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Georgia’s own garage-rock veterans Black Lips have a new album forthcoming called “Underneath The Rainbow” March 17 on Vice Records. Today the band streams a new single from the record, “Justice After All.” It’s got just the kind of fuck-it-all slackerism you’ll need as this relentless winter starts to melt, with just enough cheery melody to make it worth repeat plays. Take a listen below.

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by Bradford Evans

Inspired by the recent surge of publicity Nathan Fielder is getting for his "Dumb Starbucks" stunt, Comedy Central has put the entire first season of Fielder's show Nathan For You online for free on their website, hoping to get new viewers into the show while everyone is talking about Fielder and Dumb Starbucks.

Nathan For You returns for its second season sometime this summer, and the Dumb Starbucks experiment will be the focus of one episode. Fielder is also making a last-minute appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight to discuss Dumb Starbucks.

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Manuel Rico, a Spanish 24-year-old model turned gynecologist, has moved out of fashion and into pussy. Now, the local press in Concepción, Chile, has reported a flood of patients lining up to be examined by the sultry Rico.

Like something out of a desperate soap opera, all the women who waited at the hospital were healthy, according to Soy Chile. No yeast infections or even questionable scents. But all this celebrity hoopla in the hospital has raised the somewhat shallow argument of employing handsome doctors to improve public health.

After starting his medical studies last September at the University of Concepción, Rico now works at the Region Hospital of Concepción, where he's drawn a ton of attention—especially after a press conference held to formally introduce him. He basically turned into the Spanish version of McDreamy from Grey’s Anatomy.

As one of 140 international students, Rico told the University of Concepción that he prefers to study in Chile over Spain because of the "more humanistic" approach to the patient. Spain "is more devoted to technology and the concept of disease," he said.

Rico gained his fame in 2010 when he was named the "King of Beauty" in Spain. As a former model with Berta Models Management in Barcelona, he posed for Calvin Klein and Gucci, among others. Coincidentally, this dreamboat’s surname Rico means "rich" and "delicious" in Spanish.

Photo courtesy of Dr. Rico's Facebook page

His modeling profile is still online, however. Here's the doctor splayed out in white briefs, climbing out of pools, smoking a cigarette James Dean–style, and posing with his chiseled cheeks and buff bod.

The beautiful photo shoots continue on the Dr. Rico fanpage, supposedly run by Rico himself, where he interacts with affectionate fans. He recently posted that he is learning how to use Skype. And, ladies, rumor has it that he is single.

Aside from the women "panty dropping" over #manuelrico on Twitter, the hilarious social media commentary includes women who say, "I think it's time to go to my yearly checkup," as well as scepticism, like, "We criticize the men who see women ‘as sex objects’... the poor guy."

While the attention may be nice, Rico is overwhelmed by his fame. As ABC News in Spain reported, Rico left the fashion world four years ago and "is now in a new stage of his life."

"I’d rather remain anonymous," he said.

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ricordate gli esperimenti dei bimbominkia con la coca cola e le mentos ?
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Siete gentilmente invitate/i a NON provare a rifarlo a casa...

Phil Jones designed a worthless clock that is causing people to say, "Shut up and take my money!" It may be worthless as far as telling time goes, but as an artwork, it is wonderfully worthwhile, and the art print is available at Society 6. But it's not a real clock. Yet.

In case you don’t get the joke, the clock has no arms, just like the Black Knight from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It’s just a flesh wound! -via reddit

La semana pasada en los medios norteamericanos se volvieron un poquito locos con un vídeo que salió a la luz en el que varias estudiantes de la Universidad de Columbia (entre ellas mi amada Karley Sciortino) hacían cosas bastante raras en la misma biblioteca de su facultad. Cosas que incluían morreos, spanking y danzas espasmódicas en topless. Al parecer se trataba de un corto feminista titulado Initiatiøn que «explora los rituales de las sociedades secretas de la American Ivy League, hasta el punto de la histeria, ensalzando nuestra percepción cultural del deseo femenino».

Pain is based on sympathy. The more people hear you cry, the louder you cry and the more pain you’re in. That’s why cats make that meow sound. They’re trying to sound like babies. This is also why you should never apologize to the Perpetually Offended. The more you beg for forgiveness, the more you justify their pain and the more pain they feel.

I first noticed this phenomenon while tree planting in Northern Canada. You’re alone in the middle of nowhere for 12 hours a day and pain eventually becomes about as consequential as a fart. You inevitably realize that an “Ow!” in the forest doesn’t make a sound if no one is around to hear it.

STAGE 1: NORMAL PAIN

At first, you’re just like anyone else. When a branch comes back and whips you in the eye, you scream GODDAMNIT! and fall backwards. Then you yell FUUUUCK! at the sky and hear back “Fuuuck” and “Fuck” and one more quiet “fuck” echoing back from the trees. The pain is overwhelming and your heart is pounding with indignation but who cares?

STAGE 2: THE RAGE STAGE

After about a week, you give up on screaming for attention and direct your anger to the perp. Instead of screaming when a branch whips you in the leg, you break off the twig and fold it into infinitely smaller pieces in front of all his brothers and sisters. They don’t show any fear but you can tell they’re trembling inside. You also know word is going to get out you’re not to be fucked with and branches will think twice about messing with you.

With insects it’s much easier to be sure your message is getting out there. When you catch a horse-fly or a deer fly, you stick him to the double-sided duct tape on the front of your hat. Now all the bugs can see what happens when they don’t fear the reaper. To scare black flies and mosquitoes you just cover yourself in oil so they stick there and drown. Imagine the horror of flying up to a human for a quick snack and discovering his entire torso is a mass grave. Who’s buzzing now motherfuckers?

STAGE 3: THE ANT

It seems far-fetched that you were traumatizing branches and the idea of scaring deer flies is fun but very unlikely. I don’t even think a deer would give a shit if your property was lined with impaled doe heads. He’d probably be all, “Sucks to be you” and then walk past them to go eat your garden. As Herzog put it, “Nature is vile and base.”

By week two you accept that pain is just electronic signals sent to the brain in order to ensure this doesn’t happen again. I heard leprosy is just nerve damage and the reason they looked so fucked up is they can’t feel anything when they bang their hand on a desk and therefore don’t do anything to fix it. Next thing you know, you’re a pile of infected cuts and weeping sores with strange lumps on your neck.

By this time, the pain you get from cutting your leg on a stump reads like an email from your body. It’s not even that uncomfortable. It feels like very cold water being splashed on your leg. All you do is look down at the cut and think, “Is this worthy of stitches? No. Will the bleeding cauterize shortly? Yes. Therefore, there is nothing to see here and I shall move along.” A dog would be whining like a bitch at this point but you have gone beyond dog and are now in insect territory. Pain is just a series of binary information you are free to take or leave at will.

The same applies to the Politically Correct. They are rookie tree planters who haven’t suffered enough, crying for attention like cats. Being offended is the same as hollering, “OW I STUBBED MY TOE” on a crowded street. Apologizing for offending them is the same as running over to this person and yelling, “OH MY GOD. ARE YOU OKAY? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? DO YOU NEED AN AMBULANCE?” Don’t give them any sympathy and they’ll cease to feel pain.

                                          

        

     

              
         

                

                 

                   

                

After a year of production, John Green's Crash Course US History has come to an end, traveling from the conflicts between the native Americans and the Spanish to the Affordable Care Act.

I get frustrated with a lot of advice articles about how to handle your 20’s, mainly because they’re written by people who are still in their 20’s. I’m not saying their advice isn’t valid, but there’s something about having a bit of separation to be able to look back and realize the points where you succeeded and where you could’ve done better. While I’m far from an expert and could never give you a guideline on how to have a successful decade, I can share with you things that I wish I had known or done during my 20’s. Some may apply to you, while others don’t, but I hope it encourages you to try something different and strive to better yourself.

1. Take a risk on going after your dream job. You live one time and during that life you spend a huge chunk of it working. Don’t settle for a job you hate because even if the money is good, you’ll be miserable.

2. There’s no such thing as job security. Even if you work hard and do everything you’re supposed to, that doesn’t mean your job will always be there. Make sure you keep a little money set away for the unexpected.

3. Do something different. You’ll never look back and think, “Remember that night when we stayed in and watched Netflix?” You don’t have to spend big money, but go do something new. Netflix will still be there when you get home.

4. Make an annual tradition of getting together with your close friends. You’ll talk about it all the time, but as each of you gets busier with careers, families, or just life, it’ll be talked about less and less. If you don’t make it a priority and take initiative, you’ll slowly lose contact.

5. Don’t cut off friends for relationships. It’s so easy to meet someone new and become completely consumed by them. Try not to isolate yourself and always make time for your friends. Even if this turns out to be your future spouse, you’ll have your entire lives together. You won’t always have the freedom just to go hang out with your friends.

6. Spend time with your parents and grandparents. They won’t be around forever and you’ll be amazed at how much you enjoy hearing stories from them, or the joy it brings them from you just making an effort to be around.

7. If you’re going to get a tattoo, save up and get one that’s quality. Just because your friend’s cousin got a tattoo gun and is “not that bad” doesn’t mean he should put a permanent marking on your body.

8. You know that incredible metabolism that let’s you eat whatever you want and still have abs? It’s packing its bags and getting ready to move out so just prepare yourself.

9. Don’t be a jerk. Seriously, just because someone isn’t like you doesn’t mean you have to treat them any less. Realize how much power there is in choosing to remain silent when necessary.

10. Go see your favorite bands in concert. There were so many bands that I loved, even before my 20’s, that I took for granted and now it’s not possible to see them, either because of tragedy or break-ups. Even if it’s cheap nosebleed seats, don’t miss that opportunity.

11. You’re going to start liking the music your parents always listened to when you were younger that drove you up a wall. It might not be your favorite, but you’ll get it. It’s inevitable, so just accept it.

12. Try not to let little arguments destroy friendships. You never know if it will be the last time you see that person, and you definitely don’t want to live with the regret of not knowing if they realized how much they meant to you.

13. Listen to advice. I know you think you know everything, but there’s a fairly good chance you don’t. Not all advice is good, but at least take the time to hear a different perspective.

14. In the time you spent sulking about that guy or girl who broke your heart, you missed the chance to meet a dozen more incredible people. Break-ups happen. It’s ok to be sad, but don’t let it turn you into a jaded, broken shell of a person.

15. I can’t vouch for that awful, “dance like no one is watching” saying, but I will 100% support “sing karaoke like you’re performing the halftime show at the Super Bowl.” 

Deja pendientes las declaraciones de Conde Roa, Albino Vázquez Aldrey, Paula Prado, Amalia González y las del presunto traficante de arte, Leonard Patterson

• Admite que el secretario que apartó Conde Roa se persone como acusación
• Lugo otorgó la grúa a una firma que infló los costes en 230.000 euros
• La jueza sitúa a Javier Reguera como una agencia de colocación
• El ex secretario de Santiago se reúne con la jueza de la Pokémon

Batman:El Largo Halloween (1996)


Informe publicado por el diario El Mundo el 30 de abril de 2013 asegurando que es el que se le facilitó a los técnicos de FGV antes de su juicio por el accidente de metro de Valencia de 2006

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Na foto que encabeça o post podedes ver a porta do cemitério da Cofranria do Rosário, anexo ao antigo convento de San Domingos de Bonaval em Santiago de Compostela.
Por cima da porta temos um conjunto escultórico, coa virgem no centro e dous frades dominicos flanqueando-a. Mas desta volta o que nos interessa nom som as esculturas senom a inscripçom que está baixo delas. Nela lê-se: “ESTA IMAGE HE AQUI POSTA POR ALMA DE IHAM TUORUM. ERA MCCCLXVIII”  
Por trás desta inscripçom temos umha curiosa história que volta a pôr-nos em contacto com o nosso arcebispo favorito, Dom Berenguel de Landoira, e com outra lamentável intervençom miragreira, desta vez a conta da Virgem Maria.

Como já comentava no post anterior, o arcebispo Dom Berenguel tivera certas dificuldades à hora de tomar posse efectiva do cárrego. Nomeado no 1317, nom consegue entrar na cidade até 1320, umha vez passada a coitelo a delegaçom de representantes do concelho que acudiram a negociar com ele as condiçons sob as que a cidade o assumiria coma arcebispo.
Semelha que a purga contra os insurrectos nom se limitou aos factos do Castelo da Rocha senom que se prolongou no tempo e afectou também a elementos das classes populares.
O tal Joam Tuorum mencionado na inscripçom era um ferreiro da Rua de Sam Pedro. Existem diversas versons sobre os factos que o levarom a ser assinalado como um dos líderes do populacho insurgente. Seja como for, o facto é que no ano 1320 o pobre home é julgado e condeado a morrer aforcado.
Naquela altura os ajustiçamentos em Compostela faziam-se na picota do Monte Ouriz, que se achava num lugar hoje desconhecido mas que deveria situar-se nas proximidades do actual parque da Almáciga.
O procedimento standard de execuçom na Idade Média tinha um importante componhente de espectáculo público polo que a cousa distou muito de se fazer com discreçom. O dia da sua execuçom o Joam foi sacado da sua cela e conduzido em processom até sair dos limites da muralha pola Porta do Caminho.
Ao passar por diante do convento de Bonaval o logicamente atribulado ferreiro ajoelhou-se diante dumha imagem da virgem, que alguns dim seria a mesma que agora está nessa porta do cemitério do Rosário, e pediu a sua ajuda.
A virgem Maria, emocionada pola injustiça que se estava a cometer contra o Joam, decidiu intervir co um dos milagres mais cutres e lamentáveis que se lhe atribuem. Maria, a nai de Deus e senhora dos ceus, optou desta volta por MATAR nesse mesmo intre a Joam Tuorum, aforrando-lhe assim a ignomínia de ser executado polo muito degradante método da forca.
Semelha que a virgem devia estar muito liada como para baixar com um coro de anjos a liberar ao Joam ou para soste-lo na forca impedindo a sua morte, cousa que si que fixo nalgumha ocasom o apóstolo Santiago.
Seja como for, a repentina morte do Joam Tuorum diante da imagem bastou para que os presentes começaram a reivindicar a sua inocência e começaram a referir-se a ele coma o Home Santo, nome que tivo abondo sucesso como para perpetuar-se na toponímia urbana picheleira.

A ligaçom deste facto com os sucessos da rebeldia cidadá contra D. Berenguel vê-se reforçada pola data que acompanha a inscripçom. A Era de 1368 corresponde co ano de 1330, segundo a cronologia que empregamos nos nossos dias, que foi o mesmo no que morreu o de Landoira. Semelha pois que houvo que agardar até o falecimento do arcebispo para homenagear publicamente a modo de desagravo ao bom de Joam Tuorum.  
Para além da inscripçom no mesmo lugar ergueu-se um cruzeiro que, após muitas viagens derivadas das modificaçons que sofreu essa zona da nossa cidade, rematou por se colocar no centro da actual Praça do 8 de Março, nom muito longe da sua localizaçom original.

El nuevo local de República del Salvador aliviará el gasto en alquileres

• María Pardo: «Lo primero es conseguir la entrega efectiva del inmueble»

Medio centenar de jóvenes impidieron que se escucharan sus palabras a golpe de megáfono en la Facultade de Educación. La que estaba prevista en Historia se suspendió

Antes de ser suspendida unha charla en Historia, Garzón tivo que sufrir un boicot na conferencia de Maxisterio. Vídeo no interior.

Don't think I've ever witnessed more selfies in a single day #BangkokShutdownpic.twitter.com/EwPneRhMak

— Charlie Campbell (@CharlieCamp6ell) January 13, 2014

Thailand is in the midst of an anti-government protest, which began in October 2013 and has disrupted the usually peaceful capital of Bangkok. The protest was triggered by, amongst other things, a bill that would pardon Thai business tycoon and former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of murder charges.

But in the middle of all that protests, young Thais are also busy taking selfies and posting them online. And that may spell trouble for the country's future generation.

According to psychiatrist Panpimol Wipulakorn of Thailand's Department of Mental Health, these young people who posted selfies often do not get positive feedback on social media. That, in turn, cause emotional distress that in the long term could stunt their emotional development:

“If they feel they don’t get enough Likes for their selfie as expected, they decide to post another, but still do not receive a good response,” she said in a statement, according to the Bangkok Post. “This could affect their thoughts. They can lose self-confidence and have a negative attitude toward themselves, such as feeling dissatisfied with themselves or their body.”

She added: “This could affect the development of the country in the future as the number of new-generation leaders will fall short. It will hinder the country’s creativity and innovation.”

Charlie Campbell of TIME has more on Thailand's national security issue of unloved selfies.

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Actually, I'm okay with having a pacifier. But I'd prefer that I got to chose to use it instead of seeing it shoved into my hands when I get fussy.

Out in a forgotten, dusty corner of Southern California, just east of the Salton Sea, Leonard Knight let his love and devotion to the Lord inspire a Technicolor vision on the desert floor. His creation came to be known as Salvation Mountain. On Monday, Leonard Knight passed away at the age of 82.

Knight seemed to enjoy sharing his vision with anyone who sought out his creation, accepted paint donations from visitors, but never wanted any more than living in his primitive settlement, without water or power, right next to the widely documented Mountain, where he could continuously work and greet visitors.

In 2011, Knight had to leave his mountain due to increasingly serious infirmity. But on rare occasion during this time, he got to visit his beloved mountain.

February 10, Knight died in his sleep about 1:40 p.m. in Eldorado Care Center in El Cajon, the place he had lived for the last two years.

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Through most of the 20th century, divorce was rather difficult. Not only was it socially unacceptable, but laws in most states made it an onerous ordeal. But like anything else, someone, somewhere, will find a way to make it profitable. For divorce (as well as gambling), that was Nevada. Give people what they want, and they will come from all over to get it -and spend their money along the way. Nevada's six-month residency requirement was half that of other states in the 1920s, and several high-profile divorces among the Hollywood elite drew attention to Reno as a solution to an unhappy marriage. 

Before long, other jurisdictions decided they wanted a piece of the action Reno was earning from its well-heeled short-timers, who lived, wined, and dined as if, well, they were about to start a new life. In 1927, when Mexico and France were reportedly considering lowering their residency-for-divorce requirements (even though many states did not recognize foreign divorce decrees), Nevada preemptively countered by lowering its requirement to three months. This spurred Idaho and Arkansas to do the same, to which Nevada responded again, in 1931, by lowering its residency requirement to just six weeks.

By May of 1931, there were so many divorce seekers flooding into Reno, some were forced to camp on the banks of the Truckee River for the lack of accommodations in town. Gambling had been legalized that March, which lured even more people, and in 1933 the state won the amoral trifecta, as it were, when Prohibition was repealed. All told, during the 1930s, more than 30,000 people came to Reno to get a divorce, pumping an estimated $5 million per year at its height into an economy whose population hovered around 20,000 full-time residents throughout the decade.

Reno’s reputation for easy divorces became a topic of pop culture, supplying plots for books and movies, which further fed its reputation. Read about how the peculiar legal history of Nevada made Reno the Divorce Capital of the World at Collectors Weekly.   

(Image credit: Special Collections, University of Nevada-Reno Library)

Franz Kafka. He was a quite INTENSE dude. From his diaries.

"Today I don’t even dare to reproach myself. To do so in this empty day would create a repulsive echo"

by Megh Wright

This afternoon, Seth Meyers tweeted out the following photo of Late Night's 8G Band, which surprisingly included Portlandia star Fred Armisen. "Fred will curate and lead the band, and continue to run it even when he's off shooting Portlandia," Meyers explained after posting the picture, which sounds as weirdly delightful as it does exciting. No more specifics on Fred's new curatorial Late Night gig yet, but this sounds like an awfully wonderful hiring.

This is not the only new musical gig for Armisen. A little over two weeks ago, it was announced that he'd be releasing a series of 7" singles from all his fake SNL bands. To get a feel for what Fred might bring to the 8G Band on Late Night, click through to watch some of his best fake SNL band sketches:

UPDATE: A rep at NBC has confirmed the members of the 8G Band with Fred Armisen. From left to right in the photo, the band includes Seth Jabour (Les Savy Fav) on guitar, Kimberly Thompson (session drummer who has played for Beyoncé, amongst many others) on drums, Eli Janney (Girls Against Boys) on keyboards, and Syd Butler (Les Savy Fav) on bass.

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"How Girls is Like Little Women": Chiara Atik argues that the characters in the HBO show Girls are essentially modern-day versions of the March sisters in Louisa May Alcott's classic American novel Little Women. "The characters of the show are analagous in a way that suggests these four girls — the writer, the responsible one, the sweet one, and the wild-child — are time-honored archetypes for American women, rather than products of their creator's imagination. Or maybe American society and American girlhood just haven't changed that much in the past 150 years."

Atik's play based on this idea, Women, is currently running in NYC's Under St. Mark's Theatre. Tagline: SOMETIMES BEING A GIRL IN 1860 IS REALLY. HARD.