May 17, 2007 -
On my bike commute, I usually see at least one or two other cyclists on my route. Today, Bike to Work Day 2007, I didn't see one :(.
Oh well.
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Nov 23, 2009 -
Just like everyone else, we’re obsessed with all things Twilight. So imagine our delight when we get to jet over to Vancouver, Canada, to watch the sequel being shot for ourselves! Here are all the behind-the-scenes secrets from the New Moon set (plus a few topless shots of the guys – well, we couldn’t resist)
1 During filming, Kristen was very serious about watching her scenes being played back.
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Sep 16, 2009 -
Jennie Garth likes to be lazy. She describes herself as a "homebody" who lucked into her 20-year acting career, calling it a "right place, right time" kind of thing. And when she reads a profile of a fellow celebrity mom, she feels largely inadequate: "I think, This lady has all of this time to do amazing stuff.
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Aug 24, 2009 -
Nate Archibald, the prep-school poster boy of all things physically right about American youth today, has a terrible father but a family legacy that keeps him afloat in Gossip Girl limos and designer cardigans. Last we saw Nate, he was headed to Columbia University, but not before he and Blair broke up at the prom and he headed off to Europe on a backpacking trip with his former flame Vanessa. Nate Archibald’s real-life counterpart, on the other hand, has an extremely supportive father—and mother for that matter, who during this interview was helping her son move from the apartment he shared with Gossip Girl co-star Ed Westwick to his own two-bedroom in Manhattan’s Financial District—but the 24-year-old actor had no Hollywood legacy to help him coast into the loafers of one of teenage fandom’s dreamiest heartthrobs.
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May 20, 2009 -
NPR All Things Considered, May 19, 2009
· On a bustling sidewalk in the Dominican neighborhood of New York City's Washington Heights, Carmen Calderon reaches over a folding table to wave a pamphlet at a sandwich delivery man, shouting in Spanish, "You know your rights as a worker?" The man smiles and keeps biking.
But in the course of an afternoon Calderon manages to lure others and deliver her message, part of a new effort by New York State's Labor Department to combat wage theft among this city's enormous immigrant workforce.
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May 16, 2009 -
Utah GOP governor is Obama's pick as China envoy
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writer Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama reached across the political divide Saturday and named Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a potential GOP White House contender in 2012 and top John McCain supporter, to the sensitive diplomatic post of U.S. ambassador to China.
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Mar 16, 2009 -
On New Year's day this year, I had a snowboarding 'incident.,' which included a trip to the E.R. and wearing a splint for a couple of weeks. During that time I took my exercising very easy.
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May 08, 2008 -
Found this on Science Alert:
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/features/20071608-16209.html
Working green: 50 tips to reduce your office's waste
Thursday, 16 August 2007
By Jessica Hupp
From daily smog to the rising threat of global warming, it’s pretty obvious that we all need to clean up our act a little. Much has been said about how to go about doing this at home, but what about in the workplace? Copiers, computers, even old floppy disks, can make a huge impact on the environment.
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Dec 10, 2008 -
The actor on fame, life with six kids and how playing an old man made him grow up
Brad pitt is having technical difficulties.
"I normally need my kids to do this," he mutters, as he attempts to connect my iPod into his stereo. "They're so beyond me in technology, it's hard to keep up.
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Jan 07, 2009 -
*************PUBLIC POST************* (probably sure to bring out the haters)
I read this in my Sunday paper and I thought it was a very nice homage to an exiting President (instead of the last minute vitriol that we have been seeing, seriously, why is that neccessary? The guy is out, you honestly have to get one last sucker punch in? I've never been more stunned by how hateful people can be than during the last 8 years, but I digress...)
Here is the link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_go_pr_wh/distinctly_bush_analysis
Some highlights:
- In sessions with policy experts, Bush tends to ask questions that get right to the nub of a sticky issue.
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