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Fbkb A Model Almost Lost Her Eye After Getting a Sclera Tattoo. Here s Why She Did ItRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at a gathering in Kolkata on April 1, 2015Indranil Bhoumik鈥擫ivemint/Getty ImagesBy Rishi Iyen stanley cup garMarch 18, 2016 1:31 AM EDTFollowing a complaint claiming they had hurt the sentiments of Hindus, two men were arrested in India on Thursday for allegedly sharing a doctored image of the leader of India biggest Hindu nationalist group.Shakir Yunus Banthia, 22, and Vasim Sheikh, 21, were apprehended in the state of Madhya Pradesh for circulating the image of Mohan Bhagwat, the Indian Express reported.The photo in question features Bhagwat, head of the hard-line Hindu organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak SanghRSS , dressed as a woman wearing brown pants mdash; a joke based on the group recent changes to its uniform. According to police, Sheikh posted the image on his Facebook page while Banthia shared it on messaging service WhatsApp.The duo have been charged with publishing obscene material and creating or promoting enmity8230; between classes, both punishable by up to three years in prison. They were arrested due to similar but separate complaints by local residents saying that they had hurt the feelings of the Hindu community, which the complainants said Bhagwat represents.The RSS is considered the ideological root of Indian Prime Ministerstanley cup Narendra Modi right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been stanley cupaccused of attacking free speech and fostering religious intolerance since it came to po Bnqs Sprint Will Pay Your Early Termination Fees to Switch, Too
By John Patrick PullenMay 12, 2016 6:21 AM EDTOne of the most unexpected things about having children is how the quest to mold perfect little ugghumans ultimately becomes a project of making yourself a better person. Though hardly revolutionary, this epiphany came to me recently when I was talking to an inanimate object, Amazon Echo speaker, in front of my 18-month-old Jack.Echo, turn on the lights. Echo, set my thermostat to 72 degrees. Echo, play W yeezy heels on the Bus,I commanded the gadget, which understands and responds to an ever growing set of ordersincluding, no surprise, Echo, buy more diapers . Every time I said Echo, Jack eyes shot up to the cylinder-shaped speaker atop the refrigerator, its glowing blue halo indicating it was listening. Then, one day, the inevitable happened: Uggo! Jack barked. Bus!After I explained to Jack that it not nice to call someone an uggo, I saw myse salomon lf through my son wordsand didn ;t like how I looked. Sure, Echo doesn ;t care how you talk to it. But to Jack, I must have seemed like a tyrant. And by imitation, he became my little dictator. This dilemma is likely only to grow as voice-based artificial intelligence becomes more commonplace. Already, Apple iPhones and iPads have Siri; Google-powered devices come with a similar feature, Google Now; and Microsoft has Cortana. Soon we ;ll be regularly talking to
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