BartCop Entertainment Archives - Monday, 10 March, 2014

Monday

10 March, 2014

(Updated Daily)

[895 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Froma Harrop: Mass Transit is for the Young (Creators Syndicate)
I frequently ride one of those cheap buses connecting my small city with a big city. At first, I expected my fellow passengers to be largely poor and old - the folks who can't afford to drive or are unable to. I was wrong, wrong, wrong. Most are able-bodied, youngish adults taking the bus to save something more precious to them than money - their time.


Froma Harrop: Who Belongs Downtown? (Creators Syndicate)
Many American cities now enjoy an amazing reversal of fortune. Once hollowed-out shells mainly for those too poor to move - or those so rich they didn't have to deal with the poor - cities are again filling up with educated and aspiring young people.


Ted Rall: The Four Horsemen of the American Journalism Apocalypse (Creators Syndicate)
As usual, America's foreign correspondents are falling down on the job.


Murray Carpenter: "Generation jitters: are we addicted to caffeine?" (Guardian)
Caffeine is the drug many of us can't live without - but do you have any idea how much is in your daily hit?


Henry Rollins: Pain and Gain (LA Weekly)
During one of the last nights of February, I was sitting outside my house, marveling at the feeling of spring coursing through me. The quiet excitement, the out-of-nowhere boundless optimism that always grips me when winter gives way, is one of my favorite déjà vu moments.


Kevin Phelan: 5 People Who Abused Tiny Amounts of Power in Hilarious Ways (Cracked)
#5. The Astronaut Who Stole the Moon


2-Minute Morning Quickie by Dempster's (YouTube)
"This simple advertisement for a breakfast sandwich may leave you hungry, or may leave you smoking a cigarette and ready for a nap, I don't know. It's full of double entendres from start to finish, and if you go back and watch a second time, you'll see symbolism in every object placed in the kitchen. But everything is entirely plausible for a breakfast sandwich recipe, if that's how you choose to look at it." - Neatorama


Jim Andrews: Teleporter
Jim Andrews's teleporter has a simple interface. You begin in the control room of the TARDIS (naturally). Click on the teleport button to go somewhere on Earth. You'll promptly see the nearest photo in Google's archive.



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Trivia Question of the Day


What popular website started out as "Rush Limba, Lying Nazi Whore"?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


On the TV series The Addams Family, what was the name of Wednesday's pet spider?


      Homer                                                      Source


Wednesday's pet, Homer, was a black widow spider. Her headless doll was named Marie Antoinette.        Source






Charlie was first, and correct, with:
   I confess, I have a longstanding, and totally irrational, fear of spiders.
  Homer, I think.
  The guy below looks nothing like me.




Alan J said:
   Homer



Lois, Very Sad, In Oregon took the day off.
  



Adam answered:
   Homer.



Jim from CA, retired to ID, took the day off.
  



Marian replied:
   Homer



Sally said:
  
  I don't know who wrote today's piece on Bart, but it was good, real good. I still am reeling from the news of his untimely passing. Funny how you can feel as if you know someone whom you've never actually met in person...
  Bartcop.com was just that kind of a guy.
  Back to the business on hand. On the TV series The Addams Family, the name of Wednesday's pet spider was Homer.

  Wednesday's doll and pet spider...
  PS: My search under the couch cushions didn't net much change. I shall wait for my next check to send Mrs Bart my tribute.
  Hoping BCE readers will be joining me...




Dale of Diamondy Sprungs, Norcali, responded:
   Homer is her pet spider. Wednesday was portrayed by Lisa Loring of the Tube; Christina Ricci in the film!





DJ Useo, answered:
   On the TV series The Addams Family, the name of Wednesday's pet spider was "HOMER".
  I was going to say "BORIS", but that's just because I'm a big fan of THE WHO.
  Wednesday's pet spider achieved some acclaim of his own in Japanese monster movies before being killed by a giant prop boot.




MAM   wrote:
   Homer, a black widow spider.

Wednesday                                        Homer




BttbBob   responded:
   Why, that would be none other than "Homer"...

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  'Personal Secret' Moment - So, this would be the perfect opportunity for me to tell the world (that is, y'all E! fans) that I was almost given that moniker at birth.
  Dreadful, isn't it? It was my paternal grandfather's given name and my Dad wanted his first born son to have it. Well, guess who wasn't havin' it? My Mom, that's who. I ended up with my Dad's given name and Gramps middle one...
  Thanks, Mom... Now, I'll be tellin' ya, I respect the 'Homer' of antiquity, and all, but even now the thought of having to grow up named "Homer" gives me a severe case of the 'vaporous marthambles'... Every time... Ack... Seriously

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  'BTW' Moment - I make this threat... Anyone who is so foolish as to taunt me about the above admission; to snicker, to snork; to go as far as to villainously call me that name, or even infer it (thou cad, thou scoundrel), will get a 'visit' from and endure a 'meeting' with my "Cousin Bruno from Milwaukee"... "Cousin Bruno" routinely makes practice of juggling cinder blocks; "Cousin Bruno" makes "Luca Brasi" appear like "PeeWee Herman"; "Cousin Bruno" owes me favors... 'Nuf said, eh? (I'm warnin' ya, JoeS... It's merely a quick jump across "Big Blue" to Manistee-by-the-Lake, I'm tellin' ya...)

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  If I had a pet spider, I'd name it:   Boris The Spider ::: The Who - YouTube

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  "Bart" Moment - I never had the heart to tell him that I tried his Chinaco Anejo and thought, "Meh" (dagnab bottle cost me near $60 up here'n "The Mitten")... I'd much rather be sippin' on a shot of Bushmill's Irish Whiskey, if'n ya please. However, I enjoyed his enduring rapture over it and also his giving of 'Shots', from time to time, to those he thought worthy... a nice touch, I always thought.

  A shot of Bushmill's to ya, Dude...

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  Song fer "Bart" - The Long & Winding Road - Beatles - YouTube

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  March 10 Birthdays - Celebrities Born March 10 | Famous Birthdays




And, Joe S     said:
   His name is Homer.

  Homer out looking for lunch.



  Wednesday



  


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Middle Class Political Economist




Now a Blogger-Columnist at US News and World Reports "Economic Intelligence"


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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


Why Revive 'Cosmos?' Neil DeGrasse Tyson Says Just About Everything We Know Has Changed



The Fat Drug - NYTimes.com



FOX Network Propagates Blasphemy!



Top 20 movies made in and about Los Angeles - in pictures | Film | theguardian.com



Michelangelo's David pictured holding rifle in American advert, to Italy's fury | World news | theguardian.com



Kevin Bacon on 'Six Degrees' game: 'I was horrified' - CNN.com



Sinatra, Hepburn, Curtis and co laid bare in series of touchingly intimate portraits - CNN.com



HuffPost Live



Remarks on the Death of Terry Coppage, aka "Bartcop"




Thanks, Michelle!


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BadtotheboneBob

Fairies

"The Old Nan" has been to Eire nine times. Through her anecdotes and all the books, pamphlets and hundreds of photos she brought back, I've learned a great deal about and developed a keen interest in that ancient land. And it's a lot more than the Celts and St. Patrick drivin' the dagnab snakes out, I'm tellin' ya... She even has a photo she took that she claims has a fairy in it. I've seen it and went, like, whoa... I'll see if'n I can get it from her and share with ya sometime... Oh, and, yes, she's kissed the Blarney Stone...

A Field Guide to Irish Fairies


BadtotheboneBob



Thanks, B2tbBob!


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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BartCop

Without BartCop, I wouldn't be here. Period.

Without BartCop, a lot of sites wouldn't be here.

One of them, Avedon's Sideshow, even has a nice picture of the old Bartster, for those who never had the good fortune to cross paths with him.

Way back in spring of 2001 Bart wanted an entertainment section for his site, and I volunteered. I had no idea of what I was getting in to, and as the Dead sang, 'what a long, strange trip it's been.'

FWIW, I prefer long trips, and strange, well, I love strange.

Because of Bart, I've met all kinds of wonderful people - from the awesome Marc Perkel to all of you.

When I started the e-page, the kid was in kindergarten. He's a sophomore in college now. BartCop has literally been a daily presence in our lives.

I've spent the last few days cursing the universe, and trying to write something, but then I start cursing, again.

Bart left a mortgage, and some pretty hefty bills, so, please, please, please, if you have any spare funds, send it Mrs. Bart's way. Remember to use Bart's Amazon portal for purchases.

At this point, I'm planning on keeping the e-page going, as a tribute to the guy who got the ball rolling for the 99%.

And also a tribute to Mrs. Bart, a phenomenal woman, who graciously shared her husband with the world.

~marty



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


WHAT AN IDIOT!

FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW! NOT!

SO LONG BOBBY. WE HARDLY KNEW YOU.

ISSA-HOLE IS A BEER HALL FASCIST!

IF HE ONLY HAD A BRAIN.

HIGH AND DRY!






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Late-summer hot, dry and windy kinda weather. Ack.



Tonight, Monday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH '2 Broke Girls', then a FRESH 'Mike & Molly', followed by a FRESH 'Mom', then a FRESH 'Intelligence'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Sen. John McCain (R-Get Off My Lawn) and Little Mix.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Emily Mortimer, Darrin Rose, and the Alternate Routes.



NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'The Voice', followed by a FRESH 'Believe'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Kristen Bell, Steve Harvey, and Demi Lovato.
Scheduled on a FRESH Seth Meyers are Andy Samberg, Busy Philipps, Abbi Jacobson, and Ilana Glazer.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Rob Thomas, Albert Hammmond Jr., and Hell or Highwater.



ABC fills the night with a FRESH 'The Bachelor'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Seth Rogen, Snoop Dogg Lion, and White Denim.



The CW offers a FRESH 'Star-Crossed', followed by a FRESH 'Beauty & The Beast'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Arsenio Hall are Nia Long, Eddie Cibrian, Cocoa Brown, Zulay Henao, Amy Smart, Terry Crews, Wendi McLendon-Covey, William Levy, and Sevyn Streeter.



Faux has a FRESH 'Bones', followed by a FRESH 'The Following'.



MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.



A&E has 'Duck Dynasty', another 'Duck Dynasty', 'Bate Motel', followed by a FRESH 'Bates Motel', then a FRESH 'Those Who Kill'.



AMC offers the movie 'Godzilla', followed by the movie 'Jaws'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]    BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 3 - Ep 12 - The Sound Of Drums
 [9:00AM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 3 - Ep 13 - Last of the Time Lords
 [10:00AM]    ATLANTIS - Season 1 - Episode 1
 [11:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 17 - Masks
 [12:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 18 - Eye of the Beholder
 [1:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Glass House
 [2:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Walnut Tree
 [3:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 1 - Blackberry's
 [4:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 3
 [5:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 4
 [6:00PM]    TOP GEAR AT THE MOVIES
 [7:30PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 4
 [8:30PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 5 NEW
 [10:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 4
 [11:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 5
 [12:30AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 4
 [1:30AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 5
 [2:30AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 5
 [4:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 5
 [5:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 6     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of BH', another 'Real Housewives Of BH', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of BH', then a FRESH 'Southern Charm'.



Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', still another 'South Park', and yet another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Paul Taylor.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Neil DeGrasse Tyson.



FX has the movie 'Click', followed by the movie 'Just Go With It', then a FRESH 'Archer', followed by a FRESH 'Chozen'.



History has 'Swamp People', another 'Swamp People', followed by a FRESH 'Swamp People', then a FRESH 'Cryptid: The Swamp Beast'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Whitest Kids U'Know
 [6:15AM]    Portlandia-Ecoterrorists
 [6:45AM]    The English Patient
 [10:15AM]    Gone Baby Gone
 [12:45PM]    DeepStar Six
 [3:00PM]    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
 [6:00PM]    The Invasion
 [8:00PM]    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
 [10:30PM]    Friday the 13th
 [12:30AM]    Friday the 13th, Part 2
 [2:30AM]    Friday the 13th Part 3
 [4:30AM]    Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings
 [5:45AM]    Whitest Kids U'Know    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    Law & Order-Mad Dog
 [7:00AM]    Mortified Nation
 [8:45AM]    Legal Eagles
 [11:15AM]    Catch a Fire
 [1:30PM]    Christine
 [4:00PM]    Law & Order-We Like Mike
 [5:00PM]    Law & Order-Passion
 [6:00PM]    Law & Order-Past Imperfect
 [7:00PM]    Law & Order-Terminal
 [8:00PM]    Law & Order-Thrill
 [9:00PM]    The Painted Veil
 [11:45PM]    Body Heat
 [2:15AM]    Drugstore Cowboy
 [4:30AM]    Love Lust-Love Lust & the Little Black Dress
 [5:30AM]    The Writers' Room-New Girl    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'AVP: Alien Vs. Predator', followed by a FRESH 'Bitten', then a FRESH 'Being Human', followed by a FRESH 'Lost Girl'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Kevin Nealon, Ansel Elgort, and Warpaint.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
 [8:00 AM]      The Window (1949)
 [9:30 AM]      Barricade (1950)
 [11:00 AM]      Colt .45 (1950)
 [12:30 PM]      Dallas (1950)
 [2:15 PM]      Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
 [4:00 PM]      Strangers On A Train (1951)
 [6:00 PM]      The Far Country (1955)
 [8:00 PM]      Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
 [10:00 PM]      The Sea Hawk (1940)
 [12:15 AM]      The Sea Wolf (1941)
 [2:00 AM]      The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
 [3:45 AM]      Invitation (1952)
 [5:30 AM]      Now Playing March (2014)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Tuesday   -  03/11/14

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Screen Directors Playhouse: The Brush Roper (1955)
 [6:30 AM]      The Lone Ranger (1956)
 [8:00 AM]      Screen Directors Playhouse: Meet The Governor (1955)
 [8:30 AM]      Love Affair (1939)
 [10:00 AM]      Screen Directors Playhouse: Day Is Done (1955)
 [10:30 AM]      Living On Velvet (1935)
 [12:00 PM]      Screen Directors Playhouse: A Midsummer Daydream (1955)
 [12:30 PM]      Bengazi (1955)
 [2:00 PM]      The Screen Directors Playhouse: Life Of Vernon Hathaway (1955)
 [2:30 PM]      Jackass Mail (1942)
 [4:00 PM]      The Screen Directors Playhouse: Final Tribute (1955)
 [4:30 PM]      Confidence Girl (1952)
 [6:00 PM]      Screen Directors Playhouse: Rookie Of The Year (1955)
 [6:30 PM]      Paratrooper (1953)
 [8:00 PM]      Carson on TCM: Bob Hope (10/13/78) (2013)
 [8:12 PM]      Carson on TCM: Bing Crosby (3/5/76) (2013)
 [8:24 PM]      Carson on TCM: Tony Randall (9/17/74) (2013)
 [8:36 PM]      Carson on TCM: Truman Capote (11/27/72) (2013)
 [8:48 PM]      Carson on TCM: Gregory Peck (7/8/76) (2013)
 [9:00 PM]      Carson on TCM: Lauren Bacall (1/11/80) (2013)
 [9:15 PM]      Designing Woman (1957)
 [11:15 PM]      Sex And The Single Girl (1964)
 [1:15 AM]      Harper (1966)
 [3:30 AM]      How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
 [5:15 AM]      Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)     (ALL TIMES EST)



TNT has a FRESH 'Dallas'.




Antenna TV

Bounce TV

Cozi TV

MOVIES! TV Network

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV


Al Jazeera






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Or reviews?   Marty




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Actor Richard Gere reacts after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch for a spring training baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, March 9, 2014.
Photo by Kathy Willens

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Hidden in Henry's Room: The Secret Life of a Janitor | Messy Nessy Chic Messy Nessy Chic

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Still 'The Dude'

Jeff Bridges

"Man, this is so cool!"

That was Jeff Bridges' reaction Saturday night to receiving the King Vidor award for excellence in filmmaking at the 20th San Luis International Film Festival. "It's wonderful to be acknowledged for my work like this," he added.

James Cromwell presented the award before an enthusiastic capacity crowd at the Fremont Theater, followed by the actors swapping stories for 30 minutes, a Q-and-A and a screening of Bridges' signature film, 1998?s "The Big Lebowski" - starring as Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski.

Bridges appeared to genuinely enjoy the event, offering a variety of unaffected and unrehearsed answers.

"When 'The Big Lebowski' comes on TV, it's like 'The Godfather' - I'm hooked," he told the audience. "I always think that I'll stop after John Turturro licks the bowling ball…. The movie is like candy; it's so well made. The Coen brothers are so cool."

Jeff Bridges

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This photo provided by Material Culture, "President Nixon and Family" by Edger Jean-Baptiste is shown. Now 70 and having spent the better part of three decades amassing pieces from Haiti and other Caribbean countries as well as the United States, South America and Africa, the director of "The Silence of the Lambs" Jonathan Demme said he's looking to "streamline and simplify" his life by selling 90 percent of his well-regarded collection of self-taught or "outsider" art. More than 900 pieces, many of them by artists with little or no formal training but abundant talent - will be auctioned at Philadelphia's Material Culture on March 29-30. The sale will be preceded by a weeklong exhibition that is free and open to the public.

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Mysterious Railway Posters Depict the Dreamy Allure of Deco-Era Japan | Collectors Weekly

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Hints At More Leaks

Julian Assange

Speaking over Skype from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said his living situation is a bit like prison - with a more lenient visitor policy.

He also hinted that new leaks are coming from WikiLeaks, though he gave no specifics on what these might be.

Assange, who has been confined to the embassy since June 2012, discussed government surveillance, journalism and the situation in Ukraine on Saturday in a streaming-video interview beamed to an audience of 3,500 attendees of the South By Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas.

Assange's hourlong remote appearance was spiked with technical glitches. As the audio cut out, he sometimes asked audience members to raise their hands if they could hear him. Benjamin Palmer, the co-founder of marketing firm The Barbarian Group who interviewed Assange, at one point resorted to texting his questions.

Assange's appearance at this five-day conference - which will host (Edward) Snowden in a similar remote interview Monday - signal the growing concern in the tech community around issues of online privacy, surveillance and security, even as Internet giants like Google and Facebook reap billions in advertising revenue from collecting information about their users.

Julian Assange

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Science Channel Greenlights 'I F-ing Love Science'

Craig Ferguson

Science Channel greenlit new series "I F-ing Love Science," executive produced by CBS' "Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson.

Ferguson made the announcement via a videotaped message at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on Saturday.

The series is inspired by the Facebook phenomenon, I F*cking Love Science, created by British biology student Elise Andrew, which boasts more than 10 million fans. The one-hour show will feature a mix of live-action, animation and re-creations that demonstrate the random manifestations of science that connects us. The Green Mountain West Productions and Karga7 Productions series will debut on Science Channel in fourth quarter 2014.

"If you know anything about me, you know I love science," said Ferguson. "Science has a naughty secret - it's that all things are connected. And this show is going to explore the randomness of science. Think of it as a late night Google search that goes a hundred pages deep until things get weird - and then you just keep going. And there is no better partner for this kind of smart entertainment like Science Channel and Elise."

Craig Ferguson

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An opponent of nuclear power wears sunglasses with stickers reading Nuclear Power No Thank You during a demonstration on the occasion of the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and to demand the shutting off of the nuclear power plant in Neckarwestheim, Germany, 09 March 2014. According to the organizers, 3000 people took part in the protest. Japan will mark the third anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and following tsunami, that left about 19,000 people dead and missing, on 11 March 2014.
Photo by Sebastian Kahnert

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Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments

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Full of Immigrants

First US City

A sprawling city in the heartland of the United States was a cultural melting pot hundreds of years before Europeans ever set foot in North America.

A study of dozens of teeth found at Cahokia, an ancient metropolis near modern-day St. Louis, shows that immigrants moved to the city from across the Midwest and perhaps as far away as the Great Lakes and Gulf Coast regions.

Cahokia rose to prominence around A.D. 1050, when it underwent what some archaeologists call a cultural Big Bang.

Countryside settlements were abandoned in favor of Cahokia's precincts along the Mississippi River. By A.D. 1100, as many as 20,000 people were living in an area covering 5.5 square miles (14.5 square kilometers), said Thomas Emerson, the director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey.

First US City

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Wake-up Call


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Discovered in Atmosphere

Ozone-Destroying Chemicals

Four new man-made, ozone-destroying chemicals have been discovered in the upper atmosphere, and appear to be slowing the recovery of the ozone hole, according to a new report.

The ozone hole over Antarctica has been gradually healing ever since an international treaty known as the Montreal Protocol began limiting the production of ozone-depleting chemicals in 1989. These chemicals, known as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), were commonly used in refrigerators, air conditioners and aerosols until they were found to react with and break down ozone molecules in the Earth's protective ozone layer. The treaty was created to significantly cut CFC emissions and allow the ozone hole to completely close, potentially by 2050.

In 2010, a total ban on CFCs was put in place, but certain loopholes still exist in the Montreal Protocol that allow trace amounts of the chemicals to be used in the production of certain products, including some types of insecticides and solvents used to clean electronic equipment.

Now, researchers based at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom have calculated that these loopholes - previously thought to be relatively insignificant - have actually allowed more than 74,000 metric tons (about 82,000 tons) of three previously unknown CFCs, and one related compound known as an HCFC, to be released into the atmosphere. While this quantity is far smaller than peak CFC emissions in the 1980s, it is still a significant quantity that could slow the recovery of the ozone hole, the team reports today (March 9) in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Ozone-Destroying Chemicals

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An anti-nuclear protester with zombie makeup and wearing a costume walks in front of the Parliament in Tokyo March 9, 2014. Thousands of anti-nuclear protesters marched in the Japanese capital on Sunday, ahead of the third anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that triggered the world's worst atomic disaster in 25 years.
Photo by Yuya Shino

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New Geometric Sandcastles from Calvin Seibert | Colossal

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Centuries-Old Mass Grave Probed

Pennsylvania

On a cold winter's day, historian Bill Watson found himself standing in the snow, picking through the roots of an upturned stump near railroad tracks in a place now known as Duffy's Cut.

The exposed roots once held in their grip buttons, human bones and old coffin nails - vital clues in a centuries-old unsolved mystery.

The stump, pulled up several years ago, stood over the final resting place of seven of 57 Irish laborers who perished at the railroad construction site in 1832, during an outbreak of cholera. Also found at the scene was a skull that had been pierced by a bullet and cleaved by a hatchet.

"It's not just cholera," said Watson, who with his twin brother and fellow historian, Frank Watson, is leading the excavation project to piece together what may turn out to be a grisly tale of anti-immigration violence from the 1800s.

The brothers' interest in the site began in 2002, when they discovered references to the immigrant laborers in a document file compiled nearly a century ago by Pennsylvania Railroad president Martin Clement and later kept by his personal assistant - the Watsons' grandfather.

Pennsylvania

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Zalipie, The Painted Village | Amusing Planet

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Abandoned Villages

Spain

Like thousands of abandoned villages in Spain, A Barca -- with its 12 crumbling stone homes covered in moss and ivy -- is seeking a new owner to bring it back to life.

Local officials in Spain's verdant northwestern region of Galicia hope to give away the hamlet, which is nestled in a hillside overlooking the Mino river near the Portuguese border.

The successful applicant must present a development project for the village, which dates back to the 15th century, that will preserve all of its buildings.

The residents of A Barca left in the 1960s when a dam was built, which flooded their farmland.

But most of Spain's abandoned hamlets have been deserted by residents who moved to larger cities or better land for farming.

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Dead But Beautiful: Surrealistic Deadvlei In Namibia | When On Earth - Places to See, Things to Do, Gear to Get

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Historians Unravel Cryptic Note

Abraham Lincoln

The cryptic note penned by Abraham Lincoln identifies its recipient only as "my dear Sir" and has a small section carefully clipped out.

Who was he writing to and why was a key piece of information later removed so meticulously?

Researchers at the Papers of Abraham Lincoln project concluded Lincoln was writing to an ally to ask him to maintain a secret relationship with a political insider during the 1860 election campaign.

Lincoln asked his cohort to "keep up a correspondence" with the person, a phrase that gave researchers their best clue. They ran it through a searchable database of Lincoln's papers and found several matches.

Abraham Lincoln

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Curious Things That Fall From The Sky | Popular Science

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Weekend Box Office

"300: Rise of an Empire"

The shirtless warriors of the "300" sequel "Rise of an Empire" ravaged the post-Oscars box-office weekend with a domestic debut of $45.1 million but an even bigger international haul of $87.8 million.

"Rise of an Empire," which with flexed torsos and R-rated bloodshed further chronicles the ancient battles of the Greeks and Persians, led a busy box-office weekend that also saw an Academy Awards bump for "12 Years a Slave" and one of the highest per-screen averages ever for Wes Anderson's European caper "The Grand Budapest Hotel."

The week's other new wide release, 20th Century Fox's animated "Mr. Peabody & Sherman," opened in second with $32.5 million. Though the performance was better than some expected, it's a relatively low total for a film that cost about $140 million to make.

In limited release, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" made an astounding average of $200,000 on four screens in New York and Los Angeles. Fox Searchlight will expand the film by 65 to 75 theaters next week.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, latest international numbers are also included.

    1. "300: Rise of an Empire," $45.1 million ($87.8 million international).
    2. "Mr. Peabody & Sherman," $32.5 million ($21 million international).
    3. "Non-Stop," $15.4 million ($12 million international).
    4. "The Lego Movie," $11 million ($9.9 million international).
    5. "Son of God," $10 million.
    6. "The Monuments Men," $3.1 million ($3.7 million international).
    7. "3 Days to Kill," $3.1 million.
    8. "Frozen," $3 million ($3.6 million international).
    9. "12 Years a Slave," $2.2 million ($9.1 million international).
    10. "Ride Along," $2 million ($1.8 million international).

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Invisible Borders: Mirrored Picket Fence Blurs the Lines | Urbanist

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In Memory

Bartcop

Way back in the dewy early days of the Internet, back when it was still the World Wide Web and people actually prefaced a website address by saying "W-W-W", there were not many places that were readily available to rage against the machine, indulge in the growing art that came to be known as 'snark', and generally vent at the world.

For some there were bulletin boards or listservs, where like-minded people congregated and traded stories and quips and information that was gleaned from between the lines of what eventually became known as the 'Mainstream Media.' Speaking for myself, a cheery group of us lived daily on Salon's Table Talk, which you might say became the training ground for more than a few "somewhat popular bloggers."

And then there was Bartcop.com.

Bartcop was a snarky, no-holds barred, riotous - at times mean-spirited, but never untruthful - oasis of hilarity and vitriol, where politicians and a compliant media were called out for their bullshit. Along with Media Whores Online ('The Horse"), no journalist was ever again safe from having their stories fact-checked online and then held up to ridicule.

Bartcop was the brainchild of Terry R. Coppage, based out of his beloved and sometimes mocked Tulsa, Oklahoma home. Terry was fearless in a way that other media critics couldn't be for a simple reason: he wasn't angling to move up the fawning beltway food chain with a guest spot at The Washington Post. He didn't pull punches and he called bullshit for what it was: "bullshit."

The site was crude, the graphics sometimes even cruder (I have a special place in my heart for his animated gif of Tim Russert repeating "Clinton's cock" over and over and over again), but most importantly it dispensed with the niceties with a wicked grin with a well-placed deflating shiv between the ribs.

Terry Coppage, "Bartcop," passed away this past Wednesday due to complications from the flu, pneumonia, and leukemia at the age of 60.

Before Terry passed away he wrote a last post to go up in the event of his passing or inability to write again. You can read it here.

Terry left behind a wife with a mortgage and medical bills that she can't handle. He asked, after years of giving it away for free on Bartcop, for his readers to help her out with donations in this time of sorrow and need.

We here at Raw Story, and speaking personally for myself, encourage everyone to help her out to the best of your ability.

Without Terry "Bartcop" Coppage, many of us never would have started the blogs and websites and even moved up the Beltway food chains if it weren't for him showing us the way. What you're reading here is because of him.

Terry Coppage was a pioneer, and he will be greatly missed…

BartCop


The BRAD BLOG : In Memoriam: Terry 'BartCop' Coppage


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