In the first season a producer got sacked for flirting with Becky (was that her name?) on the vacation they went on. They showed some footage but no sound of the drinking and flirting.

The infamous Seattle-face-slap seemed like it happened out of a genuine momentary meltdown, as opposed to the catfighting that current reality TV has devolved into which seems like it's just for ratings. It also probably set the stage because producers saw what people will apparently watch and talk about for decades.

I'm a doctor. But as it pertains to this person, she is not my patient, so I am a layperson.

Yeah, my biggest takeaway wasn't that Rachel did anything wrong. She seems like a kind, energetic, sweet person who worked very hard.

"I am back at work, married, and living life as best I can but you think you WANT this shit? NOBODY wants this shit."

Totally! Until they face the job market, go to law school, and cut and paste for a living.

Not defending the University's handling of the case or their lack of attention to their own policy, but this is not a plagiarism problem. A decent public administrator would always look at other, similar institution's policies and maybe even replicate whole cloth if they are good. That would be implementing "best…

Well, having watched my 40 year old big brother die of pancreatic cancer in just a little over 4 months (from diagnosis to death,) and also having seen two grandmas beat breast cancer, I can *kind* of get what they are saying. I would secretly rather have breast cancer.

That was what I found most upsetting with this whole kerfluffle — people seemed angry or upset at her for doing what the show basically tells participants to do. Lose 10 lbs a week? Drop more than half your body weight in 5 months? That's so, so, so dangerous. But that's what the show pushes participants to do.

Sometimes things happen where you, even you, could end up arrested. That doesn't mean that before you're convicted, the cops get to do whatever they want with you. "Due process" is supposed to be a thing. And I don't see the part where the woman in this case deserved to have her hair chopped off. What part did you see…

Let me be the first to welcome you to the thread with a big ol' fuck you. First problem: innocent people get arrested all the damn time. Second, acting like a jerk is kind of a normal reaction when one gets taken to jail. Officers should be trained in handling an unruly person- it is kind of their job. Lastly, sewn…

There is more to this story. Charda woke up disoriented in a hotel room, and called the police because she thought she had been drugged and raped. Instead of taking her to a hospital for a blood test and rape exam, the police arrested her for trashing the room, and then this occurred. I hope she ends up owning the…

I'm suddently feeling unworldly. I've lived overseas for most of the past three decades, including long stints in places like Ghana and Ethiopia, as well as shorter ones in Japan, the Gulf states (several), and Spain, and I've never seen this outside of my friend's riverbank cottage in West Virginia. And certainly I…

I could understand if the country's infrastructure were hundreds of years old. Its hard to understand when billions are spent to build the infrastructure in 2 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yu…

Lived in SE Asia for years and it's the same....however most places like apartments and hotels have good enough plumbing that you can flush paper no problem. The only hotels in Asia I remember having the no flush policy were the shitty hostels. Shows how poorly planned Sochi is.

Just ask Ukrainians about Dangerous Russian Face Water.

It does not bode well that the 'missing' dog has two different names and they're both food.

Yes. You can even sing about blood type. Blood type is like your birth sign, it's supposed to say something about your personality and what kind of people you're compatible with. Japanese pop star magazines also list the most amazing weird facts like physical measurements. And I'm not talking height and weight, I…

The opposite of a sausage fest is a clam bake!