• Mary Cassatt occasionally ran into model trouble. Early in her career, she tried to paint her father, but he kept falling asleep while posing and ruined the pose. She also tried to paint the Cassatt family's maid, Mrs. Currey, who quit before the portrait was finished. Later, in Seville, Spain, her models grew tired because Ms. Cassatt spent so many hours painting them. Ms. Cassatt even wrote that one of her models asked her "if the people who pose for me live long." And in the latter part of her career, people criticized her models because they were not good looking. Ms. Cassatt once wrote a letter defending her models against this kind of criticism: "So you think my models are not worthy of their clothes? You find their types coarse. I know that is an American newspaper criticism. Everyone has their conception of beauty. I confess I love health and strength."
• As a young man, comedian Zero Mostel attended City College of New York, where most students were Jewish and which was known as a proletarian Harvard. One course he took was "life drawing," which meant drawing and painting the nude model, a burlesque stripper named Honey Bee Keller. When she dropped her kimono, Mr. Mostel would emit a wolf whistle that startled the students but did not faze Ms. Keller, who was used to it in her line of work. While painting, Mr. Mostel continually made jokes, making other students laugh. Once, Mr. Mostel caused Honey Bee Keller to laugh so much that she fell off her stand and into the arms of a professor.
• Artist Edgar Degas created realistic nudes of women, showing the imperfections of the individual's body rather than showing an idealized form. Asked why some of the nude women in his paintings were so ugly, Mr. Degas replied that women - in general - are ugly.
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• Nineteenth-century political cartoonist Thomas Nast was fearless. He opposed William Marcy Tweedy - a corrupt New York politician known as "Boss" Tweedy. The Tweedy Ring of corrupt politicians got its money from kickbacks from contractors. For example, a contractor might be able to do a particular job for $30,000, but it would bid $100,000. Boss Tweedy would make sure that particular contractor got the job, and in return the contractor would do the job for $30,000, keep $5,000 as profit for himself, and give Boss Tweedy the remaining $65,000. Boss Tweedy and his cronies kept themselves in office by giving recent immigrants citizenship, jobs, and other favors in return for their votes. (In 1868, Boss Tweedy bought so many votes and had so many people vote multiple times for him that the number of votes cast was greater than the number of voters!) However, although the immigrants were illiterate, they could easily understand the critical cartoons that Mr. Nast drew about the corrupt Tweedy Ring, and this worried Boss Tweedy so much that he attempted to bribe Mr. Nast. A banker visited Mr. Nast one day and told him that a group of wealthy men who admired him wanted to give him $100,000 so he could go to Europe and study art instead of staying in New York and drawing political cartoons. Mr. Nast was suspicious, so he asked if the offer of money could be raised to $200,000. The banker replied that it could. Mr. Nast then asked if the offer could be raised to $500,000. The banker replied, "You can get five hundred thousand dollars in gold to drop this Ring business and get out of the country." Knowing that Boss Tweedy was behind the offer to go to Europe and study art, Mr. Nast said, "Well, I don't think I'll do it. I made up my mind a long time ago to put some of those fellows behind bars, and I'm going to put them there." Mr. Nast did help bring down the Tweedy Ring.
What legendary creature has the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and sometimes an eagle's talons as its front feet?
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and sometimes an eagle's talons as its front feet. Because the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts, and the eagle the king of the birds, by the Middle Ages, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Since classical antiquity, griffins were known for guarding treasures and priceless possessions.
In Greek and Roman texts, griffins and Arimaspians were associated with gold deposits of Central Asia. Indeed, as Pliny the Elder wrote, "griffins were said to lay eggs in burrows on the ground and these nests contained gold nuggets."
In medieval heraldry, the griffin became a Christian symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Griffin.
Mac Mac said:
Griffin
Alan J answered:
A Griffin.
Randall wrote:
the Griffin
mj replied:
I think this was on a crossword the other day
Also the name given to a creation of a creature composed of disparate
DNA - a chimera.
Dave responded:
Griffin. The combination of the king of the beasts and the king of the birds. Like a bird, the Griffin lays eggs, and they are buried in the ground among gold nuggets. These mythical fearsome creatures are often featured in European heraldry.
zorch wrote:
It's a Griffin. The most common male given name for a griffin is Merv.
Cal in Vermont wrote:
A Griffin. We should elect one President.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Griffin
Daniel in The City answered:
Griffin
Joe ( -- Vote Blue, No Matter Who -- ) replied:
It's a griffin, a griffin! I always wanted one. Harry Potter had one, well kinda. I think I should have one too.
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Music: "Kids Want Hits" from the album ICE CREAMS & DAYDREAMS
Artist: The Cudas
Artist Location: The publisher of the album with various artists is Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Records, which is located in Sweden.
Info: "The Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Records was created to provide an alternative platform for bands, who, whilst creating excellent music, would not be entertained by the majority of the main stream radio stations. For this reason, we encourage the sharing of the link to this album as far and wide as you wish to enable more people to hear these great bands.
"Links to the bands' Facebook/Bandcamp and Website pages can be found by clicking on the band's song. Please pay them a visit, give them a like, give them some feedback, go see them play live, and maybe buy an album/T-shirt, too?
"Many thanks to all the artists who have kindly given a track for this compilation and make music that keeps real music alive."
By my counting--September 19th is 45 days before November 3rd--the first day VA will allow absentee voting. Have marked my calendar to check hours & locations for in-person absentee voting so I can vote then! Hooray for curbside assistance!
Can't wait to vote against this orange monster again!
Linda >^..^<
We are all only temporarily able bodied.
Thanks, Linda!
(FWIW - September 19th is also 'Talk Like A Pirate Day')
The planted potatoes experiment is progressing nicely.
Tonight, Tuesday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by a RERUN'FBI', then a RERUN'FBI: Most Wanted'.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 6/24/20) is Jon Stewart.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 6/25/20) are Russell Crowe, Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley, and Charlie Puth.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'America's Got Talent', followed by a FRESH'World Of Dance'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 2/6/20) is Stephanie Beatriz.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'Modern Family', followed by another RERUN'Modern Family', then a RERUN'black-ish', followed by a RERUN'mixed-ish', then 'What Would You Do?'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 7/8/20), with guest Host Billy Eichner, are Amy Schumer and Jaime Harrison.
The CW offers a FRESH'DC's Stargirl', followed by a RERUN'Tell Me A Story'.
Faux has a RERUN'Hell's Kitchen', followed by a RERUN'Prodigal Son'.
MY recycles an old 'Chicago PD', followed by another old 'Chicago PD'.
A&E has 2 hours of old 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH'What's It Worth?', then another FRESH'What's It Worth?', followed by a FRESH'Extreme Unboxing', then another FRESH'Extreme Unboxing'.
AMC offers the movie 'Ghostbusters II', followed by the movie 'The Goonies', then the movie 'Road House'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - The Alternate
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Armageddon Game
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Whispers
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Paradise
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Shadowplay
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Playing God
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Reunion
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Future Imperfect
[2:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Final Mission
[3:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Loss
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Data's Day
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Wounded
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Devil's Due
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Clues
[8:00PM] A FEW GOOD MEN
[11:00PM] A FEW GOOD MEN
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Future Imperfect
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Final Mission
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Loss
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Data's Day (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has 'Million Dollar Listing LA', another 'Million Dollar Listing LA', followed by a FRESH'Million Dollar Listing LA', then a FRESH'Backyard Envy', followed by a FRESH'Watch What Happens: Live'.
IFC -
[6:00A] The Three Stooges - Pardon My Scotch
[6:30A] The Three Stooges - Three Little Pirates
[7:00A] The Three Stooges - Crime on Their Hands
[7:30A] The Three Stooges - Half-Shot Shooters
[8:00A] Pitch Black
[10:15A] A Walk Among the Tombstones
[12:45P] The Matrix Revolutions
[3:45P] Zookeeper
[6:00P] Parks and Recreation
[6:30P] Parks and Recreation
[7:00P] Parks and Recreation
[7:30P] Parks and Recreation
[8:00P] Parks and Recreation
[8:30P] Parks and Recreation
[9:00P] Parks and Recreation
[9:30P] Parks and Recreation
[10:00P] Parks and Recreation
[10:30P] Parks and Recreation
[11:00P] Parks and Recreation
[11:30P] Parks and Recreation
[12:00A] Parks and Recreation
[12:30A] Parks and Recreation
[1:00A] Zookeeper
[3:15A] A Walk Among the Tombstones
[5:45A] The Three Stooges - Pardon My Scotch (ALL TIMES ET)
Sundance -
[6:00am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[6:30am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[7:00am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[7:30am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[8:00am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[8:30am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[9:00am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[9:30am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.
[10:00am] monk - Mr. Monk Is Underwater
[11:00am] monk - Mr. Monk Falls In Love
[12:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk's 100th Case
[1:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk Gets Hypnotized
[2:00pm] monk - Mr Monk And The Miracle
[3:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk And The Other Brother
[4:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk On Wheels
[5:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk And The Lady Next Door
[6:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk Makes The Playoffs
[7:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk And The Bully
[8:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk And The Magician
[9:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk Fights City Hall
[10:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk's Favorite Show
[11:00pm] monk - Mr. Monk And The Foreign Man
[12:00am] columbo - Swan Song
[2:15am] columbo - A Friend In Deed
[4:30am] the andy griffith show
[5:00am] the andy griffith show
[5:30am] the andy griffith show (ALL TIMES ET)
SyFy has the movie 'Lake Placid 2', followed by the movie 'Tomb Raider'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 4/28/20) is Joel McHale.
Nicolle Wallace's Deadline: White House will expand to two hours and Chuck Todd's MTP Daily will move to early afternoon as part of MSNBC's overhaul of its daily lineup.
The changes, which have been anticipated, mean that the afternoons will start with Andrea Mitchell Reports at noon ET, followed by MTP Daily at 1 PM. Katy Tur's 2 PM hour will remain in place, and that will be followed by a 3 PM show anchored by Ayman Mohyeldin, a foreign correspondent who has been co-anchoring an early-morning show. Variety first reported on the plans.
The new lineup will launch on Aug. 19, the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
Todd also will expand the Meet the Press brand into streaming, with plans for a weekly program set to launch in September that will appear on NBC News Now and Peacock, the recently launched NBCUniversal streaming service. Todd also will start anchoring pre- and post- event coverage around big political news nights, starting with the conventions this month.
The changes are the latest to the network's lineup. Two weeks ago, Joy Reid debuted as the permanent host of the network's 7 PM ET hour, with The ReidOut.
On Last Week Tonight With John Oliver on Sunday, Oliver continued his criticism of President Trump (R-Failure)'s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Two weeks ago, Oliver slammed Trump for pushing conspiracy theories about the coronavirus. On Sunday, he called out Trump's "reckless" behavior for retweeting a video in which a doctor claims masks aren't necessary in the fight against the coronavirus, and touts hydroxychloroquine as an effective cure, despite multiple studies showing otherwise.
"Recklessness is abounding right now, heightening the need for strong leadership," Oliver said. "But unfortunately, we're getting the exact opposite of that. Just a week after Trump was given credit for shifting his rhetoric by urging Americans to wear masks, he did something that, even for him, was shockingly reckless."
The doctor in the video Trump retweeted, Dr. Stella Immanuel, has made outrageous claims in the past that are not widely accepted in the medical community. Among other things, she has said that alien DNA is currently being used in medical treatments, scientists are making a vaccine to keep people from being religious and the government is being run in part by reptilians and other aliens. Even when confronted with some of Dr. Immanuel's claims at a press conference, Trump doubled down on his support for her.
"She said that she's had tremendous success treating hundreds of different patients," Trump said, "and I thought her voice was an important voice. But I know nothing about her." "Wow," Oliver responded. "He thinks her voice is important but admits to knowing nothing else about her. That is not the philosophy you want when vetting medical experts."
Crooner Tony Bennett turned 94 on Monday and the big day was not missed by fellow icons including Barbra Streisand, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel and the San Francisco Giants.
Wonder tweeted a video to Bennett that included his rendition of Bennett's classic "The Best is Yet to Come."
The "Sir Duke" singer thanks Bennett not only for being a musical inspiration and a friend, but a supporter of the civil rights movement, too.
Joel and John also paid tribute to Bennett on Twitter. Joel sang a tweet featuring a photo of him with onstage with Bennett.
Sting, Diana Krall and Elvis Costello tweeted their best wishes with the hashtag #thebestisyettocome. So did the baseball team from the town where Bennett - an Astoria, Queens, native - left his heart.
Lifetime has an early Christmas present for fans of its annual holiday event, It's a Wonderful Lifetime. Unveiling its 2020 slate of original holiday movies, which traditionally air from October through December, the network placed itself firmly on the side of representation and inclusion with a diverse line-up of films, including its very first LGBTQ Christmas romance. "We are thrilled to continue our legacy of creating a holiday destination that is welcoming to all at Lifetime," Amy Winter, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming, Lifetime and LMN, remarked in a press release provided to Yahoo Entertainment. "With more new movies than any one cable network for streamer, I couldn't be prouder of the incredible talent joining us in front of, and behind the camera, on these new holiday movies."
By proclaiming themselves as "welcoming to all" - and, more importantly, creating programming to match that declaration - Lifetime is clearly drawing a distinction between itself and its holiday programming rival, the Hallmark Channel. Last month, Hallmark announced its own lineup of holiday movies, but was immediately called out on social media for its long history of excluding gay characters and storylines. "Diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us and we look forward to making some exciting programming announcements in the coming months, including announcements about projects featuring LGBTQ storylines, characters, and actors," George Zaralidis, vice president of network program publicity at Crown Media Family Networks, which owns the Hallmark Channel, wrote in a statement to Yahoo Entertainment at the time. "We are committed to creating a Hallmark experience where everyone feels welcome."
To date, Hallmark has yet to share any additional details about those promised LGBTQ storylines. Hallmark is also facing a potential boycott from One Million Moms, a division of the Christian-right American Family Association, which previously issued a boycott warning in 2019 after Hallmark aired a Zola commercial featuring a same-sex wedding. The commercial was pulled from the air but eventually restored following a public outcry and an apology from Hallmark.
Recent satellite images taken by NASA have revealed some alarming developments in the Arctic, two ice caps in Nunavut, Canada, have completely melted away. The St Patrick Bay ice caps had been rapidly shrinking for several decades, and were notably absent from photographs taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on July 14.
Located on the Hazen Plateau of Ellesmere Island, the St Patrick Bay ice caps were the subject of a study in the journal The Cryosphere back in 2017, which highlighted the rapid rate at which they were shrinking. The study compared vertical aerial photographs of the ice caps taken over a 60-year period, revealing how they covered an area of 7.48 square kilometers (2.8 square miles) and 2.93 square kilometers (1.1 square miles) respectively back in 1959. By 2015, however, they had each shrunk to just 5 percent of this size.
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) director Mark Serreze, who authored the paper, predicted that the ice caps could disappear altogether within five years, and the latest satellite images confirm the accuracy of this grim forecast.
The disappearance of the St Patrick Bay ice caps is due to increasing global temperatures, which is largely being driven by human-induced climate change. It's well documented that the Arctic is melting twice as fast as the rest of the world. Between 2000 and 2015, average temperatures in Ellesmere Island increased by 1°C, and it is believed that a significant proportion of the recent melting occurred during the particularly warm summer of 2015.
Scientists are now concerned that the Murray and Simmons ice caps, which are also located on the Hazen Plateau, could soon suffer a similar fate. Because they sit at a higher altitude than St Patrick Bay, these two ice caps have been melting at a slower rate, yet if temperatures in the Arctic continue to rise then these and many other ice caps could soon disappear altogether.
A poor black bear has been spotted in Asheville, North Carolina, donning a Trump 2020 sticker on its collar. What irony, indeed.
The bear was napping on Shelia Chapman's porch on July 31 when Chapman spotted the sticker. She took some photos, capturing the Trump 2020: Keep America Great sticker on the animal's collar. Black bears in and around Asheville are collared as part of an urban/suburban black bear study with North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission that began back in 2014. Through this research, scientists live-trap the bears to place GPS collars on them to learn more about their ecology, survival rates, and movements. The sticker's origins, however, are a mystery.
This isn't the first time that a political sticker has appeared on a bear's collar, either: In 2019, someone identified a bear with a similar Trump sticker in the same state. Community group Help Asheville Bears has put out a $5,000 reward for information that could identify the person (or persons) behind this. The group launched last year out of concern for the growing number of bears that were losing limbs to illegal foot traps, but its overall mission is the well-being of the creatures. It believes this is a separate bear from the one spotted last year because of the direction the sticker is placed.
The concern for its members isn't that the sticker was political; it's the sticker itself, said Jody Williams, a member. The bright colors-in this case, red, white, and blue-may help make the bear a target for hunters. It ruins the bear's natural camouflage, Williams said. Plus, there's the concern that comes with the fact that a human had to be close enough to the bear to put the sticker there in the first place.
The irony of this all is that, well, President Donald Trump has been pretty anti-bear in his actions. For one, he recently finalized a rule to allow Alaskan hunters to shoot bears and their cubs while they hibernate in their dens. He's a major proponent of the oil and gas industry, which is placing immense pressure on polar bear populations in the Arctic. And of course, he's doing nothing about the climate crisis at large, which is one of the largest threats to wildlife everywhere. Trump is no friend of animals.
Being swallowed alive by a frog is a death sentence for most insects, but one beetle species shrugs off being digested and instead finds freedom by sneaking out through its captor's anus.
When the pond frog Pelophylax nigromaculatus was presented with the aquatic beetle Regimbartia attenuata, it quickly snapped up the beetle, swallowing it whole and alive. But the meals ended with a strange twist, researchers recently discovered.
In most of the experiments, the beetles reappeared within six hours, slipping out of a frog's anus, or vent. Though muscles typically hold the vent tightly shut, those muscles loosen up when the frog poops; the beetles could be stimulating the frogs' defecation reflex in order to temporarily open this unusual emergency exit, according to the new study.
Shinji Sugiura, an associate professor in the Graduate School of Agricultural Science at Kobe University in Japan, studies anti-predator defenses in wetland insects, and he suspected that the beetle R. attenuata had evolved some type of defense against frogs in their marshy habitat. However, that defense turned out to be very different from what he expected, Sugiura told Live Science in an email.
He conducted the experiment more than a dozen times, and 93% of the swallowed beetles were excreted - always headfirst, Sugiura reported today (Aug. 3) in the journal Current Biology. The beetles were "frequently entangled in fecal pellets," but they "recovered immediately," resuming their beetle business and surviving for at least two weeks following excretion.
A Tanzanian small-scale miner, who became an overnight millionaire in June for selling two rough Tanzanite stones valued at $3.4m (£2.6m), has sold another gem for $2m.
The third discovery by Saniniu Laizer weighed 6.3kg (14lb).
It is one of the rarest gemstones on Earth, and one local geologist estimates its supply may be entirely depleted within the next 20 years.
After his June sale of two rocks weighing 9.2kg and 5.8kg, Mr Laizer - a father of more than 30 children - told the BBC that he would hold a party.
But on Monday he said the money will be used to build a school and a health facility in his community in Simanjiro district in northern Manyara region.
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