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BANGKOK, Thailand — No one expects to find paradise inside a Cambodian sweatshop. But a new Human Rights Watch report reveals that conditions at the poor nation’s garment factories aren’t merely bad. They’re often criminally abusive. Americans have reason to cringe over the sad conditions forced on Cambodian clothing makers. The United States is the…
In a disturbing story published today by Philadelphia magazine, a woman alleges that the Uber driver that picked her up in Philadelphia’s Old City last month “held her arms down, ripped her pants, and raped her.” The woman, 33, also claims that the driver held her in his car and continued to drive her around…
An algorithm that just went up for auction in New York. (Chris Maury, “Progression: Triptych, 2011-2013.” Available on Artsy.net.) Until about three weeks ago, Pinterest was — hands down, no contest — my absolute favorite social network. Yeah, I know it lacks the cachet of Twitter or Snapchat. I understand its associations with the bored…
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THE X-FILES IS OFFICIALLY COMING BACK! Rinse out your black t-shirt with “I want to believe” on it, because it’s freaking happening, people. Mulder and Scully are returning!!!! Fox just issued a press release confirming the long-whispered return of The X-Files — and also confirming the return of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson asFBI Agents…
George Zimmerman Says God and Justice Are on His Side In a new video released by his law firm, Trayvon Martin’s killer says he feels no survivor’s remorse because it was God’s plan for the teenager to die. George Zimmerman Screenshot/Video from Ayo and Iken Law Firm /sl-art-illo-cap /sl-art-illo-cntr If the moral arc of…
When they startedSoulCycle in 2006, the wellness industry had not yet reached its apex. Yoga wasn’t something you did over lunch with a business associate; there wasn’t a juice bar on every corner. Many have credited Cutler and Rice for helping kickstart the boutique fitness craze, amassing a cult following happy to “follow [their] soul”…
In nautical (and aeronautical) contexts, a vessel may declare a number of “souls onboard”. I’ve googled around for origin of that phrase, but haven’t found a definitive explanation. Most discussions of the phrase I’ve seen on aeronautical forums and obviously concern the usage in aviation, with the discussion often revolving around on rescuers tallying the…
The earliest reference I can find to ‘souls’ as a count of persons is mid-eighteenth century, although it probably was in use earlier. It appears in maritime commerce, as the number of living humans aboard a ship, and in civics, as the population of a town or city. I think that in the early 1700s…
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