BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 19 February, 2013

Tuesday

19 February, 2013

(Updated Daily)

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TRY CHRISTIAN MINGLE



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(observing the latest version of "E harmony.Com" and "match.com" but only for devout christian singles "Christian Mingle.com" and all the predators can browse the internet looking for girls to hook up with...remember "god is watching!" Enter Sean Patrick Banks (alias "Ryland") who made contact through Christan mingle with a La Mesa woman...before long she had invited him to her home where he allegedly raped her....it only took him 5 minutes for "god" to find his victim)



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Raise That Wage (New York Times)
One major proposal, however, wouldn't involve budget outlays: the president's call for a rise in the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9, with subsequent increases in line with inflation. The question we need to ask is: Would this be good policy? And the answer, perhaps surprisingly, is a clear yes.


Linda Moore: Finland has an education system the US should envy - and learn from (Guardian)
Finland's test scores top global charts, but the country doesn't obsess about tests like the US, and it pays teachers adequately.


Brian Mann: The Drug Laws That Changed How We Punish (NPR)
The United States puts more people behind bars than any other country, five times as many per capita compared with Britain or Spain.


Yahya Hawwa, voice of the Syrian revolution (Guardian)
Seventeen members of his family have been arrested, but Yahya Hawwa still sings - and Syrian protesters have made his voice their own. Omar Shahid talks to the irrepressible voice of a revolution.


Lauren Davis: Plague of bunnies is damaging cars at the Denver International Airport (io9)
If you park your car at the Denver International Airport, you run the risk of having it damaged, but not by human vandals. The airport parking lot is suffering from a recurring invasion of rabbits, and these bunnies have a particular taste for ignition cables.


Cathedral of the Northern Light
"On the northern edge of Norway, far above the Arctic Circle, sits the Cathedral of the Northern Light. This new church building in the town of Alta features a 47-meter tall belfry clad in titanium sheeting that reflects the aurora borealis."--Neatorama


BAM! WAP! KA-POW! Library prof bops doc who K.O.'d comic book industry
"Lots of people have suspected for years that Wertham fudged his so-called clinical evidence in arguing against comics, but there's been no proof," Tilley said. "My research is the first definitive indication that he misrepresented and altered children's own words about comics."


The Six Dollar Fifty Man
"If you have a spare 15 minutes please watch this wonderful New Zealand film, Six Dollar Fifty Man."-Ana Samways


The Most Amazing Act Of Heroism Ever Committed In Swim Trunks (Upworthy)
Helping grounded dolphins.



David Bruce's Amazon Author Page

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David Bruce's Blog

David Bruce's Lulu Storefront

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David Bruce has approximately 50 Kindle books on Amazon.com.


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Trivia Question of the Day


In 2003, global per capita wheat consumption was 67 kg (150 lb) and the highest per capita consumption of 239 kg (530 lb) is found in what country?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Who was the inspiration for the Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Fortunate Son"?


   David Eisenhower                                                      Source


"Fortunate Son" is a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival on their album Willy and the Poor Boys in 1969. It was released as a single, together with "Down on the Corner", in September 1969. This song reached #14 on the United States charts on 22 November 1969, the week before Billboard changed its methodology on double-sided hits. The track and the reverse side, "Down On The Corner", combined to climb to #9 the next week, on the way to peaking at #3 three more weeks later, on 20 December 1969.

The song was inspired by David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight David Eisenhower who married Julie Nixon, the daughter of President Richard Nixon, in 1968. John Fogerty told Rolling Stone: "Julie Nixon was hanging around with David Eisenhower, and you just had the feeling that none of these people were going to be involved with the war. In 1968, the majority of the country thought morale was great among the troops, and eighty percent of them were in favor of the war. But to some of us who were watching closely, we just knew we were headed for trouble."        Source


As it turns out, "Fortunate Son" was indeed inspired by the descendant of a prominent political figure, and since John Fogerty has named him while discussing the song's origins, we don't have to speculate about his identity: He is David Eisenhower, the grandson of former U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the son-in-law of former U.S. president Richard Nixon (through his marriage to Nixon's daughter, Julie).        Source - snopes.com: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son







Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   David Eisenhower



Baron Dave ("Politics has become a game of meaningless, mindless battles, conducted by unscrupulous methods and people, designed to transform even the most serious policy debates into sport." -- Al Gore 5/06) wrote:
   Your hero and mine, Al Gore. He was also the inspiration for "Love Story", and we're communicating on the internet largely because of him. Nobel Prize winner, Oscar winner, richer than Mitt Romney, and smarter than the entire Republican Party put together. I wish he had fought a bit harder in the 2000 election -- the economy would be better and the World Trade Center would still be standing -- but that's easier to say in retrospect. You can tell how good he is by his enemies.



Charlie replied:
   David Eisenhower

  "Fortunate Son" performed by Lone Justice (cowpunk version)




Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
   David Eisenhower



Sally said:
   For starters, I love this song!!
  I believe this song was written about the social injustice of the selectivity process of how certain people were (randomly) chosen for the draft (primarily the poorer, lower class), while the wealthier segments of the population could buy their way out. (In Iraq/Afghanistan for instance, the economy, not the draft, drove the poor into service.)
  "Fortunate Son" touches on the majority of lower class that filled the army during the Vietnam war.
  Those who were not in school or couldn't buy there way out of getting drafted ended up on the front lines. It was spot on!

  PS: After reading my post from yesterday, I realized the need for editing... I am taking a couple of days off with the kids, I can't write and answer questions at the same time anymore... Sigh.




Adam answered:
   Per Wikipedia:
  The song was inspired by David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight David Eisenhower who married Julie Nixon, the daughter of President Richard Nixon, in 1968.[5] John Fogerty told Rolling Stone: "Julie Nixon was hanging around with David Eisenhower, and you just had the feeling that none of these people were going to be involved with the war. In 1968, the majority of the country thought morale was great among the troops, and eighty percent of them were in favor of the war. But to some of us who were watching closely, we just knew we were headed for trouble."




Marian replied:
   David Eisenhower



Dale of Diamond Springs responded:
   When interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine, John Fogerty was once asked: "What inspired 'Fortunate Son'?" His response: "Julie Nixon was hanging around with David Eisenhower, and you just had the feeling that none of these people were going to be involved with the war. In 1969, the majority of the country thought morale was great among the troops, and like eighty percent of them were in favor of the war. But to some of us who were watching closely, we just knew we were headed for trouble."
  The Golliwogs played at my high school in 1966. Saw Creedence many times. John was the talent in that band. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen was "Tricia's Wedding" by the Cockettes.

Golliwogs                                            Creedence


Tricia's Wedding




MAM   wrote:
   David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight David Eisenhower.

David Eisenhouwer and Julie Nixon circa 1969             David Eisenhower now




BttbBob   answered:
   Ike's grandson, David Eisenhower...
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  Ike was the originator of the SE Asia 'Domino Theory' in a speech he gave in 1954...
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  Happy Birthday today to Smokey Robinson (73)...
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  Remember the troopers in "Platoon" singing "Tracks of My Tears"?

   Platoon - The Tracks Of My Tears - YouTube




And, Joe S     said:
   David Eisenhower, NOT Al Gore. Good song.


  


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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


'Djesus Uncrossed' On 'SNL' Spoofs Tarantino In Christ Revenge Fantasy (VIDEO)



Michael S. Lofgren: Scientology for Rednecks: What the GOP Has Become



Daily Kos: Lindsay Graham says we need to let some Americans Die, so we can Kill People to Save Americans



Daily Kos: Unofficial Companion to MSNBC's 'Hubris', the Iraq War



Daily Kos: Reforming Gun Laws, Montana Republican Style



Amid Boy Scout turmoil, other groups hope to grow - SFGate



13 Beauty Products Forbidden Outside the US | StyleList



Obama needs a 'Plan B' on guns - CNN.com



Daily Kos: Fox News is going down, down, down



Michael Hogan: 'Silver Linings Playbook' For Best Picture? Oscar Season Winds Down In Latest For Your Consideration



Alan Grayson: 'Would You Like to Buy a Pen?' She Asked Me



Maserati, World's Fastest Yacht, Sets Record Journey From New York To San Francisco



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Bosko Suggests

Tree Tunnels


10 Famous Tree Tunnels


Have a great week,

Bosko.


Thanks, Bosko!


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


"WE ONLY LIVE ONCE IN AWHILE" R.I.P. MINDY

"WE ONLY LIVE ONCE IN AWHILE" R.I.P. MINDY - BONUS CLICK

WELL, BLESS HIS PECKERWOOD WINGNUT HEART. HEE HAW!

A REPUG FOX IN THE HEN HOUSE

THE NEW "CRACK COCAINE" EPIDEMIC! "FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE..."

WHAT A CREEPY LIAR

THE REPUG ATTENTION WHORES BACK DOWN

OLD AND IN THE WAY!

THE "COOL DOG" GROOVES!

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN TRAITORS!

GO AWAY "TURD BLOSSOM!"

"2,862 WAYS THAT I LOVE HER."






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Mostly cloudy and on the cool side.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'NCIS', followed by a FRESH 'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a FRESH 'Vegas'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Michelle Williams and Chris O'Donnell.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Jon Cryer and Melissa Benoist.



NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'Betty White's Off Their Rockers', followed by another FRESH 'Betty White's Off Their Rockers', then a FRESH 'Go On', followed by a FRESH 'The New Normal', then a FRESH 'Smash'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Robin Wright and Bonnie Raitt.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are David Spade, Cecily Strong, and Atlas Genius.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Jai Courtney, Kilian Martin & Brett Novak, and Delta Rae.



ABC offers a FRESH 'The Taste', followed by a FRESH 'The Bachelor', then a FRESH 'Body Of Proof'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Anthony Edwards and Mike Piazza.



The CW offers a FRESH 'Hart Of Dixie', followed by a FRESH 'Cult'.



Faux has a FRESH 'Raising Hope', followed by a RERUN 'New Girl', then a FRESH 'New Girl', followed by a FRESH 'The Mindy Project'.



MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.



A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', still another 'Storage Wars', yet another 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH 'Storage Wars Texas', then another FRESH 'Storage Wars Texas', 'Storage Wars', and another 'Storage Wars'.



AMC offers the movie 'Gone In 60 Seconds', followed by the movie 'Marked For Death', then the movie 'The Fugitive'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]   HAMMERHEAD
 [9:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 11 - Ep 6 - Will Smith, Gary Barlow, Sir Tom Jones
 [10:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 4 - Ep 11 - Turn Left
 [11:00AM]   PRIMEVAL - Season 4 - Episode 6
 [12:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED US - Season 4 - Ep 1 - Down City, Classic American, Davide
 [1:00PM]   RAMSAY'S ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE-Ep 3 - Cooking with Chilli
 [1:30PM]   RAMSAY'S ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE-Ep 4 - Cooking with Spice
 [2:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 10 - Dillon's
 [3:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 5 - Ep 2 - The Dovecote
 [4:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 12 - Casa Roma
 [5:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 2 - Ep 1 - La Riviera
 [6:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Bonapartes
 [7:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Piccolo Teatro
 [8:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 11 - Oceana
 [9:00PM]   BEAR GRYLLS' WILD ADVENTURES-Ep 2 - Jonathan Ross NEW
 [10:00PM]   WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 5 - White Goliath Beetle NEW
 [11:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED US - Season 4 - Ep 1 - Down City, Classic American, Davide
 [12:00AM]   BEAR GRYLLS' WILD ADVENTURES-Ep 2 - Jonathan Ross
 [1:00AM]   WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 5 - White Goliath Beetle
 [2:00AM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 10 - Dillon's
 [3:00AM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 5 - Ep 2 - The Dovecote
 [4:00AM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 12 - Casa Roma
 [5:00AM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 2 - Ep 1 - La Riviera    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', another 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', 'Millionaire Matchmaker', followed by a FRESH 'Millionaire Matchmaker'.



Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Chappelle's Show', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', still another 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH 'Tosh.0', then a FRESH 'The Jeselnik Offensive'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Alison Brie.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Emily Bazelon.



FX has the movie 'Rush Hour 2', followed by a FRESH 'The Ultimate Fighter', then a FRESH 'Justified'.



History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH 'Top Gear', then a FRESH 'Ultimate Soldier Challenge'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Playing by Heart
 [8:30AM]    Man About Town
 [10:30AM]    Jeffrey
 [12:30PM]    Playing by Heart
 [3:00PM]    Freaks and Geeks-I'm With the Band
 [4:00PM]    Freaks and Geeks-Carded and Discarded
 [5:00PM]    Freaks and Geeks-Girlfriends and Boyfriends
 [6:00PM]    Freaks and Geeks-We've Got Spirit
 [7:00PM]    Freaks and Geeks-The Diary
 [8:00PM]    Batman
 [10:45PM]    Strangeland
 [12:30AM]    Batman
 [3:15AM]    Strangeland
 [5:00AM]    Mr. Show With Bob and David-Operation Hell on Earth
 [5:35AM]    The Three Stooges-A Pain in the Pullman    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00A]    MY SO-CALLED LIFE - The Substitute (Episode 6, Season 1)
 [7:00A]    Looking for Eric
 [9:15A]    The New Protocol
 [11:00A]    Girl By The Lake
 [12:45P]    Looking for Eric
 [3:00P]    MY SO-CALLED LIFE - The Substitute (Episode 6, Season 1)
 [4:00P]    The New Protocol
 [5:45P]    That B.E.A.T.
 [6:00P]    Barton Fink
 [8:00P]    Chocolat
 [10:00P]    Reversal of Fortune
 [12:00A]    X
 [1:45A]    Sleeping Beauty
 [3:30A]    La Belle Personne
 [5:15A]    THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Comic Marc Maron & Community's Gillian Jacobs (Episode 2, Season 2)
 [5:45A]    Electric Noise    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has 'Face Off', another 'Face Off', followed by a FRESH 'Face Off', then a FRESH 'Total Blackout', and another 'Total Blackout'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Andy Samberg, Josh Hopkins, and Lisa Loeb.



TCM:
 [7:00 AM]      The Boy Friend (1971)
 [9:30 AM]      Travels With My Aunt (1972)
 [11:30 AM]      The Wind And The Lion (1975)
 [1:45 PM]      The Champ (1979)
 [4:00 PM]      The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
 [6:00 PM]      My Favorite Year (1982)
 [8:00 PM]      The Racket (1928)    SILENT 
 [9:30 PM]      Wings (1927)     SILENT 
 [12:00 AM]      The Love Parade (1929)
 [2:00 AM]      The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
 [4:00 AM]      A Farewell To Arms (1932)
 [5:30 AM]      Second Chorus (1940)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Wednesday   -  02/20/13

TCM:
 [7:00 AM]      Way Down South (1939)
 [8:30 AM]      That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
 [10:00 AM]      Stage Door Canteen (1943)
 [12:30 PM]      This Is Cinerama (1952)
 [2:30 PM]      How the West Was Won (1962)
 [5:30 PM]      The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm (1962)
 [8:00 PM]      Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
 [10:15 PM]      Going My Way (1944)
 [12:30 AM]      The Lady Eve (1941)
 [2:15 AM]      Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)
 [4:15 AM]      The Great Mcginty (1940)
 [5:45 AM]      The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946)     (ALL TIMES EST)



USA has a FRESH 'White Collar'.




Antenna TV

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV





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Amy Poehler attends the 2013 Writers Guild Awards at the JW Marriott on Sunday, Feb. 17., 2013 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Todd Williamson

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Mother Jones Reporter Wins

Polk Awards

The reporter for Mother Jones magazine who broke the story of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's remarks that 47 percent of Americans "believe they are victims" is among the winners of the 64th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism.

David Corn, Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief, received the political reporting prize for his work, which shook up the campaign when he reported on the remarks in September.

The awards were announced Monday by Long Island University. Winners also include journalists from Bloomberg News, The New York Times, CBS News, McClatchy Newspapers, GlobalPost, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, the Maine Sunday Telegram, "Frontline," and the nonprofit California Watch.

Among the top prizes in U.S. journalism, the Polk Awards were created in 1949 in honor of CBS reporter George W. Polk, who was killed while covering the Greek civil war. This year's awards will be given out April 11.

Polk Awards

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Tom Stoppard attends the 2013 Writers Guild Awards at the JW Marriott on Sunday, Feb. 17., 2013 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Todd Williamson

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'Argo' Again

Writers Guild

The CIA thrillers "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" have won top screenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America.

The guild's adapted screenplay award Sunday went to Chris Terrio for "Argo," director Ben Affleck's tale of the CIA's daring masquerade of six U.S. diplomats as a Hollywood film crew to rescue them from Iran during the hostage crisis there.

Mark Boal won the prize for original screenplay for "Zero Dark Thirty," director Kathryn Bigelow's chronicle of the CIA's manhunt for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Director Malik Bendjelloul won the documentary award for "Searching for Sugar Man," his portrait of acclaimed but largely forgotten 1970s musician Rodriguez.

The guild was the last of Hollywood's major trade unions to weigh in on the year's top films before next Sunday's Academy Awards.

Writers Guild

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Another Guild Victory for "Argo"

ACE Eddie Awards

"Argo" racked up yet another guild victory on Saturday night, taking home the American Cinema Editors' ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature (Dramatic).

The award is an unusually reliable predictor of the film-editing Oscar, and adds to a substantial guild-awards haul for "Argo" that also includes honors from the Producers Guild, Directors Guild and Screen Actors Guild. The Writers Guild announces its winners on Sunday.

This year's ACE Eddie Awards category for Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) almost exactly matches the Oscars category for Best Film Editing, with "Argo," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln" and "Zero Dark Thirty" all nominated. The only difference is that Oscar voters also nominated "Silver Linings," while ACE Eddie voters put that film in the comedy or musical category and went with "Skyfall" in the drama group.

In other film awards, Pixar's "Brave" continued its strong guild showing by winning the honor for animated feature. "Searching for Sugar Man" won the award for documentary-feature editing, adding to its own plethora of awards.

On the television side, one of the two "Breaking Bad" episodes nominated in the one-hour commercial-TV series category won, while the pilot for "The Newsroom" was honored in the one-hour non-commercial-TV category and "Nurse Jackie" won among half-hour series.

The show took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and was hosted by actor-comedian David Cross.

ACE Eddie Awards

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Actress Kate Beckinsale leaves following the presentation of the Burberry Prorsum Autumn/Winter 2013 collection during London Fashion Week, February 18, 2013.
Photo by Suzanne Plunkett

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August Comeback

Seiji Ozawa

Seiji Ozawa, Japan's most famous conductor, is set to make a comeback in August at a music festival after taking more than a year off to recover from a spell of bad health that included bouts of pneumonia.

The former Vienna State Opera music director, 77, who before that was conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in January 2010 and completed treatment later that year.

Last March, he announced he would take a year-long break from conducting to recover his strength after a number of health issues but vowed to return to performing.

Ozawa is set to conduct Maurice Ravel's opera "The Child and the Spells" at the Saito Kinen Festival in the city of Matsumoto, central Japan, in late August, said an official at the festival office.

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Wake-up Call


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Finally Ratifies Thirteenth Amendment

Mississippi

A middle-aged recent immigrant from India recently set into motion a series of events that eventually led to Mississippi finally ratifying the Constitutional amendment banning slavery. The rousing finale of the movie Lincoln served as inspiration. It sounds like a joke, but it's true. And even though it's been nearly 150 years since that fateful day in the Capitol in 1864, Mississippi's becoming the final state to officially ratify the Thirteenth Amendment serves as the final punctuation mark on a dark chapter in American history.

The circumstances for Dr. Ranjan Batra almost inadvertently inserting himself into Mississippi state history are accidental at best. After seeing Lincoln in theaters last November, he went home and did a little bit of Internet research only to discover the Mississippi never got around to actually ratifying the amendement. The state did vote to ratify the amendment back in 1995, nearly 20 years after Kentucky, the second-to-last state to ratify the amendment, held its vote. However, through an apparent clerical error, Mississippi never officially notified the United States Archivist of the ratification, meaning that they've officially been on the side of slavery for a century-and-a-half. (That sounds kind of sensational when you put it like that, but heck, you'd think the state would double check on an issue as big as this.) Batra and his friend Ken Sullivan reported the mistake up the chain of command, and this month, Mississippi finally sent in the paperwork to complete its belated ratification of the Thirteen Amendment.

When all was said and done, Mississippi state officials were pretty humble about their government's little blunder. Said Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, whose office filed the final papers this year, "It was long overdue."

Mississippi

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Tony Kushner attends the 2013 Writers Guild Awards at the JW Marriott on Sunday, Feb. 17., 2013 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Todd Williamson

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Date Rape

ChristianMingle

A suspected rapist accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met on ChristianMingle.com may have used the dating site to prey on women while he traveled across the country, California police said today.

Sean Patrick Banks, 37, a former Navy sailor, used a fake name to contact a woman who he allegedly raped in November, cops in La Mesa, Calif., said. Investigators believe that he used additional aliases to contact other women on the popular website and police hope that if there are additional victims they will recognize Banks.

Banks lives in Del Mar, Calif., and is currently unemployed but previously "travelled frequently around various spots in the U.S." for work, widening the search for potential victims from Southern California to across the country, said La Mesa Police spokesman Lt. Matt Nicholass.

Cops accuse Banks of posing on the site as "Rylan Butterwood" and "Rylan Harbough."

Banks was charged with two counts of rape and pleaded not guilty. He posted bond of $500,000 and was released. Calls to several numbers associated with Banks were not returned. Authorities did not know if he had obtained an attorney.

ChristianMingle

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Letters For Sale

Lennon Killer

Letters from John Lennon's killer detailing his obsession with the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" to the police officer who arrested him went on sale Monday through a Los Angeles auction house.

The four missives from Mark David Chapman Lennon's killer to Stephen Spiro are for sale through Moments In Time, which specializes in historical documents and rare autographs, at a fixed price of $75,000, auction house owner Gary Zimet said. Zimet is selling the letters on behalf of Spiro, who arrested Chapman on Dec. 8, 1980, shortly after he shot Lennon outside The Dakota, the ex-Beatle's Manhattan apartment building.

The letters are typed and signed by Chapman. They were written over several months in 1983, after he had pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

In the first letter, from Jan. 15, 1983, Chapman says his reason for writing, besides wanting to be Spiro's friend, is to ask for help in locating his copy of "The Catcher in The Rye," which he was reading at the time of his arrest.

Lennon Killer

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Roman Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola attend the 2013 Writers Guild Awards at the JW Marriott on Sunday, Feb. 17., 2013 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Todd Williamson

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What's For Supper?

Nestle

Nestle , the world's biggest food company, removed beef pasta meals from shelves in Italy and Spain on Monday after tests revealed traces of horse DNA above 1 percent, the Financial Times online reported, citing a company statement.

Swiss-based Nestle, which just last week said products under its labels were not affected by the escalating horsemeat scandal, said it had informed the authorities, the FT reported.

The discovery of horsemeat in products labeled as beef began in Ireland last month and has rapidly spread across Europe, resulting in several product withdrawals and government investigations into the long and complex food-processing chains that criss-cross the continent.

Nestle withdrew two chilled pasta products, Buitoni Beef Ravioli and Beef Tortellini, in Italy and Spain, the FT said. Lasagnes à la Bolognaise Gourmandes, a frozen product for catering businesses produced in France, will also be withdrawn.

Nestle

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Ben Zygier

A suspected Mossad agent who died in an Israeli jail in 2010 was arrested by his spymasters who believed he may have told Australian intelligence about his work with the Israeli spy agency, Australian media reported on Monday.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp said dual Australian-Israeli citizen Ben Zygier, 34, had met officers from Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO and had given details of a number of Mossad operations.

Quoting undefined sources, the ABC, which broke the initial story about Zygier's secret arrest and death in prison, said on one of his four trips to Australia, Zygier had also applied for a work visa to Italy.

It said Zygier was one of three Australians who changed their names several times and took out new Australian passports for travel in the Middle East and Europe for their work with Mossad.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday sought to reduce media attention on the case and said he "absolutely trusts" Israel's security services and what he described as the independent legal monitoring system under which they operated.

Ben Zygier

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Eric Clapton's Eko 12-string guitar and Brian May's Guild "Red Special" guitar, right, are displayed at the launch of Hard Rock International's traveling music memorabilia collection, "Music Gives Back," Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at Hard Rock Cafe New York. "Music Gives Back" focuses on artists who have worked with Hard Rock on charitable campaigns and will be on tour at Hard Rock locations in the U.S. throughout 2013.
Photo by Diane Bondareff

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Naked Men Turn Out To See...

"Naked Men"

The exhibit in Vienna's Leopold Museum is entitled "Naked Men", so a group of nudists and naturalists took the curators at their word and showed up to see it on Monday in the buff.

The exhibition, which has been extended until March 4, is designed to show the diverse and changing depictions of male nudity in art history.

Outrage from parents and religious groups in October forced the Leopold to cover up the private parts of the three nude male soccer players used on large publicity posters around Vienna.

But "Naked Men" helped boost visitor numbers at the museum by 17 percent to more than 364,000 last year.

"Naked Men"

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Begins In Russia

"Meteorite Rush"

A meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural mountains and sent fireballs blazing to earth has set off a rush to find fragments of the space rock which hunters hope could fetch thousands of dollars a piece.

Friday's blast and ensuing shockwave shattered windows, injured almost 1,200 people and caused about $33 million worth of damage, said local authorities.

It also started a "meteorite rush" around the industrial city of Chelyabinsk, 1,500 km (950 miles) east of Moscow, where groups of people have started combing through the snow and ice.

Scientists at the Urals Federal University were the first to announce a significant find - 53 small, stony, black objects around Lake Chebarkul, near Chelyabinsk, which tests confirmed were small meteorites.

The fragments were only 0.5 to 1 cm (0.2 to 0.4 inches) across but the scientists said larger pieces may have crashed into the lake, where a crater in the ice about eight meters (26 feet) wide opened up after Friday's explosion.

"Meteorite Rush"

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In Memory

Pat Derby

Pat Derby - a former Hollywood trainer for Flipper, Lassie and other performing animals who later devoted her life to protecting them after seeing widespread abuse - has died at age 69, her organization said Monday.

Derby, who had throat cancer, died Friday at her home in the biggest of the animal sanctuaries run by her organization, the Performing Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS, in San Andreas, Calif., outside Sacramento. Her longtime partner and the organization's co-founder, Ed Stewart, was at her side, a PAWS statement said.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Derby worked on television shows like "Flipper," ''Daktari," ''Gunsmoke" and "Lassie," and wrangled a pair of pumas, Chauncey and Christopher, that appeared with model-actress Farrah Fawcett in popular commercials for the Mercury Cougar.

Derby said that she developed her own training methods based on love and trust, but was stunned by the abuse and neglect she saw among other animal trainers in the entertainment industry.

She often served as the public face and voice for performing animals, in recent years fighting primarily to get elephants out of circuses and zoos and into sanctuaries.

Her 1976 autobiography, "The Lady and Her Tiger," served as both a memoir and a groundbreaking expose of Hollywood's treatment of animals.

She began shifting her emphasis from training to activism, by 1984 opening the first PAWS sanctuary in Galt, Calif.

Pat Derby

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In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 photo, 18 different grades of maple syrup are displayed in East Montpelier, Vt. Vermont lawmakers are considering whether to drop the state's traditional maple labeling system in favor of an international one.
Photo by Toby Talbot

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