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The pastor of a Lakeview Roman Catholic parish says he'll step aside after an allegation that he engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor 20 years ago while pastor of an Orland Park church, officials said.

Music played an important part in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, with many artists recording songs about Nelson Mandela.

“The truth is, rarely can a response make something better — what makes something better is connection.”

In 2010, shame and empathy researcher Dr. Brené Brown gave us the wonderful and culturally necessary The Gifts of Imperfection, exploring the uncomfortable vulnerability and self-acceptance required in order to truly connect with others. In this charming short film, the folks of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, better-known as the RSA, put a twist on their usual live-illustrated gems and take a page out of the TED-Ed book, teaming up with animator Katy Davis to bring to life an excerpt from Brown’s longer talk on the power of vulnerability and the difference between empathy and sympathy, based on her most recent self-helpy-sounding but enormously insightful and rigorously researched book, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (public library).

The truth is, rarely can a response make something better — what makes something better is connection.

And that connection often requires mutual vulnerability. Brown writes in Daring Greatly:

Vulnerability isn’t good or bad. It’s not what we call a dark emotion, nor is it always a light, positive experience. Vulnerability is the core of all emotions and feelings. To feel is to be vulnerable. To believe vulnerability is weakness is to believe that feeling is weakness. To foreclose on our emotional life out of a fear that the costs will be too high is to walk away from the very thing that gives purpose and meaning to living.

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Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.

Watch Brown’s full RSA talk below:

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Ho Ho Ho, little Bulldog puppy Olga is all ready for Christmas

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Everyone's favorite actress and regular star of Tweet Beat, Bette Midler, is joining an HBO movie in development about the life of Mae West, who would have been a regular star of Tweet Beat if Tweet Beat had existed during her time and who is definitely still everyone's favorite actress.

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Herbie Hancock, 4 others feted at Kennedy Honors

Herbie Hancock, 4 others feted at Kennedy Honors

Global influences could be heard in the music of Mr. Tabu, a Congolese singer, songwriter and politician.

Artists Ayako Kanda and Mayuka Hayashi used a CT scanner and an X-ray machine to take portraits of couples in close proximity.

“X-ray images usually show the finite nature of our bodies composed only of matter,” say the duo. “But these couples portraits reveal a pulse that isn’t normally seen.” Romantic? No. Intimate? Absolutely.

Kanda and Hayashi conceived the body of work for their senior thesis exhibition at Musashino Art University. They went on to win a prize in the recent Mitsubishi Chemical Junior Designer Award.

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Please watch as some kid tells the tale of Home Alone and a pug acts it out and I laugh along, in total hysterics. (Either this video is really, really right or something is really, really wrong with me.) (Or both.) (Probably both.)

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To reiterate: This is an album called Black Panties, so it is headphones-only in a public space. Anyway, get after it here. ... More »

Candy, "the first transversal style magazine," has Lady Gaga on the cover of the Winter issue. Under a fur coat, she is wearing a mustache, a scorpion pasty, and little else.

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Elwood, the New Jersey canine who was once crowned the World's Ugliest Dog, died on Thanksgiving in his home state. He was eight years old, and very ugly.

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S’more season (that’s all year) is upon us! Niko Triantafillou visited the Macaron Parlour in the East Village of New York City for an appropriate snack. That bakery is locally famous for its exotic macarons, including the Cheeto macaron.

Although Cheetos are a traditional Thanksgiving food, the Macaron Parlour has prepared a treat for a more modern palate: the s’mores-stuffed donut.This graham cracker-topped donut is filled with a mixture of marshmallow and chocolate ganache. Yummy!

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Patch is his name, but everyone calls him Adolf these days. At only seven weeks old, the French bulldog-shih tzu cross is white with black patches in all the right places: a short mustache under his black nose and a off-center mop on his head. Lynda Whitehead of York, England, is raising Patch and his two brothers.

Lynda said: “He’s my grandson’s dog, and none of us noticed the likeness until we put a photo on Facebook. When my eldest daughter saw it she said ‘You’ve got a little Hitler there’.

“Although he’s called Patch, everybody calls him Adolf now. My grandsons are the worst for doing the goosestep when the puppy’s around.”

Patch’s mother, Betty, a French bulldog, and father Teddy, a shih tzu, both belong to Lynda’s daughter Clare, and Patch now belongs to Clare’s 17-year-old son, Dan.

The three puppies in the litter are being reared at Lynda’s home until they reach 12 weeks old after Betty rejected her pups.

At this point, Patch, who is said to be a sweet dog, is more liable to answer to "Adolf" than to his name. -via Arbroath

What's better than boring old pumpkin pie? Well, if you're a fan of cookies or cheesecake, you might just prefer these delicious pumpkin cheesecake stuffed cookies from Tahnycooks! They even feature a delicious maple sugar glaze on top to tie all those wonderful flavors together. While everyone will expect pie on Thanksgiving, it doesn't hurt to have a few other dessert options, and with something this rich and delicious, they are certain to be a hit.

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Derrick Rose will miss the rest of the 2013-14 season after undergoing successful surgery to repair torn medial meniscus in his right knee on Monday.

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EVERYONE TRACK DOWN AN HBOGO PASSWORD NOW. Ja'mie: Private School Girl premieres this Sunday and you do not want to miss it, unless, of course, you hate laughing and bitchy Australian teenagers, in which case, miss away. We are better off without you.

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The British seaside village of Aldeburgh is the hub of a substantial industry devoted to the composer, and especially now, during the centenary of his birth.

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Your morning happy cry: Illinois tornado survivor finds his missing dog buried alive under rubble.

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Cute Pug puppy little Sammy excited to be on the way to her new home!

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