First, if you buy the Amazon Kindle version of this book, you'll get a 40% credit of the price toward the next book you buy. Do check on the website to make sure this offer is still in force. National Book Critics Circle Award Winner New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of the Year … Continue reading “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” by Carol Anderson PhD
Month: September 2018
Axios animation shows heat records broken across the globe in 2018 for yet another year
You may have to copy and paste this URL to see the animation. It's pretty impressive. Global heat waves animation shows records broken in 2018 https://graphics.axios.com/2018-08-20-temperature-animation/index.html?initialWidth=848&childId=av-2018-08-20-temperature-animation-5GQMT&parentTitle=All%20the%20heat%20records%20broken%20this%20summer%20on%20one%20map%20-%C2%A0Axios&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2Fheat-records-temperature-climate-change-map-f82a017b-4383-43d0-ae52-42517138b108.html Adapted from Robert A. Rohde / Berkeley Earth; Map: Harry Stevens/Axios The summer of 2018 has been noteworthy for the all-time heat records smashed around the world, from California to … Continue reading Axios animation shows heat records broken across the globe in 2018 for yet another year
Failures to vaccinate produce the very results that anti-vaxxers fear (2 stories)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/08/23/hpv-related-cancer-rates-are-rising-so-are-vaccine-rates-just-not-fast-enough/ HPV-related cancer rates are rising. So are vaccine rates — just not fast enough. An HPV vaccination is administered. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) By Laurie McGinley , Reporter August 23, 2018 Cancers linked to the human papillomavirus have increased significantly over the last 15 years in the United States, with throat cancer now the most common HPV-related malignancy, … Continue reading Failures to vaccinate produce the very results that anti-vaxxers fear (2 stories)
Zoo Weans Animals Off Fruit Because Its Increased Sugar Makes Them Fat and Rots Their Teeth
https://www.newsweek.com/zoo-weans-animals-fruit-because-its-increased-sugar-makes-them-fat-and-rots-1145259 ZOO WEANS ANIMALS OFF FRUIT BECAUSE ITS INCREASED SUGAR MAKES THEM FAT AND ROTS THEIR TEETH BY BRENDAN COLE ON 9/30/18 AT 9:26 AM Zookeepers in Melbourne have had to wean their animals off fruit -- which is now so full of sugar that it has made them fat and rotted their teeth. The cultivation and … Continue reading Zoo Weans Animals Off Fruit Because Its Increased Sugar Makes Them Fat and Rots Their Teeth
If you’re counting on cold to curb plant growth, think again
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/areas-where-cold-temperatures-limit-plant-growth-are-shrinking Areas Where Cold Temperatures Limit Plant Growth Are Shrinking For centuries, frigid temperatures in places like the Arctic and the Himalayas have significantly limited plant growth, restricting it to short periods of time during the year or to species that could survive such harsh conditions. But new research has found that over the past 30 years, … Continue reading If you’re counting on cold to curb plant growth, think again
Just because a book has been translated into English doesn’t mean US readers will understand its appeal
I've regularly been dragged into reading Chinese bestsellers, particularly in the sci-fi/fantasy realm, and so far have found myself having a tough time seeing the thrill. Am halfway thru the first of a trilogy by Zhou Haohui that again simply doesn't translate, even tho in English. Perhaps our cultures are simply too alien to each … Continue reading Just because a book has been translated into English doesn’t mean US readers will understand its appeal
Microwave that kitchen sponge to keep you and your family safe and healthy
https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/help-around-the-kitchen/how-to-sanitize-a-kitchen-sponge How to Sanitize a Kitchen Sponge Your kitchen sponge has a dirty secret: It may be one of the filthiest spots in your home. Here are two ways to clean it. By: Food Network Kitchen Related To: How To Michael Bodmann, Michael Bodmann Sometimes our cleaning tools need a good cleaning themselves. Kitchen sponges — … Continue reading Microwave that kitchen sponge to keep you and your family safe and healthy
Shouldn’t you have the right to determine when your quality of life doesn’t warrant continuing?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/health/suicide-elderly.html A Debate Over ‘Rational Suicide’ Americans are increasingly determined to exercise control over their deaths, and some believe suicide ought to be considered a reasonable option. Aug. 31, 2018 the new old age Daniel Zender On a March morning in 1989, Robert Shoots was found dead in his garage in Weir, Kan. He had … Continue reading Shouldn’t you have the right to determine when your quality of life doesn’t warrant continuing?
“The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger” by Marc Levinson (books that matter to me)
"The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger" explains the global economy and how it works all by going thru the history and the numbers behind the development and more or less universal use of the shipping container (the "box"). Altho there are a few chapters crammed with … Continue reading “The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger” by Marc Levinson (books that matter to me)
Bees are essential for agriculture. So why not more uproar about them dying in droves?
If you've wondered why some of us get so excited about the rapid decrease in bee population, this is a book to read. https://www.npr.org/2018/07/15/628811585/buzz-offers-an-adoration-for-bees-amid-continued-die-offs? 'Buzz' Offers An Adoration For Bees Amid Continued Die-Offs Barbara J. KingJuly 15, 20189:01 AM ET Samantha Clark/NPR Ecological statistics pertaining to bees carry a sting: More than 75 percent … Continue reading Bees are essential for agriculture. So why not more uproar about them dying in droves?
How diagramming sentences can help your writing
https://www.signature-reads.com/2018/08/the-lost-art-of-sentence-diagramming-plus-some-examples/? The Lost Art of Sentence Diagramming, Plus a Few Examples by Pop Chart Lab August 17, 2018 Every now and then, my Facebook friends will have a nostalgia moment and post a cultural artifact from our cohort’s past. One television staple from the 1970s that we remember with affection was the educational videos that … Continue reading How diagramming sentences can help your writing
“The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds” and “Flash Trading”, both by Michael Lewis (books that matter to me)
OK, this book isn't for everyone. As you will see from other selections, I'm intrigued by the way that people choose and the unconscious biases that influence that process. The fathers of behavioral economics are Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky who wrote papers together that were strikingly original. Michael Lewis, who has a … Continue reading “The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds” and “Flash Trading”, both by Michael Lewis (books that matter to me)
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