Month: August 2019

On a recent long-haul flight to London, I spent time trying to find something to watch on the onboard television. Among the new movie selections were “Captain Marvel,” “Creed II” and “Aquaman.” The two superhero movies and the sequel to the reboot of the “Rocky” series are emblematic of our age of unoriginal content andRead moreRead more

An Oklahoma woman who allegedly forced her two young children to eat dog feces won’t be thrown in the slammer right away — but she has been ordered to stay away from her kids, according to a new report. Mary Elizabeth Moore, 34, of the city of Miami, was charged in Delaware County District CourtRead moreRead more

This week’s widespread media blitz heralding Netflix’s broadcast of its first Obama-endorsed presentation, “American Factory,” was more than synchronicity. It felt as though US publicists and journalists collectively exhaled their relief at finally regaining the bully pulpit. Reviews of “American Factory,” a doc by indie veterans Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, were not reliable accountsRead moreRead more

Dairy Queen has had to oddly clarify that the store’s food does not contain “human meat” after one of its South Carolina restaurants was swarmed by federal agents last week, sparking gruesome rumors online. “At Dairy Queen, we are very proud of our 100 percent beef hamburgers,” the fast-food chain tweeted Friday. “We serve aRead moreRead more

Name-calling really got under this New York Times columnist’s skin. David Karpf, an associate professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University, did just that Monday when he branded Bret Stephens, 45, a “metaphorical bedbug” when news broke that the insects were spotted in the Gray Lady’s second-floor wellness room. “The bedbugs areRead moreRead more

A few hours before the Jets kicked off their preseason game with the Saints on Saturday night, general manager Joe Douglas was speaking to reporters in a room adjacent to the team’s locker room. “It’s always going to be a point of emphasis for us,” Douglas said just before exiting the room. The “It” inRead moreRead more

Gov. Andrew Cuomo must sign an elevator-safety bill on the heels of a Manhattan man’s freak-accident crushing death on Thursday, lawmakers demanded Sunday. Elevator maintenance workers are responsible for the safety of countless New Yorkers as they whiz sometimes hundreds of feet up and down the city’s more-than 84,000 elevators, but they require less licensingRead moreRead more

Joe Arpaio is looking to get back in the saddle again as the former Arizona sheriff said Sunday that he plans to run for the position he lost in 2016. The former Maricopa County sheriff, who was pardoned last year by President Trump for a federal contempt-of-court conviction, pledged to enforce his tough on crimeRead moreRead more

Aleksandra Taistra trascorre le vacanze estive a St. Leger du Vetoux (Francia), Rodellar, Cuenca, Margalef e Viadello (Spagna). Una proficua vacanza estiva per Aleksandra Taistra all’insegna dell’arrampicata sportiva. La 26enne studentessa ha scelto di misurarsi in falesie lontane dalla sua Polonia e ha visitato prima St. Leger in Francia, per poi recarsi a Rodellar, Cuenca,Read moreRead more

Sta comparendo anche nelle falesie italiane una particolare Edera velenosa (Toxicodendron radicans), già molto conosciuta negli Stati Uniti, che causa una dermatite allergica da contatto. Il Dottor Kelios Bonetti (Yena) esperto in patologia arrampicatoria in quest’articolo spiega il problema e come affrontarlo. Il problemaDa qualche tempo si parla dell’edera velenosa. Nelle falesie nostrane circolano soloRead moreRead more