BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 7 April, 2013

Sunday

7 April, 2013

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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Roger Simon: Roger and Me (Creators Syndicate)
That night, when I was back in Champaign-Urbana, I got this roaring call from Ebert, telling me that nobody in his right mind would turn down the offer of a job from a newspaper! Newspapers were where the most important writing in America was done!


Marc Dion: "Save American Jobs: Invade South Korea" (Creators Syndicate)
Let's say North Korea didn't use nuclear weapons. Let's say they invaded South Korea, destroying all their steel mills, textile plants, electronics plants and car factories. If that happened, maybe guys with a high school education could get a factory job in Illinois. If the Chinese got involved, and American bombers were free to bomb Chinese industrial cities, maybe there'd be factory jobs in Ohio again.


Paul Krugman: The Urge to Purge (New York Times)
Mellon was dead wrong in the 1930s, and his avatars are dead wrong today. Unemployment, not excessive money printing, is what ails us now - and policy should be doing more, not less.


Dan Gillmor: In our digital world you don't own stuff, you just license it (Guardian)
Corporations and lawmakers have put us on course for a world where consumers do not own the things they buy.


Giles Tremlett in Madrid and Owen Bowcott: "Caught in the web: case histories of people whose digital past haunts them" (Guardian)
Deleting false or embarrassing profiles, pictures and reports from websites can prove impossible as these personal stories show.


Charles Arthur: How to delete your digital life (Guardian)
Advice on how to successfully wipe out your online past. Add your own tips and views in the thread below.


Rebecca Schulman: Thesis Hatement (Slate)
Getting a literature Ph.D. will turn you into an emotional trainwreck, not a professor.


Clive James: How I Translated The Divine Comedy (Slate)
Entry 1: An introduction to the beauty, variety, and drive of Dante's epic poem-plus three cantos from The Inferno.


Chelsey Philpot: Matilda at 25 (Slate)
Roald Dahl's bookish heroine is still an inspiration to the quiet girls.



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Who has served as musical director and producer for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony since its inception in 1986?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


What was the name of Dudley Do-Right's horse?


      Horse                                                      Source


Dudley Do-Right, created by Alex Anderson, is the hero of a segment on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show which parodied early 20th century melodrama and silent film (by using only a piano as a musical background) in the form of the Northern genre.

Dudley Do-Right is a dim-witted, but conscientious and cheerful Canadian Mountie who is always trying to catch his nemesis Snidely Whiplash, more often succeeding by pure luck than anything else. He romantically pursued Nell Fenwick, the daughter of Inspector Fenwick, the head of the Mountie station. However, a running gag throughout the series was Nell's showing such interest in his horse (called Horse), that she rarely noticed Dudley's interest in her at all.        Source







Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   Horse



mj said:
   The eponymous stead is named
  Horse.




Charlie wrote:
   Horse.




Adam answered:
   Horse.



Jim from CA, retired to ID, running late, replied:
   a running gag throughout the series was Nell's showing such interest in his horse (called Horse), that she rarely noticed Dudley's interest in her at all.



Marian responded:
   Horse



Sally said:
  
  I'm thinking his horse is named, "Horse..."
  A late shout out for JoeS at the beach, celebrating his birthday (two days ago), in the snow... I know, it's traditional, but really Joe, in the snow?? (Love ya Joe, hope it was great!)




Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali replied:
   Dudley Do-Right's horse was named Horse. He romantically pursued Nell Fenwick, who was deeply in love with Horse. No comment on how much love went on between Nell & Horse!!!





MAM   wrote:
   'Horse'

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Sergio in Akron answered:
   Dudley Do-Right's horse was named...
  Horse.




BttbBob   responded:
   The horse is called, "Horse", of course, of course...
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  ... and who knew, but you can have one of yer very own.

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  Happy Birthday today to:
      James Garner (84) [ Jim Rockford's Answering Machine - YouTube ] (I loved this part of the show)
      Russell Crowe (48)
      Jackie Chan (58)
      Heather Burns (37)
      Francis Ford Coppola (73)
      Jerry Brown (74)
      David Frost (73)
      Daniel Ellsburg (81)
      John Oates (63) [ Hall & Oates ~ You Make My Dreams Come True - YouTube ]
      Janis Ian (61) [ Janis Ian - Society's Child - YouTube ] (A brave thing she did with this song)
  Born this day:
      Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) [ Ravi Shankar on the Dick Cavett Show - YouTube ]
      Billie Holiday (1915-1959) [ Billie Holiday - All of me - YouTube ]
      Walter Winchell (1897-1972)
      Percy Faith (1908-1976)
  April 7 Birthdays - Celebrities Born April 7 | Famous Birthdays
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  Holy Frijoles!... And it was a near run thing (as I thought it would be), but it'll be...

  ... vs the Louisville Cardinals for the NCAA National Championship this coming Monday night... Hat's off to the Syracuse Orange for making it a heart-stopper and battling right to the end. Final: Michigan 61 Syracuse 56...
  ... and it was a lot closer than that... Whew! Go Blue! BttbB




And, Joe S     is celebrating his birthday.
  


  


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"The Problem With Young People Today"

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


"CHRIST-HAUNTED"

"IN THEIR SHOES"

RAPPING THE ECONOMY!

PLAY BALL WITH EVIL!

"BIBLE THUMPERS" AND "GUN NUTS." PASS THE POPCORN!

NORTH DAKOTA IS TORTURING WOMEN!

THE HIGH COST FOR THE CARE AND FEEDING OF CAPITALIST PIGS

"CHARLES DICKENS" IS ALIVE AND WELL IN OHIO

THE "GROUND" SLIPS AWAY

ROCK ON RONAN

WHAT PART OF "NO" DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? DON'T MISS IT!

THE SUNDAY FUNNIES






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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny and seasonal.



Tonight, Sunday:

CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by the FRESH '48th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards'.



NBC opens the night with a RERUN 'The Voice', followed by a RERUN 'T-Rump's No-Star Flim Flam Fluffery', then a FRESH 'T-Rump's No-Star Flim Flam Fluffery'.



ABC begins the night with a RERUN 'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a RERUN 'Once Upon A Time', then a RERUN 'Revenge', followed by a RERUN 'Red Widow'.



The CW fills the night with what passes for local news and other fluffery.



Faux has a RERUN 'Bob's Burgers', followed by a RERUN 'The Cleveland Show', then a RERUN 'The Simpsons', followed by a RERUN 'Bob's Burgers', then a RERUN 'Family Guy', followed by a FRESH 'The Cleveland Show'.



MY has an old 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by another old 'How I Met Your Mother', then an old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by another old 'Big Bang Theory', then still another old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by yet another old 'Big Bang Theory'.



A&E has all 'Duck Dynasty' all night.



AMC offers the movie 'Erin Brockovich', followed by the 2-hour SEASON PREMIERE 'Mad Men'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11-Episode 3
 [7:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11-Episode 4
 [8:00AM]   PLANET EARTH-Ep 2 - Mountains
 [9:00AM]   PLANET EARTH-Ep 3 - Fresh Water
 [10:00AM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 5 - J Willy's
 [11:00AM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 8 - La Gondola
 [12:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 7 - Kingston Cafe
 [1:00PM]   TOP GEAR UNCOVERED
 [2:30PM]   TOP GEAR APOCALYPSE
 [4:00PM]   ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
 [6:00PM]   THE CROW
 [8:00PM]   RESIDENT EVIL
 [10:00PM]   RESIDENT EVIL
 [12:00AM]   APOCALYPTO
 [3:00AM]   APOCALYPTO    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', then a FRESH 'Married To Medicine', and 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta'.



Comedy Central has 'Tosh.0', 'Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos', followed by the FRESH 'Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy' (part 1), 'Tosh.0', and 'South Park'.



FX has the movie 'The Fighter', followed by the movie 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen'.



History has 'Ax Men', another 'Ax Men', followed by a FRESH 'Ax Men', then a FRESH 'Vikings'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Bunk
 [6:30AM]    Bunk
 [7:00AM]    Clash of the Titans
 [9:30AM]    Dilbert-The Delivery
 [10:00AM]    Dilbert-Company Picnic
 [10:30AM]    Dilbert-The Fact
 [11:00AM]    Dilbert-Ethics
 [11:30AM]    Dilbert-The Name
 [12:00PM]    Arrested Development-Beef Consomme
 [12:30PM]    Arrested Development-Shock & Aww
 [1:00PM]    Arrested Development-Staff Infection
 [1:30PM]    Arrested Development-Missing Kitty
 [2:00PM]    Arrested Development-Altar Egos
 [2:30PM]    Arrested Development-Justice Is Blind
 [3:00PM]    Miracle at St. Anna
 [6:30PM]    King of New York
 [8:45PM]    Suicide Kings
 [11:00PM]    Out There-Salem, My Salem
 [11:30PM]    Out There-Springoween
 [12:00AM]    Saw III
 [2:15AM]    King of New York
 [4:30AM]    Comedy Bang! Bang!-Jon Hamm Wears a Light Blue Shirt & Silver Watch
 [5:00AM]    Comedy Bang! Bang!-Michael Cera Wears a Blue Denim Shirt & Red Pants
 [5:30AM]    Comedy Bang! Bang!-Seth Rogen Wears a Plaid Shirt & Brown Pants    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    A'mare
 [6:15AM]    Frontier of Dawn
 [8:05AM]    French Roast
 [8:15AM]    One Week
 [10:00AM]    Barton Fink
 [12:00PM]    Starting Out in the Evening
 [2:00PM]    Me and Orson Welles
 [4:00PM]    Barton Fink
 [6:00PM]    Top of the Lake
 [7:00PM]    Top of the Lake
 [8:00PM]    Top of the Lake
 [9:00PM]    Top of the Lake
 [10:00PM]    Glory
 [12:00AM]    The Quiet American
 [1:45AM]    Glory
 [3:45AM]    Rain
 [5:45AM]    The Business Trip    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest', followed by the movie 'GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra'.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      New Morals For Old (1932)
 [7:15 AM]      Cross Country Romance (1940)
 [8:30 AM]      I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
 [10:00 AM]      The Bachelor Party (1957)
 [12:00 PM]      The Guilty Generation (1931)
 [1:30 PM]      Cover Girl (1944)
 [3:30 PM]      Double Indemnity (1944)
 [5:30 PM]      The Young Philadelphians (1959)
 [8:00 PM]      Spellbound (1945)
 [10:00 PM]      Diabolique (1955)
 [12:00 AM]      Blackmail (1929)
 [1:30 AM]      Aventure Malgache (1944)
 [2:00 AM]      The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1947)
 [3:30 AM]      What Ever Happened To Aunt Alice? (1969)
 [5:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #13 (1955)    (ALL TIMES EST)



Monday   -  04/08/13

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Lawyer Man (1933)
 [7:15 AM]      The Lawless Frontier (1935)
 [8:15 AM]      King Of The Underworld (1939)
 [9:30 AM]      Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
 [10:45 AM]      Billy The Kid (1941)
 [12:30 PM]      Bullets For O'Hara (1941)
 [1:30 PM]      The Penalty (1941)
 [3:00 PM]      The Outlaw (1943)
 [5:00 PM]      This Side of the Law (1950)
 [6:30 PM]      The Law And Jake Wade (1958)
 [8:00 PM]      Roxie Hart (1942)
 [9:30 PM]      Knock On Any Door (1949)
 [11:15 PM]      Compulsion (1959)
 [1:15 AM]      Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)
 [4:00 AM]      The People Against O'Hara (1951)     (ALL TIMES EST)




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Cozi TV

Me-TV

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This TV





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This image released by Women in the World Conference shows actor Tom Hanks offering a special tribute to the late writer-director Nora Ephron at the Women in the World Conference, Friday, April 5, 2013, in New York. Hanks starred in Ephron's films "Sleepless in Seattle," and "You've Got Mail," and is currently performing on Broadway in Ephron's "Lucky Guy." Ephron died June 26, 2012, of leukemia at the age of 71.
Photo by Marc Bryan-Brown

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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The Oldest Surviving Aerial Photograph

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Broadway

"Kinky Boots"

Take an obscure British film about a failing shoe factory, hand it over to openly gay actor and writer Harvey Fierstein, add music by pop star Cyndi Lauper and what have you got?

It is the new Broadway musical "Kinky Boots," which aims to make drag safe and commercially viable for the masses, while offering life lessons on love and self-acceptance along the way.

With a mantle full of Tony awards for hit shows such as "La Cage aux Folles," "Torch Song Trilogy" and "Hairspray," Fierstein embraced the opportunity to take the story to the stage.

In "Kinky Boots," opening on Friday, the reluctant owner of a failing shoe factory teams up with a force-of-nature drag queen to save the business. The owner comes up with an unlikely plan to produce outrageous thigh-high spike-heeled boots that can withstand a man's heft, meeting resistance from the English working-class laborers.

"Kinky Boots"

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U.S. actress Sharon Stone arrives for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) Gala in Sao Paulo April 5, 2013.
Photo by Nacho Doce

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This Weird Crafty Fish Can Make Itself Invisible--And We Don't Know How | Popular Science

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Boys Club

Late-Night

The role of female talk show hosts in late-night TV broadcast network history, all 50-plus years of it, can be summed up in two words: Joan Rivers. It takes just another two - Arsenio Hall - to do the same for minorities.

There's no indication that's going to change in the latest round of musical chairs involving "Tonight" and "Late Night." All the NBC, ABC and CBS showcase jobs at 11:30 p.m. Eastern and later appear likely to remain securely in white men's hands.

Jay Leno is handing off to Jimmy Fallon, with speculation tagging Seth Meyers as his likely successor. Meanwhile, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson and Carson Daly are sitting pretty, without the faintest drumbeat of a pair of advancing high heels to signal a threat.

There have been alternatives bandied about - Chelsea Handler, black comedian-writer Aisha Tyler - but no hints they or others are getting traction.

"In real life it seems to me that women have definitely shown themselves to be able to carry on a conversation," said Merrill Markoe, the Emmy Award-winning writer who helped David Letterman create "Late Night" at NBC. "Women have exhibited an interest in talking for centuries. I'm not sure how it is that no one has seemed to notice."

Late-Night

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Museum Set For New London

Coast Guard

A museum dedicated to the history of the U.S. Coast Guard will be built on the waterfront of New London, officials announced Friday in the southeastern Connecticut city that has ties to the maritime service dating back more than two centuries.

The 50,000-square-foot museum, which will be located adjacent to a new high-speed ferry terminal, is expected to cost $80 million to $100 million. The National Coast Guard Museum Association has been raising money for the project, and the state has agreed to contribute $20 million.

The commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., said in comments reported by The Day of New London that he hopes the riverfront museum helps local businesses to thrive.

New London is also home to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and Papp said one of the 10 cutters that George Washington authorized in 1790 to enforce federal tariff and trade laws was built and based in New London. The vessels were used by the Revenue Cutter Service, which was one of several agencies that were combined into the Coast Guard.

Coast Guard

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U.S. actor Robert Downey Jr. tries out "bingtanghulu," a traditional Chinese snack, during a world premiere event of his new movie "Iron Man 3" at a Beijing hotel Saturday, April 6, 2013.
Photo by Andy Wong

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20 Vintage Railway Images: The Glory Days of Train Travel | Urban Ghosts

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Celebrates 500th Anniversary

Florida

Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon was only 4-foot, 11-inches tall, a trolley tour operator told his passengers as they rolled down a picturesque street in St. Augustine lined with moss-draped live oak trees.

But the Timucuan Indians he encountered when he set foot in Florida towered over him, standing 7 feet tall, the tour guide said.

Turning into the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, he noted: No wonder the explorer thought these tall, robust natives were drinking enchanted water.

This week Florida celebrated the 500th anniversary of the day when Ponce de Leon stepped onto the shores of what he thought was a large island and called the land "La Florida."

But the modern-day state of Florida built on the lure of sunshine and myth of eternal youth is still grappling with how to tell its first city's story - a rich history of centuries-old multiculturalism, yet distorted by useful falsehoods aimed at entertaining tourists who are important to its economy.

Florida

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Wake-up Call


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"El-Bernameg"

Bassem Youssef

A Cairo court has turned down a lawsuit demanding that a popular Egyptian satirist's TV show be banned.

The Administrative Court said on Saturday that the lawsuit against Bassem Youssef's "El-Bernameg," or "The Program," was dropped because the plaintiff did not have an interest in the case.

Youssef - known as Egypt's Jon Stewart - frequently satirizes Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

A lawyer filed the suit demanding the suspension of the license of the channel that broadcasts his show, claiming that it "corrupted morals" and violated "religious principles."

Bassem Youssef

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U.S. singer Fergie arrives for the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) Gala in Sao Paulo April 5, 2013.
Photo by Nacho Doce

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The Meandering Alatna River in Alaska | Amusing Planet

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Bar Built From 16th Century Shipwreck

Minerva Inn

The Minerva Inn in Plymouth, UK is a famous landmark, with part of its structure made of wood from sunken 16th Century Spanish Armada ships in 1588.

But the historical location is now facing a mandatory makeover, with city officials saying the 500-year-old wood is a fire hazard and must be painted over with a flame-resistant coating. In addition, the paint could conceal hand-carved messages written by thousands of servicemen and celebrities over the years.

"I don't think Drake would have thought very much of the idea," manager Shelley Jones said in an interview with the Plymouth Herald, referring to Sir Francis Drake, whose forces defeated the Spanish Armada that provided the wood for the Minerva's construction. "The place has been here for nearly 500 years and it hasn't burned down yet."

After the Spanish Armada was defeated, Drake himself lived in a small home next to the pub.

The Minerva is rich with centuries of history, claiming to be the area's oldest establishment, dating back to the late 1500's. Some people claim the establishment is haunted by both members of the fallen Spanish Armada and by some of the thousands of patrons who frequented the Inn over the past several hundred years.

Minerva Inn

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The Penan Peace Park: A Bornean Tribe's Last Stand Against Corporate Greed

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Depression Trial Hits Stumbling Block

'Shrooms

The world's first clinical trial designed to explore using a hallucinogen from magic mushrooms to treat people with depression has stalled because of British and European rules on the use of illegal drugs in research.

David Nutt, president of the British Neuroscience Association and professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, said he had been granted an ethical green light and funding for the trial, but regulations were blocking it.

"We live in a world of insanity in terms of regulating drugs," he told a neuroscience conference in London on Sunday.

He has previously conducted small experiments on healthy volunteers and found that psilocybin, the psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms, has the potential to alleviate severe forms of depression in people who don't respond to other treatments.

'Shrooms

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A participant, dressed in costume which includes a baby doll, takes part in the "zombie" parade during the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film April 6, 2013.
Photo by Francois Lenoir

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Frightening Archaeological Finds: 15 Odd Human Remains (Page 1) | WebUrbanist

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Spike In Strandings

Sea Lions

Nearly 1,100 sickly sea lion pups that should still be with their mothers have stranded in southern California since the beginning of this year, officials say.

Biologists still don't know exactly what's causing the unusually high number of young animals to wash ashore, but there is one symptom that most of the pups share: They're starving.

"You can see bones through their skin," said Sarah Wilkin, California's marine mammal stranding coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The leading hypothesis is that environmental conditions are cutting the sea lion pups' supply of food like anchovies and sardines, Wilkin told reporters today (April 4). While adult sea lions and other marine mammals are more adaptable and can change their feeding habits in the face of a shortage, pups are more limited in how far they can travel for food and what they can eat.

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10 Most Expensive Weddings - Aussie Blog

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1780s British POW Camp In PA

Camp Security

The mud of a south-central Pennsylvania cornfield may soon produce answers about the fate of British prisoners of war - and the newly independent Americans who guarded them - during the waning years of the American Revolution.

A few miles east of York, the city that briefly served as the fledgling nation's capital after the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia, more than a thousand English, Scottish and Canadian soldiers were imprisoned at what was then known as Camp Security.

The fight to preserve the plot where those soldiers and their captors worked and lived has lasted almost twice as long as the Revolutionary War itself. And the end is in sight - if its backers can raise the last few hundred thousand dollars needed to pay for it.

A 1979 archaeological study found numerous artifacts that confirmed local lore about the prison camp's location. Two years ago, the local government, Springettsbury Township, took possession of an adjacent, 115-acre property and last year The Conservation Fund paid a developer nearly $1 million for the 47-acre parcel. Now the Friends of Camp Security faces an August deadline to pay off the fund so it can turn the smaller plot over to the township as well.

Nothing about the property today suggests it was once teeming with prisoners. The first group arrived in 1781, four years after their 1777 surrender at Saratoga, N.Y. More arrived the next year after the battle in Yorktown, Va. By April 1782, there were 1,265 men at the camp, along with 182 women and 189 children - family members and others who accompanied the prisoners.

Camp Security

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Matthew Rolston: Talking Heads: "The Vent Haven Portraits" documents ventriloquist dummies (PHOTOS)

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In Memory

Milo O'Shea

The Irish actor Milo O'Shea, whose many roles on stage and screen included a friar in Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet," an evil scientist in "Barbarella" and a Supreme Court justice on "The West Wing," has died in New York City. He was 87.

Ireland's arts minister, Jimmy Deenihan, said in a statement announcing O'Shea's death on Tuesday that the Dublin-born actor would be remembered for "ground-breaking" roles, including a performance as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film adaptation of "Ulysses."

O'Shea also acted on Broadway, playing a gay hairdresser in 1968's "Staircase." He was nominated for Tony Awards twice.

The public knew O'Shea best as a character actor. His bushy eyebrows and white hair made him a favorite of casting directors looking for priests. He played a drunken one on the TV show "Cheers," a pedophilic one in the 1997 film "The Butcher Boy," a charming one in the 1981 Broadway play "Mass Appeal," as well as the tragedy-enabling Friar Laurence in "Romeo and Juliet." He was a judge in the film "The Verdict."

His loony turn as the pleasure-obsessed scientist Durand Durand in the 1968 science fiction romp "Barbarella" inspired a British rock group to name its band after his character. Duran Duran also put him in a concert video.

O'Shea moved to the U.S. in the mid-1970s and was a longtime resident of New York.

Milo O'Shea

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In Memory

Juan Jose Bigas Luna

One of Spain's best known film directors, Juan Jose Bigas Luna, who shot actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem to fame in the 1990s with his celebrated film "Jamon, Jamon", has died of cancer at the age of 67.

Bigas Luna was known in Spain for his erotically charged films like Bilbao (1978) and had more recent success again outside his home country with "My Name Is Juani", a 2006 movie about a young woman ditching her small town for Madrid.

Bigas Luna died at his home in Tarragona, near the northeastern city of Barcelona.

His 1992 film, "Jamon, Jamon" (Ham, Ham), not only gave Bardem and Cruz, now married, their big break, but Bigas Luna also won a Silver Lion award at the Venice Film Festival for the comedy drama.

Bigas Luna's latest film was Di Di Hollywood, released in 2010. He was working on a film adaptation of a novel by Catalan author Manuel de Pedrolo.

Juan Jose Bigas Luna

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A mandarin duck sleeps on a lake at Beijing Zoo, April 5, 2013.
Photo by Jason Lee

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