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There's something about summer ... foods are fresh and ripe, and everything just tastes a little better, seems a little more indulgent.
Here are some of my favorite summer treats.
- Watermelon
- Mango
- Strawberries
- Popsicles
- Ice cream
- Frozen treats from the ice cream man
- Tomatoes right from the vine
- Corn from roadside stands
- Lemonade
- Lemonade with vodka
- Super cold white wine
- Margaritas
- Any drink with an umbrella
- Hot dogs at baseball games
- Hamburgers on the grill
- Potato salad done well
- Clams baked on the beach (even though I don't eat them)
- S'mores
- Suntan lotion on my children's skins
- Chlorine-soaked hair
- Saltwater taffy
- Saltwater kisses
- The breeze off the ocean
- Ice-cold water
- Steamy nights
What foods or other yummy things do you associate with summer?
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The National Post first published the following story in 2014. Ever since, it's had a steady stream of viewers at all hours of the day and from all parts of the world — many of whom were likely frantically Googling for information about the "Hell Itch" while in its worst throes. If you are one of those people, stop reading right now and go take a hot shower. Without access to strong medication, it is the only immediate relief for the condition.
Five years ago, Dr. Cory Stewart had just returned from a Caribbean honeymoon when a simple sunburn on his back suddenly exploded into a sensation the likes of which he had never experienced.
"It was this deep itch you couldn't do anything about," he said. The itch came in fiery un-scratchable waves that consumed him with panic, pulsating his entire body with each heartbeat.
The young medical student knew of no diagnosis that could explain what was happening or recommend treatment. He smeared his back in aloe and lotion, and tried rolling around on the floor for relief, but nothing worked.
"You feel like you're going crazy and nobody believes you," said Dr. Stewart, now an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Chicago.
When his wife came home to find her new husband tortured by something as simple as a sunburn, her disbelief only made the ordeal worse.
"She thought it was completely ludicrous," said Dr. Stewart. "Nobody can understand or believe you unless you've gone through it."
Dr. Stewart had just discovered he is part of a unique and cursed fraternity for whom sunburns are not simply a mild annoyance, but the harbingers of a debilitating, madness-inducing itch. It is an itch that has brought U.S. Marines to their knees and trumped the pain of childbirth for mothers.
Worst of all, it is an itch whose very existence is largely unknown to medical science. It is, in the parlance of its panicked sufferers, the Hell Itch.
"This itch is unlike ANYTHING ELSE. It makes me want to rip my skin off using rusty razors, to put it lightly," reads a 2011 post by Australian blogger Kat Jennings.
All across the Internet, blogs, web forums and comment sections are similarly littered with panicked cries for relief from Hell Itch victims.
"I've literally been begging my 13-year-old sister to knock me out because I can't take it anymore," reads one example.
"It was a maddening, body twitching, hands shaking, insatiable itch that literally had me in tears," says another.
"As a former marine I am embarrassed that this causes me so much utter agony, I just want to go insane," adds yet another.
The sensation has been described as "fiery sandpaper with knives" and "a thousand bugs under your skin biting you over and over." And, as with Dr. Stewart, sufferers were often surrounded by friends and family who believed they were over-reacting to a mild case of sunburn itch.
Dr. Martin Steinhoff, one of the world's leading sunburn researchers, has encountered many patients in the throes of a Hell Itch.
"They say it is the worst itch they can imagine, which leaves them pretty much dysfunctional," he said in a phone call from Barcelona.
Dr. Steinhoff is fittingly based at University College Dublin in Ireland, a country where pale skin and a general unfamiliarity with sunny weather have conspired to make locals particularly susceptible to sunburns.
Referring to the Hell Itch as acute sunburn itch, Dr. Steinhoff said it can be a completely debilitating condition. For upward of two days, the patients are completely consumed by the itch, unable to work or even think straight.
He estimates the Hell Itch strikes 5 per cent to 10 per cent of sunburn sufferers, who may or may not be genetically predisposed to it. And although it may feel like an allergic reaction, he said it cannot be treated by antihistamines.
There are several chemical "pathways" used by an itch, he explains. Although Dr. Steinhoff and others have some idea of how the Hell Itch is created, "on the molecular level, we don't understand it as yet."
At least in North America, the very idea of the Hell Itch remains almost completely foreign to doctors, who usually recommend ineffective treatments like lotion or an antihistamine such as Benadryl.
Dermatologists, meanwhile, hardly ever see it at all. As one Canadian dermatologist told the National Post, by the time a referral has been made, the effects of sunburn have usually worn off.
European dermatologists are better prepared to make emergency calls, but Dr. Steinhoff said medicine in general has only recently woken up to the idea itching can be a crippling disorder.
"A couple of years ago, itch was rather a neglected subject in medicine. When patients complained of itch, they were not really taken seriously," he said.
Online, the community of Hell Itch sufferers has agreed on only one surefire treatment: A constant regimen of boiling hot showers until the itch subsides.
The shower works, explained Dr. Steinhoff, because it activates the skin's pain nerves, shutting down the itch. In more severe cases of chronic itch, the same logic has even prompted sufferers to take lighters to their skin.
When he encounters the Hell Itch, Dr. Steinhoff prescribes an "aggressive" treatment of both high-potency steroid creams and doses of prednisolone, a drug banned by most world athletic federations.
It may seem like overkill for a sunburn, a condition most people endure with only a few squirts of aloe vera. But Dr. Steinhoff warns not to underestimate the power of the itch.
"It can be as severe as chronic pain. It can lead to suicide, to sleep deprivation, to depression, it can lead to aggressiveness," he said.
"People who have not experienced severe itch or pain … underestimate the impact that these symptoms have on our daily life."
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The first rule of this review is don't talk about this review.
The second rule of this review is don't talk about this review.
Fight Club. It's been on cable lately. I've caught it a couple times and I've become addicted to it. I saw it when it came out and I realized even then that it was awesome and revolutionary, but I feel like I have a greater appreciation of it now that I've gotten older.
The general plot: Edward Norton plays a corporate office drone. We never get his real name. He's a mopey sad sack, depressed with his life. Feeling no sense of purpose, he goes to work, comes home, and spends his money buying useless crap for his home. Stuff that he doesn't need. He hopes it will make him happy but nothing makes him happy.
One day, the highly opinionated, ultra violent, doesn't give a shit about anything Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) walks into Norton's life. Tyler browbeats Norton into starting "Fight Club" and the first rule of Fight Club is to never talk about Fight Club.
The club consists of grown men meeting in a basement and beating the crap out of each other. I suppose that film critics could argue about what exactly that means but the gist seems to be that the more physical pain these dudes endure, the less shits they give.
"Stop giving a shit" is essentially Tyler's message to Norton. Tyler informs Norton that he needs to give up on the idea that he'll live forever, that he must accept that he'll die one day, that everything is in a sense of decay and people just waste their lives doing pointless shit and coming up with excuses as to why they can't do what they want.
Millennials, you guys think you're depressed? Please. You don't hold a candle to Generation X and in many ways, this film captures the ennui my generation suffered in our younger days.
Take Tyler's "Great Depression" Speech, for example:
"Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who have ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. Goddammit, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables, slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man; no purpose or place. We have no Great War, no Great Depression. Our Great War is a spiritual war. Our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised by television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars. But we won't; and we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off."
Shit. I was just a youngster when I first heard Tyler say that. I didn't think much of it. Many years later, I realize the meaning. He's right. Generation X didn't have World War II, or Vietnam. Things were actually pretty good in the world and you'd think that's a good thing but the problem that arises is when the people of a generation don't have to worry about a great cause, or a big war or what have you, then they have time to focus on doing what they actually want…and sadly, it's just human nature to come up with excuses to explain away why we aren't doing what we want to do. Even worse, try as we might, there just aren't enough resources for everyone to do what they want to do.
Oddly, I'm in a weird place where I'm on the tail end of Generation X. A few years later, I could have been a millennial. Tyler may have been off a little bit. Little did he know that two years after this movie, 9/11 would happen and that would change the world, especially people like me who were just becoming adults around that time.
In a way, the movie makes a lot of points about life and how its too easy to feel hopeless. It captures the mood of Generation X well, but then again, after 9/11, it seems kind of sad that we felt bad that there wasn't a great conflict. Hell, I'd do anything to go back to the pre-9/11 days and be like Ed Norton with nothing to worry about but what useless crap to buy from the catalog.
Anyway, enough of the philosophy. From a writing standpoint, the film is brilliant. There are many twists and turns that are unexpected yet they blow you away. The film also builds a formula and that it feeds on and uses to build itself. Fight Club grows, the number of Fight Club members grow, they all become pawns for Tyler to move around in the giant mental game of chess he's playing.
Helena Bonham Carter stars as Marla Singer, a crazy lady loved by Norton but banged by Tyler, much to Norton's dismay.
Meanwhile, a young Jared Leto appears in a supporting role as the platinum blonde Angel Face. Even 1970s music legend Meat Loaf joins Fight Club as the large breasted Robert Paulson.
I dunno, 3.5 readers. Check out the film. There's a lot of different meanings. You can sort of get a sense of the purpose-less-ness (if that's a word) that young people felt at the time, and then again, there's the message of stop pursuing materialism, stop making excuses for why you aren't doing what you want to do, stop living a boring life. No, you don't (and should not) start an illegal Fight Club turned widespread criminal organization, but you could realize that life is short and it is a shame if you don't at least try to do what you want to do.
STATUS: Shelf-worthy.


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Lahore to PAF Kohat
Syed Mohd. Saleh Uddin
In February 18, 1969 I travelled by PIA from Dhaka to Lahore. It was my first journey by an aircraft. Our aircraft landed in Lahore at about evening. Here in the joy there was a sorrow of living home was hidden in heart. Before flight from Dhaka in the airmen mess we all the recruits were issued a blanket and a sweater. We did not understand its reason. When we came out of the aircraft and given our first step in the gangway scorching cold wave made us clear the mojaja (secret) of the blanket and sweater. So, hurriedly in the airport we wore the sweater. In the flying aircraft the dealings of cabin crews, their supplying of food and drinks, chocolates and other entertainments also charmed us. From the windows of the aircraft flying clouds below and other phenomenon were events of joy no doubt except little headache and tendency of closing ears due to high altitude. Some also vomited. Many face such problems due to high altitude.
From Lahore Rail Station our train journey began. There also we had few occasions of joy and sorrow. In our room a group of Poly tech technique students also travelled. Soon they became our friends though languages of each other were little known. They purchased food like pakura and fruit like malta, keno and tried to entertain us. In Lahore rail station pakura, fruits etc were sold by vendors. Pukura was prepared hot in the van and used to supply hot shouting Pakura, pakura….! Some of the students probably could sing. Someone started singing in unknown language to us. I made request to sing a Kawali the very popular songs of Pakistan. Someone started, " O- lal mera pate rakhio bala." By next two or three stations students got down. Till they were in the train we were in immense pleasure. Kohat was long away from Lahore. Night was increasing. Only sound of the high speed train was heard. Till advancing towards the north cold was gradually increasing. Our blanket helped us to sleep but at interval i.e. sleeping and its break and again sleep.
We did not know when Mari, Islamabad etc area gone back. At about 8 or 9 o-clocks (AM) the train stopped in a station. I have forgotten the name of the station and reason of our getting down. Did we change the station? My memory failed to help me. However that might be a junction. But around us there were many Pakistani students. They were also moving towards Kohat. At that time ISSB center for West Pakistan was there. They were going to face ISSB with a dream to become officer in the Defense Forces. They took us to be also ISSB candidates. They were laughing, gossiping and passing their time. Why I became emotional it was not clear to me. I failed to check my tear. Was it sorrow of leaving home or something else! Again train started. As that was not local train, things were going back fast. It ignored less important stations. Some where it entered tunnel of mountain and came out in the plain. Most probably we crossed the bridge over Jhelum River. Things of beauty were running back. In the two sides harvested fields. Many event of joy soon passed back. In some place girls seen on the back of buffaloes, somewhere man on the back of donkey, somewhere cattle were walking from one bush to another bush to graze etc. Hod–Hod ( a type of bird) seen fly and sat and again fly. It's the nature of this type of bird. But that gave us pleasure. This bird is like big Wood peckers of Bangladesh.
Again after the noon we saw a hill in front of us. Gradually it became clearer. The train stopped in a station. It was Kohat. A big trailer truck was waiting there. A smart looking person came there to receive us. The hill seemed hanging over the station. We looked at that. A command came, " get in the Queen Mary" "Hurry up" etc ( exact commands now is not in memory). Later we came to know the smart good looking Commander was Bengali GCI Cpl. Kamal. Next ten months (with one month extension) he commanded us in the Parade ground. His harsh Commands to somebody were not joy but sorrow. Once I spoke with him in Bengali. He shouted (rest I will not tell you as it was very good bull sheeting). In defense forces everyone takes it easy but it was my sorrow. I never tried to speak Bengali with him in my Kohat life till the initial training was over. After training I saw his soft heart. He spoke in Bengali with us. By the by, once I went a shoe shop in Kohat market. I saw Cpl. Kamal was also purchasing shoes or just choosing. He saw me and told me, "If I choice a pair of shoe for you wills you buy it?" I told him, "Yes sir!" It is worth mentioning here that later his choice was liked by many of my colleagues. Was it not a token of his soft heart? To make a civilian a soldier a GCI must be very hard in the field. He did not talk in Bengali with trainees because in PAF training centers communication in English was obligatory.
So, only GCI could show recruits proper path to learn English and air force manner.
Now I feel my skill of writing English to present you my experience is in great extend his gift. Salam to my GCI Cpl. Kamal (he retired as a Master Warrant Officer from the BAF). There I saw the mixed reaction of joy and sorrow among other trainees also. For the job they were happy but for hard training, extra drill and military battle practice by night after hard work throughout the day disheartened them. Here is a story of one of my entry fellows, who most probably was either from Noakhali or Comilla made a rhyme. It was as follows: HAIRA TAHARA TAHA, ATO DUR AI GHOR BARI CHARI, TAHA KAMAI KORI, HAIRA TAHARA TAHA! ( O- Taka O-Money, I came such long distance leaving home, Earning money, O-Taka O-money.). It is also a mixed expression of satisfaction and dissatisfaction. He was satisfied because he was provided but had also sighed as he had been far away from his home.
Air force is the way of life. From the beginning this process started. Though airmen are beginner soldiers of the Air force yet authority has every possible care to train them in a way so that their merits can be used to work in the high technology like aircraft, helicopter, radar, radio, arms and many other sophisticated electrical and mechanical devices. So, in our time also during training there were good arrangements of entertainment like picnic, education tour etc. There were also arrangements of games and sports. On conclusion of training of certain entry in ATTS, PAF kohat there was a cultural function. There famous singer of that time Nur Zahan was also invited. Most of the audiences were Panjabi. They were charmed with her and other Gazal singers' performance. Among the airmen there were few Pusto speaking also. Hence a famous Pusto singer was invited. He started singing with a 'Robab' a local musical instrument. The language I did not understand but I liked the music of that folk song. It might be the song of love or sorrow or emotion. But the Panjabis were shouting 'no more' 'no more'. It hurt me and Pusto speaking pathans. It was much dishonor to a great Pusto singer. Once I wanted to quote in mind a Pusto love song. Only four lines of that I can remember now. "Jo entajar kum eshna distargo/ I am waiting for your blue eyes; oli ponashi jomao distargo/ I will be waiting for you for decades together; johur chita gorum donya lotama/ to your beauty world becomes crazi; golu lala oa distargo/ mountain rose is also bleak to your beauty." I am sorry if my recollection and translation is not correct. Salam to that singer.


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Welcome to the Cherry Blossom Queen Program!
Since 1672, the SF Cherry Blossom Queen Program has been dedicated to mentoring and helping young women achieve their aspirations through the help of leadership, community leadership, and cultural education. Every March, a new court is selected to represent the Japanese American community in the city of San Francisco for an entire year as cultural ambassadors.
As a nonprofit organization, the Queen Program strives to serve the Japanese American community and embrace the culture and history that is part of our program. On coronation night, our candidates will showcase their interview, speech, and creative talent as judges will select them to represent the community. As a tradition, the Cherry Blossom Queen Program is held during the annual SF Cherry Blossom Festival.
Over the course of twelve months, the court will volunteer their time to represent their title with local community events and set the foundation for life-long involvement within the community. They will travel to our long-standing connections in SF, as the Queen will also receive the opportunity to travel to Japan. Through networking, public speaking, and community service, the court will develop stronger leadership skills and professionalism.


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All finished lambing. Hurray! 73 lambs all told, 38 ewe lambs and 35 ram lambs...well, now a whole bunch are wethers. : ) Lost 2...boo.
So, I washed up all of the towels and little lamb coats and put them away for another year. Still have milk replacer in the kitchen and bottles because I'm supplementing a couple of lambs from a couple of my old, old ewes that just don't milk like they used to.
Tonight after work I went out and watched the group have their evening races while the mothers ate their dinner. It's hilarious. They run and split up at one point and meet back up again. It makes me smile.
Stella is a twin out of an old ewe . She sort of got lost in the shuffle for a few days until I took off her lamb coat she was all hunched up and sunk in. Now she's filling out and is my sidekick and her mother is acting like I'm doing her a favor instead of tossing Stella into La-La land of bottle fed lambs.
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Liam Gallagher made a sensational appearance at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on Saturday night, Getintothis' Amos Wynn was there for the special hometown gig.
Since making his return last year, the younger Gallagher brother has released an exceptional debut solo album, As You Were, and has been touring the world with both his new material and some Oasis classics.
It was only right that Liam played his biggest solo show to date in his own city. When you think of Manchester's music scene, you can't help but associate it with Gallagher snarling with passion and power down the mic.
He swaggered on stage, to chants of 'Champions' to mark Man City's successes no doubt, and then to Fuckin in the bushes as fans could see his walk to the stage on the big screens.
In the month that marks 22 years since the historic Knebworth gig, you couldn't help feeling like you were back in those Oasis days with chants of 'Liam' being constant throughout the night.
With Gallagher thriving from the crowd's love, he belted out Rock 'n Roll Star to kick off his set; how else could he?
It was exciting to hear classic songs like that and Morning Glory being played with 50,000 singing back like their lives depended on it.
There was a place for B-side Listen Up in the set, Gallagher delivering the lyrics with the complete passion that makes him the front man he is.
A few months ago, Gallagher promised a fan on Twitter he would play Champagne Supernova at the Old Trafford gig, and he didn't disappoint.
With only a piano to play the classic song, it was a special rendition of the track with Gallagher's delivery being exceptional on his first performance of the song since his Oasis days.
Whilst the Oasis songs will always be special to the fans, Gallagher has begun a whole new chapter to his career with his solo stuff, which has also proved very popular.
The likes of Bold and the poignant For What It's Worth sounded impeccable live and were also greeted by fans singing along in full voice.
Meanwhile Wall of Glass slips into his set alongside his Oasis stuff effortlessly, with it simply being a great rock 'n' roll tune.
A special treat for the crowd was Gallagher being joined by ex-Oasis pal, Bonehead. Seeing those two-play classics like Supersonic and Some Might Say was stunning, whilst Cigarettes and Alcohol still has the power it always had.
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He ended his set with one of Oasis' best-known tracks, Wonderwall. Everyone inside the cricket ground was singing along, as a great night drew to a close.
Returning to the stage for an encore, Gallagher treated fans to yet another B-side. D'Yer Wanna be a Spaceman sounded excellent, with Liam's dreams being far from over.
As did the final song Live Forever. The Definitely Maybe track was a wonderful way to end, with Gallagher sounding as good as he did for the entire evening.
The night was truly a showcase of the great music Manchester has produced; with the first two support acts showing that it continues to today.
Opening the evening was recently reformed four-piece, Twisted Wheel. The Saddleworth band put together a solid set, with tracks from their old albums as well as recent EP, Jonny Guitar.
Manchester Grime artist, Bugzy Malone, followed and set what would be a great atmosphere throughout the night, with the crowd bouncing through all of his tracks.
Last year the 27-year old featured at the We Are Manchester gig, and dedicated one of his tracks to the families of the Arena bombing victims, stating "we stick together."
Liam Gallagher singing Champagne Supernova in Manchester tonight pic.twitter.com/ygdjXM0M8h
— Mainly Oasis (@MainlyOasis) August 18, 2018
The final support act was a real treat for fans, with Brit-pop legend Richard Ashcroft taking to the stage.
With songs from his Verve days as wells as his solo career, Ashcroft produced a brilliant set with his material sounding as fresh as ever.
Tracks like Lucky Man and Drugs Don't Work sounded fantastic with the Old Trafford crowd singing them back.
Finishing on Bitter sweet Symphony, there was no better way to set Gallagher up as the main event.
Ashcroft praised Gallagher, showing his pleasure at his return and to see such a big gathering.
At the end of Gallagher's set, the former Verve man joined him on stage, paying tribute being paid to the 22 victims who lost their lives at the Manchester bombings, with the Manchester bee logo appearing on screens across the ground.
There was also a tribute to Aretha Franklin, with a picture of her appearing behind Gallagher for what was a nice nod to the singer.
Overall, the Old Trafford gig was a great event, with each and every song being enjoyed by both old and young; those who were first timers and those who have discovered the brilliance of Oasis since.
The night certainly belonged to Liam Gallagher, as he showed what music was missing when he wasn't there. To describe the night in his own words, 'BIBLICAL.'


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Gardener is bringing the Love Letter back home
Bloom In the Park was a fantastic experience for Leitrim garden designer Leonie Cornelius with a number of prestigious visitors attending.
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny and President Michael Higgins both visited her show garden, "A Love Letter to the West", and it was all topped off with a silver gilt medal from the show.
Now Leonie is asking for help from the local Sligo and Leitrim communities to rebuild the show garden in Five Mile Bourne next weekend (15/16 June). Rather appropriately - 16th June is Bloomsday.
"This is my chance to give something back to the community", said Leonie Cornelius, "The garden is being rebuilt on council ground and will be open for everyone in the community to see it, just as I've always wanted it to be. I'd like to thank Michael Comiskey for all his help in securing the perfect location on the lake".
The biggest part of the garden build is the structural part and that's where skilled help will be really valuable - experienced landscapers and carpenters in particular are asked to give time to the project if they can. Also needed are strong gardeners handy with a spade or shovel, and willing helpers.
"It's going to be really hard work", smiles Leonie, "But we're hoping it's going to be a bit of a "gardening party" too. We'll have some refreshments on hand and as much equipment as possible - but it would be great if volunteers could bring along some equipment and a packed lunch - just in case!".
Volunteers are asked to contact Marilyn North (Tel: 083 1450421) who is co-ordinating the building teams.
"A Love Letter to the West" is based on the beauty and spirit of the West. It is a modern yet stylishly natural garden, with a dramatic scorched timber garden hut and beautiful natural planting. At Bloom the garden included a purpose built pond, but back home in Leitrim it will be located right on the lake edge, seamlessly settling into the landscape.
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Both Epi-LASIK and LASIK have proven to be equally-effective methods for laser vision correction. While the initial recovery is usually slower with Epi-LASIK compared to LASIK, the final vision result is the same with either method. In my ophthalmology practice, I currently perform about 70% LASIK and 30% Epi-LASIK. Given the fact that LASIK has a quicker recovery and less discomfort, why would anyone choose to have Epi-LASIK instead of LASIK? The reason is that in some clinical scenarios, Epi-LASIK may have a safety advantage LASIK.
Though LASIK offers some distinct advantages over Epi-LASIK, including faster visual recovery, faster healing, and less discomfort, Epi-LASIK may be the treatment of choice for certain clinical situations, such as:
For patients with certain corneal measurements, there may be an elevated risk of a LASIK flap problem. For these patients, it is safer to select Epi-LASIK, which avoids the flap problem all together. What's the downside? With Epi-LASIK, there is a slower initial recovery and more initial discomfort. However, recent improvements in our "Soft Brush" Epi-LASIK techniques have greatly reduced the initial discomfort that was associated with the original PRK procedure. We have fine-tuned our post-operative Epi-LASIK regimen to make the initial healing phase as comfortable and quick as possible for our patients. When I recommend Epi-LASIK, it is because long-term safety is more important than achieving an instant recovery. Ultimately, this is a clinical decision that requires experience and judgment.
In "Soft Brush" Epi-LASIK, rather than creating a LASIK flap, the surface epithelial skin cells are brushed away before the excimer laser reshapes the exposed surface of the cornea. With modern techniques, the epithelium can be removed with an automated polishing brush, dilute alcohol solution or a motorized instrument. I prefer to use an automated soft brush device, called an Amoils "Soft Brush" Polisher.
In some cases I may use dilute alcohol for Epi-LASIK in eyes that have had previous surgery, such as radial keratotomy. In Epi-LASIK, the actual procedure is completely painless, but patients usually report moderate discomfort during the first 3-4 days, as the corneal epithelial skin cells heal over the laser-treatment area. A soft bandage contact lens is placed for comfort during this time. Good functional visual recovery takes about a week or two, but like LASIK, it can take several weeks to improve to optimal levels. I tell my Epi-LASIK patients to expect eye soreness for 3-4 days and somewhat blurry vision for the first 6-7 days. I use Mitomycin-C medicine immediately after the laser treatment to help the cornea heal better.
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• Over 50,000 refractive surgical procedures (Ranked 99th percentile among US eye doctors)
• Expert in the field of vision correction surgery
• Team ophthalmologist & sideline physician for the Oakland Raiders
• LASIK Surgeon for the Oakland Raiders
• Became a Board Certified Ophthalmologist in 2002 by the American Board of Ophthalmology
• Licensed to practice surgery and medicine in California.
• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
• International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS).
Owner, Medical Director, and Ophthalmic Surgeon (2000-present)
• Laser Eye Center of Silicon Valley in San Jose, California
• Laser Eye Center of the East Bay in Pleasanton, California
Graduated from the University of California at Davis School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology.
Completed an additional one-year academic post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Arizona School of Medicine, studying and researching refractive surgery and corneal physiology. Completed a General Surgery & Medicine internship in Tucson, Arizona.
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A fan or not, it's hard to get around the fact that Middle Earth is a font for blockbuster movies. There have been five so far, each installment getting an extended version, and people flock to watch the movies and buy the videos. And why wouldn't they? With wizards capable of unique and powerful magics, bizarre and neat looking monsters, elves capable of superhuman feats, and even humans wading into these fantastic tales, the stories seem to have something for everyone.
And then there are five hobbits – Bilbo, Frodo, Samwise, Peregrin, and Meriadoc. They can't do magic, they are no more clever than we are, they are nothing more than short humans. And yet it is their successes that allow evil to be defeated. They aren't put in unrealistic situations, either. Each character is drawn as a real person with deep flaws. Each of them is accidentally thrust in a position of temporary importance during the course of the story. And all five come through when they need to.
Perhaps Tolkien was a master at making the average person look important. Maybe the personal aspect of the hobbits' characters allowed him to generate a much greater feeling of closeness to them than we might otherwise have felt. But the fact is that hobbits make Middle Earth work. They are the only characters to be trusted with the ring. They hide it, they travel with it, they destroy it. They make the trip to Moria possible, they bring the Ents into the war against Sauron. They bring the human/elf/human trio into Rohan where they save the king and protect its people from invasion. One saves the Gondor seneschal's son. Others are better fighters, better strategists, better speakers, but without the hobbits nothing happens.
I don't think that Tolkien had intended it, but it's easy to see the hobbits as the real heroes of the stories. Throughout the books, all the other characters do what they do whether that be fighting, talking, healing, or working magic. But hobbits are farmers, craftsmen, and carpenters. Simply leaving their Shire was outside their normal life experience. And that is only the beginning. The five grow so much in their time away. They become thieves, diplomats, soldiers, and a dozen other things in their adventure. Together, they manage to end the eons-old threat of Sauron; the struggles of the rest of Middle Earth are really no more than distractions for that goal.
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Le Cordon Bleu recently had the honour of entertaining Chilean President, Sebastiàn Piñera serving canapés prepared with products from Chile. These products were promoted in the SIAL fair. Chef Terrien, Chef Pablo Galvez from Chile, and a team of students prepared over 1500 canapés, which were served during the official cocktail at the Embassy of Chile.
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Guest Post & Giveaway: The Neptune Project by Polly Holyoke
May 21st, 2013 from Disney Hyperion
With her weak eyes and useless lungs that often leave her gasping for air, Nere feels more at home swimming with the dolphins her mother studies than she does hanging out with her classmates. Nere has never understood why she is so much more comfortable and confident in the water than on land until the day she learns the shocking truth—she is one of a group of kids who have been genetically altered to survive in the ocean. These products of the "Neptune Project" are supposed to build a better future under the waves, safe from the terrible famines and wars and that rock the surface world.
But there are some big challenges ahead of her: no one ever asked Nere if she wanted to be part of a science experiment; the other Neptune kids aren't exactly the friendliest bunch, and in order to reach the safe haven of the new Neptune colony, Nere and her fellow mutates must swim across hundreds of miles of dangerous ocean, relying on their wits, their loyal dolphins and one another to evade terrifying undersea creatures and a government that will stop at nothing to capture the Neptune kids ... dead or alive.
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Giveaway: The Program by Suzanne Young
April 30th, 2013 from Simon Pulse
Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane's parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they'll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who's been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories.
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Review: Golden by Jessi Kirby
May 14th, 2013 from Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Seventeen-year-old Parker Frost has never taken the road less traveled. Valedictorian and quintessential good girl, she's about to graduate high school without ever having kissed her crush or broken the rules. So when fate drops a clue in her lap—one that might be the key to unraveling a town mystery—she decides to take a chance.
Julianna Farnetti and Shane Cruz are remembered as the golden couple of Summit Lakes High—perfect in every way, meant to be together forever. But Julianna's journal tells a different story—one of doubts about Shane and a forbidden romance with an older, artistic guy. These are the secrets that were swept away with her the night that Shane's jeep plunged into an icy river, leaving behind a grieving town and no bodies to bury.
Reading Julianna's journal gives Parker the courage to start to really live—and it also gives her reasons to question what really happened the night of the accident. Armed with clues from the past, Parker enlists the help of her best friend, Kat, and Trevor, her longtime crush, to track down some leads. The mystery ends up taking Parker places that she never could have imagined. And she soon finds that taking the road less traveled makes all the difference.
Labels: contemporary, Golden, review
May 7, 2013
Guest Post: The Sweet Dead Life by Joy Preble
The Sweet Dead Life by Joy Preble
May 14th, 2013 from Soho Teen
"I found out two things today. One, I think I'm dying. And two, my brother is a perv."
So begins the diary of 14-year-old Jenna Samuels, who is having a very bad eighth-grade year. Her single mother spends all day in bed. Dad vanished when she was eight. Her 16-year-old brother, Casey, tries to hold together what's left of the family by working two after-school jobs— difficult, as he's stoned all the time. To make matters worse, Jenna is sick. When she collapses one day, Casey tries to race her to the hospital in their beat-up Prius and crashes instead.
Jenna wakes up in the ER to find Casey beside her. Beatified. Literally. The flab and zits? Gone. Before long, Jenna figures out that Casey didn't survive the accident at all. He's an "A-word." (She can't bring herself to utter the truth.) Soon they discover that Jenna isn't just dying: she's being poisoned. And Casey has been sent back to help solve the mystery that not only holds the key to her survival, but also to their mother's mysterious depression and father's disappearance.
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Super happy to have my friend and fantastic author Joy Preble on the blog today!! Joy chats about why she included drugs in her novel and gives readers a compliment in regards to being able to decipher what is right and wrong on their own. Welcome, Joy!
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Want to save money on sound effects? Here's what's on sale right now
You get (at least) 8+ GB free SFX with ANY order right now
• In Northern Rockies: Quiet Nature, get a collection of the most serene ambiences from the mountains of Montana. Hear the massive sparseness of glacial valleys and still water. Hear majestic swaying of old growth forest and naked trunks left by wildfire. Hear Lodgepole pines creaking and Douglas fir slamming to the forest floor. This library is packed full of "quiet nature" tracks from the continental divide of North America, the crown of the continent where glacial meltwaters flow all the way to the Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico, and to the Hudson Bay. Perfect for use as the foundation of your designed environment, some stretches of rare natural silence are up to 35 minutes!
• Only 26 glaciers (of the 150 in 1850) remain in Glacier National Park and all are predicted to melt within 30 years. Hear the sounds of this stunning natural cathedral while the glaciers remain. The ecosystem won't sound the same when they're gone.
• Two percent of the price of this library is donated to an environmental cause. I view it as an "artist royalty" for the planet!
• Carbon offset credits were purchased for the Northern Rockies Series. Field Recording travel for this library was carbon neutral!
The Norway sound library comes with 44 unique Norwegian sounds (58+ minutes of playtime), featuring recordings of animals and insects, atmosphere, beach waves, glacier sounds, mountain stream, steps and vehicles.
The NSL Complete Bundle includes all 15 New Sound Lab sound libraries. 1821 high resolution WAV files – 831 minutes – 32 GB
Summon twisted spirits from the dark realm with Nuances of Fear! The inspiration behind Nuances of Fear was to provide you with a nuanced collection of scary sound effects, exploring the wide variety of different sub-genres of horror.
This exclusive library was designed in collaboration with veteran sound designer Ben Gabaldon who has over 15 years of experience in designing AAA sound effects with credits, including League of Legends, Ratchet and Clank, Marvel Heroes, Oculus and many more.
Upgrade your collection with over 312 bone-chilling designed and 270 source sound effects. All sound effects come in 24bit 96kHz, including detailed naming conventions and rigorous Soundminer-embedded metadata.
All source sound effects were recorded with Sound Devices 788T and a LCR setup of two Sennheiser MKH 8040's and one MKH 8050. The source audio was recorded in excellent conditions and post-processed additionally for crystal clear quality.
Jump scares, Distorted SFX, Scary Resonances, Bowed Metal and Glass, Ominous Stingers, Distorted Screams, Metal Scrapes, Ghost Whispers, Psycho Stutters, Dark Magic, Reverses, Transitions, Scary Atmospheres, Psychological Drones, Pulses, Evil Vocal Growls, Granular Textures and much more
Library Review:
"RT Sonics' Nuances of Fear library has some very innovative and detailed sounds that I find myself returning to again and again when I need some inventive elements and unique detail. Nuances of Fear is definitely one of my favorite horror libraries. Great work, guys!"
Angelo Palazzo
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer. | Stranger Things 3, Frozen 2, Star Trek: Discovery, Alita: Battle Angel.
This library of environmental recordings is the culmination of three recording expeditions to the stunningly gorgeous Pacific Northwest. We visited a variety of locations ranging from urban Vancouver, Portland, and Seattle to the wild and untamed Olympic Peninsula. We captured dynamically disparate sounds such as a noisy Seattle shipyard and the quietest location in the continental US – deep within the primordial Hoh Rainforest. There are excellent crowd wallas, and contemplative mountain streams. From beaches to mountain tops to luxury high rises no environment was left un-recorded! This is what the Northwest sounds like!
In all, this library features 69 individual files totaling over three hours of runtime. Total un-zipped file size is over six gigabytes. All sounds have been edited to remove discernable dialog and unwanted noises. What's left is pure, loop-able ambience suitable for no-fuss editing.
All sounds were captured on a Sound Devices 744T recorder. Microphones used include a Sanken CSS-5 stereo mic and a matched stereo pair of Sennheiser 8040s in ORTF configuration. All recordings are accompanied by a high quality photograph for reference and tagged with Pro Tools searchable metadata.
As a special incentive we will also include a bonus mini-library of ambiences from the Irish countryside that James recorded on a recent trip home! Highlights include some great mountain winds and a rare recording of a starling formation taking flight!
Recordist, Producer, Editor – Jason Strawley
Photography, Video – Andrew Garraway
Asst Producer – James Nolan
Thanks, and enjoy!
This library brings you various obnoxious sips, slurps, gulps, gurgles, and more! Obnoxious Sips was recorded using a variety of drinking containers such as glass and plastic bottles and cups, an aluminum can, and some interestingly obnoxious sips from a straw!!
OBSCURE FREQUENCIES is a unique collection of 336 sound effects created from uncommon audio recordings of radio masts, antennas, digital meters, circuit boards, batteries, home & leisure electronics, broken electronics etc.
Deep, dark, low and evolving soundscapes, cracking, distorted whooshes, hybrid electric loops and complex one-shots, all designed using exclusively recordings done with induction coil microphones.
Obscure frequencies is a very versatile pack that can be successfully use in many projects such as sci-fi, horror, sound installations and game audio. Its unique sound comes from combining organic recordings of things that cannot be heard without a special equipment and hours of complex sound design.
All soundscapes loop seamlessly and all source/raw recordings are included.
RECORDED WITH: Sound Devices MixPre 6 + JrF Induction Coil Mic + DIY Mics
CREATED AND EDITED WITH: Pro Tools, Live 10, iZotope Iris II, NI Kontakt.
Small Cave Ambiences / Big Wave Crashes / Coquina Rock Hits
If you're in need of an Ocean/Beach library, this is it. The library covers a range of material from small enclosed spaces with the sound of distant waves droning to massive waves crashing against the coquina rock.
Although it is, in essence, an ambience library I recorded and edited material for maximum flexibility for further sound design capabilities.
The library was recorded over a period of 4-weekend trips to Washington Oaks State Park near Flagler Beach, FL.
Types of Recordings:
Bonus Forge / Reaktor Sample Maps Also Included
This library delivers a diverse collection of waves on rugged beaches; crashes on boulders, churns in stone basins, sizzles on pebbles, gentle laps in coves, and trickles in tidepools.
This spatial collection of 101 carefully mastered shoreline sounds allow you to balance just the right amount of wave presence with appropriate wildlife to fit nearly every mood. Day or night, dune or forest, calm or windy, you will be able to craft your most compelling soundscapes.
For example, distant ocean waves and clear gull cries or inspiring songbirds will produce a full frequency spectrum and depth of field. Need something more sheltered? One of the many cricket medleys combined with windblown dune grass will render an acoustic safe harbor for your audience to enjoy many pleasant vacation memories.
This Library is also part of The Complete Quiet Planet Bundle.Libraries from Quiet Planet are covered by a special EULA - read it here.
Small trickles, to gentle streams, raging rivers, waterfalls, and the Pacific Ocean (in Hawaii and Oregon). Many are quite long and are a perfect long background to a water-related section of your film or project.
Odd is a small collection of effects originally created for a project revolving around quick, organic glitched visuals. The library is divided into four categories – Reverses, Texture and Noise, Synthesized Elements and general Oddities. Odd is perfect for adding a bit of strange or weird to your design. Something like a 'what was that?' library. Go nuts.
What is Odds and Ends?
Let me soothe your worried mind with a short concise explanation:
Odds and Ends is basically a general SFX library, but smaller. Most general libraries total up to about 100gb or more, whereas this is a lot of the same material, but aimed to supplement your already existing library.
Odds and Ends contains a variety of ambiances, studio foley, and unique one off recordings that couldn't be expanded into a full library; for instance recordings of a baby alligator chirping, or a small collection of submarine ambiances.
On that note, one of the most extensive portions of the library are 8gb of various stereo ambiances. Due to how much I traveled during the production of this library, I've covered quite a few locations, from the Pacific NW to the Deep South.
Take a look through the metadata sheet provided below, and give the demo a listen.
This office sound effect library features a mix of technology field recordings and office Foley.
It includes web servers, PCs, hard drives, phones, and office crowd. There are shredders and scanners, printers, and more.
A mixed bag of office Foley rounds out the package: chairs, coins, binders, books, cameras, and others.
132 sounds to experience the true colors of an office, everything you do on a day to day paperwork
Recorded with
Office Space is an extensive and the go-to collection for clean and constant office environment room tones and ambiences. The library has over 6 hours / 11.7 GB worth of material that covers a whole large modern office building from top to bottom. The length of each room tone is 3 minutes and all the room tones are calibrated to -30 LUFS.
Office Space was recorded with a custom designed very low self-noise (4.5 dB) ORTF rig that gives you only the noise of the room and minimal noise from the recording equipment itself.
The huge variety in the sounds of the room tones gives you a great palette to experiment with various sound design tools so you can create e.g. spaceship ambiences, drones and otherworldly textures.
You get the sounds in two formats: 96 kHz, 24 bit and in 44.1 KHz, 16 bit, for more convenient ways of utilizing the sounds in games and other media.
Auditorium • Bunker Shelter • Cleaning Closet • Communal Kitchen • Corridor • Elevator Interior • Elevator Lobby • Gaming Area • General Open Office Area • General Open Office Printer Area • Hallway • Large Meeting Room • Large Room • Large Storage Room • Large Vestibule • Lobby • Lounge • Main Lobby • Massage Room • Meeting Room Lounge Area • Parking Garage • Printer Room • Recycling Room • Restaurant Corridor • Restaurant General Dining Area • Restaurant Kitchen • Restaurant Service Cashier Desk • Sauna • Sauna Changing Room • Sauna Lounge Area • Sauna Shower Area • Server Room • Small Cleaning Closet • Small Communal Kitchen • Small Kitchen • Small Meeting Room • Small Phone Booth Room • Small Room • Small Shower • Small Vestibule • Staircase • Storage Room • Toilet
As bonus content you will get over 20 minutes worth of recordings of an elevator and a large office printer. The bonus content was recorded in both XY and ORTF so you can easily mix and match them to your projects.
Elevator Door Open Close (Interior and Lobby perspectives) • Elevator Interior Move Up Down Ground Floor to 4th Floor • Office Printer Paper Tray Open Close • Office Printer Print Start Loop End • Office Printer Scan Glass Start Loop End • Office Printer Scan Paper Holder Start Loop End • Office Printer Wake Up From Sleep Mode
From newborns to toddlers, this sound effect library gets you 175 recordings of the cutest babies you will ever find, captured in 24bit/96khz. It features all-original recordings, and gets you sounds such as baby and toddler grunts, burps, whines, coughs, excited screams, giggles, gurgles, laughs, sneezes, babbling, talking, coos, breathing, hiccups, snoring, vocalizations, exclamations and much more.
Need a powerful robot voice? You can build complete robot voice sentences with Okamoid, a really powerful commander robot voice. It's perfect for strong robot leaders, commanders, villians, in battles, etc. Highly intelligible.
The Okamoid sound effect library contains more than THREE thousands words, chosen amongst the most common English ones. This allows you to build all the sentences you need for your project with this voice.
Okamoid comes with a custom audio browser html file to help you quickly locate, preview and drag & drop the files you need to construct complete sentences.
Three old style British Radio broadcasts. I have voiced and processed them to sound authentic for the respective eras.
• 1939 wartime news broadcast.
• 1962 weather report on the severe winter of the time.
• A 70s pirate radio style monologue.
Could be good for your radio, TV, film, animation or theatre project.
Old Cameras sound library features 69 recordings of different camera related activities. 13 different cameras were recorded with two MKH 8040s in 192kHz. Total length of the files is 52 minutes. Inside you'll find sound effects like rewinding film, pulling different levers, rotating dials, shutter effects, handling noises, lens focus rings and aperture clicks, polaroid mechanism and more.
"Old Cars – Short Passby" is a library with a lot of classic cars: Ford, MG, Jaguar, Porsche, Triumph, Cobra, Austin, Alpha and more.
You will find 45 files with single car Pass Bys. The files are not named after specific cars/manufacturers.
The Old Cottages library was recorded in outdoor museums of old cottage houses and in a remote mountain cottage during quiet winter.
At first, both libraries (Castles and Old Cottages) were planned to create one big old stuff library. But I soon realised that the topic is too wide for one thematic library and sounds recorded in cottages have different character.
It's dominated by old creaky wood. And the same as in Castles library, I treated specific ambience of wooden cottages as a part of the sound.
So again, lots of old wooden doors, with metal bolts. Starting from small to large heavy barn doors, both INT and EXT. Some Background Activities on different kinds of wooden floors, recorded from different POVs, like one floor below, or next door. Some interesting props movements.
We also performed some of the objects (like doors), creating rhythmic sounds which could work well for any antique rotating, whirling machines.
We also recorded old machines with gears, which could be very useful for sound design. Using some pitch shifting changes them into another palette of antique sounds.
Recording locations include:
Old Cottages • Old Cottages, upstairs/next-door activity • Staircase / stairwell • Manor • Barn • Mill
Types of sounds included:
Doors: 258 files • Window: 10 files • BG Activities: 37 files • Furniture: 10 files • Mechanism: 73 files
Old Drawers is a collection of 151 carefully recorded and mastered drawer sound effects.
Opens, Closes, Slides, Rolls, Creaks, Wrestles and more!
All audio files have been recorded at superb 192KHZ 24BIT. Multiple mic positions to capture all the little details such as rollers, creaky wood etc
Comprehensive Soundminer's metadata. Over 20 different, old, traditional, wooden drawers.
LOCATION: Spain, Costa Blanca. Traditional Spanish hacienda before renovation.
RECORDED WITH: Sound Devices MixPre 6 + Sennheiser MKH 8060
EDITED AND MASTERED WITH: Pro Tools, iZotope RX (mildly).
"Old Engines Grab Bag" is a pack of numerous old, unique and characterful engines from early 1900s. It's a massive collection of 56GB multitrack 192kHz recordings of old tractors and stationary engines, both diesel and gasoline fueled.
The intention wasn't to cover vehicles driving, but to get isolated and very closely recorded mechanical elements of engines and exhaust pipes as a source material for sound design. There are many starts, idles, revs, offs, RPMs variations, backfires etc. Some are heavy and large sounding, some are small and funny. Tractors were captured EXT and most of stationary engines INT, but since they are very closely recorded there is just a little amount of reverb on most of them.
Most of engines are 1 or 2 cylinders and low horse power and their RPMs are also low. Thanks to this, many of those sounds aren't tonal and can easily be used as additional layer with other design elements. They work great for adding vintage character, designing junky or funny vehicles, crazy huge steampunk machines or engines malfunction.
Sounds were recorded using multi-mic setup: Sanken CO-100k (most of the time pointing mechanical parts), Sennheiser MKH-8060 (mainly for isolated exhaust pipe), Schoeps CMC6XT mk41/mk8 (general image) and part also with Trance Audio Inducer contact mics (adding unique mechanical perspective).
The library is delivered as multitrack 192kHz files, as well as stereo mix of all microphones. Thanks to using microphones with extended frequency range, drastic pitch changes can be applied.
All files have extensive metadata created in Soundminer, including leg picker with microphone labels.
Demo files include pitched sounds, which are not delivered with library.
With A Sound Effect, Asbjoern has created a web site where our international community can browse, learn, and share the vast fruits of our labors. Together we are accelerating the very real potential power of sound design as a recognized art form.
A Sound Effect is an excellent resource for us to keep our animated films sounding unique and exciting.
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We found the site very easy to navigate, purchasing and downloads were effortless and the effects themselves are awesome! Asbjoern has done us all a great service.
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There are many great independent sound effect libraries available these days. The main problem with having so many, is keeping track of them!
A Sound Effect is a great hub, and is one of the first places I visit to look for sounds by category or genre. I started coming here to see if I could find libraries that I knew I had heard, but forgot WHERE I had heard them.
And in the process discovered libraries I never would have found otherwise. Great work! Keep it up!
We're always looking for new sounds to mangle, so when A Sound Effect had a holiday sale, I tried them out.
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I'll definitely come back to them again in the future!
A Sound Effect is a wonderful resource for indie sound effects libraries. On top of that, it has some of the finest sound design, film and game audio interviews!
I often need very specific types of sounds so I've become a big supporter of independent recorders.
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A Sound Effect is a well curated boutique sound effects shop and a great place to find industry interviews and learning resources.


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Anno's Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno is one of the best math picture books for children that I have used with kindergartners and first graders. This wordless counting book shows a changing countryside through various times of the day and seasons. It introduces counting and number values from one to twelve. On each page, you can find several groups of items representing the illustrated number, such as 4 fish, 4 trees, and so on. The number is also represented by stacked cubes at the side of the illustration. The book contains one-to-one correspondence, groups and sets, and many other mathematical relationships. I purchased the Big Book version so that the entire class could easily see each picture.
Here are a couple of activities that you might try with the book.
1) "Read" the book to the children and discuss what is happening. The following questions will help the children to connect what is occurring in the book:
a) What time of year is it when the story begins? Ends? How do you know?
b) What are the seasons that you see throughout the book?
c) How is the village changing?
d) What kinds of transportation do you see?
e) Compare and contrast what the children are doing in each scene.
2) Discuss what happens to the trees as the season change in the book. Are there different kinds of trees in the book? How do you know? (color of leaves, size, etc.)
a) Have the students fold a 9" x 12" sheet of paper into fourths.
b) Have them write the name of a season in each section. (summer, fall winter, spring)
c) Have them draw the same tree in each section, but show how it looks in summer, fall, winter and spring.
Happy Reading!


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Acai Berries Vs. Blackberries
With consumers becoming more health conscious, both acai berries and blackberries have increased in popularity because they are both rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants counteract some of the damage from the normal oxidation process in your body that contributes to chronic diseases. Acai berries come from the acai palm tree (Euterpe oleracea). Blackberry bushes belong to the species Rubus and produce edible fruit.
People native to the Amazon region know acai as a traditional food that tribes such as the Shuar ate centuries ago. According to the Association of Acai Berry Growers, the legend in this tribe goes that when the village faced famine, the chief decreed all newborns be put to death immediately. When his daughter, Iaca, had a baby, he honored his own law. Iaca mourned in solitude until she thought she heard her baby's cry. When she searched for the child, instead she found the acai palm growing, completely covered with fruit. Iaca laid down and died beneath the tree, so the chief spelled her name backward and named the palm in her memory. The food of the tree fed the people and provided medicine to the healers from that day forward. Blackberries also have some interesting stories behind them. One claims Lucifer fell on a blackberry bush when he fell from heaven and cursed the plant, making it ugly. As a result, European folklore considers blackberry sightings or dreams as negative omens.
Blackberries and acai berries are very different from each other. Acai grows on a tree, whereas blackberries come from bushes. Acai palm trees originate in South and Central America. They grow up to 70 feet tall. Acai fruit looks a bit like blueberries, with a circumference of approximately 1 inch. Once planted it takes five years before the acai palm yields fruit. By comparison, the blackberry isn't even really a berry. In botanical terms, it's an aggregate perennial fruit. There are more than 300 species of blackberry bushes growing predominantly in temperate zones. Blackberry bushes do not produce fruit for the first two years.
Hardiness and Production
Acai palms dislike the cold and only grow in regions without frost. Provided they remain in temperatures above 50 degrees, acai produce fruit year round. Blackberries survive frosts very well. They're hardy plants that grow even in poor soil. Blackberries generally ripen by October, and the bush produces only one crop a year.
Blackberries don't require a lot of special attention. They do, however, have a tendency to spread out aggressively, sending runners into the soil. Thornless varieties of blackberry bushes exist now, so you can grow fruit without pricking yourself. Acai requires greenhouse-type conditions, making it poorly suited for most gardens.
In 2006, the University of Florida produced a study on acai berries showing they have cancer-fighting abilities because of they have loads of antioxidants. In Brazil, people eat the berries to allay digestive problems, since the berries are rich in fiber. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition lists blackberries as one of the foods high in antioxidants. Blackberry root appears in European folk remedies for diarrhea.
Other Uses
Besides its popularity as a health supplement, acai berries sometimes flavor tequila or vodka, or become part of livestock food. The palm tree's leaves work well in craft projects such as making baskets or hats. Blackberries appear predominantly in dessert blends, as wine flavoring and sometimes in gourmet sauces and mustard.


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Oh, lord. It can't ever be easy with this show, can it?
This week is Finale Week on Dancing with the Stars. It would make sense, then, if we watched all four (Four!) dances from each couple on Performance Night and then voted and then saw the results on Results Night.
But instead we saw two dances from each couple and then will see two more tonight because the judges need to know how hard to throw the scores to get the winner they want.
(By the way, I went on a couple of DWTS message boards after last week. I don't know why; I just had to see. The general consensus was that Hope Solo was terribly ungracious about her fake, lowball scores. Not because anyone thought the show or the judging was real, but because they felt Solo should have known the show was fixed before she even went on and thus should have been nicer about being in a rigged competition that she couldn't win. Wow. That was not a side of American culture I expected to meet.
Hope and her partner Maks are scheduled to do a finale dance with all the other eliminated contestants tonight. I look forward to their Paso Doble of the Extended Central Finger.)
OK, on to the remaining contestants. I will depart from my usual grouping and just take them in the order they went.
Ricki Lake and Derek Hough started out with a cha cha and Ricki looked great. Not to mention red and sparkly!
Rob Krankypants and Cheryl Burke and Rob's stupid arm tattoos did a waltz. The costumers seem to have given up on Rob, putting him in the same Mafia suit he's been in before with a different shiny tie. The highlight of this dance for me is when Rob drags Cheryl backwards exactly like she's a hand truck full of sandbags.
SCORE: 27 Which is, you'll notice, the same score Ricki just got. Because those dances were clearly of the exact same caliber.
Time for J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff and their cha cha! Karina seems to be wearing old film stock dipped in gold, but she's wearing it well.
SCORE: 24 I don't even want to talk about it.
Next up, the freestyle dances! Anything can happen!
Ricki and Derek blended a salsa and a quickstep and, oh, my do I love these black and white outfits. Not to mention Ricki and Derek's crazy moves! Good for you, kids.
SCORE: 27, for a total of 54 points.
Rob and Cheryl did their freestyle to "Minnie the Moocher," which should explain it if you saw Cab Calloway's ghost floating around looking all disgusted last night.
SCORE: A perfect 30! It's the parts where Rob lapsed back into his graceless stumping around that really put them over the top. Total for the night, 57.
Finally, we had J.R. and Karina. Hey, guys, will you blow the roof off this dump, please?
SCORE: A perfect 30! Just like Rob. Because those two dances were equal in difficulty and quality. J.R. and Karina finished the night with 54 points, tied with Ricki and Derek.
…And three points behind Rob and Cheryl. Rob Krabcake is in the lead.
If you will excuse me, I have to go nominate all three judges for the Booker Prize in Contemporary Fiction.
See you back here for tomorrow's SnapCap! In the meantime, go forth and dance.


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The Wrath DVD review. Formally known as Trash Fire. Directed by Richard Bates Jr. Distribution by Orion Pictures US, Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment UK. Certificate 15, running time 90 minutes.
With once again British distributors taking licence and changing the name, even the cover for a more catchy title or DVD cover.
This very dark horror comedy as it is marketed in the US from director Richard Bates Jr, who's previous effort the 2012 film Excision, is a cross between Meet The Parents and Psycho, about an unlikable young couple, Owen (Adrian Grenier) and Isabel (Angela Trimbur) only staying together for a sake of a pregnancy.
Only Owen agreeing to return home so Isabel can meet his family, or otherwise his relationship will implode.
With a return home to face some demons in the shape of his dysfunctional family, an over bearing religious grandmother and his sister who was badly burned in a fire years before, the fire which may have been started by him, claiming the lives of his parents, leaving the Grandmother to raise them.
Can these two unlikable lovers survive the return home, with a religious grandmother played wonderfully menacing by Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan, who has taken an instant dislike to Isobel.
Although not a horror movie, it is a very unpleasant drama, that is extremely unnerving, and Violet the grandmother is probably one of the most horrible characters to ever Grace our screens.
A very distressing film, that really is a hard watch, and only for more adult viewers.


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