Some scientists are not completely at the behest of self-serving corporations. Some scientists actually want to make a difference and better the lives of millions. These scientists are their own entrepreneurs and their mantra is do no harm.
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Eight Tips for Staying Productive While Working from Home
If you want to be more productive while you’re working from home, you need to start your day out right. Here are eight solid tips for helping you stay productive at home.
Read More »Music Review: Jeff Lorber and Chuck Loeb – ‘Bop (A CD to Help Fund the Cure for PKD)’
If this album is any indication, 'Bop' is alive and well—and still kicking backsides.
Read More »The Devil’s Work In Charleston, South Carolina
The first Africans upon the slave ships destined for the Americas sensed the coming of a great and lasting catastrophe. They had nothing that would protect and fortify them from the coming centuries of bondage and tyranny, so they sent out an exalting wail beseeching God’s mercy. God looked down on them and saw that they had nothing. They were naked and in chains. God in His singular wisdom took the very sound of their lament and turned it into their shield and their weapon, and today we call that sound music.
Read More »Father’s Day – Boys and Men Should Show Dad Some Affection
By being affectionate with his children, my Dad taught us that love knew no gender.
Read More »Hollywood Fringe Theater Reviews: ‘What Be G*d is Blessing’ and ‘The Legend of Bobby Darin’
Two different one-man shows covering two completely different topics have something in common: excellence in performance and craftsmanship.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Time Lapse’ Starring Danielle Panabaker
Makes you wish you could see your own future to warn yourself you’re better off skipping it.
Read More »LA Film Fest: Kiernan Shipka of ‘Mad Men’ and Meg Ryan make ‘Fan Girl’ Fun
'Fan Girl', by director Paul Jarrett and screenwriter Gina O'Brien, was a total trip when it premiered at the LA Film Festival. A “trip”? Dude, that’s so last century. If there is anything this movie isn’t, it’s last century. Fan Girl is a winner of a movie because of the writing, the casting, and the acting. If all that works together, the director deserves credit as well. On the surface Fan Girl is a story of teenager Telulah Farrow, played by Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men, Flowers in the Attic), who adulates the punk band All Time Low. She thinks she needs to connect with the band and create a music video for her filmmaking class to launch her movie career. What she really needs, and the story beneath the surface, is to learn what is really important in human relationships.
Read More »Music Review: The Rolling Stones – ‘Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe)’ & ‘From The Vault: The Marquee Club Live in 1971 (DVD/CD)’
Two new releases out this month reexamine the legacy of The Rolling Stones' classic 1971 album 'Sticky Fingers' from different angles, and the results are as predictably mixed as you might expect.
Read More »Comic Book Review: ‘Pippi Won’t Grow Up’ by Astrid Lindgren
You may know her books or the movie, but Pippi Longstocking had years of comic experience.
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