MOSCOW - A Moscow court has ruled that the video of punk band Pussy Riot's performance in Russia's main cathedral is extremist and ordered it to be removed from the web.
The band was protesting President Vladimir Putin's impending third term as the country's president.
Three members of the band were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred earlier this year. Two of them received two-year sentences while the third was given a suspended sentence. Putin's critics described the Pussy Riot trial as a political vendetta.
The Moscow court on Thursday banned the video of their February performance and said it should be removed from all websites.
Today, the dark day Syria shut down its Internet, web freedom should be at the very forefront of all of our minds. Web freedom was also center stage earlier this week when Stanford Law School hosted an event called "Sticky WCIT: Is This The End Of The Internet." I asked several of the experts attending the event whether a WCIT meeting next week in Dubai might be a big threat to the free flow of digital information.
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron faces a no-win dilemma on Thursday when a far-reaching inquiry into British newspapers delivers its verdict on how to curb the excesses of the country's notoriously aggressive press.
Cameron, who was embarrassed when toe-curling details of his cosy texts to one of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's lieutenants emerged at the inquiry, will have to decide whether to accept its findings and anger a hostile press and many in his own party, or reject them and risk dividing his coalition government.
He will also be conscious of the weight of expectation from a public that was scandalized to learn that journalists hacked the phones of victims of crime, wined, dined and paid police for leads and were in constant touch with senior politicians.
Cameron will give his response to the House of Commons after the report is published at 1330 GMT, under scrutiny from high-profile figures such as Hollywood actor Hugh Grant who have campaigned for a clampdown on an industry they say ruins lives.
The issue has divided the cabinet and could put the prime minister at odds with Nick Clegg, the leader of the junior Liberal Democrat partners in the coalition government.
Following talks between the leaders on Thursday, a Liberal Democrat source said Clegg would deliver his own statement to parliament after Cameron, implying that the two disagree on the way forward. However the source played down suggestions of a major breach in the coalition.
The inquiry was ordered by Cameron following public outrage at Murdoch's now defunct News of the World, a News Corp tabloid whose journalists hacked the phone messages of missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler, who was later found dead.
Exposing the close ties between political leaders, police chiefs and press barons, the inquiry revealed the "dark arts" of journalists seeking ever more salacious stories in a bid to hold up dwindling circulation figures.
Huge attention will be focused on whether Lord Justice Brian Leveson, one of Britain's top judges, recommends a new body to regulate the press with powers enshrined in law, or merely says the existing system of self-regulation should be overhauled.
He could also criticize Cameron's government, including one of his most senior ministers, Jeremy Hunt, for close ties to Murdoch's News Corp and their handling of the company's aborted bid to take control of pay-TV group BSkyB in what would have been its largest acquisition.
The press, backed by some 80 members of parliament, has lobbied hard for Cameron to resist calls for legislation, arguing it would curb freedom of speech and mean newspapers requiring state approval for the first time since 1695.
"For today Britain stands at a crossroads," Murdoch's Sun tabloid said in its leader column. "In one direction: Official control of papers, with state sensors approving stories. In the other direction: A free press under stricter self-governance."
UNACCEPTABLE PRACTICES
However, a similar number of lawmakers, as well as academics and celebrities, favor statutory regulation, and opinion polls suggest the public agrees.
A poll for the BBC said two thirds of people do not trust newspapers to tell the truth, while almost half want the industry to be regulated by a body backed by the courts.
"The status quo is unacceptable and needs to change," Cameron told parliament on Wednesday. "This government set up Leveson because of unacceptable practices in parts of the media and because of a failed regulatory system."
Some media have speculated that Cameron will give the press one last chance to get its house in order even if Leveson backs a new law.
Under the watchful eye of Leveson, celebrities including Harry Potter author JK Rowling, singer Charlotte Church, Dowler's parents and other Britons who found themselves in the media spotlight, told the inquiry how they had been harassed, bullied, and traumatized by the press.
Four prime ministers including Cameron were also quizzed in great detail about their links to newspaper owners, especially Murdoch, who himself endured two days of grilling, during which he denied playing puppet-master to those running the country.
The inquiry heard intimate emails and text messages between Cameron and Murdoch's top lieutenant Rebekah Brooks, who goes on trial next year over the alleged phone hacking.
(Additional reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Giles Elgood and Will Waterman)
NEW YORK (AP) ? More NFL players are testing positive for amphetamines, a class of substances that includes the ADHD drug Adderall.
Since the start of last season, more than 10 players suspended for failing drug tests have publicly blamed it on taking the stimulant. And while the league doesn't identify the substance when a player is penalized, senior vice president Adolpho Birch acknowledges that the number of positives for amphetamines has increased.
Because the type of drug isn't disclosed under the NFL's agreement with the union, nothing prevents a player from claiming he took Adderall when, in fact, he tested positive for a steroid or another stimulant. The tests don't differentiate between Adderall and other amphetamines, Birch said, but he does believe Adderall abuse is on the rise in the league.
With many college students using the drug without a prescription to study deep into the night, he said, players come into the NFL accustomed to the idea of popping the pill for a boost.
"It's not a secret that it's a societal trend," Birch, who oversees law and labor policy for the league, said Wednesday. "I think we're starting to see some of the effects of that trend."
Players diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, can apply for a therapeutic use exemption that permits them to take Adderall. An independent administrator reviews their medical history and diagnostic tests to approve or reject the application.
Several players who have tested positive said they had a prescription for Adderall but not an exemption. New York Giants rookie safety Will Hill said in October before starting his four-game suspension that he didn't know when he received a prescription that Adderall was on the league's list of banned substances.
He appealed the suspension and lost.
"I accept full responsibility for this situation, and it won't happen again," Hill said.
Dr. Steven Pliszka, a psychiatry professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center, said about 4 percent of the general population has ADHD. The number could be even higher among professional athletes, he said, because some traits of the disorder may actually help them in sports.
But Birch said the percentage of NFL players with exemptions was, in fact, lower than the expected number for the general population. That's a significant difference from Major League Baseball, where more than 100 players have been granted exemptions in recent seasons. That works out to close to 9 percent of all the players on 40-man rosters. The percentage of players being treated for the condition is roughly 10 percent.
Dr. Pliszka is skeptical that people can develop ADHD as adults. To prove a diagnosis, he said, a player should be able to document he had trouble concentrating back in school.
Adderall is prescribed to help increase focus and reduce impulsivity in people with ADHD. For athletes, its benefits are different than what fans usually associate with performance-enhancing drugs.
"It's not going to help you hit harder, run faster - not at all like steroids," Dr. Pliszka said.
But like those college kids cramming for a final, NFL players can get a boost from the drug.
"It would absolutely give you a competitive advantage. Fatigue, focus, concentration, maybe aggression," said Dr. Michael Joyner, a sports physiologist and anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "And if they were using it during training, the ability to train harder, longer, the ability to have fewer bad days."
In Seattle, the Seahawks' starting cornerbacks face four-game suspensions after failing tests for performance-enhancing drugs, though exactly which substance was not clear. Fullback Michael Robinson, the team's union rep, vented Wednesday about the league's drug policy.
"When I think of performance enhancing, I think of making me run faster, jump higher. I mean, really getting an edge on somebody," he said. "I just wish they would take some of those substances and clear it up so we know what exactly is going on."
Birch insisted the NFL does all it can to inform players that Adderall is a banned substance.
"There's ample education and awareness out there if the player is attuned to it," he said.
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AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Stapleton in Denver and AP Sports Writer Tim Booth in Renton, Wash., contributed to this report.
As our families gather together during the holiday season, we are often celebrating and reenacting traditions that have been passed down for generations. The house has been tidied up; the whole family is there, what a perfect time to dedicate a few moments to preserving our heritage!
You might still use Great Grandma?s gravy boat, or as we do in my family?s case, ceremonially mix the gravy with the old heirloom metal spoon that has been completely worn down on one corner from years of stirring. Perhaps you are all gathered in Grandma and Grandpa?s house, cooking traditional Thanksgiving foods, but with your own family?s cherished recipes. Here are some suggestions for preserving these wonderful memories you are creating:
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Preserving Family Traditions
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If you have a photographer in the family, ask them to be your photojournalist (in between snacks, watching the football game, and dinner, of course!) Or, grab those teenagers with their ubiquitous cell phones in hand and have them take photos of the cooks in the kitchen, the yellowed index card with your famous stuffing recipe, the heirloom table ? set for dinner, and also loaded up with food, even Uncle Andy napping. Each family has unique things they celebrate and hold dear: the path to the creek, the old photo album, Aunt Suzy?s kitchen table, the cowlick all the grandsons share. Whatever it is that makes your family smile, be sure to find a way to include it.
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Several phones have video capabilities, so here?s a great way to put those kids to work: Write down some interview questions and have the kids take turns asking some questions of the elders in the family about their holiday traditions. It doesn?t have to be perfect, it?s the spirit of sharing and documenting our special times that makes these moments shine.
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One year in our family, I took out a notebook as we were all gathered around and asked each person their full name and how they got that name. Of course I knew my family members names, but I didn?t know that Cousin Marlon was named after Marlon Brando! Everyone calls my husband by his nickname ?Trip?, but he?s really Louis Wilcox Mitchell, III, named after his grandfather, and all three of those are names that are important in his family history. We had a lot of fun, and all learned a little bit more about each other.
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You might suggest that relatives bring in some photo albums to share at the get together. In addition to researching history, I am a professional organizer who has a love of family photos, so my computer holds a library of 16,000 photos including all of the branches of my family. Many of these pictures are those I was able to borrow at a family visit to scan at home and return. If relatives aren?t comfortable about that, they probably won?t mind you taking a picture of their photos, even those that are framed up on the wall.
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With my family scattered far and wide, as our family historian, any time we are all in one place I take advantage of that time to share new things I have learned about our heritage. Something I have heard repeated many times in different families are the cherished memories of late at night after the party has mostly ended, when the grownups all sit around and tell stories. Sometimes the children would be shooed away off to bed, or sometimes they were welcome to lean up on someone and doze off with the comforting sounds of familiar voices telling family stories. I make sure I have a notepad with me because I want to capture some of those stories before they are lost, and follow up with research in case new history comes to light.
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Before everyone goes home, pick someone to be the secretary and gather up phone numbers and email addresses so that the family can contribute those photos and videos and stories they might have collected at your gathering. Many photo sharing websites make it easy and secure to share photos, videos, calendars and even messages among families. ?Everyone can see and share, order their own copies, even create books! For many years I have been into scrapbooking, and I save my pictures and memories in a book for each year. Now when we travel to see the family at Christmas I bring along my Christmas scrapbook, and we all get to relive those memories together. Why not pick a few ideas to try this year for engaging your family in preserving your special memories. It might become a wonderful new tradition itself!
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Here are some suggestions for sites to share photos and history:
Shutterfly.com ? Families can share photos, videos and calendars as well as order prints and custom gifts
Ancestry.com ? keep your family tree online, add photos and stories, link to records from around the world, even publish it all in a book from this site.
Facebook ? make an album of your family fun times and share it with the family. (Note: Keep it in the Family! Always consider your privacy settings, and respect your family?s privacy by not posting publicly without permission.
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Sasha Mitchell is a Professional Organizer and Family Historian at Memory Cottage in Asheville, NC.? A busy mom of three sons, and a licensed foster mom, she loves sewing, reading, genealogy, scrapbooking and baking ? and keeping organized is the only way all of those things can happen!? Finding ways to manage the stuff of life and juggle many responsibilities while incorporating the things she loves into her work have made life sweet. Sasha is happy to share tips and spread that joy around to her clients. Connect with her on Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter.
About Geralin Thomas
Welcome to Metropolitan Organizing or "Metrozing". I'm Geralin Thomas CPO-CD?. I specialize in working with chronically disorganized clients in Raleigh, NC and we'd like to help you declutter and organize your home and your home office. If you're a DIY-type, I've created a Spanish-English Housekeeping Task list to help get your household chores under control. Learn more and purchase them on my products page. If you are a professional organizer, you'll want to explore the many ways I can help boost your business and take the worry out of organizing your organizing business. Feel free to call me: 919 380-7718 and meet the Metrozing team on my website.
Order of psychiatric diagnoses may influence how clinicians identify symptomsPublic release date: 28-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Anna Mikulak amikulak@psychologicalscience.org 202-293-9300 Association for Psychological Science
The diagnostic system used by many mental health practitioners in the United States -- known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- assumes that symptoms of two disorders that occur at the same time are additive and that the order in which the disorders are presented doesn't matter. But new research suggests that order actually plays a significant role in determining how clinicians think about psychiatric disorders.
In an article published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researchers Jared Keeley, Chafen DeLao, and Claire Kirk of Mississippi State University draw from existing research on conceptual combination to investigate how clinicians diagnose psychiatric disorders that occur together.
They predicted that for disorders with overlapping symptoms such as major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) clinicians would describe the disorders pretty much the same way, regardless of which disorder was presented first.
But for two disorders that are quite different such as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) the researchers predicted that the order in which symptoms are presented would significantly influence clinicians' descriptions of the disorders.
Keeley and colleagues also predicted that the features of one disorder would overshadow the features of another, providing evidence for a "dominance" effect.
In two different studies, the researchers asked clinicians to identify the symptoms that would describe each of three disorders individually (MDD, GAD, ASPD) and the symptoms that would describe paired combinations of the three disorders.
In both studies, the clinicians were inconsistent in their descriptions of disorder pairs for example, the symptoms they identified for a combination of MDD + ASPD were not necessarily the same as those identified for a combination of ASPD + MDD.
And in one of the two studies, the researchers found that the order of symptoms mattered more for clinicians' descriptions of disorders that were different than for disorders that overlapped, partially confirming their original hypothesis.
Together, these results seem to contradict the assumption that order doesn't matter in psychiatric diagnoses.
Findings from a third study indicated that clinicians' descriptions of the symptoms involved in GAD were dominated by their descriptions of both MDD and ASPD, while symptoms of ASPD and MDD had equal weight.
Keeley and colleagues offer several possible explanations for their findings. Clinicians could be straying from the additive guidelines of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Alternatively, their clinical experiences may have led to "rater drift," such that the criteria that they use to evaluate symptoms have drifted over time.
But it's also possible that practitioners are actually ahead of the curve. Keeley, DeLao, and Kirk argue that clinicians could be "accurately modeling an aspect of psychopathology that our current diagnostic system has yet to accommodate."
While it remains to be seen whether these findings have implications for the actual treatment of psychiatric disorders, Keeley and colleagues believe that these three studies may help researchers and practitioners in trying to bring the classification of psychiatric disorders and actual clinical practice closer together.
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For more information about this study, please contact: Jared W. Keeley at jkeeley@psychology.msstate.edu.
Clinical Psychological Science is APS's newest journal. For a copy of the article "The Commutative Property in Comorbid Diagnosis: Does A + B = B + A?" and access to other Clinical Psychological Science research findings, please contact Anna Mikulak at 202-293-9300 or amikulak@psychologicalscience.org.
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Order of psychiatric diagnoses may influence how clinicians identify symptomsPublic release date: 28-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Anna Mikulak amikulak@psychologicalscience.org 202-293-9300 Association for Psychological Science
The diagnostic system used by many mental health practitioners in the United States -- known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- assumes that symptoms of two disorders that occur at the same time are additive and that the order in which the disorders are presented doesn't matter. But new research suggests that order actually plays a significant role in determining how clinicians think about psychiatric disorders.
In an article published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researchers Jared Keeley, Chafen DeLao, and Claire Kirk of Mississippi State University draw from existing research on conceptual combination to investigate how clinicians diagnose psychiatric disorders that occur together.
They predicted that for disorders with overlapping symptoms such as major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) clinicians would describe the disorders pretty much the same way, regardless of which disorder was presented first.
But for two disorders that are quite different such as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) the researchers predicted that the order in which symptoms are presented would significantly influence clinicians' descriptions of the disorders.
Keeley and colleagues also predicted that the features of one disorder would overshadow the features of another, providing evidence for a "dominance" effect.
In two different studies, the researchers asked clinicians to identify the symptoms that would describe each of three disorders individually (MDD, GAD, ASPD) and the symptoms that would describe paired combinations of the three disorders.
In both studies, the clinicians were inconsistent in their descriptions of disorder pairs for example, the symptoms they identified for a combination of MDD + ASPD were not necessarily the same as those identified for a combination of ASPD + MDD.
And in one of the two studies, the researchers found that the order of symptoms mattered more for clinicians' descriptions of disorders that were different than for disorders that overlapped, partially confirming their original hypothesis.
Together, these results seem to contradict the assumption that order doesn't matter in psychiatric diagnoses.
Findings from a third study indicated that clinicians' descriptions of the symptoms involved in GAD were dominated by their descriptions of both MDD and ASPD, while symptoms of ASPD and MDD had equal weight.
Keeley and colleagues offer several possible explanations for their findings. Clinicians could be straying from the additive guidelines of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Alternatively, their clinical experiences may have led to "rater drift," such that the criteria that they use to evaluate symptoms have drifted over time.
But it's also possible that practitioners are actually ahead of the curve. Keeley, DeLao, and Kirk argue that clinicians could be "accurately modeling an aspect of psychopathology that our current diagnostic system has yet to accommodate."
While it remains to be seen whether these findings have implications for the actual treatment of psychiatric disorders, Keeley and colleagues believe that these three studies may help researchers and practitioners in trying to bring the classification of psychiatric disorders and actual clinical practice closer together.
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For more information about this study, please contact: Jared W. Keeley at jkeeley@psychology.msstate.edu.
Clinical Psychological Science is APS's newest journal. For a copy of the article "The Commutative Property in Comorbid Diagnosis: Does A + B = B + A?" and access to other Clinical Psychological Science research findings, please contact Anna Mikulak at 202-293-9300 or amikulak@psychologicalscience.org.
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?Portrait of a Young Woman? by Picasso. A 1946 signed lithograph of a 1938 work
In times like these where interest rates are next to nought, it is a thankless task trying to accrue interest from money sat in bank accounts.?
Art, like property, has always been highly regarded as a far greater prospect to invest your money in.?Time and again this has been proven in the London Art Market and it is always an eye opener to see which art is going to be suddenly reassessed to become the next big thing.
I can remember when I visited Sotheby?s in 1995 during the last recession, Modern British art was going through the doldrums and the work of several big name artists could be picked up very reasonably at auction. John Bratby (1928-1992) one time Blackheath resident is a case in point. A prolific ?kitchen sink? artist, noted for depicting such humble domestic subjects as well as lavatories, he courted the press in his day and was as notorious a figure in the 50?s as Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin is today. I saw paintings by him sell under the hammer for a few hundred pounds, including a cracking self portrait I wish in hindsight I had bought when I had the opportunity.
Alex C. Koolman, RP, RBA, (1907 ? 1998). Portrait George Harrison 1970
Charles Saatchi then surprised the art world by buying three very large works from the late 50?s by Bratby from a London dealer in 2003 to display in a dedicated room in his then new County Hall Gallery. This caused something of a ripple effect in the revision of Bratby?s reputation and prices, which had taken a knock since the 1960?s invasion of the American Abstract Expressionists and the new wave of British Pop Art.?Now his work can sell for anywhere between five to fifty thousand pounds plus from London dealers.
My experience in dealing in fine art and antiques for over twenty years has led me to some wonderful finds. On leaving school I went into the family business, The Mount Antiques in Whitby, Yorkshire, where I learnt the art of buying from my mother as I accompanied her to auctions and house calls.?She trained as a textile designer and had a great eye for decorative art and antiques, building an international reputation over twenty years for her emporium on the north east coast.?I then went to college to study both art practice and the history of art.
a view from my studio of Hilly Fields, Brockley
When I came to London I joined Harrods Antiques and Fine Art Department for several years and went on to work as an art consultant in contemporary art to GX Gallery in Camberwell. I have continued to exhibit my own work in London and open my studio each year in Brockley since moving there.
Sunday Art Salon is the latest idea in urban leisure art consumption. It places the emphasis on real social networking, as a platform for meeting like minded professionals and collectors looking for unique stylish statement pieces to enhance their living space and for long term investment.
It creates a stimulating, friendly environment for the public and creatives to meet and engage with a wide range of artist practitioners. Guests have the opportunity of purchasing and talking about artwork with the artists and curator in the setting of a private studio with extensive views across Hilly Fields in Brockley.
Following the opening up of south London in 2010 by the extension of the Overground tube, affectionally nicknamed the ?Ginger line?, places like Brockley and Forest Hill are now on the map as areas of artistic enterprises, with Deptford and Peckham as neighbours, it creates part of a new trend of artistic networks where small galleries and open studios are tailoring themselves to a resurgence in community spirit and awareness.
Whilst the artist?s of the Brockley Open Studios have been quietly opening their doors in their leafy Conservation Area one weekend per summer for twenty years, new initiatives like the South London Art Map have a strong online presence which operates as a listings site, promoting exhibitions in art spaces open late on the last Friday of each month. Undoubtedly as part of the recession and in line with the growing number of markets, both farmers food and craft based, the public are enjoying and demanding something of a renaissance in rediscovering small local trade and commercial premises.
Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson visit Canvas and Cream
The Canvas & Cream Cafe and Gallery in Forest Hill is a family-run social enterprise where locals got together with friends and family from their neighbourhood to develop this collaborative project. It comprises artists studios, an artists-designed up cycled restaurant/cafe and a dedicated gallery/project space with art workshop.
It was here where artist Raf Zawistowski?s solo debut show was bought outright by Charles Saatchi before the show even opened in April this year. Proving that once Saatchi has dared to brave this far into London?s south east hinterland, sealing his approval by purchasing art, it can truly be said to have ?arrived?.
Raf Zawistowski?s solo debut show was bought outright by Saatchi
The Misty Moon Gallery in Ladywell, previously the Tank Gallery, originally an 17th?century coaching house behind the Ladywell Tavern, is operated by another artists collective and now caters as an accessible platform for the work of local and international artists, as does Cue B Gallery at the rear of the Brockley Mess cafe on Brockley Road.
The White Room SE4, is the new home of modern women?s wear label, NC23 by a local designer keen to encourage networking and collaboration in the boutique/studio/workshop also on Brockley Road. They plan to offer workshops in sewing, pattern cutting, tailoring and drawing, the first of which is Make a Swing Skirt in 3 hours. This couldn?t be more fitting flanked as it is by a resurgence of vintage style coffee shops selling cupcakes in the area.
Not to mention the unique Grade II Listed Rivoli Ballroom next door, regular home of hipster jivers, where Florence + the Machine just played live in her?BBC Radio 2 concert,?while the White Room held its late night opening party.
Sunday Art Salon
Sunday Art Salon launches its first exclusive Winter Collection on Sunday 2nd December 11am ? 3pm with a wonderful array of bold contemporary art and a unique collection of vintage art and collectables, including important portraits of Charles I, George Harrison and a signed portrait print by Picasso. We hope there will be something for everyone. Artwork can be viewed by appointment at other times to suit busy lifestyles.
Sunday Art Salon -?Hilly Fields Studio, 12 Montague Avenue, London SE4 1YP. Sunday 2nd?December 11am ? 3pm. Coffee station and edible art. Further information visit:?www.sundayartsalon.co.uk? or email info@sundayartsalon.co.uk (stairs so with regret no disabled/pushchair access and no stilettos as wooden floors)
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Hopeful millionaires are swarming gas stations, convenience stores, and anywhere else selling Powerball tickets for a chance to win the game's biggest jackpot ever at $425 million. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports and a seven-time lottery winner reveals his strategies.
By Allison Linn, TODAY
If you?re lucky enough to win the record Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, the first thing you?re going to want to do is tear up your holiday shopping list.
Lucky for you, we?ve compiled a new one ? complete with all the items a newly minted multimillionaire will need to have the best holiday season ever.
There will be no need to think too hard about the price tag. The Powerball jackpot has hit a record $425 million, or $278.3 million if you take the cash option.
Of course, federal and state taxes will eat up a good chunk of that. But chances are you?ll still have enough left over to go on a serious holiday shopping spree.
A trip to the North Pole You?re a millionaire now, so obviously you can?t just be content to visit Santa Claus at the mall. Why not go right to the source? Journeys International offers a two-week trip to the North Pole, including a champagne toast at the top of the world and copious opportunities to see polar bears, belugas and other wildlife. The trip starts at $23,995 per person, and a suite on the boat will run you nearly $35,000. Don?t forget to budget for the charter airfare and, of course, your designer outdoor gear.
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The downside to the North Pole trip is that it doesn?t happen until June. Maybe an actual visit from Santa is in order. The good news is he makes house calls. SantaForHire.com promises real bearded Santas, with prices ranging from $150 to $300.
The best holiday meal
Neiman Marcus
If you win hundreds of millions of dollars, you clearly aren?t going to be cooking your family?s holiday dinner. For a mere $250,000, Neiman Marcus offers a private dinner for 10 featuring four of the world?s best-known chefs : Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, Jerome Bocuse and Richard Rosendale.
The latest HDTV?
LG
High-end TVs are always a popular item on the holiday wish list, and now that you?ve won the millions you might as well splurge on the latest technology. The LG 84LM9600 Ultra HD 4K LED LCD runs $16,999 and will give you those bragging rights.
Your dream home Self-gifting is all the rage these days, and what better gift to give yourself than a custom-built dream home? The holiday gift guide from the Robb Report, a magazine for the world?s wealthiest individuals, notes that for a mere $14 million, architect Richard Meier will build you a dream home overlooking the Caribbean Sea in Puerto Rico.
A holiday hot rod
Lamborghini
No holiday wish list is complete without a top-of-the-line vehicle. The Robb Report recommends a Lamborghini Sesto Elemento, a limited edition race car that runs more than $2 million.
A diamond tiara
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If you?ve won millions of dollars, you or your significant other is going to feel like royalty. Tiffany?s diamond tiara is a good option; a similar one recently sold for $135,000.
The best post-holiday vacation ever The holidays are stressful, even for a multimillionaire, so you?ll probably want to plan a post-holiday getaway to a warm locale. The Robb Report?s recommendation: ?Magic Moments,? a weeklong vacation for 24 guests hosted by world-famous illusionist David Copperfield on his private island in the Bahamas. It starts at $1.36 million.
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NEW YORK (AP) ? The teenage actor who plays the half in the hit CBS comedy "Two and a Half Men" says in a video posted online by a Christian church that the show is "filth" and that viewers shouldn't watch it.
Nineteen-year-old Angus T. Jones has been on the show, which used to feature bad-boy actor Charlie Sheen and remains heavy with sexual innuendo, since he was 10 but says he doesn't want to be on it anymore.
"Please stop watching it," Jones said. "Please stop filling your head with filth."
Jones plays Jake, the son of Jon Cryer's uptight divorced chiropractor character, Alan, and the nephew of Sheen's hedonistic philandering music jingle writer character, Charlie. Sheen, who has publicly criticized CBS, was fired and replaced by Ashton Kutcher, who plays billionaire Walden.
In the video posted by the Forerunner Christian Church in Fremont, Calif., Jones describes a search for a spiritual home. He says the type of entertainment he's involved in adversely affects the brain and "there's no playing around when it comes to eternity."
"You cannot be a true God-fearing person and be on a television show like that," he said. "I know I can't. I'm not OK with what I'm learning, what the Bible says, and being on that television show."
CBS and producer Warner Bros. Television had no comment Monday.
"Two and a Half Men" survived a wild publicity ride less than two years ago, when Sheen was fired for his drug use and publicly complained about the network and the show's creator, Chuck Lorre. Sheen later said he wasn't still angry at the sitcom's producers and the network and acknowledged he would have fired himself had he been in their shoes.
The show was moved from Monday to Thursday this season, and its average viewership has dropped from 20 million an episode to 14.5 million, although last year's numbers were somewhat inflated by the intense interest in Kutcher's debut. It is the third most popular comedy on television behind CBS's "The Big Bang Theory" and ABC's "Modern Family."
The actors on "Two and a Half Men" have contracts that run through the end of this season.
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GOMA, Congo (AP) ? Rebels widely believed to be backed by Rwanda and Uganda stepped up their patrols Monday of this key eastern Congo city that they seized last week, even as a midnight deadline issued by a regional bloc for them to withdraw loomed.
The M23 rebels said Monday they plan to move their headquarters to this city of 1 million later this week, another sign that they do not intend to leave by midnight. Underscoring the chaotic situation, armed rebels guarded the Central Bank of Congo while United Nations peacekeepers stood watch over a gas station. Many shops closed early on Monday and few students attended reopened schools.
The Congolese military, which suffered a humiliating defeat when it lost Goma last Sunday, was regrouping in the town of Minova, 60 kilometers (36 miles) to the south, but they appeared disorganized and not in position to launch an immediate assault on Goma.
Congolese Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo confirmed that President Joseph Kabila had met in recent days with the rebels during a mediation session in neighboring Uganda. He said that the government at this point is leaning toward "the avenue of dialogue and peace," suggesting it is unlikely the military will try to take Goma by force if the ultimatum is not respected.
"Any action to take back the city of Goma by force will without doubt result in enormous human loss," said Matata Ponyo in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Monday. "President Kabila is giving priority to the road that will lead to the least loss," he said.
A deadline was issued by the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region on Saturday in Kampala, Uganda's capital, and gave the M23 rebels two days to retreat to 20 kilometers (12 miles) outside of Goma. It expires at midnight on Monday.
"I think (the rebels) will abide by it (the ultimatum)," Matata Ponyo said.
The regional group is attempting to negotiate an end to the fighting, but it did not threaten any consequences if the rebels don't depart. Rwanda and Uganda belong to the group and they are hardly neutral. Both countries back the rebels, according to a U.N. report released on Wednesday, and they would be unlikely to go to war with M23 over the seizure of Goma.
M23's military chief would not indicate whether his fighters planned to respect the withdrawal time limit. Reached by telephone at an undisclosed location, he said he was on his way to Kampala for talks. "We will talk about all of this in coming hours," said Gen. Sultani Makenga.
Residents fear that if the Congo army attempts to regain Goma, there will be bitter fighting.
"I am worried the fighting will come back to Goma soon if the army attacks again. Last week, we were so scared. I don't want to go through that again," said Amani Zaliwa, a Goma resident.
The M23, created only eight months ago, will move its administration offices on Thursday into what had been the provincial governor's offices, said Bertrand Bisimwa, the M23 political spokesman.
In downtown Goma, armed M23 rebels drove slowly in a Land Cruiser past United Nations troops stationed at traffic circles. Others carried out foot patrols on the main arteries. The U.N., which has hundreds of peacekeeping troops stationed in Goma, did little to halt the rebels' advance into the city a week ago, saying that the U.N. mandate did not allow them to engage the fighters.
Tens of thousands of Congolese have fled to refugee camps for safety. Aid organizations struggled to provide them with food and supplies. When a rainstorm hit the Munguna-3 camp, about 7 miles (11 kilometers) south of Goma, children held out their hands to catch the water and drink it. They were quickly imitated by adults.
Over the weekend in Minova, pickup trucks packed with Congolese army soldiers armed with automatic rifles sped through the town. Others walked the streets, looking for food, testimony to the poor pay that government troops receive.
M23 is made up of hundreds of soldiers who deserted the Congolese army in April. The rebels accuse Congo's government of failing to honor the terms of a 2009 peace deal that incorporated them into the national army.
Matata Ponyo said that the Congolese president agreed to meet with the rebels in order to hear their demands and in a good faith effort to avoid bloodshed. In the early months of the rebellion, the M23 said that the Congolese government had not paid them well, and had discriminated against people from the Tutsi ethnicity, which makes up the bulk of their ranks. A U.N. report released last week, however, said that the rebels were backed by Rwanda and most likely fighting for a greater share of Congo's mineral riches.
Matata Ponyo said that things like greater pay are on the table, but Congo's territorial integrity is off limits.
"These are borders that were drawn in Berlin in 1885. More than 100 years have passed ? no. It's not negotiable," he said.
Both Uganda and Rwanda are named in a report by the U.N. Group of Experts as key backers of the M23 rebels, and Matata Ponyo noted that still Uganda was leading the mediation and Rwanda was given a seat at the table.
The regional conflict is also complicated by the fact that Rwanda becomes a permanent member of the Security Council in January. Matata Ponyo said this was a failure on the part of the U.N.
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Callimachi reported from Dakar, Senegal. Associated Press writer Rodney Muhumuza in Kampala, Uganda and, Africa chief photographer Jerome Delay in Minova and Goma, Congo, contributed to this report.
TIP! Research your state?s bankruptcy laws before filing your petition. The bankruptcy laws are complex, and things could go badly if even one thing is out of place.
It can be challenging to face the prospect of bankruptcy. Bankruptcy is an acceptable option if you are in a bad financial situation and have very limited options. Despite a bankruptcy on your record and a dinged credit score, you can often still get loans if you need them.
TIP! Being with the people who you love should be still be a top priority. Bankruptcy can really wear down your emotional reserves.
Make sure the paperwork is filled out correctly. Despite having an attorney, you alone are still responsible for the contents of the paperwork. Remember that you are not your lawyer?s only client. There may be times when your lawyer could become confused by the many details inherent in bankruptcy law. Due to this fact you need to be sure that all of your details were documented properly before the case is over.
TIP! Don?t drag your feet figuring out if bankruptcy is the right thing to do. Although it may be tough to admit you are in financial trouble, the more you wait the higher the debt becomes.
If you have decided to file personal bankruptcy, first educate yourself as much as you can with your state?s bankruptcy laws. The outcome of your bankruptcy filing will have an effect on your finances for years, so it is in your best interest to have enough knowledge to assist your attorney in the filing process.
TIP! If you are planning to file for bankruptcy, never give or transfer any money or other assets to another party within 1 year of filing. If the court catches you trying to hide your assets, your filing will not be accepted.
In an effort to avoid bankruptcy, pay your credit bills in a timely manner, and also pay additional over the minimum expected. When you are only paying the minimum, your debt can quickly mount and get out of control.
TIP! If your vehicle is in question, perhaps your attorney can assist in lowering your payments. Chapter seven bankruptcy often provides for the lowering of payments.
Prior to filing for bankruptcy, discover which assets cannot be seized. The Bankruptcy Code contains a list of various assets that are excluded from bankruptcy. It is important that you read this list before filing for bankruptcy, so that can find out whether or not your most prized possessions will be seized. If you are not aware of the rules, you could be setting yourself up for a lot of stress when your most important possessions are taken in the bankruptcy.
TIP! Don?t wait until after filing for bankruptcy to become more responsible with your finances. In other words, you do not want to waste your efforts here by starting to ring up more and more debt.
Keep the concept of shame out of your head if you are contemplating bankruptcy. Many people feel guilty, embarrassed and unworthy when dealing with bankruptcy. These are useless emotions, however, and can be harmful to your mental state. Staying positive and upbeat is the proper way to deal with bankruptcy.
TIP! If you acquire a new job prior to filing for bankruptcy, keep moving forward with your filing plans. It is possible that bankruptcy is still your best course of action.
Be sure to hire an attorney before you embark upon filing for personal bankruptcy. You might not understand all of the various aspects to filing for bankruptcy. Personal bankruptcy attorneys can help make sure everything is done properly.
TIP! Try to find a bankruptcy attorney who is personally recommended, rather than off the Internet, or out of the yellow pages. Although you may find a good lawyer through an advertisement, you can simply find a much better lawyer if the lawyer is recommended to you by someone who has gone through the process and who has the inside track on the lawyer?s true capabilities.
Thoroughly examine the different types of bankruptcies to see which type is appropriate for your needs. There are a number of different types of bankruptcies. Research each type before filing. Think about the advantages and disadvantages of each type and get a professional opinion before deciding for sure.
TIP! As you are heading towards a bankruptcy filing, don?t be tempted to run up cash advances on your credit cards in the belief they will be erased in the legal proceedings. Not only is this fraud, but you could still be liable to repay the money at the end of the day.
Some good personal bankruptcy advice is to think twice about getting a divorce when you are in a difficult financial situation. Many people find themselves filing for bankruptcy after a divorce. A great way to avoid this is by not getting divorced.
TIP! Have a back up plan in case your bankruptcy petition is declined. If you are prepared prior to going in, it will be easier for you to anticipate the things that could happen if ever you are denied.
Though you may have filed bankruptcy, you are not at the end of your financial life. Lenders look kindly on you if you can prove you are saving your money and trying to re-establish your credit. Start saving to see just how much of an impact the change makes when people see you go for a home or car loan.
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) sings the Aggie War Hymn with Ryan Swope (25) and Conner McQueen (14) after an NCAA college football game against Missouri, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in College Station, Texas. A&M defeated Missouri 59-29. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) sings the Aggie War Hymn with Ryan Swope (25) and Conner McQueen (14) after an NCAA college football game against Missouri, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in College Station, Texas. A&M defeated Missouri 59-29. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel reacts after a touchdown run by teammate Ben Malena during the first quarter an NCAA college football game against Missouri, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel warms up before an NCAA college football game against Missouri, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)
Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel, front, runs through Missouri's Zaviar Gooden (25) during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) ? The legend of Johnny Football has grown all season while Johnny Manziel piled up yards and the Texas A&M Aggies piled up wins.
On Monday, the freshman quarterback finally weighed in on his catchy nickname as he spoke to the media for the first time all season.
"I think a lot of people here in Aggieland enjoy it," he said. "But I find it extremely funny."
The success of Manziel and the Aggies is no joke. His 4,600 yards of total offense have helped No. 10 A&M to its first 10-win season since 1998, and has him among the top contenders for the Heisman Trophy.
Manziel said he respected coach Kevin Sumlin's decision for him not to speak to the media this season because he's a freshman. But says he's happy to have a chance to talk about this season.
"It's kind of nice now to be able to kind of let you guys know how I am a little bit more," he said. "There's so many question marks out there."
Sumlin, who is in his first year at A&M after four seasons at Houston, raved about Manziel and said he was a catalyst for what his team was able to do in its first season in the Southeastern Conference.
"He's a tremendous competitor and a tremendous leader, and that's something that you really don't see in a player as a redshirt freshman," Sumlin said. "His leadership on and off the field throughout the season has made our season a real successful one."
Manziel has thrown for 3,419 yards and 24 touchdowns and ran for 1,181 yards and 19 more scores in a regular-season the Aggies capped with five straight wins including an upset of then top-ranked Alabama. He is second in the nation in total offense and broke Cam Newton's SEC record for total offense in a season on Saturday.
The quarterback is a bit surprised at how well Texas A&M did in its transition from the Big 12.
"I don't think I ever really envisioned how big this season would be for us," he said. "I don't really think anybody envisioned that we would win 10 games at the beginning of this season and that we would all have so much success as a team."
The celebrity status has been shocking to Manziel, who will turn 20 two days before the Dec. 8 Heisman announcement. He's still surprised when people approach him at restaurants and other places around College Station to ask for photos and autographs, even though it's become a daily occurrence.
"I'm a small-town kid," he said. "I come from Kerrville, Texas and I still see myself that way. I don't see myself as Johnny Football, I still see myself as Jonathan Manziel, a small town guy from Kerrville who is extremely fortunate and extremely blessed to be able to play football here at A&M."
He seemed amused by the attention given to some online photos of him at a Halloween party dressed as Scooby Doo alongside some beautiful and scantily-clad young women.
"That Halloween night was something where a lot of guys on the team dressed up and kind of just wanted to get away from all the seriousness and the grind that is college football season and go out and be kids again and dress up and just have fun," he said, without specifically addressing the pictures.
Manziel said winning the Heisman is something he dreamed about as a child, but that he hasn't spent a lot of time worrying about it or any other awards. No freshman has ever won the award given to college football's most outstanding player.
"I feel like that situation will play itself out, and whatever's meant to be will happen," he said. "I'm just doing whatever coach Sumlin and them ask me to do ... so we can take care of things in a bowl game."
But Manziel did admit that when he was younger he'd play college football video games and build a quarterback that would win the award as a freshman. Funny thing is, the players he made rarely resembled his 6-foot-1, 200-pound frame.
"When I created a video game player I probably made him 6-6, probably 230 pounds," he said. "I definitely didn't make him my size. But I've played so many video games maybe a few times I did. But typically I would have made him look something like Cam Newton."
Newton was the last SEC winner of the Heisman, picking it up in 2010. If Manziel comes away with the award, maybe somewhere in a small Texas town like the one he grew up in, a young boy will build a football player on his video game that does look like the A&M star.
Manziel has trouble grasping the whirlwind this season has been for him, and considers himself lucky to have had the opportunity to be in the position he's in now.
"This season has been incredibly surreal," he said. "It's beyond my wildest imagination. It's a true testament to how this team has grown every week, because without these guys none of my individual success would be anything."
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In the weeks since President Obama's re-election, Republicans around the country have been wondering how to proceed. Some conservatives in Texas have been asking a far more pointed question: how to secede.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois resigned this week, and the Chicago press is already abuzz about who will fill the seat. One Democrat has said the seat could flip parties, though that seems unlikely.
By Mark Guarino,?Staff writer / November 24, 2012
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) of Illinois and his wife, Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, ask each other for their support and votes as they arrive at a polling station for early voting in Chicago in March. Congressman Jackson resigned Wednesday.
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The congressional seat vacated by Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. this week is attracting no small amount of interest.?
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Since Jackson announced on Wednesday that he was leaving office after 17 years for mental-health reasons, the local media have cited a number of sources saying they want to represent Illinois' Second District. They include his wife, Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson; his brother, John Jackson; and former US Rep. Debbie Halvorson, who lost to Congressman Jackson in the March Democratic primary.
Other names include Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Illinois State Sen. Toi Hutchinson, and Sam Adams, an Illinois attorney who led former Gov. Rod Blagojevich?s defense team.
Some Democrats see a danger in so many would-be members of congressman. ?My fear is that there is going to be so many wannabes blinded by ambition ... that we could find a tea party" candidate winning, said Rep. Bobby Rush, who represents Illinois' First District, hours after Jackson?s resignation.
With President Obama taking 82 percent of the vote in the Nov. 6 election, that would seem a remote prospect. Whoever advances from the Democratic primary would seem to be the overwhelming favorite.
Still, independent candidate Marcus Lewis has already announced his candidacy. He lost to Jackson in November, taking only about 14 percent of the vote. He made his intentions known late Wednesday, telling supporters he planned to run ?to stop the trickery? associated with the seat ?for decades.?
In his resignation letter sent to House Speaker John Boehner Wednesday, Jackson noted that he was also preparing for a federal indictment that media reports say should be announced against him in the near future. The House Ethics Committee is investigating whether Jackson tried to bribe imprisoned Governor Blagojevich for an appointment to Mr. Obama?s former Senate seat, or at least tried to engage in the process through an emissary. Jackson denies the charges.
World War II combat veteran Ben Kauffman, 86, carries an American flag as he listens to a speaker during a Veterans Day ceremony in Loveland, Colo., on Nov. 11. Cultural fault lines clearly run between the generations that saw action in different conflicts or that wore the uniform in different eras, including peacetime.
By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor
The war stories from his grandfather, though sparse in detail, blended one moment of explosive drama with a vague reference of death ??all wrapped around a description of how old-school military men used to handle both experiences.
David Weidman, who spent two tours in Afghanistan with the Air Force, recalls his late grandfather, a veteran of World War II and Korea, telling him that he survived having his body and his Jeep blown through a wall. He did not reveal to Weidman where that attack happened. He also gave his grandson some advice: ?You don?t want to be in a foxhole talking to a guy one minute and then you turn around and he?s dead. You just don?t want to experience that.?
?He said he just dealt with it all. It?s that same mentality: ?I did what I had to do. I got myself better then I went back to work.? Other than that, he never spoke about the wars at all. That tells me he never did deal with it,? added Weidman, 32.
Cultural fault lines clearly run between generations of veterans who saw action in different conflicts or who wore the uniform in different eras, including peacetime. The refrain echoed by some older veterans to some younger ex-service members: ?We had it so much harder than today?s military.?
It is, quite likely, a tradition that hearkens back to the Civil War or possibly the Revolutionary War, according to some ex-service members. But many post-9/11 veterans who have chatted with older veterans revealed the sentiment they've often heard carry the same note: ?We just came home, put our heads down and got to work ??without any whining."
Buried, not so subtly, in that message is that the current crop is a tad less tough and lot more needy. Some of that cultural gap may have to do with how aging veterans were taught not to talk about combat stress whereas today's military members are constantly urged to open up about any symptoms of anxiety they're feeling. It's a battle of Macho circa 1945 or 1970 versus Macho 2012.?
This age-old cultural chasm between military generations has been further fueled in recent years as the modern American armed services welcomed far more women into its ranks (about 15 percent are female), and as the federal government repealed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which barred openly gay people from serving their country, modern veterans say.?
?Human nature is that we all resist change, especially as we get older. The cultural changes, especially within the military, are hard to swallow by some people my age,? said Craig Roberts, who served as a carrier-based Naval pilot, flying missions over Vietnam from 1969 to 1971.
?I?m in my 60s now. And (some veterans my age) just take a blanket view of the military as softer now, that it is a less-difficult experience to live through. I don?t think that?s true at all,? Roberts said. ?In combat, it doesn?t matter what gender is next to you, the experience is the same.
But the generational disconnect among veterans also impacted Roberts and tens of thousands of his fellow service members after they returned from an unpopular war in the early 1970s.
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?We of the Vietnam era experienced some of that when we joined veterans services organizations ??or attempted to join???and many felt rejected by the older fellas there from Korea and World War II,? Roberts said. ?Because there was a resentment???they perceived that they had seen more severe combat than we were in. There may be some truth to that.
?So I think it may be a generational thing. As one gets older, one views one?s past life???the hardships and, sometimes, the triumphs???as being greater.?
Heroes of long-ago wars find new homes with families across the country through a program that keeps the veterans out of nursing homes or hospitals.
While heading an organization that represents more than 200,000 veterans of from Iraq and Afghanistan, Paul Rieckhoff said he?s become well aware of what he calls ?a little bit of a sibling rivalry? between generations of veterans.
?We all generally stick together (as veterans) but some of it is just more deeply ingrained,? said Rieckhoff, founder and chief executive officer of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. In Iraq, he served as an infantry platoon leader, leading 38 men on more than 1,000 mounted and dismounted combat patrols.?
?This is also just the military: Everybody thinks everybody else had it harder than every generation that came after them. You go to Fort Bragg and they'll tell you how much harder basic training was (years ago). That?s always there,? Rieckhoff said. ?I think there?s also some some level of fear and apprehension just around the evolution of our culture. It?s happening in the military, too."
That this version of the American military is the first to include so many women ?is hard for some people to accept,? Rieckhoff added. ?And now that ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell? has been repealed, that too is hard for some people to accept.?
While some young-old divides certainly exist within pockets of the veteran community, Rieckoff said ?a tremendous sense of unity also descends generations." As evidence, he cited the fact that that the chairman of IAVA?s board (Edward Vick) is a Vietnam veteran and that, before Thanksgiving, Rieckhoff received a letter of support from former Sen. Bob Dole, a World War II veteran.
?I think most veterans, no matter what era, including my era???Vietnam???are not resentful, whatsoever, of the treatment given to today?s veterans,? Roberts added. ?In fact, we celebrate this. We applaud it. This is what is due to them. Their combat experience and ours, while it is apples and oranges in some ways, was still???all???combat experience. The stresses of combat are the same, no matter what the venue is, no matter what the era is.?
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Today, the dark day Syria shut down its Internet, web freedom should be at the very forefront of all of our minds. Web freedom was also center stage earlier this week when Stanford Law School hosted an event called "Sticky WCIT: Is This The End Of The Internet." I asked several of the experts attending the event whether a WCIT meeting next week in Dubai might be a big threat to the free flow of digital information.
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Following the opening up of south London in 2010 by the extension of the Overground tube, affectionally nicknamed the ?Ginger line?, places like Brockley and Forest Hill are now on the map as areas of artistic enterprises, with Deptford and Peckham as neighbours, it creates part of a new trend of artistic networks where small galleries and open studios are tailoring themselves to a resurgence in community spirit and awareness.
