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Neurobics, the unique new science of brain exercises
Based on the latest scientific research from leading neurobiology labs around the world - including what Dr. Katz was pioneering in his lab at the Dept of Neurobiology in the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. The deceptively simple exercise program is the first and only program scientifically based on the brain's ability to produce natural growth factors called neurotrophins that help fight off the effects of mental aging. Neurobic exercises use your five physical senses and your emotional sense in unexpected ways and encourage you to shake up your everyday routines. Neurobics don't require paper and pen or isolating yourself with puzzles. Everyday life is the Neurobic Brain gym. They can be done anywhere, anytime in offbeat, fun and easy ways while you're getting up, commuting, working, eating, shopping or relaxing. They are designed to help the brain manufacture its own nutrients that strengthen, preserve and grow brain cells.Something as simple as closing your eyes and using your other senses of touch, smell and spatial memory to unlock your door, enter your home at the end of the day and find your way to the coat closet and answering machine is a typical Neurobic exercise.
What happens in your brain while you're doing this becomes exercise because different, underused nerve pathways and connections get activated. The result is the production of a kind of natural brain fertilizer that strengthens nerve connections and helps them and your nerve cell receivers (dendrites) stay younger and stronger. And the benefit of that is a fit and flexible mind ready to meet any mental challenge whether it be remembering a name or where your car keys are or mastering a new computer program or staying creative in your work.
When three of the George Washington Bridge's lanes in New York, New Jersey were closed down in 2013, traffic was almost at a complete standstill. That's exactly what happens to your brain's memory lanes when you don't keep your brain's nerve cell lanes open and healthy.
Each of your senses – vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch have their own sections in your brain. When you use a sense you're sending electrical activity along all the pathways or lanes to that sense's home and that is what exercises those lanes…helping to keep them fit and flexible and usable. If you close some of those neuronal lanes you can really slow things up.
And today in this fast moving world (unlike years ago) we mostly use only two senses – vision and hearing (you're only using one of them at this moment unless you have something with audio in the background). So all the other lanes to your other three sense's homes get closed down.
By relying mostly on sight and sound in your daily life you have three whole sections of your neuronal lanes leading to your memory bookcases in your brain that have their toll booths closed. This prevents you from sending information into or out of your brain easily or efficiently. So if you don't consciously use all your senses, you create a mental traffic jam and think "Oh My Gosh! I'm losing it!"
Well, happily, this Neurobic system is a simple, natural way to help keep those mental toll booths open so your neuronal lanes stay fit, flexible and ready for traffic.
Based on worldwide neuroscience discoveries including Dr. Katz's own breakthrough research at Duke University's Department of Neuroscience, NEUROBICS, the new science of brain exercises uses simple, do it yourself, and fun, lifestyle activities that don't require computers or DVDs or videos. Daily life is the NEUROBIC gym. Computer or video so-called brain exercises simply teach you do do a task faster using once again only your vision and sometimes your hearing senses. Same old, same old. All your other lanes are getting nothing just like in the Ft. Lee traffic jam last year.
It's simple but it works both to keep your brain's pathways active and to actually help create brain food molecules in your brain called neurotrophins.
We're living and working longer than ever before and as we age we keep adding more and info into our brains. Many of you have learned to exercise your bodies to stay physically fit. But if you don't do the same for your brains to keep mentally fit you're losing out. NEUROBICS is to the brain as swimming is to the body - a way to keep all parts fit and flexible.


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"Luke, I am your father," is perhaps one of the most famous lines ever in cinematic history. It has been said by nearly anyone with the ability to speak — except for 23-year-old Carlos, who had no clue that Skywalker's old man was Darth Vadar. Thankfully, when his friends discovered this they decided to make an event of it.
His reaction, which is definitely NSFW, is rather priceless. And while it wasn't ours when we first watched the film at the age of 10, we think his is a bit more entertaining.
Okay, so Carlos isn't a 'Star Wars' nerd. At least he's up to par now. We can only imagine how absurdly difficult it was trying to keep people from spoiling the film's twist all these years.
And Carlos, we hate to break it to you, but Princess Leia is Luke's sister. Yep, it's true.
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The Lazy Hummingbird Coffee and Teahouse in Ocean Beach was aflutter Thursday night with music, elixir-making demonstrations, music, and raw chocolate fueled dancing for a fundraiser benefiting Jeans4Justice, a nonprofit organization striving to end sexual violence. Herbalist Michael Paul concocted herbal raw chocolate macaroons and a seed-milk based elixir full of vitamins, minerals, and herbs. About 10 ingredients into the Vita-mixed creation I started to wonder how the combination of such good-for-me-additions like powdered spirulina and ground manzanita could meld into a luscious dessert like drink. Minutes later I was sipping a delicious chocolate-infused shake.
Music by Vicious Phishes, Dillon and Jen, and harpist Amanda Odish rounded out the evening and inspired folks young and old to shake a leg for the cause.
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Sigma-Aldrich Corporation Release: SAFC Enters South Korean BioPharma Market With CrystalGenomics Agreement
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) today announced that its custom manufacturing and services business unit, SAFC® (www.safcglobal.com), has signed an agreement with Seoul, South Korea-based CrystalGenomics to support the development of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for next-generation non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). The agreement represents SAFC's premier pre-formulation services contract into the growing South Korean pharmaceutical market.
CrystalGenomics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery and development of innovative drugs based on structural chemoproteomics, a technology designed to accelerate drug discovery. The company is developing three clinical stage candidates. The lead program is a next-generation NSAID for osteoarthritis and is in phase 3 development. In addition to next-generation NSAID, the company is developing multiple novel candidates in various stages of development for various therapeutic areas with focus on inflammation, oncology, CNS and infection.
Per the agreement, CrystalGenomics will employ SAFC's Pharmorphix® Pre-formulation Technology services which are based in Cambridge, UK, to enable understandings of the physical properties of APIs. The services can also aid in determining the selection of optimal crystallization processes, ensure batch-to-batch consistency in manufacturing and help to maintain efficacy and patient safety.
"Our expertise in the pre-formulation of pharmaceuticals has allowed us to engage with CrystalGenomics through this agreement and to introduce our unique technologies to the South Korea market," said SAFC President, Gilles Cottier. "As the drug discovery and development process becomes increasingly complex and expensive, we feel that our pre-formulation services are well-positioned to help pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies around the globe to accelerate their pipelines."
To learn more about the latest advances in SAFC's pre-formulation services, visit
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About SAFC: SAFC, the custom manufacturing and services business unit of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, is recognized as a top 10 global specialty chemicals and biologics supplier. As a trusted manufacturer for the life science and high technology industries, SAFC works closely with customers to resolve development challenges and accelerate the product pipeline utilizing its global "Centers of Excellence" and dedicated manufacturing facilities. Its rich portfolio includes high-purity inorganic materials for high technology applications, critical raw materials and extensive biologics safety testing services for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, and complex, high-potent APIs and key intermediates for pharmaceutical manufacturing. For more information, visit www.safcglobal.com.
About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company whose biochemical, organic chemical products, kits and services are used in scientific research, including genomic and proteomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical, diagnostics and high technology manufacturing. Sigma-Aldrich customers include more than 1.3 million scientists and technologists in life science companies, university and government institutions, hospitals and industry. The Company operates in 38 countries and has nearly 9,100 employees whose objective is to provide excellent service worldwide. Sigma-Aldrich is committed to accelerating customer success through innovation and leadership in Life Science and High Technology. For more information about Sigma-Aldrich, visit www.sigma-aldrich.com.
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Three of the most important things startups need to focus on / demonstrate if they are raising money, want to grow or just plain want to be successful:
1. Gaining customers (or if no proof of concept then a list of qualified customers)
2. Showing they know how to grow their business
3. Demonstrating profitability and ROI
These points may sound easy to achieve and you may be saying to yourself, ho hum, I don't need to read further.
Point number 3 – Demonstrating profitability and ROI. A lot of startups get lost here. They don't realize that you have to invest/spend money in order to make money – Lie #4 – I have to show a profit before I can market. Investors (and actually the company owners should feel this way too) are looking to see if you're profitable or when you are predicting profitability (break even and beyond). And tossing some money out willy-nilly at marketing efforts will never bring ROI into your company…you have to be strategic in how you market.
Here's some definitions and formulas for calculating ROI and profitability:
Sandra Holtzman teaches CEO 035: Licensing.
She is the author of Lies Startups Tell Themselves to Avoid Marketing.


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Last night, 22 year old Cory Hubbard was crossing the street in College Park Maryland when he was struck by a car and killed. The driver is yet to be caught. Let's try and identify the car.
The car that is being sought has been described as a dark colored sedan. It is believed that it would have front end damage. The sedan is at the bottom of the photo above.
What do you think it is?
Per the local Fox affiliate, if you recognize the vehicle, you're asked to call Prince George's County Police investigators at 301-731-4422, or Crime Stoppers at 1-866-411-TIPS. A cash reward is being offered in the case, and callers may remain anonymous.


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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:11 pm
Post subject: maui beg/inter beaches?
Im looking at pictures online of kahana and hookipa and it kinda looks too wavy for me...
Anything less crazy, similar to the bay area?Thanks
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:23 pm
Post subject: RE: maui beg/inter beaches?
Kihei has what youre looking for, it rarely has anything over 1 ft. Kanaha can be good too. It has a channel thats often clear of waves (unless the surf is big, then the wierd wave can break across it. Ask a local where the channel and wierd wave is). The Kanaha webcam is actually at Sprecks.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:01 am
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I was asking myself the same question and looking on iwindsurf description of both Kanaha and Kihei, I think Kanaha (inside the reef) is the best place for beginner/intermediate.
Kihei may have flat water, but they say the wind is offshore and the reef is very close to the shore and quite shallow... if you do not have enough experience and do not know the area, you can easilly break your fin and - worse - fall on the reef and hurt yourself...
Also, they say that at Kihei, once you are out, there are chances that the wind dies...
All this assuming that you have the normal wind from NE...
Other directions can change the situation as carl was mentioning to me a few threads earlier (housing at northshore) - thanks for that carl!
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:46 pm
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When you say beg/intermediate Im not exactly sure what skill level that is. If you dont have a solid and I mean SOLID waterstart both directions you can get yourself into trouble either place,Kanaha or Kihei.Especially if its a typical 25kt +/- day.You dont need to know how to jibe but you should be sailing in the footstraps and be able to sail a shortboard planing upwind, and waterstart in swell and chop. Now if you have very marginal skills in this area you can practice these skills at upper Kanaha in the bay where the locals teach. If you sail at upper Kanaha and I dont mean Uppers( thats another break far out and up from the beach area)but at the upper Kanaha parking lot area there is a perfect area where you can get a taste of whats out there and get back safely. There is also a life gaurd station w/jet ski right on the beach. Dont sail out unless you are with a friend or have someone onshore who will be be looking out for you.Dont let any of this discourage you from sailing in Maui. Its a life changing expierience for sure. After you go you will always be thinking about returning.Ive been sailing there for 16 years and Mauis always on my mind. Go and be smart about your sailing and be honest . Tell the people at the rental shops what your sailing ability is and they will help you make the right choices. Ive rented from them all and you cant really go wrong with any of them. Go for it.....WS
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:09 pm
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That info about Kihei needs some clarification. You can hit the reefs in alot of places in north or south shore, especially with a big fin. Its best to ask the locals where the problems are.
Most Kihei sailing is done at Maipoina Oe Lau Beach Park (find on yahoo maps). At Maipoina the reef is about 75 yards out and is usually about hip deep so unless you have a formula fin, youre fine there, even at low tide. Down wind from from the park, the reef is very shallow closer to shore. Theres some lava rocks on the beach there for a reference point. Launch and land at the park and youre fine.
Beginners should stay inside the reef or goto the cove at Kanaha.
Maui Sunset is also sailed in Kihei (behind M.S. condos) its more shallow and probably should be sailed around high tide until you know the reef. Its a popular kite spot also.
The wind is usually side shore at both spots. The more east the wind direction is, the more off shore it gets (and is unsailable if its too east). Its similar to Candlestick in SF Bay, if youve sailed there. The chop can be a bit bigger further out though.
If you dont go too far out, Kiheis fairly safe for waterstarting intermediates.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:32 pm
Post subject: RE: maui beg/inter beaches?
I was at Kanaha last May and actually got skunked for about a week. After that the wind came up but I found that the roped off area around the swimming area always seemed to do me in. I would put in up wind of it and wind up down wind of it.
Although prepared to submit to the walk of shame, I couldnt as the pool area was in the way and went out to a water depth above my head.
Putting in way above this swimming area kind of worked but all in all I found the place a bit of a pain.
Margarita though was great with a nice sandy bottom and waist deep water for about 200-300 yards.
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:49 am
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Ok one last suggestion. Take a lesson. The first day you are on the island sign up for a lesson, you will learn alot and find out all the tricks to the launches. Once you gain confidence the launches mentioned Kihei and Kanaha are not much different than SF Bay sailing.
I have been to Maui several times and love it, but if I could do the first trip over again I would certainly start with a lesson. It is money well spent and will let you have more fun sailing a new place.
Cheers, Tim
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:53 pm
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carl, perhaps there are kihei spots that are more friendly than say, sugar beach. that is where I always sailed. my opinion of kihei is that it is a int/adv sailing spot. side-off and gusty. wicked chop and deep blue scary (far tack).
dont get me wrong, I always had a great time there, just not sure I would recommend kihei to anyone that cant waterstart reliably, and sail fairly choppy conditions.
also my experiences with kihei is that the wind can be unreliable as well. very on/off.
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:26 am
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Totally agree with Spyder, waterstarting ability is a must at Kihei or Kanaha. Definatly take a lesson if youre having trouble with it.
The original poster sails SF bay where waterstarting ability is really a requirement too, unless youre staying in a protected cove.
Ive never seen anyone launch at Sugar Beach in the last 7-8 years. It would be quite off shore there and probably shadows from all the condos. Most now sail at Maipoina park where its more sideshore. Its about a mile down the beach from S.B.
In the winter the chop seems much worse at Kanaha than Kihei (unless theres a storm with strong kona wind). The bigger waves churn up the water inside the reef at Kanaha.
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:14 am
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i was chuckling at your post Ive never seen anyone launch at Sugar Beach in the last 7-8 years
I feel quite dated... you are totally right..I have been on Oahu since 2000. and prior to that I was in SF Bay for about 5 years. Its probably been 7 years since I have been to Sugar Beach.
Living on Oahu has killed any desire to travel to outer islands. Ive been to Maui exactly 2 times in 6 years, both times did not sail or kite.
So.. lots has happened on Kihei side I am sure.
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The Duffy 37 is the newest boat in our fleet. The first hull came out in October 1999. Like all of our boats, the 37 is a built down, full keel lobster boat designed by Spencer Lincoln. The 37 is a slightly larger version of the Duffy 35 with some changes to the under body to increase speed and fuel efficiency. Because it is still a built down hull, the 37 performs much like the proven 35, but allows for faster speeds, more open layouts, greater carrying capacity and better head room.
We offer the 37 in both work boat (main bulk head at 22') and cruiser (main bulkhead at 20') configurations. This allows for more deck space on work boats or more room down forward on cruisers. Sport fishermen can go either way depending on their priorities. We custom build the 37 from the ground up allowing for a large variety of layouts and configurations. Some "standard" layouts are shown on the left side of this page; please contact us to discuss other options.
To date, the 37 has been launched in several versions, including commercial lobster boats, commercial tuna boats, flybridge cruisers, flybridge sport fishing boats, and picnic boats. As of this writing (October 2004) 31 hulls have been built.
We recommend engines from 300hp to 500hp. In some applications engines of up to 650 hp have been installed resulting in speeds over 30 knots. Engines around 400hp are producing cruising speeds, depending on weight, in the 18 to 20 knot range. Several new engines are now available (from Yanmar, Cummins, Cat, & Volvo) from 480 to 540 HP which will produce cruise speeds in light to mid-weight boats in the 25 Knot range.
We have been very pleased with the performance of this hull. She has the sea keeping of the built down style hulls and speed capabilities matching or exceeding any of the newer generation lobster boat hulls.
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Oakland County residents have been combating invasive weeds in their lakes for a while, but now it appears the same old tricks don't do the job anymore.
The unwelcomed presence of Eurasian Watermilfoil and Starry Stonewort have come back with a bite due in part to winter conditions that helped them spread.
Now lake communities are realizing that they must take greater action to stop these hybrid weeds from taking over their lake.
Aquatic Ecologist Doug Pullman, Ph.D has worked with many lake communities in Oakland County conducting lake scans, collecting data and removing the weeds.
"Now, more than ever, we need to take a more informed approach to managing these lakes," said Pullman.
The infestation of this pest is growing and not only damages the biology of a lake but also lowers property values. In extreme cases, boats will be unable to navigate around the lake and could cause possible damage to boats.
Pullman added that winter favors the growth of a plant like Eurasian Watermilfoil. He said the terrible winter Michigan just overcame actually nurtured weed growth.
Eurasian Watermilfoil is a fast growing weed that has negatively impacted almost every state in the country. During a recent Upper Straits Clean Lake Association meeting at Orchard Lake City Hall, Pullman said he suspects Eurasian and Hybrid Milfoil in Upper Straits Lake, giving it the name "Ebrid."
Starry Stonewort causes similar problems. Pullman said it can take over a lake faster than Milfoil and is more unpredictable. Starry Stonewort is an algae that forms dense mats in the water, and although it lacks roots, it still can become a big problem and must be managed quickly, he said.
"Milfoil is going to capitalize as a big disturbance," said Pullman. "A winter like that, gives it an edge."
Pullman suggested the use of herbicides as an effective solution. A natural herbicide would be target specific and would not deter the lake's ecosystem. Just harvesting, Pullman said, is not entirely effective.
"It's a plant that doesn't harvest well, because you can't keep up with it," said Pullman. "It's just a stinker of a plant. Herbicides just kill the plants, and it can have a negative (slight) effect on other organisms, but they can bounce back. In the end, it's better for all for the native plants and animals."
Tipsico Lake was one of the first lakes to receive treatment and one of the first, Pullman said, to resist some of the herbicides.
Paul Gambka, Rose Township Supervisor and Tipsico Lake Improvement Board Chairman, said Tipsico Lake, about 300 acres, has been infested with Eurasian Milfoil since 1991 and has been treating it with herbicides ever since. He said the community spends about $65,000 per year treating the lake. Lakefront homeowners pay around $450 per year.
"Well a lot of people don't want to pay for it," said Gambka. "But if you do not treat the lake, it will destroy the lake."
Gambka also said the lake would not have survived if it had not been treated in 1991.
"The entire lake would have turned into a swamp," said Gambka. "If this goes unchecked, you won't even be able to get a boat on it."
He also mentioned that getting the permit from the Department of Environmental Quality to use herbicides takes a while and cost them $1,500.
"The DEQ is as much of a problem as the weeds," said Gambka. "The DEQ is constantly trying to cut the herbicide use, but they forget that this is a foreign invader. We have terrible people that we are dealing with."
DEQ Environmental Quality Analyst Lisa Huberty said that the DEQ does not have any particular stance on the issue of chemical treatment and that they only give permits out that abide by specific and strict rules. Although the grounds for denial are strict, Huberty said that almost everyone gets approved.
"We get more than 2,500 applications annually," said Huberty. "It is extremely rare for someone to get denied. There must be a big problem to get denied."
During the Orchard Lake meeting, lakefront owners said that they wanted to make the use of herbicides a likable option among their neighbors.
Mark Burnett, a board director for Shady Beach Heights, Upper Straits lakefront home owner, and association website manager, was the first of many at the meeting to volunteer.
Orchard Lake Mayor Jackie Beach said that the USCLA board should not be discouraged by the lack of responses from their 41 lakefront neighbors. She elaborated on this point in a phone interview.
"People that would be against it would have showed up to the meetings," said Beach. "Lake people understand that something needs to be done."


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Kansas goes gun crazy
The concept would be laughable if there weren't so many people taking it seriously.
The idea is that states have the right under the 10th Amendment to unilaterally reject federal laws on issues not expressly reserved for the federal government in the Constitution. It's an old idea -- it had a lot of currency among segregationists during the Civil Rights era -- and has been debunked by the Supreme Court.
Nevertheless, the Kansas Legislature last year turned that empty-headed theory into law, adopting what it called the Second Amendment Protection Act (as if the National Rifle Association and the Supreme Court weren't already doing that).
The law exempts guns made in Kansas -- and that remain in the state -- from all federal gun control laws, and makes it a felony for a federal official to enforce them. That includes laws requiring serial numbers and background checks as well as laws barring the sale of handguns to minors and the sale of firearms to violent domestic abusers.
Some two dozen other states have similar laws or are contemplating their own versions. Kansas argues that guns that don't cross state borders fall outside the federal government's authority to regulate interstate commerce under the Constitution.
Courts have already rejected that argument.
Last week, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence asked a federal judge to strike down Kansas' law; barring an unimaginable upending of decades of precedent, the challenge will prevail. (U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has threatened to challenge the law as well, though he has not done so yet.) The legal argument is dead. So why are so many state legislators wasting public time and money on these efforts?
So that politicians can strut before their constituents and claim they stood up to the federal government over gun rights - rights, by the way, that the backers of these laws believe are enshrined in the very Constitution they seek to subvert. The campaign manager for Sam Brownback, the onetime presidential contender and current Kansas governor, has already sent out a reelection fundraising letter built around the cynically manipulative claim that the Brady Center is suing Brownback for "defending the Constitution."
There is no defensible foundation for these laws, which are destined for the dustbin. Still, states push, wasting time and taxpayer money. Kansas' attorney general has estimated it will cost the state $625,000 to defend it.
Legislators who take up these doomed measures violate their oaths of office, which include a pledge to uphold the U.S. Constitution. It's troubling that cynical politicians play such silly and expensive games. And that voters credit such bankrupt arguments.
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While the only fightin' action at the New York Auto Show was brief, loud and lame, two booth professionals at the Shanghai Auto Show threw down, sending one to a hospital. Even China's auto-show fights are more interesting.
Huang Ying, on the left, was preparing for her appearance in a dressing room last week when model Lan Miao Miao spilled coffee on Huang's garment. According to Huang, Lan demanded an apology and threw Huang Ying's bag on the floor; when Huang gave her a stare instead, Lan Miao Miao showed she was from the streets, throwing Huang Ying to the floor and kicking her.
Huang Ying suffered some cuts and bruises; no apologies have been issued from either side and lawyers are now involved. Somewhere in China, they're already printing "Team Huang Ying" T-shirts.


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Researchers examine new PTSD diagnosis criteria
Results of a study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System indicate that the proposed changes to the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will not substantially affect the number of people who meet criteria for the disorder.
Mark W. Miller, PhD, associate professor at BUSM and a clinical research psychologist at the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System served as lead author of the study, which is published online in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the handbook that defines psychiatric disorders, has been undergoing revisions for the past decade in advance of the publication of its fifth edition (DSM-5). Included in the proposed revisions are the first major changes to the PTSD diagnosis since its initial appearance in DSM-III back in 1980. These include the addition of new symptoms, revision of existing ones and a new set of diagnostic criteria.
According to DSM-IV, the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD include exposure to a traumatic event, persistent re-experiencing of the traumatic event, avoidance and emotional numbing, and persistent hyperarousal and hypervigilance. The proposed revisions for DSM-5 involve clarification regarding what constitutes a traumatic event, the addition symptoms such as self-destructive behavior and distorted blaming of oneself or others for the traumatic event and a reorganization of the diagnostic decision rules for establishing a diagnosis of PTSD.
Critics have raised concerns about the revision process, noting that some of the new symptoms are not unique to PTSD. They believe that the proposed changes could lead to a number of misdiagnoses, which could artificially increase the number of patients with the disorder.
To address this and to collect data to inform final decisions about the PTSD revision, research was initiated by the DSM-5 PTSD workgroup to see if these changes would affect the number of people diagnosed with PTSD. The researchers surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,953 American adults and a second sample of 345 U.S. military veterans. They found that most of the proposed symptom changes were supported by statistical analysis and did not substantially affect the number of people who would meet criteria for the disorder. Based in part on these findings, the workgroup responsible for the PTSD revisions are now moving forward with the proposed revisions for DSM-5.


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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's basketball team earned a hard-fought Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) home win on Saturday (Dec. 8) over the Tiffin Dragons with a 61-51 triumph at FSU's Jim Wink Arena.
The Bulldogs improved to 4-3 overall and 3-1 in league competition with the victory as they won for the second time in as many regular-season outings on their home floor this campaign. FSU previously opened the two-game homestand with a win over Ohio Dominican on Thursday.
Ferris State trailed Tiffin by a single point at halftime and the Dragons led by two points with 13:41 to play in the contest. After the Bulldogs took a six-point lead with 11:04 to go, Tiffin managed to tie the game up for the 11th time with 7:28 to go.
After the final tie, the Bulldogs closed the game with a 13-3 run to come out with the victory. The final seven-minute stretch featured six free throws in the final 2:14 by the Bulldogs and the Dragons turned the ball over three times.
Junior guard Sarah DeShone totaled only four points in the initial half for the Bulldogs, but finished with a game-high 20 points in the contest. She added six rebounds for the Bulldogs in 39 minutes of action and connected on seven-of-nine free throws.
Ferris State sophomore forward Kara Hess (Grand Rapids/Grandville) also reached double-figures with 11 points and eight rebounds in addition to three assists.
While those were the only two Bulldog players to reach double-figure scoring, FSU did receive eight points and seven rebounds from sophomore center Hannah Hoffman (Okemos). Senior guard Kylie Muntz (Dayton, Ohio) added five points, four assists and three boards while junior forward Ashley Rando (Jackson/Northwest) totaled six points, six rebounds, four steals and a blocked shot. Redshirt freshman guard Katie Mavis (St. Joseph) added six points as well to go with three rebounds and two assists.
Ferris State shot 40.7% for the day, including 46.2% in the second half. FSU was five-of-20 (25%) beyond the three-point line and 12-of-15 (80%) at the free throw line.
Meanwhile, Tiffin finished shooting 32.2% (19-59) for the afternoon and was three-of-14 (21.4%) from three-point range along with 10-of-16 (62.5%) at the stripe.
The Dragons were paced by Jillian Adams' 14 points. Jessica Harris added 13 points and 10 boards in a double-double showing while Stephanie Kelly contributed 10 points.
Ferris State turned the ball over 22 times as Tiffin held a 21-11 edge in points off turnovers despite having 18 of their own. The Dragons netted 12 steals off of FSU's turnovers with the Bulldogs finishing with seven thefts on the day.
The Bulldogs held a decisive advantage on the glass with a 48-30 rebounding margin and came up with 17 offensive boards to 14 for the visitors. FSU also had 10 assists and three blocked shots compared to Tiffin's eight assists and two blocks.
Overall, the contest featured five lead changes. FSU outscored the Dragons 28-16 inside the paint and had 11 points off the bench compared to only four for the Tiffin reserves.
With the win, the Bulldogs improved to 5-4 all-time against Tiffin and it marked FSU's second win in a row over the Dragons after knocking Tiffin out of the GLIAC Tournament last season with a semifinal-round win. TU dropped to 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the GLIAC with the setback.
The victory capped a two-game homestand for the Bulldogs as first-year head coach Colleen Lamoreaux-Tate picked up her second win inside Wink Arena.
Ferris State will play its next two games on the road to wrap up the 2012 calendar year as the Bulldogs visit Findlay on Saturday, Dec. 15, followed by a trip to Hillsdale on Monday, Dec. 17. Next Saturday's game at Findlay tips off at 3 p.m. (ET) inside Croy Gymnasium in Findlay, Ohio.
FSU's next home contest will be on Thursday, Jan. 3, when league newcomer Malone visits Wink Arena for the first time.
Women's Basketball Wins For Third Time In GLIAC Play
|Tiffin (3-4, 1-3 GLIAC)
|Ferris State (4-3, 3-1 GLIAC)
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's basketball team earned a hard-fought Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) home win on Saturday (Dec. 8) over the Tiffin Dragons with a 61-51 triumph at FSU's Jim Wink Arena.


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Moyes to warn Young about diving
Manchester United manager David Moyes intends to tell Ashley Young he does not want to see a repeat of the diving incident that led to the winger being booked against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.
Young went down following a tackle by Kagisho Dikgacoi during the first-half of the 2-0 win but TV replays showed the United wide-man had initiated the contact.
Referee Jon Moss was not fooled and promptly cautioned Young, although he later awarded a penalty when the same pair tangled again, even though some observers felt the latter incident warranted another caution.
The first was far more clear cut though and left Moyes feeling less than comfortable.
"I don't want my players diving," said Moyes.
"I don't want anybody doing it.
"The boy (Dikgacoi) definitely throws his leg out but I think Ashley has put his leg into his leg. It is not what I want."
Young has previously been in trouble for diving, although it was difficult to argue either way for the second offence, which triggered a penalty that allowed Robin van Persie to open the scoring and led to Dikgacoi's dismissal.
"I don't like the rule where every time it is the last man it means it is (a red card)," said Moyes.
"I thought it was harsh.
"If I was Ian Holloway I would be disappointed.
"OK, it might be a penalty. But I don't think the boy made a challenge to wipe him out.
"Unfortunately that is the rule."
United did not impose themselves in the manner Palace boss Ian Holloway feared and it took a late free-kick from Wayne Rooney to seal the points.
Rooney was only a confirmed starter on Friday evening after he had tried out a strange looking cushioned head guard to protect the area where he had 10 stitches following a training ground collision with Phil Jones.
"It was a difficult decision," said Moyes.
"We got the headband on Friday and we wanted to see how he felt with it. If I thought he could wear it I would try and get him out.
"He tired a little bit in the second-half but I wanted to get the 90 minutes out of him because he lacks match practice.
"It helped him towards the overall goal of getting him match sharp."
Moyes was also able to introduce £27.5million new-boy Marouane Fellaini for his debut, although the Belgian was overshadowed by fellow countryman Adnan Januzaj.
The 18-year-old unsettled the Palace defence more than any other United player and won the free-kick from which Rooney scored his first goal since March.
"I considered playing him from the start," said Moyes.
"His performance when he came on showed it would have been merited.
"He didn't looked fazed and did a lot of good things.
"He moved the ball well. He is going to be a good player."
After being hit by a two-match touchline ban and £18,000 fine following his comments after a controversial defeat to Tottenham on the opening day of the season, Holloway opted to keep his temper in check this afternoon.
His initial reaction to being asked about Young's conduct was to turn his back and declare: "I think that is safer don't you?"
Holloway then turned round and offered a more rounded assessment.
"My opinion doesn't count," he said. "I realise that now.
"All I can talk about is what led to it, which is us playing the occasion rather than the game.
"I will not get drawn into a situation where people have to make decisions and they affect me. Emotionally I am in the right place now.
"I would like to keep my money in the bank and pay for my own daughter's wedding this summer.
"I don't talk about other people's players. If you want to meet me down the pub later on I will tell you exactly what I think."


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Dividends increased almost 12% in the second quarter, according to a report released Monday by Henderson Global Investors. The firm's Global Dividend Index, which tracks global dividend trends, found overall payouts increased 11.7% to nearly $427 billion.
The index itself is up over six points to 157.8 as of the end of March, up almost 58% over 2009, the base year of the index.
Developed markets are the primary drivers of that growth, Henderson noted, especially the United States. After a "stellar" first quarter, U.S. dividends grew almost 14%, increasing in every sector except mining. In the first half of the year, payouts reached $176 billion, up over 21%.
Europe also experienced significant dividend growth, although Henderson noted companies there typically pay dividends in the second quarter. Payouts increased 18% to $153 billion.
Japan enjoyed a "record quarter," according to Henderson, increasing dividends by over 18% to $25 billion.
On the other hand, emerging market dividends fell almost 15% in the second quarter. Henderson attributed the drop to index changes and lower exchange rates.
Henderson found the first half of 2014 experienced the fastest dividend growth for a six-month period since 2011, increasing 18.4%. However, in 2011, most of that growth was the result of a weak dollar. This year, companies have been raising dividends with a "small favorable contribution" from a stronger dollar.
"In 2011, more than a third of the growth came from a falling U.S. dollar," Alex Crooke, head of global equity income at Henderson Global Investors, said in a statement. "Developed markets are leading the charge, and we expect that to continue. It's especially encouraging to see Europe and Japan delivering big increases to their shareholders, after lagging behind the rest of the world recently."
In fact, Henderson estimates currency effects will be limited in the medium term. The last five years have seen currency effect account for just 1.4% of the total $4.5 trillion in dividend income.
"Our investigation into how currency moves contribute to investor returns highlights the value of taking a global approach," Crooke added. "Over time, such investors can broadly afford to ignore currency risk as currencies rise and fall against one another through the economic cycle."
Crooke warned against investing in only one region. Investors who do so "will find themselves much more exposed. Generating a good income on your investments is more about understanding the companies themselves, wherever they are operating."
Henderson noted that over all, the financials and consumer discretionary sectors fared best. Financials increased nearly 15%, due in large part to improvements in European banks. Henderson stressed though that the increase isn't due to better growth, just a return to normalization.
Consumer discretionary sectors increased 22%, with the most growth coming from media, leisure and consumer durables in the U.K., Japan and North America.
Henderson ranked the top 20 Q2 payers, too. Nestle has held the top spot for the second quarter since 2009.
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A career with the Pittsburgh Steelers has its benefits.
Days before the rest of us are privy to "The Dark Knight Rises," the Steelers will pack a dark theater Tuesday to preview the final installment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.
|Hines Ward felt the intensity of "Gotham's reckoning" while filming "The Dark Knight Rises". (Jennifer Graylock/Associated Press)
Not fair at all, but the Steelers have special privileges because (1) the team's co-owner, Thomas Tull, helped co-produce the film, and -- thanks to Tull's association with the team -- (2) it stars a flurry of Steelers players doubling as the Gotham Rogues.
Most of you, by now, have seen the preview, which features Hines Ward literally outrunning evil in a mind-blowing scene filmed at Heinz Field. Just a tad more intense than his "Dancing with the Stars" act.
"I've run scared before, but I really ran scared that day," Ward told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "They told me, 'Don't look back.' I felt the explosion when I was running. I had to wear earplugs. Usually, I'm smiling when I'm running, but that day I was actually screaming."
Ward, now retired, isn't the only Steelers player to appear in the film. Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu, Mike Wallace and former Steelers coach Bill Cowher help guide the Rogues against the Rapid City Monuments.
The Steelers will preview the film tonight. The rest of us wait until Friday.


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The Graveyard Book
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In The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman has created a charming allegory of childhood. Although the book opens with a scary scene--a family is stabbed to death by "a man named Jack" --the story quickly moves into more child-friendly storytelling. The sole survivor of the attack--an 18-month-old baby--escapes his crib and his house, and toddles to a nearby graveyard. Quickly recognizing that the baby is... More
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Gail Fattori said: I am reading this one and cannot put it down.
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Laura Clement said: I am constantly amazed, impressed and in awe of Neil's writing, his imagination and wit. Once again he turns the world upside down and gives you a chance to move beyond the comfort of your imagination to somewhere deeper and darker.
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Gail Fattori said: It is really wonderful and unique. That always catches me up. He is not afraid to write what feels right. It is awesome so far.
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Neil Gaiman writes the most unusual, involving, sometimes frightening and always interesting novels. You can always count on him to surprise and amaze. This one is about a small boy who is raised by ghosts in a graveyard after his family is murdered. Neil Gaiman's books tend to have a lot of dark... more
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Will Strong said: The first 10 pages of this book are the scariest thing I've ever read. Great stuff.
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Bobbi Rightmyer said: I loved this book!
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Emily Grandin said: Was a bit turned off Gaiman for a while but this book (and Coraline) really surprised me! Perfect fall reading... taken with tea of choice!
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Newbery Winner 2009. I intensely disliked the first 1/2 of this book. It moved too slow. There seemed like there were too many characters. The imagery was good however. The second 1/2 moved much quicker. I began to enjoy it. There was more of a philosphical message played out. I enjoyed the h... more
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Trisha Slay said: Anyone who reads this book and doesn't absolutely love it must be emotionally comatose or made of stone.
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Tamara Schmidt said: I'm perplexed why this won the Newberry...I did not find the writing style or characters at all compelling - they were transparent as his ghosts. A good premise for a story, but it did not deliver for me.
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Never look at a cemetery the same again, such a interesting and different way of telling a ghost story. As usual for Neil Gaiman books, I started this one unsure how much I would read. It all sounds so strange in the beginning, but his writing seems to draw me in. Less than half way in I was attache... more
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John Morath said: Jungle Book meets the Nightmare Before Christmas . . . Gaiman is an absolute genius! He has an uncanny ability to make otherwise impossible characters real--people (living and dead) that readers root for as if they were old friends.
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Chris Doyle said: I did not think I would like this book, but I did! It's a very satisfying story, and the main character is very likeable.
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Barb Everhart said: Wonderful read.
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Sarah Mullen Gilbert said: A new and interesting setting with characters that are solid yet ghostly at the same time. Another exciting journey from Neil Gaiman!
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SJ Kessel said:
Gaiman, N. (2008). The Graveyard Book. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. 9780060530938 After his family is murdered, a nameless toddler finds himself safe in an old graveyard and protected by the ghosts. Given the name Bod, short for Nobody Owens (Nobody Owns, get it?), he is taught by the... more
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Lynda Adamson said: The audio is equal to the book with Gaiman reading it.
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Angelika Riedel Lochner said: Wonderful book--well worth the 20 or so years it took to write.
Matt Layne said: Nobody does it better!
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The first thing that comes to my mind when I try to describe The Graveyard Book is "interesting format". Instead of being a continuous tale over a shortish period of time broken up into chapters, The Graveyard Book is a series of short stories, with each telling a tale from a different period in... more
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Neil Gaiman has mastered adding creepiness to a story that takes the reader to a brand new level. I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked this up, and I haven't found a Gaiman book that I haven't enjoyed. The story was very original and well told. The only thing I might add is that I'm unsure ... more
Claudia Osmond said: I love all things Neil Gaiman!
Lisa Knasiak said: Gaiman weaves words that mesmerize.
Brooke Frautschi said: I have just listened to your videos. That first chapter is pretty frightening, especially when you speak of leather gloves and you are wearing a leather jacket! Great details. I did much better in the second chapter - loved the dialogue. Congratulations. Brooke
Scotti Cohn said: Beautifully written, with compelling characters. A fascinating story.
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About Lee Lofland.
Lee Lofland is a veteran police investigator who began his law-enforcement career working as an officer in Virginia's prison system. He later became a sheriff's deputy, a patrol officer, and finally, he achieved the highly-prized gold shield of detective. Along the way, he gained a breadth of experience that's unusual to find in the career of a single officer.
During Lee's career, he solved cases in areas including narcotics, homicide, rape, murder-for-hire, robbery, burglary, and ritualistic and occult crimes. He worked as an undercover officer for several jurisdictions, and he even spent a few years as a narcotics K-9 handler. He received advanced certifications from the U.S. Department of Justice, Virginia State Police Academy, and the DEA, and he maintained certificates in Crime Scene Management and Crime Scene Investigations. He also supervised a Street Crimes Unit and Tactical Entry Teams for the execution of high-risk search warrants. He even served as an Internal Affairs Investigator.
Later in his career, Lee became a police academy instructor and instructor trainer. During his tenure at the academy, he taught defensive tactics, firearms, officer survival, interview and interrogation, and CPR and first aid.
Lee saw the toughest parts of law enforcement first hand. He had to shoot and kill an armed bank robber – something every police officer hopes he never has to do – and was awarded medals of valor for his conduct. Lee also witnessed the execution of one of the country's worst serial killers who Patricia Cornwell's bestselling book, Postmortem was based upon. The execution was the first in the U.S.A resulting from a verdict based on the use of DNA.
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Lee divides his time speaking, consulting, and writing. He's a proud member of the National Sheriffs' Association, International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and he previously served as, Board Member on the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, NCADD in the Silicon Valley, an Advisory Board Member for ECPI's criminal justice program in Greensboro, N.C., and as a Board Member for the New England chapter of Mystery Writers of America.
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by Jordan Riefe, The Wrap
The result is a choice: "You can stay alive, or you can die," Faranhi told the rapt audience at a screening at L.A.'s Landmark Theater, part of The Wrap's Award Screening Series.
"Patience Stone" is part of a growing mini-genre of movies about the plight of Middle-Eastern women -- which also includes 2008's "The Stoning of Soraya M." and HBO's "For Neda," about Neda Agha Soltan, who became a symbol of protest when she was gunned down during the unrest surrounding Iran's 2009 election.
In it, Farahani plays a young wife caring for her older, catatonic husband, wounded in a war that rages around them in a desolate Afghan city.
Her work becomes cathartic as she pours out her woes on his deaf ears, investing him with her sorrows as in the Afghan folk tale about a "patience" stone that soaks up tribulations until it shatters.
And tribulations she has, as Farahani paints a portrait of the sexual humiliation her character has endured in order to stay in the good graces of a rough and indifferent husband.
"It's a woman that wants to be free, free of the chains of tradition, free of all these pressures they were putting on her," Farahani told the moderator, The Wrap's Awards Editor Steve Pond, about her character. "This was really important for me."
"We are telling just the story of one woman in Afghanistan," emphasized the actor. "But it's something that we have in common in all the countries, especially in Muslim countries."
Farahani knows first-hand about injustice, having gone from being Iran's biggest star to an exile in a few short months back in 2008.
For her, the year's high point came when "M for Mother," a movie she made several years earlier, became Iran's entry for the Best Foreign Film Oscar.
But then, that same year, she played opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Ridley Scott's "Body of Lies." Her appearance without a traditional headscarf on the red carpet at the New York premiere drew unwanted attention from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Tehran who wound up taking away her passport.
"The problem was just cooperation with Americans," Farahani told the audience. "The movie wasn't out yet. They didn't know what the movie was about. They just said, 'No, you're our actress. We don't want you to work with Americans."
She fled Iran for Paris and hasn't returned since.
Farahani prides herself on choosing movies that aren't afraid to confront authority, including 2009's "About Elly," directed by "A Separation" Oscar winner, Asghar Farhadi.
Banned in Iran at first, the critically lauded movie about social coercion and moral choices was surprisingly endorsed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and went on to win the Silver Bear in Berlin.
"The Patience Stone" is an Afghan/German/French co-production based on the novel of the same name by Atiq Rahimi, who directed from a script he co-wrote with Jean-Claude Carriere ("Belle de Jour"). It was picked up in Toronto by Sony Classics and is Afghanistan's official entry in the 2013 Oscar Race.
Asked if she ever dreams about winning the Academy Award, Farahani joked, "No, not at all! You better not have hopes and you will never get disappointed. But if it happens, it's wonderful."
One thing she does hope for is that she will be reunited with family back in Iran, a possibility that recently became more remote.
Faranhi was nominated for a Cesar Award last year for her role in the comedy "Si te meurs, je te tue." In a video for the Awards earlier this year, Farahani bared her right breast and uttered, "I will put flesh to your dreams."
The resulting tumult back in Iran saw censors calling for an all-out ban on Farahani, though how this punishment varies from previous measures, the actor isn't quite sure.
When asked if she expects to see her family again, Farahani's dark eyes grew brighter, "Of course, when things change a little bit." Then she darkened again, "But for the moment, no."
Via The Wrap
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- This post was featured on HuffPo's {Parenthesis} and I couldn't be more blushy about the whole situation -
My daughter has this little friend at school, who's name doesn't matter, and he wants to hug her and squeeze her and keep her forever and call her George. I sympathize with him, I really do. I feel the exact same way about her most days. She's scrumdidilyicious.
However, I still let her have friends. I don't bully the other little boy who also very much so loves her and wants to be in her company all. the. time. I don't intimidate her with threats if she defies my wishes or talks to other kids, and I don't lie to the teacher if she steps out of line, saying she said a bad word or hit someone so she'll be punished for making me angry.
She's not afraid of me, is my point, but she sure as hell is afraid of Friend Who's Name Doesn't Matter.
And it's really just depressing. I mean, she didn't even get to get drunk and meet this clown at some bar and project all her daddy issues onto him like it's her goddamn American right to. Oh no, he picked her out of the crowd like she was waiting prey.
Except she's not waiting prey.
My mother used to warn me that the bad people could smell me coming. She said that they knew how to find the people like me, people who were weak, broken, vulnerable - that they could find us, and they would, and when they did they'd crush us. She told me to watch out for anyone who took an interest in me, because I was walking around with a target on my back. I wonder why I have trust issues.
My daughter does not have trust issues. My daughter is the opposite of me in almost every way, because I did the opposite of what my mother did in almost every way. I whisper into my daughter's sleeping ear how amazing she is, how strong she is, how powerful she is. I read her Audre Lorde poems that sing of her strength as a woman and a child of the earth. I sing her my own odes of admiration and love. I tell her every chance I get that she is fiercer than the sun, and stronger than the ocean tides. And still, some little man-person with girl issues and cowboy boots who would certainly refer to her as woman if he only knew how to spell it comes along and tries with all his might to possess her.
I must admit, it's slightly amusing watching him break himself against the rock that is her.
But no matter how strong she is, and how secure she is, it is a total mindbleep (because I can't bring myself to say that word in a kid post. I'm losing my edge. I know it.) when someone you are totally emotionally invested in turns the tables over and exploits that investment for their own selfish gain. It's horrifying, watching my seven year old daughter have to navigate this pocket of humanity, watching the little heart I've so carefully guarded from any pain learn the hard lesson that people just ain't no good.
I am cautiously mindful of her reactions to this boy as the situation has progressed. I have tried to guide her decisions without injecting myself into the situation. Letting them have their own experiences, not projection of mine, is the hardest element of parenting I've encountered yet. I worry that she inherited my target along with my crooked toes and blond hair. I worry that victimization is a recessive gene that you don't realize has passed on until conditions become optimal for it to manifest. I worry that it's instead something acquired through nurture, and that watching me waste the first seven years of her life trying desperately to please and/or appease a controlling, narcissistic alcoholic has told her that is what is normal and good and expected.
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Today I was going to go into her classroom to speak to the teacher about Friend Who's Name Doesn't Matter on her behalf. Today, I had found my limit, had enough, decided that she wasn't able to carry this burden any longer. Today I also had a gazillion deadlines, so I didn't go in. Turns out, she did get one thing from me - her line in the sand. Today was her breaking point too. Today he pushed too far, and she pushed back.
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Israel threats to attack Syria materialize amid weapons fears
NICOSIA - Israeli forces carried out an air strike overnight on a weapons convoy from Syria near the Lebanese border, security sources said on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The attack came after Israel expressed concerns that Damascus's stockpile of chemical weapons could fall into the hands of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah group, an ally of the Syrian regime, or other militant organisations.
Israeli officials have said such that a transfer would be a casus belli and likely spark an Israeli attack.
Sources differed on whether the strike took place on Syrian or Lebanese territory.
"The Israeli air force blew up a convoy that had just crossed the border from Syria into Lebanon," one source said, adding that the convoy was believed to be carrying weapons, without specifying the type.
An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.
A second security source, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, also confirmed that Israeli warplanes had hit a convoy allegedly carrying weapons to Lebanon but said the incident occurred just inside Syria.
"It was an armed convoy travelling towards Lebanon but it was hit on the Syrian side of the border at around 2330 GMT," the source said.
As well as concerns about Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, Israel has accused Syria of supplying long-range Scud missiles to Hezbollah.
It has also warned about the dangers of other advanced weaponry falling into the Lebanese militia's hands, such as anti-aircraft systems and surface-to-surface missiles.
Ahead of the strike, both sources reported a high level of "unusual" Israeli activity over Lebanese airspace, beginning on Tuesday evening and continuing overnight.
The Lebanese army said Israeli warplanes had entered Lebanese airspace up to 16 times between 9:30 am (0730 GMT) on Tuesday and 2:00am on Wednesday.
"Every day there are Israeli overflights, but on Tuesday they were much more intense than usual," a Lebanese security source said on condition of anonymity.
The attack took place just days after Israel moved two batteries of its vaunted Iron Dome missile defence system to the north and at a time of rising fears that the Syria conflict could see chemical weapons leaking into Lebanon.
Speaking to reporters in Jerusalem, a former intelligence chief with Israel's Mossad spy service said the Jewish state "should make any effort to prevent any weapons systems of that kind going out to terror organisations."
In comments made before reports of the attack emerged, Amnon Sofrin said Israel was unlikely to hit chemical weapons stocks from the air because of the environmental risks.
"When you go and attack a... chemical weapons depot, you're going to do unwarranted damage because every part will leak out and can cause damage to many residents.
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On Monday, Israel's Maariv newspaper said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had "urgently dispatched" his National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror to Moscow to ask Russia to use its influence in Syria to prevent the transfer of chemical weapons.


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The nine-month trial of a man and three women who used labour-inducing drugs to abort two foetuses which were buried in a garden finished yesterday with all three being jailed for murder.
One of the aborted babies remained alive for several hours after the miscarriage, prosecutors said, before it was buried in a garden alongside another.
NB, a 34-year-old Indonesian housemaid, told prosecutors that she had fallen in love with a man and had a child with him out of wedlock. When the baby was seven months old, she said, she became pregnant again and her lover told her about a Bangladeshi cleaner who could help her abort the child.
NB said the abortionist, MS, 32, gave her two injections and five tablets for Dh1,000.
Five hours after taking the medication, she miscarried. NB told prosecutors she buried the foetus behind the home of a compatriot, FS.
Several months later, HB, a 30-year-old Indonesian housemaid, discovered she was pregnant and was told by NB about the abortionist. HB went to MS for an abortion in her sixth month of pregnancy. A few hours after taking the medication, she gave birth to a boy.
Prosecutors say the child remained alive for 10 hours. The child was buried in the same place as NB's foetus, prosecutors say.
FS, whose garden the foetuses were buried in, said she dug up the corpses and returned them to HB as soon as she heard about the graves. She denied helping in their abortions but admitted to failing to report the incident to authorities.
Both NB and HB confessed to illicit sex charges, having an abortion and hiding the bodies of the aborted babies. They denied the murder charge.
A third Indonesian housemaid, BB, also confessed to aiding and abetting the crimes by helping to bury the foetuses.
After nine months, Judge El Saeed Bargouth of the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance handed down sentences yesterday.
The abortionist was convicted of performing two illegal abortions and practising medicine without a licence. He was given six years in jail and fined Dh10,000.
HB was convicted of having an illicit affair, illegally aborting a child and murder and was sentenced to five years in jail. NB was sentenced to three years while BB was given three years for aiding and abetting the crimes and concealing the bodies. FS was fined Dh1,000 for failing to report a crime but was acquitted of concealing the bodies.
By Awad Mustafa
Via SyndiGate.info
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