BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 31 August, 2014

Sunday

31 August, 2014

(Updated Daily)

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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Marc Dion: Accidental Death Is Better (Creators Syndicate)
My father, who had some oddly streetwise ways of dispensing comfort, would sometimes look at me when I'd done something particularly bad, back when I was, say 9 years old. "I'm not gonna punish you for that," he'd say, examining the new jacket I'd ripped while chasing the dog through the woods. "I know it had to be an accident because no one would do anything that stupid on purpose."


David Rheinhart: 5 Historical Figures Who Made James Bond Look Like a Pussy (Cracked)
You might assume that history's most influential leaders were just ordinary people born at the right place, at the right time, to the right sperm. And that is largely correct. But some of those folks clawed their way up from mundanity simply by having balls so immense that science has only recently, reluctantly, demoted their status from "dwarf planets" to "large moons."


Lucy Mangan: we're off on holiday - time to sort my life out (Guardian)
When did life get so small, so stupid, so out of control? Is it age? The age I am, or the age we live in? It can't all be having a child. Can it?


Oliver Burkeman: "This column will change your life: mise en place" (Guardian)
Don't just make a plan. Doing it in the meticulous, focused spirit of mise en place makes a difference.


What I'm really thinking: the safari camp host (Guardian)
'Having to listen to you regular safari-goers describe every African country you've visited is tedious.'


Terry Savage: Elder Financial Abuse -- Near You? (Creators Syndicate)
Elder financial abuse is being called the fastest growing area of crime in America. And it may be happening in your family if you aren't paying attention to a caregiver - or a relative - who, under the guise of being helpful, is syphoning off an elderly person's life savings.


Cheryl Fargo: Inflammation and Food (Creators Syndicate)
Inflammation is the body's method of healing itself in response to an injury or exposure to a harmful substance. However, inflammation is not always beneficial.


Nancy Messieh: 10 Cool […] Amateur Movies on YouTube (makeuseof.com)
The art of the short film may be the most underrated film style today, although with our 21st century attention spans, they are the ideal way to pass 5 or 10 minutes of spare time. YouTube is brimming with both amateur and award winning short films in every language imaginable.



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Trivia Question of the Day


In 2010, the total global harvest of sesame seeds was about 3.84 million metric tonnes. What country was the largest producer?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Like a guitar or lute, a zither's body serves as a sound box, but unlike them, a zither has no ___?___


      Neck                                                      Source


The zither is a musical string instrument, consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat body. It is played by strumming or plucking the strings, either with one's fingers, or using a tool called a plectrum. Like a guitar or lute, a zither's body serves as a sound box, but unlike them, a zither has no neck. The number of strings varies, from as few as twelve to more than fifty.        Source






Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   Neck



Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
   Like a guitar or lute, a zither's body serves as a sound box, but unlike them, a zither has no neck.



Charlie wrote:
   It has no neck.
  Walt "No-Neck" Williams




Deborah responded:
   A zither has no neck.
  And it's a fun word to say.




Adam answered:
   Hmmm... Frets.? No- neck has no neck.



Marian replied:
   yoke



DJ Useo said:
   Having served as an orchestra manager, I have a strong familiarity with nearly all musical instruments. Not bragging, just saying.
  So the answer is "the neck". The technical term for the neck is "The NECK". hahaha.
  The zither is a lot of fun to play. You can learn it easy. Give it a try, you'll like it lots, & there's no spit involved like the instruments you blow through.




Randall replied:
   Unlike a guitar,


  a zither has no ...soul.

  sadly, a zither has no soul...




Dale of Diamond Springy, Norcali, responded:
   It's a no neck motherfucker. Isis playing a zither. Number Two was better than Number One.




MAM   wrote:
   Neck

  Etienne de Lavaulx playing 'Let It Be' on a 1925 German Zither




Joe S     took the day off.
  



Lois Of Oregon, where are you?
  


Sally is on hiatus.
  



BttbBob   has retired.
  
  August 31 Birthdays - Celebrities Born August 31 | Famous Birthdays



  


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Now a Blogger-Columnist at US News and World Reports "Economic Intelligence"


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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


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Making Sure Those Walking Horses Aren't Hurting Horses : NPR




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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

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from Marc Perkel

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Hello Bartcop fans,

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


THE REPUBLICANS GO "MEDIEVAL."

KILL EVERYTHING AND BLAME IT ON THE DEVIL.

COMPLEX QUESTIONS.

IS "ISIS" STEALING THESE WEAPONS?

THOSE GOD FEARING CONSERVATIVES SAY: "IT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM."

"PUTIN ON THE RITZ" CONTINUES.

GOD IS A MATHEMATICIAN.

HE'S STILL A LYING CONSERVATIVE CREEP AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!

"ANOTHER SUCH VICTORY AND WE WILL BE LOST!"

AND THE BEAT GOES ON!

"PROTECT OUR REPUTATION WITH SELF SERVING LIES."

THE SUNDAY FUNNIES!






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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Hotter.



Tonight, Sunday:

CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH 'Big Brother', then a FRESH 'Unforgettable', followed by FRESH 'Reckless'.



NBC opens the night with a RERUN 'American Ninja Warrior', followed by a RERUN 'America's Got Talent'.



ABC begins the night with a RERUN 'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH 'Wipeout', then the FRESH '2014 MDA Show Of Strength 2-Hour Telethon'.



The CW offers a RERUN 'SAF3', followed by an old 'Friends', then another old 'Friends', followed by 2 hours of what passes for local news and other fluffery.



Faux has a RERUN 'Bog's Burgers', followed by another RERUN 'Bob's Burgers', then a RERUN 'The Simpsons', followed by another RERUN 'The Simpsons', then a RERUN 'Family Guy', followed by another RERUN 'Family Guy'.



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 the movie 'Gladiator', followed by the movie 'The Bourne Supremacy', and 'Epic Ink'.



AMC offers all 'Breaking Bad' all night.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 1
 [7:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 2
 [8:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 3
 [9:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 4
 [10:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 5
 [11:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 6
 [12:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 1
 [1:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 2
 [2:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 3
 [3:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 4
 [4:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 21 - Episode 5
 [5:00PM]    TOP GEAR: THE PERFECT ROAD TRIP-Part 1
 [6:00PM]    TOP GEAR: THE PERFECT ROAD TRIP-Part 2
 [7:00PM]    TOP GEAR: AFRICA SPECIAL-Season 19 - Part 1
 [8:00PM]    TOP GEAR: AFRICA SPECIAL-Season 19 - Part 2
 [9:00PM]    TOP GEAR: BURMA SPECIAL-Part 1
 [10:00PM]    TOP GEAR: BURMA SPECIAL-Part 2
 [11:00PM]    TOP GEAR: THE PERFECT ROAD TRIP-Part 1
 [12:00AM]    TOP GEAR: THE PERFECT ROAD TRIP-Part 2
 [1:00AM]    TOP GEAR: AFRICA SPECIAL-Season 19 - Part 1
 [2:00AM]    TOP GEAR: AFRICA SPECIAL-Season 19 - Part 2
 [3:00AM]    TOP GEAR: BURMA SPECIAL-Part 1
 [4:00AM]    TOP GEAR: BURMA SPECIAL-Part 2
 [5:00AM]    TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 1    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH 'Don't Be Tardy', another 'Don't Be Tardy', followed by a FRESH 'Game Of Crowns'.



Comedy Central has 'Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy', 'Kevin Hart: I'm A Grown Little Man', 'Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly', and 'Kevin Hart: I'm A Grown Little Man'.



FX has the movie 'X-Men: First Class', followed by a FRESH 'The Strain'.



History has all 'Mountain Men' all night.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    WHITEST KIDS U'KNOW
 [6:15AM]    THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
 [9:00AM]    BATMAN-THE PENGUIN'S A JINX
 [9:30AM]    BATMAN-THE JOKER IS WILD
 [10:00AM]    BATMAN-BATMAN GETS RILED
 [10:30AM]    BATMAN-INSTANT FREEZE
 [11:00AM]    BATMAN-RATS LIKE CHEESE
 [11:30AM]    BATMAN-ZELDA THE GREAT
 [12:00PM]    GARFUNKEL AND OATES-ROAD WARRIORS
 [12:30PM]    PORTLANDIA-TRAILBLAZERS
 [1:00PM]    PORTLANDIA-LATE IN LIFE DRUG USE
 [1:30PM]    PORTLANDIA-3D PRINTER
 [2:00PM]    PORTLANDIA-GETTING AWAY
 [2:30PM]    THE SPOILS OF BABYLON-THE FOUNDLING
 [3:00PM]    THE SPOILS OF BABYLON-THE WAR WITHIN
 [3:30PM]    THE SPOILS OF BABYLON-KICKING THE HABIT
 [4:00PM]    THE SPOILS OF BABYLON-THE RISE OF THE EMPIRE
 [4:30PM]    THE SPOILS OF BABYLON-THE AGE OF THE BASTARD
 [5:00PM]    THE SPOILS OF BABYLON-SO SWEET THE BELLS
 [5:30PM]    SCREAM 2
 [8:00PM]    LAND OF THE DEAD
 [10:00PM]    HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES
 [12:00AM]    SCREAM 2
 [2:30AM]    UNEARTHED
 [4:30AM]    GARFUNKEL AND OATES-ROAD WARRIORS
 [5:00AM]    THE BIRTHDAY BOYS-GOING ALL THE WAY
 [5:30AM]    THE BIRTHDAY BOYS-DUMB PUBLIC    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    The Writers' Room-The Good Wife
 [6:30AM]    Big Night
 [9:00AM]    Safety Not Guaranteed
 [10:45AM]    Caddyshack
 [1:00PM]    The Legend of Bagger Vance
 [3:45PM]    Tenderness
 [6:00PM]    Escape From New York
 [8:00PM]    Superfly
 [10:00PM]    Shaft
 [12:15AM]    Naked Lunch
 [2:45AM]    Dead Ringers
 [5:15AM]    Love Lust-Love Lust & Make-up
 [5:30AM]    The Writers' Room-The Walking Dead, Smallville & other comics    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Predator 2', followed by the movie 'Eragon'.



TCM spends 24 hours with Alan Ladd
 [6:00 AM]      Wildcat Bus (1940)
 [7:15 AM]      Joan Of Paris (1942)
 [9:00 AM]      The Iron Mistress (1952)
 [11:00 AM]      The Man In The Net (1959)
 [12:45 PM]      The Glass Key (1942)
 [2:15 PM]      The Deep Six (1958)
 [4:15 PM]      Drum Beat (1954)
 [6:15 PM]      The Big Land (1957)
 [8:00 PM]      Shane (1953)
 [10:15 PM]      This Gun for Hire (1942)
 [12:00 AM]      The Blue Dahlia (1946)
 [2:00 AM]      Santiago (1956)
 [4:00 AM]      Guns of the Timberland (1960)
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Monday   -  09/01/14

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Russian Ark (2001)
 [7:45 AM]      Multiple SIDosis (1970)
 [8:00 AM]      The Garden Of Allah (1936)
 [9:30 AM]      The Big Parade (1925)     SILENT 
 [12:15 PM]      The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
 [2:00 PM]      Something Wild (1961)
 [4:00 PM]      The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
 [5:15 PM]      Death Rides a Horse (1967)
 [7:15 PM]      La Jetee (1962)
 [8:00 PM]      Le Joli Mai (1963)
 [10:30 PM]      Portrait of Jennie (1948)
 [12:15 AM]      My Left Foot (1989)
 [2:15 AM]      The Crying Game (1992)
 [4:15 AM]      Overlord (1975)     (ALL TIMES EST)



TNT has a FRESH 'Falling Skies', followed by another FRESH 'Falling Skies'.




Antenna TV

Bounce TV

Cozi TV

MOVIES! TV Network

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV


Al Jazeera






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Members of the media are reflected in the sunglasses of cast member Al Pacino as he attends the red carpet for the movie "Manglehorn" at the 71st Venice Film Festival August 30, 2014.
Photo by Tony Gentile

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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10 Little-Known but Amazing Structures of the Ancient World | When On Earth - For People Who Love Travel

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'Historic' Sick Leave Bill

California

A measure to grant California workers mandatory sick leave that passed the state legislature early on Saturday appeared poised to become law after Governor Jerry Brown lauded it as a historic achievement.

The bill would require employers to provide at least three days of annual paid sick leave to workers, who would accrue the time off at a rate of one hour per 30 hours worked.

If Brown signs the measure into law, California will join Connecticut as the only states mandating paid sick leave, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The bill passed the state Senate with a 22-8 vote late Friday and the Assembly early Saturday morning with a 52-25 vote.

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Actress Catherine Deneuve, right, and her daughter Chiara Mastroianni arrive for the screening of the movie '3 Coeurs' at the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Medichini

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10 of History's Deadliest Construction Projects

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Two California Cities To Give Up

Military Vehicles

Two Northern California cities have made plans to rid themselves of armored vehicles built to withstand roadside bombs that their police got for free from the U.S. Defense Department, in a move that follows criticism of the police handling of protests in Missouri as too militarized.

Officials in San Jose and Davis took steps to jettison their so-called Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles this week.

Also in recent days, a sheriff in New Jersey said he would stop the acquisition of a similar vehicle, and two police departments in North Carolina announced plans to hold forums to hear concerns about law enforcement's militarization.

In Davis, a college town near the California state capital of Sacramento, officials say residents' unease over the mine-resistant vehicle was heightened by controversy over a university police officer's pepper spraying of seated protesters in 2011.

The police force in Albuquerque, New Mexico, also has moved to give up a mine-resistant vehicle.

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Filming Resumes

'Star Wars'

Harrison Ford will reprise his role as Han Solo for "Star Wars: Episode VII." Lucasfilm Ltd.

Han Solo is back! Actor Harrison Ford has returned to the "Star Wars: Episode VII" set after a break to recover from leg surgery.

"Filming restarted earlier this week at Pinewood Studios in the U.K.," according to The Hollywood Reporter, citing unnamed sources. The production had been on hold for two weeks.

Now that Ford has recovered from surgery, filming is back on track in the U.K., and both Disney and Lucasfilm confirmed earlier that the hiatus will not affect the film's Dec. 18, 2015, release date.

'Star Wars'

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Actor Giancarlo Giannini poses for photographers as he arrives for the screening of 3 Coeurs during the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014.
Photo by David Azia

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10 Strange Secrets Of The Moon - Listverse

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Hit Historic Low

Album Sales

The record industry has just had its worst week in decades. For the first time since Nielsen SoundScan began keeping track in 1991, album sales failed to reach the four-million-sold mark this week, totaling just 3.97 million. The week's top seller, Wiz Khalifa's Blacc Hollywood contributed just over 90,000, but after that, the Top 10 featured three other debuting albums that averaged only 31,000 each, Billboard reports. It's worth noting, though, that this week's numbers do not include the post-VMA sales bump for many artists. Those will be tallied on next week's charts.

Falling below the four million mark was inevitable, as sales totaling more than five million records sold have been a rarity so far in 2014. In fact, one of this summer's biggest sellers was a soundtrack featuring previously available Seventies hits (Guardians of the Galaxy) that sold at the same pace as a Now! compilation. If not for that soundtrack's surprise success, album sales may have dipped below four million weeks ago. By comparison, during this same week in 2014, album sales totaled 4.88 million.

The music industry has struggled in recent years as consumers have shifted from physical CDs to MP3s, but even the digital side has been hit hard in 2014: Digital album sales are down 11.7 percent for the year, and à la carte downloads are down another 12.8 percent according to Billboard. Illegal downloading has no doubt eroded much of those digital sales, but it's the emergence of legal streaming sites like Spotify and Pandora that has also chipped away at overall sales. Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" had 544,000 digital sales this week partly because the track isn't available on Spotify, forcing fans to download the song (or watch it on YouTube, where it has already accrued 46 million views).

While the music industry has struggled to capture even five million units sold per week in 2014, things look slightly more optimistic in the months to come thanks to new releases from bona fide album movers like Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, Lil Wayne, Foo Fighters and Pink Floyd. Those albums, and Adele's eventual LP, will help resuscitate things. However, if current trends continue, 2015 promises to be an even gloomier year sales wise for the music companies.

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Wake-up Call


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Campaign Manager Resigns

Turtlehead

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign manager resigned Friday amid fallout from a scandal in Iowa involving a presidential campaign he worked for in 2012. Jesse Benton said he didn't want to become a distraction as McConnell tries to win a tough re-election campaign in Kentucky.

Benton's resignation, effective Saturday, comes barely two months before Kentucky voters choose between McConnell, a five-term incumbent and the top-ranking Senate Republican, and Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes.

In Iowa this week, former state Sen. Kent Sorenson pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from his switch of support from one Republican presidential candidate to another before the 2012 Iowa caucuses. He received thousands of dollars in "under the table payments" before switching loyalties from candidate Michele Bachmann, whose Iowa campaign he headed, to candidate Ron Paul, then lied to federal investigators about the money, the Justice Department said.

Prosecutors refused to say which campaign paid Sorenson. A representative for Bachmann didn't immediately return voice and email messages seeking comment Friday. A phone message for Paul also wasn't immediately returned.

Benton, a tea party insider, worked as a top aide to Paul. On Friday he said that he has been the target of "inaccurate press accounts and unsubstantiated media rumors" about his role in past campaigns that are "politically motivated, unfair and, most importantly, untrue."

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This photo provided by Nate D. Sanders Auctions shows a slice of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding cake from July 29, 1981. The 33-year-old slice of cake has sold at auction for $1,375. The cake, still in its original white and silver presentation box, was sold online Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, by Nate D. Sanders Auctions of Los Angeles.

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Moon Hill: The Hill with a Hole Through It ~ Kuriositas

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Charges Dropped

Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Manhattan district attorney has dropped drug-selling charges against a jazz musician and friend of late film star Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died of an accidental drug overdose in February, the New York Times newspaper reported.

Montreal-born Robert Aaron Vineberg, 58, was arrested after police traced what they believed to have been the source of the heroin suspected of killing the Oscar-winning actor. Vineberg was charged with intent to sell heroin.

The charges were dropped on Thursday because of "evidentiary issues that have come to light", the Times quoted assistant district attorney Jon Veiga as saying.

The district attorney said in an Aug. 14 letter that two police officers who first interrogated Vineberg after his arrest had not read him his Miranda rights -- which include the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney -- , rendering his statements to them unusable in court, the newspaper said.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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A character leading a dinosaur during the Dragon Con science fiction and fantasy parade in Atlanta, Georgia, August 30, 2014. Thousands of people crowded downtown to watch the 28th annual science fiction and fantasy convention in Atlanta.
Photo by Erick S. Lesser

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Amguid Impact Crater | Amusing Planet

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MTV Awards Date

Miley Cyrus

A homeless man who was chosen by Miley Cyrus to accept her MTV Music Video Award on Sunday has turned himself in on a probation violation and was free after posting bail, authorities in Oregon said on Friday.

Jesse Helt, 22, made headlines at Sunday's VMAs show when Cyrus opted not to collect the video of the year award for her hit "Wrecking Ball," sending Helt in her place as a way to draw attention to youth homelessness.

Helt had a warrant for his arrest on a probation violation for criminal trespass since November 2011 after he failed to report and comply with probation supervision, Polk County Director of Community Corrections Martin Silbernagel said.

Helt's probation officer said this week that local authorities had been looking for Helt in Salem, Oregon, after his mother told the Oregonian newspaper that Cyrus had given Helt money to fly home.

Helt turned himself in on Thursday evening and was released about 90 minutes later after posting the state-required 10 percent of his $25,000 bail, a spokeswoman for the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

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An exhibitor displays a gold knife at the eight edition of the 'Asia Jewels Fair' in Bangalore, India, August 30, 2014. Over 60 exhibitors from different parts of the country showcase their latest collections of fine gold jewellery, diamond jewellery and traditional jewellery to consumers in the three day event.
Photo by Jagadeesh NV

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The Most Amazing Stone Walls You Will See Today «TwistedSifter

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Exposed in New Report

Outrageous Lies

C. David Heymann's posthumously released account Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio's torrid marriage was favorably reviewed after its July release, but Newsweek's David Cay Johnston is now contesting the authenticity of the book and much of the author's entire biographical catalog.

"For 30 years, I watched with astonishment and then bemusement as major publishers gave C. David Heymann big advances," Johnston wrote in a story printed Thursday in Newsweek . "Respected media outlets-The New Yorker, The New York Times, People, Vanity Fair, USA Today and NPR-praised and promoted his books,"

Newsweek's critical examination does more than just cast a shadow doubt on Heymann's juiciest discoveries, it flatly refutes them. Johnston argues "Joe and Marilyn," for example, published earlier this Summer (nearly two years after the author's death ), might be partly based off of fabricated interviews.

"In 'Joe and Marilyn,' Heymann drew heavily on the rich trove of books about the Yankee Clipper and the iconic blonde," wrote Johnston. "He also cited interviews with writer George Plimpton; Pierre Salinger, the Kennedy White House press secretary; and [Jack] Newfield. All three men were dead by 2005."

"Plimpton, in a tape recording in Heymann's own archive, declined to be interviewed. Salinger, in a letter also in the Heymann archive, said Heymann wrote 'dramatic lies' and refused to cooperate. We already know that Newfield wrote a column in the Post denouncing Heymann. Despite this, Heymann 'quoted' all three men in his book," continued Johnston, "Long after they had been buried."

Outrageous Lies

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The Man is engulfed by a dust storm during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 29, 2014. Over 65,000 people from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival to spend a week in the remote desert cut off from much of the outside world to experience art, music and the unique community that develops. Picture taken August 29, 2014.
Photo by Jim Urquhart

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Photos: The Luxurious Boeing 314 Clipper - Business Insider

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Catching On

Sesame

Sesame is gaining a foothold in parts of the southeast United States, where cotton has long been king, as farmers take advantage of its drought tolerance and a recently developed trait that lets them bring it in with typical ag equipment.

Thousands of acres from Arkansas to Florida and Georgia were planted in sesame this year - sometimes joining a rotation of cotton, soybeans and corn and at times spread in fields too far away from irrigation lines.

The nation's traditional sesame-growing region is in Oklahoma and Texas west of Interstate 35. It yields between 350 pounds and 850 pounds per acre a year, according to Erick Scott, a territory agronomist for Texas-based Sesaco Corp., which promotes the crop and develops new strains. The problem is the area only gets 16 to 20 inches of precipitation per year.

But in the southeast, where rainfall can exceed 50 inches annually, sesame flourishes.

Sesame

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Edible Chocolate LEGOs by Akihiro Mizuuchi | Colossal

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A new born little western black-and-white colobus cuddles with it's mother at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The little ape from western Africa is one of only 30 rare animals in Europe.
Photo by Martin Meissner

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