10 Things You Might Not Know About Maurice Sendak. Maurice Sendak's books were shaped by his own childhood, one marked by the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the concentration camp deaths of most of his extended family, and parents consumed by depression and anger. When Sendak started illustrating and writing for children, he vowed that he wouldn't write stories of sunshine and rainbows, because that's not real life. Here are a few other things about Maurice Sendak's real life you may not have known. 1. Sendak and his brother visited Manhattan’s F.A.O. Schwarz in 1948 to try to get the company to purchase their handmade, fairytale-inspired wooden toys.
Though the toy store declined to purchase the brothers’ work for reproduction, they were impressed with Sendak’s artistic eye and asked him if he’d be interested in a job dressing windows. 2. “Things,” he said, and "things" he drew. 3. Here’s a bit of the opera: 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. “A woman came up to me the other day and said, ‘You’re the kiddie-book man!’ Could obesity be cured by injecting our guts with fecal bacteria from ancient mummies?
It sounds outrageous, but King Tut's stomach bacteria might hold the cure for obesity. Researchers have recently discovered that modern use of antibiotics has wreaked havoc on the health and content of our gut bacteria. In turn, these changes have altered how our metabolisms work, possibly making us more prone to getting fat.
Now scientists from the University of Oklahoma have proposed an unexpected solution: Why not replenish our gut flora using fecal bacteria from ancient mummies as a guide? Since ancient mummies lived in an era before antibiotics, it's worth a look to see how their intestinal bacteria differed from modern gut flora, to discover what has changed. For the study, researchers not only performed DNA analysis on samples collected from the intestines of mummies found in North and South America, but they also hunted for preserved feces left in ancient cave soil, reports NineMSN. "[Ancient gut flora] do appear to be different," said Cecil Lewis of the University of Oklahoma.
What’s on Your iPad – with Robert Stephens. This is the start of what I hope will become a regular series here at iPad Insight – What’s on Your iPad. I love seeing how others get the best out of their iPad, which are their favorite apps, their most-used productivity apps, and more about their iPad usage. I’m very happy and grateful to have Robert Stephens as my first subject for the What’s on Your iPad series. Robert is the founder of the Geek Squad and the Chief Technology Officer for Best Buy. A man who knows his tech and knows how to put it to good use, as you’ll see from his thoughtful answers below.
So here we go – questions are in italics with a grey background, Robert’s answers are in block quotes: Which iPad model do you use? iPad2 32Gb WiFi only. Do you use any sort of case with the iPad? Only the iPad Smart Cover. What’s on your iPad dock currently? What are some of your other most-used apps / what’s on your first home screen? Top Home screen apps:YouTube – I play lots of vids for meetings and demos. Hardly ever.
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The conversion is actually easy to do, and although we can now easily get free Kindle-versions of these Google books, it's good to know how to do this for any ePub book that doesn't have a form of digital-rights-protection or management (DRM) placed on it. Google now combines its free Google books with the ones they sell in the the newish Google Book Store. If you'd like to see how easy it is to convert a free ePub book, go to Google's "Best of the Free" page and select one. USING CALIBRE TO CONVERT EPUB TO KINDLE ("MOBI" or "PRC") FORMAT You can use Calibre to easily convert any free ePub file to Kindle format.
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Many site members had asked about a solution that would allow mirroring to a Windows PC. In its latest update, Airplay has now added a version that will allow mirroring to a PC as well. When iOS 5 was released many of us were thrilled with its ability to allow projection (mirroring) of your iPad to a projector using Airplay and Apple TV. A wonderful new app called Reflection has just been released. Run the Reflection app on your MacBook and then switch to your iPad. Once you select your MacBook, you can now display your iPad on the laptop screen (as seen below ... and please don't remind me how many emails I still need to open...). When to use Reflection rather than an Apple TV: Sam Gliksman samgliksman@gmail.com. How to Unblock Websites - Monsterguide.net. If you search the web from your company’s office, school or public library, you have probably already realized that many of the most popular or slightly off color web sites have been blocked.
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