Author: Sarah Baker

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      “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama XIV (born 1935).

  • Life on a Roll

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      Between Sea and Sky Elodie Pauwels Taormina in Sicily is a corner of paradise, especially when you discover it before the busy tourist season starts. It is perched 200 meters above the Ionian Sea and surrounded by small mountains. Mount Etna keeps an eye on the ancient city. The 360-degree view from the Greek…

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  • Natural Selections Interviews Ali Brivanlou

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      Natural Selections interviews Ali Brivanlou, Principal Investigator Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology, the Rockefeller University. Guadalupe Astorga Together with his team, Ali investigates the molecular pathways underlying cell communication during development. Notably, his team was recently able to preserve human embryos in culture for up to 14 days. This revolutionary achievement…

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      “My disabilities have not been a significant handicap in my field, which is theoretical physics. Indeed, they have helped me in a way by shielding me from lecturing and administrative work that I would otherwise have been involved in. I have managed, however, only because of the large amount of help I have received…

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    Morocco Log #1 Qiong Wang Stepping straight onto the tarmac of Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport after a 6 hour flight with the Royal Air Morocco, I am officially on the continent of Africa! The reputation of Casablanca would be overrated if it were not for the magnificent Hassan II Mosque by the Atlantic Ocean.…

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  • Wasting Not

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    Sarah Baker   Ainhoa Perez Garijo “Hokusai’s Great Wave” by Bonnie Monteleone, 2016 Greenepeace USA, Turtle and Plastic in the Ocean © Troy Mayne / Oceanic Imagery Publications   Nine years ago Ainhoa Perez Garijo took the first steps towards reducing her waste and today she and her family live almost completely waste-free, meaning they…

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    Dakota Blackman   green adjective  \ ˈgrēn \ 1. of the color green 2. covered by green growth or foliage • green fields 3a. often capitalized relating to or being an environmentalist political movement 3b. concerned with or supporting environmentalism • green consumers who practice recycling 3c. tending to preserve environmental quality (as by being…

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    My Thoughts On Two Documentaries: Long Strange Trip (Amazon Studios, 2017) and Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017 film; released on Showtime Network in February 2018 for television) Bernie Langs   Cream in the 1960s, (from left to right) Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton (source: Wikipedia)   Promotional poster for Long Strange…

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      “A flurry of leaves at the window like those calendar pages flying in old movies to indicate time passing, and it is passing, though where it’s going nobody seems to know. Something is always lost and something found — an earring or the key to a certain door, to some second self. I watch…

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    Elodie Pauwels https://elodiepphoto.wordpress.com/  Nasturtium Leaves Rose in the Park