Rihanna for Balmain: behind the scenes footage

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNBvWVkmMxaK7sX-U-9EfP0sHkVSsZSB1WMxYG0ucYEzJlPeQ-6t3YqyTe2sooCrtGrplRsfbE61mSRsitVYkHsdxA1uXuT7M998-DT4gwTPkpNNgz1-HsLnJm-AV4RxtHgsi9L8y/s1600/Rihanna+for+Balmain+behind+the+scenes+footage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNBvWVkmMxaK7sX-U-9EfP0sHkVSsZSB1WMxYG0ucYEzJlPeQ-6t3YqyTe2sooCrtGrplRsfbE61mSRsitVYkHsdxA1uXuT7M998-DT4gwTPkpNNgz1-HsLnJm-AV4RxtHgsi9L8y/s1600/Rihanna+for+Balmain+behind+the+scenes+footage.jpg" /></a></div><br />In mid-December we were treated to a photo shoot Rihanna's new advertising campaign Balmain, which is known photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Matadin Vinud removed in the spirit of the 80-90s. Now we have the opportunity to look behind the scenes of the acclaimed photoset: fashion house has released three videos, giving an idea of ​​how work was going. <br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br />In one video Rihanna expresses his admiration for the creative director of Balmain Olivier Rusteyng who found the singer in the face his muse: <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">few months ago, she came to our studio, and I wanted to create this whole collection with the thought of it. It is a new icon, she mixes fashion and music, and this is the idea that underlies my collection. </blockquote><br />Rihanna 27-year-old designer calls the icon of his generation, and work with it - a dream come true: <br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Dreams Come True. When a woman, inspiring you, putting your creations, your vision of the world becomes integral ... In this campaign, Rihanna embodies my idea of ​​Balmain. Before the camera, she makes you think she's the only girl on the planet. </blockquote><br />Enthusiastic about cooperation with the renowned brand and campaign heroine herself: <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Balmain - my old love, and the chance to work with them - it's just amazing. Moreover, on the set, we had a great time. </blockquote><br />Share the opinion of Rihanna: working together, and the truth, failed.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/io1SL-TJgas?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe></div><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* care */ google_ad_slot = "9913512302"; google_ad_width = 125; google_ad_height = 125; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br />

Rihanna for Balmain: behind the scenes footage

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Busy winter storm brings snow, cold to Northeast (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKF_1t-KU6UT1Ro7oqa_W_kUrJkah3JgUGQV-QzWo-aaiOGZU7KJiFG_Pd1m8Ng9H7LykvCGhbQjUrt2Err__eWuRQ1yhfvBmHqdtvTd2oif-QaG3MvqwUapH4sTCCUTNcDDuQ1RddizQ/s1600/a8c8444a6dded800470f6a7067007203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKF_1t-KU6UT1Ro7oqa_W_kUrJkah3JgUGQV-QzWo-aaiOGZU7KJiFG_Pd1m8Ng9H7LykvCGhbQjUrt2Err__eWuRQ1yhfvBmHqdtvTd2oif-QaG3MvqwUapH4sTCCUTNcDDuQ1RddizQ/s320/a8c8444a6dded800470f6a7067007203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388758467621_2453" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">BOSTON (AP) — A blustery winter storm that dropped nearly 2 feet of snow just north of Boston, temporarily shut down major highways in New York and Pennsylvania and forced U.S. airlines to cancel thousands of flights nationwide menaced the Northeast on Friday with howling winds and dangerously cold temperatures.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388758467621_2465" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The snowfall, frigid temps and stiff winds extended the holiday break for some students for a second day while posing the first test for New York City's new mayor and perhaps the last challenge for Boston's outgoing one.The storm — which brought plummeting temperatures that reached 8 degrees below zero in Burlington, Vt., early Friday with a wind chill of 29 below zero — dumped 23 inches of snow in Boxford, Mass., by early Friday and 18 inches in parts of western New York near Rochester. Thirteen inches of snow fell in Boston, while Lakewood, N.J., got 10 inches and New York City got up to 7.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388758467621_2475" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,300 flights Thursday because of the snowfall and low visibility. By Friday morning, about 1,600 flights were canceled nationwide, according to the aviation tracking website FlightAware.com.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Workers at a convenience store in Mount Laurel, N.J., said they were busy all night as they fueled plow drivers with coffee and other necessities.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Among those stopping in as the snow continued to fall before dawn was David Neff, a newspaper deliveryman. "It sucks out here," Neff said. "They're just starting to plow stuff. We definitely got what they said and maybe a little more."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Snow began falling overnight Wednesday in parts of New England and New York state, but the brunt of the storm began late Thursday. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for Cape Cod, coastal areas north and south of Boston and part of Maine as well as New York's Long Island.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Forecasters warned that gusts of up to 30 miles per hour could bring wind chills to minus 25 degrees, cold enough to cause frostbite in about 30 minutes or less. The weather service said people should dress warmly to avoid hypothermia and cover all exposed skin.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388758467621_2479" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Governors in New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency Thursday, urging residents to stay home. State and county government offices in Delaware were closed Friday. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said state offices that closed early Thursday would remain closed Friday. He said Friday morning he was concerned about coastal flooding at the mid-day high tide and "extreme" low temperatures expected to continue into Friday night.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-video go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="13" data-uuid="edba8252-2823-3a60-8b0d-b2aab1ef749f" href="http://news.yahoo.com/video/major-snowstorm-bears-down-northeast-220836431.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Major Snowstorm Bears Down on Northeast US"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 225px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;">Major Snowstorm Bears Down on Northeast US</span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">Play video</span><span class="icon-play icon-white-play-xsmall" style="background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Major Snowstorm Bears Down on Northeast US" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="225" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/d8lQRmu5EqV8GbPBWVbc2g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIyNTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.associatedpressfree.com/e1d4157505d714e9375f63cc65648c2c" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388758467621_2485" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered three major highways in his state, stretching from Long Island to Albany, closed overnight. The Thruway between Albany and the Bronx, the Long Island Expressway and Interstate 84 between the Pennsylvania and Connecticut borders all reopened Friday morning. Southbound Interstate 95 closed in Philadelphia for several hours because of a jackknifed tractor-trailer.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Outreach teams looked to get homeless people off the frigid streets of New York City and Boston.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Staff members at the Pine Street Inn were keeping the Boston shelter open 24 hours and said they would turn no one away, even if it meant setting up extra cots in lobbies and other common areas.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The heavy weather began rolling in just a day after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was sworn in to lead the nation's largest city and a few days before Boston Mayor Thomas Menino ends 20 years in office on Monday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">De Blasio, who as public advocate in 2010 criticized his predecessor Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his handling of a large snowstorm, dispatched hundreds of plows and salt spreaders on the streets as soon as the snow started falling Thursday night. Forecasters said that while only 5 inches of snow had fallen in Central Park by early Friday, up to 8 inches were still expected in the city.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">On Friday morning, de Blasio was shoveling the sidewalk outside his Brooklyn home. Wearing a black jacket and gloves, he joked with reporters and demonstrated proper shoveling techniques. He later brought out salt to spread on the walk.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Across the region, state and local police were busy responding to accidents and reports of stranded vehicles.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Amtrak planned to run trains on all of its Northeast lines on Friday but operate on a modified schedule, spokeswoman Christina Leeds said. Commuter trains Metro-North Railroad, which runs trains between New York City and suburban Connecticut, Long Island and New York's Hudson Valley, the Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit were operating on weekend schedules. Chains were placed on New York City buses so they would not get stuck in drifts.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">As the storm approached, a worker at a suburban Philadelphia salt storage facility was killed when a 100-foot-tall pile of road salt fell and crushed him. Falls Township police said the man was trapped while operating a backhoe. There was no word on what may have caused the accident.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Douglass Bibule shopped for rock salt and other supplies at a home improvement store in Watertown, Mass.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Well, there will be some shoveling that I will have to do and some sanding," he said. "I've got to go home and do some stretching exercises to make sure I don't hurt myself while doing that, and do a little shopping to make sure that we have all the supplies that we need. We need food because we have three older children at home."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The snowstorm worked its way east from the Midwest, where it dropped up to a foot of snow on Michigan and more than a foot in parts of Illinois, prompting the cancellation Thursday of hundreds of flights at both Chicago airports.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Nearly 17 inches of snow fell in some of Chicago's northern suburbs, and more than 12 inches of snow was recorded at Midway International Airport.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">___</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388758467621_2496" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Associated Press writers Geoff Mulvihill in Mount Laurel, N.J.; John Christoffersen in New Haven, Conn., Wilson Ring in Montpelier, Vt., Holly Ramer in Concord, N.H., Jim Fitzgerald and Jonathan Lemire in New York City, David Sharp in Portland, Maine, and Jackie Quinn in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.</div></div>

Busy winter storm brings snow, cold to Northeast (BLOG)

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Mob Wives: Recap “Vegas Part Two” Ep 405

<div style="text-align: center;">And it’s <span style="font-size: large;"><b>D</b></span> to the<span style="font-size: large;"><b> E </b></span>to the <b><span style="font-size: large;">LICIOUS</span></b>! This word is dead to me now!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbu27VtaGhY8uuqbACPToipQWxPnelkdjuHYkk26e3pY7zBfwl-nPBI4uRGb19OcO8MmCTxCZG2XOjG21neJxDbTe35jdeHqKfF6i4cvXNNes1zR6qCk3sPhhYdcjdebH2rSigQWwy-k/s1600/Renee+Penny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbu27VtaGhY8uuqbACPToipQWxPnelkdjuHYkk26e3pY7zBfwl-nPBI4uRGb19OcO8MmCTxCZG2XOjG21neJxDbTe35jdeHqKfF6i4cvXNNes1zR6qCk3sPhhYdcjdebH2rSigQWwy-k/s320/Renee+Penny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Who has Renee's back? Still no one!</b></div><br />We’re till in Emerald City…I mean Vegas. Big Ang and Alicia walk in for breakfast. It’s the morning after the first night and Ang ordered a ton of food. They talk about Renee, the “zombie,” who is off the wagon. Alicia is shocked to see Renee like this, and it’s bringing them all down. Alicia is saying this could be her last trip before her possible sentencing, now scheduled for early January (oh brother). I keep wondering how she was even hired for the show if there was even a slight chance that she could not finish filming the season? It makes me think she struck a plea deal that doesn’t require serving time, and the sentencing is just to make it official. Renee walks in and doesn’t feel any better. Ang sees the crazy look in Renee’s eyes. As Renee’s friend, I would have expected Ang to be more understanding than critical. Drita walks in all cheery, but then complains she lost $2,000 last night and has to tell Lee. She “sounds” stressed…for a minute. Drita tells Renee she looked “f*cked up” last night. Isn’t Drita Renee’s friend? I mean with friends like these, who the hell needs enemies? Natalie is missing for some reason, so Drita goes to get her so they can talk the “delicious“ issue out. Renee is still telling them how the word delicious has her turnt up. It’s a matter of feeling totally disrespected, but everyone is focused on the word “delicious” and no one understands Renee’s real issue with Natalie. It’s about R-E-S-P-E-C-T people! I’ll bet Karen and Ramona would have gotten it!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_NkhmwWa8huqEOBN0KaryO4DTjbd3mu8a2F6l114Gf51S9hSatZ8TwyIdsdyiAYieSasH-ErrRpGiLUTa3vSuNNnCtXzLsz2_HvhM79LXxUeYdxAGIzHndhOhOPc2Mooe1pCIXuu2bM/s1600/Drita+Penny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_NkhmwWa8huqEOBN0KaryO4DTjbd3mu8a2F6l114Gf51S9hSatZ8TwyIdsdyiAYieSasH-ErrRpGiLUTa3vSuNNnCtXzLsz2_HvhM79LXxUeYdxAGIzHndhOhOPc2Mooe1pCIXuu2bM/s320/Drita+Penny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Drita still has comprehension issues!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>It's not about "delicious" it's about RESPECT!</b></div><br />Drita, who didn’t know where Natalie was a second ago, managed to find her right away. Insert “eye-roll” @@.  Drita talks to Natalie before taking her in to breakfast. First they talk about their issues. Drita confesses she was talking behind Natalie’s back. Natalie tells Drita she uses the word “whore” in the most endearing way possible. Drita and Ang didn’t like it. But, now these two forgive and forget, hug and put it all behind them. A beautiful kumbaya moment that brings a tear to my eye. Natalie and Drita walk into breakfast together. Wait a minute! Did Drita forget to mention why she went out to get Natalie in the first place! Renee is still way bent out of shape about Natalie. Is Natalie being blindsided? It sounds all scripted to me. Natalie’s not being there. Drita finding her alone. Drita getting her to come to breakfast. No mention of Renee’s anger so they could save all the drama for the breakfast table. What the hell? Natalie is pleasant as she walks in and greets everyone. Drita announces she wants to clear the air. Is this really a good idea considering Renee’s state of mind, Drita? Maybe not for real life, but for scripted realty tv it is perfect! Renee gets right back on the word “delicious” and educates Natalie. Grapes, strawberries and pancakes are delicious, but the man sitting next to her isn’t. Then Renee tries to prove her point and tells Alicia that she has been friends with Edward all her life and he is delicious. Alicia could not care less, she has a new dessert in her bed…oops I mean plate. Natalie answers, “You should know, you went to dinner with him a few times.” That sets Renee off!  Renee is furious and goes over to Natalie, they start screaming at each other. Natalie manages to press all Renee’s buttons at once.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aeqb6znLmidX-5n2uvXb1-9IMqCZcQ6BMv2_qMTaMcSVh98p0okoUHJcjeuMguasGemiRYG6WAADOwgqRB3dOEbDFNrjlHSAQcfKwMMeRxp_B9WBQ8I_VjlCIWA3bn_Hrg5ZotNOBaM/s1600/Natalie+Penny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aeqb6znLmidX-5n2uvXb1-9IMqCZcQ6BMv2_qMTaMcSVh98p0okoUHJcjeuMguasGemiRYG6WAADOwgqRB3dOEbDFNrjlHSAQcfKwMMeRxp_B9WBQ8I_VjlCIWA3bn_Hrg5ZotNOBaM/s320/Natalie+Penny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>SOUTH Philly button pusher goes hard on Renee</b></div><br />Natalie yells, “Who the f*ck is Renee Graziano?” Then she taunts Renee, “Touch me, touch me, touch me.” Natalie says she tried to explain and apologize that night, but Renee didn’t want to listen, she just wanted to make a scene. In the ruckus, a glass gets broken in front of Alicia. Natalie is angry that Renee could have hurt Alicia. Natalie tells Renee, as far as Mob Candy goes, she is not a puppet. While Renee and Natalie are at it, none of the other three seem to do anything, they just sit there watching and let them go at it…scripted? Then, out of the blue, Drita screams “this is over, no more screaming.” Natalie continues screaming, she says she tried to talk to Renee and Renee ran out. Renee goes to pull Natalie’s hair and the fight is broken up by the others. They finally “rise” to the occasion and do something. They all claim they had no idea Renee was going to attack Natalie. They are shocked! Really??? Is there anyone who was watching who didn’t think Renee was going to attack? Even Ang said, just last week, that Renee was “gunning” for Natalie! Ang was fed up with Natalie. And what about Drita? Last week she even wanted to attack Natalie like a “leaping leopard!” I don’t know who or what to believe. Insert Ramona’s “flip-floppers” in here.<br /><br />Drita goes to get Renee. They all wind up in the same room and Drita (“Violence is not the answer, but yes it is.”), of all people, says no more physical altercations. Renee says she is not done. Renee feels disrespected. Things get heated. Drita stands between Renee and Natalie. They rehash the incident from the night at the club…again, oy vey. Natalie says she will murder somebody. If I have to type “delicious” one more time I might murder somebody too! Ang tells Renee that Natalie apologized and didn’t mean anything by it. Renee says she accepts her apology and will be the bigger person. Then Renee attempts to attack Natalie again. Alicia thinks this is insane and she is out of her comfort zone. Poor Alicia, it’s always all about her. Well she can blame herself for this fiasco of a vacation because she insisted on asking Natalie to join them. Natalie proves she is nobody’s puppet. She turns out to be a mini Drita. Alicia thinks they are going to hurt each other. Has Alicia even bothered to watch season one, two or three of Mob Wives? Of course they hurt each other! Does she think she signed up for an English tea party?<br /><br />Natalie calls London, her boyfriend, to tell him what went on at breakfast so he can calm her down. Renee is still on the “delicious” thing. Shoot me already. She says they were face to face and her breath stunk. She ripped her hair when Renee put her hands on her. Natalie feels disrespected and says Renee crossed the line. She is dead to her. There is no friendship, no business relationship. I can only hope this means she will be packing her bags and going back to SOUTH Philly. After all, there’s no place like home. Tell ’em Dorothy.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquRRk4O0QDU3uMTbLJ-rEa1e1WeoBVQ5I2WkJFnL4nfGZV1maNreN7lHLreWYiHHii7UB4tTaOorIRNGQ6BXUbMGBSOBvQ7xqAhgk001MOzge9tPC2v_QtVyXzPhbK_xCoubUguzz2qA/s1600/Alicia+Penny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquRRk4O0QDU3uMTbLJ-rEa1e1WeoBVQ5I2WkJFnL4nfGZV1maNreN7lHLreWYiHHii7UB4tTaOorIRNGQ6BXUbMGBSOBvQ7xqAhgk001MOzge9tPC2v_QtVyXzPhbK_xCoubUguzz2qA/s320/Alicia+Penny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Woe is me! Eddie, sentencing, knock-off lawsuit, </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>embezzlement, and now Renee is ruining my vacation!</b></div><br />Drita is surprised that all this happened at breakfast and not a club; and all over one word. Alicia complained she could have gotten hurt with the glass. Drita, Ang and Alicia talk about the fight. Drita and Ang agree that Natalie is an employee and Renee is a boss, no friendship should exist between them. You don’t mixed business and friendship. Did I really hear that? Because the whole show mixes business with friendship…just ask Karen and Ramona! Drita is going to talk to Natalie, while Ang goes to talk to Renee. Ang finds Renee “out like a light,” fast asleep. Ang explains to Alicia that Renee turns to drugs when she can’t cope with something. She feels it has gotten worse since Junior’s betrayal. A “concerned” Alicia hopes the judge will agree to Eddie’s plea deal for 8 years. The sentencing is taking a big toll in her life. Please! She goes into another chorus of “Poor. Poor, Pitiful Me,” for a minute. But what about her alleged Boo of three years? Does anyone think she is really losing any sleep over Eddie? Ang says she understands, she was a felon. Alicia claims she innocently went along for the ride in Eddie’s lifestyle. She still insists she was betrayed and lied to. Ang thinks she’ll forgive him when he gets out. Alicia says she doesn’t know if she can. I think Alicia has moved on long ago and there is no going back. But frankly, I don’t care.<br /><br />Drita is talking to Natalie. Natalie says Renee doesn’t know her. She is not Renee’s mini-me. She is not going to let anyone put their hands on her and do nothing. She says Renee went from “mentor to mental.” The whole “delicious” thing made Renee flip out. Drita wants to know if Natalie can be cordial and nice talking to Renee. Natalie says of course. Drita respects Natalie for sticking up for herself. Natalie says she will try again, but if it doesn’t work she’s done. This is unreal! They are going to try talking again? Why? Well, if Renee and Natalie don’t “make-up” then she has to go back to SOUTH Philly. If they don’t make up, we will have only four Mob Wives…and only three “IF” Alicia goes to prison! Oh dear, what do you think will happen? I am beyond worried. NOT!<br /><br />Ang pops into Renee’s room to check on her. Renee looks better. Renee wasn’t herself yesterday. She was overwhelmed with anger. Ang says Renee is blaming it all on Natalie. Renee says she feels bad she put her hands on Natalie. They are all going out together, without Natalie, to the Mob Attraction. Renee seems to be enjoying it. Drita notices that Renee is so much better. This is an interactive Mob fun house! It has exhibits and hologram actors from mob movies. We should have spent the whole episode in there! Uh oh, Renee brings up Natalie to Drita. Renee says Natalie still doesn’t understand what she did. Drita says she was sticking up for herself. Renee says she was out of line and if it happens again it ain’t gonna end right. Drita seems to be siding with Natalie and explains her part in the issue to Renee. Renee is disgusted that Drita is defending Natalie when a few days ago she wanted to smash her face. Drita wants Renee to put it behind her and start fresh. Renee does admit, once again, to feeling bad about putting her hands on Natalie.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://ton.twitter.com/1.1/ton/data/dm/419127449923104768/419127449939890176/Q08S4OgT.jpg:small" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Alicia holding her phone in it's not too shabby Louie Vutton case!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Is it real or a knockoff?</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Courtesy of @Dondig's very observant eye!</b></div><br />Drita is gambling again and says she is down $6,000 now. She decides to walk away from the table. Ang lost her money too. How do these two think Vegas stays in business? Renee and Natalie takes turns going to sit out at the pool with the girls and it irritates Ang. Renee calls Natalie on her cell, while she is out at the pool, and asks to speak to her alone. Natalie tells her she can’t talk to her in her current mental state. She needs to be calm. Everyone wants Natalie to talk to Renee, Natalie doesn’t want to be rushed. Natalie wants her space. The other girls are anxious for her to make up with Renee so they can have fun on this vacation. They think this is a big gesture on Renee’s part and Natalie should agree to meet her. Natalie gets annoyed with them. Renee isn’t happy that she made the effort to reach out to Natalie and is being blown off. Way to keep the drama going VH1!<br /><br />If you are a glutton for punishment and haven't had enough "delicious," here you go!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5T0utQ-XWGY" width="520"></iframe></div>

Mob Wives: Recap “Vegas Part Two” Ep 405

And it’s D to the E to the LICIOUS ! This word is dead to me now! Who has Renee's back? Still no one! We’re till in Emerald City…I mea...

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Jessica Simpson is losing weight for the wedding

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsbiINus4Ua6EfKggVR4oDsYDvkoPiyX4YzQ9vClO1z10T6PFGonyD6kdvK81eTRxL_frcSo_Tlq1gDRzOICdAA_JxzhO1V5PM26HJHm9xB2JeTp8MpmJmR6o5Q50hlc0RWzUzSBT/s1600/Jessica+Simpson+is+losing+weight+for+the+wedding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsbiINus4Ua6EfKggVR4oDsYDvkoPiyX4YzQ9vClO1z10T6PFGonyD6kdvK81eTRxL_frcSo_Tlq1gDRzOICdAA_JxzhO1V5PM26HJHm9xB2JeTp8MpmJmR6o5Q50hlc0RWzUzSBT/s1600/Jessica+Simpson+is+losing+weight+for+the+wedding.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Jessica%20Simpson">Jessica Simpson</a></b> admits that it took a long time and perseverance to lose weight after both of their pregnancies. Now 33-year-old star, who gave birth to a son in June, is in good shape, but - no limit to perfection: as the singer admits she's going to throw a few pounds - in fact ahead of its long-awaited wedding. <br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /> New video support nutrition program Weight Watchers, which is Jessica, the singer says: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> This year you will definitely hear about the wedding, and it's very exciting for me. I think the time has come. The idea that I have a wedding soon, forces continue to count calories and do in the gym. 'll Understand when you see my dress. </blockquote><br /> The date of the ceremony until Simpson calls, as well as the place where she and Eric Johnson are getting married. Journalists believe that the wedding couple can play in Italy: love vacationing there in the fall and is rumored to be simultaneously looked for a place for future celebrations. <br /> <br /> Regarding preparations for the wedding, then, according to Jessica to look good in a dress can not do without the right attitude: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> I always set myself a new goal. But do not just conceive of something global, even if at first it will be something simple. Now my goal - to feel confident in jeans and T-shirt. </blockquote><br /> Seems confident enough that the star was feeling and in a suit with shorts - in that dress, she appeared on the cover of Weight Watchers.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* care */ google_ad_slot = "9913512302"; google_ad_width = 125; google_ad_height = 125; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwqucEt0xtN2cF87tixEThlPDRjJtKThnlTiKsEcTzLWJ6NtoSHqHivSrvh-swaJGSI7myRyY8ZwdzEDTi3n3QniOYYX6uADplaae-pxUnCl4mMNuCEzU25ULGtVrUKiEWrbNOgS5/s1600/Jessica+Simpson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwqucEt0xtN2cF87tixEThlPDRjJtKThnlTiKsEcTzLWJ6NtoSHqHivSrvh-swaJGSI7myRyY8ZwdzEDTi3n3QniOYYX6uADplaae-pxUnCl4mMNuCEzU25ULGtVrUKiEWrbNOgS5/s1600/Jessica+Simpson.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jessica Simpson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOqn0jcK72DatCxwtv_jEF97hEh8gIs3KM433HPFeXHdbUEHeVyP7lE07LJ6KECxMS6p55U4pFwSQj-CXwtVFpA6MbELKeUW0HDNE1weusmMuNulbHqPhjbuHYrMKLVd9MmMAtQ6q/s1600/Jessica+Simpson+at+a+party+in+New+York+in+early+December.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOqn0jcK72DatCxwtv_jEF97hEh8gIs3KM433HPFeXHdbUEHeVyP7lE07LJ6KECxMS6p55U4pFwSQj-CXwtVFpA6MbELKeUW0HDNE1weusmMuNulbHqPhjbuHYrMKLVd9MmMAtQ6q/s1600/Jessica+Simpson+at+a+party+in+New+York+in+early+December.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jessica Simpson at a party in New York in early December </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIxbtwV_GQl5EBZIlPdeB348sLuikUbFcjc5TgFhdtYEn8Suf2apePU6NOHjbblzgqrxONCn3PMCVAgzSoEhLqvftfQn0ue29p3mSBdgGm9GQuEcrkhPAKEXvCwpwA5EyIwHb4ykW/s1600/Jessica+Simpson+and+Eric+Johnson+with+children+in+early+December.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIxbtwV_GQl5EBZIlPdeB348sLuikUbFcjc5TgFhdtYEn8Suf2apePU6NOHjbblzgqrxONCn3PMCVAgzSoEhLqvftfQn0ue29p3mSBdgGm9GQuEcrkhPAKEXvCwpwA5EyIwHb4ykW/s1600/Jessica+Simpson+and+Eric+Johnson+with+children+in+early+December.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson with children in early December </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />

Jessica Simpson is losing weight for the wedding

Jessica Simpson admits that it took a long time and perseverance to lose weight after both of their pregnancies. Now 33-year-old star, who...

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TGIF!

I just couldn't quite get with the program this week.<br />Two days off in the middle of the week last week then work all fucking weekend and two more days off in the middle of the week again this week just fucked me all up.<br />I didn't know what day it was yesterday, I kept thinking it was a Monday.<br />We had several key people take long vacations over the holidays and I have been covering for two different people on two different schedules.<br /><br />I told them I would cover this last weekend but don't even <i>TRY</i> to call me this weekend.<br /><br />There are other people that work there that never seem to work any weekends or much overtime at all and they can damn well start taking up some of the slack.<br /><br />In the mean time until I can get my shit together, I don't see any real serious subject matter coming across this page for a day or two. Hit the Blogroll if you want some intelligent content.<br /><br />I will put up some Boobs for ya so this wasn't a complete waste of your time.<br /><br />;)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_htSZqvSUMrNMuCPVslccxlnHhhqg5cCpE-XBf22rHehr4baTp8dPjurLCrhdmBs2L2vrqWdqZIjZo7s1ZI2hw_P1wn_XnDxcw73BtB04T1wB8RGS2yhDoR5bZGPv9hQaiCo-UKPn0Sq/s1600/gallery_69342_25992_20610912404ce1befbd9102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_htSZqvSUMrNMuCPVslccxlnHhhqg5cCpE-XBf22rHehr4baTp8dPjurLCrhdmBs2L2vrqWdqZIjZo7s1ZI2hw_P1wn_XnDxcw73BtB04T1wB8RGS2yhDoR5bZGPv9hQaiCo-UKPn0Sq/s640/gallery_69342_25992_20610912404ce1befbd9102.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTSrs7u5j00Tm0k_Z-fFzW4XPDCndhyphenhyphenXPQM-SPI6rHx2awPWaP-LUVsjtn3iQ9msGR7dL7F7XF8FAGUD5MrcLJ-Jl_0guZ0smuVBvTZefPc5JvQBnzQSjdMgJ1lMfun8JN_d1DO6kUbqMS/s1600/42e2a97c987ccd10588ef27dbfc7483b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTSrs7u5j00Tm0k_Z-fFzW4XPDCndhyphenhyphenXPQM-SPI6rHx2awPWaP-LUVsjtn3iQ9msGR7dL7F7XF8FAGUD5MrcLJ-Jl_0guZ0smuVBvTZefPc5JvQBnzQSjdMgJ1lMfun8JN_d1DO6kUbqMS/s640/42e2a97c987ccd10588ef27dbfc7483b.jpg" /></a></div>

TGIF!

I just couldn't quite get with the program this week. Two days off in the middle of the week last week then work all fucking weekend and...

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Ustinenko and Gobozov a scandal in the New Year Eve

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjYvrybr5qRhfkmZnp1fC7pMJMD5C50cZsDujJfuwh1OYfcoxKpb27GGh9fNe8KfNrlEo8vddJ6B1lsbG1NLcpcnzCD7oJU27vqyoA_RqpffSohnKKggdEW4k41rGICsE-4PF7txq/s1600/Ustinenko+Gobozov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjYvrybr5qRhfkmZnp1fC7pMJMD5C50cZsDujJfuwh1OYfcoxKpb27GGh9fNe8KfNrlEo8vddJ6B1lsbG1NLcpcnzCD7oJU27vqyoA_RqpffSohnKKggdEW4k41rGICsE-4PF7txq/s1600/Ustinenko+Gobozov.jpg" /></a></div><br />Fans of the TV project "Дом-2"(Dom-2) actively discussing web how their favorites celebrate. It was learned that <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Alexander%20Gobozov">Alexander Gobozov</a></b> and <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Aliana%20Ustinenko">Aliana Ustinenko</a></b> met the new year in a karaoke club that belongs Tigran Salibekovu. On the Internet, there were rumors that the couple Sasha and <b>Aliana Ustinenko</b> sort things out in a raised voice, insulted each other. Olga, Sasha's mom Gobzova, drank too much and began to demand an apology from the daughter, what <b>Aliana Ustinenko </b> said another portion of insults. Sasha tried to separate the women. When Gobozov learned that cause intoxication mother Rustam became the sun, which is constantly filled glass pensioner Gobozov attacked Solntseva, men had to separate the guards of the club, and Olga called an ambulance and was given a sedative.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br />

Ustinenko and Gobozov a scandal in the New Year Eve

Fans of the TV project "Дом-2"(Dom-2) actively discussing web how their favorites celebrate. It was learned that Alexander Gobozo...

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Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones noted the New Year together

<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBB5s5ZEDN0WeMK3lOKmnbxurf1NnVujvAim75RCblDqPVUmqrxaUz50BmmdUtOCIoHL9-3vxx8n3J8YqEdXz6ff0oDUGu2GMHFt58JwAusWp58oBhdaXG_X-tsJpR2Hp3KbDvTis/s1600/Michael+Douglas+and+Catherine+Zeta-Jones+noted+the+New+Year+together.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBB5s5ZEDN0WeMK3lOKmnbxurf1NnVujvAim75RCblDqPVUmqrxaUz50BmmdUtOCIoHL9-3vxx8n3J8YqEdXz6ff0oDUGu2GMHFt58JwAusWp58oBhdaXG_X-tsJpR2Hp3KbDvTis/s1600/Michael+Douglas+and+Catherine+Zeta-Jones+noted+the+New+Year+together.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones with children Carys and Dylan </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Just a few days ago, we were glad that this year parted <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Catherine%20Zeta-Jones">Catherine Zeta-Jones</a></b> and <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Michael%20Douglas">Michael Douglas</a></b> again wear <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/catherine-zeta-jones-and-michael.html">wedding rings</a>. Apparently, the news about the reunification of spouses - not just rumors. <br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /> Actors finally calmed fans worry about their possible divorce: 69-year-old Douglas posted on his Facebook page a photo of the entire family, conducting these days in Canada . Still actor signed: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Helmet you Happy New Year from Quebec, Canada, is now minus ten Fahrenheit. </blockquote><br /> Skiing Michael riding with 44-year-old wife Catherine and children - son Dylan and daughter Carys. <br /> <br /> recall that a few days ago the star couple were spotted together - for the first time since August announced a pause in their relationship. Before the news about the separation they have been married for about 13 years. In November, the press reported that Michael and Catherine not only divorced, but decided <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/11/michael-douglas-and-catherine-zeta.html">to live together again</a>. <br /> <br /> Hope that 2014 will be the best pair for acting and all contradictions remain in the past.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3UlJk3uHA1g5zQQ05tIaGzBDEcxUHW9rT82TeC2L1C-HrFl_OvHPmgRZ9ubHtmwwl4PDbgjGTLHauKkfKLIgYe6zH1AcGB-RHVznPUVP7Hg9teMTqJ_9oQFgnnPfucagyaoDjqMJ/s1600/Michael+Douglas+and+his+son+Dylan+and+daughter+Carys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3UlJk3uHA1g5zQQ05tIaGzBDEcxUHW9rT82TeC2L1C-HrFl_OvHPmgRZ9ubHtmwwl4PDbgjGTLHauKkfKLIgYe6zH1AcGB-RHVznPUVP7Hg9teMTqJ_9oQFgnnPfucagyaoDjqMJ/s1600/Michael+Douglas+and+his+son+Dylan+and+daughter+Carys.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Douglas and his son Dylan and daughter Carys </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* video */ google_ad_slot = "9278264705"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></center><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSz-tQ6tscc2CKYKFoAjAKRRS831F_YIbDIOXNhxTgfmvdhpJa7xdrwAtx3m1VHIrOYyDVrRYev2aj_JIyXqkEoUEY53Ql5ke_SOIwDC8ULGBW2HM_WDZs_EP4V09YSJiJAW3PlNA/s1600/Catherine+Zeta-Jones+and+Michael+Douglas+a+few+months+before+the+news+about+the+separation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSz-tQ6tscc2CKYKFoAjAKRRS831F_YIbDIOXNhxTgfmvdhpJa7xdrwAtx3m1VHIrOYyDVrRYev2aj_JIyXqkEoUEY53Ql5ke_SOIwDC8ULGBW2HM_WDZs_EP4V09YSJiJAW3PlNA/s1600/Catherine+Zeta-Jones+and+Michael+Douglas+a+few+months+before+the+news+about+the+separation.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas a few months before the news about the separation </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones noted the New Year together

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones with children Carys and Dylan Just a few days ago, we were glad that this year parted Catherine Zet...

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<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2S53otE8vyo4EkWVYO4uRB1uQrQKCdM8rqpxeE8ku91szZXqxcjFD3_cehSSV_Z7_sxZNFVq8Vq5WBCKHLsPmfV8OfXgTDAV6Nhohw4QWU11WHn9EqbSJkpweOC2M6adBehVyPqVE/s1600/Alyssa+Milano+responded+to+insulting+joke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2S53otE8vyo4EkWVYO4uRB1uQrQKCdM8rqpxeE8ku91szZXqxcjFD3_cehSSV_Z7_sxZNFVq8Vq5WBCKHLsPmfV8OfXgTDAV6Nhohw4QWU11WHn9EqbSJkpweOC2M6adBehVyPqVE/s1600/Alyssa+Milano+responded+to+insulting+joke.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Alyssa%20Milano">Alyssa Milano</a></b> in her tweet responded to the attack in his address by comedian Jay Mohr. Celebrities with the ceremony were NASCAR races in Las Vegas, then Moore commented star shape "Charmed" when he gave an interview to a radio station. <br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /> Air Jay said the following (called, among other things, Alyssa " Melissa, or as it is there "): <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> She was one of the leading. It is low rise, and it seems that birth, she decided: "I do not care what you think." She was not wearing underwear slimming, and I look at her and think, "Oh my God!" </blockquote><br /> 41-year-old Milano, which two years ago gave birth to a son, without its rudeness, very calmly answering the offender in his twitter: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Jay Mohr, very sorry that you felt the need to publicly criticize my weight. All you good, and God bless you. Please convey my best wishes to his lovely wife. </blockquote><br /> Interestingly, Mora wife, actress Nikki Cox, in 2011, bore him a son, not so long ago in the blog has expressed its concern what insensitive with respect to each other people began: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Our culture has become incredibly fierce. In social networks, people say hurtful and terrible things, believing that this is a very funny and witty. </blockquote><br /> Interesting that Nikki thinks about her husband jokes?<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* care */ google_ad_slot = "9913512302"; google_ad_width = 125; google_ad_height = 125; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXQX9l-f0qNEtQ9vb4dMB_slAN_m4bilMG-66jstDBAUt96PV-1x_MoNpBpHUS1sJFHD4fb9T2IJyCqtExkT6GhP4ZWrTm4lbaMvI_j51s3RsirLgEsJC7qe0zy9KXXP-qMeVXavs/s1600/Alyssa+Milano.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXQX9l-f0qNEtQ9vb4dMB_slAN_m4bilMG-66jstDBAUt96PV-1x_MoNpBpHUS1sJFHD4fb9T2IJyCqtExkT6GhP4ZWrTm4lbaMvI_j51s3RsirLgEsJC7qe0zy9KXXP-qMeVXavs/s1600/Alyssa+Milano.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alyssa Milano</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0ha6lIXVi_eyz6QekmAjc-mSdmHyY1WMnf7Ftol2FRXxEhtA47tI82UVJRt_NaJ-fKSgUT704sAfKX9Jm-5ZHMZJwsXxUkagVIlTU45uA7rFucyy9BmRpkxcWhaV72Sx8y55J1Vw/s1600/Jay+Mohr+and+his+wife+Nikki+Cox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0ha6lIXVi_eyz6QekmAjc-mSdmHyY1WMnf7Ftol2FRXxEhtA47tI82UVJRt_NaJ-fKSgUT704sAfKX9Jm-5ZHMZJwsXxUkagVIlTU45uA7rFucyy9BmRpkxcWhaV72Sx8y55J1Vw/s1600/Jay+Mohr+and+his+wife+Nikki+Cox.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jay Mohr and his wife Nikki Cox</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />

Alyssa Milano responded to insulting joke

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/><br /> During the summer, the body can convert solar energy into ample amounts of vitamin D with just 10-15 minutes of daily exposure to sun. That is not possible during the winter and early spring months when the angle of the sun sinks lower into the southern hemisphere.<br /><br /> Dr. Lappe, who is a professor of medicine and holder of the Criss/Beirne Endowed Chair in the Creighton School of Nursing, goes on to say that if you live at latitudes above the 37th parallel, you may be getting little or no Vitamin D at all during winter months.’'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://alignlife.com/articles/womenshealth/most-people-are-dangerously-vitamin-d-deficient-in-winter">more... </a></span></div>

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Is It Time To Acknowledge Roundup Herbicide As A Contraceptive?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Is It Time To Acknowledge Roundup Herbicide As A Contraceptive? " height="363" src="http://cdn.greenmedinfo.com/sites/default/files/ckeditor/greenmedinfo/images/herbacide-contraceptive.png" style="height: 551px; width: 407px;" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'How much longer will we deny the growing body of research linking Roundup to infertility before calling this chemical a contraceptive?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Following closely on the heels of the EPA's decision to allow Roundup herbicide residues in your food at concentrations a million times higher than shown carcinogenic, a concerning new study published in the journal Free Radical Medicine & Biology implicates the herbicide, and its main ingredient glyphosate, in male infertility, at concentration ranges well within the EPA's "safe level" for food.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Performed by Brazilian researchers, the study found acute Roundup exposure at low doses (36ppm, 0.036g/L) for 30 minutes induced cell death in Sertoli cells in prepubertal rat testis. Sertoli cells are known as "mother" or "nurse" cells within the testicles, as they are responsible for maintaining the health of sperm cells, and are required for normal male sexual development.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/it-time-acknowledge-roundup-herbicide-contraceptive">more... </a></span>

Is It Time To Acknowledge Roundup Herbicide As A Contraceptive?

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Borscht the Purple Polish Soup: Can’t Beat Beets for Healthy Comfort Food

<img alt="http://www.simplygorgeousfood.com/wp-content/uploads/bowl1.jpg" class="decoded" src="http://www.simplygorgeousfood.com/wp-content/uploads/bowl1.jpg" /><br />Photo Credit:www.simplygorgeousfood.com <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'I love Borscht. It helps that I grew up with my little Polish Grandma Rudonich making us all the “ole country” favorites including Pierogies, Galumpkes (Stuffed Cabbage) and my favorite as a child was her purple soup. And it turns out that the delicious and colorful soup comes with a powerhouse of nutritional benefits as well. Beets are known to be great for:'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://blogs.naturalnews.com/borscht-the-purple-polish-soup-cant-beat-beets-for-healthy-comfort-food/">more... </a></span>

Borscht the Purple Polish Soup: Can’t Beat Beets for Healthy Comfort Food

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Obamacare: Health Secretary to Dictate How Doctors Practice Medicine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" src="http://www.davidicke.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/010214who.jpg" title="010214who" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">‘Despite President Obama’s claim that “you’re not going to have anybody getting in between you and your doctor,” a little known provision of Obamacare gives the health secretary broad authority to dictate how doctors practice medicine and treat their patients.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Starting in 2015, Obamacare will grant the Secretary of Health and Human Services, an unelected bureaucrat with no medical experience, power to decide what treatments are available to patients and if the doctor can perform procedures.’</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://www.infowars.com/obamacare-health-secretary-to-dictate-how-doctors-practice-medicine/">more... </a></span>

Obamacare: Health Secretary to Dictate How Doctors Practice Medicine

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No more GMOs in Cheerios. Will a lot more foods go GMO-free now? (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rMvJ0pFq44FLNmioSoPa2JOEI3kMz-AvPYBwzD7tFdwlMhjp_oT33X7Mb-E1ArUnyqtYekUfi_Yz0ReV-uPRU5dhYcZ6pjAMofaeO7uilW8C95ePExFg0dxoecXbwJDGXYVHpfACKlk/s1600/original-cheerios-goes-gmo-free.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rMvJ0pFq44FLNmioSoPa2JOEI3kMz-AvPYBwzD7tFdwlMhjp_oT33X7Mb-E1ArUnyqtYekUfi_Yz0ReV-uPRU5dhYcZ6pjAMofaeO7uilW8C95ePExFg0dxoecXbwJDGXYVHpfACKlk/s320/original-cheerios-goes-gmo-free.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">Critics of genetically modified foods have reason today to feel a lot more cheery about the popular breakfast cereal Cheerios.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">General Mills Inc., the maker of the toasted oat cereal, said Cheerios will be free of genetically modified organisms, making it the first major food brand in the United States to abide by the demands of consumers and advocacy groups opposed to the use of GMOs in food products.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">The Minneapolis-based company said the move away from GMOs will only affect the "Original" brand of Cheerios, the boxes of which will now include a new label: "Not Made With Genetically Modified Ingredients."</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">The company's other Cheerios varieties, such as Apple Cinnamon Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios, will not be included in the shift from GMOs, said General Mills, which explains it had worked for more than a year on eliminating GMO content from Original Cheerios.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">Last year, the advocacy group Green America launched GMO-Inside, a campaign asking General Mills to go GMO-free, which garnered huge positive response from consumers.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">The group said in a statement posted on its Website that "thousands of concerned consumers have flooded Cheerios' Facebook page," responding to a call to protest General Mills' contribution of more than $1.1 million to battle a voter initiative in California that required labeling of GM ingredients.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">"Removing GMOs from original Cheerios is an important victory in getting GMOs out of our food supply and an important first step for General Mills," Todd Larsen, Corporate Responsibility Director at Green America, said in a statement.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">The company emphasized the Original Cheerios would taste the same as always, but fell short of revealing when exactly the cereal will show up in stores.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">General Mills remarked in a statement that it could bring about changes to the basic Cheerios because "the main ingredient in original Cheerios is whole grain oats -- and there are no GMO oats.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">"We use just a small amount of corn starch in cooking, and just one gram of sugar per serving for taste. So we were able to change how we source and handle ingredients to ensure that the corn starch for original Cheerios comes only from non-GMO corn, and our sugar is only non-GMO pure cane sugar."</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">The company notes, however, that the product may still have some traces of genetically modified ingredients, a result of contamination from other sources during manufacturing or shipping.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">General Mills said it has taken steps to change the sourcing of the original Cheerios and has made fresh investments to separate the production of GMO-free Cheerios from other varieties<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">as much as possible</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">The company said it couldn't stop using GMOs in other product lines because use of GM seeds is widespread in the U.S.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;"> "We made investments in new systems at our production facilities to separate the ingredients we use to make original Cheerios from our other products. For example, we store only non-GMO corn starch where we store our corn starch and only cane sugar where we store our sugar," continued the company in its statement.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">"For our other cereals, the widespread use of GM seed in crops such as corn, soy, or beet sugar would make reliably moving to non-GM ingredients difficult, if not impossible," the statement said.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 7px 0px;">Latin Post.</div></div>

No more GMOs in Cheerios. Will a lot more foods go GMO-free now? (BLOG)

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De Blasio’s Next Task Is Turning Passion Into Policy (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjwV186tQ4qVn2tYPx6Eb4C8TxL9br1uRXMJx-QZ4Nlp1pZSmRUhzVVooam7jVLwL1u1AswVv5oK3KJyElsmIkOUyahbYWA8XI92TuhGS_sB2X5U7_vluiKGrCRzGYgd14mF9Aw42aWQ/s1600/05PROGRESSIVE1-articleLarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjwV186tQ4qVn2tYPx6Eb4C8TxL9br1uRXMJx-QZ4Nlp1pZSmRUhzVVooam7jVLwL1u1AswVv5oK3KJyElsmIkOUyahbYWA8XI92TuhGS_sB2X5U7_vluiKGrCRzGYgd14mF9Aw42aWQ/s320/05PROGRESSIVE1-articleLarge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;"><nyt_text></nyt_text><br /><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em;">A week after his election, the mayor-elect, a tall crane of a man, edged into a low-ceilinged conference room in Downtown Brooklyn to celebrate the city’s progressive movement and its progressive victory, which happened to be his own.</div></div><div class="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-top: 1.5em;"><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="carded" style="color: #004276; cursor: pointer; position: relative; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="card_name"><a class="meta-per" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/bill_de_blasio/index.html?inline=nyt-per" style="color: #666699;" title=""><br />Bill de Blasio</a></span></span> smiled at the activists, who washed him in waves of applause. “The best thing we can do is keep winning progressive victories,” he said. “Superficial democracy isn’t good enough.”</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The progressives who have taken possession of Gracie Mansion and the New York City Council are fond of chatting of historic moments. After a dozen years of a billionaire’s version of quasi-liberal government, they are not shy about doubling down on their ambition. They want to take a city focused intently on the top and train its eyes on the remaining 97 or 98 percent.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">They played a sometimes bare-knuckle game to get here. The greatest torrent of so-called independent spending in the last election came from the teachers’ union and a group ostensibly opposed to carriage horses but closely aligned with the de Blasio campaign</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em;"><br /></span></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em;">When a primal tug-of-war arose to control the City Council, Mr. de Blasio</span><span style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em;"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/nyregion/de-blasio-pressing-city-council-members-to-install-a-liberal-ally-as-speaker.html" style="color: #666699; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em;" title="Times coverage.">cut a deal</a><span style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em;">with the Brooklyn Democratic boss to hand the speakership to a progressive. Asked by reporters what he had traded away, the mayor-elect offered the laugh of a non-answer.</span></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Ideological discipline is central. It will be a rare Republican, Mr. de Blasio has suggested, who takes a senior position. “They have to share our values,” he said. “That might be a high bar.”</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">But for all their self-assurance and claims made about historical turning points, the progressives have yet to define themselves. How will they distinguish themselves from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, whose policies on housing, the streetscape, transportation, public health and taxis edged noticeably to the left?</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">A forest of question marks rises around the new mayor. He was a political operative, a public advocate with little power and a Council member who stood in the liberal mainstream. Now he carries a standard for urban progressives. What is the nature of his vision?</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">There is more at stake than his success or failure. New York City has taken its place in a row of global jewels: Paris, London, Los Angeles and Berlin. Turbocharged attention to wealth and privilege has become central to how these cities define their economic advantage.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">In this city, inequality has reached appalling levels, and a growing body of research finds that the chasm could poison economic growth. New York has added jobs at a fast clip, but most offer low wages and come without the benefits that are markers of civilized societies. Affordable housing is a wellspring turned dry.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The de Blasio family embodies middle-class anxiety about the direction of New York. They lived in a modest Park Slope rowhouse with three bedrooms and a single bathroom. It is worth north of $1 million. But the children’s generation could have difficulty finding a reasonably priced apartment anywhere near the city’s core.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Can progressives raise taxes, hold down rents and build dikes against the waves of riches without spooking the wealthy? Can they preserve benefits and wages that allow pensioners and municipal workers alike to scrape by without emptying the treasury?</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“Politicians see a tremendous market out there now for progressive rhetoric,” said Elvin Wyly, a geographer at the University of British Columbia and a chronicler of the gentrification of America’s cities. “But retail presentation of these politics is not the same as dealing with the fundamental production of inequality.”</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">A transition committee for Mr. de Blasio recently considered candidates to run a meat-and-potatoes city agency, the sort to which most New Yorkers give little thought unless its services fail.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Which qualifications, the chairman asked, do we desire? “A progressive,” a committee member offered. A progressive, another chirped. Nods and assents. A progressive, definitely.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Put to the side esoteric questions of whether there can be progressive garbage collection or firefighting. Defining the word “progressive” can prove elusive.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">New York progressives share a traditional-left concern with class, labor unions and higher wage standards. Mr. de Blasio nods to this when he speaks in support of organizing fast-food and carwash workers.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">But progressives, particularly Mr. de Blasio, do not share the old New Left’s penetrating critique of American society. Many distinguish between their interests and those of municipal labor. And the new mayor is careful to note that he so far proposes just a single tax increase — to support universal prekindergarten.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">He was also careful to share postelection laughs with real estate barons.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Lonnie Soury, a former Dinkins administration official sympathetic to the de Blasio agenda, noted that President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed prekindergarten a half-century ago. “It’s a measure of how far our politics have drifted to the right that this now establishes Bill’s left-wing bona fides,” Mr. Soury said.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Progressives are assertive about racial, ethnic and gender diversity. Quite a few members of the liberal gentry labored in the Bloomberg administration, but few were Latino or black, and fewer still were working-class. Mr. de Blasio insists that his administration will look and sound like the city.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">It is no accident that he has picked three Hispanic women, all respected government hands, for high-ranking slots: Lilliam Barrios-Paoli as deputy mayor for health and human services, Gladys Carrión as child welfare commissioner and Carmen Fariña as schools chancellor. And he has picked a black former prosecutor, Zachary W. Carter, as corporation counsel.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“We liberals often define ourselves as an intellectual class,” said Denise Scott, executive vice president of programs at <a href="http://www.lisc.org/section/aboutus/leadership" style="color: #666699;">the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a national community development group</a>. “But sometimes we tend to be out of touch with issues that affect the majority of New Yorkers. We talk about it, but are not always in tune with it.”</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Peter Beinart, a liberal essayist for the news website The Daily Beast, rustled the tea leaves after Mr. de Blasio’s victory in the Democratic primary and divined a glorious future.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“The deeper you look, the stronger the evidence that de Blasio’s victory is an omen of what may become the defining story of America’s next political era: the challenge, to both parties, from the left,” <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/12/the-rise-of-the-new-new-left.html" style="color: #666699;" title="Link to the essay">Mr. Beinart wrote</a>.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The difference, he said, is the influence of the millennial generation (born between the early 1980s and about 2000), whose left-wing populism gave rise to Occupy Wall Street. It is, Mr. Beinart wrote, remaking the <a class="meta-org" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/d/democratic_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: #666699;" title="More articles about Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a>.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Amid the huzzahs, keep a desultory fact in mind: Fewer than 25 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the mayoral election, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/news/election-2013/2013/11/06/new-york-turnout-appears-headed-for-record-low/" style="color: #666699;" title="Times coverage">a record poor turnout</a>. An <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/projects/elections/2013/general/nyc-mayor/exit-polls.html" style="color: #666699;" title="Times graphic.">exit poll</a> by Edison Research found that nearly two-thirds of the voters were 45 or older.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">If you overlay the map of 2013 on that of 2009, you see that many tens of thousands of New Yorkers who supported Mayor Bloomberg voted for Mr. de Blasio. That so many forded this ideological brook suggests more continuity than progressives might imagine.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Last, it’s instructive to compare the 1989 election of David N. Dinkins, the city’s first black mayor and the inheritor of a liberal populist movement, with that of Mr. de Blasio, who as a young man worked for Mayor Dinkins.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The Democratic primary in 1989 between Mr. Dinkins and Mayor Edward I. Koch drew nearly one million voters. The general election, in which Mr. Dinkins beat Rudolph W. Giuliani, a Republican, drew 1.8 million voters.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">New York City’s population has grown by one million people since those elections. Yet 700,000 fewer New Yorkers voted in the general election of 2013.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Mr. de Blasio will lay claim to a mandate for change. But his election offers a more modest lesson in popular and generational mobilization than his oratory suggests.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Progressives did not create our torpid democracy. But it’s their inheritance.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Again and again, elected officials speak, almost giddily, of their progressive moment. “Today we commit to a new progressive direction in New York, “ Mr. de Blasio said at his inauguration. “And that same progressive impulse has written our city’s history. It’s in our DNA.” But moments can prove evanescent. It has been two decades since New York’s progressives held the wheel of power. Should they fumble, the wilderness beckons.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The new mayor’s greatest challenge is to handle his putative allies in the municipal labor movement. The former mayor left behind expired contracts like a pile of dirty laundry. If Mr. de Blasio miscalculates, settling those contracts could empty his coffers.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">And with that we circle back to the most intriguing question: Who is this new self-styled progressive mayor?</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">He proved to be a masterful tactician, enlisting his family in choreographed commercials. He played political boss, and he has raised expectations. Now, alone on the stage, he must define himself and that progressive movement.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">“<span class="carded" style="color: #004276; cursor: pointer; position: relative; text-decoration: underline; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="card_name">Bill de Blasio</span></span> probably doesn’t know precisely who Bill de Blasio is just yet,” a long-serving liberal said. “He’s going to find out, and my guess is that he’s got a window of months, not years.”</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em; margin-bottom: 1em;">.</div></div></div>

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<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz1Jdq5RKYxEgvBGWzqSb37etj0lIB_tqW8emkICKrVJJkUZWCEpNK-rG16YLUjScRr0T98R3W47JDeODoJ6pt4sfI13odRCjwE-0n-rAiBIkeBEh8cHzwRDG9GbHTGBneQz7ibhTQ/s1600/Selena+Gomez+and+Justin+Bieber+former+met+again!.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz1Jdq5RKYxEgvBGWzqSb37etj0lIB_tqW8emkICKrVJJkUZWCEpNK-rG16YLUjScRr0T98R3W47JDeODoJ6pt4sfI13odRCjwE-0n-rAiBIkeBEh8cHzwRDG9GbHTGBneQz7ibhTQ/s1600/Selena+Gomez+and+Justin+Bieber+former+met+again!.jpg" /></a></div><br /><h3>Not everything is perhaps not entirely completed between the starlet and Canadian singer, since they both met again yesterday ...</h3><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br />Last December, tired of always being linked to her ex-boyfriend <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Justin%20Bieber">Justin Bieber</a></b>, <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Selena%20Gomez">Selena Gomez</a></b> was the crisp clear to her fans that she had moved on and she did not want to be told about him .. .<br /><br /> "It's been over a year now ... Please know that my thoughts are only mine. Believe me, I did not need a man to define my decisions or that I post on Instagram. This is silly ... We went to something else so now you should do the same. (I send you) a lot of love and respect. Always "she had then wrote on his Instagram account.<br /><br /> These words ring true today especially since it would seem in fact that the starlet "made in Disney" has not really made a cross on the Canadian star!<br /><br /> Filmography And because Selena and Justin were spotted together just yesterday (Thursday, 2 January) when they were a ride Segways on the streets of Calabasas, California, where the singer resides.<br /><br /> interpreter as Hold Tight 19 years old and the singer of the hit Come & Get It 21 years old parted there a while now and had not been seen together for months .<br /><br /> It is even rumored that the recent overwork Selena was due to her break she had not digested ... <br /> one who had a break in his career- she finally decided to give a chance to his first love?<br /><br /> What is certain is that both were indeed reviewed in the company of another friend (see photos HERE). To be continued.<br /><br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* video */ google_ad_slot = "9278264705"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></center><br /><br />

Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber: former met again!

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