![]() ![]() In mid-May, when the first Copper River kings and sockeye arrive from Alaska, a whole king of 20 or more pounds might sell for upwards of $40 per pound at Pike Place Market cleaned and filleted, the same fish costs nearly double. ![]() The fishmonger closes the deal with a pretend shake of the fin and tosses the fish theatrically to his colleague behind the counter, who makes a backhanded circus catch before brandishing a large fillet knife that gleams in his hand. A couple on vacation from Kalamazoo, Michigan, giggles and points to a 10-pounder. As one of the top three favorite seafoods globally (along with tuna and shrimp), salmon isn’t a tough sell. ![]() Stacked like treasure on cushions of ice, several king salmon stare blankly back, their thick sides burnished with a silver sheen. “Never been properly introduced to the king before?” He extends an open hand.Īt Seattle’s Pike Place Market, where a ragtag collection of produce, meat, and seafood stalls overlooks the city’s downtown waterfront, crowds gather around comforting displays of food. “What’s the matter?” he asks the crowd, putting his hands on his hips. Patrolling the front of his shop in bright orange deck pants, the fishmonger drums up a little impromptu drama for tourists fingering their wallets. ![]()
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![]() ![]() And one animal not included “will annoy me to no end,” she said with a laugh. Karlsson recognizes that the 240 studied species, all placental mammals, represent just a tiny slice of living mammals - roughly 4 percent. ![]() Sections with lots of changes are interesting too, she says, and can offer clues about how a particular species may be adapting to its environment. Those spots, which have remained mostly unchanged across some 100 million years of evolution, may be parts of the genomes that are “doing something important,” geneticist Elinor Karlsson of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester said in an April 25 news briefing. ![]() Some text stayed nearly identical across all species examined, the researchers found. Then, the team lined up the text of each mammal’s book and looked for differences. “It’s a really nice survey of the mammals that are out there,” says Irene Gallego Romero, a human evolutionary geneticist at the University of Melbourne in Australia who was not a part of the work.įor every one of those mammals, scientists read out the slew of DNA “letters” that make up an animal’s genetic instruction book, or its genome, work first described in 2020. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While the Westerner screamed, “Corruption!”, the Chinese scratched his head and wondered what his counterpart was on about. Confucianism did, after all, emphasize one’s duty to one’s own family as the supreme social good. ![]() Yet a more traditionalist society - of the kind which prioritizes the family above other, less organic social groupings - might regard such behavior as perfectly normal and morally justified.Ĭount turn-of-the-twentieth-century China among this group. Most post-Enlightenment Western societies believe such blatant nepotism to be inefficient, unethical, and profoundly destructive of institutional morale. Corruption, like so many things in life, is in the eye of the beholder.Ĭonsider, for example, the timeless scenario of the bureaucratic functionary who gives his nephew a promotion instead of a more qualified candidate. ![]() ![]() ![]() Later Jaouad was stunned to discover that “the hardest part of my cancer treatment was once it was over.” She no longer had her support system, and she felt paralyzed by fear. As she relates these stories, her honest and reflective voice spares no one, not even herself. She was also buoyed by other cancer patients her own age, including two gifted, beloved friends, an artist and a poet. The ups and downs of their relationship eventually became fraught. Jaouad was supported by her parents and a new boyfriend, who put his life on hold for several years to care for her. Raised to roam the globe, Jaouad found that her world had suddenly shrunk to a hospital room at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she underwent a stem cell transplant and other grueling treatments, which she began chronicling in a New York Times column called “Life Interrupted.” Her engrossing memoir, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted, paints a more complete portrait of her experiences during and after treatment. ![]() Twenty-two-year-old Princeton grad Suleika Jaouad was working as a paralegal in Paris when symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia sent her home to Saratoga Springs, New York, to live with her Swiss-born mother, an artist, and her Tunisian-born father, a French professor at Skidmore College. ![]() ![]() ![]() What emerges in this riveting portrait is the story of an unconventional, high-spirited woman who drew on her love of writing and her Southern home to create a book that continues to speak to new generations of readers. Shields is the author of the New York Times bestselling biography Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, which he has adapted here for younger readers. Lee's life is as rich as her fiction, from her girlhood as a rebellious tomboy to her days at the University of Alabama and early years as a struggling writer in New York City.Ĭharles J. Yet onetime author Harper Lee is a mysterious figure who leads a very private life in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, refusing to give interviews or talk about the novel that made her a household name. It's also a perennial favorite in highschool English classrooms across the nation. ![]() To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most widely read novels in American literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() Able to change his appearance, his voice and his persona in a moment, he is a true master of disguise. With the FBI and other interested, and deadly, people on his tail, he’s forced to use every ounce of his skill, ingenuity and instincts to survive.įrom the opening page this story hurtles along at a breathless pace. Those are the closely guarded secrets of an exceptionally trained, experienced and talented criminal.īut as he struggles to clean up the mess left from the bungled heist, Jack finds himself increasingly more visible. Only a few people know this man exists, some believe he’s dead and none know his true identity. When a casino robbery in Atlantic City goes horribly wrong, the man who orchestrated it is forced to call in a favour from someone occasionally called Jack. ![]() A rapid paced, nail-bitingly tense action thriller ![]() ![]() The author often switches point of view and uses very figurative language. The author's style is a very unique kind of writing. The genre of this book is adventure because of the multiple places the story takes place and all of the suspense that goes on. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes a fast paced adventure, full of magic and action. ![]() The images that you get when you read this book is a wonderful sensation. In my opinion this book was extremely well written. What will happen on the island? You will just have to read and find out. As a storm arises the ship sinks and many people are marooned on an island. ![]() The greatest treasure the world has seen is on that ship and the only ones who know at first are a single girl and Peter. ![]() ![]() Unknown to Peter there is more on the ship than he thought. But as the ship gets into it's voyage Peter is in for a big surprise, the boat is taken over by the most feared pirate on the seas, Captain Stache. Peter is an orphan who is shoved on a boat and forced to work for King Zarbaroff once he reaches his destination. Peter and the Starcatchers is an action packed story about an orphan boy who finds his wings. Have you ever wanted to fly or try and take on a band of pirates? Well, if you answered yes to either of those questions then Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson is the book for you! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Does it even matter today except as an object lesson in how not to run a country? R. Now, Japan is seen as a has-been with a sluggish economy, an aging population, dysfunctional politics, and a business landscape dominated by yesterday's champions. A quarter-century ago, Tokyo's stock exchange was bigger than New York's and the Japanese industrial juggernaut seemed destined to sweep all before it. But Washington treats the place with something between absent-mindedness and contempt, and while some fret that Tokyo could drag the US into an unwanted confrontation with China, it has otherwise essentially disappeared from the American radar screen. Should we care about Japan anymore? It has a long history and a rich artistic heritage kids today can't seem to get enough of its popular culture and it is supposed to be America's number one ally in Asia-Pacific. ![]() ![]()
![]() Upon his return to baseball in 1946, he resumed his consistent hitting. He won his second World Series ring in 1944, then missed the entire 1945 season while serving with the US Navy during World War II. He was also named an All-Star for the 1st time and was selected as an All-Star representative in every subsequent season that he played. The following year, he led the National League in six different offensive categories and earned his first MVP award. In 1942, his first full season, the Cardinals won the World Series championship. Noted for his unique left-handed batting stance, he quickly established himself as a consistent and productive hitter. Signed to a professional baseball contract as a pitcher, he was converted to an outfielder prior to his major league debut in 1941. The son of a miner, he was an exceptional athlete during his high school years as he participated in basketball and baseball. ![]() 331 batting average during his career, was named the National League's Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times, as well as being a member of three World Series championship teams. A 24-time All-Star selection, he played in 3,026 games, accumulated 3,630 hits, 1,949 runs scored, 475 home runs, 1,951 runs batted in, and a. Nicknamed "Stan the Man", he played for 22 seasons (1941 to 19 to 1963) as an outfielder and first baseman for the St. ![]() Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. ![]() |