This is a Book Shop (Neatorama)
The Albion Beatnik shop in Oxford, England, has this sign in a window. Respect! The text is a reworking of This is a Printing Office by Beatrice Warde.
Carol Kuruvilla: Boy genius diagnosed with autism has IQ higher than Einstein (NY Daily News)
Kristine Barnett noticed that her little boy Jacob - whom doctors had tagged as autistic - seemed to have a fascination with patterns. So she took him out of his school's special ed program and let him study the things he's passionate about. Now Jacob is on his way to winning a Nobel Prize.
Paul Krugman: Same As They Ever Were (New York Times)
Wheee! The Heritage Foundation is engaged in frantic damage control; not only did its big anti-immigration-reform report turn out to be a steaming heap of, um, bad research, but one of the co-authors turns out to have a serious white supremacist background.
Terry Savage: The War Against Savers (Creators Syndicate)
The real reason the Fed needs to keep interest rates low is to help disguise the bill for interest on the ever-growing national debt. In 2012, it's estimated that the United States spent about $220 billion paying interest on our $16.7 trillion dollar national debt.
Marilyn Preston: Give Yourself a Happiness Makeover: Be a Blue Zoner! (Creators Syndicate)
I've been a fan of the Blue Zones ever since I visited my first one a couple of years ago - the remote and magnificent Greek island of Ikaria, one of the few places on the planet where people live longer, and better, and die happier than most other people in the world.
How To 'Thrive': Dan Buettner's Secrets Of Happiness (NPR)
Buettner also notes that in Denmark, most people only work "37 hours a week on average, and they take their full six weeks of vacation," noting that a liberal work schedule leads to greater happiness overall.
Lucy Mangan: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Guardian)
… she continued without pausing for a response. "I mean - I thought that when I was 35, I would be married to Ziggy from Grange Hill and own a big black sports car. And I'd have my own personal swing in Trafalgar Square." The details are, ahem, idiosyncratic, but the thrust of her argument is common to all. Being an adult is, essentially, rubbish.
"The War Prayer," a short story or prose poem by Mark Twain, is a scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervor as motivations for war.
The piece was left unpublished by Mark Twain at his death in April 1910, largely due to pressure from his family, who feared that the story would be considered sacrilegious. Twain's publisher and other friends also discouraged him from publishing it. According to one account, his illustrator Dan Beard asked him if he would publish it anyway, and Twain replied, "No, I have told the whole truth in that, and only dead men can tell the truth in this world. It can be published after I am dead." Mindful of public reaction, he considered that he had a family to support and did not want to be seen as a lunatic or fanatic.
Twain's "The War Prayer" was finally published-and probably none too soon-some six years after his death, in the November 1916 issue of what was then called Harper's Monthly.
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Charlie was first, and correct, with:
About 6 years; he died in 1910 and it was published in 1916.
Alan J wrote:
Six
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
six years after his death, in the November 1916 issue of what was then
called Harper's Monthly
Adam answered:
6 yrs.
Sally said:
Twain died in 1910, and the book was published six years after his death, in the November 1916. I did not have to look this up because I have the book on display on my shelf, and had only to walk over and look inside the cover.
This is the one I have.
In my estimation, this is the best thing he wrote. It is simple in concept, easy to read, and packs a powerful message...
PS: Hope you and the kid have a fabulous day, Marty!!
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6 years (1916)... amidst the horrific carnage of WWI. If you have never read it, you will find it near the bottom of this page - right beneath Major General Smedley (I love that name) Butler's "War Is A Racket" (I recommend it, too. That Marine Corps twice Medal of Honor recipient figured it out...)
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At 10am Sunday morning I was reading the paper. I looked up and out my front window. It was snowing. Ah, springtime in "The Mitten"!
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a RERUN'Big Bang Theory', then a FRESH'2 Broke Girls', followed by a FRESH'Mike & Molly', then a FRESH'Hawaii Five-0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Mark Harmon and Luke Bryan.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are John Cho and Sara Rue.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'The Voice', followed by a FRESH'Revolution'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Miranda Lambert, Ross Matthews, and Pistol Annies.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Bradley Cooper, Portia de Rossi, the latest "Celebrity Apprentice" castoff, and Vampire Weekend.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Curtis Stone and White Lung.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH'Castle'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 5/7/13) are Robert Downey Jr., Simon Pegg, and Goo Goo Dolls.
The CW offers a FRESH'90210'.
Faux has a FRESH'Hell's Kitchen'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Duck Dynasty', another 'Duck Dynasty', still another 'Duck Dynasty', yet another 'Duck Dynasty', 'Bates Motel', followed by a FRESH'Bates Motel'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Usual Suspects', followed by the movie 'Man On Fire'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 10 - Christmas Special - Matt Smith, Gillian Anderson, Harry Judd, Russell Kane, Military Wives Choir
[9:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 11 - Ep 1 - Cate Blanchett, Ewan McGregor, Michael Sheen, Matt Lucas, Keane
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 10 - The Girl Who Waited
[11:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 11 - The God Complex
[12:00PM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Water
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 3 - Ep 4 - Morgan's
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 2 - Ep 1 - La Riviera
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 10 - Dillon's
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 1
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 3
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 4
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 5
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 6
[9:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 7
[10:00PM] JAMES MAY'S MAN LAB - SEASON 2Season 2 - Episode 5 NEW
[11:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 3
[12:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 4
[1:00AM] JAMES MAY'S MAN LAB - Season 2 - Episode 5
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[3:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 6
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 7
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Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC', then a FRESH'Newlyweds: The First Year'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Key & Peele', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and still another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is J.J. Abrams.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report are Jessica Buchanan & Erik Landemalm.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'The Proposal'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Bunk
[6:30AM] Bunk
[7:00AM] Undeclared-The Assistant
[7:30AM] Undeclared-Truth or Dare
[8:00AM] Undeclared-Addicts
[8:30AM] Undeclared-God Visits
[9:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Tests and Breasts
[10:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-I'm With the Band
[11:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Carded and Discarded
[12:00PM] Freaks and Geeks-Girlfriends and Boyfriends
[1:00PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[1:15PM] The Exorcism of Emily Rose
[3:45PM] Event Horizon
[5:45PM] Mimic
[8:00PM] The Shining
[11:00PM] Evil Dead 2
[12:45AM] The Shining
[3:45AM] Evil Dead 2
[5:30AM] Bunk (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Pilot
[7:00AM] A Film With Me in It
[8:30AM] Of Time and the City
[9:45AM] No One Knows About Persian Cats
[11:45AM] A Film With Me in It
[1:15PM] Of Time and the City
[2:30PM] No One Knows About Persian Cats
[4:30PM] A Film With Me in It
[6:00PM] Gallipoli
[8:00PM] Out of Sight
[10:00PM] Rectify-Drip, Drip
[11:00PM] Breaking Bad-No Mas
[12:00AM] Breaking Bad-Caballo Sin Nombre
[1:00AM] Rectify-Drip, Drip
[2:00AM] Invincible
[4:15AM] Made for Each Other (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Star Trek: Nemesis', 'Defiance', followed by a FRESH'Defiance', then a FRESH'Warehouse 13'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 2/21/13) are Mila Kunis, Chris Hardwick, and Family of the Year.
Lead singer Adam Levine (R) and bassist Mickey Madden (L) of the band Maroon 5 perform at the 2013 Wango Tango concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California May 11, 2013.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
The "Saturday Night Live" takeover of NBC's late night lineup continues. With Jimmy Fallon leaving "Late Night" to host "The Tonight Show" next year, the network has tapped his former "SNL" castmate Seth Meyers to sit in his chair.
Meyers leaves "SNL" after 12 seasons, eight of which he served as head writer and seven of which he hosted "Weekend Update." He won't have to change bosses, however; Lorne Michaels will be the executive producer of Meyers's "Late Night."
Meyers's move to "Late Night" does beg the question whether he and Michaels will update the format to be more similar to "Weekend Update" and Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show."
And there are even more questions about the future of "SNL" -- who will succeed Meyers as head writer? And perhaps more importantly to fans, who will be the new "Weekend Update" host(s)?
Musician Tito Puente, Jr (C) performs with his band at the St Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival at Pigeon Island National Landmark May 11, 2013.
Photo by Andrea De Silva
The veteran ABC News anchor is set to announce Monday morning on "The View" that she will retire from TV journalism next summer.
ABC said in an announcement late Sunday that, until then, Walters will continue to anchor and report for the network, anchor specials throughout the year, and appear on "The View." She will remain executive producer of "The View," the weekday talk show she created in 1997.
The 83-year-old Walters has spent 37 years at ABC News, joining the network in 1976 to become the first female co-anchor on an evening news program. Three years later, she became a co-host of ABC's "20/20" newsmagazine.
Teddy usually spends most weekends lounging around the house, drifting in and out of long luxurious naps.
But on Saturday, he made a rare exception to his routine--taking a ride in what his owners called his "Kitty SUV," a fancy caged pet stroller with duel front wheels said to be tough enough to climb a mountain.
Teddy was among several cats who accompanied their owners to what could be easily described as a feline lovefest. On Saturday afternoon, thousands of people turned out for a block party featuring local bands dressed up as cats, comedians telling cat jokes and even a troupe of cat-themed dancers.
Steps from the stage were dozens of booths selling artisan cat merchandise, including everything from art prints of cats dressed up as superheroes like Iron Man to $12 packets of "Meowy Wowyy"-organic catnip held in a felt packet shaped like a marijuana leaf.
But the real attraction came just after sundown, when a 70-minute reel of the most popular cat videos on the Internet was beamed onto the side of a 10-story building here in the city's historic downtown district. The clips, compiled by Minneapolis's Walker Art Center for its inaugural cat video film festival last summer, featured everything from cats behaving badly to a feline cast as a depressed French existentialist.
Dutch music producer and DJ Afrojack performs at the 2013 Wango Tango concert at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California May 11, 2013.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
An artwork by secretive graffiti artist Banksy that sparked controversy when it disappeared from the side of a north London store has been put up for sale in the U.K., months after it was yanked from the block in Miami.
The stencil of a young boy sewing Union Jack bunting vanished in February, upsetting art lovers in the gritty Turnpike Lane area. It reappeared on the website of Miami's Fine Art Auctions with an estimated price of $500,000 to $700,000, but was later withdrawn from sale without a reason.
The Sincura Group auctioneers say the "Slave Labour" mural has been "sensitively restored" and will go on sale at the London Film Museum on June 2.
Local officials said Saturday they will campaign to have the mural returned to north London.
The ratings are down. Randy Jackson is out. Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj are still at it.
All is not well on TV's once dominant "American Idol," despite a shake-up at the beginning of this season that was supposed to rejuvenate the aging Fox talent competition. Instead, the behind-the-scenes-and-sometimes-in-front-of-the-scenes drama continues to cast a shadow over the series, right up to Thursday's coronation of "Idol's" 12th season champion.
Jackson's declaration last week that he was departing the show means producers could plan a proper send-off for the lone remaining original judge this week, much the same way they did for Simon Cowell during the ninth season finale in 2010. However, 'the fates of the other three judges remain uncertain amid reports they're out, too, and Fox and "Idol" producer FremantleMedia aren't commenting.
What went wrong? How did "Idol" lose its way? Was it merely a lackluster crop of contestants this season? Their song selections? Or have viewers simply grown weary of searching for yet another superstar since 2002? Maybe they were turned off by that ongoing feud between hip-hop diva Minaj and pop queen Carey, just as much as by some of the contestants?
It's likely no consolation that over on NBC's "The Voice," which has regularly toppled "Idol" in the ratings this year, drama-free celebrity panelists like Usher, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green and Shakira actually seem to all get along. Some of them even dueted together last week at a Los Angeles event. It's difficult to imagine Minaj ever laying down a rap alongside Carey.
This Sunday May 12, 2013 photo shows a mural painted on the outside of musician Chris Brown's home in Los Angeles. The Grammy-winning musician's neighbors are unhappy with what some are calling frightening art he's chosen to have painted along the curb of his Hollywood Hills home.
Photo by Richard Vogel
Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed as saints some 800 Italians killed in the 15th century for refusing to convert to Islam, and said many Christians were still being persecuted for their faith.
The Vatican seemed at pains not to allow the first canonizations of Francis' two-month-old papacy to be interpreted as anti-Islamic, saying the deaths of the 'Otranto Marytrs' must be understood in their historical context.
At Sunday's ceremony, Francis also proclaimed Colombia's first saint, a nun who died in 1949, and canonized a Mexican nun who died in 1963.
At the end of the Mass, he made his first appeal as pope against abortion, saying life must be "respected from the moment of conception" and throwing his support behind an Italian group promoting legal protection for embryos.
Quentin Tarantino's violent slave-revenge movie "Django Unchained" returned to Chinese theaters on Sunday, about a month after it was pulled on opening day for unspecified "technical reasons."
The rare suspension order on April 11 by the movie's importer, China Film Group Corp., led to speculation that the Hollywood film had run afoul of Chinese censors despite weeks of promotion.
"Django Unchained" reportedly already had some violent scenes cut and had been cleared by China's rigorous censors, who generally remove violence, sex and politically edgy content.
"The new version is one minute shorter than the previous one," said a manager at a UME Cineplex cinema in Beijing.
Dancers in body paint perform in a makeup show by Maltese makeup artist Justin Brincat during the Malta Fashion Awards 2013 at the Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre in Ta' Qali, outside Valletta, May 11, 2013.
Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi
Nestled behind a waterfall in western New York state is an eternal flame whose beauty is only surpassed by its mystery. It is one of a few hundred "natural" eternal flames around the world, fed by gas seeping to the Earth's surface from underground, said Arndt Schimmelmann, a researcher at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
But even within this rarefied group, this flame is special. Perhaps lit by Native Americans hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is fed by a new type of geologic process that hasn't been recorded before in nature, Schimmelmann told OurAmazingPlanet.
Typically, this type of gas is thought to come from deeply submerged, ancient and extremely hot deposits of shale, a kind of rock. Temperatures have to be near the boiling point of water or hotter to break down the large carbon molecules in shale and create smaller molecules of natural gas, Schimmelmann explained.
In this case, though, the rocks that feed the flame are only warm - "like a cup of tea" - as well as geologically younger than expected, and shallow, Schimmelmann said. Those findings suggest the gas is being produced by a different process, whereby some sort of catalyst is creating gas from organic molecules in the shale, he said.
Leonard DiCaprio's "The Great Gatsby" partied like it was the Roaring '20s with a $51.1 million debut that made it a surprisingly strong runner-up to comic-book blockbuster "Iron Man 3."
Studio estimates Sunday put "Gatsby" at No. 2 behind Robert Downey Jr.'s superhero sequel, which pulled in $72.5 million domestically to raise its total to $284.9 million after just 10 days in U.S. theaters.
"The Great Gatsby" far exceeded expectations by distributor Warner Bros. of a $35 million to $40 million opening weekend.
The weekend's other new wide release, Lionsgate's romantic comedy "Peeples," flopped at No. 4 with just $4.9 million. Produced by Tyler Perry, the movie stars Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington in a meet-the-parents-style farce.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Iron Man 3," $72.5 million ($89.3 million international).
2. "The Great Gatsby," $51.1 million.
3. "Pain and Gain," $5 million.
4. "Peeples," $4.9 million.
5. "42," $4.7 million.
6. "Oblivion," $3.9 million ($11.7 million international).
7. "The Croods," $3.6 million ($17.3 million international).
8. "The Big Wedding," $2.5 million ($2 million international).
9. "Mud," $2.4 million.
10. "Oz the Great and Powerful," $802,000.
A bird flies past workers working on the scaffolding surrounding the Washington Monument, May 10, 2013. The monument has been closed to the public since the August 23, 2011 earthquake which shook the nation's capital and workers are expected to take until 2014 to fix stresses and cracks caused by the 5.8-magnitude trembler.
Photo by Jason Reed
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