Apple's Jony Ive Said To Be Bringing The Flat Design Fad To iOS 7 With Visual Overhaul

iOS 7 is probably right around the corner, at least as a preview coming at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference in June, and it looks like it might be the most exciting change to Apple's mobile OS we've seen in a long time, at least on the surface. iOS 7 will get a flat visual look, which is all the rage these days, at the hands of Apple's chief design guru Jony Ive, according to a new report by 9to5Mac. The blog's sources say that it's "very, very flat," losing any evidence of computer-generated shine, glare or the skeuomorphism reportedly favored by deposed iOS chief Scott Forstall.

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Today Might Be Virgin Galactic's First Rocket-Powered Test Flight

Earlier this month, Virgin Chairman Richard Branson announced at the launch of Virgin America's new route through Newark that his other flying endeavor would be hitting a huge milestone this month: Its first rocket-powered test flight.

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10 things you need to know today: April 28, 2013

Obama entertains at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, another ricin suspect is arrested, and more in our roundup of stories that are making news and driving opinion

1.?OBAMA CRACKS JOKES AT CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER
President Obama joked Saturday night about his plans for a radical second-term evolution from "strapping young Socialist" to retiree golfer at this year's annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, hosted by Conan O'Brien. Before showing a montage of photos of him sporting bangs styled like first lady Michelle's, Obama joked about how re-election would allow him to unleash a radical agenda. But then he showed a picture of himself golfing on a mock magazine cover of Senior Leisure. Obama closed by noting the nation's recent tragedies in Massachusetts?and Texas, praising Americans of all stripes, from first responders to local journalists for serving the public good.?[Huffington Post]
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2. OWNER OF COLLAPSED BANGLADESH BUILDING IS ARRESTED
The owner of Rana Plaza, the building that collapsed last week near Dhaka, Bangladesh, was arrested on Sunday at a border crossing with India. After the owner, Mohammed Sohel Rana, was arrested, an announcement was made by loudspeaker at the site of the collapsed building, where people cheered and clapped. At least 362 people have died as a result of the Wednesday?collapse of the eight-story building that housed garment factories. It is already the deadliest tragedy to hit Bangladesh's garment industry, surpassing another deadly tragedy in November.?[New York Times]
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3.?FURLOUGH ENDS, FAA RETURNS TO REGULAR STAFFING
Less than a week after furloughs began that idled air traffic controllers and delayed flights, the FAA will return to normal staffing levels by Sunday evening. The move comes after Congress voted to let the FAA move money around in its budget ? a quick response that came after several days of travel delays that were either caused by or worsened by the furloughs. The FAA is taking action despite the fact that the legislation has not yet been signed by President Obama. A?typo ? a missing "s" ? exists in the Senate version of the bill, but not the House version. The Senate is expected to correct the error Tuesday.?[NPR]
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4.?ANOTHER RICIN SUSPECT IS ARRESTED IN MISSISSIPPI
FBI agents arrested J. Everett Dutschke, a Mississippi man, Saturday in connection with sending?ricin-laced letters to government officials.?Dutschke, of Tupelo, Miss., was charged with possessing a toxin for use as a weapon, among other charges, the U.S. attorney's office said.?The arrest follows a tumultuous week in which the man initially charged, Paul Kevin Curtis, an Elvis impersonator who had quarreled with Dutschke, was released. Dutschke is a martial-arts instructor, rock musician and failed political candidate.?[Wall Street Journal]
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SEE MORE: 10 things you need to know today: April 27, 2013

5.?TWO SHOT OUTSIDE ITALIAN PM'S OFFICE
Two Italian police officers were wounded Sunday when a gunman shot at officers outside the prime minister's office in Rome. The gunman, a 49-year-old man from Calabria, Italy, fired five shots at police before being taken into custody. The officers didn't suffer life-threatening wounds, and the shooter was also hospitalized, though unwounded. Enrico Letta was being sworn in as prime minister at the time at the president's palace a short distance away. Police said the man's motive was unclear.?[CNN]
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6. CHERTOFF?DESCRIBES TRICKY SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPON?SITUATION
Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff acknowledged Sunday that President Obama is in a difficult situation when it comes to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons on Syrian rebels. "Putting aside the question of exactly what we do, once we announce there's a red line, if we don't take it seriously, then we are discrediting ourselves not only in Syria, but in Iran, North Korea, and all around the world," Chertoff said on CNN's State of the Union. Former Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns agreed and said the need for concrete evidence is necessary to avoid another situation like U.S. involvement in Iraq.?[Politico]
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7.?JAPANESE AIRLINE RESUMES BOEING FLIGHTS
ANA, the Japanese launch customer for Boeing's 787, flew its first Dreamliner in more than three months on Sunday to test reinforced batteries installed by Boeing. The successful flight was the second by an airline since aviation regulators on Friday gave permission for 787 operations to restart after batteries on two of them overheated in mid-January. On Saturday,?Ethiopian Airlines became the world's first carrier to resume flying Dreamliner?jets since the global fleet was grounded.?[Reuters]
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8.?BLACK VOTER TURNOUT HIT HIGH IN 2012 ELECTION
America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and, by most measures, surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama while many whites stayed home. Had people voted last November at the same rates they did in 2004, when black turnout was below its current historic levels, Mitt Romney would have won narrowly, according to an analysis conducted for The Associated Press.?[Washington Post]
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9.?WWII IWO JIMA FLAG PROVIDER DIES
Alan Wood, a World War II veteran credited with providing the flag in the famous flag-raising on Iwo Jima, has died at the age of 90. Wood died April 18 of natural causes at his Sierra Madre home, his son Steven Wood said Saturday. Wood was a 22-year-old Navy officer when five Marines and a Navy Corpsman later raised his flag in a stirring moment captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal.?[USA Today]
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10.?ZACH BRAFF RAISES $2 MILLION FOR NEW MOVIE
Another day, another celebrity-backed movie fundraiser on Kickstarter. Just three days after Zach Braff posted his Garden State follow-up on Kickstarter, Wish I Was Here has already hit its $2 million fundraising goal. One particularly deep-pocketed Braff supporter made a $10,000 donation, earning the most prized reward: Being a cast member in Wish I Was Here, which involves speaking a line of dialogue written by Braff.?[Entertainment Weekly]

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JPMorgan co-COO Bisignano leaves to run First Data

NEW YORK (AP) ? JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Sunday that one of its co-chief operating officers is leaving the company, marking the latest high-profile departure since the bank's massive trading loss last year.

Frank Bisignano will become CEO of payment processor First Data Corp. on Monday. Matt Zames, who was co-chief operating officer with Bisignano, will become the sole COO of JPMorgan Chase effective immediately.

First Data said Bisignano, 53, succeeds Ed Labry, who has been interim CEO and president of Retail and Alliance Services since Jan. 28. Labry will continue as president of Retail and Alliance Services.

Bisignano and Zames were named co-chief operating officers in a management reshuffle in July after JPMorgan Chase revealed a trading loss of about $6 billion. The massive loss became a focus of the risky bets taken at large banks and oversight of traders who make those bets. It also prompted congressional hearings, as well as investigations by international regulators.

Others called for the resignation of CEO Jamie Dimon, who initially called the trade a "tempest in a teapot." Dimon later backtracked and apologized several times for the mischaracterization after the scope of the loss was revealed.

The Wall Street Journal first reported that Bisignano would be the ninth executive in the past year and a half to leave Dimon's operating committee of key decision makers.

Dimon and Bisignano have known each other since the 1980s, according to the Journal, and worked together at Citibank.

Before he was named co-chief operating officer this summer, Zames had taken over as chief investment officer for Ina Drew, who resigned in the days after the big trading loss was revealed.

JPMorgan also said Sunday that Paul Compton will become chief administrative officer. He is currently co-chief administrative officer of the Corporate & Investment Bank and deputy head of operations for JPMorgan Chase.

Louis Rauchenberger, who shares Compton's current role, will become sole chief administrative officer of the Corporate and Investment Bank.

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Police identify victims in Illinois killings

MANCHESTER, Ill. (AP) ? The five people found shot to death in a small south-central Illinois town this week were two young brothers, their pregnant mother, their father and their great grandmother, authorities said Thursday.

Investigators were still trying to piece together the events that led to Scott County's first homicide in two decades, and why the suspect, Rick O. Smith allegedly walked into a home Wednesday and shot an entire family ? including a 6-year-old girl who survived ? before he was killed during a shootout with police.

The Illinois State Police said the victims were: 1-year-old Brantley Ralston, 5-year-old Nolan Ralston, 29-year-old James Ralston, 23-year-old Brittney Luark, and 67-year-old Jo Ann Sinclair. Sinclair was Luark's grandmother.

Authorities believe Smith and the victims were acquainted, but they didn't provide details of the relationships. Manchester Mayor Ronald Drake confirmed Wednesday that Smith was his nephew.

The state police said they believe Smith, 43, entered the home through the back door Wednesday and shot the victims at close range with a shotgun. Two people were found in a bedroom, two in a second bedroom and the man in the hallway. A sixth victim, a 6-year-old girl, was injured and taken to a hospital in Springfield.

"The offender took the 6-year-old out of the residence and put her in the hands of a neighbor," State Police Lt. Col. Todd Kilby said.

A bystander called police and told them that Smith fled in a white sedan. Smith led authorities on a chase to the nearby town of Winchester, where they exchanged gunfire. Officers shot Smith, and he later died at a hospital.

Police said they found a rifle, shotgun and large hunting knife in Smith's car.

Scott County State's Attorney Michael Hill said Smith, of rural Morgan County, had previous convictions for reckless homicide, drugs and bad checks.

Drake said he hadn't spoken to Smith in two years but that he believed his nephew was unemployed. Drake said the last time Smith contacted him was to borrow tools.

The preschool program that Nolan Ralston attended was closed Thursday, and Winchester Community School District Superintendent Dave Roberts said staff was meeting Thursday to decide how to broach the subject.

"I am trying to work with staff to get them prepared," he said. "They are very emotional at this point."

Roberts said he also wants to meet with parents Thursday night.

"I would say at least 40 kids knew him, and they're 3,4, 5 years old and that makes it even more difficult," he said.

He said a school psychologist will be at the school on Friday to talk with the children in the classrooms ? including the class of the 6-year-old girl who survived. He said that the girl is the older sister of the two dead boys.

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Associated Press writers Don Babwin and Jason Keyser in Chicago and David Mercer in Champaign, Ill., contributed to this report.

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Financial Gun Control? GE Capital Quietly Cuts Off Lending to Gun ...

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General Electric, Co. has been quietly informing gun shop owners that the company will no longer be providing lending services to them, the Wall Street Journal reports. GE Capital is apparently reconsidering its relationship to firearms companies following the Sandy Hook shooting.

Earlier this month, Glenn Duncan, owner of Duncan?s Outdoor Store in Bay City, Mich., claims he received a letter from GE Capital Retail Bank announcing its ?difficult decision? to stop providing financial services to his business. Other gun shops have received similar notices, the Journal notes.

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GE is at least the second big financial firm to retreat from the gun business following the school shootings, which claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and six adults in December.

Days after the killings, private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP said it would try to sell the gun company it owns?Freedom Group Inc.? which makes brands including Remington, Bushmaster, Marlin and H&R.

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GE is based in Fairfield, Conn., and many of the GE?s employees live around Newtown, and several have children in the Sandy Hook elementary school, where the shootings took place. Peter Lanza, the father of Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza, is an executive at GE Capital. GE Chief Executive Jeff Immelt held a town hall meeting with affected employees after the shooting, and the board has been updated on efforts to help staff, a person familiar with the matter said.

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A spokeswoman for Wells Fargo & Co. said bank officials decided to exit gun financing nearly a decade ago. Bank of America Corp., which got out of the business in 2008, didn?t respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for Citigroup Inc. said the bank doesn?t finance loans for firearms.

GE Capital spokesman Russell Wilkerson said the company?s policy changes are the result of ?industry changes, new legislation and tragical events.?

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The U.S. gun market brought in about $11.7 billion in sales last year, according to IBIS World. Additionally, financing is merely a ?marginal activity? in the industry so GE?s actions shouldn?t have a huge impact on the gun market, WSJ.com reports.

But that?s not to say gun shops won?t feel it as more large banks refuse to provide lending services.

?Your options are very limited by being in our business,? said Rex McClanahan, co-owner of Buds Gun Shop in Lexington, Ky.

?Smaller lenders have helped fill the gap. Last July, Randy Frazier opened a new division of his direct-marketing business called Gun Financing, promising on its website to arrange loans for ?hottest firearms.? Mr. Frazier said his audience is young men with spotty credit seeking high-end rifles and equipment for sport shooting,? the Wall Street Journal report adds.

Still, GE?s decision carries symbolic weight (which gun control advocates will latch on to) and will no doubt be felt by companies that have come to rely on customers buying more products because of financing.

And although there are a number of things (mostly negative) that can be said about GE?s anti-gun decision, let?s let Zero Hedge have the last word:

GE Capital cuts off lending to gun shops. In a world in which Rwanda couldn't borrow at 7% this might be a problem.

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Times Square could have been next

By Mark Hosenball and Tim McLaughlin

WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - The two men accused of carrying out last week's bombing of the Boston Marathon planned a second bomb attack on New York's Times Square, according to law enforcement and national security sources.

The sources said brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's original intent when they hijacked a car and its driver in Boston last Thursday night was to drive to New York with seven bombs and detonate them, but their plan fell apart when they became embroiled in a shootout with police.

One source said this was based on information that surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, told investigators in a Boston hospital. He is recovering from gunshot wounds in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he was formally charged on Monday with crimes that could carry the death penalty.

Meanwhile, the father of the brothers said he planned to travel to the United States from Russia to bury his older son, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed in a police shootout.

"I am going to the United States. I want to say that I am going there to see my son, to bury the older one. I don't have any bad intentions. I don't plan to blow up anything," Anzor Tsarnaev told reporters in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's Dagestan region.

The bombing killed three people and injured 264 others.

Near Washington, the focus remained on intelligence leading up to the Boston Marathon bombing. Tamerlan Tsarnaev had been on a federal database of potential terrorism suspects and that the United States had twice been warned about him by Russian authorities. Congressional testimony earlier in the week had focused on whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation made mistakes in tracking the ethnic Chechen.

"We're in the post-event witch hunt phase, which is predictable," said James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, at a conference in Crystal City, Virginia. "I think it would be a real good idea to not hyperventilate for a while now until we actually get all the facts."

ARREST WARRANT FOR WIFE

Anzor's former wife, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, angrily denied that her son had any role in the attack and criticized police for shooting her 26-year-old son while apprehending him.

Tsarnaeva does not plan to accompany her former husband on his trip. One factor that may have influenced Zubeidat Tsarnaeva's decision not to travel with her former husband is an outstanding arrest warrant in Massachusetts.

A warrant for Zubeidat Tsarnaeva's arrest was issued on October 25 after she failed to make a court appearance on shoplifting-related charges, according to Natick District Court Clerk Brian Kearney.

Tsarnaeva was arrested in June at a Lord & Taylor department store on suspicion of shoplifting $1,624 worth of women's dresses, according to the Natick Police Department.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, 24-year-old Katherine Russell, also has a criminal record. In 2007, shortly after graduating from high school, she was arrested for stealing five items valued at $67.00 from an Old Navy in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Russell's lawyer, Amato DeLuca, said earlier this week that his client knew nothing about the Tsarnaev brothers' activities.

YOUNGER BROTHER IN HOSPITAL

The U.S. Marshals Service, which is responsible for holding and transporting suspects outside of prison, declined to comment on whether or when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev might be moved from the hospital.

"It is our policy not to comment on prisoner movements until they have been completed," said spokeswoman Lynzey Donahue. "We do ensure that prisoners in our custody receive medical services in a secure environment."

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's attorney, Miriam Conrad, declined to comment on Thursday on whether her wounded client was still talking with investigators.

(Additional reporting by Scott Malone, Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Aaron Pressman, Ross Kerber in Boston, Deborah Charles in Crystal City, Virginia and Alissa de Carbonnel in Makhachkala, Russia; Editing by Paul Thomasch and Grant McCool)

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Prayer and first responders

A Christian Science perspective.

By Channing Walker / April 24, 2013

You might glimpse one at the side of the road, helping a woman who didn?t quite make it in time to the delivery room at the local hospital. Or, you could spot one running into a burning building right when almost anyone would instinctively be running out of it. Police officers, firefighters, and other professionals ? some with formal training, some with just a willing heart ? populate the ranks of first responders. Perhaps on most days we give them scarcely a second thought. But when the need is suddenly urgent, they may unexpectedly feel as close as family.

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If you have ever yearned to, in some meaningful way, pour out your gratitude to these men and women, consider this. You can pray. You can make prayer for a first responder a regular part of your daily routine. It could serve as a steady reminder to them ? and to us ? that professional first responders don?t just have a useful skill set. More important, they have spiritual resources to which they can turn. Those resources might include the God-given capacity to be still, to listen intuitively, and to follow faithfully the wisest and most helpful ? even healing ? steps available at the moment.

Consider someone who might be the ultimate first responder: Christ Jesus. A boatload of increasingly frantic passengers struggled to check the water they were taking on (see?Mark 4:35-41). He addressed the emergency, and in moments, instead of a storm, there was a great calm. The danger was averted. The Christ that was so completely embodied in the man Jesus is the message that comes from God to human consciousness. Christ is the message of safety, of security, and of strength. As the Christ-message arrives at the door of thought, fear and panic begin to recede. ?In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength,? says the Bible (Isaiah 30:15). And that well describes how the Christ-message often arrives. In that quietude, the spiritual message of Christ steers individuals on a better path.

I know a firefighter, a spiritually minded man of prayer. We?ll call him Tom. Once he was with a group of people at a remote location, out of cellphone range. They were taping a TV show. The temperature had soared well past 100, and one of the participants began to suffer from what appeared to be heat stroke. The alarming symptoms multiplied quickly. In a flash Tom realized that in this group, as a firefighter he was the ?expert.? He didn?t panic, not even when another individual accidentally gashed himself in a way that left a nasty wound. It might have seemed like a crisis on top of a crisis. But it was a time for prayer, not panic. A time to take in the Christ-message of safety, poise, and focus. Although Tom does not recall how, or even if, he prayed for himself or for his day, he could have told you, had you asked him, that the God who is divine Life and divine Love, was present, and God?s Christ, God?s saving and safety-enhancing message, was also present.

?In quietness and in confidence? Tom went to work, performing his first-responder tasks swiftly, precisely, and calmly, caring for the two individuals in need. The outcome was good for everyone. The two people got the immediate and follow-up help they needed, and the taping continued. One of Tom?s family members, who includes Tom in his daily prayer for his family, sees the whole episode as a proof of God?s healing power and protecting care. Was anyone devoured by fear, dread, or panic? No. They were delivered to the Almighty?s care. Monitor founder Mary Baker Eddy once wrote, ?How blessed it is to think of you as ?beneath the shadow of a great rock in a weary land,? safe in His strength, building on His foundation, and covered from the devourer by divine protection and affection? (?Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896,? p. 263). Imagine how blessed it would be to think of every first responder as ?safe in His strength ... building on His foundation ... covered from the devourer by divine protection.? That would amount to a powerful, protective, and prayer-filled boost for every first responder.

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Rachel Hollis: The Oldest Married Couple You Know

My sister got married a few months ago and so, as people are wont to do with newlyweds, I asked her how things were going. In case you're wondering, things are going great, but she did confess to feeling a little less-cool since she walked down the aisle. Apparently now that they're married they're suddenly not going out as much. They still have their date nights and drinks with friends but they're also totally content to hang out at home and she's wondering if that makes them lame.

"When did we turn into an old married couple?" She asks me laughing.

I'll tell you all the same thing I told my sister... I just turned 30 and I'm one half of the oldest married couple you'll ever know! There are couples that run marathons together and jaunt down to Costa Rica for the weekend (I know this because I see their pictures on Facebook) but my husband and I, we're not those people.

You see, we spent years looking for each other in happy hours and wine bars. We joined friends in the weird sporting events that hipsters fill their time with on the weekends. We'd been set up on numerous blind dates and took part in group outings and met friends of friends all in a quest for finding "the one". And as anyone who's single will tell you, there's only so much ironic Ultimate Frisbee you can play before you're exhausted.

Pretty much the day we got married we became lazy, good-for-nothing, homebodies. It wasn't something we consciously set out to do, it's just that for us, being snuggled up at home is infinitely more exciting than being anywhere else.

I was laughing with a girlfriend recently about this topic. She was telling the story of a recent night out and how it was a big deal because she'd actually curled her hair and shaved her legs and gone to three separate locations on a date with her husband.

Cool, single people are reading that and wondering what's so special about going to more than one spot on a date... but other marrieds might get it. In my married world, going to more than two places in a night (like say, starting with drinks and ending with dinner somewhere else) makes me feel like a world traveler or a Kardashian!

My husband and I just got back from a vacation yesterday. We were in a "fancy city" where we had multiple dinners and parties scheduled with his colleagues. Every single time we had a night free from those work commitments those same colleagues would ask us, with an excited gleam in their eye "where are you going tonight?? A dinner? The theatre maybe?" And every single time we would look at them like they were crazy. Are you kidding? We're kid-free and have the ability to order an Oreo milkshake in bed! There's only one place we're headed and that's back to the hotel room to put on our pajamas!

Writing that out, I suppose I do sound like possibly the biggest loser ever. But I can't bring myself to care very much. Mr. Hollis has been my best friend since the day I met him and I don't like anyone nearly as much as I like him. So yeah, sometimes we do a date night. He wears something handsome and I bring out the "good bra" and we go to a restaurant that doesn't have the word cheesecake in its name. The lighting is dim and we order cocktails that cost as much as a purebred puppy and act like we're cool kids for a couple of hours. But guaranteed, halfway through that dinner we look at each other and talk about how much we can't wait to get back home.

After 11 years together there isn't anywhere I'd rather be than inside a pair of pants with an elastic waistband, talking with him about our day. If that qualifies me for senior citizen status, then so be it. We both work long hours at intense jobs and I'm grateful for the peace that comes from hanging out in our little nest.

So if you're that hip married couple who'll spend this weekend learning to surf off the coast of Bali, please be sure to post the pics online for us to see. Because somewhere in Glendale, two senior citizens will be sipping on boxed wine from the comfort of their bed and we'll need something chat about while we do!

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Ear Infections | Journal of Adolescent Health | Hearing Aids Dallas

Family members who smoke are more apt to feel it is OK to smoke indoors as their children get older. But in households with secondhand smoke, children between 12 and 17 are 1.67 times more prone to have recurrent ear infections compared to adolescents who live in a smoke-free environment, a large new study reveals.

Harvard researchers analyzed smoking behavior of 90,961 families surveyed between April 2007 and July 2008.

?Overall, we found that the proportion of households that use tobacco products is the same across all age groups, but family members are increasingly more likely to smoke indoors as their children become preteens and teenagers,? said Summer Hawkins Ph.D., lead study author. ?The reason why secondhand smoke may cause ear infections is not known completely, but secondhand smoke is an irritant and that may increase children?s and adolescents? susceptibility to ear infections.?

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?Parents are usually pretty savvy and know it?s not in their children?s best interest to smoke indoors,? said Ellen Wald, M.D., chair of pediatrics for American Family Children?s Hospital in Madison, Wis. ?When they say they never smoke indoors, I?m skeptical. They know that?s the answer people want to hear.?

The study authors suggest that pediatricians should do more to make parents aware of the hazards of secondhand smoke.

?Parents and health care providers need to work together to create a smoke-free environment for their children,? Hawkins said. ?Providers should ask parents about tobacco use during clinic visits. Parents can reduce children?s exposure to secondhand by prohibiting smoke inside the home.?

While no simple answer exists, Wald said, ?In order to change behavior you have to talk about it. Physicians are in a good position to send the message that everyone?s vulnerable to secondhand smoke, not just children and adolescents but adults as well.?

Taken from?Health Behavior News Service.

Source: http://www.aqhearing.com/tips/teens-get-more-ear-infections-when-someone-smokes-at-home/

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