Paul Krugman Online
Even if Washington and Brussels succeed in avoiding immediate financial catastrophe, the deals being made will surely make the broader economic slump worse.
Jim Hightower: MUST WE EAT THE BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS?
… the truer indicator of America's economic health is in the Doug Jones Average - how are workaday folks like Doug and Doreen doing? After all, the experts tell us that we're now entering the third year of glorious economic recovery from the Great Recession, so surely the bluebirds of happiness are chirping again in Dougland. But, listen: silence.
Çonnie Schultz: Read a Book, Change a Life (Creators Syndicate)
An early love for books changes the trajectory of lives. My own kids spent as much time in bookstores as in libraries. In my leanest years as a single mother, I never said no to a book for my son or daughter.
Carolyn Kellogg: My Raymond Chandler birthday (Los Angeles Times)
Watching the video clip, my heart raced. I'd seen the movie before, of course, but never realized what I was looking at: there, in the background of "Double Indemnity," was Raymond Chandler. His appearance in the movie he'd help script had gone unnoticed for 55 years, until two separate researchers pointed him out in 2009. And there he was in a hallway as Fred MacMurray walked past, cigarette in hand, reading.
David Bruce has 42 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $42 you can buy 10,500 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," "Maximum Cool," and "Resist Psychic Death."
Someone on Facebook recommended Proust.com so I
went there. It connected me through Facebook where my profile picture just
happened to be a turkey, so up popped this questionnaire asking me all kinds of
personal questions with this picture of a turkey staring back at me. Thus,
http://www.proust.com/story/michaeldare/all.
The German word for them is Meerschweinchen, literally "sea piglet", which has been translated into Polish as winka morska, and into Hungarian as tengerimalac. What do we call them?
The scientific name of the common species is Cavia porcellus, with porcellus being Latin for "little pig".
How the animals came to be called "pigs" is not clear. They are built somewhat like pigs, with large heads relative to their bodies, stout necks, and rounded rumps with no tail of any consequence; some of the sounds they emit are very similar to those made by pigs, and they also spend a large amount of time eating. They can survive for long periods in small quarters, like a 'pig pen', and were thus easily transported on ships to Europe.
The animal's name carries porcine connotations in many European languages. The German word for them is Meerschweinchen, literally "sea piglet", which has been translated into Polish as ?winka morska, into Hungarian as tengerimalac.
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Charlie was first, and correct, with:
Guinea pigs (cavys)
There should be a picture of a guinea pig here but I couldn't get it to open. ~marty
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Guinea pig
Alan J wrote:
Guniea Pigs
Sally said:
I believe the creature you are looking for is the guinea pig.
Hummmm, fried or roasted?
PS: Bone to pick with Mr JoeS! I know that Mr S deliberately sent the oppressive heat down here! Even worse, he has the nerve to BRAG about his 70 degree temp up there while I am BAKING in the 100 degree temp, with a heat index of 200!
Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit about the index, but it sure feels that way to me! (Anything over 70o feels that way to me, but even so...) Take it back JoeS, please!!
Adam replied:
A small squid that lives at depths of more than 100m.
MAM wrote:
The guinea pig also called the cavy.
After a rip-roaring thunderstorm here late this afternoon the temp went from 99 to 73!
And, Joe S answered:
Guinea pigs. Although guinea pigs are good eatin', I'm not going to post a picture of one deep fried on a plate. I once had a good friend named Gilly who was a guinea pig. Morgan and Sia had one too. His name was Boinker. Guinea pigs are quite intelligent and very athletic.
Boinker and Gilly, champion scullers.
It's 12:46 AM and there's a very bad garage band playing down the block. I'm just about ready to get out my big hammer and beat the shit out the drum set.
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS: The 2nd One', followed by a RERUN'NCIS: The Original One', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Who Do You Think You Are?', followed by a RERUN'L&O: CI', then a RERUN'L&O: SVu'.
Of course, 'SNL' is a RERUN, with Amy Poehler hosting, music by Katy Perry.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone'.
The CW has an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy', then an old 'American Dad', followed by another old 'American Dad'.
Faux has 'Cops', 'Cops', an old 'Family Guy', and an old 'Cleveland Show'.
MY has an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Shawshank Redemption', followed by the movie 'The Shawshank Redemption', again.
BBC -
[6:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Sebastian's
[7:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 The Priory
[8:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 3 Walnut Tree
[9:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Giuseppi's
[10:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 2 The Fenwick Arms
[11:00 AM] Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape - Episode 1
[12:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape - Episode 2
[1:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 4 Conduit
[2:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 5 The Jersey Devil
[3:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 6 Shadows
[4:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 9 A Matter of Time
[5:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 10 New Ground
[6:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 11 Hero Worship
[7:00 PM] Battlestar Galactica - Ep 9 - Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down
[8:00 PM] Battlestar Galactica - Ep 10 - The Hand of God
[9:00 PM] Outcasts - Episode 6
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 3 - Jack Whitehall, Adele
[11:00 PM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 6
[11:30 PM] Come Fly With Me - Episode 6
[12:00 AM] Outcasts - Episode 6
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 3 - Jack Whitehall, Adele
[2:00 AM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 6
[2:30 AM] Come Fly With Me - Episode 6
[3:00 AM] Outcasts - Episode 6
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 3 - Jack Whitehall, Adele
[5:00 AM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 6
[5:30 AM] Come Fly With Me - Episode 6 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has has the movie 'Bee Movie', followed by the movie 'Elf'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Joe Dirt', followed by the movie 'Year One'.
FX has the movie 'Iron Man', '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', still another '2½ Men', and yet another '2½ Men'.
Actor William Shatner answers a question during a panel for the movie "The Captains" at the Comic-Con International 2011 convention held in San Diego Friday, July 22, 2011. Shatner says he always loved "Star Trek," but he recently developed a new fondness for his fellow starship commanders. Shatner came to Comic-Con in San Diego on Friday to discuss his new documentary, "The Captains," in which he interviews the various actors who have played "Star Trek" captains. The film is set to premiere Friday night on the Epix TV channel.
Photo by Denis Poroy
Jazz great Herbie Hancock wants his music to build bridges between cultures, a mission that fits perfectly with his new role as a U.N. cultural ambassador promoting peace through culture and education.
The 71-year-old - imbued with boundless energy, curiosity and cool-cat poise - is a natural for the job. His "The Imagine Project" album is a multicultural potpourri featuring collaborations with musicians from 11 countries and seven languages. He founded The International Committee of Artists for Peace, too.
"It feels like an answer to some of my biggest dreams," the pianist and composer told The Associated Press about his Friday appointment as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
UNESCO "really cares about working toward the globalized peaceful world that people actually want to live in."
Marty Krofft (L) and Sid Krofft (R) speak at Conversations with Sid and Marty Krofft: A Look At The Past, Present and Future during Comic-Con 2011 on July 22, 2011 in San Diego, California.
Photo by Michael Buckner
Country music legend and Farm Aid founder Willie Nelson will be inducted next month into the National Agricultural Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs, Kan.
The induction ceremony is scheduled for Aug. 13, the same day as the 26th annual concert to benefit farm families takes place at Livestrong Sporting Park in nearby Kansas City, Kan.
Nelson organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 with John Mellencamp and Neil Young to raise money for family farmers and draw attention to their economic struggles.
Mellencamp, Young, Nelson and fellow Farm Aid Board member Dave Mathews are among the musicians who will perform at the August concert.
Hello, ladies! Italian model Fabio is trying to muscle in on Isaiah Mustafa as the front man for Procter & Gamble Co.'s Old Spice line of men's body wash and deodorant.
The long-tressed Fabio, whose image has launched a few hundred romance novels, claims to be "the new Old Spice guy." In one video, he bursts through a poster of Mustafa, the former professional football player whose shirtless charm brought the world's largest consumer product maker and advertiser a big hit.
Behind Fabio's role is Wieden+Kennedy, the Portland, Ore., ad agency that also helped create last year's "Smell Like A Man, Man" campaign and online and social media sensation. P&G CEO Bob McDonald often cites the campaign as a multimedia success. Old Spice reaped attention from millions of YouTube views and interactive elements such as videos with Mustafa answering submitted questions; one of his replies suggested that President Barack Obama could boost approval ratings among women by opening speeches with Mustafa's line: "Hello, ladies!"
The videos portraying Fabio as the new Old Spice guy seem heavier on the silly than the sexy, with Fabio rolling across a piano, leaving his unbuttoned shirt on in a tub while playing a series of instruments and letting his seemingly never-ending hair blow freely.
Yoko Ono receives the trophy of Montblanc de la Cuture Art Patronage award in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, July 22, 2011. The widow of Beatles singer John Lennon said she was deeply saddened by the devastation caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that left more than 20,000 people dead or missing and touched off the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Photo by Shuji Kajiyama
A leading private investigations firm said it had strong reason to suspect that Will Lewis, a senior executive of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, was involved in "orchestrating" a leak of material from a competing news organization which helped Murdoch's business interests.
Kroll, one of the world's biggest corporate investigations firm, was hired by London's Telegraph Media Group, a competitor of Murdoch's London-based News International, to find out who had leaked unpublished excerpts of a secret audio recording that Telegraph reporters had made of Britain's Business secretary, Vince Cable.
The investigation firm says in a report, prepared for the Telegraph last March, that it could not categorically identify the source of the leak. One main reason for this, Kroll said, was that the Telegraph Media Group's information security systems were too porous and too many people had access to the relevant systems for the leaker to be pinpointed.
However, Kroll investigators say in the report that they have strong reason to suspect that Will Lewis, a former chief editor at the Daily Telegraph and by late 2010 a senior executive at News International, was involved in facilitating the leak, along with another former Telegraph employee who also later moved to News International.
Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc, said on Friday it was temporarily halting the screening of its new movies in Venezuela, but gave no details or explanation.
"Paramount reports that, until further notice, it is postponing the dates of its screenings in Venezuela," Paramount Pictures said in a statement.
"We offer our most sincere apologies for the annoyance or inconvenience this may cause. Paramount appreciates your interest in the titles, which is why we will disclose more information when we have it."
It gave no further details. Company officials in the United States could not immediately be reached for comment.
A fan dressed as a character from the movie "Avatar" stands in line during the Comic-Con International 2011 convention held in San Diego Friday, July 22, 2011. The annual comic book and popular arts convention attracts over 100,000 people and runs through Sunday July 24.
Photo by Denis Poroy
Major U.S. and Spanish companies are preparing to invest in online music and movie services in Spain once a controversial new law to fight piracy takes effect next month, the country's culture minister said.
Intellectual property watchdogs have targeted Spain as one of the world's largest copyright violators with a piracy rate of nearly 80 percent, and are closely watching the implementation of the new law.
The "Sinde Law" aims to shut down file-sharing web sites providing copyrighted material. The United States, home to companies that produce vast amounts of music and films, has welcomed it as a step to fight illegal downloads.
DVD sales in Spain dropped 60 percent between 2006 and 2010, while sales of recorded music fell 21 percent in 2010 from the year before, according to trade association data.
The sillhouettess of dancers are photographed during a rehearsal of 'Shadowland' , by US dance group Pilobolus, Thursday July 21, 2011 at the opera buffo ( Komische Oper) in Berlin.
Photo by Clemens Bilan
The Texas State Board of Education gave final approval to supplemental high school science materials on Friday, delivering a blow to the board's social conservatives after a brief flare-up over some lessons teaching the principles of evolution.
The lessons in question included a lab comparison on chimpanzee and human skulls, the fossil record and cell complexity.
A board-appointed reviewer had called the lessons errors and recommended changes, but a group of scientists objected on Friday, threatening to re-ignite a fierce debate over teaching evolution in Texas public schools.
The board's social conservatives compromised when it appeared they would lose a vote to reject the reviewer's changes in favor of the original lessons.
Instead of a showdown vote on evolution, the panel agreed to approve the material and have Education Commissioner Robert Scott continue working on the lessons in question with publisher Holt McDougal.
In this photo taken Tuesday, July 19, 2011, a man looks at a sign depicting the statue Christ the Redeemer holding a banner with a picture of Juan Moraes and the question in Portuguese: "Who killed Juan?" during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Brazilian city that will host the 2016 Olympic Games has one of the deadliest police forces on the planet and Juan Moraes' killing is an example of how serious the problem is. In the last five years, officers in Rio have killed on average 3.5 people per day, according to an Associated Press analysis of police data. The four police officers suspected in Moraes' death have 37 on-duty killings among them, according to police records.
Photo by Silvia Izquierdo
A McDonald's manager in the Atlanta area is accused of punching a mother after she brought her autistic children and a service dog inside the restaurant, authorities said.
Tiffany Denise Allen is charged with simple battery, simple assault and disorderly conduct, according to a Cobb County warrant.
Jennifer Schwenker entered the McDonald's in Marietta with her twins and service dog on July 12. Allen, who was off-duty at the time, became angry that the dog was inside, the warrant states. Police say Allen followed the mother around the restaurant, then punched her in the face in the parking lot.
Surveillance video shows McDonald's employees trying to restrain their co-worker, police wrote in the warrant.
A Caribbean Flamingo chick is attended to by of its parents on a nest mound on display at Zoo Miami, Friday July 22, 2011 in Miami.
Photo by Wilfredo Lee
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