Aisha Harris: The History of Mister Rogers' Powerful Message (Slate)
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.
Paul Krugman: "Holy Coding Error, Batman" (New York Times)
If true, this is embarrassing and worse for R-R. But the really guilty parties here are all the people who seized on a disputed research result, knowing nothing about the research, because it said what they wanted to hear.
David Haglund: "'We're the No. 1 Threat to Women! The Feminist Comedy of Louis C.K." (Slate)
… "How do women still go out with guys, when you consider that there is no greater threat to women than men? We're the number one threat to women! Globally and historically, we're the number one cause of injury and mayhem to women." A moment later he adds, speaking for all men, "You know what our number one threat is? Heart disease."
Lake Superior (French: Lac Supérieur) is the largest of the five traditionally demarcated Great Lakes of North America. The lake is bounded by Ontario and Minnesota to the north and west, and Wisconsin and Michigan to the south. It is generally considered the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. It is the world's third-largest freshwater lake by volume.
The Ojibwe call the lake gichigami, meaning "big water." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the name as "Gitche Gumee" in The Song of Hiawatha, as did Gordon Lightfoot in his song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
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Charlie was first, and correct, with:
Ignoring that it's partly in Canada, and also ignoring that Lakes Michigan and Huron combined are hydrologically one lake, it's the big lake they call Gitche Gumee, a.k.a. Lake Superior.
Everyone knows the song, but I'll link to it anyway
Alan J wrote:
Michigan
Adam answered:
Lake Superior, 'cause it's superior.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Lake Superior
Surface Area: 31,700 square miles.
Marian replied:
Lake Superior
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali, is celebrating the end of tax season for a few more days.
Sally said:
OMG, this is the question for B2BB! Coming from the ocean part of the country, I see a, "Lake" as something from which you can see the other side. B2BB has educated me about the, "Great Lakes" and I think his Lake Michigan is the largest in the States. (I could be wrong, coming from the ocean POV, but I don't think so...
This is "Sloan Lake" in Denver CO, a few blocks from where my kids grew up. We spent many a day/night there enjoying the water, and band concerts in the summer. It is a natural lake as well; people there think it's huge...
PS: Your Pledge is in the Paypal!
And, Joe S replied:
As I live in the Great State of Michigan (well it used to be before Rick Snyder and his minions too over) I know the answer is Lake Superior.
CBS opens the night with a RERUN'Big Bang Theory', followed by a RERUN'2½ Men', then a RERUN'Big Bang Theory', followed by a RERUN'2 Broke Girls', then a RERUN'Person Of Interest'.
On a RERUNDave (from 2/21/13) are Stupid Human Tricks, Johnny Depp, and Bill Carter and the Blame.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Ginnifer Goodwin and Salman Rushdie.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Community', followed by a FRESH'The Office', then a FRESH'Parks & Recreation', followed by another FRESH'Parks & Recreation', then a FRESH'Hannibal'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 3/12/13) are Olivia Wilde, Nick Offerman, Buddy Guy and the Experience Hendrix All-Star Band.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 4/2/13) are Tracy Morgan, Andy Cohen, Deerhunter, and B.J. Thomas.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 3/19/13) are Jake Bugg, The Trouble with Templeton, Angel Haze, and Maximum Hedrum.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Wife Swap', followed by a RERUN'Grey's Anatomy', then a RERUN'Scandal'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Chris O'Donnell, Ken Jeong, and Phoenix.
The CW offers a FRESH'The Vampire Diaries', followed by a FRESH'Beauty & The Beast'.
Faux has a FRESH'American Idol', followed by a FRESH'Glee'.
MY has an old 'White Collar', followed by another old 'White Collar'.
A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'The First 48', then a FRESH'The Killer Speaks'.
AMC offers the movie 'Godzilla', 'Freakshow', another 'Freakshow', still another 'Freakshow', yet another 'Freakshow', 'Comic Book Men', and another 'Comic Book Men'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 9 - Ep 2 - k.d. lang, Bill Bailey, Jennifer Hudson
[9:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 9 - Ep 3 - Miranda Hart, Jack Whitehall, Nico Evers-Swindell, Camilla Luddington, Adele
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 4 - Ep 13 - Journey's End
[11:00AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE NEXT DOCTOR
[12:00PM] MERLIN - Season 2 - Ep 1 - The Curse of Cornelius Sigan
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 1 - Handlebar
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 2 - D-Place
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 3 - Ep 1 - La Parra de Burriana
[4:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Vincent and The Doctor
[5:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 11 - The Lodger
[6:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 12 - The Pandorica Opens
[7:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 13 - The Big Bang
[8:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 8 - Cold War
[9:00PM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Variation Under Nature
[10:00PM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 13 - Ep 2 - Michael Buble, Amanda Holden, Jack Dee NEW
[11:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 8 - Cold War
[12:00AM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Variation Under Nature
[1:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 13 - Ep 2 - Michael Buble, Amanda Holden, Jack Dee
[2:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Vincent and The Doctor
[3:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 11 - The Lodger
[4:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 12 - The Pandorica Opens
[5:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 13 - The Big Bang (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Tabatha Takes Over', 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Tabatha Takes Over'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH'The Ben Show With Ben Hoffman', then a FRESH'Nathan For You'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Mark Mazzetti.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Richard Engel.
FX has the movie 'Grown Ups', followed by a FRESH'Anger Management', then another FRESH'Anger Management', another 'Anger Management', and still another 'Anger Management'.
History has 'Swamp People', another 'Swamp People', followed by a FRESH'Swamp People', then a FRESH'Chasing Tail', followed by another FRESH'Chasing Tail'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] The Freshman
[8:15AM] Poltergeist
[10:45AM] Teaching Mrs. Tingle
[12:45PM] Less Than Zero
[3:00PM] The Freshman
[5:15PM] Bad Boys
[8:00PM] Domino
[10:45PM] Bachelor Party
[1:00AM] Domino
[3:45AM] Bachelor Party (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-The Garage Door
[7:00AM] Inventing the Abbotts
[9:00AM] The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
[10:45AM] Gigantic
[12:30PM] Inventing the Abbotts
[2:30PM] The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
[4:15PM] Gigantic
[6:00PM] Barton Fink
[8:00PM] Top of the Lake-Episode 6
[9:00PM] Top of the Lake-Episode 7
[10:00PM] The Haunting in Connecticut
[11:45PM] The Haunting in Connecticut
[1:30AM] Vampires
[3:15AM] Barton Fink
[5:15AM] The Business Trip
[5:30AM] The Mortified Sessions-Singer Alanis Morissette & TOMS Shoes Founder Blake Mycoskie (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has fills the night with the movie 'The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Eva Mendes, Chris Messina, and Alt-J.
Actor Robert DeNiro, left, and his wife Grace Hightower, attend the Vanity Fair Tribeca Film Festival Party, on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in New York.
Photo by Andy Kropa
The former Beatle recorded a voice message that's part of a text-to-call operation Wednesday for Bennett's Voices Against Violence campaign. McCartney and others are encouraging Americans to send a text, which will lead to the singer's message and connect the caller to their local Senate office after providing their zip code.
The Senate will vote Wednesday on a proposal to expand background checks fellate the NRA, the linchpin of the effort to curb gun violence. In December, 20 children and six aides women were shot and killed slaughtered at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, once again propelling gun violence into a national issue. Families of the Newtown victims have been lobbying lawmakers the NRA's catamites.
Other celebrities supporting include Alec Baldwin, Gloria Estefan, Josh Groban and Juanes.
Actress Jennifer Aniston arrives at the premiere of the Lifetime cable channel film "Call Me Crazy: A Five Film" in Los Angeles April 16, 2013. The film is comprised of five short films interwoven together dealing with mental illness. Aniston is the executive producer of one of the short films.
Photo by Fred Prouser
The Library of Congress is being honored with a special Grammy Award in Washington for its work over the past decade to preserve historic audio recordings.
The Recording Academy will present its Grammys on the Hill Award to the library on Wednesday night. The group is also honoring Jennifer Hudson with a Recording Artist Coalition Award for her charity work.
The Grammys on the Hill Awards are meant to connect the music industry with the world of policy and politics in Washington.
Daryl Friedman, the Recording Academy's chief lobbyist in Washington, says the library's National Recording Registry that preserves historic sound recordings each year has raised the profile of great American recordings.
Actor Christopher Walken, left, and his wife, casting director Georgianne Walken, right, attend the Vanity Fair Tribeca Film Festival Party, on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in New York.
Photo by Andy Kropa
Superman's 75th anniversary is giving his creators' blue-collar hometown a renewed chance to claim the superhero as its own.
Fans hope Thursday's anniversary, including lighting city hall with Superman's colors, will raise the profile of co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
The city is making a start with a Superman day proclaimed by the mayor and giving out birthday cake at the airport's Superman display.
Siegel and Shuster labored on their creation for years in the throttling grip of the Great Depression before finally selling Superman to a publisher.
The Man of Steel became a Depression-era bootstrap strategy for the Siegel/Shuster team, according to Brad Ricca, a professor at nearby Case Western Reserve University who uses Superman in his classes.
The New York Post was derided Tuesday for apparent inaccuracies in its reporting on the bombing at the Boston Marathon. And now, its rival tabloid, the Daily News, is facing criticism over an apparent photo touch-up.
On yesterday's cover wrap, the News ran a photo taken by John Tlumacki of The Boston Globe showing an injured woman lying in a pool of blood while being tended to by a civilian.
It was one of many widely circulated images capturing the moments after explosives were detonated near the finish line of the marathon on Monday afternoon, killing as least three and wounding more than 170 in a likely terrorist attack about which police are still scrambling to scare up leads.
But the version published by the News seemed to erase a gory wound to the woman's leg that was visible in other publications that used the photo. On Tuesday evening, a link to a blog post exposing the manipulation began circulating among News journalists, some of whom were none-too-pleased about the situation, multiple newsroom sources told Capital.
"If you can't stomach the gore, don't run the photo. Period," wrote Charles Apple, the author of the blog post and an editor at the Orange County Register of Santa Ana, Calif. He also noted that Newark's Star-Ledger ran the same photo on page one exactly as it had been taken by the Globe photographer.
Actress Tilda Swinton sleeps in a box for her performance piece called "The Maybe.", at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, April 17, 2013.
Photo by Keith Bedford
A British television channel is pulling a comedy about a group of hapless terrorists from its schedule in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings.
The Film4 channel was planning to air the movie "Four Lions" next Monday. The 2010 film is a dark comedy about four incompetent British Muslim jihadists who undergo terrorism training before trying to attack the London Marathon.
Film4 said Wednesday it has decided not to proceed with the broadcast "in light of recent tragic events."
The London Marathon is scheduled to go ahead on Sunday. British police said more searches will be carried out and more officers will be put on the streets.
Beverly Pink and Gloria Pink attend the "At Any Price" Los Angeles premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on April 16, 2013 in Hollywood, California.
Photo by Todd Williamson
When an unsolicited email arrives, most people hit delete and move on with their lives. Not Bart Cohn.
The Wildwood, Mo., resident received a newsletter from Brian Nieves, a Republican member of the Missouri Senate with whom Cohn does not see eye to eye on the issues. According to River Front Times, which originally reported the story, Cohn wrote a seven-word reply to Nieves' newsletter. "Take me off your mailing list. Freak."
And thus began a wackadoo exchange of insults between Cohn and Nieves, all of which were forwarded by Cohn to River Front Times.
After Cohn's tersely worded response, Nieves issued a retort:
Ernie Hudson, second from right, and his family arrive at Lifetime and Sony Pictures Television's premiere event for "Call Me Crazy: A Five Film" at the Pacific Design Center on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in West Hollywood, Calif. "Call Me Crazy" debuts on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 8 PM on Lifetime.
Photo by John Shearer
Organizers say more than 3,000 tickets have already been purchased by people around the globe who plan to attend the wrap party next month in Scranton to commemorate the final episode of the NBC comedy "The Office."
The long-running show is set in the northeastern Pennsylvania city. Organizers of the May 4 celebration say John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer, who play lovebirds Jim and Pam Halpert, are among the cast and crew members who'll attend.
The Times-Tribune of Scranton reports one of the event's sponsor, Times-Shamrock Communications, says more than 3,000 tickets have been sold since Monday. The company's regional director of marketing and events, Timothy L. Holmes, says purchases are coming from as far away as Canada and Great Britain.
Wax figures (L-R) of Australian model Miranda Kerr, actor Eric Bana, singer Dannii Minogue, tennis player Lleyton Hewitt, (front L-R) singer Keith Urban and actress Nicole Kidman are placed for pictures in front of the Sydney Opera House and harbour bridge April 17, 2013. Wax figures of several Australian celebrities were placed at Sydney Harbour to commemorate the first anniversary of the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Sydney.
Photo by Daniel Munoz
A rare pink diamond once owned by Indian royalty has sold for $39.3 million at auction in New York City.
The price for the 34.65-carat diamond that sold at Christie's on Tuesday was the second-highest ever for a jewel sold at auction. The seller and buyer were anonymous.
The gem nicknamed the Princie Diamond was discovered 300 years ago in the Golconda mines in India.
In 1960, the diamond was purchased at auction by the London branch of the jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels.
Its name was bestowed at a party at the firm's Paris store. It was called Princie in honor of the 14-year-old prince of Baroda, who attended the party with his mother, Maharani Sita Devi.
A man holds a fish that will be released into the wild by devotees on the first day of Myanmar Burma's new year near Gabaraye Pagoda in Yangon April 17, 2013. People in Myanmar Burma traditionally release animals into the wild on the first day of their traditional new year as a way of earning merit, which is based on a Buddhist tenet. An officer from the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries said that over a million fish were released in Yangon on Wednesday.
Photo by Soe Zeya Tun
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