Will Smith is a fashion icon that is adored and popular for his singing, acting and his fashionable style. He was born in Philadelphia in 1968 to a school administrator mom, and a refrigeration engineer dad. He became a big star on his popular television sitcom ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’. Back then, he was seen wearing neon colors, hats worn backwards, baggy pants, and jackets turned inside out and different other mismatched outfits. He does not know it then, but he would later become one of the most noticed and adored African American celebrities ever to come to Hollywood.

Will Smith really became a big name in the Hollywood world for his killer style and killer looks after the movie ‘Men in Black’. This is because of his tall stature, wide broad shoulders, and his pearly white teeth. It is also because of the fashionable clothes that he expresses, or perhaps the positive fashion influence he gets from his very beautiful wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith.

Another definite must have in Will Smith’s fashion style is the bling bling or flashy jewelry that he wears. He likes wearing big, blaring flashy gold necklaces that has become a big thing for men. You may even see him wearing a diamond ring and then some on his big muscular hands. Will’s style is unique because he adds sophistication and class with his cutting edge jeweled theme. He will be seen wearing a sleek dark fitted suit mixed with a perfect tie that matches it along with his dazzling gold accessories.

Picking out watches isn’t always easy. You have to take into consideration all the style and color variations, in addition to feature functionality, all the while staying within your price range. Where should you begin looking? What are some popular brands to look out for? Start here for some useful suggestions!

Shopping online for them is a great way to get an idea of what you’re looking for. In the privacy of your own home, you can ponder what style or functionality you’d like, without pushy sales people staring you down.

Once you figure out style, brand and price range, you can go into a store with an idea of what you want. If you want a watch site that compares several other sites, check out Bizrate. For discounted ones, Overstock is a popular site with great selection.

In the stores, what brands should you look for? First, consider your budget. Are you looking for a $29,000 new Rolex or a $20 Catalog watch? For high-end watches priced in the thousands, check out Cartier, Breitling, Omega, Universal Geneve, Jacques Lemans and Tag Heuer.

For watches in the hundreds price range, you can get a good deal on a Movado, Bulova, Gucci, Citizen, or Invicta. Occasionally you can find some Tag Heuers and Omegas in this price range as well. In the lower hundreds, Seiko, Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss offer classy styles.

Perhaps you’re looking for a good gift watch that doubles as a piece of jewelry. If you’re on a strict budget, start with department stores. For instance, at Macy’s, you could buy a women’s Fossil bracelet watch with a sparkling Swarvoski crystal and stainless steel band, a diamond marker and Mother of Pearl inlay for $57 and get a bonus diamond accent pendant gift with your watch purchase for an additional $49.

However, if you’re looking to really impress for that special occasion, you will want to begin looking for jewelry watches at a jewelers like Zales, Kay’s or Littman’s. You could get a stainless steel ladies Bulova watch with diamond inlays for $300 (or $20/month) at Zales, with a pink sapphire ring bonus gift for an extra $30.

Tiffany and Company is world renowned as being the quintessential jewelry watch, but expect to pay in the thousands. If you’re looking for the extreme in high-end jewelry watches, you will have to visit New York City or Toronto to find an authorized Rolex dealer in North America.

Warranties vary as much as the colors, shapes and functions of the various watches you’ll be looking at, so be sure you’re getting a good deal all around. Most inexpensive watches will give you a one to two year warranty, but when you’re buying watches with jewel inlays, you should be getting a more secure service plan. Nothing’s worse than losing a diamond accent, but it happens! Also, when shopping online, be wary of deals that seem “too good to be true” — because they probably are!

Since 2002 auDA have been handling disputes over domain names (brands and individuals who believe they have the right to a domain/URL but are not the registered owner). Whilst some disputes appear to be clear cases of cybersquatting, others are just co-incidental making for an interesting debate.

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Above: It’s not always cyber squatting. But if it is, auDA is here to save you

“GIVE ME BACK MY URL!”
In all about 160 cases are in the system which is not many considering this covers the last seven years. Although it’s a cost effective option (usually between $2000 and $4500 AUD) many companies still use a below the counter/direct approach and simply buy out a domain direct. Having been involved with quite a few of these direct URL ‘transfers’ there are sometimes good reasons to go direct – for instance if you lose the case at auDA, you may end up having to pay a LOT more as a result – so it pays to do your homework first to decide which route will work best.

Some interesting brands in the list below that have used auDAdrp: Facebook, Neilsen, BT, WhitePages, IBM, Telstra, Calvin Klein, Virgin, True Local, Hey Hey it’s Saturday (to name just a few). Current records show that roughly two thirds of cases were won by the complainant.

List of Domain Names that auDA have handled and resolved 2002-2009:

You can do a search here and see who won what and why:
http://www.auda.org.au/audrp/search/

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]]> http://clearcasting.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/pilgrims-bounty-the-guide/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:11:27 +0000 Arioch http://clearcasting.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/pilgrims-bounty-the-guide/

Sorry about that.

I’ve been staying up far too late in the nights past.

Anyhooo, on with the show!

As with every holiday, I produce my own guide even though everyone under the sun has also written one.

This is a completely optional holiday. For those of you after the violet proto-drake, this is NOT part of the meta.

Rewards are the title of Pilgrim and an awesome turkey pet. (Summon, build campfire, laugh – it’s hilarious.)

This holiday has two main parts – the bountiful tables and the cooking. Everyone can get the achievements for the tables, but you’ll need to level your cooking up to complete all the cooking bits. You will also need to be at least level 55 to get the instance kill.

Start the event by looking for commoners in any city, they will send you to Undercity. (In case you couldn’t guess, this will be a Horde-centric guide.)

Note on bountiful tables: The chairs at the table are labeled according to the food that is available from that spot on the table and function like vehicles. Your action bar will be possessed, just like when jousting. Button 1 will be your pass/throw button and the remaining buttons indicate the different foods. Any food available to you will be lit up.

Here’s the breakdown, achievement by achievement:

Easy as pie. Or throwing pie.

Sit in any chair at a bountiful table, target a player, press 1.

Interestingly, you cannot throw food at players of the opposing faction. I was rather disappointed about that.

Now move to each chair and do the same. If there are no players close enough to pelt with cranberries, you can target another chair at the table and pass the food to that space.

The next person to sit at that chair will have a serving of that food available as an option to eat as well as whatever the chair is for.

While at the table, eat 5 servings from each chair.

So get in a chair, throw something at someone or another chair, then eat 5 of whatever’s available.

Move to next chair, stuff your face.

Continue through all 5 chairs.

5 servings of each of the 5 foods gives you the Spirit of Sharing buff.

Rinse and repeat at all 4 capitals. Note – this is the only reason to visit Silvermoon during this event.

Whereas normally we get XP buffs form events (Midsummer pole dance), this one is a reputation gain buff.

Quick, go farm Lower City rep! Or am I the only one still working on those?

And just how many is “enough?”

40 fucking turkeys.

Actually, this really wasn’t that bad.

Wild turkeys are found in Tirisfal Glade (or Elwynn Forest if you want to go kill the Alliance turkeys) and are neutral critter types with 2 hit points.

When you kill one, there is a hilarious animation to turn it into a little roast turkey carcass and you loot a turkey from it. This is important, as you’ll need those turkeys for later – loot your turkeys!

You also get a buff upon the turkey’s demise that lasts for 30 seconds and is refreshed when the next wild turkey is slain. (This buff is NOT extended by killing Lonely Turkeys, more on that later.)

So you have to kill a turkey, then another turkey within 30 seconds. Until you have slain 40 turkeys.

At every 10 turkeys you get a new turkey killing “title” that does nothing.

Hints: Tracker snacks last an hour, but require level 70 to use. Or roll a hunter and use track beasts. Turkey population is denser the closer to Brill and UC you are, but there is more competition there as well. The area north of the eastern lake is completely devoid of turkeys, don’t end up there!

Go at low population times if you can, lots of “kill stealing” accusations around this one.

Ranged classes obviously have an advantage here. But… I was able to get 84 turkeys before the buff ran out on my priest who had to resort to running up to them and beating them with a stick. I got lots of skill points for staves.

Pretty self-explanatory.

When you visit any of the cities, there will be a vendor selling a cook book. Purchase the book and open it to get all the recipes you need.

The recipes range in cooking level from 1 to 280. Done properly, you can level your cooking from 1 to 300+ using just these recipes.

And get this, the vendors even have all the ingredients you’ll need with the exception of the turkeys.

Every vendor has the mats for Spice Bread (which you should have learned at cooking level 1 from the trainer and is the base for the stuffing), the Autumnal Spices, and the Honey.

The vendor in Orgrimmar has the berries for the Cranberry Chutney, in UC you get the pumpkins for the pie, and the cows in TB have the Sweet Potatoes.

As you visit each city, stock up on the unique ingredient from that city.

There are two quest series involved with the cooking.

The first is started when you turn in the quest from the commoner.You will be sent back and forth between the cities delivering 5 of each item to whichever city is running low on that item. This quest has two parts – you must cook the food and turn it in, so no purchasing cooked food from other players. The catch? It glitches sometimes. So if I’m in UC and cook the food that I turn in at Org, when I get to Org it would have “forgotten” that I cooked that food. To be safe, just get the mats and take them to the appropriate city and cook them there.

Completing the quest chain gives you a Turkey Caller. This is an item that summons a Lonely Turkey with a 2-minute cool down. The Lonely Turkey can be killed and looted for a wild turkey carcass to use for cooking, but does not count towards the Turkey Terminator kills. It can only be used outside.

The second set of quests is the dailies. Those will require 20 of each dish but does not require that you have been the one to cook them.

Note: Most of the items are considered to be conjured items and cannot be mailed or sold on the AH. They can be traded to other players.

Speaking of the dailies…

Bring 20 of the requested dish to different cities.

I didn’t really pay attention to what went where, terribly sorry.

But of course, the city that wants Cranberry Chutney will not be the city that has the berries. This is why you stock up on the unique ingredient every time you visit a city.

Being a mage rocked for this holiday. I was given 25 gold for a port from Org to TB. Cha-ching! (Hell yes I took it.)

The dailies give one of the following rewards every time they are completed:

• Chest piece: robe, attire or dress (these are all interchangeable as far as achievements are concerned, you will need one of them)
• Hat (you will need)
• Boots (useless)
• Turkey Shooter (you will need at least

Oh the joys of a PvP server.

I happened to be on right when the servers rolled over and started the event so I was at a bit of an advantage in terms of server population and awareness. There was also a server crash in the middle and I was one of the first ones back on.

You have to be wearing one of the chest pieces from the dailies, so either the robe, attire or dress.

I also stripped off my shoulders, gloves and belt as they just looked silly.

So wear one of the chest pieces, visit each city and sit at the table. You don’t even need to eat or throw food, just sit.

Unfortunately, you must be out of combat to sit. This gets a little tricky. You also cannot be mounted, be sure to dismount quickly.

If you die, try to res standing on a table. It makes it a little harder for people to get to you and you will be within range of 5 chairs.

• Darnassus – get to Rut’theran and ride through the pink portal. Keep going straight, around the tree bank and up the marble ramp. Just on the other side, to your left will be the tables. If you die, you will end up at the graveyard all the way out in Dolonaar, it’s a bit of a jog back.
• The Exodar – located by the main entrance. If you’ve ever done For the Horde, you probably went through the door closest to the docks. This is NOT where the tables are. The GY is at the northern end of the zone.
• Ironforge – all the way up the dirt road leading to the city, in a clearing to the right at the top. Didn’t die here, no clue where the GY is.
• Stormwind – Outside the city gates, on the north side of the road. GY is no longer out at the Eastvale Logging Camp, thank god. It’s now somewhere middle-ish of the zone.

This one is in Sethekk Halls (I think) out in Terokkar. It’s the one on the East side.

It can be done on normal or heroic. Normal requires level 55 to enter, heroic requires a key or rep or some stuff like that.

If you have a druid available, do it on Heroic and take a stab at getting Anzu.

You must be wearing the hat and your choice of chest piece from the dailies.

This one is probably the hardest of them all.

It will take you 2 days of dailies to get enough turkey shooters – they are one use items.

The turkey shooter has a cast time, so make sure your target isn’t rapidly fleeing from you.

The target is turned into a turkey, but loses no abilities. Turkeys casting fan of knives is pretty darn amusing.

Dwarf rogue was the tricky one on my server, rumor has it there are all of two of them.

To get that one, we resorted to some fancy mind vision tricks. I didn’t even know that mind vision could be chain cast like this, it was awesome.

I stood in the doorway of the Alliance inn in Dalaran. A friend cast Mind Vision on me, getting the bar keeper across the room in line of sight. He jumped the vision to that NPC and looked around the room.

Tucked in the corner where I couldn’t see him, was a dwarf rogue. He jumped the vision to him and I was able to assist target and nailed the sucker with the Turkey Shooter. I’m guessing true LoS isn’t very important with this one.

Then we promptly informed the local chat channel of the name and location of said dwarf rogue. Tee hee.

If a rogue is already under the effects of the turkey buff, hitting them with it will not give you credit. And the buff lasts for an hour unless they click it off.

So that’s how to get the Pilgrim’s Bounty done. I’ll leave you with silly turkey pictures.

That’s my hubby’s rogue driving the bike. We think the passenger glitch may be related to the fact that the machine is being operated by poultry.

For generations, most people never sought specialized knowledge after completing school. What they learned about business, managing, selling, or their profession was acquired on an accidental hit-or-miss basis.

Now that’s changed. Today there are seminars, workshops, short courses, and conferences where you can learn the latest techniques and knowledge about anything you need to know. These sources of specialized knowledge have three advantages over conventional education. They are taught by experts, not be people whose only qualification is a degree. Second, the subject matter relates directly to your needs. Irrelevant information is avoided. And third, you’ll acquire as much useful information from other attendees as you do from the instructors. Specialized learning meetings attract only sharp people eager to make more money and enjoy greater success.

My Consultancy–Asif J. Mir - Management Consultant–transforms organizations where people have the freedom to be creative, a place that brings out the best in everybody–an open, fair place where people have a sense that what they do matters. For details please visit www.asifjmir.com, and my Lectures.

because I’m sure you’ve all been fretting about this potential scenario.
A handy Japanese PSA:

No thank yous please. Just throw silver dollars.
-Steph

Ok, here’s my issue with Twitter. Why?

Do we really need this ‘new’ concept of communication? Am I in the minority here or is this a service that, though possibly exciting to some, seem somewhat spare and even frustrating? In fact to be honest I find it similar to spam, as irritating, and terminated my overeager original registration made in those first months after their launch when we all acted like Twits and signed up.

I get status reports of similar frequency and length from networks like Ning, Linkedin and of course Facebook. Possibly for these reasons I have not yet missed being a Twit. Anyone else feel the same way?

     After a lot of soul-searching and exchanges of emails of a photography friend, I have decided to rework my website and focus on my stronger images.  When I finished photography school, I had a portfolio review by Jim Fitts and he told me my strongest images are of fine art work.  I was a little resistant to make this my only focus but after looking back at what I have been doing on my free time and the work that I have produced from it, i cannot argue any longer.

       I am also going to be focusing on my wide-angle portraits.  I am still amazed by the work of Platon.  My final project at school was a series of them that were just amazing. 

      This weekend I will be cleaning and backing up hard drives and selecting images for my new website.  I was going to wait until my ad on the knot but why bother.

     I will be still willing to do weddings providing I can use my style for the bride’s wedding.

     I will leave you with my favorite image from my recent trip to Atlanta.

NEW SITE UP AT

Need to run Linux within Windows or Windows within Linux. I didn’t know Sun was even around anymore, but they’re still cranking out quality software. I downloaded it and tried it out fully expecting to have to spend two days just configuring it, but it worked out of the box. I started it up and installed Ubuntu within Windows on my system. It runs flawlessly! The best part about virtual box is that it is free and you can download it at the link in this post. No longer will you have to waste time booting from one system to the other.

From the vault: I do like this visual thesaurus tool/website http://www.visualthesaurus.com. Creatively it’s never easy finding that perfect word but this tool makes life a lot easier. Hopping between words is effortless and the definitions are always to hand. The default animation can be a little distracting at times but you can tweak the settings somewhat. The only downside – trial is pretty short, and then you’re up for $2.95 per month or $19.95 a year.

http://www.visualthesaurus.com

~@eunmac

At the start of the CampBlog, I was really excited to make blogs but since the first few days of our stay were lessons, I lost my interest on it. I actually lost my interest because I am sleepy of listening on the lectures though I know those will be some of the elements on doing and making my own blog.

As soon as I was acknowledged on how to make my own blog, I became enthusiastic and more eager to make my post and to see it gradually becoming complete. It was made possible because of the use of WordPress’ tools. Their tools are really powerful in creating a blog for readers to view. Some of the tools that is most interesting were the WordPress’ ability to embed videos. I recently used that tools and I think this would help me to make the readers appreciate my blogs. Also, the use of tags is really important because using this, a reader will be able to view my blogs. If I will not use this tool, only little will be reading my blogs and that means that my blog is not too important to be posted.

-the Blogger (Shie- Ann/ Chinee)

Subject: Oregon, Earhquakes and Bridge compromising

If Oregon sees another big one, bridge and road failures will lock the region up

By Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian

November 16, 2009, 7:39PM

View full sizeAn earthquake such as the big one that hit the Pacific Northwest in 1700 would wipe out many of Oregon’s bridges, cause billions of dollars of damage, make much of U.S. 101 and Interstate 5 impassable and sever all road connections between the coast and the WillametteValley.

It’s a dire scenario that the most sober of scientists see as inevitable.

But they are also excited about a computer model that, for the first time, gives them bridge-by-bridge estimates of damage, repair cost and traffic delay costs associated with a shattering western Oregon quake.

The model could, they say, help Oregon prepare itself and keep the region moving in the event of a disaster.

Using information gained from an April simulation of quakes ranging up to 9.0 magnitude, engineers can now prioritize which of the 2,671 bridges in the state highway system should get seismic upgrades. That’s a $3 billion job, Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Dave Thompson said.

“There are lots of details, engineering-wise, that will help us plan better which bridges to triage and in what order,” he said.

An earthquake of 8.0 to 9.0 magnitude

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hunger_report/print

USDA: Number of Americans going hungry increases
By HENRY C. JACKSON, Associated Press Writer Henry C. Jackson, Associated Press Writer Mon Nov 16, 4:52 pm ET

WASHINGTON More than one in seven American households struggled to put enough food on the table in 2008, the highest rate since the Agriculture Department began tracking food security levels in 1995.

That’s about 49 million people, or 14.6 percent of U.S. households. The numbers are a significant increase from 2007, when 11.1 percent of U.S. households suffered from what USDA classifies as “food insecurity” not having enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle.

Researchers blamed the increase in hunger on a lack of money and other resources.

President Barack Obama called the USDA’s findings “unsettling.” He noted that other indicators of hunger have gone up, such as the number of food stamp applications and the use of food banks. And he said his administration is committed to reversing the trend.

“The first task is to restore job growth, which will help relieve the economic pressures that make it difficult for parents to put a square meal on the table each day,” Obama said in a statement.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the numbers could be higher in 2009 because of the global economic slowdown.

“This report suggests its time for America to get very serious about food security and hunger,” Vilsack told reporters during a conference call.

The USDA said Monday that 5.7 percent of those who struggled for food experienced “very low food security,” meaning household members reduced their food intake.

The numbers dovetail with dire economic conditions for many Americans. And they may not take the full measure of America’s current struggles with hunger: Vilsack and the report’s lead author, Mark Nord with USDA’s economic research service, both emphasized that the numbers reflected the situation in 2008 and that the economy’s continued troubles in 2009 would likely mean higher numbers next year.

The report also showed an increasing number of children in the United States are suffering. In 2008, 16.7 million children were classified as not having enough food, 4.3 million more than in 2007.

Hunger advocates said they were not surprised by the numbers, and said the problem among children, in particular, is lamentable.

“What should really shock us is that almost one in four children in our country lives on the brink of hunger,” said David Beckmann, the President of Bread of the World, an advocacy organization.

Vilsack said that it would take a concerted effort to reduce the number of Americans who face a lack of food and said he hoped that the stark reality of Monday’s report would inspire action. The numbers could have been much worse without adequately funded food aid programs, such as food stamps, he said.

“There’s an opportunity here for the country to make a major commitment to focus on ways we can improve this process and make sure that food is safe and available for everyone,” he said.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-15-voa2.cfm?renderforprint=1 Nearly 4,000 People Die From H1N1 in USBy Vidushi SinhaWashington15 November 2009The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that counting related illnesses the number of deaths from the H1N1 virus is about four times earlier estimates.Federal health officials now say nearly 4,000 Americans have died from the H1N1 virus since it first emerged in April. Previous estimates put the number of fatalities at around 1,000, but the death toll has been recalculated to include deaths from flu-related complications, such as pneumonia and bacterial infections.The CDC estimates that 22 million Americans have gotten the virus and close to 100,000 have been hospitalized.Eight million children have been infected. 540 have died.The CDC’s Dr. Anne Schuchat, calls these numbers alarming. “I have already seen a larger number of deaths than we have had for several years – I do believe that pediatric death toll from this pandemic will be extensive and much greater than what we see with seasonal flu,” she says.Last week, the World Health Organization announced that more than 6,000 people worldwide have died from H1N1 flu. The WHO says that, as of November 1, some 200 countries and territories have reported close to a half-million confirmed cases. WHO officials say the actual number is probably higher.Dr. Schuchat says people in high risk categories such as those with diabetes have to be especially cautious. “When people with diabetes get flu, it can be more difficult for them to manage their blood sugar. They can suffer high and low blood sugar. So paying special attention with flu when you have diabetes is important,” she says.Many doctors say the H1N1 vaccine is the best protection against the virus. The problem is — there is still a shortage. The only company making the vaccine in the U.S. is behind schedule, but supplies are expected to increase before the year’s end. “As the supply increases we do think that access and convenience and ease to getting vaccinated will improve,” she says.That’s little comfort for Margaret Savitts. Her husband Walter contracted a serious case of H1N1. “By Saturday night he couldn’t breathe. He was having a really hard time. And by 2 am Monday morning, he was in full respiratory failure,” she says.The H1N1 virus is different from normal, seasonal flu, in that it persisted during the summer months and affects relatively healthy people.And as another source just for cross reference:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu/printYahoo! NewsCDC’s swine flu toll: 4,000 dead, 22 million illBy LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer Lauran Neergaard, Ap Medical Writer Fri Nov 13, 9:15 am ETWASHINGTON Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn’t mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.Instead, the federal numbers made public Thursday reflect a long-awaited better attempt to quantify the new flu’s true toll. Most cases still don’t require a doctor’s care.Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed about 540 children.And it’s still early in the season.”I am expecting all of these numbers, unfortunately, to continue to rise,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We have a long flu season ahead of us.”Tight supplies of vaccine to combat the illness continue: Not quite 42 million doses are currently available, a few million less than CDC had predicted last week.A new Associated Press-GfK poll shows nearly 1 in 6 parents has gotten at least some of their children vaccinated against swine flu since inoculations began last month. An additional 14 percent of parents sought vaccine but couldn’t find any.Only about 30 percent of children routinely get flu vaccinations during a normal winter. That even this many have gotten vaccinated against the new flu, which scientists call the 2009 H1N1 strain, despite the shortage suggests CDC’s target-the-young message has gotten through.But three times as many adults have tried and failed to find vaccine for themselves as have succeeded.And interest among the young adults who also are at high risk is waning fast, found the AP-GfK poll of 1,006 adults nationwide.Schuchat urged patience in seeking vaccine.”It’s a marathon and not a sprint,” she said. “More vaccine is being ordered and delivered and used every day.”Until now, the CDC has conservatively estimated more than 1,000 deaths and “many millions” of new H1N1 infections. The agency was devoting more time to battling the pandemic than to counting it. Earlier figures were based on laboratory-confirmed cases even as doctors largely quit using flu tests months ago and experts knew that deaths from things like the bacterial pneumonia that often follows flu were being missed.Thursday’s report attempts to calculate the first six months of the new H1N1 strain’s spread, from April through mid-October. The CDC said: Some 98,000 people have been hospitalized from this new flu or its complications, including 36,000 children, 53,000 adults younger than 65 and 9,000 older adults. Deaths could range from a low of 2,500 to as many as 6,100, depending on how the data’s analyzed. CDC settled on 3,900 as the best estimate. Some 8 million children have become ill, 12 million adults younger than 65 and 2 million older adults.In a typical winter, seasonal flu strains cause 200,000 U.S. hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths, the vast majority in people over 65. Seasonal influenza doesn’t usually start circulating until November. Swine flu began a big climb in September, leading to what CDC called unprecedented high levels of illness so early in a season and no way to know when the flu will peak.The estimate of child deaths may seem especially surprising, considering the CDC’s conservative count of lab-confirmed pediatric deaths a week ago was 129.”We don’t think things have changed from last week to this week,” Schuchat stressed, explaining the importance of looking beyond those lab counts. It’s “a better estimate for the big picture of what’s out there.”The question now is what effect those estimates will have on a public that largely views swine flu as not that big a threat.The AP-GfK poll, conducted last weekend, found just 23 percent of responders and 27 percent of parents were very likely to keep seeking vaccine.Stephanie Hannon of Douglas, Mass., decided to get a swine flu vaccine for just one of her three children, the one at extra risk because of asthma. She’s concerned that the swine flu vaccine hasn’t been studied long enough to justify for her less-at-risk youngsters.”Only because of my other daughter’s condition, I felt like I didn’t have a choice,” she said. “You never know if you make the right decision.”Swine flu targets young adults, too, yet just 16 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds were very likely to seek vaccine, down from 34 percent in September.The AP-GfK Poll was conducted Nov. 5-9 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Media. It involved landline and cell phone interviews with 1,006 adults nationwide and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

For women everywhere the existence of facial hair can be a mammoth embarrassment. The appeal for facial hair removal is so solid that women try almost any means that promises an end to this male present. The next tips are doomed to educate women about the safest and most useful means of removing horrid facial hair.

1- There are some habits to delete facial hair in women counting waxing, with a depilatory cream or bleaching. The easiest, slightest awful and most detriment useful is to use a depilatory cream. This answer machinery by shifting the element frame of the hair at the skin line, making it tranquil to wipe away. While this is useful, it is not long lasting, typically needing to be frequent every three to five time. Be surely, when choosing this choice to only use a cream that is formulated for the face, creams that are to be worn on other parts of the body may base irritation to the face.

2- Another brief, but sooner affective form of facial hair removal is waxing. Waxing consists of applying hot wax to the locale where hair is to be deleted. The wax is then pulled in the opposed tendency of hair cyst, winning the hair with it. This scheme of hair removal is probable to last four to six weeks for most people. One moment of attract, when hair is deleted via waxing, it tends to grow back lighter and finer than before. Be very sensible when waxing as the wax can be hot enough to injury the skin.

3- Sugaring is befitting a accepted alternative to waxing, which can base flush and bumps on the skin. This scheme involves insertion a syrup sphere, made of sweetie, water and lemon juice, against the skin and then abruptly striping it back off. The stripping proposal deletes the hair by the base. Sugaring is also a good alternative for everyone who has had burned skin due to wax that was useful while it was too hot.

4- There are some women who do not like the idea of actually removing the hair from the face, the logics for this anxiety are various, they could have had a previously bad experience or have very delicate faces. what the logic, these women may be attracted in bleaching. While bleaching is not an actual facial hair removal scheme, it does make the facial hair harder to see. It is an tranquil and shrewd formula that lasts approximately three weeks.

5- splinter is never recommended for facial hair removal in women. splinter requests to be done on a daily base and bases the hair to grow back darker and more coarse than before. While all of the other schemes planned are likewise acceptable for both men and women, splinter should only be attempted by a man.

Today, I saw a very awesome trick on my friend’s facebook status.

If you press: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter key, right-click, up, down

you will activate something cool~~ you create magic circles

This is also known as the Konami Code. It’s a cheat code that was originally in many Konami games. Now, the code works in many different websites as well as some video games. :] Check out the list of sites here. It’s very fun to try. ^.^