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Blatter: Brazil may have been wrong choice as host
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updated 3:02 p.m. ET July 17, 2013
GOING, Austria (AP) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Brazil might have been the wrong choice as host of the 2014 World Cup if the tournament is affected by more social protests similar to those as at the Confederations Cup.
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets during the warm-up tournament in June, demanding better public services and expressing their anger about the cost to stage the World Cup.
"If this happens again, we have to question whether we made the wrong decision awarding the hosting rights," Blatter told German press agency DPA on Wednesday.
FIFA spoke with the Brazilian government after the Confederations Cup, and Blatter said he'll discuss the issue again with Brazil President Dilma Rousseff in September.
"We didn't do a political debriefing, but we did emphasize the fact of this social unrest being there for the entire duration of the Confederations Cup," he said. "The government is now aware that next year the World Cup shouldn't be disturbed.
"To me, these protests were like alarm bells for the government, the senate, the parliament. They should work on it so that this is not going to happen again. Though protests, if peaceful, are part of democracy and therefore have to be accepted ... we are convinced the government, and especially the president, will find the words and the actions to prevent a repeat. They have a year to do so."
Blatter was speaking at the start of a two-day conference on sports, media and economy set up by German great Franz Beckenbauer in Austria. FIFA later verified the comments were accurate.
The Confederations Cup, which was won by Brazil, angered citizens who are upset with the billions of dollars spent on the tournaments while they endure underfunded schools and hospitals.
Protesters aired a variety of grievances, including the high cost of hosting the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The protests were originally organized by university students before spreading across the country, including tournament host cities Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Fortaleza and Belo Horizonte.
"It's not we who have to learn lessons from the protests in Brazil - politics in Brazil have to do that," said Blatter, adding that "FIFA cannot be held responsible" for social problems in the country.
Without FIFA's executive committee having to vote, Brazil won the right to host the tournament in October 2007. That was six months after the only other candidate, Colombia, withdrew its bid.
"The decision for Brazil was the best decision we could make. It was the correct decision, we stick to this decision," Blatter said.
Blatter said the success of next year's tournament will be instrumental in his decision whether to stand for president for a fifth time in 2015, adding that not all of the governing body's tasks have been fulfilled.
"First we have to complete the reforms, which are three-quarters done. I'll then have to deliver the World Cup ... the way the world looks now, I'll say yes or no (to standing again) at the next congress in Sao Paulo in 2014," he said. "FIFA should be taken over by someone who can take over a FIFA which is not just financially healthy, which it is now, but which also has credibility."
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JERUSALEM (AP) ? Israel's premier talked with a series of European leaders Wednesday, outlining his strong objections to a European funding ban on Israeli institutions operating in occupied territories, officials said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the measure with the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso as well as the leaders of France, Greece, Malta and Austria, the officials said.
They said Netanyahu told the leaders, "There are more urgent and pressing issues in the Middle East that should be dealt with first," like the conflict in Syria and Iran's nuclear program.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the content of the conversations with reporters.
Israeli media reported that Netanyahu urged the leaders to delay the ban's enforcement.
The EU decision, announced on Tuesday, marked a new international show of displeasure with Israeli settlements built on lands captured in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians claim some of those territories ? the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem ? for their hoped-for state. The announcement sparked a round of condemnations from Israeli leaders, including Netanyahu, who said Israel would not accept "external edicts" about its borders.
The officials also said Netanyahu spoke to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry about the EU decision, saying it harms Kerry's efforts to restart negotiations. Israel's chief peace negotiator, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, met Wednesday with the European Union envoy for Mideast peace, Andreas Reinicke, and told him that postponing the ban's enforcement would help relaunch peace talks, which stalled nearly five years ago.
The EU said the ban applies to "grants, prizes and financial instruments and that the new funding guidelines go into effect in 2014. The EU issues dozens of grants, totaling millions of euros, to Israeli universities, companies and researchers every year.
Also Wednesday, Israel's state comptroller criticized Israel's lack of law enforcement in the West Bank, saying the lawlessness has allowed for illegal construction in the West Bank by both Israelis and Palestinians. In the report, the military was quoted as saying its inspectors at times encounter "strong resistance" from Jewish settlers when trying to enforce laws against illegal construction.
Some 500,000 Israelis live in Jewish settlements scattered through the West Bank and around east Jerusalem. In addition, the West Bank is dotted with smaller settlements and outposts not formally sanctioned by the government. The Palestinians and the international community view all of Israel's West Bank settlements as illegal.
The comptroller, Joseph Shapira, pointed to "significant shortcomings, some of them serious" in the coordination between the police and the military, tasked with enforcing law in the territory. Israel retains overall control of the West Bank, while a Western-backed Palestinian government has self-rule in areas where more than 90 percent of the Palestinians live.
The report noted other fields in which the law is often violated, such as water theft and environmental standards.
Microsoft Wants to Turn Your Home Into a Laboratory
Microsoft has plans for your home: with its new Lab of Things, it wants to suck up data from around your home so you can probe, analyze and experiment to your heart's content.
SPIED: McLaren MP4-12C up for a minor nip and tuck - Paul Tan
It has only been on sale for the past two years, but we?ve become familiar with the McLaren MP4-12C for twice as long now, since its initial unveiling in 2009. It was just last year that it was given a thorough under-the-skin update to improve its performance, handling and character.
Next in line in the McLaren MP4-12C?s evolutionary path is a subtle nip and tuck to its headlights and front fascia, as seen in this set of spy photographs. The open-top Spider variant is pictured here, but expect the facelift to cover the coupe as well.
Look no further than the McLaren P1 to imagine how the refreshed car will look, especially concerning the headlamps where P1-like bright LED DRLs can be seen peeking through the coveralls. An integrated front splitter can be seen too, perhaps taken from the anniversary-special McLaren 50 12C.
Other than a minor visual makeover, you can expect McLaren to inject more power and drivability into the new car, using the various technological advances found through the long development programme of the P1 hypercar. As usual, you?ll find out more when we do.
Ledbetter twins at home in Rangers family - The Spokesman-Review
Twenty-six years elapsed before a major league baseball team drafted a player from Cedarville (Ohio)?University.
That player, Spokane Indians starting pitcher David Ledbetter, held his place in school lore for two days, until another Yellow Jackets player was selected in the draft by the same team, the Texas?Rangers.
Ledbetter gladly shared the spotlight with his Cedarville teammate, fellow pitcher Ryan Ledbetter, who happens to be his identical?twin.
?You couldn?t have scripted that any better in a storybook,? said David, who was tabbed in the third round of last month?s?draft.
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David Ledbetter is off to a great start with the?Indians. (Full-size photo)
Twenty-six years elapsed before a major league baseball team drafted a player from Cedarville (Ohio)?University.
That player, Spokane Indians starting pitcher David Ledbetter, held his place in school lore for two days, until another Yellow Jackets player was selected in the draft by the same team, the Texas?Rangers.
Ledbetter gladly shared the spotlight with his Cedarville teammate, fellow pitcher Ryan Ledbetter, who happens to be his identical?twin.
?You couldn?t have scripted that any better in a storybook,? said David, who was tabbed in the third round of last month?s?draft.
?It was really fun to be drafted by the same team,? said Ryan, a 19th-round selection. ?That alone was?enough.?
The one downside to the story: Ryan was assigned to the Rangers? Arizona Rookie League team rather than to Spokane of the short-season Class A Northwest?League.
?We knew coming into it that we could be split up,? Ryan said. ? ?But if there was ever a time to split, it would be now. We can get our bearings and not just rely on each?other.?
?We always say that the one thing that takes away from being a twin is you don?t have a strong knack or ability to develop such deep relationships with others, because you always have each other,? David?said.
The twins already had experience being apart because David married Cedarville pharmacology student Elizabeth Douglass on Dec.?28.
?I met her in the first couple of days (at Heritage Christian in Indianapolis) and we started dating a month later,? David?said.
Elizabeth?s best friend, Maddie Anderson, is engaged to Ryan. They, too, are planning a Dec. 28?wedding.
The twins, who are both right-handers in the 6-foot, 190-pound range, were born Feb. 13, 1992, in Fishers, Ind., to Ron and Sherrie Ledbetter. They attended Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers before transferring to Heritage Christian as?juniors.
Both enrolled at Cedarville, although Ryan?s freshman baseball season was cut short by Tommy John surgery. Cedarville, which became an NCAA Division II school last year, hadn?t produced a drafted player since the nearby Cincinnati Reds selected Steve Hester in 1987. Texas scout Roger Coryell visited Cedarville early during the Ledbetters? junior season and liked what he?saw.
?We attended a predraft workout and loved the atmosphere,? David said. ?It just felt like family. We were huge Rangers fans after?that.?
David led all Division II pitchers last season with an average of 13.65 strikeouts per nine innings. He went 6-5 with a 3.15 earned-run average, just behind Ryan?s team-leading ERA of?3.05.
Ryan, a reliever in the Arizona Rookie League, said he needs more seasoning on the mound because, unlike David, he played part time in the infield in?college.
After Wednesday?s win over Salem-Keizer, David is 2-0 with an ERA of 1.23 in 22 innings. He has struck out 20 and walked three. He is scheduled to pitch Tuesday during the second game of a three-game home series against?Tri-City.
?I feel like I?m doing well now, but I?m just trying to be the best I can every day,? David said. ?There are days where you?re going to stink. It?s how you handle those days that make you into a good pitcher or a bad?pitcher.?
Through six games in Arizona, Ryan has an ERA of 2.89 in 9 1/3 innings, allowing just two hits. He has 10 strikeouts and five?walks.
?It?s been 118 (degrees) in some games,? Ryan said. ?It?s brutal and it hurts your eyes, but you stay loose?easy.?
The twins hold out hope that they end up with the same team somewhere down the?road.
?I don?t know what Texas has planned, but I know that whatever they choose to do I?ll back 100 percent,? David?said.
Stores using our phones to track our movement, behavior while we shop - clever... or creepy?
While online retailers like Amazon can collect and analyze an incredible amount of behavioral data via accounts, cookies, page-views and other web technologies, real world stores aren't so lucky. If you run in, pay cash, and run out, they're pretty much "blind". That is, until American fashion retailer, Nordstrom, decided to use our phones and their Wi-Fi signals to try and get in on the customer analytics game. Stephanie Clifford and Quentin Hardy writing for the New York Time:
Nordstrom?s experiment is part of a movement by retailers to gather data about in-store shoppers? behavior and moods, using video surveillance and signals from their cellphones and apps to learn information as varied as their sex, how many minutes they spend in the candy aisle and how long they look at merchandise before buying it.
And they're by no means alone. Wi-Fi and video are new tools, but customer insight analytics has been going on for years. As long as they have a single unique identifier - a loyalty card number, email address, phone number - they can perform an incredible amount of analytics on our buying patterns. (That's why they're always asking for your contact info or trying to get you to sign up for their card.)
Actually monitoring our movements via video and Wi-Fi signal draws a more detailed, more accurate, more visual map of how we walk through stores and what gets our attention, but market basket analysis has been used to figure out the cheapest coupons that'll appeal to us and when, the best way to group products and offer sales, and what to stock up on and what to dump from the shelves. (And this information is sold back to vendors, creating a lucrative side business for retailers and analytics firms both.)
Theoretically, customers benefit through more timely and appropriate coupons, better store organization, and products that are more in line with what they want to buy. (Also, TV show lawyers could get their clients off because, hey, their phones were across town at the time...)
But, using Wi-Fi to actually track us moving through stores sets off all sorts of privacy alarm bells. When Nordstrom posted a notice about it, they received complaints and they ended the practice.
So here's the question: Do you care if a store uses your phone to track you while you shop? Do you use store cards, and/or give stores your email address or phone number now? Is live surveillance creepier than periodic check-pointing?
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of BC met on June 22, 2013 and approved funding for a number of continuing programs and projects . Chair Tamara Hunter is pleased to announce that funding totalling $2,102,350 was approved for the following?25 continuing programs and projects:
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Grants Approved June 2013 - Continuing Programs
Funding totaling $1,416,230 was approved for the following 13 continuing programs:
Organization
Grant
Grant Amount
Greater Vancouver Law Students' Legal Advice Society
Law Students' Legal Advice Program
$306,920
Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
Dial-A-Law, Lawyer Referral Service & Law Week
$279,310
Together Against Poverty Society
Legal Advocacy Programs
$168,000
Active Support Against Poverty
Legal Advocacy Program
$75,000
CHIMO Crisis Services Society
Outreach and Advocacy Program
$75,000
Contact Women's Group Society
Legal Advocacy Program
$75,000
Fort St. John Women's Resource Society
Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$75,000
Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society
Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$75,000
Nicola Valley Community Justice Services Society
Legal Advocacy Program
$75,000
Penticton and Area Women's Centre
Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$75,000
Port Alberni Friendship Center
Outreach Legal Advocacy Program
$75,000
Social Health & Economic Development Society of Bella Coola
Bella Coola Legal Advocacy Program
$42,000
Provincial Court of British Columbia
Judicial Interns Circuit Court Program
$20,000
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Grants Approved June 2013 - Projects
Funding totaling $250,000 was approved for the following 2 grants:
Organization Name
Grant
Grant Amount
Ecojustice Canada Society
BC Litigation Program
$200,000
Environmental Law Centre Society, University of Victoria
ELC Associates Program
$50,000
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Grants Approved June 2013 - Large Projects
Funding totaling $436,120 was approved for the following 10 large projects:
Organization Name
Grant
Grant Amount
Sources Community Resources Society
Modified Legal Representation Project
$75,000
Legal Services Society
Improving Access to the Family Law in BC Website
$65,000
Thompson Rivers University
Clinical Legal Education for TRU Faculty of Law
$60,000
West Coast LEAF Association
Legal Responses to Cyber Misogyny
$60,000
Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
Rural Education and Access to Lawyers Initiative (REAL) Phase 3
$50,000
Fraser Thompson Indian Services Society
Guide and Workshops - Aboriginal Communities and the CFCSA
$40,000
BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support
Residential Care in BC: Legal Issues
$35,000
BC Human Rights Coalition
Human Rights Toolkits for Advocates, Employers, Respondents and Others
$21,120
Tides Canada Initiative
Green Legacies 2.0 Guide - Enhancing Diversity for a Green & Healthy Future for all British Columbians
$20,000
Penticton and Area Women's Centre
Aboriginal Law Conference 2013
$10,000
The following grants were approved, but the specific grant amounts will be decided in November 2013:
Abbotsford Community Services Society BC Coalition for People with Disabilities BC Families in Transition Community Connections Society of Southeast BC Kettle Friendship Society Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society MOSAIC MPA ? Motivation, Power & Achievement Society Nelson Cares Society South Peace Community Resources Society
Thom Yorke blasts Spotify on Twitter and leaves the music service over claims it fails to support new artists
Thom Yorke has denounced Spotify on Twitter after revealing he has pulled his band Atoms for Peace from the music streaming service.
The lead singer of Atoms for Peace blasted Spotify on Twitter - along with long-time producer Nigel Godrich - for failing to support upcoming artists.
Yorke tweeted: ?Make no mistake new artists you discover on #Spotify will not get paid. Meanwhile shareholders will shortly be rolling in it. Simples.?
In a series of tweets Godrich said: ?We?re off of Spotify?Can?t do that no more man?Someone gotta say something. It?s bad for new music?The reason is that new artists get paid f*** all with this model?It?s just an equation that doesn?t work.
?Small labels and new artists can?t even keep their lights on. It?s just not right. Millions of streams get them a few thousand dollars?Not like radio at all. If you have a massive catalogue - a major label for example then you?re quids in. It?s money for old rope?But making new recorded music needs funding.?
Radiohead frontman Yorke, who was behind the band?s decision in 2007 to give away their album online for whatever fans were willing to pay, defended criticism that he was ?hurting fans? by quitting the service.
He tweeted: ??Your small meaningless rebellion is only hurting your fans?a drop in the bucket really? No we?re standing up for our fellow musicians.?
Yorke and Godrich?s decision to leave the service has caused a mixed reaction among their fan base. Phil Meadley tweeted: ?It takes guys like you to speak up for others to take notice. Behind the scenes a lot of people are saying the same thing.?
However, other fans called for the pair to adapt to the changes in the music industry brought about by new online streaming services.
Milton Graham tweeted: ?Really? Bad move. I fell in love with your album on Spotify, then later bought the album and the merch,? while @manhugs said: ?Cool, I?ll just switch back to radio, where artists names aren?t mentioned, only popular groups play, and there aren?t ?buy? links.?
What IS The Right Age To Get Married, Anyway? | xoJane
Have you heard? Susan ?Princeton Mom? Patton just signed a book deal with a major New York publisher. The news made me sad, but not for the reasons you?d think.
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In case you?ve forgotten, Patton is the Princeton alumna who wrote into the Daily Princetonian in March, urging women to ?Find a husband on campus before you graduate?you will never again be surrounded by this concentration of men who are worthy of you.? Oh, and PS: ?I am the mother of two sons who are both Princetonians?.My younger son is a junior[,] and the universe of women he can marry is limitless.? (Act fast, ladies.)
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I?m not surprised that Patton got a book deal. This kind of controversy sells: see such titles as "The Rules" and "Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough." A publishing professional myself, I know that signing her was a smart business decision.
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What made me sad was my own elitist reaction to the deal -- particularly to the comments left on Jezebel?s post about it. Boo. I hate being reminded of what a judgey little troll I am.
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One comment in particular did it for me. A woman from the Midwest wrote in that she already felt like an old maid at 28.
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?I am not saying ALL women need to get married, or that you should be shamed or pressured into dating when you?re not ready,? she said. ?But IF marriage is a goal of yours, it seems like it?s a lot smarter to lock that down early, so you can spend your twenties building your career without worrying over your slowly declining fertility.?
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I (and many commenters) reacted with disgust. How could any young person say that? Hadn?t she read the recent piece in the Atlantic about how women stay fertile a lot longer than we think, and fertility statistics are based on data from 18th century France? Why wasn?t she concerned that women who marry in their twenties might be limiting themselves professionally and personally?
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Left out of my judge-gasm was the fact that I am in my twenties and married. I got married at 27 to a man I?ve been dating since I was 23. For Pete?s sake, I?m about to have a baby with him. And yet -- as a reflex -- I thought this woman was a little pathetic for wanting what I had. Why?
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The truth is that I harbor a truckload of cognitive dissonance about my marriage and growing family. I?m simultaneously thrilled and terrified about them. One minute I?m fighting back tears of joy, lying in bed with my husband, singing Johnny Cash duets to our unborn son as we feel his little kicks; the next minute I?m clicking through old Facebook photos from my time carousing through Europe, my heart sinking under the knowledge that I will never be able to do that again. I feel like I?ve failed to Maximize My 20?s.
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When I waddle around town in my pregnancy muumuus, the only comment I dread hearing more than ?My God, you?re HOW far away from your due date?? is this one: ?Wow, you?re young to be having children.? I?ve heard it more than once, and it fills me with the same FOMO that people like Princeton Mom seem to regard as the exclusive provenance of single women. What am I missing by living this way? And what must other people think??
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I know that 28 is not young in most of the country (and world). But I also grew up upper-middle-class on the East Coast. Of the 70-odd women who were in my private girls? school?s Class of 2003, maybe 10 of us are now married. Just one other classmate -- a devout Christian -- has kids.?
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The vast majority of our parents, too, started families in their thirties or later. In this community, being a 28-year-old married preggo is unusual, if not outright weird. Anxious by nature, I've always had trouble owning my life's decisions without comparing myself to others. And the majority of my peers are doing different things with young adulthood.
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People like me occupy a privileged niche of American society, but it?s the same niche Princeton Mom addresses when she speaks of the ??politically correct? world where topics of marriage and motherhood are taboo.? What angers me about her attitude is that she thinks all of us ?educated girls? will stop being miserable if we quit our whining and bag our college boyfriends. The truth is, marriage isn?t a cure-all for bourgeois existential anxiety. Whether or not we?re wearing a ring, almost all of us are insecure and looking over our shoulders.
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In Gmail discussions, friends from a similar background -- married and single -- mirrored my contradictory feelings about young marriage.
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?I do think that people look down on women who find their husbands early, like they?re somehow less evolved, less adventurous, or settling -- when some of them just lucked out and met someone they clicked with early on,? said Kara Baskin, a 34-year-old journalist who married at 27.
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?I?m a little worried that I?ll get married too young,? said Mary, a 24-year-old in a new relationship. ?Part of the fear comes from the shame felt for wanting something you don?t think you?re supposed to want: domesticity, protected living, STAYING AT HOME WITH BABIES.?
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Not everyone seemed troubled by the idea of a ?right? age for marriage. Angela, 26, has no qualms about her desire to get married to her fianc?. ?I always assumed I?d get married in my mid/late 20?s,? she told me, although ?I never felt like I would be failing if I didn?t.?
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Nevertheless, Angela admitted to feeling left out recently when a couple of single co-workers bonded with each other and not her, even though the 3 of them had plenty in common. One of them explained to her that it was just easier to spend time with women who were single by choice.
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Meanwhile, 28-year-old Leigh is beginning to ponder marriage with her boyfriend of two years and has mixed feelings. ?Since I?ve spent most of my life convinced that no worthwhile man would ever want to be with me (hello, major emotional hang-ups!), I am somewhat surprised, and -- if we?re being completely honest -- relieved,? she wrote to me. But: ?Am I happy that I actually feel relieved to be in a relationship in which marriage is?a possibility? Definitely not.?
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Married or single, nearly all of us are tied in emotional knots. Hooray for us.
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My friend Erin -- 30 now, 25 when she got married, and 27 when she had her first baby -- has a cogent explanation for all this: ?Patriarchy. We live in a society that is still freaking out about equality for women. (See: TX, NC, OH.) Susan Faludi wrote Backlash in 1991, and it?s still totally relevant.?
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She continues, ?That?s how you get the lies about single 35-year-old women being more likely to die in a terrorist attack than get married, and your eggs disintegrating when you turn 27. (Flat out incorrect.) ?So much negativity -- it?s impossible to be a woman and get everything right. We internalize that, we judge ourselves, we judge each other. Like the Mommy Wars. Oh god you guys, wait until you get to the Mommy Wars!?
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Rare as young married women might be in my part of the country, it?s rarer still to meet a woman of any relationship status who?s 100% comfortable in her choices. That?s why people like Princeton Mom have the power to make national headlines and get big book deals: We?re all floundering in a swamp of self-doubt.
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For at least three-quarters of the way, this is a fine film, and one that kids and parents could see together.
There is an enchanted-fairy-tale aspect to Mud, but its bright, calm surface only barely disguises a strong, churning undercurrent.
A modern fairy tale, steeped in the sleepy Mississippi lore of Twain and similar American writers, and with a heart as big as the river is wide.
Nichols has a strong feeling for the tactility of natural elements-water, wood, terrain, weather.
Nichols takes his time with the story, dwelling on how the boy is shaped by the killer's tragic sense of romance, yet the suspense holds.
"Mud" isn't just a movie. It's the firm confirmation of a career.
Warm, humorous, and smart, a Huckleberry Finnish snapshot of carefree boyhood on the brink of adolescence.
Mud is about the fragility of men, the craving to be loved - by a woman, by other men - and how easily that love is misplaced, taken away, cheated or lost.
Mud has a rare big-screen beauty, and its old-fashioned storytelling recalls A River Runs Through It, Night of the Hunter, and Stand By Me.
This moody, broody character-driven crime story is another fine step in the career redemption of Matthew McConaughey.
Mud is the kind of small scale, character driven drama one rarely sees out of the States any more, and cements Nichols as one of his country's most significant independent auteurs.
Just like its lead character, this film is packed to the brim with sadness, swagger and soul.
All the women in this movie are shrews, liars and/or emasculators.
Mud is a moving exploration into the nature of manhood, with superb performances, striking location and engrossing story creating a mesmerising and heartfelt coming of age drama.
A stripped back approach to tracking the process of growing up, but lacks the faith to see the plan executed to the end
Nichols takes his time unravelling Mud and Ellis's entwined fates, but his characters are so rich that it's well worth being in their company.
In its energy and nuance, Mud seems like the kind of film Hollywood would've made in the Seventies, and would've continued to do if not for the advent of market-conscious filmmaking.
More than a mere tribute to Twain and Dickens: this has all the makings of a modern classic.
An extremely sophisticated and progressive examination on how adolescent masculinity is defined by often-contradictory cultural attitudes towards femininity.
Mud is as beautiful to watch as it is to listen to, and feel kinship to, whether you're from the South or just Southern at heart.
In Jeff Nichols, America has a champion of the religious and working class. With the schism between the right and left in the U.S. growing ever larger... his ascent couldn't have come at a better time.
This is a film with a great naturalistic style and captivating performances and which does just about everything right.
Jeff Nichols writes characters with depth, nurtures strong performances form his cast and allows the screenplay's backwater setting to effectively create tone and texture.
This is American cinema at its very best as Huckleberry Finn meets Stand By Me.The two boys are terrific and McConaughey is sensational as Mud, dazzlingly frazzled as the hunted and haunted man on the run.
Up till just past the three-quarter mark, Mud is one heck of a nifty psychological fable.
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US Commemoratives This is the place to discuss all United States Commemoratives, early and modern.?
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US Paper Money and Banknotes From the colonies to the present.?
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?General Numismatic Discussion Forums (Non Country Specific)??
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Main Coin Forum Discussions that are not coin specific, such as subjects like cleaning, insuring, or storing coins.?
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Numismatic Crime All topics about theft of numismatic items, detective work, news updates, etc. Please put the location in your title.?
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Coin Roll Hunting All topics related to coin roll hunting.?
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Supplies, Books, Reference, Software, etc ?
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Identification: Unidentified Coins, Medals, and Tokens If you have a coin, medal, token, or note and don't know what it is, post it here. Once identified, it will be moved to the appropriate forum for further discussion.?
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Third Party Coin Grading (TPG) In addition to discussion about the known TPG's, this forum should also be used to discuss any new or unknown companies.?
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Numismatic Calendar | Coin Shows, Release Dates, Etc. Please post US and World upcoming shows, product release dates, and any other numismatic events here using the event calendar.?
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?Australian Coins and Currency Discussion Forums??
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Australian Coins, Bank Notes, and Paper Money ?
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Australian Variety and Error Coins, Bank Notes, Paper Money ?
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Australian Coin, Bank Note, and Paper Money Grading ?
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Australian Commemoratives and Non-Circulating Coinage (NCLT) ?
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?Canadian Coins and Currency Discussion Forums??
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Canadian Coins, Bank Notes, and Paper Money Please share your Canadian coins and numismatic items here.?
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Canadian Coin, Bank Note, and Paper Money Grading Post pictures of your Canadian coins here for honing our grading skills.?
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Canadian Commemoratives and Non-Circulating Coinage (NCLT) All Canadian commemoratives and non-circulating coinage and paper money goes here.?
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?World Coins and Currency Discussion Forums??
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World Coins and Commemoratives If you are unsure of what type/country or your coin doesn't fit into the more specific categories.
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United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coins Discuss coins from England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland here. Very early Welsh conders and coinage also belong here (prior to inclusion into England's realm).?
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Ancient, Greek, and Roman Coins Such a fascinating history behind these old coins. Post your ancients here for discussion or just to show off.?
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World Paper Money and Banknotes Paper money and banknotes from around the world.?
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?On Line Coin Auction Discussion Forums??
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Auction | eBay, eCrater, Heritage, Paypal, etc. This is the place for auction site discussions. eBay, Heritage, Stacks and similar sites.
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eBay Auction Violation Reporting Always use this link to the CCW to report eBay auction violations. Do not use the standard auction reporting methods. This link has a much faster response time.?
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?Metal Detecting Discussion Forums??
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Metal Detecting This section is for general information and questions about metal detecting, including metal detectors and how to use them.
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?Buy / Sell / Trade | 250 Posts to Sell | 50 Posts to Buy??
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Post Numismatic Items You Have For Trade Here You must have at least 250 posts and have been a member for at least 90 days to start a trade. You must have at least 50 posts and have been a member for at least 14 days to reply. List items for TRADE only. Items for sale must be listed in the Auction/PIN section. Topics in this forum may be edited forever so only one topic per member.?
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Sales Promotion: CCF, eBay, eCrater, Heritage, Teletrade etc You must have at least 100 posts and have been a member for at least 30 days to post links here.?
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Coin Community Support Please post any problems with any of the Coin Community Family Websites here. If you are not a member of the forum you should either sign up for free, (preferred) or use the "contact us" link at the bottom of the page.
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?Numismatic Interviews??
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