Greta Gerwig’s Barbie caused a worldwide shortage of pink paint. “Maintaining the ‘kid-ness’ was paramount. I wanted the pinks to be very bright, and everything to be almost too much,” Gerwig told Architectural Digest. According to production designer Sarah Greenwood, this caused a shortage of the pink shade of Rosco paint: “The world ran out … [Read more…]
WILMINGTON — Lillian Hall Corbett, 93, of Wilmington passed gently from her earthly life Wednesday, May 31, 2023 following a long, well lived, fruitful life. She was born December 8, 1929 in Pender County, the daughter of Gaitha D. and Annie Pearsall Hall. In addition to her parents Lillian was preceded in death by her … [Read more…]
The painter Jasper Johns worked out of this studio from 1973 to 1987. The room is an addition to a barn that was converted to a home in the 1930s, and Johns added windows that roll up into the ceiling like a garage door, opening the room to the trees. Photo: Scott Mcmenamin Jasper Johns … [Read more…]
Heavy fog has shut down Sydney‘s ferry services as the harbour city wakes to a thick fog blanket covering the skyline. The majority of ferry services have been terminated both arriving and departing from Circular Quay since about 7am. Sydney Ferries is urging passengers to “make alternative arrangements or allow plenty of extra travel time”. … [Read more…]
SIXTY-seven not-for-profit groups across Victoria have benefited from this year’s Rotary Club of Ballarat South-led Community Assistance Raffle. Collectively the organisations sold more than 76,000 tickets at $2 each, and 80 per cent of each sale was kept by the club that made it. RCBS Community Assistance Raffle chair Maree Roache said a total of … [Read more…]
So many people say it, and they are exactly right. There is nothing more important than family. And here in New Jersey, we take our family life very seriously. That’s why we’re such big fans of family reunions. Photo by Vitolda Klein on UnsplashPhoto by Vitolda Klein on Unsplash I’d like to think of all … [Read more…]
Katherine Legge didn’t win this year’s Indianapolis 500. In fact, she finished last. Her attempt at the 500 was the “craziest week in the history of everything,” she told Road & Track—and she wasn’t kidding. “I’m like: ‘Okay, was I really bad in a previous life?’” Legge laughed. “You couldn’t script a movie like this. … [Read more…]
Grundke-Iqbal I, Iqbal K, Quinlan M, Tung YC, Zaidi MS, Wisniewski HM. Microtubule-associated protein tau. A component of Alzheimer paired helical filaments. J Biol Chem. 1986;261:6084–9. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Wang JZ, Xia YY, Grundke-Iqbal I, Iqbal K. Abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau: sites, regulation, and molecular mechanism of neurofibrillary degeneration. J Alzheimer’s Dis. 2013;33:S123–139. … [Read more…]
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size The turtle named Seven Hook is tough and feisty. It was true when she lay riddled with barbed metal and fishing wire on an operating table, surrounded by vets who presumed she’d die. And it’s true two months later, when the scent of the sea has animated … [Read more…]
On 28 June 1920, members of the Connaught Rangers Regiment stationed at Wellington Barracks, Jullundur in Punjab, mutinied in protest against the activities of the British Army in Ireland. The irony of their stance as members of a colonial occupying army was, it would seem, lost on them. Two men took the protest to the … [Read more…]