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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Charlie Suich logged a career-high six innings and Jacob Banks pitched three scoreless frames to deliver the Miami University baseball team a 3-1 win at in-state rival Ohio State on Tuesday.
The RedHawks improve to 23-25 with the victory while the Buckeyes dropped to 27-22 on the year.
"This was the first time in a while that we got a good start in a midweek game," Miami head coach Danny Hayden said. "Charlie did a great job throwing strikes and keeping hitters off balance today while Jacob took the ball and pitched well to close it out."
Miami threatened in the second inning when Chad Sedio and Matt Honchel posted back-to-back singles with one out. However, Sedio was erased when both runners attempted to advance on a wild pitch in the dirt and a groundout ended the threat.
The Red and White took advantage of a couple Buckeye miscues to get on the board in the top of the third. John Crummy singled and moved up to second on an error. Steve Sada reached first when he dropped a sacrifice bunt down and OSU unsuccessfully attempted to throw out Crummy at third. Crummy touched home after Ryan Elble successfully executed a squeeze bunt to put MU up 1-0.
Sedio was Miami's catalyst in the fourth when he singled and stole second with nobody out. Honchel's sacrifice bunt moved him to third and Scott Slappey delivered a sacrifice fly to center to put the RedHawks ahead by a 2-0 count.
Suich retired the first nine batters he faced, but ran into trouble in the fourth. Nick Sergakis led off the inning with a single and a double by Troy Kuhn put runners at second and third with one away. Suich recovered by fanning Pat Porter and retiring Josh Dezse on a lineout to end the inning with the RedHawks still ahead.
The RedHawks added another run in the sixth to go on top 3-0. Gary Russo and Sedio posted consecutive singles with one out. After a strikeout, Slappey salvaged the inning by singling through the box plate Russo.
OSU chased Suich with back-to-back singles to start the seventh. Banks came out of the pen, but yielding a single to Troy Montgomery that drove home Porter to cut the MU lead to 3-1. The freshman then retired the next two batters before issuing a walk to load the bases and put the tying runs in scoring position. He finished the frame by getting a fielder's choice groundout to preserve Miami's advantage. Banks then retired the side in order in both the eighth and ninth innings to earn his first collegiate save.
Suich (2-2) earned his second win of the season by tossing six strong innings. He held the Buckeyes to one run on five hits while striking out three batters without walking a single hitter. Sedio (3-for-4) and Honchel (2-for-3) combined to post five of Miami's 10 hits.
Tuesday was Miami's final midweek game of the season, starting a seven-game road trip to close the regular season. The RedHawks begin a three-game series at Buffalo on Friday at 3 p.m.


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Under the artistic direction of Juliana Engberg, the 2014 Biennale celebrates the imagination as a spirited exploration of the world, seeking splendour and rapture in works that remain true to a greater, even sublime, visuality.
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This survey of works by legendary artist, musician and activist Yoko Ono is part of the 2013–14 Sydney International Art Series.
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GSA Slates 30 Federal Buildings for Deep Energy Retrofits
April 11, 2012
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) on March 22 announced that 30 of its federal buildings, totaling nearly 117 million square feet, are participating in a challenge to achieve deep energy savings. The Deep Retrofit Challenge is asking energy service companies to make these buildings more energy efficient using energy service performance contracts (ESPCs). Retrofit projects at these buildings will contribute to the goals of a presidential memorandum on implementing energy savings projects and performance-based contracting. In December 2011, President Obama directed federal agencies to enter into at least $2 billion in performance-based contracts over the next two years to achieve substantial energy savings and create jobs.
Through the Deep Retrofit Challenge, GSA is asking energy service companies to provide the maximum energy performance savings possible for each of the participating buildings. GSA will learn with the energy service companies how best to achieve maximum energy savings through technology adoption, process improvements, and risk management, and will share that knowledge with both the rest of the federal government and the private sector.
At no net cost to taxpayers, ESPCs retrofit buildings for guaranteed greater energy performance. The retrofit projects are paid for through energy savings over time. An ESPC is an agreement between a federal agency and an energy service company. The energy service company conducts a comprehensive energy audit for the federal facility and identifies improvements to save energy. Sixteen energy services companies are pre-approved by and under contract with DOE to bid on these projects. The energy service companies consult with GSA on the designs, construct projects that meet GSA's needs, and arrange the necessary funding. And, the energy service company guarantees that the improvements will generate energy cost savings sufficient to pay for the project over the term of the contract. After the capital is paid back, any additional cost savings accrue to GSA. See the GSA press release.


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One side says government is too big and costs too much. Another side says the services provided are essential and critical to security and well-being. Stuck in the middle of continuing resolutions and possible shutdowns, are federal workers who know the value of the work they do and the back and forth is often just "guerrilla theater."
Jim King, former director of the Office of Personnel Management, told Federal News Radio, that doesn't help much.
"Well, they may realize it but, nevertheless, being viewed as a pawn on the chessboard of life is not exactly an upper."
Federal retiree, Jim King, much outside the Beltway with lobster pot. (Jim King provided photo.)
Everyday, said King, federal employees make sacrifices. "They sacrifice time, they bring problems home, they do their own research and reading, they work hard to discipline themselves when dealing sometimes with people who are very upset. Not with them personally but maybe what's happening to them and they try to calm them down. Especially those who are on the front line."
Another frustration, said King, can be found in recruiting new employees "and in the background you have this din of people chanting, 'Aw, you don't do anything. You're not really important to America.'" When the American public tells those recruits, said King, that "really the work that they're being recruited for isn't really important; they're just going to be another pound of meatballs on the counter of the restaurant here in Washington, I think that's patently offensive and it distorts the reality of the situation."
King said his vantage point this time, from outside the Beltway, has given him new insight to some of the problem. "I must say that watching it from out here, it's rather interesting because the comments are so detached from any reality I know. But, I must say, my friends here outside of Washington have no real appreciation of what's done on a day-to-day basis with the government."
King encourages federal managers to remind their employees about the mission. Don't stop, said King, "reassuring them how important their work is, what they do for the American people, and the criticality of doing the job well, and above all is being kindly to people. Quite often in this process, you get angry, you're disappointed, you're frustrated and you take your anger out on your colleagues but you also take it out on the customer. And at the end of the day, the customer service side, and the time you pick up the phone, being as kindly and supportive as you've been in the past - continue to do it. Don't let a few people irritate you and forget about the millions of people relying on you."
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Cut a 6-inch x 9-inch rectangle from blue foam. Place brads through foam evenly spaced around outer edge. Cut a 3-inch x 4-inch rectangle from lime foam and place on blue foam as shown. Remove backing from foam shapes and decorate rectangles as desired. Use Sharpie to add lines to green foam piece. Use glitter glue to embellish shapes.
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A man running a sub-4 minute mile and a mom running a six minute mile while pushing a stroller are impressive feats on many levels. For more day-to-day concerns, running bloggers also offer tips on what to bring on race day, avoiding blisters and keeping sugar off your noodles! more


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A dazzling display of artistry, this beautifully hand-knotted wool rug from Iran will be a gorgeous addition to any elegant decor.
The Momeni family began importing premium Persian carpets to the United States more than 50 years ago. Each of these hand-selected, one-of-a-kind Persian and Pakistani collectible floor coverings is a unique work of art meant to be enjoyed and appreciated for generations. The line has also expanded to include a collection of pillows and ottomans made of the same dazzling rugs.


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Sleep is a natural state of bodily rest observed throughout the animal kingdom. It is common to all mammals and birds, and is also seen in many reptiles, amphibians and fish. In humans, other mammals, and a substantial majority of other animals which have been studied — such as fish, birds, ants, and fruit-flies — regular sleep is essential for survival. However, its purposes are only partly clear and are the subject of intense research.
In mammals and birds the measurement of eye movement during sleep is used to divide sleep into the two broad types of Rapid Eye Movement (REM) and Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) sleep. Each type has a distinct set of associated physiological, neurological and psychological features.
Sleep proceeds in cycles of REM and the four stages of NREM, the order normally being:
In humans this cycle is on average 90 to 110 minutes, with a greater amount of stages 3 and 4 early in the night and more REM later in the night. Each phase may have a distinct physiological function. Drugs such as sleeping pills and alcoholic beverages can suppress certain stages of sleep (see Sleep deprivation). This can result in a sleep that exhibits loss of consciousness but does not fulfill its physiological functions.
Allan Rechtschaffen and Anthony Kales originally outlined the criteria for identifying the stages of sleep in 1968. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) updated the staging rules in 2007.
Criteria for REM sleep include not only rapid eye movements but also a rapid low voltage EEG. In mammals, at least, low muscle tone is also seen. Most memorable dreaming occurs in this stage. NREM accounts for 75–80% of total sleep time in normal human adults. In NREM sleep, there is relatively little dreaming. Non-REM encompasses four stages; stages 1 and 2 are considered 'light sleep', and 3 and 4 'deep sleep' or slow-wave sleep, SWS. They are differentiated solely using EEG, unlike REM sleep which is characterized by rapid eye movements and relative absence of muscle tone. In non-REM sleep there are often limb movements, and parasomnias such as sleepwalking may occur. A cyclical alternating pattern may sometimes be observed during a stage.
NREM consists of four stages according to the 2007 AASM standards:
Both REM sleep and NREM sleep stages 3 and 4 are homeostatically driven; that is, if a person or animal is selectively deprived of one of these, it rebounds once uninhibited sleep again is allowed. This suggests that both are essential to the functions of the sleep process.
Sleep timing is controlled by the circadian clock, by homeostasis and, in humans, by willed behavior. The circadian clock, an inner time-keeping, temperature-fluctuating, enzyme-controlling device, works in tandem with adenosine, a neurotransmitter which inhibits many of the bodily processes that are associated with wakefulness. Adenosine is created over the course of the day; high levels of adenosine lead to sleepiness. In diurnal animals, sleepiness occurs as the circadian element causes the release of the hormone melatonin and a gradual decrease in core body temperature. The timing is affected by one's chronotype. It is the circadian rhythm which determines the ideal timing of a correctly structured and restorative sleep episode.
Homeostatic sleep propensity, the need for sleep as a function of the amount of time elapsed since the last adequate sleep episode, is also important and must be balanced against the circadian element for satisfactory sleep. Along with corresponding messages from the circadian clock, this tells the body it needs to sleep. Sleep offset, awakening, is primarily determined by circadian rhythm. A normal person who regularly awakens at an early hour will generally not be able to sleep much later than the person's normal waking time, even if moderately sleep deprived.
The National Sleep Foundation in the United States maintains that eight to nine hours of sleep for adult humans is optimal and that sufficient sleep benefits alertness, memory and problem solving, and overall health, as well as reducing the risk of accidents. A widely publicized 2003 study performed at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine demonstrated that cognitive performance declines with fewer than eight hours of sleep.
However, a University of California, San Diego psychiatry study of more than one million adults found that people who live the longest self-report sleeping for six to seven hours each night. Another study of sleep duration and mortality risk in women showed similar results. Other studies show that "sleeping more than 7 to 8 hours per day has been consistently associated with increased mortality", though this study suggests the cause is probably other factors such as depression and socio-economic status which would correlate statistically. It has been suggested that the correlation between lower sleep hours and reduced morbidity only occurs with those who wake after less sleep naturally, rather than those who use an alarm.
Causal links are currently speculative: the available data may only reflect comorbid depression, socioeconomic status, or even alcohol use, for example. These studies cannot be used to determine optimal sleep habits, only correlation — and empirically observed correlation is a necessary but not sufficient condition for causality. A need for nine or ten hours of sleep a day, or only five to six, may or may not have the same cause as the shortened life span. In other words, long or short sleep duration itself has not been shown to be a cause of early death.
Researchers from the University of Warwick and University College London have found that lack of sleep can more than double the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, but that too much sleep can also double the risk of death. Professor Francesco Cappuccio said: "Short sleep has been shown to be a risk factor for weight gain, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes sometimes leading to mortality but in contrast to the short sleep-mortality association it appears that no potential mechanisms by which long sleep could be associated with increased mortality have yet been investigated. Some candidate causes for this include depression, low socioeconomic status and cancer-related fatigue. [...] In terms of prevention, our findings indicate that consistently sleeping around 7 hours per night is optimal for health and a sustained reduction may predispose to ill-health."
Furthermore, sleep difficulties are closely associated with psychiatric disorders such as depression, alcoholism and bipolar disorder. Up to 90% of patients with depression are found to have sleep difficulties.
Children need a greater amount of sleep per day than adults to develop and function properly: up to 18 hours for newborn babies, with a declining rate as a child ages. A newborn baby spends almost half of its sleep time in REM-sleep. By the age of five or so, only a bit over two hours are spent in REM.
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Sleep debt is the effect of not getting quite enough rest and sleep; a large debt causes mental, emotional and physical fatigue. It is unclear why a lack of sleep causes irritability however theories are emerging that suggest if the body produces insufficient cortisol during stage 3 and 4 sleep it can have negative effects on our alertness and emotions during the day.
Scientists do not agree on how much sleep debt it is possible to accumulate, whether it is accumulated against an individual's average sleep or some other benchmark, nor on whether the prevalence of sleep debt among adults has changed appreciably in the industrialized world in recent decades. It is likely that children are sleeping less than previously in Western societies.
It is likely that sleep evolved to fulfill some primeval function, but has taken over multiple functions over time as organisms have evolved. An analogy would be that to the larynx, which performs multiple functions, such as controlling the passage of food and air, phonation for communicating and social purposes, etc. These are all functions of the larynx, but just one of them likely represents the original function. Some of the many proposed functions of sleep are as follows:
Wound healing has been shown to be affected by sleep. A study conducted by Gumustekin et al. in 2004 shows sleep deprivation hindering the healing of burns on rats.
It has also been shown that sleep deprivation affects the immune system and metabolism. In a study by Zager et al in 2007, rats were deprived of sleep for 24 hours. When compared with a control group, the sleep-deprived rats' blood tests indicated a 20% decrease in white blood cell count, a significant change in the immune system.
A study by Bonnet and Arand in 2003 indicates that sleep affects metabolism, is indeed a metabolic phase - anabolism. Comparing normal human sleepers and sleepers with sleep state misperception insomnia, where patients complain of poor sleep but have normal sleep by electroencephalographic (EEG) criteria, the researchers found significantly greater metabolism values for the normal sleepers.
It has yet to be clearly proven that sleep duration affects somatic growth. One study by Jenni et al in 2007 recorded growth, height and weight, as correlated to parent-reported time-in-bed in 305 children over a period of nine years (age 1-10). It was found that "the variation of sleep duration among children does not seem to have an effect on growth". It has been shown that sleep, more specifically slow-wave sleep (SWS), does affect growth hormone levels in adult men. During eight hours sleep, Van Cauter, Leproult, and Plat found that the men with a high percentage of SWS (average 24%) also had high growth hormone secretion, while subjects with a low percentage of SWS (average 9%) had low growth hormone secretion.
There are multiple arguments supporting the restorative function of sleep. We are rested after sleeping and it is natural to assume that this is a basic purpose of sleep. The metabolic phase during sleep is anabolic; anabolic hormones such as growth hormones as mentioned above are secreted preferentially during sleep. Sleep among species is, in general, inversely related to the animal size and basal metabolic rate. Rats with a very high basal metabolic rate sleep for up to 14 hours a day whereas elephants and giraffes with lower BMRs sleep only 3-4 hours per day.
Energy conservation could as well have been accomplished by resting quiescent without shutting off the organism from the environment, potentially a dangerous situation. A sedentary non-sleeping animal is more likely to survive predators, while still preserving energy. Sleep therefore does something else other than conserving energy. Most interestingly, hibernating animals that wake up from hibernation go into rebound sleep because of lack of sleep during the hibernation period. They are definitely well rested and are conserving energy during hibernation, but need sleep for something else. Rats kept awake indefinitely develop skin lesions, hyperphagia, loss of body mass, hypothermia, and eventually septicemia and death.
REM sleep appears to be important for development of the brain. REM sleep occupies majority of time of sleep of infants, which spend most of their time sleeping. Among different species, the more immature the baby is born, the more time it spends in REM sleep. Proponents also suggest that REM-induced muscle inhibition in the presence of brain activation exists to allow for brain development by activating the synapses yet without any motor consequences which may get the infant in trouble. Additionally, REM deprivation results in developmental abnormalities later in life.
However, this does not explain why older adults still need REM sleep. Aquatic mammal infants do not have REM sleep in infancy REM sleep in those animals increases as they age.
Memory also seems to be affected differently by certain stages of sleep such as REM and slow-wave sleep (SWS). In one study cited in Born, Rasch, and Gais multiple groups of human subjects were used: wake control groups and sleep test groups. Sleep and wake groups were taught a task and then tested on it both on early and late nights, with the order of nights balanced across participants. When the subjects' brains were scanned during sleep, hypnograms revealed that SWS was the dominant sleep stage during the early night representing around 23% on average for sleep stage activity. The early night test group performed 16% better on the declarative memory test than the control group. During late night sleep, REM became the most active sleep stage at about 24%, and the late night test group performed 25% better on the procedural memory test than the control group. This indicates that procedural memory benefits from late REM-rich sleep whereas declarative memory benefits from early SWS-rich sleep.
Another study conducted by Datta indirectly supports these results. The subjects chosen were 22 male rats. A box was constructed where a single rat could move freely from one end to the other. The bottom of the box was made of a steel grate. A light would shine in the box accompanied by a sound. After a 5 second delay an electrical shock would be applied. Once the shock commenced the rat could move to the other end of the box, ending the shock immediately. The rat could also use the 5-second delay to move to the other end of the box and avoid the shock entirely. The length of the shock never exceeded 5 seconds. This was repeated 30 times for half the rats. The other half, the control group, was placed in the same trial but the rats were shocked regardless of their reaction. After each of the training sessions the rat would be placed in a recording cage for 6 hours of polygraphic recordings. This process was repeated for 3 consecutive days. This study found that during the post-trial sleep recording session rats spent 25.47% more time in REM sleep after learning trials than after control trials. These trials support the results of the Born et al. study, indicating an obvious correlation between REM sleep and procedural knowledge.
Another interesting observation of the Datta study is that the learning group spent 180% more time in SWS than did the control group during the post-trial sleep-recording session. This phenomenon is supported by a study performed by Kudrimoti, Barnes, and McNaughton. This study shows that after spatial exploration activity, patterns of hippocampal place cells are reactivated during SWS following the experiment. In a study by Kudrimoti et al. seven rats were run through a linear track using rewards on either end. The rats would then be placed in the track for 30 minutes to allow them to adjust (PRE), then they ran the track with reward based training for 30 minutes (RUN), and then they were allowed to rest for 30 minutes. During each of these three periods EEG data were collected for information on the rats' sleep stages. Kudrimoti et al. computed the mean firing rates of hippocampal place cells during pre-behavior SWS (PRE) and three 10-minute intervals in post-behavior SWS (POST) by averaging across 22 track-running sessions from seven rats. The results showed that 10 minutes after the trial RUN session there was a 12% increase in the mean firing rate of hippocampal place cells from the PRE level, however after 20 minutes the mean firing rate returned rapidly toward the PRE level. The elevated firing of hippocampal place cells during SWS after spatial exploration could explain why there were elevated levels of SWS sleep in Datta's study as it also dealt with a form of spatial exploration.
The different studies all suggest that there is a correlation between sleep and the many complex functions of memory. Harvard sleep researchers Saper and Stickgold point out that an essential part of memory and learning consists of nerve cell dendrites sending information to the cell body to be organized into new neuronal connections. This process demands that no external information is presented to these dendrites, and they suggest that this may be why it is during sleep that we solidify memories and organize knowledge.
However, this theory fails to explain why the brain disengages from the external environment during normal sleep. Another argument against the theory is that sleep is not simply a passive consequence of removing the animal from the environment, but is a "drive": animals alter their behaviors in order to obtain sleep. Therefore, circadian regulation is more than sufficient to explain periods of activity and quiescence that are adaptive to an organism, but the more peculiar specializations of sleep probably serve different and unknown functions.
Moreover, the preservation theory does not explain why carnivores like lions, which are on top of the food chain, sleep the most. By the preservation logic, these top carnivores should not need any sleep at all. Preservation does not explain why aquatic mammals sleep while moving. Lethargy during these vulnerable hours would do the same, and will be more advantageous because the animal will be quiescent but still be able to respond to environmental challenges like predators etc. Sleep rebound that occurs after a sleepless night will be maladaptive, but still occurs for a reason. For example, a zebra falling asleep the day after it spent the sleeping time running from a lion is more and not less vulnerable to predation.
People have proposed many hypotheses about the functions of dreaming. Sigmund Freud postulated that dreams are the symbolic expression of frustrated desires that had been relegated to the subconscious, and he used dream interpretation in the form of psychoanalysis to uncover these desires. Scientists have become skeptical about the Freudian interpretation, and place more emphasis on dreaming as a requirement for organization and consolidation of recent memory and experience. See Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams
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J. Allan Hobson's and Robert McCarley's activation synthesis theory proposes that dreams are caused by the random firing of neurons in the cerebral cortex during the REM period. According to the theory, the forebrain then creates a story in an attempt to reconcile and make sense of the nonsensical sensory information presented to it; hence the odd nature of many dreams.
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Thanks for the mini-review Merlino! I'm really considering ordering one of those sample packs now.
Haha and did anyone used to play hungry hungry hippos the game as a kid? That game rocked!
I received my sample pack today and I must say I'm quite impressed, especially considering they were put together by an amateur (in the literal sense of the word! ). I ordered five samples and received six and a handwritten note, so thanks for that Brent!
Hungry hungry hippies: really nice, exactly what it promises: brownies and pot!
Debonair: reminds me of both C&S 88 and Habit Rouge, or maybe a C&S remake of Habit Rouge.
Sunshine: nice orange and woods, just a touch of resins.
Mama cassis: black currents and mint, both very pronounced and nice!
Little miss panda: the funkiest of the bunch imo. Didn't really like this one.
Incensed: a quality incense fragrance reminiscent of the Serge Lutens style of perfumery.
I like so far! Five good frags, one not bad but I didn't really like it. Am going to give Mama Cassis a full wearing tomorrow
Looking to swap/buy/receive for free () the following samples/decants:
Indult Tihota & Rêve en Cuir
Chant d'Aromes extrait
Vetiver pour Elle (5ml decant)
Versace The Dreamer 50ml (1.7oz) BNIB
"The Sunshine bores the daylights outta me!"
Thanks for the mini-review Merlino! I'm really considering ordering one of those sample packs now.
Haha and did anyone used to play hungry hungry hippos the game as a kid? That game rocked!
Appreciate the post bro. I've been considering the Hungry Hippies. I used to love pot brownies.
Is this company in the same category as stuff like Black Phoenix and others? Ie: a "blend" of fragrance oils with essential oils dropped in?
It does look to be in the same category judging from the Black Phoenix website, but I have no experience with their products. The fragrances are around 50% perfume oil in a carrier oil. They're bound to be part natural, part synthetic as always (Brent doesn't advertise his perfumes as all-natural, anyway).
Looking to swap/buy/receive for free () the following samples/decants:
Indult Tihota & Rêve en Cuir
Chant d'Aromes extrait
Vetiver pour Elle (5ml decant)
Versace The Dreamer 50ml (1.7oz) BNIB
"The Sunshine bores the daylights outta me!"
As I said, I gave Mama Cassis a full wearing today. This is a quick review:
It starts out with very fresh and mild peppermint and not a whole lot of blackcurrants. I had kinda expected there not to be much sillage given that these are in oil form, but I was still a bit disappointed with the sillage and the lack of blackcurrants initially. However, when I changed into my working clothes (had to work my barista job today) I was greeted by a large waft of blackcurrants whose purple sweetness interacted very nicely with the minty green freshness. The result somewhat resembles Geranium pour Monsieur in feel but with a larger presence. Towards the end, vanilla and musk join the party and I kept getting subtle wafts of it throughout the day. Could still smell it on my arm 10 hours later when I took a shower. It would probably have lasted a good while longer, too. Mama Cassis is a really nice fruity scent, and I normally don't like fruity frags!
Of the six, this is my favourite so far.
Looking to swap/buy/receive for free () the following samples/decants:
Indult Tihota & Rêve en Cuir
Chant d'Aromes extrait
Vetiver pour Elle (5ml decant)
Versace The Dreamer 50ml (1.7oz) BNIB
"The Sunshine bores the daylights outta me!"
It's nice to hear that you're enjoying these Merlino.
I got to meet Brent a year-or-so ago, when I was in LA visiting my parents - he met Ray & I for dinner and spent the next day at Scent Bar and other places in Hollywood smelling fragrances. Such a sweetie. Nice to see he's talented too.
I keep meaning to order a sample pack. Thanks for the reminder!
"All problems are illusions of the mind."
-- Eckhart Tolle
I've still got a few in my sample pack still to try, but I've given these three a go so far:
Incensed - It had a nice curling frankincense in the same vein as L'Air du desert marocain, but underneath were very sweet, very soft vanilla drenched woods that seemed to cheapen the whole blend. It was nice in its simplicity and I was more than happy to wear a few times over the past week, but unfortunately it couldn't really compare to my other reference frankincense fragrances like L'air and Avignon.
Debonair - Crisp astringent (bright?) orange. The reference to Habit Rogue is fitting, although Habit Rogue's golden dusty thing is replaced with a much sweeter vanilla/woods, the same as was in Incensed. It has a nice patchouli note (which is something, because I freaking hate patchouli) akin to Patchouli 24– leathery, almost stale, but quite distinctive. This was nice, my favourite so far, with a sense of warmth that I enjoyed.
Horny Little Devil - starts off with an extreme pepper blast, after a few minutes is joined by some citrus and cinnamon, with a MKK-esque dirty musk underneath (probably accented with cumin) and again a serving of vanilla. As the pepper began to fade a big clove note appeared to replace it. The pepper ruined this for me, too much, too intense. Mind you, this feels quite novel, and I can imagine more pepper/foody spice inclined people may appreciate it.
I'm keen to try Blimey Limey, it's changed the whole scent of my sample box and I haven't even opened it yet. A very salty, sunny lime cocktail. Might be a winner. I've also got Sunshine and Commando to go.
Last edited by nwatts88; 5th October 2009 at 01:02 AM. Reason: edited to update info on Debonair as I decided to wear it today
I am enjoying 'em Mike and you should def. order some for yourself!
thanks for your thoughts nwatts88! I agree with you that underneath all the frags lies an undercurrent of vanilla and musk. I don't mind though, it's soft and not of the clean food vanilla variety. I liked Incensed and Debonair too, probably a bit better than you did (Incensed anyway: I found it much more wearable than L'air).
Looking to swap/buy/receive for free () the following samples/decants:
Indult Tihota & Rêve en Cuir
Chant d'Aromes extrait
Vetiver pour Elle (5ml decant)
Versace The Dreamer 50ml (1.7oz) BNIB
"The Sunshine bores the daylights outta me!"
I have not tried them yet, but I'd just like to give a hearty Congratulations, to our VERY OWN bront82, who through sheer hard work has not only created a line of fragrances, BUT, they are now being sold at Luckyscent!!
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Wow! And, it looks like there are some scents on LS that I didn't see on the launch of the SmellBent site....a great distribution and marketing coup, Brent, congratulations!
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Just ordered a sample of 5 - Blimey Limey, Hungry Hungry Hippies, Incensed, Sunshine and Mama Cassis. Cant wait to receive em!
Looking for: Andy Tauer - L'air du Desert Morocain & Incense Extreme
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Has anyone tried 2010 yet? That one in particular has my curiousity piqued. Jet fuel? Ozone? Sounds interesting.
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im interested in commando...since i am a musk rat, this sounds interesting, but i worry that it will be a CB Musk reinvention type musk, which is not musk at all...anyone?
Current Top 5:
Tabac, Cardinal, Brookes Brothers, Musc Kublai Khan, Andron
I actually just oreder samples of Blimey limey, lemon cowboy, commando, horny devil, sunshine and the elf one.
I will have to update you all with a couple revies when i get them in...all seem to have a musk element which i really like, even if its just a basenote
Current Top 5:
Tabac, Cardinal, Brookes Brothers, Musc Kublai Khan, Andron
Thanks guys ... it really is a dream come true! It's amazing to be sold at your favorite perfume shop!
I thought I'd chime in about Commando. I'll tell you right out, he's nothing like CB's Musk. I've smelled a lot of musks over my years as a perfume lover, I even have some real stuff, and I've never pulled my nose away faster from one than I did when I got a sample of Musk Reinvention. That said, Commando is a clean musk with a dirty edge. It's not got any white musk in it, as I'm not much of a fan, but the tonka does temper the dirtier musks. It has traces of "filthier" notes like civet and castoreum, but the scent is really meant to be about nakedness. It's skin, but better. Tom (of PST blog) likens it to the freshly cleaned skin of a child. Obviously, he's much better with his imagery. I'm probably too close to it at this point to have real clarity, but I do know the ingredients and my intentions. So fear not, Commando is totally wearable, whether it's your cup of tea or not, is a totally different issue!
2010 was smell bent doing a nod to CdG - the first perfume house I really fell for. The copy may read a bit out there, but as I posted in my blog, it's a very wearable white floral with an edge. I think the contrast is nice, but it turned out to be a lot more feminine that I originally thought.
Hope that helps. Again, thanks for all the support, this never would have happened without BN ... seriously.
Oh please, if everyone around here is going to start telling the truth, I'm going to bed. - The House of Yes
I'm awaiting my sample, five pack. I let Brent assort them for me. Can't wait! :bounce:
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I'm just sitting here with my samples on various limbs and thought I'd give my first impressions. BTW, I agree with others that Brent is a great guy to deal with and a mindreader as well. (He sent me the sixth scent I wanted to try in my sampler set, even though I didn't ask him to.)
Here goes:
Commando: A great skin scent. Ironically, it smells to me like jockey shorts that have only been worn for a few minutes and then removed. Clean and fresh, but with a bit of the smell of a (male) human being. Very subtle and intimate. Nobody is going to think you're wearing a fragrance with this one. Whether that is a good or a bad thing, I suppose depends on the wearer and the situation. I think this one is remarkably successful at doing what it sets out to do.
Elf-Fulfilling Prophesy: Although lucky scent goes on and on about tobacco, this is pure gourmand holiday baking all the way to me. Spicy baked goods with a touch of cider in the drydown. It's a bit too literal for me, but if you want to smell like holiday baking, you can't get any closer than this!
Pere Noel Coward: This is the extra one Brent threw in for me and I'm really glad he did. Wintery clean evergreen. Fresh in a natural way. Not a lot of projection. Wears close to the skin. One of my favorites in this batch.
Incensed: Hmm, this is nice, but for me the vanilla here is a bit overwhelming. Brent's description of this scent is accurate, though. So, if you want your incense with "vanilla drenched" woods, that's what you'll get with this one. I'm just not quite that much of a vanilla guy.
Blimey Limey: This one starts off with a serious burst of lime. It reminded me of some of the lime colognes my father used when I was a kid. This actually lasts quite a while before being joined by perhaps some amber to turn it into something firmly in the barbershop tradition. If you're serious about limes, you definitely need to give this one a shot. If you're not, this won't be for you.
Horny Little Devil: Nice ambery cinnamon with a touch of musk. I like it, but with a name like that I was expecting something a bit more overtly sexual. To my nose, this one leans more towards the gourmand than a musk, though clearly not as far in that direction as Elf.
Final thoughts: I'm really glad I got a sample pack of these and will probably pick up a little bottle of Commando and Pere Noel Coward. I do think Brent has a certain recognizable style already. It'll be interesting to see how in the future he balances his obvious gourmand tendencies with the other notes he likes to use. As you can see, the two I liked best were the least gourmand of the batch, but that probably says more about my preferences than the quality of his fragrances. I enjoyed trying these, would encourage others to do so, and look forward to sampling more of his work in the months to come. I'd also like to add that I appreciate his obvious joy in his work and his lack of the pretentious affectation which so often dominates niche perfumery. Thanks, Brent!
Last edited by Tonyprince; 29th November 2009 at 04:05 PM.
I just received my 6-pack of samples from Brent. I will be trying them out over the next few weeks.
Exclusive to Luckyscent I believe is a SmellBent 11-sample pack I didn't see listed on the SmellBent site
These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha
Ive smelled Debonair and Incensed.
Incensed I found a little misleading, in that I got more amber/vanilla than incense from it. Not sure if its name is more a play on words as opposed to a declaration of its content. It was a little sickly after a while.
Debonair I liked a bit more - its kind of green and citrusy (a la Eau d'Orange vert) but with a handful of dirty patch thrown in for good measure. It actually reminds me of a Crown Perfumery scent whose name escapes me right now (possibly Crown Imperial).
Frankly, as much as I admire Brent's efforts, I wouldn't find either of these FBW.
I'm still eagerly awaiting delivery of my sample pack.
i have just recieved the samples i ordered...of them i have only given blimey limey and commando a full wearing. Blimey limey has that trufitt and hill lime element but then it fades into a lime and vanilla ice cream smell, almost like a lime sherbert...its ok, not really my cup of tea though i love lime.
Commando on the other hand is really nice. In Destin there is a shop called pish posh patchoulis and they have a shower gel line where you can build your own scent with oils...my brother got one with patchouli, sandalwood and china musk. This smells exactly like it and i love it. Its not skanky at all....its a clean musk with sandalwood and light patchouli notes...a winner in my book.
Current Top 5:
Tabac, Cardinal, Brookes Brothers, Musc Kublai Khan, Andron
Horny Little Devil is so cinnamon prominent, it has me grinning from ear-to-ear. A bit foodier than I expected it to be, and the sillage is very hushed (it's the nature of oil fragrances) but the sweetness is balanced out by the amber and spice.
Thanks Mike! Useful information. How does it compare to Opium and JHL?
I'm another big fan of Commando - a very inexpensive alternative to Guerlain's Tonka Impériale.
Has anybody noticed that they started to sell edt's too? Wonder if they're better than oils...
But in the EDT spray form I REALLY liked:
Bollywood or Bust - this one smells most like a tribute to CdG. Spicey and incensey woods, rose too. Reminds me of of CdG #3. Excellent fragrance.
Commando - this is also excellent in the edt spray version. Very mild sweet clear scent with subtle animalic musk scents peeking out from the edges.
Violet tendencies - the violet is noticeable up front and it stays dry and woody with a hint of leather, agarwood and spruce. Like this one too.
Desperado - opens with a blast of pure sharpened pencil cedar wood but after drying out a bit the saffrom and grass smell gives it a haunting twist. I could swear I smell pathcouli in it, but I guess that may be the saffron. It's good.
The one that I had to just reject and eject because it was so bad was: Saddle Warmer - this one is scary. I am not sure if an ingredient got left out of my bottle or what but - oh well it was not for me.
Violet Tendencies - leather and violets, a really nice combo, the leather note is a bit too sharp, but perhaps it softens over time.
Prairie Nymph: beeswax and clementine, a sweet gourmand that could work nicely on a very young and very attractive person.
Desperado: Very nice. Dry, pencil shavings style, cedar with some ginger, might appeal to Andy Tauer fans.
Saddle Warmer: a strange peach note and a cheap whiskey note, this one is quite possibly the most nauseating fragrance I've ever smelled.
Bollywood or Bust: My favorite of the group, a spiced up rose and sandalwood.
I've only tested these on paper, with the exception of Saddle Warmer, I'll be doing a skin test this week.
Last edited by Kevin Guyer; 16th May 2010 at 11:12 PM.
Any updated opinions on these? I'm curious on thoughts between the oils and EDT's too because I don't know which I should be trying.....
So far I've only tried Hungry Hungry Hippies which strikes as a poor men verison of Parfumerie generale Cozè. Really nice head shop patchouli with chocolate and hemp...Chastity Begins @ Home which is a transparent woody/incense with a remarkable rose note and some oakmoss. Less interesting than HHH yet well crafted and honest. The Spray Tan Incident was an ok sweet concoction of citrus (mainly mandarine) and green notes laying on a subtle vetiver base....not for me.
From my sample pack I still have to try Franken Smellie
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Bumping this as I just got my sample pack of:
Dead of winter, Exquisite corpse (which I'm giving a full days wearing and regretting feel a bit sick...), Never never land, Totem Eclipse (love love love!), Otter Luvr and Mountain High.
All reviewed in my link below, latest post so easy to find.
I'm well impressed!! Wish longevity and sillage was a bit better on most though, especially Mountain High, its wonderful but the drydown comes too fast.
ELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY - this smells similar to Tobacco Vanille. This is a festive winter scent.
Bumping this -
Any fresh thoughts on any of these?
I gave my Hansel & Dreidel a full wearing today after owning it for ages (a blind buy) and being disappointed on first sniff. I actually really enjoyed it today, just a typical gourmand, I smelt like a hot German christmas cake all day I washed it off and applied another fragrance in the afternoon - had a shower this evening, and I could still smell the honey/cakey goodness from the morning! Impressive for an EDT
I'm tempted to try out some more of their scents again as it's coming up to summer.
I'm hoping Tokyo Mama Fizzzz is a wicked alternative to Comme des Garcons' Soda
I also want one of his pot fragrances, just torn between Hungry Hungry Hippies and Mountain High, I don't have a cocoa so think it'll be the previous.
Haven't read anything about his vo-cab-u-lary range and just wondering if anyone has explored more of his stuff
I ordered a few samples from Smell Bent recently and have been working my way through slowly (mostly because a recent head cold rendered me useless in the olfactory department!).
The one that has captured my attention most, but that has also been the most challenging to me is Violet Tendencies. It's a beautiful violet darkened with woods and leather...the initial spray is intoxicating, and has a STRONG plasticky leather aura, which I perversely love! It wears well on my skin and heads towards the much more subdued and subtle drydown sooner than later, which I'm somewhat thankful for, because I think my less adventurous loved ones would be a little taken aback by the initial exuberant onslaught (which I'm insatiably drawn to, for some reason).
I also quite love Bollywood or Bust, but where Violet Tendences was big and brash, BoB is refined and balanced. The opening is all classic rose and spices, which it maintains for a good two hours or so. I like that there isn't a precipice where all of a sudden I notice that most of the floral notes are gone, leaving just the sandalwood base. Instead, there is a gradual change - almost like a color gradient in graphic design, slowly and almost imperceptibly inching to the finish line - confidently morphing from delicious rose to subtle and relaxed sandalwood. This is definitely one of those scents where I can see why experienced fragrance collectors say things like "Smell Bent is worth three times the price!" - this is definitely a scent that could be someone's classical go-to, someone's easy-wearing signature in waiting. I'm definitely sold on a FB.
Other notable samples (which I haven't tried for more than a quick skin test, but warrant mentioning immediately):
Commando - Musk and tonka. For lack of a better way to put it - I wanted to rip my OWN clothes off. Well done. I can't wait to wear it more.
Tok'Yo Mama Fizzzzz - Basically wearable lime soda. It's SO not what I'd normally wear, but is incredibly mouthwatering in the small amounts that I've smelled so far - not cloying or treacly at all, and you really can sense the "fizz" note. I kind of wonder what people will think when they see a big bear of a guy (me) and then smell a waft of lime soda, so I'm super tempted to dive in and wear the heck out of it soon.
Incensed Short Fuse - I really thought this would be my fave and it's not...not exactly. I did love the spicy drydown, but I'm just not sure I'm taking in the full picture of what the top notes and heart are saying. It could be that I need to spray more, as I was hoping for greater sillage. Regardless, this definitely wasn't bad or offensive at all, just confusing to my nose.
I've got more to try - I'll report back soon!
Last edited by warho15; 30th November 2012 at 03:54 PM.
I have gone through a bazillion samples from this house and found a few treasures: Commando, which is a really nice musk; Pere Noel Coward, a slightly sweet frosty pine; and Otter Luvr, a sweet, musky bay rum. Bollywood or Bust is also a very nice rose and sandalwood, as has been mentioned. Unfortunately, two of the four I mentioned are discontinued, although Brent has been great about digging out a leftover bottle when asked.
Only remember trying Debonair - nothing special IMO.
Have Commando, Dead of Winter, and Hungry Hungry Hippies coming. I bought a sample pack earlier this year and thought they were unique, but just couldn't wear them as a fragrance. Hopefully that'll change.
Has anyone tried Incensed Short Fused. I have had no such luck finding a good review from a number of sources. Sorry for bumping a 2 year old thread, but I want to know more about this fragrance in particular and I have no experience with the line. Thanks in advanced.
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Greek roast lamb
By Barney Desmazery
Cooking timePrep: 15 mins Cook: 1 hr, 45 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 8
If Spring is in the air you don't want to be slaving over a hot oven, so make the most of seasonal lamb the easy way with this lazy roast
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 685
- protein
- 59g
- carbs
- 32g
- fat
- 36g
- saturates
- 14g
- fibre
- 3g
- sugar
- 4g
- salt
- 0.54g
- 1 large leg of lamb, about 3kg/6lb 8oz
- 6 garlic cloves
- 1 bunch oregano
- zest and juice 1 lemon
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- 1½ kg new potatoes
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- large handful pitted baby kalamata olives
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Simple cos salad
Mix 100ml olive oil with 2 tbsp white wine vinegar. Finely shred 2 cos lettuces, finely slice 6 spring onions and crumble over 100g feta cheese. Toss everything together just before serving.
- Heat oven to 240C/fan 220C/gas 9. Pound the garlic, half the oregano, lemon zest and a pinch of salt in a pestle and mortar, then add the lemon juice and a drizzle of olive oil. Stab the lamb all over with a sharp knife, then push as much of the herb paste as you can into the holes.
- Tip the potatoes into a large roasting tin, then toss in the remaining olive oil and any remaining herb paste. Nestle the lamb amongst the potatoes, roast for 20 mins, then reduce the temperature to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Roast for 1 hr 15 mins for medium-rare, adding another 15 mins if you prefer your lamb medium. Baste the lamb once or twice with the juices and toss the potatoes. When the lamb is done to your liking, remove from the tin and let it rest. Throw the rest of the oregano in with the potatoes, scoop from the tin and keep warm.
- Place the roasting tin over a medium flame, add the canned tomatoes and olives to the pan juices, then simmer for a few mins. Serve the lamb with the potatoes and sauce and a simple salad.
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Wish I had a pound for every time I have been asked for this recipe. Sauce is incredible, people don't believe it's basically a tin of tomatoes, the transformation is amazing. Thanks Barney, lots of grateful fenlanders here! I serve with Greek salad, waitrose grand mange blanc, sometimes spiced butterbeans, and lots of red. Yum!
My girlfriend and I cooked this a few days ago and it was very, very tasty - one word of caution though: we cooked a 2.4kg leg and even with a smaller joint most of the meat was medium rare, but around the bone there was still quite a lot of blood and pink meat. This wasn't a problem for us, but those who do not like their meat too pink should probably add a little bit on to the cooking time.
Oh my goodness, I cooked this for yesterday's Easter Sunday lunch soooooo delicious! Actually my mouth is watering just remembering how tasty the lamb was. Delicious tomato sauce as well. I served this alongside the simple Cos salad as recommended by the recipe. May need a bit of bread to mop up every last bit of that sauce;)
So i bought a beautiful lamb leg and i followed the recipe including setting the appropriate temperature...... So i checked after an hour and 15 minutes and it was still bloody as hell! So now its been close to 3 hours and its still not done! So basically my anniversary dinner has gone to shit thanks to following this recipe.


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Pau Gasol, however, is series MVP 1a. Not only was he extraordinarily efficient with the ball all series, but he also evolved to be nearly masterful on defense. For much of the decisive Game 5 the Magic simply couldn't finish around or over him -- even as he single-covered Dwight Howard much of the night. ESPN Stats and Information charted Gasol single-covering Howard on 38 possessions -- and Howard did not score from the field on any of them.
two0one7 wrote:Dwight did try to attack Pau, multiple times. Pau/ our doubles were smart about it. Pau either drew the charge, played great solid D on him, or we doubled and forced him to kick it out/take a tough shot.
I love Andrew but I'm not going to attribute that as to why Pau did well against Dwight. Pau deserves full credit.
CaCHooKa Man wrote:even before the playoffs i think he was widely considered as a top 5 PF in the league already. after the playoffs he passed dirk for 3rd behind tim duncan and KG. he may even be 2nd now since KG got injured. like JVG or mark jackson said in last nights game, pau is one of the most skilled players at his position and has pretty much the complete package at PF.
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Sam recommends that we read "The Bodhisattva's Brain".
A description of the book on Amazon says:
"If we are material beings living in a material world—and all the scientific evidence suggests that we are—then we must find existential meaning…..."
In this context, Buddhism is no different than all the other spiritual speculations.
It assumes that there is an intrinsic meaning to human existence when the very word "meaning" is the result of circular thought.
"I exist" thought says, and therefore there must be some sort of meaning that supports that.
What is the meaning of a mouse or a fly?
What if there were no such thing as "meaning" and no actual existential entity such as a self that could have it?
Could you live with that?
Recommended Reading From Sam


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Honeymoon Suite Maria
The most tender, delicate gem in our collection and an elegant tribute to everyone in love. Above all the Maria Suite – a real honeymoon suite – is a homage to the wonderful personality of Maria Mallone, the extraordinary lady who last carried on the "female" history of Grand Hotel Tremezzo, following Maria Orsolini Gandola and her daughter Mariuccia, like them a refined exponent of the life of the hotel.
Charm and tenderness abound in this magnificent, recently refurbished fourth-floor suite, which matches the grandeur of the historic Carlotta Suite and Greta Suite in size. Here the atmosphere is both traditional and romantic, as light as a tulle veil.
In the centre of the bedroom stands a romantic four-poster bed looking out over the Lake, filling your eyes with every shade of blue the moment you awake. Just as stunning is the red Verona marble bathroom, complete with a perfect round whirlpool bath in the centre. A bed of water, warmth and tenderness where your romantic dreams can continue.
The spectacular private terrace, high up on the top floor of the Palace, dominates beautiful Lake Como, enabling guests to experience its majesty at every moment of the day.


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