Connie Schultz: You Need a Thriving Newsroom, Too (Creators Syndicate)
Walking out of the store, I couldn't help but think of the typical newsroom. Stay with me, please, as there is a connection: In both places - in the aisles of a hardware store and in just about any place where reporters gather - you're likely to benefit from the gift of someone else's expertise. All you have to do is raise a question, and the opinions fly.
Froma Harrop: Dumb Money for Dummies (Creators Syndicate)
In the beginning, there was pump and dump. In the dot-com bubble of the late '90s, the stock-analyzing arms of investment banks would pump up a new stock's price with rave reviews. The banker arm underwriting the new stock issue would sit back, watch the price explode and then dump it - as would their favored customers. The folks who fell for the hype and bought in at inflated prices were the little investors, also known as "dumb money."
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Manualism is the little-known art of playing music by squeezing air through the hands. Because the sound produced has a distinctly flatulent tone, such music is usually presented as a form of musical comedy or parody. The musical performer is called a manualist, who may perform a cappella or with instrumental accompaniment.
Playing recognizable tunes by squeezing the hands together is extremely difficult, and it takes many years of practice to master the art. Some manualists practice for as much as 30 years before finally reaching a presentable level of proficiency.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Manualism
Charlie wrote:
Manualism.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, is vacationing.
Sally said:
Q: What is the art of playing music by squeezing air through the hands called?
A: Off the top of my head, I'd call it an accordion?
Like this one...
Adam answered:
Manualism. Sounds kind of dirty...
Marian responded:
manualism
Alaska Vic (or is it Vic in AK? ;) ) replied:
The making of music with forcing air through hands is FART CUPPING!...err no wait...Manualism...weather finally broke and so did hundreds of Sewardites noses as the wind just stopped, causing everyone to fall over and to our utter dismay there was NO snow to catch our falls...Love You Sal-Pal!
Dale of Diamond Springs took the day off.
BttbBob responded:
LOL!... Really? There is such a thing? The only thing that comes to mind is... Um... Well... Let's just say... Uncouth.
And, Joe S answered:
I asked Carla, she's the arts major in the house. She said it sounds like it should be called fart music, but this is what Wiki says.
Manualism is the little-known art of playing music by squeezing air through the hands. Because the sound produced has a distinctly flatulent tone, such music is usually presented as a form of musical comedy or parody. The musical performer is called a manualist, who may perform a cappella or with instrumental accompaniment.
Bet you can't watch the whole thing at least not without laughing.
When you go into the wild, you do your best to steer clear of mountain lions and bears. But how do you prepare for legions of pint-sized creepers far more likely to put you in a world of hurt? Get ready for a trip into the darkest recesses of the animal kingdom, where what doesn't kill you makes you wish that it had.
7 Tiny Yet Terrifying Animals
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CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a RERUN'Dogs In The City', then a RERUN'The Good Wife', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The 2nd One'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by the FRESH'Adele Live In London', then the atavistic, but FRESH'T-rump's Miss USA 2012'.
ABC begins the night with a RERUN'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Secret Millionaire', then a FRESH'Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition'.
The CW fills the night with what passes for local news and other fluffery.
Faux has a RERUN'American Dad', followed by a RERUN'The Cleveland Show', then a RERUN'Simpsons', followed by a RERUN'Bob's Burgers', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by a RERUN'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 'Big Bang Theory', and yet another 'Big Bang Theory'.
A&E has 'Criminal Minds', another 'Criminal Minds', followed by a FRESH'The Glades', then the FRESH'Longmire'.
AMC offers the movie 'Two Weeks Notice', followed by 'The Killing', followed by a FRESH'The Killing', then a FRESH'Mad Men', followed by a FRESH'The Pitch'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] WILLIAM & KATE: A FAIRYTALE ROMANCE
[7:00AM] ALL THE QUEEN'S HORSES
[8:00AM] MEMORIES OF A QUEEN
[9:00AM] THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE: THAMES PAGEANT
[1:00PM] MEMORIES OF A QUEEN
[2:00PM] BRITAIN'S ROYAL WEDDINGS
[4:00PM] WILLIAM & KATE: A FAIRYTALE ROMANCE
[5:30PM] PRINCE WILLIAM & PRINCE HARRY: INTO THE FUTURE
[6:30PM] WILLIAM AND HARRY: THE BROTHER PRINCES
[7:00PM] WILLIAM & KATE: A FAIRYTALE WEDDING
[8:00PM] THE DIAMOND QUEEN NEW
[11:00PM] THE DIAMOND QUEEN
[2:00AM] BRITAIN'S ROYAL WEDDINGS
[4:00AM] WILLIAM & KATE: A FAIRYTALE WEDDING
[5:00AM] PRINCE WILLIAM & PRINCE HARRY: INTO THE FUTURE (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Don't Be Tardy For The Wedding', another 'Don't Be Tardy For The Wedding', still another 'Don't Be Tardy For The Wedding', yet another 'Don't Be Tardy For The Wedding', 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of NJ'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Accepted', followed by the movie 'Broken Lizard's Super Troopers, 'Tosh.0', and 'Workaholics'.
FX has the movie 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen', followed by the movie 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', then the movie 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', again.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'Ice Road Truckers', and 'Mountain Men'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Arrested Development-Storming the Castle
[6:30AM] Arrested Development-Pier Pressure
[7:00AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings
[8:15AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) The Much Funnier Episode
[9:30AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) And Now, the Sordid Personal Bits
[10:45AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode
[12:00PM] Arrested Development-Storming the Castle
[12:30PM] Arrested Development-Pier Pressure
[1:00PM] Arrested Development-Public Relations
[1:30PM] Arrested Development-Marta Complex
[2:00PM] Arrested Development-Beef Consomme
[2:30PM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) Lust for Glory
[3:45PM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) Finally! The Last Episode (Ever) (For Now ...)
[5:00PM] The Good, the Bad, the Weird
[8:00PM] District 9
[10:15PM] Training Day
[12:45AM] District 9
[3:00AM] Training Day
[5:30AM] Action-Pilot (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00A] A Town Called Panic
[7:15A] The Necessities of Life
[9:00A] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - On the Wagon (Episode 14, Season 1)
[10:00A] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - So-Called Angels (Episode 15, Season 1)
[11:00A] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Resolutions (Episode 16, Season 1)
[12:00P] Wendy & Lucy
[1:30P] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet
[2:00P] Wordplay
[3:30P] A Town Called Panic
[4:50P] Saturn In Opposition
[6:45P] Freezing
[8:15P] Shooting Fish
[12:00A] The Boss Of It All
[1:45A] The Overbrook Brothers
[3:20A] In A Day
[4:45A] The Trouble With Men and Women (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'AVP: Alien Vs. Predator', followed by the movie 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind'.
U.S. actress Jessica Alba arrives at a replica of a Monte Carlo street before a launch ceremony of Montblanc's new Princesse Grace de Monaco jewellery collection inside the Mont Blanc concept store in Beijing June 1, 2012.
Photo by Petar Kujundzic
The percentage of Americans who believe God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years is about the same as it was 30 years ago, a new survey indicates.
Today, 46 percent of Americans accept this creationist explanation for human existence, a negligible change from the 44 percent who said they agreed with it in 1982, according to Gallup polls.
In the most recent poll, conducted by phone in May, 15 percent of Americans fell on the other end of the spectrum, saying they believed God played no part in human evolution, a process that had taken millions of years. Nearly all of the rest of the respondents, 32 percent, choose the third option, saying they believed humans had evolved, but that God had guided the process, a belief called "theistic evolution."
Not surprisingly, the poll found that Americans who attend church regularly, particularly those who attended on a weekly basis, were much more likely to hold creationist views.
People with postgraduate degrees stood out because they favored evolution (29 percent) over creationism (25 percent), although most (42 percent) said they believed God guided human evolution. More than half of people with a high school education or less said they believed God created humans.
Liza Creamer (C), wife of Charge d'Affaires John S. Creamer (not pictured) head of U S Embassy in Bolivia, performs in the Wi?ay diplomats group of "Morenada Se?orial Illimani" during a traditional "Lord of Power" parade in La Paz, June 2, 2012.
Photo by David Mercado
Two members of the U.S. National Guard photographed breastfeeding in uniform are not expected to face discipline in spite of rules forbidding the use of uniforms to promote a cause, a military spokesman said on Saturday.
Instead, the incident will be used as a "teachable moment" to make clear the U.S. military is not opposed to breastfeeding, Washington National Guard spokesman Keith Kosik said.
"I believe recent events are being viewed as an educational opportunity and I do not anticipate the citizen-airmen in question will receive formal disciplinary action," Kosik said.
National Guardswomen Terran Echegoyen-McCabe and Christina Luna were photographed breastfeeding their babies at Fairchild Air Force in Washington State, by Mom2Mom, a breastfeeding support group.
The images, which show the women in camouflage uniforms, were intended to promote August's World Breastfeeding Week. They went viral on the Internet, stirring up a seemingly endless debate in the United States about the propriety of women breastfeeding in public.
A spokeswoman for Andy Samberg said the actor-comedian is leaving "Saturday Night Live."
Samberg's publicist, Carrie Byalick, said Friday that he won't return as a cast member next season. Samberg's exit follows that of "SNL" cast member Kristen Wiig.
Like other "Saturday Night Live" alumni, Samberg will be seen on the big screen. His new movie with Adam Sandler, "That's My Boy," is out this month.
A eunuch performs onstage during the "National Hijra Habba", a consultation and cultural event for eunuchs, in New Delhi June 2, 2012. The event was organised to bring health awareness and empowerment of transgender and eunuchs communities in India, organiser said on Saturday.
Photo by Adnan Abidi
Britain's famed parliament clock tower Big Ben is set to be renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honor of the queen's diamond jubilee, a report said Friday.
Prime Minister David Cameron is among 331 lawmakers who have signed up to a campaign to bestow the tribute to Queen Elizabeth to mark her 60th year on the throne, the Daily Mail reported.
It mirrors an honor bestowed on Queen Victoria -- the first British monarch to celebrate a diamond jubilee, back in 1897 -- after whom the square tower at the other end of the Houses of Parliament was renamed.
The 316-foot tower is formally known as the Clock Tower, but it is commonly called Big Ben after the huge bell that it holds, whose distinctive "bongs" sound out the hours in central London.
Lawmakers accepted that the iconic tower, which looms over the 19-century Gothic revival parliament, would continue to be known colloquially as Big Ben, but said that its formal name should honor Queen Elizabeth.
The group that represents Catholic sisters in the United States signaled Friday it would challenge a Vatican attempt to pull its doctrine closer toward conservative church policy.
In a statement, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said it would send a high-level delegation to Rome on June 12 to meet senior Vatican officials, then consult its members across the country over the summer.
Its board met in Washington over three days this week after the Holy See -- citing "serious doctrinal problems" -- concluded in mid-April that the group needed to undergo a root-and-branch doctrinal overhaul.
"Board members concluded that the assessment was based on unsubstantiated accusations and the result of a flawed process that lacked transparency," the conference's statement said.
Two women, wearing masks depicting Britain's Queen Elizabeth, pose for a picture during a Jubilee Family Festival in Hyde Park, central London June 2, 2012. Queen Elizabeth gets four days of celebrations to mark her 60 years on the British throne under way on Saturday with one of her favourite pastimes, a trip to the horse races, as tributes to the long-serving monarch pour in
Photo by Stefan Wermuth
Wal-Mart Stores Inc executives told shareholders they would not stand for unethical behavior at the world's largest retailer, whose shares have soared to 12-year highs as strong results more than offset concerns about bribery allegations.
Friday's annual shareholders meeting was the first time that Chairman Rob Walton, a son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, publicly addressed the issue of possible bribery in Mexico. Both he and Chief Executive Mike Duke were named in an April New York Times report which suggested that Wal-Mart executives knew of bribes paid to officials in Mexico and squelched an internal investigation.
Despite the scandal, Wal-Mart's meeting served largely as a 50th anniversary party. The upbeat event was hosted by actor, singer and entrepreneur Justin Timberlake and featured performances from Taylor Swift, Lionel Richie, Celine Dion and other entertainers.
"Acting with integrity is not a negotiable part of this business. It is our business, we will not tolerate violations of the FCPA or ethical wrongdoing of any kind," Walton said, referring to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits bribing foreign officials.
The allegations in the New York Times piece also have spawned 11 derivative lawsuits, which seek recovery for the company rather than shareholders, and one securities lawsuit, Wal-Mart disclosed in a regulatory filing hours after the events finished on Friday.
A rare 1932 cover illustration of "Tintin in America" by Herge, the artist who dreamed up the boy reporter, on Saturday fetched a record 1.3 million euros ($1.6 million) at an auction in Paris.
"The work has been sold at 1,338,509.20 euros, costs included, by a person who wishes to remain anonymous," a spokesman for the auctioneers, Artcurial, told AFP.
The previous owner, another Tintin collector, had bought it for 764,218 euros in 2008, which had until today stood as the record price in this domain.
Belgian comic book artist Herve painted the Indian ink and gouache colour cover for the first edition of the book, which first appeared in 1934.
One of only five such works of cover art remaining by Herve, it shows the young adventurer dressed as a cowboy sitting on a rock, his dog Snowy at his side, as three Indians, two wielding axes, creep up behind him.
This undated photo provided by the New York Botanical Garden shows Claude Monet's painting, "The Artist's Garden in Giverny," which is on display in a new exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden, in New York. Monet once said he owed becoming a painter to his love for flowers and the exhibit explores the French impressionist artist's passion for his beloved water lilies, irises and gardens and how they influenced his art.
The heads of white Americans have become larger, taller and narrower since the 19th century, a new study says.
The forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, did not pinpoint a reason for the changing head shapes or know whether it is primarily due to evolution or lifestyle changes.
The team examined 1,500 skulls dating from the mid-1800s to the mid-1980s and found that the average height from the base to the top of the skull in men increased by eight millimeters (0.3 inches), while skull size grew by 200 cubic centimeters, a space equivalent to a tennis ball.
In women, skull height increased by seven millimeters and skull size increased by 180 cubic centimeters.
The study also found evidence that Americans are maturing earlier. An opening in a certain bone structure of the skull used to close at about age 20, but is now fusing at age 14 in girls and age 16 in boys.
Anchorage residents are apparently not dressing to impress.
That's the upshot of Travel and Leisure Magazine's reader poll, which put the residents of Alaska's largest city at the bottom when it comes to being on the top of style.
The magazine ran an online poll asking readers to rank 35 American cities on such things as best nightlife, best burgers, best New Year's Eve celebrations, etc.
By a three-tenths of a point, Anchorage landed just below Salt Lake City for having the worst-dressed residents.
Mayor Dan Sullivan takes the poor ranking in stride. He calls Anchorage a casual city because of not only the climate, but also because of the rugged, gritty work that people do in that weather.
Joosten, who had battled lung cancer for years, died Saturday in Los Angeles, her publicist Nadine Jolson said.
Joosten won two Emmy awards for her portrayal of Mrs. McCluskey, the cranky but loveable senior who kept a close eye on her Wisteria Lane neighbors on "Desperate Housewives." The hit show ended its run on ABC last month with a series finale in which Joosten's character passed away. Her character's battle with cancer was a story line in the show.
She also appeared on NBC's "The West Wing" as Mrs. Landingham, the president's trusted secretary. Over the years, she had roles in a number of other popular shows, including a recurring one on "Dharma & Greg" and guest spots on shows including "Ally McBeal" and "Scrubs."
Active in animal rights causes, she appeared with other celebrities at a 2008 news conference in Los Angeles to ask the city to abandon a project for a $40 million elephant enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo.
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