How to make a Facebook cover, easily, in Microsoft paint ( facebook Covers)

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First start by picking some Swag Pictures for your cover to crop. You want to start by  looking for a photo that is more horizontal than it is vertical. When you crop your photo it will be much wider than it will be vertically. Make sure your photo is larger than 851 X 314 pixels ( you can read the size of your pick on the bottom bar of paint). Drop the Facebook Cover Photo into Microsoft paint, hit the "resize" button (underneath the crop button) and click the circle "pixels" when the resize box pops up. You are then going to type 851 into the horizontal box, this will resize the picture to the horrizontal requirements of  facebook covers. Click and hold the middle resize square at the bottom of the pic and drag until the number at the bottom next to "851" reaches 314 and you now have your very own custom Facebook covers.

BUT  and there is a big hairy butt, if your too lazy like my sis, I made a Facebook cover site for all you girls, with premade cover photos. www.hercovers.com is exclusively for you ladies. I have girly facebook covers for your timeline, such covers as Twilight, Justin Beiber , Horses and other cute animals and many more. We have everything from Butterfies to your current heartthrob celeb, how does 20+ different options of Justin Bieber or Taylor Lautner sound as a facebook cover? check it out and tell your friends. Get your girly Facebook Covers

Mononucleosis advice

"Mononucleosis advice"


How to survive Mononucleosis / strep:

"Mononucleosis advice" First things First, I feel your pain, the horrible, evil  throat pain. For the first time ever, your seriously considering ending it, your not the kind of person who has ever considered suicide but the days turn into your own personal hell. Although that may be an exaggeration all those who have ever had a bad case of mono combined with strep have watched the thought float through their head.Indescribable pain.Who would have ever thought your throat could get in such a bad condition that swallowing water feels as though you just knocked back a cold glass of nails and glass.

I'm 21 years old and had to resort to making it to my mothers for some motherly care in dealing with this particularly bad case of mono. Me and mom battled the bastard with everything we had. Being in such pain I felt sympathetic to all who had been in my shoes as well as future shoe inhabitors, so I am posting all that i know and found out on this subject to help you get through this easier than I did. I have advice on everything from what and when to gargle, to inner ear infections as a result of mononucleosis.

FIRST STEPS:

As soon as you are diagnosed with mononucleosis/strep do not underestimate the disease at first. You may be going in to the doctors for swollen lymph-nodes, white spots on the back of you throat, a rather physically weak feeling throught your body, stiff/sore neck. All in all though, you feel as though you'll survive, you can still swallow food and the throat has not started retracting in intense pain. That was my first mistake, thinking it wasn't going to be that bad. I went along with my normal days routine, blowing my energy reserves away and eating junk foods as normal. Bad idea.

Start preparing for a battle at first signs! Your about to be drafted into a war vs mononucleosis/strep.This is a war where throat throat lozenges, cough syrup and Ibuprofen feel as though your throwing rocks at a tank. 

Step one: Go to the store and get the following items. Jello, lots of it in every color(the texture of it allows the godsend to be the only substance able to slide down your throat without feeling of swallowing glass, its feels better than water. Bags and bags of ice, as much as you can fit into your freezer(you will find yourself constantly drink ice water and tap will not get cold enough for what you want, constantly drinking water will help flush out your system.). Honey and Coconut oil, I've read many reviews stating that it can act as a miracle for the mono victim( my recipe is two tablespoons of the oil placed on two tablespoons of honey and placed in the microwave for ten seconds until liquid, then pour the mixture into a glass of luke warm(not hot) green tea) the honey helps moisturize the throat as well as the coconut oil and also contains crucial vitamins.While you can still swallow, Grab Ensure protein drinks(vanilla tastes the best), there will be a point in your sickness where you will not eat a single thing for up to four days so stock up on calories while you have a chance. If you don't have a humidifier, get one.When your sleeping at night you will not be drinking ice water constantly so your throat will dry out cause immense pain every time you wake up and then try to swallow.The humidifier will keep your throat moist.make sure you have salt and baking soda for regular gargles.Last is popsicles.

Step two: Facing you doctor to get the right treatment for this can be tricky, he does not fully understand the pain you are in. Maybe not in all cases but in cases like mine my doctor started getting on my nerves by how casual he was about me being in the worst pain of my life. He wrote me a note for work exuseing me from 3 days of work(not nearly enough) I have a physical job and went to an urgent care clinic doctor and got a note from him excusing me from work until I felt as though I could return to work. 

You may be in so much pain that your doctor will want to prescribe you  5/500 Vicodin. This does no good, first of all you haven't been eating because of the mono. Chances are taking Vicodin on an empty stomach will make you sick and trust me the last thing you want to do with a mono/strep throat is throw up stomach acids. Not only is the nausea bad but the Vicodin is not even strong enough to take the edge off your pain. Tell the doctor that Vicodin makes you sick and that you've always had to switch to percocet 5/325 (percocet is much more euphoric and will actually relieve your pain for enough time to get some chicken noodle soup down)It also has less acetaminophen than Vicodin so you can take two without worrying about your acetaminophen toxicity levels . Eat some jello before you take it and for the first time you will feel relief from the the pain. You will also get steroids to help you recover. I'm no doctor by I recommend asking for the steroid that is drawn out over the most days (my first round of steroids only lasted 4 days which I started taking early on in the disease when my throat wasn't even that bad, and by the time i hit peak sickness i was out of steroids; and when I stopped taking the steroids it got even worse..

The battle begins:

so your couch bound. You've got your spit bucket, your crappy daytime television, your sipping your ice water, anddd your throat almost overnight hurts beyond anything you've ever felt. Through trial and error I  have found the preferred routine for treating mono/strep.

• Mix a tablespoon of salt in coffee mug full of warm water, then mix a tablespoon of baking soda in a separate mug full of warm water, have a glass of ice water ready as well. Gargle salt water first for thirty seconds, drink some ice water,and then gargle the baking soda water for as long as you can. Repeat this every 30 min.
• Have a bowel of honey ready at all times, you can dip a chopstick in it and suck on honey as much as you want. This moisturizes your throat.
• Use the honey and coconut oil tea recipe twice a day once before 11 o'clock AM and the other just before bed. Again the recipe is two tablespoons of the oil placed on two tablespoons of honey and placed in the microwave for ten seconds, until liquid, then pour the mixture into a glass of luke warm(not hot) green tea and stir.
• Force yourself to eat and drink as much as possible. I found the only juice I could get down with out horrible stinging effects was grape juice diluted by 1/4 by water. Chicken noodle soup is your best friend, the salt soothes your throat and the noodles are nice and slimy for sliding down your throat. You can also let some crackers soak in the soup.Jello is a wonderful , Its the easiest thing you'll eat during your entire mono/strep experience.When on painkillers eat a lot and drink lots of Ensure, its packed with much needed calories and lots of essential vitamins (Ensure is used to help senior citizens to gain weight while they're sick) keep your immune system fueled to fight the mono/strep.
• For inner ear infections (excruciating pain in your ear whenever you swallow, even when swallowing water and jello water) I had this problem and found out that it was due to my Eustachian tubes at the back of my throat being clogged. Whenever we yawn or swallow these tubes open up and drain ear liquid.So when you have mono or strep there's a chance these will get clogged and that liquid will build up in the ears causing immense pain every time you swallow making it even hard to drink water. The only way to help this is to eat jello and take a percoset then you will be able to hydrate and eat. For all you moms against giving you kid painkillers, whats more important? that he/she not take percocet or they he/she not dehydrate and starve.
• One thing you shouldn't forget is get up off that couch every couple of hours and walk around. If you don't do this you will start to get restless leg syndrome, this combined with your throat pain will result in zero sleep and horrible half asleep hallucinations all night.
• Make sure you have you own utensils for eating and drinking cups in the house, please do not spread this horrible curse around. Take regular showers as normal and keep clean.

This "mononucleosis advice" should help you immensely in your in your quest to get through and overcome mono, most of it I found out by trial and error. The amount of pain I was in drove me to the internet to research what I could do about it. I was disappointed in the lack of information on a personal level to guide me through the horrible mono experience. If you have any comments or questions I would be glad to answer them to the best my knowledge. Best of luck!

The Philosophy Of Hip Hop In Its True Form

When I say Hip Hop I do not mean music that was quite possibly played at the class prom of 09. No one has ever sneaked up on an unsuspecting girl to grind on or “crank”ed anything to my music; nor have they ever been persuaded by a false role model to drink lean mean Promethazine and overdose immediately following. The beats that enter my brain educate, tell a story, and let me step into the Nike SB’s of the creator. That very beat will allow me to escape for five minutes whatever troubles I may be having in my life; to dream into the future using another’s words as the narrative and the beat as the theme song of my dream. Mind tingling sounds mixed in a pot with baking soda and words comes out as audio crack; forever urging me to take one more hit. It is this song that provokes motivation and hope in myself. These are beats that take up my nights to find, these beats best describe my philosophy of hip hop.

I tell myself I’ll fall asleep at 10pm, It’s hard to wake up for work in the morning if I don’t. Three remarkably fast hours slip by unnoticed, I look at the clock its 1:15Am, I still haven’t found that one beat, the one I need, “tha great white buffalo”. I’ve been swallowed up lately by a temporary sea of darkness that is my unhappy life, I need to find this beat. I make more excuses “I’ll just find this song and then go to sleep happy having escaped my thoughts long enough to find a state of tranquility”. Sitting wide awake, 2:00AM now, hopping from song to song in tha YouTube style, looking for that one song that will make all my problems disappear for a tiny fraction of my life; I guess this is what separates me from the millions of mainstream zombies who would prefer grinding up on rando strangers in a club to soulja boy(I don’t even have enough respect for him to capitalize his name) as they get sloppy drunk and make fools of themselves(that’s how they escape their problems). I’m branching off now with every side click, getting side tracked into other genres of hip hop, Idk how I ended up in French rap, nice beats but I need to understand right now, I need to get into another person’s head for a min. I back track to the songs of my much loved artists, but I’ve heard it all, I need something new. Now 3:00am, “I’ve gone this far I might as well go till I find it, at this point I’m going to be tired as shit in the morning regards” what’s good without a little sacrifice right? My specialty is finding remixes produced by people who understand my need to hear a beautiful sound mated with the lyrics of a teacher, a preacher, and a lyrical god. That is what I strive to find right now. As im pushin, shovin, beatin 3:30AM, my eyes droop and redden, my body and mind is ready for the rest so forcefully denied in this early yet late hour of the night and morning. Then….. it happens I catch up with that dragon with a click of the mouse,instant gratification from the long haul of chasing him down. I instantly lay back and close my eyes,im laying on the beach, corona in hand, my fine dime by my side. This is a place where my bank account is fruitful and resides at the back of my mind, a place where I need not an alarm clock, A place where the only nagging I hear is from the exhaust of my M3 bursting with power. I’ve just listened to Tor / Sufjan Stevens - Star of Wonder / None Shall Pass (f. Aesop Rock) (remix) ///// Diz Gibran -Impossible, MED - Can't Hold On, Mr. Mainstream by Unknown prophets
That is my lullaby for tonight, the tune finally found that has filled me with hope and inspiration to keep on going with life and amount to something so that one day I will lay on that beach with a fine dime and listen to that very song for real.

And that my friend’s is my philosophy of Hip Hop and what it does for the soul, the brain, and the heart when I find it in its true form. I will return to this post every week and add a new song that I’ve just spent my hours of the night finding, but now it is time for sleep because its back on my grind at 7:00AM.

How to Pass a Drug and Alcohol Evaluation

How To Pass a Drug and Alcohol Evaluation For Dummies

The majority of you who are sure you do not have a drinking problem would walk into a drug and alcohol evaluation confident that your honesty would yield a passing result. After revealing to the counselor that you only have a few beers after work or only drink with friends on the weekend or have a glass of red wine with dinner every night (which has even been proved to be medicinal to the health) you are confident that you will be declared to have zero drug or alcohol problems .The disappointing part would be at the end of the test when the counselor tells you his recommendation is intensive outpatient treatment and that he has found you to have an alcohol abuse problem. Stunned and a little enraged you have no idea how he or she came to that conclusion. Even worse is that the results will be seen by most likely by the courts (if court ordered) and the consequences could result in months of your life being devoted towards expensive time consuming drug and alcohol classes that you don't feel you deserve.

Now here is what you need to know to avoid a failing score:(oh and feel free to play some of my favorite songs with my play-list over here, it isn't spam or a link or anything just some cool beats that might make the read a bit more interesting -->)

Four things you need to know before taking the test.

First, is presentation of yourself. I would advise you not to walk in there like a nun, If your there for a DUI or MIP you've obviously not had enough self control to avoid that. Proclaiming that you never drink nor do drugs for no particular reason will cause suspicion, and will be taken into consideration by the counselor. At the same time you need to appear like a law abiding citizen to the counselor (it will make you more believable).  The counselor will be less likely to believe anything you say if you’re rocking a Bob Marley shirt and sportin dreadlocks along w/ facial piercings, even if you are being 100% honest about never having tried pot, so dress for church with grandma. Another important factor is attitude; drugs make people agitated, lazy, hyper, nervous, depressed etc...Do NOT show any of these traits. Try to maintain a positively upbeat attitude with all the necessary manners on the side. Be sure to show concern about whatever you were arrested for and make a point that you have made a change for the better because of it, don't act like it doesn't bother you. 

 Second, as hard as it may be for your conscience, you have to throw honesty out the door, you do not get bonus points for honest. When the evaluation is over, the counselor wont be the one to fully decide whether or not you passed....The checklist that he’s been scoring on will tell him if you've passed or not. This is not a mental battle vs. the counselor, this is a battle between you and the evaluation test. Do not worry the counselor will not call you out on what you tell him, they do not have any information about you other than your driving record and arrest report. It all comes down to what you look like on paper at the end of the test, and what your score turns out to be will determine the consequences. It doesn't care what your opinion is regarding what is alcohol abuse is and neither does the counselor. So for all you rebels of the system (stick it to the man) keep your stubbornness in a box under the bed at home because it will won’t help you.

 Third, do your research. These tests are designed to trip you up on your own answers. The evaluation contains a series of questions, some very similar to each other but worded differently to see if your answering consistently. If your under 21 and say you "only" drink in Canada with your friends, have dates in mind (never admit to having used alcohol or drugs after the arrest unless you got arrested again of course). When asked how much drug of choice you use, have an low amount in mind and stick to it. Practice your answers before hand, don't walk in there and wing it. Google "Michigan Alcohol Assessment Test" and go over the questions and even though it may not contain all the evaluation questions it encompasses the general idea,so get used to answering them all in your favor even despite if a couple may be true about you.

 Fourth, Show up with clean pee. Don't be stupid, to pass the actual test with my advice only to fail a UA it would be a waste of time and confirm only that you are a liar to the counselor.This is a good site to check how long any drug will stay in your system www.alwaystestclean.com/how_long.htm

  Answering evaluation questions

They will ask you if you've ever had a drug and alcohol evaluation before, so unless you've had one for court before say NO, there is no database they can look at that says your parents made you get a drug and alcohol evaluation back in high school. The next thing to remember when answering the questions is that you are new to alcohol or whatever you poison got you to this point. Whatever you got arrested for was a rare freak event that you've never done before. If you were arrested for DUI that's the first and last time you ever drove drunk, if you got an MIP that's the first and last time you ever had it on you. Do not admit to doing the illegal regularly, if you admit to breaking the law multiple times you will lose your law abiding image you are shooting for. If your under 21 and older than 19 say you only drink in Canada legally. Another thing is most times newbie’s to drugs and alcohols are provided the product at first; a big indicator of abuse is you spend a lot of your time focused on getting the product. So make a point that it was provided to you and that you absolutely did not go out of your way to get the alcohol or drug (especially if you’re underage or if it was a drug related charge).

 The next thing to remember is they're looking to see if you've built up a tolerance .Does it take more alcohol or drugs to get you drunk or high now than when you first started to use. Now is not the time to brag about how you drank a whole fifth to yourself that one time or smoked the half ounce blunt for your birthday. If your there for an alcohol charge, say you get drunk off three beers and get sick in the morning as a hangover and that's never changed since you started drinking (chronic drinkers do not get sick after drinking and need a hell of a lot more than three beers to get drunk).For drugs say you only need a single hit to get you high as a kite. Never ever ever ever answer yes when they ask if you drink or do drugs before noon!

 Now to answer the family related questions. Alcohol and drug abuse affects your family life; the evaluation is looking for this. You need to start by answering that no one in your family has had a drug or alcohol problem.Also state that your household is a supportive for your staying sober. Any history of family drug or alcohol abuse will negatively affect your scores. Then move on to say that your family life is great and that in no way has alcohol or drugs had a negative impact on your life. You also need to make it clear that you do not need drugs or alcohol to be social and make friends or go to work, also you do not need to drink or do drugs to "act normal”. 

You also must show that you have a reason to refrain from using alcohol and drugs. Make a point that you have a very active life, sports, girlfriend, clubs, work, kids are all very good distractions from drugs or alcohol. You are less likely to be a repeat offender if you have something to stay sober for.

 The End. I decided to write this post after I was trying to research up on how to pass a drug and alcohol evaluation for my very own legal troubles and came across a large amount of misinformation and hater posts critisizing people asking for help on the subject, and also there was a straight up lack of general information. If you follow my advice it will vastly increase your chance of passing a drug and alcohol evaluation( thanks to a couple of zero tolerance parents while in high school and one recent DUI I've been able to test it personally with passing results on multiple occasions,). If you have any questions or comments feel free to ask and I will answer them to the best of my knowledge. Although If you don't have anything nice to say , DON'T say it, I will ignore you.