Sep 27
Sep 27
Utah Mom Accused Of Using Dog’s Shock Collar To Punish Children Who Have Special Needs
Posted in: Today's ChiliA Utah mom is facing charges of child abuse after she allegedly used a dog’s shock collar to punish two of her adopted children, both of whom have special needs.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the 52-year-old woman, who has not been named, was charged Wednesday with “abuse or neglect of a disabled child, a third-degree felony, as well as abuse of a vulnerable adult, child abuse and tampering with a witness, which are misdemeanors.”
The accused, who lives in Mendon, Utah, has nine adopted kids.
Sep 27
Fans have filled out the Klingon language.
(Credit: Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET)
If you’ve spent a couple decades studying, learning, and speaking Klingon, then you probably already know in your gut it’s a real language. Linguist John McWhorter has your back.
McWhorter explains in a short Ted-Ed lesson how certain made-up languages can qualify as real languages. He investigates Elvish from “The Lord of the Rings” books and movies, Klingon from “Star Trek,” Dothraki from the “Game of Thrones” world, and Na’vi from “Avatar.” These all qualify as fantasy constructed languages, better known as conlangs.
McWhorter looks for certain qualities in conlangs. To qualify as a real language, you need more than a lot of vocabulary words. You need grammar. Elvish, which McWhorter calls the official grandfather of fantasy conlangs, is held up as an example here for the way it conjugates present-tense verbs into past-tense.
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Sep 27
Kayla-Jane Danger, Porn Star And Girl-On-Girl Specialist, Answers Questions (NSFW)
Posted in: Today's ChiliThis is another installment of our Ask a Porn Star series, which is a revolving door of porn stars answering your questions on life, love, sex, and, of course, porn.
Sep 27
Mississippi Woman Asks State To Recognize Her Same-Sex Marriage So She Can Get Divorced
Posted in: Today's ChiliJACKSON, Miss. — A woman is asking the conservative state of Mississippi to recognize her out-of-state gay marriage so that she can get a divorce.
Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham (Chick AH’ luh-CHAT’ um) married her wife, Dana Ann Melencon, in California, but the couple lived together in Southaven, Miss., until they separated in 2010.
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Sep 27
New research says the meat in chicken nuggets isn’t the kind we want, while some chicken will soon be processed in a country with low food safety standards.
Sep 27
I know which of my teenage students smokes weed in the park after class on Fridays, and which other students are with him. I know which ones are struggling with making friends in their first few weeks at college, and which ones aren’t. I know which of my students chafe against overly strict parents on a regular basis. I know which one spends every weekend in the hospital due to a chronic condition. I know which ones got arrested last night.
Sep 27
NEW YORK — Regulators are putting their harshest warning on Pfizer’s antibiotic Tygacil, saying the drug is associated with an increased risk of death.
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday Tygacil, or tigecycline, should only be used in situations when other treatments aren’t suitable. The intravenous drug is approved as a treatment for complicated skin and skin structure infections and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. The FDA will add a boxed warning to the drug label, its most serious type of warning.
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Sep 27
Mumford & Sons announced last weekend that they’re taking a “considerable amount” of time off, and already we have a folk-sized hole in our hearts. Where will we turn when we need introspective indie jams to soothe our souls?
You may have heard of some of these bands, but they are good ones to explore during Mumford & Sons’ hiatus. Some sound like M&S progeny, while others aren’t quite as mellow. But they’re all making waves in the indie-rock world, and they’re worth more than a few spins in your vinyl collection.
Sep 27
Need to make your moderate alcohol consumption a little more, well, moderate? Then maybe you should take into account the shape or color of your wine glass.
In a small new study, researchers from Iowa State and Cornell universities found that people tend to unintentionally pour more wine into their glasses if the glasses are wider. They also tend to over-pour when they’re holding the glasses in their hands, and when the glassware doesn’t match the color of the wine.
“People have trouble assessing volumes,” study researcher Laura Smarandescu, an assistant professor of marketing at Iowa State, explained in a statement. “They tend to focus more on the vertical than the horizontal measures. That’s why people tend to drink less when they drink from a narrow glass, because they think they’re drinking more.”
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