BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 3 December, 2011

Saturday

3 December, 2011

(Updated Daily)

[67 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Need A Hug, Check Out The Nicest Place On The Internet
"The Nicest Place On the Internet is a place where you can cheer up after a hard day. After all, it's hard not to feel good when random strangers keep giving you a virtual hug." -- Neatorama


The Pepper-Spraying Cop Who Made History (Mother Jones)
As he casually wielded that canister, Lt. John Pike of the UC-Davis police force had no idea how (in)famous he would become. -Samantha Oltman


Paul Krugman: Killing the Euro (New York Times)
Can the euro be saved? Not long ago we were told that the worst possible outcome was a Greek default. Now a much wider disaster seems all too likely.


Matt Miller: Europe Made Easy (Washington Post)
"Why are we having a depression, Daddy?"


Connie Schultz: Homeless Children and Millionaire Coaches (Creators Syndicate)
Question: How do we, as a country, justify paying one man more than $4 million a year to coach a public university's football team, while 18 million children like Austin and Arielle live in poverty? Answer: We can't.


Laurie Burkitt: China to Cancel College Majors That Don't Pay (Wall Street Journal)
China's Ministry of Education announced this week plans to phase out majors producing unemployable graduates, according to state-run media Xinhua. The government will soon start evaluating college majors by their employment rates, downsizing or cutting those studies in which the employment rate for graduates falls below 60% for two consecutive years.


Forrest Wickman: For the First Time, Stephen King Makes NYT's 10 Best Books (Slate)
The New York Times' list of "The 10 Best Books of 2011," announced today, includes four first-time novelists and one fifty-first-time novelist.


Gavin Aronsen: "Henry Rollins: Photojournalism as a Blunt Object" (Mother Jones)
Writing in the voice of a tyrant, he mocks his subjects: "See that our clown is kept clean," he orders a female McDonald's employee in Thailand who sweeps the tiles by a Ronald McDonald statue. "Do you know how fucking stupid you look in that uniform? It's made from American spit."



David Bruce has 42 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $42 you can buy 10,500 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," "Maximum Cool," and "Resist Psychic Death."


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Trivia Question of the Day


Who was born Nicolas Kim Coppola?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Who was born McKinley Morganfield?


   Muddy Waters                                                      Source



McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 - April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues". He was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, Muddy was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.        Source






Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   Muddy Waters



Charlie wrote:
   Muddy Waters. I first learned that after reading the writing credits on the first Allman Brothers album, then looking up the name McKinley Morganfield who was credited with writing "Trouble No More."




Sally said:
   My first thought was Tracy Morgan (SNL and 30 Rock) but found out it's, "Muddy Waters" who was born McKinley Morganfield.




Adam answered:
   Morgan Fairchild...no. Muddy Waters.



Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
   McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913- April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues".



John I from Hawaii, birthplace of Barrak Obama, says:
   "Muddy Waters."



Dale of Diamond Springs, CA responded:
   Marty this one is too easy for me. The 1st time I saw Muddy Waters was at Winterland in September of 1966. His band at that time was brought out from Chicago by Bill Graham at the insistence of legendary blues Guitarist, Michael Bloomfield of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. The original Jefferson Airplane was the headliner. I saw Muddy Waters many times. He ran guitarists like Buddy Guy, Luther Johnson, Sammy Lawhorn, and Bob Margolin through the band. He had the incomparable Otis Spahn & the recently deceased Pinetop Perkins Playing in the band.
  Eric Clapton, Johnny Winters and almost every blues or rock guitarist (including me) are influenced by his songwriting, playing and STYLE!!!!
  MUDDY WATERS WAS THE MAN!!!!!
   




MAM   wrote:
   Muddy Waters, one of the greatest, most influential and endearingly important musicians of the century, one who had reshaped the course of the blues.




BttbB replied:
   Muddy Waters... Wow... What a distinguished sounding name he was born with. Doesn't quite fit a blues player, though. Makes me think of a Princeton Preppie, or some such Ivy Leaguer, haha... Wait! A thought! A Black man born with a 'Blue Blood' sounding name ends up playing 'The Blues'! Yeah! How appropriate, I'm thinkin'...



And, Joe S     answered:
   Muddy Waters! As it says in the movies, Muddy Waters invented 'lectricity.



  



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Reader Suggestions

Michelle in AZ


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What kind of society do Republicans want? It looks like social Darwinism. - CSMonitor.com



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Daily Kos: KGO "Newstalk 810" is no more
     A pisser! I used to listen to Ray Taliaferro when I tooled around AZ as a night shift test-driver years ago; the KGO signal came through loud and clear at night.



Itineraries - Do you know the way to San Jose?
     My two cents? Hands down, " I Left my Heart in San Francisco"



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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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The Weight of Walmart - Infographic



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Reader Suggestion

Transportation

8 Unusual Modes of Transportation Around the Globe

Have a great day.

Bosko


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


WHY THE REPUBLICANS LOVE STUPID

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE A SQUIRREL IN YOUR PANTS?

OUR 2ND AMENDMENT RIGHT TO ARM BEARS

LET'S RIDE THE CRAZY TRAIN WITH NEWT

HIS NEXT BOOK WILL BE ON "HOW TO GAME THE SYSTEM."

"THE SHERIFF OF NOTTINHAM" STRIKE BACK

"IT'S LEGAL, IT'S SICK, IT'S SINGER."

TALK ABOUT "TUTTI FRUTTI!

THE EFFIN PEOPLE WANT SOME EFFIN RECOGNITION!

HAVE A BEER

THE RETURN OF SOCIAL DARWINISM






Visit JD's new site - Kitty Litter Music



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny, cool, and dry.



Tonight, Saturday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'Big Bang Theory', followed by a RERUN 'How I Met Your Mother', then 48 Hours', and another '48 Hours'.



NBC fills the night with the movie 'It's A Wonderful Life'.
'SNL' is FRESH, with Steve Buscemi hosting, music by The Black Keys.


ABC fills the night with LIVE 'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Primetime: What Would You Do?'.



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



Faux fills the night with LIVE 'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crap.



MY has an old 'The Closer', followed by another old 'The Closer'.



A&E has all 'Storage Wars' all night.



AMC offers the movie 'El Dorado', followed by the movie 'American Outlaws', and 'Hell On Wheels'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   Primeval-Episode 2
 [7:00AM]   Primeval-Episode 3
 [8:00AM]   Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape-Episode 1
 [9:00AM]   Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape-Episode 2
 [10:00AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 2 The Fenwick Arms
 [11:00AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 8 Peter's
 [12:00PM]   The X-Files-Ep 19 Dod Kalm
 [1:00PM]   The X-Files-Ep 20 Humbug
 [2:00PM]   The X-Files-Ep 21 The Calusari
 [3:00PM]   Primeval-Episode 3
 [4:00PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation-Ep 26 The Best of Both Worlds (Part 1)
 [5:00PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation-Ep 1 The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
 [6:00PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation-Ep 2 Family
 [7:00PM]   Battlestar Galactica-Ep 10 - The Passage NEW
 [8:00PM]   Battlestar Galactica-Ep 11- The Eye of Jupiter NEW
 [9:00PM]   Primeval-Episode 4 NEW
 [10:00PM]   The Graham Norton Show-Ep 5 - Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Jennifer Saunders, JLS NEW
 [11:00PM]   Would You Rather? with Graham Norton-Ep 1 - Cyndi Lauper, Christian Finnegan, Michelle Buteau, Joe Mande NEW
 [11:30PM]   Would You Rather? with Graham Norton-Ep 2 - Stanley Tucci, Jordan Carlos, Scott Adsit, Sherrod Small NEW
 [12:00AM]   PrimevalEpisode 4
 [1:00AM]   The Graham Norton Show-Ep 5 - Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Jennifer Saunders, JLS
 [2:00AM]   Would You Rather? with Graham Norton-Ep 1 - Cyndi Lauper, Christian Finnegan, Michelle Buteau, Joe Mande
 [2:30AM]   Would You Rather? with Graham Norton-Ep 2 - Stanley Tucci, Jordan Carlos, Scott Adsit, Sherrod Small
 [3:00AM]   The X-Files-Ep 19 Dod Kalm
 [4:00AM]   The X-Files-Ep 20 Humbug
 [5:00AM]   The X-Files-Ep 21 The Calusari     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', another 'Real Housewives Of Beverly HIlls', followed by the movie 'State Of Play'.



Comedy Central has the movie 'Scary Movie', followed by the movie 'Dance Flick'.



FX has the movie 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa', followed by the movie 'Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs', then the movie 'Role Models'.



History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Big Shrimpin', another 'Big Shrimpin', and still another 'Big Shrimpin'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]   Paranoid Park
 [7:45AM]   Supercop
 [9:45AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [10:00AM]   The Three Stooges-They Stooge to Conga
 [10:25AM]   The Three Stooges-Three Little Beers
 [10:50AM]   The Three Stooges-Three Little Sew and Sews
 [11:15AM]   The Three Stooges-Three Little Twirps
 [11:35AM]   The Three Stooges-Three Missing Links
 [12:00PM]   Paranoid Park
 [1:45PM]   Supercop
 [3:45PM]   Good Guys Wear Black
 [5:45PM]   Frailty
 [8:05PM]   Hostel
 [10:05PM]   Hostel Part II
 [12:10AM]   Hostel
 [2:10AM]   Hostel Part II
 [4:10AM]   Unknown    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00A]   Donkey In Lahore
 [8:00A]   UNLEASHED BY GARO: A Little Bit of Pain (Episode 4, Season 1)
 [9:00A]   Love Lust & Breakfast
 [10:00A]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Santa Fe (Episode 1, Season 1)
 [11:00A]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Omaha (Episode 2, Season 1)
 [12:00P]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Mobile (Episode 3, Season 1)
 [1:00P]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Denver (Episode 4, Season 1)
 [2:00P]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Raleigh (Episode 5, Season 1)
 [3:00P]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Redondo Beach (Episode 6, Season 1)
 [4:00P]   ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Qristyl Frazier: Plus-Sexy (Episode 2, Season 2)
 [5:00P]   Frontrunners
 [6:25P]   The Pool
 [8:00P]   Fur: An Imaginary Portrait...
 [10:00P]   Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
 [12:00A]   The Orgasm Diaries
 [1:45A]   Fur: An Imaginary Portrait...
 [3:45A]   Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
 [5:45A]   Pal/secam     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade', followed by the movie 'Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull'.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Redemption (1930)
 [7:30 AM]      Five Came Back (1939)
 [9:00 AM]      The Great Rupert (1950)
 [10:30 AM]      The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)
 [12:00 PM]      Lost Volcano (1950)
 [1:30 PM]      Courage Of Lassie (1946)
 [3:30 PM]      Mogambo (1953)
 [5:30 PM]      Rio Bravo (1959)
 [8:00 PM]      Out of the Past (1947)
 [10:00 PM]      Instant Love (1964)     [AKA: 'Pão de Açúcar']
 [12:00 AM]      While The City Sleeps (1956)
 [2:00 AM]      Alias Jesse James (1959)
 [4:00 AM]      Gun Glory (1957)
 [5:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #15 (1955)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sunday   -  12/04/11

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
 [8:00 AM]      Fitzwilly (1967)
 [10:00 AM]      The Bishop's Wife (1947)
 [12:00 PM]      Top Hat (1935)
 [2:00 PM]      Libeled Lady (1936)
 [4:00 PM]      The Tender Trap (1955)
 [6:00 PM]      The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
 [8:00 PM]      The Seven Little Foys (1955)
 [9:45 PM]      Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
 [12:00 AM]      Fragments (2011)
 [2:00 AM]      The Leopard (1963)
 [5:30 AM]      The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)     (ALL TIMES EST)




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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) looks at Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she speaks to the media at Suu Kyi's residence in Yangon December 2, 2011. Clinton held a final meeting with Suu Kyi on Friday as she wrapped up a landmark visit to Myanmar which saw the new civilian government pledge to forge ahead with political reforms and re-engage with the world community.
Photo by Saul Loeb

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Vidiot Speak

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Geodesic Magic - There's No Place Like Dome ~ Kuriositas

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Experts Re-Classify Painting As Real

Rembrandt

Experts have reclassified a painting of an old man long thought to have been made by one of Rembrandts' students as having come from the hand of the Dutch master himself, after X-ray analysis revealed outlines of a self-portrait of the artist as a young man underneath.

Ernst van de Wetering of the Rembrandt Research Project cited the new X-ray scans of the painting "Bearded Old Man," in addition to stylistic analysis and circumstantial evidence in support of the conclusion.

Van de Wetering dates the small (15 x 20 cm, 6 x 8 inch) but emotive painting to 1630, when Rembrandt van Rijn would have been 24 years old. His reputation as a portraitist was rapidly growing and he was preparing to leave Leiden for Amsterdam, which at that time was enjoying its golden age as a major naval power.

The scans revealed what is thought to be an uncompleted self-portrait by Rembrandt underneath, though the X-rays reveal only bare outlines.

Rembrandt

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Actress Zoe Saldana waves for photographers at the 21st Annual Beat the Odds Awards, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hosted by the Children's Defense Fund-California, the event honored Los Angeles-area high school students who overcame personal obstacles to achieve academic excellence.
Photo by Chris Pizzello

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The Mushroom House

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Internet & American Life Project

Pew Research

For anyone who needed official word, a new study confirms that many of us - and the majority of young adults - go online for no good reason at all.

The report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project found that on any given day, 53 percent of 18 to 29 year-olds go online just to have fun or pass time.

The report finds that the amount of time people spend tooling around on the Web doing nothing corresponds with age. Only 12 percent of people over 65 say they went online the previous day for no particular reason. Of those aged 50 to 64, the study found 27 percent answered yes to the same question.

In all, 58 percent of all adults said that they use the Internet to pass time or have fun at least occasionally. Of adults who use the Internet, nearly three-quarters surf the Web for no reason.

Pew Research

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Wake-up Call


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400 Trees Blown Down

Griffith Park

Los Angeles city crews on Friday were working to clean up debris and some 400 downed trees in shuttered Griffith Park, many of which had fallen on Roosevelt Municipal Golf Course. They said the park would likely be open by sunrise Saturday.

Officials said two other parks in Northeast L.A. -- Ernest E. Debs and Elysian Park -- also had damage including hundreds of downed trees but were not closed. Other parks across the city were mostly spared, they said.

"If this kind of damage had occurred throughout every park in the city, we'd really be in trouble," said Kevin Regan of the parks department. "But fortunately it's manageable," he said.

In an interesting twist, Regan and other officials said native California trees fared better during the winds than foreign trees such as eucalyptus that are more susceptible to root fungus.

Griffith Park

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Actor/comedian Jeff Garlin, right, and late-night host Conan O'Brien pose together at the 21st Annual Beat the Odds Awards, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hosted by the Children's Defense Fund-California, the event honored Los Angeles-area high school students who overcame personal obstacles to achieve academic excellence.
Photo by Chris Pizzello

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Flavorwire » Classic Novels' First Covers

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Second Life As Automaton

Leonardo da Vinci

Don't let the retro look of the mechanical men built by Swiss artisan Francois Junod deceive you -- they fascinate tech fans from Silicon Valley to Asia and will no doubt gain broader popularity after this week's launch of Martin Scorsese's film "Hugo" about a secret hidden in an automaton

The latest of Junod's time-consuming projects is an 80 cm wind-up Leonardo da Vinci figure that will be able to do intricate drawings and write mirror-inverted texts in Latin.

"I have been working on the sculpture for ten years and on the mechanism for six years. I do not have a buyer yet so I can take my time," said Junod, surrounded by a mishmash of tools, machines and sketches in his workshop in the village of Sainte-Croix perched high up in the Swiss Jura mountains.

His most complicated creation so far, an Alexander Pushkin animated by a complex mechanism enabling it to write down 1,458 different poems, was bought last year by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur for a price kept secret.

Leonardo da Vinci

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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A Lesson In Tabloid Skullduggery

Rupert

Hacking into celebrity phones was just the tip of the iceberg.

Britain's media ethics inquiry, set up in response to illegal eavesdropping by a Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid, has turned out to be a masterclass in skullduggery that has exposed the murky practices of the U.K.'s muckraking press.

This week, witnesses described how Murdoch's company had wreaked havoc on their lives and those of their families, with reporters targeting critics for spying and negative coverage and sullying the name of an innocent man.

The judge-led inquiry was set up after it emerged that Murdoch's News of the World had for years illegally eavesdropped on the voicemail messages of celebrities, public figures and crime victims. The scandal forced Murdoch to shut down the 168-year-old tabloid. A dozen Murdoch employees have been arrested in the case, which also cost the jobs of several of his top executives, two senior police officers and Prime Minister David Cameron's communications chief.

The inquiry has put Murdoch's empire on trial, as witnesses described their treatment at the hands of an organization they viewed as unassailably powerful, ruthless and feared.

Rupert

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Actress Jurnee Smollett poses at the 21st Annual Beat the Odds Awards, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hosted by the Children's Defense Fund-California, the event honored Los Angeles-area high school students who overcame personal obstacles to achieve academic excellence.
Photo by Chris Pizzello

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Image Tool Catches Fashion Industry Photo Alterations | Wired Science

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Mocks Fox News

Newtie

At a town hall event in South Carolina on Tuesday, Newt Gingrich, the new GOP frontrunner mocked the network's analysts, suggesting that they don't know anything.

When asked a question about the HIV/AIDS vaccine, Gingrich said that he couldn't answer the question because he didn't know.

And then he added this: "One of the real changes comes when you start running for President -- as opposed to being an analyst on Fox -- is I have to actually know what I'm talking about."

How would Gingrich know this? Because he was an analyst for Fox News. The former Speaker of the House contributed to the network until March, when Fox suspended him because of his upcoming presidential run. It then canceled the contract in May.

Not only did Gingrich once get paid by Fox, but he has also appeared on the network 52 times since he announced his candidacy. Per a New York Times story on Thursday, he has appeared more on Fox than any candidate save Herman Cain.

Newtie

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10 World Leaders Who Dropped Out of School

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Heirs Sue Half-Brother

Bob Marley

A feud has erupted within the first family of reggae. The widow and nine children of Bob Marley are suing his half-brother in Florida to stop use of the Marley name to promote an annual Miami music festival and other businesses.

The lawsuit contends businessman Richard Booker and several affiliated companies are violating copyright and trademark laws by using Marley's name and other intellectual property.

That includes the annual Nine Mile Music Festival in Miami and a tour business at the Nine Mile area of Jamaica, where Marley grew up and is buried.

The federal lawsuit filed in Fort Lauderdale seeks unspecified damages and to stop unauthorized use of Marley's name.

Bob Marley

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http://news.yahoo.com/photos/occupy-phoenix-protester-wearing-guy-fawkes-mask-holds-photo-021400773.html An Occupy Phoenix protester, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, holds a sign during a rally in Phoenix, Arizona December 1, 2011. Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson also attended the protest.
Photo by Joshua Lott

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Hipster's Dictionary

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Debate Moderator

Donald T-rump

Donald T-rump wants back in the 2012 election circus.

Not as a candidate, but as a debate moderator.

The real estate mogul, reality TV star and hair piece is partnering with conservative magazine Newsmax to moderate a GOP debate in Des Moines, Iowa December 27, as reported by the New York Times.

Whether people will watch is another story since the debate will air on Ion TV, a smaller cable network. Yet given the ratings the debates have gotten on every platform from CBS to CNBC, one can only imagine that people will find a way to watch.

Donald T-rump

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Goodbye Steuben Glass | Collectors Weekly

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Closing 'Jaws' Ride

Universal Studios Florida

Universal Studios Florida plans to close one of its oldest and most popular attractions next month to make way for a new attraction.

The theme park announced on Facebook on Friday that on Jan. 2 it will permanently shut down its "Jaws" ride, which is based on the blockbuster 1975 Steven Spielberg movie.

It was one of the original features at the park when it opened in 1990. The surrounding "Amity" area inspired by the island where the movie was set will also close down to make room for a new attraction.

Other original features that have been closed since the park began include the "King Kong" ride and a "Ghostbusters" themed stage show.

Universal Studios Florida

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19 Cats Reading Books

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In Memory

Bill Tapia

Ukulele player Bill Tapia, believed to be the oldest performing musician in the world, died on Friday at the age of 103, his official website said.

Honolulu-born Tapia, who played with the likes of Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby, died in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles, the website www.billtapia.com said.

Tapia died just six months after releasing his latest album -- a live version of his 100th birthday concert celebration -- and one month short of what would have been his 104th birthday in January 2012.

Tapia started his career entertaining troops from World War One and later worked on steamships between the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii. He became a teacher to Hollywood stars including Clark Gable and Shirley Temple when a ukulele craze hit the United States.

After World War Two, Tapia moved to San Francisco and worked for years as a guitar teacher until making a comeback in 2004, age of 96, with the release of a CD featuring jazz and Hawaiian standards.

Tapia was inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame in 2004 and continued to tour until 2010.

Bill Tapia

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In Memory

Alan Sues

Alan Sues, a flamboyant and wacky member of the comic ensemble that made Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In a big hit for NBC in the late 1960s, died Thursday at his home in West Hollywood of an apparent heart attack. He was 85.

Sues was a regular on the comedy-variety show from 1968 until 1971, playing such characters as Uncle Al the Kiddies' Pal, a hung-over children's entertainer, and Big Al, an effeminate sportscaster. He left Laugh-In before its final season.

Rather than relying on a series of tightly scripted song-and-dance segments, Laugh-In offered up a steady, almost stream-of-consciousness run of non-sequitur jokes, political satire and madhouse antics from a cast of talented young actors and comedians that also included Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin, Ruth Buzzi, Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson and Jo Anne Worley.

Presiding over it all were veteran nightclub comics Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, whose stand-up banter put their own distinct spin on the show.

A native of Ross, Calif., Sues did theater in Pasadena before making his Broadway debut in Elia Kazan's Tea and Sympathy in 1953. He appeared in such TV shows as The Wild, Wild West and The Twilight Zone - in the notable episode "The Masks," where a wealthy eccentric forces his greedy heirs to wear masks at a Mardi Gras party or else be cut off from their inheritance - and in the 1964 film The Americanization of Emily.

George Schlatter, who was producing Laugh-In, spotted Sues in the off- Broadway musical comedy revue The Mad Show with Worley and offered him a job.

After Laugh-In, Sues appeared in such TV series as The Brady Brides, Punky Brewster and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and played Professor Moriarty in a revival of William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes on Broadway in 1975. He also appeared a loopy commercial for Peter Pan peanut butter in the '70s.

Sues is survived by his sister-in-law, Yvonne.

Alan Sues

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In Memory

Bill McKinney

Bill McKinney, the actor who played one of crazed mountain men in Deliverance and famously ordered one particularly unfortunate camper to "squeal like a pig," died Thursday at the age of 80.

A prolific artist up until his death, McKinney's career included dozens of film credits (including 7 Clint Eastwood titles) and appearances on television series such as In The Heat of the Night, Baywatch and Walker, Texas Ranger.

But McKinney was always associated with Deliverance. The 1972 film, starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty, followed a group of men on an ill-fated river trip into the Appalachian wilderness where they are hunted down by a group of sadistic locals.

McKninney, credited only as "Mountain Man," appeared in the movie's infamous rape scene. He seemed to relish the role, operating his official website under the domain www.squeallikeapig.com.

His death was confirmed Dec. 1 on his Facebook page.

"Our dear Bill McKinney passed away at Valley Presbyterian Hospice," reads the statement. "An avid smoker for 25 years of his younger life, he died of cancer of the esophagus. He was 80 and still strong enough to have filmed a Dorito's commercial 2 weeks prior to his passing, and he continued to work on his biography with his writing partner. Hopefully 2012 will bring a publisher for the wild ride his life was. He is survived by son Clinton, along with several ex-wives."

Today the angels play "Dueling Banjos".

Bill McKinney

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This handout photo, taken in 2009, provided by University of Alaska, Fairbanks, shows research assistant professor Katey Walter Anthony igniting trapped methane from under the ice in a pond on the Fairbanks campus. Massive amounts of greenhouse gases trapped below thawing permafrost will likely vent into the air over the next several decades, accelerating and amplifying global warming, scientists warn.
Photo by Todd Paris

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