Susanne Shaphren: What You Think You Know (irascibleprofessor.com)
My mother told the story so often that I often make the mistake of thinking I remember what happened. "I learn so much about the students' home lives by watching them play," the teacher told my mother at the exact moment I ever so elegantly raised my plastic glass and asked my pint-sized companion if he wanted more champagne. What that teacher thought she'd learned couldn't have been farther from the truth.
Jim Hightower: SWEATFREE COMMUNITIES (jimhightower.com)
If you wish there was something you could do about some of the worst abuses of corporate globalization, check out a fast-spreading grassroots movement called SweatFree Communities.
Will Beall: End of a daredevil nation (latimes.com)
Growing up in the '70s, I had an Evel Knievel lunchbox, an Evel Knievel action figure with a working stunt cycle, Evel Knievel comic books featuring "Evel Knievel and the Perilous Traps of Mr. Danger" and "Evel Knievel versus Ghost Rider." I was even Evel Knievel myself for Halloween one year. Larger than life doesn't begin to cover it. The guy was a walking, talking, honest-to-God superhero.
A: The smaller volcano on the island of Hawaii
B: An extinct volcano now known as Crater Lake
C: The largest volcano in Central America
D: The native American name for Mount Whitney
Who said, "If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me."?
A: Alice Roosevelt
B: Oscar Wilde
C: Noel Coward
D: Dorthy Parker Source
Baron Dave ("The secret of eternal youth is arrested development."
-- Alice Roosevelt Longworth) was first, and correct, with:
A. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the Ellen of her day.
mj was second, but wrong:
Actually, an ounce of gold will do closer to 85 Km of wire at 5 microns by
the formula I used to get the 20 meter answer yesterday, so not specifying
the gauge of wire did skew the proper answer.
I'm going to guess D for today's answer.
Wanda was third, and right, writing:
Alice Roosevelt----my favroite role model.
'The' Bruce was correct, too:
A Alice Roosevelt
PS: When her father, Theodore Roosevelt, was President of the United States, his young daughter, Alice, ran around the White House with her pet snake, Emily Spinach, wrapped around her neck.
Ken was right, with a simple:
Alice
Dave in Tucson guessed right:
Wild guess, but Alice Roosevelt?
Bruce S was wrong, but provided a wonderful quote:
D
And when confronted by some little would-be (younger) usurper @ a doorway;
"You first Miss Parker. 'Age before beauty, you know.'"
"Thank you, yes, and 'pearls before swine'"
Marian the Teacher was right:
A Alice Roosevelt...wow I could be friends with her if she were in my social circle!
Alan J was correct:
Alice Roosevelt
Sally P got it right, writing:
""If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me" is attributed to Teddy's daughter, "A" Alice Roosevelt Longworth. She embroidered it on a bloody pillow, but nowadays, it is regarded as written in stone!
Mike in Des Moines, got it right:
Alice Roosevelt. Although I can imagine Dorthy Parker saying it (unless I'm wrong, in which case I can imagine Alice saying it).
And, Joe ("Possession is 9/10 of the problem."
-John Lennon-) missed it:
D: Dorthy Parker?
Thanks to Buzzcook* for today's and yesterday's question.
CBS begins the night with the chestnut 'Frosty The Snowman', followed by the chestnut 'Frosty Returns', then the FRESH'Movies Rock!'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNDave (from 7/18/07) are John Travolta, Paula Abdul, and Teddy Thompson.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNCraig (from 5/9/07) are Steven Wright, Carrie Anne Inaba, and Dinosaur Jr.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Deal Or No Deal', followed by a FRESH'Friday Night Lights', then a FRESH'Las Vegas'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNLeno (from 5/12/04) are Jerry Seinfeld, Amber Brkich & Rob Mariano, and Wayne Newton.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNConan (from 6/18/07) are Tea Leoni, Tyrese Gibson, and the White Stripes.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Jason Schwartzman and Morrissey.
ABC opens the night wtih a FRESH'Men In Trees', followed by a FRESH'Women's Murder Club', then '20/20'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUNJimmy Kimmel it's TBA.
The CW fills the night with a FRESH'WWE Friday Night Steroid SmackDown!'.
Faux has a RERUN'Don't Forget The Lyrics!', followed by a FRESH'The Next Great American Band'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Agent Cody Banks'.
PLEASE check local PBS listings for a FRESH'Bill Moyers Journal', and a FRESH'NOW With Bill Moyers David Brancaccio'.
AMC offers the movie 'Raising Helen', followed by the movie 'She's Having A Baby', then the movie 'The Frighteners'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares;
[1:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 13 Dollimore;
[2:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 25 Detling 32;
[2:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 26 Shepton Mallet 12;
[3:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8;
[3:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9;
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 3;
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 4;
[5:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares;
[6:00 PM] My Family;
[6:30 PM] My Family - Ep. 4 Of Mice and Ben;
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America;
[8:00 PM] The Office - Episode 5;
[8:40 PM] Coupling - Ep. 5 The Girl with Two Breasts;
[9:20 PM] The Catherine Tate Show - Episode 5;
[11:00 PM] The Office - Episode 5;
[11:40 PM] Coupling - Ep. 5 The Girl with Two Breasts;
[12:20 AM] The Catherine Tate Show - Episode 5;
[1:00 AM] Coupling;
[1:40 AM] The World Stands Up - Episode 10;
[2:00 AM] The Weakest Link - Episode 9;
[3:00 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep.5 Painswick;
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Episode 8;
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 23 Newark 36;
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 24 Ardingly 24;
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 8 Anthony;
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 9 Hawkridge;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Christmas In Rockefeller Plaza', followed by the movie 'Hurricane', then the movie 'Hurricane', again.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', an old 'Jon Stewart', an old 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', another 'Chappelle's Show', 'Comedy Central Presents', and another 'Comedy Central Presents'.
FX has the movie 'Cradle 2 The Grave', followed by the movie 'Gone In 60 Seconds', and 'That 70s Show'.
History has 'Stealth And Beyond', 'Modern Marvels', 'Shockwave', and 'Human Weapon'.
IFC -
[06:00 AM] Looking for Richard;
[08:00 AM] Double Happiness;
[09:30 AM] Far from Heaven;
[11:20 AM] Looking for Richard;
[01:15 PM] Double Happiness;
[02:45 PM] Far from Heaven;
[04:35 PM] Looking for Richard;
[06:30 PM] L'Auberge Espagnole;
[08:35 PM] Sling Blade;
[11:00 PM] The Henry Rollins Show #313: Larry Flynt/Placebo;
[11:30 PM] Samurai 7 Episode #24: The Oaths;
[12:00 AM] The Lair of the White Worm;
[01:45 AM] The Cooler;
[03:30 AM] The Lair of the White Worm;
[05:10 AM] Sling Blade. (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'The Dresden Files', 'Stargate SG-1', 'Stargate Atlantis', and a FRESH'Stargate Atlantis'.
Sundance -
[05:45 AM] The Mighty Celt;
[07:10 AM] Who Gets to Call it Art?;
[08:30 AM] Love, Ludlow;
[10:00 AM] Pray;
[10:35 AM] The Refugees of the Blue Planet;
[11:40 AM] Pray;
[12:15 PM] In This World;
[02:00 PM] Sangam;
[02:30 PM] Frankie Starlight;
[04:15 PM] The Parole Officer;
[06:00 PM] Sean Penn + Jon Krakauer;
[07:00 PM] Love, Ludlow;
[08:30 PM] In This World;
[10:00 PM] Somersault;
[12:00 AM] Delta of Venus;
[02:00 AM] John Mayer, Norah Jones & Richard Ashcroft;
[03:00 AM] Head-On;
[05:00 AM] Commune. (ALL TIMES EST)
Actress Rosanna Arquette poses as she arrives at a special screening of the DreamWorks Pictures film "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California December 5, 2007.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Four 13th century copies of the Magna Carta, considered to be one of the most important documents in the history of democracy, go on public display next week for the first time in nearly 800 years.
The four, three of which date from 1217 and one from 1225, are held by Oxford University's Bodleian Library and represent nearly one quarter of the surviving 13th century Magna Carta manuscripts in the world.
Apart from the four held by the Bodleian Library -- which houses more than eight million books and many other manuscripts -- the others are held at nine locations in Britain, Australia and the United States.
The Bodleian's collection will go on public show for just six hours at Oxford's Divinity School on Tuesday December 11. ahead of a sale on December 18 by Sotheby's in New York of a copy of the Magna Carta owned by Ross Perot and priced at up to $30 million.
Arnaud Meunier du Houssoy, of Paris, and great-great-great grandson of French Lt. Gen. Marquis de Lafayette, displays an emerald and gold medal, in Boston, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, commissioned by George Washington and presented to Lafayette in 1824. The medal, known as the medal of the Society of the Cincinnati, and currently in Houssoy's possession, will be put up for auction next week.
Photo by Steven Senne
NBC will air four 90-minute "Saturday Night Live" clip shows during primetime this month, beginning Saturday.
The specials will also air December 15, December 22 and December 29, all from 9:30-11 p.m. If successful, more could be on the way.
Sources indicated that the specials have been in the works for months and are not related to the Hollywood writers strike, which has sent the late-night staple into reruns.
Saturday has become a land of repeats dumping ground for the major broadcast networks, and "SNL"-branded shows are considered a good alternative to drama reruns on the other channels. They also might help original "SNLs" at 11:30 p.m. when the show returns to production after the strike.
An eye-popping array of rutting satyrs, tumescent aristocrats and lusty 18th-century shepherdesses went on display in Paris Tuesday, as France's National Library lifted the veil on its collection of long-censored erotica.
For the first time since it was catalogued in the 1830s, the library's special pornographic section -- officially entitled "Enfer" (Hell) -- has been revealed in all its priapic glory. Such is the graphic nature of the material that under-16 year-olds are barred.
Some 350 books, engravings, photographs and curiosities -- the oldest a 14th-century manuscript illustration of a nun picking the fruit of a phallus-tree -- bear witness to man's insatiable instinct for the lurid intimacies of the flesh.
Overall more than 2,000 works -- including books by the Marquis de Sade, Jean Genet and Guillaume Apollinaire -- were marked with the library inscription "Enfer" until the department's closure at the end of the 1960s. It meant they were off-limits to the reading public.
Musical scores, glamorous dresses and love letters belonging to Maria Callas to be auctioned next week will offer a glimpse of the private passions of the opera diva whose voice enchanted millions.
The material, released by the estate of Callas' late husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini, unlocks aspects of the life Callas shared with the man she left before having an explosive relationship with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.
Penned before and after her marriage, 63 letters written to Meneghini are being billed as the most valuable items being put up for sale by auctioneer Sotheby's in Milan with a price tag of 50,000-70,000 euros ($72,780).
There are 330 lots in the collection, including material Meneghini bought at an auction after Callas' death in 1977.
Actress Rose Marie poses as she arrives at a special screening of the DreamWorks Pictures film "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California, December 5, 2007.
Photo by Fred Prouser
The Vatican said on Thursday it had discovered a lost drawing by Renaissance master Michelangelo of a design for the dome of St. Peter's Basilica.
The Vatican newspaper l'Osservatore Romano said the small drawing, done in the spring of 1563 when Michelangelo was 88, was believed to be his last known sketch before he died the next year.
The drawing, a section of the dome, contains some measurements and is thus believed to have been done to give stone cutters guidance after the master deemed work on an earlier batch of stone inadequate.
Drawn with blood-colored chalk on paper, it apparently survived because part of the paper had been used again for calculations, perhaps by workmen. It wound up by accident in files concerning the costs of the basilica's construction.
U.S. homeowners who could face crippling mortgage payments will have a hard time getting help if they call a telephone number resident George W. Bush recommended on Thursday -- he gave them the wrong number.
"I have a message for every homeowner worried about rising mortgage payments: The best you can do for your family is to call 1-800-995-HOPE," Bush said after a White House meeting with administration officials and lenders on a new plan to help.
Unfortunately he was a couple digits off, it is actually 1-888-995-HOPE (4673). That gets you through to the Homeownership Preservation Foundation, a non-profit group which offers free housing counselling for homeowners.
Moments after Bush completed his remarks, a White House aide told reporters the resident misspoke and gave the correct number.
A veterinarian cleans an Andean condor chick after helping it hatch after 57 days of incubation at the Buenos Aires Zoo December 5, 2007. The chick, given the name of Pacha Kawaj in the Quechua language, was born from an egg under the care of the Bioandina Argentina Foundation, whose mission is to release the bird into the wild after one year of age.
Photo by Martin Acosta
eBay users wanted more of Britney Spears than Paris Hilton this year.
The number of Spears-related items sold at the online auction site totaled 34,345, compared with 27,377 items associated with Hilton, eBay said this week.
Items associated with Spears ranged from signed CDs to disposable lighters featuring her likeness. Among the Hilton-related items sold: a toothbrush claimed to have been found in the hotel heiress' trash.
The data, released by eBay to The Associated Press, is based on specific entertainment-related searches of items sold on the U.S. eBay site from Jan. 1 to Nov. 19 that included key terms in the listing title across all product categories.
A bottle of Macallan scotch distilled in 1926 is seen here during a preview for an auction of fine Spirits at Christie's Auction House in New York, December 6, 2007. New York's first liquor auction in nearly a century will take place on Saturday, with this bottle of scotch whiskey expected to fetch as much as $30,000.
Photo by Brendan McDermid
The Archdiocese of New York is handing out coloring and comic books that warn children about sex predators, the first such effort by a Roman Catholic diocese in the United States.
In the coloring book, a perky guardian angel tells children not to keep secrets from their parents, not to meet anyone from an Internet chat room and to allow only "certain people" like a doctor or parent to see "where your bathing suit would be."
In a comic book version for children over 10, a teenager turns to St. Michael the Archangel for strength to report that two schoolmates are being sexually abused.
Some critics, while applauding the intent, say the books should say explicitly that trusted adults - including priests - may be the abusers.
British artist JMW Turner's 'Bamborough Castle' is seen in this undated handout from Sotheby's auctioneers in London in this handout picture released December 5, 2007. The watercolour, which has not been seen in public for more than a century and listed as lost, has been sold to an American collector for nearly double the pre-auction estimate of 1.5 million pounds ($3 million).
Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, researchers say.
Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence contains no methane and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of the harmful gas.
While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack pushing out carbon dioxide, livestock passing wind contribute a surprisingly high percentage of total emissions in some countries.
"Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia is from enteric methane from cattle and sheep," said Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland state government.
Aboriginal painter Norval Morrisseau, 75, descibed by friends and admirers as "the Picasso of the North" and "the most important painter Canada has ever produced," died Tuesday.
He passed away in hospital of complications from Parkinson's disease, according to a statement by the Assembly of FiOrst Nations.
The creator of the Woodland Indian art movement, Morrisseau was the first to depict Ojibwa legends and history for non-natives.
Since then, three generations of artists have followed in his footsteps, producing variations of his style of heavy black outlines that enclose colorful, flat shapes.
A self-taught artist who lived most of his life in northern Ontario, he paid little attention in his art to figurative modeling -- "no delving into the problems of perspective or pictorial depth," said a Globe and Mail art critic in 1981.
Morrisseau remains the only native artist ever to have had a solo exhibition in the National Gallery of Canada in its 127 year history, in 2006.
He is the only Canadian painter ever invited to exhibit at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris, in 1989.
Born on the Ojibwa Sand Point Reserve on Lake Nipigon, near Thunder Bay, Ontario, he is survived by as many as 14 children, six of them from his 1957 marriage to Harriet Kakegamic.
A one-month-old lion cub is fed at the Oklahoma City Zoo, in Oklahoma City on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. Four cubs were born at the zoo in a three-day time span from Nov. 4 to Nov. 6. The Zoo will not exhibit the youngsters until spring, but they can be seen on the zoo's webcam at http://www.okczoo.com.
Photo by Sue Ogrocki
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