Pumpkin and Garbanzo Bean Soup - Homemade Baby Food Recipes

Nothing says fall like pumpkin? and nothing showcases pumpkin quite so well as a good old pumpkin soup!

As if all the nutrients in pumpkin weren?t enough (pumpkin is an excellent source of beta-carotene, vitamin C and calcium), we?ve teamed it up in today?s recipe with garbanzo beans, which also provide plenty of protein and iron.

The result? A delicious, velvety soup that is both warming and highly nourishing for your baby? not to mention easy to eat

This soup recipe is suitable for babies from 6 months of age who have already been separately introduced to all the ingredients. Some of the ingredients ? namely the garlic, onion, herbs and spices ? are not essential to the TEXTURE of the recipe, but do provide a robust, full flavour. That means you can leave them out if you don?t wish to include them in your little one?s diet as yet and your baby prefers a milder, more subtle flavour.

This recipe produces enough soup for a family of four to share? and we highly recommend giving it a try! The garbanzo beans give it a decadently creamy texture and it?s reassuring to know that the creaminess is from such a nutritious source!

If you don?t wish to use this as a family meal, then you can simply scale down the ingredients or freeze the leftovers ? this soup freezes nicely. You can also use portions of this soup as an interesting and unique sauce for pasta.

To Make Baby?s Pumpkin and Garbanzo Bean Soup You Will Need?

4 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 lb fresh sugar pumpkin, peeled and diced
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp cumin
1 x 16 oz can of garbanzo beans (also known as chickpeas) ? either buy the reduced sodium variety or triple rinse regular beans and remove their skin
24 fl oz (3 cups) low sodium or homemade chicken stock
8 fl oz (1 cup) of pure, unsweetened apple juice

Heat the oil in a medium saucepan and add the onion and pumpkin.
Cook, stirring, for a minute or two, then add the garlic.
Continue cooking for several minutes until all the veggies are pale gold in colour.
Add the paprika and cumin and stir well, then pour in the garbanzo beans and the stock.
Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer, semi covered, for 30 minutes.
Add the apple juice, simmer for 5 minutes more.
Allow to cool, then puree in batches in a blender, or puree right in the pot with a hand blender until perfectly smooth.
Warm to a safe serving temperature and enjoy with baby.

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How would you change Jawbone's Big Jambox?

In the ever-shrinking world of tech, for a company to release a jumbo-sized variant of a product is something of a novelty. Jawbone's Big Jambox has taken a few courses of steroids, with natty design language and 15-plus hours of battery life. We were certainly fans of the unit, although its audio can get a bit on the shaky side when you turn it up to 11, but that was just in the confines of our review. What's it been like to use this thing on a regular basis for the last six months? We're asking you to place yourselves in the stylish shoes of designer Yves Behar and tell us what you'd have done differently.

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First Person: How My Husband Helped Me Through Breast Cancer's Darkest Hours

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Julich leaves Team Sky because of doping past

LONDON (AP) ? Former American rider Bobby Julich says he used banned drugs during the late 1990s when he finished third in the Tour de France, forcing him Thursday to leave his Team Sky coaching job.

The British team asked staff and riders last week to confirm they had no past links to doping as cycling tries to clean up following the Lance Armstrong scandal. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report led to Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, and Julich is the latest cyclist to come forward.

Julich, who was a teammate of Armstrong's at Motorola and Cofidis between 1995 and 1997, posted a letter last week on the Cycling News website.

Julich said he used EPO "several times" between August 1996 and July 1998. He said his wife discovered his doping during the 1998 Tour de France when he finished a career-high third.

"Those days were very different from today, but it was not a decision that I reached easily," Julich said. "I knew that it was wrong, but over those two years, the attitude surrounding the use of EPO in the peloton was so casual and accepted that I personally lost perspective of the gravity of the situation."

Julich said he was not doping at the time of his third-place in the time trial at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In August, the IOC upgraded him from bronze to silver when American teammate Tyler Hamilton was stripped of his gold after he acknowledged doping.

"There were times that I was tempted to return to the dark side, but after some difficult years, I stopped thinking about what others were doing and focused on my own performance and enjoyment in the sport," Julich said. "Most importantly, I proved to myself that it is possible to compete clean and I came back with solid, clean results that I am extremely proud of."

Julich spent two seasons at Team Sky.

"Bobby has shown courage in admitting to the errors he made long before his time with Team Sky," team leader Dave Brailsford said. "We understand that this is a difficult step for him and we've done our best to support him."

"We've made clear our commitment to being a clean team and been open about the steps we're taking. Although it's never easy to part, we believe this is the right thing to do," Brailsford said.

Julich, who won the Paris-Nice one-day classic in 2005, hopes to stay in the sport.

"I apologize to everyone, especially those associated with Team Sky for my past indiscretions," he said. "I made some poor decisions and have paid and will pay a huge price. I am taking responsibility, at the expense of not being able to finish what I started, with some of the best people that I have ever been associated with.

"To this new generation of young riders; I hope that you will learn from the past and avoid the mistakes many of us have made. It is up to your generation to insure that the issues of the past do not affect your future. I am truly sorry that you all are dealing with something that you had no part in creating."

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iFixit tears down 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, rates it two grumpy kittens for repairability

You know the drill (er, screwdriver): someone releases a shiny new gadget and the internet tears it apart, both figuratively and literally. iFixit did the latter like clockwork, getting its tools on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. As with its older sibling, the notebook didn't do all that well on the repairability scale, scoring a two out of 10 -- slightly better than its predecessor's lowly one. Why so low? You can blame a glued battery, proprietary screws, soldered RAM and a display assembly that's "almost impossible to take apart." There are, however, plenty of pictures of a tiny kitten, which should help to ease the pain...

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Improving Self Control: Brain Study on How Affirmation Works ...

Self affirmation theory, first proposed by Claude Steele in 1988, suggests that when a new belief threatens our point of view, we protect our integrity by reminding ourselves who we are. Under this model, self-affirmation helps us tame confirmation bias, which often causes us to be blind to ideas that threaten our existing world view.

By falling back on this sense of integrity, we allow ourselves to be more open to new ideas without feeling as though we are jeopardizing who we are.

The model may sound a bit ?touchy-feely,? but many psychological studies have demonstrated how self-affirmation can help improve our performance on various tasks in experimental studies. Unfortunately, very little of this research has focused on what is actually happening in the brain, until now.

The experiment was led by Lisa Legault of Clarkson University with researchers from the University of Toronto Scarborough?and?Johns Hopkins University.

Because self-affirmation allows us to be more open to threatening ideas, they set out to discover whether this meant we would be more open to our own errors, and if this had something to do with the better performance seen in previous studies.

They also wanted to find out if this effect could be measured in the brain itself through a?phenomenon?called ?error related negativity.? This brain wave, more concisely called an ERN, is a well known electrical activity spike that happens in your brain after you make an error. Remarkably, these spikes occur even if you aren?t consciously aware of an error, although the spikes are smaller in this case.

The anterior cingulate cortex is highlighted

Previous MRI experiments suggest that ERN probably starts in a part of your brain called the anterior cingulate cortex, located between your forehead and the center of your brain.?This part of the brain is vital for all kinds of functions, including regulating blood pressure and heartbeat, as well as more ?human? things like empathy, decision making, emotion, and reward.

To test the theory, 38 undergrads were asked to rate 6 values according to their importance. Half were asked to write why their highest ranked value was important to them, a form of self-affirmation. The other half were asked to write why their highest ranked value wasn?t that important to them, which would reduce their sense of self-affirmation.

Afterward, the participants were hooked up to an EEG while they played a simple computer game. The game would push the ?go? button when they saw the letter M, and not push the button when they saw the letter W. To reinforce the effect, if they failed to push the button, or missed their chance, they saw the word ?Wrong!? on the screen.

As previous experiments would suggest, the ones who went through the self-affirmation task did better at the game.

More interestingly, they experienced larger ERN spikes when they made an error. After controlling for everything else, they verified that this larger ERN spike was the most likely cause of improved performance.

In other words, feeling self-affirmed actually means you are more aware of the errors you have made, more receptive to them, and more willing to change your approach in order to correct the errors.

Related:

Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive?Psychology?to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

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Algae As Car Fuel: Possible, But Not Sustainable?

Growing algae as a source of fuel could consume vast amounts of water and fertilizer, according to a study by the National Academy of Sciences. There's also a risk that the energy required to produce these fuels would make them impractical. These daunting technical problems need to be overcome if the nation wants to turn to algae fuels as a substitute for gasoline.

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Visa hires JPMorgan's Charles Scharf as CEO

(Reuters) - Visa Inc said Charles Scharf, a former head of JPMorgan Chase & Co's retail financial services division, will succeed Joseph Saunders as chief executive, effective November 1.

Visa's board had been looking for a successor to Saunders, who has headed the company since 2007 and was expected to retire soon.

Scharf is also returning to Visa's board. He previously served on the board from 2007 to January 2011.

Scharf was moved from JPMorgan's retail banking business to its private equity arm in 2011, after the lender shuffled several retail banking executives in a push to raise profit.

He is currently managing director at One Equity Partners, which manages $10 billion of investments and commitments for JPMorgan Chase.

"We believe Scharf's large-scale management experience is a good fit... and our initial checks have been positive regarding his leadership style," Jefferies analyst Jason Kupferberg wrote in a note to clients.

Scharf's experience with JPMorgan will also help Visa. The bank is Visa's largest card issuer and accounts for about 10 percent of its profit, Kupferberg noted.

Analysts do not expect Scharf to spark major changes at the payment network.

"I think Visa is doing well. I think all he is going to be charged with is moving it forward in the same direction," Wedbush Securities analyst Gil Luria said.

The San Francisco-based company has already raised its full-year earnings forecast twice this year, as more people move to card-based payments globally.

Visa is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter results on October 31.

Current CEO Saunders, 66, spearheaded Visa's 2008 initial public offering and will continue as executive chairman until March 31, after which Visa will appoint a new non-executive independent chairman.

Visa said Scharf would be paid $950,000 per year in base salary and a bonus of up to 500 percent.

Scharf will also receive restricted stock and options worth $19 million, the company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Saunders received $11.8 million in total pay in 2011, according to regulatory filings.

Shares of the credit and debit-card network were up 1 percent at $138.05 on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday morning.

(Reporting by Jochelle Mendonca in Bangalore; Editing by Supriya Kurane)

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Great expectations for US economy: Are Obama, Romney too optimistic?

Mitt Romney and President Obama both present to voters rosy views of future economic growth. Those scenarios aren't impossible, but it's fair to attach some big asterisks to them.

By Mark Trumbull,?Staff writer / October 25, 2012

President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney both present to voters rosy views of future economic growth. Too optimistic?

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Here's a pocketbook pointer for American voters to consider: As the presidential candidates make their closing arguments, both President Obama and rival Mitt Romney are offering visions of the economy that tilt heavily toward optimism ? and that may not be a good thing when it comes to making good on their fiscal promises.

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A case in point: Mr. Obama's budget proposal this year assumed an economy growing by 3 percent, adjusted for inflation, during the 2013 calendar year. The consensus among top private-sector forecasters calls for 2 percent growth, according to a monthly survey by Blue Chip Economic Indicators.

A single percentage point may not sound like much, but the difference amounts to one-third of the economic growth that the White House had planned for. If 2 percent proves to be correct, the change would mean about $165 billion less in gross domestic product (GDP) for the US, slowing the pace of everything from job creation to tax revenues.

The GOP's Mr. Romney has his own big expectations that could prove to be hard to realize. His campaign hasn't released formal economic forecasts. (Challengers don't tend to do that.) But the former Massachusetts governor has sketched a vision that counts on rapid economic growth.?

Romney vows that after cutting income-tax rates by 20 percent, under his plan "we keep taking in the same [tax] money when you also account for growth." Independent analysts challenge his assertion that the tax cuts can be paid for (so they bring in the same amount of revenue) through Romney's recipe of faster GDP growth and reducing tax breaks such as deductions.

Politically, there's a strong reason for candidates to run on a platform of economic optimism. It helps Obama if voters believe that the economy is improving and will gain momentum. It helps Romney if voters believe that an economy with him in the White House will grow faster still.

The optimistic scenarios aren't necessarily impossible. But it's fair to attach some big asterisks to them.?

Romney himself notes that the economy hasn't been growing very fast lately.

"How about the growth of the economy? It's growing more slowly this year than last year, and more slowly last year than the year before," he said this month in the second presidential debate.?

What he didn't add is that next year's growth could be slower than this year's.?That's what the Blue Chip survey currently projects. The average among forecasters calls for 2.1 percent GDP growth for 2012, and 2 percent next year. (If it pans out that way, Romney would prove to have been wrong on one count: Growth in 2012 would end up a bit stronger than in 2011. But Romney is correct that at present, this year has seen some cooling relative to last year.)

A major hurdle for the economy next year, seldom mentioned in campaign ads or speeches, is the "fiscal cliff" that's approaching at the end of the year.?Come Jan. 1, a range of tax cuts are poised to expire, even as new restraints on federal spending kick in. To the degree that Congress and the White House fail to mitigate these changes, the result could be to suck several percentage points of GDP out of the economy.?

Economists widely agree that going "over the cliff" is a recipe for recession. Both parties say it's important not to let that happen. But the political compromises needed to achieve a benign outcome shouldn't be taken for granted, budget experts say. Even under some best-case scenarios for the economy, fiscal policy changes could create some downward drag on GDP growth.?

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When we first met Nicole ?Snooki? Polizzi she was totally focused on Guido?s with muscles, tanning and getting her drink on while Jersey Turnpiking on the dance floor.? Two months after delivering her son Lorenzo the already slimmed-down reality star sounds like a completely different person.? Snooki and her baby daddy, Jionni LaValle, have hit the publicity circuit, giving random interviews that coincide with MTV?s final season of The Jersey Shore. ?Snooki thinks her son already takes after her,

?I think that he just always craves attention, and I feel like that?s me,? Snooki told Savanna Guthrie on the?Today?show this morning. ?He always wants to be held and cuddled. ?I definitely partied [enough] for like three people my entire life, so I feel like now I have a family, I have a baby, and this is just a new chapter in my life,? the reality star said. ?And I love it, I?m just so excited.?

I have to say, her whole demeanor really has changed. She doesn?t sound like one of those Teen Mom stars that don?t seem to grasp how life changing a baby really is. Snooki gets it and is voluntarily trading in nightly parties for family time. She already has Halloween planned out for her crew, ?I?m being wonder woman, [Jionni] is going to be captain America, and Lorenzo will be superman,?

So many Jersey Shore fans assumed that Snooki wouldn?t survive her pregnancy without partying and those same people expected her to be a lousy mother but from the looks of things, she?s off to a good start.? Will Snooki keep her life together and continue putting Lorenzo first?? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!

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(Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp , the largest U.S. weapons maker, on Wednesday posted an 11 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, beating expectations by a wide margin, and raised its full-year forecast.

Lockheed warned that revenues would ease slightly in 2013, pulled lower by a mid-single-digit decline in sales at its information systems and global solutions business.

It raised its 2012 earnings forecast to a range of $8.20 to $8.40 from a range of $7.90 to $8.10.

It said business segment operating profit would remain above 11 percent next year.

Lockheed, which receives more than 80 percent of its revenue from the U.S. government, said its preliminary 2013 forecast assumed that Congress and the White House would avert additional defense cuts that are due to take effect next year.

If the cuts go into effect, the company said they would have a material effect on its results.

Net earnings per share rose 11 percent to $2.21 in the third quarter, from $1.99 in the year-earlier period, but they fell from $2.38 in the second quarter.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S expected third-quarter earnings per share of $1.85 on revenues of $11.17 billion.

Lockheed, which builds F-35 and F-16 fighter jets, Aegis missiles and new coastal or littoral warships, said revenues dropped 2 percent to $11.87 billion in the third quarter ended September 30, from $12.1 billion in the third quarter of 2011.

Chief Executive Bob Stevens, who retires at the end of the year, said the company's surprisingly good third-quarter operating results reflected a "relentless focus on affordability and program execution."

Lockheed said cash from operations during the quarter reached $1.6 billion, compared with $551 million after pension contributions of $960 million during the third quarter of 2011.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa in Washington; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

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Should You Feed Fish to Your Dog?

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Feeding fish to our pets can be a great way of providing protein and nutrients. It is, however, a contentious subject, as some pet owners worry about potential contaminants, whilst others have never feed it to their pets. There are pros and cons when using fish as a protein source. So let?s clear up the dos and don?ts of feeding a fish diet to your pet.

Whole fish can provide adequate nutrition for dogs and cats, whether they are fresh or frozen. If you happen to live in an area that has access to fish, it is a great opportunity to include this in your pets diet. It is also good as it provides a source of variety for your pet and gives another type of meat to their diet. If you are going to give your pet fish it is important to include all of the fish, in that the whole fish should be given. The blood, guts, bones, internal organs, eyes, and of course, skin should be offered, as whole fish provides high levels of taurine which is a valuable component for cats and it is also an excellent source of omega 3 essential fatty acids.

It is not considered safe however, to feed your pets canned fish products. This is because canned fish are generally not whole, and certainly not raw. Canned fish have been highly heat processed and contain excessive levels of salt, which is unhealthy for pets. It is always preferable to feed a raw meat source rather than heat processed one. If you want to give your pets the bones from fish them you have to make sure they are raw and have not been cooked. This is because the bones will be softer and the animals can crush them easier. They must be supplied raw rather than cooked because the heat makes the bones brittle. This can cause them to splinter, and that bone shard can cause puncture the esophagus or GI track. The same philosophy applies to feeding bones from other animal sources, such as beef or lamb.

There have been concerns regarding the heavy metal content in fish and the possible pollution factors. A lot of fish contain high levels of mercury and other heavy metals, and the continuous ingestion of these metals can be a significant health hazard. People that are lucky enough to have access to fresh whole fish in non-polluted lakes don?t have to worry about this concern. If you are buying frozen fish and thawing it out on a regular basis, be careful that you do not lose too much of the blood, as this is a valuable and nutritious part of the protein source. Soaking in normal temperature water is a good way to preserve the blood loss. Generally speaking, it is also a good idea to feed your dog a fish of proportionate size. In other words, feed a small fish to small dogs, and larger fish to big dogs. Others feel that as predators, dogs did not evolve by eating fish protein. While it may not have been the main meal source, many wild animals did have access to lakes, rivers, and streams that were home to several varieties of fish.

A caution regarding feeding the same fish all the time- don?t. Feeding the same fish for every meal may lead to a vitamin deficiency. This is because some fish species have enzymes that destroy certain vitamins ? so feeding a variety may eliminate this concern. By feeding your dog a variety of fish and meat, you can ensure that your pet is getting all the nutrition and vitamins it requires to maintain a healthy life-style.

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Obama talks Trump, tigers with Leno

LAS VEGAS - President Obama's 48-hour non-stop campaign "extravaganza" took a detour from the battleground states Wednesday for a visit to Los Angeles and the "Tonight Show," where Obama poked fun at his first debate performance and Donald Trump, and hinted that he's rooting for Detroit in baseball's World Series.

Hours after Trump unveiled a dud of a potential "bombshell" against Obama - a call on the president to release his college records in exchange for a $5 million donation to charity - Leno asked the president why the media mogul and reality TV star seems to have it out for the president.

"You know, this all dates back to when we were growing up together in Kenya," Obama joked, alluding to Trump's repeated birther claims. "We had constant run-in on the soccer field, and he wasn't very good at it. When we finally moved to America, I thought it would be over."

Obama told Leno that he has never met Trump in person, though Obama did famously roast him at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington while he sat in the crowd.

With debate season complete, Obama told Leno that he harbored a bit of disappointment because "I was just getting the hang of it" and noted that it was difficult for him to assess his performances in real-time.

"You know the truth is, you don't have a full sense of it until afterwards partly because it plays different on TV than when you're?on the stage," Obama said. "Clearly, I had a bad night because the entire point of these debates is to make sure the American people understand the stakes, and everything I was saying was true. But if you don't have the energy and the presentation that makes people snap up and say 'Alright I get it' then you're not doing your job.

"The truth is, this is not a natural way of communicating, right? You're sitting next to somebody and having an extended argument like that?"

Interjected Leno, "Well, you're married!"

"Of course. But the difference is, is that with Michelle, I just concede every point," Obama quipped.

Turning to sports, Leno asked Obama about his pick for the 2012 baseball World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers. (Obama is famously a Chicago White Sox fan.)

"I will say that I spent a lot of time in Detroit lately. And I didn't want to let Detroit go bankrupt," Obama said tongue in cheek, taking a subtle jab at his opponent, Mitt Romney, who favored bankruptcy for GM and Chrysler without federal aid. "In this particular World Series, I may be a little partial," he said.

The "Tonight Show" appearance was Obama's third as president and fifth overall. He has recently done a slew of entertainment media appearances, including a sit down with Jon Stewart of the "Daily Show." On Friday, he will appear on MTV for a live 30-minute special.

"Well, the president only does these shows once or twice a week now, so it's good" to have him here, Leno joked.

The last time Obama held a news conference to take open questions from the press was August 20th, when he called on four reporters in the White House briefing room.

Obama did respond to one question submitted by a member of Leno's audience, saying that trick-or-treaters can expect to get candy Wednesday if they knock on the White House door. He joked that trick-or-treaters from Ohio can expect extra large Hershey bars.

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Cloud Atlas | Movie Reviews | Kelly Vance | East Bay Express

In bringing author David Mitchell's labyrinthine Cloud Atlas to the screen, the directorial tag team of Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, and Andy Wachowski was faced with narrative dilemmas revolving around the novel's length (509 pages), its frequently ornate language, and the complexity of its six interlocking plots. It's a pleasure to say the filmmakers not only solved the low overcast problem, but also that their collaboration is one of the few major releases of the season that lives up to its hype.

Don't worry about those six competing novella-size stories getting in each others' way. There's nothing here the mosaic-wise modern media audience can't handle. The best strategy is to relax, drink in the images, put your brain on cruise control (while still listening to the characters), and let the movie sort itself out.

Chronological order matters, at first. The anchor of the piece is the 19th-century tale of a writer whose chance acquaintance with a "savage" stowaway aboard a ship bound for San Francisco from New Zealand changes the history of the world. Then, advancing in time, we witness: a 1930s contest of wills between a young classical music composer and his tyrannical employer, a crotchety maestro; a reporter investigating a malevolent utility company in the 1970s-era Bay Area; the comic predicament of a man imprisoned in a senior living facility in 2012 England; the grim chronicle of a "fabricant" restaurant worker and her unlikely ally in mid-22nd-century Neo-Seoul, Korea; and, finally, a struggle between peaceful villagers and cannibals on the "Big Isle" of Hawaii sometime "After the Fall."

Instead of presenting each story as a discrete nugget, the co-directors interweave the events in a long, careful crescendo of crosscutting. It takes some getting used to, but we're shepherded by the recurrence of actors as well as by the continuity of Mitchell's persistent theme: rebellion against tyranny. The most compelling narrative centers on Sonmi-451 (played by South Korean actress Doona Bae), a disposable, semi-robotic restaurant waitress whose love story with a human named Hae-joo Chang (Jim Sturgess) awakens her conscience and her social responsibility as an Earth dweller.

As the stories unfold, Bae and Sturgess play multiple roles, as do Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, David Gyasi, and James D'Arcy in the large cast. Hugo Weaving, nemesis of the Wachowskis' Matrix movies, sticks to villainous parts throughout (his Nurse Noakes is a wonderfully hideous piece of work), but Hanks, Broadbent, and Grant all cross back and forth from protagonist to antagonist, with elaborate changes of makeup.

And yet what we can only call the moral thrust of Cloud Atlas remains consistent. Mitchell's novel plays to the Wachowskis' and Tykwer's strengths as creators of characters in conflict with oppressive hierarchies ? check Run Lola Run, V for Vendetta, The International, etc. The lesson of all six fables: Don't be cowed by bullies and bosses. Link up with like-minded folks and resist. Make them pay. (We'd like to see these three filmmakers produce an intelligent screenplay on the Occupy movement. America's urban protestors appropriated the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta ? it's time to return the favor.) Other major threads: tattoos, masters versus slaves, the notion that women will not be denied, oceans and shores, violence, and reincarnation. Metaphors rebound on each other. The novel's lustrous prose survives in abridged form. The problem with most sci-fi is its limited ambition. Mitchell's fiction, however, has real substance and a beauty of language to go with its universal humanity.

Hanks' "Dermot Hoggins" cockney accent is awful, but his prosthetic overbite in the Dr. Henry Goose role is somehow ingratiating ? he seems to enjoy playing daffy characters. Ditto Broadbent the old pro, growling and whimpering. Grant's underhanded corporate technocrat Lloyd Hooks bears a disturbing resemblance to the Mittens. Berry convinces as the nosy magazine writer and also as the ultimate keeper of the Kona hearth. Whishaw and D'Arcy, playing unlucky lovers Robert Frobisher and Rufus Sixsmith, provide one of the keys that unlock the chain of coincidences.

Bae and Sturgess may be the unlikeliest of lovers, the subdued-but-studious clone and the guy in the fake-looking "oriental" makeup, but their adventures in the bowels of Neo-Seoul provide the necessary Matrix-style shootouts to go with the elliptical workings of Mitchell's time travels. The Wachowskis directed the two futuristic episodes plus the Adam Ewing sailing ship tale; Tykwer handled the composer, reporter, and old folks' jailbreak stories, and also composed the music score, including "The Cloud Atlas Sextet," Frobisher's elusive main musical cue. It's entirely possible to enjoy Cloud Atlas solely for its spectacular visuals and grandiose play-acting, but anyone wishing to get down to the heart of the myth has only to pick up on Sonmi-451's words: "Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound together, past and present."

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Candidate releases ?attack song? against opponent

Compared to this time last year, when Netflix lost 800,000 subscribers following a price hike, the streaming service looks like a success story, adding 1.16 million new users this quarter. But that's not how Wall Street feels, which has the company's stock down almost 17 percent?following its earnings report. That's because Netflix isn't living up to its potential. The company had promised 7 million new subscribers this year. The third quarter number puts it up to 3.43 million, and the company is lowering expectations for Q4.?

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Trump?s ?big? announcement about Obama revealed

Donald Trump, the impossibly coiffed real estate mogul, reality TV star and de facto leader of the "birther" movement, made his "big announcement" about President Barack Obama on Wednesday, saying he would give $5 million to a charity of Obama's choice in exchange for the release of the commander in chief's college records and passport application.

"Barack Obama is the least transparent president in the history of this country," Trump said in a video shot from his New York office and uploaded to YouTube. "I'm very honored to have gotten him to release his long-form birth certificate or whatever it may be."

"I have a deal for the president," Trump continued. "If Barack Obama opens up and gives his college records and applications and if he gives his passport applications and records I will give to a charity of his choice?inner-city children in Chicago, American Cancer Society, AIDS research, anything he wants?a check immediately for $5 million."

The professional carnival barker also issued an accompanying press release on his Facebook page.

In an interview with "Fox & Friends" on Monday, Trump said, "I have something very, very big concerning the president of the United States. I will be announcing it sometime probably Wednesday and it's going to be very big."

"Will it change the election?" co-host Gretchen Carlson asked Trump. "Possibly," Trump replied. "It's very big?bigger than anybody would know."

Following Trump's titillating tease, there was some speculation that he would unveil divorce papers that Michelle Obama had allegedly drawn up more than a decade ago. Others thought the "Celebrity Apprentice" host had proof of the president's rumored cocaine use during college.

In August, Trump was supposed to deliver a "big surprise" at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., but Hurricane Isaac forced the GOP to cut his appearance from the truncated schedule. The "big surprise"? A video featuring an Obama impersonator who Trump predictably fired.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/trump-announcement-obama-161111445--election.html

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Rome Film Festival Cinema XXI Lineup: World Premieres from Kaurism?ki, Erice, Verhoeven; Shorts by Weerasethakul, Franco

Red carpet at the Rome Film Festival The Hollywood Reporter

The Rome Film Festival (November 9-17) unveils its complete lineup, including the world premiere of Cinema XXI opening night selection "Centro Historico," an anthology by international auteurs Aki Kaurismaki, Pedro Costa, Victor Erice and Manuel de Oliveira.

Ex-Venice Fest director Marco Muller presides for the first time as the fest's artistic director, while an international jury of Scottish visual artist and filmmaker Douglas Gordon (Chair), Hans Hurch, Ed Lachman, Andrea Lissoni and Emily Jacir will give out the following awards:

• CinemaXXI Award (reserved for feature-length films)
• Special Jury Prize ? CinemaXXI (reserved for feature-length films)
• CinemaXXI Award for short films and medium-length films

Complete lineup:

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/indiewire/thompsononhollywood/~3/6P0g3Kzl2qQ/rome-film-fest-complete-lineup

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Comment - The Dakno Marketing Blog

Something pretty cool happened the other day I wanted to share it with you. In my normal daily routine I?ll tweet a few links of what I feel are especially high value content links our clients create for their Dakno websites, WordPress Blogs and IDX sites. In this particular instance, I tweeted out a link for a terrific Google Map created for Jeff Adler?s Bergen County, NJ Real Estate Home Team Blog. More precisely, it was a clever Google Map for Jeff?s upcoming Bergen County, NJ Halloween Events. You might be asking yourself; ?Okay Bobby, what?s the big deal about a Halloween events map?? Stay tuned!

Before We Get to ?The Map?

In case you haven?t checked your Google calendar lately, Halloween will be here before you know it. Have you written you real estate blog post outlining where locals can find your area?s Halloween events? Holiday posts are typically big site traffic generators. Mind you, they probably won?t generate buyer or seller engagements. What they will do is position you as the area expert and the go to resource for all things in your area. You might even gain a little ?mind share?.

Casting Heavy Stones?!

If you create great content, it will get recognized and shared. It?s like taking your content and tossing it in a lake (where your audience hangs out). The more compelling (weighty) the content, the more ?ripples? it creates and the more attention it will gain. Attention is good and Google measures and rewards content that has been shared and reshared.

Back to The Tweet!

You never know who is listening to your tweets. Or in this case, my tweets. As you can see in the progression of the images below, my tweet about Jeff?s Google map was ?retweeted? by Myles Ma. Mr. Myles Ma is a journalist in Bergen County, NJ. For real estate agents who tweet, should you follow and engage with journalists in your backyard? YES! Myles is so open to engagement that he even says so in his Twitter bio! ?Got a Tip? Contact me!? Granted, what Myles is looking for are juicy tips about breaking news in Bergen County, NJ. But you never know on a slow news day if Myles will reach out to someone like Jeff Adler for a Bergen County, NJ real estate interview.

Now that?s NOT an invitation for local REALTORS to spam Myles with your listings but it is an open?invitation?to be seen as a subject matter expert on real estate.

Although, it?s difficult to see but in the photo below the Reply-Delete-Favorite tools in my tweet you can see where Myles retweeted the Google map tweet of mine.

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One of the hot topics discussed in real estate marketing circles today is social media ROI. In my mind, one way real estate agents can experience social media ROI is to create awesome content, share it responsibly and engage. The reward will be great relationships, building value with your community, with Google and possibly, be validated by the press for your expertise.

How Has Your Compelling Content Coupled with Your Social Engagement Been Rewarded?

Leave a comment and share how your content and your engagement has been validated and rewarded.

Until next time,

Bobby

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Source: http://blog.dakno.com/tweets-to-opportunity/

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Students Learn as They Plant a Garden - Northridge-Chatsworth, CA ...

Digging up a little dirt, planting seedlings, providing water and watching them grow in your very own garden is a happy, healthy learning experience for all children.?

Students with special needs, ages 6 to 18, got a chance to experience the joy and discovery that comes from planting a garden when the American Heart Association,?with the support of Dole Food Company,?last week donated a Teaching Garden to Northpoint School at?9650 Zelzah Ave. in Northridge.

The Teaching Garden provides a hands-on learning experience rooted in offering nutritional choices. It is a real-life laboratory where students learn how to plant seeds, nurture the growing plants, harvest the food and, ultimately, understand the connection between the environment and their health.?

Teaching Gardens have been donated to more than 100 schools nationwide.? This Teaching Garden will be the first to be placed in a school for children with special needs.?

The building and planting of the garden is just one of the fun activities the children experienced.? They also got a visit from Teaching Garden founder Kelly Meyer and actresses Shelly Buckner of the TV series That?s So Raven and Mahaley Hessam of The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

To complement the Teaching Garden?s lessons on healthy eating habits, the kids were led through fitness and sports activities to place a highlight on fitness.? Liza Utter-Pernice, a local restaurateur and chef, provided a cooking demonstration so the children will have lots of recipe ideas once their garden is ready for harvest.

Childhood obesity is at epidemic levels.? Today, one in three American children is overweight or obese.? To combat this growing crisis, the Child and Family Guidance Center is implementing health and fitness aspects into many of its programs, which provide mental health services to local children and families who have experienced emotional and mental illnesses, abuse, neglect or trauma.?

?We thank the American Heart Association and Dole Food Company for providing this Teaching Garden to the children at Northpoint School," said Rick Hunnwell, school director.? ?Within our community, we are fighting the causes and effects of childhood obesity and related illnesses.? This garden is giving our children with special needs the tools they need to win that fight, just like all children deserve.?

The Teaching Gardens were created using American Heart Association science and nutrition guidelines coupled with information from gardening and education experts.? The program combines nutrition education with garden-based learning. Numerous studies have shown participation in school garden programs can have a positive impact on student's attitudes toward fruits and vegetables and that healthy behavior positively impacts learning. The goal of the program is to improve children's overall health.

The Child and Family Guidance Center?s Northpoint School is a non-public school and intensive outpatient program for students ages 6 through 18 with emotional and/or behavioral problems whose needs cannot be met in regular schools. Northpoint combines academic instruction and individual, group and family therapy with a broad spectrum of specialized services. The focus is on developing each student?s unique strengths and abilities, resolving specific difficulties, re-integrating students into community schools and/or awarding them with a high school diploma.?

The Child and Family Guidance Center is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1962.? For nearly 50 years, the Center has provided high-quality mental health care, supportive social services and linkages to needed community resources.

Source: http://northridge.patch.com/articles/students-learn-as-they-plant-a-garden

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