Bombings and a shooting kill 8 in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) ? Authorities say bombings and a drive-by shooting have killed eight people across Iraq.

Police officials said gunmen in a car killed two off-duty policemen near the northern city of Mosul on Saturday.

In the central Iraqi city of Tikrit, police say a roadside bomb explosion killed a father and his son.

In western Baghdad, a bomb went off near a line of car spare-part stores, killing two people and wounding seven others, officials say. In the southeast of the capital, a blast missed a police patrol but killed two civilian passers-by.

Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures for all attacks. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Iraqi has witnessed an uptick in violence during the past few months.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bombings-shooting-kill-8-iraq-113727207.html

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Apple's craziest futuristic patents - Business Insider

Apple has long been known for thinking outside of the box.

Luckily it's often possible to get a hint of what Apple has in the works, just by looking at its many patent applications.

It's important to note that Apple files for many more patents than it will actually use, employing a protective strategy that quickly annoys those tired of legal patent battles in the tech industry.

It's a time-consuming job to monitor the slew of patents that Apple files for every week, but thankfully the team over at Patently Apple offer a categorized collection of the tech giant's patents ? complete with analysis.

?We've gone ahead and collected the craziest patents for you to peruse, just don't base your stock purchases on them.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/apples-craziest-futuristic-patents-2013-8

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It's Important to Read Your Writing Aloud - She Writes

"The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader." ?Robert Frost

In my life story writing classes, I encourage students to write the way they speak. I believe that writing the stories from your life should be more like telling stories at the kitchen table than chronological autobiography. It's this storytelling voice that really connects with your readers.

I also believe that writing "for the ear" is important. It helps establish your natural voice?your storytelling voice. The best way to ensure you're writing for the ear is to read your stories aloud.

Once you've finished a first draft and made the necessary technical corrections, it's time to read the story out loud. Listen for:

• Stumbling blocks. These are places where you falter or stumble. I call them speed bumps. They interrupt the flow of your story. Maybe it's a poor word choice or a troubling transition. Make a note where you hit the speed bump and come back to fix it when you're done reading.??

• Errors. It's easier for us to catch our own mistakes when reading aloud. Our eyes are apt to scan over mistakes, but our ears won't.

• Your personal voice. You can easily hear when you lose your storytelling voice. Perhaps you've veered off into a long-winded technical explanation and lost your "voice." Make a note to bring it back to storytelling.

• Rambling off-topic. Listening to your own story will help alert you when you've trailed off from the point of your story. Jot down the places you'll need to make cuts and edits.

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Bradley Manning, Clinton Fatigue, and the NSA

Bradley Manning was found not guilty of aiding the enemy in his trial.

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?A Moderate Verdict: The Bradley Manning verdict and the failure of prosecutorial overreach,? by Fred Kaplan. On Tuesday, Bradley Manning was pronounced not guilty of ?aiding the enemy,? a capital crime that would have earned him life imprisonment. Manning will still spend time behind bars for other crimes, but the military court?s decision to absolve him of this charge sets an important precedent for reporters and leakers. Kaplan examines the prosecution?s approach, arguing that prosecutorial overreach might have shaped Manning?s verdict.

?The Danger of Clinton Fatigue: Hillary Clinton invites drama, even when she does nothing at all. Will voters tire of it before 2016 rolls around? Will she?? by John Dickerson. It?s hard to find an article on the Weiner scandal that doesn?t draw parallels between Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton. Dickerson argues that the media?s eagerness to draw Hillary into the equation only feeds the media hype surrounding the former secretary of state. As this rate, will the public grow tired of Clinton before she even decides to run for president?

?Laws Are Not Enough: Stop telling us what the NSA can?t do to us legally. Show us real barriers to abuse,? by William Saletan. When Eric Snowden leaked the details of the NSA?s surveillance program, the public was stunned by the government?s oversight capacity. Government officials have, however, emphasized the existence of legal limits to data access. Saletan calls on the NSA to release all existing barriers to abuse, as we have a right to know exactly what ?checks and balances? are in place to protect us. Elsewhere in Slate, Jamel Jaffer and Brett Max Kaufman penned this handy guide on how to decipher the vague language of U.S. intelligence officials.

?Rape Myths: I was raped at 55. Here is how I responded,? by Beverly Donofrio. Why don?t rape victims scream for help? In this harrowing account, Donofrio describes her reaction to her own rape and notes that while keeping quiet during a robbery is often seen as ?coolheaded intelligence,? this is rarely the case with rape and suggests that women have internalized the idea that ?if it happened to them they must have at some deep, subconscious level caused, invited, even wanted it to happen.?

?I Wish I Was a Little Bit Shorter: The research is clear: Being tall is hazardous to your health,? by Brian Palmer. The advantages of height are well-documented: tall people tend to have higher IQs and earn more money than their shorter colleagues. Studies linking height and success reveal a correlation between these two variables, but they are far from definitive. In fact, Palmer argues, it?s probably safe to say that even if tall people are generally more successful, it is not their height that makes them so. But the ?evidence linking height to life-threatening disorders should give us all pause,? as ?the fact that tall people die younger appears to be an immutable physical reality.?

?Post-Tragedy: I once knew a girl who lost her whole family before she finished high school. I decided to see what happened to her,? by Emily Yoffe. Sara Kushnick lost her brother to AIDS and her father, and mother to cancer, all before she turned 17. Yoffe first met Kushnick, who now goes by Sara Gorfinkel 20 years ago and decided to find her this year. She finds that Gorfinkel has overcome many challenges to have a career and family and who can say ?life is good.?

"Soap Springs Eternal: All My Children, One Life to Live, and the sweetly human act of caring about fictional characters,? by Willa Paskin. As the soap opera fixtures All My Children and One Life to Live attempt to rekindle their former glory as Web series, Paskin looks at the transition of soap opera through the history of television. She observes how the genre impacted the industry and how, although today?s soap audiences are a fraction of their former size, fans remain dedicated to these fictional characters because the genre ?isn?t storytelling at its best, but it is storytelling at its purest.?

?Welcome to the Dongle: Google?s Chromecast is fast, cheap, and ready to take over the world,? by Farhad Manjoo. Google?s newest product, Chromecast, doesn?t reinvent the wheel when it comes to streaming media to your TV But, according to Manjoo, it does this simple task so well, and it?s so cheap, that it?s an investment worth making.

?Prepare to Be Shocked! What happens when you actually click on one of those ?One Weird Trick? ads?,? by Alex Kaufman. Everyone?s encountered those unavoidable Internet proddings to reduce your belly fat and achieve perfect health via one miracle spice, and now they?re finally explained by Kaufman. Although the products these ads market may be of questionable efficacy, the lessons they reveal about why we click are fascinating.

?The Most Beautiful Melody in the World: You know it when you hear it,? by Jan Swafford. Although Swafford?s not going to definitively declare the world?s most beautiful melody, he will give insights into music and how we understand. If you?ve ever wondered what makes tunes hummable and what differentiates genres, Swafford has the answers.

Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/briefing/cocktail_chatter/2013/08/bradley_manning_clinton_fatigue_and_the_nsa_the_week_s_most_interesting.html

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Terror threat prompts weekend US embassy closings

Map shows U.S. embassies and consulates that will close; 3c x 3 inches; 146 mm x 76 mm;

Map shows U.S. embassies and consulates that will close; 3c x 3 inches; 146 mm x 76 mm;

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The threat of a terrorist attack led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Muslim world and a global travel warning to Americans, the first such alert since an announcement before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 strikes.

"There is a significant threat stream and we're reacting to it," Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told ABC News, according to interview excerpts released Friday. He said the threat was "more specific" than previous ones and the "intent is to attack Western, not just U.S. interests."

The warning comes less than a year since last year's deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and with the Obama administration and Congress determined to prevent any similar breach of an American embassy or consulate.

The State Department's warning urged U.S. travelers to take extra precautions overseas. It cited potential dangers involved with public transportation systems and other prime sites for tourists, and noted that previous attacks have centered on subway and rail networks as well as airplanes and boats.

Travelers were advised to sign up for State Department alerts and register with U.S. consulates in the countries they visit.

The statement said that al-Qaida or its allies might target either U.S. government or private American interests. The alert expires on Aug. 31.

The State Department said the potential for terrorism was particularly acute in the Middle East and North Africa, with a possible attack occurring on or coming from the Arabian Peninsula. The diplomatic facilities affected stretch from Mauritania in northwest Africa to Afghanistan.

U.S. officials pointed specifically to Yemen, the home of al-Qaida's most dangerous affiliate and the network blamed for several notable plots against the United States, from the foiled Christmas Day 2009 effort to bomb an airliner over Detroit to the explosives-laden parcels intercepted the following year aboard cargo flights.

"Current information suggests that al-Qaida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond, and that they may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August," a department statement said.

Yemen's president, Abdo Rabby Mansour Hadi, met with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday, where both leaders cited strong counterterrorism cooperation. This past week, Yemen's military reported a U.S. drone strike killed six alleged al-Qaida militants in the group's southern strongholds.

Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, said the embassy threat was linked to al-Qaida and concerned the Middle East and Central Asia.

"In this instance, we can take a step to better protect our personnel and, out of an abundance of caution, we should," Royce said. He declined to say if the National Security Agency's much-debated surveillance program helped reveal the threat.

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Online:

State Department alerts: www.travel.state.gov

Smart Traveler Enrollment Program: www.step.state.gov

Associated Press

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Threat closes US embassies in Muslim world for day

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks to staff members at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. The Obama administration hasn't sent its top diplomat to Pakistan since 2011, and Kerry's trip is a chance for the former senator to get to know the newly elected prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, who came to power in Pakistan's first transition between civilian governments.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks to staff members at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. The Obama administration hasn't sent its top diplomat to Pakistan since 2011, and Kerry's trip is a chance for the former senator to get to know the newly elected prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, who came to power in Pakistan's first transition between civilian governments.

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The United States is shuttering its embassies and consulates throughout the Muslim world on Sunday after receiving an unspecified threat, officials said.

State Department officials said Thursday that they were taking action out of an "abundance of caution."

Spokeswoman Marie Harf cited information indicating a threat to U.S. facilities overseas and said some diplomatic facilities may stay closed for more than a day.

Other U.S. officials said the threat was in the Muslim world, where Sunday is a workday. American diplomatic missions in Europe, Latin America and many other places are closed on Sunday.

Those officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly about the matter.

The State Department issued a major warning last year informing American diplomatic facilities across the Muslim world about potential violence connected to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Dozens of American installations were besieged by protest over an anti-Islam video made by an American resident.

In Benghazi, Libya, the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed when militants assaulted a diplomatic post. The administration no longer says that attack was related to the demonstrations.

Associated Press

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