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We all have had to make difficult decisions, from time to time, that involve compromises that can be distasteful. Such as...
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It's either A or B... No in between... Choose! Choose now! Ha Ha!
Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night is an annual celebration on the evening of 5 November. It marks the downfall of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in London, United Kingdom.
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Marian the Teacher was first, and correct, with:
Guy Fawkes Night
Alan J said:
Guy Fawkes Day
~ Tony in Philly replied:
Wiki Says:
"The gunpowder treason and plot"
mj nailed it with:
To consume mass quantities of intoxicants and play with matches. I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot. It commemorates Guy Fawkes' plot to blow up Parliament (which some today might consider to be not such a bad thing.) or more precisely his getting caught, convicted, and dispatched in a grather grisly manner.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, answered:
Guy Fawkes Day
Charlie responded:
On November 5, 1605, a group of conspirators, including a certain Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London. This was well publicized in the song "Remember," on John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album from 1970.
I have that on vinyl somewhere around here...
Adam in NoHo replied:
Guy Fawkes Day when the general public stormed Parlaiment, or something...
Some of the revolutionary activities (including the guy in the scary mask and bon fires) has been folded into vague Halloween celebrations in England.
Sally (Go Yankees!!) said:
Since I was up late the night of last, celebrating ("Okay Yankee's!!") I shall just offer the following poem in which words, you will have your reply to the trivia dejour:
Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Threescore barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's providence he was catch'd,
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
Jane in Beantown resonded:
The rhyme commemoriates Guy Fawkes Day, November 5, when a group of
conspirators including Fawkes almost blew up the Houses of Parliament in
London. The British still set off firecrackers and have bonfires on this
nght.
Peter Y answered:
Guy Fawkes Day?
MAM wrote:
"Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot"
Guy Fawkes Night is an annual celebration on the evening of 5 November. It marks the downfall of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to destroy the Protestant Houses of Parliament, in London, United Kingdom. Guy Fawkes was arrested a few hours before the planned explosion, during a search of the cellars underneath Parliament in the early hours of 5 November. His punishment . . . Hanged, drawn and quartered.
A contemporary engraving of the conspirators (detail).
By the Dutch artist, Crispijn van de Passe the Elder
That Madcat, JD said:
THE MAN WITH A PLAN, GUY FAWKES.
And, Gene responded:
A Brit friend of mine refers to it as Bonfire Night.
More popularly, it is Guy Fawkes Day.
As Alan Moore said in his graphic novel V For Vendetta:
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot
I can think of no Reason the Gunpowder Treason
Ever should be Forgot.
(Then V blew up the Houses of Parliament!)
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'Ghost Whisperer', followed by a FRESH'Medium',, then a FRESH'Numb3rs'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Ricky Gervais, Brian Regan, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Ewan McGregor and Regina Spektor.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Law & Order', followed by another FRESH'Law & Order', then a FRESH'Leno' (Elizabeth Banks).
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are The Pixies.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Rosie O'Donnell, Ian Somerhalder, and Josh Topolsky.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Neil Strauss, Brett Rogers, and Peaches.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Supernanny', followed by a FRESH'Ugly Betty', then '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Ted Danson, Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom, and Chickenfoot.
The CW offers a FRESH'Smallville', followed by a RERUN'America's Next Top Model'.
Faux has an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
MY fills the night with a FRESH'WWE Friday Night Steroid SmackDown!'.
PLEASE check local PBS listings for a FRESH'Bill Moyers Journal', the BEST program on over-the-air TV.
AMC offers the movie 'Wyatt Earp', followed by the movie 'Unforgiven'
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 3 Miles
[1:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 6
[2:00 PM] Antiques Roadshow - Episode 14
[3:00 PM] Antiques Roadshow - Episode 2
[4:00 PM] Antiques Roadshow - Episode 15
[5:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 2 Momma Cherri's
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Morgan's
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 7
[9:00 PM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 9 Christopher Walken, Dara O'Briain, Dominic Cooper, Green Day
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America
[11:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 7
[12:00 AM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 9 Christopher Walken, Dara O'Briain, Dominic Cooper, Green Day
[1:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 7
[2:00 AM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 9 Christopher Walken, Dara O'Briain, Dominic Cooper, Green Day
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 10 Barry Manilow
[4:00 AM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 13
[4:30 AM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7
[5:00 AM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 14
[5:30 AM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8
[6:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 1 (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has the movie 'Disclosure', followed by the movie 'Legends Of The Fall'
Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', 'Gabriel Iglesias: Hot & Fluffy', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Kyle Dunnigan), and another'Comedy Central Presents' (Sebastian Maniscalco).
FX has the movie 'Shallow Hal', followed by the movie 'Grandma's Boy'
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Ancient Discoveries', followed by the FRESH'Ancients Behaving Badly', and 'Lock N' Load With R. Lee Ermey'.
IFC -
[7:30 AM] Roadside Prophets
[9:15 AM] Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
[11:00 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[11:30 AM] Starstruck
[1:15 PM] Roadside Prophets
[3:00 PM] Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
[4:40 PM] Palookaville
[6:15 PM] Pulp Fiction
[9:00 PM] The Prisoner
[10:00 PM] The Prisoner
[11:00 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus
[11:30 PM] Arrested Development
[12:00 AM] The Ninth Gate
[2:15 AM] Cabin Fever
[3:50 AM] Palookaville
[5:25 AM] Monty Python's Flying Circus
[5:55 AM] Arrested Development (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has 'Sanctuary', 'Stargate Universe', followed by a FRESH'Stargate Universe', then a FRESH'Sanctuary'.
Sundance -
[10:30 PM] Everlasting Moments
[05:50 AM] Alexander The Last
[07:05 AM] Approaching Union Square
[08:30 AM] Congorama
[10:15 AM] Man Push Cart
[11:45 AM] Le Doulos
[01:35 PM] Congorama
[03:30 PM] Man Push Cart
[05:00 PM] Le Doulos
[07:00 PM] Shameless Season 4: Episode 2
[08:00 PM] Shameless Season 4: Episode 3
[09:00 PM] Volver
[11:00 PM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Mary J. Blige, Dashboard Confessional & James Blunt
[12:00 AM] Kurt Cobain: About a Son
[01:40 AM] A Christmas Tale
[04:15 AM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Mary J. Blige, Dashboard Confessional & James Blunt
[05:15 AM] Man Push Cart (ALL TIMES EDT)
Canadian actor William Shatner speaks as he unveils a wax figure of himself as character Captain James T. Kirk from the "Star Trek" television series at Madame Tussauds Hollywood November 4, 2009.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Fans hoping to glimpse U2's free concert celebrating 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell were outraged Thursday to find that a 12-foot (3.6-meter) metal barrier was installed to block the view for those without tickets.
Both Berliners and tourists alike saw the irony in building a wall around a concert dedicated to the wall that has already come down.
The music network MTV, which organized Thursday's concert, said it worked with the local promoter, the city and Berlin police to install a temporary fence "around the site to ensure the safety and security of the attendees at the event as well as residents and businesses in the area."
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met with Myanmar Burma's detained opposition leader democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 14 years.
Campbell, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, greeted Suu Kyi with a handshake after she was driven to his lakeside hotel in Yangon where they met privately for two hours, said U.S. Embassy spokesman Richard Mei.
Campbell and his deputy, Scot Marciel, are the highest-level Americans to visit Myanmar since 1995. Their two-day trip, which included talks with senior junta officials, stems from a new U.S. policy that reverses the Bush administration's isolation of Myanmar in favor of dialogue with a country that has been ruled by the military since 1962.
The U.S. visit is the second step in "the beginning of a dialogue with Burma," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters in Washington on Tuesday after the officials had met with senior junta officials in Myanmar's administrative capital of Naypyitaw.
Werner Herzog, right, director/screenwriter of 'The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,' poses with cast member Eva Mendes at the premiere of the film at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
Comedy Central is teaming with satirical newspaper the Onion for a half-hour scripted comedy.
The as-yet-untitled series will be based on the Onion Sports Network online video series and will take on teams, fans, sports products and sports coverage. The weekly series will be geared toward sports lovers and long-time followers of the Onion.
"The Onion is the biggest, most fearless, most influential news organization in the free world," said Steve Hannah, CEO of Onion, Inc. "And we see a collaboration with Comedy Central as the next logical step in the expansion of the Onion Sports Network's hard-hitting coverage."
Things are looking up for "30 Rock" in Germany, days after the series premiere of the Emmy-wining sitcom garnered a zero rating.
An average of 30,000 viewers tuned in to channel ZDFneo Wednesday night to watch the show -- enough for a 0.1% market share, according to German ratings agency Media Control.
While that might not sound like much, it's a major improvement over "30 Rock's" free-TV debut on Sunday, when its zero rating translated to fewer than 5,000 viewers. Germany's population is about 82 million.
The Japanese prints that inspired some of the erotic works of Pablo Picasso are the subject of a new exhibition that opened at Barcelona's Picasso Museum Thursday.
"Secret Images", which is on until February 14, aims to show the influence of the 19 erotic prints on the works of the Spanish artist.
The prints, from the 17th to the 19th century and which were part of Picasso's private collection, are on show alongside the 27 engravings and drawings of Picasso that they inspired.
Among the erotic Japanese prints is a work by Hokusai Katsushika, which depicts a woman and an octopus, a version of which was done by Picasso in 1903.
U.S. composer Philip Glass attends a news conference in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Glass is scheduled to play two concerts in the city this week.
Photo by Gregory Bull
"Golden Girls" star Rue McClanahan is recovering in a hospital after having heart bypass surgery this week, her manager said on Thursday.
McClanahan on Monday went to her doctor, who noticed her heart was irregular and asked her check into a New York hospital, said the actress' manager, Barbara Lawrence.
McClanahan, 75, played the promiscuous Blanche Devereaux on hit television series "The Golden Girls" from 1985 to 1992. This year, she appeared in an episode of "Law & Order."
Beatles record label EMI is suing U.S. music website BlueBeat.com, which it said was offering unauthorized downloads of the Fab Four's tracks for sale.
BlueBeat.com offers songs for 25 U.S. cents each, around one quarter of what a song would typically cost on the dominant online music retail site iTunes, owned by Apple Inc.
On offer is an extensive list of Beatles albums, both original and recently remastered versions, despite the fact that the band has yet to agree with music providers to the release of its cherished catalog online.
Music industry sources said they suspected EMI's action against BlueBeat could be followed by other major labels whose content features on the site.
People attending the dedication applaud the unveiling of the statue of the late Fred Rogers of the PBS television program 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood' in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The statue by renowned sculptor Robert Berks depicts the children's television pioneer changing his shoes as he had done in the beginning of his show.
Photo by Keith Srakocic
Singer Bette Midler will end a nearly two-year concert run in Las Vegas this coming January, her representatives said on Thursday.
Midler's "The Showgirl Must Go On" began in February 2008 amid great media attention at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace hotel and casino, and it will end on January 31, 2010, after about 180 performances.
Oprah Winfrey is removing gospel singer BeBe Winans from her show's "karaoke challenge" until charges against him for allegedly pushing his ex-wife to the ground are resolved.
Winans appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" last week and was seen in promos for future appearances. Now he'll be cut out of the segment, said Winfrey spokesman Don Halcombe on Thursday.
Winfrey was criticized by some bloggers this week for including Winans after she had taken a strong stand against domestic violence earlier this year. She did a show on the topic when singer Chris Brown assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna.
Halcombe would only say that the decision to eliminate Winans was made this week. It was not clear if Winfrey had been aware that Winans was charged with misdemeanor domestic assault in the Feb. 13 incident, where Winans and his ex-wife Debra were allegedly arguing about their children. Winans has a court date set for Jan. 20.
This combination picture created in June 2009 shows Muslim women wearing a Burqa (top L), a Tchador (top R), a Hijab (bottom L) and a Niqab (bottom R).
Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records posted Thursday. Terms of the settlement were not released.
Demaris Meyer filed a federal lawsuit against the Academy Award-winning actor in February, claiming Freeman had been drinking the night of the accident last summer and was negligent when the car ran off the side of a rural highway near his Mississippi Delta home.
The 1997 Nissan Maxima belonged to Meyer but she said Freeman was driving when the car flipped several times and landed upright in a ditch about 75 miles south of Memphis, Tenn. No charges were filed.
Details of the settlement were not disclosed in court records. U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills closed the case in a ruling Thursday.
Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:
1. NFL Football: Philadelphia vs. Washington (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 9.25 million homes, 12.76 million viewers.
2. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.76 million homes, 5.75 million viewers.
3. "NCIS" (Monday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.62 million homes, 4.82 million viewers.
4. "White Collar" (Friday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.57 million homes, 5.07 million viewers.
5. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.53million homes, 5.41 million viewers.
6. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.36 million homes, 4.38 million viewers.
7. "Monk" (Friday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.28 million homes, 4.68 million viewers.
8. College Football: Indiana vs. Iowa (Saturday, 12:02 p.m.), ESPN, 3.19 million homes, 4.01 million viewers.
9. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.14 million homes, 4.33 million viewers.
10. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.07 million homes, 3.82 million viewers.
11. "NCIS" (Monday, 7 p.m.), USA, 3 million homes, 3.88 million viewers.
12. "Wizards of Waverly Place" (Friday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 2.997 million homes, 4.49 million viewers.
13. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.991 million homes, 4.01 million viewers.
14. "NCIS" (Saturday, 7 p.m.), USA, 2.98 million homes, 3.87 million viewers.
15. NBA Basketball: Boston vs. Cleveland (Tuesday, 7:31 p.m.), TNT, 2.97 million homes, 4.02 million viewers.
Jim Stevens stands next to his truck that has an image of Jesus on the window Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 i Jonesborough, Tenn. The image has been there for two weeks and appears every morning when the morning dew is on the window. Stevens says he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup.
Photo by Lee Talbert
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In the UK, a traditional rhyme starts "Remember, remember the Fifth of November..." Remember what?
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