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By Neil Parker, chief strategy officer, Co Collective
Just a few months ago, I witnessed retail's present and future collide in a Best Buy (BBY). It was ugly. A twenty-something couple fiddled around with the flat screen TVs on display; mauling the remotes, thumping the speakers, and generally behaving like carefree shoppers. When they settled on a Samsung LED model, the guy whipped out his phone, captured a QR code on the TV, and beamed it up to the web to check for more favorable prices.
"It's 49 bucks cheaper through Amazon," he said to his girlfriend.
They rubbed salt into Best Buy's wound by ordering the TV online while still standing in the store, enjoying Best Buy's endless display models, all to the benefit of Amazon (amzn) — and themselves, of course.
Even though this story contains many elements of retail's future, like hand held devices, the web, and empowered consumers; this isn't sustainable for retailers with boots on the ground. Fantasy futures aside, real-world stores are here to stay.
Death of retail, really?
Back in 1998, Nicolas Negroponte predicted the death of retail as we knew it. While he was correct to say that the Internet would transform shopping, he was wrong to think it would be the end of physical stores. Still, they are changing, no doubt. For instance, there's the Shopbox, a self-conscious Brooklyn pop up store selling that borough's playful bohemianism in the form of products like the Thing-o-Matic and Wiffle balls. The showroom is a shipping container, with a big picture window and no clear entrance. Recently, when the store had to move, a crane just picked it up and carried it to a new spot.
You are not going to be flirting with any sales clerks at this store. Instead of stepping inside, you examine the goods through a window. When you want to buy something, you text your order to Shopbox and they ship the stuff straight to your house.
This ties in nicely with the fairly common practice in Europe of paying for goods via cellphone. Korean grocer, Home Plus, a division of English giant Tesco (TESO), pioneered this concept. To expand their market, they set up 2-D posters of a typical grocery aisle on the walls of commuter rail stations. They included milk, juice, dumplings, bibimbap sauce and everything else you'd expect from a grocery store in Korea. Except none of it was real. Feed an item's QR code into your smart phone, and that food goes into your online shopping cart, to be delivered straight to your home. Why waste time in a store when you're already wasting time at the train station?
In a way, these examples flip the recent retail experience on its head, so that the goods seek out the consumer, rather than the consumer going shopping. It's almost like the days when men drove wagons from farm to farm, pots and pans clinking to announce there were dry goods for sale. Of course, a big difference is that the proprietor of the traveling general store had to guess what his customers wanted, and his customers' wants were pretty much limited to the proprietor's offerings. There was little back and forth.
Given the way technology moves, it's easy now for retailers to target us with specific goods that we will want as we move through our lives, based on our previous purchases and our interests, and the fact that our behavior is often traceable. In the future — and sometimes even now — our every step will be studied for opportunities to sell, and offers and coupons will flood our phones as we wander from neighborhood to neighborhood. The phone (or whatever device replaces it) will know when you are thirsty, and guide you towards an organic smoothie cart.
Soon, an actress may appear on your TV screen wearing a great pair of shoes that seem perfect for you. Rather than waiting patiently to go online or, God forbid, visit an actual store, you'll be able to wave your phone at the screen and buy the shoes instantly. Curiously, your neighbor, watching the same show in her own apartment, will see a different pair of shoes that suit her perfectly.
Farewell physical store? Not so fast.
But the future does not belong entirely to a Jetsons world of machines and robots and data aggregation. Stores will still matter. People will still exist. But we'll all be affected by these changes. For instance, car mechanics are already starting to install video links so customers can monitor what they are doing to their engines (Google "trust car mechanics" if you want to know why.).
Stores offer things that the online experience just can't match — like actual clothes to try on. In Spain, Diesel stores already offer dressing rooms with Facebook links so you can poll your friends on the looks you're trying on. Websites like gotryiton let you poll your social community for opinions on the outfit you want to buy.
In-store communities are playing a bigger role, too, as retail outlets build loyalty, trust and sales by fostering genuine communities. It's not necessarily done with online tools, either. Repeat Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong owns a bike shop called Mellow Johnny's, in his hometown of Austin, Texas, that offers free showers for bike commuters, free classes, and even a café where you can recharge before going on one of the shop's group bike rides. And community members are even starting to determine what gets made and sold at some stores. Made, a U.K. furniture retailer, already lets customers vote online for which pieces of furniture it should manufacture. This is a disruption of the classic top-down, designer-to-consumer model, and the start of a genuinely new retail hierarchy.
In a potentially powerful twist on this trend, there's carrotmob. This group was formed to influence corporations to behave in ways it thinks are ethical by rewarding good corporate behavior with good, money-spending customers. The idea is that the old technique of boycotting stores is negative, antagonistic, and ineffective. But rewarding them actually works to foster change.
Linking all these examples is a new challenge for retail brands: shift from being the source of great goods or great prices, to being the curator of a unique set of experiences that connect people with each other as well as with products. A good example of this is Wal-Mart's (wmt) Shopycat, a gift-selecting service that recommends presents based on the recipients' "Likes" and online behavior.
It's a form of branding that's a lot less about logos and advertising, and a lot more about storytelling through utility — less about the "positioning" of a store brand, and more about investing in innovative services that help the customer wherever they are.
So, maybe the future of retail will involve stores behaving like horses, chasing the carrots that consumers offer them. Sounds positive. And if it's lucrative, all the better.


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With a high of 75 and clear skies predicted for Friday (Aug. 3), a heat wave of Latin rhythms is headed for Advertiser Cedarbrook Lodge, SeaTac's hidden jewel of a resort that will play host to 'Jazz on the Lawn' this Friday, Aug. 3.
The climate should be perfect for enjoying an evening out of doors at the third outdoor concert, which runs from 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Whether patio dining, sipping a cool cocktail or simply chilling on the lodge's lush lawn, guests will be entranced by the sultry Afro-Cuban sounds of Sonando [1]. The expansive instrumental ensemble has been performing for more than two decades, with a cast of mainstay performers and a variety of rotating guests. The group relies on founder Fred Hoadley's piano as a backbone for many selections in their repertoire, but Hoadley also lends his talents to the tres, a Cuban style guitar with three courses of double strings, which gives a distinctly rich sound to the band's most recent recording aptly named Tres. Selections on the recording range from traditional tunes, such as "Soima" to the lively "Bombella (Abdullah Ibrahim)" to the subtle cha-cha interpretation of Victor Young's "Delilah."
Here's a video taste of what to expect:
Along with the soothing sounds, guests can charm their palates with gourmet small plates, local wines and beers available from Copperleaf's cash bar.
Tickets for the concerts are available from Brown Paper Tickets and are $20 advance or $25 at the door.
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CBS late-night hosts David Letterman and Craig Fergsuson have re-upped their contracts with CBS through 2014.
As part of this new deal, Ferguson's "Late Late Show" will move to a larger stage at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, and CBS will co-produce the series with Worldwide Pants, Inc., which also produces Letterman's "Late Show."
Letterman, who recently surpassed mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-running late night host, debuted "The Late Show" on CBS on Aug. 30, 1993. The former host of NBC's "Late Night" recently celebrated his 30 year on the air.
The deal continues CBS's late night stability two years after NBC's late night reshuffling, which led to Letterman rival Jay Leno reclaiming "The Tonight Show" and Conan O'Brien to TBS.
"David Letterman is a late night legend with an iconic show and Craig Ferguson continues to evolve the genre in exciting and innovative ways," said Nina Tassler, CBS' president of entertainment. "These new agreements deliver ongoing high-quality entertainment for our audience and continued strength and stability for CBS in late night."
"The Late Show" has won nine Emmy Awards, including six for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program. Ferguson's show won a Peabody Award in 2009.


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The Condition of the Condition (B-Space Outline #2)
This is the third article in an ongoing series of works about a project I'm calling Code Name: B-Space. You can read "ground zero" of the piece here for some background, and installment 1 can be found here. In this segment, we'll be fleshing out the third of the three …Wait! Don't stop there!


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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University women's tennis team opens its season at home this weekend with a pair of Sunshine State Conference matches.
The Buccaneers (4-0, 2-0 SSC) host Eckerd (0-3,0-3) at 10 a.m. Saturday in the home opener at Buccaneer Tennis Center. The big match comes the next day when Barry, ranked No. 1 in the South Region, squares off against Saint Leo, the No. 2 team in the South. Saint Leo enters the weekend with a 5-1 overall, 2-0 SSC record after upsetting Lynn last weekend.
Barry is ranked No. 5 in the nation. Saint Leo is No. 12. Barry's Linda Fritschken is ranked No. 19 nationally in singles. Saint Leo's Laura Kemkes is ranked No. 18. Barry's doubles team of Fritschken and Isabela Miro is ranked No. 18. Saint Leo's doubles pair of Adrianna Daszkiewicz and Emily Singleton is No. 25.
"I think the girls are excited to compete against some good teams in our conference," Buccaneers assistant coach Maria Lopez said. "This is what we prepare for. It's good to see that the teams in our conference are getting stronger."
The Buccaneers men's team will also play Eckerd (0-3, 0-3 SSC) at 10 a.m. Saturday. Ranked No. 3 in the South Region, Barry (4-0, 3-0 SSC) meets No. 5 Saint Leo (4-2, 1-1 SSC) at noon Sunday. The Bucs are ranked No. 4 in the nation. Saint Leo is ranked No. 12.
Barry's Marco Mokrzycki is ranked No. 7 in the nation in singles. Fabian Groetsch is No. 16. Saint Leo's Aloua Adjenak is ranked No. 21. Matt Nicholson-Lewis is ranked No. 29, and Victor Lozier is No. 35. Mokrzycki and Groetsch are the No. 2 doubles team in the country. Saint Leo's Lozier and Nicholson-Lewis are No. 7.
All fans attending the men's matches can enjoy free hamburgers and hot dogs Saturday and Sunday.
"It's great because we can finally play at home," Lopez said. "It'll give them a good taste of what they'll see throughout the year."


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With the rise of both structured and unstructured data and the rapid proliferation of technology, virtualization has become critical to helping organizations handle unprecedented technological challenges in terms of performance and capacity.
However, virtualization technology does not come without its challenges. A majority of IT professionals are facing occasional or ongoing storage performance issues as they look to maintain highly virtualized data center environments that can keep up with business growth, according to a recent report from Tegile Systems and ActualTech Media on the "State of Storage in Virtualization."
The survey is based on conversations with over 1,000 IT professionals. The following slides explore the results of this research, highlighting the state of virtualization within the data center, common challenges, and the technology being leveraged to rise above these hurdles.
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Justin Bieber Shares 'Hold Tight' Video Comprised of Live 'One Less Lonely Girl' Footage
Beliebers, you guys are going to lurve the video that Justin Bieber shared for his new song 'Hold Tight.'
It's comprised of footage from his famous 'One Less Lonely Girl' performances during his concerts, in which he invites one very lucky female Belieber on stage, serenades her, hugs her, dances with her and puts a crown of flowers in her hair, set to the new song 'Hold Tight.' That makes sense, since he is holding tight to the Beliebers in the clips.
Swoon! Most of the lucky ladies cry and can't even handle the fact that they were the chosen one (less lonely girl).
We bet most, if not all, Beliebers wish it was them on that stage, serving as The Biebs' OLLG!
It's a cute composite of clips from his concerts, with some backstage footage mixed in. For all the Beliebers worrying about his retirement... chillax. The Biebs is here to stay.


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Standard ECMA-183
Data Interchange on 130 mm Optical Disk
Cartridges - Capacity: 1 Gigabyte per Cartridge
(December 1992)
This Ecma Standard specifies the characteristics of 130 mm optical disk cartridges (ODCs) with a capacity of 1 Gigabyte per cartridge. The standard specifies two related, but different implementations of such cartridges:
Type R/WProvides for data to be written, read and erased many times over the whole of both recording surfaces of the disk using the thermo-magnetic and magneto-optical effects.
Type WOProvides write once, read multiple functionality on both disk surfaces using the thermo-magnetic and magneto-optical effects.
This Ecma Standard specifies:
This Ecma Standard provides for interchange between optical disk drives. Together with a standard for volume and file structure, it provides for full data interchange between data processing systems. Interchange involves the ability to write, read and erase data without introducing any error.
The following files can be freely downloaded:
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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
On Friday, Oct. 25, Lady Knight volleyball coach Rich Heitz stood, stunned, at the bench while his team swarmed the center of the court in celebration.
The single number etched across the gym wall for senior night festivities drove home the point that Southington is still a young and up-and-coming team, but the final score signaled something else.
Heitz called his team to the far wall to congratulate them for a truly special night.
"I loved watching these teams play tonight," said the coach. "I called all three teams over—freshman, junior varsity, and varsity—and told them that this was just a truly gutty performance. We've struggled at times with them believing in themselves, but we fought through it. We had a lot of matches where we'd get up 18-18 or 20-20 but start to doubt ourselves. Tonight, we didn't do that."
Few would have predicted the upset because Coventry is the uncontested measuring stick for girls volleyball in the state of Connecticut. The Lady Patriots have reached the Class S final game in every season since 2003 with nine state titles and one runner up season. Since 2005, the Patriots have only lost five times.
Southington has earned two of those upsets. The first Lady Knight victory came when Lady Knight captain Allison McCormick was in eighth grade, so this was the perfect celebration for Southington's only senior on her final regular season home game.
"This was very special for me," said the defensive specialist, who went 10-for 12 serving with two kills and 20 digs. "We had a little bit of trouble at the beginning of the season with our cohesiveness, but I really think we brought it tonight. This is what we really needed."
At the start, it didn't look to be Southington's night. Coventry rattled off seven of the first eight points in the game, and that forced Heitz to call his first of two timeouts in the game. He huddled the team and pointed at the scoreboard.
"We looked like we had already lost," said Heitz. "I told them that it was four years ago in this very gym that I called a timeout when we were behind 7-1 in the first set, and we came back to win. I think that picked them up a little bit. We came back to play even with them the rest of the set."
Despite the shift in momentum, Coventry cruised to a nine point victory in game one, but Southington took a quick, 9-6 lead in game two. That was the spark that the Knights needed. The mental errors stopped. The serves became crisper, and Southington dictated the pace as they scrambled for three straight wins, 25-19, 27-25, and 26-24.
"They made a lot of errors on their side," said Heitz. "We did too, but when it became tighter at the end, we just made fewer errors than they did."
In each of the last two games, Southington held off a late Coventry run to get the win.
Southington served 86 percent from the line (80-for-93). Caroline Barry had 12 kills, a block, and nine digs. Maryssa Romano collected 11 kills and 13 digs. Morgan McCarthy scattered 34 assists and 10 digs, and Southington received big contributions from 11 different players.
"I thought that, at every time when we needed somebody to make a big play, somebody did," said Heitz. "Whenever we needed it, somebody rose to the occasion."
"Cohesiveness is a big factor," said McCormick. "Yesterday, Coach Heitz gave us a packet to read. It was about mental toughness, and that was a big factor tonight. We just clicked. Somebody brought up the packet, and that reminded us. It's all we needed. I'm really proud of my team."
With the victory, Southington improved to 13-6 overall and are tied for 13th in the Class LL rankings. Last year, the Lady Knights came just one game from the Class LL finals as a 12th seed. Heitz hopes that the Coventry win can spark another postseason rally.
"We can't let it go to our heads. We still have to come out and play, but now they can truly believe that we can compete with anyone," said the coach. "If we work hard, we can get our lucky breaks. The main thing is that I want them to know that we can do it. I think tonight accomplished a lot towards that."
Newington win
On Monday, Oct. 21, the Knights began their final week with a 3-1 win over Newington. Romano (18 kills) and Barry (11 kills) led the attack at the net. Barry (7 aces) and Samantha Loehneiss (5 aces) paced the servers. McCarthy finished with 36 assists. McCormick (18 digs), Romano (15 digs), and McCarthy (10 digs) anchored the defense.
Southington won the first two games, 25-16 and 25-18, before dropping game three, 27-25. The Knights responded with a 28-26 win to clinch the series.
New Britain shutout
On Wednesday, Oct. 23, Southington cruised to their fifth shutout of the season with a 3-0 win at New Britain.
Sylwia Lewkowicz (7 kills) and Barry (6 kills) led the Knights at the net. McCarthy distributed 15 assists. Kateri Downes and McCormick scored nine kills apiece, and Southington won in straight sets, 25-6, 25-15, and 25-16.
With the win, Southington improved to 10-4 in conference play to finish third in the CCC West behind Farmington (14-0) and Simsbury (12-2).


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Three former student-athletes who ranked among the very best in their sports, and one of the Athletic Department's most successful coaches, are the four people who will be enshrined into the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame in November as the school honors its athletic legacy with the 38th annual induction ceremony.
The 2012 Hall of Fame Class will be honored during Homecoming weekend, Nov. 2-3. The induction will take place at the Hall of Fame Dinner Friday evening, and the group will also recognized at the Homecoming football game Saturday, Nov. 3, against Eastern Illinois.
Two of the former athletes to be honored come from the football program, and one is from the women's basketball team. The coach selected headed up the Tech men's and women's tennis teams. This year's inductees are:
- Ken Fults, a four-year member of the Tennessee Tech football team who was part of the historic Golden Eagle squad that took home four consecutive Ohio Valley Conference titles, from 1958-61. A two-time all-OVC selection, Fults was a third-team all-America pick as a senior.
- Janet Holt, a 2002 graduate who led the TTU women's basketball team to four OVC championships and two NCAA appearances. She was a three-time OVC Player of the Year, four-time all-OVC, Kodak all-Region pick and CoSIDA Academic All-American.
- Grant Swallows not only established numerous records while serving as quarterback of the Golden Eagle football team from 1999-2002, he was an all-OVC honoree, won the league's Steve Hamilton Sportsmanship Award, the Robert Hill Johnson Award and the Sonny Allen Leadership Award, and was selected CoSIDA Academic all-district. He was the first person ever chosen as both Tech's Male Athlete of the Year and Man of the Year.
- Randy Smith served successfully at Tennessee Tech, first as a student-athlete and later a both an administrator and coach, retiring from those roles in 2006. His coaching career includes four Ohio Valley Conference Tennis Coach of the Year honors, two with the men's team and two with the women's team. His list of responsibilities as an administrator continued to grow during his 11 years. At his retirement, he was Associate Athletics Director for Operations, Facilities and Capital Projects.
In-depth information on each of the four inductees will be announced in October as the ceremony approaches.
Tickets to the Hall of Fame Dinner and the Homecoming football game are available by calling (931) 372-3940, or through the Athletics ticket office in Eblen Center. Reservations must be made for the dinner, and tickets are $25 each.


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Registration deadline for Holy Land pilgrimage extended to Oct. 6
Follow in the footsteps of Jesus during an 11-day tour to the Holy Land in January 2015. Sponsored by U.S. Catholic and Catholic Theological Union.
U.S. Catholic magazine and Catholic Theological Union (CTU) invite you to join us in an exciting new venture—our first joint pilgrimage to the Holy Land!
Our January 17-27, 2015 tour will be led by CTU's noted scripture scholar and Jerusalem expert Franciscan Father Leslie J. Hoppe. Hoppe is not only the author of many outstanding books on the Old Testament and biblical archaeology (including: The Holy City: Jerusalem in the Theology of the Old Testament), he has participated in several archaeological projects in Upper Galilee and has served as the director of CTU's fall study program in Jerusalem. Check out Hoppe's "primer on the Old Testament" in this interview from the U.S. Catholic archives.
Joining us on the tour will also be U.S. Catholic's popular and award-winning Testaments columnist Alice Camille, the author of many best-selling books on scripture, who will lead reflections, prayers, and discussions during the tour.
We will pray in Nazareth at the place where the "Word became flesh" through Mary's "yes." We will visit the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, walk around Manger Square, and visit Shepherd's Field. We will see the Mount of Beatitudes and take a boat tour on the Sea of Galilee. And we will retrace the steps of Jesus in Jerusalem: the Upper Room, Gethsemane, the Way of the Cross, Calvary, and the site of the Empty Tomb.
This unforgettable 11-day pilgrimage will include daily celebrations of Mass at many sites that were significant in Jesus' life and countless opportunities to contemplate our Christian faith where it all began. We will also meet with Israelis and Palestinians and will pray for a just peace in the land where Jesus, the Prince of Peace, was born!
Please join us on this extraordinary journey of faith and hope. And please consider organizing a group from your own parish, Bible study, or circle of friends to come with you. For a parish bulletin announcement for this pilgrimage, please click here.
Tour packages (incl. airfare, hotel, meals, and transportation) start at $3,190 (departing from New York) or $3,290 (departing from Chicago). For more information, please see the detailed brochure (with itinerary, pricing, terms and conditions, and enrollment form) here, or e-mail emundsm[at]claretians.org.
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As we embark on the fifth season with our favorite Atlanta housewives, there's a new mean girl in town. Kenya Moore, the second black woman to join the ranks of beauties as MISS USA, shows her ugly side as a judge for JET magazine Black Beauty of The Week casting.
Our ears are still ringing from her sounding off about some of the contestants' "coochie crack," showing in their swimsuits. But more on Kenya later.
In other housewives-related news, even if you had been under a rock all summer you still heard that NeNe Leakes has more than self-proclaimed long money -- yes she's "rich b----." Forbes ranked this housewife's net worth at $4.5 million earlier this year ... well okay NeNe.
This episode, NeNe travels to L.A. for a few meetings and negotiations with TV creator and producer Ryan Murphy for her latest business venture, an acting role on NBC's "The New Normal." We see NeNe is putting her over-the-top dramatics to good use with a few acting roles.
As the pair discusses possibly adding another male character to the script in the form of a brother or love interest to NeNe, she is making her negotiations with the men in her personal life as well.
NeNe and estranged ex-husband Gregg Leakes are trying to work out their rocky relationship. He said you don't let 15 years of marriage go down the drain. Agreed? And get this, Gregg wants a key to NeNe's new home. "I'm tired of ringing that bell, feels like I'm UPS." Okay Mr. Delivery Man.
Nene said she's definitely open to them rekindling their relationship, but Gregg is going to have to work hard to get her back. We're definitely questioning his motives a little. Does he just want her back because of all the lucrative business moves she has been making?
From one rock relationship to a new spark, Phaedra should maybe consider a career as a matchmaker hooking up Kandi Burruss with her new boo Todd, who works in TV production for BRAVO. The couple has been together for almost a year and has decided to take their relationship to the new level: moving in together. Kandi and Todd found a huge foreclosed property in Atlanta and paid cold, hard cash. NeNe may be rich, but it looks like Kandi is wealthy.
Kandi is hard in the middle of renovations to her new home when the green-eyed jealousy monster Kim Zolciak waddled her very pregnant self over to see Kandi's new home. Kim, who is being evicted from her own leased castle, has a few catty comments about Kandi's home.
While touring Kandi's new abode, Kim remarked that Kandi's new zip code is in the "ghetto" and that she made sure to lock her car doors when she pulled up. But wait, what home do you own again Kim? Oh okay, let's proceed.
On Kim's homefront, Sweetie, Kim's assistant, is back after being fired by Kim last season. Again this season Sweetie is helping Kim and Kroy pack up their home and look for movers since the family is being evicted from their 17,000-square-foot palace.
Kim and Kroy were renting-to-buy their home from homeowner Kim Davis. According to Kim after the renovations to the property, they decided the property was no longer worth buying and decided to leave. When they asked for a four-month extension on their lease while waiting for their new home to be built, they were forced out by the homeowners.
Sweetie proceeds to find movers and storage quotes from companies to pack up Kim and Kroy and was quoted more than $100,000 for the move. Talk about steep, especially when Kandi hired movers for only $59 per hour. What company did Sweetie call?
But we don't know a good entrepreneurial venture. When she's not playing cupid, Phaedra Parks is indulging in another over-the-top business venture. Phaedra's interest in mortuary science has been taken to a new level with her added enthusiasm in the pet business -- pet death business that is.
Phaedra's latest ambition is to be the "Vera Wang of funeral," as she inquires about starting a pet funeral business with a local vet. Although she not necessary a pet person, Phaedra finds out that most people find their pets to be an extension of their own families and want to give them a proper homecoming service like they would a human. A little creepy, but Phaedra does not let that stop her. We'll see how seriously she takes this business plan later in the season.
We catch up with Cynthia Bailey in a sort of menage-a-trois with husband Peter and ex-husband Leon, who is currently living with them. The trio gets into a lively discussion about whether Noelle, Cynthia and Leon's daughter, should continue to be homeschooled. Cynthia may have thought she knew her daughter, but Noelle surprised everyone when she said she wanted to return to public school.
Cynthia's agency, The Bailey Agency School of Fashion, holds casting auditions for JET's coveted beauty of the week and Cynthia asks newcomer Kenya Moore to join the auditions.
Kenya practically tore apart every young girl who entered the audition, mocking their swimsuits, lack of shaven pubes and flashing of "coochie crack." When one of Cynthia's assistants approached her for being rude to the girls, Kenya calls her bodyguard on the poor boy. Body guard? Really?
Cynthia may have found her backbone this season when she finally silences Kenya's rude outbursts, telling Kenya that her behavior is not one her agency or JET wants to be associated with.
We're excited to see what other mess we will see Kenya in this season. From what we can tell in the previews, this will not be her last crazy encounter with the other ladies.
Kenya seems to be involved in a few entrepreneurial ventures herself, with a production company, Moore Vision Media. But her move to Atlanta seems to be centered on being with her family and starting a family of her own with her man friend, Walter. But if she has already been asked by six guys for her hand in marriage and said no to all of them, we wonder about the caliber of guys she attracts.
All the same next week is sure to be more relationship building between NeNe and Gregg, Kandi and Todd and Kenya and Walter. We are also a little interested to see when in the season Porshe Stewart will be added.


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Sometimes genealogists look at GenealogyBank's 3,700+ newspapers and only focus on newspapers published in their home town.
Beginning researchers often concentrate on their local newspaper or other newspapers published in their state and don't think they need the rest of the content in GenealogyBank.
When I first began researching 43 years ago – I found an obituary about Edward Kemp (1863-1926) published in the New England Historic Genealogical Society's Register (NEHGS Memoirs. January 1928. pp. 103-104).
The obituary said that he was born in County Cavan, Ireland. That would have been crucial information for my Kemp research at that time. But the article also said that he was born in New York City so I erroneously concluded this was not my relative. I thought our family was "only" from Stamford, Connecticut.
It would be years later that I would again find Edward's obituary in the Register. The second time I recognized him immediately as my cousin. By then I knew that the family was from County Cavan – but I stared at that information and wondered – how was it I didn't find this earlier? And, then I recalled that I had tossed it aside because he was from New York City.
Tip: Families move to other parts of the country. Use GenealogyBank to find your family obituaries; articles, and documents – no matter where in the country these items were published. Don't assume you only want your hometown newspaper.
Let me give you an example – framed on the basic question researchers often ask – What do you have on Stamford, CT?
The question should be more precise. What do you have on Grace Stewart – who was born and married in Stamford, CT?
What was known?
Her name: Grace Toms
Approximate year/place of birth: born about 1896 in Stamford, CT
Spouse: She married "Charles Stewart"
Other: The rest of the "Toms" family lived/died in the Stamford area.
Initial searches found nothing on them.
Charles Stewart and Grace Stewart are common names.
A search of GenealogyBank for Grace Stewart yielded 1,238 results – that is just too many to sort through to find her.
I narrowed the search to just the more recent America's Obituaries section to see if I could locate her obituary notice.
That resulted in 143 hits – I could sift through those – but I first limited the search again by state – for just obituaries published in Connecticut newspapers. This time I got zero hits.
So I turned to search for her husband: Charles Stewart.
A search for him in the America's Obituaries section for all newspapers produced 632 hits. When I limited the search to just CT newspapers I found one hit, but it was not him
I then repeated the America's Obituaries section search for Grace Stewart but this time I added her middle name "Toms" to the extra search terms in "Include keywords" box.
One more try. I repeated the America's Obituaries section search for Grace Stewart but this time I added "Stamford" to the extra search terms "Include keywords" box.
Grace Stewart
Washington Post, The (DC) – February 4, 1992
Grace M. Stewart, 93, an associate judge of the Municipal Court in Washington in 1952 and 1953, died of pneumonia Feb. 1 at the Collingswood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rockville, where she was a patient for five years. She was a Washington resident off and on for 74 years.
Mrs. Stewart was appointed to the court after serving as executive assistant in the attorney general's office. She worked for the Justice Department for 24 years.
After she left Municipal Court, she was on the staff of the Senate District Committee and later became administrative director of the Washington office of Executive Manpower Corp, a recruitment firm. She retired in 1973.
A native of Stamford, Conn., Mrs. Stewart attended American University and its law school. She was a typist with the Veterans Administration before she became a lawyer at Justice.
She belonged to the Federal and Women's Bar associations and Phi Delta Delta legal fraternity.


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Last week was a busy one for SoulCycle N.Y.C., which hosted a trifecta of charity events—and yours truly was lucky enough to attend all three. Talk about an altruistic week of fitness!
It all began on Friday, April 5, with a __Revlon-__sponsored charity West Coast versus East Coast spin challenge. Hosted by Revlon's Global Brand Ambassador __Olivia Wildeand Global Artistic Director Gucci Westman, the challenge consisted of teams named after two of the new nail-enamel shades. In Santa Monica, Team Enchant spun for the cause, and in N.Y.C., Team Mesmerize worked up a sweat under the leadership of cancer survivor and fabulous SoulCycle instructor Melanie Griffith, a truly inspiring woman. Revlon donated $100 for every rider, reaching $12,200 to benefit theEntertainment Industry Foundation Revlon Run/Walk for Women,which raises money for cancer research, treatment, counseling, and outreach programs __(the event simultaneously celebrated the launch of Revlon Brilliant Strength Nail Enamel; editors were treated to manis, and mine and lasted all through the week!). Olivia and Melanie charmed the riders in the East 83rd Street studio, where I rode alongside members of the Revlon team and other beauty editors (and my boss—V.F. beauty director SunHee Grinnell). Talk about a beauty spin! It was a perfect way to start off the weekend.
A magical once-in-a-lifetime experience followed: on Thursday, April 11, SoulCycle staffers did some heavy lifting, transporting 100 bikes to the__High Line__in New York City for a special class to benefit the Friends of the High Line Fund.
Bikes were sold for $500 to $5,000, totaling more than $70,000 for the beautiful N.Y.C. landmark. Led by Master Instructors __Laurie Cole__and Stacey Griffith(who made me fall head over heels for SoulCycle during my very first class), we whirled to an upbeat playlist while the sun dipped over the Hudson River, making for a breathtaking ride. A must-visit for anyone who has never walked along its path, the High Line provides an escape above Manhattan, and it was incredible to witness the generosity of a group of people who are so dedicated to a unique and special part of our city.
The week came to a close with the second-annual__Sports Bra Challenge__ in Union Square Park on Sunday, April 14, which consisted of a fitness class for children and two separate 300-bike SoulCycle classes. The challenge was organized by the SEAK Foundation(Strive, Embrace, Achieve, Know), which aims to promote positive self-image through fitness. Eighty-five percent of the proceeds from the event—$200,000 this year (amazing!)—went to SEAK's own Builds Confidence Project, through which the foundation partners with private and public schools across the nation to create a platform for health-and-fitness education by providing gym renovations, new facilities, and after-school programs. In 2014, the project will also organize a weeklong Build Confidence Retreatfor young women dealing with body-image issues and eating disorders. The remaining 15 percent of proceeds were donated to a second organization that follows SEAK's mantra—__City of Hope's Positive Image Center,__which helps cancer patients to regain self-confidence after suffering the side effects of chemotherapy and other harsh treatments.
To draw attention to the body-insecurity issue, Sports Bra Challenge participatants had to raise a minimum of $550 and wear just their sports bra (shirtless for the men!), embracing their own self, no matter what shape or size. With the generous support of friends and family, I was able to reach $1,300 and rode proudly alongside friends, in the first class, with instructors Melanie and Stacey, while SoulCycle's Jenny Gaither(founder of SEAK) and Ayana Curtis taught the later class. I found myself uncomfortable at the start, but the surrounding upbeat and welcoming energy quickly enabled me to embrace the day's significance, and I finished my ride feeling completely empowered. Accompanied by a shining sun, fantastic music, moving words, and 600 sports-bra-clad cyclers, it was a day I will certainly never forget. Sports Bra Challenge 2014, here I come!
Thank you to Revlon, Friends of the High Line, SEAK, and, of course, SoulCycle____, for a wonderful series of charitable classes—what better way to celebrate philanthropy than with a little fitness heart and soul?
For more information: Revlon EIF Walk/Run:__ __revlonrunwalk.org; Friends of the High Line: __highline.org/about/friends-of-the-high-line;__SEAK: seakfoundation.com, twitter @seakfoundation.


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Carneys Point NJ 1969
Sister and I in 1953 ( below) and Christmas with my cousins in 1955 ( right).Just two of us but they had four more siblings after this.
My genealogy of my family has illuminated many things for me.Two generations of my family before me had a bumpier ride through life. I don't know how their Christmases all were, just a few sad anecdotes from Depression years.
My Grandfather lost his mother when he was only four. He never told me that although we were very close. He did tell me they were evicted often and their possessions scattered over the years from being tossed out at the curb. My first memory of Christmas was the bubble lights on his post WWII tree and my rag doll "Buttons" that he bought me.
In turn his wife Margaretta died when his oldest son was eight and the youngest of the four, My Mom was only 3.The three boys were for some years in St.John's Orphanage and must have spent Christmases with his family in Kensington.
Christmas in my family of origin was somewhat festive and our tree was picked out by us shortly after Thanksgiving and rooted.
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A color laser printer can be the perfect solution for small workgroups and home offices that print a high volume of color documents. The OKI C3600n ($399) color laser printer is network ready and prints at an impressive speed compared with its competition, but it's larger than most printers and lacks fancy extras such as a full-color LCD screen or a wireless print server. If you weigh performance benchmarks scores and output quality over features, size, and cost, this color laser printer is sufficient for most business uses.
Design and features
We're not very impressed with the OKI C3600n's design, but we've never been too wowed by laser printers in general. It seems that at the business level, manufacturers spend more time on efficiency rather than aesthetic innovation, and this printer certainly adheres to that model. The matte white C3600n measures 11.4 inches tall by 14.7 inches wide by 18.8 inches deep and weighs approximately 46 pounds, according to OKI. We wouldn't call it a behemoth, but it's larger than the Samsung CLP-315W that is only 9.6 inches tall by 15.3 inches wide by 12.3 inches deep. The OKI also weighs more than 20 pounds more than the Samsung, so people with limited desk space will probably be happier with a more compact machine.
You'll find all the ports you need to connect the printer to your computer (including the power plug) on the back of the chassis, including a USB and an Ethernet port for networking across multiple systems. One useful feature absent on the OKI C3600n is a front-mount USB port for connecting PictBridge-compatible cameras or direct printing from a USB flash storage drive–you can find such a port on the aforementioned Brother HL-4040CN.
Since it's only a single function laser printer, there aren't many extra features to discuss, but we commend OKI for including a 400MHz processor and a hefty 128MB of memory that lets it handle bigger print jobs than the competition. You can even upgrade to a maximum 640MB of memory. Comparatively, the Dell 1320c, released two years ago, shipped with a 333MHz processor and just 64MB of nonexpandable memory.
The C3600n's CMYK toner cartridges are individually separated and sit directly underneath the top cover, lined up in a horizontal row. The printer ships with "standard" capacity cartridges–according to OKI, the black cartridge lasts for 1,500 pages and each of the three-color cartridges will last for 1,000 prints. Using the prices on OKI's Web site, the cost to replace them is $51 and $60, respectively, but OKI also offers high capacity toner that can print 2,500 black pages for $73 and 2,000 color pages for $105. Using the high capacity toner for best value, you can expect to spend about 2.9 cents for a black-only page and 5.3 cents per color page, a fair price by today's printing costs.. Finally, the recommended monthly duty cycle for this printer is 35,000 pages, which is more than adequate for small businesses and workgroups.
The OKI C3600n fared well in a direct output speed comparison with three other color laser printers. It placed second best in all of our tests just behind the Brother HL-4040CN, a similarly priced single-function laser. As a matter of fact, it printed black text at almost the exact same speed, scoring 15.61 pages per minute compared with the Brother's 15.66. It couldn't keep up with the Samsung CLP-310W in the color presentation test, but it's safe to say that you won't be waiting too long for any document using this printer.
The OKI also performs well in all of our print quality tests. Black text looks as good as we expect from a laser printer, with bold line formation and smooth gradation along font size scales. It also handled our graphics text admirably, showing excellent signs of color separation and sharp image distinction, even in some of the subtle blending detail. As expected, some of the images look a little smudgy and pixelated, but the general print quality across presentations, graphics, and simple text strengthen our overall impression of this printer.


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Today's comedy segment comes courtesy of the madcaps at the European Union. Picking on the Europeans has become cliché, especially when they hand you such lame material, like the EU-produced video below that is supposed to convey . . . what, exactly? Moviegoers may think it a slightly wacky homage to Tarantino's Kill Bill, showing that Europeans are so much more civilized because they'd sit down and charm their opponents rather than slice them up.
But the real punch line is that the European Union has withdrawn the video because it is—wait for it—racist! As Denis Boyles comments over on NRO's Corner, "And for all we know, this isn't a propaganda film so much as a security breach: It clearly reveals the E.U.'s defense strategy, which is based on stern disapproval."


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Dog adopted after 15 months at SPCA
Dog adopted after 15 months at Moncton SPCA
Last Updated: Thursday, December 10, 2009 | 8:38 AM AT Comments8Recommend10CBC News
Chance spent 15 months in the Moncton SPCA shelter before he was finally adopted. (Submitted by SPCA)After 15 months of staying at the Moncton SPCA's shelter, Chance the dog finally got his chance to find a new home.
The 10-year-old Shepherd-Husky mix had been at the Moncton SPCA for 15 months, setting the record for the longest stay at the animal shelter before being adopted.
Chance came to the shelter in a bad state. He wasn't good around kids or cats, so he needed a bit of socializing.
But it didn't take long before he became a favourite of volunteers, such as Andrée Cormier.
"He kinda, like, grew on everyone. You know all the employees and volunteers loved him," Cormier said.
"He was the type of dog you know you can just watch TV and he'll lay down next to your feet and all he's asking for is love and a warm bed."
So Chance's adoption is bittersweet as the shelter says goodbye to the dog.
"When you volunteer at the SPCA, you try not to get too attached," Cormier said.
"I can't help it, I always end up having a few favourites and Chance definitely ended up being one of my favourites."
Mathieu Lavoie, who adopted Chance, said he had an instant connection with the dog.
"He was a big favourite out there. I mean he's easy to get along with so that's what really attracted to me," Lavoie said.
"Just how he is, I mean I call him the Big Easy. [He is an] easy dog to get along with pretty playful."
Lavoie's father recently had a stroke so he's figuring Chance will make a great companion for him, too.
Cat maid to:
Jasper, male Ragdoll ?? (approx 10 yrs)
Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 7 yrs)
Sweet Pea RIP (2004?-2014)
Puddles RIP (1996-2014)
Snowball RIP (1991-2005)
In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.-English Proverb
While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. Stephen R. Covey
I'm so glad he was given a chance for a loving home.
There are only two rules at my house: House rule #1. Cats rule. House rule #2. See rule #1.
What a great story! for Chance in his new home!
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
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March 28, 2011
Dear Editor,
On behalf of the board of directors, I wish to thank Ben Krupinski and his crew for the recent renovation at the Springs Parsons House, home of the Springs Library. Mr. Krupinski, with great generosity and community spirit, undertook this work at no cost to our society or the town, which owns the building, and we and our patrons are most grateful.
The children's room has been repainted and new lighting installed. The room above, which had been unusable, has a new floor, new windows, insulation, and ceiling, as well as electric outlets. The back stoop is now weatherproofed and appears very elegant, as does that side of the building, with new shingles and painted windows.
We also wish to acknowledge the director of the East Hampton Library, Dennis Fabiszak, who contacted Mr. Krupinski about the building's needs.
We invite the public to come and see for itself the results of community spirit.
Springs Historical Society


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Smoking, the act of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material. A variety of plant materials are smoked, including marijuana and hashish, but the act is most commonly associated with tobacco as smoked in a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Tobacco contains nicotine, an alkaloid that is addictive and can have both stimulating and tranquilizing psychoactive effects. The smoking of tobacco, long practiced by American Indians, was introduced to Europe by Christopher Columbus and other explorers. Smoking soon spread to other areas and today is widely practiced around the world despite medical, social, and religious arguments against it.
Smoking and health
At the dawn of the 20th century, the most common tobacco products were cigars, pipe tobacco, and chewing tobacco. The mass production of cigarettes was in its infancy, although cigarette smoking was beginning to increase dramatically. According to the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1888), tobacco products were suspected of producing some adverse health effects, yet tobacco was also considered to have medicinal properties. Many scholars and health professionals of the day advocated tobacco's use for such effects as improved concentration and performance, relief of boredom, and enhanced mood.
By the dawn of the 21st century, in stark contrast, tobacco had become recognized as being highly addictive and one of the world's most-devastating causes of death and disease. Moreover, because of the rapid increase in smoking in developing countries in the late 20th century, the number of smoking-related deaths per year was projected to rise rapidly in the 21st century. For example, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that in the late 1990s there were approximately four million tobacco-caused deaths per year worldwide. This estimate was increased to approximately five million in 2003 and six million in 2011 and was expected to reach eight million per year by 2030. An estimated 80 percent of those deaths were projected to occur in developing countries. Indeed, although tobacco use was declining in many countries of western Europe and North America and in Australia, it continued to increase in countries of Asia, Africa, and South America.
The primary cause of the escalation in the number of deaths and incidents of disease from tobacco is the large increase in cigarette smoking during the 20th century. During that time cigarette smoking grew to account for approximately 80 percent of the world's tobacco market. Nonetheless, all tobacco products are toxic and addictive. In some regions of the world, the use of smokeless tobacco products is a major health concern.
Tobacco products are manufactured with various additives to preserve the tobacco's shelf life, alter its burning characteristics, control its moisture content, inhibit the hatching of insect eggs that may be present in the plant material, mask the irritative effects of nicotine, and provide any of a wide array of flavours and aromas. The smoke produced when tobacco and these additives are burned consists of more than 4,000 chemical compounds. Many of these compounds are highly toxic, and they have diverse effects on health.
The primary constituents of tobacco smoke are nicotine, tar (the particulate residue from combustion), and gases such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Although nicotine can be poisonous at very high dosages, its toxic effect as a component of tobacco smoke is generally considered modest compared with that of many other toxins in the smoke. The main health effect of nicotine is its addictiveness. Carbon monoxide has profound, immediate health effects. It passes easily from the lungs into the bloodstream, where it binds to hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that is responsible for the transfer of oxygen in the body. Carbon monoxide displaces oxygen on the hemoglobin molecule and is removed only slowly. Therefore, smokers frequently accumulate high levels of carbon monoxide, which starves the body of oxygen and puts an enormous strain on the entire cardiovascular system.
The harmful effects of smoking are not limited to the smoker. The toxic components of tobacco smoke are found not only in the smoke that the smoker inhales but also in environmental tobacco smoke, or secondhand smoke—that is, the smoke exhaled by the smoker (mainstream smoke) and the smoke that rises directly from the smoldering tobacco (sidestream smoke). Nonsmokers who are routinely exposed to environmental tobacco smoke are at increased risk for some of the same diseases that afflict smokers, including lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Clean-air laws that prohibit cigarette smoking are becoming widespread. In the 1980s and 1990s, such laws typically required that nonsmoking areas be established in restaurants and workplaces. However, the finding that toxins in environmental smoke could easily diffuse across large spaces led to much stronger bans. Since 2000 many cities, states, and regions worldwide, including New York City in 2003, Scotland in 2006, Nairobi in 2007, and Chicago in 2008, have implemented complete smoking bans in restaurants, taverns, and enclosed workplaces. A ban introduced in 2011 in China, which was home to one-third of the global smoking population, barred smoking in hotels, restaurants, and other indoor public spaces (the ban did not include smoking in workplaces, nor did it specify penalties).
In addition, entire countries have implemented smoking bans in workplaces or restaurants or, in some cases, in all public areas, including Ireland, Norway, and New Zealand in 2004 and France and India in 2008. In 2005 Bhutan became the first country to ban both smoking in public places and the sale of tobacco products.
Health consequences of smoking
A major health effect common to all forms of tobacco use is addiction, or, more technically, dependence. Addiction is not lethal in its own right, but it contributes to tobacco-caused death and disease, since it spurs smokers to continue their habit, which repeatedly exposes them to the toxins in tobacco smoke. Although there are many historical accounts of the apparent ability of tobacco use to escalate into an addiction for some smokers, it was not until the 1980s that leading health organizations such as the Office of the Surgeon General in the United States, the Royal Society of Canada, and WHO formally concluded that cigarettes are highly addictive on the basis of their ability to deliver large doses of nicotine into the lungs, from which blood quickly carries it to the brain.
Nicotine produces the entire range of physical and behavioral effects characteristic of addiction. These effects include activation of brain reward systems that create behavioral effects and physiological cravings that lead to chronic use, tolerance and physical dependence, and withdrawal upon discontinuation. Addiction to tobacco also involves a variety of constituents in tobacco smoke that, for many people, have pleasurable sensory characteristics and enhance nicotine's effects. Such constituents as ammonia, menthol, levulinic acid, and even chocolate improve a cigarette's flavour and aroma. Cigarettes are addicting, more so than nicotine medications, such as nicotine patches and gum, whose sensory and other effects are weaker and less desirable. (See below the section Smoking cessation.)
Deep inhalation of nicotine-laden smoke results in rapid absorption of nicotine in the lungs—the nicotine diffuses into the bloodstream as rapidly as the inhaled oxygen. From the lungs the nicotine reaches the brain in less than 10 seconds. Nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain and peripheral nervous system have receptor proteins on their surfaces to which nicotine binds, much in the way that a key fits into a lock. When a molecule of nicotine binds to a nicotine receptor, it causes the neuron to transmit a nerve impulse to various target organs and tissues. This process stimulates the release of neurotransmitters, or chemical messengers, which produce the physiological and psychological effects of nicotine. For example, nicotine stimulates the adrenal glands and prompts the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine, which are responsible for raising heart rate and blood pressure and heightening alertness and concentration. Nicotine also stimulates the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is thought to be critical to nicotine's reinforcing and pleasurable mood-altering effects.
Most smokers report that their initial experiences with smoking were far from pleasurable. The nicotine in tobacco can have toxic effects in first-time users, who commonly experience dizziness, nausea, and even vomiting. With experience, smokers become adept at limiting their dose of nicotine to one that provides its desired effects. With continued use of tobacco, however, the body creates more and more nicotine receptors. As a result, the smoker experiences a phenomenon called tolerance—greater amounts of nicotine are needed in order to experience the same effect. Typically, when tolerance has developed and nicotine intake has increased, the body becomes physiologically dependent on nicotine, and any abrupt abstinence from smoking will trigger withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms include impaired ability to concentrate, irritability, weight gain, depressed mood, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, and persistent cravings. The symptoms typically peak within a few days and subside within a month. However, the experience varies from person to person, and, for some, powerful cravings can persist for years.
Nicotine's ability to help tobacco users control their mood and appetite and sustain their attention when working undoubtedly contributes to the persistence of tobacco use. Some of these effects interact with physical dependence. For example, increased exposure to nicotine can increase physical dependence and thereby make the effects of withdrawal stronger. During withdrawal, resumption of smoking provides rapid relief of withdrawal effects. This reaction may lead the smoker to believe that smoking in itself enhances mood and performance, when in reality the effect is mainly that of reversing the withdrawal symptoms, which occur only because of the physical dependence on nicotine. This effect can be profound, at least from the smoker's perspective. For example, cigarette smokers generally weigh some 2 to 4 kg (4.4 to 8.8 pounds) less than nonsmokers, and weight gain frequently accompanies cessation of smoking. Resumption of smoking can help people lose the gained weight. Similarly, even a few hours of tobacco abstinence can leave some people unable to get their work done, study for an exam, or perform adequately in other ways. Over time the smoker may learn that even a single cigarette can provide an immediate restoration of performance.
All widely used tobacco products deliver addicting levels of nicotine. However, the patterns of use that can lead to addiction vary with different tobacco products and are affected by many factors. For example, simply raising the cost of and limiting access to tobacco products tend to reduce tobacco use (thereby reducing the risk of addiction) and can even prompt some addicted persons to quit smoking. Cigar smoking and pipe smoking tend to be taken up later in life than cigarette smoking, and cigar smokers and pipe smokers are less likely to inhale the smoke. As a consequence, the overall rate of addiction to cigars or pipes appears to be less than the addiction rate for cigarettes, although many cigar or pipe smokers undoubtedly become highly addicted. The highest risk of addiction to nicotine occurs when the drug is absorbed very rapidly, producing its noted pleasant psychoactive effects. Oral smokeless products, such as snuff and chewing tobacco, do not produce as rapid an effect on the brain as cigarette-smoke inhalation, but the convenience and ease of use of these products are appealing to many and contribute to their addicting effects.
It is estimated that approximately one-third of all cancer deaths worldwide are attributable to tobacco. Cigarette smoke contains more than 60 known carcinogens, including tobacco-specific nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Although certain of the body's enzymes metabolize carcinogens and cause them to be excreted, these enzymes sometimes function inadequately, allowing carcinogens to bind to cellular DNA and damage it. When cells with damaged DNA survive, replicate, and accumulate, cancers occur. Cancerous cells can metastasize—that is, travel to other sites in the body—causing the cancer to spread. Cancer risk is partly determined by the toxicity of tobacco products; however, the risk of disease is also strongly related to the amount and duration of toxin exposure. The longer and more frequently a person smokes, the more likely a tobacco-related cancer will develop. For this reason, addiction is a strong indirect contributor to other diseases in that it promotes high-level and persistent exposure to cancer-causing agents.
Since the majority of tobacco users are cigarette smokers who inhale smoke into the lungs, it is not surprising that active smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke are believed to account for 90 percent of all cases of lung cancer. A marked increase in lung cancer has occurred in all countries of the world where smoking has increased. In the United States lung cancer is responsible for more cancer deaths than any other kind of cancer and kills more women each year than breast cancer. It is estimated that 85 percent of all cases of lung cancer could be prevented if all smoking of cigarettes stopped. However, exposure to carcinogens is not limited to the respiratory system. Smoking is a major cause of bladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, laryngeal cancer, oral cancer, and esophageal cancer. When a regular tobacco user successfully quits, the risk of cancer decreases, though not to the level of someone who has never smoked. Smokeless tobacco users, meanwhile, repeatedly expose the oral mucosa to toxins and have a substantially increased risk of getting head and neck cancers, though the risk depends in part on the period of consumption and the nature of the product. For example, Swedish smokeless tobacco ("snus") is made to contain substantially lower levels of carcinogens than American smokeless tobacco, and the risk of tobacco-caused cancer in its users appears to be correspondingly lower. There are large geographic differences in the prevalence of oral tobacco use, with higher consumption in Sweden, India, Southeast Asia, and parts of the United States.
Lung disease
It is not surprising that smokers suffer from many respiratory diseases other than lung cancer. One such disease is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, which is one of the major causes of debilitation and eventual death in cigarette smokers. More than 80 percent of those diagnosed with COPD are smokers, and most of these people die prematurely, with a greater number of women dying from COPD than men. COPD is a general term that refers to respiratory diseases in which airflow is obstructed. Women's airways appear to be more sensitive to the effect of cigarette smoke. Women with COPD often experience greater breathlessness and a disproportionately greater thickening of airway walls relative to men with COPD. Most commonly, COPD refers to chronic bronchitis (chronic cough and phlegm production) and emphysema (permanent enlargement of air spaces accompanied by deterioration of lung walls), although specific diagnostic criteria sometimes differ. Active smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke are also responsible for increases in other respiratory ailments, such as pneumonia, the common cold, and influenza. Smokers who contract these ailments take longer than nonsmokers to recover from them. Children are especially susceptible to the effects of environmental tobacco smoke. When raised in a household in which they are regularly exposed to environmental tobacco smoke, children are more likely to suffer from asthma and chronic cough, and they may suffer from reduced lung growth and function.
Heart disease
Smoking has long been recognized as a major risk factor in cardiovascular disease, the risk being greater the more one smokes. As previously discussed, the carbon monoxide present in cigarette smoke binds to hemoglobin in the blood, making fewer molecules available for oxygen transport. In addition, coronary blood flow is reduced, forcing the heart to work harder to deliver oxygen to the body. Such strain places smokers at significantly greater risk for myocardial infarction, or heart attack, and stroke. There are, however, regional and sex differences in the incidence of smoking-related cardiovascular disease. In China, for example, where about 53 percent of adult males smoke (as opposed to about 2.4 percent of adult females), cardiovascular disease makes up a much smaller percentage of smoking-related deaths than in the United States and Europe, where it accounts for approximately 30 to 40 percent of all tobacco-caused deaths. Research has also shown that for women even light or moderate smoking (from 1 to 14 cigarettes smoked per day) substantially increases risk for sudden cardiac death. After quitting, a smoker's risk for cardiovascular disease falls faster than the risk for lung cancer, with reductions in risk evident within one year of cessation.
Effects on pregnancy
Women who smoke are more likely to experience infertility and miscarriage (spontaneous abortion). When a pregnant woman smokes, some toxins from the smoke can be passed to the fetus. These toxins can later affect an infant's lung development and lung function. Babies of women who smoke are more likely to be born prematurely, to have a low birth weight, and to have slower initial growth. Smoking cessation within the first trimester lowers these health risks to a level comparable to those of people who have never smoked. Infants in households where there is a smoker are more likely to die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Smoking cessation
The starting point for "kicking the habit" is awareness of the harm smoking can cause. For example, after the U.S. surgeon general's report in 1964 brought to public awareness a link between smoking and cancer, smoking rates in the United States dropped precipitously. By 2000 the smoking rate was about one-half that of 1960. Furthermore, strong antismoking warnings and health-related messages generally increase smokers' motivation to quit, as was shown in Canada when it adopted strong graphic warnings on cigarette packaging. Such warnings are now promoted by WHO as an important educational tool to motivate smoking cessation and to help prevent persons from starting to smoke.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who try to stop smoking resume within a few weeks of quitting because of the addictive grip of nicotine. Persons who smoke any cigarettes at all usually smoke enough to develop an addiction to nicotine. In general, the more cigarettes a person smokes per day, the greater is the addiction and the more difficult it is to quit. In addition to nicotine dependency, other factors that impede quitting are easy access to cigarettes and the withdrawal symptoms that accompany any discontinuance of nicotine intake. These symptoms include cravings, depression, anxiety, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and insomnia.
Dependence and withdrawal can be managed better by some people than others, and people often learn how to deal with these problems after repeated attempts. Medical intervention, including behavioral guidance, can be critical for recovery from tobacco addiction; scientifically based treatment strategies can have more than double the success rate of quitting "cold turkey" without assistance. Because the health benefits of quitting are so profound, leading health authorities consider treatment for tobacco dependence to be among the most important and cost-effective types of medical intervention. WHO and the governments of many nations are working aggressively to make scientifically proven treatments available to all tobacco users so that they may find a path to better long-term health. Other organizations such as the World Bank are working to support the availability of treatment in developing countries so that their struggling economies are not crippled by tobacco-caused disease and its burdens on health care systems and worker productivity.
Behavioral intervention
Quitting successfully must generally start with a plan for managing behaviour associated with tobacco addiction. Common to virtually all therapeutic approaches is the selection of and planning for a quitting date and adherence to the plan. The plan should include strategies for avoiding or managing situations that might stimulate a craving for a cigarette and therefore trigger a relapse to smoking. For example, for a few weeks or months, some people will need to avoid certain places and activities that they associate with smoking. Others will find it useful to learn methods by which to cope with stress or occasional cravings, such as breathing deeply, chewing gum, or taking a brief walk. Major health organizations provide information on a variety of successful strategies that can be tailored to an individual's situation.
Social and emotional support is often critical in sustaining an individual's efforts to quit. Support can come from a structured smoking-cessation program with group, one-on-one, or telephone counseling. Counseling need not be time-consuming or expensive. Studies have shown that even very brief counseling—as little as three minutes total—can make a difference, although more extensive treatment is generally more effective. Support from family members, friends, and health professionals can also play an integral part in the process of quitting.
For many persons a nicotine medication that helps address the physical aspects of nicotine dependence and withdrawal can be as important and beneficial as medications used for the management of other disorders, such as high blood pressure, in which behavioral strategies are also important.
Nicotine replacement therapy
Nicotine replacement therapy delivers nicotine to the body in controlled, relatively small doses, typically by means of a transdermal patch, chewing gum, a nasal spray, an inhaler, or tablets. These products do not contain the tar, carbon monoxide, or other toxic ingredients that are largely responsible for the health hazards of smoking, and, because they deliver controlled doses of nicotine, they are much less addictive than cigarettes. All these products are comparably effective, and advice on making a selection can be obtained from health organizations, health professionals, and the providers of the therapy. In particular, pregnant women, adolescents, and people with heart disease should consult a health professional for advice on product selection and dosing.
In contrast to tobacco products, nicotine replacement medicines are safe when used as directed. They deliver lower doses of nicotine into the bloodstream and do so more slowly than tobacco products do. Nicotine is not a carcinogen or lung toxin, and the nicotine doses delivered by the medicines do not produce cardiovascular disease. Nicotine at higher doses than are typically prescribed can contribute to low fetal birth weight and other adverse effects during pregnancy; however, the benefit of increased success in smoking cessation for women of childbearing age who have already tried and failed to quit without medication is generally considered to outweigh this comparatively small risk. Nicotine medications carry a very low potential for establishing addiction, and there is little evidence of their abuse. Some people may find the use of medications vital for many months to preventing a relapse to tobacco use. Such individuals are generally encouraged to take the medications as long as required in order to be confident to avoid a relapse. In fact, the most common dosing error is taking too little or not using the medicine long enough. Taking too much can produce the same short-lived symptoms of dizziness, nausea, and headache that are associated with smoking too many cigarettes, but this generally is not a serious health concern.
Nicotine patch
Nicotine patches are available without a prescription in many countries. A new patch is applied to the skin every day and is left in place for a recommended amount of time (usually 16 to 24 hours) while it delivers a controlled amount of nicotine to the body through the skin. The patches are used over a period of six to eight weeks or longer. Patches with the highest dosage of nicotine (15 or 21 mg) are generally used for the first few weeks; patches with lower doses are used thereafter. The most common side effect of the nicotine patch is a mild itching, burning, or tingling at the site on which it is applied. The nicotine patch can produce sleep disturbances; if they persist, they can often be remedied by removing the patch at bedtime.
Nicotine gum and lozenges
Nicotine gum, usually available in 2- and 4-mg formulations, is available in many countries without a physician's prescription. The gum is chewed a few times and then placed between the cheek and gums to allow the nicotine to be absorbed through the mouth's mucous membrane. These actions are repeated for up to about 30 minutes. Achieving success with gum as a cessation aid depends largely on using it consistently. At least one piece of nicotine gum should be used every one to two hours over a period of one to three months. Additional pieces may be used in the event of a strong craving. Possible side effects include mouth soreness, headache, and jaw ache. Nicotine lozenges in 2- and 4-mg dosages are also available in many countries. The lozenges are similar to nicotine gum in use except that they are not chewed.
Nicotine nasal spray
Nicotine nasal spray was designed to deliver nicotine more rapidly than is possible with a patch or gum. It is available by prescription only because it appears to carry a somewhat higher cardiovascular risk and a potentially higher risk for abuse than other nicotine medications do. The 1 mg of nicotine commonly prescribed (a 0.5-mg dose squirted into each nostril) is rapidly absorbed by the nasal mucosa. Patients are encouraged to use at least 8 doses (16 sprays) per day for optimal efficacy but can use up to 40 doses per day, depending on their level of nicotine dependence. The most common side effects include nasal and throat irritation, watery eyes, and runny nose. The nicotine nasal spray is not recommended for persons with nasal or sinus conditions, certain allergies, or asthma.
Nicotine inhaler
The nicotine inhaler, which consists of a nicotine-filled cartridge and a mouthpiece, was developed in order to imitate the behavioral and sensory characteristics of smoking without mimicking the actual delivery of nicotine to the lungs. The user inhales nicotine vapour into the mouth. Most of the nicotine is absorbed through the oral mucosa. The amount of nicotine delivered depends on the number of inhalations and their intensity. Depending on their needs, patients are advised to use from 6 to 16 cartridges per day. Each cartridge contains 10 mg of nicotine, of which 4 mg is delivered and up to 2 mg absorbed by the user. Side effects usually involve local irritation of the throat, together with coughing or sneezing. In most countries the nicotine inhaler is available only by prescription.
Sublingual nicotine tablets
The sublingual nicotine tablet is approved for use in several European countries. Each tablet commonly contains 2 mg of nicotine and is placed under the tongue until it dissolves; the nicotine is absorbed through the oral mucosa. Common side effects include irritation in the throat or under the tongue. As with nicotine gum, patients are instructed to move the tablet around within the mouth in order to alleviate these symptoms. The tablet form of nicotine is available without a prescription in many countries, but it is not available in the United States.
The first nonnicotine medication to gain approval for smoking cessation was the prescription drug bupropion, which was placed on the market in the United States in 1997 under the name Zyban. (The drug is also marketed as an antidepressant under the name Wellbutrin.) Bupropion seems to reduce both withdrawal symptoms and the urge to smoke by affecting the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine. Bupropion is available in the form of a 150-mg pill taken once a day for three days, then twice a day for 7 to 12 weeks, often concurrently with a nicotine replacement medication. Bupropion is not recommended for anyone who has a seizure disorder, has ever been diagnosed with an eating disorder, or takes certain kinds of antidepressants. Of the few major side effects that have been reported, insomnia and dry mouth are the most common.
Other approaches to smoking cessation
The most common approach to smoking cessation is that of quitting "cold turkey," which is the sudden discontinuation of smoking. This approach is rarely effective the first time it is tried, but through repeated efforts some people eventually succeed by this approach. Yet many people might have been able to quit years earlier by using a proven form of treatment. Hypnosis, acupuncture, herbal remedies, and other approaches are often advertised as ways to help quit smoking. These methods have not been proved to be any more effective than simply deciding to quit, although some individuals undoubtedly have been able to quit smoking by using them. For people with physical withdrawal symptoms, such as an impaired ability to function in the workplace (many people have difficulty concentrating on tasks), strong proven methods may be the best road to success. Nonetheless, new techniques and medicines are constantly being evaluated, so people interested in quitting should consider checking with WHO or the various national cancer organizations for information. Treatments that are under development or consideration include a vaccine to help people refrain from smoking once they have quit smoking, a medication to help prevent weight gain associated with nicotine withdrawal, and a medication to help persons reduce tobacco use when they find that they cannot abstain from it.


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