Paul Krugman: Pain Without Gain (New York Times)
Last week the European Commission confirmed what everyone suspected: the economies it surveys are shrinking, not growing. It's not an official recession yet, but the only real question is how deep the downturn will be.
Paul Constant: Hundreds of Ron Paul Fans Can't Be Right (The Stranger)
"This is a very diverse crowd," the woman behind me in line for the Ron Paul rally said in an approving tone. I looked around the lobby of the SeaTac DoubleTree Hotel. There were dozens-hundreds-of Ron Paul supporters walking around us in their Ron Paulaphernalia, but "diverse" isn't a word I would use to describe them. Basically: They were all white.
Eight Giant Movie Plot Holes in Eight Images (Unreality Magazine)
There's nothing wrong with suspending disbelief when it comes to enjoying a movie. It's an almost necessary part of the process in most instances, but sometimes there can be plot holes that are just a little too wide and deep to avoid entirely.
Roger Ebert: Review of "Rampart" (R; 4 stars)
Woody Harrelson is leaner in "Rampart," the skin tight over the skull, the jawline defiant. His eyes are busy. He is a cop in the Los Angeles police district that became notorious in 1999 as a cesspool of corruption, but this man takes corruption with him wherever he goes.
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Steven Tyler (born Steven Victor Tallarico; March 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, and occasional piano and percussion. He is known as the "Demon of Screamin'" due to his high screams and his wide vocal range. He is also known for his on-stage acrobatics.
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That toxic twin
Liv's daddy, Steve Tyler.
BttbBob replied:
Steven Tyler... Lead singer for the hard rock band, Aerosmith...
The dude in the middle... that doesn't look like a lady.
Alan J responded:
Steven Tyler
Sally said:
Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) was born Steven Victor Tallarico. Another Bronx boy, to make it out of there, hahaha!
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Judge on American Idol...
PS: I am officially starting my Spring yard cleanup today! I just hope it won't bring in any spring snow here...
Marian answered:
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Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
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Dale of Diamond Springs said:
Steven Tyler is today's answer. Never been a big fan of him. Aerosmith was okay. Think it was an East Coast/West Coast thing at that time. Liv is Beautiful!!!!!!!
MAM wrote:
Steven Tyler ~ best known as the frontman and lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith and also a judge on American Idol.
And, Joe S answered:
That would be Steven Tyler. I just love it when I know the answer and don't have to look it up. I just love it.
Often I look at the sections of BCE submitted by Bruce, Michelle in AZ, That Mad Cat JD, and the occasional news from BttbBob and I think, "Wow! I'd like to do that." But I can't. I get all my news from BCE.
CBS begins the night with a FRESHNCIS', followed by a FRESH'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a FRESH'Unforgettable'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Alec Baldwin and Eric Hutchinson.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Bill Maher and Eloise Mumford.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Biggest Loser', followed by a FRESH'Parenthood'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Bill O'Really (R-Rupert's Propagandist), Rob Riggle, and Rumer.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Tyler Perry, David Wain, and David Alan Grier.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin, Lucy Walker, and Fool's Gold.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Last Man Standing', followed by a FRESH'Cougar Town', then a FRESH'The River', followed by a FRESH'Body Of Proof'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Eric Stonestreet, 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model Kate Upton, and Jake Owen.
The CW offers a RERUN'Hart Of Dixie', 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'.
AMC offers 'CSI: The 2nd One', followed by the movie 'The War Of The Worlds'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC World News
[7:00AM] BBC World News
[8:00AM] The Graham Norton Show-Ep 9 Duncan Bannatyne, Joan Rivers
[9:00AM] The Graham Norton Show-Ep 6 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Minnie Driver, Ruth Jones, Katie Melua
[10:00AM] Doctor Who-Ep 6 The Age Of Steel
[11:00AM] Being Human-Episode 4
[12:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited-Episode 1
[1:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 3 - Bazzini
[2:00PM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant-Ep 11 Grand Final
[3:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited-Episode 1
[4:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 10 Sante La Brea
[5:00PM] Being Human-Episode 5
[6:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation-Ep 3 Ensign Ro
[7:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 8 - Lido Di Manhattan Beach
[8:00PM] Entrapment
[10:30PM] Would You Rather? with Graham Norton-Ep 1 - Cyndi Lauper, Christian Finnegan, Michelle Buteau, Joe Mande
[11:00PM] Would You Rather? with Graham Norton-Ep 2 - Stanley Tucci, Jordan Carlos, Scott Adsit, Sherrod Small
[11:30PM] Entrapment (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Bethenny Ever After', 'Real Housewives Of OC', 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'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Russ Feingold.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Robert Kagan.
FX has '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Ghost Rider', then a FRESH'Justified'.
History has 'Top Gear', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'Top Gear', then a FRESH'Top Shot'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] The Valet
[7:45AM] Portlandia-Motorcycle
[8:15AM] Diminished Capacity
[10:15AM] Dummy
[12:15PM] The Valet
[2:00PM] Diminished Capacity
[4:00PM] Dummy
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Malcolm Visits College
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Polly in the Middle
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Experiment
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Dewey's Special Class
[8:00PM] House Party
[10:15PM] Idiocracy
[12:00AM] House Party
[2:15AM] Idiocracy
[4:00AM] Monty Python's Life of Brian (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] Police, Adjective
[8:00A] The Pool
[9:35A] Sorry, Thanks
[11:15A] Police, Adjective
[1:15P] The Pool
[2:50P] The Lady and the Reaper
[3:00P] Sorry, Thanks
[4:45P] Police, Adjective
[6:45P] May the Best Man Win
[8:00P] L'Auberge Espagnole
[10:05P] Russian Dolls
[12:15A] Eloise's Lover
[2:00A] Uncle Kent
[3:15A] L'Auberge Espagnole
[5:20A] Runaway
[5:30A] THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Will Forte & Jennifer Grey (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has 'Star Trek: TNG', followed by a FRESH'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then 'Face Off'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Amanda Seyfried, slackline performer Andy Lewis, and fun.
Al Jazeera-English and Sara Ganim, the reporter who broke open the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal at Penn State, were among the winners of George Polk Awards in Journalism, announced Sunday by Long Island University.
Ganim is a 24-year old crime reporter for the Harrisburg Patriot-News whose dogged pursuit of a grand jury investigation helped her uncover one of the biggest scandals in the history of college athletics. She won for Sports Reporting.
A Polk Award for Television Documentary marks another substantial achievement for Al-Jazeera English, the burgeoning network that had its biggest year to date in 2011. AJE expanded its global reach to 250 million homes, penetrated major U.S. markets such as Chicago and New York, and continues to receive awards for its coverage of the Arab Spring.
AJE, which celebrated its fifth anniversary in November, took home its first DuPont award in December and won this prize for its documentary on Bahrain, titled "Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark."
The Polk Awards have been administered by Long Island University since 1949. They are named after George Polk, a journalist killed covering the civil war in Greece.
A float with papier-mache showing a pistol with the text 'Right Terror' is pictured at the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in the western German city of Duesseldorf February 20, 2012. The Rose Monday parades in Cologne, Mainz and Duesseldorf are the highlight of the German street carnival season.
Photo by Ina Fassbender
A Dutch antique trader is selling his collection of over 5,000 unopened bottles of Cognac and other liquors, which he claims is the biggest of its kind.
The most precious bottle in Bay van der Bunt's collection, which is valued at 6 million euros (4.9 million pounds), dates back to 1795 and was a Cognac taken by Napoleon's army on campaign for the officers. Van der Bunt estimates that bottle is worth between 100,000 and 150,000 euros.
However, anyone interested in that particular bottle may be disappointed: he does not want to sell his bottles one by one, but would prefer to sell the entire collection, which was started by his great grandfather in 1880, to a single buyer by the end of this year.
"We are aiming at a wealthy Russian or Chinese buyer, because we think people from these countries are willing to spend their money on this," said Bart Laming, who is handling the publicity for the sale.
Few would confuse the glitz of the Academy Awards with a ceremony held by a folk arts society in Poland, but Hollywood doesn't want anyone else handing out Oscars.
So the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is demanding that Poland's Association of Folk Artists stop giving out what it calls the "People's Oskar."
Waldemar Majcher of the Association of Folk Artists said Monday the dispute is the result a misunderstanding. But he also questioned Hollywood's demand.
Majcher said the "People's Oskar," was named after Oskar Kolberg, a 19th-century Polish ethnographer who wrote some 10,000 Polish folk songs. Still remembered and respected in Poland, Kolberg died in 1890.
In its 10-year history, the "People's Oskar" - a metal plaque with an engraved image of Jesus - has been awarded to individual artists, museums, folk festivals and even a bread fair.
Giant figures are paraded by the Xupa Osso Carnival block during the traditional celebration in Obidos, a remote town on the banks of the Amazon River that is named after the ancient town of Obidos in Portugal, February 19, 2012. Carnival celebrations here date back to 1894, according to local historians.
Photo by Ana Mokarzel
Officials at a North Texas university have canceled a Wednesday appearance by poet Maya Angelou, citing illness.
A spokeswoman for Texas Woman's University says it has no details on Angelou's illness. A statement on the university's website says it hopes to reschedule the appearance for later this semester.
Messages left at Angelou's Wake Forest University office and with her publicist were not immediately returned. Her assistant did not immediately respond to an email.
The 83-year-old poet is hosting an hourlong syndicated radio special on the civil rights era that will air throughout this month on about 200 public radio stations across the U.S.
Police in Greece say 77 artifacts were stolen by armed robbers last week at a small museum in Ancient Olympia - the birthplace of the ancient games - revealing that the extent of the theft was worse than originally reported.
Police and the Culture Ministry had initially estimated that some 65 objects up to 3,200 years old were taken in Friday's raid, when two masked gunmen tied up a museum guard and used a sledgehammer to smash display cabinets at the southern Greek museum.
Most of the items on the list released Monday were bronze and pottery figurines, vases and lamps.
The robbery was the second major art heist in two months after works by 20th-century masters Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian were snatched from Athens' National Gallery.
The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje performs the sacred Vajra dance in Bodh Gaya, India, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. This dance is traditionally held on the concluding day of an intensive ritual cycle of Mahakala, performed annually at the close of the Tibetan New Year to clear obstacles and bring the year to an auspicious close.
Photo by Manish Bhandari
Bret Michaels -- or rather, his attorney -- is accusing the Tony Awards of hitting a bum note in its latest move in the legal saga over the Poison singer's 2009 injury.
The rocker's lawyer, Alex Weingarten, has lashed out at the Tonys organization and CBS, accusing the awards group of trying to duck its responsibility over the injury, which occurred when Michaels was struck in the head by a set piece at the end of his performance at the ceremony.
According to Weingarten, the Tonys organization and CBS have filed a third-part cross-complaint in U.S. District Court in New York last week against Rock of Ages Broadway LLC -- which he claims is a "desperate" effort to deflect blame for the incident.
Michaels was performing with the "Rock of Ages" cast when the injury occurred.
Fans dressed as "El Chapulin Colorado", take part in a dance to honor Mexican actor and writer Roberto Gomez Bolanos, better known as Chespirito and his characters "El Chavo del Ocho" (The Boy from No 8) and "El Chapulin Colorado" (The Red Grasshopper), at the Monument of the Revolution in Mexico City February 19, 2012.
Photo by Henry Romero
At a church on the New England coast 200 years ago, five young men became ordained as Congregational missionaries and set off on cargo ships to India as the first organized group of American missionaries to travel overseas.
Their departure signaled the start of the U.S. missionary movement, and today the United States sends more Christian missionaries abroad than any other country, experts say.
The United State sent out 127,000 of the world's estimated 400,000 missionaries abroad in 2010, according to Todd Johnson, director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts.
In distant second place is Brazil, which sent 34,000 missionaries abroad in 2010, he said.
The United States receives the most missionaries as well, with 32,400 in 2010, he said. Many are Brazilians - Catholic, Protestants and Pentecostals - who largely work in Brazilian communities in the Northeast, Johnson said.
A Hindu holy man smokes marijuana during Mahashivratri festival celebrations in the courtyard of Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Hindus across the world are celebrating Mahashivratri, or Shiva's night festival believed to be the day when Shiva got married.
Photo by Niranjan Shrestha
Only months before the torches blaze at London's Olympic Games, the limelight at one of the British capital's well-loved small theatres will go dark.
For nearly two decades, Greenwich Playhouse in the southeast of the capital has been among scores of fringe theatres, that serve as the seedbeds for Britain's acting talent.
After surviving for years on the brink of closure, Greenwich Playhouse is staging its final play - John Webster's savage revenge tragedy "The Duchess of Malfi" from Feb 21 to March 18.
It says it has to close because its landlord wants the space to accommodate visitors for the Olympic Games, taking place slightly further down the River Thames in July and August.
Beds and Bars Group Managing Director Keith Knowles defended his firm against accusations it was displacing the theatre group to exploit a more profitable short-term commercial opportunity presented by the Olympics.
A performer from the Beija Flor samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Millions watched the sequin-clad samba dancers at Rio de Janeiro's iconic Carnival parade.
Photo by Victor R. Caivano
Everything you know about dieting is wrong, say US scientists who have devised a new formula for calculating calories and weight loss that they hope will revolutionize the way people tackle obesity.
Obesity rates have doubled worldwide in the past 30 years, coinciding with a growing food surplus, and the ensuing epidemic has sparked a multibillion dollar weight loss industry that has largely failed to curb the problem.
Current standards in the United States, where two thirds of people are overweight or obese, advise people that cutting calories by a certain amount will result in a slow and steady weight loss over time.
But that advice fails to account for how the body changes as it slims down, burning less energy and acquiring a slower metabolism, researchers told the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Vancouver.
The result is a plateau effect that ends up discouraging dieters and sending them back into harmful patterns of overeating.
A ten-day-old Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) cub walks at the exotic animals department of the Royev Ruchey zoo on the suburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, February 20, 2012.
Photo by Ilya Naymushin
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