A Reading List to Celebrate Asian Authors
Posted on August 14, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
It might seem trite to say that in times of despair, we can look to the written word for solace. The shootings in Atlanta on March 16, in which a white gunman killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women, has sent waves of grief through the Asian American community and through global East and South East Asian communities. How can the written word even start to convey the pain caused by decades of racism and discrimination, a pain that has felt more acute as attacks targeting Asian people increased over the past year?
[Read More]Aaron Rodgers' Jimmy Kimmel Remarks Are Part of a Pattern
Posted on August 14, 2024
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| Martina Birk
Aaron Rodgers last threw a pass on September 11, in his first series in his first game as quarterback for the New York Jets. Rodgers, the four-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and future NFL Hall of Famer, tore his Achilles tendon when Buffalo’s Leonard Floyd sacked him in the season opener. His year ended that night. His lone pass was incomplete. And as the last week of the NFL regular season—and then the postseason—approaches, Rodgers’ team, at 6-10, is firmly out of the playoff race.
[Read More]All the Betty and Jughead relationship moments on 'Riverdale' so far
Posted on August 14, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
Fans of Betty and Jughead, who are played by Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse, are in for a treat this season on "Riverdale." Bughead, as the couple is endearingly called by fans who "ship" the couple, are together and working to solve another mystery. The couple has weathered a number of storms since first coming together on the first season of the hit CW drama, but nothing is ever easy.
[Read More]Anti-gay pastor caught requesting oral sex from man
Posted on August 14, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
59-year-old Gaylard Williams is the pastor at the Praise Cathedral Church in Seymour, Indiana. According to court documents, the victim told officers that pastor Williams approached his vehicle, parked close to Cypress Lake. He claimed that when he rolled down his window, the pastor grabbed and squeezed his genitals before asking him perform oral sex. ADVERTISEMENT
The victim noted down the car number plate of his alleged attacker and reported the incident to police.
[Read More]Best Mens Workout Shirts to Keep You Cool and Comfortable
Posted on August 14, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
Everyone’s workout shirt needs are different. Some people need a shirt that’ll wick the sweat away, letting them burn through mile after mile on the treadmill without turning into a lawn sprinkler. Some need a shirt that’ll stand up to many vigorous hours of hauling flaming barrels over gravel, or whatever the extreme new workout of the month is. Still, others just need something that’ll make them look hot in their 30th #gymselfie of the week.
[Read More]Brian Steinberg
Posted on August 14, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
Brian Steinberg covers the business of advertising, media and television as Senior TV Editor for Variety, which he joined in 2013. He has more than two decades of experience on the media beat, having worked for Advertising Age, The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. His work has appeared in the Boston Globe and Salon, among other publications. He holds degrees from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and Yale University.
[Read More]Brian, Domhnall Gleeson Set Comedy Series Frank of Ireland at Amazon, Channel 4
Posted on August 14, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
Brothers Brian and Domhnall Gleeson are teaming for a comedy series titled “Frank of Ireland,” a co-production between Channel 4 and Amazon.
The brothers Gleeson are co-writing and executive producing the show with Michael Moloney, with the half-hour series getting a six-episode order.
[Read More]Business & Finance: Pencils | TIME
Posted on August 14, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
Six companies make most of the world’s pencils. Four are in the U. S. Three are owned by families. All are over 70 years old. Standard pencils are in the 5¢ and 10¢ fields. The four companies and their leading brands are: 5¢10¢ American Velvet Venus Dixon Ticondcroga Eldorado Eagle Mikado Turquoise Faber Mongol Van Dyke (15¢) About 40 raw materials go into a pencil. It takes a month to make a penny pencil, six months for a 10¢ pencil.
[Read More]Chris Brown calls Davido brother for life after dancing in the rain
Posted on August 14, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
In the caption of the picture, which had Davido and Chris Brown, the ‘Skelewu’ singer wrote, “My brother danced in the cold rain for me !!!!!!! BLOW MY MIND OUT NOW!!! Link in bio!!” The post saw Chris Brown replying Davido in the comment section where he referred to him as his brother for life. “BROTHER 4 life,” he wrote. ADVERTISEMENT
The display of brotherly love by the singers is coming two days after the official video to their hit song, ‘Blow my mind’ was released.
[Read More]CRIME: At Leavenworth | TIME
Posted on August 14, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
From New York the contagion of prison revolt last week spread to the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. It infected U. S. convicts with a fit of riotous fury which took six hours to cure. The prison temperature was 100°. Spanish rice was repeated at the noon mess. Nine hundred of the penitentiary’s 3,758 inmates rebelled, threw their food and plates about, broke windows, seized knives and forks. Ordered back to their cells, they bolted for the prison yard where they screamed curses, milled about frantically, became altogether unruly.
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