Before joining the faculty at Lawrence University, Marcia served on the faculty at Miami University in Ohio. Afterwards, Marcia worked as a contract geologist for the Geological Survey of Canada and the Norwegian Polar Institute. in structural geology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Marcia then conducted postdoctoral research at the Byrd Polar Research Center at The Ohio State University. degree in geophysics from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis and was awarded her M.S. In addition, she is a writer for “Elements”, the New Yorker’s science and technology blog, and she is the author of the textbook The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science, the popular science book Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth, and the recently released book Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World. Marcia received her B.S. Dr. Marcia Bjornerud is Professor of Geology and the Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Studies at Lawrence University in Wisconsin.
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I remind the team constantly that our company’s 16 yrs of success/growth did not come out of a 9-5 mentality but from a relentless pursuit to be the greatest in our profession. will rise/fall based on a leader’s ability to inspire others to execute and hold themselves accountable. Over the course of my career as an entrepreneur, I have learned that businesses, sports teams, etc. I let them know that tardiness did not align with our company’s ethos. This mentality can then start spreading to other aspects of the business which affects our overall work product. When I finished the above story, I told these employees that showing up late it tells the others that you don’t care about being on time which in turn means that what we are doing is not important. By the end of the week, the entire team was working out in the morning with Kobe. They realized that if they wanted to become great, they needed to push themselves to another level. They were surprised to see that Kobe Bryant was on his way to the gym. Early in their training for the Olympics, several players were walking through the lobby of the team’s hotel around 5 am after a night of clubbing. On Friday, two of our employees came to work 20-30 minutes late (no notice) and I told them about an important lesson that Kobe Bryant taught the rest of the members of 2008 U.S. Back matter provides some extra fun facts (Amsterdam has more bikes than people!) and.close with a message about how improved energy efficiency benefits the body and environment. the little dog enjoying his ride in the basket of China’s famous Flying Pigeon bicycle. There is a palpable sense of good cheer in the of. "This series explores some of history’s greatest and most ubiquitous inventions. The illustrations.are a real highlight, colorful and engaging, setting the historical scenes nicely while providing clear and engaging diagrams. Richly colorful, digital artwork suggests the look of different time periods and cultures, while portraying individuals who developed each invention and showing how its appearance has changed through the years. Well attuned to the intended audience, this series is both engaging and informative." - Booklist The writing is simple, clear, and often lively. "The appealing Eureka! The Biography of an Idea series introduces primary-grade students to the history behind familiar inventions, from an initial concept or prototype to versions familiar to users today. THIS WAS THE CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER READ! Thank you to DC Entertainment for an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review. This would be the perfect novel to read aloud to a younger child-they'd love the pictures, and wouldn't get bored by too much text! The art was adorable and easy to grasp at a glance, and the story moved along at a fast pace. I found Diana: Princess of the Amazons to be a refreshing and cute middle grade graphic novel. Mona animates to life! All of the sudden, Diana has a friend for all of her adventures.īut, as Diana soon learns, having a friend is harder than it looks. So, upon hearing the origin story from her mother that Diana was formed from clay and a wish, Diana decides to make her own clay "friend." She molds her friend together and wishes for "Mona" to be a real girl. Life isn't exciting when you're the only kid in the world and all of the grown-ups are too busy to play. This cute, middle grade graphic novel focused on Wonder Woman was full of heart.ĭiana is the only child in a community of Amazon warrior women, and she's not exactly having the best time. In August, 2015, he published a piece on the Web site CounterPunch accusing Miranda of smoothing over Hamilton’s slave-owning past and overlooking his involvement in the genocide of Native Americans. Perhaps no one has been as constant in his criticism as the writer Ishmael Reed. There have been a few notes of dissent along the way, though, particularly from historians. Barack Obama once joked that it was probably the only thing that he and Dick Cheney agreed on. Miranda’s hip-hop-inspired telling of Alexander Hamilton’s rags-to-riches rise is all things to all people: a humanizing portrayal of the Founding Fathers that has just enough irreverence-in its soundtrack and, crucially, in the casting of performers of color in the roles of Hamilton, Jefferson, Washington, et al.-to lend it an air of subversion. “Hamilton,” the musical created by Lin-Manuel Miranda that débuted in 2015 and is well on its way to becoming a billion-dollar production, is a rare source of general accord. Photograph by Chris Sorensen / The Washington Post / GettyĬonsensus and bipartisanship seem like a distant fantasy in today’s America. “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda” portrays a fictionalized version of the “Hamilton” creator as an impressionable dupe, and a kind of victim. This is the first of the Poirot novels to reflect the pervasive gloom of the Second World War, and is one of Christie’s most overtly political novels. More people are dead, and the investigation widens, as Poirot slowly finds his way to the true stories behind the murders. Soon after he visits his dentist, Poirot is investigating the death of his dentist. The novel features both the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and Chief Inspector Japp. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) while the United States edition retailed at $2.00. A paperback edition in the US by Dell books in 1953 changed the title again to An Overdose of Death. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November 1940, and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1941 under the title of The Patriotic Murders. Each chapter has a rough theme or topical emphasis restrained to a small sliver of time. The book is separated into major parts spanning the main epochs of Washington’s life. It’s the longest book I’ve ever read (weighing in at 905 small print pages), but easily one of the most enjoyable. And so I picked up my copy of Ron Chernow’s fantastic book Washington: A Life (for Hamilton fans, you may recognize Chernow as the author of the book on which the musical is based).Īppropriately, I finished the book this past Monday, President’s Day (previously celebrated as Washington’s Birthday). Complicating matters, I was steeped in these Wikipedia pages and (the amazingly comprehensive) Genius lyrics annotations all while there was a heated Presidential campaign going on.Īll these factors came together to give me a new life-goal: to read a major biography on every President of the United States. I admit it: I know every song, every lyric, and I’ve been fascinated by the subtle nuances and references to historical details behind the lyrics. Along with so many of you, I have spent the past year-and-a-half poring over the stories of our Founding Fathers in response to the musical Hamilton. What Shaw saw either to frown at or to chuckle at were not just the temporary injustices or passing follies of his generation. Arms and the Man (Review)Īrms and the Man, the earliest of Shaw’s ‘pleasant’ plays, is both amusing and thought-provoking it makes the readers giggle while making them think about serious concerns. The title of the first two volumes of Shaw’s dramatic works, Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, published in 1898, served the special purpose of conveying that his plays were of a different kind from those that the readers and audience had been accustomed to until that time. Shaw started with the conviction that the emotional turmoil of men and women had got way too much attention on the stage, and he decided to compose plays about public affairs that touched the lives of the masses. Until Shaw started writing for the theatre, there had been no modern British dramatics who took current social, political, and/or religious issues as themes for their plays. George Bernard Shaw is among the greatest of the many Irishmen who have written some of the finest plays in the English language.
But Philomena rejects his half-hearted proposal, convinced he'd grow to despise her when he sees her disfiguring scars. Bradford refuses to duel with a gravely-ill man and offers marriage. Caught in the act by Philomena's brother, Bradford is issued an ultimatum-a duel or marry her. Something about the mysterious woman enthralls him, and he steals a moonlit kiss. After a three-year absence, he returns home but doesn't recognize his first love when he stumbles upon her hiding in a shadowy arbor during a ball. When the woman he loves dies, Bradford leaves England and its painful memories behind. Betrayed once by Bradford, Viscount Kingsley, as well as scarred from a horrific fire, Philomena entertains no notions of a love-match. If she fails to acquire a husband, her future is perilous. At the urging of her dying brother, Philomena Pomfrett reluctantly agrees to attend a London Season. A marriage offered out of obligation-an acceptance compelled by desperation. |