• Learning to dance ballet with a partner can be difficult. When Chan Hon Goh, later a prima ballerina with the National Ballet of Canada, was learning to dance with Che Chun, she was terrified at first when he lifted her because she was afraid that he would drop her. Eventually, she learned to trust him, and she treasured a swan-shaped mirror he gave her before their first show together. The card that came with the gift said, “May this be a grand jeté to a brilliant career.” (It was a grand jeté to a brilliant career — and more. Later, they married.)
• Early in his career, ballet master George Balanchine made enough money in Copenhagen to buy an American car, which he took to London, then drove onto a ferry and crossed the English channel to France. Unfortunately, once in France, he discovered that he didn’t have enough money to pay the import fee, so he handed the car keys to a stranger, then continued on his way, using public transportation.
• Alicia Alonso was born in Cuba, but her grandfather was from Spain. When she was seven years old, Alicia and her family visited Spain. Her grandfather asked them for a present — to bring him back a piece of Spain. Therefore, Alicia and her sister learned some Spanish folk dances that they performed for him when they returned to Cuba.
• When she was a young girl, Moira Shearer once darned a pair of ballet shoes while riding in a bus to her ballet lesson. An old man sat next to her and told her of his interest in ballet. He then stood up, handed her a silver thimble, said, “Keep this for luck, my dear,” and disappeared.
Good Deeds
• Modern dance pioneer May O’Donnell and her husband, composer Ray Green, acquired five old, dilapidated townhouses in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Mr. Green devoted time and effort to restoring the townhouses, which Ms. O’Donnell described as looking “as if they were in a Charles Addams cartoon. They were dirty, cobwebbed, dingy, and dank.” After restoring the houses, they lived in one, sold two, and gave two away. Ms. O’Donnell explains why they gave two houses away: “… it involved … helping others find a home. We both had an idea of sharing beyond our own lives. The neighborhood was dreadful, full of drug dealers and dangerous people, but somehow we who lived on this street got together and made it a decent place to live.”
• Many dancers show consideration in helping other dancers. When Maria Tallchief gave her first performance in 1951 as Queen of the Swans in George Balanchine’s production of Swan Lake, things did not go well and she was dissatisfied with her performance. At 1 a.m., she received a comforting telephone call from retired ballerina Felia Doubrovska, who told her, “I just want you to know, Maria, maybe you’re not too happy tonight. But it was nerves.”
Husbands and Wives
• When the young ballerina Maria Tallchief was married to choreographer George Balanchine, they hosted a dinner for composer Igor Stravinsky. Mr. Balanchine liked to cook, but he couldn’t physically be at home to prepare the food, so he left instructions for Ms. Tallchief, telling her when to start cooking the potatoes, etc. Unfortunately, Ms. Tallchief was so nervous that she dropped the potatoes on the floor, where they rolled everywhere, and when Mr. Stravinsky arrived, she was picking up the potatoes, washing them off, and putting them in a pot. A very embarrassed Ms. Tallchief explained what had happened, and a very polite Mr. Stravinsky said, “The potatoes will taste better.”
• People tend to think that celebrities live glamorous lives, but that’s not always true — at least not every moment of their lives. When George Balanchine, one of America’s greatest choreographers, was married to Maria Tallchief, one of America’s greatest ballerinas, the apartment they lived in was on the fifth floor, and they had to walk up five flights of stairs to get to it. In addition, they had to do their own housework. Mr. Balanchine disliked having to walk on newspapers after Ms. Tallchief had scrubbed the floor.
• Dance director Busby Berkeley once liked a woman so much that he walked 10 miles every night to woo her. After doing this for 67 consecutive nights, he gave it up — she had married someone else.
Floyd R. Turbo was a recurring comedic character who taped editorial messages for television in the days of the Fairness Doctrine. Who portrayed Floyd R. Turbo, American?
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also-extinct Rodrigues solitaire, the two forming the subfamily Raphinae of the family of pigeons and doves. The closest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon. A white dodo was once thought to have existed on the nearby island of Réunion, but this is now believed to have been confusion based on the also-extinct Réunion ibis and paintings of white dodos.
The dodo's significance as one of the best-known extinct animals and its singular appearance led to its use in literature and popular culture as a symbol of an outdated concept or object, as in the expression "dead as a dodo," which has come to mean unquestionably dead or obsolete. Similarly, the phrase "to go the way of the dodo" means to become extinct or obsolete, to fall out of common usage or practice, or to become a thing of the past. "Dodo" is also a slang term for a stupid, dull-witted person, as it was said to be stupid and easily caught.
The dodo is used as a mascot for many kinds of products, especially in Mauritius. It appears as a supporter on the coat of arms of Mauritius, on Mauritius coins, is used as a watermark on all Mauritian rupee banknotes, and features as the background of the Mauritian immigration form. A smiling dodo is the symbol of the Brasseries de Bourbon, a popular brewer on Réunion, whose emblem displays the white species once thought to have lived there.
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I thought there were two islands
I'm pretty sure Mauritius was the primary habitat, but I thought there
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Mauritius island. The Don’tdon’t, an even stupider bird, is endemic in the grade schools of the United States.
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The dodo lived on Mauritius. I believe that to be in the vicinity of Madagascar.
Rain is predicted, and the skies are appropriately cloudy and gray. I’m ready to turn off my irrigation system (again).
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back and in good health....Mauritius
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Is that the island Mauritius? Damn skippy.
(Speaking of dodos, I love to wake up in the morning and Donald Trump isn't president)
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Album: I Ju$t Wanna Make You Dance! (and Buy $tuff): Cartoon Bands and Other Ways To $ell Toys To Kids (1965-1975)
Artist: The Amazing Chan Clan
Info: Thirty tracks by various TV cartoon bands.
“HOW DO WE SAVE CARTOON BANDS? I made this compilation because I love cartoon bands. I collect cartoon band records and have a ton of VHS recordings of random songs only featured in the cartoons. The unfortunate thing about this odd genre is that a lot of the recordings were only played in the actual show so the quality is crappy, there’s sound effects over the music and the narrator talks over the lyrics more times than not. So I made this compilation to showcase some of these songs that will eventually be lost to time if we don’t find the original recordings and SAVE THEM! You might have to use your imagination with some of the songs due to quality but beneath it all is a beautiful tune in need of some ears! So give me your ears and take a listen to Classic Trash #6 — if you know someone who knows someone who knows how to find the masters for these songs hit me up and let’s SAVE THE CARTOON BANDS!” — Classic Trash
Songs cleaned-up and remastered by Patrick Haight at Spot On Sound
Amanda Gorman has struggled with the letter "r." Makes her astounding performance of her poem at the Inauguration even more inspiring. Her hands were like lovely birds framing her words.
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS: The Expendable One', followed by a RERUNSWAT', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Ellen's Mean Game Of Games', followed by 'Dateline', then an old 'SNL' (from 11/20/93) with Nicole Kidman hosting, music by Stone Temple Pilots.
RERUN'SNL' (from 12/12/20) with Timothee Chalamet hosting, music by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune', followed by a RERUN'The Chase', then a RERUN'Big Sky'.
The CW offers some old 'Friends', followed by some old '2½ Men'.
Faux has a RERUN'9-1-1', followed by a RERUN'9-1-1: Lone Star'.
MY recycles an old 'Weather Gone Viral', followed by an old 'Storm Of Suspicion'.
A&E has the movie 'Jack Reacher', followed by the movie 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back', then the movie 'Jack Reacher'.
AMC offers the movie 'True Lies', followed by the movie 'The Rock'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] MOON LANDING
[8:00AM - 1:00PM] LIFE STORY
[2:00PM - 7:00PM] PLANET EARTH: BLUE PLANET II
[8:00PM] A WILD YEAR ON EARTH
[9:10PM - 2:10AM] PLANET EARTH: BLUE PLANET II
[3:20AM] A WILD YEAR ON EARTH
[4:30AM] PLANET EARTH: BLUE PLANET II
[5:30AM] HIDDEN HABITATS (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has the movie 'Speed', followed by the movie 'The Proposal', then the movie 'The Proposal', again.
Comedy Central has the movie 'The Internship', followed by the movie 'Wedding Crashers', then the movie 'Couples Retreat'.
FX has the movie 'The Fate Of The Furious', followed by the movie 'Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle', then the movie 'Logan'.
IFC -
[6:00am - 2:00pm] Saved By The Bell
[2:30pm] Kingpin
[5:15pm] The Dukes Of Hazzard
[7:30pm] The Longest Yard
[10:00pm] Vacation
[12:15am] Zoolander
[2:15am] Kingpin
[5:00am] Saved By The Bell
[5:30am] Saved By The Bell (ALL TIMES ET)
Sundance -
[6:00am - 10:30am] the andy griffith show
[11:00am - 6:00pm] hogan's heroes
[6:30pm] platoon
[9:00pm] fury
[12:00am] fury
[3:00am] platoon
[5:30am] monk - Mr. Monk And The Actor (ALL TIMES ET)
SyFy has the movie 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen', followed by the movie 'Transformers: The Last Knight'.
Saturday Night Live returns on January 30 with five consecutive new shows and is handing hosting debuts to a trio of multihyphenate stars.
John Krasinski, Dan Levy and Regina King are the first three hosts of the new year, with their respective musical guests Machine Gun Kelly, Phoebe Bridgers and Nathaniel Rateliff.
Jack Ryan and The Office star Krasinski will host on January 30 with rapper-actor Machine Gun Kelly, who recently released his Tickets to My Downfall album.
On February 6, Schitt’s Creek co-creator and star Levy, who scored a slew of Emmys for the sitcom, will host with Bridgers, whose sophomore album Punisher was released via Dead Oceans last year, as musical guest.
King, fresh from having her feature film directorial debut One Night in Miami launch this month, will host on February 13. She will be joined by musical guest Rateliff, who recently released his album And It’s Still Alright.
Garth Brooks borrowed Lady Gaga's glam team before his performance at Wednesday's historic presidential inauguration.
Before Brooks, 58, hit the stage in front of the Capitol Building to sing an a capella rendition of "Amazing Grace" at President Joe Biden's inauguration, it appears the country superstar asked Lady Gaga, 34, if her hairstylist, Frederic Aspiras, and makeup artist, Sarah Tanno, would give him a beauty zhuzh, because Brooks sent her squad a sweet message of thanks on Twitter after the event.
"@ladygaga You were fabulous today and everyday. A national treasure. Please tell Frederick and Miss Sarah thank you for me!" Brooks tweeted.
He continued: "They saved a cowboy today. Oh, and tell Miss Sarah to hug her momma for me! love, g."
Longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, once television news’ most popular broadcaster as he told viewers about the biggest events of that late 20th Century, said Friday that he’s retiring from television.
Brokaw, who is 80, said he’ll continue writing books and articles. He’s the author of “The Greatest Generation,” about those who fought World War II.
In a final essay that appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Dec. 30, Brokaw hinted at his announcement by reflecting on a career that took him from breaking into a local newscast in Nebraska and announcing the death of President John F. Kennedy, to coronavirus.
Fifty-five of those years were at NBC News, starting as a reporter in Los Angeles in the 1960s, covering the White House during the Nixon administration, hosting the “Today” show in the late 1970s and more than 20 years as “Nightly News” anchor.
Dave Chappelle has tested positive for COVID-19 in the midst of a residency in Austin, Texas, a rep for the comedian confirmed to Variety on Thursday.
Chappelle performed the first of a planned five shows on Wednesday night at the Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater, and was scheduled to perform subsequent sets on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The remaining shows have been canceled, and a statement from Chappelle’s rep says “ticket holders should contact their point of purchase for refunds.”
“Chappelle has safely conducted socially distanced shows in Ohio since June 2020 and he moved those shows to Austin during the winter,” the statement reads. “Chappelle implemented COVID-19 protocols which included rapid testing for the audience and daily testing for himself and his team. His diligent testing enabled him to immediately respond by quarantining, thus mitigating the spread of the virus.”
The statement adds that Chappelle is quarantining and asymptomatic.
A man known as the "QAnon Shaman," who stormed the Capitol shirtless while wearing fur and horns, feels he was “duped” by Donald Trump (R-Lock Him Up) after the president failed to pardon him, his lawyer has revealed.
Al Watkins, the lawyer for Jacob Chansley, said his client "regrets very, very much having...been duped by the president," he told local news station KSDK.
Mr Watkins added that he regrets "having not just been duped by the President, but by being in a position where he allowed that duping to put him in a position to make decisions he should not have made. As to my client, the guy with the horns and the fur, the meditation and organic food...I'm telling you that we cannot simply wave a magic wand and label all these people on January 6th the same."
Mr Watkins put the blame squarely on former President Donald Trump (R-Lock Him Up), telling KSDK: "Let's roll the tape. Let's roll the months of lies, and misrepresentations and horrific innuendo and hyperbolic speech by our president designed to inflame, enrage, motivate."
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in the final days of the Trump administration issued a grazing permit to Oregon ranchers whose imprisonment sparked the 2016 armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge by right-wing extremists.
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt restored Dwight and Steven Hammond’s grazing permit earlier this week, which lasts for 10 years, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
The father and son had their permit revoked after a jury convicted them in 2012 of arson on public lands a decade earlier. The men went to prison, served time and were released, but the U.S. Department of Justice later ordered them back to prison to finish the mandatory minimum five-year sentence.
That kicked off the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which is 300 miles (483 kilometers) southeast of Portland. The Oregon State Police fatally shot one occupier, saying he reached for a pistol at a roadblock.
In 2018, Then-President Donald Trump (R-Lock Him Up) pardoned the Hammonds, allowing them to be freed from federal prison.
Germany on Friday rejected a claim by Argentina that a request by airline Lufthansa to fly over Argentina en route to the Falkland Islands implied a recognition of them as Argentine territory.
Argentina and Britain have long disputed ownership of the Falklands, with Argentina claiming sovereignty over the British-run islands it calls the Malvinas. The dispute led to a brief war in 1982.
Lufthansa said it made the request for two flights supporting a polar research expedition because the normal route via Cape Town has been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Argentine government said Lufthansa asked for permission for two flights that are due to carry scientists and logistical support staff from Hamburg to Mount Pleasant in the Falklands, where they will continue onboard the ship "Polarstern" to Antarctica to conduct climate change research.
Argentina said the German government also asked for its permission for the Polarstern research ship to dock in Port Stanley, the capital of the British territory.
The first comprehensive internal inquiry on sex abuse allegations by a religious order in Spain has identified 81 children and 37 adult victims by 96 Jesuits since the late 1920s, a much higher number than the cases that had so far been publicly known.
Associations of victims are welcoming the disclosure, but they see it falling short since the names of perpetrators or those who covered up the abuses weren't disclosed. They also want the Jesuits' inquiry to lead to proper criminal cases against the few abusers that are still alive and a detailed plan to compensate their victims.
Jesuits are how members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order that was formed in 1540 by Ignatius Loyola, are commonly known as. According to its website, the order runs 68 schools with some 75,000 students in Spain as well as half a dozen universities and high education centers.
The Society of Jesus in Spain said in its report published Thursday that the internal probe confirmed that 96 members had been accused of sex abuses since 1927, the year of the first recorded case. For 65 of the Jesuits, the accusations involved underage victims. The report nevertheless highlighted that the accused Jesuits make up just over 1% of the 8,782 members admitted in the order during the past 93 years.
As with other religious groups that specialize in education, the report shows that Jesuit-run schools became ripe hunting grounds for predator priests given they provided a steady supply of victims. Most of the abuse found had taken place or was related to schools, the Spanish Jesuits said.
Antibiotics have saved countless lives over the decades. Yet to the pathogens they kill, antibiotics are an ancient foe, one they are already adept at fighting.
It turns out the spread of antibiotic resistance might not be as constrained as we assumed, giving more species far easier access to antibiotic resistance than previous models would have us believe.
The findings come from a study carried out by bioinformatics researcher Jan Zrimec from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, which looked for signs of mobility among elements of DNA called plasmids.
While we've been using them as a form of medicine for the better part of a hundred years, the truth is we've simply taken inspiration from a microbial arms race that could be nearly as old as life itself.
As different species of microbe concocted new ways to stymie the growth of their bacterial competitors through the ages, bacteria have come up with new ways to overcome them.
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