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UPDATE 1-Reliance fund joins India's campaign to curb gold imports

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* Imports seen falling sharply in June, July

* No further actions planned for now to curb buying

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MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, June 21 (Reuters) - Reliance Capital abruptly halted gold sales and investments in its gold-backed funds on Friday, the latest squeeze on rampant demand that has prompted India to try to curb imports.

India is the world's biggest gold buyer and soaring imports have sent its current account to a record deficit. New Delhi has hiked import duty twice since Jan. 1, doubling it to 8 percent, but central bank moves to tackle supply have had more impact.

Reliance, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, said in a statement on Friday it was "committed to support all policy objectives of the government and the RBI."

Imports could fall sharply in June and July, industry players say, because customers must now pay up front for gold, making it hard for the millions of small family shops who account for most of India's jewellery business to buy.

"Sales in June, July, August will be a super-flop. Imports will be down 50-60 percent from the normal average of 70 tonnes," said Kumar Jain, vice-president of the Mumbai Jewellers Association, which represents over 10,000 jewellers.

Gold imports, second only to oil for India, hit a record 162 tonnes in May as global prices fell, prompting a surge in retail buying everywhere. India's big bullion banks and traders stocked up in anticipation the authorities would move to slow buying.

"Everybody made money during the demand surge in May," said a Delhi-based importer who requested anonymity. "The margin was very good. We used to do 10 kilos a day ... double normal value."

The government last raised import duty on June 5 and in the same week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightened measures further to ban all purchases except with cash.

Gold imports were a record 162 tonnes in May, averaging around $135 million in the first half before the central bank halted most credit purchases. After that, they shrank to $36 million a day, the country's finance minister said on June 13.

"Now huge funds are required to import," said the Delhi-based gold importer. "With funds for 100 kilos, I could import 1,000 kilos," he added. Previously only a 10 percent deposit was required to secure supplies.

The government's import duty hike, meanwhile, has been largely wiped out by price falls, as global weakness drags domestic futures down. With the rupee at record lows, paying for Indian gold in dollars is cheaper now than it was in the splurge of mid-April to mid-May.

On April 16, domestic gold futures hit a contract low of 25,270 rupees per 10 grams - which then equated to about $467. Now, they equate to around $452 per 10 grams.

This week, a senior finance ministry source said India was unlikely to ban gold imports entirely or increase duties further. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram resorted to urging Indians not to buy, suggesting six months of abstinence could help the economy dramatically.

But on Friday, neighbouring Sri Lanka slapped a 10 percent duty on gold imports to halt smuggling into India - a major worry when the government raises duties.

And although Reliance's financial services company is a small player in the gold market with sales of around 5 tonnes of gold coins in the last financial year, there are indications other companies may be taking similar action.

"We are helping the government by telling everyone not to buy gold," Kishore Zaveri, owner of Zaveri and Co which imported about 2 tonnes in the May frenzy, told Reuters recently. "I don't do any business, so I'm going to Spain for a holiday."

Demand from retail customers is also likely to be muted in a lean season for marriages and festivals, traditional times to give gold as gifts. Any boost to savings from farmers who could reap the rewards of a heavier-than-normal monsoon will not filter through until harvests later in the year. (Additional reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi, Himank Sharma and Suvashree Dey Choudhury in MUMBAI; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)

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Steenkamp's best friend Gina Myers said that in late January, the model had sent her a text message which read, 'G (Gina) our lives are about to change I can feel it', the Mirror reports.

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Aquaplus Has Another Sexy Dungeon Crawler For PSP

By Spencer . August 7, 2012 . 5:00pm

imageLast year, Aquaplus created a risque dungeon crawler for PSP with the ladies from the To Heart dating series as main characters. If you haven’t heard of To Heart 2: Dungeon Travelers before you can grab a downloadable demo.

Aquaplus greenlit a sequel called Dungeon Travelers 2: Seal of Mamono and the Royal Library. The game is slated for release on PSP this winter, reports Famitsu.

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  • LustEnvy

    All this PSP support, and then Sony wonders why the Vita is doing so bad.

  • Katamari Toys

    why no love for vita? :/

  • Definitly, PSP is the “OTAKU CONSOLE”

  • Kibbitz

    I hope they at least improve the MAP system -_-

  • animaster

    I wonder if Nendoroid Kusugawa Sasara: Valkyrie version will be included in the limited edition.

    • Katamari Toys

      would be awesome, but I  hope they make a nendo set like the first one (Tama~nee + Konomi)

  • Mrgrgr and Unacceptable World

    Dungeon Crawlers is indeed the best rpg genre there.^_^

  • Abhishek Posooa

    Were you also attracted by the word “sexy”?

  • Katamari Toys

    I hope someday a company will have the balls to bring this and the first one to US

    • Mrgrgr and Unacceptable World

      Well, this is not all about have the balls or not lol. Considering To Hearts franchise is probably so miniscule outside of Japan as they never released any of To Hearts VN or even anime there.

      Bringing this game here is sure bomb lol.^_^

      • M’iau M’iaut

        RightStuff actually did a real nice job on the first To Heart anime and the game was one they were rumored to be sniffing around at one point in the very distant past.

        run run run its yui horie in green-haired robo meido mode

        • Mrgrgr and Unacceptable World

          YUI HORIE My Maido dream.^_^

          • M’iau M’iaut

            Sadly RS long since lost the license and so all they’ve got left are a few leftover copies of DVD3 and DVD4. Was back when RightStuff was a bit more bold with their releases, this and Boys Be were done in the same timeframe.

            They did a box, real nice covers and even delayed the initial release since the first ‘master copies’ the JP side sent them were low quality.

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Bill Nye Really Doesn’t Understand Science – Ken Ham

Oh WOW!  what a crazy rant.

All he does is attack Bill Nye and talks about planes coming together at random

And… then, he pulls out the, “….if you treat people like animals….” crap.

Ken also claims there are two types of science – arggggg….

What do you think is the stupidest thing he says.

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  1. Tim says:

    The stupidest thing he says is: Hi this is Ken Ham…

    Anyone who is proud enough to stand up and say Bill Nye is not “the science guy” is clearly declaring their stupidity by putting their name – and face – to it.

    Also love his criticism of Bill not being a scientist. That BSc Bill has and his ex-professor Carl Sagan would seem to disagree with that statement.

    • Tell me one way how evolution can be proven; but you cant can you bill nye is not the science
      guy because he is just like you bitches he knows there is a huge hole in evolution and the big bang
      but there are no holes in the Bible’s history of the world maybe you should read the bible
      then you might not be as lost as the rest of the human race

      • chris says:

        Viruses mutate. That is evolution.

        In Genesis, God creates light and separates light from darkness, and day from night, on the first day. Yet he didn’t make the light producing objects (the sun and the stars) until the fourth day. That is absurd.

      • Mike S says:

        Point No 1 and the only point. I will not have my tax dollars used to teach unproven religious dogma.

  2. Moron says:

    When people support deist beliefs, some people of other beliefs will usually be offended and have rage rants like this.

    Blah blah blah, anyone who believes, blah blah blah, is stupid. Blah blah blah, even though they have their own reasons to believe something, blah blah, they are still dumb because their belief differs from mine.

    Blah blah.

  3. Joe says:

    4:05 – “Isn’t it interesting that Christians are not frightened to teach their children about evolution?”

    • Louisa says:

      Um Joe, creationism teaches that God did everything alone and there’s no point in questioning it…. That’s very narrow view of something and while I’ve read and explained Genesis to my children, I let them know that it’s one groups opinion on how things came into existence, and that there are many more other creation myths as well.
      Bill Nye also never said don’t teach your children about God he just said don’t force creationism down their throats because it stops kids curiosity about the world around them. Curiosity is what encourages learning and intelligence and basically he’s saying if you want your children to grow up and think critically about things in life don’t spoon feed them creationism to the exclusion of other possibilities.

    • Nicole says:

      Yeah….I grew up in a christian family and most of my family took their children out of science classrooms when evolution was being taught. That is fear of knowledge (or “differing opinions”, if you ignore scientific facts). I no longer associate myself with any particular “god” anymore because of Christianity’s fear of science and knowledge that would give children the opportunity to choose for themselves what to believe.

      Also, his comment about not being able to tell how old dinosaurs bones are is total bollocks. We have carbon dating for this specific reason. However, assuming that people (like Ken Ham) ignore this, then let the children think for themselves and create a way of determining how old the dinosaur bones are.

      • Phil says:

        Nicole, thanks for sharing your story. Please come back and comment more. I do have a small correction…carbon dating is not used to date dinosaur bones. Carbon dating is only effective for 50,000 years, at most. However, there are several different types of dating. They are used on the rock layers that are above and below the fossils.

  4. hmmmm says:

    ” they are still dumb because their belief differs from mine”

    im not defending what was said in this video but let’s be honest… athiests say the same exact thing.

    • Matt T says:

      Do they? Do they same the same exact thing? Can we get one of those, “are you this age” buttons for this site?

    • Daniel says:

      What is more relevant is what the courts have said: In the Dover School district case, the lawyers for the creationist/ID team admitted that when they use the word science, they mean science as it was defined in the 14th and 15th century. They mean science as in: alchemy, palm reading and astrology are science.
      (Sorry, just going from memory here, but I’m pretty sure this is what came out in court.)

  5. Steven says:

    I will let George Carlin shoot this idiot down in flames….

  6. Matt T says:

    OMG he’s another one of those,”if I didn’t have this here holy book, I’d be rapin fawns!” He said, “who determines right and wrong? You do. Who determines good and bad? You do. What is marriage? Whatever you want to make it to be.” When Dave Silverman was a guest on Stewart or Cobert, he asked the audience to come up with more commandments? Dave did this because it is easy for one to come up with new “life laws”. Yes Mr. Ham for brains, we have been capable of making decisions that nurture others and we have been capable of making decisions that hinder others for millennia without and with your fairytale books. Why don’t these people ever ask themselves, are we better off than we were ???? years ago? Of coarse, most people reading this think to themselves, are we worse off than we were ???? years ago? Ya damned right meat head, I decide. Your book is flawed and grotesque.

  7. Shame says:

    Ken Ham and Rupert Murdoch make me ashamed to call myself an Aussie.

  8. Mike says:

    An engineer uses science to solve problems. An engineer is a scientist.

  9. Mike says:

    I love how comments were disabled for the video their scientists made. Once again, proof that they want to preach and not have an educated conversation.

  10. Cento says:

    I like how Ken Ham says at 2:22 “Creationists are teaching children that they are special.” I think we can all agree that creationists are very special.

  11. Leon says:

    Owww, the comments on that youtube video are closed. Anyway, if an aeroplane was build by a Christian, I guess you would have to pray to get it off the ground.

  12. Moniz says:

    Holy crap, that was such a profoundly stupid video/rant! A world run by evangelicals would be a terrifying world indeed!

  13. phiggy says:

    What a nut. If I didn’t know better I would think this is a parody, but, unfortunately, he’s serious. Even more unfortunately he has money and people who believe him to help spread his idiocy.

  14. Tommy says:

    I am wondering why people are saying that Ken Han was “ranting” in his video response. And what about his right to respond to something he sees as “crap”. You claim that anyone who does not follow along with whatever “blah blah blah” that is spoken is wrong or stupid etc…. I say you need to re-evaluate what public discourse is all about. There are those in this society who do not agree with how science is taught, and will not keep quiet. If you disapprove of my retort try seeing the video “No Intelligence Required” and see the position of those who decide what “science” really is.. you might be surprised how science is manipulated to follow the “norm”, jump out of step and you are out. How is that “freedom” and willingness to embrace new things? or even to possibly think that maybe Ken Ham is correct.

    • AB says:

      Ken Ham has every right to respond to anything he wishes to, he’s clearly exercising this right and he isn’t being censored. As much as his video is being ridiculed and people call for its deletion, this will not happen. As for “public discourse” the comment section is disabled as is the rating system as to not face “public” opposition to their “retort”. As for not agreeing “how” science is taught, I’m not sure what you mean, if you’re talking about specific teaching methods I can sympathize. However IF you are speaking about the contents of said science classes, this is where we have a problem. I have seen “No Intelligence Required” and it is mostly propaganda, comments and interviews taken out of context interspersed with holocaust and war footage, in an attempt to pin Darwin or others for these tragedies. I’m starting to think you don’t have a firm grasp on what “science” is, at it’s core it is a system for organizing knowledge using testable explanations. “Science” is not exclusionary in the least bit, it welcomes all “theories” and “truths” regardless of where they may lead or what they imply. The only restrictions it places on that which seeks to be taught in a classroom or be hailed as “truth” is its submission to testing and peer review. Every new theory is figuratively thrown against the wall, it is taken apart and re-examined a hundred times over by thousands of experts. This process often is lengthy depending on its claims, and often takes years and years. Creationism has been looked at in depth and it’s claims and theories refuted by some of the most basic studies.

      I do not decide what “science” is and neither do you or the “concerned populace”, this is rigorously studied and determined by the scientific community through harsh testing and examinations. Every theory taught in schools has gone through this and come out the other side, science is always willing to embrace new ideas and theories, but after they have been consistently proven wrong or not “factually based” there comes a time when one tends to stop listening. At what point do we tell the parent that demands “Flat Earth Theory” be taught in schools, to just sit down and shut up?

      I apologize for my English if I made too many mistakes, it is not my first language.

    • David says:

      The point is that public discourse should be about the presenting different ideas, and allowing the supporting evidence to decide which is correct. The scientific position has a great deal of supporting evidence, while the creationist side has literally none.

      Saying that evolution would be more convincing with even more evidence does not invalidate the theory, and it definitely does not imply another theory. I may as well say that humans originally arrived on spaceships, or that we were carved from the wood of a magic tree.

      Nobody would argue that those viewpoints should be taught in school, or be given an equal treatment in public discourse, yet they have just as much supporting evidence as the idea that the entire world was created in a week, and humans in a day.

      The Catholic church itself agrees.

    • James Smith says:

      Ken Ham is correct? About what? Name anything this moron says that can be proven with independently verifiable evidence. Not only is he a raving lunatic, he’s a liar.

      Personally I have always said, if shown undeniable evidence about something, I will have to change my opinion, no matter what it was before then. That’s how science works. When new and better information is discovered, science adjusts its position to conform to it.

      What would it take for Ken Ham to change his position? I suspect nothing would do it because this is how he makes his living. Everything he is or ever hopes to be is tied to preaching myths and lies. What would it take for you to change your position? Be honest at least to yourself.

  15. Brian says:

    Trying to pick the stupidest thing he says is like trying to find the greenest M&M in the package. To choose one at random, at 1:17, “What has evolution got to do with engineering?”

    Well, this:

    Or this:

    Or this:

    Ken Ham may need to repent of his use of all engineering that makes use of evolutionary science. Or, he may just need to STFU.

  16. joe arrigo says:

    Ken Ham suffers from a common malady of many devout religious people. The science of evolution seems to threaten their belief because they look at it in binary terms. That is, if evolution is true, then god cannot exist; and if god exists, evolution must be false. The third alternative that they either refuse to consider or just completely escapes them, is that both can be true. These people seem to conceptualize only in binary terms…black or white, bad or good, and are nuance averse. It seems to me to be a mechanism to simplify a very complex world, setting up a grid they can superimpose on life so everything fits into neat little boxes, and where little effort is required to understand a world rife with paradoxes. It’s lazy thinking, and intellectually dishonest.

  17. David says:

    This guy actually runs a factory where he makes stupid children. It’s called The Creation Museum.

  18. Mike says:

    You lose all credibility when you disable comments in your youtube video. Shows you arent willing to take criticism.

    • Ken Ham says:

      Your comment has been reported as inappropriate by the Christian community. Please repent now and be saved from eternal torment.Thanks – Ken

  19. JoeSchmo2000 says:

    “Comments are disabled for this video.”

    The first indication that the video’s position is so weak, that it can’t withstand a debate.

  20. Anon says:

    While i respect your belief and opinion there is just so many things wrong with what you said that a comment section is inadequate to provide counterpoints for them all.

  21. caleb says:

    You know, nothing irritates me more than people like this guy and his Muslim counterparts trying to destroy the procedure that is science. For hundreds of years the religious have been out to eradicate science. I hope people in the USA understand that science has landed robots on mars, given us the ipod, cellphones, computers, internet, etc. and it is important that the religious are not allowed to alter or destroy the procedure of science.

  22. I Disagree says:

    “Creationists, of course, are very happy to tech their children about evolution”. That’s just plain dumb. Then there’s whole “if evolution were true, I mean, it’d be so obvious to the kids that it’s true, but it’s not.”

    I’m a neurobiologist, and I’ve never heard of historical science vs observational science. As a matter of fact, I don’t see how “beliefs about the past” relates to science; that is if he’s referring to religious beliefs being “historical science”

  23. Michael Rupp says:

    If a vidiot spews too many idiotic statements as if they are fact, it overwhelms a reasonable person and we become moved to cursing and ad hominem statements because it’s obvious that no amount of reason will begin to persuade that vidiot into seeing your side in an open minded way.

    It’s a pretty dumb thing to say, that Nye was a mechanical engineer and so not a scientist. Lol-wut!? Perhaps this Ham fellow doesn’t know that in legitimate Universities, they require a very broad understanding of a variety of discipline’s in science to get a degree. And that it’s a guarantee that if Nye has an engineering degree, then he is very competent with physics, which deals with the natural world.

    Also “Historical Science”… lol-wut?!? You, sir Ham of Creation, are entitled to your opinion of facts, but you are not entitled to false versions of factual evidence. You may propose your explanation of the facts, just as anybody else can, but your passion for your own belief does not make it equal to others.
    “Some people theorized that the earth was flat, and they were wrong. Some people thought the earth was a sphere, and they were wrong. If you think they were equals because they were both wrong, then you are more wrong than both of them.” — Isaac Asimov

  24. Bob says:

    Evolution in your engineering? its more common then you may think.

  25. Nicholas Amann says:

    He said “Christians are not afraid to teach evolution”. Except you don’t teach them evolution. You teach them some shoddy knock off from a church pamphlet. What are the chances this idiot would go on live television against Bill and debate science. He bring his “the world is 6000 years old and we lived with dinosaurs”. I would love to see Bill tear this idiot down.

  26. james says:

    if u define Science use it whole description science(from Latin scientia, meaning “knowledge”) is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.

  27. patrick says:

    Genetic engineer here. Building you corn that would have actually lived through the 15 days of 100+ degree weather we had in June there Ken.

    What a fucking quack.

  28. Hmm says:

    “Comments and Ratings have been disabled on this video.”

    That sure keeps the door open for discussing true scientific ideas doesn’t it Mr. Ham?

  29. Alister says:

    Do a search for boeing and evolution – boeing themselves talk about evolution and they apply it to their own business – small changes can make a big difference

  30. BIll N says:

    Oohh please someone shut this tard up.. Creation is wrong for children because its teaching them to believe fairy tales.. You are telling kids they dont have to believe what they see is what they get, your just sugar coating life for them.. Its wrong because its bullshit, and obviously kids will believe anythign you tell htem.. YOu are just teaching them BULLSHIT!!!

  31. Robert Gren says:

    Not only this guy is a fucking, braindead moron (I’ve first seen him in Religulous – although not a big fan of BIll Maher, the movie’s absolutely worth watching), but he’s a total coward too – have you noticed that every time these mindless zealots post something they ALWAYS disable comments & the possibility to rate the video.. hopeless.

  32. Satan says:

  33. Johhny Hones says:

    What a fucking brain dead fucktard cock…. Ken Ham is an embarrassment to the human race. Another Christian who doesn’t know what the fuck he is talking about..

  34. Tanner Waters says:

    Apparently Ken Hamm isn’t familiar with carbon dating. We don’t need pictures with fossils to determine what time period they came from…

  35. DMan says:

    Teach your children to think critically…until they question Christianity

  36. Kento says:

    Actually Evolution is used in engineering. Example: The latest bullet-train in japan was designed using an artificial evolutionary process. The computer created variation and the design that had the best attributes “passed on its genes”.

  37. Will says:

    god particle. look it up
    then look up something called akasa or the etheric principle.
    religion is merly a remnant of sacred knowledge or the highest science there is.
    you think that all this is it? if there were more to exsistance, a spiritual realm of being if you will. would it not have it’s own set princiables of science as well? think a little on this before you so blindly judge something that someone else is saying or that person themselves. because you have so obviously brainwashed your self into believing what you think is true. have an open mind. sure he says some things and makes some dumb points. but that doesnt mean you get to yell and spill your beliefs on people that don’t want to hear it. As if saying blah blah blah god made us and i don’t accept science will change someone with a differnt out looks opinion. To where someone with an open mind might say… well gee everything in the universe can have science applied to it. so is it not more probable that god(s) would have had to use science in the creation of everything? the anwser is yes, either way you look at it, it is undenyable. you simply don’t just wish things into exsistance. it would require the proper knowledge and know how. simular to how we can clone animals. 100 or so years ago we barly had cars…. as time goes on people will see that religion, magic, science, all these things are just one thing.

  38. Joseph N. Wilson says:

    Ken is so wrong on so many levels, it’s hard to even get started.
    His thesis, namely Bill Nye doesn’t understand science, is not supported by anything Ham says.
    Nye’s concern that evolution is not embraced by the general populace is like unto earlier scientists concern that the spherical earth theory was not embraced. It is not borne of misunderstanding, but of understanding.

    I won’t say that Ken Ham doesn’t understand science. I suspect he does.
    But Ham’s creationist views are a rejection of science.

  39. Keith S. says:

    “Science means knowledge.”

    Science is only defined as knowledge as an archaic definition. As in, one that isn’t used anymore. Science comes from sceintia which also means knowledge in Latin. So, unless we start speaking Latin again, or we go back to using definitions of words from hundreds of years ago, his statement is wrong.

    If we do start using archaic words, we’ll be all hugger-mugger (in a state of confusion or dismay; an archaic word).

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  • Robine

    Never got her appeal.

  • Alea

    She is 37 already? And no kids, even though she is married? Makes me wonder…

    • C

      Wonder about what? We live in 2013; it’s okay for women to decide they don’t want to have children, yes, even if they’re married. How judgmental and closed-minded of you.

      • eks

        Thank you! Totally agree!

      • Candy M.

        I mean come on, has she ever thought that maybe some of us don’t want children? Personally I have no inclination to ever have children, its not that i hate them I just don’t have any desire to raise one.

      • Emeline

        Agreed. Also I think she said she doesn’t want children

        • lol

          It looks like she has already had about 7 kids. even though she has had none. I know a women who has had 7 kids and has the same kind of body as her.

    • Winnie

      “wonder” what exactly? if she’s a closet lesbian?

    • Loxy

      This comment can’t be real.

      • Ave

        this comment was meant to bait a fight. And plenty of women (and men!) don’t want kids ever. My sister’s 30, her boyfriend’s 39, and neither want or particularly like the company of kids. I’m a few years younger and not quite ready to say “never” just yet, but it’s definitely not in the foreseeable future for me

        • Faidy

          Some people don’t want kids and some people cannot have kids, that is why we never say things like “you are 37 and no kids,? Why?” .because it makes some people very sad and also it’s definately none of business.

    • Hazal

      Maybe she doesn’t want or can’t have children? Who cares, it’s her life & her decision.

    • Snip

      Judging by the part of the world I’m guessing you’re from with that backward attitude, I’m surprised you even have an internet connection to access this blog.

      • Powwow

        @Snip Huh? So lack of wifi = backward? I’m confused because if that’s what you’re implying, THAT is ‘backward’.

        Alea cannot be serious. She MUST be a troll…

    • AnnieC

      I’m sure you do, sweetie – probably while breathing through your mouth.

    • siennagold

      So what if she doesn’t want to have kids. A lot of people nowadays don’t want to have kids.

    • Liv

      Ok wow. I think people are WAY too sensitive sometimes!! I read the comment and honestly didn’t give it a second thought and moved on. It’s not like she’s calling Hendricks a fat wh*** or something.
      Anyway. I think she is so beautiful! She can pull off any weight her face and voice is that lovely. I am addicted to Mad Men!

  • Nikki Nine Doors

    I think she’s so hot. She’s feminine, classy, sensual and very likeable in interviews imo. She’s what I think of when I hear “woman”.

    • Debbs

      I think she’s hot too but I don’t really like her sense of style.

  • sara

    lol weird poses from 4th pic down

  • Rosey

    LOVE her. She is so frickin beautiful & curvy in ALL the right places!

  • gsl

    Wow she looks very youthful. Good for her.

  • annabanana

    i think she looks better in the 2005 pics, but I think its just the hair color and style, plus makeup and dress and maybe slightly slimmer? Other than those things she looks pretty much the same! Her face is so pretty.

  • lee

    I think her main problem is that its 2013 and its hard to find clothes that are trendy, that fit her kind of figure, and don’t look like a period piece from when curves were more popular.

    • Maya

      Celebs have enough money that they don’t have to fit in clothes..they make them tailored to fit them perfectly

  • She still looks great – for 7 years, there’s not a lot of difference. She does seem to have gained a bit to me, but it’s not evident in this most recent photo.
    She’ll always be a favourite of mine – I just like that she’s portrayed and accepted as a particularly desirable woman even though she is at least 20lbs heavier than most other women in her industry. And she has a beautiful face!

  • Sasha

    What on earth is that silver sack in the last photos? It does absolutely nothing for her amazing figure.

    • Sheza

      I know right? What the hell.

    • Ophelie

      Seriously, the silver thing is horrid. Shiny things rarely photograph well.

  • amber

    Her skin is so lovely.

  • solaxia

    I think she is beautiful either way. I love her skin tone and hair colour, her face is so striking and pretty imo. I think she looks a bit heavier now, but not by much. I do prefer her in 2005, but I like her either way.

  • snugglepup

    The silver one makes her look chubby in the waist also those shoes are horrible. The green one should be used in the bedroom. Her present style is much more classy and flattering. It seems like she hasn’t aged at all tho!

  • Emeline

    She’s pretty as Joan, but not as much when she wears her own clothes (or the ones her stylist choses)

  • Hazal

    Really pretty face but obviously her style has always been horrible.

  • kateuk

    In those 7 years, she hasn’t aged one bit!

  • lc

    Don’t get her appeal sorry.

  • magwildwood

    Her face and figure do nothing for me. I do like her voice, though. It’s very soothing.

  • artemis

    so what’s the difference? 10 lbs or less? lol.
    her voice is nice, indeed, and her eyes, pale skin and (dyed) hair combo. and she has pretty lips
    her body on the other hand…nope.

  • D

    Does she deny her boob job? I dont know much about her but she clearly has had them done – she started out with natural big breasts/a lot of tissue so they look more natural when enhanced so can pass for a natural rack despite not being natural. Lucky girl, without them things she wouldnt be where she is today/gotten the hype she has.

  • annemarie

    She looks almost the same, except her breasts look better in 2005 when they were smaller and not pushed up to her chin. Her face and skin are gorgeous.

  • Jennifer

    Every time I watch Mad Men and “Joan” is on, I seriously cannot believe how big her chest is. I would be so self conscious if I had her body. Makes me realize how much I like being really petite and having an average size chest.

  • Snip

    One really attractive feature Christina Hendricks has is her graceful neck. Cynthia Nixon has one, too. Aesthetically, it goes a LONG way.

    • Lisa

      Never thought about Cynthia’s neck before, but googling has made me happy. That is a nice neck! 🙂

  • ary

    She’s a very attractive woman, and she knows it 🙂

  • truwordz

    she has AWFUL taste. all the wrong colours and shapes and eugh.

  • Polly

    She’s so unique, she looks like a porcelain doll. All her weight went to her boobs and midsection it seems, not too bad ! She looks banging in the rare times she wears street clothes. These sack-like dresses then and now don’t help her out at all.

  • mary

    oen constant…her style is TERRIBLE

  • lol

    It amazes me how this overweight, very unnattractive women gets so much praise on this site cos everywhere else I go people find her so unnattractive . Maybe it’s cos she appeals to the so called “real women” people which this site gravitates so much too.

    • lol

      And there is no way she is only 37 either. Looks much older. I think most of these celebs lie about their age.

    • tr

      There is a thing called beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Heard of it?

  • Lisa

    I think her face is pretty, but my back hurts looking at those boobs.

  • jessica_rabbit

    very unique looking girl. that skin, face, neck, hair color, even her cartoonish figure and voice.. i dont see her type of women walking down the streets every day..i dont remember i ever seen someone like her if i did i would remember.

  • Mariah

    The green dress is a bit skimpy, but at least it was cuter on her than the velvet going to a funeral look and disco-koi fish dress.

  • Lee Nielsen

    I wonder if she will ever be in a bond film.


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The Los Angeles Sparks open their 2013 season Sunday evening with lofty expectations, one year removed from a tremendously successful season that was halted by the Minnesota Lynx in the Western Conference finals.

In 2012, Carol Ross’ first year at the helm, the squad improved by nine wins, a considerable jump in winning percentage from .441 to .706. Surprisingly, for a franchise that has experienced so much success throughout the WNBA’s history, it was its first 20-win season since 2008, Candace Parker’s rookie year. In fact, ’08 and ’12 are the only seasons Parker has played at least 30 games.

Last year, the Sparks cleaned up, winning most of the league’s biggest awards. Ross earned Coach of the Year honors, first-overall pick Nneka Ogwumike won WNBA Rookie of the Year and guard Kristi Toliver was recognized as the league’s Most Improved Player after increasing her scoring average from 11.2 to 17.5 points per game. Meanwhile, she managed to raise her field-goal percentage to 49.1, including 42.4 percent from three-point range. In the most important individual category, Parker finished second in MVP-voting, earning 253 points, just behind Connecticut’s Tina Charles, who got 345.

Parker put the team on her back last postseason, averaging 28.8 points per game on 57.3 percent shooting. In Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, the MVP runner-up played all 40 minutes and scored 33 points to go along with 15 rebounds, five assists and four blocks. Even so, the Lynx won by a single point, effectively eliminating the Sparks from title contention. Parker didn’t touch the ball once on her team’s final possession.

“Last year definitely hurt,” said Parker. “I do think about it a lot. We just are coming back with last year in our mind for sure.”

Although Toliver’s drastic improvement as a scorer has been well documented, as the team’s primary ball-handler, she struggled to avoid turnovers (3.7 TOs/game). As a result, the team added true point guard Lindsey Harding this offseason and plans to move Toliver to the off-guard position.

“Kristi is a scorer,” noted Harding. “That’s what she’s really good at. So for me to help her be the best she can be, to help our team be the best we can be is incredible. The same with Alana (Beard), too. She’s always been a wing player (and) you get her back to that position most of the time…I think that’ll definitely be beneficial for us.”

Although Parker argued that moving Toliver off the ball will require an initial adjustment, she, too, concluded that the shift will ultimately pay dividends: “I think overall, it’ll be better, because she’ll be able to come off more action and be able to do more things that way.”

Harding was the first-overall pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft, but has become something of a journeywoman, now playing for her fourth team in seven years. Even so, she is lauded for her leadership, stout defense and careful ball handling. Harding’s 2011 Finals appearance (when the Dream got swept by the Lynx) makes her only the second current Spark to have played on the league’s grandest stage; Ebony Hoffman is the other (her Fever lost to the Mercury in ’09).

“[Harding] brings a lot of energy,” said Parker. “I think that she’s going to be able to be that defensive presence that we need that’s going to get over screens and lock down her man. I think she definitely has a lot of leadership qualities that we like and I’m excited to add her to the team for sure.”

Harding stressed that it would take some time to learn her teammates’ tendencies, but also acknowledged her familiarity with many players on the team. In 2011, the veteran point guard played for coach Ross, who was a Dream assistant at the time. She’s also played alongside Beard at Duke and with the Mystics, with Parker on the women’s national team, and for years, against Toliver in the ACC.

“I just want to be the best I can be,” said Harding, “and keep growing as a player and as a leader…setting the tone offensively and defensively, because it does start with me.”

There’s ample continuity from the ’12 campaign, as the Sparks return eight players, including four starters. With Harding essentially replacing DeLisha Milton-Jones (now with San Antonio), the team expects to become both smaller and faster.

“I think this is going to be the first year that we’re small,” said Parker.

“We’re normally the team that is posting other guards up and things like that, so that’s going to be the biggest thing: missing her (Milton-Jones’) size on the perimeter.

“We’re going to have to really focus on blocking out, rebounding and stuff like that.”

The Sparks, however, hope to utilize their improved quickness in transition this season. “That’s the plan,” said Harding. “I’ve always been a running type of player since I started. That’s going to be a strength. We want to use our speed.”

That said, running the fast break in every instance would not be wise, according to Parker.

“We want to run, but I think we still need to know when to run and when to move the ball,” maintained Parker. “That’s the key. We definitely have to get ball movement and find the best option whether it be in transition (or) whether it be slowing down the pace and running a half-court offense.”

For the 2013 season, the WNBA has added restrictions against flopping, implemented a defensive three-second rule and extended the three-point line by more than one and a half feet (from 20 feet, 6.25 inches to 22 feet, 1.75 inches). According to Parker, on both sides of the ball, her team must adjust to these new rule changes.

“Offensively, we’ll have to adjust to what works versus defensive three seconds,” said Parker. “Spacing is going to be key. With the new rules, we’re going to have to definitely play more one-on-one defense.”

Although Harding is new in town, she’s well aware of the Sparks’ disappointing end to the previous postseason and very much wants to hang another championship banner in the Staples Center rafters.

“I know their expectations are not just the playoffs, not to get to the Finals, but to win a championship,” said Harding, “so that’s why they brought me here. That’s why they have this team together. My expectation is to do whatever I have to do to put us in that position to win a championship.”


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Today’s been a decent day for new shots of 2014 movies, thanks to Empire’s new preview of the upcoming year. Below is a behind the scenes shot of Andy Serkis in his mo-cap gear from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Serkis reprises the role of Ceasar, the first “evolved” ape, and this is another in a long series of photos of the actor encased in a grey suit, but seeing as Serkis remains the pre-eminent mo-cap artist, they never get old. I’m looking forward to seeing some making-of footage from this one, to see how Serkis works his arm extensions into his physical performance.

Empire has the shot.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opens July 11, 2014. Jason ClarkeKeri RussellGary OldmanJudy GreerKodi Smit-McPhee, and Toby Kebbell also star.

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

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OnLive pledges support for Ouya Kickstarter console

Ben Kersey - Jul 27, 2012
OnLive pledges support for Ouya Kickstarter console

Kickstarters flocked to the Ouya gaming platform when it was announced, with the project recently surpassing $5.5 million in funding. Now the console has scored a major content partner in the form of OnLive. Streaming games will be available on Ouya from launch thanks to the creation of an OnLive app for the console, which is running a modified version of Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

In addition to the streaming game subscription service currently offered by OnLive, users are able to try out demos and play the first 30 minutes of any new releases for free. Acquiring such a high profile gaming company is a major win for Ouya, who have promised to reinvent the console business with the allure of free games and an open-source platform. It’s good news for OnLive as well, as the company continues to expand to additional platforms. Most recently it was announced that the service would be available via Vizio’s Co-Star Google TV box.

As for the other Ouya update, the design of the controller has been shown by the creators. It’s not too far off what was teased when the Kickstarter project first went live, with a design reminiscent of what other gaming companies are offering. Two analogue sticks are present on the left and right hand side of the device as well as a digital pad, plus four colored buttons. Ouya notes that the colors are just placeholders, as they don’t want to leave out color blind gamers.

[via Polygon]

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The creatures of Dr. Frankenbush.

The creatures of Dr. Frankenbush.

The creatures of Dr. Frankenbush.

Dubious and far-fetched ideas.
Oct. 18 2004 3:59 PM

The Scream

Or, the creatures of Dr. Frankenbush.

Illustration by Robert Neubecker.

May 23, 1972

Since earliest youth, when first I broached the dusty tomes of Paracelsus, natural philosophy has been my chief delight. To divine the secret of the vital spark has been my sole study; my sole ambition—too bold, too unholy to speak aloud!—to bring inanimate matter to life.

Last night, my studies bore fruit.

The events of which I write were set in motion by a summons I received, yesterday morning, from the Honorable Mr. B—, Member of Congress from the State of Texas, requesting my presence in his office. Upon my arrival, Mr. B— apprised me of the situation that had caused him to seek my aid. His son, a pilot with the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Texas Air National Guard, had, that very morning, met with a misadventure of the direst nature. While cleaning the cockpit of his aeroplane, he had, in a moment of abstraction, held the nozzle of the vacuum apparatus to his ear. In an instant, his cerebrum, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata—in short, the engine of reason in its entirety—had been sucked into the dust receptacle. Though heroic efforts were made to recover the lost gray matter, so thoroughly had it intermingled with soot, cigarette ends, and other refuse that all exertions were in vain.

The chirurgeons who were summoned to the scene spoke with a single voice: In the eyes of Science, Lt. B— was dead. His relations, however, noting that the young man was, save for the absence of a brain, in the most perfect state of physical health, held out hope that some remedy might yet be found.

It was then, the elder Mr. B— informed me, that a much-beloved family friend, Mr. C—, had stepped into the breach. Rising to a pitch of beneficence scarcely to be credited in this benighted age—and which even now fills my soul with the tenderest and most exalted sentiments—he had agreed that a portion of his own brain should be forfeit to make good the young Guardsman's loss. It may readily be imagined, dear Journal, what my feelings were on being asked to perform this undreamt-of feat of medical Art! Though my triumph (if such it should prove to be) would never reach the ears of men, nonetheless, I readily gave my assent.

The patient was conveyed by aeroplane to the capital. Here, in my secret laboratory beneath the cobbled streets of Georgetown, with rain pattering dismally against the panes; with the aid of a Galvanic apparatus of my own design and the ministrations of my faithful servant, Karl—the Promethean deed was done. As, in the flickering light of the sconces that extended from the wall like so many groping human limbs, I gazed into the eyes of the creatures I had reanimated, I felt a deathly chill traverse my spine.

October 5, 1972

Alas—the fears which crept upon me in the hour of my triumph have proved all too prescient!

The convalescence of both patients is now complete; they walk, speak, pass unremarked among their fellow men. Mr. C— has returned to his official duties, Mr. B— to the Guard service from which he was forced to absent himself. Yet both are more like fiends or monsters than like any man of woman born.

For such is the bitter fruit of my labors: Of that portion of the brain which governs calculation, the arrangement of facts, and the deployment of language and logic, Mr. C— has retained a full share. Of the portion which governs social intercourse, feeling, and affability, he is now entirely bereft. For Mr. B—, the situation is the reverse.

The sole portion which is now common to both, yet apparently undiminished by being divided between them, is that which governs the pursuit of self-interest.

When I reflect that it is I who have loosed these creatures upon an unsuspecting world, I curse the day when the light of Science, like a will o' the wisp, first tempted me into its fatal realm!

February 12, 1995

With the passage of time, I have come to see that the fears which tormented me were distended beyond their true proportion, like shadows cast by firelight. Though the creatures I reanimated still appear monstrous to me, they do not appear so to others. Indeed, their very defects seem to ensure their success.

In Texas, the people are only too eager to embrace a politician who mangles language, ravages logic, and is innocent of all knowledge of the world. Mr. C—, for his part, has acquired an uncanny capacity to hint at obscure dangers, which can be avoided only by nestling in the lee of his calm and unsmiling bulk. If, as I have been told, his Uncle Lon inspired terror as "The Man of a Thousand Faces," Mr. C— has outstripped him a thousandfold by becoming "The Man of One Face"—or, indeed, of none.

Yet foremost among the circumstances, which have softened my self-reproaches, is one which, in the cool light of retrospection, seems to me to have been anticipated by Mr. C— himself. It is, that the portion of Mr. C—'s brain still lodged in his cranium continues to communicate, by some mysterious, etheric means, with the portion now housed in the corresponding part of the anatomy of his friend. While this leaves the Governor supine before the commands of Mr. C—, it confers benefit upon him as well; for it protects him from being utterly discomfited when he meets an opponent in debate, or is questioned by members of the Press.

October 6, 2000

A ticket made in Heaven!—or, I might rather aver, in the Hell of my laboratory. For the electorate seems to grasp, on some darkling level, that these two creatures are in fact the severed halves of a single being. The prospect of seeing them united in the White House appears to hold a strange allure, like the joining of male and female half-souls described by the poet Aristophanes in the Symposium of Plato.

May Heaven smile upon their union!

September 23, 2001

The tragic events of the 11th of this month, while assisting my creatures beyond measure by providing a content, for the empty form of fear—a new wine, as it were, for the old vessel of Mr. C—'s visage—came perilously near to giving the game away. By some quirk of geography, abetted, perhaps, by a disturbance in the flow of the atmospheric ether the President was left for a full seven minutes beyond the range of the Vice President's telepathic powers. Since he was, on that fateful morning, appearing before an audience of a mental age equal to his own, the lapse proved, providentially, of little moment.

July 3, 2004

Justice, whither art thou fled?

To feel the filthy missiles of ignominy hurled at my head; to feel the words which would deflect them, and defend my good name, die in my throat unspoken, because forbidden!—is almost more than I can bear.

Since first I beheld the monstrous fruits of my experiment, I have been in the habit of taking a small quantity of laudanum before bed, in order to attain the calm of mind requisite for sleep. Though the unexpectedly happy fortunes of my creatures have somewhat allayed my disquiet, yet it must be considered that the labor of maintaining these two demis-cerveaux, in such a way as to give the impression that their bearers are ordinary citizens of the human race, must exact a heavy psychic price from him to whom it is entrusted. Add to this the misgivings which a Physician, whose escutcheon perforce bears the motto Primum non nocere, must feel about the torrents of blood now staining the waters of Babylon, and who can wonder that I have taken refuge in the arms of Morpheus?

Yet the jackals of the press, having sniffed out my foible, are now baying for my blood.

July 5, 2004

How, how shall I bear the disgrace?

My weakness—one that is shared, I hasten to observe, by such notable scientific personages as Dr. Freud of Vienna, Mr. Holmes of London, and Dr. Maturin of the Royal Navy—having come to the attention of the public, the Vice President has been obliged to make a show of discharging me from his service. It is, of course, the merest charade. Behind the gaudy stage sets of public life, I continue to perform the functions, which I alone am able to perform.

August 22, 2004

In the days after the nominating convention of the opposition party, the Vice President was—if one may use the language of human feeling, to describe the movements of a soul mechanical and dark as Erebus—deeply disquieted. The challenger had been painted in the most refulgent colors, as a war hero and a man of indomitable strength. Were these colors to persist, unfaded and unbesmirched, Mr. C—'s capacity to terrify and thus command the public might be fatally impaired.

It was my assistant Karl, notable as much for his roving or wandering left eye (the result, in the opinion of a Berlin ophthalmologist, of following poll numbers while engaged in other activities), as for his hunchback and lame right leg, who found the solution. Dragging from the shelves of my laboratory a forgotten volume from my student days in Ingolstadt, he opened it to a gravure plate of the notorious work of the Norwegian painter Munch.

"If heard screams, Master, are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter," said he, "a close-mouthed scream must needs be the sweetest, most terrifying of all."

"Do you mean—" I whispered—

"Yes, Master!" cried he. "Let us but inject the power of The Scream into The Man of No Face, and no force on Earth shall prevail against us!"

August 23, 2004

To transfer a portion of convolute tissue from one cranium to another, and with it the corresponding mental powers, is no mean undertaking; yet it pales before that which I have now accomplished. For I have taken the power of Art and, by transplanting it into Life, multiplied it a thousandfold!

The masterwork, purloined by our agents, arrived at my laboratory betimes; and the Galvanic apparatus, which I conceived and constructed for this task, performed most excellently.

With pride and shame inextricably mingled, I must confess, that as Mr. C— regained consciousness; as the silent power of the Scream, refracted and magnified by the lens of his closed and rigid mouth, burst like a Hurrican into the cavernous space; I myself, the creator of this supernatural power, fled in abject terror before it!

August 30, 2004

The nominating convention of the ruling party begins this morning. I have every confidence of our success.


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Republican presidential candidates are shockingly uninformed about foreign policy.

The GOP Candidates Are Shockingly Uninformed About Foreign Policy

The GOP Candidates Are Shockingly Uninformed About Foreign Policy

Military analysis.
Jan. 29 2016 12:56 AM

The GOP Candidates Are Shockingly Uninformed About Foreign Policy

Even without Trump, the Republican field seems clueless on the basics.

Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and John Kasich stand at their podiums during the Fox News debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 28, 2016.

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Thursday night’s Trump-less debate was less blustery than the Republicans’ previous spectacles, but on foreign policy issues, the Donald’s absence didn’t make it less slight, cynical, or shruggingly uninformed.

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Earlier in the week, Robert Gates—a lifelong Republican who has served as secretary of defense and CIA director—said the GOP candidates’ discussion of national security issues “would embarrass a middle schooler.” If Gates tuned in Thursday night, he would have had no cause to revise his assessment.

Sen. Marco Rubio started off by promising that, if—or, rather, when—he’s elected president, “We are going to rebuild our intelligence capabilities, and they’re going to tell us where the terrorists are.” Rubio seems unaware that President Obama has vastly boosted spending on intelligence and that the spy agencies’ No. 1 priority is to find terrorists. But Rubio went further: Under his administration, he said, “If we capture terrorists, they’re going to Guantánamo, and we will find out everything they know.” I think this means that he would bring back torture—a technique that George W. Bush ended in 2006. None of the other candidates, or the questioners, seemed to mind.

Sen. Ted Cruz doubled down on his colorful comment from an earlier debate that he would “carpet-bomb” ISIS until the desert sands glowed in the dark—suggesting that the bombs might be atomic. (Gates was addressing this remark when he lambasted his party’s candidates for “making threats and promises that are totally unrealistic, totally unattainable,” adding, “Either they really believe what they’re saying, or they’re cynical and opportunistic, and, in a way, you hope it’s the latter, because God forbid they actually believe some of the things that they’re saying.”)

Cruz also said—obligatory in these settings—that Obama has “dramatically degraded our military,” noting that since the 1990 Gulf War, the number of U.S. planes and ships has diminished by half. Assuming those figures are true, he ignores that the combat power of those planes and ships has dramatically grown. Would Cruz prefer trading today’s military for the one of 25 years ago? That’s the right question, if he’s going to raise the issue. Any general or admiral would choose today’s.

Rubio went further, saying we now have the smallest Army since World War II, the smallest Navy in 100 years, and the smallest Air Force in history. Again, I don’t think any general or admiral would make the trade. The number of ships, planes, and soldiers is not all that counts.

Gov. Chris Christie charged that the National Security Agency reform bill “made the country less safe,” apparently not recognizing that its effect—to remove metadata files from the agency’s headquarters and store them with the phone companies (and allowing the agency to retrieve them with a court order)—was, in fact, suggested by Gen. Keith Alexander, the NSA director at the time. Alexander assured the members of Obama’s reform commission, as well as many lawmakers on Capitol Hill, that the measure would have negligible effect on counterterrorism.

Jeb Bush said, “We need to arm the Kurds, embed troops with Iraqi soldiers, support Sunni tribes,” and help a “Sunni-led force to take out ISIS.” He seemed unaware that President Obama is doing all of those things, though admittedly, the final and crucial piece—organizing a Sunni-led force—is slow going because some of the Sunni nations fear and loathe one another more than they fear and loathe ISIS. How would any of these candidates better deal with that problem when they apparently don’t know it exists?

Rubio, Bush, and Cruz all said they’d loosen the rules of engagement that supposedly constrain U.S. forces fighting and bombing ISIS. But they didn’t specify how they would do this (except for Cruz with his call for carpet-bombing) or what effect the loosening might have.

On the subject of letting Muslims across our borders (or perhaps all immigrants, it was unclear), Rubio called for tighter border security, saying, “I don’t know anybody who’s against vetting” the people who want in, “except Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.” In fact, as he must know, the vetting procedures, especially for refugees from the war-torn countries of the Middle East, are extremely strict: Applicants have to go through numerous steps to gain admission; very, very few pass the test.

Christie said, “The problem is, Barack Obama has made law enforcement the enemy,” then, perhaps remembering who the party’s likely opponent might be this November, “Hillary Clinton has made law enforcement the enemy.” It’s never been clear what people are talking about when they say this about Obama. It’s just weird to say it about Clinton, who, as Obama’s secretary of state, had no jurisdiction over such matters.

The New Jersey governor also said, with glee bordering on obsession, that as president he would prosecute Hillary Clinton to the hilt for putting classified information on her private email, saying, “She put America’s secrets at risk for her convenience … America’s intelligence officers at risk for her convenience … American strategy at risk for her convenience.”

First, it’s unclear what or how many secrets wound up on her private email, or how or why. Mishandling of classified information is a misdemeanor, which could turn out to be a problem for her; but even the sources of leaks about these incidents have acknowledged that she’s not the target of a criminal probe and that the lapse had no national-security impact. Second, Christie seemed to be saying that, as president, he would put political pressure on a matter that should be left to the Justice Department. But third, it seems that, fully knowing his quest for the White House is hopeless, he’s really angling for a job as President Trump’s attorney general.

Gov. John Kasich, who casts himself as the reasonable moderate in these shows (he often begins answers by saying, “Look… ”), replied, when asked how he would deal with the world’s trouble spots, “We have a unique opportunity to connect with people around the world because there’s an existential threat against all of them … Arabs, Turks …bring them all together” to fight ISIS. Again, it’s not as if Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry aren’t trying to do this—or as if they didn’t actually accomplish this sort of unity, with surprising success, in leading the six countries that negotiated the nuclear deal with Iran.

Of course, a Republican debate wouldn’t be complete without someone promising to cancel that nuclear deal on his first day in the Oval Office. The chore fell to Rubio this time, even though, as the moderators pointed out, the deal is already in effect, the sanctions have been lifted, Europeans are signing business contracts in Tehran, and the Iranians have dismantled much of their nuclear infrastructure, as the deal required. What, one of them asked, would America’s unilateral cancellation accomplish? Rubio replied, “Nations will have to make a choice: They can do business with Iran or they can do business with America.” Really? He’s going to cancel all business with Europe to get out of a deal under which Iran has surrendered 98 percent of its enriched uranium, two-thirds of its centrifuges, and all its heavy water, and allowed unprecedented measures of inspection on its own soil?

Finally, I for one will miss Dr. Ben Carson on that inevitable day—it may soon be coming—when he drops out of the running. Has a less likely political candidate, a drowsier creature of any aspiration, ever stood behind a podium on prime-time television, except for comic effect? When someone finally asked him a question, he looked startled and giggled a bit, as if to say, You mean you’re still taking me seriously? You’re still pretending that I’m here?

Asked about the dilemmas of remaining a beacon to the world while still keeping out bad guys, Carson said, “If you have 10 people coming to your house and you know one of them is a terrorist, you’re probably going to keep all of them outside your house.”

I think it’s fitting to end it there.


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Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Ferguson, and how much kids cost.

What Black Parents Tell Their Kids About Ferguson

What Black Parents Tell Their Kids About Ferguson

Slate's parenting podcast.
Aug. 28 2014 10:58 AM

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “It Costs How Much???” Edition

Listen to Slate’s parenting podcast on talking to kids about Ferguson and how much it costs to raise a child.

Listen to Mom and Dad Are Fighting by clicking the arrow on the audio player below:

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In this week’s edition of Slate’s parenting podcast Mom and Dad Are Fighting, Slate editor Allison Benedikt talks to freelance writer Stacia Brown and Dwayne Betts, author of the memoir A Question of Freedom, about how they discuss Ferguson and racism in America with their kids. Then, Slate business and technology editor Jessica Winter comes on to help dissect the latest numbers on how much it costs to raise a child. Plus, a listener call about sleepovers, and a special parenting fail from Slate politics editor Will Dobson.

Other items discussed in the show:

Mom (and guests) recommend:

Chris Wade recommends Dungeons and Dragons, and says it will teach your kids the interpersonal skills you lack.

Jessica Winter makes a plea for a publisher to release new copies of the great children’s book, Godzilla Likes to Roar. Check out pictures from the book and you will want the same.

Allison wants you to check out Jessica Grose’s Slate series, “Child Care Over There,” in which she interviews parents from around the world to find out how they handle child care dilemmas and logistics.

Email us at to tell us what you thought of today’s show and give us ideas for what we should cover in the next edition. Got questions that you’d like us to answer on a future episode? Call and leave us a message at 424-255-7833.


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App economy is promising but risky: Innovation needs better risk management models.

The "App Economy" Needs Risk Management

The "App Economy" Needs Risk Management

A blog about business and economics.
Nov. 19 2012 9:21 AM

The "App Economy" Needs Risk Management

The growth of the app economy is one of the most promising trends in American economic life. But a great David Streitfeld piece over the weekend observes that while lots of people are writing apps and lots of money is being spent on apps, relatively few people are actually making meaningul money this way. Apple has paid out in total over $6.5 billion to app developers, but it's distributed very unevenly. One survey of game developers showed that 25 percent had earned less than $200. Only a quarter made more than $30,000. But 4 percent had made over $1 million.

The pattern here will be familiar to anyone who's worked in the book publishing or movie industry.

These are "hits" oriented industries. The way they work is that there's a lower bound on how much a movie can fail, but practically no ceiling on how much money a hit film can earn (especially when you consider merchandise, licensing, resale to cable, sequels, etc.) so a studio can lose money on most of the films it produces and still earn a healthy profit. So if you look ex post at Hollywood over any span of time, most of the people have been working on money-losing ventures. Book publishing is the same way. Publishers don't aim to hit tons of singles where most of their books earn a modest profit. Instead they swing for the fences, hoping to score a few huge hits in any given year that compensate for a lot of modest failures.

The difference is that both of those industries are substantially organized around risk management as a consequence. If you write a book the way it works is that you are responsible for writing it, and the publisher handles the production and marketing and helps with editing and PR.

Since both you and the publisher are putting in work, the revenue that comes in from the book is split between the author and the publisher. But in addition, a book contract almost invariably gives the author an "advance" to help mitigate risk. The advance is basically a loan. When the book starts selling, the author doesn't initially get any royalties. Instead what would have been your royalties goes to the publisher to pay back your advance. But it's a non-recourse loan. If you never earn enough author-side royalties to pay back your advance, the publisher doesn't come after you to collect the debt. And since it's not technically a loan, failure to repay your advance doesn't count against your credit rating. It doesn't hurt you at all, except in the sense that if your book had done better people would be more eager to bid on your second book. What this does for you as a writer is transform book publishing from an incredibly risky business to one with a guaranteed payout—if you deliver your book on time, you get a nice check even if the book is a flop.

Film doesn't work quite the same way, but the idea of a "movie studio" operates on a similar principle. By aggregating a bunch of films together, you can ensure that the directors and actors all get paid even though each individual film is a very risky product. The app economy would benefit from its own forms of risk-management business organization so as to make it a bit more viable for people to participate over the long haul.

And of course public policy helps too. Creating a workable individual health insurance market as the Affordable Care Act aspires to do would at least lift one big chunk of idiosyncratic risk off the shoulders of lone wolf software developers. Longstanding programs like Social Security do something similar.