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It seldom snows in East Texas where we live. But God blessed us this Christmas! We actually had a WHITE CHRISTMAS on Christmas Day! What a beautiful sight for us! My husband had to work all day that day, but when he got home, we went out for a drive. It was still snowing as I took this photograph, as you can easily see.
The photo is of a former church in Longview, Texas that is now used for weddings and special events. It is called "Bride's Chapel & Event Hall." It was "Snowing At The Chapel"!!
It is an authentic mid century chapel that will hold just under 300 guests. But right now, it looked like a Christmas card to me!
I loved the way the trees looked on the front of the chapel on either side of the entry steps.They looked almost like flocked Christmas trees to me. The church was lit just perfectly and the snow looked so pretty as it silently and swiftly fell. It was such a quiet and peaceful scene. When I saw the photo, this Bible verse seemed so fitting to me to go with the photo. "Be still and know that I am God." The verse comes from the Psalm 46, verse 10. When the world seems to be turning away from God, we should be in awe of God as the Sovereign Ruler. It seems like today, it takes a tragedy for the majority of people to look to Him. But God wants us to do that every day. Inevitably, when the tragedy has passed, some turn away again....only to seek Him again when something else happens. God bless us every one! I hope in the new year that more realize that God should be close to their heart ALWAYS.
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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer Trilogy Series #1)by Michelle Hodkin
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Mara Dyer doesn't know if she is crazy or haunted—all she knows is that everyone around her is dying in this suspenseful and "strong, inventive tale" (Kirkus Reviews).
Mara Dyer doesn't think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can.
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Mara Dyer doesn't know if she is crazy or haunted—all she knows is that everyone around her is dying in this suspenseful and "strong, inventive tale" (Kirkus Reviews).
Mara Dyer doesn't think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can.
She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.
There is.
She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love.
She's wrong.
After Mara survives the traumatizing accident at the old asylum, it makes sense that she has issues. She lost her best friend, her boyfriend, and her boyfriend's sister, and as if that weren't enough to cope with, her family moves to a new state in order to give her a fresh start. But that fresh start is quickly filled with hallucinations—or are they premonitions?—and then corpses, and the boundary between reality and nightmare is wavering. At school, there's Noah, a devastatingly handsome charmer who seems determined to help Mara piece together what's real, what's imagined—and what's very, very dangerous.
This fast-paced psychological—or is it paranormal?—thriller will leave you breathless for its sequel, The Evolution of Mara Dyer.
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"The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer strikes a rare balance of darkly funny, deliciously creepy and genuinely thoughtful. One minute I was laughing out loud, and the next, I was so scared I wanted to turn on all the lights and hide under the covers. Michelle Hodkin's talent and range are obvious, from her chilling descriptions to romantic scenes that almost crackled on the page. I've never read anything quite like it."Veronica Roth, New York Times bestselling author of Divergent
"A clever, captivating thriller, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is perfect for those (like me) who like their heroes dark, their heroines dangerous, and their romances seriously twisted."
Kirsten Miller, New York Times bestselling author of The Eternal Ones
"WOW. Michelle Hodkin's debut will keep you guessing until the last pageand long after."
Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of Across the Unviverse
"As spooky and twisty as it is lyrical and beautiful, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer grabbed me and wouldn't let go. Read this one with the lights on." Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of Demonglass
"A strong, inventive tale."
Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2011
Hodkin's debut is witty and thought-provoking and will have readers captivated until the very end. It takes readers through constant chaos, wonder, and bewilderment...The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer will satisfy mystery lovers, dark fantasy seekers, horror believers, and readers who have a knack for romance.
VOYA, October 2011
There are echoes of Stephen King's classic Carrie in this young-adult series kickoff...Written from Mara's perspective, The Unbecoming deftly melds alternate realities. Hodkin's transitions from the mundane to hallucinated horror are unexpected, seamless and creepy, packing the same sort of cinematic punch as scenes from The Blair Witch Project....Discerning the truth is just part of the pleasure of reading the delightfully bent reality in The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer.
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"Anyone who thinks old-fashioned romantic scenes can't move teens today will be proven wrong here. This boy will make readers swoon. The characters are real and wonderful, and the supernatural story is riveting. Expect this book to fly off the shelves."
"Creepy, haunting, addictive and surprisingly romantic, Mara's story is beautiful and complex...Hodkin has elevated the teenage paranormal romance into something completely her own."
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"First-time author Hodkin has paired a steamy romance with a paranormal mystery that will cause teen readers whiplash as they jerk from one plot twist to another."
"It's the story of a girl trying to piece together what happened the night she, her best friend, her boyfriend and his sister spent the night in an abandoned asylum and only she survived, unscathed but traumatized…And it's the story of a girl falling in love…Be careful, 'cause you'll fall right along with her."
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A girl tries to cope with her own survival after the deaths of her friends in this psychological—or is it paranormal?—debut suspense tale.
Mara understands that she's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after having survived the collapse of a building that killed her best friend, her boyfriend and his sister. To escape constant memories, the family moves from Rhode Island to Miami, and Mara enrolls in a pricey private school populated by spoiled rich kids. She falls for Noah, ultra-wealthy, British, handsome and perhaps untrustworthy girl-magnet. Her relationship with Noah comprises much of the story, even as Mara keeps seeing her dead friends in the mirror. Meanwhile, Mara tries to cope with a nasty student couple bent on destroying her and with a teacher who hates her for no discernible reason. Add to that her defense-lawyer father, who's taken on the high-profile trial of the day and the book has one too many subplots, which, along with a bit too much description, leads to its excessive length. Hodkin writes strong prose that engages readers and creates some unusual, attractive characters. She designs an absorbing story that appears to be heading toward an interesting sequel. By the end, readers may be wondering if this is a psychological, paranormal or crime story, adding to the intrigue.
Even without advisable cuts, a strong, inventive tale. (Suspense. 12 & up)
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Zimbabwe: Granite Castles and Ringing Rocks
Zimbabwe--the "house of stone"-- is one of our favorite countries in Southern Africa, a country that, despite its turbulent past and gruesome present, holds for us a special kind of attraction and really is so very different from its neighbors.
We have spent a lot of time here, crawled around in the remotest corners and simply fell in love with its scenery and inhabitants alike. And within this country there is one place that holds an even more special kind of attraction for us, a place of outstanding beauty and scenery – Matopos National Park.
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Can you rely on a person without a mobile phone, email address or any other device of our 21st century technology? This was the question Andrea and I asked ourselves when entering Zimbabwe through the Plumtree border and making our way towards Bulawayo, capital of Zimbabwe´s Matabeleland.
We had met Graham and Bianca in the Hlane NP in Swaziland, two extraordinary people touring Southern Africa in their Landrover. Graham, more looking like Bob Marley than a white Zimbabwean, had claimed to be grandson of Cranmer Kenrick Cooke, a Zimbabwean archaeologist who had discovered and analyzed San cave paintings in Rhodesia (in the olden days) and had written various books on the subject.
We were a bit doubtful but had agreed to meet up with them on the municipal campground in Bulawayo at a certain date. No connection with them in between, just a word from Graham that they would be there. Still in Hlane we had made a plan with these 2 that we would take a closer look at Matopos NP together as Graham had often been there as a little boy and knew a few undiscovered corners of this park.
To answer my first question above – yes, you can rely on someone like that because we met Graham and Bianca, not on the municipal campground though, but at his relatives´ who own the Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage 20km outside Bulawayo. We were impressed! All we still had to do was stocking up on food, diesel and water, plan our route and set out on this little expedition. Andrea and I had been in Matopos before, but not as intense as this time.
Painted Rocks
Coming into Matopos is like landing on a different planet. It is an absolutely magical landscape composed of granite hills, called "kopjes", huge monoliths called "whalebacks" and soft, golden plains in between, dotted with acacia trees.
There are rivers, little dams and lakes. Matopos is a national park of a different kind – one doesn´t come here for the animals, but for something much more intriguing than that – marks of Southern Africa´s first ancient inhabitants.
The whole area spreads out over 3100 km2 but only 424 km2 had been made a national park in 1926.
This makes it the oldest park in Zimbabwe, which, because of its rich cultural heritage is even on the UNESCO list of world heritage sites. When driving through, imagination just goes absolutely wild – the rocks start looking like castles, camels, mushrooms or people, sometimes delicately balancing on top of each other.
Already from far we can see one of Matopos´s symbols, the rocks called "mother and child". Sir John Cecil Rhodes, the famous British explorer lending the former British colony his name, was so impressed by it that he wanted to be buried in these granite hills.
This awe inspiring scenery has been shaped over millions of years, time using wind and water as its tools to shape those granite rocks. This created a landscape full of overhangs, caves, shelters and balancing rocks - a perfect base for early human settlement.
Southern Africas real natives – the San people or Khoisan, left their marks all over Zimbabwe with the highest concentration of cave paintings being in Matopos. Those paintings are between 2000 and 6000 years old and considering their age, most of them are still in a very good condition.
Why though, did the San decide to live in the Matopos area? They were hunter-gatherers, heavily relying on a constant food supply, they didn´t cultivate, they lived off the land, collected wild plants, nuts and fruits and hunted or trapped wild animals.
Matopos is very rich in both, plants and wildlife alike, it´s like a very own little ecosystem, surrounded by granite hills. There was a good supply of water and that meant enough wildlife as well as a rich vegetation.
Many Cave Paintings
The amount of cave paintings in that area prove that fact. The San lived in groups of up to 25 people, mostly they used overhangs and caves as shelters to live under. It´s in these places that cave paintings can be found. Mostly drawn by their Shamans, these paintings represent their cultural heritage, their "language" and visions.
Mostly, those paintings express daily life in the Matopos for the hunter-gatherers and we could get a good idea of what their life was about. It gets much more complicated to guess their spiritual world, there are paintings of people with animal heads, giant snakes carrying people, long oval shapes – all in all very intriguing and for us "modern" visitors it proves very hard to guess what it all means.
When studying various paintings closer we can clearly see the different drawing styles that were used, some paintings look more or less primitive, others show intricate patterns and a very high accuracy as well as well drawn animals and people.
It took us a while in Siloswane cave for example, to find out that those 2m long shapes were not horses with tusks but elephants! What is also very interesting is, that a lot of the Sans´ flintstone tools and beads have been found around those caves, which gives us a much better insight into their life and culture.
Tragic Vandalism
There are a few famous and big caves in the Matopos, those are well visited and unfortunately have taken a lot of damage from visitors. It drives us absolutely mad to find charcoal writing on top of the paintings, saying "Steve was here" or something along those lines.
Pomongwe Cave with its adjoining visitor centre is a good example, the paintings here are faded and can hardly be seen, one "archaeologist" even tried to protect them with painting clear oil over it – and thus destroying them even more.
Unforgettable Magic
But once one stands on top of a mountain right at the entrance to the cave and looks over the surrounding scenery it quickly becomes clear why the San people chose these places – the magic here is unforgettable and the views are breathtaking.
The San paintings of the Matopos though are not only under threat of destruction by tourists and Bantu tribes, they all too often fall victim to natural erosion, weather influences and exfoliating granite.
We had made camp at Maleme dam a few kilometers away from the Visitor Centre, from there we set out every morning to explore the granite hills of Matopos and to discover more cave paintings. What a nice feeling it is to wake up to the calls of the Chacma baboons, seeing their silhouettes sitting high up above our camp. Graham didn´t only know a lot about the San but was also a great ornithologist, naming nearly every bird around us.
Rock Gongs in the middle of nowhere
All through the whole visit to Matopos there was one thing which excited us the most – finding the ringing rocks or "rock gongs" of the Matopos Hills. Graham remembered seeing them as a little boy but wasn´t too sure anymore where to find them. We made it our private little expedition to go deep into the hills and find them.
he only thing Graham remebered was a little turnoff off one of the main tracks, we found it and followed that track. Well, track is an overrated word, it soon became a little trail and a few more kilometers on we advanced in walking speed, basically pushing our cars through the man-high grass, dodging bushes and branches, often pausing to walk ahead and check out the terrain.
The good thing was that we had two cars which gave us much more confidence than being alone, especially when discovering unknown, remote areas. The feeling of being on a different planet got stronger the more we explored Matopos from this unknown side.
Sometimes we went in narrow valleys and then suddenly the most beautiful, breathtaking views would open up with all these granite "castles" lying basically to our feet, stretching out as far as the eye could see.
A Familiar Rock Formation
Sometimes Graham remembered a rock formation he had seen as a little boy so we sort of knew we were on the right track. Soon after we had manoeuvered our cars over one rough rocky patch the trail, or better what was left of it, suddenly disappeared and we came onto a grassy plain surrounded by granite hills .
Should that be the end of our expedition "ringing rock"? On the other side though we saw some movement and realized those were locals cutting the long grass to make thatch for their roofs. As they didn´t speak English, Graham used his knowledge of the local dialect. And bingo, they understood what we were after!
One woman showed us the way and we got excited! We had to walk another 20 minutes, discovering more rock paintings on the way and then already from far we could see those ringing rocks – unmistakably they looked like giant round marbles scattered on a huge rock face, deep hollows in their sides from hundreds of years of drumming.
Rock Gongs
We all looked at each other and smiled. We had found them! Next thing was Rene and Graham picking up small rocks and starting to hit the first rock gongs. It sounded like a metallic drum, apparently they were used to gather surrounding tribes and chiefs for a meeting, or simply to play music on them in some local ceremonies.
Some made more sounds than others, but all had those white, cup-like markings on them. That surely is a thing not many people know about Matopos and for us, it added to the already stunning beauty of this national park. When we had to leave after nearly one week, we felt a little sad heading back to civilization – all those granite "kopjes", rock paintings and magic of this stretch of land had put us under its spell.
Read about Rene Bauer and Andrea Kaucka on their website www.ourwildjourney.com, about their extended journey throughout Africa.
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Hot Springs: An Ancient A Spanish Tradition
The Friday after Christmas we escaped from crowded Madrid and headed an hour and half south to the Hotel Balneario Carlos III, just outside of Trillo, Guadalajara. My husband Juan Gutierrez and I were spending our first Christmas together with his family, and of course joined in the family ritual of a mineral springs resort weekend.
Let me be clear, it has no comparison with a Club Med or a weight loss ranch in Arizona. Rather, it harkens back to traditions as old as the Roman Empire.Add a comment
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In fact, locals had been bathing and drinking from the mineral spring near Trillo since Roman times, but in the 1700s some of the spring's waters were diverted and channeled into a system of elegant outdoor stone baths which were then frequented by the hotel's namesake, King Carlos III, and others aristocrats.
Since then Spain has passed from a monarchy to a free-market democracy and the resort has become part of BalnearioTerma Europa , a small chain that offers four star mineral springs amenities at a very populist price.
Ruins of the eighteenth century baths sit right next to the shiny new hotel where we had a room with three meals a day and unlimited use of the indoor mineral pool, steam room, sauna, and sala de relax for 80 euros a night.
The amenities
After settling into our rooms, we went straight to the dining room for the midday meal. Over several trips to the buffet for well-ordered courses of paella, goat chops and tiramisu (just a few of the dishes on the buffet), I couldn't help noticing that I was the only non-Spaniard around. It dawned on me, too, that I had not seen one written word of English anywhere.
Despite its amenities, history,and location only an hour-and-a-half from Madrid, the resort was not part of theinternational tourist scene. Instead, the resort attracted a congenial variety of Spaniards from a young couple at a table for two in the corner to families with young children to older people easing their arthritis.
We fit right in with my eight and three-year-old niece and nephew, us thirty and forty-something's, and my 75-year-old mother-in-law. The hotel also offer complimentary babysitting in the morning.
As I finished the tiramisu, I mulled over the Menu de Tratamientos, a list of all the massages, facials, skin treatments, and more intense bathing experiences available in addition to our already paid package. They included foot reflexology, six or seven massages, vitamin C facials and numerous skin peels each promising to relax, invigorate, calm, moisturize or beautify.
You could even have your entire body wrapped up in chocolate and then dunked in milk.
Tempting as a chocolate wrap sounded, I decided to try the bamboo stick and aloe vera massage for toning, remodeling and relaxing. I also agreed to join my husband for a Roman bath circuit.
The Piscina Activa
Aftera siesta we donned our swimming suits and the mandatory swimming caps for our first dip in the mineral pool. The piscinaactiva, as it's called, is effectively a water park for relaxation. At 30 degrees celsius, the water is warm but not hot, perfect for a long soak. A variety of streams, bubbles and showers hit every body part with the pressure of the water's relaxing composition of elements and minerals.
I got in the pool and stuck my foot in the first jet I found. Ahhh, an almost painful relief shot from my toe through my head as the water pressure reawakened my pie from the numbness by pounding the pavement and cobblestones of Madrid over the previous days.
Other advantageously positioned jets untied the knots in my hips, shoulders and neck.
After 45 minutes, I was floating on my back savoring the effects of being gently pummeled with water. By the time the pool closed at 8:30 pm, the spa had worked its magic—I was relaxed and hungry for a late Spanish dinner.
The surroundings
The weekend wasn't all water and massages, though. The resort sits squeezed between the Tajo River and the foothills of the Sierra Madrid. Its slight separation from the town of Trillo, the fisherman's trails along the river and a network of quiet roads through the hills also make it a nature escape.
The next morning, Juan and I decided to follow a paved road to a monastery a couple of miles away where a monks had cared for lepers but a community of nuns now runs a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol addicts. We reached the monastery in about half-an-hour and peaked inside the baroque chapel, unfortunately under construction, before we continued down the road to the old hospital, now abandoned.
A path vaguely etched in the dead grass led us back to the river. We took a minute to rest on a large boulder by the river bank and just taking it all in--the cool air with the tiniest nip, the blue-green of the Tajo, the vultures perched in the cliffs, and the smell of wild rosemary.
Aloe, bamboo and cellulite
That afternoon I had my aloe and bamboo massage. Just before the treatment started, I couldn't help lifting my head form the massage table to ask how the treatment was going to remodel me as promised.
"It's draining," the masseuse replied. "'In that sense is remodeling."
She put the aloe essence right on the cellulite on the back of my legs, rolled the bamboo stick over it and continued down my calf. Next, she patted my excess back fat into place first with the hollow bamboo branch and then with two thin, flexible bamboo sticks. My shoulders and back got some attention, too. Initially, the
experience left me unimpressed, but the promised reward would come a few days later.
The Via Romana
In the afternoon Juan and I ran the watery gauntlet of the Roman bath circuit.
"Screaming is allowed," our guide concluded the explanation of the 45-minute series that alternated between extreme heat and cold, supposedly to improve circulation an induce relaxation.
I admit to having a loud verbal reaction as I passed through the first archway spewing almost-ice cold water, but the physical tension it created only increased the delight I felt when I sank into a 102-degree hot tub.
Ten minutes too soon our guide made us proceeded to the next phase. This time, I endured the second cold shower more stoically. Next we moved onto the saunas.
We first entered a 110 degree dry sauna to open up our pores before the humid sauna unleashed a full-throttled sweat. Was enduring such heat a test of virility among Roman senators, I wondered? Few of the six of us could stand the full ten minutes in the heat, but Juan and I endured, barely. This time we lingered in the cold shower. After ten more minutes in a humid sauna, the final pool of 28-degree water felt like a perfect spring day.
After dinner, Juan and I made a touristic excursion into Trillo, a city with medieval origins built around a mill on the Tagus River. The row of 14th century town homes lined the cliff of the river bank look as if time has not passed over them and the waterfall in the middle of the central plaza adds obvious charm, especially when lit with Christmas lights.
The city also made a small mark on modern history by becoming one of the first hydroelectric mills in Spain. We concluded our brief tour by following the staircase along the waterfall up to a modern bar looking out over the quaint scene. In the spirit of Spanish tradition, a tinto capped our evening out.
It worked
The next morning, our last day, I was putting my swimming suit on and explaining to Juan how the bamboo massage was supposed to drain and remodel me. He gave my thighs a good pat.
"They are firmer," he said.
Right then I made my New Year's resolution: come back to this resort next Christmas.
The next year
Almost one year later, I was initially disappointed that I couldn't keep my resolution. By the time we tried to book, the Balneario Carlos III was already full for the dates we wanted, so, we made a reservation for the resort north of Madrid in Arnedillo. The essentials (a natural mineral spring and accompanying pools and treatmeants) are the same, but the Balneario Arnedillo has some distinct differences from the resort in Trillo.
First, location: the Balneario Arnedillo is located two and a half hours from Madrid in the Rioja, one of Spain's most famous wine regions.
It's also situated within the small town itself, great for exploring the history of the old churches and castle, or local flavors.
In the bar Casa de Cañas we enjoyed a really unique tapa—a little packet of béchamel, mushrooms,and shrimp dipped in a savory whipped cream. At the same time, the space between town and country is small and a network of trails go out from the town to access the no-man's-land of the surrounding hills tiered with olive plantations dating back to the Roman Empire.
Also nearby is the big town of Arnedo, known for its shoe outlets. In the other direction is the small town of Enciso where dinosaur fossils are dug up and displayed in a museum. You can even look for them yourself on the Cidacos trail. We found both dinosaur fossils and amazing shoe deals.
Second, the amenities: In addition to a piscine active, the Balneario Arnedillo offers an outdoor soaking pool, a wave pool, and mud baths. We also enjoyed the complimentary evening of wine and chorizo (Spanish cured sausage) in the family bodega, a traditional walk-in wine cellar built into the side of the mountain. The wine is a product of a local cooperative and quite drinkable.
Where will go next year? We might just have to try the Hotel Balneario's third location in Tarragona.
If your thinking of a trip, rent a car in Spain from people you know. Enterprise rent-a-car rents cars in Europe!
Bridget Ryder is freelance writer and graduate student of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomasin St. Paul, Mn. When not torturing herself with philosophy and history, she loves exploring the world with her husband.
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Exploring English Castles: Not Your Average Picture Book
A Lesson in Historical and Cultural Capital of Castles
Dr. Edd Harris loves castles, especially Medieval ones. He has been to Islamic fortresses in the plains of Spain, the large Harlech Castle is Northern Wales, and the picturesque Burg Eltz in the woodlands of Germany,needless to say all over Europe. However, the British native returned to his roots to write his first book, 'Exploring English Castles.'
The Complexities of Castles
The time period of the book stretches from the Norman Invasion of 1066 until about 1300, three centuries before the first World War. During this time period, the majority of castle building took place since they were introduced to the country by the Normans of France.
Harris' approach to castles is different than commonly seen. Harris explains the connection that castles have to famous historical moments in England's history and in modern day culture. He is simultaneously giving a crash course in England's history with a multitude of information about the structure, variation and what makes a true castle.
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From Charles Dickens to King Arthur
Harris highlights some of the main castles in England including, Kenilworth Castle, Bodiam Castle, Tintagel Castle, Dunstanburgh Castle, and Corfe Castle. The Tower of London, one of the most famous castles, was used as a prison for a time period and presently holds the country's crown jewels. Framlingham Castle, located in Suffolk,was where Mary Tudor was proclaimed the first Queen of England.
It was build in 1190 and still remains in good shape. Rochester Castle was featured in some of Charles Dicken's novels and is close to London. Dover Castle has a long spanning military history that from the Medieval Times through the World Wars.
He begins the book by explaining that castles have varying functions. They have changed through history and are reflected in the modern day representation of castles. Harris writes:
"Essentially, then, there's a tantalizing tension at the heart of a true castle. A castle isn't a fortress, and it's not a stately home. It's somewhere on the spectrum between the two, combining military prowess with unimaginable luxury. To put it another way, it's a place where you could step in a decadent four-poster one night and have your head chopped off and placed upon a spike the next (an eventful weekend, by any account). A true castle has a heady mix of violence and decadence, bloodshed and splendor, which is why, almost by definition, no real castle can ever be boring."
Loosing an Essential Function but Gaining More
Once so fundamental for protection in medieval times, castles are now majority serving as aesthetic sources today. Harris explains that after the English Civil War the castles were leftdismantled and many people stole stones to build their own houses rather than attempt to build them back up. As time passed, castles became relics. "There are layers of history culminating onto each other, like actual layers of rock," says Harris.
There are an unknown number of castles in England because of how many are estimated to be in ruins and how many are in need of repair. Harris views castles as, "a connection to history and a romantic connection to the past." There is an underlying cultural aspect transcending beyond the architectural structure. Castles embody different time periods and shows how the topography of the land fits in with the natural environment.
"Tourists get that connection when they travel to England and view the castles here," explains Harris. "Castles are what the United Kingdom has become in a tangible way."
A Local Castle Close to the Heart
Though Harris has traveled across Europe and well over England, viewing castles, Goodrich Castle holds sentimental meaning. The red sandstone castle is located in Herefordshire County, the same county that Harris grew up in. He has visited it many times.
When visiting Goodrich Castle, there are many plaques prompting historical meanings for different parts of the castle as well as an audio guide that is factored into the price you pay to get in. Harris explains that reaching the castle through public transportation is not easy but achievable by taking the 43 bus the town of Rye or a taxi ride from the center of the town. Driving is easier. There is also a youth hostel nearby and numerous hotels in the area.
Tips for Traveling to Europe for Castle Viewing
For those who don't want to leave the castle behind to stay in a hotel, there are castles in England that function as hotels. The Amberley Castle Hotel is located in the South Downs and is drivable from London.
At over 900 years old, it still leaves a good impression, even before you know that Elizabeth I stayed there. To really experience the history of the castle, the drawbridge is raised at night.
For those staying in England for only a short period of time, Harris recommends seeing Bodiam Castle. Although a car is needed to access the site, the view is worth it. "It is what you think of when you think of a fairytale castle," Harris describes. Dover Castle and the Tower of London are also on the list and are reachable by train and public transportation respectfully.
Castles Across Europe
For tourists who prefer a hands-on approach and accept the challenge of driving a little on what may be a new side of the road, Harris encourages you too! He recommends leaving from a capital city, in the case of England, would be London.
By staying in the capital for a few days and observing and interacting with the culture, it gives tourists an initial understanding and day-tours are easily accomplished.
When looking into touring castles, Harris recommends Viator as a tour guide because they operate to and from London to the more main touristy attractions that are a must for one's first time in England.
He also recomends taking day trips into Germany, Spain and the rest of the United Kingdom to explore castles there. Harris reccomends Germany's Heidelberg Castle and Neuschwanstein Castle. The Alcazar of Segovia is the most famous and conveniently nearest in proximity in Spain. According to Harris, Ireland presents more opportunities for those tourists itching to stay in a castle hotel.
Combining Passions of History and Photography
Harris' grandmother lives in a 15th century tin frame cottage. This was his first exposure to rich, historical architecture and discovering castles solidified that passion for him. He says that he felt a connection to the heritage of his country through this historical representation. What infatuates Harris about castles is the element of eeriness they hold in their ruins and their very structure.
Their ruins resonate with him by the power they once held and messages they show; among them being "the impermanence of human achievement." Harris is mainly interested in the Romantic re-interpretation of castles around the time period when castles were being rejuvenated in the gothic artistic movement began.
When he visits the castles he often talks to the custodians because they clean the nooks and crannies of the place and know it better than anyone else from a layout perspective. Good tip--next time you visit save the hardest questions for the janitors!
The interpreters of the castles are a great source of information as well as the tour guides. "In the United Kingdom we are really lucky because we are surrounded by a lot of really beautiful historical sites," Harris says.
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Make sure to check out Edd's website for more information on castles in Europe!
Erica Garnett is an intern at GoNOMAD Travel. She is a student at the University of Massachusetts, pursuing a double major in Journalism and Anthropology.Add a comment
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Each spring, more than 150,000 visitors descend upon the Taihu Lake region of Suzhou, China. They're there for the Biluochun Tea Culture and Tourism Festival, which takes place in the East Hill Mountain area of Dongshan County.
The festival begins with the plucking of the Biluochun tea, also known as the emerald spring spiral because of its color and shape. The festival is a celebration of this tea and a great opportunity for visitors to learn more about it and experience a great part of Chinese culture, according to a representative of the China National Tourist office.
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Biluochun Tea has been around since the Ming Dynasty –- more than 1,000 years. It's one of the most famous green teas in China. It's exclusive because while most green teas use three parts of the plant, the bud and the two leaves, Biluochun tea uses only two parts: the bud and the first leaf.
This means it takes more tea leaves to make the same amount of Biluochun tea as other green teas, but something's working; it's ranked as one of the top ten Chinese teas. It has a strong aroma that comes from the mountain soil and the trees that grow within the plantations. Some claim that the sweet tea has healing powers as well.
There are different levels, or ratings, of the tea quality. The highest level, Supreme I, represents the best quality because it contains the smallest Biluochun leaves. The tea has five characteristics that make it stand out: the unique spiral shape, the sweet fruity taste, the rich floral aroma, showy white hairs and early cropping. The tea is so sweet that the leaves can be eaten after infusion, something that isn't typical for tea.
At the festival, visitors have the opportunity to pick the tea, watch folk art performances, and eat traditional foods. This happens at each of the tea plantations within the Taihu Lake region. They can watch the process of making Biluochun tea from start to finish, or rather from bud to glass.
One of the plantations where visitors can do this is Rain Flower Resort in Dongshan Town, where for an entrance fee of $30 visitors can watch a presentation of the tea, a tea roasting and more.Add a comment
Suzhou, China
In Suzhou, there are many activities besides the tea festival. Suzhou is nicknamed "the Venice of China". It's located 76 miles west of Shanghai and can be reached by a 25-minute bullet train ride from Shanghai, which makes it an easy place to visit.
The city has more than 400 other attractions that millions of tourists visit every year. One of these attractions is the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a group of gardens that have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. These gardens are a great look at traditional Chinese garden design, with pavilions, rivers and pagodas.
Another attraction is the Hanshan Temple, a pagoda that offers some of the best views of the entire city and is ranked as one of the best ten temples in China.
The current structure dates back to the Qing Dynasty, in the realm of 1700, but the original architecture can be traced back to the Southern Dynasty of the 500s. Each New Year's Eve, a bell-ringing ceremony of 108 bells attracts locals and visitors.
Suzhou is home to Asia's largest Ferris Wheel, the Suzhou Museum (designed by the famous Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei) and the Suzhou Amusement Park. The Suzhou Museum is free to visit and contains a lotus pool that's worth a visit for lovers of art, architecture and culture.
The Suzhou Arts & Crafts Museum presents a diverse, brilliant collection of work created by Suzhou artisans. Jade, Ming-style furniture, wood carving, metal crafts and more are all on display at this museum, which opened in 2002. The building it's housed in is from the Qing Dynasty, which began in 1644.
Tiger Hill is considered an essential place to visit; a Song Dynasty poet named Su Shi once said, "It is a lifelong pity if having visited Suzhou you did not visit Tiger Hill." The hill is named because it is said to look like a crouching tiger.
Poetry and calligraphy have been carved into the rocks on the hill for thousands of years. The hill is home to a pond, a famous pagoda, a Bonsai Collection Museum and the Spring of Simplicity and Honesty.
Getting to Suzhou
There are three airports near Suzhou. Suzhou is accessible by the bullet train from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, by an hour and a half drive from Pudong International Airport and a 30 minute drive from Sunan Shuofang International Airport. All three of these airports have nonstop flights from North America, which makes it an easy trip.
Eleanor Harte is a journalist and writer based in Boston, MA. She's fortunate to have studied abroad in Paris and to have visited Ireland, Belgium, Scotland, the Czech Republic, and a few other countries, but she has many remaining on her list! She's always looking for the next adventure.
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MovingWorlds: International Volunteering for Good
People looking for volunteering opportunities to use their professional skills in an international capacity but who feel lost in finding a project that does good may have just found their perfect match.
The powerful combination of social enterprise and volunteering is what led Mark Horoszowski and Derk Norde to found their organization MovingWorlds a few years ago.
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The organization takes global companies that need help and pairs them with willing, talented volunteers for a time period of anywhere from one week to one year. They do this through a web-based matching program. The company's projects are skills-based, "like a shorter Peace Corps," said Horoszowski.
Users create an account and pay for a membership. This allows them to browse the listings of organizations that MovingWorlds has partnered with, and potentially match up with them if they're interested in working there.
There are three levels of membership, each with its own level of services from the company. The first level, for example, offers access to matches and help with the planning process, at a cost of $99 for one year. At the highest level, MovingWorlds offers a personal travel manager, custom opportunities and an account manager who'll find the perfect opportunity for you. That costs $999.
Most people go for the middle ground, the full access membership that includes personalized assistance and custom opportunities if you don't find something you like on the website. That costs $249 for a year's membership, which includes unlimited matches. All membership levels come with a guaranteed match, or you'll get your membership fee back.
The Talent Gap
In 2010, Horoszowski left his job in corporate America to travel the world and to figure out how he could work in a career that made money but allowed him to do good for the world as well. He started writing about this journey, and people started reading it. He met Norde in Buenos Aires at a networking event, and they decided to form a partnership.
Their company is based on the idea of the "talent gap," a kind of Catch-22 situation that Norde describes as a main problem in the barrier to progress. It's a gap that can keep locally led organizations from reaching their full potential. Until they reach that potential, they often can't receive grants or funding. But many times they can't afford the quality employees that lead them to their highest potential, or the training to teach themselves.
"This is one of the biggest global development challenges, lack of access to skills," said Horoszowski. "We took this idea and slowly but surely the idea grew and evolved."
He described the site as a part matching site and part global support team. The team works to find skills-based ethical projects that can create sustainable impact, generally with growth-minded organizations that are pursuing capital – in layman's terms, the grants that they can use to take their companies to the next level. What volunteers do is help get them to that next level.
"The most precious things anyone has are their time, heart and mind," said Horoszowski. This is part of the reason why MovingWorlds volunteers, who are referred to as "experteers," are not charged additional fees by any of the volunteer organizations. They're already giving their time, hearts and minds.
"Go With the Flow"
Sarah Horrigan worked in a Tanzanian startup for two months. She served as an English coach for voice actors translating a television show into English to reach a wider audience in Africa. The startup, UBONGO Kids, makes cartoons that teach children math and are shown on Tanzanian National Television. She'll soon be going back to work at the same company for another two months.
But that's not what she initially planned to do with her time abroad. She thought was going to be teaching the actors English so that they could give presentations about the content of the show to potential funders. She did some of that, but her role ended up being more focused on the English translation of the show itself. This is one example of why she believes it's important to 'go with the flow' of the experience.
Michael Robinson worked at a college in Ghana doing photography and fundraising for three weeks and said he would tell any prospective volunteers to have an open mind and not force your beliefs on the culture you're visiting. "It was a great experience and helped me appreciate so many things I had taken for granted," he said.
Jamie van Horne has been an Experteer three times, in Amsterdam, Bangkok, and South America. She described Experteering as an "as an intensive international MBA with a heavy focus on cultural competence."
She worked on strategic planning in different capacities for three different entrepreneurial organizations, and loved her experiences. "They had a wealth of really interesting and exciting opportunities to choose from," she said of MovingWorlds.
Typical Volunteers
There are three typical types of MovingWorlds volunteers, according to Horoszowski. The first is an early to mid-career professional who's looking to take their career to the next level and use their skills in a new capacity. The second is an early retiree, whose kids are out of the house and is looking for a new adventure. The third is a mid-career professional, who's been working for fifteen or twenty years and is looking to take a sabbatical.
There are projects for all of these volunteers and their skills, and if Experteers don't see a project they like on the website, the MovingWorlds team will have a Skype call with the Experteer to discuss their skillset and will work to find them a custom opportunity matching that. Often the hosting organizations provide free housing for Experteers.
Deana Jirak said she instantly connected with Horoszowski's vision because she'd see some of the problems he was solving firsthand. She was matched with a fair trade organization in Guatemala called Maya Traditions Foundation and was in charge of a total redesign of the website.
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"Make sure you will be utilized in a way that matches your skillset uniquely that isn't taking jobs away from locals," advised Jirak. "Make sure there is a sustainable plan in place that what you're working on will have a positive impact well after you leave. Basically, just do your research. MovingWorlds is a great place to pick because they do these things for you."
"I would suggest using them for their well-thought-out process, and also for the fact that they have expectations for the host companies, said Horrigan. "For example, UBONGO Kids provided me with free room and most of my meals, which made the cost of experteering for 2 months manageable for my budget."
MovingWorlds has a planning process ahead of time and worksheets that Experteers fill out before they go. It's a way to create a plan with the organization they're working for. They take that planning process seriously, and Horoszowki said though some people complain about the length of the questionnaire, afterwards many of them say they wish they spent more time planning ahead of time.
Shut Up and Listen
"It's important to begin with the right mindset," said Horoszowski. "Shut up and listen to the people who know what they're doing, basically."
MovingWorlds measures success as something that happens one year after an Experteer leaves. So if the project and systems that they put into place are still working and useful a year later, that's considered a success. It's not based on immediate results, because those aren't lasting.
"Volunteering abroad creates an opportunity to truly experience a new culture in a way that travel alone cannot. It also builds relationships that last a lifetime and positively impacts the hosting organizations.
For example, the innovation lab I helped plan in Thailand is now providing amazing opportunities to young people, and I think that's pretty cool," said van Horne.
Horoszowski said that Experteers have as much to gain as they do to give. "You can go and make an impact, but you'll be impacted as well."
"Volunteering abroad can seem intimidating, but MovingWorlds makes such an endeavor attainable by just about anyone, which I think is really incredible and has the potential to create some seriously positive change in so many ways," said van Horne.
Get involved with MovingWorlds!
Eleanor Harte is a journalist and writer based in Boston, MA. She's fortunate to have studied abroad in Paris and to have visited Ireland, Belgium, Scotland, the Czech Republic, and a few other countries, but she has many remaining on her list! She's always looking for the next adventure.
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Innsbrook ushered in corporate lifestyle
In the late 1970s, there was nothing in the corporate world of Henrico County – or Greater Richmond – quite like what the mind of Sidney Gunst envisioned. Only a few years removed from college, Gunst was dreaming big.
"I had the idea that more was better," he recalled.
Gunst's thoughts became clearer as he traveled the country to observe office complexes, selecting pieces of what he saw elsewhere to help hone his vision for Henrico's Far West End. He envisioned a corporate setting in which employees could feel comfortable amid lush, well-maintained surroundings; enjoy concerts, fitness trails and a library; and generally be surrounded by other like-minded people in a true community setting.
But dreams and ideas alone would not move dirt.
"I was an ambitious young 28-year-old with an idea and no money," recalled Gunst, who at the time was working for the Pruitt family on a development project in Henrico's Near West End.
That's where ambition took over. Gunst approached two real estate investors – Henry Stern and David Arenstein – and sold them on his concept. With their funding and his determination, the Innsbrook Corporate Center soon came to life.
The development of Innsbrook – today an 850-acre community of more than 400 businesses, 22,000 employees, four residential subdivision, a post office, library, shops and concert venue – ranks 18th on the Henrico Citizen's list of the 24 most significant events in Henrico history.
Bigger is better
As it turns 29 years old this month, Innsbrook is the second-largest employment center in Greater Richmond, and its development helped shape Henrico as a business-friendly county while setting in motion much of the subsequent development of the county's West End.
Gunst's motivation was simple.
"I wanted to go the next level of creating a live-work-play environment," he said. "We were marketing it as the ultimate employee benefit plan."
At the center of his concept was attractive, cohesive landscaping – something he felt was critical in order to provide the true sense of quality and community that would be key to attracting tenants. A small billboard erected at the site as its first building was being constructed in the early 1980s promised that the community would adhere to "a commitment to excellence." Gunst was resolute in his determination to live up to that goal, implementing more stringent development and landscaping standards than Henrico County required, as a way to set the standard for western Henrico.
Though he was able to convince his key investors to come on board without much difficulty, convincing a corporate tenant to move to the far reaches of Henrico County – and away from the downtown corridor – proved much tougher.
"It was too far out, could we deliver long-term?" Gunst recalled, citing some of the common hesitancies he heard from businesses at the time. "Nobody wants to be the first one to move in."
Finally, after two years of discussions, Gunst landed Innsbrook's first tenant, Hewlett Packard. Construction on its facility began in late 1981, and the company moved into its new home in April 1982. Steadily, others followed. Today, Innsbrook is home to a number of major companies, including Capital One, Dominion Virginia Power, Humana Market Point, Markel Corporation, SnagAJob.com and a plethora of others.
Innsbrook 2.0
In the mid-1990s, Highwoods Properties began a five-year process of buying out the remaining sites controlled by Gunst and his investors. That process was completed by 2000, and today Highwoods controls about 30 percent of the land in Innsbrook. The rest is owned by individual owners and businesses or real estate investment groups. (Gunst owns the Innsbrook Shoppes and serves on the Innsbrook Owners Association's board of directors.)
Though his creation has been viewed as the epicenter of Henrico's business community for decades, Gunst said it's far from perfect.
"I make the joke that if I had know then what I knew later, I probably wouldn't have done it," he said. "It was not a fully refined plan."
That was partially the result of county zoning regulations, which limited what could be built, and partially, Gunst said, the result of his own inexperience.
But the community soon will undergo a rebirth of sorts – a transformation that Gunst believes will make it more like the type of place it should have been to begin with. "Innsbrook 2.0," as he terms the new concept, will make the community a more fully integrated, efficient place.
The goal is to create a true mixed-use setting, with more residential and retail space in close quarters to the existing office space. With such an extensive network of infrastructure already in place, it makes sense that it should serve more purposes, Gunst said.
He hopes the end result will be an environment in which people are less reliant upon automobiles, thereby helping to create a more sustainable community.
"Why would anybody want to have 22,000 cars leaving at 5 o'clock to drive to a shopping center to take up 22,000 parking spaces, to then drive home and take up another 22,000 parking spaces?" Gunst asked. Providing people with what they need within a short distance should eliminate many of those trips, he said.
Innsbrook doesn't need to look far to see the same type of concept already taking shape at West Broad Village, in a development Gunst views as complementary. Rocketts Landing, another mixed-use community, continues to grow at the Henrico-Richmond line.
Innsbrook's build-out as a business center took about 30 years, and Gunst anticipates it could take at least half as long for its rebirth to be completed. Once that happens, he said, "we can double the size, because we are a credible, desirable environment."
Despite struggling like most others during the recent recession – Innsbrook's vacancy rate rose as high as 22 percent – the community is now enjoying an upswing, with less than 10 percent vacancy.
The community's resilience, Gunst believes, is proof that it is more than just a place to work. And though he scoffs at the notion that Innsbrook changed the course of West End development ("I think it would have [developed] regardless," he said), there's no debating the role it has played in the type of development that followed.
"I hope that we created a good example for a level of quality that affected people," Gunst said. "We wanted to create more than Broad Street frontage. The market really embraced it."
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Riders to pass through county on East Coast Greenway tour
Citizen Staff Reports 10/02/2015
From October 4-9, 35 cyclists will be riding through Henrico County as part of a 325-mile tour of the East Coast Greenway (ECG) route from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Raleigh, NC.
A 2,900-mile trail route that extends from the Canadian border at Calais, Maine, to Key West, Florida, The East Coast Greenway is heading into its 25th year. The Week A Year (WAY) Tour is an annual ride and fundraiser that has been working its way south since the first WAY Tour launched from Calais, Maine in 2011. Riders cover a different section of the Greenway each year and are on target to complete the route in Key West in 2019. > Read more.
A 2,900-mile trail route that extends from the Canadian border at Calais, Maine, to Key West, Florida, The East Coast Greenway is heading into its 25th year. The Week A Year (WAY) Tour is an annual ride and fundraiser that has been working its way south since the first WAY Tour launched from Calais, Maine in 2011. Riders cover a different section of the Greenway each year and are on target to complete the route in Key West in 2019. > Read more.
Henrico woman wins $1M in Va. Lottery game
Citizen Staff Reports 10/02/2015
When Amanda Spiller of Henrico saw that she'd won the $1 million prize in the Virginia Lottery's $100 Million Cash Extravaganza game, it didn't immediately sink in.
"I was in shock. . . complete shock," she said. "I had to double and triple check."
She bought the winning ticket at the 7-Eleven at 2750 Hungary Spring Road in Henrico. She had the choice of taking the full $1 million prize over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $681,000 before taxes. She chose the cash option. The store received a $10,000 bonus from the Lottery for selling the winning ticket. > Read more.
New restaurant opens at Virginia Center Commons
Virginia Center Commons is now home to Alpozio's Grill & Lounge, a new American-themed, family-owned and operated restaurant concept from industry veteran Al Williams.
"We are excited to welcome Alpozio's, adding another dimension to Virginia Center Commons' popular mix of specialty stores, eateries and entertainment venues," said Sheryl Raulin, mall manager at Virginia Center Commons.
The kitchen at Alpozio's focuses on classic American favorites with Italian influence. Menu items include everything from crab cakes to ribeye with a selection of kid-friendly favorites and decadent desserts, such as strawberry shortcake and grandma's apple pie. > Read more.
"We are excited to welcome Alpozio's, adding another dimension to Virginia Center Commons' popular mix of specialty stores, eateries and entertainment venues," said Sheryl Raulin, mall manager at Virginia Center Commons.
The kitchen at Alpozio's focuses on classic American favorites with Italian influence. Menu items include everything from crab cakes to ribeye with a selection of kid-friendly favorites and decadent desserts, such as strawberry shortcake and grandma's apple pie. > Read more.
Henrico leaf collection to start in November
ManUp Fatherhood Initiative back-to-school festival planned Oct. 10
Henrico Police train personnel on impartial policing
Catalyst Business Workshop to be held Oct. 9
First Capital Bank's 'Stuff the Bus' benefits thousands of Central Virginia students
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Another week filled with many new releases… Among these were the album "Routes" by Smoke (actually released in '08 in Italy); the new Ras Amerlock "2010, A Bass Oddity (Trinity All Stars)" (on Libre Comme Lair); and the new Marcus Visionary "Carib EP II" (on Liondub International).
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Contrary to popular belief, pregnancy is not always an exciting, happy or glowing experience. Clinical depression affects 15-20% of pregnant women, sometimes hitting so hard that the moms-to-be attempt suicide. Mothers of multiples are at even higher risk with more than 25% suffering during pregnancy and postpartum.
The new mother of eight in LA needs regular mental health assessment. Prenatal and postpartum depression is a hidden illness with potential grave consequences.
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Ian Lynam brings the new Kirimomi typeface to life for Onitsuka Tiger.
Graphic designer Ian Lynam, who has a creative studio based in Tokyo, has designed two new fonts for the Japanese sports fashion brand Onitsuka Tiger. His type design project drew inspiration from the company's archives of print advertising. He looked at the typography and graphic design of hundreds of their ads, catalogs, brochures and other materials. Lynam states:
The Onitsuka Tiger materials span the technological and cultural development of Modern printing…From the prevalence of American Type Founders typefaces used in early advertising mixed with hand lettering to incised prototype katakana and hiragana to the Helveticization of the globe, Onitsuka Tiger's printed matter functions as a cultural and aesthetic survey of popular styles and unique approaches to graphic design.
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(PRWeb UK) July 9, 2009 -- New British Heart Foundation (BHF) research¹ revealed today suggests for the first time that the way blood flows through our arteries may boost an antioxidant effect of statin medicines. The discovery at Imperial College London is the first evidence of biomechanical forces affecting the action of a commonly-used drug, and could point the way towards new targets to improve artery health throughout the body.
Statins lower harmful LDL cholesterol - in 2008 nearly 50 million statin prescriptions were written for people at high risk of heart attack in England², where they are estimated to save nearly 10,000 lives each year³. The drugs are also thought to have other heart-protective actions, which may include their ability to produce anti-oxidants in the cells of our arteries by boosting levels of the enzyme 'heme oxygenase-1' (HO-1).
Researchers in Cardiovascular Sciences at Imperial College London investigated the anti-oxidant potency of statins in different parts of the circulation by measuring the amount of HO-1 in 'endothelial' cells that line arteries.
Dr Justin Mason, Dr Faisal Ali and colleagues discovered that - in human tissue culture and in mice - the increase in HO-1 induced by the statin was significantly higher in cells exposed to fast and regular blood flow, compared to those cells
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Sampdoria have officially signed striker Gianluca Sansone from Torino on a co-ownership deal, while the Granata take Belgian Under-21 international Dolly Menga.
Sansone scored his debut Serie A goal this season and the 25-year-old completed the transfer last night.
Samp announced they have bought out 50 per cent of Sansone's contract from Toro.
Meanwhile, Torino are set to sign Belgian Under-21 international forward Menga from Lierse.
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