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The Killers are celebrating their ten-year anniversary by gathering a few of their greatest hits onto one brand new album.
Direct Hits, out November 11, features 13-tracks spanning all four of the band's records including the first song they ever wrote, "Mr. Brightside" from their 2004 debut, Hot Fuss to "Miss Atomic Bomb" off their latest release, 2012's Battle Born.
The band's greatest hits collection will also feature two new songs: "Just Another Girl," produced by longtime Killers collaborator, Stuart Price and "Shot At The Night," which was produced by M83. Listen to the latter above.
RELATED: The Killers Made Their Label Happy By Recording With M83
In an interview with Radio.com, guitarist Dave Keuning admitted that their label, Island Records, suggested they work with M83 (aka Anthony Gonzalez). "There was a mutual thing like, 'Yeah we think he's good. We'll try him out,'" Keuning said. "It's something we finally agreed with our label on."
He also said the band wasn't opposed to working with Gonzalez on another song. "I'd say maybe there's a 65 percent chance we'll work with him again," Keuning joked.
The song will be released on iTunes tomorrow (September 17).
For fans who just can't get enough of the band, The Killers are also releasing a deluxe version of Direct Hits, which includes the original demo of "Mr. Brightside," a remix of Battle Born's "Be Still," and a remix of "When We Were Young" by Calvin Harris.
It also includes a career spanning documentary DVD on the band, along with five 10-inch vinyl records that include all the songs included on Direct Hits.
Check out the tracklist for the album below.
Direct Hits tracklist:
1. Mr. Brightside
2. Somebody Told Me
3. Smile Like You Mean It
4. All These Things That I've Done
5. When You Were Young
6. Read My Mind
7. For Reasons Unknown
8. Human
9. Spaceman
10. A Dustland Fairytale
11. Runaways
12. Miss Atomic Bomb
13. The Way It Was
14. Shot At The Night
15. Just Another Girl
Deluxe Version
16. Mr. Brightside (Original Demo)
17. When You Were Young (Calvin Harris Remix)
18. Be Still

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SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU by Luis Leante
Book Quote:
"And I know for a fact that the dead don't come back."
Book Review:
Review by Guy Savage (MAR 3, 2010)
If you read enough world literature in translation, sooner or later you stumble across some of history's dirty little secrets, and this thought came to mind as I read See How Much I Love You by Spanish author, Luis Leante. The novel, which was inspired by a 2005 trip to the Western Sahara, goes back and forth in time from 2000 to the pivotal year of 1975. 1975 was the year of Franco's death, and while the death of the fascist dictator didn't exactly unleash worldwide mourning, it did signal tremendous changes for the Western Sahara–Spain's only African colony.
In the words of Sri Lankan author, Roma Tearne, "Has there ever been a country, that once colonized, avoided civil war?" And this quote rings true for yet another civil war in yet another colonized country. Following Franco's death, the Western Sahara plunged into a civil war with Morocco and Mauritania fighting against the nationalist Saharawi Polisario Front. Decades of fighting carried a heavy cost. The Saharawi population is now decimated and dispersed. In the 1980s, Morocco built a sand and stone wall which is "protected" by more than 5,000,000 landmines. On the west side of the wall or "berm" as it's called, are some of the Saharawis under Moroccan rule, and on the east side of the wall, are the so-called "liberated zones" (which represent about 1/5 of the Western Sahara), controlled by Polisario military forces. Oh yeah I forgot about the napalm dropped by the Moroccans and the French. All this reminds me of Algeria, so perhaps it's not too surprising to read that Algeria continues to support the Polisario Front.
See How Much I Love You is not an overtly political novel, but the battle over who controls the Western Sahara and its resources is the backdrop of this tale. In 1974 Spain, the working class Santiago and the upper-class Montse meet and fall in love. When the relationship goes wrong, Santiago, bitter and disillusioned joins the army and then volunteers for the foreign legion in the Sahara. Meanwhile Montse continues the expected course of her life–eventually becoming a successful doctor, married to a highly-regarded and, as it turns out, philandering cardiologist.
Twenty-six years later, now middle aged, divorced and depressed, Montse carries on with her life. While she's successful professionally, her bleak personal life is non-existent. She's long since forgotten her youthful passion for Santiago, but then fate intervenes one evening. A badly injured woman arrives by ambulance at the hospital where Montse works. Although the woman dies, she leaves behind a handful of tattered photographs, and in one of the photos, Montse recognizes Santiago. The photograph shows Santiago "dressed like Lawrence of Arabia, with a long white tunic and a dark turban, undone and handing loose over his shoulders." The photograph is dated 1976, and yet Montse was told that Santiago was killed in the Sahara during the 1975 Marcha Verde (Green March).
Part of the tale is set in 1975 and follows Santiago's alienation from the actions of his fellow soldiers along with his growing affection for and identification with the native Saharawi people. The rest of the story follows Montse and her journey in 2000 across the Western Sahara to discover the truth about what happened to Santiago. This unforgettable, dangerous quest leads her not only to the truth about Santiago, but also leads to the truth about Spain's past. Both Santiago and Montse's lives are permanently affected by the results of Spain's colonial ventures long after the Western Sahara has stopped being an "issue" for Spain. Santiago is sucked into the moral quagmire in 1975, but Montse's awakening occurs in 2000 in a country still wrecked by the fallout of a long-fought civil war. Montse's complete ignorance of Spain's role in the Western Sahara reflects society's collective ignorance of closet wars fought on distant shores.
In spite of its title, See How Much I Love You is not a love story. Montse is driven to discover the truth about Santiago not from any misplaced notions of excavating romance, but from a deep-seated need to discover the truth about her past, Santiago's fate and also just what really took place in 1975. Those who decide to read this thought-provoking, serious novel would be well advised to read the background information at the end of the book first. Written by Danielle Smith, the founding director of Sandblast, a London-based charity which supports the Saharawi cause, this background clarifies some of the historical information that may be necessary for many readers. The novel covers a great deal of political territory–Santiago in 1975 Western Sahara, and Montse in 2000 traveling across some very harsh remote territory with various groups with various political (and criminal) intentions scattered throughout the region. Reading the background information prior to beginning the novel helps put the story in perspective and avoids confusion. For those readers who want their fiction to carry a serious political or social bite, then See How Much I Love You is recommended.
|from 3 readers
|Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd (January 1, 2010)
|Guy Savage
|See How Much I Love You
|Literature Fest on Luis Leante
|Another Spanish author we like:
- Camino del jueves rojo (1983)
- El último viaje de Efraín y otros relatos (1987)
- El criador de canarios (1996)
- Paisaje con río y Baracoa
de fondo (1997)
- Academia Europa (2003)
- Mira si yo te querré (2007) (See How Much I Love You January 2010)
- Liebst Du mich (2009)
- La Luna roja (2009)
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Yes...this is the right category on JustAnswer to ask that question.
Can you tell me more about the situation? How long have you been together? What are the issues that have you wanting to end the relationship?
Does the other person know you want to end the relationship?
Thank you.
Thank you very much for taking my question. I do not want to end the relationship. However, I would like to quit trying to bother/pursue her because that is her wish. We have been together for almost 4 years now.
The situation:
We met while I was still married; my marriage was lacking intimacy. However, I let my marriage end at my ex-wives convenience so it took almost 3 years. The reason I did this is because she is Japanese, in a foreign country, speaking a second language, with no family. I felt I needed to ensure she did not feel completely abandoned. This put pressure on my new relationship as I'm sure you can guess.
Once the divorce was finalized, part of the agreement was to split the house until my wife (ex-wife now) finished school. She will finished in a couple of months. The fact that she is still living in the same house as me further degraded my new relationship.
She has stopped wanting to see me and does not reply to my e-mails; she has asked me repeatedly to not bother her. I am started to feel like a horrible person. I called her twice today, she answered both times both was very cold to me. 1st called I asked if we should just try to be friends- she said "no". Second call I asked her to tell me the truth of what's going on- she said "no"; I asked if I don't deserve the truth ans she told me I "do not".
This type of communication has been going on for a week now. We have been in an on-again off-again relationship for 2+ years now... because of the thigns I ahve described abouve and perhaps some other, smaller, issues.
I know all of the typical answers:
Focus on improving myself.
Find a hobby
Start dating other people.
Stay away from her until she wants to see you.
I have creating a profile on a dating site and chatted with a few- I may meet a couple of them in person. I bought an online book to try to help me understand the psychology of what's going on (it's called Relationship Rewind). I have tried to keep myself occupied. Most of these things work temporarily, but only for a very short time.
I find that I have no motivation to do any of it- I'm sure you've heard it before- I am wallowing in self pity. and my feelings or too strong and uncontrollable.
or = are.
I actually do want to leave her alone, but I honestly do not have the mind power to stop myself from trying to be with her and it is really starting to bother her. Her happiness is what I want, so I would like to be able to stay away form her. Yes, of course what I really want is to be with her, but if she just doesn't want that then I have to be able to stay away from her.
Another really ig problem is that we work together and near each other so I see her throughout the work day; that really sucks... it is very hard to focus when I keep getting reminded of her.
Sorry- that's a lot of information; I did try to keep it short. I hope I have answer your questions.
.... my emotions are all over the place; confident and secure in my ability to be ok one minute and totally crashing the next.
I feel weak, powerless, stupid.... I'm starting to feel like a stalker.
I honestly believe there is no answer, no fix .... I can logic out what I am doing wrong- I can easily see what would be more healthy..... but, for all the logic and understanding... and wishing I could do something different .... all of it is powerless against this other 'thing' that keeps making me try to be with her.
Despite being on-again/off-again for so long (and yes I understand how unhealthy that is) I do believe this time is final. That is to say, I believe this time she will never accept me back.
Good Morning,
Thanks for all the additional information, it gives me a clearer picture of what has happened and is happening.
As you already know, this is one difficult situation....made more complex by the fact that you work together. Untangling a relationship is one thing..but then you have this entire piece of how to clean up the work site.
The roller coaster of feelings you are experiencing is about you grieving the ending of the relationship. You have heard what she is saying...NO...and it is a loud and clear message. And...it seems that you are compassionate enough to understand and accept her NO. But understanding her position and fully, totally accepting the NO is another matter. There is no way you can go from being in a relationship one day..and the next day have absolutely no feelings, no heartache, no pain about the ending of that relationship!! The price of love - in this case - includes feeling horrible when that love cannot be returned.
On a cognitive level you understand why she wants the relationship to end. Logic would say that if she says NO and you say YES. No is going to win out. You don't want to be with someone who doesn't want to be with you. So - that's your head talking and you get that logic.
But in matters of the heart...it's a different ballgame. We can't turn love off and on like a water faucet. It doesn't work that way.
So...that's where you are right now...you love her..you want to be with her...but you can't have either of those things. Your heart hurts, your feelings are all over the place...that's grief.
Yes...to all those things people have been telling you...get a hobby, date other women...etc...and Yes to saying...that's not helping because I'm in so much emotional pain.
So...the best you can do right now is to realize that you are grieving. To be patient with yourself and all these mood changes. To honor and respect her desire to end the relationship. To find ways to release your feelings - exercise, talking to people who care about you, keeping busy at work or home, meditation - and to simply hang in there. If you are feeling depressed, consider seeing a therapist to talk out what is happening and gain some new coping skills to deal with your feelings.
As far is work is considered, it likely would be good for the two of you to call a truce and to sit down and talk about how to build (or rebuild) a strictly professional relationship. As adults...you ought to be able to accomplish that. Unfortunately, in some instances like this one of the parties ends up finding new employment. I imagine that's not something either of you wants to do...so it would be best to sit down and come up with a workable plan on how each of you can maintain their jobs.
I await your reply.
I have nothing to add. I have my silent pleas and my constant pain. I wish it was a nightmare I would wake up from. I can't understand why she doesn't acknowledge how hard I've tried or what I've given up. I wish she could understand how much I would do/give- I can't express it to her and so she can't know- I feel that if she could see how much I care for and about her- she would never want to give it up / throw it away. I keep secretly wishing she will call me and ask me to come see her. I keep wishing she would somehow change her mind. I wish she would tell me what exactly I've done so that I can try to fix it. All typical stuff a guess for a heart broken person. However the intensity of which I feel these things is too overpowering. I can't even hardly breathe. Anything short of getting another chance is just going to be a constant pain for a very long time. I've been in a situation similar, but far less, than this previously in my life and it took me over 2 years to be myself again.
I don't want to go through that again + more since this one is hurting even worse. Yet I have no choice. I even feel like I deserve it, if I knew that getting back to her at the end of this I would take it; for as long as it took. I could put up with anything if I knew, afterwards I could be with her. I can't give up and as long as I can't give up and I can't approach her...... OMG.
I appreciate your words, I really do. Please take care.
(well- I guess I did have stuff to add)- but nothing significant really. All the answers have been given that can be given really. Sometimes we're just stuck.
I agree....sometimes we are just stuck. You can't make someone want to be with you. That never works. And...she has her reasons for why she wants to end the relationship...likely it is more about having lost patience with the situation and badly needing to get on with her life goals.
It might be helpful if you did a bit of reading about grief so that you have some better ideas of why it hurts so much and what you can do to cope during this tumultuous time. A book I would like to suggest is Iron John.
Here's an article:
I'm sorry you are feeling so much emotional turmoil.


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Letter: Gaughan is paying taxes, has much to offer voters
Gaughan is paying taxes, has much to offer voters
Kevin Gaughan has spent most of his professional life studying local government, holding public conferences on improving Western New York and giving people the power to change their government. Yet his political opponents try to paint him as irresponsible because he pays some of his taxes under an installment plan.
According to The News, Gaughan's efforts have saved Erie County taxpayers $4.8 million per year. Voters across the county agreed with his ideas, and voted to downsize several local municipalities and the County Legislature. But because Gaughan fell behind while caring for a sick family member, and even though he pays down his debt as he can, his opponents would have us believe he has little to offer voters.
If any of us worked half as hard as Gaughan has to better our community, Erie County would be a much better place.
Dan Gigante


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Broiled Beef Kabobs Recipe
This recipe is a fun summer main dish seasoned in a snap with a tangy homemade marinade. They are so easy to prepare!—Margery Bryan, Moses Lake, Washington
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pound beef top sirloin steak (1 inch thick), cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 small green and/or sweet red peppers, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 12 large fresh mushrooms
- Hot cooked rice
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Add the beef, peppers and mushrooms; toss to coat. Thread meat and vegetables alternately on metal or soaked wooden skewers.
- 2. Broil 3 in. from the heat, turning often, until meat reaches desired doneness and vegetables are tender, about 12-16 minutes. Serve with rice. Yield: 4 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 209 calories, 8g fat (2g saturated fat), 46mg cholesterol, 115mg sodium, 7g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 2g fiber), 27g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 1 fat.
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"Very good, I marinated for about 3-4 hours and the meat was nice and tender. The only thing missing was a dipping sauce. Add that and it's 5 stars :) I will be making this again."
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"This recipe is spectacular!"
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Shinji Kagawa's not satisfied with his performances for Manchester United
Shinji Kagawa says he is not satisfied with his performances since arriving at Manchester United in the summer.
By Edwin Chong
Last Updated: 21/10/12 5:42pm
The Japan international is finding it difficult to replicate the game which brought him much success at Borussia Dortmund in the Premier League, and is asking for more time to adjust his style.
"To be honest, I don't believe I have yet cemented my place (in the team)," Kagawa told Kyodo News.
"There is not one game that I can be satisfied with the way I played over the 90 minutes. I still feel I need more time to adapt.
"It is fate for any player that plays for a big club and I am trying to draw on the positives."
The 23-year-old is working hard on becoming physically stronger but singled out communication with his team-mates as his top focus.
"I need to communicate better so I can get my timing right when asking for the ball and things like that," he added.
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Which death in 2012 had the most effect on you?
2012 Deaths
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Mitt's campaign.
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Fire away, cunts of DL, but I cried a little when I heard Whitney Houston died and I was sad for a few days after. Granted, I didn't sob, and I wasn't mopey, but it was sad for me in a way other celebrity deaths in my life haven't been.
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Honestly, Donna Summer....I had long ago given up on Whitney pulling it together, but I had hopes for a Tina Turner style comeback for Donna.
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Neil Armstrong. He did something which no one else will ever do unless it's walking upon the surface of another planet and he was so humble about it.
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Exactly r3, Whitney's voice was in ruins, while Donna just kept getting better. I think her voice would've held out into her 70s like Shirley Bassey.
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Bindi Irwin.
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Phyllis Dillis.
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Ben Gazzara
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[all posts by right wing shit-stain # a removed.]
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Phoebe Snow. Without question one of the greatest voices ever. Never received the acclaim that she deserved. Beautiful, beautiful voice. Powerful. A voice that could sing the sweetest softest lullaby, but could also rock out the hardest truest R&B. She was truly one of a kind.
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Mary Tamm
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Agree with Donna Summer.
"Crayons" was such a great and fun album. I am glad she went out on a high note. I also attended her concert in support of that album and will always be grateful I had the chance to see her live.
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Was Donna Summer a heavy smoker? Is that why she died of lung cancer?
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Lest We Forget:
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There were too many deaths of people I liked this year.
I don't care if old Republicans die, but I don't want my favourite artists and actors to die.
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Donna Summer
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Donna Summer was a major shock to me.
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Davy Jones and Don Grady. Had such a crush on both in my youth.
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Lol at r1
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Had no idea until just now that Gerry Anderson was Jewish or that his real name was Gerald Alexander Abrahams.
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Donna Summer by a mile. It was all so quiet and kept out of the public eye. I still cannot believe she is gone.
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100% Donna. :(
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Paul Fussell and Roger Boisjoly...
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I have to agree with Whitney. In a time when punk and indie music were all I listened to and certainly all I bought, I remember sneaking into Sam Goody at 13 and covertly buying her Bodyguard soundtrack. Because her talent was so insane, her demise and death always bothered me more than it should have.
So much of this is about age. I'm too young to have appreciated Donna Summer and many of the others noted.
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Another one here who was shocked when Donna Summer died. Like the above poster said, her illness was kept really quiet and nobody knew she was sick, so when she died it was very unexpected. I grew up listening to Donna Summer - I liked her more than Madonna - and the news of her death was very sad to me.
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Can't think beyond those 20 children in Newtown, it stops me cold
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Gore Vidal was the only one whose gave made any impression, in part because I met him once, and for having had a finger in so many pies.
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It kind of sucks that Vidal died about 3 months before Obama was re-elected, doesn't it, R27? He just missed out on that.
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Vidal was no longer very enthused about Obama, although Mittens received little but Gore's contempt.
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Handsome Richard Threlkeld, CBS News.
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Ann Miller?
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Vidal Sasson?
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I miss Gore Vidal. He was the Queen Bitch of bitchy queens.
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My ex. Drug overdose.
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Antonín Holý -- Developed important antiretroviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV and hepatitis B.
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Robin Gibb, along with Donna Summer. Those deaths just hurt me badly.
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I don't relate to people I don't know so none of them, even though I like their music or worldly contribution. Am I autistic?
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Davy Jones
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Robert de La Rochefoucauld
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Adrienne Rich
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Whitney's was expected but still terribly shocking. I honestly don't think we'll see anything approaching her talent again. In terms of relatively recent celebrity deaths, we've had Princess Diana, Michael Jackson Whitney Houston as the big three, at least judging by media coverage.
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[quote]Whitney's was expected
No it wasn't.
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My mother's
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And I don't even know why.
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r42, a common reaction to Whitney was "not surprised, but still ...". She also had the best (can we say that?) celebrity funeral of all. The music and speeches were all by her personal friends and collaborators avoiding the variety show the Jackson family put on.
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Donna Summer. Especially because there was absolutely no respect shown for someone who defined a genre that was so powerful an influence in my life. No tributes at all. Even in the year end obituaries, she's an also ran. It's quite stunning.
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Neil Armstrong.
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Agree with Robin Gibb and Donna Summer. Whitney Houston was not a surprise, but very tragic.
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[quote]Donna Summer. Especially because there was absolutely no respect shown for someone who defined a genre that was so powerful an influence in my life. No tributes at all. Even in the year end obituaries, she's an also ran. It's quite stunning.
The best singing voice in the business (aside from Whitney and Barbra). But, her death was a major shock, and should have had a better tribute.
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So was Donna Summer a heavy smoker? I'm assuming that's why she died of lung cancer at a young age?
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For Lucy fans:
Frank Beardsley dies at 97; patriarch of blended family of 20
The Navy veteran and his family were the inspiration for the Lucille Ball movie 'Yours, Mine and Ours.'
By Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times
December 24, 2012
When the delivery truck pulled up at the base of their steep driveway, the Beardsley children knew what to do.
The crew, clad in hand-me-down clothes, poured out of their eight-bedroom Carmel home and down the hill. They helped unload 50-pound bags of flour and huge tubs of jam. Grocery shopping for 22 was pandemonium; instead, a restaurant supply company brought the food to them.
"A jar of peanut butter? Gosh, that would last one meal. Maybe," said Susie Pope, a middle child in a big, blended family that inspired a Lucille Ball movie.
Frank Beardsley, the family's patriarch, who ran his home with a military-trained eye for exactness, died Dec. 11 of complications of old age at a hospital in Santa Rosa. He was 97.
A broad-shouldered man with Irish roots and a deep Catholic faith, he was born in San Francisco on Sept. 11, 1915. The Navy veteran, who served aboard the battleship Iowa during World War II, eventually held administration and personnel positions at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.
When Francis Louis Beardsley met Frances Louise Albrecht, he took the similarity in their names as a sign. They dated, got married and had 10 children. Then, at 45, he lost his wife to a diabetes-induced coma. The grieving widower, trying to balance raising the children and serving in the Navy, sent his two youngest daughters to live with family friends.
Soon, he received a missive from Helen North. The widowed mother of eight, who knew Beardsley's sister, had sent a small prayer card that had comforted her. Touched, he eventually called to ask her out.
The couple married the next year.
Any reticence the Beardsley children had about getting a new mother melted away the moment they laid eyes on Helen, Pope said.
She wore an easy smile and owned the same black-and-white satin dress their mom had. Little coincidences like that happened frequently, Pope said. Helen even came to the family with the same set of china as their mother.
"So many things pointed to this," Pope said. "It was divine providence."
Helen, her eight children and all of Beardsley's moved into one home. The couple adopted each other's children and had two more of their own — bringing the total to 12 girls and eight boys.
"You would think two people just wouldn't have enough love to go around," Pope said. "But they did."
And yet, life with such a full house wasn't easy — or cheap. Beardsley shopped almost exclusively in bulk and at the commissary.
"He would simply buy tons of shoes — patent leather, tennis shoes, white oxfords," Pope said. "He didn't care what sizes — he knew one of us would fit into it eventually."
To make ends meet, the family ran a doughnut shop staffed by the children and starred in a Langendorf Bread Co. commercial, which earned them royalties and 50 free loaves of bread every week for a year. And Helen published "Who Gets the Drumstick?" a 1965 memoir whose title refers to the family's common Thanksgiving meal conundrum.
Upon reading the book, Lucille Ball quickly swept up the rights to the story and eventually starred as Helen North Beardsley, alongside Henry Fonda, in the 1968 movie "Yours, Mine and Ours," which was remade in 2005 and starred Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid.
Ball, who paid for the Beardsleys to take a five-day trip to Disneyland, took quite a liking to the family, according to Lucie Arnaz, Ball's daughter.
"The story was very near and dear to her heart," she said last week.
The film, which portrays an exaggerated us-versus-them complex that the family contends didn't exist in real life, brought a sudden wave of fame that resonated differently for each member of the family.
"Some of us got a little bit of a big head," Pope said, through a laugh. "My dad would rein us in and say, 'Look, you're nobody without the other 19.' "
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As far as famous people go, Nora Ephron because she once gave me the best advice of my life, and then Robin Gibb and Donna Summer because I have such happy memories of dancing to those songs. How I miss those days, they were so happy and carefree, and now that those people are starting to die off it reminds me that I'll never be that happy again.
Non famous has to be those kids. Such a senseless, violent way to go and I still change the channel or turn the page when faced with it, partly because I loathe grief porn but mostly because it represents how crazy and ugly people are and I just don't want to face it anymore.
Now I understand Norma Desmond. Someday someone is going to come over and find that I've turned my livingroom into a disco and I'll be twirling away by myself in the middle of the dance floor.
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Dory Previn
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Celebrity deaths have zero effect on me.
Zilch. Nada. Nix.
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Or a sociopath, r54.
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Donna Summer
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Explain, R55. How are you really, truly, PERSONALLY affected by a celebrity's death? Unless, of course, you knew them. Otherwise, it's just public hand-wringing and grief porn.
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Etta James
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Don Cornelius
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Maurice Sendack
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It took me ages to recover from Rue McClanahan's death.
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[quote] So was Donna Summer a heavy smoker?
No, she smoked in the 70s, but quit when she became a born-again in 1980. She may have had a genetic predisposition to get lung cancer because one of her sisters and her mother had died from it previously. I don't know whether they were smokers.
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There is no celebrity deaths that affect me. I don't know these people personally.
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Do you have a favorite entertainer, singer, musician, r64? It'll effect you when they die. I'm not saying you'd cry, because I agree that people don't know celebs personally, so that is a little weird to cry about them. But the death of an absolute favorite celeb will make anyone disoriented for days, even if they don't think that should logically be the case. It just happens.
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Junior's Deli
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Donna Summer was not a smoker; she had the same weird kind of lung cancer Dana Reeve had. It had nothing to do with smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke.
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Donna got a lot of nice tributes by many major fellow artists, which shows you how well respected she was among her peers. Everyone from Streisand, Springsteen, Dolly, Madonna and Aretha said wonderful things about her. She will also be getting inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, and hopefully it will be a good tribute.
Unlike Whitney and Michael, Donna also doesn't have family members looking to "keep her memory" in the public eye, if you know what I mean.
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So sad that Dick Clark and Don Cornelius died the same year. Those shows "American Bandstand" and "Soul Train" played back to back on many Saturday afternoons for much of my youth.
Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Neil Armstrong, Gore Vidal, and Marvin Hamlisch.
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Whitney for me as well. When I was younger, my mom LOVED The Bodyguard, and listened to the soundtrack all the time. When she died in 2000, I made sure I got the CD soundtrack she always listened to, and still have it. Just a fond memory of something my mom loved.
I was also holding out for a comeback. True, her voice wasn't nearly as great in the end, but I always rooted for her. I was kind of doing the same thing with Amy Winehouse the year before.
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Larry L. King, 83; playwright wrote 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'
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[quote] Donna also doesn't have family members looking to "keep her memory" in the public eye, if you know what I mean.
I wish she did, it'd be better for the fans, and her legacy. There's also sorts of stuff that could be released if they wanted to, I'll bet they have recordings of all her concert tours for example. Donna says she wrote hundreds of songs with her band during rehearsals, and there's probably recordings of a lot of those. Her husband is a leech who should get off his ass and do something to earn the millions in inheritance he got from her.
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Noooo shit R63. I can't listen to the Beastie Boys anymore. I hope I will be able to soon.
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Zsa Zsa
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Because it didn't happen.
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Has anyone claimed Sherman Hemsley's body yet? I know it was on ice for months following his death.
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I was surprised a Beastie Boy was almost 50...
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My dad.
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Davy Jones
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Chavela Vargas, 93. She defied gender stereotypes to become one of the most legendary singers in Mexico. Aug. 5.
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What idf Hillary goes before Bush I?
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R54/R57, perhaps being autistic, and most likely suffering from a social disorder, expects people to explain a thing about which she is incapable, for the pleasure of looping through the endless circle of insisting such a thing is impossible because she cannot feel it.
Please consider yourself the emotional equivalent of a female castration victim. You know, a buttonless cunt that is aware only of its own emptiness. And, yes, it is an outrage.
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In my Eldergay life, there was one person who achieved a singular position in history. Neil Armstrong's name will be known in 1000 years, assuming the squid decide to study human history.
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R10, I love Miss Phoebe Snow with the intensity of a thousand suns, but she died in 2011, not 2012.
I definitely was sad about Donna Summer, since it was such a surprise. And though I was never a huge Whitney Houston fan, it was deeply sad to see her struggles end the way that they did.
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[quote]What idf Hillary goes before Bush I?
I had the same thought.
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Rita Levi-Montalcini dies at 103; Nobel-winning scientist
Levi-Montalcini's discovery of nerve growth factor illuminated the process of cancer and other diseases. She shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 with Stanley Cohen.
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Donna Summer.
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I was sad when Whitney Houston died, but it was not unexpected. Her drug problems and erratic behavior were epic, and unfortunately I pretty much knew it was just a matter of time. Very sad though and such a waste.
Donna Summer's death shocked me in a way that a celebrity's death hadn't in a while. No news whatsoever that she had been sick for almost a year and then when it was announced that she had died it was so out of the blue and pretty much the last thing I expected to see when I woke up that morning and clicked on Google News. I couldn't believe it.
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Herbert Lom died at age 95. While today's generation only remembers him from "The Pink Panther" films, his connections went back more than half a century in the film world.
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Herbert Lom's last appearance was in 2004 in one of the new Miss Marple episodes ('The Murder at the Vicarage' with Geraldine McEwan.) He was 87 at the time!
In 'Spartacus' in 1960 he plays the Arab guy who offers to charter escape boats for Spartacus and his slaves. He has a couple of scenes with Kirk Douglas.
He also played the Phantom in the 1962 Hammer Horror version of "The Phantom of the Opera", and was in many, many other films of the time.
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Gore Vidal's death made me very sad. His work was important to me.
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I was sorry to see him go too, R93, but at least he lived a long life and got to die while a Democratic President was in office.
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Jill Kinmont Boothe -- brave skier.
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Donna Summer. It was such a shock, like finding out she'd been killed in a car accident. Horrible. Today was her birthday.
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Remi Ochlik, 28. Photojournalist who covered riots in Haiti and the upheaval sweeping across the Arab world. Feb. 22. Killed in a shelling attack in Syria.
Marie Colvin, 56. Journalist, recognizable for the eye patch that hid a shrapnel injury, who covered conflicts from Sri Lanka to Syria in her quest to bring stories about the world's most troubled places to light. Feb. 22. Killed in a shelling attack in Syria.
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Jonathan "Jack" Idema, 55. Former Green Beret convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan. Jan. 21. AIDS.
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Happy Birthday Donna, RIP.
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Hillary Clinton
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Kathryn Joosten, 72. Character actress best known as Karen McCluskey on "Desperate Housewives" and the president's secretary on "The West Wing." June 2.
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R82? Seek help. All this garbage you are projecting is coming from inside your own head. Why ARE you so invested in this, and so threatened by a different perspective on the issue?
My apologies to the OP for inadvertently inviting such ugliness into your thread.
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James Grout, 84, veteran British character actor.
Appeared on many British shows such as All Creatures Great & Small, Rumpole of the Bailey, etc. but was best known for playing Inspector Morse's boss, Superintendent Strange, for 13 years from 1987-2000.
Graduate of RADA.
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I guess it all comes back to Erik Rhodes.
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Are Video Games Dangerous for Voice Actors?
Voice acting may seem like an easy job. You go in, wear whatever you want, act out lines, and go home. Depending on the role, it's sometimes like that, however it's not always. It can be incredibly taxing, strenuous and painful- especially when recording video games. Hours can be/are spent grunting, screaming, crying and exclaiming (it's a draining process). It can not only leave actors exhausted, but it can also cause stress on their vocal chords and even cause them to temporarily (or for long periods of time) lose their voice. However, if they have a competent voice director who doesn't push them and and breaks apart voice sessions (eight hour session into four separate two hour sessions) then usually all is fine. However, it's currently been discovered this isn't entirely so.
According to , SAG-AFTRA has requested an investigation to be conducted on behalf of the mistreatment of voice actors. The union's national executive director David White had this to say, "increasing numbers of voiceover actors are reporting that they are experiencing both short-term and/or long-term damage to their vocal cords, due to the intensity of the vocal demands put on to them by the employers." Since the AFTRA Interactive Agreement expired in 2014 the union's been trying to struck a similar proposal with gaming companies. Although, it's been alleged that the gaming industry hasn't cooperated with forming another agreement; so they've requested that California's occupational safety regulators look into the matter.
Some members from the union have experienced this problems firsthand, and have reported nearly fainting or fainting, losing their voice for months, bleeding in their mouths and or their vocal range being permanently altered. According to SAG-AFTRA, two physicians have documented that "the vocal stress from video games is causing medical problems that include vocal nodules, cysts, polyps and, in some cases, cord hemorrhaging." The gaming industry's chief negotiator and lawyer Scott Willin hasn't released a comment about this matter yet. In a letter to Cal/OSHA's regional manager, the union has requested that these type of sessions (where yelling and wailing is involved, for example) be reduced.
It's obvious this is a distressing issue; as a voice actor's main tool is their voice. This is how they make their livelihood, and they can't afford to lose it. In a similar way to how athletes practice to keep their arms and legs in peak condition; voice actors take precautionary measures to make sure their tool is fortified and shipshape. They also need an understanding and decent voice director who not only understands this, but also knows to not overexert them. Hopefully, some of these gaming companies who are abusing their actors will stop this and get with the program. Now, to those gaming companies who are the exception to this terrible incident, thank you!


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More Erosion of the US Constitution by Congress and the RIAA
Copyright laws were put in place to help protect copyright holders from companies looking to profit by stealing their intellectual property. Makes sense, and these laws have served us well for years.
More recently, we've found Grandmothers through grandchildren being sued by large US corporations for millions of dollars due to what they're calling copyright-infringing activities. Does that make sense? There was no financial gain involved, and in most cases (even if the assertions were true) there is no provable loss on the part of the copyright holder. Many, in fact, argue that sales of their copyrighted materials are helped due to some of the infringing activity.
In rushes the State legislature of California. They have already had Senate committee passage of laws which allows warrant-less intrusions into businesses where law enforcement thinks there might be a business which is "dedicated to infringing activities". The law also allows them to obtain court orders which would force search engines to develop technologies to stop them from displaying links to sites that the government doesn't like (I mean, sites that might be infringing in a third-party way).
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The Missouri State Fair time frame usually brings about some sort of health issue with me. The last two years of the fair I've lost my voice, and this year I injured my ankle. I did not get injured on the job either, just took a bad step and it hurt a lot. It appears that I have sprained it. On last Friday afternoon, it really started to bug me. I had countless people tell me I need to go get it checked out. Only one problem: in Sedalia after 5 p.m. on any given Friday, you can only go to to the Bothwell Regional Health Center Emergency Room for a checkup.


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If you're saying that it is fine that merely mentioning a fictional character is gay would offend a significant portion of MOTU fans--I strongly disagree. It's not. it's ignorant and hurtful.
And I am still confused as to how this discussion keeps veering towards children and what is acceptable for them. Is anyone really arguing that a kid reading in a MOTUC bio that two characters are gay would somehow harm them? Really? Just reading that gay couples exist is damaging?


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The essence of Tina Fey's comedy has always been keeping us off balance, couching the surreal and satirical in the familiar.
You can see it on the cover of her new memoir, Bossypants, where her pretty, delicately feminine face is seamlessly placed between what look like the bowler hat and fat male body of Oliver Hardy, an image that's funny and unnerving at once. (And no, she's not going to explain it.)
She does, however, explain the book's title in the first chapter: "(E)ver since I became an executive producer of 30 Rock, people have asked me, 'Is it hard for you, being the boss?' and 'Is it uncomfortable for you to be the person in charge?' You know, in the same way they say, 'Gosh, Mr. Trump, is it awkward for you to be the boss of all these people?' I can't answer for Mr. Trump, but in my case it is not."
In this book, Fey often turns her well-sharpened wit on sexism, particularly in show business and most particularly in comedy, the field in which she has been so successful. It's a boys' club that she broke into by using its own weapons against it, from gross-out jokes — she tips us off that the real difference between male and female comedy writers is that the male ones pee in cups when they're too lazy to leave their offices — to brilliant satire.
Bossypants charts a lot of battles in her career, but it renders them hilarious rather than harrowing. It's a smart tactic that not only keeps readers entertained but makes them feel like the guys on the other side are kind of clueless.
Fey is sardonically funny about our cultural standards for women's beauty and youth, recurring themes for her on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock and in her movies. There are short chapters on being "very, very thin" and "a little bit fat," and a hilarious, contrarian chapter about the ethics of retouched photos: "Do I worry about overly retouched photos giving women unrealistic expectations and body image issues? I do. I think that we will soon see a rise in anorexia in women over seventy. Because only people over seventy are fooled by Photoshop . . . . Only your uncle Vic sends a photo of Barack Obama wearing a hammer and sickle T-shirt and has to have it explained to him that somebody faked that with the computer."
Although Fey is consistently self-effacing, if not self-mocking, she is a celebrity, and her memoir deals with the nature of fame — and privacy — in the 21st century. Also in the first chapter, she brings up the scar on her face. "During the spring semester of kindergarten, I was slashed in the face by a stranger in the alley behind my house. Don't worry. I'm not going to lay out the grisly details for you like a sweeps episode of Dateline. I only bring it up to explain why I'm not going to talk about it."
That's a brilliant little dance of exposure and deflection — of course we want the grisly details, although now we're embarrassed to admit it. Humor is a tool for deflection in most of what Fey writes about her private life, and frankly, it's refreshing to see someone smart enough to focus on the most interesting parts of her life in a culture where we're subjected to such a swamp of dull celebrity oversharing — not to mention people who are only celebrities because they overshare.
Fey omits some events you might expect her to cover — she only nods to her movie career and doesn't even mention the craven censorship by PBS of her speech accepting the Mark Twain Prize last year. She chooses what she does write about with two criteria: Does it make a point, and can she make it funny?
Defying another stereotype about comics, she apparently had a pretty happy childhood. She devotes a whole chapter to her father, poking some fun at his macho swagger — "Neighborhood kids would gather on our porch just to listen to him swear at the Phillies game" — but capping it off with a touching salute. There's an uproarious chapter about her honeymoon that guarantees she will never be asked to do commercials for cruise lines. But most of the book focuses on her career, from Second City through SNL to 30 Rock.
In "Sarah, Oprah, and Captain Hook, or How to Succeed by Sort of Looking Like Someone," she describes a single whirlwind weekend in which she appeared on SNL as Sarah Palin for the first time (despite her considerable resistance to the idea), filmed a crucial episode of 30 Rock with guest star Oprah Winfrey, and put on a birthday party for her exacting 3-year-old daughter: "By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself, you need to examine your f------ life."
She does just that in the final chapter, where she describes wrestling with whether to put her career on hold to have a second child.
That chapter is one more bit of deflection. Fey announced her pregnancy last week — on Oprah's show — and, given that the baby is due in four months, she knew about it as the book went to press.
But instead of letting us in on the news, she leaves us with another self-deprecating, funny moment, after she has poured out her fears to her gynecologist and the doctor has responded with a wry story about overdramatizing.
"That must have been what I looked like to my doctor friend. That must be what I look like to anyone with a real problem — active-duty soldier, homeless person, Chilean miner, etc. A little tiny person with nothing to worry about running in circles, worried out of her mind.
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"Superskum" (web site) conducted an interview with guitarist Mike Schleibaum of Washington D.C.-based metallers DARKEST HOUR on August 2 at the Denver, Colorado stop of the Summer Slaughter Tour. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is performance footage from the Denver concert.DARKEST HOUR recently released an entirely instrumental version of its latest album, "The Human Romance", via iTunes. "The Human Romance" sold around 3,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 185 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 3 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. DARKEST HOUR's previous album, "The Eternal Return", opened with 4,700 units back in July 2009 to enter the chart at No. 104. "The Human Romance" was released in Europe on March 7 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at a North Carolina studio with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers. Interview:
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I have a few Lamy Safari's and old Parker fountain pen. Was just curious who else has one and what kind? Do you use it for sketches? I have a problem that the ink I use does lay on top of my photocopies and it drives me nuts. Anyone else have that issue?
I'm a fountain pen guy. I use them to sketch all the time - I love the way that FP ink lays down on sketch paper. I have more fountain pens than I care to mention - it's a bit of a fascination for me. I have a couple of Safaris, nice pen.
What is your problem with the photocopies? Are you talking about color copies?
I have a couple of really high-quality fountain pens, but whenever I try to use them for sketching, I wind up going back to my trusty Sign Pens or Lumocolors.
Fountain pen drawing on tracing paper is particularly problematic. I don't recommend it.
Yea I have a problem with colored photocopies.
Why is fountain pen drawing on tracing paper problematic? I never had an issue, as long as you have a fast drying ink like Waterman's it doesn't smear, and dries quick.
Maybe I just don't have enough practice, but I found that my fountain pen didn't let me sketch/write quickly enough... the ink would skip if the nib moved too fast across the page. I decided to go back to thin felt-tipped pens for sketching. Sketches need to be fast.
It was a Lamy Safari... maybe better fountain pens don't have this problem.
Lamy Safari's are iffy on their nibs I find. I have 3 Safari's and all 3 write in their on way. You might have a troublesome nib. They are easy to switch out. www.gouletpens.com sells the nibs individually. Give it another shot, but sounds like your tines might need to be adjusted. Shouldn't skip at all.
Beats the crap out of disposable pens.
Yea, I love them, no pens in the landfill, and you choose the ink you love. I dunno I guess its a personal vice of mine... there are a lot worse things to have vices on I guess
Funny story... I had a contractor destroy a nib of one of my Lamys. He was on the phone with a sub, and had to write down a phone number, first thing he saw on the table was my pen, he grabbed it, attempted to write with it, and was like why isn't this thing writing, and then proceeded to add tons of pressure on the pen and destroying it. This all happened in a matter of seconds before I could say a thing. Learned my lesson there, always have a spare pen on hand lol.
There is indeed an art to writing with a fountain pen, just as there is an art to writing. Patience has a lot to do with it.
I have never used a fountain pen. Could you guys post pictures of your writing/sketching? It could be neat to see what is so amazing about them.
i like the papermate flair. it's not technically a fountain pen, but has a nice clean consistent line weight until it starts dieing. it tends to not scratch the surface it's writing on, and tends to be quite reliable even with a variety of pressures applied to the tip. it doesn't generally bleed through the writing surface either. it doesn't blot or smear (unless water is applied). not great for the environment since it's disposable and non-refillable and it doesn't take water well, but still a very good pen when you need to mark stuff on a surface with a pen.
If you want to practice with a disposable fountain pen, the Itoya Blade is probably the best one.
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-- Alta Schlabach, 80, 8844 Barrs Mills Road, died Monday, June 21, 1999, at her residence from an apparent heart attack.
Services will be Thursday at 9 a.m. at the residence, with Bishop Abe Schlabach officiating. Burial will be at Hershberger Cemetery in Sugarcreek Township, Tuscarawas County.
Friends may call anytime after 2 today (Tuesday) at the residence.
Arrangements are being handled by Smith Funeral Home in Sugarcreek.
She was born March 15, 1919 in Newton County, Ind., to Jess and Elizabeth (Miller) Miller and married Nelson A. Schlabach. He died June 24, 1991.
Survivors include children, Mrs. Abe (Mary) Troyer and Mrs. Levi (Elizabeth) Troyer, both of Sugarcreek, Ivan Schlabach of Arcadia, Fla., and Mervin Schlabach and his wife, Martha, of Winesburg; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brothers, Noah and Jerry Miller, both of Kentland, Ind., and Bill Miller of Mount Ayre, Ind.; and sisters, Mrs. Melvin (Gertrude) Miller of Nappanee, Ind., and Mrs. Paul (Grace) Pressler of Wakarusa, Ind.


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DETROIT — The auto industry looks set to ride the appeal of smaller cars to its best monthly performance in almost four years.
General Motors said Tuesday that its U.S. sales rose 12 percent in March on solid demand for cars and small crossovers that achieve at least 30 miles per gallon on the highway. Chrysler's sales jumped 34 percent as buyers went for Fiat small cars and Chrysler sedans. Sales at Ford rose 5 percent as sales of the Focus small car rose sharply compared with a year ago.
Americans who couldn't bear a new car payment during the economic downturn are back on the market. With gas above $4 in some parts of the U.S., buyers are leaning toward new fuel-efficient compacts like the Chevrolet Cruze and subcompacts such as the Honda Fit to save money. Also, incentives on trucks are good enough to lure buyers who want something bigger.
The consulting firm LMC Automotive predicts U.S. sales of new cars and trucks reached 1.37 million last month, up 6 percent from March of 2011 and the highest number since May 2008. Industry analysts say sales could run at an annual rate of 14.1 million to 14.5 million vehicles, continuing the strong performance in January and February.
For Chrysler, it was the best month for the company in four years, while Ford had its best March performance since 2007. Nissan reported all-time record sales.
Compact and subcompact models combined are expected to account for 23 percent of retail sales for March, LMC said.
Sales of Chrysler's 200 and 300 sedans each doubled over last March. Both cars have recently been revamped and have better fuel economy than previous models, which is attracting new buyers. Jeep brand sales rose 36 percent on the strength of the Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Ford says sales of the F-Series pickup, which is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., rose 9 percent. Truck sales are up as small businesses and construction crews continue to grow more confident about the economic recovery.
March also saw more growth in loans to subprime buyers. Jefferies analyst Peter Nesvold wrote in a note to investors that nonprime buyers, or those with less than stellar credit, are coming back into the market after being shut out for several years due to lack of loan availability.
AutoNation, the Fort Lauderdale auto retailer, said Tuesday that its sale rose 15 percent in March, mostly on the strength of Detroit brands, which were up 26 percent.


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Liability law experts say that the three main targets of lawsuits related to the cantaloupe listeria outbreak have just $17 million in liability coverage, which could cause a substantial amount of collateral legal damage.
With 29 deaths and about 139 illnesses related to the listeria-laced cantaloupes, the significant gap between the three companies'—Jensen Farms, which produced the cantaloupes; Frontera Produce of Texas, Jensen's distributor; and PrimusLabs, the third-party auditor that certified Jensen's safety practices prior to the outbreak—liability insurance is close to $100 million short of the expected costs of the lawsuits.
Because of this, experts told the Denver Post that grocers, auditing labs and distributors that are connected to the sale of the fruit should expect to become targets of victims looking for greater compensation.
"If they can get the deep pockets in, they're going to get them in," Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Justin Prochnow told the Post.
The number of suits expected to come from vindication-minded consumers could even change the legal landscape in Colorado.
"I think the case as a whole has the potential to make new law in Colorado," Scott Eldredge, a malpractice and liability specialist at Burg Simpson, told the Post.
In January, a state bill was introduced to protect grocers from liability when selling products made by others. The bill was spurred on by a number of salmonella cases in 2009 after grocer Vitamin Cottage sold peanut butter made from tainted peanuts.
While the bill's sponsors initially intended to help smaller grocers from bogus lawsuits, they eventually killed the bill when they learned how it would be a major change in state liability law.
"Any good retailer takes responsibility for what they sell and makes good on any deficiency or problem with the product," Vitamin Cottage spokesman Alan Lewis told the Post. "That's different than betting your business on every can of soup that you sell."
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TAMPA — Running back and wide receiver, positions at which USF has already taken significant hits this offseason, lost more depth Wednesday.
Coach Skip Holtz announced that three more receivers and two backs won't be with the team this fall.
Two signees, RB Mike Hayes and WR Jamaal Montague, didn't have the grades, and three veteran reserves, WRs Jason Sherman and Patrick Richardson and RB Aston Samuels, won't finish their eligibility.
"(Hayes) was definitely a guy we were going to count on … (at) a position of need," Holtz said. "He was a guy we were hoping could come in and contribute, but he was a security blanket.
"I feel very comfortable with (starter) Mo Plancher and the job that he's done, the attitude, the way he's working."
USF opens preseason practice this afternoon.
Holtz had other roster notes Wednesday:
• He confirmed that five transfers have reported this summer: Colorado RB Darrell Scott, Notre Dame WR Spencer Boyd, East Carolina FB/TE Kevin Gidrey, Auburn RB Dontae Aycock (initially as a walkon) and junior college transfer T.J. Knowles, a 6-foot-8 receiver.
Knowles and Gidrey can play immediately.
• Holtz promoted two walkons and put them on scholarship this fall: S Mistral Raymond, who had 40 tackles last season and is expected to be a starter as a senior, and LB Donte Spires, who was on scholarship in 2007 but was off the team the past two falls.
• Sophomore WR Victor Marc, who has worked at quarterback and safety, could get a look at running back. Marc played quarterback in high school but was recruited as a running back and played that position in a showcase all-star game after his senior year.
• Holtz said all practices at the Vero Beach Sports Village will be open to the public. USF's first scrimmage is Aug. 14 in Vero. It will have scrimmages in Tampa on Aug. 21 and Aug. 27. The Bulls will be in Vero Beach for 12 days, from Sunday to Aug. 19.


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Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Brandon Beachy, who has led the National League in ERA for most of the last month and a half and is currently a fraction of a run behind RA Dgickey for the league lead, will undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow tomorrow after partially tearing his UCL.
Beachy's injury will knock him out for the entire season, and is a huge blown for the second place Braves, who have struggled on the mound this year. He's been their best starter, posting a 2.00 ERA and 1.4 fWAR this season in 13 starts for the Braves. That 2.00 ERA is more than a run and a half ahead of Tommy Hanson's second best 3.54 mark, and Beachy's 68 strikeouts are second on the team behind Hanson's 74.
The Braves are in a very difficult spot right now. They'll be replacing Beachy in the rotation with former NL All-Star Jair Jurrjens, who was absolutely awful in four starts in the majors this year. Jurrjens had a 9.37 ERA in 16 1/3 innings, walking ten, striking out just eight, and allowing five homers.He wasn't much better in AAA Gwinnett, where he made nine starts and struck out 28, walked 12, and allowed seven homers in 56 1/3 innings. Combining the replacement of Beachy with Jurrjens, the continued struggles of Mike Minor, and the relative mediocrity of Hanson and Randall Delgado this year, the Braves rotation is not in good shape here in mid-June.
The team actually might have to be buyers come the end of July if they're still in the race, and with starters like Matt Garza and Ryan Dempster on the market, the Braves do have options. Atlanta also has top prospect Julio Teheran in AAA to fill a rotation spot if one of their five current starters struggles, but if the Braves were looking to make a big trade next month, you'd have to figure that teams would look towards Teheran as a centerpiece of a possible deal.
At any rate, the loss of Beachy is an absolutely devastating blow to the Braves pitching staff. Once Beachy left Saturday's game against the Orioles with elbow pain, fans immediately expected the worst. Now, the worst has arrived, and the Braves are in deep trouble.
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A Co Antrim salesman was today jailed for six months after defrauding a car dealership out of almost £40,000 to fund his gambling addiction.
Robin Campbell, 38, of Hillhall Park, Lisburn, pleaded guilty to a single charge of fraud by abuse of his position with the Charles Hurst Group.
Prosecution lawyer Joseph Murphy told Belfast Crown Court that Campbell had been taking deposits from motability customers "when no deposits were required".
Belfast Recorder Judge David McFarland heard that Campbell was employed by Charles Hurst in its Citroen motability section. The court was told the fraud had been carried out for around a year up until November 2013 before it was detected.
Mr Murphy said an internal audit revealed that around 48 customers had paid deposits totalling £37,751 which have should have gone to his employers.
"He told his manager about the fraud and said he had gambled the money and had no means to repay it," said Mr Murphy.
However he added that "what led to his confession is that he was aware that an audit was being carried out. He knew he would be found out and that is what prompted him to confess."
The lawyer said Campbell would take deposits from customers involving sums ranging from £200 to £2,000.
"This defendant would insist on early deposits and in the main he would ask for cash deposits.
"He would then take these monies for his own personal use," added Mr Murphy.
The Belfast Recorder heard that Campbell was later arrested and interviewed by police following the internal company audit. He told police that he confessed to a close friend in August 2013 about his fraudulent activity and was advised to tell his employers.
Defence barrister Kelly Doherty said that in October 2013 Campbell knew "the music was going to stop" when he became aware of the internal audit.
"He was always aware that the fraud was going to be detected and decided to confess because he could not longer live with himself."
Ms Doherty added that the father-of-three had turned to abusing alcohol following the breakdown of his marriage and then had used his customers' cash deposits to fund his gambling addiction.
She told the court that Campbell was not in a position to make full restitution and had offered £980 to Charles Hurst but this was not accepted.
"I would ask the court temper justice with mercy and suspend any imposed prison sentence," added Ms Kelly.
However, Judge McFarland told Campbell that he was "in a position of trust" within Charles Hurst and this was an aggravating feature of the case.
"Trust was given to you by your employer to handle monies and you breached that trust," said the Belfast Recorder.
"I have considered all the circumstances in this case and I do not consider it appropriate in these particular circumstances to suspend a prison sentence."
Campbell was sentenced to 12 months with half to be spent in custody and the remainder on licence following his release from prison.


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This Tuesday brings the release of "Let Me In". This is one of those rare cases where a remake suffers from the weight of his foreign language. Well guess what film critics? I don't speak whatever foreign devil tongue the original was made in and I DON'T LIKE TO READ MOVIES. Read more and check out the trailer after the jump.


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MADRID, Spain, OCT. 25, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Mozambique's government entrusted to the Salesians the management, direction and development of activities for the professional formation of teachers in the country.
The government inaugurated this month the Don Bosco Higher Institute of Formation for Professional Teaching and Management, a state institution run by the Salesians.
The center is the only one of its kind, confirmed the Salesian News Agency.
The new Mozambican center is the result of collaboration between the Spanish foreign ministry, the government of Mozambique, the charitable organization Youth of the Third World and the Salesians.
Some 80 schoolteachers from Spain, recruited from the Salesian schools in that country, worked with their Mozambican counterparts to set up workshops, hire personnel, and update educational programs.
In addition to regular classes, which will begin next June, the Salesian center for teacher formation will offer online classes for continuing the formation of teachers in the areas of industry, tourism, agriculture and administration.
The Salesians also opened the Don Bosco Educational Center, a school for Gypsies located on the outskirts of the city of Bardejov, Slovakia.
The center was inaugurated Saturday, reported the Salesian News Agency.
A Salesian mission among Gypsies — an ethnic group that numbers 1,500 in that city alone and 300,000 in the whole of Slovakia — was started by Father Peter Besany in 1990.
The center includes an elementary school and a day care center, dedicated to Blessed Zeferino Gimenez Malla, who was martyred in Spain in 1936, and is the first gypsy to be beatified,
Founded by St. John Bosco, the Salesians are active in 128 nations.