BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 13 April, 2014

Sunday

13 April, 2014

(Updated Daily)

[929 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Steve699: "Screw You, Howard" (Imgur)
Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Sarah Michelle Geller married in 2002 and are still married. Their children are Charlotte Grace Prinze and Rocky James Prinze.


Lucy Mangan: goodbye to the golden age of childhood (Guardian)
'This will be the last holiday where our son is still wholly ours and our world is the whole of his. Soon, real life will intrude.'


Oliver Burkeman: "This column will change your life: the case against hope" (Guardian)
'Scratch the surface of our hope-fixated culture and you discover The Shawshank Redemption lied to us: sometimes, giving up hope sets you free.'


What I'm really thinking: the vicar's wife (Guardian)
'Inside I'm seething, and wish I could tell everyone to eff off, from the sniping parishioners to the controlling bishops.'


Marc Dion: $136 in Food Stamps (Creators Syndicate)
I know woman, an old worn-out woman who married her soldier when he got back from World War II, and she had a child and was, for 40 years, what she called, "One of the girls in the office."


Adam Todd Brown: 5 Famous Companies That Get More Hate Than They Deserve (Cracked)
Hate has always been a hot commodity. There's a certain level of popularity that, once reached, all but guarantees that a significant portion of the general public will immediately decry anything else that entity generates for time eternal.


Blair Marnell: Watch Bruce Timm's Batman 75th Anniversary Animated Short (Crave)
Timm revisits Batman in the new short, "Batman: Strange Days."


Hannah Rosen: Alone, Alone, All, All Alone, Alone on a Wild Wild Sea (Slate)
Barbara Ehrenreich searches for transcendence.



David Bruce's Amazon Author Page

David Bruce's Smashwords Page

David Bruce's Blog

David Bruce's Lulu Storefront

David Bruce's Apple iBookstore

David Bruce has approximately 50 Kindle books on Amazon.com.


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Trivia Question of the Day


What member of the gourd family is used to make "Koolickles"?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


The Flintstones were sponsored by what brand of cigarettes?


      Winston                                                      Source


Winston cigarettes were sponsors of such television series as The Beverly Hillbillies and The Flintstones. The former series would show stars Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, and Nancy Kulp extolling the virtues of Winstons while smoking them and reciting the jingle. The latter series would later come under fire for advertising cigarettes on an animated series watched by many children, but Winston pulled their involvement with the series after the Pebbles Flintstone character was born in 1963.

When the players in The Beverly Hillbillies spoke the line, they stretched the grammatical boundaries further:

     Jed: Winston tastes good...
     Granny: Like a cigarette had ought-a!
       Source







Charlie was first, and correct, with:
   Winston




mj wrote:
   Same as the Beverly Hillbillies
  Winston. It tasted good like a cigarette oughta.




Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
   Winston



Adam answered:
   Marlboro, Chesterfield? It's too early...



Alan J responded:
   Winston



Marian replied:
   Winston



Deborah took the day off.
  



DJ Useo said:
   Who could forget, what with that catchy jingle they had for those bad boys?
  "Winstons taste good, like a ( click click ) cigarette should".
  Maybe they should'a called that cartoon "THE WINSTONES".



  I discovered they smoked whenI bought a vcr tape collection of golden age tv animated commercials, and among the hilarious ads were these clips:
  Flintstones #1
  Flintostones #2




Sally took the day off.
  



Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali, replied:
   Winston was the preferred brand of cigarette for Fred. Dead Fred and Fucking Rayguns.





Lois Of The Smokey Caves In Oregon responded:
   WOW, this is WEIRD! We live 12 miles north of WINSTON, Oregon, and most people around here have the cultural development of Fred Flintstone! Spooky...





MAM   wrote:
   Winston

  Flintstones Cigarette Commercial 1960




BttbBob   , took the day off.
  
  April 13 Birthdays - Celebrities Born April 13 | Famous Birthdays




And, Joe S     answered:
   Winston's. I distinctly remember because that was what my parents smoked and consequently, as I sneaked their smokes, that's what I smoked. I was very disappointed when my parents switched from Lucky's to Winston's because I liked Lucky's. But I heard my mother tell my father that Winston's were better because they had a filter and were healthier. I started smoking at 8 and I quit when I was 54, that's healthier.



  


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Middle Class Political Economist




Now a Blogger-Columnist at US News and World Reports "Economic Intelligence"


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Four Cartoonists of the Apocalypse by The Rational Extremists - Beacon




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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


BBC News - China water contamination affects 2.4m after oil leak



AOL.com Article - Feds abruptly end cattle roundup in Nevada



Bill Nye Opens Up About Meaning Of Life & Star Stuff (VIDEO)




Thanks, Michelle!


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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from Marc Perkel

BartCop

Hello Bartcop fans,

As you all know the untimely passing of Terry was unexpected, even by him. We all knew he had cancer but we all thought he had some years left. So some of us who have worked closely with him over the years are scrambling around trying to figure out what to do. My job, among other things, is to establish communications with the Bartcop community and provide email lists and groups for those who might put something together. Those who want to play an active roll in something coming from this, or if you are one of Bart's pillars, should send an email to active@bartcop.com.

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


REPUBLICAN DEATH PANELS!

"POOF!"

LET'S HAVE FUN! TAX THE RICH!

"NONSENSE IS NONSENSE, BUT THE HISTORY OF NONSENSE IS SCHOLARSHIP."

THE "KRISTOL METH" TRAIN IS LEAVING THE STATION.

POOR BILL O'REILLY IS GETTING SENILE!

FROM THE ARCHIVES.

THE SUNDAY FUNNIES!






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny and breezy.



Tonight, Sunday:

CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH 'Amazing Race', then a FRESH 'The Good Wife', followed by a FRESH 'The Mentalist'.



NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH 'American Dream Builders', then a FRESH 'Believe', followed by a FRESH 'Crisis'.



ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH 'Once Upon A Time', then a FRESH 'Resurrection', followed by a FRESH 'Revenge'.



The CW offers a RERUN 'SAF3', followed by 2 hours of what passes for local news and other fluffery.



Faux has a FRESH 'Bob's Burgers', followed by a FRESH 'American Dad'', then a FRESH 'The Simpsons', followed by a FRESH 'Family Guy', then a FRESH 'Cosmos'.



MY has an old 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by another old 'How I Met Your Mother', then an old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by another old 'Big Bang Theory', then still another old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by yet another old 'Big bang Theory'.



A&E has all 'Duck Dynasty' all night.



AMC offers the movie 'Forrest Gump', followed by a RERUN 'Turn', then a FRESH 'Turn', followed by a FRESH 'Mad Men'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 9 - Unconscious Selection
 [7:00AM]    ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 10 - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
 [8:00AM]    THE BLUE PLANET-Ep 5 - Seasonal Seas
 [9:00AM]    WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 2 - Ep 3 - Lemur Leaf Frog
 [10:00AM]    LIFE-Ep 1 - Challenges of Life
 [11:00AM]    LIFE-Ep 2 - Reptiles and Amphibians
 [12:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 1 - La Galleria 33, Part 1
 [1:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 2 - La Galleria 33, Part 2
 [2:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 3 - Mama Maria's
 [3:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 4 - Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine
 [4:00PM]    TOP GEAR: TOP 41 - Episode 6
 [5:00PM]    TOP GEAR: TOP 41 - Episode 7
 [6:00PM]    TOP GEAR: TOP 41 - Episode 8
 [7:00PM]    TOP GEAR: TOP 41 - Episode 9
 [8:00PM]    CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
 [11:00PM]    ORPHAN BLACK: THE CLONEVERSATION
 [12:00AM]    CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
 [3:00AM]    ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 9 - Unconscious Selection
 [4:00AM]    ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 10 - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
 [5:00AM]    ORPHAN BLACK: THE CLONEVERSATION    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', then a FRESH 'Married To Medicine', followed by another FRESH 'Married To Medicine'.



Comedy Central has the movie 'The Dukes Of Hazzard', followed by the movie 'Superbad', and 'Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly'.



FX has the movie 'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon', followed by the movie 'Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance', then the movie 'Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance', again.



History has 3 hours of old 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH 'No Man's Land'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Malcolm in the Middle-Malcolm Babysits
 [6:30AM]    Malcolm in the Middle-Sleepover
 [7:00AM]    Malcolm in the Middle-Francis Escapes
 [7:30AM]    Malcolm in the Middle-Krelboyne Picnic
 [8:00AM]    Malcolm in the Middle-Lois vs. Evil
 [8:30AM]    Malcolm in the Middle-Stock Car Races
 [9:00AM]    Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
 [10:45AM]    The Protector
 [12:30PM]    Supercop
 [2:30PM]    Game of Death
 [4:45PM]    Enter the Dragon
 [7:00PM]    Beverly Hills Ninja
 [9:00PM]    Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
 [11:00PM]    Portlandia-Trailblazers
 [11:30PM]    Portlandia-Aimee
 [12:00AM]    Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
 [2:00AM]    George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead
 [4:00AM]    Friday the 13th Part VII -- The New Blood    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    The Writers' Room-Game of Thrones
 [6:30AM]    Shrink
 [8:45AM]    Dead Man Walking
 [11:15AM]    Cry Baby
 [1:00PM]    Garden State
 [3:15PM]    I Heart Huckabees
 [5:30PM]    The Full Monty
 [7:30PM]    Working Girl
 [10:00PM]    When Harry Met Sally
 [12:00AM]    When Harry Met Sally
 [2:00AM]    The Prince of Tides
 [5:00AM]    Law & Order-Savages    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark', followed by the movie 'Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom'.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      MGM Parade Show #27 (1955)
 [6:30 AM]      Bombshell (1933)
 [8:30 AM]      She's Back on Broadway (1953)
 [10:30 AM]      I Love Melvin (1953)
 [12:00 PM]      Girl Happy (1965)
 [1:45 PM]      East Of Eden (1955)
 [4:00 PM]      Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
 [6:15 PM]      Sullivan's Travels (1941)
 [8:00 PM]      Boys Town (1938)
 [10:00 PM]      Men Of Boys Town (1941)
 [12:00 AM]      The Mysterious Island (1929)
 [2:00 AM]      Genocide (1969)
 [3:30 AM]      The X from Outer Space (1967)
 [5:00 AM]      Mildred Pierce (1945)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Monday   -  04/14/14

TCM:
 [7:00 AM]      The Maltese Falcon (1941)
 [9:00 AM]      The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
 [11:00 AM]      Gaslight (1944)
 [1:00 PM]      Citizen Kane (1941)
 [3:00 PM]      Meet Me In St. Louis (1977)
 [5:00 PM]      Casablanca (1942)
 [7:00 PM]      Twenty Classic Moments (2014)
 [8:00 PM]      Gone With the Wind (1939)
 [12:00 AM]      Private Screenings: Robert Osborne (2014)
 [1:30 AM]      Singin' In The Rain (1952)
 [3:30 AM]      It Happened One Night (1934)
 [5:30 AM]      The Petrified Forest (1936)     (ALL TIMES EST)




Antenna TV

Bounce TV

Cozi TV

MOVIES! TV Network

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV


Al Jazeera






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Pitzer College student Jessica Grady-Benson (L), actor, director, and environmentalist Robert Redford (C) and Pitzer College president Laura Skandera Trombley (R) attend at a news conference announcing Pitzer College's breakthrough fossil fuel divestment climate action in Los Angeles, California April 12, 2014. Redford is a trustee at Pitzer College, which is the first Southern California institute of higher education divesting its endowment of fossil fuel stocks.
Photo by Jonathan Alcorn

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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The Incredible Art of Underwater Landscaping for Aquariums | Amusing Planet

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Fundraiser With Willie Nelson

Wendy Davis

Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D), who is running to succeed Gov. Rick Perry (R-Prissy), unveiled a special guest for an April BBQ fundraiser in Houston: country music legend and activist Willie Nelson.

In a Friday email to supporters, Davis said Nelson, who was born in Abbott, Texas, would perform at the April 27 event.

"No, folks, I'm not kidding," Davis' email reads. "We'll have some amazing Texas BBQ. We'll be talking about the future of our great state. And at the end of the night, we'll have a special performance by Willie."

Davis is working to close the gap in the polls between her and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Republican nominee.

Abbott's campaign faced criticism for appearing at events in February with rocker Ted Nugent, who has admitted to relationships with underage women and called President Barack Obama a "subhuman mongrel."

Wendy Davis

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From left, actress Sofia Vergara, actor and director John Turturro and actress Vanessa Paradis attend a screening of "Fading Gigolo" sponsored by the Cinema Society and Women's Health magazine on Friday, April 11, 2014, in New York.
Photo by Andy Kropa

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25 Fun Facts About ALF | Mental Floss

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Campaign Against Comcast Is No Joke

Al Franken

For Senator Al Franken, the political became personal at a "Saturday Night Live" cast party, of all places.

It was there in New York two years ago that Mr. Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, ran into Lorne Michaels, the creator of the NBC show and his former boss when he was a writer and performer there. Mr. Michaels was chatting with Brian L. Roberts, the chief executive of Comcast , which had recently acquired NBCUniversal in a deal that Mr. Franken opposed.

"I fought to prevent this!" Mr. Franken blurted out to the two men.

It was a potentially awkward moment that Mr. Franken defused with the kind of blustery humor that delighted audiences during his years as an entertainer. "We all had a laugh, fun was had by all, and I went on," he said in an interview.

But for Mr. Franken, antitrust issues involving big companies are no joking matter. The man who created such famous "Saturday Night Live" characters as the self-help guru Stuart Smalley is now a serious policy wonk and a self-made expert in antitrust matters like price-fixing and monopolization.

Al Franken

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Newhead News


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Characters Spark Trends

Baby Names

Today's parents might be naming their kids after "Game of Thrones," but stealing baby names from the silver screen is nothing new.

Darth Rimmer, 36, has made the most of his unique first name. His parents were huge "Star Wars" fans when they named him after the franchise's fictional villain, he told ABCNews.com.

He loves his name now -- but said he struggled with it as a child.

Newer TV and movie series have also sparked baby name booms. In 2012, 146 parents named their babies Khaleesi, a made-up title from the HBO hit "Game of Thrones," according to the Social Security Administration.

Bella, the name of Kristen Stewart's character in "Twilight," has topped the list of most popular baby names for girls in recent years. Jacob, the name of Taylor Lautner's character, shot to the No. 1 spot for boys' names in 2012 after the film's success.

Baby Names

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Director Quentin Tarantino speaks before honoring actor and comedian Jerry Lewis with a hand and footprint ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre on Saturday, April 12, 2014 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Dan Steinberg

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Be Disturbed and Amazed at the H. R. Giger Museum Bar | When On Earth - Places to See, Things to Do, Gear to Get

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Turns 60

'Rock Around the Clock'

For a song destined to rock around the centuries, "Rock Around the Clock" - recorded 60 years ago this week - had the humblest of beginnings, starting life as a lowly B-side that didn't even have a genre to call its own.

Bill Haley & the Comets recorded it on April 12, 1954 almost as an afterthought, devoting 40 minutes and two takes to the tune at the tail end of a session otherwise devoted to "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town)," a novelty song about the happy benefits of sexual inequity after a nuclear blast. After being patched together from those two hastily recorded takes, "Rock Around the Clock" was relegated to flip-side status when first released a month after the session, taking a back seat to A-side "Thirteen Women," which did not rock anyone 24/7.

The biggest indignity of all: When it came time to assign a genre or dance mode to "Rock Around the Clock" on the 45's label, as was common in that day, the term "rock 'n' roll" hadn't yet been assigned to the nascent style of music the song represented. So Decca Records designated it as a fox trot record.

But the kids were not ready to trot, trot, trot till broad daylight. They were ready to rock, and although Haley is not as cool a figure as Elvis or Chuck Berry to cite as ushering in the new movement - squares with receding hairlines don't make the most picturesque revolutionaries, right? - there is no disputing that "Clock" was the single that suddenly seemed to change everything, at least when it finally hit No. 1, a little more than a year after it was recorded.

'Rock Around the Clock'

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Wake-up Call


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Free Speech In Oregon

Flashing Headlights

Hauling a truckload of logs to a Southern Oregon mill last fall, Chris Hill noticed a sheriff's deputy behind him and flashed his lights to warn a UPS driver coming the other way.

The deputy pulled over Hill on U.S. Highway 140 in White City and handed him a $260 ticket for improperly using his headlights, saying another deputy had seen the flashing lights from behind the UPS truck and alerted him to stop the log truck because of the signaling.

Outraged, Hill decided to fight the ticket, and on Wednesday, a Jackson County Justice Court judge dismissed the citation, finding that motorists flashing their headlights amounts to speech protected by the Oregon Constitution.

Judge Joseph Carter determined the law covering the use of high beams was valid, but was unconstitutional as it was applied by the deputy.

"The citation was clearly given to punish the Defendant for that expression," the judge wrote. "The government certainly can and should enforce the traffic laws for the safety of all drivers on the road. However, the government cannot enforce the traffic laws, or any other laws, to punish drivers for their expressive conduct."

Flashing Headlights

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Actor and comedian Jerry Lewis, center, his wife, SanDee Pitnick, right, and his daughter Danielle Lewis pose together as he is honored with a hand and footprint ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre on Saturday, April 12, 2014 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Dan Steinberg

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US Map Distorted by Population | MyLife

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Join Geneva Conventions On War

Palestinians

The Palestinian Authority has signed up formally to the Geneva Conventions, which set down the rules of warfare and humanitarian operations in conflict zones, the treaties' guardian Switzerland confirmed Friday.

Swiss foreign ministry spokesman Pierre-Alain Eltschinger told AFP that the Palestinian Authority had declared itself party to the conventions on April 2.

The step is part of a new diplomatic drive by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, coming as peace talks with Israel are close to collapse.

Abbas said he had received a letter from the Swiss president confirming the registration, and praised it as "an historic day for the Palestinian people", a senior Palestinian official said.

Palestinians

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A man carries a cutout depicting Yuri Gagarin during a celebration in St. Petersburg April 12, 2014. Russia marks Cosmonautics Day on Saturday, to celebrate the pioneering flight on April 12, 1961 that made Gagarin the first man in space.
Photo by Alexander Demianchuk

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This Sealed Bottle Garden Hasn't Been Watered Since 1972 «TwistedSifter

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Wants Dropbox To Drop Condoleezza

Anonymous

When Dropbox CEO Drew Houston announced on Wednesday that the company had appointed Condoleezza Rice, former US secretary of State, to its board of directors, he might have expected some skepticism.

Calling Dr. Rice "brilliant" and her career "illustrious," Mr. Houston seemed to hedge against possible blowback in an online post in which he said that she was an ideal candidate to help shepherd an expansion of the cloud storage platform's "global footprint." Rice is now a professor at Stanford, as well as a consultant to several tech firms.

But, on Friday, techies were not having it.

On a website set up soon afterward, called Drop Dropbox, critics alleged that Rice's record of support for positions to which Silicon Valley is largely opposed suggests that Dropbox is not serious about its claim to resist online government surveillance.

Drop Dropbox faults a number of Rice's past activities in the Bush administration, including her role in planning the Iraq war, her alleged support for the use of torture in interrogating Al Qaeda suspects, and government wiretapping without a warrant.

Anonymous

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Buffoons perform as they escort Oiran, or high-class courtesans during the Edo period (1600 - 1868), in an annual procession at Asakusa in Tokyo, Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Photo by Eugene Hoshiko

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An F1 Steering Wheel Has To Be The World's Most Complex Input Device

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Visited A Garden Store

DEA

Angela Kirking never thought shopping for garden supplies would lead to agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration waking her up with guns drawn, but that's what happened last October.

"I bought a bottle of organic fertilizer, a 16-ounce bottle," said Kirking, a 46-year-old face-paint artist. "Three weeks later I was raided by DEA."

The DEA is refusing to answer questions about the law enforcement operation targeting an Illinois garden store that has netted Kirking and at least 10 other people. But Kirking and her lawyer contend it's a case of misplaced priorities and federal overreach. They're asking why the DEA is treating ordinary customers of a garden store selling hydroponic equipment as if they were major drug dealers.

The Oct. 11, 2013, raid on Kirking's house, first reported by Patch, involved four DEA agents and five Shorewood, Ill., police officers, according to a police report. Its alleged yield from Kirking's art room, whose entrance is guarded by beads: 9.3 grams of marijuana, or less than one-third of an ounce.

In the search warrant application, a Braidwood, Ill., police officer assigned to the DEA, Donn Kaminski, wrote that he had observed Kirking exit the garden store "carrying a green plastic bag containing unknown items." Kaminski stated he had "previously conducted numerous investigations that involved the surveillance of Midwest Hydroganics and persons purchasing items at Midwest Hydroganics, which has led to the arrest of suspects for production of cannabis sativa plants and production of cannabis."Top of Form 1

Kaminski wrote that he then sifted through Kirking's household trash, detecting "a strong odor of green cannabis" in one plastic trash bag, and compared her home's electrical bill to that of her neighbors, finding that it was higher. Another officer conducted a field test on a green plant stem, which allegedly tested positive for marijuana. That was enough for a judge to sign a warrant.

DEA

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Tourists sunbathing on Arenal beach react as activists dressed in black and as devils protest against oil prospections in the Mediterranean sea, in Palma de Mallorca, April 12, 2014.

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21 ways to say hello [infographic] - Holy Kaw!

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Bible The State Book?

Louisiana

Louisiana's House of Representatives' Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs Committee voted on Thursday to recommend legislation that would name the Bible as their official state book. House Bill No. 503's sponsor, State Representative Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, says, "The Holy Bible would be appropriate for the state of Louisiana," because of the state's "strong religious ties," according to The New Orleans Advocate .

The bill is being met with a lot of resistance for various reasons. State Representative Wesley Bishop, D-New Orleans, the son of a preacher, told The Advocate, "If you adopt the Bible as the official state book, you also adopt Christianity as the state religion...We are going to open ourselves up to alawsuit." Rep. Carmody refutes this, saying, "This is not about establishing an official religion," as reported by NOLA.com.

State Representative Ebony Woodruff, D-Harvey, attempted to amend the bill so that "all books of faith" would be official state books, but that proposal was voted down. Rep. Carmody told NOLA.com he was opposed to the amendment, but also told The Advocate he thinks Louisiana can have more than one state book. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana's executive director, Majorie Esman, told NOLA.com, "[The official state book] ought to be one that relates to the history of Louisiana and not one that is going to discriminate against a large number of Louisianans." Michael Weil, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, said, "I think the state should consider a text that is not religious."

The bill will now be voted on by the full House.

Louisiana

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The Invention of the Slurpee

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In Memory

Phyllis Frelich

Phyllis Frelich, a Tony Award-winning deaf actress who starred in the Broadway version of "Children of a Lesser God," has died. She was 70.

Her husband, Robert Steinberg, said Frelich died Thursday at her Southern California home. She suffered from a degenerative neurological condition for several years.

The oldest of nine deaf children born to deaf parents, Frelich became interested in acting while at the North Dakota School for the Deaf and Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C.

She joined the National Theatre of the Deaf, where she met Steinberg, who worked as a scenic and lighting designer on several plays by Mark Medoff.

The couple inspired Medoff to create "Children of a Lesser God," which follows the relationship between a deaf woman and a teacher at a school for the deaf.

Phyllis Frelich

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