Beatrice Fischel-Bock, 26, who runs the interior design startup Hutch, knew it was time to give her own home a new look. Fischel-Bock began the redesign process in the bedroom, which was mostly white before. With the redesign, she aimed to create a more feminine, elevated, and relaxed feeling in the bedroom. ADVERTISEMENT Without much color, the room felt barren before. She added a splash of color with a framed collection above her bed.

Long before Valentine’s Day was celebrated, a festival that had nothing to do with love took place around the same time of the year. It was called Lupercalia, and it occurred on February 15 each year in ancient Rome. Instead of flowers and chocolates, the festival was marked by more ominous rituals. Centuries later, that coincidence of the calendar has led to frequent speculation that the Lupercalia festival is one of the earliest ancestors of Valentine’s Day.

Sweethearts, the pastel candy hearts with romantic messages that have become synonymous with Valentine’s Day, are back after a year-long hiatus — but die-hard fans will note a few significant changes. The beloved candy was absent last year after it changed ownership to Spangler Candy, perhaps best known as the producer of Dum Dum lollipops, in Fall 2018; the timing of the sale prevented the company from being able to produce Sweethearts in time for Valentine’s Day, much to the disappointment of candy hearts enthusiasts everywhere.

Walter Iuzzolino’s subscription VOD service Walter Presents has acquired the streaming rights to the sex-crime series “Code 37” from Xiaojuan Zhou’s Attraction Distribution. The deal, the third between the companies, includes the U.

But what about the bodies of the disaster victims? Most of the more than 1,500 victims were lost in the North Atlantic. The crews of four search ships pulled only 337 bodies from the water. It turns out that ideas about economic/social class influenced decisions about which bodies would be buried on land and which would be returned to the icy waters of the Atlantic. Sociology Ph.

The fire consumed the hillside, charring trees and bushes and homes on its way to devastating 70,000 acres in northern California. But Sean Jennings’ house did not burn. Its reddish stucco walls and green roof looked startlingly clean perched on the hillside amidst the burnt cars and white ash left in the fire’s wake. Inside, Legos and Christmas decorations were unmelted, and a propane tank behind the house was ¾ full.

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A recent slew of situations resulting in catastrophic violence and death, including the Israel-Gaza war, the armed expansion of the Islamic State, the downing of a Malaysian Airlines plane in the Ukraine, the ongoing conflict in Syria, and also the spread of the Ebola virus, has led to a renewed debate as to what kinds of imagery media outlets should be expected to show. One argument is that editors working for mainstream outlets, and perhaps even photographers as well, are unethically withholding from readers certain horrific imagery of contemporary conflicts and disasters because of a fear of offending or shocking, or even from a fear that readers will abandon the publication altogether.

Profession: Union General Biography: Served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. Born: February 8, 1820 Birthplace: Lancaster, Ohio, USA Star Sign: Aquarius Died: February 14, 1891 (aged 71)

Joni Mitchell FOMO: it’s a real thing. Or it was a year ago, when she made a surprise appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, and again this summer, when Mitchell booked an appearance as part of a Brandi Carlile mini-festival in Washington state, which was advertised and had tickets sold in advance but instantly sold out. After the serious health problems that had seemed to put a permanent halt to her singing career, these comeback appearances seem almost mythical to those who wanted to be there and couldn’t, or even to some of us who were for one or the other.