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just stumbled across this gem, don’t know how long its been out but OF COURSE wanted to share.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer

to be released 15 July 2009

so there!!!

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Now this is something I would absolutely HATE to see happen folks.  As some may know, my hubby and I have both been light smokers for 1/2 our lives.  Yeah, we know its bad for us and that’s why we were OVERLY elated when we found a product called an electronic cigarette.  It is a nicotine delivery system identical to smoking a cigarette, yet it uses an atomizer that vaporizes propylene glycol with (or without) nicotine, water and flavor.

In my personal opinion, this product is nothing short of amazing.  Yes, some cartridges for the device contain nicotine but many are available without.  Vapor and not smoke is the byproduct, which makes them virtually odorless and non-toxic to the air we breathe.  They contain no tobacco and no carcinogens.  The essential device in an electronic cigarette that makes this possible is a battery powered atomizer, so it is about as clean as inhaling something can get!I personally love the strawberry and vanilla cartridges, and prefer the nicotine-free ones.  I am lucky that i live in Phoenix, Arizona since this is where the corporate offices of the NJOY Npro operate.  We found that this was the highest rated device for the price, and my hubby and I both got one last month.  I got a custom silver battery with a blue light for the “cherry” and my hubby got one that looks like a traditional cigarette.

here are some pics, you can click them for larger images:

So the rumor is, a man by the name of Bill Godshall of Smokefree Pennsylvania has sent out a mass email stating the FDA is going to start putting the pressure on 3 major distributors starting Tuesday May 5th.  THIS CANNOT HAPPEN!  THERE IS FINALLY A PRODUCT OUT THERE THAT COULD SAVE TENS UPON THOUSANDS OF LIVES and the FDA wants to ban it?  This is not the first time rumors of this action have surfaced, but its getting all too real and close.

The rest of this poorly formatted post is from Reason.com :

Bill Godshall of Smokefree Pennsylvania reports in a mass email message that the Food and Drug Administration plans to proceed with a ban on electronic cigarettes, devices that deliver nicotine vapor without tobacco or combustion products. Godshall reproduces the following message from Heather Zawalick of the FDA’s Office of Legislation, which says the agency will announce enforcement actions against the three largest e-cigarette distributors on Tuesday:

Subject/Headline: FDA Takes Enforcement Action on Electronic Smoking Products

Planned Release Date: May 5

Driving Event: Compliance action

Rollout Plan: Extensive rollout planned including press conference at HHS, press release, fact sheet, video for upload to YouTube, podcast, consumer article, consumer Q &A, key message points, internal media Q & A, Op-Ed, photos of products for posting on Internet.

Other background, hidden factors: Action involves three largest distributors. One of the distributors has just sued FDA seeking a restraining order to prevent us from holding their product at the border.

There is keen interest in this subject. E-cigarette kiosks are all over town, including Montgomery Mall. They’re being advertised as a safer alternative to cigarettes. Our concern is that this might introduce nonusers to nicotine use. This is a drug delivery device. The content of the products have not been analyzed by FDA. To be sold, they would have to be approved by the agency.

Our concern is that this might introduce nonusers to nicotine use. And what if it did? Separated from the dangers of smoking, nicotine use is not a big health concern. The FDA itself has approved various nicotine replacement products (gum, patches, even an inhaler), some of them for over-the-counter sale, even though they theoretically might “introduce nonusers to nicotine use.” That possibility is an incredibly lame justification for preventing smokers from switching to a product that eliminates virtually all the risks associated with standard cigarettes.

In an open letter to Zawalick, Joel Nitzkin of the American Association of Public Health Physicians says the pending FDA ban seems to be “based entirely on the undocumented assumption that electronic cigarettes may have the potential to attract additional teenagers to nicotine use and addiction.” That concern seems to be fanciful: Godshall says “there is no evidence that e-cigarette products have been marketed to youth, nor is there evidence of youth use of e-cigarette products (most of which cost more than $100).” In any case, Nitzkin notes, the government can impose age restrictions without stopping “current adult smokers who are unwilling or unable to quit” from enjoying “the health benefits this product can offer.” By Nitzkin’s reckoning, based on the available research, smokeless nicotine products “promise a risk of illness and death well under 1% of the risk posed by cigarettes.”

In his own letter to Zawalick, Godshall argues that “denying 45 million cigarette smokers access to exponentially less hazardous smokefree nicotine alternatives would result in millions of preventable deaths among smokers, millions of nonsmokers continuing to be exposed to tobacco smoke pollution, and tens of thousands of e-cigarettes users reverting back to smoking cigarettes.” He adds that ”it is absurd for the FDA to even contemplate protecting the deadliest nicotine products (cigarettes) from market competition by the least hazardous nicotine products.”

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I am a huge quote lover, and I can get quite nerdy about it.  I even sometimes comment on my friends Facebook status with quotes, which was what I was doing tonight when I came across a great one by Charles Dickens:

““There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” — Charles Dickens

This prompted me to search for some other good vs. evil themed quotes that I just thought I’d share.  They are kinda fitting with all thats going down these days, i think as humans we all encounter that struggle in our lives, no matter what our beliefs.  So here we go!

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”  –  Plato 

“Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.” –  Plato    

“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.” – William Shakespeare 

“When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.” – Mae West 

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Current Mood: excited & impressed

I’m sure you’ve already heard about the long awaited Safari 4.0 Browser being released recently, but I just wanted to share how in love I am with it after 20 minutes of using it.  It is just super fast and has a sleek look to it.  My favorite feature so far is how you can view, edit and surf your Top Sites at a glance.

Here is a screenshot I took this am:

And for PC users, sorry but I believe it is Mac only.  Below is a link to where you can download it if you want to try it. It’s super easy to report bugs and whatnot by clicking on the little spider next to your search bar (which i think is just too cute).  And they are NOT kidding when they say its the world’s fastest browser.  I heard its 40x faster than Google Chrome but I can’t remember where from!

Safari 4.0 Internet Browser for Macs BETA 

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Current Mood: rejuvinated & cheerful

I found this strip to be incredibly funny since my husband and I are both fans of the movie Fight Club.  It resides on our fridge:

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This RSS feed from NASA’s website is my absolute favorite!  If you are a fan of astronomy or photography, you will love it for sure.  If anything they often make for great desktops or backgrounds.  This one today I wanted to share especially.  It is a picture of the Milky Way galaxy over Mauna Kea, the volcano that we visited in Hawaii last summer.  Truly amazing!      Link: NASA Pic of the Day 

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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”  - Dr. Seuss

I have always loved Dr. Seuss and his children’s books.  I remember being read them as a child, and reading them to my sister, and now I read them to my toddler son as well.  When I read this quote today, I just had to share.  He really was a smart and insightful man.

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Current Mood: bouncy & impressed & loved

 We had an amazing time!  Snorkeling, Rafting, Cliff Jumping, Helicopters, Waterfalls, Jestkis, cocktails, sand, surf, fun, shopping…the best vacation i have ever been on in my life, wohoo!!! 

Click on the first image and you’ll get a nice pop up window you can slideshow, enjoy!  make sure you look at each page of 20 pictures, for some reason the gallery wont show them all at once :p

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