BartCop Entertainment Archives - Monday, 10 May, 2010

Monday

10 May, 2010

(Updated Daily)

[1018 days in a row]

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Baron Dave Romm

May Day 2010

By Baron Dave Romm

May Day 2010

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The May Day Parade

In Minneapolis, the May Day (or MayDay or even Mayday) Festival is put on by In The Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre. For 36 years, they have been hosting the parade and ceremonies, helping people create costumes and floats. It's quite the thing. I'm just going to post a few pictures and videos.

Facepainting in 
Powderhorn Park 5/2/10
The fun started well before the parade.
As I was taking a picture of the facepainting, this joyous child leaped into the frame. Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than good.
I showed the image to her mother, who loved it and wanted it on the net.
Powderhorn Park, May Day 5/2/10

Whale and Tai Chi Tigers
Tigers were a major theme of the parade, since this is The Year of the Tiger.
This was part of the "Breathe" section of the parade. Quote is from the program book.
May Day Parade, Minneapolis 5/2/10

The 
Dead, Pregnant with Life, May Day 5/2/10
"The Dead, Pregnant with Life"
Surrounded by the four dead seasons (in other images),
the pregnant skeleton heralds a new beginning.
May Day Parade, Minneapolis, 5/2/10

Drums heralding clouds and 
tiger, May Day 5/2/10
The drums herald clouds (the white stuff) and tiger (not quite in this shot)
May Day Parade, Minneapolis, 5/2/10


Short videos

When I wasn't snapping still images, I was recording video. These are taken with a hand-held Flip Camera, which fits in a pocket. Whee!


The Lake Street Laydown
Performed by: Your Community Band
Every year at May Day, this group stops at Lake Street,
the largest space along the parade route,
and lays down to a dirge-like "You Are My Sunshine".
May Day Parade, Minneapolis, 5/2/10

Direct link: The Lake Street Laydown 2010



The Unseen Ghost Brigade performs "River of Sorrows"
by Powderhorn Lake, after the parade
May Day Festival, 5/2/10

Direct link: "River of Sorrows" by the Unseen Ghost Brigade



The Tree of Life Ceremony starts off with The Sun Flotilla
Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, May Day 5/2/10

Direct link: The Sun Flotilla 2010

All these and more can be found:

Facebook public galleries:
Mayday 2010 Part I: Parade
Mayday Part II: Festival and MN-StF Picnic
Baron Dave's YouTube Channel
Previous May Day photo galleries: 2009 I, 2009 II, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005


Baron Dave Romm is a conceptual artist and a noble of Ladonia who produces Shockwave Radio Theater, writes in a Live Journal demi-blog maintains a Facebook Page, plays with a very weird CD collection and an ever growing list of political links. Dave Romm reviews things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music recommendations from Bartcop-E. Podcasts of Shockwave Radio Theater. Permanent archive. A nascent collection of videos are on Baron Dave's YouTube channel. More radio programs, interviews and science fiction humor plays can be accessed on the Shockwave Radio audio page.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me music to play on the air.


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"The market was so bad today that Goldman Sachs had to lay off three congressmen."
-- Jay Leno 5/6/10


Thanks (again), Baron Dave!

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Arizona To Suspend Miranda Rights, For Anyone Named 'Miranda'


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

NOAM CHOMSKY: Rustbelt Rage (inthesetimes.com)
... in a brilliant exercise in doublethink, people are led to hate and fear the deficit. That way, business's cohorts in Washington may agree to cut benefits and entitlements like Social Security (but not bailouts).


roger ebert's journal: Putting a better face on things
Would I want to start over with a new face? Would I like to eat, drink, talk, and look like a normal person? Even if that person were a stranger? In theory, this is now possible. I've been thinking of it, on and off, for the last two weeks.


Marilyn Preston: The Zen of Fitness: Calm Your Mind, Activate Your Health (creators.com)
I don't know about you, but most mornings I read the news over my bowl of Koala Crisps and unsweetened almond milk (yum!), and less than three swallows into it, I'm saying, "Oh my God!"


ADAM PERRY: THE (NEARLY) LOST ART OF SPORTSWRITING A PROUD TRADITION SOLDIERS ON (boulderweekly.com)
On vacation in Oakland the other night, I had the unique (and arguably profound) experience of 10,000 Athletics fans vocally battling 10,000 transplanted New York Yankees fans throughout a close game, and my thoughts somehow turned to academia, and writing.


Michael O'Donnell: Infinite Regret (washingtonmonthly.com)
An account of five days on the road with David Foster Wallace offers a coda to the writer's sadly truncated career.


"Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World: by Claire Harman: A review by Brooke Allen
Not long after Jane Austen's death in 1817, at age 41, her brother Henry wrote a "Biographical Notice" to coincide with the posthumous publication of 'Persuasion' and 'Northanger Abbey.' "Short and easy will be the task of the mere biographer," he assured his sister's readers. "A life of usefulness, literature, and religion was not by any means a life of event."


George Varga: "Jeff Beckons: British Guitar Icon" (creators.com)
There was only one problem when the Rolling Stones invited Jeff Beck to become a member of the legendary band after lead guitarist Mick Taylor abruptly left the Stones in late 1974.


Irene Monroe: Country star Chely Wright comes out and joins Faith in America (huffingtonpost.com)
"...coming OUT...and speaking all her truths...how she was so close to suicide, how she now knows she can be gay and a Christian, how God created her and loves her the way she is.....all the things a 14 year old kid living in a home of country western fans might need to hear. All the things voting age fans need to hear." -- Mitchell Gold, founder of Faith In America.


David Mesker: A Chat with Alexander Gow, Oh Mercy singer (bullz-eye.com)
I'd like Americans to get into us so I can keep making albums a little while longer. We're about to make a new record, and even though I adore our first record, I feel apologetic about it in some ways. I thought we were making demos.


Will Harris: Brenda Vaccaro, Co-star of "You Don't Know Jack" (bullz-eye.com)
Dr. Kevorkian told me "'You know, a lot of these people came to me, and I said, 'I'm here if you need me, but why do it now? Let's see if life doesn't end up meaning a little more to you if we help you to live with what you have.'


Leslie Gornstein: PREACH IT! Yes, Lindsay Lohan has a job and you don't. Get over it (latimes.com)
Lohan has signed on to play Linda Lovelace in a biopic about the star of the porn classic "Deep Throat."


Will Harris: A Chat with Geoff Stults, Co-star of "Happy Town" (bullz-eye.com)
I'm not saying that ('Happy Town') is going to take the place of "Lost," because that's a tall order, but this is something that could help fill the void for viewers of that kind of mystery-type show.


David Bruce: The Kindest People Who Do Good Deeds: Volume 3 (Lulu.com)
Free download. This 3rd book contains 250 anecdotes about good deeds.


Soul Asylum: Runaway Train


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The Weekly Poll

New Question(s)

The 'Double-Trouble' Edition...

This past week has brought two significant issues to our (ahem) attention that begs to be commented upon. (I'm pretty sure you all have opinions on these matters, haha...)


The 'What does that even mean?' Question...

In the aftermath of the enactment of Arizona's 'Papers, please' law, various and sundry administration officials, politicians and activists have said that this event only proves the need for immediate "Comprehensive Immigration Reform". However, specific details were lacking and

Mr. Obama has shied away from the issue by saying congress has no appetite for that political 'hot potato' with the fall mid-term elections looming. So, here's your opportunity to give them your input (or a piece of yer mind, if that works). I trust (cough) Rahm reads Bartcop E*...

What would you like (or not like) CIR to include and when (or) should it be done?



The 'Drill, Baby... Spill!' Question...

Not a month has passed after President Obama proposed increased off-shore oil drilling operations when karma bit him in the ass with the BP platform disaster. (Hello? 911? Gaia calling!)

Should Mr. Obama rescind or modify (how?) his decision?




Send your response to


BadToTheBoneBob


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Wake-up Call


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HAIKU HEADLINES


 

SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE

WE ARE ALL NEANDERTHAL

ESPECIALLY GLENN BECK


zEN mAN
(observing new scientific evidence of humans having interbred with neanderthal....proven quite clealy by the visage and behavior of Glenn Beck)

zEN mAN archives


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Trivia Question of the Day


Who lived at 565 North Clinton Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin?


                                  



Send your answer to Marty








Trivia Question from Yesterday


"Powerful Pierre" and "Dinky Dalton" appeared regularly as villians on what TV series?



      Huckleberry Hound                                                      Source


One regular antagonist in the series was "Powerful Pierre," a tall and muscular unshaven character with a French accent. Another regular villain was "Dinky Dalton" a rough and tough western outlaw that Huck usually has to capture.          Source





Jim from CA, retired to ID, was first, and correct, with:
   Huckleberry Hound



Alan J answered:
   Huckleberry Hound



Marian the Teacher responded:
   Huckleberry Hound



Charlie replied:
   Huckleberry Hound




Sally said:
   I do believe that "Powerful Pierre" and "Dinky Dalton" appeared on the TV series, "Huckleberry Hound."
  PS: I came home from the plant sale with 2 flats of Impatients and several other plants. Last night a fierce wind set in (guest up to 45 mph, and again trees toppling and power lines going down) and it is continuing today. Furthermore, weather forecasters say temps 'could' dip to freezing tonight! Damn! Had to put the plants in the garage (tomatoes inside) till I can safely plant them... OTOH, my lettuce and spinach are divine as they are truly cold weather crops! :)




MAM   wrote:
   Huckleberry Hound
 Powerful Pierre Dinky Dalton




And, Joe S () answered:
   Huckleberry Hound. Can you guess which villain is which? Pay no attention to the slight mismatch below.
 Powerful Pierre Dinky Dalton
Yesterday's question really gave me fits. I almost gave up on it, but once I discovered it was Reverend Jim it was like "Duh! I shoulda node."



  




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Sick Days


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME!

CHILL BABY CHILL!

NATURE ALWAYS SIDES WITH THE HIDDEN FLAW!

RIDLEY IN THE "HOOD."

WHAT'S YOUR SIGN?

THE REPUGS ARE LIVING PROOF THAT THERE IS NO MORE ROOM IN HELL!

THE REPUG CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD IS WORKING!

IT'S NOT THE BEST SOLUTION, IT'S THE ONLY SOLUTION!

A TURD DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE BUTT HOLE!

HOW TO STOP THIS SUPPLY-SIDE, TRICKLE-DOWN, RIGHT-WING RECESSION!

THE OLD BABE KICKS BUTT!

DON'T WORRY, IT'S JUST A RAINBOW SHEEN!

FUCKING UP THE WORLD FOR FUN AND PROFIT!

"IRON MAN" IS GETTING RUSTY! SKIP IT

AND THE JESUS FREAKS WENT CRAZY!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Windy again.



Tonight, Monday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH 'Rules Of Engagement', then a FRESH '2½ Men', followed by a FRESH 'Big Bang Theory', then a FRESH 'CSI: The 2nd One'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Evangeline Lilly, Sam Rockwell, "American Idol" castoff Aaron Kelly, and a performance by the Broadway cast of "Million Dollar Quartet".
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Russell Crowe and Wilco.


NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'Chuck', followed by a RERUN 'Law & Order', then a FRESH 'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Laura "Pickles" Bush, Donald Trump, and Limp Bizkit.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Kristen Wiig, Green Day, and Taj Mahal.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 3/18/10) are Mark Duplass, Marina Orlova, and Wild Light.


ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH 'Murder He Wrote Castle'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Don Cheadle, Geoff Stults, and Crash Kings.


The CW offers a FRESH 'One Tree Hill', followed by a FRESH 'Gossip Girl'.


Faux has a FRESH 'House', followed by a FRESH '24'.


MY recycles an old 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', followed by another old 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'.


A&E has 'The First 48', 'Intervention', followed by a FRESH 'Intervention', and 'Hoarders'.


AMC offers the movie 'Enough', followed by the movie 'Out Of Sight', then the movie 'A Perfect Murder'.


BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]   Antiques Roadshow UK - Episode 14
 [1:00 PM]   Antiques Roadshow UK - Episode 1
 [2:00 PM]   How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 2
 [2:30 PM]   How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 10
 [3:00 PM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 7
 [4:00 PM]   Colin and Justin's Home Heist - Episode 16
 [5:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Lanterna
 [6:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Lela's
 [7:00 PM]   BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 5 Legacy
 [9:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 2
 [10:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 1
 [11:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 5 Legacy
 [12:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 2
 [1:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 1
 [2:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 2
 [3:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 7
 [4:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [4:30 AM]   BBC World News
 [5:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [6:00 AM]   BBC World News    (ALL TIMES EST)


Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NYC', another 'Real Housewives Of NYC', still another 'Real Housewives Of NYC', and a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of NJ'.


Comedy Central has 'RENO 911!', another 'RENO 911!', still another 'RENO 911!', yet another 'RENO 911!', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Joe Rogan: Talking Monkeys In Space'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Jack Rakove.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Gov. Gary Johnson.


FX has the movie 'The Simpsons Movie', followed by the movie 'Night At The Museum'.


History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Sliced', another 'Sliced', 'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', and another 'Pawn Stars'.


IFC  -   
 [6:20 AM]   Yo Soy Boricua, Pa'Que Tu Lo Sepas!
 [7:50 AM]   Dallas 362
 [9:30 AM]   The Year of the Yao
 [11:00 AM]   Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
 [12:35 PM]   Dallas 362
 [2:15 PM]   The Year of the Yao
 [3:45 PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [4:00 PM]   Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
 [5:35 PM]   Hannah and Her Sisters
 [7:30 PM]   Monty Python's Flying Circus
 [8:00 PM]   Super Troopers
 [9:45 PM]   Spanking the Monkey
 [11:30 PM]   Monty Python's Flying Circus
 [12:00 AM]   Montenegro
 [1:45 AM]   Food Party
 [2:00 AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [2:30 AM]   The Henry Rollins Show
 [3:00 AM]   Super Troopers
 [4:45 AM]   Hannah and Her Sisters    (ALL TIMES EST)


Sundance  -   
 [6:40 AM]   Protagonist
 [8:15 AM]   Lagerfeld Confidential
 [9:45 AM]   Blood, Sweat + Gears
 [11:20 AM]   Protagonist
 [1:00 PM]   Everlasting Moments
 [3:15 PM]   Lagerfeld Confidential
 [4:45 PM]   Blood, Sweat + Gears
 [6:20 PM]   At Night
 [7:00 PM]   LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD - Mika, Bloc Party, La Roux (Episode 11, Season 3)
 [8:00 PM]   Scott Walker: 30th Century Man - Sundance Film
 [9:45 PM]   The Wednesdays
 [10:00 PM]   The Lives Of Others
 [12:20 AM]   Hotel Very Welcome
 [2:00 AM]   Lake of Fire
 [4:40 AM]   Scott Walker: 30th Century Man - Sundance Film    (ALL TIMES EST)


SyFy has all 'Star Trek: TNG' all night.


TBS:
On a RERUN Lopez Tonight (from 4/7/10) are Taraji P. Henson, Bruno Tonioli, and George Wallace.


TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      The Trail Of '98 (1928)
 [8:00 AM]      Navy Blues (1929)
 [9:30 AM]      The Son-Daughter (1932)
 [11:00 AM]      Chained (1934)
 [12:30 PM]      The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
 [2:15 PM]      Edison, The Man (1940)
 [4:15 PM]      Intruder In The Dust (1949)
 [5:45 PM]      When In Rome (1952)
 [7:30 PM]      Short Film: Now Playing May (2010) (2010)
 [8:00 PM]      Elmer Gantry (1960)
 [10:30 PM]      For Me And My Gal (1942)
 [12:30 AM]      Love Me Or Leave Me (1955)
 [2:45 AM]      Random Harvest (1942)
 [5:00 AM]      Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)     (ALL TIMES EST)


Tuesday  -  06/10/10

TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #24 (1955)
 [7:00 AM]      The Runaway Bus (1954)
 [8:30 AM]      Murder At The Gallop (1963)
 [10:00 AM]      Murder Ahoy (1964)
 [11:45 AM]      Murder Most Foul (1964)
 [1:30 PM]      Murder In The Air (1940)
 [2:30 PM]      Murder in the Clouds (1934)
 [3:45 PM]      Murder In The Fleet (1935)
 [5:00 PM]      Murder In The Private Car (1934)
 [6:15 PM]      Murder, My Sweet (1944)
 [8:00 PM]      Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
 [10:00 PM]      Northwest Passage (1940)
 [12:15 AM]      The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
 [2:30 AM]      Geronimo (1962)
 [4:15 AM]      Mohawk (1956)
 [5:45 AM]      Chuka (1967)     (ALL TIMES EST)






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In this photo released by the Seminole Hard Rock, Clarence and Victoria Clemons stop for a photo at the 'Clarence Clemons Home Safe' event at SeminoleHard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FLA, Saturday, May 8, 2010. Clemons, who underwent major spinal surgery on Jan. 13, 2010, returned to the stage Saturday, May 8, at the event.
Photo by Ralph Notaro

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The Early Betty White 1947-1973 - WFMU's Beware of the Blog

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Painting Identified?

Raphael

A finely painted portrait of a demurely looking woman nestled in an exceptionally ornate frame that was kept in an Italian ducal palace storeroom appears to be a Raphael original and not a copy as long thought, an art official in central Italy said Friday.

However, experts on the Renaissance giant quickly cautioned that art historians would have to closely study it before any conclusions can be made.

Mario Scalini, state superintendent for art in Modena and nearby towns, said he was doing an inventory of about 20,000 paintings in storerooms after he was named to the post a few years ago when he was struck by an unusually fancy, gilded 17th century frame in the palace in Sassuolo, near Modena.

The work was long considered to be a copy of the head of one of the subjects in the much larger "Madonna della Perla" (Madonna of the Pearl) in Madrid's Prado museum, Scalini said.

Raphael

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Singer Bette Midler arrives at a charity walk sponsored by Oprah Winfrey called "Live Your Best Life Walk" in New York May 9, 2010.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi

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Brutal New York - 1965/95 - SkyscraperCity

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Australian Postage Honour

Russell Crowe

Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe is to feature on Australia's latest postage stamp, mail officials said Thursday, in a series celebrating his portrayal of folk hero Robin Hood.

New Zealand-born Crowe, 46, who has taken Australian citizenship, produced and stars in Ridley Scott's re-imagining of the Sherwood Forest legend, due to open at France's Cannes Film Festival next week.

Australia Post said the stamps were a celebration of Crowe's achievements ahead of the much-anticipated "Robin Hood" premiere.

Russell Crowe

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Mistaken For Tramp

Ian McKellen

Sir Ian McKellen has revealed he was mistaken for a tramp as he sat outside a theatre in costume.

The 70-year-old X-Men star is rehearsing Waiting For Godot in Melbourne, Australia, and was sitting in his tramp costume having a break when a passer-by gave him an Australian dollar.

He tweeted: "During the dress rehearsal of Godot, I crouched by the stage door of the Comedy Theatre, getting some air, my bowler hat at my feet (and) seeing an unkempt old man down on his luck, a passer-by said, 'Need some help, brother?' and put a dollar in my hat."

"The dollar coin is now lodged between two drawing pins on the board above my dressing room mirror. My lucky talisman."

Ian McKellen

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In this photo released by the Seminole Hard Rock, Max Weinberg, left, Maureen Van Zandt and Steven Van Zandt stop for a photo at the 'Clarence ClemonsHome Safe' event at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FLA, Saturday, May 8, 2010. 'E Street Band' member, Clarence Clemons returned to the stage Saturday, May 8, 2010 at the event for the first time since undergoing major spinal surgery on Jan. 13, 2010.
Photo by Ralph Notaro

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Times Square, Before it Was Family Friendly

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World's Biggest Dam Discovered

Beaver

A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world's largest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space.

Researcher Jean Thie said Wednesday he used satellite imagery and Google Earth software to locate the dam, which is about 850 metres (2,800 feet) long on the southern edge of Wood Buffalo National Park.

First discovered in October 2007, the gigantic dam is located in a virtually inaccessible part of the park south of Lac Claire, about 190 kilometres (120 miles) northeast of Fort McMurray.

Construction of the dam likely started in the mid-1970s, said Thie, who made his discovery quite by accident while tracking melting permafrost in Canada's far north.

Beaver

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Vidiot Speak

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High Mercury Levels

Taiji

Residents of the dolphin-hunting village depicted in Oscar documentary "The Cove" have dangerously high mercury levels, likely because of their fondness for dolphin and whale meat, a government lab said Sunday.

The levels of mercury detected in Taiji residents were above the national average, but follow-up tests have found no ill effects, according to the National Institute for Minamata Disease. The tests were done on hair samples from 1,137 volunteers of the town's roughly 3,500 residents.

"The results suggest there is a connection between hair mercury levels and eating cetaceans," Director Koji Okamoto told reporters at town hall.

Environmentalists have long protested Taiji's dolphin slaughter and Japan's whaling activities, and have adopted the mercury issue as part of their cause.

Taiji

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A man wears a traditional spring time mask during a local spring festival in a suburb near the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Sunday, May 2, 2010.
Photo by Petar Petrov

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AdFreak: The 25 Most Epic Ads That Aren't Apple's '1984'

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Whatever Happened

Hole in the Ozone Layer

Three British scientists shocked the world when they revealed on May 16th, 1985 - 25 years ago - that aerosol chemicals, among other factors, had torn a hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole. The ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from damaging solar radiation, became an overnight sensation. And the hole in the ozone layer became the poster-child for mankind's impact on the planet.

Today, the ozone hole - actually a region of thinned ozone, not actually a pure hole - doesn't make headlines like it used to. The size of the hole has stabilized, thanks to decades of aerosol-banning legislation. But, scientists warn, some danger still remains.

First, the good news: Since the 1989 Montreal Protocol banned the use of ozone-depleting chemicals worldwide, the ozone hole has stopped growing. Additionally, the ozone layer is blocking more cancer-causing radiation than any time in a decade because its average thickness has increased, according to a 2006 United Nations report. Atmospheric levels of ozone-depleting chemicals have reached their lowest levels since peaking in the 1990s, and the hole has begun to shrink.

Now the bad news: The ozone layer has also thinned over the North Pole. This thinning is predicted to continue for the next 15 years due to weather-related phenomena that scientists still cannot fully explain, according to the same UN report . And, repairing the ozone hole over the South Pole will take longer than previously expected, and won't finish until between 2060 and 2075. Scientists now understand that the size of the ozone hole varies dramatically from year to year, which complicates attempts to accurately predict the hole's future size.

Hole in the Ozone Layer

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The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India located in Trisul, India

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Making Plans

Comcast

Comcast Corp plans to sell one of NBC/Universal's three Los Angeles TV stations to win regulatory approval for its proposed acquisition of the media broadcaster, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing an unnamed source.

The No. 1 U.S. cable operator hopes to close a deal this year to set up a $30 billion joint venture with NBC Universal, now owned by General Electric, that it would control.

The NBC television station that Comcast proposed selling is likely to be KWHY, an independent Spanish-language TV station, the newspaper reported, citing a source familiar with the plan.

NBC also owns the NBC station in Los Angeles and Telemundo, another station affiliated with the company's Spanish-language network.

Comcast

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In your lifetime you will

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Bug In The System

Glitch

In 1998, a hacker told Congress that he could bring down the Internet in 30 minutes by exploiting a certain flaw that sometimes caused online outages by misdirecting data. In 2003, the Bush administration concluded that fixing this flaw was in the nation's "vital interest."

Fast forward to 2010, and very little has happened to improve the situation. The flaw still causes outages every year. Although most of the outages are innocent and fixed quickly, the problem still could be exploited by a hacker to spy on data traffic or take down websites. Meanwhile, our reliance on the Internet has only increased. The next outage, accidental or malicious, could disrupt businesses, the government or anyone who needs the Internet to run normally.

The outages are caused by the somewhat haphazard way that traffic is passed between companies that carry Internet data. The outages are called "hijackings," even though most of them are not caused by criminals bent on destruction. Instead the outages are a problem borne out of the open nature of the Internet, a quality that also has stimulated the Net's dazzling growth.

The crux of the problem is that each carrier along the way figures out how to route the data based only on what the surrounding carriers in the chain say, rather than by looking at the whole path. It's as if a driver had to get from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh without a map, navigating solely by traffic signs he encountered along the way - but the signs weren't put up by a central authority. If a sign pointed in the wrong direction, that driver would get lost.

Glitch

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in20years - Meet the older you! Make your face old for FREE

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Weekend Box Office

'Iron Man 2'

"Iron Man 2," the sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. as Marvel's gadget-happy billionaire superhero, earned $133.6 million domestically on its opening weekend, according to distributor Paramount Pictures' estimates Sunday. The opening rocketed past the original $98.6 million debut in 2008 and landed the record as the fifth-biggest opening weekend.

"Iron Man 2" has taken in $194 million overseas since it debuted in many international markets last week, bringing its worldwide total to over $327 million. While Hollywood blockbusters typically open around the same date in most countries, some get an overseas jump of a week or more on their U.S. debuts. The biggest opening came from China with $7.3 million.

The victory of "Iron Man 2," which is only available in 2-D, comes at time when 3-D films like "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland" have recently dominated the box office. IMAX chairman and president Greg Foster said the $10.2 million earned by "Iron Man 2" from IMAX theaters set IMAX's 2-D record, beating out the $8.5 million debut of "Star Trek" last year.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com; final figures will be released Monday:

    1. "Iron Man 2," $133.6 million.
    2. "A Nightmare on Elm Street," $9.1 million.
    3. "How to Train Your Dragon," $6.7 million.
    4. "Date Night," $5.3 million.
    5. "The Back-up Plan," $4.3 million.
    6. "Furry Vengeance," $4 million.
    7. "Clash of the Titans," $2.3 million.
    8. "Death at a Funeral," $2.1 million.
    9. "The Losers," $1.8 million.
   10. "Babies," $1.5 million.

'Iron Man 2'

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In Memory

Lena Horne

Lena Horne, 92, an electrifying performer who shattered racial boundaries by changing the way Hollywood presented black women and who enjoyed a six-decade singing career on stage, television and in films, died Sunday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Ms. Horne, considered one of the most beautiful women in the world, came to the attention of Hollywood in 1942. She was the first black woman to sign a meaningful long-term contract with a major studio, a contract that said she would never have to play a maid.

Ms. Horne's reputation in Hollywood rested on a handful of musical films. Among the best were two all-black musicals from 1943: "Cabin in the Sky," as a small-town temptress who pursues Eddie "Rochester" Anderson; and "Stormy Weather," in which she played a career-obsessed singer opposite Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

In other films, she shared billing with white entertainers such as Gene Kelly, Lucille Ball, Mickey Rooney and Red Skelton but was segregated onscreen so producers could clip out her singing when the movies ran in the South.

Ms. Horne appeared on television and at major concerts halls in New York, London and Paris. She starred on Broadway twice, and her 1981 revue, "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music," set the standard for the one-person musical show, reviewers said. The performance also netted her a special Tony Award and two Grammy Awards.

In the early 1960s, Ms. Horne said she felt her sophisticated act sounded increasingly obsolete as she saw a younger generation at sit-ins and marches protesting racial discrimination.

"I thought, 'How can I sing about a penthouse in the sky, when with the housing restrictions the way they are, I wouldn't be allowed to rent the place?' " she told the New York Times in 1981.

Ms. Horne struggled for years to find a public role on race matters. Her earliest mentors urged her to remain reserved and graceful in public, what she called "a good little symbol."

In the late 1940s and 1950s, she chose to focus on quietly defying segregation policies at upscale hotels in Miami Beach and Las Vegas where she performed. At the time, it was customary for black entertainers to stay in black neighborhoods, but Ms. Horne successfully insisted that she and her musicians be allowed to stay wherever she entertained. One Las Vegas establishment reportedly had its chambermaids burn Ms. Horne's sheets.

In 1963, Ms. Horne appeared at the civil rights March on Washington with Harry Belafonte and Dick Gregory and was part of a group, which included authors James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry, that met with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to urge a more active approach to desegregation. Ms. Horne also used her celebrity to rally front-line civil rights activists in the South and was a fundraiser for civil right groups including the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women.

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her father was a civil servant and gambler who largely abandoned the family, although Ms. Horne reconnected with him in the late 1930s. Her mother, an actress, was largely absent from Ms. Horne's early life because of work on the black theater circuit.

Shifted at first among friends and relatives, Ms. Horne was raised mostly by her maternal grandmother, a stern social worker and suffragette in Bedford-Stuyvesant, then a middle-class Brooklyn neighborhood. Ms. Horne said she was influenced by her grandmother's "polite ferocity."

In 1933, when she was 16, Ms. Horne was reunited with her mother and new stepfather, a white Cuban. It was the peak of the Depression, and they lived on relief in Harlem. Ms. Horne was pushed into a job at the Cotton Club by her mother, who knew the Harlem nightclub's choreographer.

Ms. Horne began by wearing three large feathers and doing a fan dance, but she took singing lessons and gradually won better parts.

Exhausted by 19, she fled to her father's home in Pittsburgh and married a friend of his, Louis J. Jones, a minor Democratic Party operative. She and Jones had two children, Gail and Edwin, but the marriage disintegrated over money quarrels.

As she returned to singing and struggled to find work, one club owner told her she looked "too refined for a Negro." Her agent advised her to "pass as Spanish," but she refused. She appeared in a "race movie" intended for black audiences called "The Duke Is Tops" (1938) and in the Broadway musical "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939."

Working closely with NAACP Executive Secretary Walter White, Ms. Horne said she wanted to "try to establish a different kind of image for Negro women." They successfully challenged the casting system that had long marginalized black performers onscreen by having them portray servants, minstrels or jungle natives.

To Ms. Horne's surprise, her efforts to overcome servile screen parts was resented by many black actors who viewed her as a threat more than a pioneer. She said she was perceived as a danger to the system of informal "captains" in the black acting community who worked as liaisons with film producers when they needed "natives" for the latest Tarzan picture.

Bored from infrequent movie work, she began taking outside singing engagements and devoted more time to advocating fair employment and anti-lynching laws. She also filed a complaint with the NAACP when she sang for soldiers at Fort Reilly, Kan., on a studio-sponsored tour and saw German prisoners of war seated ahead of black soldiers. This complaint irritated the studio.

In 1969, she won a leading part in a dramatic movie, as a brothel madam and the lover of a white town sheriff played by Richard Widmark in "Death of a Gunfighter." She later called the film "too little, too late."

Ms. Horne continued her active singing schedule, appearing with Belafonte and Tony Bennett. She also appeared on "Sesame Street" singing to Kermit the Frog and played Glinda the Good in "The Wiz," a 1978 musical based on "The Wizard of Oz" and directed by Sidney Lumet, who was then her son-in-law.

Her son died in 1970, at 29, from a kidney ailment. Lennie Hayton, from whom she had long been separated, died in 1971.

Lena Horne

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