| February 2010 Oren on Billboard |
| Her Morning Elegance Gallery Webpage was launched
on January 28th with an art exhibition at the F2 Gallery in Bergamot
station, Los Angeles. Go to www.hmegallery.com to view the video broken apart to its 2096 still frames. |
| Her Morning Elegance video will be screened at Centre Pompidu, Paris, as part of the Hors Pistes 2010 contemporary film festival, taking place February 19th - 28th. |
| December 2nd, 2009 |
| Oren Lavie's "Her
Morning Elegance" video has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award in the "Best Short Form Music Video" category! |
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Her Morning Elegance - by Oren Lavie
This is probably the most creative music video I have ever seen. LOVE the stop motion animation and LOVE the music as well. Oren Lavie (born 1976) is an Israeli singer, songwriter,
playwright,
and theatre director. His music video for "Her
Morning Elegance" has come in to recent popularity, earning a 2010
Grammy Award nomination for "Best Short Form Music Video".[1]
On March 10, 2009, Oren released his debut album, The Opposite Side of the Sea,
in the United States.
Monday, March 22, 2010
50 Awesome Young Me/Now Me Photos
We’ve all got shoe boxes full of old wacky childhood photos in the basement. I know I’ve always wanted to recreate a shot from long ago and compare the two. Well the website Young Me/Now Me is the site for people who have done just that. Here are some awesome shots from them. P.S. I will let you all know when I post MY young me/now me photo on the site. You do the same!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Dog and Cat Diary- Funny!!
Excerpts from a Dog's Diary:
Day number 180
8:00 AM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
9:30 AM - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
9:40 AM - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!
10:30 AM - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
11:30 AM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
1:00 PM OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE!
4:00 PM - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
5:00 PM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
5:30 PM - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!
Day number 181
8:00 AM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
9:30 AM - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
9:40 AM - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!
10:30 AM - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
11:30 AM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
1:00 PM OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE!
4:00 PM - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
5:00 PM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
5:30 PM - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!
Day number 182
8:00 AM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
9:30 AM - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
9:40 AM - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!
10:30 AM - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!
11:30 AM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
1:00 PM OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE!
1:30 PM - ooooooo. bath. bummer.
4:00 PM - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!
5:00 PM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!
5:30 PM - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!
Excerpts from a Cat's Diary
DAY 752 - My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I AM forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant.
DAY 761 - Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair...must try this on their bed.
DAY 765 - Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in attempt to make them aware of what I AM capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was...Hmmm. Not working according to plan.
DAY 768 - I AM finally aware of how sadistic they are. For no good reason I was chosen for the water torture. This time however it included a burning foAMy chemical called "shAMpoo." What sick minds could invent such a liquid. My only consolation is the piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth.
DAY 771 - There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the foul odor of the glass tubes they call "beer.." More importantly I overheard that my confinement was due to MY power of "allergies." Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage.
DAY 774 - I AM convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The bird on the other hand has got to be an informant, and speaks with them regularly. I AM certain he reports my every move. Due to his current place in the metal room his safety is assured. But I can wait, it is only a matter of time.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Nutributter: preventing childhood malnutrition across the world!
UC Davis team combats malnutrition
Published: Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010 - 7:09 am
It's a sweet, oily, peanut butter-ish substance capturing the Willy Wonka-ism that mixing sugar and fat is a recipe for success.
Only the UC Davis researchers who created Nutributter have a lofty goal: preventing childhood malnutrition across the world.
Each ketchup-packet-size dose of Nutributter is 4 teaspoons stuffed with 120 calories and all 40 essential vitamins and minerals.
The goal is to get children in developing nations to consume one packet a day, starting in infancy.
"Kids love it," said Steve Vosti, part of the UC Davis team that helped develop Nutributter. "And if we are successful in introducing it, we will have a relatively cheap way of keeping kids on their mental and physical growth paths."
The UC Davis team leads the International Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements (iLiNS) Project, an international collaboration that is currently testing Nutributter in three African countries. Last year, the project won a $16 million Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant.
The idea of ready-to-eat food packets originates from Plumpy'nut, a similar paste of oil, milk powder and sugar used to combat severe childhood malnutrition. Each packet has 500 calories, and children can gain 1 to 2 pounds a week by eating it twice daily. In 2004, Plumpy'nut was credited with saving some 30,000 lives in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Nutributter is different because it's not an emergency measure, the researchers said.
Plumpy'nut was designed as a sole food source for severely malnourished children, whereas Nutributter complements - rather than replaces - home-prepared food, said UC Davis nutrition professor Kathryn Dewey. Parents can mix the paste into the foods they feed their children, usually some kind of porridge. Ideally, it will prevent childhood malnutrition and ensure proper cognitive and physical development.
"Many households simply don't have access to highly nutritious foods," Dewey said. "Because infants don't need a lot of calories, we've designed a supplement that is low in calories but has all the essential nutrients."
The iLiNS team is conducting field trials in three African nations: Malawi, Ghana and Burkina Faso. They will enroll about 7,000 infants and pregnant and lactating women, who receive free Nutributter packets in exchange for participating in weekly checkups and surveys.
A 2004-06 Nutributter trial in Ghana reduced childhood anemia and growth stunting and doubled the number of children who could walk independently at age 1.
But Nutributter's positive health effects are just one component of making it a successful venture. The 10-cent packets should be self-sustaining, so that if they were sold in grocery stores, parents would choose to buy them, said Vosti, an economics professor.
"There are plenty of examples of things we know would work, but people simply aren't adopting them," he said. "We need to have a game plan for what can be done to make sure these supplements get into the mouths of youngsters who need them."
One way of doing this is to satiate palates around the world. The team says kids like and ask for the sweet paste, but creating versions using local flavors might make Nutributter more appealing. For example, they are working on a cinnamon-flavored version to be evaluated in Guatemala, and cumin and cardamom versions for Bangladesh, Dewey said.
Good news if you enjoy a glass of wine!
Obesity risk lower in women who had 2 or more drinks a day, study finds
Published: Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1B
Ladies – it might be time to stop worrying that the Wednesday night glass of wine is just empty calories.
A new study tracking 20,000 American women through middle age found those who had two or more drinks a day gained less weight than their non-drinking counterparts.
The study is published in the March 8 issue ofArchives of Internal Medicine.
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospitalin Boston asked normal-weight women 39 years and older to report their weight and drinking habits. Normal weight for women is defined as abody mass index between 18.5 and 25.
Through the nearly 13 years of follow-up, the women steadily gained weight.
However, women who drank more than 30 grams of alcohol a day – about 2 normal-sized drinks – gained the least weight. They gained on average 3.4 pounds, with the amount of weight gained increasing with decreased alcohol consumption. The non-drinkers gained an average of 8 pounds.
When looking at the risk of becoming obese, any woman who imbibed 15 or more grams of alcohol a day – or 1 or more drinks – would be at lowest risk.
Not all alcohol is equally kind to the waistline. While drinking any kind of alcohol decreased the risk of becoming obese, red wine drinkers were least likely to become obese. Beer and liquor came in second, with white wine having the weakest correlation with declining obesity risk.
The findings oppose the conventional wisdom that alcohol is misspent calories.
"I'm really puzzled by the findings," said UC Davis nutrition professor Judith Stern. "I would think that when people drink something at a cocktail party, their inhibitions are lowered and they get the munchies and eat more."
The study's authors think it's because women might forgo dessert if they have the extra glass of chardonnay.
Additionally, "other studies have shown alcohol consumption in women can induce increasedenergy expenditure," said author Lu Wang, an epidemiologist with the division of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
It's not likely men exhibit the same self-control. Wang cited past studies showing men who drank tended to put on pounds.
Physique aside, research on alcohol and its health implications is mixed.
Experts agree that moderate drinking may reduce the risk of heart disease and strokes, saidValentina Medici, a gastroenterologist at UC Davis Medical Center.
But she said heavy drinking damages the liver and increases risks of certain cancers.
Furthermore, it's more dangerous for a woman to drink heavily.
"High amounts of alcohol are more toxic for women than men," she said. "Women can get sicker and their liver can be more affected at a younger age."
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