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Adulting 101 by Lisa Henry
Riptide Publishing
Cover art by L.C. Chase
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Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words is happy to have Lisa Henry here today with her most recent release, Adulting 101. Welcome, Lisa.
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The struggle is real.
Nick Stahlnecker is eighteen and not ready to grow up yet. He has a summer job, a case of existential panic, and a hopeless crush on the unattainable Jai Hazenbrook. Except how do you know that your coworker's unattainable unless you ask to blow him in the porta-potty?
That's probably not what Dad meant when he said Nick should act more like an adult.
Twenty-five-year-old Jai is back in his hometown of Franklin, Ohio, just long enough to earn the money to get the hell out again. His long-term goal of seeing more of the world is worth the short-term pain of living in his mother's basement, but only barely.
Meeting Nick doesn't fit in with Jai's plans at all, but, as Jai soon learns, you don't have to travel halfway around the world to have the adventure of a lifetime.
This is not a summer romance. This is a summer friendship-with-benefits. It's got pizza with disgusting toppings, Netflix and chill, and accidental exhibitionism. That's all. There are no feelings here. None. Shut up.
You can find out more about Adulting 101 at Riptide.
About Lisa Henry
Lisa likes to tell stories, mostly with hot guys and happily ever afters.
Lisa lives in tropical North Queensland, Australia. She doesn't know why, because she hates the heat, but she suspects she's too lazy to move. She spends half her time slaving away as a government minion, and the other half plotting her escape.
She attended university at sixteen, not because she was a child prodigy or anything, but because of a mix-up between international school systems early in life. She studied History and English, neither of them very thoroughly.
She shares her house with too many cats, a green tree frog that swims in the toilet, and as many possums as can break in every night. This is not how she imagined life as a grown-up.
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The process of selecting virtual personnel involves some special features, particularly where it lacks the ease of face to face contact. In the online world, people must rely on other means of gaining proximity to one another. A series of tools are available that make it possible to go beyond merely reviewing the person's portfolio, and establish a relationship with the employee from the very outset of the process through an innovative proposal that works to humanize the medium.
With this course you will learn about strategies you can use in the process of personnel selection that allow you to select professional people that fit in with the philosophy of your company. It's not just the company that is getting to know the potential employee, from their very first contact the employee is also looking at the company, and a two-way relationship is in the making. Some of the information that can exchange hands in that company <-> relationship includes:
- The type of company and philosophy
- Organization model
- Expectations on both sides
- Interests and profile of the candidate for the position
- Conditions of the job offer
- Ground rules
- Confirmation and results of the Selection process
This will ensure that there is a deeper mutual understanding, and the information that gets shared will be of greater value, when the employee is allowed to complement his knowledge of specific duties by getting an idea of the project as a whole and the company. This way, the employee can better understand and see the context of the job being done and find ways to optimize it.
You will learn about the particular case of one company that has used the model described above, and you will be able to identify how a project's future is dependent on the people working on the team and the type of relations they manage to establish with one another at the outset, in terms of:
- Respect
- Trust
- Communication
- Active participation and listening
- Commitment
- Responsibility
- Consistency
You will also learn useful tips for carrying out your personnel search virtually, and the best way to go about this important step. You will learn the procedure to follow for conducting a personnel selection process which entails these steps:
- Shaping job descriptions according to the project.
- Characteristics of personnel according to the talents needed and the company identity.
- Searching and filters in the selection process.
- Preparing a rough outline for the interview or plotting it in detail, depending on the case of the project.
- Script of questions to guide and enrich the session and organize the meeting.
- Key points in the meeting (Greeting, body, questions and closing).
- Essential factors to consider for the interview (Tone of voice, cordiality, timely information, participation, etc).

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- WoW disconnects
- Lagaran
- Freeze frame boss fights
Sound familiar?
- Uninstall Lagonite!
- Ignore Lagonite users!
Only a few days ago I was musing that WoW disconnects had gotten smarter. There is no real evidence of this, but a couple of things that the comments highlighted were:
- Since 3.2.2 disconnects have become more frequent, and
- Thanks to Lethal's link there are many ways to improve your play experience, including shafting mods with large messaging requirements.
Driving solution to disconnects
My disconnecting stopped once I did a manual update of my net and video drivers (via windows update and vendor website), so that's a great 1st place to start.
My lag and frame rates got marginally better, but not enough, so I also followed one of the recommendations on the linked forum and installed Fubar_AddonSpamFu, just because I am curious by nature.
Carbonite, GTFO of my Dalaran, Boss fight, Battleground and Server!
Sure enough, one of the 1st offending message spammers I noticed was GearScore. You can shove that in your recycle bin too you elitist emblem lovers!
But the out-and-out "I will adversely effect your game play experience" mod was Carbonite.
Don't get me wrong, I have used, promoted and even loved Carbonite in the past. Until they went premium, until now…
I'm sure the creators of Carbonite are good folks and they have developed an otherwise excellent mod that I would continue to recommend, under other circumstances, but something has to change.
To think I originally changed to Carbonite because it had a lower footprint than the mod I was using at the time. Our own TreeHuggerDave was pimping it's gatherer abilities to me only the other day.
I'm using (why does my iPhone spell checker want to correct "using" with Jong?) Quest Helper these days, which you can see is a bit spammy, but only a fraction of Carbonite.
Healbot is also a bit spammy, but I dare say you would prefer my heals to my Carbonite messages, especially mid boss fight. (yes I realize I have 2 versions of LibHeal installed, I didn't, but I do now. That Guild positions mod is going too!).
Rise up and strike down your spammy foes!
- You like Gold selling Spam?
- You like "Join our Guild, we haz tabard" spam?
- You like anal [pyroblast] spam?
Then why would you put up with Dalaran crippling, Boss fight wiping addon spam?
You wouldn't?
Good, here's what to do…
- Install Fubar_AddonSpamFu and identify the enemies of your play experience.
- Disable your own Carbonite (if you have it)
- Post a link to this post in your guild forum (here's a short one: http://tinyurl.com/yhdcja8 )
- Whisper your best mates, your guild leader, perfect strangers (just not the Horde) and tell them that you are putting them on /ignore until they too uninstall Carbonite (and GearScore and any other "relatively worthless" addon).
- Tell Carbonite (and the other spammy mod) creators to reduce the spam, especially if you are paying for a reduced game experience.
I thought mods weren't allowed to adversely effect our in-game experience.
Blizzard told us they wouldn't let this happen, I thought they meant in the sense of game play experience, not only we will prevent mod makers from making money.
Blizzard, install Fubar_SpamFu, you can get it here… and strike these addons down with your [Mighty Man Hammer of Anal Jong].
But I can't live without Carbonite/GearScore/[insert mod of annoyance here]!
If you MUST use addons (hey, I must, so I'm OK with you needing to), then pick some better ones.
Need to /flex your epeen and exclude appropriately geared players from starting content because the aren't Triumph Emblem equipped?
Use PugChecker!
Need an arrow to tell you where the 10 Tauren tails are for that quest, use QuestHelper, TomTom (it's already in Cartographer) etc, or god forbid, look it up on WoWhead
Need a map full of Gatherer nodes (TreeHuggerDave tells me Carbonite Routes now takes the gathering out of gathering… but), use, I don't know, maybe use Gatherer?
Yes I know Gatherer gets a mention in the forum's post, but you need to realize I was running Gatherer in those screenshots and it doesn't even make the Spam-o-meter scoreboard).
Carbonite, GTFO of my Dalaran, Boss fight, Battleground and Server!
A little bit of /silly
Ok, on a majorly lighter note, I need to finish this with a laugh.
Syrana hightlighted a WoW oriented video that she saw (and I missed on WoW.com) the other day. Just on the off chance you aren't a Lock loving Syrana follower, here it is.
The (unofficial) Unreleased Cataclysm Trailer:
Gnomer and Out!
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Another year is almost gone. We are gearing up for our Membership Celebration and Installation Dinner on January 10, 2015 at Brookside Gardens. Be sure to Save the Date! Our theme is "The Stars Align." Get your Hollywood on! We are looking for sponsors, if you are interested, please contact the Chamber office. We have something for everyone. Maybe you'd like to donate a gift basket...we have themed ones to help you put one together with our Hollywood theme.
Soon the Chamber will be putting out an Annual Report to let you know how we've been doing this past year. Our numbers are up in every area. We look forward to sharing them with you.
Thank you to everyone that has volunteered in one way or another. Our Ambassadors have really stepped it up this year in volunteer hours. Our Board of Directors has been strong and leads this Chamber with confidence and vision. Rita McCloud, our new Office Manager, has added so much to the Chamber since her arrival. Our members have shown up to our events in great numbers. I cannot thank you all enough for your dedication and support.
We have a lot more in store for you in 2015...so if you haven't joined us yet, we'd ask that you consider it. If you are a current member, we look forward to your renewal. We enjoy partnering with you to grow your businesses.
To an even stronger and better 2015!
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Insomnia wrote:Harley got 1000cc of IV fluid today, but he act like he's super thirsty. He will wake up and walk around look for water. But when he drink water, sometime he will vomit. I just feel so bad for him, I had to leave some water out there.......should I take it away?
Can the vet maybe give you some subq's to take home just in case this happens again so you can give him some fluids?


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Researchers from the University of São Paulo, in Brazil, and University of British Columbia, in Canada, have developed a spherical display that lets users see and interact with three-dimensional objects. In one demonstration, viewers have the sensation of staring into a snow globe that they can control with simple gestures from any angle.
The device, called Spheree, represents the first display capable of projecting uniform, high resolution pixels on a spherical surface — a technology that also allows users to interact with the 3-D display objects by using gestures.
3D Movies Make You Sick
The Spheree allowed attendees at the SIGGRAPH 2014 convention held in Vancouver last week to play with a Snow Globe 3D animation that included a house, animated snow and a train chugging around the house.
That interactive display required eight pocket-size projectors mounted at the base of the globe, as well as software capable of blending together the individual projector views to create a uniform pixel presentation from almost anywhere on the spherical surface.
Small pico-projectors like the ones used for the demonstration have lower resolution and brightness than traditional projectors — a problem for a virtual reality system that aims for high quality. But the international team of Brazilian and Canadian researchers used an auto-calibration algorithm called FastFusion to seamlessly combine the resolution and brightness of the many projected images without a resulting decrease in quality. A basic webcam allows the algorithm to see the position of the individual projector images on the globe and compute each image's contribution to the overall final image.
The auto-calibration system works with practically any number of pico-projectors, which means researchers could build ever-larger versions of Spheree. The team has already tested a four pico-projector system with an 18-centimeter-wide display and an eight pico-projector system with a 51-centimeter-wide display. By avoiding the use of special mirrors or lenses, they avoided having "blind spots" in the overall projected image.
New Hologram Tech Sets 3D in Motion
Spheree also uses six infrared cameras to track the movement of special headbands worn by viewers. The data the cameras feed to a computer constantly provide perspective-corrected virtual scenes based on a viewer's position with respect to the globe. Gesture control with a Leap Motion interface also allows users to interact with the 3-D scenes or animations by using gestures to start, move forward and backward, pause and stop animations.
The system uses a second computer to run 3-D animations with Blender Software. Researchers envision Spheree helping animators or modelers by showing 3-D computer animations or the results of image-based rendering applications — perhaps as a second screen. A larger version of Spheree might provide walk-around experiences for team projects or show up in interactive museum displays. Future video games or toys might also make use of such technology.
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DAW: Day 7 The most dangerous animal?
DAW? Dangerous Animals Week, of course! To celebrate our new Dangeroz app (available in the App Store now) we're featuring a different Australian creature each day.
So, what is the most dangerous animal? It's closer than you think...
Although some animals are capable of inflicting harm and even causing death to people, animals evolved these adaptations to acquire food and defend themselves and their offspring, not to torment humans. On average the number of people killed by native animals in a year can be counted on one hand. This is not only lower than most other continents but also drastically lower than the death toll imposed on the Australian wilderness by humans in any given year.
Consider the number of deaths caused by shark attacks, which is often no higher than one per year. The threat to humans is really quite small compared to the 100 million sharks fished annually and the species are threatened with extinction.
A vast number of human deaths in Australia are actually caused by our own species, Homo sapiens. Motor accidents, homicides and suicides are such a relatively frequent cause of death that the animal we have to fear the most is actually ourselves. Over an average decade, tens of thousands of Australians will die in "routine" accidents whereas fewer than 100 might die from wild animal interactions.
So, the most dangerous animal is you and me. Given that Homo sapiens means "wise human" sometimes you have to wonder!
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McFadden, Martin secure place in record books in Lyon, France
LYON, France - Tatyana McFadden won an unprecedented sixth title at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships today in Lyon, France. With a win in the women's 400 meters T54, she becomes the first woman to win six gold medals in the same year, while her teammate Raymond Martin became the first man to win five individual world titles by winning the men's 400m T52 in 59.85, a championship record.
It was a golden day all around for the United States with five world titles won, including Richard Browne (Jackson, Miss.), Blake Leeper (Kingsport, Tenn.), Jerome Singleton (Irmo, S.C.) and Jarryd Wallace (Athens, Ga.) in the men's 4x100m relay. Elexis Gillette (Raleigh, N.C.) won the men's long jump F11, while Cassie Mitchell (Atlanta, Ga.) won the women's shot put F52/53.
Team USA also claimed four silver medals and three bronze medals on Day 8.
With the marathon races remaining on Sunday, the United States ranks second in the overall medal count with 52 medals (17 golds, 18 silvers and 17 bronzes), only one medal behind No. 1 Russia. Previous to the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, the most medals won by Team USA in track and field at the Paralympic Games or world championships was the 34 medals won at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The day started out on a high note for Team USA with a world record 40.73 in the men's 4x100m T42-46 relay. Already with seven individual medals between them at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Browne, Leeper, Singleton and Wallace took home relay gold in terrific style.
With 100m and 200m T44 bronze medalist Singleton leading off at the gun, the Americans quickly took the lead. Browne, who set a new 100m T44 world record in his semi-final this week before winning silver in the final, extended that lead up the back straight before 200m T44 champion Jarryd Wallace took on the bend.
Three-time silver medalist Blake Leeper just had to hold to help the Americans take home the gold with a new world record.
"It felt good, I had a tough week taking nothing but silvers," Leeper said. "But you know, when I have these guys getting me started I knew that we had no choice but to take gold. It shows that individually you struggle, but as a team we come together - we deserve the gold and we take the gold."
The same quartet was disqualified in London.
"It feels amazing, this was even sweeter than the last one because I'm next to my teammates," Wallace said. "We worked hard for this and we came here with a goal. We needed clean exchanges after London when we had a little bit of a disappointment getting disqualified, and we got our redemption."
After the relay, it was time for individuals to shine again.
"I can't quite believe it," said McFadden (Clarksville, Md.), who destroyed the field to finish in 53.74 seconds. "It's definitely a dream come true - the first woman to win all events from the 100 to the 5,000. History is made."
"To sweep six in a row has been really, really tough but you have to have belief in all events you do because if you have any doubts you already start to lose the race," added McFadden, who won three gold medals and a bronze medal at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Behind McFadden were Switzerland's Manuela Schaer (55.34) and Cheri Becerra-Madsen (Union, Neb.), who ran a personal best 56.21 for a bronze medal. Hannah McFadden (Clarksville, Md.) was seventh with a personal best 58.56.
Tatyana McFadden has a few weeks of rest before she begins training for fall marathons, including the ING New York City Marathon. In New York, McFadden will act as team captain of the Team USA Endurance program, a new United States Olympic Committee fundraising platform that gives runners the unique opportunity to not only support Team USA, but to be a part of Team USA. The USOC will have 30 spots in the Nov. 3 race.
Not to be outdone, McFadden's 19-year-old training mate Martin (Jersey City, N.J.) earned his own place in the history books by winning the men's 400m T52 in 59.85, a championship record. Martin, who won all four of the events he entered at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, has never been defeated in a major international competition.
"The IPC added the 1,500 to my classification and I decided to take on a full program like I did for London and it paid off," Martin said. "I came in confident and knew it would be tough. It definitely was not easy. I knew my training would put me to where I wanted to be."
Martin was followed by Americans Gianfranco Iannotta of Garfield, N.J. (1:03.03) and Steven Toyoji of Campbell, Calif. (1:03.53), but Iannotta was later disqualified, preventing an American sweep. Toyoji's time was a personal best.
The closet event of the day came in the field when just eight centimeters separated the podium finishers in the men's long jump F11. Gillette, who won the silver medal in the event at the last three Paralympic Games, took gold with the aid of a 7.0 m/s tailwind that helped him jump 6.32m.
Silver went to Chinese Taipei's Chuan-Hui Yang, who jumped 6.30m, and bronze Spain's Xavier Parras, who jumped 6.24m. Tanner Gers (Tucson, Ariz.) finished ninth with a jump of 5.33m, which came on his second attempt.
Cassie Mitchell set a championship record 5.79m (998 points) to take top podium spot in the women's shot put F52/53. Silver went to Ukraine's Svitlana Stetsyuk (4.77m/896) and bronze Canada's Pamela Lejean (4.46m/839).
Later in the day, Mitchell received her second medal of the day, a bronze in women's 200m T52 race. She finished second to Canada's Michelle Stilwell, who completed a hat trick of world titles in the final race at the Stade du Rhone with a championship record of 35.71, and Kerri Morgan (St. Louis, Mo.). Morgan finished in 40.84 while Mitchell raced a 42.84.
Morgan and Mitchell also shared the podium in the 100m, with Mitchell second and Morgan third, and the 800m, with Morgan second and Mitchell third.
China's Paralympic champion Hongzhuan Zhou won a thrilling women's 400m T53 in 56.76 breaking a 15-year-old championship record. But it was a tight finish as America Shirley Reilly (Tucson, Ariz.), who won a gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2012 Paralympic Games, clocked 56.98, holding off Angela Ballard (57.00).
"I am excited, it was my last chance to go home with a medal, and I made it," Reilly said. "It is silver but I am totally satisfied because it is my season best. The finish was so close I had to check on the screen which position I ranked."
Chelsea McClammer (Benton City, Wash.) was fourth with a personal best 57.45.
World record holder Daniel Silva of Brazil set a championship record of 50.38 in the 400m T11, adding to his 200m bronze. The silver medal went David Brown of St. Louis, Mo., who finished in 51.71 while France's Timothee Adolphe picked up bronze for his time of 52.13.
It is the first individual medal for Brown, who has a silver medal from the relay earlier in the week.
U.S. Army veteran Scott Winkler (Pittsburgh, Pa.) earned a bronze medal in the men's shot put F54/55 while Steven Hancock (Pueblo, Colo.), a U.S. Navy veteran, placed 15th with a throw of 8.27m. On his sixth attempt, Winkler snagged a spot on the podium by throwing 10.82.
Winkler's bronze is one of three medals won by U.S. military veterans in Lyon. On Day 4, U.S. Army veteran Scot Severn (Caro, Mich.) won a silver medal in the men's shot put F52/53 with a season's best 8.26 meters to secure a spot on the podium. On Day 5, U.S. Army veteran Ce-Ce Mazyck (Columbia, S.C.) claimed the bronze medal in the women's javelin F57/58 with a throw of 19.83, only two hundredths from a silver medal.
Ten veterans are on the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field World Championship Team, which also includes two active duty service members. Through a partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, U.S. Paralympics and its partners provide thousands of opportunities for veterans and service members with physical disabilities to compete in Paralympic sport at the recreational, intermediate and elite levels.
In the men's 400m T34 today, Austin Pruitt (Green Acres, Wash.) narrowly missed a medal, placing fourth with a personal best 55.25. Amy McDonaugh (Irmo, S.C.) was fourth in the women's 400m T13.
April Holmes (Kissimmee, Fla.), who won the bronze medal in the women's 100m T44, finished fifth in the 200m with a season's best time of 29.21.
In the women's 100m T42 final, Lacey Henderson (Denver, Colo.) was fifth with a time of 18.59 while U.S. teammate Scout Bassett (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) placed sixth. Bassett, a world champion paratriathlete who is competing in track and field for the first time, finished in 18.68.
Kate Callahan (San Antonio, Texas), a U.S. Air Force veteran, finished sixth in the women's discus F57/58. Her final throw of the event was her best, reaching 26.02m.
Sabra Hawkes (Rockport, Mass.) finished sixth in the women's 400m T37 with a time of 1:14.80.
Stephanie Timmer (Naperville, Ill.), U.S. Marines Corps veteran, finished seventh in the women's shot put F12, throwing 9.01 on her fourth attempt. In the men's shot put F44, U.S. Navy veteran Max Rohn (Longmont, Colo.) finished 11th with a throw of 11.24m. His best throw came on his first attempt of the competition.
Katie Walker (Wilmington, Ohio), who is making her world championship debut after discovering Paralympic sport on YouTube last October, ran 14.44 in the women's 100m T46. She placed eighth overall.
Sam Craven (Walnut Creek, Calif.) placed 15th in the men's discus throw F32/33/34. On his third attempt of the day, he threw 25.23m.
The marathon concludes the competition on Sunday.
The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, July 19-28, feature more than 1,100 athletes, including 76 Americans, from nearly 100 countries. Live streaming and on demand video is available at www.ParalympicSport.TV while live results are available at www.paralympic.org/events/lyon2013.
For more information, please contact Jamie Blanchard, U.S. Paralympics, at 719-237-2179 or email@example.com.


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We've been using the Mega Kart for some time now.
And it's proved a sterling office workhorse, bang-on for piping around game installations, batches of screenshots, and some terrifying internet discoveries.
8GB in something the thickness of a few credit cards is amazing, and compared to many of the others around, the read speed is competitive. A shame, then, that the write speed is so tardy by today's standards!
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Bereavement event for families set
The New Milford Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice will host a "Sharing Love and Sprinkles" event, a bereavement activity for families, Feb. 9.
Families with children 5 to 12 are invited to attend the event from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the VNA at 68 Park Lane Road (Route 202).
Activities will include crafts, cookie decorating and story time.
Families who are unable to attend but are interested in other children's bereavement programs are encouraged to call the VNA for more information about other offerings.
For more information about the Feb. 9 event and registration, call 860-354-2216.


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from Variety / by Shawna Malcom
Oscar winner sings, finds unlikely role model
The star-studded "Nine" may be adapted from the Tony Award-winning musical and loosely based on Federico Fellini's 1963 masterpiece "8½," but Marion Cotillard drew her greatest inspiration for her role as Guido's long-suffering wife, Luisa, from an altogether different source: "Hearts of Darkness."
"I was looking at Eleanor," Cotillard says of Francis Ford Coppola's wife, who appears in and narrates the acclaimed doc about the troubled production of "Apocalypse Now." "You can feel that she's found her place in the world through her relationship, by being the support of the man she loves."
If love for Guido fulfills Luisa, then losing him to his creative crisis — and the other women in his life — devastates her. That raw grief drives "Take It All," a song performed by Cotillard and created especially for the film by Maury Yeston, who wrote the original music and lyrics for the Broadway production.
"Luisa is someone who keeps emotions inside," Cotillard says. "It becomes too much and she screams it out. The song is her release and a gift for me as an actress."
Landing the role in the first place fulfilled a long-held personal fantasy for the French actress, who won the Oscar for her masterful take on Edith Piaf in the 2007 biopic "La Vie en rose."
"Since I was a little girl, I've always dreamt of doing an American musical," says Cotillard.


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Police have charged Leron Stone, of New Haven, with threatening a priest and spitting on him as the priest tried to take a photo of Stone riding dangerously on a dirt bike.
According to police, Rev. James Manship, the head of Saint Rose of Lima Church on Blatchley Avenue, was out for a drive on April 21, when he heard a dirt bike and then spotted the rider popping wheelies on a sidewalk.
Rev. Manship pulled over and got out of his car to snap photos of the man on the dirt bike. The priest told police the man raced dangerously toward him and spit on him and his car before speeding away.
"I'm personally offended, but it happens to a lot of folks here," Rev. Manship said. "This kind of intimidation fear factor is just ruining the peace and quiet of the neighborhood."
Rev. Manship sent the photos of the rider and evidence of the spitting to officers in the city's Fair Haven section. The officers recognized the man as Stone, according to authorities.
After obtaining an arrest warrant, police found Stone in Criscuolo Park and took him into custody.
Stone, 20, was charged with second-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace. He was also wanted on a second warrant for reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle without a license in connection with an incident on April 7. He was released on $30,000 bond.
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If you have ever been a fan of science fiction, you cannot do better than to return to the works of Isaac Asimov, argues The Threepenny Review's Wendy Lesser in her review of Asimov's The End Of Eternity.
The world we inhabit is one in which weekly newsmagazines, printed on paper in columns of type, are considered primitive and profoundly obsolescent; in which an entire bookshelf of bound volumes can be stored in a gadget the size of a fingertip; in which a mechanical device that is only about four inches long and a fraction of an inch thick can record whatever we like, play it back to us through a tiny earpiece, and rest comfortably in a pocket when not in use; in which space flight has been invented but is rarely used by humans, who have lost interest in it after the initial decades of excitement; in which hand-held or easily portable computers are a commonplace item; in which literature can hardly be distinguished from film in the public mind; and in which some members of society long fruitlessly for a past era when all such developments were unknown and almost inconceivable.
We do, in fact, live in such a world, but I mean something else. The above description, detail by detail, exactly characterizes the world of Isaac Asimov's The End of Eternity, a science-fiction novel set mainly in the 482nd, 575th, and 2456th centuries. What is remarkable is that Asimov's book first appeared in print in 1955.
For those of you who were not around then (and I barely was — I was three at the time), let me assure you that none of the present-day realities mentioned in my first paragraph was even a mote in a scientist's eye. In 1955, the year my family moved to Palo Alto, my father had just started working for IBM, where he helped develop the huge mainframe computer that would eventually become the great-great-great-grandfather of Macs and PCs alike. By 1966 or 1967, when I began reading Isaac Asimov novels, a version of that mainframe had recently become available for use in a few high-school computing classes, so that some of us in the Palo Alto school system were taught how to inscribe the punch-cards that fed into the mechanical maw — a process so inhuman and alienating and difficult, so resolutely digital in its outlook, that I was determined never to have anything to do with computers again. This resolve disintegrated in about 1983, when I purchased my first "personal computer," a boxy Kaypro whose 64-kilobyte RAM was laughably minute by today's standards, but whose CPU was nonetheless more powerful (or so the salesman told me) than the massive computer that first flew a man to the moon in 1969.
And this is not to speak of laptops, cell phones, flashdrives, iPods, DVDs, Kindles, and all the other devices which only came into widespread use in the last decade or two. Asimov thought all this would take many centuries; instead, it took less than two generations. Yet if he was wrong about the timing, he was fantastically right about not only the inventions themselves, but the effect they would have on society.
Part of the pleasure of reading old science fiction is precisely this: with the special powers vested in you by historical hindsight, you can compare the playfully visionary forecasts with what actually took place. This puts you rather in the position of Asimov's "Eternals," the characters in The End of Eternity who stand outside of time, observing and controlling the vast majority who still live within it. The Eternals, contrary to what their name suggests, do not live forever; they age and die just as normal people do. But they have such extensive powers of technical analysis (their highest-ranked functionaries are called Computers, who are superior to Sociologists, who are above Technicians) that they are capable of predicting what will happen to any individual human or group of humans. And because they also have at their beck-and-call an easy form of time travel — consisting of "kettles" that whizz along preset pathways in the fourth dimension, taking them many centuries "upwhen" or "downwhen" — they can actually enter into history at specific points in time and repeatedly change it. These so-called Reality Changes might involve something as small as moving a container from one shelf to another, or as large as engineering the deaths of a dozen people in a crash. The aim is always to produce the Maximum Desired Response (M.D.R.) with the Minimum Necessary Change (M.N.C.): to insure, in short, that the unpleasant or anti-social or generally disruptive event does not occur, and thus to keep mankind in a state of comfortable if slightly dull equilibrium.
Though technology is what makes this kind of reality-control possible, only a human being is capable of finding exactly the right moment and method of change. "Mechanical computing would not do," Asimov's typically invisible, intangible narrator tells us. "The largest Computaplex ever built, manned by the cleverest and most experienced Senior Computer ever born, could do no better than to indicate the ranges in which the M.N.C. might be found. It was then the Technician, glancing over the data, who decided on an exact point in that range. A good Technician was rarely wrong. A top Technician was never wrong." And then, in the kind of portentous single-sentence paragraph in which science fiction delights, Asimov adds: "Harlan was never wrong."
Harlan is our hero, a man whose "homewhen," or time of origin, is the 95th century, but who as a teenager was lifted out of Time to become one of the Eternals. (Forgive me — the capitals are all Asimov's.) Like all Eternals, he can never go back to his own century, not only because the rules forbid it, but because if he went back he would, like Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life, find everything horribly changed; he would learn that he had never had a home or a mother or an existence of any kind, because the ongoing series of Reality Changes (some, perhaps, implemented by himself) would have wiped him off the record. So instead he travels light, moving from one century to another, putting in the fix as needed, obeying his superiors, and only occasionally wondering why life is structured the way it is and whether Eternity really lasts forever. (Apparently it doesn't: even the Eternals cannot get into the
"hidden" centuries between the 70,000th and the 150,000th, and when they enter the system after that, all they find is a dead, uninhabited, featureless world.)
I won't go any further into the plot of this novel. If you have never been a science-fiction fan, I will long since have lost you anyway. But if you ever were a fan — as I was, quite obsessively, in my teens — you cannot do better than to return to the works of Isaac Asimov. Cheesy as the love story inevitably is, and inconsistent as some of the time-related logic turns out to be (why, for instance, does Harlan have to cancel an appointment in the 575th century in order to go to the 3000th and see a man who is "free this afternoon," when normal logic tells us he could have gone and returned in a matter of minutes, or even seconds?), the essential storyline has a deeply compelling quality that is — to me, at least — irresistible. As I approached the end of this novel, I found myself agitatedly turning pages in the way I always do in the last hundred pages of a Henry James novel (even, I'll confess, a Henry James novel I have read before). And, as in a James novel, the propulsive force is a desire to find out how things turn out for these deeply knowing but finally helpless characters, who are up against moral dilemmas they can't easily solve, and who are impeded in their attempted solutions by people who are socially and economically more powerful than they are.
The End of Eternity may be one of Asimov's better novels, but it follows the same essential pattern as all his others, as I discovered when I went back recently to reread Foundation's Edge and The Robots of Dawn. Like all obsessive writers, Isaac Asimov is a victim of the repetition compulsion, reproducing a single novel over and over again in all its myriad forms. His goes something like this: An individual with good powers of analysis and logic, as well as a great deal of modestly worn courage, confronts a gigantic system that is out to thwart him because he threatens, wittingly or unwittingly, to bring about its downfall. In the course of his efforts, he has to rely on other people without knowing for sure which ones are his friends or lovers and which his enemies or betrayers. He is good at crossing cultural boundaries and even interacting with other life forms (some of Asimov's most touching relationships are those between human and robot), but he retains a stubborn, almost curmudgeonly affection for the values and sensations of his own home place. Generally this place is Earth, and even when it is not, he and his entire culture have a kind of residual nostalgia — though also a civilized man's anti-primitive aversion, or an adult's anti-infantile one — for that long-lost homeland, that long-gone birthplace of the human race.
One of the advantages of looking back on Asimov's work from the remove of several decades, not to mention the turn of a century, is that one can see how deeply enmeshed he was in the history of his own time. He was the child of Russian emigrants who left the Soviet Union for America in 1923, just three years after their son Isaac was born; and one can, if one chooses, view his whole science-fiction oeuvre as a recapitulation of the Soviet experiment and the Cold War reaction to it. Yet these novels, although they wear their anti-totalitarian garb as prominently as Orwell's ever did, are unlikely ever to be kidnapped by the right, for the simple reason that all the individualistic, novelty-mongering American virtues are countered in Asimov's work — and sometimes outweighed — by their opposites: that is, a belief in collective effort, a passion for history, and an ineradicable pessimism about the prospects for human progress. For Asimov, super-civilization and technological achievement always go hand-in-hand with a general softening or attenuation of the human spirit, and it is only by getting back to basics (or intuition, or felt sensation) that people can continue to move ahead. It is an essentially nostalgic view, and as such it is profoundly Russian, however much Asimov may have felt himself to be a fully fledged citizen of his new country.
The author's note attached to the 2010 reissue of The End of Eternity tells us that Isaac Asimov, in addition to writing vast quantities of science fiction, "taught biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine and wrote detective stories and nonfiction books on Shakespeare, the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, biochemistry, and the environment. He died in 1992." But if we go back a mere quarter of a century or so, to the 1984 Ballantine paperback of The Robots of Dawn, we can locate ourselves at a moment when the author himself (not to mention Ballantine Books) was still with us. In the author's note to that book, we learn that "at the present time, he has published over 260 books, distributed through every major division of the Dewey system of library classification, and shows no signs of slowing up. He remains as youthful, as lively, and as lovable as ever, and grows more handsome with each year. You can be sure that this is so since he has written this little essay himself and his devotion to absolute objectivity is notorious." If you are one of those people who, like myself, remains committed to the primitive, cellulose-based habits of reading, the pages on which you read this will be yellowed and flaking; but the voice will be as strong and as vitally alive as ever. Now, that's what I call time travel.
Wendy Lesser, the founding editor of The Threepenny Review, is the author of eight books. Her ninth, a life of Dmitri Shostakovich as viewed through his string quartets, will be out from Yale in 2011. This article originally appeared at The Threepenny Review.


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The Other Man in Kristen's Life
She's the Hollywood rebel du jour, he's Balenciaga's fashion maestro. Now old friends Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Ghesquiere are working together on their first collaboration.
Kristen Stewart isn't one of those girls who sprays perfume in the air and then spins around in its mist. The world's favorite vampire has too much bite for the softly, softly approach to applying scent. "Fragrance is feral," she says, rubbing her chest provocatively. "It's sexual, it's about your skin."
In real life, Stewart is a world away from the gawky teenager that Twilight fans have come to know and love. Stewart seems to have a highly developed rebellious streak.
Considering the amount of waiting around and general celeb revenrence that has been involved in getting my dictaphone in front of her, I'm pretty surprised Stewart is talking about being sexual at all. If that wasn't enough, she says 'f***' and 'c***' all the time, too. Inside, I'm rubbing my hands with glee ('She swears!'), but I remain poker-faced. In the sweltering Parisian heat, on a plush couch, in the plushes suite of the city's plushest hotel, I am not going to be the one who loses her cool factor.
Stewart and her expletives aside, there is someone else in the room making up this rather fabulous tête a-trois: Nicholas Ghesquiere. Better known as Mr. Balenciaga, he also happens to be my fashion hero and, if I'm going to keep my cool in front of anyone, it's going to be him. To be clear, I'm not usually so hung up on the notion of 'cool', but it becomes a recurring theme during our chat about the new Balenciaga fragrance, Florabotanica, to which Stewart has lent her face.
For the record, both agree that fearlessness is the key to cool. "It's about being on the edge of something-about not taking the easy route," says Stewart, the girl who found international mega-fame as a teenager. "To be cool is not to be crippled by yourself," she adds, lest anyone dare assume that her brisk confidence isn't the genuine article.
As for Ghesquiere, well, he's so cool he is able to pay a compliment and talk definitions. "What's cool is bravery and to be very fashionable - and that is very Kristen." I quickly realise two things: 1) I am not very cool; 2) despite the oppressive heat, the temperature in the room (myself excluded) is sub-zero.
Not only are Stewart and Ghesquiere untouchably (sorry to be repetitive) cool, they share the same piercing eyes ( hers emerald, his sea blue) and are also proper friends. Genuine, real-life friendship is a rarity in the world of celebrity match-ups, so the conversation flows easily. They finish each other's sentences, they have in-jokes and they giggle like a pair of carefree lovers.
The pair met on a Bruce Weber shoot in 2004, "It was a journey," says Ghesquiere of their first conversation. "Ever since that first moment I have never forgotten her. It was a curiosity to interact with Kristen. You can't imagine anyone would ever forget her - she has a strong tendency to dominate the room."
"You meet someone and you recognise them. you f****** recognise them," says Stewart. Observing them interact is like watching an extremely stylish version of Tom and Jerry. And from what I can gather, it's this Jerry-like fight, the rebellion I talked about earlier, that made Stewart the perfect new Balenciaga muse.
The fact that she had no idea about the house's heritage (Cristobal Balenciaga was Spain's answer to Christian Dior) was rather unexpected but, in the context of its futuristic place in today's fashion world, hardly surprising.
Ghesquiere approached the process of perfume-making in the same way he does his mainline collections. Old meets new, "a hybrid," he says. "I tries not to try too hard. Fragrance is an emotion," he adds with conviction. "It's a smell, it's skin.You can remember someone from smelling them. I wanted it to stay emotional. When you try to control it too much, one thing will take over everything."
This is where he and Stewart differ completely. He holds something back; he lets silence, clothes, fragrance do his talking. The actress is all too aware that she is on show, and the 'on-show' Stewart can be brash and provocative. I mean, if I was the new face of Balenciaga and had the pick of the latest collection to wear, I wouldn't have chosen a neoprene vest and grubby-looking jeans for the interview.
But that's just me. The fans love her, and the brains at Balenciaga certainly aren't stupid. They want their beautiful new rose scent, in its minimalist, Mondrian-inspired bottle, to sell, and I'm guessing their target market is those savvy girls who know the brand's name, but perhaps aren't rich enough to afford one of its capacious handbags.
Stewart, therefore, is their ticket to ride, and she's happy to oblige. Because Balenciaga is cool. Seriously cool. And that's all that really matters.
When Nicholas Met Kristen
Nicholas Ghesquiere: Do you and Bella [Stewart's character in the Twilight series] dress the same?
Kristen Stewart: I always wanted Bella to be practical and unassuming, yet cooler than everyone else. We both wear lots of casual clothes. But her actual style is very far away from mine. After I'd been playing a stripper [in Welcome to the Rileys], I was definitely not wearing enough clothing. I looked back and thought, 'That's so not me,' but it was fun.
NG: What is it that you love about Balenciaga?
KS: I had seen the clothes first in fittings and gone, 'Wow', but I wasn't ready for your stuff. I especially loved the outfit I wore to the German Twilight premiere: a see-through panelled skirt over tiny shorts. I was unbelievably cool. You could literally see f****** everything.
NG: Who is stylish?
KS: A combination of Patti Smith and Brigitte Bardot.
NG: Who do you admire?
KS: I'm going to keep it personal. I'm not kissing your ass, but you, Walter Salles and Sean Penn - he has done remarkable things on and off screen.
NG: What makes you happy?
KS: I'm a miserable c***! I'm not sure if I'm most happy when I'm comfortable and content or when I'm pushing myself to the limits There are such different versions of happy. And I really appreciate both.
NG: If you weren't an actress, what would you be?
KS: I'd probably go back to school, read a lot and figure out what I should do.
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First my stitching news. Of course I forgot to get pictures of the finished products before packaging and mailing; but, I stitched 3 little house/winter scenes and made into flat-folds and one reindeer ornament.
I've also been stitching on my RR Verdure piece from last year. It's such a gorgeous piece.
We've been so busy since my last update. You ever have those times in your life when everything runs on fast-forward? You skip along and everythings calm and clean, then before you know it things are helter-skelter? Nothing tragic or can't be fixed, but everything that could disrupt my routine was saved up this year and all hit the same week.
My car had costly repairs (but GM was wonderful and reimbursed me out of warranty for every penny) my big screen TV went out (needed a lamp projection bulb - those are consumer replaceables now) ceiling fan in our office blew up (that was interesting) our daughter's car was hit in the parking lot at college (with her sitting in it - we left Orlando, FL and flew home 3 days early to see about her). Everything's good now and everything's fixed but maybe next time it could be spaced out and not hit all in the same week.
Oh -then we had rescheduled our Gulf Shores getaway cause Hurricane Ike brought in a pounding surf that deposited snowdrift like mounds of sand (truly looks like snow) so that the neighborhood where we rented a house was literally closed to traffic and evacuated. Well, we rescheduled for the end of Oct. and had a really good vacation - except our daughter called on our second night to tell us (before we saw it on CNN) that there had been a shooting in the parking lot at her dorm and 2 people were killed. While we were horrified for the families who lost their child - we were worried about the safety of our daughter. I think it was a blessing that we were away as we couldn't drive the normal 2 hours to be with her and make sure things were okay. The police stayed in the hallway of her dorm all night and the next day until they had a handle on why the shooting occurred and had made arrest. I feel so guilty for worrying about my daughter when two other families lost their innocent sons. They were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. So tragic.
On a brighter note.......here's a picture of Don and I in Gulf Shores. The sun was so bright and most of the time the wind wasn't too bad. And the water - it was warm enough to walk in and so clear it sparkled.
We had the beach to ourselves and took long walks. On one of those walks we were lucky to be walking right at the shore line and the sun was behind us and with the crystal clear water, I looked out about 5 feet from shore and saw a group of sting-rays. Not real big ones (they were maybe 18 inches with their wings extended?) It's a good guess as the next day we saw one of them dead on the beach so I had to check. LOL Anyway, there were maybe 10-12 of them in the group and they were absolutely beautiful. So graceful like they floated through the water with their winglets furling and unfurling as they went. They didn't go fast, watching them was like in slow motion.
I got up each morning to see the sunrise. What gorgeous colors - as everyone knows, my favorite palette. Check out in the dark part of the picture - that's the sand mounds left from Hurricane Ike. They are still scooping it up and dump trucks full make the circle down to the beach to dump it. They were very nice and made all their noise working in other areas so we had mostly peace and quiet during out stay.
And a little later at sunrise..... You can see the oil platforms out in the Gulf they were lit up at night, actually very pretty. These pictures were taken from the deck of our rental home. Such beautiful colors at sunrise.
Here's a picture directly in front of the house of the sunset.
It was a perfect getaway and I can't wait to go back next year. Hopefully a couple of weeks earlier when the weather is just a tad warmer.
Thanks for visiting my blog - enjoy the upcoming holiday season and give all your kids big hugs just because. Whether they want them or not.


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Today I will demonstrate how to make these little-girl bibs. This pattern is a quick and easy sewing project -- just follow the simple instructions below. At the end of the post you will discover how you can request the pattern. As you can see from the photo above, one can make a variety of bibs using the same cotton fabric or contrasting fabrics.
- Cut two "front side panels" from any 100% cotton fabric
- Cut one "front middle panel" from any 100% cotton fabric
- Cut one "bib back" from any 100 % cotton fabric
- Cut two strips of 100% cotton fabric 2" x 14" for the ruffle
- Cut one "bib back" from 100% cotton quilt batting (I recommend "Warm & Natural")
- Three itty-bitty buttons
- Thread
- Snap (Option: Velcro)
- Note: Seam allowances change throughout the project, so pay special attention to that detail.
Before you begin sewing:
1.) Preparing the ruffle: Fold the 2" x 14" pieces in half lengthwise and press. Then make tiny marks (or mark with a pin) on the unfinished edges of the strips 3.5", 7" and 10.5" from one end (see below). The markings on the ruffle divide the ruffle into quarters, which will enable you to distribute the fabric evenly on the front side panels.
The Ruffle:
1.) Pin unfinished edge of ruffle to front side panel at both ends. Place the middle of the ruffle (the 7" mark) at the middle of the side panel, distribute the fabric evenly at the 3.5" and 10.5" marks.
2.) Very important... Make sure the top folded edge of the ruffle meets the edge of the side panel as shown with the arrow in the photo below...
3.) Continue distributing the fabric evenly. Don't be afraid to use a lot of pins -- this will make tiny little tucks which will be more appealing than larger ruffles.
4.) When you are finished pinning the ruffle to the side panel you can either sew a straight line 1/4" from the edge of the seam to tack the ruffle in place, or, if you are a more accomplished sewer, you can simply lay the middle panel over the ruffle and pins and pin all three layers together and sew. If you keep the pins in place on the ruffle, sew the layers together very slowly to avoid breaking your sewing machine needle. ;o)
5.) Use a 1/2 inch seam allowance to sew the middle panel to the ruffle and side panel.
6.) Remove all the pins and press the seam toward the middle panel...
7.) Repeat steps 1-6 to complete the second ruffle and side panel. Then stay-stitch around the neck 1/8" from edge (as illustrated below) to tack the ruffle and seams in place...
8.) The front of your bib is complete...
Attaching front to back:
1.) Now we are going to make a tasty bib sandwich with three layers of fabric. First lay the "quilt batting bib back" down. Next, lay the "bib front" right side up on top of the batting. Finally, lay the "bib back" right side down on top of the "bib front."
2.) Using a 1/4" seam allowance sew all around the bib, leaving an opening (about 3 inches) at the bottom of the bib. Trim seams to 1/8" around entire bib -- except at the 3 inch opening.
2.) Turn the bib right side out through the opening in the bottom of the bib and press. Slip-stitch the opening shut by hand.
Finishing touches:
1.) Sew little buttons onto the front of the bib approximately 1" from the top of the bib and 1" apart.
2.) Attach snap according to package instructions to the ends of the bib. (Option: Velcro can also be used.)
- 3.) Press again and you're done!
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Harry Reid Says He's Concerned PIPA Will Break The Internet, But We Must Move Forward With It, Because Of 'Jobs'
from the say-what-now? deptIn a short appearance on Meet the Press on Sunday, Senate leader Harry Reid continued to insist that the Senate intended to move forward with PIPA, despite the widespread concerns, despite the White House's statement against the bill, and despite multiple Senators -- including bill co-sponsors -- asking him to hold off putting the bill to a vote.
Next he claims that he's working with Senator Feinstein on this, since she's "in the middle" of the issue, representing both Northern and Southern California, where the issue is loudest. This would be the same Senator Feinstein who is so tone deaf to what's happening in her own state, that just weeks ago she insisted that she didn't know the tech industry was upset about the bill.
But the really stunning part? After these bizarre claims, he says, of those who have complained about the bill:
"I think they're right. I think it could create some problems. That's why I've spoken Senator Leahy, the Chairman of the Committee. I've written a letter to the ranking member Senator Grassley, saying that some issues have come up. I think this needs to be a winner for everyone -- not just for the content people.... so we need to work on this."But then he still insists that they're going forward with the bill! He notes that he's expecting a "manager's amendment" from Leahy -- but Leahy has already said that the manager's amendment is just going to delay the implementation of the DNS issues. If Senator Reid really wants to make sure the bill is a "winner for everyone" then shouldn't we take some time to make sure that everyone's happy? It's doubly concerning that he appears to think these issues "just came up" in the past few weeks. That shows that he's totally and completely out of touch on the many months that people were speaking out against the problems of this bill. If anything that's even more reason to delay things, since Reid himself is admitting he's totally ignorant of the many, many, many problems that people have been discussing for months now.
It's such a politician's response: he pretends that he's in agreement with the concerns of everyone... but then immediately admits he's ignoring those concerns and pushing forward with a bad bill, which he clearly never understood, and which it appears he just found out there was criticism around, despite the fact it's been going on for months. Everything in this statement points to reasons not to vote on the bill on the 24th, and yet he wants to move forward with it. It's just stunning.
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During a standup routine in New York City on Saturday, Morgan took the time to address the recent controversy he started, saying it was ridiculous that he, a 42 year old, was homophobic. "My father was the lead singer in the Village People," Morgan began. "The Indian was my godfather."
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Those familiar with the history of the World Trade Organization (WTO) may also recall its long-stalled negotiations over the Doha Development Agenda (DDA or simply "Doha). Last month, a bloc of developed nations led a charge to finally dismantle those talks and allow the WTO to move forward on addressing different agendas. While this call to new action has received challenges by developing nations — led chiefly by India — the United States and the European Union have both called for the WTO to start work on "new issues" pertaining to international trade.
While somewhat more mild in its views, according to Live Mint, China also joined the chorus calling for change by proposing a "solidarity work programme" to address a number of "very relevant new issues such as e-commerce and investment."
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The U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman said after the meeting that a consensus had evolved around adopting "new approaches." While these "new approaches" remain unclear, analysts believe it would involve eliminating the special treatment given to developing countries.
European Union trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom suggested new issues the WTO could take up in this post-Doha era, such as electronic commerce (or "e-commerce"), digital trade, investment, and domestic farm subsidies.
India opposes the focus on new issues, lobbying instead for completion of the Doha negotiations at once. Unfortunately, the Doha round of talks began in 2001 and, at the time of their dismantling, nearly 15 years had passed without successful resolution. India sees the new agenda as an attempt by industrialized nations to usurp the WTO. In response to ending the DDA round, India has begun working on its own agreements outside of the WTO. Much as China has recently opened its own organization to rival the World Bank, many believe India may soon attempt to do something similar with the WTO.


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These antidepressants are newer (second-generation)
antidepressants and tend to have fewer side effects than older
(first-generation) antidepressants such as
tricyclic antidepressants and
monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).
Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) also are
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Bupropion, duloxetine, mirtazapine,
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You take these medicines alone or with another
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Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
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Bupropion may trigger
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eating disorders.
When you stop using venlafaxine, side effects can
include dizziness, nausea, headache, abnormal touch sensation or tingling
(paresthesia), vomiting, irritability, and
makes bleeding more likely in the upper gastrointestinal tract (stomach and
esophagus). Taking venlafaxine with NSAIDs (such as Advil or Aleve) makes
bleeding even more likely. Taking medicines that control acid in the stomach
may help.1
Common side effects of these medicines include:
More serious side effects are rare but can include liver
problems (particularly in people who drink a lot of alcohol), increased blood
mania or hypomania, seizures, and mydriasis (pupil
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When you stop using duloxetine, side effects can include
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vomiting, irritability, and nightmares.
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can cause dizziness, anxiety, fatigue, and headache. If you and your doctor
decide you can quit using medicine, gradually reduce the dose over several
You may start to feel better within 1 to 3 weeks of taking
antidepressant medicine. But it can take as many as 6 to 8 weeks to see more
improvement. If you have questions or concerns about your medicines, or if you
do not notice any improvement by 3 weeks, talk to your doctor.
As with other antidepressants, these medicines should not be used along
with monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) because serious, sometimes fatal,
reactions can occur. To avoid serious reactions, wait at least 14 days after
ending an MAOI treatment before beginning treatment with any one of these
antidepressant medicines.
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manic episode. If you have bipolar disorder, your doctor may prescribe them
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Women who use this medicine during pregnancy have a slightly higher chance of having a baby with birth defects. If you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant, you and your doctor must weigh the risks of using this medicine against the risks of not treating your condition.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsAbajo FJ, Garcia-Rodriguez LA (2008). Risk of upper
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The "Jersey Shore's" Sammi "The Sweetheart" Giancola is being called anything but sweet after an altercation in a South Beach Club has her in quite a situation.
The 22-year-old star of the hit MTV show could be hit with assault charges after a May 8 dust up at Club Dream on South Beach, according to the attorneys for the victim released Tuesday.
Sporting a black eye, 24-year-old Kristen DeMinco held a press conference to discuss her clash with the "Jersey Shore" cast member.
DeMinco was partying in the VIP at Dream with a few of her friends to celebrate a birthday when the Jersey crew and cameras were allowed through the velvet rope. Eventually the two parties started mingling and everything was cool, until DeMinco started talking to an unidentified man.
That's when Giancola appeared out of no where to confront DeMinco.
"She just said 'That's my boyfriend,'" DeMinco said while standing in front of the Miami Beach Police Department.
Then, Giancola allegedly punched DeMinco in the left side of her face twice and then in the head before being pulled away. DeMinco said her head was swollen for several days and her left eye was swollen shut.
"I think she was jealous or whatever. I just wanted to get away from her," she said. "I think MTV encourages this."
After that fight, the self-described "Guidos and Guidettes" got into yet another altercation, and were thrown out of the club, DeMinco's attorneys said.
"If you go around encouraging young people to beat other people up, you are in a part of a criminal enterprise because it is a crime to beat people up," attorney Justin Beckham said.
Miami Beach Police said they did receive a 911 call from DeMinco in which she told the dispatcher that she had some bruises from the assault. She was told to come in to the station a file an official report, but she never showed up.
DeMinco and her attorneys filled out the report today before the press conference. It's unclear if charges will be filed.
DeMinco and her attorneys also announced they will file a civil lawsuit in the case as well. They claim the fight is a regular pattern by MTV to boost ratings for the show. MTV has declined comment on the issue.
The Sammi incident is just one of several run-ins the "Shore" kids have had since they decided to film parts of the second season of their show in Miami. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi got into a drink-throwing, food-tossing fight at Ocean's 10 in Miami back in April.
DeMinco said she signed a waiver before the camera crews came into the VIP that permitted her party to be filmed. That could throw a wrench in her civil suit if it is the same contract most South Beach clubs ripped up when asked to be filmed by MTV for the show.
The controversial contract allows the "Jersey Shore" cast members to do pretty much anything to anyone in the establishment without being held responsible. that includes being berated and punched in the face unprovoked.
DeMinco, who has been in Miami for only six months, said she is contemplating leaving as long as the Jersey Crew is in town.
"I think they need to learn a lesson that you can't just go around hitting people," she said. "I just hope that it stops."
EDITOR'S NOTE: Our story Tuesday on the "Jersey Shore" alleged assault erroneously attributed information to the State Attorney's Office. All information came from the attorneys for Kristen DeMinco.


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Human Rights Watch released a major multimedia report on Syria today, and the ill-treatment and torture it reveals easily resemble crimes against humanity.
The report is based on more than 200 interviews conducted with former detainees and defectors since the beginning of anti-government demonstrations in Syria in March 2011.
According to Ole Solvang, emergencies researcher at HRW:
The intelligence agencies are running an archipelago of torture centers scattered across the country. By publishing their locations, describing the torture methods, and identifying those in charge we are putting those responsible on notice that they will have to answer for these horrific crimes.
Unfortunately, the atrocities in Syria have received scant attention from global media. So in the absence of a KONY-esque video that could rally the world against human rights abuses, we'll have to be satisfied instead with a (surprisingly compelling) interview with HRW's Nadim Houry.


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