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...word of advice for Barbara Bach: if the American-born actress is wondering about a Christmas present for her husband, she could do worse than buy him a thick pair of long johns. He'll need them where he's going. Not because he has become enfeebled by age or excess, far from it: at 67, Richard Starkey, a.k.a. Ringo Starr, the oldest member of the Beatles and - despite a notorious bout of overindulgence - one of the band's two survivors, seems unstoppable. His musical output is prodigious. Next month, Ringo releases his 16th solo studio album of songs written...
Wilson's private life is serene. He has retired to Lufkin, Texas, and has been married for nine years to Barbara Alberstadt, a stunning former ballerina he first met at a party in Washington in 1980, during his racy tabloid years. She accompanied Wilson to Hollywood and Morocco while he served as kibitzer, gadfly and ad hoc consultant on Charlie Wilson's War. "We lived through mud slides, rain and windstorms," he says. "Barbara even got to ride a camel. I've done that a lot before," he adds dryly. In the 1980s he rode up and down the Khyber...
...that his secret life has become more public than ever, Wilson is just focused on making it to the premiere of Charlie Wilson's War in Los Angeles. Both Barbara and his cardiologist will be at his side for his moment of glory. "Look," he says, "making that movie was the most fun I ever had in my whole entire life. And believe me, that covers a lot of ground...
...economics—the “dismal science”—to be blamed for climate change? According to economics professor Charles D. Kolstad from the University of California at Santa Barbara the answer is no. “The economy as it currently functions does need changing, but that’s not the same as saying economists need to change their tune,” Kolstad said. Kolstad, a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, discussed climate change yesterday afternoon...
...would also raise the questions: what would happen to embryos awaiting implantation? Approximately 400,000 of them have been cryo-preserved in U.S. fertility clinics. Unused embryos are sometimes stored for later use, donated to others or given to scientists, according to Barbara Collura, executive director of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. "We support the patient's right to determine the disposition of the embryos," Collura says...