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My Year in Review: Blogging, Cats & Coaching

My Year in Review: Blogging, Cats & Coaching

2014: The Year in Review. Image: KNSWB

To say it’s been a while is kind of an understatement. Regular visitors to the website will have noted my absence from blogging for much of the past year, which there are good reasons for. In the past year, I have changed jobs, added to my cat collection, started life coach training, worked on healthy eating and prioritised my health and well-being and of…

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Colourised X-rays can produce stunning images. This one is by artist Nick Veasey. Image: Nick Veasey.

A number of years ago, Arie van’t Riet, a Dutch physicist specialising in radiation physics began experimenting with X-ray photography as a way to better teach radiographers how to use X-ray machines. These experiments resulted in a fantastic series of intensely detailed colourised X-rays featuring both everyday and exotic animals, flora and fauna, causing us to look at them with entirely new eyes.

We tend to assume that science and art are two distinctly separate entities, whose paths seldom, if ever cross. In school we are told that there are scientists, and there are artists, and are encouraged to imagine that they exist in two different worlds. Science can be beautiful, and just as visually stunning as any artist’s landscape or sculpture. van’t Riet’s collection of images draw us in. They seem almost alien, yet have a strange familiarity for most of us – like we’re looking at a stranger but see the echo of an old friend in the lines of their face. See the collection below.

COLOURISED X-RAY IMAGES OF ANIMALS, FLOWERS & FAUNA:

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When Science Met Art: Amazing X-Ray Scenes Reveal a Hidden Side of Nature A number of years ago, Arie van't Riet, a Dutch physicist specialising in radiation physics began experimenting with X-ray photography as a way to better teach radiographers how to use X-ray machines.

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Let's Celebrate the Return of Game of Thrones with this Fantastic GofT/Frozen Mash Up

Let’s Celebrate the Return of Game of Thrones with this Fantastic GofT/Frozen Mash Up

King Joffrey with his bride Margery in Game of Thrones, Season 4. Image: TBreak

Game of Thrones, the absolute best show on television this decade thus far, has thankfully returned to our screens (or download folders, as the case may be!) for a fourth season. WARNING – contains season four spoilers, so don’t read if you have yet to catch up!

While we have the put-upon Tyrion, ostracised ever the…

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Top 5 Recent Netflix Releases: There Be Dragons, Funny Games, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and more

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Every month, Netflix releases a new batch of films and TV shows, and retires an equal selection. This article looks at five recent Netflix releases, and rates them five to one. Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Funeral Kings, Funny Games, and There Be Dragons – this list is comprised of thrillers, action-adventures, horror and quirky independent films you can watch on-demand with…

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5 B-Movie Horror Films to Watch on Netflix: The Messengers, Silent House, Horsemen & More

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What can we say about the B-movie? Often dismissed, frequently overlooked and for many, a source of ridicule – the B-movie horror film is a genre close to my heart. Here you will find a rundown of five B-movie horror films available to watch on Netflix, including: The Messengers (2007), The Abandoned (2006), Silent House (2011), Horsemen (2009), and Walled In (2009).

Growing up in…

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Want to Achieve Something Great in Your Lifetime? Watch This Video!

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Short and sweet, I came across this beautiful short video bursting with positivity and the possibility that everyday life has to offer us and just had to share it. Too often we get bogged down with the anxieties and stresses of everyday modern life, and are too easily convinced that we can’t live the life we always dreamed of, of attain the happiness that so frequently seems out…

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REVIEW: Race, Cruelty & Triumph of the Human Spirit in 12 Years a Slave

This image perfectly illustrates the menacing nature of the relationship between Chiwetel Ejiofor’s character, and Michael Fassbender’s in 12 Years a Slave. Image: Deadline.com

Systematic degradation, enforced labour, rape culture, humiliation and harsh living conditions – the legacy of the slave trade in the United States is not a pretty picture, and British director Steve McQueen’s…

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REVIEW: Scandinavian Crime Drama The Bridge (Bron, Broen), Season 1

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Scandinavian crime drama is big business at the moment, and is in relatively high demand from European and USA markets. Shows such as Those Who Kill, The Killing, Wallander and Borgen (although the latter is more political than crime drama), have been making waves internationally for many years, which is a testament to their quality. Subtitled foreign language drama has never done well…

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REVIEW: August: Osage County - A Dark Tale of Twisted Relationships, Tragedy & Addiction

Physical altercations are all part of the family dynamic in August: Osage County. Image: ChicagoNow

August: Osage County is a dark comedy-drama starring a stellar female-dominated cast, including the inimitable Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson, Juliette Lewis and Abigail Breslin. Originally a play, August: Osage County was written by playwright and actor Tracy Letts, was performed…

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REVIEW: Starred Up at the Jameson International Film Festival 2014

REVIEW: Starred Up at the Jameson International Film Festival 2014

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Starred Up is an independent British film written by Jonathan Asser, and directed by Stephen MacKenzie. Filmed in Belfast’s disused Crumlin Road Gaol, the film looks at themes of anger, rehabilitation, violence and the politics of prison. Starred Up was screened at the Jameson Dublin InternationalFilm Festival earlier this week, including a questions and answers section with the…

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REVIEW: Winter’s Bone

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The first in hopefully a long line of film and TV series review articles, this…

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ART, CULTURE & COFFEE: Sampling the Flavours of Temple Bar's Independent Businesses

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I caught up with JR (@TheWrongGirl_), and Timi (@tweetymonkey) of Picture This! Dublin (@PicThisDublin) yesterday, to check out some of the amazing independent businesses dotted throughout Templebar. We enjoyed an afternoon of…

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10 REASONS STEPHEN FRY ROCKS

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Stephen Fry: actor, cultural renaissance man, comedian and mental health advocate – i…

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OPPRESSED MAJORITY: The French Short About Sexism in a Woman's World That You Have to See

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This film by French writer and director Eléonore Pourriat entitled Oppressed…

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POSTSECRET: Connecting with Strangers Through Art

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PostSecret is an ongoing community mail art project established by in 2005 by Frank Warren. It began as a small scale project, whereby members of the public were invited to create and design a piece of work on the back of a postcard to…

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11 Things I Have Learned From Having Cats

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I recently adopted two gorgeous, energetic and playful kittens, Millie and Milo – two beautiful souls with distinct tastes, characteristics and personalities, who have taught me so much about love, bonding, and the quirks of…

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