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Sounds like a good week for everyone! Great job to those of you getting over the week 5 hump...that one is TOUGH, but it's amazing when you do it! I'm a little worried about it, but I keep telling myself "one day at a time".
I finished W1D2 today, and though it went well, the achy knees are setting in. I'm not too worried. The first time I did c25 I had about 3 weeks of LOTS of aches and pains, but eventually it subsided and things evened out. This week has been beautiful for running, and though I'm NOT a morning person by any stretch of the imagination, I'm enjoying getting out right at sunrise, feeling the slight bite in the cool air, seeing the quiet neighborhoods, watching the sun rise.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Jenn / BradenMommyof5
Ok, so today I did W3D1! I was so worried about it. After the first 3 minute run I wanted to cry. I was so proud of my self! In the last 3 minute run I wanted to die after about 90 seconds. But I was so close to the end, I couldn't give up and I didn't! My husband was off work today so he was very encouraging before I started and asked how I did after. He's come a long way from doubting that I'll stick with it (not his fault, I'm just really bad at consistent excercise) to being very encouraging.
I'm feeling a little inspired by BradenMommyof4--I've been concerned with how slow I jog. But I think after I complete this round of C25k I will start all over again at a quicker pace. I'm back on track and really looking forward to the rest of this journey!
Well yesterday I completed Week 4 Run 3 and was really really proud as I realised I have been doing this for a month now and still at it! In my last five minute run I pushed myself and ran a bit faster and you know what it felt even better than the lower pace I was running at strangely enough. And like you mommymudd I think once I complete this round of the C25k I will start all over again at a quicker pace!
Had a bit of a setback...my hubby was gone for 5 days at a conference and I was WAY to busy to get my runs in!
Hoping to jump back into c25k and start Week 2 tomorrow.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Jenn / BradenMommyof5
Sorry I disappeared, when the site went down I lose my momentum on this site. But I'm all caught up and glad to hear you gals are still going strong! Please don't worry about how fast you run. All the running experts say to focus on endurance first (how long (as in time, not distance) you can run and only when you have built up a solid base do you think about speed. For me, though, I'm fine with being slow, as long as I can do longer and longer distances. I have heard sprint intervals increase your overall speed though so maybe rather than repeating c25k when you're done you can add sprint intervals to your runs.
I finally met my match with c25k W6/D2. It's two 10 minute runs with a 3 minute walk. I had to take a break after 5 minutes during the second run. I thought I'd have to walk the rest but after three minutes I was able to run again for 5 minutes. The issue was a cramp forming in the bottom of my foot that made me nervous I might fall. It was weird and I hope it doesn't happen again. I just read a thing on avoiding cramps and the #1 tip was Stay Hydrated - I know I haven't been drinking enough water.
My runs have been feeling hard lately and I know one problem is I go to the gym sometimes after 4+ hours with no food. I came across this article today:
and I know what it says is true it's just that my day gets going sometimes and I get busy and next thing you know I have to go to the gym. If I were home I'd just grab a snack but it's harder at work. I put some AccelGels in my gym bag so now at least when this happens I can put something in my stomach on those days. Too bad the lack of eating doesn't last through the evening
I finally did an outside run today, Week 6/Day 3. I couldn't stand the thought of 26 minutes on the treadmill. It was a beautiful day and my run was so good! I will go ahead and repeat Week 6 next week. After this week they'll be no more walk breaks.
My eating hasn't been so good. After losing 2 pounds the week before last I gained this past week. It was my daughters birthday party and a lot of social (eating out) stuff that got me. I'm feeling motivated again and I want to make that gain disappear!
My weight loss blog, pictures, etc (started in 2007):
Week 5 Run 1 sorted! I find I am doing so much better now that I have covered up my timer! lol I also liked the fact I was told on the podcast when I was halfway through a five minute run and then when I had a minute left after each five minutes because when I felt myself lagging I told myself I could do another sixty seconds or two and a half minutes. lol And no soreness whatsoever either! I just feel really chirpy and proud of myself. I just feel really motivated to keep on going.
Week 5 Run 2 finished, although the last sixty seconds seemed to last a lot longer than a minute! Also I have noticed my head seems to be trying to talk myself into slowing down even when my legs and the rest of my body feels fine. If only I could turn my brain off! lol
Nice work, Evo! Isn't is awesome to get over that hump and actually ENJOY running? I'm not there yet, ugh, but hopefully I will be soon!
Mikala - hang in there. The last couple weeks of c25k can be hard. I try and play little mind games, for instance, when I feel like stopping, I'll tell myself something like "okay, I'll stop at THAT spot up ahead", and when I get to that point, give myself another spot to run to. It doesn't work everytime, but sometimes you can get another minute or two out of your body. Also-if those cramps show up again, do some research on running form. You're running for long enough periods know that if you do have a quirk in your running form, you'd start to feel it. I found some great articles on about.com when I searched for "proper running form".
I completed W2D2 today and am a little discouraged by the knee pain I'm feeling. I try and do "Chi Running" which is a technique designed to eliminate pain, especially chronic aches and pains. I think I need to go back and read the book because my inner knees are sore to the touch and they just ache. I experienced some of this last year when I started running, so I know some of it comes with the territory of being a "newbie". I also had a baby four months ago and am wondering if my ligaments are still loose (I hear that can take up to 6 month to be normal again). I don't know. *sigh* I can't diet, and I eat like crap so I feel like running is my saving grace. I've already gained 10 lbs after having my baby, and I really don't want to creep back up to 200 lbs again. *another sigh*
Ah well, so it goes. On a brighter note, I'm running WAY faster than I did when I started c25k for thve first time in 2010! In 2010 I was stuck at an 11 minute mile for MONTHS, and it was a HUGE deal if I ever made it under 10 min per mile. Using active.com's route tracker, I've been timing/tracking my first and last intervals. I've been averaging about a 9 minute mile, and haven't gone over a 10 min mile!!!!! I'm pretty good at keeping a pace once a start-20+ years of playing piano with a metronome, so keeping pace is pretty easy and steady. Anyway, that's one bright spot, I guess.
Whew-gotta get my day doing. Hope you all have a great rest of your week!
Jenn / BradenMommyof5
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WAILUKU, Maui (AP) — The Coast Guard said four people snorkeling near Molokini Crater were stung by jellyfish.
The adult and three children who were stung Tuesday were snorkeling at the popular visitor destination off South Maui.
The Coast Guard received a call about the incident from a charter vessel.
A Coast Guard response boat crew arrived shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday. The Coast Guard said the injured people were transported in the vessel to Kihei, where emergency services were waiting.
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Students at the University of Southern Maine walked out of class on Monday to protest recent cuts at the school.
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Top 5 Social Distortion Songs (Thanks AmatorDeus)
Submitted by marygabucan on Thu, 12/11/2003 - 03:39
- 1.Ball and Chain
- 2.Story of my life
- 3.Sick Boys
- 4.When she begins
- 5.Tie between:All the answers and their cover of Pretty in pink.
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They do a great cover of "Under My Thumb" also.
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Due to the of the growth of our Y-Dance Program, the technical excellence we strive to achieve, and requests by dancers in our community, we are offering a condensed summer schedule. We realize summer is a busy time for families, therefore, in some of our divisions we have combined the FUSION EXPERIENCE (fusion, ballet, leaps and turns.) Our summer classes will NOT include a routine, but rather they will focus on the more technical and artistic aspects of dance with a combination for some teachers.
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Divisions signify grade/maturity and levels allow for abilities. For most classes, minimum enrollment is four students. Some classes may cap enrollment based on teacher and room space. All classes are held at the YWCA, 605 N. 6th Street, Lafayette.
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redevilmatt redevilmatt Mar 20, 2008 20:14 Flag
I am a little worried that other players are not scoring goals, and if it wasn't for the prolific Ronny in recent weeks, the table could have looked a little different then it does now. Roon and Tevez seemed to have dried up, sicknote looks to have picked up ANOTHER niggling injury, and equally worrying is the midfield not scoring. We need Nani, Carrick, Scholes and Giggs to contribute more in front of goal, as we cant keep relying on Roony in our pursuit of League and European success.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
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I actually thought the flood gates would open once we went 2 up inside 30 minuets against Bolton but it never happened. I think it will just take Rooney or Tevez to get one then maybe it will happen for the rest.
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The other point to consider is that Ronaldo banged another free-kick in last night, and also takes the penalties. Hargreaves showed that he can score from a free-kick also, as can Rooney if Ronaldo is not playing. Ronaldo is a fantastic player, but we have many excellent players in the team who can score if called upon. Ronaldo might be the jewel in the crown, but doesn't every team want that sort of player?
Wobbly_gob Wobbly_gob Mar 20, 2008 22:42 Flag
You could say something similar about each ofthe teams in the top 4 positions Matt.
Small club without punchy (Adebayor)
Chavs without the Chunkster (Limpturd)
Liverpool without Torres.
The fact that in recent months SAF has given Tevez a long overdue rest is why the Roon/Tev partnership hasn't scored bucketloads.
If we hadn't been winning I am sure SAF would have dragged him back into service much earlier.
He has been saving him for the sharp end of the season which we are almost at.
They will fire again.
Giggsy is a bit part player now and as such was never going to give us double figures.
The Ginger Ninja has had his injuries this season, following on from the ey problems last year so I think he still has goals in him.
Fletch has netted from midfield when he has played so the goals are still there.
Nani has been too greedy of late which has contributed to the rotational issues SAF is experimenting with at the moment but aside from a daylight robbery of a refereeing disply in the FA Cup we would have been on for the threble again so it aint that broke.
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Good points. Tevez has deserved a rest, which I guess is why Rooney's had so many lone-striker games. It also shows how Fergie's squad rotation hasn't caused us to suffer, and hopefully now there'll be a run of Tevez-Rooney games.
That's true, but Rooney has always been the kind to go thrugh bursts of goal-scoring. If he can get a couple, you'll see him pick up, though. We've actually got a lot of players off the mark in scoring, more than a lot of teams, but yeah, some of them hitting double figures would be good.


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Fox's Kevin Jackson: Mothers Of The Movement "Raise Thugs Who Try To Kill Cops"
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CMP's Indictment For Actions Taken During Its Campaign Against Planned Parenthood Was Dismissed On A Technicality
In January, a grand jury in Harris County, TX, indicted Center for Medical Progress (CMP) founder David Daleiden and associate Sandra Merritt on a felony count for "tampering with a governmental record" as well as on a separate misdemeanor charge for "illegally offer[ing] to purchase human organs."
Daleiden and Merritt were accused of using fake California driver's licenses in order to gain access to a Planned Parenthood affiliate in Houston. They used the access to secretly film inside and later release a deceptively edited video alleging Planned Parenthood employees were involved in the illegal sale of donated fetal tissue. A judge dismissed the misdemeanor charge in June on a technicality regarding "language left out of the original indictment." The judge wrote that the indictment "does not include both that Daleiden intended to buy, sell or acquire human organs in violation of the law, and that he isn't subject to a legal exception that allows medical entities to recoup expenses for obtaining or transporting organs."
On July 26, prosecutors moved to drop the felony counts against Daleiden and Merritt, citing the "limits" to what evidence a grand jury can investigate after being granted an extension order.
The Houston Press' Meagan Flynn reports in an article headlined "Why The Dropped Charges Against The Anti-Abortion Activists Is Not A 'Vindication'" that the case was not dismissed because of arguments about Daleiden's "First Amendment" rights, as he has proclaimed, but rather on narrow, and somewhat unusual, technical grounds. From the Houston Press (emphasis original):
Almost immediately after prosecutors decided, abruptly, to drop charges against the anti-abortion activists who infiltrated a Planned Parenthood facility in Houston using fake IDs, conservatives pro-lifers were calling it a "vindication." Even though the charges were dropped because of technicalities.
When a Harris County grand jury investigated the case, it cleared Planned Parenthood entirely and instead indicted Daleiden and Merritt in January for their shady tactics, prompting outrage from conservatives across the country. The Center For Medical Progress, the group the activists really worked for, said in a statement: "The Center for Medical Progress uses the same undercover techniques that investigative journalists have used for decades in exercising our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and of the press."
When the Harris County District Attorney's Office let them off the hook not because of the merits of the case, but because of technical procedural issues, supporters of Merritt and Daleiden considered it a validation of their defense. After the hearing, Daleiden told reporters, "I'm glad the First Amendment rights of all citizen journalists have been vindicated today." (To be clear, all journalists learn in J-school 101 that using fake IDs to "go undercover" will land you jail time, not a Pulitzer, which we discussed with a law professor in January.)
Melissa Hamilton, a visiting criminal law scholar at the University of Houston Law School, said that this case "isn't a vindication for anybody." And, she said, what's strange about this entire case is that the technicalities used to drop both Daleiden's solicitation of the sale of fetal tissue charge and the tampering with government records charges are rarely ever seen. "Cases are dropped all the time for procedural issues—but not these," she said.
The Hyde Amendment Has Long Stymied Abortion Access -- And Media Are Taking Note That It's Time For A Change
During its national convention, the Democratic Party adopted a platform explicitly calling for the repeal of the Hyde Amendment -- a long-standing budgetary rider blocking the use of federal Medicaid funds to cover abortion care except in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother. Here are four times media highlighted the importance of repealing the Hyde Amendment and removing economic barriers to abortion access.
A testimonial video for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released by the National Rifle Association prominently features a man who posted online content suggesting that some Sandy Hook Elementary School parents were actually actors.
NRA News, the NRA's media arm, published a nearly eight-minute testimonial in support of Trump on July 25. The NRA endorsed Trump on May 20 during its annual meeting in Louisville, KY.
The testimonial echoes claims made at the annual meeting, focusing on the false claim that Hillary Clinton would abolish the Second Amendment as president. The testimonial also features video footage of terrorist attacks, including the recent attack in Nice, France, that left 84 people dead.
Throughout the testimonial, the NRA presents interviews of people attending the NRA annual meeting expressing support for Trump. One individual identified by the NRA as Vince Resor is featured five times in the video.
Resor first comments on gun-free zones ("Gun-free zones have cost us a lot of lives and it's time to put an end to that") and the future of the Supreme Court ("America won't be America. The Supreme Court can make or break the country for the next generation") before offering words of encouragement for Trump.
Resor says that he is "excited" about Trump, that "he is right for the country at this time," and "You either vote for Trump or you vote for a dim future for all Americans, and your kids, and generations to come."
The NRA video gives Resor the last word, with his pitch closing out the testimonial: "Keep your foot on the gas, Donald Trump. This is no time to let up. We're sliding down the slippery slope and it's time to put the hammer down and get the job done."
On his public Facebook page, Resor suggested that parents of two children who attended Sandy Hook Elementary School, the site of a 2012 mass shooting, are actually actors. Sharing a false report from a conspiracy website about the parents of two Sandy Hook students, Resor wrote weeks after the shooting, "What is amazing here is not how despicable this is, but how unremarkable it is to learn that the mainstream media deceives us with propaganda to advance their cause. Disgusting."
He also referenced the same conspiracy in April 2013, writing, "Now are these the real Newtown parents or the actors from Florida?"
The claim that certain people who made media appearances or appeared in news footage following the Sandy Hook mass shooting were actually "crisis actors" is a central tenet to the conspiracy theory that the shooting was a hoax.
Other conspiracies appear on Resor's page, including the claim that President Obama is a Muslim:
Resor also operates a blog where he wrote that he is "all for racial profiling" and "and any other method that helps law enforcement civil servants rid us of the criminal element fouling our society," arguing, "If you wear a towel around your head, you get searched. If your crack is exposed because your pants are too low, you get searched."
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CNN's Dylan Byers reports that former Fox News Executive Vice President Michael Clemente has left the network "days after Roger Ailes' departure from Fox News."
CNN reported that Clemente's departure "was unrelated to the recent sexual harassment allegations surrounding Ailes," which continues to plague the network, with new reports that sexual harassment may be widespread at Fox. Clemente's number two, Peter Boyer, also left the network. CNN noted that Clemente "showed no signs of leaving the network prior to the scandal":
Michael Clemente, a longtime executive vice president of News at Fox who was effectively demoted earlier this year, has left the network, spokespeople confirmed. Peter Boyer, a former New Yorker writer who recently served as Clemente's number two, has also left.
Clemente's departure, first reported by TVNewser, was approved by 21st Century Fox co-chairman Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch. Network insiders say the move was unrelated to the recent sexual harassment allegations surrounding Ailes, though it's also true that Clemente showed no signs of leaving the network prior to the scandal.
Clemente's exit from Fox follows reports from New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman that Fox News executives had helped Ailes "cover up" sexual harassment allegations, as well as Good Morning America's report that there was a "culture inside Fox News" of sexual harassment.
LA Times: Select Panel's Interim Report is "Long on Innuendo but Remarkably Short on Revelation"
On July 14, the Republican members of Congress' Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives released an interim report of its ongoing investigation of abortion providers and medical researchers, which, they allege, were involved in the sale of donated fetal tissue.
In a July 25 editorial, the Los Angeles Times editorial board criticized the select panel's interim report and called for the panel to be disbanded based on the complete lack of evidence the document contained. As the editorial board wrote, despite "months of investigation and subpoenas for staggering amounts of records … the chairman and Republican members of the panel released an 88-page interim report this month that is long on innuendo but remarkably short on revelations."
The select panel was formed in October 2015 after the anti-choice group Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a series of deceptively edited videos targeting Planned Parenthood and fetal tissue procurement companies. In the past year, CMP's deceptive videos have been consistently debunked while multiple state investigations have cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing. Meanwhile, CMP and its founder David Daleiden have been indicted for fraud by a grand jury in Houston, TX, have been subject to several lawsuits, and have had their work soundly rejected by multiple judges and journalists.
Undeterred, Republican members of the select panel have sourced numerous documents from CMP's website and videos to use as "evidence" in their ongoing campaign against Planned Parenthood. Despite calls by congressional Democrats and 50 organizations to disband the panel, House Speaker Paul Ryan has reiterated his support for its work. Furthermore, the House Administration Committee has also approved supplemental funding for the panel's continued operation.
Although the select panel's interim report made a variety of allegations against Planned Parenthood, tissue procurement firms, and universities engaged in medical research, the Los Angeles Times noted that the panel "has yet to find any proof that anyone is selling or buying fetal tissue." In fact, as the editorial board explained: "One of the panel's main findings" -- concerning allegations against the University of New Mexico (UNM) -- "is actually just speculation."
Prior to their release of the interim report, select panel Republicans sent a letter to the New Mexico attorney general arguing that UNM was improperly contracting with a nearby abortion clinic, Southwestern Women's Options (SWWO). In an accompanying press release, select panel Chairman Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) accused UNM of having a "symbiotic relationship" with SWWO that was in violation of federal and state law. In reality, the Times explained, UNM "has categorically denied both allegations" and also "contends that the panel is misreading state law."
In another section of the report, the panel's Republican members recounted their recommendation to the Department of Health and Human Services that the tissue procurement company StemExpress be investigated for violating federal patient privacy laws. The panel alleged that StemExpress employees placed in abortion clinics were allowed too much access to patients' private medical information in order to assess candidates for potential fetal tissue donation.
As the Times noted, however, this allegation, too, was unproven. Quoting a lawyer for StemExpress, the editorial board explained that StemExpress did not violate any privacy laws because "its technicians did not review medical files," and "the panel would have known this had it interviewed any of the witnesses 'repeatedly offered by StemExpress.'"
Since the select panel's inception, media have criticized its actions as a politically motivated "witch hunt" against abortion providers and medical researchers. The Times endorsed this critique and added that the panel's Republican members have "made no secret of their mission" to advance an anti-choice agenda, regardless of its veracity:
Having found no smoking guns in the University of New Mexico and StemExpress cases, the panel has passed its allegations to other authorities to settle while it continues to search for criminality. Beyond that, the report does little more than serve the panel's antiabortion narrative in which clinics are desperate to get more business, fetal tissue companies are intent on getting more product, and the technicians who collect these specimens send out emails blithely discussing fetal organs and limbs. Even if this portrait were accurate — and the panel offers little evidence to back that up — it establishes no wrongdoing.
Even if the panel's allegations are baseless, there are still costs associated with attacks on fetal tissue research. Since the start of CMP's smear campaign against Planned Parenthood, there has been a "chilling effect" on fetal tissue donation and research. As the Times editorial board wrote, "The real danger here is that the panel's work will chill the activities of fetal tissue suppliers and the researchers who use it to study retinal degeneration, fetal development, the Zika virus and illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease."
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Following the ousting of former Fox CEO Roger Ailes amid allegations that he sexually harassed former network anchor Gretchen Carlson, The New York Times reported that a culture of sexual harassment and intimidation in Fox News may extend beyond Ailes. According to the Times, interviews with current and former Fox News employees revealed "instances of harassment and intimidation that went beyond Mr. Ailes and suggested a broader problem in the workplace."
On July 21, Fox News' parent company announced that Ailes would be resigning his position at Fox News but would receive $60 million and continue to work "as a consultant" with 21st Century Fox. Ailes' ousting from the company follows a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson. According to The Washington Post, 25 women have come forward to make similar harassment claims against Ailes.
The New York Times reported on July 23 that Fox News may have "a broader problem in the workplace," that extends beyond Ailes after at least "a dozen women" told the Times that "they had experienced some form of sexual harassment or intimidation at Fox News or the Fox Business Network, and half a dozen more who said they had witnessed it. Two of them cited Mr. Ailes and the rest cited other supervisors." From the Times' report:
The investigation by Fox News's parent company, 21st Century Fox, focused narrowly on Mr. Ailes. But in interviews with The New York Times, current and former employees described instances of harassment and intimidation that went beyond Mr. Ailes and suggested a broader problem in the workplace.
The Times spoke with about a dozen women who said they had experienced some form of sexual harassment or intimidation at Fox News or the Fox Business Network, and half a dozen more who said they had witnessed it. Two of them cited Mr. Ailes and the rest cited other supervisors. With the exception of Ms. Bakhtiar, they all spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing embarrassment and fear of retribution. Most continue to work in television and worry that speaking out could damage their careers.
They told of strikingly similar experiences at Fox News. Several said that inappropriate comments about a woman's appearance and sex life were frequent. Managers tried to set up their employees on dates with superiors.
The women interviewed by The Times described similarly troubling experiences at Fox News and the Fox Business Network, a sprawling operation with about 2,000 employees on several floors of News Corporation's headquarters on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.
The networks were run with an iron fist by Mr. Ailes, the founding chairman and a former Republican strategist, who established the channels as a lucrative profit center and an influential voice in conservative politics.
It is difficult to know exactly how much Mr. Ailes set the tone. The investigation into his conduct revealed findings troubling enough to compel 21st Century Fox executives to move quickly and arrange his exit. Beyond inappropriate language, Mr. Ailes was also accused by employees of kissing and intimate physical contact, according to three people briefed on the investigation, and of making propositions that included quid pro quo arrangements.
Female staff members told of problems with other supervisors as well. One current employee said that she was with a male supervisor in a closed-door, one-on-one meeting in 2009 when she asked to work on an assignment. He turned to her and said, "Sure," then conditioned it on oral sex. The woman said she laughed it off, thinking that she would face retaliation and be demoted if she told him that the comment was inappropriate.
How "#UnbornLivesMatter" Ignores Communities That Lack Reproductive Health Care Access
Following the shooting deaths of two black men -- Alton Sterling and Philando Castile -- and the targeting of police officers in several U.S. cities, anti-choice groups have attempted to hijack the vocabulary of Black Lives Matter to attack access to reproductive care.
Since the movement's inception, the phrase "black lives matter" has been a grass-roots response to issues of race, policing, and structural violence against non-white bodies. In reaction, anti-choice groups have attempted to co-opt Black Lives Matter activists' rhetoric by promoting their own phrase, #UnbornLivesMatter, to spread misinformation about abortion and its accessibility for women of color.
Salon's Amanda Marcotte described the discrepancies between those on social media "talking about the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile" and those tweeting with the hashtag #UnbornLivesMatter, many of which "focused on shaming liberals for believing there are more important things to worry about than women terminating unwanted pregnancies." Marcotte traced the development of #UnbornLivesMatter and concluded that "while the hashtag surge was organized by a bunch of right wing fringe sorts, the grim fact of the matter is that this undermining, race-baiting language has trickled up to the more mainstream anti-choice movement."
Indeed, even before #UnbornLivesMatter's recent prominence, anti-choice groups have long alleged that higher abortion rates among black women reflect an attempt by Planned Parenthood to explicitly target black communities.
Clinic escort Pearl Brady told Vox that protesters "often target young women of color," and patient advocate Amanda Patton said they shout things like: "'Black babies' lives matter!'" In a longer essay, clinic escort Lauren Rankin described the moment when two regular clinic protestors began using the language of Black Lives Matter to harass patients:
But about a month ago, something changed. Two of our regular protesters—both men, neither of whom are Black—turned up at the clinic, megaphone, Bible, and camera in tow. Nothing unusual about that. But from the back of their crossover vehicle, they pulled out two new signs, both featuring a Black infant. The signs read:
"Black life matters."
"Hands Up, Don't Abort!"
I felt paralyzed for a moment, genuinely stunned. My mind raced. Did they really just go there?
These two men have spent the better part of the last two years of their lives screaming at women who enter an abortion clinic. They and their hate-group (and I use that phrase deliberately) have filmed patients and companions as they enter the clinic, without their consent, and plastered those videos across the internet. These men associate with known anti-abortion terrorists, who have threatened violence against abortion providers.
And yet, they feel perfectly comfortable appropriating a grassroots, progressive movement for racial justice in order to further shame Black patients and their partners. These men parade these signs specifically to target and harm Black women who have abortions. These men are accusing Black women who have abortions of perpetrating racial genocide, of inflicting systemic violence against their own children.
These men are despicable, and they're not alone.
Right-wing media figures have amplified and repeated claims of a racist rationale behind the provision of access to abortion care. For example, frequent Fox News commentator and former GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson told ABC's Martha Raddatz that Planned Parenthood engages in racist population control by placing "most of their clinics in black neighborhoods." Beyond this, Carson has also criticized Black Lives Matter for supposedly excluding the black lives "eradicated by abortion."
Rush Limbaugh has made similar arguments on numerous occasions, alleging that "Planned Parenthood [is] doing the job the [Klu Klux] Klan could never finish" and that supporters of the reproductive health organization endorse the abortion of "60 percent of black babies." Limbaugh has even stated that "the original goal of Planned Parenthood was to abortion various minorities out of existence."
Right-wing media have also frequently attacked the Black Lives Matter movement itself. Fox News host Bill O'Reilly has labeled Black Lives Matter "a hate group" that wants police officers dead. Similarly, Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera referred to Black Lives Matter activists as "a bunch of troublemakers" who were "attracting a lot of attention to themselves."
According to a March 2016 fact sheet from the Guttmacher Institute, women of color do experience higher rates of unintended pregnancy and more frequently elect to abort. Think Progress' Kira Lerner explained that these numbers actually reflect "the difficulties that many women in minority communities face in accessing high-quality contraceptive services and in using their chosen method of birth control consistently and effectively. A similar racial disparity exists for other health measures including rates of diabetes, breast and cervical cancer and sexually transmitted infections."
Women of color are particularly vulnerable to the loss of a provider safety net when Planned Parenthood clinics are forced out of communities. According to Planned Parenthood's associate director of global communications, Lori Adelman, "Planned Parenthood is often the primary health care provider for Latinos and African Americans in this country."
Black women are among the most adversely affected when access to Planned Parenthood and similar reproductive health care providers is denied. The National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda reported that "black women have more than double the unintended pregnancy rate of white women," which is particularly concerning given "the risk of death from pregnancy complications was nearly three and a half times higher for Black women than for white women."
Renee Bracey Sherman wrote after the Supreme Court's decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby -- which enabled certain classes of employers to deny contraception benefits to their employees -- that because of these higher rates of unintended pregnancy and maternal mortality, "when employers deny access to birth control, they are actually putting Black women's lives in danger."
In June 2016, the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt that Texas' anti-choice law HB 2 was an "undue burden on abortion access." In an amicus brief filed during the case, advocates outlined the disparate impact of anti-choice restrictions on women of color. They explained that "African-American women have been denied access to necessary reproductive healthcare services disproportionately" and this has impacted them "in numerous, measurable, and profound ways."
Despite this disparity, anti-choice legislators have frequently invoked the language of racial equality to push their own agendas.
For example, in a speech demanding greater abortion restrictions, Rep. Sean Duffy (R-KS) attacked members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) for condoning higher rates of abortion in black communities. He said: "There is no one more hopeless and voiceless than an unborn baby, but [the CBC's] silence is deafening. I can't hear them. Where are they standing up for their communities, advocating and fighting for their right to life?"
In Missouri, Rep. Mike Moon (R-MO) stole language from Black Lives Matter to promote his All Lives Matter Act -- a fetal personhood law which would enforce the scientifically unfounded belief that life begins at conception. Meanwhile, women have already been prosecuted for having miscarriages and stillborn births and for making attempts to self-abort, using laws that make actions taken by a pregnant person on her own body a criminal offense. For women of color, however, such laws also perpetuate harmful racial stereotypes.
As Christine Assefa wrote for Feminist Wire, Moon's bill "suggests that the state of Missouri codify into law the assertion that Black women are killing their own children, are incapable of making decisions about their own bodies, and cannot control their sexual desires." She continued that these codifications "perpetuate historical, violent, and harmful stereotypes of Black women that reveal the deeply-rooted relationship between race and sexual politics."
Beyond criticizing Moon's bill, other reproductive justice advocates echoed these concerns about the hijacking of Black Lives Matter rhetoric to attack access to reproductive care.
Planned Parenthood's director of constituency communications, Alencia Johnson, told Salon, "To appropriate the Black Lives Matter movement in the midst of the brutal tragedies too many in the black community face from state violence is repulsive."
Pamela Merritt, a co-director of the direct advocacy group Repoaction, argued that efforts by anti-choice groups to "to appropriate the language of Black Lives Matter are just the latest example of that movement's long history of pandering to their conservative and often racist base by insulting Black women and dismissing Black activism." She concluded that this was particularly reprehensible when the "same movement is silent when Black children are shot and Black women are raped by police officers."
In a July 12 article Think Progress' Laurel Raymond summarized the concerns of reproductive justice advocates about the rising popularity of phrases like "unborn lives matter":
"Black lives matter" provides a resounding answer to an unheard question: In the face of disproportionate policing and black deaths that are often unpunished and ignored, do black lives matter? Yes, they do. When other groups co-opt the phrase, they shift the focus away from this aspect of criminal justice -- and thus deemphasize the bigger problem at hand.
"Unborn lives matter" goes one step further: not only does it derail that focus, but it also puts the primary blame on black women for choosing to have abortions. Anti-abortion rhetoric focused on black women argues for them to have that control over their bodies taken away from them -- even as black women take to the streets to protest for control of their bodies from the police.
For Reproductive Rights, "As Ohio Goes, So Goes The Nation"
Since the election of Gov. John Kasich, Ohio has passed a series of particularly restrictive anti-choice laws. Against this backdrop, the Republican National Convention, held in Cleveland, OH, featured a party platform noted for its unprecedented condemnation of reproductive rights.
In response, Fusion's Katie McDonough released a video not only explaining Ohio's history with anti-choice laws, but also demonstrating how the Republican party platform would make these medically unnecessary restrictions the norm across the country. She noted, "With all eyes on the Republican National Convention, abortion opponents are taking their fight to Cleveland." But according to the women McDonough interviewed, the fight for access to reproductive rights has been underway in Ohio for years.
As Nancy Starner, the director of development and communication for one of Ohio's remaining abortion clinics, explained, "Texas gets a lot of the media attention. Meanwhile, Ohio has had the second greatest number of abortion clinics close."
Many of these closures can be traced to the election of Gov. Kasich. According to McDonough, since he became governor in 2011, Kasich "has signed more than 17 laws to limit abortion access."
In a June 2015 article, Rewire's Nina Liss-Schultz wrote, "Ohio had 14 abortion clinics in 2013, two years into Kasich's first term. But that summer … Kasich signed a two-year budget bill that included, among other anti-choice measures, stringent new licensing regulations for abortion clinics in the state." She concluded that since then, over half of Ohio's clinics had been forced to close.
Undeterred, in February 2016, Kasich signed a bill defunding Planned Parenthood. The bill not only stripped Planned Parenthood of state funding, but it also threatened the funding for any group contracting with, or referring patients to an abortion provider. This means the bill could impact funding for other state health care programs where Planned Parenthood affiliates currently provide the services, even if the referrals are for non-abortion services. Planned Parenthood has since filed a lawsuit against the state.
According to McDonough, even when women are able to access the state's remaining clinics, there are still a number of obstacles to obtaining an abortion, including "a mandatory counseling session followed by a 24 hour waiting period, mandatory ultrasounds" and more.
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio executive director Kellie Copeland explained the danger these medically unnecessary restrictions impose. She said: "I was talking to an emergency room physician just a couple months ago, and he'd had a patient who came to his emergency room because she had taken rat poisoning to try to end her pregnancy. Because she couldn't get past all of these medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion access. That's not women's health care."
"As Ohio goes, so goes the nation," Copeland warned.
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Following reports that Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes had resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment, Fox News figures reacted with disbelief, "tears," and calling the decision an example of "the grotesque unfairness of life."
In a July 21 statement from Fox News' parent company 21st Century Fox, it was announced that Ailes "has resigned from his role effective immediately," and that Executive Chairman of 21st Century Fox "Rupert Murdoch will assume the role of Chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network."
Previously multiple Fox figures came out in support of Ailes and attacked his accuser. Following the news of Ailes' resignation, Fox personalities responded with support for Ailes:
Oh the grotesque unfairness of life
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) July 21, 2016
"There are people in tears, I shed mine a couple of days ago" - Chris Wallace
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 21, 2016
"It's been a distraction" - Wallace
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 21, 2016
"It feels bad" - Bret baier
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 21, 2016
Bret baier tells us he has the clause in his contract that he could leave w Ailes
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 21, 2016
Roger Ailes has resigned. Rupert Murdoch himself has stepped in as CEO of Fox News and Fox Business.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) July 21, 2016
To people like myself who have worked with Roger Ailes at Fox News from the start, today's announcement is heartbreaking.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) July 21, 2016
The fact that Rupert Murdoch himself has taken charge at Fox News is a sign of how much the company values what Roger Ailes built.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) July 21, 2016
"It is a sad day, but we have a lot of work to do tonight," @BretBaier tells me. More coming…
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) July 21, 2016


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Quantum Retail Technology, a retail-focused supply chain management and inventory optimization software solutions provider, has named Mark Halverson as the company's VP of professional services.
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Oil Options Volatility Falls as Futures Rise
Crude-oil options volatility rose to the highest level in two weeks and underlying futures fell as manufacturing contracted in the U.S. and China and euro-region unemployment rose to a record.
Implied volatility for at-the-money options expiring in August, a measure of expected price swings in futures and a gauge of options prices, was 34.93 a barrel at 1:35 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up from 30.74 percent on June 29.
Crude oil for August delivery dropped $1.81, or 2.1 percent, to $83.15 a barrel at 1:43 p.m. on the Nymex. Today's loss followed a jump of $7.27 on June 29 as futures surged the most since March 2009.
"Volatility is up quite a bit," said Fred Rigolini, vice president of Paramount Options Inc. in New York. "We saw end-of-the-quarter buying coming in on Friday and now, coming in after that, you're seeing profit-taking based on some of the sluggish economic numbers."
Futures declined today as the Institute for Supply Management's factory index for the U.S. slid to 49.7 in June from 53.5 in May, the first contraction since July 2009. Chinese manufacturing indexes slipped to seven-month lows, while euro-area unemployment reached the highest level on record, rising to 11.1 percent in May from 11 percent in April, the European Union's statistics office in Luxembourg said.
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Bullish bets accounted for 62 percent of the 255,979 contracts traded in the previous session. August $92 calls were the most actively traded, with 24,992 lots changing hands. They rose 28 cents to 33 cents. The next-most active options, August $90 calls, advanced 54 cents to 60 cents on volume of 17,211.
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After many months, we got round to launching our new studio website.
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Round two of our new logo – this time trying for a more rustic "stamped" feel. I also updated the connection between the o / u and dropped the right side of the r a bit. Thoughts, suggestions?
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Running Man: Don't Walk, Run!
September 27, 2012
Kang Gary Will not Leaves Running Man! ^.^
This is absolutely my opinion based on every news that I've read, but you can believe it and hope that Gary will not leaves Running Man ^.^
Someone said that SBS's Running Man team has confirmed that Gary will not leave Running Man. And also, they try to give time to Gary by postponing the shooting of Running Man, they guarantee that the postpone will not give bad effect on broadcasting, the editor will just make Running Man episode 113 a little longer to continue to Episode 114. So that Gary and Leesang Company can focus on their problems for a while and to consider about not leaving Running Man.
By these news and articles that give us hope, lets wish Gary for his best. Even though he has to leave, we will support him, but actually, honestly, we always want to see his peaceful and naive Gary in every Running Man show.
We love you, Gary, Please don't Go!
September 19, 2012
Kim Jong Kook Love Story
Annyeong haseyo...
Some of you may know about this scandal between Kim Jong Kook and Yoon Eun Hye. If Jae Suk said something about Yoon Eun Hye, Jong Kook will be upset, and sometime, kicks the National MC ^.^a
Like what I post above, Jong Kook and Lee MinKi have a battle. Everytime the opponent ask a question, we have to answer it with "off course". And Lee Min Ki attack him with a question that will make Eun Hye sad if Jong Kook say "of course", so Jong Kook just closed Eun Hye's ears and said: "of course" Lol ^.^a. Isn't it lovely? Our Sparta did such a romantic scene like that? hahahahaha.
I don't know if Jong Kook and Eun Hye is still contact each other secretly, but when He was filming family outing, he was asked "if only 2 girl exist in this world, who will you choose, Eun hye or Lee Hyo Ri?", and guess what is the answer? heheheh of course he said: Yoon eun Hye! hahahaha Lol ^.^a
Hope for a good woman to become his Bride someday, soon. ^.^.v
September 17, 2012
When Will Monday Couple Back?? ^.^
It's been a little busy these day. thank's for visiting this blog, keep visiting and thank you, Hwaiting!!! ^.^a
Now I will write about Our Lovely Monday Couple, the one that every Runners miss the most.
I think, every Runners will agree with me, we miss Monday Couple, right???!!!!hahahahah..... We are not to blame Ji Hyo Noona for having a boyfriend, but why Monday Couple must end like this???? nooooo ^.^a
I like every lovely scene of this Monday Couple,
I love when Gary decided to release Ji Hyo in hide n seek,
I like when Gary brought a cup of coffee for Ji Hyo,
when he jealous with Joong ki,
when Ji Hyo gave Gary a piece of cake on Valentine Day
I couldn't stop laughing when I see Ji Hyo left Gary at the cross road to be in Jae Suk and Joong Ki team....
There are many bitter and sweet memory about this Monday Couple ^.^a
Although I know that it's not real, but it's very nice to see....hahahahah....
Do you remember when Gary and Ji Hyo be a team in Running Man episode 90, when they finish a mission successfully in one try, Ji Hyo shouted and call Gary :" Yeah... Kang Gary..", and I'm happy just by hearing her voice. hahaha...
What should we do to make Monday Couple back???? Nope, just pray and hope ^.^a
September 12, 2012
Jung Yong Hwa: the Most Appeared Guest in Running man
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But when we talk about the most appeared, everybody will know that the answer is Jung Yong Hwa ^.^ Yoo Jae Suk also said that Yong Hwa is already be Running Man family because he often comes to Running Man
First come at episode 7, he is the one try the best in every game, yes he is the ace guest.but like what been said in Running Man episode 104, he never once win the individual game. ^.^a
I like every episode with Yong Hwa as guest. espesially Running Man episode 17, when Yong Hwa tried to fool the other members. He said: "I'd rather die than wearing hot pant" ^.^a I'm looking forward to the next coming ^.^a
Here is little information about Jung Yong Hwa, from wikipedia:
Jung Yong-hwa (정용화; pronounced [tɕəːŋ joŋ hwa]; born on June 22, 1989) is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter and actor. His first name is also written as Yonghwa, Yong-Hwa, or Yong Hwa. Jung made his show business debut as "Kang Shin-woo" in the Korean drama You're Beautiful on 7 October 2009 and played the male lead as "Lee Shin" in the 2011 drama Heartstrings. Jung is the leader, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band CN Blue.
Running Man Episode 110 Review ^.^a
Annyeon Haseyo...
Have you watched Running Man episode 110? It's very fun, daebak ^.^....
I will tell you a little about it without spoil it, ok?
Running Man episode 110 is continuing from Running Man episode 109. First they were doing mission: removing other teams name-tag in a park.
Then on the day after it, Training Camp Day 2, they will play game in a nearby elementary school. but because of the typhoon hit the city, the school was closed. So they change the game. Every members and guests write a name of game that they have confidence in a piece of paper. the PD will pick up the paper one by one, and everyone will decide to join the game by betting the "baduk stone" or pass the game. if they win, they'll get "baduk stone" if they loose, the one who write the game will get "baduk stone".
Here is the Game that they wrote:
Gary - five stones game
Jae Suk - paper flipping
Yeon Jae - stretching game
Kwang Soo - keep water in mouth
Jong Kook - leg fight
Ji Hyo - identify though blindfolded
Tae Hwan - holding breath
Haha - cola line
Now we know what game they think they good at... ^.^a
Then the final mission is removing other members nametag by order, very funny.
September 10, 2012
Haha is getting to marry
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Every Running Man fans should already know about this shocking news ^^a. Yes, Haha hyung is getting married at the end of November
Haha, although he always shout: " would you be my last love?!" to every guests that appear in Running Man, but finally, he found his last love, Kim Go Eun. I wish the best for this marriage, may the love last forever ^.^ I just can't imagine when Haha proposing byul. Is it a Romantic Proposal? Hilarious Proposal? Childish Proposal? hahaha....
A little information about Kim Go Eun:
Kim Go-Eun (김고은), better known by her stage name of 별 (Byul, "star"), is a South Korean singer known mostly for her ballads. She was born on October 22, 1983 in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do and studied in Dongduk Women's University. She was discovered by singer-songwriter Park Jin Young when she had the opportunity to sing for him at one of his fan-meetings, and is currently signed under Spring Entertainment.
For K-Drama lover, maybe you still remember the song I Think I Love You - OST Full House, that's her song. So she thinks that she loves Haha?!?!? Very curious about this upcoming event: Haha-Byul Wedding Party. hahahaha ^.^a
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September 9, 2012
Yoo Jae Suk Gangnam Style ^o^a
|Yoo Jae Suk on PSY MV
"Oppa Gangnam Style..." That's the first line of the Gangnam Style Lyric by PSY. It is very amazing that the MV reach 200 millions viewer in few days on Youtube. WOW ^.^a
The photo above shows Our National MC-Yoo Jae Suk appeared on the MV. Wearing bright yellow suit, large sunglasses and a mushroom hairstyle wig ^.^a, he performed a dance with confident. If you watch the MV, I'm not sure that you'll recognize him, but when he start dancing, you'll know for sure that he is our Jae Suk hyung ^.^a.
This hilarious appearance is drawing much attention, especially his mushroom hair ^.^a. Netizens commented on his look saying, "Yoo Jae Suk's mushroom hair is so cute," "It looks like Yoo Jae Suk implanted that mushroom hair," ^o^a
I don't really like the MV, but as one of Running Man fans, knowing that Jae Suk hyung appeared on this MV makes me curious. Ehm... that's the meaning of being a fan, curious about anything made or did by the idol ^.^a
Have you watch the video? ^.^a
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I'll be honest with you. I am still half expecting the Pokemon Go fever to die down even though I don't think it will anytime soon. I mean, what is there not to like? Pokemon Go is taking us millennials back to a time when we used to watch it on T.V. Add to that the dopamine blast you get out of actually going on a quest. As if we needed more reasons to glue our eyes to our phones. As you can see, I flit between excitement over AR going mainstream and complaining about the absurdity of adults losing it over a game.
I turned to Discover to see if brands too were going nuts over Pokemon Go. And guess what I found? There were about 12,000 pieces of Brand Content across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, in North America alone that mention Pokemon. Remember, this is in just two weeks! I dug a little deeper to identify certain trends in Pokemon Go content that won a lot of engagement for brands.


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He described his skepticism when first getting the congratulatory call from Stockholm, saying that "the call came from someone in Sweden, and your immediate reaction is: 'Is this right? Is it true or is it someone pulling your leg?'"
Yamanaka told Japanese broadcaster NHK that he was at home doing chores on Monday when he got the call from Stockholm.
"Even though we have received this prize we have not really accomplished what we need to. I feel a deep sense of duty and responsibility," Yamanaka said.
Choosing Yamanaka as a Nobel winner just six years after his discovery is unusual. The Nobel committees typically reward research done more than a decade earlier, to make sure it has stood the test of time.
However, in 2010, the Nobel Prize in physics went to two researchers whose discoveries were also published six years earlier. In 2006, two American scientists won the medicine prize eight years after their work was published.
Prize committee member Juleen Zierath said Gurdon and Yamanaka's discoveries, which also earned them a Lasker award for basic research in 2009, could hold "immense potential," including in developing treatments for Parkinson's disease and in making cells that produce insulin. However, she added that therapeutic implications are still far away.
Experts welcomed the Nobel announcement, praising the duo for their groundbreaking and influential discoveries in a field riddled with ethical debates.
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"Everyone who works on developmental biology and on the understanding of disease mechanisms will applaud these excellent and clear choices for the Nobel Prize," said John Hardy, professor of Neuroscience at University College London. "Countless labs' work builds on the breakthroughs they have pioneered."
The idea of reprograming cells has been put to work in basic research on disease, through an approach sometimes called "disease in a dish."
The reprogramming allows scientists to create particular kinds of tissue they want to study, like lung tissue for studying cystic fibrosis, or brain tissue for Huntington's disease. By reprogramming cells from patients with a particular disease, they can create new tissue with the same genetic background, and study it in the lab. That can give new insights into the roots of the problem.
In addition, that approach allows them to screen drugs in the lab for possible new medicines.
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The economics prize, which was not among the original awards, but was established by the Swedish central bank in 1968, will be announced on Oct. 15.
Karl Ritter reported from Stockholm. AP writers Louise Nordstrom in Stockholm, Cassandra Vinograd and Raphael Satter in London, and Elaine Kurtenbach in Tokyo contributed to this report.
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Judge Clark Douglas and a five-man team once stole a medium-sized tray of paper clips from an office building.
Editor's Note
Our review of The Art of the Steal (2009), published July 22nd, 2010, is also available.
The Charge
It takes a great artist to pull off the perfect con.
Opening Statement
"I'm gonna have to use the f-word here to make this easier."
Facts of the Case
Years ago, Crunch Calhoun (Kurt Russell, Escape From New York) and his brother Nicky (Matt Dillon, Crash) were inseparable partners in crime. Together with the members of their crew, they engaged in a series of high-profile art heists and made a fortune. Alas, things turned south when Nicky got caught and betrayed Crunch in order to avoid jail time. Crunch went to prison for five years, and now attempts to scrape together a living doing motorcycle tricks at monster truck rallies.
One day, Nicky shows up and offers to make amends. He's got his sights set on one last heist, but they're going to need to get the whole crew back together if they want to pull it off. Crunch is certainly eager to make a bit of money, but he's hesitant to work with his brother again. Can these two ever restore their broken trust?
The Evidence
It pains me to think about how many great Kurt Russell roles we've been missing out on in recent years. Quentin Tarantino made spectacular use of the actor in Death Proof (say what you will about that movie, there's no denying that Stuntman Mike is terrific), but the film flopped in theatres and Russell dropped off the radar for a few years. He re-emerged in 2011 with the formulaic sports drama Touchback, then disappeared again before returning in 2014 with the formulaic heist movie The Art of the Steal. While the film at least appreciates the virtues of its lead actor and attempts to give him a meaty character, the flimsy derivative nature of the plot leads to a fairly dull viewing experience.
The Art of the Steal is essentially Ocean's Eleven-lite; tossing every heist movie convention you've ever seen into a pseudo-hip cinematic stew. During an opening sequence designed to introduce the assorted members of Crunch's crew, you get freeze-frame shots of each individual and a piece of identifying text slapped up on the screen: "Lola—The Charm." The music coolly prances in the background, a perpetually irritated government agent (Jason Jones, The Daily Show) fumbles every attempt to catch the band of thieves red-handed, the final act loads up a stack of double-crosses and triple-crosses and borrows liberally from The Usual Suspects, etc. If you've seen your share of movies, you've certainly seen this movie.
The only real pleasure The Art of the Steal offers is the colorful cast, which is full of decent character actors doing their thing. Russell makes a fine lead, and his weary, sarcastic narration which dominates the first act almost convinced me that I was watching a smart, funny movie. Jay Baruchel (How to Train Your Dragon) is likably scrappy as Russell's sidekick, and Terence Stamp (Superman II) is reliably terrific as the old ex-con who has been reduced to serving as an informant for Interpol. Alas, Dillon is a bit dull as Russell's slippery brother, and Katheryn Winnick (Love and Other Drugs) is mostly reduced to playing the thankless role of "the girl" in this male-dominated flick.
The Art of the Steal (Blu-ray) has received a satisfactory 1080p/2.40:1 transfer. The film's cinematography isn't quite as snazzy as it wants you to think it is, but the images look good, sporting strong detail and depth throughout. There's just a hint of black crush occasionally and a small amount of digital noise, but otherwise I have no complaints. The DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio track is perfectly effective, too, blending the snappy music and dialogue together nicely and proving rather immersive on a couple of occasions (the mall sequence midway through comes to mind). Supplements include a commentary with director Jonathan Sobol and producer Nicholas Tabarrok and two standard featurettes: "Doing the Crime: Making The Art of the Steal" (a typical making-of piece) and "The Making of The Theft of Mona Lisa" (which highlights a fun little black-and-white sequence which appears in the film).
Closing Statement
The Art of the Steal isn't exactly a terrible film, but it doesn't have an original bone in its body. There's no reason for it to exist when so many similar and superior options are available. If you're a diehard Russell fan, look for it in the bargain bin sometime soon.
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The onslaught of Mk7 VW Golf models continues apace. Following the arrival of the hatchbacks, and the GTI and GTD, now there's a new estate to contend with.
The Golf Estate was launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March, and will cost £765 more than the equivalent hatch when it arrives in the UK in October. Later in 2013, there'll also be a BlueMotion model for the first time, which will return a claimed 85.6mpg and 87g/km of CO2. VW expects the 1.6-litre diesel to be the top-seller, but we're driving the most favoured petrol model – the 120bhp 1.4 TSI.
The Golf Estate's look is a smart extension of the hatchback, particularly where the crease in the car's flank carries on past the rear wheelarch. The standard-fit roof rails look slick, too. While the wheelbase is the same, at 2,637mm, the estate is 307mm longer. That gives 605-litre load capacity with the rear seats up – 100 litres more than in the old estate, but a tactical five litres fewer than in the new Octavia Estate so as not to spoil the Skoda's practicality USP.
VW has obviously decided that rear-seat passengers take priority over maximum space. Rear seat room is excellent, with plenty of leg and headroom available. However, flip the rear seatbacks down, either with the boot-mounted handle or the button on the seat itself, and they won't fold fully flat as they do in rivals like the Kia Cee'd Sportswagon or Toyota Auris Touring Sports. As a result, maximum space is 1,620 litres – 22 and 38 litres less respectively – although the boot lip is nice and low.
The Golf also has a slightly fiddly folding boot floor that can be used to adjust the load volume and both a load cover and adjustable luggage net. These can be stored under the boot floor, above the space-saver spare wheel, when not in use.
The driving experience is very familiar from the current hatchback, with sharp steering and strong brakes, although you do feel the extra 104kg that the estate weighs over the equivalent hatch when cornering.
That said, the car's gearing and 200Nm of torque from the petrol engine combine to give a good balance of keeping revs down to boost economy, while also ensuring decent response, which bodes well should you be carrying a heavy load. The petrol engine is very smooth and quiet, too.
The estate can now be had with VW's excellent Adaptive Chassis Control, which gives a very comfortable, compliant ride, even on 17-inch rims, and is worth considering if you drive lots of miles.


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