Lai began posting images of Coconut, who is now 50 pounds and 4 years old, to an Instagram account as a way to document his furry friend’s life. Little did he know, Coconut would become a social media heartthrob. Coconut and her playful posts on Instagram really hit the big time in 2017 when a meme app called 9GAG posted a a video of Coconut, which brought 50,000 new followers to her Instagram page....
Case closed? Hardly. The Blumenthals also demanded that cybercolumnist Matt Drudge reveal his sources–or else. When he didn’t, the couple filed a $30 million defamation suit against Drudge and America Online, Inc., which carries the ““Drudge Report’’ on the World Wide Web. Lawyers for Drudge and AOL are scheduled to respond this week in a case that could make legal history. The Supreme Court has already ruled that the First Amendment applies in cyberspace....
Even more shocking is that “Hercules” is actually good. Two guys see to that: executive producer Sam Raimi and star Kevin Sorbo. Raimi is a movie director with a talent for genre pop (from “The Evil Dead” to “The Quick and the Dead”). Sorbo is a supremely relaxed Minnesotan whose primary acting credits have been hunk-for-hire spots selling Diet Coke and Budweiser. At 6 feet 3, Sorbo is buff without being steroidal....
In fact, he was. Phillips, 41, scored big after graduation, working first as a playwright in London and later as an academic. The son of an office clerk who put herself through night school to get a teaching degree, he became the author of six novels that explore the immigrant experience. As the first Henry R. Luce professor of migration and social order at Barnard College in New York, he is developing classes that will focus on immigrant writers from Henry James to Sandra Cisneros....
The find, announced last week in an article in Biblical Archeology Review, immediately stirred excitement among scholars. In the article, French epigraphist Andre Lemaire argues that the evidence, while circumstantial, strongly favors the assumption that the Jesus inscribed on the box is Christ. Other scholars, however, believe that until they can study the site where the ossuary was found, the connection with the historical Jesus remains highly speculative. Even so, the discovery has raised again centuries-old debates about who the brothers of Jesus were and whether they supported his reform movement....
We’ve all dreamed of having our very own Pretty Woman moment, carrying bags and boxes filled with designer clobber, and now that is set to become a reality for three lucky people. Company HushHush is looking to recruit a trio of professional “spenders,” who will be paid £100 each, which works out to $135, for a hard day’s shopping. They’ll each be given a prepaid credit card loaded up with £5,000, which amounts to $6,770, to and have eight hours to swipe the plastic until it’s all gone....
Neil Bush’s low profile is gone, possibly for good–and whether he deserves it or not, the president’s third son now stands at the vortex of the biggest financial scandal in the nation’s history. The argument that the allegations are not criminal–that they consist of apparently unintentional violations of banking rules–does him no good at all: he is a quasipolitical figure, and he is fair game. Commenting on his son’s difficulties, Bush pere told reporters that “it’s tough on people in public life, to some degree....
For now, the NAACP decided to do nothing. The organization’s indecision came at a critical time. Thomas may need all the support he can get to survive his Senate confirmation hearings. He is under attack for hypocrisy, and his personal life has come under close scrutiny by the press (box). The Congressional Black Caucus voted overwhelmingly last week to oppose his nomination. The fact that the NAACP chose to stay on the sidelines underscored a painful reality....
Mahmoud, 34, was an Arabic teacher. He showed up for work early on Monday morning only to hear that the school was closing up for the day. Mortars were crashing down around the city and violent clashes were breaking out between Shia and Sunni gunmen. Two days before, a huge truck bomb targeted a Husseiniya, a Shiite place of worship that is part mosque and part community center, in the nearby city of Haswa....
Ever since the movies started talking, the theater world has complained about Hollywood poaching the stage’s stars. But clearly, Naked Angels has bucked the trend. No matter how successful some Angels become elsewhere, they seem to come back to their 99-seat theater-working for free, even cleaning the toilet. “When I cross that threshold, it’s like going home,” says Morrow. Named after a book about the Beat Generation, Naked Angels was born in 1986 in a scuzzy bar where a half-dozen unknown writers and actors (including Stevens and Morrow) met to complain about their lousy roles-when they got any....
George Bush is, among other things, a man who simply can’t sit still. Last week he was on the road again, closing out his presidency by doing what he likes best. His farewell tour-the 25th overseas trip of his presidency-took him to Saudi Arabia, where he hobnobbed briefly with another senior member of the old boys’ club, King Fahd; then to Somalia, where he had one more chance to visit with soldiers he had sent into action; next to Moscow to sign the last superpower arms-control deal of the cold-war era, and finally to Paris to say goodbye to a fellow statesman who seems to be on his last political leg, President Francois Mitterrand....
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Robinson’s characters are often blindsided by life-or-death decisions, and the humor of his stories tends to give way to something deeper and creepier. In “The Diver,” for instance, a husband offers a local $50 to untangle his yacht’s propeller, and realizes how menacing the man is only when the guy’s on his boat, leering at his wife and asking to hold his baby. Ian McEwan might have written a story like “The Diver” 25 years ago, and ended it with a sea of blood....
It’s been a long time coming. Eleven times so far in this campaign—or it is 12 or 13? We lost track long ago—these candidates have gathered to scrap for the spotlight. What made this debate different, at least on paper, was that the finish line in what has sometimes felt like the longest presidential campaign in history is finally in sight. The questions might, at long last, matter. Mike Huckabee, now atop the Iowa polls and starting to give Rudy Giuliani a run for his money nationally, hadn’t faced the tough questioning his rivals had in previous debates....
Use bobby pins that are close to the color of your hair to conceal them. For an added elegance, you can pin a flower barrette or headpiece into your up-do.
If you can’t think of a specific item that she wants or needs, try to think of something that plays on her interests. If she likes to garden, give her a packet of seeds, or buy her a potted plant that she can replant in her garden. If she likes dark chocolate, buy her a bar of quality chocolate. If you don’t want to buy her one expensive gift, try putting together a small gift basket of her favorite things....
An underground tornado shelter or a specially designed tornado safe room is the safest place to be during a tornado. Some homes, businesses, and schools in areas prone to tornadoes have these shelters. If a tornado shelter is not available, go to the basement of a building. Stay away from windows, and cover yourself with a mattress, cushions, or sleeping bags. If possible, get under a heavy table, which can protect you from falling debris....
Use cleanser in the morning or night, whichever works best for your schedule and skin. Micellar water, used by French women for years, is enriched with micelles, molecules that literally eat up dirt and oil, and is extremely gentle. [2] X Research source “Fixing” sun-damaged skin with after-sun products containing antioxidants is not nearly as effective as applying antioxidants along with sunscreen. Almost all moisturizers today contain some level of SPF protection....
The tests for “free” or bioavailable testosterone are considered better biomarkers. [3] X Trustworthy Source PubMed Central Journal archive from the U. S. National Institutes of Health Go to source There are also some natural options including dietary approaches, increased exercise, and herbs such as Tribulus terrestris, Ashwagandha, Ginkgo Biloba, Maca, and Yohimbe. Problems with sexual function. This can include erectile dysfunction, decreased desire for sexual activity, and a decrease in the number and quality of erections....
