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The NYT ran two articles today on copies of art, both listed on the front page in the respective sections: One listed in the "arts" section and titled "Imitations That Transcend Flattery" by Roberta Smith, and the other breathlessly titled Own Original Chinese Copies of Real Western Art! by Keith Bradsher, and listed in the business section. [By 245 this afternoon when I got back to this draft, I noted that the front page title of "Original Chinese Copies" had been changed, and "Imitations That Transcend" had been taken off the front page; both are listed in the arts page and "Original Chinese Copies" is still in the business section.]
I'm sure this is an NYT editorial accident, left hand, right hand, lack of knowledge, etc., but reading the two articles together gave me a queasy feeling, like when you're watching a movie and suddenly realize you need 3D glasses. The color information is shifted just slightly, creating two different accounts of the world. Once I put on my special 3D Glasses of Power*, everything righted itself: in fact, I got a whole different picture, and a lot of new information poppped out.
OK, the metaphor can't go on forever. For one thing, these are not exactly the same two articles. The two articles are on different issues and consequently take different tones: "Original Chinese Copies!" is a standard business section article about the cheap oil painting (aka 'mass art' or 'hotel art') industry: China has gotten into the industry & the American industry is (or may be) suffering from the competition. "Imitations That Transcend", on the other hand, is a standard artist/exhibition article: it focuses on one artist, Richard Pettibone, who does "appropriation art", and discusses him and his current show, which consists of miniatures of famous paintings.
But perspectives are indeed shifted across these two articles, and noticing that, you notice a few other things. First, obviously, race: "Original Chinese Copies!" feeds into a racist stereotype of Asian people that was much in evidence during the 70s & 80s, when many US newspapers ran stories about the Japan-US trade deficit and Japanese businesspeople (well, let's be honest: businessmen) buying up American landmarks, property, etc. At the same time there was a lot of fairly blatant racism in US media, e.g., pundits talking about how the Japanese imitated US innovations but didn't come up with their own ideas. The idea was that the Japanese are just so good & efficient at copying that they beat 'us', despite our brilliance, and as a result of our good nature & the post-WW2 reconstruction. I'm sure the racism in that media coverage has been analyzed half to death elsewhere. And I don't want to have to point it out, but the same themes popped up in this article: the Chinese are doing mass production, they're very good at copying, etc. And they're a threat: "China is creating a fast-growing army of trained artists". (An army of artists. … Hmm. Sounds pretty good, to me, and probably a hell of a lot cheaper, not to mention safer, than an army of, err, armed soldiers.)
Questions of originality, authenticity, quality, the definition and value of art, aesthetics, ethnically identifiable schools of art, etc., are elided through smirky punctuation with an unpleasant racial undertone: The author politely refrains from discussing the 'quality' of the Chinese copies, while making his opinion known through the scare quotes around 'quality'. This is a perfect entree to a point about one person's art being another person's garbage liner, and might have been useful in an article about mass art oil paintings. Instead the 'quality' line gets dropped into a section to further contrast between Chinese art (industrial-style, copied) and American art (original). No mention here of the 'quality' of the American hotel-art industry's output. And check out the headline: Someone, the author or the editor, entitled the article "Own Original Chinese Copies of Real Western Art!". 'Real'? 'Western Art'? Where to begin. I don't mind a business article not getting into the fine points of what makes art Art, but don't furtively raise the issues in a racist context through the use of snide punctuation.
And then there's the discussion of copyright, which plays into a new wine, old bottles theme in the business press: "Oh these Asian countries are so bad! They don't respect our copyrights!"
Exporters of Chinese paintings say that even though the paintings often imitate well-known works of art, the copies are inherently different because they are handmade, and so do not violate copyrights.
Robert Panzer, the executive director of the Visual Artists and Galleries Association, a trade group based in New York, disagreed. He said that the vast majority of paintings produced before the 20th century were in the public domain and could be freely copied and sold. But it is not legal to sell a painting that appears to a reasonable person like a copy of a more recent, copyrighted work, he said.
The old bottles for this new w(h)ine? Still the same old racism-tinged stories from the 70s & 80s: Asian countries are bad! bad! and they're hurting our business interests. What's so sad about this particular whine is that it's just sort of tossed in the mix to further taint the Chinese mass-art industry with Badness; the copyright material is almost completely gratuitous to the article. Nowhere in the article, for instance, does it describe any instances of a Western painting, still under copyright, that was actually duplicated. Nor are the copyright concerns ever discussed in the context of the US mass-art industry: if the US mass-art industry used to be such hot shit, then how did they deal with copyright issues attaching to not-very-original hotel art? China might like to know! But no — the copyright issue isn't seriously discussed; it's just tossed in, perhaps by order of editor, to lengthen a too-short piece.
So when writing a business story about mass art, why not just throw in some gratuitous discussion of the Bad Bad Chinese Communist Copiers? Everyone else does. Coverage of international copyright markets and issues is subtly infused with a significant racial dynamic. It's not like I came up with this half-baked idea on my own — I came up with it after years of reading the same stories over and over and over again. Eventually, after reading yet one more article about how a developing nation is thumbing its nose at US copyright imperialism (ahem), I cottoned to the fact that I had read a lot more articles about Asian copyright infringement than any other kind.
I bet anyone else following these issues in the US has too. Consider how often we hear about the thriving Asian & South/Central American markets for illegally copied works (usually videos and recorded music). Those brown people sure are bad, disrespecting our copyrights and hurting our native copyright industries! Contrast the badness of people of color with the similarly thriving market in Russia & Poland, nations peopled with people of pallor. The only significant media coverage these markets got in recent memory was when the entertainment industry decided to drop its prices in Russia to compete with the 'black' market. ** Or what about Norway? It just doesn't get any whiter than Norway, which not only has 'black' markets in copyrighted goods, but whose court system declared that Jon Lech Johansen, teen auteur of DeCSS, was A-okay. Finland is a veritable outlaw nation! Surely the press 'tars' the Finnish with the brush of piracy? Not.
The MPAA, god bless its tiny little nonracist copyright maximalist heart, wants to target all 'pirate' nations, including "Brazil, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, and Thailand." (2003/Feb/16) The MPAA was particularly concerned with Russia and South Africa. But a LexisNexis Academic search for "(copyright w/5 (piracy or pirate)) AND (china or asia or korea)" in the business & finance section of the news returned 831 hits; whereas the same search, replacing the countries with (russia or soviet or poland or finland or norway) produced 66 articles; adding in africa (russia or soviet or poland or finland or norway or africa) doubled the results to bring us to 130. (4 of the first 25 articles of this set headline only Asian countries!) Alas, I couldn't really do a full-Asian search, which would have also included India, Pakistan, etc.; the Academic LexisNexis subscription I am using rejected search sets with over a thousand results. Media coverage of international copyright infringement and international markets in copyright infringed works seems to focus disproportionately on Asian nations.
It's a convenient story for the American business press, after all. The Asian copyright violation story fits the larger narrative of an Asian threat to US industries, and simultaneously reinforces the image of unoriginal but but frighteningly efficient Asian copyists.
… So, okay, another bad article in a series of largely bad business articles about the entertainment industry and copyright infringement over the years. But the NYT ran this particular bad article simultaneously with another article, profiling an artist who truly is outright copying art, and not just public domain or arguably barely original works, but works that are famous, recognizable, and still under copyright restrictions. (Okay, possibly still barely original.)
From the copyright critical perspective, "Imitations That Transcend" was certainly better than "Original Chinese Copies". "Imitations That Transcend" profiled Richard Pettibone, an artist who is grappling with questions of originality and the definition of art. By contrast, "Original Chinese Copies" alludes to copyright infringement as a means of villification of a competitive industry.
Of course, "Imitations That Transcend" is not without its problems. It mentions numerous male artists but neglects to mention virtually any female artists. Not surprising, perhaps: as the Guerilla Girls have long documented, even in the 21st century sexism flourishes within the art world. And as so much of the NYT's writing, article describes the artistic ambitions of the art without actually engaging the ambition or analyzing them. I found that particularly ironic in an Arts article about an artist who deconstructs Art.
But it was the juxtaposition of "Imitations That Transcend" with "Original Chinese Copies" that really caught my eye, as a real-time demonstration of everything that was wrong with these articles, and, for that matter, a real-time demonstration also of Richard Pettibone's alleged concerns with the definition of art and ideas, too. It's too perfect. In the Arts section, we get a self-important article describing Real Art, but completely neglecting to actually connect the issues within the Art to any real world concerns or indeed any actual engagement with the issues the subject Artist purports to raise. And in the Business section, we get cheap villification of people of color (mere copiests in an 'army' warring against Fine American Art and artists' colonies), softened by some gentle condescension of the Chinese artists' individual human ambitions. Top it all off by the polite use of punctuation to allude to commentary without actually giving any: the 'quality' of the art is scare quoted, in lieu of actual discussion. And the ultimate irony, 'Real Western Art!' is given pride of place in the headline.
Hey, who needs artists to create irony, when you have the NYT editors.
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** Arrggh! [Tearing my hair out in frustration.] 'Black' market, indeed.


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From 2004 through 2008 he wrote a column called "The Imperial City" for New York (one of which is included in The Best American Magazine Writing 2008). In 2008 Forbes. com named him one of The 25 Most Influential Liberals in the U.S. Media. Anderson graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, and is a member of the boards of trustees of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Pratt Institute, and is currently Visionary in Residence at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He lives with his family in New York City.
Kurt Andersen: Collectively, in the larger sense, I think that it is important to figure out a kind of a version of healthcare delivery that is more like the rest of the world and less like the way we [i.e. the US] do it. I think that's an important collective thing to do. I would say maybe that's the single most important thing we can do collectively.
Individually, again, I think people need to see in their daily lives to try to act correctly, in the obvious ways. That could mean turning off your lights, using the little other fluorescent bulbs, driving cars that get better mileage. And I don't disparage any of those because I try to do all those, and those are good. In acts with individuals not being niggardly, and not dissembling and being honest.
It's like a parental exhortation, but I think once you get into the habit of honesty and kindness on those individual levels, with your co-workers, and your children, and your spouse and everybody else, I think not only do those billions of acts add up into a better society, culture, or world, but they also train one for that time that may come when you're asked to do the right thing in a big, character-defining way. You're more inclined to do it if along the way you've done the right thing in all these small, boring, banal _________.
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How often do vaccine trials hit paydirt?
Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades.
Vaccines are more likely to get through clinical trials than any other type of drug — but have been given relatively little pharmaceutical industry support during the last two decades, according to a new study by MIT scholars.
Women who go to church have more kids—and more help
Want help raising your kids? Spend more time at church, says new study.
- Religious people tend to have more children than secular people, but why remains unknown.
- A new study suggests that the social circles provided by regular church going make raising kids easier.
- Conversely, having a large secular social group made women less likely to have children.
Be fruitful and multiply
Scientists in the United Kingdom collected data on more than 13,000 mothers and their children. Most of them were religious, but 12 percent were not. The data included information on their church habits, social networks, number of children, and the scores those children achieved on a standardized test.

In line with previous findings that religious women have more children than secular women in industrialized countries, a connection between at least monthly church attendance and fertility was confirmed. However, religious parents showed they could avoid the pitfalls that having more children can bring.

Typically, more children in a family leads to reduced cognitive ability and height in each child. Some studies find that children do less well in school for each additional sibling they have. This makes a kind of intuitive sense, as parents with more children would have to divide their time, energy, and resources among more people as families expand. One would expect that the larger families would also lead to things like lower test scores.

Despite the expectation, the children of religious parents didn't have lower scores on standardized tests. There were small positive relationships between the size of the mother's social network, the number of co-religionists helping out, and the children's test scores. However, this association was small, didn't show up in all of the testings, and was unrelated to other variables.
 These effects might be explained by the size and helpfulness of the social networks around the more religious. Women who went to church at least once a month had more extensive social networks than those who never go or who attend yearly. These social networks of co-religious people mean that there are more people to turn to for help with child-rearing, a point also demonstrated in the data. The amount of aid women got from their fellow churchgoers was also associated with a higher fertility rate.

 Conversely, an extensive social network was associated with fewer children for secular women. This finding is in line with previous studies and suggests that the social networks comprised of co-religious individuals differ from those found elsewhere.
So, how quickly should I join a local religious group?

The study is not without its faults, and more investigations into the relationship between fertility, childcare, ritual, and social networks are needed.

These findings all show correlation, not causation. Though it might be said the results point towards causation, various alternative interpretations of the data are apparent. The authors note that most religions are explicitly pro-natal. It is possible that religious women have internalized these values and simply choose to have more children than secular women do.

This idea is similar to a potential interpretation of why large social networks have the opposite effect for secular women. The authors suggest that, in some cases, these more extensive social networks are associated with work and exert an anti-natal influence. Again, the people who build such networks may be people unlikely to have large families under any circumstances.

However, the researchers' hypothesis endured. The help religious women get from their church-based social networks allows them to have larger families than those who lack these support systems. In some instances, these support systems also prevent the adverse effects of larger families.

The community religion offers
As we've mentioned before, religion offers a community, and a community provides social capital. As religion continues to decline in the West, the social bonds of faith communities that used to tie social communities together begin to decay. However, as has been noted by a variety of observers for the last few decades, fewer and fewer new organizations appear ready to replace religion as a source of community in our lives.

While many different organizations might offer social support that religion once provided the whole of western society, this study shows that different social circles can differently affect the people in them. This finding must be considered by those trying to find new communities to join or the authors of future research.

The community offered by religious groups provides real benefits to those who join them. As this study shows, having the support network religious community offers allows some parents to avoid pitfalls that bedevil those lacking similar support. It suggests that previous studies demonstrating that group ritual offers benefits like increased amounts of group trust and cooperation are onto something and that those benefits have a variety of applications.

While this study is not without its blind spots, it offers a strong starting point for further investigations into the nature of ritual in our modern lives and how local support networks remain vital in our increasingly globalized world.

Leonardo da Vinci could visually flip between dimensions, neuroscientist claims
A neuroscientist argues that da Vinci shared a disorder with Picasso and Rembrandt.
- A neuroscientist at the City University of London proposes that Leonardo da Vinci may have had exotropia, allowing him to see the world with impaired depth perception.
- If true, it means that Da Vinci would have been able to see the images he wanted to paint as they would have appeared on a flat surface.
- The finding reminds us that sometimes looking at the world in a different way can have fantastic results.
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The Virtuvian Man. Christopher Tyler suggests that Da Vinci used his own image as a template for the face in the drawing.
Vitruvian Man, by Leonardo da Vinci created c. 1480–1490
Professor Christopher Tyler of the City University of London's optometry division analyzed six pieces of Renaissance art by or held to be images of Da Vinci, including the famous Vitruvian Man. By looking at the paintings, drawings, and statues and applying the same techniques optometrists use on patients, Tyler was able to conclude that the eyes of the men depicted were misaligned.

 He concluded that, if the images he analyzed were truly reflective of how Da Vinci looked, that the great artist had a mild case of exotropia.

How would this have helped him paint?
Shira Robbins, a professor of ophthalmology at the University of California at San Diego, who was not involved with the project, explained to The Washington Post how individuals with exotropia often turn to additional information to help understand the world around them:

"What happens in some people is when they're only using one eye . . . they develop other cues besides traditional depth perception to understand where things are in space, looking at color and shadow in a way that most of us who use both eyes at a time don't really appreciate."

Dr. Robbins agrees that, if the artworks analyzed accurately depict Da Vinci, then he probably had exotropia.

If Da Vinci did have a mild form of the condition, which would allow him to focus with both eyes when concentrating and with one when relaxed, Tyler asserts that the famed artist could have viewed the world in two or three dimensions at will, showing him the world exactly as he would need to recreate it on a flat surface. Quite the superpower for an artist.

Does this mean Da Vinci would have been a hack if he had normal eyesight?
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A graph showing the difference in where each eye is focused for each painting, drawing, and statue used in the study. The larger the difference, the more pronounced the exotropia is in the image.
Not at all. What Dr. Tyler is suggesting is that the tendency of people who have exotropia to rely on using one eye to see the world and thereby lose some depth perception allowed Da Vinci to understand better how the three-dimensional objects in the world could be translated into a two-dimensional image on a canvas. This could account for some of Da Vinci's skill in depicting shadow and subtle changes in color, since he would have relied on these details to understand the world.

His polymathic brilliance extended far beyond art, and nobody is claiming that his ideas for flying machines, tanks, or other inventions were at all influenced by a vision problem.

How can we know this? He has been dead for five hundred years.
There are reasons to be cautious anytime we make claims about people who are long dead. In this case, we have the bonus problem that we aren't 100 percent sure that the images used are supposed to look like Da Vinci.

 That is the major caveat of the idea; all of the images used as evidence of his condition are assumed to look like him. While some of the images, like the David by Andrea del Verrocchio, are generally agreed to be based on Leonardo the other pictures are claimed to be reflective of him based only on his statement that "[The soul] guides the painter's arm and makes him reproduce himself, since it appears to the soul that this is the best way to represent a human being."

Tyler also argues that the portraits he claims are based on Da Vinci share similarities with the images generally accepted to be portraits of him; including similar hair and facial features. This lends weight to the idea that the artist incorporated his own traits into his artwork, including his vision problem.

Leonardo da Vinci was undoubtedly one of the greatest geniuses of all time. If he had exotropia, then it was merely a minor addition to his artistic skills. It does, however, give us a literal example of how people who look at the world differently can use that vantage point to their advantage to create things we all can appreciate.

Bubonic plague case reported in China
Health officials in China reported that a man was infected with bubonic plague, the infectious disease that caused the Black Death.
- The case was reported in the city of Bayannur, which has issued a level-three plague prevention warning.
- Modern antibiotics can effectively treat bubonic plague, which spreads mainly by fleas.
- Chinese health officials are also monitoring a newly discovered type of swine flu that has the potential to develop into a pandemic virus.
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Today, bubonic plague can be treated effectively with antibiotics.

"Unlike in the 14th century, we now have an understanding of how this disease is transmitted," Dr. Shanthi Kappagoda, an infectious disease physician at Stanford Health Care, told Healthline. "We know how to prevent it — avoid handling sick or dead animals in areas where there is transmission. We are also able to treat patients who are infected with effective antibiotics, and can give antibiotics to people who may have been exposed to the bacteria [and] prevent them [from] getting sick."

This plague patient is displaying a swollen, ruptured inguinal lymph node, or buboe.
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Still, hundreds of people develop bubonic plague every year. In the U.S., a handful of cases occur annually, particularly in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, where habitats allow the bacteria to spread more easily among wild rodent populations. But these cases are very rare, mainly because you need to be in close contact with rodents in order to get infected. And though plague can spread from human to human, this only occurs with pneumonic plague, and transmission is also rare.

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'Alt' R'n'B has boomed lately, with Frank Ocean, the Weeknd, and Justin Timberlake, amongst others, establishing themselves as cross-over successes, as beloved by traditionally indie kids as pop and R'n'B fans alike. With electronic trends increasingly coming to invade all other genres, from the now-ever present pop 'drops' to the invasively popular house synth stabs, it's perhaps unsurprising that R'n'B too is having something of a renaissance. Of course, it also fits with the continued mining of the Nineties for inspiration that has been dominant in music for the last few years.
Despite all this corroborative trend-analysis though, it remains an surprising change of direction for Dungeonesse, a duo with unquestionably indie credentials. John Ehrens (White Life, Art Department) layers loops and synthetic beats under Jenn Wasner's (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes) Mariah-imitating vocals, and the pair leave behind past broodings in favour of bubbling, shiny Nineties-referencing pop.
Had you never previously heard any R'n'B or pop from the Nineties, Wasner and Ehrens' debut covers a hell of a lot of it, with slow jams, saccharine pop, daytime disco and funky hip-hop all making appearances. Opener 'Shucks' provides an instant showcase for the duo's talents, as Wasner flaunts studied R'n'B vocals, not so far from Mariah's 'Fantasy' take, whilst Ehrens creates a brilliantly disorientating headphone experience, as shimmering synths seesaw from left to right. Light and loved-up, it still retains a little funkiness - but it's a mere taste of what's still to come. The disco gloves are really off by 'Private Party', as a fat, rolling beat bounces underneath bubblegum pop synths; a natural companion to the what will inevitably be this summer's omnipresent tune, the all-out disco strut of 'Get Lucky'.
Elsewhere, another crucial element of Nineties R'n'B is represented, with two featured rappers repping hip-hop's influence on the scene. 'This Could Be Home' sees Wasner joined by Florida's singing-rapping TT The Artist on a slice of day-time disco, her bubbling hip-hop contrasting with Wasner's noodling, sighing vocals. Even more fun is 'Cadillac', easily the album's stand-out track. All of Dungeonesse's best components come together fantastically, as a tropical synths chime over a funk beat, layered over with rich, looping vocals (again, think Mariah or Aaliyah). Baltimore's DDm provides some pumped pop-rap verses, with production worthy of Will Smith's early rap records. Forget straight outta Compton - this is straight outta 1997. Goofy and playful, it is the least contrived of the album's tracks – less a calculated homage than a playful riff on the R'n'B theme.
For all its glitz and shine, Dungeonesse feels slightly disingenuous – a rather contrived leap onto the 'summer of disco' bandwagon. Though they are quick to proclaim their love for Nineties artists who have so clearly inspired them, you can't help but think that this was more of an academic exercise than a labour of love. Dungeonesse's press release sights their admiration of 'the mechanics of what makes a hit song', and that's just what this is. A little mechanical, a little bit R'n'B by numbers. That said, there's no way you'll care about any of that when it blasts out in a club or a car any time it's over 20°C... or when you've recently read one of those 'You Know You're A 90s Kid When...' lists.
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For people in the West, emptiness is almost always associated with despair, with nothingness, and a fundamental meaninglessness to life that arises in times of psychological trauma. It is often the case that when our most cherished beliefs are undermined, we find ourselves floating, as it were, with no direction and no basis for certainty, and this is what is known in the West as 'emptiness'. If understood correctly, however, emptiness, rather than suggesting nothingness or meaningless, is in fact seen as that ultimate reality from which everything comes to be, and that from which meaning and peace can be truly experienced.
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'Anthony Haynes (Haoyu Yang) was my tutor for the God in Philosophy course. He was one of the best seminar leaders I had in my first year, managing to engage everyone in the discussion and make the course content seem interesting and easy to learn. I enjoyed every seminar in this course due to this, as well as due to the relaxed and casual atmosphere he created.
'I would definitely encourage anyone to considering tutoring from him as he makes learning about even the most complex things fun and understandable.'
- Lydia Bell, MA in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh ('God in Philosophy' module, January 2017 - April 2017)
'Last year Anthony tutored me in my Ethics and Society module. In most tutorials at university, there is mostly one constant speaker, this is either because it is their presentation week, or they are confident in speaking and debating about the topics. However, Anthony organised the classes in a way that everyone would try make contribution to the debate that we were studying in that week. This I found especially important, as it helped increase my confidence in contributing in class. When it came to writing the essay for this course Anthony was more than happy to look at my essay plan and answer any questions about the essay that I was unsure about. As a student with dyslexia, this was vital for me. I would therefore encourage anyone who wants to be tutored in philosophy or theology to definitely consider being tutored by Anthony.'
- Katy Welford, MA in Philosophy & Theology, University of Edinburgh ('Ethics & Society' module, January 2016 - April 2016)
'Anthony is incredibly knowledgable in a wide variety of philosophical positions and theories. Having had him as a tutor during a course called Atheism in Debate, he was able to easily switch between giving concise information on a topic and facilitating a conversation or debate in it. Throughout the entirety of the course there was never an aspect that he was unfamiliar with nor a question he was unable to answer. The seminars were always very engaging and he introduced new ways of learning about the topics beyond the lecturing and discussion normally associated with seminars. I couldn't recommend a more adept and better equipped tutor to be taught philosophy from.'
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'Anthony was the tutor of my seminar group during the 'Atheism in debate' programme at Edinburgh University. Offering a lot of room for everyone to speak, he really helped that group of first year students open up and voice their opinions, which led to some very interesting discussions. In my opinion Anthony is a tutor who will help you find the answer yourself instead of dictating it to you. Outside of the tutorials I greatly appreciated his help when it came to essay writing. I was happy to consult his experience and knowledge to help me make sense of my essay question. In conclusion: Anthony is a great guy, with plenty experience in philosophy and I would highly recommend him as a tutor.'
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Anonymous rumor about the Nikon D700 replacement (not related to the picture above):
"Basically it will be D700 with 12Mpix and HD video better then D3s and dual cards slots. It will be available first half of 2010 and will not be the only pro DSLR Nikon releases this year. There is also a strong connection to "another" company I don't know which, but that another company will release some killer pro product with some connection to Nikon. I have only idea about Fuji, but don't know why they would not make that info public on the Internet."
I will rate this rumor @ 60% probability - the reason why I rate an anonymous rumor so high is because I have received some similar information in the past.
Last year Fuji said that they will not release a new DSLR in 2009. This indicates that Fuji may have plans to release a new DSLR later one (2010?).


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Gingrich's Ex-Wife: He Wanted an Open Marriage
Newt Gingrich wanted an open marriage, former wife Marianne Gingrich said in an interview with ABC News.
ABC just put out a video clip and excerpts of the interview, which is scheduled to air on Nightline tonight after the GOP presidential debate in South Carolina. Ms. Gingrich, who was married to the former House speaker for 18 years, said she is disclosing details of her marriage now to tell voters what she knows about Mr. Gingrich's character. The two divorced in 1999, after, she says, Mr. Gingrich had suggested an open marriage that would allow him to continue an affair with Callista Bisek, the congressional aide who later became his third wife.
Ms. Gingrich told ABC's Brian Ross that after Mr. Gingrich made that suggestion, "I just stared at him and he said, 'Callista doesn't care what I do'… He wanted an open marriage and I refused."
The interview has caused a stir, airing so close to Saturday's GOP primary in South Carolina and at a time when Mr. Gingrich has had some success positioning himself as an alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney. The Gingrich campaign Wednesday night sought to limit damage from the interview with Ms. Gingrich, the second wife, releasing an open letter from his daughters from his first marriage to officials at the network.


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ecoMOD lands: Modular model makes waves
Last week we highlighted the Piedmont Housing Alliance's collaboration with the Charlottesville Community Design Center in creating three modular houses in the 10th and Page neighborhood.
Now the Alliance is at it again. On December 10, the PHA and the UVA School of Architecture held a ribbon cutting and open house for ecoMOD1, a modular experiment in Fifeville, the OUTin House.
The ecoMOD design/build project is the brainchild of UVA architecture professor John Quale, who led the UVA design team that took first place in the 2002 Solar Decathlon sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Their winning solar house entry was innovative but very expensive.
After that foray, Quale wanted to pursue a more pragmatic design goal. As in the 10th and Page Street projects, he wanted to question conventional building practices by using innovative design to create an ecologically sound, affordable house that's also easy on the eyes.
The ecoMOD design/build project involved nearly 50 students in architecture, engineering, commerce, business, economics, and environmental science.
"Unlike most architectural programs," Quale explains, "in which students pursue their own design goals and rarely see their work leave the page, this project required them to check their egos and work as a team."
Over the course of a year, 20 of Quale's architecture students collaborated on designing the house, and 12 of them actually built it this summer. Apparently, the idealism surrounding the project was contagious– either that or the architecture students were excited to actually be able to pound a nail after so many years of theory.
"Design should be for everybody," undergrad Maryln Moedinger said at an exhibit of the project in May. "When people cannot afford a home, something's wrong. This is about using design to fix the real problem of affordable housing." Of course, it's doubtful the ecoMOD project alone will "fix" the problem of affordable housing, but it may be step in the right direction.
The 1,290-square-foot, three bedroom house on 7-1/2 Street was put together in UVA's Milton Airport hanger, then trucked to the location and craned onto the foundation. In addition to its open, light-filled floor plan, which makes it seem bigger than it actually is, the house has structural insulated panels that make it highly energy efficient.
A rainwater collection system filters water for drinking, the first of its kind in Charlottesville. The project is also an attempt to influence the modular industry. "Most modular houses are too big and can't fit into small streets like this," says Quale. "This provides another model. The goal is to license the design and, hopefully, convince modular manufacturers to go into production with them."
To make the house more affordable, the PHA is offering its standard down payment assistance and low-interest loan packages, but it's also piloting a land-lease arrangement with the Virginia Housing Development Authority, the first of its kind in Virginia. If all goes well, the PHA plans to sponsor two more ecoMOD houses.
"This has been a long time coming," said Quale at the open house. "It's been a very long, complex process." Indeed, the house won't be completely finished for several more weeks. Quale had hoped to prove something by finishing the modular house in less time than it would take using conventional construction methods, but that wasn't to be. Because of several site changes and the complex nature of the collaboration, the house has taken over six months to build.
What about the house's effect on the largely African American neighborhood? Not surprisingly, Quale is upbeat about the neighborhood reaction.
"The neighbors have been great," he says. "They would bring us cookies and brownies while we were working, and our next door neighbor let us use her electricity once when ours went out."
Still, the angular, modern design makes it look like an alien spaceship has just landed on 7-l/2 Street. Across the street, two young men look slightly amused by the spectacle of 20 or so people standing around in the cold chatting and waiting for the ribbon-cutting ceremony to begin.
Clearly, it was a day for the idealistic young architects to celebrate the completion of their idealistic project. Let's just hope function follows form.
Over 50 UVA students and faculty collaborated to make this ecoMOD house a reality.


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Cherry & marzipan cake
Not just for Easter, this delicious cake makes a good centrepiece all year round
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per slice
- kcal515
- fat25g
- saturates12g
- carbs69g
- sugars53g
- fibre2g
- protein7g
- salt0.76g
- 250g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 5 eggs, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
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- 1 tsp baking powder
Baking powderbay-king pow-dah
Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- zest 1 orange, plus 2 tbsp of the juice
One of the best-known citrus fruits, oranges aren't necessarily orange - some varieties are…
- 250g natural marzipan, coarsely grated (easiest if chilled beforehand)
One of mankind's oldest sources of sweet pleasure, marzipan needs to contain only ground…
- ½ tsp almond essence, optional
Almondarr-mund or al-mund
Sweet almonds have a subtle fragrance that lends itself well to baking and also works well with…
- 200g glacé cherry, halved
For the decoration
Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3 and butter and line a 20cm round, loose-bottomed deep cake tin. Beat the butter and sugar together with electric beaters or a tabletop mixer until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 250g flour, baking powder, orange zest and juice and beat well till thick, creamy and evenly mixed.
Toss cherries in the extra 2 tbsp flour and fold into the batter along with grated marzipan and almond essence (if using). Spoon into the prepared tin, level and bake for 1 hr 30 mins, or until well risen and golden. A skewer will come out clean when ready. Leave to cool in tin for 10 mins, then turn onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
Mix the icing sugar with just over 1 tbsp water to make a loose but not-too-runny icing. Scatter the almonds over the top of the cake and position the 12 glace cherries around the edge, using a dot of the icing to fix. Drizzle the icing over the cake and finish with a scattering of orange zest.
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Follitropin alfa is a hormone identical to follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) produced by the pituitary gland. FSH helps to develop eggs in the ovaries.
Follitropin alfa is used as a fertility medicine to develop eggs in women who have not been able to become pregnant because of problems in ovulation. Also, many women wanting to become pregnant will use this medicine while enrolled in a fertility program (assisted reproductive technology [ART]) that uses procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) or embryo transfer (ET). Follitropin alfa may be used with other medicines for these purposes.
Follitropin alfa is also used as a fertility medicine to help men with low sperm counts produce more sperms. Treatment with human chorionic gonadotropin should come before treatment with follitropin alfa. This pretreatment elevates the amount of testosterone to the correct level. Treatment with human chorionic gonadotropin should continue as long as follitropin alfa is being used.
Some patients may be treated with another hormone called gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) before starting treatment with follitropin alfa. GnRHa reduces the amount of FSH released from the pituitary gland. This is done so that the doctor can replace their FSH with follitropin alfa in the proper amounts each day to achieve fertility.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Tell your healthcare professional if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
To make using follitropin alfa as safe and reliable as possible, you should understand how and when to use this medicine and what effects may be expected. A paper with information for the patient will be given to you with your filled prescription and will provide many details concerning the use of follitropin alfa. Read this paper carefully and ask your health care professional for any additional information or explanation.
Sometimes follitropin alfa can be given by injection at home. If you are using this medicine at home:
Tell your doctor when you use the last dose of follitropin alfa. Follitropin alfa often requires that another hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) be given as a single dose the day after the last dose of follitropin alfa is given. Your doctor will give you this medicine or arrange for you to get this medicine at the right time.
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
Call your doctor or pharmacist for instructions.
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
It is very important that your doctor check your progress often at regular visits to make sure that the medicine is working properly and to check for unwanted effects. Your doctor will probably want to follow the developing eggs inside the ovaries by doing an ultrasound examination and measuring hormones in your blood stream. After you no longer receive follitropin alfa, your progress still must be checked for at least 2 weeks.
If your doctor has asked you to record your basal body temperatures (BBTs) daily, make sure that you do this every day. Using a BBT record or some other method, your doctor will help you decide when you are most fertile and when ovulation occurs. It is important that sexual intercourse take place around the time when you are most fertile to give you the best chance of becoming pregnant. Follow your doctor's directions carefully.
If abdominal pain occurs with use of follitropin alfa, discontinue treatment and report the problem to your doctor immediately. Do not receive the injection of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and avoid sexual intercourse.
This medicine may cause some people to become dizzy. If this side effect occurs, do not drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are not alert while you are using follitropin alfa and for 24 hours after you stop using it.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Stop taking this medicine and get emergency help immediately if any of the following effects occur:
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
After you stop using this medicine, it may still produce some side effects that need attention. During this period of time, check with your doctor immediately if you notice the following side effects:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Portions of this document last updated: Feb. 01, 2020
Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/follitropin-alfa-subcutaneous-route/before-using/drg-20063905
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DOVER — ESPN is reporting that newly hired Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly is now among the highest paid coaches in the NFL. ESPN's Adam Schefter claims Kelly's contract with the Eagles amounts to $32.5 million over five years, or $6.5 million annually.
The Eagles' job will be Kelly's first in the NFL, after serving as the head coach at the University of Oregon for the past four seasons.
Kelly is a New Hampshire native who was born in Dover and grew up in Manchester. He attended the University of New Hampshire, playing defensive back on the football team. He graduated in 1990.
The Eagles hired Kelly last week, choosing the former Oregon coach as the successor to longtime coach Andy Reid, who was fired after 14 seasons with the team. Reid was named the Chiefs' new coach soon after his dismissal by Philadelphia.
Kelly had several stops as an assistant college football coach, most notably at UNH in 1992, and then from 1994 to 2006.
Kelly was hired as the offensive coordinator at Oregon in 2007 and became the head coach in 2009, guiding the Ducks to a 46-7 record over that stretch and a berth in the 2011 FBC national championship game (22-19 loss to Auburn).
Kelly has already hired a number of assistant coaches, including Mike Dawson who worked with Kelly at UNH for six seasons. Dawson's final two seasons were spent as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.
According to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Dawson resigned his athletic director's position as North Middlesex Regional High School (Mass.) to join Kelly's staff. His job title has not yet been determined.
Former Cleveland Browns coach Pat Shurmur is also reported to be joining Kelly's staff.


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The Slideluck Potshow event in Santa Fe earlier this month was excellent. Good food, great photographs, and a full-house on a cold, snowy, Wednesday night. City of Dust's slideshow contribution can (no longer) be viewed on-line RIGHT HERE. Look for "Cities of Dust: American Decay" near the top of the right-hand column. A very big thanks to Slideluck Potshow and Center for putting this event together. I was honored to be a part of it.
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I was in Laos at the time and having gone back to my hotel, put the telly on and settled back to watch a show. The first thing I saw and heard was about the earthquake in Christchurch and I couldn't understand why they were reporting something that happened five months previously. It took a few minutes to realise they weren't. I sat there shocked as I learned of the earthquake that had all but destroyed a city. It had happened that day - February 22, 2011.
I felt so sad and just cried at the devastation and destruction. My memories of Christchurch are of a beautiful city with lovely parks and gardens - brilliant flowers, tall, stately buildings and wide, clean streets.
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As predicted, a monopoly in sat radio is bad for consumers. A monopoly means higher prices and that is just what Sirius XM is going to do. Increase prices for our extra convenience radios. So I will be canceling at least one of them. Have to send a message.
You want to increase my two extra radios by $2.00 each or $4.00 a month, then you are going to lose one of the extra radios meaning you'll end up with less cash as a whole. If everyone started doing that, they would learn that you don't raise prices in a recession and raising prices may actually have the effect of lowering your revenue.
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Waterloo Police Charge Youth With Second Robbery
On Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Waterloo Police charged 16-year-old Martavis Lee Smith of 409 Independence Avenue with robbery in the first degree for robbing the Kum & Go convenience store at 1976 Franklin Street shortly after 4:00 a.m. that morning.
During that investigation Smith admitted to the January 28, 2009 robbery of the Kwik Stop convenience store at 1761 Independence Avenue. Shortly after 8:00 p.m. on January 28th two black male suspects entered the Kwik Stop store brandishing handguns, demanding money. During this robbery one of the suspects fired a round from his gun, but no one was injured. The suspects then fled the store with an undisclosed amount of money.
On Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Waterloo Police charged Smith with a second count of robbery in the first degree for the Kwik Stop convenience store robbery. Smith remains in custody at the Black Hawk County Jail without bond.
Waterloo Police continue their investigation into these incidents. Smith's photo will not be released at this time.
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KCK authorities discuss investigation into park electrocution
Nick Moeder killed after coming into contact with live power line
The Unified Government and officials with the Board of Public Utilities held a news conference to talk about the investigation into a man's electrocution at Rosedale Park over the weekend.
Nick Moeder, 27, died after coming into contact with a live power line that was downed during storms on Saturday.
Authorities said Moeder and a friend were playing disc golf after hours at the cloaws park and did not see the line.
BPU officials said downed line was reported at 4:07 p.m. on Saturday. The electrocution was reported at 3:22 a.m. Sunday.
"It is unfortunate we did not respond in a time frame that could have avoided this incident from happening in Rosedale Park," BPU manager Bill Johnson said.
Utility officials said they are reviewing procedures and response policy when dealing with downed power lines.
Johnson said 2,300 customers were without power during the height of the storm. Johnson said a crew was assigned to the report of the Rosedale downed power line, and that the incident remains under investigation.
Johnson said BPU has minimum staff on weekends to deal with outage reports. He said more employees were called in to work overnight to help out. He said crews were responding to a number of downed power lines throughout the city.
While he said not all circuits could be shut off remotely, Johnson later said that the line at Rosedale Park could have been turned off from a remote substation.
People who live in a neighborhood not far from the park said they also had to make numerous calls to 911 and BPU to report another downed line after Saturday's storm.
Bill Rexroat said families and children watched a power line spark in their neighborhood along Argentine Boulevard.
"It must have been all the way across, two or three feet of sparks," he said. "It was a light show."
He said he called 911 after 9 p.m. to report that line was down, but dispatchers said crews were already aware of it.
"I said, 'OK, I know you're aware of the poles, but are you aware there's a line down across the street?' (They said), 'Yes, we're aware of it.' I said, 'Are you aware it's live?' They said, 'We are aware of it,'" Rexroat said.
Another neighbor said she also called to report the downed line, but it took crews four hours to get out to fix it.
"My husband was watching and these kids over here were trying to pick up the line," the woman said. "I think it's terrible. Somebody could have gotten electrocuted."
She said eventually police came to block off the street to keep people away from the line.


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maybe someday we'll elect a democrat
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by lestro
We did? Who?
Certainly you can't mean President Obama:
President Obama abruptly pulled back proposed new national smog standards Friday morning, overruling the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to compel states and communities nationwide to reduce local air pollution in the coming years or face federal penalties.
The move represented a win for the business community, which had lobbied to postpone new restrictions on ground-level ozone — known as smog — until 2013 in light of the economic downturn. It also raised questions about the fate of several other air quality regulations the EPA is preparing to finalize this year.
Well there has to be a good reason, right? Surely it can't be that same old bullshit about how investing in the environment has to wait for financial reasons, especially at a time when corporate profits are literally at record highs, right? Let's go right to the source, the White House press release:
At the same time, I have continued to underscore the importance of reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty, particularly as our economy continues to recover. With that in mind, and after careful consideration, I have requested that Administrator Jackson withdraw the draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards at this time.
Ozone, for the record, is a greenhouse gas (which means that even if you don't believe in such things it traps heat in atmosphere, warming the planet) that is the principal component in smog formation. It harms lungs, causes respiratory distress and is linked to asthma, bronchitis, heart attacks and premature death.
And how can you be sure this is a terrible, terrible move?
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) identified several of these regulations as targets for a regulatory rollback the House will vote on this month, and House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) spokesman Michael Steel hailed Obama's decision Friday as "a good first step."
"If you're serious about a jobs agenda, the last thing you want to be doing is adding tens of billions of dollars in costs every year," said Upton, who added that under stricter smog standards communities in his district and across the nation "will lose these jobs, and they will never come back."
But maybe I am overreacting. I admit, it happens. I am a hot head sometimes. Maybe I am seeing this wrong.
"Obama utterly caved," said Bill Snape of the Center for Biological Diversity, an advocacy group.
Daniel J. Weiss of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, said, "It's unfortunate that the administration is siding with big oil over the health of children, seniors, and the infirm."
Nope, I'm dead on. So let's be very clear, this is the Democratic president once again choosing business interests over people.
According to the EPA, depending on what standard it adopted, the compliance costs for industry could range from $19 billion to $90 billion a year by 2020. The tougher standard would yield health benefits worth $13 billion to $100 billion, the agency said.
Did you catch that? The health benefits would save us more money than this would cost industry (which, again, is seeing record profits again this year).
Now let's take a look at the 2008 Democratic Platform, the one that got Obama elected with a huge majority and gave him supermajorities in both houses of Congress:


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My first thought when I saw this question was, I must be reading the wrong books. There are characters in books that might be worth leaving my flesh-and-blood husband for? I closed my eyes and considered the ones I'd encountered in novels recently…
The Prospects: Ray and his sidekick Manny (from Dope Thief by Dennis Tafoya)
Pros: Ray is kind to his stepmother and clearly has a good heart, and Manny can be pretty funny.
Cons: For starters, they are actually cons. Their racket involves shaking down low-level drug dealers by pretending to be cops. That gets them points for creativity, but loses more points for ethics. Also, they're both heroin addicts so that's an instant strikeout. I know I'll never find a fictional boyfriend if I'm too picky, but a girl has to have some standards.
The Prospect: Paul Cole (from Memory by Donald Westlake)
Pros: He's handsome — the man was an actor, after all — and as the book goes on, he gets very fit from all the manual labor he does.
Cons: He's doing that manual labor because he's lost most of his memory thanks to a beating he got for sleeping with another man's wife. So, when he had his memory, he was a cad; after he lost it, he's just lost. Next.
The Prospect: Kyle Nevin (from Pariah by Dave Zeltserman)
Pros: Superficial charm that allows him to seduce his victims.
Cons: The book is called Pariah for a reason. That reason is Kyle.
That's when I set the books aside. If Dr. Phil saw what I was reading, he'd tell me I was making my own problems. How was I going to be seduced by a fictional hero if all I did was hang out with fictional lowlifes? I needed leading men… which I would find in the movies! Whoever came up with the question didn't say fictional character in a book, did they? So a fictional character from a movie should do just as well. In fact, there was a very attractive man in the last movie I watched…
The Prospect: Charlie Oakley (from Shadow of a Doubt, played by Joseph Cotten)
Pros: Sweet to his sister and her children. In fact, gives them generous gifts of jewelry engraved with curious inscriptions. A handsome charmer who's very good at getting his way.
Cons: Only visits his sister and her family when police start closing in on him for suspicion of murder. Seems to have a temper. Hands twitch strangely near certain women's throats.
Okay, maybe the movies weren't the way to go for me, either. Deep down, I know the real problem is with what I'm writing, because that's affecting what I read and watch. When I was working my first novel, The Damage Done, I pictured the main character, Lily Moore, as a fan of classic film noir. After watching The Killers, I decided she looked like Ava Gardner. It fit in a funny way, because Lily had fled the
In The Damage Done, Lily is called home from
Even though I've been immersed in fictitious love triangles and hanging out with imaginary con artists, I realize that there is some part of me that must have been yearning for a perfect man. I say this, because there is one character in The Damage Done who could make me swoon. His name is Jesse, and he's a Gregory Peck-lookalike who mixes a mean cocktail and is a great shot. He's fond of quoting Will Rogers, loves 1940s film noir, and appreciates vintage glamour. He's not like my husband, who rolls his eyes when I try to show him my latest thrift-shop find. "Oh, look. Another dress," is about as much of a reaction as I get from him. Jesse would never do that. Not only would he admire my taste, he'd probably go shopping with me. Now that's a fictional character I could fall for.
There's just one little problem. Jesse wouldn't be interested in me as anything but a friend. My husband, on the other hand, would be just his type.
Thanks again, Hilary! And good luck out there with The Damage Done! Happy Launch Day!
Here's a wee bit more here about The Damage Done:
Lily Moore, a successful travel writer, fled to Spain to get away from her troubled, drug-addicted younger sister, Claudia. But when Claudia is found dead in a bathtub on the anniversary of their mother's suicide, Lily must return to New York to deal with the aftermath.
The situation shifts from tragic to baffling when the body at the morgue turns out to be a stranger's. The dead woman had been using Claudia's identity for months. The real Claudia had vanished, reappearing briefly on the day her impostor died. As Claudia transforms from victim to suspect in the eyes of the police, Lily becomes determined to find her before they do.
Is Claudia actually missing, or is she playing an elaborate con game? And who's responsible for the body that was found in the bathtub? An obsessive ex-lover? An emotionally disturbed young man with a rich and powerful father? Or Lily's own former fiancé, who turns out to be more deeply involved with Claudia than he admits?
As Lily searches for answers, a shadowy figure stalks her and the danger to her grows. Determined to learn the truth at any cost, she is unprepared for the terrible toll it will take on her and those she loves.


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"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart poked fun at Mitt Romney's new anti-Obama catchphrase, "Obamaloney," calling on the Republican presidential candidate to "raise [his] game."
"How can a guy that looks so much like Don Draper be so bad at writing ad copy?" Stewart mocked.
The late-night host kicked off Thursday's episode by checking in on the presidential candidates, and how they were faring with their campaign messages.
U.S. & World
Stewart first threw to a clip of Obama at a campaign event in Connecticut, where the president labeled Romney's tax plan as "Romney Hood," saying it takes from the poor and gives to the rich.
Romney was next up, and Stewart gave the GOP candidate the benefit of the doubt, saying "It should be pretty easy for Romney to top 'Romney Hood.'"
Cut to Fox News, where Romney responded to President Obama's "Romney Hood" neologism with his own: Obamaloney.
"We've been watching the President say a lot of things about me and about my policies – and they're just not right," Romney said in the interview. "And if I were to coin a term, it would be 'Obamaloney.'"
Reeling from the absurdity of the catchphrase, Stewart gave Romney a few pointers.
"Everybody likes baloney, at least try for a meat no one likes," said Stewart, who suggested other alternatives such as "Obalive Loaf," and "Barackwurst."
"The elections are in two and a half months," Stewart coaxed. "I think pun time is over. Raise your game!"
To see Stewart's full list of luncheon meat neologisms, check out the clip below, courtesy of Comedy Central:


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The last time Larry David brought "Curb Your Enthusiasm" to New York was in 2004 for the finale to an unlikely season arc that culminated with him starring on Broadway in "The Producers."
He tangled with a hotel bellman over tips, insulted a Sikh man's turban, chased a mugger, fought with a tourist (played by Stephen Colbert) and saw Jerry Seinfeld flee the theater in disgust.
In short, Larry was home.
Amid the sad news that the original "Law & Order" is logging its final New York case next week comes the welcome word that David is bringing "Curb" to the city for what the New York Post notes could be the HBO comedy's farewell season.
Plot details, as always with the partially improvised show, are sketchy. But for "Curb," the move east is a natural for a program that's set in Los Angeles, but is never far from New York.
Larry David, the man and the (presumably) exaggerated version of himself he plays on "Curb," is very much a creature of the city of his birth.
He grew up in Brooklyn. He drove a cab. He cursed his audiences from city nightclub stages. He became a "Saturday Night Live" writer, quit and stormed out – only to return as if nothing happened (a trick to be repeated by his TV alter-ego George Costanza on "Seinfeld," a show set in New York and filmed in Los Angeles).
Larry David's New York isn't exactly the New York of District Attorney Jack McCoy, the shoe-happy gals from "Sex and the City," or the coffee-infused couples of "Friends." David's city is a planet of nitpicking, neurosis and narcissism at the center of the Seinfeldian universe he helped create.
In "Curb," Larry runs a comic balance between being an angry (and rich) fish out of water in Los Angeles and getting his comeuppance from fellow transplanted New Yorkers who know his weaknesses. Richard Lewis, the fouled-mouthed Susie Green and breakout bit players like last season's Mocha Joe speak a language Larry understands, but would sometimes rather forget.
After "The Producers" season, some of us were left wondering how David could possibly top himself. It's a tribute to David that we felt the same way five years later after the most recent season's "Seinfeld" reunion thread.
Even as the cast changed over two decades on "Law & Order," New York always remained the star. It seems fitting that the city, an unspoken presence in "Curb," is set to finally get its comic close-up amid the disorder that is Larry David's TV life.
If this does turn out to be the last season for "Curb," we're betting that getting back into a New York state of mind will help David follow the words George Costanza spoke, but rarely lived by: always leave on a high note.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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|"Are you a wizard or not?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title.
- "Bellatrix was supporting Hermione, who seemed to be unconscious, and was holding her short silver knife to Hermione's throat. "Drop your wands," she whispered. "Drop them, or we'll see exactly how filthy her blood is!" Ron stood rigid, clutching Wormtail's wand. Harry straightened up, still holding Bellatrix's. "I said, drop them!" she screeched, pressing the blade into Hermione's throat: Harry saw beads of blood appear there. "All right!" he shouted, and he dropped Bellatrix's wand onto the floor at his feet."
- —Bellatrix Lestrange threatening Hermione Granger with the knife[src]
Bellatrix Lestrange owned a short knife made of silver.
However, Bellatrix threw her knife at them, trying to aim at Harry, as they vanished, and struck Dobby directly in the chest. The house-elf died soon afterwards, near the garden of Shell Cottage, where he was subsequently buried.[1]
Behind the scenes
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Bellatrix used her knife to carve the word "mudblood" into Hermione Granger's arm. The film version of the knife bears a resemblance to cross-shaped spearheads that leave a hard to heal wound.
- The Noble Collection sells a replica of this knife.
- The real-movie prop, however, is much shorter, as seen in the Harry Potter Exhibition in New York City.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)


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In accordance with the "Residence Act" passed by Congress in 1790, President Washington in 1791 selected the area that is now the District of Columbia to serve as the nation's capital. French engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant was charged with planning the new city of Washington. He located the U.S. Capitol Building at the elevated east end of the National Mall, on the brow of what was then called Jenkins' Hill. The site was, in L'Enfant's words, "a pedestal waiting for a monument." As the country grew so did Capitol Hill, with the construction of buildings housing the Congress, Supreme Court, Library of Congress and Botanic Garden.
History of Capitol Hill
The U.S. Capitol was built atop Jenkins' Hill, now often referred to as "Capitol Hill," in 1793. Since then many additional buildings have been constructed around this site to serve Congress and the Supreme Court.


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A staff sergeant at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, CO, has been found guilty of cheating on her physical fitness test.
According to a statement from the base, the sergeant tried to bribe a subordinate in her unit to give her a passing score after she failed the test in May 2010. During the sergeant's court-martial in August, the subordinate, a physical training leader, testified that she refused the bribe but felt coerced into falsifying the score for her superior.
The sergeant, whose name was not released, was convicted of making a false statement but found not guilty of bribery. She has been demoted to senior airman and sentenced to 14 days of hard labor without confinement. The subordinate received an undisclosed administrative punishment for changing the score.
"The integrity of our fitness program before the establishment of the fitness assessment cell depended on the integrity of each individual military member," Capt. Jacob Marshall, the prosecutor in the case, said in the base's statement. "The staff sergeant admitted a failure of that individual integrity led to the failure of the fitness program, and the Air Force does not take that lightly. Her conviction and sentence are evidence of that."
The sergeant's sentence is still to be approved by the convening authority (the panel that serves as judge in military trials). If it stands, she will become a lifelong federal convict.


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Shift in English, Math Standard: The state Board of Education is set to consider a set of national Common Core Standards. [Mercury News]
High Costs of High Times: With their fans, air filters and high-intensity lights, indoor marijuana grow farms can be an expensive business. [Press Democrat]
The AB32 Climate Law and Jobs: There has been an increase in the number of jobs, but not necessarily the green jobs it promised. [Sacramento Bee]
Ohio's Interest in California's Election: California Watch reports that Carly Fiorina's Senate campaign has received money from an outspoken Ohio coal mine owner. [California Watch]
LA Times on Prop 25: Columnist George Skelton writes, a "tart tactic is in play by business interests and conservative ideologues against Proposition 25 on the November ballot." [LA Times]
Familiar Fight: Sac Bee columnist Dan Walters says history is repeating itself when it comes to taxes. [Sacramento Bee]


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The Ultimate Makeover: Chicken tikka masala
Nutrition and extra info
- Sauce can be frozen
- Healthy
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal396
- fat10g
- saturates2g
- carbs33g
- sugars8g
- fibre4g
- protein45g
- salt1.05g
For the marinade
- 4-5cm piece ginger, peeled
Mainly grown in Jamaica, Africa, India, China and Australia, ginger is the root of the plant. It…
- 4 plump garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp natural yogurt
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
- ½ tsp each hot chilli powder, garam masala and paprika (use ¼ tsp of each if you prefer a milder flavour)
- ¼ tsp turmeric
Turmeric is a fragrant, bright golden-yellow root that is most commonly seen and used dried and…
- 1 tsp each cumin and coriander seeds
Coriander seedkor-ee-and-er seed
The small, creamy brown seeds of the coriander plant give dishes a warm, aromatic and slightly…
- ½ tsp fenugreek seeds
Fenugreek seedfenn-you-greek seed
A popular seed in Indian cookery, in which it's termed methi, this small, hard, mustard…
- 600g skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 4cm chunks
For the sauce
- 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
Rapeseed oil
If you want a light alternative to other cooking oils, rapeseed is a great choice and has…
- 2 onions, halved lengthways, sliced into rough, thin wedges
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- ½ tsp each paprika, turmeric and garam masala
Garam masalagar-am mah-sarl-ah
Meaning 'warming spice mix', garam masala is the main spice blend used in North Indian…
- ¼ tsp hot chilli powder (leave this out if you'd prefer a milder flavour)
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 2 tbsp natural yogurt
For the rice
- 250g basmati rice
- 200g frozen peas
A type of legume, peas grow inside long, plump pods. As is the case with all types of legume,…
To serve
For the marinade, finely grate the ginger and garlic (you should have 1 rounded tbsp of each), then mix them together. Put half of this mix into a medium bowl, then stir in the yogurt, lime juice, chopped coriander, chilli, garam masala, paprika and turmeric. Heat a small heavy-based dry pan, tip in the cumin, coriander and fenugreek seeds, then heat briefly until toasted and smelling fragrant (they will start to jump in the pan). Remove and grind to a powder using a pestle and mortar. Stir half into the yogurt mix (save the rest for the sauce). Stir the chicken chunks into the spiced yogurt until well coated. Cover and leave to marinate for at least 30 mins, or overnight if you like.
Meanwhile, make the sauce. Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the onions, then fry over a medium heat for about 10 mins, stirring occasionally, until softened and turning brown. Stir in the remaining ginger and garlic, and stir-fry for 2 mins. Mix in the paprika, turmeric, garam masala, chilli and the rest of the toasted cumin, coriander and fenugreek. Cook for 1 min, stirring to scrape up the bits from the bottom of the pan. Stir in the tomato purée, then 150ml water. Cook for 1 min. Carefully transfer to a food processor or blender. Process to a thick, fairly smooth sauce. Return to the pan, pour in another 150ml water, then set aside. Can be made a day ahead. Soak the rice in cold water for up to 30 mins.
Heat the grill to high. Thread the chicken onto 8 wooden skewers (soaked first), then balance them across a baking tray lined with foil, so they are slightly raised over it. Grill for 12-15 mins until cooked and slightly charred around the edges. Meanwhile, drain the rice, then tip into a pan with 375ml water. Bring to a boil, then cook over a low heat, covered, for 8 mins. Remove from the heat but leave covered for 5 mins. Cook the peas in boiling water for 3 mins, drain. Fluff up the rice with a fork, then toss in the peas.
When ready to serve, reheat the sauce, stirring in any juices from the chicken and a drop more water to thin if necessary (it should be quite thick). Remove from the heat, stir in the yogurt, then season with a pinch of salt. Serve the chicken skewers with the rice, a scattering of coriander and lime wedges.
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