Brad Plumer: How the US stopped its fisheries from collapsing (Vox)
We hear a lot of grim stories about overfishing and the decline of fisheries around the world. Bluefin tuna is vanishing. Chilean sea bass is dwindling. Pretty soon, it sometimes seems like, all that'll be left is the jellyfish. So it's worth highlighting a country that has actually done a lot to curtail overfishing and rebuild its fisheries in the past decade - the United States.
Four(ty Thousand) Dead Americans | Andrew Tobias
...it should be noted that in fighting so hard to prevent, and then voting 52 times to repeal, access to affordable health care, they [Republicans] were ignoring forty thousand dead Americans - per year. Roughly a dozen a day, whom a 2009 study estimated were perishing for lack of health insurance coverage.
Tristan Cooper: 5 Bizarre Factors That Secretly Make Criminals Target You (Cracked)
Crime is everywhere, and all of us are just victims waiting to happen. Especially you. Yes, you: You've just got a face that formally requests punching. And until RoboCop technology advances significantly, you'll have to either accept your role as the underworld's punching bag, or try some of these handy criminal deterrents ...
ViralBrothers: REVENGE 8 - PARANORMAL PRANK (YouTube)
Czech buddies Erik Meldik and Čeněk Stýblo have been playing pranks on each other that have apparently escalated. When Erik gave Čeněk sleeping pills and then moved his bed out into the town square, it was the last straw. Čeněk gets his revenge in this ghost prank that would scare the living daylights out of you if you didn't know ahead of time that it was a setup.
storycorps: Me and You (YouTube)
On May 25, 1971, Jackie Miller and her husband brought home their son, Scott, whom they adopted. 37 years later, Scott brought his mother to StoryCorps, where they shared a conversation about Jackie's decision to adopt him, their profound love for one another, and Scott's trepidation at what the future holds.
Madeleine Monson-Rosen and Charlie Jane Anders: 10 Great Authors Who Disowned Their Own Books (io9)
Science fiction and fantasy publishing is a tough game. Even the best novels get rejected by publishers who don't understand their brave new worlds. But some authors wind up rejecting their own books. Here are 10 great authors who disowned their own creations after they'd already seen the light of day.
A powder boy or powder monkey manned naval artillery guns as a member of a warship's crew, primarily during the Age of Sail. His chief role was to ferry gunpowder from the powder magazine in the ship's hold to the artillery pieces, either in bulk or as cartridges. The function was fulfilled by boy seamen 12 to 14 years of age. Powder monkeys were usually boys or young teens selected for the job for their speed and height - they were short and would be hidden behind the ship's gunwale, keeping them from being shot by enemy ships' sharp shooters. In recent times the term has been applied to a variety of workers who deploy explosives. The use of the term 'powder monkey' in English dates to the late 17th century.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
A warship from the age of sail.
Charlie answered:
Naval sailing ship. Very dangerous job.
DanD said:
ANY young lad who virtually wet-nursed himself (as I did) on the tales
of Horatio Hornblower knows that all British Ships-of-the-line
generally kept powder-monkeys (small people, usually male child
laborers) on board to fetch and distribute the cannon-charges from the
(marginally) safer weapons lockers and magazines located deep in the
mostly wood-constructed sailing ships used during those pre-iron ship
times of conflict and war.
A somewhat more historical review of maritime war culture can
occasionally present a different (if not minority) reality because
such cirumstances also gave some of those dynamic sailing he-men
something to take to bed at night during those wasting months-(if not
years) long, very lonely (and at times very bleak) voyages where a
proper female receptacle just was not available (and five-finger Mary
couldn't always cut it) to those virtually exclusive male crews. It
was not too different from America's modern-day prison culture (where
the sometimes much younger prison inmates are groomed by their often
older compatriots), as most maritime crews of that era had been
press-ganged (in other words, summarily enslaved) into service on what
mostly amounted to be a prison-ship.
Much like America, England also built the maritime foundations of its
empire using a mostly slave population.
Also, in a capital-worshipping society (the very economic description
of prime-time, master-of-the-seas Britain), where ever there's a need,
there's also a "product." Ultimately, I'm sure the powder-monkeys
leaned to love it.
Some people say I'm a cynic, I prefer to label myself as an occasional realist.
mj wrote:
It may not be an exclusive mode of transportation
But I believe powder monkeys served on (sailing) ships of the line as part of the crew that tended the cannons.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
A powder boy or powder monkey manned naval artillery guns as a member of a warship's crew, primarily during the Age of Sail
Deborah responded:
I wish a powder monkey was a being that applied cosmetics to my face. I'd actually be good with that.
You'd find a powder monkey on a warship. They were typically boys who brought gunpowder to the cannons.
TGIF! And happy weekend to you!
Lois Of The Wooden Nickels In Oregon took the day off.
Adam answered:
A Naval Warship
Marian wrote:
warship
Sally said:
A warship is the form of transportation where a, "powder monkey" would have been found.
you can purchase this book now by visiting Hope's e-store.
PS: Day 2; the rain continues. A friend from my garden club brought me some tomato plants this morning, but I think it's a bit too early to plant them in the ground. I will 'pot' them in the morning, and bring them in at night. My peppers are already over 3' tall, and the herbs are all doing well too. Last night it was 45o outside here.
The morning care kids say it's like eating breakfast in a garden of late...
PPS: Thanks, Michelle, for Bahamas by mail boat: Can this unique tradition survive? - CNN.com
I lived and worked in Nassau, Bahamas circa 1967/68 and taking a venture on the island mail boats is a wonderful memory in my bank. For about $5 (1960's rate) you could spend a weekend on the water and visiting on the islands! How the people waited for those boats, and how warm and friendly the people were as well! Good times...
PPPS: @Lois, thanks for sharing your retro pic's, but they should be more revealing. Nice try though - Wink, wink!!
Gene.M.M responded:
On what form of transportation would a "powder monkey" have been found?
They were the lads conveying the black powder to the guns in Britain's tall ship navy.
Dale of the Springs of Diamonds, Norcali, replied:
On a Frigate, Dreadnaught or Warship hiding behind a Gunwale, when not transporting powder for cannon. They used 12-14 year old boys or midgets (they could call little people that back in them daze). Anybody wanna see mug shot?
Here're my two Granddaughters - Riley Arie & Talia Carmean. A lot prettier than I used to be!
MAM wrote:
Ships ~ Gunboats during the Age of Sail and later during the Civil War, steam driven gunboats.
And, Joe S answered:
Navel ship in the "olden days." That's my final answer.
By the way, did you know that Captain Jack Sparrow was branded a pirate for refusing to transport slaves? It's true, I saw it on the Internet. Speaking of Captain Jack Sparrow, it's been said he looks a lot like me in my younger days.
What do you think Lois? I think it's a spittin' image.
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CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Mike & Molly', followed by a RERUN'The Millers', then a double-dose of '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline Saturday Night Mystery', followed by an hourlong RERUN'SNL'.
'SNL' is FRESH, with Charlize Theron hosting, music by The Black Keys.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'NBA Playoffs', then pads the left coast with local crap.
The CW offers an old '2½ Men', followed by another old '2½ Men', then an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy'.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'NASCAR Sprint Cup', then pads the left coast with local crap.
MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Last Samurai', followed by the movie '300', then the movie 'Reign Of Fire'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 4 - Flamangos
[7:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 12 - Charlie's
[8:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Revisited: Cafe Hon, Chiarella's, Leone's
[9:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 13 - Cafe Hon
[10:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 11 - Episode 4
[11:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 11 - Episode 5
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 11 - Episode 6
[1:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 4 - Ep 4 - The Sontaran Strategem
[2:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 4 - Ep 5 - The Poison Sky
[3:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 4 - Ep 6 - The Doctor's Daughter
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 18 - Cause and Effect
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 19 - The First Duty
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 20 - Cost of Living
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 21 - The Perfect Mate
[8:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 22 - Imaginary Friend
[9:00PM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 2 - Ep 4 - Governed As It Were By Chance NEW
[10:00PM] IN THE FLESH - Season 2 - Episode 1 NEW
[11:15PM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 15 - Episode 5
[12:00AM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 2 - Ep 4 - Governed As It Were By Chance
[1:00AM] IN THE FLESH - Season 2 - Episode 1
[2:15AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 15 - Episode 5
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 20 - Cost of Living
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 21 - The Perfect Mate
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 5 - Ep 22 - Imaginary Friend (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by the movie 'The Back-Up Plan', then the movie 'The Back-Up Plan', again.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Dumb & Dumber', followed by the movie 'Billy Madison', then the movie 'Dumb & Dumber'.
FX has the movie 'Hancock', followed by the movie 'This Means War', then the movie 'This Means War', again.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[6:15AM] Halloween III: Season of the Witch
[8:30AM] Portlandia-Getting Away
[9:00AM] The Three Stooges-Micro-Phonies
[9:25AM] The Three Stooges-Movie Maniacs
[9:50AM] The Three Stooges-Mutts to You
[10:15AM] The Three Stooges-No Census, No Feeling
[10:40AM] The Three Stooges-Nutty But Nice
[11:05AM] The Three Stooges-Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
[11:30AM] Maron-Marc on Talking Dead
[12:00PM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Patton Oswalt Wears a Black Blazer and Dress Shoes
[12:30PM] Scream
[3:00PM] Halloween III: Season of the Witch
[5:15PM] The Jackal
[8:00PM] GoodFellas
[11:00PM] Lock Up
[1:30AM] Deliverance
[4:00AM] Deuces Wild (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Dead Man Walking
[8:30AM] Sexy Beast
[10:30AM] Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
[12:30PM] Bullitt
[3:00PM] The Writers' Room-Sons of Anarchy
[3:30PM] The Wild Bunch
[6:45PM] Layer Cake
[9:00PM] Chaplin
[12:00AM] Intersection
[2:15AM] Layer Cake
[4:30AM] Uncle Kent (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Red Riding Hood', followed by the movie 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark'.
Michelle Dorrance, and from left, Matana Roberts, Deborah Stratman, Herb Alpert, 9-time GRAMMY winning musician, philanthropist and artist, Lani Hall Alpert, GRAMMY winning vocalist, lyricist and author, Annie Dorsen and Daniel Joseph Martinez attend the 2014 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts celebrating 20 years of supporting risk-taking artists on Friday, May 9, 2014 in Santa Monica, Calif. Honorees receive a $75,000 award recognizing their art in five categories.
Photo by Matt Sayles
The Federal Communications Commission would rather read your thoughts about net neutrality than hear about them. Columbia Law School professor and leading net neutrality activist Tim Wu points out that calling the FCC's main consumer hotline will give you a message that asks you to write an email to the commission if you're calling about FCC chairman Tom Wheeler's controversial net neutrality plans. This seemingly indicates that either the FCC is being flooded with calls about net neutrality that its operators can't handle them all or it just is tired of hearing everyone call about net neutrality and would like to see them send emails instead. Either way, it looks as though people are speaking up about the issue.
This week has been a very bad one for Wheeler's proposal that would create Internet "fast lanes" that would let Internet service providers charge companies more to ensure faster traffic delivery. Several big-name tech companies this week - including Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and Netflix - wrote a joint letter to the FCC telling it to back off any plan that would create a two-tiered Internet and instead urged it to adopt policies that would not only protect against blocking of websites but also the Internet's traditional architecture where all packets are delivered on a first-come, first-serve basis.
What's more, two FCC commissioners have come out and said that they want to delay voting on Wheeler's proposal, which is scheduled to take place at an FCC meeting on May 15th. However, with at least two commissioners seeking to delay the vote and expressing opposition to parts of Wheeler's plan, it remains unclear whether Wheeler will even have the votes to get his plan passed even if he decides not to table it.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Molly Shannon attend Radius' Los Angeles Premiere of FED UP at Pacific Design Center on May 8, 2014 in Los Angles.
Photo by Todd Williamson
Writer-comic Larry Wilmore of "The Daily Show" has earned Stephen Colbert's coveted Comedy Central timeslot following Jon Stewart each night.
Comedy Central said Friday that Wilmore will host "The Minority Report" at 11:30 each weeknight, starting in January.
Wilmore will add a different perspective to a late-night landscape dominated by white men.
The network said "The Minority Report" will provide a platform for "underrepresented voices in comedy and media." It was created and will be produced by Stewart, who will continue to host "The Daily Show."
What's the first thing Jon Hamm did when he saw his wax figure unveiled Friday at New York's Madame Tussauds?
Took a selfie, of course.
The wax figure is decked out in a debonair-looking grey suit. Ironically, Hamm, who stars in the AMC drama "Mad Men," arrived at the unveiling wearing a grey suit.
Hamm said he posed for the figure last year. It took months to craft the figure.
Musician Rick Springfield reacts as he is honored with the 2,525th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California, May 9, 2014.
Photo by David McNew
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are in Oxford, England, this weekend to attend the graduation ceremonies of their daughter, Chelsea.
Chelsea Clinton will receive her doctorate degree in international relations on Saturday from the prestigious British university. Her father was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford from 1968 to 1970.
The 34-year-old Clinton is reaching a number of milestones this year. In addition to her doctorate, Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are expecting their first child in the fall. And she has taken a more public role at her family's Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, where she serves as vice chairwoman.
A longtime advocate for public health, Clinton has played an active role in developing policies at the foundation to address childhood obesity, HIV and AIDS, and childhood diarrhea around the globe.
Chris Brown on Friday admitted a probation violation over an altercation last year outside a Washington, D.C., hotel and was sentenced to remain on probation and serve an additional 131 days in jail.
The singer appeared in court and, while his mother and several friends and supporters looked on, he admitted committing a crime in Washington in October.
Superior Court Judge James R. Brandlin sentenced Brown to serve a year in county jail, but gave him credit for nearly eight months of time served. The credits include time the Grammy winner has spent in rehab and jail, as well as credits for good behavior while behind jail.
Brown has been in custody since mid-March, when he was arrested after being dismissed from a court-ordered rehab sentence.
Actor Albert Brooks and his wife Kimberly Shlain arrive at the premiere of documentary film "Fed Up" in West Hollywood, California May 8, 2014.
Photo by Gus Ruelas
On any given weekday, every table at the Beverly Hills Hotel's iconic Polo Lounge should be filled to capacity with industry movers-and-shakers like Steven Spielberg, Ari Emanuel and Jeffrey Katzenberg, all regulars at the 73-year-old power spot.
But these days, the room is a ghost town.
Caught in the middle of the ballooning Beverly Hills Hotel boycott -- a direct response to a decision by its owner, the Sultan of Brunei, to institute Sharia law in his country, which calls for the stoning death of gays and adulterers -- a Hollywood Reporter field trip on Wednesday for the midday meal found 1 p.m. to be as busy as 1 a.m.
At a little past 1 p.m., these reporters' beat-up Japanese SUV pulled past rows of parked Maybachs, Aston Martins and Bentleys and was swiftly whisked off by the hotel's famously overcrowded valet, which on this day sat idle.
In the middle of the lunch rush, a lonely pianist, tinkling out the likes of Coldplay's "Spiderwebs" and "Nadia's Theme" from The Young & the Restless, was accompanied only by wandering white-suited waiters with too little to do.
Actor Sean Astin acknowledges applause from the audience in Handley High School's Patsy Cline Theatre Friday, May 2, 2014 after he crowned his daughter Alexandra Louise Astin Queen Shenandoah for the 87th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Va. One of her first acts as queen was knighting her grandfather
John Astin as knight minister of the festival. (AP Photo/The Winchester Star, Jeff Taylor
One of the oldest black-owned bookstores in the nation has been evicted from its longtime home in a historic San Francisco neighborhood.
The co-owners of Marcus Book Stores in the city's Fillmore District said in an open letter this week that the property owner changed the locks to the door after they fell behind on rent payments. The store has been shuttered since Tuesday.
The bookstore, which quickly emerged as a pillar in the city's black community since its opening in the area once nicknamed "The Harlem of the West," celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010. It was named after noted early 20th century black nationalist Marcus Garvey and has been at its current location since the early 1980s.
The bookstore also outlasted the uprooting of numerous black-owned businesses in the area in the 1970s because of eminent domain, and it served as host to celebrity authors who included Oprah Winfrey, Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou.
Executive producer Laurie David (R) poses with her ex-husband, actor/comedian Larry David, at the premiere of documentary film "Fed Up" in West Hollywood, California May 8, 2014.
Photo by Gus Ruelas
Walt Disney is to begin broadcasting Japanese cartoon "Doraemon," the first time in the iconic series' history that it will play in English in the U.S.
Some 26 English-dubbed episodes will play, five times a week, on the Disney XD satellite channel starting from an unspecified date in the summer. Target age group is elementary school children.
The show, featuring a cat-like robot sent by a boy from the future to the present day to helps his grandfather solve his daily problems, was initially launched in 1969 as a manga comic. The first TV series was launched in 1973 and has played in 35 territories, particularly in East Asia>, where it has a huge following.
Unlike previous episodes, which have shown in North America in Japanese or as pirated version, the new series is being produced with the U.S. market in mind. It is expected to adhere to U.S. broadcast requirements on violence, discrimination and depiction of sexual content.
A Harvard University student group plans to hold a re-enactment of a satanic ritual on the school's historic campus, drawing criticism from local Roman Catholic officials, who expressed "deep sadness and strong opposition" to the plan.
The Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club said in a statement posted online that it plans to host "a historical re-enactment of a black mass ceremony that has a narrator providing historical context and background."
It said the event was intended to be educational and would be preceded by a lecture on the history and origins of the black mass, a ritual that parodies the Catholic mass, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed.
The re-enactment will be performed by the Satanic Temple, a Satanist group that attracted attention earlier this year after it proposed the placement of a 7-foot (2.1-meter) tall statue of Satan next to an existing Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma.
A cloisonne enamel Rolex watch is displayed on the sales catalogue during an auction preview for Christie's in Geneva May 9, 2014. The enamel of the watch was amde by Marguerite Koch in 1949 and is expected to reach between CHF 500,000 and 1,000,000 (USD 560,000 to 1,100,000) when it goes on sale at an upcoming Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva May 12, 2014.
Photo by Denis Balibouse
Two of the most successful shows left out of ABC's Thursday Night Renewal-Fest received good news on Friday (May 9) morning.
ABC has announced that long-running reality hit "Dancing with the Stars" and Wednesday comedy stalwart "The Middle" have both been picked up for the 2014-2015 seasons.
After not renewing anything for the entire spring, Thursday saw pickups for "Grey's Anatomy," "Scandal," "Resurrection," "Once Upon a Time," "Castle," "Modern Family" and "The Goldbergs."
ABC also picked up a second season for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
Sepinwall reported this morning that both "Mixology" and "Trophy Wife" have apparently been cancelled, not that ABC is confirming.
A street performer dressed up as a traditional Indonesian ghost popularly known as "kuntilanak", waits for tourists to pose for a photo with him for a small tip, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, May 9, 2014.
Photo by Dita Alangkara
For the first time in the 21st century, the most popular baby name for boys in the United States is Noah, according to information released today (May 9) by the U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sophia kept its No. 1 slot from last year as the most popular girl name, and Emma moved into the No. 2 spot. Noah was followed by Liam as the second-most popular boy's name of 2013.
"In baby-name terms, that's huge news," said Laura Wattenberg, founder of the baby-name website babynamewizard.com, referring to Noah's rise to fame. But the fact that Noah and last year's No. 1 boy's name, Jacob, have gotten top marks may not have anything to do with their biblical roots.
"Noah and Liam are two examples of a style I've called 'raindrop names' - miniature, multisyllable names with a perfectly smooth sound, so there are no hard edges, no stop," said Wattenberg, author of "The Baby Name Wizard: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby" (Three Rivers Press, 2013).
She starred in the groundbreaking 1950s series, "Naked City," and appeared in dozens of TV and film roles as well as on live radio.
She was a co-founder of Women in Film. Malone made her Broadway debut at 17 co-starring with Melvyn Douglas in the comedy "Time Out for Ginger."
She began her career as a child model. At 10, she was chosen for the cover of Life magazine's 10th Anniversary issue, depicting "The Typical American Girl."
Nine-day-old giraffe Bine licks the nose of its giraffe aunt Andrea at Friedrichsfelde Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 9, 2014. The baby giraffe was born on 30 April during opening hours and numerous visitors were able to watch the birth.
Photo by Stephanie Pilick
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