zEN mAN (observing a new study that has discovered how an owl can turn its head all the way around without losing blood to the head and dying (small moveable blood cells) but they did not explain how "Regan" (Linda Blair) in "The Exorcist" turned her head all the way around......SATAN?)
Paul Krugman: Calvinist Monetary Economics (New York Times)
Aha. In his latest op-ed, John Taylor comes out as a full-fledged monetary Calvinist. No, not a disciple of John Calvin, the preacher - a disciple of Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes.
Froma Harrop: Let's Stop Arguing About Birth Control (Creators Syndicate)
I'm looking forward to the year 2040, because that is when we won't be debating anymore whether birth control belongs in a basic health plan. Why? Because by then this fight over the obvious just has to have settled into broad acceptance. I could be wrong, of course. Foes of birth control could persist, citing religious objections. One hopes they move on.
Australian Town Overtaken By Sea Foam (Disinformation)
If the world is destined to soon end due to mysterious and extreme weather, I hope that this is how civilization crumbles. The town of Maroochydore has been incapacitated after being blanketed with foam bubbles reaching as high as nine feet: …
Meredith Woerner: Google Earth image reveals The Hunger Games' Quarter Quell (io9)
We've seen snippets of what's to come in the 'Hunger Games' sequel 'Catching Fire,' but we haven't gotten a good look at the big bad obstacle course - until now. A couple of fans snagged a snap of the entire set thanks to Google Earth, and it looks like the sequel spared no expense creating the hell depicted in the second book.
Meredith Woerner: This animated short doesn't just look cool, it looks hand-drawn (io9)
Disney's latest Oscar-nominated short proves that there's still a future for 2D animation. Paperman combines 2D animation with 3D animation. The result: a sweet little film that will give you hope for a computer-animated future that can preserve the feel of line-drawn animation.
Paperman: Full Short (YouTube)
Introducing a groundbreaking technique that seamlessly merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques, first-time director John Kahrs takes the art of animation in a bold new direction with the Oscar®-nominated short, "Paperman."
There exists a common, popular belief in Japan and other East Asian countries that a person's _____?_____ is predictive of his or her personality, temperament, and compatibility with others, similar to how astrological signs are used in other countries throughout the world.
According to the Guinness Book of World's Records the world's smallest island with a building on it is Bishop Rock at the end of Britain's Isles of Scilly, with a large lighthouse atop it.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Bishop Rock, in the isles of Scilly, Cornwall
mj said:
Not sure if this is it
But Port Lockroy is about the size of a football field and has two buildings.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
The smallest island in the world - according to the Guinness Book of
Records - is Bishop Rock.
Dale of Diamond Springs replied:
The smallest island in the world - according to the Guinness Book of Records - is Bishop Rock. It lies at the most south-westerly part of the United Kingdom. It is one of 1040 islands around Britain and only has a lighthouse on it. Seems like a good place to send some members of Congress --- and leave them there!!!
BttbBob sat this one out.
MAM wrote:
Bishop Rock, a small rock, known for its lighthouse, at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall.
And, Joe S answered:
Bishop Rock is a small rock, known for its lighthouse, at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's smallest island with a building on it. (woo noo)
I thought it may have been the island that the Dursleys tried to hide out on with Harry Potter, you know, to keep him away from Hogwarts. There is no mention of it in Guinness however. Understandable.
Ravens by four.
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'Undercover Boss', followed by a FRESH'CSI: The 3rd One', then a FRESH'Blue Bloods'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Kevin Spacey, Nick Griffin, and Emeli Sande.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Joe Theismann and Ariel Tweto.
NBC starts the night with the FRESH, but pre-taped & edited 'The 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards', followed by 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Wanda Sykes, Tyler Hamilton, and Branford Marsalis.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Jason Bateman, Zosia Mamet, and Andrea Bocelli.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 11/8/12) are RZA, Team Rubicon, and Grimes.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Last Man Standing', followed by a FRESH'Malibu Country', then a FRESH'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel it's "Jimmy Kimmel Live: This Week" - highlights of the past four shows.
The CW offers a FRESH'Nikita', followed by a RERUN'The Carrie Diaries'.
Faux has a FRESH'Kitchen Nightmares', followed by a RERUN'The Following'.
MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.
A&E has 3 hours of old 'Duck Dynasty', 'Southie Rules', and another 'Southie Rules'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Transporter', followed by the movie 'Halloween', then the movie 'Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN-Season 1 - Ep 2 - Giant Huntsman Spider
[9:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 10 - Ep 17 - John Cusack, Goldie Hawn, Marcus Brigstocke, Kasabian
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO: VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED
[11:00AM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 4 - Ep 20 - Islanded in a Stream of Stars
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 1 - The Secret Garden
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE-Ep 3 - Cooking with Chilli
[1:30PM] RAMSAY'S ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE-Ep 4 - Cooking with Spice
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 4 - Davide
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 4 - The Fish and Anchor
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 23 - Emergence
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 24 - Preemptive Strike
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 25 - All Good Things..., Part 1
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 26 - All Good Things..., Part 2
[8:00PM] TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES
[10:30PM] TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES
[1:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 22 - Bloodlines
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 23 - Emergence
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 24 - Preemptive Strike
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 25 - All Good Things..., Part 1
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 26 - All Good Things..., Part 2 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by the movie 'Bad Boys'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', 'Kroll Show', 'Workaholics', 'The Burn With Jeff Ross', and 'Tosh.0'.
FX has the movie 'Knight & Day', followed by the movie 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'.
HBO offers a FRESHBill Maher
The Interview: Alex Gibney | Mid-Show Interview: Sam Harris | The Panel: Eva Longoria, Cory Booker, and Jackie Kucinich
IFC -
[6:00AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[6:15AM] Sling Blade
[9:15AM] Diva
[11:45AM] The Thing
[2:00PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:00PM] Cop Land
[7:15PM] Batman
[10:00PM] Portlandia-The Temp
[10:30PM] Portlandia-Aimee
[11:00PM] Cujo
[1:00AM] Portlandia-The Temp
[1:30AM] Portlandia-Aimee
[2:00AM] Batman
[4:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:00AM] Action-Dead Man Floating
[5:30AM] Action-One Easy Piece (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] FREAKS AND GEEKS - The Garage Door (Episode 12, Season 1)
[7:00A] Mammoth
[9:15A] Certified Copy
[11:15A] A Town Called Panic
[12:30P] Mammoth
[2:45P] Certified Copy
[4:45P] A Town Called Panic
[6:15P] The Deep End
[8:00P] The Border
[10:00P] RESTLESS - Part 2
[12:00A] RESTLESS - Part 2
[2:00A] The Border
[4:00A] The Deep End (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Dinocroc Vs. Supergator', followed by a FRESH'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then a FRESH'Merlin'.
French actress Marion Cotillard (C) is kissed by President of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals Renee Rober (L) and Cast Vice President Ben Moss as she is honoured as the "Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year" at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts January 31, 2013.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi
Showtime has renewed its series "Shameless," "Californication" and "House of Lies," the network said Tuesday.
The announcement comes two weeks after all three series posted record ratings with their season premieres.
All three series have also showed year-to-year growth with their current seasons, with the third season of "Shameless" growing 22 percent over its previous season so far, "House of Lies" averaging 10 percent over its first season and "Californication" showing a 21 percent boost over its fifth season so far.
On their January 13 season premieres, "Shameless," "House of Lies" and "Californication" drew 2 million, 1.19 million and 1.07 million total viewers respectively, reaching series highs and showing double-digit boosts over their previous seasons' averages.
Actors Robin Wright (L) and Kevin Spacey arrive at the premiere of Netflix's television series "House of Cards" at Alice Tully Hall in the Lincoln Center in New York City January 30, 2013.
Photo by Stephen Chernin
Burning love apparently does not equate to burning fat. A new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham claims that the average sex act only burns about 21 calories.
Most online claims about the calorie burning potential of sexual activity are based on one-hour increments, whereas this study worked off an average timespan of six minutes per sexual encounter.
The study's director, Dr. David Allison, who also serves as the university's director of its Nutrition Obesity Research Center, tested a number of theories in his study, including whether physical education classes actually improved a child's health and weather skipping breakfast or snacking contributed to weight gain.
Just because something's gross doesn't mean it isn't valuable. Case in point: Whale vomit. A man taking his dog for a walk on the beach came across a pile of (maybe! hopefully!) whale regurgitation. Now he could stand to make more than $50,000 from the find.
Who would pay tens of thousands of dollars for whale excrement? The perfume industry, of course. The substance, while foul smelling when it first hits land, becomes much more pleasant as it dries in the sun-and can be used to help prolong the scent of perfume.
According to the BBC, Ken Wilman's dog began sniffing the substance (known as ambergris) while walking on Morecambe beach in England. Wilman went to investigate, picked up the stone-like object, gave it a whiff and then dropped it like a bad habit. Wilman told the BBC: "When I picked it up and smelled it, I put it back down again and I thought 'urgh.'"
Wilman left the beach, but something about his stinky discovery stayed in his mind. He did a little research at home and figured out that it was likely ambergris. He then went back to the beach and retrieved the seven-pound object. A French dealer has already offered more than $50,000.
Actresses, and sisters, Kate (L) and Rooney Mara arrive at the premiere of Netflix's television series "House of Cards" at Alice Tully Hall in the Lincoln Center in New York City January 30, 2013.
Photo by Stephen Chernin
Salvador Dali's portrait of a New York style icon and Joan Miro's homage to his Catalan roots are going on sale at a London auction of surrealist masterpieces.
Dali's 1943 "Portrait of Mrs. Harrison Williams" will go under the hammer Tuesday with an estimated price of between 1.5 million and 2 million pounds ($2.4 million and $3.2 million).
Dali painted the ultra-rich and super-stylish socialite - who later became Countess Mona Bismarck - barefoot and dressed in black rags.
Also for sale is Miro's 1936 "The Farmer and His Wife," a vibrant portrait of human figures and barnyard animals, valued between 5.5 million pounds and 7.5 million pounds ($8.7 million to $11.9 million).
Geraldo Rivera says he's seriously thinking about running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey.
Rivera, who hosts a weekend show on Fox News Channel, said Thursday on his daily radio show on WABC-AM in New York that he's "truly contemplating" becoming a candidate. He says he has spoken to some people in the New Jersey GOP about a run.
Rivera asked his 30,000 Twitter followers how they feel about him challenging either Sen. Frank Lautenberg or Newark Mayor Cory Booker.
No Republican has formally announced an interest in running.
Actors during a traditional Korean performance which symbolizes people of the world joining in the celebration of a beautiful moment at the opening ceremony of the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games at the YongPyong dome in PyeongChang, South Korea on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013.
Photo by Manchul Kim
Randy Travis pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated Thursday in a case that began last summer when the naked country music star crashed his Pontiac Trans Am.
Travis received a 180-day suspended jail sentence, 24 months of probation and a $2,000 fine. He was ordered to spend at least 30 days at an alcohol treatment facility, complete 100 hours of community service and have an ignition interlock device on any vehicle he operates while on probation.
Travis, 53, entered the plea in a court in the North Texas city of Sherman. The misdemeanor was punishable by up to two years in jail and a $4,000 fine.
Authorities have said a Trans Am registered to Travis veered off a road Aug. 7 near Tioga, a town about 60 miles north of Dallas where the entertainer lives. The car struck several barricades in a construction zone.
Travis was found naked and combative at the scene, with a blood alcohol level of more than 0.15, investigators said. The legal limit for driving is 0.08.
Hindu holy men of the Juna Akhara sect participate in rituals that is believed to rid them of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God as a 'Naga' or naked holy men, after taking dips at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, early Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The significance of nakedness is that they will not have any worldly ties to material belongings, even something as simple as clothes. This ritual that transforms selected holy men to Naga can only be done at the Kumbh festival.
Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh
An employee apparently fired from music retailer HMV has let loose on the company's Twitter feed to compare ongoing layoffs to a "mass execution."
The rogue messages - which immediately attracted media attention - started with a missive saying "we're tweeting live from HR where we're all being fired! Exciting!!"
The person's identity wasn't clear but Twitter messages came from the company's verified account, suggesting that an employee was responsible. The message was later removed.
HMV, Britain's last big music retailer, entered a form of bankruptcy protection earlier this month. The company had been steadily losing business to Internet music downloads.
Yoko Ono's 'Liverpool Skyladders' art installation is seen on display at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, northern England January 31, 2013. The installation which originally exhibited in 2008 forms part of a new exhibition, 'New Works at the Walker', consisting of over 50 works by artists including Anish Kapoor, Paula Rego and Yoko Ono.
Photo by Phil Noble
ConAgra Foods Inc has won the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by consumers claiming the company's Hebrew National hot dogs and other products are not kosher.
U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank in St. Paul federal court ruled on Thursday that he does not have jurisdiction over a dispute that he described as "intrinsically religious in nature."
Eleven consumers filed the lawsuit last May, asserting that ConAgra misled customers into believing that its products were kosher according to "the most stringent" Orthodox Jewish standards by including a symbol on its packaging.
The lawsuit alleged that ConAgra's contractors, meat processor AER Services Inc and kosher supervisor Triangle K, failed to follow proper religious procedures. The plaintiffs sought unspecified damages and an injunction against the labels as well as class-action status for consumers who have bought Hebrew National products since 2008.
But Frank said he was constrained by clear Supreme Court precedent barring civil judges from resolving faith-based disputes.
School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi assemble to mark his anniversary in the southern Indian city of Chennai January 30, 2013. Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist non-violent movement against British rule, was assassinated in 1948. India observes Gandhi's death anniversary as Martyr's day.
Photo by Babu
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
1. (1) Madonna; $3,637,525; $159.81.
2. (2) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band; $1,343,105; $93.28.
3. (3) Justin Bieber; $1,184,558; $73.85.
4. (4) Dave Matthews Band; $967,758; $73.76.
5. (5) Neil Young & Crazy Horse; $938,605; $94.94.
6. (6) The Who; $845,015; $85.86.
7. (8) Leonard Cohen; $804,309; $100.16.
8. (7) Rush; $726,662; $77.88.
9. (9) Red Hot Chili Peppers; $716,382; $60.53.
10. (10) Zac Brown Band; $624,017; $56.97.
11. (11) Trans-Siberian Orchestra; $568,771; $51.47.
12. (12) Carrie Underwood; $540,743; $58.62.
13. (13) Bob Dylan; $474,323; $78.04.
14. (15) Jeff Dunham; $308,952; $58.16.
15. (14) Eric Church; $303,655; $40.36.
16. (19) Bassnectar; $174,050; $39.17.
17. (17) The Moody Blues; $160,360; $68.27.
18. (18) Wiz Khalifa; $156,796; $41.16.
19. (20) "So You Think You Can Dance"; $135,972; $56.66.
20. (New) The Monkees; $134,414; $62.93.
A golden Berlin Bear award for the upcoming 63rd Berlinale International Film Festival is pictured next to labels on a working desk at the Noack foundry in Berlin January 30, 2013. The Berlinale runs from February 7 till 17 in the German capital.
Photo by Fabrizio Bensch
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