Shutdown hits town near Yosemite already hurting from wildfire (CBS News)
Groveland, Calif., is the western gateway to Yosemite National Park and depends on park tourism. The Rim Fire in August wrecked the summer tourist season, and now the government shutdown is forcing at least one business to close. Bill Whitaker reports.
June Thomas: Was Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Good for the Gays? (Slate)
If you're one of those people for whom the Fab Five means Carson, Jai, Kyan, Ted, and Thom rather than Chris, Jalen, Jimmy, Juwan, and Ray, you might want to tune to Bravo and uncork something alcoholic this Sunday night at 9 p.m. In Queer Eye Reunion: 10 Years Later, the guys who taught America's straight men the wonders of depilation sit down with Andy Cohen to banter lightly between clips from some of the grossest, hairiest, tear-jerkingest moments from the five seasons of Queer Eye.
Andrew Shaffer: The Paperback Revolution (Neatorama)
Here's a little perspective: In 1939, gas cost 10 cents a gallon at the pump. A movie ticket set you back 20 cents. John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, the year's bestselling hardcover book, was $2.75. For a nation suffering 20 percent unemployment, books were an impossible expense. But in just one day, Robert de Graff changed that. On June 19, 1939, the tall, dynamic entrepreneur took out a bold, full-page ad in The New York Times: OUT TODAY-THE NEW POCKET BOOKS THAT MAY TRANSFORM NEW YORK'S READING HABITS.
Jake Rossen: "Mental Floss Exclusive: Our Interview with Bill Watterson!"
Q: There is a tendency to rehash and regurgitate properties with sequels and remakes. You had an idea, executed it, then moved on. And you ignored the clamor for more. Why is it so hard for readers to let go?
A: Well, coming at a new work requires a certain amount of patience and energy, and there's always the risk of disappointment. You can't really blame people for preferring more of what they already know and like. The trade-off, of course, is that predictability is boring. Repetition is the death of magic.
Denounced on the floor of the United States Senate as the "grandmother of all agitators," she replied: "I hope to live long enough to be the great-grandmother of all agitators."
What was her name?
Wendy the Good Little Witch is a fictional comic book character from Harvey Comics. Wendy was introduced as a back-up feature as well as a companion for Casper in Casper the Friendly Ghost #20, May 1954. Soon, she was trialed in Harvey Hits, starting with #7. After a total of six appearances, she received her own title, Wendy the Good Little Witch, in 1960.
In addition to Casper, the Wendy comics frequently feature Wendy's "aunties", Thelma, Velma and Zelma, with whom she shares a cottage in a haunted forest. A popular plotline has the aunts becoming frustrated over Wendy's determination to use her magic powers to do only good. Unlike Wendy, her aunts have green wartish skin of the type associated with Halloween witches; most adult witches seen in Wendy's stories have similar skin, implying that, in the Harvey Comics universe, it is a trait witches develop after reaching a certain age. One story states that the reason for this is because witches don't get enough sleep.
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Lois The Elder Of Oregon was first, and correct, with:
Yeah, that's Wendy The Nice Witch, or whatever, shown here
riding her dead boy friend's long hard broomstick. Didn't
notice it at the time, but looking back, I now realize how
utterly filthy everything was back then.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Wendy the Good Little Witch
Alan J wrote:
Wendy the Good Little Witch
mj responded:
That would be
Little Wendy, another from the Caspar the Friendly Ghost people. Never really cared much for those cartoons.
Charlie replied:
Casper the Friendly Ghost, I think.
Adam answered:
Wendy, The Good Little Witch
Sally said:
"Wendy the Good Little Witch" shares a cottage in a haunted forest with her "aunties", Thelma, Velma and Zelma.
Here she is with, "Casper The Friendly Ghost..."
PS: @B2BB, I have a bone to pick with you. You show photo's of the birthday person dejour - and then I click on person of interest. Next, I click on the button on the left or, "Learn More." An hour later (or more) I come back to life - and think of all of my chores left to do... Darn, it's just so interesting, you know? Mumble, grumble...
Marian replied:
Wendy the good little witch
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norfalcali, took the day off.
MAM took the day off.
BttbBob wrote:
Wendy, the Good Little Witch (not so little now, eh?... Har!)
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Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox, 2013 American League Champions. You were definitely the better team... Good luck in the World Series and I'll be rooting for you over St. Louis. Going from last place in your division in '12 (and the 3rd worst record in the AL) to the '13 WS is quite a feat. Kudos...
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Happy Birthday this day to:
And, Joe S answered:
That would be Wendy, The Good Little Witch. I know this because she is friends with Casper The Friendly Ghost. We have a ghost in out house we named Casper because he's a friendly ghost. Now before you raise your eyebrows, I assure you that I quit drinking alcohol and using recreational drugs back about 1974 and Carla never did imbibe.
We call him Casper and refer to him as "he" but sometimes I have the feeling Casper is a "she." Sometimes we can smell scented powder or a mild perfume. Carla uses neither, nor do I. Other people have observed Casper's little tricks, not just Carla and I, so there you go. If Casper gets too annoying we just tell him to knock it off, and he quits. Like I say, he's a friendly ghost. (Or maybe she.
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 fills the night with LIVE'Sunday Night Football', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
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'Revenge', followed by a FRESH'Betrayal'.
The CW has a FRESH'SAF3', followed by 2 hours of what passes for local news and other fluffery.
Faux has an old 'The Simpsons', followed by another old 'The Simpsons', then a RERUN'Simpsons', followed by a RERUN'Bob's Burgers', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by a RERUN'The Simpsons'.
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 another old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by yet another old 'Big Bang Theory'.
AMC offers the movie 'Seed Of Chucky', 'The Walking Dead', followed by a FRESH'The Walking Dead', then a FRESH'Talking Dead'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 2 - Episode 5 NEW
[6:40AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 2 - Episode 6 NEW
[7:20AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 2 - Episode 7 NEW
[8:00AM] NO KITCHEN REQUIRED - Season 1 - Ep 5 - Hawaii
[9:00AM] NO KITCHEN REQUIRED - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Louisiana
[10:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Revisited: Walnut Tree
[11:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Finn McCool's
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 5 - Ep 1 - The Runaway Girl
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Moore Place
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 6 - Episode 7
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 6 - Episode 8
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR Season 16 Special
[5:30PM] CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982)
[8:00PM] FANTASTIC FOUR
[10:30PM] FANTASTIC FOUR
[1:00AM] CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982)
[3:30AM] TOP GEAR Season 16 Special
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 6 - Episode 7 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of NJ', then the FRESH'Queer Eye Reunion: 10 Years Later', and 'Real Housewives Of NJ'.
Comedy Central has 3 hours of 'Futurama', 'Tosh.0', and another 'Tosh.0'.
FX has the movie 'Just Go With It', followed by the movie 'Step Brothers', then the movie 'Step Brothers', again.
History has 'Ancient Aliens', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', and yet one more 'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Malcolm in the Middle-Company Picnic
[6:30PM] Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
[8:45AM] The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
[12:15PM] Company of Heroes
[2:30PM] Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
[4:45PM] Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
[6:45PM] Saw
[9:00PM] Hostel Part II
[11:00PM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Rainn Wilson Wears a Short Sleeved Plaid Shirt & Colorful Sneakers
[11:30PM] The Birthday Boys-Paychecks!
[12:00AM] Saw II
[2:00AM] Saw III
[4:15AM] The Birthday Boys-Paychecks!
[4:45AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-And Now, the Sordid Personal Bits (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Cassandra's Dream
[8:15AM] This Is Spinal Tap
[10:00AM] The French Connection
[12:15PM] Empire of the Sun
[3:30PM] Zodiac
[7:00PM] One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
[10:00PM] The Color Purple
[1:15AM] The Perfect Storm
[4:00AM] The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Ruins', followed by the movie 'Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom'.
Birgit Kroencke Lee AKA Gitte Lee and English actor Christopher Lee attend the 57th BFI London Film Festival Awards Night at Banqueting House Whitehall, on Saturday Oct. 19, 2013, in London.
Photo by Jon Furniss
The federal government shutdown damaged the reputations of Washington politicians but proved good business for the cable television "news" networks - and taught some reporters new benefits of virtually instant communications.
CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC saw their viewership increase during the 16-day partial shutdown, peaking at more than five million Wednesday evening when Congress passed a compromise bill to put the government back online.
MSNBC, which has struggled in this post-election year, saw its average prime-time viewership jump 35 percent to 978,000 this month through Wednesday, compared to the first nine months of the year, the Nielsen company said. Fox, which chose not to make any of its reporters available for this story, was up 9 percent to 2.22 million in the same period (although the network also benefited from a prime-time schedule change this month). CNN improved by 11 percent to 721,000.
The news networks brought their traditional hallmarks of crisis coverage to the political machinations, including "countdown clocks" that marked each second closer to a debt limit deadline. The story meant brutal hours: O'Donnell, who filed for MSNBC, CNBC and NBC News, was at work past 3 a.m. Eastern the first night of the shutdown, then back at 6 a.m. for "Morning Joe."
Cast members of "Last Vegas" and director Jon Turteltaub (R) pose during a ceremony in front of the Bellagio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada October 18, 2013. The actors are (L-3rd R) Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, and Michael Douglas. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (not pictured) and Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak (not pictured) declared Friday to be "Last Vegas Day" in Las Vegas and Clark County. The CBS film opens nationwide on November 1.
Photo by Steve Marcus
A violin that was being played as the Titanic went down was sold for 900,000 pounds ($1.46 million) at auction on Saturday, a record price for memorabilia from the doomed ocean liner.
Band leader Wallace Hartley played the instrument, trying to calm passengers as the ship slipped into the frozen waters of the North Atlantic in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
When Hartley's body was recovered more than 10 days after the disaster, the violin was found in a leather case strapped to him, according to the folklore that has grown up around the event.
It was given back to Hartley's fiancée Maria Robinson in England, and, after she died in 1939, it was donated to her local Salvation Army band and later passed on, eventually to the current owner, whose identity has not been disclosed.
A silver plate on the German-made violin is engraved "For WALLACE on the occasion of our ENGAGEMENT from MARIA".
Last month, archaeologists announced a stunning find: a completely sealed tomb cut into the rock in Tuscany, Italy.
The untouched tomb held what looked like the body of an Etruscan prince holding a spear, along with the ashes of his wife. Several news outlets reported on the discovery of the 2,600-year-old warrior prince.
A bone analysis has revealed the warrior prince was actually a princess, as Judith Weingarten, an alumna of the British School at Athens noted on her blog, Zenobia: Empress of the East.
Historians know relatively little about the Etruscan culture that flourished in what is now Italy until its absorption into the Roman civilization around 400 B.C. Unlike their better-known counterparts, the ancient Greeks and the Romans, the Etruscans left no historical documents, so their graves provide a unique insight into their culture.
U.S. Director Michael Cimino (2nd R) attends an event with U.S. actor Harvey Keitel (2nd L) and British actor Tim Roth (3rd L) at the 5th Lumiere Festival in Lyon October 19, 2013.
Photo by Robert Pratta
For the second time in less than a week, a 'sea serpent' has attracted gawkers on a Southern California beach.
This time the rare, snakelike oarfish washed up Friday afternoon in Oceanside.
The newspaper U-T San Diego reported that it measured nearly 14 feet (4.3 metres) long and attracted a crowd of up to 75 people.
While it's unusual to find the deep-water fish near shore, on Sunday a snorkeler off Catalina Island found an 18-foot (5.5-meter)-long oarfish and dragged it onto the beach with the help of a dozen other people.
According to the Catalina Island Marine Institute, oarfish can grow to more than 50 feet (15 metres), making them the longest bony fish in the world.
A First Nations leader in British Columbia says Canadians can expect more protests to turn as violent as the anti-fracking one in New Brunswick did this week when police moved in to arrest protesters.
Forty people were arrested Thursday following the clash between police and protesters that included the fire-bombing of police vehicles in Rexton, N.B.
At a rally and march in downtown Vancouver Friday, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs denounced the political powers that he said are ultimately behind the escalation of the confrontation in New Brunswick.
"Without question, governments are trying to send a very harsh message that if you stand up and oppose any of these projects, you are going to face the brute force of the state."
Phillip also said the clash between police and members of the Elsipogtog First Nation and their supporters, who were opposing shale gas exploration near their homes, is just the beginning.
An online video of two Boy Scouts of America leaders knocking over a 170-million-year-old rock formation in a Utah State Park has touched off worldwide outrage, state officials said on Friday, and the two men may face charges.
The video was posted on YouTube showing scout leader Glenn Taylor dislodging the massive rock free from its tiny perch in Goblin Valley State Park as Dave Hall films him while singing and laughing.
The rock formation, known as a "goblin," dates to the late Jurassic era and is one of many that give the desert park a surreal appearance that draws visitors from around the world.
The video has been viewed more than 1.4 million times since it was uploaded to YouTube by the Salt Lake Tribune newspaper on Thursday. Fred Hayes, Utah State Parks director, said his office has been inundated with angry calls and emails.
A member of Greenpeace is covered in mock oil made from molasses as she performs an interpretation of the ballet the Dying Swan during a protest in front of the Tonhalle concert hall in Zurich October 19, 2013. Greenpeace criticised the sponsorship of Russian energy company Gazprom of Tonhalle concerts and protested against the company's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. The environmental activists also demanded the release of 28 Greenpeace members and two journalists detained in Russia.
Photo by Arnd Wiegmann
Several hundred delusional gun rights activists armed with rifles and shotguns rallied outside of the Alamo on Saturday in a demonstration that broke a longstanding tradition of not staging such events at the enduring symbol of Texas independence.
Organizers called the "Come and Take It San Antonio!" rally after a confrontation two months ago in which San Antonio police threatened to arrest several gun rights activists who were carrying their rifles outside of a Starbucks. They oppose a local ordinance that they say impinges on people's gun rights.
Demonstrators waved flags emblazoned with "Come and Take It" and "Don't Tread on Me" fluttered above the crowd as gun rights leaders and politicians spoke about Texas liberty and the Second Amendment.
From 1905 to 2011, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas were the Alamo's custodians. But in 2011, lawmakers gave the state's General Land office control of the monument where Col. William Travis and 200 Texas defenders famously died in a siege with the Mexican army in 1836. It was Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson who approved the rally here.
Patterson, who is running for lieutenant governor, did ask attendees to not block the path to the mission and to leave their rifles and signs outside when entering the chapel. "Even though you can lawfully do that, we have a reverence for that location where those men died."
A new installation of British graffiti artist Banksy is pictured in New York, October 18, 2013. Banksy has caught the attention of New York mayor Michael Bloomberg saying that that graffiti ruins property, "It's a sign of decay and loss of control," local media have reported.
Photo by Carlo Allegri
Former Vice-President Dick Cheney (R-Heartless) says he once feared that terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function.
Cheney has a history of heart trouble, suffering the first of five heart attacks at age 37. He underwent a heart transplant last year at age 71.
In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes," Cheney says doctors replaced an implanted defibrillator near his heart in 2007. The device can detect irregular heartbeats and control them with electrical jolts.
Cheney says that he and his doctor, cardiologist Jonathan Reiner, turned off the device's wireless function in case a terrorist tried to send his heart a fatal shock.
Years later, Cheney watched an episode of the Showtime series "Homeland" in which such a scenario was part of the plot.
A woman holds a candle next to a rack of carved pumpkins on display at the Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival in Highwood, Illinois, October 18, 2013. Organizers are trying to set the Guinness Book of World Records for the most lit jack-o'-lanterns on display.
Photo by Jim Young
One of the Siberian cranes that Russian President Vladimir Putin helped teach to fly south last year lost its flock along the way, but has been found and brought to Moscow.
In September 2012, Putin flew on a motorized hang glider as part of a project to teach the endangered birds who were raised in captivity to later follow the aircraft on their migration south to Central Asia.
One of the cranes was recently spotted in the Tyumen region of Siberia and identified by a tag on its right leg as belonging to "Putin's flock."
The crane was flown by airplane to Moscow, where its arrival Friday was covered by state television. The white bird, called Raven, will spend the winter in a wildlife reserve.
Bride dog "Lanlan" and groom dog "Guaiguai" (R) are led during their wedding at the Home of Rescued Animals, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, October 18, 2013. "Lanlan" met her groom after "guaiguai's" current owner, a doctor from the city animal hospital, brought him to visit the centre. Both dogs were found by rescuers with their hind legs injured after a catastrophic 2008 earthquake hit Sichuan.
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