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Friday, October 18, 2013
Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard Got Hitched!
Surprise!
Congratulations are in order for actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard because today we learn that the couple got themselves hitched! As you may recall, Kristen and Dax have been together for years now (they even have a baby girl together) but have famously made clear that they had no intention of marrying until same-sex marriage was legalized in the state of California. When the US Supreme Court invalidated the anti-gay Proposition 8 back in June, Kristen publicly proposed marriage to Dax. Clearly the couple didn’t want to make a huge deal out of their nuptials cuz they simply went down to the city clerk’s office and had a civil ceremony. Yay!
Bad news, men everywhere … Kristen Bell is officially off the market — TMZ has learned, she and longtime boyfriend Dax Shepard have finally tied the knot. The couple had a no-frills ceremony at the Beverly Hills County Clerk Office. We’re told there was a photographer present, and Kristen was crying. According to eye witnesses, Kristen and Dax went to the clerk office just to get their marriage license — but when a court employee offered to marry them on the spot, they agreed … and conducted the ceremony in a nearby courtroom. Not a huge surprise … Kristen has talked about wanting a courthouse marriage in the past, saying, “I feel like we get enough attention in our daily lives and we just want something sort of private that involves pen and paper.” Kristen famously proposed to Dax after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the gay marriage ban in June … kind of a solidarity thing. Mazel tov!
This is great. Firstly, I love these two together. They make such a great couple. Second, I’m not surprised in the least that they decided to have a simple, quiet civil ceremony. Their approach to their relationship has been low key from the start … you can tell that they just like being together, period. I wish them nothing but all the happiness in the world for their little family. Let’s send our love and congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Bell-Shepard today :)
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U.S. Senate fiscal deal could come late Tuesday: Senate aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate could announce a deal late on Tuesday to extend the government's borrowing authority until February 7 and quickly re-open federal agencies that have been closed since October 1, a Senate aide said.
The aide described a deal in line with provisions that were being negotiated in the Senate before a failed House of Representatives proposal suspended those talks. The provisions include a temporary government spending bill running through January 15.
The aide said discussions were also underway in which the Republican-controlled House, if it cooperated, could help speed up passage of any deal before a Thursday deadline when the Treasury Department says it will bump up against its borrowing limit.
(Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by David Brunnstrom)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-senate-fiscal-deal-could-come-tuesday-senate-000926209--business.html
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Could a stand-alone DM app let Twitter take on BBM, WhatsApp, and Facebook?
Twitter appears to be planning a revamp of its direct messaging feature, possibly including the launch of a standalone application for the feature. Recently, the company began allowing people to receive direct messages from all users, should they choose, including those that they do not follow. But Twitter may also preparing a standalone app for direct messages, which could arrive later this year, according to All Things D:
But Twitter’s new vision for direct messages will go further. It has kicked around the idea of launching a standalone direct-messaging application separate from the Twitter app, according to three people familiar with the matter. It is unclear, however, what form the final revamp of direct messages will take.
Twitter is also preparing a major refresh of its mobile app for later this year, and its possible that direct messages will have a more prominent place then. It's quite a change from just a couple of years ago, when Twitter's app was redesigned, and direct messages moved, almost hidden away. Completely discontinuing direct messages was discussed at one point as well.
But Twitter seems to have caught on to the fact that users often want a way to message their friends privately. Messaging apps like WhatsApp are increasing in popularity, and Facebook has its own standalone messaging app. Twitter may be hoping that a renewed focus on direct messages will help solve its growth issues ahead of their upcoming IPO.
How do you use Twitter's direct messages? Would you want a standalone app for them? Let us know in the comments.
Source: All Things D
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'Scandal' Case Study: Columbus Short Talks Harrison's Helping Hand and Mysterious Backstory
[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the "Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington" episode of Scandal.]
Harrison's (Columbus Short) job duties are expanding at OPA.
After the Gladiator served as the ringleader in helping to "fix" Olivia's (Kerry Washington) public image after she was outed as the president's mistress, Harrison stepped up to help keep the lights on at Olivia Pope & Associates by bringing in a new client. After taking on a client they don't know much about, Harrison steps up again to help Olivia out of a risky situation, as Mary sought answers in a bid to clear her son's name and mysterious death. After an hour filled with tension, it turns out her son was an American hero and CIA agent who recruited 57 people into a ring of undercover agents posing as terrorists working for the agency. Olivia, meanwhile, protects the undercover agents and tells Mary that her son was indeed a terrorist, vowing to protect her. Her efforts, however, aren't enough, and Mary winds up shoving Olivia out of the office and blowing herself up.
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After everything, it was Harrison's eagle eye that helped OPA crack the case and reveal that the FBI agent was a fraud, helping Olivia get the real answers she was looking for. It ultimately helps save Olivia's life, much to Mellie's amusement. (Oh, how we love drunken Mellie's "Saint Olivia Pope" speech!)
The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Short to preview how Harrison's role with OPA will evolve going forward and get the details on his character's mysterious backstory.
Harrison has really become Olivia's right-hand man in this episode, middling between her and the FBI. How will we see Harrison's role evolve going forward?
It's going to continue to grow on the fertilizer that's been set with what you've seen so far. You've begun to see his evolution with those big office talk moments last season to now, and really fitting into this right-hand man position and owning it. When he says, "Let's get to work," and the rest of OPA just looks at him, now they know that Harrison is a force to be reckoned with. If Olivia isn't there, they trust Harrison to handle it and get it done. That's what you're going to start to see a lot more of as the season progresses.
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Does Harrison's work in this episode assisting Olivia with the bomb situation help repair the damage that OPA created in fixing her status with the public as Fitz's mistress?
The thing about Harrison and Olivia's relationship is it's a lot different than everyone else's. Olivia knows exactly why Harrison did what he did. I don't think there's more damage than what he did with Abby and breaking her and David up. That's not even close to what it is between Liv and Harrison because she knows why he did what he did. She knows that that's her right-hand man, even though at the end of the day he did what he did. Olivia is the most forgiving, and she's the meaning of a Gladiator. Gladiators don't have feelings and that action, behavior, and choice by Harrison has no dictation on their relationship that they have.
Why does he go to the ends of the earth to help pull her out of the media circus?
Hopefully, what we'll discover later in the season is in Harrison's past. Harrison will for the rest of his life be loyal to Olivia. It's like The Count of Monte Cristo, where that pirate pledged his life to him no matter what, like a knight pledging his allegiance to a queen or a king. Harrison is that Gladiator and he based that on her being there for him when the people he thought he loved and hoped would have been there for him weren't.
Shonda Rhimes has described Harrison's backstory as the gun on the wall. We've learned more about Quinn, Huck, and Olivia's history. What can you share about what we'll learn about Harrison?
I can't share anything, but I think it's going to be so special for the audience to watch this unfold. It's something that will be seen for sure. I haven't seen it yet; we've had a few little talks. It's going to be good, and it's going to be as scandalous as anything we've seen and as exciting.
Our theory is that Harrison is somehow related to Olivia.
I've had that theory. That's the easy theory, and because people have hit that theory on the head, I think, in normal Shonda fashion, that she's definitely not going to go that way. (Laughs.) I think there are some other awesome things that people really wouldn't expect for their relationship to go that we're in store for.
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Harrison was central in discrediting the reporter who broke Olivia as Fitz's mistress. Considering that didn't go over well with Olivia, how will we see them work together in the future? Will there be any fallout for him?
I don't think there's going to be fallout per se. I think it's one of those things that as it progresses, we'll understand why he made those choices. Olivia made choices, and one thing Olivia knows about Harrison is that, regardless, he's loyal and she trusts his decisions.
OPA is struggling to land clients because of the bad press, and they take on someone unstable in this episode. How will Harrison work to bring new clients in?
The thing about OPA is at the end of the day, when you're having the worst day of your life, you want the best, no matter what. Sometimes when you're in the worst situation, you abandon your judgment or your stance on somebody else's actions and just go with the best. More than Harrison setting it up to have clients coming in, I think clients will always remain coming in because she's Olivia.
How will Olivia use Harrison going forward?
His role at OPA and relationship with everybody there is only going to evolve more as the season progresses.
How will OPA learn from the bomber experience going forward?
Basically, they need to keep the lights on. They're going to take on clients that they normally wouldn't have, or Olivia may bend her normal criteria, and maybe Harrison will take on clients without even talking to her about it. It's headed in a great direction, and I'm really excited for the Gladiators to go on that ride with us.
What did you think of Scandal? How do you think Harrison will play a role going forward? Scandal airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on ABC.
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Obama Will Nominate Jeh Johnson To Head Homeland Security
Jeh Johnson in June of 2012.
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Jeh Johnson in June of 2012.
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President Obama will nominate attorney Jeh Johnson to be the next Homeland Security secretary.
Johnson recently served as the Pentagon's top lawyer.
Obama will announce his pick at 2 p.m. Friday, NPR's Scott Horsley tells us.
The Department of Homeland Security is currently without a leader. Former Secretary Janet Napolitano ended her stint six weeks ago. She left to become the president of the University of California system.
ABC News has a bit on Johnson's background:
"For most of Obama's first term, Johnson served as the Defense Department's general counsel, reviewing and approving military operations before they were sent to the Defense Secretary and president for final decisions.
"Johnson has called working for the Obama administration 'the highlight of [his] professional life.'
"'I have been on an incredible journey with Barack Obama ... going back to November 2006 when he recruited me to the presidential campaign he was about to launch,' Johnson said in a speech at Yale Law School last year. 'I remember thinking then, 'This is a long-shot, but it will be exciting, historic, and how many times in my life will someone personally ask me to help him become president.""
On this blog, we covered Johnson back in 2012, when he delivered a legal defense of the administration's targeted killing program.
Johnson argued that the use of lethal force against the enemy is a "long-standing and long-legal practice."
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Canada not doing enough to tackle problems of aboriginal people: U.N.
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is not doing enough to tackle the social and economic ills facing its large aboriginal population, which is beset by poverty, poor housing and high unemployment, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.
In a rare international rebuke to Canada, James Anaya, the U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, said Ottawa was taking some measures to address problems that have bedeviled the native population for many decades.
"It is equally clear that these steps are insufficient, and have yet to fully respond to aboriginal peoples' urgent needs," he told a news conference in Ottawa at the end of a nine-day visit.
"Canada consistently ranks near the top among countries with respect to human development standards, and yet ... aboriginal people live in conditions akin to those in countries that rank much lower and in which poverty abounds."
Anaya said indigenous people suffered from high levels of violence, crime, unemployment, suicide and "woefully inadequate" housing which has led to a range of health problems.
A 2011 census showed Canada has 1.4 million aboriginals, or about 4.3 percent of the overall population.
The office of Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Some Canadian aboriginal bands briefly blockaded roads and rail lines in January - as well as the Ottawa building where Prime Minister Stephen Harper has an office as part of a national protest called "Idle No More" against the poor living conditions of many native people.
In March, an alliance of Canadian and U.S. aboriginal groups vowed to block three proposed pipelines that are planned to transport oil from tar sands in Alberta through the United States.
Aboriginals complain that various levels of government in Canada have not properly consulted them before approving exploitation of natural resources on lands that native people consider to be theirs.
"I've seen enough to know there needs to be further dialogue with regards to the pipeline(s)," said Anaya.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren; editing by Christopher Wilson)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/canada-not-doing-enough-tackle-problems-aboriginal-people-204254315.html
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