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Chris Weigant

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Friday Talking Points -- Ads Obama Should Run

Chris Weigant | Posted September 16, 2011 | Politics

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Barack Obama, New York, Congress, Deficit, Democrats, Jobs, Obama, President Obama, Republican, Senate, American Jobs Act, Chris Weigant, David Weprin, Friday Talking Points, Jeff Merkley, Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week, Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week, Special Election, Ad, Anniversary, Bully Pulpit, Campaign, Cbo, Committee, Congressional Budget Office, Democrat, Democratic, Do Nothing Congress, House, Jobs Plan, Mddotw, Merkley, Midotw, Ny-9, Phone, Political Ad, Score, Supercommittee, Tell The Truth On Jobs, Two Million Jobs, We Cant Wait

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's [insert your own "supercommittee" joke here]!"

Sigh. The collusion between Washington types and media types to provide cutesy labels for just about everything has entered a new phase, it seems.

The joint committee on reducing the deficit (I...

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Howard Kissel

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Regrets... Follies

Howard Kissel | Posted September 16, 2011 | Arts

Considering the thousands of evenings I have spent in the theater it seems odd how often I agonize over the things I missed.

There were, for example, two shows with a girl from Brooklyn (Barbra Something) that were on Broadway in the early '60s, "I Can Get It For You...

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Leon T. Hadar

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Turkish Foreign Policy: What Would Ataturk Do?

Leon T. Hadar | Posted September 16, 2011 | World

Read More: European Union, Ankara, Ataturk, Egypt, Erdogan, Flotilla, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Islamists, Nato, Netnyahu, Palestinians, Syria, Turkey, Turkey Israel, Turkish Foreign Policy

Even before the crisis in the relationship between Israel and Turkey over the raid on the Gaza "Peace Flotilla" had erupted last December, right-wing Israelis and American neoconservatives were promoting a new Grand Narrative: Turkey was joining forces with Iran and Syria in an anti-American and anti-Israeli Islamofascist Axis...

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Stephanie Keller

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Where to Eat in Austin: Dining Recommendations for ACL Weekend

Stephanie Keller | Posted September 16, 2011 | Food

Read More: Austin City Limits, Austin Guide, Austin Travel, Restaurant Recommendations, Resturant Reviews, Austin, Food, Restaurants

It's Austin City Limits time again: 3 days of live music, parties and fun in the hot Texas sun. For many, the bulk of the weekend will be concentrated on the festival grounds and running between Big Boi, Bright Eyes, Stevie Wonder and Arcade Fire, but for those...

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Janice Van Dyck

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Go Ahead. It's Okay to Die

Janice Van Dyck | Posted September 16, 2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Accepting Death, Death And Dying, Giving In To Death, Healthy Living Mind, Letting Go To Death

From the time we learn to walk, we learn to let go of what is known and try for a potentially greater reward. We learn that making decisions that are right for us is one of life's greatest satisfactions. It can be scary to take steps away, to live or...

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Brandon Roberts

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New Poverty Rate Only Tells Half the Story: Twice the Number of Americans Struggling to Get By

Brandon Roberts | Posted September 16, 2011 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, US Poverty, Census Poverty, Poverty, Poverty Numbers, Poverty Report, Working Poor

This article was co-written by Brandon Roberts and David Altstadt on behalf of the Working Poor Families Project.

The latest poverty figures paint a grim picture of the Great Recession's deep and persistent impact on average Americans. Last year, more Americans were poor than ever before, as the...

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Lisa Stokes

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Beauty for A/W: It's all gone 40s

Lisa Stokes | Posted September 16, 2011 | UK Style

Read More: Dolce And Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Casablanca, Gucci, Ingrid Bergman

London Fashion Week is under way. Make up maestros Val Garland, Pat Mcgrath and co, are buzzing away creating our spring/summer beauty trends for next season. But what's hot this autumn?

On the catwalk at Marc Jacobs, Stella and D&G; we saw fresh skin, defined brows, contoured cheeks and liquid...

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Marc Joseph

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Build It and They Will Learn

Marc Joseph | Posted September 16, 2011 | Education

Read More: Education, School Budgets, Schools, Teacher Strikes, Teachers

Last week the White House released their "American Jobs Act" proposal. Two ideas that caught my eye included preventing up to 280,000 teacher layoffs, and modernizing at least 35,000 public schools by supporting new science labs, Internet-ready classrooms and renovations at schools across the country, in rural and...

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William Manfredi

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To get Don Drapers, we must first look after our Peggy Olsons'

William Manfredi | Posted September 16, 2011 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Don Draper, Mad Men, Advertising, Business, Employment, Internships

It's no secret that the ever increasing popularity of hit US drama Mad Men has increased visibility for the global advertising industry (as much internally, as publically in my experience). Don Draper's famed exploits, along with his seemingly endless supply of slim line suits and effortless cool, has certainly triggered...

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Stephen Hagan

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Losing Control

Stephen Hagan | Posted September 16, 2011 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Tom Conti, UK Entertainment, Acting, Actors, Drama School, Entertainment, Stephen Hagan

Being an Irish actor in London I have had my fair share of not getting jobs and over the years I've learnt to deal with it and move on. I've been lucky and had several great jobs since leaving drama school but no matter how much I work there is...

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Pearl Lowe

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Frome Artisan Market

Pearl Lowe | Posted September 16, 2011 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Frome Market, Artisan Market, Frome Artisan Market, Pearl Lowe, Slidepollajax, Somerset

The past has always been my main source of inspiration. When designing for Peacocks, making my own dresses or planning my stationary and soft furnishing lines, I always look to antiques and vintage fashion for ideas - both of which are found in abundance in my local town of Frome....

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Steve Graves

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Johann Hari Debacle - What Makes a Good Journalist?

Steve Graves | Posted September 16, 2011 | UK

Read More: Johann Hari, Johann Hari Orwell Prize, Johann-Hari-Plagiarism, Journalism, Media, Orwell Prize, Plagiarism

The most striking part of Johann Hari's latest attempt to draw a line under the slow-motion crisis threatening his glittering career in journalism is a quote many outside the profession will find absurd.

As well as handing back the Orwell Prize he seemed certain to lose in any event, the...

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Christina Lindsay

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In Your Dreams - How to Cope With AW11's Penchant for Fetishism

Christina Lindsay | Posted September 16, 2011 | UK Style

Read More: Kate Moss, Louis Vuitton, UK Style, Christina Lindsay, Fashion, Fetish, Fetishism, Mcqueen

One part erotica, one part goth, the new season's penchant for fetishism might be slightly unexpected, but it's definitely understandable: thanks to the recession forcing us to believe that staying in is the new going out, designers have taken inspiration from the bedroom and filtered it into our every day...

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Sarah Ebner

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Just Say No

Sarah Ebner | Posted September 16, 2011 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Children, Education, Materialism, Parenting, Presents, Sarah Ebner, Technology, Uk Lifestyle, Unicef

Grrrr. I found it really frustrating to read the latest reports telling us that our children live unhappy lives. But I found it even more frustrating to discover that this is partly due to us as parents. Apparently we are trapped in a materialistic culture. And although...

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Iain Anderson

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Lib Dems Need Conference Reminder of how far They Have Come

Iain Anderson | Posted September 16, 2011 | UK Politics

Read More: Nick Clegg, UK Politics, Birmingham, Coalition, Lib Dem Conference, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, Party Conference, Politics

I am about to pack my political anorak and head for my very own three week social season. Forget the Last Night of the Proms or Royal Ascot, no, the party conference season is where all the action takes place.

So Birmingham beckons and the Liberal Democrat conference where the...

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Amy Dawson

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A Rwandan Food Diary: Part 3

Amy Dawson | Posted September 16, 2011 | UK

Read More: Food Insecurity, Rwanda, Travel

Today I found myself the laughing stock of an entire Rwandan village. I'd agreed to pose for a photo with an adorable looking piglet, but as soon as I got close it began squealing at a traumatising pitch, and I lurch-hopped away ungracefully with a shrill, panicked yelp.

At this...

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Johnny West

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Give it Back! Direct Citizen Oil Dividends in Iraq, Why Not?

Johnny West | Posted September 16, 2011 | UK

Read More: Big Oil Profits, Iraqi Oil, Libyan Oil, Big Oil, Iraq, Iraqi Oil Revenues, Libya, Nigeria, Oil

Why not give petrodollars back to the citizens of the countries that produce the Black Stuff? Directly, in cash? A new paper has just come out at an influential Washington think tank, the Center of Global Development, arguing that if that were done in Iraq, even modestly, poverty...

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Mark Goulston, M.D.

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Know Any Takers?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted September 16, 2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Emotional Intelligence, Givers, Grabbers, Healthy Living Mind, Manipulation, Narcissism, Opportunists, Personality, Personality Disorders, Receivers, Reciprocators, Takers

Like almost all human traits, giving and taking exist along a continuum. At the far left and negative end are the "Takers" and the extreme negative end of those, the "Grabbers." Yuck. Grabbers can be very ugly. At the right...

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Carolyn Ossorio

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Kids and Native American Art

Carolyn Ossorio | Posted September 16, 2011 | Parents

Read More: John T. Williams, Native American Artifacts, Pow Wow, Native American Culture, Native Culture, Pow Wows, Pow Wows In Washington State, Totem Poles

"Mommy, I'm hungr--" Patrick's cry for ice cream was cut short by the slow, steady drum beat. Seagulls circle around Pier 57 in downtown Seattle.

Patrick scoots down on his knees transfixed. I watch my 4-year-old boy squirm his body toward the steel barrier trying to get his neck between...

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Wray Herbert

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How Not to Cope With Personal Insult

Wray Herbert | Posted September 16, 2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living Health News, Coping With Insults, Coping With Personal Insults, Dealing With Personal Insults, Healthy Living Mind

Humans have always had to cope with threats, both big and small. The physical and life-threatening threats that our ancestors faced have largely been replaced by social threats, but they are nonetheless an emotional menace. Insults, rejections and criticism can undermine our integrity and self-esteem. Sometimes we cope with these...

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