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Tobacco, smoking and cancer: the evidence
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- Tobacco is the single biggest cause of cancer in the world
- Smoking causes many different types of cancer
- Smoking greatly increases the risk of lung cancer
- Lung cancer risks are highest in people who smoke more cigarettes per day, for more years, from a younger age
- Even light or occasional smoking is bad for your health
- Stopping smoking can reduce the risk
- Cutting down is a good start, but the big benefits come from quitting
- Tobacco smoke contains many dangerous chemicals
- Chemicals in tobacco smoke can damage the body in many ways
- Nicotine is a very addictive drug
- Smokers are still exposed to dangerous chemicals if they smoke filtered or 'low-tar' cigarettes
- Alcohol worsens the effect of smoking
- Passive smoking causes cancer and other diseases
- Tobacco in pipes, cigars, bidis and shisha can also cause cancer
- Smokeless tobacco can also cause cancer
- E-cigarettes have not yet been proven to support smoking cessation
Experts agree that tobacco is the single biggest avoidable cause of cancer in the world 1, 2. Smoking causes over a quarter (28 per cent) of cancer deaths in the UK and nearly one in five cancer cases 3, 4.
And smoking doesn't only cause cancer. It also causes tens of thousands of deaths each year in the UK from other conditions, including heart and lung problems 3. Worldwide, tobacco caused an estimated 5.1 million deaths in 2004 – that's one every six seconds 5.
Around half of all regular smokers will be killed by their habit if they continue to smoke 6, 7. And half of those will die in middle age, losing between one and two decades of life compared with non-smokers 1, 3, 7, 8.
Smoking increases the risk of at least 14 cancers, including cancer of the lung, larynx (voice box) oesophagus (gullet), mouth and pharynx (upper throat), bladder, pancreas, kidney, liver, stomach, bowel, cervix, ovary, nose and sinus as well as some types of leukaemia 9-11. There is some evidence that smoking could cause breast cancer 11-15.
After lung cancer, the upper aerodigestive tract cancers (mouth, upper throat, voice box and gullet) have the highest proportions of cancer cases caused by smoking – population attributable fractions, or PAFs, of more than six in 10 4.
More than four in five UK lung cancers are caused by smoking 3, 4. Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the UK and accounts for around two thirds (68 per cent) of smoking-related cancer deaths 3, 16.
People who smoke were first shown to be more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers in 1950 17. This study found that people who smoked around 20 cigarettes a day had 26 times the lung cancer risk of non-smokers. And people who smoked around three cigarettes a day still had six times the lung cancer risk of non-smokers.
After these first results came out, UK scientists began a large long-running study of smoking in British doctors, which Cancer Research UK has helped to fund, that has told us a lot about the dangers of smoking 18. This study has found similarly huge risks associated with smoking. Men who smoked at 25 or more cigarettes a day had over 24 times the risk of dying from lung cancer as people who had never smoked 7.
There are long time lags between changes in the number of people who smoke and the number of people who develop lung cancer due to smoking 1, 5, 8. So rates of lung cancer in the UK reflect smoking rates decades earlier.
We cannot exactly calculate a person's lung cancer risk based on how many cigarettes they smoke or the number of years they have been a smoker. But research has shown that lung cancer risk is greatest among those who smoke the most cigarettes, over the longest period of time, having started at the youngest age 1, 11.
Although both have an effect on risk, the number of years someone has spent smoking is more important than the number of cigarettes they smoke a day 19. This means that overall, smoking 20 cigarettes a day for 20 years is even worse for you than smoking 40 a day for 10 years.
Although the risk of an early death increases the more you smoke, people who think of themselves as light or occasional smokers also have an increased risk compared to people who don't smoke 20, 21. One study found that people who smoked up to four cigarettes a day were about 50 per cent more likely to die prematurely than non-smokers 20. And the Million Women study found that women who smoked up to 10 cigarettes a day were twice as likely to die prematurely than non-smokers 21.
Large studies looking at the health risks of smoking, such as the British Doctors Study and the Million Women Study, have found that people smoking between 1 and 14 cigarettes a day are at least seven times as likely to die from lung cancer than people who have never smoked 7, 21, 22. And one study found people who smoked between 5 and 9 cigarettes a day had a higher risk of dying from lung cancer, or any type of cancer 20.
A large number of studies have shown that stopping smoking can greatly reduce the risk of smoking-related cancers, compared to continuing to smoke 1, 11. And the earlier you stop, the better 7, 21, 23.
The latest results from the British Doctors' Study show that stopping smoking before the age of 30 meant that life expectancy remained similar to that of a non-smoker 7,. And even people who quit smoking when they were about 60 years old lost fewer years of life to smoking than those who continued 7,.
The evidence for the health benefits of cutting down the number of cigarettes you smoke is mixed. Some studies have shown that reducing your cigarette consumption, compared to carrying on smoking the same amount, has benefits for lung cancer risk and overall survival 24-26. But other studies found benefits only with quitting completely 27, 28.
However if you reduce the amount you smoke you may be more likely to stop smoking in future 29-33. So although you only experience the full health benefits if you stop smoking altogether, cutting down can be a good first step, if you find it too difficult to quit completely in one go.
Scientists have identified over 5,300 different chemicals in tobacco smoke 11. The International Agency for Research into Cancer (IARC), the gold standard for establishing the causes of cancer, state that there are more than 70 chemicals in tobacco smoke that have been found to cause cancer in studies involving people or in the laboratory 11. And many of the other thousands of chemicals are toxic and harmful to your health, including carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and ammonia 1, 34.
In 1994 tobacco companies in the US released a list of 599 different cigarette additives, which included chocolate, vanilla, sugar and liquorice as well as common herbs and spices 35. Although these don't make cigarettes any more toxic, they are meant to make cigarettes taste nicer and ensure that smokers want to continue smoking.
Flavoured tobacco, such as menthol or chocolate-flavoured cigarettes, will be banned in Europe from 2016 under the Tobacco Products Directive 36. Although additives necessary for manufacturing tobacco can continue to be used, including sugar lost during the curing process, tobacco companies will have to do more research into additives with the possibility that those found to be more harmful or addictive could be banned from use 36.
Chemicals found in tobacco smoke can damage DNA 1, 11, 37. For example, studies have shown that benzo(a)pyrene damages a gene called p53 that normally protects our cells from cancer 37, 38. While polonium-210 becomes concentrated in hotspots in smokers' airways, subjecting them to very high doses of high-energy alpha-radiation that damages the DNA of nearby cells 39.
The cocktail of chemicals in tobacco smoke is even more dangerous as a mix. Toxic metals found in tobacco smoke, like cadmium, arsenic, and lead, stop our cells from repairing DNA damage 40. This worsens the effects of chemicals like benzo(a)pyrene that damage DNA and makes it even more likely that damaged cells will eventually turn cancerous.
Many tobacco poisons disable the cleaning system that our bodies use to remove toxins. Some substances including formaldehyde and acrolein kill cilia, tiny hairs in our airways that help to clear away toxins 37.
Most smokers do not smoke out of choice, but because they are addicted to nicotine 37, 41. This was highlighted in a report by The Royal College of Physicians into the effects of nicotine 41. They also compared nicotine to other supposedly 'harder' drugs such as heroin and cocaine. They looked at many things including how these drugs cause addiction, how difficult it is to stop using them and how many deaths they caused. The report concluded that nicotine is a highly addictive substance, particularly when people are exposed to it through using tobacco, and that tobacco dependence is at least as serious as addiction to 'harder' drugs 41.
People associate smoking with feeling less stressed and anxious, but the evidence suggests this is only because it temporarily relieves the unpleasant symptoms of nicotine withdrawal 37, 41. If anything, current smokers seem to feel more stressed and anxious than ex-smokers or people who have never smoked 41.
Smokers can also make mental links with abstract things like the smell of cigarettes, objects related to smoking like ashtrays and lighters, and situations in which they usually smoke. These can all act to reinforce the addiction to smoking 37.
Current smokers have a higher risk of lung cancer than former smokers or never smokers, whatever type of cigarettes they smoke 1, 11. There is no difference between the risk of dying from lung cancer for smokers of cigarettes 'rated' as medium, low and very low in tar 42. But smoking unfiltered high tar varieties makes the risk even higher 1, 11, 42 .
The amounts of tar or nicotine associated with a particular variety of cigarette are based on machine measurements of smoking. But the measurements don't accurately reflect the amounts actually received by a smoker 1, 34, 37, 43. Research that measured markers of nicotine and certain cancer-causing chemicals in smokers found that they took in the same amounts whatever the tar rating of the cigarettes they smoked 44. Smokers change the way they smoke – such as taking bigger or more frequent puffs, blocking filter holes or smoking more cigarettes in total – in order to satisfy their nicotine cravings 1, 11, 37, 43.
In 2003 EU legislation came into force banning tobacco companies from using phrases like 'light', 'mild' or 'low-tar' to describe their products because these could mislead people into believing such products were safer or healthier 45.
Alcohol has also been shown to be a cause of mouth, oesophageal and liver cancers, among others 11. And scientists have found that together, the effects of alcohol and tobacco are worse than for either one of them by itself 11, 46-49.
There is clear evidence that breathing in other people's smoke causes cancer in non-smokers 1, 11, 37, 50. Second-hand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke or passive smoking, exposes people to cancer-causing chemicals 11.
People who have never smoked have their risk of lung cancer increased by around a quarter if they have colleagues who smoke at work or have a spouse who smokes 50-52. The risk increases the more second-hand smoke they're exposed to, workers exposed to the highest levels can have their risk of lung cancer doubled 51, 52.
Second-hand smoke can reach high levels in enclosed spaces such as within the home or inside a car 53-57. Studies have shown that even when you open the windows levels can be dangerously high 53, 55, 57, 58.
Second-hand smoke also causes other health problems in non-smokers including heart disease and respiratory diseases including asthma in children 37, 50, 59. And it may increase the risk of pharyngeal and laryngeal cancers 10, 11.
It's not just cigarettes which increase the risk of cancer – other ways of smoking tobacco including pipes, cigars, bidis and shisha are also linked with the disease 1, 11, 60, 61. Reviews of the evidence by the International Agency for Research on Cancer have concluded that smoking cigars, pipes or bidis increases the risk of lung, mouth, throat, voice box, gullet (oesophagus) and stomach cancers 1, 11. And cigar smoking has also been linked with pancreatic cancer 1, , 60, 62. Shisha smoking has been less well studied but the evidence suggests it is linked to lung cancer and possibly other cancers 63, 64.
Because they think it is healthier, some cigarette smokers switch to smoking a cigar or pipe. But aside from the health risks associated with pipes and cigars, research has also shown that because these people are more likely to inhale the smoke than people who have only ever smoked a cigar or pipe, the switch makes little difference to their chance of dying as a result of smoking 60.
There are a wide variety of smokeless tobacco products used around the world 11, 65. In the UK chewing tobacco, which may be used as part of betel quid, paan or zarda, is popular with South Asian communities. Tobacco can also be chewed or sucked by itself, or taken as snuff.
Smokeless tobacco has been shown to cause mouth, gullet (oesophageal) and pancreatic cancers 11,, 66. Chewing betel quid with tobacco has also been shown to cause cancer of the mouth, upper throat and gullet (oesophagus) 11,. The size of the cancer risks associated with using smokeless tobacco are likely to vary depending on the type of product and the way it's used 65.
It has been suggested that smokeless tobacco could be used to help people stop using smoking tobacco, and that falling smoking rates in Sweden have been linked to people switching to a type of smokeless tobacco called 'snus'. But a review of the evidence by the IARC in 2007 concluded that the available evidence does not support these claims 66.
There are many cancer-causing chemicals present in smokeless tobacco, including in 'snus' 11, 65, 66,. Studies have shown that these harmful chemicals, such as tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs), are taken up by people using these products 65.
Smokeless tobacco also contains nicotine, and is therefore addictive 11, 65,, 66.
Although some users have claimed that e-cigarettes have helped them stop smoking, there is not enough scientific evidence to show whether they are effective, and as safe as current licensed cessation aids (such as nicotine patches) 67-72. So far there has only been one trial comparing the use of e-cigarettes to another stop smoking aid (patches in this case) 73. Unfortunately this trial was too small to show a significant difference between the likelihood of quitting 73.
However e-cigarettes are almost certainly far safer than smoking tobacco 74, 75. E-cigarettes may play a role in helping smokers quit but larger trials are needed as scientific evidence that they really work, to explore how best to use them and to see how they compare to other methods of quitting 72.
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- Welcome to another edition of Linus Lam Network News for 2012! This news report covers our trip to Anime Weekend Atlanta 2012 for a huge weekend of anime and manga enjoyment and a whole lot more! Held at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel and Cobb Galleria Convention Center in Atlanta, Georgia over the weekend of September 28-30, Anime Weekend Atlanta 2012 saw lots of attendees ready to party on with a bunch of dedicated artists, live performances, gaming events, cosplay fun, and plenty of opportunities to hang out with fellow anime and manga fans. Our exciting trip to Anime Weekend Atlanta 2012 starts here! Coverage you can count on, here at Linus Lam Network News!
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Negotiations continue on several issues with scheduled dates to move toward structured mediation process
Swedish and SEIU continued negotiations on several issues including: graduate RNs, low census, SMC and Swedish Edmonds employee transitions, and definition of the preceptor program. The union also proposed a pilot program adding two FTEs for a Lifting Education and Assistance Team (LEAT) as well as a new Joint Process Improvement Project (JPIP) with a goal of identifying and eliminating waste.
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Welcome to Day 2 of our Season of Believing series! Believe in Random Acts of Kindness.
It's easy in the holiday season to get overwhelmed with stress. We see stories in the news about people trampling each other over a DVD player sale, or you've probably had a friend already share a story of someone butting in line at the store or cutting them off on the street.
Today, to celebrate and promote the TRUE holiday spirit of giving and kindness, we wanted to share a few random acts of goodness that are sure to make you smile - and we all know that happiness is contagious!
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"After falling from a ladder, Larsen was confined to a hospital bed and had to endure a long and painful recovery. Fortunately, he received many visitors and cards...His hospital room was filled with flowers. The explosion of color and fragrance brightened his day and his hospital confinement. Sadly, many of the other hospital rooms in Knoxville, Tennessee were entirely bare of flowers. His solution was to go back to his own room, remove the cards from his bouquets and give them away to flower-less rooms on the ward." Read the full story here.
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When a child faces the death of someone they love, hope may be hard for them to find. But at the Healing Patch: A Program for Loss and Hope for Grieving Children and Their Families, children find friends who are also dealing with loss and learn that it is okay to have hope and enjoy life.
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*If everything fine Eclipse IDE should be available in the software menu
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=== Method 2: From a downloaded copy ===
Theses instructions should work fine on any Debian based distribution such as Debian, Ubuntu, LinuxMint, Xubuntu, Kbuntu and others.
There are several ways to download and install Eclipse IDE to your Linux box, you can do it automatically from the comfort of your software center or using the Linux terminal with few commands or manually downloading and installing Eclipse IDE from the Eclipse project website or other alternative download sites.
NOTE: This method is the most recommended because you will have the benefits of automate all the installation process and get automatic security patches and bug fixes updates when the software is installed from the repositories.
sudo apt-get install eclipse
NOTE: For manual download and installation you got to have JAVA runtime previously installed or Eclipse IDE will not run
To install java runtime on your Linux box open a terminal and type folloging command and wait until the installation finish:
sudo apt-get install sun-java6
You can also install java from your software center just type "openjdk java 6" and install the package.
To get a copy of Eclipse IDE follow these steps:
cd ~/Downloads/eclipse/ eclipse
NOTE: At the Eclipse download page you can see many versions of Eclipse IDE, all of them are basically the same Eclipse with a bunch of extensions pre-installed to do specific task by default Eclipse IDE comes with all the tools needed to develop JAVA projects but you can install more extensions to develop in other languages, click in the link Compare Packages to see a complete char of all the extensions included on each Eclipse Package build, you can try one of these pre-build packages specifically created for PHP development some of them are official releases from the Eclipse website and others are independent projects:
Eclipse IDE is not just a editor it is a platform and can be used to many thing, that is why it implement a very flexible philosophy to denominate and describe the way it display and organize the information, the most relevant parts of eclipse interface are:
Is important to understand how this perspective philosophy works, for example The "PHP perspective" is used to edit PHP code so is coherent to display views related to the PHP code edition, views to manage the project files and views to navigate trough the code, the following is a typical "PHP perspective":
In the other hand the "Debug Perspective" share some views with the "PHP perspective" but have a different arrangement of views and got more different views related to the code debugging operations such as:
You can switch betweend perspectives selecting them at "Tool bar --> window --> Open perspective" or you can click in the perspective buttons located at the far right of the "The tool bar with buttons"
If you don't feel happy with any of this perspective configurations and how their views are arranged, you can create your very own perspectives and add as much views as you want and arrange them the way that makes you feel good, you just got to:
So far you should be able to know how to play with Eclipse IDE and understand it interface philosophy, if you want to see a video demonstration about Eclipse IDE to get a preview and taste some of it powers check this out Webinar: Using Eclipse for Joomla! Development
When your execute Eclipse for the first time, it ask you to create a "workspace" the workspace is a folder where Eclipse IDE will save the configurations about your editors, perspectives and views also the workspace folder is normally used locate your project files separated by folders, nonetheless you can place your project files outside the workplace folder if you like.
The workplace folder name could any valid folder name, but by default Eclipse IDE set the name "workplace" to it, and it tries to locate the folder at your documents folder or your home folder, ex "/home/youruser/workspace"
When you create new PHP project and you decide to place it inside the workplace folder then it may looks like this:
/home/youruser/workspace/myphptutorial /home/youruser/workspace/joomla_component /home/youruser/workspace/test
Those 3 folders represent 3 different projects inside the same "workspace" and they will share the same editor and perspective layout configuration for Eclipse IDE.
The configurations about the editors and perspective layouts are specifically located at the hidden folder called ".metadata" which is right inside the workspace folder, this means you can move the workplace folder from one computer to another and work in Eclipse from another computer with all your custom configurations and projects just easy.
For your Eclipse IDE you will need to install more extension for PHP development and other tools to help you in your project development journey, follow this steps and indications:
Note: You can also use the search box, but for some reason (maybe a bug) Eclipse IDE hangs for few seconds on every search.
Those are all the extension to install for now, they should be enough to do local and remote PHP development, nonetheless you can experiment and tray all the extensions you want.
In this case we need to configure Eclipse for PHP development, so you should add the following perspectives:
Now you can explore local and remote PHP project, how to configure this tools will be explained in this series of articles, but for now leave it for the future.
These are some of the configuration you can do to your editors to improve the user experience:
Some people like to see the white spaces represented in the editor to do so:
To highlight some the parts of the code with stronger colors, follow this steps:
If you want that eclipse assist you on check the grammar of your text, enable this option.
Code folding is a nice feature of some editor, it allow you to fold the code in certain data structures like functions, classes and other structures such as classes, conditionals and iterators, we are going to fold all the possible except classes content to be able to check and study PHP files quickly
Eclipse provides some nice utilities to automatically clean the source code of some extra garbage such as cleaning empty lines, deleting unnecessary trials spaces, formatting to the code and more. To activate some of this features follow these instructions:
By default Eclipse got some configuration to limit the amount of RAM memory, this configurations works fine for most users but if you 2GB of ram or more you should consider set this values to improve Eclipse IDE performance.
First you got to locate the "eclipse.ini" file that contains some few Eclipse IDE configurations.
NOTE: If you found a config file at "/etc/eclipse.ini" then don't edit the file at "/usr/share/eclipse/eclipse.ini"
This is the content of the original "eclipse.ini" file
-startup plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.dist.jar --launcher.library plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.100.dist -showsplash org.eclipse.platform --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 256m --launcher.defaultAction openFile -vmargs -Xms40m -Xmx384m -Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=/usr/share/eclipse/dropins
To see the full reference about these parameters visit [1]
Change the following values to increase the amount of RAM memory used by Eclipse
-startup plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.dist.jar --launcher.library plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.100.dist -showsplash org.eclipse.platform --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 512m --launcher.defaultAction openFile -vmargs -Xms512m -Xmx512m -Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=/usr/share/eclipse/dropins
If you got a lot of RAM memory you can try with these other configuration
-startup plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.dist.jar --launcher.library plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.100.dist -showsplash org.eclipse.platform --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 1024m --launcher.defaultAction openFile -vmargs -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory=/usr/share/eclipse/dropins


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The American team of Steven Holcomb and Steve Langton won bronze in the Olympic two-man bobsled event on Monday.
They finished behind the Russian team of Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda, who won gold, and the Swiss team of Beat Hefti and Alex Baumann, which took silver.
Holcomb, a Park City, Utah, native, placed 14th in two-man and sixth in four-man at the 2006 Olympic Games before claiming both the two-man and combined World Cup titles in 2007.
He went on to become the first American to win a world championship in the four-man bobsled since 1959 when he did so in 2009.
An even longer drought ended the following year when he won Olympic gold in four-man bobsled in Vancouver, ending a 62-year gold medal drought for Americans in the event. At those same games he placed sixth in two-man.
His teams also won golds in both events at the 2012 world championships in Lake Placid, N.Y.
He and his team of Curt Tomasevicz, Steve Langton and Chris Fogt brought their sled, dubbed "Night Train" because of its unvarnished black exterior, to Sochi hoping to repeat in four-man, which they will get a chance to do on Sunday.
If his team wins gold in that event too, he would become the first American since Billy Fiske in 1928 and 1932 to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in four-man bobsled.
Holcomb has had a great season heading into Sochi, with he and his crew winning nine of 16 four-man and two-man World Cup races. Holcomb won the World Cup overall title in two-man and finished second in the four-man standings, behind German Maximilian Arndt's team.


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Gavin Creel is leading the mission across the U.S. in the national tour of The Book of Mormon. Listen to the Tony nominee talk about starring as Elder Price and why America's going to "eat up" this hilarious musical.
Paul Wontorek chats with Tam Mutu about his role in Donmar Warehouse's City of Angels and his upcoming gig as the title character is Broadway's next lush romance, Doctor Zhivago.December 17, 2014
Frankie takes us to the 26th annual Gypsy of the Year Competition, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. See the cast of Rock of Ages prepare for their big moment with Justin Bieber.December 16, 2014
Get a front-row seat to the opening night of The Phantom of the Opera tour, now starring The Voice's Chris Mann, in Orlando. Crash the show's after party to hear why this new production is so spectacular, and get your tickets today!December 16, 2014
Get a front-row seat to the opening night of An American in Paris...in Paris! Broadway.com was on the scene at the Theatre du Chatelet before the new production dances to the Great White Way.December 16, 2014
What would you pay for a priceless piece of art? What if the price was just a figment of your imagination? This is what Brian Jaffe humorously explores in Going Once! Laughing Twice!!December 12, 2014
Get a load of Christmas cheer with Matt Doyle & The Whiskey Five: Make The Season Bright at 54 Below on December 23.December 12, 2014
Talking with maestro Andrew Lloyd Webber about his musical blockbuster Cats coming back to the West End with a holiday run at the London Palladium starring Nicole Scherzinger...and a rapping Rum Tum Tugger!December 11, 2014
How does Brynn O'Malley celebrate her birthday? By asking the cast of Honeymoon in Vegas all of your questions! And candles and cake and all that good stuff.December 11, 2014
New York Spring Spectacular creators Warren Carlyle, Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner are heating up Radio City Music Hall beginning March 12! See them talk about bringing their love letter to New York City to the stage.December 10, 2014
Get an exclusive sneak preview of Mary Poppins favorite Ashley Brown singing "Feed the Birds" on ABC's Backstage with Disney on Broadway, featuring Jim and Lori Abbott on piano and violin. The one-hour special airs December 14!December 10, 2014
On this week's oh-so-spectacular episode of The Broadway.com Show, we've got an Anna Kendrick Smackdown, a high-flying Star of the Week and more!December 10, 2014
Wish granted! Broadway.com talks to James Corden, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick and many more at the starry Into the Woods movie premiere.December 9, 2014


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A hot new erotica series for readers of 50 Shades and Sylvia Day
In S∙E∙C∙R∙E∙T there are…
No judgments. No limits. No shame.
Cassie Robichaud's life has been filled with regret and loneliness since the death of her husband. She waits tables at the run-down Café Rose in New Orleans, and every night she heads home to her cat and solitary one-bedroom apartment. But when she discovers a notebook left behind by a mysterious woman at the café, Cassie's world is forever changed. The notebook's stunningly explicit confessions shock and fascinate Cassie, and eventually lead her to S∙E∙C∙R∙E∙T, an underground society dedicated to helping women realize their wildest, most intimate sexual fantasies. Cassie soon immerses herself in an electrifying ten-step journey through a series of rapturous fantasies with gorgeous men who awaken and satisfy her like never before. As she is set free from her inhibitions, she discovers a new confidence that transforms her, giving her the courage to live passionately. Equal parts enticing, liberating, and emotionally powerful, S∙E∙C∙R∙E∙T is a world where erotic fantasy becomes reality.
1. What compelled you to read this book?
2. How does the book fit in with modern popular erotica? Have you read other books with a similarly sexual theme? How does this one compare?
3. Did you enjoy the writing? What constitutes good writing in this genre? Do you hold it to the same standards as other novels or popular fiction?
4. How do you imagine the spark between Will and Cassie first occurred? Why is she so reluctant to date him during the years of their friendship? Do you think they would make a good couple?
5. What qualities do the members of S.E.C.R.E.T. see in Cassie that make her an appealing candidate? Do you agree with their assessment? Why do you think they are so sure of her acceptance of their offer?
6. How have Cassie's experiences with her father and husband shaped her view of men and relationships? Does her opinion of men change during the course of the book?
7. During her ski trip, Cassie reflects on the sacrifices she made for Scott and the ways in which she gave up—or never explored—her own passions in order to please him. Has she begun to more fully explore her own interests through her year with S.E.C.R.E.T.? What is she discovering about herself, and what (if anything) do you think she still needs to discover?
8. Do you think the "steps" in the S.E.C.R.E.T. process are intended to improve a woman's overall life, or is the focus strictly sexual? How does Cassie's experience with sexual liberation change her outlook on her day-to-day life?
9. Do you think that organizations like S.E.C.R.E.T. exist in the real world? Would you be surprised to learn of such a group in your town?
10. Cassie begins to recognize the "strange reciprocity" of her S.E.C.R.E.T. encounters. Do you think there is more to the male side of the story of S.E.C.R.E.T.? How do you imagine the recruitment of the men works? What do you think each of the men hopes to gain? Why would each of them have agreed to the arrangement?
11. Who do you imagine the hip-hop star to be?
12. Matilda described the S.E.C.R.E.T. men as "not the greatest life partners." Do you think this quality makes them better candidates for the S.E.C.R.E.T. program?
13. Near the end of her year with S.E.C.R.E.T., Matilda asks Cassie to name her favorite partners. Were you surprised by Cassie's choices? Was there one encounter (or partner) that seemed most interesting or erotic to you? Who would have made your shortlist?
14. On the night of the revue, why do you think Cassie let Jesse go? Do you think she will regret her decision? Would you have made the same choice?
15. At the end of the book, does Tracina know that Cassie and Will spent the night together? Do you think Will actually proposed to Tracina afterward? What do you think will happen to Will and Tracina next?


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Sweet Potato Puree
Sweet potato puree is the first solid food I made for Baby G. I remember the first time he tasted the sweet potato puree, he finished the few tiny spoonful right away. He wanted more. He was eating sweet potato puree almost every meal, and then I slowly introduced him to other food. As a first-time mom, it is very important to slowly introducing new ingredients to your baby, as it will let you know if your baby is allergic to a certain food.
Anyway, Baby G still loves his sweet potato puree as a snack (I feed him rice porridge for his lunch and dinner now, recipes coming soon). Even though you can buy Gerber sweet potato puree at the stores, let me assure you that the time you take to make it is probably shorter than the time you get to the stores. I made this serving for sweet potato puree in practically 20 minutes, just in time to feed the hungry Baby G for his afternoon snack. Most importantly, making your own baby food is your way of showering your baby with love, and I am sure your baby will reward you with a big smile after his feeding. Try this sweet potato puree recipe, have fun!
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Oooh, I'm loving this new part of your site. I've been wanting to make my own baby food, whenever we finally have kids! I'll have to share this with my friends and family who have little ones.
Can I refrigerate puree? How many days will it last to ensure freshness? I don't like the idea of freezing veggie/fruit puree. Thanks.
Actually, in the US, yam and sweet potato are different.
Yeay I have a Tiger(tigress) baby too! your boy is so adorable!! I agree with you, sweet potato is a very delicious baby food, I introduced sweet potato puree 2 weeks after the introductory baby cereal. And my baby also loves it until today. I buy the varieties of deep purple potato, orange potato (like yours), and later on Japanese potatoes. She at first loved the purple one more, but when I start giving the Japanese potatoes, it became her favorite now. It's slightly expensive, but like you, seeing her downing the food without any fuss, even trying to hurrying you up, is priceless!
My son is 11 mths n still loves his baked sweet potatoes. The way I've done it is to prick it with a fork, rub it all over with evoo (olive oil) n bake it @ 350 for 30 mins. After it's been mashed with a fork, it gets scooped into a cube container n frozen til it's needed.


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From the Adobe® Acrobat® XI task ribbon in Microsoft Office applications, Windows® users can convert Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files to PDFs that are easy to share and reliably viewed.
Watch this short video to see how easy it is to turn Microsoft Office documents into PDF files with Adobe's Word to PDF converter. (1:04)
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When you use Acrobat XI to convert a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file to PDF, people will see it just like you sent it — whether they're viewing it on a computer, tablet, or smartphone.
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QS Connect 1-2-1
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Hm, no demo version of this? It's too expensive to buy yet, but I guess many people would try the demo if there was one.
Deadfall runs nice on my i7-2700K with 8 GB ram and a Geforce GTX660Ti. This game obviously uses the Unreal 3 engine and shares the same bugs with Painkiller Hell & Damnation for example. Like long loading times and effy mouse control (fixed by disabling mouse smoothing in game options)
Sadly the link is even more confusing. Games that show me a linux icon like Garry´s Mod are listed by steamDB as showing NO linux icon. So something is definitely wrong there. In addition: There are games like Braid that have really no linux-icon, so steam won´t let me install it - but steamDB says it should work, and through the humble-bundle installer it definitely works on linux.....
So how did you make deadfall adventures install via steam on linux???? Is there a hack?


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Kal Online
Kal Online Overview
Kal Online is a veteran free-to-play MMORPG that was first released in 2004. The game still has a popular following and continues to be updated regularly. One of the most distinguishing features in Kal Online is the large, wide open environments and the ability to behead enemies after defeating them to replenish health and mana. Character progression is very basic; players chose from four jobs and gain several stat points each level to distribute among five attributes. The classes are:
Knight - The only male class in Kal Online. Knights can chose to become a defensive Commander or offensive Vagabond Swordman.
Archer - Ranged specialist who use bows to vanquish their enemies. Archers can upgrade to Imperial Commanders who can lower enemy stats and trap them or Expert Archers who deal heavy damage from a distance but rely on allies for protection.
Magician - Spellcasters who can chose to become Hermits, which deal heavy damage, or a Chairperson of Joong-Bang which heals and buffs allies.
Thief - Cunning women who rely on agility over brute force. Advanced thief jobs include the Hitman, who excels at one-on-one combat, and the Invisible Swordman who is skilled at facing multiple opponents.
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Kal Online Review
By Erhan Altay
Kal Online is one of the two free-to-play games to be developed and published by Inixsoft, with the other being Vanilla Gate. Like most Asian MMORPGs, Kal has an oriental fantasy setting where players battle demons. Originally released back in 2004, Kal is one of the oldest F2P MMORPGs still actively being actively supported, and while the playerbase isn't enormous, the addition of a new server (bringing the total to three) shows there's still an audience for the game.
Patching While You Wait…
The official site has had a series of technical difficulties in the past. For several months I was unable to register an account, but it seems Inixsoft has fixed that issue now. While the game is compatible on Windows Vista, players running a 64-bit operating system may have some issues installing and launching the game. Assuming you manage to get the game to download and install the game, the next step is a prolonged patch process. It took me nearly an hour to patch on a broadband connection. Once Kal Online is up and running, players must create a 'secondary' password after logging in for the first time. This second password must be six characters long, and can only contain numbers. The purpose of this additional security feature is to prevent keyloggers, since players can only enter their secondary password using the mouse and an on-screen number pad.
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Character creation in Kal Online is a very simple affair; there are four jobs to choose from including Knight, Magician, Archer, and Thief. Oddly, all of these classes (except the Knight) are female, with no option to change genders. Each class only has six hair and face options, most of which look similar. Players are given several stat points to manually distribute among the game's five attributes, which are Strength, Health, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Agility. There are currently three game servers, with Honin being the oldest and most populated. I encourage new players to start on that server since there are plenty of veteran players to help beginners using the game's teacher/student system. The newest server is Bango, which has the lowest population, but more low level characters, which may make it easier to find players to progress through the game with.
A Great Big World
New players begin their journey in the village of Narootuh, located on a small island which is connected to the mainland with a giant, oddly shaped bridge. There is no formal tutorial, but a help box does appear on the bottom-right of the screen, which provides helpful hints concerning quests available and what monsters to hunt at their present level. NPCs with quests available have glowing green scrolls over their heads, but the one NPC that players must seek out to progress their beginner quest is not marked in this way. Instead, players must rely on a poorly designed minimap, which consists of blurred tiles and small squares marking NPC locations. Only by hovering the curser over these tiny squares can players locate the appropriate NPC, which will introduce players to the game's background and give them tasks to complete. As with many other oriental MMORPGs (such as Silkroad Online), the enemies in Kal are various demons who are pillaging human settlements. Outside town, players will encounter various small demons and will get a sense of how wide open the game world really is in Kal Online. Never have I walked so far from one enemy to the next of the same type. For some reason the world is incredibly spaced out in Kal, which leads to a lot of running around. The benefit of this is that towns are huge and seem more lifelike. I remember playing Dark Age of Camelot where towns would consist of a single watch tower, a building, and a gazebo. That's not the case here. The starting town comes complete with docks, water wheels, several houses, a market area and two sets of guard towers.
Beheading Your Opponents
Experience gain is fairly rapid during the early levels. So much so that questing seems to be of little use. Players will find themselves in town often enough since it serves as the respawn location after death, so accepting all the available quests won't hurt, but going out of your way to complete a low level quest is simply not worth it. Some quests introduce players to game features such as fishing. After purchasing a fishing trap, players can speak to the fishing NPC in town to teleport to a small isle where they can set the trap and fish. Fishing involves no player interaction and will continue on its own until canceled. It's not a very impressive feature and simply encourages players to leave the game on while afk. As players level up, they will gain the ability to transform into monsters, which is one of the unique aspects of Kal Online. Another unique concept is the ability to behead opponents after defeating them. This isn't a very involved process either, and simply requires players to set the 'behead' skill to the right mouse button so it can be easily performed. Once an enemy is defeated, it will kneel down for several seconds before disappearing – it is at that moment that it can be beheaded to slightly replenish the player's health and mana.
Six Ways to Battle
One of Kal Online's lasting appeals has been it various PvP modes and general emphasis on player vs. player combat. There are currently five different PvP modes, all of which award honor points, which can be used to upgrade skills or buy new weapons and equipment. All five game modes involve large groups, with Castle Siege as the most ambitious. This mode involves four guilds, one of which defends the castle while the other three assault it. Other modes include Protecting Leader, in which players defend their guild leader and hunt down the other team's leader, Suffering Valley, where two guilds battle monsters with the team that accumulates the most points being declared the winner, Destructing Key Points, where teams race to destroy towers belonging to the other side, and Battlefield Island, where teams defend their pillars and plant new ones to gain control of the battle island. It takes a great deal of good old-fashioned grinding before being able to experience or contribute to these PvP events, which keeps the barrier of entry rather high. Most of Kal Online's community is composed of old veterans who have been playing the game for many years. Older games like this have a difficult time attracting new members, since there are just so many superior alternatives available these days in the free-to-play arena. Even players looking specifically for an oriental style MMORPG could look elsewhere at games like 9Dragons or Twelve Sky 2 before turning to Kal Online.
Final Verdict: Fair
Kal Online is an Asian MMORPG with a long and proven track record. There are plenty of newer and flashier games available today, but players looking for a simple game with lower system requirements may still want to give Kal a try.
Kal Online Videos
Kal Online Character Creation
Kal Online Gameplay Footage
Kal Online PvP Trailer
Kal Online Dungeons Trailer
Kal Online Official Trailer
Kal Online Links
Kal Online System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 2000
CPU: Pentium 3 800 MHz
HDD: 3.0 GB Free
Graphics Card: 32 mb
Recommended Specifications:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 2000
CPU: Pentium 4 1.6GHz
HDD: 3.0 GB Free
Graphics Card: 64 mb


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Lutron Wireless Lighting Control System
Lutron made its name in early 1960s with innovative developing and engineering. Throughout years, Lutron products were highly valued pieces of industry and today Westside Wholesale offers its customers a wide variety of outstanding Lutron solutions in light control. Our customers can be sure that their houses will be much more comfortable and efficient with Lutron wireless light control systems from our store.
Many products are parts of the Maestro Wireless technology patented by Lutron. It is a complex light control system, functional, practical and easy to install and use. The system is based on using different devices like Pico Wireless control and Radio Powr Savr sensors to provide users with great versatility and flexibility. Wireless light control units mount walls and compatible sockets and allow homeowners to control lighting levels in any room in the house with touching one button of the interface. Devices are as practical as they are compact and imperceptible.
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First and foremost, the most important detail to specify before looking for a wireless lighting control system is the features that it should offer. Since there are various lighting fixtures installed in every building, your future system should have programmed modes of operation for each of them. Calculate the number of lighting fixtures of each type and then specify what is exactly that you want to control. For example, you may want to equip your indoor lights with an automatic on/off switch or a dimmer that will control the brightness of each lamp.
The next factor to pay attention to when selecting a wireless lighting control system is its compatibility with the lights that are installed in your house. Older fixtures may not be compatible with new controllers but there's a simple solution you can take advantage of. There are wireless adapters that can help the general receiver send signals to the fixture and trigger its switch.
Control options of a wireless system are also the factor to consider. You need to look for remotes with the easiest controllers, otherwise you and your family members will have hard time managing the lights' operation.
After all of the factors from above are taken into account, you might want to consider the installation and safety requirements and whether the system that you have selected complies with them. Usually, such information can be found in the description of the device, If not, ask the seller to provide you with it.
When the wireless lighting control system is finally selected, you may still have some concerns about its operation. Hopefully, the following answers will help you make the final decision.
How do I install a wireless lighting control system? All of the need-to-know information usually comes with the system details. However, complex systems with unusual connections and features may have specific installation rules that only manufacturer can provide. If you are not planning to install such system by yourself, which is usually the case, the person that you hire to do that will know everything there is to know about such installation.


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Guitar Tabs for Redneck Paradise by Kid Rock
The guitar tabs for Redneck Paradise by Kid Rock are currently missing...
Hey, why don't you be the one to submit them?
You can play the video above, and extract the guitar tabs into the box below to the joy of the people who find this page after you.
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SD Gundam Capsule Fighter
SD Gundam Capsule Fighter Overview
SD Gundam Capsule Fighter Online is a third person shooter based off of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. The game boasts over 300 units to choose from, and all are customizable. Players can choose from several missions, ranging from solo quests, to massive player versus player conflicts. Lastly, combat is 3D, allowing free-movement across the battlefield.
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From Mobile Suit Gundam and beyond, millions of fans have argued for their favorite Gundams, often to answer the question: Which Gundam is the most powerful? With SD Gundam Capsule Fighter Online, you have the opportunity to pit your favorite mobile suit against both players and computer AI to prove its dominance. Published by OGPlanet, the game plays very similar to mech shooters like C21 and CosmicBreak.
Tiny Packaging
After you've launched the game, you are thrown directly into a tutorial. NPCs educate you on various systems you will need in order to succeed. Movement, dashing and basic combat skills are all covered in this tutorial, as well as a brief overview of weapon management and range.
Once you've completed the basic tutorial, you are sent to the capsule screen to spend Points (the game's primary currency) to buy your first training Gundam. This basic model is designed to be beginner friendly, and help you through the first few quests in the game. Because you are buying a capsule with a random Gundam inside, you may not be fond of your first Gundam's looks, weapons, or skills.
Lobby Quest
After you've purchased your very own Gundam, complete with the capsule machine packaging, you're deposited into a game lobby with no hint as to your next steps in the game. There is a quickplay option available; however, new players will want to check out the Quests button. The pop-up window has various quests available, ranging from additional tutorials and single-player missions, to cooperative challenges, to player-versus-player combat achievements. Each quest offers a reward, usually just Points; however, you can sometimes obtain additional Gundam units to use, making quests worthwhile to do.
Fighting in Another Dimension
Combat in SD Gundam Capsule Fighter Online utilizes a Rock, Paper, Scissors model. Melee units are strong against mid-range units, which are strong against long-range units, which are strong against melee units. Each Gundam comes with three equipped weapons, plus a special move that shows off an impressive array of maneuvers and causes large burst damage. The main issue with this system is the lack of information on weapon types. For example, if your Gundam has a beam gun, it might be considered mid-range, or it might be considered long-range. The only information you have is which of the three combat types your Gundam is.
Combat takes place on a completely 3D plane. You can move your mech freely in any direction in an attempt to defeat every opponent. Stages still have boundaries, but being fully three- dimensional adds a unique element to a genre mostly defined by ground movement. While the game is hailed as a third-person shooter, there are many elements of brawler-style combat to be found, such as the action-style melee combat that requires spam-clicking buttons to defeat your enemies. However, most ranged weapons have a cooldown timer or are automatic in their approach.
Each Gundam has a rank to indicate its prowess in combat. Many of the powerful Gundams in the game have additional weapon loadouts that can be equipped beyond of the default, and some can even transform from a robot to a jet for additional versatility. The units also have additional skills to utilize, which can be pivotal in various battles.
In order to obtain additional Gundams, you must either complete quests that offer one as a reward, or use Points in the capsule machines. There are over 20 capsule machines to choose from, each offering a random chance at six machine-specific Gundams. Each machine has a chance for a rare Gundam, much more powerful than the standard model.
Crafting the Perfect Mech
You also have the option to create your own version of a Gundam using blueprints, purchased from either the cash shop or the points shop. Each blueprint requires you to own a specific list of Gundams. You can then custom build a mobile suit with parts from these Gundam lists for a truly unique Gundam experience. Additionally, you can customize any mech by the use of paints and decals, which can be found randomly during missions or in the shops.
Final Verdict: Good
SD Gundam Capsule Fighter Online is a surprisingly solid game. Some people may be turned away by the super-deformed graphics; others by the fact it's a Gundam game. However, it does well to appeal to Gundam fans while adhering to the Gundam series. Combat is simple on the surface, but requires tactical strategy to truly succeed. This combat system offsets some problems found with the game, such as a lack of initial direction, or the inability to find open games running at certain times. If you're a Gundam fan, or the idea of fighting in a full 3D environment in a mech-suit appeals to you, the chibi-style robots of SD Gundam Capsule Fighter Online are waiting for you.


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14 Weeks to a Better Band Book 1
(A Unison Approach For Reading Improvement)Roger Maxwell - C L Barnhouse Company
This unison approach to improving sight-reading proficiency concentrates on one rhythmic figure per week. �Each unit is composed of three parts: the rhythmic figure itself, an exercise using only that figure, and a related study using that figure as well as other patterns previously learned. �Book 1 is designed for junior high players ; Book 2 is geared for high school students. � � � � � � �