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Editor's note -- Prof. Michael Herzfeld prepares for "Heathens Throughout History," a new program of study beginning this semester at the Department of Anthropology.

"TWO BARBARIANS AND A PROFESSOR OF BARBARIANS STUDIES"

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And a Barbarians Cartoon -- F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Thank You for the Light” : The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2012/08/06/120806fi_fiction_fitzgerald?mbid=social_retweet … via@NewYorker

Doodle Kuss

Editor's note -- The storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1782 had something to do with the French Revolution. Saturday was the 230th anniversary of Bastille Day.

Der Kuss (The Kiss) Gustav Klimt. 1907-1908

Saturday was also the 150th anniversary of Gustav Klimt's birthday. He had nothing to do with the revolution, but Google made a Doodle of his most famous painting anyway.

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Gustav Klimt honoured with (The Kiss) ‪#GoogleDoodle

 http://gu.com/p/392pa/tw  via @guardian

A Shout-out to Michael Kupperman!

Editor's note -- Remember the Comic Book Characters post? That was when Michael Kupperman went to New York Comic-Con 2011 in October with his new Mark Twain book. 

The Editor does not know if Michael Kupperman plans to be at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 later this week, but Quantum Mechanix will be, with an exclusive Battlestar Gallactica poster.

Number Six in a Cartoon Moment

Vivid primary colors and the sea of Ben-Day dots that make up our special version of Cylon Number Six, are a shout-out to the famed pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein.

Artist Megan Lara depicts the seductive humanoid Cylon in a pique as she experiences deja vu all over again. This poster, a Comic-Con International 2012 exclusive from QMx, rounds out a four-poster set of other women of Battlestar Galactica, including Starbuck, Athena and Laura Roslin.

Our pop art Six is printed on 18" x 24" 100-pound, satin-finish paper. Powerful, stark and cliché -- with a wink -- for $14.95.

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Battlestar Galactica: The ladies of Battlestar Galactica, painted in the styles of Klimt, Lichtenstein, and more - @io9 http://io9.com/5924253/the-la …

Codebreaker

Editor's note --  Alan Turing is the founding father of all computers, Google and every other Internet company today. Turing also cracked secret Nazi code, so he practically won World War II single-handedly.  

This past Saturday was Turing's 100th birthday. Google honored its ancestor with a coded Doodle. People could try to program it and once each level of six codes was solved, the next level got more difficult.

The 2012 Turing Year is coordinated by the Turing Centenary Advisory Committee (TCAC)

There's a video on the Washington Post link (below) that shows how to break the code. The Editor did not get to Level Six (or even try).

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Who else is at #LevelSix? -- Alan Turing Google Doodle: At 100, celebrating the genius — by the numbers  

In Praise of Publius

Editor's note -- Special Feature: Publius parodies "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll in the comments at The Economist. Faedrus (the Troll) was trying to annoy The Usual Suspect (and everyone else), so Publius intervened.

publius50 in reply to The Usual Suspect 2.0

“Just the place for a Snark!” the Pascover cried,

 As he landed his crew with care;

Supporting each man on the top of the tide

 By a finger entwined in his hair.

“Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:

 That alone should encourage the crew.

Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:

 What I tell you three times is true.”

The crew was complete: it included a Faedrus —

 A maker of Witfull Asides —

A Teacup brought to arrange their disputes —

 And a Gardner, to value their goods.

A Usual Suspect, whose skill was immense,

 Might perhaps have won more than his share —

But a Hedgefundguy, engaged at enormous expense,

 Had the whole of their cash in his care.

There was also an Ashbird, that paced on the deck,

 Or would sit making lace in the bow:

And had often (the Pascover said) saved them from wreck,

 Though none of the sailors knew how.

There was one who was famed for the number of things

 He forgot when he entered the ship:

His umbrella, his watch, all his jewels and rings,

 And the clothes he had bought for the trip.

He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,

 With his name painted clearly on each:

But, since he omitted to mention the fact,

 They were all left behind on the beach.

The loss of his clothes hardly mattered, because

 He had seven coats on when he came,

With three pairs of boots — but the worst of it was,

 He had wholly forgotten his name.

He would answer to “Publius!” or to any loud cry,

 Such as “Fry me!” or “Fritter my wig!”

To “What-you-may-call-um!” or “What-was-his-name!”

 But especially “Thing-um-a-jig!”

While, for those who preferred a more forcible word,

 He had different names from these:

His intimate friends called him “Candle-ends,”

 And his enemies “Toasted-cheese.”

“His form is ungainly — his intellect small —”

 (So the Pascover would often remark)

“But his courage is perfect! And that, after all,

 Is the thing that one needs with a Snark.”

He would joke with hyenas, returning their stare

 With an impudent wag of the head:

And he once went a walk, paw-in-paw, with a bear,

 “Just to keep up its spirits,” he said.

He came as a Thinker: but owned, when too late —

 And it drove the poor Pascover half-mad —

He could only think Whiskey! — for which, I may state,

 No materials were to be had.

Illustrations by Henry Holiday (1876)

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Legacy

Editor's note -- The Thames Diamond Jubilee River Pageant (final)

Members of the Royal Family (from left to right) The Duchess of Cambridge, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Prince of Wales, The Queen, Prince William and Prince Harry on the Royal Barge 'Spirit of Chartwell' during the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on the River Thames, London, 3 June 2012.

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The British Monarchy's photostream. #DiamondJubilee 

H/T: Beth Cleaver -- "As usual, Beatrice looks ridiculous."

Vibrancy

Editor's note: The Thames Diamond Jubilee River Pageant (cont.)

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and

 Prince Harry, prepare to board the Spirit of

Chartwell where they joined the Queen for

the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River 

Thames in London, 3 June 2012.

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k. a. gardner ‏@karenagardner

The British Monarchy's photostream. #DiamondJubilee 

H/T: Beth Cleaver -- "As usual, Beatrice looks ridiculous."