2011年7月6日星期三

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Recovery Through the Higher Power of Karma
July 6, 2011 at 11:48 PM
 
Step Six: "We're entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character."

Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."

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Treasury Officials Weighing Options To Avoid Default
July 6, 2011 at 10:44 PM
 


By Richard Cowan, Rachelle Younglai, Tim Reid and Caren Bohan

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Faouzi Ayoub, Canadian Citizen, Accused Of Attempted Israel Bombing
July 6, 2011 at 10:35 PM
 
THE CANADIAN PRESS -- DETROIT - A Lebanese-born Canadian man on the FBI's most wanted list of terror suspects is accused of using a fake passport in an attempt to enter Israel and conduct a bombing on behalf of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah, according to an indictment unsealed in U.S. federal court in Detroit.

Faouzi Ayoub, 44, faces one count of passport fraud, according to the August 2009 indictment that was only unsealed in U.S. District Court in Detroit within the past week.

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NH-2012 Primary: 35% Romney, 12% Bachmann, 7% Paul, 7% Giuliani (WMUR/UNH 6/21-7/1)
July 6, 2011 at 10:05 PM
 
WMUR / University of New Hampshire

6/21-7/1/11; 773 adults, 3.5% margin of error

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Animation: Pawlenty's Tea Party Ad
July 6, 2011 at 9:23 PM
 
These days, it's tough to find Tim Pawlenty's poll numbers without a shovel. But that's not stopping him from trying to appeal to the Tea Party.

This animation features the actual audio from Pawlenty's actual Tea Party-oriented ad:

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30 Years Ago: The Nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court
July 6, 2011 at 8:55 PM
 
A feminist Jew, a wise Latina woman, and a Harvard Law dean walk into a bar... Thirty years ago, that would have been the opening of what would now be seen as a politically incorrect joke, the bar a place to drink rather than an entry into the practice of law. The idea of having a woman on the Supreme Court was posited as a political strategy by presidential candidate Ronald Reagan's key campaign advisor, Stuart Spencer, in response to late campaign tightening in the polls. After a bitter convention battle between feminists and non-feminists, Republicans had dropped their 40-year support of the Equal Rights Amendment. They were in danger of losing the women's vote in a year when, after six decades of voting in lower numbers, women would come out to vote in numbers equal to men -- the first year in which there would be a significant gender gap in voting, with men overwhelmingly supporting Reagan while women split more evenly.

To fulfill his campaign pledge, President Reagan nominated a relatively unknown Arizona state judge to be his first appointment to the Supreme Court on July 7, 1981. "My nomination was a great surprise to the nation, but an even greater surprise to me," Sandra Day O'Connor has said. She looked not all that different than the typical woman of the time: she wore rose-colored dresses and lavender suits -- with skirts rather than pants, often with a scarf or pearls at her throat. "When I first ran for state legislature," she has said, "it was simply a matter of political reality that, in order to get elected, a woman had to appear and act 'feminine.' People gave up their traditional notions only grudgingly."

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Casey Anthony Juror: 'Sick To Our Stomachs' Over Verdict
July 6, 2011 at 8:45 PM
 
Jennifer Ford, a 32-year-old nursing student who served as juror number 3 on the Casey Anthony murder trial, told ABC News that she and other jurors were "sick to our stomachs" after acquitting Anthony of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

"Everyone wonders why we didn't speak to the media right away," Ford told ABC News. "It was because we were sick to our stomach to get that verdict. We were crying and not just the women. It was emotional and we weren't ready. We wanted to do it with integrity and not contribute to the sensationalism of the trial."

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Sarah Palin On Crying Report: I Was Not In 'Tears' Over Movie 'The Undefeated'
July 6, 2011 at 8:43 PM
 
Sarah Palin is rejecting a report from the U.K.-based Daily Mail that she was "reduced to tears" after seeing a new documentary out on her tenure as governor of Alaska.

According to the British tabloid, sources said Palin got emotional after her husband, Todd Palin, became enraged by the film, which premiered in Iowa last week.

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Legal Experts: Casey Anthony Will Be Released From Jail
July 6, 2011 at 8:35 PM
 
ORLANDO Fla. -- Casey Anthony is still behind bars, but by Thursday afternoon she may enjoy her first day of freedom in almost three years.

According to legal experts with whom The Huffington Post spoke, there is little doubt that will happen.

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Legal Experts: Casey Anthony Will Be Released From Jail
July 6, 2011 at 8:35 PM
 
ORLANDO Fla. -- Casey Anthony is still behind bars, but by Thursday afternoon she may enjoy her first day of freedom in almost three years.

According to legal experts with whom The Huffington Post spoke, there is little doubt that will happen.

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Holding Fans Hostage
July 6, 2011 at 8:18 PM
 
As I watch Republicans and Democrats fighting over a compromise on raising the debt ceiling, I become filled with rage. No, my face doesn't turn purple, and I don't have steam coming out of my ears, but the inability of adults to work together and sacrifice their own political futures in order to force America to pay its loans burns me up.

Seeing the NBA's owners lock out their players has been equally disappointing. Politicians are elected to serve citizens, and athletes make money by playing sports because fans pay to watch games. And through these lockouts, they are holding fans hostage.

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Satellite Images May Help Predict The Next Cholera Outbreak
July 6, 2011 at 8:15 PM
 
As cholera continues to ravage parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America -- reportedly reaching Puerto Rico and Hong Kong this week -- public health researchers are looking to the skies in hopes of anticipating future outbreaks.

Satellite images of the oceans, researchers say, could soon forecast where and when cholera is most likely to strike.

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Niagara C. Difficile Outbreak: Dozens Rally In Front Of Hospital
July 6, 2011 at 8:15 PM
 
THE CANADIAN PRESS -- NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - About 100 Niagara-area residents took to the streets Wednesday to show their frustration with health care in the region following C. difficile outbreaks at three hospitals.

Demonstrators held signs reading, "Hospitals in peril," "Why were we not told sooner?" and "Third World health care? You must live in Niagara."

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Casey Anthony Case: Hang Jury?
July 6, 2011 at 8:09 PM
 
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Anthony Galea, Canada Doctor Who Treated Tiger Woods, A-Rod, Admits Bringing Growth Hormone Into US
July 6, 2011 at 8:04 PM
 
THE CANADIAN PRESS -- BUFFALO, N.Y. - A Canadian sports doctor whose high-profile clients have included Tiger Woods and Alex Rodriguez pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to bringing into the United States unapproved drugs, including human growth hormone, that were used to treat professional athletes.

Dr. Anthony Galea, a healing specialist from Toronto who was sought out by the biggest names in sports, was indicted by a federal grand jury in October on charges that he smuggled human growth hormone and other substances into the United States and lied to border agents to avoid getting caught. He faces similar charges in Canada.

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In New York State Some People Who Drink Water Are More Equal Than Others
July 6, 2011 at 7:59 PM
 
In upstate New York, where I am living, there is a class of citizens protected from chemicals and harmful substances in drinking water, and then there are the vast majority of people like me, my family, and friends, who are experimental subjects being tested to see if known carcinogens like benzene will do anything harmful to us.

A few years ago, we would have called that an unethical, if not illegal, experiment worthy of the Nazi doctors and the Tuskegee syphilis experiments. Now we call it governmental policy. The just-released Executive Summary of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation report on gas drilling says that of over one million people who drink ground water every day, about a third will have their sources of water protected. But a shocking two-thirds, or 840,000 men, women, and children, will have no protections at all.

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Obama's Twitter Town Hall Delivers Political Gains
July 6, 2011 at 7:45 PM
 
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama didn't say anything particularly newsworthy at Wednesday's Twitter Town Hall. But his hour-plus appearance before a social media savvy crowd and the company's founder did demonstrate a unique ability to not only circumvent traditional media but to enhance his political power in the process.

White House officials have been clear that the town hall would have no relation, connection, or effect on the president's re-election efforts. During a Tuesday conference call previewing the event, a senior administration official ducked a question about how Obama's campaign team may slice and dice Twitter data from the event to gauge public opinion on a range of issues.

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Denver Now Has More Marijuana Dispensaries Than It Does Starbucks
July 6, 2011 at 7:45 PM
 
In Denver, there are more medical marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks, according to The Daily.

Nearly 300 medical marijuana dispensaries have been established for Colorado's residence since the passing of Amendment 20 in the 2000 general election. And according to The Daily, some of these dispensaries, in order to help bring in business, even offer first-time customers a free joint.

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Keep Your Pants On
July 6, 2011 at 7:41 PM
 
A recurring theme in the novels of Charles Dickens is referred to by economists as "The Victorian Compromise." Summarily, it promotes the idea that if the deserving poor adhere to the Protestant Ethic -- work, save, and deny the flesh -- a rich person passing by will take notice of their good behavior and reward them with a smile, a job, or a Christmas goose. Think David Copperfield or A Christmas Carol and you've got it in one.

The creative power of the novelist allows for the shaping of powerful characters so that they will, say in the case of Scrooge, see the light and transform the world of Bob Cratchit into Christmas every day. Over the years we have grown to love this story and can see it every year without tiring of it.

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How to Find Your Life's Purpose
July 6, 2011 at 7:40 PM
 
If you are searching for your life purpose, you are in luck. The search stops here.

It's become commonplace in our culture to try to "find your purpose." It's thought of almost like finding a soul mate: you discover your one true purpose and then you and it ride off into the sunset. Now you've got career direction, a sense of meaning, and a kind of serenity about finally knowing what your purpose is. You can tell your purpose, a la Jerry McGuire, "You complete me."

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Merrill Lynch Ordered To Pay Hedge Fund For Losses During Crisis
July 6, 2011 at 7:33 PM
 


NEW YORK (Joseph A. Giannone and Jochelle Mendonca) - An arbitration panel ordered a Merrill Lynch clearing unit to pay $63.7 million in damages to California hedge fund manager Rosen Capital Partners LP as compensation for losses during the 2008 financial crisis.

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How Do You Let Go While You're Hanging On?
July 6, 2011 at 7:30 PM
 
Stories are mental constructs we create to uphold the status quo. In rapidly changing environments, we cling to any semblance of normal, which can be akin to clinging to flotsam on a raging river.

Our ability to move beyond what we know, to let go of the flotsam, to innovate, to have foresight and to adapt are critical to our existence.

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Syria's Assad & America's Decaying Credibility
July 6, 2011 at 7:23 PM
 
Now that we know who "allegedly" did the actual killing of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who then ordered the hit job? Was it Hezbollah -- the Iranian-backed terrorist organization's whose chief Sheik Hassan Nasrallah despised Hariri and his Sunni compatriots? Syria's President Bashar al Assad, or one of his family members? The Iranian President or the Ayatollah... all of the above?

Let's recall that in February, 2005, the prime minister was killed along with six bodyguards and 16 innocent Lebanese pedestrians when Hariri's car was blown up by a huge bomb along Beirut's beachfront corniche. Originally, suspicion fell on Syria's Assad as the man behind the trigger man. After all, Hariri had dared to defy the Syrians by orchestrating efforts to reduce Syria's unwelcomed meddling in Lebanon, and in return, Hariri had been threatened repeatedly by Assad, according to independent media accounts.

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Atlanta Cheating Scandal Unveiled By Reporters
July 6, 2011 at 7:16 PM
 
Three years ago, Heather Vogell, an investigative reporter at the Atlanta Journal Constitution, sat down with a data analyst to crunch some numbers.

She had just received the latest crop of scores for the CRCT, a state standardized test. Curiously, Vogell noted, several schools statewide had changed in status between the spring 2008 administration of the test and the summer retest in 2008, going from not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress rates, a calculation set by federal legislation that determines the fates of individual schools, to meeting the measure.

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Top Three Tips for Hiring a Rabbi for Your Wedding
July 6, 2011 at 7:15 PM
 
With marriage in the State of New York now available to any two consenting adults, this wedding season promises to be an especially busy one. To ensure a memorable celebration, here are a few suggestions that all couples looking for a rabbi to officiate might want to consider.

Tip #1 -- Don't use your parent's rabbi

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What Does the Bible Actually Say About Marriage?
July 6, 2011 at 7:15 PM
 
When you attend a wedding at church, what passages of Scripture do you expect to hear? Congregations occasionally invite me to speak on the current same-sex marriage debates, and I ask them this question. Their answers are remarkably consistent.

Someone invariably mentions 1 Corinthians 13, the famous "Love Chapter." Love is patient, love is kind, love never insists on its own way and so forth. Wonderful advice for marriage, but Paul was not talking about marriage. He was addressing a church fight: the believers in Corinth had split into factions and were competing for prestige and influence. We see echoes of this conflict throughout the letter, but especially in chapters 12 and 14, which surround this passage.

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Combating Religious Intolerance When Freedom of Speech Enables Hate Speech
July 6, 2011 at 7:15 PM
 
Religious pluralism, versus the defamation of religion and freedom of speech have become an increasing source of conflict in international politics and interreligious relations. Preachers of hate and activists in America, Europe, and many Muslim countries are engaged in a culture war. Far right anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim political leaders and parties warn of the Islamization of America and Europe to garner votes. The acquittal on June 22, 2011 of Dutch politician Geert Wilders on charges of "inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims," is a political victory for Wilders but also a sign of the times, growing normalization of anti-Islam bashing in the West.

The OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference which represents some 57 countries) lobbied the United Nations for more than a decade to address this issue. Initially targeting Islamophobia, it broadened its request to a resolution on "defamation of religions" that would criminalize words and actions perceived as attacks against religion.

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Prime Minister Must Respond to Nation's Disgust Over Phone Hacking
July 6, 2011 at 7:15 PM
 
The latest disclosures about how people working for the News of the World apparently hacked into the phones of Milly Dowler and the families of 7/7 victims have triggered nationwide disgust.

It is at times like these that people look to their Prime Minister to face up to the challenges presented, without fear or favour. I am afraid that today David Cameron did not rise to that challenge.

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Portugal Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary of Decriminalizing Drugs
July 6, 2011 at 7:15 PM
 
Everyone knows that the war on drugs is a failure. Despite more than $40 billion spent every year on the U.S. drug war and 500,000 people behind bars on drug related offenses, drugs are as available as ever. But what is the alternative? What would happen if a society decided to treat drug use as a health issue instead of a criminal justice issue? What if we stopped the futile effort of using force to decrease drug consumption? What if we decriminalized drugs, not just marijuana, but all drugs like heroin, cocaine and meth?

We've heard the horror scenarios that opponents of drug policy reform recite: more addiction, more broken families and a crazy escalation of crime and violence.

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U.N. Women Agency Report Looks At Gender Equality, Women's Rights Around The World (PHOTOS)
July 6, 2011 at 7:10 PM
 
The United Nations' newest agency -- UN Women -- takes an ambitious and sometimes startling look at gender equality and women's rights around the world with its first-ever report.

The 2011 Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice report is "a global survey of women's access to justice -- looking both at legislation passed by governments and the steps taken (or not taken) to implement those laws," according to the Guardian. "The report highlights the practical barriers that women—particularly the poorest and most excluded—face," says former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in the report's introduction.

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Answer Today's Challenges With Our Nation's Youth
July 6, 2011 at 7:08 PM
 
The future strength and vitality of our nation depend on what we do for the young men and women of today. Increasingly, however, many of our country's youth face tremendous challenges and disadvantages.

According to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national youth unemployment rate rose to 19.1 percent in July of 2010. This is the highest rate registered since the Bureau began collecting information in 1948. That translates into approximately 4.4 million people ages 16-24 unemployed nationwide. As is often the case, history offers us a solution -- one rooted in the legacy of the depression era's Civilian Conservation Corps.

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Nancy Pelosi Invites Bruce Bartlett, Prominent Debt Limit Critic, To Testify Before Congress
July 6, 2011 at 7:05 PM
 
WASHINGTON -- One of the most outspoken critics of the debt ceiling's constitutionality will be getting a high-profile place to air his views on Thursday, as he appears at a hearing of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced on Wednesday the inclusion of Bruce Bartlett, who has served as an adviser to numerous Republican officials, an indication that Democrats are increasingly looking into whether the debt ceiling itself is unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.

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NASA Engineer Paul Sharpe Reflects On His Life Working With Space Shuttles
July 6, 2011 at 7:03 PM
 
As NASA's 30-year space shuttle program winds down, engineer Paul Sharpe sat down with the BBC and reflected on his life working with these "magnificent flying machines," as he called them.

Sharpe, a recent retiree, worked at the Kennedy Space Center for 45 years. The end of the space shuttle program, he said, "is a sad time."

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The Chinese Black Swan
July 6, 2011 at 7:00 PM
 
Party rulers in China are trapped in a position that chess players deeply fear -- zugzwang -- where any move made puts you at disadvantage. In China, the potential cost of both action and inaction is economic collapse.

China is slowly starting to face the consequences of its actions -- loans grew over 30 percent a year over the last few years -- and inflation is rising fast. Inflation in developed countries is unpleasant, but it is tolerable. For a developing country -- and China, despite its size, is still a developing country -- it can be catastrophic. In developed countries, we spend two or three times less on food as a percentage of our income than do people in developing countries. Therefore, though food inflation is unpleasant, we have a much greater tolerance (margin of safety) for it. While food inflation the U.S. can mean fewer trips to restaurants or no summer vacation, food inflation in China leads to hunger.

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President Obama Repeats George W. Bush's 'Internets' Flub (VIDEO)
July 6, 2011 at 6:46 PM
 
We already knew that President Obama had a computer (of course). We also knew that he had visited the headquarters of "Twitters". But it wasn't until this afternoon that we found out that in order for the President to visit Twitters on the computer he has, Obama must log on to the "internets."

The President misspoke at a Twitter town hall this afternoon, making the same mistake that George W. Bush memorably made in 2004. He quickly corrected himself, however.

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Connecticut Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Bill Signed By Governor Dan Malloy
July 6, 2011 at 6:45 PM
 
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy (D) signed a measure on Tuesday to add gender-based language to the state's anti-discrimination statute, making Connecticut the 15th state in the country to protect transgender people from discrimination.

"An Act Concerning Discrimination," or HB-6599, states that employers and contractors are explicitly prohibited from discriminating on the grounds of "gender identity or expression," which it defines as "a person's gender-related identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth."

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Invest in Women to Improve the World
July 6, 2011 at 6:39 PM
 
Diane von Furstenberg hosted a Vital Voices luncheon for the media, fashion and philanthropic elite to honor Chouchou Namegabe, a journalist from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who has devoted her career to exposing the use of rape as a weapon of war in her country. Chouchou showed the room of powerhouse women that every person has the ability to make a difference, despite insurmountable odds. Joining Diane von Furstenberg were Diane Sawyer, Tina Brown, Wendi Murdoch and Yael Melamede, a film producer of an Oscar-nominated documentary.

Vital Voices was started when Hillary Clinton left the 1995 Women's U.N. Conference stressing to her Chief-of-Staff Melanne Verveer, now Global Women's Ambassador, that the conversation must continue. Vital Voices is about empowerment, pride and giving women tools and the strength to be strong. Chouchou embodies strength as she magnifies and amplifies women's voices in places that need change, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo. In her province 2,000 women were raped, and some of the victims were as young as 10 months old. She is trying to give them a voice, while putting her life on the line. They have killed three male journalists in her province and threatened three women whom she has trained as journalists. As a world citizen and a woman, her story and work must be brought to the world stage.

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Roswell, NM Plane Crash: Public Told To Stay Away From Site Of Military Plane Crash
July 6, 2011 at 6:35 PM
 
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) -- A military fighter plane crashed Wednesday in southern New Mexico after the pilot ejected safely, Air Force officials said.

The QF-4 Phantom from Holloman Air Force Base crashed in grasslands between Roswell and Artesia, sparking a fire that burned 28 acres before it was contained.

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It's Not Stealing, It's Dealing
July 6, 2011 at 6:31 PM
 
"I'm selling my house, not mugging anyone," vented a homeowner who's been trying to sell since March. Optimistically, he thought he'd discuss hiring me as his attorney. Pessimistically, he griped about the way potential buyers reacted to his asking price. "They seem offended, you know? Like I'm stealing their money."

Thinking his dialogue with buyers might become less confrontational if the listing price matched the marketplace, I asked what similar houses were selling for in the area.

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HuffPost Greatest Person Of The Day: Greg Spencer Jr. To Give 5 Million Cook Stoves To Those In Need
July 6, 2011 at 6:30 PM
 
Three billion people worldwide still use open fires fueled by coal, wood and charcoal to prepare their meals.

That inefficient and environmentally harmful form of cooking can drain a family physically and economically, according to a press release from The Paradigm Project, a low-profit organization dedicated to providing five million cook stoves to people in need.

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Montana Pipeline Repairs Will Take Weeks, Exxon Says
July 6, 2011 at 6:29 PM
 


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YouTube Moves From Cats Playing Piano to Classrooms
July 6, 2011 at 6:24 PM
 
YouTube is no longer just for smoking toddlers, cats playing piano, skateboarding dogs and "Don't Tase Me, Bro!"

In the past few years, YouTube and Google videos has become a helpful teaching tool.

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Mediums and Their Political Messages
July 6, 2011 at 6:23 PM
 
Whenever I watch Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann give an interview, I get a queasy feeling. My queasiness is not a result of Ms. Bachmann's far-right policy positions, or her tendency to make erroneous statements, or her penchant to rewrite -- and sometimes make up -- American history. The queasiness does not come from my appreciation of Ms. Bachmann's personal biography, which she frequently mentions at her campaign events. She does, after all, have a respectable professional history. In addition, she has raised five children and 23 teenaged foster children. Although I disagree vehemently with Representative Bachmann's politics, I have respect for people -- like her -- who have devoted so much of their time and energy to raising foster children.

So why do I get that queasy feeling when I watch a Michele Bachmann interview? It comes from observing her eyes. They seem transfixed, distant and almost other worldly as if there is some kind of disconnect between her being and her body. Some people might suggest the distant eyes reflect Bachmann's intense concentration. Despite some tough questions on Face the Nation or Meet the Press, she does seem to stay on message. Like most politicians she rarely, if ever, acknowledges a mistake. That means she'll spin tortuous narratives, as she did recently in claiming that John Quincy Adams was a Founding Father, to reinforce the image of someone who stands her ground. Bachmann's capacity to stay on message has served her well. She has raised lots of campaign money and has challenged Mitt Romney for front-runner status among the Republican candidates for the GOP presidential nomination.

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Twitter Town Hall Participants Have Drastically Different Concerns Than Beltway Journalists, Apparently!
July 6, 2011 at 6:19 PM
 
Over at the Boston Globe, Tom Giratikanon and the Globe's staff have put together a must-read chart, which compares the concerns raised by today's Twitter Town Hall respondents to the questions that journalists have asked Obama in the past two weeks of White House Briefings. What does it reveal? Basically, it reveals something I've been yammering on and on about since time began, it seems! Beltway journalists are seriously divorced from the concerns of ordinary Americans.

Here's an actual valuable thing we can take away from the Twitter Town Hall, hooray! Peep how the numbers stack up on just "jobs," "deficit," "taxes," and "the economy."

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Chicago Changes Colors
July 6, 2011 at 6:18 PM
 
It's the new Great Migration: black Chicagoans are "relocating" to the southern suburbs. Just one week after my blog about the Chicago Sun-Times "Changing Chatham" series, it seems as if some blacks move on if certain folks don't move out. But it's much bigger than a residential issue. Chicago is not what it used to be -- and I think I know the reason why.

Love Don't Live Here Anymore

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EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Ross Talks Charlie Sheen Roast
July 6, 2011 at 6:14 PM
 
When Comedy Central announced that Charlie Sheen would be the subject of its next roast, very few people had any question as to why. Ever since the actor's absurdist PR blitz in February, he's been a punchline fixture for joke-writers and everyday folk alike. His bizarre, anti-comedy "Violent Torpedo Of Truth" tour may have seemed like the culmination of his walk on the rhetorical wild side, but that, apparently, was just a pre-cursor to what will be September's most "epic" Sheen event.

Comedy Central has yet to announce its lineup of Roasters or its Roastmaster for Sheen, but it would be hard to imagine it without Jeffrey Ross, and his patented affable meanness. He is the master of the scathing line delivered with boyish glee, inspiring forgiveness even as he devastates.

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Federal Bank Regulators Scrutinizing Mortgage Lawsuits Against Banks, Opening New Worry For Investors, Bankers
July 6, 2011 at 6:05 PM
 
WASHINGTON -- Federal bank regulators are scrutinizing more than 150 home loan-related lawsuits directed at lenders and mortgage companies, a top official at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation plans to say Thursday, underscoring the threat the largest U.S. banks face from faulty and improper mortgage and foreclosure practices.

The revelation will likely add to large banks' woes, as the five biggest servicers -- Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial -- currently face up to $30 billion in penalties from state attorneys general and federal agencies for wrongful foreclosures and other mortgage-related misdeeds.

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Laura Ziskin -- Yogini
July 6, 2011 at 6:01 PM
 
"Tapas" is the Sanskrit word for "discipline." It literally translates as "to burn," meaning that by disciplined practice we burn off that which no longer serves us. Yoga is meant to peel away the layers of tension and stress so that we may, for a moment, feel free. It's meant to uncover the layers of illusion that have us feeling separate and cut- off, so we may experience yoga, or "union" with each other -- and with a Universal Source. Laura Ziskin had tapas. She was one the most dedicated yoga students that I have ever had.

Much has been written about her tragic passing on June 12, 2011 and every title she has been given describes her heroic nature: Producer, Writer, Charity Co-Founder, Wife and Mother. To that list I'd like to add "Yogini."

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Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB Takeover Bid Could Be Derailed By Tabloid Scandal
July 6, 2011 at 6:01 PM
 
NEW YORK -- Rupert Murdoch has long thrived in opposition, still playing the scrappy outsider who just so happens to run a vast media empire.

For over half a century, Murdoch's thwarted a long list of regulators, media consolidation critics and journalism ethics scolds. He dropped $5 billion on Wall Street Journal-parent Dow Jones in 2007 despite protests that he'd ignore his promises of editorial independence -- similar to those he made before purchasing The Times and Sunday Times -- once he closed the deal. And, of course, he did.

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So What's a Dramaturg?
July 6, 2011 at 5:57 PM
 
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Courtesy of DCPA. Photo by Ed Blandon.


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