Warner Bros. Donates 'Batman' Mask, 'Wonka's' Golden Ticket to Smithsonian

Warner Bros. Donates 'Batman' Mask, 'Wonka's' Golden Ticket to Smithsonian

Movie artifacts from 'Superman III,' 'Corpse Bride' and 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' will enter the museum’s permanent collection.

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Disney XD's 'Avengers Assemble,' 'Hulk' Get Premiere Dates

Disney XD's 'Avengers Assemble,' 'Hulk' Get Premiere Dates

The two animated series will join the network's "Marvel Universe" block this summer.

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We’re Kinky, Not Crazy

We're Kinky, Not Crazy

The American Psychiatric Association has decided that people with kinky sexual interests (which—let's just get this out of the way—includes me) don't necessarily have mental disorders. That seems like good news, right? If we look up sexual masochism, fetishism, transvestism, or sadism in the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, they won't be there! In their place, we'll find a new list of "paraphilic disorders": sexual masochism disorder, fetishistic disorder, transvestic disorder, and so on. The difference? To be diagnosed with one of these noncriminal sexual disorders, the person must "feel personal distress about their interest."

'Big Lebowski': 15 years, 15 treats

'Big Lebowski': 15 years, 15 treats

Clark Collis collects clips, parodies, and assorted what-have-you's -- one for each year of cult fave

The History of the Set-Top Box: From Bunny Ears to Apple TV

The History of the Set-Top Box: From Bunny Ears to Apple TV

Here?s a look back at the set-top boxes that have allowed us to kill time with ever greater efficiency.

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If "selling Girl Scout Cookies is supposed to be an entrepreneurial learning experience for Girl Scouts," doesn't using Honey Boo Boo as a celebrity endorser teach Girl Scouts the value and methodology of marketing?

Tagalong Haul

Alana Thompson, the 7-year-old star of Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo, stopped selling Girl Scout Cookies via her Facebook page after the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, a regional council, complained. Thompson is not a Girl Scout but was selling the cookies on behalf of a friend. Why are the Girl Scouts so controlling about who can sell Girl Scout Cookies?

 

Because selling Girl Scout Cookies is supposed to be an entrepreneurial learning experience for Girl Scouts. According to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America's website, selling cookies helps Girl Scouts develop five skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. Girl Scouts may either sell cookies directly to consumers (by going door-to-door in their neighborhoods, calling relatives, or dropping in at their parents' office, for example) or participate in booth sales at retail locations or other public areas. By selling cookies, Girl Scouts are eligible for several badges representing specific achievements related to the five skills, and they may also earn tokens known as "recognition items" for their sales efforts.

 

The Girl Scout Cookie program is a major source of funds for the nation's 112 Girl Scout councils, each of which is in charge of organizing cookie sales for its region. Forty to 60 percent of the sticker price of each box goes into council coffers, and an additional 25 percent is invested into the troop that sold the box. The national Girl Scout organization strongly discourages buying cookies sold by anyone other than a Girl Scout, since they can't "guarantee the freshness or origination of these cookies" and since "purchasing cookies in this way does not support girls participating in the cookie program."

 

The Girl Scouts of the United States of America, the umbrella organization that oversees regional Girl Scout councils nationwide, has a policy prohibiting online sales of Girl Scout cookies because it has not yet developed a platform through which Girl Scouts can sell cookies safely and legally. (Girl Scouts over the age of 13 are, however, allowed to use Facebook to alert their friends and acquaintances of the locations of booth sales.) Most of the other regulations surrounding the sale of Girl Scout Cookies are determined by each council. The national Girl Scout organization provides marketing support to councils from January through April each year, so most councils hold their cookie sales in the spring. Sales typically last between 12 and 16 weeks; councils limit the length of each sale period to make sure Girl Scouts have time to devote to other proje...

'Particle Man' to 'Nanobots': They Might Be Giants Discuss Their Favorite Science Songs

'Particle Man' to 'Nanobots': They Might Be Giants Discuss Their Favorite Science Songs

?Well, that?s gonna be a short conversation,? says John Linnell of They Might Be Giants laughs, when I kick off my conference call by asking about his band?s science background. ?It?s been great talking to you,? jokes his bandmate John Flansburgh.

While I?m surely not the first to discover that the musical duo have no formal ...