'Hunger Games' Actress Sees Katniss In Jennifer Lawrence

'Jen has some of Katniss' qualities in her,' Amandla Stenberg told MTV News of the 'Hunger Games' leading lady.
By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

Jennifer Lawrence attends the world premiere of "The Hunger Games"
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Jennifer Lawrence is Katniss Everdeen, though not every fan agreed prior to the actress' casting almost a full year ago. Was her hair dark enough? Was she young enough? These were the nitpicky details that some readers of "The Hunger Games" latched onto, but based on increasing buzz about the film's fantastic quality, those worries should be out the door by now — and if they're not, Amandla Stenberg is here to convince you of Lawrence's worthiness.

"I think they're kind of similar," Stenberg, who plays fan-favorite tribute Rue in the film, told MTV News on the "Hunger Games" red carpet in Los Angeles on Monday. "Jen has some of Katniss' qualities in her. She can be kind of sarcastic, and I think Jen has that same sense of humor."

Stenberg certainly had plenty of chances to see for herself just how much Lawrence and Everdeen have in common. As Rue, the young actress spent most of her screen time opposite the Oscar-nominated "Winter's Bone" actress, playing her first ally in the deadly competition. Indeed, Rue is at the center of what may very well be the most anticipated scene in the film for "Hunger Games" readers.

"I want fans to be happy with it," Stenberg said of her all-too-crucial spoiler-heavy scene. "But being on set though, even when we were shooting such a serious scene, everyone was lighthearted and having fun. We tried to keep it a little happy on set."

For Stenberg, it wasn't hard to stay happy, considering that she had read "The Hunger Games" a whopping four times before even landing the part of Rue. As a fan of the books, Stenberg admitted that she was pretty nervous going into the audition process, even though she clearly nailed the tryout in the end.

"I went to [director Gary Ross'] house covered in mud with leaves and twigs in my hair and everything, so I looked like Rue," she recalled. "I think I made a good impression, because it went really well. I was very nervous though because I didn't hear back for a couple weeks, but then I got a call from my agent saying I got the part. I started screaming and running around!"

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Bobbi Kristina Plans To 'Carry On' Whitney Houston's Legacy

'We're gonna do the singing thing. Some acting, some dancing,' 19-year-old tells Oprah Winfrey.
By Nadeska Alexis

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Oprah Winfrey's intimate interviews with members of Whitney Houston's family aired on OWN Sunday night. The 90-minute special, featured on "Oprah's Next Chapter," found Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina, sister-in-law/manager Patricia Houston and brother Gary Houston recounting their precious moments with the late singer.

Nineteen-year-old Bobbi Kristina referred to her mother as her confidante, telling Oprah, "I have to carry on the legacy."

"We're gonna do the singing thing. Some acting, some dancing," Bobbi Kristina said. "It's a lot of pressure, but she prepared me for it."

When asked about her relationship with her mother, Bobbi admitted, "I was a little rebellious, but when it came down to it, I ran to Mom. We had our arguments, we had everything, but at the end of the day, that was still my mother, my confidante, my everything." And despite growing up with a superstar parent, she still saw Whitney simply as her mother.

"I just saw her as mom. The first time I saw her as a worldwide icon was when we went on tour," she said. "And the funeral. ... She made an impact not only on a few people. She made an impact on the world. That's when it hit me."

Bobbi Kristina had no trouble finding words to describe how she would like the world to remember her mother. "That she literally is an angel. I saw her hurt. I saw her cry. We held each other through that," she said. "They don't know who she was. Everything people are saying about her — all that negativity, it's garbage. That's not my mother.

... In reality, I know who she was. Her family knows who she was."

Houston's only child now resides in the star's Georgia mansion, where she says she can still feel Whitney's spirit guiding her. "I can hear her voice in spirit talking to me, [saying,] 'Keep talking to me. I got you.' She's always with me. I can always feel her. I can always feel her with me," she said. "She always asked me, 'Do you need me?' And I caught myself, out of nowhere, I didn't even know I said it, I said, 'I'll always need you.' "

Whitney Houston was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel room on February 11 and she was laid to rest in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey, on February 18. She was 48 years old.

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EDF Energy pays ?4.5m after Ofgem mis-selling investigation

EDF Energy has paid ?4.5 million following breaches over providing clear information to customers

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EDF Energy has agreed to pay ?4.5 million for breaching some of the regulations that govern the way products can be sold to vulnerable customers.

An Ofgem investigation found that some aspects of the licences governing the information it provides to customers when selling products had not been followed. The information on contract terms and how annual consumption is calculated had not been complete.

EDF Energy will pay around 70,000 of its most vulnerable customers ?50 each in what will be the biggest total payment made following an Ofgem investigation. EDF Energy denies that it is a fine and believes that it has worked together with the regulator to make sure its sale processes improve and become fully compliant.

Martin Lawrence, Managing Director, Energy Sourcing & Customer Supply at EDF Energy, said ?We?re obviously disappointed that we failed to live up to the high standards that we expect of ourselves. As soon as the issue was identified we immediately took action to satisfy ourselves that we?re fully compliant.?

Ofgem said it had agreed to the package of measures worth ?4.5 million from EDF Energy instead of imposing a larger fine that would have gone to the government.

The proposal from EDF Energy means that 70,000 households, most of whom receive Pension Credit and the Warm Homes Discount will all be refunded ?50 each. EDF will also make a ?1million payment to the Citizens Advice Energy Best Deal campaign.

Ofgem?s Senior Partner in charge of enforcement Sarah Harrison said: ?EDF Energy has done the right thing by stepping forward and recognising there were weaknesses in its sales processes. The firm also took the initiative to correct these problems during Ofgem?s investigation.

Ofgem is continuing to investigate other energy companies Scottish Power, Scottish and Southern Energy, and Npower, though there is no suggestion that these companies have breached regulations at this stage of the investigation.

Ann Robinson, Director of Consumer Policy at uSwitch.com, said: "Today's announcement marks a real turnaround in thinking in the energy industry. Both EDF Energy and Ofgem are to be applauded for taking such a grown up, constructive and responsible approach. Instead of simply slapping down a fine, both have worked together to tackle the issue and to then agree a penalty that will actually help consumers.?

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ARTICLES MANIAC ? Tips to Make Your Vacation in an Area ...

Traveling is the pastime of many as a way to unwind and enjoy, aside from the fact that it offers you the chance to visit other places and meet different people. This is a well-loved activity since there?s always a traveler in everybody, and there?s always the desire to visit other parts of the world in person. Australia has been a top destination for a long time. So if you?re not a local, then you might want to consider planning things out to make sure that you?ll get the best vacation or travel experience.

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Developing Countermeasure for Agricultural Products Processing ...

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?Abstract? During these years, with the incessant development and improvement of Chinese agriculture market, and the outstanding enhancement of agriculture throughput, the relationship between providing and requiring is changed radically, Jilin province is much outstanding in this part as its agriculture province and important commercial rice base, therefore, the development of Jilin agriculture enter a new stage. The countryman can dress warm and got full in total. It is more obviously that marketing requirement has its special function of guide and restriction for agriculture development. The development of the Jilin province?s agriculture faces a new issue that is how to satisfy the diverse requirement of countryman and how to increase their income. The process of agriculture product is helpful for resolving the new issue of Jilin agriculture development as a backward production connecting the agriculture production of eventual consume, also it has special meaning on how to develop Jilin province agriculture product machining business much better. This research summarize the issue about jilin agriculture product machining business through analyses its actuality and compare with other area, and then analyses the environment of jilin agriculture product machining business. To sum up those analyses above, this research also analyses the affections during Jilin agriculture development and find out the main reason according to the Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory. In the end, this research will provide with some suggestion about it. The main content and point of view of this research is following:1.Start with the change of the relationship between providing and requiring, combine with?three agriculture?raised by central government recently, pay more attend to countryman life, expatiate its meaningful of adjust agriculture economy structure and search more labor force from countryside and increase countryman income. In addition, discuss the content and way of this research and its technology way.2.Discuss the actuality of overseas and domestic agriculture product, some developed country such as America have a high level on its technology and scope, which can accelerate agriculture product development. The agriculture product in our country has become of vitality industry since?fifteen?. Jilin province make use of its own resource, develop agriculture product making business, corn machining is outstand now, livestock product machining is also have develop potential as well as the soybean and rice. Through the compare, summarize some weakness of Jilin agriculture product making business, including, the level of machining is low, and lacking of fund, excess competition and weak in technology.3.According to the five force model raised by doctor Baud, this chapter analyzes the competition environment from five part, that is some threatens derived from new entrant, the threaten of replace, the ability of bargaining both from buyer and seller, and the competition in the internal business. According to the SCP analysis, analyzes the whole agriculture product machining market structure from three parts. In the end, discuss the non-price marketing used by current agriculture product machining business from horizontal and vertical part.4.According to the actuality of agriculture product machining business and competition environment in Jilin province, summarize 22 factors for those affection, and analyses them using Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory, government industry policy, technology devotion and technology innovation are the top three factors. In addition, production cost, profit ability, standard structure, quality monitor system is also important. It should be considered in Jilin agriculture product machining process.5.This chapter raises some countermeasures and solutions about this affection; improving government function, creating nice environment, boarding finance channel, expending finance scope, cultivating excellent enterprise, set up new technology structure, and quality monitor system and so on.

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Jumbo thrill-seekers of the Caribbean

Low flying jumbo jets are the main attraction at Maho Beach, where hundreds of tourists put themselves in the path of landing and departing airplanes.

By Gary G. Yerkey,?Correspondent / March 6, 2012

? A local, slice-of-life story from a Monitor correspondent.

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?Hundreds of thrill-seeking tourists ?ock to Maho Beach on this Caribbean island every day ? not to sunbathe or swim but to put themselves deliberately (and insanely, some say) in the path of low-?ying jumbo jets. For them, spending the day reaching for the underbelly of a Boeing 757 or other such aircraft as it streaks overhead to land at the island?s international airport is their idea of fun in the sun.

Veteran plane-spotters, in fact, say there is no place quite like it: a beautiful, white sandy beach at the end of a runway where the local hangout ? the Sunset Beach Bar and Grill ? posts the arrival and departure times of aircraft on a surfboard and broadcasts radio transmissions between pilots and the control tower.

For the pilots of these monster jets, ?ying low into the airport is necessary to ensure? touching down as close to the end of a short runway (7,546 feet) as possible. That may seem dangerous. But no major incident has been reported in the long history of what has been called the world?s scariest airport.

Planes that land, however, must also take off. And that?s where the danger comes in.

Holding on to the fence for dear life as the powerful jet engines rev up for takeoff, tourists routinely ignore a nearby sign warning that ?jet blast? from departing aircraft ?can cause severe physical harm resulting in extreme bodily harm and/or death.?

But for these thrill-seekers, it?s just another day at the beach.

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ARTICLES MANIAC ? All You Need To Know About Drug Treatment ...

Substance abuse can be a major concern globally. This is certainly one problem that most consumers are struggling with. There are many people in the modern world who?re reeling in this particular problem. That is why there are numerous of organizations and people with move towards invest in drug addiction clinics that can help addicts quit this habit. Drug abuse is really a disease that is deadly. Extremely common among teenagers and youths. Most people wonder why the youths are definitely the most affected. An easy and easy answer is simply because they begin to use drugs for entertainment. They enjoy experimenting something totally new in your life. This is just what has seen many get hooked on drugs.

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The majority of the drug addiction clinics offer detoxification. It is a process that might find any drug traces inside you drained in order for the pangs of withdrawal will not be felt. However, choose a center who has experts to offer the same. That is a very painful procedure that ought to be handled by care otherwise the temptation of relapsing may crop in. Have a clinic with a good environment of fighting withdrawal symptoms. There are cases when the patients have head for the hills from drug abuse clinics as they are not able to overcome withdrawal symptoms. This is why you?ll need a clinic that?s experts who can help you handle these symptoms.

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