Watch Law and Order: Criminal Intent S9E13: The Mobster Will See You Now The latest installment of Law & Order: CI is the TV show’s 13th episode of the 9th season that aired last
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Image credit:mi2g.com If one side of the deepwater drilling debate denies any serious risk of expanded deepwater drilling – an example of this denial would be the court injunction, just now successfully obtained, overturning the Federal exploratory drilling moratorium in the deepwater Gulf – it is fair and appropriate to state the ultimate potential danger of expanded drilling. From Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance, via Mi2g.com , a work-in-progress worst-case risk description concludes with this paragraph: “The danger of loss of buoyancy and cascading tsunamis in the Gulf of Mexico — caused by the release of t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Real Worst-Case Scenario For Gulf Of Mexico: Double Exploding Methane Trigggered Tsunamis
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PSFK, who should know better, titles its post ” Ritz-Carlton Goes Green With Plant-Based Bottles ” and points to a USA Today article which touts them as green bottles and says “Concerned about the waste, the luxury hotel chain is switching to a bottle made 100% from plants that can decompose in 30 days in a commercial composting facility, or can be reprocessed and remade 100% into new bottles.” This is… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sorry, Ritz-Carlton, Plant Based Bottles For Water Are Not Green
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It didn’t take Velma, Shaggy or Scooby to uncover this mystery. In a June 21 study published in the medical journal Pediatrics, researchers from Yale University “discovered” that food products with characters on them affect children’s taste preferences, which may explain why food companies have been advertising with cartoons since at least the 1960’s . CNN.com and USA Today used the study to promote advertising restrictions and victimize consumers: “Characters from TV and movies have appeared on food products for years, but until now little research has been done to examine how they influence children’s food choices,” Sarah Klein wrote on CNN.com. Additionally, Klein chose to present the data from the study that best reflected her cause: “Fifty percent of children say that food from a package decorated with a cartoon celebrity such as Shrek tastes better than the same exact food from a plain package, according to a new study.” While 50 percent is significant, this means that 50 percent of the children in the study either did not notice a taste difference or found the other package to taste better. Not to be outdone, USA Today quoted media favorite Margo Wootan of the liberal Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), who claimed that parents and children are “outgunned” by the food companies: “Parents are outgunned by the food industry, which has market research, cartoon characters and slick ads,” Wootan said. “We don’t have Shrek, SpongeBob and the Disney princesses to get our kids to eat the foods that we want them to eat.'” While children may be attracted to products with character labels, the media are attracted to CSPI’s Big Government approach to food, whether it’s cereal or school lunches . At the very least, CNN and USA Today are consistent with the media trend of failing to hold parents accountable, and even if they do mention parents, they’re usually portrayed as victims of the corporations.
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Zoinks! CNN, USA Today Shocked Kids Prefer Cartoon-Endorsed Products
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“ 8: The Mormon Proposition ,” is a documentary detailing the large role the Mormon Church played in passing California’s Proposition 8 in 2008.That ballot initiative added an amendment to the state constitution defining marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. While the media has naturally been praising the documentary, the movie is so biased that even some reviewers couldn’t avoid pointing out how one-sided it is. Directed by Reed Cowan, the film first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. “8: The Mormon Proposition” is narrated by Lance Dustin, who was the screenwriter for “ Milk ,” the movie about California’s first openly gay elected official. The trailer features protestors, people upset about the passage of Proposition 8, and paints the Mormon Church negatively for influencing the outcome of Proposition 8. Cowan has not attempted to hide his bias in the documentary. He stated, “The separation of church and state in the USA is a sacred value. It’s what keeps us from being a theocracy. We are a democracy and should forever stay that way. ‘8: The Mormon Proposition’ is a crucial piece of documentary film making because it puts on record what I believe to be the greatest encroachment into matters of state by a church in American history.” Mormon Church spokesperson Kim Farah told the Washington Post in January that although she has not seen the film, “judging from the trailer and background material online, it appears that accuracy and truth are rare commodities in this film. Although we have given many interviews on this topic, we had no desire to participate in something so obviously biased.” Farah is not the only one who has noticed the film’s obvious bias. In a June 18 article, The Boston Globe’s Mark Feeney labeled the film as “numbingly partisan.” He explained that while over 30 people were interviewed in the documentary, only two are against same-sex marriage and he called one of them “a bombs-away bozo.” But Feeney made sure readers knew he was no apostate from the gay agenda, explaining, “It’s so one-sided you hardly care after a while that the side it’s on is so clearly the right one.” The Chicago Tribune also noticed how one-sided the documentary was. Author Michael Phillips stated the film, “emanates empathy for gay and lesbians who are also Mormons, or were, or are related to them, and whose relationship has been thwarted by the preachments and political influence of the Latter-Day Saints.” Some reviewers didn’t feel the need to mention the film’s propagandist bent. In a June 18 New York Times’ review, author Stephen Holden praised the documentary as being “highly emotional.” He detailed how the, “movie shows the depth of religion-based loathing of homosexuality, like that of abortion, to be primal. In the meantime the struggle to repeal Proposition 8 is under way.” Strange, but Holden wasn’t so receptive to another film’s depiction of “religion-based loathing” when he panned “The Stoning of Soraya M.” But then, that movie was critical of Islam, not a dangerous creed like Mormonism. The Los Angeles Times’ review labeled the documentary as being a “straightforward presentation” and “outstanding.” The movie review continued to state how, “The words of the church’s leaders and its activists could scarcely be more homophobic.”
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A stirring second-half fightback kept USA’s hopes of progressing into the last 16 alive after the most thrilling match of the World Cup so far — but they will feel that they should have had all three points after a late winner was ruled out. Slovenia, the smallest country in this tournament, were two goals up at the break thanks to Valter Birsa and Zlatan Ljubijankic — and seemingly set fair to become the first team to automatically qualify for the last 16. But USA coach, Bob Bradley, shook things up at half-time and his side responded by dominating the second half and deservedly pulled level after goals from Landon Donovan and Michael Bradley. And it looked like they had grabbed the winner when Maurice Edu smashed home Donovan’s free-kick four minutes from time — only for the referee Koman Coulibaly to rule it out, apparently for offside. Slovenia made the better start and nearly went ahead in the ninth minute, when Milivoje Novakovic got the jump on Jay DeMerit only to fresh-air Birsa’s cross. A goal was not long in coming, however, as Birsa drifted in from the right, turned and — spotting Tim Howard off his line – curled a left-footed 25-yard shot high into the net. Moments later Samir Handanovic made a flying dive to clear Donovan’s swirling free-kick, but Slovenia were on top and Howard, who received a painkilling injection before the game, did well to collect a long free-kick from Robert Koren with lurking opponents around. For the first half-hour USA could not get into the game. Too many long passes drifted over the head of Jozy Altidore or, in the case of Oguchi Onyewu, to the opposition. Finally, though, the USA team got the ball on the ground and began to play. Handanovic did well to push away José Torres’s free-kick, while Miso Brecko had to be alert with Donovan lurking on the far post after fine interplay between Robbie Findley and Clint Dempsey. However, the USA’s dreams of reaching the knockout stage seemed to be in grave danger of being shot down when Two-nil when Ljubijankic coolly slotted home. It was clear the USA had to change things and the coach, Bob Bradley, did so at half-time, bringing Torres and Findley off, and Edu and Benny Feilhaber on. Immediately Donovan seized on a mistake, ran into the box and shot from close range. Handanovic seemed to flinch as the bullet went past his head and high into the back of the net. Suddenly the large US support was revitalised and the chants of “USA! USA!” were heard above out the tuneless lament of the vuvuzelas. The chances continued to come. Onyewu missed a free-kick by inches; Altidore breezed past Marko Suler only to hesitate on the edge of the box, allowing the Slovenian defender to recover before, a few minutes later, hitting a slapshot straight at Handanovic. The pressure was building and Slovenia resorted to increasingly desperate measures to break up USA’s rhythm. First Suler was booked for barging over Altidore outside the penalty box. Then, three minutes later, Andraz Kirm joined him in the book after a trip on Steve Cherundolo. And Bojan Jokic also saw yellow after going through Donovan. World Cup 2010 Group C Slovenia USA World Cup 2010 Sean Ingle guardian.co.uk
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Hammer F5, click refresh or use our auto-refresher for the latest updates and send your comments to paul.doyle@guardian.co.uk 7 min: No quality on display from either side so far. “If every game in a group ended, let’s say, 1-1, leaving the entire group tied on points and GD, then by what method would Fifa decide who went through to the knockout stages?” asks Will Hayward. “Most reducers?” Lots would be drawn. 5 min: Bold burst by Bradley through the middle. He then slips the ball wide to Findley, who wins a corner taht Donovan wastes. “As a jealous Croatian neighbor I am praying for the Slovenians to lose in order to avoid eruptions of exuberance such as these ,” gnashes Zlatko Ceraj-Ceric. “Come to think of it, this may be a conversation stopper, just the opposite of what was called for.” 3 min: No sooner does play resume after that little ruckus than Ljubjankic concedes a freekick for a careless tackle in the American half. It’s a tetchy opening and no mistake. 1 min: It’s kicked off in more ways than one! After 15 seconds Ljubjankic goes down after copping an elbow from Dempsey. The outraged Slovenians converge on the ref, who, it seems, is not going to punish the American who, if I recall correctly, left John Terry with a broken cheekbone following a similar sort of clash a couple of season ago. Debate: “Now that Germany and Spain have a very good chance of finishing their groups in second place, what do the other teams do?” wonders Gadi Abraham. “Do Brazil and England try to lose points in the last game? Do the Netherlands? How can they go about doing it without the whole world going up in arms?” National anthems: Why do they stick a microphone in front of the players during this formality? It’s really not fair. Both sets of players are appalling singers and there’s no reason why they shouldn’t be. Do we ask Beyonce or Ingelbert Humperdink to do keepie-uppies before a concert, do we? 2:54pm: “Watch for Jose Torres in this match,” tips Matt Lucas. “His game is very similar to Xavi Hernandez and he really should have started against England.” I find that hard to believe but am open to being converrted. Bring it on, Jose. Preamble: For reasons that you wil not care about but may well be very grateful for, there is no time for a lengthy intro today. So let me just give you my prediction – USA 1-0 Slovenia – and a plea for one or more of you to suggest a motion for us to debate alongside the match commentary. Thanks. Teams: Slovenia: Samir Handanovic; Miso Brecko, Marko Suler, Bostjan Cesar, Bojan Jokic, Valter Birsa, Robert Koren, Aleksandar Radosavljevic, Andraz Kirm, Zlatan Ljubijankic, Milivoje Novakovic United States: Tim Howard; Steve Cherundolo, Jay DeMerit, Oguchi Onyewu, Carlos Bocanegra; Landon Donovan, Michael Bradley, Jose Torres, Clint Dempsey; Jozy Altidore, Robbie Findley. Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali) Stats that may or may not be relevant: • This will be the first ever meeting between Slovenia and USA • USA have kept only one clean sheet in 20 World Cup matches • Slovenia have won seven of their last eight matches • Eight of USA’s 10 goals in the last three World Cups have come in the first half • Landon Donovan was involved in six of USA’s 12 shots against England World Cup 2010 Group C World Cup 2010 Slovenia USA Paul Doyle guardian.co.uk
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World Cup 2010: Slovenia v USA – live!
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Filed under: FIFA World Cup , Slovenia , United States FanHouse has a USA vs.Slovenia live blog for a World Cup 2010 Group C match in Johannesburg, South Africa on Friday. The Americans tied England 1-1 in its World Cup opener, and Slovenia defeated Algeria 1-0. More Live Blogs Friday: Germany vs. Serbia | England vs. Algeria More FanHouse UK: Injuries to Watch | Where Are They Now? | Full Coverage
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With France now needing a miracle against South Africa, their captain admitted they took a big punch from Mexico and never saw it coming Thierry Henry walked out of the Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane without saying a word to anyone after watching the 2-0 defeat to Mexico as a non-playing substitute. Manchester United’s Patrice Evra, as France captain, did have something to say, but he gave the distinct impression a whole lot more would be said when this sorry World Cup campaign is finally over. Barring a miracle, and Evra specifically said he is not expecting one, that will be in only four days’ time. “I’m still in shock after such a loss, we have behaved like a small football nation,” Evra said. “We have received a big punch and I couldn’t see it coming. The first goal was very painful but I thought we would be able to react, but we were not able to. We will talk about it during the following days. There is a lot to say but I’m not going to say it in public yet. I am disgusted. We have to beat South Africa now, but as for the qualification, I don’t believe in miracles. We are not a great team.” France always seem to be at one end or the other of the World Cup spectrum, with little in between. After winning the event in their own country in 1998 they were a major disappointment in South Korea-Japan 2002, leaving the tournament early, then somewhat against expectation they reached the final in Germany four years ago, where they could conceivably have beaten Italy but for Zinedine Zidane’s aberration against Marco Materazzi. Reaching the final in 2006 silenced some of Raymond Domenech’s many doubters, effectively giving the France coach a stay of execution until the next tournament, though after the manner in which Les Bleus surrendered against Mexico and the likelihood of another early departure, it appears he has little room left for argument. After leaving Henry on the bench for the whole 90 minutes, witnessing another supine display from Nicolas Anelka and wholly ineffective ones from Franck Ribery and Florent Malouda, Domenech has some questions to answer. So, for that matter, has Evra, whose part in the decisive penalty that clinched Mexico’s win was not the one of a captain willing to fight for every inch. Evra more or less waved Pablo Barrera past on his way to the penalty area, where he was clumsily fouled by Eric Abidal, the whole episode suggesting a tired and demotivated team. For that, Domenech will ultimately have to answer. “For the moment I’m searching for words,” the coach said, wearing his habitual puzzled expression. That makes a change from searching the stars – he freely admits astrology has informed some of his decisions in the past – and a disappointed nation will be hoping the dictionary might contain more sense. “We still have a match to play and there is an infinitesimally small chance we can go through. I do reproach myself, yes. But that’s my own business. Perhaps we didn’t have quite the punch we needed but there was definitely a team playing, not just a collection of individuals. Initially we were fairly calm.” France World Cup 2010 Group A Mexico Thierry Henry Paul Wilson guardian.co.uk
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• Holland and Japan forced to train in nearby township • Surface at stadium needs protection after heavy rain Holland and Japan had their traditional eve-of-match training sessions moved from the Moses Mabhida stadium on Friday because of concerns about the playing surface. The teams, who meet in their second Group E game on Saturday, were forced to train at the Princess Magogo Stadium in Kwamashu Township rather than at the new 62,000-seat area in the centre of Durban. “We had a heavy rainstorm last night and we’re just taking care of the pitch,” the Durban venue manager, Bongi Hlope, told Reuters. “We have three excellent training pitches around the city and so we’re using them to preserve the surface at the stadium. This will probably be the case for the remaining first-round games and then we’ll probably revert to the original plan from the round of 16.” The Moses Mabhida stadium will also host the Nigeria v South Korea and Brazil v Portugal group games, one round of 16 tie and a semi-final. The arena has hosted two matches so far, Germany’s 4-0 demolition of Australia and Switzerland’s 1-0 upset of pre-tournament favourites Spain. World Cup 2010 World Cup 2010 Group E Holland Japan guardian.co.uk
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