Brock Turner Is Technically Not a 'Rapist'

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  429 words  |  Tandra Barner

Brock Turner has been convicted of sexual assault. He is not, technically, a rapist. Legally, the distinction matters. The definition of rape varies state to state. California, like many states, defines rape, specifically, as “an act of sexual intercourse” under circumstances in which a victim is unconscious or incapable of giving consent, among other criteria. Other types of sexual assault — including forcible acts of sexual penetration by any foreign object — are defined and categorized as different crimes. [Read More]

Bryan Adams Cancels Mississippi Show Over Religious Freedom

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  251 words  |  Patria Henriques

April 11, 2016 9:00 AM EDT Singer Bryan Adams is canceling his upcoming show in Mississippi in opposition against the state’s newly passed controversial religious freedom bill. The Canadian rocker said his decision not to perform in Mississippi is a stance in “solidarity” with the state’s LGBT residents after Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill last week that would allow religious groups and some private businesses to refuse service to gay couples. [Read More]

Carrie Underwood Got 40 Stitches in Her Face After Fall

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  341 words  |  Patria Henriques

Carrie Underwood is still healing from injuries she suffered after falling on the steps of her house in November. Underwood, 34, previously said that she had broken her wrist after falling outside of her home, and on Sunday she revealed that the incident also caused severe cuts to her face. In a post to her fan club members, the country singer said that in addition to having surgery on her wrist, she required “40 and 50 stitches” to her face. [Read More]

Cats Prefer Classical Music While Having Surgery

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  196 words  |  Tandra Barner

March 31, 2015 5:28 AM EDT During surgical operations, cats aren’t huge fans of adult contemporary ballads or fist-pumping rocks anthems. In fact, research has found that felines much prefer the lush sound of classical music when going under the knife. In an experiment detailed this week in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, veterinary clinicians at the University of Lisbon studied how 12 female pet cats responded to different genres of music, while undergoing neutering. [Read More]

Chi-Chi Rodrguez (Golfer) - On This Day

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  219 words  |  Tandra Barner

Full Name: Juan Antonio "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez
Profession: Golfer

Biography: Rodríguez won the Senior Tournament Players Championship in 1986 and the PGA Senior Championship in 1987.

He also became the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Born: October 23, 1935
Birthplace: Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, USA

Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Scorpio

Died: August 8, 2024 (aged 88)

Playing Career

  • 1986-06-22 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Chi Chi Rodriguez wins his first career major title by 2 strokes from Bruce Crampton of Australia
  • 1987-02-15 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: Chi-Chi Rodríguez wins his second and final Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke from Dale Douglass
  • 1987-06-14 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Sawgrass CC: South African Gary Player wins by 1 stroke from Bruce Crampton and Chi-Chi Rodriguez
  • 1988-02-14 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: South African Gary Player wins his second of 3 event titles by 3 strokes from Chi-Chi Rodríguez
  • 1990-04-15 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: South African Gary Player wins his third event title by 2 strokes from Chi-Chi Rodríguez
  • 1991-07-28 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus matches course record of 65 to beat Chi Chi Rodriguez by 4 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff

Famous Golfers

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Emily Ratajkowski Speaks on Feminism and Body Shaming

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  335 words  |  Billy Koelling

Emily Ratajkowski, Gone Girl star and outspoken feminist, wants women to reclaim their bodies. In an interview with Naomi Wolf in Harper’s Bazaar, Ratajkowski addresses her stance on feminism. She’s no stranger to the male gaze and body shaming—it started when she was a young teenager and “genuinely hit puberty before everyone. So I really was more sexual than my classmates.” Ratajkowski gets frustrated with the double-standard that women face when they pose naked or topless. [Read More]

Ernie Els (Golfer) - On This Day

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  501 words  |  Tandra Barner

Profession: Golfer Biography: Ernie Els, known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing stature and seemingly effortless golf swing, is a South African professional golfer. He has won more than 70 professional career victories, including four major championships: the U.S. Open in 1994 and 1997, and The Open Championship in 2002 and 2012. Beyond his playing career, Els has been involved in golf course design and charity work, particularly focusing on supporting children with autism. [Read More]

Game of Thrones Timeline: History of Westeros and Essos

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1917 words  |  Martina Birk

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones. So many bloody battles have broken out over the course of Game of Thrones’ seven seasons that it’s hard to keep track of what’s happening in Westeros and Essos. Many of these conflicts — between the Targaryens and the Starks, those who worship the Old Gods and the New, the men and the White Walkers — have deep roots in the past. [Read More]

GERMANY: Happy Hitler | TIME

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  422 words  |  Billy Koelling

For 22 years Adolf Hitler was a grim, lonely figure, brooding bitterly over the humiliation imposed on him and Germany by the Treaty of Versailles. Like a neurotic who has exposed the source of his own neurosis to himself and dominated it, fortnight ago, when the Germans conquered France and expunged the old humiliation, a new Hitler began to appear. His gloomy, impenetrable reserve began to flake off. When the French capitulation was handed him he actually snapped his fingers, chuckled, did a little goose step (TIME, July 8). [Read More]

Hackers Leak Private, Explicit Photos of More Than 100 Celebrities

 Posted on August 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  262 words  |  Tandra Barner

September 1, 2014 10:42 AM EDT Jennifer Lawrence, Selena Gomez and Kirsten Dunst were among an estimated 100 celebrities alleged to have private and explicit photos leaked online Sunday, after hackers apparently accessed their cellphones through a cloud-based storage network. The photographs originally turned up on the website 4chan, where hackers claimed to have infiltrated the phones of more than 100 celebrities and promised to leak more images in the future. [Read More]