![]() In the end, the author draws conclusions about what we should and should not eat, and gives simple eating guidelines that really are the same ones you'd find in any woman's magazine article on eating right. ![]() The writing is engaging, and I enjoyed reading about Pollen's insights, but the whole thing isn't very enlightening. So I learned a lot from that book and felt it was well argued.īy contrast, In Defense of Food focuses on why we don't know much about nutrition and the weakness of science in unearthing what we should eat. I felt that The Omnivore's Dilemma really made a strong case for eating local, organic, farm raised produce, and it made that case with diligent thorough research into industrial food production. ![]() I started off thinking I was going to really like this book, but it didn't end up to be the case. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I watched them last night, and I think this is still the most intelligent glance television - a medium, ostensibly, about looking, but actually very bad at looking intelligently at looking - has ever cast on the act of looking. A YouTube search yesterday revealed that - just in the last month - all four half-hour episodes of Ways of Seeing have gone up online. The YouTube embeds from the series were dead, but they were pretty short anyway. ![]() ![]() I linked to a short piece I'd written last year about Ways of Seeing. I made a passing reference, yesterday, to John Berger's TV series Ways of Seeing, and how the rightward swing of British art critic Peter Fuller could be mapped in the transition from his 1980 book "Seeing Berger" to his 1988 revision of it, entitled "Seeing Through Berger". ![]() ![]() who sent Powell on that very mission - has a mysterious past and a secret agenda, one that could prevent Powell from ever making it back to his wife and little girl.įrom author Russ Colchamiro, Crossline is a psychedelic, action-packed romp across time, space, and dimension that asks the question: once you cross the line, can you ever really go back? Meanwhile, back home, reclusive oil tycoon and Taurus CEO Buddy Rheams Jr. Hotdog pilot Marcus Powell has been selected to test Taurus Enterprises' Crossline prototype craft and its newly developed warp thrusters, which, if successful, will revolutionize space travel as we know it.īut during his jaunt across the stars, Powell is forced into a parallel universe - including a parallel Earth - where he finds himself at the center of an epic battle he may have been destined for all along. Perfect for fans of Firefly, Flash Gordon, Stargate, and Escape from New York. The blog tour runs from 18 March till 7 April. This blog tour is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. ![]() ![]() This is my stop during the blog tour for Crossline by Russ Colchamiro. ![]() ![]() ![]() some of the character in the book are real and even items mentioned in the stories such as artifacts are now actually displayed in museum in and around the country. ![]() The author states that many events in the book are real and the overriding story is one of historical truth. In the town, jewish rebels are holding out against the encroaching romans and each one in turn narrates a part of the overall story as well as their own. ![]() These women as the title of the book refers to are dovekeepers as they are the ones to look after the birds that are kept in the fortress overlooking the town. The Masada massacre and the historical significance of this is the amazing backdrop to this story of four very different women who come to the town of Masada and become involved with the events which follow. ![]() ![]() The bank accused him of embezzlement and fired him. The same year he started a job at a bank as a bank teller and bookkeeper but he was careless at bookkeeping. Porter was given a job by his Land Commissioner friend, Richard Hall but he resigned from the job when his friend lost the next election. ![]() On 1st July 1887, they eloped to get married. Meanwhile, he fell in love with a girl from a rich family, named Athol Estes. From there he went to Austin where he did different jobs besides writing. In 1882, he moved to Texas in order to get rid of his persistent cough. During this period he used to draw sketches of people, this was the first expression of his artistic abilities. He started practicing in his uncle’s pharmacy store when he was sixteen and got his pharmacist’s license from there. ![]() ![]() He got his early education from his aunt Evelina Maria Porter’s school. William Sydney Porter was born on 11 September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bick’s “Bearwalker,” and Josh Malerman’s “Danny”-a few highlights of the anthology-employ restless, malevolent spirits. For readers seeking more traditional ghost stories with a hint of melancholy, Rachel Caine’s “Corazón Oscuro,” Ilsa J. Almost every story features a female protagonist, and Brenna Yovanoff’s “The Doomsday Glass,” Rachel Tafoya’s “The Invisible Girl,” and Kendare Blake’s “Chlorine-Damaged Hair, and Other Pool Hazards” speak to current fears about the vulnerability of young women and the sometimes-horrific repercussions of body shaming in a patriarchal society. To answer this question, the anthology addresses a wide range of fears. “What scares you?” So begins Maberry’s introduction to this anthology of poetry and short stories by 22 authors, all members of the Horror Writers Association. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve discovered that my motivation to read is somewhat lacking in all this time of self isolation and uncertainty and so whatever I feel like reading, I’m reading. This book might win the award for the book I’ve had on my shelf the longest without reading it….until now! Recently in a Top 10 Tuesday post I highlighted some books that had been on my shelf for quite a long time that I wanted to get to during this season and this was one of them. The Commander’s life, the future of Ixia and all those she loves depend on it … In a desperate race against time, Yelena must learn to control the growing magical talent withinn her and master the demons of her past. On the eve of her execution for murder, Yelena Zaltana is offered an incredible reprieve – on the condition that she becomes the food taster for the military leader of Ixia, Commander Ambrose.Īvoiding poison is the least of her troubles, however … General Brazell, father of the man she killed, has vowed bloody revenge she’s beginning to have feelings for her captor, Valek and someone is plotting the downfall of the current regime. ![]() ![]() ![]() Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue in Southern dialect not from the script.Īuditions will be held Sunday, January 3rd and Monday, January 4th at Tacoma Little Theatre. Roles are available for 3 men and 4 women. His presence prompts college student Sunny to examine intra-ethnic bias, her Jewish identity (or lack thereof), and the beliefs with which she's been raised. Adolph's employee Joe Farkas is an attractive eligible bachelor and an Eastern European Jew, familiar with prejudice but unable to fathom its existence within his own religious community. Hitler has recently conquered Poland, Gone with the Wind is about to premiere, and Adolph Freitag (owner of the Dixie Bedding Company) and his sister Boo and nieces Lala and Sunny - a Jewish family so highly assimilated they have a Christmas tree in the front parlor - are looking forward to Ballyhoo, a lavish cotillion ball sponsored by their restrictive country club. Written by Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) this play is set in the upper class German-Jewish community living in Atlanta, Georgia in December 1939. ![]() This production will be directed by Jeff Kingsbury. Tacoma Little Theatre is holding auditions for the Tony Award winning THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO. ![]() ![]() We use in vitro reconstitution and cellular biochemistry to understand biosynthetic and regulatory mechanisms at a molecular level, and we use genetics to guide and test our hypotheses. We use antibiotics and small molecule probes discovered in the lab in genome-wide studies that reveal connections between pathways involved in cell growth and division. The bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is our primary model system, but we venture into other Gram-positive organisms when necessary. We are motivated by both fundamental interest and by the need for new strategies to treat antibiotic-resistant infections. ![]() The lab has two overarching scientific goals (below) and combines core expertise in Biochemistry with chemistry, genetics, proteomics, and genome-wide approaches to attain them.ġ) We want to understand how cell growth and division are coordinated in bacteria. ![]() We offer talented trainees challenging scientific problems and guide them as they discover solutions. ![]() The purpose of the Walker lab is to foster a collaborative learning environment where graduate students and postdocs thrive as they pursue their goals. ![]() ![]() ![]() And why should she? She was five then! So when I see a new Lemony Snicket series acting as a kind of companion to the aforementioned A Series of Unfortunate Events I wonder how it will play out. This girl couldn’t remember back five years to that very film adaptation. It’s not often that kids will remind me that their memories of pop culture are limited to their own experiences, but once in a while it happens. Then one of the younger members, probably around ten years of age, turned to me and asked in all seriousness, “Do you think they’ll ever make a movie out of The Spiderwick Chronicles?” I was momentarily floored. We talked about the relative success of Harry Potter, the bewildering movie that was City of Ember, and the gorgeous credit sequence for A Series of Unfortunate Events. Last year I was running a bookgroup for kids, ages 9-12, when the subject of children’s books adapted into films came up. All the Wrong Questions: “Who Could That Be at This Hour?” ![]() |