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Why: Many readers suffered breakouts after using this product. "After a couple of days, I noticed white bumps on my skin ... I stopped using the Generation 6, but it took weeks for my face to clear up," one reader says. Another had a similar response, "Love the fragrance; however, I broke out (acne) when using it."
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Dior's perfume - Hypnotic Poison- made me physically sick so watch out
by maddy_c Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 10:41AM Report as inappropriate
will definitely avoid these!
by Chris213 Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 06:50AM Report as inappropriate
$130 product that gives no results, that's not good, there should be a retund!
by EricaC123 Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 07:54AM Report as inappropriate
glad to know thank you
by Nicole2814 Friday, January 4, 2013 at 07:02PM Report as inappropriate
Glad to know I have never spent over $30 on a serum for my face!! These are all expensive products and none of them work?? Yikes!
by Lamexicana1 Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 08:34AM Report as inappropriate
I definitely agree that there is a big hit or miss factor depending on your individual skin type to find what will or wont work. The bottom line is, you can't stop the aging process. While I admit that I am on the never ending search for the latest greatest remedy for freckles and dark spots, I have to keep convincing myself that it's probably not going to be found in a facial cream or serum. Maybe a laser treatment or chemical peel. Meanwhile, I will probably keep trying new things until I find something that I am satisfied with. For now, you have given me a list of the "what not to waste your money on" and for that I am grateful!
by flirtygirl214 Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 04:13PM Report as inappropriate
While its a hit or miss with serums and other skin care products you can buy at a drug store its unfortunate when you don't see results with them because then your out of your money. But with most cosmetic products you buy at major department stores, weather its skincare or makeup, most major stores offer a full refund on products as long as about half or a little under half of the product is still there. Just make sure you save your receipt or remember what card you used to pay with so the sales associate can look it up for you. No matter what the beauty consultant says they do accept returns! Also if you are buying the product ask if they can make you a smaller sample so you can try it first before you open the package so you can test to see how it reacts with your skin. Taking advantage of free gifts with purchases at higher end counters is another great way to try products so you don't run into spending money on serums or other skin care products that are all talk and no action.
by krylan Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 02:14PM Report as inappropriate
I think I did try the Skin Genesis a while back but I don't think I've had any of the other products luckily!
by Nicole1021 Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 06:19PM Report as inappropriate
the L'Oreal Paris Skin Genesis Daily Treatment Eye Serum did not work for me didnt notice anything different on my eyes
by mayra_alonzo Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 09:38PM Report as inappropriate
It's a very slippery slope when it comes to believing and hoping after you spent half your salary on a cream that you will see results-in my opinion(I am a true cream queen)trial and error is very costly so I read as many reviews(on-line) as possible before I buy and have basically been pretty lucky-I have found retinA prescription or none prescription to be a very large part in aiding many skin problems-to me it's the holy grail of creams and I also use other creams on top and sunscreen. Exfoliation is a big key in the battle to maintain a youthful face.
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The Vampire Diaries' Ian Somerhalder Talks Damon and Elena's New Romance
The folks who make up The Vampire Diaries' fan community are a rabid bunch: They're even nominated for their own People's Choice Award. "Our fans are the most extraordinary group," says exec producer Julie Plec, "and they are very vocal." There should be plenty of chatter now that Elena (Nina Dobrev) has officially hooked up with bad boy Damon (Ian Somerhalder), making Team Delena rapturous. And those Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Elena devotees? Not so much. "I will probably have to hide for a while!" jokes Plec.
That's advice Damon might want to take once his brother Stefan finds out about the tryst. ("He'll be in for a shock," says Plec.) But first, we'll let Somerhalder revel in his character's juicy new story line.
TV Guide Magazine: How did it feel to finally have "hot vampire sex," as Nina called it, with Elena in the November 29 episode?
Somerhalder: The fans - and I - have been begging for that for a long time. It's payoff for them, but there are a lot of people out there, particularly dudes, who think Elena would be much better off if she were rid of both [Salvatore brothers].
TV Guide Magazine: You and Nina are a real-life couple - how does that affect the on-screen romance?
Somerhalder: I'll just talk about the show. That sex scene had a lot of built-up passion, but also a more tender side. Damon's finally got Elena, and he's so happy, but he can't be sure that [her feelings] are real, and not just a result of him having sired her.
TV Guide Magazine: Does Elena want this love to be real as much as Damon does?
Somerhalder: Absolutely. To Elena, it is real. But, again, is that the sire bond making her think that she loves him?
TV Guide Magazine: Stefan still doesn't know about Elena sleeping with Damon. What can we expect when he finds out?
Somerhalder: [Laughs] Some gnarly blood, of course! Stefan is really hurt by them. It's a jagged pill for him to swallow.
TV Guide Magazine: Will it be good for the show if Elena and Damon stay together for a while?
Somerhalder: I think it's good for the story: If Elena is with Damon, this sire bond is always an issue; plus, his brother's really angry. So until both of them know if it's true love, they've decided they're not going to sleep together again. There will be more romance and less sex. Damon wants to do the right thing, but losing Elena is not an option. It's a tough predicament for him.
TV Guide Magazine: Speaking of tough predicaments, Damon had agreed to help search for the vampire cure for Elena. Isn't he afraid that, if she reverts to being human, he will lose her?
Somerhalder: Yes. It raises a good question. Damon feels guilty that she's turned, but if she stays a vampire, then she stays in love with him. And that's all he's ever wanted. He finally got it, and the sire-bond thing blew up in his face.
TV Guide Magazine: Awww. Poor Damon!
Somerhalder: I know! The exploration of this relationship and the interaction between Damon and Stefan as a result is all very complicated and very dramatic. This story has really been great in a big way.
TV Guide Magazine: Sounds like you're having a blast with this story line.
Somerhalder: Absolutely! It's not the Damon of Season 1, where he walks in, cracks some jokes and gets to take home a sorority girl. This is a lot more fun.
The Vampire Diaries airs Thursdays at 8/7c on The CW.
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Human and Chimpanzee Natural Cognition
Philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists and others have been addressing the question of "What makes us humans?" for centuries. However, we have always been limited in our ability to answer that question by the fact that in most comparative studies either humans and/or chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, have been placed in speciesunnatural conditions or have been tested in species untypical situations. Thereby, either species were facing a systematic disadvantage that has hampered our ability to understand "What makes us humans?"
In theory, the solution to this quandary is rather straightforward, as it would "only" require to select some natural tasks that are performed by both species and to compare them in situ. My goal in this project is to do exactly this and compare humans with chimpanzees solving two similar natural tasks: Finding food producing trees in their natural environment and cracking wild nuts.
By making the human / chimpanzee comparison with natural populations solving similar natural daily tasks with all their local and historical accumulated knowledge of the technical challenge, we hope to be able to detect more precisely species differences that are only affected by the specie-specific way to solve such ecological challenges.
Finding food producing trees
Finding food sources is a basic challenge that all animals, including humans, have to solve. Finding sources such as trees may be complicated by the visibility conditions prevailing in different environments. Therefore, we are comparing the food tree finding strategies of the Mbendjele foragers in the Republic of Congo, living in a closed tropical rainforest, similar to those of the Taï chimpanzees in Côte d'Ivoire, both populations facing similar challenges to find their food.
As in previous studies (Normand et al. 2009a, b, Janmaat et al. 2013, 2014, 2016, Ban et al. 2016), we adopted exactly the same methodology for a similar natural task which should allow us to improve our knowledge of the similarities and differences between humans and chimpanzees, as well as understand the impact of ecological differences. Karline Janmaat and Haneul Jang have spent three seasons in the forest with the Mbendjele women following individual women in the same way than we did previously with Taï chimpanzee females to collect the best possible comparative data.
Cracking wild nuts
Central African forest hunter-gatherers have traditionally been dependent to a large extent on the many wild foods produced by the forest. One of these resources, hard-shelled wild nuts, is especially promising for comparing human and chimpanzee technological skills. More specifically, the Aka foragers in the Central African Republic and the Mbendjele foragers in the Republic of Congo rely for many months of the year on the nuts they find and crack in the forest, and many of these nut species are the same than the ones cracked by the Taï chimpanzees in Côte d'Ivoire. This facilitates comparison of the techniques used, the tools used and made, the transport of tools, the efficiencies reached with the tools and techniques, and the cognitive skills required in both species.
Christophe Boesch has been studying the nut-cracking behaviour of the chimpanzees for many years (e.g. Boesch and Boesch 1981, 1982, 1984a, b, Boesch and Boesch-Achermann 2000, Boesch 1991, 2012). Adopting for this comparative project the same methodology while following women foraging in the forest, we could make some very detailed comparison of the similarities and the differences of the two species when facing extremely similar natural challenges involving tools. Boesch et al. (in press) could show that the degree of cooperation during the nut-cracking varies from a more individualistic enterprise in chimpanzees to a more cooperative endeavour in the Mbendjele women. Intriguingly, although by using sharp-cutting metal tools the Aka and Mbendjele women were able to crack open more species of nuts than the Taï chimpanzees, the chimpanzees were sometimes more efficient than the women.


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Business update: Jobless rate likely to stay over 6 percent until 2017
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's $3.9 trillion budget proposal for next year suggests the U.S. economic recovery that began in 2009 will continue to gain momentum over the next few years but that the unemployment rate won't fall to pre-recession levels of below 6 percent until 2017.
The White House forecast that the budget deficit would fall from $649 billion in the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30 to $564 billion in fiscal 2015 and $458 billion in 2017. If the projections hold up, it would mark three years in a row of annual red ink below $1 trillion.
The economic forecasts, included in the president's budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, are generally in line with projections made by other government and private forecasters.
However, the White House projects a 6.7 percent unemployment rate for 2015. While that's the same level as in the Blue Chip Consensus — an average of about 50 private-sector forecasts— it is more optimistic than the Congressional Budget Office, which projects 2015 unemployment at 7.1 percent.
The administration forecast is based on assumed congressional approval of all of Obama's budget tax and spending proposals, an unlikely prospect.
The most recent unemployment rate available is January's 6.6 percent. That's getting close to the 6.5 percent threshold the Federal Reserve suggested might be the point at which it would back away from its policy of keeping short-term interest rates at near zero.
The budget document said that the U.S. housing market has shown "clear signs of recovery, after its collapse in 2007 and 2008, which was a major cause of the financial crisis and recession."
The administration projects that, as a share of the nation's total economic output, the deficit next year would be 3.1 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. That's down from the 2009 peak of 10.1 percent.
Still, spending is expected to rise again in the next decade as the population ages and draws on retirement and health care benefits without new sources of revenue.
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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 30, 2005)] [Notices] [Page 71818] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: E5-6680] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER05-1511-000] Noble Thumb Windpark I LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order November 21, 2005. Noble Thumb Windpark I LLC (Noble Thumb) filed an application for market-based rate authority, with an accompanying rate tariff. The proposed rate tariff provides for wholesale sales of energy, capacity and ancillary services at market-based rates. Noble Thumb also requested waiver of various Commission regulations. In particular, Noble Thumb requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by Noble Thumb. On November 17, 2005, the Commission granted the request for blanket approval under part 34, but stated that: Any person desiring to be heard or to protest the blanket approval of issuances of securities or assumptions of liability by Noble Thumb should file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214 (2004). Noble Thumb Windpark I LLC, 113 FERC ] 61,156 (2005). Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to intervene or protests, is December 19, 2005. Absent a request to be heard in opposition by the deadline above, Noble Thumb is authorized to issue securities and assume obligations or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise in respect of any security of another person; provided that such issuance or assumption is for some lawful object within the corporate purposes of Noble Thumb, compatible with the public interest, and is reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes. The Commission reserves the right to require a further showing that neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by continued approval of Noble Thumb's issuances of securities or assumptions of liability. Copies of the full text of the Commission's Order are available from the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The Order may also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number filed to access the document. Comments, protests, and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E5-6680 Filed 11-29-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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In HBO's upcoming Beyoncéumentary Life Is But A Dream, Beyoncé publicly discusses her pre-Blue Ivy miscarriage for the first time, which Jay-Z referenced in his song "Glory" (recorded days after Blue Ivy's birth).
"About two years ago, I was pregnant for the first time. And I heard the heartbeat, which was the most beautiful music I ever heard in my life. I picked out names. I envisioned what my child would look like... I was feeling very maternal. I flew back to New York to get my check up – and no heartbeat. Literally the week before I went to the doctor, everything was fine, but there was no heartbeat. [And then] I went into the studio and wrote the saddest song I've ever written in my life, and it was actually the first song I wrote for my album. And it was the best form of therapy for me."
She also compares being pregnant to being in love ("You are so open. You are so overjoyed. There's no words that can express having a baby growing inside of you, so of course you want to scream it out and tell everyone"). GAH, so sad. :-( But, as anyone with a magazine subscription and/or a pulse is aware, her story has a happy ending. [Us Weekly, Rolling Stone]
On a lighter note, a self-confessed tipsy Jennifer Lawrence (the producers gave her tequila shots!) told Jimmy Kimmel that her boobs are two slightly different sizes. I think that's normal; mine are. That's normal, right? Can someone Tweet that question at Judy Blume for me?
"I just went to the doctor today, I got a chest X-ray of my lungs and discovered that my breasts are uneven. I was like standing there with these doctors and they're like looking at my lungs and I just couldn't-it felt like an elephant in the room-and I was like, 'Are my breasts uneven?' And they were just kind of, like, stifled and uncomfortable, obviously. So I kept thinking, 'Well, I'm gonna dig myself out of this hole by bringing it up again.' So he was like, 'All right, our radiologist will get back to you about your lungs.' And I was like, 'And my breasts.'"
Judy! Are our boobies normal? Halp! [E!]
OK, I will admit that I am unclear on why Kristin Chenoweth needs a
service dog on a flight other than the fact that she is a Very Important Diva. Regardless, she was chastised for bringing the pup, Madeleine, on an American Airlines plane without proper paperwork, and she burst into tears. A rep from American Airlines says: "We have been in touch with Ms. Chenoweth to offer our apologies for the misunderstanding. We refunded the [$125] cabin pet charge as soon as we realized the mistake. We hope she will consider flying American again in the future."
Hey, never mind, TMZ misreported.
Esteemed douche nozzle John Mayer tells Rolling Stone that he's happy with Katy Projectile-Bra Perry since we were all so obviously concerned. "I haven't had any trouble in my private life at all. It's been ... I mean, I'm quite happy. I'm happy in all aspects of my life. I'm very happy in all aspects of my life." But how is his racist penis doing? You can't just mention that in one Rolling Stone interview and not follow up in another! [NYDN]
Tracy Morgan and his fiancée Megan Wollover are having their first baby. [Gossip Cop]
- Wolfgang Puck is being sued after a lady got smashed in the head by a waitress's pitcher. [TMZ]
- The domestic violence charges against Jeremy London have been dropped. [TMZ]
- This one time, Katie Couric refused to go out with Michael Jackson: "Too weird." [HuffPo]
- Taylor Swift and Harry Styles want nothing to do with each other now because feeeeeeelings. [DNA India]
- Adorable ginger Ed Sheeran is moving to America to join Taylor Swift on tour, where they will hopefully sit in small town diners at 2 AM and share their hopes and dreams and fall in love? [Entertainmentwise]
- You too can smell like Adam Levine's sweaty leather-clad taint. [Contact Music]
- Steven Tyler snuck onto American Idol and auditioned in drag, as one is wont to do. [Daily Mail]
- Okay, Ashton Kutcher, I'm officially convinced that you can pull off the Steve Jobs biopic.* [Twitter]
*Did you guys know that Steve Jobs and Diane Keaton once dated for two seconds? And she thought he was crazy for saying all this stuff about how computers were the future? LOLs are supplied, for she was not correct!
- Miranda Lambert on her marriage to Blake Shelton: "Divorce is not an option! I will fight to the death. I am a ninja." Healthy! [Redbook]
- Bradley Cooper likes going to the movies alone, just like your average Muggle. [NDTV]
- Magic Mike 2! Magic Mike 2! (Working title: Magic Mike 2: Everybody Say UNNN, Na Na Na Na.) [E!]
- But not until Chay Tates learns how to change diapers. [People]
- Chronic oversharer Brandi Glanville hung onto Eddie Cibrian for awhile longer by making out with other women and letting him watch. [Daily Mail]
- Rocker and possible Lindsay Lohan beau Max George caught on fire during a concert but HE IS OKAY. [The Sun]
- Russell Brand is down with yoga partially because of his female classmates' "sexual energy." See, this is why my male friends are afraid to go to yoga—they're scared they'll seem like lecherous creeps who are only there to look up girls' assholes. [The Sun]
- Speaking of which, Colin Farrell went to hot yoga and I'd look up his asshole any day of the week, NAHMSAYING LADIES? Just kidding, I'd probably touch his face and run away. [Page Six]
- Lil Wayne cut his dreads off! [Instagram]
- Katie Holmes went bowling with a dude. [Page Six]
- Donald Faison and Cacee Cobb are having a baaaby. Boy, getting off the freeway makes you realize how important love is! [Us Weekly]
- Kristin Cavillari stopped breastfeeding her son Camden because it was taking over her life. I still can't believe that Kristen from Laguna Beach has a kid. SUNRISE, SUNSET, motherfucker. [Us Weekly]


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David Brooks had a worthwhile, situationist op-ed in the New York Times on sources of "genius." Here are some excerpts.
Some people live in romantic ages. They tend to believe that genius is the product of a divine spark. They believe that there have been, throughout the ages, certain paragons of greatness — Dante, Mozart, Einstein — whose talents far exceeded normal comprehension, who had an other-worldly access to transcendent truth, and who are best approached with reverential awe.
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The latest research suggests a more prosaic, democratic, even puritanical view of the world. The key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It's not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success, even in realms like chess. Instead, it's deliberate practice. Top performers spend more hours (many more hours) rigorously practicing their craft.
The recent research has been conducted by people like K. Anders Ericsson, the late Benjamin Bloom and others. It's been summarized in two enjoyable new books: "The Talent Code" by Daniel Coyle; and "Talent Is Overrated" by Geoff Colvin.
If you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you'd take a girl who possessed a slightly above average verbal ability. It wouldn't have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar biographical traits. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same ethnic background, or, shared the same birthday — anything to create a sense of affinity.
This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would, Coyle emphasizes, give her a glimpse of an enchanted circle she might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, infusing her with a profound sense of insecurity and fueling a desperate need for success.
Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and literary biographies without end. This would give her a core knowledge of her field. She'd be able to chunk Victorian novelists into one group, Magical Realists in another group and Renaissance poets into another. This ability to place information into patterns, or chunks, vastly improves memory skills. She'd be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly perceive its inner workings.
Then she would practice writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error-focused. According to Colvin, Ben Franklin would take essays from The Spectator magazine and translate them into verse. Then he'd translate his verse back into prose and examine, sentence by sentence, where his essay was inferior to The Spectator's original.
Coyle describes a tennis academy in Russia where they enact rallies without a ball. The aim is to focus meticulously on technique. (Try to slow down your golf swing so it takes 90 seconds to finish. See how many errors you detect.)
By practicing in this way, performers delay the automatizing process. The mind wants to turn deliberate, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. But the mind is sloppy and will settle for good enough. By practicing slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, the strenuous student forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance.
Then our young writer would find a mentor who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance from the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems — how do I get characters into a room — dozens and dozens of times. She is ingraining habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems.
The primary trait she possesses is not some mysterious genius. It's the ability to develop a deliberate, strenuous and boring practice routine.
Coyle and Colvin describe dozens of experiments fleshing out this process. This research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is smitten by genetics and what we're "hard-wired" to do. And it's true that genes place a leash on our capacities. But the brain is also phenomenally plastic. We construct ourselves through behavior. As Coyle observes, it's not who you are, it's what you do.
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The entire op-ed is here. For some related Situationist posts, see "Wise Parents Don't Have "Smart" Kids," "How Situational Self-Schemas Influence Disposition" (which includes a video of Carol Dweck), "The Perils of Being Smart," "Jock or Nerd," "First Person or Third," "The Unconscious Genius of Baseball Players," and "The Situation of 'Winners' and 'Losers'."


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Boston suspect is moved; FBI searches landfill
BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was moved from a hospital to a federal prison medical center, while FBI agents searched for evidence Friday in a landfill near the college he was attending.
Tsarnaev, 19, was taken from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he was recovering from a gunshot wound to the throat and other injuries suffered during a getaway attempt, and transferred to the Federal Medical Center Devens, about 40 miles from Boston, the U.S. Marshals Service said. The facility at a former Army base treats federal prisoners.
"It's where he should be; he doesn't need to be here anymore," said Linda Zamansky, a patient at Beth Israel, who thought the suspect's absence could reduce stress on bombing victims recovering there.
Also, FBI agents picked through a landfill near the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where Tsarnaev was a sophomore. FBI spokesman Jim Martin would not say what investigators were looking for.
An aerial photo in Friday's Boston Globe showed a line of more than 20 investigators, all dressed in white overalls and yellow boots, picking over the garbage with shovels or rakes.
U.S. officials, meanwhile, said that the bombing suspects' mother had been added to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the deadly attack — a disclosure that deepens the mystery around the Tsarnaev family and marks the first time American authorities have acknowledged that Zubeidat Tsarnaeva was under investigation before the tragedy.
The news is certain to fuel questions about whether the Obama administration missed opportunities to thwart the April 15 bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260.
Tsarnaev is charged with joining with his older brother, now dead, in setting off the shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs. The brothers are ethnic Chechens from Russia who came to the United States about a decade ago with their parents. Investigators have said it appears that the brothers were angry about the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Two government officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation, said the CIA had Zubeidat Tsarnaeva's name added to the terror database along with that of her son Tamerlan Tsarnaev after Russia contacted the agency in 2011 with concerns that the two were religious militants.
About six months earlier, the FBI investigated mother and son, also at Russia's request, one of the officials said. The FBI found no ties to terrorism. Previously U.S. officials had said only that the FBI investigated Tamerlan.
In an interview from Russia, Tsarnaeva said Friday that she has never been linked to terrorism.
"It's all lies and hypocrisy," she told The Associated Press from Dagestan. "I'm sick and tired of all this nonsense that they make up about me and my children. People know me as a regular person, and I've never been mixed up in any criminal intentions, especially any linked to terrorism."
Tsarnaeva faces shoplifting charges in the U.S. over the alleged theft of more than $1,624 worth of women's clothing from a Lord & Taylor department store in Natick, Mass., in 2012.
Earlier this week, she said she has been assured by lawyers that she would not be arrested if she traveled to the U.S., but she said she was still deciding whether to go. The suspects' father, Anzor Tsarnaev, said that he would leave Russia soon for the United States to visit one son and lay the other to rest.
A team of investigators from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow has questioned both parents in Russia this week, spending many hours with the mother in particular over two days.
Meanwhile, New York's police commissioner said the FBI was too slow to inform the city that the Boston Marathon suspects had been planning to bomb Times Square days after the attack at the race.
Federal investigators learned about the short-lived scheme from a hospitalized Dzhokhar Tsarnaev during a bedside interrogation that began Sunday night and extended into Monday morning, officials said. The information didn't reach the New York Police Department until Wednesday night.
"We did express our concerns over the lag," Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the findings on Thursday.
The FBI had no comment Friday.
Eileen Sullivan reported from Washington. Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Rodrique Ngowi in Boston, Colleen Long in New York and Julie Pace in Washington.


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"She's not really good at soccer and she doesn't really like it, but all her friends are doing it."
"If I miss a practice, even for a doctor's appointment, I get benched."
"If my son didn't have an after-school activity every day of the week, he'd sit around eating junk and playing video games."
"I don't really like lacrosse, but I have to do it because it'll look good on my college application."
"She wants to take gymnastics, art, dance, and cooking, and she goes to afternoon religious school twice a week. I'm not pushing her."
These are typical explanations and complaints from kids and parents. Clearly, some kids have too much to do and not enough time to do it. And it's hard to tell if it's due to parents pushing or kids trying to keep up with their peers.
Whatever the reason, one thing's for sure — something's got to give. Is your child too busy?
For some families, kids may be driving the schedule because they don't want to feel left out. Teens may feel pressure to boost their roster of activities to get into the college of their choice.
Some parents feel it's more productive to keep their kids constantly occupied rather leave free time for playing, exploring, and learning on their own. They might also feel that their kids will miss out on key experiences if they aren't doing what other kids are.
But most parents usually just want what seems best for their kids. Even when intentions are good, though, kids can easily become overscheduled. The pressure to participate in a handful of activities all the time and to "keep up" can be physically and emotionally exhausting for parents and kids alike.
Of course, organized activities and sports are beneficial, too. They foster social skills and are opportunities for play and exercise. They teach sportsmanship, self-discipline, and conflict resolution. Most of all, they're fun! The key is to keep them that way and ensure that kids — and parents — aren't overwhelmed.
Sooner or later, kids who are too busy will begin to show signs. Every child is different, but overscheduled kids may:
Overscheduling can also take a toll on kids' friendships and social lives. Family life also can suffer — when one parent is driving to basketball practice and the other is carpooling to dance class, meals are missed. As a result, some families rarely eat dinner together, and may not take the extra time to stay connected.
Plus, the weekly grind of driving kids all over the place and getting to one class, game, or practice after another can be downright tiresome and stressful for parents.
Even those parents who try to help their kids cut back on some activities can run up against coaches who won't tolerate absences and kids who want to keep up with their friends. However, it's important for parents to step back and make sure that their kids aren't burning out.
The key is to schedule things in moderation and choose activities with a child's age, temperament, interests, and abilities in mind. If something's too advanced, the experience is likely to be frustrating. If it isn't engaging, kids will be bored. And when kids do something only to please their parents, it defeats the whole purpose.
Depending on a kid's age and interests, it's possible to set reasonable limits on extracurricular activities and make them more enjoyable for all.
Here are some simple suggestions:
Take a moment and think about your child's life. If it's hectic, sit down together and decide where you can cut back. If it's overly structured, set aside time for blowing off some steam.
Riding a bike, taking a walk, playing a game, listening to music, or just doing nothing for a while can give kids some much-needed downtime. And never forget how important it is for kids to simply get together to play. Kids need time to just be kids.


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Adolescent (13 to 18 Years)
Adolescence is a transition period between childhood and adulthood. It is a stressful developmental period filled with major changes in physical maturity and sexuality, cognitive processes (ways of thinking and thought content), emotional feelings, and relationships with others. Addressing the healthcare needs of this age group requires not only addressing identified health concerns, but also considering the complicated interactions of developmental changes on healthcare needs, the effectiveness of treatment, health education, and health promotion.
Listed in the directory below you will find some information regarding some of the more common changes experienced and challenges faced by adolescents, for which we have provided a brief overview.


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Convert, a former fighter in Afghanistan, had protested Islamic attack.
SARGODHA, Pakistan, November 5 (CDN) — Muslim extremists in Islamabad on Monday (Nov. 1) beat with bricks and hockey sticks a Christian clergyman who is the subject of a fatwa demanding his death.
The Rev. Dr. Suleman Nasri Khan, a former fighter in Afghanistan before his conversion to Christianity in 2000, suffered a serious head injury, a hairline fracture in his arm and a broken bone in his left ankle in the assault by 10 Muslim extremists; he was able to identify two of them as Allama Atta-Ullah Attari and Allama Masaud Hussain.
The attack in Chashma, near Iqbal Town in Islamabad, followed Islamic scholar Allama Nawazish Ali's Oct. 25th fatwa (religious ruling) to kill Khan, pastor of Power of the Healing God's Church in the Kalupura area of Gujrat city. A mufti (Islamic scholar) and member of Dawat-e-Islami, which organizes studies of the Quran and Sunnah (sayings and deeds of Muhammad), Ali is authorized to issue fatwas.
Khan, 34, had relocated to a rented apartment in Islamabad after fleeing his home in Gujrat because of death threats against him and his family, he said. The fatwa, a religious order to be obeyed by all Muslims, was issued after Khan protested anti-Christian violence in Kalupura last month.
Muslim extremists who learned of his conversion had first attacked Khan in 2008 – killing his first child, 3-month old Sana Nasri Khan. He and wife Aster Nasri Khan escaped.
"During the Kalupura Christian colony attacks, once again it came into the attention of Muslim men that I was a converted Christian who had recanted Islam, deemed as humiliation of Islam by them," Khan said.
In this week's attack, Khan also sustained minor rib injuries and several minor cuts and bruises. He said the Muslim radicals pelted him with stones and bricks while others kicked him in the chest and stomach. They also tried to force him to recite Islam's creed for conversion; he refused.
On Monday night (Nov. 1) Khan had gone out to buy milk for a daughter born on July 19 – named after the daughter who was killed in 2008, Sana Nasri Khan – when during the wee hours of the night five unidentified Muslim extremists began kicking and pounding on the door.
"When my wife asked who they were, they replied, 'We have learned that you have disgraced Islam by recanting, therefore we will set your house on fire," Khan told Compass. "When my wife told them that I was not at home, they left a letter threatening to torch the house and kill my whole family and ordered me to recant Christianity and embrace Islam."
Khan had sold some of his clothes at a pawnshop in order to buy milk for the baby, as he has been financially supporting six Christian families from his congregation who are on a Muslim extremist hit list. Islamic militants have cordoned off parts of Kalupura, patrolling the area to find and kill the families of Allah Rakha Masih, Boota Masih, Khalid Rehmat, Murad Masih Gill, Tariq Murad Gill and Rashid Masih.
Often feeding her 5-month-old daughter water mixed with salt and sugar instead of milk or other supplements, Aster Nasri Khan said she was ready to die of starvation for the sake of Jesus and His church. Before her beaten husband was found, she said she had heard from neighbors that some Muslim men had left him unconscious on a roadside, thinking he was dead.
The Rev. Arif Masih of Power of the Healing God's Church in Islamabad told Compass that he was stunned to find Khan unconscious in a pool of blood on the roadside. Saying he couldn't go to police or a hospital out of fear that Muslims would level apostasy charges against Khan, Masih said he took him to the nearby private clinic of Dr. Naeem Iqbal Masih. Khan received medical treatment there while remaining unconscious for almost four hours, Masih said.
Born into a Muslim family, Khan had joined the now-defunct Islamic militant group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, which later emerged as Jaish-e-Muhammad, fighting with them for eight and half years in Kashmir and Afghanistan.
While fighting in Afghanistan's civil war in 2000, he said, he found a New Testament lying on the battlefield. He immediately threw it away, but a divine voice seemed to be extending an invitation to him, he said. When he later embraced Christ, he began preaching and studying – ending up with a doctorate in biblical theology from Punjab Theological Seminary in Kasur in 2005.
Upon learning of the Oct. 25 fatwa against him, Khan immediately left Gujrat for Islamabad, he said. He was living in hiding in Chashma near Iqbal Town when Muslims paid his landlord, Munir Masih, to reveal to them that Khan was living at his house as a tenant, he said. A young Christian whose name is withheld for security reasons informed Khan of the danger on Oct. 29, he said.
The young Christian told him that Munir Masih revealed his whereabouts to Allama Atta-Ullah Attari, a member of Dawat-e-Islami.
Khan said he confided to Christian friends about the dangers before him, and they devised a plan to hide his family in Bara Koh, a small town near Islamabad.
"But as I had sold and spent everything to help out Kalupura Christians," he said, "I was penniless and therefore failed to move on and rent a house there."
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Tesla station to bring electric cars to Wyoming
LUSK, Wyo. (AP) -- In the least populated county in the least populated state, old Ford and Chevy pickup trucks roam -- and rule -- the roads.
Finding a Tesla, the sleek and pricey all-electric car, around these ranching towns is about as likely as spotting the mythical jackalope. And yet, one day last month, a Model S sedan pulled quietly in at the America's Best Value Inn Covered Wagon Motel in Lusk, population 1,557.
Its mission was to plug in four gleaming white Supercharger units the company had just installed in the motel's courtyard. The visit was part of a test of a planned coast-to-coast route of quick-charge stations for Tesla vehicles.
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company plans dozens more across the middle of the continent in the months ahead to make it more feasible for the electric car to go from seashore to seashore.
Some folks in Lusk are cautiously hoping that the stations will bring a steady stream of wealthy motor tourists. In the meantime, if and when the next Tesla shows up, locals who commonly plug in their cars and trucks to keep their engines from freezing may be left wondering about the visitors who plug in their cars to charge them.
After all, there's no shortage of skepticism about electric cars out here -- it's not the kind of place for electric cars.
First, people are partial to the pickup truck because of its ability to tow heavy loads and endure the rattling rides of going off-road. Second, Wyoming is famous for its open ranges, terrain that has worried electric car owners because they could end up being stranded.
The Model S, which begins at $70,000 but with options can top $100,000, can drive a long way for an electric car: Up to 265 miles on a single charge. Draining the battery pack and recharging it all the way takes more than 4 hours with the best available home charger.
The company's Superchargers -- Wyoming's first are at the Covered Wagon -- offer a trade-off that makes long-distance trips more feasible. The stations can charge a run-down Tesla battery pack to 90 percent in just 45-50 minutes.
In Lusk, that's enough time to grab a burger at the nearby Outpost Cafe or Triangle 4 Cafe & Steakhouse, or visit the antiques stores downtown.
The Supercharger station will be a critical stepping-stone between stations in Cheyenne and Rapid City, S.D. Highlights on the first coast-to-coast route -- to be followed, Tesla says, by a couple more cross-country options by the end of this year -- include the scenic Four Corners region and Mount Rushmore.
"That's kind of the thought behind this first, initial route, is enabling the great American road trip," Tesla spokesman Patrick Jones said.
New Supercharger stations also are going in across Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania to connect existing facilities on the coasts. Tesla owners use the stations free of, well, charge. Tesla picks up the electric bill.
The last time Lusk got any attention for such cutting-edge technology was in the late 1990s, when a Microsoft television ad trumpeted the town's connection to the Internet as an answer to tough times for the ranching community. In reality, a $3 million project to link Lusk to fiber-optic broadband was stalled for years.
For a time, high-speed Internet was as elusive as the jackalope, a creature based on a trick of taxidermy in which antelope horns are placed on a jackrabbit. Residents can now surf the Web pretty much like anybody else, but it's an open question whether any locals will buy a Tesla, or any other electric car.
Niobrara County, population 2,456, is home to plenty of wealthy ranchers who can afford a Tesla, said Michael Mercer between oil changes at a downtown auto repair shop. The problem is that most live in country far too rugged for low-clearance vehicles.
"They're not going to take some hundred-something-thousand-dollar car off road," he scoffed.
Inga Miller, a bartender and store clerk at the Lusk Liquor & Lounge, said her dream truck is a Ford F-150 extended cab with four-wheel drive, a great stereo system and a bed big enough to haul plenty of hay for her friends' horses.
"I'm a pickup girl. If they come out with one that's an electric pickup, it might be all right," Miller said.
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Support Notes 11.17.13
AIDS: Anonymous testing for HIV and AIDS counseling, FS Fights AIDS, 452-1616; Black Community Center, 783-3801. FS Fights AIDS meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; call 452-1616 for location.
Al-Anon: Info line, 441-9705. 8 p.m. Monday, Goddard United Methodist Church; 6 p.m. Tuesday, Community Bible Church, 9201 Dallas St.; 8 p.m. Tuesday, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church; 12:10 p.m. Wednesday, St. Luke's Lutheran Church; 8 p.m. Wednesday, 500 N. F St.; Women's Group, 7 p.m. Thursday, First Christian Church; 8 p.m. Friday, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church; Spanish Speaking, 4 p.m. Sunday, Pioneer Club, 500 F. St.; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, First Methodist Church in Mena; 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Gathering Place in Altus.
Alateen: 8 p.m. Tuesday at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2100 Cavanaugh Road.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Daily meetings; 24-hour phone, 783-0123.
Alzheimer's: 6 p.m. Tuesday at River Valley Health and Rehab, 5301 Wheeler Ave.; 646-3454.
2 p.m. Thursday at Pointer Trail Health and Rehab, 228 Pointer Trail in Van Buren; 474-5276.
6:15 p.m. Thursday at Memory Lane at Legacy Heights, 1012 Fayetteville Road in Van Buren; 474-7233.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Parent support group meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at 316 Daisy St.; childcare available; 791-1152.
Avenue of Hope: Support group for families of addicts meets at 10 a.m. Sunday at Evangel Temple Champions Center, 1318 Dodson Ave.; 782-9121.
B.A.T.T.L (Battling Addictions Through the Lord): Faith-based 12-step recovery group meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Eastside Freewill Baptist Church, 615 S.E. Fourth St. in Muldrow; Robert at 719-5102.
Bereaved Parents of the USA: Western Arkansas Chapter meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M St.; Toni Holohan at 420-9634.
Bereavement Support: Group meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M St.; Mercy Hospice at 314-1150.
Bordertown Sex Addicts Anonymous: Group meets in Fort Smith; call 441-6202 for times and locations.
Cancer Support: Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M St.; 782-6302.
Monday — 9:30 a.m., knitting; 5 and 5:30 p.m., women's group.
Tuesday — 1 p.m., exercise, 2 p.m., yoga; 4 p.m., men's group and tai chi; 5:30 p.m. caregiver's group.
Wednesday — 11:30 a.m., women's group; 6 p.m., men's group.
Thursday — 1 p.m., drawing and exercise, 2 p.m., yoga and scrapbooking; 4:30 p.m., children's pottery; 5:30 p.m., pottery.
Celebrate Recovery: Groups meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Outloud Student Building at First Baptist Church, 937 E. Main St. in Van Buren, 474-1271; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at East Side Baptist Church, 2710 Massard Road; 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the learning center at Community Bible Church, 9201 Dallas St., 452-9201; Heritage United Methodist Church, 1604 Pointer Trail in Van Buren; for times, call 474-6424.
Christians in Recovery: Faith-based support group meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Rye Hill Baptist Church, 11512 Old U.S. 71 South; 646-1044.
Course in Miracles: Support group meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 2701 Old Greenwood Road; 561-2222.
Community Prayer Band Outreach: Group for families of the incarcerated meets at 11 a.m. Saturday in the second-floor small meeting room at the Fort Smith Public Library, 3201 Rogers Ave.; Shirley Syrus at 783-1696.
Community Mentoring Program Inc.: Mentors and single mothers meet for support and classes at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at 614 Webster St. in Van Buren and 5:30 p.m. Monday at Wood Memorial Church, 921 Broadway in Van Buren; 410-1500.
Crohn's and Colitis: Group meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M St.; Linda Hays at 646-1207.
Diabetes: Group meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the cafeteria at Summit Medical Center, East Main and South 20th streets in Van Buren; 471-4345.
DivorceCare: Group meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Room C03 at East Side Baptist Church, 2710 Massard Road; 452-1481; at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Alma Assembly of God, 220 Rudy Road in Alma; (479) 632-3201.
Domestic Violence Intervention and Sexual Assault Programs: Donald W. Reynolds Crisis Intervention Center, 5603 S. 14th St.; 782-1821 or (800) 359-0056.
Weekly support groups available for victims of verbal, physical and/or sexual abuse. Life Beyond Abuse classes offered. Call to preregister. All services free and confidential.
Drug and Alcohol Addictions: Recovery support group for adults and teens meets at 10 a.m. Sunday at Evangel Temple Champions Center, 1318 Dodson Ave.; 782-9121.
Fresh Start: Small group mentor support meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Harvest Time, 3100 Briar Cliff Ave.; 646-6001.
Gamblers Anonymous: Group meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Miller Branch Library, 8701 S. 28th St.
Gam-Anon: Family and friends of compulsive gamblers meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Miller Branch Library, 8701 S. 28th St.
GriefShare: Recovery support group meets at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Heritage United Methodist Church, 1604 Pointer Trail in Van Buren; 6:30 p.m. Monday at Legacy Heights Independent Retirement Center, 1012 Fayetteville Road in Van Buren; Shirley Touchstone at (479) 629-7901.
Highway to Healing: A 12-step program meets at 7 p.m. Friday at 2200 N. O St.; 494-1804.
KISMIF: Weight reduction meeting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Bethel Lutheran Church, 5400 Euper Lane; 782-0211.
Lupus Foundation of America: Support group meets at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fort Smith Public Library, 3201 Rogers Ave.
Mainline Ministries: 12-step recovery group meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Amazing Grace Fellowship, 2020 Rena Road in Van Buren; 459-0576.
Memory Care: Support group meets at 4 p.m. Monday in the Shuffield Education Room at Sparks Regional Medical Center, 1001 Towson Ave.; 441-5601.
Multiple Sclerosis Support: Group meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Van Buren Public Library, 1409 Main St. in Van Buren; Byna at 650-6415.
Nar-Anon: Family and friends of addicts meet at 8 p.m. today at 223 N. 11th St., Karen at 474-4349; 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Boniface Catholic Church office, 1820 N. B St., John at 783-0739.
Narateen: Teens with an addicted friend or family member meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at 1820 N. B St.; Mary at 648-3042.
Narcotics Anonymous: Meetings daily in Fort Smith and surrounding areas; for times and meeting places, call (800) 338-8750.
National Alliance on Mental Illness: NAMI — River Valley chapter meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the N.E.W. Center at Western Arkansas Counseling and Guidance Center, 3111 S. 70th St.; (800)844-0381.
No Woman Left Behind: Faith-based support group for women meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at Freedom Church, 923 S. Louisville; 646-3733.
Overeaters Anonymous: Alpha Group, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Parlor Room, Central Presbyterian Church, 2901 Rogers Ave., 474-9606; New Hope Group, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Miller Branch Library, 8701 S. 28th St.; Group, 6 p.m. Thursday, Central Presbyterian Church, 2901 Rogers Ave.; Mena, 7 p.m., Thursday, Mena United Methodist Church, (479) 394-4240.
Pregnancy Testing: Heart to Heart Pregnancy Support Center, free testing, counseling and support groups; 452-2260.
River Valley Bariatric: Support group meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Fort Smith Public Library, 3201 Rogres Ave.; Lisa at 784-6654.
River Valley Down Syndrome Network: Support group meets at Valley View Church of Christ, 1911 Excelsior Road in Greenwood; Brandi Tanner at 420-7370.
RSD: Group meets at 10 a.m. Monday at 711 Sandstone Drive in Van Buren; Kathy at 474-8793.
STEP-Carefully! Inc.: Stepparenting group meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at East Side Baptist Church, 2710 S. Massard Road; Bobby Collins at 522-7490.
Community-wide group meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at BancorpSouth, 7000 Rogers Ave.
STEPS, Inc.: Certified parenting day and evening classes available at 1216 Towson Ave.; 782-7837.
TOPS: Arkansas Chapter 86, 5:30 p.m. Monday at Van Buren Community Center, 814 Drennen St., 434-4010; Chapter 5, 4:45 p.m. Monday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 5401 Free Ferry Road; Chapter 130, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Oak Cliff Baptist Church, 646-1137.
Way of Recovery: Bible-based, Christ-centered, 12-step group meets at 7 p.m. Friday at Heart of Worship Church, 3918 N. 50th St.; 434-4096.