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Gee, Dizz, this is about as close to a perfect review as I can imagine! It has poetry, visual imagery, evaluation, and economics all in one spot! Is it the tea making you so brilliant? Please lower the bar a little on your next note so the rest of us don't get too intimidated to post!Dizzwave wrote: ... his long white beard dripping with red shupujuice ... something about writing a review for other people made me enjoy this one even more (another bonus of this whole e-tasting we're doing!) ... But now, whenever I drink this tea, I'll think of the emperor hanging out in the sunny tea field.
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March is Parenting Awareness month – definitely a big subject. There are probably as many styles of parenting as there are parents. So I decided not to focus on the how of parenting but rather to focus on that part of parenting I consider to be the vital part of parenting – the part that lives on.
When I was a kid, it was perfectly acceptable to let your kids sprawl on their bellies in the luggage compartment of your station wagon with the back window wide open, playing a board game while you travelled. It was OK to run into the grocery store for an hour, leaving your kids in the car. It was OK to swat your kid's behind when he kicked his brother. It was OK for teachers to paddle your kids with a wooden paddle. My mom joined us on the roof to sunbathe after coating ourselves with baby oil and iodine. We jumped on our bikes, hair streaming behind us and took off through traffic for the other side of town. When my children were babies, we were taught to lay them on their bellies, swaddled in a blanket.
Now for today's world. … Kids are in car seats, booster seats or seatbelts. If you leave your kids in the car or swat a behind in public, you're liable to show up on YouTube for the world to see. We slather our children with sunscreen, put helmets on their heads, and parents fear SIDS every time their baby rolls from "Back To Sleep" to his belly.
Let me be clear. I am not faulting all of these changes in recommendations. They have a good basis with an end result of safer children. But these are part of what you would call society-driven parenting and vary with culture and era. I'm sure there will be future changes in things we are taught as society changes and as more knowledge is available. Certainly nurturing your child and doing your utmost to keep him safe is an important part of parenting. I'm thinking, though, that vital parenting is not so much the how but, rather the way your values manifest and live on in your child. This part is about how you love your kids and pass your values on.
Let me use my family as an example. My parents were Hoosiers, born and raised in rural Indiana farm country who were also medical missionaries to Central America. These are the things I internalized and credit to their parenting – I learned it's OK to pay your medical bills by giving the doctor (my dad) some chickens – money isn't everything. I learned the color of a person's skin or the language he speaks doesn't change how trustworthy or loving he is. Everybody's hearts are the same color. I learned your family is your center, throughout your whole life, and people who love each other hug and praise each other a lot. I learned being trusted means telling the truth and vice versa.
What does all this mean? It means "love your kids." Find things they do right and tell them regularly. If you love ice fishing, quilting or music, share it and pass that love to your kids. Be kind to your neighbors (and your babydaddy/babymama/ex's). Don't badmouth them within earshot of your kids. That way, hopefully, your kids will be kind to their classmates and not rip them to pieces on Facebook. Be kind to your children, even when they're on your very last nerve. Whether your family roots are Finnish, Tribal or Hoosier, like mine, plant them deep in your kids so those roots will support them as they grow. Kindness, patience and empathy are the tools of vital parenting.
That being said, kids are the most frustrating creatures on earth. Accept it. They were not put in this world to make life easy or to love us, respect us, obey us or please us. They're here because we put them here. To get an end result of love, respect and obedience, we have to make sure they are living what we want them to learn. No matter what kind of parent you've been in the past, if you love your child, your child needs to know it. This includes young children, teenagers and adult children who've come back home.
Children Learn What They Live
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
Editor's note: Sherry Gilliland is a pediatrician at the Baraga County Memorial Hospital Physician Group.

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I dont think you understand what effect the recession we are in is having on THIS country. Things in England are not the same as things in the US...I hope to GOD none of those guys the UFC fired, used the money from them as their sole income...if they did...they may never fight again...they may not have the money to sustain the ability to train....
I would NOT like to be a British Fighter who isnt in a STABLE JOB WITH ITS GOD GIVEN EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS and not be in the UFC...coz I dont know whether that would actually work or not...Things in America as SOOOOO CHEAP EVEN IN A RECCESSION...in England...trust me...You DO NOT want to be Jobless in Europe or the United Kingdom at the moment.
Like I say, im reasonably sure those guys basically did UFC as an extra part time job. otherwise, its no Joke...White could have ruined their lives
Dave you are acting like the British fighters that he cut were close to title shots and that is not the case at all. Mills was 1-2 in his last 3 fights, Etim was 1-3 in his last 4 and Sass lost his last 2. The fact is that these guys were not performing and because of that they were cut. When you sign a contract with the UFC you understand that if you don't perform you will be cut.
The UFC is bigger now than it ever has been. It is on FOX, has giant sponsors, and is being talked about more now than it ever was. The same goes for the fighters. ESPN now talks about MMA and the biggest stars of the UFC are 10 times more popular than the stars of the past. Arthur Jones was in the Super Bowl and they referred to him as Jon Jones' brother. Ronda Rousey is getting national attention and ESPN.com is talking about her fight on their main page.
You are acting like the UFC just cut 1/3 of its top fighters. Like I said before, not one guy who was cut was in the top 5 on their division. To say that Bellator will over take the UFC by 2015 is crazy. What prime UFC stock will they be using? Right now their #2 LW is fighting in court to go to the UFC. Their biggest name, King Mo, just got KOed by spinning back fist last night and the their biggest name fighter before that, Hector Lombard, is in the UFC. Out of the fighters the UFC has cut so far a grand total of ZERO are "prime UFC stock". In fact you couldn't build a card from that list of fighters that I would watch if it was going on in my own backyard. Dana is not cutting prime UFC fighters, he is cutting a bunch of mid-card guys that 95% of MMA fans won't even miss.
Dave I have heard you cry about Dana's decisions for years now. You keep saying that he is not listening to the people, he doesn't know what he's doing and he is going to run the UFC in to the ground, yet the UFC is stronger than ever. Face it, Dana knows more about how to run a business than you do, and he has proven it with his ability to grow the UFC from nothing into a global company.
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I have said before that I have felt bad for the UK fans. I think you all get the crappiest cards when they decide to come to the UK. You all were lucky to get a title fight because most of the time it looks like a regional show with little to no non-UK fighters.
Again, I appreciate and respect your passion for the sport.
Here is a blog that I subscribe to of someone that wrote about something very similar today....take a look:
I don't think Urijah is as at-risk as they are playing it out to be, but he should be careful. Urijah is what...0-5 in title fights since he was champ. He lost badly in his last fight and another loss would hurt. But here is the thing, the 135 pound division is very small with a handful of top contenders. He also has a huge following and even today could be successful headlining an event.
Let's look at some other fighters....BJ Penn is 0-2-1 in his last 3, should he be around? Frankie Edgar is 0-3...Joe Lauzon is 1-2...Rashad Evans is 1-2, Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit could both be 1-2 after their next fight. Are these all favorites? Probably, but they are putting butts in the seats. I can't speak for Mac Danzig, but Leonard Garcia comes to fight everytime and he is a fighter that I remember. The UFC wants and is trying to make fighters household names....what is wrong with that?
I get being a fan and following your favorite fighters wherever they fight. I get feeling for these guys when they get cut or have something unfortunate happen. That's what makes you a good person. But don't try and take what happens to them personal or hold a grudge. MMA is a sport, the UFC is a business....the two have to be viewed separate.
Its taken TUF how many seasons to make a small come back?
Its Saturated the Market so much, Forums dont have chance to talk about one card before the next
Its prices remain the same, which have led to a lack of sell outs
2) Its NOT a Global Company...thats the pharse that they tell themselves in America, because they are known in the majority of States...Hey...news for you...being successful in the US, DOESNT equate to being a "Global" Company.
What they've prooved is that havent a sodding clue about anything outside the US. They ARE CATEGORICALLY NOT MAINSTREAM IN ENGLAND....the majority of the British dont buy PPVs, and Can not see the footage through purpose built media that doesnt extend to these shores...We are still downloading naughtiness...and thats harder then ever to attain
The Americans might be prepared to pay...but you guys are NOT living under the austerity measures in place in England...and im damn sure that much of Europe is even worse off money wise
They dont even Employ Globally!! as I showed. a Global Company...like any American Firm that employs people in England MUST abide by British Employment Law...the UFC DO NOT...because technically speaking they ONLY EMPLOY FROM THE US...Even British and European Fighters that work for them in their countries of origin, are Employed IN THE US in terms of Legality.
They are NOT a Global Firm...they are an American Firm, who believe that since they are mainstream in the US, and put the odd show on foreign soil with people recruited and Employed onsite, and use those foreigners, in the foreign shows...that they are Global.
Its Bollox Max...its a Facade which you wouldnt know unless you lived and worked in one of those foreign countries.
A Global Company is like Wal-Mart....Wal-Mart own properties and Staff in different countries, and different parts of their trading empire is managed under different laws. I work for an American Company...and how can you tell its Global...and not Local with an International Outlet? Because, UNLIKE THE UFC, in this Country Wal-Mart MUST abide by BRITISH EMPLOYMENT LAW....Heck...even the rather dodgy, asset stripping American Company that my Father worked for, before it went bust last month, with outlets all over Europe and China...even they were more "Global"
"Global" is a classification, when you apply it to a business...it doesnt mean they have outlets or projects in different countries! It means they have bases in other countries, that are permanent and abide by whatever countries laws they are situated in.
My Fathers old company...they were truely diverse...in America, they could sack a director in two weeks for no other reason then they didnt like him. In England, to sack someone of the same position, they had to go through three disciplinary hearings, or start the eleven week change of contract clause....GOD knows the rules that govern Chinese Employment.
ONLY in America, could you even HAVE such an opinion....is the UFC even on the American stock exchange?? Let alone the British
I'll come back and answer the rest of these tommorow
Women have no place in MMA as far as im concerned. I hold nothing against Women who want to, but I dont think its right. I have rather Archaic views on what I think Women should and should not do, and how they are to be treated.
Would they have tollerated Women fighting in Rome
I disaprove, I really do. Especially at the expense of good male stock.
2) Can I tell you a little secret. The price the UFC get on PPV sales and the Gate, are not a token on what they pay their fighters. They must be some of the WORST Capitalists to work for in the entire world. The UFC can change what it provides for Fighters to reduce costs considerably...but I doubt extending the show by three or four bouts will have that much effect.
3) That should matter, if you wish the UFC to be anything more then an American company...Dana White wont lead the insitution for ever...he holds sway due to charisma...a charisma that would be hard for his successor to follow...would be a shame to find that a new person is confronted by a tone of burnt bridges wouldnt it
4) thats because we are second class citizens...the UFCs first mistake is to try and market British Fighters, to Brits We all arrive expecting to see Americans...and get Michael Bisping...imagine our dissapointment
5) Do I come across as the kind of person who approves of work place politics to you It might be an unavoidable part of the working world, and I maybe equipped with the skills to survive...but that doesnt mean I dont think its bloody corrupted.
6) Most big businesses have an automated system of response at the very least. In England is is considered the height of rudeness not to respond to someone (with the exception of a job application where it is made explicitly clear that contact within a certain time scale means your through to the next round...and therefore a lack of a response...is in and of itself, a clear signalto you)
Why would you bother to publicise your postal address and other details if you didnt wish contact? Now...is there a chance that a personal secretary deals with it...of course...never expect to hear from the persons themselves...is there a chance said correspondance got lost in the post...yes of course...but for that to happen, repeatedly...No. That is more an indicator that someone just cant be arsed to acknowledge you...to a Briton, that is tremendously disrespectful.
Besides...I have contact with MMA fighters all the time...direct, easy access. But the Fighters themselves are just slaves to the UFC...with the odd exception...and those odd exceptions, inevitably choose to completely ignore me. I frighten them, because I tell them what I think, and they are scared of me because I hold them to account...and that means if they do something wrong...people will hear about it. Must, at all costs protect ones reputation, mustnt one
7) the UFC didnt distroy this forum....the talk of Hughes retireing about four years before he actually did...and double forum server jumps did irraperable damage before 2010. Since then, well, I personally blame the administration, of which I am no longer a part. Following the mass exodus in 2010, the place began to naturally dry up as Hughes really did move to retire. Coupled with that was the significant loss of many of the Boffins, issues over the Christianity Section and the Politics Section was also responsible for driving people out. Some might also say my dominance played a part. I had one hell of a post count...before the first server jump 10percent of this forum was totally me...thats probably not a good thing for anyone who doesnt like me
But as I explained...the UFC saturation of the market has damaged the online community whose buzz revolved around those weeks of arguing about fighters in an upcoming match, and digesting the results. Now...even on this forum, we classify non-numbered events without a title match as not even important enough to raise a predictions thread on. Entire events go by without people being passionate about any of it...infact...people just sometimes need a break from it all.
8) The UFC pays alot more then the local fights in England...A LOT MORE.
The UFC show more kindness to their affiliates then their own staff...thats even less moral then walking away
9) Trust me. He is at risk. Wait and see what they do If he fails this weekend. Dana White wasnt kidding. The barrels at the temple I'm afraid...and I quote "It could be a very bad night for Urijah"
Russian Roulette anyone
10) Its not a sign of my general Morality...its a sign of my Loyalty. The UFC didnt just sack a fighter...they sacked a friend...someone who I knew, and spoke to YEARS before anything to do with the UFC.
Thats personal. You dont piss on my friends and expect me to keep peace. If you hurt someone that I am Loyal to, you have insulted me. I dont suffer fools gladly. Its takes suprisingly little for me to consider someone an enemy and then to go to War if needs be.
I've heard the classic response from Americans on this one is: Dont defend them coz it makes them look weak. But If I dont defend them, I can claim no loyalty...because thats what Loyalty is all about. Infact it shows itself best and mostly in times like this.
I expect my reaction has raised a few eyebrows of suprise that I care so much...but Loyalty sometimes only shows itself when its being tested....and besides all that I despise Injustice...I believe companies should act in a moral manner...the two combined is a catalyst to fuel my Modus Operandi
As for them being a global company, the UFC is different than a lot of other companies. The UFC doesn't own the venues they hold their fights in so because of this there is no reason for them to have an office in every city that they do business in. In the US they are based out of Las Vegas and to my knowledge they don't have any other offices any place else. The fighters are their employees but its not like the fighters go to the UFC gym and work each day. Since the UFC doesn't need offices in every country they hold an event they can prob just have a few people over see their operations outside of the US. In fact the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa for the UFC is Garry Cook, former CEO of Manchester City. Their Executive Vice President & Managing Director of Asia is Mark Fischer, http://cn.linkedin.com/pub/mark-fischer/10/247/30b there's his LinkedIn page incase anyone wanted to see what other jobs he has had. So clearly the UFC is global enough that they felt that they needed to get VP's to cover areas outside of the US.
The UFC is a privately owned company, it is owned by Zuffa (which is owned by the Fertitta brothers, Dana White and Sheik Tahnoon), so no it is not on any stock exchange.
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Looking back at his start in teaching, the Reflective Educator writes: I Never Expected.
I never expected that teaching in many schools means waging two very difficult battles: one against student apathy, behavioral problems, and knowledge/skills gaps; and the other against incompetent/misguided administrators/policies. . . .
I never expected that excellent teaching involved much more than owning a dynamic personality. I used to think that excellent classroom management, creativity, and lots of energy were the sole essential ingredients to great teaching. I was very wrong. More on that here and here.
I never expected that a school, of all places, could create an Orwellian atmosphere. . . . More on that in these posts documenting a typical day on my job in DC, and also here.
I never expected that I could work with so many dedicated people. And I never expected working with a population of all English language learners would teach me so much about the world, myself, and excellent teaching.
One thing I did expect: I would love teaching. And I do. I love this job. I love this job. I love this job.
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Intelligent design or evolution?Posted Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at 9:20 AM
I will get to the title in a minute.
Early in the morning I sit at my workplace with a sliding glass door in front of me and watch the birds, squirrels, (sometimes my cats) deer, turkey etc., doing their morning routine. I can not help but be amazed at the diversity and beauty of nature.
Today a bird got disoriented and slammed into the glass window (even though we have taken precautions to try to avoid this) and it fell dazed to the patio. The dogs came running and one of our cats responded as well, so I thought sure I was going to have to rescue the little fella from the jaws of our cat.
Much to my surprise Kit Kat ran up, checked it out, then stood over it as if protecting it from the dogs. He did not try to capture it, play with it or eat it. I picked it up, held it for a few minutes until it regained its' equilibrium and away it flew.
While I was watching the bird, I was able to appreciate its' delicate and beautiful features. Then I started to think how amazing it was to think that this creature supposedly came from the same cell as the cat, the dog, our goldfish, the silly gnat that is buzzing my head right now, etc.
I realize that believing in a supreme being is difficult to some, but how much harder is it to believe that all the wonders of nature came from the same molecules, the same cell, the same protozoa. That is much harder for me to believe and intelligent design seems so much more reasonable.
It may seem strange but I DO believe in evolution but AFTER God created the basics. I believe plants or animals evolve & adapt to their changing environment, or they die.
I am sure humans have evolved or adapted to some of their environment. We can tolerate heat in the South that withers the folks from up North and I sure can not tolerate the cold that they live in.
I realize that there are those who will not agree and I truly would like to hear their explanations of the wide diversity we see throughout the world.
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My colleague,
To believe in God, creation, life after death, destiny, and all that, is inherently comforting. To know that God created the heavens and, at the very least, started life on earth so that evolution could develop it from there (wether with or without a guiding hand) is also comforting. And also very simple.
Sure, without a doubt, it is very easy to look at birds and cats and the world around us and conclude it was designed. Likewise it is also extraordinarily difficult to comprehend how all of it can be brought about by natural occurrences. But easy doesn't mean true. While the details of the truth are exceedingly complex and difficult to comprehend, the basic premise upon which all the mechanisms are founded is still a simple one. Life evolves through the process of random mutation and natural selection.
The wide diversity we see in life can all be traced back through time to converge with common ancestry. If you can comprehend and accept evolution, on whatever limited scale you are willing to accept, then I submit you already have the capacity to accept it all. The only part you're having trouble with is comprehending the sheer TIME that it is required to have. People have enough trouble just comprehending 200 years. Well... expand 200 years to 2000. To 20,000. To 200,000. To 2,000,000. To 20,000,000. To 200,000,000. To 2,000,000,000. And then double that to 4,000,000,000! It is impossible for the human mind to comprehend that length of time.
It is said that if the age of the earth were equivalent to your arm span, and you pass a nail file over your fingernail, you would have just wiped out the whole of human existence. The rest of that time is how long evolution had to be working in order for people to arise. And as for how did life arise on earth in the first place? There are fascinating theories about that which can be read about and studied.
talkorigins.org is a fascinating site that explains, in astonishing detail, all the mechanisms we know about that have brought our world to what it is today, from the "pre-biotic soup" to the life forms we have today. It is an amazing read, full of wonder and amazement as to how all these systems worked for and against each other to bring about this current end result. A good place to start would be http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob... . To counter that system with the idea that, "God did it," in intellectually suffocating. It is an insult to what we know about science and what we know science CAN bring about. It's a shame that religion exists in the way it does today, because without it, humankind and the world in which we live would without a doubt, have progressed in areas of technology, medicine, philosophy, and who knows what else, to a degree we can't possibly imagine. Not to mention we could have done without all the religious wars that have plagued our world throughout the centuries.
David Sorrenson
-- Posted by Horseman on Tue, Dec 4, 2007, at 12:36 PM
David, Thanks for your well thought out and composed response. The links will provide some interesting reading.
At first blush, I have difficulty accepting the statements in the articles, probably for the same reason you have difficulty with religion. We both have to go on faith that the statements are accurate, since none of us were there.
In one paragraph alone I found words like "proposed" "assumed, "previously thought" which to me imply that they do not really know. They are basically making a refined, scientific guess.
It is all fascinating, but as we develop new ways to see and test the universe we are finding out that assumptions made years ago, but taught as fact, were in fact, wrong. How does that build confidence in today's theories? When will they be found to be incorrect?
Religion has no doubt, caused many serious, if not horrific events in history, but I propose that this is MAN'S twisted interpretation of what God was trying to say. Regardless of what religion is used to justify the Crusade, Jihad of today or any of the other conflict, it is wrong.
Nothing about the way I interpret my faith is suffocating. I am free to explore and consider all propositions, as I will enjoy reading the references you have given. As I think back on how far we have come in my parents' and my lifetime I do not see where we were seriously crippled by our beliefs.
Yes, I can identify some restrictive cultures that are based on religion, but I believe we have seen God-less societies and beliefs just as restrictive and deadly. Mankind has a great propensity for screwing things up.
But why would we be any less susceptible to getting it wrong when it comes to science?
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, Dec 4, 2007, at 1:46 PM
Then, before the day is over, may I suggest the following for your viewing pleasure...
I'd give something a bit more thoughtful, but at the moment, I've got to be somewhere. I'll check back later!
David Sorrenson
-- Posted by Horseman on Tue, Dec 4, 2007, at 3:53 PM
In the beginning God. God said bang things were made at I do believe in evolution or adaption according to God's will , good blog.
-- Posted by michaelbell on Tue, Dec 4, 2007, at 6:14 PM
Thanks Michael.
David, While my satellite connection is sooo much better than dial-up, it is still not good enough for consistent video. I tried to start listening but the lag time was driving me a bit batty. I will check it out when on cable connection.
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, Dec 4, 2007, at 8:01 PM
Interesting blog.
Benjamin Franklin, among Paris' skeptic and agnostic philosophers was intrigued with their comprehension of the universe's existence without God. He went to one of the leading jewelers in Paris and commissioned a replica of the solar system. The model was completed and he carried it to one of the philosophical group's meetings. They marveled at the beauty and complexity of the design and its execution. When asked who had made it he replied that in fact no one had made it, it just happened.
Enough said.
-- Posted by dmcg on Tue, Dec 4, 2007, at 9:19 PM
ID is nothing more than the teleological argument with irreducible complexity thrown into the mix. It still doesn't hold water even though it's one of the oldest, and most obvious, arguments for the existence of a deity.
It was Hume that pointed out that even if a deity created all of this, there is scat evidence of the benevolence of this deity.
Remember the beauty of that little bird? Well, if you believe that a god created it, then you have to believe that god also created a system where lions kill and eat baby gazelles while the mother watches. The beauty of a sunset? How about the beauty of maggots feasting in an empty eye socket?
If there is a creator, then he created everything, warts and all.
-- Posted by infidel57 on Tue, Dec 4, 2007, at 10:32 PM
As a teacher of science, this subject hits me daily. I don't teach religion, I teach science. The revelation that a creature is able to adapt to its environment in order for it and its offspring to survive is far more incredible and supernatural, if you will, than a static, unchanging being. We build stuff that is unchanging. An article of clothing does not become more sturdy at points of wear, a car does not change to use gasoline more efficiently on its own. Our creator in His infinite wisdom built our earthly bodies to be able to survive on this harsh planet, but our souls...well that's a different story.
Um...the beauty of a maggot in an eye socket is to prove that energy cycles are required by nature to keep the circle of life in motion. (It really needs an eye to be in the socket because if it was empty (nothing to lay larvae in that has a nutrient source) I doubt he'd be there.)
I like this thread. I would like to hear how anyone thinks the topic of evolution should be approached. I don't think the topic should be introduced until high school. A basic understanding of genetics is required for it to be taught anyway. It would be like trying to learn calculus before you learned algebra.
-- Posted by Jacks4me on Wed, Dec 5, 2007, at 7:28 AM
I have not seen the Franklin description before. Interesting.
In regards to the cruelty of nature and the terrible human tragedies that occur, it has always been a difficult issue for humans to resolve. We are seeing it from human eyes and I do not think I can comprehend the complexity in which God views the same thing.
We are taught that the worst thing is to lose our eternal reward, so to God this may seem trivial. We are in the middle of it, so to us it is colossal. I admit, I do not know.
While I believe we are made in God's likeness, I also believe we have "evolved" and that causes conflict. I love our cats, but I get upset when it kills a bird. I used to hunt, but I no longer do so because I do not like killing. If I had to eat, or defend my family, I would.
I forgive my cat because they do not have the same thought process that I have. I forgive my child for errors in judgment, because I am a father, as I believe God does for us.
There is a lot more to be said from both sides, so I will not try to say it all in this post. I truly welcome the other views so let us continue on.
-- Posted by stevemills on Wed, Dec 5, 2007, at 7:32 AM
Jacks4me, We posted about the same time so I was not able to remark about your comments. I can see where it is a tough line to walk teaching and believing since they sometimes seem to be at odds.
Kudos to you for teaching, by the way. It is a commitment that requires sacrifice but immensely rewarding in other ways.
-- Posted by stevemills on Wed, Dec 5, 2007, at 7:38 AM
The maggots ARE lovely.
They debride and cleanse wounds,eat up decaying matter such as rotten food and manure and 'recycle' it into humus so new life can get a start.
(They help forensic teams make a living,too.)
Without our flies,worms, bacteria,phagocytes and what have you,dead and deadly material would just sit there making no constructive contributions.
This way,the raw materials get a second shot at being beneficial.
Yes,it'd be nice if all this renewal could occur in a pretty,sweet-smelling and non-violent fashion but then there are other forms of reproduction and digestion that get messy,too but they,also,have beauty and pleasure of their own.
Why would God use predators and carrion-eaters?
I couldn't begin to guess.
They might have their doubts about us.
-- Posted by quantumcat on Wed, Dec 5, 2007, at 9:14 PM
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I felt great at first then my hair started to fall out - hmmmm, feels like I am using the chemically infused product. I checked the label and it is infused with chemical substances such as dimethicone. More alcohol than the organic extracts. Not for those who looking for the natural product.
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I bought this conditioner along with its shampoo a few months ago and noticed the ingredients and packaging had changed. This 'new' formula is nothing compared to the old one, left my hair tangled and dull. I am so disappointed they felt the need to change anything when it was such an amazing product. Will not be buying this again!!
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Franklin Edward Ball is accused of the Nature's Medicine burglary last week during which several marijuana plants with an undisclosed value were taken, said Sheriff Pete Palmer. Surveillance video captured a person entering the property and two days later, an employee of Nature's Medicine reported seeing a man matching the description of the surveillance video image.
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November 14, 2008. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: blues, Compared to What, Javon Jackson, jazz, Jazz Alive, Kennedy Center Jazz, Les McCann, soul, Swiss Movement
On November 10 at the KC Jazz Club, JazzSet recorded the "Swiss Movement Revisited" show, featuring Javon Jackson on tenor and special guest Les McCann, singing at the keyboard. The title comes from the 1969 Les McCann Trio live-at-Montreux LP with Eddie Harris on sax. Swiss Movement captured a primal-screamin moment at the end of the 60s, with the sly & infectious anthem that asks the question, "Tryin' to make it Real, Compared to What?"
Mark Schramm was our onsite producer for "Swiss Movement Revisited," and Mark reports.
"Javon has put together a crack band to play this music. They've been together for a year now and it shows. The arrangements are tight but the band plays loose and with tremendous energy. After "Where Is the Love?" (think Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway), Javon brings on Les, who uses a motorized cart to get around. In Les's first blues - earthy, soulful, funny, intense - every note has meaning. There's a quality of directness of expression with Les that is very moving in person.
"They played Eddie Harris' 'Cold Duck Time' (click to listen to the tune with a guitar solo by David Gilmore) from Swiss Movement, then an uptempo Javon original, then quieted down for an "Amazing Grace" duet with Les and Javon. Javon backed him perfectly. There was a lady sitting next to me at the back of the room and she had tears coming down her face at the end of that song. She wasn't the only one.
"An excellent 'Freedom Jazz Dance' followed (yet another great Eddie Harris tune), and then came the set closer, 'Compared to What.' This is Les's signature tune, and he sings that song (an anti-war anthem, let's not forget) with all the passion of the original. The driving rhythm got people up out of their seats, dancing in the back of the room. I don't think I've ever seen that at the Jazz Club!
"Between sets and after the show, Javon signed CDs out front of the club. His new one, Once Upon a Melody (Palmetto), is excellent by the way. Almost every person who bought one asked, 'Do you have a CD with you and Les?' And the answer was no. I can't tell you how many people came up and THANKED us for being there recording the concert."
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- 200 members limit: Guilds exceeding the 200 members limit will no longer see some of their members experience display issue in the Guild Interface.
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- Crafting 10 items: +15 points (instead of +10)
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Japan's largest supplier of dynamic random access memory – Elpida Memory – on Tuesday announced that its Hiroshima Plant had begun volume production of 2Gb DDR3 SDRAM chips using 40nm process technology. Thin process technology not only allows Elpida to make more affordable memory chips, but it also underlines its own excellence: according to the company, it took only two months to ramp up mass production.
The new 2Gb DDR3 SDRAM achieves 44% more chips per wafer compared with Elpida's 50nm DDR3 SDRAM and a 100% yield for DDR3 products that operate at 1600MHz, the fastest officially ratified speed standard for current DDR3. Compared with 50nm products, it uses about two-thirds less current and supports 1.2V/1.35V operation as well as DDR3 standard 1.5V, resulting in reduced power consumption of around 50%. Naturally, the new chips support higher clock-speed and higher voltages, thus, may become an interesting options for overclockers provided that 40nm process technology allows tangible boost of voltage settings.
Since completing development of the 2Gb 40nm DDR3 SDRAM last October it has taken Elpida only two months to ramp up mass production.
Initially, Elpida plans a phased expansion of 40nm 2Gb DDR3 SDRAM mass production at its Hiroshima Plant. In the second quarter of 2010, 40nm process production will also begin at Rexchip, a subsidiary in Taiwan, to increase the manufacture of 40nm process products in order to lower products costs. Depending on conditions in the DRAM market, Elpida may transfer 40nm process technology to foundry partners ProMOS and Winbond to expand production based on this technology to an even higher level.


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Do we need unionized college athletics?
National Labor Relations Board members have an opportunity to avoid making their agency look ridiculous, simple-minded and biased. They should take it.
A regional arm of the NLRB, based in Chicago, has issued a ruling that would allow many college football players to form unions. That would wreak havoc on college athletics, and in some ways, on the institutions of higher learning that participate.
If upheld, the regional board's ruling could drain college and university athletic departments' funds. That would affect the institutions in other ways, simply because many use income from major sports to subsidize those that draw smaller crowds. Some use athletic department income for other programs.
And, if used as a precedent, the ruling could affect many other college and university programs. What about band members who get scholarship help? Can they, too, form unions? What about student participants in a variety of other higher education activities? Can they, too, unionize?
Athletics at colleges and universities certainly has its flaws. But the regional labor board seems less concerned with those than with helping organized labor expand.
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The talks that the market of video games for personal computers is on the decline have been around for many years now, but there are still new titles made available for the PC and, apparently, there are a number of opportunities for further growth, particularly online, says PC Gaming Alliance
Speaking at the Games Convention Developer's Conference in Leipzig, the PC Gaming Alliance president Randy Stude announced that PC gaming was a $10.7 billion industry during the year of 2007, with retail sales accounting for just 30% of total revenues. According to the report, growth was largely driven by online revenues from Asia, the world's largest market, which is approaching half of total worldwide sales.
"Our analysis clearly shows incredible growth in online PC gaming, proof that this industry is far stronger than anyone has reported, Today's consumers shop where they live – online," said Mr. Stude.
Online PC gaming revenue led the way in 2007 with $4.8 billion, nearly double the worldwide retail sales numbers for PC games. Digital distribution sales approached $2 billion, while advertising revenues from websites, portals, and in-game ads accounted for $800 million. Both are expected to grow substantially as major developers and publishers begin to adopt formal strategies to take advantage of new online opportunities.
According to DFC Intelligence, there is even more room for growth as the broadband market matures.
"By pioneering new business models, the PC has quietly remained the single leading platform for games, not only in terms of consumer usage, but revenue generation. The most fascinating thing about PC gaming is its ability to attract such a diverse audience, both demographically and geographically. The real key has been the rapid growth in penetration of broadband-connected PCs in all markets around the world. Broadband-connected PCs are the key driver of growth for PC gaming. DFC Intelligence estimated that by the end of 2007 less than one-third of households in the top 20 markets for games had a high-speed Internet connection. That clearly indicates that there is still plenty of growth to come," said David Cole, an analyst with DFC Intelligence.
PC Gaming Alliance is a non-profit organization that unites hardware and software creators, game developers and publishers, and others committed to the PC gaming market with the common purpose of advancing the PC as a worldwide gaming platform. Currently the organization is comprised of Acer, Activision Publishing, Advanced Micro Devices/ATI, Dell/Alienware, Epic Games, Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Nvidia Corp. and Razer announced formation of the PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA).
It is indisputable fact that online gaming brings truly high revenues to game developers and publishers on various markets, but in order to do that, video games should be able to run on PCs that are enough affordable for the masses. Meanwhile, companies like AMD/ATI, Intel Corp. or Nvidia Corp. are interested in advancing high-end PC gaming in order to sell rather expensive computer components. Still, game developers are also interested in advanced computers as they allow them to compete against each other in terms of visual quality and game experience. As a result, based on the results of the research (only 30% of games are acquired in retail and less of them are actually high-end games), the main task of PCGA is to find the right balance of interests inside the association, which is likely to lead to creation of higher quality video games for general public as well as better hardware.


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I have Orders has_many Line_Items => belongs_to Lead
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I personally prefer the taste of instant yeast in a pizza, as I find that the naturally leavened pizzas I've made are a bit too "sourdough" for my taste. I prefer the milder yeasty flavor given by a commercial yeast.
But I was wondering if the OP or anyone else would suggest a good target for the amount of rise. 50%, doubling, tripling? Triple seems like a lot and I'm wondering if this is "overproofing" & ending up with less than ideal dough.


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The Importance of Redundancy Planning 6
At my place of employment yesterday, an email was sent round to everyone. It was from the head-honcho, the big cheese, the chief, warning everyone that we face a £35 million shortfall over the next 5 years and spending, recruitment and employment would need to be cut as a result. Obviously non-pay budgets would be the first under review but "all options" remain open in terms of balancing the books.
It was a shock, but perhaps, not entirely unexpected. The entire world is feeling the pinch right now and the UK perhaps more than most given we're the 4th 3rd most indebted country on the entire planet. Now, it's extremely early days, and on the face of it I am in one of the more safer areas of our business. But that doesn't mean I am taking my employment for granted and it doesn't mean I am not at risk.
I have been given up to 5 years to plan for the worst. So what am I doing with that information?
I am doubling my efforts to repay my debts by the new year. If I (or you) are made redundant, then having debt hanging around will make life twice as hard. With no income, how will monthly commitments be met? Credit cards, store cards, loans, car payments and all other kinds of unsecured lending create a need to earn a minimum amount to meet these obligations month in, month out, before you even look at 'living'. Reducing these to nil removes that worry entirely. Instead of needing to take home 'at least' £1,500 to live and meet your creditors demands, you could potentially look to take home just £500 by part-time means. This keeps your future employment window open far, far wider.
Take all the overtime that comes. Right now where I work overtime is everywhere you look. Courtesy of my debt freedom goal, I have been working overtime fairly regularly anyway and had planned to do so until December (my planned debt-freedom month). But now I will take every morsel that comes, and continue to take every morsel that comes until either the threat of redundancy goes away (perhaps in as much as 5 years time), or I am made redundant. Whichever occurs, I will be much better off financially for it. Realistically it'll take a physical and emotional toll on me, but to know it means an enhanced degree of financial freedom makes that worthwhile.
Create and maintain an emergency fund. Various financial blogs extol the virtues of having a fund you can reach quickly, with a reasonable sum contained within it. For me, my emergency fund might look to be just £1,000 initially as right now, I don't have one at all. Every piece of money I have is earmarked for a purpose. If my car blows up tomorrow, I need to have the ability to fix or replace it without opening a new debt. Emergency funds should not be tied up in 'term' accounts, it should be available immediately so don't think of it as an investment product but more of a safety net. Don't rely on your credit cards for your emergency fund either: If your emergency is redundancy, how do you propose to repay those cards after you use them? When able, an emergency fund should contain 6-10 months of what you'd need to sustain your household if money suddenly stopped coming in.
Put together a SCRAM file. In nuclear power stations, a SCRAM button is used to prevent a nuclear meltdown in the event that normal control of the reactor is lost. It pushes the control rods deep into the reactor, effectively stopping the reactor from working. The power station shuts down, and everyone lives to go home to their families. We all have a lot of things that come out of our bank accounts on a regular basis; Magazine subscriptions, mobile telephone contracts, entertainment packages (LoveFilm/Netflix for example) and other unnecessary expenditure. If you suddenly lose your job, you need to hit your own SCRAM button to stop these in their tracks or as quickly as possible. Put together a document that details what comes out, when, for how much, and who you need to contact or what you need to do to stop them. This one sheet of paper can very quickly cut your monthly outgoings to the absolute bear minimum with the option of picking them up again when your financial position improves.
Keep smiling. While it isn't a pleasant prospect to have uncertain employment ahead of me for a while, I am in a better position that vast swathes of my colleagues. I do not have a mortgage (yet. One day.). My outgoings are cut back to their reasonable minimums already courtesy of my debt freedom goal. I will not have debt in a few months time and I am young enough but experienced enough to either be kept on, or hopefully find gainful employment not too long after disaster if it strikes.
The important thing is to plan. Without a plan, when your own recession bites, the entire situation will seem insurmountable when it doesn't have to be that way.
Where to find extra help – the government as part of their eGovernment service provides a "Real Help Now" service packed with advice on the benefits and entitlements for those made redundant and the first steps you need to take. You can get started by clicking here.
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Chili Pork Empanadas with Avocado Dipping Sauce
- Empanadas:
- 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
- 1/4 pound pork tenderloin, cut into small cubes
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- Salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- 3 scallions, sliced
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
- 2 chipotles, diced
- 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
- 2 (9-inch) pie rounds
- 2 eggs, beaten
- Avocado Dipping Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 6 shallots, sliced
- 1 ripe avocado, halved, pitted and flesh chopped
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- Salt and freshly cracked black pepper
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Add the oil to a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Season the pork with chili powder, salt and pepper, to taste, and quickly sear for 2 minutes. Remove from the pan to a bowl and cool slightly. Add the scallions, cilantro, chipotles and queso fresco and mix well.
Roll out the pie rounds on a lightly floured surface and using a 3-inch biscuit cutter, punch out rounds of dough. Put about 2 tablespoons of the filling, off-center, on each dough round. Brush the edges of the dough with beaten egg. Fold the dough over the filling and crimp the edges with a fork. Arrange them on a half sheet tray lined with parchment paper and brush the tops with remaining beaten egg. Bake until nicely browned, about 13 to 15 minutes. Remove the empanadas from the oven and arrange them on a platter. Serve with the dipping sauce.
Dipping Sauce:
In the same pan the pork was cooked in, add the butter. Turn the heat to high and add the shallots. Cook the shallots until nicely caramelized, about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the shallots, avocado, olive oil, red wine vinegar and sour cream to a blender. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and puree until smooth and velvety. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve with the empanadas.
Recipe courtesy of Aaron McCargo Jr.
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WebMemo #3482 on Transportation
February 2, 2012
February 2, 2012 | WebMemo on Transportation
As Congress gears up for another year, reining in spending and debt should top the agenda, but one issue heading squarely against that priority is reauthorization of the transportation program. The last transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU, was marked by gluttonous excesses, which ranged from its porcine spending increases and wasteful spending on programs that did not improve roads, to its earmarks, which spawned the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere." Spending in SAFETEA-LU was so excessive that Congress was repeatedly called on to bail out the Highway Trust Fund.
This story is similar to the federal government's total finances—a massive run-up in spending and declining revenues. The latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for 2012 show a deficit of just over $1 trillion, publicly held debt at 73 percent of GDP, and a rapidly deteriorating scenario over the next 10 years, during which publicly held debt will soar to nearly 100 percent of GDP.[1]
It is past time for Washington to stop spending money on wasteful projects and to live within its means. This should start with the first major opportunity of the year: reauthorization of the transportation program. Rather than increasing spending and then looking for new sources of revenue to pay for it, Congress should eliminate wasteful transportation programs and reduce spending so that the program lives within its means.
Bloated Spending Outpaces Taxes
The federal highway program was created in 1956 to build the interstate highway system, which would connect all major cities spanning both coasts and reaching both borders. The program was funded by a federal fuel tax, originally 3 cents per gallon of gasoline. The original plan was to turn over the maintenance to the states after the interstate highway system was completed. But, as Ronald Reagan famously quipped, "a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!" Thus, rather than turning a modest program over to the states, the highway program was vastly expanded and the gas tax increased to where it stands today at 18.3 cents per gallon.[2]
Not content to live within the means of the Highway Trust Fund and its dedicated funding, Congress added scores of new programs accompanied by new spending on all manner of projects that hardly fall within the purview of a transportation system. In fact, these programs in the past have diverted around 38 percent of the trust fund spending to things other than general-purpose roads, leaving America's drivers with a mere 62 percent of every gas tax dollar they pay funding the roads they actually use.[3]
Many of these programs can only be thought of as luxuries, such as scenic byways, ferryboats, bicycles, historic covered bridges, and horse trails. Others include transit (which largely goes to fund trolleys, buses, commuter rail, etc., and serves only 1.8 percent of surface travel passengers); the enhancement program (under which states are currently forced to spend money on projects like facilities for pedestrians and bicycles, scenic easements including historic battlefields, landscaping and other scenic beautification, historic preservation, and transportation museums); and recreational trails.[4]
These programs reached new complexity and magnitude in SAFETEA-LU and help explain the new heights that spending reached under this bill. They also help explain the bailouts from general revenue of $35 billion, which began in 2008.[5]
The picture for the future continues to look bleak. Gas tax revenues have not grown to keep pace with transportation needs, let alone the burgeoning wants of Congress and the vast collection of special-interest groups and their lobbyists. The most recent forecast by CBO[6] projects that the trust fund will run out of money sometime in 2013 with a deficit of $12 billion and cumulative deficits of $136 billion through 2022. Even this may be a conservative estimate given the way CBO projected both taxes and spending.[7]
Transportation Goals vs. Wasteful Spending
The federal government is projected to run deficits in the trillion-dollar range through the end of the decade, reaching $1.5 trillion in 2022. Transportation spending is one contributor to this gloomy outlook. As a first step toward the larger goal of solving the nation's spending and debt crisis, Congress should make the transportation program live within its means. It should reserve the program exclusively for improving mobility and safety and decreasing congestion.
This means Congress should strip out or trim wasteful programs like the enhancement program, transit, and Amtrak. Gone should be plans for quaint cobblestones, hiking trails, tourist attractions and archaeology, streetscapes and flower planting projects, and the excess spending they represent.
Eliminate Waste and Reduce Spending
The current reauthorization bills (S. 1813 and H.R. 7) contain some important reforms. For example, both versions put an end to the corruptive and wasteful practice of earmarks. The Senate version would allow states the flexibility to spend enhancement program money on roads as opposed to projects like a road museum. The House version would start to remove Amtrak's wasteful subsidy and require operational improvements.
Sadly, however, both bills would continue funding the program at bloated levels similar to today's, leading to the need for more revenues or bailouts by the general fund. The solution that each bill offers is more revenues. The House bill, for example, purports to generate oil and gas royalty revenues by opening up areas now restricted to exploration. This is a sound policy. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve the true problem: spending. Instead, it locks in higher levels of spending rather than preserving royalty revenues for deficit reduction.
Rather than perpetuating ever-growing government, albeit with a somewhat improved and streamlined transportation program, Congress should live within its means. Instead of bailouts, this means eliminating wasteful programs and cutting the spending that goes with them.
Alison Acosta Fraser is Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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[1]Patrick Louis Knudsen, "Budget Outlook Getting Worse, CBO Report Shows," Heritage Foundation Foundry, January 31, 2012, at http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/31/budget-outlook-getting-worse-cbo-report-shows/.
[2]Ronald D. Utt, "Federal Highway Trust Fund: Recommit to Better Highways and Enhanced Mobility," Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 2944, June 30, 2010, at http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/06/federal-highway-trust-fund-recommit-to-better-highways-and-enhanced-mobility.
[3]As earmarks have essentially been eliminated following the "Bridge to Nowhere" and other scandals, this ratio is likely down to 35/65 percent today.
[4] Ibid.
[5]"Surface Transportation Program, Reauthorization Issues for the 112th Congress," Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, January 12, 2012, at http://heritageaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Surface-Transportation-Program-Reauth_Jan12-2012.pdf (February 2, 2012).
[6] The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 through 2022, Congressional Budget Office, January 31, 2012, at http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/126xx/doc12699/01-31-2012_Outlook.pdf (February 2, 2012).
[7]CBO projected that spending will continue at current levels only adjusted for inflation, far from trend. It also projected that revenues would receive a permanent increase from the expiration of the ethanol tax credit, even though Congress is currently considering extending that and other tax credits in the annual extenders package.


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It's a track Cudi and Dot Da Genius made a few years ago.
It's a track Cudi and Dot Da Genius made a few years ago but never released. Really nice stuff.
It's a track Cudi and Dot Da Genius made a few years ago.
It's a track Cudi and Dot Da Genius made a few years ago but never released. Really nice stuff.
SNL Recap: Tina Fey's Advice for Felicity Jones
Sherlock Season-Finale Recap: The East Wind
Eddie Huang on Steve Harvey's 'Hypocritical' and 'Upsetting' Willingness to Emasculate Asian Men for Laughs
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So, What Is The Young Pope Actually About?
One Day at a Time Calls Out the Che Guevara T-Shirt in One Perfect Scene
Nick Cannon Has a Theory on Who Sabotaged Mariah Carey's NYE Performance
La La Land's Ending Reveals the Movie's True Romance
Richard Prince Just Showed Artists a Way to Fight Trump. And May Have Cracked Open a New Contemporary Art Code Too.
The Young Pope Series-Premiere Recap: There's a New Pope Now
A message from Wyclef, to the world: "Judge life matters."Judd Apatow on Trump's America: 'Most of Us Are Just Scared and Eating Ice Cream'
The times are bad and the belts are bursting.Green Day Releases Lyric Video for Their Anti-Trump Anthem
The band is back to their punk-protest roots.Riverdale's Jughead Won't Be Asexual Like He Is in the Comics
Though that may change, if Cole Sprouse gets his way.2 Chainz Says He, Too, Declined to Perform at Trump's Inauguration
"I had to say 'nah,' no matter how much money it was."Lin-Manuel Miranda Wrote a West Wing Song, Which Is Basically Like Being 1/50th of the Way to a West Wing Musical
Damn, Mrs. Landingham.At Least 5 Dead Following Nightclub Shooting at BPM Festival
A lone shooter opened fire Monday morning.New HBO's Crashing Trailer: Don't Laugh As Pete Holmes's Life Comes Crashing Down Before His Eyes
"There's no good way to tell people that you haven't seen The Wire."On Mariah's World, Mariah Carey Shares Emotional Tribute to Prince After Learning of His Death
She called him "one of the most incredible geniuses that we've ever had."A24 Is Taking a Surprise Sci-Fi Short to Sundance, and It Looks Pretty Mysterious
Are you there, A24? It's us, Vulture.
King Charles III playwright Mike Bartlett is writing the series.Broadway Stars Are Holding an Inauguration Day NYC Show to Raise Money for Human-Rights Organizations
Chita Rivera, Kelli O'Hara, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and other legends are slated to perform.Oprah Winfrey, Van Jones, and Ava DuVernay Met to Discuss 13th and Politics
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Is this what passes for drama now?Skrillex Reunited With His Former Emo Band, From First to Last, for a New Song
Hear the new track "Make War," here.The Affair Recap: The Awful Truth
Cole's love for Alison may lead to his undoing.Ken Burns Is Adding Another Episode to His Baseball Doc to Cover the Cubs' World Series Win
"I'm sort of obligated."Victoria Series-Premiere Recap: Royal People Problems
Victoria has everything a British period drama needs.Nick Cannon Has a Theory on Who Sabotaged Mariah Carey's NYE Performance
"You know me: I'm a conspiracy theorist."All of the Hats in The Young Pope Premiere (and What They Mean)
So many hats.