"Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America" by Anne-Marie Cusac: A review by Robert Perkinson (powells.com)
In his inaugural address, Barack Obama pledged to renew the nation's founding creed, to carry forward "that precious gift, that noble idea...that all are equal, all are free." Some 1.8 million people gathered on the National Mall to hear the new president on that icy January morning. Yet a considerably larger mass -- equivalent to adding the population of Boston to the celebration -- spent the same day behind bars.
Andrew Tobias: Four Takes on Health Care (andrewtobias.com)
Peter Singer's recent New York Times Sunday Magazine piece on health care rationing - we already ration health care even though we prefer not to think of it that way - concludes: ...
Peter Singer: Why We Must Ration Health Care (nytimes.com)
You have advanced kidney cancer. It will kill you, probably in the next year or two. A drug called Sutent slows the spread of the cancer and may give you an extra six months, but at a cost of $54,000. Is a few more months worth that much?
Scott Canon: Selling stuff for free is a boom market, but at what cost? (McClatchy Newspapers)
First, a little confession. While this story pretends to be about things becoming free, that's only in the sense of free samples; buy one, get one free; bare bones for free in hopes of selling the deluxe version; free but with advertising. You know the drill. But now free is the new black - chic, essential, even sexy.
Tennessee Williams: the quiet revolutionary (guardian.co.uk)
As Tennessee Williams's 'A Streetcar Named Desire' opens in the West End, let's celebrate a writer with a strong social conscience who saw the human condition - especially his own - as faintly absurd, writes Michael Billington.
Sunday, on Meet the Press, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said of Iran..."We believe as a matter of policy it is unacceptable for Iran to have nuclear weapons... So we are united in our continuing commitment to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons... First, we're going to do everything we can to prevent you from ever getting a nuclear weapon. But your pursuit is futile, because we will never let Iran--nuclear-armed"...
Do you think Obama would use the military option to prevent a nuclear armed Iran?
Jonny Quest (sometimes referred to as The Adventures of Jonny Quest, which is actually a separate series) is a science fiction/adventure animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and created and designed by comic book artist Doug Wildey, about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures. It featured more realistic violence than earlier Hanna-Barbera programs, adding suspense and impact to the show. The first of several Hanna-Barbera action-based adventure shows, which would later include Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, Jonny Quest ran on ABC in prime time for one season in 1964-1965.
Jonny Quest is an eleven-year-old boy, the son of Dr. Benton Quest.
Hadji is Dr. Quest's adopted son, an eleven-year-old Hindu Indian boy. He was orphaned and living on the streets when he was taken in by the Quests. Hadji is seldom seen without his bejewelled turban and Nehru jacket. Hadji comes from Calcutta, India, being an orphan by some unexplained event; he is shown to have mystical talents, sometimes displays hypnotic or telekinetic powers using the incantation "Sim, sim, salabim".
Bandit is Jonny's pet bulldog, a small white dog with black masklike coloration around the eyes (hence the name "Bandit").
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Inspiration to the Venture Brothers
Johnny Quest. What was Race Bannon doing, hanging around with a couple of adolescent boys?
BttbB answered:
Ooooo! That ever cool Jonny Quest! One of my favs!
Alan J responded:
Jonny Quest
Harry replied:
Johnny Quest
Sally wrote:
Another dark day in Jersey (no, no more arrests to date) but I fear we face a day of impending storms, some forecast to be severe.
Okay, I think that Jonny Quest had a dog named Bandit and a sidekick from India, named Haji. I could be wrong though...
PS: Hear tell it's 117o in Portland, Oregon - unbelievable! You folks down south really need to keep your heat to yourselves, hahaha.
What the devil did folks do before AC? God, I hate HOT! Kidding aside, I'm feeling for you guys suffering in the heat.
Colby in Frostproof responded:
Hadji and Bandit were sidekicks to Jonny Quest!
MAM answered:
Jonny Quest's sidekicks were Hadji (an eleven-year-old Hindu Indian boy adopted by Jonny's father) and Bandit (Jonny's pet bulldog).
Jonny Quest, Bandit, and Hadji, circa 1964.
In 1909 Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky set about the project of a lifetime - to capture, in full color, the sites of his country, Russia. Here, find out more about this amazing collection.
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Big Brother 11', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The Original One', then a RERUN'The Mentalist'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Adam Sandler and Cage the Elephant.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are James Spader and Rose Byrne.
NBC begins the night with RERUN'30 Rock', followed by a RERUN'Parks & Recreation', then a RERUN'The Office', followed by a RERUN'30 Rock', then a RERUN'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Paul Giamatti, Jack Dagger, Tonya Kay, and Regina Spektor.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Ashley Tisdale, Tim Meadows, and Jarvis Cocker.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 4/17/09) are Cassidy Freeman and Ben Harper & Relentless7.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Grey's Anatomy', followed by another RERUN'Grey's Anatomy', then a RERUN'Private Practice'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Seth Rogen, Melissa Sagemiller, and Jack's Mannequin.
The CW offers a RERUN'Smallville', followed by a RERUN'Supernatural'.
Faux has a RERUN"Bones', followed by a FRESH'So You Think You Can Dance'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Leaving Las Vegas'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'Crime 360'.
AMC offers the movie 'Training Day', followed by the movie 'True Lies'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 13
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 14
[1:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 6
[1:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 3
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 6 Clubway 41
[3:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 3
[4:00 PM] The Hotel Inspector - Episode 4
[5:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 4
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 The Secret Garden
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Being Human - Episode 1
[9:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 10
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America
[11:00 PM] Being Human - Episode 1
[12:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 10
[1:00 AM] Being Human - Episode 1
[2:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 10
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 6 Jackie Chan, Dawn French and Duffy
[4:00 AM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 6
[4:30 AM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 3
[5:00 AM] BBC World News
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', still another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Atlanta'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Jackass', another 'Jackass', followed by a FRESH'Tosh.0', and 'Important Things With Demetri Martin'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Judd Apatow.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Kathryn Bigelow.
FX has the movie the movie 'Dark Blue', followed by the movie 'Transporter 2'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Gangland', followed by a FRESH'Gangland', 'Pawn Stars', and another 'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] Stay
[7:45 AM] Land of Plenty
[9:45 AM] At the End of the Sentence
[10:00 AM] Dallas 362
[11:45 AM] Hurricane Streets
[1:15 PM] Land of Plenty
[3:15 PM] Dallas 362
[5:00 PM] Hurricane Streets
[6:30 PM] The Limey
[8:00 PM] Mad Max
[9:35 PM] RoboCop
[11:20 PM] This Is Me
[11:30 PM] The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
[1:15 AM] Cherry 2000
[3:00 AM] Mad Max
[4:35 AM] The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Bottom Feeder', followed by the movie 'See No Evil'.
Sundance -
[05:20 AM] Shotgun Stories
[07:00 AM] The Favor
[08:55 AM] Starting Out in the Evening
[10:45 AM] Hair: Let The Sun Shine In
[11:45 AM] The Puffy Chair
[01:15 PM] My Winnipeg
[02:35 PM] The Favor
[04:30 PM] A Curtain Raiser
[05:00 PM] Starting Out in the Evening
[07:00 PM] Death to the Tinman
[07:15 PM] Hair: Let The Sun Shine In
[08:15 PM] Bob Le Flambeur
[10:00 PM] Le Doulos
[12:00 AM] Army Of Shadows
[02:30 AM] Gummo
[04:00 AM] Kurt Cobain: About a Son
[05:45 AM] The Puffy Chair (ALL TIMES EDT)
Author Howard Zinn, right, speaks as actress Marisa Tomei looks on during the History Channel panel for the film 'The People Speak' at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif. on Wednesday, July 29, 2008.
Photo by Matt Sayles
The summer's hottest cable series will be back. Sources said that USA Network has renewed its flagship action drama, "Burn Notice," and breakout freshman hit "Royal Pains."
The pickups come amid another sizzling summer for the basic cable network, which is wrapping up July as cable's most-watched network, finishing first in the second-quarter ratings race.
The Thursday combo of "Burn" and "Pains" has been the main driver of USA's ratings surge, with all fresh episodes of the series landing in the top 20 programs on ad-supported cable for the month.
On July 9, new episodes of "Burn" and "Pains" drew 7.1 million and 7.3 million viewers, respectively.
Rock legend Bob Seger, center, signs autographs and looks back as Tigers Woods prepares to drive during a pro-am event ahead of this week's Buick Open at Warwick Hills in Grand Blanc, Mich., Wednesday, July 29, 2009.
Photo by Carlos Osorio
The Maasai people of Kenya have enlisted the United Nations to help turn their songs, dances and stories into copyrighted assets, a model that could create new income for indigenous groups worldwide.
Wend Wendland, head of the traditional knowledge division at the World Intellectual Property Organization, said the project exposed huge potential for communities to record, archive and also draw income from their cultural richness.
Under the pilot, the Maasai received last week a laptop, camera and digital recorder from WIPO worth 12,000 Swiss francs ($11,000) and were trained in how to conduct interviews, catalog digital files and maintain archives.
WIPO has said it will provide long-term support under the project and, if requested, will help the community share its cultural files online or through major commercial channels.
Israel's biggest daily newspaper is boasting a new international correspondent - Madonna.
The Material Girl's byline is on the front page of Wednesday's issue of Yediot Ahronot with an excerpt from her upcoming article headlined: "How My Life Changed."
The paper translated her words into Hebrew. Madonna's full article is to be published Friday.
In her article, the 50-year-old entertainer describes her religious awakening almost 14 years ago, saying she realized fame and fortune were not the end but only the beginning.
"9 to 5: The Musical," the Broadway show that features a score by country superstar Dolly Parton, will close Labor Day weekend after a disappointing four-month run, its producers announced Wednesday.
The musical will have played 148 performances when it closes Sept. 6 at the Marquis Theatre.
A national tour is expected to start in September 2010 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville.
A model presents a creation of Colombian designer Alejandra Trujillo during the Colombiamoda fashion show in Medellin July 29, 2009.
Photo by Jose Miguel
Ninety years after the founding of the Bauhaus school, a new exhibition in Berlin brings together the collections of three museums for the largest celebration ever of the most famous and influential school of avant-garde art and design in the 20th century.
The 1,000 objects that are presented in 18 galleries at the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum in Berlin extend far beyond the familiar images of Bauhaus.
There are little-known paper cuttings by Bauhaus students, expressionist paintings by their teachers, metal sculptures, pottery, a chess board and even a sleekly designed baby cradle.
Shaped by its three directors Walter Gropius, Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the Bauhaus school was formed in 1919 in Weimar to transcend the divisions that had separated arts and crafts, and emphasize a new modern aesthetic that could also be mass-produced.
Former game show host and longtime animal rights activist Bob Barker has made a personal appeal to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina to stop exhibiting bears in pit-like enclosures at three local zoos.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that Barker met Tuesday with Principal Chief Michell Hicks and five members of the Tribal Council. He called the bears' conditions inhumane and asked that they be turned over to a sanctuary in California.
"To think that with as advanced as our civilization is now that there is any place in the United States were bears are kept in pits is just unbelievable," said Barker, who is part American Indian and grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. "Just picture yourself, if your life, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, month after month, was in a pit."
The bears are displayed in walled enclosures set into the ground at three local attractions that bill themselves as zoos and theme parks.
New City Attorney Carmen Trutanich (R-Corporate Media Whore) promised to do things differently when he ran for office this year.
Less than a month after taking the job, he's created a whirl of questions at City Hall about his approach after announcing he's investigating possible criminal activity linked to city expenditures involved in Michael Jackson's lavish memorial.
What began as an investigation into how the city might recoup the estimated $1.4 million it spent on police protection and other services took an abrupt turn last week when Trutanich disclosed his investigators had turned up "criminal aspects."
Los Angeles routinely deploys extra police to keep order at large events like the Academy Awards and the annual marathon, but the decision to turn out 3,200 officers for the Jackson event - and spend nearly $50,000 to feed them - created by a media-driven public backlash at a time when the mayor has been struggling to close a projected $530 million budget hole.
Biomedical researchers on Wednesday said they could explain why we swing our arms when we walk, a practice that has long piqued scientific curiosity.
Swinging one's arms comes at a cost. We need muscles to do it, and we need to provide energy in the form of food for those muscles. So what's the advantage?
Holding one's arms as one walks requires 12 percent more metabolic energy, compared with swinging them.
The arms' pendulum swing also helps dampen the bobbly up-and-down motion of walking, which is itself an energy drain for the muscles of the lower legs.
If you hold your arms while walking, this movement, called vertical ground reaction moment, rises by a whopping 63 percent.
Creatures large and small may play an unsuspectedly important role in the stirring of ocean waters, according to a study released Wednesday.
So-called ocean mixing entails the transfer of cold and warm waters between the equator and poles, as well as between the icy, nutrient-rich depths and the sun-soaked top layer.
It plays a crucial part in marine biodiversity and, scientists now suspect, in maintaining Earth's climate.
The notion that fish and other sea swimmers might somehow contribute significantly to currents as they moved forward was first proposed in the mid-1950s by Charles Darwin, grandson of the the legendary evolutionary biologist of the same name.
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Hadji and Bandit the dog were which cartoon character's sidekicks?
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