Paul Krugman: Lack of Nuance is Not the Problem (New York Times)
So the moral of the story should not be, "Don't take strong positions". It should instead be "Don't take a strong position that some people want to hear if the position isn't supported by theory and evidence". Or maybe, even more briefly, "Don't pander".
New Zealand parliament breaks into song after legalising gay marriage - video (Guardian)
New Zealand becomes the first country in the Asia Pacific to legalise same sex marriage. The public gallery in parliament breaks into song following the vote, singing the traditional Maori love song Pokarekare Ana. New Zealand is now the 13th country to legalise gay marriage, after Uruguay passed its law earlier in April.
The Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere, and the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world. In an average year the lake covers an area of around 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2), but the lake's size fluctuates substantially due to its shallowness. For instance, in 1963 it reached its lowest recorded level at 950 square miles (2,460 km²), but in 1988 the surface area was at the historic high of 3,300 square miles (8,500 km2). In terms of surface area, it is the largest lake in the United States that is not part of the Great Lakes region.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Great Salt Lake
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Great Salt Lake in Utah
Adam answered:
The Great Salt Lake
Marian wrote:
Great Salt Lake
Sally said:
Another LAKE question, Sacre Bleu!
According to the Internets, The Great Salt Lake, In terms of surface area, it is the largest lake in the United States that is not part of the Great Lakes region.
I have been in every state in the US save Alaska and Utah. The latter is right next to Colorado, where I lived for 33 years. I really never heard anything about the Lake that made me want to visit. It does look nice though...
So, they caught brother bomber - lying wounded and bleeding in the bottom of a storaged boat - for hours - most probably scared shitless. Yet, they are hailing him a hero in the Chechen underground. Not excusing that which he and the brother did, but I find it sad, so many lives ruined...
Charlie replied:
Great Salt Lake, Utah.
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali, is celebrating the end of tax season for a few more days.
MAM wrote:
Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah.
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 a RERUN'The Voice', followed by a FRESH'T-Rump's No-Star Flim-Flam Fluffery'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Once Upon A Time', then the FRESH made-for-TV movie 'Remember Sunday'.
The CW fills the night with what passes for local news and other fluffery.
Faux has a RERUN'Bob's Burgers', followed by a FRESH'The Cleveland Show', then a RERUN'The Simpsons', followed by a FRESH'Bob's Burgers', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by a FRESH'American Dad'.
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'.
AMC offers the movie 'Man On Fire', followed by a FRESH'Mad Men'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Giant Water Bug
[7:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Giant Huntsman Spider
[8:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Black Hairy Thick Tail Scorpion
[9:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Giant Centipede
[10:00AM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 1 - From Pole To Pole
[11:00AM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 2 - Mountains
[12:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 3 - Fresh Water
[1:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 4 - Caves
[2:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 5 - Deserts
[3:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 6 - Ice Worlds
[4:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 7 - Great Plains
[5:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 8 - Jungles
[6:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 9 - Shallow Seas
[7:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 10 - Seasonal Forests
[8:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 11 - Ocean Deep
[9:00PM] PLANET EARTH: EXTREME PREDATORS
[10:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 1 - From Pole To Pole
[11:00PM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 2 - Mountains
[12:00AM] PLANET EARTH: EXTREME PREDATORS
[1:00AM] PLANET EARTH - Ep 11 - Ocean Deep
[2:00AM] THE MAKING OF PLANET EARTH
[4:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 5 - White Goliath Beetle
[5:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Army Ants (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', then a FRESH'Married To Medicine', and 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Grandma's Boy', 'Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain', 'Tosh.0', and 'Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious'.
FX has the movie 'Avatar', followed by the movie 'Battle: Los Angeles', then the movie 'Battle: Los Angeles'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', 'Ax Men', followed by a FRESH'Ax Men', then a FRESH'Vikings'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-Finally! The Last Episode (Ever) (For Now ...)
[7:15AM] Escape From L.A.
[9:30AM] Dilbert-Tower of Babel
[10:00AM] Dilbert-The Little People
[10:30AM] Dilbert-The Knack
[11:00AM] Dilbert-Y2K
[11:30AM] Dilbert-Charity
[12:00PM] Arrested Development-The One Where Michael Leaves
[12:30PM] Arrested Development-The One Where They Build a House
[1:00PM] Arrested Development-Amigos
[1:30PM] Arrested Development-Good Grief!
[2:00PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[2:15PM] Out There-Joanie Loves Terry
[2:45PM] Escape From L.A.
[5:00PM] 1941
[7:30PM] O Brother, Where Art Thou?
[9:45PM] O Brother, Where Art Thou?
[12:00AM] Out There-Ace's Wild
[12:30AM] Out There-Enter Destiny
[1:00AM] Shaft
[3:15AM] 1941
[5:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] The Edge of Heaven
[8:00AM] Roll Bounce
[10:00AM] The War of the Roses
[12:00PM] Control
[2:15PM] A'mare
[2:30PM] The New Tenants
[3:00PM] Top of the Lake-Episode 1
[4:00PM] Top of the Lake-Episode 2
[5:00PM] Top of the Lake-Episode 3
[6:00PM] Top of the Lake-Episode 4
[7:00PM] Top of the Lake-Episode 5
[8:00PM] Top of the Lake-Episode 6
[9:00PM] Top of the Lake-Episode 7
[10:00PM] Marathon Man
[12:15AM] Night and the City
[2:00AM] Uncertainty
[4:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-We've Got Spirit
[5:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-The Diary (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Interview With The Vampire', followed by the movie 'The Mummy Returns'.
Wanda Sykes at People Magazine Presentation of The PEOPLE Pole Award at the 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, on Friday, April, 19th, 2013 in Long Beach, Calif.
Photo by Eric Charbonneau
Actor Jude Law has written to the World Trade Organization to urge it to uphold a European Union ban on seal fur.
The British actor was writing on behalf of animal protection group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which released the letter on Saturday.
The EU banned commercial trade in all seal products in its member states in 2010 amid concerns about the animal welfare aspects of hunting seals.
The ban is being challenged by the Canadian government, and the WTO is holding a hearing later this month to settle the dispute.
Singer Neil Diamond sings "Sweet Caroline" during the eighth inning of American League MLB action between the Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts April 20, 2013.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi
The Friars Club is honoring Don Rickles with a lifetime achievement award.
The entertainers' group said Wednesday it will celebrate the 86-year-old comedian at its annual awards ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.
Bob Costas, Tony Danza, Kathy Griffin, Bob Newhart, Regis Philbin and Joan Rivers are among those set to participate in the honors on June 24.
Rickles started his career in the 1950s and has worked with generations of legends, including Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope and Lucille Ball. He still appears on the late-night shows of Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson.
Michael Esteves wakes up every day in the spot Roger Ebert called the center of the universe, and it isn't Chicago, New York or Cannes.
Esteves owns the place, in fact. He has since 2005, when he bought the two-bedroom home in Urbana where the late movie critic grew up, writing once that it was the best possible place, the hub of it all. Since then, Esteves has gotten used to students, Ebert fans and even Asian tourists stopping by in reverence to the hometown hero who made it so big.
Ebert was celebrated as a citizen of Chicago and the world after he died April 4 of cancer, but his connection with his hometown - and the University of Illinois, his alma mater - was strong and permanent.
Ebert donated money and more to the school, and he helped journalism students there with advice and, occasionally, connections. And he held an annual film festival in Champaign, the town next door that shares the university with Urbana. This year's version of Ebertfest goes on without him through Sunday, though his wife, Chaz Ebert, is there.
Ebert started the festival 15 years ago to showcase movies he felt were underappreciated - some relatively new, many years old.
Songwriters Jon Lind, Judy Collins, Gretchen Peters, Randy Goodrum performing at the 8th Annual ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO, on Friday, April 19, 2013 in Hollywood, California.
Photo by Tonya Wise
King Richard III may not have been a hunchback as portrayed by Shakespeare, but he did suffer from the spine-curving condition scoliosis, and he may have undergone painful medical treatments to straighten it out, scientists report today (April 19).
Archaeologists announced in February that bones excavated from underneath a parking lot in Leicester, England, belonged to the medieval king. Since this confirmation, examination has continued on the bones and historical records, which have suggested the king was a control freak who had a friendly face.
Previous work showed King Richard III likely developed severe scoliosis, a painful condition, in his teen years.
Now, Mary Ann Lund, of the University of Leicester's School of English, has looked into the types of scoliosis treatments available when Richard III was alive, finding one would have been widely available for those who could afford it, such as the nobility.
Social media accounts maintained by CBS News programs, "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours," were compromised on Saturday, the two programs' official Twitter accounts said.
A post on the "60 Minutes" Twitter microblog account, @60Minutes, said, "PLEASE NOTE: Our Twitter account was compromised earlier today. We are working with Twitter to resolve." Another post read, "A message that was posted earlier to this account was not written or sent by @60Minutes or its staff."
The Twitter account for @48Hours showed a similar message, and several blogs said a third account, @CBSDenver, also had been hacked.
Tech bloggers posted screenshots of fake posts that appeared under the CBS accounts, including one from @48Hours that read, "General Dempsey calls for #Obama's arrest under new anti-terror laws #48hours."
Singer Beyonce performs on her "Mrs. Carter Show World Tour 2013", on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the Slovnaft Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. Beyonce is wearing a custom hand beaded peplum one-piece by Ralph & Russo.
Photo by Yosra El-Essawy
The Boy Scouts of America on Friday proposed lifting a ban on gay scouts but maintaining a prohibition on gay adults from leading troops, a compromise that attempts to end a bitter split in the century-old American institution.
Reaction from scouting supporters ranged from outrage to limited approval. The biggest organization in scouts, the Mormon Church, said it was studying the proposal, leaving uncertain the outcome of a May vote by scout leaders that will set policy. Gay rights groups said continuing to bar gay adults was unacceptable, but they welcomed the change for youths.
The proposal would create a situation where a gay youth could become a scout and then be forced to resign when he becomes an adult.
The controversy has hurt Scouts' finances. Corporations including Merck & Co Inc, UPS Inc and Intel Corp have cut their contributions, saying they will not fund organizations which discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama walks across the Peace Bridge during his visit to Londonderry, northern Ireland April 18, 2013.
Photo by Cathal McNaughton
Roman-era toiletry sets consisting of tweezers, scrapers and other artifacts have long been interpreted as beauty aids. But it's possible the tools had a more gruesome use: to treat a type of Chlamydia that infects the eye.
The tools are found across Great Britain and date back to around A.D. 43 to A.D. 410, a time when much of the island was under Roman control. They do bear resemblance to modern-day cosmetic kits, but they're also similar to tools used in folk treatments of trachoma, the leading cause of preventable blindness around the world today, said Wendy Morrison, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Oxford.
"Trachoma is a disease which has plagued humans for millennia," Morrison told LiveScience. "We have ethnographic examples from modern Africa and historical examples from ancient India that show utensils, such as tweezers and rasps, were used to pluck in-turned eyelashes and to scour away the afflicted eyelids."
Morrison's hunch that the kits may have had a purpose other than (or in addition to) beauty popped up when she saw an online ad for Sightsavers, an international charity that aims to prevent blindness. One of the group's major nemeses is trachoma, an eye infection caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis, which is related to the bacteria that causes the sexually transmitted disease Chlamydia.
American authorities handed over a 16th-century tapestry that turned up in Texas last year, more than three decades after it was stolen from a church in northern Spain.
The woven, saint-filled altarpiece, thought to have been produced in the early 1500s, was swiped from a national cathedral in Roda de Isábena, in the Spanish province of Huesca, in December 1979. It finally resurfaced a few years ago, passing through the hands of European gallery owners and art dealers, until it was bought at an auction by a business in Houston for $369,000 in 2010.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized the tapestry from that business back in November under the National Stolen Property Act. The investigation was part of an ICE operation dubbed "Hidden Relic," which aims to find and return stolen art, artifacts and other cultural property.
Five main figures are woven into the silk and wool piece: St. Ramon, the Virgin Mary with infant Jesus, Saint Vincent of Saragossa and Saint Valerius. Vincent and Valerius were a deacon-bishop duo persecuted for their faith in the early fourth century in Spain during the reign of Roman emperor Diocletian. Vincent didn't survive his jail time, which apparently included being roasted on a gridiron, and his body was left to be devoured by vultures. According to Catholic lore, ravens swooped in to protect Vincent's corpse from the scavengers. The saint was said to have been born in Huesca, a town near the Romanesque cathedral where the tapestry had been used as an altarpiece until it was stolen.
Model Fauzia wears traditional bridal jewellery as she prepares to take to the catwalk on the first day of the Bridal Couture Week in Karachi April 19, 2013.The event will be held from April 19 to 21. Picture taken April 19, 2013.
Photo by Insiya Syed
"Mary, you really are a great person. I hope we can keep in correspondence. I said I would write," reads the message, which was published in the Toronto Star. "Your friend always. Jonathon. Nova Scotia 1985."
According to the AFP, the bottle traveled approximately 4,971 miles between the two points.
The bottle was discovered by Matea Rezik, who said she found it washed up on the banks of the Neretva river.
Rezik then posted a picture of the message, saying she wanted to help reunite Mary and Jonathon. Since then, people have been posting about the message across social media sites in an attempt to find out exactly who the two are, where they might live and even if they're still alive.
Al Neuharth changed the look of American newspapers when he founded USA Today, filling the newspaper with breezy, easy-to-comprehend articles, attention-grabbing graphics and stories that often didn't require readers to jump to a different page.
Critics dubbed USA Today "McPaper" when it debuted in 1982, and they accused Neuharth, of dumbing down American journalism with its easy-to-read articles and bright graphics. USA Today became the nation's most-circulated newspaper in the late 1990s.
The hard-charging founder of USA Today died Friday in Cocoa Beach, Fla. He was 89. The news was announced by USA Today and by the Newseum, which he also founded.
Sections were denoted by different colors. The entire back page of the news section had a colored-weather map of the entire United States. The news section contained a state-by-state roundup of headlines from across the nation. Its eye-catching logo of white lettering on a blue background made it recognizable from a distance.
"Our target was college-age people who were non-readers. We thought they were getting enough serious stuff in classes," Neuharth said in 1995. "We hooked them primarily because it was a colorful newspaper that played up the things they were interested in - sports, entertainment and TV."
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