Andrew Tobias: Your Caffeine Addiction [and Bloomberg]
Bloomberg "was terrible in the first debate and not good Tuesday night. Which is a shame, because as a manager - whether running a company or a city - he's shown himself to be the best. And his massive philanthropy has shown him to care deeply about making the world better, in thoughtful strategic ways. If he were a natural politician, it would be perfect. He's clearly not. But calm competence at leading massive organizations is sure something to be considered as we select whoever is going to lead the country."
Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from
Alcohol […] was the healthy choice […] because the water wasn't safe to drink. And so, effectively until the rise of the coffeehouse, you had an entire population that was effectively drunk all day. And you can imagine what that would be like, right, in your own life - and I know this is true of some of you - if you were drinking all day, and then you switched from a depressant to a stimulant in your life, you would have better ideas. You would be sharper and more alert. And so it's not an accident that a great flowering of innovation happened as England switched to tea and coffee.
Mary Beard: Floods - or the view from Shrewsbury (TLS)
So, should the prime minister have visited the floods? Well, I see the point that what is needed is action and cash, not tea and sympathy; and that may be better delivered from Westminster. But I also think that people who have been inundated need to know that those in power have some sense of the reality of flooding beyond the words and the headlines. And that sense can best be acquired by actually making the trip. I think it is a pity he hasn't.
Michael Gregor, MD: Supplement Labeling Fraud is Widespread (nutritionfacts.org)
The regulation of dietary supplements in the United States has been described as "too little, too late." "Dietary supplements may be adulterated with dangerous compounds, be contaminated, fail to contain the purported active ingredient, or contain unknown doses of the ingredients stated on the label; be sold at toxic dosages; or produce harmful effects" in other ways.
In 1999 Edson Arantes do Nascimento was elected Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee. By what name is this national hero better known?
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazilian Portuguese; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. In 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), and was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century award. That same year, Pelé was elected Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee.
Pelé began playing for Santos at age 15 and the Brazil national team at 16. During his international career, he won three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970, being the only player ever to do so. Pelé is the all-time leading goalscorer for Brazil with 77 goals in 92 games. At club level he is the record goalscorer for Santos, and led them to the 1962 and 1963 Copa Libertadores. Known for connecting the phrase "The Beautiful Game" with football, Pelé's "electrifying play and penchant for spectacular goals" made him a star around the world, and his teams toured internationally in order to take full advantage of his popularity. Since retiring in 1977, Pelé has been a worldwide ambassador for football and has made many acting and commercial ventures. In 2010, he was named the Honorary President of the New York Cosmos.
Averaging almost a goal per game throughout his career, Pelé was adept at striking the ball with either foot in addition to anticipating his opponents' movements on the field. While predominantly a striker, he could also drop deep and take on a playmaking role, providing assists with his vision and passing ability, and he would also use his dribbling skills to go past opponents. In Brazil, he is hailed as a national hero for his accomplishments in football and for his outspoken support of policies that improve the social conditions of the poor.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Pelé.
Randall wrote:
Pele
Mac Mac said:
Pele
Alan J answered:
Pele.
zorch responded:
Pele, one of the greatest soccer players of all time.
Your Snowflake friend, Roy, in Tyler, TX replied:
Anyone who keeps up with the soccer world knows that Edson Arantes do Nascimento was a whiz of a player for Brazil, and we called him Pele! Look at all those doggone medals!
mj wrote:
Not to be confused with
The angry goddess of volcanoes, this god of futbol is better known as Pelè.
Dave said:
Pelé. That was my guess because he's the most prominent Latin athlete I could think of. And Pelé isn't really a proper name. Kind of strange the Olympics would honor him because Pelé never competed in the games, as his professional status made him ineligible. The antiquated amateur rules weren't changed until 1986, 9 years after Pelé's retirement as a player. When Pelé was playing he scored an incredible 1,281 goals in 1,363 games. And soccer is a notoriously low scoring sport. Over a 12 year period Pelé led Brazil to 3 World Cup championships, the only player in cup history to win that many. A deadly shot with either foot, Pelé also had dazzling dribbling skills that allowed him to get in scoring position. During the 1958 World Cup the 17 year old scored 6 goals in 4 matches.
David of Moon Valley wrote:
Pelé?!
Really?! i did not know that....
Thank You!
Harry M. said:
Pele
Billy in Cypress U$A answered:
Pele
Deborah responded:
I was going to look up the answer, then I realized that I probably know it (Willard, Ben, rats with issues, whatevs. I'm wrong sometimes). I'm going with Pele, the soccer player. And I can wait until Saturday for the answer. Happy weekend!
Joe S replied:
I know, I know. Pele. That's all I got to say 'bout that.
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Info: "Sex Beat" is bound with a second song: "Bejeweled"
"Four women and a garbageman drummer, transmitting spooky garage soul harmonies, somehow pulled from an invented history where Motown begat psychedelia."
"Additional tracks from a quick and dirty recording we made before we were really even a band yet."
• A Rabbi who was very critical of the rich used to tell this story. When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, he was carrying the two tablets on which the Ten Commandments had been engraved, but when he saw the Israelites worshipping the Golden Calf, he broke the tablets. Because the tablets were decorated with costly jewels, the rich grabbed the largest pieces of the tablets, while the poor - crowded out by the rich - grabbed the smallest pieces. When they looked at their pieces of the tablets, the rich read, "Thou shalt … murder" and "Thou shalt … commit adultery." However, on their pieces of the tablets, the poor read, "not … not … not." That is why the rich can get away with everything, while the poor are allowed to do nothing.
• A wealthy merchant once offered a dervish a thousand pieces of gold; however, the dervish asked the merchant questions before accepting the money. The dervish asked if the merchant had more money at home. The merchant answered yes. The dervish then asked if the merchant wanted twice as much as the amount of money he already had. Again the merchant answered yes, adding that every day he prayed to God to give him more money. Hearing that, the dervish said, "I can't accept your money because a rich man can't accept from a beggar. I am rich because I am satisfied with what God gives me, while you are poor because you are always begging God to give you more."
• During bull markets, baseball players often become fascinated with the stock market, and back when railroads were a major means of passenger travel manager Casey Stengel was pestered by players asking him for stock-market tips. The fascination with the stock market was keeping the players from being fascinated with baseball, so after a pitiful practice Mr. Stengel called a team meeting and informed his players that he had a stock-market tip for them: "Buy railroad stock. I'm going to [fire and] ship out so many of you guys that the railroads are bound to increase their profits."
• Even early in his career, conductor Leonard Bernstein could be outspoken. After hearing a politician congratulate the city of New York for supporting such a fine organization as the New York City Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Bernstein yelled, "FRAUD!" He then explained that New York City did not contribute even a penny toward paying the orchestra's bills.
• Al Capp became successful with the comic-strip Li'l Abner. In fact, the comic strip was immediately popular and so the Boston Globe published an article about him. This did have one unforeseen result, however - all the art schools that Mr. Capp had studied at sent him bills for his unpaid tuition! (He paid them all.)
• A few days before he died in July of 1833, William Wilberforce was made immensely happy because England decided to free its slaves. "Thank God," he said, "that I have been suffered to live to see this day when England is ready to sacrifice twenty millions of pounds sterling [in payments to slave-owners] to emancipate her slaves!"
Watched Prime Minister Abe of Japan address his nation, live on NHK, in a calm, rational, respectful manner, using complete sentences, while making cogent assessments and offering a plan.
Sigh.
Tonight, Saturday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'FBI: Most Wanted', followed by a RERUN'Bull', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night on the East Coast with a RERUN'The Voice', followed by an old 'SNL', while in the left coast it's a LIVE'SNL', followed by an old 'SNL'.
'SNL' is FRESH with John Mulaney hosting, music by David Byrne.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'NBA Basketball', then pads the left coast with local crap, and maybe a (R) 'The Last Defense'.
The CW offers some local crap and some '2½ Men'.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'MLS Soccer', then pads the left coast with local crap.
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 'Home Alone 2: Lost In NY', followed by a FRESH'Seven Worlds, One Planet' (Africa), then the movie 'Home Alone'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] PLANET EARTH: THE BEST OF THE HUNT
[8:00AM] NATURE'S GREAT EVENTS - The Great Melt
[9:00AM] NATURE'S GREAT EVENTS - The Great Salmon Run
[10:00AM] NATURE'S GREAT EVENTS - The Great Migration
[11:00AM] NATURE'S GREAT EVENTS - The Great Tide
[12:00PM] NATURE'S GREAT EVENTS - The Great Flood
[1:00PM] NATURE'S GREAT EVENTS - The Great Feast
[2:00PM] PLANET EARTH: ENCHANTED KINGDOM
[4:00PM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - The Ends of the Earth
[5:00PM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - Spring
[6:00PM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - Summer
[7:00PM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - Autumn
[8:00PM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - Winter
[9:00PM] SEVEN WORLDS, ONE PLANET - Africa
[10:30PM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - The Ends of the Earth
[11:30PM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - Spring
[12:30AM] SEVEN WORLDS, ONE PLANET - Africa
[2:00AM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - Summer
[3:00AM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - Autumn
[4:00AM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - Winter
[5:00AM] PLANET EARTH: FROZEN PLANET - The Last Frontier (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has all old 'Chrisley Knows Best' all night.
Comedy Central has the movie 'The Wedding Singer', followed by the movie 'Broken Lizard's Super Troopers', then the movie 'Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby'.
FX has the movie 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier', followed by the movie 'Jurassic World', then the movie 'Murder On The Orient Express'.
History has 'The UnXplained', another 'The UnXplained', followed by a FRESH'The UnXplained', then a FRESH'Ancient Aliens'.
IFC -
[6:30A] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Whither Canada?
[6:45A] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Spam
[7:30A] Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Unearthly
[9:45A] Baroness von Sketch Show - It's a Peachy Abomination
[10:15A] Baroness von Sketch Show - No One Wants To Be That Lady
[10:45A] Baroness von Sketch Show - I Always Order Wrong
[11:15A] Baroness von Sketch Show - Shangela Was Robbed
[11:45A] Troop Beverly Hills
[2:15P] The Devil Wears Prada
[4:45P] Titanic
[9:00P] Seven Worlds, One Planet - Africa: Extended
[10:30P] Titanic
[2:45A] 1408
[5:00A] Pee-wee's Playhouse - Heat Wave
[5:30A] Pee-wee's Playhouse - Chairry-Tee Drive (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:10am] The Andy Griffith Show
[6:45am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:20am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:55am] 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] Jack the Giant Slayer
[5:30pm] Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
[9:00pm] Seven Worlds, One Planet - Africa: Extended
[10:30pm] Young Guns
[1:00am] Young Guns II
[3:30am] Deliverance (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'xXx: Return Of Xander Cage', followed by the movie 'Mad Max: Fury Road'.
Parasite director Bong Joon-ho is known for visualizing the scenes in his films in fine detail, and pouring his ideas into meticulously crafted storyboards that read almost as cinematically as the final product. Given Parasite's widespread critical acclaim, it's no surprise that the movie's storyboards are getting a wider international release in book form.
Though Parasite's storyboards have been available for some time in Korean, Grand Central Publishing is putting out an English translation complete with the dialogue, camera direction, and stage direction for each scene.
As grounded in a heightened reality as Parasite's story is-focusing on the multiple hells created by class and wealth inequality-much of the movie unfolds like an unsettling fairytale with elements of horror shot throughout. That quality's something that's more than palpable as you're watching the movie, and is likely to become even more apparent when you see it laid out and diagrammed on the page.
Prince Harry joined Jon Bon Jovi at Abbey Road Studios in London on Friday as the singer recorded a charity single to support the foundation that oversees the Invictus Games - a multinational sports event for sick and injured servicemen.
The prince and the popstar greeted each other at the studio where the Beatles recorded a string of iconic albums.
Bon Jovi was re-recording his 2019 single "Unbroken'' in aid of the foundation that oversees the sporting event founded by Harry. The song was created to shine a spotlight on veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The pair were seen in a recording booth wearing headphones. Bon Jovi had a guitar.
The event is one of the last official engagements being undertaken by Prince Harry, who has announced he is stepping back from royal duties next month.
Thanks to the coronavirus, The Amazing Race is not running right now.
"Due to increased concerns and uncertainty regarding the coronavirus around the world, CBS and the producers of The Amazing Race have taken the precautionary measure of temporarily suspending production on the 33rd season of the series," the network said today. "All contestants and production staff are in the process of returning home."
Having already filmed only a trio of episodes in the UK, the unannounced start of the internationally run 33rd season of the CBS TV Studios, Earthview Inc., Jerry Bruckheimer Television and ABC Studios was barely into production before the ever expanding virus caused the pause button to pushed on the latest entertainment industry project catching a chill, so to speak.
CBS' Hawaii Five-0 will be coming to an end. The popular action crime drama series will wrap its 10-year, 240-episode run with a two-hour series finale on Friday, April 3.
Developed by Peter M. Lenkov, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci as a reimagining of Leonard Freeman's classic series and by Lenkov for the show's entire run, Hawaii Five-0 has been a strong profit generator tor for CBS. In addition to its solid ratings performance, initially on Monday, and as a Friday anchor for the past seven seasons, Hawaii Five-0 has been a big international seller for CBS TV Studios, seen in more than 200 countries. Additionally, it was the last broadcast drama series to score a blockbuster off-network deal, landing $2 million an episode from TNT during the series' first season on CBS.
Hawaii Five-0 will end its run with its original stars Alex O'Loughlin as McGarrett and Scott Caan as Danno. I hear both of their current contracts are up at the end of this season. O'Loughlin suffered a serious back injury during the early seasons of the show, and has been dealing with effects from it ever since. There was speculation that he may leave the show two years ago but he stayed on after receiving stem cell treatment. I hear this time around, he felt he could not continue. I hear the network explored continuing Hawaii Five-0 with Caan's Danno and a new partner but, ultimately, everyone felt this was the right time to end the series.
A new report shows that right-wing extremists were responsible for 330 murders in the United States in the past decade, or 76 percent of all domestic extremist-related murders in that time.
The annual Murder and Extremism report published by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows that out of the 42 extremist-related murders in the US in 2019, 38 were committed by individuals subscribing to various far-right ideologies, including white supremacy.
Including the El Paso attack, white supremacists were behind 81 per cent of the domestic extremist-related murders in 2019. Right-wing extremists were responsible for 90 per cent of such murders in 2019.
The past five years (2015-2019) include four of the deadliest years on record for extremist murders. Last year, the number of extremist-related fatalities in the US declined slightly from the previous year, dropping from 53 fatalities in 2018 to 43 in 2019. However, last year's total was still higher than 2017, when 41 deaths were recorded.
For the eighth year in a row, firearms were the weapon of choice for domestic extremists. Guns were involved in 86 per cent of last year's fatalities. In the past 10 years, 315 of the 435 people (72 per cent) killed in the US by extremists were shot to death. The increase in extremist-related shooting sprees in recent years is of particular concern.
New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has delivered an online lesson to Republican Ted Cruz (R-Smarmy) after he questioned her authority to comment on matters of science.
In the aftermath of Donald Trump's decision to appoint vice president Mike Pence to spearhead the administration's response to the coronavirus, many have questioned the move.
Ms Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter: "Mike Pence literally does not believe in science. It is utterly irresponsible to put him in charge of US coronavirus response as the world sits on the cusp of a pandemic."
Among those to jump to the vice president's defence was Mr Cruz, the right wing Texas senator who is a staunch Christian, and who in 2016 was Mr Pence's first pick for president, before he switched support to Mr Trump.
Ms Ocasio-Cortez, who once worked as a waitress, responded: "Sen Cruz, while I understand you judge people's intelligence by the lowest income they've had, I hold awards from MIT Lincoln Lab &others for accomplishments in microbiology."
"Secondly, I'm surprised you're asking about chromosomes given that you don't even believe in evolution."
Paulina Porizkova admits that being cut from estranged husband's Ric Ocasek's will hurt.
When it was first revealed that the Cars frontman, who died suddenly in September, removed his model wife from his will - stingingly writing he was doing so "because she has abandoned me" - Porizkova said she had known about it for months and insisted that "he didn't" really feel abandoned. However, now she's revealing that it hurt deeply.
"It made the grieving process really, really tricky," Porzikova said in a preview of her interview with CBS Sunday Morning. "I would love to be able to be sad and miss him. And not also feel this incredible hurt and betrayal."
While Porzikova and Ocasek, who married in 1989, separated in 2017, they still made public appearances together and never legally divorced. She told CBS that they still lived in the same home when he died.
Porzikova was the one who found him dead as she was caring for him after an unspecified surgery. He died in his sleep from heart disease - or, more specifically, hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, per the medical examiner.
Like many liberals, Lara Smith considers herself a feminist, favors abortion rights and believes the nation's immigration policies under the Trump administration have just been "vile."
But when it comes to guns, Smith sounds more like a conservative: She opposes reviving the nation's assault weapons ban, enacting red-flag laws or creating a registry of firearms. The 48-year-old California lawyer owns a cache of firearms, from pistols to rifles such as the AR-15.
Smith and liberal gun owners like her face a quandary as voting in the Democratic primary intensifies with Super Tuesday next week. They are nervous about some of the gun control measures the Democratic candidates are pushing and are unsure who to trust on this issue.
Gun owners have long been seen as a solidly Republican voting bloc, but there are millions of Democrats who own firearms, too.
An estimated 23 percent of Democrats nationally lived in households with guns in 2018, according to the General Social Survey, which is conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. And roughly 20 percent of gun owners - about 12 million people - identify as liberal, according to results from survey between 2014 and 2018. More than a third describe themselves as moderates while just under 45 percent call themselves conservatives.
Pointing toward South America like an icy finger, the Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth. The peninsula's two major glaciers - the Thwaites Glacier and the Pine Island Glacier - are retreating toward the mainland faster than new ice can form, chipping away at the continent's coasts a little more each year.
This week, all that melting ice left behind a surprise that could change maps of the region permanently: an uncharted island, long buried in ice but finally visible above sea level for the first time.
Researchers with the international Thwaites Glacier Offshore Research project discovered the island earlier this week while sailing off the coast of the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf. The small island is only about 1,150 feet long (350 meters) and mostly covered in ice, but rises from the sea with a layer of brown rock distinct from the surrounding glaciers and icebergs.
After making a brief landfall, the researchers confirmed that the island is made of volcanic granite, and even hosts a few resident seals. According to expedition member James Marschalek, a doctoral student at Imperial College London, there is no other rocky outcropping like this visible for more than 40 miles (65 kilometers) in any direction.
The researchers tentatively named the uncharted outcropping Sif Island, after a Norse goddess associated with Earth.
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