Tina Fey, Amy Poehler back as Golden Globes hosts

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, file photo, provided by NBC, co-hosts Tina Fey, left, and Amy Poehler appear on stage during the annual Golden Globe Awards, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, that Fey and Poehler have signed up to host the Golden Globes for two more years. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, file photo, provided by NBC, co-hosts Tina Fey, left, and Amy Poehler appear on stage during the annual Golden Globe Awards, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, that Fey and Poehler have signed up to host the Golden Globes for two more years. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — The duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler proved such a success at hosting the Golden Globes in January that they've been signed up for the same job for the next two years.

NBC, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and producers of the Golden Globes announced the unusual two-year commitment on Tuesday. Next year's Golden Globes will be held in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 12.

Allen Shapiro, CEO of Dick Clark Productions, said the former "Saturday Night Live" chums have "a truly unique chemistry making them one of the most talented and captivating pairings of all time."

They were bathed in critical love for their performance this year, with The Associated Press critic Frazier Moore calling them "the night's biggest winners." They got laughs without being polarizing, as was the case with predecessor Ricky Gervais. Poehler even poked fun during the show at the Hollywood debate over whether Gervais was too hard-edged in mocking Hollywood stars.

"We want to assure you that we have no intention of being edgy or offensive tonight," said Poehler, star of the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation." "Because, as Ricky learned the hard way, when you run afoul of the Hollywood Foreign Press, they make you host this show two more times!"

Fey, whose NBC comedy "30 Rock" ended this year, and Poehler were both nominated for best actress in a comedy or musical but lost to Lena Dunham, star of HBO's "Girls."

More important than critical support, Fey and Poehler were good for business. The Golden Globes had their best ratings in six years for the most recent presentation, and were up 17 percent over the 2012 show.

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Mozilla's New App Manager Makes Debugging Easier For Firefox OS Developers

Mozilla today launched the Firefox OS App Manager to make it easier for developers to build and debug Firefox OS apps in its simulator and on a connected device. From the earliest days of Firefox OS, Mozilla has always put an emphasis on providing a full set of developer tools, and most of them are integrated into Firefox. The new App Manager, which is now available in Firefox’s Aurora channel, replaces the old Simulator Dashboard to provide an integrated debug and deployment environment for Firefox OS apps. The tool leverages the existing Firefox Developer Tools, Mozilla says. It can be used to install hosted and packaged apps, as well as to debug them right on the device. Using the App Manager, developers can also take screenshots, get a list of all the apps currently installed on the device and get a list of the APIs available to their apps, as well as the privilege level required to use them. Developers can also use it to update, start, stop and debug system-level apps using the regular Firefox developer tools to modify the HTML, CSS on the fly and to debug JavaScript code using the standard Firefox debugger. The App Manager is now available in Firefox’s pre-Beta Aurora release channel (version 26). This current version is scheduled to become the stable release in December, though Mozilla often holds features back in its pre-release channels if it deems them to be too unstable for a general release.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/NZ_fwRC9QSY/
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Bill Monroe On Mountain Stage

It's no exaggeration to call Bill Monroe one of the most influential and important musicians America has ever produced. He's the undisputed father of bluegrass music: The style itself was created by and named for his band, The Blue Grass Boys, in the late '40s.

Along with Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Stanley Brothers, Monroe — who died in 1996 — created a sound as distinctive as any musical genre in the world. Over the years, Monroe's bands have included a true "Who's Who" list of bluegrass and country musicians. His influence has woven itself into country, folk, rock and jazz.

It was late in Bill Monroe's career — May 21, 1989, to be exact — when he made this visit to Mountain Stage, but his spirit and energy were as strong as ever. "Give me a call if you ever need a mandolin player in the Mountain Stage band," he told host Larry Groce. There's no doubt he would have been up to the task.

Set List

• "My Sweet Blue Eyed Darlin'"


• "Muleskinner"


• "Southern Flavor"


• "A Beautiful Life"


• "Uncle Pen"


• "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"


• "Sugarloaf Mountain"


• "Workin' Of A Building"


• "Rawhide"


• "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms"

Source: http://www.npr.org/event/music/232212120/bill-monroe-on-mountain-stage?ft=1&f=
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Zenefits Rolls Its HR Automation Services Out To All 50 States

Back at TechCrunch Disrupt NY in April, a company called Zenefits debuted a service that aimed to automate away many of the most annoying bits involved with running a startup or small business. Hire someone? Give Zenefits the basic details, and they’ll get them insured, on payroll, etc. Fire someone? Click a button to pull them off payroll and send out the COBRA details. Life event changes? They handle it. And they do it all for free.

If your company doesn’t have group health coverage, Zenefits can fetch all the quotes you need and help you pick a plan. If your company does already have health covergae, Zenefits still works — they’ll just take over as your insurance broker.

At the time, Zenefits only operated in two states: California, and New York. Today, they’re rolling out to all 50.

There’s one catch, though: for now, they’re only rolling out to the other 48 states for companies with 20+ employees. Come January 1st of 2014, however, they’ll be in all 50 states for all companies with at least two employees.

Why draw that line? Zenefits CEO Parker Conrad tells me it all comes down to changes in the health insurance system put into play by the Affordable Care Act. Many of those changes don’t go into effect until January 1st, 2014 — but once they do, it’ll be considerably easier for them to pull insurance data and quotes for smaller teams.

As you may recall from our previous coverage, Zenefits makes its money by acting as your insurance broker. When a company buys a plan through Zenefits, Zenefits gets a commission from the insurance company. So the small business pays nothing, but Zenefits still makes money for each employee the business brings onboard. Oh, and they make that commission each month. Sweet deal, right?

In addition to the insurance and payroll services already in place, Zenefits is also introducing a new suite of compliance (read: things you have to do as your company gets bigger) tools. Here’s some of the stuff they handle now:

• Sending out Affordable Care Act notifications to all new hires


• Distributing employee handbooks and handling getting them signed


• In some states, companies with 50+ employees are required to lead sexual harassment training for managers. Zenefits now handles that with a built-in training program.


• Automatically collects Equal Employment Opportunity data as required for companies with 100+ employees and handles reporting it to the government

As of July of this year, Zenefits had raised $2.1M.

We manage your benefits, payroll, and HR – so you don’t have to. No more paperwork. No more headaches. Zenefits is 100% no-fingers-crossed-behind-our-back free, all online, and completely paperless. So go ahead and focus on your product. We’ll focus on the rest.

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London market edges higher as US debt deadline approaches

London (AFP) - London shares closed in positive territory on Monday with investors on edge over the approaching US debt deadline that has for now failed to overly alarm markets.

Adding to the volatility was a disappointing batch of Chinese economic data, while on the corporate front shares in French car giant Peugeot plunged.

The benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.32 percent to 6,507.65 points.

"It's hard to think about anything else but the budget negotiations in the United States this week! The October 17 date is nearing fast," economists from brokerage Aurel BGC in Paris said.

But Barclays analyst Renaud Murail said that despite the "absurd" situation in Washington, the market "refuses to reverse in the belief that a default will be avoided."

EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn has warned that failure to raise the borrowing limit would "have potentially dramatic consequences on the world economy and on the still nascent recovery in Europe."

China and Japan -- which between them hold more than $2.4 trillion of US debt -- have also urged the United States to get its house in order and avert a default.

Back on the trading floor, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) was the most traded stock by volume, with 79.74 million units changing hands, followed by telecoms giant Vodafone which saw 50.45 million units switch owners.

Precious metal group Johnson Matthey was the star performer after a broker upgrade from JPMorgan Cazenove, dealers said.

The upgrade created a stir among investors and the share price rose by 5.88 percent to close at 2,987 pence.

Builders' merchant Travis Perkins was also in demand and was up 5.07 percent to 1,763 pence after an upgrade from Bank of America.

Brewing giant SABMiller was the biggest faller after a broker downgrade from Citigroup, slipping 1.46 percent to 2,970 pence.

Glencore Xstrata was also under heavy selling pressure after a gloomy assessment from Liberum, dealers said.

The downgrade pushed shares in the Anglo-Swiss miner down 1.40 percent to 331.20 pence.

On the currency markets, sterling stole a march on both the dollar and the single currency.

The pound rose to $1.5997 at 5:15pm from $1.5938 at the same time on Friday, while it also edged up to 1.1782 euros from 1.1761 over the same period.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/london-stocks-rise-prospect-us-debt-deal-165610307.html
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Initial Interrogation of Suspect A

Abraham leading Isaac to sacrifice.

Painting by Domenico Zampieri/Kimbell Art Museum

The following is excerpted from Unscrolled: 54 Artists and Writers Wrestle With the Torah, edited by Roger Bennett and published by Workman. Learn more about it here.

“And He said, ‘Take your son, your favored one, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the heights I will point out to you.’ ”—Genesis 22:2.

FOLLOWING IS TRANSCRIBED FROM RECORDING OF INITIAL
OBSERVATION SESSION.

Yes, all right. Water ...

We don’t have any fancy bottled stuff. Tap okay?

Great. Good. We’ll get that for you. So ... you know why we brought you in?

And you’re sure you don’t want a lawyer? That’s your right.

Because you could say something that’ll get you into a lot of trouble.
Trouble with who?

Heh ... that’s ... you’re joking, right?

Oh. OK. Well ... then I guess ... sure, I’ll answer your question. You’ll get yourself into trouble with the law.

“All right?” As in you understand?

Good. Because there’s something I don’t understand. And maybe you can help me understand it. Do you think you can do that?

Good. You try. And let’s start with this—and I apologize if I’m kinda just leaping in here ... My wife says I’m a little ... y’know, blunt? But here we go. I just want to know ... I want you to explain ... exactly why you tried to kill your son.

You didn’t ... well, crap. Crap, Abe ... I guess you’re right. That’s why I said you tried to. In fact, it says here ... it says that you were spotted tying him up—

OK. Wow. Sure. You were binding your kid ... and then—and if any of this sounds wrong to you, Abe, you just speak up—but then you were seen putting your son ...

Right. Isaac. You were seen putting Isaac on top of a pile of wood.

He was meant to be a burnt offering.

My son. I was told to make a burnt offering of him.

So ... God. He told you to ... light your son on fire?

After I had killed him, yes.

Sure ... because burning him alive ... that would be inhuman.

It’s what I was asked to do.

God tells you to kill a child ... your own child ... for what? Why? What do you get in exchange for your “offering”?

He had already given me ... given us ... something.

My wife—Sarah ... she was way past the point of being able to get pregnant. But He said He would give us a child. And He did.

This would be ... God again?

He gave you a son. So you could raise him. And love him. Then kill him.

And you just ... ? You didn’t ... question it?

Your wife ... Sarah ... what’d she have to say about this?

Of course you didn’t. And Isaac ... I’m guessing you didn’t tell him either. You just walked him up that mountain and he had no idea what you were gonna do.

So what changed your mind?

Nothing did. He stopped me.

He didn’t come Himself?

And this angel ... what’d he say?

That I didn’t need to kill Isaac.

Because now He knew that I feared Him.

No. God. He knew I feared God.

But that’s not what you told me.

You told me you were willing to kill your son just because He asked. Not because you were afraid of Him.

On the mountain. I only heard your voice. But now ... yes, I recognize it. You. You’re the angel. Calling to me a second time.

I’m an ... ? C’mon. You’re insane, Abe. You’ve lost your goddamned mind.

I’m not. And I haven’t.

And yet you think ... I’m an angel.

OK. Fine then. You got me. I’m an angel. And why is it ... I’m “calling to you”? A second time?

Because you want to make sure.

That I fear God. That’s why you asked me.

Ah ... so He’s testing you. Again. Because ... what? Getting you to stab your kid to death wasn’t proof enough?

But I didn’t stab my—

—Yeah, yeah. I got it, Abe.

He spoke to me, you know. Outside Sodom. Did He tell you that?

He was ready to destroy the whole city ... and I asked Him if He would spare them. If there were just 50 innocent people inside, wouldn’t it be worth letting the rest live? And He said He would. Then I said, What about 45? And He said yes, He’d spare the city then, too. We negotiated for a while. I was able to get Him down to 10—if there were just 10 innocent people, He agreed not to destroy it.

This is ... wow ... this is a great story.

But He did destroy it. He rained fire down on Sodom. Gomorrah, too. Burned them all. And when I learned of this, I thought to myself ... Maybe I should have pushed further ... Maybe I should have asked God to spare the cities if just one innocent person could be found. Do you know why I didn’t?

Because I knew. I knew He was going to destroy those cities no matter what I said.

SUBJECT BEGINS TO AUDIBLY CRY NOW ... THIS LASTS FOR ALMOST SIX MINUTES, FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF SILENCE. AFTER WHICH:

Yes, all right. Water ...

We don’t have any fancy bottled stuff. Tap okay?

Great. Good. We’ll get that for you. So ... you know why we brought you in?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FROM THIS POINT ON THE SEQUENCE BEGINS AGAIN.

SUBJECT WAS OBSERVED FOR A PERIOD OF 90 MINUTES UNDER WHICH THE ABOVE SEQUENCE WAS REPEATED 19 TIMES.

THE SEQUENCE WAS REPEATED VERBATIM.

SUBSEQUENT OBSERVATIONS DETERMINED SUBJECT SPEAKS ONLY THE WORDS TRANSCRIBED ABOVE AS IF ON A PERPETUAL LOOP.

THOUGH THE TRANSCRIPT SUGGESTS THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE PRESENT, THE SUBJECT WAS ALONE IN HIS CELL FOR THE DURATION OF THE RECORDING.

SLIGHT FLUCTUATIONS IN TONE AND ACCENT WOULD SUGGEST THE CREATION OF THE SECOND CHARACTER, PERHAPS AS A PROXY BY WHICH TO CONFESS AND/OR PROCESS SUBJECT’S ACTIONS.

10–15 mg. OLANZAPINE, twice daily. Limit interaction with family (particularly the victim), continue observation.

Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/faithbased/2013/10/abraham_and_the_binding_of_isaac_the_police_interview_the_patriarch.html
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Hayden Panettiere Confirms Engagement! (VIDEO)

Actress Hayden Panettiere made an appearance on “Live With Kelly & Michael” on Wednesday, showing up with a huge boa constrictor around her neck.

Her diamond sparkler stole the show and the actress confirmed that she is engaged to boxer Wladimir Klitschko, which we reported back in March.

Host Kelly Ripa couldn’t help but notice the huge sparkler, asking, “I’m sort of distracted, not just by the snake, but there’s a very large diamond ring on your finger… I’m not sure if you want to announce anything… Does that signify anything, is that a promise of something?”

The 24 year old played coy, revealing it “might” mean something, but added, “I think it speaks for itself.”

Ripa then asked the “Nashville” actress directly if she was engaged to longtime boyfriend Klitschko, 37, prompting Panettiere to gleefully state, “I am!”

The couple has been dating on and off since 2009. They split in 2011 but reunited earlier this year.

Hayden had a little fun on the show by bringing out a real snake wrapped around her shoulders, after pranking Michael last time with a fake snake. She later thanked him for being such a good sport.

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Images: wenn.com

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