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"Rick and Morty" (Seasons 1-2 on Hulu)Dark and ridiculous, "Rick and Morty" might be animated, but it’s definitely not for children. The Adult Swim cartoon is about Rick, an often-drunk super-scientist, and his grandson Morty, who accompanies him on ridiculous adventures. With the third season airing now on Adult Swim, it’s a great time to get caught up on the first two.

From the "Shallow" to "The Middle" to the highest of "High Hopes," music was captivating at all levels in 2018. Here are the Billboard staff’s 100 favorite songs of the year. 

If this video had come out even two years later, the dance that Kendrick rolls out throughout the visual might have spawned enough challenge/meme copies to send it all the way to the top of the charts, rather than the mere No. 39 it topped out at on the Hot 100. As it stands, the video is a clever nod to both the song’s influences – sampled artist Ronald Isley is in on the party throughout, while George Clinton makes a nonchalant cameo reading a copy of his own autobiography outside a club — and to the darker forces underlying the song’s self-love ethos. – DAN RYS

I agree: “serious and optimistic” – that is the key they keep on missing. We don’t need Dark Trek and we also don’t need Spoof Trek.

Around the world, over 130 million girls do not go to school. Step into the life of Rani, a girl from India who is part of a growing movement of girls inspired by Malala Yousafzai to change their path and become educated community leaders. (World Premiere)

Moving to the balance sheet, at yearend, we had approximately $275 million in liquidity, which includes a $250 million line of credit which was undrawn at yearend, and $27 million in cash on hand. Our debt consists of $500 million in bonds, which are repayable in 2021, and $31 million owed to Ressources Quebec, also due in 2021. The bonds are callable at par on May 1st of this year. We continually monitor the capital markets, and while we’re able to refinance the bonds today, it would be at rates higher than the current bond’s existing rate of 6.875%.

Greens Creek and Casa together generated about 85% of our revenue, all of our free cash flow, and are getting better and longer-lived. They’re also the model at what we’re trying to do at our three other operations — San Sebastian, Lucky Friday, and Nevada. I just came back from Nevada and want to share with you a few of my observations. It reminds me in many respects of where we were when we acquired Casa — more questions than answers, lots of work that we have to prioritize, people that we have to determine their capabilities — and like Casa, we’ve made significant progress. Much of it will not be visible to you in many statistics yet. But Larry’s gonna talk to you about the progress we’ve made in development. It’s been significant, but we are still trying different ways of dealing with different conditions in the mine. So, while we’re in a hurry to get to a steady state, we will take the time necessary to figure out the challenges of these mines so our Nevada operations will never value for the long term.

One such organization is the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, which funded a planning meeting for the project in 2013. This group is now reviewing a request for a further $3.9 million and will announce its decision in June, said Ulrich Harms, head of the organization’s Operational Support Group in Pottsdam, Germany. Harms is not part of the team reviewing the current proposal, but he makes no secret of his own opinion, calling the testbed "a splendid idea and an excellent opportunity."  

That reveal is that Rusty Venture (James Urbaniak) is a clone. It’s a play on the big reveal from the beginning of Season 2, way back in what feels like the show’s infancy, that Rusty’s sons, Dean and Hank (Christopher McCulloch), are themselves clones created by Rusty. As their dad put it then, “If you have an accident-prone child, you make them wear a helmet; if you have death-prone children, you keep a couple clones of them in your lab.”

Gas Company Road Today, hundreds of big rig trucks rumble past their house on the way up to and down from the pad each day.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over half a decade since the satirical dance track "Gangnam Style" took the world by storm to become the first-ever video to be viewed over 1 billion times. With its over-the-top antics aimed at mocking the denizens of Seoul’s Gangnam neighborhood, numerous cameos from local comedians and pop stars, and its easy-to-learn equine choreography, PSY’s video became a surprise global sensation that turned all eyes to South Korea’s music industry. Though it’s no longer the world’s most-viewed music video, the legacy of “Gangnam Style” remains. – T.H.

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