![]() ![]() In “Who Will Greet You at Home” a childless woman working in a hair salon makes herself a baby out of human hair. In “Second Chances”, a young woman’s mother returns from the dead, opening up the possibility of a longed-for reconciliation and forgiveness. In the title story, Nneoma, a “grief worker” in a post-apocalyptic future, possesses the power to draw grief and sadness out of people “like poison from a wound”. ![]() ![]() Here is a debut writer showing serious range – drawing on realism, magical realism, the fantastic and speculative, myth and fable. Arimah’s focus is on the lives of girls and women, and while her perspective is often bleak, the collection is bracing and varied. The 12 stories that make up What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky are set in Nigeria and the US, sometimes moving between the two (the author was born in the UK, has lived in Nigeria and is now based in the States). O ne of the pleasures of reading Lesley Nneka Arimah’s debut collection is the feeling of being thrown off balance: not knowing where this playful and adventurous new talent will take you next. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I haven't eaten meat or dairy since listening to this book. all in the name off efficiency and making more money. on the back of animals, birds and fish and applying the latest technologies and processes, wiping out all the traditional methods of farming, ruining the environment in the process. or when things get to a level where it becomes corporate then u know that this is a well oiled machine focused on one thing - making as much money as possible. we all know it.when corporations get involved. Having said that this book just put the tin hat on it for me. ![]() I've been listening to running books and ultra running books and some authors of touched on the subjects of vegan or plant based diets and there's been more publicity lately about the damage that intensive farming and fishing does to our planet. Books shelved as animals-eating-animals: I'd Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylviane Donnio, Carnivores by Aaron Reynolds, Somewhere in the Bayou by Jerom. Animals - A Commodity for Corporate Profit! ![]() ![]() ![]() The story is set in 19th Century Denmark and is woven with hundreds of years of Danish history. Though, in many ways, Sea Witch is much smarter than I expected for a YA The Little Mermaid retelling. Any exciting witchy The Little Mermaid goodness you might be expecting happens in the later chapters, and even then it's pretty subdued. It's a very slowly-paced book, especially during the first two thirds of the story. ![]() ![]() And how easily you can sit through maritime chapters without falling asleep. It's really a question of how much patience you have. But I will say one thing: this book is probably not what you are expecting. Parts of it were 2 stars, other parts 4/4.5, so in the end I've settled on this. I gave myself a bit of a headache trying to rate this book. She is just as likely to bestow a kiss as to steal the breath from your lips.3 1/2 stars. ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Kristian Hnathawktu Nihphung’ tih hminga chhuah a ni tawh a, Watchman Nee an Chinese awnga a tira thuchah a pekchhuah laia thupui a vuah anga lehlin hat leh a ni. Watchman Nee chuan mahni thuduh awmzia te leh, pawisa chungch^nga rilru putd^n tur leh thupui dang angkai tak tak a sawi bawk a. Lalpa hnathawktu chu ngaithlatu tha, mihring hmangaihtu, tuar tura inpeihsa rilru pu, a taksa thunun mi, mi taima, mi insum thei leh ze nghet nei a ni tur a ni. ![]() Lalpa hnathawktu nungchang tihah hian Watchman Nee chuan Kristian hnathawktu hman tlak nih theihna tura nungchang pawimawh bik te a sawi a. Nungchang hman tlak tak chu ni thila dinchhoh theih a ni lova chutiang chu a ni nain, Lalpa chhiahhlawh angkai tak kan nih theihna tur chuan a indinchhoh ngei a ngai a. ![]() Kan nungchanga pianpui thil leh thil duhawm lote chu, Lalpa khawngaihna leh zahngaihna hnianghnar kaltlanga kim taka chin anih chuan, nungchang ha tak chu din chhoh, tih puitlin leh tih hanlenin a awm dawn a ni. Lalpa kuta kan hmantlakna chu kan nungchang indinchhoh danah a innghat a. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, they hope maybe they can start mending their relationship on this road trip home. The two of them used to be inseparable but became estranged after he suddenly left town and got married all those years ago. Jonah is left with no choice but to leave California and move back home to Albuquerque, accompanied on his drive home by his sister Nell. After 12 years of marriage, the love between him and his wife has simply faded away, and the two have finalized their divorce. In it, Jonah Talbot’s life has fallen apart. ![]() A Black and Endless Sky is a recently published horror novel by Matthew Lyons. ![]() ![]() A hacker: Alex Huang, an MIT dropout turned Silicon Valley software engineer. ![]() A getaway driver: Lily Wu, an engineering major who races cars in her free time. A thief: Daniel Liang, a premed student with steady hands just as capable of lockpicking as suturing. A con artist: Irene Chen, a public policy major at Duke who can talk her way out of anything. ![]() His crew is every heist archetype one can imagine-or at least, the closest he can get. ![]() But when a mysterious Chinese benefactor reaches out with an impossible-and illegal-job offer, Will finds himself something else as well: the leader of a heist to steal back five priceless Chinese sculptures, looted from Beijing centuries ago. Across the Western world, museums display the spoils of war, of conquest, of colonialism: priceless pieces of art looted from other countries, kept even now.Ī senior at Harvard, Will fits comfortably in his carefully curated roles: a perfect student, an art history major and sometimes artist, the eldest son who has always been his parents’ American Dream. ![]() ![]() Find the set of conditions that best matches the Eagle Nebula.But the intensity of OIII and SII emission does not seem to depend much on metallicity what other mechanism is at work to reduce emissivity with increased metallicity? ![]() This increases the abundance of oxygen and sulphur, which you might expect to increase the emissivity of OIII and SII. To view the full image collection and see download options, including compass images with scale. The seething star forming this nebula is 45 times more massive than our sun. Increase the ionization parameter and see the ionization front advance (and the SII emission peak with it). Zoomable Image: Southern Ring Nebula 4,833 x 4,501 px. The Bubble Nebula is seven light-years acrossabout one-and-a-half times the distance from our sun to its nearest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri, and resides 7,100 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia.Increase the temperature of the nebula’s star to see the OIII emission increase.Look at the density gradient and compare it to the Hα emission.You can try out a simple model by using the interactive nebula predictor. To find the properties of the gas in nebulae, astronomers make models to predict what light emission to expect under different conditions. ![]() The neutral hydrogen density rises rapidly at the photoionization front, and so does the singly ionized sulphur abundance. Sulphur is very easy to ionize twice, so singly ionized sulphur is found when doubly ionized sulphur gains an electron from a hydrogen atom: S ++ + H 0 → S + + H +. High energy radiation is needed to ionize oxygen twice, and hotter stars emit more high energy radiation.įinally, SII emission (in red) traces the ionization front. OIII emission (in blue) indicates the temperature of the star. ![]() ![]() But something very unexpected happened over the next few days and into the 2nd week. I’d happily take it and count my blessings. That’s over 300 books in a month and was the biggest success I’d had up to that point. ![]() And you know what? I was totally happy and satisfied with that number. I know for sure I sold 11 copies on the 2nd day. I think I sold 44 copies on the very first day and the majority of those sales were friends who LOVE me, so they don’t really count. I didn’t have any grand expectations about my little novella– I was far too busy at my teaching job with the start of a new school year. One year ago, on August 25, 2012, I self-published Naked, The Blackstone Affair Part 1. A day that one year ago put into motion the events that have led to many changes in my life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s get real and get active in addressing this predicted problem that is now impacting all geographic areas of our country. Compassionomics Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) were Rhodes scholars. EMS is not deemed essential in 37 states in the US, NJ being one of them. Public safety and health is achieved through an integral system of police, fire, AND EMS. ARP/CARES funding has not been allocated to this vital service and patients are suffering! The police officers placed in this unwinnable situation are also negatively impacted. It makes the argument that not only is showing compassion the right thing to do, its also an effective way to improve health and drive down health care. For decades, leaders in EMS have been shouting from the mountain tops, attempting to gain traction to develop real solutions, including proper funding and infastructure for sustaining EMS services nationally. Compassionomics provides the evidence that one simple tool, compassion, can affect not only the outcomes for our patients, but also the financial health of our organizations and the well-being of our providers. ![]() ![]() As national EMS Week comes to a close, I’m hoping smelling salts awakens the senses of those with power to make a difference. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Following this opener, he sets about dissecting the insidious interconnections between pacifism and unchallenged privilege. Gelderloos starts from the successes famously associated with pacifism, then sketches in the context that pacifists often leave out. Not that he pulls any punches or refrains from strong statements! But to make his point, Gelderloos doesn’t have to prove that non-violent resistance is never useful, only that a prohibition on other forms of resistance is not always effective at dissolving or toppling hierarchies. Like anyone who wants to make a constructive contribution to a discussion, and in stark contrast to ideologues on both sides of this issue, Gelderloos makes an effort to engage with the strongest versions of all the common arguments in favor of orthodox pacifism over a diversity of tactics. ![]() In lucid and accessible prose, Gelderloos comprehensively debunks the notion that non-violent activism is the only acceptable and effective method of struggle. This is an excellent example of the sort of book anarchists need to be producing to keep our ideas visible and viable in society at large. ![]() Rather, it is a question of whose violence frightens us most, and on whose side we will stand.” “There is nothing in this world currently deserving of the name peace. ![]() |