Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees 2015: Who Are They?

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1729 words  |  Billy Koelling

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 15 nominees for the class of 2015 and, as usual, it’s a Whitman’s Sampler of genres — industrial avant garde artists Nine Inch Nails, pop-punk pioneers Green Day, Brit rock royalty The Smiths and “Lean On Me” singer Bill Withers are some of the first time nominees for the Class of 2015. They are joined by some long-time contenders, including Chic, who have been up for consideration nine times, and 1960s blues-rock legends Paul Butterfield Band who have now been nominated three times. [Read More]

Roll-film Camera (Famous Patent) - On This Day

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  103 words  |  Tandra Barner

Historical Context Invented in 1888 by George Eastman the revolutionary first Kodak camera promised in its advertising slogan "You press the button, we do the rest". Eastman's camera was the first camera to come with a preloaded flexible film with 100 exposures and cost $25. Purchasers returned their camera and film to the company for developing, then it was returned to them with a new roll of film. Before this photographers laboriously had to use a plate glass negative for each shot. [Read More]

Ruth Negga Talks 'Loving' And How She Relates To Mildred

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  495 words  |  Martina Birk

Different Worlds Negga, who was born in Africa to an Ethiopian father and an Irish mother and grew up in Limerick, Ireland, related to the tribulations of Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred Loving, who were arrested in 1958 for violating Virginia's antimiscegenation laws. "Their story felt so dear to me and a part of my own history," she says. "And I feel so relieved that human beings like these two have existed, with all their grace and integrity and lack of cynicism. [Read More]

See How this German Shepherd Saved a Baby Elephant

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  157 words  |  Martina Birk

January 15, 2016 1:34 PM EST When a baby elephant arrived at the Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage in South Africa, he was critically ill with an umbilical hernia and his chances of survival were slim. That’s when super dog swooped in. The Thula Thula game reserve is home to a variety of African wildlife, including rhinos and elephants along with buffalo, leopards, giraffes, zebras, hyenas, crocodiles and a very special German shepherd named Duma. [Read More]

Sinach and guests including Onyeka Onwenu, Todd Dulaney serenade at Lagos concert

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  213 words  |  Martina Birk

Host of the night, Sinach performed some of her hit songs as well as yet-to-be-released songs like ‘Jesus is King’ with the full complements of her Gosgem choir. According to Sinach, a big spin-off of the concert would be a charity initiative tagged Gosgem Mum dedicated to hardworking mothers who require support to scale. ADVERTISEMENT “It would be platform for mothers who are doing so much but do not have the resources to much more. [Read More]

St. Louis Sees a Drastic Decrease in Homicides in 2021

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1104 words  |  Tandra Barner

Homicides as a result of gun violence have remained consistently high across the U.S. in 2021, after a steep increase last year during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Broadly, the year-on-year increase in 2021 is not as large as that in 2020 compared to 2019. But many major cities have in fact have seen even higher numbers: As of Dec. 29, there have been over 550 homicides in Philadelphia this year, which broke the 1990 record of 503; in Indianapolis, over 250 people have been killed, more fatalities than the highest previous toll 0f 215 (which was recorded in 2020). [Read More]

The Dangerous Quest for Identity

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1342 words  |  Kelle Repass

All humans ask themselves who they are, where they came from, and what is their identity. This quest for identity is important and fascinating, but it can also be dangerous. In attempting to define a clear identity for myself, I might close myself off to the world. I might conclude that my identity is defined by belonging to a single group of people, emphasizing those parts in me that connect me to the chosen group, and ignoring all my other parts. [Read More]

The Judge Next Door | TIME

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  690 words  |  Tandra Barner

It was high noon on Sunday in Edwin Meese’s small, elegant office on the fifth floor of the Justice Department. In armchairs that faced one another sat Meese, Howard Baker and a clutch of lieutenants. In their midst was Anthony Kennedy, a potential Supreme Court nominee, who had been flown to Washington on an Air Force jet from Sacramento the evening before, carrying only a small overnight bag. The interrogation ran through 21 pages of single-spaced questions. [Read More]

The Origins of Dry January

 Posted on August 28, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  837 words  |  Martina Birk

The New Year rings in new goals, expectations and beginnings—which for some includes a temporary break from drinking alcohol. Dry January—a month-long feat to be sober—officially launched as a campaign in 2013 under the organization Alcohol Change UK, though the practice has roots that extend as far back as 1942, when Finland had their own “Sober January” to help in the war against the Soviet Union. Alcohol Change UK is a charity that focuses on reducing the harm caused by alcohol in society. [Read More]