Leap-Day Birthdays: Famous (and Infamous) Feb. 29 Births
Richard Corkery / NY Daily News Archive / Getty Images You’d think a Feb. 29 birthday would be an auspicious thing. The rarest of all birth dates, it confers an extended adolescence — you’re not 40; you’re just a sprightly 10! Alas, a scan of celebrities born on Leap Day suggests potentially bad tidings. If you were born Feb. 29, your fellow candle blowers include:
Aileen Wuornos, convicted serial killer. Fate doesn’t deal many a worse hand than it did Wuornos, a victim of myriad forms of child abuse who in later years shot numerous men to death, claiming self-defense in each case, before being executed for her crimes in 2002.
Learn how to make asun
Asun is a lot of Nigerian's favourite side dishes at parties, learn how to make this spicy minced goat meat meal.
For some reason, asun is something we often get to eat only at parties and rarely ever at home. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7scHLrJxnppdkuaqyxKyrsqSVZLOwu8Nmq6uZppq5cLDIsmSrnZOevaa%2FjKWcmqqeYrWww4ytpmalkaCybq3SrqVopmJpfbS9zA%3D%3D
Legalize Pot? You Must Be High
America just took three steps toward nationally legal marijuana: Oregon, Alaska, and D.C. Should we be lighting up a celebratory doobie? I don’t think so.
Children
The nation is wringing its hands about its student achievement. In the latest international comparison, as I cited in a recent TIME article, the U.S. finished below average among the 34 OECD nations, despite being No. 1 in the world in per-student spending. Yet we’re legalizing pot, which may cause far greater damage than once thought:
Live intentionally, nobody is promised tomorrow!
Luke 12:16-20 says, "And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “ “But God said to him, ‘ Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?
Lulu Wang on the Challenges of Bringing The Farewell to Theaters
Lulu Wang, director and writer of “The Farewell,” talked about the challenges she faced before she was finally able to bring her movie to theaters during the Variety Screening Series presented by Vudu. The story, based on Wang’s own experiences, follows a Chinese American family dealing with the terminal cancer diagnosis of their grandmother.
Lusitania and Titanic: The Similarities Between 2 Shipwrecks
When the Lusitania went down, three years after the sinking of the Titanic, the similarities were hard to overlook. Both British ocean liners had been the largest ships in the world when first launched (the Lusitania at 787 feet in 1906, and the Titanic at 883 feet in 1911). And both were ostentatiously luxurious, designed to ferry the world’s wealthiest passengers between Europe and the United States in comfort and elegance.
Mary Garber | TIME
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December 29, 2008 12:00 AM EST
For most of her amazing career, sportswriter Mary Garber, who died Sept. 21 at 92, navigated uncharted waters. While Mary went quietly about her job, she understood that she was a pioneer for women, for sports and for all of us. She understood the importance of breaking the barriers but was still focused on getting a balanced story.
There were no female sportswriters when I faced Bobby Riggs in 1973.
Medicine: Vitamin K Gum | TIME
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February 18, 1946 12:00 AM GMT-5
As most toothache victims know, cavities are generally caused by acid which forms in the mouth from fermenting food particles. Dentists can partly neutralize or slow down formation of this acid with several safe chemicals. The problem has not been what to give busy patients—but how to give it.
Northwestern University Dental School’s Dr. Leonard S. Fosdick & co-workers may have found an answer.
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Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz: Review - VMAs 2015
Miley Cyrus is used to forcing her way to the center of attention. At the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, she upstaged much-hyped, dueling performances from Lady Gaga and Katy Perry with the twerk heard ’round the world. Two years later, returning to the program as a host, Cyrus may have stolen the show from Kanye West (whose acceptance speech was a masterclass in slightly stoned trolling) or at least Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj (who performed together after a high-profile Twitter spat) by closing out the ceremony and announcing—oh yeah—that she was releasing an album for free online that very evening.