop it! accounts for proper disposal of medications. For example, medication may be dropped off at the Johnson City Police Department where there is a secure disposal box, but medications should not be flushed down toilets.
Any students who want to get a lock box for their medications can contact the Counseling Center. They are available for $13, but students may be eligible for a free lock box if money is an issue. Insight Alliance of Washington County supplies the lock boxes to ETSU as part of a grant. They may also be purchased on Amazon for different models.
The campaign has already seen behavior change in its first week. A student asked for a lock box because their pill bottle kept being moved while they were out of their room. Although they were unsure if any pills had been taken, they thought it would be better to lock them up.
"We have no idea how many lock box requests we're going to get," McVeigh said. "The fact that we got one means it's a success."
The Count it! Lock it! Drop it! campaign includes posters around campus, table tents in the Marketplace, advertisements on campus TVs and social media campaigns. The Residence Hall Association is working to have RAs use weekly hall meetings to talk to residents about how to count, store and dispose of drugs. Door hangers were also placed on rooms of most residence halls.
In the spring, the campaign will host an overdose dramatization on campus to show students what to do if someone overdoses on drugs.
A survey will be sent to about 5,000 undergraduate students in a few weeks to get an idea of how many students were reached by the campaign and how many changed their prescription storage behaviors. A $10 Starbucks gift card will be offered as an incentive to fill out the survey.
If the survey shows positive changes and awareness, the campaign will continue in future semesters and they will use it to help implement similar programs on other campuses. If not, they said they will go back to the drawing board to understand how to reach students.
The campaign is funded by a grant of $2,500 from Cardinal Health.
Count it! Lock it! Drop it! community programs have been implemented in communities, pharmacies and with law enforcement agencies across Tennessee to encourage people to secure their medications.
According to the program's website, the effort began in Coffee County, Tennessee, and is now active in 63 counties across the state, including Washington County. It aims to make prescription storage and disposal a common practice to prevent drug abuse.
"That's why we want to normalize this practice," Hagaman said. "Just like you recycle, it's just how you handle your medications when you don't use them.
For more information about Count it! Lock it! Drop it!, visit http://www.etsu.edu/students/counseling/aod/countitlockitdropit.php.


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Name: One Night Stand With Danielle Rogers
Director: Scotty Fox
Language: English
Duration: 58 min
Country: United States
Year: 1990
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Actors: Peter North,Tom Byron,Randy Spears
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In a time when families are dealing with two careers, longer working hours and children with numerous extracurricular activities, the fate of the shared, home cooked, family meal seems in jeopardy. But the fact is that many families juggle commitments in order to eat together as often as possible. We know that eating meals together increases the enjoyment of the meal, solidifies family bonds and encourages communication about the day's activities among family members. If we are willing to make the extra effort required to share a common meals, then our lives are richer as we break bread together; family solidarity is built.
Children love the predictability of positive family events that occur daily and shared family meals are very beneficial to them. Family dinner conversation helps expand children's vocabulary skills and increases success in learning to read. Mealtime is also where children learn many of their social skills including table manners and the art of conversation.
Much of family history relating to culture and race is passed on to children by parents at the dinner table. Food rituals may illuminate a family's ethnic heritage when traditional meals are served. These things help stabilize the child's identity as a member of a particular group. Studies show that children who participate in regular family meals and other rituals have more emotional resilience to help them handle stress and chaos in other areas of life. Marooning babies in high chairs or plopping children in front of the tube while they are being fed robs them of what could be an otherwise enriching experience.
If all that doesn't convince you, consider this. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University released a study showing that teens who regularly dine with their families have a smaller chance of smoking, drinking alcohol, and using drugs; and they also earn better grades in school. Set a firm foundation of shared meals when your children are young.
There are also nutritional advantages to eating meals together. Children who dine without parents or siblings eat fewer servings from the necessary food groups. This is partly true because when parents are present they can monitor a child's food intake, ensuring nutritional adequacy. Eating together also gives parents the opportunity to model good eating habits such as choosing healthy foods, chewing food well, and stopping when full.
Keep conversation pleasant at mealtime. If you have touchy subjects to bring up with your spouse or children, don't do it while dining. Unpleasant news will tighten the stomach, take your mind off the enjoyment of eating and the potential benefit of the meal will have been wasted.
What are some of the rituals you practice to keep your family meals fun and lively?


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Day 1 : Arrival - Light & Sound Show, City Tour
Arrival at Port Blair and transfer to hotel. After lunch visit to Fisheries Museum, Anthropological Museum, Sumudrika Water Sports Complex, Chatham Saw Mill. In the evening witness the enthralling Sound and Light Show at Cellular Jail - where the heroic saga of the Indian freedom struggle is brought alive. Overnight stay at Port Blair.
Day 2 : Port Blair - Havelock - Radhanagar Beach
After breakfast departure by inter-island cruise to Havelock Island (57 kms by sea from Port Blair). Havelock is a picturesque natural paradise with beautiful white sandy beaches, rich coral reefs and lush green forest. It is one of the populated islands in the Andaman group with an area of 113 sq. km. and is located 39 km of north-east of Port Blair.. Arrive at Havelock Jetty & transfer to the hotel. After lunch start to visit the World Famous "Radha Nagar Beach" (Beach number 7) at Havelock. The most popular beach named as "Best Beach in Asia – by Time in 2004". Fine white sand, turquoise blue waters and a lot of peace and serenity are the hallmark of this beautiful landmass. Overnight stay at Havelock.
Day 3 : Havelock – Port Blair
After breakfast check out from hotel and proceed for Kala Pathar Beach which is a long stretch of white silky sand with big black rocks beside the blue sea and it is situated on one corner of Havelock Island. The beach gets its name from the surrounding village, which is Kalapathar Village and the black rocks (known as Kalapathar in Hindi) that adorn the coastline here. Silvery sand and aqua green waters make the place exotic and exquisite and make this beach a great place to relax. After completion of tour back to Port Blair. Overnight stay at Port Blair.
Day 4 : Port Blair - Ross Island - North Bay (Coral Island) - Port Blair
After breakfast start for a full-day excursion to North Bay (Coral Island) to see coral reefs, exotic varieties of beautiful ornamental fishes and other marine life. You can enjoy glass bottom boat ride, snorkeling and other water sports activities like Jet Ski Ride, Sea walk etc (Optional). Next visit to Ross Island from where the British governed the entire Andaman & Nicobar Islands, prior to India's Independence. There is also a cemetery and a small museum managed by the Indian Navy. This Island is an ideal destination for nature walk amidst sylvan surroundings with deer, peacocks, exotic birds, etc. Overnight stay at Port Blair.
Day 5 : Port Blair – Mount Harriet – Port Blair
Morning breakfast at hotel .Then start to visit Mount Harriet, second highest peak of Andaman Island. Mount Harriet is located 55 km by road from Port Blair and 15 km by ferry. Mount Harriet is a 365 meters high peak in the South Andaman and is the highest in the area. With beautiful views from the hill top, it served as the summer headquarters of the chief commissioner during the British rule. There is a nature trail from this hill to the Madhuban forest. Back to hotel. Overnight stay at Port Blair.
Day 6 : Departure
\After breakfast transfer to Airport with a sweet memory of Andaman.
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A huge thank you to Made of Fail's Dayna for being our special guest once again, and for putting up with our constant editing delays (which Noel humbly appologizes for).
This episode discusses One Missed Call (2003). IMDb. Wikipedia.
The music used in this episode is the ringtone that signifies your time to die has arrive. Thank you for listening, now rest in peace and please try not to take spectral revenge on the living.


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DENVER—It's been said more than once in the days since performance-enhancing substances became a regular part of the sporting discussion: Drug tests are actually IQ tests.
They're not, of course, but you'll understand the thrust of the logic. Given that it's assumed the bad guys are generally ahead of the good guys — given that drug tests, especially in North American pro sports, are widely believed to be easily beaten by any cheater who can follow a few simple steps — it's assumed only a seriously committed knucklehead could possibly be tripped up by the doping authorities.
And so it is that on Thursday night Maple Leafs forward Carter Ashton served the first game of his 20-game suspension for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy. Ashton, in a statement posted on the NHLPA's web site, claimed his positive test for the drug Clenbuterol was all a big mistake. He'd borrowed a fellow athlete's inhaler when he suffered an asthmatic spasm during off-season training. He'd kept the inhaler and used it again in Leafs training camp. All the while, he had "incorrectly assumed there were no problems associated" with the use of such a device.
"I now recognize that I ingested Clenbuterol, a prohibited substance, through the inhaler," said Ashton. "However, at no time was I seeking to gain an athletic advantage or to knowingly violate the terms of the (anti-doping) program."
If that's his story — well, he's sitting out 19 more games, forfeiting about $170,000 in salary and seriously jeopardizing his marginal NHL career for an act or two of head-slapping stupidity. Pro athletes, amateur athletes, child athletes — they're told ad nauseum to be fastidious about what they put in their bodies. It's hard to imagine anyone who has made sports his life's work wouldn't be a little more careful about bumming a buddy's pharmaceuticals.
Heck, given that this autumn has coincided with the release of a book on the life and death of Derek Boogaard — given that the book portrays the NHL as a place where team doctors willingly and recklessly hand out prescriptions for whatever a player desires — it's hard to imagine anyone who has played in the league having a drug-related need go unattended for more than a nanosecond.
So what gives? If you view the world with anything resembling a critical eye, you'll note that the drug in question is a notorious substance; that Ashton wouldn't be the first athlete who has accompanied news of his positive test with a head-shaking story.
Around the time in 2012 that major-league pitcher Guillermo Mota was banned for 100 games for testing positive for "Clen," as it's known, he insisted he was being persecuted for taking children's cough syrup. When the same drug showed up in Australian cyclist Michael Rogers's urine last year, he blamed it on eating contaminated meat in China — never mind that Rogers's teammate Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title for testing positive for the same drug. Contador, as it turned out, pinned it on Spanish beef.
The list of athletes who've been banned for using it is long and varied. A sprinter here, a tennis pro there, weight lifters, a hammer thrower, a badminton world No. 1 — they've all tossed away parts of their careers for ingesting it, accidentally or otherwise.
And assuming they all haven't been unjustly penalized, what might be the attraction of using the stuff? Simply put, Clenbuterol can provide a competitive edge. According to Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale, the former world power lifting champion who has researched and written extensively on performance-enhancing drugs, it's been used "by athletes for almost four decades." It's been known to improve aerobic capacity. It's also been prized for its ability to decrease body fat while increasing or maintaining muscle mass. Used alongside anabolic steroids, as bodybuilders have been doing for years, Di Pasquale said an athlete can decrease body fat while even increasing muscle mass — no simple combo, but a coveted one. Certainly Ashton was both renowned around Leafland for being both lean and muscular.
In an email, Dr. Di Pasquale said Clenbuterol isn't viewed as a state-of-the-art asthma medication.
"There are other inhalers that are more effective for asthma without the adverse effects (of increased pule and blood pressure, among others)," Di Pasquale said.
If there are other options that are more effective for asthma, why would Ashton's training partner procure this particular one?
Ashton wasn't around to answer that question on Thursday. A team official said he'd flown back to Toronto in the hours before the Maple Leafs played the Avalanche at Pepsi Centre.
Ashton's agent, Rick Valette, told Ken Campbell of The Hockey News that Ashton got the inhaler from a pro who plays in Europe, and that his client, who has had a mild case of asthma but has never required an inhaler until this summer, is a victim of an unfair policy that gives blanket treatment to all banned substances no matter the circumstance.
"(The) kid wasn't trying to cheat," Valette was quoted as saying. "But under the league's rules you get 20 games for HGH and you get 20 games for making a mistake on an inhaler. That's the unfairness of it. He did this, he's not denying it, but I think we need to look at this and I think there has to be more discretion. This is just collateral damage. This isn't a guy trying to cheat."
There's zero proof Ashton's explanation shouldn't be taken at anything other than face value. Given his status as a marginal grunt who has never lived up to being a 2009 first-round pick, there's very little evidence he gained any advantage at all from taking what he took. His all-time stat line goes like so: Fifty games played, 22 games suspended, 3 assists, 0 goals. It's easy enough to speculate that this setback doesn't bode well for his future.
Here's one thing we say for sure: Ashton failed a test, and the result says as much about the contents of his A and B sample as it does about his grasp of the ABCs of being a pro.


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Most routine contraceptive care can be provided by the nurses and doctors. For IUD (coils etc) please enquire for more information at reception.
Remember that we can offer you emergency contraception. Please seek advice as soon as possible from your doctor or nurse.
This service is also available directly from the local pharmacies.
Our practice nurses carry out all cervical smears.
Dr John , assisted by our practice nurses, provides minor surgery for our patients usually on a Friday morning by appointment. Your doctor will advise you if you need to make an appointment for a minor surgery procedure.
We also have a number of GP's who do joint injections: Dr S Prosser, Dr J Barnes Dr C Kelly and Dr L Madan.
Dr Prosser and Nurse Alison Burke also perform cryotherapy.
Our midwife Inger Southorn is available for antenatal checks by appointment every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.
She also holds an antenatal booking clinic every Friday afternoon at Kenilworth Childrens Centre on Bertie Road.
All new mums and babies are visited in their own homes. Please call Inger for further advice and information on 07747 795735 (9am - 5pm) or leave a message at reception.
All patients over the age of 45 years should have an annual blood pressure check.
We have an automatic blood pressure machine available in the waiting room. Please feel free to come in and use this at anytime the surgery is open.
If you are over 75 years and have not been to the practice for over a year, please make an appointment with the nurse for an annual health check. If you have not been to the practice for over three years, please make an appointment with the nurse for a health check.
We are currently offering health checks for patients age 45-74 years.Please book with reception. Cholesterol and blood pressure will be assessed during this check.
Our practice nurses carry out baby immunisations in an appointed clinic. Appointments can be made at reception. It is essential that you attend with the baby's red book or vaccination may be refused.
Our practice nurses carry out holiday vaccinations. They will be happy to advise you which vaccinations are required and when these should be done. Please make an appointment with the nurse as soon as you are aware that you are travelling abroad as some injections are carried out over a period of time.
A charge will be made for certain immunisations and vaccinations which are not covered by the NHS.
The Abbey Medical Centre is an authorised Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre.
This is run by our practice nurses and appointments are available every day.
Anyone from the age of 9 months old to 65 years old can be protected against Chicken Pox.
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Foreign visitors may be treated as private patients. Please enquire at the reception desk for the current fee scale.
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text: So Im on my way to Tysons Corner mall, Virginia (DC area) to take the family to have the Annual Santa photos, all is good until I hit something in the road (felt like a pothole), I immediately look down at the dash and within a second TPMS warning come up telling me to safely pull over. I pull over and up the hill of 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Vienna and look at the front tire. Its down, damn it, look at the rear and its down with a hole in the side, double damn it. My wife is able to walk across to the Mall so I bid her goodbye and I call Tesla for a tow. Firstly I couldn't get through on the number, the roadside assistance number i have on my towing sheet has (877) 998-3752 which doesn't work, I look up on the center console and its now (877) 798-3752, I assume it changed or its a print error. I get through on the new number and a nice lady takes my details and hands me to a nice gentleman that arranges for the flat bed, I asked to have them take me home as I have my 21" wheels and tires that I just removed to put on my 19" winter wheels/tires, so it would be easy to change them back and then deal with the bad wheels/tires. They say it will be arriving within the hour. The family continue to send me photos of their santa escapades whilst I wait around for the tow, the hour passes and no tow, 90 mins pass and I tell my wife to Uber home with the kids, which she does. I call Tesla RA back and they check on the tow, well apparently the tow truck broke down and they will have to get another tow. I tell them I'm locking up and going home as I have a 5am flight out to Mexico for business and they offered to arrange an uber, my wife was already on the way so I declined and left my S parked up. One the way out I decide to find my pothole and cause of my evenings joy..... Here it is: Oh look, its a hole Missing a cover Laying about 2 feet away on the side of the road I was driving on In all its glory at home in my kitchen This is the side I ran over location of hazard is right on the 'i' of Kidwell road heading towards towers crescent The 20Lb cast iron cover which was turned over with jagged edges which explains the state of my wheels and tires. Rear tire with hole/slice in side wall. I think one of the jagged edges caught this Dent/bent front rim So what should I do once I remove the wheels.. Couple of options 1) I have roadside hazard on the tires from Tirerack and i can go to them for those, Ill have to repair the rims (if they can be) and replace the no doubt destroyed TPMS - $300-$600 2) Pursue damages with Fairfax water... Painful, time consuming, but why the hell not!! this is their responsibility.. Let me know what you guys would do... It sucks.


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August 2014 Plant Profile: Aeonium arboreum var. atropurpureum
Succulent plants continue to be very popular amongst gardeners everywhere because of their unusual and architectural forms and thriving with very minimal watering. The Aeoniums are one of the most iconic of all succulents. Unfortunately, they are not hardy in the Pacific Northwest, but they are excellent container specimens that are actually pretty easy to overwinter if cared for properly indoors.
The key to success with any succulent is bright light, very well-drained soil and limited watering during the growing season. They respond to being fertilized on a regular basis during active growth (for us it's June-September) and then as cold temperatures approach, they are dug up before the first frost and potted up and kept indoors where it can stay cool, but not freezing. Some growers overwinter them "bareroot" and will mist them occasionally so they don't dry out. The more light you can give them during this pseudo-dormant period the better.
Family: CRASSULACEAE
Genus: Aeonium
species: arboreum var. atropurpureum
Common Name: Tree Aeonium, Irish Rose, Houseleek
Location: Containers in Soest Garden
Origin: Straight species from Canary Islands, but this selection may be of garden origin.
Height and Spread: 1.5ft wide to 2ft. tall (potentially much larger in milder climates)
Bloom Time: N/A for Pacific NW outdoors (but may flower later winter/early spring if greenhouse-grown)


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After receiving his Bachelor's Degree In Biology, Chad Ostrowski or "Mr. O" as his students fondly call him, set his sights on education. He was chosen as one of only 50 individuals in the state of Ohio to be granted the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship through the Ohio STEM Learning Network. Through this fellowship he received his Master's in Science Education and gained intensive training and expertise in STEM education, Problem Based Learning, Inquiry based instruction as well as other cutting edge educational research and modern pedagogical theory.
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Drumcode Festival is set to make an almighty return to Amsterdam next August. Presented by industry icon and Drumcode head honcho Adam Beyer as well as esteemed Dutch techno brand Awakenings, the highly-anticipated 2019 line-up will be revealed early next year. A full roster of Drumcode artists and of course Beyer himself are expected to be in attendance. The festival, which […]
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Burning Man has revealed its design choice for next year's temple. Titled The Temple of Direction, the winning structure was designed by San Francisco-based artist Geordie Van Der Bosch. It will act as a eye-catching centrepiece at the Black Rock City event, which takes place August 25 to September 2 2019. Chosen for its "elegant simplicity" […]
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Jeff Mills, Eris Drew and Craig Richards are among the first names locked in for Polifonic 2019. Eclair Fifi, DJ Tennis and Dr. Rubinstein were also confirmed in the first wave of announcements alongside a string of other artists such as Silvia Kastel and Hiver. Once again the boutique Italian festival will take place in Itria Valley, Apulia. Earlier this summer Hunee, Gerd Janson, Elena […]
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Teksupport, the crew behind some of Brooklyn's most awe-inspiring mega-raves, has announced that they will be bringing visionary DJ-producer Sven Väth to a secret warehouse location in NYC for a rousing Cocoon Records showcase on March 30, 2019. It has been three years since Sven Väth's name appeared on a New York billing and his much-anticipated return to the […]
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Miami's flagship music festival Ultra has announced the first phase for its 2019 line-up with a mix of massive names at its helm. Following the festival's 20-year-anniversary at its Bayfront Park location in Downtown Miami in 2018, Ultra Music Festival lost its bid for a five-year contract with the City of Miami and has been […]
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Defected Records has announced a new London festival for 2019. Defected London FSTVL, which will take place on September 14, will be the label's first ever standalone UK festival, and is set to be their biggest London event to date. 10,000 people are expected to help the label celebrate its 20th birthday across 5 different […]
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Each year, Movement beckons a worldwide gathering of techno loyalists to the city of Detroit for three days of the genre's most coveted talents. Paxahau, promoters of the pioneering festival, have released a handful of line-up names as a teaser to the full 2019 experience, which is set to take place May 25 through 27. With only a total […]


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Once upon a time, Strauss-Kahn, Former IMF chief is not only respected, but also the popular French presidential candidate, the most powerful competitors of current President Nicolas Sarkozy. In fact, for France in the state of economic hardship, Kahn is the most suitable leader, who not only understands the economy, but also knows how to cooperate with other countries. But the sudden sexual assault charge caused he lost IMF chief. The rather delicate thing is that precisely after the election of the new president, Kahn was released. It also deepened many people's understanding of the conspiracy theories.
Strauss-Kahn released on bail
Kahn emergent sexual assault case reversed because the prosecutor found that the plaintiff, 32-year-old hotel waitress from Guinea repeatedly lied in this case, and may be associated with drug dealers and money launderers. The investigators also found that the incident that day, this hotel waitress had called with a male in prison to discuss whether benefits from delating Kahn. It also makes people had doubts seem reasonable, that is, Kahn was either framed by the United States, or designed by the plaintiff and his associates. Now the doubt is in the back of the waitresses and their accomplices whether there are other forces in control, after all, relying solely on her personal power, it is difficult to operate such a big chess game.
Putin's words still ringing in our ears. At that time, Putin even behind Kahn, that he is a victim of conspiracy, which is due to Putin received a report provided by the Russian Federation received a National Security Service (FSB). It is said that FSB's report revealed: "Kahn was very anxious to the United States failed delivery timely 191.3 tons of gold to the International Monetary Fund, because someone of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was to provide him with the news that the United States has no gold. " Before arrest Kahn discovered All of gold reserves of Fort Knox, Northern Kentucky "disappeared", the rumor is that the U.S. leased to investment bank for speculation in gold.
During this time, Kahn became a man who know too much in Hollywood blockbuster. It is reported that Kahn "after knew this secret," "immediately arranged for New York to Paris flight fly", during the time French agents told Kahn do not carry mobile telephone, or the U.S. agents can be easily traced to his specific position by mobile phone, but Kahn has made a major error that after boarding on the phone he connected the hotel by cell phone on plane, finally a Hollywood movie of "catching and releasing Cao Cao" so staged.
Moreover, Strauss Kahn lost IMF chief, the United States got dual benefits. Kahn during his tenure, pay special attention to the feelings of emerging economies, and commitment to reform, and that the reform is directed at the U.S. hegemony in the IMF (ie, a veto). In addition, Kahn also played an important role in EU debt crisis, his departure has a great influence for Europe's economic aid, which is also the root cause that a lot of people talking about the conspiracy of U.S. dollar killing Euro. Interestingly, in a few hours before the final vote on the IMF's Executive Board, the U.S. ever affected before suddenly decided to support Lagarde, help she be elected successfully, tantamount to sell Lagarde and Sarkozy a great gift, in a way to strengthen U.S. influence in the IMF.
But the U.S. has paid the price, one of which is the credibility of justice. It's confusing that the U.S. Justice had stated that Kahn guilty without trial, Kahn was bail only after he announced his resignation. political implications are very very strong. More gone with the anecdote is that U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner at the incident place could not wait and jump out to find Kahn guilty, asked Kahn to resign. This is not only suspected of interfering in the course of justice, and too obvious political purposes. In the United States, politicians rarely suspect (not to mention, or leaders of international organizations) and make such arbitrary judgments, unless they have any ulterior motives. Ultimately, Kahn event ended with a farce, but are worried the U.S. justice system and what the government has done. Chilling! Such a heavyweight was trifled with.
The most seriously injured is U.S. - France Relations. Kahn event is a great stimulus for French, not only Kahn's political fate may end, but also the United States didn't face France , so many French people feel very hurt. For a time, people seem to return to the state that United States and France attacked and distrusted each other at the beginning of Iraq war. Today, many French voters support Kahn return to politics. In other words, even if Kahn does not start from scratch, many voters consider supporting the Socialist Party candidate. However, the dividends Nicolas Sarkozy received from Kahn is likely the same as the high-risk "lift" of the support rate after Obama killed Osama- how up, then how down.
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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College this Saturday will dedicate the big, new field house it is building at its athletic complex, and opening the school's new Athletics Hall of Fame.
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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College finished 10th in the 2014 NCAA Division III Learfield Sports Directors' Cup race, which measures school's overall athletic competitiveness via their NCAA success. The Panthers had earned 10-straight top-five finishes, including winning its first cup in 2011-2012.
MIDDLEBURY — After almost a decade in a temporary structure, the Middlebury College Field House will get a permanent home. The field house has been housed in an inflatable dome — the "Bubble" — off South Main Street since 2003, but last weekend the college board of trustees gave the green light for a permanent replacement.
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In Michigan, there is a strict time limit for filing a dental malpractice case agaisnt a dentist, oral surgeon, endodontist, or periodontist. This time limit, called the statute of limitation, is two years from the date of the negligent treatment. There are very few exceptions to this limitation period and therefore it is important to contact a Michigan dental malpractice lawyer as soon as you realize or believe you are the victim of dental malpractice.
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