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In follow-up to " Tender ", his dedicated volume on vegetables, London-based food writer Nigel Slater turns to the fruit section of his garden in " Ripe ". The beautifully photographed tome serves as a comprehensive primer on 23 types of fruit and a collection of more than 300 recipes, but most importantly, reads like an alphabetically organized love letter to each and every variety, from apples and apricots to gooseberries, damsons and elderflower. Overseeing a 40-foot terrace garden off his London flat, Slater extolls his devotion to fruit, which despite their secondary role in the importance of his growing efforts, fill him with an unparalleled sense of joy and wonder season after season. "I always knew that if ever I found a space in which to grow a few knobbly vegetables of my own, some of it would be set aside for fruit," says Slater in an introduction that walks the reader through each row and past each bush and tree of his small city garden.Boston’s Fenway Park turns 100 on April 20 and the Red Sox marketing machine is cranking out a season’s worth of promos, events, a coffee table book--and even a symphony recording. Are the Red Sox in danger of over-romanticizing (and over-commercializing) America's most classic ballpark? READ MORE ›
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You are powerful when you believe in yourself – when you know that you are capable of anything you put your mind to. You are beautiful when your strength and determination shines as you follow your own path – when you aren’t disheveled by the obstacles along the way. You are unstoppable when you let your mistakes educate you, as your confidence builds from experiences – when you know you can fall down, pick yourself up, and move forward. Here are 11 ways to become the person you love.
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Calling all armchair scientists! Petridish.org is a new site that allows you to help fund a science project, then follow along with the project team as it progresses. As with the successful site Kickstarter, which funds arts-related projects, backers reap a multitude of project-related rewards that range from updates and photographs of research in progress, to stones from far-away countries, even the possibility of naming a new species. Read more »
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A few years ago, there was a lot of hoopla about PHRs (Personal Health Records), and the idea that all of one’s health records would be easily accessible in one place. Things haven’t turned out as rosy, and one major player, Google Health, shut down. However, Microsoft continues to persevere with its version, HealthVault , and Vaibhav Bhandari has written a book explaining how self-trackers can take advantage. Is a book a “tool”?! Surely a book that helps you use a tool qualifies for this series.
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Since the beginning of recorded time, and probably since long before that, the human body has been highly politicized, particularly in the areas of sexuality and reproduction. With the emergence of biotechnology, genetic modification, and the further refinement of psychopharmacology, we can expect further political polarization around the ethical issues these new options will raise. For example: should we genetically enhance our offspring in accordance with our cultural values, thereby significantly shaping their future in unpredictable ways before they’re even born? In our time, many of the political battles over the body revolve around reproduction, and therefore the rights of women. Abortion and birth control, specifically, are epicenters of controversy in the United States, and the site of a fervent cultural clash between religious ideas about sex and reproduction and democratic ideals of personal liberty.
2nd April . No-frills chic hotels have appeared on our virtual pages on numerous occasions over the years, but recently we came across a new example with an interesting approach. Through a combination of innovative building techniques and a sharp focus on a limited set of specific luxury details, UK-based Bloc Hotels aims ... Read More
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