Mark Morford: 37 Percent of People Completely Lost (SF Gate)
Six percent of Americans believe in unicorns. Thirty-six percent believe in UFOs. A whopping 24 percent believe dinosaurs and man hung out together. Eighteen percent still believe the sun revolves around the Earth. Nearly 30 percent believe cloud computing involves… actual clouds. A shockingly sad 18 percent, to this very day, believe the president is a Muslim. Aren't they cute? And Floridian?
Susan Estrich: Drone Law (Creators Syndicate)
I'm not your usual Rand Paul fan. But intellectual honesty is a pretty refreshing trait in Washington, and in this case, it had the added attraction of being a much-needed jolt to a sort of complacency about civil liberties under a nice Democratic administration that seems to have overtaken the left.
Susan Estrich: In Defense of Speech You Hate (Creators Syndicate)
Michael Vick was all set to do a book tour to promote himself as a new and improved role model when things got ugly. "Despite warnings of planned protests, Vick had hoped to continue with the appearances as planned, bringing his story of redemption and second chance to major markets," his publisher, aptly named Worthy Publishing, said in a statement. "However, once the reported protests escalated into threats of violence …
This video of all the nearby stars with planets will make you cry (io9)
This visualization of our solar system's neighboring stars takes you on a dizzying journey away from Earth, leaving you floating among all the other known solar systems in our local area of the Milky Way. And it is so beautiful that it might leave you a little misty-eyed.
Sun, Moon, and Talia (Sole, Luna, e Talia) is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the
Pentamerone. Charles Perrault retold this fairy tale in 1697 as The Sleeping Beauty.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Sleeping Beauty
Adam answered:
Sleeping Beauty.
Charlie wrote:
The Sleeping Beauty.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Charles Perrault retold this fairy tale in 1697 as The Sleeping Beauty.
Marian replied:
The Sleeping Beauty
Sally said:
The Italian fairy tale, "Sun, Moon, and Talia" (Sole, Luna, e Talia), Charles Perrault retold this fairy tale in 1697 as
The Sleeping Beauty.
PS: @B2BB, you wrote, "Between periods of debauchery, I did get to see quite a bit of the festivities on the battlefield and it was very impressive." Reading in between the lines here, so please, do tell us more... ;)
BttbBob replied:
'The Sleeping Beauty' and I hadn't a clue... Gotta run now... Unexpected guests...
And, Joe S replied:
Having no knowledge of Italian fairy tales I had no idea what the answer could be. I'm sure Carla knows the answer, as she and I know everything, but she has gone to bed and I dare not wake her. But never fear, Google knows. The answer is Sleeping Beauty. Reading the synopsis of Sun, Moon and Talia, we find it's a typical horror story of murder, mayhem, and cannibalism, misnamed "fairy tale."
Oh, and happy Pi day.
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Undercover Boss', followed by a RERUN'Hawaii Five-0', then a FRESH'Blue Bloods'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Seth Meyers, Demetri Martin, and Dropkick Murphys.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig is Megan Mullally.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Fashion Star', followed by a FRESH'Grimm', then 'Rock Center'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Craig Ferguson, Vera Farmiga, and Harper Simon.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Justin Timberlake and Hayden Panettiere.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 2/18/13) are Lisa Ling, Sam Sheridan, and Blitzen Trapper.
ABC opens the night with the SEASON FINALE'Last Man Standing', followed by the SEASON FINALE'Malibu Country', then a RERUN'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 3/7/13) are Kobe Bryant, Dominic Monaghan, and Rival Sons.
The CW offers a FRESH'Nikita', followed by a FRESH'Cult'.
Faux has a FRESH'Kitchen Nightmare', followed by a FRESH'Touch'.
MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.
AMC offers the movie 'Enter The Dragon', followed by the movie 'The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen', and 'The Walking Dead'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 8 - Guatemalan Beaded Lizard
[9:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 12 - Ep 10 - Josh Groban, Billie Piper, Frank Skinner, Example
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 1 - Ep 9 - The Empty Child
[11:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 1 - Ep 10 - The Doctor Dances
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Bonapartes
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Piccolo Teatro
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 1 - Lanterna
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED US - Season 4 - Ep 1 - Down City, Classic American, Davide
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 15 - Yesterday's Enterprise
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 16 - The Offspring
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 17 - Sins of the Father
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 18 - Allegiance
[8:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 19 - Captain's Holiday
[9:00PM] SPECIES
[11:30PM] SPECIES
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 16 - The Offspring
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 17 - Sins of the Father
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 18 - Allegiance
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 19 - Captain's Holiday (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has the movie 'Bad Boys', followed by the movie 'Bad Boys II'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', 'Workaholics', 'Tosh.0', then the movie 'Dinner For Schmucks'.
FX has 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by the movie 'Superbad'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Out There-Quest for Fantasy
[6:30AM] Out There-A Chris by Any Other Name
[7:00AM] Nuns on the Run
[9:00AM] Sicko
[11:45AM] Deep Water
[1:45PM] The Cup
[3:45PM] Nuns on the Run
[5:45PM] The Ringer
[7:45PM] Bachelor Party
[10:00PM] Out There-Frosty King
[10:30PM] Out There-The Great Escape
[11:00PM] Teeth
[1:00AM] Out There-Frosty King
[1:30AM] Out There-The Great Escape
[2:00AM] Bachelor Party
[4:15AM] The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] Land of Plenty
[8:00A] Phantom of the Paradise
[9:45A] Barry Lyndon
[1:00P] Land of Plenty
[3:00P] Phantom of the Paradise
[4:45P] Night and the City
[6:30P] Blood and Wine
[8:15P] My Own Private Idaho
[10:00P] Wild at Heart
[12:15A] My Own Private Idaho
[2:00A] The Border
[3:50A] Blood and Wine
[5:35A] Miracle Fish (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Malibu Shark Attack', followed by a FRESH'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', and 'Robot Combat League'.
Kaley Cuoco poses on arrival at the Paley Center for Media's PaleyFest, honoring The Big Bang Theory at the Saban Theatre, Wednesday March 13, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.
Photo by Kevin Parry
Heartland liberal Ed Schultz is losing his prime-time show on MSNBC.
The cable network says Schultz is being moved to the weekends, to host two-hour shows Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. EDT. Union advocate Schultz, whose nightly show preceded Rachel Maddow, has increasingly seemed out of place in MSNBC's bookishly liberal lineup.
Schultz will be replaced weeknights by Chris Hayes, whose talk show, "Up," has been a weekend morning mainstay on the MSNBC schedule since 2011. It begins April 1.
Schultz said on his show Wednesday that his new time slot gives him the chance to "get out with the people and tell their stories."
Keith Olbermann and Current TV say they've settled their dispute nearly a year after Olbermann was fired by the network and responded with a $50 million lawsuit.
Both parties say in a Wednesday statement that the terms of the settlement are confidential.
Olbermann was fired last March as a host and executive at the left-leaning cable talk network.
Olbermann sued, claiming Current violated his agreement and engaged in shoddy production values. Current's countersuit accused him of breaching his contract, including taking vacation without notice.
Current, co-founded by Al Gore, is now being acquired for $500 million by Al-Jazeera, which is owned by the government of Qatar.
The fans have spoken: They want a "Veronica Mars" movie. And thanks to their donations totaling $2 million, they'll get it.
It's been more than five years since the smart, sassy teen detective drama with film noir elements said farewell. Since then, series creator Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell have teased the possibility of a follow-up film, but the prospect seemed unlikely, since the series was so low-rated on UPN and The CW, until now.
Thomas decided to use Kickstarter to raise enough money to film the low-budget movie. Warner Bros. pledged that if the campaign reached the $2 million mark, they would finance the movie's marketing and distribution.
Fans answered the call in droves, setting a Kickstarter record by raising $1 million in four hours and 25 minutes, officially making the "Veronica Mars" movie the most-funded film or video project in the crowdfunding site's history. In less than half a day, the $2 million goal was met.
With this new investment, should the "Veronica Mars" movie take place, the cast and crew would film in the summer for an early 2014 release date.
Mayim Bialik poses on arrival at the Paley Center for Media's PaleyFest, honoring The Big Bang Theory at the Saban Theatre, Wednesday March 13, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.
Photo by Kevin Parry
Ed Asner's publicist says the 83-year-old actor is out of a Chicago-area hospital after being diagnosed with exhaustion.
Publicist Charles Sherman says Asner was released Thursday and plans to fly home to Los Angeles. He likely will postpone some performances of his touring one-man stage show.
On Tuesday night, Asner was taken off the stage in Gary, Ind., and went by ambulance to the unidentified hospital.
Asner just completed filming several episodes of the TV series "The Glades" in Florida. He's been on a national tour portraying President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the play "FDR" for more than three years.
Vice President Joe Biden's press office has apologized to a student reporter who was asked by a volunteer staffer to delete photos taken at a vice presidential event near Washington.
The apology was in response to a formal complaint lodged by Lucy Dalglish, dean of the University of Maryland's journalism school, where the reporter is a student.
The student, a reporter at Capital News Service, a news organization run by the university, took photos of Biden at a domestic violence event in Rockville, Maryland, while outside of the designated press area.
A volunteer staffer not accustomed to dealing with media asked the reporter, Jeremy Barr, to delete the photos. According to a Capital News Service account, the staffer asked to watch as the reporter erased the photos from his smartphone.
Biden press secretary Kendra Barkoff confirmed that the office had apologized.
Neutrogena brand ambassador and actress Jennifer Garner attends the 2013 Neutrogena Sun Summit at the Chelsea Arts Tower on Wednesday March 13, 2013 in New York.
Photo by Photo by Evan Agostini
Denver Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke is adding the Outdoor Network to his sports empire.
Temecula, Calif.-based Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc. accepted an offer Wednesday from Kroenke Sports & Entertainment LLC to acquire all its outstanding stock for $8.75 per share.
Kroenke submitted a takeover bid for the hunting, fishing and shooting channel after the Outdoor Network already had agreed to a merger agreement with New York-based InterMedia Outdoors Holdings LLC. It controls the Sportsman Channel and publishes more than a dozen outdoor magazines.
Outdoor Channel says it terminated its InterMedia agreement before accepting Kroenke's offer.
Denver-based Kroenke also owns the Colorado Avalanche hockey team, Colorado Rapids soccer team, the Pepsi Center and a majority of the Arsenal, the English soccer club.
British actor and celebrity Stephen Fry (R) meets with a deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Vitaly Milonov in St. Petersburg, March 14, 2013.
The number of Monarch butterflies making it to their winter refuge in Mexico dropped 59 percent this year, falling to the lowest level since comparable record-keeping began 20 years ago, scientists reported Wednesday.
It was the third straight year of declines for the orange-and-black butterflies that migrate from the United States and Canada to spend the winter sheltering in mountaintop fir forests in central Mexico. Six of the last seven years have shown drops, and there are now only one-fifteenth as many butterflies as there were in 1997.
The decline in the Monarch population now marks a statistical long-term trend and can no longer be seen as a combination of yearly or seasonal events, the experts said.
Illegal logging in the reserve established in the Monarch wintering grounds was long thought to contribute, but such logging has been vastly reduced by increased protection, enforcement and alternative development programs in Mexico.
The World Wildlife Fund, one of the groups that sponsored the butterfly census, blamed climate conditions and agricultural practices, especially the use of pesticides that kill off the Monarchs' main food source, milkweed. The butterflies breed and live in the north in the summer, and migrate to Mexico in the winter.
Students of a medical academy celebrate Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, in the Russian southern city of Stavropol, March 14, 2013. Maslenitsa is widely viewed as a pagan holiday marking the end of winter and is celebrated with pancake eating, while the Orthodox Church considers it as the week of feasting before Lent.
Photo by Eduard Korniyenko
Robert Louis Stevenson is the author of "Treasure Island" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," some of the most thrilling stories in literary history. But in a newly discovered essay, he says he was often bored by the fiction of his day.
"In the trash that I have no doubt you generally read, a vast number of people will probably get shot and stabbed and drowned; and you have only a very slight excitement for your money," Stevenson wrote.
"But if you want to know what a murder really is - to have a murder brought right home to you - you must read of one in the writings of a great writer. Read 'Macbeth,' for example, or still better, get someone to read it aloud to you; and I think I can promise you what people call a 'sensation.'"
Stevenson's criticisms appear in a brief, long-lost essay published Friday in The Strand Magazine, a quarterly based in Birmingham, Mich. that has published obscure texts by Mark Twain, Graham Greene and other famous authors.
Apparently part of a larger work, the piece is titled "Books and Reading. No 2. How books have to be written." The Strand managing editor Andrew Gulli said that essay "No. 1" was auctioned off in 1914, 20 years after the author's death, and never seen again. No. 2 turned up recently at a location very far from Stevenson's native Scotland - the library at Syracuse University.
The engagement ring, a simple gold band decorated with a sapphire and diamond, offered by Napoleon Bonaparte to the future Empress Josephine de Beauharnais is displayed at the auction house Osenat in Paris March 14, 2013. The ring will go on auction in Fontainebleau near Paris on March 24 among a series of historical treasures.
Photo by Jacky Naegelen
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
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