All posts tagged: Praise

Salad praise: how ice hockey’s ‘lettuce’ hair is winning over Hollywood | Men’s hair

Salad praise: how ice hockey’s ‘lettuce’ hair is winning over Hollywood | Men’s hair

Published by Sam Flores

Hair cut ideas are typically drummed up in the salon, but recently a more unconventional source of inspiration has appeared: the vegetable aisle. “Lettuce hair” is trending. A gentler take on a traditional mullet, the new salad style consists of more subtle differences in the length between the back, sides and top of the hair. Lettuce hair features a loose and often wavy top, softly tapered sides and a feathery tail that skims the back of the neck, resembling leafy greens. For the Wuthering Heights press tour, Jacob Elordi toned down his on-screen regency cut, tapering the sides but keeping the windswept top and tail, bringing to mind a head of romaine lettuce. The wavy locks of Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie could be mistaken for a curled endive, while the figure skater Ilia Malinin’s butter-lettuce locks add extra drama to the Quad God’s dizzying axels. Sportspeople such as the US skater Ilia Malinin have leaned hard into the lettuce. Photograph: Andy Cheung/Getty Images The salad style stems from the world of ice hockey, where players …

When Praise Is Not the Answer

When Praise Is Not the Answer

Published by Jenni Sidey

Praise. Universally good, right? Those of you who are fans of Alfie Kohn’s (2018) work know it isn’t. Praise comes with baggage. I (EB) was reminded of another downside by a young adult patient who sees praise as invalidating or dismissive of a person’s experience. What about this exchange? Person: “I can’t do it.” Response: “Yes, you can. You are so amazing and strong.” Generally, we would see the exchange above, especially if delivered with a warm and positive tone, as a wonderful thing to say. Is the message above an endorsement of the person’s strength? Or is the underlying message, “Stop your bellyaching and do it,” or “Since I don’t believe you can’t, I am not going to help you”? What about this exchange? Person: “I feel so ugly.” Response: “Don’t feel like that. You are beautiful.” This is a hard one. You would hardly expect a decent person to say, “Yeah, you are.” What if that is how the person truly feels? The response, though seemingly complimentary and kind, may actually be sending …

Miquita and Andi Oliver praise Lily Allen for ‘rebuilding’ after David Harbour divorce ‘nearly broke her’

Miquita and Andi Oliver praise Lily Allen for ‘rebuilding’ after David Harbour divorce ‘nearly broke her’

Published by Sam Flores

Speaking candidly on her Miss Me? podcast with Miquita, Allen previously reflected on the intensity of the past year. “I’ve done quite a lot this year,” she said. “I finished an album, had a nervous breakdown, went into hospital for a bit, came out, did some podcasting, and then played one of the hardest theatre roles I’ve ever done.” Source link

Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump

Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump

Published by skeptic

On a Monday night NBC News segment, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concern over “some of the things we’ve seen in the last few days,” referring to the violence of Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. Amodei focused on the importance of preserving democracy at home, both on NBC and in a post on X that specifically called out “the horror we’re seeing in Minnesota.” On NBC, he said he’s a believer in arming democracies to defend against autocratic countries, and that “we need to defend our own democratic values at home.” He added that Anthropic has no contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Meanwhile, in an internal Slack message to OpenAI employees that got leaked to the New York Times, Sam Altman said, “What’s happening with ICE is going too far.” “Part of loving the country is the American duty to push back against overreach,” Altman wrote. “There is a big difference between deporting violent criminals and what’s happening now, and we need to get the distinction right.” Tech workers, including employees of both companies, …

Top Republicans praise Venezuela operation as some lawmakers question legal authority : NPR

Top Republicans praise Venezuela operation as some lawmakers question legal authority : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., addressed reporters in December. Thune says he expects briefings this week on the strikes in Venezuela and arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Heather Diehl/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Heather Diehl/Getty Images North America After months of growing concerns among some members of Congress about the Trump Administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea, lawmakers return to Washington to an escalating conflict following U.S. strikes in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. President Trump announced early Saturday morning that Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are on a U.S. Navy ship en route to New York, where they will face trial on drug, arms and conspiracy charges. Trump said the U.S. will “run” Venezuela until there is a “safe, proper and judicious transition.” The White House briefed some Congressional leadership after the operation began, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters, adding that Congress could not be notified in advance because it would have endangered the mission. “Congress has a tendency …

Praise be for holy sleuths

Praise be for holy sleuths

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add Grantchester to your watchlist How can there be so much murder in one otherwise quiet country parish? The answer, of course, is that there can’t. You may as well wonder how Grantchester’s vicar fits in any actual vicaring between all his crime-solving, or if any real-life cleric resembles a studio-system film star like Alphy, the ITV drama’s latest, and likely final, “Maigret of the manse”. Grantchester returns this week for series 10, with number 11 confirmed to be its last – sad news for a show that has always carried its profound messages deceptively lightly. For regardless of its comely setting, Grantchester goes a lot deeper than may at first appear. James Runcie, the creator of the original books, based his fictional vicar Sidney Chambers on the duties of his own father, a pre-Canterbury Robert Runcie, for whom “death did come to the door. There wasn’t any murder, but it was a life for my father that didn’t involve clocking off”. The author once told me he set out to write what he called …

Netflix viewers praise ‘gripping’ 8-part mystery thriller with Midsomer Murders star

Netflix viewers praise ‘gripping’ 8-part mystery thriller with Midsomer Murders star

Published by Daniella Wilson

Netflix viewers who tuned into Run Away, the eight-part mystery thriller starring Gavin & Stacey‘s Ruth Jones and Midsomer Murders‘ Annette Badland, are hooked after all eight episodes landed on the streamer on New Year’s Day. The new series, which is based on Harlan Coben’s 2019 novel, follows a father called Simon, whose world turns upside down when his eldest daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange) runs away from home. You know you’re in for a treat when a project comes from Harlan Coben, whose novels have inspired major on-screen hits like Netflix’s Fool Me Once and The Stranger, as well as Prime Video’s Lazarus. Having seen the first two episodes ahead of launch, I can say that fans of twisty mystery thrillers with a clever sleuth will find plenty to enjoy. The show fits neatly into Netflix’s growing catalogue of Coben thrillers, which tend to favour twisty narratives and morally complex characters. Plus, with a cast including James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch, how can you resist? WATCH: Run Away Official Trailer Keep reading …

Richard Smallwood, contemporary gospel musician known for ‘Total Praise,’ dies at 77

Richard Smallwood, contemporary gospel musician known for ‘Total Praise,’ dies at 77

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — Richard Smallwood, a singer and pianist best known for his contemporary gospel music hit “Total Praise,” died Tuesday (Dec. 30). Smallwood was 77. He died of complications of kidney failure at a rehabilitation and nursing center in Sandy Spring, Maryland, his publicist announced. Nominated eight times for a Grammy Award, the Stellar and Dove awardee was known for combining Black gospel and classical genres of music. His ubiquitous song “Total Praise,” introduced with his group Vision in 1996, was later covered in the group Destiny’s Child’s a capella “Gospel Medley,” performed by a cantor at New York’s Carnegie Hall and sung by a choir when President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis to the White House. “When you write a particular piece, you have no idea what’s going to become of it — will people like it, or will people sing it?” he told Religion News Service in a 2024 interview when he was honored at the Kennedy Center. “And so, to see the years of people embracing it really means a lot to …

Flight Attendants Praise Miracle Flights Where Passengers In Wheelchairs Suddenly Walk Off Healed

Flight Attendants Praise Miracle Flights Where Passengers In Wheelchairs Suddenly Walk Off Healed

Published by Jenni Sidey

Flight attendants are calling attention to a very real problem involving “disabled” passengers who fake injury in order to get special priority when boarding. Miraculously, these same passengers have no problem with mobility once they reach their destination.  There are people who have very real disabilities who need mobility assistance. This can be especially important in an airport, where you have to cover a large distance in a relatively short period of time. Thankfully, there are laws in place that protect these travelers, like the Air Carrier Access Act. Unfortunately, this also opens up the floor for people to take advantage of this system. Anyone can walk into an airport and say they need a wheelchair to help them get around, and it seems like more and more people are doing so when they don’t actually need one. The system for wheelchair users in airports is simple, meaning it’s also easy to take advantage of. According to the Department of Transportation (DOT) website, “If you self-identify as a passenger with a disability who needs additional …

The Living Sacrifice of Praise – OpentheWord.org

The Living Sacrifice of Praise – OpentheWord.org

Published by Sam Flores

Mary Washing The Feet Of ChristBy Henry Ossawa Tanner. 1900, Wikipedia, Public Domain By Dr. Steve Phifer An Aroma Pleasing to the Lord Every evening, every morning, throughout the centuries of Old Testament worship, the smoke of sacrifices coiled upward from the Tabernacle and later from the Temple. Every year the man of Israel, the priest of his home, would select from his flock the finest male lamb to offer to the Lord as a sacrifice on the Day of Atonement. Since it was the man’s sins that required atonement, under the guidance of the priest, the man would slay the lamb himself. When the instructions for offering these sacrifices to the Lord are given in Leviticus a strange statement is made repeatedly. “It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD” (Lev 1:9 NIV). Does our God enjoy the smell of burning flesh and hair, of grain and oil? Since God is spirit (John 4:24) the smells of the material world, so unavoidable to us, do not …