text: I have attached a few pictures of a grouping that belong to Major P.T Howard who became a POW of the Japanese early in the war. By all accounts he was a true hero that always had his mens best interest before and after there capture. After they were liberated he was responsible in bringing justice against some of the Japanese officers who committed acts of atrocities against his men. The grouping includes the War diary that shows the last entry before surrender was declared. It is one of my most treasured groupings and shows the strength of character of Major Howard.


China slowed down the approval process for new nuclear power plants in the wake of Japan’s 2011 Fukushima disaster. Now it intends to speed things up again.
On Friday, China’s State Energy Commission met in Beijing to review energy forecasts and discuss safety considerations regarding nuclear power. According to a statement released on the commission’s website on Sunday, it now intends to expedite the approval process for new reactors in China.
In 2013, China approved the construction of just two new nuclear reactors, with a combined generating capacity of 2.1 gigawatts. This year, it intends to green-light another 8.6 GW of nuclear energy, according to an article in Monday’s state-run China Daily newspaper.
Currently, China has 20 nuclear power plants in operation, generating 1.2 percent of the country’s total energy. But China is also the nation constructing the most new nuclear reactors in the world.
In 2008, China’s nuclear power-generating capacity amounted to 3 percent of the global total. The International Atomic Energy Agency predicts that China will generate 19 percent of the world’s nuclear energy by 2035.


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Whether you’re a British expat living in the United States or just curious about American culture, you may be surprised to learn that paracetamol has a different name. The popular over-the-counter pain reliever in the UK is called acetaminophen in the US.
Whether you’re experiencing toothache or have a headache you can’t shake, it’s important to know how and where to pick up over-the-counter medication.
Is Paracetamol (UK) the Same as Acetaminophen (US)?
Yes, paracetamol in the UK is the same as acetaminophen in the US. They have the same chemical structure (C8H9NO2) and dosage. Paracetamol is the generic name for the drug, while acetaminophen is the brand name.
The doses can vary slightly between countries. Paracetamol in the UK comes in two strengths, 500mg, and 1g. Acetaminophen comes in three strengths, 325mg, 500mg, and 600mg.
Why Do Paracetamol and Acetaminophen Have Different Names?
The different names for paracetamol and acetaminophen are due to historical reasons. In the 1950s, paracetamol was first marketed in the UK by Sterling Winthrop. The company trademarked the name “paracetamol” and used it to market the drug in the UK and other countries.
In the US, McNeil Laboratories was the first company to market acetaminophen. The company trademarked the name “Tylenol” and used it to market the drug in the US.
Paracetamol is referred to by that name in many countries outside of the UK, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and more.
Paracetamol (UK) vs. Acetaminophen (US) Products
There are a number of different brands of paracetamol and acetaminophen available in the UK and US. Some of the most common brands include:
- UK: Calpol, Disprin, Panadol
- US: Tylenol, Excedrin
The different brands of paracetamol and acetaminophen may contain different excipients, which are inactive ingredients that are used to improve the taste, texture, or shelf life of the medication.
Prescriptions and Over-The-Counter (OTC) Products
Paracetamol and acetaminophen are available over the counter in both the UK and the US. They are also included in a number of prescription medications, such as combination pain relievers and cold and flu medications.
Some common over-the-counter products that contain paracetamol/acetaminophen include:
- Headaches: Tylenol Headache Relief, Excedrin Extra Strength, Advil Pain Reliever + Headache Fever Formula
- Fever: Tylenol Fever Reducer, Children’s Motrin, Infant’s Tylenol
- Muscle aches: Tylenol Muscle Aches & Pain Reliever, Advil Pain Reliever + Muscle Relief, Aleve Muscle Pain Reliever
- Cold and flu: DayQuil Severe Cold & Flu, NyQuil Severe Cold & Flu, Theraflu ExpressMax Severe Cold & Flu
Prescription Pain Opioid (Narcotic) Medicines
Paracetamol and acetaminophen are also included in some prescription pain opioid (narcotic) medicines, such as Percocet and Vicodin. These medications are used to treat moderate to severe pain.
It is important to note that prescription pain opioid medicines can be addictive and should only be used under the supervision of a doctor.
Is Acetaminophen Popular in the US?
Paracetamol and acetaminophen are two of the most popular over-the-counter pain relievers in the UK and the US, respectively.
Paracetamol is estimated to be used by over 90% of the UK population at some point in their lives. Acetaminophen is estimated to be used by over 100 million Americans on a regular basis.
Paracetamol and acetaminophen are used to treat a variety of conditions, including:
- Muscle aches
- Arthritis pain
Other Common Over-The-Counter (OTC) Medicines
Ibuprofen is another popular over-the-counter pain reliever. Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), which means that it reduces inflammation in addition to relieving pain.
Other common over-the-counter medicines include:
- Diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
- Loratadine (Claritin)
- Cetirizine (Zyrtec)
Paracetamol and acetaminophen are generally safe and effective when taken as directed. However, there are some advisories to be aware of:
- Do not take more than the recommended dose. Taking too much paracetamol or acetaminophen can lead to liver damage.
- Do not drink alcohol while taking paracetamol or acetaminophen. Alcohol can increase the risk of liver damage.
- Be careful when taking paracetamol or acetaminophen if you have other medical conditions, such as asthma, kidney disease, or liver disease.
The price of paracetamol and acetaminophen varies depending on the brand and form of the medication.
In the UK, paracetamol is typically available for around £1 per packet of 16 tablets. In the US, acetaminophen is typically available for around $3 per packet of 16 tablets.
How Does Paracetamol (UK) or Acetaminophen (US) Work?
Paracetamol (UK) and acetaminophen (US) work differently from other NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) in a few key ways.
- Mechanism of action: Paracetamol and acetaminophen work by blocking the production of prostaglandins, which are chemicals that are responsible for pain and inflammation. Other NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen and aspirin, work by inhibiting the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme, which is responsible for producing prostaglandins.
- Selectivity: Paracetamol and acetaminophen are relatively selective for COX-3, an enzyme that is thought to be involved in pain and fever. Other NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen and aspirin, are less selective and can also inhibit COX-1, an enzyme that is involved in protecting the stomach lining.
- Anti-inflammatory effects: Paracetamol and acetaminophen have relatively weak anti-inflammatory effects. Other NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen and aspirin, have stronger anti-inflammatory effects.
As a result of these differences, paracetamol and acetaminophen are generally considered to be safer and more tolerable than other NSAIDs. They are also less likely to cause side effects such as stomach upset and bleeding.
Final Thoughts from UK vs. USA
Paracetamol and acetaminophen are the same drugs. They have the same chemical structure, dosage, and uses. The different names for paracetamol and acetaminophen are due to historical reasons. Paracetamol and acetaminophen are available in a variety of forms and are widely used in both the UK and the US.
Acetaminophen is a complex drug, and there is more to know about its safe and effective use than what is covered here. To learn more, please read the full acetaminophen information sheet or speak to your doctor or other healthcare professional.
Paracetamol vs. Acetaminophen (UK vs. US) FAQ:
Is paracetamol the same as Tylenol?
Yes, paracetamol is the same drug as Tylenol. Paracetamol is the generic name for the drug, while Tylenol is the brand name.
Is paracetamol over the counter in the USA?
Yes, paracetamol is over-the-counter in the US. It is available under the brand name Tylenol.
Is paracetamol the same as Advil?
No, paracetamol is not the same as Advil. Paracetamol is an acetaminophen-based pain reliever, while Advil is an ibuprofen-based pain reliever.

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The newly constructed West Front Street Bridge, also known as the Hubbard Bridge, will be closed to motor vehicle traffic from 6 a.m. on Wednesday August 12 through Wednesday August 26, according to a statement by Freeholder Tom Arnone.
The bridge connects Middletown and Red Bank over the Swimming River. It will be open to pedestrian traffic during the two week period.
The purpose of the closure is to allow utility workers to move overhead power lines off of the old bridge to newly constructed underground facilities, and to the contractor to reconstruct intersections on both the Red Bank and Middletown sides of the span.
Arnone said the other option was to have the contractors work in stages, over a twelve week period, which would have kept the bridge open but slowed traffic considerably for three months. The chosen schedule, made in consultation with elected and administrative officials in both Red Bank and Middletown, will allow the bridge to reopen prior to the Labor Day Weekend and before the start of school.
“This schedule allows motorists to make adjustments to their travel plans for two weeks,” Arnone said.
It’s “unofficially” here and personally, I could not be happier – the boots are replaced with flip flops, t-shirts to wear instead of parkas, and the big snow shovels have been stored and replaced with sand shovels!
This past weekend we celebrated Memorial Day, the unofficial kick-off to summer. I hope that while you were celebrating and barbequing with family and friends, you took a moment to reflect on the true reason for this holiday – those soldiers who lost their lives fighting for our freedom. On Memorial Day, we remember those that came before us and fought for the freedoms and protection we enjoy each and every day. Thank you to all those who served in the past, those that protect us in the present and those who will continue the legacy in the future.
Traveling through the heart of northeastern Monmouth County got a lot easier this week after State,County and Local officials celebrated the reopening of the West Front Street Bridge, AKA Hubbard’s Bridge, that connects Middletown and Red Bank over the Swimming River.
The five month long replacement project that came in as promised before the Memorial Day weekend.
The opening follows the construction of a new 488-foot long steel girder bridge to the north of the existing West Front Street Bridge.
The West Front Street Bridge (S-17) that connects Red Bank and Middletown will close to vehicular traffic on or about Monday, January 5, 2015 and remained closed through Sunday May 17, according to a statement from the Monmouth County Department of Public Information and Tourism.
Also known as Hubbard’s Bridge, the structure which was built in 1921 is being replaced with a modern bridge that will compliment the look an function of the nearby Coopers Bridge which connects Red Bank and Middletown on Route 35. The project started in August of 2013 while keeping the bridge open to cars and trucks. The closure announced today signals that the 16 month project is entering its final phase.
Pedestrians will continue to be allowed to use the bridge during this period and bicyclists will be allowed to walk their bikes over the structure.
Motorist should expect delays between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Detours will be posted
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MIDDLETOWN, NJ – Beginning today, there will be intermittent lane closures between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Hubbard Avenue and other roads on the Middletown side of the West Front Street Bridge.
The work being is done by the County in preparation of the Jan. 2 closure of the West Front Street Bridge.
“This work needs to be done in advance of the closure so that the local roads can adequately handle the detours that will be put into place during the prolonged closure,” said Freeholder Thomas A. Arnone, liaison to the Department of Public Works and Engineering.
On Jan. 2, work will begin to connect the new bridge to the Middletown and Red Bank shorelines. This work will take approximately four months to complete.


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Last month, the superintendent of the Mount Desert Island Regional School System and another school employee attended a New England Patriots football game as guests of an insurance company that hopes to do business with the district.
Last week, the school system board accepted the superintendent’s apology. But they did so in a way that puts the focus in the wrong place: on personality and personal characteristics rather than on words and actions.
When a student is called into the principal’s or superintendent’s office for violating the rules, the conversation is not about whether the student is a good person or has integrity. It’s about whether rules were broken and the consequences the student may face for breaking them.
The same should be true when the board discusses a violation of district policy by the superintendent, a public employee.
When some school employees first questioned the appropriateness of the superintendent’s acceptance of the gift, he was adamant.
“I would caution anybody to be really careful about suggesting anything inappropriate on my part, the bottom line is, they are getting very dangerously close to a personnel matter. They want to be really careful about potentially suggesting my reputation is anything less than aboveboard.”
Avoiding ad hominem attacks is good practice in schools, as it is in politics and just about everywhere else. In this case, the public official in question made it personal when there was no need to be. He responded to questions about what he did by making statements about who he is.
The superintendent did change course from that initial reaction. He told the board last week, “My initial attempt at responding to the questions wasn’t the right way to do it. You deserve better than that.”
But the board’s move “to give a full vote of confidence in the integrity of the superintendent and accept his sincere apology” recommitted the error of making the conversation about his personality and not about his actions.
It’s appropriate for the board to accept his apology. But discussions of personal integrity are not a defense, and they have no place in these official proceedings.
Just as when a student is accused of breaking the rules, the board should have made a determination as to whether he violated policies and what consequences are appropriate.

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I was putting on sparkly pink blusher in Sephora on Lexington Avenue and 58th street with Little Babe when HOBB showed up to escort our youngest home from his nearby dental appointment so I could attend my client's gala dinner at the nearby Harmonie Club.
I was surveying the effect of the irridescent powder on my cheeks when HOBB asked me if I had heard about our governor, Eliot Spitzer. No, I shrugged, blending in the make-up, wondering if I also needed some undereye concealer to revitalize my late afternoon face before heading over to the cocktail party.
Regarding me as one would regard someone who just asked, "Barack who?" HOBB broke the news that the entire world has been trying to digest ever since yesterday afternoon: the tough on prostitution, former DA, married, Jewish, seemingly squeaky clean and moralizing father of three, not to mention GOVERNOR OF FREAKING NEW YORK STATE had solicited the services of a high-price call girl. For a chunk of change. In our nation's capital.
Within hours, Eliot Spitzer would be known by a variety of media-appointed monikers: The Luv Gov; Eliot Mess; "John" Spitzer; and most infamously, Client #9.
Late night television was just given a treasure trove of material for the foreseeable future, rich compensation for the previous months' writers strike.
Fresh from my revelation at Sephora, I ran over to the Harmonie Club where the temptation of loshon hara* was largely and admirably avoided, though each kiss-kiss greeting was accompanied by a "can you believe it?"
And in truth, no, I could not believe it.
Nor could anyone, judging from the utter monopoly this story had over the news. Returning home just before 11, I joined HOBB on our couch where we filled our brains with punditry and politicians and pronouncements and porn of a sort we are not used to seeing.
The pornography of the disintegration of high profile public life.
Headline news that out-tabloids the tabloids.
A scandal that hearkens back to the good old days of Boss Tweed.
Tragedy cloaked in titillation.
Stating the obvious: this particular scandal is built on the backs of private people, Spitzer's family, in particular his wife Silda, his three daughters and his parents.
Seeing Silda standing by his side at his press conference replayed scenes of wives past (Dina, Hillary, Mrs. Craig, et alia) standing stoically next to their disgraced spouses, knowing that the entire world is secretly wondering just what sexual defect they might harbor that drove their husbands into the arms of a hooker/intern/guy in the next bathroom stall, wondering why they are even publicly supporting the SOB, wondering where their self-esteem is.
And his poor parents. Just as we harbor high hopes for our children, so, too, we squelch our fears for their future. Of all the horrific scenarios to dread as a parent, surely, "my son the Governor of New York who solicited high-priced hookers at a DC hotel," is up there in the Hall of Parental Shame.
Right beneath, "my son the murderer."
It is the morning after the revelation of the scandal and this story has pushed out anything else in the news. It is front and center, occupying pages and pages of newsprint and valuable cyber real estate. The reasons for this story's power are obvious and this is hardly a case of a tempest in a tea pot.
This scandal is the Katrina of contemporary American politics.
But the thing about it is that it just doesn't make rational sense. The ultra-sordid particulars, the paper trail, the money, the illegality all point to a Catch Me If You Can impulse that is based not in defiance but pathology.
Or maybe both.
With a little bit of magical thinking or invincibility.
Plus a touch of desperation.
At the end of the day, the Eliot Spitzer Sex Scandal is not really about sex.
And aside from what further scandalous details might yet emerge, Part Two of the saga will be the revelation of why Eliot Spitzer chose to end his public career this terrible way.
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Pick Me Up Tonics and their Medicinal Benefits with Mike McEnearney & his Physic Garden
$0.00 / per ticket
This workshop is available on demand only
This session is for those who want a little pick-me-up, or pick-me ups, throughout your day!
Cult chef, restaurateur, author, curator and real food advocate Mike McEnearney will teach you how to create simple tonics using herbs and ingredients you most likely already have in your own kitchen, garden or balcony that will invigorate the body and put a spring in your step. This session will cover two tonic's including their preparation and recipe so you can make them yourself at home.
Mike will also introduce his physic garden. Abundant with healing and medicinal plants, the Kitchen by Mike Physic Garden is a space dedicated to promoting wellbeing through education of the health benefits of food which, for the most part, already feature in our diets. The past decade has seen the rise in awareness of good health as balanced eating is quickly replacing the notion of the fad diet. Kitchen by Mike has always focused on fresh, seasonal food and in doing so has unconsciously endorsed and promoted healthy eating – preparing meals with produce that is local and with as little done to the ingredients as possible is paramount. The Physic Garden parallels our kitchen ethos of “less is more” and endeavors to promote food in its purest form as nature’s medicine. The garden is divided into 5 beds and is full of plants, herbs, fruit and vegetables arranged according to their traditional medicinal uses:
- Musculoskeletal and Cardiology (e.g. ginger and tumeric)
- Gastroenterology (e.g. dill and oregano)
- Neurology (e.g. lemon verbena and German chamomile)
- Ear Nose Throat (e.g. meyer lemon and lemongrass)
- Dermatology (e.g. Italian parsley and nasturtium)
Get excited for what promises to be a super inspirational and educational session!
To view this video on-demand session free of charge simply add to cart and refresh this page once purchased. You will also be sent a link from where you can view the video. Enjoy !

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Looks really nice. You gonna gloss prime the windows for that reflective look. Perhaps even the rest of the car for that hand rubbed lacquer finish! : )
Sorry, I meant "gloss coat the windows for that reflective look?" : )
they've gone to the client for 'decals', M., so he'll most likely make the decision to gloss prime/coat :-) or not.
Very nice and those windows look incredible!Christopher

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Watering systems can help you to save time when it comes to watering your cannabis plants, while allowing you use less water and fertilizers. Keep reading to find out everything you need to automate your watering system.
What is an Automatic Cannabis Watering System?
Automatic watering systems, also known as drippers, are a watering technique that gives your cannabis plants the water and nutrients they need precisely by dripping. This age-old technique has been used for centuries by the Chinese and Incans, and was perfected in 1965.
Benefits of an Automatic Cannabis Watering System
Using an automatic watering system has its advantages when it comes to both indoor and outdoor cannabis growing.
- The main benefit is the amount of water and nutrients you can save compared to manual watering. Automatic watering gives your plants’ roots water in the exact amount they need, reducing any water loss. Plus, you can also save on the water that drains out of the bottom of the flowerpots.
- Cannabis plants experience much less water-related stress.
- The amount of moisture and air provided by automatic watering is much higher than manual watering. This keeps substrates in the ideal state for longer, avoiding periods where its too dry or too wet.
- Water reaches all flowerpots in a balanced manner.
- You don’t need to wet your plants’ leaves or put the watering can in among your plants.
- It’s a lot less work than manual watering.
Downsides to Automatic Cannabis Watering Systems
However, there are some difficulties with automatic watering systems…
- It’s more expensive than a simple watering can system or a watering wand.
- You’ll need to set it up correctly; at La Huerta Grow Shop we have a team of experts ready to help you out.
- This type of watering system can end up building up along the bottom of the flowerpots, especially if you use mineral fertilizers. There are bio-mineral and bio fertilizers that can be used without issue in drip irrigation systems.
- Drippers can easily become blocked, however if you’re keeping up maintenance in your system it has an easy fix; if, however, this happens to occur when you’re not there to fix it, it can be a major issue. The good thing is that there are products designed to clean out drippers and pipes, which we talk about later on.
La Huerta Grow Shop Automatic Watering Systems
At La Huerta Grow Shop you can find various different watering systems designed to fit all types of growers’ needs.
If you just have a few plants, we have an automatic watering system for up to 10 plants, an efficient and cheap system that comes with everything needed to set up a small automatic watering system. This system works on 4AA batteries and can be used both indoors and outdoors. With this 10 plant system you can adjust the frequency and duration of the water; a great choice if you’re going on holidays for a few days.
For fields and gardens, you can use digital and analogue watering systems. Watering programmers are connected directly to your water tap, allowing you to program the duration and frequency of watering. They work using two AA batteries. If your tap water is good in quality, these watering programmers are ideal for using with slow-releasing nutrients such as Powder Feeding bio fertilizers.
The most professional option for indoors and outdoors are our “jellyfish” Medusa drippers. These systems come with 6 or 12 drippers depending on the chosen model; all you need is a 25mm watering pipe, a water tank, a water pump and a timer. These drippers allow you to water all of the plants in your grow room under one light. In our water pump section you can find the perfect type of pumps for using with your drippers.
- For one or two drippers, we recommend using the Aquaking 1000 litre submergible water tank.
- For up to 7 – 8 drippers, you should use the 4000 litre/hour pump.
- For over 20 drippers we recommend a 11000 litre an hour pump.
Check out La Huerta Grow Shop’s catalogue if you’re looking wand drippers, drip tubes, joints, tap connectors etc; everything you need to set up your automatic watering system.
How to Clean your Automatic Watering System
Continuous use can easily cause nutrients and other residues to block your pipes and drippers. In order to stop this from happening and to keep your pipes clean, you can use products designed specifically for this purpose such as Ata Clean by Atami, or D-Block by Canna. You can also use substrate cleaners designed to dissolve minerals such as FlashClean by Terra Aquatica or pH- Citric Acid by Trabe.
If you prefer to water by hand and you have lots of plants, forget about watering cans and use our watering wand kit which comes with a water pump, water tank, watering wand etc. so that you can water your plants comfortably and quickly.
If you have any questions regarding how to set up your automatic watering system, La Huerta Grow Shop has a team of experts ready to help.

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Abstract 106: A Novel Small Molecule Protects Against Myocardial Ischemia and Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy Through Heat Shock Response and Proteostasis Regulation In Vivo
Background: A potentially new non-cell-based therapy is the systemic delivery of small molecules to revive or protect injured myocardium. By screening a drug library, we identified a novel small molecule, sk421, and tested its effectiveness in two myocardial injury models in vivo: a myocardial infarction model and doxorubicin (DOX)-induced cardiomyopathy model.
Results: Sk421 significantly increased cellular viability of DOX-injured cardiomyocytes by preventing apoptosis in vitro, demonstrated by assays for MTT (p=0.042), annexin-V, and active caspase-3 (p=0.004). Sk421 increased the concentrations of the GATA4 and the heat shock proteins (HSPs) in cardiomyocytes (by 1.5-fold), and fibroblasts (by 1.2-fold), but was unable to rescue DOX-injured fibroblast cells depleted of HSPs. Sk421 maintained the total proteosome by a 3.5-fold inhibition of ubiquitinized GATA4 degradation, as shown by immunoprecipitation assays. Oral administration of sk421(4mg/kg) rescued DOX-injured mice by significantly preserving cardiac function, weight gain, cardiomyocyte lesion size and abundance, and by reducing overall mortality (20% in treated groups) compared to control DOX-injured mice (80% in untreated groups, p<0.03). The levels of GATA4 and HSPs were increased in the sk421-rescued mice. In the MI model, (n=5/group), sk421 reduced myocardial infarct size, and protected heart function evaluated by ejection fraction 45.8 ± 2.4 vs. 34.8 ± 3.3, p=0.005 (day7), and 44.3 ± 2.8 vs. 34.4 ± 4.1, p=0.011 (day28). Sk421 treatment of MI rats resulted in a higher fraction of viable tissue (within the LV (70.20 ± 0.5024, n=3) as compared to only MI group (56.38 ± 3.879%, n=3) and the infiltration of CD68+ cells was found to be more in the infarct region of LV of MI group rats as compared to MI+CEL. Quantitative analysis showed a significantly higher proportion of TUNEL positive cells and mRNA levels of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α and MMP2 in the myocardium of MI rats compared to MI+SK421 rats.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates the broad therapeutic benefit of sk421 in animal model of myocardial injury by mechanism of inducing the heat shock response and preserving GATA levels. The ease of oral delivery makes sk421 a potentially clinically useful adjunct for myocardial preservation.
- © 2012 by American Heart Association, Inc.


Being bizarre is not something new for the fashion industry and the year 2020 has added many such strange yet trendy pieces like grass-stained denim, ripped tights, one-legged jeans, potato sack pants and many more and if you think the list is done for this year, you got it wrong!!!
The Italian luxury fashion brand Moschino is the latest to jump into the bizarre fashion trends bandwagon with its new bag that looks like something that has come out of an oven.
With its new launch, Moschino has managed to deliver a tasty delight from the French delicacies to its eclectic designs and it is a bag that exactly looks like a baguette. And if you are wondering what a baguette is, it is just a simple rectangle-shaped French bread.
Moschino launched the Baguette bag on its website and eCommerce platforms lately with a whopping price of $1,170. The fashion house described the product as a “maxi clutch in high-frequency printed baguette-shaped faux leather and gold plated plate Moschino Made In Heaven.
As a part of the brand’s latest collection, it has also launched a clutch that resembles a croissant, a crescent-shaped bread.
The designed piece, priced between $892 and $1,200 is described by Moschino as a “clutch with chain and magnet closure in the shape of a croissant, high frequency printed and gold plated detail Moschino Label Made In Heaven.”
The Baguette bag and croissant clutch of the Italian fashion house have made it to social media and the netizens are left confused with the latest collection and has already picked up discussions over it.
The Italian luxury fashion house, Moschino is specialized in leather accessories, shoes, luggage and fragrances. The brand, launched in 1983 by Franco Moschino, is always known for its innovative and sometimes eccentric designs.


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Best Dark Chocolate Collection
There’s something special about dark chocolate that makes it irresistible to so many people. Perhaps it’s the rich, deep flavor that’s so different from milk chocolate or white chocolate. Or maybe it’s the fact that dark chocolate is actually good for you, thanks to its high levels of antioxidants. Whatever the reason, black chocolate is a treat that’s worth savoring.
If you’re looking for the best dark chocolate, you’ll want to choose a brand that uses high-quality ingredients. These days, there are plenty of artisanal chocolate makers who are crafting delicious chocolate bars using only the finest cocoa beans. When you bite into one of these bars, you’ll be able to taste the difference. Another tip for finding great cacao chocolate is to look for bars with a high percentage of cacao. The higher the percentage, the more intense the flavor will be.
So go ahead and indulge in a little black chocolate. It’s good for your health and it’s oh-so-delicious.
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How Can the Internet Be Faster?
Remember dial-up internet? Those soothing sounds of modems humming and buzzing into the night were many people’s first memories of internet access. A lot has changed since then and like any other technology it will continue to evolve. From slow dial up speeds to the current mobile access devices the internet speeds have been enhanced quite a bit in the past few decades, but can we pick up the pace even more? How can the internet be faster? Listen to this Question Your World radio report produced by the Science Museum of Virginia to find out.
The internet’s origins took place in the late 70’s and early 80’s as scientists worked on a way to share data world wide without the use of similar hardware and software programs. In August of 1991, the internet became available for public use. Since those early days of commercial internet use a lot has changed.
In the past three decades, we’ve seen the technological growth from land line only access to millions of web wielding mobile devices. The capabilities to get access nearly anywhere is not the only major change, we’ve also significantly enhanced the rate at which we can transfer data. Despite the large growth in connection speeds and data transfers we still have a long ways to go. As more and more people use the existing technologies the more we’ll see the need for faster service to prevent clogged up slow transmissions. So, what comes next?
The tech and internet juggernaut Google has some pretty remarkable plans they’re working on to address the concern for faster and more available high speed internet access. For the better part of a year they have been testing out a new fleet of drones capable of beaming down gigabits per second, roughly 40 times faster than the fastest wireless services available right now. These drones have been flying over New Mexico as a test to see if Google can harness a new wavelength for faster data transfers and a whole new era in internet technology.
For sending information through the air we harness the natural properties of the electromagnetic spectrum. This is the full span upon which light travels. Our eyes have evolved to see a portion of the spectrum known as visible light, but there are many other formats that we simply can’t see. These may be invisible to us, but they are definitely there and help carry out nearly all of our communications methods. Microwaves and Radio waves are the portion of the spectrum that we use for AM, FM, TV, and mobile phone communications. Google’s plan is to avoid those all together and jump to super high frequency waves called millimeter waves.
Millimeter waves occupy a thin band between microwaves and infrared waves. Their super high frequency properties make them the ideal candidate to transfer a lot of data across very quickly. Another major benefit to these high frequency waves is that unlike the overused and clogged up microwaves and radio waves, these remain unused...for now. Google’s attempts to harness this new area of the spectrum is pretty cool though because it will allow for an entire new region of possibilities and technological growth. Currently one major issue is that these high frequency waves fade pretty quickly, but this is not something that is deterring them from further tests. The US Defense Force and DARPA have been testing out the use of millimeter wave communications since 2012. Their objective is to fly drones over troops in remote areas and give them access to a myriad of very fast data transfer options to allow for quick communications, faster GPS, relaying signals, and beyond.
From the noisy dial ups to the stealthy drone based internet service, the world of global communications has evolved quite a bit right before our eyes. As technology moves forward as will the mechanisms that guide our communications and data transfers. While we may not quite be ready to Netflix and chill faster, these millimeter waves are looking like they could be the wave of the future.


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| | advice please with concerned ulnar nerve issues
3-4 years ago I had a numbness and tingling with spasms in my left pinky and ring finger. I consulted with my general physian and he referred me to a reputable orthapaedic practice in Charlotte, NC where I live. They performed a nerve test and diagnosed me with ulnar nerve compression in my elbow area. I had an ulnar nerver trasposition surgery a year and a half ago. I didn't notice a big change so they suggested some therapy to help build the muscles in the hand back that had suffered some atrophy and told me that it may take the nerve a year plus to heal back if it would heal.
I've was concerned that it was getting worse and went back to see my physician 2-3 times and got another nerve test which showed improvement per his evaluation. They had me do a hand strength test where you squeeze the metal devices and said it looked good in compared with my dominant hand considering everything. He told me that he belives that is good as it will get.
I still feel numbness and tingling in the the same area. My forearm and elbow area will get sore sometimes and throb with some mild pain. The fingers get fatiqued very quickly and I can't grip well with the hand. i believe the muscles in the hand are atrophying more not to drastic state but definitely noticeable if you look.
I went to see a chiropractor that used a lazer to help and try to stimulate the nerve in healing and adjusted my neck area. it didn't seem to help. I go in for a third nerve test in the next couple of weeks and go for an mri for the neck and spine area in the next couple of weeks as well.
i have had pain just below the top of my left shoulder and base of my neck here and there when i work on the computer so i don't know if by chance the compression may be there or not. So I spoke with a spine orthopaedic doctor and he doesn't believe that it is related but I wanted to check it out so I could at least eliminate it as a cause of the problem.
I'm worried that if i don't take care of this problem soon enough that it may cause permanent damage if it hasn't already. This whole diagnosing process is a very time consuming and expensive ordeal that I'm going through with juggling work, life, and my finances. All of my orthopaedic surgeons, chiropractor, etc. don't have any answers and I'm not willing to accept it and just deal with it forever. I believe that I'm in good health and that there is a way to fix this cause Ive never had any trauma to the areas in question. I just have limited funds and time to work with so I thought someone on these boards may help direct me in the direction I need to go in so I don't waste my limited amount of money and time.
If anyone would know of any type of particular specialist I should see, or suggestion on what may be wrong that i haven't listed above, or a treatment that I should consider I would be so very grateful.
Thank you for your help.


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Rearranging her life – leaving behind her son, her dog, her friends, her valuables packed away and a new wardrobe bought – Karin Cronje waves Cape Town goodbye and sets off for Korea, where she plans to teach English … and to work out what to do with the rest of her life. There Goes English Teacher is a heart-warming, moving, and brilliantly written memoir … the perfect book to kick off the New Year. Modjaji Books, R280.
The Game Ranger, the Knife, the Lion and the Sheep – 20 tales about Curious Characters from Southern Africa is a collection of stories about the lesser-known characters from our country. People like Mevrou Maria Mouton, who prefers to socialise with the slaves on her Swartland farm rather than with her husband, and with them, conspires to murder him. And Coenraad De Buys, a man who marries many African women and fathers a small nation. Hugely entertaining (but we’d buy it for the title alone!). Jacana, R260.
François Levaillant was the first, and greatest, South African birder. He was also an explorer, naturalist, zoological collector and anthropologist of the Cape … his contribution to ornithology in Africa is said to be immeasurable, with some of his specimens still existing in museums in Europe. For more than a quarter of a century, Ian Glenn searched for his notebooks and the fate of his collection, digging into the mysteries of Levaillant’s life and times. The First Safari – Searching for François Levaillant is an exceptional book for lovers of natural history, for researchers, for those interested in the bush or birding. Jacana, R260.
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Full Pocket Is Sportsman- 'Is Feature Victor
Just as was the case on Thurs- day, Trainer Richard Hazelton and daredevil jumper Joe Ger- lach shared the spotlight at Sportsman's Park yesterday.
-s star 6-year-olu, Full Pocket, won the $21,250 Field Handicap by 1M lengths and Gerlach, who couldn't jump on Friday because the wind was too high, added a new twist to his death-defying sponge plunge.
Gerlach, for the first time in his career, incorporated a crane into his routine. The crane pro- vided him with stability in spite of the wind and he swan-dived 80 feet onto the loam rubber mattress set up on the track below.
Hazelton, likewise, came up with an encore following the victory by his 4-year-old flash, Moonsplash, in Thursday's Bal- moral Inaugural.
A crowd of 16,893 watched Full Pocket take the lead away from Cashon Delivery after about a quarter of a mile, engage Fame and Power in a speed duel until they hit the stretch, and then draw clear.
He ran the 654 furlongs in 1:16 4-5, and paid $3.40, $2.60, and $2.10. Jeff Anderson, Full Pocket's pet rider, was in the saddle as the colt recorded his 8th victory in 15 races this year.
In five Sportsman's starts he has scored three triumphs and placed twice for earnings of $51,657. Overall, his 1972 earn- ings total $103,962.
There were two scratches, leaving a field of six. Hustlin Greek got loose while being led to Sporisman's f r o m Hawthorne and was take13 out of the race after Lighting Lark had defected earlier.
Longshot Florida Boy, rid- den by Eddie Arroyo, was a surprising second, but Full Pocket had too big a lead to be imperiled by the belated bid.
Fame and Power, winner of the Illinois Derby last week, had to settle for show dough.
JOCKEY SHORTS-Gerlach will make his third and final Sportsman's sponge-plunge on Monday. . His appearance is a gimmick Balmoral Jockey Club officials hope will lure new fans to the race track.


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UPDATE: Humber River Hospital confirmed Thursday that Rob Ford has been transferred to Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital "for follow-up investigation and subsequent treatment."
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been hospitalized after a CT scan revealed an abdominal tumour on Wednesday.
Humber River Hospital president Dr. Rueben Devlin confirmed in a statement that Ford was admitted after he arrived at the hospital's emergency department complaining of “unbearable” abdominal pains.
“It saddens me that I have to be here today,” the mayor’s brother Doug Ford told reporters at a news conference Wednesday evening.
Doug said he met his brother for breakfast and the mayor mentioned his stomach was bothering him. Ford later went to see a doctor and was then sent to the hospital for further tests.
The hospital's statement said Ford started experiencing abdominal pain three months ago and the pain had become progressively worse. It intensified in the past 24 hours, prompting the mayor to get medical attention.
Devlin told reporters at the press conference that the tumour is in Ford’s abdomen. When asked about the credibility of the working diagnosis, Devlin said the scan was “very definitive for the tumour.”
Additional tests are underway and a biopsy is planned to determine the tumour’s exact type.
“We hope we’ll get to do a lot of that investigation this week,” said Devlin.
Ford’s campaign rivals, John Tory and Olivia Chow, reacted warmly to the mayor’s diagnosis with messages of support.
“My thoughts are with Mayor Ford, Renata, their children and the entire Ford family this evening,” Tory said in a statement. “While you may see us debating, we are also human beings … Get well soon.”
Chow described the revelation as “sad” and took to Twitter to offer a few words.
This isn’t the first time Ford has been diagnosed with a tumour.
In 2009, Ford was admitted to hospital after waking up with a pain in his stomach he “wouldn’t wish on his worst enemy.” An infected tumour was discovered on his appendix, which doctors removed as well as a part of his colon after it had spread.
Ford is currently running for re-election in a bid to serve a second term as mayor. No additional details have been made regarding the future of his campaign.
“He’s in good spirits,” Doug added, thanking people for their well wishes.
He did not comment on whether his brother's condition would affect his mayoral campaign, and asked the media for privacy over the next few days.
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This battery powered electronic musical instrument is a descendant of the theremin and can be played without contact from the musician. This small instrument contains two infared (IR) sensors that measure proximity. One sensor controls the note, while the other controls the octave that is played through the speaker in the front. The tone is reflected by one of seven colors that illuminates the center area and highlights a small indicator located on the top panel. Check out the video.
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Knitting leaves a lot of headspace for rumination. I like to chew on a problem, which is sometimes a bad thing—worrying, as your granny surely told you, doesn’t help anything—but is also sometimes a good thing, because it can help me get to the bottom of things. My life is a very quiet one these days, with my littles no longer little and the house mostly empty and still. I walk through the orchard to the pond, and the only thing I hear is my own footsteps, crunching on the frozen ground. I spend a lot of time beside the fire, alongside the ever-snoring catdog, and there are very few distractions. She stretches and yawns, shifts. I shift, too, maybe turn the page, maybe turn to work a wrong-side row. The wind hurtles across the open fields and between the bare fruit trees, and whistles through the windows of our old house, lonely and spooky, and cozy, too.
I’m still chewing on the question of Making vs. Stuff. This has been one of my inner monologues for a few years, and I don’t know whether I’m getting closer to solving it or not, but it is a tough piece of gristle and I’m still gnawing. I am driven—yes, DRIVEN—to make things, but at the same time, I am also compelled to keep a lid on the amount of things I carry around with me in this life. I have made so many quilts and blankets and bags and pillow covers and lampshades and various bits of household ornamentation that I simply do not need to do that anymore. Making things results in having things, and really, I truly do not need—nor do I actually want—to have more things. I am not at all sure that anybody else really wants the things I’ve made, either. If you could see how I have overloaded my family with handknits, good grief. I actually feel some guilt about it. Do you guys want any of these? I say, when they visit. How can they say no? How are they even supposed to choose just one and leave the rest, as maybe some kind of sad signal that my work and effort has little value? I hope they don’t feel like they have to keep it all until I’m dead—guys, if you’re reading this, you don’t have to keep all those hats and blankets! Donate, recycle, make a cat bed out of them! Leave them on the train. I mean it. None of it is precious. Sigh. How did crocheting a blanket become such a fraught endeavor? Many is the project that has ground to a halt lately as the question arises: what am I going to do with that when it’s done?
I knit sweaters now, because I can still find a home for those that no longer have a place in my wardrobe, and because yarn is reusable, and because I live in a cold climate where for most of the year the weather is not that great. There is still a need for sweaters in my life. When the shelf gets too full, I pass some of them along, and because they are just clothes, they don’t need to feel impossibly precious to my descendants. They keep the wind off me, they help me figure out how I want the world to see me. They fill my creative space. There is an abundance of them in my life; possibly I own a ridiculous amount of handknit sweaters. An honest tally of my works-in-progress reveals five half-knit sweaters on the needles right now, and so many more still waiting to be started. I add to my yarn stash on the regular. I make things, and right now, this is what I am making.
My dad would have prefaced all that by saying, “More than you wanted to know...” but I really do want to know. So as a maker of handknit garments at the moment, I have made another something to add to the pile: this is a little jacket/cardigan knit with no pattern, using my remnants of fingering weight yarns, held double in hopes of a blended effect, much inspired by this project knit by Clare Shaw, and also with some elements inspired by the Golden Wheat cardigan by Veera Valimaki (which I am also knitting at the moment, and which is almost finished now, too.) The buttons came from the stash, too, and were probably thrifted. As I was sewing in the [many jillions of] ends, Doc said, “Sometimes it amazes me how you can take nothing and turn it into something.” I made this with castoffs and leftovers. That feels pretty good.

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Preston North End striker Jayden Stockley has more goals in his sights after getting off the mark for the season
He played a huge part in helping PNE turn a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 win against Rovers three weeks ago after being introduced off the bench in the first half.
All Stockley wanted to do after those two performances was to find the back of the net himself, something he did just four minutes into the victory over Huddersfield.
It was his first goal of the season, his first since being on target against Sheffield Wednesday at the end of April.
With that box ticked, Stockley hopes the goals will come more frequently over the coming weeks.
Stockley told the Lancashire Post: “It was a great feeling to score, it being early in the game was nice.
“We needed that win and that performance to take into the international break.
“To win three games on the bounce is very pleasing.
“For the goal, Paul Gallagher did really well.
“He got enough curl on the ball to take it round the wall and I thought it was going straight in.
“As a striker you’ve got make sure you get in the right areas should there be a rebound.
“If you look at my positioning, I’m usually there or there abouts in the six yard box.
“I think you could say it was a stooping header rather than a diving header.
“Gally had put a lot of pace on the ball and it came off the post at a good speed.
“There was the option of volleying it but I thought the safest best was to go with my head. I got my head to it and the pace of the ball meant I made a decent connection.
“We went on to play very well, we built a strong performance from that early goal.
“It was obviously pleasing to score, with that being my first goal of the season.
“I knew a goal would come and it was just a case of being patient.
“To start with it was just a case of concentrating on getting into the team, first from the bench and then starting.
“We approach all games differently, every opponent is different and the manager spends a lot of time working on the best approach.
“Sometimes a game won’t suit certain players and you have to accept you won’t start it.
“When I do get a chance it is up to me to take the opportunity.”
The Championship table makes for very decent reading at the moment for North End.
They sit second, two points behind West Bromwich Albion who are due at Deepdale on Monday, December 2 for a televised clash.
Before then, it is Derby County and Hull City away, key games as Preston look to maintain the momentum which has carried them into this lofty position.
Has the strong first three months of the season been a surprise to Stockley?
“We always had a strong belief in what we could do,” said Stockley.
“During the summer we lost Callum Robinson who was a big player for us. Sometimes it can be difficult losing a player who has been so influential.
“But what was important was that other than Callum, we kept the rest of the squad together. We know what we have in the squad and what we are capable of.
“No one is getting carried away by what we have done so far but we are pleased with how we have been playing. The aim is to carry on picking up the results and stay at the top end of the table.
“It’s a strong squad, look at the Huddersfield game, we got that win without Pearo and DJ who are big players for us.
“Ryan Ledson came in and did brilliantly, we have got options in there.
“Last season we got into a good position and looked like we would challenge for the play-offs but we ran out of steam.
“We feel like we have learned from that and are better for the experience.”
The Lilywhites beating Huddersfield before the international break was a big boost.
The fortnight’s break between games can seem a lot longer if a team has had a poor result immediately before it.
Stockley said: “Any club is a nicer place to be when you’ve had a win.
“If you lose before one of the breaks, you sometimes find yourself over-thinking things because there is not another game immediately to prepare for.
“In the last few days we’ve been able to enjoy the win, do some work on the training pitch and get some rest which is important.
“There’s been the chance to spend a lot more time with the family, relax a bit and recharge the batteries.
“We’ve now got Derby to focus on, we’ll work hard on getting ready for that game during the week.
“There is a busy spell of games coming up, we play seven times I think in December.
“Hopefully this break will get us in the right shape for that, refresh us for what is ahead.”

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Tasmanian teenage sprint sensation Jack Hale has confirmed himself as a genuine superstar in the making, clocking 10.
13 seconds in taking out the Australian Under-18 All Schools 100m title.
On a breezy day in Adelaide, the 16-year-old ran the fourth fastest time ever by an Australian, of any age, until the wind reading showed an illegal tailwind of 3.4m/s.
Only Olympians Patrick Johnson, Matt Shirvington and Josh Ross have run faster within the allowable 2.0m/s wind reading.
New South Welshman Rohan Browning placed second with a 10.18, with Queenslander Trae Williams in third, running 10.33 seconds.
Hale had to work hard to chase down Browning, who got off to an explosive start in the final.
“I didn’t start badly but the guy next to me was one of the quickest starters you’ll ever see in your life over the first ten metres,” Hale said.
“I was coming second until the last 20 when I pulled it home.”
Billed as the most hotly anticipated race in Australian junior athletics history, Hale knew he could rise above the pressure to claim his maiden national title.
“That’s the only reason I ran that time because I had to run someone down over the last 20 (metres) – I enjoy the pressure, I’ve had it in Hobart and I had it today,” he added.
Officially, he sits at equal 47th on the Australian all time rankings list after he set a legal new Australian U18 record of 10.42s in October.
Hale ran 10.73 in his heat an hour earlier, into a -2.8m/s headwind.
With anticipation of fast times, the officials decided to make the unusual decision to run the final on the back straight.
“It was strong winds but hopefully I can go somewhere near that with a legal 2.0,” Hale concluded, before warming down to prepare for the 200m tomorrow.


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Zach De Pue's boyhood tribute to mom killed when he was 6 debuts at ISO
Editor's note: An epilogue has been added to this story since it was initially published online.
The moment occurred 20 years after the day that changed everything. Twenty years after Mozart played on the radio as they whipped down the road to Ann Arbor. Twenty years after the cold winter wind howled and the sun dipped into the horizon, after the car went left, then careened sharply to the right and hit the only tree in an open field.
Twenty years after they lost her — their mother, best friend and teacher — who every day would take her place on the piano bench, and the brothers would scramble to get under the soundboard, smug in the knowledge that they had the best seats in the house. And the music would thunder above their heads as they watched their mother's feet move, felt the world shake.
Twenty years later the moment of rediscovery occurred for Zach De Pue. The concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra found the yellowed pages buried in an old container during a rare visit to his Bowling Green, Ohio, childhood home. He wrote the simple melody when he was 6 years old.
Like most memories of his mother, the manuscript was kept dormant for decades — always hidden, always waiting. He was not ready for the tragedy to return in such material form.
He held the pages in his hands. The memories of the day came barreling back. About three months after his mother was killed, Zach was upstairs in his room. He was supposed to be practicing, but he was thinking about his mother instead. This melody played in his head. This tiny melody meant for the woman who would never get to hear it. Many years later a friend would share it with the world.
The child plucked out the tune on the violin and went downstairs to tell his father.
"I made a song for Mama," Zach said.
His father's heart broke.
Wallace De Pue Sr. helped his son put the music on paper, the same piece of paper that now lay yellowed and creased in his Zach's hands. Emotions unfamiliar for decades rolled over him.
His eyes stopped at the top of the page. Written out in his father's ornate, immaculate handwriting were two words: "Mama's Waltz."
Zach took the manuscript with him. He smoothed out the crinkles and put it in a hand-engraved wooden frame, hanging the melody on the wall next to the piano in his Downtown Indianapolis apartment.
It was his little memento, a reminder of the tragic event that shaped his and his family's lives. "I think of it as a musical portrait of my mother," Zach says. It was private.
Six years later, in the fall of 2013, Zach hosted a get-together for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. There was music and food and wine. There also was Jim Beckel.
Great composers can hear music with their eyes. Beckel, the ISO's principal trombonist and a Pulitzer-nominated composer, saw the frayed score hanging in the corner of the room. "Mama's Waltz" sang to him loud and clear.
Beckel had to ask Zach the question. Beckel was a composer, after all.
"Would you let me use this melody for a concerto?"
Zach wanted to say yes. But then he thought about the pain he saw his brothers go through, the way his family almost fell apart if not for their shared dedication to music. He remembered Wallace Jr., his oldest brother, slumped over their mother's coffin at the wake, who didn't even turn his head when Zach put a hand on his shoulder.
No, Zach was not ready to share all of this.
He shook his head.
Zach and his three brothers all play the violin. For their father, a music composition professor at Bowling Green State University, the playing wasn't really a choice.
Wallace Sr., who was born in a basement during the Great Depression and whose father ran out on his family at an early age, saw how music scooped him out of a potential life of poverty. He knew it would be just as important for his sons, but only if he pushed them enough.
He took them to Carnegie Hall and said that if they practiced three hours every day until they were 18, they would all get to play on that stage one day. (They did, and they did.)
Music saved the De Pues' lives, but not in the way Wallace Sr. thought it would. When Linda De Pue died in that car crash outside Monroe, Mich., 16-year-old Wallace Jr. was driving. Brothers Jason and Alex were in the back seat.
After the accident the De Pues stopped having dinner together. The boys would shuffle in and out of the kitchen when they got hungry, grabbing a can of beans here, some beef stew there.
"It was every man for himself," Alex says.
But every day the boys would practice the violin — an hour before school, an hour during lunchtime, and an hour after finishing homework — and they would always reunite as the De Pue Brothers Band, the jovial singin' and fiddlin' family troupe that played gigs anywhere and everywhere, even when the weather was bad, when it reminded them of the winter of 1986.
"The thing that held the family together," Wallace Sr. says, "was music."
Zach's nickname was "Mouse." He was too young to feel the blunt force of the trauma the others did, but he felt something all the same. As a 6-year-old he was surrounded by his family and their music but alone in his thoughts.
He still doesn't quite know what led him to play that melody, a short waltz that is both joyous and melancholy in that same complicated way you honor people's lives after they die — to spin happiness out of tragedy, turn the once-living into memory.
So when Beckel came back to Zach, again and again, to ask about "Mama's Waltz," Zach thought back to that cold winter of 1986. Beckel wanted to incorporate the theme in a major new brass concerto written for ISO music director Krzysztof Urbański.
But was Zach ready to have that part of his past cleaved open to audiences everywhere?
No gradually turned to maybe. Maybe turned to yes, but in his mind Zach knew it was still an empty promise. "It was opening up this world I just hadn't considered actually sharing with anybody," he says. But he came to realize that in some ways "Mama's Waltz" defined him as a musician.
Zach, 35, uses his own sorrows as a tool to evoke strong emotions in certain pieces, even when the music has nothing to do with his own history. The manuscript itself hangs in the room where he practices. In many ways, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra was the perfect place to make "Mama's Waltz" public.
"ISO is family," he says. "I'm here. I'm not going anywhere."
In the summer of 2014 Zach gave Beckel the melody, though not the manuscript. Zach plopped his smartphone down on the ground, hit the record button and started playing. He sent the recording to Beckel.
Zach is not letting go of "Mama's Waltz." He still remembers the way she played the piano every morning. Her arpeggios and scales and routines are the same ones Zach has used on the violin over the years. Even as he performs a virtuosic, wide-ranging solo featuring works by Barber before Beckel's concerto premiere, he will have the feelings of his 6-year-old self in mind.
Sentiment, instinct and personal connection have driven his playing since childhood.
"It's that breathless feeling of having your body being moved from here to across the room," he says. "I've always been trying to do that ever since."
His father is traveling to Indianapolis this weekend. "I wouldn't miss it for the world," he says. When he sits down at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, and flutes and oboes and trumpets start to beckon "Mama's Waltz," his heart just may break once again, nearly 30 years after his son played the melody for the first time.
"I'm telling you it was so beautiful," he says. "It was so simple and so beautiful, coming right out of that kid's heart."
The Hilbert Circle Theatre is buzzing with excitement. Children with polished leather shoes and crew cuts gather in clusters while their parents chatter on with plastic cups of wine in their hands.
Wallace De Pue Sr. strides out into the lobby. He's arm in arm with Elaine, the fierce, loving Greek woman he married in 1990, four years after Linda died. He is not crying. He has a smile wider than anyone in the building. Like many others, he can't stop talking about Zach De Pue.
"If he wasn't my son, if he was a complete stranger, I still would say the same thing. I'm just blown away," he says. "He was so amazing."
Earlier Saturday night, Zach shredded into his violin. His body swayed onstage next to music director Krzysztof Urbański. He played so fiercely his bow unraveled and kept unraveling as he casually plucked the loose hairs off, tossing them on the ground.
Zach is speaking to a group of fans after the show when he spots his father. Zach doesn't usually see him when it's not Christmas. They hug, and for an instant the lobby seems to go still.
Wallace Sr. whispers something into his son's ear. Zach whispers something back. Even Elaine cannot hear what they say. Wallace Sr. and Zach De Pue are surrounded by people who love them, but these few seconds are theirs and theirs only.
A woman is waiting for Zach. Zach motions toward Wallace Sr. and Elaine and says to the woman, "This is my mom. And this is my dad." Then the four of them walk down the stairs, across the red and gold carpet of the first floor lobby and out into the cool spring night.
Wei-Huan Chen can be reached at (317) 444-6249 or on Twitter at @weihuanchen.


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America, land of the free…and obese. While prescription drug companies continue to scramble for the miracle weight loss pill (that diet and exercise stuff isn’t fun), obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and heart disease rates continue to escalate. While nutrition gurus continue to argue on Facebook about “high carb versus low carb,” “clean eating versus IIFYM,” and “fasting versus six meals,” everyone is missing the bigger point. Let’s start to examine appetite and satiety and why you eat so damn much to begin with.
You see these bodybuilders/fitness models? They’re all pretty lean and in shape, right? Maybe they have it figured out. But no. They diet and exercise and that’s hard. “I don’t like chicken,” “I hate protein shakes,” “I refuse to do cardio,” “Weights make me bulky,” or “I’m not going to restrict myself and be unhappy.” Yet these are the people who are unhappy with what they see in the mirror every single day. So why can some of us find a way to make the impossible task of dieting possible?
Staying in great shape comes down to willpower. End of story. No pill, super secret arm blasting routine, or elaborate nutrient timing plan will override that. At some point, you’ll have to simply say no to certain things that you may really want. How you cope with this will determine how successful you’ll be. For the people who will want to chime in with, “I love my clean food; it’s all I want to eat anymore,” just shut up. Nobody drives by a Five Guys and doesn’t want a burger and fries. It’s in our nature and I’ll explain why.
Appetite is much more complex than people believe. From your senses (taste, smell, sight) to the cascade of hormonal fluctuations pre- and post-eating, eating is about much more than just chewing some food and swallowing it. Everything about your food matters—from macronutrient composition to the level of salt to the amount of crunch it provides. Taste is the main driver in the ingestion of food. We’re full of taste receptors from the mouth to the gut that play a role in the complexity of our relationship with food. Our desire to eat is woven into our DNA, as the body requires the energy provided by food to perform all our bodily tasks to survive. Food regulation is centered on energy expenditure and the reward systems in our brain.
People seem confused as to why we are so prone to overeating, but from an evolutionary standpoint, it makes perfect sense. Your body has a host of processes that it runs all day and they require ample amounts of energy. So wouldn’t it make sense to always make sure that there is a fair amount of nutrient availability? It sure would, which is one reason why we store fat. It’s a protective mechanism from stretches of famine that we once endured. Because famine was so common for humans, the brain got used to searching for high-energy foods.
To make sure that your body always gets the energy that it so selfishly wants, your brain is constantly sending and receiving messages about your energy level. Feed me! Feed me! Some of us can suppress or control these signals better than others. However, once you study the hormones associated with hunger, you’ll likely find that appetite stimulation is much more powerful than suppression. So before you even begin your diet, the cards are stacked against you.
I’ve found that people fall into one of two categories. Either they love food and fantasize about Cold Stone milkshakes all day (this is me) or they could really care less about food and may sometimes forget to eat. The latter type of person very rarely struggles with weight problems. He simply eats to survive and is more worried about other things. The former person has allowed food to have more control over his life similar to a drug. This is where it gets muddy.
I’m not here to argue whether or not food is a drug or if obesity is a “disease,” but a drug is simply something that has a physiological impact on the body when taken/ingested. Food induces numerous physiological changes, has implications in the brain, and can have plenty of side effects if abused (obesity, diabetes). And I’d venture to say that it has addictive properties as well, thus making for a pretty substantial drug. So while you may not view it as one, it certainly matches the description.
You versus junk food—a battle few win
Fast food restaurants and food companies spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to make their food more arousing, tasty, and addictive. The temperature of foods, how quickly they melt, the contrast they provide, the amount of salt/sugar, and the combination of high glycemic carbohydrates and fats all play a role in your brain’s response to food. The goal, of course, is for you to crave these foods and be able to eat a lot of them.
Did you ever wonder why a greasy cheeseburger loaded with bacon and a side of crisp French fries tastes so damn good? It isn’t your fault that you want it. Your brain is constantly reminding you how delicious these foods are. Unfortunately, your brain is pretty good at remembering such a pleasure-packed experience. Over time, food and your mood become closely intertwined because they share a common neural circuit. This is one reason why people “stress eat.”
There’s a portion of your brain (amygdala) that receives information on aspects of your food (taste, smell, texture). It takes this information and makes a memory of it so that you can “find” it or experience it again. Obviously, certain foods will do a better job at forming a memory. Your chicken breast and asparagus is forgettable, but the cheesecake you just ate is setting off all the happy lights in your brain.
The sense of well-being that you get from these foods is from a region in the brain referred to as the mesolimbic system. You may have heard this referred to as the brain’s “reward center” because it works to process pleasure. This region is also responsible for influencing dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter that plays a role in emotional response, pleasure, desire, reward, movement, and more. Drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine work in part due to their role in altering dopamine levels, so they can have powerful effects on the brain
In the study, “Mesolimbic dopaminergic system activity as a function of food reward: A microdialysis study,” researchers compared the dopamine levels of rats fed either highly palatable food or regular “low” palatable food. They found that when there wasn’t any food available, there weren’t any changes in the levels of dopamine in the body (1). However, when they ate the high palatable food, there was a significant rise in dopamine, much more than when the rats ate the low palatable food. Similar studies on humans have found that even the mere sight or smell of food can initiate your feeling of pleasure through dopamine release.
They concluded that the “mesolimbic dopaminergic system is activated on the ingestion of food and suggest that its activity is related to the rewarding properties of foods” (1). Some suggest that the more you indulge in highly palatable or tasty food, the more you will need to satisfy your craving for these types of foods. You may become accustomed to a certain amount of pleasure per day.
New research from my alma mater, the University at Buffalo, found that compared to lean mice, obese mice had fewer taste cells that responded to sweet stimuli and their response was much weaker. The obese mice then compensated by eating more than the lean mice. This is another reason to keep body fat levels in check.
In today’s day and age, we no longer worry about the availability of our food. We don’t eat what we need. We eat what we want. We have access to basically any sort of food. So is it any wonder that we become so attached to tasty foods, so much so that we refer to them as “comfort foods?” It’s our hedonistic response to such a delightful treat. Eating cake makes you happy and who doesn’t like being happy? So we eat more, and the more we eat, the worse we become at realizing when we’re actually full. Pretty soon, you’ve set yourself up to have a ravenous appetite even though you’re probably sedentary the majority of the day and have more than enough fat to live off.
In part two, I’ll talk about some of the hormones associated with hunger, how to suppress your appetite, and more.


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Launch event of The Lives of Others. Neel is in conversation with Claire Allfree. More information.
‘Ways with Words’, Dartington Hall, Devon. Neel will be appearing at this literary festival.
AUGUST 15, 10.15am
Edinburgh International Book Festival. Neel is in conversation with the novelist Monique Roffey. Chaired by Stuart Kelly.
SEPTEMBER 14, 5 pm
Ham & High Literary Festival at the London Jewish Cultural Centre. Neel is in conversation with Hester Abrams.
Cheltenham Literature Festival. More details soon.
Times of India Mumbai Literary Carnival. More information coming.
Jaipur Literature Festival. More details soon.


My company, Margaret's Music LTD was established in June 2014 after I left my full time primary teaching post. We strive to work with families in the community to elevate the arts and to raise the profile of music in any community setting.
Our services are accessed by children age 0-17. For those over 17, I am beginning to offer opportunities to develop their own teaching skills in each of the settings. I employ a wonderful team of teachers and staff who have worked with me in various capacities over the years.
We all have one thing in common. ..
We are passionate about what we do and our aim now is to make our classes and provision as accessible as possible for families from all backgrounds and all economic groups so that all our pupils are a true representation of the community we serve which is primarily Peckham Nunhead and Bermondsey
A word from Margaret....
"My greatest joy comes from helping children learn but especially helping them find their musical potential.
After qualifying as a primary school teacher in 1989 I stumbled upon a gem of a school in the heart of Southwark with an even more precious gem of a head teacher who set me on my musical journey in schools .
He valued my musical experience and my piano playing and in my first 2 weeks encouraged me immediately to work with all the classes and teachers, teaching songs. I taught myself guitar and did as asked.
Since that time I have found my self engrossed in setting up choirs, bands and ensembles of all description. My subliminal mission has been to find those children who have desire and talent and to create as many opportunities as possible to allow this to flourish
After 8 years in my first school I felt firmly established as a primary music coordinator and as teacher of music, drama art and dance as well as continuing my primary class teacher responsibilities.
My next position as a core curriculum leader in science as well as being early years coordinator and music coordinator led me into the realms of creating a master plan that would incorporate quality music provision for all children but with the precise directive of setting up opportunities where children could learn orchestral instruments in school.
During these years I built up a music department which offered orchestra, cello ensemble violin group, clarinet choir, flute group, recorder ensemble, African percussion group samba band, choirs, steel bands, xylophone ensemble , guitar groups, rock band, drum fun, ukulele , jazz band, parent and baby toddler group and musical theatre as well as an acclaimed street dance squad.


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Each year I have a White Christmas Card class and for this year’s version, one of the cards we made used the Circle Framelits (retired) with a mat of the Year of Cheer Specialty DSP and another mat of Whisper White embossed with the Holly embossing Folder.
The Christmas tree is made with a piece of Whisper White cardstock. It was cut out with 4th circle framelit (counting from the large scallop circle in), cut in half and folded with an origami fold. The tree was trimmed with the mini sequins and decorated with some Rhinestones.
The sentiment from Star of Light was stamped with Silver Encore ink and embossed with Silver embossing powder then heated with the Heat Tool.
Thanks for stopping by on a beautiful fall day.


(VOV) - Austria wants to establish a trade centre in Hanoi to support its businesses in exploring investment opportunities and increasing trade promotion in the Vietnamese capital.
The proposal was made by Anton Heinzl, Chairman of the Austrian Parliament Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, at a meeting in Hanoi on May 29 hosted by Hanoi Vice Mayor Nguyen Van Khoi.
Heinzl said he was impressed by the rapid growth of Vietnam and Hanoi in particular, and expressed his hope that the new Austria Trade Centre will help facilitate trade ties between the two sides.
For his part, Khoi welcomed Heinzl’s proposal and confirmed that the Hanoi municipal administration will create the best possible conditions for the building of the centre aiming to receive Austrian investments in the capital city.
He briefed his guest on the capital’s development zoning plan till 2030 and a vision for 2050, focusing on infrastructure development, urban transport upgrade, environmental pollution treatment, and the building of safe water plants in the forms of build-transfer (BT), build-operate-transfer (BOT) and private-public partnership (PPP). Hanoi wants to increase investment cooperation with Austrian businesses, Khoi assured his guest.


What Are the Different Types of Air as well as Water Filters?
Air shutoffs and filtration systems are an important element for several markets. Industrial process as well as production requirements consist of processes such as oil improvement, gas processing, pharmaceutical production, power generation and also also chemical processing. In the manufacturing sector, these parts are made use of in order to preserve the correct temperature level and stress levels throughout numerous centers. The process of making use of these parts is not only minimal to markets yet is likewise applied in a wide range of markets. The components are specifically valuable in the food and beverage sector where the products that are produced call for the use of exact temperature as well as stress controls. As one of one of the most crucial facets of the commercial water circulation systems, air valves and purification systems are critical to the efficiency and also efficiency of the various processes. Some of the main elements used in this particular industry consist of pumps, compressors, air trainers, pressure transducers, temperature level and also flow detectors, pressure regulators, temperature alarm systems as well as a lot more. The different types of these parts can be more divided into 2 major groups, namely, fluid air valves and also gas air valves. Liquid air shutoffs and filtration systems take advantage of specifically made sand filter elements to ensure that particles and gases are gotten rid of from the end product option. Typically these elements will include a piston type or a rotating screw type that is powered by an electric motor. There are additionally circumstances where the piston can be controlled manually, thus promoting a greater level of accuracy when it involves placing of the turning element. These items are typically utilized in applications where the fragments or gases are big in dimension as well as can conveniently be removed via making use of air or liquid haze. On the various other hand, there are likewise circumstances where the fragments and gases are very small and can be quickly entraped by the filter control valves. There are additionally two types of air filters that are frequently utilized as air filter parts. These are the diaphragm kind filter as well as the roller type filters. The previous uses an inner sleeve that is affixed to the top of the filter where the air flows via the filter product and is after that pressed back into the carrier. The roller type uses a diaphragm that is positioned at the various other end of the filter where the air moves through the filter product and after that is pushed back out to an outlet. Both types of air filters are effective and have their own benefits. Nonetheless, the type that uses a diaphragm has its benefits and also drawbacks as compared to the roller and diaphragm filters respectively. Air or water filtration systems that use the fully automated filter are typically made use of in applications where the bit elimination is of a very high level of relevance. Such applications include such areas as drugs, healthcare facilities, nuclear power plant, sewage treatment centers, and so on. In these sorts of application, the demand for manual actuation is minimal. The fully automatic filter is comprised of a pump that pushes the air or water through the filter media as air or water travels through the filter. Air or water purification systems that employ the put on hold solids filter are similar to totally automated filters. The only difference in between both is the actuation of the pump. When it comes to the suspended solids filter, an actuation force is required to activate the circulation of the media. When it comes to the completely automated filter, a remote actsuation is required. Both sorts of air or water filters need maintenance by professionals, which can be expensive. For that reason, automatic filters are frequently less costly when contrasted to totally automatic filters.


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Bengaluru Ola Driver Allegedly Molests Passenger, Forces Her To Strip For Photos
- The woman, an architect, was on her way to the airport
- The driver stopped the car at a deserted spot and allegedly assaulted her
- He allegedly forced the woman to strip, after trying to choke her
The woman, a 26-year-old architect, was on her way to the airport to catch an early flight to Mumbai around 2 am on Friday June 1 when the cab driver allegedly took a different route, just before the toll gate, claiming it was faster.
The woman has told the police that the driver stopped the car at a deserted spot near the airport, locked her in and assaulted her. He allegedly snatched her phone and threatened to call his friends and have her gang-raped if she alerted anyone.
The driver also allegedly forced the woman to strip, after trying to choke her. He took photos and allegedly shared them on WhatsApp.
To escape the driver, the woman allegedly begged him and assured him she would not tell anyone. Convinced, the driver finally dropped her at the airport. She then emailed a complaint to the police.
“Based on a mail from the woman, we have registered an FIR. We appreciate the lady for immediately informing the police, bravely,” said senior Bengaluru police officer Seemant Kumar Singh.
The driver, Arun V, was arrested within three hours.
“We have issued notice to Ola Cabs asking why the police verification of this driver was not done,” Mr Singh added.
An Ola spokesperson said: “We regret the unfortunate experience the customer had during the ride. We have zero tolerance for such incidents and the driver has been blacklisted from the platform as an immediate action.”
The app-based cab aggregator added that the “safety of customers is our top priority”.


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A supermarket in Seoul. (Yonhap)
The projection was made public this month as Asia’s fourth-largest economy is seen as sliding into stagflation, a condition where rising inflation and shrinking economic growth coexist.
In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF forecast inflation of 4 percent in Korea, a jump from 1.6 percent from October last year in what is also the second-highest hike in the six-month period after New Zealand, which is expected to see prices jump 5.9 percent this year. Wellington’s October forecast was 2.2 percent.
Forecasts for the US and countries in Europe were 7.7 percent and an average of 5.5 percent, respectively.
Adding to South Korea’s gloomy economic outlook is its growth forecast this year, which the IMF cut this time to 2.5 percent from 3 percent in January.
“Economic damage from the conflict will contribute to a significant slowdown in global growth in 2022 and add to inflation,” the IMF said, referring to Russia’s war in Ukraine and adding that global growth will slow to 3.6 percent in 2022 and 2023, from 6.1 percent in 2021.
Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki, who said in December last year the economy would grow 3.1 percent this year, admitted that the growth projection was unreachable at a meeting with foreign correspondents two weeks ago.
Hong, who doubles as deputy prime minister, added the government would have to revise the target once President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol takes office on May 10. Yoon’s office has said the government would tackle inflation while at the same time back an extra budget to support COVID-19 hit businesses.
The challenge for Yoon’s policymakers would be to keep growth momentum all the while taking steps to bring prices down, when the government would be spending more money than now on the stimulus package Yoon had said would be deployed immediately upon his inauguration.
“Price stability is the priority, though we can’t just abandon the stimulus package for COVID-hit businesses. We knew we would be dealing with this kind of dilemma so there’s nothing really new to the problem, which I think is largely coming from outside,” said Sung Tae-yoon, an economics professor at Yonsei University.
He referred to rising fuel and food prices Russia’s war has prompted. Customs data showed the cost of oil and coal imports in April jumped 25 percent on-year, offsetting a surge in key exports like chips in what could be the worst trade deficit in the month.
“So the first thing to do is to cool inflation and that’s why another rate hike is inevitable. It will also prevent capital outflow from here to the US,” Sung said.
The Bank of Korea has already lifted the benchmark rate two times this year, in January and just two weeks ago, to 1.5 percent. The central bank is expected to lift borrowing costs throughout the year in response to potential back-to-back rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve, whose chairman backed hefty rate increases.
By Choi Si-young (firstname.lastname@example.org)


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recommended by Jen Sper, School Choral Music Specialist
An excellent option for treble choruses in middle school and high school, Read ‘Em, John! by Caldwell & Ivory is also a great advocacy piece for cross-curricular literacy awareness in conjunction with Read Across America – read more below!
Read ‘Em, John! by Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory
A song from the South Carolina Sea Islands with a hidden meaning comes from the tradition of the ring shouts with call and response vocals, polyrhythms, and a driving accompaniment in the classic Caldwell & Ivory style. An excellent showcase for treble choruses!
About the Author:
Jen Sper has been with Stanton’s since 2006. A former middle school and high school choral director, she holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baldwin Wallace College Conservatory of Music. An active choral singer and accompanist throughout the Central Ohio area, she also enjoys good food, running (to counteract the good food…) and the Muppets.


Petrie, who arrived in Myanmar in 2003, had made public remarks that were critical of Myanmar's government and will probably have to leave the country after the decision.
A statement by the UN last month criticised a "deteriorating humanitarian situation" in the country.
The US has denounced the decision to end Petrie's mandate.
"The United States is outraged that the Burmese junta would expel the UN human rights representative," Gordon Johndroe, US national security council spokesman, said, using Myanmar's former name of Burma.
"This kind of treatment is completely unacceptable and is especially inappropriate [before Gambari’s visit]," he said.
Internet access in Myanmar was also cut on Friday in an apparent attempt to limit the flow of information before Gambari's arrival to the country.


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DTLA: Tacos and More at Mezcalero
I’ve now checked out Mezcalero a couple times since they opened three months ago. The first time I only went for drinks and said I’d come back for the tacos which looked great.
I was definitely into the fish taco. I also tried the carne asada taco which was nicely juicy. A couple of tacos and a basket of fries is the perfect snack if you’re pre-gaming for dinner (yes, all right, let’s call this dinner #1).
If you’re like me, you’ll want to order mezcal or other agave spirits at a mezcal bar. Surprisingly, Mezcalero doesn’t push these drinks as much as evidenced by the seven drinks on the menu before I go to the mezcal one. Granted the sixth drink on the menu was a tequila drink. But the list starts with gin then rum then vodka and so on. So it was with a bit of trepidation I ordered the Oaxaca Shame. It turned out to be very balanced and interesting. I was definitely surprised considering this stirred cocktail had way more than three ingredients. Who knew mezcal and gin could play so well with others. This might have been my favorite drink on the menu.
Oaxaca Shame – roasted corn infused-mezcal, gin, creme de violette, cream sherry, dry vermouth, hoja santa leaf tincture, absinthe
On my second visit, I was with all my booze writer pals so we had an impromptu tasting. As we scanned the list for favorites or must haves, I decided on the Mezcal Vago Tobala. It was a pricey pour but well worth it.
After the success of the Oaxaca Shame, I decided to try the Oaxaca The Garden. I felt this was basically a giant sangrita that had three different agave spirits in it. I liked it and it was tasty but I prefer stirred drinks over shaken drinks in general when in a contemplative mood.
Oaxaca The Garden– tequila, sotol, mezcal, mint, cilantro, basil, red and yellow bell peppers, fresno pepper, pineapple and lime
I enjoyed the Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em more than I thought I would. Like the Oaxaca Shame, I thought there was a lot going on with this drink. Burnt tortilla syrup? It turned out it worked quite well.
Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em – roasted corn infused-tequila, cinnamon, burnt tortilla syrup, Byrrh Quinquina, celery, lime
We didn’t try all the tacos on the menu but one we couldn’t resist were the octopus tacos. Usually I see giant tentacles and sliced rounds. I loved that these were actual baby octopus. So cute and weird at the same time.
Mezcalero does a weekly farmers market cocktail. This was sent out to my booze buds and I to try. It’s definitely very refreshing.
I fell in love with the fries at Mezcalero. I want more right now.
We also got the fried chicken taco. I preferred the fish which is surprising since I love fried chicken. Perhaps I just felt more comfortable with the familiar fish which the fried chicken taco felt trendy. Still, no one is kicking a taco out of bed.
For my last drink, I asked if the bar had any eggwhites which they did. So I got a mezcal sour. It was a nice ending to a fun night at Mezcalero.
Mezcalero is a great place for happy hour or a stop among the new bars on Broadway. Broadway bar hop, anyone?(213) 628-3337 © The Minty 2017
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