text:
Sex, Episcopalians, Academia, Atheists & Agnostics, Journalism, Marriage & Family, Worship, Evangelicals, Godbeat, Books, Catholicism, Social Issues, Terry Mattingly, Church & State
Concerning RNS and GetReligion: Yes, there are 'church' and 'state' debates in journalism
For weeks, I have been hearing from readers asking me when GetReligion was going to address the Catholic News Agency report about the $120,000 grant from the Arcus Foundation to the Religion Newswriters Foundation, which owns Religion News Service.
In one article, CNA noted that the grant listing said that its purpose was to "recruit and equip LGBT supportive leaders and advocates to counter rejection and antagonism within traditionally conservative Christian churches." When announcing the grant, Arcus officials said this grant would help foster a "culture of LGBT understanding through the media" by funding news reports and blogging "about religion and LGBT peoples of color."
RNS Editor Kevin Eckstrom defended his wire service's editorial independence, stressing that this public relations represented "Arcus' description of their funding, not ours." It is also crucial to note that the funding connections between RNS and the Religion Newswriters Foundation are complex, to the degree that CNA needed to correct some fine details. Please read that whole report carefully.
In that story, Eckstrom also noted that GetReligion frequently criticizes RNS because its work does not meet our blog's "standard of theological orthodoxy."
I did not respond, although there is much to be said on these matters. First of all, please note that GetReligion frequently praises the work of RNS and we certainly recognize its crucial role as the only mainstream news operation dedicated to covering the religion beat. Second, let me acknowledge that -- over the past decade -- RNS frequently took interns from the Washington Journalism Center (which is now being rebooted in New York City). Eckstrom and his team, frankly, did a fantastic and gracious job working with my program's students and I will always be grateful for that.
So what can I say about the "theological" issues involved in this discussion? Let's start with some background on journalism "theology."
When the people who run newsrooms talk about the "separation of church and state," they are often not talking about tensions between our government and actual religious institutions with pulpits, altars and pews. No, they are talking about struggle to separate "church" and "state" in the supposedly secular religion called "journalism."
Most of the time, this division between "church" and "state" is defined as a wall between the holy, or at least idealistic, effort to independently report the news in a balanced and unbiased manner (the "church" of journalism) and the worldly, some would say tainted, business side of journalism (the "state" powers in advertising and the corporate offices). Of course, the owners of the news operation also tend to drive its opinion/editorial pages, so you will also hear journalists talk about this "church-state separation" in terms of keeping the news operation separate from the biases and doctrines supported in the editorial pages.
Was there a time when this worked to perfection? The honest answer is "no," while the complex reality is that journalists committed to what historians would call the "American model of the press" certainly believed it was important to do their best to maintain a wall between journalism church and state.
The rise of the Internet has, of course, threatened this model. Why? First, let me suggest that readers click here and read "Breaking Down the Wall," an essay at the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin. There is much there to digest, but I think that the key fact is that the Internet, as a form of technology, is devastatingly effective at dividing people into self-reinforcing niches of true believers. These readers want what they want -- which tends to push the editorial product back toward the older, "European" model of journalism in which newsrooms were openly tied to specific causes and even political parties.
Can you say "MSNBC"? Can you say "Fox News"? Can you nod in the direction of Bill Keller and the doctrines of "Kellerism"? And finally, can you grasp what Arthur S. Brisbane was talking about when, in his farewell column as public editor for the New York Times, he worried that much of the newspaper's coverage is being shaped by what he called a "hive" mindset among Times journalists that, whether editors will admit it or not, is committed to defending their own progressive cultural and moral norms?
As a result, developments like the Occupy movement and gay marriage seem almost to erupt in The Times, overloved and undermanaged, more like causes than news subjects.
Stepping back, I can see that as the digital transformation proceeds, as The Times disaggregates and as an empowered staff finds new ways to express itself, a kind of Times Nation has formed around the paper's political-cultural worldview, an audience unbound by geography (as distinct from the old days of print) and one that self-selects in digital space.
Now, it is one thing for columnists to have a strong point of view that readers can see in their work. I say that, as a columnist in his 27th year of doing that kind of thing. It is also perfectly normal for bloggers working for advocacy websites -- such as GetReligion (see our old credo here and 10th anniversary updates here and here) -- to crank out editorial pieces representing an editorial strong point of view.
As I have stated before, I think the crucial question facing Religion News Service these days is the same as the one that troubled Brisbane and the authors of that crucial New York Times self study in 2005 ("Preserving Our Readers' Trust"). How can editors in this day and age (a) draw clear, bright lines between the "church" (their news offerings) and their "state" (the views in their editorial, advocacy blogs and columns) and (b) manage to hire a culturally and intellectually diverse news reporting staff in an era when the business side of the operation is struggling and financially dependent on the financial good will of others. Again let me say that plenty of newsrooms are struggling with that puzzle. Some appear to have surrendered and have decided to go "European" and preach to their choirs.
Now, before someone raises this issue in our comments pages, let me also note that Eckstrom has recently announced his departure from RNS and, in doing so, outed himself -- as an Episcopalian. Effective June 1, he will be serving as chief communications officer at the Washington National Cathedral. With this move, he also began openly discussing what Facebook friendly professionals on the religion-news beat (like your GetReligionistas) have known for years, which is that he is gay, married and, with his husband Grant, has two children.
In a National Catholic Reporter feature, by Sister Maureen Fiedler of Interfaith Voices, Eckstrom discussed how he handled that during his RNS tenure:
Eckstrom said he never "outed" himself professionally when covering a story because some conservatives on LGBT issues might have made an issue of his sexual orientation no matter how he reported a story. But, he said, there were personally awkward moments. Someone might ask him if he was married, and, of course, he said, "Yes." But then they might ask a question about his wife, and he had to answer in a very vague way. He never lied, he said; he just changed the subject.
What was truly difficult, he said, was listening to the religious conservatives who criticized gays and lesbians for being intrinsically disordered, dangerous around children, or for harming society -- all charges he knew were not true. But in spite of it all, he kept his cool and reported the charges in news stories as one side of the ongoing public debate.
But there is one more revealing angle to this story. Eckstrom was brought up an evangelical but converted to Catholicism in 2003. He was impressed with the theology of the Catholic church, developed over centuries. He was a Catholic for most of the time he covered LGBT issues and was, of course, acutely aware of the official hierarchical stance on these questions. And that's what eventually led him to the Episcopal Church.
Now, what does all of this have to do with the alleged "theological" agenda of GetReligion and this blog's criticisms of RNS? How is this linked to RNS coverage of doctrinal issues linked to sex, marriage, the First Amendment and other related topics? How is this related to the sometimes blurry line -- again, this is a struggle in many newsrooms these days -- between the news reports offered by the wire service and its many, many commentary and advocacy products?
This is where the discussion must remain focused on journalism, on the products produced in digital ink.
As I have said many times, I have known all kinds of professionals -- secular and religious -- who have done fabulous work on the religion beat. I know, from personal experience, that there are some atheists and agnostics who thrive on this beat (and some who cannot grasp the views of believers). There are evangelicals who thrive on this beat (and some who cannot seem to grasp the views of others). And so forth and so on. I have had great colleagues, gay and straight, who disagree with everything I believe, in terms of moral theology.
We are talking about journalism. I am not interested in the personal lives and beliefs of journalists on this beat; I am interested in news reporting. Do I have my doubts that the Religion Newswriters Foundation would accept a large check from a Hobby Lobby foundation to improve news coverage of evangelicals, leading to a sharp rise in editorial products sensitive to the views of conservative evangelicals? Frankly, yes. That would surprise me and folks on the religious left would have every reason to be skeptical about the effects of that grant.
There are, you see, journalism "theology" issues at play there, linked to the separation of "church" and "state."
So, in the end, the journalism "theology" of GetReligion -- our openly stated editorial bias -- is that we will continue to defend the old school "American model of the press" approach that, especially on controversial debates, calls for the balanced, accurate coverage of voices on both sides, with believers on both sides being shown respect.
This is hard work, especially in the age of Internet niches and "brands." The goal is to strive toward this standard, even if it is impossible to reach it 100 percent of the time. When my students ask me about the challenge of journalists covering the lives of those whose beliefs are radically different than their own, I will continue to recommend the book "A Jew Among the Evangelicals" by Mark I. Pinsky -- a Jewish liberal whose work, for years, was praised by many of the evangelicals he covered in Orlando and elsewhere.
If you see a GetReligion post that argues for showing favoritism to one side of a debate, please let me know. Send me the URL, pronto.
However, if you are upset when we call for balanced, accurate coverage of voices on both sides of crucial doctrinal debates in the news, such as the many firestorms about sexuality, then please stop and think -- in journalism terms -- about what you are saying. Feel free to debate us on issues of accuracy and balance. That's what we are here for, theologically speaking.
Tagged: Arcus Foundation, Catholic News Agency, The New York Times, World Wide Web, blogging, Internet, Kevin Eckstrom, media bias, Bill Keller, Religion News Service
Newer PostChrist and Russia: Newsweek offers only a partial picture of a religious trend
Older PostThree keys to quality journalism on the Godbeat, and one All-Star who's mastered all three (updated)


text:
Q: Как вывести данные из БД Здравствуйте, у меня в БД есть поле(varchar) и в нем хранятся слова через запятую (Слово, слово2, слово3) и у меня вопрос: Как правильно с помощью цикла вывести эти значения в выпадающий список после каждой запятой новый < option > ? Использую MySQLi.
$tagList = $mysqli->query("SELECT `tagList` FROM `groupData` WHERE `groupID` = '$groupID'");

A: это значение разбить explode и потом циклом перебирать массив

A: цикл не нужен
$pieces = explode(",", $tagList);

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Andrés García Reche (Cúllar, Granada, 1950) és un economista i polític valencià d'origen andalús. Fou conseller d'Indústria, Comerç i Turisme de la Generalitat Valenciana de 1987 a 1993. Actualment és Vicepresident Executiu a l'Agència Valenciana de la Innovació.

Professor d'Economia Aplicada de la Universitat de València, García Reche és un reconegut expert en política industrial i és autor de nombrosos articles, llibres i informes sobre política industrial i innovació, turisme, desenvolupament productiu regional i responsabilitat social de les empreses.

Va ocupar diversos càrrecs de responsabilitat a la Generalitat Valenciana presidida per Joan Lerma (PSPV-PSOE) des del 1983. Primer com a Director General d'Indústria (1983-1987) i després com a conseller d'Indústria, Comerç i Turisme. Des d'ací va impulsar la creació de l'Institut de la Mitjana i Petita Indústria Valenciana (IMPIVA), els instituts tecnològics, les incubadores d'empreses (CEEI), el Parc Tecnològic de València, l'Institut Turístic Valencià, l'Institut Valencià de l'Energia i de Promocions de la Comunitat Valenciana (actual Institut Valencià de Competitivitat Empresarial, IVACE).

Referències

Economistes valencians
Consellers dels Consells de Joan Lerma
Professors de la Universitat de València
Polítics de la província de Granada
Economistes andalusos
Naixements del 1950

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
McDonald's makes its Donut Sticks official
Inside snacking and other top menu trends
Testing Burger King's $1 tacos
Burger King introduces $1 tacos
The product is the chain's latest effort to bolster lagging breakfast sales. By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 11, 2019
Photograph courtesy of McDonald's Corp.
McDonald's will start serving Donut Sticks nationwide next week as part of its latest effort to rebuild breakfast sales lost over the past year.
The Chicago-based burger giant will officially launch the limited-time offer on Feb. 20, though stores will start selling the product this week. Customers will be able to buy six or 12 sticks, and the chain promises a value offer involving Donut Sticks and a McCafe coffee.
The sticks are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside and are sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and served warm "throughout the morning."
"It was critical that we perfected them before we brought them to our customers nationwide," Linda VanGosen, McDonald's vice president of menu innovation, said in a statement. "We looked at several donut shapes, tested a variety of doughs and even worked to get the amount of cinnamon sugar just right for the recipe."
McDonald's has been pushing value and innovation more aggressively in the mornings, in large part as a reaction to suddenly weak traffic at breakfast—which some attribute to customers' shifting behavior following the introduction of all-day breakfast in prior years.
Transactions declined 2.2% last year in the chain's 14,000 U.S. locations, with much of the problem taking place in the morning—which had been the chain's traditional strength.
The company has used some value offers to bring in traffic. It has also shifted some value offers so they're more locally focused—believing that breakfast sales in particular vary from one region of the country to another.
But the chain has also tried more innovation. The company started selling Triple Breakfast Stacks in November and now is trying Donut Sticks—a product that should intensify a quiet battle with coffee chain Dunkin', led by former McDonald's executive Dave Hoffmann.
McDonald's has been working to bolster its coffee-focused McCafe brand. Donut Sticks are the first "sweet treat" the company has started selling in the morning. The chain has also tested Muffin Toppers and Coffee Cakes.
News Quick Service food

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


This is about recovery actions and acknowledging some of the sadness.
After I decided we were done, I went to yoga classes every day, many of them yin yoga. I received Thai massages two weekends in a row, asking the therapists to work specifically on the left upper trap where I hold rejection – no idea why, it just goes there and sits there.
I made sure to rest and to be on my schedule. More or less. Lots of reading in bed.
I went on a hike with strangers.
I spoke with friends. In one conversation, I showed one example of your little rejection to a friend. He looked at that squinting for so long, I thought he needed glasses or something. Then he finally asked: "Who does this guy think he is?? Is he texting this from a yacht in LA, a gold chain down to his belly button and all?!" No, you definitely were not. And yes, I have an idea where you were texting that from, physically, mentally, emotionally. Still, that was pretty funny and helpful to hear.
Somewhere in the middle of still grieving heavily, fortuitously, my work sponsored a one day retreat to a beautiful place for a women's leadership group (I barely qualified). I arrived there without much enthusiasm. I left the next day supported and energized by many wonderful women to whom I got a little bit closer.
I went to therapy. That was probably that helped me decide to pull the plug, as the counselor pointed out the extent to which I devalue myself, and because of that, tolerate the same.
Is that what worked? All of that? Some of it? Was all the pre-grieving counted?
Now, I feel mostly serene about the whole situation.
Still, I feel a little guilty about leaving you in a bad place; it probably wasn't all about me. But then again, you chose your behaviors rendering moot my offerings to alleviate, stand by, whatever. You didn't ask. I offered, time and again. Enough.
I am a little sad about the loss of intimacy, emotional more so than physical. (see "Nothing" for more on that). That was rendered hopes and phantoms lately. No point holding on to.
I dread that maybe I am unable to… Dread comes with being human though, doesn't it? I can do my work. We'll see. Not entitled to the fruits of the labor.
It's OK. All is well now.


text:
Creative Use (1)
Travel Pictures (9)
Copy space (4)
Search results for: KLEINE SCHEIDEGG
RTXDWJAL
Tourists take pictures in front of the Hotel Bellevue des Alpes and the Eiger North Face on Kleine Scheidegg...
KLEINE SCHEIDEGG, Switzerland
Tourists take pictures in front of the Eiger North Face on Kleine Scheidegg
Tourists take pictures in front of the Hotel Bellevue des Alpes and the Eiger North Face on Kleine Scheidegg mountain pass, in Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
RTXDWJAK
The Hotel Bellevue des Alpes is seen in front of a cloud that engulfs Eiger North Face on Kleine Scheidegg...
The Hotel Bellevue des Alpes is seen in front of the Eiger North Face on Kleine Scheidegg
The Hotel Bellevue des Alpes is seen in front of a cloud that engulfs Eiger North Face on Kleine Scheidegg mountain pass, in Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
RTXDWJAE
The Eiger Glacier is seen behind as people sit on the terrace of the Restaurant Eigergletscher near Kleine...
People sit on the terrace of the Restaurant Eigergletscher near Kleine Scheidegg
The Eiger Glacier is seen behind as people sit on the terrace of the Restaurant Eigergletscher near Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
RTXDWJAB
A view shows the terrace of the Restaurant Eigergletscher and mountains of Bernese Oberland in the background...
A view shows the terrace of the Restaurant Eigergletscher and mountains of Bernese Oberland near Kleine...
A view shows the terrace of the Restaurant Eigergletscher and mountains of Bernese Oberland in the background near Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
RTXDWJA5
Tourists stand at the railway station as the Eiger mountain is seen in the background on Kleine Scheidegg...
Tourists stand at the railway station on Kleine Scheidegg
Tourists stand at the railway station as the Eiger mountain is seen in the background on Kleine Scheidegg mountain pass, Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Andreas von Almen, owner of the Hotel Bellevue des Alpes, speaks during an interview with Reuters on...
Andreas von Almen, owner of the Hotel Bellevue des Alpes, attends an interview on Kleine Scheidegg
Andreas von Almen, owner of the Hotel Bellevue des Alpes, speaks during an interview with Reuters on Kleine Scheidegg mountain pass, in Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Tourists stand on a terrace at the Eigergletscher railway and cable car station near Kleine Scheidegg,...
Tourists stand at the Eigergletscher railway and cable car station near Kleine Scheidegg
Tourists stand on a terrace at the Eigergletscher railway and cable car station near Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
RTXDWJ9Z
Tourists stand at the Eigergletscher railway and cable car station near Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland...
Tourists stand at the Eigergletscher railway and cable car station near Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. Arnd Wiegmann
RTXDWJ9Y
Tourists sit in front of a restaurant with the Hotel Bellevue des Alpes and the Eiger North Face seen...
Tourists sit in front of a restaurant on Kleine Scheidegg
Tourists sit in front of a restaurant with the Hotel Bellevue des Alpes and the Eiger North Face seen in the background on Kleine Scheidegg mountain pass, in Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
RTXDWJ9X
Tourists walk in front of the railway station as the Eiger North Face is seen in the background on Kleine...
Tourists walk in front of the railway station on Kleine Scheidegg
Tourists walk in front of the railway station as the Eiger North Face is seen in the background on Kleine Scheidegg mountain pass, in Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
RTXDWJ9W
A view shows the Eiger Glacier above the Eigergletscher railway and cable car station near Kleine Scheidegg,...
A view shows the Eiger Glacier above the Eigergletscher railway and cable car station near Kleine Scheideg...
A view shows the Eiger Glacier above the Eigergletscher railway and cable car station near Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland June 28, 2021. Picture taken June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
RTS1X8SP
Mountains Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau are seen in the background as tourists cross rails at the Kleine...
Tourists cross rails at the Kleine Scheidegg station on their way with the Jungfraubahn railways to the...
Mountains Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau are seen in the background as tourists cross rails at the Kleine Scheidegg station (2,061 metres/6,762 feet above sea level) on their way with the Jungfraubahn railways to the Jungfraujoch, Switzerland August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
RTS1X8SO
Mountains Eiger and Moench are seen in the background as tourists are seen at the Kleine Scheidegg station...
Tourists are seen at the Kleine Scheidegg station on their way with the Jungfraubahn railways to the...
Mountains Eiger and Moench are seen in the background as tourists are seen at the Kleine Scheidegg station (2,061 metres/6,762 feet above sea level) on their way with the Jungfraubahn railways to the Jungfraujoch, Switzerland August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
RTX177LZ
Chinese ski instructor Xu Zhongxing (R) talks to a client on the Kleine Scheidegg in the ski resort of...
Chinese ski instructor Xu talks to a client on the Kleine Scheidegg in the ski resort of the Jungfrau...
Chinese ski instructor Xu Zhongxing (R) talks to a client on the Kleine Scheidegg in the ski resort of the Jungfrau region January 8, 2014. China's wealthy have long flocked to Switzerland for the watches, chocolate and scenery. Now the Alpine country is marketing another national symbol to the Chinese - skiing. Switzerland is training eight Chinese ski instructors and placing them in St. Moritz, Davos, Zermatt, Gstaad and other resorts for the ski season to teach Chinese tourists, in their own language and with Chinese savoir faire. Picture taken January 8. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)
RTR35ED2
The gear wheel drive of a train of the Jungfraubahn railways is seen at Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude...
Gear wheel drive of train of Jungfraubahn railways is seen at the Kleine Scheidegg station
The gear wheel drive of a train of the Jungfraubahn railways is seen at Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061 metres/6762 feet) near the Swiss mountain resort of Grindelwald July 25, 2012. The Jungfraubahn cog railway line, considered pioneering for the steep incline of its 7 km tunnel dug behind the Eiger mountain's North Face, is celebrating its hundredth anniversary on August 1. Picture taken July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: TRANSPORT TRAVEL)
Tourists leave a train of the Jungfraubahn railways at the Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061 metres/6762...
Tourists leave a train of the Jungfraubahn railwayss at the Kleine Scheidegg station
Tourists leave a train of the Jungfraubahn railways at the Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061 metres/6762 feet) near the Swiss mountain resort of Grindelwald July 25, 2012. The Jungfraubahn cog railway line, considered pioneering for the steep incline of its 7 km tunnel dug behind the Eiger mountain's North Face, is celebrating its hundredth anniversary on August 1. The North Face of Eiger mountain (L) is seen in the background (altitude 3970 metres/ 13025 feet). Picture taken July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: TRANSPORT TRAVEL)
RTR35ECZ
A train of the Jungfraubahn railways drives down to the Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061 metres/6762...
Tourists leave a train of the Jungfraubahn railways at the Kleine Scheidegg station
A train of the Jungfraubahn railways drives down to the Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061 metres/6762 feet) near the Swiss mountain resort of Grindelwald July 25, 2012.The Jungfraubahn cog railway line, considered pioneering for the steep incline of its 7 km tunnel dug behind the Eiger mountain's North Face, is celebrating its hundredth anniversary on August 1. Picture taken July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: TRANSPORT TRAVEL)
RTR35ECQ
Tourists walk past trains of the Jungfraubahn railways at the Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061...
Tourists walk past trains of the Jungfraubahn railways at the Kleine Scheidegg station
Tourists walk past trains of the Jungfraubahn railways at the Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061 metres/6762 feet) near the Swiss mountain resort of Grindelwald July 25, 2012. The Jungfraubahn cog railway line, considered pioneering for the steep incline of its 7 km tunnel dug behind the Eiger mountain's North Face, is celebrating its hundredth anniversary on August 1. In the background is seen the North Face of Eiger mountain (left, altitude 3970 metres/ 13025 feet). Picture taken July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: TRANSPORT TRAVEL)
RTR35ECM
RTR35ECJ
A train of Jungfraubahn railways arrives at Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061 metres/6762 feet)...
Train of Jungfraubahn railways arrives at Kleine Scheidegg station
A train of Jungfraubahn railways arrives at Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061 metres/6762 feet) near the Swiss mountain resort of Grindelwald July 25, 2012. The Jungfraubahn cog railway line, considered pioneering for the steep incline of its 7 km tunnel dug behind the Eiger mountain's North Face, is celebrating its hundredth anniversary on August 1. Picture taken July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: TRANSPORT TRAVEL)
RTR35E3Q
Tourists walk past a train of the Jungfraubahn railways at the Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061...
Tourists walk past a train of the Jungfraubahn railways at the Kleine Scheidegg station
Tourists walk past a train of the Jungfraubahn railways at the Kleine Scheidegg station (altitude 2061 metres/6762 feet) near the Swiss mountain resort of Grindelwald July 25, 2012. The Jungfraubahn cog railway line, considered pioneering for the steep incline of its 7 km tunnel dug behind the Eiger mountain's North Face, is celebrating its hundredth anniversary on August 1. In the background is the north face of Eiger mountain (left, altitude 3970 metres/ 13025 feet) and Moench mountain (right, altitude 4099 metres/13448 feet). Picture taken July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: TRANSPORT TRAVEL)
RTR2W5VQ
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates...
Giant light installation of flag of Switzerland, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north...
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau in the Bernese Oberland January 12, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres (11,332 ft). REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: TRAVEL SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)
RTR2W5OH
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, the founder...
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Guyer-Zeller illuminates the...
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, the founder of the Jungfrau railway, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau in the Bernese Oberland January 11, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres (11,332 feet). REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANNIVERSARY TRAVEL SOCIETY)
RTR2W5OF
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and and a portrait Guyer-Zeller illuminates the...
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, the founder of the Jungfrau railway, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, next to the Eiger (L) and Moench (C) mountains, in the Bernese Oberland January 11, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres (11,332 feet). REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY TRAVEL)
RTR2W5OD
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain...
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau in the Bernese Oberland January 11, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres (11,332 feet). REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANNIVERSARY TRAVEL SOCIETY)
RTR2W5OB
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, next to the Eiger (L) and Moench (C) mountains, in the Bernese Oberland January 11, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres (11,332 feet). REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY TRAVEL)
RTR2W5O2
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, founder of...
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller by Swiss artist...
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, founder of the Jungfrau Railways, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, in the Bernese Oberland January 11, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres (11,332 feet). REUTERS/Michael Buholzer (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland and a portrait of Adolf Guyer-Zeller, founder of the Jungfrau Railways, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, next to the Eiger (L) and Moench (C) mountains and above the Kleine Scheidegg (bottom), in the Bernese Oberland January 11, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres (11,332 feet). REUTERS/Michael Buholzer (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
RTR2W5FJ
Skiers relax in front the North Face of Mount Eiger (L) (13025 ft/3970 m) and Mount Moench (R) (13448...
Skiers relax in front the North Face of Mount Eiger and Mount Moench near Kleine Scheidegg
Skiers relax in front the North Face of Mount Eiger (L) (13025 ft/3970 m) and Mount Moench (R) (13448 ft/4107 m) near Kleine Scheidegg January 11, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SPORT SKIING TRAVEL SOCIETY)
RTR2W5FF
A man skis down a piste in front the North Face of Mount Eiger (L) (13025 ft/3970 m) and the Mount Moench...
A man skis down a piste in front of the Eiger North Face and the Moench mountain near Kleine Scheidegg...
A man skis down a piste in front the North Face of Mount Eiger (L) (13025 ft/3970 m) and the Mount Moench (R) (13448 ft/4107 m) near Kleine Scheidegg January 11, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SPORT SKIING TRAVEL SOCIETY)
RTR2W5ES
Staff prepare the start of the men's Alpine skiing World Cup downhill race track at the Lauberhorn in...
Staff prepare the start of the men's Alpine skiing World Cup downhill race track at the Lauberhorn in Wengen, January 11, 2012. The Lauberhorn World Cup ski event takes place from January 13 to 15, 2012. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SPORT SKIING)
RTR2VSR5
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, next to the Eiger (L) and Moench (C) mountains, in the Bernese Oberland January 1, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres (11,332 feet). REUTERS/Markus Zimmermann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT ANNIVERSARY TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, in the Bernese Oberland January 1, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres (11,332 feet). REUTERS/Markus Zimmermann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT ANNIVERSARY TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT)
RTR2VSQW
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, in the Bernese Oberland January 1, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. REUTERS/Markus Zimmermann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT ANNIVERSARY TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT)
RTR2VSQK
A giant light installation of the flag of Switzerland, by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, illuminates the north face of the Jungfrau mountain, next to the Eiger (L) and Moench (C) mountains and above the Kleine Scheidegg (bottom), in the Bernese Oberland January 1, 2012. The installation commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the Jungfrau railway, which first began operations in the year 1912. The light left of the installation is Europe's highest railway station, the Jungfraujoch station, at an altitude of 3,454 metres (11,332 feet). REUTERS/Markus Zimmermann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT ANNIVERSARY TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT)
RTXWIU5
People ski in front of the Eiger mountain on the Kleine Scheidegg, near the Swiss mountain resort of...
People ski in front of the Eiger mountain on the Kleine Scheidegg, near the Swiss mountain resort of Grindelwald, January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)
RTXWIEL
Switzerland's Air Force national flight team Patrouille Suisse fly in their Northrop F-5E Tiger II aircraft...
Switzerland's Air Force national flight team Patrouille Suisse fly past the peak of Mount Eiger and the...
Switzerland's Air Force national flight team Patrouille Suisse fly in their Northrop F-5E Tiger II aircraft past the peak of Mount Eiger (3970 m/13025 ft.) and the Eiger North Face near Kleine Scheidegg in Bernese Oberland January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: TRANSPORT MILITARY SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)
RTR2I747
A cow feeds on grass near Lauberhorn in the Bernese Alps September 11, 2010. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND...
A cow feeds on grass near Lauberhorn in the Bernese Alps
A cow feeds on grass near Lauberhorn in the Bernese Alps September 11, 2010. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ANIMALS TRAVEL)
RTR2I6T7
Athletes run up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau-Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg in...
Athletes run up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau-Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Alps September 11, 2010. The marathon starts in Interlaken (566 metres above sea level) and ends at Kleine Scheidegg (2100 metres above sea level), with the route's peak at the Eiger glacier (2205 metres above sea level). REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS)
RTR2I6SZ
Athletes run up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau-Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg
RTR2I6SA
Athletes run up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau-Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Alps September 11, 2010. The marathon starts in Interlaken (566 metres above sea level) and ends at Kleine Scheidegg (2100 metres above sea level), with the route's peak at the Eiger glacier (2205 metres above sea level). REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
RTR1TLJ2
Athletes walk up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau-Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg...
Athletes walk up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg...
Athletes walk up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau-Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Alps September 8, 2007. The alpine Jungfrau Marathon starts in Interlaken (566 metres above sea level) and ends at Kleine Scheidegg (2100 metres above sea level), with the route's peak at the Eiger glacier (2205 metres above sea level). REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND)
RTR1TL2W
Athletes run up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg in...
Athletes run up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau-Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Alps September 8, 2007. The alpine Jungfrau Marathon starts in Interlaken (566 metres above sea level) and ends at Kleine Scheidegg (2100 metres above sea level), with the route's peak at the Eiger glacier (2205 metres above sea level). REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND)
RTR1TL2I
RTR1TL23
RTR1TL1S
Johnatan Wyatt of New Zealand runs up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau-Marathon near...
Wyatt of New Zealand runs up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau Marathon near Kleine...
Johnatan Wyatt of New Zealand runs up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau-Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Alps September 8, 2007. The alpine Jungfrau Marathon starts in Interlaken (566 metres above sea level) and ends at Kleine Scheidegg (2100 metres above sea level), with the route's peak at the Eiger glacier (2205 metres above sea level). REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND)
RTR1H52K
Athletes run up the moraine of the Eiger glacier during the Jungfrau-Marathon near Kleine Scheidegg in the Bernese Alps September 9, 2006. The alpine Jungfrau Marathon starts in Interlaken (566 metres above sea level) and ends at Kleine Scheidegg (2100 metres above sea level), with the route's peak at the Eiger glacier (2205 metres above sea level). REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (SWITZERLAND)
RTR1H52D
RTR1H51Q
RTR1H51A
RTXLQKU
The full moon rises over the Wetterhorn (Weatherhorn) in the Berner Oberland, January 18, 2003. The Wetterhorn...
The full moon rises over the Wetterhorn (Weatherhorn) in the Berner Oberland, January 18, 2003. The .....
The full moon rises over the Wetterhorn (Weatherhorn) in the Berner Oberland, January 18, 2003. The Wetterhorn is with 3701 meters one of the highest mountains in Switzerland.


Custom wrist bands are a unisex promotional giveaway that can be handed to the masses. Custom wristbands are a cool way to spread brand awareness though fashionable accessories. Available in dozens of different colors your logo or message can be printed and delivered on shorts time notice. Wristbands can be used by all businesses for any special event. Take advantage of our bulk price discounts for as low as $0.14 per custom wrist band.


Washington Post "fact checker" (and former State Department reporter) Glenn Kessler tweeted it was "an embarrassment and an outrage." The Trump administration rescinded a "Woman of Courage" award at the State Department for Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro, and two reporters at Foreign Policy magazine found the usual Anonymous Source claiming it was because someone on Team Trump read her Twitter feed and had second thoughts.
Ever since ESPN awarded Bruce for being confused enough to become Caitlyn, radical LGBTQ members and their media friends have moved to squash criticism that praising gender reassignment is insane. Of course, just like the gay agenda before it, trans activists started with demands that they not have to endure "hate," but it's quickly become a demand that society celebrates their delusion.
LONDON — To Brexit, or not to Brexit, that is the question (apologies to Shakespeare). The answer to whether the UK will pull out of the European Union as a majority of voters favored in a 2016 referendum will be decided this month. Maybe. Prime Minister Theresa May told Parliament that debate on the deal would resume on January 7. She has scheduled a vote for the following week. The vote had originally been set for December 11, but May pulled it, fearing the measure would be soundly defeated.
On Thursday, Germany's largest newspaper, Der Spiegel suffered a massive embarrassment when it was discovered that one of their more prominent reporters, Claas Relotius, made-up many of his stories. To make the discovery even funnier, CNN had once given him their "Journalist of the Year" commendation. It was an opportunity Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson couldn't pass up, especially considering the efforts by CNN's media reporters to bolster the left-wing ad boycott of his show.
Guest-hosting Joy Reid's MSNBC show, Ali Velshi finds it impossible to understand why President Trump, given his criticism of US journalists, would express concern about the possible murder of a journalist at the hands of the Saudi government.
Apocalyptic screeds are hard to accept from people who hypocritically demand governmental action without making changes in their own lives. But that never seems to stop entertainment elite. Two hundred actors, musicians and scientists signed on to an apocalyptic warning to the world. Together they demanded politicians act "firmly and immediately" on climate change, according to France 24.
In the immediate aftermath of Wednesday's school shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school, the liberal media sprinted to push gun control while vigorously waving a ridiculous school shooting statistic put out by the anti-gun lobbyist group, Everytown for Gun Safety. According to their numbers, there had been 18 school shootings since the start of 2018. The only problem? It was bogus. So much so, even the liberal Washington Post found the need to call out them and the rest of the media.
In an interview with BBC Radio on Saturday, Michael Wolff, the author of the dubiously-sourced gossip book targeting President Trump, boasted to host Nick Robinson that "the story" that he told, "will finally end...this presidency" once and for all. Wolff's self-glorification was brought on when Robinson questioned the effectiveness of the book alone and wondered if it would help the Russia investigation in any way since that had a greater chance of getting rid of Trump.
ANGLESEY, Wales -- The UK Daily Mail has again published a story about a subject that has become a recurring theme this time of year. No, not Christmas, but rather drunkenness, though the holiday is used as its primary excuse. Pictures accompanying the story show young people collapsing in gutters and vomiting on the sidewalks. It is not a pretty sight.


text:
Now reading: That Crazy Colored Armpit Craze That Everyone's Talking About
That Crazy Colored Armpit Craze That Everyone's Talking About
Have you heard? Apparently, dyeing your armpit hair is a thing now! Women are not only allowing their armpit hair to grow longer, but they are upping the craze by adding in bright and fun colors that feel "empowering" to them. Some have even dubbed it as "direct-action feminism." Take the vlogger Destiny M below, for example: Source: YouTube "Imagine you're always being told what's wrong and what's right," she said in the above video. "What's attractive and what's not. … There's all kinds of beauty standards and all of them are influenced by a patriarchal society, obviously. I think that by me growing out my armpit hair I'm challenging that. People that identify as women [have been told they have] to be hairless to be considered attractive … and that's obviously not true." "It's part of our social constructs that women have to be hairless and that's just one of the many beauty standards that are enforced from a very young age. I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or what, but I have a lot of hair. And it's thick hair and it's dark. I have hair on my toes and on my boobs, I have a happy trail...
'"It's a toxic idea that hair is ugly. You need to force yourself to not to think that. Growing out your hair is so empowering. As a young girl, you are always told, hairless is beauty, it's perfection. But when you go against the grain like that... it's so empowering. I really recommend you try it."
However, not surprisingly, not everyone agrees with the trend: What's your take on this new viral trend? Source: howtohairgirl/Instagram Do you follow us on Instagram? [caption id="attachment_98338" align="alignnone" width="100"] @BodyRockTV[/caption]
Food To Be Fit: Hole-In-One Breakfast
BodyRock Lean - Workout #1 - Shoulders & Back