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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Car bombs kill at least 56 people in Iraq

Citizens inspect the site of a car bomb attack in the capital's eastern Mashtal neighborhood, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Insurgents on Sunday unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing and wounding dozens of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Citizens are seen through a broken window of a bus destroyed in a blast at a bus station in the capital's eastern Mashtal neighborhood, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Insurgents on Sunday unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing and wounding dozens of people, officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Citizens inspect the site of a car bomb attack at a bus station in the Baghdad's eastern Mashtal neighborhood, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Insurgents on Sunday unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing and wounding dozens of people, officials said. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Citizens and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack at a bus station in the Baghdad's eastern Mashtal neighborhood, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Insurgents on Sunday unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing and wounding dozens of people, officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Citizens gather at the site of a car bomb attack at a bus station in the Baghdad's eastern Mashtal neighborhood, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Insurgents on Sunday unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing and wounding dozens of people, officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

BAGHDAD (AP) — A new wave of car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad and a suicide bomber targeted soldiers in a northern city in attacks that killed at least 56 across Iraq on Sunday, officials said.

Coordinated bombing onslaughts killing scores of people have hit Iraq multiple times each month, feeding a spike in bloodshed that has left over 5,000 since April. The local branch of al-Qaida often takes responsibility, although there was no immediate claim for Sunday's blasts.

Four police officers said that the bombs in the capital, placed in parked cars and detonated over a half-hour, targeted commercial areas and parking lots, killing 42.

The deadliest blast was in the southeastern Nahrwan district where two car bombs exploded simultaneously, killing seven and wounding 15 others. Two other explosions hit the northern Shaab and southern Abu Dshir neighborhoods, each of which killed six people. Other blasts hit the neighborhoods of Mashtal, Baladiyat and Ur in eastern Baghdad, the southwestern Bayaa and the northern Sab al-Bor and Hurriyah districts.

Meanwhile, in the northern city of Mosul, a suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into a group of soldiers as they were sealing off a street leading to a bank where troops were receiving salaries, killing 14 included five civilians, a police officer said. At least 30 people were wounded, he added.

Former insurgent stronghold Mosul is located about 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad.

Such systematic attacks are a favorite tactic of al-Qaida's local branch. It frequently targets civilians in markets, cafes and commercial streets in Shiite areas in an attempt to undermine confidence in the government, as well as members of the security forces.

Seven medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.

In Mashtal in Baghdad, police and army forces sealed off the scene as ambulances rushed to pick up the wounded where pools of blood covered the pavement. The force of the explosion damaged number of cars and shops. At one restaurant, wooden benches were overturned and broken eggs were scattered on the ground. In Shaab, a crane lifted away at least 12 charred cars as cleaners swept away debris.

Violence has spiked in Iraq since April, when the pace of killing reached levels unseen since 2008. Today's attacks bring the death toll across the country this month to 545, according to an Associated Press count.

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NYC police: 5 dead after Brooklyn stabbings

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police pressed forward Sunday in investigating the deaths of four children and a 37-year-old woman who were stabbed at a Brooklyn residence, saying a person of interest had been taken into custody.

Officers arrived at the scene and found all five victims unconscious and unresponsive, police said. Three children were pronounced dead at the scene, while another child and the woman were taken to two Brooklyn hospitals where they were pronounced dead, police said.

Authorities identified the victims as Qiao Zhen Li, 37; Linda Zhuo, 9; Amy Zhuo, 7; Kevin Zhuo, 5; and William Zhuo, 1. Police did not give the relationships of the victims but said they all lived at the home where their bodies were found.

Fire Department spokesman Jim Long said emergency workers responded just before 11 p.m. Saturday to a 911 call from a person stabbed at the residence in the Sunset Park neighborhood.

Adjoining two-story brick buildings sit on a tree-lined block in the working-class neighborhood where the stabbings occurred.

A neighbor May Chan told the Daily News it was "heartbreaking" to learn of the deaths.

"I always see (the kids) running around here," Chan said. "They run around by my garage playing. They run up and down screaming."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-police-5-dead-brooklyn-stabbings-051844974.html
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Opinion: The militarization of U.S. police forces

By Michael Shank and Elizabeth Beavers

This month, more Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles (MRAPs) have found their way from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the Main Streets of America. These are just the latest acquisitions in a growing practice by Pentagon that's militarizing America's municipal police forces.

Police departments in Boise and Nampa, Idaho, each acquired an MRAP, as did the force in High Springs, Florida. The offer of war-ready machinery, at practically no cost, has proven hard to resist for local police departments. Increasingly, they are looking like soldiers equipped for battle.

The growing similarity between our domestic police forces and the U.S. military is a result of the Pentagon's 1033 Program. This allows the Defense Department to donate surplus military equipment and weapons to law enforcement agencies. In addition to the frightening presence of paramilitary weapons in American towns, the program has led to rampant fraud and abuse.

It does not have to be this way. Congress can, and must, take decisive steps to scale back the program and demilitarize American police forces. Here's how to do it.

First, Congress should permanently ban the transfer of all military-grade equipment to our cities. The program has already transferred enough impractical machinery to local police forces — material that many police departments do not have the skill to use safely or the money to maintain. Georgia's Cobb County, for example, acquired one AR-15 assault rifle for each of its patrol vehicles, while Tupelo, Mississippi received a helicopter that needed $100,000 worth of upgrades and $20,000 each year in maintenance.

Due to the large amount of missing weapons, the Pentagon has now temporarily suspended new weapons shipments to domestic law enforcement agencies. This is a good step. But it is not enough — especially since the ban is expected to be lifted soon.

Meanwhile, city agencies are still free to transfer weapons to other cities and are still free to receive armored personnel carriers and aircraft from the Pentagon. As the new MRAPs patrolling Iowa and Florida now demonstrate, current limitations do nothing to discourage the militarization of local police.

Second, strict oversight must be implemented and consistently enforced if the Pentagon insists on continuing the program. Congress must step up to manage the program by setting new rules and restrictions. Localities not in full compliance must be barred from participation in the program.

Shocking, almost comical, examples of abuse have been well-documented — from the officer who sold his weapons on eBay, to the one who lent his weapons to unauthorized friends and the police departments that lost the military weapons or tried to auction them off.

Now is the time for our policymakers to demand more from the Defense Department. In order to participate, law enforcement agencies should be able to account for 100 percent of the equipment they receive every year. This should be a no-brainer.

If they cannot, they should be removed from the program. If state coordinators do not verify compliance in person, the states should be removed from the program. And if the Defense Department cannot successfully report full compliance to Congress every year, the program should be suspended.

Receiving free equipment is a privilege for law enforcement — a privilege that so far has not come with any responsibility. It is unacceptable for American police to receive such hazardous weapons and equipment without oversight. It is particularly unacceptable for those who have proven to be incompetent, wasteful or irresponsible with the equipment they have received to remain eligible for more free items.

Ultimately, it is Congress's responsibility to protect its constituents' safety and financial interests, which could be threatened by the program mismanagement.

Unless Americans want their towns patrolled by armored military vehicles, their skies humming with drones, and their local police officers equipped with assault weapons, they should encourage Congress to scale the program back promptly.

Taxpayer money should not have to support the costs of maintaining the weapons of war that local police forces have acquired. Citizens deserve to know that their congressional leaders and law enforcement officers are working together to protect them — not recklessly engaging in a gluttonous arms race or irresponsibly losing dangerous weapons.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/column-militarization-u-police-forces-175828669.html
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Proteins in one of the world's main biodiesel plants have been mapped -- and it does not look good

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The castor oil plant produces some very fatty beans from which oil is refined into biodiesel in several countries, eg. Brazil. Now a team of researchers from the University of Southern Denmark along with researchers from Brazil have succeeded in mapping proteins of the bean, and thus it may now be possible to alter the bean's structure in order to get even more out of the bean than today. The researcher's work however shows that this may not be an easy task.

Countries like Brazil and India grow large quantities of the castor oil beans, which can be refined into bio-diesel. Unfortunately, the beans contain allergens and also the extremely potent poison ricin, and therefore the bean pulp after extraction of the oil cannot be used for animal feed. The animals might become sick or even die from eating castor pulp.

"Therefore we are interested in finding out if it in some way could be possible to eliminate the allergenic proteins and the ricin from the beans, so that the pulp can be used for animal feed", explains professor Peter Roepstorff, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Southern Denmark.

The first step towards this has now been taken. Roepstorff and a team of Danish/Brazilian colleagues have used proteomics to map 1875 castor bean proteins.

"Now we know where the proteins are, and we know when during bean development they are produced. Especially the protein ricin and the allergen 2S Albumin are interesting in this context. Unfortunately our research shows that it does not seem to be easy to get rid of them", says Peter Roepstorff.

Both ricin and the allergen 2S Albumin are only present in low amounts in the early development stages of the bean. But as the beans mature, the content of ricin and 2S Albumin increases.

"Unfortunately, the mature beans also have the highest oil content and therefore an oil producer will not harvest the beans before they are fully mature. The price of optimizing the oil production is that you also get a toxic and allergenic pulp that cannot be used for animal feed", explains Peter Roepstorff.

The researchers at University of Southern Denmark work with identifying the bean's proteins and this now makes it possible for other researchers to try and manipulate the proteins in order to remove the toxic and allergenic substances. One option may be to eliminate the unwanted proteins by plant breeding, another option is to remove them by genetic engineering.

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**About the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis):**
An up to 12 m tall tropical plant. In temperate countries like Denmark the plant is grown for its ornamental riches in private gardens, while countries like Brazil and India grow it for its oilrich beans. The beans are very toxic; 2-20 are enough to kill a human. The toxin, called ricin, is twice as powerful as the cobra snake's venom, and there is no antidote. It was ricin that killed a Bulgarian defector in 1978 in London, when the tip of an umbrella delivered a deadly dose of ricin to him. In addition to biodiesel castor oil may also be used to produce nylon, brake fluids and hydraulic fluids.

Professor Peter Roepstorff has worked with protein mass spectrometry for more than 40 years and he is one of the pioneers in analyzing proteins by mass spectrometry and in proteomics.

Journal of Proteome Research, 3 October 2013 E-pub ahead of print: Isotope Labeling-Based Quantitative Proteomics of Developing Seeds of Castor Oil Seed (Ricinus communis L.): Fbio CS Nogueira, Giuseppe Palmisano, Veit Schwmmle, Emanuela L. Soares, Arlete A Soares, Peter Roepstorff, Gilberto B. Domont and Francisco AP Campos.

Journal of Proteome Research, 2012, 11, 3046-3052: Performance of Isobaric and Isotopic Labeling in Quantitative Plant Proteomics: Fbio C. S. Nogueira, Giuseppe Palmisano, Veit Schwmmle, Francisco AP Campos, Martin R. Larsen, Gilberto B. Domont and Peter Roepstorff.

Photo of Castor oil plant: Andreas Frh.

Contact: Professor Peter Roepstorff: roe@bmb.sdu.dk

This press release was written by press officer Birgitte Svennevig.

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Proteins in one of the world's main biodiesel plants have been mapped -- and it does not look good

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Contact: Birgitte Svennevig
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University of Southern Denmark

The castor oil plant produces some very fatty beans from which oil is refined into biodiesel in several countries, eg. Brazil. Now a team of researchers from the University of Southern Denmark along with researchers from Brazil have succeeded in mapping proteins of the bean, and thus it may now be possible to alter the bean's structure in order to get even more out of the bean than today. The researcher's work however shows that this may not be an easy task.

Countries like Brazil and India grow large quantities of the castor oil beans, which can be refined into bio-diesel. Unfortunately, the beans contain allergens and also the extremely potent poison ricin, and therefore the bean pulp after extraction of the oil cannot be used for animal feed. The animals might become sick or even die from eating castor pulp.

"Therefore we are interested in finding out if it in some way could be possible to eliminate the allergenic proteins and the ricin from the beans, so that the pulp can be used for animal feed", explains professor Peter Roepstorff, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Southern Denmark.

The first step towards this has now been taken. Roepstorff and a team of Danish/Brazilian colleagues have used proteomics to map 1875 castor bean proteins.

"Now we know where the proteins are, and we know when during bean development they are produced. Especially the protein ricin and the allergen 2S Albumin are interesting in this context. Unfortunately our research shows that it does not seem to be easy to get rid of them", says Peter Roepstorff.

Both ricin and the allergen 2S Albumin are only present in low amounts in the early development stages of the bean. But as the beans mature, the content of ricin and 2S Albumin increases.

"Unfortunately, the mature beans also have the highest oil content and therefore an oil producer will not harvest the beans before they are fully mature. The price of optimizing the oil production is that you also get a toxic and allergenic pulp that cannot be used for animal feed", explains Peter Roepstorff.

The researchers at University of Southern Denmark work with identifying the bean's proteins and this now makes it possible for other researchers to try and manipulate the proteins in order to remove the toxic and allergenic substances. One option may be to eliminate the unwanted proteins by plant breeding, another option is to remove them by genetic engineering.

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**About the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis):**
An up to 12 m tall tropical plant. In temperate countries like Denmark the plant is grown for its ornamental riches in private gardens, while countries like Brazil and India grow it for its oilrich beans. The beans are very toxic; 2-20 are enough to kill a human. The toxin, called ricin, is twice as powerful as the cobra snake's venom, and there is no antidote. It was ricin that killed a Bulgarian defector in 1978 in London, when the tip of an umbrella delivered a deadly dose of ricin to him. In addition to biodiesel castor oil may also be used to produce nylon, brake fluids and hydraulic fluids.

Professor Peter Roepstorff has worked with protein mass spectrometry for more than 40 years and he is one of the pioneers in analyzing proteins by mass spectrometry and in proteomics.

Journal of Proteome Research, 3 October 2013 E-pub ahead of print: Isotope Labeling-Based Quantitative Proteomics of Developing Seeds of Castor Oil Seed (Ricinus communis L.): Fbio CS Nogueira, Giuseppe Palmisano, Veit Schwmmle, Emanuela L. Soares, Arlete A Soares, Peter Roepstorff, Gilberto B. Domont and Francisco AP Campos.

Journal of Proteome Research, 2012, 11, 3046-3052: Performance of Isobaric and Isotopic Labeling in Quantitative Plant Proteomics: Fbio C. S. Nogueira, Giuseppe Palmisano, Veit Schwmmle, Francisco AP Campos, Martin R. Larsen, Gilberto B. Domont and Peter Roepstorff.

Photo of Castor oil plant: Andreas Frh.

Contact: Professor Peter Roepstorff: roe@bmb.sdu.dk

This press release was written by press officer Birgitte Svennevig.

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Google rolling out CardDAV improvements

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High-resolution contact photos among new CardDAV additions

Google's rolling out several improvements to CardDAV, its open standard for accessing contact data, today. The most noticeable change is the new support for high-resolution contact photos, meaning some (mainly non-Android) mobile devices won't be limited to 96-by-96 pixel images anymore. It's worth remembering that if you're using Gmail sync on an Android phone, you shouldn't be affected by this anyway, as your stuff is synced through pure Google cloud magic.

The other changes are all about making CardDAV a faster, better experience —

Sync-Collections, which improves battery life for mobile users by reducing the amount of data exchanged.
POST support, which reduces mobile data usage when creating new contacts.
For Google Apps users, searching the domain’s Global Address List.

CardDAV users don't need to do anything, and the new features should be available within iOS 7 from today. As we said before, this isn't a huge deal for most Android users, but the changes are welcome nonetheless.

Source: Google Developers

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Jihad in America: The Grand Deception: Film Review

The Bottom Line

Although it makes some scarily persuasive points, this polemical documentary is too rabid to be taken seriously.

Directors

Steve Emerson, Rachel Milton

Screenwriters

Chris Cantergiani, Steve Emerson, Rachel Milton, Mark Tapson

Resembling the anti-Communist, red-baiting films of the 1950s, Jihad in America: The Grand Deception effectively sums up its intentions with its title. This documentary co-directed by Rachel Milton and Steve Emerson (the latter is the executive director of the organization Investigative Project on Terrorism) is a broad indictment of Islam, seemingly implicating every person of that faith as a potential violent jihadist determined to destroy America. While it sometimes makes its polemicist arguments in scarily convincing fashion, its relentlessly broad strokes ultimately undermine its persuasiveness.

The film focuses on the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in 1928 and very much in the news in the last year due to its temporary rule of the Egyptian government. Using interviews with numerous scholars, former FBI agents and Muslim leaders, it examines the influence of the organization in numerous countries, but especially the United States. It also takes special aim at CAIR, or the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which is basically described as a propaganda outfit before which the American government, media organizations and even Hollywood studios cower, and the Muslim Student Associations, a controversial umbrella organization of student groups in campuses throughout the country.

The film’s primary tool is the extensive use of audio and visual excerpts of numerous incendiary speeches by Islamist figures that are indeed eye-opening. It also makes canny use of such footage as congressional testimony by Attorney General Eric Holder in which he steadfastly refuses to use the term “radical Islam” despite incessant prodding.

Tracing the links between the Muslim Brotherhood and such terrorist organizations as Hamas, the film vociferously argues that it the former is engaged in an elaborate subterfuge masking its true aims. As with most such politically themed documentaries, whether or not you buy its premise will depend largely on your preexisting attitude. But there’s no doubt that its over-the-top approach ultimately seems as manipulative as the ideology it’s condemning.

Opened Oct. 25 (SAE Production)

Directors: Steve Emerson, Rachel Milton

Screenwriters: Chris Cantergiani, Steve Emerson, Rachel Milton, Mark Tapson

Executive producer: Steve Emerson

Director of photography; Paul Jacobson

Editors: Jude Leak, Martin Nelson

Not rated, 70 min.

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Alonso to celebrate points record on Indian GP helmet | 2013 Indian Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso ^[1] will mark his record F1 points tally with a special helmet design for the Indian Grand Prix.

Alonso became F1′s all-time highest points scorer at the Japanese Grand Prix, reaching a tally of 1,571 points, surpassing Michael Schumacher’s ^[2] previous record of 1,566.

The two totals don’t bear direct comparison as the value of different finishing positions has changed many times in F1 history ^[3]. For example a win was originally value at eight points, Schumacher scored ten for each of his 91 victories, and 25 points has been given to race winners since 2010.

Alonso’s helmet also carries a message of thanks to his fans in English, French and Italian.

“To see my name leading the points record for a sport like Formula One is something I never imagined,” said Alonso ^[4] after claiming the record in Japan. “Thanks to everyone!”

See here for a list of every F1 world champions’ points totals adjusted to the current scoring system:

Fernando Alonso Indian Grand Prix helmet

2013 Indian Grand Prix

Browse all 2013 Indian Grand Prix articles ^[5]

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^{^} Every F1 points system, 1950-2010 (www.f1fanatic.co.uk)
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For Obamacare To Work, It's Not Just About The Numbers

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Saturday, October 26, 2013

“Were You the One Who Did the Entry for Cunnilingus?”

When Gawker Media launched Jezebel in May 2007, it was the first big bid at reimagining popular women’s media for an online audience. Now, Jezebel is going analog. Released today, The Book of Jezebel: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Lady Things, edited by Jezebel’s founding editor Anna Holmes with contributions from a group of female writers, include Slate contributors Jessica Grose, Amanda Marcotte, and yours truly, is both an earnest celebration of the historical and pop cultural figures that have shaped women’s lives in the 21^st century and a compendium of elaborate menstruation jokes. (I wrote many of them.) Critics are divided on how seriously to take the thing: Fresh Air’s Maureen Corrigan found it a “jolly feminist cultural commentary”; the Daily Caller’s Mark Judge counters that “the rage of the Jezebels is indicative of a serious cultural problem that is potentially fatal for the United States.” (Spoiler alert: The cultural problem is daddy issues). I am biased and think it’s great.

I spoke with Anna about translating a blog to a dead-tree medium, the Jezebel definition of cunnilingus, and how to compete with other women without undermining women in general.

Amanda Hess: Now that the book has come out, people keep asking me which entries I wrote, and I honestly do not remember. It’s all a blur of badass historical ladies and uterus jokes at this point.

Anna Holmes: You’ve just described my life.

Hess: The book is a part of a trend in publishing that takes a Web outlet and reimagines it as a print product. As someone who writes primarily on the Internet, I’m of two minds about that: On the one hand, the immediacy and community provided by writing online can be really special, but there’s also a lot of great writing and argumentation that happens online that just quietly disappears. Is that why you’ve turned the website into a book?

Holmes: I don’t know that the trend toward turning Web products into books is that new—we’ve seen peoples Twitter feeds effectively spun into books. But I had some hesitation about doing it with this site, because I don’t think there are many books that have succeeded in translating Web content to print form.

Way, way back when we first started talking about the book, there was some discussion of turning the Best of Jezebel into book form, but I don’t think a book of previously published stuff is that interesting to consumers. But there was something compelling in taking a site that has a known sensibility and translating it into book form in a very explicit way—which is the way we see the world. And when I say “we,” it’s a very broad term, and it should be a broad term—no pun intended. The sensibility of the site has been crafted by the people who have run it, the people who write it, and the commenters and readers as well. There isn’t one party line, except that women should be taken seriously and are awesome and funny—I think everyone can agree on that—and that historically they have not been well-served by women’s media, which is part of why the site started in the first place.

Hess: One of the frustrations of writing in women’s spaces online is that we’re often defining ourselves in opposition to other coverage about women. In my writing on Double X—and in a lot of the writing that appears on Jezebel, too—the pace is so quick that our work is largely a response to an offensive story or the latest frat boy email. Part of the fun of writing the book was to celebrate female culture independently, in a way that’s not bogged down by the day-to-day call and response.

Holmes: A lot of Internet writing is reactionary—I don’t mean that in the revolutionary sense, but that a lot of blogging is about applying readings to things that exist elsewhere in the media. The book is more self-contained. It’s about the situations and concepts that are relevant to being female in the contemporary United States, and not in the granular way that a blog or website demands, which can be very exhausting. Sometimes, you need to explain things more in a blog post to put everything in context—some entries in the book are just a one-liner, because sometimes that’s all that needed to be said. I can’t think of that many posts on the site that were just one-liners. Were you the one who did the entry for cunnilingus?

Holmes: It was simply one word, which is: “Mandatory.”

Hess: You left Jezebel three years ago. What advice did you give to the current editor, Jessica Coen, when she took over?

Holmes: I had hired her five months prior, so she had five months to kind of get it. I don’t know I gave her any specific advice when I left—if I did, it was to not spend your every waking hour on the site so that you have no life. I’m a cautionary tale. I went so balls-out that it became an unhealthy thing for me. I didn’t read the site for six months after I left, because I didn’t want to get close to creating a situation where I would meddle. If I saw something I didn’t like, I didn’t want it to come out in some way, if I ran into someone on the street. It was like my baby. I had a baby, and I handed it off to someone else, and now that person is raising that child and I can’t be like, “No! You have to feed her at this time.” Maybe that’s a horrible analogy because I don’t have kids, but it felt like it was such a part of me that I had to just not engage with it.

Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/10/book_of_jezebel_a_conversation_with_jezebel_founding_editor_anna_holmes.html
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Danielle Fishel Marries Tim Belusko -- See Her Wedding Dress!

For fans of Boy Meets World, Danielle Fishel will always be one-half of beloved TV couple Cory and Topanga. But in real life, the actress is happily in love with new husband Tim Belusko. The couple said "I do" on Saturday, Oct. 19, in downtown L.A. -- and Us Weekly has exclusive photos from the blushing bride's big day!

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Fishel, 32, walked down the aisle at L.A.'s Vibiana in a white-lace strapless gown with a flared skirt. Her long hair fell in waves around her shoulders, and she carried a bouquet of dark purple flowers. Large floral arrangements adorned the candlelit altar, too.

As previously reported, the star's bridesmaids donned midnight blue dresses, which tied in with the overall color theme. "I think it's perfect for a this-time-of-year wedding," she previously gushed to Us. "It's going to be really fun! I'm really excited about it."

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After the ceremony, Fishel and Belusko's loved ones headed to a courtyard for cocktails. Among those in attendance? Her Boy Meets World costar Ben Savage, whom she jokingly calls her "first husband."

Danielle Fishel's Boy Meets World costar Ben Savage attended her wedding in downtown L.A. on Oct. 19
Credit: Premiere/FAMEFLYNET

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"[Tim] knows that Ben and I have been together for a long time as an on-screen couple," the bride explained to Us, "and to a certain extent when you've been with someone for 20 years like that, it's impossible to have none of that rub off a little bit in person."

That said, Fishel is happily committed to her new, "second" husband. "10/19/13 was one of the most amazing days of my life," she tweeted one day after the wedding. "The love in the room was palpable and overwhelming in the best way possible."

Source: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/danielle-fishel-marries-tim-belusko----see-her-wedding-dress-20132210
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Marcia Wallace, The Simpsons Voice of Edna Krabappel, Dead at 70

Marcia Wallace has died at the age of 70. The actress died Friday night, Oct. 25, in Los Angeles, TMZ reports. According to the site, she had been sick for the past several months, and passed away at her home with her family by her side.

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The Emmy awarding-winner actress first broke out in Hollywood in TV with guest roles in Bewitched, The Brady Bunch and The Bob Newhart Show. She also was featured in Murphy Brown, 7th Heaven and The Young and the Restless. Her film credits include My Mother the Werewolf and Teen Witch.

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Wallace was best known as the voice of Edna Krabappel on The Simpsons for the past 23 years from 1990 to 2013. She also spent three decades on various TV game shows in the 70's, including Hollywood Squares, Match Game and The $25,000 Pyramid.

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Wallace was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1985 and became a high-profile advocate for breast cancer awareness. She became a motivational speaker, and traveled across the country to discuss her personal story.

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The 10 best new features in OS X Mavericks

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‘Murder She Wrote’ Is Coming Back To Television?!

Octavia Spencer Will Take On Angela Lansbury's Former Role!

Posted by: Shannon on October 25, 2013|

I have, in the past, professed my love for the incomparable Angela Lansbury. I’m still waiting to see her in that upcoming Wes Anderson movie, and I’m still not over that Terry Richardson photo shoot. So here’s some crazy news about which to get really excited… or really nervous, depending on your perspective. NBC is getting ready to bring Murder She Wrote back to television… and Octavia Spencer has already been cast in the lead role made hugely popular by Lansbury. I honestly can’t wait to see this pilot episode. Click inside to learn more!

People has the deets:

Talk about must-see TV!

NBC plans to remake Murder, She Wrote with Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer playing the lead role made famous by Angela Lansbury.

The original series was one of the most successful TV shows in history, running for 12 seasons from 1984-1996 on CBS. As many as 23 million viewers tuned in Sundays to watch the English teacher-turned-writer, Jessica Fletcher, solve and write about the murder mysteries surrounding her.

The new version will follow Spencer as a hospital administrator and amateur detective who self-publishes her first murder mystery novel, according to Deadline Hollywood.

Okay, I am really curious to hear what y’all think about this. PITNBr Jess tweeted me this morning, and she is not feelin’ it, LOL. My thing is that I friggen loooove Octavia Spencer and fully believe she can do no wrong, so I’m really excited to see her take on this role. Jess says she doesn’t have a whole lotta faith in NBC, but I so want to believe that the Spencer factor will triumph over all.

I’m also curious to know if any folks from the original series are on board with this. What do you guys think? Will you be tuning in to Murder She Wrote, the reboot?

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BoE policymakers point to UK economic improvements

LONDON (AP) — Policymakers at the Bank of England appear to be getting more optimistic over the British economy but are showing few signs of changing policy soon.

Minutes to the Oct.8-9 meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee released Wednesday show all nine policymakers voted to keep the main interest rate unchanged at the record low of 0.5 percent and not to increase the monetary stimulus.

Bank governor Mark Carney has introduced the concept of "forward guidance" on interest rates to keep the recovery on track, but the economy's improvement has prompted many in the financial markets to wonder whether interest rates may rise sooner than originally anticipated.

But policymakers say that any triggers to change in policy remain far off.

The pound fell modestly on the news to $1.6140 from $1.6165.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/boe-policymakers-point-uk-economic-improvements-090050146--finance.html
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Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman Talk "Thor: The Dark World"

Coming at us with a brand new featurette for "Thor: The Dark World," Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman bring us up to speed on the relationship between the God of Thunder and his leading lady, Jane Foster.

The video shows us some new scenes featuring the universe-separated lovers, detailing the woes of world saving, while also describing the conflicts - both physical and emotional - that they both encounter on their journey.

According to the synopsis, "Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all."

Directed by "Sopranos" superstar, Alan Taylor, "Thor: The Dark World" hits theaters in the United States on November 8th of this year. Check out the featurette below, and enjoy!

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TV Ratings: 'American Horror Story: Coven' Shaping Up to Be Huge for FX

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With partial DVR data now available for the first two episodes of American Horror Story: Coven, FX's latest entry in the anthology series is proving to be remarkably steady -- and huge. Ahead of Live+Seven Day ratings, both episodes are already outpacing all but one other telecast (Sons of Anarchy) in network history.

Upping its time-shifted viewing in the second week to leave the audience virtually on par with the massive premiere (7.121 versus 7.266 million in Live+Three), Coven actually improved its lot among adults 18-34. The new record, 2.945 million in the demo, now outranks the network's all-time top performer across the board (the recent season-six premiere of Sons).

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Among adults 18-49, the second episode of Coven is also neck-and-neck with its premiere -- falling a touch from a 4.98 to 4.92 million demo viewers. That's a difference of less than a tenth of a ratings point.

Compared to the previous two seasons in the American Horror Story franchise, Coven is outpacing Asylum by 41 percent in the key demo and Murder House by a whopping 90 percent.

Looking at FX's top 50 telecasts of all time, all of which save Coven include the extra four days of DVR use, 18 of the top 20 are all Sons of Anarchy. The first two episodes of Coven currently hold the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, and the most recent episode is on track to topple the premiere when Live+Seven is available for both.

So what does that mean? Barring a serious drop in momentum, Coven may end up rivaling the current run of veteran Sons of Anarchy as the highest-rated season of any show in the cable network's history.

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Why Obamacare Is Like Three Mile Island

I’ve been blogging a lot over the past week or so about the risk of an insurance market "death spiral" -- where young people stay away, so the only people buying insurance are old and sick, causing the cost of insurance to rise over time and pushing ever more healthy young people out of the market.

Adrianna McIntyre says that we shouldn’t worry; there’s a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that deals with this:

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How Much of Your Shopping Is Done on Amazon?

If you live in a big city without a car, it's probably easier to just do all your shopping on Amazon. If you drive everywhere and have a Costco membership, it might make sense to do all your shopping there. If you drive sometimes but like getting packages, maybe you combine the best of both worlds? Whatever it is you do for shopping though, how much of it do you do with Amazon?

Bellator 105 predictions

This might be one of Bellator's weakest cards of the season, but there is a saving grace. This event features the semifinals of the lightweight tournament and a hugely important bout for one of MMA's top prospects. Either Will Brooks is going to round the corner and continue to develop as a star on the rise or he's not. He needs to get past Saad Awad to do that and after their first bout, it's not clear he can.

Will he right the wrongs he committed in their first fight? Will Awad prevail and prove he's still one of MMA's most underrated fighters? I answer those questions and more with predictions for Friday's fights.

What: Bellator 105

Where: Santa Ana Star Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

When: Friday, the six-fight preliminary card starts at 7 p.m. ET on Spike.com. The five-fight main card starts on Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET.

Saad Awad vs. Will Brooks

There are a number of important bouts this weekend on any of the major MMA shows and this one is no exception. While I certainly would not say Brooks' career is over or something equally hyperbolic, he's in a bit of trouble if he can't redeem himself against Awad. And the more I think about it, the victory for Awad was no fluke. He's lightening quick hands and very respectable power has given his Bellator opposition fits.

Brooks needs to show he can not only establish the takedown whenever he wants it, but that he also has patience. The timing of his offense is critical in this contest. He can't rush in nor he can he hang back. And if he has Awad in a dominant position, he needs to take advantage of it with damage or threatening submissions. Positional control is not going to get the job done.

I believe Brooks can and will do it, but he needs to demonstrate growth in order to get there.

Pick: Brooks

Ricardo Tirloni vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy

Tirloni might be the best guy Bellator has that just can't seem to break through. If there's a good prospect or a really tough veteran, Tirloni oftens come up short. I don't think tonight will be any different. I suspect he's going to get lit up on the feet and either stopped there or submitted after he's hurt and unable to properly defend himself.

Pick: Sarnavskiy

Ron Sparks vs. Mighty Mo

This is a plainly terrible fight, but I was surprised how semi-decent Mo looked in his last Bellator fight. These two are going to slug it out until someone falls, which shouldn't take long and means either man could conceivably win. All things being equal, though, Mo should prevail by KO or TKO in the first.

Pick: Mo

Eugene Fadiora vs. Keith Berry

Fadiora has the karateka style of bouncing on his toes as he strikes from the outside. His hands aren't necessarily as crisp as they could be, but they are quick and his combinations are deliberate. The Brit's defense needs some work, but his all-around ability is pretty respectable. Berry is a tough slugger, but not a whole lot else. The American has a puncher's chance, but not much more.

Pick: Fadiora

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/10/25/5028168/bellator-105-predictions
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Why Engineers Want To Put B Vitamins In 3-D Printers

This riboflavin-rich material can be used to print intricate, microscopic structures in three dimensions.

Courtesy of North Carolina State University

This riboflavin-rich material can be used to print intricate, microscopic structures in three dimensions.

Courtesy of North Carolina State University

Almost every day it seems there's a new use for 3-D printing.

In medicine, the printers are already making prosthetic hands, hearing aid cases and parts of human ears.

But the materials used in some 3-D printing processes could be toxic to humans, particularly if the products get inside the body. So researchers have been looking for ways found a way to replace some of the bad stuff with naturally occurring riboflavin, or vitamin B2.

Riboflavin is found in lots of food, including green veggies, nuts and fish. Our cells aren't programmed to reject it, which could make it handy for use in 3-D printed medical implants, microneedles or scaffolding to build custom body parts in the lab.

The researchers focused on a 3-D printing technique called two-photon polymerization, which can produce finely detailed, microscopic structures. The 3-D printer uses lasers to transform a potion of light-sensitive chemicals into a solid structure.

But some of the chemicals in that potion can be bad for us, says biomedical engineer Roger Narayan, one of the researchers behind the new technique. "And if they leach out of the material they can cause problems," he says.

The researchers, from the joint biomedical engineering department at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, say that their new material appears to hold up pretty well, though they are looking into whether they can improve its durability.

Narayan tells Shots that while this technology isn't ready for human use, it could be before long. "I don't think anyone 10 or 20 years ago thought that you'd be making hearing aid shells or ... dental devices using 3-D printing," he says.

So far, the researchers have tested the material with cells taken from cows. They published their findings in the journal Regenerative Medicine. Before testing the material in animals or humans, they plan to refine it further.

Narayan says many 3-D printing techniques originated in the electronics industry, where it doesn't matter as much if something is slightly toxic. The challenge is figuring out how to adapt the techniques to the medical field.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/24/240566819/why-engineers-want-to-put-b-vitamins-in-3-d-printers?ft=1&f=1001
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Republican Tarnished Brand Needs New Sheen Ahead Of Midterms

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Frustrated fans lead cries for Schiano's ouster

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2013, file photo, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan wears a bag over his head and holds a sign calling for the firing of Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano, during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2013, file photo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano reacts after an incomplete pass near the end of the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass. Fans showed up at Raymond James Stadium, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, carrying signs and wearing bags over their heads calling for the firing of Schiano. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Disgruntled fans showed up at Raymond James Stadium, some carrying placards or wearing brown paper bags over their heads calling for the firing of Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano.

It didn't happen Friday, a day after a lopsided nationally televised loss to the NFC South rival Carolina Panthers dropped the winless Buccaneers to 0-7 for the sixth time in franchise history.

The Bucs have never gone on to win more than three games after losing the first seven to begin a season.

Schiano said after Thursday night's 31-13 loss that he's focused solely on trying to turn his struggling team around — not his job.

On Friday, he fended questions about whether he still has the respect and support of his players. The Bucs have lost 12 of 13 games dating to last season and are 7-16 overall since Schiano left Rutgers in January 2012 to take over a team that dropped the final 10 games of 2011.

"Have I lost the locker room? No. Are they listening? Yes. Are we getting everything we need out of them? Well, obviously not because we're 0-7," Schiano said. "

"Ultimately we have good guys in that locker room ... 61 guys that I believe in, and I really strongly feel they believe in me. Does belief get tested when you have an 0-7 record? Absolutely. ... But there's a lot of football left. We've got nine games remaining. We'll take each one, one at a time."

Fans chanted "Schiano must go'!' in the closing minutes of the latest loss. There has been little indication of where the Glazer family, which owns the team but rarely grants interviews, stands on the embattled coach's future.

It's been a tumultuous season ranging from the messy benching and subsequent release of starting quarterback Josh Freeman to an outbreak of MRSA infections in the locker room to a lack of success on the field.

"I visit with our owners all the time. There's open lines of communication," Schiano said. "We're all trying to just get better and do the things that are going to make the organization better."

Safety Dashon Goldson, one of the team's two big offseason acquisitions, sat out Thursday night's game with a knee injury. He said Schiano has not lost the locker room.

"There's no complaining, there's no issues. You come in here, it's a good work environment," Goldson said.

"He's taken a lot of scrutiny off the field. These are tough times, and we understand that," Goldson, an All-Pro last season in San Francisco, said. "But he has a job to do, and we do as players, so we're just doing what we can to prepare every week and try to win a football game and leave the outside stuff to the outsiders."

Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, a team captain, agreed.

"As long as he's our coach, we're going to have respect for him and we're going to play as hard as can for him," McCoy said. "It's as simple as that."

Turning it around won't be easy, especially with a rookie at quarterback.

Third-round draft pick Mike Glennon threw for 275 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions against the Panthers, but threw the ball 51 times and attempting 43, 43 and 44 passes in his first three starts.

Not a winning formula for a first-year quarterback.

"I think we've made some right decisions that made us better. We've got to make more. I think we have to look at exactly what Mike is capable (of), because Mike can do a lot of things. (We need to) make sure we're playing to his strengths in every way because that's two games in a row now without an interception," Schiano said.

"At the end of the game we threw the ball on every down. Take that out and just look at the plays before that," the coach added. "He's efficient, he's doing what we ask him to do. When you know you're going to get that, now you're going to build around that."

Schiano said he "totally" understands the frustration of fans upset about the team's record. He's not concerned, though, that calls for his dismissal will become a distraction for team moving forward.

"Football players at this level are very intelligent. They understand the business," Schiano said.

"I think we all realize it's a performance-based business," he added. "Players and coaches, we're paid to win. That's what it's about. ... We've got to get our share."

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