Author Archives: Ralph

The GOP should follow John F. Kennedy’s lead on a lame-duck SCOTUS vacancy

Great catch byDavid Bernstein and one of the commenters on “The Volokh Conspiracy” blog at WashingtonPost.com. It turns out that Democrats passed a resolution in 1960 to pressure then President Eisenhower to not use a recess appointment to name a Supreme Court justice in the last year of his presidency: It’s not quite the same…

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Kaws

Appropriating characters, images and effects from pop culture, the work of KAWS blurs the lines between high and low art, and between art and fashion. Effectively deploying film and television favorites for his toys, large-scale sculpture and bold, nearly abstract painting, KAWS recasts the familiar colours and forms of popular entertainment in cheeky and often…

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Kaws

Appropriating characters, images and effects from pop culture, the work of KAWS blurs the lines between high and low art, and between art and fashion. Effectively deploying film and television favorites for his toys, large-scale sculpture and bold, nearly abstract painting, KAWS recasts the familiar colours and forms of popular entertainment in cheeky and often…

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Let's Make a Jesse Tree

Easy step-by-step instructions for making a Jesse Tree Advent calendar. GBS_insertEmbeddedViewer(“mwUNAAAACAAJ”, 500,400);

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A Gift for Dying

________ ‘The perfect psychological thriller’ 5**** Reader Review WITH JUST ONE LOOK, SHE KNOWS HOW AND WHEN YOU WILL DIE . . . Nothing surprises Adam Brandt anymore. As a forensic psychologist, he’s seen and heard everything. That is, until he meets Kassie. Because she claims to have a terrible gift – with one look…

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Wow: UCLA surgeons live-tweet brain surgery [Vine videos]

http://twitter.com/#!/UCLAHealth/status/337559763959300096 Now here’s something you don’t see on Twitter every day. UCLA’s Health System used Vine videos and Instagram photos to give Twitter readers the opportunity to watch brain surgery in near real-time.  The patient has Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. During the procedure, he was awakened. Then, incredibly, he played guitar while neurosurgeon Dr. Nader Pouratian implanted…

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