At the turn of the century, when John Willard Travell was a young physician building his practice and raising two daughters, frogs were still common in Manhattan. They came in handy: Dr. Travell wanted his daughters to become physicians, so he dissected the frogs in anatomy lessons for them and showed them the historic experiment in which Luigi Galvani discovered electric currents in a twitching frog’s leg. The lessons took. Last week, to the quiet satisfaction of Dr.
Meet the cast of 'Badboys and Bridesmaids' movie
Confirming principal photography, producer Yomi Black took to Instagram unveiling the film's star-studded cast. He wrote: "Finally! The cast of Badboys and Bridesmaides are now on set. It's a cinema movie!" Directed by Seyi Babatope, the film is set to star Demola Adedoyin, Jidekene Achufusi, Idia Aisien, Jimi Akinsola, Mercy Isoyip and Big Brother Naija reality stars Elozonam Ogbolu and Nengi Hampson. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7scHLrJxnppdksq%2FAxKurmqGeorKvwI6mpq%2Bhlah8rrHErWStoJVisKK%2F02amn2WSlrGju9isZJqmlGKvs7XDnqqmmZmZwG65zq%2BgnmekosGmsNGd
Champion Newspapers Ltd. gave the award to Obi at the Champion Annual Awards held on Saturday night in Lagos. The organisation described Obi as a distinguished leader widely recognised for his contributions to public policy, good governance, international business, 21st Century leadership and human capital development. Champion Newspapers Ltd. also awarded Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo the 2023 Governor of the Year on Infrastructure and Rural Development. ADVERTISEMENT
OutKast Coachella Reunion: 37 Terms You Should Know
Tonight, the seminal hip-hop group OutKast launches their improbable reunion tour at the Coachella music festival. The group, who released their debut album as teenagers twenty years ago, had an impressive decade-long run in which they rewrote the rules of hip-hop as they went along. In addition to bringing the soulful sound of southern rap to a mainstream audience with hits like “Rosa Parks,” “Ms. Jackson” and “So Fresh, So Clean,” the group is particularly known for its inventive use of language: they helped make the Southern dialect cool to fans the world over.
Pictures Show How Heroin, Oxycodone and Cocaine Change a Person's Face
March 24, 2014 4:23 PM EDT
Rehabs.com found that one of the most successful ways to raise drug awareness is to show substances’ harrowing impact on a user’s face over time. As a follow-up to its viral faces of meth info-graphic, Rehabs.com has expanded its scope to show the extent at which oxycodone, heroine, and cocaine wreaks havoc on bodies:
By Rehabs.com. See full report here
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Radio: Claghorn's the Name | TIME
Every Sunday evening, many a U.S. radio listener lends his ear to a loudmouthed, platitudinous, corn-cackling character who calls himself Senator Claghorn. The “Senator” is a broad burlesque of the worst in Southern statesmen. On the air for less than three months, he is already being mimicked by children at school, businessmen at luncheon clubs, drunks at bars. No one does the routine quite as well as the Senator himself: Fred Allen’s announcer, Kenny Delmar.
Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American member of Congress, will lead a delegation to the West
Tlaib, the Detroit-born daughter of Palestinian immigrants, told The Intercept that she wants to offer her colleagues an alternate perspective on the Israeli-Palestine conflict. “I want us to see that segregation and how that has really harmed us being able to achieve real peace in that region,” Tlaib told The Intercept. “I don’t think AIPAC provides a real, fair lens into this issue. It’s one-sided. … [They] have these lavish trips to Israel, but they don’t show the side that I know is real, which is what’s happening to my grandmother and what’s happening to my family there.
Real Chefs Dont Use Gadgets
Getty Images I was looking at a potato masher a few minutes ago. With longing. I see this as a sign of spiritual rot. And yet I keep looking.
A new, ultra-luxe cookware store, Whisk, is now threatening to expand from its fashionably bohemian Brooklyn neighborhood to a far more upscale part of Manhattan, one not far from my office. I can’t stand the idea of a store that sells a $27 potato masher, or a $40 nutmeg shaver.
Regal Movie Theaters Implements Bag Inspection Policy
August 19, 2015 12:32 PM EDT
Regal Entertainment Group has added a bag check policy as the conversation around movie-theater security grows louder.
Theater-goers may have to submit their bags to inspection before they’re allowed to enter the theater, WBIR reports. “To ensure the safety of our guests and employees, backpacks and bags of any kind are subject to inspection prior to admission,” the policy reads. “We acknowledge that this procedure can cause some inconvenience and that it is not without flaws, but hope these are minor in comparison to increased safety.
Religion: Zen: Beat & Square
Zen Buddhism is growing more chic by the minute. Latest evidence: the summer issue of Chicago Review, which contains nine articles on the subject, a poem, and an excerpt from Zen-loving, “beat” Novelist Jack (On the Road) Kerouac’s forthcoming The Dharma Bums. Begins Kerouac: “LET THERE BE BLOWING-OUT AND BLISS FOREVERMORE.”
Long rooted in Japan, Zen is an ancient Chinese technique of mind-breaking discipline aimed at freeing the will. All things bubble along in one interrelated continuum, says Zen.