Mark Shields: A War With No Victors (Creators Syndicate)
We know the American numbers: 4,488 killed; 31,965 wounded and, because there are truly no unwounded war veterans, nearly one out of two U.S. veterans who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has applied for disability benefits. The best estimate is that at least 110,000 Iraqi lives were lost and some 2 million Iraqis were driven from their homes.
Marcus Sedgwick: 'the magical might be waiting for us, just around the next corner' (Guardian)
Marcus Sedgwick, author of 'My Sword Hand is Singing,' has written a new Doctor Who story, focusing on the Third Doctor and Jo Grant as they try to track down the magical spear of Odin and find themselves caught up in a vicious battle between two Viking tribes. Guardian children's site member Patrick interviewed him by email about the story and writing in general.
?LEONARD COHEN? - THE FUTURE - LIVE IN LONDON? (YouTube; 8:10)
Bob Miller: "I recommend the Leonard videos that were filmed in London in 2009. Here's The Future (Repent), for example. If you can't watch the whole thing, start it at about 7:00 and listen to his little talk. I'm sure it will put a smile on your face."
Carolina Chocolate Drops: 'Country Girl' via Liveset (YouTube)
Carolina Chocolate Drops performed a live, intimate session with Liveset from an old church space, Esplanade Studios, in New Orleans. To watch the full session, please visit ?http://Liveset.com.
A timeless classic of show business, "Slowly I Turned" is the most common name associated with a popular vaudeville sketch. It is also referred to as, variously, "The Stranger with a Kind Face" by clowns and clowning aficionados, and "Niagara Falls" by fans of The Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello. By what name do the fans of I Love Lucy know this routine?
Martha's Vineyard (Wampanoag: Noepe) is an island (including the smaller Chappaquiddick Island) located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony.
Often called just "The Vineyard," the island has a land area of 100 square miles (260 km). It is the 58th largest island in the United States and the third largest on the East Coast of the United States. It is also the largest island not connected to mainland by a bridge or tunnel on the East Coast of the United States.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Martha's Vineyard
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Martha's Vineyard
Charlie wrote:
Martha's Vineyard, the Martha in question is unknown.
Adam answered:
Martha's Vineyard.
Marian responded:
Martha's Vinyard
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali (Go Bears!!) replied:
Martha's Vineyard
Sally said:
Okay, although I am not psychic, as is another of your followers (no names pls), I know this because it is a favorite place of mine. "Martha's Vineyard" is located off of Cape Cod, in Massachusetts. It is's about a 30 minute ferry boat ride away, but once there, it's like another world. They have been pretty good about keeping the commercial businesses away, especially as you get away from the docks. I just love the Cape, the Islands, and Boston...
This is for the psychic amongst us...
It is connected to the island via a narrow path.
PS: Love ya, psychic!
Snow due in tonight, guess I'll be up before dawn on shovel patrol...
MAM wrote:
Martha's Vineyard (as BttbBob predicted!)
Rayne in Port St Lucie responded:
Martha's Vineyard island
BttbBob replied:
Ahem... and the answer is... Wait!... I already gave the answer, did I not, like, yesterday? Yes! Indeed, I did! (Thank-yew... Thank-yew-very-much...)
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Well met, the challenge, Boss!
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"Well, ain't we a pair, raggedy man" (said Aunty Entity...)
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Now then, Happy Birthday today to:
Sir Elton John (65) [ Elton John - Pinky (Caribou 2 of 13) - YouTube ]
(My favorite tune of his...)
Aretha Franklin (70) [ Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools [Unedited Version] - YouTube ]
(My favorite tune of hers...)
Sarah Jessica Parker (47)
Gloria Steinem (78)
Danica Patrick (30) - You Go, Girl... Fast!
James Lovell (84) - Apollo 13 mission commander
(Tom Hanks did ya proud, Captain...)
Finally, a very special happy one to my mother, a.k.a "The Old Nan"
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And, Joe S replied:
The answer is Martha's Vineyard. I had a feeling that was the answer because it seems we are on a theme. I looked it up to be sure, I'm not proud. Well I am, but that's beside the point. And speaking of proud, I'm very proud of my granddaughters, my beautiful and intelligent granddaughters.
Here they are ready for the Greek Independence Parade.
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH'Rules Of Engagement', then a FRESH'2 Broke Girls', followed by a FRESH'Mike & Molly', then a FRESH'Hawaii Five-0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave is Ed Sheeran.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Morgan Freeman and Vera Farmiga.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'The Voice', followed by a FRESH'Revolution'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Gerard Butler, Keegan-Michael Key & Jordan Peele, and Crystal Bowersox.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Usher Raymond, Kate Mara, the latest "Celebrity Apprentice" castoff, and Wale.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Anthony Jeselnik, Conway, and Royal Teeth.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH'Castle'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Dana Delany, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Dustin Lynch.
The CW offers a FRESH'The Carrie Diaries', followed by a RERUN'Hart Of Dixie'.
Faux has a FRESH'Bones', followed by a FRESH'The Following'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 3 hours of old 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH'Bates Motel'.
AMC offers the movie 'Christine', 'The Walking Dead', another 'The Walking Dead', and still another 'The Walking Dead'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] PRIMEVAL - Season 4 - Episode 1
[9:00AM] PRIMEVAL - Season 4 - Episode 2
[10:00AM] PRIMEVAL - Season 4 - Episode 3
[11:00AM] PRIMEVAL - Season 4 - Episode 4
[12:00PM] PRIMEVAL - Season 4 - Episode 5
[1:00PM] PRIMEVAL - Season 4 - Episode 6
[2:00PM] PRIMEVAL - Season 4 - Episode 7
[3:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 9 - Force of Nature
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 10 - Inheritance
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 11 - Parallels
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 16 - Episode 6
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 2 - Episode 8
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR APOCALYPSE
[9:30PM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 4
[10:30PM] TOP GEAR - Season 16 - Episode 6
[11:30PM] TOP GEAR APOCALYPSE
[1:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 2 - Episode 8
[2:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 4
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 12 - The Pegasus
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 13 - Homeward
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 14 - Sub Rosa (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', then a FRESH'LA Shrinks'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', still another 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Workaholics'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Peter Dinklage.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Junot Diaz.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'The Other Guys'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Storage
[8:00AM] Emma
[10:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[11:00AM] Deep Water
[1:00PM] Storage
[3:00PM] Emma
[5:45PM] The Last Legion
[8:00PM] Apocalypse Now
[11:15PM] Turistas
[1:15AM] Maximum Overdrive
[3:15AM] Turistas
[5:15AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[5:30AM] Out There-The Great Escape (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[1:15AM] Storytelling
[2:45AM] Accomplices
[4:30AM] My So-Called Life-On the Wagon
[5:30AM] The Mortified Sessions-Comic Marc Maron & Community's Gillian Jacobs
[6:00AM] I Hate Valentine's Day
[7:30AM] Monsoon Wedding
[9:30AM] The Time That Remains
[11:30AM] I Hate Valentine's Day
[1:00PM] Monsoon Wedding
[3:00PM] The Mortified Sessions-True Blood's Kristin Bauer & Comedian Matt Walsh
[3:30PM] Teleglobal Dreamin'
[3:50PM] Breakfast on Pluto
[6:00PM] Reversal of Fortune
[8:00PM] Waking Life
[9:45PM] Waking Life
[11:30PM] Henry & June
[12:00AM] Breaking Bad-Seven Thirty-Seven
[1:00AM] Top of the Lake
[2:00AM] Training Day
[4:00AM] Black Heaven (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Zombie Apocalypse', 'Being Human', followed by a FRESH'Being Human', then a FRESH'Lost Girl'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Magic Johnson, Thandie Newton, and Langhorne Slim.
Billy Crystal (R) and Muhammed Ali (L) hold hands together with Lonnie Ali at the Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night Awards XIX in Phoenix, Arizona March 23, 2013. The charity event is held in honor of Muhammad Ali's fight to find a cure for Parkinson's disease, according to the organisers.
Photo by Ralph Freso
Saplings from the chestnut tree that stood as a symbol of hope for Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis for two years in Amsterdam are being distributed to 11 locations in the United States as part of a project that aims to preserve her legacy and promote tolerance.
The tree, one of the Jewish teenager's only connections to nature while she hid with her family in a Secret Annex in her father's company building, was diseased and rotted through the trunk when wind and heavy rain toppled it in August 2010. But saplings grown from its seeds will be planted starting in April, when the Children's Museum of Indianapolis will put the first one in the ground.
The 11 U.S. locations, which also include a park memorializing victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City, an Arkansas high school that was the heart of the desegregation battle and Holocaust centers in Michigan and Washington state, were chosen by The Anne Frank Center USA from 34 applicants.
"The heart of our mission is tolerance. ... Tolerance is really essential for being able to bring better welfare to everybody," said center spokesman Mike Clary.
Johnny Depp accepts the award for favorite movie actor at the 2013 Kids Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California March 23, 2013.
Photo by Phil McCarten
"Hot in Cleveland" is hoping its new casting gimmick will turn the world on with a smile.
The TV Land hit, which was recently renewed for a fifth season, is staging a reunion of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" cast for an upcoming episode, with Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman and the ailing Valerie Harper joining forces with "MTM" alum and "Hot in Cleveland" star Betty White and recurring cast member Georgia Engel.
The episode, which does not yet have an air date, will focus on Elka (White) and Mamie Sue (Engel) reuniting their bowling team GLOB: the Gorgeous Ladies of Bowling. The team, which fell apart decades earlier after its championship season led to swollen egos, includes members Diane (played by Moore), Peg (Leachman) and Angie (Harper).
Moore has guested on "Hot in Cleveland" before, playing Elka's cellmate in the show's second season.
Advance bids for a copy of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album autographed by all four band members are even higher than the auction house anticipated.
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions said Friday that bidding for the 1967 album has reached $110,500 and could surpass $150,000 by the March 30 auction. Heritage originally estimated the album would go for around $30,000.
The Beatles signed the album on the gatefold above pictures of their heads.
Bids started at $15,000 and include the buyer's premium.
Actor and comedian Steve Martin (C) performs with the Steep Canyon Rangers at the Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night Awards XIX in Phoenix, Arizona March 23, 2013. The charity event is held in honor of Muhammad Ali's fight to find a cure for Parkinson's disease, according to the organisers.
Photo by Ralph Freso
The massive bronze sculpture is formally known as "Draped Seated Woman," a Henry Moore creation that evoked Londoners huddled in air raid shelters during the Blitz.
To the East Enders who lived nearby, the artwork was known as "Old Flo," a stalwart symbol of people facing oppression with dignity and grace.
But now, Old Flo may have to go.
The cash-strapped London borough of Tower Hamlets, one of the poorest communities in Britain, plans to sell the statue - estimated to be worth as much as 20 million pounds ($30 million).
Art lovers fear the sale of such a famous sculpture would set a worrisome precedent, triggering the sell-off of hundreds of lesser works housed in parks, public buildings and little local museums as communities throughout Britain struggle to balance their budgets amid the longest and deepest economic slowdown since the Great Depression.
Sandra Bullock and Neil Patrick Harris get slimed as they present the award for favorite movie actress at the 26th annual Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Los Angeles.
Photo by John Shearer
Once the envy of Indian Country for its billion-dollar casino empire, the tribe that owns the Foxwoods Resort Casino has been struggling through a financial crisis and pursuing more revenue from an unlikely source: U.S. government grants.
The money provided annually to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation through the Interior Department and the Department of Health and Human Services has risen over the last five years to more than $4.5 million, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act. One former tribal employee says department leaders were encouraged to offset dwindling resources by seeking more federal grants.
The Pequots, who once distributed stipends exceeding $100,000 annually to adult members, are not alone among gaming tribes seeking more federal aid. Several, including the owner of Foxwoods' rival Connecticut casino, the Mohegan Sun, say they have been pursuing more grants - a trend that critics find galling because the law that gave rise to Indian casinos was intended to help tribes become financially self-sufficient.
As long as they have federal recognition, casino-owning tribes are eligible for the same grant programs as the larger tribes based on large, poverty-stricken reservations in the American West. The grants, which don't need to be paid back, support tribal governments by paying for programs such as health screenings, road maintenance and environmental preservation.
Colombian figurative artist Fernando Botero attends the annual Rose Ball at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club in Monte Carlo March 23, 2013. The Rose Ball is a traditional annual charity event in aid of Foundation Princess Grace.
Photo by Valery Hache
An Internet video that shows a meat company employee swearing at animal activists before shooting a horse in the head highlights the increasing emotional intensity of the national debate over whether a New Mexico plant should be allowed to resume domestic horse slaughter.
Animal rights groups this week uncovered a video posted by a former employee of Valley Meat Co., which has been fighting the United States Department of Agriculture for more than a year for approval to convert its former cattle slaughter operation into a horse slaughterhouse.
Valley Meat Co. owner Rick De Los Santos said the employee, who was let go this week, was reacting to harassment by animal rights activists who have targeted the plant since its plans were made public about a year ago. The harassment has worsened since the video, made a year ago, was uncovered this week, he said.
The video shows Tim Sappington of Dexter leading a seemingly healthy horse by a rope to a spot in a dirt road. He strokes his nose and neck, says, "All you animal activists, (expletive) you," then shoots it in the head.
Chaves County Sheriff Rob Coon said the department is bracing for things to get worse as the company nears a final inspection by federal regulators with the hope of opening horse slaughter operations next month.
Actor Steve Carell and comedian Kristen Wiig arrive at the 2013 Kids Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California March 23, 2013.
Photo by Patrick T. Fallon
It's the divorce that could split up control of America's fastest growing oil company and lead to a record-breaking paycheck for the wife who claims her husband cheated.
Harold Hamm (R-Thurston's Whore), 67, who ranks No. 35 on Forbes' list of richest Americans, is a self-made man worth more than $11 billion.
Sue Ann Hamm, 56, Harold's second wife, filed for divorce on May 19, 2012, claiming that she discovered he was having an affair in 2010, eventually prompting her to end their nearly 25-year marriage.
Hamm was the senior energy advisor on Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and is so wealthy that the candidate allegedly shied away from appearing in public with him. An industry leader, Hamm is a promoter of fracking - the business of squeezing oil out of rocks in places like North Dakota.
The divorce could award Sue Ann Hamm's part of Harold Hamm's 68 percent stake in Continental Resources - the oil company he and his wife built together.
Singer Andrea Bocelli and Veronica Berti arrive on the red carpet at the Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night Awards XIX in Phoenix, Arizona March 23, 2013. The charity event is held in honor of Muhammad Ali's fight to find a cure for Parkinson's disease, according to the organisers.
Photo by Ralph Freso
Forever-young Minnie Mouse is growing up and moving on from her old red and white polka dots.
Lanvin has designed the loveable Disney rodent a new dress - a more mature frock in royal blue and long sleeves that she can wear at special Paris events.
It was unveiled at a catwalk show in Disneyland Paris on Saturday evening.
Gone was the oversized hair bow that has been the signature of the character since she was created in 1928. In its place, the catwalk presentation showcased a smaller-sized red tiara alongside a thick, bejeweled hourglass gown with padded shoulders.
Penitents of "La Paz" (The Peace) brotherhood wait before their penance during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, March 24, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors.
Photo by Marcelo del Pozo
The engagement ring the young Napoleon "must have broken his wallet" to buy for his fiancee Josephine shattered expectations today at the Osenat auction house in France when it sold for close to $1 million, Osenat's expert Jean-Christophe Chataignier said.
The winning bidder, who wanted to stay completely anonymous, paid $949,000, almost 50 times the $20,000 Osenat had expected to bring in. Including the buyer's 25 percent commission to Osenat, the total price for the ring was $1.17 million.
The sale was timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Josephina's birthday.
The golden ring is in an 18th century setting called "toi et moi," "You and Me," with opposing tear-shaped jewels -- a blue sapphire and a diamond. The carat weight of the two gems is little less than a carat each.
A boy smokes a marijuana cigarette during a holi celebration at the Meera Sahavagini ashram in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 24, 2013. Traditionally in Hindu culture, widows are expected to renounce earthly pleasure and so do not celebrate holi, but for the first time, women at the shelter for widows who have been abandoned by their families celebrated the festival by throwing flowers and coloured powder. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India.
Photo by Vivek Prakash
The caveman comedy "The Croods" left an indelible mark on the wall, opening at No. 1 with $44.7 million, according to Sunday studio estimates.
Opening strongly in second place with $30.5 million was "Olympus Has Fallen," an action thriller from "Training Day" director Antoine Fuqua in which North Korean terrorists take over the White House. Gerard Butler, as a secret service agent, leads an all-star cast that includes Aaron Eckhart as the president, Morgan Freeman and Angela Bassett.
But this weekend's haul is down 34 percent from the same weekend a year ago, when the juggernaut of "The Hunger Games" debuted. It made a whopping $152.5 million in its opening, which is more than all the films in theaters combined will have made this weekend.
Among the other new films this weekend, the Tina Fey-Paul Rudd college comedy "Admission" from Focus Features opened in fifth place with just $6.4 million. But the buzzed-about "Spring Breakers" from A24 Films, featuring Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens as hard-partying college girls, did well in its first nationwide expansion. It made $5 million on 1,104 screens for a total of $5.4 million over the past two weeks.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "The Croods," $44.7 million ($63.3 million international).
2. "Olympus Has Fallen," $30.5 million ($2.2 million international).
3. "Oz the Great and Powerful," $22 million ($21.7 million international).
4. "The Call," $8.7 million.
5. "Admission," $6.4 million.
6. "Spring Breakers," $5 million ($1.1 million international).
7. "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," $4.3 million.
8. "Jack the Giant Slayer," $3 million ($19.3 million international).
9. "Identity Thief," $2.5 million ($4.7 million).
10. "Snitch," $1.9 million.
A tree decorated with Easter eggs and a bunny is pictured in a snowed allotment garden in Luebeck, March 23, 2013. Owner Thorsten Kups (not pictured) has decorated his garden with more than 15,000 Easter eggs.
Photo by Fabian Bimmer
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