• Edward Jenner wanted to find a vaccine to prevent smallpox. He had learned that people who had contracted cowpox or swinepox were immune to the disease, so he decided to experiment to see if deliberately giving people the mild diseases of cowpox or swinepox would keep them from contracting the deadly disease of smallpox. He would have used himself as a guinea pig, but he had previously recovered from smallpox and so had acquired immunity. Therefore, he gave his own son swinepox, then later injected him with smallpox. The smallpox had no effect on his son. This experiment led to the adoption of vaccines to fight smallpox and saved an enormous number of lives.
• When children’s book author Lois Lowry was nine years old, she wanted a man’s woolen hunting shirt she frequently looked at in a shop window. Her father noticed that she wanted the shirt, and so he took her into the store to try it on. Of course, even the smallest size was much too large for her, but her father bought it for her anyway. In her autobiography, Looking Back: A Book of Memories, Ms. Lowry writes, “I wore it for years. I loved that shirt. I loved my father for buying it for me. I loved the entire world for being the kind of world where such a shirt, and such a father, existed.” She also recognizes that buying the shirt was practical — she never outgrew it.
• Emilio Diaz, the father of actress Cameron Diaz, was a true sports nut, and he taught his two daughters, Chimene and Cameron, to love sports, too. When he woke up on Sunday mornings when his daughters were young, even before he raised his head from his pillow, he would shout, “FOOTBAAALLLL.” He also teased his two daughters by telling them occasionally to go and play on the freeway. Of course, they understood that he was joking. Cameron and her parents have a good relationship, and she even decided to quit smoking to set a better example after her parents pointed out that they had seen her smoking in seven of her movies.
• Comic singer Anna Russell once did some nude modeling — artistic, not pornographic. (The photographer’s wife and female assistant were always present during the photo sessions.) Ms. Russell had a nice figure, although she did not care for her face so much — but then, the photographer did not take photographs of her face. One of the photographs appeared in a London newspaper, where her father saw it, but fortunately he did not recognize her. After looking at the photograph, her father remarked, “It’s amazing what people will stoop to for money.”
• Comedian Robert Klein’s father never ate vegetables because he thought salad was a dish fit only for cows. As a result, his bowel movements were infrequent. Once, when Robert was young, the urge suddenly came on his father, who dashed for the bathroom. Immediately, he yelled for Robert to bring him an umbrella. Robert did as he was told, and when he opened the door to the bathroom, he saw his father sitting on the throne, and above his father, hanging on a clothesline, were his mother’s dripping undergarments.
• One way for a man to become a feminist is to have a daughter who is a feminist. In 1854, Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke to the legislature of New York about women’s rights, saying, “We ask no better laws than those you have made for yourselves … simply on the ground that the rights of every human being are the same and identical.” Before she gave her speech, she read it to her father, who was a respected jurist. At first, her father threatened to disinherit her, but eventually he helped her with the speech’s legal analysis.
• Once, when her father was visiting her, lesbian comedian Kate Clinton invited some of her friends over for dinner. She did establish one conversational rule ahead of time (for her own comfort) — no talk about gay sex. As the dinner progressed, she and her friends discussed such topics as gay politics and gay theory, and at the end of the dinner, she turned toward her father and asked, “What do you think we as gay people can do to make more bridges to straight people?” Her father paused, then answered, “Keep talking.”
The first Disney song to win an Oscar has since gone on to become the signature song of the Walt Disney Company. Originally sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of an insect, what is the title of this song?
A bow maker is a person who builds, repairs, and restores ancient or modern bows for bowed string instruments. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, etc.
The French word for bowmaker (bow maker) is archetier for one who makes bows of the string family of instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass. Root of the word comes from archet—the bow.
A bow maker typically uses between 150 and 200 hairs from the tail of a horse for a violin bow. Bows for other members of the violin family typically have a wider ribbon, using more hairs. White hair generally produces a smoother sound and black hair (used mainly for double bass bows) is coarser, producing a rougher sound. Lower quality (inexpensive) bows often use nylon or synthetic hair. Rosin, a hard, sticky substance made from resin (sometimes mixed with wax), is regularly applied to the bow hair to increase friction. In making the stick of a bow, the initial part of the woodworking is done on a straight stick.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Bow maker.
Randall wrote:
Bow Maker
Billy in Cypress U.S.A. said:
Bowmaker for stringed musical instruments such as violins.
Alan J answered:
A Bowmaker.
Jacqueline responded:
A bow maker. One who repairs or makes bows for musical instruments.
Mac Mac responded:
Bow maker
Cal in Vermont wrote:
A maker of bows for stringed instruments.
zorch said:
A Bow Maker.
Adam answered:
A Bowmaker- a person who builds, repairs, and restores ancient or modern bows for bowed string instruments.
Dave responded:
Bow maker.
John I from Hawai`i says,
Repairs bows of musical instruments
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
The French word for bowmaker is archetier for one who makes bows of the string family of instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass.
Deborah, the Master Gardener wrote:
An Archetier is a bow maker, the kind of bows used to play instruments in the violin family. Ironically, I know a violin maker whose wife is an Archetier. She plays, he does not.
The “storm” moved out and replaced yesterday’s cool breezes with a warming north wind, again. I could do without it.
DJ Useo said:
They re-string violin ( & such ) bows. I played string bass professionally, & would use up a bow in about 6 weeks.
Daniel in The City answered:
A bow maker (music not archery)
Joe S (We resisted, we voted, we won. Get over it) replied:
I was going to make another smart-assed answer because I didn't know what the real answer was. but I thought I would look it up to see what the real answer was. Low and behold its bow maker, exactly what my smart-assed answer was going to be. Who knew?
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Album: COLEÇÃO DE TEMAS INSTRUMENTAIS [INSTRUMENTAL THEMES COLLECTION]
Artist: Os Ambervisions
Record Company: ORANGOTANGO MUSiCK
Record Company Location: Brazil
Info: This is a collection of 20 instrumentals by 20 different artists.
“Collection of Instrumental Themes is a collection of Brazilian bands from the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, in their own and "silent" interpretations. Some of these artists are no longer active, others still venture into the underground business.”
CBS starts the night with a FRESH'TPIR At Night', followed by the LIVE'Presidential Address', then pads the left coast with local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Julia Michaels.
Scheduled on a FRESHJames Corden, OBE, are Jason Schwartzman and Gabby Barrett.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Chicago Med', followed by the LIVE'Presidential Address', then 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Luke Bryan, Brian Regan, and Rupi Kaur.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Elisabeth Moss, Ari Melber, and Moon Vs Sun.
Scheduled on a FRESHLilly Singh is Yvonne Strahovski.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'The Goldbergs', followed by a FRESH'Home Ec', then the LIVE'Presidential Address', followed by padding on the left coast with local crap.
Jimmy Kimmel are Justin Theroux, Mike Lindell, and Tom Jones.
The CW offers a FRESH'Kung Fu', followed by a FRESH'Nancy Drew'.
Faux has a FRESH'The Masked Singer', followed by a FRESH'Game Of Talents'.
MY here fills the night with LIVE'MLB Baseball', with the Los Angeles California Angels Of Anaheim California Angels visiting Seattle.
A&E has 3 hours of old 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'I Survived A Crime', then another FRESH'I Survived A Crime'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Wolverine', followed by the movie The Bourne Identity', then the movie 'The Bourne Supremacy'.
BBC -
[6:00AM - 11:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
[12:00PM - 4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
[5:00PM] THE FIFTH ELEMENT
[8:00PM] ESCAPE PLAN
[10:30PM] LEGION
[12:45AM] ESCAPE PLAN
[3:15AM] LEGION
[5:30AM] MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS - MR. AND MRS. BRIAN NORRIS' FORD POPULAR (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of NJ', then another FRESH'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH'Watch What Happens: Live'.
FX has the movie 'The Fate Of The Furious', followed by the movie 'The Equalizer 2', then the movie 'The Equalizer 2', again.
History has 'Forged In Fire', another 'Forged In Fire', followed by a FRESH'Forged In Fire', and another 'Forged In Fire'.
IFC -
[6:00am - 11:30am] 3rd Rock From The Sun
[12:00pm - 5:30pm] Scrubs
[6:00pm] Wayne's World
[8:00pm] American Pie
[10:15pm] American Pie 2
[12:45am] American Pie
[3:00am] American Pie 2
[5:30am] Parks And Recreation (ALL TIMES ET)
Sundance -
[6:00am - 10:30am] the andy griffith show
[11:00am] cujo
[1:00pm] silver bullet
[3:00pm - 2:00am] criminal minds
[3:00am - 5:00am] perry mason (ALL TIMES ET)
SyFy has the movie 'Olympus Has Fallen', followed by the movie 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen'.
Attorneys representing Fox News once again asked a New York court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic over conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, arguing its hosts didn't have a responsibility to fact-check the attorneys hired by Donald Trump.
"Smartmatic asks this Court to become the first in history to hold the press liable for reporting allegations made by a sitting President and his lawyers," the attorneys wrote in a brief filed to court Monday, later adding: "Smartmatic identifies no case in the history of our nation in which the press was held liable for reporting allegations made by or on behalf of a sitting President."
The lawsuit, filed in February, asks for $2.7 billion in damages and accuses Fox News of waging a disinformation campaign that irreparably damaged Smartmatic's reputation. It also targets three individual hosts - Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, and Lou Dobbs - who hosted Trump's attorneys, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.
Powell and Giuliani had promoted conspiracy theories baselessly claiming that Smartmatic was secretly in cahoots with Dominion Voting Systems, a rival election technology company, in a complicated scheme to manipulate the 2020 presidential election that involved now-dead Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
The false claims have led to a messy fallout. Trump fired Powell in late November, and Giuliani distanced himself from her even as he continued to advance conspiracy theories. Dominion sued Powell, Giuliani, Fox News, and other right-wing media figures that pushed those theories. And Fox News canceled Lou Dobb's show shortly after Smartmatic filed its lawsuit.
Anthony Hopkins was denied the ability to give his acceptance speech on the night of the Oscars due to the Academy's rules about no Zoom calls. In a move that shocked many, the Academy moved the Best Actor award to the final award of the night. Many figured this was because the Academy anticipated that the late Chadwick Boseman would win the award for his role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, but in a surprise upset, Hopkins won for his performance in The Father.
Unlike other awards shows, which implemented Zoom calls for nominees to account for safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Academy vetoed Zooms so the nominees had to attend in-person at one of the many hubs they had set up across the globe to broadcast. Hopkins was nowhere to be seen, and The Academy accepted the award on his behalf. With the final award of the night presented with no one there to accept it, the ceremony ended on a rather lackluster note with no big speeches or tributes.
According to IndieWire, Hopkins' request to accept the award via Zoom was denied by the producers of the Oscar telecast. The 83-year-old actor (now the oldest acting Oscar winner) resides in Wales and had no intention to travel to the hubs in Dublin or London, so the actor opted to stay home and was asleep when the award was announced. This also was the case for 89-year-old Ann Roth, who won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for her work on Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Given the eight-hour time difference between Los Angeles and Wales, Hopkins would have had to travel to Dublin or London location and be up until 4 a.m. Boseman was the projected frontrunner for much of the awards seasons, so Hopkins safely assumed it would be okay to miss the ceremony, given that traveling at 83 during a pandemic can be dangerous. When he woke up to discover he won, he released an acceptance speech thanking the Academy and honoring Boseman.
The Oscars' insentience on not having Zoom calls to accept awards but changing so much of the Academy Awards' tradition is bound to leave many baffled. Unlike the La La Land/Moonlight debacle back in 2017, which was a huge but also simple mistake, having the ceremony end with no one accepting an award was a mistake that they could have easily avoided had they allowed Hopkins to either safely accept his award from his home or by not pushing Best Actor to the final award on the night, given they couldn't know the outcome. One reason why Best Picture is the final award of the night is because someone will always be there to pick up the Oscar at the end of the night.
Citizen Kane, the Orson Welles classic often hailed as the greatest movie of all time, slipped from 100% to 99% on Rotten Tomatoes' "Tomatometer" sometime between Feb 25 and April 15 this year. The site added a negative review to the 115 positive ones already there—one published 80 years ago by the Chicago Tribune's Mae Tinée, a collective pseudonym then used by the paper's film critics. (Matinée, geddit?)
"'Citizen Kane' Fails to Impress Critic as Greatest Ever Filmed" runs the headline, followed by superficially respectful but withering criticism.
"It's interesting. It's different," writes the Tribune. "In fact, it's bizarre enough to become a museum piece. But its sacrifice of simplicity to eccentricity robs it of distinction and general entertainment value."
The unimpressed write-up was spotted by @Caulimovirus on Twitter: "Rotten Tomatoes literally dug up an 80 year old negative review of Citizen Kane and now the movie no longer has a 100% fresh rating"
The disgraced classic now languishes behind perfect-score films such as 1984's The Terminator and 1995's Godzilla Vs. Destroyah, movies about which no credible authority has ever posted a negative opinion.
Burning Man organizers announced Tuesday they are canceling this summer’s annual counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert for the second year in a row because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The San Francisco-based group posted a video on its website that said there are too many uncertainties to resolve in time to hold the event as scheduled Aug. 26 to Sept. 3 in the Black Rock Desert 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Reno.
Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell said the “difficult decision" is "based on the best information available to us.”
The decision was based on a combination of factors, not a single issue, the group said.
Goodell said they still intend to host local events around the world in conjunction with the week that typically leads up to Labor Day and culminates with the burning of a large wooden effigy.
California water officials have moved to stop Nestlé from siphoning millions of gallons of water out of California’s San Bernardino forest, which it bottles and sells as Arrowhead brand water, as drought conditions worsen across the state.
The draft cease-and-desist order, which still requires approval from the California Water Resources Control Board, is the latest development in a protracted battle between the bottled water company and local environmentalists, who for years have accused Nestlé of draining water supplies at the expense of local communities and ecosystems.
Nestlé has maintained that its rights to California spring water dates back to 1865. But a 2017 investigation found that Nestlé was taking far more than its share. Last year the company drew out about 58m gallons, far surpassing the 2.3m gallons per year it could validly claim.
Nestlé has sucked up, on average, 25 times as much water as it may have a right to, according to the Story of Stuff Project, an environmental group that has been fighting to stop the bottled water company’s pumping in California for years.
Strawberry Creek, which Nestlé has been pumping from, is a tributary of the Santa Ana river, which provides drinking water for about about 750,000 residents. The region’s watersheds also provide a habitat for deer, fox and mountain lions, and threatened Alameda whipsnakes.
Zoe Roth couldn’t stop checking her phone. “What’s it at now, what’s it at now?” her co-workers asked as they passed by the hostess stand at the Italian restaurant Il Palio. She gave a live play-by-play, and everyone on staff was invested.
As the clock neared 6 p.m. on April 17, she was shaking. Zoe was in the middle of an online auction for a photo, one that years ago had made her 4-year-old self famous.
In that photo, Zoe’s hair is askew. A close-up of her smirking face is in the foreground of the frame, and in the background, a house fire blazes. In her eyes there is a knowingness, as if she is saying, “Yes, it was me. I did this. Wouldn’t you like to know how.”
Zoe wasn’t an arsonist. Now 21, she’s a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill. Online, in the world of memes and 280-character messages, Zoe lives out her alter ego as the always devious, “Disaster Girl.”
The now-viral meme was first taken in January 2005. Zoe, her parents and her brother lived two blocks away from a fire station in Mebane. Sirens were the soundtrack of her childhood. One day, the noise was especially close. Her mother stepped outside and saw billowing smoke. The fire department was putting out a controlled fire purposefully set on a nearby piece of property to clear the land.
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of rare artifacts from the Middle East in an Icelandic cave that the Vikings associated with Ragnarök, an end-times event in which the gods would be killed and the world engulfed in flames.
The cave is located by a volcano that erupted almost 1,100 years ago. At the time of that eruption, the Vikings had recently colonized Iceland. "The impacts of this eruption must have been unsettling, posing existential challenges for Iceland's newly arrived settlers," a team of researchers wrote in a paper published recently in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
Archaeological work shows that after the lava cooled, the Vikings entered the cave and constructed a boat-shaped structure made out of rocks. Within this structure, the Vikings would have burned animal bones, including those of sheep, goat, cattle, horses and pigs, at high temperatures as a sacrifice. This may have been done in an effort to avert Ragnarok.
Near the structure, archaeologists discovered 63 beads, three of which came from Iraq, said Kevin Smith, deputy director and chief curator of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University, who leads the team excavating the cave. The team also found remains of orpiment, a mineral from eastern Turkey, near the stone structure. This mineral was used at the time to decorate objects, but very few examples have been found in Scandinavia. "Finding it inside this cave was a great shock," Smith said.
Historical records indicate that the Vikings associated the cave with Surtr, a giant in Norse mythology who would ultimately cause the series of events known as Ragnarök. According to Viking mythology, "the world would end when Surtr, an elemental being present at the world's creation, would kill the last of the gods in the battle of Ragnarök and then engulf the world in flames," the team wrote in the paper.
A German police bomb squad called to investigate a suspected hand grenade in a Bavarian forest determined that the object actually was a rubber sex toy, authorities said Tuesday.
A jogger reported finding a bag containing the device Monday in a forest outside the city of Passau, near Germany’s borders with Austria and the Czech Republic.
The discovery of forgotten or hidden munitions is still a regular occurrence in Germany more than 75 years after the end of World War II.
But when a bomb squad arrived and inspected the contents of the bag, they determined it was a rubber grenade replica. The condoms and lubricant in the bag helped inform the hypothesis about the device’s intended use, police told German news agency dpa.
“An internet search confirmed the suspicion,” police said. “There are actually sex toys in the form of hand grenades.”
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