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ROSATO Made In Italy Diamond Earrings Made Of 18K Two Tone Gold
original brand name: Rosato
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material: 18K Two tone gold
total item weight: 18.8g
total gemstone carat weight: 22.95ctw
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gemstone: diamond
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color: G - H
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shape: heart
color: white
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width: 19.0mm
total item length: 50.0mm
style: heart
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Rosato originality was initially on the front line. Empathy with the staff members and with the products came right afterwards, together with a vigour that resulted in innovation as years went by. To this solid foundation, Rosato added since the very outset, the creativity of entirely handmade products, achieving excellence in manufacturing and gold culture. Simona Rosato�s intuition made her realize immediately how much gold culture had to be renovated and how important it was to work on the idea of gold as an eternal value through commercial strategies and creative and managerial intuitions. With Rosato the jewel still preserves its intrinsic historical and evocative value, but also gains what most jewellery is missing: the energy, the affectivity, the amusement.
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How Many Teens Actually Smoke, Drink, or Do Drugs?
It's natural to be curious about your peers—especially when it comes to things that we know can be dangerous, like alcohol and drug use. You've probably heard rumors of kids drinking beer at a party or may have a friend who smokes cigarettes.
You may wonder how many teens actually smoke, drink, or do drugs. It's a question we hear frequently from teens. During NIDA's 2011 Drug Facts Chat Day, students from the around the country asked NIDA scientists questions such as:
- "How many teens smoke every year?"
- "Has the number of people who abuse drugs increased or decreased in the past 5 years? And why?"
- "What percent of teens has tried drugs?"
- "How many kids are doing drugs?"
In December 2011, NIDA released the 2011 Monitoring the Future Study, and it seems that more teens are making better decisions when it comes to smoking and alcohol use, but not so much when it comes to using marijuana and abusing prescription drugs.
Here's a glimpse at the most recent trends in teen drug and alcohol use.
Cigarette and Alcohol Use at Historic Low
Teen smoking has declined in all three grades included in the study—grades 8, 10, and 12. Still, almost 19 percent of 12th graders reported current (past-month) cigarette use.
This decline shows that more teens realize the harm smoking does to your body and are making the decision not to start. Also, teens' attitudes about smoking have changed. They increasingly prefer to date nonsmokers and believe smoking to be a dirty habit.
Likewise, among nearly all grades, trends over the past 5 years showed significant decreases in alcohol use—including first-time use, occasional use, daily use, and binge drinking. As with smoking, this decline may be the result of more teens understanding the risk of drinking alcohol and disapproving of this behavior.
Marijuana Use Continues To Rise
Unlike cigarettes and alcohol, marijuana use is increasing. Among 12th graders, 36.4 percent reported using marijuana at least once in the past year, up from 31.5 percent 5 years ago. This accompanies a decrease in the number of 12th graders who perceive that smoking marijuana is harmful. For example, only 22.7 percent of high school seniors saw great risk in smoking marijuana occasionally, compared to 25.9 percent 5 years ago.
Of course, we know the risks: marijuana can affect memory, judgment, and perception, and it can harm a teen's developing brain.
Prescription Drug Abuse Remains Steady
Prescription drug abuse hasn't changed much since 2010. Abuse of the opioid painkiller Vicodin and the nonmedical use of Adderall and Ritalin, stimulants meant to treat ADHD, remained about the same as last year. Also, the abuse of the opioid painkiller OxyContin remained steady for the past 5 years across all 3 grades surveyed.
To drive this trend downward, NIDA recently launched PEERx, a prescription drug abuse awareness campaign that gives teens science-based information about the harmful effects of prescription drug abuse on the brain and body.
When teens understand the health risks of abusing drugs, they do it less. So, tell us, how would you convince your peers that marijuana use and prescription drug abuse are harmful?
These estimates come from the Monitoring the Future Study's national surveys of approximately 47,000 students in about 400 secondary schools each year. The survey was conducted in classrooms earlier this year. View all of the 2011 data.
Advices coming from your parents are very important factor to avoid this kind of habit. It's always a matter of guidance and support from your family. We have to talk to our children and discuss these issues that they may encounter. Showing them how much you really care will really help them to have a better future.
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i think its wrong to drink or do drugs.
its not goood and you can die very quickly from it, think before you do the actions your going to end up doing
@haley So glad you are so involved in sports and school, and have many friends. At 13, it may seem like you are on top of the world. Unfortunately, smoking and drinking tend to have serious health effects over time. In thinking about continued success in school and in life, it's important to consider that your brain and body will continue to develop well into your 20s, and that cigarettes and alcohol can interfere with healthy development, learning and memory, and even how you relate to friends.
Check out some recent posts on SBB that you may find relevant:
Expectations and Alcohol: The Fun May Be in Your Head http://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/post/expectations-and-alcohol
Smoking: How It Primes the Brain for Addiction http://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/post/smoking-how-it-primes-brain-addiction
This is a sad news. :( "To drive this trend downward, NIDA recently launched PEERx, a prescription drug abuse awareness campaign that gives teens science-based information about the harmful effects of prescription drug abuse on the brain and body." is a joke?
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@Catalina Sima No joke. Visit the PEERx site at http://teens.drugabuse.gov/peerx/prescription-drug-facts/ and discover for yourself.
i think this is a very good article and i think that the amount of teens that do smoke, drink, or do drugs has increased. you hear kids walking through the hall way talking about the party or how they dont remember what happened because they were to wasted or high to remember. in my opinion all three of those things are very bad for you.
Smoking is definitely a dirty habbit, it is wonder why people actually take this habbit in the first place and the rise in marjiuana usage is undescribable
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smoking is not good for the human body.
Smoking is a bad habit and when teens got that habit it becomes worst for them. Save your teen from smoking because this is an addiction which can cause even death. [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
Drags addiction is one of the social problem nowadays . I think it is same as to kill him\her by him\her self.I suggest all classes people to avoid this bad habit.
marijuana isn't bad.
take a look at the facts:
Annual deaths from:
Tobacco: 435,000.
poor diet/exercise: 365,000
alcohol: 85,000
prescription drugs: 32,000
vehicle crashes: 26,347
homicide: 20,308
aspirin: 7,600
peanuts: 10.
marijuana: 0.
it's safer than peanuts!
As for it making your brain slow and killing brain cells, when I smoke, I feel that I can think better than when I'm not high.
Why is alcohol legal when it kills people, and destroys families? Marijuana isn't harmful at all.
The only reason people think that it's bad is because society makes it look bad.
@amymullis Marijuana does have several known harmful effects. Please visit http://teens.drugabuse.gov/facts/facts_mj1.php for more information
I hate to say this but just in our streets alone, gangs of boys smoking weed and doing drugs are a day-to-day occurrence. They aren't even afraid of the police anymore. With these kind of kids as the future of the nation, I don't know how else we can survive another decade or two...
NIDAminds, unfortunately NIDA is not a source for accurate information about drugs, especially marijuana. Their "facts" seem to be provided by the DEA, not physicians.
@phk Actually, our information comes mostly from researchers – both scientists and physicians – but we do analyze, use and share information from numerous other reliable sources as well – including the DEA.
i agree with amymullis 100%. there has been no reported deaths from just smoking marijuana. so why is it illeagl? in my opinion the should make alcohol and tobacco illeagle. this is bs how everyone is spazzing out about marijuana
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marijuana has no harmful side effects.
Get a clue.
It is really bad for you! yellow finger nails, wrinkles! urgh!!!
im only 12 and im already doing this xx (i dont smoke im way way against it) I DO NOT SMOKE
Tobacco and other similar lobies are simply to strong! They buy anyone who tries to really fight against it! There is not much we can do about it!
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Marijuana is not bad it already came of this earth the only thing bad about it is all the crime that goes on about it and that is because it is illegal if you legalize it your problems will be gone and there will be less crime. This society just makes it look bad when really people don't even know that much about it. Don't conform to anybodys standards
smoking is bad as drugs. marijuana is bad it has more then 400 chemicals. yuck
smoking is bad so is drugs. marijuana is bad it has more then 400 chemicals. yuck
A coommon nickname for marijuana is cookies or feeding the turrtles!
@tizzlebizzle, Says an enthusiastic pot smoker.
This in definitely incorrect, the people who participated in the survey definitely lied. As a 10th grader myself I can tell you for sure that the amount of people smoking cigarettes, drinking, abusing prescription drugs or smoking marijuana is much higher. I know hundreds of people who do all of the above, if not more. I refuse to do any of these things, but a lot of my good friends to and it makes me extremely angry. These things are a huge problem and they're getting worse, not better and kids are doing them at younger and younger ages now. I got to a private school that has a good reputation but almost all of the people in the high school do every one of these things in this article. There are even middle schoolers doing these things as young as 6th grade. People find ways around the rules and have more creative ways of getting high such as weed brownies, that's probably the most inconspicuous way they do it.
I predict that about one-third of all the teens either do drugs, smoke, or drink. These are really bad for your body especially if you do more than one of these at once. Each one can lead to your death. Whether its drinking and driving, increasing your chance of lung cancer by smoking, or an overdose on drugs leading to a heart attack. Nothing good comes out of doing the following above. I highly recommend that teens do not do any of these horrible things.
I don't understand why so many teens do drugs. It is an unhealthy habit and needs to be stopped. Teens don't need to have to do drugs at such a young age because it affects the way you learn. I bet tons of kids loose control due to drugs and end up ruining their life at such a young age. I'm surprised the rate of teens doing drugs isn't higher. Such a shame.
@Ella Thanks for your comment – lots of issues going on here. Most importantly, you are right to be concerned about synthetic marijuana, molly and bath salts – we know very little about them, but what we have seen so far is that they can be VERY dangerous, even deadly. Even with very small doses. Despite what some are being told, these are NOT safe alternatives to other drugs.
Now to marijuana. There is substantial evidence that marijuana can cause harm. You may have no problems that you know of now, but just like cigarette smoke, the toxic effects can build in the body and may take a long time to show up – in others, it may take less time. What kinds of effects and how soon they occur may be different for each person.
Most people who are smart want to stay smart and not introduce foreign substances into their brains. Yes, some components of marijuana have been found to have medicinal value – and there are FDA-approved medicines that are available, with more on the way. But medical marijuana is for people who are sick, such as patients with cancer or AIDS who suffer from nausea or lack of appetite. Be careful about information you get from the internet – it's sometimes hard to know what's true and what's not.
@anonymuous Responsible use is important, but in teens—with brains still developing—there really is no such thing. Drinking and smoking marijuana can create negative effects that multiply with how much, how often, and how long you smoke. There are many safer and healthier alternatives that you can use to relax and unwind. You do make an interesting point – it would be very useful to have more information related to when, where and how much students are using alcohol and drugs. The Monitoring the Future survey (of 47,000 teens in 400+ schools) does report numbers for those who use alcohol or marijuana daily and those who use it monthly or yearly. But it doesn't provide the data you mention, which would be good to know.
Where do people do drugs though? It's part of my homework to research about "Teenage Drug Abuse" so I need to know where they do drugs. ???
@Anonymous ;D Our website for teens has lots of resources that can help you with your research. See http://teens.drugabuse.gov/.
Everybody for and against the use of marijuana should watch the movie "The Union" its very revealing on why people in our society "think" its bad. When really its completely harmless. There have been no recorded deaths from any medical institution from pot ever! I really hope that one day our society realizes that alcohol, ciggarettes and most prescription drugs should be illeagalized instead of marijuana. And to say that its addictive is wrong because people who get caught with it get the option to go " addictive clinics" or rehab, or prison, so they choose rehab which makes it seem addictive. Right now our society is corrupted and it desperately needs to change.
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Organic candy canes for the holidays! These all-natural candy canes are synthetic dye-free and flavored with natural peppermint. Use these full-size canes to trim the tree, decorate presents, and fill stockings. Crush to sprinkle on holiday cookies, cakes and cupcakes for a little peppermint crunch, or mix into vanilla ice cream for homemade candy cane ice cream.
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Each 5oz box contains 10 canes. Each cane is about 5-1/2 inches tall. Each case contains 24 boxes for a total of 240 canes.
Organic evaporated cane juice, organic brown rice syrup, natural peppermint flavor, color added (organic fruit juice).
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From the package: "Produced on dedicated nut-free and gluten-free equipment in a segregated area of a facility that also processes dairy, eggs, peanut, soy, tree nuts and wheat. Package is printed with soy based inks. Peanut Free"
Additional information from the manufacturer: Certified Peanut Free. This item does not contain any of the 8 major allergens (peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, milk, egg, soy, fish, or shellfish/crustaceans. The "segregated area" is a completely separate floor in the manufacturing plant with it's own HVAC (air) system.
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barely perceptible mint flavor
I am happy about these being organic and natural. I am willing to pay more if organic peppermint oil is expensive. The Pure Fun brand of peppermint candy was much better, but, alas, they can no longer be found. I wish there were an enhanced flavor option. I can't do the Red #40 and titanium dioxide, so I wonder if I'll have to do without peppermint candy.
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Heidi on Dec 26, 2012
2.5 stars. I can almost not taste the peppermint at all-- they do have a nice smooth, mellow sweetness, but... no peppermint! That is key to a candy cane! Also, some bites had a funny aftertaste I think from the brown rice. Finally, they are distinctly pink, actually a funny sort of mauve color. They will not look like "everyone else's" candy canes. The included mango chili lollipop I got as a free sample was awesome though :)
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C (North Carolina) on Dec 17, 2012
love it
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ariella on Dec 13, 2012
Just Fabulous
I like that these canes are vegan.My loves these canes because they are sweet n mint,not bitey.The hint of mint and the syrupy brown rice make these canes over the top in all ways.
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Littlebear Yellowbanks (Des Moines, Iowa) on Nov 23, 2011
Best Candy Canes
These are our favorite candy canes! My kids, who don't like spicy candy canes, love these. The mint is just right. It's subtle and delicious and not too strong! These are very addicting.
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Jennifer J. (Minnesota) on Nov 21, 2011
These are too much sweetness without any cooling pepermint. Don't get me wrong. These are delicious candy canes but I think they missed the most important ingredient of what makes a candy cane special. Pepermint oil. There's only some very mild flavor of pepermint along with other delicious flavors that would complement nicely if there was real pepermint oil added. Then these would be a 5 on the rating scale
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Zadu (USA) on Jan 15, 2011
I love these Candy Canes!
These are the best candy canes I have ever had. They smell just as good as they taste. I am so grateful they are organic, gluten free, and red dye free. I didn't know how we were going to have Christmas without candy canes. My son has already eaten two boxes and I've had to hide the rest from him. Delicious!!
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Leah Price (Mississippi) on Dec 4, 2010
Perfect Pink!
These are fantastic! The kids love them, they're just the right size. I'm only giving it a 4 because it is more pink than red, so the kids notice that slight difference. Other than that - perfect! A Christmas re-order must every year!
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Cindy (Appleton, WI) on Apr 13, 2010
Pretty Yum
I found these not NEARLY as strongly mint flavored as regular candy canes and lacking that, as another reviewer said, "peppermint punch" which I found myself missing as I'm fond of candy canes/starlights. However, these were quite surprisingly good. The flavor was much more mellow and subtle, even. Didn't completely satisfy my peppermint craving, but they tided me over. And the texture was identical to standard candy canes. While the taste was decent, due to how pricy these are, I would only recommend these to someone who had allergies or certain dietary restrictions; they're quadruple the cost of regular candy canes in the height of the holiday season.
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Liz on Dec 18, 2009
Our Candy Canes!
I am rating these a four only because if you are used to regular candy canes, you will notice a slight difference. These don't have quite as much of the peppermint punch. However, these are delicious, and our children love them! Due to a combination of food allergies and healthy choices, these are our candy canes of choice!
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East Coaster on Nov 30, 2009
We love these delicious candy canes. Thank you for providing such a healthy alternative that tastes better than the unhealthy ones.
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Kris (Colorado) on Oct 2, 2009
Best ever!
Having a child with dye allergies certainly is challenging at times. Finding these candy canes was perfect! Our entire family enjoyed them very much. So wonderful to find Pure Fun products, nice to know a company actually cares about goodness.
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Laurie (Houston) on Jan 4, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Delicious, sweet peppermint flavor with rose pink stripes. This delicious, naturally colored candy looks handmade.
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Jacobsen Books (Wisconsin) on Dec 25, 2008
These things were pretty awesome. They taste similar to commercial candy canes, but are much more smooth in texture and taste. I was happy to actually have candy canes that did not make me sick :) Also, they're fun to swirl in your mouth.
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Future talk show host also discusses Sarah Palin, Matt Lauer's new paycheck and more
Bing:More about Katie Couric | "The Wendy Williams Show"
With ABC's "Katie" set to launch in September, Couric is re-connecting with daytime audiences. Soap opera fans cheered when she stood up for "General Hospital," and her week co-hosting "GMA" is still making news. She even landed face time with NBC daytime fans on the 60th Anniversary episode of "Today," back in January.
Couric reached beyond the dueling networks Wednesday to share a few laughs with "The Wendy Williams Show" fans. After showing off her biceps and making a spin class date with Williams, Couric revealed she's looking to mix business with pleasure on "Katie."
"I was very honored to do the 'CBS Evening News,' but it was a little regimented for me. I just want to have a show where I can be serious sometimes, but also have a lot of fun and be engaging and just be who I am," Couric told Williams. "You're going to see a lot of Fun Katie!"
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When "Katie" does get serious, Couric says, "I want to tackles some tough subjects, like how technology is impacting our relationships and maybe how it's affecting our kids when they're glued to those computers 24/7. And just a lot of different things I think people want to talk about, hear about, get some guidance about."
"Katie" guests will be "interesting people who are doing interesting things," which is sure to include celebs and notables.
Couric would even welcome Sarah Palin. "If she would like to come, I would be happy to have her," Couric said. "I think it's been portrayed that it's like a mano a mano – or womano a womano – with the two of us. I have nothing against her, at all. I did my job. I asked questions I would ask any candidate. And there you have it."
As for her former co-host Matt Lauer's reportedly $25 million paycheck? "That's some nice cabbage, as they say," Couric quipped. "Matt and are I good friends and listen. He's a great person. A lot of things get printed that aren't true. All I know is he's a very very valuable member of that team. Matt feels a lot of loyalty to the show, which I admire and respect. He feels like he's the caretaker and wants to be there for the show when the show needs him."
In the clip above, the former "Today" co-host also reflects on her "divided loyalties" during her guest hosting stint at "GMA," what it was like getting back into the morning news for a week and more.
"The Wendy Williams Show" airs weekdays in syndication and at midnight on BET.
From 'Modern Family' to 'Bob's Burgers,' a look at average viewers' median incomes by show
By Tony Maglio
The Dunphys of "Modern Family" might not eat at "Bob's Burgers" -- and fans of the shows might not eat at the same restaurants, either.
Bing: More about 'Modern Family' | 'Bob's Burgers'
The two comedies are at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of their average viewers' median incomes. The median "Modern Family" viewer in the 18-49 demographic rake in $81,100 annually, according to Nielsen data. "Bob's Burgers" watchers in the demo, on the
other hand, earn around $48,000 per year.
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Neither are particularly rich or poor -- but the ratings company carefully tracks even minor differences in wealth because advertisers want to wring out as much as they can from the people who watch their shows.
TheWrap found the gap between ABC's "Modern Family" and FOX's "Bob's Burgers" by looking at Nielsen's average median income of prime-time viewers this season for the four biggest broadcast networks -- not including sports, specials, or awards ceremonies.
In second place in terms of wealth are viewers of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," who have a median income of $81,000 per year. Fans of CBS' "The Amazing Race" are third, with a salary of $75,700.
That means ABC, NBC and CBS are sharing the wealth with the top three shows, which also happen to be critical darlings.
"It's not too surprising that higher income viewers are more likely to watch programs that are critically acclaimed and contenders for industry awards like the Golden Globes and Emmys," Brad Adgate, senior vice president of Research at Horizon Media, told TheWrap.
Advertisers focus on the 18-49 demo because they hope to land lifelong customers early. But people tend to hit their peak income in their mid-50s, Adgate said.
"If you have say a show that's really young and really upscale, then you have something," he said.
"The West Wing" had the highest median income Adgate could recall. Shows on cable, especially premium cable, and Netflix tend to have wealthier audiences -- since their viewers must be able to afford to watch them.
The new fall show with the highest median income is "The Goldbergs," at $73,900. "Very rarely does a first-year show command the ad value of a (longer-running) show," Adgate said.
Viewers of the doctor-centric "The Mindy Project" (right) have a median income of $73,800. Another medical drama, "Grey's Anatomy," may not have as many rich doctors among its fans -- it has a median viewer income of $70,500, putting it in 18th place.
"Mindy," which has the seventh-wealthiest audience, is FOX's top-ranker in terms of well-off viewers.
A little further down the list is "Shark Tank" -- a show about venture capitalists vying to invest in start-up companies. It's in 16th place with $70,800.
Now for the shows you probably shouldn't mention on a first date with a gold digger.
Animated shows -- including "The Simpsons," "Family Guy," "American Dad" and the aforementioned "Bob's Burgers" -- have among the least wealthy audiences. That makes sense, Adgate says, because cartoon viewers skew younger.
Other shows on the low end of the list are FOX's "Bones" ($56,600) and CBS's "Undercover Boss" -- a show in which well-off executives perform menial, low-paying but necessary tasks ($55,800). "America's Funniest Home Videos" viewers have a median income of $54,700.
Here are the top 10 TV shows with the highest median income in the key demo for the fall season so far:
And the least wealthy, from the bottom up:
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Read the full Q&A straight from the pages of Rookie: Yearbook Two
By Lena Dunham
for Rolling Stone
If you put two brilliant funnywomen in a room together, comedic magic is guaranteed. Tavi Gevinson, the founder and editor of Rookie (a two-year-old website for teen girls that covers everything from sex to after-school snacking) knows this well, and commissioned a conversation between "Girls'" Lena Dunham and "The Mindy Project's" Mindy Kaling for the site's second print publication, Rookie: Yearbook Two. "I feel like this is such a special glimpse into two beautiful minds and I'm honored they'd do it just for Yearbook Two," Gevinson tells Rolling Stone. "As a boss/feminist/girl/human, so many parts ring true and have gone under my word doc of wise words." Here's the Q&As' exclusive online debut:
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I was a fan of Mindy Kaling's long before I was a friend of Mindy Kaling's, and the most wonderful surprise is that the experiences are remarkably similar. Mindy's work (from "Matt and Ben," the fringe play that got her noticed in 2003; to her nearly decade-long run as "The Office's" resident clothes whore Kelly Kapoor; to her best-selling book of essays; to her pièce de résistance, "The Mindy Project" is notable for its wit, openness, and ladylike ferocity. Ditto Mindy. I started picking her brain on our first date (at her favorite Ethiopian restaurant, where she taught me how to order and told me I had small bones—a first!) and continue to do so today in email chains where we get to complain to each other about the day-to-day realities of running a TV show. So this interview is just a more formal version of what I want to do to Mindy Kaling every day: quiz her, quote her, learn from her.
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LENA: Let's start light: What would you like your legacy to be? For example, I hope to have made it easier to be oneself in this hardscrabble world and to have rescued at least 15 animals from certain death. I'd also like to be known as "prolific, iconoclastic, and winsome."
MINDY: "She threw the most amazing parties and she had the most gorgeous and cheerful husband. Gay teenagers would dress up as her for Halloween. She seemed to have read every book, yet no one ever saw her reading. She had the appetite of an Olympic swimmer and the physique of an Olympic figure skater. She dressed like Chloë Sevigny and could f--- for hours. . ."
I could write those for another 10 pages. Truthfully, I guess I would like to be remembered as a great writer and a kind person. I wouldn't mind if an expensive bag were named after me, like Jane Birkin.
What makes you laugh harder than anything else on earth? I am guessing it's nothing toilet related. I am the worst about toilet humor – I hate it, and I feel that the day I embrace it will be the day that I no longer have anything positive to offer the world.
I love when people fall out of frame unexpectedly. I also love accents. Borat saying "my wife," you know, that kind of thing.
How would you describe your fashion style? Please answer in the form of the first paragraph of an InStyle profile that, while not 100 percent accurate, embodies the things you strive for in your wardrobe and your beauty regimen. For example: "Lena Dunham sits down at a café table in the sixth arrondissement. She brushes her bangs aside, revealing reddened, teary eyes. 'I'm sorry – I just passed Jim Morrison's grave and was overcome with emotion,' she says. She is 15 minutes late but too focused on her canvas satchel of antique books to care..."
"When Mindy Kaling arrived to the Chateau Marmont 30 minutes late, she apologized profusely and began dabbing ice water on a badly skinned knee. 'I thought I hit an old woman in the Loehmann's parking lot,' she said, a flush of perspiration on her cheeks and forehead. 'Turned out it was a sack of trash with a shawl draped on it. Got so mad at it that I kicked it, and this happened.' She gestured to her knee.
"Miss Kaling ushered in a scent that was a curious mix of cardamom, citrus, and Old Spice Pure Sport. Without looking at the menu, she ordered a Moscow Mule, the steak and fries with five mini bottles of Tabasco sauce. Her shirt was Ikat print, and her harem pants were tribal print. She had neon pink high tops she promptly took off. 'You don't mind, do you? It's a hell of a lot of shoe for a summer's day,' she purred. I did mind. I minded a lot."
What do you think is the power of TV, and why do you love it?
The serialized nature of TV breeds anticipation, and anticipation breeds a kind of loyalty and excitement in viewers that I love. I watched "The X-Files" every week when I was a teenager and I was as devoted to it as I was to a boy I had a crush on. Watching it was one of the coziest hours of life. When Conan started at "Late Night," I loved him like he was a movie star – but unlike with a movie star, I was rewarded with him every night of the week! Movies can't do that. Being on TV builds a relationship with the viewer, and I feel really lucky to have that.
What would you say is the hardest part about being a boss? I'd say it's that there's no convenient time to take naps and the constant sense that you are neglecting something or someone.
I want to be part of the gang. I don't want to be the gang leader who has to stay on gang schedule and pay gang taxes. I have to do that stuff now. Sometimes I just want to shoot my machine gun in the air, you know?
Do you ever get embarrassed to point out gender bias? I always apologize and say something dumb and sassy like, "Not to be the girl who cried misogyny, but no one would ever say that to Larry David!" Somehow I feel the need to point out that I know I'm doing it, and that I may sound humorless, and that I wish I could be free and easy like Cameron Diaz at a hockey game.
I totally understand this. I don't get embarrassed, though – I get nervous. Because journalists don't like to be told that their questions are sexist. Every so often I read insane things like, "Who is the next Lucille Ball?" and they list all these red-haired actresses. As though the essence of Lucille Ball's talent was derived from the color of her hair.
More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look. What it feels like to be not skinny/dark-skinned/a minority/not conventionally pretty/female/etc. It's not very interesting to me, but I know it's interesting to people reading an interview. Sometimes I get jealous of white male showrunners when 90 percent of their questions are about characters, story structure, creative inspiration, or, hell, even the business of getting a show on the air. Because as a result the interview of me reads like I'm interested only in talking about my outward appearance and the politics of being a minority and how I fit into Hollywood, blah blah blah. I want to shout, "Those were the only questions they asked!"
I find being young and female has its real workplace advantages, too (old men want to open up to you, people worry that you're cold). Have you found any?
I don't know how young I'm considered now (I'm 33) [Lena: That is yooooung. I met a 98-year-old the other day!], but when Greg [Daniels, executive producer of "The Mindy Project"] hired me at 24, I do think it was nice for both of us to be around someone with a completely different set of experiences. I was an overtly feminine child of immigrants with a big chip on my shoulder, and he was a gentle, thoughtful, gracious father of three. I think we learned from each other in cool ways.
I'm tactile and affectionate, and that is part of how I am on set with the actors, the crew, and the writers. I think it helps that I'm a woman, because I'm not sure how it would be construed if I were, say, a tall, older, physically imposing white man.
And I'm a feminist who wants to work with other feminists. I would wager that only a masochist sexist would want to work at a show with an opinionated female lead and showrunner. So I work with people who love women. That's a nice thing.
Do you get guilty? If so, what makes you feel guiltiest? I personally hate doing things I know are bad for my body, canceling plans on children, and speaking to my sister in a condescending way just because she's an undergraduate.
I feel so guilty when I upset my father or let him down. My dad is like the dad from "The Road." He knows every highway in this country and what every building is made out of. He would do anything for me, and has done everything for me. Now I'm tearing up just writing this.
I also feel bad when I keep my writing staff late at work, even if it's for a good reason. Though I guess not that bad, because we stay late a lot.
I often feel guilty pointing out behavior in other women that I don't support. Like somehow, the moment I was pulled from my mother's severed stomach, a pen was placed in my tiny balled fist and I signed a binding document that says, "I got all your backs, ladies." And the thing is, I do support women, but part of that is being clear about what behaviors aren't helping the bigger cause [of feminism].
I too feel guilty when I don't have knee-jerk unconditional love for all the decisions or all the art made by every woman I see. But that's OK. I think most educated and empathetic women probably feel the same way. Like, I don't like comedy shows where women play cutesy instruments as part of their comedy routine. But I don't like it when guys do that, either.
Who are your role models? Besides you, I would list my mother, Gilda Radner, Georgia O'Keeffe, Nora Ephron, Jane Campion, Jane Goodall, and Joan Rivers (plus Eloise and Pippi Longstocking).
You are. I love what a good writer you are, and I marvel at how much the camera loves you. I'm learning so much from younger people. A pet peeve of mine is when artists are asked who they love and they don't name anyone younger than them. They only give props to, like, super-old people or to dead ones like Dorothy Parker and Charlie Chaplin.
I love Tina Fey, Vince Gilligan, Jonathan Franzen. B.J. Novak continually inspires me. Lorne Michaels is so stylish and has perfect taste. I strive to be as balls-out funny as Danny McBride, though who could emulate that, really? Nora Ephron, not only as a writer and director, but also as a hostess, a wit, a New Yorker. These are artists I want to copy and impress.
As an overall person? I would say that my mother is the single biggest role model in my life, but that term doesn't seem to encompass enough when I use it about her. She was the love of my life.
Can you tell the readers of Rookie what inspires you about other women? I love seeing women stand up for things they believe in, teach their daughters how to do the same, prepare meals out of whatever they have in their fridges, wear helmets when they ride their bikes, call BS when they see it, and accept that feminism comes in a lotta different forms.
I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who don't ask, "Is that OK?" after everything they say. I love when women are courageous in the face of unthinkable circumstances, like my mother when she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Or like Gabrielle Giffords writing editorials for the New York Times about the cowardice of Congress regarding gun laws and using phrases like "mark my words" like she is Clint Eastwood. How many women say stuff like that? I love mothers who teach their children that listening is often better than talking. I love obedient daughters who absorb everything—being perceptive can be more important than being expressive. I love women who love sex and realize that sexual experience doesn't have to be the source of their art. I love women who love sex and can write about it in thoughtful, creative ways that don't exploit them, as many other people will use sex to exploit them. I love women who know how to wear menswear.
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Kenneth Faried, DeAndre Jordan, others aid in pranking some of Disney XD's biggest stars; Dwight Howard guest stars on 'Mighty Med'
For younger basketball fans out there, some NBA stars have teamed up with Disney XD to prank the channel's stars. On Mondays during "Pranksgiving" a new fan-voted prank will be revealed on Disney XD alongside new prank-themed episodes.
Kenneth Faried of the Denver Nuggets and DeAndre Jordan of the Los Angeles Clippers, pictured above, as well as Tyson Chandler (New York Knicks) and Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors), will be featured pranking the stars from shows "Kickin' It", "Lab Rats", "Crash & Bernstein" and "Mighty Med".
Bing: Search for "Crash & Bernstein" | "Mighty Med"
Not to be outdone, NBA superstar Dwight Howard of the Houston Rockets guest stars on the Nov. 4 episode (8:30 PM ET/PT) of "Mighty Med" as a superhero, The Great Defender.
Watch the behind-the-scenes video here:
And check out two more photos with Faried and Jordan you'll see on MSN TV first:
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"Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen," the Emmy-winning, groundbreaking digital video series hosted by Tom Colicchio, returns for its third season. Each week, two eliminated chef'testants face-off to compete for the ultimate prize -- redemption and a spot in the "Top Chef: New Orleans" finale.
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MSN TV brings you the destination to watch "Last Chance Kitchen." New episodes go live every Thursday right here.
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Actress opens up about playing scheming Juliette Barnes on ABC drama
By FRAZIER MOORE
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Hayden Panettiere is getting her sushi fix.
On a recent whirlwind visit to Manhattan, she takes full advantage of the city's Japanese cuisine, which, she reports, isn't quite so available in Nashville, where she's spending a lot of her time these days.
Bing: 'Nashville' | Hayden Panettiere
But that's her only complaint, if that's what it is, about life in Music City and her starring role in ABC's tuneful melodrama "Nashville" (now in its second season, airing Wednesday at 10 p.m. EDT), all of which she loves.
She plays scheming breakout country sensation Juliette Barnes, who's locked in a love-hate rivalry with country music queen Rayna Jaymes (co-star Connie Britton), whose long reign is threatened by Juliette's rise.
Panettiere nails her role, displaying a deft blend of rapaciousness and vulnerability, not to mention impressive pipes.
In the process, she has pulled off two overarching victories. She's left behind her past signature role, the indestructible Cheerleader in the sci-fi drama "Heroes" — a character that could have tied her down forever. Even more remarkably: At 24, she's crossed that treacherous Rubicon that few young actors navigate, from adolescence to the far shore of adulthood.
"'Nashville' was perfect timing with the perfect character," she says after ordering this and that raw fish. "Juliette is so not the good girl that I played on 'Heroes,' but she has to put on the facade as a good girl to get what she wants. Juliette is tough, but when she cries, she means it: She's a very damaged young woman running from a dark past. How much more perfect could I ask for?"
Sharing lunch with a reporter at a tony Manhattan restaurant, the petite Panettiere is squeezed into jeans and a sweater of proper weight for the ensuing fall weather. Her chopsticks are soon busy while, spared Juliette's Southern twang (Panettiere hails from Englewood, N.J.), she delves deeper into Juliette's psyche, and her own.
Sure, Juliette is the show's resident villain, "but you get to see her inner workings, what she goes through," Panettiere notes. "It's great to show the audience Juliette's terrible behavior, and then show where that behavior came from: not from a place of malice, but of pain.
"A lot of what I've drawn from is my own personal experience," she says. "I grew up in the entertainment industry, in the spotlight, and have had to deal with some of the same struggles. In this business, there are so many doors wide open to walk through and it looks like the normal thing to do. The difference is, I've always had people around me to yank me back before I went too far."
Panettiere's mother was an actress, her father a New York City firefighter, and she made her screen debut as an infant in a Playskool toys commercial.
Since then she's never stopped acting, nor did she imagine doing anything else. But after "Heroes" ended in 2010, she faced a dry spell before "Nashville" came along.
"It hit me," she recalls, "like a ton of bricks: There is a genuine possibility that no one will ever take another chance on me. That was an important gap between 'Heroes' and this show, a huge transition to make gracefully. I don't know how gracefully I did it, but somehow I did."
Callie Khouri, "Nashville" creator and executive producer, said she was unconcerned while casting her new series that Panettiere might still be the Cheerleader in viewers' minds.
"When she stood in front of the camera as Juliette, I saw the character that I needed, not the one she'd already done," said Khouri by phone from Nashville, marveling at her range: "She can go from being the worst little brat in the world to absolutely breaking your heart.
"We asked her why she thought she was right for this character, what she thought they had in common," Khouri added, "and she said: 'Juliette wants to be the best. And that's what I want.' I felt like I was hearing the character talk to me."
Of course, an actress seeming to merge with her character comes with special pitfalls when the character's a bad girl, confirming viewer suspicions that fiction is mirroring real life.
Panettiere acknowledges that Juliette Barnes is exactly the sort of tabloid target she herself has always tried not to become — and not always successfully.
Recently she made public her engagement to professional boxer Wladimir Klitschko, her longtime boyfriend, even as reports of Juliette-like misbehavior raged in tabloid media, alleging "that I've broken up with him, that I've cheated on him, that I'm a home-wrecker, that I've become a mess in Nashville," says Panettiere. "I've been portrayed as a person that I'm so far from being, that I have spent years of my life making sure that I never become!
"We're actors!" she erupts with a dismissive laugh. "That's what we DO: play characters that we're not!"
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"Nashville" airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
From 'Hostages' to 'Sean Saves the World,' here are six shows in peril
We hate to say a show is doomed. We really do. But we don't take it lightly, and we've never been wrong.
In the past, TheWrap has predicted that a total of 12 shows would be canceled - and all of them were. This season, it looks like six more are soon to shuffle off, joining fall casualties that began with "Lucky 7."
Also from TheWrap: Six Shows We Thought Were Doomed, From 'Fringe' to 'The Finder'
Networks have a new face-saving way of avoiding the word "cancellation": They'll order shows like "Hostages" or "Betrayal" and call them limited-run series. But that's a hedge, and a shrewd PR move; if a show ends as scheduled, it isn't so much a cancellation as a show peacefully ending its run. And if it comes back, well … the people demanded it.
But let's be honest. There isn't a show on television that networks wouldn't bring back for more if it scored.
"We hope to get not only two seasons, but a lot more," said "Hostages" executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer before his show aired, with refreshing honesty. "So this is not a miniseries for us."
Unfortunately, we think "Hostages" will turn out to be a miniseries after all. Call it "cancelled" or "not returning" or whatever you want, but it leads our latest list of shows we think are doomed. Most are on fourth-place ABC, which can at least take comfort in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." being a hit.
Here are this fall's unlucky six:
"Hostages" (CBS)
The 15-episode series won't be back for more because NBC's "The Blacklist" is crushing it on Monday nights at 10. It has a 2.0 in the key 18-49 demographic in the live + 7 ratings that generously measure a show's performance over an entire week. CBS isn't known for keeping underperforming shows around, but seems content to let "Hostages" finish its run because of the star power of leads Dylan McDermott and Toni Collette — and perhaps to avoid offending the mighty Bruckheimer.
"Trophy Wife" (ABC)
Tuesday nights start very strong for ABC: "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." has a very strong 4.6 in Live + 7, making it the highest-rated new show of the season. But not even Nick Fury's long coattails help: "The Goldbergs," which follows it, averages a 2.7, while ratings for "Trophy Wife," which follows, plunges to a 1.9 average. (The show that once followed "Trophy Wife," the unlucky "Lucky 7," has already been canceled. Maybe "Trophy Wife" could hold on to more of the fanboy audience if it followed "S.H.I.E.L.D."? After all, star Malin Akerman was great in "Watchmen.") But as it stands, it would take the power of the Avengers, the Watchmen, and the X-Men to keep "Trophy Wife" from becoming an ex-show.
"Sean Saves the World" (NBC)
"Sean" is the lowest-rated comedy on broadcast television that hasn't been canceled yet, except for ABC's "Neighbors." Why is it still on? Because NBC has a good relationship with its star, Sean Hayes, who broke out on "Will & Grace" and produces "Hollywood Game Night." Hayes may have tested that relationship last week when he blamed NBC's low ratings for his low ratings in an interview with The TV Page. One problem with his assessment was that NBC is in first place this season, and his show is its biggest remaining weak spot. The others have been cancelled. The upside for Hayes? His show isn't bad. Maybe NBC will give it time to find an audience, despite its 1.4 rating.
"Betrayal" (ABC)
We wondered over the summer if American audience would root for a female protagonist who has an affair. Turns out the answer is no. "Betrayal" is another "limited-run series," and unfortunately, its prospects do indeed look limited. ABC plans to air the entire season, but don't hold your breath for more after that. It has a lowly 1.4 rating in Live + 7, so this is the end of the affair.
"Neighbors" (ABC)
ABC kept its aliens-next-door comedy alive for a second season by moving it to the no-man's-land of Friday, where the stakes are low. But "Neighbors" is low-rated even for a Friday show, averaging a 1.2. As we mentioned above, that makes it the lowest-rated comedy on TV. We hate to rub it in with a corny joke, but hey, it's probably our last chance: The neighbors are moving out.
"The Carrie Diaries" (CW)
We hate to put this endearing show on this list. But its second season debuted to an anemic .2 rating Friday, which is low even by CW standards. (The young network notes that much of its 18-34 target audience watches shows online rather than live.) Even the show's "Sex and the City" connections don't feel sufficient to keep it alive.
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Nicholas Ba-a-a-a-rody is not the hero sheep the other lambs think he is
If you love "Homeland" but wish that it had exponentially more farm life, than Sesame Street has the spoof for you.
Bing: 'Sesame Street' | 'Homeland'
In the perfectly executed parody, "Homelamb," sheep government agents are on the lookout for the Big, Ba-a-a-a-ad Wolf, who is still currently on the lamb.
There will be plenty more sheep puns.
Also from TheWrap: 'Homeland' and 'Masters of Sex' renewed by Showtime
In the parody, Nicholas Ba-a-a-a-rody is not the hero sheep the other lambs think he is, Ca-a-a-a-arrie said. Claire Danes' wooly counterpart is onto him, though it gets complicated when she falls in love with Ba-a-a-a-rody.
Ba-a-a-a-rody manages to avoid suspicion by being a literal wolf in sheep's clothing, and through exchanges like the following:
"Have you ever heard a sheep howl?" Ca-a-a-a-arrie asked. "So he speaks other languages," the head C.I.A. sheep replied.
Eventually, she exposes Ba-a-a-a-rody to the farm as the Big Ba-a-a-a-ad wolf. She then pursues him in a different, romantic way — just like in "Homeland."
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In case you weren't on Twitter while watching TV (what, why not?!), here's what you missed according to the number of tweets these programs received during the week of Oct. 21 – Oct. 27 (Source: Nielsen SocialGuide):
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1. "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story"/VH1 – 1,915,700 tweets
2. "Pretty Little Liars"/ABC Family – 1,160,800 tweets
3. "The Walking Dead"/AMC – 486,600 tweets
4. "American Horror Story: Coven"/FX – 225,200 tweets
5. "Ravenswood"/ABC Family – 200,700 tweets
6. "Awkward"/MTV – 123,900 tweets
7. "The Voice"/NBC – 106,200 tweets
8. "Duck Dynasty"/A&E – 72,200 tweets
9. "Dancing With the Stars"/ABC – 63,500 tweets
10. "Scandal"/ABC – 20,400 tweets
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And here's a look at some of 'CrazySexyCool' tweets that made it the most-tweeted program for the week:
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General Comments: Futures were a little lower again as traders get ready for the USDA January reports that will be released on Friday morning. A stronger U.S. dollar hurt demand ideas, but ideas are that the overall pace of export sales remains strong. Some are wondering if planted area might be lower next year here in the U.S. because of weak prices against competing crops. The area lost would go mostly to Corn and Soybeans. Current weather features some precipitation in Delta and Southeast areas, but western Texas was mostly dry. Trends are not well defined on the charts, but ideas are that the market can continue to work higher overall.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will be dry today and tomorrow, then will see rain move from west to east the balance of the week. Temperatures will average above normal. Texas will get dry weather except for some rain on Wednesday. Temperatures will average above normal. The USDA spot price is now 70.49 ct/lb. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.098 million bales, from 0.097 million yesterday. USDA said that net Upland Cotton export sales were 196,500 bales this year and 12,200 bales next year. Net Pima sales were 7,700 bales this year and 0 bales next year.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are mixed. Support is at 74.60, 74.40, and 73.70 March, with resistance of 75.90, 76.40, and 76.95 March.
General Comments: Futures closed a little higher in consolidation trading. Weather remains good in Florida, although more rain would be beneficial. Temperatures remain mild in the state, and conditions are mostly dry. Forecasts call for mostly dry conditions to continue, but temperatures could drop a bit starting this weekend. Fruit is holding for now, and irrigation is being used by producers to hold crop condition. Winter is here, and with Winter comes the threat for a freeze to Oranges and other fruits grown in Florida, but there is no real cold weather in the forecast. Harvest in Florida of mid and early oranges is continuing. Demand for domestically produced Juice remains down from last year. Weather in Brazil is reported to be good. Brazil is seeing warm temperatures and light showers or dry conditions.
Overnight News: Florida weather forecasts call for mostly dry conditions. Temperatures will average near to below normal. ICE said that 0 delivery notices were posted today and that total deliveries for the month are now 0 contracts.
Chart Trends: Trends in FCOJ are down with no objectives. Support is at 108.00, 107.00, and 104.00 March, with resistance at 118.00, 122.00, and 126.00 March.
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General Comments: Futures were a little lower again yesterday. Charts still show that all three markets are in a trading range, with all possibly trying to complete a bottom. There is more and more talk that the market is getting ready to rally in New York after all the selling seen in the past months. Current crop development is good this year in Brazil, and production areas are getting beneficial rain for the developing crop. Central America crops are getting harvested, and conditions are called good there. There are widespread reports of rust on the trees and leaves, and Roya has become a big issue as well. It is possible that many Central America and Mexico producers will harvest much less Coffee next year if they are affected by this disease, and many seem to be affected. We are already hearing significant loss estimates for the next crop due to Roya. Colombia is reported to have good conditions.
Overnight News: Certified stocks are a little lower today and are about 2.584 million bags. The ICO composite price is now 134.06 ct/lb. Brazil should get scattered showers through the weekend. Temperatures will average near to above normal. Colombia should get scattered showers, and Central America and Mexico should get mostly dry conditions, but a few showers are possible in southern Mexico and northern Central America. Temperatures should average near to above normal. The ICO estimated world 2012-13 Coffee production at 144.1 million bags, down 1.3% from its previous estimate, as the ICO noted crop losses due to Roya.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed. Support is at 146.00, 143.00, and 141.00 March, and resistance is at 152.00, 155.00, and 157.00 March. Trends in London are mixed. Support is at 1900, 1870, and 1860 March, and resistance is at 1935, 1945, and 1975 March. Trends in Sao Paulo are mixed. Support is at 182.00, 179.00, and 178.00 March, and resistance is at 188.00, 190.00, and 193.50 March.
General Comments: Futures closed a little higher in consolidation trading. There was talk of support coming from the index fund rebalancing as index funds should need to buy more contracts. Futures are in a trading range, but trends are turning down. News of any kind remains hard for the traders to find. There was no demand news to support values. Big Brazil production remains negative to prices, and traders know that Indian and Thai production is in the market, too. Conditions still look good for many production areas. The Thai crushing season is underway with good production expected, but the crushing pace is called slow right now. Brazil production continues strong.
Overnight News: Scattered and light showers are expected in Brazil through the weekend. Temperatures should be near to above normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed to down with objectives of 1810 March. Support is at 1850, 1830, and 1800 March, and resistance is at 1910, 1925, and 1945 March. Trends in London are mixed to down with objectives of 494.00 March. Support is at 502.00, 500.00, and 495.00 March, and resistance is at 510.00, 516.00, and 520.00 March.
General Comments: Futures closed a little higher in consolidation trading. Good arrivals in Africa are negative and are continuing. Ivory Coast arrivals are strong, and the trend for strong arrivals from there should continue. Ivory Coast arrivals are now estimated at 809,000 tons, from 728,000 tons last year. Ghana producers are reported to be selling as well. Malaysia and Indonesia crops appear to be in good condition and weather is called favorable. Overall weather patterns in West Africa production areas are good for harvest progress. Demand is reported weaker from the US and Europe, in part due to current economics and in part due to changes forced by the World Bank that encouraged forward marketing of the crops. The market needs some demand news or some other news to shake it out of the sideways to lower trade. This news could come son as the main West Africa harvest should be about over and there is a lot of talk that production next year will be less.
Overnight News: Mostly dry conditions are expected in West Africa. Temperatures will average near to above normal. Malaysia and Indonesia should see episodes of scattered showers. Temperatures should average near normal. Brazil will get dry conditions and warm temperatures. ICE certified stocks are sharply higher today at 3.841 million bags.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed. Support is at 2205, 2195, and 2155 March, with resistance at 2235, 2275, and 2290 March. Trends in London are mixed. Support is at 1410, 1405, and 1380 March, with resistance at 1450, 1455, and 1490 March.


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This week's Origins News Roundup features highlights from a recent conference of evangelical theologians, exciting human fossil finds, tell-tale lice, and a few words from the Pope.
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"It's tempting to think that the church needs to decide quickly which of these [original sin] scenarios is right, and which ones must be wrong. I believe the church is better served by taking its time, holding several different scenarios in tension for a while as we think through the implications of each."
We need to hear stories from others who have wrestled with evolution and Christian faith. What arguments made them change their views on science? How did they hold fast to their relationship with God? The essays in this series will eventually comprise a book, provisionally titled, "Evolving: Evangelicals Reflect on Evolution."
The idea that the story we know is only the very beginning raises a new question in place of Feynman's objection that Christianity is provincial. Is it presumptuous to claim that in such a grand universe, possibly with intelligent life arising in many places, the redemption and transformation of the entire cosmos starts here, on our pale blue dot?
As Christians we believe by faith that Christ was both human and divine, and although this paradox can be difficult to comprehend, it is not a stumbling block to our faith nor does it hinder us from having a relationship with him. Similarly, the Bible is both human and divine.
A deep love for scripture, coupled (ironically) with a lifelong struggle with religious doubt, led Robert Boyle to write several important books relating scientific and religious knowledge. We explore aspects of this fascinating interaction.
In this series, James Kidder provides an intriguing study on transitional fossils and the evolutionary history of modern humans. He begins by discussing the fossil record, explaining how new forms are classified. He then explains the physically distinguishing trait of humankind—bipedalism. From the discovery of Ardipithecus, the earliest known hominin, to the australopithecines, the most prolific hominin, Kidder focuses on the discovery, the anatomy, and the interpretation of these ancestral remains.
The conflict does not come from God or nature—we have created the conflict ourselves. Intentionally or not, we often extend science past its natural bounds and use the Bible for questions it does not intend to answer.
Over the next few months, with permission from Yale University Press, BioLogos will offer edited versions of chapters from John Polkinghorne's best books, Belief in God in an Age of Science and Theology in the Context of Science, in order to help readers delve more deeply into some of his most important ideas.
I was raised in a household of atheists. My parents were card-carrying members of the American Communist Party, and therefore the atheism in my household was quite close to the militant anti-theism of the so-called "new atheists".
So what then does Resurrection mean? For Benedict it represents a new dimension of reality breaking through into human experience. It is not a violation of the old; it is the manifestation of something new.
Christian theology asserts that humans are spiritual creatures, a unity of body and spirit or "soul," integrated, not reducible downwards to mere matter or upwards to mere spirit.
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People hold clearly discordant points of view, and it would be dishonest to ignore the conflict. Yet some voices emphasize the dissonance without any note of harmony to put it in context. Too often, science and faith becomes a hostile battle of worldviews, sounding angry, dissonant chords even among fellow Christians. But civil, gracious dialogue is possible.
The God who created the cosmos is the God who came to us as a child in Bethlehem.
The language of a collapsing universe is related to the end of the old covenant and the coming of the new covenant as God's "new world order."
If God himself is willing to die, particularly in such a gruesome way, then perhaps we should at least consider the possibility of God allowing the death of other creatures, too. But would this really be compatible with what we know of God through Scripture?
In this series, U.S. Navy Commander Mike Beidler shares his own personal journey from accepting young-earth creationism to embracing evolutionary creationism.
As he endeavored to learn more, David was intrigued by Francis Collins book The Language of God because Francis did not present evolution as a rival theory to Christian faith, but as something that described God's method of creation.
Speaking in parables is indeed similar to an artist's craft. They create impressions, whole new worlds of meaning intended to turn old worlds on their heads.


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In the urban jungle of Berlin, the City West area stands out. Every day, thousands of residents and visitors walk along the lively shopping street Kurfürstendamm past the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial, a hollowed-out church bombed during World War II remembering Berlins history amid its vibrant present. It all comes together in the Bikini Berlin complex, an exciting redevelopment project centered on five historical buildings between Kurfürstendamm and Berlins Zoo. 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin, the first Berlin property from celebrated hotel group 25hours, is an integral part of City Wests new legacy, putting urban explorers right in the middle of this developing intersection of nature and culture.
Located in a 10-story high-rise, the hotel sits among a collection of 1950s-era historic buildings including the Zoopalast cinema and the so-called Bikinihaus, a unique post-war architectural icon by Paul Schwebes and Hans Schoszberger. Once completed, the project will be an urban oasis where visitors and Berliners can live, work, shop and play.
One of the cornerstones of the project is 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlins rooftop bar and restaurant, with its wide-open design and 360-degree view. On one side, the wide green expanses of Tiergarten Park and the animals in the Berlin Zoo; on the other, the bustling Breitscheidplatz and majestic Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. This duality carries over to the interior of the hotel as well, with a playful urban jungle concept orchestrated by forward-thinking local designer Werner Aisslinger. Of the 149 rooms, half face the zoo and follow a jungle design scheme, with warm colors, natural materials and floor-to-ceiling windows that offer direct views of the monkey enclosure. In contrast, rooms facing the city center have a rougher, edgier feel.
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It was a seemingly wistful moment at the halfway mark of his presidency, before the celebratory parade and the evening's galas.
Shortly after exhorting the United States to continue its "never-ending journey" to live up to the ideals of its founders, on his way off the platform at the West Front of the Capitol, President Barack Obama stopped to drink in the scene before him.
"I want to take a look one more time," he told those surrounding him. "I'm not going to see this again."
And so, with his oath of office taken -- again -- and the speech delivered, the president stood aside for 24 seconds on the chilly Monday afternoon, letting the crowd that had joined him for his formal, public second inauguration file past.
It was one of the few quiet moments on an otherwise jam-packed day. Obama stole another such moment with his wife, at the first of two official inaugural balls they were scheduled to attend Monday night.
Following performances by Alicia Keys, Brad Paisley and the Mexican rock group Mana, the first couple danced as Jennifer Hudson sang the classic song, "Let's Stay Together," by Al Green.
First lady Michelle Obama wore a floor-length, custom, ruby-colored chiffon and velvet gown designed by Jason Wu, the same designer behind her 2009 inaugural dress.
The celebrations came a day after Obama was sworn in on the constitutionally required date in a low-key ceremony at the White House. The flag-waving crowd that watched Monday's event was noticeably smaller than the throng that turned out for his first oath in 2009 but still packed the National Mall for blocks.
The waving flags, the red-white-and-blue bunting and the heralding trumpets marked the 57th such ceremony in the history of the nation, with the peaceful extension of power based on last November's election that returned Obama to the White House.
The Sousa marches, the ceremonial guns and the voices of James Taylor, Kelly Clarkson and Beyonce having faded away, Obama headed into the Capitol for a luncheon with members of Congress. Then he led the traditional parade up Pennsylvania Avenue, stopping near the White House to walk a few blocks of the route with the first lady to the cheers of those lining the sidewalks.
"You've got to come out for this," said Nick Pignone, a Washington resident. "Everyone's excited -- good vibes right now."
Also publicly sworn in for a second term was Vice President Joe Biden, who, like Obama, also took his official oath Sunday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor performed the honors for Biden at his home at the Naval Observatory in Washington, where the vice president's extended family and a few Cabinet officials gathered to watch the ceremony.
Biden and his wife, Jill, also took some time to walk part of the parade route, with a grinning Biden periodically jogging over to the sidelines to shake hands with people across the barricades. Once both couples and their families were seated at the White House reviewing stand, one of the first acts to pass was the marching band from Honolulu's Punahou School, Obama's alma mater.
What followed included dozens of military and school bands, Native American dance troupes whirling in traditional dress, war veterans, Civil War re-enactors, kilted firefighters blowing bagpipes and Montana's governor and congressional delegation on horseback and in cowboy hats.
Obama, the first African-American president and the 17th to win a second term, used a pair of Bibles in Monday's ceremony -- one from Abraham Lincoln, the other from Martin Luther King Jr. His roughly 2,000-word inaugural address hearkened back to both.
"I did everything possible today to keep from crying," said U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, a onetime lieutenant of King. He called the sight of Obama using King's Bible "very moving, unreal -- almost unbelievable."
Monday is also the federal holiday commemorating the birthday of King, who was assassinated in 1968.
The loudest cheer of Obama's address came when he said the nation's journey remained incomplete "until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts," and "until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law."
Obama begins the second half of his presidency with the opportunity to make it more historic but facing some of the same challenges that he struggled with in the first four years.
Americans "have the power to set this country's course," he said, urging people to fulfill their citizenship by meeting "the obligation to shape the debates of our time -- not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideals."
On the Mall, Carlos Arieta and his wife, Sharon, took in the scene after driving from Atlanta to witness history. The former Washington residents said it was the first time they had attended an inauguration.
Surprised by the throngs gathered a few hours before the speech on a clear morning with temperatures just above freezing, Arieta said "it's nice to see all the different kinds of people."
Even some of those who didn't support Obama's November re-election turned out to watch. Don King, 27, and his 21-year-old brother Matthew said they don't agree with the president on taxation, debt and other fiscal issues but didn't want to miss this bit of history.
"It's the second inauguration for Obama, and it's pretty amazing if you think back to the 1800s and later during the civil rights era, that we're here," Don King said.
A new CNN/ORC International poll released Monday indicated less excitement this time than four years ago, when nearly 2 million people crowded the Mall despite frigid weather for Obama's historic first inauguration.


text: There's no question that Richard Vetere '73C has a way with words, but it was during his student days at St. John's University that he truly found his poetic voice. "My father urged me to attend St. John's because he felt it had a healthier environment than some of the other local colleges at the time," recalled Vetere, now an accomplished poet, author and filmmaker. "But my primary reason for attending St. John's was that it had an excellent literary magazine, The Sequoya. I knew that I wanted to become a poet, and Sequoya served as a great opportunity to work on my poems, get published and meet some terrific friends." After graduating in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Vetere began a storied career in the arts, publishing poetry collections and novels in addition to working on films. He co-wrote the screenplay adaptation of The Third Miracle, which starred Ed Harris and was produced by Francis Ford Coppola, and he wrote the movies The Marriage Fool for CBS starring Carol Burnett and Walter Matthiau and How to Go out on a Date in Queens starring Jason Alexander. But Vetere's mainstream success didn't come overnight. "Interestingly, when I first graduated college, I took an odd job as a security guard," Vetere explained. "I did it for one reason: I didn't want to get a job that I enjoyed, one that would let me get comfortable. So during that time as a security guard, I focused totally on my writing."Vetere quickly realized that he wouldn't be able to support himself working exclusively as a poet, so he branched out and started writing plays. A few of his works include Gangster Apparel, Caravaggio, One Shot, One Kill and Bird Brain. "Plays can be just as crazy as poetry," he noted. "The major difference is that plays are reviewed by the newspapers, which is how I was able to gain some publicity as a writer. From there, I was hired to write screenplays." One of his films – 1983's Vigilante – has become a popular cult hit and recently screened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music during its Brooklyn Close-Up series. But as Vetere notes, the seeds of his artistic career were planted at St. John's, and he recently came back to the Queens campus to speak with students as part of the Alumni Insider's View…Program. In addition to reading some of his early poems –pieces he composed while he was a student at St. John's – he shared his insight on how to excel in the arts. "As I walked into the Writing Center for the event," Vetere said, "I was remembering all the times I'd stand right here outside St. Augustine Hall, speaking with friends and hanging out with classmates. Those were great days, and I even came here in the early '80s, as an alumnus, to research The Third Miracle." He added, "This campus is very much a part of my work and who I am, so it's always special when I'm back."


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