I Saw The Light is the name of the first single from The Clay Hess Band’s upcoming debut CD. And no, it’s not another cover of the Hank Williams classic. It’s a new song from Craig Market and Wayne Winkle, in which the narrator has [...]
We’ve reported on several interesting beauty science stories over the last week or so on Twitter and Facebook so we thought we’d collect the links here for your reading enjoyment: Can your clay facial mask fight infection? Researchers have found that metal ions in certain types of clays could fight deadly staph infections. False eyelash [...]
In the race to protect society from infectious microbes, the bugs are outrunning us. The need for new therapeutic agents is acute, given the emergence of novel pathogens as well as old foes bearing heightened antibiotic resistance. Shelley...Show More Summary
See, in these times when people are questioning all manner of stuff that is foisted upon the fan of good beer, one get's a little internally chippy. So, when I read the beginning of this NYT article by Clay Risen just now I stopped and...Show More Summary
INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG Strasbourg, France May 20-25, 2013 $235,000/International Red Clay/Outdoors Results - Monday, May 20, 2013 Singles Qualifying – Final Round (5/WC) Shelby Rogers (USA) d. (1) Vesna Dolonc (SRB) 64 62 (2) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (7) Yulia Beygelzimer (UKR) 57 61 64 Magda Linette (POL) d. (8) Masa Zec-Peskiric (SLO) 62 60 Marta Domachowska [...]
Via Digging in the Clay, Gilbert and Sullivan brilliantly updated: I am the very model of…
BRUSSELS OPEN Brussels, Belgium May 20-25, 2013 $690,000/Premier Red Clay/Outdoors Order Of Play – Monday, May 20, 2013 Center Court (from 11.30hrs) 1. Coco Vandeweghe vs.. Yulia Putintseva (Singles Q Final) 2. Olga Govortsova vs. Arantxa Rus (NB 13.30hrs) 3. Varvara Lepchenko vs. Bojana Jovanovski 4. Sloane Stephens vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (NB 18.00hrs) Court 1 [...]
INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG Strasbourg, France May 20-25, 2013 $235,000/International Red Clay/Outdoors Order Of Play – Monday, May 20, 2013 Central (from 11.00hrs) 1. Flavia Pennetta vs. Yulia Beygelzimer (Singles Q Final) 2. Anna Tatishvili vs. Caroline Garcia (NB 12.30hrs) 3. Virginie Razzano vs. Tamira Paszek 4. Marion Bartoli vs. Camila Giorgi 5. Christina McHale vs. [...]
In what was supposed to be a blockbuster men's final, Rafael Nadal made Roger Federer look average (at best) on Sunday, winning the Rome Masters in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. It was Nadal's seventh title at this prestigious clay tournament. Show More Summary
In what was a completely dominating victory for Rafael Nadal, the Spaniard further proved his claim as the "King of Clay Courts" with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Roger Federer to win the 2013 Rome Masters championship. Bryan Armen Graham...Show More Summary
Lao Tzu said: Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub; It is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Therefore benefit comes from what is there; Usefulness [...]
By Felix Clay Published: May 19th, 2013 Polka Dot Images/Polka Dot/Getty Images Everyone likes eating out at restaurants, except I guess people who have been shot in restaurants or agoraphobics. But assuming you can go outside and have never been assaulted by the staff at Long John Silvers
Medical researchers have come up with a new approach for developing effective, topical antibacterial agents -- one that draws on a naturally occurring substance recognized since antiquity for its medicinal properties: clay.
There's never been a player as dominant on clay or at the Rome Masters than Rafael Nadal, who will be gunning for a seventh career title at the Italian Open on Sunday. Nadal will face the the greatest champion in the history of men's...Show More Summary
Roger Federer has put together a Hall of Fame career and will be remembered as one of the best tennis players in history—perhaps the best. However, the Swiss superstar never been able to master the clay at Roland Garros and has just one victory under his belt in 14 attempts. Show More Summary
NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by water.
The king of clay, Rafael Nadal, has been near-flawless on his favorite surface thus far in 2013, and is poised to cap off the clay-court season with an eighth career French Open title. Nadal has won four clay-court tournament championships...Show More Summary
In the race to protect society from infectious microbes, the bugs are outrunning us. The need for new therapeutic agents is acute, given the emergence of novel pathogens as well as old foes bearing heightened antibiotic resistance. Shelley...Show More Summary
With all that is available to us, what we really struggle with is what Clay Shirky calls filter failure. Where should we put our attention? After all, we are where our attention takes us.
Eagles tight end Clay Harbor showed promise last year as a pass-catcher. But he went from second in line to fourth in a hurry this offseason, and that traffic could send him to the other side of the ball. According to Bob Grotz of the Delaware County Times, Harbor’s getting a look at outside linebacker…