'A steep fall' for BBC as child sex abuse scandal rocks the UK

Police believe former TV star Jimmy Savile, a national icon, may have been one of Britain's worst pedophile offenders. Some of Savile's alleged 300 victims had appeared on his TV shows. NBC's Keir Simmons reports.

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By Keir Simmons, NBC News

LONDON -- The child sex abuse scandal engulfing Britain?s public broadcaster, the BBC, has been producing disturbing headlines in the UK for almost a month, and the signs are this is just the beginning. Since the scandal broke, 300 victims have told police that they were abused by BBC TV host Jimmy Savile, suggesting this number may yet rise.

Jimmy Savile abuse scandal stuns Britain: a who's who primer

Savile hosted TV shows, worked for charities and was even awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II. More than just a TV personality, he was a national institution. He was perhaps Britain?s answer to Dick Clark, hosting the UK?s equivalent of ?American Bandstand,? the very British sounding ?Top of the Pops.?

BBC ripped for handling of sex abuse scandal tied to former host

Savile died last year, but it is another institution, the one he worked for, that has become as much the focus of this scandal. The BBC says new allegations have been made against nine current BBC staff or contributors since the revelations about Savile. Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament: "These allegations do leave many institutions, perhaps particularly the BBC, with serious questions to answer."

It is difficult to exaggerate how fundamental the BBC is to British culture. It has the highest-rated radio stations. It runs one of the biggest TV channels. Its Web pages are the most-read. Its news is the most trusted. The BBC even has its own "sound" ? a kind of posh, but not too posh, monotone adopted by all newsreaders. British children grow up with it.

Now, it is accused of turning its back while children were allegedly abused on its premises by a BBC star and others. One BBC show, ?Jim?ll Fix It,? even invited children to write in and ask to be on TV. The access to legal minors has prompted comparisons to Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. It?s a scandal that is raising questions about the cult of celebrity and about how large prestigious institutions can offer pedophiles a place to hide.

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One seemingly inexplicable aspect of what happened is that so many people now appear to have been aware that it was happening. In interviews, Savile was asked about whether he was a pedophile and denied it. Comedians told jokes about it. Yet for decades no one did anything to stop it. Perhaps all this is not just about the British Broadcasting Corporation but about British culture itself.

The BBC?s journalistic culture is also being questioned. The former director-general of the BBC, Mark Thompson, is soon to be chief executive of the New York Times. Under his leadership, and that of new BBC director-general George Entwistle, a BBC investigation into Savile was dropped last year. It took a rival network, ITV, to uncover the scandal.

It?s still not clear why the well-regarded show ?Newsnight? dropped the investigation, and there is no suggestion that either Thompson or Entwistle were involved in a cover up. But, on top of the BBC?s failure to stop Savile, its shelving of his investigation has shocked the UK. The BBC?s journalism is fiercely independent; its own journalists have done much to make the Savile story headline news, but many of the questions are about the competency of BBC's management rather than individual reporters and producers.

The alleged abuse happened many years ago, in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. And the BBC is not the only organization involved. For example, Savile was allowed into children?s hospital wards. The police were asked to investigate on a number of occasions but failed to bring charges.?What makes the allegations all the more disturbing to many Britons is that the BBC is funded through a tax paid by every British family with a television.

The BBC has faced serious crises before. In 2003, it was investigated after a controversial broadcast about the Iraq war that led to the suicide of a leading scientist. The public inquiry was so critical it lead to the resignation of the BBC?s then director-general. Ten years on, the BBC is still thriving. But it?s hard to imagine a more toxic claim than the allegation that the British Broadcasting Corporation allowed children to be abused by its employees. As another famous British bastion of journalism, The Economist, puts it this week, ?From the height of so much esteem, it is a steep fall.?

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Atmore author wins national award ? Bonnie Latino's ... - Atmore News

By JOYCE FAULKNER
Special to Atmore News

?Your Gift to Me,? a military-themed novel by Atmore native Bonnie Bartel Latino and New Jersey resident Bob Vale recently received a 2012 Gold Medal from the Military Writers Society of America in Dayton, Ohio. The award nomination package described the book as, ??a story of love and war spliced with historical fiction?warm, engaging ? and oh so thought provoking, the novel celebrates the resilience of human connections across time and space and mortality.?

A former columnist for Stars and Stripes in Europe, Bonnie met Bob, who is now an award-winning writer, graphic designer and photographer, online in 1996 on CompuServe?s Military Forum. They have been writing together professionally for over a decade, sharing a byline on freelance articles for The Birmingham News, Mobile-Press Register, Atmore News and ?atmore? magazine. They have never met in person.

Bonnie, a correspondent for the Press-Register book page from 2004 until October of this year, describes ?Your Gift to Me? as sharing the same subtle, but central, theme of the healing powers of love and laughter to triumph over grief that was found in ?Top Gun? and ?Steel Magnolias.? The book concludes at Air Force Special Operations Headquarters (AFSOC) at Hurlburt Field, in the Florida Panhandle. A brief synopsis reveals the novel?s Special Operations connection: Nearly ten years after Emily Ann Meade?s husband died in a fiery Special Ops Pave-Hawk helicopter crash in the 1991 Gulf War, she moves from Hurlburt to Hawaii, where she meets charismatic F-16 pilot, Colonel Ted Foley. Although she is attracted to Ted, his fighter wing has recently lost two pilots in unexplained air crashes. He is the very type of man she has sworn to avoid?a man whose life could be in danger.

The co-authors set their story in the world of the contemporary fighter pilot, writing about what Bonnie knows best, the military way of life. She was an Air Force spouse for 30 years before her husband Colonel Tom Latino retired, and they moved back to her hometown of Atmore.

Among the book?s impressive endorsements is one from Alabama native and New York Times best-selling author, Andy Andrews, ??What would you get if Stephen Ambrose, Patricia Cornwell, and Max Lucado teamed up to create a story? The result, I suspect, would turn out to be something very close to the compelling narrative found in ?Your Gift To Me.? Get your copy right now?You owe yourself the attention this book deserves.?

A recent review in The Tampa Tribune described the novel as, ?An accurate, smart, sensitive look at military lives and military wives.? The October Midwest Book Review said, ?This is a book you do not want to miss. It is an entrancing story??

?Your Gift to Me? is available in paperback and eBook formats from Amazon.com.

Editor?s note: Bonnie Latino will have signed copies of ?Your Gift to Me? for sale at the Atmore News / ?atmore? magazine booth at WSD. She will accept Patron of the Arts scrip.

Joyce Faulkner is immediate past president, Military Writers Society of America.

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Job Interviews: What Kind of Impression Does Your Company Make?

Interviewees put a lot of effort into getting ready for their job interviews ? up to and including asking the internet for advice about their outfits. You look great, honey!

A friend got a callback for a job he applied for nine months ago with a tech start-up. He?s now happily employed elsewhere, but I encouraged him to take the phone interview anyway. After all, job interviews are a great way to get a sense for how your skills measure up in the marketplace. What transpired gave him such a shockingly bad first impression that I just had to share it.

Even in a down economy with high unemployment, all prospective employees should be treated well. Think about it: They are individuals in your field who have a high level of interest in your company. They cared enough about your company to consider working for you ? and they were a close enough fit that you invited them in for a one-on-one meeting. That makes them prime stakeholders. During the interview you have a chance to turn them into champions or detractors ? whether or not they end up being successful candidates for your open position.

Beyond your reputation in your industry, it?s also important to remember that employee engagement starts with the interview. Prospective employees will be judging your employee engagement by those crucial first interactions. What kind of message are you sending?

Back to our candidate for worst first impression of the year. This is no two-bit start-up we?re talking about. They?ve received lots of national press for their disruptive idea, the founders are famous former Google employees, and they are well-funded. We don?t expect start-ups to be fully buttoned-up ? their disorder is part of their appeal ? but we do expect a bit of care in the hiring process since first impressions are so important. One would think that these are pretty obvious interview best practices. But apparently not at every company. Does your staff miss any of these when they meet prospective hires for the first time?

Be on time

As job interviewees we expect to be judged by every facet of the first impression: what we wear, how we sound, and whether we?re prompt or not. The same standard applies to your interviewer. In this case, our interviewer was 15 minutes late for a 10-15 minute phone chat.

Sell us a little!

All interviews include a high level overview of both the company and the job, right? Any interviewer worth their salt should share at least the basics of the position ? and try to make them sound appealing. In this case, the length of the contract was unclear, because ?we?re really not sure what the end goal is.? Fair enough ? that?s a common enough situation in start-up mode, but there should be something exciting and interesting to go along with the uncertainty if you are hoping to attract top talent. How else is a potential staff member going to feel excited about working for you? Don?t forget that your prospective employees are hiring you, too.

Be prepared to share it some information about the position

When questioned about the job duties (information as general as you?d find on a typical job description, like the type of degree required for the position), the interviewer claimed that she couldn?t get into details because the interviewee was not under NDA, which is kind of a conversation killer.

First of all, NDAs are practically unenforceable. Suggesting that a prospective hire sign one in order to get the most general information about what a job might entail is pretty amateur.

Second, to suggest an NDA so early in the process hints of a working environment that is cagey and full of secrets. Who wants to work somewhere where even basic information is under lock and key? The best thing about working in a start-up is how small it is: how quickly things happen, how much leeway each individual has for decision making, and how open and transparent leadership is with the staff. Asking for an NDA too early sends the message that your company is not an easy, open place to work.

Unsurprisingly, my friend did not continue on for another interview. And a start-up lost the chance to make a good impression on a key stakeholder.

Have you ever had a job interview that made you want to run? Share your story in the comments!

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Great Public Speaking: Public Speaking Marketing Tips: Paid Search

One way to find targeted traffic is to pay your way to the top of the search results. This is called Pay-Per-Click or sponsored ads. You have seen them often almost every time you search online. They will be typically on the top of the page or the right hand side of the search results on Google with websites that match your inquiry.

These website owners have set a bid price on how much they are willing to pay for each click on the result. These website owners pay every time someone clicks out on an ad no matter if the visitor purchases anything or not.

The ads in yellow are the sponsored ads and the ones below that are natural search results.

The reason it can attract high quality targeted traffic is that your ad will match what the searcher is looking for based on the exact keywords they type in. By paying for search positioning, not only are you putting yourself right in front of your target audience, but you are skipping the process of waiting for natural search positioning and putting your website up on the top of the results within hours of signing up.

This is a great way to test products and new ideas. If you pay for a sponsored ad and your target market doesn't click on the ad or buy anything, you may have a dud of an idea or haven't worded the ad just right. It would be a shame to have spent time and money on a product that no one wants.

Learning to write an ad properly is important to keep the wrong people from clicking on the ad. You could go broke very quickly if people are clicking on the ads for no reason. You have to word the ad to attract your specific target market and 'disqualify' people who wouldn't ultimately be interested in your products or services.

Easy tricks that make public speakers a fortune...

Source: http://greatpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2012/10/public-speaking-marketing-tips-paid.html

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Samsung Galaxy Note II Will Hit AT&T Stores November 9 For $299, Pre-Orders Begin October 25

AT&T has just announced that the Samsung Galaxy Note II, the next big thing to come out of the South Korean electronics maker, will be available on blue carrier shelves starting November 9. Online pre-orders begin October 25, around the same time that the phone will be released on Sprint.

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Apple unveils next-generation iMac with slimmer design and Ivy Bridge, starting at $1,299

Who said Apple's event was all about the little things? Apple just unveiled its first redesign to its iMac desktop in three years. The new all-in-one makes the widely expected leap to Intel's Ivy Bridge Core i5 and Core i7 processors, but also represents a much leaner and meaner replacement for the 2009-era template -- its edges are just 5mm thick, and it's constructed with "friction stir welding" as well as a gapless, less reflective display that's laminated together with the glass. Screen sizes remain the same and include both a 21.5-inch, 1080p model and a 27-inch, 2,560 x 1,400 model -- sorry, no Retina displays this year. They share 720p-capable front cameras with dual mics as well as NVIDIA's GeForce 600-era graphics, up to 32GB of RAM and a panoply of storage options that peak at 3TB of spinning storage, a 768GB SSD or what Apple calls a Fusion Drive that mixes both 128GB of flash with 1TB or 3TB of conventional storage (a hybrid drive, for those of us who've seen it before). There's no optical drive unless you plug in a USB option.

The 21.5-inch model ships in November, and will set you back $1,299 for a 2.7GHz Core i5, 8GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive; pony up for the 27-inch model at $1,799 and you'll get a 2.9GHz Core i5 as well as the same memory and storage. Apple's larger iMac doesn't ship until December, however, which will give some impulse buyers at least a brief respite.

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Family History Partnership is relaunching website - British GENES

The Family History Partnership is relaunching its website at www.familyhistorypartnership.co.uk and as a consequence the site is currently not offering details of titles available for sale. It should be up and running in a few days according to the new home page.

If you want to test it out when it is back up and running, my book Researching Scottish Family History should be available there for the bargain price of ?7.95!

Chris

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New book: It's Perthshire 1866 - there's been a murder... www.thehistorypress.co.uk/products/The-Mount-Stewart-Murder.aspx?(from June 12th 2012)

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Epson PowerLite 1761W Multimedia Projector

The Epson PowerLite 1761W Multimedia Projector is modestly priced for an ultra-light WGXA data projector, yet provides superb data and video image quality and solid connectivity choices. It succeeds the now discontinued Epson PowerLite 1775W Multimedia Projector as Editors' Choice. Though it lacks a few features of the Epson PowerLite 1776W , which is replacing the Epson 1775W in Epson's product line, in our testing it showed slightly better image quality and it sells at a much lower price.

The 1761W has a rated brightness of 2,600 lumens, and has native WXGA (1,280 by 800) resolution, compatible with widescreen laptops with a 16:10 aspect ratio. Its light engine employs the 3LCD technology that Epson helped develop.

This all-black projector measures a slim 2.1 by 11.5 by 8.3 inches (HWD) and weighs 3.7 pounds. Is similar in form to the Casio Slim XJ-A246 ($1,499.99 direct, 3.5 stars), which has almost identical dimensions but is a bit heavier, at 5 pounds.

The 1761W has both zoom and focus wheels behind the lens. The focus wheel was responsive, and I could easily get a sharp image. The projector comes with a soft carrying case, which features several pouches and a messenger strap.

The 1761W has the ports that count for a portable data projector: VGA, HDMI, RCA video, audio in; a type B USB port for keyboard and mouse control; and a type A USB port for running a presentation off a USB thumb drive. It also has a second type A USB port, behind a screw-off cover, specifically for its included wireless LAN module.

Data Testing
I tested the 1761W from about seven feet away, where the image filled our test screen (about 70 inches diagonal). The image was bright enough to tolerate a fair amount of ambient light without degradation, and wasn't notably fainter than the Epson 1776W.

Data image quality, as tested using the DisplayMate suite, was very good for a business projector. Type in our text testing was readable at all sizes, though slightly blurred at the smallest size. The only issue worth mention was a very slight tinting in a few white and gray backgrounds?it was somewhat less apparent than similar tinting with the Epson 1776W, and is unlikely to bother anyone if they even notice it.

Video and Sound
Video quality was above average for a data projector, good enough for video clips of any length as part of a presentation, or even to show movies with. It did very well in capturing detail in dark scenes, but there was a modest loss of detail in some very bright scenes. As an LCD-based projector, it's immune to the distracting rainbow effect frequently seen in DLP projectors.

Audio from the 1-watt speaker is of modest volume, adequate for use in a small to mid-sized classroom or conference room, and sound quality is reasonably good.

Bulb Life
The 1761W has a lamp life of up to 4,000 hours. That's good for a data projector, although a far cry from the Casio XJ-A246, whose hybrid LED-laser light engine's bulb can last up to 20,000 hours, essentially the lifetime of the projector.? The 1761W, though, offers better data and video image quality (the latter free from the rainbow artifacts seen in the Casio XJ-A246's video), at a much lower price.

The Epson 1761W is a superbly sleek and light data projector, with very good data and video image quality. Data images showed less tinting than those from the Epson 1775W. Though not quite as bright as the Epson 1775W and Epson 1776W, which are rated at 3,000 lumens, the 1761W's test image stood up to a good amount of ambient light without notable degradation. The 1761W provides Wi-Fi connectivity, though it lacks the 1776W's Quick Connect ad hoc wireless key that facilitates connection. It also makes do with automatic vertical keystone correction, rather than the 1776Ws vertical and horizontal correction plus Auto Screen Fit. But neither of those features is critical, and with the Epson PowerLite 1761W Multimedia Projector you get slightly better image quality and most of the fixings for a much lower price, making it a new Editors' Choice.

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Wolverton: Windows 8's awkward interface makes it one for PC users to avoid

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Jyll L. Stuart, president of Veracity Technologies, works on migrating an app that currently runs on Windows Tablet to run on Windows 8 Azure Cloud, during a Microsoft Windows 8 Developer Workshop at the Kurz Purdue Technology Center, in West Lafayette, Ind., on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Journal & Courier, Brent Drinkut)

As a PC user, I hate -- a word I use sparingly -- the new interface that is the centerpiece of Windows 8.

With the new version of its flagship operating system, due out Friday, Microsoft has replaced its tried-and-true desktop interface with what it called until recently the Metro interface. Instead of a start button, taskbar and windows filled with applications and folders, Metro features a screen full of program "tiles" and applications that run full-screen.

While I think this interface has a lot of promise for tablets, on a traditional desktop or laptop computer, or even on a newer notebook sporting a touch screen, it's clunky and unintuitive. Metro often feels like a work in progress, because seemingly obvious features are unavailable. And worst of all, Metro makes it much harder than before to do everyday tasks and real work on your computer.

Take the idea of viewing multiple applications on your screen, a core feature of Windows since even before Windows 95. You can't do it in the Metro interface.

Oh, sure, you can split the screen between two -- and only two -- open applications. But this feature, called Snap, is all but worthless.

Microsoft only allows the screen to be split vertically by a predesignated ratio. Supposedly, one application gets a third of the screen and the other two-thirds. Users can't change that ratio so that, say, each application gets half. Nor can they arrange the apps so that one is

on top of the other, rather than having them side by side.

What's worse is that, at least on my computer, one-third of the screen was grossly overstating the amount of screen space devoted to the smaller application area; it actually was given less than a fifth of the screen space. Thanks to that, the text on Web pages was either so small as to be unreadable or -- if you zoomed in -- displayed so that you had to constantly scroll left and right to view a whole page.

But you don't just lose actual windows with Windows 8's Metro interface. You also typically lose the standard menu bar long used to interact with and control Windows applications. In its place, you have controls that are accessible only if you know where to swipe or point your mouse. Because the placement of these controls is haphazard and inconsistent, you'll find yourself guessing the location of commands you formerly found easily.

If you want to add an account to the Mail app, for example, you have to bring up what Microsoft calls the "charm bar" and tap on settings. If you want to move a message into a particular folder, you can't drag and drop it; instead, you have to swipe from the top or bottom of the screen, tap on the "move" command, and then tap on a folder.

Thanks in part to these pared-down and hidden controls, the apps that run under Metro often feel like kid versions of older desktop programs. This difference is most notable with the Metro version of Internet Explorer.

Just as Metro doesn't support windowed applications, Metro Internet Explorer doesn't support tabbed browser windows. You can have multiple Web pages open at once, but to view them or switch directly to particular pages, you have to swipe from the top of the screen to get a view of the thumbnails of your open pages.

If you're like me and you've come to depend on tabbed browsing to manage multiple open pages, it's disorienting to not be able to see your open pages and frustrating to have to go through an extra step to access them.

Unfortunately, when it comes to Metro applications in general, you'll find lots missing. At least right now, there's no Photoshop, no Quicken, no iTunes and no Firefox. So, if you use those and other applications, you'll end up spending lots of time in Windows 8's version of the traditional Windows desktop.

That would be OK if you could just boot directly to that desktop. But Microsoft won't allow you to do so; instead, everyone has to use the Metro start screen and will find themselves constantly switching back and forth to the old desktop.

Metro is not all bad for PC users; there are some things I do like about it. One great feature is that on the Metro start screen, you can search for an app by simply typing its name, no need to click on a search bar or a start button.

Another interesting feature is that the application tiles on the start screen act like widgets, displaying up-to-date information, which makes them more useful than the old static program icons.

But for PC users, these types of benefits are far outweighed by the regular frustrations of using Metro. If you want to use Windows 8 on a tablet, it's well made for that purpose. But I'd avoid it on a PC.

Contact Troy Wolverton at 408-840-4285 or twolverton@mercurynews.com. Follow him at www.mercurynews.com/troy-wolverton or Twitter.com/troywolv.

What: Microsoft Windows 8
Likes: Ability to search for apps from start screen just by typing; widget-like app tiles, updated appearance
Dislikes: No ability to view multiple app windows at one time; menu bar replaced with inconsistent controls; no way to circumvent Metro at startup; relatively few Metro apps
Web: www.windows.com

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Professionals Needed to Help Stop Teen Addiction

Substance abuse is increasing around the world, and Canada is no exception. According to Teen Challenge Canada, a program committed to keeping young people clean, more than 47,000 annual deaths in the country are linked to substance abuse.

The Vancouver Sun reports that 20 percent of those struggling with substance abuse problems are teens under the age of 18, and the average age that many are introduced to the world of illegal drugs is 11 years old. These statistics signal a need for more workers to help young people fight addictions. Those looking for a worthwhile profession may want to consider learning more about becoming an addictions and community services worker. Here are several ways that these workers can help teens with harmful addictions.

Help to Educate
Addictions and community services workers can help to inform the general public about the risks surrounding drugs and other substances. The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) recently published a study reporting that around 10 percent of junior high and high school students have used hallucinogenic drugs, with an additional 17 percent smoking marijuana regularly and 40 percent binge drinking. By educating youths about the risks involved with illegal drug use and the side effects of substance abuse, professional workers can help to cut down on teen addictions before they begin.

Help to Heal
Often, substance abuse is used as a coping mechanism for other problems. Effective treatments usually involve counseling as well as administering medications, and the mental aspect behind drug addiction is an important one to address. Socioeconomic factors and family problems can tie into substance abuse, with the CCSA reporting that children of addicts are about nine times more likely to develop their own substance abuse problems. An addictions and community service worker can help youths tackle these issues head on.

Help to Refocus
Once personal issues have been addressed, many former addicts will need to refocus their lives in order to live cleanly. Rehabilitation helps teens give back to the community in a way that can also help them. They are able to find purpose and structure in their immediate environment, and a range of people are part of that support system.

Students who are interested in finding a fulfilling role in this field can first enroll in programs like Addictions and Community Services Worker and Social Services Worker Foundations at CDI College. For more information, fill out the form on the right.

Source: http://www.cdicollege.ca/all-news/addictions-and-community-service-worker/professionals-needed-to-help-stop-teen-addiction/

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Dexter, Season 7

Every week in?Slate?s?Dexter?TV club, Katy Waldman will have an IM conversation with a different?Dexter?fan. This week, she rehashes episode 7.4 with Laura Helmuth, Slate's science and health editor.?

Katy Waldman: I?m so glad you could make it, Laura. It means more to me than pizza.

Laura Helmuth: Aww. Dexter is secretly heart-warming, isn't it? And he gets better at expressing affection all the time. Possibly feeling it, too? In the first season (and in the first book), one of my favorite lines by him was: "If I could love anyone, it would be Deb." And by Season 7, he clearly loves her.

Waldman: I was surprised at the shift in their dynamic this episode. Usually we have Debra chasing Dexter, while he plays the secretive, brooding guy. But now that, to quote Dex, "everything's changed," he?s desperate to recapture Deb's love and acceptance, and she's the one holding back. I think she really wounds him when she asks whether he is "capable of love."

Helmuth: That whole exchange in the alley was classic Dexter (the show, not the guy): snappy, surprising, funny. When she asks him that question he says, "I love you" and that he's still the same guy he was before she caught him stabbing creepy Travis. "Nothing's changed!" he says.

Waldman: Which maybe just means, ?I don?t want anything to change, even though it has.? Dexter had a pretty good thing going. A beautiful son, a loving sister, a career he?s good at, and the freedom to pursue his nocturnal ?hobby? without arousing suspicion.

Helmuth: One thing that hasn?t changed is that, on Dexter, it?s a really bad idea to get into a bathtub. Deb's dream started out sort of erotic but quickly turned horrorshow. I wonder if the "Deb, will you be mine" line she dreams Dexter saying presages a return of the misguided incest theme of Season 6.

Waldman: I worried about that too! Especially given the strange exchange of vows between Dexter and Debra later in the episode. Deb says she's not sure she feels the same way she once did about her brother and Dexter replies, "I do." Then Deb echoes him, before adding, "But I don't, too."

Helmuth: Relationships are complicated, aren't they? Especially with your adopted brother / love interest / serial killer / competitor for catching bad guys. Deb and Dex have some superstrong bond. Did the ?Deb, be mine? line mean that Debra might soon join her brother in murdering people?

Waldman: Well, we should also remember that Dexter repeatedly calls Ray Speltzer "mine." In the bathtub, Debra could be an accomplice, a lover or a victim.

Helmuth: Yes! Dex is very passionate and jealous of his conquests, which makes for some real confusion around love and violence. And Deb is definitely wrestling with a lot of fears and temptations right now.

But I have to say, although I'm willing to accept a Minotaur serial killer building elaborate mazes in Miami's warehouse district, Deb's sexual attraction to Dex is just too implausible. He was adopted as a two-year-old, and she would have been a newborn, so they would have had just as much of an incest taboo as any biological siblings, thanks to the Westermarck effect.

Waldman: Ooh! Fact checking Dexter. What's the Westermarck effect?

Helmuth: That's the phenomenon that children raised together, as in the early Israeli Kibbutzes, don't become sexually attracted to one another once they hit puberty. It seems like there are incest taboos that work the same way in all kinds of species--if you spend too much time together in childhood, that means you're related, which means it's a really bad idea to mate.

Waldman: Another reason to despise the Dex-and-Deb-forbidden-love subplot!

Helmuth: Speaking of children, how about the different models of fatherhood explored in tonight's episode? Poor Alex gave the last full measure of devotion to his kids, killing himself for them. Isaac turns out to be Viktor?s dad. (Why did they make that relationship so secret?) Dexter refuses to give up Harrison when Deb pressures him to turn over custody to Rita's parents. What do you think--Selfish? Or is he really a great father?

Waldman: I think the show badly wants us to consider Dexter a warm, loving father. (He has sentimental attachments to Harrison?s toys, at least.) And to be honest, I?d be thrilled to have such a bad-ass dad. But maybe I?m not giving the dark passenger his due.

Helmuth: Dex is certainly a sentimentalist! Look no further than his boxes of blood slides. But I think Deb makes a good point that Harrison could get exposed to Dexter's dark side. He does his best to keep his serial killing hidden, but Deb figured it out, and he wasn't able to protect Rita--so she?s right to point out that Dex could get killed or arrested before Harrison is old enough to go off to college.

Waldman: I was sort of fascinated by the way Dexter ended up acceding to so many of Deb's demands, perhaps without realizing he was doing it. She gave him grief about the slides, and one episode later, he consigned them to the flames. She tells him to send Harrison away, and he does (even though he justifies it to himself by saying it's only for a few weeks.)

Helmuth: As a bossy sister myself, I am all for her bossing him around.

Speaking of assertive women, I?d like to see more of the officer who accompanied Quinn to the strip club. When Quinn and Nadia made goo-goo eyes at each other, she snapped: "Do NOT tell me you are fucking her." I hope she's being groomed to replace whoever gets knocked off this season. Maybe even Quinn himself. Who, by the way, is apparently even more crooked than we know. George Romanov?s allusion to the dirty old times is a detail that should pay off nicely in the future.

Waldman: Yes! Poor Quinn. I also have to ask you: What on earth was going on with the Ray Speltzer interrogation?

Helmuth: It was great to see Deb at the top of her head-game during that scene. I wonder how much of Batista's good-cop routine had an element of truth to it, though. Perhaps he's still smarting about being passed over for promotion.

Waldman: That's an interesting point. Every episode of Dexter, Batista seems a bit more defeated. His heartbreaking line about a twice-divorced cop staring down the barrel of retirement made me wonder if he's about to leave this world.

Helmuth: Defeated is exactly right. His last attempt to put his life together was the purchase of a muscle car. I think you're right that he might be looking at lights-out. Especially with a fuck-up like Quinn as his partner.?

Waldman: But back to Speltzer, I just found the interrogation tactics so unconvincing. We were supposed to think that he killed women because he desired his mother? Seriously? Couldn't they have dreamt up something more creative?

Helmuth: I agree that the interrogation was a little melodramatic. There must be too many Freudians on the writing staff. Listen up, Freudians: Sibs don't lust after one another and an Oedipal complex isn't really as strong or deadly as you think it is.

Also, somebody who can build that elaborate a maze and kill for so long without getting caught probably has a little more self-control.

Waldman: Ha! So true. What did you make of Deb's murderous impulses when it came to Speltzer? Did they seem in character?

Helmuth: I think Deb was sort of being used as a moral compass in this episode, channeling emotions the audience has or should have. It does make sense, given her temperament and past frustrations, that she also feels a desire to kill bad guys. Who doesn't sometimes? But I thought it was also interesting that she voiced what we guilty-pleasure audience members don't, which is: Dexter! You kill people! And, even more damning, you let Rita be killed.

Waldman: Was that a fair charge?

Helmuth: It was awfully harsh, but it does have some truth to it. If Dex had cooperated with Deb, maybe they could have gotten Trinity earlier. I am waiting for her to accuse him of not acting in time to stop Trinity from killing her love interest Lutz.

Waldman: The criticism struck me as unfair?How could Dex have known what Trinity would do? But I suppose it makes sense in the context of Dexter's own worldview. He says, "Everything is in my control."

Helmuth: Yes, and his control just keeps slipping. He doesn't make many mistakes, but each one ends up getting somebody killed.

Waldman: He is ever-so neat! I thought it was odd and intriguing when he mocked Speltzer at the graveyard by imitating his shouts. He seemed completely deranged, getting in Speltzer's face and screaming, "Fuck!" Then he said, "It feels good, doesn't it?" What do you think that meant?

Helmuth: The deranged "Fuck" I took as Dex waiting too long between killing episodes?I think he was really jonesing for a fix.

Waldman: To me, it echoed Deb's crazy attack on Speltzer at the victim's funeral and bound the brother-sister duo together.

Helmuth: Ah, yes, those Morgans and their tempers. That was a nice symmetry.

Waldman: Right. I wasn't surprised to see her car in the parking lot in the scene after Speltzer?s murder.

Helmuth: And her sort of flattered comment when he pointed to the smoke: "Did you do this for me?"

Waldman: And I thought he so clearly had! He even told Speltzer he hoped his relationship with Debra could rise from Speltzer?s ashes. That said, I didn?t know how to read the ending. Did Dexter finally bring Debra around? Was that the moral-compass-to-accomplice turning point?

Helmuth: Wasn't it thoughtful? My brother never killed any of my enemies and cremated them in the middle of the night. And I think you're right that it was a turning point. She seems to be coming around to Dexter's point of view. I'm eager to see what happens next week?will she agonize some more? Punish him emotionally? Break down? Pretend not to notice what he does? Send victims his way like Harry did?

But we should go! We have to celebrate another thrilling week of Dexter. Can I buy you a bloody Mary?

Waldman: I don't drink. I make other people drink.

On the other hand, I will drink if someone comes after me with a delicious cocktail.

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Why, and how I'll never be a PR Puppet aka Blogger for SWAG | Pop ...

Here is the latest and great product from *insert company here*

OMG how cute is the packaging? Seriously girls, you HAVE to get this.

It will take ten years off your WRINKLES. It will change your life! Its totally wearable. From day to night! (And why not while you?re sleeping?!)

** I totally got this free. But of course, I?m totally honest!

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Okay, slightly exaggerated product review there but there is an example of a few bloggers that are merely performing puppetry of the PRs. It is something I will never strive to be. If you ever see me trying to talk about the wonders of liposuction, or Botox; know that I have forever sold out.

This is a pure opinion piece, but a piece I had to write to share my true values and how Pop Couture is my outlet, not an ?inlet? for swag. (I?ll always

Whilst I do product reviews every now and then, know that I?ve at least tried it for more at least a month (more if its skincare) and know that if I even accepted it from a PR company (which happens rarely, which I?m fine with!) I am selective. I don?t accept every opportunity that comes my way because my blog is written as an outlet, and I never would envisage that I write it FOR the benefit of a PR company. I include things on my blog that I would naturally love even if I hadn?t been introduced to it by a friendly PR company. ALWAYS.

There has been an example when I haven?t agreed with the methods and ethics of a certain cosmetic company, and whilst I tested out a few items from them, because I didn?t believe in their practices. So why would I even say HEY Buy this lipgloss! Gorgeous colour! But oh yeah I wouldn?t buy from them again because of so and so.. I just chose not write it. And I let them know. Because I?m not a puppet, and I?m not in it for the swag (man, am I influenced by Justin Bieber or WHAT!)

In light of recent elitist beauty blogger behaviour and nastiness in 140 characters; I was further spurred on to write this. They would say its insecurity; I?m just calling a spade a spade. Don?t say you?ve built a community when you?ve actually lead a clique. And give it a hashtag.

Its definitely not the inner circle I would want to be a part of, and its certainly not the kind of person I want to associate with. Accept this dear reader or PR as my disclaimer, and my notice of integrity.

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Family Time Should Not Include Video Games ? Londonderry News

I am pro toy. I love creative board games, building blocks, puppets, books, puzzles, science projects, sports equipment and crafts. I seek toys, products and games that engage, challenge, educate, encourage movement and that are fun. I especially love toys that encourage family time.

Unlike the average lay person who strolls the toy aisles with casual interest, I painstakingly study each shelf, taking detailed notes about the designs, age appropriateness, quality of packaging, attention to detail, and overall toy concept. ?What kind of a hit is this toy maker going to take when smart and thoughtful moms and dads say, ?No Way!? to this doll that looks like a prostitute??

Of all the choices, I find video games to be the most rotten and scary. Children are begging us to give them our time and attention, and we are handing them insipid tech toys that isolate them from us, their siblings and their peers. As if it weren?t bad enough to immobilize a child in front of the television or computer at home for hour after hour, manufacturers have scaled the units down so that kids can play video games in the car, instead of speaking with us; play video games on the playground, instead of hanging on the monkey bars; and even play video games at the dinner table, instead of eating with the family.

Video games, computer games, DVD players and iPods discourage face to face interaction, requiring the user to stare sedately at a screen, or tune people out with earphones. These devices also discourage creativity, imagination and activity. We have all heard the frightening reports of increasing childhood obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes; however we continue to offer toy choices that limit mobility.

After watching kids playing merrily on the playground or grinning from ear to ear as they run all day on a beach, how could any parent opt to instead sit their children in front of a television for hours of passive, inactive, button pushing? If I was a kid and I knew everything that I know now, I would revolt.

I guess it is our job, as caring, loving parents, to revolt for them.

Let?s stand up for our children?s right to actively experience childhood, and stop handing them devices that discourage running, jumping, imagining, reading, growing, learning, and moving? Let?s encourage face to face interaction and give our kids the attention that they need and crave and that we promised them the first time we held them. Let?s limit the amount of video monitors that we expose our children to, in favor of games, toys and crafts that appeal to their energized, smart, clever and funny nature. Let?s choose to put down what we are doing in favor of being with our kids. There will be plenty of time to do what we want when we blink and our kids are grown.

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