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Hey everyone! I had taken a little hiatus from Top Ten Tuesday but now I am back! (yay! Yipee!! *thrown confetti*) Life has been busy but I missed doing this list every Tuesday and decided to hop back into it this week. With Easter almost upon us, (already have been eating those delicious peanut butter eggs) that means spring is in the air and time to figure out our TBR for this coming season! So here is a list of ten books I want to read this spring!
We are happy to be doing another Top Ten Tuesday this week and our theme of course is Halloween! While there is a ton of different ideas we could do for this freebie we decided to go with something simple…Characters we would dress up as for Halloween! Now as a kid I know I dressed up as so many different characters, like the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz to Darth Maul from Star Wars. It is always fun to pretend and dress up as a different character from a different world.
Happy Fall everyone! We are back for another addition to Top Ten Tuesday hosted by the awesome people over at The Broke and the Bookish. This weeks theme is books that mention yummy foods. Well both of us are huge fans of food, whether its making it or baking it, you’ll always find some good grub at our place! So we are going to come up with a list of some books that started to make our tummy grumble when reading them.
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling: Lots of talk of food in every Harry Potter book. Whether it was the treacle tart that Harry was so fond of, Mrs. Weasley’s cooking or the butter beer at the Three Broomsticks, there was something to make you want a little snack in the middle of reading.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis: Whenever I think of this book the treat of Turkish Delight pops in my head. It must have been a pretty tasty treat if Edmund decides to fall victim to the White Witch in exchange for some Turkish Delight.
Heartless by Marissa Meyer: We knew from the first chapter our tummy’s would be rumbling when reading this book. All the delectable desserts and pastries that Catherine bakes up from beginning sounded all so delicious that our mouths were watering!
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin: I mean, there’s a whole darn cookbook for this book (which is sitting in Emily’s kitchen right now). Things are swimming in butter and there are lemon cakes that would taste really good right about now.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins: That food in the Capitol is NUTS. So decadent that it makes Katniss feel sick. And if that doesn’t do it for ya there is always that bread of Peeta’s.
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer: All those french delicacies sound just delicious. And the lemon cake here!? Sounds amazing as well. It’s never good to read while hungry.
The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye: The first chapter takes place in a bakery. A BAKERY. Every single thing made there, down to the plain old bread, sounds absolutely amazing and definitely like something we need NOW!
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas: Literally only made the list because of all the chocolate. Seriously…that girl can’t get enough of her chocolate and we are totally behind her on this.
Question: What are some of your favorite books with delicious sounding food? We want to know what books made you hungry!
Welcome back for another Top Ten Tuesday! We love this weekly post because it’s something that we feel we can get back into the groove of no matter how crazy life has been (and boy, has it been crazy). Between anniversaries, sword tournaments (apparently Emily knows some nerdy people), and work…it’s been tough to get our act together and get the posts up that we want to…but we are so thankful that Top Ten Tuesday makes it easier for us to really dive in.
This week we are sharing book cover that just look like fall to us. Some we may have read while others are sitting on that TBR waiting for us to tear into them (with respect…we would never tear books). So, here are some book covers that just make us think of the cool weather of fall…
Hey everyone, it’s Tuesday, so you know what that means….Top Ten Tuesday! Hosted by those wonderful girls over at the Broke and the Bookish. While last week was ten books that had a similar main character (I chose characters with special powers), this week we are going to talk about book crushes. While both of us are happily married, (celebrating 6 years and 1 year this week actually) there are definitely books that we have read where the guys in the book make us swoon! And it isn’t always about being romantic but it could be also be having qualities that are great in a guy like compassion and protectiveness. So without further ado, we are going to name 10 guys from books that touched our hearts.
Happy Tuesday all! It’s crazy to think we are already this far into September! We unfortunately missed last week due to crazy schedules, but we are back at it this week and ready to share our fall TBRs. Now it should be noted, we HOPE we get to these books. You all know how mood reading goes, so you know that it’s entirely possible for us to completely ignore this list and read something else. But fingers crossed that some of these books are read, because they all just sound so good! So, here is our fall TBR (subject to change as our moods may dictate).
It’s the last Tuesday of August and we have a wonderful Top Ten Tuesday for everyone. And as always it’s hosted by those wonderful people over at The Broke and the Bookish. This week is all about those hidden gems. Those books where you love but it seems like nobody has heard of, so of course you tell everyone and everybody about it when they are looking for a good book to read. We have decided to stick with the young adult genre, as that is the genre we have read the most books from.
What’s up everyone! I know you are all nursing that crick in your neck from looking up for so long at the solar eclipse yesterday afternoon but we are gonna come back down a little closer to home and talk about books again! We have another Top Ten Tuesday hosted by those awesome gals over at The Broke and the Bookish. Now last week we talked about ten book recommendations for students, more specifically required books while we were in school, since most schools are starting up right now. Well, we didn’t realize this week was a Back to School Freebie, so we are going to change it up just slightly this week. Our top ten books this week are going to comprise of books we think should be required to read in school.
My choices are definitely more geared towards high school students. I am thinking upperclassmen, and maybe even in to those entry level English classes you are required to take your freshman year of college. Most of these books are of the historical genre, but I think sometimes that is where we do our biggest growing. They deal with some rather tough topics, but it’s because of some of these books that I learned a little bit more about things completely outside of my world. Obviously some of these books might be a bit triggering for some students, but I think the lessons in these books and the worlds they show are so incredibly important for us. I think students would be even more set on the road of becoming better people by reading and really digging in to these books.
My choices are also geared more towards high-schooler’s. While I wanted to include a few classics in here, I do feel like some more modern books were worthy of being a required read for a student. There are so many lessons that can be taught from these books and its not just about right and wrong. It’s life lessons that can affect you not only in your childhood but in your adult life. I think these books can help students understand how their choices can affect others and hopefully it helps them become better people.
Happy Tuesday! It’s the last Tuesday of June which is nuts! Hope everyone has been having an amazing summer so far.
As we close out the month of June we are taking some time to look back at what we have read this year. There’s been some great books and some bummers, but really…it’s been a great reading year over at Midwestern Book Nerd. Lots of very enjoyable books which MIGHT make it tricky to keep it at 10, but we will try our best. Can’t wait to see what everyone else comes up with!
Happy First Tuesday of June!! Can you believe we are finally in those summer months!? We hope you all have some awesome summer plans, even if they are as simple as relaxing with a book (something more people really need to do).
This week for Top Ten Tuesday we are talking about books we recently added to our TBRs. The actual prompt asks for a particular genre, but in actuality…we are mood readers, and this moodiness seems to transfer into when we add books to our list. We add books of ANY genre whenever they seem to sound good. Sometimes we go through particular genres, but most the time it’s at random and whatever we hear may be good. So instead of focusing on 1 genre, we are just picking what’s new on our lists (note, there may be genre trends. This is unintentional).
So…here are some books we have recently added to our TBR!

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Roda de Choro @ The Harrison
A traditional Brazilian Roda de Choro, hosted by Jonathan Preiss (7-string guitar) and Rachel Hayter (flute). All choro players are very welcome to come and play!
Time & Location
24 Apr 2022, 20:00
London, 28 Harrison St, London WC1H 8JF, UK
About the Event
Free Brazilian music on the ground floor of the Harrison Pub – Kings Cross. We are very excited to welcome back Rachel Haytor (Alvorada) and Jonathan Preiss (Choro Matiz and Caratinga) who will be hosting the Roda.
If you need a fix of vibrant Brazilian choro (and a scrummy Sunday roast) to liven up the evening, the Harrison is the place to be. All instrumentalists are welcome to join in on the tunes you know – the more the merrier! Bring scores if you need them, but the more tunes that are memorised, the better the vibes.For non-musicians, come and clap hands and join the fun.

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The Illyrians, a collection of diverse indigenous groups, inhabited the central and western Balkans, with some extending to the eastern region during the Greco-Roman era. Known for their piracy skills and frequent raids into Macedonia during Alexander the Great's reign, they were believed to be descendants of Neolithic populations with Indo-European influences. Their language was presumably Indo-European, with some personal names preserved in Greek and Roman written sources.
During the first millennium BC, the Illyrian society was primarily indigenous, comprising small, scattered settlements. Urbanisation only began to emerge following Greek and Macedonian influence in the fourth century BC. This led to the development of proto-urban settlements such as the Palace in Arison, Montenegro, and Ošanići near Stolac in Hercegovina. The Liburnian alliance engaged in robust exchanges with the Greeks and Southern Italians, involving trade and piracy. Evidence of this interaction includes fine Greek pottery found in many graves and two types of ships: the Liburnian and Lembe. Both ship types, known for their speed, were used for trade, troop shipment, and combat.
Dr. Daniel Gino revealed that the Roman military adopted the Illyrian Lembes or the Illyrian Liberni ship. However, its use was short-lived due to its small size and lack of sturdiness. The podcast also mentioned that the power center during the early Iron Ages was deep inland on the Glasinac Plateau, where elite graves containing Greek pottery have been excavated. It is speculated that these Illyrian groups were led by a king, chieftain, or queen, but there is no evidence of significant political formation. Hillforts served multiple purposes, including refuge during danger, religious structures, and trading structures.
Hillforts continued to provide safe habitation during the Iron Age. The arrival of the Greeks in the Adriatic region in the 4th century BC led to the establishment of settlements on islands such as Hvar, Viz, Isa, and Pharos. This colonization resulted in cultural interaction between the Greeks and the indigenous population, influencing marriage customs and burial rites. In the late 1st century BC and early 1st century AD, strong inland confederations resisted Roman invasion. The Hausstatt culture influenced the early Iron Age, with Glasinac's culture representing the easternmost exposure of the eastern Hausstatt. Latin artifacts discovered along the coast may be linked to changing elite styles or fashion, or possibly mercenaries. Illyrians were often employed as mercenaries in Hellenistic and Greek armies.
Archaeological findings suggest that the Illyrians, an Iron Age population in today's Balkans, had a warrior culture. Graves containing weapons like helmets and greaves indicated elite status. However, groups like the Iapodes and Liburni did not bury their dead with weapons, likely due to their high value. Greek and Roman sources depict Illyrian women as warlike, but there is no archaeological evidence to support this claim. These sources often portrayed the Illyrians as barbarians, emphasizing their differences from the Greeks and Romans. Tattooing was prevalent among the Thracians and Illyrians, possibly serving as an identity marker. By the 3rd century AD, many emperors hailed from Illyrian legions, suggesting the continued presence of the warrior ethos.
Dr. Daniel Gino discussed the Illyrians' contribution to antiquity in a podcast, mentioning significant early Christian figures from the area, including Saint Jerome. He also noted that much of the archaeological evidence of the Illyrians remains undiscovered underground. Dr. Gino concluded by stating that late Roman emperors were Illyrian and Beethoven's revolt occurred very early on.

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This post is a part of a #myfavoritebloggers hop, featuring all-things-baby!
At the bottom of this post are some wonderful ideas for the wee babe in your life – check them out and get creating!
This year has been a year of babies. Not my own, of course, but ones belonging to my dear friends. And this is lovely for me, as I’m a bit of a baby junkie. I get my fix through the snuggles and bopping and swaying of other peoples’ sweet little babes. Then I hand them off and grab the sticky hands of my preschoolers. It’s a great way to keep “the fever” at bay.
Babies are also a great excuse to make things. A recent love of mine is putting witty little sayings on onesies.
This was my latest creation. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out hot pink heat transfer vinyl. The crown is from the Silhouette Gallery and the text is in the free Keep Calm font. I’ve also created a free cut file for those who want to have the text ready to cut. You can download it here.
The “Keep Calm” trend is one of my favourites for gifts. And “Keep Calm and Carry Me” (a take on the WWII poster, Keep Calm and Carry On), reminds me of my own babes.
Who wanted to be carried all of the time. All. Of. The. Time.
Thank you, Mr. Baby Carrier. You gave me freedom.
I can hardly wait to see this modelled by the newest arrival in our circle. And it also reminds me that I have a few more onesies that are still waiting to be jazzed up. I’m going to have to come up with a few more witticisms (as I’ve broadcasted this one all over the Internet – Ruins the surprise, no?).
If you’ve got a witty line that would make a new mama giggle, feel free to leave it in the comments! (I’ll properly give you credit in the blog post where I shamelessly steal your idea and take a picture of it.)
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The as little design as possible hit home for me this time around. Keep the venture or design as simple as possible so you can execute faster and be able to shift and pivot easier.
Reason why I repeat B90X is to apply to my life and now building this time around and will be implementing it. All important product designs.
The last section of the B90X has been eye opening to say the least. It has taught me that the 10 principles to a good product and how these are so relevant to living the blockchained designed life. It is great!! I would never have viewed myself as my own product and now I am on track to crafting my life


Lagos - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged fraud.
He was docked on a 34-count charge over an alleged diversion of about N3.2bn from the Abia State Government’s treasury during his tenure as governor, reports Punch
Kalu was governor of the state from 1999- 2003.
Also read: EFCC amends charges against Kalu
He and others were initially arraigned in 2007 before Justice Adamu Bello of the Federal High Court, Abuja (now retired).
News 24 recalls that Kalu had gone to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court to challenge his arraignment.
The Supreme Court, however, ruled that Kalu must submit himself for trial
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Every year in the run up to Columbus day, the debate surrounding the controversial historical figure, whether we should “honor” him, and what we should call the “Columbus Day” parade heats up, with Italian Americans lining up on one side pointing out that he symbolizes the spirit of discovery—not to mention their own cultural heritage–and the other wanting nothing less than to reinscribe him in history as a criminal who committed genocide.
Usually, a flurry (sometimes an avalanche) of articles appears and both sides get to vent their anger. This year there seems to be a curious lack of such articles. The Columbus culture war seems to have died down. Not because either side has won, but maybe because it’s either a standoff, an undeclared truce or we’ve reached a compromise.
By now there seems to be a tacit understanding—even among his supporters– that Columbus was not the hero who discovered the so-called new world that had already been populated for thousands of years, and that terrible things were done in the name of country, religion and gold. Not to mention for glory. Also, that since the winner gets to write history, what we know about the” discoverers” and “conquistadors” is anything but a factual or unbiased view. For the cancel culture warriors, they’ve come to realize the depth and strength of the Columbus supporters who have put up quite a fight to keep the status quo.
Both sides seem to have understood that this isn’t a sum zero game. Both have probably realized that either they’ve gained as much concession as they’re going to get, or that they should be happy to keep what they still have in the era of grievance politics and cancel culture.
The Columbus Day parade will take place on Monday, October 10 and the Columbus Citizens Foundation announced in May that Tom Golisano, founder of Paychex and noted philanthropist, will serve as the 2022 Grand Marshal as they march on New York City’s Fifth Avenue.
In 2021, President Biden issued a proclamation declaring the day that coincides with Columbus Day as a day to honor Native Americans, their resilience and their contributions to American society in the face of the cruelties visited on them throughout history–which we all understand to mean since Columbus landed. According to some, “The move shifts focus from Columbus Day, the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus to Indigenous Peoples’ Day”.
Could the scarcity of this year’s usual screeds signal that a suitable compromise has been found? At least for most? To be sure, not everyone has laid down their arms. New York Democrats are still calling for the complete erasure of Columbus Day–a move that The New York Post called a “woke push”. Or is this lull only a truce in the venomous culture wars that have been escalating relentlessly in America and Columbus is still fated to go down?
While we await an answer to this question, groups, institutions, and partners from across the United States and Italy will take part in this year’s celebration—as they have since Generoso Pope led a group of Italian Americans from East Harlem to Columbus Circle in 1929. The parade was formalized as an official celebration of Columbus and Italian heritage in 1944, and this year’s event marks its 78th. Mr. Golisano went straight to the heart of the matter: “My Italian heritage is so important to me, and it’s one of the many reasons why I am excited to be a part of this major celebration of all things Italian.” At least for now, it’s still called the Columbus Day Parade.


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OPI 50 Shades of Grey Limited Edition Nail Polish
The most talked about book turned movie – 50 Shades of Grey, opened in theaters last week on Valentine’s Day. In collaboration six new limited-edition nail colors has been released, OPI 50 Shades of Grey nail lacquer collection. The collection includes five shades of greys [My Silk Tie, Dark Side of the Mood, Shine for Me, Cement the Deal and Embrace the Gray] and an ever passionate and romantic red [Romantically Involved].
I received two of the shades when I attended and covered Latinista Fashion Week Spring 2015, OPI 50 Shades of Grey “The Dark Side of the Mood” and “Shine for Me.” I had never been a dark nail polish type of gal, so I decided to try the colors on my toe nails instead of my fingers. I applied the "Darker Side of the Mood", then experimented by applying a layer of the "Shine on me" over it. I must admit, these are the most gorgeous greys I've seen! I am so in-love that my fingers will be embracing OPI 50 Shades of Grey.
OPI’s limited-edition collection captures the sensational and captivating emotions of the book and movie, with their assorted greys - ranging from glittering to dark charcoal, along with the lone luscious red. You can also opt for the OPI 50 Shades of Grey mini. Either way you'll get lots of shine, fabulous colors, and long chip-free wear.
Did you watch 50 shades of Grey, the movie?
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The Honolulu Pact
Michael S. Koyama
6 x 9 inches, 230pp. September 2013
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Rs 525.00 (HB)
When this thriller opens only eleven months before the general election, an unusual number of candidates are already dropping out—and dropping dead. Republicans and Democrats have been dying, both from unexpected and undetected health problems and from more suspicious accidents. But when an idealistic young politician suddenly dies from an apparent heart attack in Hawaii, Lt. Lisa Higashiguchi of the Honolulu Police Department is on the case.
With victims from both parties and from across the ideological spectrum, a motive seems elusive, but with such high-profile deaths, an alphabet soup of dark-suited agencies is jockeying for control of the investigation. Can Higashiguchi solve the case before the outcome of the election is printed in the obituaries and American democracy is buried for good?Michael S. Koyama’s third book takes the reader behind the scenes of Washington’s power brokers and the East Coast’s wealthy kingmakers before reaching a gripping denouement that is both totally unexpected and frighteningly real.
Michael S. Koyama is the nom de plume of an economist with degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and Northwestern University. He recently retired as Professor of Economics and Asian Studies at a major university in the United States where he held an endowed chair. He specialized in macroeconomics, economic institutions, and the Japanese economy. He is also the author of the novel Operation Hard-Landing, which dealt with the Japanese economic bubble.

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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has extended the expiration dates for commercial driver licenses and commercial learner’s permits.
Officials said this will be the final extension for the following products’ expiration dates:
• The expiration date for a commercial learner’s permit scheduled to expire from March 16, 2020, through March 31, 2021, is extended through March 31.
• The expiration date for commercial driver licenses (CDL) scheduled to expire from March 16, 2020, through March 31, 2021, is extended through March 31.
Customers with commercial products that are covered by the extension but have not yet been renewed are encouraged to renew their CDL products as soon as possible by March 31, officials said. No further extensions will be given on these products.
Expiration extension deadlines on non-commercial driver license, photo identification cards, learner’s permits and camera cards ended on Aug. 31.
For a list of open driver license and photo license centers and the services provided, as well as their hours of operation, visit dmv.pa.gov.


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Jamie xx has announced the release of his debut solo album which is to be titled In Colour. The album is set to be released via Young Turks in June 2015 and will include earlier released singles “Girl” and “Sleep Sound”, the album will also feature new tracks including “Gosh”, “Seesaw” and “Loud Places”. According to Mixmag, the album is also to feature collaborations with Four Tet and Jamie’s band mate from The xx, Romy Madley Croft. Jamie xx began his career in music in 2005 by joining now acclaimed London band The xx. He has been dropping remixes, including a remix album with Gil Scott-Heron, and solo originals for a number of years now but In Colour is going to be his first full length album.
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Voltaire in Exile by Ian DavidsonIn 1753, Voltaire -- playwright, poet, philosopher, and one of the most fêted figures in Europe -- was forced by Louis XV into exile, where he remained for the last twenty-five years of his life. These years heralded a startling new beginning for this remarkable man. Voltaire carved out a new and vibrant world in his isolation, becoming a successful entrepreneur and writing his masterpiece Candide. In Voltaire in Exile, Ian Davidson re-creates this period in the life of one of the giants of the Enlightenment. By painstakingly translating the rich correspondence between Voltaire and his family, members of the Court at Versailles, and the French intellectual elite, Davidson allows us to discover Voltaire the artist, the campaigner, the aesthete, the lover, the humorist. The result is a wonderfully vivid portrait of this extraordinarily funny, iconoclastic, complex, and, above all, ferociously intelligent individual.
Voltaire and the Theatre of the Eighteenth Century by Marvin A. CarlsonBorn in the final years of the seventeenth century, and dying a decade before the beginning of the French Revolution, Voltaire was a quintessential figure of the eighteenth century, so much so that this era is sometimes called the Age of Voltaire. At a time when French culture dominated Europe, Voltaire dominated French culture. His influence was broad and powerful, and he made major contributions to almost every sphere of intellectual activity, including the sciences, trade and commerce, politics, and especially the arts. Despite the astonishing range of his literary activities, the theatre occupied a central position in his life from the beginning of his career to its close. His first and last literary triumphs were plays, the first written when he was only 17, the last completed when he was 84. He created a total of 56, and there was rarely a time in his life when he was not working on a theatrical script. At the end of his career, his works were produced more frequently on the French stage than those of any other serious dramatist and served as models for aspiring young playwrights throughout Europe. Written by a leading authority on French theatre and culture in the eighteenth century, this book traces the theatrical career of Voltaire from his college days through his final works. The most influential dramatist of the period, he successfully wrote in a number of genres, including tragedy, comedy, opera, comic opera, and court spectacle. His theatrical biography involves all aspects of acting and staging in amateur and society theatre as well as on major professional stages and performances at court. His extended visits to England and Germany are covered in chapters that also provide an introduction to the theatre in those countries, and his international interests and correspondence provide insights into the eighteenth century theatre in places such as Italy, Russia, and Denmark. Due to his literally life-long concern with the theatre, his dominance in this art, and his reputation and involvement with the theatre outside France, Voltaire's theatrical biography is also in large measure a chronicle of the European stage of the eighteenth century.
Voltaire, the Enlightenment and the Comic Mode by Maxine CutlerVoltaire, the Enlightenment and the Comic Mode: Essays in Honor of Jean Sareil pays homage to a distinguished scholar, writer and teacher. The articles, written by eminent European and American scholars, bear on Professor Sareil's central academic interests.
Micromegas and Other Short Fictions by Francois Marie Arouet VoltaireTravelling through strange environments, Voltaire's protagonists are educated, often by surprise, into the complexities and contradictions of their world. Arriving on Earth from the Star Sirius, the gigantic explorer Micromegas discovers a diminutive people with an inflated idea of their own importance in the universe. Babouc in 'The World as It Is' learns that humanity is equally capable of barbarism and remarkable altruism. Other characters in this diverting collection include a little-known god of infidelity, a pretentious graduate who invites a savage to dinner and an Indian fakir who puts up with a bed of nails to gain the adoration of his female disciples. Whether he is exploring the paradoxes of grief, demanding better education for women, or mocking greedy clerics and the Christian ideal of chastity, Voltair is always wonderfully provocative. Above all, he shows that in an uncertain, violent world pity and a desire for justice are our only decent responses.


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Both omega−6 and omega−3 fatty acids are essential: humans must consume them in their diet. Omega−6 and omega−3 eighteen-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids compete for the same metabolic enzymes, thus the omega−6:omega−3 ratio of ingested fatty acids has significant influence on the ratio and rate of production of eicosanoids, a group of hormones intimately involved in the body's inflammatory and homeostatic processes, which include the prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and thromboxanes, among others. Altering this ratio can change the body's metabolic and inflammatory state. In general, grass-fed animals accumulate more omega−3 than do grain-fed animals, which accumulate relatively more omega−6. Metabolites of omega−6 are more inflammatory (esp. arachidonic acid) than those of omega−3. This necessitates that omega−6 and omega−3 be consumed in a balanced proportion; healthy ratios of omega−6:omega−3, according to some authors, range from 1:1 to 1:4. Other authors believe that a ratio of 4:1 (4 times as much omega−6 as omega−3) is already healthy. Studies suggest the evolutionary human diet, rich in game animals, seafood, and other sources of omega−3, may have provided such a ratio.
EPA and DHA stand for eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid respectively. These fatty acids are omega-3 fats, which are found in cold water fish. EPA DHA are highly unsaturated fats because they contain six and five double bonds on their long structural chains. These polyunsaturated fats play a very important role with the function of our bodies.
Tanaka, K., Ishikawa, Y., Yokoyama, M., Origasa, H., Matsuzaki, M., Saito, Y., Matsuzawa, Y., Sasaki, J., Oikawa, S., Hishida, H., Itakura, H., Kita, T., Kitabatake, A., Nakaya, N., Sakata, T., Shimada, K., and Shirato, K. Reduction in the recurrence of stroke by eicosapentaenoic acid for hypercholesterolemic patients: subanalysis of the JELIS trial. Stroke 2008;39(7):2052-2058. View abstract.
Studies don’t seem to mention blood content of omega 6, or saturated fats–the overall balnce of triglycerides, so they seem to have been done in a “vacuum”. At least, the data is so presented. Also, high protein may be an issue not being tested, but hovering in the background of the participants’ diets. Many “miracle cures”, and I wish it wasnt so, are being not only “debunked”, but “proven” outright dangerous.
Fish Oil capsules contain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are found in oils from certain types of fish, vegetables, and other plant sources. These fatty acids are not made by the body and must be consumed in the diet. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids work by lowering the body's production of triglycerides. High levels of triglycerides can lead to coronary artery disease, heart disease, and stroke.
Fish oil is a concentrated source of omega-3 fats, which are also called ω-3 fatty acids or n-3 fatty acids. To get more scientific, omega-3s are long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, or PUFAs. Our bodies are able to make most of the fats we need need, but that’s not true for omega-3 fatty acids. When it comes to these essential fats, we need to get them from omega-3 foods or supplements.
When taking fish oil, more is not always better. Remember that you want it to stay in a balanced ratio with omega-6 fats. For most people, I recommend a 1,000-milligram dose of fish oil daily as a good amount and the most scientifically studied dosage. I highly recommend not taking more than that unless directed to under the supervision of a doctor.
After just seven days, those supplementing with krill had their CRP levels reduced by 19.3%, while in the placebo group, CRP levels rose by 15.7%. Even more impressive, the krill benefit was long-lasting. The krill group’s CRP levels continued to fall by 29.7% at 14 days, and 30.9% at 30 days. More importantly from the patients’ points of view, the krill oil supplement reduced pain scores by 28.9%, reduced stiffness by 20.3%, and reduced functional impairment by 22.8%.
I've been take Omega 3 for quite a while now. Just recently my eye doctor recommended finding an Omega 3 with at least this amount of 800mg EPA and 600mg DHA. I'm taking this for my dry eyes. So far, along with the eye drops and this product my eyes don't feel like I have sand in them. They don't have a fishy taste or an after taste. I would recommend them.
Since 2004, scientists have been suggesting that the omega-3 index be used as a way to measure a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease, in a similar way to how cholesterol levels are used today (1). A recent study funded by the National Institutes for Health even indicated that the omega-3 index could be a better predictor of death risk than serum cholesterol levels (2).
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Pay attention to the quality of fish oil when purchasing it. It is obtained from almost all fishes – fresh water, farm, ocean, deep sea and shallow sea fish. All these fishes can be contaminated with toxic compounds such as mercury, arsenic, lead, forms of calcium, furans, dioxins, PCBs, and methylmercury, and can negatively affect the human body. Therefore, the fish oil used must be pure. Many companies sell ultra refined or distilled fish oil, but you should always check if the standards have been followed and research on the company or the product before adding it to your diet.
EPA is the precursor to DHA in the body and can be converted to DHA with the enzyme delta-6 desaturase, but this process is inefficient in many people (much like the inefficiency of short-chain omega-3s to long-chain). For those individuals taking pure EPA products as well as those taking our EPA-rich products, we still recommend eating oily fish at least once each week to provide a natural source of DHA. Fish provides a unique nutritional package, supplying the diet with important amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) and antioxidants, including vitamins and minerals needed to process fats, so eating fish will also support the natural enzyme-dependent EPA to DHA conversion.
Omega-3s have been studied in various mood disorders, such as postpartum depression, with some promising results. In bipolar disorder (manic depression), the omega-3s may be most effective for the depressed phase rather than the manic phase of the illness. The omega-3s have also been proposed to alleviate or prevent other psychiatric conditions including schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and attention deficit disorder. However, there is still not enough evidence to recommend the omega-3s in these conditions.
A Cochrane meta-analysis published in June 2012 found no significant protective effect for cognitive decline for those aged 60 and over and who started taking fatty acids after this age. A co-author of the study said to Time, "Our analysis suggests that there is currently no evidence that omega-3 fatty acid supplements provide a benefit for memory or concentration in later life".
However, since the dosage of fish oil required for an ideal effect in the improvement of a patient is unknown, the Arthritis Center in the Department of Rheumatology at John Hopkins University considers including omega-3 fatty acids and fish oil in the treatment of arthritis as controversial. The University also cautions that arthritis patients must be wary of all the other side effects that can come from using fish oil. You can read more about arthritis on the web page of the Arthritis Foundation and the Arthritis Center.
Increased consumption of omega 3 fats is widely promoted globally because of a common belief that that it will protect against heart disease. There is more than one possible mechanism for how they might help prevent heart disease, including reducing blood pressure or reducing cholesterol. Omega 3 fats are readily available as over-the-counter supplements and they are widely bought and used.
ALA is an essential fatty acid, which means that you need it but you must get this fat from your diet because your body is unable to produce it. In general, omega 3 fats are a crucial component of all cell membranes, including the eye (retina) and brain as well as aiding in the process of energy production to support functions involving the heart, lungs, immune system, and hormones (endocrine system), work properly.1
Samsonov, M. A., Vasil'ev, A. V., Pogozheva, A. V., Pokrovskaia, G. R., Mal'tsev, G. I., Biiasheva, I. R., and Orlova, L. A. [The effect of a soy protein isolate and sources of polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids in an anti-atherosclerotic diet on the lipid spectrum of blood serum and immunological indicators in patients with ischemic heart disease and hypertension]. Vopr.Med Khim. 1992;38(5):47-50. View abstract.
Fish oil is a commonly used dietary supplement, with sales in the U.S. alone reaching $976 million in 2009. Problems of quality have been identified in periodic tests by independent researchers of marketed supplements containing fish oil and other marine oils. These problems include contamination, inaccurate listing of EPA and DHA levels, spoilage and formulation issues.
56. Davidson MH, Stein EA, Bays HE, et al. COMBination of prescription Omega-3 with Simvastatin (COMBOS) Investigators. Efficacy and tolerability of adding prescription omega-3 fatty acids 4 g/d to simvastatin 40 mg/d in hypertriglyceridemic patients: an 8-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Clin Ther. 2007;29:1354–1367. [PubMed]
Unintended weight loss is a problem that many patients with AD may face, and EPA+DHA supplementation has had a positive effect on weight gain in patients with AD. In a study using EPA+DHA supplementation, patients' weight significantly increased by 0.7 kg in the EPA+DHA treatment group at 6 mo (P = 0.02) and by 1.4 kg at 12 mo (P < 0.001) and was observed mainly in patients with a BMI <23 at the study start (54). This means that those patients with a lower BMI preferentially gained weight compared with those patients already with a higher BMI.
Dr. Holub has provided the questions and answers for several emails he has received over the years regarding omega-3 fatty acids for health. If you have a question regarding omega-3, it is likely that Dr. Holub has answered it either here in this section, or elsewhere on the site (e.g. check the scientific overview section for general questions regarding omega-3). To quickly find your answer, please use our search bar located in the top right section of this page. After searching our site, and you still cannot find the answer to your question, we invite you to ask Dr. Holub a question here.
In fact, dietary fat intake has been among the most widely studied dietary risk factors for breast and prostate cancers. Two studies from 2002 explain how omega-3 can protect against breast cancer. BRCA1 (breast cancer gene 1) and BRCA2 (breast cancer gene 2) are two tumor suppressor genes that, when functioning normally, help repair DNA damage, a process that also prevents tumor development.
Bo and I worked with Dr. Harris many years ago to measure the impact of eating one Omega Cookie® daily on the study participants’ omega-3 index levels, and we recently ran into him at ISFFAL. At the conference, we remeasured our omega-3 index and omega-6/omega-3 ratios, and a few weeks later, we got our results in the mail. For the two of us, it was exciting to get another concrete measure of how our daily omega-3 consumption impacted our scores. For the record, we take one vial of Omega Restore™ per night and frequently sneak an Omega Heaven® or Omega Cookie during the day.
Funding/Support: The work was supported in part by grant 17H04253, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; grant 30-A-17 from the National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund; grants MOST106-2314-B-039-027-MY, 106-2314-B-038-049, 106-2314-B-039-031, 106-2314-B-039-035, 104-2314-B-039-022-MY2, and 104-2314-B-039-050-MY3 from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan; grant HRI-EX105-10528NI from the National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan; and grants CRS-106-063, DMR-107-202, and DMR-107-204 from the China Medical University, Taiwan.
Fish oil supplements have been promoted as easy way to protect the heart, ease inflammation, improve mental health, and lengthen life. Such claims are one reason why Americans spend more than $1 billion a year on over-the-counter fish oil. And food companies are adding it to milk, yogurt, cereal, chocolate, cookies, juice, and hundreds of other foods.
46. Gajos G, Rostoff P, Undas A, Piwowarska W. Effects of polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids on responsiveness to dual antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: the OMEGA-PCI (OMEGA-3 fatty acids after pci to modify responsiveness to dual antiplatelet therapy) study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;55:1671–8. [PubMed]
Additional side effects of fish oil supplements which have been reported include headache, short-term memory loss, depression, somatic disorders, and increased risk of colon cancer, nasopharyngitis, worsening of asthma symptoms, hemolytic anemia, decreased physical activity, increased appetite, a general uncomfortable feeling or increased blood pressure. The percentage of users that develop these side effects is not known. If these side effects become severe it is recommended that you stop using fish oil supplements.
Cardiovascular disease is the cause of 38% of all deaths in the United States, many of which are preventable (28). Chronic inflammation is thought to be the cause of many chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease (29). EPA and DHA are thought to have antiinflammatory effects and a role in oxidative stress (30) and to improve cellular function through changes in gene expression (31). In a study that used human blood samples, EPA+DHA intake changed the expression of 1040 genes and resulted in a decreased expression of genes involved in inflammatory and atherogenesis-related pathways, such as nuclear transcription factor κB signaling, eicosanoid synthesis, scavenger receptor activity, adipogenesis, and hypoxia signaling (31). Circulating markers of inflammation, such as C-reactive protein (CRP), TNF α, and some ILs (IL-6, IL-1), correlate with an increased probability of experiencing a cardiovascular event (32). Inflammatory markers such as IL-6 trigger CRP to be synthesized by the liver, and elevated levels of CRP are associated with an increased risk of the development of cardiovascular disease (33). A study of 89 patients showed that those treated with EPA+DHA had a significant reduction in high-sensitivity CRP (66.7%, P < 0.01) (33). The same study also showed a significant reduction in heat shock protein 27 antibody titers (57.69%, P < 0.05), which have been shown to be overexpressed in heart muscle cells after a return of blood flow after a period of ischemia (ischemia-reperfusion injury) and may potentially have a cardioprotective effect (33).
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The omega-3 PUFA EPA and DHA are important throughout life and are a dietary necessity found predominantly in fish and fish-oil supplements. The omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA are essential for proper fetal development, and supplementation during pregnancy has also been linked to decreased immune responses in infants including decreased incidence of allergies in infants. Omega-3 fatty acid consumption has been associated with improved cardiovascular function in terms of antiinflammatory properties, PAD, reduced major coronary events, and improved antiplatelet effects in the face of aspirin resistance or clopidogrel hyporesponsiveness. Patients with AD have been shown to be deficient in DHA, and supplementing them with EPA+DHA not only reverses this deficiency, but may also improve cognitive functioning in patients with very mild AD. With increasing rates of pediatric allergies, cardiovascular disease, and AD in the United States, EPA and DHA may be a safe and inexpensive link to a healthier life. Further research should be conducted in humans to assess a variety of clinical outcomes including quality of life and mental status. In addition, because potent lipid mediator metabolites of EPA and DHA are of great interest currently, their influence on these important outcomes should be assessed because current evidence suggests that their antiinflammatory and tissue-protective effects are nearly 1000 times greater than those of EPA and DHA (7).
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a UK Top 15 university. Known for its world-leading research and outstanding student experience, it was awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework and is a leading member of Norwich Research Park, one of Europe’s biggest concentrations of researchers in the fields of environment, health and plant science. www.uea.ac.uk.
Bergmann, R. L., Haschke-Becher, E., Klassen-Wigger, P., Bergmann, K. E., Richter, R., Dudenhausen, J. W., Grathwohl, D., and Haschke, F. Supplementation with 200 mg/day docosahexaenoic acid from mid-pregnancy through lactation improves the docosahexaenoic acid status of mothers with a habitually low fish intake and of their infants. Ann Nutr Metab 2008;52(2):157-166. View abstract.
Oe, H., Hozumi, T., Murata, E., Matsuura, H., Negishi, K., Matsumura, Y., Iwata, S., Ogawa, K., Sugioka, K., Takemoto, Y., Shimada, K., Yoshiyama, M., Ishikura, Y., Kiso, Y., and Yoshikawa, J. Arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid supplementation increases coronary flow velocity reserve in Japanese elderly individuals. Heart 2008;94(3):316-321. View abstract.

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The Trinket Dish is part of Hannah Turner's best-selling Cat collection.
The Ginger Cat
Tidy-up your dressing table with ginger tabby cat all curled-up, ready to hold your treasured belongings. It could also be used as a teabag tidy, or as a spoon rest.
Whatever you choose, this is the perfect little cat dish for any cat lover. It comes in a beautiful, recycled card gift box with an illustrated sticker on top, so perfect for birthday or Christmas presents, or just a treat for you?
The Black and White Cat
This little black and white cat design s ready to hold your treasured belongings.
This is the perfect little cat dish for any cat lover, and it comes in a beautiful, recycled card gift box,.
Designed in Bristol UK by Hannah Turner, (as featured on The Great Pottery Throwdown- a Circa 21 fave) they will appeal to all animal lovers everywhere with their beautiful hand-painted finish.
Handmade in Sri Lanka from stoneware ceramic.
Microwave and dishwasher safe.
11.5cm wide by 9cm high.
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text: When I first saw the Steep Canyon Rangers live about three years ago I was very impressed with them, I thought they were certainly first class and had a bright future in bluegrass. Everything about them, their command of the instruments, the vocals, the tight harmony, their appearance, it all said success. When they paired up with comedian, actor, and musician Steve Martin they really climbed to new heights. That pairing has brought bluegrass music to thousands of folks who might never have known what bluegrass is or how infectious it can be. Their performance was very tight and smooth and the harmonies were as good as it gets.


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When design shop Troika was called upon to create a series of unique chandeliers for the Royal Society of Arts‘ headquarters in London, instead of engineering some hanging crystal monstrosity, they created a subtle fixture that barely exists when the lights are off.
A small brass pendant filled with eight high-power LEDs hangs from the ceiling. The light source shines upwards through a fresnel lens. The refracted projection creates a series of overlapping circular patterns on the ceiling, giving the appearance of an elaborate chandelier overhead. The new chandeliers are efficient, they collect very little dust, and in the event of a disastrous crash, like in The Phantom of the Opera, they’re practically harmless. [Dezeen via CribCandy]


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The YVC-330 is a USB & Bluetooth speakerphone for open workspaces and small to medium-sized conference rooms. With the SoundCap mode, you can transform quiet conference rooms, noisy open workspaces, and any office area into a comfortable remote communication space.
YVC-330 Yamaha Unified Communications Overview and Sound Cap Technology:
The YVC-330 USB & Bluetooth speakerphone solves the problem of finding vacant rooms for spontaneous meetings. The innovative SoundCap technology converts the audio of open workspaces into a clear and natural signal that is almost as good as being in a quiet meeting room. By focusing on participants around the table and eliminating background noise from noisy working environments it allows participants at the other end of the call to focus on the conversation.
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The YVC-330 virtual meeting solution featuring new SoundCap technology that is specifically engineered for conducting productive remote conferences in noisy open workspaces. This innovative technology converts the audio of open workspaces into a clear and natural signal that is almost as good as being in a quiet meeting room.
Far Field Noise Reduction (FFNR):
When using SoundCap mode, the speakerphone can accurately calculate how far away sound sources are and effectively attenuate sounds from outside of the pick-up range (within 1 m [3.3 ft] radius). This ensures human voices from within 1 m radius are delivered clearly to remote participants.
The YVC-330 includes a self-silence function that automatically mutes the microphone when the conference participant is not speaking. By using Yamaha's Human Voice Activity Detection (HVAD) technology, the YVC-330 can detect human voice from other sounds in an instant
With the self-volume balancer function, the YVC-330 automatically adjusts the volume according to the ambient noise to keep an appropriate speaker volume level at all times. Participants can conduct remote conferences in open spaces without failing to hear conversation, disturbing their surroundings and keeping meeting contents private.
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Two YVC-330 speakerphones can be daisy-chained with an optional cable (YCBL-DC3M) to support about 10 participants in a meeting.
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* A YVC-330 speakerphone can be daisy-chained with a YVC-300 speakerphone
No specific driver is required. With "Plug-and-Play" connectivity, users can begin meetings right away by connecting the YVC-330 and a PC with a USB cable. The high extensibility and connectivity support flexibility in many use cases, such as an instant conference call by simply connecting YVC-330 to a smartphone from any empty room.
Equipped with various interfaces such as NFC compatible Bluetooth connection and Audio IN / OUT as well as USB, YVC-330 can be flexibly connected to any conference system with smartphones, tablets, video conferencing systems, while the simultaneous use of "USB + Bluetooth + Audio IN / OUT" (Audio mixer function) is also possible.
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Book Review of #7 The Haunted Burial Ground by Francine Pascal
Author: Francine Pascal
Publisher: Bantam skylark
Part of a Series: Sweet Valley Twins and Friends
Type of book: Sweet Valley Twins, super chillers, Native Americans, supernatural, mystery, horror, 1985
Year it was published: 1994
The Unicorn Club is throwing the best Halloween party Sweet Valley Middle School has ever seen! Lila Fowler's dad has lent the girls a run-down shack in the woods-a perfectly spooky place for the party.
But as the Unicorns are fixing the shack, strange and scary things happen: Ellen Riteman discovers a human skull, Jessica Wakefield gets lost in a cave full of bats, and a mysterious girl appears out of nowhere to relay ghostly warnings.
Rumors are flying that the shack was built over an ancient Native Ameriacn burial ground. Could the shack really be haunted? Or are the Unicorns the victims of a terrifying Halloween trick?
The characters are the typical Sweet Valley Twins ladies: Elizabeth and Jessica. The Unicorns also make an appearance and I cannot vouch for the accuracy, whether or not they are portrayed as the way the author wrote them.
Respect Native American beliefs.
This was written in third person narrative from Jessica's and Elizabeth's point of view and I think its a stand alone novel, that is reading others is not required and isn't necessary.
Francine Pascal (born May 13, 1938) is an author best known for creating the Sweet Valley series of young adult novels. Sweet Valley High was the backbone of the collection, and was made into a popular television series.  There were also several spin-offs, including The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. Although most of these books were published in the 1980s and 1990s, they have remained popular such that several titles have been re-released in recent years. (From Wiki.)
The only thing I liked in this book is the sensitivity, I hoped, that were shown to Native American peoples. Other than that, the book struck me as silly and predictable. The mystery isn't completely solved though, because I wanted to know about the walking skeletons and whatnot.
3 out of 5
(0: Stay away unless a masochist 1: Good for insomnia 2: Horrible but readable; 3: Readable and quickly forgettable, 4: Good, enjoyable 5: Buy it, keep it and never let it go.)

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STXinternational Inks Output Deal With Top Italy Film Distributor
The Lucky Red deal kicks off with Ridley Scott's kidnapping caper 'All the Money in the World.'
STXinternational continues its worldwide expansion, partnering with one of Italy’s top distributors, Lucky Red, on a multiyear output deal. David Kosse and John Friedberg of STXinternational and Andrea Occhipinti and Stefano Massenzi of Lucky Red announced the deal on Thursday.
Lucky Red will distribute STX’s film slate in Italy, beginning with Ridley Scott’s All The Money in the World. Written by David Scarpa, the film chronicles the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, and will star Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Spacey and Charlie Plummer. Scott is currently shooting the film in Rome.
“Italy is one of the true creative centers of Europe and it is critically important to STX to have a strong distribution partner in such an important European territory,” said Kosse. “We are thrilled to have them aboard the STX team as we expand our international footprint.”
“It’s incredibly important for us to close this strategic deal with STX, a company that has the capability to source the quality of films that we need today for our very selective audience, and that guarantees direct distribution in both the U.S. and the U.K.,” said Occhipinti. “We are proud to be working with David and John and look forward to a successful partnership and great movies.”
Additionally, STXinternational has announced extensions on deals with Tobis Film in German-speaking Europe and SF Studios in Scandinavia.
The company, which distributes directly in the U.K., now has 33 international distribution partnerships, reaching 150 countries, and generating more than $1 billion in combined box office.
Other major international partners include Huayi Brothers in China, Roadshow Films (Australia and New Zealand), Sun Distribution (Latin America and Spain) and PVR Pictures (India).
STXinternational is a division of STX Entertainment, a next-generation media company developing, financing, producing, marketing and distributing film, TV, VR, digital, music and live entertainment content.


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The concentrations of immunoreactive components of glucagon, somatostatin, substance P, and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in the brain, stomach, and gut of the neotenic Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) were determined by radioimmunoassay using antibodies of defined regional specificity. The molecular forms of the immunoreactive components were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The concentrations and molecular forms of somatostatin and VIP in axolotl brain were comparable to the concentrations in mammals but the substance P-like immunoreactivity was resolved by HPLC into components with the retention times of physalaemin and substance P together with their oxidized forms. No glucagon-like material was detected in the axolotl brain. The concentrations of substance P and VIP in the A. mexicanum digestive tract were appreciably lower than in the mammalian digestive tract and the VIP-like material did not coelute with porcine VIP. Somatostatin-14 represented the major molecular form in the axolotl stomach and gut. The distribution and molecular properties of the glucagon-like peptides in the axolotl digestive system were markedly different from these parameters in mammalian gut. Glucagon-like material is present only in low amounts in porcine and human stomach and, the concentration of enteroglucagon (N-GLI) in the gut is at least fiftyfold greater than pancreatic glucagon (C-GLI) concentrations. The axolotl stomach, in contrast, contains high levels of glucagon-like immunoreactive material and, in both stomach and gut, the levels of C-GLI and N-GLI were comparable. The glucagon-like material was heterogeneous on HPLC and was resolved into two major components but no component with the retention time of mammalian glucagon was present. The immunochemical properties of the axolotl glucagon-like peptides indicate that they possess strong homology with mammalian glucagon in the 10-18 and 25-29 regions of the molecule.
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The stock BIOS that ships with the Asus 1215N is a fine BIOS... for a stock system. Unfortunately, it doesn't allow access to more than 2.8GB worth of RAM. As most people upgrade their systems, this is a bit of a downer - adding another 2GB for only 800MB more usable is no good.
Fortunately, updating the BIOS is easy - once you know the trick. Remember all that "Create a DOS boot CD, run the flasher" rubbish? No more! The Asus EZ-Flash system lets you flash directly from a USB stick (or, possibly, other media - but as the 1215N only has a USB port, it's the one we're using).
The trick is that if you try it, it probably won't work.
Why? EZ-Flash seems to require a hideous FAT16 filesystem to function. It also seems to require that the ROM be named "1215N.ROM" (for unknown reasons possibly related to old junk on my USB key). If this is enough for you to succeed, awesome, otherwise read on...
Creating a FAT16 filesystem is relatively easy under Windows.
This WILL blow away any old data on your USB key. This should be obvious...
Delete the partitions, create a new one (or just use the RAW partition - this works too), and then create a "FAT" filesystem. Not a FAT32 filesystem - just FAT.
Copy the ROM from the Asus download site to the USB key as "1215N.ROM" and then reboot with the USB stick in.
After rebooting, in the BIOS, press Alt-F2 repeatedly. The system should recognize the USB key and flash the BIOS, opening up your full amount of RAM!
From what I hear, the system can support 8GB, but I think 8GB in a netbook starts to get into "Wait... what?" category. However, it might be worth trying if you're doing something RAM-heavy and CPU-light...


A brief* history of Space.
1993: In the Beginning
May 1993 - Tommy Scott and Andy Parle have been floating around their hometown of Liverpool for too long. In a town where the shadow of The Beatles still hangs over every aspiring Liverpudlian musician, finding the personnel to translate the sound in Scott's head had proved a frustrating and fruitless task. 17 year old would-be guitarist Jamie Murphy was always around. A precocious musical talent and hive of hyperactivity, he'd always seemed too young to be involved. With a saying in mind ("If you're big enough, you're old enough"), the first time Scott saw him out in a local nightclub, he decided to give it a go. Murphy turned up to his first rehearsal in school uniform.
Kraftwerk fanatic Franny Griffiths was in a nightclub one night in his native Liverpool, minding his own business when someone delivered an empty pack of cigarettes to him. Scrawled on the back of the package was an offer for the keyboardist/sampling wizard to join the quirky rock group Space. He immediately dismissed it as soon as he read who had signed it: singer-bassist Tommy Scott and drummer Andy Parle. Griffiths knew better...
Space 1994: Franny, Jamie, Andy and Tommy
"I know Tommy and Andy from way back when," Griffiths said in an interview, "and they didn't like each other when we were kids. So, I get this note that said, 'Please come and join, help us do a demo.' I thought someone was joking because Tommy and Andy were never friends, and here's their names written on the back of a cigarette box." Cautious but curious, Griffiths agreed to meet Scott, Parle and guitarist Jamie Murphy the next day. Lo and behold, the group's strange little songs showed promise and Scott and Parle were working together side by side. Franny was in!
The original line-up was complete. Space had been born...
Liverpool manager Mark Cowley has been with the band since their first gig and recorded the band's first single If it's Real on his own label Hug Records, with The Farm's Carl Hunter designing the Artwork. It was from this that Gut Records first discovered the band. Gut started a sub label called Hug Records and asked Mark's permission to release a record using the same label name.
An initial low key single Money/Kill Me was released in November 1995 - it left the shops as quickly as it had entered. They cut their live teeth around this time too, but it was the release of their first proper single Neighbourhood that really kicked things off for the band. It told the tale of Tommys childhood street in Liverpool, but with serial killers and transvestites in starring role. This was pop music with a dark and sharp edge, a taste of things to come.
The second single Female of the Species was a bolt from the blue. Scott wrote this song for his late father, who had always hated his music. He wanted it to sound like a Burt Bacharach tune sung by Frank Sinatra. The results were wonderful. Female of the Species was an instant classic, staying in the UK top 40 for an amazing 3 months. It was this song that catapulted Space to a whole new audience. The debut album Spiders was a resounding critical success. Three sold out tours, three further Top 20 singles (Dark Clouds, a re-released Neighbourhood and the Top 10 hit Me and You Versus The World) and some triumphant festival appearances followed.
Old acquaintance Dave Palmer, better known as Yorkie, joined the band in late 1997. After helping out with the album, Yorkie was asked to become the bands' full time bassist, allowing Tommy to concentrate on vocals.
Internationally, things began to happen for the band, already a massive hit in the UK Female of the Species also gained moderate airplay on college radio and MTV in America as well. With success comes touring, with touring comes stress... A tour of the US followed in mid-1997. Jamie, the youngest member of the band at only 21, found it all too much. He took a break, missing some live shows and TV appearances. The death of Palmer's mother, legendary Liverpool singer Gladys Palmer, also devastated the band.
1998: Tin Planet
Jamie returned for the recording of Space's second album Tin Planet. This was a darker, more song-led album than their debut. Scott's voice was at the fore, as the band mixed the classicism of his songs with Griffiths' keyboard backdrops, Murphy's energy and Parles' solid rhythms.
Tommy describes Tin Planet as, "More darkness, but the songs are pure love songs. Our first songs used to be trying to be like Speedy Gonzales or Peter Lorre. Now its more Marlene Dietrich. It's still Space, the strangeness and the stories; it's just darker, and well, better. This LP what I wanted much more, Im looking forward to people hearing it, we're raring to go now."
In early 1998 after finishing Space's second album Tin Planet, drummer Andy Parle left. He was immediately replaced by Leon Caffrey.
The first single from Tin Planet was Avenging Angels which was released in December 1997 and went straight into the charts at No. 6. Next came The Ballad of Tom Jones, a duet with Cerys from Catatonia, which was released in February 1998 and entering the charts at Number 4. The album itself was released in March 1998 and entered the album charts at Number 3! The next single Begin Again was released in June 1998. The Tin Planet Live video was also released on the same date.
1999: Love You More Than Football
During 1999 Space took a well earned break from the rigours of touring and concentrated on writing material for their third album. Love You More Than Football was due to be released in the UK in mid 2000 and was eagerly anticipated by Space fans all over. However after the first single Diary of a Wimp didnt meet expected sales levels, the release of the album was delayed indefinitely by Gut records. A further UK tour was announced in September 2001 but later cancelled due to legal problems with the record company. These difficulties forced the band to wait for a termination agreement before recording any new material.
2002: Getting Intimate
Between record companies Space took time rewriting material for their new album and at the end of 2001 announced a free intimate gig for the fans, scheduled for the 26th January 2002 at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool. However with just a week to go before the performance fans were thrown into confusion when the news spread that Jamie Murphy had left the band again. But the show went ahead regardless and was performed in front of 150 fans, a demonstration of the new material written and also a selection of the old favourites. A free CD containing two tracks (later to become part of the Music For Aliens series) was given to all who attended. The show went well despite the last-minute loss of Jamie and was enjoyed by all, with the new songs sounding great and Space giving a superb performance.
Space 2002: Franny, Tommy, Leon, and Yorkie
In June 2002 Space signed to Mutant Records, a new label founded by Stephen Lironi and the bands' manager Mark Cowley. They then went into the studio to record their new album Suburban Rock 'n' Roll. Described as "11 brilliant trips into the crazed mind of Tommy Scott", this was the new Space sound at its best. In September/October 2002 Space held an intimate UK tour with gigs in Liverpool, London, Cardiff and Sheffield. The first single from Suburban Rock 'n' Roll, Zombies, was released in November 2002. Sadly it only reached 47 in the UK singles chart.
2003: Suburban Rock 'n' Roll
More record label trouble followed and the release of the next single and the album suffered a series of further setbacks. Fast-forward through 2003 with a near-signing to another label and a series of Music For Aliens releases to keep the loyal fans happy and we arrive in November 2003, when Space signed to randm records.
The first release under randm came in February 2004, with the title track from the new album, Suburban Rock 'n' Roll. It reached 16 in the UK Indie charts. This was closely followed by Suburban Rock 'n' Roll the album in March, the first Space album to hit the shops in 5 long years. The last release under randm, and the last to date, was the single 20 Million Miles from Earth, released in May 2004. It reached 35 in the UK Indie chart.
2005: The End?
By now the band was fatigued from years of delayed releases, problems with record labels and a lukewarm response to their latest releases. Following months of speculation about their status by fans, Space were finally declared to have parted ways in an email from Yorkie to a fan. An unfortunately low-key and quiet ending for a band that was still beloved by many.
Following their split the group went separate ways musically. Tommy formed a new band called The Drellas, to be later joined by Leon. Franny produced under the name Subway Showdown, then reunited with Jamie as band members in Dust. Yorkie continued to produce music and work on his solo project Moongoose.
In August 2009, Space's former drummer Andy Parle sadly passed away. The remaining original members met at his funeral and this broke the ice between them. This encounter sowed the seeds for what was to follow.
2011: Space Reunited
In November 2011 the big news hit that Space were back. The new line-up reunited original members Tommy, Jamie and Franny back together for the first time in 10 years. They were joined by the other members of Tommy's band Tommy Scott and the Red Scare; Phil Hartley (Bass / Double Bass), Ryan Clarke (Vintage Keys) and Allan Jones (Drums). Space's return was cemented with a reunion gig at the O2 Academy Liverpool in December 2011. The show was a quick sell-out, and gave fans an early taste of the band's new material and sound.
Space 2011: Franny, Phil, Ryan, Tommy, Jamie and Allan
Through 2012 Space worked on their latest album Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab, as well as performing at various venues and festivals. By September it had become apparent that Jamie was no longer part of the group, though no official reason was given for the latest split. The rest of the band continues to work towards a 2013 release for the new album and a UK tour.
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The Great Grain Elevator Incident by Kevin Miller is one of the top 2019 releases (in my humble opinion).
Milligan Creek is one of the best middle grade series out there. Seriously – it brightens up my mood like Harry Potter did back in my youth. This series is packed full of fun, small town vibes, amazing friendships and hilarity. It’s the perfect series for those middle grade readers who want more than picture books but less than the big Harry Potter series (this book is under 200 pages!).
In the fourth edition of this Canadian series, Matt, Dean, Chad & Andrew get into more mischievous (surprise, surprise). When a big company wants to get rid of the Prairie’s grain elevators, the boys step into action and end up helping the Mayor’s election campaign! Will the boys get rid of the big baddies?
1. This book is set in Saskatchewan! I don’t typically see this beautiful province, so it’s such a pleasant surprise!
2. I found this book enjoyable as an adult and I could totally see middle grade readers loving it too. The plot moves at a fast enough pace to keep everyone interested and it’s full of comedy. I could easily see parents reading this to their kids or making this a book to read for a school project.
3. Friendship rules! The potential romance from the last book is discussed and “dealt with”. The romance ended on a nice note and friendship soared. It makes me really happy to see middle grade books not focusing on the need to have a romance. That was one of the major cons I had back in the day. Every book I was forced to read for school focused on the importance of romance! This book makes it clear that friendship and loyalty should be in the forefront.
4. This book is seriously funny! It also has some funny tropes and jokes about small towns and since I’m from one, I could totally appreciate them! Percy the Pike, the sister town in Japan, salt on alpha bites, and the koi pond are just some of the funny jokes that had me giggling.
5. Realism. This book had a fairly realistic problem. Lots of big companies, like Fortitude, are coming into smaller towns and taking over! I loved seeing that in this book! I can relate.
6. We all have a Tucker, or famous person in the community, in our towns. They act like they are superstars JUST. LIKE. HIM. It’s almost too relatable which made it way more hilarious than it should have been.
1. It ended! This book was just wild and it was sad that it had to end. I’m sure Kevin will fill up my shelf with a new book soon, but it’s still sad to see it end. I tried not to binge it, but I did anyways! It was hard to stay away from this little gem.
2. You may need to read the previous books to understand everything that has happened previously. A little bit of the past is brought up, but not much. A reader could easily jump into this series from book four and be fine, but I think it’d be way more fun to know the shenanigans the kids got into during the previous books.
Overall, this book is an absolute gem as expected! I absolutely loved this book and I’m so happy I was able to jump back into this world. It’s one of my guilty pleasures that brings a big smile to my face and makes my days brighter!
Five out of five stars!
Thank you to the wonderful Kevin Miller for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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The Learning Channel (TLC) seems to have a thing for Weehawken brides. Weeks after resident Stella Aronis was featured on “Say Yes to the Dress,” Diana Abreu’s wedding was broadcast during an episode of “Four Weddings.”
“When I found out they had chosen me, I was mostly shocked,” Abreu said recently. “I put in the application because my husband and I are huge fans of the show. I never really thought they’d pick me because I thought I was too simple.”
But Abreu, all humility, was mistaken.
Last week, her February wedding at the Bethwood in Totowa to husband Jonathan Hernandez was aired alongside those of three other brides from New York and New Jersey.
The premise behind “Four Weddings” is that four brides with four completely different wedding styles attend each other’s weddings, rate them on different criteria, and the winner lands a free honeymoon. Abreu’s was a retro-style wedding with fuchsia and royal blue with silver accents, with only 90 attendants. She wanted an even smaller wedding, “But my husband’s family is too big,” she said.
“I never really thought they’d pick me because I thought I was too simple.” – Diana Abreu
When asked if she had been recognized since the episode’s airing, her answer was no.
“I hope that never happens,” Abreu laughed, “But it might. I mean, I got a call from my mother the other day asking me what channel the show was on. She was at the doctor’s office and wanted to tell the secretary.”
Leading up to the proposal
Abreu and Hernandez met during his freshman and her sophomore year at Memorial High School in West New York. They were close friends then, but when she went on to Montclair State University to study psychology, he went to West Nyack and they lost touch.
Five years later, after no communication, they reconnected on Facebook. Hernandez was working at a mall, and Abreu went to visit him.
“I passed by to say hi, and the connection was pretty instant,” she explained. “We went on our first date at the West Nyack mall. My husband is a bit of a shopaholic.”
After dating for a year, the two moved in together and indulged their mutual fondness for wedding shows. They’d talk about rings and plans constantly, so Abreu got to a point where she was “on guard’ for a proposal, so to speak.
The weekend before Valentine’s Day in 2011, the two went out to celebrate.
“I kind of had a feeling the proposal was coming, but I spent all night waiting for it and almost gave up,” she recalled.
They went to a comedy show at Caroline’s in the city and Abreu thought he’d propose then. No go. Then they went out to dinner, and again she thought he’d propose. Still no, but Hernandez was acting as if he had something up his sleeve, she said, and she held out hope.
They returned home, and still there was no proposal. All of a sudden in the middle of the bedroom, he got down on one knee, handed her a black box and said, “I have something you’ve been wanting for a while.”
She opened the box and found a pair of earrings.
“It actually was something I’d wanted,” Abreu recalled, “But on the other hand I was like, ‘What the hell?’ ”
Hernandez began to laugh, and took out a second box, which contained a ring.
“He knows I know when things are going to happen because I’m kind of nosy,” Abreu said. “So he wanted to throw me off. I wasn’t angry at all, because I thought, ‘Oh my God, he got me two things while most people only get a ring!’ ”
On with the show
The very day after the proposal, Abreu began plotting her wedding.
“I’m a big planner,” she laughed. “I’m not one of those girls who have their weddings done for them, and it was a bit of work because I researched every single thing.”
Abreu was working on a bit of a budget as well, which made it a more labor intensive process, but eventually the two decided on a February wedding.
“We both really wanted an autumn wedding, but we’d have had to save up longer for that,” Abreu explained. “We wanted to get married as soon as possible, and we were paying for everything ourselves, so we settled on the least expensive month.”
Shortly after she heard from “Four Weddings” and her planning process got a bit more complicated with the interviews and pre-wedding filmings, not also to mention the other three weddings Abreu had to attend.
But it was all well worth it, she said.
So how are the two doing now that all the hoopla has passed?
“I’m relieved now that the wedding is over honestly,” Abreu said. “Not that I didn’t enjoy it, but now my husband and I can just enjoy each other.”
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Oh Mercy Me
Windsor (Google Maps location)
January 24, 2010
Even though I grew up in Delaware, which has a higher percentage of students attending private schools than any other state, the schools are just different up here in Connecticut. In fact, it seems that the entire private/prep school archetype is always a reference to schools in Connecticut or Massachusetts.
Miss Porter’s, Choate, Loomis, The Gunnery, Ethel Walker, Avon Old Farms, The Kent School, Pomfret, The Rectory, Taft, Woodstock… to name a few off the top of my head. These joints all cost as much as or more than Yale, are often more beautiful, and often have a rather impressive list of alumni.
And what I’m finding is that a bunch of them have actual legitimate art galleries within them. Loomis Chaffee isn’t the most beautiful campus, it’s not in the most beautiful town, and get this – the tuition/board for Loomis-Chaffee is a cool $63,000 (in 2022). Wow. I don’t even want to look up the other schools I listed, but they are all aligned. Holy crap, I guess Connecticut deserves a bit of its reputation.
(Okay, I just poked around and looked up Choate and upon looking to see if they had an art gallery, I found this paragraph: “Choate provided me with a wonderful appreciation for the theater and my first inspiration to become an actor,” says Michael Douglas ’63. Douglas, and actors Glenn Close ’65 and Jamie Lee Curtis ’76, have highly visible alumni profiles. But a broad spectrum of Choate graduates have had an impact on the American cultural scene. Among them, film and stage actor Paul Giamatti ’85, whose film “American Splendor” (2003), received the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance International Film Festival, and Lauren Ambrose ’96, starring in the HBO series “Six Feet Under.”
Stuff like that cracks me up. The list of Loomis alumni isn’t as impressive… Jesse Camp?! LOL.
Anyway, Loomis is in Windsor. Windsor is chockfull of history and other interesting stuff (there are plenty of Loomis and Chaffee monuments at the Windsor Cemetery which boasts the oldest legible monument in the US, among other things), but it’s just not the place you’d expect to find a top notch private school. Here’s the coolest thing about the Loomis campus, and it’s really not all that cool: The campus lies at the confluence of the Farmington and Connecticut rivers. The campus is known informally as “The Island” because spring rains and melting snow create floodwaters that raise the level of the rivers and flood the lowlands surrounding the campus, sometimes literally cutting the school off from dry land.
I lied, here’s the coolest thing about Loomis. The Loomis Homestead on campus is the oldest wooden house in Connecticut, dating to 1688. I guess all those floods have kept it too wet to burn down. Here’s a picture of it:
After those two things, the coolest thing at Loomis is the Mercy Gallery and the Richmond Art Center. Don’t believe me? Well check this out – During its brief history, the gallery has exhibited work by a variety of artists, including: Mark Rothko, Willem deKooning and Richard Diebenkorn to name a few. I’m impressed… My high school hosted art by my brother, and while I think he’s a mighty fine artist, he hasn’t been shown at MoMa (yet).
Named in honor of alumnus and former trustee Eugene Mercy ’55 and his wife, Sue, the Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Gallery celebrates the visual arts through eight annual exhibitions, presenting a wide range of diversity in medium, artistic endeavor, cultural influence and geographic representation. Sounds good enough for me to drag Hoang and Damian along to check it all out.
Actually, I had planned to bring Damian here because of the particular artist on display: Lynn Koble. I had read about her work somewhere and thought it was really cool – and would be fun for Damian. There were buttons to push and soundscapes! What more could he ask for?
Koble is a multimedia artist whose work incorporates sculptural form, interactivity and sound. She has exhibited her work at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Venetia Kapernekas Gallery and Exit Art in New York, Braunstein/Quay Gallery in San Francisco, The Wolfsonian Museum and Art Miami in Miami, and the Islington Arts Factory in London. She also went to Rutgers… Just like my brother! Hey, maybe my Delaware public high school wasn’t so bad (then again, it was $63,000 less than Loomis).
We arrived on a typically gloomy winter’s day and found the campus a bit desolate. We watched an awkward student in mismatched sweatpants and jacket drag trash bags from her room across the sandy parking lot to an overflowing dumpster. The somewhat sad scene just didn’t comport with what Hoang and I expected to see while on campus. (Over at Avon Old Farms, all the boys always seem to be in jacket and ties – as long as they’re not playing lacrosse or polo or whatever fancy things it is they do.)
We entered the Richmond Art Center and found the Mercy Gallery immediately to the left. Props to Loomis for good signage out along the campus roads. Unfortunately, this is often a rarity with these things.
Once inside, Koble’s work was bright and beautiful and very inviting – especially on such a dreary day. The white gallery space really made her work “pop” as they say.
It took Damian a little while to warm up to the place (he had fallen asleep in the car) but the bright colors and sounds snapped him out of his daze.
Koble’s work is fun and funky. Note, you’re reading about a 2010 temporary art installation, but that’s what I experienced. One of Koble’s most ambitious works, Capacity, is pretty much the last thing you want a Damian to check out. As you can see above, it consists of a bunch of liquid-filled Florence boiling flasks and a giant blue circle to knock over and break. I can’t pretend to understand it, but it looked pretty cool – and that’s good enough for me. We kept Damian away.
The companion piece to Capacity was staged on a shelf behind it and is called, Bellows and Manifolds. Using the same blue (this time in fabric) and other glass lab equipment, Koble has put forth a damning critique of man’s inhumanity towards his fellow man.
What? You don’t buy that? You just don’t get it, man. Turning around, we were confronted by Pundit, a giant green blob of felt leaves with cheerleader megaphones attached. As we were visiting while the final touches of the exhibit were being installed, it wasn’t ready yet. That stinks… Because Pundit is a movable sculpture with sound whose voice is a looped segment of Beethoven’s “Pastorale”. Oh well. As a result, none of us got the full effect from the piece. If we had, I’m sure we’d have felt the same way as this reviewer did….
An excerpt from the review:
Bilateral green cone speakers further develop Pundit’s complex, anthropomorphic, technological, artificially “natural” body of female forms and male composed “voice”. This simulated voice buried within the faceless Pundit projects Beethoven’s Pastorale, which, like the felt leaves, is expressive of the better aspects of human creative abilities to simulate nature. Koble, by way of Pundit, teases us into the here and now through looped sound and forms that tickle our senses of seeing, touch, hearing, and kinesthesia.
Oh my. I guess I now know why I’m not an art critic.
In this interactive sound installation, passing people trigger endangered bird sounds to play from each unit, creating a rising chorus of layered sounds. Called Chorus, this was cool. Damian was a little too short to trigger the birdcalls himself, but really enjoyed being carried near them and hearing the birdies. Plus again, the piece – like all Koble’s pieces – was visually pleasing.
The last piece I’ll describe in detail is Profile. This interactive sound sculpture presents a technology-based profile of a person. A keypress triggers the playing of a soundbyte of personal data — like the information stored in databases. Each entry begins with, “SUBJECT IS…”, to further emphasize the dehumanization. It was difficult to feel dehumanized while in close proximity to the two humans I’m closest to in my life. But at least I understand the intent here. Poking around her website, some of Koble’s more fun and interactive pieces didn’t make the trip up to the Mercy Gallery. There were several of her paintings on display as well though, all of which I really dug.
As I mentioned the gallery is just part of the Richmond Art Center, which contains other exhibits, both permanent and temporary. The current exhibit was that of Loomis faculty and maybe a few students. There was nothing extraordinary, but also nothing terrible either.
There were all sorts of media used from beadwork jewelry to impressionist watercolors. Hoang was impressed with some necklaces and noted that they were very cheap too. But we weren’t buying today and moved on.
Some of the school’s permanent works were pretty cool; some old Chinese mural work as well as a bust called Aenigma, which is of Kate Parsenow from 1907. I think it was done by a student who found Parsenow a very beautiful subject.
We spent a good 15 minutes browsing the Richmond Art Center’s hallway galleries before heading out to the car and on to the next destination – The Windsor Art Center just a mile or two away!
Now I know why Damian eats two yogurts a day… Because he’s so cultured.


Bob Dylan Details 'Shadows in the Night' LP
Published Dec 09, 2014Folk icon Bob Dylan just released the expansive, archival Basement Tapes collection, and now he's set his sights ahead to some new material.
As previously reported, the musician is slated to deliver a new studio album titled Shadows in the Night in 2015, and we've now gained some insight into what fans can expect.
The album was rumoured to contain a cover of Frank Sinatra's "Full Moon and Empty Arms" — but that won't be the only one. The 10-track album is entirely composed of Ol' Blue Eyes numbers, including "I'm a Fool to Want You," "Stay with Me" and "Where Are You." You can see full tracklisting details below.
In a press release, Dylan explained the recording process:
It was a real privilege to make this album. I've wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a five-piece band. That's the key to all these performances. We knew these songs extremely well. It was all done live. Maybe one or two takes. No overdubbing. No vocal booths. No headphones. No separate tracking, and, for the most part, mixed as it was recorded.
I don't see myself as covering these songs in any way. They've been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing them into the light of day.
The collection will arrive on February 3 via Columbia Records. Scroll past the tracklisting to listen to Dylan's rendition of "Full Moon and Empty Arms."
Shadows in the Night:
1. I'm A Fool To Want You
2. The Night We Called It A Day
3. Stay With Me
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Why Try To Change Me Now
6. Some Enchanted Evening
7. Full Moon And Empty Arms
8. Where Are You
9. What'll I Do
10. That Lucky Old Son


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Luckily I was kindly gifted with a voucher to go along to one of their stalls in Selfridges and get my own name necklace! I decided to go for the mirrored pink along with a matte gold for my charm. & yes I picked a skull. I love my skulls. I made the order on the sunday and the necklace would be ready by 12pm Monday. I was working so I decided to wait until today to pop into Birmingham and pick it up, I wasn't disappointed.
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