BartCop Entertainment Archives - Saturday, 28 October, 2006

Saturday

28 October, 2006

big hammer - bigger hammer

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'Best of TBH Politoons'

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Thanks, again, Tim!

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GOP TO GAYS: NO NUPTIALS HOLY, JUST DO A 'FOLEY'


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From Purple Gene

BAD JOKE

THIS IS FROM DAVID....


QUESTION: WHAT DO YOU CALL THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION??????????????

ANSWER: "CHIMP CHANGE" !!!!

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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Andrew Tobias: The Democrats' "First 100 Hour Plan" (andrewtobias.com)
Here's some details:
   * Put new rules in place to "break the link between lobbyists and legislation."
   * Enact all the recommendations made by the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
   * Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, maybe in one step.
   * Cut the interest rate on student loans in half.
   * Allow the government to negotiate directly with the pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for Medicare patients.
   * All the days after that: "Pay as you go," meaning no increasing the deficit


Jonathan S. Landay: Cheney confirms that detainees were subjected to water-boarding (McClatchy Newspapers)
Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al-Qaida suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called "water-boarding," which creates a sensation of drowning.


Time to speak up (guardian.co.uk)
It's 39 years since abortion was legalised in this country [Britain], yet these days it's rarely discussed without mention of 'shame', 'mental trauma' or 'viability'. With pro-lifers dominating the debate, and even leftwingers describing abortion as a 'necessary evil', women's hard-won rights could soon be under threat. In an introduction to an eight-page special, Zoe Williams asks: are we just going to roll over?


America's abortion battlefield (guardian.co.uk)
Things may not be perfect in Britain, but they are far worse in the US. Suzanne Goldenberg reports from the front line in South Dakota.


The doctor said to me: 'Couldn't you just go through with the pregnancy?' (guardian.co.uk)
Nine women share their personal stories of abortion.


Molly Ivins: Rush Limbaugh's Sleaze Campaign
For misinformation and cruelty, not to mention plain bad manners, it is so hard to beat Rush Limbaugh.


Joshua Holland: Why Republicans Are Running from Bush At Election Time (alternet.org)
Bush's White House is going down in flames, and the Republican machine is doing everything it can to keep "conservatism" from burning along with it.


Stay the Course? (youtube.com)
Video Record of Busheviks Repeating "Stay the Course" in Iraq and Then Denying It


List of Members of 109th Congress Being Looked at by DoJ (talkingpointsmemo.com)

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Contributor Comment

Punctuation in the computer age

Marty:

I sympathize with Sally P; all the Manuals of Style say to put punctuation before the closing quote mark. But that never looked natural to me, and the precision required when typing in computer commands forever changed how we handle literal quotes.

If your password is BARTCOPE, then this sentence would be wrong:
Type in "BARTCOPE."

You would have to say:
Type in "BARTCOPE".

URLs have to be exact. Why not exact quotes?

Similarly, movies have all sorts of punctuation in them, and a precise listing is required. In her example, the name of the movie is NOT "Dirty Dancing,", but "Dirty Dancing". Yes, that looks weird, but it is more precise.

Quotes are quotes and punctuation is punctuation. Rules for each should be different.

I never figured out why punctuation was inside the quote marks anyway. A stop or a comma can change the whole meaning of a sentence. Few people get ellipses within quotes right, and I don't hear much complaining. Further, the rules for quote marks are inconsistent: in a multi-paragraph quote, the quote marks start every paragraph but only end the final paragraph. I think this convention works fine, and points out that the need for clarity outweighs the need for the placement of punctuation marks.

The need for precision has changed the rules of style. This is not a new concept: See the Hofstadter cite below, from 1979.

TTFN,
Baron Dave
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"Punctuation which belongs to the sentence and not to the string under discussion will go outside of the quotes, as logic dictates. For example, the first letter of this sentence is 'F', while the first letter of 'this sentence' is 't'." -- Douglas R. Hofstadter. Godel, Escher Bach; footnote p. 47


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From Purple Gene

bad joke

QUESTION: WHAT DO YOU CALL A JAZZ SAXAPHONE PLAYING CRIMINAL CLERGYMAN???????

ANSWER: "FELONIUS MONK" !!!!!

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Conributor Comment

Re: Punctuation

Marty,

Your reader Sally P. is mistaken. The rule about the comma always coming before the end quotation mark is a rule of American English and is not true in the other varieties of English. The same applies to the rule that the period must always come before the closing quotation mark.

Elsewhere - and this is the way I learned it in school in South Africa - the comma or period precedes the quotation mark only if it is part of what's being quoted; otherwise, it follows the quotation mark. That rule actually seems to be gaining ground in the U.S. lately; I believe grammarians call it "logical punctuation", but I could well be wrong about that.

Anyway, if the AP report originated in London, it was probably written by someone who learned the same rule I did.

David Dvorkin
dvorkin.com
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Thanks, David!

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

REPUG FAMILY VALUES STRIKES AGAIN

TURN OFF NBC FOREVER!

THE DAILY "DICKHEAD MAKES A KILLING" REPORT

HONKY ROVE AND THE REPUG SPEAR CHUKKER AD

I'M A BRAIN DEAD REPUG ASSHOLE BUT TRUST ME!

THE "FIVE DEFERMENTS FROM MILITARY SERVICE" DICKHEAD GETS TOUGH

WHEN A DRUG ADDLED VIAGRA GULPING LIMP DICK REPUG SPEAKS

BYE, BYE HONKY REPUG PIE

WE PAY WHILE THE REPUGS FLY AND LIE

THE STATE OF THE VILE!

PIGS AT THE TROUGH ARE KILLING MOTHER EARTH!

WAL-SLAVES

HEY CHIMP BOY! ARE THE TWINS STILL STAYING THE BOOZE?

HOW THE REPUGS STEAL ELECTIONS

AND THIS LITTLE REPUG WENT WAH, WAH, WAH

NEXT UP. WHY MARY CHENEY SUPPORTS THE "ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN" CONSTITUTIONAL AMMENDMENT. AFTER THE BREAK NEIL BUSH WILL DISCUSS HOW TO FUCK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WITHOUT GOING TO JAIL

WHAT A FUCKING WHORE!

WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS A TOTAL ASSHOLE WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?

HOME OF THE BRAVE AND LAND OF THE CHICKS


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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny, hot, dry and windy.


Tonight, Saturday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'NUMB3RS', followed by a RERUN 'CSI: The 3rd One', then '48 Hours'.

NBC starts the night with 'Dateline', then dumps a FRESH 'Kidnapped', followed by a RERUN 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
'SNL' is FRESH with Hugh Laurie hosting, music by Beck.
The late, late 'SNL' is from 13 November, 1999, with Garth Brooks hosting and providing music.

ABC has LIVE 'College Football', then fills the night on the left coast with the movie 'Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban'.

The CW offers 'American Idol Rewind', followed by 'The Shield'.

Faux fills the night with RERUNs of 'Cops'.

MY has a FRESH 'Desire', followed by a FRESH 'Fashion House'.

A&E has 'Meth: A County In Crisis', 'Cold Case Files', followed by a FRESH 'Cold Case Files', then the FRESH 'Paul McCartney: Space'.

AMC offers the movie 'Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter', followed by the movie 'The Exorcist', then the movie 'Exorcist II: The Heretic'.

BBC  -   
 [2:00 pm]    Changing Rooms - Fulham;
 [2:30 pm]    Changing Rooms - Cricket;
 [3:00 pm]    Everything Must Go - Episode 4;
 [3:30 pm]    Everything Must Go - Episode 5;
 [4:00 pm]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 1;
 [5:00 pm]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 2;
 [6:00 pm]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 6;
 [7:00 pm]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 7;
 [8:00 pm]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 8;
 [9:00 pm]    Calendar Girls;
 [1:00 am]    Calendar Girls;
 [5:00 am]    Viva Blackpool - Episode 3;
 [6:00 am]    BBC World News.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has 'Top Chef', another 'Top Chef', 'Scarier Movie Moments', and another 'Scarier Movie Moments'.

Comedy Central has the movie 'Dogma', followed by the movie 'Shaun Of The Dead'.

History has 'Engineering Disasters 18', 'Nostradamu: 500 Years Later', and 'Quest For Dragons'.

IFC  -   
 [06:05 AM]    Media Lab Shorts Uploaded;
 [06:30 AM]    Life Tastes Good;
 [08:00 AM]    Samurai 7 Episode #7: The Friend;
 [08:25 AM]    Samurai 7 Episode #8: The Guardians;
 [08:55 AM]    Basilisk #4;
 [09:25 AM]    Short: It's About My Brother;
 [09:45 AM]    George Washington;
 [11:20 AM]    Life Tastes Good;
 [12:50 PM]    Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.;
 [02:25 PM]    Samurai 7 Episode #7: The Friend;
 [02:50 PM]    Samurai 7 Episode #8: The Guardians;
 [03:20 PM]    George Washington;
 [04:55 PM]    Life Tastes Good;
 [06:25 PM]    Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.;
 [08:00 PM]    StrangeLand;
 [09:30 PM]    Afraid of the Dark;
 [11:05 PM]    Shallow Grave;
 [12:40 AM]    StrangeLand;
 [01:10 AM]    Afraid of the Dark;
 [02:45 AM]    Shallow Grave;
 [04:20 AM]    Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr..    (ALL TIMES EDT)

SciFi has the movie 'Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings', followed by the movie 'Pumpkinhead: Ashes To Ashes'.

Sundance  -   
 [06:00 AM]    Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out;
 [06:30 AM]    Number 17;
 [08:00 AM]    It's All Gone Pete Tong;
 [09:35 AM]    Greendale;
 [11:00 AM]    Interesting Times: This Happy Life;
 [12:00 PM]    Childstar;
 [01:45 PM]    Tube Mice;
 [02:00 PM]    Iconoclasts 2: Episode 1: Eddie Vedder on Laird Hamilton;
 [02:45 PM]    American Fame Part One: Drowning River Phoenix;
 [03:00 PM]    The Nominees: Episode 2;
 [03:30 PM]    Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out;
 [04:00 PM]    Little Otik;
 [06:15 PM]    The War Room;
 [08:00 PM]    The Drug Years: Just Say No;
 [08:45 PM]    Tube Mice;
 [09:00 PM]    Monkey Dust: Season 2: Episode 6;
 [09:30 PM]    In Short: Ireland;
 [10:00 PM]    Howards End;
 [12:30 AM]    Bed Scenes;
 [01:00 AM]    Monkey Dust: Season 2: Episode 6;
 [01:30 AM]    At Play In the Fields of the Lord;
 [04:45 AM]    American Fame Part One: Drowning River Phoenix;
 [05:00 AM]    Greendale.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]    Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green (1945)     [View Trailer];
 [7:15 AM]    Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill (1946);
 [8:30 AM]    The Quatermass Xperiment (1956);
 [10:00 AM]    Superman Comes To Earth (1948);
 [10:00 AM]    Depths Of The Earth (1948);
 [10:00 AM]    The Reducer Ray (1948);
 [10:00 AM]    Man Of Steel (1948);
 [10:00 AM]    A Job For Superman (1948);
 [11:30 AM]    Cartoon Alley #34 (2006);
 [12:00 PM]    Suspicion (1941);
 [2:00 PM]    The Haunting (1963)     [View Trailer];
 [4:00 PM]    The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)     [View Trailer];
 [6:00 PM]    King Kong (1933)     [View Trailer];
 [8:00 PM]    Ride The High Country (1962)     [View Trailer];
 [10:00 PM]    The Westerner (1940)     [View Trailer];
 [11:45 PM]    Scarface (1932);
 [1:30 AM]    Force of Evil (1948);
 [3:00 AM]    G-Men (1935);
 [4:30 AM]    Where Danger Lives (1950).    (ALL TIMES EDT)


Sunday  -  10/29

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]    They Got Me Covered (1943);
 [8:00 AM]    Kings Row (1942)  [WARNING: stars Ronald Reagan] ;
 [10:15 AM]    Bananas (1971)     [View Trailer];
 [12:00 PM]    A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (1966)     [View Trailer];
 [2:00 PM]    Two For the Road (1967);
 [4:00 PM]    The Thrill Of It All (1963)     [View Trailer];
 [6:00 PM]    Ride The High Country (1962)     [View Trailer];
 [8:00 PM]    Grey Gardens (1976)     [View Trailer];
 [10:00 PM]    Hairspray (1988)     [View Trailer];
 [12:00 AM]    The Phantom of the Opera (1925)   SILENT ;
 [2:00 AM]    Eyes Without a Face (1960);
 [4:00 AM]    The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1939).    (ALL TIMES EDT)



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Country music singers Dolly Parton sings 'How Blue' at the taping of the Country Music Television special 'CMT Giants' in Hollywood, California October 26, 2006. The special honored Reba McEntire for her career which featured many female country music stars singing McEntire's hit songs.
Photo by Fred Prouser
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Scitizen, news by scientists for everyone

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NBC Rejects Ads For Film

Dixie Chicks

Citing its policy barring ads dealing with "public controversy," the NBC network said on Friday it rejected a TV commercial for a new film documenting the furor over the Dixie Chicks' criticism of resident George W. Bush.

Ads for the documentary "Shut Up & Sing" also were rebuffed by the smaller CW network, though local affiliates of all five major broadcasters, including NBC and CW, ran promotional spots for the film in New York and Los Angeles, the two cities where it opened on Friday.

The ad features footage of lead singer Natalie Maines declaring during a London concert in March 2003 that the band was "ashamed" to come from the same state -- Texas -- as Bush.

"It's a sad commentary about the level of fear in our society that a movie about a group of courageous entertainers who were blacklisted for exercising their right of free speech is now itself being blacklisted by corporate America," studio co-owner Harvey Weinstein said in a statement.

Dixie Chicks

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YouTube - Every Sperm is Sacred {Monty Python's Meaning of Life}

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Honoured In Port Hope

Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat planned to rest and drink vodka to prepare for a weekend event honouring him in this southeastern Ontario town an hour's drive from Toronto.

"I've got a hell of a cold, but I want to make sure I'm there," the award-winning author said in an interview from his home.

The event in question is the unveiling of a monument built by Port Hope residents over the Thanksgiving long weekend and based on a prominent feature from one of Mowat's recent novels.

The 85-year-old author has long been a popular local character due in large part to his strongly held opinions on environmental matters.

His preoccupation with wildlife and conservation has figured prominently throughout his literary career in such novels as "Lost in the Barrens" and "Never Cry Wolf."

Farley Mowat

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Kelly Stone, left, and Sharon Stone arrive at the 'Hollywood Bag Ladies' Lupus Luncheon where handbags donated by celebrities were auctioned off for charity at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
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Best Film Speeches and Monologues

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Ailing Cartoonist Talks Again

Scott Adams

A balding, bespectacled working stiff inexplicably loses his voice - except when speaking in rhyme or pinching his nose.

It may sound like a farcical plot for a popular cartoon satirizing American office culture, but "Dilbert" cartoonist Scott Adams says he recovered less than a week ago from just such an affliction.

Adams, 49, appears to be a rare example of someone who has largely - but not totally - recovered from Spasmodic Dysphonia, a mysterious disease in which parts of the brain controlling speech shut down or go haywire. As many as 30,000 Americans are afflicted, typically in their 40s and 50s, experts say.

One of the most peculiar aspects of SD is that victims are typically unable to have intimate conversations in their normal voice. Yet they can speak under different circumstances, such as immediately after sneezing or laughing, or in an exaggerated falsetto or baritone, or while reciting poetry, according to SD support groups.

Scott Adams

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Crypt Of Civilization : International Time Capsule Society

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Strike Looms In Canada

U.S. Productions

A strike threat looms over U.S. film and TV shoots in Canada after local actors said Thursday they could form picket lines to fend off North American producers' demands for steep pay cuts.

Negotiations on a new Independent Production Agreement between ACTRA, representing 21,000 domestic performers, and Canadian and U.S. producers broke off Wednesday, with workers urging that a mediator help end an apparent impasse.

Talks on a new production pact got off to a rocky start Monday when actors were asked to take pay cuts of 10%-25% for minimum daily rates paid on film and TV productions shot here.

The North American producers' opening gambit also included proposed reductions in overtime rates, turnaround times and producer contributions to insurance and retirement accounts, according to ACTRA.

U.S. Productions

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The Black Hole of Los Alamos

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Shows Bias

FCC

U.S. broadcast regulators on Thursday rejected a complaint by California Gov. Arnold $chwarzenegger's Democratic rival, who demanded equal time on NBC TV stations after $chwarzenegger appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

The Federal Communications Commission ruled that, because $chwarzenegger's guest spot on the show qualified as a "bona fide news interview," NBC was not required to extend a similar invitation to Democrat Phil Angelides.

News interviews are an exception to federal rules that generally require broadcast outlets to give opposing political candidates equal time.

A spokesman for Angelides, who is trailing $chwarzenegger in the polls, called the FCC's seven-page ruling politically motivated.

FCC

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bartcook

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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Thursday Night

NBC

NBC is bringing back its trademark two-hour comedy block on Thursdays with freshman "30 Rock" and medical veteran "Scrubs" joining "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office."

Meanwhile, another new NBC comedy, "Twenty Good Years," starring John Lithgow and Jeffrey Tambor, is being pulled off the schedule after a low-rated first two weeks .

"30 Rock" will be first to join the Thursday lineup November 16 for a supersize night of 40-minute episodes of "Earl," "Office" and "30 Rock" leading into "ER."

Beginning November 30, the four single-camera comedies will take over their new regular slots: "Earl" and "Office" staying put at 8 and 8:30, followed by "Scrubs" at 9 and "30 Rock" at 9:30 p.m. For "Scrubs," it will mark a return to Thursdays, where it aired behind "Friends" during the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons.

NBC

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British Designer of the Year Jamie Hewlett smiles as he poses in front of a poster promoting his artwork with popular band 'Gorillaz' at the Royal Festival Hall in London October 27, 2006. Over 150 metres of artwork of the fictional animated band members of Gorillaz will be displayed in the South Bank Centre until next year.
Photo by Dylan Martinez
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Undeniable Facts- a fact a day

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Denies Plans For 9th Marriage

Elizabeth Taylor

Actress Elizabeth Taylor on Thursday denied media reports that she was planning to marry for the 9th time.

Taylor, 74, is being linked romantically with artist and photographer Firooz Zahedi -- who in the mid-1970s became the star's personal photographer on her film projects.

Responding to what she called stories "regarding my private life and future plans," Taylor described Zahedi as "an old and dear friend."

But she added in a statement: "We are not, have never been and will never be romantically involved. My private life and my plans, at this time remain private."

Elizabeth Taylor

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Unreal Aircraft - Weird Wings - Chance Vought V-173 / XF5U 'Flying Flapjack'

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Co-Hosting New Year's Eve

Dick Clark

As he did last year, Dick Clark will co-host the annual "New Year's Rockin' Eve." The former "American Bandstand" host, now 76, will join Ryan Seacrest and musical guest Christina Aguilera to ring in 2007 before a national TV audience of millions. Clark missed the show two years ago when he suffered a stroke but returned to the holiday staple last New Year's Eve.

Seacrest, the 31-year-old host of "American Idol," handled co-hosting duties last year and is expected to eventually succeed Clark as the show's host.

Dick Clark

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Vidiot Speak
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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Arrested At Bob Hope

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, was arrested at 3:45 p.m. Thursday at Bob Hope Airport, police said. Snoop Dogg posted $35,000 bail and was scheduled to appear in court Dec. 12.

Airport police officers stopped Snoop Dogg at a loading zone for a vehicle code violation. When officers searched the vehicle they found a gun and marijuana, police said.

The Orange County district attorney's office has been considering charges against Snoop Dogg after authorities last month discovered a 21-inch collapsible baton in his bags as he boarded a New York-bound flight from John Wayne International Airport.

Snoop Dogg


Snoop would be wise to avoid airports named after dead Republicans...

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Bernie Brillstein, left, and Carrie Brillstein arrive at the 'Hollywood Bag Ladies' Lupus Luncheon where Carrie received the Lupus LA 'Woman of Achievement' award and handbags donated by celebrities were auctioned off for charity at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
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VIDEO: the internal combustion engine, in all its 3D glory

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'The Times They Are A-Changin'' Panned

Bob Dylan

A new musical set to the songs of Bob Dylan has left critics disappointed and fans disillusioned with the iconic musician's decision to allow his songs to be set on the stage.

"The Times They Are A-Changin'," which made its Broadway debut on Thursday night, was conceived and choreographed by Twyla Tharp, who transformed Billy Joel's songs into the Tony-award winning "Movin' Out" which enjoyed a successful three-year run on Broadway.

But reviews for the Dylan show found critics saying Tharp's concept, which presents Dylan's songs as a fable about a struggling circus, did little justice to the vivid imagery of the musician's lyrics.

"Mr. Dylan is one of the greatest songwriters of the postwar era and Ms. Tharp one of its most admired choreographers, so how bad could it be," wrote The Wall Street Journal's Terry Teachout. "Now I know: 'The Times They Are A-Changin' is so bad that it makes you forget how good the songs are."

Bob Dylan

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Leaves are coloured red in a vineyard during a sunny autumn day near Ueberlingen at lake Constance October 26, 2006.
Photo by Miro Kuzmanovic
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HEALTHmap | Global disease alert mapping system

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Berlin To Stage Canceled Opera

Idomeneo

A Berlin opera house said on Friday it would after all stage a Mozart opera in which the severed head of the Prophet Mohammad is seen, after police reversed their earlier view that it posed a security risk.

"Those in charge of the decision over whether to stage the Mozart opera Idomeneo ... have decided to aim for two performances this year," the Berlin-based Deutsche Oper said in a statement.

Deutsche Oper said the earliest the production could be staged was in December, but it did not mention any dates.

Idomeneo

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A bottle of tequila in solid platinum and white gold bottle from the Tequila Ley .925 company is seen in Mexico City October 26, 2006. The company broke the Guinness World Records for the most expensive bottle of liquor sold, when a private collector purchased one of the bottles for $225,000 on July 20, 2006.
Photo by Henry Romero
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Tux Paint

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National Library of Ireland Exhibit

William Butler Yeats

The poems of William Butler Yeats are among the best known in the English language but the man himself has proved less easy to pin down -- until now.

The National Library of Ireland has spent two years putting together an exhibition about the Nobel Prize-winning Irishman that looks into every corner of his complex life.

The most comprehensive collection of Yeats material ever staged comprises rare photographs, original manuscripts, private letters -- even the poet's early school reports.

William Butler Yeats

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Neighboroo

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War Profiteers

Halliburton

The Halliburton subsidiary that provides food, shelter and other logistics to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan exploited federal regulations to hide details on its contract performance, according to a report released Friday.

The special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction found that Halliburton's Kellogg, Brown & Root Services routinely marked all information it gave to the government as proprietary, whether it was or not. The government promises not to disclose proprietary data so a company's most valuable information is not divulged to its competitors.

By marking all information proprietary - including such normally releasable data as labor rates - the company abused federal regulations, the report says.

In effect, Kellogg, Brown & Root turned the regulations "into a mechanism to prevent the government from releasing normally transparent information, thus potentially hindering competition and oversight."

Halliburton

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Police Squad

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This undated photo, released by Discovery Communications, shows fishermen and their fish-catching birds, cormorants, working at sunrise on the Li River near Xingping, China. The image resulted from a Discovery HD project to record sunrises at various locations and air them on the cable channel in the new hour-long show, 'Sunrise Earth.'
Photo by Scott Simper
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