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...popularity of bull-riding shows on TV: I was disappointed to see such a promotion of blatant animal cruelty. I grew up on a cattle farm and know that bucking is not normal behavior for bulls. Those exploited by the Professional Bull Riders are domesticated animals that "perform" out of fear and in response to irritation from electric shocks, painful bucking straps, tail twisting and flesh-gouging spurs. The supposedly aggressive behavior is actually a terrified animal's attempt to escape extreme pain. I urge fans of bull riding to find forms of entertainment that don't hurt animals...
...ended up in handcuffs, charged with the assault of his ex-girlfriend in her Currier House dorm room.The All Ivy-League linebacker was subsequently stripped of his football captaincy and barred from playing on the football team. He will have to perform 50 hours of community service, complete an anger-management program and his current alcohol-treatment plan, and stay out of trouble until June of next year.But the blot will remain on his record, and supporters wonder how a case with an uncooperative victim could have carried on.AGAINST HER WISHESJury selection was just days away. But the judge called...
...Iran's Caesarean Section Craze Well-accustomed to elective surgery, Iranian women are choosing C-sections at such a high rate that it's a challenge now to find a doctor who will perform a "medieval" vaginal birth
...will make the journey that proved fateful for Yun, traveling to Pyongyang to perform Yun’s “Cello Concerto” as part of a festival honoring the composer, who died in 1995. The Isang Yun World Peace Concert, a rare event that brings together musicians from both North and South Korea, is a joint effort between the South’s Isang Yun Peace Foundation and the North’s Yun I Sang Music Institute. Koh will perform with the Isang Yun Orchestra and renowned Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Chung Myung-Whun...
...disappointed by one aspect of the competition: the apathy towards Yun’s music that many of Koh’s competitors expressed. In what was supposed to be a competition honoring the composer’s accomplishments, Koh would be the only participant to perform one of Yun’s pieces—the challenging 1976 “Cello Concerto”—in the final rounds...