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I went to see The Sunshine Boys at the Savoy Theatre a few days ago and it is so funny.
Starring Danny De Vito and Richard Griffiths. The show manages to not only keep you entertained but also staggered at their ability to remember so many lines.
The story of two comedians who fell out years ago being coaxed together for one last show by Danny's long suffering nephew has you laughing throughout.
It is definitely a show worth seeing and although it is having to compete with the many musicals and plays in London it does an admiral job.
I paid £12 each for our tickets and these were for the balcony seats. We were moved down to the stalls as the theatre was not full which was a real bonus.
I have found that matinee performances during the week and Monday and Tuesday evenings are the best options for a possible upgrade.
While you wait to go into the theatre and during the interval you can people watch as taxis and limos arrive at the Savoy Hotel. I have often thought that the hotel must find it annoying to have all these theatre goers right on their doorstep.
Business is business though and if the theatre is bringing in the money you just have to accept the crowds blocking the pavement I expect.


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- Year Built 1900
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Join the Growth & Excitement in Downtown Bennington! The vision and goal of a vibrant town center drawing residents as well as shoppers is taking impressive shape. The renovation of the Putnam Hotel into ground level shops and upper-level apartments and offices and the adjacent Court House and Winslow buildings has not only not only upgraded the Main Street streetscape but created a very attractive parking areas and open space in the rear thus alleviating formerly limited parking but also creating an attractive rear façade to the buildings. 168 North St. offers a distinctive and attractive mid-1800s façade facing North St. The first floor contains 1,456 SF while the second floor studio space is a cute and compact 264 SF. Located just 500' to the four-corner intersection of the center of town, restaurants, brew pub, coffee shops and Old Castle theatre, this is an ideal proximity to all that is taking shape in Bennington's present and future. Also, located in the Central Historic Business District, care and thoughtful decisions are being made to ensure the best outcomes for the next stage of Bennington's future transforming the once thriving small manufacturing center into arts, shopping, and services as the focus going forward. While antique and needing new owners to take the building into this century and new Bennington, the building will lend itself ideally for offices or retail. There is ample on street as well as in the adjacent municipal parking lot.
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A local mayor is accused of impersonating a police officer, listen to dispatcher call
Illinois State Police investigators spent several hours at the Alorton Village Hall just three days after the town’s mayor was arrested and charged with official misconduct for allegedly impersonating a police officer while driving a village squad car she didn’t have permission to drive.
Gwen McCallum, a member of the village board and frequent critic of Mayor JoAnn Reed, said five Illinois State Police vehicles showed up about 9 a.m. until noon. McCallum said she didn’t know what they were doing, and an ISP spokesman could not be reached for comment.
Reed was charged Friday by St. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly with two felony counts of official misconduct for allegedly driving a village police car on Sept. 15 on I-64 in Caseyville She was also charged with a Class A misdemeanor for using the vehicle’s red and blue lights while driving.
A witness called 911 and State Police that the vehicle was driven by a woman who weaved in and out of traffic with the emergency police lights flashing. The witness also stated that on the vehicle’s driver’s side door was a sign that read, “Mayor JoAnn Reed” bearing a photograph of her.
Kelly said he could not comment on the search by State Police because of a pending investigation.
Reed was charged in 2014 with bringing contraband into the village police department’s jail. She pleaded guilty, received probation and completed a drug rehabilitation program that erased the conviction from her record. She had previously been mayor. This allowed her to again run and be elected mayor a second time.
In 2016 she was charged with felony vote buying and in 2017 with illegally demoting a village police officer who had helped with the State Police investigation that led to the contraband charge in 2014.
Reed posted $7,500 bond Friday night and was released from the St. Clair County Jail.


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New Delhi, Mar 24: Congress on Sunday released its ninth list of 10 candidates for Lok Sabha polls.
In Bihar, Mr Tariq Anwar will fight the general elections from Katiyar, Mohd Javed from Kishanganj and Uday Singh alias Pappu Singh from Purnia, the Central Election Committee said.
Mr Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, will be fielded from Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu.
Mr Haji Farooq Mir will contest from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir where Abdul Qayoom Wani, a former leader of the teachers' union, who recently joined the PDP, has been fielded from the seat.
Mr BK Hariprasad will contest from Bangalore South in Karnataka, General Secretary incharge CEC Mukul Wasnik said. Baramulla and Jammu constituencies will go to polls in the first phase.
Names of four candidates for constituencies of Maharashtra also appeared in the list.UNI

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I made this as our New Years Day finale...like others here I too doubled the ingrediants. It is show stopper in my book. The only thing I would do different in the future, would be to use a different base recipe, or watch it more carefully as it was really hard to cut. Needed to be fork tender I think. Otherwise it was delicious!
great dessert to make ahead- esp when entertaining. its a little time consuming but very easy to make and definitely has a "WOW" factor to it. made it twice last holiday season to rave reviews. will defintely become one of my holiday regular desserts.
I could only find coffee-flavored mascarpone at my local grocery, so I used it and found it provided an additional depth of flaver. When (not if) I make this again I'll look for the flavored mascarpone or sff a little instant espresso. Agree that "extra" Nutella adds.
i made this cake when it first came out in 2006 in the magazune and have made it quite a few times(once for a group of 80 people and they all loved it. It is a favorite every time I make it. It is one recipe that I do not want to loose. I changed the base a few times and my favorite is with a brownie base then I sprinkle it with a fruit flavored syrup, it taste great. Thank you.
I didn't care for the shortbread base as written, so I changed it the second time I made the cake. I used a chocolate wafer cookie crust (similar to a graham cracker crust) and added the toasted hazelnuts. The creamy filling contrasted nicely with the cookie crust. I also doubled the filling. It was delicious.
This is a fabulous cake - amazingly easy to make, and incredibly delicious! The combination of the fudgy ganache, velvety smooth chocolate/hazelnut mousse, and the crunch and slight saltiness in the crust makes every bite seem like a little journey to nirvana! I've made it many times and to rave reviews. No revisions necessary!
This was a real hit and was fast to make. I did substitute Hazelnut Liqueur instead of water to soften the gelatin as suggested by other reviewers.
Loved this dessert. I've made it several times and my modifications to make it more intense were to put the entire 10oz container of Nutella instead of the half cup called for, I also doubled the mascarpone (adding the entire 8 oz container) but I didn't double the whipped cream adding only the required one and a half cup to make the nutella taste more predominant (otherwise I found it was a little weak and I LOVE NUTELLA). Oh, and of course I also doubled the gelatine to compensate for the other ingredients increased. Not only has everyone I've made this dessert for raved, but I've even gotten responses like, "we used to have other favorite desserts but this one tops the list now". Happy cooking.
This was delicious and easy to make. I also doubled everything and the presentation was excellent. I used hazelnut liquer instead of water for the gelatin. The chocolate was a little thick so I used a beater to add the first third of cream then folded the remaining cream in.I made the glaze ahead of time and then warmed it up in the microwave and topped each piece with the glaze instead of over the whole cake.
This was fabulous! I did under bake the crust a bit per the suggestion of another reviewer and it came out perfectly. I will definitely make this again as the 8 guests I served it to raved about it.

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You don't often hear an inter-county manager saying it was the wrong decision taking on the job, or it was wrong that they were offered the job in the first place. But Pat Holmes did admit last Saturday night that when he was appointed Mayo manager for the first time in 1999 it probably wasn't the right choice by him to take it on or for the county board to offer it to him.
They knew they didn’t do themselves justice last year when they crashed out of the Mayo Senior Championship at the quarter-final stage and Ballintubber used that loss as motivation to drive them on this time around.
The widely anticipated County Board meeting passed off relatively peacefully last Thursday night with a few members of the board resigning over the process in which the new Mayo managers were appointed. The story had gained national headlines for all the wrong reasons and certainly it was a little embarrassing the way matters were conducted in appointing Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly. An apology was offered as there were and still are a lot of disgruntled people in the county. I am sure Kevin McStay and Liam McHale are bitterly disappointed at what happened, and some gesture or apology to both men should be offered as both are true Mayo Gaels who gave an awful lot to the green and red and they deserved at the very least an interview before been told they did not have the job. I am sure anyone reading this has heard the vile rumours about players not wanting McHale, which I am told could not be further from the truth. It is amazing how widespread the rumours went and pretty much to the point that people started to actually believe them. Liam McHale suffered a severe character assassination over the last few weeks and did not deserve it. Good luck to Pat and Noel; it is time to let them at it. The new management team along with selector Michael Collins and strength and conditioning coach Barry Solan from Ballaghaderreen were deep in discussion and taking lots of notes during the senior semi finals last Sunday. I am a little surprised a forward coach/selector was not incorporated in the set up, I guess they will be basing their team on a strong defence. I feel someone like Kevin O’Neill would have been a great addition to offer some insight into good forward play. I am delighted Barry Solan has finally been given a chance with his own county. Apart from working with Laois and Kildare he has also done a lot of work with Katie Taylor so there is obviously good pedigree there. If Hollymount/Carramore win the intermediate title on Sunday and get a good run in the Connacht championship, Noel Connelly’s wife Valerie and their children may not be seeing a lot of him for the next few months.
Thursday nights meeting of the Mayo county board saw Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes ratified as the new Mayo senior management team for a three year term. The pair were given the unanimous support of the club delegates at the meeting when the proposal was put before them.
Two of the potential names in the hat for the vacant Mayo senior manager’s job have spoken to the Mayo GAA County Board in relation to the job, the chairman of the board, Paddy McNicholas, told the Mayo Advertiser this week. The closing date for nominations for the post was 11pm last night. Speaking to the Advertiser yesterday morning, McNicholas said: “We’ve two men who are interested in the job, with Noel Connelly backed up by Pat Holmes and Kevin McStay who is backed up by Liam McHale. We’ve spoken to both men about the job, one in person and the other on the phone recently. There are a few other names out there, but none of them have come to any of us about it yet.” When asked how many nominations had been received as of yesterday morning, a number of hours before the deadline closed, McNicholas said that he was not aware that any official nominations had been submitted at that stage, but expected them to come in during the course of the day.
Finally getting over the 20-year-old itch and winning the Moclair Cup looks to have freed this Castlebar Mitchels team from the nagging doubts that many had about their ability to press on and mark themselves out as one of the truly great Mayo club sides. They have another opportunity to kick-on again this Sunday, when they go toe-to-toe with the current AIB All Ireland club champions, St Brigid's in Hyde Park. While bookmakers may have the Roscommon men as 4/7 favourites and Castlebar as 15/8 outsiders, those numbers will been have paid little heed around Páirc Josie Munnelly, as Pat Holmes along with his management team of Alan Nolan and Shane Conway put their players through their paces in preparation for Mitchels first provincial final since 1993. Last Sunday, the Mitchels wrapped up the Mayo double with a comprehensive 2-15 to 1-2 league win over the previous holders of the Moclair Cup, Ballaghaderreen. In 10 league and seven championship games they have gone into battle in this year, Mitchels have only been overturned once, on the opening day in the league, when the side they saw off in the county final (Breaffy) edged past them on a boggy and misty spring day.
Former Irish international rugby manager Eddie O’Sullivan and Sunday Game analyst Kevin McStay will lead out a strong team of sports men and women at a special seminar to explore what it takes to succeed in sport in today’s world where injuries, heartache, losses, and set-backs have to be overcome and where the lure of an easier life is never too far away.
With the All Ireland final not to long away now, there’s not much else being talked about around the county. If you’re someone who is looking for some expert opinion on the game over the next week, there’s plenty of opportunities to hear some expert views.
The waiting is nearly over and the final pieces of the jigsaw are now in place as St Brigid’s ready themselves for a titanic All-Ireland Club Football Final showdown with Dublin and Leinster club champions Ballymun Kickhams on St Patrick’s Day.


text: In the beginning was the embroidery. Or rather, inconspicuous and invisible hands of the Slovak women embroiderers. They got the main role in the thesis of the young Slovak graphic designer Tomáš Kompaník. His original book AHA – master’s thesis, which was established in the Department of Graphic Design at the University of Tomáš Baťa in Zlín, is just and only about Slovak embroidery. AHA is an extremely appreciated project in several competitions. AHA is a hand-bound book, which represents a diverse world of the Slovak embroidery in 8 regions. It has no ambition to be an ethnographic encyclopedia, it is primarily a personal version with visually imaginative, unbiased and liberal look on the remarkable part of our cultural history. It is an emotional paraphrase to convey an experience and stories, which are encoded in embroidery, to the viewer. Particular chapters begin with a brief textual characteristics of the region and a typical folk song. Each region has its own colour, material and motives solution, uses different fonts and graphic elements. The book creation was preceded by a thorough study of resources. Thomas studied forms of the Slovak embroidery in galleries, museums and libraries throughout the year. Then he redrew them and edited on the computer. He does not have the distance from the subject in his understanding of the topic, however, it was essential for him to seize traditional patterns and ornaments through persuasive and understandable language for the present.

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> Lakshadweep Islands
Kalpeni is an inhabited Atoll in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It has a distance of 2,079 km south of the city of Delhi.
Kalpeni is 218 kilometres (135 miles) west from the port of Kochi and lies 71 kilometres (44 miles) south of Andrott and 201 kilometres (125 miles) to the NNE of Minicoy, with the broad Nine Degree Channel between them. Suheli Par atoll lies 139 kilometres (86 miles) to the west of Kalpeni.
Kalpeni forms a single coral atoll along with the uninhabited islands of Cheriyam, Tilakkam, Kodithala and Pitti islet.
The eastern and southern shorelines of the island have accumulations of coral debris, the result of a violent storm that hit the area in 1847. It has a lagoon area of 25.6 km2 (9.9 sq mi).
List of Islands
- Kalpeni is the main island. it has an area of 2.482 square kilometres (0.958 square miles), and located at 10°04′34″N 73°38′46″E / 10.076°N 73.646°E / 10.076; 73.646.
- Kodithala is immediately to the north of Kalpeni, at, with an area of 0.01 square kilometres (0.0039 square miles).
- Cheriyam is the northernmost island, with a population of 10. The island has a water tank, a pond, a small 2.8-kilometre (1.7-mile) road from the village to a lighthouse at the north point, constructed by MGNREGS at 2015. it has an area of 0.537 square kilometres (0.207 square miles), and located at 10°08′31″N 73°39′50″E / 10.142°N 73.664°E / 10.142; 73.664. It is the largest of Kalpeni's Satellite islands. The land in Cheriyam belongs to 49 families living in Kalpeni. MGNREGS is currently making an economic development on the island to accommodate a new village and resort like on Sentosa. It would impact the economic growth of Kalpeni Island.
- Tilakkam group are a group of islands off the west of Kalpeni. The land of these islands 0.055 square kilometres (0.021 square miles) belong to two different families of Kalpeni:
- Koomel is a small islet off the west tip of Kalpeni. it has an area of 0.2 hectares (0.49 acres), and located at 10°04′23″N 73°38′06″E / 10.073°N 73.635°E / 10.073; 73.635.
- Tilakkam east has an area of 0.88 hectares (2.2 acres), and located at 10°04′08″N 73°37′59″E / 10.069°N 73.633°E / 10.069; 73.633.
- Tilakkam west has an area of 0.82 hectares (2.0 acres), and located at 10°04′08″N 73°37′52″E / 10.069°N 73.631°E / 10.069; 73.631.
- Pitti islet has an area of 3.6 hectares (8.9 acres), and located at 10°04′26″N 73°37′41″E / 10.074°N 73.628°E / 10.074; 73.628.
Kalpeni was the first island in the Union Territory where women were allowed to go to school and get an education.
The island belongs to the township of Kalpeni of Andrott Tehsil.
Kalpeni has a beach at the northern tip of the island called Tip Beach where one can do snorkeling, sea bath and kayaking. Because of the coral reefs present in the sea near the beach, the water is shallow and calm, making it an excellent spot for beach activities.
There is a 37-metre-high (121 ft) lighthouse in Kalpeni from whose top one can see a bird's eye view of the island, the lagoon with the smaller islands, the reef and the surrounding ocean. From the top of the lighthouse, one can visualize the abundance of coconut trees and the ground is not visible due to dense packing of the tops of these trees.
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I found this piece of writing about a past lover while digging through old files. Surprisingly, I’ve never shared it, so I’m sharing it now. I love the sentiment in which it’s written. Let me know what you think.
I don’t ask who you were talking to on the phone. I don’t ask about the unopened gift box on the table – who is it for, or who is it from. I don’t ask you anything, except for the occasional ‘Are you hungry’ There’s really no point in asking, no point in knowing. What does it matter to me how you spend your time or who you spend it with? I am only here to keep you company, and I do exactly that – not more.
I lay in your arms, all curled up like a ball. You smile at me and say I look like a tiny kitten. You kiss my forehead and begin to tell me a story. This one is about a boy who goes out in search of his dreams. He has to go through many obstacles and follow the signs to get to his dreams. You tell me about ‘maktub’ and how it’s an Arabic saying for ‘it is written’. You explain that everything has been written and is meant to happen as it is. I wonder if you know what’s written for you and me, but I don’t ask, of course.
I love the sound of your voice, the way your accent makes everything sound sensual. How you casually drop French words into your conversation. You must know the effect it has on me. I especially love how your eyes light up when you tell stories. And how you paint such vivid pictures when you describe the people you knew and the places you visited. Even when you talk about your past lovers. You refer to them with immense affection and adoration. I can’t help but wonder if you would ever talk about me in such a way – even if we were never lovers.
You notice that I’m deep in thought, and ask if I’m tired of listening to your stories. I flash my best smile at you and reassure you I never get tired of your stories and that I love listening to you. You smile again and I suddenly have this urge to kiss you. I act on it, but only halfway, leaning towards you and planting a quick peck on your left cheeks. You don’t ask me what I’m thinking about. Just like I never ask you.
I close my eyes and allow myself to relax, resting my head on your shoulders. Something builds up inside me and I am forced to blurt it out. ‘Will you miss me?, I ask. I know I shouldn’t ask, but sometimes my curiosity gets the better of me. ‘Of course’, you say, planting a reassuring kiss on my forehead. I don’t know if it’s true, and it doesn’t matter. It’s what I want to hear, and I’m happy to hear it.
That’s how it is. You say things I want to hear, and I do the same to you. We don’t talk about feelings or unresolved matters. We don’t even acknowledge them. We live in our own bubble world where there’s no need for questions or answers. No plans, no promises, no expectations. No rules, no ifs, no buts. We just are. We exist only in this moment, and we don’t go anywhere near the ‘next’ moment. The future doesn’t exist as far as we’re concerned.
We spend most of the time cracking jokes and laughing at ourselves. We make fun of movies. We make funny sounds and imitate people’s accents. We watch funny cat videos and South park re-runs. We talk about Greek mythology and Spanish bullfighting and World War Two. We go out to bars and try all the drinks on the menu. We sing out loud on the streets. We go for dinners, too, but never anywhere that has a dress code. We enjoy the mere pleasure of each other’s company, without giving a thought as to where it will lead to.
Sometimes I see loneliness in your eyes, and I’m sure you see sadness in mine. But we never talk about it. I cannot make you less lonely, and you cannot make me less sad. I never aspire to be what you want, and you can never be what I need. I will not give you my heart, nor will I take yours. So we just be. Without thinking. Without trying. Without discussion. Tomorrow the sun will come up and we both will go our separate ways.
Beautiful, sad, and very familiar. ❤

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What is contemporary art
What Is Contemporary Art?
by Terry Smith
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 2009
344 pp., illus. b/w. Trade, $75.00, paper, $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-226-76430-6; ISBN: 978-0-226-76431-3.
Reviewed by Lara Schrijver
Department of Architecture / section Building Typology
Delft University of Technology
Terry Smith, professor of contemporary art history and theory at the University of Pittsburgh, takes on a huge question in What is Contemporary Art? Quoting Hal Foster on the first page, he notes that a typical statement on art is: “How do you take in the global art world today? Even finding the terms of reference is impossible today” (p.1). In the face of this fatalism, Smith argues that it is necessary to theorize contemporary art in the wake of the many modernisms of the past two centuries. His ideas are distilled from material gathered the world over, from Australian aboriginal art fairs to Matthew Barney at the Guggenheim, from the minimalist contemplation of Naoshima Island in Japan to the postcolonial work of Iranian artist Shirin Neshat. Within the breadth of this approach, the main focus remains an attempt to understand contemporary art and the cultural conditions it is embedded within. Arguing that the labels ‘modernity’ and ‘postmodernity’ are no longer adequate to capture the specific features of contemporaneity, Smith proposes that we may well be facing an altered playing field. In the end, this will lead to perhaps his most provocative conclusion: that contemporary currents in art are not symptoms of the conditions of our time, but rather “the actual kinds of art that these conditions have generated” (p.269).
In the first chapter, Smith sets the stage with a critical assessment of the 2004 Museum of Modern Art renovation by Yoshio Taniguchi. With a sidebar to the history of contemporary art and the Musée des Artistes Vivants in particular, Smith picks apart the institutional prejudice that MoMA has maintained towards contemporary art, primarily absorbing the products that engage with or respond to the traditional issues of high modernism. He notes a preference for the question ‘what is art?’ and the three strands of modern art that address it: modernism, surrealism, and avant-gardism (p.34).
Contemporary art poses fundamentally other questions. The chapters of the book are thus organized by themes central to contemporary art: museums (addressing the institutionalization of contemporary art, and the architecture that accompanies it); spectacles (the Guggenheim Bilbao, and the work of Matthew Barney); markets (global art markets and local art fairs); ‘countercurrents’ (postcolonial work in the broadest sense). All can more or less be gathered under the title ‘contemporaneity’, which leads us to his conclusions. Within each chapter, the specific cases resonate with the overarching theme. The section on museums as a whole, for example, addresses the architectural framing of contemporary art as part of the history of modern and contemporary art. Artworks increasingly test the boundaries of the traditional museum, while in the case of the Guggenheim Bilbao, the exhibition space itself becomes the spectacle.
The descriptions in each chapter are elaborate and precise, taking the reader along on a careful view of installations and museum extensions. Smith’s knowledge of the art world is not limited by a narrowly academic view, but gathers many different developments, which helps him to approach existing insights (on patronage, for example) in novel ways. These individual studies are thus not limited to mere illustration of a theoretical position, but rather add to the complex tapestry of ideas and objects. Smith may be seeking out the logic underlying contemporary art, but he also allows for individual description and specificity.
This is a systematic exploration of ‘contemporary’ that goes beyond the original conception of art that is ‘of its time’. It also asks: what is the nature of our time? Smith contends that the global condition contemporaine in art is defined by four concerns, which he briefly notes as ‘time, place, mediation, and mood’ (p.196). Evocative as these labels are, they become more interesting as they are defined more precisely through, for example ‘freedom within mediation’ or ‘self and strangeness’ (p.235). The first describes a brave new world of self-definition in both physical reality and the virtual realms of the many available media, while the second posits that the postcolonial ‘other’ is also part of the contemporary self. At the same time, these positions are founded on a pervasiveness of economic thinking in our culture, for which Smith has coined the phrase ‘iconomy’.
If anything, the book as a whole is too rich to be concluded with a brief chapter drawing together the lines of earlier chapters. A first proposal to theorize this ‘contemporary art’ is careful not to be overly definitive. Yet this book does make a number of themes explicit. Smith posits three major currents of the contemporary – the aesthetic of globalization, the postcolonial turn, and a generational change that embraces the present and its image economy (pp.264-268). At the same time, his fundamental contribution is to reveal more significance in the products of art than in current theorizations. His role, in this sense, is to show the importance of the practice itself, to identify in current work the “de facto suggestions as to what a work of contemporary art might be in circumstances such as these” (p263). With this, Smith opens the discussion more than offering a definitive answer.
In the end, the notion of defining ‘contemporary art’ may prove to be as elusive as defining ‘modern art’. Yet that does not imply we should not try. Each moment not only encompasses small and specific questions on art and technique, but also engages with underlying issues of cultural definition. It is these broad questions that should be revisited again and again, not to finally reveal an uncontested truth, but rather in order to add new shades of truth and definition to our constantly shifting sense of what it means to be human.


#10 – In 1953 Chevrolet Produced 300 Of The Original Corvettes
We love all generations of Corvette, from the C1 to the 2022 C8 Corvette Stingray! Here is the first of our “10 Surprising Facts About Chevrolet Corvettes.” The Corvette’s first production year was 1953. There were only 300 produced and each consisted of white polo exteriors, black canvas soft tops, and red interiors. The base price was $3,498 and it first debuted at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.
#9 – Chevrolet Disposed Of The Grill “Teeth”
The next on our “Facts about Chevrolet Corvettes” list is that the year 1960 was the final time that Chevrolet included weighty grill “teeth” and tail lights shaped into the rear fenders. We think it is an awesome old school car if you can find one.
# 8 – C1 Generation Lasted Nine Years
The C1 generation of Corvette lasted from 1953-1962. Since the C1 models did not include independent rear suspension, these Corvettes are often referenced as the “solid-axle” generation. Many consider the next C2 generation some the most iconic cars of the 1960s.
# 7 – Mark Shark II Influenced C3 Corvette Design
The Mako Shark II concept car inspired the 1968 C3 Corvette redesign. The Mark Shark II was introduced in 1965 and carried on the Shark 1 legacy of sporting blue/gray on top paint scheme.
#6 – Chevrolet Abandoned Chrome Rear And Front Bumpers
The 1972 Corvette was the last model to include chrome rear and front bumpers, side-fender grills as well as an egg-crate grill. If we found one of these at the right price, we’d love to do a Corvette restoration.
#5 – The Corvette Became A Pace Car In 1978
In 1978, for the first time, a Corvette was chosen as the pace car for the Indianapolis 500. The Corvette C3 was black over silver metallic with red pinstripe separating the colors. A limited edition replica of the Indy Pace Cars was offered for purchase and made up 15 percent of total production. For the replicas, the cross-flag emblem was replaced a with a special anniversary emblem. This is one of our favorite years of Chevrolet Corvettes.
#4 – The 1990 Corvette ZR-1 Was Only A Fastback Coupe
In 1990, the Corvette ZR-1 released and was only available as a fastback coupe. The vehicle had great capability in acceleration and handling as well as the ability to push to 375 hp. The cost for this performance, however, made the ZR-1’s price $58,955 (about double the non-ZR-1). Still, this might be one of those cars to bring back because it is a lot of fun to drive.
#3 – The 2006 Z06 Included GM’s Largest Small Block At The Time
After a year off, the Z06 made a return in a new redesign in 2006. While not the fastest production car ever made, this Corvette contained a new 7.0L block V8 that gave 505 hp and 470 Ib. Ft. of torque. The vehicle had the largest small block that GM ever produced at the time. Other additions included featured aluminum chassis and the use of dry sump lubrication.
#2 – The C7 Corvette Development Started In 2007 And Released In 2014
The C7 Corvette began development in 2007. Originally it was supposed to be released in 2011 but was introduced to the market in 2014. It was first seen by invitation only reveal in Detroit January 13, 2013. The vehicle was used later that year as a pace car in the Indy 500 driven by Jim Harbaugh, the San Francisco NFL coach. This might be one of our top American cars of all time.
#1 – Chevrolet Released A C7 Grand Sport Model In 2017
For 2017, Chevrolet introduced the Grand Sport model of the C7. It is a tribute to the 1963 purpose built Corvette race cars.
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Similarly, Does VPN drain battery?
It certainly does. When utilizing a VPN, the battery life of Android and iOS devices may be enhanced by up to 15%. Keep in mind that any applications on your phone that operate in the background all the time can drain your battery.
Also, it is asked, Does VPN damage your phone battery?
Does VPN use up your phone’s battery? When utilizing a VPN while going about your ordinary day-to-day activities, you may see a five to fifteen percent reduction in battery life, in addition to what you would observe with a mobile device and an internet connection.
Secondly, Why is my battery draining so fast?
Avoid circumstances where your phone might overheat, particularly if it’s fully charged. Even when not in use, your battery drains more quicker when it’s heated. Your battery may be harmed as a result of this drain. You don’t need to go from full charge to zero, or from zero to full, to educate your phone about battery capacity.
Also, Which free VPN is best?
The finest free VPN services available right now ProtonVPN is a free VPN service. The best free VPN is really safe and offers limitless bandwidth. VPN (Virtual Private Network) Privado For a free VPN, the server selection is excellent. Hide.me. Free VPN that is both flexible and strong. Windscribe. Data-rich and secure at the same time. Free version of Hotspot Shield. Atlas VPN is a virtual private network.
People also ask, Which VPN consumes less battery?
Timeouts and battery drain Because of its on-demand manner of generating and maintaining mTLS tunnels only when required, Fyde does not drain battery as much as other VPNs. An iPhone’s battery, for example, lasts roughly a day, while Fyde has virtually little battery effect, even when set to always-on mode.
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Should I set up VPN on iPhone?
Even though the iPhone is very secure, it cannot protect itself from attacks lurking behind public Wi-Fi networks. When you’re connected to public Wi-Fi networks, a VPN connection protects your web traffic and data from eavesdropping, persistent ad-tracking, Wi-Fi spoofing, and cybercriminals.
Does VPN drain data?
Is it True that Using a VPN Consumes More Data? Yes, using a VPN when surfing the internet consumes more mobile data than not using one. A VPN raises your data use by anywhere between 4% and 20%, according to our VPN data usage testing. This increase in data usage is dependent on a variety of variables, including the VPN protocol you use.
Does dark mode save battery?
Switching from light to dark mode at 100 percent brightness saves an average of 39 percent to 47 percent battery power, according to the Purdue research. So, if your phone’s screen is so bright, switching to dark mode might help it live far longer than if you left it in light mode.
Does Force stop save battery?
Quitting applications on your iPhone is a bad habit to get into. Apps that are forced to close do not conserve battery life or system resources. Even an Apple executive has said that doing so is ineffective.
What is the most battery consuming app?
Dating and social networking applications are the ones that use the most battery. Among the top 20 worst offenders were Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Linkedin, YouTube, and WhatsApp.
Is VPN really necessary?
It is desirable, even recommended, to use a VPN at home, although it is not always necessary. Because your online activities should already be safeguarded by your password-protected Wi-Fi network, it may not be essential. Another issue is that connecting to a distant server might cause your connection speed to go down.
Are free VPNs safe?
Free VPNs are just not as secure. VPN services have significant expenses to pay in order to maintain the infrastructure and knowledge required for big networks and secure customers. As a VPN user, you can either pay for a premium VPN service with your funds or use your data to pay for free services.
Are VPNs safe?
What Is the Security of a VPN? Using a secure virtual private network (VPN) to access the internet is a good idea. VPN security can hide your IP address and encrypt your browsing history, and it’s increasingly being used to thwart government surveillance. VPNs, on the other hand, will not be able to keep you secure in all circumstances.
Does ExpressVPN use a lot of battery?
ExpressVPN is estimated to utilize just 1% of battery power while operating in the background for 25 minutes. If burned through at a rate of just under 2% per hour, a 24 hour period with ExpressVPN on continuously could result in a usage of roughly 48 percent per day.
When should you turn VPN on?
VPNs provide the finest online security, so keep it turned on at all times to protect yourself from data breaches and cyberattacks when using public Wi-Fi, as well as from snoopers like ISPs and advertising. So make sure your VPN is turned on at all times.
Is ExpressVPN or NordVPN better?
Versus summarize, NordVPN is a superior service to ExpressVPN. It’s faster, offers more security measures, a larger server selection, and is less expensive than ExpressVPN. It’s also a better alternative for utilizing a VPN in China, and it’s excellent for streaming.
Does Apple have its own VPN?
Overview. Your app may establish and maintain a VPN configuration using one of the built-in VPN protocols in macOS and iOS using the Personal VPN functionality (IPsec or IKEv2).
Does Apple have a VPN?
Using industry-standard virtual private network (VPN) protocols, iOS, iPadOS, and macOS provide secure access to private business networks.
Which VPN is best for iPhone?
The Best iPhone VPNs in 2022 Overall, NordVPN is the best. Private Internet Access VPN is the most cost-effective option. Surfshark is the best option for Netflix. Best User Experience using ExpressVPN. IPVanish is the best encryption service. The best VPN for torrenting is ProtonVPN. CyberGhost has the best customer service.
Does VPN use your WiFi?
VPNs may connect by cellular data or over Wi-Fi, which we suggest. How can I get a VPN without having to use my data? By connecting to a Wi-Fi network rather than a personal hotspot, you may purchase a VPN without using data.
Does VPN consume more internet?
And here’s the downside: since a VPN encrypts your data, you’ll consume somewhat more data. This is a crucial privacy element. However, according to some estimates, utilizing a VPN may increase the amount of data you use by anywhere between 5% and 15%.
Does VPN speed up internet?
Is it possible to increase Internet speed using a VPN? VPNs may boost the speed of some services in certain conditions. Specific kinds of traffic are occasionally throttled or purposely slowed by ISPs; for example, some large ISPs have throttled streaming entertainment services like Netflix.
How can I maximize my battery health?
When storing it for a long time, keep it half-charged. Charge your device’s battery to roughly 50% instead of completely charging or totally discharging it. To prevent wasting more battery, turn off the gadget. Place your device in a cold, dry place with a temperature of less than 32° C (90° F).
How do you save battery life?
These suggestions might also help you delay the period when your battery no longer holds a charge. Reduce the brightness of the screen. Reduce the duration of the timeout functionality. Make use of the power-saving mode. Apps that use a lot of electricity should be avoided. Put your phone away. Your operating system should be updated. Reduce the number of push notifications you get. Keep the container at room temperature.
Is closing apps good for battery?
Is it true that closing background apps saves battery life? Closed background programs do not conserve battery life. People conflate ‘open in background’ with ‘running,’ which is why this misconception about stopping background programs exists. When your applications are running in the background, they are in a condition where relaunching them is simple.
Does deleting apps increase battery life?
You may either delete the bothersome applications entirely and enjoy the power savings, or you can go into the app’s individual settings and attempt to lower their battery use.
Does keeping your apps open drain battery?
Wrong. Both Apple and Google have verified in the past week or two that dismissing your applications has no effect on your battery life. In fact, according to Hiroshi Lockheimer, Android’s VP of Engineering, it might make matters worse. That’s really all you need to know.
What kills your phone battery?
So, here are the six most prevalent reasons for your phone’s battery to deplete quickly. High-contrast display. Let’s start with one of the most apparent reasons for a dead phone battery: excessive screen brightness. Apps that run in the background Picture-in-Picture mode is a feature that allows you to see two images side by side. Keeping in Touch 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week A depleted phone battery Apps that track your whereabouts.
What drains a phone battery?
While some battery drain may be caused by poorly designed or adware-infected apps that are constantly calling home, everyday phone activities are frequently the culprits – apps that frequently go online for updates, apps that wake the phone screen, and the high-definition phone screen itself, which consumes a lot of power to light up those
What drains phone battery fast?
Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, mobile data (and, of course, a hotspot to share your internet) are all well-known smartphone functions. However, these functionalities use the majority of the battery. When not in use, switch it off, particularly if the battery is getting low.
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Google Chrome Video Ad Blocker Abilities Enhanced
The new Google Chrome video ad blocker tech is meant to deliver a more enjoyable experience for the end user. Jason James of Google wrote in a post on the Chromium Blog:
“…the group responsible for developing the Better Ads Standards, the Coalition for Better Ads, announced a new set of standards for ads that show during video content, based on research from 45,000 consumers worldwide.”
There are three ad experiences to which Google will apply its ad blocker. This is for videos that are less than 8 minutes in length. Here are the three reasons Google Chrome will block video ads:
- Non-skippable, pre-roll ads or groups of ads lasting longer than 31 second appearing before a video that aren’t skippable in the first 5 seconds.
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Another genomic tool for improving litter size
Dr. Chunyan Zhang, Phd, Genetician Genesus Inc.
Litter size is a very important factor determining sow profitability. A major limitation for increasing litter size is embryonic loss that occurs during the 2nd to 3rd week of gestation (Geisert and Schmitt, 2002, J Anim Sci. 80, E54-E65).
Many factors may contribute to this loss and one possible cause of early embryonic mortality may be the existence of some harmful alleles (different forms of a gene) for essential genes that lead to fetal death shortly after a female becomes pregnant. The frequency of these harmful alleles might be reduced in a population after long-term selection for large litter size, such as in maternal breeds. However, in breeds that have not been selected for increased litter size (eg. Duroc), these harmful alleles may be ignored (or hidden) and at a higher frequency compared to that in the selected populations.
Usually these harmful alleles cause the fetus to die when they are present in the homozygous state (called recessive, one harmful copy from each parent, e.g aa). When they are present in the heterozygous state (the alleles inherited from the dam and sire are different, such as Aa), the individual survives and is phenotypically normal. This heterozygous animal, known as a carrier is very difficult to identify and thus can continue to spread the harmful alleles in the population.
Genomic technology now provides a state-of-the-art approach to detect such harmful alleles that are expected to be relatively common in an unselected population but never occur in the recessive homozygote state in live animals. This approach only requires genotype data on phenotypically normal (i.e. live) individuals to detect the harmful alleles through statistical analysis. This approach was initially used in dairy cattle and detected alleles associated with fertility defects (VanRaden et al., 2011, J Dairy Sci. 94, 6153-6161). More recent studies have begun to look in pigs and found some alleles associated with smaller litters and more stillborn piglets in dam lines and/or commercial lines (Häggman and Uimari, 2017, J Anim Breed Genet. 134, 129-135; Howard et al., 2017, GSE. 49, 57; Derks et al., 2017, BMC Genomics. 18, 858).
In the Genesus genomic database, we have thousands of pigs with informative genotype data (60K, 80K, 650K and sequence wide) which enable us to search for these potentially harmful alleles related to litter size, and further estimate their effects on boar fertility through our large set of phenotypes. Our initial effort focused on Duroc boars using 650K SNP genotypes. Several regions of the genome were found to potentially harbour harmful alleles. As an example, for the most significant SNP we predicted that there should be 45 homozygous recessive (aa) individuals but none was observed. The region containing this SNP was significantly associated with more mummified fetuses (P < 0.001).
Compared with the previous reports in pigs (see above), the identified genomic regions seem to be somewhat breed or popualtion specific, although we did see a few regions that may overlap with the previous findings.
These findings provide valuable information to potentially increase litter size in the Genesus Duroc population. This would lead to not only more pigs produced but increased genetic improvement through higher selection intensity. Approaches for reducing the frequency of these harmful alleles include genomic selection and genomic-based mating plans using the Genesus custom SNP chip.
Implementation of such research findings will contribute significantly to the Genesus goal of increasing value and profitability for Genesus customers.
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Genesus Welcomes Chunyan Zhang, PhD
Genesus is very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Chunyan Zhang, PhD to the position of Geneticist.
Since receiving her PhD in 2010, Chunyan has worked in Dr. Graham Plastow’s program at Livestock Gentec, University of Alberta as a postdoctoral fellow and most recently as a research associate.
She has been actively engaged in several R&D projects focusing on genetic and genomic approaches to improving economically important traits in pork production. She has worked collaboratively with pig genetic companies in the conduct of industry-driven R&D projects.
In her new role, Chunyan will develop and conduct internally and externally funded R&D projects focused on increasing pig genetic improvement through incorporation of genomic technologies. As a member of the Genesus genetic program team she will collaborate with other team members and university personnel on R&D projects and technical services. Additionally, she will provide direct supervision and support to Genesus nucleus herds located in China and Asia as well as providing technical support for the Genesus sales team in China and Asia.
“We look forward to Chunyan’s contributions to our programs. We have worked collaboratively with her on several successful projects at Livestock Gentec. Her skill set, experience, and desire to be involved in the pork industry make her an excellent choice for this position. Our genetic improvement and R&D programs continue to expand and finding the right people to support and move these programs forward is a key to the future of Genesus” says Dr. Bob Kemp, Vice President of Genetic Programs and R&D.
Chunyan holds Bachelor and Doctoral degrees from Huazhong Agricultural University in China. She was awarded a Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Alberta from 2014 to 2016. She has published over 20 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Chunyan resides in Edmonton, Alberta with her husband and two children.


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DUBAI: Security forces opened fire on a demonstration in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich east, fatally wounding one Shia protester and injuring several others, activists and witnesses said on Friday.
"Munir Al-Medani, 21, was wounded by a live bullet in his chest" one activist said requesting anonymity, referring to the incident which took place late Thursday in Qatif province in the kingdom’s Eastern Region.
"He was taken to the hospital where he later died of his wounds."
A number of other protesters were wounded in the shooting, the activists and witnesses said.
The protest, which began as a procession to mark the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed — a celebration forbidden in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia — turned into a demonstration calling for reforms and for the release of Shia detainees, the same sources said.
Witnesses said that the attack prompted groups of young protesters to set car tires on fire as the police set up checkpoints across the province.
There was no immediate official confirmation of the incident.
Medani’s reported death raises to six the number of protesters killed since demonstrations erupted in the Eastern Region last March when Shias took to the streets to condemn Saudi military intervention against Shia-led pro-democracy demonstrations in neighboring Bahrain.
The interior ministry in November said security forces had come under fire from gunmen operating on "foreign orders," in a veiled accusation against Shia-majority Iran.
On January 24, the interior ministry announced that Saudi authorities arrested nine people accused of wounding three policemen in the region.
Earlier the same month, authorities had published a list of 23 men wanted on suspicion of involvement in disturbances in Shia areas of the kingdom.
Activists say that Saudi authorities have arrested nearly 500 people since March. Many have been released but dozens remain in custody, among them human rights activist Fadel Al-Munasif and writer Nazir Al-Majid.
Most of Saudi Arabia’s estimated two million Shias live in the Eastern Region. They complain of marginalization in the Sunni-dominated kingdom.


There comes a time every week, when you just want to pat the internet on its head, rub its belly, give it a biscuit and say "GREAT JOB BUDDY!" Because the internet is basically our dog isn't it? Man's best friend. It was dogs, but now it's the internet. Dogs don't deliver our shopping, they don't broadcast entire seasons of Bojack Horseman, and they certainly don't provide a means for us to read the racist outpourings of our old school friends. Dogs are shit really aren't they? How did they ever get man's best friend status? Scum.
Anyway, the good little internet is having one of its finer moments this week, spurting out this piece of magic via the YouTube account of one particularly creative and bored dutch person called Matthijs Vlot. You see, Mr Vlot here, has taken Adele's "Hello" and made it infinitely more enjoyable and emotional by re-creating it with hundreds of clips from the most incredible movies you can think of. Wayne's World, The Truman Show, Charlie's Angels, The Prestige, The Island, Anchorman, The Matrix, The Beach, Batman & Robin, Star Wars. You know, all the greats. Hell, even Big Bird wanders in. Mr Vlot didn't make it look all Adele sepia though. I did that for the purpose of the lead image, just to draw you in.Anyway, there's something weirdly powerful about seeing Johnny Depp as Hunter S Thompson, saying "Can you hear me?" over Adele's solemn chords. Watch it below and weep for the days when you had time to consume multiple bags of Cool Doritos and watch all six Star Wars in a row at your student halls.


When you ask people what covering they have on their bed, you’re likely to hear responses such as “comforter” or “quilt.” If you hear “duvet,” you might wonder what this is and whether or not you need one. Duvet is a borrowed French word that means “down,” referring to the down features used in the filling of the cover. Knowing what a duvet is could help you decide if you’re ready to switch over to this type of covering for your bed.
What Makes Up a Duvet
A duvet consists of a thick insert and a cover. The cover usually has a zipper, buttons, hook and loop tape or straps in order to keep it in place around the insert. The covers may also have elastic bands or straps for securing to your bed. This prevents the covering from shifting or falling on the floor while you sleep. The insert of a duvet is typically made of goose down feathers, but they are increasingly available in hypoallergenic materials. You could choose one with filler made of polyester, silk or synthetic down. The insert features quilting, which keeps the stuffing material in place and prevents it from bunching up in one spot. The fill power ranges from 450 to 900, which is about the same as a comforter, but they can be warmer than some comforters. Their fill power is much higher than a bedspread or quilt.
Duvet Versus Comforter
If you’re not sure whether to choose a duvet versus a comforter, you’ll need to consider a few things. One is convenience. If your washing machine won’t accommodate a thick comforter, a duvet will be easier to handle. If you have allergies and need to wash your linens every week, washing a duvet cover will be less cumbersome. Perhaps you like changing the patterns or colors of your bedding. Duvet covers are affordable and come in a range of designs, fabrics and thread counts. Comforters aren’t made to touch your skin; instead, they’re made for use with a top sheet.
Benefits of Using a Duvet
Many people choose a duvet and replace their top sheet and comforter with it. The cover functions as a top sheet. Duvet covers are easy to remove and wash. They’re not bulky, so they’re easier to fit in a household washing machine. If you have a queen- or king-size bed, trying to fit that big of a comforter into a washing machine is an exercise in frustration. Washing the duvet cover is easier. You can get different duvet covers at a lower price than what you would pay for comforters, and the slim duvet covers don’t take up much space in your linen closet or storage area.
Choosing a Duvet and Duvet Cover
In addition to choosing the best mattress for your comfort and sleep style, you also need to consider the best type of bed covering. If you like the idea of a duvet, spend some time considering which duvet and duvet cover to purchase. Be sure that the cover you pick is machine-washable for convenience. If you tend to get warm or sweaty while you sleep, choose a duvet cover with bamboo, rayon or microfiber. These materials wick moisture away from your skin. If you’re often cold at night, choose a flannel or fleece duvet cover for warmth and insulation.


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The inflow of foreign capital into the Korean domestic market has greatly increased since the financial crisis. We cannot deny lots of positive economic benefits of the increased penetration of foreign capital into Korea. However, serious concerns about the negative effects of foreign capital have been raised. It has been suggested that foreign shareholders demand excessive dividends and, due to excessive dividends and domestic companies' efforts for the protection of management rights, the investment by domestic companies has decreased .
This paper empirically finds that the increased penetration of foreign capital into Korea did not cause both excessive dividends and the shrink of investment by domestic companies. It also suggests that hostile takeovers of major Korean companies by foreign capital are rare events. Moreover, hostile takeovers do not have only a dark side. A better means of addressing the threat of hostile takeovers by foreign capital may not actually be the introduction of new instruments for the protec- tion of management rights, but continued market reform. It would almost certainly become much more difficult for foreign capital to conduct hostile takeovers if corporate value increases due to improve- ment in the transparency of corporate governance as a result of on-going market reform.
외국자본 진출 확대의 영향과 대응방안(Effects of the increased presence of foreign capital in Korea, and related policies)
배당 및 투자에 대한 영향과 적대적 M&A 위협을 중심으로(Effects on the dividends and investments, and hostile takeover)
|Series Title; No||금융조사보고서 / 2005-14|
|Subject Country||South Korea(Asia and Pacific)|
|Subject||Economy < Financial Policy|
|Holding||한국금융연구원; KDI 국제정책대학원|

domain: finance


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Are you looking for nuts with names that start with “C”? You have found the right article! You will find all of them listed here, along with a brief description. Read further to learn more.
Although considered a nut in its culinary usage, botanically, cashews are in fact drupe seeds. This Central American native is grown primarily for its pseudofruit called the cashew apple, and more importantly, its seeds. Most of the world’s cashew production comes from Vietnam, India, and the Ivory Coast.
Chestnut is often used as a collective term for a group of eight to nine species in the genus Castanea. Unlike most culinary nuts, chestnuts have very little protein and fat. It is usually peeled and eaten raw, or in some cases, it is roasted without peeling.
Just like cashews, coconuts are botanically drupe seeds, not nuts. The tree itself is considered the most useful tree in the world, owing to all its parts being useful, hence dubbed “the tree of life.”The fruit on the other hand has multiple culinary uses. Apart from being eaten directly, it is also used in making non-dairy milk, coconut water, flour, and oil.
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With thousands of children across the country reuniting in classrooms this month, it’s no wonder that the National Pediculosis Society (NPA) (https://www.headlice.org/comb/), declared September as National Head Lice Prevention Month. The NPA is a nonprofit that works to encourage the nation’s health and child care professionals to adopt standardized head lice management programs so children remain lice and nit free.
Since it’s Back to School season AND National Head Lice Prevention Month, we thought we’d recommend a few of our favorite children’s books that get to the “nitty gritty” (no pun intended) of lice prevention and removal in a fun, kid-friendly way. So, as you’re doing your routine checks for lice and nits, try out some of these books to help settle a fidgety child. They might also help calm any fears a child has about lice.
Happy reading (and lice checking)!
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Itch!: Everything You Didn’t Want to Know About What Makes You Scratch (https://tinyurl.com/everythingitch) by Anita Sanchez
Everybody gets itchy, and every kid will love this title that scratches the itch to know more and about the history, anatomy, botany, biology behind it. Perfect for fans of Grossology books looking for something more substantive and dynamic.
You can feel it coming on—that terrible, tortuous ITCH. As irritating as an itch is, it is also your body’s way of sending you a message you can’t miss, like you’ve brushed up against poison ivy or lice have taken up residence in your hair. None of which you’d know without that telltale itch!
And there are so many things that make us itch—from fungus to fleas, mosquitoes to nettles, poison ivy to tarantulas!
Combining history, anatomy, laugh-out-loud illustrations, and even tips to avoid—and soothe—the itch, Anita Sanchez and Gilbert Ford take readers on an intriguing (and sometimes disgusting) look into what makes you scratch.
Bugs in my Hair! (https://www.amazon.com/Bugs-My-Hair-David-Shannon/dp/0545143136 By David Shannon
Is something bugging you? Bestselling award-winner David Shannon shows the funny side of waging war against–oh no!–head lice.
This book is guaranteed to make you laugh–and itch! From the opening picture of a happy, oversized louse appearing with his suitcases, you know these bugs are determined to stay, and Mom is about to go nuts!
Nobody talks about them, but they are everywhere. (Some estimate 20 million children a year host them.) Oh, the shame and humiliation of having bugs in your hair! But if you go to school, or have play dates, chances are good you might meet them someday. Maybe you already have! Lucky for you, the unwelcome bugs in this story are so funny you will be laughing aloud–even when Mom attacks them with battle-tested anti-lice weapons.
Shannon peppers his hilarious scenes with fun, “nitpicking” facts about these “lousy” critters and pokes fun at common denial: “It’s probably ash from that volcano in Pogo Pogo.”
Soon the party’s over – Bye bye, Little Nasties! Once again Shannon has created a fresh, highly entertaining read-aloud classic that begs to be read again and again.
Headlice: Disgusting Creatures Series (https://www.amazon.com/Head-Lice-Disgusting-Elise-Gravel/dp/1770496610) by Ellie Gravel
Part of a series of hilarious nonfiction books about disgusting creatures, this book examines head lice. It covers such topics as head lice habitats (human heads only, dogs are gross) anatomy (his body is slightly see through, so he can always see what he ate for lunch), and parenting practice (the female louse sticks eggs to human hair and uses the leftover glue for her model airplanes). Although silly and off-the-wall, Head Lice contains factual information that will both amuse and teach at the same time.
Yikes! Lice (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11052198-yikes–lice?from_search=true ) by Donna Caffey
Here’s a light way to talk to children about that old nuisance head lice. Rhyming verses describe how one little girl gets head lice and how she and her parents get rid of them. Kids will enjoy the rollicking cartoon “cooties” playing hide-and-seek and having a party in the girl’s hair until they are sent packing. Notes on each page provide detailed, factual information about head lice.
What’s Bugging Ms. Nurse Penny? A Story about Lice (https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Bugging-Nurse-Penny-Story/dp/0807588032) by Catherine Stier
Nurse Penny is a fun and funky school nurse who wears honeybee earrings and a butterfly smock and carries a ladybug purse. But there’s one kind of bug she’d rather not have around. . .head lice! So she calls a special school assembly to talk about those pesky critters—what they look like, how to avoid them, and how to get rid of them. After all, lice can happen to anyone—even the school nurse!
Scritch Scratch, We Have Nits (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15943660-scritch-scratch-we-have-nits?from_search=true) by Miriam Moss
One day a tiny insect, no bigger than a freckle, climbs into Miss Calypso’s classroom. Nobody notices until Polly scritches, Joshua scratches and soon the whole class is scritching and scratching!
Lots of Lice (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1996849.Lots_of_Lice) by Bobbi Katz
Told from the point of view of lice, this humorous, rhyming book helps readers learn what lice are and how to protect themselves from them.


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The pandemic forced us to stay in our homes, and consequently, pick up new hobbies that kept us occupied. Some have discovered their hidden cooking talent, some got into gaming, while there are some who enrolled themselves into courses related to their field of interest. If you’ll classify yourself as someone who is artistic, you’ve probably picked up a brush, a paint, or a colouring book.
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Published later this month by Chelsea Green, Rupert Callender’s ‘What Remains? Life, Death and the Human Art of Undertaking’ is our Book of the Month for September. Salena Godden reviews, finding a great work of craft and beauty, humanity, heart and soul, which is both deeply loving and revolutionary in spirit.
Don’t ever be afraid, of anything, ever, because you are already dead. This moment, here, now, this is the moment between the click and the bang…
Cosmic Trigger, Liverpool, November 2014. I remember it was a heroic weekend, a wild energy and a spirited gathering, brilliant art, big conversations and a momentous performance of the brilliant Cosmic Trigger Play by Daisy Campbell. I was there because I was invited to leap out of a golden apple at the command of Eris, the Goddess of chaos, and perform my poem ‘I Want Love’, and when I came off stage I was told I had pulled my Cosmic Trigger. I had surely pulled something that weekend, everything hurt from dancing and laughing, my cheeks ached from grinning. It was a Discordian revelry. Now looking back as I read about this particular weekend in Callender’s book, I am realising that this must have been the first time I saw Claire Phillips and Ru Callender, The Green Funeral undertakers, recite these words in the opening ceremony ritual. I seem to remember they were dressed in black, charcoal, the skull on the altar, the grey incense smoke curling in the air, the dignified stillness, maybe this was the first time I heard those bold words: Don’t be afraid…you are already dead
What Remains? Life, Death and the Human Art of Undertaking is the compelling story of the world’s first ‘punk undertaker’. From start to finish Ru Callender draws you in with tenderness and candour. It is a powerful book, a debunking of myths, it is an unlearning of all things we have all seen about undertakers and funeral homes on TV shows. This book follows a journey from rave culture and ritual magic to the early days and first burials of The Green Funeral Company — the eco-friendly funeral directors Ru Callender started with partner Claire Phillips. The book also explores Toxteth Day of The Dead, the building of The People’s Pyramid — a 23-feet high pyramid built from bricks filled with burned and crushed human bones — and the establishment of Callender, Phillips, Cauty & Drummond: Undertakers to the Underworld with KLF’s Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond, a partnership between The Green Funeral Company and The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu.
If you have a fascination with death and all the big questions around it then this is the book for you. My thoughts about death and dying are not at all morbid or maudlin, I have always had a curiosity about the unsaid and a yearning to listen to or comprehend the quiet around death, the mysteries of death. I’m interested in language, the words we use around loss, how we make space to honour these feelings, the meaning of all of this living and dying we must all do. Callender’s book dissects and explores this masterfully. This is an exquisite exploration of death work, death ritual, death politics, death truth and lies. Here is the human art of undertaking, the key words, human and art. This book is so generous with calm explanations and explorations of what might happen to us, what we might face when a loved one is going and then gone. What is done when we are undone. It is unsettling as much as it is comforting and it is all too brutally true.
…the way we have allowed ourselves to be led away from the presence of our dead, the way we have allowed our rituals of farewell to become meaningless – an echo of a faded belief system, someone else’s gestures and beliefs. It lies in our collusion that things like an expensive coffin or thousands of pounds worth of flowers, or a line of Mercedes limousines to take us to the doors of the crematorium can cover for feelings of guilt…None of this honours them and it doesn’t serve our grief either.
What Remains? begins at the beginning with an ending, with a childhood trauma. As a young boy Ru Callender lost his father. His writing about this early loss is candid and honest: he did not get to go to the funeral. ‘My absence at my father’s funeral is the single most important driver behind why I am an undertaker.’ I shared this experience; I lost my father at age nine, and I have also wished I could have gone to the funeral. This sharing moment in the book resonated with me in a deeply personal way, highlighting how important it is to allow children to be part of big conversations. Much later in the book Callender describes children hanging off the coffin handles and of Viking-style funerals; of how children fire flaming arrows at their father’s funeral pyre and how because of this, those children have been gifted a memory of inclusion in that otherwise traumatic event. My heart also broke reading the chapter titled ‘The Unthinkable’ — an incredibly moving, detailed description of a small child’s funeral and the tenderness for and care of Tallulah:
It was an extraordinary time, the week or so in which her body laid in state…Her schoolmates all coming to see her body, the worry and discomfort of all of their parents contrasting so completely with the insouciance of the kids, their absolute normality around her body…it was a ceremony filled with the chatter of children, the singing of familiar nursery songs and, at the end, everyone filed past her open coffin to sprinkle rose petals on her body. By the time Tallulah’s mother shut her bamboo coffin for the last time, she was already buried under a drift of red petals.
Callender writes passionately and fiercely about the role of an undertaker and the myriad of people they’ve worked for and with. He writes about preventable deaths and recalls the death of a local homeless man called Michael. Callender’s pages on this loss, this failure, this compassion, are so stirring. We are shown how a community spirit rises, how people gather to give Michael a decent and humane send-off.
We carried him slowly up the hill, blocking the traffic as we went. We stopped every thirty yards or so to allow other people to carry him…Around eighty people in all carried Michael’s coffin. Fellow homeless men read poems when we paused, but mostly we simply processed in silence. When we reached the market square, I stood on a bench and said my piece.
This book does not tip-toe about death, thankfully. Callender writes in fresh and frank tones about the nature of death. This book explores that nature, our choices, our individuality and our community, the effects of death, fear of the dead and fear of death itself, how that differs, how personal this is to each and every one of us. He writes about the empowerment and healing people might experience when given the freedom to care and wash their dead, to carry and bury their own dead, to process their loss and love for themselves and in their own way and own time. This book rings the bell for change and changing attitudes to how people may wish to honour their dead. Callender delves into death rituals, from the cultural and the magical to the mundane, and it challenges any mystery shrouded around the traditional, conveyor-belt style cremations in stark, sterile concrete buildings.
I was right that this small, immersive approach, intimate and shorn of all formality and the faux Victoriana traditions that characterised the traditional British funeral, was so much better for the families we were helping. I knew it was better to cry with them around their unadorned dead than sell them an expensive coffin. I knew it was better to turn up in a scruffy car and be real, rather than appear in black suit with a fixed patter. But I also knew we were risking so much of ourselves by opening our hearts and our heads, and our very lives, to this unending stream of sadness.
What Remains? is a great work of craft and beauty, humanity, heart and soul. I believe it could be used both as a teaching tool and as a comfort. I find Callender’s approach to this huge subject deeply loving and moving, but also revolutionary in spirit and courageous.
‘What Remains?’ is published on 15 September. Pre-order your copy here (£19.00).
Rupert will read from and discuss the book at several upcoming Caught by the River events: A Caught by the River Day Out in Kingston nr Lewes (10 September), Camp Good Life (16-18 September), and the book’s launch at The Social, London, where Salena Godden also reads as a special guest (26 September).
Salena Godden FRSL is an award-winning author, poet and broadcaster of Jamaican-mixed heritage based in London. Her debut novel ‘Mrs Death Misses Death’ won the Indie Book Award for Fiction and the People’s Book Prize this year, and it was shortlisted for the British Book Awards and the Gordon Burn Prize. Her work has been widely anthologised and broadcast on radio, TV and film. Her poem ‘Pessimism is for Lightweights’ is on permanent display at the People’s History Museum, Manchester. She was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in summer of 2022. You can visit her website here.