![]() But she wasn’t the first to question their impact on the environment. In the years following her death, Carson was sometimes criticized for helping to foster hysteria about the use of pesticides like DDT. She never wanted a blanket ban on chemicals. When no one offered, Carson took it on herself. Carson tried to get other writers, including E.B. Later, when Carson became a science writer, she felt the urge to warn people about studies indicating DDT could be harmful-but she knew that whoever did so would be making enemies of powerful people. Her farm was near a glue factory that slaughtered horses, and the smell often compelled neighbors to abandon their porches and run indoors. She was reluctant to take on the chemical industry.įrom an early age, Carson had been cognizant of the environmental effects of toxic chemicals. As you, with your great gifts, always do, you have adorned the hours with love and tenderness, and with fun and laughter, too.” 7. It has been a precious oasis in time, darling, to be cherished and returned to in memory always. ![]() “No visit could ever be long enough, but it has been wonderful to have the sense of leisure created by four days and nights unbroken by diversions. In a letter following a get-together in 1964, Carson wrote: Over the next decade, Carson and Freeman developed a loving relationship, apparent in 750 letters edited and published by Freeman’s granddaughter in 1995. There, she met her neighbor, Dorothy Freeman, and found they shared a deep interest in the natural world. The book’s success allowed Carson to move to the Maine coast to focus on writing. The book, about the natural history of the oceans, was serialized in The New Yorker and stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for 31 weeks, eventually winning the National Book Award. Years before Silent Spring, Carson’s 1951 book The Sea Around Us put her on the literary map. Some science writers scoffed, but those creative flourishes helped Carson deliver her work to a broader audience. In Under the Sea-Wind, her 1941 book on marine life, Carson wrote about fish feeling fear and other animals wearing expressions. Rachel Carson made science accessible to a general audience.Ĭarson was revered as a science writer because she turned the sterile, dull copy common in environmental research into something of interest to a wider readership. To reduce that chance, she published pieces under the byline “R.L. Science then was a male-oriented endeavor. While freelancing for publications like The Baltimore Sun, Carson feared that readers would dismiss her pro-environment message if they knew the writer was a woman. In 1952, having become the editor-in-chief for all of the bureau’s publications, she left the agency to write full-time. Part of her duties involved writing seven-minute radio scripts for a segment called “Romance Under the Waters.” The following year, she was promoted to junior aquatic biologist, one of only two women of such stature at the bureau. She continued to write articles for both government and mainstream publications that presented elegant arguments on the need to preserve our natural world, including the oceans. In 1935, Carson’s aptitude for communicating science earned her a job with the U.S. ![]() Rachel Carson used the radio to advocate for the world's oceans. ![]() in zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932. She switched her major to biology-one of only three women at the school to join that department-and later earned her M.A. At the time she began attending, Carson had her sights set on earning an English degree and becoming a teacher and writer. She originally wanted to major in English.Ĭarson pursued formal education with zeal, winning a scholarship to the Pennsylvania College for Women. Her story was accepted and published in 1918. Nicholas magazine, a publication geared to young writers that had also published pieces from William Faulkner and F. She also loved writing: At age 10, Carson wrote a story about a downed fighter pilot, “ A Battle in the Clouds,” and submitted it to St. Her family lived on 65 acres of farmland roughly 14 miles outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rachel Carson published her first story at age 10.Ĭarson’s love of nature was no doubt due to early exposure. Take a look at a few facts about Carson’s inspiring life. Her book Silent Spring detailed how chemicals like DDT could have unintended consequences both the work and the public’s reaction to it helped usher in the modern environmental movement. Although she spent most of her career as a marine biologist, Rachel Carson (1907–1964) is remembered mostly for raising the alarm over the dangers of pollution and pesticides. ![]()
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Both professional and amateur cryptographers (including codebreakers in both World Wars) have pored over the text, hoping to crack the puzzle.Īmong the most dubious is a 2017 claim by a history researcher and television writer named Nicholas Gibbs, who published a long article in the Times Literary Supplement about how he had cracked the code. There are so many competing theories about what the Voynich manuscript is-most likely a compendium of herbal remedies and astrological readings, based on the bits reliably decoded thus far-and so many claims to have deciphered the text, that it's practically its own subfield of medieval studies. Possible authors include Roger Bacon, Elizabethan astrologer/alchemist John Dee, or even Voynich himself, possibly as a hoax. It's currently kept at Yale University's Beinecke Library of rare books and manuscripts. Along with the strange handwriting in an unknown language or code, the book is heavily illustrated with bizarre pictures of alien plants, naked women, strange objects, and zodiac symbols. What is this mysterious manuscript that has everyone so excited? It's a 15th century medieval handwritten text dated between 14, purchased in 1912 by a Polish book dealer and antiquarian named Wilfrid M. None of them have proved convincing to date, and medievalists are justly skeptical of Cheshire's conclusions as well. There's a long, checkered history of people making similar claims. So case closed, right? After all, headlines are already trumpeting that the "Voynich manuscript is solved," decoded by a "UK genius." Not so fast. Apparently it took him all of two weeks to accomplish a feat that has eluded our most brilliant scholars for at least a century. Cheshire identifies the mysterious writing as a "calligraphic proto-Romance" language, and he thinks the manuscript was put together by a Dominican nun as a reference source on behalf of Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon. ![]() Now, Gerard Cheshire, a University of Bristol academic, has announced his own solution to the conundrum in a new paper in the journal Romance Studies. The Voynich manuscript is a famous medieval text written in a mysterious language that so far has proven to be undecipherable. We leave it to the reader to ponder how an honorary research associate is a member of the university's academic community, but his controversial research paper is not affiliated with the university in any way.] We take such concerns very seriously and have therefore removed the story regarding this research from our website to seek further validation and allow further discussions both internally and with the journal concerned. ![]() Following media coverage, concerns have been raised about the validity of this research from academics in the fields of linguistics and medieval studies. If they are, the team will communicate the research to the media and on our University website. When a member of our academic community has a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal, the University’s Media Team will determine whether the findings are of public interest. This research was entirely the author's own work and is not affiliated with the University of Bristol, the Faculty of Arts or the Centre for Medieval Studies. Yesterday the University of Bristol published a story about research on the Voynich manuscript by an honorary research associate. [Update May 17, 2019: The University of Bristol released a statement today retracting its press release claiming one of their researchers had successfully cracked the code of the Voynich manuscript: Photo12/UIG/Getty Images reader comments 158 with ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That doesn't stop people from using it, and, yes, sometimes, it Waterproof ink and cannot, or at least should not be used in fountain But probably 95% of all Higgins ink made over the years is Higgins has made ink for fountain pens and that should beįine. Since I cannot see the actual ink you are using I cannot give you anĪnswer. > chemical formulation such that it does actual damage? Is it simply too thick for most fountain pens or is the > not working with it which prompted my original message) I just don't I'm not disagreeing (after all its my little pelikano > In what way is it not suitable for fountain pens? ![]() That aside, could you add a bit of detail please. Started on the first stroke, nib smooth as butter till the day I have been using the Higgins Calligraphy Ink uneventfully in Reply to author | Forward | Print | View thread | Show original | Report this message | Find messages by this author if you put one of those in an FP, you can kiss it goodbye! Edited Jby fenrisfox It's non-waterproof, and should flush out if you don't like it (oh, and because of that property, the Noodler's is way more permanent).īe very, very careful which Higgins ink you get, though - some of them are waterproof, meant only for dip pens. If you want to try the Higgins Fountain Pen India, I say go ahead. if I did more drawing, I might consider keeping an FP filled with Higgins, specifically for drawing I would carry my main pen filled with Noodler's, though. The Noodler's is more runny, easier to clean, and an all-around better writing ink. Why do I say this? The Higgins gives a denser black, and a better, more uniform black fill when drawing. In short, I'd call the Higgins a "drawing ink," and the Noodler's a "writing ink" - although they could both be used for the other purpose, obviously. I am both an artist and a writer - however, I consider myself primarily a writer (when I sit down with a pen, it's well over 10:1 writing-to-drawing). However - it is somewhat messy, and a bit harder to clean from the nib than either Cross cartridge ink, or Noodler's Black. it does work, and gave me no clogging problems. I've used Higgins Fountain Pen India in my Cross Century II. ![]() ![]() ![]() Project Leader & Advisor (Jul 2011-present)ĭr Steven Halim, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing (SoC), National University of Singapore (NUS)ĭr Felix Halim, Senior Software Engineer, Google (Mountain View) Additionally, we have authored public notes about VisuAlgo in various languages, including Indonesian, Korean, Vietnamese, and Thai: id, VisuAlgo has been translated into three primary languages: English, Chinese, and Indonesian. ![]() Each VisuAlgo visualization module now includes its own online quiz component. By assigning a small (but non-zero) weight to passing the online quiz, CS instructors can significantly enhance their students' mastery of these basic concepts, as they have access to an almost unlimited number of practice questions that can be instantly verified before taking the online quiz. 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You may notice this year's One Shining Moment lingers for an extra second on a Grand Canyon player, showing him make a spectacular block, then showing a close-up. Oscar Frayer, the Grand Canyon basketball standout who died March 23 in a car accident, was included in this year's One Shining Moment □ /F8NA1H1sHN The and the High Flyer in One Shining Moment. Interesting fact about the game, both head coaches, Bill Self and Hubert Davis succeeded Roy Williams in their current post. ![]() Monday's championship game also included several shots of GCU head coach Bryce Drew, who joined his father, Homer, at Lucas Oil Stadium in support of Baylor head coach Scott Drew as he led the Bears to their first national title. Men's Basketball Ed Cooley listens to One Shining Moment before every single game Ma2:15 We are 10 days away from this year’s edition of One Shining Moment, but for. Would it be North Carolina or Kansas cutting down the nets It was the two teams going at it Monday night down in the Big easy. An earlier video clip also featured some of the Havocs who attended GCU's first NCAA tournament appearance in Indianapolis.įrayer, his older sister Andrea Moore-Frayer and his friend Caley Bringmann died three days later in a March 23 vehicle crash near Lodi, California. Late Grand Canyon basketball star Oscar Frayer was immortalized after the NCAA championship game Monday night in "One Shining Moment," CBS' signature tournament recap video.Ī Frayer blocked shot and close-up shot made the montage at the 1:36 mark, showing the "High Flyer" living up to his moniker as Luther Vandross sings "feel the wind in your face." 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