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Why I'm Ambivalent About All the ?Buy Bras for ... - The Lingerie Addict

It?s October. And in addition to being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, LGBT History Month, and Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month, it?s also Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

But you already knew that. Because everything?s covered in pink right now. Pink ribbons. Pink shirts. Pink mugs. Pink lipstick. Pink purses. Pink guns. Pink footballs. And, of course, pink lingerie. There?s even a name for this torrent of pink that happens around this time of year: pinkwashing.

Now, I?m about to say some things some people probably won?t like in this post, so I want to clarify a few things right off the bat.

1. I don?t like Breast Cancer. It?s awful, and I think we can all agree on that.
2. I like non-profits. My previous career was in the non-profit industry.
3. You should spend your money wherever you want and on whatever you want.

So now that that?s out of the way, let me get to heart of what this post is about:

If you want to support a non-profit that focuses on breast cancer, please consider donating directly to that non-profit?instead of using an intermediary like a for-profit lingerie company.

For the last few weeks, my inbox has been inundated with breast cancer related press releases. And to be perfectly honest, I?m not sharing most of them because I find the vast majority to be incredibly offensive. I?m getting press releases from brands that are bragging about donating $2 of an almost $70 bra to a breast cancer non-profit. I?m getting press releases from brands who vaguely say a ?portion of their proceeds are going to Breast Cancer Awareness? without ever saying which portion or to whom. I?m getting press release from brands who aren?t even mentioning donations to breast cancer non-profits; they?re simply piggy-backing on Breast Cancer Awareness as a way to sell more pink bras.

And I?m bothered by that. Breast Cancer, an actual disease affecting actual people, has become just another marketing opportunity?one with little-to-no accountability and tenuous ties (at best) to the larger research and support community.

As someone who worked in the non-profit industry for 8 years, I understand that charitable organizations truly need all the help they can get. Your average 501(c)(3) is not exactly swimming in excess donations. I know that every single dollar helps, and I don?t want to minimize that. But if only 2% or 3% or 4% of the purchase price of what I?m buying is going to the cause, then I have to ask myself (personal, not pointing fingers here), ?Is there a way I can be more effective with those dollars??

Like I said, this post isn?t about telling you what to do with your money. People should spend it how they want to spend it. But if you are going to purchase from a brand or retailer that?s using Breast Cancer Awareness language, please do your research beforehand. Look to see if they?re actually donating to a non-profit. Look at how much they?re donating. Look at who they?re donating to. It only takes a few minutes, but it?s the best way to make sure your money is going where you want it to go.

Also, as I mentioned earlier, please consider making a direct donation. Even half of the money you might spend on a bra could go so much further if given outright to a non-profit. If you?re not sure where to start, The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund and The Breast Cancer Research Foundation are two of the highest-rated breast cancer non-profits.

That said, there are several lingerie brands disclosing how much they?re donating for Breast Cancer Awareness and who they?re giving it to. I?ve listed the ones I know of that are donating at least 10% of their proceeds below. If you know of any others, please include them in the comments so we can make this a resource for everyone. And, of course, if you have some thoughts you?d like to share, I?d love to hear them. This is something worth talking about.

• Brulee Lingerie is donating 30% of the sales from it?s pink and black chemise to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
• Lula Lu Lingerie is donating 10% of sales from their Kallie Lace Bralette to the Save the Ta-Tas Awareness Foundation.
• Frederick?s of Hollywood is donating 10% of sales from their ?Cure Collection? to the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund

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Historic Ariadne arrival party | Fraser Coast Family Attractions ...

A makeshift Ariadne (South Passage) enters Maryborough in a re-enactment of the arrival of the first migrants.

Megan Pope

THE musical sounds of bagpipes and accordions could be heard drifting down the Mary River yesterday, as descendants of the region's first migrants took to the water to re-enact the arrival of the Ariadne.

Generations of Australians made their way to Maryborough on the weekend, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Ariadne's arrival in the Heritage City.

Hundreds of people swamped the riverbanks along the portside precinct on Saturday, alongside colourful historical characters, in the hopes of catching a glimpse of what the region may have looked like more than 150 years ago.

Doctors, nurses, teachers and musicians were among the many people aboard the South Passage ship as it made its way in to port on the weekend, re-enacting the Ariadne's great voyage on October 9, 1862.

Passengers departing the ship were welcomed to the region by Queensland Governor Penelope Wenlsey and Fraser Coast Regional Council mayor Gerard O'Connell.

Maryborough was important to the development of Queensland," Cr O'Connell said.

"We are very proud to be celebrating not only the town's history, but its future as well.

"It is important that we continue to hold events like these, so that we can always celebrate and acknowledge our past."

The massive three-day celebration was organised by the Maryborough Family Heritage Institute, and took almost 12 months of planning to create.

Institute member Judy Thornton said volunteers had dedicated the past year to researching and locating the direct descendants of the region's first migrants, for the event.

We had about 12 to 14 people working on the event to gather all the information together," Mrs Thornton said.

"It was very important to us that we celebrate this great milestone in the region, as it marked a big step in the development of Maryborough.

"The original migrants had no idea what they were stepping into, so it's great to celebrate their achievements."

Mrs Thornton said descendants from as far away as Melbourne had flown up to the Heritage City for the event, and some had even taken part in the re-enactment.

It was really great to see so many relatives come here for the event," she said.

"There are also a lot of visitors, who came here to join in on the celebrations."

Visitors will visit River Heads today for the final day of 150th anniversary celebrations.

Source: http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/story/2012/10/01/ariadne-arrival-party/

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Next cold war? Gas drilling boom rattles Russia

PITTSBURGH (AP) ? The Kremlin is watching, European nations are rebelling, and some suspect Moscow is secretly bankrolling a campaign to derail the West's strategic plans.

It's not some Cold War movie; it's about the U.S. boom in natural gas drilling, and the political implications are enormous.

Like falling dominoes, the drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is shaking up world energy markets from Washington to Moscow to Beijing. Some predict what was once unthinkable: that the U.S. won't need to import natural gas in the near future, and that Russia could be the big loser.

"This is where everything is being turned on its head," said Fiona Hill, an expert on Russia at the Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington. "Their days of dominating the European gas markets are gone."

Any nations that trade in energy could potentially gain or lose.

"The relative fortunes of the United States, Russia, and China ? and their ability to exert influence in the world ? are tied in no small measure to global gas developments," Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government concluded in a report this summer.

The story began to unfold a few years ago, as advances in drilling opened up vast reserves of gas buried in deep shale rock, such as the Marcellus formation in Pennsylvania and the Barnett, in Texas.

Experts had been predicting that the U.S. was running out of natural gas, but then shale gas began to flood the market, and prices plunged.

Russia had been exporting vast quantities to Europe and other countries for about $10 per unit, but the current price in the U.S. is now about $3 for the same quantity. That kind of math got the attention of energy companies, and politicians, around the world.

Some European governments began to envision a future with less Russian natural gas. In 2009, Russia had cut off gas shipments via Ukraine for nearly two weeks amid a price and payment dispute, and more than 15 European countries were sent scrambling to find alternative sources of energy.

The financial stakes are huge. Russia's Gazprom energy corporation, which is state-controlled, had $44 billion in profits last year. Gazprom, based in Moscow, is the world's largest producer of natural gas and exports much of it to other countries.

But last month Gazprom halted plans to develop a new arctic gas field, saying it couldn't justify the investment now, and its most recent financial report showed profits had dropped by almost 25 percent.

The U.S. presidential campaigns have already addressed the strategic potential.

A campaign position paper for Republican Mitt Romney said he "will pursue policies that work to decrease the reliance of European nations on Russian sources of energy."

In early September, President Barack Obama said the U.S. could "develop a hundred-year supply of natural gas that's right beneath our feet," which would "cut our oil imports in half by 2020 and support more than 600,000 new jobs in natural gas alone."

Poland's Ministry of the Environment wrote in a statement to The Associated Press that "an increased production of natural gas from shale formations in Europe will limit the import via pipelines from Algeria and Russia."

The issue has reached the highest levels of the Kremlin, too.

Hill, of the Brookings think tank, heard President Vladimir Putin speak in late 2011 at a Moscow gathering of academics and media. She said in a blog post that "the only time I thought that he became truly engaged was when he wanted to explain to us how dangerous fracking was."

But one top Gazprom executive said shale gas will actually help the country in the long run. Sergei Komlev, the head of export contracts and pricing, acknowledged the recent disruptions but predicted that the U.S. fuels wouldn't make their way to Europe on any important scale.

"Although we heard that the motive of these activities was to decrease dependence of certain countries on Gazprom gas, the end results of these efforts will be utterly favorable to us," Komlev wrote in an email to the AP. "The reason for remaining tranquil is that we do not expect the currently abnormally low prices in the USA to last for long."

In other words, if the marketplace for natural gas expands, Russia will have even more potential customers because it has tremendous reserves.

Komlev even thanked the U.S. for taking the role of "shale gas global lobbyist" and said Gazprom believes natural gas is more environmentally friendly than other fossil fuels.

"Gazprom group generally views shale gas as a great gift to the industry," he wrote. When natural gas prices rise, "it will make the U.S. plans to become a major gas exporter questionable."

Whether exports happen involves a dizzying mix of math, politics and marketplaces, along with the fact that U.S. natural gas companies ? and their shareholders ? want prices to rise, too.

James Diemer, an executive vice president for Pace Global, an international consulting company based in Virginia, believes that shale gas costs more to extract than the current market price. Pace, which recently released a report called "Shale Gas: The Numbers vs. The Hype," has been studying shale gas for Gazprom and other clients.

"The capital will stop flowing" to U.S. shale gas, and the price will go up, Diemer predicted. He would not divulge the kind of work Pace is doing for Gazprom. Pace is owned by Siemens, a German company.

Pace's work for Gazprom has raised some eyebrows in Washington, and Hill noted that industry watchers in Europe already believe Russia is bankrolling environmental groups that are loudly opposing plans for fracking in Europe, which could cut down on Russia's natural gas market.

"I've heard a lot of rumors that the Russians were funding this. I have no proof whatsoever," she said, noting that many critics give the rumors credence because Gazprom owns media companies throughout Russia and Europe that have run stories examining the environmental risks of fracking.

Gazprom dismissed such conspiracy theories, saying that "nothing could be more out of touch with Gazprom's inherent interests," because the shale boom promotes gas as an abundant, affordable energy source.

Many U.S. media outlets, including the AP, have run stories about shale gas and the environment. Regulators contend that overall, water and air pollution problems are rare, but environmental groups and some scientists say there hasn't been enough research.

U.S. energy companies are eager to export natural gas products. The issue is sensitive enough that the Obama administration has delayed a decision on export permits until after the election. In April, the Sierra Club sued to block one plan for exports, saying it would drive up the cost of domestic natural gas and lead to environmental damage.

But just the potential for exports could allow others to seek lower prices from Russia, said Kenneth Medlock III of the James Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston.

"It changes the position at the bargaining table for everybody," Medlock said. "You stack all that up, and you start to realize, 'Wow.'"

There's one enormous unknown with the shale gas bounty in the U.S., Hill said. Unlike in Russia and some other countries, neither the government nor any one private company can really control or direct it.

"The question is, can the U.S. do what the Russians do, which is use this as a political tool?" she said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/next-cold-war-gas-drilling-boom-rattles-russia-161809078.html

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Tennis Elbow Exercises ? Regain Full Use of Your Arm

Tennis elbow exercises are widely acknowledged to be the best way of getting relief from this very painful condition. If you use your arm to do certain repetitive movements then your elbow is certain to get inflamed. This will result in a great deal of soreness and pain on the area of the upper arm near the elbow. Interestingly, while tennis elbow is a common condition affecting tennis players, it can also affect cooks, construction workers and even office workers who have to make repetitive movements with the tools of their trade.

One way of dealing with this problem is avoiding the activity that causes it. However, this is not always possible since people?s livelihoods are connected with it. A doctor might suggest treatment by a physiotherapist or even the use of a special brace to hold the arm in place. In extreme cases a doctor might even prescribe injections of cortisone to help control the inflammation. The problem is that these methods cost a lot of money. If they don?t work you might even have to go in for surgery.

You?ll be able to get your arm in good condition without having to spend a lot of money if you do the right tennis elbow exercises instead. These exercises are surprisingly easy to do and you will be able to get your elbow in good condition within a reasonably short time.

- Wrist extensions: Get a firm grip on a weight whilst supporting your forearm on a table or bench. Hold the weight with your palm facing downwards. Move your wrists upwards and downwards. This exercise will strengthen the wrist as well as the muscles of the forearm.

- Forearm extensions 2: Once more hold a weight in your hand whilst supporting your forearm on a table. Hold the weight with the palm facing downwards. Curl your wrist and bring the weight towards you.

- Elbow stretching exercises: Try and extend the elbow as much as possible without stretching the arm unduly. Gradually increase the degree by which the arm can be stretched.

Be very careful when doing these tennis elbow exercises or else you might inadvertently hurt your arm more. Do not use very heavy weights when doing these exercises and make sure that you stop exercising as soon as you feel any sort of discomfort. Regular exercise will increase the flexibility and strength of your elbow and ensure that no additional problems ensue.

Find out how you can strengthen your arms including your elbows with the help of the right tennis elbow exercises. Do these exercises regularly in order to cure inflammation of your elbow and prevent further painful problems.

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When your eyes tell your hands what to think

Public release date: 28-Sep-2012
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You're far less in control of your brain than you think, study finds

EVANSTON, Ill. --- You've probably never given much thought to the fact that picking up your cup of morning coffee presents your brain with a set of complex decisions. You need to decide how to aim your hand, grasp the handle and raise the cup to your mouth, all without spilling the contents on your lap.

A new Northwestern University study shows that, not only does your brain handle such complex decisions for you, it also hides information from you about how those decisions are made.

"Our study gives a salient example," said Yangqing 'Lucie' Xu, lead author of the study and a doctoral candidate in psychology at Northwestern. "When you pick up an object, your brain automatically decides how to control your muscles based on what your eyes provide about the object's shape. When you pick up a mug by the handle with your right hand, you need to add a clockwise twist to your grip to compensate for the extra weight that you see on the left side of the mug.

"We showed that the use of this visual information is so powerful and automatic that we cannot turn it off. When people see an object weighted in one direction, they actually can't help but 'feel' the weight in that direction, even when they know that we're tricking them," Xu said.

The researchers conducted two experiments. In the first, people were asked to grasp a vertical stick with a weight hanging from its left or right side. People easily reported which side they felt the weight was on, even when they had their eyes closed.

The researchers then used a set of mirrors to occasionally flip the view of the object so that it looked like the weight was on the left, when actually it was on the right. And although people were told to report on which side they felt the weight (with their hands), the visual image strongly influenced the direction that they felt the weight was coming from, especially when the weights were lighter.

In the second experiment, the researchers tried harder to convince people to ignore the visual information by carefully explaining the nature of the "trick."

"People still could not ignore the visual information," said Xu. "In fact, the effect even works on us, and we designed the experiment!"

Steven Franconeri, co-author of the study and associate professor of cognitive psychology at Northwestern, said the brain is constantly making decisions for us that we don't know about or understand.

"These decisions are usually smart and based on vast experience," he said. "In this study's example, your brain is automatically using visual information to tell your hands what they are feeling. We can show that these decisions are happening by manipulating the information your brain receives -- we mirror-reverse the visual information and your brain now tells your hands that they are feeling the reverse of what they are actually feeling. This inference is mandatory -- you feel it even if you know it's not true."

Franconeri said this is not a "bug" in the brain's operation.

"In the vast majority of cases, you want to 'delegate' decisions like this to the unconscious parts of your brain, leaving you free to focus on less straightforward problems, like following driving directions or enjoying your cup of coffee."

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"Visual Influence on Haptic Torque Perception" is published in the current issue of the journal Perception. See link for article: http://www.perceptionweb.com/contents.cgi?journal=P&issue=current

In addition to Xu and Franconeri, Shlan O'Keefe and Satoru Suzuki are also co-authors of the study.

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Public release date: 28-Sep-2012
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Contact: Hilary Hurd Anyaso
h-anyaso@northwestern.edu
847-491-4887
Northwestern University

You're far less in control of your brain than you think, study finds

EVANSTON, Ill. --- You've probably never given much thought to the fact that picking up your cup of morning coffee presents your brain with a set of complex decisions. You need to decide how to aim your hand, grasp the handle and raise the cup to your mouth, all without spilling the contents on your lap.

A new Northwestern University study shows that, not only does your brain handle such complex decisions for you, it also hides information from you about how those decisions are made.

"Our study gives a salient example," said Yangqing 'Lucie' Xu, lead author of the study and a doctoral candidate in psychology at Northwestern. "When you pick up an object, your brain automatically decides how to control your muscles based on what your eyes provide about the object's shape. When you pick up a mug by the handle with your right hand, you need to add a clockwise twist to your grip to compensate for the extra weight that you see on the left side of the mug.

"We showed that the use of this visual information is so powerful and automatic that we cannot turn it off. When people see an object weighted in one direction, they actually can't help but 'feel' the weight in that direction, even when they know that we're tricking them," Xu said.

The researchers conducted two experiments. In the first, people were asked to grasp a vertical stick with a weight hanging from its left or right side. People easily reported which side they felt the weight was on, even when they had their eyes closed.

The researchers then used a set of mirrors to occasionally flip the view of the object so that it looked like the weight was on the left, when actually it was on the right. And although people were told to report on which side they felt the weight (with their hands), the visual image strongly influenced the direction that they felt the weight was coming from, especially when the weights were lighter.

In the second experiment, the researchers tried harder to convince people to ignore the visual information by carefully explaining the nature of the "trick."

"People still could not ignore the visual information," said Xu. "In fact, the effect even works on us, and we designed the experiment!"

Steven Franconeri, co-author of the study and associate professor of cognitive psychology at Northwestern, said the brain is constantly making decisions for us that we don't know about or understand.

"These decisions are usually smart and based on vast experience," he said. "In this study's example, your brain is automatically using visual information to tell your hands what they are feeling. We can show that these decisions are happening by manipulating the information your brain receives -- we mirror-reverse the visual information and your brain now tells your hands that they are feeling the reverse of what they are actually feeling. This inference is mandatory -- you feel it even if you know it's not true."

Franconeri said this is not a "bug" in the brain's operation.

"In the vast majority of cases, you want to 'delegate' decisions like this to the unconscious parts of your brain, leaving you free to focus on less straightforward problems, like following driving directions or enjoying your cup of coffee."

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"Visual Influence on Haptic Torque Perception" is published in the current issue of the journal Perception. See link for article: http://www.perceptionweb.com/contents.cgi?journal=P&issue=current

In addition to Xu and Franconeri, Shlan O'Keefe and Satoru Suzuki are also co-authors of the study.

NORTHWESTERN NEWS: www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/

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Rebel Wilson Talks Pitch Perfect

The hilarious new comedy Pitch Perfect, from director Jason Moore (Broadway?s Avenue Q) and screenwriter Kay Cannon (New Girl, 30 Rock), tells the story of Beca (Anna Kendrick), a young woman who dreams of being a music producer, but who instead finds herself at Barden University in an all-female a cappella singing group. With both new takes on old favorites and hits of right now, The Bellas fight to climb their way to the top of the cutthroat world of college music competitions. The film also stars Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, Adam Devine, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, John Michael Higgins and Elizabeth Banks.

At the film?s press junket, the incredibly funny Aussie actress Rebel Wilson, who plays the super-confident Fat Amy, talked about how getting the role in Bridesmaids (her first American job) changed things for her, how she sang the Lady Gaga song ?Edge of Glory? for her Pitch Perfect audition, that she got to do a lot of improvising on set, just how outrageous things got between her and co-star Adam Devine (who plays the self-obsessed lead singer of rival group The Treblemakers), and her favorite song to sing in the film. She also talked about how she went from being a junior handler at dog shows in Australia to an actress, some crazy experiences she had in the theater (one of which included her actually falling off of the roof, in Fiddler on the Roof), how she?s just starting to be able to enjoy all of her current success, and that she?s developing a TV show for ABC, called Super Fun Night. Check out what she had to say after the jump.

Question: How did getting the role in Bridesmaids change things for you?

REBEL WILSON: Bridesmaids was my first job here. I was so close to getting a couple of movies, and I?m so glad that it was Bridesmaids that was the first one. I went in and improvised for them, with Kristen Wiig, for an hour in a room. Judd Apatow said, ?Tell Kristen about your love life. Go!,? and I said, ?But, I?ve prepared the script.? And I just kept going for an hour while they filmed it all. I went for Melissa McCarthy?s role, but I was a bit too young for that. But, they really liked my audition, and so they added me as the roommate. There was never a female roommate in the script. They just added it in because they liked my audition. And then, of course, when that movie came out last year, it was just like, ?Bang!? I booked five movies within a week or two, and Pitch Perfect was one of them. I was the first person to be cast in Pitch Perfect. Because it was such a specific role, I was cast months before anyone else. (Screenwriter) Kay [Cannon] actually Facebooked me and she said, ?Hey, I?ve written this script.? Sometimes on Facebook, you?re like, ?Is this serious?!? But, she said she?d really like me to read the script and consider Fat Amy. I had actually played a character in Australia called Fat Mandy, so I was like, ?Yeah, I have experience! I could totally do that!? And then, when I read the script, I was like, ?This is so funny!,? and I knew I had to do it.

Did you have to sing for the audition?

WILSON: Yeah, so I sang Lady Gaga?s ?Edge of Glory? for Jason Moore, and I did my own body percussion. You sing the melody over the top of your own beat, so I did that. I learned that when I played basketball in high school and we used to do chants with our own beat, just on the court. I was like, ?If I?ve gotta sing a cappella, at least I?ll have my own little beat that I can groove to.? Anna Kendrick does something similar in the movie with the cups. So, Jason was like, ?Yeah, you can be in the movie!? I just had a feeling about it. Even though it technically was a small movie, I just had a feeling it was going to be really popular and super fun.

Was there much improvising during filming?

WILSON: Yeah! Adam Devine, who plays opposite me, is a great improviser as well, so when we were on set together, they had hours and hours of footage of us, just saying shit to each other. It was good. But, Kay had written such a good character. Originally, I was going to be American in the movie, but then we had four weeks of rehearsals before we shot the film and, when I do American movies, I?m American the whole time. But, because we were singing and dancing for 10 hours a day, I couldn?t keep it up. I slipped and started talking [in my own accent], and Jason heard me and was like, ?I want you to use your real voice in the movie.? I was like, ?No, I don?t want to do my own voice. I want to be an actor and do acting!? But, he was like, ?No, I?ve got a feeling that it?s going to be good.? So, when I was on set, I?d just improvise stuff to make it all fit in.

Did you and Adam Devine ever get really mean with each other?

WILSON: It?s not in the movie, but Adam touched my breast in an improvisation. Normally, if you?re going to touch another actor, you tell them before, but we were just going crazy. So then, I actually touched [his crotch]. I said a joke, and then [touched him]. He was like, ?Woah!,? because he didn?t expect that. It was like 4 am, in the morning, and it was freezing cold. We had to entertain ourselves, and I like to keep it fresh for each take. With that take, we did go a little far, but it was all good. We were still having fun.

Which was your favorite song to sing in the movie?

WILSON: I liked it when I got to do the solo in ?Turn the Beat Around.? That note I sing is really high, and I had to hold it for a really long time.

Did you grow up doing theater?

WILSON: No, I wasn?t a child actor, or anything. My family was in dog showing with Beagles, so that?s what I was forced to do. So, I was forced to be a junior handler, which is kind of like Toddlers & Tiaras ?cause you are dressed up in little outfits, and you run around with the dogs and show them. The weird thing is that you win not very much money. You win $50 or a plastic jug, but you don?t win that good of stuff, and yet you have to get up really early and bring all the dogs and equipment to the dog show. I love watching Toddlers & Tiaras ?cause I?m like, ?That was kind of like my life, but with dogs.?

Have you seen Best in Show?

WILSON: Yeah, and when I saw that, I was like, ?This is like my life!? I said, ?This is a really accurate documentary.? Some people are like, ?Oh, that?s so wild!? I grew up with people who act like that, but just the Australian version of it. They were like that. They were so weird and so obsessed with their dogs and wore weird stuff. Sometimes people ask me, ?Where do you get some of your characters from?,? and they?re from my crazy upbringing.

How did you get into acting, then?

WILSON: I remember, when I was in high school, I did do some high school musicals. I did Grease, and we did Fiddler on the Roof. My story from that is that I fell from the roof, doing Fiddler on the Roof, and almost killed myself. It was very bad. It was a miracle I didn?t die. I sprained all my ribs and my wrist. My love for musical theater was so strong that I came back the next night and performed. I was Fruma-Sarah, which wasn?t a main character. She was the grandma who comes down from Heaven, which is why I was on the roof. I came out of a coffin and the coffin was supposed to land on stage, but there were some technical difficulties. No one told me the coffin hadn?t landed, and I just jumped out on my cue and I was two stories high. You couldn?t really tell, when you were inside the coffin, if you were on the ground or not, so I just jumped out and went straight down. The whole audience had one of those really deadly silences. And then, I became notorious at my school for that.

But then, when I finished high school, I was a youth ambassador for Australia. I just didn?t think I would be an actor, or anything. I got malaria, really badly. During that time, when I was in intensive care, I had this hallucination that I was an actress and that I was really, really good. It was so strong that when I came out of hospital, I started saying, ?I?m going to be an actress. I?m going to go back to Australia and do it.? People thought I was crazy. They thought the disease had really affected me and made me crazy mad. And I said, ?No, I?ve just got a feeling I could be really good.? My whole family was like, ?No, no one is going to pick you for movies.? But I was like, ?One day, they will!? So, I enrolled in a theater school in Australia, called The Australian Theatre for Young People, where Nicole Kidman and Toni Collette and lots of our great actresses and actors went.

One of the first things that I was in, at that theater school, was a musical. I remember, very clearly, that I was in the chorus and they made me stand right at the back of the stage because I pulled focus. They kept saying, ?People just look at you. You?re not a lead role. They can?t look at you.? So, I was forced to stand at the back of the stage, in the darkness. Sometimes I even had to turn around and face away because, for some reason, and I don?t know what it is, they said I pulled focus and that I was distracting from the real people playing the real characters. And then, I remember that I cried. I was just trying to give really good energy and be really passionate when I sang. It?s funny how it happens. Weirdly, that weird skill then makes you become famous and popular.

Since you?ve been working non-stop since Bridesmaids, have you gotten a chance to enjoy success and the perks that come with it?

WILSON: It?s starting to get really crazy! For example, I?ve had no sleep and just flew in from Australia. There are just weird things that happen now. I was at the MTV VMAs, sitting with Rihanna and Katy Perry, and they knew my name. You just don?t think that will happen to you. Also, I work as a writer, as well. Usually, if I?m not acting, I?m working on the development stuff, down at Warner Bros. where I?m working on a TV show.

What is the TV show you?re developing?

WILSON: It?s called Super Fun Night, for ABC. It?s about three girls in New York.

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Clemson gets schooled 49-37 by No. 4 Florida State

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State took Clemson to apart and Tigers coach Dabo Swinney is hoping his players can at least come away with a lesson learned.

The fourth-ranked Seminoles rolled up 667 yards of total offense and scored 35 second-half points to erase No. 10 Clemson's seven-point halftime lead on their way to a 49-37 victory Saturday night.

"We just didn't play four quarters," Swinney said. "It's a great game for us to grow and learn from. There's a lot of football left. Certainly we've got a lot of improving to do."

Florida State's EJ Manuel threw for a career-high 380 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another 102 yards in the biggest Atlantic Coast Conference game in years.

Chris Thompson ran for 103 yards and two scores and James Wilder Jr. added two touchdowns runs for the Seminoles (4-0, 2-0).

"We couldn't stop the run," Swinney said. "Our team, I thought they fought hard, but again, right there at the end the momentum change late in the third quarter going into the fourth quarter we just weren't able to turn it back."

Clemson (3-1, 0-1) built a 28-14 lead early in the third quarter on a 52-yard pass from All-American receiver Sammy Watkins to Andre Ellington.

Swinney said the turning point was Lamarcus Joyner's 90-yard kickoff return after Clemson's Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 50-year field goal to put the Tigers up 31-21.

Joyner was tackled at the Clemson 10 and the Seminoles scored two plays later on a 9-yard Manuel pass to Rashad Greene, narrowing the Tigers' lead to three just before the third quarter ended.

"The kickoff return was huge - just a huge momentum swing in the game," Swinney said. "It kind of lit a fire for them over there."

Florida State trailed until late in the third quarter, taking its first lead at 35-31 on Manuel's 29-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Smith. The Seminoles, then built a 49-31 lead before Clemson scored late.

"Our offense is all about getting in the rhythm," Clemson center Dalton Freeman said. "Early on, we were firing on all cylinders. We were able to execute on some big plays. But as the game went on, we sputtered a little bit."

The two teams combined for 1,093 yards offense as Clemson put up 426 yards against the nation's top-ranked defense.

"They're No. 1 in the nation for a reason," Freeman said. "We will draw some confidence from the good things, but we have to go back and correct some of the mistakes."

The Tigers visit Boston College next Saturday.

Clemson needed just 86 seconds to reach the end zone as DeAndre Hopkins blew past Florida State safety Terrence Brooks on a 60-yard scoring bomb from Boyd - the first touchdown scored against the Seminole defense this season. But more were to come.

A trick play set up Clemson's second TD, a 6-yard run by Andre Ellington. Darrell Smith got a yard on a shovel pass from holder Spencer Benton on a fake field goal from the Florida State 15 two plays earlier.

Yet another trick play gave Clemson its 28-14 lead when Watkins took a lateral from Tajh Boyd and then threw back across the field to Ellington on a 52-yard scoring play. Although Watkins had 109 all-purpose yards, he was kept out of the end zone.

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Brighton, UK September 20^th 2012 ? Brighton is a popular seaside tourist resort and because of its popularity there are a number of accommodation options that enable visitors to enjoy the type of holiday they are looking for. Hotels are popular because they offer convenience and location but they can prove expensive and the visitor will typically need to stick to a certain timescale for meals and other benefits. Visitors to Brighton, however, can enjoy a range of other benefits with serviced apartments.

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Who?s Sabotaging Iran?s Nukes?

The chief of Iran?s nuclear program?says the power lines to his nuclear facilities were sabotaged. U.S. Special Forces have trained for operations inside Iran for years. Do these latest disclosures suggest they are already on the ground?

On Monday, Fereydoun Abbasi, Iran?s vice president and the chief of its nuclear-energy agency, disclosed that power lines between the holy city of Qom and the underground?Fordow nuclear centrifuge facility were blown up?with explosives on Aug. 17. He also said the power lines leading to Iran?s Natanz facilities were blown up as well. On the day after the power was cut off at Fordow, an inspector from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) asked to visit the facility.

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?It should be recalled that power cut off is one of the ways to break down centrifuge?machines,??Abbasi said, according to a copy of his prepared remarks to the IAEA on Monday. ?Then during the early hours of next morning an agency inspector requested to conduct an unannounced inspection. Does this visit have any connection to that detonation??

In recent years, the West?s stealth war on Iran?s nuclear program has been waged through sabotage, industrial explosions, cyberviruses, and targeted killings. But until recently elements of the country?s civilian infrastructure were off limits in this not-so-secret shadow war.?

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The disclosure is significant. To start, it is the first piece of evidence to suggest opponents of the Iranian program are targeting the country?s electrical grid and doing so on the ground. The U.S. military has studied Iran?s infrastructure closely. In 2009, a research lab attached to the U.S. joint staff and combatant commands known as the Joint Warfare Analysis Center discovered a weakness in Iran?s electrical grids that at the time would make it vulnerable to a cyberattack.

The attack described by Abbasi suggests, however, a physical explosion as opposed to a cyberattack. He specifically said the power lines from Qom to the Shahid Ali Mohammadi complex at Fordow ?were cut using explosives.? In this case, special-operations forces on the ground in Iran would carry out such an attack, as opposed to cyberwarriors half a world away.?

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A retired U.S. intelligence officer who still works as a contractor with the U.S. military on operations with regard to Iran told The Daily Beast that U.S. Special Forces have trained for sabotage missions inside Iran for years. ?From the first reports, this attack looks like something from our guys,? this source said. This former official also said U.S. Special Forces conducted a series of targeted attacks on Iran?s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in late 2011 as the U.S. military was exiting Iraq. That stealth offensive is widely credited with stopping Iran from attacking U.S. forces as they left Iraq.

If the United States conducted the sabotage of Iran?s power lines, it may help ease concerns from Israel?s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week a private disagreement between Netanyahu and President Obama went public when the Israeli leader chastised Western countries for failing to set red lines for Iran, beyond which there would be a military strike. While at times Israel and the United States have disagreed on Iran policy, the intelligence services of the two countries continue to cooperate on efforts to sabotage the program.

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Patrick Clawson, the director of research for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said,??Covert American operations against the Iranian program is a good way to persuade the Israelis that the United States will back up its words with deeds.? Spokesmen for the National Security Council, the CIA, and the IAEA all declined to comment on Abbasi?s disclosure.

Overall the shadow war against Iran?s nuclear program is one reason some top national-security officials in Israel have said they have more time. Meir Dagan, the chief of Israel?s?Mossad between 2002 and 2010, said in an interview aired by CBS?s?60 Minutes?in March that bombing Iran would be the ?stupidest idea? he?d ever heard. Dagan said other measures conducted by Israel and the United States, which he did not elaborate on, had done enough to delay Iran?s quest for a nuclear weapon.

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But it?s unclear whether the sabotage by Western spies is still working. Abbasi in his speech, for example, said Iran was now taking countermeasures to protect its scientists. He said Iran?s nuclear facilities have become better at spotting cyberattacks.

Whether a cutoff in the power supply is successful depends on whether the nuclear facility has a backup power supply. Robert Avagyan, a research analyst at the Institute for Science and International Security, said, ?If a cutoff of power is aimed at the centrifuges, it would be aimed at slowing down the centrifuge. Sudden changes of spinning speed can cause severe damage to the centrifuge. But this kind of attack would not be effective if there was a backup power source that prevents such a power cutoff.??

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The latest IAEA reports paints a mixed picture on the success of Iran?s nuclear program. On the one hand, Iran has yet to install the advanced centrifuges it has been developing for at least 10 years. The latest report says the centrifuges it has installed at the Fordow facility are still based on the 1970s-era model first stolen by Pakistani nuclear scientist, A.Q. Khan.

At least in his presentation to the IAEA, Abbasi said Iran?s program was resilient in the face of sabotage. He said, ?Plotters of attack against Iran?s nuclear facilities have realized, through the IAEA published reports, that they have not gained any success in this regard.?

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Apple iCloud adds iOS-style notification bar, Notes and Reminders web apps

The iCloud's web interface has been updated with a new drop-down notification bar. Alongside badge notifications, it offers up browser-based notifications across Mail, Calendar, Reminders and Find My Phone -- which still remains powered by Google Maps, for now. An earlier update also bundled Notes and reminders into the web app, both mimicking the looks of their iPad versions. Now we just need a big enough reason to keep iCloud's site constantly open.

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Xperia U available for free this week as part of Carphone Warehouse's Smart Deals

Carphone Warehouse has announced its most recent Smart Deal, featuring the Sony Xperia U (see our review). Until Thursday, September 20th, it is available for free on Talk Mobile with an upgrade or if you're a new customer for a monthly fee of £10/month. With this deal, you'll get 200 minutes of talk time, 5000 texts and 250MB of data.

In addition, if you're on Orange, 3, or T-Mobile, you can get the device on a prepay deal for £99.99, or £94.95 if you're upgrading.

The Xperia U sports a 3.5-inch, 854 x 480 display, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), a 1GHz dual-core processor and a 5MP camera. While it isn't going to set the world alight, the Xperia U is a pretty solid little device and at these prices could be a good choice for somebody shopping for an Android phone on a budget.

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Make certain that your favorite multi-person call supplier has worldwide reach. There are plenty of suppliers out there saying global calls in the market but they're not. Ensure that the provider you have selected also offer phone numbers and a long distance service in those countries that are in your market range.

This is the proper and right time for you to select a conference call provider so as to filter the calls by way of a central number.

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Determine first your present wants for conference chats document them and make projections for use in days to come. Let each department of any staff keep a record or log of the minutes spent during your conferencing calls and know the kind of call used whether audio, video, info or VoIP. Be certain to choose a plan that covers enough bandwidth or minutes to avoid paying excess charges.

Look for a provider that uses the most recent technology and one that offers personal consumer service. Of course you would like to ensure the standard of the conference calls which should really be clear and free of issues since you're just about to sign on the dotted line.

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FBI: Operation tracking Chicago teen took months

HILLSIDE, Ill. (AP) ? The investigation started months ago, when the FBI noticed an email message: A man in the Chicago suburbs was using an account to distribute chatter about violent jihad and the killing of Americans.

Two undercover agents reached out and began to talk to him online. In May, they introduced him to another agent who claimed to be a terrorist living in New York.

The operation ended Friday night, an affidavit describing it says, when the man was arrested and accused of trying to detonate what he believed was a car bomb outside of a Chicago bar. Prosecutors said an undercover agent gave Adel Daoud, a U.S. citizen from the Chicago suburb of Hillside, a phony car bomb and watched him press the trigger.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago, which announced the arrest Saturday, said the device was harmless and the public was never at risk. Daoud, 18, is due to make an appearance in federal court Monday afternoon on charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to damage and destroy a building with an explosive.

"We don't even know anything. We don't know that much. We know as little as you do," a woman who answered the phone at his home and identified herself as his sister, Hiba, said Saturday. "They're just accusations. ... We'd like to be left alone."

Daoud's father, Ahmed Daoud, declined to comment on Sunday.

"We don't know anything about it," he said when reached by phone.

The FBI often uses similar tactics in counterterrorism investigations, deploying undercover agents to engage suspects in talk of terror plots and then provide fake explosive devices.

In 2010, a Lebanese immigrant took what he thought was a bomb and dropped it into a trash bin near Chicago's Wrigley Field. In a 2009 case, agents provided a Jordanian man with a fake truck bomb that he used to try to blow up a 60-story office tower in Dallas.

This operation unfolded much like the others. After Daoud began talking to the undercover agents, an affidavit says, the third agent and Daoud met six times in the suburb of Villa Park over the summer and exchanged messages. Daoud then set about identifying 29 potential targets, including military recruiting centers, bars, malls and tourist attractions in Chicago, the document said.

After he settled on a downtown bar, he conducted surveillance on it by using Google Street View and visiting the area in person to take photographs, the affidavit said. The document does not identify the bar, but says he told the agent it was also a concert venue by a liquor store.

"It's a bar, it's a liquor store, it's a concert. All in one bundle," the document quotes him as saying. It said he noted the bar would be filled with the "evilest people ... kuffars." Kuffar is the Arabic term for non-believer.

Shortly after 7 p.m. Friday, the affidavit said, Daoud met with the undercover agent in Villa Park and they drove to downtown Chicago, where the restaurants and bars were packed. They entered a parking lot where a Jeep Cherokee containing the phony bomb was parked, the document says.

Daoud drove the vehicle and parked it in front of the bar, then walked a block away and attempted to detonate the device by pressing a triggering mechanism, the affidavit says. He was then arrested.

A neighbor, Harry Pappas, said that a dozen unmarked cars drove up to the family's house on Friday night and several agents went inside. On Saturday, no one answered the door of the family's two-story home, which had a well-kept garden in the yard and a basketball hoop in the driveway. The house faces a Lutheran church; a Greek Orthodox church also is nearby.

Pappas said he was shocked by the arrest, calling Daoud's parents "wonderful" people.

Prosecutors said Daoud was offered several chances to change his mind and walk away from the plot.

The affidavit said Daoud was active in jihadist Internet forums and was accessing articles written by Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S.-born radical cleric who became a key figure in the Yemen-based al-Qaida offshoot known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.

Al-Awlaki was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen last year.

The FBI says he also was searching online for information on making bombs and reading "Inspire," the English-language online magazine published by Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.

In his conversations with the undercover agent, Daoud explained his reasons for wanting to launch an attack, saying the United States was at war "with Islam and Muslims," the affidavit said.

According to the document, he said he was trying to recruit others and that he was confronted by leaders of his mosque who warned he should stop talking about jihad. The affidavit said Daoud's father also had been informed that Daoud was debating jihad and told Daoud to stop talking about it.

Daoud also told the agent he wanted an attack that would kill many people, the document said.

"I want something that's gonna make it in the news," he said, according to the affidavit. "I want to get to like, for me I want to get the most evil place, but I want to get a more populated place."

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Keyser reported from Chicago.

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