Alex Bysouth: "Super Bowl 2020: Vince Lombardi, the story behind the name on NFL's biggest prize" (BBC)
Lombardi was a five-time National Football League-winning coach, an icon of the game who is still celebrated half a century on from his death, as the NFL's 100th season comes to a close. His legend speaks of a man who inspired players through fear, iron discipline, and confrontational coaching techniques. A leader who took a no-hope Green Bay Packers team and won five titles in seven years between 1961 and 1967. But beneath the steely exterior of his success are deeper achievements that carry Lombardi's legacy beyond sport, in battling discrimination, championing equality and breaking down racial barriers.
Mary Beard: The Shock of the Nude (TLS)
… we didn't realise quite how right we were about the capacity of the nude to raise an argument - or worse. I have been doing some interviews to publicize the programme over the last couple of weeks. In the course of these I have said that one question we have to face is "What's the difference between the nude and porn?" We gallery-goers often ridicule those "philistines" who ask if "great nudes" are just soft porn for "the elite". But it is a charge one has to face and reflect on, even if not definitively answer.
Mary Beard: Green Fingers (TLS)
I have long realized that there is, for most of us, a strong correlation between the interest in growing plants and advancing years. In my case, at least, I was briefly fascinated by growing things when I was about seven, and have gradually since the age of fifty or so become more interested again, after a gap of almost total disinterest for forty years.
Mary Beard: Trump in the Flesh (TLS)
I have been at the World Economic Forum at Davos (talking about history, not about climate change or big business). And the "star billing", if you like to call it that, was a speech by Mr Trump … thirty minutes on the first main day of the Forum.
Aestivation or æstivation (from Latin: aestas, summer, but also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking place in the summer rather than the winter. Aestivation is characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions. It takes place during times of heat and dryness, the hot dry season, which are often the summer months.
Invertebrate and vertebrate animals are known to enter this state to avoid damage from high temperatures and the risk of desiccation. Both terrestrial and aquatic animals undergo aestivation. The fossil record suggests that aestivation may have evolved several hundred million years ago.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Estivation is similar to hibernation, but it takes place in summer.
Jon L said:
I suspect that's winter.
mj wrote:
If trends continue
We may see more of it. Estivation is the summer equivalent of hibernation.
Alan J answered:
Summer.
Dave responded:
Summer. That explains why full grown mosquitoes are able to make such a quick return after a rain breaks a drought.
Mac Mac replied:
Summer
zorch said:
Estivation happens in the dry season.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
summer rather than winter animal hibernation
Billy in Cypress U$A replied:
Summer: in response to HIGH temperatures
Deborah said:
Estivation occurs in summer. It's a summer hibernation for some animals.
Spring-like temps today, and the daylight hours become longer…although winter's not finished with us yet.
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Artist Location: Sold by Paul Winter of Litchfield, Connecticut
Info: "Paul Winter is a seven-time Grammy-winning saxophonist, whose sextet was the first jazz group to perform at the White House in 1962. His second group, the Paul Winter Consort, interweaves sounds from the natural world with classical and ethnic traditions, and the spontaneous spirit of jazz. Their annual Winter Solstice Celebrations and Earth Mass are among the most popular events in New York."
"In June of 1982, Pete came to Cornwall, in the Litchfield Hills of northwest Connecticut, to take part in our Living Music Festival, along with the Consort, vocalist Susan Osborn, and the Brazilian samba band Pe de Boi. I had engaged filmmaker Phil Garvin to capture the event with a three-camera crew, but the tapes then gathered dust for 33 years. After Pete's passing [in 2014], I located Phil in Denver, and luckily he still had the original reels, which were then sent to a videotape restoration facility in Kentucky, and finally to a studio in Connecticut that made the conversation to High Definition digital."
"This is vintage Pete, in the kind of grass-roots context where he felt at home. And it is vintage Consort as well, with the players that made the album Common Ground. It includes the only footage we know of Susan Osborn singing 'Lay Down Your Burden,' a song we have only recently brought back into the Consort's repertoire."
"Grammy-winning PETE is an album by American legend Pete Seeger, accompanied by a host of friends, and produced by Paul Winter. Originally released in 1997, the album was remastered and re-released in 2014."
"Playing masterful banjo and 12-string guitar, Pete sings with gusto and soul. True to the spirit of his life-long dedication to community participation, Pete Seeger says of his album PETE: 'What I want to do with this album is give people something that encourages the creative process and gets people out of the boxesthey've been put in.'"
• Many young children are afraid of the barber, as Orlandor Davidson knows. Once, an 18-month-old boy actually did a somersault off the booster seat in the barber chair. Mr. Iverson froze, and the boy's father froze. Fortunately, another barber caught the boy before he hit the ground. By the way, Kwame Bandele remembers his first trip to the barbershop, although it was his babysitter who got the haircut. He was five or six years old, and he sat by the five- or six-year-old son of the barber. The barber was in a ranting mood, and he was saying things like, "What's got into these young kids? Runnin' around, lookin' like fools? Can't get no respect that way. Know what they need? They need a haircut and a shave. Now that's how you get respect." Young Kwame turned to the barber's young son and asked, "Does he want us to get a haircut and a shave?"
• Joan and Nancy, the nieces of Alexander Woollcott, had vivid imaginations when they were young, and they created imaginary friends. Joan created a girl whose name was Alice, a French cow, a two-headed man, and some gnomes, Nancy created three fairies whose names were Rosabel, Gossamer, and Violetta. One day, Joan was angry at Nancy, and so she complained to their mother about Nancy's belief in Rosabel, Gossamer, and Violetta. Their mother, however, said, "Why shouldn't she have her fairies? You have Alice and the French cow, don't you?" Joan complained, "But don't you understand, Mother? My people are real!"
• When Panio Gianopoulos, Molly Ringwald's husband, was four years old, his mother allowed him to walk to preschool all by himself - something that made him feel both proud and grown up. When he was grown up and a father who worried about the safety of his children (and who took his daughter to preschool), he asked his mother, "Are you completely crazy? You let me walk to school by myself! I was four years old!" His mother replied, "Of course I didn't let you. I kept about 20 feet behind you - close enough to make sure you were safe, but far enough so that you didn't know I was there and would feel like a big kid."
• Art Linkletter knows about many, many funny happenings in families. For example, one small girl spent a lot of time watching workmen as they repaired the road in front of her house. Her grandmother, who was babysitting her, worried that she might annoy the workmen, so she said, "You shouldn't be out there bothering those workmen, dear." The small girl replied, "Oh, that's all right, Grandma. I'm intimate with only one of them."
• Life is made of little moments that are often remarkable. In Rome, New York artist Raphael Soyer was sketching his wife and a wall of the Coliseum. A young boy of about eight sat by Raphael's wife, Rebecca. Raphael used sign language to ask him to remain there for a few moments, and then he put him in the drawing. When the drawing was done, he showed it to the boy, who looked at it and said, "Bravo."
• Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has always loved numbers, even when he was a child. During a car ride with his grandmother, who was a heavy smoker, he calculated how many years her tobacco addiction would reduce her life expectancy. He thought that she would praise him for his mathematical ability; instead, she started crying.
• Margret and H.A. Rey wrote and illustrated the Curious George books, which are about a curious monkey named George. Once, a small boy met the Reys. Margret remembers that the boy had "disappointment written all over his face" as he said, "I thought you were monkeys, too."
• When renowned conductor Lorin Maazel was only seven years old, his mother discovered him with the score of Haydn's Surprise Symphony in his hands. She asked what he was doing with it, and he replied, "Reading it from top to bottom."
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by a RERUN'FBI: Most Wanted', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night on the East Coast with 'Dateline', followed by an old 'SNL', while on the left coast there's a LIVE'SNL', followed by an old 'SNL'.
'SNL' is FRESH with JJ Watt hosting, music by Luke Combs.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'NBA Basketball', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe 'Nightline In Prime'.
The CW offers some local crap and some '2½ Men'.
Faux fills the night with FRESH'NFL Honors'.
MY recycles an old 'Major Crimes', followed by another old 'Major Crimes'.
A&E has 'Live PD', followed by a FRESH'Live PD: Rewind', then a FRESH'Live PD'.
AMC offers the movie 'Taken', followed by a FRESH'Seven Worlds, One Planet', then the movie 'Taken', again.
BBC -
[6:00AM] CHIMP SANCTUARY - Chimp Sanctuary
[7:00AM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Challenges of Life
[8:00AM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Creatures of the Deep
[9:00AM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Plants
[10:00AM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Primates
[11:00AM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Reptiles and Amphibians
[12:00PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Mammals
[1:00PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Fish
[2:00PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Birds
[3:00PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Insects
[4:00PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Hunters and Hunted
[5:00PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Creatures of the Deep
[6:00PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Plants
[7:00PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Primates
[8:00PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Challenges of Life
[9:00PM] SEVEN WORLDS, ONE PLANET - South America
[10:30PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Reptiles and Amphibians
[11:30PM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Mammals
[12:30AM] SEVEN WORLDS, ONE PLANET - South America
[2:00AM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Fish
[3:00AM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Birds
[4:00AM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Insects
[5:00AM] PLANET EARTH: LIFE - Hunters and Hunted (ALL TIMES EST)
Comedy Central has the movie 'Men In Black', followed by the movie 'The Hangover'.
FX has the movie 'Ride Along 2', followed by the movie 'Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle', then the movie 'Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle', again.
History has 'Ancient Aliens', followed by a FRESH'Ancient Aliens: Secret Files', then a FRESH'Ancient Aliens'.
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[6AM - 9AM] Paid Programming
[10:00A] Monty Python's Flying Circus
[10:45A] Monty Python's Flying Circus
[11:15A] Monty Python's Flying Circus
[11:45A] The Mist
[2:30P] AVP: Alien vs. Predator
[4:30P] X-Men: The Last Stand
[7:00P] Anaconda
[9:00P] Seven Worlds, One Planet - Asia
[10:30P] Anaconda
[12:30A] X-Men: The Last Stand
[3:00A] Mama
[5:15A] Silent House (ALL TIMES EST)
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[6:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[6:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[9:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[9:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[10:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[10:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[11:00am] Hogan's Heroes
[11:30am] Hogan's Heroes
[12:00pm] Hogan's Heroes
[12:30pm] Hogan's Heroes
[1:00pm] Hogan's Heroes
[1:30pm] Hogan's Heroes
[2:00pm] Hogan's Heroes
[2:30pm] Hogan's Heroes
[3:00pm] Hogan's Heroes
[3:30pm] Hogan's Heroes
[4:00pm] Escape From New York
[6:00pm] Mission: Impossible III
[9:00pm] Seven Worlds, One Planet - South America
[10:30pm] Mission: Impossible III
[1:30am] Eraser
[4:00am] Law & Order
[5:00am] Law & Order (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword', followed by the movie 'Zombieland', then the movie 'Pride & Prejudice & Zombies'.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, a central figure in the impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, retired from the State Department on Friday after three decades in the foreign service, a person familiar with her plans confirmed.
Yovanovitch testified in the U.S. House of Representatives that her reputation was smeared by Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who seized on disinformation that she had been badmouthing the president and blocking corruption investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
She denied all the allegations under oath, and her colleagues have testified that she was the victim of disinformation tactics that had been used on U.S. officials for years.
Yovanovitch, who was recalled from her post last year, had most recently been serving as a senior State Department fellow at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, although she was not teaching classes this semester. The retirement was first reported by NPR.
She had been a foreign service officer for 33 years and served in six presidential administrations, four Republican and two Democrat. She was appointed as an ambassador three times, twice by President George W. Bush and once by President Barack Obama. She served as ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and then Ukraine during her career.
The streaming giant announced Friday that Sandler and his Happy Madison Productions have reached a new deal with Netflix to make four more films. He's had five films with the studio along with the stand-up special "Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh."
Netflix leader Ted Sarandos said the company is excited to extend its partnership with Sandler, because audiences "love his stories and his humor." The company said his 2019 comedy "Murder Mystery" starring him and Jennifer Aniston was the most popular film on Netflix in the U.S. last year and one of the most popular in eight other countries.
Sandler's latest film "Uncut Gems," which was released in theaters last year to critical acclaim, will premiere on Netflix in May. Later this year, the actor will star in "Hubie Halloween" with Kevin James, Julie Bowen and Maya Rudolph.
A niece of Aretha Franklin said she's quitting as representative of the late singer's estate, citing a rift in the family since handwritten wills were discovered last year.
"Given my aunt's love of family and desire for privacy, this is not what she would have wanted for us, nor is it what I want," Sabrina Owens said in a letter filed Thursday in a suburban Detroit court.
The "Queen of Soul" died without a known will in August 2018. Owens, an administrator at the University of Michigan, said she became manager of the estate at the request of Franklin's four sons.
Nine months later, Owens reported that three handwritten wills had been discovered in Franklin's home, including one under cushions in the living room. One document seems to indicate that Franklin wanted a son, Kecalf Franklin, to serve as executor or representative.
A judge last August said a handwriting expert could examine the documents. Another son, Theodore White II, asked the judge to make him co-representative of the estate with Owens. Meanwhile, court filings show a mediator has been privately working with the parties.
U.S. farm bankruptcy rates jumped 20% in 2019 - to an eight-year high - as financial woes in the U.S. agricultural economy continued in spite of massive federal bail-out funding, according to federal court data.
According to data released this week by the United States Courts, family farmers filed 595 Chapter 12 bankruptcies in 2019, up from 498 filings a year earlier. The data also shows that such filings - known as "family farmer" bankruptcies - have steadily increased every year for the past five years.
Farmers across the nation also have retired or sold their farms because of the financial strains, changing the face of Midwestern towns and concentrating the business in fewer hands.
Nearly one-third of projected U.S. net farm income in 2019 came from government aid and taxpayer-subsidized commodity insurance payments, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Some of the biggest bankruptcy rate increases were seen in regions, such as apple growers in the Pacific Northwest, that did not receive much or any of the latest round of trade aid from the Trump administration.
Business is booming at Iran's largest flag factory which makes U.S., British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn.
At the factory in the town of Khomein, southwest of the capital Tehran, young men and women print the flags by hand then hang them up to dry. The factory produces about 2,000 U.S. and Israeli flags a month in its busiest periods, and more than 1.5 million square feet of flags a year.
Tensions between the United States and Iran have reached the highest level in decades after top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3, prompting Iran to retaliate with a missile attack against a U.S. base in Iraq days later.
Ghasem Ghanjani, who owns the Diba Parcham flag factory, said: "We have no problem with the American and British people. We have (a) problem with their governors. We have (a) problem with their presidents, with the wrong policy they have."
"The people of America and Israel know that we have no problem with them. If people burn the flags of these countries at different rallies, it is only to show their protest."
Egypt's antiquities ministry on Thursday unveiled the tombs of ancient high priests and a sarcophagus dedicated to the sky god Horus at an archaeological site in Minya governorate.
The mission found 16 tombs containing 20 sarcophagi, some engraved with hieroglyphics, at the Al-Ghoreifa site, about 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of Cairo.
The shared tombs were dedicated to high priests of the god Djehuty and senior officials, from the Late Period around 3,000 years ago, the ministry said.
The ministry also unveiled 10,000 blue and green ushabti (funerary figurines), 700 amulets -- including some made of pure gold -- bearing scarab shapes, and one bearing the figure of a winged cobra.
Painted limestone canopic jars, which the ancient Egyptians used to store the entrails of their mummified dead, were also unearthed.
Researchers were "stunned" when they discovered the remnants of a huge, fossilized shark head in the walls of a cave in Kentucky. The remains of the ancient animal were found in Mammoth Cave National Park, which according to the National Park Service is the world's longest cave system.
The shark fossil, which was discovered by scientists who were investigating the cave system, is thought to be up to about 330 million years old, according to John-Paul Hodnett, a paleontologist and program coordinator at Dinosaur Park in Maryland.
The scientists sent Hodnett photos of the findings so he could help identify them. He was able to identify most of the fossils, but what got him "really excited" was to see a number of shark teeth associated with large sections of fossilized cartilage.
John-Paul Hodnett determined the shark belonged to a species called "Saivodus striatus," a species that lived more than 300 million years ago. John-Paul Hodnett
Shark skeletons are made of cartilage, which does not fossilize as well as bone - so it is rarely preserved. Preserved cartilage can only be found in a few select locations around the world.
Earth has a new age: the Chibanian geologic time interval, which took place from 770,000 to 126,000 years ago, thanks to a layer of sediment found on a riverside cliff in southern Japan.
The Chibanian age was named after Chiba, the Japanese prefecture where the sediment was found, and was recently ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences. That period is important because it included the most recent reversal of Earth's magnetic field, an article in Eos said. At various points in our planet's history, Earth's magnetic north and south poles have swapped locations. When that flip happens, it leaves a mark in rocks around the planet. The cliffside sediment in Chiba, Japan, may offer a richer record of that reversal than any other site on Earth.
That polar flip, known as the Brunhes-Matuyama reversal, is still the subject of some debate. A 2014 paper published in the Geophysical Journal International used information from a layer of sediment found in Italy to argue that the flip took place in the span of a few decades. A 2019 paper published in the journal Science Advances argued, relying on information from ancient lava flows in Hawaii, that the reversal took closer to 22,000 years. As an excellent geologic record of this flip, the Chiba sediment could eventually help resolve the debate.
Studying how the polarity reversal happened might help us understand what's going on today. Our planet's magnetic poles have wandered in recent years, and scientists don't fully understand why.
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