FROMA HARROP: Offshoring Is One Sure Thing (creators.com)
Barack Obama's pick for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, vows to create millions of technology jobs that can't be outsourced. Sounds good, particularly in this melting economy. On the other hand, Richardson supports expanding the H-1B visa program, which had greased the departure of good-paying tech jobs to lower-wage countries.
SUSAN ESTRICH: Happy New Year ... (creators.com)
When I was younger, New Year's was a time fraught with frantic uncertainty revolving around the seemingly critical questions of whether I would have a date and-or something to do. Having nothing to do on New Year's Eve and-or no one to do it with seemed a fate worse than death, or close.
Will Harris: A Chat with Sammy Hagar, Singer/Songwriter (bullz-eye.com)
I would be happy to try to do a record with Van Halen. But they've only done one record since I left the band. What the fuck is the problem? Don't blame me. Don't be pointing at me and saying, 'Fucking Hagar'. I'm here, brother!
Mike Farley: A Chat with Jon McLaughlin, Singer/Songwriter (bullz-eye.com)
You made a record, got on the radio and you played shows, and that was it. Now it's just different with MySpace and YouTube. It's more of a tool now to get a song in "Grey's Anatomy" as opposed to getting an ad on a radio station
Lois Lowry: Biography (bookbrowse.com)
My books have varied in content and style. Yet it seems to me that all of them deal, essentially, with the same general theme: the importance of human connections. "A Summer to Die," my first book, was a highly fictionalized retelling of the early death of my sister, and of the effect of such a loss on a family. "Number the Stars," set in a different culture and era, tells the same story: that of the role that we humans play in the lives of our fellow beings.
Baker Beach is famous for 2 things. What are they?
Baker Beach was the original site of the
Burning Man art festival. Its north end (nearest the Golden Gate Bridge) is a well-known nude beach.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
The original site of the Burning man fetival and it is a nude beach
Charlie answered:
Don't want to over think this one, I'll try:
1) Original home of the Burning Man Art Festival
2) Nude sunbathing
Which of these two things is more famous, I will leave for others to decide. It's also known for something called Hesperolinon congestum, but I don't think that qualifies as famous, at least in my book.
Joe S said:
Ta-da. Clothing optional and spectacular view of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Adam in NoHo nailed it:
OK lady, take your pick:
-Baker Beach is part of the Presidio
-It became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which is
administered by the National Park Service.
-Baker Beach is the site of one of the few existing colonies where Hesperolinon
congestum, (the Marin Dwarf Flax, a threatened plant), can be found.
-Baker Beach was the original site of the Burning Man art festival. Its north
end (nearest the Golden Gate Bridge) is a well-known nude beach.
-A shark attack occurred on Baker Beach on May 7, 1959[1] when 18-year old
Albert Kogler Jr. was attacked by a Great White Shark while he was fifteen feet
deep in water. This was the only shark attack recorded on Baker Beach.
Marian the Teacher answered:
Baker Beach is a nude beach where you can find Marin Dwarf Flax and the original site of the Burning Man Art Festival.
Kappy in Philly wrote:
Baker Beach was the original site of the Burning Man art festival. Its north end (nearest the Golden Gate Bridge) is a well-known nude beach.
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Sally answered:
You are really tightening the screws now, and I can feel the pressure building as I continue on this LONG, long, race...
Baker Beach, California: One of North America's hottest urban naturist (nude) beaches and host to the first Nude Olympics in October of '08. Barker Beach is also the most crowded of San Francisco beaches, and a part of the Presidio. It is located on the western side of the Golden Gate Bridge, providing the best ocean view of that famous San Francisco landmark.
Seeking to do some ocean side kite flying?
Swimming, surfing and sandcastle-building? Eager to practice for your Extreme Frisbee? Baker Beach is the place for doing all of those things.
On the flip side, The waters off Baker Beach are known for their unpredictable conditions and strong rip tides that can easily take inexperienced swimmers out to sea. This being said, however, Baker Beach's location protects it from the winds found at Ocean Beach, and also makes it one of the cleanest beaches in the bay, free of kelp and floating debris of any kind.
Baker Beach has acquired a bit of a reputation over the years - the now infamous Burning Man festival was conceived here (circa 1986) before moving out to the austere Nevada desert.
(Jeeze, I feel as if I'm writing for a travel review and not answering a trivia question!)
If the beach has any other claim to fame, it could be that scenes from, "Amazing Race" (TV show) were shot there. Other than that, I'm out of ideas...
"Rah, Rah, Sis Boom Bah," Sally P
PS: Hey Professor, Charlie, are you as out of breath as am I, nearing that allusive finish line?? (I messed up on Thursday just to keep the competition interesting...BTW) (Smile)
PPS: Could Joe S be our dark horse? And, congrats to Mam for bagging the Nike reply! (Good job, Mam!) Will Marian ever return to the warmth of wherever she comes from? And, for Adam in NoHo (not the one in NY) I say, "hang in there!"
Stay tuned for the next episode of, "As the BCE World Turns..."
And, MAM replied:
Answer . . . Baker Beach the number one nudist attraction in North America
and
Baker Beach is the original site of the Burning Man art festival, circa 1986.
Milk - In Limited Theaters Now - WIDE Release on December 12th
After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board.
Mr. Milk had been the subject of several books and the Academy Award-winning documentary feature, The Times of Harvey Milk (1984); but Milk (2008) is the first fictional feature to explore private aspects of the man's personal life and career.
Milk was filmed on location in San Francisco. Many of Mr Milk's real-life surviving friends and former associates participated in the making of this film, several appearing on camera.
Prizes:
4 prizes in all - 3 first-prizes:
Levi's Canvas Tote Bag filled with:
o Hat
o T-shirt
o Soundtrack
o Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk
And, 1 grand prize:
Levi's Canvas Tote Bag filled with:
o Sweatshirt (made from recycled materials)
o Script Book
o Hat
o T-Shirt
o Soundtrack
o Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Million Dollar Password', then a FRESH'Cold Case', followed by a FRESH'The Unit'.
NBC opens the night with 'SNL: Sports Extra 2009', followed by the FRESH'Superstars Of Dance'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a FRESH'Desperate Housewives', followed by a FRESH'Brothers & Sisters'.
The CW recycles an old 'Jericho', followed by the movie 'Trail Of The Pink Panther'.
Faux has a FRESH'Hole In The wall', followed by a 2-hour RERUN'24'.
MY has an old 'Raymond', followed by an old 'House', then another old 'House'.
AMC offers the movie 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day', followed by the movie 'Rambo: First Blood Part II', then the movie 'Rambo: First Blood Part II'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[1:00 PM] Dragons' Den - Episode 1
[2:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 2
[3:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 1
[3:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 2
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 5
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 6
[5:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 7
[5:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 8
[6:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 7 The Unicorn and The Wasp
[7:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 8 Silence in the Library
[8:00 PM] Goldfinger
[10:30 PM] Goldfinger
[1:00 AM] Goldfinger
[3:30 AM] Britain's Biggest Spenders - Britain's Biggest Spenders
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 15 Johnson
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 16 McCann
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has all 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' all night.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Waiting', 'Dane Cook: Viious Circle', and 'Jo Koy: Don't Make Him Angry'.
FX has the movie 'The Green Mile', followed by the movie 'Kiss Of The Dragon'.
History has 'Seven Deadly Sins' (Anger), followed by a FRESH'Seven Deadly Sins' (Pride), and 'Nostradamus: 2012'.
IFC -
[8:00 AM] Burden of Dreams
[9:45 AM] Harlan County, U.S.A.
[11:30 AM] Liam
[1:05 PM] Burden of Dreams
[2:45 PM] Mon Oncle Antoine
[4:30 PM] American Heart
[6:30 PM] Paranoid Park
[8:00 PM] Employee of the Month
[9:45 PM] Monkey Shines
[11:45 PM] Assassination Tango
[1:45 AM] Employee of the Month
[3:30 AM] Monkey Shines
[5:30 AM] American Heart (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'BloodRayne', followed by the movie 'Stephen King's Desperation'.
Sundance -
[04:45 AM] Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
[06:15 AM] The Last Jews of Libya
[07:15 AM] Travellers & Magicians
[09:00 AM] Red Lights
[11:00 AM] Emir Kusturica, A Tender Barbarian
[12:00 PM] Bombon: El Perro
[01:45 PM] Motodrom
[02:00 PM] Spectacle: Tony Bennett
[03:00 PM] Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 2: Decorate
[03:35 PM] Eco Documentaries - Season 2: The Unforeseen
[05:10 PM] The Sierra Club Chronicles: Episode 1
[05:45 PM] The Puffy Chair
[07:10 PM] The Hawk is Dying
[09:00 PM] John Safran vs. God: Episode 6
[09:30 PM] Pulling: Episode 6
[10:00 PM] Sweet Mud
[11:30 PM] Be Quiet
[12:00 AM] Ab-Normal Beauty
[01:45 AM] Sex and Lucia
[04:00 AM] Subject Two
[05:45 AM] The Hawk is Dying (ALL TIMES EST)
Comedian Chris Rock talks to spectators during a timeout while watching NBA basketball action between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks Friday, Jan. 2, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
PHoto by Julie Jacobson
The BBC says little-known actor Matt Smith will take over the title role in the long-running sci-fi series "Doctor Who."
The 26-year-old is the 11th actor to star in one of Britain's most popular TV shows - and the youngest.
Smith has appeared on the London stage and starred in the political TV drama "Party Animals," but is a relative unknown. The new role will make him a major star in Britain, where "Doctor Who" regularly draws 10 million viewers an episode.
Current star David Tennant plans to leave the show after four special episodes this year. The BBC said Saturday that Smith will take over in 2010.
Actor Jack Black celebrates a basket by the Los Angeles Lakers as they played the Utah Jazz during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 113-100.
Photo by Mark J. Terrill
A tricky question of morality is this year's brainteaser in the annual philosophy competition called the Great American Think-Off.
"Is it ever wrong to do the right thing?" is the theme of the 2009 Think-Off.
The event is organized by Minnesota's New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding the cultural and creative opportunities of rural Americans.
Anyone can enter by submitting an essay of 750 words or less. Four finalists will be chosen to debate the question on June 13 before a live audience.
The recession has reached the ritzy Rainbow Room, the special-occasion spot that overlooks midtown Manhattan from high above the tourist-attracting Rockefeller Center skating rink.
WNBC-TV reports that the owners plan to shutter the Italian-themed Rainbow Grill restaurant temporarily while keeping the establishment's bar, banquet space and dinner-dancing going on the 65th floor of the RCA building.
The Rainbow Room has symbolized glamour since it opened in 1934, during the Great Depression.
Cipriani International chief operating officer John Higgins told WNBC the decision was "due to the current economic crisis" and a lease dispute.
People visit ice sculptures for the upcoming 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province December 23, 2008. The 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will kick off on January 5, 2009, local media reported.
Photo by Sheng Li
A federal judge in Brooklyn has rejected a Liberian woman's religious reasons for smuggling endangered monkey meat into the country.
U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie ruled that Mamie Manneh's faith didn't preclude her from applying for permits to import exotic food or explain why she misled officials.
Manneh was charged with smuggling the meat three years ago after customs agents seized a shipment of primate parts as it passed through Kennedy Airport on the way to her home in Staten Island.
Manneh's lawyers claimed a First Amendment right, arguing that some Liberian Christians eat monkey meat for spiritual reasons.
Workers warm themselves around a bonfire at a firewood market in Amritsar, India, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. The northern belt in India continued in the grip of an intense cold wave and heavy fog, disrupting air, rail and road transportation. According to a local news agency six people have died due to cold.
Photo by Altaf Qadri
Universal Pictures on Friday said it hit a record global box office tally of $2.834 billion in 2008, thanks to films like "The Incredible Hulk", "Wanted" and "Mamma Mia!"
The unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal, said its domestic box-office tally of $1.12 billion outpaced its previous 2007 record of $1.099 billion, while its international box-office surged 66 percent to $1.714 billion from $1.034 billion in 2007.
Universal said it released four films that grossed more than $100 million domestically, including "The Incredible Hulk", "Wanted", "Mamma Mia!" and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor".
Hollywood's six major studios say they broke overseas box office records in 2008, with an estimated $9.9 billion in tickets sold.
That's a 4 percent increase from a year earlier, The Hollywood Reporter said Friday.
Each of the six majors - Paramount, Warner Bros., Universal, 20th Century Fox, Sony and Disney - collected more than $1 billion for the second year running.
How much each collected depends on whether films were co-financed, how international rights deals were cut and how much went to theater owners.
People visit an ice sculpture for the upcoming 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province December 23, 2008.
Photo by Sheng Li
They're twins, all right, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say. Tariq Griffin entered the world at 12:17 a.m. on New Year's Day at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester, Mich. Twin brother Tarrance was born a bit earlier - 26 minutes to be exact.
That means the boys have the unique distinction of having been born on different days, months and years.
Their dad, Tarrance Sr., is also a twin. The parents say the boys are doing well, which is their main concern.
George W. Bush will leave behind a legacy of Bushisms, the label stamped on the commander in chief's original speaking style. Some of the resident's more notable malaprops and mangled statements:
• "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." - September 2000, explaining his energy policies at an event in Michigan.
• "Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?" - January 2000, during a campaign event in South Carolina.
• "There's no doubt in my mind, not one doubt in my mind, that we will fail." - Oct. 4, 2001, in Washington. Bush was remarking on a back-to-work plan after the terrorist attacks.
• "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." - Aug. 5, 2004, at the signing ceremony for a defense spending bill.
• "Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk to families who die." - Dec. 7, 2006, in a joint appearance with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
• "I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office." - June 26, 2008, during a Rose Garden news briefing.
Edward D. Cartier, whose illustrations graced "The Shadow" and numerous other science fiction and mystery publications in a career that spanned several decades, has died at 94.
Cartier died Dec. 25 at his home in Ramsey, according to his son, Dean Cartier. The elder Cartier had suffered from Parkinson's disease in recent years, his son said.
Cartier's artwork appeared in works by authors such as Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, but he is perhaps best known for the hundreds of illustrations he did for "The Shadow" in the 1930s and 1940s.
Written by Walter B. Gibson, "The Shadow" novels appeared in pulp magazines and detailed the exploits of a mysterious, black-attired crime fighter.
Cartier began doing illustrations for the novels in 1936. Not long after that, he turned down an offer to be an assistant to Norman Rockwell, according to Anthony Tollin, editor of "The Shadow & Doc Savage" reprint trade paperbacks.
In addition to more than 800 illustrations for "The Shadow," Cartier drew hundreds of illustrations for numerous other science fiction magazines. He also was the premier artist for the Fantasy Press and Gnome Press book publishing houses in the 1950s.
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