Cancer and the Couch: Your Furniture Is Coated in Chemicals

 Posted on August 12, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  896 words  |  Tandra Barner

Ask a public health scientist about couches and cancer, and you’re sure to hear about a State of California law enacted back in 1975. That law, called technical bulletin 117, or “TB117”, required furniture manufacturers to treat their products with flame retardant chemicals, mainly to protect against fires started by neglected cigarettes. “Most manufacturers didn’t want to have two production lines—one for California and one for the rest of the country—so after the regulation was passed most furniture included flame retardants,” says Heather Stapleton, associate professor and program chair of environmental health at Duke University. [Read More]

Cloverfield: Godzilla Goes 9/11 - TIME

 Posted on August 12, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  909 words  |  Patria Henriques

J.J. Abrams, creator of Alias and Lost and director of Mission: Impossible III, produced Cloverfield, a monster movie for the YouTube era, opening Jan. 18. TIME's Hollywood correspondent, Rebecca Winters Keegan, sat down with him on the set of the new Star Trek movie he's directing, where Abrams talked about sci-fi as catharsis, the age of self-documentation and why we're so obsessed with the end of the world. TIME: What's behind the enduring popularity of apocalyptic tales? [Read More]

Emeril, Eat My Dust. BAM!

 Posted on August 12, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  775 words  |  Martina Birk

I love TV cooking shows. For my money, Julia Child is on a par with the Pope. (Can’t you just see the two of them making pierogi together?) Martha Stewart scares me, but every once in a while I join her 2 million other weekday viewers, just to gauge my inadequacies. I’m also hoping to win the lottery someday. I refer, of course, to the lottery for tickets to Emeril Live! [Read More]

Exclusive interview: Sefi Atta talks power politics, the ethos of writing and Fela

 Posted on August 12, 2024  |  15 minutes  |  3057 words  |  Kelle Repass

"Don't ask me too many serious questions," she said, chuckling as the microphone was being fixed on her. Sefi Atta was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1964. She is a playwright and award winning author of popular titles, Everything Good Will Come, A Bit of Difference, News From Home and a collection of short stories, Swallow. Her works have received several literary awards, including the 2006 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa and the 2009 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. [Read More]

Exclusive: Benjamin Netanyahu at War

 Posted on August 12, 2024  |  20 minutes  |  4182 words  |  Patria Henriques

For the past 10 months, Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to apologize for leaving Israel vulnerable to Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack. After the deaths of 1,200 people and the abduction of hundreds more, a traumatized Israeli public heard abject admissions of responsibility from the heads of the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet, the country’s domestic security service, but none from Netanyahu, who had been Prime Minister for almost a year when the attack happened, and had presided over a more than 10-year strategy of tacit acceptance of Hamas rule in Gaza. [Read More]

Famous People from Generation X

 Posted on August 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  36 words  |  Billy Koelling

1 - 100 of 632 of the most famous celebrities and notable people from Generation X (Gen X), used to describe people born between 1965 and 1980. Ranked by their popularity on On This Day.

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FG not helping Nigerians - Obaseki declares, flags off feeding programme

 Posted on August 12, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  485 words  |  Martina Birk

He made this known while flagging off the second phase of the Christian Feeding Programme (CFP) as 56,250 of 10KG rice will be distributed across the three senatorial districts to alleviate the sufferings of the people. The governor kicked off the distribution in Edo South Senatorial District where he inspected the warehouse at the Dioceses of Benin Anglican Communion at Ovbiyemwen Street in Benin City. ADVERTISEMENT At the warehouse, the CAN chairman in the state, Apostle Irekpono Omoike, gave Obaseki the breakdown of the distribution to various Senatorial Districts of the State. [Read More]

Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four

 Posted on August 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  60 words  |  Tandra Barner

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Heartwarming film 'The Vow' coming to Netflix on May 29

 Posted on August 12, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  284 words  |  Billy Koelling

This heartwarming film will be available for streaming exclusively on Netflix starting May 29. Tumi Morake, Lehasa Moloi, others star in ‘The Vow’ coming to Netflix on May 29 Pulse Nigeria "The Vow" is a captivating story that explores themes of love, forgiveness, and acceptance. It follows the journey of individuals navigating the complexities of relationships and personal growth, promising to deliver a blend of heartfelt moments and comedic charm that will resonate with audiences worldwide. [Read More]

How 1989 Changed Taylor Swift's Career Forever

 Posted on August 12, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1602 words  |  Tandra Barner

The winter of 2014 was painfully cold in New York City. The sidewalks were frozen with slicks of ice, an inhospitable grid of accidents waiting to happen. But stamped across bus stop shelters and plastered across subway billboards, one simple catchphrase kept cropping up: Welcome to New York. The person behind this message was Taylor Swift, the city’s newly-christened “global welcome ambassador.” “Welcome to New York” also happened to be the title of the opening song on Swift’s fifth studio album, 1989, which was released to instant fanfare and chart success on Oct. [Read More]