Ampeater Music is a website devoted to bridging the gap between unsigned (or just plain underexposed) artists and music lovers everywhere. Every day we feature a different artist on what we call The Ampeater Review. Each fea
"Social proof is absolutely fundamental," explains Parker. "Sizing is a big thing. Hashtags for sizes has been invaluable in overcoming barriers. " Hesitant buyers are encouraged to buy not only for the online camaraderie, but with full knowledge of what a product looks like on real women of...
Sixteen-year-old Elena Mendoza is the product of a virgin birth.This can be scientifically explained (it's called parthenogenesis), but what can't be explained is how Elena is able to heal Freddie, the girl she's had a crush on for years, from a gunshot wound in a Starbucks parking ...
It’s an interesting look into Gary Taubes’ mind, as he’s fairly unguarded in this discussion. For whatever reason, from his perspective: “To me, the nutrition obesity research community is effectively a noise generating machine.” (As opposed to generating “signal”, i.e., meaningful re...
This reminded me of a unique episode of Randolph County history that opens up a window into the cultural life of local African Americans in colonial times. Very little information survives about individual Randolph County’s black population before 1800, but the most interesting fragment is found ...
domestic animals, feline furballs are actually well-known for having a cat-titude. So, if your own fluffy pal happens to be a pain in your neck sometimes, just take a deep breath and love it the way it is. Trust me on this one – even the most difficult moments are still worth it...
(For the record, because you’re probably wondering–I suspect Willie’s behavior related to breaking a tooth years ago on a hard, long bone that he never should have had.) What made Maggie blissfully happy did not have the same effect on Willie. This is just one simple example of how...
Underpinning this demand for dogs, is a puppy market whose profit-driven reality could be said to lay in stark contrast to the values on which the human–animal bond is founded. A 2016 report by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) showcased the modern puppy ...