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31/10/2012

*LBN-R.I.P.: Lucille Martin, a former VP and special assistant to the Disney Co. board of directors who started at the company as a personal secretary to Walt Disney, died due to complications from cancer Oct. 24 in Studio City, Calif. She was 90. Martin serving as executive assistant to two Disney CEOs, Ron Miller and Michael [...]

31/10/2012

*LBN-SITE OF THE DAY: US Census Bureau:Halloween: Oct. 31, 2012 “Halloween, which dates back to Celtic rituals thousands of years ago, has long been associated with images of witches, ghosts and vampires. Over the years, Halloween customs have changed dramatically. Today, Halloween is celebrated many different ways, including wearing costumes, children trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, and going to [...]

31/10/2012

*LBN-THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.” – George Lois

31/10/2012

*LBN-HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Vanilla Ice (45) Tinkerbell Hilton (10) Willow Smith (12) Vanessa Marano (20) Justin Chatwin (30) Samaire Armstrong (32) Eddie Kaye Thomas (32) Piper Perabo (36) Linn Berggren of Ace of Base (42) Irina Pantaeva (45) Ad-Rock (46) Annabella Lwin (46) Rob Schneider (49) Dermot Mulroney (49) Larry Mullen Jr. (51) Peter Jackson (51) Brian Stokes Mitchell (55) Jane Pauley (62) Deidre Hall (65) Stephen Rea (66) David Ogden Stiers (70) Sally Kirkland (71) Ron Rifkin (73) Dan [...]

31/10/2012

*HURRICANE SANDY by Arianna Huffington: Hurricane Sandy may have been downgraded from Category 2 after it barreled through the Caribbean, but it sure didn’t feel like it. What was unmistakable, though, was how quickly and completely Sandy downgraded our election. As Sandy moved in, the election was almost literally moved off the map. But Sandy didn’t [...]

31/10/2012

Minnesota Mirror By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN I was debating whether to go to the Turkish-Syrian border this week or to visit my old high school in Minnesota. I decided to make the exotic foreign trip and go to Minnesota. I thought it might be useful to look at this election through the window of my hometown of [...]

31/10/2012

*LBN-R.I.P.: Letitia Baldrige, the imposing author, etiquette adviser and business executive who became a household name as Jacqueline Kennedy’s White House chief of staff, died on Monday in Bethesda, Md. She was 86. Her death was confirmed by Mary M. Mitchell, a longtime friend and collaborator.

31/10/2012

*LBN-R.I.P.: Few people outside of the Caribbean knew who Bob Marley was when Danny Sims heard him perform in 1968. But Mr. Sims knew Marley was something special right away. “What I heard,” he recalled years later, “was the next Bob Dylan.” Mr. Sims, a music producer, publisher and promoter, promptly signed Marley to his first international [...]

31/10/2012

*LBN-R.I.P.: Arnold Greenberg, who began his career selling pickles and herring from a New York City storefront and went on to become a founder of Snapple, the international beverage giant, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 80. A resident of Delray Beach, Fla., who also had homes in Manhattan and Southampton, N.Y., Mr. Greenberg had [...]

31/10/2012

*LBN-SEE IT: Angelina Jolie

30/10/2012

LBN-SITE OF THE DAY: FedStats “FedStats provides easy access to statistics and information produced by more than 100 U.S. Federal Government agencies”

30/10/2012

LBN-THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.” – President Calvin Coolidge

30/10/2012

*LBN-HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Ben Bailey (42) Nastia Liukin (23) Eva Marcille (28) Clémence Poésy (30) Ivanka Trump (31) Matthew Morrison (34) Nia Long (42) Mark Polish (42) Michael Polish (42) Gavin Rossdale (47) Michael Beach (49) Kevin Pollack (55) Juliet Stevenson (56) Mario Testino (58) Harry Hamlin (61) Henry Winkler (67) Grace Slick (73)

30/10/2012

LBN-R.I.P.: Alan Kirschenbaum, 51, a television producer and comedy writer who worked on such shows as “Raising Hope,” “My Name is Earl” and “Yes, Dear,” which he co-created, was found dead Friday at his Burbank home. Early reports indicate he may have committed su***de, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. [...]

30/10/2012

‘Cooling Out’ the Voters By: Thomas Sowell Confidence men know that their victim — “the mark” as he has been called — is eventually going to realize that he has been cheated. But it makes a big difference whether he realizes it immediately, and goes to the police, or realizes it after the confidence man is [...]

30/10/2012

The Upside of Opportunism By DAVID BROOKS Let’s try to imagine what the world would look like if President Obama is re-elected. Washington over the next four years would probably look much as it has over the last two: Obama running the White House, Republicans controlling the House and Democrats managing the Senate. We’d have had a [...]

30/10/2012

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29/10/2012

*LBN-SITE OF THE DAY: NewsLink: Major Metro U.S. Newspapers “Updated links to all newspapers (U.S.) from NewsLink Associates.”

29/10/2012

*LBN-HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Richard Dreyfuss (65) Amanda Beard (31) Ben Foster (32) Brendan Fehr (35) Tracee Ellis Ross (40) Gabrielle Union (40) Winona Ryder (41) Rufus Sewell (45) Joely Fisher (45) Yasmin Le Bon (48) Randy “Not The American Idol One” Jackson (51) Finola Hughes (53) Dan Castellaneta (55) Kate Jackson (64) Melba Moore (67)

29/10/2012

Movies Try to Escape Cultural Irrelevance By MICHAEL CIEPLY On Feb. 24 Hollywood will turn out for the Oscars. But it’s starting to feel as if it might be “The Last Picture Show.” Next year’s Academy Awards ceremony — the 85th since 1929 — will be landing in a pool of angst about movies and what appears to be [...]

29/10/2012

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28/10/2012

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28/10/2012

LBN-HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Julia Roberts (45) Devon Murray (24) Frank Ocean (25) Justin Guarini (34) Joaquin Phoenix (38) Dayanara Torres (38) Trista Rehn (40) Brad Paisley (40) Ben Harper (43) Andy Richter (46) Jami Gertz (47) Lauren Holly (49) Daphne Zuniga (50) Stephen Morris (55) Bill Gates (57) Annie Potts (60) Ronnie and Donnie Galyon (61) Bruce Jenner (63) Telma Hopkins (64) Dennis Franz (68) Jane Alexander (73)

28/10/2012

WANT A REAL REASON TO BE OUTRAGED?: By Nicholas D. Kristof The silliness began when Todd Akin claimed during his Senate campaign in Missouri that in the case of “legitimate r**e,” women “shut that whole thing down” to prevent pregnancy. Then, a few days ago, Richard Mourdock of Indiana seemed to blame God for such [...]

28/10/2012

BARACK OBAMA FOR RE-ELECTION: The economy is slowly recovering from the 2008 meltdown, and the country could suffer another recession if the wrong policies take hold. The United States is embroiled in unstable regions that could easily explode into full-blown disaster. An ideological assault from the right has started to undermine the [...]

28/10/2012

WHY I AM PRO-LIFE: By Thomas L. Friedman Hard-line conservatives have gone to new extremes lately in opposing abortion. Last week, Richard Mourdock, the Tea Party-backed Republican Senate candidate in Indiana, declared during a debate that he was against abortion even in the event of r**e because after much thought he [...]

28/10/2012

LBN-SITE OF THE DAY: Vote411.org: Election Information You Need “Build your ballot with our online voters’ guide! Type in your address to see the races on your ballot. Candidates’ positions can be compared side-by-side, and you may print out a “ballot” indicating your preferences as a reminder and take it with you [...]

28/10/2012

LBN-THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.” – George Sand

28/10/2012

Connect Posts 2012-10-28

Connect Posts 2012-10-28

Sunday • October 28, 2012 GALLUP: OBAMA’S JOB APPROVAL DROPS 7 POINTS IN 3 DAYS: In the most precipitous decline it has seen in more than a year, President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has dropped 7 points in three days, according to Gallup. In the three-day period ending on Oct. 23, [...]

27/10/2012

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27/10/2012

LBN-HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Ruby Dee (88) Patrick Fugit (30) Andrea Riseborough (31) Vanessa Mae (34) Matt Drudge (46) Marla Maples (49) Simon Le Bon (54) Veronica Hart (56) Robert Picardo (59) Roberto Benigni (60) Jayne Kennedy (61) Fran Lebowitz (62) Ivan Reitman (66) Lee Greenwood (70) John Cleese (73) Kelly Osbourne (28) Nanette Fabray (92)

27/10/2012

TALK ABOUT A WAY WITH WORDS: By Gail Collins R**e is a big issue this election season. Not what we were expecting, but, these days, American voters are prepared to deal with pretty much anything. This week, all eyes turned to a United States Senate debate in Indiana — also something we were [...]

27/10/2012

THE COMPANY ROMNEY KEEPS: By Charles M. Blow The saying goes: A man is known by the company he keeps. If that is true, what does the company Mitt Romney keeps say about him? This week Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama again, as he did in 2008. That apparently set John Sununu, a co-chairman of the Romney [...]

27/10/2012

Connect Posts 2012-10-27

Connect Posts 2012-10-27

Saturday • October 27, 2012 FIGHTING RAGES ON IN SYRIA: Most Syrians didn’t believe President Bashar al-Assad would honor a United Nations–backed four day ceasefire—and they were right. Opposition activists in Syria’s major cities reported a return of heavy government bombardment Saturday, two days after a supposed truce for the Muslim [...]