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There is can be no other place like your sweet home- whether it is small or big. And regardless of size, people always want their homes to appear wonderful. Therefore, get on the stick with taking up home improvement projects. No slackers allowed.

Whether your improvements include simply adding a new addition or new things to your home or renovating it, you can change roofing, flooring, siding, repairing windows, painting, improve the backyard and much more. However, note that the success level of your home improvement project will depend on the person at the head of the project, your home improvement contractor.

Home improvement contractors are in charge of scheduling, coordinating, planning and activating plans to provide the results you want in a timely and efficient manner. You can find good home improvement contractors via online sites or home improvement centers. And selecting good and affordable home improvement contractors is essential.

Some homeowners choose to handle project themselves, however choosing to hire a contractor can be a wise thing to do since they have expertise on how to handle these projects properly.

Note these other points about home improvement contractors:

1) There are numerous jobs like landscaping, tile setting, swimming pool construction and more covered under the blanket of home improvement. However, for each job, there are different kinds of home improvement contractors that you can hire. So do your homework.

2) Home improvement contractors first need to understand the requirements of your house. Then they should try to know the factors involving the home improvement like why home owners need to improve house or garden. Then according to your budget, they should prepare the quotation and only after the approval, can they start working on your home improvement project.

3) When hiring home improvement contractors, one must shortlist a few contractors before hiring the best of them. Consider those home improvement contractors who have been recommended by friends, colleagues or anyone you know well. Hiring a contractor who has been recommended online is also a great option. Check out all references before hiring home improvement contractors. Hiring a contractor who has done similar jobs before is the best option.

4) Professional home improvement contractors should have everything written in their contracts before they begin. And both parties must sign this contract. So read the contract carefully and note that you must get answers for all the questions you have before you sign the contract.

5) Good home improvement contractors generally give out all the information about their suppliers and subcontractors. These are their support systems so homeowners can check with these supplier and subcontractors.

6) Homeowners should get estimates from at least three home improvement contractors. Good home improvement contractors will give homeowners plans and specification in writing.

7) A flat fee for home improvement project is often more cost effective than wasting time and materials. Home improvement contractors should list all details about materials, paint colors by brand, appliance make and model and warranties.

A good home improvement contractor should be able to follow up with your project from start to finish and deliver results in given time period. Home improvement centers, online sites and neighbors are all good places to start your search for home improvement contractors. Homeowners can also refer to yellow pages and other forms of advertisements.

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Analysis: Brazil commodity exporters under friendly fire in "currency war"

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - In its latest bid to slow dollar inflows in a "global currency war," Brazil has dealt an unexpected blow to its own commodity exporters, choking off medium-term trade financing at a vulnerable time for the sector.

Brazil - a source of much of the world's sugar, coffee, soy, beef and iron ore - has imposed a series of taxes on foreign capital over the past year to slow what President Dilma Rousseff called a "tsunami" of cheap money flowing from the rich world.

But exporters say the central bank went a step too far on March 1, when it quietly implemented a 6 percent financial transactions tax on medium-term loans offered to exporters by banks, a critical tool used by major commodity producers across the globe to finance their operations.

That 6 percent tax has shifted demand to one-year credit lines in dollars, known as ACCs, driving up the costs as trading houses and raw materials exporters rush to shift financing needs.

"Of the two types of export credit in Brazil, the government just killed one by taxing it to death and the cost of the other is going up," said a local executive at a multinational trader who asked not to be named.

Brazil's largest commodities exporters are now lobbying the government to roll back the so-called IOF tax, which is applied to foreign credit and exchange operations. They say the loss of such dollar-linked loans beyond one year has crimped their access to cash and will eventually limit investments.

"We are going to have to find some solution," said Luiz Carlos Carvalho, president of Brazil's Agribusiness Association, which is pressing the government to remove or alter the tax.

Prior to this month, big producers like Bunge , Louis Dreyfus, ADM were free to bring in the dollars when they needed to pay for seed, fertilizer, equipment, fuel or labor. Importers eventually paid off the foreign bank loans through intermediary collection agents after the goods were delivered.

The so-called IOF tax ended this for terms beyond one year.

"Even exporters in minerals and technology had been putting up future foreign delivery contracts to secure financing in dollars with three to five years to pay back," said Renato Buranello, an attorney in trade finance at Brazilian law firm Demarest & Almeida.

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The squeeze comes at a delicate time for both exporters and major trade-finance banks like France's BNP Paribas , Credit Lyonnais and Societe Generale.

In late 2011, European banks, a leading source of financing for raw materials trade across the globe, were paring back loans to assure they would meet capital requirements in the face of increasing writedowns in asset values.

Meanwhile the Brazilian sugar industry, which accounts for half of global trade in the sweetener, is still recovering after the 2008 financial crisis tipped many mills into bankruptcy.

"We used to use this financing -- but no more," said Luiz de Mendon?a, chief executive of ETH - one of Brazil's biggest cane ethanol producers. He said the value of this type of export financing meant $200 million-$300 million for his company alone.

"The loss of it will weaken an already fragile sector and could unleash more consolidation."

Brazil's soybean and corn producers are in the worst drought in half of decade. Some will not meet delivery contracts.

Exports in general have been declining here due to weak demand in China, Europe and the United States - and Brazil is struggling with a dwindling trade surplus.

The incoming dollars have strengthened the Brazilian real, punishing local manufacturers by making imports cheaper and Brazilian exports more expensive.

ABUSES

Brazil's central bank declined to comment on the extension of the IOF tax to export finance. A government source, however, said some companies were not using the credit lines to finance production and exports. Rather, they were using them to make bets in Brazil's currency and debt markets without paying taxes aimed at slowing speculative dollar inflows.

In recent years foreign investors have flooded Brazil with capital hoping to take advantage of zero-bound interest rates in the U.S., Europe and Japan to bet on Brazilian bonds that paid near low double-digit returns and get the added boost of a strengthening currency. In 2011, the real firmed to its strongest in 11 years, due in part by exports of raw materials.

The strong currency undermined Brazilian manufacturers, though, who had to fight a flood of cheap imports. To help them the central bank laid a tax on speculative dollar inflows.

Some companies seeking to skirt these taxes began using export credit to chase high returns on the financial markets, rather than pay for land, shipping or grow more foodstuffs, said Ademiro Vian, assistant director of financing at the Brazilian Federation of Banks, or Febraban.

"There's speculation going on. You don't need five years' worth of export financing in all ag-export sectors," Vian said.

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But the big trading houses, particularly in the sugar and ethanol industry, are scrambling to shore up new financing.

"I have big exporters as clients that are at a loss over what to do," said Lucio Feijo Lopes, a local attorney in trade finance. "This marks a big change in how trade finance is structured. There will be an impact on exports."

Grain producers and exporters say they will manage more easily with the lack of longer-term export financing, as the annual nature of their business allows them to rely more on the 360-day ACC export-exchange contracts for financing.

But this short-term debt is not well suited to longer-term investment needs. Large sugar groups, of which Brazil has plenty, make investments that only pay off in exports over several years.

Long forgotten medium-term export financing contracts that were created in the 1970s under the military dictatorship are being dusted off by the local banks to try to fill the void, but the so-called Export Credit Notes, or NCEs, are based on the real, which exposes the exporter to swings in the currency.

Raw material producers, who are dependent on exports, hold longer-term debt in dollars as a natural hedge against currency risks. If the dollar, which is the currency in which the exports are paid, weakens against the real, so does the firm's debt.

The government recently exempted exporters from a separate tax on currency futures that hampered hedging against exchange rate risks inherent in the export business.

Exporters said it is a step in the right direction but will not offset the loss of medium-term dollar financing.

"If I hold real-linked debt and the dollar falls to 1-to-1 with the real, then my debt balloons against my revenue stream," the local executive at a multinational trader said. "Companies don't last long if they have debts in one currency and revenue in another. As a Brazilian exporter, I have to be in dollars."

($1=1.83 reais)

(Reporting by Reese Ewing; Editing by Todd Benson, Jeb Blount, and Bob Burgdorfer)

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Google celebrates the spring equinox with a colorful doodle based on the floral and fauna designs of Marimekko, a Finnish company renowned for its bold 1960s patterns. ??

Google celebrates the spring equinox ? the ?first day of spring ? with a splash of colors and designs by Marimekko, the Finnish design house.

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If you are a fan of "Sex and the City," shop at Crate & Barrel, or remember the 1960 sartorial choices of Jacqueline Kennedy, you will recognize Marimekko's distinctive patterns. ??

Marimekko embrace of bold colors and design began in 1951. It was the middle of the post-World War II reconstruction, and?founders Vilio and Armi Ratia tapped into Finland's longing for a fresh start and brighter colors.

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Raise your hand if the classes you took in college got you so excited that you couldn?t wait to share the knowledge you gained with others and keep coming back for more. Ok, hands down. Now raise your hands if you wish you could learn something useful for your career or want to pick up a new hobby but don?t know where to start.?Skillshare?wants to help by letting anyone become a teacher and share what they?re passionate about. In this interview with?Mike Karnjanaprakorn, co-founder and CEO of Skillshare, he says everyone has something they can teach to others. Skillshare acts as a community marketplace that brings together students and teachers. He discusses the possibility of bringing more fun into learning, how Skillshare got started (hint: it has to do with poker and education inequality), where it fits into the current education landscape, why they chose to focus on offline learning, and what resumes could look like in the future.

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So you've started a Hangout on Google+ with some pals. Now what? Are you just going to sit around and talk? Thanks to some new additions to the social network, you don't have to rely solely on your conversational skills anymore. The software company announced today the addition of a number of apps to the Facebook competitor, which should make your Hangout time all the more riveting. Now you and a few close friends can play poker and pop culture trivia, add mustaches and glasses to one another, collaboratively doodle and share presentations on the service. Google+ also announced today that it has taken its Hangouts API out of preview, letting developers share the fruit of their work with the rest of the site's fake facial hair-sporting community.

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Should you want to find a flat in Londonwith the hope of meeting someone in the process, you should start learning about the top gay and lesbian bars in the city. While London has plenty to offer straight people in terms of cocktail bars, restaurants and theatre events, it can be difficult to find somewhere for gay and lesbians to converse. The truth is that London caters spectacularly well to this group of people and after you find a flat in London, it will be worthwhile visiting one of the following three areas, so that friendships can be made and possibly, a relationship.

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Village

The first stop you should make when you find a flat in London is to Village. Village opened in 1991 and since this time, gay and lesbian people have flooded through the doors. This area offers both a friendly atmosphere and the chance to communicate with like-minded individuals. Based in Soho, Village enables guests to dance, flirt, drink and even have a bite to eat over three separate floors. You can often find events being held here including karaoke, but generally, a DJ plays on most nights. This prominent club for the gay scene is open on weekends and every single day throughout the week! You can even organize a party booking when you find a flat in London too, so that you can celebrate your birthday in style.

G-A-Y Bar

Situated on Old Compton Street in Soho, G-A-Y Bar is ideal for people who find a flat in London with the hope to socialize straight away. The atmosphere is electric here and G-A-Y Bar is stretched out over three floors. Much fun is to be had here especially if you enjoy events such as foam parties and Easter egg hunts. Drink offers are always available and after 11pm drinks are just ?1.70. This includes drinks such as Carlsberg, vodka, whisky, gin, Malibu and San Miquel. If you really enjoy flirting here, participate in on-screen texting when you find a flat in London.

Candy Bar

If you find a flat in London in the Soho area, then you really need to take a trip to Candy Bar. Candy Bar is primarily for lesbians who are hoping to make new friends or start relationships. Dating back to the year 1996, this bar has been popular ever since. You can enjoy many cheap drinks here and dance the night away to some chart-toppers. You can find many events take place here too including many DJ appearances when you find a flat in London.

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Facial Cleaning Plays A Key Role In Anti Aging Treatment

What do you do with the treatment of facial aging treatment? Much more than originally thought. Facial cleansing in independent tests and studies have shown, treatment, removal and prevention of wrinkles and other signs of aging to cause damage, which plays a crucial role. These studies allowed both experts and consumers turning to therapeutic facial cleanser essential nutrition, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant treatment that they desperately need the skin to look its absolute best.

This is in no way indicates that the cleaning of the skin is no longer important, it is. Clean skin is really jumping off Point from any skin care regime especially anti aging ones. The surplus oil and dirt removal allows the skin to breathe and penetrating ingredients eliminates impurities and toxins that are in the lower levels of your skin.

Therapeutic facial treatment not only clean and detoxify them, and they gently exfoliate dead skin cells that causes the gray appearance of aged skin, but what they do next to each language.

This therapeutic facial treatment use in a number of high-level ingredients that your skin is on the mend. The number one thing that most of the needs of the skin, believe it or not, is to restore the supply of essential nutrients. When the skin is at full health, he can not heal itself from the damage it incurs on a regular daily exposure. The treatment that nourishes your skin to take care of itself without external treatments, creams and serums. Second skin is treated with essential oils and extracts that provide anti-inflammatory treatment. People rarely think of it as an essential part of skin care, but it really is.

To reduce swelling, irritation and remove the relief, such as sunspots, and redness of color, restores the skin's natural luster, shine and tone, leaving consumers looking years younger in just a few applications.

In addition to these two treatments, facial cleansing treatment, as well as increased turnover of skin cells. This provides additional blood flow to the same nutrients and essential oils need to find the best offering of cells. Increased circulation is a key factor when the skin is treated with other anti-wrinkle creams and serums, it encourages the active ingredients necessary for the cell, which is much faster, allowing deeper penetration and more effective, and, of course, results.

Cleaning the skin, exfoliating and detoxifying, this therapeutic facial treatment prepares the skin they provide nutrition. Restore skin nutrients, calms irritation and remove the color, as well as increasing blood flow to allow faster treatment of skin cells, this treatment a better anti aging skin treatment, you are working. This treatment has proven to increase the production of anti-wrinkle creams, eye gels and certainly age defying serums, as well. Whether you are looking for an extension of the onset of aging, if you want to get better results from your anti aging treatment, therapeutic facial cleansing solution you are looking for. Packed with high-power treatment, and with affordable prices, the value is no more anti-aging industry.
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Smokers often mention stress among the factors behind returning to smoking. Stress is a component of life for smokers and non-smokers alike. The main difference is the fact smokers have arrived at use nicotine to aid manage stress and ugly emotions. When quitting, you must learn new methods for handling stress. Nicotine replacement might help for a short time, but in the long run you will want other methods.

As previously mentioned, training is a superb stress-reducer. It may also benefit the short-term a sense of depression or loss that some smokers have if they quit. In addition there are stress-management classes and self-help books. Look at the community newspaper, library, or bookstore.

Spiritual practices involve joining something over yourself. For many, that features stuff like religious practices, prayer, or church work. For some, it may well involve meditation, music, being outside naturally, creative work, or volunteering to help you others. Spirituality supply you with feeling of purpose and assist you to remember the reason why you would like to stay quit.

The spiritual practices of admitting you cannot dictate your addiction and believing that your higher power can present you with strength are already in combination with much success to handle other addictions. These practices, together with the fellowship of others over a similar path, can be a major factor of 12-step recovery programs. The same principles does apply to giving up smoking.

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Monti presses labor reform despite union challenge

MILAN (AP) ? Mario Monti is facing his biggest challenge since becoming Italy's premier last November as the country's largest labor union marshals opposition to a package of labor reforms, pledging a series of strikes.

Monti is pressing ahead with the reforms ? his third major initiative since taking office as the head of a government of technocrats ? despite objections from the CGIL labor confederation to measures that will make it easier for businesses to fire workers. The premier plans a final round of talks in Rome on Thursday before seeking Cabinet approval by the end of the month.

As well as pushing ahead with a raft of austerity measures to get a handle on the country's high debt, which is the second-highest in terms of national income in the 17-country eurozone behind Greece, the Italian government is enacting a wide-ranging economic reform program to boost long-term growth.

CGIL leader Susanna Camusso said she will announce dates for an 8-hour general strike and a day of protests against the measures as soon as the details of the reforms are known. But already unions in her federation were staging smaller actions.

Some 800 aerospace workers blocked traffic in central Turin on Thursday to protest changes to one of Italy's sacred cows, a decades-old ruling that grants workers broad protections against losing their jobs.

The government wants to do away with measures that would allow a court to force a company to reinsert employees fired for disciplinary or economic motives, if the employer's case is not proven in court when challenged. Rather than forcing the company to take the workers back, the judge could force payoffs of 15 to 27 months pay.

The industry confederation backs the proposed changes, with reservations about the 27-month upper limit. Most unions are willing to accept it, but the CGIL, including its most radical union FIOM, are staunchly opposed.

"We are facing a government that is making workers and pensions pay the true costs of the initiatives," Camusso said Wednesday.

The reform includes measures, largely uncontested, aimed at making it easier for young people to get work, making it more expensive to employ temporary workers and establishing unemployment compensation to replace a system that allows companies under financial distress to temporarily layoff workers. But it is the one proposal loosening rules on firing that is the lightening rod for political discord.

"The proposed labor reform needs to be seen in its entirety," said Economic Development Minister Corrado Passera. "It is an operation of great balance and great wisdom."

Parties on the left, such as the Democratic Party, are under considerable pressure because the measures could weaken their traditional base in the next general elections, which are expected next spring when the Monti government wraps up its term.

Politicians are pledging to make amendments when the measures reach parliament.

"I don't think Monti can say to the Democratic Party to take it or leave it," party leader Pier Luigi Bersani said late Wednesday. "I don't think Monti would do it, and it is clear that we will vote when we are convinced, he needs to reason with us."

Monti's government has already won over the support of European partners and helped persuade investors that Italy will get is heavy debt load under control. That's most evident in the country's borrowing costs, which have fallen sharply over the past few months. Before Christmas, the yield on Italy's ten-year bonds was over 7 percent, widely-considered to be unsustainable over the long-run. Now it's back around the 5 percent mark.

Though much of the credit for the improvement has been given to a big long-term liquidity operation from the European Central Bank, there is growing confidence in the Monti government to deliver on the austerity and reform package, especially when compared to the government of his predecessor Silvio Berlusconi.

Monti's government previously passed austerity measures as well as a package of liberalization reforms, which were approved by the lower house on Wednesday.

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Right Recreational Sport |

How do you know which recreational sport is right for you? Though this is a simple question, it may not have a simple answer. Before answering this question, it makes sense to define what a recreational sport is. In layman terms, a recreational sport is any sport activity or event that one engages in during leisure time. In other words, it is a sport activity or event performed primarily for entertainment and fun. Though in some cases there may be monetary rewards associated with recreational sport, it is not usually the main goal. Other reasons associated with participating in a recreational sport includes: fitness, health, socialization, competition and sport support among others.

There are several options of recreational sports available for all age categories ranging from indoor to outdoor. Making the decision on which choice to pursue can be a real challenge and this varies significantly from one person to the other. For former professional athletes, the decision may be easier especially if they continue participating in their particular former professional sports, only at recreational level. The big task of choosing the right recreational sport is however on beginners. In order to make the right choice(s) if you are a beginner, it is important to consider the following general guidelines:

1.Choose a sport that you understand and passionate about: Recreational sport in a way becomes part of your lifestyle and therefore needs to be entertaining and enjoyable. Choosing something that you don?t like or have no knowledge about can be frustrating even if your friends adore it. It only makes sense to pursue something that you know the rules and regulations of the sport or game. However, this does not mean one cannot learn a new sport or game, but it easier to do so if you love the sport.

2.Consider your goals and objectives: As mentioned above, there are different reasons that drive people into recreational sports. Choosing a sport that is in line with your goals, for example losing weight will only enrich the overall recreational experience. Some one looking for a recreational sport to aid in cutting down some extra body weight may benefit from running, jogging, walking, hiking or swimming among other high calorie burning sport activities as opposed to playing cards or video games. On the other hand somebody looking for a recreational sport that favors socialization may benefit from the latter.

3.Facilities, tools and equipment required: Different recreational sports may require different tools, facilities or equipment or in some cases may require none at all. These tools, facilities or equipment may also vary depending on the needs of every person. For example if you want to play golf for recreation, you will definitely have to purchase a golf club, balls and perhaps shoes. You will also need an available and accessible golf course to play. In some cases if you have more than one favorite recreational sport, you may have to choose what is more convenient based on availability of facilities. It makes more sense to go running at a nearby track especially if you get off work late in the evenings than having to drive for several miles to get to a golf course (i.e. if you like both golf and running).

4.Availability of time: Since a recreational sport is a pastime sport, choosing the right one may be dictated by how much free time is at one?s disposal. Some recreational sports are more time consuming than others. Additionally some of these sports must only be played outside. Where as some sports such as running, jogging, walking, playing tennis, playing basketball or swimming offers both indoor and outdoor options, some of them, for example playing golf, hiking, kayaking, surfing among other don?t. The more time one has, the more the options to choose from and the vice versa.

5.Seasonality: Though this may not be a big deal for people living along the equatorial climatic regions, it definitely affects people living in areas with winter and summer season. Some recreational sports such as those requiring snow may only be available during winter and only in some parts of the world. So if skiing is the only favorite recreational sport that one can participate in, it means there will be nothing to do for most of the year i.e. during the other seasons. When deciding on the right sport for recreation, it is advisable to have more than one option especially in a situation where one is affected by seasonal changes.

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Affective User-Centred Analysis, Design and Evaluation
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Generational differences and technology design
Measurement of success of emotional technology / interfaces
Supporting user populations from specific Generations
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Creativity Support Systems
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Methodological implications of Emotional User Studies
Participatory design and Cooperative design techniques
Ethical issues in emotional design
HCI and Design education
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Hypermedia Instructional Systems
Information Retrieval and Hypertext
User Interface Design for Instructional Systems
Exploratory Learning Environments
Data Mining and Web Mining in Education
Virtual Simulations and Remote Equipment Labs
Synchronous and Non-Synchronous E-Learning
Impact of the E-Learning and Society

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Information Retrieval and Visualization Methods for Learning
Educational technologies for People with Special Needs
Networking, Reliability and Security aspects for online Education
HCI Case Studies
HCI in Mobile, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Contexts
HCI Theories, Methods, and Practice
Human Centered Design

Human Interface and the Management of Information
Implicit interaction styles for mobile devices
Intelligent environments
Intelligent Systems
Interaction Design for People with Disabilities
Interaction through Wireless Communication Networks
Interdisciplinary perspectives towards mobile interaction
Interfaces for Restricted Environments
Internationalization and Implications of Culture on Design
Internationalization, Design and Global Development
Location-aware interaction
Methods to evaluate mobile usability / User experience research for & with mobile devices
Mobile Entertainment
Mobile persuasion
Mobile phenomena
Mobile social networks
Mobility and work environments
Model-based design of interactive mobile systems
Multimodal interaction
Non-Verbal Interfaces
Novel user interfaces and interaction techniques
Online Communities and Social Computing
Perception and modeling of the environment
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NYT strikes back over Paltrow ghostwriting denial

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By Natalie Finn, E! Online

The New York Times isn't planning to sugarcoat the truth for Gwyneth Paltrow.

The paper insists it didn't goof when it comes to the GOOPster, telling E! News that it stands behind an article in last week's Dining section that names Paltrow as one of many cookbook authors who have collaborated with a ghostwriter.

"The article does not merit correction," a rep for the Times says, noting that Paltrow's beef is not rare among chefs.

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"Twitter and the food blogosphere quickly lighted up, and we heard from a number of people named in the article, including Jamie Oliver, Rachael Ray, Gwyneth Paltrow and Mario Batali," writes Julia Moskin in a follow-up piece referred to us by the Times. "All four have acknowledged, in print, working with collaborators on their books -- but all objected to what they saw as the implication that they were not the authors of their own work."

Paltrow, for one, had tweeted, "Love @nytimes dining section but this weeks facts need checking. No ghost writer on my cookbook, I wrote every word myself."

Moskin continues: "While the article dealt with a wide range of assistance, it became clear that the notion of 'ghostwriting' carried a strong stigma in the food world. It suggested that the food itself -- the ingredients, the flavors, the techniques -- as invented by someone else. This does sometimes happen (call it "ghost-cooking"), and the chefs who engage in it are the objects of a special kind of scorn."

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Moskin contends that she was not accusing Paltrow, et al., of ghost-cooking.

"Ghost-cooking is rarer than the routine work of wrestling hot, messy, complicated recipes onto the page in comprehensible English.... That is cookbook ghostwriting, as I and many others have experienced it," she writes. "The food itself, and the story that surrounds it, usually comes from the chef in varying stages of page-readiness."

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Interestingly, Moskin also notes that Ray, Batali and a rep for Oliver, in objecting to their inclusion in the original story, told the paper that certain other chefs should have been included.

Looks like this stew is getting a little too spicy!

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Bates may not remember shooting, lawyer says

The Army sergeant accused of shooting 16 Afghan civilians has not yet been formally charged, though charges may come this week.

The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage met his client for the first time Monday and said the solider has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre.

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Lawyer John Henry Browne said Robert Bales remembers some details from before and after the killings, but very little or nothing from the time the military believes he went on a shooting spree through two Afghan villages.

"He has some memory of some things that happened that night. He has some memories of before the incident and he has some memories of after the incident. In between, very little," Browne told The Associated Press by telephone from Fort Leavenworth, where Bales is being held.

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Pressed on whether Bales can remember anything about the shooting, Browne said, "No," but added, "I haven't gotten that far with him yet." In an earlier interview with CBS News, Browne said unequivocally that Bales couldn't remember the shootings.

Bales, 38, has not been charged yet in the March 11 shootings, though charges could come this week. The killings sparked protests in Afghanistan, endangered relations between the two countries and threatened to upend American policy over the decade-old war.

Earlier Monday, Browne met with his client behind bars for the first time to begin building a defense and said the soldier gave a powerfully moving account of what it is like to be on the ground in Afghanistan.

Browne said he and Bales, who is being held in an isolated cell at the military prison, met for more than three hours in the morning at Fort Leavenworth. Browne, co-counsel Emma Scanlan and Bales were expected to talk again in the afternoon.

"What's going on on the ground in Afghanistan, you read about it. I read about it. But it's totally different when you hear about it from somebody who's been there," Browne told The Associated Press by telephone during a lunch break. "It's just really emotional."

Browne, a Seattle attorney who defended serial killer Ted Bundy and a thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," has said he has handled three or four military cases. The defense team includes a military defense lawyer, Maj. Thomas Hurley.

At their meeting, Browne said Bales clarified a story, provided initially by the soldier's family, about the timing of a roadside bomb that blew off the leg of one of Bales' friends. It was two days before the shooting, not one, and Bales didn't see the explosion, just the aftermath, Browne said.

The details of the blast could not be immediately confirmed.

Military officials have said that Bales, after drinking on a southern Afghanistan base, crept away to two villages overnight, shooting his victims and setting many of them on fire. Nine of the dead were children and 11 belonged to one family.

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