U.S. privacy board says NSA phone program illegal, should end (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/AVvXsEhskoi_9mHKM6rj4RJYdKBa3M6QxyZ6zT5FFaAWLNNQDdWHjeqWgvBNzTdrD9X7Ekq6umKRfYEmzHMGe-ht1Y52JPSiGoaxsyHMo8p8AMiQDKd9lxStiyShuDAEbFWuTAYW2U8wCqvpfiw/s1600/145ff41d-cbad-49f5-a7e7-7e83ce69d1c3_2014-01-09T213303Z_1_CBREA081NV600_RTROPTP_4_USA-SECURITY-RULING.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskoi_9mHKM6rj4RJYdKBa3M6QxyZ6zT5FFaAWLNNQDdWHjeqWgvBNzTdrD9X7Ekq6umKRfYEmzHMGe-ht1Y52JPSiGoaxsyHMo8p8AMiQDKd9lxStiyShuDAEbFWuTAYW2U8wCqvpfiw/s1600/145ff41d-cbad-49f5-a7e7-7e83ce69d1c3_2014-01-09T213303Z_1_CBREA081NV600_RTROPTP_4_USA-SECURITY-RULING.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_8329" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records provides only minimal benefits to countering terrorism, is illegal and should end, a federal privacy watchdog said in a report to be released on Thursday and reviewed by Reuters.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_8359" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The watchdog agency's report could further complicate efforts by both President Barack Obama and Congress to come up with possible reforms to NSA eavesdropping programs, which have been under harsh scrutiny in the wake of revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_8369" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, which produced the new report, is an independent government agency within the executive branch that advises the President and Congress on how to ensure that counterterrorism operations also protect Americans' privacy.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In its report, the board called on the government to end the NSA program that collects U.S. telephone records in bulk and to purge the data it had collected, adding ammunition to efforts by privacy advocates to win new restrictions on government surveillance programs.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"The Section 215 bulk telephone records program lacks a viable legal foundation under Section 215, implicates constitutional concerns under the First and Fourth Amendments, raises serious threats to privacy and civil liberties as a policy matter, and has shown only limited value," the board said in its report.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The board's conclusion that NSA's bulk collection of Americans telephone metadata lacks legal grounding goes further than both the president and an ad hoc panel he created to review NSA eavesdropping activities.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In its report released last month, the review panel, which included former White House and intelligence officials, also raised questions about the value of telephone metadata collection in producing counter terrorism breakthroughs. The panel recommended that metadata collection should continue, but that data should henceforth be stored either by telephone companies or an independent third party.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In a speech on Friday, Obama agreed that the storage of telephone metadata should be moved out of government hands but did not call for an outright halt to the collection of such data by the NSA. The president also said that such data should not be searched without judicial approval.</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: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-slideshow go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize " data-list-id="3cabc1f0-426b-11e3-bf5e-3c6862d44085" data-rapid_p="13" data-type="slideshow" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/u-s-spying-controversy-1383251410-slideshow/" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="U.S. spying controversy"></a><br /><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 190px; 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font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">However, he left specific details of how the telephone data collection program should be reformed up to intelligence advisors, the Justice Department and Congress.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Congress is already sharply divided over what to do with the telephone metadata collection program, which collects data on millions of phone calls made in the United States but not the content of the calls.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Intelligence committees in both Houses recommend that current collection and storage arrangements be maintained, while Judiciary committees have recommended that such collection be outlawed.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The privacy board recommended against asking private parties to routinely store data for the NSA's use and said other existing laws could be used to access phone records if needed.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The White House on Thursday said Obama and members of the administration had earlier met with the board's five members and reviewed a draft of their report, taking the board's recommendations into account before the report's release.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"We look forward to its release and expect to factor it into our thinking on these issues moving forward," said White House National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden, but added: "Specifically on the Section 215 bulk telephony metadata program, we disagree with the Board's analysis on the legality of the program."</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_8387" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The five-member privacy oversight board itself split along party lines on the report, with three Democrats supporting and two Republicans writing separate opinions in opposition of ending the bulk collection program.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_8373" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I don't believe the Board should go outside its expertise to opine on the effectiveness of counterterrorism programs. As those of us with law enforcement experience know, successful investigations use all available tools - there often is no "silver bullet" that alone thwarts a plot," said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, a Republican and staunch defender of the NSA's work.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_8399" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The board, whose review was based in part on classified briefings and documents, said it found no terrorist attacks thwarted or previously unknown terrorist plots discovered through the program in the previous seven years.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_8409" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"We have not identified a single instance involving a threat to the United States in which the program made a concrete difference in the outcome of a counterterrorism investigation," the report said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The board concluded that the NSA collection raises constitutional concerns with regard to U.S. citizens' rights of speech, association and privacy.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Permitting the government to routinely collect the calling records of the entire nation fundamentally shifts the balance of power between the state and its citizens," it said.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_8466" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">It also called for Congress to authorize the creation of panel of outside lawyers to serve as privacy advocates in the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that oversees NSA eavesdropping procedures. It also urged further declassification of FISC rulings.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_8439" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was established at the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission in 2004. At the request of lawmakers and Obama last year, the board reviewed U.S. intelligence gathering programs and it will issue a separate report on Internet surveillance.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_8454" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">(Reporting by Alina Selyukh,; Additional reporting by Eric Beech, Steve Holland and Mark Hosenball; Editing by Stephen Powell and Chris Reese)</div></div>

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Snowden: 'No way I can come home and make my case to a jury' (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_5298" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRh_Q5t6LXheJ8tF0mYNfWg8ItF4LmkRHxcxuck26oQYzX0xyBHio8bz1E2e24j1ByGzWauX_CqxVzKUWIFmLl9t7dPo3GIj0fzdOz7Q83NbBZEA8c0qiiI8-WyM8SHpXlngYJdRL0qA/s1600/eba12472f6218502490f6a706700bc73.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRh_Q5t6LXheJ8tF0mYNfWg8ItF4LmkRHxcxuck26oQYzX0xyBHio8bz1E2e24j1ByGzWauX_CqxVzKUWIFmLl9t7dPo3GIj0fzdOz7Q83NbBZEA8c0qiiI8-WyM8SHpXlngYJdRL0qA/s1600/eba12472f6218502490f6a706700bc73.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wants to return to the United States, but he believes he would not be able to get a fair trial because current whistle-blower protection laws do not cover NSA contractors.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_5350" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Snowden responded to questions submitted by Twitter users with the hashtag <a data-rapid_p="10" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AskSnowden&src=tyah" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">#AskSnowden</a>. His answers were posted to <a data-rapid_p="11" href="http://freesnowden.is/asksnowden.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">FreeSnowden.is</a>, a fundraising website launched last year in support of his asylum. In May 2013, Snowden fled the United States to Hong Kong before he was granted asylum in Russia.In what was <a data-rapid_p="9" href="http://freesnowden.is/asksnowden.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">billed as a live online chat</a>, Snowden said his return "is the best resolution for the government, the public, and myself, but it’s unfortunately not possible.<br /><br />"This is especially frustrating," he wrote, "because it means there’s no chance to have a fair trial, and no way I can come home and make my case to a jury."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The 30-year-old fugitive also denied a report that he stole passwords and misled co-workers at the agency. "I never stole any passwords, nor did I trick an army of co-workers," Snowden wrote.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Snowden conceded that some spying is necessary for national security.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Not all spying is bad," he wrote. "The biggest problem we face right now is the new technique of indiscriminate mass surveillance, where governments are seizing billions and billions and billions of innocents’ communication every single day. This is done not because it’s necessary — after all, these programs are unprecedented in US history, and were begun in response to a threat that kills fewer Americans every year than bathtub falls and police officers — but because new technologies make it easy and cheap.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I think a person should be able to dial a number, make a purchase, send an SMS, write an email, or visit a website without having to think about what it’s going to look like on their permanent record," he continued. "It’s not good for our country, it’s not good for the world, and I wasn’t going to stand by and watch it happen, no matter how much it cost me."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">He added: "When we’re sophisticated enough to be able to break into any device in the world we want to ... there’s no excuse to wasting our time collecting the call records of grandmothers in Missouri."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The live chat came as Attorney General Eric Holder <a data-rapid_p="12" href="http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/23/22417513-holder-clemency-for-snowden-too-far-but-open-to-resolution?lite" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">told MSNBC</a> the United States “would engage in conversation” if the former government contractor accepted responsibility for leaking government secrets.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">But Holder said granting clemency to Snowden "would be going too far."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Last week, President Barack Obama <a data-rapid_p="13" href="http://news.yahoo.com/nine-questions-about-obama-s-nsa-spying-overhaul-184312594.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">announced an overhaul of the NSA spy program</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">But the president, who has said he believes Snowden should stand trial, declined to discuss clemency in a recent interview.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">“I do not have a yes/no answer on clemency for Edward Snowden," Obama told the New Yorker magazine. "This is an active case, where charges have been brought.”</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_5369" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Earlier this week, U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., <a data-rapid_p="14" href="http://news.yahoo.com/snowden-help-from-russians-193641893.html" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_5378" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">expressed concern that Snowden might have had help from Russia</a> in pulling off his leak.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_5354" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I believe there's a reason he ended up in the hands, the loving arms, of [a Russian Federal Security Service] agent in Moscow," Rogers said on "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "I don't think that's a coincidence, No. 1. ... I don't think it was a gee-whiz luck event that he ended up in Moscow under the handling of the FSB."</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_5392" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Snowden quickly denied the spy allegations.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_5402" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">“This ‘Russian spy’ push is absurd," Snowden <a data-rapid_p="15" href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/01/snowden-calls-russian-spy-story-absurd.html" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_5411" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">told the New Yorker</a>.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_5422" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Still, Snowden remains hopeful the United States can fix the damage caused by the NSA spying program he exposed.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390515788334_5432" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"What makes our country strong is our system of values, not a snapshot of the structure of our agencies or the framework of our laws," he wrote. "We can correct the laws, restrain the overreach of agencies, and hold the senior officials responsible for abusive programs to account."<br /><br /><br />yahoo.com</div></div>

Snowden: 'No way I can come home and make my case to a jury' (BLOG)

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Bond girl Olga Kurylenko is expecting a baby?

<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* bleu 280 */ google_ad_slot = "8164661108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Native Ukrainian town of Berdyansk, and now French actress <b>Olga Kurylenko</b>, who plays Bond girl in "Quantum of Solace", apparently expecting a baby. This is evidenced by picture, which appeared on the network. </span><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 />Picture posted Model Elena Perminov, which itself is now under the heart of the third child. Girls decided to compete bellies who have more. And if not just <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/11/olga-kurylenko-in-arms-of-unknown-man.html" target="_blank">Olga Kurylenko</a></b> played up his girlfriend, soon and look forward to the birth of another star kid. <br /><br />Recall that Olga Kurylenko is not married, but meets the 50-year-old millionaire Danny Huston.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WY1hyjH9B8Mv-chz8VnxGS4PN25di3FTG-bYZYP9zLjsHc4rUfu5biAMUSSQN_2D8Iwxherdtie0LTbD_3UeO302Pz0M-J7hearbKQiPox-GQGoJkmWk4eqTR_Jt3-fCqaK7Yihp/s1600/Olga+Kurylenko.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WY1hyjH9B8Mv-chz8VnxGS4PN25di3FTG-bYZYP9zLjsHc4rUfu5biAMUSSQN_2D8Iwxherdtie0LTbD_3UeO302Pz0M-J7hearbKQiPox-GQGoJkmWk4eqTR_Jt3-fCqaK7Yihp/s1600/Olga+Kurylenko.jpg" /></a></div><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>

Bond girl Olga Kurylenko is expecting a baby?

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Kelly Osbourne and Matthew Mosshart broke up because of infidelity?

<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* bleu 280 */ google_ad_slot = "8164661108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">A couple of weeks ago, Kelly Osbourne and Matthew Mosshart announced parting. We then became very upset that Cal will not be able to try again wedding dress, even though it was planned. However softened news reports that the pair finished their relationship on a friendly note.</span><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 /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGRUeoliGA0DQZS5VqoyGixETnSGJWZt48yG3CvhLW6D0aw0U9gVYf7FzhCe7RA28fr9n0IQvOos7S5KWZXmoR1H9PIg3CnNA3gJp3DXsTV4z9vNRaH4jneARgF3OW6zM445rstjH/s1600/Kelly+Osbourne+and+Matthew+Mosshart+broke+up+because+of+infidelity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kelly Osbourne and Matthew Mosshart" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGRUeoliGA0DQZS5VqoyGixETnSGJWZt48yG3CvhLW6D0aw0U9gVYf7FzhCe7RA28fr9n0IQvOos7S5KWZXmoR1H9PIg3CnNA3gJp3DXsTV4z9vNRaH4jneARgF3OW6zM445rstjH/s1600/Kelly+Osbourne+and+Matthew+Mosshart+broke+up+because+of+infidelity.jpg" title="Kelly Osbourne and Matthew Mosshart" /></a></div><br /> <br /> But no such luck. As usual, found a source that gleefully shared his version of Kelly parting with another suitor. He argues that Osborne for several months felt that her beloved is something wrong. Her jealousy grew into what she asked for help to know: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> She asked her friends to follow him while she works. </blockquote><br /> Surveillance was not useless. "Spies" Kelly was told that Mosshart at different times of the day, on different days for some reason went to different hotels for Los Angeles. Then jealous fiancee checked the computer and phone negligent groom. There found evidence that he engaged in "perverse connection" with other women. <br /> <br /> Summed Source: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Kelly was furious and broke off the engagement. </blockquote><br /> Whatever was wish Kel quickly find "their" man with whom will not have to leave because of his ugly deeds.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>

Kelly Osbourne and Matthew Mosshart broke up because of infidelity?

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Mob Wives: Recap “Eat Worms B*tch,” Ep 408

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryhXsQT-5yuwh9Bs7B3V1Xwe0e5rSg6vFbFis_ka3tiQ1vy6h49LL3TT3HjyJl0OnpWMbjU2ZgSatkgPp_fAyJ9ILcW_qRN2ux6Km9d7vXbhPls4y1tX9DVdlqO_LqqM5s2zBgqUvfHY/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/AVvXsEiryhXsQT-5yuwh9Bs7B3V1Xwe0e5rSg6vFbFis_ka3tiQ1vy6h49LL3TT3HjyJl0OnpWMbjU2ZgSatkgPp_fAyJ9ILcW_qRN2ux6Km9d7vXbhPls4y1tX9DVdlqO_LqqM5s2zBgqUvfHY/s1600/Renee+Penny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Renee stands alone...again!</span></b></div><br />Drita meets with her music producer, Anthony, in the studio. She did great on “the last thing” says Tony, almost like it was so long ago he couldn’t remember it. Neither can I. She wants to lay down a new track that sounds different and “Money Bags” is just perfect, she loves it. She is going to “blow it out the f*ckin’ box.” Method Man was there, says Anthony, and Drita freaks out because he is her favorite rapper OR one of her top five rappers, you decide. So she is buggin’ out over do a rap song with him. See, maybe it’s just me, but if Drita was going to do another rap song shouldn’t it have been on the heels of the first one? Anyway good for her. (Insert eye roll)<br /><br />Renee is justifiably furious after leaving Alicia’s house because she all but called her a “rat.” Big Ang blames Alicia’s comments on her being on edge. Renee says Alicia was insinuating she was a “rat” and “no one in 44 f*ckin’ years” has ever said Renee was a rat because she is not. Big Ang thinks Alicia still has a thing about Renee and Carla on the wire tap. Renee reads her a text from Alicia saying she knows she has her best interests at heart, but whoever she is talking to does not. Renee is pissed about her allegations. Renee is trying to get past her own problems and now Alicia wants to bring her down! Seems like Ang keeps making excuses for Alicia, even though she is supposed to be very close with Renee and her family, I don’t get it. Alicia didn’t have any proof and yet she attacked Renee at her dinner table when Renee went there to support her. No one said a word in Renee’s defense. WTH? Big Ang defends Renee on Twitter?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaAL06JIc86Q5Ip_L1dlxyUCe2FkmnVzEvBmjrVW7Z9V2f-x7lMCWuVrcvyrSlN9WJiV6G4GFfHcKPN1JY5vIU2hot8hgLoL9McisKKnAGK_AyOo6W8xGSJxzaukcqO8ThaM5lcRgjHM/s1600/ang+tweet+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaAL06JIc86Q5Ip_L1dlxyUCe2FkmnVzEvBmjrVW7Z9V2f-x7lMCWuVrcvyrSlN9WJiV6G4GFfHcKPN1JY5vIU2hot8hgLoL9McisKKnAGK_AyOo6W8xGSJxzaukcqO8ThaM5lcRgjHM/s1600/ang+tweet+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Next thing we know, Drita is “apologizing” to Alicia for stressing her out more with their visit. Really Drita? What did anyone do to stress out Alicia?  Drita says she thought the comment she repeated, about Alicia knowing everything her husband does, came from Alicia to Renee. Alicia is pissed that Renee is digging up dirt about her, from other people who heard the wire taps, and is afraid it is going to hurt her case. She feels Renee is behind her business being leaked to the press. Seems like Alicia wants her business kept private so is that why she put herself on national television airing all her own dirty laundry? Why doesn’t anyone say that to her face because I am dying to hear the answer! But, Drita seems to be siding with<b> <i>poor, poor pitiful</i> </b>Alicia. Once again a friend of Renee’s is siding with the “outsider” she just met 5 minutes ago. Alicia says she wants to sit down with Renee and give her a chance to explain herself. Excuse me? “Explain herself?”  I don’t think Renee has anything she needs to explain. If you don’t want people talking about you, then don’t give them anything to talk about, Alicia!<br /><br />Drita is trying to write a rap song to go with the words “money bags,” but she is completely stumped. She says writing is usually easy for her, but apparently she has writer’s block. She shows Aleeya what she is doing, writing words to the beat. I could do without these rapping scenes, I think they are “fillers.” Next.<br /><br />Natalie is out with her boyfriend, London. They have been together a year and a half now. She loves him. She wants to talk about their future, long time goals. He lives in New York and she lives in SOUTH Philly. She wants him to move to Philly where her family and business are located. The long distance relationship is hard. He says he is taking it one day at a time. She can’t keep doing the back and forth forever. I agree with her, she should stay in Philly and let him go back and forth, and leave us all the hell out of their bedroom scenes.<br /><br />Renee’s house. Renee hates the words “leak, rat, snitch” that Alicia throws around. Then she gets a letter from Junior and her skin begins to crawl. She is in complete shock. She calls her friend, Nikole, to tell her about his letter. Junior’s letter says he has a year to go and then he wants to get back together with her. He loves her and wants to start over. He says he can forgive her and hopes she can forgive him. Renee has nothing to be forgiven for and wants nothing to do with him. AJ walks in and she asks him to have a seat. She is agitated and she wants him to see Junior’s letter. AJ stops her cold, and he says if this has to do with his father he doesn’t want to hear it, he is moving forward. Renee says she wants to be left alone and doesn’t want Junior bothering her. I don’t understand how anyone in witness protection are allowed to write letters home which could make an “enemy” aware of their location? Junior cooperated with the Feds on several mobsters, including Renee’s father, and he thinks he can just stroll the streets of New York again? The skeptic in me doubts there even is a letter from Junior, but it makes for good television.<br /><br />Natalie drops in on Alicia. Alicia says she is irate. She says she called Renee to invite her to lunch to discuss what happened at her house. One of Alicia’s friends told her to look at Renee’s twitter, she has a message on it for Alicia. Why hasn’t Alicia seen it for herself, they follow each other on Twitter? Anyway, Alicia is beyond pissed. People are telling Alicia everything Renee is tweeting, oh dear, and they are hurtful and malicious things about her. <b><i>Poor, poor pitiful me</i>.</b> Alicia says Renee is sharing everything about Alicia with her best friend Carla. Natalie is more convinced than ever that she wants nothing to do with Renee. So does that mean she will quit or be fired from Mob Candy and Mob Wives? We can only pray! Alicia wants Renee to come clean and admit she is talking about her. I’m still waiting for Alicia to come clean about lots of things, but it ain’t happening.<br /><br />Renee meets her friend Carla, who she has known for 35 years. They grew up together with many other friends, in Staten Island. She is filling Carla in on all the stuff going on with Alicia. Renee says Alicia came to her house and talked about Renee and Carla being on the wire taps. Carla tells Renee that years ago she got a letter from the Federal government saying that she was on the wire tap. Renee now knows that the tapes are not as secret as Alicia thinks. Renee tells her that Alicia doesn’t want Carla to be friends with Edward. Renee feels Edward is still close to Carla. Carla says he even asked her to help pick out a gift for Alicia. Carla says Alicia can’t comprehend the term “friendship.” Carla is a married woman with a child, and she remained friends with Edward. Renee says Alicia is implying that Renee is feeding Carla information and Carla is spreading it all over Staten Island. Carla says if she has an issue with her then she should take it up with her, “her door is open and her phone rings…ring it.” Renee says she isn’t the enemy but Alicia is treating her like she is. Carla says Alicia needs to come to her if she has any problems.<br /><br />Back to London and Natalie in bed…with all the camera men around, how romantic! Love and chemistry…TAKE 1! They talk about getting a place together in New York, she feels it’s a step in the right direction. This is a step towards settling down and she seems happy. And really, who cares? Another filler scene as far as I am concerned.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9hZrjCUAcRpaEqGGGHcbTAUCBb9u4pxMlHmzrA5VVQIxBntR79rnIcfEMLlcGiC2f2TWDyJrS-Bp3aZSit4MPMR3U3hFHI30QkDeq_U4txaeP6AQ5KCjFouwhSbIPQGLs5XiB1oALGk/s1600/ang+tweet+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9hZrjCUAcRpaEqGGGHcbTAUCBb9u4pxMlHmzrA5VVQIxBntR79rnIcfEMLlcGiC2f2TWDyJrS-Bp3aZSit4MPMR3U3hFHI30QkDeq_U4txaeP6AQ5KCjFouwhSbIPQGLs5XiB1oALGk/s1600/ang+tweet+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Here again Ang sides with Renee on Twitter, but</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>never speaks up on the show?</b></div><br />Drita pops in at Ang’s to tell her about Alicia freaking out over Renee’s tweets. “Tweets?“ Really? Is that what should be of concern with her sentencing hanging over her head? What about the restitution to the truckers whose pension money you took? What about the fines the Feds want you to pay? I would think those two things would bump down the “tweets” on your list of concerns. Ang says she knows Renee wants to kill Alicia. Drita and Ang thinks it’s “nice” that Alicia invited Renee to lunch to discuss their issues. But now Alicia is pissed because of Renee’s tweets about the “damsel in distress act is getting old.” They both feel if someone has something to say, say it to the person’s face, not on twitter, text or facebook. Drita tells her Alicia is hurt and no one has ever treated her that way. Drita and Big Ang side with Alicia yet again. They feel Renee needs to respect Alicia if she wants respect. Hold up! I think it’s the other way around…Alicia attacked Renee twice without provocation! Wow what backstabbers! Is there even enough room on this blog for my comments?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>***</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>TWO CENTS time out: Alicia confronted Renee twice, in an aggressive and accusatory manner, at what should have been a couple of nice gatherings. First she accused her of not telling her that Carla and Eddie were still “friendly” and eating Chinese food, because she heard her name on the tapes. This is what I want to know…WHY is Alicia just now listening to the tapes and hearing Renee’s name? She has already pled guilty to the embezzlement charges that happened 3 years ago. You mean to tell me she didn’t listen to the tapes during the past 3 years to see if she could explain away the “guilty” parts before pleading guilty? I think listening to the tapes on the show were, at best, a scripted “reenactment” of what may have happened long ago. And if so, she already knew Renee was mentioned long before signing up with Mob Wives. How about that?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KOb1zfujktdiOz2_Tzm4NcEpNpEHd8gO5v7rRBqRKUxKDrRZB4ApAw3pqPnOIYZCEAafVUiF56w7Jrwaz7KbTyhuIavYETZl9WTRexHKniMIZ1V5NNjBKpDPgwXJp04rQsAtowS40Zk/s1600/alicia+bg+mouth+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KOb1zfujktdiOz2_Tzm4NcEpNpEHd8gO5v7rRBqRKUxKDrRZB4ApAw3pqPnOIYZCEAafVUiF56w7Jrwaz7KbTyhuIavYETZl9WTRexHKniMIZ1V5NNjBKpDPgwXJp04rQsAtowS40Zk/s1600/alicia+bg+mouth+2.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This was pretty much Alicia's expression</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>all through the sitdown, enough said.</b></div><br />Then she went ballistic and accused Renee of talking to the newspapers about her “business” because who else could it be? Gee, I don’t know. It could have been anyone in Staten Island or Philly, that’s who. The media, especially The New York Post, seems to be especially interested in Alicia’s business. She has been dubbed the “Wise Gal.” So when she posts her “sexy” pictures in Vegas on social media, she should expect them to pick up on it and ask lots of questions. Alicia put her business out there…by being on a nationally televised REALITY show and tweeting her own pictures. Then she wants to point the finger at Renee without one iota of evidence? Stick a fork in me I’m <b>D-O-N-E</b>, done.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">***</span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikGY-zEVzrlpJkz6p246WoXitdBPwz4eGMf8Ec9hOKoYZKYCxleqjEx9oHxJRQ9QHFezmMT_M_7LxUxiqM_8qXXwR4abT_c2_iJrihVcaQc7DiHKH1ruYY7fNF7hs2jxbb1yGjuUiTxM/s1600/renee+alicia+big+mouth.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikGY-zEVzrlpJkz6p246WoXitdBPwz4eGMf8Ec9hOKoYZKYCxleqjEx9oHxJRQ9QHFezmMT_M_7LxUxiqM_8qXXwR4abT_c2_iJrihVcaQc7DiHKH1ruYY7fNF7hs2jxbb1yGjuUiTxM/s1600/renee+alicia+big+mouth.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Doesn't Renee look great?</b></div><br />Renee and Alicia, both wearing black, meet up at a restaurant. They are going to have it out, like a showdown at the OK Coral. I can hear “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” theme song playing in my head! The tension is so thick you can cut it with a “butter knife!” Where is that Facciolo chick when you need her? Renee denies saying anything malicious to anyone about Alicia. Renee says it was simple conversation with people she knew, many of whom heard the tapes themselves. Renee tells Alicia she is getting defensive. Alicia is screaming. Renee doesn’t know what Alicia’s issue is. Alicia says she has every right to be mad at Carla. Alicia says she feels Renee is going back to Carla with everything she says. Renee wants to know if Alicia is implying Renee is a snitch. Renee is furious to be accused of something that is the worst thing you can call someone in her lifestyle. Alicia says she didn’t call her a rat. Alicia insists Renee was tweeting about her. “The Damsel in distress act is old,” tweet. Renee says those tweets were not about her. Alicia becomes more irate because Renee won’t own her tweets. Alicia says she knows what Renee is up to and she should bring it on. Renee says Alicia is out of her mind. Alicia asks if Renee was talking about her “supposedly” having a boyfriend. Renee says yes she had conversations about that, everyone on SI knows everyone’s business. Don’t forget the people in good old Philly, Renee, they know lots of things too. Alicia accuses Renee of trying to get all kinds of dirt on her and then tweets it out and won’t own it. They keep screaming at each other.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLE7Xa9nSenZEJYnwwsdAUWffJWSK7YMl3nIUSJNBioIHMCAndkiiGhp99LTJPm06lOlYWtH5XHnaCf1KJBsgUSHt9Z_d8wa1-PcTXm8LGYMdhqG-8Lb5NUF7IR6zSV_KAFVpJdkkFNk/s1600/alicia+big+mouth+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLE7Xa9nSenZEJYnwwsdAUWffJWSK7YMl3nIUSJNBioIHMCAndkiiGhp99LTJPm06lOlYWtH5XHnaCf1KJBsgUSHt9Z_d8wa1-PcTXm8LGYMdhqG-8Lb5NUF7IR6zSV_KAFVpJdkkFNk/s1600/alicia+big+mouth+3.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"I am a f*ckin' Goddess!"</span></b></div><br />Alicia thinks she is a goddess. Mob Mistress dubs her the <b>“Goddess of Stolen Pensions & Cooking Books.” </b>Renee tells her, “You are not that f*ckin’ interesting! You are not my type of person and I don’t like you as a person, I truly don’t, you are the ignorant fool.” Way to go Renee! Alicia says a so called friend of Eddie’s would never talk to her like that. What about the way you attacked a friend of Eddie’s when she was there just trying to help you, Alicia? Renee believes that ever since Alicia heard Renee’s name on the tape she has had it in for her. I believe the words “Chinese food and Carla” seem to set Alicia off. Alicia should get off Twitter and tend to her restitution, fines, boutique, children, and her Boo.<br /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: black; width: 520px;"><div style="padding: 4px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="288" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:996631/cp~series%3D2216%26id%3D1720945%26vid%3D996631%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A996631" width="512"></iframe></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 4px; padding: 4px; text-align: left;">Get More: <a href="http://www.vh1.com/shows/mob_wives/season_4/series.jhtml" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">Mob Wives (Season 4)</a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>CHECK OUT the final scene of last night's show!</b></div><br /><br />P.S. I do not know what s going on this season, but something stinks like limburger cheese!  I expected to see more of a New York/Philly war, but what I see is everyone against Renee. Four against one. It’s unbalanced and doesn’t have the ring of truth to it. What long time friends are going to side with an outsider over their own very long time friend? Drita and Ang are either following a script or have lost it.<br /><br />P.S.S. I think I speak for all fans when I say we would love for Karen to step in, at least in the finale, and she tell Alicia what she didn’t like about all the things she had to say! Now that would be the dream finale of season four!<br /><div><br /></div>

Mob Wives: Recap “Eat Worms B*tch,” Ep 408

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This Headset Makes Gaming Harder as Your Stress Level Increases (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/AVvXsEiawWO1bziR7lMrsw6bGuTIW7Ty48mjAl_CznnEqRpA-hGAFEgmdNHOc0dtU-fMBrwUMgA8kT-lKOubjV2Wj4E4lfeYk518TBUsvmTtKRldThfn-qsZCEFQ0bw_wWoYZ0Veq3JtjfnOph4/s1600/8dd925608cd260f343425fcd20b03bdc38294906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawWO1bziR7lMrsw6bGuTIW7Ty48mjAl_CznnEqRpA-hGAFEgmdNHOc0dtU-fMBrwUMgA8kT-lKOubjV2Wj4E4lfeYk518TBUsvmTtKRldThfn-qsZCEFQ0bw_wWoYZ0Veq3JtjfnOph4/s1600/8dd925608cd260f343425fcd20b03bdc38294906.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">Gaming can already be pretty stressful; heck, I used to get stressed blowing the dust out of NES cartridges.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">Now, former Samsung/IBM/Nike designer Samuel Matson <a data-rapid_p="52" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;g:8bf98bd6-9d68-3909-a75b-b7e6e1b873e7;ct:1;t1:a5;t4:18;itc:0;" href="http://www.sammatson.net/Immersion" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">has hacked together a system called Immersion</a> (<a data-rapid_p="53" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;g:8bf98bd6-9d68-3909-a75b-b7e6e1b873e7;ct:1;t1:a5;t4:18;itc:0;" href="http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/20/5326824/immersion-is-a-gaming-headset-to-prevent-gamer-rage" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">via Polygon</a>) that makes video games more difficult as you get more stressed out. If it works, the system could get you to handle your gaming stress better, which is both healthier for you and, hypothetically, better for your gaming performance.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">Here’s how it works. Matson concocted his system using a modified Xbox controller and a headset that detects the wearer’s pulse. The headset measures the player’s heart rate, sending a signal to the gaming system via Bluetooth to increase the game’s difficulty, should the heart rate rise. The faster the pulse rate, the more bad guys pop up in the first person shooter – and the harder those bad guys are to kill.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">Ideally, this would make you more tranquil when playing video games: It gives you an incentive, after all, to remain calm. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;"><img alt="image" height="358" src="http://l1.yimg.com/cd/resizer/FIT_TO_WIDTH-w500/d0bd0d8929ce0dd03f774a8f1923a470edd996d3" style="border: 0px; margin-right: 20px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" width="500" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">(Fun fact: The designer was apparently inspired by his brother’s own rage-fueled Call of Duty bouts.)</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">You can think of <a data-rapid_p="54" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;g:8bf98bd6-9d68-3909-a75b-b7e6e1b873e7;ct:1;t1:a5;t4:18;itc:0;" href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/21/immersion-headset-gamer-rage/" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Immersion</a> as one of those collars that sprays citronella in a dog’s face to stop it from barking – a way of conditioning a response. Only here, Immersion is attempting to lower stress, rather than to stop barking, and the conditioning may actually involve increasing stress levels if the gamer can’t handle himself. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;">Will Immersion  actually decrease gaming stress? The jury’s still out on this one. But if enough gamers are looking to wean themselves off of gaming, or are in the market for some good practical joking, there may be a place for the headset after all.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;"><a data-rapid_p="55" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;g:8bf98bd6-9d68-3909-a75b-b7e6e1b873e7;ct:1;t1:a5;t4:18;itc:0;" href="http://www.sammatson.net/Immersion" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">You can read more about the Immersion headset here</a>. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 0.55em; margin-top: 0.55em;"><em>Yahoo Tech is a brand new tech site from David Pogue and an all-star team of writers. <a data-rapid_p="56" data-ylk="elm:itm;elmt:link;g:8bf98bd6-9d68-3909-a75b-b7e6e1b873e7;ct:1;t1:a5;t4:18;itc:0;" href="http://www.facebook.com/yahootech" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Follow us on Facebook</a> for all the latest.</em></div></div>

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Employment Hump Déjà Vu (Musical Tribute)

The following chart shows the annual change in the annual average of the aggregate weekly hours worked by production and nonsupervisory private service-providing employees.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iZBfFEInHXPyYQCgpXsZIJxbcXMWE9a4yvHqViD6XadYeucbTRUZMMWRKtJBZsstS6BDs_cSGAe1kFOAZwwhaN_k_JusW0m4erKMAvRSkNcbMaSgR-PV83grGOh09ZrxpkTFGiYlVqI/s1600/Employment+Hump+Deja+Vu.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iZBfFEInHXPyYQCgpXsZIJxbcXMWE9a4yvHqViD6XadYeucbTRUZMMWRKtJBZsstS6BDs_cSGAe1kFOAZwwhaN_k_JusW0m4erKMAvRSkNcbMaSgR-PV83grGOh09ZrxpkTFGiYlVqI/s320/Employment+Hump+Deja+Vu.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />I'm just doing my part to keep you "abreast" of recent developments!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/iEe_eraFWWs" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=riK">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

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Cleveland Browns name Mike Pettine their new coach (BLOG,SPORTS)

<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/AVvXsEjIFFydThWj0cOLChQERrrikLlnYtbu6Wk7X_UNoLJpjTCIp1_E_sAZFCXztCG9RWa5IPlpMBC9Q-iMxKhQnjPKLIg-jvAjLvFNlmSlbrP7TDqNZJ8HfAzqdWaFkKm0JoJy3UkmMcDX5ZA/s1600/1390422600000-AP-Browns-Coaching-Search-Football.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFFydThWj0cOLChQERrrikLlnYtbu6Wk7X_UNoLJpjTCIp1_E_sAZFCXztCG9RWa5IPlpMBC9Q-iMxKhQnjPKLIg-jvAjLvFNlmSlbrP7TDqNZJ8HfAzqdWaFkKm0JoJy3UkmMcDX5ZA/s1600/1390422600000-AP-Browns-Coaching-Search-Football.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="firstpara" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;"><span class="location">CLEVELAND (AP) —</span> After nearly a month of twists, turns and talk, the Browns found their man.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Mike Pettine is Cleveland's new coach.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Buffalo's defensive coordinator, who met with team officials for the first time just a week ago, finalized a contract Thursday to become the Browns' seventh full-time coach since 1999. The team fired Rob Chudzinski on Dec. 29 following one season and embarked on a winding search that ended with Pettine.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">''We wanted to be thorough from the start,'' CEO Joe Banner said, ''and we interviewed as many people as we could. From that group, we hired the best individual for this job. Our players and fans are going to really enjoy Mike Pettine and his leadership style. We're excited to have him out in front of our team, and we look forward to working closely with him.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">The 47-year-old Pettine, the son of a legendary Pennsylvania high school coach, spent one year with the Bills after four as Rex Ryan's defensive coordinator with the New York Jets.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">With his clean-shaven head and no-nonsense approach, Pettine is popular with players. He'll inherit a Cleveland team that went 4-12 this season after losing its last seven games.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Pettine emerged as the favorite to become Cleveland's fourth coach in six years as the Browns eliminated candidates and Denver offensive coordinator Adam Gase, considered the front-runner when the search started, told the team to move on without him.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Pettine was scheduled to be introduced at a late afternoon news conference.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">His hiring ends a 25-day odyssey for the Browns. It was a search filled with rumors, denials, withdrawals and far too much drama for a franchise seeking stability.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">On Wednesday night, reports of a ''mystery'' candidate sent some Browns into a social-media frenzy, jamming Twitter timelines with all types of theories.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">The Browns flew to Mobile, Ala., on Tuesday to interview Pettine for the second time at the Senior Bowl. The four-hour meeting came shortly after Gase, the first candidate the team contacted, called Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and withdrew from consideration.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Gase wasn't the only coach to reportedly bow out. New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels - another early front-runner - also told the Browns thanks, but no thanks.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">The team had been expected to give Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn a second interview, but if he was their pick, the Browns would have had to wait until after the Super Bowl to finalize a deal.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">As other teams filled their head-coaching vacancies, the Browns kept looking. The lengthy delay led to a national perception the team didn't have a clear plan. Aware of the criticism, Haslam sent a letter to Cleveland fans last week explaining why the team was being ''methodical'' in finding Chudzinski's replacement.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">''We are strongly committed to finding the right person to coach the Cleveland Browns,'' Haslam wrote.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">And, in the end, Pettine, who had his first interview on Jan. 16, was Cleveland's choice - even though he may not have been the team's first one.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">The Bills are sorry to see Pettine leave.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">In one season in Buffalo, Pettine improved the defense in every statistical category, transforming a shaky unit into one of the league's nastiest. With an aggressive style Pettine perfected working under Ryan, he turned Buffalo's pass rushers loose, and the club finished with a franchise-record 57 sacks.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">The Bills had trouble stopping the run, but they finished 10th in the league in yards allowed, Buffalo's highest ranking since 2004. Buffalo also had four Pro Bowl selections on defense, including former No. 1 overall pick Mario Williams, who had 13 1-2 sacks.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">While he was with the Jets, Pettine's defenses finished in the top 10 four years in a row, and New York had the NFL's top-rated defense in 2009.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Pettine has his work cut out for him in Cleveland.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">The Browns have been to the playoffs (2002) just once since their franchise rebirth in 1999 and have never built any sustained success or momentum. Change has been the only constant.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Perhaps the team's biggest issue has been an inability to find a franchise quarterback; 20 QBs have started for the club in 15 seasons. Cleveland is expected to address its quarterback quandary in May's draft. The Browns have 10 selections, including two in the first round.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">The Browns also have plenty of salary-cap space to sign free agents, and with six Pro Bowlers, the talent cupboard is far from bare.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Football has formed Pettine's life. His father, Mike Pettine Sr., won four state championships at Central Bucks High School West in Doylestown, Pa., and retired in 1999 as the winningest coach in state history.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">---</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org</div></div>

Cleveland Browns name Mike Pettine their new coach (BLOG,SPORTS)

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Is "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" Getting Kancelled? (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/AVvXsEi0vu3XyNrCAGtY9uNcF7nVdjjFCP82dK5nI2bOQOihMNoK80jHzbQpCUtHgzMIqE5Za9Qzd6J1RfdQyBSjsEualRy9AbFjdbzl3ddtb_yYoO6Nr81WD7eG9PBAa07RTtVCQ0oogxxg3mU/s1600/Keeping-Up-With-The-Kardashians.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vu3XyNrCAGtY9uNcF7nVdjjFCP82dK5nI2bOQOihMNoK80jHzbQpCUtHgzMIqE5Za9Qzd6J1RfdQyBSjsEualRy9AbFjdbzl3ddtb_yYoO6Nr81WD7eG9PBAa07RTtVCQ0oogxxg3mU/s1600/Keeping-Up-With-The-Kardashians.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">The Kardashians. That family name is just so known now, so present in the thick greasy air of America, that it's easy to forget that they are famous for something in particular. Meaning, they do still have that reality show,</span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">Keeping Up with the Kardashians</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">. That is still the original source of their fame, though it is perhaps no longer what they are most known for. Like, the Kanye thing for Kim is pretty big, and Kris and </span><a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-person" data-rapid_p="10" href="http://celebrity.yahoo.com/celebs/bruce-jenner/1119" style="background-color: white; color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; text-decoration: none;">Bruce Jenner</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;"> have their big public divorce. And the other ones, Krandall and Khrysanthemum and Kegel and Kronos or whoever they are, they've got their own shows and modeling gigs and famous boyfriends I guess.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">See more:</span> <a data-rapid_p="11" href="http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/01/golden-globes-best-dressed-2014?mbid=synd_yshine" rel="nofollow" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="" title="">The Golden Globes' Best Dressed of 2014</a></b></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">But, yes, that original show, </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">Keeping Up with the Kardashians</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">, is where it all started. And that show, now in its ninth season, is starting to show signs of age. The ninth season premiere was on Sunday night, and the ratings, while enough to finish at number two among all cable shows, were down more than 20 percent from last year's premiere. Not even the big Kris/Bruce divorce drama could draw people in! So it is very possible, and we should start preparing for this, that soon there will be no </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">Keeping Up with the Kardashians</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;">.</span><br /><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390516878344_4759" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><b>See more: <a data-rapid_p="12" href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2014/01/jennifer-lawrence-taylor-swift-golden-globes?mbid=synd_yshine" rel="nofollow" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="" title="">Watch Jennifer Lawrence Photobomb Taylor Swift at the Golden Globes</a> </b><br />Which means that Korbin and Khaleesi and Kaptcha and all the rest will soon be unmoored, floating free-form around the cultural Oort cloud. Which could be a good thing-maybe eventually they'll just float away and disappear-but it could also mean disaster, Kardashians bumping into other spheres and arenas in which they don't belong, Kardashians muddling other celebrity equations, Kardashians willy-nilly all over the place, burrowing into things with their tanned leather claws.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390516878344_4753" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">It'd be nice to know that the show finally wore out its welcome, but the first law of Kardashidynamics states that their energy cannot be destroyed, it simply transfers, it becomes something else. What will that something else be? It is that unknown that should keep us up at night. Fear the future. But fight the future, too.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390516878344_4753" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><br /></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390516878344_4753" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">- Vanity Fair<br /><br /><br /></div> <a href="http://www.accesstattoo.com"><img src="http://snapshackk.com/accesstattoocoupon.jpg"> </a><br><br>Get 10% off <a href="http://www.accesstattoo.com"/tattoo-supplies/">tattoo supplies</a> when you shop at www.AccessTattoo.com. Valid until February 2014. </div>

Is "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" Getting Kancelled? (Blog)

The Kardashians. That family name is just so known now, so present in the thick greasy air of America, that it's easy to forget that the...

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Zhanna Friske sold the apartment to pay for treatment

<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* bleu 280 */ google_ad_slot = "8164661108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGB-gMRPlBTfzpuIljpck1gqZoOg49l2geOunW-j84XPlE3KaY5NtFkhsmjwHBGxLfHFyr38_DJvqZVCoYEnQBqOYvQ2aiwkw6pxhGErD5vDf_RKOujg2w7VRo4GHlGkqd3_RPt39x/s1600/Zhanna+Friske.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGB-gMRPlBTfzpuIljpck1gqZoOg49l2geOunW-j84XPlE3KaY5NtFkhsmjwHBGxLfHFyr38_DJvqZVCoYEnQBqOYvQ2aiwkw6pxhGErD5vDf_RKOujg2w7VRo4GHlGkqd3_RPt39x/s1600/Zhanna+Friske.jpg" /></a></div><br />Several years ago, singer <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Zhanna%20Friske" target="_blank">Zhanna Friske</a></b> purchased a luxury apartment in one of the most prestigious areas of Miami. Among <b>Russian celebrities</b> who have chosen this place for myself became Leonid Agutin with his wife Angelika Varum, Igor Nikolaev and Natasha Koroleva. <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 /> Recently it became known that to date no property abroad, executed in the name of  <b>Zhanna Friske</b>. Probably, she was forced to sell the apartment, as treatment abroad will cost her a large sum.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>

Zhanna Friske sold the apartment to pay for treatment

Several years ago, singer Zhanna Friske purchased a luxury apartment in one of the most prestigious areas of Miami. Among Russian celebrit...

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Ukranians Double Down

<a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-kiev-protesters-reject-deal-20140124,0,7855121.story#axzz2rJRtSu3I">The people protesting in Kiev voted to reject the Presidents deal</a> and have not only not backed off of their demands but have expanded their defenses and have expressed their determination that all of their demands be met.<br /><br />These folks are putting it all on the line.<br />Their freedoms and their lives, all of it. They are facing years in prison, torture and government sanctioned lethal force.<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm thinking some politicians in this country had better sit up and take notice as to just how pissed off these people are, they are dead serious.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgD03jhd-8rd-GsqRRXd4WUJ7De9-WLqdYcVw9SK-N4rmRgPNwKuFeFdeSBnsc5dMBZnk54Ot4NwqH48MWTy3ROOlzw8MgYxhKGVXRhvBRgNMfD3LzzLJXRnC7uR8KjJ13hiskAHaX6Ty/s1600/image.adapt.960.high.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgD03jhd-8rd-GsqRRXd4WUJ7De9-WLqdYcVw9SK-N4rmRgPNwKuFeFdeSBnsc5dMBZnk54Ot4NwqH48MWTy3ROOlzw8MgYxhKGVXRhvBRgNMfD3LzzLJXRnC7uR8KjJ13hiskAHaX6Ty/s640/image.adapt.960.high.jpg" /></a></div><br />They are rioting over there over some of the same tyrannical laws that have recently been passed in this country.<br /><br />Things like making it a felony to protest around politicians ring a bell? Free speech zones maybe?<br /><br />This bears watching closely because it is <i>very possible</i> that this country could be in the same situation in the not too distant future.<br /><br />I wish them the best of luck.<br /><br />If you want to watch live coverage as it unfolds, <a href="http://iiipercent.blogspot.com/2014/01/ukraine-live.html">Sam Kerodin has a Live Feed up</a> from behind the barriers.

Ukranians Double Down

The people protesting in Kiev voted to reject the Presidents deal and have not only not backed off of their demands but have expanded their...

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STOCK MARKET WARNING SIGNS APPEAR

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">*****WALL STREET IMPLOSION*****</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>TOP STORY -- WALL STREET TURNS RED </b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>*****STOCK MARKET RED-ALERT***** </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCF1SgPz7sNsqQjCBT10ACue-wKno8ACKliMyAfeWaW59qrdtc6T84mV4WGsaf9DwJ3gPq0vXKySsKhLNWEBpgzWFZPUhfO9LVPIbGOgyBEZciUIL4qRJ-N5Wm5RLk2hn31gb8s62S4w/s1600/WallStreetmoneyPIC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCF1SgPz7sNsqQjCBT10ACue-wKno8ACKliMyAfeWaW59qrdtc6T84mV4WGsaf9DwJ3gPq0vXKySsKhLNWEBpgzWFZPUhfO9LVPIbGOgyBEZciUIL4qRJ-N5Wm5RLk2hn31gb8s62S4w/s1600/WallStreetmoneyPIC.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>DJIA DROPS 316 POINTS</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><img alt="http://markets.money.cnn.com/markets/overview/modules/chart.asp" src="http://markets.money.cnn.com/markets/overview/modules/chart.asp" /> </b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">They're probably going to HALT TRADING</span> </b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><img height="257" src="http://www.finviz.com/fut_chart.ashx?t=ES&cot=138741,13874A&p=m5" width="400" /><br /> </b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>GOLD and SILVER EXPLODE TO THE UPSIDE!</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>US DOLLAR GETS SLAMMED!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img height="199" src="http://www.finviz.com/fut_chart.ashx?t=GC&cot=088691&p=m5" width="400" /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><img height="199" src="http://www.finviz.com/fut_chart.ashx?t=SI&cot=084691&p=m5" width="400" /> </b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Market SELL SIGNALS APPEAR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Where's Janet Yellen?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TAKE COVER NOW!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Marketwatch watching for 50% CORRECTION on ELLIOT WAVE ANALYSIS:</b><br /><b><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-about-a-50-crash-2014-01-23?dist=beforebell" style="color: red;">http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-about-a-50-crash-2014-01-23?dist=beforebell</a></b><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">We told you people not to get in. :-) </span></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">LOOK AT THAT!  LOOK AT IT!</span></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">DID YOU GET HOOKED? </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><!-- Start FreeStockCharts.com Chart Widget --> <br /><div align="center" width="100%"><iframe frameborder="0" height="390" scrolling="no" src="http://widgets.freestockcharts.com/WidgetServer/InteractiveChartWidget.aspx?guid=90fc292d-7e54-4d51-a5a3-c7140b1f244e&w=500&h=390" style="border: none;" width="500"></iframe></div><!-- End FreeStockCharts.com Chart Widget --> <br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/E1xqSZy9_4I?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mfrwhMVkrpY?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><b>...developing... </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

STOCK MARKET WARNING SIGNS APPEAR

*****WALL STREET IMPLOSION***** TOP STORY -- WALL STREET TURNS RED *****STOCK MARKET RED-ALERT***** DJIA DROPS 316 POINTS They're prob...

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Texas Wheelchair Beggar makes over $100K YEAR

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A G4T TYPE PERSONALITY</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/SxqBDuf_Xrk?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>...developing...</b></div>

Texas Wheelchair Beggar makes over $100K YEAR

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fess up friday - powell brower

<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks everyone for your kind words about my hand. Being a one handed mamma isn't easy, especially with so many zippers to zip and hands to stuff in tiny gloves, but the hubs is properly babying me and I'll be back in fighting shape soon. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So in the mean time enjoy a little Fess Up fun with my girl Bethany from <a href="http://www.powellbrower.com/" target="_blank">Powell Brower at Home</a>. Bethany is a woman of many talents, including a successful design business she runs with mom Nancy, another full time job, dog training and general awesomeness. And on top of all that she just happens to crack me up most of the time. And we all know how much I love funny people. Let's see what she has to fess up about...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_V-nHKh9dd7KNfevhs8E9CuYwdKxbEPVPOmKgDqN79x6G7bJERC3TuyrcmVGJEo60vJX_nICjTLgn4AAFcTf7afL1JyafmxkAA3ct9KPqGe3oCcpXH_O5tuPQf9kZyAYV3ZzGmQfG18Ml/s1600/FessUpFridaylogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_V-nHKh9dd7KNfevhs8E9CuYwdKxbEPVPOmKgDqN79x6G7bJERC3TuyrcmVGJEo60vJX_nICjTLgn4AAFcTf7afL1JyafmxkAA3ct9KPqGe3oCcpXH_O5tuPQf9kZyAYV3ZzGmQfG18Ml/s1600/FessUpFridaylogo.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love what Elizabeth is cooking up with the Fess Up Fridays so I am thrilled to fess up today!  Thanks, E! Apparently I have a few things to get off my chest because I have two fess ups</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, one design related and one not.  Let's start with the latter.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This actually may come as no surprise to those closest to me (ahem, Mom) but <b>I hate talking on the phone.</b>  Hate.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRCLev9hxmH7GVc9hk70nQWYoZCyqGIbXy0Jl0Sebxv1CGW3sTX3bH5gDYmGOjjSV6nWktkb5Dum62I7moUyIc-RSSJcbks0aM_MzXEwEtMKEqldfg_PPZKRzpH6X1ONZyT8M9-bFjxzw/s1600/unnamed+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRCLev9hxmH7GVc9hk70nQWYoZCyqGIbXy0Jl0Sebxv1CGW3sTX3bH5gDYmGOjjSV6nWktkb5Dum62I7moUyIc-RSSJcbks0aM_MzXEwEtMKEqldfg_PPZKRzpH6X1ONZyT8M9-bFjxzw/s1600/unnamed+(1).jpg" width="576" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I live at my desk and look at this clutter!  I basically live on the phone for work, so I hate to answer it afterhours.  Texts and email have become such an efficient way to communicate and I have started to prefer them.  I've come to think of phone calls as the bearers of bad news -- an unwanted request I have a hard time fielding or a certain satellite radio company calling about my subscription every.single.day.  When I commuted to and from work, I relied so heavily on the phone to ease my boredom.  Now, I'd rather save my chats for in-person or weekends. I am a type-A, bubbly extrovert and while I am quite chatty, I find that coupled with the hyper-connectivity of the world, I am left feeling like I want to unplug and recharge my batteries.  I just want to be unreachable for a little while.  Although if you were to ask my husband and mom, I'm sure they'd confer I already am. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Tell me...do you like the phone? Do you prefer to text or talk? Is it just my generation? I used to think my hipster brother, on the cusp of a different generation, was more likely to side-button a phone call. Now I find it's me!  </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next secret...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>I heart a good karate chopped pillow</b>.  I know some decorators hate them and I can see where they are obnoxious at times.  </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I find myself coveting structure be</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">cause I live in a world full of down-fill fails.  We're a one-sofa-household and that poor thing has been lounged on and squashed half to death by my husband and three dogs!  Thankfully, I get about 8 hours of karate-chopped bliss with my euro shams every day.  But for all other areas of the house, it's usually misshapen and disheveled land. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmUi3K4q2ectofLnlQpEsCnc-bxBrNWItouIqfYHeEz-Vxk-LMxgREnOJl-gSqq2hbzszkk_cZGGqchJViK4_fWcvIHzNUIqZvdHV9YgSXW4GFLnuv3GeFhW3OS-fXA3MxB3ioSA_NHxx/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmUi3K4q2ectofLnlQpEsCnc-bxBrNWItouIqfYHeEz-Vxk-LMxgREnOJl-gSqq2hbzszkk_cZGGqchJViK4_fWcvIHzNUIqZvdHV9YgSXW4GFLnuv3GeFhW3OS-fXA3MxB3ioSA_NHxx/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>How about you? Do you "hi-yah" your pillows?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/P1AhsGuHyiA" width="420"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><img align="left" border="0" src="http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd408/lizzygal18/bethany-1.png" style="border: 0pt none;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgNUqLgfzZ68HfLqNR-LFwkEeOOwHDoTU7s0QZg6Ztc53Hh4SD0U62KuYC8kjBp_PvaRfkK6xaDols2UNrp2segQz2RWcc_O1ezWEFZvf0Z3KBINP3jxuXHQ8DsNRlYouN_VCcUZLfGEki73Wiwv5p7M_gvJEfG0LjZpkk-dPKGRxOF=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgNUqLgfzZ68HfLqNR-LFwkEeOOwHDoTU7s0QZg6Ztc53Hh4SD0U62KuYC8kjBp_PvaRfkK6xaDols2UNrp2segQz2RWcc_O1ezWEFZvf0Z3KBINP3jxuXHQ8DsNRlYouN_VCcUZLfGEki73Wiwv5p7M_gvJEfG0LjZpkk-dPKGRxOF=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><br /><br /><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fi1218.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd408%2Flizzygal18%2Fbethany-1.png&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgNUqLgfzZ68HfLqNR-LFwkEeOOwHDoTU7s0QZg6Ztc53Hh4SD0U62KuYC8kjBp_PvaRfkK6xaDols2UNrp2segQz2RWcc_O1ezWEFZvf0Z3KBINP3jxuXHQ8DsNRlYouN_VCcUZLfGEki73Wiwv5p7M_gvJEfG0LjZpkk-dPKGRxOF=" -->

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Blood Ties: Mila Kunis, Marion Cotillard, Zoe Saldana and Clive Owen in the new trailer

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1I9YbhRX1WDCXYSHJioN5l19vO9BsHnCOQe1wg2Rw8z1cSnovVbtcJI7E8QX58J4WSvgqORBp4IRl8FY37K8FPALY1XDLJzRVlTuCHPPPmqE6ZKcD4aag1DrGDYHSHxfj31Ndnnif/s1600/Footage+from+the+trailer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Footage from the trailer Blood Ties" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1I9YbhRX1WDCXYSHJioN5l19vO9BsHnCOQe1wg2Rw8z1cSnovVbtcJI7E8QX58J4WSvgqORBp4IRl8FY37K8FPALY1XDLJzRVlTuCHPPPmqE6ZKcD4aag1DrGDYHSHxfj31Ndnnif/s1600/Footage+from+the+trailer.jpg" title="Footage from the trailer Blood Ties" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The network has a new trailer Guillaume Canet crime drama "Blood Ties", which was first presented to the public at the Cannes Film Festival last year. </span><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 src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br />Watch the tape is worth at least because of the presence of an impressive cast of international celebrities names. Starring in the film performed by <b>Mila Kunis</b>, <b>Marion Cotillard</b>, <b>Zoe Saldana</b>, <b>Clive Owen</b> and <b>Billy Crudup</b>. <br /><br />In the center of the history of two brothers - one a criminal, the other - a budding police. The first returns from prison, where he spent many years. Start life from scratch trying to help him just younger brother: he finds him with housing, employment, helps to renew its relationship with children and former wife. <br /><br />However, everything is not quite as relatives hope the main character - he again returns to the old life, betraying all those who believed in it and gave a chance.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsH6QJbNRQero8CrlIlP829u7DyYRSF8uSMTYCk_2NKx5No1z-go4MXkh6G2G5u1oNJJ5lBB9kzh1l5UQ7XwVbCfGICjXEStd1XbJmm0M_b0qB6yIYHT_EeaUYsqoskgign8IsIX8/s1600/Footage+from+the+trailer+Blood+Ties+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsH6QJbNRQero8CrlIlP829u7DyYRSF8uSMTYCk_2NKx5No1z-go4MXkh6G2G5u1oNJJ5lBB9kzh1l5UQ7XwVbCfGICjXEStd1XbJmm0M_b0qB6yIYHT_EeaUYsqoskgign8IsIX8/s1600/Footage+from+the+trailer+Blood+Ties+1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Blood Ties: Mila Kunis, Marion Cotillard, Zoe Saldana and Clive Owen in the new trailer

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9 Reasons You Need To Be Giving and Receiving Hugs Everyday

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><img alt="" class="spotlight" height="400" src="https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1625664_10151893603977499_1813144673_n.jpg" style="height: 480px; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Hugging helps the immune system, cures depression, reduces stress and induces sleep. It's invigorating, rejuvenating and has no unpleasant side effects. It is all natural, organic, naturally sweet, no pesticides, no preservatives, no artificial ingredients and 100 percent wholesome. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">There are no batteries to wear out, no periodic check-ups, low energy consumption, high energy yield, inflation proof, nonfattening, no monthly payments, theft-proof, nontaxable, nonpolluting and, of course, fully returnable. Hugging is practically perfect, with the only exception that it can't recreate the wheel. <span name="advenueINTEXT">Here are 9 reasons you need hugs everyday.'</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span name="advenueINTEXT">Read <a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/14/012314_9-Reasons-Need-Giving-Receiving-Hugs-Everyday.shtml">more... </a></span></span>

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