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First some background. Omega-3 fatty acids belong to a group of compounds known loosely as polyunsaturated fats. (Omega-6 fatty acids make up the other major type of polyunsaturated fats. More on that later.) These fats serve as the raw material for a whole host of essential structures in the body, from brain cells to molecules that regulate inflammation, blood pressure and blood clotting. Since our bodies cannot manufacture their own supply of omega-3s, we have to get them from the food we eat, mostly from fish but also from such plant sources as flax, soybeans and walnuts...
...thing, it ought to be clear by the end what the race is about - whether the candidates are promising continuity or change, bright contrasts or fine distinctions; whether it is about character or competence; whether the results will actually matter in most people's lives or just change the background music on the evening news while they go about multitasking and instant messaging and sorting the laundry and paying the bills...
Unfortunately, this will likely be the case for local power folk artist Nate Borofsky's new album Never Enough Time. The album shows hints of promise. On the track "Viola" (which features a viola in the background no less), Borofsky manages to reach past his rather ordinary voice and create some beautiful music. But Borofsky's major stumbling block is his lyrics, which detract more from his music than they add to it. Borofsky obviously means well, tackling tough political and social issues such as homosexuality in "Beautiful Boy" and war in "On D-Day," but even the best intentions...
Fineberg tailed her to her next class--a course in modern Japanese literature, something in which he had no background. But the course sounded interesting...
...again Leechfield, Karr's fictionally named but vividly evoked hometown in East Texas, about a 30-minute drive from the Gulf of Mexico: "Distant refinery flames flapped against the apricot sky." Karr's parents, whose Wagnerian domestic travails thundered so consistently throughout The Liars' Club, have receded to the background of this book as she tries to find her own way in the world. That fadeaway is understandable but still a shame, since Pete and Charlie Karr seem interestingly unique, and teenage anxieties...