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Tony Bennett’s Nude Sketch of Lady Gaga Goes Up For Auction

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 05:43 PM PST

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When Lady Gaga got together with Tony Bennett to record a song for the new album “Duets II” they did a little more than just sing together. Apparently, nude artwork is also part of Bennett’s recording process. Bennett sketched Lady Gaga nude and now the 18 x 24 charcoal painting is going up for auction.

The nude Lady Gaga painting had a starting bid of $5000 when the auction started today. At the moment, the price is already up to $7700. (The reserve still hasn’t been met.) The eBay auction, which you can bid on here, will end on December 19th.

All proceeds from the sale of Bennett’s painting will go to Tony Bennett's charity, Exploring the Arts, and Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation.

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eBay writes:

“Tony Bennett created this charcoal portrait of Lady Gaga using Prismacolor Premier Art vine Charcoal sticks working on Fabriano Artisico heavy weight watercolor paper. The portrait measures 18″ x 24″ and is signed by the artist, using his given name “Benedetto” which is how Tony Bennett signs his original artwork.”

The auction also includes items like the Mercura sunglasses and the Brian Atwood heels that Lady Gaga wore during the Vanity Fair photo shoot, as well as a poster of the Vanity Fair cover signed by Lady Gaga. Tony Bennett is putting up a limited edition print of his "Gondola, Venice," and a signed copy of "Tony Bennett in the Studio: A Life in Art and Music."

Here’s Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga singing “The Lady is a Tramp.”

Bennett also recorded with Amy Winehouse, John Mayer, Willie Nelson, Natalie Cole, Mariah Carey, and Faith Hill for his new album Duets II. Gaga is the only artist (we think) that posed nude for the legendary crooner.

How much do you think Tony Bennett’s nude sketch of Lady Gaga will go for?

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BioWare outlines future plans for Star Wars: The Old Republic

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:55 PM PST

Many gamers haven’t even had the opportunity to play Star Wars: The Old Republic yet, but that isn’t stopping EA and BioWare from sharing their plans for the future of the soon-to-be-released MMO.

In a post over on the SWTOR website, game director James Ohlen revealed what sort of new content and improvements fans of Star Wars: The Old Republic can expect at some point after the game officially launches on December 20.

"It is fair to say that we're just as excited as you are about the launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic," said Ohlen. "Not only are we launching one of the largest and most impressive games ever created, but we're also excited about the prospect of continuing to work on the game so that you, the fans, will always have something heroic and amazing to enjoy."

Among the upcoming content Ohlen outlined in the post are enhanced UI options, enhanced PVP, solo and group content, guild banks and more. Here’s the full list, directly from Ohlen’s post:

New Content – We will be adding new content to the galaxy on an ongoing basis. These worlds will include Operations, Flashpoints and solo content.
Guild Functionality – Guilds are important to the long term health of any MMORPG. We have a huge list of guild centric features. This will be an ongoing effort that will probably never end. Guild banks are the first thing we'll be delivering in our plans for increased guild functionality. Eventually we even want to deliver on the promise of the long hinted at "Guild Capital Ships".
UI customization – You like choice. We hear you! SWTOR is all about choice. Being able to choose how you interact with an online game is something we feel is very important. We are going to be giving more control over the UI as an ongoing effort. This is a very big priority for us.
PvP – We have an entire team dedicated to adding content and features to player vs. player. We have some of the most experienced PvP developers in the world on this team. So far very few people have seen, or know much about the stunning Open World PVP on Ilum; when you get to the high levels prepare to be blown away! In addition to that high level PVP content, expect new Warzones and new PvP features on a regular basis.
Space Combat – We will continue to add missions to the space game. We also have a special project going on right now that will expand space gameplay in a significant way… for now the details will have to remain under wraps.
Legacy System – The ability to select a surname for your character is just the start of something much bigger. Soon, the Legacy experience and levels you earn will grant your characters access to powers, objects and other cool benefits.
And more – We have an entire team of developers working on future content. Right now we are focused on nothing else but Star Wars: The Old Republic, so expect new and cool things.

Source: BioWare

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Keep America American: Did Mitt Romney Borrow a KKK Phrase?

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:32 PM PST

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Mitt Romney hasn’t been having a good week. After a rough exchange with a Vietnam vet over gay rights, Romney’s campaign is now catching criticism for using the phrase “keep America American.” Why? Well, because it’s a phrase that was used by the Klu Klux Klan in the 1920s and the Know Nothing Party in the 1800s.

The Huffington Post reports that the Know Nothing Party used “Keep America American” as a rally cry against immigration and Catholics. The Klu Klux Klan used the phrase in a similar fashion in the 1920s to rally people against blacks, gays, Jews, and Catholics.

In a recent piece in the LA Times, Romney said:

“There are people in this room who are informed and who care about this election, who recognize that this is a defining time for America. We have on one side a president who wants to transform America into a European-style nation, and you have on other hand someone like myself that wants to turn America around and keep America American with the principals that made us the greatest nation on Earth. And I will do that with your help.”

It doesn’t quite have the same meaning that it did in the past. Right?

Here’s a Romney campaign ad where he uses the phrase “keep America American.”

It isn’t likely that Romney purposefully chose to borrow a phrase from the Klu Klux Klan, but that isn’t stopping some people from calling Rommey a racist. The AmericaBlog, which first pointed out the significance of “Keep America American,” says that it’s only fair to call Romney a Klansman since the Republican party insists that President Obama is a socialist.

AmericaBlog writes:

“In an era in which it's apparently okay for Republicans to accuse President Obama of being a socialist, I guess we now need to ask if Mitt Romney is a Ku Klux Klansman…  So, is Mitt Romney a closet member of the KKK?”

Mitt Romney isn’t a Klansman (I don’t think) but I bet he stops using the phrase “Keep America American.”

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Marijuana Becoming the Drug of Choice for Teens

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 03:54 PM PST

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Alcohol is still the most popular drug for teenagers, but according to a recent study, it may not be for long. Alcohol use has dropped to an historic low with teenagers, while marijuana use continues to rise.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse recently surveyed 47,000 teens. The study found that marijuana use among teens rose for the fourth consecutive year.  According to the report, one in every 15 high school seniors smokes marijuana on a daily basis.

Lloyd Johnston, the study’s principal investigator, told The Associated Press:

“One thing we’ve learned over the years is that when young people come to see a drug as dangerous, they’re less likely to use it. That helps to explain why marijuana right now is rising, because the proportion of kids who see it as dangerous has been declining.”

The drug survey, which has been conducted since the 1970s, also asked teenagers about synthetic marijuana use. It was the first time that the question was on the survey, but a surprisingly high number of teens said that they have tried synthetic pot. According to the survey, one in nine teenagers have used synthetic marijuana.

White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske said:

“It’s not in the vocabulary of parents, and they need to be aware of it so that when they have that conversation about substance abuse that they are knowledgeable and they talk about this.”

Alcohol, while it still reigns supreme as the drug of choice for teenagers, has been declining since the 1980s. This year, only 40% of high school students said that they had drank alcohol in the last thirty days. This is the lowest percentage since the survey started in the 1970s.

Do you think marijuana is a dangerous drug?

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Google is putting up $11.5M towards the fight against modern slavery

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 03:50 PM PST

One would think that in our modern world things like slavery would be relegated strictly to our history book but unfortunately it isn’t. In fact slavery is very much alive in our world with an estimated 27 million people around the world to be considered as slaves.

Even though we may yank Google’s chain about the tarnishing of their once proud motto “do not evil” the fact is the company is heavily involved in many philanthropic endeavors through it Google.org philanthropic arm with the fight against modern day slavery being one.

In order to help with the fight Google selects organizations it believe to have proven records in this area and this year the company has donated $11.5 million to a group of organizations fighting slavery, To lead its efforts in this area Google selected Washington-based International Justice Mission which is a human rights organization working globally to rescue victims of slavery and sexual exploitation.

Jacquelline Fuller, the director of charitable giving and advocacy at Google says that we would be surprised by the number of people that are trapped in slavery to the degree that there are more people in slavery now than at any other time of our history.

Google.org – the philanthropy arm of the Silicon Valley firm – announced the anti-slavery effort as part of its $40 million in end-of-year giving that brings its charitable donations to more than $100 million in 2011. The grants will also support science, technology, engineering and math education; girls’ education in the developing world; and the use of technology for social good.

Justin Dillon, the founder of Slavery Footprint, said the Google grant would allow the movement to move from “anecdote and emotion,” to tangible action that could make a dent in history.

via PhysOrg

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La Peregrina Pearl: Liz Taylor’s Historic Necklace Fetches $11.8 Million

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 03:17 PM PST

la-peregrina-pearl-Christies elizabeth-taylor-auctionA rare 50.6 carat pearl, known as La Peregrina, from the collection of late Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels set a new record price on at Christie’s in New York on Tuesday.

The 203-grain pear-shaped 16th-century pearl, regarded as one of the most famous pearls in the world, was expected to sell for up to $3 million but ended up bringing in $11.8 million – the highest amount any pearl has ever fetched at an auction.

Discovered off the Gulf of Panama in the 1500s, the pearl is believed to have once belonged to King Philip II of Spain and later to Spanish queens Margaret and Elizabeth. The latter wore it when Velasquez painted her 17th-century portrait.

According to Bloomberg, Richard Burton, the former husband of the late Taylor, picked up priceless gemstone at an auction in 1969 for $37,000, after successfully outbidding a member of the Spanish royal family.

In addition to La Peregrina (seen below), the Christie’s auction, titled “The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor,” featured an array of designer gowns, paintings and jewelry collections that was owned by the late actress. The exclusive collection had been forecast to fetch around $50 million by the auction house.

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Instead, the gems alone achieved more than that on the first night, and by the evening’s end the entire 80-item lot raked in a total of $116 million, becoming the most valuable private collection of jewels sold at the auction, beating the 1987 sale of the Duchess of Windsor’s pieces in Geneva.

For more on Christie’s “Collection of Elizabeth Taylor” auction, including the La Peregrina Pearl, go here.

Part of the proceeds from the auction, which continues through Friday (Dec. 16), will go to the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation.

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Demi Moore Still Mrs. Kutcher on Twitter

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 03:09 PM PST

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Demi Moore may be ending her 6-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher but she isn’t quite ready to give up her name. Moore said today that she is keeping the Twitter handle of @Mrskutcher for the time being, but it isn’t because she is having a hard time with letting her ex go. Nope, she just has a few more important things on agenda at the moment.

Moore tweeted today:

“changing my twitter name isn’t a top priority right now. sorry it bothers so many of u. should I not tweet until I do?does it really matter?”

Ever since Moore announced that she was going to divorce Kutcher over his affair with Sarah Leal, the Twitterverse has been wondering if Moore would decide to ditch her Twitter name.

One user wrote: ”That awkward moment when Demi Moore’s twitter name is@mrskutcher………. #ouch.”

Demi Moore has more than 4 million people following her @mrskutcher.

Demi and Ashton’s divorce is causing havoc in the Twitterverse and it apparently ruined the life of Kutcher’s mistress, Sara Leal. Leal said:

“I got fired from my job. I am no longer friends with my best friend who was my roommate because it caused so many problems and I had to move out. I wasn’t working for two months, and I only just started working three weeks ago. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.”

Do you think Demi Moore should chance her twitter handle? Do you care? Are you one of Demi Moore’s 4 million followers?

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Iran Seeking Nuclear Know-How, Anti Aircraft Missiles For Access To Downed US Drone

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 03:06 PM PST

Iran is really asking for it…it being access to the United States stealth drone RQ-170 it managed to get  last week/ Russian and Chinese sent military intelligence teams to Tehran for access but it seems as if the Iranians wanted much more.  Israeli Intelligence website DEBKA is reporting that the price being asked for by Revolutionary Guards leader Gen. Ali Jaafari includes advanced nuclear and solid fuel missile technology. In addition, Tehran sought expertise  on centrifuges for enriching uranium to weapons grade and the immediate transfer of Russian made S-300PMU-1 air defense systems.

The S-300PMU-1 air defense system is capable of shooting down stealth warplanes and cruise missiles and would give Iran a huge advantage if the US or Israel decided to proceed with a military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent his  Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who is originally from Russia, to Moscow speak Prime Minister Vladimir Putin about the danger  of letting Iran have the S-300 batteries.  Intelligence Sources in Washington report that Netanyahu consulted with the highest echelon of US leaders before sending Leiberman.

The Russian prime minister, although cordial denied any deal with Iran and refused to discuss the issue further. At the conclusion of the meeting, Lieberman told reporters “Russia’s positions on the Middle East were not helpful.”. According to reports, American officials were no more successful in trying to press the matter with Russia’s president.

Washington and Jerusalem have information that the  Russians may have played role in Iran’s capture of the RQ-17o,  and may have even supplied Iran with the electronics necessary for bringing down the US stealth drone undamaged.

How do you feel on a possible US strike on Iran?

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“Define an English Person” Google Search Results Unexpectedly NSFW

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 02:48 PM PST

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Here in America, the Brits are like our cool older brothers, with fancier words, cooler rock bands and a bad ass accent that always makes us feel like poor Southern cousins.

If you asked any American to define an English person, you’d probably get lots of answers about the Queen, or the Beatles, or James Bond, or other stuff we think is a bit more high-class than our folksy culture. Which is why a lot of people today have been amused and surprised by what seems to be a rather rude easter egg or Google bomb on the part of Google when you search for the phrase “define an English person.”

The search results probably won’t get you kicked out of work or set you down on the wrong side of safe search parameters- no shocking or awful images pop up, for instance, but the first entry is actually a word that is a bit of a point of contention between English speaking cultures. In some, it’s a general swear, used comically and while not always in polite company, not one that will cause people to clutch their pearls. (If I understand correctly.) In others, it’s one of the gravest insults you can sling at a woman in particular, a crude word for the female anatomy that elicits shocks and gasps from pretty much anyone when used outside the context of BDSM relationships.

Figured it out yet? Well, I may not be a lady, but I’m not going to tell you. You can click here to google “define an English person,” but don’t say I didn’t warn you about offensive four-letter words. What do you think is behind the results?

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Cockroach That Jumps Discovered In South Africa [Video]

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 02:39 PM PST

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Elvis monkeys, psychedelic geckos, and now a jumping cockroach. A cockroach that jumps, called the leaproach, was recently discovered in South Africa by entomologists at the University of Cape Town.

According to a report in Biology Letters, the recently discovered insect doesn’t scuttle like a roach. Instead, it leaps like a grasshopper.

The report reads:

“We report on a newly discovered cockroach from South Africa, which jumps and therefore differs from all other extant cockroaches that have a scuttling locomotion.”

NPR reports that despite the fact that a leaproach is less than an inch big, it can travel more than 20 inches in a single jump, which is more than 50 times its body length.

Here’s a video of the leaproach in action.

The Global Post reports that the leaproaches hind legs are twice the length of its other legs and make up for more than 10% of its body weight.

Dr. Mike Picker, an entomologist at the University of Cape Town, told the New York Times:

“The knee of the hind legs contains the elastic protein resilin. This probably restores the shape of the leg, which is bent during the forces of jumping. (The leaproach) outcompetes locusts, which can only manage to jump 20 times body length."

Are you bothered by bugs? Is the leaproach the new subject of your nightmares?

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Lindsey Vonn Squashes Tim Tebow Dating Rumors

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 02:29 PM PST

lindsey-vonn-tim tebow dating rumorsOlympic skier Lindsey Vonn, who recently confirmed she is divorcing her husband of four years, took to Twitter this week to quell rumors that she is dating Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow.

“Hearing a lot of crazy rumors but rest assured I am NOT dating Tim Tebow (or anyone else),” Vonn tweeted. “I’m just friends with his family. xo, LV”

According to US Weekly, the Tebow-Vonn dating rumors began last week, when Lindsey was photographed “Tebowing” after winning the World Cup Super-G at Beaver Creek on Wednesday.

“Just because I ‘Tebow’ doesn’t mean I’m dating him,” Vonn said at the time.

After setting the story straight, Vonn was then spotted in the Tebow family box during Sunday’s Broncos game, but her rep said not to read anything into it.

Following Sunday’s game, Vonn,27, wrote in the Denver Post that she got to know Tebow at the ESPY's, and they spent more time together at other events. She also knows most of his family now, Vonn wrote.

“I’m just friends with the family. Tim presented me with my ESPY award this year, and we kind of chatted. I said, ‘If you want to come up to Vail and ski, let me know.’ [Tim's other brother] Robby invited me to one of their games a few weeks ago. I pretty much know their whole family now. They’re great people.”

 

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Massive Black Hole Ready to Consume Giant Gas Cloud

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 02:25 PM PST

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A massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy called Sagittarius A* is about to consume a giant cloud of gas. Scientists are hoping that the cosmic feast will shed light on how black holes consume celestial objects.

Physorg.com reports that many, if not all galaxies have a massive black hole at their center. Sagittarius A* is the only black hole close enough for scientists to study.

Eliot Quataert, a theoretical astrophysicist and University of California, Berkeley professor of astronomy, said:

“When we look at the black holes in the centers of other galaxies, we see them get bright and then fade, but we never know what is actually happening. This is an unprecedented opportunity to obtain unique observations and insight into the processes that go on as gas falls into a black hole, heats up and emits light.”

Space.com reports that the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way contains about 4.3 million times the mass of the sun. The black hole is constantly pulling at objects in the Milky Way but according to Stefan Gillessen, an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, it is very rare for the black hole to actually consume and destroy something.

Gillessen said:

“If you were to throw something into (a black hole’s) direction and you miss it a bit, the object would just swing by the black hole, like a spacecraft does when it passes a planet. The object can only fall in if you point very precisely towards the black hole and hit it, or if during the swing-by the object loses energy and decelerates such that it falls in.”

Scientists around the world will watch as the giant glass cloud is sucked into the black hole over the next two years. The BBC reports that the cloud will soon pass the point of no return and has already started to elongate as it nears the black hole.

Gillesen adds:

“The idea of an astronaut close to a black hole being stretched out to resemble spaghetti is familiar from science fiction. But we can now see this happening for real to the newly discovered cloud. It is not going to survive the experience.”

Here’s a video about the massive black hole in the Milky Way Galaxy.

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Andrea Jung, Longtime Avon CEO, to Step Down in 2012

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:47 PM PST

andrea-jung avon ceo stepping downIt’s official. Andrea Jung is stepping down as chief executive of Avon, ending her 12-year term as the longest-serving female executive at the top of a Fortune 500 company.

The struggling door-to-door cosmetics company said Tuesday it has launched a search for CEO candidates outside the company. Once it settles on one, Ms. Jung will step aside and serve solely as the organization’s full-time executive chairman.

Jung currently serves as both chairman and CEO at Avon.

According to the NY Post, Avon’s move follows a disastrous October earnings report, in which the company admitted it faces two probes by regulators: one over its communications with analysts and a second on allegations that it broke bribery laws overseas.

At the time, Jung was asked by analysts:

“Why should investors believe management and the board have any control over the business at this point?” asked Mark Astrachan of Stifel Nicolaus.

Citigroup analyst Wendy Nicholson chimed in saying the company is “so totally screwed up in so many ways, the change has to be radical”.

Jung replied: “Look, the buck stops with me.”

"When a company is under scrutiny like this, it helps to have separation of roles," Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, founder of a nonprofit educational and research institute focused on CEO leadership and corporate governance, explained, commenting on Jung’s decision to step down. "She will be able to provide continuity and work on the transition."

Following the announcement of Andrea Jung’s demotion, Avon shares rose 6.4 percent in after-hours trading after falling by almost half this year.

via Bloomberg

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Fantasia Barrino Gives Birth to Baby Boy

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:36 PM PST

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A representative for former American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino has confirmed to E! News that the singer and onetime Broadway star has given birth to a baby boy in her home state of North Carolina.

Barrino is mom to 10-year-old daughter Zion, and the 27-year-old reality TV star found herself back in the news and in gossip columns when it was reported that her home might be foreclosed upon. Barrino again made headlines in the summer of 2010, when she was implicated in an acrimonious North Carolina divorce amid talk she might run afoul of her state’s alienation of affection laws. (Also known as “home wrecker laws.”) The singer was accused of luring married Antwaun Cook away from his wife Paula, even taunting the spurned woman by phone, allegedly saying:

"He don't want you. Maybe the next time you get a husband you'll know how to keep him. That's why he is here with me."

Barrino escaped further legal tangles over the alleged affair, but the drama could be why the former AI star was so reluctant to dish to talk show host Wendy Williams in October about the identity of her soon-to-be-born baby. When asked if she still was involved with Cook, Barrino answered:

“I’m really not focusing on that today. My name is all I have and my word is my bond.”

Barrino was tight lipped in announcing the birth of Dallas Xavier Barrino as well- the tot arrived Tuesday, and her rep released this brief statement on behalf of the singer:

“I feel so blessed that my son Dallas Xavier was born healthy, and is a wonderful new addition to our family. I thank all my fans for their well wishes and continued support.”

The baby weighed 7 lbs., 9 ounces.

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[Video] Mitt Romney Schooled by Gay Vietnam Veteran

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:27 PM PST

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In a video that speaks for itself, a veteran asks Mitt Romney to his face about repealing same sex marriage laws, and then explains to reporters why Mittens won’t get his vote.

[MoveOn.org]

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NYC Elevator Accident Leaves One Dead

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:10 PM PST

y&R nyc-elevator-accident-suzanne-hartA woman was crushed to death Wednesday after getting pinned between floors in an office elevator in New York City.

According to CBS News, the freak accident occurred around 10am in a 26-story office tower near Grand Central Terminal that has been the longtime home of advertising agency Y&R, formerly known as Young & Rubicam.

The victim, identified as 41-year-old Y&R executive Suzanne Hart, had stepped halfway into the elevator when it started to ascend to the second floor with the doors still open.

She was reportedly then pinned between floors and was crushed when the elevator took off before she was fully able to enter the car, local authorities said in a statement.

"She was stepping in and the elevator shot up," a law enforcement official told the NY Times.

The official added that two additional people who were on the elevator were taken to a local hospital to be evaluated for psychological trauma but weren’t physically harmed during the accident.

"I don't think any physical injuries," he said. "It is just what they saw, traumas."

According to her LinkedIn profile, Suzanne Hart was the Director of New Business, Content and Experience at Y&R, where she had worked since 2007. She was a 1988 graduate of Palos Verdes High School in Calif. and she earned a BA in Fine Art and International Relations from Knox College.

Following the tragedy, Y&R chief executive Peter Stringham said the company is "deeply, deeply saddened to confirm that one of our employees has died" and called the elevator accident "a great emotional shock" in a statement put out Wednesday afternoon.

Image: Shutterstock

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Secret Chinese Warship Photographed By Denver Satelite Company

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:45 PM PST

Commercial satellite company, DigitalGlobe Inc., announced that it has an image of the People’s Republic of China's first functional aircraft carrier. The image was taken during the carrier’s first sea trial in the Yellow Sea. The Pentagon did not independently  confirm the image’s authenticity, but  DigitalGlobe’s Director, Stephen Wood, was confident this was the case due to the carrier’s location.

China insists the aircraft carrier is being developed for research and training, its development raises eyebrows in Washington due to China’s increasingly advanced military and their aggressive posturing towards Taiwan and other areas of the South China Sea.

China has been increasingly aggressive in the pursuit of getting Taiwan to rejoin with mainland China, a move which most Taiwanese people reject.  Taiwan has been developing missiles capable of striking an aircraft carrier. China has been slowly rising tensions  with Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam and South Korea which all have the explicit backing of American Naval power in the area.

China has defended its carrier program as other countries are far more advanced than them in their development or have just purchased carriers from other governments.  Regional rival India purchased US carriers more than a decade ago.  While in the future China’s carrier program could be a threat to the United States Naval Power it will be many years before they can pose a significant threat.  The US currently has 11 carrier battle groups which stand on the cutting edge of military technology.

Russia started building the carrier before the collapse of the Soviet Union.  It called the carrier program the Varyag but never completed its development. China bought the ship from the Ukraine, which had acquired it from Russia  in 1998 and spent years building it.  The Varyag had no engines, weaponry or navigation systems when China first purchased it.

Do you believe that China’s Carrier program poses a threat to US interests in Asia?

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Post Office Closings Delayed Till May of 2012

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:36 PM PST

usps-post-office-closings-2012The United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced that they will delay the closings of multiple mail processing centers and local post offices for another six months.

The delay comes after a group of 21 senators, led by Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, asked the USPS for time to allow Congress to pass needed reforms to protect the tens of thousands of jobs nationwide and put the organization on a sustainable path.

"What I feared very much is that the post office unilaterally would start making drastic cuts to processing plants, rural post offices and slow first-class mail service before Congress can pass postal reform," Sanders told the Washington Post. "So it's a step forward in terms of giving us time with certainty that rural post offices won't be closed."

The USPS said it would hold off any closures until May 15, 2012.

Earlier this year, the service said it may close 252, or more than half, its mail-processing plants, 3,700 (12 percent) post offices and end Saturday mail delivery.

In all, roughly 100,000 postal employees could be cut as a result of the various closures, resulting in savings of up to $6.5 billion a year.

During the six months, while Congress works on reforms, the USPS will continue its study on the impact of closures and costs.

To become profitable, the postal service said it would have to cut its operating costs by $20 billion by 2015.

via Washington Post

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Sara Leal: Ashton Kutcher Affair Ruined My Life

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:26 PM PST

Sara Leal and Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher mistress Sara Leal is speaking out about being the “other woman” in Ashton’s life during his marriage to Demi Moore and she says the alleged fling at a California hotel is ruining her life.

According to Leal in an interview with US Weekly:

"I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It might have seemed like I was asking for it, but I wasn't."

She went on to add:

"I don't watch television and I read very few magazines. It never crossed my mind that he was married. But then he said he was separated, which still doesn''t make things okay, but I wasn't thinking clearly. He was a good looking guy and it was stupid. When people say to me 'I can''t believe you did that' I want to say back that most 22-year-old girls in my position would have done the same thing."

Leal also reveals that after the affair was made public her own father refused to talk to her and she began receiving some very disturbing phone calls, even from some of her friends’ parents.

Leal has since been fired from her job (she started working again three weeks ago) and her roommate and now former best friend will no longer talk to her, forcing Leal to move out of her shared apartment.

Is anyone buying the entire “I didn’t know he wasn’t married” line? After all it was rather hard to miss even for someone who doesn’t watch TV or read magazines.

 

 

Sara Leal: Ashton Kutcher Affair Ruined My Life is a post from: The Inquisitr


Terrell Owens Taken To Court, Three Women Claim He’s A Deadbeat Dad

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST

Terrell Owens - Former Dallas Cowboy

Terrell Owens is an out of work NFL free agent and while he may not be making any extra money at the moment he might soon be forced to pay out $35,000 in unpaid child support.

The former Cincinnati Bengals player was slapped with court papers this week by three women; Melanie Paige Smith, Samelia Millier and Kimberly Floyd.

Melanie says in her court filing that Owens has failed to pay her a recent $5,000 monthly payment and she claims he also missed two other payments in 2011.

Joining in the court battle are Samelia Miller and Kimberly Floyd who claim that Owens owes them a combined $30,000.

Smith filed her lawsuit in George and her lawyer, Randall M. Kessler said in a statement regarding the lawsuit:

"Our client only filed as a last resort . . . she hopes it will not get to the point where the judge will incarcerate him and that he will simply pay the support he agreed to. We hope so too."

According to Kessler the last time he tried to serve Owens he was in Atlanta shooting a TV show, after being served by a processor Owens flew to LA but never once visited with his daughter.

Each of the women are suing Owens in separate lawsuits.

It should be noted that Terrell Owens could be reaching closer to bankruptcy after he was forced to sell his Dallas condo for$350,000 less than he paid for the $1.95 million home he purchased just three years earlier.

Are you surprised by Owens’ actions? Given his “me first” attitude on the football field I can’t say it’s much of a surprise.

[Image via Ken Durden / Shutterstock.com]

Terrell Owens Taken To Court, Three Women Claim He’s A Deadbeat Dad is a post from: The Inquisitr


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