Thinking of Damien’s spot paintings, I recall five lines of a Beatles song: Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire; And though the holes were rather small, They had to count them all. Now they know how many holes It takes to fill the Albert Hall… Followed, of course, by the distinctive confession: […]
The Eating Curve: Lessons in Loving Your Body and Yourself
Since I was a child, even before I could chew, my go-to food was always roast beef. It was served to me as mush from the food processor, and later, in thin pink slices on my plate. I would eat it all, or as much as I needed to feel the round fullness of my […]
Tesco And The ‘Best- Before’ Date Dilemma
On its website, the multinational retailer Tesco claims it is “always trying to make (its customers) shop easier.” However, on Friday afternoon, one of its customers witnessed a practice that could have meant serious health problems for her young toddler. Far from the ease and help promised by the third-largest retailer in the world, whose advertisements famously says “Every Little […]
Preparing for the PALS Exam: Four Keys to Success
Pediatric advanced life support (PALS) certification or recertification classes offer course participants pertinent information that will become useful in an emergency situation. Aside from putting lessons into action, you’ll also need to prepare for – and pass – the PALS exam. Health Education Solutions, which offers online PALS certification and recertification, offers the following advice […]
SPICE In Rocks With The Challenges Of Geoengineering
The Stratospheric Particle Injection Climate Engineering (SPICE) experiment proposed for trial by UK Scientists last month is a solution to the biggest environmental issue in recent times, climate change. This experiment is directed to check a process, to mimic the action of a volcano that cooled the Earth’s atmosphere after eruption. The SPICE project is […]
Book Review: Overcoming Speechlessness by Alice Walker
Alice Walker’s recent book Overcoming Speechlessness: A Poet Encounters the horror in Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and Palestine/Israel weaves a collection of horrific tales with the lifelong activist’s wisdom and words of hope. This thin 75 page book (or booklet) is published by Seven Stories Press in 2010. Walker (no relation to me) starts the reader […]
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