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Nice Tattoo?!

     Spring Break is on its way, again.  Awesome!

     Enjoy it responsibly.

     There is a list of the greatest things to accomplish on Spring Break, and getting a tattoo is one of them.  Increasingly, skin art has become a global trend.  There are parlors everywhere. You can even find places with a buy one tattoo get one on your girlfriend for free.  After throwing back a few, or just getting caught up in the DUBSTEP-like atmosphere of Spring Break, your judgment will lighten up.  When it is tattoo show time you could end up getting the ultra-sarcastic, “nice tattoo.”

     Don’t get a tattoo.  Personally, women are already works of art, so don’t damage the goods.  Guys should stay as clean cut as possible.  Have you seen an ironically, tatted-up police officer, with full sleeves, neck, and facial tags?  No comment, huh?

     Among other reasons, here is a great reason not to get a tattoo during SPRING BREAK 2013:

   “Allergic reaction to the tattoo pigments is one of the most common problems associated with tattooing. Infections also can pose a serious threat to health. Along with localized bacterial infections, there have been reports of people being infected with syphilis and hepatitis B and C due to non-sterile tattooing practices.” Dr. Michi Shinohara, a clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Washington in Seattle (American Academy of Dermatology, FRIDAY, March 1 HealthDay News).

     Why not get a tattoo?

                                Skin cancer

                                Moles

                                Staphyloccocus aureus

        Squamos cell carcinoma

S. aureus infection resulting from ink pigment of the tattoo.

“…choose a design that you can enjoy for hopefully the rest of your life. Tattoo removal is costly and painful, so try to avoid any inking on spring break that you will later regret. (http://ezinearticles.com/?Spring-Break-Tattoos&id=1036165) (Tracy Falbe, publisher of Destination Tattoo)

     Recommendations:

• Only go to a professional tattoo parlor and to an artist who has been licensed under state requirements.

•Visit a dermatologist.

•Patients with a chronic skin condition such as psoriasis, eczema or a tendency toward keloid scarring should check with a dermatologist before getting a tattoo.

•Never get a tattoo over a mole.

     Yes, there is a list of the greatest things to accomplish on Spring Break, and you know getting a tattoo is one of them.  Make a smart decision, and have an awesome Spring Break.

Spring Break 2013

Superbowl 47 2013

The Superbowl XLVII:

Ravens vs. 49ers

New Orleans

Mercedes-Benz Superdome

February 3, 2013

6:30 pm ET

Check out TICKETMASTER if you have the mechanical urge to see the best of the best go head to head for THE trophy.  These are the guys that beat all odds to make it through JV football.  Their parents loved it when their son came home with the Varsity jersey, and announced he would be starting the entire season.  All the moms had the jitters every time their helmets crashed together.  Then, college football made the dream begin to take on an entirely new perspective.  Seriously, all the players came to play football.  Fraternities, jobs, grades, girlfriends, fun, and football grew with them to a new Super size.  NFL agents began to take notice.  The players felt like the world revolved around them.  Their friends graduated to struggle to pay for their college loans, and their first house.  Meanwhile, they were seeing their first 5 or 6 digit pay check.  Overcoming the odds of not getting hurt, by NFL guys that hit you like a drunken rich guy in a new Cadillac truck, the NFL rookies and superstar players have to prove themselves on a championship team.  No choking for the fans, the families, the dreamers, the gamblers, or even the owners.  This is the Superbowl, baby! 

The ticket prices could buy you a hoopty.  You could buy a hoopty that you could potentially fix up for those days when you feel like showing off.  Dubstep that, though.  It is time.  The game is on.  How big is your tv, man?  Are you just an ordinary fan?

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The Superbowl requires big tvs because it is a huge event in America.  Gear up!

     It is estimated that CBS, the network showing the game this year, will be able to charge more than $3m for each 30-second advertisement that airs around the game.

     More than 50% of adult Americans will have a bet on the game, according to RJ Bell, of Pregame.com, and only 1% will do so legally (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21277122).

     Super Bowl 2013 is expected to a fuel $185 million in spending in New Orleans, largely from the National Football League, media outlets and other businesses, according to a new analysis by international accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. The firm described the Super Bowl as "the latest event to bolster economic recovery in New Orleans." (www.nola.com)

     Sabias que:  The Superbowl performer doesn’t plan on lip syncing the anthem.  The game is on CBS.  The Boot Blaster is a cocktail with:

                        1 oz. rum

                        ½ oz. Pepsi

                        1 oz. gin

                        1 oz. vodka

                        1 oz. orang liquer

                        14 oz. lemon-lime mix

So, the game is on.  Get up, right now.  Go contribute to our economy.

The Ravens need to cover the spread: 4 pts. 

The 49ers are about to bust’em up!

Enjoy the game, responsibly, and don’t forget your ticket.

FISCAL CLIFF jumping.

The media has built up the huge cliff for us all to jump off of just after a new year celebration full of calamity.

The government, on the other hand has been working hard to put an elevator on that cliff, so we wouldn’t have to jump.  The elevator was composed that weekend by Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Mitch McConnel.

The cliff was originally constructed by the preceding Bush administration through a variety of tax changes. 

Where we stand, now:

The Bush-era income tax rates will be permanently extended for all income up to $400,000, and $450,000 if you are married. Bush tax cuts that apply to income above those levels will expire.  The compromise bill, from Biden and McConnel, would also preserve the expanded parameters for the American Opportunity Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit for 5 more years.

The income exemption levels for the Alternative Minimum Tax for inflation have been permanently adjusted.  The Biden-McConnell compromise will reinstate limitations on how much those making $250,000, and married couples making $300,000, may take in itemized deductions and personal exemptions. The bill will extend ,two more years,  several tax breaks for businesses, including a production tax credit for developers of wind projects, the research and development tax credit, and a measure allowing for bonus depreciation. The compromise bill will extend for one or two years a few "temporary" tax breaks for individuals that regularly are extended. These include an option to deduct state and local sales taxes in place of state and local income taxes; and a deduction for elementary and secondary school teachers for certain expenses. The legislation will preserve the current estate tax exemption level of $5.12 million but index it to inflation for future years. And it will raise the top rate to 40% from 35% currently. The bill will continue a federal extension of unemployment benefits for one year. The Biden-McConnell compromise will prevent a scheduled 27% cut in reimbursement for Medicare services for one year. The so-called "doc fix" will boost the deficit by $31 billion.

The new deficit is a different story.  Put on your thinking caps, U.S. government.

The UNITED STATES FOOD and DRUG ADMINISTRATION

How many times have you read about the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)?  Are you sure as to what “they” can and can’t do?            

Most recently, in the news, some drugs were totally recalled because there were small particles of glass contained in them. (CNN.com, Cholesterol drug recalled over glass concerns,  http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/25/health/statin-recall/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1&imw=Y)  Lifesavers, huh?  These drugs will not be placed back on the market until they are able to meet U.S. standards.

The FDA makes shopping feel wonderful.  You just browse and buy because you know deep down that if it is on the shelf, then it is OK.  Also, if it isn’t OK then you will surely find somebody liable.  In comes the FDA. (http://www.fda.gov/)

The FDA is a member of the executive branch of the government.  The FDA is in place in order to protect and promote public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs/medications, vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices, and veterinary products; in turn enforcing, Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act and associated regulations.  Many of these laws are not directly related to food or drugs. These include sanitation requirements on interstate travel and control of disease on products.  This could include certain household pets to sperm donation for assisted reproduction.

The FDA is the feds.  You know, black Lincolns, and blacked out Surburbans, etc.   The FDA also works globally.  “Why?”, you may ask.  Sabias que, food and drug must assure that U.S. public health protection is maintained while still constructing more on an international scale.

Their annual budget is about 5 billion dollars.  The FDA serves underneath the Department of Health And Human Services. 

“Although it was not known by its present name until 1930, FDA’s modern regulatory functions began with the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act, a law a quarter-century in the making that prohibited interstate commerce in adulterated and misbranded food and drugs. Harvey Washington Wiley, Chief Chemist of the Bureau of Chemistry in the Department of Agriculture, had been the driving force behind this law and headed its enforcement in the early years, providing basic elements of protection that consumers had never known before that time.” (http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/default.htm)

The FDA helps with:

FOOD:

a.       Keeping holiday leftovers edible.

b.      Information on contaminated food in weather emergencies.

c.       Maintaining our knowledge of foodborne illnesses.

d.      Adhereing to food safety with new programs like FSMA.

VACCINES, BLOOD, AND BIOLOGICS

a.       Provides information on the shelf life of biologics.

b.      Updating influenza vaccines for this season.

c.       Core blood banking.

d.      Progress with vaccine testing.

ANIMAL and VETERINARY

a.       Food Safety and Modernization Act regulations.

b.      Taking care of pets in environmental emergencies.

c.       Aquaculture drug basics.

d.      Drug compliance for pet medicines.

COSMETICS

a.       Eye cosmetic safety.

b.      Nail care products.

c.       VCRP.

RADIATION-EMITTING PRODUCTS

a.       Mammography Quality Standards Act.

b.      Medical imaging safety.

c.       Providing information for Benefit-risk Determinations.

d.      Radiological Health Programs.

TOBACCO PRODUCTS

a.       Betobaccofree.gov launch.

b.      Spanish language community.

c.       Great American Smokeout.

You have read about the FDA more times than you can think of.  You didn’t know you were reading about them when you were reading about them, and they knew you were reading about them.  Read about them.

You might think, “It is interesting.”  This thought crosses your mind as you crunch open a 5-hour-energy.

Windows 8. Seems like Windows 7 just came out, yesterday.

“Microsoft bills Windows 8 as a “re-imagining” of the personal computer market’s dominant operating system”, (Poll: Scant demand for Microsoft’s Windows 8, http://www.azcentral.com/news/free/20121028microsoft-windows-8-poll-scant-demand.html

Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer , Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:44 PM).

                “Re-imagining” is one of those words that sound like it has never been used before.  So, what would be the term for imagining a subject approximately three or more times?  Also, it sounds a lot like AT&T with their “rethink” term usage.

                In the survey lead by Liedtke, it is apparent that a very high percentage of individuals don’t want to upgrade, yet.  What good reasons are there to upgrade?

Upgrade worries:

1.       A virus submissioned your harddrive.  Some known viruses were Stuxnet, Ram nit, Webmoner, and several other types of viruses which were all tough to eradicate.

2.       Your laptop is old and ugly.

3.       The speed is gone.

4.       The number 8 is your lucky number.

5.       You’ve upgraded everything else, already.

According to Microsoft, the best reasons to upgrade to Windows 8 include (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/meet):

1.       Start screen sliding tiles.

2.       Picture password.

3.       The Surface.

4.       Swipe and snap multitasking.

5.       Streamlined apps from the Windows Store.

                The price, $39.99, isn’t that bad for the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro.  Keep in mind that this deal is only good from October 26, 2012 until January 31, 2013.  The pack is limited to five upgrade licenses per customer.  The price, as small as it is, must still offer help from Windows 7.  Not too many people complained about Windows 7.  My laptop still has the Windows 7 sticker on it.

What would be a cool addition is a “share” button on everything.  Control + share; then, you get a wide array of avenues.  You know, make it faster and easier to get the file where it should be.

Just a month ago, the computer stores were offering devices with Windows 7 like it was the ultimate option.  Some people hadn’t even heard of Windows 8 until stores put the new ads out.  Those ads function as the Windows 8 advertisement.  Everybody knows about the upgrade package, now.

Go research Windows 8.  Is your wallpaper getting redundant?

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