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In March, the Law Library of Congress is excited to offer more educational webinars. There will be another Orientation to Law Library Collections webinar featuring the Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library as part of our 50 State Outreach Initiative. The Law Library of Congress’s next offering in its Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series will provide an overview of U.S. federal legislative history. This entry in the series aims …

From Thelma Paris, Harmonie Incense Sticks: "Made in Japan following ancestral techniques and expertise. The sticks are smokeless and made from high-quality aromatic ingredients, which give them their delicate scent. The wood resins and oils are all collected with care and respect for the environment. The soothing lavender scent will bring a touch of tranquility into the everyday. Light one hour before bedtime, to create the best conditions for a …

Yet another epic vid from TDJ, this time for her stellar new single "Come Back Home"... Continue reading…

A new EP crests the horizon from Aussie faves Sachet. The short-format shaker is preceded by the new single “Crushing Whims (Ride).” Atop a nest of bass and propulsive riffs, the single sets Lani Crooks’ vocals to the forefront. As with their past works, her voice hits like a velvet hammer — cool and calm, but absolutely knocking the listener with every line. The band retains their hook into the …

A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you. Bali’s Tourist Tax is Live Valentine’s Day showed no love for foreign visitors in Bali: you’ll now need to pay US$9.60 to enter the once-bucolic, now-crowded island as of yesterday. As this …

If you’re looking to keep track of your net worth easily, you don’t need to download an app or sign up for a new service. If you’re an iPhone, Mac, or iPad owner, you’ll be happy to know that Apple conveniently offers a really great spreadsheet for tracking your net worth, and it’s free, bundled ... Read More

I wonder if Figma’s cofounder, Dillon Field, knew just how widely used and successful Figma would become. While Figma as a company has been around since 2012, it wasn’t until 2015 that they launched their closed beta — the basis for the design tool we all know and now love. Back then, it was a gutsy move, considering that Sketch was the go-to tool for most UI designers. But in …

If they cannot find the truth, what is our hope of justice? A prosecutor (Harrison Ford) is accused of murdering a colleague with whom he was having an affair (Greta Scaachi). Spoilers ahead! Hot off the heels of Anatomy of a Fall someone recommended this film to me, which I can’t believe I’d never seen given its collaboration between Harrison Ford, Alan J. Pakula and John Williams. I think it …

When I first saw Furnish Master on Steam, I hoped that it might give me that sweet spot of relaxation and creativity that so many simulation games promise yet often just miss. And did it deliver? Yes and no. Let’s walk through my journey from a newbie decorator to a, well, still a newbie decorator but with a slightly better eye for which rug really ties a room together. First …

Rereading Arthur Ransome's Great Northern led me to decide that it is perhaps the finest of the Swallows and Amazons stories. Yet when I read these books as a child I was not that found of it. Looking back I think that this is due to the tense final few chapters, when the Swallows, Amazons and Dick and Dorothy are pursued by multiple enemies as they seek to protect the …

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The Fold shelf is a place for storing stationery, papers, tools but also a nice place for displaying art and ephemera. Online / in store in 3 colours and two sizes.

In his series of books (Banking Across Boundaries, Rentier Capitalism, The New Enclosure, Our Lives in Their Portfolios) Brett Christophers has provided a forensic analysis of the fundamental plumbing of the global and (especially) UK economy. For example, the first of these identified the statistical construct of ‘financial intermediation services indirectly measured’ (FISIM) as an artefact inflating the apparent contribution of the financial sector to the economy and thus enhancing …

The Family Breaks Up, Living in the Bronx, and Summers in the Catskills Arthur’s mother had relatives living in the United States when the family decided to leave Europe for America. Her brother, Joe Klarreich, came to the U.S. shortly before World War II in an attempt to earn enough money to bring his wife and baby girl overseas, so they could escape the holocaust. Alas, it was too late, …

HadestownLyric TheatreThere are musicals that touch your soul and for me that’s Hadestown. I first saw the show in 2018, where I went in completely blind and came out gob smacked and awed. Tonight after the official West End opening night, I feel equally awed as well as inspired, moved, astounded, heartbroken and overjoyed. There really aren’t adjectives to describe how heartfelt and special this show is. Not only is …