Eve Ensler: Drill, Drill, Drill (huffingtonpost.com)
I don't like raging at women. I am a feminist and have spent my life trying to help empower women and stop violence against them. But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to feminism.
John Paul: Interview with John McCrea of Cake (bullz-eye.com)
"The idea of making a living from selling musical recordings is sort of a quaint idea and is no longer really feasible. ... But I do think that if music is going to be free, then sandwiches should also be free."
Who should have McCain have picked for VP instead of the 'Hockey Mom'?
The Devil's Advocate Edition...
Ok, Pollfans, it's time to think contrary wise... It's time to pretend yer back in high school debate class. Remember when ya had to argue a position ya didn't agree with?
Huh? do ya? Remember how that irritated the bejabbers out of ya? Well, guess what?
It's that time again... Because the question is...
Ya got the cojones to answer this, eh? Do ya? Bring it on, I'm sayin'!
Using high-speed video and x-ray film, two Dutch biologists calculated that the chameleon's tongue shoots out of its mouth at more than 26 body lengths per second-that's the equivalent of 13.4 miles (21.6 kilometers) an hour. It can snag prey located more than one and a half body lengths away.
The duo found that the chameleon's tongue accelerates from 0 to 20 feet per second (0 to six meters per second) in about 20 milliseconds-a rate so fast it defies the general principles of power production in muscles.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
13.4 mph
Charlie responded:
C: 13.4 mph
Which doesn't sound so fast, but that's about 20 feet per second.
~Tony In Philly replied:
My guess: D: 17.4 mph
Marian the Teacher answered:
13.4 mph
Sally said:
Okay, this question, about the chameleon's tongue, is way out of my expertise. I'm sure, however, that Marsha will have the correct answer, as she seems to spend vast amounts of time in her backyard garden, capturing such events on film : (Love your photo's though, Marsha!)
PS: I did manage to save my tomatoes from the hail yesterday, but sadly, this morning I discovered that some creature(s) tried to eat the bottom ones. He/she took large bits out of several fruits, and left them there still in the vines - as if my tomatoes didn't please their thieving little palettes! Filthy varmints! Soon, I may have to get out my big veep guns...
Joe S ("We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blessed facility, and we are soon wonted to the change and happy in it."
~ Mark Twain) wrote:
Well, my educated guess is C: 13.4 miles per hour. No, no. I didn't guess, I had no idea. I Googled it.
socdan noted:
Oh what the hell...
According to Wikipedia, the tip of a chameleon's tongue leaving its mouth has a relative "velocity" of 26 body lengths per second. The longest chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti or something-or-other) is 31 inches long. And so... 26 body lengths per second times 31 inches per body length times 3600 seconds per hour divided by 12 inches per foot, divided by 5280 feet per mile gives 45.8 mph. This is of course not one of the listed possibilities. Cusory observation of adult chameleons at the East Bay Vivarium suggest that they are on average about a foot long, or a bit more than one third the length of the longest Furcifer. So if my spatial conceptualisation mojo is on, the tongue speed would be a little less than one third of 45.8 mph, or perhaps 13.4 mph (this being a long way to go for what is after all a 20% chance of being correct!).
And, BadtotheboneBob answered:
I should know this? I'll be damn'd if'n I do. I must say it's like REAL fast, though, from the science programs I've seen. Reminds me of a girl friend I had down in San Antonio in the early 70's, I gots to tell ya... ( I know, too much information... So what, haha!)....
If you live in the viewing area of WPSU, tonight's 'Our Town' at 8pm features my old hometown, Johnsonburg, PA.
Dear old Dad is interviewed, talking about the local fishing - something he knows a bit about.
As an added bonus, he and the Babe will be helping man the phones during the telecast's pledge drive.
Tonight, Thursday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Big Brother 10', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The Original One', then a FRESH'Flashpoint'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Jessica Simpson and Jack Hanna.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Lynn Ferguson and Lance Morrow.
NBC begins the night with a RERUN'My Name Is Earl', followed by a FRESH'America's Got Talent', then a RERUN'The Office', followed by another RERUN'The Office', then a RERUN'30 Rock', followed by another RERUN'The Office'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Jamie Lee Curtis and Alejandro Escovedo.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Serena Williams, Amy Sedaris, and Meiko.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 6/17/08) are Adam Carolla, Gary Cannon, and Cloud Cult.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Ugly Betty', followed by a RERUN'Grey's Anatomy', then a RERUN'Private Practice'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 8/29/08) are Lauren Conrad, Tyrese and Glen Campbell.
The CW offers a RERUN'Smallville', followed by a RERUN'Supernatural'.
Faux has a FRESH'Hole In The Wall', followed by a FRESH'Kitchen Nightmares'.
MY has the RERUN'Heroes Among Us: The 2008 Hero Awards'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', and a FRESH'Jacked: Auto Theft Task Force'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Birdcage', followed by the movie 'Two Weeks Notice', then the movie 'The In-Laws'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 2
[12:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 3
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 The Fish and Anchor
[2:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 18 Pimms
[3:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 7 Harrogate 43
[3:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 8 Oakington 57
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 11
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 12
[5:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4
[5:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 5
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Momma Cherri's
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America - BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 6 Clubway 41
[9:00 PM] Dragons' Den - Episode 4
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America - Episode 9
[11:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 6 Clubway 41
[12:00 AM] Dragons' Den - Episode 4
[1:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 6 Clubway 41
[2:00 AM] Dragons' Den - Episode 1
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 3 Joan Rivers and Julian McMahon
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 31 Kedleston 47
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 32 Kedleston 46
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 24 Sharples
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 25 Smith
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Tabatha's Salon Takeover', another 'Tabatha's Salon Takeover', still another 'Tabatha's Salon Takeover', and a FRESH'Tabatha's Salon Takeover'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', an old 'Jon Stewart', an old 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Reno 911!'.
On a RERUNJon Stewart (from 9/3/08) is Newt Gingrich.
On a RERUNColbert Report (from 8/27/08) is Gov. Mike Huckabee.
FX has the movie 'Cheaper By The Dozen', followed by the movie 'Radio', then the movie 'Radio', again.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'The Man Who Predicted 9/11', and the FRESH'102 Minutes That Changed America'.
IFC -
[7:30 AM] Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
[9:35 AM] Everyone Says I Love You
[11:25 AM] IFC in Theaters
[11:35 AM] Camilla
[1:15 PM] Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
[3:20 PM] IFC News Special
[3:35 PM] Everyone Says I Love You
[5:25 PM] Camilla
[7:00 PM] A Hard Day's Night
[8:30 PM] Samurai 7
[9:00 PM] Rush
[11:05 PM] Party Monster
[12:45 AM] Reefer Madness
[2:00 AM] Rush
[4:05 AM] Party Monster
[5:50 AM] Reefer Madness (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[05:45 AM] In Short: Festival 10
[06:45 AM] A Hebrew Lesson
[09:00 AM] Nimrod Nation: Episode 2
[09:30 AM] John Safran vs. God: Episode 2
[10:00 AM] The Monastery: Mr. Vig & the Nun
[11:30 AM] In Short: Festival 10
[12:25 PM] Breathless (1960)
[01:55 PM] Travellers & Magicians
[03:40 PM] Tickets
[05:30 PM] Sleeping Dogs Lie
[07:00 PM] Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11
[08:00 PM] Happily Ever After
[10:00 PM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Mary J. Blige, Dashboard Confessional & James Blunt
[11:00 PM] Iconoclasts - Season 1: Brian Grazer on Sumner Redstone
[12:00 AM] Shameless Season 3: Episode 8
[01:00 AM] Slings & Arrows - Season 1: Episode 2: Geoffrey's Return
[02:00 AM] Terminal City: Episode 8
[03:00 AM] The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle: Episode 1
[03:30 AM] Big Girl's Blouse: Episode 1
[04:00 AM] On the Road in America: Episode 3 - Chicago
[04:30 AM] On The Edge (ALL TIMES EST)
This is a handout image from Amnesty International of Amnesty International's new Ambassador of Conscience honoree, Peter Gabriel, left, receives an award a specially made guitar from former recipient U2's David Howell Evans 'The Edge' at the Hard Rock Cafe, London, Wednesday Sept. 10, 2008.
Photo by Andre Camara
Matt Damon says the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican nominee for vice president could end up "like a really bad Disney movie" if John McCain wins the November presidential election.
"You do the actuary tables, there's a one out of three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn't survive his first term, and it'll be President Palin," said Damon, who was in town to promote ONEXONE, a Canadian children's charity expanding to the U.S., during the Toronto Film Festival.
"It's like a really bad Disney movie, "The Hockey Mom.' Oh, I'm just a hockey mom from Alaska, and she's president," said Damon. "She's facing down Vladimir Putin and using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It's absurd."
Damon said the public needs to know more about such things as her views on creationism and censorship.
In this photo from Ford Flex, actor Bill Murray arrives at Esquire's 75th anniversary celebration in partnership with Ford Flex, a new crossover vehicle, in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008.
Photo by Stuart Ramson
Sit beside Steve Martin for a screening of "The Jerk," share a theater with Mike Myers for a showing of "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" or squirm in your seat alongside Jodie Foster during "The Silence of the Lambs."
These stars - along with Dustin Hoffman, Cameron Diaz, Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Jim Carrey, Shirley MacLaine, Rita Moreno and Keanu Reeves - will share some of their most famous films with their fans next month at "Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies."
The one-night-only event is set to take over the ArcLight theater in Hollywood on Oct. 1, the American Film Institute announced Wednesday. The idea is to bring filmmakers and fans together to celebrate American movies, said AFI chief Bob Gazzale.
Tickets are $25 and will be available beginning Sept. 17.
A second midseason Fox series, producer Joss Whedon's new drama "Dollhouse," has shut down production for a couple of weeks to work on scripts.
Filming on "Dollhouse" stopped Thursday after wrapping episode three. It came at the request of Whedon, who had had spent little time in the writers room lately, busy directing the first two episodes of the series. Not completely happy with the quality of upcoming scripts, he asked producing studio 20th TV for a timeout.
Production on the midseason sci-fi drama starring Eliza Dushku is slated to resume September 25.
Production on another Fox/20th TV midseason drama series, "24," will be suspended next week for 18 days to do extra work on scripts.
Musicians Pawel Maciwoda (L) and Rudolf Schenker of the German rock band Scorpions pose for photos during a visit to a rainforest lodge near the city of Manaus, September 5, 2008. The band visited the jungle after playing two concerts in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Picture taken September 5.
Photo by Euzivaldo Queiroz-A Critica
A 1,000-year-old carved rock crystal ewer, one of only seven known surviving examples, will be offered for auction next month at Christie's Islamic art sale and is expected to fetch over 3 million pounds ($5.3 million).
The auctioneer said the ewer was made for the court of the Fatimid rulers of Cairo in the late 10th or early 11th century, and has been embellished in enameled gold mounts made in 1854 by a French silversmith.
Of the other six surviving examples, one is in London's Victoria & Albert Museum, two are in the treasury of the Basilica of San Marco, Venice, one is in the Cathedral of Fermo, Italy, another is in the Louvre in Paris and one was stolen from the Museum of Limoges, France, in 1980.
There was one other known ewer, but it was dropped by an employee of a museum in Florence in 1998 and shattered irreparably, according to reports.
Charles Gibson's interviews with fluffing of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will form the basis of a special prime-time edition of "20/20" Friday, ABC said Wednesday.
Gibson is traveling to Fairbanks and Wasilla, Alaska, for the first TV interviews with Palin since she was selected as John McCain's running mate. The first excerpts of the talks will be shown on "World News" Thursday.
Gibson is having three separate interviews with Palin, ABC said. Parts of the interviews will be spread around other ABC news programs, including "Nightline" and "Good Morning America."
The prime-time special, at 10 p.m. EDT, will also include a bio of Palin by ABC's Kate Snow and a round-table discussion on the presidential race moderated by Judas Stephanopoulos.
Australian celebrity Jamie Wright poses for photographers during the first ever underwater fashion show in central Sydney September 10, 2008. The underwater fashion show is part of a 30-day fashion and beauty event.
Photo by Daniel Munoz
An Italian businessman who dated Hollywood star Anne Hathaway and did a deal with supermarket mogul Ron Burkle, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of fraud in which he lied about links to the Vatican.
Millionaire Raffaello Follieri, 30, admitted in U.S. District Court to a scheme in which he fraudulently obtained more than $2 million in a web of shell companies with phony consultancies.
Dressed in dark blue prison-issue pants and shirt over a white undershirt, Follieri answered "guilty" to each of 14 counts charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
A dozen valuable paintings including works by Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera and Emil Nolde were stolen from the home of an elderly couple, and police issued an international alert to recover them.
A $200,000 reward was offered Tuesday for help in recovering the artwork, stolen Aug. 23 from a home in the San Fernando Valley. Police have notified auction houses, the FBI and Interpol in case someone tries to sell the paintings.
"These are world-class pieces," said Richard Rice, a senior consultant at the Gallerie Michael in Beverly Hills. "Every single one is museum caliber."
Rice estimated the stolen paintings range in value from about $800,000 to as much as $4 million. He believes the most valuable was the Kees van Dongen portrait "Alicia Alanova," a 1933 oil of a woman in a hat.
The government wasted millions of dollars on four no-bid contracts it handed out for Hurricane Katrina work, including paying $20 million for a camp for evacuees that was never inspected and proved to be unusable, investigators say.
The review examined temporary housing contracts awarded without competition to Shaw Group Inc., Bechtel Group Inc., CH2M Hill Companies Ltd. and Fluor Corp. in the days immediately before and after the August 2005 storm that smashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast.
It found that FEMA wasted at least $45.9 million on the four contracts that together were initially worth $400 million. FEMA subsequently raised the total amounts for the four contracts twice, both times without competition, to $2 billion and then $3 billion.
The agency also noted that the four no-bid contracts were rebid on a competitive basis in August 2006. The contracts were subsequently awarded to six companies, including Shaw, Bechtel, CH2M Hill and Fluor, which received the original no-bid agreements.
Workers stand on a scaffolding at the 'Upside Down House' in Trassenheide on Usedom Island, northern Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. The house of an entrepreneur from Poland is part of the project 'The World Upside Down' that should allow visitors a different view of every day items. The building is expected to open its doors for visitors in the upcoming week.
Photo by Frank Hormann
Three Chinese men have been spared jail after they smuggled a ball of depleted uranium into the country, ignorant the 274-kg (604 lb) shiny lump was a health threat, local media reported.
They smuggled it into China, evading customs checks but apparently ignorant the interesting metal could be dangerous. One of them hid it in his father-in-law's home in Xinjiang.
"They were surprised that at night when the lights went out the treasure sparkled and glittered, and Wang chipped a piece from it and kept it beside his bed, sometimes playing with it," the report said of one of the men.
Lebanese restaurant owner Raymond Salha and his wife were having oysters for lunch when she made a stunning discovery - a cluster of 26 pearls inside an oyster on her plate.
The find 10 days ago at his Al-Fanar Restaurant in the southern port city of Tyre was a "total surprise," Salha told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
It was one of about 200 oysters they had cooked that day at the restaurant. As his wife opened the shell, she let out a gasp and said, "Look at this oyster, there are lots of pearls in it," Salha recounted.
The couple immediately believed the pearls were valuable, so Salha called the city's maritime museum which sent a team that took the oyster - and the pearls still inside it - away for testing.
Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Sept. 1-7. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:
1. Republican National Convention coverage (Thursday, 10 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 6.16 million homes, 9.19 million viewers.
2. Republican National Convention coverage (Wednesday, 10 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 6.03 million homes, 9.04 million viewers.
3. "The Closer" (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNT, 5.87 million homes, 8.05 million viewers.
4. "Raising the Bar" (Monday, 10 p.m.), TNT, 5.71 million homes, 7.74 million viewers.
5. "2008 Video Music Awards" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), MTV, 5.68 million homes, 8.43 million viewers.
6. Republican National Convention coverage (Wednesday, 11 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 5.30 million homes, 8.02 million viewers.
7. Republican National Convention coverage (Thursday, 9:30 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 4.890 million homes, 7.01 million viewers.
8. College football: Miami vs. Florida (Saturday, 8 p.m.), ESPN, 4.886 million homes, 6.95 million viewers.
9. "The O'Reilly Factor" (Thursday, 8 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 4.84 million homes, 6.64 million viewers.
10. College football: Tennessee vs. UCLA (Monday, 8:08 p.m.), ESPN, 4.65 million homes, 6.24 million viewers.
11. Republican National Convention coverage (Wednesday, 10 p.m.), CNN, 4.53 million homes, 6.11 million viewers.
12. Republican National Convention coverage (Thursday, 11 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 4.37 million homes, 6.44 million viewers.
13. Republican National Convention coverage (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 4.36 million homes, 6.18 million viewers.
14. "Hannity & Colmes" (Thursday, 9 p.m.), 4.03 million homes, 5.58 million viewers.
15. "The O'Reilly Factor" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 3.98 million homes, 5.21 million viewers.
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