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Actress Milla Jovovich will drop by the show on Wednesday, April 10, to talk all about her new film, Hellboy. The episode on Thursday, April 11, will be filled with more “Hot Topics” and the popular “Ask Wendy” segment in which she doles out sage advice.
Lastly, on Friday, April 12, frequent show guest Tiny Harris will visit to discuss the upcoming season of VH1’s T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle.
The Wendy Williams Show airs weekdays. Check your local listings for the channel and time it comes on in your area.
In George Orwell’s classic 1984, the government of Oceania — Big Brother — tells the people that they have a common enemy — Goldstein. At their daily "hate" sessions, the picture of Goldstein comes up on the screen, while the people scream in anger and horror at the image. Goldstein, they are told, is everywhere and mu...
In one way, it is difficult to draw the parallels between Goldstein and America’s latest enemy, Osama bin Laden, who has been accused of masterminding the suicide assaults on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon. After all, Goldstein is a fictional character, and probably was a fictional character in Oceania as well...
Thus, to draw comparisons between the two men seems absurd. Goldstein posed no real danger to anyone, while today what is left of the bodies of more than 5,000 innocent people lie beneath the rubble of the once proud WTC, the Pentagon salvage operation continues, and investigators are combing the rubble of the remains ...
Yet, the similarities are more real than apparent and speak to what has been happening in the United States since World War II. Each decade has seen evil characters who have been hell-bent on destroying "our way of life" paraded before the American public. In the 1940s, it was Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussolini of Italy, ...
What we must remember is that we believed — and certainly the U.S. Government encouraged such thinking — that we could just be rid of those folks, we would be safe. Like Goldstein in Oceania, each man menaced our society, striking fear and hatred into our hearts, yet when they died (through Khomeni), we were not a whit...
Granted, this is not a list of candidates for canonization. Each man did many evil things and was responsible for the deaths of millions — even hundreds of millions — of people. Their deaths, indeed, were good things and all have left a legacy of evil. However, what we must remember is that Americans have believed for ...
Instead, what we have seen is that each decade has a new enemy. The passing of one does not make us safer. In fact, in response to the latest terrorism, the U.S. Government has invoked a number of World War I and World War II measures that will restrict the freedoms of ordinary, law-abiding Americans while not making u...
For example, one of the reasons that this vicious attack occurred on our soil is that the U.S. Armed Forces, while spending literally more than one third of worldwide military expenditures, is nearly helpless in defending our own shores. This proud, high-technology military machine that has laid waste to Iraq, Vietnam,...
While the taxpayers of the USA have hundreds of billions of dollars confiscated from them each year to fund a U.S. military presence in other countries — including many nations that really wish we were not there at all — the armed forces fail at performing even the cursory duties of what they are supposed to be doing: ...
Furthermore, the prospect of justifying the attacks on nations because they harbor terrorists borders on the absurd when one thinks of the U.S. experience. First, all credible news reports have demonstrated that most of the terrorists had been living in the USA for many years, using our own facilities to train themselv...
In other words, if the U.S. Government wishes to condemn other nations for harboring terrorists, then it must begin with the USA, for we gave the perpetrators of this latest outrage everything they needed, all the way to taxpayer-funded assistance. Congress has passed laws — dutifully enforced by federal agencies — tha...
Another way to examine this episode is to ask what would be our response if another nation had (1) allowed these terrorists to live five years or more virtually unchecked by governing authorities, despite the fact that they had records of associating with terrorist groups, and (2) trained these terrorists to fly passen...
Yes, by all means kill bin Laden if he has been behind these awful crimes. By all means, those who had a hand in this must be held accountable for their deeds. However, let us also remember that if we are to demand accountability, it begins at home with those who govern us.
Moreover, even if the U.S. Armed Forces manage to capture or kill bin Laden, another man will take his place. At the close of the Gulf War, a giddy President George Bush declared that we were going to establish a "New World Order." We were to be safe; our troubles were over. Yet, it was the Gulf War that bin Laden says...
As long as the government of this nation continues to press abroad to keep its empire intact, people of other nations will rise to fight it. They have already learned that they cannot defeat the U.S. Armed Forces on the battlefield, as the 1991 slaughter of Iraq’s army so vividly proved, but they also know there are ot...
Orwell, a socialist himself, understood the nature of totalitarianism, and he understood how governments constantly work to deceive those they govern. Like those hapless citizens of Oceania, Americans have seen one Goldstein after another flash across our television screens. Unless we re-examine how our government acts...
Previous article by William L. Anderson: Is It Really Just Good vs. Evil?
FILIPINO parents usually expect a few things from their kids: academic proficiency, good health and a financially fortuitous career in medicine.
And it’s not just a stereotype. It’s many of our realities.
But as economically promising a career as a nurse or a doctor is, not everyone is built for the medical field, much less have the inherent enthusiasm for it that others do.
And for some Filipinos — especially millennials —  there comes that time when you decide to chase what fulfills you in ways that a career in nursing could never do. Filipino singer and viral sensation Jej Vinson, is one such individual.
If you’ve watched the 16th season of NBC’s “The Voice” recently, you may be familiar with the young Filipino baritone who wowed audiences and the celebrity judges alike with his rendition of Drake’s “Passionfruit” during the blind auditions.
Vinson earned the coveted four-chair turn (wherein all the judges decide to recruit a contestant for their respective teams) and ultimately chose to join Kelly Clarkson’s team.
“She’s just so genuine, like the Kelly Clarkson you meet in person is the same Kelly Clarkson you see on T.V. I mean, all the judges are so amazing, but I felt like Kelly would be the best fit for me personally,” Vinson tells the Asian Journal in a recent interview.
Born in Davao, Philippines in the late 1990s, Vinson grew up loving music. Between attending his parents’ church choir rehearsals and participating in the Filipino tradition of frequent karaoke, Vinson was introduced to his love of singing early on.
“I kind of grew up chorally trained, and then a little bit after that, I started listening to more jazz and R&B, and then when I moved to LA, I started to appreciate more radio-friendly and pop artists, so it’s kind of a mixed bag of influences,” Vinson recalls.
At 15 years old, Vinson moved to South Dakota with his family, and when he turned 18, he packed his bags for Los Angeles in search of a career, exploring music more seriously while enrolling into USC, initially studying to become a nurse.
But when it came time for Vinson to decide whether or not nursing was for him, he came at an impasse. When all you know in your family is a career trajectory into nursing, it could be uncomfortable, even nerve-racking, to consider something outside of that realm.
“It’s kind of weird because a lot of cousins in my family are nurses or people who work in the medical field, but it kinda feels weird for me to study something that wasn’t in medicine because I definitely had that mindset growing up that I would be a doctor or a nurse,” Vinson shares, adding that his parents fully sup...
“That year when I decided to go to school for music, there was a lot of doubt within myself but I’m glad that my parents actually supported me. It actually helped lift me up and encouraged me to keep going,” Vinson fondly shares.
“I’m really thankful for my parents for supporting me, and they moved to LA with me when they didn’t really need to, so it was really sweet of them to do that, and they’re just always there for me in every way. They really are the best,” Vinson beams.
When Vinson made the switch from nursing to music at USC, he joined the university’s award-winning acapella group, SoCal VoCals for which he has served as musical director.
Vinson was a part of the SoCal VoCals, who were flown to the White House to perform for former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
As a part of SoCal VoCals, Vinson and his troupe were flown to the White House where they performed for former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, a memory that remains a high point for Vinson.
After leaning into a musical career trajectory, performing for a U.S. president and becoming a fan favorite on “The Voice,” Vinson says he plans to utilize his inherent musical talent to forge a career in musical production and performance. In terms of people he’d like to collaborate with in the future, he has his sigh...
His ultimate goal, however, is a career as an established recording artist with the hope of inspiring other young Filipino Americans. And like many Filipinos and Filipino Americans with aspirations in any kind of creative field, especially entertainment, he had initial doubts that stemmed from a collective cultural min...
Vinson notes the stigma that exists within creative members of minority groups, many of whom have either not or yet to realize their dreams in the entertainment industry. But the emergence of Asians and Asian Americans in mainstream entertainment of the last year has Vinson feeling hopeful that the Asian creative commu...
Creative, colorful quilts of all kinds will be on display during the 26th Annual Minot Prairie Quilt Festival set for March 21-24.
This year’s festival, themed “Unique Techniques” is being held at the Clarion Hotel at 2200 E. Burdick Expy. in Minot.
The festival includes a quilt show and vendors along with classes conducted by national and local instructors. The quilt show and vendors will be March 22 from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. and March 23 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Rob Appell, Morro Bay, Calif., host of Man Sewing, and Clem Buzick of Fargo are this year’s national instructors.
“What is Man Sewing? Well, I am a man who loves to sew and I’m proud of it. I’m passionate about sewing and creativity and have a desire to teach, so I want to share my passion with you,” said Appell according to festival information. “Is Man Sewing just for men? Absolutely not! I’m just a man who sews.” Appell’s websi...
Buzick was a hairdresser for years who loved to sew. She took a quilting class and the rest is history, according to festival information. She makes over 150 quilts for clients per year at her Fargo studio, according to festival information. She has competed in many quilt competitions at shows across the U.S. and won m...
About 30 local instructors will be taking part in the festival.
Susan Melgaard of Minot is the featured quilter at this year’s event. The “quilting bug” never hit her until her last child left home and she decided to take up sewing, according to festival information. A trip from the farm at Noonan to a Williston fabric store hooked her on quilting, then joining a local quilting gui...
The quilt show will have about 150 quilts, Melgaard said.
The cost to see the quilt show and the vendors plus flea market is $5. Children under 12 can attend for free each day.
For more about the festival including a schedule visit www.minotquilters.com. Those with questions can call Melgaard at 578-4053.
(KCPW News) A man with a knife sneaks into the White House, and no one is angrier than… Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz? What drove the intense ire of Chaffetz? KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham asked Salt Lake Tribune Washington correspondent Thomas Burr about that and more in this week’s edition of Political Cornflakes.
Red 5 Studios, a new start-up formed by the team that built popular online game World of Warcraft (WoW), has raised $18.5 million in venture capital to create online games that integrate more social networking aspects from the outset.
The funding comes from Benchmark and Sierra Ventures. Red 5 Studios is based in Aliso Viejo (southern California), not far from the team’s former employer, World of Warcraft’s parent Blizzard. The new company is led by Mark Kern, team leader on developing WoW, and two other Wow creators. The investment is significant b...
The investment is the latest move by Benchmark partner Bill Gurley to invest in interactive entertainment (he is an investor in Jamdat, acquired for $650 million last year, and Second Life, which has become hyped lately). Benchmark Europe is also an investor in Sulake, maker of the popular interactive game Habbo Hotel....
Red 5 wants to become the leading studio for popular MMO games (MMO stands for Massivey Multiplayer Online games), where thousands of players play at one time.
Historically, Gurley says, the winners in the gaming space have been publishers, rather than independent studios. Gurley says he thinks Red 5 will change that. Red 5 Studios’ first title is under development; it is financed and will be distributed globally by Webzen, which has given a large sum of money — totaling more...
MMOs have so far been a niche sub-sector of the games industry, accounting for less than ten percent of the industry’s developers. But WoW has grabbed the industry’s imagination, Kern said. The Red 5 team will focused on the PC, not the console.
The team has been together since January, and has been self-funded. Kern said staying at WoW was not an option. He and his team hankered to create something new — namely blend games with Web 2.0 social networking.
So how does he plan to make money, if the game is opened up to the wider Web community, and not controlled like WoW? Kern says continues to think through this question, and has ideas on paper, but asserts that the development process will take years. “It’s really early,” he said.
Moreover, while Napster’s Fanning is creating a company, Rupture, to create social networks around existing games, Kern believes Fanning will get only so far without tight integration with games and help from developers. “They’re too closely guarded, and worried about their value leaking out,” Kern said of publishers.
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It has been a pretty good year. Last summer I was sleeping on a mattress on the floor of a room I shared with my son, still burning from the year or so of hardship that had me typing through angry tears that poverty isn’t just having no heating, or unplugging your fridge and turning your hot water off. As I said then, ...
It is as true today for half a million families in the UK as it was for me. Poverty is an experience that stays with you for life – every unknown number that calls, every unexpected knock on the door has me hesitant on a good day, scrambling to hide at the top of the stairs on a bad.
But in the past year, life has changed beyond recognition. I’ve ticked “go on Question Time” off my bucket list and watched, gobsmacked, as my accidental cookbook wedged itself into the bestseller list. Home has changed. We’ve moved house, doubling the size of my family to two grown women, two small children, two cats,...
I finally feel as though I have my feet on some sort of level ground. And it feels good. To answer the oft-asked question: I’m no longer living on a food budget of £10 a week (although I do it as an annual fundraiser for Oxfam’s Live Below the Line challenge). But I learned to cook and eat well without spending an awfu...
Jonaki Tandoori, in my former home town of Southend-on-Sea, made a fabulous lamb and aubergine curry that they called baba gosht. This is my approximation of it and, just for you, I ate about 10 portions to make sure I got it right.
Put the oil in a large pan over a medium heat. Add the bay leaves and let them sizzle to release their flavour. Reduce the heat to low, and add the cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, cumin and salt. Fry for one minute, then add the onions, garlic and chilli. Stir to combine, and cook over a low heat for about 8–10 minutes to ...
Add the lamb and the aubergine. Continue to cook over a low heat, stirring regularly so the meat is sealed on all sides, then pour over the tomatoes and 200ml of water. Crank up the heat to bring it to the boil, boil vigorously for one minute, then reduce the heat. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes, or until the lamb is ...
Scatter generously with coriander and serve with fluffy basmati rice or naan.
These green beans are a brilliant side dish for an autumn barbecue, or mixed with fresh spinach for a delicious salad.
Top and tail fresh beans (If using frozen, defrost in warm water, then rinse in cold).
Heat the oil in a frying pan, or better still, a griddle pan. Add the green beans and cumin and cook over a high heat until the beans are softened and charred in places.
Stir the garlic and mint into the yoghurt.Serve the beans atop your chosen herb, with a drizzle of yoghurt, a little extra oil, a grating of lemon zest or a dash of juice, and a scattering of chilli flakes.
Vegetables in cake came into vogue a few years ago, but I got into it when I had a glut of courgettes last autumn. Desperate to use them all, I made soups and sauces, then smuggled a few into this chocolate cake. I’m glad I did – it’s delicious.
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark four. Wash the courgettes and grate them into the centre of a clean tea towel. Wring out as much moisture as you can over the sink – they hold a lot.
Grate the chocolate into a large mixing bowl. Add the flour, lime zest, sugar and a pinch of salt, and mix thoroughly.
Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the oil. Add the courgettes and crack in the eggs.
Stir well to combine, then pour the mixture into the loaf tin.
Bake for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
If you’re cooking this with the intention of impressing someone special (and I certainly was), put on some Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee or Ella Fitzgerald, pour yourself a glass of wine, aim for a relaxed focus and enjoy yourself.
Put the garlic, bacon and rosemary into a medium saucepan with the butter over a low heat. Add half the wine, stir in slowly as the butter melts, then add the rest and stir again.
Bring a pan of water to the boil, add the spaghetti and cook according to the packet instructions (usually 8-10 minutes).
Separate the eggs, reserve the whites for future use, drop the yolks into the sauce and beat in quickly. Remove from the heat to prevent the sauce splitting and stir in the cream.
Before serving, drop the spinach into the pasta water to wilt. Drain and rinse the spaghetti and spinach together. Tip back in to the pan, toss with the sauce and split between two bowls. Scatter over the cheese and grind over the pepper.
This chunky, rough pâté is best served a little cooler than room temperature and smeared on warm toast.
Peel and very finely dice the onion, then dice it some more, then dice it again until it’s minced, virtually undetectable.
Remove the sardines from the cans, keeping the oil. Carefully open each one down the back and belly with a small sharp knife: remove the backbone and any large, visible bones, discard, and put the flesh into a bowl.
Mash the sardines with a fork, then add the onion, half the cream cheese and the parsley. Grate over the lemon zest, squeeze in the juice, and mix to form a rough paste. Add more cream cheese, tasting as you go, until you have a blend that pleases you. Season to taste.
• This column was amended on 15 September 2014. An earlier version of the Courgette chocolate cake listed 50g dark chocolate only, rather than 150g chocolate or 50g cocoa.
That carb loading involves wolfing down 10,000 to 15,000 calories a day (the average calorie intake of a male is 2,500) – a diet that will continue throughout his challenge, making the swim a million calorie adventure. But, ever the realist, he knows this is the calm before the story: ‘I wish it could all be like this ...
The idea for the Great British Swim came about a month ago, having spoken to friends in the sailing community, Edgley heard about the GB Rowing Challenge, a journey of 2,000 miles around the British coastline, which is deemed the hardest in the world because of it’s notorious and unpredictable tides. Edgley made contac...
He says he will take all the help he can get. ‘You could be the best swimmer in the world but if you get the tides wrong, you’re not going to do this. You won’t make it without having the right people around you, their tidal knowledge will make or break this whole thing. At every single port and harbour there’ll be som...
At 5.8 ft tall (5.9 ft with the right shoes and some hair gel) and weighing 96 kilos, making him slightly wider than his is tall, the Loughborough educated endurance athlete has been well aware, from a young age, that he doesn’t fit the bill of your typical swimmer. Aged just 13, Edgley was told by his swimming coach t...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, shown Sept. 20, 2018, is pushing to offer tax incentives and other help so Chicago-based developer Sterling Bay will move forward on a planned $6 billion project called Lincoln Yards.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, as he prepares to leave office next year, keeps proffering fabulous parting gifts to billionaires, futurists and developers. And the fanciful forays keep filling his legacy with backfires and false starts.
There were incentives exceeding $2 billion (from the city and state) if only Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos would build his so-called “second headquarters” here. There was the announcement that Emanuel had selected Elon Musk and his Boring Co. to build a high-speed underground conveyance from downtown to O’Hare Inte...
And now, in an unfolding saga, there is Emanuel’s push to offer tax incentives and other help so Chicago-based developer Sterling Bay will move forward on a planned $6 billion project called Lincoln Yards.

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