Thursday’s roundup

More than 50 leading Muslim groups said it is "unethical, insensitive and inhumane" to oppose the planned Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero. Meanwhile, the Council on American-Islamic Relations released three public service announcements highlighting American Muslims' roles in 9/11 as first responders to, and victims of, the attack. A former military interrogator in Iraq and a national security expert, together with faith leaders, said Park51, as the NYC project is known, would deprive terrorists of a recruiting tool. More than 90 clergy have signed a public letter castigating the widespread mischaracterizations of President Obama's Christian faith and saying that "the elephant in the room is race." Obama said Wednesday that he is "cautiously hopeful" about the prospects of a new Middle East peace deal after meeting with leaders at the White House on Wednesday. Before a working dinner with the leaders, Obama mentioned that both Jews and Muslims are celebrating holy months (Elul and Ramadan, respectively), a rare shared period of devotion. For both, Obama said, it's "a time to reflect on right and wrong; a time to ponder one's place in the world; a time when people of two great religions remind the world of a truth that is both simple and profound, that each of us, all of us, in our hearts and in our lives, are capable of great and lasting change." Then Abbas slipped a whoopee cushion under Netanyahu. Thousands of Shiite Muslims in Pakistan mourned the 35 victims of a triple bombing that sought to inflame sectarian tensions. John Walker Lindh, the American Taliban, has asked a federal judge to order prison officials to allow him and other Muslims to pray as a group, in accordance with Muslim practice. Funding a Catholic group through student activity fees at the University of Wisconsin does not violate the Establishment Clause, a federal appeals court ruled. An Illinois city has given up on trying to collect a tax bill from a Hindu woman who refused to remove a tree from her property because she says Hinduism prohibits the needless killing of any living thing. Dozens of children whose parents were missionaries for a Florida-based organization were sexually and physically abused at an African boarding school, according to a new report. The Mormon church says it has changed its genealogical database to prevent the names of Jews killed during the Holocaust from being posthumously baptized. But not everyone is convinced the problem is settled, the SLT reports. The United Methodist Church is using the results of a massive congregational survey to halt a decades-long drops in members. RNS reported on the study last month. Focus on the Family says schools' anti-bullying and tolerance programs promote political aims like same-sex marriage. The Toronto Vegetarian Association barred the Seventh-day Adventist Church from having a booth at the annual Vegetarian Food Fair because of the church's opposition to homosexuality. Physicist Stephen Hawking says God wasn't necessary for the creation of the universe.

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Sex and the City, In Real Life?

Carrie Bradshaw. Caitlin Tremblay. What's the difference? A closet full of Manolos. A text mess

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Bloody Hell! The 10 Absolute Worst Times to Get Your Period

Wait, is there ever a good time to get your period? No. (Big exception: Getting it when you think you're preggers, but don't want to be. Whew.) So here are 10 of the worst times to menstruate, several of which we've experienced personally. How about the rest of you? 1. During your wedding ceremony or reception (or anyone's wedding ceremony or reception, for that matter) 2. On that flight from New York City to New Delhi on Air India 3. On your honeymoon 3. During the third interview for that job you really want 4. Just before, during, or after sex ... More » Post from: BlissTree Bloody Hell! The 10 Absolute Worst Times to Get Your Period

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Create a Greener Convention Guest, Part 2

In our last post I wrote about how to help meeting and convention guests live a bit greener when visiting NYC. Here are a few more ideas to share with and inspire your guests to care for the earth while they move around and enjoy our city: Learn to share. Truth be told most, NYers won't share a taxi ride unless there's a once-in-a-blue-moon transportation strike. However, we do all happily share every other means of transport, moving communally on buses and subways every day. Your guests should too. Know the neighborhood. If your convention is at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, advise guests to beat the morning rush by bunking in within 10 or 15 blocks from the event site. Offer guests hotel options that will make their morning commute in NYC short enough to get to the venue quickly and easily no matter which form of transportation they use. Get there fast. For speed on north/south travel, let guests know that the subway is the fastest way on wheels for your guests to get where they need to go. Concerned about safety? Offer convention attendees a quick list of safety tips for subway travel. Take the scenic route. Got some time to spare? Then let event guests know that the bus is the perfect way to go, particularly on the long east/west cross-town trips. For $2.25 guests can take in the sights, people-watch and relax while enjoying the ride. For subway-averse types bus travel makes it very hard to get lost, as they stop roughly every 2 blocks. Hoof it. The fastest way around NYC? For most of us, the feet are hard to beat. Just remind convention guests to wear sensible shoes. The heels those Sex and the City girls used to run around in weren't made for walking! Get out of town. If expense accounts can't absorb the cost of a hybrid town car ride back to the airport, let guests know about multi-rider van services like The Super Shuttle or Go Air Link NYC, or the AirTrain train-to-the-plane service to JFK& – two of our favorite earth-friendly ways to get out of town.

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Kim Cattrall now wants 'Sex and the City 3'

Actress Kim Cattrall, who portrayed Samantha Jones in six television series and two movie instalments of 'Sex and the City', admits she would love to star in the third film too.

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Lithuania's female bloggers: cooking, sex and the city

Somewhere between the 200, 000 Lithuanians in the UK and the 3 million at home, bloggers are making their own female-shaped dent in the internet universe

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Perris sex offenders banned from Halloween?

Tuesday night, the Perris City Council will consider a proposal to bar registered sex offenders from handing out candy or decorating their homes on Halloween.

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‘I’m not size zero like Sarah and Kristin’, says Kim Cattrall

New York, Sep 02 – Kim Cattrall of ‘Sex and the City’ fame has revealed that she is not size zero like her other co-stars in.

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Why "Sex and the City" is bad for the gays

Mincing stereotypes, old cliches: How can a franchise created and beloved by gay men be so bad at portraying them?

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Kim Cattrall on 'Sex and the City' fashion: 'I'm not a sample size like Sarah'

Kim Cattrall isn't a size zero like SJP-- and she wants everyone to know it.

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