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Supreme Court | Opponents of Obamacare's contraceptive mandate have a good day before the Supreme Court in their effort to avoid supporting abortion
WASHINGTON—The Green family, owners of craft retailer Hobby Lobby, and the Hahn family, owners of cabinet maker Conestoga Wood Specialties, have a common cause but are very different. The Greens are evangelical and public with their faith while the Hahns are Mennonite and private. Even before Hobby Lobby founder David Green found himself in the middle of a national debate on religious liberty, he had sat for many interviews about his faith and his built-from-scratch business. The Hahns, though, hadn't spoken publicly about their similar situation aside from written statements.
After the Obama administration decreed that businesses must provide contraceptive coverage to employees under Obamacare, the Greens won an injunction at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and announced they would not comply with the mandate with regard to abortion-causing drugs even if they lose at the Supreme Court and thus face $475 million in fines. The Hahns, denied an injunction by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, complied with the mandate, under protest.
On March 25, the Greens and the Hahns were at the Supreme Court to hear their case, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, argued before the nine justices. They sat among an audience of 157 lawyers and members of the public who watched silently and attentively, the court's security guards having confiscated their digital devices. One hundred and five reporters sat shoulder to shoulder in the press wing of the courtroom, scribbling notes. Outside, unseasonal snowflakes fell thick and heavy.
Both Hobby Lobby and Conestoga already cover contraceptives in their employee health plans, but both object to covering the federally mandated Plan B and Ella pills on the grounds that they can abort new embryos. For the first time, the Supreme Court will decide whether for-profit corporations, like nonprofit corporations, can challenge a government mandate on religious grounds, specifically under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
The stakes are high. Thirty-seven other cases from for-profits challenging the mandate are currently in lower courts. But this case concerns every religious employer, not only those who object to abortifacients. Can a for-profit religious hospital have protections like a nonprofit religious hospital? Could for-profit employers object on religious grounds if the federal government one day mandated surgical abortions? Could Muslims running a halal slaughterhouse object to a law on religious grounds? Justice Samuel Alito, citing a new Danish animal welfare law that outlawed kosher and halal slaughterhouse practices, implied that a ruling against Hobby Lobby and Conestoga would set American legal precedents on a European trajectory, where religious expression and practice is increasingly forbidden from public life.
Anthony Hahn, CEO of Conestoga, declined an interview with me on the court steps but later agreed to an email interview. I asked Hahn to explain why his family decided to file a lawsuit when Mennonites typically avoid litigation. "Mennonites," he replied, "do not live a life of retaliation." He cited biblical commands to pray for those in authority in order to live a quiet and peaceable life but also the Bible's commands to obey God rather than man: "The Obamacare mandate, as the government admits, includes products which take human life at its earliest stage. This is in direct conflict with God's teachings in the Bible where we are instructed not to kill."
The mandate, he says, left him no choice but to go to court: "This is not a suit of retaliation to get money, but a suit to keep from being forced to do something that is against our beliefs and against the teachings of the Bible."
Both families filed their cases about 18 months ago: Most cases that ascend to the Supreme Court take longer. The lawyers who handled the suits in lower courts on both sides of the cases relinquished the arguing privileges to the Supreme Court specialists. Paul Clement, former solicitor general, in his 73rd oral argument before the Supreme Court, jousted on behalf of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga; current Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. argued on behalf of the government. Verrilli and Clement famously faced off in the Supreme Court case challenging the core of Obamacare in 2012. That time the arguments went well for Clement and badly for the unusually unglued Verrilli, but Clement lost anyway. Verrilli did fine this time, but Clement still got the better of him in the arguments.
At the core of the arguments was whether the contraceptive mandate as applied to businesses passed RFRA's "test." RFRA gives courts a test to decide whether the government is imposing a "substantial burden" on a person's religious practice. If the government is imposing a burden, then it must demonstrate a "compelling interest," and it must use the "least restrictive means" of burdening religious practice. The Supreme Court justices seemed almost to take for granted that the two corporations could qualify as "persons" who fell under RFRA.
"It surprised me how little the corporations issue came up," said Becket Fund for Religious Liberty attorney Lori Windham, who handled Hobby Lobby's case in the lower courts. The court went straight to debating the merits of the case. Was the mandate a substantial burden on the businesses? Did the government have a compelling interest? Did it use the least restrictive means of accomplishing that interest?
Religious freedom lawyers were mostly optimistic after the arguments, but some have chosen to remain pessimistic until they see a decision. The optimists noted that most of the justices, including liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, posed critical questions to the government. Breyer, though he said his question reflected "no point of view," questioned whether the contraceptive mandate was really the "least restrictive means" the government could use to get contraceptives to women without imposing on religious beliefs. Couldn't the government just provide the contraceptives itself? he asked. The government has argued that contraceptive coverage is cost-neutral because of the savings it generates.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered the true swing vote in this case, questioned the government's argument that for-profit companies can't challenge a mandate on religious grounds: Would that require companies to pay for abortions?
Verrilli responded, "There is no law like that on the books." Chief Justice John Roberts asked, "There is no law on the books that does what?" Verrilli: "That makes a requirement of the kind that Justice Kennedy hypothesized." Roberts: "Flesh it out a little more. There is no law on the books that does what?" Verrilli: "That requires for-profit corporations to provide abortions."
Roberts pounced: "Isn't that what we are talking about in terms of their religious beliefs? One of the religious beliefs is that they have to pay for these four methods of contraception that they believe provide abortions. I thought that's what we had before us." Verrilli answered that federal and state laws don't consider the drugs at issue to be abortifacients.
Alito took a swing at Verrilli next, with the example of the Danish law against kosher and halal slaughterhouses. Both Breyer and Kennedy joined Alito's colloquy, and asked Verrilli to explain how the contraceptive mandate was different. Breyer: "Take five Jewish or Muslim butchers. What you're saying to them is if they choose to work under the corporate form, which is viewed universally, you have to give up on that form the freedom of exercise clause that you'd otherwise have."
The pessimistic religious freedom lawyers noted that Kennedy and the three female liberal justices posed hard questions to Clement too, mostly about the rights of the employees working at Hobby Lobby and Conestoga who may not share the owners' beliefs. Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor emphasized that Hobby Lobby and Conestoga had a choice to drop insurance altogether and pay a tax that would amount to about the price of coverage. Some pessimistic religious freedom lawyers were also concerned that the court may throw nonprofits under the bus by ruling in Hobby Lobby's favor, but accepting the government's so-called "accommodation" to nonprofits for the mandate and applying it to for-profits. The accommodation asks nonprofits to certify a third party administrator to provide contraceptives and abortifacients to their employees.
Nonprofits currently in court say the accommodation does not satisfy their conscience objections. Clement in the arguments suggested that the accommodation might be a workable alternative for Hobby Lobby and Conestoga, though he also suggested the government pay for the drugs itself. Before the oral arguments, the government and the two businesses had never discussed the possibility of applying the nonprofit accommodation to for-profits, so it would be strange if the court turned to that as a solution without further discussion.
Eighteen months after Hobby Lobby filed its case, the day after the Supreme Court arguments, Lori Windham returned to the Becket Fund's offices on the Georgetown waterfront. Windham was wearing more makeup than she would prefer for the battery of post-argument press interviews, and had polished off a Diet Coke. Her desk was organized.
With the arguments behind her, Windham checked in with her other clients. Even if Hobby Lobby and Conestoga win, 47 nonprofit cases against the mandate are still pending in lower courts, with Becket handling many of them. Windham initially thought one of the nonprofit cases would go to the Supreme Court first, but with the lag in the federal government releasing its final rules for nonprofits, those cases have moved more slowly. She was not one of the lawyers predicting a 6-3 win in the Hobby Lobby case, remembering the tough questions posed to Clement: "You don't know what's going to happen. ... Now we play the waiting game."
Conestoga's Hahn family will be praying as they wait. "It is very hard to be in the national spotlight," said Anthony Hahn in our email interview. Victory at the high court would mean a return to the life he longs to lead: "We want to continue to live our lives in a quiet and peaceable manner that glorifies God away from media attention."
Corporate Europe
As Justice Alito's question about Danish law indicated, not many would associate high conscience protections with European laws. But one strange amicus brief on behalf of the families leading up to the case came from a number of international law schools, mostly in Europe, arguing that European constitutional courts had recognized that corporations have human rights.
In one example, Germany's Federal Constitutional Court protected a limited-liability company operating a hospital from government regulation on religious grounds. The German court wrote about the corporation: "The practice of religion encompasses not only the sphere of faith and religious service, but also the freedom to develop and be effective in the world, as its religious and social task requires." The same court later ruled in favor of a Muslim butcher on religious grounds.
The brief argues that Europe's example of conscience protections shows that the U.S. government's contraceptive mandate is not the "least restrictive means" of accomplishing its healthcare goals. —E.B.
Intra-feminist fight
While the Hobby Lobby case draws attention to evangelicals and Catholics who oppose abortifacients or contraceptives on moral grounds, a surprising secular feminist movement against hormonal birth control is gaining momentum. In Sweetening the Pill: Or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control, published last October, Holly Grigg-Spall argues Western society has pushed birth control pills on women in the name of feminism with little thought to health consequences.
She paints the suppression of women's natural cycles as a form of left-wing misogyny meant to make women available for regular sex and office work. She blames the contraceptive pill Yasmin for harming her mental health, and notes how it can cause blood clots and dangerously elevate potassium.
Carol Downer, a longtime pro-abortion activist, has endorsed the book. "I am not anti-contraception, pro-life, or a frigid man-hater," Grigg-Spall wrote as a disclaimer. "I use condoms, spermicide, and the fertility awareness method. I am a feminist." Her feminist critique of the pill is provoking bitter backlash from other feminists: One reviewer at the website Slate panned Sweetening the Pill as "poorly researched, shoddily argued, and fundamentally incoherent," and insisted the health risks of hormonal birth control (the FDA says they include a small risk of stroke, heart attack, and breast cancer) were worth "the benefits of reliable, convenient, female-controlled contraception and the spontaneous sex life."
The popularity of Grigg-Spall's book seems linked with broader interest in natural childbirth. Early this year former talk show host Ricki Lake, who has produced documentaries promoting home births and breastfeeding, optioned the rights to turn Sweetening the Pill into a documentary.—Daniel James Devine


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In my opinion, this was, by far, the most fun and engaging workshop session I've attended in a long time. This opinion was confirmed with other attendees after the session and in casual encounters over the next few days at Pulse 2011.
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I wasn't ready to quit at the end of the three hours. I was really involved and want to go for more; a feeling shared by others. If you get a chance, take this workshop, but watch out, the scorekeeper has lots of surprises for you.
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Sorry for your loss and good for you for getting back out there hunting. Your father would want you to go forward and continue doing this wonderful thing that he shared with you called hunting and the great outdoors. I had my youngest son die 6 years ago, he was only 19 months old. For a couple years it was hard to get out there and to really have fun. I was doing something that I love to do, and just like you something my father introduced me to yet I was empty inside. Not sure about you jjenness, but guys do and have these weird things they like to do. Even though my son Jeremiah had not been hunting with me yet, he still had his own Ruana knife that I had hunted shed antlers for and traded for the knife at the shop in Bonner Montana instead of paying cash. I had his name engraved on it, and he doesn't know it, but it was his Christmas gift his first year. The first year after I lost my son I took his knife with me and my other boy Jeff over deer and antelope hunting. We used Jeremiah's knife to dress Jeff's animals with. When we got home I cleaned up the knife and gave it to my son Jeff and told him it now belonged to him and that he could pass it along to one of his children someday when he got married. I do know it made it special to me.
I'm sorry to go off track a bit jjenness, and I truly know how you feel. Just like my son Jeremiah, your father would want you to continue, and for you to enjoy what you are doing. I imagine he was looking over your shoulder and was watching the whole time. God bless you and prayers for you and your family. That is a special bull for you that you will cherish forever.


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1971 Plymouth Road Runner/GTXWritten by on May 1, 1999 Over The Edge
Rare and desirable. Sometimes the two never meet. Certainly those curiously optioned cars with white walls, 440s, and four-speeds are rare, but if they were desirable back in their day, wouldn't we have seen a ton more of them?
Some have tried to argue that the late B-Bodies, circa 1971-74, were rare because they were less than desirable. That's cruel. The curvaceous Plymouth Road Runner and GTX definitely were a departure from their previous designs, but one could argue these were the best B-Bodies to date--and Leon Perahia is the first to make that argument. "I owned the boxy B-cars, and they were nice for the time, but they looked like Grandma's car," Leon retorts. "My favorite body style was the 1971 Road Runner/GTX. It was so far ahead of its time that the unbending Mopar enthusiasts of the era refused to accept it. Chrysler was well aware of the trend toward rounder, more luxurious cars and in turn gave us pop-up hoods, upholstered panels, and sleek consoles." He concludes, "Chrysler offered it all in 1971."
If it was performance you wanted, a Road Runner such as Leon's delivered and backed up that performance with image. Leon contends that performance doesn't end with tongue-swallowing torque--it just starts there. Yes, pinned-in-your-seat power is necessary to build an image on, and this Rallye Red 1971 440+6 Road Runner delivers. Couple this image with a satisfying foot-full of accelerator, and you have a feast for the eyes while making lunch of the competition. Perhaps it was all that flair that caught the attention of insurance companies and emissions geeks. Unfortunate for the Mopar enthusiast was the fact that 1971 was the year of the first gas crisis. Insurance rates climbed as the risk involved with insuring V8 cars also escalated exponentially.
Leon recalls, "Even one of the Chrysler advertisements showed an insurance salesman standing next to a 383 Road Runner with the quote 'the standard insurance rating is standard.' Add in the emissions debacle of 1972 and soaring gas prices--the writing was on the wall. But that has never stopped Leon. "When I saw the 1971 in a brochure, I was awestruck. I guess I was the only one. Everyone I knew said it was too different. But I saw that it had all the good stuff. Orders were low. Insurance was a bitch. Worst of all, it seems that people were stuck on the 1967-70s. They seemed to say 'different is bad--I want a boxy car with standard brakes, flat door panels, and miserable steering.' The 1971 captivated me. It was the next derivative. Imagination and creativity were brought forward."
As a tribute to the car, Leon spent more than eight years collecting the parts to complete the concours-style, ground-up restoration of this one of 246 Road Runners. Leon says, "I found NOS parts from all 50 states, Canada, Australia, and from U.S. military bases in Germany and Greece." As the car's second owner, Leon purchased it in 1985 from the original owner. What a car! The Road Runner remained a matching-numbers car and was equipped with a series of drool-worthy options: a 440 Six Pack engine; power steering; power disc brakes; Air Grabber fresh air hood; FE5 Rallye Red paint; Dana 4.10:1 Super Trak rearend with Sure Grip; 26-inch heavy-duty radiator; Rallye Dash with tachometer; Extra Heavy Duty suspension with a skidplate and a sway bar; H/D Group 27 battery; Slap-Stik heavy-duty performance automatic trans with console; 15x7 Rallye wheels fitted with Goodyear G60-15 Polyglas RWL tires; dual exhaust with crossover pipe and chrome exhaust tips; dual painted racing mirrors; vinyl top; bucket seats; AM Radio with rear speaker package; tinted glass; Light Group Package with fender-mounted turn signals, trunk light; Decor Group Package with wheel-opening mouldings, deluxe steering wheel and deluxe interior; rear bumper to lower valance tape stripes; blackout hood treatment; 440+6 callout decals on the front fenders; and the distinctive beep-beep horn.
This Mopar definitely has been researched. Leon explains, "It was built Feb. 25, 1971 at the Windsor, Canada plant. The original 23-year-old owner purchased the Road Runner from L. P. Stuart Chrysler Plymouth in Washington, D.C. on March 17, 1971--in fact, he financed it with a deposit of $1,378.70 of his own money and borrowed the remainder from The Giant Food Federal Credit Union." Obviously, the first owner was captivated by the 1971 styling, and more buyers would have had the car been introduced in 1970. Leon says, "Lest we forget, the 1971 Road Runner/GTX was slated to be marketed in 1970, along with the all new 'Cuda and Challenger. It is the 1971 B-Body that shares inner fender panels and other front-end components with the 1970 E-Bodies. Due to strikes and platform troubles at the plant, the real 1970 B-Bodies by Plymouth were held off until 1971."In the two years since the restoration was completed, the Road Runner has won more than 25 First Place and Best of Show awards at both Mopar-specific events and high-profile shows, including the Beverly Hills Concours Show and the Le Circle Concours d'Elegance in Los Angeles. Leon concludes, "All Mopars deserve to be on a pedestal, but the 1971 deserves the pinnacle."
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Leon's prize arrives. Certainly rust would be an issue, but the 440+6 under the hood assures the value of the effort needed.Wear inside is as expected, but with help from Fitco, SMS, and Legendary, the interior would return to its like-new condition.At Speed Strip, Scott and his crew manhandle the rotisserie-mounted Road Runner and plastic media-blasted the carcass.Both quarters were cut off and replaced, due to rust. Note that the interior quarters also were cut out.With a concours restoration being the final effort, Leon spent more than eight years searching for NOS components for the show-winning Road Runner.


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Renovations: View Level
Today ATH took a tour of Kauffman Stadium. It was rainy when we arrived but the construction crews were still hard at work (the sun came out just in time). We hope to bring you pictures throughout the offseason. Today we will start with a tour of some of the new features on View Level.
First, we want to show you a view from outside of the stadium. You are looking north, with the first base spiral on the right. The new building with the glass will house the ticket office and team store on street level. The next two levels are administrative offices. The roof of the building will have a food court for the View Level (below left).
On the right are the new escalators you'll use to access the View Level and the food court.
Here's a look toward the stadium. As you can see, this level now features more space for amenities and foot traffic.
Now that you've seen your first stop, the food court, we want to show you to your seats. We're installing new steps in the View Level aisles to make your experience more comfortable.
Our final picture is out toward the field. You can see why we call it View Level! Be sure to check back next week as we bring you more pictures of the Kauffman Stadium renovations!
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I agree stadium will be nice but I cannot believe with the product the Royals put on the field in 2008 AGAIN that even with the renovations (which tax payers are helping to pay for) the Royals can justify such a big increase in ticket prices. I am part of a group that has season tickets and I attend 15 games (minimum a year) and our ticket prices are going up 18%. I have to rethink if I am getting my money worth paying the higher prices. I will probably go ahead and stay in the group this year (mostly not to let the others down) but with the economy issues looming in 2009 if the Royals try and have similar increase next year I will give up my tickets and chose to spend my entertainment $s somewhere else. I am sure the Royals will continue to point out they are still a bargain compared to other MLB teams – most of those teams have had something to cheer about at some point in the last 10 years! Takes alot of guts to expect the fans to pay taxes for the renovations AND then increase prices to help offset the $ the Royals are contributing – seems like nice way for the Royals to basically get their fans to pay for all the renovations. Seems to me pro sports team only want corporations to be able to afford to buy season tickets.
Of course, muohio78, everyone has to look at their pocketbook and spend wisely during these trying economic times… but… prices for EVERYTHING is what it is. EVERYONE needs to look at their budget accordingly. Obviously we all would like to see a better product on the field (& I believe Dayton & co. will give us that). But I too am paying my taxes for these renovations and DON'T see the ticket increase out of line.
Go Dayton!
Go Trey!
Go Royals!


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If you're confused about whether it's safe to eat seafood during your pregnancy, you're not alone. Understand the guidelines for pregnancy and fish.
If you're pregnant, you might feel like you need to become a nutrition expert overnight. After all, what you eat and drink — and what you avoid — influences your baby's development. Some choices are logical, such as eating plenty of fruits and vegetables and eliminating alcohol from your diet. But what about seafood?
Here, Roger W. Harms, M.D., a pregnancy specialist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and medical editor of "Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy," offers practical advice about pregnancy and fish.
Seafood can be a great source of protein, iron and zinc — crucial nutrients for your baby's growth and development. In addition, the omega-3 fatty acids in many fish can promote your baby's brain development.
But some types of seafood — particularly large, predatory fish such as shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish — can contain high levels of mercury. Although the mercury in seafood isn't a concern for most adults, special precautions apply if you're pregnant or planning to become pregnant. If you regularly eat fish high in mercury, the substance can accumulate in your bloodstream over time. In turn, too much mercury in your bloodstream could damage your baby's developing brain and nervous system.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) say pregnant women can safely eat up to 12 ounces (340 grams) of seafood a week. Similarly, the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend 8 to 12 ounces of seafood a week for pregnant women — or about two average meals.
Not all researchers agree with these limits, however, citing a study that noted no negative effects for women who ate more seafood than the FDA-approved guidelines.
Eat a variety of seafood that's low in mercury and high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as:
Other safe choices include shrimp, pollock and catfish. However, limit albacore tuna and tuna steak to no more than 6 ounces (170 grams) a week. Also, be aware that while canned light tuna on average appears safe, some testing has shown that mercury levels can vary from can to can.
Consider these precautions:
Beyond seafood, other sources of omega-3 fatty acids include:
Keep in mind, however, that researchers haven't yet determined whether omega-3 fatty acids from plant sources can promote fetal brain development. While pregnant women can get omega-3 fatty acids from many sources, most experts recommend eating seafood for this purpose.
Though mercury can harm a developing baby's brain, eating average amounts of seafood containing low levels of mercury during pregnancy hasn't been shown to cause problems. And the omega-3 fatty acids in many types of fish — especially salmon and tuna — can promote healthy cognitive development. As long as you avoid fish known to be high in mercury or contaminated with pollutants, fish can be a regular part of your healthy-eating plan during pregnancy.
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/pregnancy-week-by-week/in-depth/pregnancy-and-fish/art-20044185
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The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Great Gatsby SynopsisThe Great Gatsby follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without of the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.
The Great Gatsby Release Date
In Theaters May 10, 2013
The Great Gatsby Credits
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, and Amitabh Bachchan
Written by: Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
Produced by: Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, and Catherine Knapman
MPAA Rating: [ PG-13 ]
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
External Info: The Great Gatsby Official Website
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by Eric Eisenberg May 17, 2011 comments
Isla Fisher Is Spectacularly Miscast As Myrtle Wilson In The Great Gatsby
I thought we were at least supposed to try for some verisimilitude when it came to adapting great literature, so I was holding Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby to a higher standard. Except now he's gone and cast Isla Fisher as Myrtle Wilson
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Ben Affleck In Talks For Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby
The last we heard about Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby, it sounded like the project has slowed down considerably. Set with a principal cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire, the Australian director said that he has delayed the production due to speculation and misinformation. It makes me wonder how this story is cropping up.
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Baz Luhrmann Says He's Not Doing Great Gatsby Right Now, Comments On 3D And Australia
When I found out that Baz Luhrmann would be directing an adaptation of The Great Gatsby, one of the greatest books of all time, I was actually happy. The book has never been given a proper film and with a cast that included Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire, Luhrman seemed on pace to do just that. Then he announced that he would be making the movie in 3D and filming it not on Long Island but, rather, in his native Australia.
by Eric Eisenberg March 11, 2011 comments
Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby Starts Shooting In Australia In March
The film will also be shot in 3D, marking the first time stars Leonardo DiCaprio (as Gatsby), Tobey Maguire (Nick Carraway) and Carey Mulligan (Daisy) have ever worked in the format. It is, in other words, absolutely not going to be the Gatsby you read in high school, though what it will be seems totally unclear.
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Barbara Eden just slipped back into her trademark "I Dream of Jeannie" harem costume and now has a new "master."
This may make no sense to really young people who, first of all, have no idea who Barbara Eden is; second, have never seen the TV show "I Dream of Jeannie" and third, don't get the "master" reference.
First the latest: Eden, who is now 78, got all dressed up Saturday night in Vienna in the costume she wore in the '60s sitcom.
(With a nod to Christina Aguilera, Eden was the original "genie" in a bottle -- pink crop top, harem pants, a blonde ponytail that rose from her headress. The ponytail "wagged" when she gave her trademark head-bob and wink when she made magic.)
She took the stage Saturday and made her signature move and who should appear but her "new" master -- former President Bill Clinton.
Clinton, 11 years her junior and likely a fan of the former TV show, had a huge smile on his face (who wouldn't?) as he greeted her. The two were there for a charity event -- along with Elton Jphn and Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie.
The 21st Life Ball raises money to promote HIV and AIDS awareness.
Now, for the curious or forgetful, the show ran from 1965 to 1970. It starred Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman (who you probably know better as J.R. from "Dallas") as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries.
You have to understand that this time frame was the height of the space race between the U.S. and Russia and Americans loved their heroic astronauts, so this show -- albeit a bit far-fetched -- drew a big audience.
(Just so you know, the legendary Apollo 11 mission, carrying Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins, began with its launch on July 16, 1969. After entering lunar orbit, the Lunar Module (Eagle), with Armstrong and Aldrin, separated from the Command/Service Module (Columbia) and began its landing. At 4:17 p.m. on July 20, 1969, we heard the famous "The Eagle has landed." At 10:39 p.m., the hatch of the Lunar Module opened. At 10:56, Neil Armstrong became the first person to step on the moon with these infamous words: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.")
In the show, U.S. Air Force Captain Tony Nelson was on a space flight when his one-man capsule Stardust One came down far from the planned recovery area, near a deserted island in the South Pacific.
On the beach, Tony notices a strange bottle that rolls by itself. When he rubs it after removing the stopper, smoke starts shooting out and a Persian-speaking female genie (wearing an enticing harem costume) materializes and kisses Tony on the lips with passion.
At first they cannot understand each other until Tony expresses his wish that Jeannie could speak English, which she then does. Then, per his instructions, she "blinks" and causes a recovery helicopter to show up to rescue Tony, who is so grateful that he tells her she's free.
But Jeannie, who has fallen in love with Tony at first sight after being trapped for 2000 years, re-enters her bottle and rolls it into Tony's duffel bag so she can accompany him back home.
She ends up living in his house and wreaks havoc -- or help, in some cases -- with her magic. He eventually falls in love with her and they get married.
One of the things on my "bucket list" is to see a launch from Cape Canaveral on the Space Coast in Florida. I want to experience it in person. It's just not the same "Space Coast experience" long-distance.


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Panama City -- Beginning March 1st, the 31 day monthly pass will raise from $30 to $40. Daily passes will go from $3 to $5. The single ride price of $1.50 for traditional riders and .75 cents for the disabled, students, and senior citizens will remain in place.
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Campagnolo releases new mechanical groups
- By Spencer Powlison
- Published May. 26, 2014
- Updated May. 27, 2014 at 10:38 AM EDT
- New Chorus rear derailleur.
- New Chorus front derailleur.
- Shifters get a new shape for 2015.
- The cranksets move to a proprietary bolt circle diameter and proprietary chainrings.
- The rear derailleurs will still be beautiful pieces of carbon.
- A one-piece outer cage on the Record front derailleur.
- The new front shifter internals require two clicks to downshift to the little ring. From there, you have one click of trim.
- The new Record crankset.
- The new Super Record rear derailleur.
- The new Super Record front derailleur.
- New Super Record shifters.
- New Super Record crankset.
All three major component manufacturers have adopted electronic shifting. So why is Campagnolo updating the mechanical versions of its venerable Super Record, Record and Chorus groups?
According to its recent announcement, "Campagnolo does not seek to produce an electronic groupset that outperforms the mechanical version, or produce a mechanical version that claims to be superior to the electronic counterpart."
Regardless of whether you buy this egalitarian philosophy, it results in some nice improvements to the Italian company's high-end groupsets. Many of the updates, including the big update to the company's crankset design, will likely migrate over to the EPS groups later on as well.
Updated derailleurs
Front and rear derailleurs in all three groups are updated. The front sports a one-piece carbon outer cage, as well as a lengthened arm to boost cable leverage.
The rear derailleur now moves at a different angle relative to the cassette. Campagnolo claims that this pulls the chain closer to the cogs and allows for smoother shifts into larger cassette cogs, all the way up to a 29-tooth.
The body of the derailleur has been stiffened as well, further improving shifting performance. The chain will wrap further around the cassette as well, engaging with more teeth, which will improve durability of both the cassette and chain.
Shifters Sorted
The Italian engineers have also gone to work on the groupsets' shifters, with refined internals and ergonomics that Campagnolo claims will interface more cleanly with different handlebar shapes.
The most notable update here is the front shifter action. It requires two clicks to downshift to the little ring. From there, you have one click of trim. Click it three times to put it in the big ring. Also, Campy claims that the entire range of gears are usable without any rub or ugly cross-chaining, similar to SRAM's "True 22" concept.
Updated BCD and proprietary chainrings
For those who like to fiddle with chainring sizes, the new Super Record, Record and Chorus cranks will satisfy all of your urges. Similar to Shimano's Dura-Ace design, Campagnolo's four-arm crankset accommodates three different chainring configurations: 50/34, 52/36 and 53/39. Crank arms are sold in three lengths: 170, 172.5 and 175mm.
Check back for more information and first-ride impressions.
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Whitey Herzog, Kansas City's manager from 1975-1979, has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
Herzog led the Royals to three straight division titles from 1976 to 1978. His 1977 club won 102 games, a Royals record. Herzog's 410 regular season wins are the most in club history. He was inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame in 2000. Herzog went on to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series win in 1982 and National League pennants in 1985 and 1987.
In a separate Veterans Committee vote, Royals founder Ewing Kauffman fell just short of election. Kauffman received 6 of 12 votes. 9 votes were needed for election.
Herzog is shown above congratulating 1977 Gold Glove winners Frank White and Al Cowens.


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Born Henry Warren Beatty in Richmond, VA on March 30, 1937, his career choice may have been set for him at an early age. Beatty's mother Kathlyn was a drama teacher, and his older sister, Shirley (who later adopted her middle name, MacLean, for her stage name, Shirley MacLaine) had found success on Broadway in "The Pajama Game." Beatty made a name for himself on the high school football field, but his sister's fame inspired him to try his hand at acting as well. After a stint as a stagehand at the National Theater in Washington, D.C., Beatty rejected numerous football scholarships to study drama at Northwestern University. His tenure there would last only a year; Beatty dropped out after his... Continue Bio >>
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LINCOLN, CA - On Friday morning, News10 anchor Dan Elliot headed out to Awful Annies in Lincoln for the first installment of 'Breakfast in Your Neighborhood'.
News10 originally asked Facebook fans for their favorite local breakfast spots and Awful Annie's was among the highest chosen. Awful Annie's then competed with Mary's Gold Miner Cafe, The Ugly Mug Cafe, and The Auburn Breakfast Club in a vote to determine where News10 Good Morning would shoot live on Friday.
The crowd was a little sparse at the five o'clock hour for the beginning of the show, but by 6 a.m., the Lincoln favorite was bustling with diners savoring some of Annie's trademark specialties.
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1934 Ford Pickup - Al's Chopped and Channeled '34Written by on October 24, 2006 A Duke Since '61
There are events in a person's life that for one reason or another will never be forgotten. For Al Davis of Spokane, Washington, it was his graduation from high school in 1960. Thanks to a purchase made that day, he ended up with a class ring he'll never misplace. For the paltry price of $350 Al hauled home a '34 Ford pickup complete with a hopped-up Flathead mill. Of course, even back in '60 buying an old truck with such a low price might be an indication of a few slight mechanical problems.
Indeed, the '34's Flat motor was seized tight with a cracked block. Al figured this meant it was time for an overhead, so he located a 331-inch Cadillac motor and hooked it up to a '39 Lincoln Zephyr side-shift tranny. The combination perked the little '34 up, but the Caddy motor started to develop an ever-increasing appetite for '39 Zephyr transmissions. Tiring of snapped trannies, Al's next powerplant was plucked from a '64 Chevrolet passenger car. The 327-inch small-block motor received a '65 Nova SS 350-horse hydraulic lifter cam with a pair of power-pack heads to complete the high-performance package. For the transmission, Al scrounged up a Turbo 400 automatic from a '65 Chevy and set it up to run in a lighter vehicle.
By the time '69 rolled around, Al had chromed just about everything on the '34, from the top to the bottom. Everything else was painted Candy Oriental Purple or wrapped in black tuck 'n' roll. The little truck turned out so fine that it took first in its class at the 1969 Oakland Roadster Show. But as Al and his '34 Ford's 10th anniversary approached, the '70s marked a decade of change for both of their lives. Al started to get deeper into the family thing, and the little '34 sat for over 10 years in a good friend's garage before it would ever be driven again. Al told us, "If it hadn't been for him, I probably wouldn't have it today."
Today the '34 sits on a set of '34 Ford truck 'rails (the originals, no doubt) boxed and prettied up by Pat Kelly Auto in Spokane, Washington. In fact, Pat is responsible for hanging a whole bunch of neat goodies on the '34. Up front, Pat slung a Magnum tube axle equipped with disc brakes for binders and 15x6 American Torq-Thrusts for rollers. Steering chores are handled via a '72 Vega steering box capped with a Lecarra steering wheel. Bringing up the rear, Al's pickup has a fully chromed Ford 9-inch rearend complete with a Posi packing 3.0:1 gears and a pair of wider 15x8 Torq-Thrusts to handle the extra meat.
For the '34's mill, Al opted to retain his trusty vintage 327, but he looked to modern times for induction. Placed in between a pair of tasty-looking Offenhauser valve covers is an Edelbrock aluminum intake manifold with an Edelbrock AFB carburetor feeding gasoline to eventually end up as spent gases exiting through a pair of Hedman headers.
When Al bought his '34, he was told the truck was chopped and channeled and the bed shortened in '55, but no one could remember who did it. It's too bad; that's neat stuff to know. As the '34 appears on our pages, this is the third time Al has blown the truck down to the bare framerails and built it back up. This time around Al beefed up the cab with steel 1x2 box tubing, then did the bodywork. Once the '34 body parts were good to go, they went to Ken Spieger at Budda's Bodyshop in Spokane for custom paint. Ken laid on a super slick coating of PPG's Purple Haze, then drowned it in PPG clear.
To lighten things up visually on the inside, Al yanked out the '34's black tuck 'n' roll interior, then had C&B in Spokane reupholster everything in charcoal and gray Naughahyde. Instrumentation on the '34 features a dashboard packed full of traditional Stewart-Warner gauges with a unique purple haze backlighting.
At the close of our interview discussing all the nuts and bolts on his '34, Al recounted his truck's history before he bought it. "The guy who owned it before me was, as most hot rodders were back then, kind of a renegade. I don't know if the court forced him to join the Navy or if he enlisted, but when I bought the '34 from his parents and tried to tow it home, the local cop stopped me. He told me the '34 wasn't going to get away from him like it had so many times in the past." CCT
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Founded In '47, the Dukes car club of Spokane is likely one of the nations oldest clubs still in existence. Al joined them in '61, and he's been a duke ever since.Al's Mill is a '64 327-inch Chevy with an Edlebrock intake manifold and carb. Note the dual scoops on the hood sideIn honor of the policeman who gave Al a ticket for expired plates on that fateful day back in 1960 when he towed his truck home, Al hand-formed his dashboard out of copper. The steering wheel is a Lecarra, and the gauges are from Stewart-Warner.The bed in Al's '34 is real maple, just like a Fender guitars neck. Its 10.5-gallon moon tank goes a long way thanks to a 9-inch Ford Packing a set of 3.0:1 gears.


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