BartCop Entertainment Archives - Saturday, 7 June, 2014

Saturday

7 June, 2014

(Updated Daily)

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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: The Climate Domino (NY Times)
America can't expect other countries to take strong action against emissions while refusing to do anything itself, so the new rules are needed to get the game going. And it's fairly certain that action in the U.S. would lead to corresponding action in Europe and Japan.


Brian Logan: "Shock value: How Aamer Rahman's 'reverse racism' joke saved his career" (Guardian)
"A lot of white people say this to me," the riff began. "They say, 'Hey, Aamer, you get onstage and make your jokes about white people. Don't you think that's a kind of racism? Don't you think that's" - dramatic pause - "reverse racism?'"


Mishka Shubaly: "Sympathy for the Devil: In Defense of Amazon" (Huffungton Post)
Amazon approached me about writing for Kindle Singles, their new digital publishing platform. I had no name as a writer, a reputation only as a drunken rabble-rouser. I had little faith in their idea or my writing, but I gave them an old story that had sat on my hard drive for nearly 10 years. ... To date, that story, "Shipwrecked" has earned me more than $40,000 and been translated into two other languages.


A.C. Grimes: 6 Shockingly Evil Abuses of Power by School Officials (Cracked)
Obviously, any profession is going to include a certain number of loathsome shitheels. It's just that you think of school teachers and administrators as people who got into it for the love of kids. It's not like those jobs pay much, after all. So while you may get some lazy or incompetent faculty, you don't expect these people to be running toddler fight clubs in the basement.


Rachel Mitchell: You're Worrying About GMOs For the Wrong Reasons (io9)
Scientists have demonstrated that genetically modified organisms have no measurable negative impacts on human health. Indeed, they may hold the key to feeding a world impacted by climate change. But does this mean GMOs are completely without risk? Nope. Here are some good reasons to be concerned.


John Cheese: "5 Personality Flaws That Seem Impossible to Change (Part 2)" (Cracked)
I've spent the better part of a decade attempting to undick my personality after three decades of donging it right on up. It's a classic game of Personality Cock Jenga, and it takes forever to win. Each move has to be slowly and carefully executed, lest the whole thing come crashing down like an avalanche of flaccid, flopping tube steaks.


Matthew Collin: "Detroit: the rebirth of a techno utopia" (Guardian)
Once a symbol of the American dream, Detroit has become a byword for urban decay. But now things are changing. Electronic music legends including Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May and Carl Craig explain how creative young people are colonising the city's derelict spaces and striving for a better future.


Sean Michaels: Beastie Boys win $1.7m in damages from drinks firm (Guardian)
Monster energy drinks ordered to pay up after using Beastie Boys songs in a promotional video without permission.


Tom Service: "Music Education in England: about to be decimated?" (Guardian)
Michael Gove appears to be not only contradicting his own National Plan for Music, but he might be about to destroy Music Education altogether.



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Trivia Question of the Day


Diamonds which have been prepared as gemstones are sold on diamond exchanges called ____?____

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


The DeBeers company, the world's largest diamond miner, was founded in 1888 by what British imperialist?


      Cecil Rhodes                                                      Source


The DeBeers company, as the world's largest diamond miner holds a dominant position in the industry, and has done so since soon after its founding in 1888 by the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes. De Beers owns or controls a significant portion of the world's rough diamond production facilities (mines) and distribution channels for gem-quality diamonds. The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) is a subsidiary of De Beers and markets rough diamonds from De Beers-operated mines. De Beers and its subsidiaries own mines that produce some 40% of annual world diamond production. For most of the 20th century over 80% of the world's rough diamonds passed through De Beers, but by 2001-2009 the figure had decreased to around 45%, and by 2013 the company's market share had further decreased to around 38% in value terms and even less by volume. De Beers sold off the vast majority of its diamond stockpile in the late 1990s - early 2000s and the remainder largely represents working stock (diamonds that are being sorted before sale). This was well documented in the press but remains little known to the general public.        Source






Charlie was first, and correct, with:
   Mention "British imperialist" of the late 19th century and the first name that comes to mind is Cecil Rhodes - and indeed that is the answer.




Lois In The Sky Without Diamonds said:
   That would be the legendary human parasite Cecil Rhodes who had a gun named after him in the Boer Wars ( the long Cecil ) subtly implying he was a dick.
  Depressing subject. The Rich get richer, and the rest of us get used and put down. Such is life.




Alan J wrote:
   Cecil Rhodes



Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
   The company was founded in 1888 by British businessman Cecil Rhodes, who was financed by South African diamond magnate Alfred Beit and the London-based N M Rothschild & Sons bank



Adam answered:
   Cecil Rhodes



Marian replied:
   Chicken Fat Barney Barnato and Cecil Rhodes



Deborah took the day off.
  



DJ Useo took the day off.
  



Dale in Hot Diamond Springs, Norcali, said:
   Fucking Imperialist Pre-Nazi Scumbag Cecil Rhodes. Felt guilty and created the Rhodes Scholarship. Or maybe he didn't. Let's go mine some Diamonds. Let's Start The Illuminati!
  Rhodes wanted to expand the British Empire because he believed that the Anglo-Saxon race was destined to greatness. In his last will and testicle, Rhodes said of the British, "I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. Just fancy those parts that are at present inhabited by the most despicable specimens of human beings what an alteration there would be if they were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence, look again at the extra employment a new country added to our dominions gives." Wiki




Sally is on hiatus.
  



MAM   wrote:
   Cecil Rhodes~~funded.by.Lord Nathan Mayer Rothschild.
  The name derived from the De Beers brothers, Diederik Arnoldus and Johannes Nicolaas de Beers, Boers whose farm had become the site of a particularly lucrative mine, although they'd sold the claim and had no involvement with the company that came to bear their name.~~~~"A Diamond is Forever"

   Cecil Rhodes                                    Lord Nathan Mayer Rothschild




BttbBob   has retired.
  
  June 7 Birthdays - Celebrities Born June 7 | Famous Birthdays




And, Joe S     took the day off.
  


  


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Reader Suggestion

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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

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from Marc Perkel

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Hello Bartcop fans,

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


"BE COOL MAN" DOGGIE STYLE.

ONLY GOATS PREVENT FOREST FIRES.

"YOU ONLY FALL IN LOVE TWICE IN YOUR LIFE..."

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT!

THE BOOMERS BOMB!

"THE SMALL PENIS GUN CLUB."

THE "LITTLE PENIS CLUB" TARGETS "TARGET."

SOME HONKY'S ARE NO GOOD LYING RACIST BASTARDS AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS!

"EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED"






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Attended the Wrigley River Run's traditional Pizza Pig Out.



Tonight, Saturday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'Blue Bloods', followed by a RERUN 'Elementary', then '48 Hours'.



NBC opens the night with 'Dateline Saturday Night Mystery', followed by a RERUN 'The Blacklist'.
'SNL' is a RERUN.



ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Bet On Your Baby', followed by a FRESH 'Sing Your Face Off'.



The CW offers an old '2½ Men', followed by another old '2½ Men', then an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy'.



Faux fills the night with LIVE 'MLB Baseball', then pads the left coast with local crap.



MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.



A&E has all 'Criminal Minds' all night.



AMC offers the movie 'Heartbreak Ridge', followed by the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow', and 'Halt And Catch Fire'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 4 - La Riviera
 [7:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 4 - Black Pearl
 [8:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 11 - Fleming
 [9:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 5 - DownCity
 [10:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 3
 [11:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 4
 [12:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 5
 [1:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 6
 [2:00PM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 7 - Amy's Choice
 [3:00PM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 8 - The Hungry Earth
 [4:00PM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 9 - Cold Blood
 [5:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 7 - Rascals
 [6:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 8 - A Fistful of Datas
 [7:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 9 - The Quality of Life
 [8:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 10 - Chain of Command (Part 1)
 [9:00PM]    ORPHAN BLACK - Season 2 - Ep 8 - Variable and Full of PerturbationNEW
 [10:00PM]    IN THE FLESH - Season 2 - Episode 5NEW
 [11:15PM]    THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 15 - Episode 9
 [12:00AM]    ORPHAN BLACK - Season 2 - Ep 8 - Variable and Full of Perturbation
 [1:00AM]    IN THE FLESH - Season 2 - Episode 5
 [2:15AM]    THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 15 - Episode 9
 [3:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 8 - A Fistful of Datas
 [4:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 9 - The Quality of Life
 [5:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 10 - Chain of Command (Part 1)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has the movie 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days', followed by the movie 'The Princess Diaries'.



Comedy Central has the movie 'Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby', followed by the movie 'Tropic Thunder'.



FX has the movie 'Avatar', followed by the movie 'Red Tails', then the movie 'Red Tails', again.



History has 'D-Day In HD' (part 1), followed by the FRESH 'D-Day In HD' (part 2).



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    POLTERGEIST
 [8:30AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CURLY
 [8:55AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-WEE WEE MONSIEUR
 [9:20AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-WE WANT OUR MUMMY
 [9:45AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA
 [10:10AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-THE YOKE'S ON ME
 [10:35AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-ANTS IN THE PANTRY
 [11:00AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-BACK FROM THE FRONT
 [11:25AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-BRIDELESS GROOM
 [11:50AM]    THE THREE STOOGES-CRIME ON THEIR HANDS
 [12:15PM]    MARON-BOOMER LIVES
 [12:45PM]    COMEDY BANG! BANG!-ZACH GALILFIANAKIS WEARS A ONE-ARMED JACKET
 [1:15PM]    HUDSON HAWK
 [3:30PM]    BROKEN ARROW
 [5:45PM]    SHAFT
 [8:00PM]    SCARFACE
 [11:45PM]    THE JACKAL
 [2:30AM]    THE JACKAL
 [5:15AM]    COMEDY BANG! BANG!-CRAIG ROBINSON WEARS A BORDEAUX BUTTON DOWN AND DARK JEANS
 [5:45AM]    WHITEST KIDS U'KNOW    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    I Heart Huckabees
 [8:15AM]    Mommie Dearest
 [11:00AM]    Awakenings
 [1:30PM]    Harold and Maude
 [3:30PM]    Working Girl
 [6:00PM]    The Blues Brothers
 [9:00PM]    Risky Business
 [11:15PM]    Eyes Wide Shut
 [2:45AM]    The Blues Brothers
 [5:45AM]    Love Lust-Heels    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Lockout', followed by the movie 'xXx'.



TCM:
 [6:15 AM]      Toys In The Attic (1963)
 [8:00 AM]      Robin And The 7 Hoods (1964)
 [10:15 AM]      Carson on TCM: Sammy Davis, Jr. (12/18/72) (2013)
 [10:30 AM]      Doctor at Large (1957)
 [12:15 PM]      The Longhorn (1951)
 [1:45 PM]      The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
 [3:30 PM]      Sleeper (1973)
 [5:15 PM]      Funny Girl (1968)
 [8:00 PM]      On The Waterfront (1954)
 [10:00 PM]      Rumble on the Docks (1956)
 [11:30 PM]      The Mob (1951)
 [1:00 AM]      Waterfront (1939)
 [2:15 AM]      Mixed Blood (1984)
 [4:00 AM]      Alphabet City (1984)
 [5:30 AM]      Ask Me, Don't Tell Me (1961)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sunday   -  06/08/14

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Topaze (1933)
 [7:30 AM]      Whistling In The Dark (1941)
 [9:00 AM]      Face of Fire (1959)
 [10:30 AM]      D.O.A. (1950)
 [12:00 PM]      Kisses for My President (1964)
 [2:00 PM]      Woman of the Year (1942)
 [4:00 PM]      Sunday in New York (1963)
 [6:00 PM]      Notorious (1946)
 [8:00 PM]      The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
 [10:00 PM]      Anchors Aweigh (1945)
 [12:30 AM]      The Wizard of Oz (1925)     SILENT 
 [2:00 AM]      Black Orpheus (1959)
 [4:00 AM]      Orpheus (1949)     (ALL TIMES EST)




Antenna TV

Bounce TV

Cozi TV

MOVIES! TV Network

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV


Al Jazeera






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Director and producer Mel Brooks speaks at the American Film Institute's 42nd Life Achievement Award at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood, California June 5, 2014. Actress Jane Fonda was honoured with the award.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Meet the People Behind the Wayback Machine, One of Our Favorite Things About the Internet | Mother Jones

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Public TV Groups Screwed

FCC

PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Assn. of Public Television Stations are chiding the FCC for not ensuring that all viewers will have access to free public television after it conducts its auction of broadcast airwaves for wireless use.

Under the terms of the framework for the auction, stations can voluntarily choose to give up their spectrum and share in the proceeds when the airwaves are put up for bid. But the public TV organizations fear that if a market's sole public TV station chooses to give up their airwaves, it will leave some cities with no public TV outlet.

In a statement issued on Friday, the organizations said that they were "obliged to express our profound disappointment" that the FCC "has rejected one of public television's most important policy goals in the auction progress - our request that the Commission ensure that no community find itself without free access to public television service in the aftermath of the auction."

Public television organizations said that the FCC has rejected their effort to get assurances that each market will have at least one public TV station.

FCC

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Ron Kovic speaks on stage at the 42nd AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Tribute Gala at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Los Angeles.
Photo by John Shearer

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The Science Of Bubbles | Popular Science

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Corporate Shills

Shady 'Consumer Groups'

Did you know that America has the greatest and most awesomely competitive broadband market in the world and that it will only get better if we let cable and telecom companies do whatever they want? OK, so you probably didn't know that, likely because it's not at all true. But that's the message that several shady "pro-consumer" groups have started pushing lately to create a perception that the American people are just begging the government to liberate poor Comcast and Time Warner Cable from all regulatory shackles and let them charge companies more money to make sure that their traffic gets delivered faster than traffic on the standard Internet.

Vice has come out with a new report detailing the connections that many of these groups have with the cable industry and, wouldn't you know it, they're pretty extensive.

Take Broadband for America, for instance, the anti-net neutrality organization whose public faces are former Republican Senator John Sununu and former Democratic Congressman Harold Ford. Vice found that the National Cable and Telecom Association (NCTA) donated $2 million to the group, which accounts for well over half of its $3.5 million budget.

Similarly, the anti-net neutrality American Consumer Institute is being funded by a "foundation controlled by lobbyists from the cell phone industry, called MyWireless.org," while the notorious shills at the anti-net neutrality Heartland Institute have grabbed "major funds from Comcast, AT&T, and Time Warner Cable."

And that's not all: Vice's investigation shows that Broadband for America is working with the DCI Group, a lobbying organization that's made its name by creating astroturf groups that support whatever cause their corporate masters happen to be pushing for at any given moment. In other words, if you start seeing TV ads sponsored by groups with names such as "Americans United For A Free Comcast" and "Concerned Citizens For Time Warner Cable," it's likely coming from DCI's lobbying meth lab.

Shady 'Consumer Groups'

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Attends D-Day Memorial

Bernard Jordan

At 90 years old, Bernard Jordan escaped from his British nursing home, boarded a train to France and won the respect and admiration of police officers tasked with tracking him down.

A local search for the missing senior became an international celebration of the indomitable spirit on Friday, after Bernard launched a cross-border adventure to participate in the 70th anniversary of the Allies landing in Normandy in WWII.

Gracewell Healthcare says Jordan disappeared suddenly from the Pines Care Home in Hove, England, on Thursday evening.

It was later confirmed Jordan had caught a train to Normandy to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Cleverly, the veteran had snuck out of the nursing home in a grey raincoat that concealed a jacket containing his war medals.

The BBC reported that Jordan usually commemorates the Battle of Normandy in his hometown, but had travelled to Normandy to mark the 50th and 60th anniversaries.

It seems he wasn't about to miss the 70th.

Bernard Jordan

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Comedian Wanda Sykes is carried on stage at the American Film Institute's 42nd Life Achievement Award at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood, California June 5, 2014. Actress Jane Fonda was honoured with the award.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni

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The Amazing Pygmy Seahorse: Now You See Me… ~ The Ark In Space

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Hospital News

Casey Kasem

A Washington state judge on Friday said Casey Kasem's daughter, not her stepmother, is in charge of the medical care for the 82-year-old radio personality, who remains in critical condition with an infected bedsore.

However, all members of Kasem's family can visit him at the hospital - just not at the same time, Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Jennifer Forbes ruled.

Kasem has been receiving intravenous antibiotics and other care at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington, for a serious pressure ulcer he had when he was admitted on Sunday, according to a hospital statement.

His daughter said she is considering putting her father in hospice care at St. Anthony, the Kitsap Sun reported.

The judge also found Jean Kasem in contempt of court for failing to allow Kerri Kasem to see her father the day the California court order was issued. However, the judge did not impose any sanctions.

Casey Kasem

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Romania Sentences Hacker

'Guccifer'

A Romanian court sentenced hacker "Guccifer", who broke into the emails of former U.S. resident George W. Bush's family, entertainment figures and the head of the Romanian secret service, to four years in jail on Friday.

Marcel Lazar Lehel, a cab driver by trade and known by his aliases "Guccifer" and "Small Fume", was arrested in January in Bucharest and could spend a total of seven years behind bars as he also carries a previous three-year suspended sentence.

Guccifer shot to fame in 2013 after he hacked into the Bush family emails and posted artwork by the former president, including self-portraits in the bathtub.

The same year, the hacker distributed emotional emails sent to former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell from European Parliament member Corina Cretu, a Romanian, prompting Powell to deny that they had an affair.

No mention of the hacker's activities in the United States was made in court, the official added.

'Guccifer'

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Sally Field speaks on stage at the 42nd AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Tribute Gala at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Los Angeles.
Photo by John Shearer

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Top 10 Animated GIFs of Sea Creatures Straight from Science Fiction Nightmares | Toptenz.net

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A Lesson for All Organizations

Unintended Consequences

The Los Angeles Dodgers are taking a beating, and I am not talking about their uneven on-field performance. Yes, given that they have the most expensive roster in baseball history, you would think that they would be winning more games. But it's not the inconsistency of its players that is straining their organization. It's the Dodgers decision to sell exclusive distribution rights of their games to Time Warner Cable for $8.35 billion dollars over 25 years, and then expecting Time Warner Cable to easily partial out those rights to other distributors such as DirecTV and AT&T U-verse.

It hasn't worked thus far. At all. As a result, only about 30% of the homes in Los Angeles are able to see the Dodger games on television, leaving 70% of us in the dark. That includes most of the sports bars and restaurants in town.

The new Dodger management needed to sell the rights at the highest dollar value in order to recoup their investment and pay higher player salaries. Time Warner Cable wanted to buy at that exorbitant price to control the market while mistakenly thinking it could offset the huge price tag by selling the rights at inflated prices to the other distributors, who would in turn pass price increases to all of their subscribers, not just to those who watch Dodger baseball.

Just to be clear, this article is not about the Dodgers. It's about the bitch goddess of unintended consequences. So what are the consequences thus far?

Unintended Consequences

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Lily Tomlin speaks on stage at the 42nd AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Tribute Gala at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Los Angeles.
Photo by John Shearer

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Lochnagar Mine Crater | Amusing Planet

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Rising Seas

Japan

Rising sea levels have washed the remains of at least 26 Japanese World War Two soldiers from their graves on a low-lying Pacific archipelago, the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands said on Friday.

"There are coffins and dead people being washed away from graves. It's that serious," Tony de Brum told reporters on the sidelines of U.N. climate change talks in Germany.

Putting the blame on climate change, which threatens the existence of the islands that are only 2 meters (6 ft) above sea level at their highest, de Brum said: "Even the dead are affected."

A U.N. Study on Thursday said changes in Pacific winds and currents meant sea levels in the region had risen faster than the world average since the 1990s.

Japan

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Jane Fonda (L) and son Troy Garity attend the American Film Institute's 42nd Life Achievement Award presentation honoring Jane Fonda in Los Angeles June 5, 2014.
Photo by Phil McCarten

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Apple Prototypes from the 1980s «TwistedSifter

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Entice Smugglers

Morel Mushrooms

Smugglers in northern California's fire-ravaged Stanislaus National Forest are sneaking out pricey contraband - not marijuana this time, but a favorite delicacy of foodies: the luscious morel mushroom.

Despite a record "flush," or bloom, of the tasty, wild fungi, mushroom hunters are banned from the forest because officials believe that scorched, unstable tree trunks, eroded soil and logging operations after last August's massive Rim Fire have made the area too dangerous.

That means as much as $40 million in a bumper crop of morels - ironically sparked by the same fire that is blocking hunters - is rotting in the woods west of Yosemite Park.

Yet, despite the ban, and threat of a $5,000 fine and six months in jail, smugglers are hauling out hundreds of pounds of morels, and enforcement personnel are confiscating contraband daily, said Garcia.

Morel Mushrooms

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Peter Fonda (R) and Margaret DeVogelaere attend the American Film Institute's 42nd Life Achievement Award presentation honoring Jane Fonda in Los Angeles June 5, 2014.
Photo by Phil McCarten

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13 Accidental Inventions That Changed the World | Entrepreneur.com

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"Dear Albert"

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein's genius did not extend to his own love life, which was full of messy affairs, bumpy marriages and bitter endings, as judged by his letters to the women in his life.

A reading of the letters written by Einstein to his wives and other women brought the strange, complicated life of the world's most famous scientist to the stage in Alan Alda's play "Dear Albert," at New York University's Skirball Center for Performing Arts, here at the World Science Festival on May 28.

The young Einstein, played by Paul Rudd, wrote frequently to his fellow student Mileva Maric, played by Cynthia Nixon, a brilliant and determined woman who later became his wife. Their relationship began with heated passion despite an unwelcome pre-marriage pregnancy and Einstein's parents' disapproval of the relationship.

The couple, who spent a lot of time apart, wrote of their love for each other in between lines of enthusiastic scientific discussions interrupted by mathematical equations.

Albert Einstein

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Martin Parr's Boring PostcardsWhen On Earth - Places to See, Things to Do, Gear to Get

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A Common Pierrot butterfly rests on a leaf, in New Delhi, India, 05 June 2014. The World Environment Day is observed annually on 05 June, the theme for this year focuses on 'Small Islands and Climate Change'.
Photo by Harish Tyagi

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