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...This year I wrote my senior thesis on those cages. What struck me most forcefully was how the horrific has become normal. Last week, a pig factory farm in Shuyer County, Illinois, burnt down. The owners had economized by neither installing a sprinkler system nor a night watchman who could release the pigs. In the ensuing blaze, 11,000 pigs were burnt alive, many struggling frantically to escape their cages—firefighters recalled the horrific squeals they heard. Yet nothing changed. The owners promptly claimed insurance and will soon rebuild their factory farm...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Animal Atrocities | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...German version of the reality TV show "Popstars." Recruited to join the band "No Angels" (think Germany's answer to the Spice Girls) they became overnight hits, selling more than five million records and notching up four chart toppers including one in Brazil. The band split in 2003, burnt-out after their rocket to fame. Four of the original five, including Benaissa, reformed in 2007 and went on to represent Germany at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. Their catchy single "Disappear" failed to impress the Euro judges finishing 23rd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Germany, No Angels Star Faces HIV Charges | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

Colleen Berryessa, a sophomore in Currier House and a participant in several IOP programs, told FlyBy of the change, “I really enjoyed the Pizza and Politics events, but now the smell of burnt popcorn constantly reminds me that it is gone...

Author: By Edward-michael Dussom | Title: Popcorn and Politics < Pizza and Politics | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

Each of Kentridge's film projects generates suites of charcoal drawings, most of them descendants of Goya's desolate readings of human affairs. Charcoal is exactly the right medium for Kentridge. Burnt carbon has a gravity all its own, and it's perfect for Kentridge's blasted landscapes, crowds of eternal refugees and monsters that could be the potbellied Will to Power. His world comes in shades of black, white and gray, with just occasional flecks of red or streams of bright blue that suggest water--a cool comfort against affliction but also the stuff of tears. In Felix Crying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Artist William Kentridge: Man of Constant Sorrow | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

There's a lot to digest there, so here's a recap. Jesus can be found: • On a grilled cheese sandwich • On a potato chip • On a window pane • On a pancake • On a piece of burnt toast • On a tree trunk • On a Cheeto • On a waffle • On a spoon • On a frying pan • On a cinnamon roll • On a danish (this may be the same as the aforementioned cinnamon roll. Unclear) • On a fish stick • On a cat • On a moth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 21 Unexpected Places to Find Jesus | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

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