Alison Vingiano: 100 Walmart Workers Arrested In Nationwide Protests (Buzzfeed)
On Thursday, Walmart workers in more than a dozen cities protested for fair wages, and 100 arrests were made in 11 cities. Among the first arrests were three strikers - or "cast members," as one Walmart spokesman called them - who were arrested in New York City for attempting to meet with an executive.
Poll: Majority Of Americans Approve Of Sending Congress To Syria (Onion)
As President Obama continues to push for a plan of limited military intervention in Syria, a new poll of Americans has found that though the nation remains wary over the prospect of becoming involved in another Middle Eastern war, the vast majority of U.S. citizens strongly approve of sending Congress to Syria.
Amanda Hess: Pax Dickinson and the "Satire" Defense of Misogyny (Slate)
At the risk of stating the obvious, the point of satire is to wield humor to make an incisive political point. It targets certain political and societal beliefs to expose the weaknesses of their arguments. Dickinson's satire, for example, is pointed at women, gays, and minorities who believe they should be treated equally to guys like him. It's the type of satire that racist, sexist, homophobic people might find hilarious.
Tom Danehy: Is it too much to ask to keep football games on their traditional days of the week? (Tucson Weekly)
Back when Morris King Udall represented Southern Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives, he considered proposing a bill that would have made it illegal for Major League Baseball to televise playoff games on Friday nights during high-school football season. Udall was heated that baseball was infringing on an American institution. He felt that Congress could put the squeeze on the antitrust exemption that MLB enjoys.
Ian Dille: My Wife Was Vandalized by Arcade Fire (Slate)
A few weeks ago, my wife noticed a logo spray-painted on the long gray wall of the custom picture framing shop where she works in Austin, Texas's gallery district. Along the wall, there is already a large, colorful mural, a few "no parking" stencils, and some street art of a stork dropping bombs from its satchel. (I'd call the stork graffiti, but it's beloved by my wife and me, and the shop's owner. Thus: art.)
John Cheese: 4 Common Morals Designed to Keep You Poor (Cracked)
Everyone knows there's a clear double standard between the rich and the poor in pretty much every facet of life. From opportunity to incarceration, it's not even debatable. It's so bad that we don't even try to hide it anymore -- we just kind of accept it, like knowing that our favorite Game of Thrones character is absolutely going to get their head cut off at some point, and there's not a goddamn thing we can do about it.
In Cuba and Puerto Rico this game is called "La Peregrina" (meaning "Pilgrim Girl"). In Germany, Austria, and Switzerland it's called Himmel und Hölle (Heaven and Hell). What is this game called in the US?
Hopscotch is a children's game that can be played with several players or alone. Hopscotch is a popular playground game in which players toss a small object into numbered spaces of a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces to retrieve the object.
There are many other forms of hopscotch played across the globe. In India it is called Stapu or Kith-Kith, in Spain and some Latin American countries, it's rayuela, although it may also be known as golosa... In Cuba and in Puerto Rico it is called "La Peregrina" (meaning "Pilgrim Girl") and the squares represents the 9 rings the pilgrim traveler has to pass in order to reach Heaven from Purgatory according to Dante's Inferno.
In Germany, Austria, and Switzerland the game is called Himmel und Hölle (Heaven and Hell) although there are also some other names used, depending on the region.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
HopScotch
Charlie said:
Hopscotch
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Hopscotch
Barbara (my Pepperdine roommate in both LA & Heidelberg) wrote:
The game is called Hopscotch in the United States.
Extra bit of trivia: in the music school where my son just began his freshman year, students play "musical modes" hopscotch as shown in the attached photos!
Adam answered:
Hopscotch.
Marian replied:
hopscotch
Sally said:
In Cuba and Puerto Rico this game is called "La Peregrina" (meaning "Pilgrim Girl"). In Germany, Austria, and Switzerland it's called Himmel und Hölle(Heaven and Hell). What is this game called in the US?
How about "Hopscotch?"
This was MY game as a kid, I was a champ!
Shout out to MAM, hope you are not down again?? Get well quickly!!
Dale of Diamond Springs, NORCALI, wrote:
Hopscotch
Gogol Bordello-Hopscotch Band Gratuitous Joey Heatherton
Lassie Lois in Oregon answered:
I'm thinking the answer is "Hop Scotch" which may or may not involve drunken Scotsmen liftin' their kilts. But I hope it does.
And, Joe S responded:
Hopscotch. I never played hopscotch, have no idea what it's all about. It's a girls game you know. I do know how to play mumbley-peg though, that's a boys game. Played it all the time in the school yard. Times have changed. I also know another game that both boys and girls played but I'm not going to mention anything else about it in case it turns up as a trivia question. (No dammit, it's a real game. Stop thinking like that.)
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Mike & Molly', followed by a RERUN'2½ Men', then a RERUN'Criminal Minds', followed by '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH'The Million Second Quiz', followed by a RERUN'American Ninja Warrior'.
Of course, 'SNL' is a RERUN (from 3/09/13), with Justin Timberlake.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Right This Minute' and/or another old 'Right This Minute'.
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'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crap.
MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', 'Duck Dynasty', another 'Duck Dynasty', 'Modern Dads', another 'Modern Dads', still another 'Modern Dads', and yet another 'Modern Dads'.
AMC offers the movie 'National Treasure', followed by a FRESH'Hell On Wheels', and another 'Hell On Wheels'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] TORCHWOOD - Season 2 - Ep 8 - A Day in the Death
[7:00AM] TORCHWOOD - Season 2 - Ep 9 - Something Borrowed
[8:00AM] TORCHWOOD - Season 2 - Ep 10 - From Out of the Rain
[9:00AM] TORCHWOOD - Season 2 - Ep 11 - Adrift
[10:00AM] TORCHWOOD - Season 2 - Ep 12 - Fragments
[11:00AM] TORCHWOOD - Season 2 - Ep 13 - Exit Wounds
[12:00PM] TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH-Season 3 - Ep 1 - Day One
[1:00PM] TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH-Season 3 - Ep 2 - Day Two
[2:00PM] TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH-Season 3 - Ep 3 - Day Three
[3:00PM] TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH-Season 3 - Ep 4 - Day Four
[4:00PM] TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH - Season 3 - Ep 5 - Day Five
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 10 - Inheritance
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 11 - Parallels
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 12 - The Pegasus
[8:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 13 - Homeward
[9:00PM] TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY-Season 4 - Ep 1 - The New World NEW
[10:00PM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Natural Selection
[11:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 1 - Aslyum of the Daleks
[12:00AM] TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY-Season 4 - Ep 1 - The New World
[1:00AM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Natural Selection
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 10 - Inheritance
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 11 - Parallels
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 12 - The Pegasus
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 13 - Homeward (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Tamra's OC Wedding', another 'Tamra's OC Wedding', followed by the movie 'Bad Boys II'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Dumb & Dumber', followed by the movie 'Role Models'.
FX has the movie 'Unstoppable', followed by the movie 'Colombiana'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Paul Rudd Wears a Red Lumberjack Flannel Shirt
[6:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Ed Helms Wears a Grey Shirt & Brown Boots
[7:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Elizabeth Banks Wears a Red Dress
[7:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Adam Scott Wears a Red Oxford Shirt & Jeans
[8:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-``Weird Al'' Yankovic Wears a Hawaiian Shirt
[8:30AM] Bunk
[9:00AM] Bunk
[9:30AM] The Three Stooges-Idiots Deluxe
[9:55AM] The Three Stooges-Idle Roomers
[10:20AM] The Three Stooges-If a Body Meets a Body
[10:45AM] The Three Stooges-Loco Boy Makes Good
[11:10AM] The Three Stooges-Baby Sitters' Jitters
[11:35AM] The Three Stooges-Bedlam in Paradise
[12:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Tutoring Reese
[12:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Bowling
[1:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Malcolm vs. Reese
[1:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Mini-Bike
[2:00PM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Casey Wilson Wears a White Lace Dress and a Black Blazer
[2:30PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[2:45PM] Escape From Alcatraz
[5:15PM] Bad Boys
[8:00PM] Crank: High Voltage
[10:00PM] Bangkok Dangerous
[12:15AM] Jackie Brown
[3:30AM] Bangkok Dangerous
[5:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] A'mare
[6:15AM] Big Trouble in Little China
[8:00AM] Pale Rider
[10:30AM] Love Actually
[1:30PM] Big Trouble in Little China
[3:15PM] The Trenches
[3:30PM] Pale Rider
[6:00PM] Black Swan
[8:00PM] Empire of the Sun
[10:45PM] Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
[1:15AM] Diary of a Nymphomaniac
[3:00AM] Choke
[4:45AM] Autoerotic (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Ragin' Cajun Redneck Gators', followed by the movie 'Robocroc'.
The work of a Canadian anthropologist who studied how a shrew would look after being eaten, digested and defecated by a human has been honoured with an Ig Nobel prize, alongside research on penis amputations and how drunkenness affects perceptions of attractiveness.
Peter Stahl, a professor at the University of Victoria, and his co-author Brian Crandall received one of 10 spoof science awards handed out Thursday evening to honour scientific achievements that "make people laugh, and then make them think."
Crandall accepted the 2013 Ig Nobel Archeology award in person at a comical ceremony at the Sanders Theatre at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. It was organized by the publisher of the Annals of Improbable Research, a magazine with the goal of spurring interest in science, medicine and technology.
Public Health Prize, which went to Thai researchers who described surgical techniques to manage an "epidemic of penile amputations in Siam" in 1983.
Psychology Prize, which went to a French-led research team confirming in 2012 that people who think they are drunk also think they are attractive.
Carol Connors and Barbi Benton seen at Warner Bros. Premiere of 'Prisoners', on Thursday, Sep, 12, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Photo by Eric Charbonneau
Memorabilia from the AMC hit television series "Breaking Bad" is scheduled to be auctioned to benefit Albuquerque-area Goodwill stores after the nonprofit helped with production.
Goodwill Industries of New Mexico is holding the event Saturday and will sell props such as mock Drug Enforcement Administration hats and certificates used by the characters from the show, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
The production company donated the memorabilia to Goodwill Industries of New Mexico after the organization allowed "Breaking Bad" to use Goodwill items for some of its scenes, said Shauna O'Cleireachain, the group's chief administration officer.
The series, filmed largely in Albuquerque, ends Sept. 29.
A balloonist who tried to cross the Atlantic Ocean using hundreds of helium-filled balloons is heading home after landing in Newfoundland, far short of his goal.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday that it used a helicopter to retrieve U.S. balloonist Jonathan Trappe from the remote area where he landed a night earlier.
Trappe landed safely in a rugged area near York Harbour after reporting that he was having trouble controlling his balloons Thursday evening, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Instead of using a conventional hot-air balloon, Trappe was using more than 300 colorful helium-filled balloons, like those used in in the animated movie "Up."
The North Carolina native said he'd worked on the trans-Atlantic crossing for two years, and he was no stranger to using clusters of balloons. He's once used them to lift a faux house, as in the Disney-Pixar movie, and he'd used them to cross the English Channel.
French actress Fanny Ardant and director Marion Vernoux (R) arrive for the "Bright Days Ahead" gala screening at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, September 13, 2013.
Photo by Mark Blinch
North America's tallest peak, Alaska's Mount McKinley, may have been taken down a notch.
An effort to update decades-old maps using airplane-mounted radar technology showed the mountain, called Denali by locals, stands at 20,237 feet. That's 83 feet shorter than an estimate of 20,320 feet from the early 1950s.
McKinley would still be more than 680 feet taller than the continent's second-highest peak, Canada's Mount Logan.
The discovery was made in 2011, after data from a 2010 flight was processed, but details weren't widely released until this week by Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, who serves on the Alaska Mapping Executive Committee.
Darwin the Ikea Monkey will remain in an Ontario animal sanctuary after a judge decided on Friday that the exotic animal should not be returned to its former owner.
"Surrogate mother" Yasmin Nakhuda had been fighting to have the monkey returned to her after it was seized by animal control officers in December, following the animal's internationally-celebrated dalliance through an Ikea parking lot while dressed in a shearling coat.
Her battle was doubtful from the start, having previously lost a bid for temporary custody, but it became more unlikely after the province announced plans to introduce stricter pet ownership laws earlier this summer.
On Friday, Ontario Superior Court Judge Mary Vallee ruled against returning Darwin to the family who raised him, fed him and dressed him in darling costumes before he got free outside the furniture store and made international headlines in December.
Chemist Dudley Herschbach, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, throws a paper airplane during the 23rd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 12, 2013. The annual prizes, meant to entertain and encourage global research and innovation, are awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research as a whimsical counterpart to the Nobel Prizes which will be announced next month.
Photo by Brian Snyder
A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked a shipment of massive oil field equipment from traversing a scenic Idaho roadway that cuts through the homeland of the Nez Perce Tribe and runs alongside two federally protected rivers.
U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill halted next week's planned shipment on U.S. Highway 12 of an oversized water treatment system destined for Canadian tar sands in a decision handed down late Thursday.
He also ordered the U.S. Forest Service to ban the so-called megaload on the 100 miles of roadway that crosses national forest lands in Idaho until the agency has conducted a study of environmental, economic and tribal impacts.
The temporary injunction against the shipment of equipment owned by a General Electric Co subsidiary is the latest development in a three-year battle by Native Americans and environmentalists to protect a route in Idaho that follows a historic trail broken by early Nez Perce bison hunters.
The demonstrations came after Idaho granted an Oregon hauler a permit to transport on U.S. Highway 12 the 640,000-lb (290,300-kg) load that measured 255 feet long, 21 feet wide and 23 feet tall (78 meters long, 6.4 meters wide and 7 meters tall). The state did so over the objections of the tribe, environmentalists and the U.S. Forest Service.
Ian Neale of Newport (L) with his first prize giant carrot, Graham Tranter (2ndL) of Bridgnorth 4th place tomato, Joe Atherton of Mansfield (3rdL) 1st place tomato and Graham Walford of Bridgnorth 4th place leek pose for a photograph during the first day at the Autumn flower show in Harrogate, northern England, September 13, 2013. The annual three day event features show gardens, flower displays, giant vegetables, expert gardening and cooking advice and demonstrations.
Photo by Nigel Roddis
A judge has ordered singer-actress Pia Zadora to complete alcohol and impulse control counselling.
Zadora was arrested in May after police say she sprayed her teenage son with a hose in an attempt to get him to go to bed.
The Las Vegas Sun reports that a Las Vegas judge on Thursday told Zadora that she'll face 30 days in jail if she fails to seek help.
Zadora was charged with domestic abuse and coercion after a disturbance that began with her attempt to hustle the 16-year-old boy to bed so she could get some rest.
A model displays a Spring/Summer design by Victorio & Lucchino during Madrid's Fashion Week, in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013 .
Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Basketball star Lamar Odom has been charged with a misdemeanour count of driving under the influence, nearly two weeks after his Mercedes-Benz was pulled over on a Southern California freeway.
The Los Angeles city attorney's office said Friday that the charges stem from Odom's Aug. 30 arrest in the San Fernando Valley.
The husband of reality TV star Khloe Kardashian was taken into custody after a sobriety test.
The California Highway Patrol said Odom's car was observed travelling in a "serpentine manner."
A file combination picture shows the cleavage of Oktoberfest visitors wearing the traditional Bavarian Dirndl dress in Munich September 2011 and September 2012. The Bavarian election will be held on September 15, 2013 and the German general election on September 22, 2013.
Photo by Michael Dalder
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
1. (1) Paul McCartney; $3,805,859; $125.94.
2. (2) Taylor Swift; $3,174,263; $86.51.
3. (3) Kenny Chesney; $2,541,824; $75.98.
4. (4) One Direction; $1,728,956; $65.83.
5. (5) Phish; $1,590,139; $50.58.
6. (6) Fleetwood Mac; $1,311,232; $105.01.
7. (7) Justin Bieber; $1,225,230; $80.77.
8. (8) Dave Matthews Band; $1,146,876; $55.71.
9. (9) Bruno Mars; $1,035,321; $69.75.
10. (10) New Kids On The Block; $791,588; $65.08.
11. (11) Blake Shelton; $662,555; $32.37.
12. (12) Tim McGraw; $601,450; $39.03.
13. (13) Rascal Flatts; $591,962; $38.75.
14. (14) Brad Paisley; $558,469; $36.21.
15. (15) Widespread Panic; $376,122; $47.11.
16. (16) Bad Company / Lynyrd Skynyrd; $311,304; $31.44.
17. (17) The Postal Service; $233,726; $41.30.
18. (18) Imagine Dragons; $223,391; $34.10.
19. (19) Jeff Dunham; $212,087; $57.23.
20. (20) Hillsong United; $197,990; $31.04.
Vintage bicycles made by French manufacturer Alex Singer are displayed during the Cycle Show 2013 in Paris September 13, 2013. The show, which runs from September 13 to September 16, presents 457 brands with racing bikes, urban and electric bicycles, equipment and accessories for cycling fans.
Photo by Charles Platiau
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