Bangladesh Protests Become "People's Uprising" Against Government

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  988 words  |  Billy Koelling

Spiraling clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Bangladesh resulted in at least 90 deaths on Sunday, as initially peaceful student demonstrations morphed into a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience aimed at unseating autocratic Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Read More: Sheikh Hasina and the Future of Democracy in Bangladesh Despite the government once again cutting mobile internet nationwide, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the street over the weekend with calls to march on the Ganabhaban, the prime minister’s official residence in the capital Dhaka, on Monday afternoon. [Read More]

Best Dog DNA Test Kits: A Veterinarians Review

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  15 minutes  |  3047 words  |  Billy Koelling

If you’ve been curious about your pup’s heritage, you may be surprised to learn about the existence of dog DNA test kits. Similar to the ones made for humans, these canine versions look at genetic markers that provide information about breed. Though there are multiple dog DNA test kit brands, quality can vary. In my opinion, as a veterinarian, the top two are clearly Embark and Wisdom Panel. Embark tests over 230,000 genetic markers, which they say is more than twice that of their top competitor, Wisdom Panel. [Read More]

Blue Beetle's Comic Book Origins and Future in the DCU

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  884 words  |  Kelle Repass

Spoiler Warning: This post contains spoilers for the post-credits scene of Blue Beetle. The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) is getting its first-ever Latin superhero lead as Blue Beetle makes its way into theaters on Aug. 18. The film, directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, follows Jaime Reyes (Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña) as he gets chosen by an ancient scarab from an alien planet that transforms him into a super-powered being. In the movie, we are introduced to a predominantly Latine cast, including George Lopez as Reyes’ uncle and Damián Alcázar as his father. [Read More]

Bubbly's Best | TIME

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  349 words  |  Billy Koelling

Alice Feiring August 16, 2004 12:00 AM EDT If you love bubbly, then a trip to the Champagne region of France–about an hour-plus train ride from Paris–is worth the jaunt. But be forewarned: the climate can be lousy. I was as chilled as a glass of Blanc de Blanc while visiting one of Moet & Chandon’s vineyards near Epernay in July. The generally crummy weather is considered one of the key ingredients besides the area’s chalky, bone-white soil that help this region of France produce the best of bubbly. [Read More]

Burning Man 1997 :: An ABC Nightline Investigation

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  60 words  |  Kelle Repass

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 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  46 words  |  Kelle Repass

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Cell Phone Reception Is Getting Worse

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1758 words  |  Martina Birk

It’s strange to have bad cell phone service in a place like Manhattan, a place that is packed with cell towers and technology and that is about as far from a rural, mountainous area as you can get. But I struggle to get a signal in my office in the middle of the city, and beyond—my phone calls at my house in Beacon, NY, frequently turn garbled and disconnect; I often can’t access data while a passenger in a car traveling around the suburbs of New York City, one of the most densely populated regions in the country; and trying to talk to my parents on their cellphones at their home in suburban Boston is like a version of the ‘Can you hear me now? [Read More]

Do Virginity Pledges Work? | TIME

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  731 words  |  Martina Birk

The debate over sex education has long been a heated one. A new study released Dec. 29 found that a popular method of promoting abstinence — pledging to remain a virgin — doesn’t appear to be the answer. To reach this conclusion, Janet Rosenbaum, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health, analyzed information gathered from nearly 1,000 teenagers, of which approximately 30% took a virginity pledge. Parsing the data, Rosenbaum found that the teenagers who took chastity vows were just as likely to have premarital sex as their peers—and significantly less likely to use protection. [Read More]

Dreadlocks: The myths, misconceptions, culture, and lifestyles

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1107 words  |  Kelle Repass

Stylists describe dreadlocks as Rastafarian hairstyle, especially in Jamaica, in which the hair is washed but not combed and twisted while wet into tight braids or ringlets hanging down on all sides. However, critics say it may be untrue that dreadlocks originated in Jamaica because many cultures have worn dreadlocks from birth before, even in Africa. In Nigeria, especially among the Yoruba, “Dada’’ is the name given to someone born with dreadlocks and such a child is believed to be associated with power and magic. [Read More]