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IF UNHEALTHY FOOD IS BAD FOR US WHY DO WE EAT IT ? What if I said to you that much of what we you eat every day amounts to an addictive drug that has captured our brains, rewired us into addicts, makes us sick and costs us billions of dollars to treat diseases that we need not have?What if I said that this drug is known by its manufacturers and federal regulators to be addictive, harmful and costly…and it’s perfectly legal? Well, you’d probably think I had gone off a deeper end than usual. So it’s a good thing, that David A. Kessler, M.D., is saying this, not me.Kessler is the former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under both George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and former dean of the Yale School of Medicine. His book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite (2009, Rodale, $25.95) is on most best-seller lists. Kessler starts with several questions. Why have Americans become increasingly overweight during the last 30 years or so? Why do we overeat? Why are so many of us, including Kessler himself, unable to stop eating Oreos when it’s easy to say no to a second apple?

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Americans now spend about 50 percent of our food dollar in restaurants where these three ingredients are loaded and layered on top of each other, often repeatedly. (For the worst meals and alternatives, go to www.eatthis.com.) Take cheese fries. The potato is a simple carbohydrate that quickly breaks down into sugar. It’s fried in fat at the factory, fried in fat again at the restaurant, layered with fat and salt (processed cheese) and then topped with more salt. This amounts to salt on top of fat and salt, on top of fat, on top of fat, on top of sugar. No wonder they taste good. Kessler comes at this subject as a scientist and a former regulator. But he, too, was just like most of us—cued and conditioned by engineered stimuli to seek emotional reward in fat-salt-sugar combinations. He found himself inexorably drawn to the fried dumplings in the San Francisco airport even as one voice in his brain kept saying, “Don’t do it; it’s bad for you.” He, too, could not resist the song of processed cookies. He, too, overate and was fat.

His fix-it prescription is simple. Each of us needs to understand why we eat what we eat. We need to be aware of the bad-for-us foods and their super-sized portions, then develop rules to avoid them. We need to eat less, about 1,500 calories per day, without feeling deprived. The goal, he writes, is to “…find food that provides emotional reward without driving overeating.” He believes: 1) restaurants should list calorie counts for all their dishes; 2) food products should carry labels revealing added sugars, refined carbs and fats; 3) the public should be educated about high-fat, high-sugar, high-salt “big food”; and, 4) “food marketing should be monitored and exposed.” Whether these fixes would go far enough fast enough to shed 25 pounds off the average adult American and offer some protection against weight-caused diabetes and heart disease is debatable. Health-warning labels, like those on cigarettes, might be more effective. Most Americans read food labels, but half of the readers still eat what they want, because of taste, familiarity, habit and, as Kessler says, brain manipulation. Since both individuals and society pay the costs of a public hooked on “big food” in increased sickness and health-care expenses, it strikes me that part of the solution will be found in reducing the amount of fat, salt and sugar in our food at each level—farm, processor and restaurant. If we set limits on the amount of unhealthy pollutants we breathe and the speed at which we drive for the welfare of all, the same logic is likely to be applied to the food we eat.

Our farm-to-processor-to-consumer food system has been subject to numerous critiques during the three decades that we have been programmed to overeat unhealthy foods. Kessler’s argument is much broader than being against donuts and sodas. He’s against the food norm, the routine, the food we overeat without understanding why. During these years, higher-income, higher-educated individuals set up an alternative food-and-eating system based on lower-calorie diets, organics and less-processed products. Those who can’t afford better food were stuck with the high-fat, high-sugar, highsalt stuff that’s cheap and available. The problem that Kessler raises is how to make ordinary food from conventional sources healthier.The farm, food and restaurant industries might be interested in publicly thinking through what Kessler’s “just-right” daily 1,500-calorie budget would mean for them. Besides eating 500 to 1,000 fewer calories per day, it would involve, he suggests, rebalancing our diets toward more protein, fruit, vegetables and complex carbohydrates (such as whole-grain bread and pasta, brown rice and beans). How would conventional farms and suppliers adapt? How would these adjustments affect financial performance? How would healthier conventional food affect the parallel system of organics and locally produced food?

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57% Eating healthful foods is too expensive. 47% Social settings are too tempting. 39% Life is too short; I want to enjoy what I eat. 33% It's hard to find healthy options when eating out. 29% I don't have time to prepare healthy meals.

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HELPFUL YET HARMFUL... WHAT IS ARECA CATECHU?

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The basics you must know about areca catechu

Areca is derived from a local name from the Malabar Coast of India and catechu is from another Malay name for this palm, caccu.

Areca catechu is a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa. The palm is believed to have originated in the Philippines,but is widespread in cultivation and is considered naturalized in southern China (Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, many of the islands in the Pacific Ocean, and also in the West Indies. The species has many common names[1] including the areca palm, areca nut palm, betel palm, Indian nut, Pinang palm, This palm is called the betel tree because its fruit, the areca nut, is often chewed along with the betel leaf, a leaf from a vine of the Piperaceae family. Areca is derived from a local name from the Malabar Coast of India and catechu is from another Malay name for this palm, caccu.

Taiwanese man addicted to betel nut, uknown photographer

The areca nut is also popular for chewing throughout some Asian countries, such as China (mainly Hunan), Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar, and India and the Pacific, notably Papua New Guinea, where it is very popular. Chewing areca nut is quite popular among working classes in Taiwan. The nut itself can be addictive and has direct link to oral cancers.Areca nuts in Taiwan will usually contain artificial additives such as limestone powder. The extract of Areca catechu has been shown to have antidepressant properties in rodents,but it may be addictive. The areca palm is also used as an interior landscaping species. It is often used in large indoor areas such as malls and hotels. It will not fruit or reach full size. Indoors, it is a slow growing, low water, high light plant that is sensitive to spider mites and occasionally mealybugs.

90% of the Oral Cancer patient have the habit of Chewing Betel Nuts.

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ASIA'S DEADLY SECRECT: THE SCOURGE OF THE BETEL NUT

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By Cindy Sui and Anna Lacey BBC Health Check 22 March 2015 | Health

It is used by almost a tenth of the world's population. It gives people a buzz equivalent to six cups of coffee and is used variously as a symbol of love, marriage and a cure for indigestion and impotence. But it is also leading tens of thousands to an early grave.The culprit? The humble betel nut.Found across Asia, these nuts are harvested from the Areca palm and are chewed for their warming glow and stimulating properties. Such is its effectiveness, that alongside nicotine, alcohol and caffeine, betel nuts are believed to be one of the most popular mind-altering substances in the world. Although used by women and children, the nuts are especially popular among working-age men, who chew to stay awake through long hours of driving, fishing or working on construction sites.But the short-lived benefits come at a terrible cost.High rates of oral cancer are destroying the lives of many who buy betel nuts, often decades after their first taste.Now in Taiwan, where the nuts are affectionately known as 'Taiwan's chewing gum', the government is taking action to curb this centuries-old habit and reduce the thousands of lives lost each year.The betel nut is a key part of many Asian cultures and can be consumed dried, fresh or wrapped up in a package known as a quid. Although the exact preparation varies across countries and cultures, the quid is usually a mixture of slaked lime, a betel leaf and flavourings such as cardamom, cinnamon and tobacco. Worryingly, the International Agency for Research on Cancer lists each ingredient, with the exception of cardamom and cinnamon, as a known carcinogen - or cancer-causing agent.

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The slaked lime is seen as a particular problem as it causes hundreds of tiny abrasions to form in the mouth. This is thought to be a possible entry point for many of the cancer-causing chemicals. "About half of the men here still don't know that betel nuts can cause oral cancer," says Prof Hahn Liang-jiunn, an oral cancer specialist at the National Taiwan University Hospital. "[This is despite] Taiwan's incidence or mortality rates for oral cancer ranking among the top two or three in the world." Luckily for Qiu Zhen-huang, his cancer was treated and his cheek reconstructed.But the Taiwanese government is helping people detect the disease more quickly by providing around one million free screenings and funding programs to help people quit betel nuts for good.In 2013, these measures helped cut the usage rate among men by nearly half. Critics argue that action should have been taken much sooner as the cancer risk of betel nuts has been known since 2003. However, pressure from those working in the industry has provided strong opposition to change.Now the government is trying to reduce the domestic supply of betel nuts by offering subsidies to farmers to cut down their trees and plant alternative crops.Other countries such as India and Thailand have also launched campaigns to discourage betel nut chewing.But there is still a way to go. At a recent presentation to elementary school children of fishing industry workers, nearly all raised their hands when asked whether their parents or relatives chewed betel nuts. And as the cancer can take up to 20 years to appear, the current changes will have come too late for many people - a fact that Mr Qiu keeps close to his heart. "I'm one of the luckier ones."

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RHYTHM 0 AND HUMAN NATURE Thoughts behind the Rhythm 0

By the end of the performance, her body was stripped, attacked, and devalued into an image that Abramović described as the "Madonna, mother, and whore". Additionally, markings of aggression were apparent on the artist's body; there were cuts on her neck made by audience members, and her clothes were cut off of her body.

Marina Abramović is a renowned artist that specializes in performance art over three decades because of her daring, thrilling and inspiring performances. Before reviewing the artwork that I have chosen, it is important to know more about her early life because there is a strong relationship between her background and meaning of those performances. And I found Abramović and her younger brother were controlled in a complete military way by mother, for example, she was requested to go back home before ten o'clock at night until she was twenty nine years old. The strict rules did not limit her mind although they worked physically. The oppressed live made her become an artistic vanguard in the Nineteen Seventies. And I will give more details during the presentation. When I chose which work is going to be my artist review, I found that Rhythm Series which aims at exploring the limitation of the human body and the possibility of remaining conscious mind impressed me. Before Rhythm 0, the most controversial one, was performed, Rhythm 10 was also a clear illustration to show how dare Abramović was. People including me will have a strong desire to know more or watch live performance directly Rhythm 0 is an experiment to test the relationship between artist and participants. Indeed, it is the most dangerous one because Abramović tried to let herself be an object and allow the audiences to do whatever they want in the following six hours. Seventy-two objects were placed on a table and they included a rose, a feather, honey, a whip, scissors, a scalpel, a gun and a single bullet. Each people can use these things to manipulate Abramović. Rhythm 0 is an experiment to test the relationship between artist and participants. Indeed, it is the most dangerous one because Abramović tried to let herself be an object and allow the audiences to do whatever they want in the following six hours. Seventy-two objects were placed on a table and they included a rose, a feather, honey, a whip, scissors, a scalpel, a gun and a single bullet. Each people can use these things to manipulate Abramović's body. “I felt really violated: they cut up my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away." As recalled by Abramović, the result was incredibly terrible. At first, participants behaved cautiously until longer time passed. And...“What I learned was that... if you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you.”To me, the performance reveals the human nature and I recall the Stanford prison experiment which states that when a people is empowered with authority, he/she certainly becomes autocratic and aggressive to those without power. Similarly, Abramović signed an agreement that all people did not bear any obligation. Therefore this might be one of the reasons that law exists.

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Monday, 19 November 2012

MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ HELPED LADY GAGA KICK HER MARIJUANA HABIT

November 8 2013

Kyle McGovern

Wait, so, does that mean when Gaga sings “I need you more than dope,” she’s really shouting out Abramovic?

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Lady Gaga says she developed a marijuana habit so intense that she “It wasn’t until I was with Marina and she said, ‘Okay you’re coming to couldn’t stop smoking until performance artist Marina Abramović my house, No television, no computer, no marijuana, no nothing, no forced her to go cold turkey. In a recent interview with British food. For three days, art only. You eat only art,'” Gaga recalls. “I coldmagazine Attitude, the ARTPOP star reveals that she was lighting up turkeyed. For weeks and weeks I didn’t smoke at all. And now I smoke as many as 15 times a day to cope with the pain from a hip injury she a little bit at night, just you know, for fun — but not to cope. That’s the sustained earlier this year. difference. Marina was the only person who could get me to do that “I was smoking 15 joints a day,” Gaga tells Attitude (via and it was not intended to be rehab.” Reuters). “It was a habit that eventually occurred when the pain got Wait, so, does that mean when Gaga sings “I need you so bad with the hip… I was just numbing, numbing, numbing myself more than dope,” she’s really shouting out Abramovic? Maybe that and then sleeping it off and then getting on stage, killing it in pain, question will be answered later tonight (November 8), when SiriusXM then getting off and smoking, smoking, smoking, not knowing what runs a career-spanning interview with the 27-year-old singer for the pain was.” their Town Hall Q&A series. The broadcast will air at 9 p.m. EST via The injury was so severe that Mother Monster was forced to cancel SiriusXM Hits 1, the SiriusXM Internet Radio mobile app, and the a slew of U.S. performances booked for her Born This Way Ball tour. SiriusXM website. Gaga’s long-awaited third album, ARTPOP, will be Eventually, after Gaga’s self-prescribed marijuana use looked to officially released on Monday, November 11, but fans can stream the border on dependency, her friend (and sometime collaborator) Marina entire LP through iTunes Radio right now. Abramović helped her kick the habit.

WHY DO PEOPLE SMOKE?

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Whatever the reason that a teenager has for starting to smoke, it is apparent that no matter how much you try to tell them that smoking is bad for you, a great number of them are going to try it anyway.

There are not many smokers about who started smoking after the age of eighteen. In fact, the majority of smokers took up the habit in their early or mid teens. At such a young age, you don't really think about the health risks of smoking and you certainly do not realise how addictive smoking can be. As a teenager you probably think that you can try smoking a few times and then take it or leave it. However, the reality is that it doesn't take long to become addicted to nicotine and smoking. Within a short period of time, children can experience the same cravings and withdrawal symptoms as an adult, as well as smoke as many cigarettes or more. There are several reasons as to why children or teenagers start smoking. Peer pressure plays an important part. Many children start smoking because their friends have tried it or smoke themselves. Those children may have started as they have grown up in an environment where their parents, grandparents and older siblings smoke, and so they smoke in order to look and act like them. Other children start smoking as an act of rebellion or defiance against their parents or people of authority. Some children may also begin to smoke if they have low self-esteem. Smoking may get them in with the "in crowd" and help them to make friends. If they smoke, then they will be accepted by their peers. Some children have said that they smoke to appear older and more grown up, especially if they are surrounded by young adults who smoke. A number of children are only experimenting with smoking and just want to try it so see what all the fuss is about. As it is prohibited to smoke until the age of sixteen or even eighteen in some countries, children who smoke and get away with it without being caught, can get a thrill or feeling of excitement out of flaunting the law and doing what grown up adults do all the time. Whatever the reason that a teenager has for starting to smoke, it is apparent that no matter how much you try to tell them that smoking is bad for you, a great number of them are going to try it anyway. At that age, a teenager is more likely to be influenced by what their friends are doing rather than doing what their parents would like them to do. Some teenagers may take up smoking because their favourite film star or pop star smokes. They may think that if they smoke just like their favourite idol does, then they will appear more glamorous, attractive or sexy, like them. The manner in which some tobacco companies advertise their cigarette brands also has a major influence on young people. Some adverts give the impression that smoking is sociable. You can make new friends by smoking or you can attract your ideal partner by looking sexy, sultry and smoky! Cigarette advertising is being banned in some countries and tobacco companies are becoming limited in where they are allowed to advertise. In some countries they are not permitted to advertise on billboards, television, radio, in magazines or newspapers or on buses or trains.

Apart from the fact that nicotine is highly addictive (see effects of nicotine), which makes it really difficult to give up, many adults have their own reasons for continuing to smoke. A lot of people think that they need cigarettes in order to cope with stress or nerves. However, nicotine is a stimulant; it makes your heart beat faster and raises your blood pressure, so in fact, smoking does not really relax you at all or help you cope with unpleasant situations. Other smokers say that their habit relaxes them. This is also erroneous because if you think about it, in a lot of the situations where you would light up a cigarette, you are actually carrying out relaxing and enjoyable activities such as sitting down and having a coffee with friends, watching television or having a break from working. People probably think that smoking relaxes them, when in reality, smoking a cigarette, just stops the withdrawal symptoms that have begun to kick in after not having one for a while. If you live with a family member or partner who smokes, then obviously it is going to be much harder to quit, even though you may really want to. Many women are afraid of giving up smoking as they think that they will gain a huge amount of weight when they stop. Once you stop smoking though, you will be much fitter and have much more energy, which could motivate you into taking up some form of exercise or joining a gym. A lot of people are so used to smoking that they do it out of habit and they don't even really want a cigarette some of the time. For example, you may light up a cigarette when you do certain activities in particular, such as talking on the phone, reading the paper or watching television. If you are not allowed to smoke at work, you may therefore have a cigarette before you start, during a break, before lunch, after lunch and as soon as you leave etc. As with the younger generation, smoking may be a way of talking to different people and making new friends. Asking someone for a light or a cigarette may be a way of starting a conversation or an ice breaker. Finally, some people smoke if they are bored and have nothing to do or if they are feeling lonely. Trying to keep busy would perhaps be a more satisfactory solution to this problem. Whatever the reasons people have to start smoking in the first place, the majority of them quickly become addicted and continue to smoke for a long period of time. Some manage to quit, probably after many unsuccessful attempts, whilst others will smoke for the rest of their lives, however long or short that may be. It is a fact however, that over 50% of smokers wish that they didn't smoke and that they could give up tomorrow. Therefore, it should be apparent that most people smoke because they are addicted to nicotine. For them, not to smoke would need an immense amount of willpower, a huge amount of support from family and friends and for some, expert medical advice and help.

HERE IS WHAT ALCOHOL ADVERTISING DOES TO KIDS. Justin Worland @justinworland Updated: Jan. 19, 2015 4:13 PM

"Booze ads reach kids far younger than the legal. drinking age"

Alcohol advertising that reaches children and young adults helps lead them to drink for the first time—or, if they’re experienced underage drinkers, to drink more, according to a study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. “It’s very strong evidence that underage drinkers are not only exposed to the television advertising, but they also assimilate the messages,” says James D. Sargent, MD, study author and professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. “That process moves them forward in their drinking behavior.” The study found that young people were only slightly less likely than their older counterparts to have seen an alcohol ad. While 26% of young adults between the ages of 21 and 23 had seen a given alcohol advertisement, 23% of 15 to 17 year olds said they’d seen the same one. Researchers also found that young people who could accurately identify alcoholic products and who said they liked the ads were more likely to try drinking or to drink more. Based on the findings, Sargent says that alcohol manufacturers should self-regulate more to limit the number of children they reach. The tobacco industry, which has volunteered not to buy television ads or billboards, could serve as model for alcohol manufacturer, he says. “Alcohol is responsible for deaths of people during adolescence and during young adulthood,” says Sargent. “It seems to me that the industry should be at least as restrictive as the tobacco industry.” “The spirits industry is committed to responsible advertising directed to adults and adheres to a rigorous advertising and marketing code,” said Lisa Hawkins, vice president of Public affairs at the Distilled Spirits Council, in a statement. The Distilled Spirits Council is a trade association that represents alcoholic beverage companies.

A national study published in January 2006 concluded that greater exposure to alcohol advertising contributes to an increase in drinking among underage youth. Specifically, for each additional ad a young person saw (above the monthly youth average of 23), he or she drank 1% more. For each additional dollar per capita spent on alcohol advertising in a local market (above the national average of $6.80 per capita), young people drank 3% more. Another study found that, among a group of 2,250 middleschool students in Los Angeles, those who viewed more television programs containing alcohol commercials while in the seventh grade were more likely in the eighth grade to drink beer, wine/liquor, or to drink three or more drinks on at least one occasion during the month prior to the follow-up survey. Researchers followed 3,111 students in South Dakota from seventh to ninth grade, and found that exposure to in-store beer displays in grade 7 predicted onset of drinking by grade 9, and exposure to magazine advertising for alcohol and to beer concessions at sports or music events predicted frequency of drinking in grade 9.4 A study of 2,406 never-drinking New Hampshire middle school students found that ownership of alcohol-branded merchandise at baseline was significantly associated with increased likelihood of having initiated drinking (OR=1.5) at follow-up one to two years later, after adjusting for wide range of confounders. Researchers from Dartmouth Medical School followed more than 5,000 Vermont and New Hampshire students ages 10 to 14 from 13 to 26 months, and found that those with higher exposure to movie alcohol use at the initial assessment were more likely to have started drinking at time of follow-up. They also found depictions of alcohol use in 92% of 601 contemporary movies, including in 52% of G-rated films.6

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NIXON SIGNS LEGISLATION BANNING CIGARETTE ADS ON TV AND RADIO

April, 01 2016

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On this day in 1970, President Richard Nixon signs legislation officially banning cigarette ads on television and radio. Nixon, who was an avid pipe smoker, indulging in as many as eight bowls a day, supported the legislation at the increasing insistence of public health advocates. Alarming health studies emerged as early as 1939 that linked cigarette smoking to higher incidences of cancer and heart disease and, by the end of the 1950s, all states had laws prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors. In 1964, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) agreed that advertisers had a responsibility to warn the public of the health hazards of cigarette smoking. In 1969, after the surgeon general of the United States released an official report linking cigarette smoking to low birth weight, Congress yielded to pressure from the public health sector and signed the Cigarette Smoking Act. This act required cigarette manufacturers to place warning labels on their products that stated “Cigarette Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health.” By the early 1970s, the fight between the tobacco lobby and public health interests forced Congress to draft legislation to regulate the tobacco industry and special committees were convened to hear arguments from both sides. Public health officials and consumers wanted stronger warning labels on tobacco products and their advertisements banned from television and radio, where they could easily reach impressionable children. (Tobacco companies were the single largest product advertisers on television in 1969.) Cigarette makers defended their industry with attempts to negate the growing evidence that nicotine was addictive and that cigarette smoking caused cancer. Though they continued to bombard unregulated print media with ads for cigarettes, tobacco companies lost the regulatory battle over television and radio. The last televised cigarette ad ran at 11:50 p.m. during The Johnny Carson Show on January 1, 1971. Tobacco has played a part in the lives of presidents since the country’s inception. A hugely profitable crop in early America, Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Jackson owned tobacco plantations and used tobacco in the form of snuff or smoked cigars. Regulation of the tobacco industry in the form of excise taxes began during Washington’s presidency and continues to this day. In 1962, Kennedy became the first president to sponsor studies on smoking and public health. Presidential cigarette smokers include Taft (who quit during his term), Harding, Franklin Roosevelt (who was frequently photographed with his trademark cigarette holder), Hoover (a chain smoker) and Eisenhower. Adams, Coolidge and Ford enjoyed smoking pipes. Presidents Grant, Teddy Roosevelt, Carter and Clinton engaged in the time-honored, after-dinner cigar-smoking ritual at many state

functions. Kennedy, who also enjoyed cigars, had his press secretary buy as many Cuban cigars as possible before he strengthened a trade embargo against Cuba in 1961. Though McKinley did not like to smoke cigars, he was known to break them up and chew the tobacco inside. Taylor also preferred to chew his tobacco, and chewing-tobacco spittoons dotted the White House during his tenure—he claimed he could hit his mark from 12 feet. On the contrary, Truman, Hayes and first lady Hilary Clinton banned smoking inside the White House during their respective time there. First ladies have also enjoyed tobacco in various forms over the years. Though smoking was considered unladylike until well into the 20th century, Dolley Madison, Rachel Jackson and Margaret Taylor all used snuff. Though Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower, Jackie Kennedy, Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan and Laura Bush all smoked cigarettes at one time in their lives, most smoked only socially or had quit by the time their husbands became president. Tobacco has not been the only thing smoked at the White House. In 1978, after country-music entertainer Willie Nelson performed for President Carter there, he is said to have snuck up to the roof and surreptitiously smoked what he called a big fat Austin torpedo, commonly known as marijuana.

Ms. Abramovic did you ever doubt that you were an artist? When I taught art I was always asked, “How do you know you’re an artist? What makes you an artist?” And to me it’s like breathing. You don’t question if you breathe, you have to breathe. So if you wake up in the morning and you have to realize an idea, and there’s another idea, and another, maybe you are really an artist. It doesn’t make you a great artist, it just makes you an artist. To become a great artist is a huge undertaking! So it’s really important, that instinct. You need the instinct to do it. How does that instinct manifest itself in your life? How do new ideas to come to you? I hate studios. A studio is a black hole. I never use a studio to work. It’s very artificial to go to a studio to get new ideas. You have to get new ideas from life, not from the studio. Then you go to the studio to realize the idea. For me the most important spaces to be are the spaces in between – like in airports or lobbies of hotels - when you’re leaving one space and you arrive to another space. Before you start to make new habits you’re really open to destiny, you’re more perceptive, you see things. If you ask someone who has made the same commute to work everyday for 25 years to describe his own door, he probably couldn’t do it. But if you bring the same person to Japan and ask him afterwards to describe something, he could do it because his perception would be open. Your popularity has grown significantly lately, especially among the general public. Is it strange for this to happen to you so late in your career? You know, if you were 25 years old and this happened to you and from one day to the next you become respected and you’re in all the newspapers, then it could really get to your head and you could become very narcissistic. In my life I’ve seen so many artists rise and fall like that, but to me it has always been the aim. So having success at 65 doesn’t change anything in my life, but it amuses me a lot that it happened so late. To be in a magazine when you’re 20 is okay, but when you do it

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March May 2010

MARINA ABRAMOVIC MADE ME CRY.

THE ARTIST IS PRESENT March – May 2010

Portraits taken during the MoMA's exhibit of performance artist "Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present". Abramović sits at a table in silence, and museum guests can sit across from her and stare.

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From March 14 to May 31, 2010, the Museum of Modern Art held a major retrospective and performance recreation of Abramović’s work, the biggest exhibition of performance art in MoMA’s history. During the run of the exhibition, Abramović performed The Artist Is Present, a 736-hour and 30-minute static, silent piece, in which she sat immobile in the museum’s atrium while spectators were invited to take turns sitting opposite her.Ulay made a surprise appearance at the opening night of the show. Abramović said the show changed her life “completely – every possible element, every physical emotion,” and that Lady Gaga saw it helped boost her popularity: “So the kids from 12 and 14 years old to about 18, the public who normally don’t go to the museum, who don’t give a shit about performance art or don’t even know what it is, started coming because of Lady Gaga. And they saw the show and then they started coming back. And that’s how I get a whole new audience.” In September 2011, a video game version of Abramović’s performance was released by Pippin Barr.

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