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Commonwealth Club WBEZ Program Schedule
Due to rights restrictions, you can find audio only at the Commonwealth Club website.
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** Commonwealth Club airs Tuesday nights at 10pm on WBEZ **
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 10pm:
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader, Political Activist; Author, Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State; Twitter @RalphNader
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 10pm:
Saxby Chambliss, U.S. Senator (R- Georgia); Vice-Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Member, Senate Armed Services Committee; Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Member, Senate Rules Committee
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 10pm:
Julia Hartz, Co-Founder and President, Eventbrite
David Boies, Chairman, Boies, Schiller, and Flexner LLP; Co-Author, Redeeming the Dream: The Case for Marriage Equality
Amy Stewart, Author, The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks; Blogger, GardenRant
Rick Perry, Governor, Texas
Timothy Geithner, Author, Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
Michael McFaul, Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Larry Scott, Commissioner, Pac 12; Former Chairman and CEO, Women's Tennis Association; Former President and COO, ATP Properties
Ian Haney-Lopez, UC Berkeley Professor of Law; Author, Dog Whistle Politics
Danah Boyd, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research; Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University; Fellow, Harvard's Berkman Center; Author, It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
Dr. Ed Lu: Protecting Earth from Asteroids - Why We May Not See Them Coming
Ed Lu, Ph.D., Former NASA Astronaut; CEO and Co-founder, B612 Foundation
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 10pm:
Matt Taibbi: A Scathing Portrait of American Injustice
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 10pm:
The Goldman Prize at 25
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 10pm:
Former U.S. Congressman
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 10pm:
Arianna Huffington with Sheryl Sandberg: Redefining Success
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 10pm:
Padmasree Warrior, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Cisco
Ben Rattray, Founder, Change.org
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 10 pm:
Orville Schell: The Rise of China
Arthur Ross, Director, Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society; Former Dean and Professor, UC Berkeley; Co-author, Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-First Century
Tuesday February 25, 2014 at 10 pm:
Tuesday February 18, 2014 at 10pm:
Tuesday February 11, 2014 at 10pm:
Tuesday February 3, 2014 at 10pm:
In conversation with Greg Dalton, Founder and Host of Climate One
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 10pm:
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 10pm:
Richard Rockefeller, M.D., Former Board Member, Rockefeller University; Former Chair, U.S. Advisory Board, Doctors Without Borders
In conversation with Larry Brilliant, M.D., MPH, President, Skoll Global Threats Fund; Co-founder, Seva Foundation
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 10pm:
The Age of Amazon and Twitter
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 10pm:
Ag & Trade
Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Michael Froman, U.S. Trade Representative
In conversation with Greg Dalton, Founder and Host of Climate One
The droughts and superstorms of 2012 were followed in 2013 by ravenous fires and heat waves. Do those extreme weather events have human fingerprints? The IPCC has forwarded further scientific evidence of human-caused climate disruption. This discussion will focus on where the science is firm (precipitation events, surface temperature, sea level) and where it is less clear (hurricanes). It also will touch on what kind of severe weather Americans can expect in coming years and how the scientific "debate" plays out in public. (Recorded November 18, 2013)
Tuesday December 31 at 10pm: **Pre-empted for Toast of the Nation"
Tuesday December 24 at 10pm:
Peter Baker
Peter Baker, Senior White House Correspondent, The New York Times; Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine; Author, Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House
Joel Brinkley, Hearst Visiting Professional in Residence, Stanford University; Former Editor and Reporter, The New York Times - Moderator
Baker's new book Days of Fire narrates two profoundly significant and conflicted presidential terms of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney marked by 9/11, Iraq, Katrina, jihad, nuclear proliferation, genocide, and economic collapse. Baker researched the book for five years and conducted interviews with more than 200 players – White House aides, cabinet secretaries, generals, senators and congressmen, relatives and friends of both men – to help reveal the truth of Bush and Cheney's complicated and shifting relationship. (Recorded November 5, 2013)
Tuesday December 17 at 10pm:
Mollie Katzen
Mollie Katzen, Author, The Heart of the Plate: Vegetarian Recipes for a New Generation and the Moosewood Cookbook
In conversation with John Birdsall, Senior Editor, Chow.com
From the woman who brought you the iconic Moosewood Cookbook comes a new cookbook for a new generation. Katzen has just released The Heart of the Plate, serving up 250 recipes for hungry vegetarians everywhere.
Hailed by The New York Times as "one of the best-selling cookbook authors of all time," Katzen is widely credited with having brought vegetarian cuisine into the mainstream. (Recorded October 29, 2013)
Tuesday December 10 at 10pm:
Graham Nash
Singer; Songwriter; Author, Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life
In conversation with Greg Dalton, Founder and Host of Climate One
From the sounds and feelings to the girls and parties, Nash conveys the unforgettable adventures of his life through his autobiography, Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life. But it's not just a relic of history. His lyrics inspired generations to "teach your children well," and Nash is a living reminder that we are the stewards of our own future. He came onto the music scene in a generation that was pushing social norms and has since become a true renaissance man. Nash co-founded Musicians United for Safe Energy and lead its famous No Nukes concerts. He maintained a parallel career in photography as a collector, a pioneer of digital imaging and an artist, capturing the often overlooked elements of everyday life. (Recorded November 15, 2013)
Tuesday December 3 at 10pm:
Robert Reich: Inequality for All
Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley; Former Secretary of Labor
Time magazine named Reich one of the 10 most effective Cabinet secretaries of the 20th century. He is a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause. (Recorded November 20, 2013)
Tuesday November 26 at 10pm:
Mark Halperin and John Heilemann: Game Change 2012
Mark Halperin, Editor-at-Large and Senior Political Analyst, Time; Co-author, Double Down: Game Change 2012
John Heilemann, National Political Correspondent and Columnist, New York Magazine; Co-author, Double Down: Game Change 2012
John Heilemann and Mark Halperin set the national conversation on fire with their best-selling account of the 2008 presidential election, Game Change. Now, they apply their unparalleled access and storytelling savvy to the 2012 election, rendering an equally compelling narrative about the circuslike Republican nomination fight, the rise and fall of Mitt Romney, and the trials, tribulations and Election Day triumph of Barack Obama. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with the people who lived the story, Heilemann and Halperin offer a panoramic account of a campaign at once intensely hard fought and lastingly consequential. (Recorded November 13, 2013)
Tuesday November 19 at 10pm:
IDEO's Kelley Brothers: Unleash Your Creative Potential
David Kelley, Founder, IDEO; Co-author, Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
Tom Kelley, Partner, IDEO; Co-author, Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
In conversation with Robert Sutton, Professor, Stanford University; Author, Scaling Up Excellence
Creativity pioneers David and Tom Kelley have defined the very landscape of design-thinking with their founding of IDEO and the Stanford d.school, and with their iconic innovations in product, company culture and design education. Under the Kelley brothers' leadership, IDEO churned out several illustrious products of the digital generation — from the first mouse for Apple to the thumbs up/thumbs down Tivo button. They championed the avant garde approach of using design to tackle sticky problems and translated those techniques to academia. Now they've chronicled their design-thinking backgrounds into a compelling narrative, Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All, outlining principles and strategies to unlock the design-fertile right brain in each of us. (Recorded October 29, 2013)
Tuesday November 12 at 10pm:
OPEC Embargo + 40
George Shultz, Former U.S. Secretary of State
Jim Woolsey, Former CIA Director
Forty years after the 1973 OPEC oil embargo disrupted American life, we will look at petro-politics in the age of climate change. Today, oil production in the U.S. is booming and we're less dependent on foreign oil, thanks in part to the fracking revolution. But we won't be free from foreign dependence until domestic energy supplies and technologies supply as much as we use What lessons can be drawn today from the oil shock that left Americans stuck in gas station lines for hours? (Recorded October 18, 2013)
Tuesday November 5 at 10pm:
Governor Bill Richardson: How to Sweet Talk a Shark
Bill Richardson, Former Governor of New Mexico; Author, How to Sweet Talk a Shark: Strategies and Stories from a Master Negotiator
In conversation with Jennifer Granholm, Former Governor of Michigan
Richardson shares his stories and insights on the art of negotiation with Granholm, now distinguished practitioner of law and public policy at the Goldman School at UC Berkeley. Listen to his unique perspective on the current impasse in Washington as well as foreign policy challenges confronting the U.S. (Recorded October 18, 2013)
Tuesday October 29 at 10pm:
Richard Dawkins
Evolutionary Biologist; Author, The Selfish Gene, The God Delusion and An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist
In conversation with Kishore Hari, Director, Bay Area Science Festival
Dawkins has been central to the debates surrounding creationism, intelligent design and religion. He coined the word meme, and his gene-centric view of evolution helped popularize the radical new understanding of Darwinism.
From his early childhood in Africa to his educational awakening at Oxford, Dawkins shares his personal experiences that shaped his remarkable life and intellectual development. (Recorded October 9, 2013)
Tuesday October 22 at 10pm:
Chris Matthews
Host, "Hardball with Chris Matthews," MSNBC; Author, Tip and Gipper: When Politics Worked
Michael Moritz, Managing Member, Sequoia Capital - Moderator
An established Washington insider, Matthews spent six years as a top aide and chief-of-staff to legendary Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill (D-Mass). During that time he witnessed the inner workings of the highest levels of American politics, including the evolving relationship between two of the most powerful men in the country – O'Neill and then-President Ronald Reagan. Now Matthews focuses on the unlikely friendship between the pair, which endured philosophical differences and bipartisan politics to reach much-needed compromise. Leaving behind a career in politics for journalism, Matthews has worked for the San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Chronicle and has hosted "Hardball with Chris Matthews" since 1997 (Recorded October 7, 2013)
Tuesday October 15 at 10pm:
Producer Rebecca Eaton: Inside "Downton Abbey" and "Masterpiece
In conversation with Dr. Mary Bitterman, President, The Bernard Osher Foundation; Past Chair, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors; Chair, PBS Foundation
Get the behind-the-scenes scoop on "Downton Abbey" and PBS' "Masterpiece" series from the executive producer who has made it a hit for nearly 30 years. Eaton's credits include "Downton Abbey," "Prime Suspect," "Bleak House," "The Lost Prince," "Miss Marple," "Inspector Morse," "Cranford," "The Complete Jane Austen," "Little Dorrit," "Sherlock" and the remake of "Upstairs Downstairs," along with such films as Jane Austen's Persuasion and Mrs. Brown, starring Dame Judi Dench. Eaton's honors include 44 Primetime Emmy Awards, 15 Peabody Awards, 4 Golden Globes, and two Academy Award nominations. Queen Elizabeth II has honored her with an honorary OBE (Officer, Order of the British Empire) and in 2011, she was one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World. (Recorded August 7, 2013)
Tuesday October 8 at 10pm:
Randall Kennedy: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law
Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Author, For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, Former Municipal and Superior Court Judge, Santa Clara County - Moderator
Kennedy reckons with one of the most explosively contentious and sharply divisive issues in American society, sharing the little-known history of affirmative action and exploring the policy's pros and cons. Kennedy was awarded the 1998 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Race, Crime, and the Law. Now a professor at Harvard Law School, he formerly served as a law clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court (Recorded October 20, 2013)
Tuesday October 1 at 10pm:
Sal Khan: Education Reimagined
Founder, Khan Academy; Author, The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
Ninive Calegari, Co-founder, 826 Valencia; Co-author, Teachers Have it Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers; Producer, American Teacher - Moderator
Khan's fresh and dynamic approach to learning is offering a "free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere." With over 4,000 video lessons ranging from chemistry to history to economics, The Khan Academy is transforming the educational divide by reaching millions of students around the world.
(Recorded September 19, 2013)
Tuesday September 24 at 10pm:
An Evening with Mark Leibovich and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom
Mark Leibovich, Chief National Correspondent, The New York Times Magazine; Author, This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral – Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! – in America's Gilded Capital
In conversation with California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom
The New York Times's Mark Leibovich, presents a blistering, penetrating and jaw-dropping look at Washington's incestuous "media industrial complex." What keeps the permanent government spinning on its carousel, Leibovich asserts, is the freedom of shamelessness, and that mother's milk of politics: cash. What Julia Phillips did for Hollywood, Timothy Crouse did for journalists, and Michael Lewis did for Wall Street, Leibovich does for our nation's capital. (Recorded August 4, 2013)
Tuesday September 17 at 10pm:
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno, Actress; Singer; Winner, Academy Award, Grammy, Emmy, Tony; Author, Rita Moreno: A Memoir
In conversation with Michael Krasny, Host, "Forum," KQED
An extraordinarily talented star of stage and screen, Moreno is a force of nature. The Puerto Rican-born entertainer is one of the few artists to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony as well as the National Medal of Honor. Now, Moreno shares her story. From her Oscar-winning turn as Anita in West Side Story to her challenging role as a prostitute in Carnal Knowledge, from her stint on the children's television classic "Electric Company" to her late-career triumph in HBO's controversial series "Oz," she will share tales of being a Hollywood survivor. Learn about her tumultuous childhood, her career rise from "utility ethnic" to award-winning star, her explosive romance with Marlon Brando (and less than explosive romance with Elvis Presley), the ups and downs of her relationships and career, and finally finding peace with her choices and her life. Moreno recently concluded a sold-out run of her one-woman show, "Life Without Makeup," at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, and is currently playing a Jewish mother on the TV Land series, "Happily Divorced." (Recorded August 20, 2013)
Tuesday September 10 at 10pm:
Lukman Faily, Iraq's Ambassador to the United States
Lukman Faily, Iraq's Ambassador to the United States
Robert Rosenthal, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting - Moderator
Iraq's new ambassador to the United States, Lukman Faily, represents a rising generation of professionals, business leaders and civic activists who have returned home to build a free-market democracy in their native land. Faily brings extensive experience in diplomacy, business organization management, information technology and civic activism, as well as a familiarity with Anglo-American traditions and institutions, to his new role in Washington carrying out one of Iraq's most important diplomatic assignments. Faily holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science from Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. Fluent in English, Arabic and Kurdish, Ambassador Faily was born in Baghdad. (Recorded August 27, 2013)
Tuesday September 3 at 10pm:
Egypt and the Middle East: What's Next?
Michael Nacht, Ph.D., Professor and former Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy, U.C. Berkeley; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs, Obama Administration
Jamal Dajani, Vice President of Middle East, North Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, Internews Network
Dina Ibrahim, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, SFSU; Former Reporter, BBC World Service Radio, NPR, CNN in Cairo, UPI in Cairo and Arab News in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Kristen Chick, Correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor - invited to drop in via Google Hangout from Cairo, Egypt
Jonathan Curiel, Journalist; Author, Al'America: Travel Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots – Moderator
In 2011, the world watched as revolutions rocked the Middle East. Egypt, inspired by the ongoing protests in Tunisia that led to the fall of dictator Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, ousted their own autocrat, President Hosni Mubarak, after citizens took to the streets. Two years later, the revolution in Egypt continues. What does the political climate in Egypt look like today? What happens next for the country, and what does it mean for the region? We unpack the on-the-ground story, explore the events between 2011 and today, and discuss the future of Egypt and the Middle East. (Recorded August 13, 2013)
Tuesday August 27 at 10pm:
George Shultz
George Shultz, Former U.S. Secretary of State under President Reagan; Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution; Author, Issues on My Mind: Strategies for the Future
Dr. Gloria C. Duffy, President and CEO, The Commonwealth Club - Moderator
The world is awash in change. What can be done to re-create the sense of relative stability that emerged from the creative efforts of statesmen after the end of World War II? Former Nixon and Reagan cabinet member Shultz offers his views on how to govern more effectively, get our economy back on track, take advantage of new opportunities in the energy field, combat the use of addictive drugs, apply a strategic overview to diplomacy, and identify necessary steps to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. (Recorded July 23, 2013)
Tuesday August 20 at 10pm:
California and the Nation: A Mid-Year Economic Forecast
Michael J. Boskin, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Former Chair, Council of Economic Advisers Under President George H.W. Bush
John Silvia, Ph.D., Managing Director and Chief Economist, Wells Fargo
Ann Winblad, Co-founder and Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Scott Thurm, Senior Editor, Wall Street Journal San Francisco Bureau - Moderator
A high-level panel discusses the outlook for the California and the U.S. economy for the remainder of the year. (Recorded July 24, 2013)
Tuesday August 13 at 10pm:
Reza Aslan: Zealot
Reza Aslan, Author, Zealot, No God But God and How to Win a Cosmic War; Editor, Tablet and Pen
Michael G. Maudlin, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor, HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Think you know about the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth? Think again. Internationally acclaimed author and scholar Aslan, armed with 20 years of fastidious research, presents a bold and fresh perspective on Jesus as both a man and historical figure, a radical political revolutionary invested in the nationalist struggle for freedom from Roman occupation.. (Recorded July 23, 2013)
Tuesday August 6 at 10pm:
David Gergen
Political Analyst, CNN; Professor and Director of the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
Dr. Mary Marcy, President, Dominican University of California; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors - Moderator
Noted political commentator Gergen has helped shape political history, serving in high-level positions during the Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton administrations. Gergen is a professor of public service and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, positions he has held for the past decade. In addition, he serves as a senior political analyst for CNN. His work as director of the Center for Public Leadership has enabled him to work closely with a rising generation of younger leaders, especially social entrepreneurs, military veterans and Young Global Leaders chosen by the World Economic Forum. (Recorded July 17, 2013)
Tuesday July 30 at 10pm:
The Rising Tide of Elder Financial Exploitation
Jenefer Duane, Sr. Program Analyst, Office for Older Americans, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Helen Karr, Elder Abuse Special Assistant, San Francisco District Attorney's Office
Again and again, we hear stories in which older adults have been exploited by unfair, deceptive and abusive practices – Power of Attorney abuse, for example. Often these crimes are perpetrated by the victim's own family, caregivers or another trusted individual. Our speakers will provide information on advances in combating the hidden epidemic of fraud and scams and other forms of exploitation that target that target older persons. (Recorded March 28, 2013)
Tuesday July 23 at 10pm:
Jonathan Alter: The Obama Presidency
Columnist, Bloomberg View; Author,The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies;
Joe Tuman, Professor of Legal and Political Communications, San Francisco State University; Political Analyst, CBS 5 Television, San Francisco - Moderator
Alter uses his unmatched access and deep knowledge of politics and history to produce an unparalleled account of America at the crossroads. Peering behind the curtain at the White House and the presidential campaigns with exclusive reporting and rare historical insight, Alter reveals the twists, turns and high-stake political decisions of the Obama presidency. Alter also examines Obama's adversaries, providing fresh details about the Koch brothers, Grover Norquist, Roger Ailes and the online haters who suffer from what Alter calls "Obama Derangement Syndrome." Alter takes us inside what he calls the GOP "clown car" primaries as well as Obama's disastrous preparation for the first debate. We meet Obama's analytics geeks working out of "The Cave" and the man who secretly videotaped Mitt Romney's infamous comments on the "47 percent." (Recorded June 18, 2013)
Tuesday, July 16 at 10pm:
Sir Ken Robinson: Revolutionizing You
Speaker; Advisor on Education in the Arts; Author, The Element and Finding Your Element
Ninive Calegari, Co-founder, 826 Valencia; Co-author, Teachers Have it Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers; Producer,American Teacher
TED Talks rock star Robinson's 2006 talk about revolutionizing education by having it nurture rather than undermine creativity is the most viewed in TED¹s history. He is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources in education and in business. Robinson works with governments and educational systems in Europe, Asia and the United States, with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies and some of the world¹s leading cultural organizations. He was a professor of education at the University of Warwick in the UK and author of The Element and its new follow-up, Finding Your Element, a practical guide to self fulfillment by converging your natural talents and personal passions. (Recorded June 19, 2013)
Tuesday July 9 at 10pm:
Governors Ritter and Whitman: Risk and Resilience
Bill Ritter Jr., Former Governor of Colorado
Christine Todd Whitman, Former Governor of New Jersey; Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Hurricane Sandy and the devastating Colorado fires of 2012 underscore the idea that climate disruption is amplifying natural disasters, if not causing them. Sandy and other disasters last year caused more than $100 billion in damage. Politicians are grappling with who bears those costs and whether and how areas such as the Jersey Shore should be rebuilt.
What lessons do the fires and storms of 2012 present for other states? What does climate science say about the probability of similar disasters? Join a conversation with two former state chief executives about learning from recent disasters and marshaling political will to confront the climate reality.(Recorded June 19, 2013)
Tuesday July 1 at 10pm:
A #Nofilter Conversation with the Founders of Instagram
Kevin Systrom, Co-founder, Instagram
Mike Krieger, Co-founder Instagram
In conversation with Kevin Rose, Partner, Google Ventures; Founder, Digg, Revision3, Milk
From the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to your Sunday eggs Benedict in the Mission, Instagram is documenting the world around us. Since its release in October 2010, this digital filter app is reported to have surpassed 100 million registered users, with peak uploads at over 200 photographs per second — launching co-founders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom to nearly insta-fame. And their eye-catching communications platform has not left the limelight. Despite media feeding frenzys over Instagram's $1 billion dollar acquisition by Facebook and a controversial policy-change announcement in December 2012, heightened scrutiny doesn't seem to be keeping users at bay. (Recorded May 30, 2013)
Tuesday June 25 at 10pm:
Temple Grandin
Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University; Co-author, The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
The number of children and adults diagnosed with autism has skyrocketed over the past 10 years, with a recent CDC report estimating that 1 out of 88 U.S. children are on the autism spectrum. Grandin will share her own experiences and discuss how we can better understand and diagnose autism. From advances in neuroimaging to cutting-edge genetic research, find out what unique and revolutionary treatments might soon be available. (Recorded June 4, 2013)
Tuesday June 18 at 10pm:
Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google; Co-author, The New Digital Age
Jared Cohen, Director of Google Ideas; Co-author,The New Digital Age
In conversation with Greg Dalton, Founder, Climate One
In the next decade, most people on Earth should be able to access most of the world's information through a mobile device. We also will see widespread adoption of driverless cars, thought-controlled robotic motion and augmented reality. Identity may possibly be the most valuable commodity for citizens and it will exist primarily online.
In 2008 Eric Schmidt introduced the Google 2030 Energy Plan at Climate One. While this 2013 conversation will focus primarily on digital issues it will touch on the intersection of energy and technology. Don't miss a fascinating glimpse into our future with a person helping define it, Google's Eric Schmidt. (Recorded June 4, 2013)


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A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary says South Carolina's high court should overturn a decision ordering the company to pay the state hundreds of millions of dollars for deceptive drug marketing.
Later this week, attorneys for Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. will tell the state Supreme Court why they feel a judge's decision awarding the state $327 million should be overturned.
In 2011, a South Carolina jury said Janssen broke the law by downplaying the links between diabetes and its schizophrenia drug Risperdal and by improperly claiming the drug was safer than competing medications.
A judge assessed a $327 million penalty against the company, the largest drug marketing award in state history.
Prosecutors say the ruling should stand so Janssen knows it can't break state law without penalty.
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DULUTH, Minn. -- A veterans service officer in St. Louis County is getting thanks from one Vietnam War veteran after discovering the man was wrongly denied $300,000 in medical benefits. Brian Rulifson helps veterans with the complicated paperwork involved in getting their benefits. The Duluth News Tribune reports Monday that Rulifson immediately noticed something amiss in the paperwork of one St. Louis County vet who consulted him. The man, who asked not to be identified, is suffering from cancer presumed to be linked to his Vietnam service. He was denied certain benefits in 2004 that Rulifson believed he was due. Rulifson's concerns started a chain of events that led to the federal Veterans Administration labeling the 2004 denial a "clear and unmistakable error." In October, the man got a check for $306,962.
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It's something the North Dakota Highway Patrol rarely, if ever, does.
All available sworn personnel are working today across North Dakota, up to 150 vehicles in all. They're calling it "HITS," or high intensity traffic saturation.
Today is one of the heaviest travel days of the year.
And there have been 146 fatalities this year--only two fewer than all of last year.
Sgt. Tom Iverson says it's about making North Dakota roads a safer place.
"I've been on for almost nine years now and I'm not aware of anytime that we've ever done a saturation to this extent where it's been all available sworn Highway Patrol personnel from the Colonel on down I'm not aware of any other time this has happened," says Sgt. Tom Iverson with the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
The Highway Patrol does more than enforce laws.
Today Iverson stopped to help a young driver on her way home for Thanksgiving change a flat tire.
The patrol is also partnering with radio stations across the state to deliver safety messages.
"The Choice is Yours" campaign reminds drivers to make good choices behind the wheel.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>


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|Politics / Re: Should FG Grant Boko-Haram Amnesty? by harakiri(m): 7:38pm On Mar 11, 2013
The very people advocating for "Amnesty" to these cold blooded terrorists are the same people sponsoring them. Isn't it funny that whenever the Northern Elite "speak for their people", its ALWAYS complaints of inadequate funds from federal govt and "marginalization"? All they are interested in is more funds and more importantly, getting back the reins of power. BOKO HARAM IS ALL ABOUT THE 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS and nothing more. If a northerner (e.g Buhari or IBB) had emerged as president after Yar'Adua died, things would have been different. The senseless killings came into full force and progressively skyrocketed and GEJ became president.
Their intention was frustrate his tenure so it would seem as if he is not doing anything about "security" and thus, deter him or anyone that isn't from the North from contesting. Amnesty is given to people fighting for a just cause NOT rampaging lunatics who wipe out entire families in cold blood.
The Northern Elite keep complaining about inadequate funding yet its been revealed that they control 83% of our oil. Apart from that, what do their governors,senators,rep members and LG chairmen do with all the billions they get from Abuja every month?
The Sultan should shut up!!!
|Business To Business / FOB (direct Terminal Loading) For BLCO And FLCO Only by harakiri(m): 6:02pm On Mar 10, 2013
Terminal loading is available for BLCO and FLCO. Dollar discount and naira transaction options available. Delivery to tank farm is also open. Price depends on quantity needed and location.
TERMINAL LOADING : No valid vessel details, No SPA. We always vet vessels before deciding whether or not to load them. Reason for this is there are too many blacklisted vessels out there that no sane seller will touch and anyone who does such does so at their own peril e.g MT JAMES TOWN, MT GAVROS, etc. You load such vessels it's either several unknown people start coming out of no where claiming to be the charterers of the vessel or the vessel captain denies being loaded. For those who be claiming to have valid vessel details but can't give it out until SPA is signed, its best you hold on to it because we knows its either long expired, fake or non-existent. And for those of you hoarding valid vessel details, hold on to it dearly till it either expires or its taken off you.
STORAGE DELIVERY : We always vet storage facility docs before drafting SPA. A lot of people who claim to be in control of tank farm/storage facilities are peddling expired or fake documents that are useless to us. They are always the ones that have issues forwarding the documents for vetting because they know the documents are useless. And for those who hoard valid storage details, hold on to it dearly till it expires.
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|Violent/Disgusting Non-Celebrity Crimes / Re: UNIBEN Student: Daniel Ike Killed By Cultists by harakiri(m): 6:29pm On Sep 09, 2012
colly227: The intimidation I faced in ekosodun when I went to visit a friend was beyond my understanding. First it was a bit of being unlucky and it was about 7:30pm when I went to buy something to eat from hill crest hostel to Edo street, on getting to the fast food centre I noticed they have closed so I decided to buy suya, while I was waiting for aboki to warm the suya 2 cultist guys approached me from behind and one of them intentionally hit his hand on me just to make sure the Smirnoff drink he held falls of his hands. First I thought it was an accident then I bent down immediately to pick the drink for him backed with I'm sorry.
Please tell them.
|Business To Business / Re: 2mbls BLCO On TTO Selling @ $15gross by harakiri(m): 11:03am On Aug 31, 2012
|Properties / Property Needed In Ikoyi by harakiri(m): 11:02am On Aug 31, 2012
2,000 to 4,000 sqm needed. Budget is open. Forward whats available to email@example.com or 08179621694
|Business To Business / Re: Oil by harakiri(m): 5:16pm On Aug 27, 2012
You can check out my thread for BLCO on TTO. I am working directly with the seller. $15gross. For more details,
08179621694 (Peter)
|Business To Business / Re: 2mbls BLCO On TTO Selling @ $15gross by harakiri(m): 5:13pm On Aug 27, 2012
Note that the seller is the one handling all expenses for ATB, moving vessel,getting tug boat,naval gun boat/naval clearance, etc. The only thing negotiable in procedure is the point of Q&Q meaning it can be Ghana,Togo,Sierra Leone,Canary Islands, etc. It's only a genuine buyer that can meet up with the line of credit requested by the seller to serve as a conduit to facilitate procurement of product. Funding of $1,000,000 via the line of credit is done by the seller to the buyer via Bank of America.
|Business To Business / Re: I Need Genuine Crude Oil Sellers In Nigeria by harakiri(m): 4:44pm On Aug 17, 2012
2mbls BLCO on TTO @ $15gross. Clean SPA. I'm working direct with the seller.
|Business To Business / 2mbls BLCO On TTO Selling @ $15gross by harakiri(m): 5:09pm On Aug 10, 2012
I'm working with the seller on this (therefore SPA is clean and i'm not battling commission issues with anyone). Below is the procedure :
1. Buyer and seller sign and seal SPA, and copies sent to their banks.
2. Equity Line of Credit Account of the buyer given to the seller for verification and to be credited with Equity Loan of US$1,000,000.00 by the seller
3. Buyer send to seller his supercargo information's including his testimonial page of his international passport, cell phone number, full name, e-mail address and buyer's inspectors details plus buyer's ATB format.
4. Seller sent POP to Buyer for confirmation through tracking of loaded vessel.
5. Buyer through MT 799/MT 760/ MT 103/23 SWIFT readiness to sellers bank or buyers issues irrevocable BG from a reputable American or European Bank (acceptable to seller), in favour of seller.
6. Seller moves the loaded vessel to Ghana waters for the Q&Q to be conducted.
7. Within six days, the Q&Q MUST me conducted and the result out so that the seller can link the buyer with the vessel owners for it to be re-chartered by the buyer in their name.
8. Once the Q&Q result is out, and the total out turn barrels are known, seller will assigns all documents to buyer in buyers name.
9. Seller takes on the buyer super cargo on board at sellers cost and there shall be no up from payment in this transaction at all.
10. Payment is effect by SWIFT transfer within 24hours of the terms of the BG being met to seller and intermediaries.
11. Buyers vessel is granted clearance to depart from point of anchor immediately after the payment.
1. Clean Ocean Bill of Lading, One (1) Original and three (3) copies.
2. Seller's Commercial Invoice, One (1) Original and three (3) copies.
3. Certificates of Quality and Quantity, One (1) original and three (3) copies issued by NNPC at the port of loading.
4. Certificate of Origin issued by NNPC, One (1) Original and three (3) copies.
5. Authority To Sell issued by NNPC, One (1) original and three (3) copies.
6. Master's Receipt for Samples.
7. Master's Receipt for Documents.
8. Cargo Manifest.
9. Charter Party Agreement.
10. Certificate of Ownership/Title of Cargo issued to the seller at the time of loading by NNPC at the loading terminal.
NB: For further inquiries, i can be reached on 08179621694 or email@example.com
|Properties / Property Needed In Ikosi Urgent!!! by harakiri(m): 6:20pm On Aug 01, 2012
A property is needed for school purposes within Ikosi axis (preferably four flat structure for sale). Buyer's budget frame is N18million. For further details, call 08179621694 (Peter)
|Business To Business / Re: 50-100kmt Of Ago@123+2 Terminal Loading by harakiri(m): 3:13pm On Jul 26, 2012
AGO terminal loading at 116+2. Loading at PH.Email email@example.com for SPA.
|Business To Business / Re: Allocation Papers For Ago,lpfo Urgently Needed by harakiri(m): 3:12pm On Jul 26, 2012
For LPFO allocation, LOI is written by buyer.
|Business To Business / Re: Racket Ago,lpfo,blco,etc by harakiri(m): 3:09pm On Jul 26, 2012
wysenas: Racket Ago@93+5.buyer must hv vessel and be ready 2 settle JTF and other security agents.call 08189900207
At 93+5, the seller must have included the costs to the gross. Mine is at 90+5 (Anything lower than that means the buyer must put upfront funds and settle maritime and security agencies involved). Funny thing is that most of all these TTT's and TTO's out there are actually racket deals with legit documents (master receipt,discharge certificate,etc).
|Business To Business / Re: Racket Ago,lpfo,blco,etc by harakiri(m): 9:16am On Jul 25, 2012
PMS @ 65gross
AGO (NNPC grade) @ 95gross
|Business To Business / Re: We Sell DPK, PMS And AGO by harakiri(m): 7:35pm On Jul 16, 2012
Check your email.
|Business To Business / Re: 500,000MT AGO For Sale In Lagos by harakiri(m): 7:33pm On Jul 16, 2012
TTO's are the most demands at the moment. Long time no hear.
|Business To Business / Re: I Urgently Need An Advice On How To Sale My Plots Of Land In Lekki by harakiri(m): 7:32pm On Jul 16, 2012
You can either give the brief to an agent to market for you or do it right here in the property section of nairaland. Specify the size of land,location,title hold documents,asking price and if possible pictures (optional).
|Car Talk / Re: Picture Of Bugatti Veyron In Abuja. by harakiri(m): 7:58pm On Jul 01, 2012
defbond1: Why are you being aggressive? It all sums up who you are doesn't it? Lecturers can afford to buy plane tickets sir! If I was in Nigeria I would be able to send you abroad either way.
You have just killed yourself. A lecturer indeed! You can afford to send me abroad? I CAN AFFORD TO BRING YOU BACK TO NIGERIA, FEED YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND SET YOUR LIFE STRAIGHT!!!
You think everyone on nairaland is as hungry as your folks. E-diot.
|Car Talk / Re: Picture Of Bugatti Veyron In Abuja. by harakiri(m): 7:55pm On Jul 01, 2012
defbond1: Wouldn't argue with you! I gave you a list of worlds most expensive car, you gave a list of richest people! You are not just dumb also slow! How many times will I say if that Bugatti has got added accessories Then it will cost triple that amount of the maybach.
Now i know that you are indeed dumber than a sack of bricks!!! Did you even check the websites?
|Car Talk / Re: Picture Of Bugatti Veyron In Abuja. by harakiri(m): 7:43pm On Jul 01, 2012
defbond1: Wouldn't argue with you!
FOOOLLL!!!! Do you think being abroad is an "in thing" anymore? These days,people travel abroad mostly for shopping or holidays and they are back to Nigeria making their daily bread. Fools like you think being abroad is an achievement. Fools like you probably can't even afford a plane ticket back home...e-diot! And he calls himself "wise"...what a waste!
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|Car Talk / Re: Picture Of Bugatti Veyron In Abuja. by harakiri(m): 7:34pm On Jul 01, 2012
defbond1: Boss, you are in Africa. Im not. If I wanted to be rude, I would have added shut up. Be good.
From the way you keep hinting on me being in Africa, it's quite obvious that living in a foreign land means the whole world to you. You are probably one of those that went either by road or in a ship hence the reason your head is still in the clouds at your "achievement". Anyways, being abroad doesn't translate into being enlightened (but that's something ignoramuses like you wouldn't understand). Anyways, look up these links and update your empty brain :
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|Car Talk / Re: Picture Of Bugatti Veyron In Abuja. by harakiri(m): 7:17pm On Jul 01, 2012
defbond1: Boss, get your facts right!
Please read well before replying. I said MAYBACH EXCELERO not Maybach sedan. Google up "Maybach Excelero" and see the price tag for yourself.
|Car Talk / Re: Picture Of Bugatti Veyron In Abuja. by harakiri(m): 7:14pm On Jul 01, 2012
Billyonaire: There is Maybach in Lagos too.....have the pix on my BB but I cant upload...
I'm not talking of Maybach sedans that cost between $400k to $500k. I am talking about a supercar built by Maybach called the Excelero. Google it and i can bet you, even in the city it was built...there are few people that have seen it with their two eyes.
|Car Talk / Re: Picture Of Bugatti Veyron In Abuja. by harakiri(m): 7:05pm On Jul 01, 2012
With a price tag of between $1.7 to $2.5 million dollars, it's not the most expensive car in the world. The most expensive car in the world is the Maybach Excelero tagged at $8 million dollars.
|Ethnic, Racial, Or Sectarian Politics / Re: Blacks Are An Inferior Race - PW Botha by harakiri(m): 6:35pm On Jun 30, 2012
@chief batiatus
Peter Botha said the plain truth! Blacks cannot rule themselves and that has been proven by Nigeria's history since 1960 after the white people allowed us to rule ourselves. Our fundamental problems are;
Tell them.
I will expect some so called intellectual answering my post with all manner of shortsighted and unverified claims (eg mention of philip emeagwali who has been exposed as a fraud) but that is your hopeless business.
Blacks should be slaves to whites and the world will be okay. In Nigeria's case, let us invite expartriate president, expartriate lawmakers, expatriate governors, expartriate clergy and maybe even expartriate citizens. We are damned souls period.
|Ethnic, Racial, Or Sectarian Politics / Re: Blacks Are An Inferior Race - PW Botha by harakiri(m): 5:52pm On Jun 30, 2012
Thanks for replying him. That's exactly the point i have been stressing to these sentimentalists. Some of the ignoramuses are saying Africa had a "civilization" before the white man came...lol. They think Ethiopians and Egyptians grade themselves as "Africans"...lol. If the white man hadn't come to West Africa, we would still be walking around butt n.a.k.e.dd and living in the forest.
|Ethnic, Racial, Or Sectarian Politics / Re: Blacks Are An Inferior Race - PW Botha by harakiri(m): 5:40pm On Jun 30, 2012
I am Dasparrow and I strongly endorse this post.
And i'm "HARAKIRI" here to save the world...lol. Sounds more like one of those cartoon boss characeters from my childhood way back in the early 1980's....lol.
I agree 120% with all you have said including the bolded part. This is why I stated in another thread that I have no respect for Nigerians. Cap28, I have never in my life seen a more self hating group of black Africans like them.
This is what i call EL CLASSICO. You have no respect for Nigerians and yet you have never seen people that hate themselves more than Nigerians. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot with a blunderbuss at close range! You are the worst culprit of the same thing you condemn people for. Talk about hypocrisy at it's finest.
They make so much noise, talk too much but yet fail to read, research and educate themselves about their history and the elements responsible for our people being reduced to what we are today.
All the visionary African and black leaders that had good intentions for her citizens were killed by these same europeans and americans that these ignorant daft Nigerians adore.
ROFLMAO!!! You're killing me! And how many of these visionaries where killed without the complicity of their own? Do you really think these supremacists can come down to Africa and ride rough shod over us without the cooperation of fellow Africans? All it took was a handful of "white men" too lock Africa down. Ponder on that for a minute.
How can a group of people have so much hatred in their heart for their own kind?
Aren't you the same person who earlier said you have no respect for your own people? Apart from being hypocritical, you're also being unnecessarily sentimental (same thing Botha hammered on). You have to see things beyond your nose broda. It is only when you are matured enough to admit your own short comings that you can work towards the desired change you want in your life. That's the truth. Living in self denial will get us no where. Admitting the truth in the face of cold clear facts is not "hatred". You're way off the mark and too sentimental (You are proving Botha right my man...not the way to go).
How do Nigerians and indeed Africans intend to grow economically when many of them believe the lies that have been told to them by the western world and by whites?
Please mention ONE lie that Botha said.
As Africans, we cannot expect to be treated with respect when we have no respect for ourselves.
I agree with you but once again, aren't you the same person who earlier said you have no respect for Africans? ROFLMAO!!!
And here I was thinking of raising my kids in Nigeria rather than in america but I am begining to have a serious change of heart.
Why would I want to raise my kids amongst a bunch of self hating, low self esteemed negroes with an unhealthy high dose of inferiority complex?
...more sentiments
I don't want my kids growing up around people with such a terrible mindset.
So where do you want to grow up? In a white man's land of course. You are cutting yourself to pieces with a chain saw my man...lol. You are reloading and shooting yourself in the foot over and over and over again.
How can any self respecting black person applaud a white rascist?
Even blacks are more "racist" to themselves. Does ethnic-ism and tribalism ring a bell? What on earth are you yapping about?
Go and see what France did to Haiti when they revolted against them. They sanctioned them and placed embargos on them crippling their economy. Today, that great nation called Haiti who was the first black nation in the world to get independence from her colonizers/oppressors is now the poorest country in the carribean.
All this complaining and tantrums won't get us anywhere. The same people who have Africa under their thumb tried the same thing with Asia. Remember Gandi from India? They diplomatically fought for their independence. They tried it in Japan...those sushi boys took the heat to them and actually triggered world war 2. The Americans will never forget the harakiri pilots who under the oath of budoshi, plunged and crashed their fighter planes direct into American warships...it was a massacre...lol. They tried the same with China,South Korea...but these people fought back in one way or the other. Today, America is going cap in hand to seek financial aid from China and as at the time Obama won the presidency in 2008, the US was indebted to China to the tune of over N10 TRILLION USD!!! Ponder over that for a moment.
The same was done to visionary African leaders. They were killed or even sent into exile. When will Nigerians understand that europeans and americans are the root causes of many of our original [/b]problems on the African continent?
[b]Even if Nigeria ends up with a president who places the interests of Nigerians first, best believe the europeans and americans will find a way to remove him because he will be considered a threat to their 'interests.'
Listen to yourself. You have already accepted defeat before the change starts. Can a Nigerian go to the western world and do such? And yet you have psychologically accepted that such can happen here. Like i said, the supremacists can't do such without the compliance of fellow Africans.
Look at what they did to Gadaffi. Today Libya is in complete disarray and will remain in disarray in comparison to what Libya used to be when Gadaffi was alive.
Yes and it was people like you that were against Khadaffi (Gadaffi) when he was alive.
Nigerians forget that our leaders are string puppets to the western governments and once they go against them, they will send NATO to that country and fabricate all sorts of lies to validate their decisions to bomb the place.
Is this news? You just got around knowing this?
Cap28, I tell ya, Nigerians are daft, unintelligent, loud mouthed self hating individuals.
Wow Wow!!
WoW WoW WoW!!!
There you have it. The very thing you are condemning Botha for is what you have already done. Or is it Botha that typed the bolded above? ROFLMAO
Not even all the degrees they bag around the world will change the fact that they are daft.
It keeps getting better
Other than on the world wide web, I don't mingle with Nigerians in real life except for my family members.
Wow! And yet, you call Botha a racist.
Most Nigerians are poison to the soul and I will forbid my kids from mingling with most Nigerian[/b]s too until Nigerians grow a brain.
Am i the only one reading this?
I cannot stand self hating, low self esteemed Africans or blacks. [b]They make my skin crawl.
If it was Botha that said this, he would be accused of racism.
Peace, out!
Peace indeed!!!
Funny sentimentalists.
|Ethnic, Racial, Or Sectarian Politics / Re: Blacks Are An Inferior Race - PW Botha by harakiri(m): 5:05pm On Jun 30, 2012
buzugee: you mistake me for someone who cares about the opinion of a leprous neanderthal called botha
...and the sentiments keep flowing endlessly.
|Ethnic, Racial, Or Sectarian Politics / Re: Blacks Are An Inferior Race - PW Botha by harakiri(m): 4:54pm On Jun 30, 2012
buzugee: glad to know that
I would have been shocked if you had made an attempt to deviate from sentiments. You are the reason Botha is right.
|Ethnic, Racial, Or Sectarian Politics / Re: Blacks Are An Inferior Race - PW Botha by harakiri(m): 4:46pm On Jun 30, 2012
Actually, i don't need to read Mungo Parks stories. There are slave holding camps and depots that are still standing today scattered mostly in the West Africa region (some of the cells still have the holding chains for the necks of the slaves). Do i need say more?
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- Studio: CBS Films
- Release Date: Apr 23, 2010
- Starring: Alex O'Loughlin, Jennifer Lopez
- Summary: After years of dating, Zoe has decided waiting for the right one is taking too long. Determined to become a mother, she commits to a plan, makes an appointment and decides to go it alone. On the day of her artificial insemination, Zoe meets Stan – a man with real possibilities. [CBS Films]
- Director: Alan Poul
- Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
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Positive: 4 out of 32
Mixed: 18 out of 32
Negative: 10 out of 32
I laughed hysterically, but in the interest of balanced reporting, I should add that the guy parked next to me at the screening - a boyfriend who was there under duress - emitted a series of low guttural noises suggesting profound psychological anguish.
Jennifer Lopez carries this thin concept about as far and as well as she can, with Alex O'Loughlin in his first leading-man outing managing not to get lost in the shuffle.
A film divided against itself. It's really two movies, one silly and one serious. Too bad neither is particularly compelling.
Lopez smiles, whines, and blinks her way through this movie. She seems more relaxed than she ever has. And yet it seems like she's hiding in romantic comedies, lest we discover that she doesn't have a "Monster's Ball'' or even a "Blind Side'' in her.
Good slapstick is actually an art -- unfortunately not one practiced here -- and bad slapstick is just tedious.
Some movies are no better than second-rate sitcoms. Other movies are no better than third-rate sitcoms. The Back-up Plan doesn't deserve comparison with sitcoms. It plays like an unendurable TV commercial about beautiful people with great lifestyles and not a thought in their empty little heads.
As romantic comedies go, this is the worst drivel I've seen since Nia Vardalos's "I Hate Valentine's Day."
Score distribution:
Positive: 11 out of 22
Mixed: 3 out of 22
Negative: 8 out of 22
Aug 29, 2010Jennifer Lopez returns to making movies, and she does great in this return. It's a nice romantic movie with its funny jokes, but it's not so much comedy focused as many would expect. And while the movie can be at times predictable, it is still a nice fun film for couples to enjoy.… Expand
Aug 13, 2010Well, it is a romantic comedy. Therefore, expectations shouldn't be very high in the first place. So, for what it is, it is rather decent.
Definitely some funny moments, but most of them are cheesy and stupid.. and the "problems" are totally unnecessary and solvable, but not in the world of the Break-up Plan.
Still, Lopez wasn't completely horrible, and the leading actor is SMOKING HOT. If for anything else, you should watch the film for his sake! Haha. But overall, it is a passable film, but not good by any stretch of that word.… Expand
Sep 10, 2010Occasionally cute, but not very funny. A pretty typical Jlo movie, something to watch at home, on a Wednesday evening. I must admit though, there is something hypnotizing about Jennifer Lopez. I actually watched the entire movie even though it was insanely predictable and cliche.… Expand
Mar 5, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Shamefully predictable. Formulaic. Typical boy meets girl (typcical meets 'cute'), boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy get girl back. Why does every American chick flick have to follow the same formula. Quite unoriginal.… Expand
Sep 23, 2010Even though the ticket to J-Lo's 'The Back-Up Plan' was offered to me free of charge, I immediately declined. The second time it was offered, for whatever reason, it seems I was in a more agreeable mood and caved in.
Ok, it was ALWAYS going to be a bad film experience, let's be clear. But nothing, I repeat NOTHING could prepare me for the sheer, unadulterated, spine chillingly horrific scenes proffered by Alan Poul and Columbia Pictures.
I'll admit, I don't watch a large number of Hollywood films these days, much less this genre, however, I'm quite sure there cannot be any serious competition come RAZZIE® Awards time.
At the present time, Hollywood studios are producing more garbage than ever - this is widely accepted with metrics freely available. But THIS?!! Surely someone with authority, somewhere along the production line could have stood up and said 'STOP'!!
With a few strokes of the pen, the studio signed off on this mindlessly insipid, unskilfully contrived fragment of tripe. In today's market, it's conceivable that they may even recoup their costs. As for myself however, I'm forced to deal with the scars on a daily basis, both psychological and physical (I suffered a grade 4 whiplash due to high intensity, involuntary 'wincing').
I can only imagine the further damage I may have inflicted upon myself if I had remained in the theatre any longer than I did. This was without question, the longest twenty-five minutes of my life - time I might add, that I can never reclaim.
Disaster witnesses often talk about the sensation of viewing events from 'outside their body' - I now have a very real and first-hand experience of this phenomena.
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Barry Zito Pitches Bullpen Session; Giants Tell Him To Take His Sweet Time - Baseball Nation
Nothing especially new for Giants nerds, but here's something I wrote for Baseball Nation on Zito and Vogelsong. This is a really amusing and amazing situation, actually. It's amusing because the Giants have five pitchers throwing well -- if they weren't doing so hot, it would be substantially less amusing.


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I'm feeling as if I'm loosing sense of time.
Time in a real sense (days, weeks, months, years).
I tell people, oh yes, I used to do pilates, a few months ago.
No – that was more like two years ago.
And I just found a book that was signed, and dated 2010. It left me shaking my head – surely it was signed earlier this year?
Time seems to escape from you. It's an odd thing.
I've been at my computer since about two pm today. That's seven and a half hours, for those of you counting.
I've been:
-Uni homework
-Facebook stalking
-Talking to people on various chat outlets
-Reading blogs
In my blog reading, I discovered:
1) That literary relationships can work
2) Sarah Dessen's latest, What Happened To Goodbye, is debuting at number two on the New York Times Bestseller list (I shall be reviewing it later this month)
3) That the Rapture is just a myth from a cult
4) It took one writer over two years with two hundred queries over four projects to get an agent
5) People are starting to write - and finish! – books about life after Osama Bin Laden
Now you must excuse me.
I must go and read Sally Rippin's back catalogue for research for a uni assignment.
Time/Good Blog Reads
I'm feeling as if I'm loosing sense of time.


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News in talkSPORT that Newcastle are interested in 23 year-old Marseilles defender Nicolas N'Koulou.
Nicolas N'Koulou – Newcastle linked with Marseilles defender
But with Newcastle getting some bargains in France over the last few years, it's hardly surprising that other clubs are also interested in Nicholas, and Arsenal are credited with being keen on the 36 times capped Cameroon International, and even Manchester City are linked with the player.
The 6′ defender signed on at Monaco in early 2008, and he stayed at the French club for three and a half years, and then signed in June of 2011, on a four year contract at Marseilles.
His top form this season has helped Marseilles reach second place in the French League table with 54 points, and they are seven points behind leaders Paris Saint Germaine.
The player has attracted a number of Premier League clubs, and it seems like Newcastle Chief Scout Graham Carr has been watching the player this season.
We should expect Newcastle to be linked with a number of defenders this summer, as we are likely to lose both Fabricio Coloccini and Mike Williamson in the summer.
The fee that Marseilles are said to want for their 23 year-old defender is only £6M, so that would seem a good deal if Newcastle can get the payer to Tyneside for that amount.
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BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RISES SPOILER: Did late night talk show host, David Letterman let the cat out of the bag when he had Batman: Dark Knight Rises star, Anne Hathaway/Catwoman on his show the other night and said that, "And in the end, Batman is dead" or was he just joking? See for yourself when Batman Dark Knight Rises is released on July 2oth.
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Knoxville (WATE) - Tennessee defensive lineman Jacques Smith had surgery for a fractured right thumb on Wednesday and could be out of action 4-6 weeks.
Tennessee head coach Butch Jones said Smith suffered the injury on Tuesday and said it's possible the senior from Ooltewah could return for the season opener on Aug. 31 against Austin Peay.
"That's football, it gives another person a chance to develop," Jones said after practice on Wednesday.
"I already saw Jacques, he's in great spirits and looking forward to getting back. We may have him back for the Austin-Peay game, that's what we're looking towards, he may be good to go. We will know more details in about a week or so."
Smith figures to be a key player on Tennessee's revamped 4-3 defense this season-- he started six games last year and registered two sacks from the linebacker position.
Jones also said linebacker Corey Vereen will have an MRI exam for a knee injury, perhaps on Thursday.
The extent of the injury won't be known until then.
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Unleashed, sacred, erotic, otherworldly, palpable and serene. This one's for the wild ones. The black sheep, the lost ones, the found ones, the ones who are loved, the unforgotten ones. This one's for the wild ones.
Designed to be read and pondered upon as a "novel-made-out-of-poems", these pages will call you into certain depths and ask you to connect the dots wherever there are open spaces. You are impelled to feel and to think. And to chew on this paper until it runs through your veins.
The "Sans Erotica" versions of the book do not contain the erotica found in the original versions.
Designed to be read and pondered upon as a "novel-made-out-of-poems", these pages will call you into certain depths and ask you to connect the dots wherever there are open spaces. You are impelled to feel and to think. And to chew on this paper until it runs through your veins.
The "Sans Erotica" versions of the book do not contain the erotica found in the original versions.
"The effect you've had on myself and other people's lives has been astronomical... you are so loved by many!!! You are in every sense of the word the "TRUTH" and if anyone is stupid enough to think otherwise, they should go and fart peas at the moon!!" — Richard Willems, Nottingham, England
The world-renowned "C. JoyBell C. Quotes" brought together and bound into one stylish, modern fieldguide-for-life. An indispensable source of beauty, truth and wisdom— this little white book is destined to be passed down from generation to generation— to become your "Vade Mecum."
Indulca mei radices.
"The Conversation of Merachefet: A Book of Secrets" is best interpreted as "an intrinsic esoteric conversation" in which the essence of all purpose and of all universal form are discussed.
A free-flowing dialogue designed as a single lengthy conversation, this writing is described by the author to be her "most revealing work ever." The pages within will take you on an inward odyssey of seraphic discoveries, which can be likened only unto pure magic, raw wisdom, and deific insight.
The word "Merachefet" itself is given to mystical terminology. It has been discussed, highly valued by, the wisest of ancient rabbis and sages.
The name C. JoyBell C. has become synonymous with the virtues of wisdom and beauty, while her globally scattered words are readily gathered by people from all walks of life; from the most respected of doctors, professors, astronomers, movers and shakers of the world today; to the most current celebrities and the humblest of individuals in society! Such an equanimity and symphony are produced by her words, however, have you ever stopped to ask yourself what the root of all this is, where it all comes from? Within the covers of this book, you will find those roots uncovered, exposing a pure and eternal form of knowledge that will render you to an utterly Elysian experience.
Transmundane poetry designed for every ordinary day! Introducing a whole new style of C. JoyBell C. poetics and the very first book illustrated by the Author herself, All Things Dance Like Dragonflies will pull the realm from beyond, into the realm that you exist in!
Remember the last time you caught a dragonfly? It was a magical world you could take part of, you could capture the thing from a different dimension and put it in your own jar for safe keeping! Styled to make the unordinary things more tangible and attainable for ordinary, daily treasure-hunts, the words within this book will settle upon you sublimely, like readily dancing dragonflies!
Brought to you by a treasure-hunter, dragonfly-finder (and catcher), explorer of all things worth exploring, who wrote some books and said some things.
"The Sun Is Snowing: Poems, Parables and Pictures" is the second edition of C. JoyBell C.'s very first published work, "The Sun Is Snowing: Poetry and Prose", which has been revered by many as "A masterpiece!" It has also been said to be "The key of the angels," "Profound," and "Very human."
This second edition keeps the legacy of the first book by holding onto all the favored original writings while featuring expressive, beautiful photography by various international photographers, as well as those taken by the author herself! But more than holding onto the old ways, in this new edition she introduces well-kept secrets by unfolding her own unheard-of philosophies, never-before-seen writings, and some new poetry!
Overflowing with food for the soul, "The Sun Is Snowing: Poems, Parables and Pictures" is an essential relative to your C. JoyBell C. collection of books, or to any collection of inspirational, philosophical, enigmatic writings!
The author says, "I wrote this book so I could have a sort of seashell into the Heavens. I used to hold seashells up to my ears and listen to the echoes of the ocean waves inside of them; in that same sense, I wanted to create an echo of angels' voices, not necessarily for everyone else out there, but primarily for me to return to over and over again! But of course I want to share that seashell, I want to tell people to hold that shell up to their ears and listen to its echo!"
The sands that move and escape onto your skin illuminate you! You are carried on the blizzards of many suns; they are a legion, even more than Jupiter's moons! Speak the language of celestial beings, let the words pull you unto them and set you loose in the place that is not hidden, but still is unseen. This place, these words: a thing of magic!
There are those who say life is a pathway one paves with many things: time, space, questions, answers, desires, fulfillment, and loss. They believe we carefully arrange each for cause and consequence to give life order and structure. Life, however, provides an alternative outlook, where it lays its elements according to its own will. The pavement is not carefully arranged; rather the elements lay loosely, and in between them are the white spaces that we fill with joy, sorrow, and the depth of what it means to be human. For Thibaut and Pierre-Auguste Desmarais, Lucy Nightingberg's return visit for a night in Amaury Babin's pub La Place de St-Paul will bring their individual paths into sharp relief. Over the course of one evening, memories, sudden recollections, and immediate emotions give rise to passion, longing, and the unveiling of beclouded secrets, as a delicate dance of fervent love and redemption roils. Unannounced glimpses into their pasts glue pieces of the story together, and an understanding of the narrative in its entirety is constructed from which a truth might be gleaned.
A rich emotional tableau is the setting for an evening of love, passion, atonement in C. JoyBell C.'s new novella. Full of extraordinary depth and a keen sense for the primal needs of her disparate characters, her profound understanding of the human condition is reminiscent of the classics Madame Bovary and Wuthering Heights. As past and present collide, the author's focus on the universal and her fierce characterizations make this modern update of classic romanticism succeed where many fail, utilizing the underlying human experience to serve as a foundation to take a classic literary style and make it new. Though it is no small feat capturing the aesthetic of modern drama while simultaneously retaining the depth of a previous literary form, Saint Paul Trois Châteaux: 1948 accomplishes this task with ease and aplomb, consistently delivering startling moments of emotion the likes of which are rare indeed.
Very first published work by the Author C. JoyBell C.; this book of poetry and prose is an open invitation to be human!
"The Sun Is Snowing" has been described by many as "a masterpiece" while others have said that it is "the key of angels"; "profound"; "passionate and romantic"; "beautiful" and "like an intimate talk with a friend."
The author herself just thinks that she can hear the angels whispering to her through the pages of her book, and if that be the only reason why she published it– to hear the angels' whispers; it would be reason enough!


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None of the debates did they mention climate change. And I feel like every six months the worst thing that's ever happend in the world happens weather-wise. And I feel like we're going to look back on this time the way baseball fans in the 90s were like "No, nobody's using steroids."
We are in the Steroid Era of storms and yet there are more people in Congress who probably think this is because, like, gays are marrying… Than the fact that the world is just dying.


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alecchalmers says: In the same vein as Indiana Jones and Broken Sword. Classic point n click adventuring with a Voodoo theme.
alecchalmers says: This game still completely rocks! Multiple choice paths through different storylines in a futuristic dystopia. I would even recommend Invisible war, it's sequel, and I can't understand why it had bad reviews.
alecchalmers says: If you can get hold of the novel to accompany it. The storyline here is DEEP! If you want something to really sink your teeth into...
Treat your GOGmix as your child - name it! ;)
Coming up with a cool and descriptive title should be your first priority. Being original is in your best interest - bet you wanna get lots of nice votes, right? Go all crazy if you want, but be sure to keep it civil!
So, what are the ingredients?
Pick a game that belongs in your GOGmix from the list, or find it by typing something in the text field. Relevance is key here - Earthworm Jim doesn't quite fit the "Sexiest heroines of all time" bill now, does it?
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text: Dan Shore is an opera composer and playwright whose works include The Beautiful Bridegroom, An Embarrassing Position, Travel, The Chorus Girl, Lycopene, Downtown Diner, Works of Mercy, Anne Pedersdotter, and the forthcoming Lady Orchid, as well as numerous children's musicals. Awards and honors include first prize in the National Opera Association's Chamber Opera Composition Competition, first prize in the Astoria Performing Arts Center Playwriting Contest, a residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and a Composer Assistance Program grant from the American Music Center. His music has been performed in Boston's Jordan Hall, Philadelphia's Annenberg Center, the Gorki Theater in Berlin, St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, and the St. Johnsbury Correctional Facility in Vermont. He is an alumnus of the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and a Fulbright scholar; he holds a B.M. and M.M. from the New England Conservatory and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York. His principal teachers include Lee Hyla, Malcolm Peyton, Scott Wheeler, Andy Pape, David Del Tredici, and playwright Tina Howe. Former faculty at Baruch College, Emerson College, and the Boston Conservatory, Dan currently teaches at Xavier University of Louisiana.