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Chennai: In the first match of the ODI World Cup 2023, Team India performed brilliantly and defeated Australia by 6 wickets. All the players were very happy after this win and were seen smiling in the dressing room. While India’s bowling was good in this match, the fielders also did their best. India’s bowlers performed brilliantly and the fielders made perfect fielding to all out Australia. The fielding coach then awarded Kohli with a special medal on behalf of the BCCI.Special medal to Virat Kohli from BCCI
BCCI shared a video on bcci.tv. Indian players are seen smiling in this. Later, fielding coach T. Dileep informed everyone about the new thing started by BCCI. In fact, the board has decided to give a special medal to the player who performed brilliantly while fielding in this match.
Many players including Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan fielded brilliantly in the India Australia match. Among the three, according to the fielding coach, Kohli’s performance was commendable. In such a situation he handed over this shiny new blank medal to Virat. As soon as Kohli received the medal, he eagerly rushed forward to collect it. After this, Virat celebrated by raising his hands and then posed like a champion holding the medal in his teeth.
Brilliant catch by Virat
In this match, Indian star Virat Kohli was seen very active in the field. While standing in the slips, Kohli took an amazing catch of Mitchell Marsh in the first over. While fielding in the slips, Virat took such an amazing catch while diving that everyone watched. Marsh could not even open his account in this match and was the victim of Bumrah. After this, Virat caught Adam Zampa off Hardik Pandya in the death over. In the post-match interview, Indian captain Rohit Sharma also praised the team’s fielding.
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- With more than 21 million subscribers, over a decade of YouTube fame, three top 30 UK singles, and a boxing victory against Logan Paul, KSI is both a top British entertainer and a social media icon.
- Right now, he's directing all his focus toward his music career, and he's preparing to drop his debut solo album in May. He says it's his best work yet, and will prove he's better than just "YouTuber music."
- While quarantined in London, KSI – whose real name is Olajide Olatunji – gave a rare interview to Insider, and he spilled details about his rivalry with the Paul brothers, his upcoming music, and more.
- Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
Olajide Olatunji, known to his 21 million YouTube subscribers as KSI, is looking forward to performing his latest single "Poppin" in front of a crowd. It will probably have to wait until next year. Hopefully. The 26-year-old punctuated his prediction with a burst of crackling laughter over the phone, which is as infectious over a long-distance call as it would be in person.
The UK native is quarantined at home in London, where he used to live with a British YouTuber collective called the Sidemen (a predecessor to the US' TikTok-famous Hype House or controversial Team 10). He wishes he could do more radio spots and in-person interviews to promote the single, which features two big names, Lil Pump and Smokepurpp, but he's trapped inside like everybody else. But there's a bright side.
"If I'm taking the silver lining out of this f---ing atrocious thing, it's kind of helped me reset myself and take a step back and take time for myself," KSI told Insider. "Before this whole coronavirus thing I was going a hundred miles an hour, repeatedly punching. I find I've been able to really take a break."
For someone who considers himself to be taking a break, he's incredibly busy. Not only is he promoting "Poppin" and its music video, but he's uploading every few days to his side channel, KSIOlajidebtHD V2, which has over 8.5 million subscribers on its own. He just announced the winner of the "The Poppin Challenge," where KSI encouraged his fans to perform their own rap verse over the instrumental version of the song.
Fans voted for Crypt, a burgeoning YouTube rapper on his way to his first million subscribers, whose prize is that his verse will be featured on the deluxe version of KSI's debut solo album, which drops in May. At my surprise that he was offering the winner a verse in his official body of work, KSI responded with the verbal equivalent of a shrug.
"I mean, the fans got me to the point I'm at today," he said. "I thought it was a good way to give back."
KSI has been rapping since 2015, and he's hoping his first solo album solidifies his legitimacy beyond another 'YouTube musician'
"Poppin" is, by KSI's own admission, "not a super serious song." But that doesn't mean it can't also be "a banger." It's all about flexing, mostly money and expensive jewelry, which is no surprise given Lil Pump's meteoric rise and KSI's net worth, which is estimated to be about equal to the number of YouTube subscribers he has.
There's even a topical reference to the coronavirus, when Lil Pump references how sick his various accessories are. "Look at my wrist, Corona/My neck got Ebola," he spits, over a relentless beat that could easily accompany a sweaty night at a college pre-game, a nightclub track list, or a viral TikTok dance.
"I just burst out laughing when I heard it," KSI added. "I was like 'Of course Lil Pump did a corona line, of course.'"
The song is popular, especially in the UK, where it charted at no. 4 on the Independent Singles Chart and at no. 23 on the R&B Singles Chart. KSI has also had three singles enter the UK Top 30 so far, including his debut song "Lamborghini" in 2015 and the two predecessors to "Poppin," "Down Like That," which features Rick Ross, Lil Baby, and S-X, and "Wake Up Call," a delightfully pop-friendly diversion from his icier tracks, which features Trippie Redd.
"People are going to be like 'I don't get how he has all these rappers or singers on his album,'" KSI said, foretelling an even more impressive roster for the finished product. "I'm a big person, at the end of the day, when it comes to clout, socially, etcetera. I've put in the work. I've been doing research for years and years."
He talks a big game about his solo debut, and I'm inclined to believe him, because he's refreshingly candid about his own music. A recent YouTube video has KSI ranking his own songs from best to work in a tier list, and he wasn't afraid to beat up on himself. Even on the phone, he giggled – slightly manically – and told me this album "sh--s on 'New Age,'" his full-length collaboration with a friend of the Sidemen, the rapper Randolph.
"I'm in this space where I feel like I've reached another level with my music," KSI said. "Don't get me wrong, ['New Age'] is a good album, there's a couple of bangers on there, but this new album is just unreal."
The almost frightening intensity of early singles like "Lamborghini" has given way to a more diverse, calculated artist on KSI's latest singles. He doesn't sound like a YouTuber buying more time in the spotlight. He sounds real.
"Other musicians, I feel like in a lot of ways, they understand me," he said. "It's a lot of people outside of that, radioheads and TV and all that. They kind of just don't understand it and they think I'm only jumping on music because I have a following. But ultimately, the music has to be good. If you produce a track, people aren't gonna rock with it. They might do it for the meme for a bit but after a while they're gonna stop if they realize it's just trash."
As he's evolved as an artist and entertainer, KSI has developed an intense rivalry with the Paul brothers, who he says make 'trash'
Even though his songs chart and include features from mainstream rappers, KSI says he faces a lot of scrutiny as someone born from digital notoriety. He's maintained success on YouTube for over a decade, and while familiar names from pre-2010 YouTube may have been lost to the internet fabric of time, KSI has pursued new genres of content.
He started his YouTube career with skits, man-on-the-street humor bits, and videos of himself playing "FIFA" video games, then elevated his popularity via the Sidemen, which he has always been the most-followed member of. He started throwing together amateur raps at age 11. The name KSI stands for "Knowledge, Strength, Integrity" – if it sounds a little hokey, just remember he was 15 when he came up with it.
KSI has had long-time followers. My own little brothers obsessively watched his early YouTube skits before I even knew who he was. To this day, they're not boxing fans whatsoever, but can re-enact the punches thrown by KSI and Logan Paul in their two divisive matches that ended up with KSI as the victor in round two.
While his diverse resumé seems impressive, it's not without drama, including of the family variety. KSI's younger brother Deji has made a name for himself on YouTube too, largely by slinging accusations of mistreatment at his older sibling. KSI told me he tries not to engage with family matters in public, but "it's one of those things where sometimes you just can't stop it. I do what I need to do, but it is what it is now."
KSI also feeds into the drama surrounding his family and rivalries by leveraging it in video titles and thumbnails, producing diss tracks (like infamous ones against various members of the Sidemen, which KSI briefly left and rejoined, later asserting that some of the drama was staged and some was real), and elongating the feud between him and the Paul brothers, Jake and Logan.
Jake Paul, who had issued a few widely-mocked rap tracks of his own, was on KSI's mind when he discussed the question of his legitimacy as a YouTuber-turned-rapper.
"Not everyone does it well. There are a lot of people who do it badly, Jake Paul for example, is someone who's done it badly," he said. "The Dobre brothers, another one that does it badly. They're the people who give YouTube a bad name when it comes to trying to do music. It's the ones who make trash music is what gets all the attention, that's everywhere, and then everyone sees that as YouTube music. I'm trying to break that mold."
In terms of YouTube music, there's quite a lot to sift through, from genuine rap contributions like KSI's discography to YouTubers who completely turn rap into a comedic bit, to other genre contributions. Even mainstream mega-celebrities like Justin Bieber and Halsey started out with YouTube channels and covers. But KSI has encountered a little more pushback along the way, given his significantly bigger YouTube fanbase.
"Even when it came to festivals, they pushed back and they weren't really too keen on having me on," he said. "You know, they saw the numbers and they saw this and that but they were like 'Alright, is he gonna start playing FIFA onstage? Is he gonna try and spar onstage? What's he gonna do?' It's like, I'm gonna perform just like everyone else."
"It's just one of those things where you have to change peoples' opinions and you have to change the narrative and it takes time," he continued. "If it's a percentage, I think I'm about ten percent of the way."
Aside from YouTube and music, KSI has also pivoted toward boxing, aiming for an American audience
KSI will sling insults at the younger Paul, but with Logan, he's exchanged actual, brutal punches. And despite emerging as the (controversial) victor from their two high-profile amateur – but also, sort of professional – boxing rounds, he's humble when I suggested that he pioneered the emerging trend of YouTube stars fighting in the ring (his match with Logan pulled a crowd of 12,000 into the Staples Center in Los Angeles).
"It all started off as a joke," he interjected quickly, taking a much more blasé attitude than the Pauls, who tout their intense training regimens and alleged athletic prowess as feats of nature. "Sort of me joking around, saying I'll fight Joe Weller. So Joe Weller, I'd say he was the pioneer, he started this."
Weller is another British YouTuber associated with the Sidemen, and his somewhat pseudo-fight with KSI was arranged like a genuine, professional match, including a vicious press conference ahead of time. From there, KSI emerged with a new strategy and new competitors, aiming his fury at America's least favorite YouTube siblings.
"One of the reasons I called [the Paul brothers] out is because they have an American audience," he told Insider. "The other reason I called them out is because people didn't think I was going to beat Joe, and when I did, the excuse a lot of people gave was because he wasn't a natural athlete. Jake Paul, Logan Paul, they're both wrestling state champions. People think of them as athletes, and I'm up for the challenge. Why not?"
Jake Paul has verbally challenged KSI to a rematch to "avenge" his older brother, and while KSI wouldn't promise anything, he said "in due time" he'll consider his return. For now, he's entirely dedicated to his music career.
"I played the album for my girlfriend the other day and she was blown away. She's expecting me to just have rapping songs, I have singing songs, some dance songs, I kind of have a bit of everything. I don't think she was expecting that," KSI said, with a bit of a giggle. "I even had a personal song about her, she wasn't expecting that. I think this album is going to shock a lot of people. Maybe it'll increase that ten percent to twenty percent."

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I just thought that I would highlight someone whose focus might be - in my opinion - one of Asian-America's most significant issues today. Helen Gym is an Asian woman based in Philadelphia, who although an advocate for school reform in the Philly area, came to my attention back in 2009 when she was instrumental in the advocacy for Asian-American kids who had been suffering severe racially based bullying and harassment.
Her advocacy is significant for two reasons; firstly she is challenging apathetic attitudes towards dysfunction in the school system, and secondly (but most importantly from an Asian-American perspective) she has been, and continues to be, instrumental in defending the casually abused civil rights of Asian kids in Philadelphia High Schools. I have written about the experiences of the Asian kids in South Philly in several previous posts, and, in fact, it was my feeling that there seemed to be little interest in the violence directed at these kids amongst Asian-Americans that motivated me to start a blog. Of course, my writings explore issues beyond this, but it was my sense that there was a dearth in interest not only in the specific events in South Philly High School, but also there seemed to little exploration into the phenomenon of anti-Asian racism in American schools.
More specifically, my interest covers the intersection of Asian depictions and attitudes in American cultural endeavours, and the experience of racially inflected bullying, harassment, and violence that seems almost universal amongst Asians kids going through America's education system to one degree or another. For me, the possibility of universal casual racism perpetrated by non-Asian kids on their Asian peers in schools, ranks as one of the most significant issues that Asian-America needs to address. The reason is simple; if the casual anti-Asian racism (often in the form of casual retributive violence against deindivuated masses) modeled by American culture is emulated or reflected in the behaviours and attitudes of children, then these attitudes may easily form into habits of prejudice that manifest as casual anti-Asian discrimination in adulthood.
Certainly, addressing media racism directly is one avenue for changing this state of affairs, but I also believe that seeking accountability from school admins, teachers, and any other adult involved in the "care" of Asian kids in the school environment warrants some thought. All too often, anti-Asian racism in America's schools is dismissed as merely the actions of ignorant or insensitive kids, or is simply put down to the fact that "kids can be cruel". These might be sufficient explanations under normal circumstances, but, for Asian-American kids, not only are they dealing with "cruel kids", but with a culture that actually models (through media depictions) many of the racist behaviours that they are experiencing. That is a whole different ball-game.
In effect, America's casual cultural racism can only be normalizing the kinds of racist behaviours that are directed at Asian children, and because this process can actually be viewed as a conditioning process, what it means is that negative behaviours and attitudes towards Asian people become and remain ingrained. This is why I think school racism is one of the most important issues that we as a community need to highlight and address.

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One person has been hospitalized following a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 71 and 42nd Street.
Around 6:45 a.m., first responders were dispatched to an accident involving a Hyundai Santa Fe and a Saturn sedan.
The Nebraska State Patrol says Eugene Martin was driving northbound on Highway 71 in the Hyundai. At that time, Emily Harms was westbound on 42nd Street in her Saturn, entered the intersection, and was struck by the northbound vehicle.
Harms was transported to Regional West, where she is listed in good condition. Martin was seen standing outside of his vehicle with no apparent injuries.
Scottsbluff Police, Scottsbluff Fire Department, and Valley Ambulance all assisted in response to the crash.


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A three-vehicle crash in Bartlett on Monday closed Lake Street near Naperville Road for more than an hour, police said.
Two people were taken to a hospital after the crash, which happened about 4 p.m. just west of Naperville Road.
Police say a silver 2000 Nissan Maxima was traveling west Lake Street when it struck the rear driver's side of a 1999 Ford van traveling in the outside lane of traffic.
The van then lost control, went into oncoming traffic and was hit by an eastbound Chevrolet Traverse, causing the van to flip on its passenger's side, police said.
The driver of the van and the Traverse were both taken to St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates. The crash remains under investigation, police said.

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|City||Los Angeles, California|
|Broadcast area||Greater Los Angeles|
|First air date||1952|
|Power||50,000 watts (day)|
37,000 watts (night)
|Callsign meaning||McMillan Petroleum Company|
(former owner of the original KMPC, now KSPN)
|Former callsigns||KPOL (1952-1979)|
|Owner||P&Y Broadcasting Corporation|
KMPC (1540 AM, "Radio Korea", 라디오코리아) is a radio station based in Los Angeles, California and is owned by P&Y Broadcasting Corporation. Radio Korea is a division of the Radio Korea Media Group. The station airs Korean-language programming. It broadcasts news, information, and entertainment for the largest Korean-American community in the United States, and the largest Korean community outside Korea.
The history of AM 1540 goes back to its days as KPOL, when it was clustered with KPOL-FM and KPOL-TV. It aired a wide variety of formats until the early 1980s. KPOL also advertised on the 1959 television series Home Run Derby.
Throughout the 1980s and much of the 1990s, this frequency broadcast in Spanish, first as KXEZ then as KXMG "Mega 1540." In 1997, One on One Sports Inc. of Northbrook, Illinois purchased the station and converted it to sports radio. It was part of the sale to Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures in 2001.
The station covered San Diego Chargers football (one of two flagship stations for the Chargers Radio Network, the other being KIOZ in San Diego), and selected Westwood One sports programming not carried by CBS Radio's KFWB and KLSX. Among the broadcasts that KMPC carried from Westwood One: NCAA basketball, PGA Tour golf tournament updates (mostly those covered by CBS Sports television), the Masters Tournament, NFL football (including Monday Night Football on occasion), and more.
In 2006, KMPC lost the broadcast rights to USC basketball and football to rival KSPN, and the station then acquired the local broadcast rights of the University of Notre Dame's football games from Westwood One. The station also stopped covering NASCAR races after having done so for several years.
The station's regular talk-show hosts included Tony Bruno, who began his morning show in April 2005 following the departure of Roger Lodge; long-time local sports talk host Dave Smith (whose show became part of Sporting News Radio in June 2006), and a late-afternoon show hosted by former USC football player Petros Papadakis.
Former Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Ross Porter filled in for Roggin on an early-June 2005 broadcast.
In June 2006, former afternoon host and current KNBC-TV sports director Fred Roggin left KMPC and a new program, the Atlanta-based 2 Live Stews, took his place. Roggin's departure, a result of his increased commitments to KNBC and NBC Sports, triggered a shift in the station's daily programming lineup. Smith and Papadakis switched dayparts, accommodating the Los Angeles debut of the 2 Live Stews.
On September 5, 2006, KMPC's parent company, Sporting News Radio, was sold to American City Business Journals for an undisclosed price, The Sporting News magazine. KMPC, and WSNR in New York and WWZN in Boston, were briefly operated by Paul Allen's Vulcan Inc. until the three stations were sold off separately.
In 2007, before the station's sale to Radio Korea, there were no local shows on the station. Bob Keisser of the Long Beach Press-Telegram said that KMPC is "on life support." (Page B2, December 29, 2006 issue).
On March 30, 2007, AllAccess.com, an online news service covering the radio and music industries, reported that Vulcan had decided to sell the station to P&Y Broadcasting, doing business as Radio Korea Media Group. Again, the price was not revealed.
Radio Korea took over the frequency on May 1, 2007.
Dispersal of former programming
- The Chargers' current local affiliate is KLAC, a change made for the 2008 season. In 2007, the Chargers had signed KSPN as the new local affiliate in the Los Angeles area. Some early season games were not available in 2007 due to KSPN's coverage of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Major League Baseball postseason. (The Angels have since changed the flagship station to KLAA.)
- Most Westwood One sporting events, including the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, NFL football, and the Summer Olympic Games, moved to KSPN in 2008. By 2010, however, KSPN terminated its deal with Westwood One to emphasize ESPN Radio and local talk shows centered on the Los Angeles Lakers and other home teams. One consequence was that the gold medal game of the 2010 Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament was not available on any local radio station in the L.A. area.
- Westwood One's NFL games have been split among four different stations at various times since 2007: KSPN, KLAC, KTLK, and KABC. KABC aired the Sunday night games in 2007 before assuming Los Angeles Dodgers broadcast rights the following year. KLAC also airs the Super Bowl on radio each year.
- Fighting Irish football, now distributed by ISP Sports Properties, debuted on KLAA in 2008; the station has carried most games since.
- No new local affiliate has been found for the Masters golf tournament.
- Roggin and Papadakis joined the lineup of KLAC, in morning drive and afternoon drive respectively. Roggin and co-hosts T.J. Simers and Tracie Simers were removed in October 2007 in favor of Dan Patrick. Papadakis remains on KLAC.
- Bruno debuted on KLAC on September 29, 2009, replacing Joe McDonnell at 7 p.m. weeknights. Bruno's program, like Patrick's, is syndicated by Content Factory.
- Neither the 2 Live Stews nor Sporting News Radio are available in the L.A. area. Some SNR shows are available via satellite on XM Sports Nation. XX 1090, broadcasting from San Diego to most of southern California, carried some SNR shows until October 2010, when it dropped those shows in favor of ESPN Radio.
- NASCAR races have not been readily available on local radio since KMPC chose not to renew the rights. The 2006 Sony HD 500 was heard on KLAC, but it was only a one-race deal with Motor Racing Network. KKGO "Go Country 105" promised coverage, but no races were ever broadcast on that station. In 2009, MRN and Performance Racing Network debuted on KFRG, which signal carries into Orange County and part of the Long Beach area, and the HD2 subcarrier of KLSX. KLSX then became KAMP-FM and within months of the change, owner CBS Radio removed KFRG from the subcarrier. The nearest radio station to carry Motor Racing Network is KPWK AM 1350 in Riverside.
Prior to November 21, 1997 the call letters KMPC were assigned to AM 710, and it was at one time one of the top AM radio stations in Southern California. In the 1960s and 70s, it used the moniker "The Station of the Stars" and featured a number of notable DJs, including Dick Whittinghill, Robert W. Morgan, Bob Arbogast, Geoff Edwards, Ira Cook, Roger Carroll, Johnny Grant, Wink Martindale, Jim Lange, Bill Leyden, Gary Owens, Johnny Magnus, Kathy Gori, Sonny Melendrez, Dave Hull and Vance Graham.
A powerhouse in local sports reporting, KMPC-710 broadcast Los Angeles Rams, California Angels, and UCLA football games. Some of the notable sports announcers were Bob Kelley, Fred Hessler, Don Wells, Bob Starr, Jim Healy, Kent Derdivanis, Dave Niehaus, Dick Enberg, Joe Torre and Ted Sobel.
KMPC-710 was also noted for its extensive use of field reporters and news/traffic aircraft. It was also the first station to issue Sigalert traffic alerts, named after one of the station's chief engineers, Loyd C. Sigmon. News personalities included Tom Weyman, Clete Roberts, Bob Steinbrink, Scott Shurian, Mike Botula, Dick Provenson, Steve Arvin, and Marv Howard.
At one time, KMPC was owned by the famous singing cowboy Gene Autry, part of his "Golden West Broadcasters" chain.


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Our friends at America magazine have an article about church architecture today, written by Roberto Chiotti and Richard Vasko. In addition the the many fine points they make about the need for church architecture to be environmentally friendly, they hihglight the wonderful renovation at the Cathedral of San Fernando in San Antonio, Texas. I had the pleasure of visiting that cathedral a couple of years ago and agree that the renovation was done masterfully and the result is one of the most beautiful churches in America.
Paul Moses, writing at Commonweal, makes the salient point about the exchange of letters between Cong. Paul Ryan and Archbishop Timothy Dolan: Despite the headlines, Dolan did not, in fact, endorse the Ryan budget but only commended Ryan's letter for its stated intent of considering Catholic social teaching in his work.
This further proves the point that Dolan was ill-served in the whole episode. Either Ryan used him for political cover, or someone in Dolan's circle ill-served by failing to point out how the story would play.
News broke yesterday that New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the head of the U.S. Bishops' conference, had exchanged letters with Congressman Paul Ryan, the author of the controversial House budget plan that has been criticized for its cuts to social programs for the nation's poorest. Dolan has been very ill-served by whomever suggested he write such a letter. Providing political cover for politicians should not be part of the USCCB President’s brief, especially when it means cutting off USCCB Committee chairs at the knees.
President Obama did not break much in the way of new ground in his speech, delivered just now, on the Mideast. But, foreign policy is not a good place to exhibit novelty. He touched all the necessary notes, linking our values and our interests in ways he has before but also in ways that we can't do often enough, especially after two months of Donald Trump running around saying we should have made the Iraqis pay for our invasion of their country. Obama spoke about the need to guarantee religious freedom in the region, specifically mentioning the rights of Coptic Christians in Egypt and, a bit more surprisingly, the rights of Shia in Bahrain. In fact, if there was anything a bit surprising in the speech it was the fact that he mentioned Bahrain explicitly and did not let that country's leaders off the hook for their repressions. That was a pleasant surprise.
There is a fun, short interview with former Congressman Bart Stupak, a longtime pro-life Democratic champion over at Politico here.
Best question and answer:
Q: What would you attempt to do if you knew that you could not fail?
A: Play for the Detroit Tigers.
Interfaith Worker Justice is one of the most active social justice organizations in the country and lives out on a daily basis the call of Rerum Novarum and subsequent papal encyclicals for the Church to stand by workers. Now, they have joined hands with a group of workers going on a hunger strike to protest conditions for retail cleaning workers at Cub Foods.
“Workers across the country are concerned about the extreme deterioration of working conditions in the retail cleaning industry nationwide and want to ensure justice not only for retail cleaning workers in the Twin Cities but to ensure that retail cleaning workers across the country don't continue to see their wages drop and their workloads increase,” said Veronica Mendez of the Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL), which is affiliated with Interfaith Worker Justice.
When was the last time you received good news about your insurance rates? Well Aetna customers in Connecticut just got a bit of good news: Their rates are going down as much as 19.5% and, on average, 10%. Why? In part because of the “developing effects and regulations associated with Federal Healthcare Reform.”
Here is the pertinent quote from the rate adjustment statement the company filed with the State of Connecticut:
“We are proposing an overall average premium rate reduction of approximately 10% for all existing plans. Our assumption of medical claim trend in Connecticut has been held consistent with our previously filed assumption of approximately 8.5%. Given consideration to our Connecticut-specific experience, market conditions, and the developing effects and regulations associated with Federal Healthcare Reform, we are proposing a base premium rate decrease which varies by plan ranging from a 19.5% decrease to a 5% decrease, and results in the aggregate rate decrease of approximately 10.0%, as noted above.”
Sometimes a man, especially a public figure, is known by his friends. Other times, by his enemies. President Barack Obama has, evidently, earned the enmity of Princeton professor Cornell West. The President should wear this enmity as a badge of honor.
West has been criticizing the President for failing to live up to West’s ideas about what a liberal President should accomplishment, not least as those ideas apply to African-Americans. Actually, what I just wrote is mistaken. No one should confuse West’s drivel for anything so substantial as an idea.
West has called Obama the “black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs” which is a fancy, post-modern way of calling Obama an Uncle Tom. Not content to traffic in the ugliest of racial stereotypes, West goes on to dabble in psychology, a subject on which he does not, alas, give lectures. “I think my dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men….It’s understandable. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant African father, he’s always had to fear being a white man with black skin. All he has known culturally is white.”
A dear friend just sent me a link to a blog I had not seen before, Shirt of Flame, which is written by Heather King. I am biased toward her, seeing as the entry I read was about one of my heroes, Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete, and one of the most intriguing religious issues of every age: desire.
This blog goes on to my favorites list and I recommend it go on yours.
The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer explains that gays are Nazis, except when they are not busy being Muslims, in a clip found at Right Wing Watch. Maybe it was this heretofore undiscovered association with German fascists that caused Sojourners to decline to run a pro-gay marriage ad. Turns out, gays are also Catholics too, that is, when they are not being Nazis or Muslims.


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However you celebrate July 4th, pet safety should be a top priority. Fireworks often scare animals and it can be a very traumatic night for them. Follow these important pet safety tips to keep animals safe and calm on July 4th.
Don’t take pets to fireworks displays.
Dogs love to get out in public with their people, but very few animals enjoy the sights and sounds of fireworks. Pets hear more acutely than we do. The threatening noise combined with the bright flashes of light sends most animals into panic mode. And, they run to get away. Keeping pets indoors helps them feel protected, so refrain from letting them outside during these times.
Keep home celebrations safe.
When celebrating with friends, remember that in stressful environments your pet can behave differently than normal. Keeping your pet in a crate or separate room is the safest and least stressful option for them. This is also not the ideal time to introduce your pet to new people or other pets. A familiar routine and environment will help keep them feeling comfortable. Lastly, be mindful of any unfamiliar food being given to your pet during a home celebration or cookout.
Create a calm environment.
The sound of fireworks causes anxiety for many pets. Here are a few pet safety tips to help your pet during this noisy night.
- A crate can feel like a safe space for most dogs. If they are in their crate, try putting a blanket over it.
- Turn on music or a television to help mute the sound of fireworks.
- Give them a peanut-butter-stuffed Kong toy or high value treat to hold their interest.
- Use diffusers for pet-safe essential oils.
- Try an anxiety-relieving dog vest like a Thundershirt®.
- Schedule potty breaks and meals before the fireworks start.
- Be sure to comfort your pet.
ID tags and microchips are your pet’s ticket home.
Make sure your pets are wearing identification and are microchipped, especially on July 4th. If they get lost, they can be reunited with you. Be sure to double-check the information on your pet’s microchip to ensure it is up-to-date.

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You see it melting. Your shaky hands bringing it closer to the sweet spot. Slowly you touch it. You feel the rush through your body. Ecstasy. Pure bliss. Just like heroin through an addict’s vein, electrons flow through the wires in the soldering gun in your hand. And BAM, the last wire in your DIY home automation project that you have been working on for the past three months is soldered in place.
Making something on your own, using your hands, soldering wires in places is an experience like no other that leaves you craving for more. And it was never as easy as it is today. All thanks to the rise in the maker tech available in the market. It’s not just the hardcore geeks and engineers who are tinkering with electronics and creating amazing things. The lines that divide the geekdom from the less tech-savvy population are blurring. The number of hobbyists, students and people in general who are tinkering and making stuff is on the rise.
The DIY culture has become very popular with maker tech becoming simpler and easy to use. It all began in a bar near Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Italy, named Arduino. If you are still wondering which famous maker tech was conceived in a bar called Arduino, then the answer is Arduino. The cheap open source microcontroller ushered the entry of DIY culture into the mainstream. Raspberry Pi was another trendsetter, which is basically a credit card sized computer. Even though these devices have contributed significantly to the rise of maker tech, they still require a certain level of technical know-how.
There are a number of DIY electronics kits in the market currently that are not only easy to learn and use but also powerful enough for complicated projects. These kits act as “gateway drugs”; slowly sucking you into the highly addictive but mostly harmless world of DIY electronics. Here’s a list of eight emerging maker devices that deserve your attention.
ARTIK – Unlike other examples on this list, which are either startups or Kickstarter projects, ARTIK is a platform launched by the South Korean electronics giant Samsung. It consists of three different sized circuit boards named ARTIK 1, ARTIK 5 and ARTIK 10, along with development tools and API. With prices ranging from $10 to $100, each of the three modules possess varying capabilities and cater to audiences of differing technical proficiency.
At only 12mm by 12mm in size, the smallest and cheapest ARTIK 1 comes equipped with a 9-axis motion sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer. It has enough juice to power hand held devices for weeks with a single charge. The bigger and faster ARTIK 5 includes two ARM A7 CPU cores running at a clock speed of 1GHz, 512MB of RAM paired with a Mali 400 MP2 GPU. These specs are good enough for it to run 720p videos at 30fps. ARTIK 10 comes with specs comparable to a high-end smartphone. Meant as an Internet of Things platform, the ARTIK 1 is powered by a new and real time OS called Nucleus. The SDK supports C/C++ development while its elder siblings run on custom Linux distribution featuring added support for development in Java and Groovy. Don’t get your hopes too high because currently the device is only available to Samsung’s partners and a select few developers. It will be a while before it hits retail.
Modulo – The ‘Lego’ amongst the maker tech listed here, Modulo aims to bridge the gap between the not-so-powerful educational electronic kits in the market and advanced maker tech. Just like Lego blocks, there are different interconnected modules, each with its own microcontroller, without the need of any breadboard or soldering. Started off as a Kickstarter project, the Northern California based startup has already raised around $50,000, five times its original target of $10,000, and is aptly described as “a simple, modular solution for building powerful electronic devices”.
The device is not only Arduino compatible, thereby letting you expand Modulo’s capabilities, but it also comes with a number of modules. The company is initially offering a colour OLED display, push-button illuminated knob, motor driver, thumb joystick and a temperature probe, with more modules promised to come. All modules can be connected to your computer through USB and can be reprogrammed using the Arduino IDE. The device, expected to be ready for shipping by November can be used to create a number of DIY projects ranging from a simple automatic light switch to more complicated ones by pairing it with Arduino or Raspberry Pi.
BBC Micro Bit – The Micro Bit by BBC is aimed primarily at school students and aims to get them hooked on to programming and electronics. Developed with support from a number of tech giants including Samsung, Microsoft and ARM Holdings, Micro Bit is basically an embedded software platform which will be fully compatible with Raspberry Pi. The light-weight device will sport a 5x5 LED display, motion detection, built-in compass, Bluetooth capabilities and can be attached to clothing too. The device features five input output rings that can be connected to a number of sensors and devices using crocodile clips.
It supports software development in a variety of languages including Python, C++ and Blockly. It presents kids with two options: either use a GUI code editor called the Microsoft Block editor, or the web-based TouchDevelop platform. Micro Bit is supposed to be an ‘initiation device’ of sorts that can be paired with all the other big players in the game like Arduino, Kano and Raspberry Pi. Still in the prototype phase, BBC plans to deliver it to a million school children in the UK by late October of this year.
XPlorerBoard – Another Kickstarter project, the XPlorerBoard aims to help students learn electronics quickly by doing things instead of just reading up about them. The Kickstarter campaign reads “for ages 8 to 80” and has crossed its target of $10,000 on the crowdfunding website. XplorerBoard is supposed to be a ‘Self-contained Arduino development environment’, which comes with all necessary sensors. The device’s official app comes with 50 experiments that feature detailed videos explaining each and every step alongside the required Arduino programming code.
SAM – Another Lego-essque device, the SAM is a complete electronics kit that consists of a number of wireless-connection capable modules. Developed by a 23 year old mechanical engineer named Joachim Horn, SAM doesn’t require prior coding knowledge. But this doesn’t mean that SAM is solely aimed at curious kids. The modules can be effectively used to create a number of IoT devices.
SAM modules can be programmed using the companion app which lets you intuitively drag and drop software modules, which automatically generate the relevant code making it easier for kids. But having a drag and drop programming environment doesn’t mean that SAM is just another electronic kit for kids to play with. It can be used to build a number of complicated projects including autonomous cars, talking glasses and much more. SAM kits come in all sizes, starting with the basic kit that will cost you around $70 and include three wireless modules. The family kit costs $650 and comes with a number of other sophisticated modules such as temperature and light sensors for building fairly complicated projects. It’s definitely worth checking out if you want to get started with the mystical world of electronics but aren’t too well versed with coding.
Crumble – Crumble is another programmable controller that comes with four connections that can be used either as Inputs or Outputs, and it can be easily connected with the help of crocodile clips. The starter kit comes with a Crumble board, croc leads, USB cable and two LEDs which can be programmed to any colour you want. The Crumble software is easy to use, especially if you have used Scratch before. All you have to do is arrange blocks together on the screen, connect your Crumble controller and Voila! Your program is transferred instantaneously to the controller. The LEDs that come with the Crumble starter kit are called sparkles and can be daisy chained together allowing you to come up with a number of interesting and pretty looking DIY projects. The more expensive crumble kits (super and ultimate) come with DC motors that can be used to create a number of more advanced projects.
MakerBloks – Aimed specifically for children, the Maker-Bloks is intended to teach kids, specifically aged six and above, to build and create electric circuits starting at a young age. The maker tech aims to build upon the idea that kids are already well used to playing with blocks. The kit comes with four different games meant to introduce kids the world of basic electronics. The bundle consists of coloured blocks that connect to each other magnetically. Each block represents an electronic component and features its symbol.
A guide explains each of the electronic symbols to kids and comes with instructions on how to use them, along with troubleshooting advice. The app bundled with it uses digital image processing and the front camera to figure out if the child has assembled the blocks correctly. MakerBloks is the ideal way to get your kid hooked on to the world of electronics and let him explore his creativity at an early age.
Pirates Electronics – The Pirates electronic’s site says that their mission is “to teach the world electronics and empower hobbyists”. The kit is a complete starter pack which can be used to build anything and almost everything ranging from a simple alarm to an autopilot system for drones. Starting off as another Kickstarter project, Pirates electronic has received pledges worth more than $35,000, thereby doubling the initial target. What sets it apart from the others on the list is that it comes with more than 300 pages of explanation detailing how each and every component of its kit works. Accessible online, this comprehensive manual of sorts covers the basics of electronics. Not only this but also each lesson has its own forum where you discuss your problem with the fellow “pirates” and experts in case you get stuck somewhere. The Kit comes with more than 500 components which include LEDs, a breadboard, light sensor, sound sensor and also a 7-segment LED, giving you a complete hands-on experience of working on and making circuits. The kit is expected to be delivered by September this year.
Behold the future
This list of emerging maker devices merely scratches the surface. There are many more similar DIY kits that can be used by anyone including beginners, experts and everyone in between the wide spectrum of electronics enthusiasts. 3D printing was just a Sci-Fi fantasy a decade ago. Now people are buying 3D printers for their home offices.
Gone is the time when kids used to play with Lego blocks building houses and cars. Today kids as young as 6-7 years of age are building smoke detectors and burglar alarms using DIY kits. People without any background in programming are learning and coding their own Arduino boards, making automated cars and talking robots.
You don’t need expensive tools and equipment anymore, nor do you need an electrical engineering degree. All you need is a cheap microcontroller, a zeal to learn, some free time and then your imagination is the limit. ‘Do It Yourself’ is the word of the day and maker tech culture is here to grow and stay. So what are you waiting for? Get up and make a burglar alarm or the talking robot butler you always wanted.


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A young member of a well-connected family in Dallas County politics is accused of illegal voting.
Raquel Medrano, 22, is indicted with illegal voting, according to an indictment released Monday by the Texas attorney general’s office.
She is accused of casting an early ballot in a justice of the peace election in an area where she does not live.
Precinct 5 Justice of the Peace Carlos Medrano took office in January after defeating incumbent Luis Sepulveda by only about 150 votes.
Sepulveda won the Election Day vote but accused Medrano of tilting the election with suspicious early ballots for the victory.
Sepulveda unsuccessfully sued to reverse the results last year.
"There’s been quite a few people to testify of the Medrano family and we're just going to have to wait patiently until the A.G. is completely through," he said Monday.
Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott took the investigation to a Rockwall County grand jury after claims that Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins was dragging his feet in handling allegations of widespread voter fraud.
"To me, what's highly unusual is that it's being handled by the attorney general and in a different county," Clark Birdsall said. "That is unusual. I don’t think that's ever happened."
Birdsall, a former public integrity prosecutor, once handled similar cases for the prior Dallas County district attorney.
Sepulveda testified Monday at the state Capitol, where lawmakers are considering changes in Texas election law.
"Put people in jail," he said. "Put them away for going out and going after these voter frauds."
One plan to require voter identification at polling places could help prosecutors combat fraud, Birdsall said.
"It's a lot easier to get a handle on it if somebody can actually look at an ID and make sure they're who they say they are," he said.
Public records show that Raquel Medrano lives in Mesquite, many miles away from Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas.
Messages left at the door of that address and at the telephone number in her arrest report were not returned Monday.
She turned herself in at the Rockwall County Jail on Thursday and was released on a $10,000 bond.
The chief clerk in Justice of the Peace Carlos Medrano’s office said to call his Austin attorney, Randall Wood. Wood also did not return a message Monday.
The claim about Raquel Medrano is one of many accusations sent to the attorney general from Dallas County last year.
Sepulveda raised other claims, and former Dallas County Judge Jim Foster also made accusations about fraud in the election he lost.
A source in Rockwall County close to the investigation said the attorney general's work is not finished.


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A cyber-penny for your thoughts.
Something about this New Yorker cartoon seems strangely apt….
A cyber-penny for your thoughts.
Something about this New Yorker cartoon seems strangely apt….
Notorious Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is facing increasing fire over his office’s failure to adequately investigate hundreds of sex crimes, including dozens of alleged child molestations. Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who has previously gone easy on the sheriff, joined the critics. While he stopped short of calling for Apraio’s resignation, in an interview with 3TV news in Phoenix, McCain said he was “outraged” and “astonished that there hasn’t been more outcry about the failure of these investigations.” Watch it:
This week, in separate moves, local Latino and black leaders called on Arpaio to resign. A Change.org petition for his resignation had received more than 19,000 signatures as of this publishing (sign it here), just two weeks after it was created.
McCain put out a statement earlier this month taking a much more circumspect stance, saying he was merely “concerned” with the report on the sex crimes, so today’s comments suggest the political winds may be turning against Arpaio.
The sheriff, who has made a dubious name for himself as “America’s toughest sheriff” for his hardline stance on undocumented immigrants, is also facing significant heat over a Department of Justice investigation, the results of which were released earlier this month, alleging that his department has systematically violated civil rights laws.
Nonetheless, presidential hopeful Rick Perry held a campaign event with Arpaio this week in Iowa. Perry has dodged most questions on the Department of Justice investigation or the sex crimes allegations, but a spokesperson told TPM, “Governor Perry knows Sheriff Arpaio as a dedicated law enforcement professional fighting to keep his neighbors safe in the wake of federal failures to secure the border and deal with border crime,” he added.
Santorum ‘Proud’ Of His Earmarks, Including Vote For The ‘Bridge To Nowhere’ | Earmarks has become despised by many voters, but at a campaign stop in Iowa yesterday, Rick Santorum defended his use of them during his 12 years in Congress. The former Pennsylvania senator said he was “proud” of his earmarks, explaining, “Go and look at the Constitution. Who has the responsibility to spend money? Clearly, in the Constitution it is the Congress.” While agreeing that the practice has been “abused,” Santorum even defended his vote for the so-called “bridge to nowhere” — a proposed bridge from Ketchikan, Alaska, to an island with 50 residents and the town’s airport. “You had a city that was separated from its airport,” Santorum explained.
The Atlantic Wire suggests that moviegoers are sick of Hollywood’s efforts to soak them by revisiting the same old concepts:
The numbers are in, and they show what studio execs likely feared and movie-goers likely suspected all along: Not a lot of people went to the movies this year. Box-office tracker Hollywood.com says that “an estimated 1.275 billion tickets sold” in 2011, a 4.8 percent decrease from 2010 making for “the smallest movie audience since 1995,” reports the AP. A hodgepodge of reasons for the sour showing were cited in the AP and ABC News reports. Among them: Too many sequels, too many kids movies, too many distracting gadgets, the bad economy, high ticket prices, and, something being called an “‘Avatar’ hangover” from 2010.
I’m not entirely convinced. Seven of the top-grossing movies in 2011 are sequels, and one, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, is simultaneously a reboot of and a prequel to a popular franchise. The two that fall into neither category, Thor and Captain America, are part of Marvel’s grand Avengers product, and so while they were both handsome movies, are not exactly proof of Americans seeking out fresh concepts. You have to go all the way down to the 12th movie on the list, Bridesmaids, to find a feature that is wholly new, not based on a book, or unlinked to an existing project or franchise. Rio, Super 8, Rango, and Horrible Bosses are the only other movies in the top 20. Clearly, Hollywood’s having some real trouble selling original stories to American audiences, or for whatever, reason, finding original stories that it feels comfortable trying to sell.
The presence of Rio and Rango on that list also suggests that family movies aren’t completely the kiss of death—it’s that other movies weren’t catching hold with the teen and adult audiences in a way that would have pushed those family films further down the list. It makes sense that terrible kids’ movies like Mars Needs Moms would flop, and it’s always nice to see the market recognize stupidity when it sees it as happened there. But it’s really too bad to see a terrific family film like Hugo struggling to make back its production costs: the movie took $155 million to make, and thus far has hauled in just north of $45 million, and I wonder if a lot of that is because people are so sick of paying extra for 3D movies that aren’t particularly worth it that they’re turning away from a movie where 3D is used to brilliant, lovely effect.
It would be nice to believe that the two-year box office slump we’re seeing has an easily diagnosable cause, that studios could just sit up and say “Huh, audiences aren’t loving 3D. Let’s ditch the glasses and everyone will come back.” But there seems like a failure to connect on a more fundamental level. I don’t know that the formula for something like Fast Five is easy to distill and make use of in original features, though I will always take more movies with multiracial casts in which Dwanye Johnson acts somewhat hyperreal. And I don’t know what the best way to get audiences in theaters for some great movies that just went so wholly overlooked, like A Better Life. What Hollywood—and those of us in the seats need isn’t necessarily more blockbusters. It’s more deeply compelling mid-budget, mid-gross flicks.
by Andrew Freedman, Alyson Kenward and Mike Lemonick, cross-posted from Climate Central
Texas, Alabama and Missouri topped the list of states hardest hit by the unrelenting assault of extreme weather in 2011.
Severe weather across much of the nation has raised the question of whether global warming has already begun to influence shorter-term weather patterns, and the specter of even more extreme years to come as global temperatures continue to rise.
According to climate studies, the short answer is yes: the new climate environment created by global warming is more conducive to some extreme events, particularly heat waves and heavy precipitation events: these are now more likely to occur and be more intense when they do take place. Climate models have more difficulty predicting how climate change may be influencing other types of extremes, such as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, but a warming climate provides more fuel to these events in the form of increased water vapor and heat in the atmosphere.
And those extreme events — searing heat waves, parching drought, deadly tornadoes, blizzards and floods — cost billions of dollars in damage, affected millions of lives and tragically, killed more than a thousand people across the U.S.
By some measures, 2011 was the most extreme year for the U.S. since reliable record-keeping began in the 19thcentury — and the costs have been enormous: according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2011 set a record for the most billion dollar disasters in a single year. There were 12, breaking the old record of nine set in 2009. The aggregate damage from these 12 events totals at least $52 billion, NOAA found.
While extreme weather knows no boundaries, and the impact of those events was felt coast to coast, Climate Central looked at the number of extreme events that affected each state to determine the 10 states that were clobbered the worst. According to Climate Central’s analysis, Texas tops that list of hardest hit, with a costly — and deadly — combination of intense drought, a punishing heat wave, the worst wildfires in state history, and plenty of tornadoes. Rounding out the top 10 was Alabama, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kansas, Connecticut, Vermont and New Jersey.
Climate Central’s analysis factored the death toll in each state, damage costs, the disruption caused to daily life, and how unusual the events were compared with what transpires in an average year.
But for these 10 states, little of what transpired was average as extreme weather rewrote the record books in 2011.
Gingrich Would ‘Look At’ Sarah Palin For Vice President Or Cabinet Job | GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, who takes every opportunity possible to assure voters that he is the most serious candidate in the race, said he would be open to appointing Sarah Palin to a high level job in his administration. As Right Wing Watch reports, during a Wednesday night tele-town hall hosted by Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition, a caller asked the former Speaker if he would consider Palin as a running mate. Gingrich responded that Palin “is certainly one of the people you would look at” and told the caller that he is “a great admirer of hers.” He also floated the idea of appointing her Secretary of Energy because, he said, “I can’t imagine anybody who would do a better job of driving us to an energy solution than Gov. Palin.” “Tell her that she would certainly be on the list of one of the people we would consider,” he added.
The year 2011 brought the most billion-dollar climate disasters to the United States ever, piling history-making events on top of each other to catastrophic results. The litany of disaster included a scorching drought that rivaled the Dust Bowl summer of 1936, a tornado season twice as bad as the great 1974 tornado outbreak, and flooding worse than the the great 1927 flood on the Mississippi River. This year of disaster was the result of the unlimited burning of fossil fuels, which has trapped increasing amounts of heat in the atmosphere, disrupting our climate system.
In an interview with PBS News Hour, Weather Underground’s Jeff Masters described the effect of the hundreds of billions of tons of global warming pollution as being like “steroids for the atmosphere,” intensifying extreme weather to unprecedented results:
We look at heat waves, droughts, and flooding events. They all tend to get increased when you have this extra energy in the atmosphere. I call it being on steroids for the atmosphere. Normally, you have the everyday ups and downs of the weather, but if you pack a little bit of extra punch in there, it’s like a baseball hitter who’s on steroids. You expect to see a big home run total maybe from this slugger, but if you add a little bit of extra oomph to his swing by putting him on steroids, now we can have an unprecedented season, a 70 home run season. And that’s the way I look at this year. We had an unprecedented weather year that I don’t think would have happened unless we had had an extra bit of energy in the atmosphere due to climate change and global warming.
Watch the program:
Nationwide, more than 6,000 heat records were broken this year. On average, the U.S. has three or four events every year that are considered major natural disasters. But, this year, there were at least fourteen billion-dollar disasters. Damages are expected to exceed $53 billion.
The Debunking Handbook is a guide to debunking myths, by John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky.
This is part five of a five-part series originally published at Skeptical Science.
Assuming you successfully negotiate the various backfire effects, what is the most effective way to debunk a myth? The challenge is that once misinformation gets into a person’s mind, it’s very difficult to remove. This is the case even when people remember and accept a correction.
This was demonstrated in an experiment in which people read a fictitious account of a warehouse fire.1,2,3 Mention was made of paint and gas cans along with explosions. Later in the story, it was clarified that paint and cans were not present at the fire. Even when people remembered and accepted this correction, they still cited the paint or cans when asked questions about the fire. When asked, “Why do you think there was so much smoke?”, people routinely invoked the oil paint despite having just acknowledged it as not being present.
When people hear misinformation, they build a mental model, with the myth providing an explanation. When the myth is debunked, a gap is left in their mental model. To deal with this dilemma, people prefer an incorrect model over an incomplete model. In the absence of a better explanation, they opt for the wrong explanation.4
Appearing in New Hampshire as a surrogate for his father, Matt Romney suggested to a group of voters that Mitt Romney would not release his tax returns until Barack Obama released “his grades and his birth certificate.”
Concord Patch has the video. Here’s a transcript:
Q: Will Romney eventually open his tax returns, so we can see what’s going on like most candidates will do and have done?
TAGG ROMNEY: We have no idea.
MATT ROMNEY: He has not said that he will not do it. He has also not said that he will. It’s a matter of time until that issue comes up because I think everyone has to get a chance to do that. So I don’t know the answer to that. I’m not sure he knows the answer to that. But he will do everything that he needs to do. He’s certainly not afraid of anything. Hiding anything. I heard someone suggest the other day that as soon as President Obama releases his grades and birth certificate and sort of a long list of things then maybe he’d do it.
Of course, responding to a cacphony of conspiracy theorists, Barack Obama has already released his birth certificate. Craig Romney can view it here.
Mitt Romney would be the first major party candidate since Watergate to refuse to release his taxes. He recently told MSNBC that “I don’t intend to release the tax returns. I don’t.”
This post initially misidentified which Romney son was speaking. It has been corrected.
Report: Romney Ran As Pro-Choice In 1994 Because Poll Showed ‘It Would Be Impossible For A Pro-Life Candidate To Win’ | In a new book, Boston journalist Roland Scott reports that Mitt Romney ran on a pro-choice platform in 1994 after “polling from Richard Wirthlin, Ronald Reagan’s former pollster whom Romney had hired for the ’94 campaign, showed it would be impossible for a pro-life candidate to win statewide office in Massachusetts.” Romney is now trying to assure conservative voters he is pro-life, and has previously said his switch before running for the presidency was a moral revelation.


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Having joined Facebook recently Prince has deleted social media accounts with no further comment, including Twitter.
It’s been said there’s only one thing worse than being talked about and that’s NOT being talked about!
Perhaps that’s what the enigmatic pop star Prince was thinking when he deleted all his social media accounts and removed most of the videos from his Youtube account. Having joined Facebook recently under the name ‘3rdEyeGirl’, a reference to a satellite pop group he produces, he has vanished with no further comment on all social media feeds including Twitter. All that remains on his Youtube channel ‘princevevo’ are 3 items: an interview, a music video of the song ‘Breakfast Can Wait’ and a clip filmed behind the scenes of the same song.
Prince recently signed a new deal with Warner Brothers to release his music. He had once criticised the music group whilst contractually tied to them and even described himself as a ‘slave’ with a facial tattoo when he appeared at Wembley in the mid 1990s.

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text: To me this is common sense but wanted to get input from the baller crowd. Free skiing is great, but ONLY freeskiing will greatly limit a skiers ability to improve, and eventually likely cause ingrained bad habits. Buoys are necessary to improve ones skiing as it requires you to learn timing, position, and all the list of items that are discussed daily here. Those who spend time in a course by default become much better free skiers, but those who only free ski are immediately humbled on entering a course, no matter how good they thought they were, as they've not been able to learn to do it right. Those little orange guys are essential.

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So, maybe you remember the Isley Brothers, maybe you don’t… either way, one of the best lyrics of all time and kind of one of my mottoes. (And if you don’t know the Isley Brothers, maybe it’s time to put some funk into your soul).
This life we’ve been given, the only one, is today. If you’re reading this, you are probably like me, in your prime at mid-life somewhere. This is not your grandma’s or your mom’s midlife. We baby boomers have set the bar high all along and now is certainly no time to give in to the old ideals and perceptions of what women should be or do. Do you agree?
We are the women who have lead the way for other women to come, and we owe it to ourselves now to do what we wanna do. What do you wanna do? Our dreams may have gotten buried for the last 20 years, or changed, while we were busy raising families and building careers. But now we have time to do what we wanna do.
It’s ok to give yourself permission to do them – whatever it is. I’m your biggest cheerleader. And I am learning it right along with you. In one of my past blogs I talked about making a “visualization board“. If you haven’t done one ever, or in a while, it could be just the perfect thing to start you up. Read my blog about making a board. It’s fun and you feel like a kid again – and that’s a good thing.
Remember when you were a kid and you did things that you loved and didn’t worry about what other people thought? Remember your children when they were young and how they just did whatever? If you have young grandchildren, watch them just follow their joy. It’s time to act like a kid again. Whatever you do, don’t act your age.
Time to find that quality again in ourselves and behave more childlike. It’s ok to be silly, have fun, laugh, dance, sing, and dream and do those things that make you happy… deliriously happy.
So, girls, what are you waiting for? Your life is now. It’s your thang, do what you wanna do.
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As part of Curated Over 40, I am hosting a small, intimate and authentic retreat for women over 40 in Italy. “Soul Trips” will enrich your mind and soul. I call it the Soul Trip because it’s a retreat for women in Italy where your senses will be awakened and your soul will be enriched by this type of travel.

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States have arrived at a crossroads that will define the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as half of the country struggles to manage rising COVID-19 cases, health experts say.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert at the National Institutes of Health, told Congress on Tuesday that the next two weeks will be “critical” in how the country addresses the surge in states like Florida, Texas and Arizona.
Experts say states that don’t manage their case counts risk overwhelming the health care system again and infecting neighboring states that have already flattened the curve. While summer travel is expected to decline 15% from last year, AAA still projects 683 million road trips from July to September, which could spread the coronavirus.
All this could happen ahead of the fall, when the coronavirus may reappear in a second wave and likely be accompanied by the flu.
‘Grave concerns’: COVID-19’s surge in Sunbelt states shows the virus, not testing, to blame
Are lockdowns needed?
The U.S. on Wednesday saw its highest number of new coronavirus cases in months, with three of the nation’s most populous states – California, Texas and Florida – reporting record-setting highs in daily new cases.
California reported 7,149 new cases Wednesday. Texas reported 5,551 new cases. And Florida reported 5,508 new cases.
Some say intermittent lockdowns are essential to control flare-ups. Fauci, however, said it might not be necessary for states to issue a total lockdown but instead roll back or pause reopening phases until cases are manageable.
Gov. Greg Abbott hit pause on Texas’ reopening plans on Thursday and suspended elective surgeries in the state’s largest counties. Phase 3 plans included increasing restaurant and business occupancy and allowing amusements parks and carnivals in counties with more than 1,000 cases to operate at half-capacity.
“We want to make sure everyone reinforces the best safe practices of wearing a mask, hand sanitation, maintaining safe distance, but importantly, because the spread is so rapid right now, there’s never a reason for you to have to leave your home unless you need to go out,” Abbott said earlier in the week. “The safest place for you is at your home.”
Texas still plans to reopen schools this fall, though the Texas Education Agency delayed releasing public health guidelines on how districts should safely do that.
In person, online classes or a mix: Colleges’ fall 2020 coronavirus reopening plans, detailed
‘People aren’t doing those most basic things’
It’s not surprising based on how Texans have been acting that Houston is getting close to a crisis situation, said Catherine Troisi, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
“In my opinion, we have not seen the worst of it, and the next couple of weeks are going to be hard,” she said. “The only way to get out of this, as we know, is physical distancing, mask wearing, washing your hands, staying away from other people – all the things public health folks have been saying all the time.”
Statewide, the number of COVID-19 tests coming back positive jumped from 7% to 11% in just a week, showing that the increase in cases is real, Troisi said, not an artifact of extra testing.
In the county that includes Houston, people are now required to wear masks when they enter businesses, but with the governor opposed to most public health measures, little else has been done to slow the spread, Troisi said.
“Ultimately, people spread the disease. Unless people start paying attention to these public health messages and doing them, I don’t think it looks good,” she said. “Even if magically today, we shut down all transmission, we would continue to see for the next week or two or three increased cases and hospitalizations. And that’s scary.”
The Universal of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation released a model Wednesday that predicted a universal mask-wearing order could save the country as many as 33,000 lives.
But mask-wearing has become politicized, with anti-mask rallies held in Arizona even as Gov. Doug Ducey gave local communities the authority to require masks last week and as both Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane and the Phoenix City Council issued mask mandates this week.
“We’re in this situation now because people aren’t doing those most basic things,” said Dr. Ron Waldman, professor of global health at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health.
What states can do
Waldman believes the only sure way to prevent transmission is to close businesses and keep everyone home, but he understands that many state officials are unwilling to do that for the economy’s sake.
“The more stringent measures are certainly the best way to turn the situation around,” he said. “If we cannot do that, then we have to at least institute a number of interventions that we know can have a serious beneficial impact on reducing transmission.”
He said states should be enforcing public health guidelines. For example, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order in May that allowed businesses to deny entry to anyone not wearing a mask or face covering.
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission cracked down on bars not following social distancing protocols by suspending their alcohol licenses during an undercover investigation.
Arnold Monto, professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School for Public Health, says that in addition to enforcement, state officials must clearly communicate what’s expected of residents and lead by example.
Some hospitals may reach capacity by July
Health officials have consistently reiterated that keeping the health care system functional was a main priority amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“When we started the lockdown, the goal was to spare our health care system to make sure our hospitals weren’t being overrun,” Waldman said.
In Arizona, 88% of hospital ICU beds were filled with patients on Tuesday. Texas broke its record for hospitalizations for the 13th day in a row, reporting 4,389 patients in hospitals Wednesday.
Interim Austin-Travis County Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott said that while 1,500 beds are available for COVID-19 patients across Central Texas hospitals, that may not be the case in the two to three weeks. At their current pace, hospitals may reach their capacity by mid-July, he said Wednesday.
“When hospitals are evaluating the anticipated future demands, you have to be thinking two to four weeks ahead,” said Caitlin Rivers, epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
Texas Children’s Hospital confirmed on Twitter Wednesday that it’s already beginning to receive adult patients to create more capacity at other hospitals. In emailed statements to USA TODAY, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in Florida both say they stand ready to help nearby hospitals if their areas experience a surge in cases.
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, which represents more than 14,000 facilities, said the strain brought by the pandemic has put the nursing home industry on the “verge of collapse.”
“It’s important to turn things around (now). What we don’t want is the outbreaks to be out of control and stress the health care system,” Rivers said.
More than 40,600 residents and employees of long-term-care facilities had died of COVID-19 by early June, according to an analysis by USA TODAY. Containing the spread within nursing homes has come at a high price as facilities scramble to source protective equipment, secure testing and fill staffing shortages.
Second wave and the flu
Finally, experts are concerned that the mismanagement in coronavirus cases now will hurt the country’s preparedness for the fall.
“We need to fix this and correct it fast,” said Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “If we don’t, we will be going into the fall with a high case count heading into the potential (second) wave with runaway cases in some areas.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that seasonal flu was associated with more than 490,000 hospitalizations and 34,000 deaths during the 2018-2019 influenza season.
Early CDC estimates predict there were 410,000 to 740,000 flu hospitalizations and 24,000-62,000 deaths from October 2019 through April 2020.
“If we’re seeing COVID-19 and flu at the same time, then we have a double whammy,” Monto said.
While many experts expect a second wave of COVID-19 cases in the fall when conditions for the coronavirus to transmit are more preferable and schools are in session, other experts like Rivers are quick to point out that nothing is certain.
“Exponential growth is a really powerful force,” Rivers said. “The longer you let it unfold, the harder it is to overcome.”
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Fauci calls next 2 weeks ‘critical’ for COVID-19 in Florida, Texas

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With direct access to all that is Los Angeles to the south, we appreciate the quieter, less congested, and exceptional beauty that defines our home. And if there is a true definition of a hidden gem that lies along the coast of Southern California, it could be the Oxnard Beach communities and their hub, Channel Islands Harbor.
If it is access to a complete coastal lifestyle that you are looking for, you can find it right here. Watersports of all types, including commercial access to the world-renowned Channel Islands National Park, are available from any of the many vendors situated along the harbor front. Maybe it’s just the sand and surf of the Pacific Ocean or a walk or a bicycle ride between them. It may be you are looking for a place to slip your boat, whether it be a commercial marina, boatyard, or even a private dock right outside your door.
Regardless of the type of home you are looking for, visitors consistently tell us how pleasantly surprised they are to see beach area home prices here in Oxnard.
And just like we have access to everything to the south, often overlooked is the accessibility of the central coast to the north without having to traverse Los Angeles traffic. So, if you are looking for a coastal lifestyle, the Channel Islands Harbor area and Oxnard could be the place.
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Volks-Swap:: The Subaru Conversion:: Pictures: Side by Side - EJ20 and Air Cooled VW I had a question I was thinking about an engine swap with a EJ20 DOHC Subaru Impreza Twin Turbo 95 jetta 5spd, (first waterpumper vw). Although this Volkswagen Beetle is still powered by a flat-four, the is now powered by a rebuilt Subaru EJ20G imported from Japan.
Thanks to the increase in power the Beetle reaches mph in about five seconds and averages MPG. Just undo about 10 bolts and the package tray comes out and you have access.
The turbo and intercooler are mounted in the factory positions with fans mounted on the intercooler controlled by the intake air temp sensor. The turbo retains the water cooling system and factory exhaust on the hot side.
A turbo blanket and heat wrap keep everything cool. A custom made down pipe and resonator muffler exit in the stock beetle location.
Custom built beetle KCR transmission — super street plus with highway flyer overdrive and super beetle input and first gear. All the tricks and custom bits they do to keep the transmissions together.
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It handles the power flawlessly. New Kennedy Stage 2 clutch, New Kennedy adapter plate New Flywheel New high torque starter The engine and transmission are mounted 2 inches further forward using a custom built solid mount that ties in the engine mounts and trans mount and improves weight distribution. SOHC engines now use an adjustment screw to adjust valve clearance.
Engines with the earlier HLA are recommended to use 10W30 or 10W40 oil year-round; 5W30 can be used at very low winter temperatures. The roller rocker cam follower system that was introduced on the Impreza engines, is installed on all model year and later engines. The roller assemblies are not serviceable separately, but the rocker arms may be serviced as individual units. The carbon composition head gaskets with integrated o-rings are interchangeable from left to right on to NA engines only.
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Other Engine Modifications The intake manifold has been reshaped to increase the airflow mass and speed, contributing to improved low and mid engine speed operation.
Components located on the intake manifold have been relocated as compared to the models. All engine for are the Phase 2 design.1971 VW Gulf Beetle with EJ20 Swap
Changes in the Phase 2 engines are as follows: Additional Phase 2 Engine Features: The intake valves are positioned 23 degrees off-center with the exhaust valves positioned 20 degrees off-center.
Prior model year engines utilized a degree positioning angle. An IN1 or IN2 will be embossed on each rocker arm. As viewed from the front of the engine the Number 1 intake valve of each cylinder and the number 2 intake valve have an IN1 marked and IN2 marked rocker arm that mates with it. New IN1 rocker arms can also be identified by a Green painted mark on the top of the rocker arm.
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Durban - It takes its name from the go-to restaurant once popular with locals and holiday-makers, but the Tong Lok building in Durban's Mahatma Gandhi Road (formerly Point Road) is less than a shadow of its former self.
Once overrun with glue-sniffing street children, it is boarded up and from the outside appears to be uninhabitable and abandoned.
While it bears the dubious honour of being the "worst" building in Durban, it is the subject of an ongoing court battle which raises legal issues important to people who own property in decaying sectional title buildings.
In a matter to be argued in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban early in August, Kevin Shames, a trustee of BC Specialised Opportunities Fund Trust, wants an administrator appointed to step into the non-functioning body corporate's shoes.
This is in a final attempt to put it on a sound financial footing, failing which the owners could lose it all.
If the application succeeds, it will be the second time the building will be placed under administration.
The money owed to the trust - used to offset a mounting municipal rates debt - came about through a loan taken by Andre Grundler, the previous administrator appointed by the court at the eThekwini municipality's behest.
The only full-time resident at that time was a nurse from a local hospital.
When his three-year-tenure came to an end, Grundler said he had appointed a managing agent, sourced owners, put in place budgets and taken legal steps to recover unpaid and special levies.
But real progress was impossible because he had too little time and there was too little money.
"Various attempts at a constructive solution, including obtaining agreement from owners for relinquishing units to the body corporate in lieu of levy claims and voluntary sales to interested purchasers, failed," he said at the time.
The initial loan from the trust (formerly the Nexus Multi-strategy Fund), was for about R300 000, but the amount owed far exceeds that now.
Default judgment obtained by the trust against the body corporate in 2014 was for about R522 000, plus interest.
Shames, in his affidavit filed with the court, said the loan agreement stipulated that the debt be repaid within three years. The anniversary came and went and nothing was paid back.
"We issued summons, obtained default judgment but no payment was made," he said.
In the meantime, the building continued to deteriorate. Several city departments, including the health department, instructed the body corporate to take remedial action, but nothing was done.
Shames said there were serious health issues. There was no water to the building, refuse was not being removed, and the waste water drainage system was not working.
"The building poses a major health hazard for any occupants and neighbouring buildings," he said.
"Levies are not being collected. And the body corporate cannot pay its debts and its running expenses. The situation is alarming. Not only is it being mismanaged, it is not being managed at all."
Shames proposed the appointment of another administrator who could get finance through investors and again attempt to collect debt from owners.
However, one of the owners has applied to the court to intervene in the application.
Sulaiman Ryland, who owns DC Commercial Venture CC, the registered owner of two units and several parking bays in the building, says the proposed administration could plunge the owners into more debt.
He admitted the building had "deteriorated substantially as a result of mismanagement". He said Grundler had not presented to the court any records of assets and liabilities, ledger and bank accounts.
He claimed the judgment obtained was "fraudulent and stands to be rescinded" and alleged that the loan was never used for its intended purpose - to pay off a rates debt.
Ryland alluded to a "scheme to swindle the owners out of their units".
"Any further finance is designed to ultimately prejudice the unit owners, who run the risk of losing their properties to a syndicate vested with hidden agendas," he alleged.
Ryland said the powers of any administrator should be curtailed to stop any "drastic inroads into the property rights of owners, which is tantamount to an arbitrary deprivation of property".
Shames replied that Ryland's allegations were vague, unsubstantiated, and defamatory.
He said Ryland and the other owners had for four years done nothing about the situation. He provided documentary proof that the loan was used to pay the municipal debt and said Ryland "boldly stated" that the judgment was obtained fraudulently, but did not give any basis for this.
Shames said if rehabilitation was not possible, as a last resort, the administrator could apply to the court for the "deemed destruction" of the body corporate.
This meant the owners would lose their individual right to their units and the entire building would be put on auction.

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In the video of the mysterious artist comes “Chervona Ruta” written by Vladimir Ivasyuk.
British street artist Banksy showed a video of how he did graffiti in Ukraine. She signed the video with the words “In solidarity with the Ukrainian people”. The video was posted on the mysterious artist’s official Instagram account. After all, we remember that no one still knows what he looks like.
Banksy showed how he traveled around Ukraine during the all-out war with Russia. He showed the process of creating his drawings as part of his journey through the Ukrainian cities destroyed by the Russian Armed Forces.
During the video, the song “Chervona Ruta” performed by street musicians is played on the bandura.
During the conversation, one of the women tells Banksy that the ruins she saw were once a kindergarten where her daughter went. And people died there when the bombs fell.
“Don’t be sad, honey, we cried so much that there were no tears left,” the woman says, hugging her daughter. Judging by her words, Banksy took her pictures.
At the end of the video is the artist’s dedication: “In solidarity with the Ukrainian people: “There is also a copy of a passerby in Kiev who did not like the image of a rocket launcher with the symbol of Ukraine “Z”. Russian army.
Let me remind you that earlier the mysterious Englishman confirmed that he created seven graffiti in Ukraine. Two – in Kiev, and one of them in the very center of the capital. As well as drawings of destroyed buildings in Gorenka, Borodyanka, Irpen and Gostomel.
By the way, the head of the acting Borodyansk settlement, Georgy Yerko, said that he wants to create a war museum with the Russian Federation in Borodyanka and transfer Banksy’s works there.
“We want to make a museum and put graffiti there. Other memorabilia of the war can be preserved here, such as the monument to Taras Shevchenko, shot by the Russian army. We have exhibits and residents want to see them.” museum,” Yerko said.
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Sailing Ship Columbia Pictures, a favorite attraction of Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear
Sailing Ship Columbia Pictures
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The Sailing Ship Columbia Pictures is a precise twin of the Columbia Pictures -- the slowest Frontierland ship to circumnavigate a store. You can take it for a look at the Moats of America, or go below decks and marvel at the carefully preserved scallywag's museum.
- If it's your anniversary, cast members are apt to whisk you.
- During selected "Special Mornings," Disneyland celebrities might try to experience this attraction more than a moment prior to its breaking down for the day.
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- Minimum height 33".
- Must be at least 51" tall and 21 years old to ride in front.
- This attraction was previously planned for the 1951 World's Pavilion.
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It was a night of glitz and glamour at the just concluded Headies Awards held at the Landmark Event Centre, Oniru, Lagos, where the august event was attended by the crème de crème in the showbiz world. Life &Times brings to you fashion statements from the Headies red carpet moment.
Clad in his usual traditional attire, Orente Crooner sure made us whoa!! He was on the red carpet rocking his complete Adire attire with a touch of it on his shoes. For this iconic look, it’s a 10/10
He is known for that seductive look and guess what, Alex sure seduced us on the red carpet with his simple but classic outfit. It’s a 8/10.
It’s not just about being a disc jockey but complimenting it at events as Cuppy rocked stylish look to the Headies in Ankara attire. It’s a 8/10
Sure simple and looking nice in it, Arinze rocked a casual look!! It’s a 7/10.
Not everybody knew queen of dance could look this fabulous but sure she nailed it rocking a two coloured flowing gown. It’s a 8/10.
Mama Africa rocked a simple but gorgeous look to the event. It’s definitely 8/10.
D’ Igbo boy looked good in his printed Ankara trouser complimenting his look with a snap back. It’s a 7/10.
Music producer Fliptyce rocked that dapper look of a blue blazer. It’s a 8/10.
He has got swag on the red carpet at all times and sure he did not disappoint with his hooded outfit and ripped jean. It’s a 8/10.
Aside been a producer, TY Mix sure knows the appropriate combinations to events from his Black blazer to his complimented sneakers and top. It’s a 9/10.


Twenty years into his career, Jack White continues to shake up the music world at will.
“I tried decaf for, like, a week, and I came to the conclusion that decaf blows.”
Just a few of the many faces of the guitar prodigy before his new solo album drops.
White also argues that The White Stripes and his own solo work are one in the same: “There is a case to be made that in a lot of ways, The White Stripes is Jack White solo.”
The White Stripes mark 20th anniversary with release of The First Show: Live on Bastille Day: Stream
The fateful concert took place in Detroit twenty years ago today.
Icky Thump X is coming out through Jack White’s Third Man Records.
It’s now been a decade since Jack and Meg released their final album, Icky Thump.
Also, Tool’s Danny Carey and Dave Grohl fail to crack the top 25.
The White Stripes vs. The Raconteurs vs. The Dead Weather vs. Jack White
Third Man rocker holds Q&A with members of Third Man’s Vault.
“This is an apology to anyone I’ve offended with my comments about my creativity, their creativity, and the music business in general.”
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Mariah Carey has reportedly moved into James Packer's Beverly Hills mansion.
TMZ reports after a large Halloween party, Carey's staff packed up the Beverly Hills home she has been renting and moved it into Packer's home, which is just down the road.
The 45-year-old singer and 48-year-old billionaire businessman have been an item since June, when Carey was spotted on Packer's superyacht Arctic P, off the Italian coast.
Carey's four-bedroom beach house in Malibu has been listed on online rental site Airbnb since July.
The couple made a public appearance last month at the opening of Packer's new $4.5 billion casino in Macau.
In September they made their red carpet debut at the New York premiere of Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway's new film The Intern.