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On August 9, 2014, an unarmed black youth named Michael Brown was killed by a white police officer named Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, after some kind of physical altercation between the two. Several eyewitnesses claim that Brown put his hands above his head in surrender and pleaded with Wilson to not shoot him, which Wilson did. This event led to protests in the streets, and things got worse from there. It became a convoluted mess of misinformation, no information, and some actual information, so here is every important truth and lie that you need to know to understand the situation.
Bill DeMain: Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On"
Only one man could make an album about poverty, drugs, and the Vietnam War sound sexy and soulful. That man was Marvin Gaye, and his vision changed the music industry forever.
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There are many facets to the creature that passes for yours truly. Some of them are sweet, others are sour, many are visible only during the Witching Hour. However, all of these aspects have one thing in common: They could probably lose a few pounds.
Paul Krugman: The Fall of France (NY Times)
Has President François Hollande doomed the European project as the disastrous consequences of austerity policies grow more obvious with each passing month?
Ayam Cemani is a rarely kept breed of chicken originating in Indonesia.
Ayam means "chicken" in Indonesian and Cemani is "completely black" in Javanese.
The birds are completely black: black plumage with a greenish shine, black legs and toe nails, black beak and tongue, black comb and wattles, black meat and bones and even dark organs.
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Dement able Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali, replied:
A chicken so spectacular and exotic that it is referred to as the "Lamborghini of poultry." How cool… pink eggs…Real dark meat. Let's eat!
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DJ Useo said:
Gosh, I ain't got the foggiest. Well played.
That's the strangest animal name I've heard since the pushmi-pullyu.
MAM wrote:
Chicken ~ The birds are completely black: black plumage with a greenish shine, black legs and toe nails, black beak and tongue, black comb and wattles, black meat and bones and even dark organs. The breed originated from the island of Java, Indonesia.
Deborah answered:
Apparently it's a blue-black Indonesian chicken that isn't very popular; IOW, accordingly to the great Googly-moogly, it's rarely kept.
I thought chickens were chickens, and only their feather colors or combs were different. Having never raised chickens, I have no idea.
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AMC offers the movie 'The Shawshank Redemption', followed by a FRESH'Hell On Wheels', then a FRESH'TURN: Washington Spies'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 3 - Momma Cherri's
[7:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED US - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Revisited: Spanish Pavilion, Kingston Cafe, Capri, La Frite
[8:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 7 - Levanti's Italian Restaurant
[9:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 3 - Ep 3 - Rococo
[10:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 6 - The Granary
[11:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 4 - Luigi's D'Italia
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 4
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 5
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 6
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR: CARS OF THE PEOPLE-Episode 1
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 22 - Bloodlines
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 23 - Emergence
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 24 - Preemptive Strike
[7:00PM] DOCTOR WHO: EARTH CONQUEST
[7:15PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 8 - Ep 1 - Deep Breath
[9:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 8 - Ep 2 - Into the DalekNEW
[10:00PM] INTRUDERS - Season 1 - Ep 2 - And Here... You Must ListenNEW
[11:00PM] DOCTOR WHO: THE ULTIMATE TIME LORD
[12:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 8 - Ep 2 - Into the Dalek
[1:00AM] INTRUDERS - Season 1 - Ep 2 - And Here... You Must Listen
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 21 - Firstborn
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 22 - Bloodlines
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 23 - Emergence
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 24 - Preemptive Strike (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Don't Be Tardy', another 'Don't Be Tardy', followed by the movie 'The Devil Wears Prada', then the movie 'The Devil Wears Prada', again.
Comedy Central has 'Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed', 'Gabriel Iglesias: Hot & Fluffy', 'Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat ... I'm Fluffy', and 'Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy'.
FX has the movie 'Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol', followed by the movie 'Battleship'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] THE THREE STOOGES-A SNITCH IN TIME
[6:25AM] THE THREE STOOGES-STONE AGE ROMEOS
[6:50AM] THE THREE STOOGES-STUDIO STOOPS
[7:15AM] THE THREE STOOGES-THREE ARABIAN NUTS
[7:40AM] THE THREE STOOGES-THREE DARK HORSES
[8:05AM] THE THREE STOOGES-THREE HAMS ON RYE
[8:30AM] BATMAN-I'LL BE A MUMMY'S UNCLE!
[9:00AM] BATMAN-THE JOKER'S FLYING SAUCER
[9:30AM] BATMAN-THE ENTRANCING DR. CASSANDRA
[10:00AM] BATMAN-MINERVA, MAYHEM & MILLIONAIRES
[10:30AM] BATMAN-HI DIDDLE RIDDLE
[11:00AM] BATMAN-SMACK IN THE MIDDLE
[11:30AM] BATMAN-FINE FEATHERED FINKS
[12:00PM] GARFUNKEL AND OATES-ROAD WARRIORS
[12:30PM] PORTLANDIA-SOFT OPENING
[1:00PM] PORTLANDIA-ALEXANDRA
[1:30PM] PORTLANDIA-NO-FO-O-FO-BRIDGE
[2:00PM] PORTLANDIA-BLACKOUT
[2:30PM] PORTLANDIA-SHARING FINANCES
[3:00PM] PORTLANDIA-ECOTERRORISTS
[3:30PM] PORTLANDIA-CELERY
[4:00PM] PORTLANDIA-PULL-OUT KING
[4:30PM] PORTLANDIA-SPYKE DRIVES
[5:00PM] PORTLANDIA-BAHAMA KNIGHTS
[5:30PM] WHITEST KIDS U'KNOW
[5:45PM] HOUSE PARTY
[8:00PM] HALF BAKED
[9:45PM] HALF BAKED
[11:30PM] HOUSE PARTY
[1:45AM] WILD THINGS
[4:00AM] GARFUNKEL AND OATES-ROAD WARRIORS
[4:30AM] THE BIRTHDAY BOYS-COOL MACHINE
[5:00AM] THE BIRTHDAY BOYS-SKEWERED!
[5:30AM] THE BIRTHDAY BOYS-ALL YOUR FAVORITES ARE BACK (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Love Lust-Love Lust & the Bikini
[7:00AM] The Writers' Room-Sons of Anarchy
[7:30AM] Sea of Love
[10:00AM] Glory
[12:30PM] The Approval Matrix-America's Hall Monitors
[1:00PM] The Contender
[3:45PM] Caddyshack
[6:00PM] Mystic River
[9:00PM] Point Break
[11:45PM] The Beach
[2:15AM] Point Break
[5:00AM] Loredana, Esq.-You Make Me Want to Do Crime (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Sharknado 2: The Second One', followed by the movie 'Bait'.
Actor Will Ferrell listens to a radio as he watches an evening match with his son and wife Viveca Paulin (R) at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 29, 2014.
Photo by Shannon Stapleton
Harry Belafonte and Maureen O'Hara are among those who will be honored by the motion picture academy's board of governors.
The academy said Thursday that Belafonte will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the academy's sixth annual Governors Awards on Nov. 8 in Los Angeles.
Actor-singer Belafonte, 87, is being recognized for his dedication to shedding light on racism and inequality worldwide, the academy said.
Actress O'Hara, 94, whose films include "The Quiet Man," will join artist and animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere in receiving honorary Academy Award statuettes for lifetime achievement.
Director Peter Bogdanovich and Louise Stratten arrive for the premiere of the movie She's Funny That Way at the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Medichini
The GOP has a problem with women, and women have a problem with the GOP, according to a report commissioned by conservative groups and obtained by Politico.
The GOP is "stuck in the past," "lacking compassion," and "intolerant," said the report, which was presented to senior Republican aides in early August. Super PAC Crossroads GPS and issue advocacy group American Action Network conducted the survey of 800 registered women voters across the country. Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff during the George W. Bush administration, backs Crossroads GPS.
According to the report, 49 percent of women polled hold an unfavorable view of Republicans, whereas 39 percent think unfavorably of Democrats.
In the poll, women suggested that conservatives consider policies that "are not easily framed as driven by a desire to aid employers or 'the rich.' " However, married women without college degrees who were polled prefer Republicans to Democrats 48 percent to 38 percent. This year, single women are the most important voting demographic.
Chelsea Clinton said Friday she is quitting her job as a reporter at NBC News, citing increased work at the Clinton Foundation and the imminent birth of her first child.
Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's daughter had been working at the network since 2011, sporadically doing feature stories on people or organizations doing public-spirited work. Politico magazine reported earlier this year that NBC was paying her $600,000 a year.
She was initially hired to do stories for Brian Williams' "Rock Center" newsmagazine, but that program was canceled. Her work occasionally appeared on NBC's "Nightly News."
Her exit removes some potential awkwardness for the network if her mother runs for president in 2016. NBC made certain to keep Clinton off the air around the time her mother was making media appearances to promote a book, to avoid any appearance of conflict. NBC also received some criticism when stories about her salary appeared; the network didn't comment on the reports.
A wax model of actress Angelina Jolie is fitted with a bridal veil by Sydney's Madame Tussauds staffer Zoe Walton, next to a wax model of actor Brad Pitt, in celebration of their recent marriage, August 29, 2014. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Hollywood's first couple, married in France over the weekend following a two-year engagement, ending nearly a decade of fevered tabloid speculation over whether "Brangelina" would ever tie the knot.
Photo by Jason Reed
Vishniac was a Russian-born Jew who moved to Berlin in 1920. He documented the rise of Nazi power and its effect on Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe.
The database includes all of Vishniac's 9,000 negatives, most of which have never before been printed or published.
The photography center and the museum are asking scholars and the public to help identify the people and places depicted in the images.
Grammy-winning R&B singer and former "The Voice" judge CeeLo Green pleaded no contest on Friday to giving a woman the drug ecstasy in 2012.
Green, 39, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, was charged last year by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office with one count of furnishing a controlled substance.
He was sentenced to three years of formal probation by Superior Court Judge Mark Young and ordered to complete 52 Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous meetings as well as 360 hours of community service.
According to prosecutors last year, Green "slipped" ecstasy to a 33-year-old woman while the two were dining at a Los Angeles restaurant in 2012. Green pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of giving ecstasy to the woman without her knowledge.
A moratorium on U.S. adult sex film productions was lifted on Friday after just 24 hours when a performer's initial HIV test result proved to be a false positive, according to the industry trade group that called for the suspension.
The moratorium marked at least the third consecutive summer that the porn industry has voluntarily shut down productions under its health-screening system because of performers who tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease.
But the latest episode was by far the shortest, coming to an end a day after it began as re-testing of two blood samples from the performer in question, and testing of other actors with whom the individual had recently worked, came back negative, the group said.
Because false positives are relatively rare with the type of screening the group conducts, its policy is to immediately halt shooting even before exposure to the AIDS virus is confirmed.
Dancers participate in festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of "Onam" in the southern Indian city of Kochi August 29, 2014. The ten-day-long Hindu festival is celebrated annually in India's southern coastal state of Kerala to commemorate the return of King Mahabali to his beloved subjects.
Photo by Sivaram V
Broke and down on his luck, Billy Joe Hurley turned to the only way he knew how to make a living: poaching ginseng.
But after his latest in a long string of arrests, federal prosecutors had enough.
They told a U.S. magistrate Thursday that poaching by Hurley and others in the national forests in western North Carolina has dramatically reduced the numbers of wild ginseng - a humble looking plant whose roots can fetch more than $900 a pound.
Hurley, 46, of Bryson City, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 5½ months in jail - the fifth time in a decade that Hurley has been sentenced for illegal possession or harvesting of ginseng. He could have received up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine.
Hurley's legal troubles illustrate a larger problem: As prices continue to skyrocket, more people are traipsing through national forests, state parks and even private property to hunt ginseng, leaving the plant's survival in doubt.
A view of the Playa and the Man during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 28, 2014. People from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival to spend a week in the remote desert cut off from much of the outside world to experience art, music and the unique community that develops. Picture taken August 28, 2014.
Photo by Jim Urquhart
A change in Germany's capital gains tax has prompted an exodus from its Catholic and Protestant churches this year as thousands of registered members quit their parishes rather than pay the money.
Dioceses in both churches have reported in recent weeks that the number of members deserting them has jumped compared to last year, often by 50 percent or more, as banks prepare to withdraw church tax at source for capital gains from January 1.
German tax authorities collect an 8 or 9 percent premium on churchgoers' annual tax bills and channel it to the faiths to pay clergy salaries, charity services and other expenses. Members must officially leave the church to avoid paying this.
Churchgoers are supposed to pay church tax on all their income, but many have apparently only declared their salaries. Since church tax is voluntary, the state tax authorities do not punish anyone who fails to declare additional income.
Burning Man participants walk through dust at the annual Burning Man event on the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev., on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Organizers call Burning Man the largest outdoor arts festival in North America, with its drum circles, decorated art cars, guerrilla theatrics and colorful theme camps.
Photo by Andy Barron
St.Basil Cathedral is lit using show lights as Russian military cadets perform during the rehearsal of "Spasskaya Tower" International Military Orchestra Music Festival at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014.
Photo by Ivan Sekretarev
Earlier, numerous websites reported that Hello Kitty is not a cat. That's not only an oversimplification, it's also not quite true. Hello Kitty is a feline--just an anthropomorphic one, Sanrio told Kotaku.
The whole Hello-Kitty-is-not-a-cat thing was set off by an L.A. Times article on an upcoming Hello Kitty at the
Japanese American National Museum. According to Christine R. Yano, an
anthropologist at the University of Hawaii, prepared a written text for the
exhibit. According to Yano:
I was corrected -
very firmly. That's one correction Sanrio made for my script for the show.
Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She
is a friend. But she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all fours. She
walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own,
however, and it's called Charmmy Kitty.
Of course, Hello
Kitty is a character that has come to represent Japanese cute, but isn't the
point of personification giving animals human characteristics? I mean, do we
really need to point out things like real crickets don't have top hats and
umbrellas like Jiminy Cricket?
Even without all this, when talking with Sanrio earlier today, I pointed out that most Japanese
people would understand Hello Kitty as a cat character (Yes, I also believe
anyone in any country would understand that). But nobody would mistake her for
an actual cat. Just like nobody would mistake the countless characters from
American cartoons as actual animals, or the numerous anthropomorphized animals
from fables and folklore. That is what makes
the fact this "Hello-Kitty-is-not-a-cat" notion became a story and then went
viral so darn surprising. There are literally thousands of years of animal
personifications. Certainly, people understand that Mickey Mouse is not a real
mouse, just like they understand that Hello Kitty is not real cat. They don't
need to be real. They're characters. And as their names denote, Mickey is a
mouse, and Kitty is, well, a cat.
The art installation Embrace burns during the Burning Man 2014 "Caravansary" arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, August 29, 2014. People from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival to spend a week in the remote desert cut off from much of the outside world to experience art, music and the unique community that develops.
Photo by Jim Urquhart
Israel isn't particularly famous for its wine today, but four thousand years ago, during the Bronze Age, vineyards in the region produced vintages that were prized throughout the Mediterranean and imported by the Egyptian elite.
Last summer, archaeologists discovered a rare time capsule of this ancient drinking culture: the world's oldest known wine cellar, found in the ruins of a sprawling palatial compound in Upper Galilee.
The mud-brick walls of the room seem to have crumbled suddenly, perhaps during an earthquake. Whatever happened, no one came to salvage the 40 wine jars inside after the collapse; luckily for archaeologists, the cellar was left untouched for centuries.
Excavators at the site took samples of the residue inside the jars. In a new study published today (Aug. 27) in the journal PLOS ONE, the researchers describe what their chemical analysis turned up: biomarkers of wine and herbal additives that were mixed into the drink, including mint, cinnamon and juniper.
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