Connie Ogle: Celebs, punks & greyhounds star in coffee-table gift books (McClatchy Newspapers)
Some books are almost like works of art. Unlike the shop-worn copies of last year's best-sellers that you sometimes borrow from the library, these are the books you want with you always, not just in your house but as near at hand as possible, in the bookcase in the hallway or stacked by your bed.
Betraying the student body? (guardian.co.uk)
Beauty pageants are often derided as sexist, outdated and belittling - yet top female students are flocking to take part. Emine Saner finds out why.
Are you planning to go to the cinema and see one of the new 'Holiday Season' movies?
A. Yes! I avidly want to go see___________ with___________ (unless I go alone, that is, cuz I need some space or my partner hates what I want to see)...
B. No! I'd rather stay home and watch holiday classic movies and/or college football bowl games on TV. Besides, I'd rather wait until the movies come out on DVD than sit in a jammed packed theater listening to people's stupid cell phone ring tones and their inane conversations (or something like that, haha)...
C. Maybe... It depends on whether the whole 'holiday season' thing starts driving me crazy and I need to escape for a few hours, dagnabbit!... I might go see__________...(but, then again, I might just go to the bar)
'Fess up now, Poll-fans! The truth shall set you free!
What is the sole food source of Monarch Butterfly larva?
A Buttercups
B Daisies
C Dandelions
D Milkweed
E Paintbrush
Source
mj was first, and correct, with:
Picky eaters
They dine exclusively on D, milkweed, from which their little bodies extract an alkaloid poison that makes them unpalatable to most predators. While individual monarchs may perish in the gullet of a bird, the resulting tummy upset for their assasin leaves a bad taste in its mouth and it is unlikely to ever dine on another black and orage butterfly. The similarly marked viceroy butterfly benefits from its look-a-like status and is not subject to excessive predation.
BadtotheboneBob responded:
I know! I know! It's D: milkweed... My 4th grade teacher brought a monarch caterpillar (which are beautiful in their own right) to class and we fed it milkweed until it went into chrysalis and later emerged as a Monarch. We were enthralled by the whole process and we had a little party the day we took it outside to set it free. We cheered and yelled as only a bunch of 9 year olds can, "Fly away! Fly away!", as it promptly did into the farm field next to the school... Ah, what a marvelous memory!
Alan J answered:
D Milkweed
Jim from CA replied:
Milkweed...
Sandra in Bangor said:
D. milkweed they love it, and we have lots on our property here in maine.
Charlie responded:
To store up poison to fend off predators, the monarch butterfly caterpillar feeds on
Kingdom Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Gentianales
Family Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed family
Genus Asclepias L. - milkweed
So it's:
D Milkweed
A science site I like to check now and then is that of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , where the interest in promoting science to the public goes beyond physics. Indeed, they have a fine article on today's subject. Anyone suspicious of their politics because of their government funding should note that in their archives one can find things like Noam Chomsky (whose 80th birthday is Sunday), discussing "The Aftermath of September 11 ."
Funny how these questions can carry one off topic, so I'll furnish a relevant picture.
Marian the Teacher answered:
Milkweed
Adam in NoHo said:
A quick search reveals it is D- Milkweed. I did not know that was all the larvae ate. Apparently it makes them poisonous to predators.
Chuck B replied:
Hi, sorry for not answering in a long time. I have been watching BE and it usually is the first thing I read in the morning. keep up great work.... Trivia Answer: D. Milkweed
Sally said:
I believe that the leaves of the (D) Milkweed are the sole food source of Monarch Butterfly larvae.
PS: "ducks" reminded me of the actual thorny blackberry bushes of my childhood - which I had forgotten over the years - because my berry-picking days had faded into happy memories... Thanks, ducks... (Still luv you though...) Sigh...
socdan answered:
Milkweed (are you warming us up for a Milk related contest next week???)
MAM wrote:
The Milkweed is visited by many insects, but it has a special relationship to the Monarch butterfly. The Milkweed leaves are the sole food of the Monarch caterpillar. The very special sap of the Milkweed contains cardiac glycosides, similar to Foxglove, which make the Monarch unpalatable if not downright poisonous to predators. Birds will vomit if they ingest Monarchs full of milk.
D Milkweed
Joe S replied:
As long as we're on the subject of food, and we have been for the past several days, I feel it is my duty to relay some vital information. I may have mentioned, in passing, my deep regard for roast turkey. Consequently I must pass on the proper way to make a left-over turkey sandwich, really, the only way to make a turkey sandwich.
Pay no attention to those cooking shows, the "famous" chefs on morning news shows, with their foreign and exotic ingredients, and spices, and "special" sauces. PAH! They are just ruining perfectly good turkey rendering it practically inedible. Let's face it, if you wanted that stuff in your turkey you would have added it when you roasted the turkey to begin with. Right? AM I RIGHT?! I mean these guys are all over the place, why do they hate turkey so much? Or do they hate America?
The secret is to keep it simple. All you need is a good quality white bread, Miracle Whip (not mayonnaise) and plenty of left over turkey. Slather the Miracle Whip on two slices of white bread, pile as much turkey on one slice of bread as it will hold and then put the other slice on top. Serve with a couple of slices of jellied cranberry sauce and cold left-over stuffing on the side (you know, if you have it. It's not required).
Oh, and the answer is D: Milkweed.
And, Paul responded:
Milwweed of course.
Thanks to Charlie, Marianne, Chuck B, and Joe S for the pictures.
NEW CONTEST!
Starting tomorrow (12/08) a new contest - with some pretty cool swag.
4 prizes in all - 3 first-prizes:
Levi's Canvas Tote Bag filled with:
o Hat
o T-shirt
o Soundtrack
o Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk
And, 1 grand prize:
Levi's Canvas Tote Bag filled with:
o Sweatshirt (made from recycled materials)
o Script Book
o Hat
o T-Shirt
o Soundtrack
o Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk
Monday's page will be up sometime after I get the kid off to school.
Traffic was heavy & it took a bit longer to get home than anticipated.
The stuff I worked on in Sac is still in the laptop (from hell), but I wanted to get this page up before I started messing around with transferring files & all that crap.
And, yes, I realize the trivia question didn't change. New question, with prizes (!) - starting Monday.
Tonight, Sunday:
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Amazing Race 13', then a FRESH made-for-TV-movie 'Front Of The Class'.
NBC fills the night with LIVE'Sunday Night Football', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Monk', and/or an old 'Dateline'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH 2-hour 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', followed by a FRESH'Desperate Housewives', then a FRESH'Brothers & Sisters'.
The CW recycles an old 'Jericho', followed by the movie 'The Cutting Edge'.
Faux has a RERUN'King Of The Hill', followed by another RERUN'King Of The Hill', then a FRESH'Simpsons', followed by a RERUN'King Of The Hill', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by a (R) 'American Dad'.
MY recycles an old 'Raymond', followed by a recycled 'House', and another recycled 'House'.
AMC offers the movie 'Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory', followed by the movie 'Prancer', then the movie 'A Christmas Carol'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 7
[1:00 PM] Britz - Episode 1
[3:30 PM] Britz - Episode 2
[6:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 3 Planet of the Ood
[7:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 4 The Sontaran Strategem
[8:00 PM] Too Fat To Toddle - Too Fat To Toddle
[9:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Reese Witherspoon, Paul O'Grady
[10:00 PM] Skins - Ep 17 Jal
[11:00 PM] Too Fat To Toddle - Too Fat To Toddle
[12:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Reese Witherspoon, Paul O'Grady
[1:00 AM] Skins - Ep 17 Jal
[2:00 AM] Too Fat To Toddle - Too Fat To Toddle
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Reese Witherspoon, Paul O'Grady
[4:00 AM] Skins - Ep 17 Jal
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 13 Fry
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 14 Davies
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has all 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' all night.
Comedy Central has has the movie 'Waiting', followed by the movie 'Accepted'.
FX has the movie 'X-Men: The Last Stand', followed by the movie 'The Plumber'.
History has 'Extreme Trains', followed by the FRESH'70's Fever', and 'History Rocks'.
IFC -
[7:00 AM] IFC Short Film Showcase
[8:00 AM] The Thin Red Line
[11:00 AM] The New World
[1:20 PM] IFC in Theaters
[1:30 PM] The War at Home
[3:35 PM] The Honeymoon Killers
[5:30 PM] Made
[7:15 PM] The Hard Word
[9:00 PM] Last Man Standing
[10:45 PM] Gangster No. 1
[12:30 AM] Trainspotting
[2:05 AM] IFC News Special
[2:15 AM] Last Man Standing
[4:00 AM] Gangster No. 1
[5:45 AM] The New World (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'The Brothers Grimm', followed by the movie 'Tristan & Islolde'.
Sundance -
[05:00 AM] Old Joy
[06:30 AM] The White Countess
[09:00 AM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Mary J. Blige, Dashboard Confessional & James Blunt
[10:00 AM] The Staircase: Chapter 1. Crime or accident
[11:00 AM] The Drug Years: Break on Through
[12:00 PM] The Milagro Beanfield War
[02:00 PM] Spectacle: Elton John
[03:00 PM] Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 2: Business
[03:35 PM] Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Genesis
[05:00 PM] The Sierra Club Chronicles: Episode 6
[05:30 PM] In Short: Festival 10
[06:30 PM] Architecture School: Episode 4
[07:00 PM] Crooklyn
[09:00 PM] John Safran vs. God: Episode 2
[09:30 PM] Pulling: Episode 2
[10:00 PM] Art School Confidential
[12:00 AM] Bright Future
[01:35 AM] Kardia
[03:00 AM] Big Girl's Blouse: Episode 2
[03:30 AM] Nimrod Nation: Episode 6
[04:00 AM] Pusher (ALL TIMES EST)
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