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Pat Rainey (April 27, 1925 – April 13, 1998) was an American singer and actress. Rainey was the daughter of attorney and politician Julian Rainey.

Background
She was the daughter of Julian David Rainey and Dorothy Esther Akiman who married in 1922. She was born on April 27, 1925. Her father Julian was once New England's highest paid black man in public service. Her mother Dorothy died in Boston in 1932. The following year, her father married Gwendolyn Peterson and on September 23, 1934, her half-sister Sheila Emily Rainey was born.

By the late 1940s, Pat Rainey had gained fame as a singer and actress. She was also believed to be romantically involved with Egypt's King Farouk and the boxer Joe Louis.

Career
In 1947, Rainey left Boston for Broadway to begin her singing career. She found work as a show girl the Zanzibar Night Club which was popular at the time.
By February 1949, the 10" single "Gotta Love You 'Til I Die" / "Headin' For A Heartache" was released on Gold Medal GM 949. The single was reviewed by Billboard with favor for the A side while the B side prompted negative comparisons to Dinah Washington. By March that year, the single was being touted in an ad as "the hottest record of the year." In January, 1951, she was appearing regularly at New York's Chez Vito, a small venue situated in the Hotel Maurice. She had previously appeared at the Hotel Maurice in early 1950.

She appeared on the cover of the November 27, 1952 issue of Jet. According to the magazine, she was arrested five months prior to that for prostitution and drug use. In a courtroom before Judge Peter Horne, George Roach, a white policeman, testified in court that he had phoned her for a date. He later claimed to have found a hypodermic needle and heroin in her room. She was found guilty of prostitution; with the drug charges to be seen to at another trial. At the end of the trial, she was given a suspended sentence. Special Sessions Judge Edward J. Breslin granted the suspension on condition she return to Boston with her father.

Some three months after her last court appearance, it was reported in the April 30, 1953 issue of Jet that she was making a sensational comeback at the exclusive Storyville club in her Boston hometown.

In 1955, at the age of 28, she was rumored to be romantically involved with Farouk, the former king of Egypt. They met while she was performing at the KitKat club in Rome.

Later years
She left the music business in 1961 and disappeared from view. Years later in 1981, Boston newspapers reported that she was employed as a social worker.

Death
She died as Pat Rau at the Westborough Health Care Center, Westborough, Massachusetts on April 13, 1998.

Discography

Filmography

References

External links
 Imdb: Pat Rainey
 Richard Vacca's Troy Street Publishing: Pat Rainey

American blues singers
American jazz singers
1925 births
1998 deaths
African-American jazz musicians
American women jazz singers
Singers from Massachusetts
Musicians from Boston
Jazz musicians from Massachusetts
20th-century African-American women singers


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Home » TV & Movies » Nick Knowles sparks rumours he's auditioning for next Bond movie as he films outside 007 set at Pinewood studios
Nick Knowles sparks rumours he's auditioning for next Bond movie as he films outside 007 set at Pinewood studios
NICK Knowles has sparked rumours he's auditioning for the next Bond movie as he was spotted outside the 007 set at Pinewood studios.
The DIY SOS presenter, 58, took to Instagram to share a not so cryptic post about what he's been up to.
The telly favourite definitely showed of his funny side in the new post as he tried to keep an element of mystery to what his new venture could be.
He captioned the post: "I'm having a great couple of days filming but I can't tell you what I'm up to."
In the video, Nick began by walking out in front of his impressive winnebago after a bite to eat and told his fans: "So I've just had some lunch, there's catering, I'm doing some filming today…
"I've got a winnebago. I've got a winnebago. It's not a DIY SOS but I thought I'd kinda… I was trying to think of how I could give you a clue about what I'm actually doing and where I'm doing it."
The presenter, who is most well-known for his hosting roles on DIY SOS, Who Dares Wins and Break the Safe, began to walk further away from the motor to give his fans a bigger picture.
He sarcastically added: "And I can't think of anything that I could say to you that would give it away or not…."
As he pondered about ways to give subtly hint at what he's been doing, the camera man zoomed in on one of the buildings behind him that had the iconic 007 logo on it.
Nick began to walk away from the camera and joked: "So I'm going to have to leave it, but you know it's fun and exciting and I'll try and let you know when I can…"
Lots of his fans found his sarcastic tone highly amusing and flocked to the comments section to play along with it.
One wrote: "This is a mystery indeed xx."
While another pondered: "Hmmmm I wonder 🤔🤔."
A third said: "😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 A secret mission ha oooh oooh seven x."
Meanwhile others are convinced that he's auditioning for the next James Bond film.
One followers said: "You would make a great James Bond 😂😘."
A second commented: "Looks lovely have fun Mr Bond 💕😉."
Another wrote: "Omg ! Are you the new 007?👍👍🤣🤣."
Back in September it was confirmed that the upcoming movie, titled No Time To Die, will be Daniel Craig's last time playing the world's most famous spy.
It will be the actor's fifth and final portrayal as the MI-6 agent after taking on the role from 2006 in Casino Royale, Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre.
No Time To Die, which has become the most expensive James Bond film ever – at a cost of £200million, was supposed to premiere in April this year but the current coronavirus pandemic halted production.
So now we know that directors are on the look out for a new Bond, fans have been trying to guess who they think could be Daniel's replacement.
And it's looking like Nick Knowles might just be able to join the long list of legendary actors who have played out the spy – including Daniel, Sean Connery, Piers Brosman, Roger Moore and many more.
However there has also been talk of many other actors who could play out the role as the future 007.
Back in September it was reported that heartthrob Tom Hardy is to replace Daniel Craig as the new James Bond.
James Norton and Sam Heughan are big names said to be in the running, as well as rumours going around that director Sam Mendez will introduce Idris Elba as the first black actor to play the famous role.
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The bankruptcy of Barry Silbert's Genesis Global may not have pummeled crypto markets like the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX did, but it features a list of top creditors with similarly large claims topping $3 billion in total.
According to Bloomberg, Genesis's Chapter 11 filing on Thursday listed seven creditors owed at least $100 million. By far the biggest one is a $766 million claim related to customers of crypto exchange Gemini, who have money stuck with Genesis's lending unit. FTX-linked entities have 10 claims of more than $100 million, according to a redacted list filed Saturday.
In all, Genesis owes its top 50 creditors $3.4 billion; for FTX, that figure stands at $3.1 billion. While some of the names of Genesis' biggest creditors have been redacted in the filing, below is a list of major names.
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The number of people seeking unemployment benefits in the U.S. reached a four-month low last week, a sign that employers are holding on to their workers despite the Federal Reserve's efforts to slow the economy and tamp down inflation. U.S. jobless aid applications for the week ending January14th fell by 15,000 to 190,000, from 205,000 the week before, according to the Labor Department. The four-week moving average of claims, which can even out the week-to-week volatility, declined by 6,500 to 206,000. Jobless claims generally serve as a proxy for layoffs, which have been relatively low since the pandemic wiped out millions of jobs in the spring of 2020. And, the labor market is closely watched by the Federal Reserve, which raised interest rates seven times last year in a bid to slow job growth and bring down stubbornly high inflation.
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According to Bloomberg, Netflix Inc. co-founder Reed Hastings is stepping aside as Chief Executive Officer of the company he's led for more than two decades, leaving the position to his two longtime associates, Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters.
U.S. stocks were lower, adding to yesterday's sharp draw downs as investors remain concerned regarding the Fed's monetary policy decisions and its ultimate impact on the economy. Economic data was mixed, as housing starts came in above estimates, building permits missed forecasts, and jobless claims unexpectedly dropped, while Philadelphia's manufacturing output improved more than expected but remained contractionary. Q4 earnings season continued to heat up, as Dow member Procter & Gamble matched estimates, while Discover Financial Services topped forecasts but offered cautious guidance about charge offs, and Allstate Corporation issued a Q4 profit warning.
Treasury yields gained modest ground, and the U.S. dollar declined, while crude oil and gold prices rose.
Asian stocks finished mixed and markets in Europe saw widespread losses, trimming some of its strong start to 2023.
Finally, bankrupt Crypto exchange FTX is looking into the possibility of reviving its business, Chief Executive Officer John Ray just told the Wall Street Journal. Ray, who took over the reins in November, has set up a task force to explore restarting FTX.com, the company's main international exchange. The CEO also told the Journal that he would look into whether reviving FTX's international exchange would recover more value for the company's customers than his team could get from simply liquidating assets or selling the platform. FTX's native token FTT surged nearly 30% after the report.
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As you likely know, the US spends much on healthcare ($4.3 trillion in 2021, to be exact). But did you also know that healthcare fraud makes up a not-so-small piece of that pie?
The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA), a national organization that works to prevent health insurance fraud, conservatively estimates that 3% of the US's total annual healthcare spend—a hearty $129 billion—is lost to healthcare fraud. Some government agencies estimate that percentage to be as high as 10% (that's $430 billion), according to the NHCAA.
Overall, Medicare fraud costs the US about $60 billion each year, Nicole Liebau, national resource center director for Senior Medicare Patrol, a government-funded organization designed to help prevent Medicare fraud, told Healthcare Brew, though she added that "the exact figure is impossible to measure."
While Medicare fraud isn't new, the US saw a rise in one particular tactic during the pandemic: a durable medical equipment (DME) scheme.
How the schemes work.
In a DME scheme, scammers target Medicare patients—often after a procedure or an injury—and cold-call them to offer free equipment, said Jennifer Stewart, senior associate general counsel and senior director of fraud prevention and investigation at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. The scammers offer consumers items like lidocaine, wheelchairs, walkers, or braces.
The scammers have roped in doctors—who are often unaware they're working with scammers instead of legitimate medical companies—to sign off on prescriptions that are then used to bill Medicare for the equipment, Stewart said. Sometimes patients actually receive the products, and sometimes they don't.
"It's really dangerous because [a prescription like lidocaine] could have reactions with other medications. The durable medical equipment isn't sized for them, and certainly the doctor who treated their injury didn't prescribe it […] There is a lot of patient harm involved," Stewart said. Keep reading here.
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The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center established the Tradeshows and Conferences department upon acquiring exclusive rights to The International Disaster Conference and Expo (now ResCon). The Center's acquisition of IDCE is similar to the European trade show model where the facility owns the show.
Farm & Table NOLA is a two-day, multi-sensory celebration of locally sourced food and drink. The FAMBOREE, family-fun festival day, includes food and music, tastings, interactive gardening and cooking demos, games, displays, and more. A conference day, the Farm & Table EXPERIENCE is a deeper dive into the cultivation, distribution, and consumption of food and drink, food systems, how to source food locally, and more compelling issues facing the agri-culinary community. For more information please visit farmandtablenola.com.
ResCon is the premier annual international conference on the practice of successful resiliency and disaster management in an evolving global environment. This is a rebranding of a conference called International Disaster Conference and Expo (IDCE) that has brought over 800 registrants to New Orleans annually since 2012. Based in New Orleans — a globally recognized hub of resilience, disaster management and innovation — this 3-day conference will bring a previously unseen mix of disaster and resilience practitioners to explore profound and powerful topics that impact communities and economies worldwide. Plenary sessions, workshops, policy debates, best-practice reviews and peer networking events will engage and promote participation from all who attend. For more information please visit Resconnola.com.


Re-issue of the Death Metal classic that defined the whole Florida sound...brutal guitars, brutal vocals and brutal drumming from a selection of the scenes forefathers (including Terry Butler of Six Feet Under fame and Rick Rozz of Death. Includes the Inhuman Conditions E.P.).


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Sheps reflects on her last gasp winner
Report by David Brenchley
Page last updated at 11:58PM UTC, Thursday, 31 January 2013
After being praised by players and staff alike for her 40-yard, 119th minute winning goal against Watford on Sunday, Gemma Shepherd was quick to pay tribute to her team mates for the win.
The Charlton women's team ended the Hornets' 13-game unbeaten run with a goal deep into injury time and progressed into the FA Women's Premier League Cup quarter finals for the second year running.
It was a fine strike by the No.9, who now has 23 goals in 14 games for the season, and sets up a date with last year's runners up Leeds United.
Shepherd was pleased with how the Addicks fought against a team who currently sit second in the league, especially considering it was their first competitive outing in six weeks.
She said: "It wasn't the easiest fixture to come back from the break. I was quite surprised at how well we did physically and performance-wise.
"I don't think it showed we were particularly rusty, perhaps the first 10-15 minutes but after that it was a fairly even contest.
"I thought it was a good advert for the women's game, it was competitive and physical with some good passages of play but I'm just relieved we did the job in extra time.
"I think we played some of our best football after we scored the goal, to keep possession and keep the ball in the corner. The fact that we kept going right to the end was really pleasing."
Both sides could have won the game in normal time, with Jenny Newman hitting two identical chances straight at Watford keeper Lauren Davey and the hosts rattling the crossbar twice.
The two extra time periods were quiet until, with a minute remaining, Davey came racing out of her area to but could only clear as far as Shepherd, who found the top corner with a first time effort.
Five injury time minutes were added but the Watford just could not regain possession as Shepherd, Gemma Bryan and Kim Dixson all took turns shielding the ball in the corner and drawing free kicks to run the clock down.
"[The goal] was a bit of a surreal moment – a lot of people said it kind of happened in slow motion and it certainly felt like that," Shepherd added. "It was a great feeling.
"It was one of those instinctive things you can't plan for, you just hit it first time and I think everyone willed it into that top corner.
"I was saying it was a bit like when you're playing a computer game when you're little, you are kind of edging your body to angle the ball in, I was kind of doing that!"


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How to get gold fast in MultiVersus
Fill your boots by getting gold fast in MultiVersus
By Luke Hinton
If you want to start unlocking some of your favourite characters in MultiVersus, you'll want to earn some gold. It's the base currency that you absolutley need in order to unlock fighters like Batman and Shaggy. If you're new to the game and want a bit of help, this is how to get gold fast in MultiVersus.
In this MultiVersus guide, we'll run through a few ways to get gold quicker than usual. There are a few different methods to try out, ensuring you can start accruing currency no matter how often you play.
Elsewhere, feel free to start preparing for the new Call of Duty game. We've got a look at the Modern Warfare 2 release date, on top of guides on the Modern Warfare 2 best guns and maps. It's shaping up to be a good one.
How do I get gold fast in MultiVersus?
The main way to get gold in MultiVersus is by playing matches. It may sound simple, but the game offers a gamut of currency just for getting through fights. If you're playing the best-of-three mode, each round bags you nine coins, with a further nine as a victory bonus. It may not sound much initially, but those will stack up as you play more.
Equally, you'll earn gold for levelling up across various attributes. Each time you level up your profile you get a 100 gold bonus. On top of that, gold is offered as a free reward on the battle pass, as well as a progression prize on each character's individual levelling tree. Tier five of each character's progression nets you 100 gold, so it's worth doing.
Aside from that, the only other way to get gold fast in MultiVersus is by completing the dedicated missions. When you first log into the game there are seven starter missions, ranging from playing a few matches to checking out the settings menu. Getting through all of those will net you thousands of gold, which is enough to go out and purchase a character of your choice.
Alongside those you can also complete the daily missions that reset every 24 hours. The gold yield is lower here, but it definitely stacks up if you play regularly.
However, there's no way to purchase extra gold using Gleamium, the premium currency in MultiVersus. You'll have to grind for gold to purchase new characters and abilities, unless you purchase the Founder's Pack and get unlock tokens.
That's it for our look at how to get gold fast in MultiVersus! If you have plenty of cash but don't know what to use it on, check out our MultiVersus tier list to see where each fighter ranks.


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The Good Doctor: 10 Things To Know
Telisa Carter
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Every fall and winter, the biggest networks on TV launch some of their most anticipated new shows, and it is all up the audiences on whether they are hits or not. ABC has built itself one of the best roster of shows, ranging from dramas to comedies to reality shows, but undoubtedly the network's biggest show for the past decade has been Grey's Anatomy. Now, ABC is expanding further into medical dramas with their new show The Good Doctor which premieres on Monday, September 25. The Good Doctor has been one of the most promoted new series, and it is already gaining a lot of interest. Here is everything you need to know about the series:
10. Origins
The Good Doctor has actually been in the works for an English television series since 2014 when CBS began developing an American remake of the South Korean drama Good Doctor. The series aired in 2013 in South Korea and only lasted 20 episodes, but it did have strong ratings and was nominated for several awards. After CBS didn't pick up the American version of the show, it moved to Sony Pictures and in October 2016 ABC committed to a pilot with development from David Shore and Daniel Dae Kim.
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9. What's It About?
The Good Doctor follows the story of a young pediatric surgeon named Shaun Murphy at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital in California. While he is a very talented surgeon, Murphy also has autism and savant syndrome which complicates his professional life as some hospital staff and board members are afraid that Murphy's lack of communication skills could make him a danger in the operating room. "There's going to be people who think he doesn't belong there for a while. He's going to have to prove himself," creator David Shore said. "He's a catalyst for change among the other doctors. His different way of looking at the world will, I think, inspire them."
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8. The Minds Behind
One of the reasons ABC has a lot of faith in their new show is because of the amount of talent they have not only in front of the camera, but behind it. Creator David Shore started his career working in writing and producing on shows such as Family Law and NYPD Blue, but most notably he is the creator of the hit series House which had a very successful eight season run from 2004-2012. Meanwhile beloved former Hawaii Five-O actor Daniel Dae Kim is in the role of producer and was a key factor in bringing the South Korean series to America. "I loved the message of it, it was a very familiar genre to American audiences in that it's a medical show. That was the impetus for me to try and bring it over," Kim said of his involvement with the show. With David Shore and Daniel Dae Kim as the developers and executive producers, The Good Doctor also has producers Sebasatian Dong Hun Lee and David Kim on board.
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7. Doing Their Research
The entertainment industry and Hollywood in particular has come under fire for not representing minorities and especially those with physical or mental differences or challenges, so the creators knew it was very important how they portrayed the character of Shaun Murphy. "We saw a lot of documentaries. We consulted with people. We have people on the spectrum who we're working with," he said of the team doing their research in order to represent a character with autism the right way especially as actor Freddie Highmore is not on the spectrum. Shore added it was also important not to stereotype as well. "Savant syndrome is rare, even within the community of people with autism. I think it's a legitimate question, and we want to make sure that we don't represent him as being representative in any way." He also said of the character, "He is a very specific character. He's not there to represent autism."
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6. The Star
The actor who took on the lead role and challenging character of Shaun Murphy is 25-year-old Freddie Highmore. Highmore has been acting since the age of seven and most notably appeared in Finding Neverland, 2005's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, August Rush, and starred as the psychopath killer Norman Bates in Bates Motel from 2013-2017. "It's nice to save people after years of killing them," the actor joked of his new role in The Good Doctor versus his most recent Norman Bates role. "The character of course was a fascinating one, and it all starts on the page, what we are trying to do is moving away from perhaps the stereotypical versions of people with autism that have been shown on television and in certain movies in the past, the number one thing being that they are somehow devoid of emotion, that they don't experience a broad range of emotions as neurotypical people do, and of course that's complete nonsense."
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5. The Cast
With Highmore in the starring role of Shaun Murphy, he is surrounded by an equally talented supporting cast. Highmore was the second actor hired to the show after Antonia Thomas who was cast as Dr. Claire Browne, a fellow doctor who will form a "special connection" with Shaun Murphy. Nicholas Gonzalez has been tapped to play Dr. Neil Melendez, the head of the surgical residents, while Richard Schiff, best known for his roles in The West Wing and Man of Steel, will portray Dr. Aaron Glassman, who defends and supports Shaun Murphy's job in the hospital. Other stars include Hill Harper, Chuku Modu, Irene Keng and Beau Garrett.
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4. Comparisons
With David Shore being best known for the creation of House, it didn't take long for comparisons to start to be drawn not only between the two shows, but the two lead characters as well. "There was speculation as we went along about Dr. House and we certainly didn't shy away from that. The characters though ultimately couldn't be more different," Shore said of questions during House's run if the lead character was in fact on the spectrum because of his cranky, antisocial behavior. Shore added, "Yet they're, in a way, asking many of the same questions. They're asking why we do the things we do," he said of The Good Doctor's Dr. Shaun Murphy, and House's Dr. Gregory House.
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3. Early Reception
Many were skeptical about The Good Doctor early on, but with over three million views on its first trailer, there are sure to be many tuning in to at least give the series a shot. An early review from TVLine states, "The Good Doctor boasts great DNA… [and] has the potential to be a refreshingly thought-provoking hospital drama, base on the buttons pushed in the pilot alone."
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2. Close to Home
As the show along with its cast and crew hope to respectfully portray a main character with autism and savant syndrome, some of the cast spoke out to them that the character is also important to them for personal reasons. Richard Schiff, who portrays Dr. Ira Glassman, said in an interview, "I have a history with this particular challenge of autism with a couple of different people in my life. I personally appreciate any person in real life that steps out of their way to save a life, so to speak, even if it's psychologically."
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1. When and Where
The Good Doctor premieres on Monday, September 25 at 10/9c on ABC and is set to hold that time slot for the duration of the fist season. While the series is set in California, like many other hit series and films, filming actually took place in Vancouver, Canada, so Canadian fans can be on the lookout for any recognizable places!
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Telisa enjoys learning and writing about all things entertainment in the world of Hollywood. When she isn't catching up on her favorite TV shows, she likes to read, and obsess over all things football.
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Farewell, Rex.
Mar. 14th, 2007 at 10:26 PM
Our dear parishioner died this evening. He was a man dedicated to our parish, a hard worker who did good deeds and raised fine children. He died at about seven p.m. My friend was driving past and saw me at the church and sent me a text. It all happened fast in the end. He only really found out about the cancer at our Bazaar so it's not long ago. But at least the family had a time to say goodbye. He has six children and nineteen grandchildren, all of them gathered round him today. They kept the children out of school for the day. But it all makes me wish I could've said goodbye to my own father, instead of just standing there staring at his body sustained by endless machines, pumps, tubes, respirator and all. It was awful really, and I guess those images will always haunt me a little.
*shrug* oh well. Steve's father died in his sleep, days before we were due to celebrate his 60th birthday, so that was a lot worse really. Seeing him 'asleep' like that, in bed, it was eerie. Christy was born a few days later.
I was helping Asher with his assignment on Nicaragua, Bangladesh and East Timor (it's a Caritas thing) and it's interesting reading about how the Catholic Church has stymied some types of progess and welfare in a country like Nicaragua, how lack of birth control has contributed to a lot of the misery. I do feel embarrassed about a lot of the Church's past horrors, and some present ones too. It is by no means all right and in some situations, the Church's behaviour (and behaviour of individuals representing the Church) has been nothing short of frighteningly and horrifyingly intolerable, and it still is, but then, just about every power-weildng service or party or group can show you their skeletons. I just think the Catholics have more than their fair share!!! Too many men and too much power in their hands, if you ask me. In their efforts to create some sort of God-fearing people, they lost the plot completely and abused their power far too many times.
And the birth control issue, well, I don't have anything against birth control, I think it's probably a very good idea for anyone who needs it, but I do have issues with abortion, and that probably started when I was a teenager, and we were brainwashed by the nuns and visiting horrific slide shows of aborted foetuses, things our parents would never have seen. So brainwashed I might have been, but I can't quite feel tolerant of abortion. A beating heart is a beating heart, which means it is alive, and even if it should take forty weeks to make that person, it's still a person when born at thirty-seven or thirty-eight weeks, like all my children, and it's still a person when born at thirty-four weeks, like my friend's daughter, Rebecca, and it's still a person at twenty-six weeks like little Anna who just died a fortnight ago after three months in a neonatal ward. Her funeral filled a church. So I feel that it's still a person at any stage that that tiny heart is beating, that brain is growing, that personality is developing, I don't quite see how you can deny that. Or is it that it's okay to kill a person, if they haven't made their mark on the world yet? Is that the logic behind the condoning of abortions? Or is it that 'free choice' thing, women have free choice to kill babies and dammit, no man will get in our way? I don't even get that. And whoa, before you get on your high horse (oh, hang on, those people are gone now, huh!), I know men can be bastards, and maybe condoning the 'morning after pill' for rape and forced sex is a fine thing, a necessary thing before that life even gets off the ground. No woman deserves to be forcibly infiltrated and abused by a man, or be held hostage by a man's power and sexuality. And hey, I'd never be judgemental of someone who had to or chose to have an abortion, that is their choice. I just can't say how I'd feel about it, inside my own head... And I'm not taking a stand. I am just saying. There is a lot of death around me, and there will be a funeral to attend, and I think I just might like to celebrate life.
Thanks, Cari.
-I definitely support birth control.
That's good. I really don't see what the problem is with the church and birth control. More like man control, if you ask me ;)
-I think that especially when it's young people having sex, it's better that they prevent the pregnancy than end up with an unwanted one.
-abortion. A tough topic for me. I suppose I'm against it. It's still tough for me though. I do have a friend who had an abortion
It is a tough subject, for sure, and moreso for younger people like you, because it's so - well, there. And yeah, you look at someone like your friend and think, whoa, they would have been bad with a baby, and at the same time, you look at the ending of a life and think, hmmm, did it have to happen that way. It's really tough. And the more advanced our technology gets with IVF and things, the more difficult choices will have to be made.
And sure, there are some lives that perhaps would have been better off not living, but we can only hope that somehow they touched someone for some good. I guess I'd be in favour of much better adoption strategies.
-I wouldn't ever judge someone who had an abortion. It's a very personal issue
Yeah, we have to remember that. I could never do something like protest outside an abortion clinic like some of the fanatics do, because imagine the hell that some people have been through long before they ever got the courage to walk through that door.
-people shouldn't have to know. It's a woman's business.
Wonderful point *g* Us women deserve to have our business!
greenpizzazz6
That's good. I really don't see what the problem is with the church and birth control. More like man control, if you ask me
lol...how true!
the more difficult choices will have to be made.
That's completely right. Each advance brings more changes, more difficult choices, more variety, but more difficulty.
I guess I'd be in favour of much better adoption strategies.
I think I would too. I mean, everyone's life has some sort of purpose, some sort of meaning.
I could never do something like protest outside an abortion clinic like some of the fanatics do, because imagine the hell that some people have been through long before they ever got the courage to walk through that door.
Yeah, I can't imagine ever doing that to a person. When I see protests like that, I feel sick to my stomach.
Us women deserve to have our business!
-That's completely right. Each advance brings more changes, more difficult choices, more variety, but more difficulty
Yeah, there will be more and more choices to be made about babies, planning of babies, with options to 'shop for the best baby' IVF wise, all that genetic tweaking. The possibilities are scary without the right legislation in place to protect human rights and the dignity of the human being.


Well ladies I have to tell ya I LOVE pasta. I am not one of those sad girls who swears off carbs and blames pasta for her life struggles. CARBS ARE GOOD FOR YOU! It's just that you want to eat the good kind of carbs, not basic white pasta. Great recipe with carbs is here.
. Cook pasta according to package.
Once pasta is done run under cold water and place in large serving bowl.
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and chop the avocado and add to the pasta.
Chop the basil and add to the pasta as well.
Combine the olive oil, balsamic, and garlic in a small dish.
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Musk Cites Whistleblower as New Reason to Exit Twitter Deal
Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed salvos at each other Tuesday in the latest round of legal filings over the billionaire Tesla CEO's efforts to rescind his offer to buy the social media platform.
Musk filed more paperwork to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter, this time based on information in a whistleblower complaint filed by Twitter's former head of security. Twitter fired back by saying his attempt to back out of the deal is "invalid and wrongful."
In an SEC filing, Musk said his legal team notified Twitter of "additional bases" for ending the deal on top of the ones given in the original termination notice issued in July.
In a letter to Twitter Inc., which was included in the filing, Musk's advisers cited the whistleblower report by former executive Peiter Zatko — also known by his hacker handle "Mudge."
Zatko, who served as Twitter's head of security until he was fired early this year, alleged in his complaint to U.S. officials that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation.
The letter, addressed to Twitter's Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde, said Zatko's allegations provide extra reasons to end the deal if the July termination notice "is determined to be invalid for any reason."
Billionaire Musk has spent months alleging that the company he agreed to acquire undercounted its fake and spam accounts, which means he doesn't have to go through with the $44 billion deal. Musk's decision to back out of the transaction sets the stage for a high-stakes legal battle in October.
In a separate SEC filing, Twitter responded to what it called Musk's latest "purported termination," saying it's "based solely on statements made by a third party that, as Twitter has previously stated, are riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lack important context."
The company vowed to go through with the sale at the price agreed with Musk.
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Clearing Up Mozilla's Status
Friday July 2nd, 1999
David Polberger has some good news from people who were dismayed by comments from Alan Baratz of Sun regarding Mozilla's future.
David writes, "... mozilla.org just posted this news item to its main page [click the link to read the full text of the comment]:
"...Our contributors and staff are responsible for the management of all browser development. As a major mozilla.org contributor, AOL completely supports our efforts... We would like to stress that Sun was not speaking for mozilla.org or for AOL."
This is good news. I got the impression that Alan B. was speaking for himself more than any official position. Anyway, I thought that Sun was only responsible for Netscape's server efforts, not their client efforts...
#1 Re:Clearing Up Mozilla's Status
by BrerBear
Monday July 5th, 1999 3:07 PM
I've seen at least one posted email message from Alan Baratz, in response to someone inquiring to him directly about this article, in which he indicates that he was completely misinterpreted by the News.com reporter.
Not surprising, though, since Alan Baratz has no say in Mozilla and is from Javasoft, not AOL, something the article conveniently downplayed. He was trying to publicize Javasoft's Java Community Process by comapring it to Mozilla's community process, that's all.
The folly of irresponsible reporting. We'll probably see this article quoted in the New York Times as another "proof" of Mozilla's failure, no doubt.
by Ben_Goodger
This is entirely unsurprising for CNet, a site which has been shouting Netscape's demise for as long as I can remember. I guess its just easier to report badly than to get one's facts straight.
#3 Has Berst heard of this yet?
by Cynic
...and we can probably expect to see Jesse Berst send out a "Berst Alert" proclaiming doom and gloom for Mozilla.Org, kind of like a monkey with electrodes in his brain. You provide the stimulus, and Chimp-boy reacts with arrogant assumptions.
But enough of that. The *good* thing here is that we all did a reality check, went over the NPL and MozPL and saw that there is no way in hell that the source can be retracted. And THAT is a good thing, that this issue has been gotten out of the way before even version 1.0 of Mozilla (5.0 of Netscape).
-=Yusuf=-, drinking from the half-full glass.
by BehrQattz
You can't blame only C|Net. I find C|Net as good as any. It's the media's over-reaction to stories and their need for a hot story to generate revenue. If there isn't a hot story, they create one. And what better place than in the extremely volatile computing industry? Unfortunately, people's ignorance and willingness to believe anything in text is as much as fault. Why do you suppose the National Enquirer sells so much? With this in mind, members and supporters of the Mozilla (and Open Source) project should be the first to look skeptically upon any information of its demise.
by Waldo
Tuesday July 6th, 1999 12:31 AM
I read that story and it REALLY seemed like the headline didn't match the story and there was another agenda. Yeah, that's probably paranoid, but I was just reading the quote and I'm like "that doesn't seem to be what the headline said..."
It was amazing the way the slashdot followup consisted of "yeah, mozilla is a failure..." Just goes to show how momentum and perception makes all the difference.
by locka
Tuesday July 6th, 1999 6:35 AM
The thing to ask anyone who says Mozilla is a failure, is how many people do you think contributed to Gnome/Gimp/Linux/KDE/Emacs/Gcc while they were in the alpha phase?
The answer of course is a handful of people at most. But things change.
As Mozilla becomes more stable, more useful and more feature complete, so the number of developers and testers increases.
In other words, it is a snowball effect.
Even at this early stage, I have heard it said that there are already 35 external developers actively contributing to Mozilla (myself included). By late beta this is likely to increase to several hundred with tens of thousands others building the source and running Mozilla for themselves.
And by the time 1.0 arrives, every Linux release, magazine CD and countless web and FTP sites will have Mozilla and/or Netscape Communicator 5.0 available for people to install. At that time _millions_ of people will be using it, with thousands of developers and web site authors writing code, skins or content for it.
So Mozilla is far from a failure. It is a success in the making.
by xgray
This was certainly a case of 'mainstream press gets it wrong again'. The same day the story broke last week, i saw ESR at a lecture in Autin, and he was very quick to dispell and doom and gloom rumors. He also made is clear that the Mozilla project has already had great success insuring that open standards on the Web remain open.
by petejc
last count was 53 outside developers.
yep when MOZ get more stable it will absolutely be a snowball effect.
by beg
Tuesday July 6th, 1999 5:00 PM
Little off the topic, but i think AOL should add more programers it pays..
If you think about it, it just makes sense.
The more programers you have the more money it costs to hire all of them. The more programers the faster the product comes to market and the sooner you make money from that product. In the end, you will still spend the same amount of money and make the same amount of revenue from the product? Doesn't this just make sense. I am ready for Netscape5.0 as much as the next person and the sooner it comes out the happier i will be.
I would love to see AOL say, "we are going to hire 100 more programers to speed up the development of Netscape5.0"
so if anyone who reads this works for AOL, tell Steve Case to hire more people!! =)
#15 Re:Clearing Up Mozilla's Status
Friday July 16th, 1999 9:11 AM
Brooke's Law would tend to discount your argument, assuming its still valid in this brave new world of open source...
Actually, hiring more people almost always slows things down unless they're already clued up about what needs to be done. If you did that, you'd have to teach 100 new people to understand the code - the time to do which would be less time working on code.
I think working on the Mozilla code an excellent job for someone to do, but independently of Netscape -- similar to what NeoPlanet is trying to do, where developers can be added without draining resources from Netscape.
thats just my $0.04 =)
The issue here is not C/Net's reporting, it's Alan Baratz. He's constantly speaking on behalf of people and organizations for which he has no authority or responsibility. When the AOL/Netscape acquistion was announced, he claimed that the next Netscape browser would be written in Java, and that the AOL 5.0 client would be written in Java. Time and again he misrepresents someone else's facts. I'm not sure why he still has credibility with the decent folks over at C/Net and elsewhere.
Wednesday July 7th, 1999 2:48 AM
I don't know about the AOL client being written in Java, but it could certainly be written using the Mozilla technology.
Since AOL 5.0 has already been announced, this sort of thing would probably have to wait until AOL 6.0 (if it ever happened at all).
Wednesday July 7th, 1999 1:46 PM
"Since AOL 5.0 has already been announced, this sort of thing would probably have to wait until AOL 6.0 "
They'll have to wait untill their contract with Microsoft is over.. But i think I remember reading somewhere that the wantted to base their TV-Top boxes on Mozilla, as well as some chat doo-hickey...
Even if AOL had a contract with MS, they could still make their client work unofficially with the Mozilla control :)
Seriously though, the client software is just half of the problem. I expect most of their server side stuff needs updating too to serve out non-IE specific HTML.


The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the appeal of a man who went to prison for posting violent rants on Facebook. The case will shape the future of what people can and can't say online, and is being closely watched by the tech industry, domestic violence groups, and civil libertarians.
Here's a short overview of the facts and the law, and where to learn more.
What did the man write on Facebook to land in such trouble?
Anthony Elonis, a 31-year-old man from a small town in Pennsylvania, served more than 3 years in prison over a series of Facebook posts in which he threatened to kill his ex-wife, strap a bomb to his chest and shoot up a kindergarten class. Elonis says he never intended to harm anyone, and the Facebook posts — many of them rap lyrics quoting Eminem — were just a way of a venting, and that the violence he described was no more than hip hop-inspired hyperbole. He says it was his way of coping with setbacks, including his wife and kids leaving him, and losing his job at a local amusement park.
Why is the case such a big deal?
This is the first time the Supreme Court has looked at limits on online speech. The decision will affect what people can say on Facebook, and on a wide variety of other internet platforms, such as Twitter, blogs and comment boards.
The case is also about internet culture as a whole, including the violent language used by certain online communities. The ACLU and others say such language is just a form of expression and not an actual threat, and that criminalizing it will chill speech and give police new powers to go after ordinary internet users. But governments and domestic violence groups claim such speech has a limit, and people like Elonis can't invoke the First Amendment to threaten and scare people with impunity.
What's the legal issue at stake?
The case turns on whether the prosecution should have to show that Elonis intended the threats to be real or if, instead, it's enough to show that the average person — such as Elonis's wife — would believe them to be real. The first is a subjective test that takes full account of the context such as, in this case, Elonis' hip hop aspirations (his lawyer says he rapped in small arenas like Eminen once did). The other test is objective, and is easier for the government to prove.
Put another way, should online threat cases should be like the criminal law, which requires proof of intent? Or is a "reasonable person" standard, used in civil law, enough?
What is the Supreme Court likely to decide?
The case involves novel issues that the Justices have not ruled upon before so, unlike many cases, few are predicting how this one will turn out. It's even harder to guess since the judges have little first hand experience with social media sites like Facebook or with hip hop (all but Justice Sotomayor prefers opera). Some point out, however, that the court may decide to avoid a sweeping First Amendment ruling, and may write a narrow ruling that applies just to the specific law used to convict Elonis.
When is the decision likely to come out?
It will almost certainly come out in 2015, probably in January or February.
Where can I learn more about all this?
What part of the first amendment do we not get. The Supreme Court was never intended as a law making body, bu is there to make certain that the citizens are not being made to abide by laws that deprive them of the rights afforded by the United States Constitution. They have not always done a good job. We have laws that prohibit domestic violence. If there was a way to predict domestic violence based on what men and women say they would like to do to each other, I'm pretty sure most of the female friends would be in jail and a lot of men would be missing body parts, run over by trucks and much worse. Women say such things to friends and aquaintences and men seldom run to the police. Women set and laugh, thinking up all sorts of strange and cruel acts. I have not known one of those many who have made such dark humor do any of those things. People vent to each other or through music, not just rapp, Johnny Cash "fell into a burning ring of fire" . In today's police state, Bob Dillon's "Masters of War" could get him thrown in Jail. People should be jailed for their actions, not their words or their thoughts.


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16 June, 2015 - 03:59 Riley Winters
Swans Fat, Crocodile Dung, and Ashes of Snails: Achieving Beauty in Ancient Rome
Now learn, my dears, the art of beautifying your faces; learn by what means you can retain your charms.
This line, taken from Publius Ovidius Naso's (Ovid's) Medicamina Faciei Femineae , or The Art of Beauty , begins one of the best remaining descriptions of female beauty from ancient Rome. Within it, he dictates how a proper Roman woman should be pale of face, rosy of cheeks, black of eyes, and free of unnatural scents. Though his is not the only text that remains of Roman beauty standards, it is the most detailed and succinct account.
The concept of beauty was not originally Roman. In truth, the Romans' conquering of the lands of Greece and Egypt is what introduced them to the idea, and they drew on many of their provinces' customs to construct their own beautifying values. The Art of Beauty briefly discusses the shift in beauty since the founding of Rome to Ovid's present, namely the Roman Empire, and paints a much more natural picture. Ovid writes of how the women of Rome went from "dressing the fields of their forefathers" to "dressing themselves" because the daughters of the state are "daintier and more refined" than they were in the past. Interestingly, the Romans did try to stick to this ideal—that is, unlike the Greeks and Egyptians, the Romans used makeup to preserve the natural beauty of a woman and not to embellish the facial canvas into a cacophony of colors. Above all, Ovid claims that before physical beauty care begins, a woman must perfect her manners: the manners, or personality, will lure the men in and—after beauty has waned—keep them.
Women in ancient Rome. Romantic scene from a mosaic in Villa at Centocelle, Rome, 20 BC – 20 AD ( Wikimedia Commons )
Now, the ideal Roman female was a woman of extraordinary white skin as it was evidence to onlookers that the woman spent much of her time indoors, thus was wealthy enough to afford servants and laymen. However, since the natural skin tone of a Roman woman was closer to olive than ivory, there was still a necessary unnatural process of powdering the face. This involved the use of chalk powder, crocodile dung, and white lead to whiten their entire face. Ovid even describes a mixture with which to soften the coloration: he dictates that:
two pounds of peeled barley and an equal quantity of vetches moistened with ten eggs. Dry the mixture in the air, and let the whole be ground beneath the mill-stone worked by the patient ass. Pound the first horns that drop from the head of a lusty stag. Of this take one-sixth of a pound. Crush and pound the whole to a fine powder, and pass through a deep sieve. Add twelve narcissus bulbs which have been skinned, and pound the whole together vigorously in a marble mortar. There should also be added two ounces of gum and Tuscan spelt, and nine times as much honey. Any woman who smears her face with this cosmetic will make it brighter than her mirror.
In ancient Rome, pale skin was considered the most beautiful. Wall painting from the Vila San Marco, Stabiae ( Wikimedia Commons )
Some intriguing beauty regimes included taking baths in asses' milk for the skin, used by the infamous Queen Cleopatra, lover of Marc Antony, in Egypt; swans' fat and bean meal were used to treat wrinkles, and the ashes of snails could supposedly cure freckles—a negative indication that the woman spent time in the sun too often. False beauty marks were often utilized to cover sores or pimples and the cheeks were reddened with the use of rose colors, chalk, poppy petals, or—once again—even crocodile dung. It was not uncommon for the husband to kiss his wife and find his lips stuck to her face from this process.
The eyes were accentuated by the use of kohl, a blackening substance made from ashes or soot, mostly, brought to the Romans by the Egyptians and still used in Turkey today. It was applied like modern day eyeliner is, just under and above the eyes to bring out their natural color according to Ovid. This same item was used to darken the eyelashes and eyebrows, allowing them to better stand out from the pales face. Furthermore, women were known to add color to their eyelids as well every now and again, the colors from ground up rocks and stones such as green from malachite and blue from azurite. Both lashes and brows were preferred long—the lengthier the eyelashes and the closer the eyebrows were to touching, was considered premiere until the first century AD.
Portrait of Sappho from Pompeii, c. 50 AD, a famous poet of ancient Rome who wrote poems about beauty ( Wikimedia Commons ).
Cosmetics were used by both wealthy women and poor, however the wealthier the woman the more expensive the products she could afford. These products had no scent, thus making the need for perfume obsolete, whereas prostitutes—those who tended to wear cheaper, foul smelling products—were forced to wear perfume to cover the odors (and supposedly, also the scent of sex that followed them wherever they went). This practice was what made brothels smell terrible and what undoubtedly created the stigma that the use of perfumes was an unchaste practice. As a matter of fact, one of the reasons proper Roman women preferred natural, light makeup was because prostitutes tended to wear far too much makeup—particularly as they grew older and older in their profession—thus an overuse of facial products became an indication that the woman was an adulterer.
Ironically, despite the many ancient resources that provide evidence of beauty in the eye of the Roman beholder, all the known literature surviving from the period is written by men. It is important to note that only Ovid valued the use of makeup; most other Roman authors greatly preferred little or no cover-up because of its association with adultery. There is little evidence of what the women thought of their beauty practices; however their continued use implies that they enjoyed their benefits in spite of the stigmas. Despite this, it is evident that beauty was as important in ancient Rome as it is today; the standards were merely different.
Featured image: Roman women bathing. 'The Frigidarium' by Lawrence Alma-Tadema ( Wikimedia Commons )
By Ryan Stone
D'Ambrosio, Antonio. Women and Beauty in Pompeii (Pompeii- Thematic Guides) (L'Erma di Bretschneider: Italy, 2001.)
Miles, Margaret R. Plotinus on Body and Beauty: Society, Philosophy, and Religion in Third-Century Rome (Wiley-Blackwell: New Jersey, 1999.)
Naso, Publius Ovidius. "The Art of Beauty," Sacred Texts, accessed June 13, 2015. http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/ovid/lboo/lboo62.htm
Olson, Kelly. "Cosmetics in Roman Antiquity: Substance, Remedy, Poison:" The Classical World : 102.3: 291-310. Spring 2009. Accessed June 13, 2015. http://0-www.jstor.org.read.cnu.edu/stable/40599851.
Stewart, Susan. Cosmetics & Perfumes in the Roman World (Tempus: United Kingdom, 2007.)
Walton, F. T. "My Lady's Toilet:" Greece & Rome : 15.44: 68-73. May 1946. Accessed June 14, 2015. http://0-www.jstor.org.read.cnu.edu/stable/641994
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