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The Catholic Church's position on sex and the family
News Observer - 8 Apr 2016 10:00
Marriages should last until death and abortion is not permitted. What else does the Catholic Church teach on sex, marriage and the family? …
Vice, A $2.5 Billion Media Company, Sends Cease-And-Desist Letter To Indie Band Struggling To Pay Rent
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 23:28
Vice Media, a company valued at $2.5 billion whose CEO once spent $300,000 on dinner, wants ViceVersa, an unsigned Los Angeles indie band whose members are struggling to pay rent, to change its name -- or else. In a ce...
Eurotunes: Instrumental Folk CDs from European Artists
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 23:21
Wör. Photo by Tom Abeloos. Used by permission of Wör I'm continuing to write about some of the music I picked up this year at the annual Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City. This year's conference str...
Notfilm
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 23:03
Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, is the famous line of the l8th century Anglo-Irish subjectivist philosopher Bishop Berkeley that Samuel Beckett disputed in his sole screenplay, Film--in which Buster Keaton pl...
Richard Boll: A Day Away
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 23:00
#Hibernot is a term Land Rover invented to take back winter and take on opportunity. It means not holding back and not waiting for tomorrow, but embracing the day, today. When U.K. photographer Richard Boll was asked to ...
Julianne's Norwegian Home With A Personal Touch -- House Call
Apartment Therapy - 8 Apr 2016 23:00
Pin it Name: Julianne Location: Kongsberg, Norway We live in a brand new house, which was finished last year. The house was one of ten houses that was built with the same design. Modern and Scandinavian.
Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Concert Over Anti-LGBT Law
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 22:57
North Carolina's controversial new anti-LGBT law doesn't sit well with Bruce Springsteen. The Boss, 66, has been thrilling audiences across the country on The River Tour with his E Street Band since the start of the y...
The Other Entrepreneurs: Turning Trash Into Art in the Solomon Islands
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 22:51
Wally Faleka, 46, has run Village Level Art and Graphics since 1989 in his home village of Fo'ondo on Malaita, one of the Solomon Islands. An artist, screen printer, sign writer, teacher and occasional taxi driver, he li...
TV highlights: 'Outlander' returns for Season 2 on Starz
Washington Post - 8 Apr 2016 22:45
(All times Eastern). RETURNING SHOW: The Season 2 premiere of "Outlander" (Starz at 9) finds Jamie and Claire in 18th-century France, where the couple attempt to infiltrate high society in an effort to protect Scotland...
Royal, artsy horse frenzy hits Palm Beach as US Open Polo kicks off
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 22:40
(The 52x39 inch photo, as a part of the Equine show, is just one of the photos to be be sold for $12,800 during the week of the 112th US Open Polo Championship in Palm Beach) With the 112th US Open Polo Championship well...
How This Afghan Teen Escaped Child Marriage With A Rap Song
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 22:32
When one teen’s parents tried to sell her into marriage, she stopped it -- by writing a viral rap song. Sonita Alizadeh is one of the youngest female rappers in Afghanistan. At age 10, her parents considered selling he...
The Bottom Line: 'The History Of Great Things' By Elizabeth Crane
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 22:30
The first person everyone meets is her mother. Whatever else may follow, she's there from the start, and her presence, or absence, looms. It's a truth that sounds throughout literature, not to mention psychotherapy -- yo...
Where to Put TV Other Than Above Fireplace? -- Good Questions
Apartment Therapy - 8 Apr 2016 22:30
Pin it Q: My husband and I have a love/hate relationship with our TV. He loves it; I hate it. Our living room [photo below] is always a work-in-progress but what is hindering it for me is the TV. I refuse to mount it abo...
How To Make a Quick & Easy Folding Room Screen -- Apartment Therapy Tutorials
Apartment Therapy - 8 Apr 2016 22:00
Pin it Privacy screens are like folding sculptures, both visually interesting as well as functional. In an outside space, they are a buffer between you and the neighbors, or can block out the bright sun. Inside, they div...
Lipstick Portraits of Pussy Riot
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 21:56
I declared a hunger strike in support of the Pussy Riot band members on July 6, 2012. During my hunger strike I completely refused any food. I demanded to free members of feminist punk group. During the hunger strike and...
Springsteen cancels Greensboro show over House Bill 2
News Observer - 8 Apr 2016 21:51
Show was to have happened Sunday night Current tour showcases Springsteen's 1980 album 'The River' 'Some things are more important than a rock show' …
Justin Peck's In the Countenance of Kings Debuts in San Francisco to Great Fanfare
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 21:47
Frances Chung and Gennadi Nedvigin in the world première of Justin Peck's In the Countenance of Kings at San Francisco Ballet (Photo: Erik Tomasson) San Francisco Ballet in Justin Peck's In the Countenance of Kings (Pho...
The Internet Is Freaking Out Over This Train Track Optical Illusion
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 21:36
Here's one video that'll stop you in your tracks. Marc Settle, a BBC academy trainer who lives in London, shared a mind-blowing video of an optical illusion featuring his son's toy train tracks. At first you'll think...
Election 2016 Artwork: The Clown Car Series
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 21:30
Kevin Bradley is a letterpress printmaker. He was born and raised in the small town of Greenville, Tennessee, which is also home to both Davy Crockett and President Andrew Johnson. Kevin began his career at the legendary...
The ethical dilemmas raised by Gay Talese's latest article
Washington Post - 8 Apr 2016 21:30
A legendary journalist befriends a motel owner who spies on people in the rooms he rents to them. He even invites the journalist to watch him watch. The journalist says nothing about this sordid business for decades.
'The Girlfriend Experience' is basically a soft-core mindtrip
Washington Post - 8 Apr 2016 20:46
The irony of "The Girlfriend Experience," which revolves around transactional relationships, is that it requires a certain level of genuine commitment.The 13-episode limited series premieres Sunday at 8 on Starz and star...
The Perfect Shot: Capturing Dogs in Motion
The Huffington Post - 8 Apr 2016 20:38
One...Two...Three...Say Cheese, and give me a BIG smile! Do these words sound familiar to anyone else besides me? I'd classify them as the typical 'cheesy' words photographers use attempting to get the best shot when tak...