BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 13 March, 2011

Sunday

13 March, 2011

(Updated Daily)

[1327 days in a row]



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Scott Walker Reverses Stance on Unions, For The Green Bay Packers!


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Jim Hightower: Congressional Looters
Beware - laissez-faire ideological loonies are loose in Washington! They're waving machetes, toting sledgehammers, and going right for your Social Security.


Andrew Tobias: Priorities
When Jeb was governor of Florida, he had to look really hard for a way to cut taxes for the rich, because Florida has no income tax. He couldn't cut the sales tax - that would help everybody, not just the rich. He couldn't cut the property tax - ditto. So he eliminated the "Intangible Property Tax," paid only by people (like me) with real money. It wasn't an onerous tax (it basically said that if you had millions growing at 5.4% a year, say, the state would nick a little of that so that it grew at only 5.2% instead) ...


Mark Shields: The "Yankee Doodle Dandy" Defense (Creators Sydicate)
When their actions or words violate the established norms of acceptable behavior, too many CEOs and politicians reflexively turn to the Non-Apology-Apology.


Darryl Everson: The Sport That Can't Keep a Secret (Wall Street Journal)
The public shaming of Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel is the latest in a series of revelations that have touched nearly all the top programs in college football and many of the sport's most prominent stars.


Oz Garcia: How Exercise Keeps You Young (Huffington Post)
We've been saying it for years, but now we have one more piece of evidence: Exercise can keep you young.


How to Keep Going and Going (Wall Street Journal)
What's the secret to a long life? Hard work and resilience, not endless comfort and happiness, says "The Longevity Project." Laura Landro reviews.


Patrick Kingsley: ebooks on borrowed time (Guardian)
HarperCollins says US libraries can lend its ebooks only 26 times as print books have to be replaced after that. [He is wrong.]


20 Questions: David Anderegg (Popmatters)
David Anderegg's latest book, 'Nerds: How Dorks, Dweebs, Techies, and Trekkies Can Save America' calls for embracing the socially awkward yet intellectually gifted among us, as their ability to apply cool reason and intellectualism to modern day problems may be the very thing that saves us from our hot-tempered, culture-clashing selves.


John Cottingham: Philosophy as Confession (standpointmag.co.uk)
Philosophy is among the fastest-growing A-level subjects in Britain. This suggests that despite the pressure from governments to increase the teaching of technical, career-oriented subjects, a lot of sixth-formers have a stubborn interest in more traditional enquiries about the meaning of life. Also near the top of the list of fast-growing subjects is Religious Studies; and this again seems to confound the experts.


Roger Rapoport: How an independent bookseller survives in Borders' hometown (McClatchy-Tribune News Service)
As thousands of booksellers around the United States lose their jobs this month at bankrupt Borders, Nicola's Bookstore buyer Bill Cusimano feels no pain.


SIGRID NUNEZ: Suddenly Susan (New York Times)
In 1976 Sigrid Nunez moved in with her boyfriend, David Rieff, and his mother, Susan Sontag, who had some advice for the young couple: Stick to oral sex...


Paul Constant: Short Cuts (Stranger)
Amazon's Kindle Singles Program Continues the Magazining of the iPhone.



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Crickets chirp how many types of songs?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


How many main types of modern acoustic guitar are there?

   3                                                      Source



Acoustic guitars (and similar instruments) with hollow bodies, have been in use for over a thousand years. There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar.
The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings, which is amplified by the body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique.         Source






Marian was first, and correct, with:
   3



Alan J replied:
   Two maint types, Nylon/gut string and Steel string.



Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
   There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar.



Adam answered:
   Basically- Nylon string, steel string, lap steel string



BttbB replied:
   Three: Classical (nylon strings), Steel stringed and archtop... My favorite acoustic guitar 'rock' song(s): Hands down, Suite: Judy Blue Eyes... My favorite acoustic guitar player: Joni Mitchell (she of the weird tunings - over 50 different ones used in her song writings. I loved them). Rolling Stone when listing the greatest guitar players of all time had her listed as #72, but the highest rated female player. Joni! If'n yer readin' this... Call me!



Sally said:
   There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: The classical guitar (nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar.




MAM   wrote:
   There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar.
Have been busy tonight helping great-grandson do a timeline of the 'explorers of the New World'. I had forgotten how much I had forgotten! Dates, names, what they explored, for whom they explored, and why! And a picture of each to go on the time line. Eke!




Charlie responded:
   Three
  classical (nylon-string)
  steel-string
  archtop

  steel-string (guess who?) Archtop (that's Jimmy Page)

  and....




And, Joe S     answered:
   There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar.
  My first guitar was an archtop, but it was called an "f hole" guitar in my neighborhood because of the shape of the sound holes. I sold it in Wall, South Dakota for $25.00, a dinner for myself and my traveling companion, and two glasses of beer for each of us. The bartender bought it because it was blue and white and for some reason found that to be very attractive. Ok, it was 1963 and $25.00 was a lot more money than it is now, gas was 21¢ a gallon, and water and air was free. It wasn't such a bad deal at the time. I had several other guitars in the next few years but the best one and the best deal I ever had was my little Guild. Did I mention that here or did I write about it on Facebook? I bought it in a pawn shop for $12.00 and the guy threw in a case for free.

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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

ETCH A SONG

GET HELP FELLOW JUNKIES!

BULLSHIT!

HIKING THE PATRIOTIC TRAIL

ALAN WANTS YOU KIDS TO GET OFF OF HIS LAWN!

THE BEST OF SNOOPY, SNOOPY POOP DOG!

WHO WILL SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH A CRIME?

THE ONLY THING THE REPUGS CARE ABOUT IS MONEY

NO NUKES!

THE NEVER ENDING SUPPLY OF WHITE RACISTS

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT IT'S CLASS WARFARE. TAKE NO PRISONERS!

WHO WROTE "THE BOOK OF LOVE?" WORTH A LOOK

WELCOME TO THE NEW AGE OF UNREASON

WOMEN I LOVE

AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

THE SUNDAY FUNNIES!



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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Coastal Eddy is back and hung heavy til mid-afternoon.



Tonight, Sunday:

CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH 'Amazing Race', then a FRESH 'Undercover Boss', followed by a FRESH 'CSI: The 2nd One'.



NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN 'America's Next Great Restaurant', then a FRESH 'Trump's Ego On Parade'.



ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH 'Secret Millionaire', then a RERUN 'Desperate Housewives', followed by a RERUN 'Brothers & Sisters'.



The CW offers an old 'Friends', followed by the movie 'Rescue Dawn'.



Faux has an old 'Simpsons',followed by a RERUN 'American Dad', then a FRESH 'Simpsons', followed by a FRESH 'Bob's Burgers', then a RERUN 'Family Guy', followed by a FRESH 'Cleveland Show'.



MY has an old 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by another old 'How I Met Your Mother', then an old 'The Closer', followed by another old 'The Closer'.



A&E has 'Criminal Minds', another 'Criminal Minds', still another 'Criminal Minds', followed by a FRESH 'Breakout Kings'.



AMC offers the movie 'Predator', followed by the movie 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'.



BBC  -   
 [7:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 The Dovecote
 [8:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 12 Casa Roma
 [9:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 8 (90 min)
 [10:30 AM]   Six Nations Rugby Championship Pre-game Show - Episode 4
 [11:00 AM]   Six Nations Rugby Championship (2011) - England v Scotland
 [1:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 5
 [2:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 4
 [3:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 23 Sarek
 [4:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 24 Menage a Troi
 [5:00 PM]   Elephants of Samburu - Elephants of Samburu
 [6:00 PM]   The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
 [7:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 1
 [8:00 PM]   The Untouchables
 [10:30 PM]   The Untouchables
 [1:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 5
 [3:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 4
 [4:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 4
 [5:00 AM]   Top Gear - Episode 5    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Bethenny Ever After', another 'Bethenny Ever After', 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of OC'.



Comedy Central has the movie 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin', followed by the movie 'Disaster Movie'.



FX has the movie 'Kung Fu Panda', followed by the movie 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'.



History has 'Ax Men', another 'Ax Men', followed by a FRESH 'Ax Men', and 'Only In America With Larry TCG'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00 AM]   Marie Antoinette
 [8:30 AM]   The Aviator
 [12:00 PM]   Undeclared
 [12:30 PM]   Undeclared
 [1:00 PM]   Undeclared
 [1:30 PM]   Undeclared
 [2:00 PM]   Marie Antoinette
 [4:30 PM]   The Grid
 [4:45 PM]   The Vanishing
 [7:00 PM]   Sweeney Todd
 [9:00 PM]   Cursed
 [11:00 PM]   Onion News Network
 [11:30 PM]   Portlandia
 [12:00 AM]   Freaks and Geeks
 [1:00 AM]   Undeclared
 [1:30 AM]   Mr. Show With Bob and David
 [2:05 AM]   Drugstore Cowboy
 [4:20 AM]   SXSW Spotlight Pt. 1
 [4:25 AM]   Occupations
 [4:30 AM]   Freaks and Geeks
 [5:30 AM]   Undeclared     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:50 AM]   Paris
 [9:00 AM]   Big Ideas for a Small Planet
 [9:30 AM]   Big Ideas for a Small Planet
 [10:00 AM]   Encounters At The End Of The World
 [11:45 AM]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - The Perfect Couple
 [12:15 PM]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Three's a Crowd
 [12:45 PM]   Brick City
 [1:45 PM]   Made for Each Other
 [3:30 PM]   French Film
 [5:00 PM]   Jellyfish
 [6:25 PM]   The Darjeeling Limited
 [8:00 PM]   Brick City
 [9:00 PM]   Brick City
 [10:00 PM]   Mammoth
 [12:10 AM]   Shameless
 [1:10 AM]   PLEASURE FOR SALE (Episode 3)
 [1:40 AM]   PLEASURE FOR SALE (Episode 4)
 [2:10 AM]   Brick City
 [3:10 AM]   Shameless
 [4:10 AM]   PLEASURE FOR SALE (Episode 3)
 [4:40 AM]   PLEASURE FOR SALE (Episode 4)
 [5:10 AM]   Mammoth     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Ice Twisters', followed by the movie 'The Core'.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Going Hollywood (1933)
 [7:30 AM]      Small Town Girl (1953)
 [9:30 AM]      Shanghai Express (1932)
 [11:00 AM]      After The Thin Man (1936)
 [1:00 PM]      To Be or Not to Be (1942)
 [2:45 PM]      The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
 [5:00 PM]      My Fair Lady (1964)
 [8:00 PM]      Joan Of Arc (1948)
 [10:30 PM]      Saint Joan (1957)
 [12:30 AM]      The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)    SILENT 
 [2:00 AM]      Le Proces de Jeanne d'Arc (1962)
 [3:15 AM]      The Story Of Mankind (1957)
 [5:00 AM]      For Heaven's Sake (1926)    SILENT      (ALL TIMES EST)



Monday  -  03/14/10

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Green Light (1937)
 [7:30 AM]      Valley Of The Sun (1942)
 [9:00 AM]      The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
 [10:45 AM]      Tycoon (1947)
 [1:00 PM]      Mr. Imperium (1951)
 [2:30 PM]      Diane (1956)
 [4:30 PM]      Gaby (1956)
 [6:15 PM]      The Power And The Prize (1956)
 [8:00 PM]      The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
 [10:45 PM]      The Man From Laramie (1955)
 [12:45 AM]      Strangers On A Train (1951)
 [2:45 AM]      The Graduate (1967)
 [4:45 AM]      The Pumpkin Eater (1964)     (ALL TIMES EST)







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Cee Lo Green, center, rehearses with Jules De Martino, left, and Katie White of the band The Ting Tings for their performance at Saturday night's Red BullSoundclash concert in Las Vegas, Nev., Saturday, March 12, 2011.
Photo by Carlo Cruz

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Collectors Frenzy Online Record Price Guide For Rare Vinyl Records Prices

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100,000 Protest

Wisconsin

Up to 100,000 people protested at the Wisconsin state Capitol on Saturday against a new law curbing the union rights of public workers that is seen as one of the biggest challenges in decades facing U.S. organized labor.

Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain estimated the crowd at 85,000 to 100,000 people, which would top the size of protests in Madison during the Vietnam War.

The demonstration, capping three weeks of public protests, came a day after Republican Governor Scott Walker signed into law a bill to eliminate most bargaining rights for many state government workers.

The state Legislature passed the measure this week after Republicans in the state Senate bypassed a Democratic boycott of the chamber.

Wisconsin

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Jimmy Fallon, left, host of 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,' mingles with moderator Chris Hardwick before An Evening with Jimmy Fallon at The William S.Paley Television Festival in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday, March 11, 2011.
Photo by Chris Pizzello

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The Science Behind Traffic Jams - Autoblog

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Las Vegas Closing

Sahara Hotel

The Sahara hotel and casino, an iconic presence on the Las Vegas Strip that in its heyday played host to the "Rat Pack," will close its doors, the owners said on Friday.

The Sahara, which first opened in 1952 and is one of the last postwar hotels still standing on The Strip, will be shuttered on May 15, said Sam Nazarian, chief executive of SBE Entertainment Group, which owns and operates the property.

Nazarian left open the possibility of reopening the Sahara, which has 1,750 rooms with a distinctive Moroccan theme and brightly-lit entrance capped by an onion dome, at a later date.

If the Sahara is razed, as often happens with shuttered Strip properties, only the Flamingo and Riviera will remain from the postwar era, Las Vegas historian Michael Green told Reuters in an interview.

Sahara Hotel

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Vidiot Speak

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Sculpture Could Fetch $30 Million

"Pink Panther"

Jeff Koons' iconic "Pink Panther" sculpture is hitting the auction block in May and could sell for as much as $30 million, which would be a record for the artist, Sotheby's said on Friday.

The 1988 porcelain sculpture of a semi-naked blonde woman cuddling a large pink panther toy is the artist's proof from an edition of only three, according to the auction house.

The others are in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art and a private U.S. collection.

The record for a Koons is $25.7 million, set when "Balloon Flower (Magenta)" was sold in June 2008 on the eve of the financial crisis that sent art market prices tumbling.

Lucian Freud holds the auction record for a work by a living artist, with $33.6 million for "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping," also set in spring 2008.

"Pink Panther"

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Photo by William Fernando Martinez

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Steampunk Insects Created from Bullets

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'Fine' After Accident

Jewel

A spokeswoman for Jewel says the pregnant country singer was involved in an auto accident but appears to be fine after being checked out at a hospital.

Nicole Perez-Krueger said in an e-mail Friday that hospital tests indicate that Jewel and the fetus are healthy.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says the singer and Erath County Commissioner Jim Pack were involved in the two-vehicle collision Friday at a rural intersection in Stephenville. The agency says Pack was driving a fire department truck with his lights and siren on while on his way to a grass fire.

Perez-Kreuger says the fire truck struck Jewel's vehicle. The accident is being investigated.

Jewel

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Wake-up Call


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Persona Non Grata Pn Panama

Donald Trump

The municipal council of Panama City has declared US real estate tycoon Donald Trump persona non grata following remarks he allegedly made about the Panama Canal.

"We unanimously approved a resolution that declared Donald Trump persona non grata," Javier Ortega, a member of the council, told AFP Friday.

According to Panamanian officials, Trump told CNN that the United States had "stupidly" handed over the Panama Canal to the country "in exchange for nothing."

"Somebody who has 400 million dollars invested in Panama should not speak this way" said Panamanian Commerce and Industry Minister Roberto Henriquez.

Donald Trump

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A model presents a creation by Nigerian designer Okunoren Twins at the opening of the Arise magazine fashion show in Nigeria's commercial capital LagosMarch 11, 2011.
Photo by Akintunde Akinleye

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Lists Galore!: Even more awesome songs from TV commercials

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Shocked By Drug Charges

Felicia "Snoop" Pearson

Actress Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, who played a murderous member of a Baltimore drug gang in the hit HBO series "The Wire," is shocked to be facing charges of conspiring to sell heroin, her attorney said Friday.

"She's a little bit dismayed at being in position that she didn't place herself in," attorney Paul Gardner said.

Pearson, 30, who was ordered held without bail Friday, denies the charges. Her attorney plans to file a writ of habeas corpus and motion for bail review Monday.

Pearson is one of 64 people charged Thursday in "Operation Usual Suspects," a joint state-federal prosecution of an alleged east Baltimore drug gang. Of the 38 people arrested by Thursday, 22, including Pearson, are facing state charges. An indictment charges her with conspiring with two men to distribute heroin and aiding and abetting.

Felicia "Snoop" Pearson

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Bridges : clementvalla

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85 Tons Of Sardines - So Far

Redondo Beach

The millions of sardines that were found floating dead in a Southern California marina this week tested positive for a powerful neurotoxin, researchers said Friday.

High levels of domoic acid were found in the sardines, which may have distressed them off the Los Angeles coastline and caused them to swim into the Redondo Beach marina, University of Southern California biologist David Caron wrote in a summary of his laboratory's findings which were reported by the Los Angeles Times.

Caron said that he still believes that critically low oxygen levels in the water caused the sardines to suffocate, but it's possible the toxin may have been one explanation for why they crowded into the marina.

Domoic acid is often found in the stomach of fish that have been feeding on plankton during toxic algae blooms. The toxin has been linked to neurological disorders, illnesses and deaths in seabirds, sea lions, sea otters and whales.

The fish died late Monday and carpeted the water's surface the next morning, stacking up to 2 feet deep in some places. Crews have already scooped and hauled away more than 85 tons of fish to a composting center where they will turn into fertilizer.

Redondo Beach

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An Indian model displays designer Little Shilpa's creations during the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India, Saturday, March 12, 2011.
Photo by Rafiq Maqbool

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1910 Illustrator Predicted Our Robot Overlords

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Finally Located?

Atlantis

A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago in mud flats in southern Spain.

"This is the power of tsunamis," head researcher Richard Freund told Reuters.

To solve the age-old mystery, the team used a satellite photo of a suspected submerged city to find the site just north of Cadiz, Spain. There, buried in the vast marshlands of the Dona Ana Park, they believe that they pinpointed the ancient, multi-ringed dominion known as Atlantis.

The team of archeologists and geologists in 2009 and 2010 used a combination of deep-ground radar, digital mapping, and underwater technology to survey the site.

Freund's discovery in central Spain of a strange series of "memorial cities," built in Atlantis' image by its refugees after the city's likely destruction by a tsunami, gave researchers added proof and confidence, he said.

Atlantis

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The Importance of Solitude

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Solar Flare Fuels Spectacular Aurora

Alaska

Interior Alaska residents have been treated to a spectacular northern lights show this week, a rare treat following a long stretch of low aurora activity.

A dancing aurora blanketed the area around Fairbanks on Wednesday night, and was followed with a more muted display on Thursday.

The aurora index from the Geophysical Institute Auroral Forecast page was downgraded on Thursday to a level 3, with moderate activity, down from a level 4 a day earlier. A swath of aurora activity extends through the Interior, with the highest intensity area between Fairbanks and Fort Yukon.

Geophysical Institute Director Roger Smith said he expects the aurora to continue for a few more days. The recent burst of activity has been "out of character" for the sun, since the aurora has been tepid for several years. The aurora began a stronger display last week.

Alaska


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In Memory

Nilla Pizzi

Nilla Pizzi, an Italian singer whose voice was deemed too sensual for radio during the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini has died. She was 91.

Pizzi died on Saturday at a clinic in Milan, where she was convalescing from an earlier operation, the state television said.

The Italian President Giorgio Napolitano hailed Pizzi in his condolence message as a sensitive interpreter of Italy's tradition of melodic song.

During fascist rule in the years before World War II, Pizzi was kept away from radio work because her voice was deemed too "modern, exotic and sensual," according to Italian news agency ANSA.

Pizzi triumphed at the 1951 inaugural edition of San Remo, the star-studded festival which promotes Italian song. When she was 90, she sang at San Remo to mark 60 years of the festival and delighted the audience with a still strong and lovely voice.

She also won at San Remo the second year, in 1952, sweeping the festival's top three prizes, but finished in second place in 1958, when Domenico Modugno won with "Nel blu dipinto di blu," better known to countless people worldwide as "Volare."

Pizzi was born Adionilla Pizzi, on April 16, 1919, in Sant'Agata Bolognese, a town near Bologna in the Emilia Romagna region of north central Italy.

Nilla Pizzi

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A female Queensland joey koala clings to its mother Zakary Thursday, March 10, 2011, at the San Francisco Zoo. This is the first koala birth at the SF Zoo since 2000. The new joey began to emerge from her pouch in January. She will make her public debut at the zoo next week.
Photo by Ben Margot

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