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HIV/AIDS orgs respond to Obama's HIV/AIDS Strategy
Following release of National HIV/AIDS Strategy
By Antoine Craigwell
(Wednesday, July 14, 2010) – Paul Kawata, executive director of the National Minority AIDS Council, posted on the social networking site, Facebook, a letter signed by 180 national and community organizations at the forefront of the fight against HIV and AIDS. This letter was in response to the announcement and release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) yesterday.
The text of the letter below:
Honorable Barack H. Obama
President, United States Of America
The White House
Washington, DC
Dear President Obama,
On behalf of the180 national and community based organizations (see list below) on the front lines of this epidemic, thank you for your leadership and commitment to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Each of us stands here in the footprints of so many heroes we've lost to HIV/AIDS. Our friends who fought so hard in the early days could probably never imagine a President holding a reception at the White House to honor the HIV/AIDS community. Most would have loved to be part of this event. We miss them and will never forget the sacrifices they made so that we can be here today.
In the first 18 months of your administration the travel ban on those living with HIV was removed, restrictions on the use of federal funds to support needle exchange were removed, the Ryan White Care Act was reauthorized, and $30.4 Million was set aside as part of the Prevention and Wellness Fund for HIV/AIDS Prevention. However, we've also had our challenges in ensuring adequate funding for PEPFAR and other international HIV/AIDS initiatives.
As you implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), we ask that the first thing you address is the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) funding crisis. We appreciate the $25 million to see us through September 30, 2010. We are concerned that is not a long-term solution and will only get us through a limited period. As of Jul 8, 2010, 2,291 individuals are on waiting lists. This number does not include individuals in states that don't keep waiting lists, have significantly reduced the drug formulary, or have significantly changed the income eligibility levels. On Jul 1, Georgia became the 12th state to close enrollment and start a waiting list. Ohio changed its income eligibility levels so that more then 1,000 HIV/AIDS patients will lose their benefits. New Jersey also changed its income eligibility levels so that 947 HIV/AIDS patients will lose their benefits. Without an immediate solution, other states will follow.
As you consider solutions, please make it [funding for ADAP] multi-year funding through 2014, support states that don't keep waiting lists but have closed enrollment or that are on the brink of a waiting list, ensure that all the necessary drugs are covered, and [the] integration of a permanent solution into health care reform.
We look forward to the reviewing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and the opportunity to work with your administration to ensure its implementation across the country. Thank you for your support and leadership.
2 God B The Glory, Inc A Brave New Day A Family Affair
ACT UP Philadelphia Action for a Better Community Advocates For Youth
African American Hispanic Health Education Resource Center
AID For AIDS Nevada AIDS Alabama
AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families
AIDS Care Services, Inc. AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
AIDS Foundation of Chicago AIDS/HIV Services Group (ASG)
The AIDS LIFE Campaign AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
AIDS Project of Central Iowa AIDS Resources of Rural Texas
AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC) Albany Damien Center
Amanda Beck-Myers Ananias Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Asian Media Access Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center
Aspirations Wholistic Tutorial Services Baton Rouge AIDS Society
Bienestar Human Services Black AIDS Institute
The Black Women's Health Imperative Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Paul Browne CAEAR Coalition CALOR
Camden NJ Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Camillus Health Concern, Inc. CARES CareSouth Carolina
Cascade AIDS Project Central City AIDS Network, Inc.
Central Illinois FRIENDS of People with AIDS
CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
William H. Chastang Consumer Advocate/Outreach Coordinator
Christie's Place, Inc. Citywide Project/Citywide Ministries
Coai, Inc. Community Access National Network
Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)
Community Information Center, Inc. Comprehensive Health Education
Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition DeKalb Prevention Alliance, Inc
Desert AIDS Project Gregory W. Edwards, EdD
Eternal Hope Community Development Corporation, Inc.
Family Heath & AIDS Care Services International Family Health Project
Family Planning Association of Puerto Rico F.L.A.S., INC.
Fort Worth Northside Community Health Center, Inc.
Greater Love Tabernacle Gregory House Programs GROUP Ministries, Inc.
Harlem United Community AIDS Center Harmony House, Inc.
Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation Hermanas de Luna y Sol HEROES
HIV/AIDS Alliance for Region Two, Inc.
HIV/AIDS Services for African Americans in Alaska HIV-AIDS UETS
HIV Care Program HIVictorious, Inc.
HIV Planning Council Santa Clara County Housing Works
Illinois Alliance for Sound AIDS Policy Iris House
Johns Hopkins Local Performance Site
PA/MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center
Monica Johnson, NMAC Board Member
Lambda Legal Lark Lands, M.S., Ph.D. H.O.P.E.
The LaStraw, Inc. Latino Commission on AIDS
Latino Community Services
Helen Lemay, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, Stony Brook University
Liberty Research Group
Don Little, MPH, Former Chair of the Oklahoma Native American AIDS Coalition
The Living Room LMPHW Specialty Clinic
Love Heals, the Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education
Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center
Kentucky HIV/AIDS Advocacy Action Group
Michigan Positive Action Coalition (MI-POZ)
Minnesota AIDS Project
Minority AIDS Council of Orangeburg, Bamberg, and Calhoun Council, Inc.
Missoula AIDS Council M OCHA Center Inc.
Multicultural AIDS Coalition, Inc. he NAMES Project/AIDS Memorial Quilt
Native Health National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
National AIDS Fund National AIDS Housing Coalition
National Association of People with AIDS
National Association of Social Workers
National Latino AIDS Action Network National Minority AIDS Council
National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
NCLR/CSULB Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training
New Jersey Women and AIDS Network New Destiny Recovery Ministry
New York AIDS Coalition New York City AIDS Housing Network
Nightsweats & T-cells, Co North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition
Oklahoma City Indian Clinic One Heartland One Love Project
Open Door Clinic Leonardo Ortega, NMAC Board Member
David G. Ostrow, MD, PhD Partnership Project
Choyce Perkinds, Advocate For AAHHERC Positive Efforts, Inc
Project Aware at Stanley Street Treatment & Resources
PROCEED, Inc. Project HANDLE, Neighborhood House Project Lazarus
Project Link of South Florida, Inc. Proyecto SOL Filadelfia
Puerto Rico Community Network for Clinical Research on AIDS (PR CoNCRA)
Andre Weatherby Rawls Recovery 2000, Inc. Redemption Outreach Intl
Regional AIDS Project
Genevieve Rohan, FNP-C, AAHIVMS and Tegest Hailu, MD, AAHIVMS, Hailu/Rohan Family Practice
SAYFSM Vanessa Sasso, Seattle HIV/AIDS Planning Council
S.H.A.P.E. (Stop HIV/AIDS and Addiction through Prevention and Education)
Carlton R. Smith, Baltimore Black Pride, Inc. Founder, Churches United Against AIDS; Board chair
South Carolina Campaign to End AIDS (SC-C2EA)
South Central Educational Development, Inc. South Jersey AIDS Alliance
South LA Access Center Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC)
Southwest Louisiana AHEC Stanley Street Treatment & Resources
Street Works St. Luke AME Church/ Treat Me Right Inc.
Suburban HIV/AIDS Consortium (SHAC)
TACTS-THE Association of Clinical Trials Services
Tampa-Hillsborough Action Plan C. Taylor
Ti-chee Native AIDS Prevention Project Rose Todd-Stanford
Total Health Awareness Team Treat Me Right Inc.
Treatment Access Expansion Project Treatment Action Group
Two Spirit Society of Denver U Can Do It 2!
Evelyn Ullah, NMAC Board Member Us Helping Us
Valley AIDS Information Network Inc.
Vermont CARES VillageCare
Volunteers of America Greater Baton Rouge
West County Health Centers, Inc. Who's Positive Willis Center
The Women's Collective Women's Health Center
Women Together For Change Women Watch Afrika, Inc
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Is Google Really Using 21x The Bandwidth It Pays For?
from the bad-math dept
He's now released a "study" claiming that Google uses 21 times as much bandwidth as it pays for. First of all, this is simply incorrect. Cleland doesn't know how much Google actually pays for broadband, so he comes up with a small number, which is wrong for a variety of reasons.
He seems to conflate consumer broadband and Google's broadband. This is based, in part, on the old telco argument that when you buy internet access, you're only buying access to the middle of the internet, and you should have to pay a second time to actually reach any endpoint or other user. So, even though consumers pay for the bandwidth they use to reach Google, Cleland appears to calculate that as being Google's responsibility, ignoring that consumers are paying plenty for the right to reach Google (and the rest of the internet). As Cord Blomquist points out, this is like pointing out that Best Buy should pay for the gas it takes for people to drive to Best Buy. Broadband Reports also does a nice job deconstructing this.
However, even if we ignore all the basic facts and information that Cleland gets wrong, if we grant his premise, his argument still doesn't make any sense. If anything, rather than being an argument in favor of the telcos' position, Clelands report (if true) suggests that telco execs all deserve to be fired. After all, they're the ones who set up the business model and the billing relationship, and if they're undercharging Google by so much, then shouldn't they raise their prices? Of course, there's a good reason why this doesn't happen: because Google is paying fair market value for its bandwidth, and if anyone tried to charge them 21 times more, Google would quickly take its business elsewhere. So, based on this report, either Cleland is dead wrong in his report, or the telcos who funded it are run by morons who don't know how to set pricing correctly. Which one is more likely?


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What Panic Virus is About with Seth Mnookin
Check out Bas Rutten's Liver Shot on MMA Surge: http://bit.ly/MMASurgeEp1 Seth Mnookin is a Lecturer in MIT's Graduate Program in Science Writing. His most recent book, The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear, uses a combination of investigative reporting, intellectual and scientific history, and sociological analysis to explore the controversies over vaccines and their rumored connection to developmental disorders. He is also the author of the 2006 New York Times-bestseller Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top, which chronicles the challenges and triumphs of the John Henry-Tom Werner ownership group of the Boston Red Sox. His first book, 2004′s Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media, was a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. Since 2005, Seth has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, where he's written about the American media presence in Iraq, Bloomberg News, and Stephen Colbert. In 2002 and 2003, he was a senior writer at Newsweek, where he wrote the media column "Raw Copy" and also covered politics and popular culture. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including New York, Wired, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Spin, Slate, Salon.com, and other publications. A former music columnist for The New York Observer, he began his journalism career as a rock critic for the now-defunct webzine Addicted to Noise and has also worked as a crime reporter at The Palm Beach Post, a city hall reporter at the Forward, a presidential campaign reporter at Brill's Content, and a jack-of-all-trades at Inside.com. He graduated from Harvard College in 1994 with a degree in History and Science, and was a 2004 Joan Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. A native of Newton, Massachusetts, he and his wife currently live in Brooklyn with their six-year-old dog and their one-year-old son. Buy Seth's new Book Panic Virus Here:http://amzn.to/nGm91k
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Hi guys, I've actually been meaning to ask this question for a while, but I'm not sure If anyone knows the answer,
anyways, recently I've picked up programming on a Basic language designed in C++ (for video game designing purposes) I'm starting with basic and slowly moving my way up, and understanding how programming works.
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once I think I've mastered this BASIC language, what language should I move on to next?
keep in mind that whatever programming language I do want to learn next its primary usage will be for game development.


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Driver Fraud Crackdown Worries Immigrants
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Hundreds of Pennsylvania drivers have been given more time to prove who they are in a fraud and identity theft crackdown by the state that has generated objections from immigrant groups.
A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokeswoman said Friday the agency pushed back the deadline to cancel licenses for some drivers over questions about their Social Security numbers after receiving a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
"While we respect these concerns, PennDOT must continue to work on mitigating the risk for potential fraud, and our efforts to date are consistent with that focus,'' said agency spokeswoman Danielle Klinger.
ACLU lawyer Vic Walczak said the notification letters PennDOT sent in late May contained inaccurate and misleading information and did not give the recipients enough time to challenge the action in a meaningful way.
"The good news is that after a fair bit of give-and-take with the lawyers for the department, they agreed to postpone the deadline and reissue the notice,'' Walczak said. "And we have a meeting set up for Monday.''
For the past two years, PennDOT been trying to verify about 45,000 names in its computer system that did not match Social Security Administration records, Klinger said. So far, 9,200 people have lost their licenses.
In many cases, she said, the discrepancy was traced to dataentry problems or was blamed on women not updating the Social Security Administration with their married names.
Last month, the department sent letters to a final group of about 2,100 drivers, and about 600 have gone to PennDOT offices with the required documentation.
Immigration lawyer Cynthia Haynes said she and others involved in the case have been flooded with calls in recent weeks, making her doubt the state's numbers of how many were contacted.
"If it was just 2,100 letters, I can't say it would have caused such a stir,'' Haynes said.
PennDOT's letter said non- U.S. citizens had to produce a Social Security card, passport, immigration documents and written verification from their school or employer by Friday or their driving privileges would be canceled. Walczak said the letter was inaccurate and its complicated wording was confusing for those with limited English skills.
"Not everybody has to have a valid Social Security card or passport in order to get a driver's license in Pennsylvania, nor in some cases are people eligible to have those documents,'' such as those granted political asylum, Walczak said.
Haynes said she was concerned that, despite the reprieve, some who received letters could find they have lost driving privileges. She said one person checked on the status of their license at a PennDOT office on Friday and was told it had been canceled.
"That is a major concern, especially if law enforcement agencies are able to view that information,'' she said. "If one of these individuals gets pulled over, our concern is, what happens to this person?''


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2011: Three-year letterwinner ... a solid all-around player that moves from attack to midfield this spring ... has played in 33 games over his first three seasons, totaling 10 goals and seven assists.
2010: Played in 11 games and tallied three goals ... also had one ground balls and caused two turnovers ... registered a pair of goals in a 17-2 win over Guilford (4/3) ... also scored a goal in a 15-3 win over Birmingham Southern in the season-opener (2/23).
2009: Saw action in 17 games and tallied 11 points on five goals and six assists … also collected eight ground balls … notched a career-best four points on one goal and a career-high three assists in an 18-3 win over DeSales (3/4) … scored a career-best two goals in an 18-9 win over Greensboro (3/21).
2008: Played in five contests as a first-year, totaling two goals and one assist ... tallied one goal and one assist in a 23-3 win over Savannah Art & Design (2/21).
High School: Lettered in lacrosse and hockey at Deerfield Academy ... lacrosse team won the league and New England Championships as a senior.
Off the Field: Serves as president of the club ice hockey team at W&L ... sister, Claire, played lacrosse at the UMass ... ODAC Scholar-Athlete … economics major.


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The Emerge Alliance, an open industry association leading the rapid adoption of safe direct-current (DC) power distribution standards for commercial buildings,recently announced a new wave of organizations joining the Alliance. The newest members of the EMerge Alliance include:
- GE Energy, Participating Member
- Intel Corporation, Participating Member
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- PulseStar Technologies, Participating Member (upgrade)
- Power-One, General Member
- NextEnergy Center , Corresponding Member
- Dynamic Supplier Alignment, Supporting Member
Since its launch in 2008, the Alliance completed the development of the first EMerge Alliance Standard for occupied spaces in its first year, released nearly 50 EMerge Alliance Registered products and started a new effort focused on incorporating DC microgrids in data and telecommunications centers. With more than 15 demonstration sites in data centers and commercial interiors across the country, the Alliance is committed to educating the market on the benefits of DC power applications throughout various platforms.
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Essential Pepin "Good Catch!" Grilled Swordfish With Spicy Yogurt Sauce; Baked Mackerel With Potatoes And Onions; Seafood With "Handkerchiefs"; Poached Trout In Vegetable Broth. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Time to Grill" Test cook Bridget Lancaster shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the ultimate Grilled Bone-In Pork Roast. Then, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top pick for whole fish baskets in the Equipment Corner. Next, gadget guru Lisa McManus reveals her favorite summertime kitchen gadgets. D
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This activity will take approximately 70 minutes.
After participating in this activity plan, which is designed to familiarize participants with meal planning, participants will be able to
Group members will compare two backpacks: one packed with one-pot meals and lightweight snacks and the other packed with more complex meals and bulky snacks. Group members will use the weight of the packs and the amount of garbage created from the meals and snacks to determine the best preparation for meal and snack planning.
Preparing a menu and snacks ahead of time will help group members pack lightly with a minimal amount of garbage and will make the use of a stove more convenient, eliminating the need for a campfire.
Show students the two closed backpacks. Let each participant try on both packs. Take a vote to determine which pack is lighter and likely more comfortable. Without looking at the contents of the backpacks, have your group list items that might be contributing to the weight of the heavier pack.
Divide the participants into two groups. Give a pack to each group and have group members unpack the packs and categorize the food items.
Ask each group how long it thinks it will take to prepare the meals from its pack. Focusing on the meal preparation items only, have the participants compare the items from each pack. Ask the group what characteristics of the meal and snack items from the heavier pack contribute to its weight.
Answers may vary depending on what each pack contains. Try to create a situation that allows the group to see how planning for one-pot meals, repackaging foods, and taking light snacks reduces the amount of garbage that must be packed out.
Discuss the differences in litter that would result from cooking meals and snacking from the items in each pack. Your choice of items in the packs will affect responses. Again, try to create a situation that allows the group to see how planning for one-pot meals, repackaging foods, and taking light snacks reduces the amount of garbage that must be packed out.
Ask participants which pack would require the fewest utensils for cooking and the smallest fire. One-pot meals can be made with one pot and can be cooked on a small backpacking stove. Cooking hot dogs and heating beans either requires the use of two pots or the use of a campfire.
Your campers are great backcountry planners! Your group knows how to have fun while preserving the naturalness of the outdoors for wildlife and visitors. How well has each person learned to plan meals and lightweight snacks?
Congratulations on conducting a well-prepared meeting for your group!
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Bean Burritos
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Lighting Shabbat candles is a mitzvah. The lighting of the candles ushers in the Sabbath and creates a spirit of peace and harmony in the house, or Shalom Bayit. Traditionally two Shabbat candles are lit representing the two commandments to remember (zakhor) and to observe (shamor.) It has become a tradition in many communities to add an additional candle for every child that is born into the family. Thus many families opt for silver candelabra over candlesticks. To accommodate this tradition, Jewish candelabra can be found with up to 11 or 12 branches.
The original Jewish candelabra was the solid gold seven branched menorah house in the temple in Jerusalem. Many of the candelabra used for Shabbat are silver candelabra and are typically circular in shape. The typical candelabra have five or more branches. Jewish candelabra have become the focal point of many silversmiths. By creating intricate patterns and designs, and by angling branches they are able to optimize the light produced by these silver candelabra. The craftsmen strive and compete to create the most beautiful silver candelabra possible.
Jewish candelabra make great heirlooms and are often passed down from generation to generation. Silver candelabra convey a certain level of sophistication and class and can make any room look like a masterpiece. At World of Judaica we offer a wide variety of traditional, modern, contemporary and elegant designs. Each of our silver candelabra range from 5 to 11 branches to meet the needs of your family. We offer silver, nickel, pewter and sterling candelabra to better fit your personal style and budget. Our expert artisan crafted silver candelabra make wonderful wedding and house warming gifts.
Many of our Shabbat candelabra are customizable and can be created with as many branches as needed by your family. Pleases contact our Customer Support Team for pricing on these items as well as with any other questions you may have.
Candelabras Guide
Candelabras is the traditional term for a set of multiple candlesticks, typically decorative in nature, each of which holds a candle on each of multiple branches or arms connected to a column or pedestal. Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest which takes place on the seventh day, it is tradition to light candles on Shabbat, and many Jewish families do so using a Candelabras.
History of Jewish Candelabras
The original Jewish candelabras was the solid gold, seven branched menorah housed in the temple in Jerusalem. There has been a recreation made of the menorah, and it is on display in the Jewish quarter of the old city of Jerusalem. Today the most easily recognizable Jewish candelabras is the Hanukkah Menorah. Round Candelabra are widely used throughout Jewish communities for use on Shabbat as well as other Jewish holidays.
Number of Branches
Shabbat Candelabras vary in number of branches from family to family. Traditionally two candles are lit on Shabbat, representing the two commandments to remember (zakhor) and to observe (shamor.) It has become a tradition in many Jewish communities to add an additional candle for every child that is born into the family. Though a typical Candelabras will have 5 arms, or branches, you can often find Jewish Candelabras with as many as 12 branches to facilitate this custom.
The Hanukkah Candelabra, or Menorah, is typically flat and has 9 branches, 8 for each day of the festival and a 9th branch called the Shamash, which is used to light each candle.
Jewish candelabra have become the focal point of many silversmiths. Typically circular in design, these candelabras range from the very simple to extremely ornate. Master Silversmiths use the combination of details within designs with the angling of braches to optimize the light produced by these silver candelabra. Candelabras go through an extensive process of design, prototype creation and real life application in the silversmith workshop. Many feature floral patterns and diamond shapes created through the silversmithing processes of repousse and chasing. Repousse is a technique in which malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. Chasing is the opposite technique to repoussé, and the two are used in conjunction to create a finished piece. It is also known as embossing. Other Techniques use to decorate Candelabras include square diamond polishing. In this technique, precious metals are molded to create pieces with diamond like qualities.
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Many people worry about gaining weight
when they quit smoking. Some people don't gain any weight, while others do. But keep your focus on quitting. After you are confident of not relapsing, you can deal with losing any weight you may have gained.
If you do start to gain weight, there are steps you can take.
important thing is to quit smoking. The minute you quit, you'll be starting a
much healthier life.
There are several reasons why people may gain weight when they quit smoking.
Studies show that the more cigarettes you smoke, the more
likely you are to gain weight when you quit.1
People gain weight when they quit smoking because
nicotine curbs your appetite and dulls your taste buds.
Without nicotine, many people have a better
appetite and find that food tastes better.
Continue to Why?
First of all, not everyone gains weight. Some people are
able to keep their weight down when they quit smoking.
And if you do gain a little weight, it's
still better than smoking:
Smoking is far worse for your health than gaining a
few pounds.
Exactly right. Continuing to smoke increases your risk for many serious health problems.
Smoking is a lot worse. Continuing to smoke increases your risk for many serious health problems.
Which of the following are reasons to quit smoking
even if it makes you gain weight?
Quitting smoking has a huge effect on your health.
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Knowledge is a powerful
thing. Now that you know that quitting smoking can make you want to eat more,
or eat more often, you can be ready for it.
control of your weight will be easier if you have a plan. Before your quit
Think positive, and keep temptation away:
Remember, looking good is much more important than how much
you weigh. Smelling clean and smoke-free, having fresh breath, having fingers
and teeth free of yellow tobacco stains, and feeling healthier all make you
more attractive.
A big reason
people gain weight is that they reach for food instead of a cigarette after
they quit.
The best way to control your weight when you quit
smoking is to go on a diet.
You should focus instead on eating healthy food
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It's hard enough to quit smoking. To go on a
diet at the same time could lower your chances of success. Focus instead on
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If you would like more information on quitting smoking,
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There are also reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fact sheets, a publications catalog, a smoking and health resource library, and other materials, such as buttons, calendars, and eCards.
This is also the location for the State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System.
The toll-free number is a single access point to the National
Network of Tobacco Cessation Quitlines. Callers are automatically routed to a
state-run quitline, if one exists in their area. If there is no state-run
quitline, callers are routed to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) quitline,
where they may receive help with quitting smoking, informational materials, and
referrals to other resources.
This website provides free information and
professional assistance to help support people who are trying to quit smoking.
The information provided is for both the immediate and long-term needs of
people who are trying to quit and for friends and family who care about them.
This website includes an online guide to
quitting smoking, local and state telephone quitlines, the National Cancer
Institute's national telephone quitline and instant messaging service, and
publications that can be ordered or downloaded and printed. There is also a link to women.smokefree.gov, which has more resources for women who want to quit smoking.
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CitationsEisenberg D, Quinn BC (2006). Estimating the effect of smoking cessation on weight gain: An instrumental variable approach. Health Services Research, 41(6): 2255–2266.Other Works ConsultedNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (2010). You Can Control Your Weight as You Quit Smoking (NIH Publication No. 03-4159). Bethesda, MD: Weight-Control Information Network. Also available online: http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/smoking.htm.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2010). Cardiovascular diseases. In How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General, chap. 6. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also available online: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/tobaccosmoke/report/index.html.
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Family Guy Crosses Over With the Simpsons
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by LOLtron » Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:33 pm
FOX's animated families are meeting each other in the Fall of 2014.
Source: Scoop: Family Guy Crossover Will Introduce the Griffins to The Simpsons in Fall 2014!
Yes a Family Guy and the Simpsons crossover IS HAPPENING. Not a joke. Not a lie. Next fall, in an episode of Family Guy, the Griffins will go to Springfield and meet the Simpsons (all the voice actors from the show will reprise their roles). TvLine has the exclusive, which also details the plot for the episode:
This isn't the first time the two shows have crossed over, loosely speaking. Both have taken shots at the other over the years, with the most overzealous joke being this one. However, last year, a "nicer" joke occured during an episode of Family Guy involving Peter and Homer and the former beating the latter to a plot.
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by HNutz » Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:46 pmHomer vs. the giant chicken, perhaps?
Cutaways showing old Simpsons scenes, maybe?
Could be good.
by The Beast » Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:57 pmI hope they do an amalgam-verse next!
by Kat_Rocha » Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:05 pmI'm getting flashbacks to when the Flinstones met the Jetsons.
by Rockman » Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:07 pmI think it will be awful FG stopped being good after its initial cancellation.
by SporkBot » Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:33 pmI'm reminded of a gag from an old show called "Angry Beavers".
"Stinky thing...plus stinky thing...equals: NOT SMELLY!!"
However, this equation does not actually work in real life, as this impending crossover will easily prove.
by Eric Ratcliffe » Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:09 pmI'm on the fence on this one. It definitely has the Flintstones/Jetsons vibe about it as Kat said but I'm just not sure where they can take this.
Fox must have had to give Groening a pretty big paycheck though as he hates Mcfarlane.
by Rockman » Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:13 pmGroening knows that McFarlane isn't very talented.
by Draco x » Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:06 amOn the fence here. This could either be very good or very bad.
by Eric Ratcliffe » Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:48 am
You do know Mcfarlane isn't the only writer on Family Guy right?
And he can change his voice up as witnessed in American Dad and Hellboy 2.
I mean I get the annoyance with Family Guy over all but saying Mcfarlane isn't talented just isn't clear cut. The man can sing and can be an extremely good performer and writer, just not seeing it in his current work output.
by SporkBot » Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:40 am
Yeah, I begrudgingly have to agree with you there. The man has an ironically heavenly voice (get it? 'Cause he's an atheist?), and he did work on some classic Cartoon Network cartoons like Dexter's Lab and Johnny Bravo. And Family Guy was indeed funny for the first two or three seasons.
However, as executive producer, he does have final say (or among final) on any scripts he reviews. So even if he doesn't write the redundant rape jokes, recycled premises and annoying remarks that suckle the butt cheeks of the political left, he still approves it. What's more, he's not really doing anything new or dynamic. I don't even watch his shows, and I can tell from the ads that each episode is more of the same. The sight gags and words may be tweaked, but it's all the same. Sometimes you CAN judge a books by it's cover.
Really, the most annoying thing is his fanbase, which he can't control. People so utterly convinced that his mediocrity is genius that they'll gleefully bully and attack anyone who disagrees in the slightest. Well, his fanbase and the fact that he managed to sell FOX the same show, three times.
by Rockman » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:39 pm
He performs voices for every episode of Family Guy that airs, he's much more involved in the product that the public gets than Groening is anymore, and that product is garbage.
Sure Ted was funny, but it was the same joke he's ran his entire career on.
Just watch his painfully unfunny Oscars performance and you'll see that he's a one trick pony that only appeals to a very immature demographic.
He is a talented voice actor though, I can't disagree with you there.
by Eric Ratcliffe » Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:39 pmI don't necessarily view him as a one trick pony, I see it more as a guy who plays it incredible safe with stuff he knows his main audience will enjoy. Which is sadly the lowest common denominator humor wise.
(mind you I'd rather get more of his Emperor Palpatine or what he did with the voice in Hellboy 2)
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A customer gets pepper sprayed in the face by another shopper at a JC Penney in West Michigan, a customer threatens to stab others in line at Kmart in Sacramento, gunfire a few years ago in a Toys R Us in Palm Desert, brawls, assaults and for what?
The competitive retail Super Bowl known as Black Friday—really Black Thursday-- isn't worth it, says ShopAdvisor.
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While big box chains like Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Target began Black Friday deals as early as Thanksgiving night, ShopAdvisor, which tracks retail trends, found Black Friday is actually not the best day of the holiday shopping season to get deals.
"Black Friday was among the worst sales days of the 2011 shopping season," it says.
ShopAdvisor says it tracked the sales prices for 252 toys from "the first day of autumn and found that in the 54 days spanning Nov. 1 through Dec. 24, "the day with the lowest percentage (46%) of products on sale" was Black Friday. It says it drew its list of toys from a database of 6.5 million shoppers who get email or mobile phone alerts when prices drop or out-of-stock products become available.
"Our experience tracking more than a hundred million products shows that although Black Friday may be a good day for shopping, there are 'blacker' days to be found during the holiday shopping season," said Scott Cooper, CEO of ShopAdvisor in a statement.
ShopAdvisor says in a release that instead:
-- Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, was the day with the highest percentage (59%) of products on sale.
-- Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, (about a week after Black Friday) was the second best day with the next largest percentage (57%) of products on sale.
-- Price spikes actually occur on Black Friday 2011--24% of the toys on ShopAdvisor's list were priced above their initial holiday season price.
-- Dec. 23, 2011, two days before Christmas was the day after Black Friday with the most toys (40%) selling at a high, premium price.
ShopAdvisor says in its statement that holiday shoppers should "watch for sudden price drops and avoid price spikes that often last only a day or two before plunging back down to their original price or lower."
It also says shoppers can expect steep discounts in the two weeks before Christmas, and then again after Dec. 28.
"Avoid day-after-Christmas shopping; wait until Dec. 29. If the toy you are giving does not have to be under the tree on Christmas day, it pays to wait until Dec. 29 when 17% of all the toys in the ShopAdvisor Watchlist were available for 30% less than their pre-Black Friday prices," it says.
Here's more detail: "National Products' 6 Volt Pink Hummer H2 started the holiday season selling for $186. For two days it dropped as low as $132. On Thanksgiving Day it spiked to $227, fell to $190 on Black Friday, and then spiked back to $227 eight more times before Christmas day. In between those spikes, shoppers could find it for $160 on six different days," ShopAdvisor says.
Also, "Hasbro's popular Sesame Street Let's Rock Elmo was a bargain for almost the entire season, selling below its initial holiday season price of $59 on 60 of the next 65 days. The only question for shoppers was how long should they wait for the best deal, which was a 49% discount on Sunday, Dec. 18 when it was available for $29," it says.
And ShopAdvisor found that "steep discounts of 30% or more begin to appear the Sunday before Thanksgiving. For example, the $117 LEGO Ninjago Fire Temple dropped 38% to $72 for three days from Nov. 18-20."


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Fox News on a witch hunt for Obama "czars"
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On September 8, Fox News host Megyn Kelly stated that "more of President Obama's special advisers are now under scrutiny after the resignation of his green jobs czar," Van Jones and described "criticisms" being lodged against Obama science and technology adviser John Holdren and Obama nominee Cass Sunstein. In fact, Fox News personalities have been leading the charge against Jones, Holdren, Sunstein, and other Obama administration officials and nominees they have described as "czars" -- often by unearthing and criticizing statements the officials had made in the past rather than critiquing their job performance or credentials for those positions -- with Sean Hannity, for example, declaring that "my job starting tomorrow night is to get rid of every other ['czar']."
Kelly: Obama "advisers are now under scrutiny" following Van Jones resignation
From the September 8 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:
KELLY: Well, more of Obama's special advisers are now under scrutiny following the resignation of his green jobs czar.
KELLY: And now ,questions are being asked about his so-called science czar, John Holdren. Now, he is under fire for a textbook discussing population control policies like forced sterilization and mandatory abortion.
Beck led the charge against Van Jones
Beck falsely accused Van Jones of being a "convicted felon ... who spent, I think, six months in prison after the Rodney King beating." As Eva Paterson, president and founder of the Equal Justice Society, has explained, "Van [Jones] has never served time in any prison. He has never been convicted of any crime." On August 11, Beck said (transcript from the Nexis database):
BECK: We've spent some time over here. There is so much more to cover, but I want to talk to you about the green movement root. I couldn't figure out why the green movement -- here is Van Jones. This is a convicted felon, a guy who spent, I think, six months in prison after the Rodney King beating.
He was a black nationalist. He came out an anarchist and a communist. He then found the green movement was the new red. And now, he's our green jobs czar. Why is there so much money from the green movement, fund for public interest?
Beck: "Do we want communists in the United States government as special advisers to the president?" On the September 1 edition of his Fox News program, Beck aired a clip of Jones stating, "This movement is deeper than a solar panel, deeper than a solar panel. Don't stop there. Don't stop there. No, we're going to change the whole system. We're going to change the whole thing." Beck then commented in part: "When will you wake up? I know there are good, decent people -- left and right, Democrats and Republicans -- that watch this program. How much more evidence do you need that we have radicals in the White House? Oh, we haven't even begun. If you think you need more, we need to -- at least in this country -- start having the necessary discussion of: Do we want communists in the United States government as special advisers to the president?"
Beck warns companies away from Jones: "[Y]ou better wake the hell up soon, because you're in bed with communists." On the September 2 edition of his radio show, discussing Jones' interactions with business leaders, Beck stated: "I know greed plays a big role in today's companies, but companies, you better wake the hell up soon, because you're in bed with communists, and that never really works out well for the whole 'I'm a capitalist company' kind of thing."
Beck said that Jones' place in the Obama administration "says that the president has an agenda that is radical, revolutionary, and in some cases, Marxist." From the September 3 edition of Glenn Beck (transcript from the Nexis database):
BECK: During the campaign, the president said, "If you want to know what my policies are, you have to look to the people I surround myself with." So, I did.
Van Jones. Van Jones -- he is our green jobs czar. He said the same thing, except he said, quote, "Personnel is policy." Well, what does that tell you? Well, in the case of Van Jones, and several others in this administration, it says that the president has an agenda that is radical, revolutionary, and in some cases, Marxist.
We have laid this case out before you and for several weeks, and we didn't just tell you these things, we showed you the video in their own words. But, for the last 24 hours, everybody in the media has been talking about Van Jones and what he said about the Republicans. Apparently, what has captured the attention of so many people since we played this video yesterday is the fact that Van Jones called the Republicans a naughty name in February of this year. Well, Van Jones has apologized. He's sorry. He said the "A" word about Republicans.
He's not sorry, however -- let me show you. He's sorry about calling the Republicans this, but he's not sorry at all about these things -- that he's a self-avowed communist. Not sorry about that. That he says that we need a whole new system -- no apology. No apology for his freeing -- what was that guy's name, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the communist cop killer in Philadelphia.
Beck attacks on Jones follow ad boycott of Beck's show led by group Jones founded. Many of Beck's attacks on Jones occurred after ColorofChange.org -- a group co-founded by Jones -- initiated a campaign calling on Beck's Fox News advertisers to stop sponsoring his show. The campaign came in response to Beck's claim that Obama is a "racist" who "has a deep-seeded hatred for white people." According to the group, 62 companies have stated that they will no longer advertise on Beck's show.
After Jones resignation, Fox personalities list other targets
Glenn Beck urged followers to "Find everything you can on Cass Sunstein, Mark Lloyd, and Carol Browner." From Beck's Twitter feed:
Fox Business' Eric Bolling: "Van Jones resigns ... How about J Holdren Science Czar (mass sterilization) and Cass Susstein [sic]." From Bolling's Twitter feed:
Sean Hannity: "We got rid of one [czar], and my job, starting tomorrow night is to get rid of every other one. I promise you that." As the Think Progress blog noted, at a September 7 rally in West Virginia, Hannity said:
HANNITY: Do you want another czar?
CROWD: No!
HANNITY: I don't think so. By the way, we got one -- we got rid of one, and my job starting tomorrow night is to get rid of every other one. I promise you that.
Fox personalities repeatedly attacked "czars," Obama administration officials
Hannity falsely claims Holdren "advocated compulsory abortion" On the September 8 edition of his Fox News show, Sean Hannity forwarded the false conservative talking point -- which PolitiFact.com gave "Pants on Fire" status -- that White House science and technology adviser John Holdren "advocated compulsory abortion" and "spoke out in defense of compulsory abortion and sterilization." In fact, Holdren never "advocated" for any kind of involuntary birth control; he co-authored an environmental sciences book more than 30 years ago that discusses "compulsory control of family size" including abortion and sterilization as a possible consequence for countries whose expanding birth rates are not curbed by "milder methods."
Beck: "Cass Sunstein and John Holdren and Mark Lloyd and the list goes on and on" are "radical[s]."
BECK: This guy is still a radical -- just like Cass Sunstein and John Holdren and Carol Browner and Mark Lloyd and the list goes on and on and on.
Now, some in the White House may be uncomfortable calling these individuals radicals or revolutionaries or communists, but I'm not. I'm not. The best thing I can do is ask you, America, are you comfortable with their viewpoints? [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 8/31/09]
After mentioning Wright and Ayers, Beck suggests Holdren supports "forced abortions," attacks Sunstein for "want[ing] animals to be able to sue you in court."
BECK: In 20 years at Jeremiah Wright's church, Obama only ever heard the pastor talk about rain-colored -- you know, rainbow-colored unicorns. William Ayers, co-founder of the domestic terror group the Weather Underground -- Obama says, "I was really young when all that happened. I didn't know that he was blowing stuff up."
For the love of Pete! He said a friend introduced them. You're going over to a guy who was a terrorist, who blew up the Pentagon. Do you not tell your friend that you're going to introduce him to -- do you not say, "By the way, don't say anything about blowing up buildings. He kind of did some stuff."
You didn't know that? You didn't know about Rashid Khalidi's compassionate feelings for terrorists. Now, communist Van Jones - didn't know? I don't know. Science czar John Holdren. Is the president for the forced abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water? How about regulatory czar Cass Sunstein? He wants animals to be able to sue you in court. [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 9/3/09]
Hannity and Malkin attack Ron Bloom, can't decide if he's "manufacturing czar" or "green jobs czar." Beck stated to Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin on September 8, "Michelle, I want to talk to you a little about, first of all, the new guy that was appointed yesterday. What is his name? He's the new green jobs czar." Malkin responded "Ron Bloom." Malkin later called Bloom "a union hatchet man" who decided to "insinuate himself in the business world, understand how their antagonists and enemies work, and then go back into the labor union and use what he knew to shake down and to make them bend to their will." Later that same evening, in a "Land of the Czars" segment, Hannity asserted "Meet Ron Bloom. He is the man President Obama has tapped to be his manufacturing czar." Moments later, Hannity stated: "Now we're going to continue to highlight the revolving door of radicals and lobbyists joining this administration in the days ahead."
On Fox Business Channel, Willard asks if Ron Bloom is "another extreme socialist in our midst." Teasing an upcoming segment on the September 8 edition of Fox Business' Happy Hour, Cody Willard stated: "As one czar leaves another comes in. But will a secret from Ron Bloom's past mean there's yet another extreme socialist in our midst?" During the following segment, Bolling quoted a report that "much of Bloom's early life revolved around Habonim, now known as Habonim Dror, a progressive Labor Zionist youth movement that emphasizes cultural Judaism, socialism and social justice."
Beck calls Carol Browner a "socialist"; Malkin asserts "I have been warning about energy czar Carol Browner since December." During her appearance on Beck on September 8, Malkin also attacked Obama administration official Carol Browner, stating "I have been warning about energy czar Carol Browner since December. I followed her career, her subversion of transparency." On the August 25 edition of his show, Beck called Browner a "socialist" who "ha[s] the ear of the president of the United States" based on Browner's involvement with Socialists International, an international federation of progressive parties that includes the British and Israeli Labor parties as constituent members.
Hannity: "Health reform czar" Nancy-Ann DeParle is a member of "Obama's shadow government" who worked for companies that "were targeted in serious federal investigations." From the July 16 edition of Hannity:
HANNITY: Now it's time once again to take a closer look at one of the many figures in President Obama's shadow government. Let's go now to the "Land of Czars."
All right. Meet Nancy-Ann DeParle, the unconfirmed health reform czar of the Obama administration. Now, this former Clinton aide has been widely criticized for her close ties to corporations in the health care industry. And according to American University, many of the companies that she at one time worked for were targeted in serious federal investigations and accused of kickback schemes and other ethical violations.
Doocy: Obama administration aide Mark Lloyd "has stated that the United States should model its media after Venezuela." On September 8, Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy stated: "[H]ere in this country, Mark Lloyd, who is a controversial chief of diversity -- the officer at the FCC. He has stated that the United States should model its media after Venezuela."
Kelly: Betsy McCaughey has outlined how Ezekiel Emanuel "has got some rather -- some might call them radical proposals for revision to our health care system." On the August 10 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom, Kelly asserted of McCaughey: "[S]he outlines how Rahm Emanuel's brother Ezekiel Emanuel has got some rather -- some might call them radical proposals for revision to our health care system." As Media Matters documented, McCaughey actually distorted various passages of Emanuel's writings and interviews by cropping and misrepresenting his remarks -- some of which The New York Times had described in context only days earlier -- to smear him as "Obama's Health Rationer-in-Chief."
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The Cubs are heading into this series on a high note coming off a three game sweep in Pittsburgh, a sweep that put a major dent in the Pirates playoff hopes. It will be quite the different atmosphere in Houston as this three game set will be a battle for the first pick in the draft. Huge crowds usually don't turn out for these types of series, couple that with the NFL season getting underway and it could be a very empty ballpark. The Cubs shouldn't worry about that, they should worry about going out there and getting better with each game, and trying to win a job for next year. Two guys that have jobs locked up for next year, Starlin Castro, and Anthony Rizzo, are leading the Cubs charge as both are red-hot at the plate. Castro is hitting .333 in September, and Rizzo is hitting a whopping .382 during the month, unfortunately that hasn't translated to many win as the Cubs are a less than stellar 3-6. If the Cubs want to extend their winning streak this week they are going to need the starting staff to step up as it will now be without Samardzija for the rest of 2012.
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Here are the pitching matchups for the four game series.
Monday September 10, 2012
Cubs: Chris Volstad (2-10, 6.23 ERA)
Houston: Dallas Keuchel (1-7, 5.54 ERA)
Tuesday September 11, 2012
Cubs: Justin Germano (2-6, 6.95 ERA)
Houston: Jordan Lyles (3-11, 5.55 ERA)
Wednesday September 12, 2012
Cubs: Travis Wood (5-11, 4.42 ERA)
Houston: Fernando Abad (0-3, 5.30 ERA)
Season Series: Chicago leads 5-4
Prediction: Cubs win series 2-1
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Activision Threatens EA For Agreeing To Publish Game Activision Dropped
from the once-it's-dropped,-it-stays-dropped,-dammit dept
Except, now, Activision has sent a nastygram to EA saying that it still owns the rights to publish Brutal Legend, and EA is infringing on those rights. Of course, Activision has still made it clear that it actually has no intention of releasing the game, which doesn't match with its current focus. Instead, this is a pretty clear money grab -- trying to get EA to pay up. EA seems to have a good response, though:
We doubt that Activision would try to sue. That would be like a husband abandoning his family and then suing after his wife meets a better looking guy.