Monday, December 31, 2012

Londonist Out Loud: A Podcast About London, 30 December 2012

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Movie Reviews: Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Jack Reacher ...

Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from?Moviefone.?For reviews from?Mark Glass, a Clayton resident and member of the St. Louis Film Critics Association, please see his Local Voices section on Patch.

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Django Unchained

"A sharp shock of a film in an Awards season very full of movies so noble they become immobile. It's wildly unlikely to get much love from the Academy, and that's fine-bluntly, it's too good for them. With its bloody stew of history and hysteria, action taken from movies and atrocities taken from fact, Django isn't just a movie only America could make-it's also a movie only America needs to." Boxoffice Magazine.?Full Review.

"Exactly what you might expect from the fearless, controversial director of "Pulp Fiction" - it's overlong, raunchy, shocking, grim, exaggerated, self-indulgently over-the-top and so politically incorrect it demands a new definition of the term. It is also bold, original, mesmerizing, stylish and one hell of a piece of entertainment." Rex Reed of New York Observer.?Full Review.

"Django Unchained also has the pure, almost meaningless excitement which I found sorely lacking in Tarantino's previous film, Inglourious Basterds, with its misfiring spaghetti-Nazi trope and boring plot. I can only say Django delivers, wholesale, that particular narcotic and delirious pleasure that Tarantino still knows how to confect in the cinema, something to do with the manipulation of surfaces. It's as unwholesome, deplorable and delicious as a forbidden cigarette." Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian.?Full Review.

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Les Miserables

"Stirring and striking, Hooper's epic musical won't be wanting for awards and plaudits. Danny Cohen's cinematography is stunning and Hathaway's Oscar is guaranteed." Neil Smith of Total Film.?Full Review.

"Russell Crowe's pained vocal stylings (they sound more like barks) as relentless Inspector Javert can be forgiven after hearing Hugh Jackman's old-pro fluidity in the central role of Jean Valjean, hiding a criminal past." Joshua Rothkopf of Time Out New York.?Full Review.

"Fortunately, this sprawling epic is well-anchored. There cannot be a better big-screen showman than Jackman." Elizabeth Weitzman of New York Daily News.?Full Review.

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Jack Reacher

"In terms of pure pop entertainment value, you'll be hard-pressed to find a more smartly constructed, beautifully shot, pulse-pounding movie this holiday season." Drew Taylor of The Playlist.?Full Review.

"A superior thriller, with Cruise and McQuarrie slotting together like a bullet in a clip. Like Reacher on the firing range, the aim isn't always true ? but the misses are fractional." James Mottram of Total Film.?Full Review.

"Tom Cruise is in fine form as mysterious tough guy Jack Reacher finally reaches the big screen." Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter.?Full Review

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Promised Land

"Krasinki's soft-sell script, lets the movie's ideas get absorbed without grandstanding or pretension. Its issues go down with a smile and common sense, which turns out to be exactly the right formula." Joe Neumaier of New York Daily News.?Full Review.

"Though the film eventually caves to sentiment and stereotype, its alert performances and muted rhythms offer much to enjoy in the interim." Jeanette Catsoulis of NPR.?Full Review.

"Director Gus Van Sant finds the human side of a knotty issue. No polemics. Just the face of a new America in crisis." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone.?Full Review.

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Monsters, Inc. 3-D

"It's the Pixar animators who keep grown-ups as riveted as the kids with visual marvels that dazzle and delight." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone.?Full Review.

"There hasn't been a film in years to use creative energy as efficiently as Monsters, Inc." A.O. Scott of The New York Times.?Full Review.

"Who doesn't need what this movie has to give?" Joe Morgenstern of Wall Street Journal.?Full Review.

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Health Reform: What's Coming in 2013

This has been a big year for the Affordable Care Act.

It survived a Supreme Court challenge and another during the presidential election. With President Obama in office for another four years, the health reform law will continue down the road to take full effect in 2014. But there is much work yet to be done, and 2013 promises to be a very active year.

Health Insurance Exchanges Go Online

The big story to watch in 2013 will be the development of state-based health insurance exchanges. These marketplaces will allow uninsured people and small businesses to shop for, compare, and enroll in health plans. Only through the exchanges will people learn if they qualify for and can take advantage of? federal tax subsidies to help cover the cost of insurance. Exchanges must be up and running by Oct. 1, 2013, and it?s going to be a mad rush to get the job done.

States were given the option to build their own exchanges and had until Dec. 14 to decide. Just 18 states and the District of Columbia agreed to build their own. Seven states have opted for a partnership exchange, a model where the states and federal government work together to operate the marketplace. That leaves the federal government to put in place health insurance exchanges in the remaining 25 states that declined to participate.?

Increased Medicare Taxes on the Wealthy

If you have Medicare coverage and earn more than $200,000 a year or are part of a married couple earning more than $250,000 annually, get ready to pay higher taxes for Medicare hospital insurance (Medicare Part A) in 2013.

Starting in January, taxes will rise by 0.9%, up to 2.35%, on earnings above $200,000 for individual taxpayers. In addition, income earned from investments (as opposed to salary) will face a 3.8% tax assessment.

Together, these two Medicare tax increases are expected to raise a total of $210 billion over 10 years to help pay for the changes brought by the health reform law.

Changes to Itemized Medical Deductions

For years we?ve been allowed to deduct unreimbursed medical costs that amount to 7.5% of our adjusted gross income. Starting next year, anyone under the age of 65 will see that threshold increase to 10%.

Limits to FSA Contributions

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs) allow people to set aside pre-tax salary dollars to pay for medical expenses not covered by insurance. Starting in January, contributions to these accounts will be limited to $2,500 a year.

Medicaid Expansion Becomes Optional

The Supreme Court?s ruling earlier this year brought changes to the part of the law that expanded the Medicaid program to include more low income Americans. The expansion allows for individuals who earn about $15,400 a year and families that earn about $26,300 annually to participate. In its decision, the court said the Medicaid expansion will be optional for states, not a requirement.

In response, many governors opposed to the law said they would refuse to expand their Medicaid programs. To date, 18 states have agreed to broaden rules for their Medicaid program, 11 states have said they would not expand their programs, and 16 remain undecided.

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Friday, December 28, 2012

The Culture Gabfest: First Time, Long Time Edition

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On this week?s Culturefest, our critics gab a little differently by answering listener questions on a wide range of topics, including the difference between actors and be-ers and how to evaluate movie performances, the hit video ?Gangnam Style,? and what resemblance, if any, Steve bears to Niles Crane. (Spoiler alert: not much.) They also discuss their own favorite coming of age movies, last reads on hypothetical death row, and sexiest moments on film.

Here are some links to the things we discussed this week:

  • The following be-ers (as opposed to actors): Marilyn Monroe, Cher, Vin Diesel, and Marlon Brando.
  • The Jack Nicholson movies One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest, Chinatown, and Five Easy Pieces, and Ron Rosenbaum?s 1986 New York Times profile of its star, Jack Nicholson.
  • The movies Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, The Graduate, Fast Five, and Ferris Bueller?s Day Off.
  • Dana?s review of Silver Linings Playbook for Slate.
  • David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane in Frasier.
  • Gabfester death row reading selections: Pride & Prejudice (Julia), Moby Dick (Dana), The Henriad, Shakespeare?s second historical tetralogy (Richard II, King Henry IV, Part 1, King Henry IV, Part 2, and King Henry V) or The Collected Poems of Philip Larkin (Steve).
  • The subversive messaging about economic inequality in South Korea in Psy?s song ?Gangnam Style? and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei?s own video homage.
  • The movie The Ister which features French philosophers Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and Jean-Luc Nancy.
  • Richard Rorty, the American philosopher and Steve?s professor at UVA.
  • Gabfester favorite coming of age movies: Dazed and Confused (Dana), The Breakfast Club (Julia), Flirting (Steve), and Risky Business (Steve).
  • Gabfesters? selections of sexiest moment in film: The George Clooney-Jennifer Lopez hotel seduction in Out of Sight, the implied tryst between Dorothy Malone and Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep and the immortal Phoebe-Cates-emerging-from-the-pool scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Dana?s pick: The New York Times Magazine?s process piece about Jerry Seinfeld and the theory and making of comedy by Slate pop critic Jonah Weiner.

Julia?s pick: ?The Innocent Man,? Pamela Colloff?s incredible and anguishing two-part article in Texas Monthly about a man who spent 25 years in prison after being falsely convicted of murdering his wife.

Stephen?s pick: From the golden age of Jack Nicholson, a movie that never broke through as one of his iconic performances but is well worth watching, The Last Detail.

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

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10 TIPS FOR PROMOTING YOUR BUSINESS OR PRODUCT ON PINTEREST

Pinterest isn?t just a place for bored housewives to find new recipes and cute shoes. As of April 2012, Pinterest had more than 104 million monthly visits from people around the world. The site also currently boasts a 145 percent daily increase in the amount of users, an accomplishment that very few other sites have achieved. High traffic levels like this should not be ignored during online marketing campaigns. You?re off to the right start if you?re already advertising on Twitter and Facebook, but millions of men and women are still waiting to find you on Pinterest.

Visit The Site

Pinterest is unlike any social networking site you have ever seen. Instead of status updates and Tweets, the site is filled with photo after photo of products, places, recipes, and other interesting things. Familiarize yourself with this unique site before you begin working on your advertising campaign. The approaches that work on Facebook and Twitter won?t produce the same results on Pinterest.

Pin High-Quality Photos

Your current online marketing strategy may revolve around well-written words, but that won?t impress most of the users on Pinterest. Pinterest is a visual site, almost like a virtual scrapbook. Many members find that Pinterest is an escape from the lengthy text found in articles and blogs. They come to the site to relax and have fun. Attract their interest with large, vivid photos that don?t blend into the background. Make sure that each photo is crisp and clear, not blurry or hard to see.

Pin Unique Photos

Pinterest isn?t a dumping ground for all the stock photos relevant to your business or product. You want users to look at your photo and think, ?Oh wow, I have?to have this.? Your product doesn?t have to be unique, but your approach does. It doesn?t matter if you are selling the same refrigerator as 500 other businesses on the site if you have a ?Pinnable? photo that attracts repins, likes, and comments. Search the site for similar photos if you aren?t sure whether yours will make the cut or not.

Don?t Be Spammy

Nobody likes to hear - or see - the same thing over and over again. Go easy on the photos and messages about your product. Yes, your product is wonderful, but nobody will care if you bombard them with information about it. It?s okay to pin multiple things each day, but make sure the photos are different. If you only have one product that you want to advertise on Pinterest, make sure that you only pin each photo once. Take pictures from different angles or with different people using the item. Switch the lighting. ?Experiment with sepia tones and other fun editing tricks. Do whatever it takes to create photos that won?t have your viewers searching for the ?unfollow? button.

Choose the Right Category

You wouldn?t advertise a washer and dryer in the travel section, and food doesn?t belong on the part of the site that?s dedicated to fashion. Pick the right category for your photos to ensure that they receive the maximum amount of exposure. Some items can fit into more than one category, so keep that in mind if you are pinning multiple photos of the same item. For example, a mixer could be pinned under Products as well as Food & Drink.

Sprinkle In Keywords ?

Some users know exactly what they want and do not want to waste time browsing different categories to find it. Figure out who your audience is and choose keywords that will appeal to them. You don?t need to focus on SEO or use a keyword tool; remember, you are not writing for the web. Simply put yourself in the mind of your product?s users and think of terms that would bring them to your picture. ?You can also use words in your product description that will draw in fellow Pinners while indirectly promoting your product. Instead of posting a picture of a spatula, pin a picture of cookies and say something like, ?Next time you make your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, try using this spatula.?

Interact With Others

Pinterest is not as social as Facebook or Twitter, but some interaction is still expected. Follow users who might be interested in your product or services. Like and repin their pictures. Comment on their photos and boards. Comments should not be spammy; instead of, ?Come check out my products.? say something like, ?Awesome pic.? Focus on them. Now is the time to participate with no expectations rather than promote your items. Users want to feel like you value their interests as opposed to only seeing them as potential customers.

Don?t Hide Your URLs

You can?t advertise on this popular social networking site if your account is banned, so follow all of the rules. Read the TOS carefully before you post any photos or promote your business. Some companies do not allow you to cloak your URLs, so avoid hiding the fact that you are an affiliate when you post your pics. You don?t have to mention that you?re an affiliate in the description, but you may need to keep your URLs in their original format. Guidelines can change frequently, so check for changes often to avoid potential issues.

Create Several Boards

Some companies create one board with a bunch of pictures and think that they?ve done enough. That?s not how Pinterest works. Create several different boards, including a few fun ones. People want to know that you are a human being with hobbies and interests, even if you own a large business. Post pics of tropical islands, yummy foods, and anything else that strikes your interest. Just make sure to avoid controversial things such as religion or politics, unless you don?t mind losing a few customers. Racism and overly sexual photos are always off limits.

Let Others Help

Every great marketer knows that testimonials and unsolicited positive feedback are some of the best ways to advertise a product. Be active on the site to increase the chances of other users sharing your photos. Share your boards on Facebook and other social networking sites to increase visibility. Encourage your customers to help you promote your products by asking them to pin their favorite products from your website. Many plugins are available for websites and blogs that make it easy for people to share photos directly from your site, so explore your options to find one that works well for your page.

Letting your customers help advertise your product on Pinterest can definitely increase sales. Combine your own marketing methods with the help of others, and watch your revenue continue to grow. Social networking is rapidly replacing traditional forms of advertising media, such as television commercials and radio ads. Don?t get left behind - learn how to utilize the marketing potential of Pinterest today.

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Whole Foods Chicago Eve Week 2012: Offers Limited Edition Artist Designed Collectible Totes.

A new bag for a new year.

CHICAGO, Thursday, December 27, 2012. Select Whole Foods Market??stores in Chicago are celebrating?food, local artists and Chicago-based charities by selling original canvas bags designed by five well-known Chicago artists during "Eve Week" kicking off today through Tuesday, December 31.

The brightly colored limited-edition bags pay tribute to chocolate truffles, brie cheese, champagne, grapes and lobster. Each day will feature a different artist with only one design available each of the five days only at the following select Chicago Whole Foods Market locations in the South Loop, Halsted, Lincoln Park, Gold Coast, Sauganash and Lakeview. Each of these stores will receive only 100 bags each day--when they're gone they're gone.? The re-usable totes are priced at $10 each with the proceeds going to each of the five artists favorite charities.

The artists and their charities are:

Jay Ryan.

Chicago native Ryan has been making screen-printed concert posters in Chicago since 1995. He has worked with hundreds of bands, including Andrew Bird, the Flaming Lips, the Decemberists, Shellac, Fugazi, Jeff Tweedy and the Melvins. Jay's work has been noted for its muted colors, mischievous household objects and concerned animal characters. His charity of choice is Lurie Children?s Hospital.

Uriel Correa.

Correa is a Chicago-based artist who works primarily (for the moment) with acrylic and paint pen. Correa?s work is a conglomerate of blurred brushstrokes, frenzied line work and eye-popping color contrast that at first glance may seem aggressive and completely off the cuff. Upon closer inspection, one can see concentrated areas of detail that have a very romantic, nostalgic quality to them. Correa's charity is Night Ministry. The Night Ministry is a Chicago-based organization that works to provide housing, health care and human connection to members of our community struggling with poverty or homelessness.

Diana Sudyka.

Sudyka, a Chicago illustrator and printmaker, has worked as a master intaglio printer for Chicago print studios Big Cat Press and Landfall (now in Santa Fe, NM), as well as creating screen-printed rock posters for artists such as Andrew Bird, Feist and The Decemberists. Currently, she?s a freelance illustrator, working on projects that range from album artwork to book covers including The New York Times-bestselling series Mysterious Benedict Society. Her charity is First Slice.? First Slice funds its efforts with a ?shareholders program,? with some 100 subscriber families receiving home-cooked, restaurant-quality meals weekly. The First Slice staff often serves more than 300 needy and homeless people each week through several social service organizations, such as Streetwise. In the past several years, a small job training program has also been added.

Cody Hudson.

Hudson is a Chicago-based artist and graphic designer who also works under the name Struggle Inc. Known for his production of clean, multidimensional graphics, Cody's design aesthetic is part urban modernism and part organic visual deconstruction. His graphic work and paintings have been exhibited throughout the U.S., Europe and Japan, including the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), New Image Art (LA), Rocket Gallery (Tokyo), The Lazy Dog (Paris), and Andrew Rafacz (Chicago). Cody?s work has also been featured in numerous magazines and publications, including idN, Elephant, Arkitip and Anthem & Juxtapoz. His charity is 826CHI. 826CHI is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students 6- 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. They provide drop-in tutoring, after-school workshops, field trips, in-school tutoring, help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications.

Jason Teegarden-Downs and Billy Baumann.

Teegarden-Downs and Baumann launched Delicious Design League in Chicago in 2006. The friends, with over 10 years in the ad biz, started ?Delicious? simply as a rock poster design/screen printing hobby, but by 2008 it had quickly grown into a full-time design and illustration studio. Over that span, they went from designing rock posters for little-known bands to designing and illustrating for some of the most recognizable brands in the world. Their charity is Purple Asparagus.? Purple Asparagus educates children, families and the community about eating that?s good for the body and the planet. They bring delicious, nutritious hands-on adventures to schools, community organizations and farmers? markets throughout Chicagoland.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Ultrasound diagnoses appendicitis without X-rays

Dec. 24, 2012 ? Children suspected of having appendicitis are more likely to receive CT scans, which involve radiation, if they are evaluated at a general hospital, a new study by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown.

Similar patients who went to St. Louis Children's Hospital were more often evaluated with an ultrasound scan, a safer option that uses sound waves instead of radiation to confirm or rule out the need for surgery to remove the appendix.

Use of either scanning technique can potentially reduce the occurrence of unnecessary surgeries and expedite the diagnosis of appendicitis. But recent reports have suggested that the radiation exposures in CT scans can significantly increase children's lifetime cancer risk. As a result, researchers are reassessing the role of CT scans and seeking ways to reduce their use.

The study appears online Dec. 24 in the journal Pediatrics.

"Appendicitis is a very tough diagnosis, because its symptoms overlap with viral infections and other problems," says first author Jacqueline Saito, MD, assistant professor of surgery. "We don't want to operate when the appendix is fine, but if we wait too long, an inflamed appendix can rupture or perforate, making recovery more complicated and much slower."

The appendix is a finger-shaped pouch that extends from the large intestine. Infection or blockage of the appendix causes appendicitis, which can lead to abdominal pain, vomiting and fever.

Saito and her colleagues analyzed case records of 423 children who had appendectomies, or surgery to remove the appendix, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. In 218 patients initially evaluated at Children's Hospital and 205 at general hospitals, researchers reviewed how the patients were evaluated for appendicitis and whether the surgery's results confirmed the diagnosis.

CT scans, which take X-ray images from multiple angles, have been the primary diagnostic scan for detecting appendicitis for many years. About 85 percent of children initially evaluated at a general hospital underwent preoperative CT scans, and 45 percent of children initially seen at St. Louis Children's Hospital had CT scans. Using ultrasound to detect appendicitis has recently become more frequent, especially at St. Louis Children's Hospital; over half of children initially seen at St. Louis Children's Hospital, compared to 20 percent at general hospitals, had preoperative ultrasound.

Only 7 percent were not scanned using either method, and 15 percent had both types of imaging.

While ultrasound scans are safer for diagnosing appendicitis in children, they must be performed and interpreted by personnel who have received specialized training and are familiar with pediatric diagnostics.

"Ultrasound scans are difficult to perform correctly in this context, and what specialists can do at Children's Hospital may not be realistic or even available in a general hospital, which doesn't care for children as often," Saito says.

Saito is currently studying the outcomes of patients whose scans ruled out an appendectomy, looking to see if they had any additional symptoms or eventually had to have their appendixes removed.

"Ultimately what we'd liked to do is learn how we can reduce our use of CT imaging without compromising patient care," she says. "We want to find ways to identify the patients who really need these scans and those who can be effectively evaluated using other methods."

Funding from the National Center for Research Resources (award number UL1RR024992) and the St. Louis Children's Hospital Children's Hospital Children's Surgical Sciences Institute.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Congressman Discusses Campaign Finance Reform | News | The ...

Democratic Congressman John P. S. Sarbanes introduced his plan to combat big money in politics with a caution sign on his PowerPoint slide: ?WARNING: Money is Dangerous to Your Democracy,?

The alert?written in big, yellow letters?introduced his concerns over the current system of campaign finance and his hopes for legislative reform.

According to Sarbanes, who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1988, congressional representatives spend 30 to 70 percent of their time fundraising, which distracts them from the legislation they are elected to craft.

?We?re operating at 25 percent concentration,? he said. ?We raise money in the morning, we raise money at lunch time, and we raise money in the afternoon.?

Using his 2012 campaign as an experiment, Sarbanes committed to an incentive structure that forced him to reach a funding quota at the grassroots level before he tapped into funding from large donors. In the process, he said he discovered that the current system makes it nearly impossible to run a successful campaign without becoming beholden to special interests. He wants to make it realistic for willing candidates to reject the influence of lobbyists and groups with unlimited donation capacity.

Under the Grassroots Democracy Act, Sarbanes?s proposed solution, each citizen would receive a $50 tax credit, potentially in the form of a coupon, to use specifically for donations to congressional candidates of choice. To participate in the program and be labeled ?grassroots candidates,? politicians would refuse money from so-called Political Action Committee, find 2,000 under-$100 donors, and raise at least $50,000 from those grassroots donors. A public fund would match donations under $100 to these grassroots candidates at a rate of 5 to 1 or 10 to 1. The act also would set aside money for candidates besieged by SuperPACs through what Sarbanes calls ?The People?s Fund.?

Sarbanes believes Washington is finally ready to tackle campaign finance reform.

?For a long time most members of Congress were saying, ?I hate this game, but I know how to play it,?? he said. ?But I think now the money has gotten so big and so all-consuming that there?s starting to be a new critical mass emerging and saying ?We can?t do this anymore.??

?I think it would be a game changer and one of the best things that could happen for third-party candidates,? said Bill E. English, who works as a fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and read the full text of the act. ?But once Democrats and Republicans figure that out, it won?t pass.?

Julia A. Novina, a ?concerned citizen? not affiliated with Harvard, said she thought Sarbanes?s reforms were not radical enough. ?The system is so broken it needs a major overhaul, and this validates the system.?

Law School professor and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center Lawrence Lessig, who introduced Sarbanes, praised the congressman for his dedication to reform.

?There will be no congressman more involved in bringing about this critical?I would say republic-saving?legislation,? he said.

Source: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/11/9/congressman-discusses-campaign-finance-reform/

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Friday, November 9, 2012

Resumption of International cricket in Pakistan, a wild- goose chase ...

Resumption of International cricket in Pakistan, a wild- goose chase ? Opinion

With the arrival of Pakistan Cricket Board?s (PCB) new chairman, Zaka Ashraf, many were aiming to see the revival of international cricket in the country.

Although things are looking on the bright side, still Pakistan is not there yet. The honest analysis is that Pakistan is still fighting a war on the home front and until and unless there is an official ceasefire, teams from other countries will always be put at harm?s way when coming to play in Pakistan.

While many Pakistanis would be agitated by this analysis, this is a pill they have to swallow. The new chairman has been trying his very best to convince other boards to send their national teams. But the main question about the security situation in the country remains a puzzle.

Teams from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have also shown their reservations in this matter. And since the Lankans are the only team to have come under the attack of terrorists in Lahore during their series against Pakistan, convincing that country to send their national stars would be a tough nut to crack.

Australia, England and South Africa have bluntly refused to play in Pakistan until there is a conclusive end to the depleted law and order situation in the country.

Pakistan is left with no option but to play home series on neutral venues and for that the country has been conveniently using facilities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

However, fans back home feel cheated and want the games to be played on home turfs. PCB cannot do this on its own, it needs the muscle of the government in order to meet their goal of resumption of international cricket.

Nonetheless, everything is not gloomy as the PCB has managed to mend relations with India, which went south after the Mumbai attacks. It is to be mentioned here that India has not played a bilateral series against Pakistan since the attacks.

However, now things are heading in a better direction with both boards agreeing to play against each other next month, and although it would be Pakistan going to India, still it is a start.

India and Pakistan have a long and bitter history, however, cricketers from both sides are respected and have never been attacked of threatened.

Nonetheless, the world has changed after 9/11 and a single bullet can trigger Armageddon, but let?s just hope that never happens.

Ashraf is confident that Pakistani players will be safe in India and the nation has nothing to worry about. ?We have full confidence in the arrangements that will be made by the hosts and we are sure our players will be able to focus on their cricket.?

Quizzed about the delay in resumption of international cricket, the PCB boss said, ?We are hopeful international cricket will return soon to Pakistan. It is a matter of time and we are preparing for that time.?

Keeping fingers crossed might not see Pakistan host foreign countries, for that they need to mould the domestic situation in their favour to show to the world that they are capable of protecting their guests.

Although this might seem harsh, but for the moment, in order to avoid an international disaster perhaps it would be wise for Pakistan not to pursue other nations for a visit because any successful terror incident would put the fate of the country?s cricket in jeopardy. ???

The views and opinions expressed in this article do not represent Bettor.com?s editorial policy?

Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/Resumption-of-International-cricket-in-Pakistan,-a-wild-goose-chase-Opinion-a199771

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Take A Quick Overview Of Forex Trading Indicators | The Indicator ...

Unlike so many other trading indicators and systems Price Action trading does not stop working when the markets changes. With so many technical indicators to use, you will surely find combinations that will work best for you.

Additionally you can create your personal indicators using a software program. This doesn?t call for any month-to-month obligation charges so that you can buy it given a one time payment term.How one can?benefit?for forex signals?

Leading indicators use price ? they tell you what the market is going to do before it does it. Not bad, right? All you have to do is place a leading indicator on your chart, follow its signals, and make tons of money!
Volatility: A historical analysis of volatility will show you that it is actually one of the few indicators that will always remain within a range. It?s an intuitive thought as well, if everything is going crazy you will be lesser involved in the market, hence reducing volatility. If things are quite for a long time, you will get involved, hence adding to volatility. When one notices volatility hitting these range-ends, one should simply take short term positions. Low volatility means you should buy both call and put options. Increase in volatility means increase in option prices.
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A Bollinger band comprise of a moving average together with two bands placed at the upper and lower boundaries of the moving average. It usually indicates whether a currency pair is trading in a trend as well as the places at which the price is likely to change.
It is far more reliable to learn about currency trading in the forex market by trying to learn about it on your own and try to devise your own forex trading system that you will be confident to trade in. The more confident you are about your trading system, the more you will have the discipline to follow it during your trades. Unless you understand and believe in a forex trading system from another?s advice, you will not be able to summon the compulsion to stick to its rules.
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In NYC, the show goes on, even if sans audience

NEW YORK (AP) ? For the second night in a row, superstorm Sandy and its aftermath forced David Letterman to live out that performer's nightmare: Telling jokes to a vacant theater, or as he called it, "a big ol' empty barn."

Letterman hosting the "Late Show" to an unpeopled Ed Sullivan Theater on Tuesday, as he did on Monday, was the oddest sight of the considerable and continuing cultural fallout of the hurricane that left New York institutions like Broadway, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center no more open for business than the city's damaged subway system.

But the New York entertainment industry was fighting to go on with the show, and none more than several of the city's late-night shows. Though "The Colbert Report" and "The Daily Show" canceled tapings for the second day, the "Late Show," Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night" and a traveling out-of-towner, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," went ahead with shows Tuesday.

When "Late Show" band leader Paul Schafer asked Letterman how they were supposed to approach such an awkward situation, Letterman quickly replied: "Just like every night: We pretend the audience isn't here."

When Letterman introduced his first guest, Kate Hudson, the actress didn't stride out; instead appeared a middle-aged bald man ? presumably an employee of the "Late Show" ? who bantered with Letterman as if he were Hudson.

The three shows took varied approaches to inviting audiences to brave the difficult transportation prospects. Kimmel, a Brooklyn native, had planned to begin a week of shows in the borough on Monday. He began them a day late on Tuesday ? with audience ? at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

"I was born in Bay Ridge. I grew up in Mill Basin, and tonight I have returned to save my people from the storm," said Kimmel, referring to Brooklyn neighborhoods. "Thank you for ignoring the local authorities to be here tonight."

Like Letterman, Fallon had hosted his show Monday without an audience ? an experience that guest Seth Meyers compared to watching Charlie Rose "if he had a band and everybody was a little high" ? but he happily welcomed audience members back on Tuesday.

"First off, thanks to our great audience for making it out to the show tonight," Fallon began his monologue Tuesday. "I'm so glad you're here, because last night's audience was the worst."

As the city took account of the damage wrought by the storm, the aftermath of Sandy continued to cause the cancellations of film premieres, film and TV production and even that most unshakable performer: Bruce Springsteen.

The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert scheduled for Tuesday night at the Rochester Blue Cross Arena in upstate New York was postponed until Wednesday because of flight cancellations for the band and ticket holders.

The city revoked film permits for a second day Tuesday. The sets of "Smash," ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," ''30 Rock," ''Deception" and "Do No Harm" were closed, NBC said, and "SVU" won't tape Wednesday. Other series temporarily knocked out of production included "666 Park," ''Gossip Girl" and "Person of Interest."

Films forced to stop shooting include Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" and Akiva Goldsman's "Winter's Tale," and the Tuesday premiere of Joe Wright's Tolstoy adaptation "Anna Karenina" was canceled.

ABC's "Good Morning America," NBC's "Today" show and "CBS This Morning" aired live Tuesday with extensive storm coverage, though "GMA" was forced to cancel its planned Wednesday Halloween special.

Daytime shows were less successful, with production called off for "Live! With Kelly and Michael," ''Katie," ''The View" and "The Chew." ABC said work on all the programs would resume Wednesday.

All 40 Broadway theaters were closed, and while most hoped to open Wednesday, both "The Lion King" and "Mary Poppins" announced that Wednesday's shows would also be canceled.

The thriving downtown off-Broadway community was still assessing the damage and likely facing a longer time off. The superstorm forced the well-respected Vineyard Theatre in Union Square to cancel performances of its world-premiere production of "Checkers," which was to open Wednesday. And the staff of the SoHo Rep, just a few blocks south of Canal Street, was dealing with no power and some flooding in the basement, on a day that was supposed to be the first technical rehearsal of a play about African genocide by Jackie Sibblies Drury.

"You obviously can't do tech without electricity," said artistic director Sarah Benson, who added that the tight-knit community was helping each other.

"I've already been in contact with other theaters who are offering help and the community is pulling together," she said. "Everyone is going to support one another as best we can."

Two Broadway shows were even offering a special discount ? if you could walk to their theaters. Tickets to the Roundabout Theatre Company's productions of both "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" were going for $20 for Wednesday's matinee and evening shows to customers who show their MetroCards, made useless by the storm.

Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center canceled performances and the Metropolitan Opera and Radio City Music Hall were also closed. The 57th Street entrance to Carnegie Hall ? which also canceled Wednesday concerts ? was blocked by a street closure because of a dangling crane. The Metropolitan Opera said Tuesday that it planned to go ahead with its Wednesday evening performance of Thomas Ades' "The Tempest."

The Apollo Theater was forced to postpone its signature show, the Amateur Night finale, from Wednesday night to Nov. 14. Apollo president and CEO Jonelle Procope said finalists weren't able to travel to the event.

The financial hit for touring musicians will depend in part on how long it takes transit and other infrastructure to return to normal, said Gary Bongiovanni of Pollstar, the trade publication that tracks the concert industry. Atlantic City, where a lot of acts perform, was particularly hard hit. New York concert cancellations included those for Journey at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn and a Beacon Theater benefit concert for marriage equality that was to feature Rufus Wainwright, the National and They Might Be Giants.

"Everyone knows there is no shows in New York tonight, but what about Wednesday or Thursday ... when do you make the decision to try and drop things and rearrange your schedules?" he said. "Financially, everyone is taking a hit on this thing, and you make the best of it like any other natural disaster."

The storm also jolted one of the gaming industry's biggest releases of the year. GameStop stores canceled planned midnight launches of the highly anticipated Ubisoft video game "Assassin's Creed III" throughout the Northeast, but Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter doesn't anticipate the storm will derail the interactive medium at the beginning of its busiest sales season.

"That won't impact overall game sales," Pachter said. "The people who stayed home last night will buy it tomorrow."

Most movie theaters on the East Coast in the path of the storm have been closed since Sunday night, and many continued to be shuttered Tuesday. Clearview Cinemas said its 47 theaters in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were closed. AMC Theaters listed some 60 theaters in the area that were closed Tuesday, though some outside of New York could open later in the day. National Amusements, which runs Showcase Cinemas and Cinema de Lux locations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, said its theaters were open, aside from those without power.

Losing several days of box office for such a large area of the country would likely mean millions to Hollywood, though early weekdays are lesser movie-going days and current new releases ? "Cloud Atlas," ''Silent Hill: Revelation 3-D," ''Fun Size" ? were already attracting little interest.

Debuting this weekend is the animated Disney comedy "Wreck-It Ralph," the Paramount thriller "Flight" and the martial-arts "The Man With the Iron Fists."

"I think 'Wreck-It Ralph' is going to have a huge opening, but if it's less than expected, I think a lot of people are going to lay that on the doorstep of the hurricane," said Hollywood.com box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian. At the same time, he added: "A film like 'Wreck-It Ralph' could be the antidote to the hurricane for families looking for an escape. It's a very escapist, fun movie. We'll have to take a wait-and-see attitude."

Another movie was on the mind of one performer.

With the hashtag of "SandySucks," Lady Gaga tweeted: "I'm never watching Grease again."

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AP Global Entertainment Editor Nekesa Moody and Entertainment Writers Mark Kennedy in New York, and Lynn Elber, Christy Lemire and Derrik J. Lang in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

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Follow Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jake_coyle

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Shanghai Sonshine: Love, Peace & Chocolate Cake

Love, peace, & chocolate cake...what a day celebrating Abigail and her 8th birthday!?

For late breakfast, Abigail, Joseph & I went out for pork buns (one of Abigail's favorite Chinese foods!). ?Then we added in Baba & Zoe to go play at the playground before heading to get some street food (outside HuaShan Hospital so it has to be safe right?!?!) - Shanghai fried noodles and fried rice - to eat at Bubble Tea, where Abigail got a bubble coke no bubbles (yes that makes it Coke with 'Sonic-like' ice!). ?She opened presents after returning home...her first comment was "They are all in bags, I thought at least one of them would be wrapped." ?Now I know...bags don't count as wrapping to Abigail! ?We had chocolate cake (compliments of Lindsey) and then played some card games & an intense game of CLUE. ?To wrap up the day we went to Johnny Moos for dinner (another favorite to get chicken wings) before a great night at ?church. ?


Quality time and all her favorite foods...right up our 8 year old's alley! ?How sweet it is to watch Abigail grow & be her unique, fun loving self!

Source: http://shanghaisonshine.blogspot.com/2012/10/love-peace-chocolate-cake.html

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