Dara Horn: "Cynthia Ozick: Or, Immortality" (Jewish Review of Books)
… I will simply point out what Ozick's entire oeuvre brilliantly enacts: Despite the underlying assumption of Western civilization that we owe our world to the genius of Great Men (yes, men) whose names still resonate today, the truth is that merit and credit are only rarely linked.
Michael Gregor, MD: How to Cut Breast Cancer Risk in Half (Nutritionfacts.org)
One of my favorite cancer-specific charities, the American Institute for Cancer Research, lauds the China Study and the documentary Forks Over Knives, with which they share the same bottom-line message: The healthiest diets are those that revolve around whole plant foods. […] We now have evidence that those who follow such advice are actually protected against cancer. […] The most important dietary advice was to be as lean as possible within the normal range of body weight, eat mostly foods of plant origin, and limit alcoholic drinks.
The different names and voices of Kermit the Frog across the globe. In most countries, multiple actors have voiced the frog (however in Portuguese speaking countries, Kermit is changed to a toad, "sapo", instead of being a frog, "rã"), usually with separate performers for the localized Sesame Street than for the Muppet Show and movie translations.
Originally, Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America knew the character as La Rana René.
Patriot Act NSA Spying Unconstitutional Section 215 National Security Letters Must End
My name is Marc Perkel and I have decided to announce that I will not comply with the so called "Patriot Act" laws requiring me to disclose information about my customers. If I receive a national security letter I will immediately photograph it, post it online everywhere I can, and then make a video of me burning it. I will then await my arrest. If you want to put me in jail then come get me mother fucker.
First night in months that it was cool enough to turn on the oven - celebrated with a blackberry cobbler.
Tonight, Tuesday:
CBS begins the night on the East Coast with a FRESH'NCIS', followed by the LIVE'VP Debate'.
CBS begins the night early on the left coast with the LIVE'VP Debate', followed by a FRESH'NCIS', then pads with local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are Cheri Oteri, Paul F. Tompkins, and Melissa Etheridge.
Scheduled on a FRESHJames Corden, OBE, are Rob Lowe, J.K. Simmons, and Eliza Skinner.
NBC starts the night on the East Coast with a FRESH'The Voice', followed by the LIVE'VP Debate'.
NBC starts the night early on the left coast with the LIVE'VP Debate', followed by some local crap and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are John Goodman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Empire of the Sun, and Olivia Newton-John.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Judge Judy Sheindlin, Kelly Clarkson, Tom Odell, and Stanton Moore.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Joy Reid, Holy Ghost!, and Michael Rosenbaum.
ABC opens the night on the East Coast with a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', followed by the LIVE'VP Debate'.
ABC opens the night early on the left coast with the LIVE'VP Debate', followed by a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', then pads with local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Billy Bob Thornton, Kristin Chenoweth, and Ryan Donahue.
The CW offers a FRESH'The Flash', followed by a FRESH'No Tomorrow'.
Faux, on the East Coast, starts the night with a FRESH'Brooklyn Nine-Nine', followed by a FRESH'New Girl', then the LIVE'VP Debate'
Faux, on the left coast, starts the night early with the LIVE'VP Debate', followed by a FRESH'Brooklyn Nine-Nine', then a FRESH'New Girl', followed by padding with local crap.
MY has 'TMZ (Not So) Live', followed by a FRESH'Harry'.
A&E has 'The Killing Of JonBenet: Her Father Speaks', followed by a FRESH'Married At First Sight', then a FRESH'Born This Way'.
AMC offers the movie '2012', followed by a FRESH'Halt & Catch Fire'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 5-The Bonding
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 6-Booby Trap
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 7-The Enemy
[9:00AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE DOCTOR, THE WIDOW AND THE WARDROBE - SEASON 6 - EPISODE 2
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 7 - EPISODE 1-Asylum of the Daleks
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 5-Remember Me
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 6-Legacy
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 7-Reunion
[2:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 1-The Child
[3:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 2-Where Silence Has Lease
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 3-Elementary, Dear Data
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 4-The Outrageous Okona
[6:00PM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 1-Fallen
[7:00PM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 2-Sudden Death
[8:00PM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 3-See No Evil
[9:00PM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 4-Manhunt
[10:00PM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 5-Reality Kills
[11:00PM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 6-Sleepless In Miami
[12:00AM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 1-Fallen
[1:00AM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 2-Sudden Death
[2:00AM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 3-See No Evil
[3:00AM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 4-Manhunt
[4:00AM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 5-Reality Kills
[5:00AM] CSI: MIAMI - SEASON 9 - EPISODE 6-Sleepless In Miami (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Below Deck', another 'Below Deck', followed by a FRESH"Below Deck', another 'Below Deck', then a FRESH'Watch What Happens Live'.
Comedy Central has 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', 2 hours of old 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH'Tosh.0', then a FRESH'Drunk History'.
Scheduled on a FRESHThe Daily Show is Ezra Klein.
Scheduled on a FRESH@Midnight are Martha Kelly, Louie Anderson, and Brendon Walsh.
FX has the movie 'The Equalizer', followed by a FRESH'Atlanta', and another 'Atlanta'.
History has 'Counting Cars', another 'Counting Cars', followed by a FRESH'Counting Cars: Supercharged', then a FRESH'Forged In Fire', followed by another FRESH'Forged In Fire'.
IFC -
[7:45AM] TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES
[10:15AM] PUNISHER: WAR ZONE
[12:30PM] TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
[3:30PM] TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES
[6:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-The Seeker
[6:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Time Is on My Side
[7:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Let's Spend the Night Together
[7:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
[8:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Beast of Burden
[8:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
[9:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Rip This Joint
[9:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Mother's Little Helper
[10:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Angie
[10:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-You Can't Always Get What You Want
[11:00PM] THAT '70S SHOW-The Seeker
[11:30PM] THAT '70S SHOW-Time Is on My Side
[12:00AM] THAT '70S SHOW-Let's Spend the Night Together
[12:30AM] THAT '70S SHOW-(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
[1:00AM] THAT '70S SHOW-Beast of Burden
[1:30AM] THAT '70S SHOW-It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
[2:00AM] THAT '70S SHOW-Rip This Joint
[2:30AM] THAT '70S SHOW-Mother's Little Helper
[3:00AM] THAT '70S SHOW-Angie
[3:30AM] THAT '70S SHOW-You Can't Always Get What You Want
[4:00AM] DOCUMENTARY NOW!-The Bunker
[4:30AM] TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[7:30AM] Outrageous Fortune
[9:30AM] Little Miss Sunshine
[11:45AM] I Love You, Beth Cooper
[2:15PM] Donnie Darko
[4:45PM] The Jerk
[6:45PM] Uncle Buck
[9:00PM] Turner & Hooch
[11:30PM] Stir Crazy
[1:30AM] Paycheck
[4:00AM] William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Sinister', followed by the movie 'I, Frankenstein', then a FRESH'Aftermath'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Kristen Bell, Evan Peters, and Miike Snow.
Actress Salma Hayek (L) and her husband entrepreneur Francois-Henri Pinault attend the British designer Stella McCartney Spring/Summer 2017 women's ready-to-wear collection during Fashion Week in Paris, France October 3, 2016.
Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes
John Oliver examined police accountability on Sunday's "Last Week Tonight," telling viewers in a 20-minute segment that the argument that some cops are simply bad apples has some real flaws.
"That is a weirdly blasé attitude because bad apples can erode trust fast," Oliver said. "Snow White wasn't afraid of apples before she took a bite out of that one really bad one, but I'm telling you, the next time an old lady comes at her with a piece of fruit, Snow is gonna get the f- out of there."
Oliver continued: "That argument - it's just a few bad apples - has some real problems. For a start, it doesn't address bad laws and policies that good officers are made to enforce, which we've touched on multiple times before. Criminal justice is kind of our show's signature bit. It is to us what assessing the shape of your poop is to Dr. Oz. Also, you can't claim there's just a few bad apples when no one knows exactly how many there are. There are nearly 18,000 different police departments in America, and they are not great at reporting or sharing data."
Oliver started the segment off with a reminder of recent police-related shootings and the backlash, including an uncomfortable clip of Mary J. Blige singing directly to Hillary Clinton.
"The trust between police and the communities they serve is clearly a cornerstone of civilized society," said Oliver. "Unfortunately, that trust has been rocked following a series of controversial police shootings from Alton Sterling to Philando Castile to Tamir Rice to so many others - I literally cannot mention them all. And cumulatively, these deaths taken with countless small incidence of police misconduct, have led to a common refrain."
Women gesture as people gather in an abortion rights campaigners' demonstration to protest against plans for a total ban on abortion in front of the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) headquarters in Warsaw, Poland on Oct. 3, 2016.
Photo by Kacper Pempel
A former TV reporter in Alaska is facing more than 50 years in prison for marijuana-related charges, a sentencing she says is unfair given the drug's move toward legalization.
The legal status of marijuana is a major point of debate in cities and states across the country, and many have decried harsh sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. Critics have called for an end to mass incarceration involving those with minor offenses, and President Obama has commuted the sentences of more than 650 prisoners - more than the past 10 presidents combined.
While Alaska became the third state to legalize the drug for recreational use nearly two years ago, adoption of rules and regulations for implementing the law have been slow to come. The state has only approved 17 retail licenses, none of which have opened for business. Meanwhile, investigators have targeted those, such as TV journalist Charlo Greene, who tried to skirt regulations that she says don't reflect the current law. Advocates say the prosecution is racially biased against Ms. Greene, who is black, and perpetuates "tough on drugs" policies that have had an undue impact on minorities.
Greene, now 28, became a viral sensation two years ago after quitting her reporting job at a CBS affiliate in Anchorage (KTVA) on air following a segment on a medical marijuana group. Greene, who was actually the owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club featured in the segment, told viewers about her role and said that she planned to put "all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska."
"As for this job," she added. "Well, not that I have a choice, but, [expletive], I quit."
The network has greenlighted a revival of The Gong Show to be executive produced by Will Arnett, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Every episode will celebrate unconventionally talented, unique performers pulled from the internet and put on a primetime stage. A revolving panel of judges featuring Hollywood stars will praise, critique and gong contestants. The revival, which has earned a 10-episode order, will tape in front of a live audience.
Arnett's Electric Avenue Productions and Den of Thieves will produce in association with Sony Pictures Television and??Principato Young Entertainment. Arnett will exec produce with Evan Prager, Jesse Ignjatovic and Peter Principato. Jared Morell, Jordan Barrow and Marc Forman will co-exec produce.
SPT also produced the original, which ran on NBC from 1976-78 and in syndication from 1976-80. The game show returned for one season in 1988 but left the air the following year.
Nobel Prize winner Yosahinori Ohsumi, center, poses for the media with Tokyo Institute of Technology President Yoshinao Mishima, left, and its Executive Vice President Makoto Ando after a press conference at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Ohsumi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries on how cells break down and recycle content, a garbage disposal system that scientists hope to harness in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's and other diseases.
Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi
Reclusive French artist Henri Barande, who hid his paintings and sculptures from the world for half a century, is staging a rare exhibition in London this week -- but maintains his hard-fought air of mystery.
Barande does not sign his works, nor are they for sale, and when interviewed by AFP at the start of his show at the Saatchi Gallery, he refused to be photographed, recorded, or even divulge the date of his birthday.
"My intention was always to be unknown, at a distance," he said, wearing a black leather jacket and glasses.
Born in Casablanca, in Morocco, raised in Tunisia and a resident of Switzerland, for most of his life Barande was a successful businessman -- with nobody in the outside world knowing his true calling.
He was "discovered" by art critic David Galloway, who first entered his studio in the middle of an industrial zone outside Lausanne in Switzerland 17 years ago.
Two Tunisian men who spent 12 years in U.S. custody in Afghanistan said CIA interrogators tortured them using previously unreported techniques that included threatening them with a makeshift electric chair and beating them with batons so brutally that they suffered broken bones, Human Rights Watch reported on Monday.
The accounts, which could not be independently confirmed, raised new questions about how prisoners were treated in a former CIA prison in Afghanistan that remains shrouded in secrecy.
But Daniel Jones, who led a Senate investigation into the CIA detention program, said the accounts given by the two men, Ridha al-Najjar, 51, and Lotfi al-Arabi El Gherissi, 52, were important because so little is known about the "Cobalt" black site, where an Afghan detainee froze to death in 2002.
"The committee found that the COBALT detention site kept so few written records that it was impossible for the Senate, or the CIA, to determine how many individuals were detained there," Jones said. "And what exactly was done to those detained."
The two men had not publicly described their treatment before, Human Rights Watch said. Interrogators accused Najjar of being a bodyguard of Osama bin Laden and Gherissi of being an al Qaeda member, but both were returned to Tunisia in 2015 and released.
Models dance during the presentation of Stella McCartney's Spring-Summer 2017 Ready to Wear fashion collection presented Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 in Paris.
Photo by Francois Mori
Kansas collected nearly $45 million less in taxes than expected in September, complicating the state's budget picture five weeks before an election in which Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's fiscal policies are a major issue.
The state Department of Revenue reported Monday that tax collections were $521 million, or 7.9 percent short of the official projection of $566 million. It's the fifth consecutive month Kansas has missed its revenue targets; the state faces at least a small shortfall in its current $15.5 billion budget and potential spending cuts for the next fiscal year beginning in July 2017.
Brownback and his top aides blame disappointing tax collections on slumps in parts of the economy that affect many states, including agriculture and energy production. But Kansas also has struggled to meet its revenue targets and balance its budget since GOP legislators slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback's urging as an economic stimulus.
The governor's political allies face a potential backlash. Fourteen GOP conservatives lost their seats in the August primary, and Democrats hope to cut into Republican supermajorities in both chambers in the Nov. 8 election. If they do, they and GOP moderates could form governing coalitions that attempt to roll back key Brownback tax policies.
Since the current budget year began July 1, the state's tax collections have fallen a total of $68 million short of expectations, for a shortfall of 4.7 percent. The state now faces a shortfall in its current budget of about $60 million, and the gap would grow if Kansas kept missing its revenue projections.
An Indian artist is dressed as Hindu God Rama before a religious procession known as 'Ram Barat,' Lord Ram's marriage ceremony during the Dussehra Festival in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India on Oct. 3, 2016.
Photo by Prabhat Kumar Verma
US hospital giant Tenet Healthcare and two of its subsidiaries will pay $513 million to settle charges it bribed prenatal care clinics to win referrals to hospitals in the southern US.
Tenet paid bribes and kickbacks to clinics serving primarily undocumented Hispanic women in Georgia and South Carolina to drive referrals to Tenet facilities and win more than $145 million in Medicaid and Medicare funds, the Justice Department said Monday.
The clinics involved falsely told the women their costs associated with childbirth would only be covered under Medicaid if they went to a Tenet hospital, according to the charges.
Tenet "exploited some of the most vulnerable members of our community and took advantage of a payment system designed to ensure that underprivileged patients have choices in receiving care," said US Attorney John Horn of the Northern District of Georgia.
In the criminal case, two Atlanta-based Tenet subsidiaries, Atlanta Medical Center and North Fulton Medical Center, pleaded guilty to fraud and violating anti-kickback laws. They will forfeit $145 million in ill-gotten gains obtained through the federal programs.
A Lebanese man is reflected in a pool of dirty water as he casts his fishing pole from a rocky coastal area along the Beirut coastline, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016.
Photo by Hassan Ammar
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, anonymous whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks can look back on a decade that saw it turn classified documents into global headlines and inspire a host of copycat leaks.
But with founder Julian Assange hiding in Ecuador's London embassy to evade rape allegations and critics accusing the site of being manipulated by shadowy forces for political gain, the organisation is fighting to maintain its image.
An anniversary party in Berlin on Tuesday will commemorate the 2006 registration of the domain name wikileaks.org, while Assange will make a rare public appearance on the balcony of his 18-square-metre room.
WikiLeaks launched in January 2007, with Assange saying it would use encryption and a censorship-proof website to protect sources and publicise secret information.
The site has since published more than 10 million leaked documents.
In this incredible image, Senad Grosic rides his bike over a bridge in an vivid autumnal Gablenz, Germany which was the overall winning image of the Red Bull Illume 2016 Awards.
Photo by Lorenz Holder
Swords, axe handles, kebab skewers and even a model boat were among the bizarre array of objects pushed through devotees' cheeks on Sunday as southern Thailand's gruesome vegetarian festival got under way.
Many Chinese communities across Southeast Asia go vegetarian this week for the annual Taoist "Nine Emperor Gods" festival but few do it with quite the gusto and shock factor of Phuket's inhabitants.
Throughout the week devotees show their religious devotion through ritualistic self-mutilation and pain trials, including running over hot coals and piercing their bodies with an astonishing -- and stomach-turning -- variety of objects.
At a temple on the outskirts of Phuket's main town on Sunday, dozens of people put themselves to the test.
Dressed in flowing robes they worked themselves into a trance-like frenzy against a constant backdrop of drums, a status they say allows them to feel no pain.
A photographer takes a picture as a fish balloon floats through hanging speakers, part of the new commission entitled 'Anywhen' by French artist Philippe Parreno, in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern in London, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. The commission transforms the area into an experience that plays with time and space, and is open to the public from Oct. 4 until April 2, 2017.
Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth
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