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...Adam Ferguson's photography from Afghanistan brought it all back home. Medevacs, sentries monitoring the perimeter, soldiers shaving with whatever was available--Vietnam all over again. I hope our nation's decision makers review his work...
...object of great desire. Her ex-husband, Jake (Alec Baldwin), who left her 10 years ago for a skinny meanie, has suddenly taken to eyeing Jane as if she were the comeliest pole dancer in his favorite strip club. Meanwhile, a lonely, reasonably attractive architect named Adam (Steve Martin) wants to take her to French film festivals and do the Wild and Crazy-guy dance with...
...Complicated is positioned more as a which-guy-will-she-choose story, and thanks to Jake's clear-cut case of permanent jerkitis, there's not a lot of dramatic tension to feed that plot line. Men are babies, Meyers is telling us, and only a humble one like Adam, who was cuckolded by his ex-wife, is really worthy of any successful, independent woman's while. Speaking of Adam, you know how he and Jane met? He's the architect on her remodel. Apparently Jane needs a bigger kitchen. All those cake plates of hers must be feeling squeezed...
...Adam Goodie, a psychologist at the University of Georgia in Athens who studies decision-making, told Naturenews.com that the research has profound implications for neuroeconomics, the study of how biology influences markets, by showing that "not only does biology affect economic behavior - so does belief." But John Coates, a former Wall Street trader and researcher at Cambridge University, warns against extrapolating too much from the study. Coates' own measurements of testosterone levels in the saliva of male traders found a link between higher levels of the hormone and risky behavior. He says there is a "dose-response curve" for testosterone...
...songs on her first CD, entitled "Color Me," were written by Miller, who describes her sound as "jazz-pop." At the release party, she performed songs from the CD, including "Yellow Umbrella," "To Adam," and "Color Me," but also treated the audience to a new song called "Grow a Pair...