Suzanne Moore: All women gain from feminism - even Diana Rigg (Guardian)
You know that policeman who believes you were assaulted, that boss who gave you maternity leave, that morning-after pill you took, that man you could leave even though you had his baby: these things were made possible by other women. They opened the really important doors for you. That's feminism.
Rob Bricken: The PBS Avengers assemble to save us all from stupid TV (io9)
When Honey Booboo and other godawful reality shows clog the airwaves, there's only four people you can call. Carl Sagan. Mr. Rogers. Bill Nye the Science Guy. Bob Ross. Together, they are the PBS Avengers, and this world would be a better place if this video were real.
Lucy Mangan: "Keep Out! by Gwen Grant" (Guardian)
Private - Keep Out! should rank alongside Just William as an indispensable part of the children's canon. Alas, and for no better reason that I can discern than the vagaries of chance and/or the misalignment of planets on publication, it has so far failed to find its rightful place. So let me state for the record: the public has been deprived of one (or three if you count the sequels, which I would if I had more space) of the funniest children's books ever written.
A micromort is a unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death (from micro- and mortality). Micromorts can be used to measure riskiness of various day-to-day activities. A microprobability is a one-in-a million chance of some event; thus a micromort is the microprobability of death.
A single micromort typical value is around $50.
An application of micromorts is measuring the value that humans place on risk: for example, one can consider the amount of money one would have to pay a person to get him or her to accept a one-in-a-million chance of death (or conversely the amount that someone might be willing to pay to avoid a one-in-a-million chance of death).
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Charlie was first, and correct, with:
Micromort.
I guessed that based on etymology, but I don't want to think about it that much.
Alan J wrote:
micromort
Jim from CA, retired to ID, took the day off.
Adam answered:
A Micromort.
Missed yesterday's quiz for some reason, but I'm not sure how that happened.
Marian replied:
micromort
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali, responded:
A Micromort is a unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death (from micro- and mortality). Micromorts can be used to measure riskiness of various day-to-day activities. A microprobability is a one-in-a million chance of some event; thus a micromort is the microprobability of death.
Wow, I learned me a new word today!!!
Sally said:
A micromort is a unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death ( from micro- and mortality).
I couldn't find a picture of a micromort, so I opted for the funny cat photo.
MAM wrote:
Micromort
The Micromorts concept of risk visualised.
BttbBob answered:
What? There is such a morbid thing? Really? (Memo to self: Of course there is, ya dumbazz, else she wouldn't be askin', now, would she? Get a grip! Answer the frickin' question!)... Okay, apparently it's called a "Micromort".
Gad, I blame insurance company actuaries for this. Damn'd ghouls, I'm sayin'...
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Memo to SallyP: Southerners speak a "foreign language"? This from a "Big Apple" and now 'Joi-zee' resident? Oh, to snicker, to chortle... nay, to laugh uproariously... (Actually, I know what you mean. A few days ago I called my Tennessee transplant sister and ended up talking to her native-born husband. Afterwards, I said to my sister, "I couldn't understand a damn'd thing Stan said!" - true story) Oh, but admit it, would ya now? Back in those beret wearin' 'Beatnik' days, snappin' yer fingers and all, you thought you were all 'hep' and everything plus, didn't ya? 'Fess up, Cat! - Har!
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Happy Birthday this day to:
Frankie Valli (78)
[ Let's Hang On - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - YouTube ]
(What a great tune!)
[ Stay - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - YouTube ]
(Didn't Jackson Browne borrow part of this song? Yeah, I think so...)
Pete Seeger (93)
[ Pete Seeger - Where have all the flowers gone? - YouTube ]
(I learned this in a high school German class from a teacher who was a young girl in Germany during WWII... Sag mir wo die Blumen sind... We sang it often...)
Christopher Cross (61)
[ Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind - YouTube ]
[ Sailing - Christopher Cross - YouTube ]
[ Christopher Cross - Never Be The Same - YouTube ]
(Yeah, I liked his music)
Born this day:
James Brown (1933-2006) (He felt good...)
[ James Brown - I Feel Good - YouTube ]
Bing Crosby (1903-1977) (With some pals)
[ Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, High Society - YouTube ]
May 3 Birthdays - Celebrities Born May 3 | Famous Birthdays
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Memo to JoeS: By unanimous decision, you have been appointed the official verifier of the above facts when presented. Yes, I know you feel honored, and all, but you should as it was thought no one could do the job better. Carry on, Sir...
P.S. You will occasionally be tested, just to keep you sharp and on your toes, but we are confident that you'll be up to the task.
And, Joe S replied:
I don't know........(whine)..........these are getting hard............(whine)............I don't even know what that means.
A micromort is a unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death (from micro- and mortality). Micromorts can be used to measure riskiness of various day-to-day activities. A microprobability is a one-in-a million chance of some event; thus a micromort is the microprobability of death. The micromort concept was introduced by Ronald A. Howard who pioneered the modern practice of decision analysis.
Why do words like this even exist? What's the point? Probably Ronald A. Howard was sitting at his desk one day when he realized he hadn't done a damn thing all day, so he made up the word and wrote a report to justify it and got paid a big bunch of money and pretended he was wise instead of productive. Is that the same Ronald A. Howard who played Opie?
First thought: that was a very evil human being who did that.
Second thought: those were very decent people who found the money to treat
the kitten.
Third thought: looks like the kitten isn't seriously damaged either
physically or mentally (playing happily with the vet).
Fourth thought: where am I going to get another box of tissues at this time
of night?
-- Paul
Thanks, Paul!
People can be real shits, as my mother would have said (but only among family, and under her breath).
OTOH, bet there's a list of people who want to adopt Justin. : )
I am currently (still....sigh) researching for an article (topic: English
language meets social media) and came across your site. Another Thank You
for the work that goes into the site - I know it's a lot!
It's a great resource - it provides very clear and helpful information.
And, fortunately, it is still out there: www.apostrophe.org.uk/
By the way, do you have any other great resources on my topic? Any that
you know of offhand would be greatly appreciated - the deadline for my
research looms. :)
Also, if you're adding resources to your site, I have a suggestion that
I thought I'd pass along to you. Take a look at the guide below and let
me know what you think:
I really appreciate your time - and thanks again for a great site!
Nicki
Thanks, Nicki!
I really appreciate your providing updated and corrected links!
As to your topic, English language meets social media, I'm drawing a blank at the moment.
I'll do some poking in the archives, but if anybody has any good links on the topic, please send them this way!
NBC's Kerry Sanders takes a tour of the newly restored Honey Fitz, once a symbol of Camelot as it cruised the waters of the Potomac, Palm Beach, and Hyannis with JFK and Jackie Kennedy lounging on the deck...
Yep, built right here in good ol' Bay City MI by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co. in 1931. Maker of everything from yachts to freighters to Coast Guard patrol boats to WWII and later naval ships and landing craft. Even three destroyers for the Australian Navy in the 60's... Defoe invented the process of building ship's hulls upside down and then rolling them into the water. Defoe was a significant part of our local history and continued pride... The 'Honey Fitz' was converted to a CG patrol vessel in WWII... then back to the presidential yacht of Truman, Ike and JFK...
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'Undercover Boss', followed by a FRESH'Vegas', then a FRESH'Blue Bloods'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Nathan Lane, Joe Matarese, and Kacey Musgraves.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Angela Kinsey and Simon Amstell.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Fashion Star', followed by 'Dateline', then 'Rock Center'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Chris Evans, Kevin Smith, and Various Cruelties.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Carey Mulligan, Alexander Skarsgard, John Densmore, and Eve.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 3/26/13) are Kate Mara, Ben Hoffman, and A Silent Film.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Happy Endings', followed by another FRESH'Happy Endings', then a FRESH'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 4/16/13) are Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Morrison, and New Order.
The CW offers a FRESH'Nikita', followed by a RERUN'Oh Sit'.
Faux has a FRESH'Kitchen Nightmares', followed by a FRESH'Touch'.
MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.
AMC offers the movie 'Stripes', followed by the movie 'Galaxy Quest', then the movie 'Blazing Saddles'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 10 - Ep 9 - Gerard Butler, Karen Gillan, Martin Greeman, Noel Gallagher
[9:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 10 - Ep 10 - Madonna, Andrea Riseborough, James D'Arcy, Emeli Sande
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO: BEST OF THE COMPANIONS
[11:00AM] DOCTOR WHO: BEST OF THE CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
[12:00PM] MERLIN - Season 2 - Ep 12 - The Fires of Idirsholas
[1:00PM] MERLIN - Season 2 - Ep 13 - The Last Dragonlord
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 6 - The Granary
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 8 - Michon's
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 10 - The Loss
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 11 - Data's Day
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 12 - The Wounded
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 13 - Devil's Due
[8:00PM] V FOR VENDETTA
[11:00PM] V FOR VENDETTA
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 10 - The Loss
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 11 - Data's Day
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 12 - The Wounded
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 13 - Devil's Due (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by the movie 'The Queen Of Versailles'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', 'Inside Amy Schumer', 'Workaholics', 'Tosh.0', and 'The Comedy Central Roast Of Pamela Anderson'.
FX has the movie 'Iron Man', followed by the movie 'Unstoppable'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Escape From L.A.
[8:15AM] The Core
[11:00AM] Brotherhood of Blood
[12:45PM] Escape From L.A.
[3:00PM] The Core
[5:45PM] The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
[8:00PM] Austin Powers in Goldmember
[10:00PM] Maron-Internet Troll
[10:30PM] Maron-Internet Troll
[11:00PM] Arrested Development-My Mother the Car
[11:30PM] Arrested Development-In God We Trust
[12:00AM] Arrested Development-Storming the Castle
[12:30AM] Arrested Development-Pier Pressure
[1:00AM] Maron-Internet Troll
[1:30AM] Maron-Internet Troll
[2:00AM] Austin Powers in Goldmember
[4:00AM] Ali G Indahouse
[5:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Full Grown Men
[7:20AM] This Way Up
[7:30AM] Mammoth
[9:45AM] Sorry, Thanks
[11:30AM] Full Grown Men
[12:50PM] Trolls
[1:00PM] Mammoth
[3:15PM] Sorry, Thanks
[5:00PM] Swimming With Sharks
[6:30PM] The War of the Roses
[8:30PM] The Good Girl
[10:00PM] Bottle Rocket
[11:30PM] Being John Malkovich
[1:30AM] Bottle Rocket
[3:00AM] Public Sex
[5:00AM] Man Shops Globe-Sweden
[5:30AM] Man Shops Globe-Australia (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has 'Merlin', followed by a FRESH'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then a FRESH'Merlin'.
Actress Zoe Saldana poses for photographers as she arrives at the international premiere of the film "Star Trek Into Darkness", at Leicester Square in central London May 2, 2013.
Photo by Andrew Winning
Deadheads are uniting in opposition to a proposal to rename a San Francisco venue named in honor of the Grateful Dead founder.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports more than 1,100 people have signed an online petition opposing any name change to Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in Excelsior, near where the late guitarist grew up.
The Recreation and Park Department says the little-used stage would gain new life under a public-private partnership with Los Angeles-based nonprofit Levitt Pavilions, which helps fund renovations for outdoor venues and puts on 50 free shows a year.
The proposed name is "Levitt Pavilion San Francisco at Jerry Garcia Meadows."
The 2,000-seat theater hosts fewer than 10 events every year.
Cast members of "Star Trek Into Darkness" (L-R) Chris Pine, Alice Eve, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Benedict Cumberbatch pose for photographers at the film's international premier in Leicester Square, central London, May 2, 2013.
Photo by Andrew Winning
The unpublished lyrics of an anti-nuclear protest song written by Bob Dylan 50 years ago are to be sold in London next month after being found in a drawer in Sweden.
Auction house Christie's said the song - "Go Away You Bomb" - was written for an unpublished book of protest songs when Dylan was working on his second album, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", which helped to propel him to global fame.
Dylan wrote "Go Away You Bomb" in 1963 for Izzy Young, who owned the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York, and organized Dylan's first concert in 1961.
Young, 85, who moved to Stockholm in the early 1970s and set up a similar center, came across the forgotten lyrics in a drawer a few years ago.
Funds raised from the sale will go to keep the center running.
A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from musician Fats Domino's home after Hurricane Katrina has had its classic looks restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans' French Quarter.
The piano was damaged after water poured through a broken levee during the August 2005 storm, flooding Domino's home in the Lower 9th Ward.
Its restoration came through $30,000 donated to the Louisiana Museum Foundation.
The largest gift of $18,000 came from Allan Slaight, a retired music producer in Miami. Other donations came from Sir Paul McCartney, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Tipitina's Foundation.
The piano was unveiled Thursday at the Old U.S. Mint, now a museum in the French Quarter.
Actress Anjelica Huston attends the 'The Great Gatsby' world premiere at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York May 1, 2013.
Photo by Andrew Kelly
Gemze de Lappe first danced in "Oklahoma!" in 1943 as a member of the Broadway hit's first national touring company. Seventy years later, at age 91, she's still with it - choreographing a production of the musical at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
De Lappe has traveled the world over the decades working on the Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers masterpiece in places across Europe, Japan, Canada and the United States. Now she's in Chicago, trying to help director Gary Griffin recreate a version of the original "Oklahoma!" production. It opens on Saturday and runs through May 19.
Griffin calls de Lappe a link to the original intent of the production, which is often considered a landmark of American musical theater. He encourages her to talk about every number, every idea that she has during rehearsals.
The original dances from "Oklahoma!" were crafted by famed choreographer Agnes DeMille, who often used de Lappe as an inspiration. De Lappe, who lives in New York, has actively worked for years to save de Mille's work.
Science experiments don't always go the way they are intended. A 16-year-old Florida teenager knows this all too well.
This week Kiera Wilmot went to school and mixed some household chemicals in a tiny eight-ounce water bottle. It looked like a simple chemistry project, but then the top popped off when a small explosion occurred.
Wilmot, who is in good standing as a student, said it was an accident. The Bartow High School principal told a local television station that the teen made a "bad choice" and called her a a good kid who has never previously been in trouble.
In another era, Wilmot may have gotten scolded and sent back to class. But in this age of zero-tolerance policies, Wilmot is in deep trouble. She was arrested on Monday morning after the incident and charged with possession and discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device.
In turn, she was expelled and will finish her high school years in an expulsion program.
A participant twirls a rainbow-colored umbrella during the Dreamflash festival at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre in Moscow, May 2, 2013. Dreamflash is an annual youth carnival celebrated by participants with a soap-bubble themed parade on the streets of Moscow, according to the organisers.
Photo by Sergei Karpukhin
Just a few months after his daughter survived a drug overdose, Jon Bon Jovi joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Thursday for the signing of a law to encourage reporting of overdoses so victims don't end up dead.
Bon Jovi called the law a lifesaver and encouraged other states to do the same.
"I hope that Governor Christie's actions here will cause other states to stand up and to pay attention and also to follow in his footsteps," Bon Jovi said before accompanying the Republican governor on a visit with patients at a drug rehabilitation center.
The New Jersey law seeks to assure timely medical treatment for overdose victims by encouraging people to seek help without fear of being arrested for drug possession.
Taking a two-pronged approach to preventing drug overdose deaths, the New Jersey law also provides civil, criminal and professional immunity to health care professionals who prescribe or administer any FDA-approved treatment for drug overdoses. Lay people who administer antidotes in an emergency will also be protected.
With the summer movie season now beginning in early May ("Iron Man 3" opens Friday), studios are co-opting the July pop-culture convention's model of stoking interest in anticipated films by bringing sneak-peeks of new material directly to super fans, who then, it is hoped, spread their enthusiasm via word-of-mouth and social media.
For "Star Trek: Into Darkness," which opens May 17, Paramount shared early photos and videos with Trekkies devoted enough to download an iPhone or Android app. Other aspiring blockbusters, including Disney's "The Lone Ranger" and Sony's "Elysium," were subjects of their own individual Comic-Con-style events recently: Studios invited fans to local theaters, where they heard directly from the films' stars and were the first to see the action-packed trailers and other select scenes.
Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer took questions from fans at "The Lone Ranger" event in Las Vegas in a segment streamed live online. Matt Damon and "District 9" writer-director Neill Blomkamp participated in the "Elyisum" showcase, held simultaneously in theaters in Los Angeles and Berlin. Only those who regularly follow the films online find out about such special events.
Studios value the approach because it allows them to reward devoted fans while building early buzz for their films. It also circumvents, in a way, the more traditional method of staging promotional events for entertainment media and then depending on those outlets to spread the news to fans.
This Friday, April 26, 2013 photo shows a creation by Cherokee artist and educator Jane Osti on display at the Cultural Exchange Pavilion celebrating Native American culture during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, in New Orleans. Louisiana Native Americans have long been represented at Jazz Fest, but this is the first year the focus on the culture has been expanded to include tribal nations from elsewhere in the United States, as well as Canada and Latin America.
Photo by Doug Parker
Columnist Howard Kurtz left The Daily Beast on Thursday, a day after the website retracted one of his blog posts about the coming out of NBA player Jason Collins.
Both Kurtz and Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown confirmed his departure over Twitter.
He tweeted that "as we began to move in different directions, both sides agreed it was best to part company."
He added that "this was in the works for some time" and that it was time for him to "move on to other opportunities."
A Sydney harborfront mansion has been sold for a record-setting A$54 million ($55.4 million) to a Chinese-born businessman, reinforcing the city's growing status as a hot property destination, newspapers said on Thursday.
On the market for six years, the luxurious eight-bedroom "Altona" in exclusive Point Piper was bought in a secret deal with the businessman who currently lives in Melbourne, the newspapers reported.
The property and its heated waterside pool and boathouse, rented by U2 rock star Bono in 2006 for a family holiday, was last sold in 2002 for A$28 million.
The Altona sale beat the previous Sydney property sale record of A$45 million, but fell short of the national record of A$57.5 million paid in 2009 by mining services magnate Chris Ellison for a sprawling riverfront home in Perth.
A pigeon flies above an installation made of painted wooden eggs, attributes of the Orthodox Easter, in central Kiev May 2, 2013. Orthodox believers will celebrate Easter on May 5.
Photo by Sergii Polezhaka
Ever wonder what makes young, pretty, "good" girls pursue careers in porn?
So did Deborah Anderson, that's why she made a documentary and fine-art photography book on the subject. "Aroused" opens in select theaters Thursday and is available for download on Apple Inc.'s iTunes. The book is available on Amazon.com.
Many of the 16 adult-film actresses featured in "Aroused" attended the film's premiere Wednesday night at the Landmark Theatre and hung around afterward to autograph the coffee-table book.
Anderson was inspired to explore these women's stories after casting a porn star in a photo shoot for a magazine. She was struck by the woman's warm personality and her stories of harsh treatment from the public despite contributing to a widely consumed product of a billion-dollar industry.
More than 500 years after Christopher Columbus set foot on the shores of the New World, what may be the first ever depiction of the native Americans he encountered has been discovered hidden in a Vatican painting.
The discovery was made by restoration experts who were cleaning a large fresco painted by the Renaissance master Pinturicchio. Once they had removed layers of dirt, they noticed a group of tiny figures, almost in the middle of the painting.
The figures are men who seem to be dancing and are naked except for exotic-looking feather head dresses. One appears to have a Mohican-style haircut.
Pinturicchio created the work, which shows Jesus' Resurrection, in 1494, just a year after Columbus returned from his first journey of discovery across the Atlantic.
The head of the Vatican Museums, Antonio Paolucci, believes that the mysterious figures represent some of the native Americans that the Genoese explorer met as he sailed around the Caribbean.
U.S. guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a co-founder of the seminal heavy metal band Slayer, died in Southern California on Thursday, the band said in a statement posted on their website. He was 49.
"Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure," the band said.
Hanneman founded Slayer with fellow guitarist Kerry King in the early 1980s in suburban Los Angeles.
The band was known as one of the "big four" thrash metal groups of the 1980s, along with Anthrax, Megadeth and Metallica.
The thrash metal genre was distinct for its extremely fast tempo, big double-bass drums and dark themes, often dealing with Satanism, war and serial killers.
Music website Allmusic.com said the band's trademark "full-throttle velocity, wildly chaotic guitar solos, and powerful musical chops paint an effectively chilling sonic background for their obsessive chronicling of the dark side."
Hanneman is best known as a writer of the songs "Raining Blood" and "Angel of Death" from the 1986 album "Reign of Blood," which is considered a landmark of the genre.
Hanneman is survived by his wife and three siblings.
Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floats at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, with the island skyline looms at the background May 2, 2013. The 16.5-meter-high inflatable sculpture, which made its first public appearance in the territory on Thursday, will be shown at the Ocean Terminal for a month.
Photo by Bobby Yip
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