BartCop Entertainment Archives - Wednesday, 12 October, 2011

Wednesday

12 October, 2011

(Updated Daily)

[15 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Jim Hightower: The GOP loves the federal spending it hates
Whatever else you think about tea party-infused Republican leaders in Congress, at least they're consistent in their opposition to big government intrusion in the economy, right? Absolutely! Unless you count intrusions of taxpayer funds into corporate projects back in their districts.


Richard Roeper: "Memo to guy who sent out teacher's sex tape: Stay classy, creep"
This just in: Some schoolteachers engage in sexual activity with significant others, and a few even smoke pot.


Jill Harness: 10 Best-Selling Books That Were Originally Rejected
… look at some rejected books that would later become some of the best-selling titles in the world. From the 'Twilight' saga to 'Anne Frank's Diary,' the success of these books shows that even people paid to evaluate the commercial potential of a work of art sometimes underestimate the most valuable titles.


Alice Oswald: haunted by Homer (Guardian)
Alice Oswald thinks The Iliad has been turned into a public school poem that glamorises war. So she has rewritten it - with the footsoldiers as heroes. The poet explains herself to Sarah Crown.


Paul Constant: How to Read a Book (The Stranger)
Don't just stick to one genre. Try different authors. Read reviews, ignore reviews, ask friends' advice, choose titles at random. Reading lots of different kinds of books makes you smarter. Being smarter makes you more well-rounded and interesting. Being more interesting gets you laid-and that's what college is all about.


Anna Minard: Colin Meloy Wrote a Children's Book (The Stranger)
And It's Good! Which Is More Than You Can Say for Gloria Estefan!


Richard Roeper: Time (and indifference) not on side of Walter Payton biographer
Whenever the experts compile their lists of the greatest sports figures, Babe Ruth is still near the top of the list. Ruth revolutionized baseball and was arguably the most popular figure, in sports or any other field, of his generation.


Henry Rollins: Copping MP3s For Free Is Not Cool (LA Weekly)
Yesterday, I met up with a longtime pal, a very creative man named Alex Winter. Many know him from the Bill & Ted's films; he's the guy who's not Keanu Reeves. Alex stays extremely busy shooting everything from advertisements to documentaries. Several days ago, he asked if I would take part in a documentary he's shooting about music downloading and how it has changed the music industry and how we get our jams.



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Trivia Question of the Day


Who was born Michael Igorevitch Peschkowsky?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


How many hearts does an octopus have?


   Three                                                      Source



Octopuses have three hearts. Two branchial hearts pump blood through each of the two gills, while the third pumps blood through the body. Octopus blood contains the copper-rich protein hemocyanin for transporting oxygen.        Source






Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   An octopus has 3 hearts.



Charlie wrote:
   Three




Adam answered:
   Three, more than the entire Republican party combined! .



Sally said:
   An Octopus has three hearts. Beat, beat, beat...

  Here's a baby O!
  PS: About the peeps down on Wall Street. I don't know what you are hearing nationwide, but there are a lot of serious college kids down there, AWA those with virtually no economic future or marketable skills. They want a piece of the pie, and rightly so! They are protesting huge bonus' being paid thanks to tax-payer TARP monies, for instance! Don't kid yourselves, they are dead serious, and right on the money!
  OTOH, the movement has been infiltrated by the tons of homeless people (the ones that the Mayor, Bloomberg, doesn't want you to see). They are there for a safe place to sleep and some free food. This in itself is a disgrace, and scary that the city is not providing services for them, many are veterans and/or the mentally ill. So many folks are living on the brink of being homeless themselves these days, and these great young people are taking the stand to BRING ATTENTION to the inequality in the country today! Yet, while the Right cheered on the Tea Baggers, they ridicule this group? Probably because they are mostly progressive NY'ers!
  Love to hear about the other groups popping up across the country: You go guys, bringin' it to the streets!!




bebo replied:
   none?



Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
   : Octopus have three hearts :
  Two of them are used to pump blood to the gills and the third pumps blood around the rest of the body




Marian answered:
   3



Dale of Diamond Springs said:
   Octopuses have three hearts - one that pumps blue blood throughout their extensive vascular system similar to other mollusks, and two branchial hearts which pump blood to the gills for oxygenation.

  Remember that they aren't octopi.




MAM   wrote:
   Three hearts. Two hearts to pump blood through each of its two gills, and a third one to pump blood through its body.

  More than you ever really wanted to know about on octupus!




And, Joe S     answered:
   Octopuses have three hearts. Two branchial hearts pump blood through each of the two gills, while the third pumps blood through the body. Octopus blood contains the copper-rich protein hemocyanin for transporting oxygen. Although less efficient under normal conditions than the iron-rich hemoglobin of vertebrates, in cold conditions with low oxygen pressure, hemocyanin oxygen transportation is more efficient than hemoglobin oxygen transportation. The hemocyanin is dissolved in the plasma instead of being carried within red blood cells and gives the blood a bluish color. Octopuses draw water into their mantle cavity where it passes through its gills. As mollusks, octopuses have gills that are finely divided and vascularized outgrowths of either the outer or the inner body surface.
  Octopuses are fascinating creatures. I believe that if their life span wasn't so short and they didn't die after reproduction we would see an octopus underwater civilization. Check it out.

  The Blue-Ringed Octopus, golf ball sized, highly venomous, it can kill ya.



  



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Middle Class Political Economist

Almost all government layoffs are local, but could be paid for by cutting subsidies




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Reader Suggestion

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Daily Kos: Fox Poll Backfires on Fox



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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Reader Comment

Monster Bash

Imagine my surprise when I clicked on this link! A Monster Bash being held at Day's Inn, just down the road from where we live! My feeble old self won't be able to go, but I alerted my son and his 10 year old son. I am hopeful that they will go and if they see Charles Herbert, they will say "hi". Will let you know Oct. 22nd or 23 if they do.


MAM



Thanks, Marianne!


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


WWJD WITH PAULTARD?

THE VULTURE AND HIS MINION

YANKEE INGENUITY. HEE HAW!

IS IT TIME TO BUILD AN ARK?

"GOTCHA" OK, OK. A LITTLE BLACK HUMOR NEVER HURT ANYONE

THE RISE OF FASCISM IN AMERICA. IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR "OWS" ON!

"OWS" CARTOONS!

"BARBIE, IT'S OVER!"

GIVE THE BANKS A "HAIRCUT" OR DIE

GET OFF OF MY LAWN!

"FUCK OFF" PUNK!

THROW THE BUMS OUT!

MUST BE A REPUG

THE 1 PERCENTERS






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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunnier and even warmer.



Tonight, Wednesday:

CBS starts the night with a FRESH 'Survivor', followed by a FRESH 'Criminal Minds', then a FRESH 'CSI: The Original One'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Bill Clinton and Deer Tick.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Jim Parsons and Cake.



NBC opens the night with a FRESH 'Up All Night', followed by a RERUN Whitney, then a FRESH 'Harry's Law', followed by a FRESH 'L&O: SVU'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Zooey Deschanel, J.R. Martinez, and Fountains of Wayne.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Alan Cumming, Michael Phelps, and Chavez.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Butch Vig, the Klitschko brothers, Portugal. and The Man.



ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'The Middle', followed by a FRESH 'Suburgatory', then a FRESH 'Modern Family', followed by a FRESH 'Happy Endings', then a FRESH 'Revenge'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Rob Lowe, Idris Elba, and Chris Cornell.



The CW offers a RERUN Ringer', followed by a FRESH 'America's Next Top Model'.



Faux fills the night with a FRESH 'X Factor'.



MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.



A&E has all 'Storage Wars' all night.



AMC offers the movie 'King Arthur', followed by the movie 'The Green Mile'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [7:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [8:00 AM]   The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Stephen Fry, Bill Bailey, Annie Lennox, David Gray, Cesar Millan
 [9:00 AM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 3
 [10:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 The Mixing Bowl
 [11:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 La Riviera
 [12:00 PM]   Doctor Who - 7 - Amy's Choice
 [1:00 PM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 4
 [2:00 PM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 5
 [3:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Episode 2
 [4:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 The Curry Lounge
 [5:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 6 The Game
 [6:00 PM]   Doctor Who - 8 - The Hungry Earth
 [7:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 4
 [8:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 4
 [9:00 PM]   Law & Order: UK - Ep 9 Haunted
 [10:00 PM]   Luther (2011) (60) - Episode 3
 [11:00 PM]   Law & Order: UK - Ep 8 Immune
 [12:00 AM]   Law & Order: UK - Ep 9 Haunted
 [1:00 AM]   Luther (2011) (60) - Episode 3
 [2:00 AM]   Law & Order: UK - Ep 8 Immune
 [3:00 AM]   Law & Order: UK - Ep 9 Haunted
 [4:00 AM]   The Tudors - Episode 6
 [5:00 AM]   BBC World News    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Rachel Zoe Project', 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH 'Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist', then a FRESH 'Top Chef: Just Desserts'.



Comedy Central has '30 Rock', another '30 Rock', 'Chappelle's Show', another 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', another 'South Park', followed by a FRESH 'South Park', then a FRESH 'Nick Swardson's Pretend Time'.
On a RERUN Jon Stewart (from 9/26/11) is Ron Paul.
On a RERUN Colbert Report (from 10/4/11) is John Lithgow.



FX has '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', then a FRESH 'American Horror Story'.



History has 'Ancient Aliens', another 'Ancient Aliens', followed by a FRESH 'Ancient Aliens', then a FRESH 'Brad Meltzer's Decoded'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]   Town & Country
 [8:15AM]   Arrested Development - Making a Stand
 [8:45AM]   Arrested Development - S.O.B.s
 [9:15AM]   Whisker Wars - Don't Mess With Texas
 [9:45AM]   United We Stand
 [9:55AM]   Tadpole
 [11:35AM]   Kinky Boots
 [1:50PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [2:05PM]   Town & Country
 [4:20PM]   Tadpole
 [6:00PM]   Malcolm in the Middle - High School Play
 [6:30PM]   Malcolm in the Middle - Bully
 [7:00PM]   Crazy Eights
 [8:45PM]   Borderland
 [11:00PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [11:30PM]   Malcolm in the Middle - High School Play
 [12:00AM]   Malcolm in the Middle - Bully
 [12:30AM]   Zodiac
 [4:00AM]   Crazy Eights
 [5:45AM]   Advantage    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00 AM]   The Saddest Music In The World
 [7:45 AM]   Dopamine
 [9:15 AM]   Pageant
 [10:50 AM]   The Saddest Music In The World
 [12:35 PM]   Dopamine
 [2:00 PM]   QUIRKY: Very Messy, Very Fast (Episode 6, Season 1)
 [3:00 PM]   QUIRKY: Huge Gamble, Huge Reward (Episode 1, Season 1)
 [4:00 PM]   ALL ON THE LINE - Julia Alarcon (Episode 8, Season 1)
 [5:00 PM]   ALL ON THE LINE - From A to Joe Zee (Episode 9, Season 1)
 [6:00 PM]   UNLEASHED BY GARO: A Little Bit of Pain (Episode 4, Season 1)
 [7:00 PM]   UNLEASHED BY GARO: That's a Lot of Skin (Episode 5, Season 1)
 [8:00 PM]   Worlds Apart
 [10:00 PM]   2001: A Space Odyssey
 [12:35 AM]   Before The Fall
 [2:20 AM]   Trolls
 [2:30 AM]   Love Lust & Sex Symbols
 [3:30 AM]   ALL ON THE LINE - From A to Joe Zee (Episode 9, Season 1)
 [4:30 AM]   Dopamine
 [6:00 AM]   ALL ON THE LINE - From A to Joe Zee (Episode 9, Season 1)     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has 'Ghost Hunters', another 'Ghost Hunters', followed by a FRESH 'Ghost Hunters', then a FRESH 'Paranormal Witness'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Steven Ho, Michael C. Hall, and Gary Gulman.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Mr. Wu (1927)     SILENT 
 [7:45 AM]      Mr. Dodd Takes The Air (1937)
 [9:15 AM]      Mr. Chump (1938)
 [10:30 AM]      Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
 [11:45 AM]      Mr. And Mrs. North (1941)
 [1:00 PM]      Mr. Lucky (1943)
 [3:00 PM]      Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
 [4:45 PM]      Mr. Imperium (1951)
 [6:15 PM]      Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1954)
 [8:00 PM]      The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
 [10:15 PM]      The Best Man (1964)
 [12:15 AM]      The Glass Key (1942)
 [2:00 AM]      All the King's Men (1949)
 [4:00 AM]      Advise & Consent (1962)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Thursday  -  10/13/11

TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      Escape From East Berlin (1962)
 [8:15 AM]      Etoile sans lumiere (1946)     [AKA: 'Star Without Light']
 [9:45 AM]      Wages of Fear (1953)
 [12:15 PM]      The Law (1960)     [AKA: 'Kanoon']
 [2:30 PM]      Goodbye Again (1961)
 [4:45 PM]      The Devil by the Tail (1969)
 [6:30 PM]      Bwana Devil (1952)
 [8:00 PM]      Tom Sawyer (1973)
 [10:00 PM]      The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
 [12:00 AM]      A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court (1949)
 [2:00 AM]      The Prince And The Pauper, (1937)
 [4:15 AM]      The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)     (ALL TIMES EST)




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This TV





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Actor Eli Roth (R) and musician Marilyn Manson pose at the world premiere of "The Thing" at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California October 10, 2011. The movie opens in the U.S. on October 14.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni

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Vidiot Speak

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Tackles US Poverty This Week

Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley had to look no further than his own circle of family and friends to see the painful effects of the ragged U.S. economy to know he needed to act.

The radio and TV host is doing what he can for those close to him in need of money or work, he said. For the broader problem, Smiley is using his PBS series this week to put what he calls a "human face" on the nation's poverty statistics.

Each nightly episode of "Tavis Smiley" is featuring clips from an 11-state, 18-city tour Smiley and Princeton University professor Cornel West took in August to detail the economy's effect on individuals and families. There are follow-up discussions with anti-poverty advocates and other guests, including Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

His intent, Smiley said, is to "get this issue higher up on the American agenda."

Tavis Smiley

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A member of the Occupy Wall Street movement holds a sign in Grand Army Plaza before their protest through the upper east side of New York October 11, 2011. The Occupy Wall Street movement took protests to the New York homes of super-wealthy executives on Tuesday as rallies against economic inequality were planned this week for over 50 U.S. college campuses and in several cities around the world.
Photo by Shannon Stapleton

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Charity To Honor Late Beatle

Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys' charity will pay tribute to late Beatle guitarist George Harrison with a star-studded concert in New York City next month.

Her charity, called Keep a Child Alive, will honor Harrison at its annual Black Ball event for his "philanthropic contributions to India."

The charity announced Tuesday that Keys will perform alongside Usher, Norah Jones and will.i.am at the Nov. 3 show at Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom. Mary J. Blige, Gary Clark Jr., Jay Sean and Midival Punditz with Karsh Kale will also hit the stage.

The event marks the eighth year for eep a Child AliveK, which helps children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.

Alicia Keys

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Wake-up Call


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Billboard's Woman of the Year

Taylor Swift

It's another honor for Taylor Swift. The country music superstar has been crowned "Woman of the Year" by Billboard magazine.

The 21-year-old multiplatinum singer-songwriter is the youngest to receive the award, which has gone to Beyonce, Reba McEntire and Fergie. The announcement was made Tuesday.

She will be honored at the 2011 Billboard Women in Music event in New York on Dec. 2.

It's the latest honor for Swift, who became the youngest person to win the Grammy for best album for "Fearless" in 2010. She has also won several ACM, CMA and AMA awards.

Taylor Swift

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Buddhist devotees pray at Myanmar's landmark Shwedagon Pagoda during the eve of the full moon day of Thadingyut, the lighting festival to mark the end of Buddhist Lent, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar.
Photo by Khin Maung Win

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Baby News

Hattie Margaret McDermott

Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott have a new baby girl.

Spelling gave birth to daughter Hattie Margaret McDermott on Monday.

Spelling and McDermott already have two children together, Liam and Stella. McDermott also has a son from a previous marriage.

Hattie Margaret McDermott

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Sues Obama Administration Over Patriot Act

New York Times

The New York Times has sued the Obama administration over the Justice Department's denial of a Freedom of Information Act request from the paper that sought an explanation of the federal government's interpretation of a part of the Patriot Act.

In May, two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee introduced an amendment to pending legislation that would extend some expiring provisions in the Patriot Act, which was signed into law in 2001. (President Barack Obama signed a four-year extension of the Patriot Act's key provisions on May 26.)

The amendment, proposed by Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, would have require the Justice Department to publicly explain its interpretation of a surveillance law that was modified by the Patriot Act.

"I wish to deliver a warning this afternoon," Wyden said on the Senate floor in May. "When the American people find out about how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they are gang to be stunned and they are going to be angry."

In the wake of their comments, the Times and Charlie Savage, a reporter in the paper's Washington bureau, filed an FOIA request in June demanding the release of a secret report--issued by attorney general Eric Holder and director of national intelligence James Clapper in February--that includes the government's position on the law.

New York Times

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A member of the Occupy Wall St movement holds a sign aloft while protesting on 5th Avenue during a march through the upper east side of New York October 11, 2011. Demonstrators taking part in the Occupy Wall St have staged demonstrations protesting income inequality for several weeks while camping in Zuccotti Park.
Photo by Lucas Jackson

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Ex- Publisher To Give Testimony

Rupert

Rupert Murdoch's former right-hand man will be questioned by British lawmakers on how much he knew about the phone hacking scandal, lawmakers said Tuesday.

Parliament's media committee, which is investigating the scandal, said that former Wall Street Journal publisher and top Murdoch aide Les Hinton would testify by video link Oct. 24.

The announcement was made in a brief scheduling note emailed to journalists and didn't include any details about what the hearing's agenda would be. But Hinton has emerged as a central figure in the scandal, which has damaged Murdoch's international media empire and convulsed the world of British journalism.

Hinton testified in 2007 and 2009 that he had not seen any evidence the hacking had spread beyond one reporter, but documentary evidence and testimony from other former executives have since cast doubt on his claims.

Hinton worked with Murdoch for more than half a century before he resigned in the wake of the scandal. His closeness to his former boss - Murdoch said in July that he would trust Hinton "with my life" - means that his appearance will receive particularly close scrutiny.

Rupert

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College Infiltration Raises Privacy Fears

NYPD

With its whitewashed bell tower, groomed lawns and Georgian-style buildings, Brooklyn College looks like a slice of Colonial Virginia dropped into modern-day New York City. But for years New York police have feared this bucolic setting might hide a sinister secret: the beginnings of a Muslim terrorist cell.

Investigators have been infiltrating Muslim student groups at Brooklyn College and other schools in the city, monitoring their Internet activity and placing undercover agents in their ranks, police documents obtained by The Associated Press show. Legal experts say the operation may have broken a 19-year-old pact with the colleges and violated U.S. privacy laws, jeopardizing millions of dollars in federal research money and student aid.

The infiltration was part of a secret NYPD intelligence-gathering effort that put entire Muslim communities under scrutiny. Police photographed restaurants and grocery stores that cater to Muslims and built databases showing where people shopped, got their hair cut and prayed. The AP reported on the secret campaign in a series of stories beginning in August.

The majority of Islamic terrorism cases involve young men, and infiltrating student groups gave police access to that demographic. Alarmed professors and students, however, say it smacks of the FBI spying conducted on college campuses in the 1960s. They are calling on college administrators to investigate.

Last week, professors at the City University of New York's Law School issued a statement warning that the spying at CUNY campuses may have violated civil rights laws. The Brooklyn College Faculty Council has passed a similar measure.

NYPD

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The illuminated Brandenburger Tor gate is pictured during a rehearsal for the upcoming festival of lights in Berlin October 11, 2011. Several landmarks of the German capital, including boulevards, squares, towers, historical and modern buildings, will be illuminated during the festival that runs from October 12 till 23.
Photo by Tobias Schwarz

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Actor Suspected In Prison Death

'Austin Powers'

A bit actor who appeared in the first "Austin Powers" movie is suspected in the death of his cellmate at the California prison where he is serving a life sentence, corrections officials said Tuesday.

Joseph Son , 40, wore a bowler hat and played one of Dr. Evil's henchmen, named Random Task, in 1997's "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery." He also was a mixed martial arts fighter who appeared in several other movies or videos in the 1990s, according to his Hollywood biography.

He arrived at Wasco State Prison in the state's Central Valley on Sept. 16 after he was sentenced in Orange County for the 1990 gang rape of a Southern California woman.

The dead inmate was a parole violator serving a new two-year sentence from San Luis Obispo County for failing to register as a sex offender. He was found dead in the cell he shared with Son before 6 p.m. Monday.

'Austin Powers'

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16 Zombies Injured

'Resident Evil'

Sixteen actors dressed as zombies were injured Tuesday when they fell from a platform during filming of a new movie in the "Resident Evil" series, officials said, and rescue workers at first were startled at the seemingly catastrophic scene.

The victims' zombie costumes made it difficult at first for crews to assess the severity of their injuries, Toronto emergency medical spokesman Peter Macintyre said. Officials said none of the injuries were considered life-threatening.

Paramedics responded to the call from Cinespace Film Studios around 8:30 a.m., and Toronto Police Sgt. Andrew Gibson said responders quickly figured out which zombies were injured and which were just in character. "It did kind of catch us off guard when we walked in," he said.

Police Constable Tony Vella said the actors had been filming a scene on a high wheeled platform. The platform moved as they were going to another platform, leaving a gap into which the zombies fell.

'Resident Evil'

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Protestors affiliated with the "Occupy Wall Street" protests march on East 65th Street in New York, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The crowd marched through out the Upper East Side neighborhood, protesting outside the homes of various millionaires and bank owners.
Photo by Andrew Burton

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Actors Blasted

Chechnya

Jean-Claude Van Damme might be gearing up to do battle once again -- but this time his martial arts skills aren't likely to help him out.

Van Damme, along with "Million Dollar Baby" star Hilary Swank, is catching fire from the Human Rights Foundation, for attending the October 5 birthday party of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.

According to Human Rights Foundation, Kadyrov -- who was appointed by Vladimir Putin in 2007 -- has been accused of employing disappearances, torture and executions.

In a statement released by the Human Rights Foundation, the organization's president, Thor Halvorssen, said that HRF had sent Swank a letter in September, warning her of Kadyrov's alleged misdeeds. At the time, Halvorssen says, Swank's representative replied that the actress wasn't planning to attend the soiree. However, Swank, as well as Van Damme, can be seen in video of the event.

Chechnya

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Beard-Cutting Mullets

Amish

The leader of a breakaway Amish group said an attack on fellow Amish in which a man's beard was cut off was a religious issue stemming from long-standing resentment of his group's treatment.

Sam Mullet, 66, said the goal was to send a message to Amish in Holmes County that they should be ashamed of themselves for the way they were treating Mullet and his community.

Mullet said he didn't order the hair-cutting but didn't stop two of his sons and another man from carrying it out last week on a 74-year-old man in his home in rural eastern Ohio.

Mullet said the Holmes County group changed the rulings of the church and were trying to force his community to change.

Mullet said he's upset that his group, about 120 people living on several small farms, has been called a cult by detractors. He said he moved the members of his group about 100 miles from Richland County to the hilly area in 1995 just to be by themselves.

Amish

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A model displays a creation by Alpana and Neeraj at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring Summer 2012 in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.
Photo by Tsering Topgyal

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Paying The Price

The War On War

Dozens of foreign insects and plant diseases slipped undetected into the United States in the years after 9/11, when authorities were so focused on preventing another attack that they overlooked a pest explosion that threatened the quality of the nation's food supply.

At the time, hundreds of agricultural scientists responsible for stopping invasive species at the border were reassigned to anti-terrorism duties in the newly formed Homeland Security Department - a move that scientists say cost billions of dollars in crop damage and eradication efforts from California vineyards to Florida citrus groves.

The consequences come home to consumers in the form of higher grocery prices, substandard produce and the risk of environmental damage from chemicals needed to combat the pests.

An Associated Press analysis of inspection records found that border-protection officials were so engrossed in stopping terrorists that they all but ignored the country's exposure to destructive new insects and infections - a quietly growing menace that has been attacking fruits and vegetables and even prized forests ever since.

"Whether they know it or not, every person in the country is affected by this, whether by the quality or cost of their food, the pesticide residue on food or not being able to enjoy the outdoors because beetles are killing off the trees," said Mark Hoddle, an entomologist specializing in invasive species at the University of California, Riverside.

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Prime-Time Nielsens

Ratings

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Oct. 3-9. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Green Bay at Atlanta, NBC, 22.05 million.
    2. "NCIS," CBS, 19.35 million.
    3. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 17.71 million.
    4. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 16.56 million.
    5. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 15.54 million.
    6. "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 15.28 million.
    7. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 14.78 million.
    8. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 13.92 million.
    9. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.43 million.
   10. "60 Minutes," CBS, 13.29 million.
   11. "Modern Family," ABC, 13.24 million.
   12. "Mike & Molly," CBS, 13.2 million.
   13. "The Mentalist," CBS, 13.15 million.
   14. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 11.98 million.
   15. "Football Night in America, Part 3," NBC, 11.94 million.
   16. "The X-Factor" (Wednesday), Fox, 11.93 million.
   17. "The X-Factor" (Thursday), Fox, 11.67 million.
   18. "Unforgettable," CBS, 11.58 million.
   19. "Person of Interest," CBS, 11.57 million.
   20. "2 Broke Girls," CBS, 11.42 million.

Ratings

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In Memory

A.C. Nielsen Jr.

Arthur C. Nielsen Jr., whose family company has been the final word on whether television shows are hot or not for more than a half-century, has died in the suburban Chicago community where he lived most of his life. He was 92.

t was the company founded by his father and then run by Nielsen that created the measurement system under which the entire multi-billion-dollar television industry is based and, from the late 1950s on, the name synonymous with U.S. television viewing habits. Children and parents alike wondered who in their neighborhoods was being contacted and asked about what they were watching or, later, whether Nielsen had attached electronic meters to their TV sets.

The company's influence in the business of measuring television ratings is unmatched. And even if television networks grumble that the virtual monopoly is slow in responding to some of their concerns, none can run their businesses without Nielsen. The numbers have taken on a greater significance, and are watched more carefully for accuracy, now that there are so many networks slicing viewership into several smaller segments.

Nielsen grew up watching his father run an engineering research business that measured performance in factories. When the Great Depression hit, the business went broke, said J. Christopher Nielsen, Arthur Nielsen Jr.'s son.

The elder Nielsen soon started a successful retail index business that measured sales in grocery and drug stores and then decided to go into measuring the popularity of various radio shows.

When he got out of the service after World War II, Nielsen Jr. joined his father's company. Two 1980s profiles in Forbes said it was Nielsen Jr.'s experience in the army with a machine used to turn out artillery calculations that prompted his father to purchase one of IBM's first computers.

At a time when other broadcast executives were gauging the size of a radio audience by the number of letters received -- "They'd weigh the darn mailbags," Nielsen told Forbes -- the Nielsen company was doing it electronically.

As the company grew and expanded to television, it also maintained a coupon clearinghouse, the retail index operation, a business that handled subscription services for more than 130 magazines and a service providing information to the oil and gas industry.

Nielsen Jr. engineered the company's 1984 sale to Dun & Bradstreet Corp. for $1.3 billion in stock. The company later was acquired by Dutch publishing company VNU. It went public in January as Nielsen Holdings N.V.

Nielsen Jr. had a long record of philanthropy and public service, serving on several presidential advisory committees, chairman of the U.S. Census Bureau Advisory committee, and as a commissioner of the U.S. Information Agency.

Nielsen's wife, Patricia McKnew Nielsen, died in 2005. Besides J. Christopher Nielsen, Arthur Nielsen Jr. is survived by another son, Arthur C. Nielsen III, daughter Elizabeth Cocciarelli, and seven grandchildren.

A.C. Nielsen Jr.

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