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I need a nice, crisp, clear and easy to manage website for my online gaming site for FPS gamers. This is not a LAdder site but will fall into the online gaming category similar to that. It will be a much more in depth and rounded than anything else done out there. I have some examples of how I would like the site layout to look and be similar to. The site needs to be fully automated, with registration, forums, stats and so on. The remaining things I will need will be easier to describe one on one with someone. If you have the skills and talent to make what I want I would love to hear back about this..........Thank You
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The German government wants to introduce legislation that allows manufacturers of cars are required to provide autonomous and partially autonomous cars of a black box. The black box to track when the autopilot was active and when the driver drove.
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So sorry this is later than I wanted it to be. Really didn't expect the post vacation exhaustion, lol. I need a vaca from my vaca. Then add the start of school was today ughhh!
So from my last post you know that the very talented Melissa Mann tagged me for this post. Thanks so much Melissa :) A huge compliment coming from you!
So here goes:
1. What am I working on right now?
As of now I'm still working on my ongoing Atlantis vacation mini. A few months ago I decided it was time to start this... We went in 2005! I fell in love with the 4x4 albums by WRMK & chose one for this album.
2. How long does it take me to create a project?
Well if it's a mini... A long long time ;) Creating a traditional layout varies but most times after I gather my supplies I can get one done in an hour.
3. What are my favorite things to create with at the moment?
Ephemera packs, enamel dots & I don't think I can call a layout complete without a few mist droplets.
4. How does my writing/creating process work?
As I mentioned earlier that I gather my supplies first. Normally I gather my supplies the night before while watching TV or a movie with one of my kids. I enjoy this part of the process just as much as the actual creating. It also gives me time to think of what I'd like to make. Lots of times the product dictates my layout & I choose the photo later.
5. How do I become inspired and stay inspired?
Honestly it hasn't changed much since I started scrapping which is around 15 years ago. I almost always find my inspiration from others online. It doesn't even have to be a layout or project, it can simply come from a conversation with another scrapper. Other times I am inspired is by going through the products I have...old & new.
6. What is my signature style?
I don't think I have a signature style. I love trying new trends and fads. I feel like it just keeps things fun!
Now in turn, I nominate Michelle Wedertz :)
I have really been loving her style. It's the perfect balance between embellishing & simplicity. Michelle's style is also artsy & fun. I really love perusing her gallery.
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There can be many reasons to stick to deviantART (dA) — the biggest art community and a basic step for a design newcomer. At the same time none of these reasons should prevent you from participating in other professional networks and showcasing your skills.
Founded twelve years ago, today deviantART has the widest art-loving audience. However, lately there is an opinion that deviantART is overcrowded with work which can only be called "art" by a long stretch of imagination. So many men, so many censures! Anyway, like it or not, dA is a wonderful art community, but at the same time, it helps to be part of other art networks as well.
Today, we will take a look at seven major art communities and deviantART alternatives for aspiring designers and creative artists.
7 deviantART Alternatives:
1. Behance
Unlike deviantART, Behance is built for those who work with art professionally, doing it for a living or as a very serious hobby. Due to the strict rules and high standards, Behance tends to be an upper-level professional network.
The website looks intuitive and well-organized: works are divided into groups, categories, and even countries. You can circle your friends or teammates according to the interests, professional level or the project you are working on together. If you are looking for a standout feature here, take a look at the job board and interaction system. On Behance, artists get a consistent portfolio system to show the workflow and project progress in steps. Although a large number of famous names may scare the beginners, Behance is probably the only place where you can share your experience and knowledge with artists and designers and get professional feedback.
- Categories: Web and interface design, typography, typeface, graphics, industrial and interaction design, etc.
- Job board: Yes, very active.
- Pro account: Not exactly. Behance ProSite for publishing portfolio websites starts from $11/month.
2. Dribbble
First things first. Dribbble is a "by invitation only" website and stays one of those private networks that every designer is proud to be a part of. Users get 24 free shots each month to showcase their skills and get spotted. Frankly, Dribbble is all about "shots" and "rebounds". Shots are small (400×300 pixels JPEG, GIF or PNG) sneak peaks of your work or even a piece of it. Rebounding is a good way to reply with a shot or post a series of your sneak peaks tied with a certain idea.
The invite system has also ensured that the quality of works remains intact. Drafting a newcomer is sort of a responsibility, after all.
- Categories: UI Design, Web Design, Script, Typography, iOS apps design, 3D Designs, etc.
- Job board: Yes.
- Pro account: Yes, $20 per year. Better search for scouts, PRO badge for members, additional projects, attachments and stats.
3. Forrst
Private communities always cause a lot of rumors, but I should admit: Forrst beats them all. It is an invite-only community but if you are a member of GitHub, you have a right to login without asking for an invitation. On the whole, Forrst is all about sharing four categories: questions, snaps, code and links. It may look a bit similar to Dribbble, but it focuses on web developers too.
The editorial team has launched an amazing podcast covering design-centric topics and tutorials, which can be downloaded on iTunes. Being a closed network, Forrst makes its members keep up with the high level of work and invites only those who meet the requirements. Another strict measure is flagging offensive posts, so the community content is always clean and relevant.
- Categories: Icons, software, web interface, user interface.
- Job board: Yes.
- Pro accounts: Yes, called "supported accounts" and cost $5 per month. Provides stats and custom domains, unlimited attachment and more.
4. Designmoo
Designmoo.com is an open designers' network aimed to provide its members with objective feedback and the opportunity to get their projects done. With its rich base of free stuff (fonts, brushes, illustrations, icons and other items) and active interaction system, Designmoo is a fast-developing network with one of the largest worldwide communities.
Each work can deserve a "like", comment and feedback with suggestions. There is also a marketplace for pro members interested in selling their items via Designmoo or a third-party website. The community is vividly using all possible ways to promote free and quality stuff. A very popular one is so-called "Sponsored Freebies" featuring sources of peak traffic on a page branded with a company's logo.
- Categories: UI elements, email newsletter layouts, fonts, graphics, etc.
- Job board: No, but there's a marketplace for buying/selling quality design-centric products.
- Pro account: Starts from $9/month, gives you Dropbox synchronization, externally-hosted resources sharing and widescreen preview images uploading.
5. Designshack
Designshack is a user-friendly all-in-one solution for designers to submit their work, get feedback and make use of regular design-centric news and articles. The website is extremely easy to use; there are three main categories in the gallery: web design, branding, logos and interface design.
Being a part of DesignShack will get you an exclusive WordPress theme "Marketed" for free, while its usual price is $30. Your work can also get featured in a promotional article prepared by the editorial team for $49 only. Thus each member gets an opportunity to get spotted and receive objective critique for his pieces of art.
- Categories: Web design, interface design, branding and logos.
- Job board: No.
- Pro account: No, but promotional opportunities for $49.
6. Patterntap
Let's move to more focused communities. Patterntap was created four years ago as a "living classroom, where designers learn what is working well on the Web and why"; its members are mostly interested in UI design and patterns. There is a quick Twitter sign up and as a network participant, you can leave your comments below each item. If you are looking for inspiration or improving your design literacy, Patterntap is the right place to go!
- Categories: Typography, texture, subtitle, colorscheme, slidebars, subnavigation and many others.
- Job board: No.
- Pro account: No.
7. Typophile
Typophile is another focused community — this time for typography enthusiasts. If you are fond of typographic art, want to get experience, meet like-minded people and are ready for standing some criticism, you'll find everything here. The network itself is a huge forum tree, where fonts and typefaces, associated software, tips and tricks are discussed. Holding tons of pieces of creativity, this website has never had paid accounts and is supported by Punchcut.com — a design consulting company from San Francisco.
- Categories: Bitmap Display / Script, Typography / Composition, etc.
- Job board: No.
- Pro accounts: No.
Is that all?
Of course not! You can also make use of the following websites:
Now that you've seen the most popular alternatives to dA, which one do you find the most attractive? Let us know whether you're going to stay with dA community or explore something else. Share your thoughts or help us to expand the list!


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When you're trying to save money, buying coupons from "daily deal" sites may seem like a great idea. But if you're already handling too much debt, these deals could put a serious dent in your budget—and potentially jeopardize your larger financial goals.
Consider the following information when looking at daily deal sites:
1. If you're in debt because you overspend, daily deal sites could get you into more trouble. Someone who used to buy a lot and now is purchasing less to save money may start to feel deprived. Sites offering daily deals could provide a sort of adrenaline rush for those shoppers, says Shannon Ryan, CFP®, president of The Heavy Purse finance blog.
"Daily deal sites feed right into the personality of people who want to buy stuff. They know what entices people," Ryan says. "The impulse to purchase can be very hard to control."
2. Beware of price inflation. While there are sometimes great deals on these sites, many of the so-called "deals" are red herrings, Ryan warns. If you look elsewhere for the same item being sold on a deal site, you might find that the discount often isn't as steep as reported.
Marc and Tyler Horne, co-founders of the DailyDealBuilder.com, a provider of daily deal software, solutions and sales training, say that many businesses have been caught inflating prices on their promotions to make the sale price look better than it is. They advise that shoppers check to make sure the deal is what it seems to be.
3. Avoid impulse items with short purchase windows. Some deal sites warn that the low price is only good for another few minutes—or even seconds. When this is the case, shoppers often feel pressured to make a quick decision for fear of missing out on a great deal. More often than not, however, these are unnecessary purchases, Ryan says.
"If you use discretionary money for these quick things that don't make you happy, you'll probably go out and buy the thing that you really wanted anyway," she says.
4. If you do buy from a daily deal site, be sure to actually redeem the coupon. Daily deal sites depend on a certain percentage of people not redeeming the vouchers they purchase because the sites make more money that way, Marc Horne says.
"Especially if someone is trying to save money or get out of debt, it would be bad if [he or she buys] a deal and [doesn't] actually use it," Horne says.
Buyers should keep in mind that in most states, vouchers that have expired are still worth whatever you paid for them, Horne adds. So, if you spent $20 on a voucher for $40 worth of goods, the voucher is still worth $20 after its expiration date.
That's better than a total loss, but it wastes the value of the deal. Instead, buyers may want to pay attention to expiration dates and use their vouchers in time.
5. You can always unsubscribe. By law, all sites are required to send an unsubscribe link with every email, so if you find that you're spending too much money on daily deals, you could stop them from coming to your inbox with just a click on that link, which will allow you to unsubscribe without reporting them as spam, Horne says.
In many cases, shoppers can also tailor deal alerts to their specific interests, such as only spa deals or only clothing deals, Horne adds.
6. If it wasn't in your budget to begin with, you probably don't need it. If it just so happens that you'd planned to spend discretionary money on a pair of boots and a daily deal site offers you the best price for those boots, that could be a good time to purchase the deal, Ryan says.
If this is the case for you, try turning on deal alerts only until you've gotten the deal for which you searched. Then, turn the alerts back off so you're not tempted to make unnecessary purchases.
Megan Craig is a Chicago-based journalist and communications professional who writes mostly about personal finance and consumer issues. She is a former reporter and editor for the Chicago Tribune. Follow her on Twitter @megcraig1.
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You'll need to determine how you wish to take care of your home or company. There are several kinds of termite control treatment products accessible. In the United States, the most common liquid treatment available is Termidor.
As it works better than any other liquid treatment available on the market it is the most powerful liquid treatment on the market today. After traveling through the impediment, a worker termite will carry the material back into the colony where the effect is spread throughout. This subsequently will cause the colony to be totally eliminated. The compound is usually used by treating the perimeter ground across the structure of the building, in case your company is on a slab construction.
The interior structure has to be medicated so that the colony will come in contact with Termidor and be entirely removed. Liquid treatments are highly popular in crawl space homes without needing to drill within the construction of the property since you can often treat the crawl space as well as the exterior perimeter of the dwelling. In crawl space homes, the garage is often the only room inside the house that's in direct contact with all the soil.
Subterranean termites always come from the ground, so you could make sure that the termites by treating the whole margin throughout the structure of the house come in touch with Termidor. There are other products besides Termidor which can be utilized throughout the home. Termidor treatments can survive for decades, although other termite control treatment liquid products like Premise just last roughly five years.
Drilling inside constructions isn't cost effective or practical for some basement houses and many companies. Because of this, it is generally more economical to use bait around the external perimeter of the building. One of the very most common lure systems now is Advance Termite Bait.
These stations contain bait that termites get and go back to the colony. The point is the fact that this lure will be found by termites before they come in touch together with the construction. Unlike liquid treatments that require a one-time treatment, bait stations must be checked on a regular basis.
Stations that show signs of routine termite treatment are assessed more frequently. Technicians can install stations above ground inside the building to eliminate colonies which are invading the structure, if a termite swarm happens inside a building with termite bait stations round the perimeter.
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The City of Tukwila Volunteer Program operates under the authority of the Mayor's Office. The program was formally established in February 1999 with the hiring of a Volunteer Coordinator to oversee volunteers in all City departments. Volunteers have been active for many years in several City departments, particularly Parks & Recreation and Police. The success of these volunteer efforts led to the City's decision to expand the program and create uniform policies. The City currently lists a wide variety of volunteer positions including on-call opportunities, short-term projects, and continuous departmental assignments.
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Opera Mobile Classic provides a reliable, feature-filled alternative to the built-in Android web browser.
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Essentially, Opera Mobile Classic looks and feels like Opera Mini for Android, retaining the same user interface and offering all the great features of that program. The app has been superseded by the more recent Opera Browser for Android, which features a fresher user interface which may appeal to certain people.
The main difference between the two browsers is the way web pages are rendered by the software. Opera Mini serves compressed versions of pages from the Opera servers in order to speed up loading times. Opera Mobile Classic on the other hand, renders the full HTML of the page, making it slower to load pages, but significantly improving the quality of images and other multimedia elements on the page. The Turbo option within Opera Mobile Classic lets you switch to the compressed page mode if you want to speed things up.
Packed with features
Features of Opera Mobile Classic include bookmarks, download manager, mobile or desktop views, and a Google search bar (unfortunately you can't change this to another search engine, though). The Opera Link feature in Opera Mobile Classic allows you to sync your bookmarks, start page, history, etc. with your desktop version of Opera.
The latest version of Opera Mobile Classic for Android now supports Flash content, as well as HTML 5 audio and video, making it great for enjoying interactive rich web content.
It would be neat if, like Firefox, Opera Mobile Classic included support for add-ons. The ability for third party developers to extend the functionalities of the app would be a very welcome one.
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You get a very comfortable user interface, with a Speed Dial feature, whereby you can set one-click shortcuts for up to nine of your favorite sites. Support for tabs means you can have several pages running and once, flicking between them using an elegant thumbnail preview bar.
Viewing and moving around pages with Opera Mobile Classic is a delight. You can pinch to zoom into an area of the page, then instantly snap back to full screen view with the touch of a button.
Unfortunately, I did experience several crashes testing the latest version of Opera Mobile Classic (12.1). Let's hope that these get ironed out in the next update to the app.
Worth a try
Opera Mobile Classic isn't the quickest of Android web browsers, but its slick interface design and useful features make it well worth a try.


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Who's afraid of the big, broad biennial? Not Dan Cameron, who organized ambitious exhibition events like Prospect New Orleans before becoming chief curator at the Orange County Museum of Art last year.
Now, his first big group show in his new job is shaping up to be a global mash-up shaped by seismic geopolitical undercurrents. Called the California-Pacific Triennial, the show features 32 artists from 15 countries that border the Pacific Ocean.
This show replaces the California Biennial, a regular museum attraction that often promised more than it delivered, and the new project has a more sustainable every-three-years schedule.
On Monday the museum is releasing its list of artists chosen for the first show, running June 30 through Nov. 17.


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1 WHY THE FDA SHOULD REGULATE TOBACCO PRODUCTS WHAT IF a product consumed by nearly 50 million Americans every day killed one-third of those who became regular users and one-half of those who use it for a lifetime? nearly 90 percent of those using the product for the first time tried it and became regular users when they were 18 years of age or younger? the product was not only deadly but also as addictive as cocaine or heroin? the manufacturers of the product knew of its harmful and addictive properties and lied to the American public and to the United States Congress about what it knew? the manufacturers knowingly developed more addictive versions of their products? the manufacturers spent billions of dollars every year to market the product, particularly to children? Would there be outrage among the public? The declaration of a public health crisis? Calls for product regulation and restrictions and to make it as safe as possible? In the case of tobacco, the answer is there is no special regulation, only special protection. THE DEADLY FACTS ABOUT TOBACCO Tobacco is the only legal product sold in the United States that, when used according to the manufacturer s instructions, is highly addictive and kills a high percentage of its regular users. Tobacco causes nearly one out of every three deaths from cancer, one out of every five deaths from heart disease, and 87 percent of all lung cancer cases. 1 Every day approximately 3,000 children become regular smokers. One-third of them will die of a tobacco-related illness. 2. In the 2 ½ years since Congress last attempt to pass legislation granting authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco, 3 about 2.7 million children have become regular smokers, of whom about 900,000 will die prematurely of tobacco-related illnesses. 4
2 Tobacco kills more than 400,000 people each year in the United States. More than AIDS, car accidents, alcohol, homicides, illegal drugs, suicides, and fires combined. That s one out of every five deaths. 5 In the same 2 ½ years since Congress tried giving FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products, more than one million Americans have died prematurely from tobaccorelated illnesses. That s the equivalent of the combined populations of Jackson, Mississippi, Casper, Wyoming, Abilene, Texas, Billings, Montana, Burlington, Vermont, and Dubuque, Iowa all dying of a tobacco-related illness. 6 Every year the Federal government spends an estimated $38 billion on services attributable to tobacco-related illnesses (Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans, etc ). 7 In addition, States spend an estimated $7.3 billion every year on Medicaid services for tobacco-related illnesses. 8 Evidence strongly suggests that if individuals do not begin smoking before age 19 they will never start. 9 The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars on marketing every year (more than $8.2 billion a year almost $22.5 million a day 10 ), much of which appeals directly to the 18 and under population. Industry marketing practices create a situation in which smoking by children and adolescents is not a matter of informed choice. Then, once a choice to start smoking is made, many children quickly become addicted to nicotine, 11 making quitting very difficult. AN ANSWER While tragic and mind numbing in its enormity, the death and disease caused by the use of tobacco products is preventable. And while there are no magic bullets in the fight against tobacco, a critical element in this fight is the effective regulation of the sales, marketing and manufacturing of tobacco products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates food, drugs and medical devices that range from macaroni and cheese to nicotine gum, to break-through prescription drugs to artificial heart valves but not tobacco products. Other products manufactured by tobacco companies (e.g., Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Miller Lite beer), and every other product containing nicotine (e.g., Nicorette, Nicoderm), are regulated by the FDA but not tobacco products. The FDA is clearly the most appropriate agency to regulate tobacco products. They have the scientific knowledge and expertise, they are unbiased and objective, and they have years of experience in effectively regulating consumer products. Any bill that grants the FDA authority to regulate tobacco products must address the following critical set of elements:
3 Marketing and Youth Access. Legislation should grant FDA authority regarding the sale and distribution of tobacco products, including access, advertising, and promotion with a particular emphasis on marketing that appeals to young people and claims that are deceptive or misleading. Adoption of Youth Access and Marketing Restrictions of the 1996 Rule to Help Reduce Youth Tobacco Use. Legislation should incorporate the substance of the youth access and youth marketing restrictions adopted by the FDA in 1996 so that the agency would not need to go through a new rulemaking process to implement them. Health Information Disclosure. Legislation should entitle FDA to receive all documents and information in the tobacco industry s possession relating to health effects of all tobacco products, nicotine and its effects on the body, addiction, marketing to children and its effects, and such other information that the HHS Secretary deems necessary to enable the FDA to protect the public health. Public Health Standard. The existing FDA standard for approving drugs and devices is whether there is a reasonable assurance that a product is safe and effective. Because there is no such thing as a safe cigarette, this proper standard for regulation of tobacco products should be the protection of the public health standard. This standard will give FDA the flexibility to reduce health risks to the American public, taking into account all relevant considerations. This standard would require consideration of whether a product change or new rule will reduce or increase tobacco use, including increasing the number of new users or decreasing the number who quit. Authority to Reduce or Eliminate Harmful Components. Legislation should grant FDA the authority to evaluate scientifically, and then through notice and comment rulemaking to decide whether to reduce or, where appropriate, eliminate the harmful and addictive components of all tobacco products based upon what will best protect the public health. Disclosure of Ingredients. Legislation should grant FDA authority to require the tobacco industry to provide a complete list of all tobacco ingredients and additives, by brand and by quantity, and the authority to require that this information be given to the public in a manner that does not disclose legitimate trade secrets. It should further provide FDA with authority to regulate the use of any ingredient or additive that is harmful or which contributes to the harmfulness of the product. Also, the burden should be placed on tobacco manufacturers to demonstrate that each ingredient and additive is safe in the quantity used under the conditions of intended use. Health Warnings. Legislation should grant FDA authority over health warnings on tobacco product packages and advertisements, including the power to revise and add health warnings and to alter their format, including, but not limited to changing their size, location, and color.
4 Health Claims and Reduced Risk Products. Legislation should grant FDA authority over products that purport to reduce consumer health risks or serve as less harmful alternatives and the authority to evaluate scientifically whether new products are actually less harmful. It also should provide FDA authority to prohibit or restrict directly or indirectly made: (1) unsubstantiated or false or misleading health claims; and (2) claims that discourage people from quitting or encourage them to start using tobacco. FDA Authority over Tobacco Farms or Tobacco Growers. Legislation should make clear that FDA would not have authority over tobacco farms or tobacco growing. Routine Regulatory and Procedural Fairness. Legislation should subject tobacco products to the same standards or procedures that are applied to other FDA-regulated drugs or devices. THE WRONG ANSWER Some tobacco companies claim that they now support federal regulation of tobacco, including health claims. The tobacco industry s version of regulation is fundamentally different from that supported by the public health community and is aimed at protecting the industry s profits, not the public health. It would not provide meaningful authority over tobacco marketing or the harm caused by the product itself. The public health community s goal is effective regulation that would reduce the number of people who become addicted to and then are sickened and killed by tobacco. The tobacco industry views regulation as a marketing tool (an FDA seal of approval) to promote its new reduced risk products that include unproven and unsubstantiated health claims. 12 If the tobacco industry succeeds in its efforts to pass weak FDA regulation, the result will be fewer smokers attempting to quit and more people starting to smoke good news for the tobacco industry, bad news for public health. 1 US Department of Health and Human Services. Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General. US Department of Health and Human services, Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health. DHHS Publication No. (CDC) , Targeting Tobacco Use: The Nation s Leading Cause of Death, 3 On June 17, 1998 the Senate defeated the Universal Tobacco Settlement Act (S. 1415), a.k.a., the McCain bill. 4 Targeting Tobacco Use: The Nation s Leading Cause of Death, 5 Lynch, B.S., and R.J. Bonnie, editors, Growing Up Tobacco Free Preventing Nicotine Addiction In Children and Youths, Committee on Preventing Nicotine Addiction in Children and Youths, Division of
5 Biobehavioral Sciences and Mental Disorders, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., p.3, Based on 1999 U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for metropolitan statistical areas, 7 Xiulan Zhang et al, Cost of Smoking to the Medicare Program, 1993, Health Care Financing Review 20(4); L. Miller et al, State Estimates of Total Medical Expenditures Attributable to Cigarette Smoking, 1993 Public Health Reports Ibid. 9 Federal Register, Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents; Final Rule, page 44399, August 28, For amounts spent by the cigarette companies on marketing, see Federal Trade Commission s Cigarette Report For 1999, (2001), 11 DiFranza, Joseph R et al, Initial Symptoms of Nicotine Dependence in Adolescents, National Cancer Institute grant CA Report of the Institute of Medicine, Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm Reduction, National Academy of Sciences, February 22, 2001.
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text: LIBRARY NEWS St. Joseph County Public Library Be part of the live audience for the Story Peddlers (Kathie and Bob Myers), who will be broadcasting a professional storytelling program to school classrooms, in this program at 11 a.m. today and Thursday in the Main Library's Dickinson Room. The fun-filled event features stories about bears, including fierce grizzlies, Brer Rabbit, and an imaginary bear who resolves a real conflict. For grades K-3. Space is limited; register at (574) 282-4607. *** A Teen Advisory Group meeting begins at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Lakeville Branch. Are you a teen in grades 7-12 who likes making new friends and wants to contribute your ideas for teen library services and programs in the Lakeville community? If so, then join the quarterly TAG meetings and share your voice! *** An open craft event on "April Showers" will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Centre Township Branch. Spring is coming, so clear out those winter doldrums with a bright bloom or two and discover a rainbow of opportunity for fresh creativity. "What's Cooking at the Library?" At 6 p.m. Thursday at the Tutt Branch, cooking instructor Edie Sutton of the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service will demonstrate how to make healthy meals on a budget. Recipes and samples provided. Call (574) 282-4637 for more information or to register. Join SJCPL staff, library board members and local dignitaries as they break ground for the new North Liberty Branch at the northeast corner of Market and Main (Indiana 23) streets in North Liberty at 10 a.m. Saturday. Refreshments will be served. Celebrate "Be Kind to Animals Week" May 1-6 at the Lakeville Branch. Enjoy browsing through the animal books on display and make an animal craft each day at the children's table during our regular hours. Throughout the month of May, the North Liberty Branch will be displaying the artwork of one of North Liberty's local artists. Also, guess how many marbles are in the jar on display. The patron who guesses closest to the actual amount wins the jar of marbles. A Book Swap drop-off will take place May 1-6 at the North Liberty Branch. Patrons may drop off books that are in good condition to be stored for the May 8 Patron Book Swap. "Don't Bug Me!" is the 6 p.m. program Monday at the LaSalle Branch. Ever wish you could eat what bugs you? Here's your chance to consume an interesting bug or two. The "Bright, Beautiful Beads" program begins at 2 p.m. May 2 in the Main Library's Storytime Room. If you like colors and crafting, join the fun. The library provides the materials; you provide the creativity and design. Ages 5-up. Supplies are limited; pre-register in Children's Services or call 282-4607. *** Library locations -- Main Library, 304 S. Main St., South Bend; Centre Township Branch, 1150 E. Kern Road, South Bend; Francis Branch, 52655 N. Ironwood Road, South Bend; LaSalle Branch, 3232 W. Ardmore Trail, South Bend; River Park Branch, 2022 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend; Tutt Branch, 2223 Miami St., South Bend; Western Branch, 611 Lombardy Drive, South Bend; Lakeville Branch, 601 N. Michigan, Lakeville; North Liberty Branch, 105 W. Center St., North Liberty. What's New New items on (or soon to be on) the shelves at the St. Joseph County Public Library: Fiction Labyrinth by Kate Mosse Make Him Look Good by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Nightlife by Thomas Perry The Orkney Scroll by Lyn Hamilton Whispers of Moonlight by Lori Wick Nonfiction Additions: How to Expand Your Home by Larry Johnston Digital Video: An Introduction by Tom Ang Giada's Family Dinners by Giada De Laurentiis Look Great, Feel Great: 12 Keys to Enjoying a Healthy Life Now by Joyce Meyer Seventy Great Battles in History by Jeremy Black Children's Books The Bouncing, Dancing, Galloping ABC by Charlotte Doyle (Preschool) Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems (Preschool--Grade 2) Flyte (Septimus Heap, Book 2) by Angie Sage (Grades 5--8) The Greatest Cookies Ever by Rose Dunnington (Grades 3--8) Who Is Your Favorite Monster, Mama? by Barbara Shook Hazen (Preschool) Audiobooks (CD) Death Notes by Ruth Rendell The House by Danielle Steel The Hunt Club by John Lescroart The Island by Heather Graham President Reagan by Richard Reeves DVDs Breakfast On Pluto Casanova Hostel Irish Jam Mrs. Henderson Presents CDs I'm Not Dead -- Pink Life On The Murder Scene -- My Chemical Romance Super Colossal -- Joe Satriani Their Law: The Singles 1990--2005 -- Prodigy Totally Country Vol. 5


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My 3 months old is having dry skin.He has developed acne too after about 2 weeks of bath and it comes and goes. Doctor said that having acne during early days is normal but I have been waiting for them to disappear completely. What is the best solution for these problems? Does applying olive oil before bath work for dry skin?


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The foundation headed by former college and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow has selected First Baptist Church of Salisbury to host "A Night to Shine" prom for special needs individuals.
"I'm just really excited because it's going to be bringing what we are already doing out to the community," said Mary Ann Cody of the Access Ministry at First Baptist. "It's going to really raise awareness about what we offer and about our passion for people with special needs."
A Night to Shine will be held in more than 100 churches around the world simultaneously on Friday, February 12, 2016. In Salisbury the event will be held at the First Ministry Center on N. Fulton Street.
Night to Shine is described by the Tim Tebow Foundation as "an unforgettable prom night experience, centered on God's love, for people with special needs, ages 16 and older. This worldwide movement is already set to take place next year in 41 states across the nation and 7 countries around the world."
Though not planned, Tebow himself could make an appearance in Salisbury. The former quarterback and football announcer typically makes surprise visits to Night to Shine events.
Cody says she was thrilled when she learned that First Baptist had been selected.
"It was a very quiet, humbling moment, one of those things where I knew God was involved," Cody added. "It was completely unexpected and it kind of came out of nowhere and it was just one of those things 'okay Lord, you've got it, let's go,'"
"The ministry is definitely not limited to our church," Cody added. "It's definitely a community outreach event and so we would definitely reach out to have volunteers from outside of our church."
Every guest of Night to Shine will enter their prom on a red carpet complete with welcoming friendly paparazzi. Once inside guests will receive VIP treatment including hair and makeup stations, shoe shining stations, corsages and boutonnieres, a karaoke room and dancing. The highlight of the night will come when every one of the Night to shine guests is crowned as a king or queen of the prom.
"We are honored to be able to work with so many churches across the county and around the world to impact the lives of people with special needs," said Erik Dellenback, executive director of the Tim Tebow Foundation. "After such an amazing response to the inaugural event held in 44 locations earlier this year, our prayer is that this event will one day change the face of Valentine's Day weekend from simply a celebration of love, to a celebration of God's love for people with special needs."
As sponsor of Night to Shine, the Tim Tebow Foundation will provide each host church with a detailed instruction manual, a Prom Kit complete with decorations and gifts for the guests, financial support and individualized staff guidance.
During Night to Shine 2015, 44 hosts churches and 15,000 volunteers worked together to honor the more than 7,000 kings and queens of the prom. This year, the host churches are expected to see more than 20,000 people with special needs at prom all at one time around the world.
First Baptist actually held its own prom for those with special needs last year and has an active ministry in that area. Cody says it's been a very rewarding experience for all involved.
"Relationships with our friends, one on one relationships with the friends and just walking day in day out, just doing life with them," Cody said. "I'm equally blessed and I hope I'm a blessing to them."
For more information on this worldwide movement and to support the continued growth of Night to Shine with a donation, visit: http://www.timtebowfoundation.org/index.php/night-to-shine/
For additional information on the Night to Shine hosted by First Baptist Church of Salisbury visit fbcsalisbury.org.
Southminster Presbyterian Church in Gastonia will also host a Night to Shine.
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First Gen Scholars
First Generation Scholars is a student organization focusing on first generation college students. Through community service, cultural exposure and professional development, students are invited to challenge themselves during their undergraduate years to get involved and give back to the community.
It is our goal to connect first-generation students with campus and community services, opportunities, and resources.
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World Cup: Portugal Preview
Portugal has the second best odds to win Group G and while they barely qualified for South Africa they are the third ranked team in the world and they have a solid defense.
Bovada has Portugal at +5000 to win the World Cup and at +350 to win Group G.
Portugal is in the Group of Death and beating Ivory Coast, who may be the best team from Africa, and Brazil will be far from easy.
Even though Portugal has Cristiano Ronaldo, who is one of the best offensive minded midfielders in the world, how far they go in the World Cup may come down to how their defense plays.
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South Africa will be Portugal's fourth World Cup and their third in a row and they have made the semifinals twice (2006, 1966).
In the 2006 World Cup Portugal finished third, but in qualifying for this one they started off very slowly and then caught fire coming in second in their group and then beating Bosnia-Herzegovina in a playoff.
Bruno Alves and Ricardo Carvalho of Chelsea anchor a solid offense and they will have to play well, especially when they face Brazil and Ivory Coast in group play, as each has a great offense. The midfield is good led by Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid and he will have to provide some offense this summer and help control the midfield.
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The Portuguese do have Cristiano Ronaldo, but their main weakness is from the striker position and they had problems scoring goals in World Cup qualifying. The Portuguese may have to rely on the counter-attack coming from the defense and their midfielders to score. Liedson is their main striker, but he will need help and if he gets some from the midfield and Ronaldo Portugal will be tough to beat.
Head coach Carlos Queiroz is a coach that does not lack fire and he commands discipline from his players. He forces the issue in the midfield and counts on long runs from the wingers and long balls from the midfield.
The last match between Portugal and Brazil may be the big one, as there is a good chance that the winner of the match will win Group G. Also, their first match against Ivory Coast is important, as if they lose they may have to beat Brazil just to make it out of group play.
Portugal World Cup Schedule
6/15/2010 Ivory Coast vs. Portugal
6/21/2010 Portugal vs. North Korea
6/25/2010 Portugal vs. Brazil


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I am focused on me. I am strong. I love and am loved dearly. I am blessed. I live in success. I have 幸せ (happiness)~
I am grateful for the rest I had~
I am grateful for surviving the last few days of frenzy! It was a wreck last Thursday. I can't believe that the lawyer dragged me out to his house because he was lonely, but I'm proud of myself for standing my ground and asserting myself that I will not let him have his ways~ Little me is not one of his flings because I am not interested! What a big baby for a man above thirty! If I can help him, I will, but if not, then I hope he doesn't victimize someone else~
I am grateful for the love and affection I received. Even though I did not have my skincare regimen this weekend, I had plenty of laughs and love~
I am grateful for the food I had and hopefully that I was able to help!
I am grateful for finishing my schoolwork and receiving a good grade on it~
Dear Lord:
I pray that I will be productive this week and that I will be in better physical condition to go out~!
In Jesus' name I pray, Amen


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This is my handsome nephew H. who just finished Army boot camp! (he was thrilled about appearing in the blog... I know its cuz he thinks it will get him some chicks.lol) He was gone for 4 months and I know went through hell. I am proud of him for this accomplishment. For having the strength and determination to see it through. He just got home yesterday and thankfully can stay here for 2 wks working with the local recruiter. But after that... well it's a waiting game for deployment.
Today when I saw him I burst into tears. I am very much my mother's daughter with a soft heart and a quick tear, but there are few times I've spontaneously started crying. It always takes me off guard and I feel like an idiot. But what can I do? I look at him, all of 19 yrs old, and remember meeting him when he was 3. I wonder where he will be going and what awful things he will see. (I won't even go into my feelings about the war) I am terrified about what could possibly happen to him and wonder if those who send young people so quickly into confrontation, would still do so if they had a very personal connection with it. Maybe a few do, but for the majority - It's always some far off thing other people deal with. Until it affects someone you care about, it's easy to not think about (though I am guilty of that too.)
I have the utmost respect for the men and women in the military. I am very proud of my nephew but oh... my heart is sad and heavy. I can only pray for his safety and for circumstances to change. write stupid, funny letters to him and send yummy things to eat. What more can an aunt do?
except cry of course... dang my mother's genes *ah, damn you... damn you..." (channelling Charlton Heston re: Plant of the Apes) hehe just kidding - Lord knows you gotta laugh through your tears =)


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You can keep tightening the screws up to a point—but eventually the wood will crack. Too many dictators have found this out the hard way: first pressure on society becomes unbearable, then the regime comes to a precipitous finale. Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovych was just the latest in a series.
One can think of a few possible ways to change Vladimir Putin's mind on the occupation of Ukraine. He may listen to public opinion: 73 percent of Russians, even according to the state-run VTsIOM polling agency, oppose intervention in Ukraine. He may be persuaded by Russian opposition leaders, who condemned the war as "madness of a deranged KGB officer" and a "reckless policy" that "goes against the interests of our country." He may be swayed by Western moves to suspend military cooperation and threats by Western leaders to boycott the G8 summit in Sochi.
If the old maxim has it that the only lesson of history is that no one learns from it, dictators must be particularly slow learners. Despite the definitive record of recent history—from Nicolae Ceausescu to Slobodan Milosevic—that attempts to suppress public discontent with brute force only hasten a regime's collapse, authoritarian leaders still try to repress the opposition away, inevitably with the same results. Ukraine's hapless president, Viktor Yanukovych, is just the latest example.
It seems that Vladimir Putin wants to be next. At least this seems to be the course he is taking, having drawn exactly the wrong lessons from Ukraine's latest revolution. With Russia's educated urban middle-classes, the backbone of the 2011-2012 street protests—a warning sign to Putin's Kremlin if ever there was one—increasingly alienated from a backward, corrupt, and repressive regime, a wise course of action would have been to meet some of the opposition's demands (such as holding free elections and releasing political prisoners) and allow for a gradual political transition.
Since the Kremlin shut down Russia's last nationwide independent television channel in 2003, news coverage for the vast majority of Russian citizens has been replaced with pro-regime propaganda. No alternative viewpoints are presented; no opposition leaders are allowed on the air; no serious instances of abuse of power or government corruption are reported.
Two notable exceptions have been the cable TV channel Dozhd (Rain) and the radio station Ekho Moskvy, which maintained critical news reporting and gave airtime to the opposition. With a monthly reach of, respectively, 11 million and 4 million people—in a country of 140 million—these two media outlets could not possibly challenge the monopoly of the state propaganda machine, but they nevertheless provided important space for debate and gave at least a part of Russian society a chance to receive objective information.
Days before the official opening of the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, what was supposed to be a moment of personal triumph for Vladimir Putin is fast turning into a major embarrassment. Not only have most of the leaders of Western democracies—including the leaders of Britain, Germany, the US, and France—declined to attend the ceremonies, but the Olympics themselves are being increasingly associated not with "prestige," but with corruption, incompetence, and mismanagement.
At 10 p.m. Moscow time on Friday, two passenger cars left the IK-16 prison colony near Velsk, in Russia's northern Arkhangelsk Region, and headed for Moscow. One of them carried Platon Lebedev, the former business partner of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and—like Khodorkovsky himself—a political prisoner for more than a decade. Lebedev was arrested by the Russian authorities in July 2003 as the Kremlin-instigated Yukos case was gaining steam and as a warning to Khodorkovsky—a prominent critic of the Putin regime and major sponsor of opposition parties—not to return to Russia. The CEO of Yukos at the time, Khodorkovsky did return, unwilling to leave his colleague as a hostage, and was himself arrested in October 2003. Amnesty International recognized both Khodorkovsky and Lebedev as prisoners of conscience.
This week, a bipartisan group of US senators introduced a new bill, S.1933 (the Global Human Rights Accountability Act), that would extend across the world the targeted visa and financial sanctions on human rights abusers established by the Magnitsky Act. That law, passed in 2012, bans Russian officials who engage in gross human rights violations from traveling to and keeping assets in the United States. The new bill would extend these sanctions beyond Russia to human rights abusers in every country.
The Kremlin has no qualms about contradicting itself and making public U-turns when this suits its interests. In 2004, Vladimir Putin abolished individual single-member districts in parliamentary elections in order to purge the Duma of the few remaining opposition-minded legislators—only to bring the old system back when the situation changed. With public support for the ruling United Russia party falling, the regime now pins its hopes for keeping its parliamentary majority on "independent" pro-Kremlin deputies.
"You should not see me as a symbol that there are no political prisoners left in Russia," Mikhail Khodorkovsky, for more than a decade Russia's best-known political prisoner, said at his Berlin press conference in December after his surprise pardon. "I am a symbol that the efforts of civil society may lead to the release of people whose release was not expected by anyone." He vowed to make the freedom for Russia's remaining political prisoners a priority in his own public activities.
On December 20, 2013, a small private plane owned by OBO Bettermann, a German company, landed at Berlin Schönefeld Airport. Its sole passenger was Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former head of Yukos oil company and the Open Russia Foundation—and, until this week, modern Russia's most famous political prisoner.
"I would like to thank everyone who has been following the Yukos case all these years for the support you provided to me, my family, and all those who were unjustly convicted and continue to be persecuted," Khodorkovsky said in his first statement as a free man. "I am very much looking forward to the minute when I will be able to hug my close ones and personally shake hands with all my friends and associates. I am constantly thinking of those who continue to remain imprisoned … I will welcome the opportunity to celebrate this upcoming holiday season with my family. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."
Former mid-ranking United Russia party official Andrei Bogdanov does not hold any government posts or have a particularly high media visibility, but, over the past decade, his services have proved indispensable to the Kremlin in its campaign to keep the Russian opposition from the ballot box. Where official and (pseudo) legal tools were not available or sufficient, Bogdanov delivered. He is not shy about being the Kremlin's errand boy—indeed, he is almost proud of it.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to cancel the signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union—undoubtedly taken under pressure from the Kremlin—is yet another reminder of the post-imperial complexes of Vladimir Putin, who once infamously described the peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union as "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century." Examples of these complexes are abundant, from the Kremlin's previous spats with Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova to its continuing hostility toward the Baltic states.
Yet the shorthand references to Kiev acting "under pressure from Russia" and "choosing Russia over Europe," used by many analysts and journalists in the past few days, are an all-too-familiar oversimplification. While Putin's authoritarian and increasingly unpopular regime has indeed opposed Ukraine's quest for European integration, Russia's civil society and democratic opposition have backed it—a fact all but ignored by the international media.
The Russian opposition has long been divided into those who genuinely oppose Vladimir Putin's corrupt and authoritarian regime, and those who imitate political pluralism while never crossing the Kremlin's path where it really matters. The worldwide campaign to adopt the Magnitsky sanctions—the ban on Russian officials implicated in corruption and human rights abuses from traveling to, and keeping assets in, the West—has become a litmus test for those who call themselves Kremlin opponents. These individual sanctions strike at the very heart of the Putin system, ending the impunity for those who violate the rights and plunder the resources of the Russian people. This idea is supported by 44 percent of Russian citizens and by most of the country's leading opposition figures.
As the US administration readies its first annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Magnitsky Act, the law imposing visa and financial sanctions on Russian human rights abusers, European legislators are preparing a strategy to move forward with their own sanctions package. Last week, the European Parliament hosted the first meeting of the Justice for Sergei Magnitsky Inter-Parliamentary Group, which brings together lawmakers from 13 countries (11 of them from the European Union) and an advisory board that includes representatives from Russia (among them, the author of this blog). The aim of the new coalition is to coordinate between the national parliaments and the European Parliament on the best way to move forward with barring Russian officials implicated in corruption and human rights violations from visiting and stowing their assets in EU member states and Canada.
This week, Garry Kasparov, legendary Russian chess grandmaster and one of the leaders of the country's pro-democracy opposition, has officially requested Latvian citizenship. In his letter to the Saeima (Parliament), which can grant citizenship to foreigners based on "special merit" (and which has made 174 such decisions since 2000), Kasparov explained that a Latvian passport would give him the security to work "in Russia and in other countries across the world where civil rights are denied and democratic norms are trampled on."
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