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Haslam lists his priorities as governor as Jobs & Economic Development, Education & Workforce Development, and Conservative Fiscal Leadership.<ref>[http://www.tn.gov/governor/priorities.shtml ''Office of the Governor of Tennessee,'' "Bill's Priorities," accessed June 15, 2013]</ref> Known to take his time and research nearly every decision he makes, critics have called him indecisive and lacking backbone, while Haslam contends he takes the time necessary to think through the issue at hand.<ref> [http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/flying-high-halfway-through-term-haslam-stays-above-fray-political-land-mines ''Nashville City Paper,'' "Flying high halfway through term, Haslam stays above fray, political land mines," June 7, 2013] </ref>
Haslam lists his priorities as governor as Jobs & Economic Development, Education & Workforce Development, and Conservative Fiscal Leadership.<ref>[http://www.tn.gov/governor/priorities.shtml ''Office of the Governor of Tennessee,'' "Bill's Priorities," accessed June 15, 2013]</ref> Known to take his time and research nearly every decision he makes, critics have called him indecisive and lacking backbone, while Haslam contends he takes the time necessary to think through the issue at hand.<ref> [http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/flying-high-halfway-through-term-haslam-stays-above-fray-political-land-mines ''Nashville City Paper,'' "Flying high halfway through term, Haslam stays above fray, political land mines," June 7, 2013] </ref>
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|Bill Haslam
|Governor of Tennessee
|In office
|January 15, 2011 - Present
|Term ends
|Years in position
|Phil Bredesen (D)
|Base salary
|Elections and appointments
|First elected
|November 2, 2010
|Next general
|November 4, 2014
|Campaign $
|Term limits
|2 consecutive terms
|Prior offices
|Mayor of Knoxville
|December 20, 2003 – January 10, 2011
|Emory University
|Date of birth
|August 23, 1958
|Place of birth
|Knoxville, TN
|Office website
- 1 Biography
- 2 Political career
- 2.1 Governor of Tennessee (2010-Present)
- 3 Elections
- 4 Campaign donors
- 5 Personal
- 6 Recent news
- 7 See also
- 8 External links
- 9 References
Haslam first entered politics in 2003 when he was elected as Mayor of Knoxville. He was easily re-elected in 2007 with 87 percent of the vote and served until taking office as governor in 2011.[1] As mayor he balanced six consecutive city budgets and led to the city's lowest property tax rate in over 50 years.[3]
Haslam lists his priorities as governor as Jobs & Economic Development, Education & Workforce Development, and Conservative Fiscal Leadership.[4] Known to take his time and research nearly every decision he makes, critics have called him indecisive and lacking backbone, while Haslam contends he takes the time necessary to think through the issue at hand.[5]
An analysis of Republican governors by Nate Silver of the New York Times in April 2013 ranked Haslam as the 17th most conservative governor in the country.[6]
Haslam was born and raised in Knoxville, TN, were he attended school through high school. He attended Emory University as an undergraduate, where he joined Sigma Chi fraternity and Young Life ministry, and returned to Knoxville after college to join his family's petroleum business, Pilot Corporation.[1]
He eventually became President of the company before leaving to become Mayor of Knoxville. The city's municipal elections are technically nonpartisan, though Halsam was a Republican. As Mayor, much of his work focused on saving and restoring historic structures. Former President Geroge W. Bush named Haslam to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in 2008 to a term lasting through 2012.[1]
Haslam is also a partial owner of the Tennessee Smokies, a minor league baseball affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.[1]
- B.A., Emory University
Political career
Governor of Tennessee (2010-Present)
Haslam was first elected Governor of Tennessee in 2010. On November 9, 2010, Haslam tapped Tom Ingram, his campaign general consultant and a veteran of Tennessee politics and government, to direct his transition into office.[7]
Judicial appointments
As governor, Haslam is responsible for appointing judges to Tennessee state courts. In Tennessee, the governor makes a judicial appointment after candidates are recommended by a judicial nominating commission. After the governor appoints a judge, she or he must run for retention in the next general election. For an up-to-date list of all of Haslam's appointees, see Judgepedia's page on his appointments.
Medicaid Expansion
On March 27, 2013, Haslam announced that Tennessee would not expand its Medicaid coverage to include everyone up to 133% of the federal poverty line, a move that would have been fully funded by the federal government for the first three years and at least 90 percent federally funded after that. Instead, the governor said that he would focus on expanding TennCare, the state's Medicaid program, by using federal funds to allow eligible Tennesseans to purchase health insurance through the federal healthcare exchange. As in his previous decision to not establish a state health insurance exchange, Haslam cited a lack of detailed answers about the proposed expansion from the federal government and his disagreements with some of the conditions that would have come with the funding, particularly extra regulations which would have made it difficult for the state to use the Medicaid expansion funds to purchase private insurance for new members.[8] The pro-market Beacon Center supported Haslam's decision.[9] Since the Supreme Court's ruling on the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act made the Medicaid expansion optional for states, Republican governors divided over the issue, with a number reversing their opposition to expansion.[10] Haslam's Medicaid decision was similar to that of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")
In December of 2012, despite the considerable research and development state officials put into formulating a state-based health exchange under the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, Haslam ultimately chose to enter Tennessee into the federal exchange program. He explained that the Obama administration had not satisfactorily addressed various operational questions and concerns Tennessee officials had posed with respect to the state-based option. Along with Republican governors such as Chris Christie (NJ), Bob McDonnell (VA), and Tom Corbett (PA), Haslam's primary concern was with the potential cost of independent implementation, and whether the federal government would respect the autonomy state's ostensibly earn as an extension of that financial independence[11]. Although he has not officially ceded all other provisional options for states unwilling to participate in the federal health care exchange, which is an online marketplace for citizens to purchase health insurance, Haslam and state lawmakers were unable to agree on an alternative by the December 14, 2012 deadline. Thus, Tennessee will enter the federal program by default. Tennessee is one of thirty-two states to opt out of a state-based program.[12]
Inaugural address
Haslam called for and spoke about better education and job security for Tennessee in his inaugural address. He promised to be a "good listener" and a "continuous learner."
Topics addressed in his speech include:[13]
- Jobs: "Our goal is simple: Top-tier education for our children. Re-training for those out of work and underemployed. A healthy lifestyle. All three will make Tennessee number one in the Southeast for high quality jobs."
- Principals and teachers: "This is my commitment to you: We will improve our teaching, learning, retention and graduation. Every student deserves a great teacher, and every school needs a great principal. The tools will be in place – the rest is up to each of us to seize the opportunities."
- Education: "The expectations and standards of education excellence for every student in Tennessee are high. This is the time to continue significant education reform – and shame on us if we let this moment escape without meaningful action. The path for better jobs now and into the future requires more than the current 1 out of 5 Tennesseans over the age of 25 who have a college degree."
- Workforce development: "Government stands ready to assist, but government is not the solution. Offering hope through workforce development, technical training and work keys are building blocks on the road to job recovery and job security. But equally important is the individual determination and drive to invest the time and energy and hard work to be more."
- State budget: "As we slowly reverse the negative trends of the economic downturn that gripped our state and nation, we will be diligent in watching the weight of state government, going on a diet of efficiency and effectiveness. State government will live within its financial means, and a Top to Bottom review will set priorities and establish measurable goals."
- Efficient and effective government: "As we begin writing a new chapter in our state's history, I ask you, the elected state senators and representatives, to join with me in rolling up our sleeves and going to work. Our measure of effective state government is whether our citizens are served well and at the lowest possible cost. The people of Tennessee are our customers and we will be all about excellent customer service."
In early 2011, Gov. Haslam signed three executive orders regarding transparency and openness in state government. He then established a comprehensive ethics policy for the Executive Branch and detailed his position on diversity in state employment practices. "Government works better when people have input into the process, you are open to alternatives and examiner them, and then you explain why the decision was made," Gov. Haslam said. "The rule should be the more you can be in the open, the better."
- Executive Order No. 2011-01 requires every employee of the Executive Branch to annually disclose the same information as the legislative branch. The Counsel to the Governor will serve as the chief ethics officer and will administer the policies and maintain all records related to the ethics policy.
- Executive Order No. 2011-02 sets out the unwavering policy of the Executive Branch to facilitate the right of Tennesseans to know and have access to information with which to hold state government accountable. Extensive training is required for all members and employees of the Cabinet and Departments of the Executive Branch relating to open meetings, open records, ethics and disclosure requirements. The order also maintains the state's open government website.
- Executive Order No. 2011-03 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, and political affiliation or against otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development also is directed to inform and instruct all companies considering Tennessee as a business location that the prevailing policy of non-discrimination must be reflected in their employment practices and workforces in Tennessee.[14]
Tort reform
The Senate Judiciary Committee kept Gov. Haslam's tort reform bill on track in late April in the 2011 session, passing the controversial bill 6-3 along party lines. The committee considered several amendments and adopted those that were considered friendly by the bill's sponsor, Sen. Mark Norris. Norris is carrying the bill for the administration as majority leader in the Senate. The amendments approved in late April 2011 did little to change the thrust of the bill, yet they dealt with issues such as proper venue in a case, allowing for ordinary alteration of records and clarifying other language in the bill. The committee moved to lump four acceptable amendments into one for the purpose of simplification.
The latest version of the bill provides for non-economic damages in civil cases to be capped at $750,000, with a $1 million cap applicable in catastrophic cases.[15]
Haslam announced that the state will move away from the emphasis on attracting huge business re-locations and concentrate on feeding the growth of existing businesses in the state. However, Haslam told the Haywood County megasite board that the efforts for a West Tennessee development plan were not to be diminished in his plan.
At this point, the West Tennessee site, near Stanton, north of exit 42 on Interstate 40, remains only a conceptual plan. The site was originally certified to meet the potential needs of an automotive manufacturer. There is no indication that an auto maker will move into the site, but state officials hope a business will locate there that can attract numerous suppliers, as an automotive manufacturer would.
"We're not pinning all of our hopes for job development on the megasite. We have some prospects right now in this part of the state we're working hard to hopefully bring here," Haslam said. "But this is a great long-term project."[16]
Local diversity ordinances
Gov. Haslam supported a piece of legislation that he signed into law on May 23, 2011 that overturned an anti-discrimination law passed by Nashville's Metro Council. However, the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry has reportedly backtracked on the bill. "I don't really like the state government telling local governments what to do, but I don't really feel like local governments should tell businesses what to do either," Haslam said the day after he signed the law. "In this case, we were going beyond what the federal requirements were, and I don't think many Tennesseans feel like we don't have enough mandates on businesses from the federal government."
Haslam signed the bill, HB600/SB632, which will prohibit local governments from imposing anti-discrimination practices that vary from laws already on the books.
The Metro Council in Davidson County passed an ordinance that said contractors with the city had to follow Metro policies against discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgendered people. "We are not in favor of discrimination. I want to be real clear about that," Haslam said. "We are in favor of businesses deciding within federal laws what their policy should be. We just don't think local governments should set HR policies for businesses."[17]
Labor complaint
Gov. Bill Haslam was among 16 Republican governors to sign a letter to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The letter asked the board to dismiss the complaint it made in April 2011 against aircraft maker Boeing, which plans to operate a plant in South Carolina.
Both Tennessee and South Carolina are right-to-work states and the NLRB claimed Boeing established an assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C., in retaliation for past labor problems the company had experienced in the state of Washington. South Carolina's Republican governor Nikki Haley wrote to Lafe Solomon, acting general counsel of the NLRB, taking issue with the agency's action. The letter was dated June 16, 2011 and Haslam was among the signers.[18]
Vetos 'Ag-Gag' Bill
In his second veto since taking office in 2011, Haslam killed a bill that would have required images documenting animal abuse be turned over to law enforcement within 48 hours. Known as the 'Ag-Gag' bill, sponsors said it would ensure animal cruelty was investigated quickly, but opponents, including the Humane Society of the United States, said its actual purpose was to target animal activists and prevent them from exposing cruelty.[19]
In vetoing the bill, Haslam stated, "First, the Attorney General says the law is constitutionally suspect. Second, it appears to repeal parts of Tennessee's Shield Law without saying so. If that is the case, it should say so. Third, there are concerns from some district attorneys that the act actually makes it more difficult to prosecute animal cruelty cases, which would be an unintended consequence."[20]
Presidential preference
Bill Haslam endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. [21]
- See also: Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2014
Haslam ran for re-election as Governor of Tennessee in 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014.[2]
Haslam defeated four opponents in the August 5 primary. He won with 47.5% of the vote.
He faced Mike McWherter (D), Howard Switzer (G) and 13 independent candidates in the general election on November 2, 2010, defeating them.[22][23]
|2010 Tennessee gubernatorial general election
|Vote Percentage
|Democratic Party
|Mike McWherter
|Republican Party
|Bill Haslam
|Green Party
|Howard Switzer
|June Griffin
|Brandon Dodds
|Samuel David Duck
|Carl Twofeathers Whitaker
|Boyce T. McCall
|Toni K. Hall
|Donald Ray McFolin
|James Reesor
|Bayron Binkley
|Mike Knois
|Thomas Smith, II
|David Gatchell
|Linda Kay Perry
|Total Votes
Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for Haslam is available dating back to 2010. Based on available campaign finance records, Haslam raised a total of $18,048,763 during that time period. This information was last updated on May 10, 2013.[24]
|Bill Haslam's Campaign Contribution History
|Governor of Tennessee
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Ballotpedia collects information on campaign donors for each year in which a candidate or incumbent is running for election. The following table offers a breakdown of Bill Haslam's donors each year.[25] Click [show] for more information.
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|King Pharmaceuticals
|Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists
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|Out-of-state donations
He met his wife, Crissy, at college and they have been married since 1981. They have two daughters and one son.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Governor of Tennessee, "About Bill Haslam," accessed June 15, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WBIR, "Gov. Bill Haslam announces re-election campaign," December 17, 2012
- ↑ National Governor's Association, "Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam," accessed June 15, 2013
- ↑ Office of the Governor of Tennessee, "Bill's Priorities," accessed June 15, 2013
- ↑ Nashville City Paper, "Flying high halfway through term, Haslam stays above fray, political land mines," June 7, 2013
- ↑ New York Times, "In State Governments, Signs of a Healthier G.O.P.," April 16, 2013
- ↑ "Ingram To Lead Haslam's Transition Team," Tennessee Report, November 9, 2010
- ↑ Bill Dries, Memphis Daily News, "Haslam's Medicaid Option Fuels Debate," March 29, 2013
- ↑ Beacon Center of Tennessee, "Gov. Haslam rejects Medicaid expansion," March 27, 2013
- ↑ Greg Janetka, Ballotpedia, "The Executive Summary: Republican governors reverse position on Medicaid expansion," March 7, 2013
- ↑ The Associated Press, "New Jersey Gov. Christie vetoes state-run health exchange bill," December 6, 2012
- ↑ The New York Times, "Most states miss deadline to set up health exchange," December 14, 2012
- ↑ "Haslam Promises Better Education, Job Security for Tennessee in Inaugural Address," Tennessee Report, January 15, 2011
- ↑ "Haslam Signs First Exec. Orders: Transparency, Ethics & Non-Discrimination the Focus," Tennessee Report, January 16, 2011
- ↑ "Haslam's Tort Reform Plan Advances," Tennessee Report, April 27, 2011
- ↑ "Political Movement on Megasite," Tennessee Report, by Mike Morrow on May 24, 2011
- ↑ "Haslam Defends Decision to Sign Bill Preempting Local Diversity Ordinances," Tennessee Report, by Mike Morrow, May 25, 2011
- ↑ "Labor Complaint Against Boeing Opposed by Haslam," by Mike Morrow, Tennessee Report, June 19, 2011
- ↑ Tennessean, "Gov. Haslam vetoes 'ag gag' measure over constitutional issues," May 14, 2013
- ↑ Marshall County Tribune, "Gov. Haslam vetos 'Ag-Gag' bill," May 15, 2013
- ↑ The Republic, "Presidential candidate Mitt Romney announces endorsement of Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam," January 11, 2012
- ↑ "Gov-elect Haslam meets with Bredesen at Capitol," Associated Press, November 3, 2010
- ↑ Tennessee Department of State, "Unofficial Election Results November 2, 2010", accessed November 15, 2010 and December 23, 2010
- ↑ Follow the Money, " Career fundraising for Bill Haslam," accessed May 10, 2013
- ↑ Follow the Money.org, "Home," accessed February 17, 2015
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Charles Bulfinch of Boston took over the restoration from Latrobe in 1818. The north and south wings reopened in the fall of 1819. Work on the middle building (connecting the wings) began on August 24, 1818, the fourth anniversary of the British fire. It concluded eight years later.
Bulfinch designed and built the rotunda, or "grand vestibule," which stood 96 feet across and 96 feet high—the proportions of Rome's ancient Pantheon. On the outside, he built a very tall wooden dome, responding to President James Monroe's request for a prominent and visible structure. Bulfinch also landscaped the Capitol's 22-acre garden and built earthen terraces on the west front. When Bulfinch retired in 1829, the Capitol was finished—36 years after George Washington had laid its cornerstone.
Portrait of Charles Bulfinch (detail), by George Matthews, 1931, after a drawing by Alvan Clark, 1842
Architect of the Capitol
These drawings illustrate Bulfinch's early thoughts about the dome's height and proportion. Later, President James Monroe ordered the dome to be built taller.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
The Capitol's great circular vestibule was intended to be a reduced-scale reproduction of Rome's ancient Pantheon.
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University in the City of New York
This daguerreotype is thought to be the oldest photograph of the Capitol.
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The federal government's partial shutdown drags on. And while we share congressional Republicans' distaste for President Obama's health care law — and judging by many public opinion polls, so does a majority of Americans — this may not be the best way to go about changing it.
Yes, we would prefer that Obamacare be replaced with something more palatable, something non-coercive, less complex and with far less bureaucracy.
And we would like to see it cost less.
Our disagreement is over how to achieve that.
At the moment, both sides on the Obamacare issue are dug in. Thursday, House Republicans continued to demand changes in the 2010 healthcare law that Democrats won't accept. Meanwhile, President Obama and congressional Democrats have upped the ante in the shutdown talks: Not only do they want a "clean" bill that funds federal agencies without undermining Obamacare, but they want an increase in the debt limit with no strings attached.
While it's wrong for lawmakers in one chamber to bend the rest of Congress and the White House to their will by taking the government's annual funding or credit rating hostage it's equally wrong for Democrats not to offer House GOP leadership some workable resolution.
The success of the GOP House strategy depends on the public blaming Democrats for the shutdown and having them cave to the political pressure. It's a risky gambit given that many of the same polls that show Americans disapprove of Obamacare also indicate the public does not support shutting down the government and will hold Republicans responsible. Democrats are so confident of their position on the matter that they all but asked for a shutdown, figuring that Republicans will pay the political price.
There's far too much strategizing and far too little common sense governing for our taste.
As bad as the shutdown is for the economy — disrupting government contractors, interrupting small-business loans, threatening the paychecks of thousands of federal workers — a failure to raise the debt limit in time would be far worse. Recognizing the stakes involved, House Speaker John A. Boehner told the House GOP caucus Thursday that he won't allow that to happen even if he has to rely on Democratic votes to do so. On the other hand, Boehner also has insisted that Democrats will have to give more ground on the deficit as part of any debt-ceiling bill.
If neither side is willing to compromise, they can appeal to the electorate to break the logjam at the ballot box. That's what happened in 2008 when voters, weary of nearly a decade of Republican rule, handed Democrats control of both houses of Congress and the presidency. That enabled the Democrats to pass the Affordable Care Act over strident opposition from GOP minorities in the House and Senate.
In 2010, enough voters were sufficiently repelled by that and Republicans regained control of the House (and picked up six seats in the Senate). That put a brake on the Democrats' legislative express, but it left Republicans short of what they need to roll back the president's previous gains.
The solution should be to transform public dissatisfaction with Obamacare — which has grown since the bill was passed — into votes to win back the Senate in 2014 and the White House in 2016. Then Republicans will have the political muscle to undo Obamacare.
Postponing the law a year accomplishes nothing — it doesn't end the program, and it delays the pain the public could feel when it's implemented, thus depriving Republicans of potential political capital in the midterm elections. Furthermore, the battle to achieve such a nominal gain could further damage the GOP's electoral chances next year if the public blames the party for a government shutdown.
Standing and fighting on principle has appeal. But political battles must be chosen wisely. A lengthy government shutdown might prove a distraction from persuading the public that Obamacare must go.


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A corner of the Albert Dock
Jesse Hartley (1780-1860), with Philip Hardwick (1792-1870)
Brick, cast iron and granite (no wood, as a precaution against fire)
Photograph, caption, and commentary by Jacqueline Banerjee, 2009.
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Designed by Jesse Hartley, Surveyor to the Liverpool Dock Trustees from 1824 to 1860, and Philip Hardwick, this distinctive complex contains the largest collection of Grade 1 listed buildings in the whole of the country. The warehouses were completed in 1845, and the dock was formally opened by Prince Albert himself in 1846. Of the buildings, David Lewis writes picturesquely: "They cannot be said to be pretty; they are strong, masculine buildings, sleeves rolled up and muscles bulging, and Liverpool's beloved classical architecture is here stripped down to its essentials of massive Tuscan columns and heavy round arches" (151-2). Writing more technically, James Stevens Curl explains that "some canal and dockside architecture seemed to point towards a new style where Classical relationships of proportion, solid and void, and integrity of geometry would be paramount, but stripped of all the tyranny of overt use of the Orders, and minus all decorative frippery." The Albert Dock was one of those rare cases, Curl believes, in which this style was achieved:
These are the most Sublime of all nineteenth-century examples of commercial and industrial architecture, with their cast-iron unfluted Doric columns, massive undecorated brick walls, repetitive elements, and avoidance of ornament worthy of C.-N. Ledoux, the French Neoclassical architect and theorist, at his most uncompromising. (33)
Consequently, Curl lists the Albert Dock buildings first amongst Liverpool's architectural splendours (87). Notable structures apart from the warehouses include the towering pumphouse (a later building, 1870), now an inn; and the wonderful Traffic Office (1846, designed by Hardwick, its top storey added by Hartley in 1848). With its cast iron portico and pediment, sandstone dressings and featured, connecting chimneys (see "Dock Traffic Office"), in days past the Traffic Office stood as a temple to the dockland activity that made Liverpool great.
The Albert Dock restoration of the 1980s has pointed up the contrast between the brickwork and the winches and other cast-iron elements, and the area has been rejuvenated with flats, shops, a hotel, bars, eating places and some important cultural amenities, including the Tate Liverpool. In an unlikely but very welcome turn-about, the Traffic Office reopens in 2011 as the International Slavery Museum Research Institute and Education Centre. The Merseyside Maritime Museum located in an adjacent warehouse already houses an International Slavery Museum, fully acknowledging the big part that the slave trade played in Liverpool's growth.
Other Views
- The Albert Dock
- The Albert Dock, another View
- Ironwork on a warehouse façade
- The Traffic Office
- The Traffic Office from the side
- The Pumphouse
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- Linked iron slave coffle (for joining slaves at the ankle), on display in the slavery gallery of the Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool
- The Anti-Slavery Campaign in Britain
- Heroes of the Slave Trade Abolition
Curl, James Stevens. Victorian Architecture. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1990.
"Dock Traffic Office" (Liverpool World Heritage City site). Viewed 3 February 2009.
Lewis, David. Walks Through History: Liverpool.. Derby: Breedon, updated ed. 2007.
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Back in March, I wrote a column discussing how 100 years ago – in 1913 – the 16th Amendment altered the U.S. Constitution to allow the federal government to impose direct taxes on the citizens of the states.
I defended the founders' constitutional prohibition against taxing the people directly by contending the restriction was an effective limit on the size and scope of the federal government.
The power to tax is the power to dictate the national agenda. Even more importantly, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) that "the power to tax involves the power to destroy."
Of course, some smart-aleck commented something like: "When I want answers to the fundamental questions of life, I always follow the advice of 18th-century slave-holding white men."
Sadly, this person, who naturally wrote under an alias, missed the point. The founders of this nation established the longest lasting constitutional republic the world has ever seen.
Article I, Section 35 of North Carolina's Constitution says:
"A frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty."
On this July 4th, we all need to take the time to examine the "fundamental principles" set forth in The Declaration of Independence. Doing so is the truest way to preserve the blessings of liberty.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: …."
Jefferson uses these words to introduce five clauses that form the bedrock of American political thought. These introductory words and the five clauses are one long but complete presentation, a masterful use of parallel structure that demonstrates how the point of each clause forms an equal part of the truths Jefferson sets forth:
"that all men are created equal,
"that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
"that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,
"that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
"that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most like to effect the Safety and Happiness."
Look at the basic questions these clauses answer.
What is the standing of all people under Natural Law? "All men [people] are created equal."
Where do basic rights come from? "They [the people] are endowed by their Creator …" – not their government – with basic rights.
What are the most basic rights? "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness."
Why does government exist? "To secure these rights"
Where does government get its just powers? "From the consent of the governed."
What happens if government fails in its mission to secure our individual rights?
The People have right "to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government."
Jefferson then set forth the list of grievances against the British King and Parliament. He demonstrated how the British government failed to protect the individual rights of the citizens of the colonies.
Reading the list of grievances The Declaration outlines will remind most of us of the usurpations of our government today – a government that believes it grants rights to us, a government filled with people who believe they are a law unto themselves.
How about an example?
Jefferson contended King George "has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance."
Think of the federal bureaucracy with all its tentacles.
Another example:
"He [the king] has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."
We seem to have two standing armies – the U.S. military, seemingly the world's police force, and the army created by the Department of Homeland Security. Does the purpose of this second army concern anyone but me?
If we are to truly protect our liberties, we must get back to basics – recur to "fundamental principles."
If we do not understand and protect these fundamental principles, then we place our liberties at risk.
Mike Parker is a columnist for The Free Press. You can reach him at email@example.com or in care of this newspaper.


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Paradoxic Vocal Fold Motion (PVFM)
Paradoxic Vocal Fold Motion, also termed Vocal Cord Dysfunction, is abnormal movement, usually moving together, of the vocal cords during inspiration (breathing in).
Diagnosis and Testing
A review of the patient's history, along with a physician exam that reveals a feeling of the throat closing, chest tightness, or shortness of breath during exertion or any anxiety-provoking situation, can lead to a diagnosis of PVFM. Usually a endoscopy is ordered as well, to allow direct visualization of the abnormal movement. This can be difficult to capture, as it occurs only with intense exertion, so the patient will be asked to exercise to the point of intensity necessary to elicit the sensation before the endoscopy. The physician will also want to rule out physiological causes such as GERD, asthma, allergy, structural abnormalities, or cardiac issues.
Treatment for PVFM typically includes voice therapy with a speech and language pathologist, as well as biofeedback and behavior modification with a psychiatrist trained in these specific modalities.
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|Introduction | Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm f/1.8 lens performance | Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm f/1.8 versus competition | Conclusion
Announced in February 2012 the Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm f/1.8 is a 'fast' telephoto prime for the Micro Four Thirds Lens mount. With an equivalent 150mm focal length it's a good option for portraiture or sports and the wide f/1.8 maximum aperture is great for low light, too. Costing $899 it's an expensive option for serious amateurs or professionals alike, so if it's a lens you're considering read on to make sure it delivers the results you desire.
It's been over four years since Olympus and Panasonic jointly announced their Hybrid Mirrorless Camera venture in 2008 and the Micro Four Thirds lens mount was born. Since then the growing number of Micro Four Thirds lenses available has started to turn the system into a serious option for more and more photographers. Olympus alone has 12 Micro Four Thirds lenses available covering a 9-300mm focal range, equivalent to 18-600mm in 35mm terms, including specialist options such as slim line pancake lenses, macro and portraiture primes, as well as a range of zooms.
A recent release is the Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm f/1.8 prime lens announced in February 2012, which is an attractive proposition for photographers looking after a high-end 'fast' prime for studio, portrait or even sports photography. Taking into account the x2 'crop factor' on the Micro Four Thirds system the equivalent focal length translates to 150mm in 35mm terms making it a long telephoto option - something to bear in mind if you're planning portraits in the studio or environments with restricted space. Sporting a full metal housing, solid construction and all silver finish it certainly looks and feels the part but costing $899 it's not cheap. You don't even get a lens hood supplied as standard so budget another $75 if you want one of those! So if you're after a 'fast' telephoto prime is the Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm f/1.8 worth the money?
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
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With the new breed of mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras becoming ever-more popular, manufacturers face a development dilemma. It's not enough to simply churn out camera bodies; to convince potential buyers you have an attractive system, it's essential to provide a decent range of lenses too. But lens systems are hard to establish; concentrate your design resources on affordable lenses for enthusiasts and you risk your system not appealing to the high-end users who are likesly to buy multiple lenses. Focus instead on high-end exotica, and you risk making the step up from the kit-zoom look too daunting (and expensive) for the majority of users.
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Added by Ysss | January 25, 2013
Nonsystematic\relevant comparisons?
It would be more relevant if you post comparison against other mirrorless or compact systsem cameras, rather than Nikon D3x which is more than 3x more expensive.
I'd suggest to make comparison against similar priced or sized camera, then you can mention the comparison against D3X to give the readers idea of where the 75mm + m43 system is against the whole playing field.
Oh, and OMD.
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Added by Nicolas | January 25, 2013
Re: Nonsystematic\relevant comparisons?
Comparison between other mirror less or compact camera system are very interesting too.
Sometimes we propose more "exotic" comparison like this one. Note that the first comparison we provided correspond to your request.
If you have other interesting comparison to propose, feel free to report it in this post !
Best regards,
Added by Ysss | January 26, 2013
Re: Nonsystematic\relevant comparisons?
Whereabout can I find comparison to other mirrorless cameras in the conclusion?
NEX. Fuji, samsung and EOS-M comes to mind.
Those are more in line with the price&size of m43 than the quoted Nikon D3X.
Added by Nicolas | January 29, 2013
Re: Nonsystematic\relevant comparisons?
You are right, for now these mounts are not supported but we are working on it.
Added by peevee | January 24, 2013
Mistake in the review of Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm f/1.8
You write in the introduction:
"Olympus alone has 12 Micro Four Thirds lenses available covering a 12-300mm focal range, equivalent to 24-600mm in 35mm terms, "
This is a mistake. Olympus also has 9-18 m43 zoom, so the total range covered is 9-300mm focal range, equivalent to 18-600mm in 35mm terms...
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Added by Nicolas | January 25, 2013
Re: Mistake in the review of Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm f/1.8
It is right, the review had been corrected, thanks for your feedback !
Best regards,
Added by purethanol | January 24, 2013
DxO needs a new m43 body for tests
I'm wondering what the results would be on a newer sensor with more resolution power. Like on an OMD? The GH2 is kind of outdated now.
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Added by Sanpaku | February 02, 2013
Re: DxO needs a new m43 body for tests
The GH2 and/or GX1 are fine for m43 lens tests until a generation of higher resolution appears. Why?
There are 5 components of DXO lens tests, and aside from the hard upper limit sensor Mpix places on resolution, sensor differences (in dynamic range, luminance noise, or chrominance noise) generally have negligible impact.
DXO found the Sony sensor Olympus cameras (EM-5, E-PM2, E-PL5) to have somewhat superior dynamic range and noise characteristics than other 16 Mpix m4/3 (GH2, GX1), but the pixel pitch, and hence the hardware upper limit on resolution, is the same. The Olympus 16 Mpix cameras reportedly have weaker antialiasing filters than the the 16 Mpix Panasonics, but as I understand they still have them, so any difference in resolution tests would be smaller than the difference between the Nikon D800 and D800E (< 5%, and visible only upon pixel peeping).
Distortion is a large scale geometric defect rather than pixel level effect, and should be the same on any camera of the same mount.
Vignetting may differ on other camera mounts due to varying pixel well depth (incident light arriving at oblique angles may miss the well bottom), but 4/3 and m4/3 were designed from the start for digital sensors, with telecentric lenses and perpendicular incident light.
Transmission can be, and probably is, tested on an optical bench, with no camera at all.
Likewise, chromatic aberration can be measured in µm on an optical bench. If it were measured in pixel widths, higher resolution would make CA more visible when pixel peeping.
As an exercise, look at lenses with multiple DXOmark tests on other mounts. You'll note the same general pattern:
- Camera resolution creates an upper limit on sharpness, but camera models with the same Mpix count differ trivially.
- Vignetting can vary lightly on non-telecentric lenses (but not 4/3 or m4/3)
- Distortion, Transmission, and Chromatic aberration are the same for a given lens regardless of mount.
So, might lens tests using an Oly 16 Mpix camera add 1 point to perceptual megapixels (P-Mpix) for the very sharpest m43 lenses (75, 60, 25). Possibly, but in my opinion only if there's a shift from rounding down to rounding up. It would have negligible impact on the relative scores of the lenses within the system or compared to others.


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The Blue Bulls have 15 players selected in the 50-man SA Schools trial squad.
As expected, the U18 Craven Week unofficial champions have the most players in the squad. WP have eight representatives, while the Golden Lions have six. KZN (four), EP (three), Border (one), Boland (four), the Valke (two), SWD (two), Griffons (one), Pumas (one) and Free State (two) also have schoolboys picked.
This squad will play a set of trials from 28 July, before being reduced to a final group of 28 players. The SA Schools team will play in the three U18 internationals against Wales, France and England.
50-man SA Schools trials squad - Bongile Nonkontwana (Blue Bulls), Aidon Davis (EP), Akhona Sihunu (Border), Caswell Khoza (Blue Bulls), Chad Solomon (WP), Chris Massyn (Golden Lions), Christiaan Meyer (Valke), Courtney Cupido (Boland), Daniel du Preez (KZN), Dayan van der Westhuizen (Blue Bulls), Duhan van der Merwe (SWD), Dylon Smith (Golden Lions), Edward Schmidt (Free State), Francois Esterhuizen (Boland), Ganfried May (SWD), Gideon Koegelenberg (Boland), Handre Pollard (WP), Heinrich Viljoen (Blue Bulls), Hyron Andrews (Blue Bulls), Jako van der Walt (Golden Lions), Jano Venter (Pumas), Jason Worrall (WP), JD Schickerling (WP), Jean-Luc du Preez (KZN), Jesse Kriel (KZN), Johan Bannink (Blue Bulls), Johan Labuschagne (Valke), Jurie Linde (Blue Bulls), Justin Philips (Blue Bulls), Koch Marx (Golden Lions), Leighton van Wyk (WP), Liam Hendricks (WP), Malcolm Marx (Golden Lions), Marcus Kleinbooi (Blue Bulls), Matjikinyane Molapo (Blue Bulls), Nicholas Janse van Resnburg (Blue Bulls), Ox Nche (Free State), Pierre Schoeman (Blue Bulls), Ramone Samuels (WP), Rohan Janse van Rensburg (Blue Bulls), Rynard Snyman (Griffons), Ryno Eksteen (Blue Bulls), Sandile Kubeka (KZN), Selwyn Davids (EP), Sergeal Petersen (EP), Stephan Vermeulen (Golden Lions), Thabo Mabuza (Blue Bulls), Warrick Galant (SWD), Wesley Adonis (WP), Wilco Louw (Boland).
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While I agree tax breaks should be cut across the board, and the deficit paid off, Seems to me they were thinking of the little guy for once. Do you really think increasing tax on any business will lower the cost at which they sell their product? Raise tax too high, and they take their business and our jobs to another country. That would really help us.
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All of the images were created for the same client in Philadelphia. This is a large design office with architects and interior designers, and I was fortunate to shoot for both departments on these projects. Being an architectural photographer, my goal is to clearly communicate the design intent and add some drama and interest to make the photographs compelling for the viewer. Almost all of the photographs I take are for the dual purpose of promoting the client's work and also to create an entry for a design award competition. My clients frequently enter and win design awards, and I am happy to be a part of that process.
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I shoot with 2 Alpa bodies (MAX an SWA) and 5 lenses. All of these were shot with the Alpa MAX body and the 36mm Switar or the Schneider 47mm XL Digitar. For the dusk exteriors I usually set-up about an hour before sunset and we make sure ahead of time that we have access to all offices and windows and that we know how to control the window blinds and the lights. Typically we open all of the shades as in image 1, but in the case of the Image 2 the building is designed for the shades to lower at sunset and for the shades to then be lit from the outside so that it creates a uniform appearance for the building at night. It's a nice beacon of light along a beautiful pedestrian path at the University of Pennsylvania.
The hardest part of shooting image 2 was keeping the lights on in both buildings. These are large office buildings in Wilmington, DE and they are following the common practice of having occupancy sensors to reduce the amount of electricity used. What that means for us is that we need a larger crew of people running through the building keeping the lights on. In this case we had 3 people moving through all floors and offices keeping the lights on for the 20 minutes of actual shooting time.
The interior photographs always take some time and this client takes the process very seriously, which is nice for me. In all cases here we map out a strategy of which shots to do in order to tell the story of the project. Once we make those decisions we'll then spend time arranging furniture to fit the composition and then start to light the shot. I use Profoto D1 1000 w/s heads (I carry 6 of them) and my goal is to accent the lighting that is in the space, not over-power it. Often we are working with fluorescent lighting in the space so we get the heads to match that color. I use a combination of soft boxes, reflectors, and large silk fabrics to shoot the lighting in order to create a broad source for fewer shadows. Often I will shoot with the strobes and then without the strobes and combine those exposures in post-production to get the best of both.
For the interior photos, I always shoot tethered to the laptop so my client see what we are doing, and so that I can check focus and look for other issues that may come up. For the exterior photos, I will decide on a shot by shot basis whether it is best to work tethered or to shoot to the card. With the IQ260 it is easy for me to evaluate the image on the LCD screen on the back or if connected to the iPad it is even better. For the shoot at the University of Pennsylvania, we wanted two dusk views on the same night, so I set up both Alpas and transferred the IQ260 between them. I'd shoot a range of shots for the first view, then remove the back and put it on the other camera and shoot from there, and just continue doing that until I have what I need from each shot.
What expectations did you have to the IQ260 and did it fulfill these expectations?
I am not new to shooting medium format, so I am quite used to the quality. I had the P45+ and prior to that the P25 digital back. The evolution of the IQ series has totally lived up to my expectations. I make use of all the new features of the back. The image quality is quite stunning from color and contrast to shadow detail and dynamic range. Its a pleasure to use and really gets out of the way and lets me work.
What benefits has the IQ260 given your photography, creatively and business wise?
Just the other day a new client wrote to me and said the images I had just delivered were the best quality files he had ever seen. I think that speaks for itself! When the clients notice the difference, that makes me very happy, but even if they don't I still pride myself in delivering the best quality images. I have always said that there is no problem we can't solve with this digital system, but now there are even more features to back up that statement. Increased dynamic range means I can shoot more often with people and rely on one file to get me to the finished product. Better high-ISO performance means I can get better shots with people moving through the shots. Working with the DF+ body gives me more flexibility to do hand-hold shots. The Wi-Fi, is great! For a recent shoot in Wilmington I remember handing the iPad off to my client to show him the shot. And when adjusting outdoor furniture, I could bring the iPad and see what it was I wanted at all times. Now that's cool and productive! And the Wi-Fi works even when tethered, so when I shoot to the laptop, I can have the iPad working too for my assistants or clients to take a look.
If you should emphasize one feature of the new IQ2 digital back, what would it be and why?
There are many new features to choose from, but I very much enjoy using the live-view on the IQ260. I often compose one-point perspective photos. These are when the camera is square to the subject, like the dusk view in image 1 or the interior with the red chairs and red wall in image 3. Using the live view and choosing the grid on the LCD I can much quicker get the camera positioned and make sure I am centered or squared-up, and I can play around and try some different idea. What I wasn't expecting was the ability to use live-view even when the camera is tethered to the laptop. This is very nice feature since I can get the best of both worlds, tethered for close inspection, and live-view on the LCD for composition adjustments.
Who is your Phase One partner of choice, and what benefits have you experienced from this contact?
I worked with Digital Transitions in New York for my P45+ and my IQ260. I have developed a great relationship with them. I find my sales person (Lance Schad) to be very responsive whenever I need something or if I have a support issue. A good dealer makes all the difference. Its nice to know someone is there who knows all the ins and outs of the software and the hardware too. With the new updates to Capture One, I can trust their opinion on when it's ready for upgrade, considering my workflow (OS, computers, etc). So many moving parts to the system, but they keep it clear and easy. I highly recommend them and Lance in particular.
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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - It took far longer than expected but Chip Kelly finally landed that 330-pound fish he set his eyes on five years ago.
Beau Allen first captured the attention of the current Eagles coach and his defensive line mentor, Jerry Azzinaro, in suburban Minneapolis at Minnetonka High School, when the duo recruited the big man to play nose tackle for the University of Oregon. At the time, Allen was rated as the top-ranked defensive tackle in the state, according to ESPN/Scouts Inc., and the fifth-best prospect in all of Minnesota, according to Rivals.
Allen, however, decided playing his college ball closer to home would be a better fit and chose to head east, hopping the border and ending up in Madison at the University of Wisconsin, where his grandfather starred as a member of the UW swim team back in the 1950s.
Allen's decision proved to be a prudent one as he developed into a two-year starter with the Badgers while toiling in a school-record 54 games.
A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, Allen totaled 94 tackles, including 15 for loss, and eight sacks over his final two years, being honored as an All Big-Ten honorable mention selection on both occasions and catching the eye of NFL scouts.
In the end, Allen proved to be a draftable commodity, landing with Philadelphia, which took him with the 224th overall pick in the seventh round.
"It's nerve-racking as it is, but once you get down into the seventh round, you get a whole bunch of calls from different teams about free agency and stuff," Allen said. "You can never give up hope about being drafted. You never want to abandon that."
The City of Brotherly Love, of course, happens to be the current home of Kelly, who left Oregon for the challenge of the NFL, and Azzinaro.
And neither forgot the big kid from Minnetonka.
"(Azzinaro) introduced himself to me at (Wisconsin) pro day and reminded me that he recruited me," Allen said. "I don't really remember too much about that -- it was a long time ago. But we just talked a little bit at pro day. He's an easy guy to talk to."
Seventh-round picks generally aren't guaranteed anything in the NFL, but Allen landed in a place which desperately needs help at the nose tackle position.
Veteran Isaac Sopoaga started the 2013 campaign as the Eagles' starter at the position but quickly flamed out before being traded to New England during the season. He was replaced by former LSU standout Bennie Logan, who flashed at times in his rookie season but at just over 300 pounds is a bit undersized to anchor the middle of Philadelphia's 3-4 scheme.
That was never more obvious in the postseason when the New Orleans Saints -- the same Saints known for their explosive passing game and inability to win away from the Superdome -- rammed the ball down the Eagles' throats en route to a 26-24 wild-card win, the franchise's first-ever road playoff win.
Eagles first-year starting quarterback Nick Foles found rookie tight Zach Ertz slipping off the line unnoticed to put the Eagles on top, 24-23, late in that game, giving NOLA All-Pro signal caller Drew Brees and Co. 4 1/2 minutes to erase a narrative which has defined the team for years.
It wasn't Brees' arm that did in Philadelphia, though, it was his supporting cast in the backfield of Darren Sproles (now an Eagle), Mark Ingram and the little-used Khiry Robinson.
After a great kickoff return by Sproles, Saints coach Sean Payton kept it on the ground, running on eight of nine plays during the game-winning drive before veteran kicker Shayne Graham stepped up and booted an easy 32-yard field goal to end Philadelphia's season.
The inability to stop a team not exactly noted for its power running game was not lost on Kelly and defensive coordinator Bill Davis, who both understood they needed a beefier body up front.
Enter Allen, who arrives in Philly 20 to 30 pounds heavier than Logan with much-needed experience as a starting nose guard in the 3-4 after Wisconsin changed fronts during his senior season. Previously, Allen played the zero- technique in a 4-3 alignment for three years.
"I think I'm a prototypical size for a nose tackle," Allen said. "I think I play the game hard, and I like to think I'm a smart football player. I can learn the scheme, and I think those are important aspects."
Allen agreed to a four-year deal with the Eagles late last month and was on the practice field a day later as Philadelphia kicked off its three-day rookie camp.
"I felt good about it," Allen said of his first taste of the NFL. "You have to learn the little nuances from taking reps. At the beginning of practice, I was lining up too close to the ball. By the end of practice, I learned you have to back off the ball a little bit."
Allen begins his sojourn with the Eagles like most rookies, behind both Logan and another second-year player, Damion Square, on the depth chart.
He does have one advantage over most first-year NFL players, though ... Allen already knows he's wanted.
"During the draft, I was keeping an eye on the Eagles' picks because I secretly wanted to come here. Crossing my fingers is kind of an anxious thing to do, but it all worked out."
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11/19/13 Bieber's Wild Party
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JUSTIN BIEBER'S party over the weekend included booze, pot and naked women. Justin hired 20, quote, "big booty strippers". Other women were taking their clothes off, too. Celebrity guests included Snoop Dogg, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Chris Brown, T.I. and Trey Songz. All the guests signed a $3 million confidentiality agreement though, so somebody might be in trouble.
A new toxicology report suggests Brittany Murphy was murdered. Brittany died in her home in December 2009, and at the time the coroner ruled that her death was caused by complications related to pneumonia and anemia. But her suspicious father, Angelo Bertolotti, recently ordered a new toxicology test and the new test reportedly detected the presence of 10 separate heavy metals in the 32-year-old's system — substances commonly associated with rat poison and insecticides. The lab report states, "The only logical explanation would be an exposure to these metals (toxins) administered by a third party perpetrator with likely criminal intent."
KANYE WEST thinks he's a genius . . . even though he can't necessarily spell the word. He says, quote, "People get mad at me saying that I am a creative genius, but it's just obvious. It's, like, factual. I would write creative genius when I go through the airport. I would put that on customs [forms], where you put what your title is, except for two reasons: it takes too long to write and sometimes I spell the word genius wrong."
11/18/13 Justin Bieber Drama
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ALEC BALDWIN got into confrontations with THREE paparazzi on Friday. He also pushed one guy into a car and knocked his camera out of his hand. Meanwhile, MSNBC has suspended his show.
MILEY CYRUS confirms that she lit up a real joint onstage at the "MTV Europe Music Awards", but she claims it wasn't part of some grand marketing plan. She says, quote, "I was just walking out of my room and then I was like 'Oh I have this in my bag, that will be really funny.' And I didn't say anything to anybody. I just did it mostly because I knew the fans in Amsterdam would love it and they started going crazy when I did it."
ZAC EFRON is recovering from the broken jaw he suffered during a fall in his house. ADAM SHANKMAN, who directed Zac in "Hairspray", says, quote, "I have been making him soup. He has been drinking it through his straw. He has to eat through a straw on a syringe. It's horrible." He added, quote, "He's in great spirits. He's just like, 'Oww. It hurts.'"
Police showed up at JUSTIN BIEBER'S house three times Saturday morning after a neighbor complained that he and his friends were partying too loudly. Nobody was arrested, even though cops said they smelled marijuana. But the neighbor filed a report against Justin for disturbing the peace.
11/12/13 Miley Says Something Dumb...Again
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According to a provision in Lauren Silverman's divorce, she can't let SIMON COWELL be around her 7-year-old son for the next year . . . which might prove difficult since they've been openly dating ever since Simon knocked her up. And if she violates that clause three times, she owes her ex-husband Andrew $50,000. Also, she's getting $3,000 a month in child support. Not that she needs it when she's got access to Simon's bankroll.
DRAKE and RIHANNA reportedly tore it up at V Live . . . a STRIP JOINT in Houston, Texas on Wednesday night. They spent thousands of dollars and Rihanna got multiple lap dances and was FEELING UP THE LADIES. They left at 5:00 A.M. One source claims they took a, quote, "Spanish-looking girl" with them.
By now, we're used to MILEY CYRUS saying dumb things. But it's still mildly amusing to hear. In a new interview, Miley says, quote, "I feel like I'm one of the biggest feminists in the world because I tell women to not be scared of anything," Then she adds, quote, "You've got about 90 years . . . hopefully we all live to be 105 . . . you've got about 105 years on this earth and, like, you should be happy every single one of those [years]."
Alec Baldwin's stalker, Genevieve Sabourn, was sentenced to 6 months in jail after being found guilty of stalking Baldwin. She has also been found guilty of harassment, attempted aggravated harassment and contempt of court after her behavior in the courtroom got out of hand.
11/14/13 Robin Thicke & Britney Spears Hook-Up?
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"In Touch" magazine says ROBIN THICKE and BRITNEY SPEARS had an affair in 2003, after collaborating on a project that never materialized. Britney would have been around 21 at the time, and Robin would have been about 26. Robin's rep denies it.
Justin Bieber has gone through a lot of crap while touring Latin America. Now he's catching flak for disrespecting the Argentine flag. During his gig in Buenos Aires Saturday night, two flags were thrown up onstage. And he used both his foot and his microphone stand to sweep them off the stage.
After a screening of his new Navy SEAL movie, MARK WAHLBERG went off on actors who compare their jobs to that of soldiers. He didn't mention TOM CRUISE, but he did say, quote, "For somebody to sit there and say my job was as difficult as being in the military? How [effing] dare you, while you sit in a makeup chair for two hours."
Everybody talks about DEMI LOVATO'S body cutting and body image issues . . . but apparently her drug and alcohol abuse got just as far out of hand. She says, quote, "Yes, I've been very honest, but if people really knew how dark and deep my struggles got . . . not just with my eating disorder but with drugs and alcohol . . . they'd be really shocked. But I'll most likely end up saying everything. Maybe it'll help other people in the industry who are headed down the wrong path."
11/13/13 Alec Baldwin Cries on Stand
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A report on the Weirdest Places Celebrities Have Had Sex includes the following: Jenny McCarthy at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, Liev Schreiber on the Staten Island Ferry and, of course, Scarlett Johansson and Benicio del Toro in an elevator.
In an interview with "Extra", LIAM HEMSWORTH says he's currently single . . . quote, "I don't have a lady at the moment." He also refused to hate on MILEY CYRUS. He said, quote, "I'm extremely happy for all of her success."
ZAC EFRON had to have his jaw wired shut after breaking it in an accidental fall at his house. He also suffered a cut that required stitches. (We don't know where the cut was.) E! Online says Zac slipped in a puddle of water he didn't see. He's expected to make a full recovery.
ALEC BALDWIN actually broke down on the witness stand yesterday while testifying against his alleged stalker. He was describing how the woman had made his life "miserable" by relentlessly threatening him and his wife HILARIA. Outside the courthouse he was back to his usual self, telling reporters, quote, "I hope you choke to death."
Has KANYE WEST'S popularity TANKED since he started dating KIM KARDASHIAN? A new report claims his popularity is down 66% since he got mixed up with Kim in the spring of 2012. Kim has also taken a shot on the same scale. She recently had her likeability drop by 50%.


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