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Media Overdose on Iraqi Abuse Scandal?; Martha Stewart Shocker; A Look At Madonna Reinvention Tour
Aired May 21, 2004 - 20:00 ET
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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): The slow drip of photos and now video of prisoner abuse. Is the media overdose fanning political warfare?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I would like to hear it from you all before we see it in the paper.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Iraqi people, I think, deserve to see how we handle this.
ZAHN: The government says watch out for suicide bombers. But who and where? Tonight, nebulous warnings, real fears.
And a shocking development in the Martha Stewart case. Could it be the recipe for a new trial?
ZAHN: Good evening. Welcome to the end of the week. Thank so much for joining us tonight.
Well, today, Americans recoiled again at new images of U.S. soldiers beating and humiliating Iraqi prisoners. The pictures appeared first in "The Washington Post" on a day when the U.S. released more than 450 inmates from Abu Ghraib prison, when Spain pulled the last of its troops from Iraq, and when the White House said President Bush will make a prime-time address on Monday to outline the process of handing over power to the Iraqis and to warn Americans of difficult days ahead.
This time, the latest images include video, adding a new sense of reality to what really happened at Abu Ghraib.
ZAHN (voice-over): They were plastered on America's television screens, printed front and center in our newspapers, yet another rude awakening, new pictures of the same abuse at the same prison, the now notorious Abu Ghraib. And now we can see the abuse in full motion, as it happened, slapping one man, dragging another, and arranging a third as if for a pyramid, like we saw in previous images.
The still pictures, too, brought new horrors, a dog apparently terrifying this jumpsuit-clad prisoner, a soldier, his arm cocked, ready to strike a detainee, a naked man shackled at the ankles, smeared with a brown substance, a hooded man in a so-called stress position, shackled to the wall, a soldier appearing to kneel on a pile of prisoners, and a hooded handcuffed man who seems to have collapsed.
With today's new images, we are still left to wonder when, if ever, we will see the whole picture.
ZAHN: Joining us now is senior Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre.
Good evening, Jamie. What do we know about the source of these photos?
JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN MILITARY AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: Well, we don't know much.
We know that these are the same photographs that have been viewed by members of Congress, provided by the Pentagon. We know they have been under very close hold at the Pentagon, hopeful that they would not get out. But they were obtained by "The Washington Post." The most likely source for this kind of thing is from some of the defense attorneys who have access to the material as part of the discovery process.
But it's impossible to say with any certainty who leaked them and what their motivation was.
ZAHN: And do we know tonight, Jamie, if these are some of the same photos that the lawmakers had seen several weeks ago?
MCINTYRE: Yes, they are some of them, some of the same videos as well. What we don't know is whether "The Post" has essentially everything that's left out there or whether there's still more to be leaked.
ZAHN: And, obviously, the Pentagon is concerned about how many more days the story will have legs. Is there any consideration to making all of these photos public, so they don't drip out a day at a time?
MCINTYRE: Boy, that's the hot topic of debate here at the Pentagon. Many Pentagon officials, I can tell you, are firmly convinced that they, the U.S. government, ought to release everything all at once and get it out there and get it over with. The Pentagon, however, has been holding back on that course of action, relying on the advice of Pentagon attorneys who insist that an official release of the images would in itself constitute a breach of the Geneva Conventions against humiliating prisoners.
But I can tell you that there are many people here who think it's a public relations disaster to continue to allow these images to show up piecemeal over a long period of time.
ZAHN: And, finally, today another challenge for the Pentagon when we learned that the Army is opening some investigations into deaths of detainees, not only in Afghanistan, but in Iraq as well. What can you tell us about that?
MCINTYRE: Well, there are lots of questions about the deaths of prisoners, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, at the hands of U.S. troops and what the status is today.
The Army updated us on that and told us essentially that there are 33 separate investigations. Now, some of these have been closed. Some have been ruled natural causes. But in several cases, they've been ruled homicides. And there are eight open cases that are potential murders, where the deaths could have been caused by the abuse.
One case -- and they released some of the death reports today. One of them here, for instance, is an Iraqi general who died in custody. The cause of death ruled as asphyxia due to smothering and chest compression. Doesn't sound like an innocuous death, but that case is still under investigation.
ZAHN: Yes, it certainly doesn't.
Jamie McIntyre, thanks so much for the update.
Now, our military analyst, retired Major General Don Shepperd, has spoken with high-ranking military officials to get their reactions to the ongoing prison abuse scandal. He joins us tonight from Tucson, Arizona.
Always good to see you, General.
I want to start off where -- basically where Jamie left off and now the public record that some 33 criminal investigations are going on into the deaths of these detainees. Is that a number that one should expect during these kinds of military operations?
RETIRED MAJOR GEN. DONALD SHEPPERD, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: I don't know how to set a number that you would expect, Paula. But 33 really doesn't surprise me because of the size of the operations going on, the number of detainees in Afghanistan, Iraq and probably Guantanamo, too.
Some of these, according to the initial reports, you say have been homicides, being investigated as homicides, some natural deaths, some escapees, some suicides as well. So it doesn't surprise me, the number, 33. But, again, I don't know how you set a right number for something like this.
ZAHN: Let's come back to the story of more pictures being released of alleged abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. There is a feeling among folks who have released these photos that you can actually learn something new potentially about the chain of command having been involved here. Do you believe that's where this takes us?
SHEPPERD: Yes, you're going to go up the chain of command in some fashion. Clearly we see about 300 photos and we see a lot of those same faces, and we see a lot of tier block 1-A in Abu Ghraib prison.
But the chain of command is responsible for what the soldiers underneath them do and what they don't do. Now, how high up this goes is hard to say. The investigations going on will tell us a lot more, because the investigations so far have been the Taguba report on the military police, the Fay report due out on the military intelligence, and other investigations. We'll see how far this goes.
The key questions are, what did you know about what your troops were doing? What did you do about it? Did you ignore any warnings out there? That will be the key questions for the chain of command, Paula.
ZAHN: What's your sense tonight of how far up this may go?
SHEPPERD: I don't think it's going to go real high. Bad things go on all the time. And you can't replace the top commanders every time something goes on, because you would be replacing them daily in big operations, particularly in combat. I don't think it's going to go real high.
But it's clearly going to go further than those that have already been leveled. Now, even those that have been admonished or reprimanded, if investigations find that criminal charges should be lodged, they can face courts-martial even after they received reprimands, and maybe even career-ending punishment.
ZAHN: I'm really surprised to hear what you just said, when you said you might be replacing generals daily for various infractions? What kind of infractions are you talking about?
SHEPPERD: What I'm saying is, in a large organization, bad things go on every day. And you can't just replace somebody every time something goes wrong, a bad accident, this type of thing. You have to go down the chain of command.
We're experienced at investigating these things and determining how high people should be held responsible. But you don't just replace the top generals, the secretary of defense, the president, every time something goes wrong. It's impractical.
ZAHN: All right, but you've heard people out there calling for Secretary Rumsfeld to resign. And they believe that he actually gave troops tacit approval through his generals.
SHEPPERD: Yes, well, all of this is in an election year, so I put some of that aside. On the other hand, there has been a confusing, confusing array of instructions about what rules apply in Guantanamo, what apply in Iraq, what apply in Afghanistan, whether or not the Geneva Conventions apply.
All of that needs to be straightened out after investigations. On the other hand, you've got to get right back to the basics. No amount of instruction on the wall is going to keep prisoners that are -- I mean, going to keep the people that are going to treat detainees like this from happening. These people knew what they were doing was wrong. They knew it was illegal. Everybody knew it was illegal without any piece of paper, any piece of paper, any instruction anywhere.
This is criminal conduct. And the people doing it knew it.
ZAHN: General Shepperd, thanks for joining us. I know those pictures just make you sick to look at. You've told us that before. Appreciate your time.
Would the prisoner abuse scandal be as big without those increasingly graphic images in the news? They have filled the front pages, dominated the tubes, spread around the world on the Internet. We're going to debate whether the media has gone too far.
Also, could a surprise development derail Martha Stewart's upcoming sentencing? We'll ask legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
And she has certainly shocked us before. Now Madonna is getting to launch a new tour and some of the rumors are simply outrageous.
ZAHN: In the coming days, the new prisoner abuse images you see tonight will surely are printed or broadcast again and again, especially in the 24-hour competitive news environment.
The images may be shocking. They may be disturbing, but do they deserve all the media attention they're now getting?
ZAHN (voice-over): Is this really news? Is this? "The Washington Post" says these newly released photographs and video go beyond the photos previously released. But do they go beyond what we already know? We have heard detail after detail about the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. Those earlier pictures gave us our first glimpse. The hearings...
SEN. JOHN WARNER (R), VIRGINIA: In simple words, your own soldiers' language, how did this happen?
ZAHN: ... gave us more. So we knew these pictures were out there.
DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: There are other photos that depict incidents of physical violence towards prisoners.
ZAHN: And we knew pretty much what they conveyed, that many images were worse than what we've seen before.
SEN. BILL FRIST (R-TN), MAJORITY LEADER: What we all know, and I think what we left the observation period with is, a sick feeling, appalling in what we saw.
ZAHN: But do we really need to see more? Practically every photo that leaks out has been published around the world in newspapers and magazines, over the Internet and on television.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With the publication of still more photos of prisoner abuse...
ZAHN: That has infuriated some here in the U.S.
REP. DUNCAN HUNTER (R), CALIFORNIA: I would call on the media that has now given more attention to these seven people and what they did than to the invasion of Normandy, is that we are at this point disturbing our military operation in theater.
ZAHN: And overseas, especially in the Muslim world. "The Washington Post" says even these new images still don't answer the question who's responsible. So why were they on the front page or the lead story in many broadcasts, including this one, if they don't convey new information? Should the media continue to display these pictures? Or is it simply overkill?
ZAHN: Well, that question has certainly stirred up some very strong opinions.
I discussed the media coverage of the prisoner abuse scandal with two journalists who do not see eye to eye on it, "The New Republic"'s editor, Peter Beinart, who believes these images tell more of the story and should be shown, while "Wall Street Journal" columnist John Fund has had enough of them if they're not put into context.
ZAHN: So, Peter, you say it's important for all information on Abu Ghraib to become public? But do these pictures really add anything new to our understanding of the story and what went wrong?
PETER BEINART, EDITOR, "THE NEW REPUBLIC": What they do is they keep the pressure on. And I think that's what's important. This scandal has always been different from other scandals because of the pictures. The pictures make it much more gripping.
And the pictures are what will keep the pressure on from Congress and the public to try to figure out the really important story here, which was, was Abu Ghraib part of a systematic policy of torture and abuse which came from the highest ranking officials of this administration. We still don't know the answer to that. The pictures will help us find out.
ZAHN: That's exactly, John Fund, what the manager of "The Washington Post" is saying, in printing these, that you're actually revealing new information about whether this was just the group -- the work of six or seven errant soldiers or whether the chain of command was involved.
JOHN FUND, COLUMNIST, "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL": I'm not going to argue with that. But I'm going to say that in contemporary crisis journalism, we're in the middle of a war with 130,000 American troops at risk, the media should put things in a broader context, because I don't think the media wants to be blamed with losing this war, fairly or unfairly, if we do the same thing that we did in Vietnam, which is misreport some things or not give full information.
ZAHN: What are we misreporting in the prison abuse scandal?
FUND: Well, let me give you some context.
We now know that a large majority of these pictures were taken on one day after a bunch of Americans died, November 8. That puts it in context. That means it may not have gone on over a long period of time, that most of it was isolated to one angry day.
ZAHN: All right, but you're not saying that their actions are justified, are they?
FUND: No, of course not. But I'm talking about context.
Secondly, another bit of context. We have a situation in which, while, of course, it's inexcusable for this to happen, guess how many calls the U.S. military command has gotten about who these prisoners were? Of course there are a lot of innocent people. They were outside the gates. In those cell blocks, we had people who were blowing up Americans. We had terrorists. We had Saddam Hussein's butchers. That is context. It doesn't excuse the behavior, but it's information the American people are not being given properly.
FUND: We show all of these pictures. We don't show Nick Berg being beheaded.
FUND: Why being selective?
BEINART: If I can just get in, that is completely misleading context. We also know that there have been homicides in Afghanistan at Bagram Air Force Base. There have been accusations that CIA used water torture against...
FUND: And those should be reported, too.
BEINART: No, no. So the context does not only suggest this was an isolated incident, and it certainly doesn't suggest we know all these guys are guilty, since we've had estimates that as much as 70 or 90 percent of them were innocent civilians. (CROSSTALK)
BEINART: When you ask the media to suggest context, you can't just introduce context which suggests that that's it's a Small incident, when we don't know it is.
FUND: None of those people in the cell blocks -- those were really bad guys. What happened to them was inexcusable, but they're really bad guys.
FUND: In Vietnam, after Tet, we now know that Tet was not reported in full context. It was a Vietnamese military defeat. But it destroyed American morale both at home and in Vietnam. And the Vietnamese said that was critical to their winning the war.
ZAHN: Hang on one second.
John, come back to the core issue, though. Are you saying it's just because it isn't put in context or too many of these pictures have been shared with the public?
ZAHN: And there's a lack of proportion to the coverage?
BEINART: And we should also have been shown the Nick Berg video. Why selective? We need more information, not less.
ZAHN: You think the American public should have been seen him beheaded?
BEINART: Yes. I agree with John. I agree with him. We should have shown that, too. We should show it all.
But the idea that the media here is only focusing on an issue is just ridiculous. The media is day after day after day writing about the other disasters in this policy in Iraq that are going on with our handover on -- the idea that the media is overly focused on this is just silly.
ZAHN: What's the bottom line here tonight, gentlemen, tonight?
John, you don't object to the reporting on these stories. Just give it context. You don't even care so much about the volume of the Abu Ghraib prison stories told?
FUND: Whatever pictures are given to the media, they're going to show. Let's have them and let's have the context. When did they happen? How pervasive was this? How many people were involved? And who were these bad guys? Was there some pretext for people to be treated this way, even though it was unfortunate and completely unacceptable?
ZAHN: A lot of things we don't know the answers to, right, Peter?
BEINART: No, we don't.
And that's why we need to keep the pressure on. I think these photos will do that. There are many, important questions that have been unanswered. This is not, unlike as some conservatives have said, a small story that now should have passed. We don't know the important answers yet.
FUND: No, it's a big story. But let's find out first how bad these guys were and what motivation our people had to mistreat them.
ZAHN: Peter, you get the last word tonight.
BEINART: Let's find out whether this was part of a policy that came from the top. The photos will help us do that.
ZAHN: John Fund, Peter Beinart, thank you for both of your perspectives.
ZAHN: Good thing we separate those two guys physically.
Straight ahead, the other big development in Iraq that is causing major fallout in Iraq, new information about that raid on Ahmad Chalabi, the once trusted Pentagon adviser who promoted war with Iraq. We're going to tell you what the U.S. government says he was really up to.
And suicide bombings like this have not happened in the United States. But now there is an FBI warning aimed at preventing them.
That's coming up.
ZAHN: Welcome back.
We turn now to another as aspect of the Iraq story, the meteoric rise and fall of Ahmad Chalabi, who used to be considered one of America's best friends in the new Iraq. U.S. intelligence officials confirm that Chalabi is now suspected of giving intelligence secrets to Iran that are so closely held in the U.S. that only a handful of senior officials know that.
ZAHN (voice-over): He was the talk of Washington today, Ahmad Chalabi, seen here behind the first lady at the president's State of the Union address this past January.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There are even allegations that he may have been an Iranian agent all the time.
ZAHN: A stunning fall from grace. Once held up by some administration officials as a key to a free Iraq, now, in the wake of yesterday's raid of his home and office, senior U.S. officials say that Mr. Chalabi passed sensitive U.S. secrets to Iran about U.S. operations in Iraq, information that, according to one official, could get Americans killed.
PATRICK BASHAM, CATO INSTITUTE: He has crossed swords with the American government on a variety of issues, including relations with Iran. And it has just got to the breaking point.
ZAHN: Chalabi's ties to Iran date back to the day of the shah. But he has grown closer to Tehran in recent weeks, as it became clear few Iraqis supported him.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): When America treats its friends this way, then they are in big trouble.
ZAHN: And now that the Americans have distanced themselves from Chalabi, he may need the Iranians more than ever. Chalabi, a secular Shiite, is also aligning himself with the popular Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Ahmad Chalabi, down and out with his old buddies in Washington, now working hard to make new friends closer to home.
ZAHN: And joining us now from Washington, national security correspondent David Ensor, who has some new details tonight on what secrets the U.S. believes Chalabi handed over to Iraq.
Always good to see you, David. Welcome.
First off, David, as I understand it, you can confirm tonight that the FBI is actually conducting an investigation to figure out who it is who leaked this information to Mr. Chalabi. What do we know?
DAVID ENSOR, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: That's correct.
And this is routine in these affairs. This is sort of a little bit like Joe Wilson's wife, you remember, the CIA officer who was outed. There will now be an FBI investigation. And there is only a handful of people who know these secrets, according to the U.S. officials I've spoken to. So the net will not have to be cast all that wide. There's just so many people who could have told Ahmad Chalabi what he is alleged to have told Iranian intelligence.
Now, one other thing I should mention that we've learned this evening, not only is he alleged to have passed over secrets that were only known by a handful of people, he's alleged also to have met with a senior Iranian intelligence official who U.S. officials tell me has been involved over the years in what these officials call nefarious activities aimed against the United States. So this is a very bad man, they are saying, that Chalabi met with and they're saying that Chalabi has never admitted to having that meeting. But they're convinced it took place.
ZAHN: So why did officials not arrest Mr. Chalabi? I don't understand. If just a handful of people had access to this information, and he never should have been exposed to it, once they confirmed he had this information, why didn't they arrest him?
ENSOR: I really don't know the answer to that question, to be quite frank with you. They certainly are going after him, in the sense that all the funding that over the years he's received was cut off a few days ago, the last of it, by the Pentagon. His offices have now been searched by Iraqi police. And that was authorized by Mr. Bremer, Paul Bremer, the head of the council -- the coalition protection -- the coalition that's in Iraq.
So certainly his fall from grace is leading to all kinds of problems for him in Washington and with the United States. But I do not know why he's not been arrested.
ZAHN: And, David, are there any new details about what specific kind of information he was privy to?
ENSOR: You know, this is the mystery, because I've talked to some of his supporters in and out of the administration, who say that he simply didn't have access to the kind of classified information that these reports are talking about. So they say that they're mystified by the suggestion that he could have passed on very important secrets to Iran, because they say he never had access to them.
It's a mystery, but that's what's going to have to be looked into now.
ZAHN: And is there any consensus on what this means about any increased vulnerability of our troops in Iraq?
ENSOR: Well, it's not a good thing. It's yet another development that's of some concern.
At the same time, officials at the CIA and the State Department, who have long had a low opinion of Ahmad Chalabi are, one would almost say, pleased tonight to see that the rest of the government, the president on down, have now decided that he is not America's best friend in Iraq and they need to start treating him with a lot less kindness -- Paula.
ZAHN: Yes, especially after the developments of the last 24 hours.
David Ensor, thanks so much. Appreciate it.
Now, recent events in Iraq may actually be increasing the threat of terrorist attacks. More on that coming up.
But, first, will Martha Stewart get a new trial after all? What an unexpected perjury charge against a witness could actually mean for her future.
Well, the material girl is going back on the road, but some say her new concert tour could raise some eyebrows, surprise, surprise. We'll have a preview.
And we're going to show you why the elephant and the donkey are beginning more important than the zodiac for singles. Wait until you see what happens when politics makes the dating scene.
ZAHN: The government today filed perjury charges against one of the key prosecution witnesses in the Martha Stewart case. Her attorneys immediately called it grounds for a new trial. But this may be the legal equivalent of taking a souffle out of the oven too early.
Here is some background for you tonight. Larry Stewart, who is not related to Martha Stewart, testified as an expert in ink analysis. Yes, that's right. His testimony knocked down a defense claim that Martha Stewart's broker was instructed to sell her shares of Imclone stock when the price fell to $60 a share. Well, Larry Stewart testified the ink used to make the notation "at 60" was different from the other ink on the page. The perjury charges deal with Larry Stewart's claims about taking part in the lab tests on the ink.
Well, prosecutors think Martha Stewart sold the stock on the basis of an insider tip, and the written instructions were added later as a cover-up. She was convicted of lying to investigators and is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
Well, prosecutors say today's developments won't make any difference at all. Stewart's attorneys disagree. Quote, "The arrest of one of the government's key witnesses for perjury clearly demonstrates that the trial of Martha Stewart was fatally flawed and unfair."
Well, earlier, I talked all of this over with CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin and Charles Gasparino of "Newsweek" magazine.
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Gentlemen, welcome. Great to see both of you. So Jeffrey, how likely is it that Martha Stewart will get a retrial out of it?
JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: She's going to get a real serious look at this issue. This is a not trivial matter. This is a very important development. This was an important government witness -- perhaps not the most important government witness, but a serious witness. And for the government to say he has made a material false statement in his testimony, that's a big deal, much bigger than anything that's happened since the verdict.
ZAHN: Charles, do you believe this man's testimony made a material difference in the judgment of jurors?
CHARLES GASPARINO, "NEWSWEEK": I don't know about the jurors, but I'll you, everybody in the courtroom that I know, Jeffrey included, we didn't think it amounted to a hill of beans. I mean, he was one of the guys that we almost laughed at, at this trial.
GASPARINO: You know -- well, I mean, he's an ink expert. I mean, you sit around, you talk about 8,000 types of inks, 6,000 types of pens. And basically, what he said was thrown out of court. The one charge that he would have really made an impact on, which was Bacanovic's charge about putting the $60 stop loss writing on the piece of paper, was thrown out. So in my view, this is immaterial.
TOOBIN: And that's what the government's going to argue. What the government's going to argue is this testimony related only to the conduct that Bacanovic was acquitted of, so it's irrelevant that he lied. But that evidence also was relevant to the conspiracy charge that both of the defendants were both convicted of. And there is the overall problem of the government putting on perjured testimony, which the defense is really going to make a lot out of it.
ZAHN: Walk us through, then, what Larry Stewart, the ink guy, is accused of doing. Specifically.
GASPARINO: Well, he basically lied about knowing about a proposal on a book. I mean, it sounds very trivial. And then he lied about being part of some examination. Both of the things...
TOOBIN: The second one is more important. You know, he testified repeatedly that he examined the document, that he put the potions on, he did -- when, in fact, according to the government today, he didn't examine the document.
TOOBIN: Well, you know, I mean...
ZAHN: And why would he do that?
TOOBIN: Well, why would he...
TOOBIN: Why would he do it is a complete mystery because it didn't really matter. He could have said, I discussed it with the person who did the examination, and that would have been perfectly appropriate under the rules of evidence for expert witnesses. But he, according to the government, lied. And he was cross-examined on this very point: Did you do the tests yourself, or did you just examine what someone else did? And he said he did it himself.
GASPARINO: He did come across as an egomaniac!
TOOBIN: He did. And I think that's the answer...
TOOBIN: ... to why he -- why he did it, if he did it.
GASPARINO: ... and that is the why. But the reality is, nothing he said mattered. I mean, I just can't imagine anybody sitting in that room walked out and said, Oh, Jesus, did you hear what Larry Stewart said? This is going to, like, knock down the case.
TOOBIN: Well, but I mean...
ZAHN: Does that explain why it took a couple months for someone to rat him out after this trial was...
ZAHN: ... more bizarre?
TOOBIN: It -- it's hard...
ZAHN: You had to wait for his testimony, right?
TOOBIN: You had to wait for his testimony. And then people in the Secret Service came forward and said, Look, this wasn't true. But it's not that trivial. I don't think his testimony was as trivial as all that because that document...
GASPARINO: You didn't see so many people sleeping.
TOOBIN: No, there were a lot of people sleeping, perhaps including myself.
ZAHN: Different issue!
TOOBIN: But you know, this -- the idea that they doctored -- that Peter Bacanovic doctored this document, that he added the words "at 60" later, that came up frequently during the trial.
GASPARINO: Although the jury -- I remember some of the jurors being interviewed. They were saying, Listen, he could have had two pens. I mean, they basically didn't give that much credence -- listen, they thought that -- I think a lot of jurors thought he did doctor the -- you know, doctored the document. But they thought there was more than a reasonable chance that he had two pens. So I just don't see how this really plays into the other -- the other aspects of the case. I mean, you have to realize, they had Marianna Pasternak (ph). They had Doug Faneuil. I mean, those are the witnesses that really had an impact. This guy -- I'm telling you, if they -- if those jurors really paid attention to this guy, it was probably -- they were probably laughing at him.
ZAHN: So what does the judge have to weigh?
TOOBIN: The standard is, did the false now -- accused false testimony materially affect the result of the trial? That's hard to do after the fact. And you have to -- there's a human element here, too. Judge Cedarbaum (ph) is going to be furious that a federal agent sat right in her courtroom, right next to her...
ZAHN: And lied.
TOOBIN: ... and lied.
TOOBIN: That's a big factor. She's going to be angry. She also doesn't want to retry this case. That's clear. So she's going to be pulled in two directions. It's a tough...
ZAHN: ... Martha Stewart stock price really rose on this news today.
GASPARINO: I'd be shorting the stock, and a short sale's when you make money when the stock goes down, because I really don't think this is going to have a material impact on the company. Listen, if she's retried, OK, she's still not going to be head of the company.
ZAHN: And you're telling Martha tonight...
GASPARINO: Right, if...
ZAHN: ... to what, not to break out the magnum of champagne but maybe a little sparkling wine?
TOOBIN: Not yet, but I think the June 17 sentencing date will not take place. There'll be hearings before there's any sentence in this case.
GASPARINO: The stock will go up another $10 then.
TOOBIN: Could be.
ZAHN: We'll see. Charles and Jeffrey, thank you both.
And coming up next: It's shaping up to be the summer of heightened security. The FBI puts out a warning about suspicious people in public places. We're going to look at why and what it is all about. And then on Monday, President Bush makes the first in a series of speeches to lay out his strategy for the handover in Iraq. We will be bringing you the president's address live.
ZAHN: The prison abuse scandal has the FBI more concerned about suicide bombers strikers inside the United States. And while there is no hard intelligence about plans for suicide attacks, the agency has sent a warning to police departments across the country. Now, that warning tells them to watch out for people wearing bulky jackets on warm days, people smelling of chemicals, and even people with tightly clenched fists. Also included in the warning, people disguised as police using stolen uniforms and people disguised as pregnant women.
Joining us now is former FBI investigator William Daly. He is senior vice president of Control Risks Group. Good to see you
WILLIAM DALY, FORMER FBI INVESTIGATOR: Good to see you, Paula.
ZAHN: What do you make of this warning? How concerned should we be?
DALY: Well, first of all, let's put it in context, is that the FBI sends out bulletins and warnings to law enforcement agencies, you know, on a periodic basis. I mean, there are literally scores of these bulletins that are sent out on a variety of subjects. This one today, or yesterday, actually dealt with the issue of suicide bombers, really, not predicated on any current intelligence, not background chatter, no substantiated, you know, claims, but saying, Be aware. Be warned. We've seen them happen elsewhere in the world. We're entering into a time now when we're getting near conventions, elections. Something may happen in this country.
ZAHN: But is it a responsible thing to issue this alert when there is no hard intelligence suggesting that there is a plot in the works?
DALY: Well, let's again, you know, going back, putting it in context. It really is meant for law enforcement. It's an advisory. It's part of...
ZAHN: You say that, Bill, but every time, these alerts end up being leaked to the public. You know that.
DALY: Well, they're -- they would be called lightly classified. There's really no classification. And the FBI will assume that some of this may go out into the public sector, but it's not meant as a public warning. It's meant as a warning, an education to law enforcement. In fact, there's an agency, a group within the FBI, to coordinate law enforcement information and education on these topics. And this is what the free flow is.
In fact, yesterday, Director Mueller had, in fact, testified to say one of the key things in fighting -- one of the four things in fighting terrorism is a continuous flow of information. So as much as we may pick it up and kind of run with it and talk about it and say, you know, Is it wise, I think it is because it's telling local law enforcement to say, Listen, you know, it's not all-clear sign. We have indications that things are happening elsewhere in the world. We've had Madrid. We've had bombings in North Africa. We've had major plots in Jordan. It's not to say that it couldn't happen here.
ZAHN: But with this free flow of information, aren't you running the risk of alienating -- not only alienating, scaring the heck out of Americans?
DALY: Well, you know, Paula, I -- you know, in this day and age, you know, what is -- what is scaring everyone? If people are a little bit more sensitized, a little bit more aware of their surroundings, particular in big cities, particular, you know, around these times, I think it's that a helpful thing. It's not a scare thing. I think many of us have been -- already gone through that whole, you know, kind of metamorphosis of being, you know, scared and concerned. And now it's, like, we just want to stop it. We don't want something to happen.
It's not to say that, you know, people on the street are going to see someone who's a suicide bomber and be able to stop them themselves. We hope it happens long before they even get into strapping something on and parading down the street or walking into a train station or driving a vehicle. But nonetheless, it's, I think, something -- forewarned is forearmed. And I think the criticism has been of the FBI and other agencies that they didn't share information. We're sharing now. I don't think there's a reason to be concerned.
ZAHN: And what is it the FBI would like to get out of American citizens? If we're not going to be out there cracking open these investigations, certainly, they welcome the couple hundred million extra eyes and ears.
DALY: Eyes and ears, sensitivity. I mean, even would-be terrorists knowing that more and more people are looking, that even they've outlined in this bulletin perhaps some -- some guises, some ruses that might be used by terrorists, that may throw a -- you know, something into their works. It may disrupt their current plans and may give them a little bit more time, give the intelligence agencies and the FBI more time to perhaps come across these people.
So I think, you know, in this case, the more the better. This is not, you know, highly confidential information. This is not something that we need to be concerned there was a leak. This was something meant for law enforcement. It's made it out to the public sector. But so be it.
ZAHN: There was one comment that Condoleezza Rice made several months ago that I think scared a lot of people, when she said there is a distinct possibility that there will be some kind of terrorist attack potentially on U.S. soil in advance of the election. What is your concern, as we move into these high-profile events, celebrations surrounding July 4, and then, of course, the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions?
DALY: Well, I think, you know, what you just said kind of, you know, indicates why. We have some major events here in this country. We have, you know, planning for a presidential election. We saw what happened in Madrid. We saw what happened just a few days before the election, and actually turned, you know, a person who had a lead in that race, and had -- and he lost it. And people are saying it was because of a reaction by the citizens, as a result of a terrorist act.
So we just don't know what's in the minds of these evildoers, people out there planning things. And it would be a time for them to -- you know, to one-up, to take the stage, you know, to cause some disruption and dismay and perhaps, you know, try to throw some type of monkeywrench into our political system. So I think what we're talking about her is that the time is right. We can't predict the day or the hour, but certainly, you know, if the season is right, if the temperature's right, this seems to be around the time we need to really be concerned.
ZAHN: Are you confident, given some of the changes that have made in this country, that we are any safer than we were a couple years ago?
DALY: Oh, I am. And if you read through what the FBI and the CIA are now doing and some of the joint operations, the sharing of information, do we have a way to go? Yes. But we're much further than we were. I think we're much more smarter as a people, if not by, you know, these agencies, to be -- you know, be warning people to be aware, to be out there, more eyes and ears, and not think that they can do it electronically. Then you could get in, you know, infiltrate groups, disrupt operations. And I think we're much better than we were two, three years ago.
ZAHN: Bill Daly, thank you for all your information. Some night, we might have you come by and talk about something a little more cheerful.
DALY: That would be nice.
ZAHN: A guy being a former FBI always has to talk about the serious stuff. Have a good weekend. Thanks.
DALY: Good to see you.
ZAHN: Well, it is Friday night, of course, and a lot of singles are ready to play the dating game. We're going to show you why the search for a soulmate has become very political. And Madonna's about to reinvent herself again. She's getting ready to launch a road tour that may offend as many people as it entertains. We'll tell you why.
ZAHN: Ah, Madonna, getting set to tour again. She may not exactly be a material girl anymore, but she can still justify her relevance. Entertainment correspondent Sibila Vargas previews the appropriately named Reinvention tour.
SIBILA VARGAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Even her songs get reinvented at rehearsals of her Reinvention tour. When it comes to reshaping her image, Madonna has been doing it for decades. Since she first came on the scene two decades ago, she's made shock value her hallmark. That helped her sell 200 million records worldwide and chart more top 40 singles than any other female artist.
In contrast to her music, she's had mixed success in movies. Her most recent film, "Swept Away," directed by husband Guy Richie, was a flop. And the woman who once wrote a book called "Sex" is now the author of children's books.
MADONNA: I'm having a really good time sharing the things that I've learned in life through children's stories.
VARGAS: This mother of two still finds plenty of ways to shock audiences. Who could forget her lip-lock with Britney Spears at last year's MTV Music Awards? Now, at age 45, Madonna's going back on the road for the first time in three years. Industry observers say her Reinvention tour will be more thought-provoking than racy.
JOE LEVY, DEPUTY EDITOR, "ROLLING STONE"*: When Madonna goes on tour, it is always visually spectacular. It's also always, to one degree or another, sexual. What I expect out of this tour is that it will be more intellectual and a little less sexual.
VARGAS: Rehearsals seemed pretty tame, with Madonna singing fan favorite "Get Into the Groove" complete with Scottish kilts and bagpipes.
ZAHN: Entertainment correspondent Sibila Vargas joins us now from the Great Western Forum (ph) in Inglewood, California, where Madonna's tour kicks off next Monday. So Sibila, people can say whatever they want to say about her music, about her dancing, but you've got to give her one thing, she is an amazing businesswoman. How much is this tour going to gross her?
VARGAS: Well, just to give you an idea, back in 2001, she was -- she made something like $54 million. And that was half the dates that she's going to have in this tour. So you can imagine it's probably going to be double that amount.
ZAHN: Now, in addition to that, she's also cut a deal with CBS, and I'm told that might be the most profitable concert ever for a performer. Is that true?
VARGAS: Absolutely. The report right now is that CBS is reportedly going to pay her $11 million. That's a lot of money, probably more than they've ever paid. Actually, it's reportedly more than they've ever paid for a rock broadcast. That's even more money than they paid Michael Jackson a few years ago.
ZAHN: Go, Madonna, go! And finally, where is she going to be performing across the country?
VARGAS: Well, she's going to be performing here, of course, in Los Angeles, in Inglewood, California. She's also going to be in Las Vegas. She's also going to have a tour date in Atlanta, New York, just to name a few places. And she's also going to be performing abroad, in London and also in Paris. But there's a lot more dates coming. And you know, they're announcing them even as we speak, Paula.
ZAHN: And Boy, are you having to compete with the traffic there this evening, Sibila. Nice job. We could hear you.
VARGAS: I sure am!
ZAHN: You cut above those trucks. Have a good weekend. Thanks so much.
Coming up next: Is it possible to find love across political party lines? Some couples have managed to bridge the gap. But is match-making based on politics the best way to meet that someone special?
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JAMES CARVILLE, CO-HOST, "CROSSFIRE": I kind of liked the old way, you know, where you just sort of bump into somebody at a bar or a supermarket or get fixed up and then see if the sparks fly or not.
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ZAHN: James Carville, our own, Mary Matalin, the odd political couple.
Finally, tonight, ever since the 2000 election, it's been clear that we live in a fractured country. The U.S. is split down the middle between Republicans and Democrats. And now, as Bruce Burkhardt found out, that divide is seeping into the dating world.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So tell me about yourself.
BRUCE BURKHARDT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Couples getting to know each other fast.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, ready?
BURKHARDT: It's called speed or hurry dating, conversing with one person for three minutes, then...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: On to the next (UNINTELLIGIBLE) in alphabetical order!
BURKHARDT: ... moving on to the next person, a way for singles to find their ideal mate. And nowadays, if you use the old line, "What's your sign," the answer might well be a Bush sign or a Kerry sign.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm a Republican, so I feel as if Republicans and Democrats are a complete opposite. BURKHARDT: Earlier, on line, all these people filled out their profiles. Do you drink? Do you smoke? Your favorite movie? And are your politics on the right or the left?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't believe in the "opposites attract" rule. I mean, that's often said, and I just don't believe it.
BURKHARDT: A number of on-line dating services have sprung up recently catering to political match-making -- Republicansingles.com, Democratsingles.com and Loveandwar.com. Isn't dating complicated enough without adding politics to the mix?
(on camera): This idea of identifying ourselves and a future mate through our political beliefs is maybe a sign of something larger going on.
BILL SCHNEIDER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: But you know what researchers have found? That today -- over the last 30 years, at least -- people have sorted themselves out by party. America is more segregated today than it's been in decades, not by race, by party.
BURKHARDT (voice-over): And yet sometimes opposites do attract -- not only attract, but endure. Witness James Carville and Mary Matalin.
JAMES CARVILLE, CO-HOST, "CROSSFIRE": The whole idea that somehow or another I think that you can run a computer program and put everything through it, find out who's compatible -- I kind of liked the old way, you know, where you just sort of bump into somebody at a bar or the supermarket or get fixed up and then see if sparks fly or not.
BURKHARDT: And even if you can't read a book by its cover, you can at least find out if it's a Republican or Democrat book. And sleeping with the enemy, it seems, is now the exception, not the rule.
Bruce Burkhardt, CNN, Atlanta.
ZAHN: Aw! That wraps it up for all of us here this evening. Thanks so much for being with us tonight as we wrap up the week here. Coming up on Monday, a primetime speech from President Bush on the future of Iraq. We will bring you it live starting at 8:00 PM. Have a great weekend. "LARRY KING LIVE" is next.
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Your Guide for When Should Kids Start Taking Vitamins?
The childhood period is a phase of continued physical growth and cognitive, social and emotional development. Which makes the importance of certain vitamins and nutrients essential to a child experiencing normal growth and cognitive development.
However, kids will not be as concerned about their nutritional needs as their parents and making sure they have a well rounded diet with healthy foods. When kids eat candies, sugary chocolates and soft drinks it can affect how you child's body absorbs nutrients. Which is why so many parents turn to vitamin or mineral supplements to ensure their kids get the proper nutrition and all of their nutrient needs.
It is recommended to introduce a child vitamins after consulting with your child's doctor or child's pediatrician. You should start by focusing the dietary guidelines for whole grains, lean proteins, and other basic food groups into the daily routine of your child.
Persuading your kid for a healthy diet can be an uphill task. Many kids are picky eaters and it can be challenging to make sure they get all their nutrient needs from healthy foods all the time. Keeping this in mind, many companies have specifically formulated child vitamins for getting these vital nutrients in your child's diet.
Before getting into if a daily multivitamin might be right for you to give your child, let's find out what vitamins are and why they are essential for your kids. Next, we will provide you with a complete guide about when kids should start taking vitamins!
What are Vitamins?
Vitamins are organic compounds containing carbon and are found in naturally in your food. These are the micro-molecules that we get from our diet and are absorbed in the body to perform the major functions like blood production, growth and brain development. The deficiency of any particular vitamin may increase the risk of health issues, as our bodies require them to function properly.
Classifications of Vitamins:
Vitamins have two classes explained below :
Vitamins A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, and Vitamin K, are fat-soluble vitamins. They are absorbed through a balanced diet with fats and oil and stored in the body tissues and the liver. This kind of vitamin requires protein carriers too. They usually stay longer in the body meaning a deficiency only occurs when stores of vitamins are depleted. A few doses from a daily vitamin can help prevent deficiency.
These essential nutrients can be found in vegetarian or vegan diet in foods like as carrots, pumpkins, spinach, broccoli or kale and other leafy vegetables. They can also be found in animal foods like beef, liver, eggs and fatty fish along with milk, shrimp, sweet potatoes, nuts and other fortified foods.
- Water Soluble
B Vitamins and Vitamin C are water-soluble vitamins. Their absorption is simple and they go through your bloodstream and get excreted with urine.
There are chances of deficiency because they are excreted regularly and a regular supple of these is needed to maintain the proper levels. Deficiencies in these can cause many serious ailments like scurvy, spina bifida and impaired growth pattern in children.
Healthy children need to get adequate amounts of these vitamins daily. They are mainly found in Citrus fruits, potatoes, broccoli, bell peppers, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes, brussels sprouts, poultry, fish, milk, orange juice, and cheese.
Now, let’s move towards the essential vitamins needed to give your child for the proper growth of your little munchkin!
Essential Vitamins That Healthy Kids Need For Proper Growth
As your child grows, their body will rely on the vitamins and nutrients they receive to develop correctly. These vitamins are critical to your child's health:
It supports the eyesight of children, average body growth and development, and tissue repair. In developing nations, the deficiency of Vitamin A in kids is the leading cause of night blindness.
The prolonged deficiency of Vitamin A can cause exophthalmia. Even a child mildly deficient in Vitamin A can have higher chances of respiratory diseases and a higher mortality rate from infectious diseases.
It'smore than one vitamin; the list includes B1, B2, B6, folic acid, and B12. They support the metabolism of healthy kids and helps develop red blood cells, which help carry oxygen through the blood to the body.
Vitamin B12 is essential for brain functions. Its deficiency can cause a weak memory and mind. It can also lead to neurological issues like feeling tingling in your hands and feet and facing problems balancing yourself.
It's essential for a healthy immune system and helps kids grow strong muscles. Vitamin C deficiency can cause Scurvy, bruising and bleeding of gums, joint and muscle pain.
Vitamin D helps build the body and strong teeth and bones. The deficiency of Vitamin D in children can cause Rickets, weak muscles, pains and fractures and delayed motor development. The best sources of Vitamin D are fish oil, salmon, tuna fish, nuts, and some dairy products. Vitamin D can help the body absorb calcium more easily too.
While you could give your child vitamins that contain a Vitamin D supplement, we always recommend eating a well balanced diet and getting the nutrient you need from food rather than supplements.
Calcium helps in developing strong bones and teeth. Its deficiency can cause bone growth disorder. For the healthier lives, we need to make sure the food our kids are consuming has all the essential nutrients and minerals.
The deficiency of even one vitamin could affect our kids' lives, both physically and mentally. You can refer to the dietary reference intakes to determine the right levels. Taking a calcium supplement could potentially cause more harm then good. While calcium is an important mineral not everyone will need supplements which is why you should check with your child's doctor to be certain the proper recommended dosage.
What Are Multivitamins?
Multivitamins are dietary supplements of specific vitamins and nutritional elements usually found in foods and natural sources. They provide you with the vitamins and minerals that you can't get from a regular diet.
The primary role of multivitamin supplement is to compensate for nutritional gaps. Chronic medical conditions, restrictive diet, or general poor nutrition can also cause these deficiencies. However, supplements can help ensure most healthy children get the required amount of their daily dose of under-consumed nutrients.
These include Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin K. You can also find a mineral supplement that may include calcium, magnesium, choline and potassium.
Vitamin Supplements Guidelines
You go to the pharmacy store, pick up a few supplements for your kid and pat yourself on the back and think that the mission is accomplished. But when you go through the ingredient labels on the bottle, you get confused.
We know that things like RDAs, DVs and RDIs can cause confusion on what is the proper daily dose needed. Worry not! We will help you understand the supplementary guidelines.
These parameters help you to understand how many vitamins your kid should take:
Recommended Dietary Intake (RDI)
The daily intake level of particular nutrients to be sufficient to fulfil the requirements of 97%-98% of healthy individuals. They are regulated by the food and drug administration.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) & Adequate Intake (AI)
The amount of minerals and vitamins your kid requires to take to keep healthy and fit.
Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)
There are certain nutrients if your kid takes above the UL, they will have problems. The UL tells you the maximum amount of nutrients you can take without the risk of overdosing.
We know foods are the best source of getting those essential multivitamin supplements. But some children can have a medical condition where they are intolerant to particular foods. They face difficulty in digesting foods their body is intolerant to.
Your kids sometimes do not get enough vitamins from food because of these food intolerances, so it’s important to understand the. The symptoms of food intolerance are not shown all at once. Sometimes it take years to detect the difference between a food allergy and food intolerance. These intolerances can be of different kinds, but the major ones are:
- Lactose Intolerance
Your kid's body needs digestive enzymes to break down food. If your kid lacks needed enzymes, they might not be able to digest certain foods. Lactose is a form of sugar found in milk.
People with this kind of intolerance can not have lactase the enzyme that breaks the lactose sugar into smaller molecules when you drink milk. That the body quickly absorbs this through the intestine.
If the lactose doesn't break down into molecules, it remains in the digestive system and causes spasms, bloating diarrhea, and gastric issues.
- Gluten Intolerance
It's a form of protein found in some cereals like wheat, barley and rye. A person with this intolerance can experience pain, bloating, or nausea after eating gluten-rich food. You can replace the gluten-based foods with the gluten-free products.
- Salicylate Intolerance
This compound can be found in plant-based foods, including vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices. A person with this kind of food intolerance can have hives, rashes, stomach aches, diarrhea and fatigue.
- Fructose Intolerance
It can occur due to the sugar present in fruits, vegetables, and honey. Not consuming fruits and vegetables will certainly make it difficult to get all the nutrients your kids need. Fruits, whole grain food, vegetables, and dairy products are the most significant source of vitamins and minerals for kids.
In such situations, you child may need vitamin supplements to ensure they get all the vitamins and minerals they need for healthy growth and development.
When Should Kids Start Taking Vitamins?
According to doctors, children of any age can be given multivitamins as long as they are designed specifically for that child's age group. Sometimes doctors even recommend giving multivitamins to younger babies.
Consider waiting until your child reaches the age at least 2 before you start giving them multivitamins unless your doctor suggests otherwise.
Some kids do not get certain vitamins because of restricted or lack of a well balanced diet. That's when the doctors prescribe multivitamins or even a liquid supplement to kids for things like an iron deficiency. Diseases like Celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and cystic fibrosis do not let your kid absorb fat-soluble vitamins.
The vitamins and minerals in a balanced, healthy diet might not be enough. Which is when multivitamins can help your child.
Which Multivitamins are Best for Your Kids?
The multibillion-dollar Multivitamin industry markets its products so smartly that choosing the right product becomes a confusing task.
Always consider the quality, safety records, ingredients dosage and testing protocols before choosing the multivitamins for kids.
Some companies' children's vitamins are coated with sugar, but some brands like First Day rely on fruits rather than creating sugar bombs disguised as vitamins.
Why You Should Choose First Day Multivitamins for Your Kid?
They worked with scientific advisors and formulated their multivitamins with the expertise of renowned doctors like Dr. Ed Giovannucci, MD, MPH, ScD Harvard University and Dr. Lei Chen, MD, MHS Yale University. Their kids multivitamins were developed after combining 35,000 studies. They only have 2g of sugar per serving and their natural flavors are extracted from fruits.
Other multivitamins are made with artificial colors and flavors. These are in the form of tough hard pills or chewable vitamins with multiple binders in them that make them difficult to digest.
The First Day Kids Multivitamin gummies are designed that even the pickiest eaters would enjoy eating them.
We strive to provide a better life for our kids. Yet, why do we compromise their health by giving them multivitamins that can endanger their lives in the long run?
Knowing exactly what your child's body requires can be difficult with all of the marketing tactics in play. For those ages 2+ we recommend making the choice incorporating a gluten-free, vegan, and gelatin free multivitamin like First Day.
Dr. Zainab Naeem, DDNS
Zainab Naeem, Doctor of Nutrition and Dietetics has attained the degree of DDNS and is a nutritionist/ dietitian by profession and a writer by choice. She has attained the degree as a Nutritionist from The University of Lahore and has worked as a community nutritionist intern at Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore and Clinical Nutritionist from Mayo Hospital, Lahore Pakistan. She is also pursuing her degree in Associate degree in Psychology from Virtual University of Pakistan. She has been working as a nutrition and medical blog writer from past 4 years and many of her articles are published on various platforms. Zainab believes that a healthy body needs a healthy mind and her writings revolve around the concept of good nutrition along with working on the mental health too.
She is Co-Author at https://writingstake.com/ and https://sehatnutrition.org/. She is also a co-author in two anthologies and love to pen down her emotions on paper in the form of her writings. As a digital publisher, she has wrote numerous articles and wellness blogs for various clients as a freelance writer. And is currently working as a freelance nutritionist. You can get in contact with the nutritionist through platform https://sehatnutrition.org/ where she is serving as a Head of Hosting and Content writing or can reach her out on IG: xayni_de_artista.

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Photo from 'Cruel Confinement' report released this morning by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.
Alabama's inmate health care provider is getting sued by the family of a 19-year-old New York inmate who died in his solitary cell at Riker's Island after he suffered a tear in his aorta, DNAinfo.com reports.
Andy Henriquez, who entered Riker's Island three years ago on a murder charge, had suffered chest pain for days in April 2013 that left him short of breath, according to the news report. A doctor visited him and prescribed him hand cream, the report states. Henriquez was found dead on the floor of his cell hours later.
New York City has contracted Corizon to provide health care for its inmates for more than a decade, previously under the name Prison Health Services, according to the report. Corizon currently has a contract with New York City that pays $280 million for medical care and a $128 million for administrative support.
Previously, AL.com reported the Occupation Safety and Health administration slammed Corizon with a big fine for failing to protect its employees at Rikers.
Corizon current has a $224 million contract to provide health care for Alabama's 25,000 inmates. It is paying a powerful lobbying firm to defend against a lawsuit the Southern Poverty Law Center filed against the Alabama Department of Corrections that alleges inadequate health care was provided to inmates.
Businesses that employed the husband of the Alabama prison system's top health care official were hired by Corizon and the firm's predecessor firm to X-ray inmates.

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No, “Gorey, Wagner and Belshevis” is not the name of a law firm in league with Beelzebub, but perhaps it should be. Those three names are but a few of a distinguished list of horror authors whose works are included in Dark Forces– a superb anthology of literary horror fiction.
But, more importantly, it is my first and only encounter (until last year) of the great Edward Gorey. Edward Gorey, a strange and rather eccentric artist and author specialised in beautifully illustrated tales of the macabre.
He contributed one such story called The Stupid Joke to the Dark Forces anthology. To this day I find it hard to believe that infant death could be tackled in such a sinister, funny and, at the same time, moving manner. Although the tale stayed lodged in my psyche over the years, my busy schedule of teen-hood and because Gorey doesn’t seem to be as well known in the UK, meant that I never read any of his other work.
Last year though, as I was preparing to leave Canada, I found another of his short works, The Insect God, in the children’s section of Vancouver public library. It took me all of five minutes to whiz through it and discover the final fate of the unfortunate Millicent Frastly. Amazing, dark, horrifying and more gothic than a nest of Helena Bonham-Carter’s hair.
So I googled him and, of course, he was already dead. How typical of Gorey. I fully intend to continue my quest for Goreyana as soon as I make it to a decent bookshop.
The other names in the title of this post?
Isaac Bashevis Singer’s tale The Enemy is something to behold. It is the story of a man’s unaccountable persecution during a long journey by sea. But what raises it above the mundane is the elegant writing of the author. It is creepy and unpleasant without any of the traditional schlock associated with supernatural fiction. I only hope I can emulate this writer’s elegant style one day.
Karl Edward Wagner is yet another sadly deceased (though long before his allotted time) writer of the fantastic. I discovered his work a few year’s before Dark Forces in the shape of the blistering fantasy Dark Crusade, featuring the anti-Conan Kane. His contribution to Dark Forces was a perfect creature feature and a wonderful example of concise, visceral fiction. His books will almost certainly be the subject of another post. Even my mother enjoys his grisly stories!
By the way, you’ll be happy to hear that Isaac Bashevis Singer reached the age of 89 before popping his clogs. He also won a Nobel prize.

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Clinical pathway development needs to better take into account the patient perspective of cancer care, according to Alan Balch, PhD, in a presentation at the Clinical Pathways Congress.
The National Quality Forum has partnered with PatientsLikeMe to evaluate a novel approach of using online patient-reported data to guide the development and refinement of patient-reported outcome performance measures.
Clinical pathway implementation and adaptation requires proper leadership and appreciation of the nuances of organizations and patient populations, according to Aymen Elfiky, MD.
Multiple areas have been identified where oncology value frameworks can be revised in order to increase their utility to payers.
Clinical pathways are likely to serve as a valuable tool in the transition to a value-based system of care and may also serve as potential leverage in policy regarding delivery reform, according to Robin Zon, MD.


Contribution to the local newspaper in Samarkand, Uzbekistan for Nauruz
The Persian calendar has a holiday called Nauruz, which celebrates the arrival of spring on the vernal day of March.
This day is a public holiday in Uzbekistan in Central Asia, and various events are held all over the country.
The message of Nauruz’s congratulation from Jin Akino, which was contributed to the local newspaper “Samarkandskiy Vestnik” in the old city of Samarkand, has been posted.
An article with the same content was also published in the local newspaper Lady Weekly.


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The young women who came to the Australian colonies during the Famine years of 1848 to 1850 were from workhouses in all 32 counties throughout Ireland. All were destitute and many had lost their parents and families, so were’orphans’ in the modern sense of the word. Others were simply unable to support themselves within the family. The term ‘orphan’, meaning loss of at least one parent, did apply to the vast majority of the 4114 who took up the offer under Earl Grey’s Famine Orphan Scheme.
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The Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee is gathering stories about all the women, following on from the work of Dr Trevor McClaughlin. A few stories are attached as pdfs to the individual girls and are mainly compiled by descendants - some have not been authenticated by The Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee but have been compiled from research conducted by descendants.
NOTE THAT NOT ALL 4114 WOMEN FROM THE 20 SHIPS ARE IN THE DATABASE as the three (3) ships to South Australian are incomplete due to poor or non-existent shipping lists.


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1xRUN have another new artist debuting Wednesday and that is Ricky Powell who is a legendary photographer who specializes in the environmental portrait. His prints are Andy Warhol & Jean Michel Basquiat Soho NYC.
"This photo was taken in the fall of 1985 in New York City. I went down to the Basquait and Warhol show on Mercer street at Tony Shafrazi Gallery. I was across the street taking some photos of Zephyr and Revolt, the dynamic duo that had just done the "Wild Style" logo, which was pretty sharp. Taking photos of Zephyr and Revolt was a huge thrill for me, because they Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. They were really cool together. But I see Basquait and Warhol coming from diagonally across the street on Houston street towards the gallery. So I skedaddled across the street, a slow jog across the street and I shrugged my shoulders and said "You guys mind if i get a flick? please?" Then Basquait looked at Warhol and said yea he’s cool. So they paused for me. I said thanks and they went back into this big crowd that was waiting for them. So this was the jump off for me. I shot two dynamic duos in a minute there. I just had a natural knack for it. It’s something I love to do and doors opened up for me from there. This picture has turned out to be a very classic and iconic image." - Ricky Powell
You will have you choice of two mediums for this image either 14 x 10 inch Archival Pigment Print on Aluminum or a massive 44 x 32 Inches Archival Pigment Print on 310gsm Fine Art Paper.
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Death Prompts Surge in Jackson Sales
The singer's passing proves a bonus for retailers all around the world
Since Michael Jackson’s shocking death Thursday, legions of fans have been scrambling to purchase lasting memories of the pop star.
Only two hours after Jackson’s passing was confirmed, his hit album Thriller reached number one on iTunes. As of Friday afternoon, Jackson albums occupy nine of the top ten slots, with the iTunes Essential Michael Jackson as the top-seller. In addition, a quarter of the top 100 songs purchased on the site are either by Jackson or the Jackson Five. On Amazon, it’s all Michael Jackson all the time, as the top 15 albums all belong to him.
News of the pop icon’s death quickly spread across social networking sites including Twitter and Facebook. More than 7,000 fans even created memorial playlists featuring their favorite Jackson songs and videos on Facebook and iLike.com.
With round-the-clock coverage on the King of Pop – all of the morning shows devoted their programming almost exclusively to Jackson, and MTV has been running his videos non-stop – a summer sale by Julien’s Auctions, featuring 21 items from his career and personal life is sure to generate intense interest. A few gems include hand-written lyrics to his number one hit “Bad” (estimated value $500-$700) and a pearl-and-Swarovski-crystal-studded shirt from The Jacksons’ “Victory” tour in 1984 (estimated value $1,000-$1,500).
It’s been 25 years since Jackson enjoyed this kind of commercial buzz. After selling nearly 750 million albums worldwide, reports claim the singer died nearly $400 million in debt. Of course he was hoping to put a dent in that figure, as he was about to embark on a sold-out 50-show concert series, all of which was to take place in London. It is still uncertain whether the $85 million in sales will be refunded. While, some reports estimate Jackson was to make a $1 to $1.5 million per appearance.

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Opening the fifth event of Zamyn’s Cultural Forum 2013 at Tate Modern, London, the executive director of the Africa Progress Panel (APP), Caroline Kende-Robb, introduced the ‘complex and contested’ theme of natural resources by emphasising the importance of the concept of global citizenship in the debate. ‘Whether it’s fuel or the whitener in our toothpaste,’ she said, ‘our actions and our decisions – some of which we don’t even know about or notice – have an impact all around the world.’
Drawing attention to the APP’s report Equity in Extractives: stewarding Africa’s natural resources for all, which was launched at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town last month, she noted that while Africa is ‘riding the crest of a global commodities wave’, resource-led growth has yet to transform the lives of many people across the continent. And in many countries, natural resources are in fact widening the gap between rich and poor. ‘Billions of dollars have been squandered on building personal fortunes, often supporting corrupt and unaccountable political elites,’ she said.
However, over the year in which the report was written, Caroline Kende-Robb observed that the momentum for change accelerated and a rare opportunity in global policymaking now presents itself, in that the interests of different parties are beginning to align. Pointing to the inclusion of tax and transparency on the agenda of the G8 leaders summit in the UK this month, she said that the ‘silos of secrecy are crumbling’ and a quite unique shared agenda is emerging, in which the different parties have overlapping interests and similar goals.
Introducing the high-level panel for the evening’s debate, which included the senior director for Africa at ExxonMobil Walter H. Kansteiner III, the co-founder of Global Witness Simon Taylor, the chairman of AngloGold Ashanti Tito Mboweni and the Nigerian novelist and poet Ben Okri, Caroline Kende-Robb quoted Kofi Annan, chair of the APP: ‘Building trust is harder than changing policies, yet it is the ultimate condition for successful policy reform. Mutually beneficial agreements are the only ones that will stand the test of time.’
In chairing the debate, Robert Guest drew on his experiences as Africa editor and business editor at the Economist magazine, as well as a number of years living in South Africa. He recalled visiting Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2005 and described the cobalt and copper tailings there as a ‘big pile of cash lying on the ground’. The tragedy, he said, is that instead of paying for schools, hospitals and roads, the rich resource is still lying there, the reason being ‘absolutely appalling governance’.
Not having the governance necessary to make things happen is a really serious problem, Robert Guest said, not least because reputable companies stay away and disreputable companies move in. Turning to the panel, he asked: ‘How can we make it different? How can we make the resources in the poorest and middle-income countries of the world become a blessing rather than a curse?’
Walter H. Kansteiner III, formerly ‘George Bush’s man in Africa, now ExxonMobil’s man in Africa’, remarked that ownership of resources rests with sovereign peoples and their governments, and that a more interesting, harder question is: ‘who develops them?’ With seven of the ten fastest-growing economies of the world in sub-Saharan Africa, he countered Robert Guest’s portrayal of wasted opportunity in the DRC with examples of better governance and growing investment in schools, health, education and the infrastructure needed for further economic growth.
Walter Kansteiner also pointed to the continent’s deepening relationship with China, which is now Africa’s largest trading partner, with 30 per cent of all Chinese investment in Africa today going into the extractive industries. Africa is beginning to wonder about some of its trading relationships, he said, but as the Eurozone entered yet another financial crisis a few weeks ago, the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) were in South Africa planning for the future.
Other panellists and audience members stressed the importance of asking: who benefits? Bobby Banerjee, a professor at Cass Business School, City University London, pointed out that people are asking who owns resources precisely because they are not benefiting from them. ‘Mining has been going on in Australia for 250 years,’ he said, pointing to the legacy of colonialism, ‘but there are no Aboriginal company CEOs or presidents. Yes, Aboriginal people have jobs – they clean toilets – but the price they pay in environmental and social dislocation is too high.’
Initiating a richly detailed discussion of corruption, collusion and conflict relating to who is benefiting from natural resources, Robert Guest asked Simon Taylor of Global Witness whether big extractive companies were listening to his organisation’s calls for transparency in their financial dealings. Simon Taylor replied that some companies, such as ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and others, are being very constructive within the process called the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), whereby governments voluntarily commit to disclosing the payments they receive from extractive companies, in so doing obliging companies to disclose the payments they make. But he admitted that the EITI is only so good as the countries that voluntarily come to the table.
‘What do you do with the kleptocratically run countries where there is no interest to create a system of governance because it will challenge the ability to asset-strip the country?’ he asked. ‘Many will simply not join the process at all.’ What we need, he argued, is a global system that will require all oil, gas, and mining companies to disclose all the payments they make of a significant amount in every country of operation.
Simon Taylor noted the advances made with the passing of section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act in the US in 2010 and the EU accounting and transparency directives, which mark the beginning of the rollout of a new global standard of accountability. However, there is a huge fight going on in Washington, with major corporations trying to kill off Dodd-Frank. He urged extractive companies to have a more adult conversation and adopt a ‘cleverer strategy’, seizing the opportunities of creating a global standard. He also remarked that it ‘takes two to tango’ and pointed to the city ‘down the road’ which provides a ‘brilliant conduit to move the money so you can’t find it’.
Tito Mboweni, a former anti-apartheid activist and governor of South Africa’s central bank, gave a view of the challenges faced by mining companies such as AngloGold Ashanti, which operates on four different continents. ‘Mining is difficult in any environment,’ he said, giving as examples the imperative not to ‘disturb the jewels’ in Australia or overuse the water in the Rocky Mountains. In South Africa the mines are very deep and there are too many accidents, he said, and in Ghana there are serious environmental problems that must be fixed; in the DRC mining is conducted with the constant threat of violence.
He admitted that it is legitimate to ask if mining companies should be operating in certain countries, and that a debate must be had where a significant number of people object to a company’s operations, but he also suggested that a company cannot simply withdraw wherever or whenever there is protest. The important thing is for companies to be responsible and accountable, and to operate in a way that benefits the people of those countries.
Tito Mboweni went on to say that ‘rogue mining companies’ give the industry a bad name, and the industry as a whole must do something about it. ‘To a large extent, the industry is an enemy unto itself. It has been unable to demonstrate positively what it can do – that it is not just an extractive industry, but actually a major developmental resource available in many countries, if they act responsibly.’ Welcoming the APP’s report, he said: ‘It provides the basis for us to try to clean up the industry, which needs a lot of cleaning up, but also to clean up governments.’
Responding to a question from the audience, he stressed the importance of creating an environment that encouraged whistleblowers and protected those who came forward so they don’t become the victims. Echoing Simon Taylor’s comments about collusion, Tito Mboweni criticised the British media for giving the impression that corruption happens only in Africa, and pointed the finger at cities such as London and Washington, where serious corruption is to be found.
Speaking for ‘the people who can’t be here’, Ben Okri insisted that the question of who owns the world’s resources affects the livelihoods of ordinary people as well as very powerful people, and affects the texture of nations, how people live, how they die, what their salaries are and how they feed their families.
Drawing attention to the gap between Africa’s potential and the realisation of that potential, he said that companies should acquire greater vision for the future, going beyond extraction or the contingent communities. ‘I believe in globalisation plus justice; globalisation plus concern for the local environment,’ he said.
The author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Famished Road gave a graphic picture of the ‘horrifying’ experiences on the ground when extractive companies roll in, based on what he has seen first-hand in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. ‘The effect on the earth, the land, is one of the ugliest things on the planet. Why does it have to be this way? Why can’t it change?’
Questions and comments from the audience highlighted the growing anger felt by citizens around the world, such as people working on rubbish dumps in Lagos while oil is extracted practically from their back yards. ‘The growing anger will be an important part of the transformation we are looking forward to,’ Ben Okri said.
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Theme of Race in Desiree's Baby Essay
As I read "Desiree’s Baby" by Kate Chopin, I couldn’t imagine living in an era where my value as a human being was determined by my skin color. I ask myself if I would have been considered an Afro-Cuban and treated like a slave just because my father is a "Quadroon" (1/4 African)? Would my father’s skin color, heritage and ethnicity make me an "Octaroon" (1/8 African) regardless of the fact that my skin is lighter than most Caucasian’s?
"Desiree’s Baby" by K. Chopin is set in the early nineteen hundreds, just before the American Civil War. In that era, slavery was legal and people who had traces of African descent were treated worse than insects. It was an era when a human’s value and social …show more content…
The author writes about a letter that Armand found in his drawer while searching through Desiree’s belongings. This letter was written by his mother addressed to his father revealing that he was "cursed with the brand of slavery" (108). As a matter of fact, he didn’t find the letter, Armand always knew about the letter, he had found the letter prior to his father death and ripped the part that revealed his relationship with the Black race in order to confront his father once and for all. Perhaps, he decided to keep this piece of correspondence in his safe drawer as a reminder of the pain, suffering, and embarrassment that his mother’s heritage and ethnicity had caused him (108). This safe drawer was a symbol of everything that brought shame and embarrassment to him and to his prestigious name. Armand believed that by burning the items in this drawer it would give him a sense of not belonging to a race that he detested.
Due to his secret knowledge of being a black man, he grew up to become an


Jennifer Lawrence is pregnant with her first child.
The Oscar-winner is set to welcome a baby with her New York City art dealer husband Cooke Maroney, a spokesperson has conformed.
The couple were first linked in 2018 and became engaged in February the following year.
They tied the knot in October 2019 with a ceremony at a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.
Celebrity guests were said to include Emma Stone, Kris Jenner and Amy Schumer.
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The 31-year-old Hunger Games star previously described her husband as “the greatest peron I’ve ever met”.
Speaking on a 2019 podcast, Jennifer was asked why she married him and said: “I don’t know, I started with the basics: ‘How do I feel? Is he nice? Is he kind?’
“It’s just – this is the one, I know that sounds really stupid but he’s just, he’s the greatest person I’ve ever met, so I feel very honoured to become a Maroney.”
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The actor will next star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the Netflix film Don’t Look Up.
The superstar duo will play astronomers who discover there is a comet heading directly towards earth.
Don’t Look Up will be released in cinemas in December and on Netflix on December 24.


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Why Children Misbehave
Do you find yourself embarrassed sometimes by your children’s behavior? Have you managed, by dint of consequences and threats, to teach them what not to do, but find they do not know what to do or how to do it? Do they have the knowledge and the skills they need in order to behave appropriately?
We all know that children do well if they can. What child does not want to wake up to the love and approval of their parents? It is only the totally defeated child who has given up on winning their parents’ favor that “doesn’t care.” And, whether the feelings of defeat are the result of cluelessness or an underdeveloped skill set, the outcome is unfortunate. The child’s behavior often misses the mark and the child is labeled stubborn, oppositional, or difficult. In effect, the child is chastised, and often punished, for something that is out of their control.
Here’s what I mean. Have you ever gone someplace totally unfamiliar and fumbled with the etiquette? Can you remember how lost you felt, recall the shame at your faux-pas? Well, lots of times, our children simply do not know what to do, or say, in a particular situation. We assume that they do, but they very well may need us to teach them the skills to do it right.
Ten-year-old Mendy gets into lots of trouble in school because he has the habit of talking to teachers as if they are his friends. His “Yo, Rebbe, your jacket is missing a button” does not endear him to staff. His cracking [very slightly] off color jokes to the menahel at top volume is considered the height of chutzpah. Combined with the fact that he sometimes can’t find his homework, Mendy often gets lectures like, “Don’t you know that…?”
Now, here’s the thing. Maybe Mendy actually does not know whatever he is assumed to know, regardless of the fact that most other children can navigate this situation appropriately. Consequence and lectures can stop him from doing the wrong thing, but no amount of consequences can teach him what he is supposed to do.
Whether he is unable to see what he is supposed to see or simply unable to do it, Mendy cannot manage appropriate school decorum. What is needed here is some education to the tune of “Here is the correct way to address staff” and “Let’s get you some help in organizing your homework.”
Unfortunately, what happens all too often is that we get caught up in correcting the child’s behavior because we see symptom eradication as our job. We need the poor behavior to stop now. Sometimes we are scared that the bad behavior will persist into adulthood, and then where would the child be? Imagine if Mendy were to go to Eretz Yisroel and address the rosh yeshiva in his inappropriate way?
And, let’s face it: we are human. We are embarrassed by our children’s poor behavior. We think it reflects on us. Doesn’t it? After all, children are a parent’s report card. So, getting the child to stop becomes our priority.
When we focus on behavior that has to stop, we see our child as difficult, doing wrong. In our rush to do something, we may be overly harsh. However, it is quite a different picture if we decide that the ultimate goal is for for our child to learn. Just as we would not be angry or annoyed at a child for not knowing their times tables when they have yet to learn them, we should not be angry at child who has yet to learn appropriate behavior.
What I am talking about is shifting our point of view from discipline to giving the benefit of the doubt. There is nothing to lose by holding off a bit. Before jumping into judgment and feeling impelled to do something, simply look at misbehavior as a teaching moment. Sometimes, it’s that simple. The child does not have the skills yet.
So, whether it is the tot who grabs because he doesn’t know how to ask, the yeshiva bocher who leaves a total mess when he takes a snack, or your teenage daughter who fights with her friends instead of working things out, there is no harm in assuming that they don’t know any better. They may not see that there are other ways to do things. Or, they may not know how to do it. The simple and best solution is to help them learn the skills that they need to navigate their environment successfully.
In no way do I want to suggest that helping our children is a simple task. Though some children are merely flighty or on their own wave length, others may have some more serious learning differences that require professional intervention. For the most part, skills can be taught and, more importantly, our children deserve to be seen as needing our help, rather than our censure.
It is commonly acknowledged that when we adjust our lens, we see things differently. So, for the sake of our children, let’s work on seeing them in a positive light and look at their poor behavior as our opportunity to reach out and help them.
Dr. Sara Teichman, formerly of Los Angeles, has relocated to Lakewood, NJ where she maintains a private practice. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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text: The figure, who is best known for playing the title character of the television series Lizzie McGuire and The Lizzie McGuire Movie, shared a rare glimpse into her kitchen habits by responding to her husband, Matthew Koma, on her Instagram. In the story (pictured below), the actress reacts to Matthew, who shared that Hilary left a single hotdog on the counter to marinate overnight. While we are inevitably interested in the couple’s countertop (and beautiful gold door handles), we admit that Hilary’s choice of toaster steals the show. The appliance in question is a cream Smeg – one of the best toasters on the market – and one that will look as good in your kitchen as it does in hers. The cream Smeg (opens in new tab) toaster, as seen in Hilary Duff’s (opens in new tab) kitchen, is a retro-style appliance suitable for two slices. The actress’s choice of color is fitting alongside her white marble kitchen countertop ideas and black and white tiled wall, seen behind the appliance. With its versatile good looks, it’s easy to see why Hilary Duff uses this appliance in her home, but if you’re thinking of investing, you will agree that its functionality is just as important. In our Smeg 4 slice toaster review, we put an almost-identical appliance to the test, and sure enough, it did not disappoint. Gaining 4 out of 5 stars, our reviewer loved the toaster’s high-quality design that is created to stand the test of time. Plus, you can choose from a wide selection of different tones if Hilary’s color ideas would not work in your kitchen. If you’re looking for the best kettle to accompany your toaster, you can do far worse than follow the lead of Hilary’s Hollywood counterpart, Reese Witherspoon. Reese Witherspoon’s Smeg kettle is yet another timeless appliance from the Italian powerhouse – boasting the same retro aesthetic as the toaster – and the same A-lister approval. Hilary Duff’s toaster combines beautiful retro curves with contemporary day power – to create an efficient appliance that will struggle to go out of style. The appliance has two extra wide slots with self-centering racks for the perfect toast. It also comes with anti-slip feet, a removable stainless steel crumb tray, and 6 levels of browning, so you can find the one that works best for you. The beautiful kettle is the star of Reese Witherspoon’s tea bar, and its appeal is clear. Designed to produce reliable results while bringing aesthetic charm to the space, this kettle is a firm favorite.

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You’ve got to hand it to Potterheads, there are few fans more dedicated to a franchise than those who love the wizarding world of Harry Potter.
In fact, a bunch of loyal Harry Potter fans love the films so much, they’ve created one of their own.
It’s called Voldemort: Origins of The Heir, and while not affiliated with Warner Bros and produced on a much, much smaller budget, the 52-minute flick is anything but poorly made.
Listen: The movies that you should watch this summer. (Post continues.)
The film, which dropped on YouTube at the weekend is available to watch in full. As the title suggests, it’s a prequel that centres on how Tom Riddle became Voldemort – something not extensively explored in the books or films.


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Zero vs. Sigma fight sequence from Mega Man X4, as an act of service to the fans. The sequence is being produced by the same film crew behind the mini Dead Rising live action film, and is set to debut online some time next year.
Confirmation of this comes from none other than Lucas Gilbertson, who provided the voice of Zero in Mega Man X Command Mission, Mega Man X8, and Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X. According to Lucas, not only is he at the helm of the project, but he's also set to star in the role of Zero.
While it sounds a bit hard to swallow, both Lucas and my source (who's chosen to remain anonymous) assured me that the project is very real and is moving forward. Needless to say, this should be very interesting. I'll keep you posted on any future developments.


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Mike writes a new song, but when he is going to be ripped by the publishing company, he's trying to sell the song to, his friends have to help him.
Did You Know?
The song that figures prominently in the plot, "Gonna Buy Me A Dog," is "credited" to Michael Nesmith
but is in actuality a Tommy Boyce
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novelty tune. The reason the song is "credited" to Mike is because during mid-summer 1966 recording sessions for the show, Mike produced a bluesy instrumental version of the song for possible use on the series and the group's first album. Mike's version was not used and languished in storage until 2006. See more
During the video clip of the boys running around the stage set chasing Peter, all four begin wearing red shirts, then Peter has a yellow shirt while the others have white shirts, and finally all four of them at the conclusion of the bit are wearing red shirts again. See more
[Watching Peter flying as a Monkeeman
Hey, he can fly.
A speeding bullet's much faster than that.
Written and Produced by Michael Nesmith
Performed by The Monkees See more

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Friday Olokor, Jos
A coalition of religious organisations under the aegis of The Faithful on Tuesday took to the streets of Jos to protest against serial killings and recent discoveries from the mining pond in Dura-Du District in the Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The groups were also protesting against the disappearance of a former Chief of Administration in Nigerian Army Headquarters, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Alkali (retd), in questionable circumstances.
About eleven cars and two corpses had been recovered from the pond.
Alkali was said to have retired a few weeks before he was declared missing on Monday, September 3, 2018, a day after gunmen swooped on Dura-Du and killed 13 persons.
The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as ‘Arise O’ Jesus Christ and strike the killers of your people, oh king of Israel’; ‘Who owns Plateau strange pond?’; ‘We shall see blood no more’; and ‘Stop the killers and face judgment.”
The convener of TF, Deacon Rotdunna Sekat, who led the protesters numbering over 100 said Plateau State needed divine intervention to stop bloodshed and violence.
He said, “Plateau State needs divine intervention from God. The good people of Plateau State should come together to demand that enough is enough with the soaking of our soil with blood so that we do not yield sorrow on a longer term. We do not want to have to be the ones to answer for the sins of evil men before God.
“So we are acting now to cast them out from our midst before their sins are visited on the entire land. The state and federal governments must align with the people in this regard so that God does not hold the government as being in collusion with the sponsors of killers.”
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