Zack Kopplin: Why Bill Nye the Science Guy is trying to reason with America's creationists (Guardian)
Unfortunately, with or without the Nye debate, much of the American population already sees creationism as a scientifically valid alternative to evolution. There isn't a single legitimate research lab in the country studying biblical creation or Noah's flood, but creationism is still influencing public policy and is still being taught in public school science classes.
Matthew Yglesias: This Again? (Slate)
Karl Marx wrote that history repeats itself: The first occurrence is tragedy, the second is farce. House Republicans now seem determined to ask what happens when you get a third go at it.
Robert Evans, Spose, "7 Things a Record Deal Teaches You About the Music Industry" (Cracked)
My fairy tale lasted 11 months before they abruptly dropped me from my recording contract without ever releasing my album, despite my first single going gold (selling over 600,000 copies in just a few months). In that short time, I got a crash course in the recording industry: how it works, how they exploit and manipulate young talent, and how to go from having nothing to everything to nothing again in a very short period of time.
The Celtic nations are territories in Northern and Western Europe whose own Celtic languages and/or cultural traits have survived.
The term "nation" is used in its original sense to mean a people who share a common identity and culture and are identified with a traditional territory. It is not synonymous with "sovereign state".
The six territories recognised as Celtic nations are Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), Ireland (Éire), the Isle of Man (Mannin), Scotland (Alba), and Wales (Cymru). Each of these regions has a Celtic language that is either still spoken or was spoken into modern times. Territories in north-western Iberia-particularly Galicia and Asturias; sometimes referred to as Gallaecia, which includes North and North-Central Portugal -are sometimes included due to their culture and history. Unlike the others, however, no Celtic language has been spoken there in modern times. Before the expansions of Ancient Rome and the Germanic tribes, a significant part of Europe was Celtic.
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Lois Of Oregon In TV Land was first, and correct, with:
Why the answer is six...number six...number six...NUMBER
SIX! Ah! That explains why Number Six is the Prisoner's new
name! Six Celtic Nations held prisoner by the British
Empire! FREEDOM!!!
Alan J said:
Six
Charlie wrote:
It's either six or seven, depending on if Galicia (in northern Spain), is included. Sometimes Asturias, also in northern Spain is included, which would make eight.
I don't think the Boston basketball team really fits in here anywhere, though I wouldn't be surprised if someone managed to come up with a link somehow...
Adam answered:
6, more than I thought.
Marian is on ice patrol in Philly.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
The six territories recognised as Celtic nations are Brittany, Cornwall , Ireland, the Isle of Man, Scotland, and Wales.
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali, responded:
The six territories recognized as Celtic nations are Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), Ireland (Éire), the Isle of Man (Mannin), Scotland (Alba), and Wales (Cymru). Each of these regions has a Celtic language that is either still spoken or was spoken into modern times.
Sally said:
6 territories are recognized as Celtic nations.
PS: No school today, but sleeting out which could be bad for our power lines...
DJ Useo answered:
Sure'n the answer is 6. A foine bit'o inquiry today. Ta.
BttbBob responded:
Hmmm... Now yer talkin' 'bout one of my fa-vo-rite topics - The history of Humanity. Why, just yesterday an E! pal who shares that same interest sent me a link 'bout possible ancient Asian migration patterns to North America. I have sent similar links to her. We do that kinda stuff cuz we enjoy that kinda stuff. It can get kinda addictin', too, cuz the topic can be so amazin'...
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Now, as to the answer... (first, though, I admire how the question was posed)
Eire, of course, is one. The whole damn'd island... and that includes those Cromwellian and 'Orange' hold-overs up in Ulster... Alba (Scotland) another. The Scots Gaelic is close enough to what's spoken in Eire that they can understand each other for the most part. Mann is Celtic (and Gaelic). Brittany is a noted Celtic region. Cornwall in the far west of England has always considered themselves a separate entity within the UK with its ancient Celtic roots. There's even a "Cornish" language with commonality to Welsh and Breton. The Galician region of northwest Spain is largely Celtic in certain cultural natures, however, without distinctive Celtic linguistics... So, its 6 or mebbee 7.
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Memo to Charlie: Way cool Bernstein kink... er, link. Thanks!
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Memo to DJ Useo: I like the 'Yes vs Robert Plant' mash-up... but, then again I'm a big "Yes" fan... ? Yes - Roundabout - YouTube / ? Yes ~ I've Seen All Good People: Your Move (1971) - YouTube Those are on my 'Learning to be an 18 year old army medic' sound track, winter '71-'72...
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Unable to elaborate on birthdays... The VA was kinda 'invasive' today and I'm plum run out o' gas... But, gotta post this one...
And, Joe S replied:
responded:
The Celtic nations are territories in Northern and Western Europe whose own Celtic languages and/or cultural traits have survived.
The term "nation" is used in its original sense to mean a people who share a common identity and culture and are identified with a traditional territory. It is not synonymous with "sovereign state".
The six territories recognised as Celtic nations are Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), Ireland (Éire), the Isle of Man (Mannin), Scotland (Alba), and Wales (Cymru). Each of these regions has a Celtic language that is either still spoken or was spoken into modern times.
Territories in north-western Iberia-particularly Galicia and Asturias; sometimes referred to as Gallaecia, which includes North and North-Central Portugal -are sometimes included due to their culture and history. Unlike the others, however, no Celtic language has been spoken there in modern times. Before the expansions of Ancient Rome and the Germanic tribes, a significant part of Europe was Celtic.
All I know about that is what I just read in the text above, and I'm not all sure of what most of it means. I do know that I find pale, white-skinned women with red hair strange and fascinating.
Like Julianne Moore
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Big Bang Theory', followed by a FRESH'The Millers', then a FRESH'The Crazy Ones', followed by a FRESH'2½ Men', then a FRESH'Elementary'.
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MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
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Actors George Clooney, left, and John Goodman attend the premiere of "The Monuments Men" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in New York.
Photo by Evan Agostini
Sandra Fluke, whose advocacy for mandatory insurance coverage of contraception inspired Rush Limbaugh to insinuate she was a "slut," is running for the California state Senate.
Fluke had been rumored to be pursuing the U.S. congressional seat of retiring Democrat Henry Waxman.
Fluke will run for a seat representing the 26th District, which represents parts of Hollywood, Los Angeles and Santa Monica, CNN reported.
Fluke became a national figure in 2012 after conservative talk radio drug addict/sex tourist Limbaugh commented on testimony in which she advocated for contraception coverage in health care reform.
Musician Roger Waters attends the premiere of "The Monuments Men" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in New York.
Photo by Evan Agostini
True to his passionate and animated TV persona, "Science Guy" Bill Nye tapped on the podium, threw up his hands and noted that science shows the Earth is "billions and billions" of years old in a debate at a Kentucky museum known for teaching that the planet's age is only 6,000.
Nye was debating Creation Museum founder Ken Ham and promoting science in the snappy way that made him a pop culture staple as host of "Bill Nye The Science Guy" in the 1990s.
Ham, an Australian native who has built a thriving ministry in Kentucky, said he trusts the story of creation presented by the Bible.
Nye delivered a passionate speech on science and challenged the museum's teachings on the age of the earth and the Bible's flood story. Like most scientists, Nye believes there is no credible evidence that the world is only 6,000 years old.
Last week's disqualification of "Alone Yet Not Alone" from Oscar's best song category is the latest in a series of scandals and head-scratchers that have plagued the music Oscars for years.
It's only the second time in four decades that a music nomination has been withdrawn. The last time was in 1972, when composer Nino Rota's Oscar-nominated score for "The Godfather" was declared ineligible after it was learned that his love theme was written for a 1958 Italian film.
The "Godfather" score was replaced by a new nominee, John Addison's music for "Sleuth." Curiously, the winner that year was the score from "Limelight," Charlie Chaplin's 1952 movie, which became eligible by getting a belated Los Angeles release in 1972.
In the case of "Alone Yet Not Alone," the title song of a low-budget, faith-based film, composer Bruce Broughton was taken to task by Acad governors for sending emails to friends in the music branch that asked them to consider his tune (written with lyricist Dennis Spiegel and featured prominently in the film, set during the French and Indian War).
Broughton, a former Acad governor, insisted he didn't ask anyone to vote for the song, but rather that they listen to and consider it. "I'm devastated," he told Variety. "I indulged in the simplest, lamest, grass-roots campaign, and it went against me when the song started getting attention. I got taken down by competition that had months of promotion and advertising behind them."
A Paris street scene painted by Camille Pissarro sold for £19.9 million ($32.1 million, 24 million euros) at a London sale on Wednesday, almost five times the previous record for the Impressionist master at auction.
The Danish-French painter's "Boulevard Montmartre, Matinee de Printemps", widely considered to be one of the most important Impressionist works to come up for sale in the last decade, went under the hammer at London's Sotheby's auction house.
The auction also saw the highest price for a Vincent Van Gogh painting at auction in the British capital for 25 years when a bidder fought of competition from six rivals to secure "L'Homme est en mer" for £16.9 million.
Record prices were also achieved for a print by Cubist master Picasso and for a work on paper by Swiss sculptor, painter and draughtsman Alberto Giacometti.
The members of the international jury of the upcoming 64th Berlinale International Film Festival pose for photos in Berlin February 5, 2014. The festival runs from February 6 until 16 in the German capital. The members are (L-R): director Michel Gondry, actress Greta Gerwig, producer Barbara Broccoli, producer James Schamus, actress Trine Dyrholm, actor Christoph Waltz, actor Tony Leung and director Mitra Farahani.
Photo by Tobias Schwarz
France has launched a move to restore a ban on genetically modified (GMO) maize annulled by its top court to prevent sowings this spring that could raise public outcry in a country strongly opposed to GMO crops.
A Senator of the ruling Socialist party submitted a draft law on Tuesday calling for the cultivation of any variety of genetically modified maize to be prohibited in the country.
France's previous bans on GMO maize, which only applied to Monsanto's MON 810, the sole GMO crop allowed for cultivation in the European Union, had all been overturned by the country's highest administrative court as lacking sufficient scientific grounds.
The new measure would also apply to any strain adopted in the future, including the insect-resistant maize known as Pioneer 1507 developed jointly by DuPont and Dow Chemical, which could be approved by the EU later this year.
Musician Kenny G, center, greets actor Don Cheadle, right, on the 18th green of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the celebrity shootout event of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Pebble Beach, Calif. At left is actor Lucas Black.
Photo by Eric Risberg
A Tennessee judge who ordered a baby's name changed from Messiah to Martin, saying the former was reserved for Jesus Christ, has been fired, court officials said on Tuesday.
Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew of Cocke County in eastern Tennessee last August ordered a boy's first name changed over the objections of his parents when they appeared before her seeking to settle other issues.
O. Duane Slone, presiding judge of the state's fourth judicial district, terminated Ballew's appointment, effective last Friday, according to court documents.
Slone did not give a reason in his order, but Ballew had previously been cited by the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct for an inappropriate religious bias. A hearing is scheduled for March 3.
Both the mother, Jaleesa Martin, and the father, Jawaan McCullough, were insisting on their respective surnames for baby Messiah. Ballew instead threw out the child's birth name and ordered the boy renamed Martin DeShawn McCullough.
Animal rights activists perform as a form of protest against the slaughter of dolphins by Japanese fishermen, at St. Stephen's square in Vienna February 5, 2014.
Photo by Heinz-Peter Bader
The Vatican "systematically" adopted policies that allowed priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children over decades, a U.N. human rights committee said Wednesday, urging the Holy See to open its files on pedophiles and bishops who concealed their crimes.
In a devastating report hailed by abuse victims, the U.N. committee severely criticized the Holy See for its attitudes toward homosexuality, contraception and abortion and said it should change its own canon law to ensure children's rights and their access to health care are guaranteed.
The Vatican promptly objected and its U.N. ambassador accused the committee of having betrayed the international body's own objectives by allowing itself to be swayed by pro-gay ideologues. He said it appeared the committee simply hadn't listened when the Holy See outlined all the measures it has taken to protect children.
Critically, the committee rejected the Vatican's longstanding argument that it doesn't control bishops or their abusive priests, saying the Holy See was responsible for implementing the treaty not just in the Vatican City State but around the world "as the supreme power of the Catholic Church through individuals and institutions placed under its authority."
In its report, the committee blasted the "code of silence" that has long been used to keep victims quiet, saying the Holy See had "systematically placed preservation of the reputation of the church and the alleged offender over the protection of child victims." It called on the Holy See to provide compensation to victims and hold accountable not just the abusers, but also those who covered up their crimes.
A 1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud Mulliner cabriolet, owned by former French actress Brigitte Bardot during the early 1970s, is displayed ahead of Artcurial's sale of vintage and classic cars during Retromobile vintage car show in Paris February 5, 2014.
Photo by Benoit Tessier
A painting bought by a British businessman who thought it was by famed artist Marc Chagall is a "very bad copy", an expert Paris-based committee announced, though it ruled out any hasty destruction of the fake.
Martin Lang spent £100,000 (121,000 euros, $163,000) on what he believed was an original work by Russian-born artist Chagall in 1992, but learned it was a fake when his painting was tested for a BBC documentary and sent to the Chagall Committee for verification.
Lang was shocked when he found out that the committee intended to keep and destroy the painting -- a nude -- wishing instead that they mark the word "forgery" on the back of the canvas and return it to him.
Under French law, counterfeit work can be destroyed, and the committee told AFP late Tuesday that it could go to court if the 63-year-old property developer refused.
Lang had insisted in an interview that the painting was his property -- fake or not -- and had pointed out that the canvas could be evidence against the forgers and should therefore be preserved.
A Mammoth tusk extracted from ice complex deposits along the Logata River in Taimyr, Russia, is shown in this undated handout photo provided by Professor Per Moller February 5, 2014. Flower power may have meant the difference between life and death for some of the extinct giants of the Ice Age including the mighty woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros.
Photo by Per Moller/Johanna Anjar
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) - the branch of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for developing new, cutting-edge technologies for the military - is shedding some of its secrecy by making all of its open-source code freely and easily accessible online.
This week, the agency launched the DARPA Open Catalog, an online database of open-source software, publications, and other data, from public DARPA-funded projects. The catalog will function as a way for DARPA to organize and share results from the agency's research efforts, according to DARPA officials.
The database will likely be of particular interest to the research and development community, and DARPA is hoping the move will spur innovation and lead to new collaborations in the future.
The catalog's initial offerings include software toolkits and peer-reviewed publications from the agency's XDATA program, which was designed to address the challenge warfighters face in processing and analyzing huge amounts of data. The program required taking new approaches to data science, such as examining software tools to better visualize the data, and figuring out ways to enable rapid customization to fit the needs of different missions.
An man and horse dressed as death perform at a theater show titled Calacas, or Skeleton, in Mexico City, late Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Calacas is put on by the Zingaro Equestrian Theater, created by French artist Clement Marty who is known as Bartabas.
Photo by Christian Palma
An El Paso man faces up to 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to urinating on the Alamo, the iconic structure seen by many as the symbol of the Texas spirit.
"The message is, 'don't whiz on the Alamo,'" Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed, said in a statement that added she would oppose any request for probation.
Daniel Athens, 23, pleaded guilty in a San Antonio court on Tuesday to the felony of Criminal Mischief of a Public Monument or Place of Human Burial, which carries a punishment of up to two years in prison. As part of a plea deal, Athens will have to pay $4,000 to repair any damage he caused.
The Alamo has suffered its share of urinary insults over the years, the most famous was from British rocker Ozzy Osbourne, who in 1982 urinated on the Cenotaph, a memorial to the Texans killed at the battle.
Osbourne was banned from the city by the city council, a symbolic move that was later rescinded after he donated $10,000 for the Alamo's upkeep.
A wildlife carers release a Grey Headed Flying Fox, also known as fruitbat, in Centennial Park in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Each year thousands of native wildlife are rescued by volunteers when anti bird netting thrown loosely over fruit trees entangles birds, bats, and reptiles. The Grey Headed Flying Fox is classified as Vulnerable to extinction by the NSW Department of Environment & Heritage.
Photo by Rob Griffith
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