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Bandai Namco has revealed three new PS3 titles in the works from the Project Ace team, and they're a diverse trio of appealing games. Of course, we don't know if they'll make it outside Japan, but we can always hope.
The first on the list is Brave Arms , which is supposed to boast fact-action style gameplay combined with the cramped and intimidating environments found in something like Splinter Cell . A futuristic atmosphere awaits the gamer – it's set in the year 2025 – and you'll attempt to put down an oppressive regime, all with the help of your trusty Bionics Armed Suit. The Suit, as you can well imagine, grants you plenty of inhuman abilities that will give you the edge in your quest.
The second game is entitled Chain Limit , which is like Stuntman fused with an adventure game. You'll get buddied-up with a spy girl, and the two of you will have to get yourself out of life-threatening situations. For example, maybe you'll have to escape a sinking car (while all tied up), or maybe you just gotta avoid that bomb explosion. It's definitely an intriguing concept, yes?
The last is known as Second Season 01 , which is described as "a first-person detective game," and that apparently means we'll have both FPS action and other third-person action. Not much else is known about this one, but we'll keep you apprised of any new developments concerning Second Season 01 . The three new projects have yet to secure release dates.


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Home The Latest Being a Bankster Means Never Saying 'I'm Sorry'
Being a Bankster Means Never Saying 'I'm Sorry'
by Jim Hightower
The funny thing about Wall Street banksters is that they make a killing by defrauding millions of homeowners, customers, investors, and taxpayers -- then, when caught, they wonder why we don't love them.
That's "funny" as in bizarre, not as in ha-ha.
Still, it's hard not to laugh at Jamie Dimon, the vainglorious, silver-haired boss of the JPMorgan Chase house of banksters. Last year alone the bank racked up a record level of regulatory fines for the recidivist criminal operation overseen by the boss. A little self-reproachment might have done him some good, but Dimon chose a funny way (again meaning bizarre) to express remorse: He's been running a feel-sorry-for-me campaign, claiming that he's the victim of this sordid story!
Never mind his long rap sheet of malfeasance and incompetence, which cost so many so much, Jamie wails that everything from Wall Street's bailout to the pay of top bank executives have made people envious of bankers' success. Thus, he moans, an anti-Wall Street sentiment has spread through the public, prompting politicians and regulators to pander to this populist anger by persecuting enterprising bankers like him. He called the whole thing "unfair."
Good grief. This guy builds bank profits through rip-offs, piles billions of dollars in fines on the backs of shareholders, pockets $20 million in personal pay for one year's work -- and he wants us to weep for him? Being a Wall Street boss, you see, means never having to say you're sorry, for it's always someone else's fault.
Only 25 years ago, more than a thousand bankers were prosecuted for this sort of malfeasance during the savings & loan scandal. Let's return to the ethical accountability of those days. Or maybe We the People should send our own message to today's banksters by rolling a guillotine down the center of Wall Street.
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Authorities say it was not a random targeting of a police officer. He was recently engaged to be married. Absolutely heartbreaking..
OFFICER DEATH INVESTIGATION ABILENE, TX – On August 31, 2015, the Clyde Police Department received a 9-1-1 call from a south side residence shortly after 7 pm indicating a man had been found deceased in the home. When police arrived, they found the body of off-duty Abilene Police Officer Don Allen. He was the only person inside the residence when found by family members. The manner of death was clearly suspicious, so the Clyde Police Department contacted the Abilene Police Department and Texas Rangers for assistance.
All three agencies and the FBI have now been working through this investigation non-stop, and we will continue until those responsible are taken into custody. This investigation is being treated as a homicide. At this time, there does not appear to be any danger to members of the Clyde community, nor is there any indication that random law enforcement personnel are being targeted.
Officer Allen is survived by his parents of Clyde, as well as two brothers and a sister. This family is heartbroken over the loss of their loved one, as is our police family. Parents should not have to bury their children, and this family certainly needs our love and prayers during this time. Officer Allen was engaged to be married, having proposed to his fiancé on July 12th.


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French born, Australian at heart, Lisbon based and full time globe trotter, over the last few years YokoO has floated, dreamed and swooned his way across the world to some of the loftiest echelons.
A studio-head in the true sense of the word, YokoO's last 20 years have seen him master house music in all its deepest forms. With a prolific and impressive discography, YokoO has made his mark on noteworthy labels to date with original releases and a back-catalogue of strong remixes.
He's turned the heads of many a label boss from Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Matthew Dekay, Lee Burridge, MANDY, as well as racked up plays from a broad spectrum of industry reference artists. YokoO's music has proven time and time again it can reach the record bags of the DJing elite in every continent.
His most recent notable projects Pachamama and Euneirophrenia anticipated the evolution behind the January '21 release of his latest EP Jivanmuktih on Crosstown Rebels' offshoot Rebellion. 2021 marks for YokoO the re-birth into a significant new chapter of his career as a producer, with a matured musical intuition charged with seductive blends of eclectic, deep, minimal and hypnotic house grooves.
Like a mantra vibrating beat by beat, his music abides only to his deepest meditative intuition and revolves around the creation of unbound free flowing states of creativity echoing in stillness a deep connection to nature where every subtle detail counts for rich in artistic expression and depth.
"I am committed to the Truth". With these words, DJ YokoO explains how he draws inspiration from his Yoga practice and the Sutras as he prepares for the launch of his new label SATYA, a project that signifies the maturing into a state of unbridled surrender to the craft. With SATYA, he intends to support and represent artists who embrace creativity as a non-compromising act devoid of any expectation.
His constant evolution as a human being plays hand in hand with the authenticity of his creative process, committed to releasing unpredictable sounds that never fail to communicate, connect and move.
Between gigs, you'll find YokoO producing in his home-build studio in Lisbon or saluting the sun somewhere in Mexico.
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Q: Bluemix - How to add a Certificate to a Trust Store I have a pure Java application that currently makes use of a .jks based key- and trust-store. To my understanding, the SSL protocol handling under Bluemix is done at the network side using a single port and a wild-card certificate for host and domain identification. My concern is regarding the use of the trust-store, where I use to add the certificates of the trusted partner nodes, like for example an identity provider. Is there a high level upload tool available that helps to install a trusted certificate? With that available, the Java could limit its functionality to a very basic HTTP implementation, externally assisted by the cloud and its HTTP to HTTPS conversion mechanism that occurs at the dynamic port.
What is the best way to upload and activate a trusted server certificate into my application?
Thanks @david for sending the comments.
The application is a pure Java package that integrates an embedded web  container and handles one single GUI page to initiate and Oauth 2.o related authentication flow. Its design is similar to a cURL sequence, so its basically a web service. To keep  it lean, my intention was to avoid a web application servers complexity. SSL could be driven by the code itself, as I managed to pack the key- and trust-store into the cf push package, using the Maven package resource extension command which is able to copy a set of flat files, by its extension, like *.jks.  The testing showed that the Java code is able to read it. My doubt is about the default SSL handling which transfers SSL construction into the Bluemix proxy gateway basically connecting with the application through a basic HTTP protocol (question: does the proxy act at the incoming path only?).
I did not find a documentation about the flow of outgoing SSL or mechanisms that describes how to store the trusted certificates that could assist the proxy. Further does the keystore require a certificate that maps the wildcard of *.mybluemix.net domain, or does it need a self-signed certificate?
Regarding error:   javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: peer not authenticated
I've isolated the SSL issue with the JAVA_OPTS="-Djavax.net.debug=ssl" configured in the environment variable and repeated the application "push". The trace displayed an issue regarding unrestricted JCE stregth, an incompatibility between the calling node (IdP) and the OpenJDK Java 8.
Apparently my code is able to generate SSL thought the use of local keystores. I will open a new report regarding the cryptography issue and will ask the community how to patch it.
Thanks @david for support to clarify the details about Bluemix and SSL proxy support and use of trust certificates.

A: There's no upload tool that I'm aware of, but assuming you're using Liberty, you should be able to just package a keystore with your server directory when you push it to Bluemix (typically in the resources/security dir). You'll have to configure the keystore element in your server.xml as described here. And you would have to re-push your app every time you need to modify the keystore (i.e. Add a new cert), but that probably wouldn't be very often depending on your use case.

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For those looking for a mid-week or weekend wine tour with a good introduction to the various tastes and styles of Languedoc wines available, this may be the answer. The authentic Southern French wine bar for the introductory tasting session is situated within walking-distance of the hotel, inside the ancient walls of the city centre, and your guide will collect you from Hotel du Château for the full day transported tour(s).
Depending on your specific tastes and preferences, you can choose between a tour of the famous Minervois appellation, world renowned for some of the region's finest wines to visit two wineries (one of which is located in Livinère, the only Cru in the Minervois) or Corbières and Lagrasse, famed for their rocky vine-covered hillsides. On this tour, visits and tastings will take place at two wineries. There will be a maximum of eight guests on both tours and a traditional lunch with wines will be served in a picturesque location. If your tour day falls on a Sunday, you will be taken to the Minervois and the pretty village of Saint-Chinian for two visits and tastings with lunch. For those booking the four day break, enjoy both full day tours.
Upon arrival in Carcassonne, check into your chosen hotel in the city centre.
Free afternoon to explore the walled city and relax.
Enjoy an early evening introductory tasting session of three Languedoc wines from the Minervois, Corbières and Limoux. Your wine will be accompanied by a platter of cheeses and meats.
Visits to two wineries on the tour.
A traditional lunch with local wines in a picturesque setting.
The hotel was luxurious and only a short walk to the medieval part of the city.
Stay longer! An extra night's bed and breakfast at Hotel du Château costs £124 per person in a Standard room, £135 per person in a Superior room, £146 per person in a Deluxe room or £157 per person in a Junior Suite.
Stay in the vineyards. We thoroughly recommend spending some time in the Languedoc-Rousillon vineyards to relax, unwind and enjoy further tastings!
Discover more French wine regions. As well as trips to the Languedoc-Rousillon and the Loire Valley, we also arrange holidays to the Champagne, Bordeaux, Burgundy Alsace, Cognac and Provence.
Given the wide range of travel options, the package price does not include travel. Please see our Languedoc travel page for detailed information.
We are just back from our holiday at the weekend and wanted to say thank you for putting together such a wonderful trip. We are no experts but found the tour of the vineyards really interesting and we were impressed that it was solely for our benefit. The hotel was lovely and we also used your meal guide to dine at two wonderful restaurants also.
Three day self-drive break in the Minervois wine region, available throughout the year.


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Apple just introduced the iPhone XR, a new lower-cost iPhone with a 6.1-inch screen - giving it more screen real estate than the iPhone 8 Plus, which has a 5.5-inch screen.
The new device is one of three new iPhones Apple introduced Wednesday at its annual event in Cupertino, California - Apple also unveiled the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max, along with the Apple Watch Series 4.
What separates the iPhone XR from the other devices is its LCD display, with a lower resolution than the just-announced iPhone XS and XS Max, which results in a lower price point. It also has a single-lens camera, and is made from aluminum.
The iPhone XR will also come in six colors: black, white, red, yellow, coral, and blue.


Atlanta rentals draw in visitors from all over the world each year, interested in exploring this fascinating city and all it has to offer firsthand. This city captures both the essence of Southern charm as well as the booming atmosphere of a major center for global travel and commerce. It makes sense that townhouses for rent are a popular form of local housing, bringing the comfort of the suburban life into the bustling metropolitan neighborhoods.
For residences over 1,500 square feet or that have more than two bathrooms, expect to pay an extra $1,000 a month on average. Some townhouses also come with extra amenities, like the latest appliances or a private porch, which could raise the monthly cost. Keep this in mind as you explore the following regions of the city for your new home.
Townhouses for rent in Atlanta are most abundant in the eastern neighborhoods of the city. In East Atlanta, housing is less cramped and more varied than the highly populated Downtown and Midtown regions. Charming streets lead to many unique sights, including Victorian-style houses, restored buildings converted to boutique markets, coffee bars and brunch spots like Folk Art where you can enjoy the finest of Southern cuisine.
There are not as many townhomes for rent in Atlanta around Downtown, but the nearby Midtown area usually has plenty of listings to choose from for those who desire a more central location. This art-centric district of the city is frequented by students and other individuals who enjoy participating in big local events and nightlife. You are likely to pay a little more for a townhome in Midtown neighborhoods than outside of the city center, because many of them provide great views of the city, access to local attractions and other luxury amenities.
ATL townhouse rentals are a little less common in the northern region. Buckhead neighborhoods cater more to upscale apartment complexes along the business district and large single family homes in the surrounding areas. You are also more likely to find townhouses for sale rather than for rent in Buckhead, as many residents choose to settle down there with their families.
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The Watter's Mou'
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The Watter's Mou' is a novel by Bram Stoker, first published in 1895. [1] It is the story of a woman who is in love with a man whose job it is to stop the smuggling by poor local fishermen, one of whom is her father.
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William Barrow
Maggie MacWhirter
Mr. MacWhirter - Maggie's father
Andrew MacWhirter - Maggie's brother
Niel MacWhirter - Maggie's brother
Solomon Mendoza - a money lender
Bram Stoker Online Full text and PDF versions of The Watter's Mou'.
Abraham Stoker was an Irish author who is celebrated for his 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. In his early years, Stoker worked as a theatre critic for an Irish newspaper, and wrote stories as well as commentaries. He also enjoyed travelling, particularly to Cruden Bay where he set two of his novels. During another visit to the English coastal town of Whitby, Stoker drew inspiration for writing Dracula. He died on 20 April 1912 due to locomotor ataxia and was cremated in north London. Since his death, his magnum opus Dracula has become one of the most well-known works in English literature, and the novel has been adapted for numerous films, short stories, and plays.
Dracula is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian noble, Count Dracula. Harker escapes the castle after discovering that Dracula is a vampire, and the Count moves to England and plagues the seaside town of Whitby. A small group, led by Abraham Van Helsing, hunt Dracula and, in the end, kill him.
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.
The Bram Stoker Award for Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for novels.
The Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for short fiction.
The Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for best screenplay.
The Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for best fiction collection.
The Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for an anthology.
Professor Abraham Van Helsing, a fictional character from the 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula, is an aged Dutch polymath doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his name: "MD, D.Ph., D.Litt., etc.", indicating a wealth of experience, education and expertise. He is a Doctor, Professor, Lawyer, Philosopher, Scientist and Metaphysic. The character is best known through many adaptations of the story as a vampire slayer, monster hunter and the archnemesis of Count Dracula, and the prototypical and the archetypical parapsychologist in subsequent works of paranormal fiction.
Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It overlooks the North Sea from its cliff-top site 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of Cruden Bay. The core of the castle is a 16th-century tower house, built by the 9th Earl of Erroll. Significant reconstruction of the castle has been carried out a number of times, lastly in 1837 when it was rebuilt as a Scots Baronial mansion. At one time it had three extensive gardens but is now a roofless ruin. Plans to restore the castle have been on hold since 2009. It is a Historic Environment Scotland Category B listed building. The castle is linked with the novels of Bram Stoker, including Dracula.
Vampire films have been a staple in world cinema since the era of silent films, so much so that the depiction of vampires in popular culture is strongly based upon their depiction in films throughout the years. The most popular cinematic adaptation of vampire fiction has been from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, with over 170 versions to date. Running a distant second are adaptations of the 1872 novel Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. By 2005, the Dracula character had been the subject of more films than any other fictional character except Sherlock Holmes.
Shadow Builder is a 1998 horror film directed by Jamie Dixon. It is based on the story "The Shadow Builder" by Bram Stoker.
The Bram Stoker Award for Best Poetry Collection is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for a poetry collection.
Count Dracula is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Some aspects of the character are believed to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian Prince Vlad the Impaler, who was also known as Dracula, and by Sir Henry Irving, an actor for whom Stoker was a personal assistant.
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula is a horror-war television film, which premiered in the United States on the USA Network on Halloween, October 31, 2000. It is about Vlad III Dracula, "the Impaler", the historical figure who gave Bram Stoker's Dracula his name.
Dacre Calder Stoker is a Canadian-American author, sportsman and filmmaker.
Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy, or simply Bram Stoker's The Mummy, is a 1998 American fantasy horror film based on Bram Stoker's 1903 novel The Jewel of Seven Stars. It features an ensemble cast including Louis Gossett Jr., Eric Lutes, Amy Locane, Lloyd Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Mary Jo Catlett, Aubrey Morris, and Richard Karn. Morris previously played Dr. Putnum in Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, the 1971 Hammer adaptation of the same novel.
The Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for young adult novels.
The Bram Stoker Award for Best Graphic Novel is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing for graphic novels.
Bibliography of works on Dracula is a listing of non-fiction literary works about the book Dracula or derivative works about its titular vampire Count Dracula.
↑ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/bram-stoker/ Stoker's Bibliography at Fantastic Fiction.
The Primrose Path (1875)
The Snake's Pass (1890)
The Watter's Mou' (1895)
The Shoulder of Shasta (1895)
Miss Betty (1898)
The Mystery of the Sea (1902)
The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903)
The Man (1905)
Lady Athlyne (1908)
The Lady of the Shroud (1909)
"Dracula's Guest"
Under the Sunset (1881)
Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party (1908)
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914)
The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (1879)
A Glimpse of America (1886)
Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (1906)
Famous Impostors (1910)
Florence Balcombe (wife)
Thornley Stoker (brother)
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Bystanders gather as police investigate the shooting scene. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.
Medics rushed a 33-year-old man to the Aria Health Torresdale Campus, where he was listed in critical condition after he was shot four times, shortly before 9 p.m. Monday inside a barbershop on Castor Avenue near Friendship Street in the Castor section of Northeast Philadelphia.
Police said the victim had been struck in the arm, leg and chest, and had suffered a grazing head wound, according to 6ABC. The Philadelphia Daily News reported that he was expected to survive.
The victim had recently purchased Castor's Finest Barbershop, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report. Investigators told NBC10 that the barbershop was closed at the time of the shooting. No arrests had been made Monday night, according to CBS3.
Shooting victims were reported earlier Monday in Fairhill and North Philadlephia.


LIVESTOCK MARKETING INFORMATION CENTER – USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated that U.S. hay production would be close to 132 million tons in 2017, down 3 million tons from last year. Alfalfa hay production is pegged to be down 4%, and all other hay production is down 1%. Average alfalfa yield per acre is down 5% from a year ago, explaining all of the declines in output, as alfalfa area harvested increased 1% from 2016. As would be expected, states experiencing severe drought conditions in the Northern Plains suffered the biggest declines in alfalfa yields. North Dakota yields were down 32%, South Dakota was down 12%, and Montana was down 10%. Minnesota alfalfa yields were down 15%. Montana leads the nation in terms of alfalfa area harvested, with South Dakota second, and North Dakota having the third largest acreage harvested.
Cattle producers in the Southern Plains are looking at a much-improved situation compared to a year ago. Calf prices this August were up 8% from the prior August while grass hay prices (non Alfalfa type) were 12% lower than a year earlier. The ratio of Oklahoma City steer calf prices (500- to 550-pound) to that state's grass hay prices this August was 2.61:1, compared to 2.12:1 in August 2016 and 3.69:1 in August 2015. The current forage situation is encouraging for the beef cattle industry in the Southern Plains.


On October 10, 2018, our Human Relations Ambassador Program (HRAP) students took a fieldtrip to the Heritage Museum of Orange County to learn more about Orange County history. For many students, this was their first visit to the museum. Museum Executive Director Kevin Cabrera hosted us during afterhours and gave us a special night tour of the museum.
Kevin began by sharing the history of the indigenous Tongva community who lived alongside the land next to the Santa Ana River where the Museum is currently located. By learning more about the indigenous history of this land, students were able to see how the struggle for justice and equality has taken shape over time. He then shared how Orange County has been settled by German immigrants, citrus farmers, laborers, refugees, and many others who have added their own histories. Finally, he shared the history of the Kellogg family whose house is part of the museum. After the tour, our HRAP students took a deep dive into the "Orange County Civil Rights: A History of an Enduring Struggle for Equality" exhibit. The exhibit included information about how national Civil Rights events impacted local Orange County history. Students shared their surprise to learn about the racism and prejudice faced by high school groups such as El Modena's Gay-Straight Alliance in 1999. They appreciated hearing about the struggle that existed before that has allowed them to have clubs like GSA and BRIDGES on campus.
At the end of the night, Kevin Cabrera led a student reflection on what they learned and how their personal experiences inform that new knowledge. We reflected on the importance of documenting our fight for justice, how social media platforms can be a benefit and a challenge in our pursuit to spread awareness about this history and how housing segregation, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and hate crimes are things we still experience today. By sharing with HRAP students more about what Orange County's past struggles for equality have looked like, we hope they are able to take past learned lessons to inform them how to best tackle current and future human relations and social justice issues in our communities. That way, we can together help make this a county a place where ALL can live free from violence and discrimination.


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Gavin de Becker is our Nation's best-known expert on the prediction and management of violence. His work has earned him three Presidential appointments and a position on a congressional committee.
He was twice appointed to the President's Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of Justice, and he served two terms on the Governor's Advisory Board at the California Department of Mental Health.
His 350-member consulting firm advises government agencies, universities, police departments, corporations, and media figures on the assessment of threats and ...
hazards. Gavin de Becker & Associates maintains the world's largest library of threat and obsessive communications, consisting of more than 400,000 pieces of material.
Mr. de Becker's first book The Gift of Fear was the Nation's #1 Bestseller, on the New York Times Bestseller List for seventeen weeks. It is now published in thirteen languages. In 2008, Oprah Winfrey dedicated an entire show to commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the book's publication.
His second book, Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children & Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane) was the #1 parenting book of 1999.
His post-9/11 book on terrorism, Fear Less, was published in 2002 and featured on Larry King Live, The Today Show, The O'Reilly Factor, and The View.
Mr. de Becker's most recent book Just 2 Seconds: Using Time and Space to Defeat Assassins, presents the result of a study of more than 1400 attacks and incidents involving at-risk people. Though not written for a general public audience, the book has readers in 25 countries.
Mr. de Becker wrote the introduction for To Have Or To Harm, the first book on stalking (Warner Books), and for Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls, and he's written more than forty articles and white papers, several of which have been reprinted by the Department of Justice's National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
Mr. de Becker is the designer of the MOSAIC threat assessment systems used to screen threats to Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, members of Congress, and senior officials of the CIA. Along with the U.S. Marshals Service, he co-designed the MOSAIC system used for assessing threats to Federal Judges and prosecutors. MOSAIC systems are also used by police departments all over America for assessment of spousal abuse cases.
Mr. de Becker has shared his philosophies about prevention of violence in several appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show, 60 Minutes, Larry King Live, and 20/20. He has also been profiled in Time and Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and many others.
Mr. de Becker is a Senior Fellow at the UCLA School of Public Affairs and, a Senior Advisor to the Rand Corporation on public safety and justice matters.
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Books Written By This Expert
Fear Less: Real Truth About Risk, Safety, and Security in a Time of Terrorism
Just 2 Seconds: Using Time and Space to Defeat Assassins
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While not dipping into politics, Sina is an undergraduate Biologist at Imperial College London, and his main interest lies in tropical disease control and transmission. His current research explores the effect of aging on the reproductive cycle and fecundity of the yellow fever mosquito (Ae. aegypti), to make inferences for disease epidemiology.
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Hi, I'm Brian, If Annette is the OAP of the Showroom, then I am the Dogs-Body of the Warehouse and can often be found cleaning up other people's mess. I am also responsible for merchandising and grouting up the boards found in the showroom and delivering tiles to our customers. Outside work I enjoy watching Formula One and support Manchester United.
Chichester is one of the great well-preserved Georgian cities in the UK, and has played a key part in the affairs of Sussex since Roman Times. Today it is a prosperous administrative capital of West Sussex and a great place for shopping.
There are plenty of good reasons to visit, Chichester Cathedral, now home to peregrine falcons. The partially restored Chichester canal, Chichester Harbour and just outside Chichester the village of Fishbourne where lie the remains of Fishbourne Roman Palace, which is now a museum of national importance.
Goodwood Estate is just a couple of miles outside of the city centre, home to the world famous Festival of Speed, Goodwood Revival sand Glourious Goodwood.
Notable People from Chichester include William Cawley – Politician; signatory to death warrant of King Charles 1. Hugh Dennis – Comedian; Mock the Week, Not Going Out. Michael Elphick – Actor; Boon, EastEnders. Tom Odell – Singer/Songwriter. Timothy Peake – Astronaut & Nobel Peace Prize Nominee.
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I've always been a bit hesitant about homemade toothpaste, soap and detergent. How could they be as good as the commercial stuff, and aren't they a nuisance to make and use? But I think I'm coming around: my wife has started making soap and my sisters have started making toothpaste and laundry detergent!
And it just takes five minutes to make. You can dip your toothbrush into it (like a finger in the peanut butter jar) or, if it's for family use, use a popsicle stick.
Here's an alternate but similar recipe, and here's a bit more about the dos and don'ts of homemade toothpaste. Happy brushing!
Thanks to sis and subscriber Yvonne Duivenvoorden for today's Green Idea!
It's true: we've become accustomed to air 'fresheners' and 'fresh' smells in our cleaning products. But often the chemicals that produce those pleasant smells are very unnatural concoctions, negatively impacting the quality of the air where most of us spend most of our time: indoors.
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Five tips for greener hair!
Resist your shampoo maker's tease to 'rinse and repeat', and shampoo just once (because if you need to shampoo twice, you've got to wonder about the quality of the product in the first place!). Plus use as little shampoo as you can get away with.
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Most of us spend thousands of dollars a year on goods and services – and every dollar we spend is an implicit endorsement of the business we're patronizing. But even as some businesses are working hard to improve the world, others are doing more harm than good. How is a conscientious shopper to know the difference?
The Better World Shopper can help. It's a well-researched guide that ranks companies from A to F based on their performance in five key areas: environment, human rights, animal protection, community involvement and social justice. The guide has dozens of categories, from clothing brands to coffee to energy drinks to soap. It even has a list of the Top 10 Categories where you can make the most difference.
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Phew! And a financial burden too, requiring more money – which means more work and less time for family, friends and fun.
Fix broken things instead of discarding them: a challenge, I know, in a world where more and more things are designed to be thrown away and replaced. But at the very least, it will be a learning experience!
Figure out ways to reuse stuff, even things designed to be used once. For example, plastic containers and milk bags are great for freezing food.
Borrow things you'll only need rarely, like tools, movies or trucks. Get to know your neighbours and your library.
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Take a shopping list, and stick to it; don't fall prey to clever advertising, fancy displays or colourful packaging.
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Less stuff is good for our well-being, our wallets and the planet!
Have you hit Peak Stuff?
Can I find it used?
Will it last a long time?
Is it reusable or at least recyclable?
What are the item and its packaging made from?
What conditions do the workers who made it work under?
How much will it cost to operate and maintain it?
Will my buying it contribute to a better world?
Will it really improve my life?
Consciously evaluating purchases can help us avoid Peak Stuff in our lives. It's good for our well-being, our wallets and the planet!
*From the Better World Handbook.
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Secret Garden is magical, mystical, completely captivating. The group got its start when Rolf Lovland, the renowned Norwegian composer and Fionnuala Sherry, fabulous Irish violinist, won the 1995 Eurovision contest with "Nocturne." Fionnuala�s violin is like a voice, an emotional, organic thing.
Their world tours and three CDs since then have been complemented this year with a spectacular video that American audiences have been privileged to see on their PBS stations. Filmed in Lillehammer, Norway, it is a delight to the senses, boasting also Anuna, who most visitors to this website know from the Riverdance video. The music of Secret Garden can�t be easily put into one category� it is so rich, so full of evocative imagery, and influenced by New Age, Celtic, classical that it must be heard to be understood, not described.
"Imagine. Our planet floating silently in space. Around it, a white dove flies - forever circling. Every oe hundred years, the dove�s wing gently touches the face of the earth. The time it would take for the feathered wing to wear this planet down to nothing is eternity. Within eternity time passes. Within time there is change. Soon the wing of the white dove will touch our world again. The dawn of a new century. Time for a new beginning.
"�We who do not learn from history�s mistakes, it is written, are doomed to make the same mistakes over and over again. Thus, at the dawn of a new century, it is our history that we hand our children as their heritage and their inheritance as the dream of a better, more promising future. The scars of the past are a wound we all share, yet with this knowledge, we continue to march forward to greet the dawn with faith and hope. In the book of mankind another page has been written, and as we turn it over, a new and blank sheet unfolds � a new chapter begins. What will our children read by the end of the next century?"
Secret Garden has been honored with being asked to perform in conjunction with the Nobel Peace Prize concert in December. The Corrs and Tina Turner are also performing.
Fans of Capercaillie will be delighted to hear Karen Matheson�s lovely vocals on Dawn of a New Century, and Mick O�Brien, the wonderful Uilleann piper, is on this CD as well. The orchestra includes players from the Irish National Symphony Orchestra and the RTE Concert Orchestra.
Their song "Heartstrings" from their first album, "Songs from a Secret Garden," was sung by Barbara Streisand at her wedding. She recorded it with the name "I Dream of You." Other interesting tibits of information such as this can be found on the official Secret Garden website.
The Secret Garden montage, yet another in a succession of brilliant ones by Daniela Seeger of Berlin, is comprised of photographs taken when Secret Garden performed in Portland, Oregon on October 12th.
The violin shown was one created by an Oregonian violin maker, Lynn Berg, and Fionnuala was happily "testing it out" after the concert, giving us an extra thrill.
Celtic Cafe friend Ina Kristiansen printed out the montage and showed it to Rolf and Fionnuala after the concert in Oslo on Oct 30. How lovely of them to greet the Celtic Cafe in their autographs!
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Aaron B. Wagner
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wagner@cornell.edu
Aaron Wagner joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University as an assistant professor in 2006 and was elevated to professor in July 2018.
During the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell. Wagner did his graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Wagner's research and teaching have been recognized with several awards including the IEEE Information Theory Society's James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars(2017), the Douglas Whitney '61 Excellence in Teaching Award from Cornell Engineering (2015), the Cornell Michael Tien '72 College of Engineering Teaching Award (2009), the NSF CAREER award (2007), the David J. Sakrison Memorial Prize from the U.C. Berkeley EECS Dept. (2006), and the Bernard Friedman Memorial Prize in Applied Mathematics from the U.C. Berkeley Dept. of Mathematics (2005). Two of his students won the 2010 Information Theory Society Student Paper Award.
Wagner studies problems at the intersection of information theory and other fields including networking, statistics, queueing theory, security, computational linguistics, and learning. His primary research interest lies in information theory, especially compression, feedback communication, security, and quantum information.
Information Theory and Communications
Signal and Image Processing
Systems and Networking
Research Group Members
Wagner, Aaron B., S. Unal. 2016. "LP Bounds on Rate-Distortion with Variable Side Information." IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory.
Wagner, Aaron B., I. Issa, S. Kamath. 2016. "An operational measure of information leakage."
Wagner, Aaron B., S. Unal. 2016. "Vector Gaussian multi-decoderrate-distortion: traceconstraints."
Wagner, Aaron B., I. Issa. 2016. "Maximal leakage minimization for the Shannon cipher system."
Wagner, Aaron B., N. Shende. 2016. "The stochastic-calculus approach to multi-receiver Poisson channels."
Selected Awards and Honors
James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars (IEEE Information Theory Society) 2017
Douglas Whitney '61 Excellence in Teaching Award (Cornell University College of Engineering) 2015
IEEE Information Theory Society Student Paper Award (coauthored with one of my students) (IEEE Information Theory Society) 2010
Michael Tien '72 College of Engineering Teaching Award (Cornell University) 2009
NSF CAREER Award (NSF) 2007
B.S. (Electrical Engineering), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1999
M.S. (Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences), University of California, Berkeley, 2002
Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences), University of California, Berkeley, 2005
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Aaron Wagner promoted to Full Professor
ECE's Aaron Wagner has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor following approval from the Cornell Engineering Board of Trustees, effective July 1, 2018. Read more about Aaron Wagner promoted to Full Professor
Wagner wins 2017 Massey Award
Aaron B. Wagner, Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, has won the IEEE Information Theory Society's 2017 James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars. Read more about Wagner wins 2017 Massey Award
ECE announces two 2017 Outstanding Thesis Research Award Winners
The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering's Graduate Committee is pleased to announce two co-winners of the 2017 ECE Outstanding Thesis Research Award, Ibrahim Issa, an advisee of Professor Aaron Wagner, and Ji Kim, an advisee of Professor Christopher Batten. Read more about ECE announces two 2017 Outstanding Thesis Research Award Winners


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An embryo of the tunicate Ciona intestinalis. The microscope image shows Bipolar Tail Neurons in the tail region (green) and epidermal cells (magenta).
Important genetic origin of our senses identified
Researchers have deciphered the function of a gene that is essential for the formation of neural structures in the head of vertebrates and their perception of the environment. A group of international researchers led by the University of Oxford and including Ute Rothbächer's team at the University of Innsbruck's Institute of Zoology, published their findings in Nature.
Having a head is quite an advantage. Although this may sound banal, it had to be tested by evolution in a long process: As animal life developed, it was invertebrates who initially dominated the oceans. These already possessed head structures, but it was the development of a novel, improved head that led to the success of vertebrates. This 'new head' allowed a wide spatial distribution and multiplication of sensory cells and thus a much better perception of the environment. This was also essential for the development of a predatory lifestyle.
When external stimuli are transmitted to the vertebrate brain, Cranial Sensory Ganglia play an important role. These can be thought of as nerve nodes distributed throughout the head that receive information from the sensory organs. Until now, scientists did not know how exactly these ganglia were formed. A study which was published in "Nature" now found answers.
Prototype of the vertebrates
The research group of Ute Rothbächer from the Institute of Zoology at the University of Innsbruck was decisively involved in the last phase of the project, an international collaboration of several institutions, conceived by the University of Oxford. Their findings show that the Cranial Sensory Ganglia of vertebrates emerge from a genetic program that is also found in their closest living relatives, the tunicates. In tunicate larvae, certain sensory neurons, called Bipolar Tail Neurons, are located in the tail region. These process external stimuli, but are also responsible for the animal's movement. In both animal subphyla, the respective structures are formed by the gene Hmx.
"Tunicates are like an evolutionary prototype for vertebrates," Rothbächer explains. "There is a large anatomical gap between the adults of these subphyla, as they are adapted to ecological niches. This complicates research on their evolution. Common structures and mechanisms can only be identified at the embryonic stage - our common ancestor was probably very similar to a tunicate larva."
The study's model organisms were the lamprey, a primitive fish that resembles an eel and is often referred to as a 'living fossil,' and the tunicate Ciona intestinalis, which is surrounded by a yellowish, tubular mantle that protects the animal and filters food.
The conserved gene
Alessandro Pennati, a doctoral student in Rothbächer's research group, provided decisive data on the function of the gene Hmx in Ciona. He applied the gene technology CRISPR-Cas9 to selectively knock out genetic sequences, while the method of transient transgenesis was used to over-express genes.
The researchers found that Hmx controls the development of Bipolar Tail Neurons in tunicates, whereas in vertebrates, it does so for Cranial Sensory Ganglia. Surprisingly, lamprey Hmx gene segments inserted into Ciona DNA were similarly active as Ciona's own Hmx.
"Hmx has been shown to be a central gene that has been conserved across evolution. It has retained its original function and structure and was probably found in this form in the common ancestor of vertebrates and tunicates," Pennati explains. Cranial Sensory Ganglia and Bipolar Tail Neurons thus have the same evolutionary origin, Hmx was probably crucially involved in the formation of highly specialized head sensory organs in vertebrates.
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There's electricity in the air in Tehran. Beneath the snow-capped peaksthat tower over the city, crowds gather every night to argue in the streets. Campaign posters touting candidates in the June 12 vote cover the city. A year ago, when I visited Tehran in advance of the parliamentary elections, there was apathy. Voters then were convinced that their votes didn't matter, and that not voting was the best way to protest the current state of affairs. No longer. There's a wave building, and all signs point to a resounding victory for Mir Hossein Mousavi, the pro-reform candidate who is challenging President Ahmadinejad.
That wave is green. All over the capital, there are green signs and banners supporting Mousavi. Cars flying green flags speed through the city, honking horns for Mousavi. For years, the hardline clergy and their allies, including Ahmadinejad, have feared nothing more than an Iranian-style "color-revolution." Now, Mousavi–with solid establishment credentials, an Islamic revolutionary pedigree second to none, and an outspoken pro-reform message–finds himself at the head of a green parade.
Of course, the hardliners and Ahmadinejad have a lot of aces up their sleeve, including the security services, the judiciary, the Revolutionary Guard, and the interior ministry, which counts the votes.
And then: the power went out. Mousavi could not speak. He waved to the vast crowd, and they waved back. After half an hour, he waved goodbye. Rumors flew that someone–the most often mentioned culprit was the Basij, the paramilitary force that supports Ahmadinejad–had sabotaged the rally. Just another day of politics in Iran. The next day, another Mousavai rally was canceled at a stadium north of Tehran when the stadium management informed Mousavi staff that the rally would damage the playing field in advance of a match next week."Just an excuse," said an Iranian observer.
It's a long and difficult climb for Mousavi, of course. But everywhere, it seems, support for Ahmadinejad is lackluster, and the Mousavi green wave is growing. The campaign, including an unprecedented series of TV debates, is growing bitter. Today, I'm going to a rally for Ahmadinejad, the former mayor of Tehran, in the center of the city. Stay tuned.


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Someone who writes a gossip column in a newspaper or magazine
A gossip columnist is someone who writes a gossip column in a newspaper or magazine, especially a gossip magazine. Gossip columns are material written in a light, informal style, which relates the gossip columnist's opinions about the personal lives or conduct of celebrities from show business (motion picture movie stars, theater, and television actors), politicians, professional sports stars, and other wealthy people or public figures. Some gossip columnists broadcast segments on radio and television.
The columns mix factual material on arrests, divorces, marriages and pregnancies, obtained from official records, with more speculative gossip stories, rumors, and innuendo about romantic relationships, affairs, and purported personal problems.
Gossip columnists have a reciprocal relationship with the celebrities whose private lives are splashed about in the gossip column's pages. While gossip columnists sometimes engage in (borderline) defamatory conduct, spreading innuendo about alleged immoral or illegal conduct that can injure celebrities' reputations, they also are an important part of the "Star System" publicity machine that turns movie actors and musicians into celebrities and superstars that are the objects of the public's obsessive attention and interest. The publicity agents of celebrities often provide or "leak" information or rumors to gossip columnists to publicize the celebrity or their projects, or to counteract "bad press" that has recently surfaced about their conduct.
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1 Libel and defamation
3 Notable gossip columnists
4 Columns not named for a columnist
Libel and defamation
While gossip columnists' "bread and butter" is rumor, innuendo, and allegations of scandalous behavior, there is a fine line between legally acceptable spreading of rumor and the making of defamatory statements, which can provoke a lawsuit. Newspaper and magazine editorial policies normally require gossip columnists to have a source for all of their allegations, to protect the publisher against lawsuits for defamation (libel).
In the United States, celebrities or public figures can sue for libel if their private lives are revealed in gossip columns and they believe that their reputation has been defamed – that is, exposed to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or pecuniary loss. Gossip columnists cannot defend against libel claims by arguing that they merely repeated, but did not originate the defaming rumor or claim; instead, a columnist must prove that the allegedly defaming statement was truthful, or that it was based on a reasonably reliable source.
In the mid-1960s, rulings by the United States Supreme Court made it harder for the media to be sued for libel in the U.S. The court ruled that libel only occurred in cases where a publication printed falsehoods about a celebrity with "reckless disregard" for the truth. A celebrity suing a newspaper for libel must now prove that the paper published the falsehood with actual malice, or with deliberate knowledge that the statement was both incorrect and defamatory.
Moreover, the court ruled that only factual misrepresentation is libel, not expression of opinion. Thus if a gossip columnist writes that they "...think that Celebrity X is an idiot," the columnist does not face a risk of being sued for libel. On the other hand, if the columnist invents an allegation that "...Celebrity X is a wife beater," with no supporting source or evidence, the celebrity can sue for libel on the grounds that their reputation was defamed.
There is however circumstances where gossip columnist may not be fact checking the information they are receiving from their sources before publishing their stories. Not to mention that there are gossip columnist that are not reputable themselves to be posting articles about celebrities. As a result of this there is a chance that there are stories that have been publish that could lead to the defamation of celebrities.
Louella Parsons (1937)
The first gossip columnist, dominating the 1930s and 40s, was Walter Winchell,[1] who used political, entertainment, and social connections to mine information and rumors, which he then either published in his column On Broadway, or used for trade or blackmail, to accumulate more power. He became "the most feared journalist" of his era.
In Hollywood's "golden age" in the 1930s and 1940s, gossip columnists were courted by the movie studios, so that the studios could use gossip columns as a powerful publicity tool. During this period, the major film studios had "stables" of contractually obligated actors, and the studios controlled nearly all aspects of the lives of their movie stars. From the 1930s through the 1950s, the two best-known – and competing – Hollywood gossip columnists were Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons.
Well-timed leaks about a star's purported romantic adventures helped the studios to create and sustain the public's interest in the studios' star actors. As well, the movie studios' publicity agents acted as unnamed "well-informed inside sources" who provided misinformation and rumors to counteract whispers about celebrity secrets – such as homosexuality or an out-of-wedlock child — that could have severely damaged not only the reputation of the movie star in question, but the movie star's box office viability.
Having fallen into ill-repute after the heyday of Hopper and Parsons, gossip columnists saw a comeback in the 1980s. Today, many mainstream magazines such as Time which would once have considered the idea of hiring gossip columnists to pen articles to have been beneath their stature, have sections titled "People" or "Entertainment". These mainstream gossip columns provide a light, chatty glimpse into the private lives and misadventures of the rich and famous. At the other end of the journalism spectrum, there are entire publications that deal primarily in gossip, rumor, and innuendo about celebrities, such as the 'red-top' tabloids in the UK and celebrity 'tell-all' magazines.
Notable gossip columnists
Cindy Adams (April 2007)
Michael Musto (March 2007)
Notable gossip columnists include:
Cindy Adams
Jani Allan
Flo Anthony
Army Archerd
Rona Barrett
Marilyn Beck
A.J. Benza
Jamie Foster Brown
Ted Casablanca
Claudia Cohen
Mike Connolly
Giles Coren
Ana Marie Cox
Nigel Dempster
Matt Drudge
Jinx Falkenburg
Jimmy Fidler
Luke Ford
Sheilah Graham
Charles Graves
Lloyd Grove
Ian Halperin
Tanya Hart
David Hartnell
Courtney Hazlett
Perez Hilton
Hedda Hopper
Arianna Huffington
Micah Jesse
Dorothy Kilgallen
Irv Kupcinet
Frances Lynn
Isabel Mallon as "Bab" (1880s–90s)
Elsa Maxwell
Florabel Muir
Michael Musto
Louella Parsons
Drew Pearson
Rex Reed
Sidney Skolsky
Liz Smith
Adela Rogers St. Johns
Jimmy Starr
Ed Sullivan
Mike Walker
Jeannette Walls
Earl Wilson
Walter Winchell
Mila Ximénez
Columns not named for a columnist
Gossip columns that are not named after a specific columnist, along with the media source, include:
3am — Daily Mirror, a British newspaper.
Access Hollywood — a syndicated television program[clarification needed]
Bizarre — The Sun, a London newspaper
Page Six — New York Post, a New York City newspaper
Inside New York, in New York Post, New York City newspaper
Inside the Beltway — The Washington Times, a Washington, D.C. newspaper
Off the Record — The New York Observer, a New York newspaper
Vegas Confidential — Las Vegas Review-Journal, a Las Vegas newspaper
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^ Cohen, Daniel (2000). Yellow Journalism. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 57. ISBN 0761315020.
Mulcahy, Susan (1988). My Lips Are Sealed: Confessions of a Gossip Columnist. New York: Doubleday.