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McGonigal has, for years, taught a course called "The Science of Willpower" through Stanford's Continuing Studies program and, in 2011, she spun it into a book, The Willpower Instinct. The TED Blog spoke to McGonigal this week about how willpower is often misunderstood, and what we each can do…
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The ASUS Transformer Prime is the hottest Android tablet on store shelves right now, and for good reason; it's thin, fast, powerful, and well-featured. But there's one shortcoming that ruffled a lot of feathers: very poor GPS performance. The company acknowledged the issue and rolled out numerous OTA updates to the device in hopes that a software patch would fix the issue, but to no avail. So now, they're doing what's right and solving things by sending free hardware to owners to improve GPS performance.
According to XDA member demandarin, the dongle has been in the hands of testers and it's "very cool though... very minimalistic and made to look like part of the Prime." It is, again, available to all Prime owners free of charge. To get yours (courtesy of Zephyrot):
1. Please ensure you have already joined our ASUS Membership program. If not, please click Sign Up.
2. Please proceed with "Product Registration" after you have joined as an ASUS Member. There are two methods:
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B. After login, please click on "Product Registration" on the left side menu.
After you register, you'll receive the following message - again, courtesy of Zephyrot (sorry for the size!):
The dongles are expected to begin shipping in mid-April (which should mean within the next week or two).
But wait, there's more! According to an ASUS Junior Technical Product Manager, newer builds of the Prime have received tweaks to improve WiFi performance, putting it on par with the original Transformer (TF101).
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All Souls service
Sunday 1st November 2020 at 6:30pm
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by Joshua Maloni
"Nutcracker" music keeps me up at night.
And it's not with visions of sugarplums, either.
It's more like visions of me stepping on small children, falling off the stage, or (more likely) messing up a simple dance routine.
Yes, I successfully made it through performing in the 2009 version of the Greater Niagara Ballet Co.'s "The Nutcracker." But, as I prepare for a second go-around, I'm still not convinced I belong on the same stage where dancers such as Rachael Fraser, Irek Muchalski, Tonya J. Milne, Mary Schnepf and Gréthe Gruarin once performed.
I hear Tchaikovsky and I hide under the blanket.
This man, I'm told, dedicated his life to music. So too, GNBC Artistic Director Beverley Feder has dedicated her life to dance. Her students have done the same.
The thought jiggling around me head like a bowl full of jelly is why they would risk their showcase production by adding a somewhat (OK, extremely) stiff-legged writer into the mix?
Two years in a row!
They arabesque, balancé and demi-plié.
I watch television, and occasionally twirl the remote around my hand (My pets are super impressed).
It's really not the same thing.
But, it was in watching last year's performance on DVD recently that I realized it doesn't matter what I do. ... Or don't do. ... Or do so comically bad I wind up on YouTube. Nobody -- save my parents and the occasional heckler -- cares how I dance. Assuming (fingers crossed) I don't trample anyone's offspring, the vast, vast majority of onlookers will attend this year's presentation of "The Nutcracker" to watch the next generation of Frasers, Muchalskis, Milnes, Schnepfs and Gruarins.After all, it's the dancers -- some so young and small they could fit in one's shirt pocket -- who are the real stars of the show. And it's the story of these dancers, and not this writer, that will grace the pages of this website in the weeks leading up to "The Nutcracker."


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If you happen to be wandering down the streets of Paris and find yourself in the 10th arrondissement , ask your self this:
Am I jonesing for a coffee ?
Could it accompany a piece of cake ?
Why don't I revamp this old coat ?
Let loose your artistic freedom and get yourself to the Singer station at " Sweat Shop ; 13 Rue Lucien Sampaix, Paris 10eme."
In this cafe you can eat , drink and sew up a storm on the sewing machines available . You can join workshops , learn how to knit or simply while away a rainy afternoon creating your new and exclusive wardrobe without a care in the world.
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...the only one sweating is you and the other like minded punters ...don't let the name scare you!
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If the french pronounce Sweat Shop like they pronounce sweathirt ... yes, I refer to "le sweet", then I wouldn't worry about finding underage illegal immigrants toiling away at the Sweat Shop!
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A few tips to quickly share.
I am easily distracted, and easily inspired. As a result I'll be in the middle of a thesis paragraph when I'll jump over to a web browser [note how its constantly running] where I'll end up reading random news websites (well, not random at all… actually I read terrible annoying right wing news sites that get my blood boiling. Sites like canada.com and msnbc. I read other sites too, but these two I consider a waste of time when compared to a beautiful anthropology thesis.)
It turns out I'm not alone. Websites, social media, the internet, iphones, etc, have all been merging into annoyingly busy interfaces. From this page where I write a blog post, I can twitter. I can see my inbox (all 3 of them). My battery has 39 minutes remaining. I should turn on some battery saving feature no? Oh wait I was writing. That's right!
There are solutions. Improve your concentration with this Google Chrome App. "Writespace" turns your browser (online or off) into a beautiful black screen. Hit f11 to maximize it into full screen and there it is. A blank black screen. A clear white font. I love it. It reminds me of my days playing diku muds. Why a black screen? No distractions. Just a page to write on.
Another great one – "Stayfocusd". This app let's you create a list of websites you waste too much time on, and then it blocks the sites after you spend more than 10 minutes (or whatever you configure) on them. Perfect for stupid news sites, facebook, etc. Try giving yourself more time and the program opens up a page on procrastination! Love it.
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I still think that the best game inn the world is Warcraft 3.
...what? You may think, but I'll elaborate for you!
Warcraft 3, inn itself with its addet exspansion, and further improvements to battle.net, E-sports scene, etc was epic.
But what really makes it stand out it was what the community did for the game, something Blizzard surely couldent have forseen when they launched the game as an RTS.
1. Tower Defense games. Come on, so many variations of maps from Warcraft 3, witch led to many other different tower games and whatnot. Most popular is prolly Plants vs Zombies.
2. DOTA. Vi sitta her i venten och spilla litta Dota (did I get the swedish langue right ?). While I personally never liked DOTA, LOL etc, you haft to have lived under a rock not to see what DOTA did to gaming industry, a hole new genre of game.
3. They broke with the traditional RTS rules, build a base and win, by adding good story, and hero characters. And ofcourse it was the stepping-stone to WoW.


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Herman Cain's Foreign Policy, in One Word: 'Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan'
The Republican party's latest affection in its presidential candidate speed-dating process, Herman Cain, is not and does not pretend to be this cycle's "foreign policy candidate." He doesn't want to be, and you can't make him! Instead, when quizzed about international relations, he will just mock his own lack of knowledge. That's his winning charm, maybe?
In a recent interview with CBN's David Brody, Cain said that he was indeed prepared for the foreign policy "gotcha" questions, by declaring himself preemptively "got" on all accounts:
BRODY: Are you ready for the 'gotcha' questions that are coming from the media and others on foreign policy? Like, who's the president of Uzbekistan?…
CAIN: I'm ready for the 'gotcha' questions and they're already starting to come. And when they ask me who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan I'm going to say, you know, I don't know. Do you know?
Ooh, this is my favorite deflection: "Do you know?" As it happens, I know very little about Uzbekistan, Herman Cain! I don't know its leader. I don't know its major cities or industries. I don't know much about its regional importance, or its culture. This goes for many countries. It's one of the reasons why I have chosen not to run for President of the United States.


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Phoenix Coyotes will stay in Glendale as city council approves lease agreement
The Phoenix Coyotes are staying in Arizona. For real, this time. For now, anyway.
During a four-hour meeting on Tuesday night that was at times contentious, at times dreadfully boring, and at times positively surreal, Glendale's city council voted 4-3, over the objection of Mayor Jerry Weiers, to accept a lease deal with Renaissance Sports and Entertainment.
"Everybody who's followed this saga has said decide something or just shoot us," Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said. "Fortunately, we got the result we needed to stay in a great place and a great hockey town."
The vote paves the way for that group to buy the Coyotes from the NHL after four years of league ownership of the franchise. RSE has until August 5 to close the deal with the league. It is expected that RSE will change the team's name to the Arizona Coyotes, according to reports.
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The city council voted not only to pay RSE $15 million a year for 15 years (a total of $225 million) to run Jobing.com Arena, but to remove an escape clause under which the city could have terminated the agreement in the event that the city incurred losses of $50 million or more over five seasons. This comes at a time when the city of Glendale is struggling to find the money to fuel its fire engines.
There was a hint of irony, then, when council member Sam Chavira, a fireman himself, addressed RSE's Anthony LeBlanc just before the vote and compared the Coyotes' new owners to firemen rushing into a burning building. That remark, just before Chavira eventually cast his deciding "yes†vote (Chavira was seen as the swing vote), also seemed out of place considering the 19 firefighters who lost their lives in Arizona battling a wildfire this week.
There is, of course, no guarantee that RSE succeeds or that the team does not eventually move, leaving Glendale on the hook for financial ruin. The city just doesn't have an out clause now, because RSE and the NHL insisted it was a deal-breaker. However, RSE does have an out clause.
"We went into this hopeful and we're very, very happy, very grateful not only to the councilmembers here, but all the residents and taxpayers here," RSE partner Anthony LeBlanc said. "We are looking forward to a solid partnership and making this a (success) for all those concerned."
One potential reason to believe that the deal will work out is that RSE has partnered with Global Spectrum to run the arena, with the plan being to bring more non-hockey events to Glendale and make the building a financial success regardless of how well the Coyotes do at the gate. Interestingly, Global Spectrum is owned by Comcast Spectacor, which owns the Philadelphia Flyers. Comcast Spectacor is owned by Comcast, the parent company of NBC. NBC, of course, pays the NHL to televise games.
So, if the Flyers play the Coyotes in a nationally-televised game, the big winner is going to be Comcast no matter what the score is.
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By Joseph Tanfani
As drug dealers go, Lori Ann Newhouse was strictly small time.
A high school dropout from a little Iowa town, Newhouse had three sons, a low-paying job as a telemarketer and a relentless methamphetamine habit. On St. Patrick's Day in 2011, Newhouse bought cold tablets used to make meth and traded them to a lab for a gram of the highly addictive drug.
Federal agents, it turned out, were watching.
Newhouse's bust landed her in the federal system in northern Iowa, where drug sentences have been among the harshest in the nation. Prosecutors decided that a past conviction _ she had been caught in a motel room with drugs and a dealer boyfriend _ qualified her for a doubled mandatory minimum sentence, from five to 10 years.
U.S. District Judge Mark W. Bennett, a fierce critic of mandatory sentencing laws, thought that made no sense. "Newhouse is not Iowa's Pablo Escobar," he wrote in an opinion, referring to the infamous Colombian drug lord.
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In an interview from prison in Mitchellville, Iowa, Newhouse said, "I was absolutely a nobody in that case."
Under mandatory sentencing laws, it has become a not-so-hidden fact of life in federal courthouses that prosecutors _ not judges _ effectively decide how long many drug criminals will spend behind bars. The result has been federal prisons packed with drug offenders.
But Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is now trying to steer the Justice Department away from the get-tough policies that have led to lengthy sentences for what one judge called the "low-hanging fruit" in the drug war _ dime-a-dozen addicts and street dealers.
Prosecutors have considerable discretion under the laws. If they cite the amount of drugs seized in the charging document, that can trigger the mandatory minimum; if they leave it out, it doesn't.
For offenders with prior drug convictions, prosecutors can file a so-called 851 motion, named after a section in the federal code that automatically doubles a sentence _ or makes it mandatory life.
Although the mandatory laws were supposed to lead to uniformity, statistics show huge variations across the country in how often prosecutors use them. Holder has instructed prosecutors to avoid using these powerful weapons against lower-level, nonviolent offenders, but, even so, they retain the authority to decide which small players get a break and which get slammed.
"It sounds really good, but it depends on how it's carried out in the field," Bennett said in an interview.
In the two months since Holder issued his new policy, some U.S. attorneys, including the two in Iowa, have begun to pull back, according to judges and attorneys.
"We had some terribly harsh sentences," said Randy Murrell, federal public defender in the northern district of Florida. "It's gone on for years, and no one had the courage and gumption to change it. I do think they are changing the policy now."
But elsewhere, change has been slower in coming.
"We are hopeful that this will loosen up some of the policies, but we have certainly not seen it yet," said Jonathan Hawley, the federal public defender in central Illinois, another district with a history of tough prosecutions.
The mandatory minimum drug law passed Congress in 1986, following the overdose death of University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias. The idea was to target drug kingpins and serious career drug traffickers.
"Drug kingpins _ I haven't seen one yet," said senior District Judge Robert W. Pratt of Des Moines. Typically, he said, he handles meth users who turn to dealing in order to supply themselves.
Congress is now reconsidering the wisdom of that approach.
"There are instances where people who had a second or third strike got life in prison for a nonviolent crime," said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who is sponsoring a bill with Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, to allow federal judges to disregard mandatory sentences.
Prosecutors have been particularly aggressive in Iowa.
A study by the U.S. Sentencing Commission found that more than 47 percent of all drug defendants in Iowa's southern federal court district ended up with mandatory minimum sentences in 2010 _ the third-highest rate in the country. In the northern district, it was more than 40 percent, the sixth-highest rate. There's even greater inconsistency in the use of 851 motions. In Iowa, they landed on about 80 percent of eligible offenders, according to sentencing commission data. In bordering Nebraska, the figure was 3 percent.
A Justice Department official said the agency would monitor drug cases across the country but was confident that prosecutors "understand that these new guidelines are aimed at ensuring federal laws are enforced more fairly, and federal resources are used more efficiently."
The new policy has already led to some changes in Iowa.
In the southern district, the top prosecutor is Nicholas A. Klinefeldt, a former defense attorney with an unusual family history. His father is a convicted meth dealer who spent 10 years in federal prison, on a mandatory sentence doubled by an 851 motion. Klinefeldt said his office now declined smaller meth lab cases, avoided triggering mandatory minimums and rarely filed for 851 enhancements.
U.S. Attorney Sean Berry in the northern district had continued to seek tough sentences until Holder issued his memo, but said his office recently withdrew requests for double sentences for two drug offenders.
The shift comes too late for Newhouse, who received an 851 enhancement based on a state bust nine years earlier, when she was found with meth and psychedelic mushrooms.
Newhouse, 34, could have ended up with even more time. An addict since she was 15 with a string of drug-dealing boyfriends, she had other drug arrests. Prosecutors first classified her as a career offender; guidelines called for a 22-year sentence. But they decided that would be unfair and asked for 10 years, minus two years for cooperation.
"I was going to get years, regardless," Newhouse said. "They took all that time I had to be away from my kids, and doubled it."
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First Look: Stephen Starr's Le Diplomate, Washington DC
One of the highest profile of the spate of spring openings in D.C. is Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr's Le Diplomate on 14th street. A sprawling corner brasserie in the space of what was once an abandoned eyesore, Le Diplomate is meticulously designed to evoke cafes and bistros in Paris. From the sun room and canopied patio to the Tour de France antiques lining the walls, the attention to detail is readily apparent. The sprawling Gallic menu covers everything from fresh baguettes baked in-house to updated takes on foie gras and steak frites.
Chef Adam Schop's menu is replete with traditional brasserie fare, segmented into Fruits De Mer, Hors D'oeuvres, and Entrées. The raw bar showpieces are the Plateau dishes, Petit ($60) and Grand ($120). Either a single platter or a gargantuan, multi-tiered feast, the Plateaus are menageries of lobster, crab, shrimp, and oysters. The Grand Plateau is an impressive sight and an even more impressive feat to take one down.
Among the appetizers is the aforementioned Foie Gras Parfait ($14), a scoop of smooth chicken (yes, chicken) liver served alongside a fennel spread and thick slices of toasted brioche. A lighter start is the Radish Crudité ($6.50)--radish slices served with butter and the same brioche.
Entrées include that brasserie stalwart, Steak Frites ($28), consisting of a thick pan-roasted hangar steak served with a mountain of twice-fried frites that do double duty soaking up the residual steak juices.
The beverage program is similarly inspired by brasserie tradition and simplicity. Along with beer and wine, the cocktail list ranges from specialty house mixes to classics like negronis and Sazeracs. Flip to the dessert menu and you'll find an ice wine and green and yellow Chartreuse (something not commonly found on menus here).
14th St. has quickly become the current restaurant hot spot in the Capital and, even so, a table at Le Diplomate is a commodity. Critical and public reception of Le Diplomate has been glowing and the crowds are arriving en masse. If you can't land a reservation at Le Diplomate, click over to the slide show for an extended sample of dishes to hold you over.
Le Diplomate 1601 14th St. NW, Washington, DC 20005 (map) 202-332-3333; lediplomatedc.com
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Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which Margaret and I read In Touch, Star, Us, Ok! and Life & Style, searching for "news." This week we found surreal, comedic entertainment: Forensic illustrations of the Jolie-Pitt kids in the year 2020!
"Betrayed By John."
First: Jessica Simpson was pissed off at John Mayer's Playboy interview, and told someone: "I'm annoyed John would sink so low." A source says she's dying to confront him about it, but wants to get her thoughts together. For now, she's venting to friends about how pissed she is. She called her sister, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, who said something like, look on the bright side — at least he didn't say you were bad in bed. Next: Ryan Gosling is dating Michelle Williams, according to a source, and they've been seeing each other for a couple of months. Since they're costarring in the movie Blue Valentine, it could be that they're seeing each other on the set — as coworkers. Finally: Katy Perry is pictured leaving the gym wearing an oversized T-shirt and the mag has an arrow pointing to her abdomen with the word "Bump?" (see image 7) Apparently last month she Tweeted that she wasn't pregnant and wrote, "better luck next month, peepz." The mag notes: "FYI: it's next month."
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In Touch
"Boyfriend From Hell."
Apparently Kourtney Kardashian's boyfriend Scott Disick flirts with other women. He's always on the phone and texting and doesn't want to have anything to do with the baby; when someone tries to hand him the baby, he won't even put his phone down. But Kourtney can't get rid of him, because he's already signed on for the new season of Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami and he plays the villain. Much is made of Kourtney being a single mom — the mag makes it seem like she is all by herself with no one to help her, but aren't there like fifty people in the immediate family? Scott has also made comments about Kourtney's weight. The Kardashians are upset because Scott is lazy and Kourtney pays for everything, and, according to a source, "The Kardashians pride themselves on hard work." Hmm. We thought they prided themselves on sex tapes. An insider claims that Kourtney's mom Kris thinks Kourtney should do a reality show about her life as a single mom. Lemons into lemonade! In the Bachelor story, people in his past say that he's always been awkward around women and the mag notes that internet commenters think he is gay. Renée Zellweger was photographed from below, an excellent opportunity to speculate on her pregnancy with an arrow pointing to her abdomen and print the words "Is she showing?" (see image 8). Her rep denies she is pregnant. Probably because she isn't. "They Weren't Always So Hot" is an underminery spread featuring old pictures of Taylor Swift, Julia Roberts and Kate Winslet when they were younger (see image 9). Honestly? All of them were really cute, and snarking on kids' appearances? Really? Next, this mag reveals that Brad Pitt texts Jennifer Aniston all the time. He never forgets her birthday, either — so he had a gift-wrapped book about architecture left at his production office for her to pick up. Also, we learned that Angelina and Jen are using their appearances with charitable organizations to one-up each other. Ryan Gosling is dating internet entrepreneur Hilary Rowland; a source says "it isn't a romance yet, but they are friends and really seem to like each other." Lastly, Madonna is "desperate" to hold on to Jesus, so she is "dressing like a teenager — and acting like one too."
Grade: D- (courtroom sketch)
"Jake's Mistake."
The dude from The Bachelor might give this chick Vienna the final rose, and this would be a grave error, because people who knew her before she was on the show say "she's a gold digger" and "she's kind of a bitch." Also, supposedly because her dad's name is Vinnie and her mom is Tina, "that's how they came up with Vienna." City in Austria says what? And in case you care: Ali is the next Bachelorette. Moving on: Jon Gosselin has not seen his kids in a month, and Kate is helping him settle his lawsuit with TLC because she'd like for him to work: "She wants the kids to go to good colleges," says a source. "Bikini Bod: Better Then Or Now?" is a 2-page spread that encourages the ubiquitous judging of women. Demi Moore looked better in 2002; Gwen Stefani looks better now than she did in 1989. A page called "Little Lovefest" is a photodocumentation of a playdate between Kingston Rossdale and Ruby Maguire. They've got somethin' going on (see image 10)! In John Mayer news, sources say Jennifer Aniston is just letting the comments he uttered in Playboy "roll off her back," while Jessica Simpson is "pissed" and thinks he's an asshole. John texted Jess to apologize — 12 times — but she ignored them and is not speaking to him. Lastly: Kristin Cavallari from The Hills has been boozing it up and, at a Super Bowl party in Miami, she was "going around to everybody, asking for coke." She's been "chronically late" to Hills tapings and sometimes skips them entirely. A source says: "Her drug problem finally became an unavoidable conversation topic on film. If MTV uses the footage, it will be clear to everyone." In addition, a nutritionist who does not treat Kristin speculates that she weighs 98 lbs.
Grade: D (political cartoon)
"Stabbed In The Heart."
Jen is taking the John Mayer crap really personally, because she always stood up for John when her friends talked shit about him, but now she regrets it. John told Playboy he didn't want to "pet dogs in the kitchen," which is what Jen and John would do in the morning when he'd sleep over — she'd make him coffee and play with the dogs. Jen called John in a rage and asked him why he'd said those things — she told him he'd crossed a line and that she can't trust him and they can never be friends. As for Jess, she just broke down and cried for hours after she found out. Moving on: Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr were at a restaurant where she was drinking loads of sake when Ed said something about AnnaLynne McCord, like "she's so hot." Jessica "lost it" and started yelling at him. He yelled back that he was just kidding. Martha Stewart was flirting with a bunch of young male models at the Hermès store opening, and a witness says she was into one in particular and kept having her assistant take pictures of them together. When Martha was leaving, the assistant told the guy: "She'll call you." Blind item! "Which TV cutie is cold as ice off-screen? Insiders at her man's NYC pad say she's a total diva whenever she visits, avoiding eye contact and snapping at doormen for no reason. We've got news for her: That's rude." Tom Cruise's 15-year-old son Connor has a huge crush on Tom's Knight & Day costar Cameron Diaz and gets shy and nervous when she's around. Spencer Pratt is planning to get plastic surgery — he wants lipo, chest implants and a nose job. Nick Cannon told Mariah Carey that she should go to rehab. A source says: "Mariah drinks champagne all day long. She always acts like she's celebrating something, like, hey, it's noon, let's have a drink!" She's a multi-millionaire with a young husband, what is the problem? If I had her money and shoe closet I'd be toasting all day too. Anyway, apparently Nick doesn't drink and is tired of being her nursemaid; she says she's a big girl but he always ends up having to take care of her. A source says she's been drinking every day since New Year's Eve. Lady Gaga "stole" her boyfriend, Matthew "Dada" Williams, from his longtime girlfriend, Erin Hirsh, with he has a 10-month-old son, Cairo. He's an art director for the Haus Of Gaga and Gaga took him to the Grammys. But! A source says Gaga and Dada just work together. So. Lastly: The placement of NBC's Parenthood ad on the bottom page of a two-page spread about eyebrows makes for an unfortunate unintended caption for Beyoncé (see image 11).
Grade: D+ (caricature with exaggerated features)
Life & Style
"Jen And Jessica's Dirty Secrets."
In case you haven't heard, John Mayer said some unflattering things about Jess and Jen in his Playboy interview. Jessica will be doing a lot of press for her new VH1 series The Price Of Beauty, and a source says: "She knows she'll be questioned about John again. If someone asks her about it, she will respond. That's her revenge plan." Here's hoping she takes the high road. Next: Heidi Montag's face is still swollen. A plastic surgeon who doesn't treat her says: "Her face is just now starting to take shape, but we won't know what it will look like for another six months." It might be fuzzy and green! Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have a "one-sided relationship." She's had at least six movie premieres since 2007 and he's never been photographed with her at a single one. Plus, she signed on to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro for charity after he did, then he backed out and while she was on the mountain, he was at a hip-hop concert in Wyoming. "Is Gisele The Luckiest Mom Ever?" Here are the reasons she might be: "She didn't need maternity clothes. She had a painless birth." And! "She went back to work in 6½ weeks." Finally: The next page is basically the most insane yet intriguing and hilarious thing we have ever seen in a weekly tabloid: For "Hollywood's Kids In 2020" the magazine hired a forensic artist and used not just any technology, but "sophisticated age-progression computer technology" to imagine what celebrity kids will look like in ten years (see image 12). Future Shiloh Jolie-Pitt looks like DJ Tanner. Future Zahara Joli-Pitt's nose, eyebrows and face shape are totally off! Kingston is apparently destined to have acne on his chin. Furture Suri Cruise looks pretty good, and why the Kardashian kid is there is beyond us. The whole page is like the craziest Missing Child poster ever created and the best thing in the tabloids this week. We're planning on putting this thing in a time capsule so that in ten years we can compare and contrast!
Grade: C- (forensic illustration)
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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
1623 - 1693
Historical Period:
The Early Modern Period
Wildman was a Leveller and republican who served in the new Model Army and wrote a number of pamphlets advocating its cause: Case of the Army and Agreement of the People. He was an arch opponent of Cromwell and was imprisoned during the 1650s for his opposition.