?Saturday Night Live?: Ann Romney rips GOP naysayers

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?Saturday Night Live? this weekend ripped Mitt Romney on his taxes and?his 47 percent comment. But the NBC show also defended the Republican presidential candidate by letting his wife, Ann (Kate McKinnon), blast GOP naysayers on ?Weekend Update.?

?Do you really think this would be going better if you?d nominated someone else? Who? Rick Santorum?,? ?SNL? had Mrs. Romney saying. ?Do you think you missed the boat with Newt Gingrich? If you think I?m unrelatable, check out Callista Gingrich. She?s like a character from ?Mars Attacks.? ?

The ?SNL? Ann?Romney blasted Ron Paul as ?a lunatic who doesn?t?understand how voting works.? She said Rick Perry?s name three times, and?Perry (Bill Hader) showed up from under the desk. ?If this race was?so winnable, how come Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio?decided not to?run???the candidate?s wife asked. ?

?SNL? took more swipes at Romney than Barack Obama. Blame bias if you like, but?Romney had given the writers a lot of material in the last week. ?Weekend Update? anchor Seth Meyers ridiculed Mitt Romney for paying a 14 percent tax rate ? ?just a little less than restaurants add on for a party of six or more.? How did?Romney?pay such a low rate? ?He claimed 47 percent of Americans as dependents,? Meyers said.

Meyers also weighed in on speculation that Romney applied a self-tanner before appearing on Spanish-language TV. ?Speculation? He looks like my dad?s recliner,? Meyers said.

As for Obama, Meyers?offered advice during the segment ?What Are You Doing?? Meyers wondered why Obama?said he couldn?t change Washington from the inside.

?Why are you saying anything during this Romney tailspin?? Meyers asked. ?Don?t do anything to take the focus off the Romney follies. Their campaign is getting crazier than the last season of ?Lost.? ?

The political jabs will draw most of the attention in the so-so show. Host Joseph Gordon-Levitt?opened by tearing off his clothes and dancing a salute to the movie ?Magic Mike.? He also played a nightclub hypnotist and the son of the Dos Equis pitchman, ?the most interesting man in the world.??In the zaniest bit, Gordon-Levitt was a girl whose parents sang her introduction to a date.

Jay Pharoah has emerged as the show?s most valuable player after two episodes this season. He is the new Obama, although he didn?t play the president this weekend. Rather, Pharoah was a very giddy Michael Strahan, who couldn?t believe it was work to host with Kelly Ripa. Pharoah was sports analyst Stephen A. Smith, who repeatedly blasted Tim Tebow. ?My hairline isn?t receding. It?s just trying to get away from my mouth,? Smith said.

?SNL? tried for some balance in the Romney and Obama jokes. But the show served a withering commercial about a tampon designed by the GOP.

Coming soon: Daniel Craig will?host the?Oct. 6 show, which can spoof the first presidential debate.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/t0g5NQSZ8Y4/story01.htm

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Master the Art of Productive Procrastination by Breaking Your Day Into Bite-Sized Snacks [Productivity]

Nobody really like chores, but they have to get done. Instead of tackling my chores and projects like a full meal, I prefer to break them up into tiny bite-sized snacks and do them throughout the day. So, instead of watching a goofy YouTube video, I'll procrastinate by tidying up the house or starting work on a side project.

Let's face it: chores suck and we never have enough time for passion projects. We've talked about doing chores in bulk before, and productive procrastination isn't new. But some of us like to spread out the pain and suffering a bit. For myself, I realized this works perfectly with the idea that it's good to stand up once and hour to counteract the negative effects of sitting all day.

Divide Up Those Chores Into Tiny, Easily Doable Projects

My apartment is by no means a mansion, but that doesn't mean it doesn't get horrifying dirty over a short period of time. Like most people, I'm not a fan of cleaning, which is why I just make mental notes throughout the day to work on smaller things. So, once every couple of hours, my phone sounds a subtle alarm, and I have to stand up and go do a chore that takes less than 5 minutes. These include a mix of standard and somewhat unusual chores:

• Clean the bathroom: We've talked before about the five daily routine to keep you bathroom clean and I use this same basic setup. I don't do it daily though, usually every other day.
• Kitchen scrub down: I'm horrible at remembering to do the dishes right after I cook, so I usually have to catch up with it later. While I'm at it I'll wipe down anything else in the kitchen, or if I've somehow kept it clean, I'll take out the trash.
• Declutter bookshelves: For one reason or another my bookshelves are also my defacto landing spot for every piece of junk I have laying around. So, more often than not, I've placed some random item on top of them that need to go back to their proper space.
• Tackle a random project: Sometimes my house is clean enough, and that means I just need to do something random with my five minutes. In these cases, I'll make a quick run through of old clothes in my closet that can go to Goodwill, force myself to take a few items out of the junk closet, or even just take on that one random, but tiny repair I've been putting off.

Obviously what you can do in your own home or office is different, but the point is that when you break all those annoying household chores apart, they're a heck of a lot more doable, they don't require as much effort, and the benefit is you'll keep a relatively tidy house with almost no effort. Photo by Joel Bez.

"Waste" Time on Side Projects

We've talked before about procrastination projects, and it's something that really does help in the long run. The basic idea is that you need to walk away from work (and everything else) sometimes, but that doesn't mean you have can't be productive when you do it. Make writer Saul Griffith explains this as breaking focus fatigue:

I gave up on trying to do exactly what I was meant to be doing in favor of always doing something. Frankly, I'm not sure we're designed to focus on only one thing for eight or ten hours in a row. I've always found that it's useful to have something else to be doing when you're too burnt out to face the next thing on your list. That way, flipping back and forth between the two projects prevents focus fatigue.

Personally, I used to struggle a lot by forcing myself through longer projects in marathon sessions. I can't do that anymore (and honestly it probably didn't work as well I remember it working), and have since adapted the 15 minute rule where I waste time on a side project for at least 15 minutes a day. These bite-sized snacks keep my brain moving, even when the projects themselves fail. Photo by nicolas will.

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Obviously these smaller chunks don't work for everything. Certain chores require longer blocks of time, and often a project simply can't be completed in just a few minutes. But the point is to decrease your overall workload for a week, even if some of that workload is just taking a break. The idea is to always do something that's productive in some way, even if you're neglecting everything else.

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/Jk4aN7ZvUgc/master-the-art-of-productive-procrastination-by-breaking-your-day-into-bite+sized-snacks

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New Mexico Governor tells women to prove 'forcible rape' (Includes ...

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The term "forcible rape" is back in the news, this time because New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez wants women to prove they were "forcibly raped" if they seek childcare assistance.
After Todd Akin created a national controversy with his ?legitimate rape? comments, Gov. Martinez is pushing for an amendment to New Mexico's childcare assistance regulations. The proposed change states:

(3) Good cause for refusal to cooperate may be granted when such cooperation is not in the best interest of the child or parent, including but not limited to the following circumstances: (b) the child was conceived as a result of incest or forcible rape; (4) The applicant or recipient who makes a claim for good cause shall supply documentary evidence to establish the claim. The caseworker shall not deny, delay, or discontinue subsidized child care benefits pending a determination of good cause if the applicant or recipient has complied with the requirements to furnish evidence or information.

The proposed amendment would exempt victims of "forcible rape" from having to file child support claims against the absent parent according to the Huffington Post. It also means women who are victims of what Gov. Martinez defines as "forcible rape" must relive the attack by having to obtain "evidence" that the rape was "forcible". The Inquisitor says the new proposed change would force women who have left domestic violence relationships, who were victims of date rape or incest, or other ?non-forcible? means to contact their abuser and seek child support before they are eligible for childcare assistance. Upon speaking with a detective in the Domestic Violence Division of the Metro Nashville Police Department I was told:

"Telling a domestic violence victim they have to take their abuser to court for child support is not only dangerous for the victim, but also for the children involved. Domestic Violence victims go to great lengths to avoid contact with their abuser and often times try and hide their whereabouts to help maintain their safety and the safety of the children. If it passes, this amendment will roll back the clock and wipe out some of the progress so many victims, prosecutors and law enforcement officials have pushed for over the years."

The detective, who asked to remain anonymous, went on to say:

"I can't really speak for sexual abuse victims since I have never worked with them in the capacity I do victims of domestic violence. I can say based on experience as a patrol officer, any type of sexual assault is extremely traumatic. It seems extremely callous and cruel to tell any sexual assault victim they must confront their attacker and demand child support, like ripping a scab off an old wound."

Source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/333237

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Louvre Museum unveils Islamic Art wing

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Oil's slide continues toward $91 a barrel

Oil prices fell closer to $91 a barrel on Thursday, sagging for a fourth straight day as high U.S. inventories and weak economic data from Europe, China and Japan reinforced fears of a deeper global downturn.

By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for October delivery was down 45 cents to $91.53 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract finished at $91.98 on Wednesday, dropping $3.31, or 3.5 percent.

In London, Brent crude traded on the ICE Futures exchange was down 54 cents to $107.65 a barrel.

Figures from Europe, Japan and China reminded investors that the world's economy is struggling, though a positive bond auction from Spain helped limit the retreat in markets.

Among the sobering news for investors was a survey in Europe pointing to a deepening recession in Europe, figures from Japan that showed the country's powerhouse export sector was continuing to suffer and a private survey of manufacturers in China that showed activity fell again in September, though at a slightly slower pace than August.

Signs that the global economy is slowing down tend to push oil prices lower because people and businesses use less energy.

"The extended losses are hinting more and more that the bullish impact of (quantitative easing) had already been priced into the market for several weeks and that the focus is now on weaker global economic growth indicators," said analysts at JBC Energy in Vienna.

Separately, crude inventories grew three times more than analysts had expected last week. Crude supplies grew by 8.5 million barrels to 367.6 million barrels. That's 8.4 percent higher than at the same time last year, according to the Energy Information Administration's weekly report.

Analysts said the uptick in inventory was tied to the return of production by U.S. Gulf Coast refineries after being shut down by Hurricane Isaac.

"We can safely assume that most of this has been on the back of platforms returning to production ... we are seeing the return of the refineries in the Gulf area too," Carl Larry of Oil Outlooks and Opinions said in a newsletter.

Some experts said the large price drop this week was exaggerated and likely to be reversed soon.

Analysts at Commerzbank said they regard "the scale and above all the speed of the price slide as excessive" even if the crude stockpile figures indicate that the market is "amply supplied" at present.

"This is all the more true given that other economic barometers such as equity markets and copper ? a cyclical commodity ? have defended their gains over the same period," they said. "We expect to see a countermovement in the next few days."

In other futures trading in New York, wholesale gasoline was up 2.24 cents at $2.7497 per gallon. Heating oil rose 1.82 cents to $3.0622 per gallon. Natural gas added 2.4 cents to $2.786 per 1,000 cubic feet.

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Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Israel, Syria trade accusations at U.N. nuclear meeting

VIENNA (Reuters) - Syria, itself suspected of illicit nuclear activity, accused the West at a major U.N. meeting on Wednesday of double standards in implicitly condoning an Israeli atomic arsenal and warned of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

Israel hit back at the annual assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by saying Syria and its ally Iran were "known for their clandestine pursuit of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction."

The Jewish state also made clear its view that the volatile region was not yet ready for creating a zone free of such weaponry, which Arab states have been pushing for.

"Such a process can only be launched when peaceful relations exist for a reasonable period of time in the region," Israeli atomic energy commission head Shaul Chorev said. "Regrettably, the realities in the Middle East are far from being conducive."

The United States said last week Syria was using the "brutal repression" of its people waging an uprising as an excuse not to address international concerns about its past nuclear work.

U.N. inspectors have long sought access to a site in Syria's desert Deir al-Zor region that U.S. intelligence reports say was a nascent, North Korean-designed reactor designed to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons before Israel bombed it in 2007.

The IAEA has also been requesting information about three other sites that may have been linked to Deir al-Zor, which Syria says was a conventional military site.

Syrian Ambassador Bassam Al-Sabbagh, in a rare public comment on the issue, insisted that his country was ready to cooperate with the U.N. agency and he sought to turn the tables on Damascus's accusers by hitting out at Israel.

Israel is believed to have the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal, although it refuses to disclose any capability. Like its ally the United States, the Jewish state sees Iran's nuclear program as the most urgent nuclear proliferation threat.

"HOSTILE MIDDLE EAST"

Clearly referring to Washington and its allies, Al-Sabbagh told the IAEA's General Conference in Vienna:

"The fact that some influential states ... condone Israel's possession of nuclear capabilities and its failure to subject them to any international control exposes clearly the extent of double standards used by those states."

He said that this "poses a threat to the region's security and stability and may even spark a nuclear arms race there" and that Israel was the main obstacle to ridding the region of atomic weaponry.

Israel has said it would sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and renounce nuclear weapons only as part of a broader Middle East peace deal with Arab states and Iran that guaranteed its security.

Chorev, the Israeli delegate, said the concept of a region free of weapons of mass destruction "is certainly much less applicable to the current volatile and hostile" Middle East and would require a significant transformation in the region.

Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful, denying Western and Israeli suspicions that it wants to develop an atom bomb capability. Syria also denies any such ambitions.

IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said this year that Syria had asked for understanding of its "delicate situation" in response to requests for Syrian cooperation with his inspectors.

President Bashar al-Assad is fighting an 18-month-old revolt in which more than 27,000 people have been killed.

Chorev said the situation in Syria was a reminder of the need to secure nuclear materials and added that the whereabouts of atomic fuel intended for the destroyed Deir al-Zor reactor was an "enigma".

(Editing by Rosalind Russell)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syria-accuses-west-nuclear-double-standards-over-israel-153139654.html

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Challenge: The Most Beautiful Woman in California [Search Research]

Daniel Russell knows how to find the answers to questions you can't get to with a simple Google query. In his weekly Search Research column, Russell issues a search challenge, then follows up later in the week with his solution?using whatever search technology and methodology fits the bill. This week's challenge: who sculpted the most beautiful woman in California?

It is said that the most beautiful woman in California during the last decade of the 1800's was truly a Venus in human form.

The tale says that she was perfectly captured in a statue made by a German-born sculptor (not the one above). But only a few years after she was rendered in marble, she was tragically murdered by a jealous lover on the street in front of her home. He then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide.

Could this story possibly be true? (I suspect it is, but being pro-searchers, we want details.)

Three questions leap to mind:

1. Who was the sculptor of the most beautiful woman in California?

2. Where's that statue now?

3. What was the model's first name and last name?

(Note that the statue shown in the illustration above is NOT the sculpture in question. Can you find an image of the sculpture in the story?)

As usual, please tell us HOW you found the answers to these questions. (In particular, what resources did you use.) And say about how long it took you to find the answers.

Wednesday search challenge (9/19/12): Most beautiful woman in California shot dead; where is she now? | SearchReSearch

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Daniel M. Russell studies the way people search and research?an anthropologist of search, if you will. You can read more from Russell on his SearchReSearch blog, and stay tuned for his weekly challenges (and answers) here on Lifehacker.

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