Marc Dion: Can We Twerk? (Creators Syndicate)
And toward one side of the parking lot were five girls, all in their teens, and one of them, her blonde hair a swinging circle of light, was "twerking," bent from the waist, bouncing her hindquarters up and down to some lively, unheard beat. The other girls formed a square around her, all of them laughing.
Charlie Jane Anders: "10 Myths About Science Fiction (And Why They Matter)" (io9)
Science fiction is the literature of our times. And that means myths about science fiction are actually myths about the world we live in today. Science fiction explains our gadget-obsessed, social-media-saturated, meta-fictional present. So here are 10 common myths about science fiction, and why they're important.
George Dvorsky: Do microwave ovens kill nutrients in food? (io9)
There's a popular conception that microwave ovens zap all the good stuff in our foods, like essential vitamins and minerals. But is it true? The answer is no. And in fact, microwave ovens often retain more nutrients in our food than conventional cooking.
A.C. Grimes: 5 Shockingly Crazy Judges Who Presided Over Modern Courts (Cracked)
Most of us, if accused of a crime, aren't crazy about having our fate decided by a jury (as the old joke goes, it's a dozen people who weren't clever enough to get out of jury duty). But the judge is a different story -- these are seasoned, esteemed experts in the law who have earned their robes by proving their knowledge and impartiality.
House Party is an American radio daytime variety/talk show that aired on CBS Radio and on ABC Radio from January 15, 1945 to October 13, 1967. It had an equally long run on CBS television as Art Linkletter's House Party and, in its final season, The Linkletter Show, airing from September 1, 1952 to September 5, 1969.
The show's best-remembered segment was "Kids Say the Darndest Things", in which Linkletter interviewed schoolchildren between the ages of five and ten. During the segment's 27-year run, Linkletter interviewed an estimated 23,000 children. The popularity of the segment led to a TV series with the same title hosted by Bill Cosby on CBS-TV from January 1998 to June 2000.
The show's popularity led to the books Kids Say the Darndest Things (Prentice-Hall, 1957) with House Party mentioned in the front cover blurb. It was followed by Kids Still Say the Darndest Things! (Bernard Geis, 1961), both illustrated by Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz.
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Carol Wayne - famously portrayed the dim-witted, buxum sexpot on TV in the 1970's and 80's. While vacationing in Mexico with Edward Durston at the Las Hadas Resort, she drowned in the shallow bay waters. Ironically, Edward Durston was also with Diane Linkletter (daughter of Art Linkletter) when she committed suicide in 1969.
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Lois Of Orrrrrrraaaggghhhhoonnn was first, and correct, with:
I have a dim memory of Art Linkletter's House Party...and
the small children he made uncomfortable while encouraging
them to blurt out the truth about the unspeakable things
they witnessed their parents doing in the dark midnight of
their souls. Or maybe it was just the darndest things. Who
can remember after all this time and trauma? I do miss those
days, though, when kids all looked alike, tiny shrunken
adults, with slicked back hair and world weary faces.
Adam answered:
Art Linkletter.
mj said:
From the segment of the same name on his show.
That would be Art Linkletter.
Charlie wrote:
Art Linkletter. Bill Cosby also did a show by that name, with Linkletter appearing also sometimes.
Linkletter also promoted the hula hoop.
Tammy Wynette's take on the subject.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
Art Linkletter
STEPHEN F responded:
Art Linkletter
DanD wrote:
Art Linkletter or somesuch.
Sally said:
Art Linkletter wrote the book, "Kids Say the Darndest Things."
I recall Art as a beloved radio personality in the 1950's. He 'interviewed kids, and asked them questions on air, hoping they would embarrass their parents. As a kid myself, I didn't find that very funny. By the time he took the show to TV, I had outgrown it.
PS: Loved the article, "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold - Esquire"
While not into his music, loved the gossip!
(I know, I'm badddd)
Marian answered:
Art Linkletter
John I in Hawai'i iPadded:
"Art Linkletter"
Maurice responded:
Art Linkletter
MAM returns, writing:
Bill Cosby
Home from the hospital again. Hope this time for good
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norfallcali, replied:
Art Linkletter. "People Are Funny", "Kids Say the Darndest Things" and his own show were entertaining, if somewhat rigged. What I remember him most for is his statement regarding his daughter's death. On October 4, 1969, 20-year-old Diane died after jumping out of her sixth-floor kitchen window. Linkletter claimed that her death was drug related because she was on, or having a flashback from, an LSD trip (toxicology tests later determined there were no drugs in Diane's system at the time of her death). After Diane's death, Linkletter spoke out against drugs to prevent children from straying into a drug habit. I thought he was a pompous ass for claiming that.
BttbBob said:
I would think that it would be Art Linkletter...
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Memo to JoeS: You dang well betcha dragons are real! My dozen fly around "Maddie Muffin's" room keeping guard when she is sleeping. Sometimes they wind up all over her bed resting when she awakes. She finds great comfort in their presence. She knows they are her guardians... They are commanded to do so by "Grizzle-dor the Dragon Master" (That would be me. I even have a special hat that makes me so. I wore it last Halloween trick or treating with her)
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Happy Birthday this day to:
And, Joe S replied:
I know this one, Art Linkletter. That's all I'm gonna say about that. It's really late here in the Land of the Inland Seas and I'm tired.
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Amazing Race', then a FRESH'The Good Wife', followed by a FRESH'The Mentalist'.
NBC fills the night with LIVE'Sunday Night Football', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Once Upon A Time', then a FRESH'Revenge', followed by a FRESH'Betrayal'.
The CW offers a FRESH'SAF3', followed by 2 hours of what passes for local news and other fluffery.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'MLB Playoffs', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe some old 'Modern Family'.
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 3 hours of old 'Duck Dynasty', followed by a FRESH'Modern Dads', then another FRESH'Modern Dads'.
AMC offers 'The Walking Dead', another 'Walking Dead', followed by a FRESH'The Walking Dead', then a FRESH'The Talking Dead'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 2 - Episode 2NEW
[6:40AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 2 - Episode 3NEW
[7:20AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 2 - Episode 4NEW
[8:00AM] NO KITCHEN REQUIRED - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Chiang Dao
[9:00AM] NO KITCHEN REQUIRED - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Fiji
[10:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Lela's
[11:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 1 - Lanterna
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 1 - Handlebar
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 6 - Episode 5
[2:00PM] TIME BANDITS
[4:30PM] MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
[7:00PM] INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
[9:00PM] 28 DAYS LATER
[11:30PM] QUARANTINE
[1:30AM] 28 DAYS LATER
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 6 - Episode 5
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 6 - Episode 6 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of NJ', another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', and still another 'Real Housewives Of NJ'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'The House Bunny', followed by the movie 'The House Bunny', again.
FX has the movie 'Green Lantern', followed by the movie 'Iron Man'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings
[7:15AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-The Much Funnier Second Episode
[8:30AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-And Now, the Sordid Personal Bits
[9:45AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode
[11:00AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-Lust for Glory
[12:15PM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-Finally! The Last Episode (Ever) (For Now ...)
[1:30PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[2:00PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[2:30PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[2:45PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[3:15PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[3:45PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[4:15PM] Portlandia-Take Back MTV
[4:45PM] Portlandia-Missionaries
[5:15PM] Portlandia-Nina's Birthday
[5:45PM] Portlandia-Squiggleman
[6:15PM] Cloverfield
[8:00PM] House of 1000 Corpses
[10:00PM] The Hills Have Eyes 2
[12:00AM] Hostel
[2:00AM] The Hills Have Eyes 2
[4:00AM] House of 1000 Corpses (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] May the Best Man Win
[7:30AM] Beautiful Girls
[10:00AM] The Big Chill
[12:15PM] The Tree of Life
[3:15PM] Fantastic Mr. Fox
[5:00PM] Beautiful Girls
[7:30PM] Wonder Boys
[10:00PM] Brokeback Mountain
[1:00AM] Wonder Boys
[3:30AM] The Limey
[5:30AM] The Writers' Room-New Girl (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Fright Night', followed by the movie 'Blade II'.
From left, Brannon Braga, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ann Druyan, and Mitchell Cannold participate in FOX's "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" press room and panel during New York Comic Con, on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Javits Convention Center, in New York City, NY.
Photo by Craig Blankenhorn
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch says a letter from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asking him not to do a movie about the emergence of the anti-secrecy website affected his portrayal of him in the upcoming film "The Fifth Estate."
Cumberbatch, 37, said in an "ask me anything" interview on content-sharing site Reddit on Friday that he was concerned with playing the part after Assange sent him a letter in January declining an invitation to meet in person and urging him to rethink his involvement in the film.
"To have the man you are about to portray ask you intelligently and politely not to do it gave me real cause for concern, however, it galvanized me into addressing why I was doing this movie," Cumberbatch said in response to a user asking him whether Assange's letter affected his role in the film.
Assange's letter, dated January 15 and published on the WikiLeaks website on Wednesday, called the actor a "hired gun" and criticized Walt Disney Co's DreamWorks studio for using "toxic" source material as a foundation for the film, based partly on the 2011 book "Inside WikiLeaks" by Assange's former lieutenant Daniel Domscheit-Berg.
Cumberbatch, who plays the WikiLeaks founder as rude, awkward and unkempt, said he believed the film focused on the success of WikiLeaks and celebrated "its extraordinary founder," Assange, while exploring the impact the website had on the people at the core of it.
The Dalai Lama (C) walks, accompanied by actor and Chair of the International Campaign for Tibet Richard Gere (L) and the President of Tibet House in Mexico Marco Antonio Karam, before the Dalai Lama's conference "A guide to the way of life of Bodhisattva" in Mexico City, October 12, 2013. The Dalai Lama is in Mexico for a visit from October 11 to 16.
Photo by Edgard Garrido
On Friday, a group of Canadian environmental activists - led by none other than Dr. David Suzuki - were in Washington, D.C., to lobby against approval of the controversial Keystone Pipeline.
Suzuki, author and activist Tzeporah Berman and artist Frankie James took part in a panel discussion at the National Press Club.
Here is an overview of their message as described by the Globe and Mail's Paul Koring.
"Their message wasn't just that President Barack Obama should reject the Keystone XL pipeline. Rather, the primary thrust was that the Harper government could not be trusted and was ruthless in its efforts to silence and thwart domestic opposition to oil sands development. To listen to the panel, America's northern neighbour has become a repressive regime where free speech is silenced and the government has aligned itself with the interests of a single industry - oil.
David Suzuki, the internationally renowned Canadian scientist and recipient of several UN awards, said Mr. Harper's effort to suppress information had been "learned well from the Bush-Cheney administration." Mr. Suzuki, a companion of the Order of Canada, compared Mr. Harper's suppression of scientific information to the rounding up of Japanese Canadians (including his family) during the Second World War and the imposition of the War Measures Act in 1970 when separatist terrorists kidnapped prominent in Quebec."
State-controlled telecoms group Rostelecom plans an internet search engine named after the Sputnik satellite, Vedomosti newspaper said on Friday, though analysts said the aim to muscle into the highly competitive Russian market was doomed.
The government has made moves to boost control over the Internet, but a state-backed search engine, to be called www.sputnik.ru, would face leading search engine company Yandex, with 62 percent of the market, U.S. giant Google and Mail.Ru.
Rostelecom did not immediately reply to a request for comment about the project, to be named after the first man-made satellite, which was launched in October 1957.
Russia, with the largest internet audience in Europe, has increased state control over the Web, including launching a black list of sites distributing content such as child pornography, but which critics said could boost censorship.
Executive Producer Michael Caine arrives for the European premiere of "The Double" at the London Film Festival, at the Odeon West End, in central London October 12, 2013.
Photo by Suzanne Plunkett
Candy is dandy for The Hershey Co., which on Thursday said it is launching a soft caramel creme candy that is its first new brand in the United States in 30 years.
The candy, named Lancaster, will be available in January and come in three flavors - caramel, vanilla and caramel, and vanilla and raspberry - the Hershey, Pennsylvania-based company said.
"You can really sink your teeth into it, but it is not very sticky on your teeth," said Steven Schiller, the company's senior vice president for sweets and refreshment, using the words "soft" and "meaty" to describe the new product.
Its name stems from the company's history. Founder Milton Hershey's original confection company was called the Lancaster Caramel Co.
Google Inc plans to launch new product-endorsement ads incorporating photos, comments and names of its users, in a move to match the "social" ads pioneered by rival Facebook Inc that is raising some privacy concerns.
The changes, which Google announced in a revised terms of service policy on Friday, set the stage for Google to introduce "shared endorsements" ads on its sites as well as millions of other websites that are part of Google's display advertising network.
The new types of ads would use personal information of the members of Google+, the social network launched by the company in 2011.
If a Google+ user has publicly endorsed a particular brand or product by clicking on the +1 button, that person's image might appear in an ad. Reviews and ratings of restaurants or music that Google+ users share on other Google services, such as in the Google Play online store, would also become fair game for advertisers.
Those ads are attractive to marketers, but they unfairly commercialize Internet users' images, said Marc Rotenberg, the director of online privacy group EPIC.
A technician works in the screening hall of L'Eden cinema, the world's first and oldest cinema, before an inauguration of its reopening in La Ciotat, southeastern France, October 9, 2013. The theatre, which screened in 1899 the first film in history made by the French Lumiere brothers, was closed in 1995 for security reasons and reopened today after its renovation.
Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier
The goal was merely to promote clean energy in Israel - but television ads starring a pair of male puppets called "plug" and "socket" have instead unleashed a debate about gay pride.
The puppets, named Sheka and Teka in Hebrew, have appeared in ads for the state-owned Israel Electric Corp. for more than a decade. Israelis have long playfully questioned whether they might be gay. But the arrival of a baby puppet in the new campaign set off fresh speculation about their sexual orientation.
The ads highlight a striking paradox of the Holy Land: Although religion holds great sway and there is no civil marriage, gays have gained a widespread acceptance that is increasingly noted around the world. Gay activists demand the ad characters, who have a close but ambiguous relationship, officially come out of the closet.
Some gay rights advocates accuse the company of being intentionally ambiguous about their sexuality in a cynical publicity ploy.
Gays serve openly in Israel's military and parliament, and the Supreme Court has granted gays a variety of family rights such as inheritance and survivors' benefits. Gays, lesbians and even a transsexual are among the country's most popular musicians and actors.
Hindu priests perform traditional worship of a Kumari during the religious festival of Durga Puja in Kolkata October 12, 2013. A Kumari is a young virgin girl who is worshipped as an incarnation of the Goddess Durga. The festival that started on Friday is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus. Hindus believe that the goddess Durga symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil.
Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri
Hundreds of people participated in a march against seed giant Monsanto in downtown Vancouver Saturday.
Protesters say they want to call attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the food giants that produce it.
More than 400 events are taking place Saturday worldwide, according to the "Occupy Monsanto" website.
Monsanto Co., based in St. Louis, Missouri, said prevaricated Saturday that it respects people's rights to express their opinion on the topic, but maintains that its seeds improve agriculture by helping farmers produce more from their land while conserving resources such as water and energy.
Devotees of the Chinese Kathu Shrine with spikes pierced through their bodies get ready for a street procession during the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket October 12, 2013. The festival, featuring face-piercing, spirit mediums and strict vegetarianism celebrates the local Chinese community's belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help them obtain good health and peace of mind.
Photo by Athit Perawongmetha
It's an easy law to break, and dog cheats do. By strapping a vest or backpack that says "service animal" to their pet, anyone can go in stores and restaurants where other dogs are banned, creating growing problems for the disabled community and business owners and leading to calls for better identifying the real deal.
Those with disabilities are worried about privacy and the safety of their highly trained service dogs, while business owners are concerned about health violations and damage to merchandise from impostors abusing the system.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, it's a federal crime to use a fake dog. And about a fourth of all states have laws against service animal misrepresentation. But privacy protections built into the laws make it nearly impossible to prosecute offenders. It's even more difficult because no papers are legally required for real service dogs. Often, people who want to take their pets into restaurants or retail stores just go online to buy vests, backpacks or ID cards with a "service animal" insignia.
The law says those entering businesses with animals can be asked just two questions: Is this a service dog? What is it trained to do for you?
Efforts to make the law more prosecutable have begun, but few agree on what will work best. Ideas range from ditching privacy to doing nothing.
Indigenous Mapuche activists perform during a protest against Columbus Day in Santiago October 12, 2013. This year marks the 521th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas. Many indigenous people in Latin America consider it the day Columbus brought slavery, disease, colonisation and genocide from Europe to the Americas.
Photo by Ivan Alvarado
Southeast Colorado farmer Ryan Loflin tried an illegal crop this year. He didn't hide it from neighbors, and he never feared law enforcement would come asking about it.
Loflin is among about two dozen Colorado farmers who raised industrial hemp, marijuana's non-intoxicating cousin that can't be grown under federal drug law, and bringing in the nation's first acknowledged crop in more than five decades.
Emboldened by voters in Colorado and Washington last year giving the green light to both marijuana and industrial hemp production, Loflin planted 55 acres of several varieties of hemp alongside his typical alfalfa and wheat crops. The hemp came in sparse and scraggly this month, but Loflin said but he's still turning away buyers.
"Phone's been ringing off the hook," said Loflin, who plans to press the seeds into oil and sell the fibrous remainder to buyers who'll use it in building materials, fabric and rope. "People want to buy more than I can grow."
Bunches of pinot noir grapes of are pictured in the Billecart-Salmon sort area in Mareuil-sur-Ay, eastern France during the traditional Champagne wine harvest October 7, 2013. The end of September start of the 2013 grape harvest was the latest in the last 30 years. Weather conditions permitted grapes in the vineyards to reach maturity and cool temperatures enabled an even quality of the fruit throughout the harvest.
Photo by Benoit Tessier
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