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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took aim at Iran and its new president, Hasan Rouhani, in a speech at the United Nations Tuesday, saying that Iran is trying to fool the international community into easing sanctions on it, even as the country expands its nuclear program.
"Rouhani thinks he can have his yellowcake and eat it too," Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly, referring to yellowcake uranium, a concentrated form of the radioactive element.
The Israeli leader spoke one week after Rouhani's U.S. visit, which included a speech at the U.N. and a telephone chat with President Obama — the first conversation between the two countries' leaders since the 1970s. News had previously emerged that the pair had exchanged letters.
In his speech, Netanyahu accused Iran's leader of engaging in a charm offensive that is meant to take international pressure off his country without making tangible concessions over its nuclear program.
"I mean, this is a ruse; it's a ploy," he said.
Netanyahu listed elements of what he called Rouhani's strategy.
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Freida O Freida
Shobhaa's World
Freida O Freida…
What a week it has been! I'm writing this before the Oscars announcements, and my fingers are crossed. With 200 crores riding on it, 'Slumdog…' had better win all the big ones, or else the punters will be seriously unhappy. With Pranab's dismal Interim Budget, the tanking Sensex, and general feeling of gloom and doom, we need something to cheer us up. If a story of hope – romantic and poetic in its own unique way - makes us believe, even briefly that life is beautiful, then Boyle would have done us a favour. Personally speaking, it is Freida Pinto I am most interested in. As Latika, she didn't do very much for me, but as Freida, I am fascinated by her story. Ever since Mumbai Mirror carried the scoop on Freida's secret wedding to Rohan Antao in 2007, I am even more intrigued by the young girl's real life script. It's the stuff movies are made of. Someone should pen her biography. Better still, she should doher own book. A quickie. At a dinner party last week, two men were slamming Freida for dumping Rohan. I found myself defending her fiercely. It is easy to say, 'Oh, she used the guy when she was a nobody and then ditched him once she'd made it.' But look at it from her perspective. When she was just a plain looking , average Jane from the back of the beyond, trying to get ahead as a model like thousands of other hopefuls, she could never have envisaged what was awaiting her just a few short months from then. Freida was frightfully young, immature and a struggler. She didn't have it easy. She only had Rohan from Goa to fall back on. Rohan must have been an understanding, helpful boyfriend. I'm sure he is a nice guy. The mistake both of them made was to rush into marriage. Going by press reports, it was one of those hasty decisions which Freida at any rate, apparently regretted soon after. It was too late by that time, as her wedding pictures suggest. She could not have dreamt that 'Slumdog..' would happen to her… and because of that one film, her entire life would change so dramatically, practically overnight.
So what does a girl in her position do? Stick by her man? The very man who she may have outgrown? Is that possible? Desirable? No way! Remember, she is no longer the same girl. She is a star! Not an ordinary star, but a big international star. She has been catapulted into an entirely different world. Met extraordinary people, received an inordinate amount of attention. She is no longer the Freida who loved a kind but uninspiring boy called Rohan. As things stand today, chances are Freida will make it big on the global scene.If that does happen, she will be courted by the mightiest names in Hollywood. Where would sweet, little Rohan have fitted into this picture?? It is an old, old story. A familiar one. Bollywood is full of similar tales as well. Most times, girls like Freida get slammed for being ruthless, ambitious 'users' who discard loyal boyfriends\husbands once they achieve fame and fortune. Yes , they do. So what? Better that than letting the poor chap hang around, ignored and snubbed by one and all. Rohan would have been a liability in Freida's glamourous, glitzy new life. She was smart enough to distance herself before the whole thing went any further. Of course, there will be an enormous amount of sympathy for the guy. Understandable. He'll be swamped with interview offers…. especially if 'Slumdog..' sweeps the Oscars. If he's sensible, he'll spurn all of this and get a life for himself.It is only in commercial Hindi movies like 'Rangila' that the heroine realizes who her true love is and promptly turns her back on the seductive world of showbiz. She also spurns the dashing hero who is panting at her pretty feet…. while violins play in the background and the Gods smile down on the lovers. Pity it doesn't work like that in real life.Freida's fairytale has just begun.As has Rohan's nightmare. C'est la vie!
38 comments:
- Unknown said...
I agree. But only girls do such things? Why SRK did not dump Gauri, once he achieved super success. Even Aamir Khan stuck to Reena for many years. It shows girls and women in a poor light. Can any sane man trust Freida any more? Her ditched boyfriend will mourn for sometime and he will be happy with some goan girl. Freida can be successful for sometime, but girls like her can never be happy. Freida, I can understand your compulsions, but you have set one more bad example.
- February 23, 2009 at 6:30 PM
- Another Kiran In NYC said...
Frieda did the pragmatic thing perhaps.
You have to grow together else its all crap.
Perhaps she thought she had grown with greater exposure to the wily world.
Marriages break up for many reasons. This is just one of them.
Better now than when there is a slew of children with divided loyalties. Its just easier and cleaner.
I dont see why Frieda cannot be happy with the choices she has made. For the most part we make choices to better our lives. Perhaps this was her reason.
I dont get secret marriages. Why? - February 23, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Taali kabhi ek haath se nahi bajti
:) - February 23, 2009 at 6:40 PM
- the turncoat said...
eh, isnt this more than jus predictable?
not the pinto episode,
it's u empathasin' - February 23, 2009 at 6:44 PM
- കിഷോർ:Kishor said...
This is why I love you -- for being ruthlessly honest. I will also defend her for dumping her BF.
I think she did just an average job as 'Lathika' but looks like there is true high-voltage drama going on in her real life!
But what was up with that hideous Oscar dress? She got it right for the golden-globes but messed up at Oscars. - February 23, 2009 at 7:06 PM
- Bindu Nayar said...
Who cares ? She has knocked the hollywood doors and its opened for as well..that what counts in this world..success..rohan tohan gaya badh mein..seriously...
- February 23, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Oscar Special... :-)
Subject: Fwd: FW: Danny Boyle planning to make 'Princedog Billionaire' next?
Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 11:37 PM
Danny Boyle planning to make 'Princedog Billionaire' next?
http://www.bbc. co.uk/shropshire /content/ articles/ 2009/01/09/ bollywood_ previews_ slumdog_feature. shtml
After the moving story about a slum kid winning millions on the Who Wants To be A Millionaire game show and its success, Danny Boyle has embarked on a more ambitious 'Princedog Billionare' film.
The story revolves around the real life story of the death of People's Princess Diana and her ill-fated boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed. Unlike the true story. Dodi Al Fayed in survives the car crash and rises with a vengeance to become the first Muslim prince of England with the help of the People's princess!
Dodi Al Fayed, son of Harrods Departmental Store chain owner Muhammed Al Fayed an Egyptian immigrant who strikes it big in England and grows to become a billionaire. His son, Dodi Al Fayed who grows up in the slums of London, also beats the odds of racism and rises in life.
The people's princess Diana is lost almost suicidal after being cheated by her husband the prince for another woman, when she meets the humble Dodi and falls in love.
But as luck would have it, it is frowned upon by the scheming royal family and the equally scheming English establishment. An assortment of henchmen and henchwomen from Mi5 eventually plan an accident in Paris tunnel to kill Dodi and the people's princess.
James Bond is sent by Mi5 to assasinate Prince Dodi and Princess Diana. James Bond actor Daniel Craig, who plays the role confesses "I always wanted to play the dark side of James Bond and Mi5 in a movie". "And Danny Boyle provides me with a perfect opportunity for that in Princedog Billionaire" adds Dainel Craig.
The accident is planned in a Paris Tunnel and the stage is set to be blamed on the chasing papparazi and executed by none other than James Bond 007 and Mi5. However, things dont go exactly as planned by James Bond this time and he ends up falling into the trap he set for Dodi. "This is one movie where James Bond doesnt come off beaming" quips Daniel Craig.
This is the turning point of the film and the story takes a twist from the true story of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed's car crash in a Paris Tunnel.
Dodi and the people's princess are rescued by a sympathetic papparazi who reaches on the spot and pulls them out of the crashed car. After a nearly two month struggle for life, Prince Dodi and the People's Princess eventually survive. Desperate to fight against the injustice done, they decide to reach out to the people of England to challenge the English royal family and the English establishment. In the process he also chastises the wayward prince 'Potty Harry' to give up racism.
An almost fairy tale like rise after his accident in Paris tunnel along with the people's princess, Princedog has all the ingredients of Slumdog's success recipe, though dollops more of it!
Prince Dodi's rise in Princedog Billionaire is comparable to the rise of the slum boy in the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Prince Dodi starts off in a humble way in his approach to the people, but eventually becomes a phenomena in the country. The people of England embrace Dodi as the 'People's prince' along with the people's princess Diana. Prince Dodi is eventually designated as the next heir to English crown instead of William as he has people's mandate.
The Music for the film is composed by John Barry of James Bond Music fame. Daniel Craig plays the dark side of James Bond in the movie. However, despite the success, the winning star cast of Danny Boyle of Slumdog are missing from this film. Loveleen Tandon is missing from the direction and A R Rahman will not be composing music for this movie. "The cast and crew of Slumdog are not comfortable with English culture." says Danny Boyle. "I will recreate the magic of Slumdog in Princedog with a new set of crew altogether" says a confident Danny Boyle. "I may chose Dev Patel to play Prince Dodi, but the hunt is still on for an actress who can portray the people's princess Diana" concludes Danny Boyle. - February 23, 2009 at 8:04 PM
- Another Kiran In NYC said...
Sir moong: Tongue in cheek or whatever your plot may be... it made me laugh and as a premise it is a fun launching point for a zany script. Kaaafi mazaa ayega. Lots of noses will be tweaked.
I am a bit subversive that way. - February 23, 2009 at 9:03 PM
- Biju Mathews said...
Ha Ha. I knew you would blog about it. I was hoping to do that myself and you have done it excellently as always.
Keep Blogging! - February 23, 2009 at 10:12 PM
- Piper .. said...
do you really think its anybody`s business, what she does in her personal life? Frankly I couldnt care less. I love her smile. She looks pleasant enough. Even beautiful. Isnt that all we`re supposed to care about, as far as film stars go? :)
- February 23, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Hi Shobha,
It is an amazing blog... straight from the mind with guts to call the spade a spade
Parthasarathy - February 24, 2009 at 12:04 AM
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- February 24, 2009 at 2:43 AM
- Sidhusaaheb said...
Oh! So, the first thing that a woman who suddenly gains name and fame should do is to dump her husband, according to you and Ms. Frieda Pinto?
Wow! I am afraid that says a lot about the kind of human beings that both of you are.
However, I have a hunch that both of you, along with many other women, would have attacked any man who did something similar to his wife after becoming rich and famous, as being a villain.
Also, why limit this to one kind of relationship only? Would you and Ms. Pinto recommend that a woman who gains name and fame should immediately dump others also, who wouldn't 'fit into the picture' because of not being as rich or glamorous (or as you say, 'uninspiring') and being 'liabilities in her glamorous, glitzy new life', like, for instance, parents, grand-parents, siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles, in addition to those that she may have called friends up to that point of time?
BTW, it should be quite interesting to find out what you and Ms. Pinto have to say on the subject, I suppose, if Ms. Pinto turns out to be little more than a 'one film wonder'. - February 24, 2009 at 2:51 AM
- Shabbu said...
Shobaaji..as frank as it gets..in frankness you are mightier than frank sinatra... :)
Though easier said here on a sarcastic note, C'mon whoever Mr.Ex-Freida, ditch the bitch. Get a life, its different having a celebrity wife who loves you and a celebrity wife who loves her co-star. You will be a laughing stock forever. If you can woo one freida there are 100 others somewhere. Wish her all the best [atleast by words :) ]. Enjoy life as it comes..Be Practical!! ;) - February 24, 2009 at 4:00 AM
- Rash said...
I don't understand why our eyes are open in personal affairs of celebrities here…if talking in general when men finding out (Indian Men) excuses like traditional values and respect to the parenthood to dumb women then why we are eager on a relationship of a girl who may be finding difficult to get along with a man who can not merge with her life style and give enough understanding (could be a reason). Being woman lets give a heart to change the society even if men take these excuses as a privilege to have different experience through out their life…
- February 24, 2009 at 5:19 AM
i think, as usual, we are getting all carried away here. to think that Pinto will be wooed and courted by Hollywood is highly optamistic.Pinto maybe the flavour of the month, but I don't see her foraying into the world of Hollywood. Yes, she might get minuscule roles like Persis Khambatta or Kabir Bedi. And the Indian Press will make that out to be such a big deal.
- February 24, 2009 at 6:00 AM
- Dr. Ally Critter said...
Why is Frieda Pinto's personal life even important? Is she not human? Can she not fall out of love, just like that- no glamor hype involved? And what about the on to his 3 seconds of fame former-fiance? Is he not cashing on her popularity?
- February 24, 2009 at 7:31 AM
The inference I can draw from your post is - Marriage is just a past time and one can have any number of spouses depending on one's whims and fancies.
Secondly, from what you have written, it implies that any one can disown any relationship considering their status in life. Which means a poor girl can disown her parents or husband once she becomes famous or rich.
As for Frieda, I bet, she will not get a chance to step into Hollywood and only a year, she'll be soon forgot. I don't believe in commenting on anyone's personal life. - February 24, 2009 at 10:20 AM
I think you can start your own movement and be the mother of that movement. You can lay down principles which teaches people live in accordance with their bodily desires and encourages complete misuse of freedom
- February 24, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Shobhaa De,
I saw you speaking on NDTV yesterday and was not surprised to witness another instance of your dishonesty & mean-ness. You said that people wrote in your blog the Slumdog Oscars constitute "a victory for South India".
What Mr.Anonymous actually wrote was: "Mumbai wins an Oscar??? strange. People who had contributed to this project are not just Mumbaikars, madam. So you see, within India, there's no unity.
Let me speak like you. This is the first time South made it big despite North's domination. Cheers to A.R.Rahman."
Why did you have to deliberately distort the remarks? - February 24, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Let me answer that one for you, Sudipta.
It's because see cannot see beyond her Mumbai and her Raj Thackeray.
In case you missed it, here's the Devil's Advocate interview again:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/devils-advocate-shobhaa-de-on-mumbai-vs-bombay/76806-3.html - February 24, 2009 at 10:52 AM
When aamir Khan was sending and promoting his movies to the Oscars, everybody used to make fun of him saying Oscar was also like Filmfare. Then why now, all the Indians are jumping up joyously and why all the political biggies are congratulating and why the entire media has gone hysterical? It shows that though we deny it vehemently when we dont get it, we think Oscar is the ultimate for Film recognition. When we dont get it we make fun of it, when we get it, we go overboard. I want to hear what Mahesh Bhatt will say now.
- February 24, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- mohit said...
'Rohan would have been a liability in Freida's glamourous, glitzy new life.'
Ruthlessly honest ...yes..
It's but one of the many pains and ironies of life.
Frieda could have done the other thing and stuck to Rohan..But then he'd have been overshadowed by her glamour and star quotient.
Its upto them, not for us to judge! - February 24, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Shobha, Oh Shobha...Tu hai badi ajoobha !!!
It's a perfect example of one pseudo supporting another !!!
How come you are so so successfull in getting things completely wrong every time, how does this come to you? Naturally I suppose !!!
Freida is great, Slumdog is British and harmful consumption, blah blah blah...yaar, we can also think and thankfully we don't think like you...
Stop writing please, you bore many of us to death, I don't read your columns, but you could perhaps do a bit of social help by leaving the column spaces for some other real intellectual to fill it.
Santhosh Desai for starters could fill your space on social topics/issues... - February 24, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Well.. well... well! i m not sure if this is the mentality of every typical successful(so called!) women, or it's just a way to depict yourself a bit superior to the other race... I dn't want to mention here anything about Friedo's decision because that's purely her personal affair, and moreover, we don't even know what was the main reason behind such a decision(if at all she was married/engaged), but if Shobha do believe this all story, i can't see any more selfish act than this one... I do agree Friedo is no more a simple girl, but is she so extraordinary now to even disown her own relations...and that too the biggest and sweetest relation ever between a guy and a girl... tomorrow you'll turn up saying disowing own parents under these circumstances is a more PRACTICAL approach!
How can you decide by yourself, that Mr. Rohan "will not fit into that picture", who knows tomorrow he even turn out be having even better stars then Friedo herself. It's easy to break commitments, and people tend to rename their SELFISHNESS to PRACTICALITY. Rohan or any other similar guy for that sake should have his own self respect to put this subject on the table and the decision should be mutual, for the benefit of both of them. Imposing a self decision which affects multiple lives, for me is certainly not justifiable... - February 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- sp said...
BOTTOM LINE: To each their own.
Frieda and Rohan,
Do not worry guys about what the world thinks (you do not have any control anyways). Just enjoy your life to the fullest.
One good thing that came out of all this is "You were not made for each other !". Good for you both. - February 25, 2009 at 12:11 AM
- SSQuo said...
I had a similar discussion with a friend very recently. Did she do the right thing?
I didnt care much for her role as Latika, and wasn't overly impressed with her in real life too (not overly, but she does have a warm face and watery eyes). I think the stories of Jamal's childhood are the ones that stand out, and I think the kids did a great job. It was really nice to see them at the Oscars, screaming et al especially Azharuddin screaming 'Unbelievable'. He is adorable.
Re. Frieda, I don't judge her for leaving her husband. It is a sad thing when marriages break, but when you better understand the reasons behind it, it changes the entire context. In your post, you kinda think for her, so we don't know the story, but I happened to use similar reasoning during my discussion with my friend. Its just how life works and if her goals, ambitions and dreams are different now, that's what it is. We cannot make a judgement in isolation, we don't even know her, Rohan, their lives…well at least, I don't. Again, I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt and with all this support she is getting, I hope that these reasons we have used to support her are reality, or close to it only because if it is not, then it makes a dent in the belief of people's choices, moreso than Frieda herself. - February 25, 2009 at 2:29 AM
- Kush said...
Think that Frieda is both right and wrong. Depends on how you look at it.
Yeh mehlon ye takhton ye taajon ki duniya...
:D - February 25, 2009 at 4:27 AM
Hi Mam,
I was just wondering if what Freida did, was done do her by Rohan...
Would you have written the same coloumn supporting him ??
Iam sure the answer will be a big NO !!
:-) - February 25, 2009 at 10:49 AM
- A.prem said...
I dont agree at all.
If walking into the glitzy world is the only reason for break up, then all this shit means crap to me.
By being humble and down to earth, you can do what you are born to do and live your life peacefully.
I dunno if its the same in the-glam-world.
She dumped a guy, who probably, meant the world to her when she was just another soul fretting around..! - February 25, 2009 at 7:15 PM
- A.prem said...
Also, after reading this post, my impression about her has changed. Not that it matters [i aint interested in bolly/holly/tollywood at all].. i know it doesnt .. but still!
- February 25, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Interesting post, Ms De, as usual! What I don't understand is why so many people in India consider Freida to be a "a plain looking , average Jane". She is absolutely striking: She has a flawless bone structure, a beautiful, glowing golden complexion, a slender, graceful, figure. These are all her God-given attributes. (She didn't have to starve herself to get that figure like certain Bollywood actresses who went from fat to skinny in a blink). You can tell she's all natural - an authentic, Indian beauty. There may be lots of beautiful girls in India (it's no suprise that India has so many Miss Universe/World winner's) and Freida may be just another one but to call her plain-looking is a bit far-fetched as she's a total stunner and would definitely turn heads wherever she goes, be it Los Angeles, London, New York, Paris... I also find her to be FAR more beautiful than some other Bollywood actresses (not citing names here, but I'm sure you can imagine) whose only glory are their gori-gori looks and famous family names but who have totally uninspring, and disproportional facial features.
- February 26, 2009 at 1:53 AM
everytime I read ur blog,I feel as if I am reading Stardust. :-)
- February 26, 2009 at 5:09 AM
- t O m S o N said...
Dear Sobhaji,
This time you have got it all wrong! Frieda shouldn't have left her boyfriend/husband. You know it in your heart, dont you?! But the hardcore feminist in you cant accept that.I am 100 percent sure your views would have been different if it was the other way round.Feminism and stuff is great but it shouldn't cloud your sense of fair judgement.
Tomson - February 26, 2009 at 9:13 PM
- Danny Sam said...
this shows what kind of woman you are.. I bet you would ditch or would have already ditched a guy when you come to fame..
Its not that you are thinking somehting special or proving your point. it plainly shows your character.. one who feels.. money, richness and fame is all that life needs and shouuld be sort after.. what a pity.. what a shame.. - March 1, 2009 at 11:36 AM
- Bertie said...
Ms Shobha De.. at least you should have said something jo aapko thodi si to shobha deta..
Anyways, coming to the point.
Heard a lot about you and this was the first post of yours that I read(completely).
Just answer a simple question: Would you have come up with the same post if the roles were exchanged?
I think by now you would have come out with your pseudo-secular, pseudo-feminist brigade and would have been shouting at decibel levels hitherto unknown.
Via this pseudo post of yours, you seem to be glorifying a quint-essential bitch.
Freida/slumdog millionaire are very average episodes if we look at them from the normal bollywood angle. We have had better movies in the past.. a zillion times better ones.
I'd like to quote Rehman here. This is what he said after receiving the oscar. "The score and the song touched THEIR sensitivities/sentiments." a very honest and true statement. think about it. Have we not heard better rehman songs before?
Just because she is liked by the western world doesn't mean we go ga-ga over her. She is a one film-wonder. I'd bet my ass on that.
I rest my case.
P.S. This post tells a lot about YOU as well. - March 1, 2009 at 3:25 PM
- sunami said...
Is Danny Boyle planning a sequel of multiple Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire?
If rumors circulating around in Hollywood circles are true than Danny Boyle is seriously considering making a sequel which would revolve around the twists and turns in the life of the slumdog-turned-millionaire, Jamal Malik.
According to some insiders who have read the script of the sequel, the feel-good story of Jamal takes an ugly turn in the second part when he takes a decision to dump his childhood sweetheart Latika, soon after winning the prize money of twenty million rupees. The sequel starts from the point where the original movie ends. After his monumental win at the quiz contest, Jamal becomes an overnight international sensation. His remarkable rags-to-riches story get international coverage and he gets featured on BBC, CNN, NYT, Washington Post and Fox News. From a poor Mumbai boy living in slums, Jamal is catapulted into an entirely different world where he gets interviewed by the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Larry King and gets multi-million dollar offers by tabloid editors, biographers, television moguls and Hollywood producers to sell his extraordinary life story.
Jamal Malik now realizes that he is no longer the Jamal who loved a sweet but very ordinary-looking slum girl. With international fame and millions of dollars in his bank, he realizes that he has outgrown the very girl for whom he participated in the quiz show. He starts wondering where Latika would fit into his life now that he is not just a celebrity, but an international star courted by the mightiest names in media and Hollywood. He begins to think that Latika will become a liabilty in his glamorous, glitzy new life, ignored and snubbed by everyone.
He also recognizes that with his international fame and wealth he would be able to court and win the affection of any girl of his choice. As Jamal contemplates his new life full of exciting new possibilities, Latika begins to slowly fade away in his consciousness. With his goals, dreams and ambitions changing overnight, he is no longer able to feel any love for Latika. Seduced by the beautiful new world and the innumerable temptations it offers, Jamal pragmatically decides to break up with Latika.
Shocked by his betrayal, Latika goes ballistic giving interviews to newspapers and TV channels slamming Jamal for discarding him. She receives enormous amount of sympathy and support from millions of people who express disgust at the behavior of Jamal and berate him for letting success go over his head. Feather-brained feminists like Shobhaa De write columns condemning Jamal for becoming a turncoat and express solidarity with poor Latika.
Does Jamal realize the error of his ways and comes back to Latika asking for forgiveness? According to our sources, Boyle has two different endings in his mind - one a very populist ending where he realizes that he has wronged Latika and goes back to her begging her to forgive him and a more realistic ending where both Jamal and Latika realize that concepts like love overcoming all class barriers are humbug meant only for silly, feel-good romance movies and that differences in status, success and wealth are real and should be accepted hardheartedly.
Our sources say that while Danny Boyle prefers the realistic ending, he is likely to choose the more populist ending considering the success that the fairy-tailish ending of rags-to-riches tale of Jamal coming up trumps against all odds, brought him at the box-office and at award functions.
http://onionuttapam.com/entertainment/entertainment/danny-boyle-planning-a-sequel-to-slumdog-millionaire.html - March 2, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- Dazed by the Light I See... said...
However ghastly as it may seem, I totally agree with you Ms.De. Any man who finds this act of Ms.Freida Pinto's despicable, answer this simple question: Would you be able to accept if your wife an international star and you would be known as "Ms.XYZ's husband?
Well as far as I know, most of the males of our species can't accept such situations at local scenes, forget the global scenario. So how so ever detestable it may seem, I think it was a right decision. Do you think she wouldn't have felt hurt by separating. But at her position and the world at her feet at present, she chose correctly. - April 14, 2009 at 11:06 PM


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Save the Ts AND the Vs
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Ah, such a labor of love. Nothing says "celebration" and "strength" quite like a pepto-pink cake with "Survivor" misspelled across the top. At first I thought that paper cut-out was actually on the cake, too, but my eagle-eyed hubby assures me it's on the plastic lid - thus blocking our view of the white "ribbon". Which is the wrong color. But hey, one ribbon out of two ain't bad.
Fortunately most cancer survivors I know have an amazing sense of humor, so we can hope this cake went to a Cake Wrecks reader who could appreciate its wrecktastic nature.
And while we're on the subject, John would like to register his vote for this to be put on a cake:
Very nice, dear.
(And in case you're curious; that's a car magnet. I found it over on Amazon here.)
Thanks to Amanda H. for the scoop on the cake, originally uploaded here.
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That's just awful and not appetizing in the least.
And, you can tell your husband that Save the Tatas is an actual brand and they sell an array of merchandise. http://www.savethetatas.com/ - October 21, 2008 at 9:12 AM
- Kelli said...
I love 'save the ta tas!' I am also a fan of, 'If you're going to stare at them, at least donate a dollar to save them' (T-shirt)
- October 21, 2008 at 9:14 AM
- HorribleLicensePlates said...
I agree that save the ta tas would be easier to spell than survivor. Which is sad. Haha.
- October 21, 2008 at 9:17 AM
- writtenwyrdd said...
I love that magnet! The pink cake, not so much.
But, yannow, if you made a bunch of cupcakes that looked like breasts, wouldnt' that be a better breast cancer cake decoration? - October 21, 2008 at 9:27 AM
- Kristin said...
I've seen "save the ta tas" on t-shirts too. I think thats even better!
- October 21, 2008 at 9:27 AM
- April said...
I totally have that t-shirt!! I love wearing it!! I find it very humorous when people stare. At least it's a good excuse to stare at someone's chesticles - "Honey, I swear, I wasn't staring at her monster boobs, I was reading her t-shirt and I totally support saving the tatas".
- October 21, 2008 at 9:37 AM
I can't stomach the puke-pink. Pastel pink would've been oh-so-much nicer. Looks like someone didn't put enough white in the red frosting for that.
It's too early in the morning for me to have noticed the misspelling without it being pointed out to me.
~Amy B - October 21, 2008 at 9:38 AM
Oh look....someone discovered the "Salmon Pink" crayola crayon and decided to create an icing tribute. I actually had to send this cake to my mom and threaten her with it...I think she found the spelling more amusing than the color though.
On a side note, my daughter's old dance coach not only had a "Save the ta-ta's" magnet, but she also had a "Hurray for Boobies!" one with a pink ribbon. I wasn't sure if I admired her sense of humor or was slightly perplexed by it. - October 21, 2008 at 9:38 AM
- Susanna said...
That cake gets more disturbing the longer I look at it.
Carnivore, herbivore, omnivore... What would a Suri-vor eat? - October 21, 2008 at 9:42 AM
What's a "surnor"?
- October 21, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- Jillene said...
Hahahaha!! Who wouldn't want to be a "surivor"?
- October 21, 2008 at 9:45 AM
- dixid said...
As a breast cancer survivor, I prefer the slogan "Saving Second Base". But "Save the Ta Tas" is funny too. As long as it doesn't appear on a realistic Ta Ta cake, complete with my scar.
- October 21, 2008 at 9:46 AM
- Mrs. Flax said...
My BIL has the best Breast Cancer Awareness T-shirt ever. It's from our small family beach, and there is a picture of a flounder with the caption "I Help Save Breast." One out of two ain't bad, I suppose . . . .
- October 21, 2008 at 9:51 AM
You can also get "Save the Tah-Tahs" shirts. They have a website floating somewhere on the internet.
- October 21, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- Unknown said...
Some more for your husband, and in case you missed the movement:
http://savethetatas.com/ - October 21, 2008 at 9:58 AM
- King of New York Hacks said...
Brilliant stuff !! Worthy of a top ten cake wreck perhaps? I think so.I have to second John's vote for "Save the Ta Ta's". I think Survivors would get a kick out of it and the survivors I know have the sickest sense of humor out of anyone I know !!
- October 21, 2008 at 10:03 AM
- Jacki said...
I always wonder if the cake decorators fail to notice that they spelled something wrong, or if they decide to sell it anyway and just hope no one else notices!
- October 21, 2008 at 10:05 AM
- Mrs. Burns said...
I personally like "Save Second Base."
;) - October 21, 2008 at 10:06 AM
I'm puzzled by the fact that on Amanda's blog (the link where the cake was originally posted) someone tries to defend the misspelling by saying the final result is more aesthetically pleasing. Can't we have good spelling AND pleasing aesthetics? Is that too much to ask? (Well, maybe of someone who thinks Pepto-Bismal makes a great cake icing...)
- October 21, 2008 at 10:13 AM
- Mrs. Flax said...
In response to Susanna's question, perhaps a "suri"vor consumes the offspring of Tom Cruise?
- October 21, 2008 at 10:14 AM
- Jackie said...
Suri-vor....is that something to do with Suri Cruise?
- October 21, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- Carrie said...
"In response to Susanna's question, perhaps a "suri"vor consumes the offspring of Tom Cruise?"
Mrs. Flax...you are hilarious!!! Thanks for the laugh!!! - October 21, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- Bridgete said...
There's also Support Our Boobs for even more shirts, magnets and other goodies.
- October 21, 2008 at 10:51 AM
- Kat Mortensen said...
At least it wasn't on a "boob" cake. Small mercies.
P.S. I like "Save the Tatas" or for Animal Activists/Breast Cancer Survivor Supporters: "Save the Puppies". - October 21, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Ah, darn... I almost snapped a cell phone pic of a wrecktastic cupcake cake shaped into a lumpy, pink-ribbon approximation for you at the local grocery which would have gone so beautifully with your 'surivor' cake! But I was afraid of the Atilla the Hun of a baker glaring at me with a look in her eye that told me she knew exactly what was in my mind...
- October 21, 2008 at 11:13 AM
- abbybrossette said...
My favorite breast cancer awareness saying is, well besides 'save the tatas' is 'save second base.' That could turn out to be a wicked sick cake.
- October 21, 2008 at 11:26 AM
- Sue KuKu said...
"Survivor" may be misspelled, but at least it's beautifully centered on the cake! Unlike many of the other cakes here.
My friend recently found a T-shirt that said, "Tell your breasts to stop staring at my eyes!"
Hmmmm, unfortunately have met too many men that this applies to . . .
(KuKu) - October 21, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Something tells me the recipient of this cake is happy to be a survivor, no matter how it's spelled.
- October 21, 2008 at 12:06 PM
- Amber said...
Hah, thank you for that link. My mom has breast cancer and has been wanting one of those magnets for ages, but I haven't been able to find them anywhere.
- October 21, 2008 at 12:12 PM
- Stephanie said...
Good grief. That "Save the Ta Tas" thing is from a morning show called The Daily Buzz out of Florida.
- October 21, 2008 at 12:19 PM
- Boozy Tooth said...
First of all, that's not pink. It's kind of a strep throat red infection color complete with white pustule border. I think breast cancer SURIVORS deserve much better, don't you?
Alixandra Hice
http://casahice.blogspot.com - October 21, 2008 at 12:27 PM
My 16 year old daughter (faithful cake wrecks fan) figures it's the BUST they can do.
- October 21, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Empire biscuits/cookies make a good alternative to a cake for Breast Cancer awareness month. It's what I did yesterday.
And yes, the pepto-pink is a little hard to stomach. - October 21, 2008 at 12:45 PM
It's possible that their spelling is how Astro, the dog from "The Jetsons", would pronounce the word.
- October 21, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Theres an entire "save the tatas' store at the mall near my house.I think they also have some peacefrogs stuff.But that might have been moved to a seperate store recently.
- October 21, 2008 at 2:02 PM
- Movie Maven said...
My favorite product from Save the Tatas, which I happened upon while covering a beauty product fair, is Boob Lube, a soap for your breast exam each month. Okay, it's probs just regular soap. But I like the idea. And the name.
- October 21, 2008 at 2:05 PM
I first saw "Save the Ta-Tas" on a baby's onesie, where it made perfect sense!
Oh, and that cake looks like a Petri dish in need of cleaning.
Jenny Islander - October 21, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- b said...
Thanks for your restraint in the pun department.
Anytime I see any of the pink ribbon campaigns I am always reminded of the horrible Yoplait campaign from a few years ago, "Together we can Lick Breast Cancer." - October 21, 2008 at 2:12 PM
- Das Mutter said...
I love it! I fell upon your blog accidentally and am so glad I did. I think the Save the Tatas cake would be pretty easy to make...but then, you just never know! ;)
- October 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM
- Renee said...
I actually have a "feel your boobies" magnet in my office as the young lady who started the organization is from where I live. I also have a t-shirt but I am always too chicken to wear it out in public!
- October 21, 2008 at 2:54 PM
- skatej said...
There's advertisement on Facebook going around (I think on Flair) that says "Feel Your Boobies."nI think that should be on a cake as well. Perhaps next to "Save the Ta Tas"
- October 21, 2008 at 3:16 PM
- Denise said...
I'm a cancer sur-i-vor myself and while the thought of a cake is nice, I have to wonder about that Pepto-Bismol pink frosting. It looks like something that might cause cancer itself.
- October 21, 2008 at 3:33 PM
- Jade said...
My favorite breast cancer awareness slogan is still "Save Second Base"
- October 21, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Perhaps the cake wrecker added the white ribbon (a symbol against violence) instead of the pink one in the hopes that violence would not be taken out on him/herself.
- October 21, 2008 at 3:57 PM
- Gladys said...
I was at Costco the other day without my camera, and there was a big pink cake and on it a Ribbon and some flowers and it said:
I was cracking up and there was a little old lady standing behind me who said "Well, my husband loves mine too but I don't want it on a cake!" - October 21, 2008 at 4:44 PM
- Alison said...
We're wearing t-shirts at work this month that have the restaurant name on the front and a huge pink ribbon and "Save 2nd Base" on the back. You wouldn't believe how many people don't get it.
- October 21, 2008 at 5:02 PM
- Dea said...
Why oh why can't people figure out that Breast Cancer Pink is a specific color of pink???
I love the slogans.....but I had the BEST shirts when I walked the 3 Day - they were Co-Ed Naked themed - Co-Ed Naked Breast Exam (complete with hand prints on my boobs), Co-Ed Naked Mammogram (squished boobie picture and all) and Co-Ed Naked 3 Day ("It's long, it's hard, and it made me cry!")
I, too, know plenty of "surivors" who would laugh themselves silly with a pepto-colored cake that was mis-spelled! LMAO! - October 21, 2008 at 5:26 PM
- warren said...
The cake decorator was definitely a boob.
- October 21, 2008 at 5:41 PM
I keep waiting for a congratulatory cake with the inscription "Weigh to Go!"
PS "Save the tatas" is my new favourite slogan. - October 21, 2008 at 5:53 PM
- joyce said...
Wow. I am over fifty years old, and I have never heard them referred to as ta tas. What area of the country did that get started in??? And it took me a while to get "save second base", too. Oh, my. I have lived a sheltered life.
I am afraid to ask what the "feel your boobies" campaign means. Oh, the monthly exam?? Oh, I am SO slow. - October 21, 2008 at 6:33 PM
- Lulu LaBonne said...
Actually the spelling mistake is that it should've read Sir Ivor, (he is the British patron saint of the boob)
- October 21, 2008 at 6:47 PM
- sarah sundae said...
They have shirts that say that, too.
- October 21, 2008 at 7:26 PM
- Angela said...
Here are some Divorce Cakes, including one with weird quotation marks: http://listoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/10/divorce-cakes-of-day.html
- October 21, 2008 at 8:24 PM
awesome. i have to say, i don't hate the cake. Don't get me wrong, i hate the misspelling, but I am all for pink, and the cause. And it's not too ugly, overlooking the missing V. That said, impressive pun restraint, Jen, and I'd eat a save the ta-tas cake any day.
- October 21, 2008 at 8:48 PM
- Laura Marchant said...
I love it, save the ta tas!
The cake...not so appealing. - October 21, 2008 at 9:24 PM
- Peter L. said...
Hard to tell with the label on the lid, but it almost looks like the missing V was trying to escape out the bottom of the picture. Maybe the color scared it.
- October 21, 2008 at 9:45 PM
- Tracy O said...
Mom's a "surivor", too and she'd really laugh at this one!!
And don't forget to go to www.thebreastcancersite.com and click every day to donate a mammogram for free!!
Tracy O - October 22, 2008 at 12:01 AM
I have that car magnet!!
- October 22, 2008 at 1:07 AM
- J.M. said...
oh how sad..... they should have just wrote, "I like "boobs" in pink writing with sprinkles"
- October 22, 2008 at 1:18 AM
- Sleepwalker said...
I saw the name of the store embossed on the lid (look at the pic upside down) and laughed. An off-color nickname I've heard for that store is 'The Teet'.
Not quite as off-color as that frosting, though. - October 22, 2008 at 1:55 AM
- Astrid said...
LOL - OMG, you are an eternal source of great laughs! I just love your blog for that! The cakes of course have their share in it, but your comments make me roll on the floor laughing! Thank you - and "Save the ta tas"! :)
- October 22, 2008 at 4:14 AM
- Pammymela said...
I've been meaning to share this link "Dolly Partron" boob cup cakes since I saw it in the paper:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24503100-3102,00.html - October 22, 2008 at 5:42 AM
The "Save the Ta-Ta's" deal is obviously a breast cancer awareness group...at my local Relay for Life, one of my Mom's friend (who is a breast cancer survivor) was selling all sorts of things there. I have a tank top, sweatshirt, button and sticker set as well.
And that cake...how could you even consider yourself a person who is "for the cause" when you can't even spell Survivor, let alone but the correct ribbon on the cake?
*sigh* I hope for the day when all cake wrecks aren't mearly caused by stupidity...oh wait, those are the best one! =D - October 22, 2008 at 3:03 PM
- Jennifer Duncan said...
Blech! That's a nasty shade of pink.
This may be the cake that Anonymous tried to photograph. My husband snapped it at the local grocery store. - October 22, 2008 at 4:07 PM
I saw a baby onesie with the same ribbon design that said "I love the tatas" I was quite amused.
- October 22, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Long before I discovered this blog, I once asked that a pink ribbon be put on a cake for my mother, in honor of her one year survival day. The result was a misshapen, pink blob that had me tearfully begging my husband to confront the baker because I wouldn't have been able to do so without causing a scene.
Cause cakes done badly really upset me. Aren't those people who have been so much worth at least a *little* effort? - October 22, 2008 at 9:48 PM
- Darling Jill Quilts said...
I have a save the ta-ta's t-shirt that has the same logo on the, ummm, chest. hee hee My friend got one at the same time that says save second base. We both get lots of looks until people realize that it means.
- October 23, 2008 at 10:15 AM
My favorite slogan... "Let's Fight Can Cancer!!"
- October 23, 2008 at 5:23 PM
- Unknown said...
I walked the Seattle 3-Day. My favorite team was the "Tuff Titties" which was a team of guys.
On the back of their shirts it said "Busting our balls to save breasts." - October 24, 2008 at 12:44 PM
My mom actually owns that magnet.
- June 24, 2009 at 5:48 PM
I gotta' say, that "save the ta tas" is amazingly offensive. Reducing a womyn to her breast; yeah we haven't heard that in a while, unless of course you watch television, read mainstream books, and perhaps associate with an humin being ever.
- June 28, 2010 at 7:15 PM
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text: who was expected at Brussels as a Messiah, did not however turn up: and was said to have fallen ill in Paris in consequence of a carriage accident. When at last he did reach Brussels, he did not seem in the least inclined to unite in the efforts for Peace that were being urged on there, and which also had the support of the Envoy from Savoy. In Paris, on the contrary, he had been carrying on negotiations between the Sovereigns Fig. 91. PORTRAIT OF ISABELLA BRANT. In the Hermitage at St. Petersburg. of Spain and France as to the defence of their respective kingdoms, to which negotiations Rubens very justly referred in the following terms: "We believe that this League will be like thunder without lightning, which makes a noise in the air without producing any effect. For it is an alliance of different temperaments brought together contrary to their respective natures and powers, and directed by passion rather than by reason." In spite of the strenuous efforts of the Belgian Court to bring about Peace, the whole matter seemed to collapse, and Gerbier was recalled to England. Fig. 92. THE ARTIST'S SONS, ALBERT AND NICHOLAS. In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna. After a photograph from the original by Braun, Clément & Co. Dornach, Paris and New-York. KNACKFUSS, Rubens. 8 Rubens himself could only advise warlike operations, as the sole means of exerting pressure on Spain. He however, once more commenced diplomatic action when the Marquis Spinola went to Madrid in the beginning of 1628, and in the month of March of that year wrote to Buckingham in connection with a letter from Spinola at Madrid, that "Philip IV., who had no real confidence in France, would be very much inclined to make peace with those with whom he was at war". In May the artist was visited at Antwerp by the Earl of Carlisle, English Ambassador to the Hague, who was then on his way to Italy. In the course of their conversation, the painter assured the ambassador, that Spain was longing to make peace with England; and he, moreover, arranged an audience for Carlisle with the Archduchess. The great talents shown by Rubens in this matter of securing peace were recognised and rewarded by the Archduchess Isabella, who in 1628 appointed him her chamberlain whilst Philip IV. summoned him to Madrid in the same year to report personally on these long and wearisome negotiations. The skilful statesman and famous artist was received at the Spanish capital with great honour: Apartments were assigned to him in the Royal Palace; and he was visited daily by the King. Among the persons at court with whom he was on terms of friendly intercourse was Velasquez, the greatest portrait-painter of all time, then 29 years of age, and preparing to climb with giantstrides the topmost heights of his fame. Rubens remained eight months in Madrid; and there he again had time and opportunity to devote himself to his art. Philip IV. commissioned him to execute portraits, intended as presents for the Infanta Isabella: of all the members of the Royal Family, and he also repeatedly painted the King and Queen themselves. Two of these portraits in which, according to Spanish custom, both Philip and his Queen Elizabeth are dressed in black later on reached St. Petersburg. The stern gloom of Spanish pride is undeniably present in both of them. Philip, with the conspicuous underlip so characteristic of the Habsburgs, looks unimportant but the features of his still youthful Queen have a peculiar charm, and display an expression of vague melancholy, as if she did not feel very happy in her position as Queen of "Both the Indies" (Figs. 94 and 95). In another picture, now in the Louvre, ordered by Elizabeth, probably for Louis XIII., the French King's daughter is represented in a rich and fashionable dress although here also we find in her face, which is perhaps rather colder in expression, the same melancholy traits. In the rendering of her fair and delicate complexion, her transparent white ruff, her brilliant jewelry and splendid robe of gold coloured brocade; of the massed light encircling her head; and the pictorial effect which he was able to extract from an otherwise stiff-fashion of costume, Rubens displays a master hand (Fig. 96). The King gave many other commissions to the artist, amongst which was the large and idealized equestrian portrait of Philip II., - who had died thirty years before, which shill adorns the Prado Museum. His Royal patron also desired him to copy paintings by Titian, and to make sketches for tapestries to decorate the apartments of his own palace. They were Fig. 93. RUBENS' SONS. From the picture in the Dresden Gallery. After a photograph from the original by Braun, Clément & Co., Dornach, Paris and New-York. to represent scenes both mythological and allegorical, and also from the gospels. Of the designs for these latter subjects there is one in the Louvre, executed on a larger scale than those in the Prado Museum. It is a |


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The main, vain thing I want to say about the video is this: all the lighting on me is from below. You know, like you did with a (BrE) torch/(AmE) flashlight to yourself in order to tell scary stories at (AmE) slumber parties/(BrE) pyjama parties (also AmE pajama party--there is another blog post in this. I will do it next). I don't think I usually look this spooky. Please God, don't let me usually look this spooky.
(But if you want to see me looking spooky, I recommend watching this on YouTube, as the embedded version here cuts off the right side of the video.)
There's a lot more to say about thanking in particular, but what I mention at the beginning of the video, then never talk about at all, is please. There is a lot to say about please. There is a lot to research about please. I'm limiting myself here to talking about saying please when ordering in a restaurant--just because it's the place I notice it (and its absence) the most.
Now, when I first came to this country--and for a while after--I would hear British people claiming that Americans don't say please, and I would bristle. Of course we do! We are trained to add the magic word when we request things. We are nice people! I'm a nice person! And anyone who doesn't think so can have a sock in the eye.
But then I lived here a while and my family and friends started to come over and visit. They'd order food in restaurants and I'd hear how abrupt they sounded, leaving off the please. Then I noticed myself and my English friends at our weekly
(My bossy, corrective behavio(u)r was no doubt facilitated by being the parent of a preschooler--and the fact that I'm the big sister. As a parent, I try not to add the absent pleases, but to ask: Could you say that again in a nice way?)
But look, even on Sesame Street, where children are taught lessons about politeness, people order food without saying please. Mr Johnson here says I'd like a bowl of hot alphabet soup (with a bit of politeness marking in the I'd like). He could have instead said I'll have the alphabet soup.
Of course, it's not true that every British person always says please when they order food, but I definitely hear more pleases here. (On my visit to the US in July, I continued to add pleases after my brothers' restaurant orders, mostly in whispers to myself, just because it was driving me crazy.)
So, how can it be that Americans think of themselves as polite when they fail to extend this common courtesy word?
Part of the story is touched upon in my TEDx talk. American interactions are generally aimed at creating/maintaining a sense of equality among the participants. My reading of what we're doing when we don't say please is that we don't really want to point out that we are making requests in these situations--to do so would be to acknowledge that the customer is in a more 'powerful' or 'statusful' position than the waiter. So instead of thinking of it as telling waiters what to do (here I'm quoting myself from Emphasis Writing's e-bulletin):
Americans regard ordering as providing the waiter with the information he needs to do his job.On the other hand,
The British say please when ordering food in restaurants because they view the action as a personal request to the waiter.Please unambiguously marks an utterance as a request (it is an IFID: Illocutionary Force Indicating Device). Other means of softening requests involve making the request less obviously a request. Could you bring me a salad? is literally a question about someone's ability; I'll have the salad is a statement of my intentions; I'd like the salad is a description of my mental state. They give the requestee a plausible way around dealing with the request (e.g. Could you...? Not in these heels; I'd like..., Ooh, so would I. ). Not that they would refuse. But hiding a request in another type of speech act is a way of being polite, and that hiding is kind of cancel(l)ed out if an IFID like please is added to say "Look at me! I'm ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME!"
Please thus ends up not feeling right in some American contexts. Ben Trawick-Smith discussed this at his Dialect Blog:
while 'thank you' is still important to civilized discourse, I find that 'please' has almost the opposite effect in American English. It can make a question sound urgent, blunt, and even downright rude.
I'm sure people working in service industries in touristy places will have tales of cross-cultural request behaviour. Please let us know about them!
P.S. I've remembered that I've written about something related, so (please) see also: making suggestions.
P.P.S. (12 September) Various pictures of signs like this are making their way round Facebook. Maybe this is what's needed in the UK, so that tourists learn the lingo without some of the rude interventions described in the comments section!
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The Americans with Disabilities Act, also known as the ADA, clearly states that proof of "certification" cannot be required by any facility or business for legal access if you meet the requirements for a person with a legal disability, and your dog meets the requirements of a service animal. Many business owners and establishments are ignorant of the law, ID Badges will have all of the necessary information should they require further explanation regarding your rights when accompanied by your Service Dog. Complaints Regarding Business Owners Can Be Filed Here
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Today's Names to Know: Kobe Bryant, David Stern, Tim Duncan, LaMarcus Aldridge, Baron Davis, Grady Little, Joe Torre, Reggie Bush, Hawaii, Woody Paige, Halloween and More!
Happy Halloween, everyone (especially those of you with kids who will be entering the trick-or-treat mayhem tonight).
Quote of the Day: David Stern on the Knicks. "They're not a model of intelligent management." Leave it to the Commish to put it as well as anyone has ever put it about Isiah, Dolan and Co. What more needs to be added to that? We all vigorously nod our heads in agreement.
NBA Season Openers: Spurs get rings, win opener.
Breakout Watch: LaMarcus Aldridge, who had 27 for the Blazers in their loss to the Spurs. He's going to have a monster year, and that's BEFORE Greg Oden returns from injury.
The Jazz look good. I probably underrated them in my West playoff projections. As far as "Big Threes" go, Deron Williams (24/8a), Carlos Boozer (32/15r) and breakout prospect Ronnie Brewer (18/4s) are pretty impressive. And that doesn't even count Paul Millsap (16/10r).
Tim Duncan signs 2Y/$40M extension with Spurs:
(Meanwhile, when LeBron James asked for help, do you think he meant the team re-signing Sasha Pavlovic to a three-year deal? Umm... no.)
Yankees hire Joe Girardi: To recap this week's analysis, the good news is that a Northwestern alum got the job; the bad news is that I suspect he won't have the job a year from now. But who knows?
Grady Little leaves Dodgers, looks like Torre is a done-deal: Look, the last time a team fired Grady Little, they went on to win two of the next four World Series championships, so things are looking good for the Dodgers (especially if they hire Joe Torre and Don Mattingly).
MLB Hot Stove Pre-Heat: Are the Phillies interested in Curt Schilling and Mike Lowell?... Are the Yankees and Mariano Rivera ready to deal?.. Will Jorge Posada stay in
Marketer sues Reggie Bush and his family for $300,000 in cash and prizes the player received during college: And yet the NCAA can't make any headway with an investigation? How ludicrous.
CFB Must-Read: Sunday Morning Quarterback had an unbelievable take-down of
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year: As part of my ongoing partnership with the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award, be sure to check out my blog at coachoftheyear.com. DS.com CFB fans are encouraged to weigh in on the Coach of the Year race in the comments section. Should the front-runner be BC's Jeff Jagodzinski,
Soccer: Can you imagine a more fun World Cup setting than
Prep Football: Two-a-Done. Hoover (
Anyone watch "Around the Horn" yesterday? I got a tip from TBL that I got a totally random name-check from Woody Paige, although I presume it was done for mockery value. In my illustrious and erstwhile ATH career, for all of its debacle-ness, Woody was genuinely nice to me. Hey: Maybe he just wanted to add a little blogger cred to the show. Erik Rydholm and Aaron : Call me! (Making phone hand-sign)
R.I.P., Robert Goulet: I was remiss in not talking about this earlier. He will always be beloved by sports fans for his incredible ESPN college hoops promos, quite possibly the best non-"This Is SportsCenter" promos the network ever created.
Varsity Dad vs. Halloween: At what point (if ever) is it OK to dress your toddler as a sports hero for Halloween? My kid has a Percy Harvin jersey, but that ain't happening: He's going as a monkey.


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Fire Prevention for Pre-Teens
Fire Prevention for Pre-Teens
When it comes to fire prevention, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that kids this age have reached a stage of mental development where they are at a much lower risk of dying in a fire. The bad news is that home fires can still happen quickly, and older children are more likely to cause them, either intentionally or by accident. Here are some ways to protect your children.
Top Safety Tips
- Working smoke alarms reduce the chances of dying in a fire by nearly 50 percent. They are a critical first step for staying safe, but in order to be effective, they have to be working properly. For the best protection, install smoke alarms on every level of your home and in every sleeping area.
- Consider installing a smoke alarm that has a 10-year battery.
- Keep candles at least 12 inches away from anything that can burn, and always blow them out when you leave the room or before you go to sleep. Teach older kids not to use candles in their bedrooms, unless supervised by an adult.
- Use common sense in the kitchen. Limit distractions when cooking and don't leave a hot oven or stovetop unattended.
- Have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen in case of emergency, and make sure you know how it works. You might be surprised that most people don't know how to use one.
- At this point, preteens and teens should know how to respond to the sound of a smoke alarm. But it never hurts to make sure. Make sure they know to get low and get out when they hear it.
- Practice feeling the door, doorknob and cracks around the door with the back of your hand to see if they are too hot. Help your children practice this step.
- Together, have your family plan and practice a home fire escape plan with two ways out of your house in case of a fire. It is important to have an alternate exit in case one is blocked by fire.
- Choose a place to meet outside that is a safe distance away from your home.
- If you cannot safely escape your home or apartment, keep smoke out of the room by covering vents and cracks around the door and call 911 or your fire department as quickly as possible. Then signal for help at the window with a light-colored cloth or a flashlight.


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Endeavour (SOLD)
mixed media on canvas
1110 x 840 mm
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