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UK-based Enviro-Cool has developed a rapid cooling technology that chills a drink from room temperature to ice cold in 45 seconds. The technology, called V-Tex, works by simultaneously chilling and agitating the drink, which rapidly cools it without causing ice to form. The agitation method creates a vortex which prevents carbonated drinks from overflowing. V-Tex also saves energy by eliminating the need to keep drinks chilled in a considerably more energy intensive refrigerator. Larger V-Tex devices are being developed for in-store use, while smaller countertop devices are being developed for the home.

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This is me when I think about you.

i want this bedroom.

this room is modeled after dale cooper’s room in the great northern

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice adapts the Thomas Pynchon novel about a scruffy, stoned detective and his doper friends—and as anyone who’s watched The Wire or even Boardwalk Empire knows, you can’t have a bunch of people indulging their vices without Michael K. Williams eventually showing up. Williams’ participation in the project has been the subject of rumor for some time, but Deadline seems to confirm it with an offhand remark buried at the end of this report on Williams starring in Captive—a thriller in which he plays a cop investigating the case of a single mom taken hostage by an "escaped, quadruple murderer," who then tries to change him by reading aloud from Christian self-help book The Purpose Driven Life (presumably by changing him into a quintuple murderer). And while that sounds all well and good, it’s definitely not as exciting as Williams ...

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Once Upon A Time's Wonderland is really more like Candyland — if all the pieces were sleeping together and sometimes talked about Star Wars. So apparently Star Wars IS another realm these characters can hop into. Mother of God.

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Aleppo Burning,from Der Spiegel, Picture This. Photo credit: Reuters.

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Scenes like this one have become common in Aleppo: Residents look on as a gasoline and oil shop burns on Oct. 20. Witnesses said the fire was caused by sniper fire from forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. The shop is close to the border between a rebel-controlled neighborhood and one dominated by the Assad regime. About 115,000 people have died in Syria since the civil war began in March 2011.

szyzyg writes "Star Citizen has broken all the crowdfunding records, raising almost 25 million dollars in the last year to fund Chris Roberts' promise of the ultimate spaceship game. However, an investigation sheds light on a murky secondary market where items are being resold by investors for profit, all for a game that won't be fully released for two years. The standard crowdfunding tactic of rewarding early backers has created a tiered system with ample room for profiteering, profits which many not be shared with the developers. Few things would please me more than Star Citizen succeeding, but backers should read this article before being tempted to trade up their internet spaceships through a third party."

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GO FUCKING FUCK YOURSELF! I want to draw a penis on your face after you pass out drunk one time. I want to push you in front of a big ass mud puddle as a bus goes by. I want a pay a stranger to follow you, and make you systematically late for every fucking single thing you do that day, including taking a shit. I want to make a Craig’s List post and add your phone number, so people will call you, because you and he/she have the same “I fuck animals” fetish, while strangers watch. I want to let loose a hundred non killing spiders in the front seat of your car. I want to whore out your work email address on porn sites, and let the spam roll in. I want to send your pastor, priest, reverend, or preacher an email from you, asking them what’s the best way to tell your wife, her sister’s, and her brother’s that you want to have a few sexual encounters with all of them at the same time to strengthen your family bond.

Because all of that, will not compare to how much hate I have for you, for tricking me into downloading this piece of software update.

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There is a PSA video called "Choice" within The Stanley Parable that some players are finding very offensive. Within the video, slides show a white man interacting with an impoverished black child from a third-world country. In one slide, he's giving the child a cigarette; another shows him setting the child on fire. In response to criticism on Twitter, creator Davey Wreden has agreed to alter the imagery in an upcoming patch.

Wreden told Kotaku that "we always wanted the game to be something that could be played by anyone of any age" and that if "a person would feel less comfortable showing the game to their children then I've got no problem helping fix that!" Wreden concluded that the new slides could be added to The Stanley Parable in around a few weeks' time, but that changing the audio would pose a much more difficult task.

The Stanley Parable, a remake of Wreden's original Source engine mod released in 2011 that has sold over 100,000 copies, is a narrative-driven interactive fiction game centered around player choice. In our review, we called The Stanley Parable a unique player experiment "we should all celebrate."

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After three years in development, designer David Marx is debuting Kyl21, a vegan-friendly, alcohol-infused popsicle intended for adult partygoers.

Fans are excited for the director to be working with long-time favorite objects like magnifying glasses, bells and old trains again.

WASHINGTON—Calling it the next great milestone in mankind’s journey into outer space, NASA officials boldly declared in a press conference Friday that a mass shooting would occur on the moon no later than 2055. The panel of NASA administrators...

Realizing that there is no end to places where movies and TV shows can find their inspiration—be they action figures or board games, self-help manuals or reference books, GIF-laden Tumblrs, calculated viral stunts, or funny cat pictures, and even sometimes original stories—Fox has begun developing a movie trilogy based on a series of wedding planning websites, as well as a TV show based on a Twitter feed. In the first news of creativity finding its spark, conveniently just before someone had to go into a meeting, Deadline reports that 20th Century Fox has acquired the film rights that were apparently available for The Knot, The Bump, and The Nest, three interrelated websites that take couples through all the stages of planning for weddings, pregnancy, and homemaking. Gossip Girl writer Natalie Krinsky has been hired to draft the script that—much like people who need to be ...

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The American media dubbed mafia kingpin John Gotti as "The Teflon Don" in reference to the failure of prosecutors attempting to get any charges to stick while he was on trial. Key witnesses would often "forget" the very details necessary to indict Gotti and the leader of the Gambino crime family would leave the court with a smile on his face having escape prison yet again. No matter what the crime that was charged on Gotti, the charges never stuck and so "The Teflon Don" was born into existence.

In the NBA, I've always believed that the current titleholder of The Teflon Don belonged to Dwyane Wade. In 2006, when Wade super-ceded Shaquille O'Neal for the role of Alpha Dog on that Miami Heat team and willed (via numerous trips to the free-throw line) that rag-tag bunch of outcasts to an NBA title, Wade officially became untouchable. Despite three first-round exits, along with a putrid 15-win season in 2008, Wade went largely unnoticed by virtually everyone in the NBA. Maybe he'd earned that right to be free from blame, but then The Decision happened.

LeBron James brought his talents to the Miami Heat and everything changed for Wade. Many believed that LeBron had come to join Wade's team, and when the Heat made it to the 2011 NBA Finals and lost, the blame went squarely on LeBron, not Wade. It wasn't until it was obvious that Miami was LeBron's squad, and that Wade's play began to slip into a much more supplemental role, that the teflon on Wade began to fade. When Wade used to complain about injuries or coaching, he was given the benefit of the doubt. In the 2013 NBA Finals, however, the stance towards Wade was essentially to "suck it up."

Now that Dwyane Wade has seemingly relinquished the Teflon Don crown, it's now time for someone new to claim the throne. The person who should rightly claim that throne is Chris Paul, the man who is annually called the best point guard in the NBA.

Chris Paul, the guy who has never taken his team past the second round of the NBA playoffs.

Chris Paul, the guy who once had his team get blown out by almost 60 points in a playoff game.

Chris Paul, the guy who has no issue in punching people in the nuts.

Chris Paul, the guy who you could be considered one of the whiniest players in the NBA.

Here is Paul's win-loss record versus the best point guards in the NBA.  All records are courtesy of Basketball Reference:

Chris Paul vs. Derrick Rose: 0-5

Chris Paul vs. Deron Williams: 5-14

Chris Paul vs. Tony Parker: 9-18

Chris Paul vs. Russell Westbrook: 9-6

Chris Paul vs. Rajon Rondo: 4-6

If you do the math, that's a 27-49 record (props to Bryan Crawford for this stat) against the five best point guards in the NBA right now. (No inclusion of Kyrie Irving because they've only played against each other once. For what its worth, Kyrie is 1-0 against CP3.) Yet, this is the same guy who is immediately crowned the best point guard in the NBA?

We crucify Peyton Manning for statistically being dominant in all phases of the quarterback position and steadfastly refuse to crown Slinky Neck Manning as the best because of a 9-11 postseason record, yet we don't even hesitate to crown CP3.

Look, this isn't a bashing of Paul. This is a guy who has played for Byron Scott and Vinny Del Negro as his head coaches. This is a guy who, for long stretches of his career, has played with top-notch players like the 17-foot assassin David West and a guy who owns virtually zero post moves in Blake Griffin. It's not that he hasn't had talent, but elite talent has yet to be paired with CP3.

CP3's reign as the current Teflon Don might not be nearly as long as Wade's reign, especially now that Doc Rivers is manning the helm as head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clips are loaded. Doc Rivers is a phenomenal head coach. The excuses that have been baked into Chris Paul's resume have now been addressed.

Paul still doesn't have elite talent, but the additions of Jared Dudley and J.J. Redick to an already loaded roster doesn't seem fair at all (Especially for NBA 2K14 purposes). If the Clippers don't make a deep run in the playoffs, will the people finally point the finger at Chris Paul instead of his supporting cast and coaches? The Clippers will have to get to the Western Conference Finals for CP3 to escape my own criticism, and even then that still might be a letdown from an expectations standpoint.

As fans, we value winning more than anything else. That's something Chris Paul just hasn't done enough. We attack Dwight Howard for being fickle in the media, we attack Carmelo Anthony for being fickle with his loyalty to his team, but  should we start being fickle in our appreciation for Chris Paul? The pressure should be on him now more than ever to win. If he doesn't, then his feet should be held to the fire accordingly.

A Happy Hour drink recommendation: The Caipirinha - One of my best friends went to Miami and had this delicious cachaça rum-based Brazilian libation while hanging on the beach. He said at the time that he had two of these and felt like John Gotti. "I'm untouchable out here in these Miami streets," my friend boasted. Later on, he would tell me that he found the woman of his dreams and said that he was going to try to make her the mother of his kids. The end result? Epic failure. However, he did bring this drink recommendation into my life, and now I bring it into yours. Sans kids.

Here's the note that a pair of pious bigots left in place of a tip for their twenty-year-old waiter:

"Thank you for your service, it was excellent. That being said, we cannot in good conscience tip you, for your homosexual lifestyle is an affront to GOD. Fags do not share in the wealth of GOD, and you will not share in ours. We hope you will see the tip your fag choices made you lose out on, and plan accordingly. It is never too late for GOD's love, but none shall be spared for faggotry. May GOD have mercy on you."

Other local Christians are going to the Overland Park, Kansas, restaurant, requesting the kid's section, and overtipping him to demonstrate that—what's that phrase again? Oh, right: They're not all like that. (Via JoeMyGod.)

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The Greg Ginn-fronted Black Flag has announced a new record, the band’s first since 1985. While the group’s long-awaited return is relatively big news, the real hot topic around the record, the aptly titled What The…, is the downright hideous album art. A mashup of some slime green globs, the Warheads candy guy, and Rude Dog, the album’s cover is truly a sight to behold.

Two of the tracks from the album—“Down In The Dirt” and “Wallow In Despair,” below—are already streaming online. Other tracks on the record include “It’s So Absurd,” “No Teeth,” and “You Gotta Be Joking.”

The band’s current lineup includes 1979-era vocalist Ron Reyes, Screeching Weasel bassist Dave Klein, and Greg Ginn associate and drummer Gregory Moore.

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Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White has been declared out for Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals, according to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. White did not participate in any practice this week due to ankle and hamstring injuries. The veteran receiver saw his streak of 133 consecutive games played snapped hen he as inactive for Week 7, so his streak of games missed will move to two.

White is the top receiver in Atlanta with Julio Jones out for the season, so it will fall on Harry Douglas and tight end Tony Gonzalez to pick up the slack White will try and get back in the lineup by Week 9.

The ankle injury came in the preseason, but White chose to play through the high ankle sprain to protect his streak. He was used a decoy, and was extremely ineffective. Instead of giving himself time to heal, he had several weeks of mediocre play, and now he's missing the time anyway thanks to the hamstring injury.

Fantasy Impact: White isn't a player that fantasy owners should even consider starting until he shows something on the field. Even if he's declared good to go for Week 9, he could still be used as a decoy again, which would be a huge loss for fantasy owners. Douglas has a lot of upside this week as a replacement, so hopefully owners went in that direction when Jones was injured.

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• Today's fantasy football player updates

• Week 8 fantasy football rankings: QB | RB | WR | TE | D/ST

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WordPress 3.7 “Basie” was released yesterday with a host of improvements to the platform’s architecture: stronger password recommendations, more relevant search results, and automatic background updates. With the new version, minor maintenance, security, and plugin updates will now happen automatically. WordPress 3.7 “Basie” is named after jazz musician Count Basie. It can be downloaded here. WordPress has adopted a new, accelerated development process starting with 3.7. New versions can be expected more often—version 3.8 is scheduled for December 2013.

Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush had to sit out Friday's practice session, leaving fantasy owners wondering what to expect. Bush participated in Wednesday and Thursday practice sessions, but he was late arriving on Friday, and spotted with an ice wrap on his right leg above his knee.

This would appear to be a new injury, as his only previous knee injury this season was a left knee issue. This would appear to go beyond a normal rest day.

Fantasy impact: Fantasy owners are left to wait and wonder what game day will bring. Even if Bush is active on Sunday, what can fantasy owners expect? If he is active, fantasy owners should treat him as normal. That means you start him against a bad Dallas Cowboys defense, but you go in knowing that Bush is a guy who has an injury history. If he makes it through the game, you can expect strong fantasy numbers.

If you own Joique Bell, he is a decent speculative start if you are short on running backs because of byes or injuries. Bell has not put up much fantasy value in October, with a high of 27 rushing yards last week. With Bush a bit of a question mark, and the Cowboys struggling to stop anybody, Bell has some low end value.

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• Today's fantasy football player updates

• Week 8 fantasy football rankings: QB | RB | WR | TE | D/ST

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ANIMATED: Cardinals fans suck at high fives

As Scandal grew in popularity, so did Scandal411.com, a purported "fan blog" with a following of thousands. In addition to providing commentary on the show and a lively back-and-forth with readers, the site also managed to dish inside dirt on the show with surprising regularity.

But that regularity is less surprising now that it's been revealed that the author of Scandal411 was actually ABC executive Courtney Pajor. If only they knew of a high-powered PR fixer who could swoop in and manage this sort of... kerfuffle? Impropriety? Calumny? There has to be an ideal, irony-laden word for this situation.

Ah yes, Scandal. Anyway, in the wake of being exposed by The Wrap, the site has since been taken down from Wordpress, and ABC claims it is investigating the situation, saying it takes "very seriously" the allegations. There's no real way of knowing whether Pajor was motivated by ...

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At first we were horrified by the idea of a Mr. Peabody & Sherman movie. The WABAC machine had been modernized, Mr. Peabody's lab had been completely redone, and we were not ready. But then we saw the first half of the movie and simply fell in love with the classic duo all over again. Check out the very first Mr. Peabody & Sherman trailer with actual footage from the film.

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The telephone call went something like this: "Hi, is this Barry-O? Okay, hi, It's Angie and Frankie here, your friends and associates across the hall. Remember us? The ones who used to fight all the time until you and your friend with the English accent straightened us out? Anyway, this business about you listening in on our phone calls... we're pretty mad. So how about we talk about it and maybe you can promise to stop doing it. Or else we'll stop showing up for your Super Bowl parties. Or something."

Speaking of eavesdropping, a private citizen riding a passenger train overheard the ex-head of the National Security Agency doing a phone interview—on background "as a former senior administration official"—where he dished dirt about the Obama team and bragged about sneaky black ops. The citizen promptly started live-tweeting the whole damned thing. And then someone called the spy boss to let him know it was happening—and he walked over to the guy and they took a photo together and talked about the Steelers.

The spy boss was talking about revelations, thanks to whistle-blower Edward Snowden, that Americans targeted some 35 world leaders with taps. Turns out Snowden's files have some bigger secrets: the names of countries who aren't our allies, at least publicly, and who might have helped us run spook ops against places like Russia, China, and Iran.

Highly radioactive water, from the Fukushima nuclear plant crippled years ago, is still pouring into Pacific Ocean with no end in sight. In case you were trying to forget.

Iraq is very much in love with the idea of keeping around American drones and fighter planes, especially with Al-Qaida offshoot groups running wild in the country's far-flung desert west.

For only $2,000 a year, much less than the price of a new car, you can spend a luxurious vacation in the Vatican City—filled with champagne and soirees—and then cap the whole thing off with a personal sitdown with the pope. Okay with skipping the pope? Then all you need is a measly $500. Why hang grievances on a church door when you can hang up a tuxedo coat at the sumptuous Sistine Chapel instead?

One reason why HealthCare.gov is buggy? Instead of having months to work out problems in the sensitive and important portal to health insurance reform, the contractors say, they had only two weeks.

Now that American retirees are too poor to eat so-called people food, the FDA is finally instituting minimum quality standards for pet food. You worked hard to earn those golden years. Enjoy!

If you eat Mexican candy, it may have come from a plant in Ciudad Juarez where potential safety violations led to an explosion that killed one worker and left 40 more injured.

"If you can talk, you can breathe." Sources in the Los Angeles Police Department leaked the contents of a video showing cops ignoring the "I can't breathe" pleas of a suspect who later died in their custody. "If our officers are not trained to make an assessment when someone needs medical attention, then they have the obligation, not only professionally, but morally, to err on the side of caution and make that call for help," said one person who reviewed the video.

On immigration reform, the president is now considering a deal with Republicans—letting them split off and pass the pieces of the package they like, instead of insisting the whole thing go up or down.

Friday long-read! This magazine piece about San Francisco's skid row Tenderloin District—an impenetrable island of social services and poverty in a sea of wealth, and just blocks from downtown—evokes some interesting parallels to Old Town and Chinatown.

WELCOME TO WHERE TIME STANDS STILL. NO ONE LEAVES. AND NO WILL.

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Look at this idiot.