Paul Krugman: Things Are Not O.K. (New York Times)
So this encouraging employment report shouldn't lead to any slackening in efforts to promote recovery. Full employment is still a distant dream - and that's unacceptable. Policy makers should be doing everything they can to get us back to full employment as soon as possible.
Scott Burns: A Sloth's Slick Progress (AssetBuilder)
Last year was not a great year for investing. But if you had invested in the most basic Couch Potato portfolio, a 50/50 mix of the Vanguard (or equivalent) Total Stock Market index and the Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund, your return for the year would have been 7.18 percent. Domestic stocks didn't do much for us but, thanks to our worrisome friends in Washington, inflation protected securities rocked, returning 13.24 percent for the year.
CARRIE ANN CHERRY: Ever Been That Drunk? (courthousenews.com)
A college student claims he was injured when a fraternity [Alpha Tau] member in a "drunken stupor" decided "that it would be a good idea to shoot bottle rockets out of his anus," and did so, "but instead of launching, the bottle rocket blew up in the defendant's rectum, and this startled the plaintiff and caused him to jump back," and fall off the fraternity's deck.
Kurt Badenhausen: America's Most Miserable Cities (Forbes)
A crippling housing crisis has cost multitudes of residents their homes and jobs. The metro area has one of the highest violent crime rates in the country and workers face lengthy daily commutes. Add it all up and Miami takes the top spot in our ranking of America's Most Miserable Cities.
Why French Parents Are Superior (Wall Street Journal)
While Americans fret over modern parenthood, the French are raising happy, well-behaved children without all the anxiety. Pamela Druckerman on the Gallic secrets for avoiding tantrums, teaching patience and saying 'non' with authority.
David Bruce has 42 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $42 you can buy 10,500 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," "Maximum Cool," and "Resist Psychic Death."
Sister Mary Elephant is a comedy skit by Cheech and Chong. The recording was released as a single in 1973 and climbed to #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1974. It was also included on Cheech and Chong's second album, Big Bambu, released in 1972.
The title character is an exceedingly prissy, monotone nun substitute teacher (voiced by Cheech) teaching in a parochial school ("Our Lady of 115th Street") classroom of exceedingly irreverent, noisy teenage boys (voiced by Cheech and Chong through overdubbing). She attempts to teach the class, but the boys totally ignore her. She then tries to get the boys' attention by speaking increasingly loudly, to no avail, and then finally screams, "SHUDD-UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!" at the top of her lungs, in startling contrast to her usually placid manner. She follows this with a once again prissy "Thank you". This becomes a running joke throughout the skit.
Sister Mary Elephant announces that she is the substitute for their regular teacher, Sister Rosetta Stone, who has sent her love and the artwork she is making: fingerpaintings and dustcloths, indicating that she has likely been institutionalized.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Sister Mary Elephant
BttbBob said:
Sister Mary Elephant... much to the mirth of her juvenile miscreant class and to the listeners of Cheech and Chong's album 'Big Bambu'... Ah, those were the days...
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
Sister Mary Elephant
Adam answered:
Sister Mary Elephant, voiced by Cheech Marin in a Cheech and Chong sketch.
Marian responded:
Sister Mary Elephant
Sally said:
I believe it was Sister Mary Elephant.
Yeah, just like the nuns I had for 12 years of parochial schooling!!
PS: Probably need a pass for tomorrow. I got the call last night about 10 PM, the precious grandson (now 12) wants me to take he and his friend to the parade for the Giants tomorrow morning. I will go over there tonight, because we have to leave about 7 AM to get into the city, and get a good spot for the viewing - although the parade starts at 11 AM, NYC time...
PPS: I would have sent in my reply for the trivia dejour earlier, but I spent rather a long time perusing the article sent in by B2BB
Journey into the Maya underworld
Just fascinating, but then, I really like that stuff...
Thanks, Mr Bone. Hope everyone takes a look as well.
:)
Dale of Diamond Springs replied:
Sister Elephant is the name of the substitute teacher that filled in for Rosetta Stone. I remember it from their "Big Bamboo" record. I also used the rolling paper at a Gathering of the Tribes in Bezerkeley.
MAM wrote:
Sister Mary Elephant ~ A classic Cheech and Chong routine about a soft-spoken nun who would be worked into such a lather by her misbehaving class that she would have to bellow "SHUDD-UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!" at the top of her lungs to restore order in her classroom.
And, Joe S answered:
Wow! I never heard of any of them stuffs.
I was busy in 1973 I guess.
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'NCIS', followed by a FRESH'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a FRESH'Unforgettable'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Denzel Washington and the Fray.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig is Kenneth Branagh.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Biggest Loser', followed by a FRESH'Parenthood'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Chelsea Handler, Jon Huntsman, and 2Cellos.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Harry Connick Jr., Kellan Lutz, Jon Glaser, and the Cranberries.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Blake Shelton, Stuart Krohn, ICEF Rugby, and Jessie Baylin.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Last Man Standing', followed by another FRESH'Last Man Standing', then a FRESH'The River', followed by another FRESH'The River'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Michelle Williams, Damon Wayans Jr., and 50 Cent.
The CW offers a FRESH'90210', followed by a FRESH"Ringer'.
Faux has a FRESH'Glee', followed by a FRESH'New Girl', then a FRESH'Raising Hope'.
MY recycles an old 'Cold Case', followed by another old 'Cold Case'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another "Storage Wars', still another 'Storage Wars', yet another 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH'Shipping Wars', then another FRESH'Shipping Wars', 'Storage Wars', and another 'Storage Wars'.
AMC offers 'CSI: The 2nd One', followed by the movie 'Cujo'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC World News
[7:00AM] BBC World News
[8:00AM] The Graham Norton Show - Episode 13
[9:00AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 10 - Cameron Diaz, Kathy Griffin, Bear Grylls, Friendly Fires
[10:00AM] Doctor Who - Ep 11 Boom Town
[11:00AM] Being Human - Episode 1
[12:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 The Secret Garden
[1:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 The Fish and Anchor
[2:00PM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant - Ep 2 Indian
[3:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 7 Jack's Waterfront
[4:00PM] Jamie Oliver's American Road Trip - Ep 5 - Georgia
[5:00PM] Being Human - Episode 2
[6:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 21 The Drumhead
[7:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 - Mojito's
[8:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 - Flamangos
[9:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 - Hot Potato Cafe
[10:00PM] Jamie Oliver's American Road Trip - Ep 6 - Arizona NEW
[11:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 - Flamangos
[12:00AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 - Hot Potato Cafe
[1:00AM] Jamie Oliver's American Road Trip - Ep 6 - Arizona
[2:00AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 - Flamangos
[3:00AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 - Hot Potato Cafe
[4:00AM] The Fades - Episode 4
[5:00AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', another 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC', then a FRESH'Tabatha Takes Over'.
Comedy Central has '30 Rock', another '30 Rock', 'Key & Peele', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', still another 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH'Tosh.0', then a FRESH'Key & Peele'.
On a RERUNJon Stewart (from 1/30/12) is Lou Dobbs.
On a RERUNColbert Report (from 1/30/12) is Laurence H. Tribe.
FX has the movie 'Iron Man', followed by a FRESH'Justified'.
History has 'MonsterQuest', 'Swamp People', another 'Swamp People', and still another 'Swamp People'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] American Gun
[8:00AM] Arrested Development-Whistler's Mother
[8:30AM] Arrested Development-Not Without My Daughter
[9:00AM] Arrested Development-Let 'Em Eat Cake
[9:30AM] Hero
[11:30AM] Cache
[2:00PM] American Gun
[4:00PM] Hero
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Jury Duty
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Cliques
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Monkey
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Zoo
[8:00PM] Sin City
[10:30PM] Lord of War
[1:00AM] The Good, the Bad, the Weird
[4:00AM] What Alice Found (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] Faintheart
[7:35A] Treeless Mountain
[9:05A] Life In Flight
[10:30A] Faintheart
[12:05P] Treeless Mountain
[1:35P] Life In Flight
[3:00P] Faintheart
[4:35P] Kavi
[5:00P] Treeless Mountain
[6:30P] And Everything Is Going Fine
[8:05P] Tokyo!
[10:00P] Looking for Richard
[12:00A] Diary of a Nymphomaniac
[1:45A] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Cesar Galindo: Nude is the New Black (Episode 5, Season 2)
[2:45A] Accomplices
[4:20A] And Everything Is Going Fine
[5:50A ] The Lady and the Reaper (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Crank', followed by the movie 'Quantum Of Solace'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Dr. Phil McGraw, Keegan-Michael Key, and Alabama Shakes.
Actor George Clooney (L) and actor Brad Pitt wave as they arrive at the 84th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills, California February 6, 2012.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
Fashion models in the United States launched a rights group on Monday ahead of New York Fashion Week to seek workplace standards including backstage privacy to stop unauthorized nude photos and a program to provide confidential advice on dealing with sexual harassment.
Model Sara Ziff, 29, ho has worked since she was 14, founded the nonprofit Model Alliance because she said she has seen the fashion industry disregard child labor laws, evade financial transparency and tolerate sexual abuse in the workplace.
"Most models start their adult careers as minors and they labor in an unregulated business knowing that they are highly replaceable," Ziff said in a statement.
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) said it had offered Ziff advice in starting the group. "Change comes from action and the Model Alliance can be a catalyst for change," said CFDA chief executive Steven Kolb.
British actor John Hurt and his wife Anwen Rees-Meyers arrive for the London Evening Standard British Film Awards at City Hall in Westminster, London, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.
Photo by Joel Ryan
Move over, Cannes. Maine will be playing host to its first-ever international mustache film festival, part of its annual pageant that celebrates the bristly facial hair.
The festival set for March 30 in Portland will feature short films with storylines that involve mustaches or a main character who wears a mustache, said Nick Callanan, head of No Umbrella Media, a video production company organizing the event.
The idea for the mustache film festival, believed to be the first of its kind, grew out of an annual mustache pageant held locally to benefit arts and cancer research organizations, he said.
This year's 2012 Stache Pag will feature contestants wearing all manner of mustaches, from handlebars to horseshoes, Callanan said. There are also the walrus and Fu Manchu styles, he said.
To be considered for the festival, films must be eight minutes or less and have a mustache theme or a main character with a mustache. Callanan said he has received submissions from as far away as Norway.
The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said on Monday, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined the shapely Barbie among Western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran.
"The Simpsons dolls are merchandise from an animated series, of which some episodes are even banned in Europe and America," Mohammad Hossein Farjoo, whose agency oversees what Iranian children can play with, told the Sharq newspaper. He did not elaborate on what episodes might have been censored elsewhere.
"We do not want to promote this cartoon by importing the toys," added Farjoo, whose full title is Secretary for Policy-making at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Tehran.
The Islamic Republic's morality police, fighting "Western intoxication" as the dispute over nuclear technology has raised fears of war, last month went on a drive against Barbie.
Actress Berenice Bejo (C) best supporting actress nominee for her role in "The Artist" poses with her husband Michel Hazanavicius (L) who is nominated for best director, best film editing and best original screenplay "The Artist" along with best actor nominee Jean Dujardin (R) as they arrive at the 84th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills, California February 6, 2012.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, according to a Japanese study that covered thousands of people.
Green tea contains antioxidant chemicals that may help ward off the cell damage that can lead to disease. Researchers have been studying green tea's effect on everything from cholesterol to the risk of certain cancers, with mixed results so far.
For the new study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers decided to examine the question of whether green tea drinkers have a lower risk of frailty and disability as they grow older.
Yasutake Tomata of the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and his colleagues followed nearly 14,000 adults aged 65 or older for three years.
They found those who drank the most green tea were the least likely to develop "functional disability," or problems with daily activities or basic needs, such as dressing or bathing.
Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown "like China" if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities.
The two are among 21 companies ordered to develop a mechanism to block material considered religiously offensive after private petitioners took them to court over images deemed offensive to Hindus, Muslims and Christians.
Two cases have been brought by individuals against internet companies in India, stoking fears about censorship in the world's largest democracy.
At the heart of the dispute is a law that India passed last year making companies responsible for user content posted on their websites, and giving them 36 hours to take down content if there is a complaint.
Last month, the companies said it was not possible for them to block content. Google's Roy Chowdhury declined to comment on what had since been removed, and a Facebook representative said only that the company would release a statement later.
Oscars producers Brian Grazer (L) and Don Mischer pose as they arrive at the 84th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Beverly Hills, California February 6, 2012.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
Jack Abramoff, the former lobbyist at the center of a U.S. bribery scandal six years ago, said on Monday he does not want to publicly identify former associates because he does not want to see more people hurt.
In 2006, Abramoff pleaded guilty to fraud and bribery-related charges. He spent four years in prison, away from his wife and five children.
"I can't be the agent of doing that to someone else. I can't be the agent of sending someone to prison," Abramoff said at an event hosted by Public Citizen, a consumer group in Washington.
Abramoff has been on a media tour since November, appearing at Harvard Law School, selling a book, and proposing a television show. He has spoken with nonprofits such as the Sunlight Foundation and Public Citizen to try to ban some of the lobbying methods he practiced.
He has proposed prohibiting congressional staff members from going to work as lobbyists and banning campaign contributions from those seeking to influence the government.
Participants run during the Half Marathon wearing tree shaped masks for environment awareness in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.
Photo by Bikas Das
An Iowa woman is charged with extortion in an alleged plot to get Discovery Communications Inc. to cancel the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" or pay her $10,000 in exchange for not revealing compromising photos of a cast member, according to federal court documents.
Teresa Hunt, of Bettendorf, is accused of threatening to release photos of a cast member in "apparently intimate situations" to a magazine.
Hunt was arrested Feb. 1 after she apparently sent television executives typed and handwritten letters demanding the show be canceled, along with a business card for "Perfect Pictures."
The reality show follows Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar (R-Every Sperm Is Sacred) and their 19 children.
The letter was sent in January to the parent company of LTC describing Hunt's professional relationship with a 56-year-old musician who performs in Branson, Mo., and providing details of an affair with an unspecified female cast member, according to an affidavit in U.S. District Court in Davenport.
A worker puts the final touches to giant figures depicting Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, top, and her son Britain's Prince Charles, under left, during preparations for the 128th Nice carnival parade, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in Nice, southeastern France. Queen Elizabeth II marked 60 years on the throne Monday with a message thanking all those who have supported her over her reign and reaffirming her dedication to serving the British people. The 85-year-old ascended the throne when her father, George VI, died on Feb. 6, 1952 and is the longest-serving monarch after Queen Victoria, who reigned for more than 63 years. The 128th Nice Carnival runs from February 17 until March 4 and will celebrate the theme "King of Sport".
Photo by Lionel Cironneau
Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church.
Denton County sheriff's spokesman Tom Reedy says police in the town of Sanger arrested Travis early Monday after spotting a vehicle parked in front of a church and finding an open bottle of wine and Travis smelling of alcohol.
Reedy says Travis, whose hits include "Forever and Ever, Amen," was brought to the Denton County jail about 1:30 a.m. and released six hours later.
The singer, who lives in the small town of Tioga near Sanger, apologized in a statement to The Associated Press "for what resulted following an evening of celebrating the Super Bowl."
Hindu devotees offer prayers and get blessings from the Lord Murugan's chariot during a procession to mark the start of Thaipusam, an annual festival symbolizing the struggle between good and evil in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, early Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The festival is rooted in Hindu legend and was brought from southern India by 19th century immigrants who came to the Malaysian peninsula to work in rubber estates and government offices.
Photo by Lai Seng Sin
A hot dog eatery made famous on the TV series "M-A-S-H" has been sold after a yearlong family feud over ownership.
Representatives of a private restaurant group in Toledo said Monday they have finalized their $5.5 million purchase of the Tony Packo's chain, whose future had been in doubt since a bank foreclosed on its loans and a court-appointed third party was put in charge.
The new owners said they plan to keep some members of the Packo family on board, including the founder's grandson who is facing charges of stealing from the business.
Actor Jamie Farr, a Toledo native, made Tony Packo's famous in the 1970s when he portrayed a homesick U.S. soldier in the Korean War who longed for the eatery's hot dogs.
Packo's was mentioned in six of the 250 episodes of "M-A-S-H" and continues to draw tourists even though the show ended its run three decades ago.
A man jokes with a reveler during the Banda de Ipanema carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday Feb. 4, 2012. People gathered Saturday for one of many parades happening before the famed "Carnival" which runs this year from Feb. 17 to 21.
Photo by Silvia Izquierdo
Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl commercial heralding Detroit's comeback may have been the most talked about spot when it aired just after halftime Sunday night. But a local ad paid for by Michigan Republican Pete Hoekstra's U.S. Senate campaign is drawing plenty of day-after attention from the national media after several groups have called it racially insensitive.
The ad, which ran statewide during the Super Bowl, features a young Asian woman riding a bike through a field of rice paddies and speaking broken English while thanking Hoekstra's opponent, Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow, for her "reckless spending."
"Thank you, Michigan Senator Debbie Spenditnow," the woman says. "Debbie spends so much American money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie Spenditnow."
On Twitter, Time magazine columnist and GOP consultant Mike Murphy called the 30-second spot "really, really dumb."
A folk performer with his face painted to appear as knife cuts, and wearing a knife prop on his head, takes part in a "Blood Shehuo" parade to celebrate the Lantern Festival on the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at Chisha village in Baoji, Shaanxi province February 6, 2012. "Shehuo" is common name of Chinese traditional activities consisting of folk performances in Northern China. The "Blood Shehuo" performers wear facial makeup to appear as being pierced by objects including axes, scissors and knives, featuring scenes of horror in traditional stories like Water Margin. This activity is held only in Baoji county and performed only during leap years.
Photo by Rooney Chen
They trek for days through crocodile-infested swamps and up rain-lashed mountain jungles, but the members of the Malaya Historical Group are not seeking treasure or ancient artefacts. Instead, they're after rusty wreckage.
Over the past decade, the six amateur Malaysian military historians have helped locate the confirmed or suspected crash sites of 30 World War II aircraft -- helping bring closure for the families of more than 40 missing British and American air crews.
Nearly 70 years after the end of the war, at least 100 British and American aircraft wrecks are believed scattered across the jungles of India, Thailand and Malaysia, along with the remains of their crews.
Guided by whatever, often sketchy, information is available from a flight's last location, the group's members search likely areas on treks that take several days, often in dense jungle.
Once found, sites are left undisturbed but meticulously photographed and the pictures are uploaded to their website, mhg.mymalaya.com.
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