Net Galley Challenge
Friday, February 7, 2014
Flora Andhrika-Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India: Flora Andhrika Part II -EUDICOTS
Flora Andhrika-Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India: Flora Andhrika Part II -EUDICOTS: EUDICOTS RANUNCULALES Berchtold & J. Presl Includes Papaveraceae, Menispermaceae and Ranunculaceae PAPAVERACEAE Jussi...
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Diaper free before 3
Why drinking milk from a bottle is bad for baby after age 1. Link to ear infection.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Geography of India
Forests and Gardens of South India
The Highlands of Central india
The Forests and Gardens of South India has a list of telugu names of trees.
1.Bauhinia racemosa or Are chettu or sonpatta referring to the tradition of exchanging leaves on Dussehra. It is also used in making Slow match
2. Aggi mida guggilam is an idiom in Telugu. Now I understand what it means. Guggilam is Boswellia glabra tree. aggi is fire. So the idiom 'aggi mida guggilam' refers to adding fuel to the fire.
3. Indian yellow or Memecylon Tinctorium
4. Acacia Ferruginea
5. Canthium Parviflorium or balisu. Reminds me of bathikunte balisaku aina thinocchu which translates if you manage out alive you can live on the spare seeming leaves of this tree.
6. Trophis Aspera or Tinda Perua
7. Bombax Ceiba referred to as Salmalia Malabarica earlier
8. Spathodea Roxburghii
9. Chloroxylon Swietenia or Bilugu
10. Croton Oblongifolius or Bhutankusham
11. Nauclea Orientalis or Botta Karami
12. Careya Arborea or Buda darmi
13. Terminalia catappa or Badam or almond
The Forests and Gardens of South India has a list of telugu names of trees.
1.Bauhinia racemosa or Are chettu or sonpatta referring to the tradition of exchanging leaves on Dussehra. It is also used in making Slow match
2. Aggi mida guggilam is an idiom in Telugu. Now I understand what it means. Guggilam is Boswellia glabra tree. aggi is fire. So the idiom 'aggi mida guggilam' refers to adding fuel to the fire.
3. Indian yellow or Memecylon Tinctorium
4. Acacia Ferruginea
5. Canthium Parviflorium or balisu. Reminds me of bathikunte balisaku aina thinocchu which translates if you manage out alive you can live on the spare seeming leaves of this tree.
6. Trophis Aspera or Tinda Perua
7. Bombax Ceiba referred to as Salmalia Malabarica earlier
8. Spathodea Roxburghii
9. Chloroxylon Swietenia or Bilugu
10. Croton Oblongifolius or Bhutankusham
11. Nauclea Orientalis or Botta Karami
12. Careya Arborea or Buda darmi
13. Terminalia catappa or Badam or almond
Death Valley
A birdwatcher spiked my interest in deserts. And we all know Death Valley for its Badwater Marathon.
Great Basin Desert
Desert Chronologies. Lake Mojave Period. Pinto period. The periods dont need emperors. Time does it all. Change the landscape.
Stephen Mather of Mather point was first head of NPS.
Great Basin Desert
Desert Chronologies. Lake Mojave Period. Pinto period. The periods dont need emperors. Time does it all. Change the landscape.
Stephen Mather of Mather point was first head of NPS.
Choosing the book
While reading Out on a Limb, I wondered if sub-consciously what I heard of vanishing polar bears wasnt also a reason to pick this book.
Reading books
1. The goal should be to know something instead of reading a book. Like having fun instead of living.
2. A book gives you history and widens your peek zone across time. say for example an article on long distance running would be a how-to while a book on it will trace how the idea gained weight and how far back in time did it start, making your acquaintance of tribes you havent heard of.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Good Video for Children
I saw this video as a child of 13 or 14 years. I was mesmerised by it. The famous milk drop splash is all I remember of the content. I then thought it was worth stacking the name in my head.
Sep 17, 2007
Excellent book for teenagers
A World to Care For: The Autobiography of Howard Rusk, MD (SIGNED)
Howard Rusk's 'A world to care for' is an excellent book. Its his autobiography, but it directly delves into the rehabilitation for war veterans and disabled. It is intsructive to read how he felt the need for such a program, how he went about getting people's attention and funding.
It is strange reading of times when there were no antibiotics, anticonvulsive drugs.
At some point, paraplegics life expectancy was less than a year. His rehabilitation program has changed that.
It is interesting reading about the early prosthetic limbs- paper made temporary ones on...
This book is not just his story, but of many other doctors who made impossible dreams like walking for paralyzed people possible and of the disabled people themselves who did great things with their motivation.
I really like the statement- "When you work with a handicapped person, you've got to think of his abilities more than his disabilities."
It is strange reading of times when there were no antibiotics, anticonvulsive drugs.
At some point, paraplegics life expectancy was less than a year. His rehabilitation program has changed that.
It is interesting reading about the early prosthetic limbs- paper made temporary ones on...
This book is not just his story, but of many other doctors who made impossible dreams like walking for paralyzed people possible and of the disabled people themselves who did great things with their motivation.
I really like the statement- "When you work with a handicapped person, you've got to think of his abilities more than his disabilities."
Aug 14, 2007
Travel
Aug 14, 2007
Michael Mewshaw's 'Playing Away' is mostly about an American author's living experiences in Rome. It has the 'to the point' nonfiction approach and brings out hilarious effect like only fiction could.
Mewshaw travelled a lot. He says, "in some inchoate way, I equated curiosity with creativity, mileage covered with imagination improved". Despite whatever he believes, the mileage does reflect in his writing.
Mewshaw has written well on what works in Rome and what doesnt, how effective the rules are. He catches the spirit of the place in the celebration around. When he talks about how much of logic and moral suspension you have to do to live in Rome, it is one place where you can easily make the decision of going there to just visit or stay.
In a very effective way he says how 'name dropping' changes to 'difficult-to-visit place' dropping.
The essay revealing drastic steps of feeding poisonous substances to pigeons to control their population made me wonder if someday humans would be exterminated too.
Expatriates would find a voice for their confusion of 'To stay or not' in his writing.
I like the essays on his interaction with Graham Greene and Gore Vidal best, even better than Greene's work.
7/25/2010
I had a chance to read 'the Great Railway Bazaar' by Paul Theroux cited in this book. Rereading the essay and looking at the output of Theroux's books, Theroux took to travelling big time.
Mewshaw travelled a lot. He says, "in some inchoate way, I equated curiosity with creativity, mileage covered with imagination improved". Despite whatever he believes, the mileage does reflect in his writing.
Mewshaw has written well on what works in Rome and what doesnt, how effective the rules are. He catches the spirit of the place in the celebration around. When he talks about how much of logic and moral suspension you have to do to live in Rome, it is one place where you can easily make the decision of going there to just visit or stay.
In a very effective way he says how 'name dropping' changes to 'difficult-to-visit place' dropping.
The essay revealing drastic steps of feeding poisonous substances to pigeons to control their population made me wonder if someday humans would be exterminated too.
Expatriates would find a voice for their confusion of 'To stay or not' in his writing.
I like the essays on his interaction with Graham Greene and Gore Vidal best, even better than Greene's work.
7/25/2010
I had a chance to read 'the Great Railway Bazaar' by Paul Theroux cited in this book. Rereading the essay and looking at the output of Theroux's books, Theroux took to travelling big time.
A Better Woman: A memoir of Motherhood
A Better Woman: A memoir of Motherhood
It is interesting to read Susan write about the two pregnancies she had and the resultant complication. It is also amazing to see how she entwines her life experiences in writing and draws something back into her life, a power which she gains from the understanding,knowledge of life through the writing.
At one end if you get to know things like controlled crying technique for babies, happy vomiters - Just as I wonder why the 'morning sickness' was never mentioned - she had to deal with many other serious problems in life like managing her career, finances.
In a very simple style, she brings home many realisations in family relations.
Nov 15, 2006
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