Metal Ions & Bacteria

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The potential of purple non-sulphur bacteria for bioremediation was assessed by investigating the ability of Rhodobacter sphaeroides strain R26.1 to grow photosynthetically in heavy metal contaminated environments. Bacterial cultures were carried out in artificially polluted media, enriched with the transition metal ions Hg^2^+, Cu^2^+, Fe^2^+, Ni^2^+, Co^2^+, MoO"4^2^-, and CrO"4^2^- in millimolar concentration range. For each investigated ion the effect on growth parameters was evaluated. The analysis of concentration-effect curves revealed a differentiated response, indicating that diverse mechanisms of tolerance and/or resistance are involved. Adaptation or selection procedures were not applied, leading to assess intrinsic abilities of coping with these contaminants. The microorganism proved to be highly tolerant to heavy metal exposure, especially towards Co^2^+, Fe^2^+ and MoO"4^2^-. In addition Ni^2^+ and Co^2^+ were found to decrease the cellular content of light harvesting complexes. A characteristic behavior was observed with mercuric ions, which produced a significant increase of the lag-phase.

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New York is a unique city where you can eat out inexpensively without compromising taste or quality. The authors asked New Yorkers to tell them about their favorite low-cost restaurant. The ground rules were simple. The food had to be good and the prices had to be $15 or less before taxes, tip, or wine. It had to be a place they would want to go back to. The response was overwhelming! New Yorkers were eager to share their favorite haunts and discoveries.

Over 80 recommended restaurants reflecting the diversity of New York-including the boroughs: Chinese, Italian, Ethiopian, Cuban, Japanese, Cajun, Polish, West African, French, Middle-Eastern, American regional, Russian, Peruvian, Indian, Thai, Ukrainian, Mexican, and more. Plus seafood, vegetarian, kosher, deli, bistros, and cafés.

Customer Reviews:

Don't leave home without it!.......2003-07-29

This is a restaurant guide for those of you looking for really good food with a wide variety of ethnic cuisine and without the ridiculously pompous nature of your typical five-star. If you go out to eat for the snooty service and to drop a bunch of money, don't buy this book. However, if your focus is on the quality and variety of the food you are eating, with fancy service as a secondary concern, this is the book for you. That is not to say the restaurants in this book lack decent service....Many have excellent service and swanky locals. Some may also have dismal decor and downright cranky staff (read hole-in-the-wall). But they all have great food in common. One of the great things about New York is experiencing the wide variety of flavors and cooking styles available in this melting pot. You won't find me in New York without this book close by.

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Two top investigative journalists offer a “warts–and–all” portrait of the British Prime Minister and his wife Cherie Booth, including their complicated love affair with the rich, the royal, and the House of Lords, and the gradual dissolution of the Blair “court.”

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A critical look at a compelling subject.......2006-01-08

I nearly passed this book over, because a critical biography that seemed - at least nominally - to include the Prime Minister's wife seemed likely to be a tawdry psycho-drama. Actually, it's a fairly thoughtful work, especially the first half, dealing with the pre-Downing Street years. The authors plainly interpret Blair as a duplicitous control freak, who requires loyal surrogates to do his dirty work, and to position themselves to take blame for him, either willingly or unwillingly. His New Labour tack to the right is seen as neither entirely necessary nor really responsible for Labour's electoral success. The book makes its case plausibly, and balances the popular interpretation in the US that Blair's partnership with Bush on Iraq was a sudden departure brought on by excessive religiosity and concern for the "special relationship." There is more continuity in this account. The second half of the book feels a bit rushed, and the excellent discussion of Blair's preference for informal CEO-style decision-making over traditional Cabinet government could have been effectively expanded. The book was clearly written for a British readership, and the references to a number of occurrences and issues need annotation for an American. (What are "topping-off fees," and exactly who is Cilla Black?) The search engine for the BBC News website is an excellent supplement to give the context needed for Americans who don't know what to make of Tony Blair.

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It's possible that Billy the Kid escaped the gunfire from Pat Garrett's pistol. And, under the name of John Miller, he could have lived the rest of his life as a cattle rancher and horse breeder in the Zuni mountains of Western New Mexico, and as a farm worker in Buckeye, Arizona. His adopted son, Max Miller, said so. So do most of the Indians and the Mormon pioneers who knew John Miller. Could this be? Our book presents some convincing evidence. You decide. Helen Airy graduated from Yreka High School, Siskiyon County, California, and the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in English literature. She was a columnist for the "San Francisco Examiner" for five years until the outbreak of World War II when she joined the American Red Cross in December, 1942, and was sent to England. She served as an aero club director on a B-26 bomber base at Rougham, in East Anglia, and later as a London-based reporter writing about the American Red Cross. She is the author of "Doughnut Dollies, American Red Cross Girls During World War II," also published by Sunstone Press.

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History.......2007-06-08

A very well written book on a man named John Miller. The author puts out a very good case for his being Billy The Kid. Although Miller never himself claimed to be The Kid, lots of his friends and family believed him to be. Very well researched book with loads of interviews from Millers friends. The story has never been proven to be false. This could very well be the Kid himself.

True Bellever.......2007-04-03

This book convinced me that Billy the Kid did not die that fateful night in July 1881 - but lived to be an old man, dieing in Arizona in 1937. Yes, he was shot by Pat Garrett, but when those preparing his body for burial noticed he was still breathing, they secreted off his body off and buried someone else in his place.

Despite all the compelling interviews by those who knew John Miller, what did it for me was comparing the photo of Billy as a teenager with that of John Miller. The resemblance is uncanny.

John Miller's body was exhumed in 2005. If his DNA is ever compared to Catherine Antrim's (mother), history may have to be rewritten. Don't hold your breath. Those who make their livings off the legend of Billy the Kid are quite possessive of their "property".

Well written book on John Miller.......2006-06-28

Helen Airy wrote a convincing book for John Miller's case, but at times, even she seemed unsure of the accuracy of what she was writing. She documents the stories and beliefs of Miller's friends and family who believed he was Billy the Kid. The problem with the book is that most of it has been proven to be pure fiction. But, I do have to confess, it is fun reading.

Long Live Billy the Kid.......2000-08-28

This is a great book for history buffs. If you've seen the movie, "Young Guns II," you'll remember Bushy Bill Roberts who claimed he was really Billy the Kid. History has made Billy the Kid into a legend, creating much mystery about the famous outlaw. Most people believe that he was shot by Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico in 1881. After reading this book by Helen Airy, it's hard to believe that Billy the Kid was shot at his early age of 21. Airy will convince you that he lived to be an old man going by the name of John Miller, his not so famous alias. Read about interesting "facts" on the Kid that may lead you to believe that history has it all wrong.

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not that great.......2005-06-24

After reading all the reviews on this book I had to get it since good tarantula books are very hard to find. It was not worth my money. The pictures were okay, . not great. I would have given it 2 stars if it had a variety of different pictures but it doesn't. As for the quality of the paper, . .it's weird, it is like photo paper that smelled funny. This book did not have any new information to offer that one couldn't find on the internet. I would reccomend borrowing this one at your local library, if it's available, . .it's just not worth the money to buy. Also there was a section on "sexing" your tarantula. The pictures were way to dark to know what they were referencing. I'd pass on this one.

Best pix.......2003-09-24

This book has the best pix of any book on tarantulas that I have seen, but as indicated by other reviews, technical info is much better and more reliable in "The Tarantula Keeper's Guide".

Excellent Photos, Good companion to the TKG.......2000-02-06

This book has excellent color pictures of various species of tarantulas and even has mating pictures. This is an excellent companion to "The Tarantula Keeper's Guide". I say companion because the technical/care information in the TKG is more comprehensive and accurate.

Pics Wonderful, Info not as great.......1999-07-13

This book has it ups and downs. The good: This book has THE best Pix of any tarantula book I have ever seen. There are pictures of the most of the popular species and pictures of the two most important events in a tarantula's life, molting and mating. Plus they are lamenated. The bad: Some of the info, especially in the begging of the book can caus possible harm to your spiders. Plus, most of it is outdated, particularly on the names of the spiders. I recommend getting this for looking at the pictures and "helping" to identifing you tarantula. But for info on tarantulas, get Stanley and Marguerite Schultz' The Tarantula Keeper's Guide.

This book is Way KewL!.......1999-06-19

This book is one of the Best for many reasons. The layout is very nice. The pages are of high quality paper..(kinda like laminated). The Pictures are the Best i've ever seen! If there is one thing i love about this book its the pics.. some of the amazing pics in this book include... the purple A.seemani.. A.geniculata.. A very nice picture of the P.regalis, etc etc etc. buy this book..!

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useful 500 series from lark

Inspirational but Bizarre

Fantastic Art Gallery

Who are you kidding.

Really far out bracelets designs

500 Bracelets: An Inspiring Collection of Extraordinary Designs (Lark Jewelry Book)
Lark Books
Manufacturer: Lark Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1579904807

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Never before has such a diverse collection of fine contemporary bracelets been assembled, showcasing hundreds of renowned international jewelers. Materials range from the most precious metals and gems to paper and plastic, and the varied techniques include forging, casting, weaving, and and surface embellishments. Among the featured creators: Abrasha, who contributes a Royal Pachinko Ball Bracelet; Sharon Portelance, who called her work Wrist Corsage: Ever Present; and Felieke Van Der Leest's amusingly named Hare O'Harix and His 6 Carrots. Whether you're an expert jeweler, a collector, a student, or simply someone who loves beautiful objects, these one-of-kind pieces will astound you.

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useful 500 series from lark.......2007-05-27

My professor is very recommendation this series becouse this book is many originality bjects. And I order several 500 series in korea. Um..I'm very satisfy.

Inspirational but Bizarre.......2007-05-20

Many of the bracelets are purely conceptual and many look like they would be uncomfortable to wear, not to mention, too delicate to stand up to wear, however, I agree with Margarita about the book being a "spark for creativity" ... if you are an artistic type and not someone who is looking for something to copy. I found myself challenged, when I found a design I liked, to translate the idea into my chosen medium.

As for the criticism about including several nearly identical entries from the same artists, for the most part, I don't agree. However it did seem like "cheating" on the part of the editors to scatter these multiple entries throughout the book rather than place them together. I like to see multiple interpretations of a theme, and don't necessarily think these multiple entries should have been eliminated but think they should have been grouped together for easier comparison. I also would have liked the book organized either alphabetically or by author. Still, even with these criticisms, I probably will buy this book.

Fantastic Art Gallery.......2006-11-12

This books shows truly extraordinary creations in an amazing variety of materials and techniques. I own "1000 rings" and "500 brooches" and had therefore equally great expectations for this collection. However, in the order of publication of these books there seems to be a trend towards more emphasis on bizarreness at the cost of esthetics and wearability. Originality should not mean that functionality must be reduced in order to count as "art jewelry". Vice versa it seems that jewelry in traditional designs and techniques is not worth selecting (although very often they require much better skills). Many of the pieces would be more suited to appear in a collection of art sculptures rather than jewelry. Finally, since there was no lack of entries (more than 3000), it is a pity that several nearly identical entries from the same artists were chosen instead of giving a different artist a chance to display his or her work (example: two bracelets made from used coffee filters; the originality is appreciated but one piece would have sufficed to present the idea). I am curious how "500 Necklaces" will turn out.

Who are you kidding. .......2006-09-29

Exhibit A in the case against buying books without being able to browse them first. If strapping a can opener to your wrist with adhesive tape counts as a bracelet, then there are 500, but many are pretense and most are unwearable. This book is just silly.

Really far out bracelets designs.......2006-08-28

The book is the best quality in printing and photography, as in all the other Lark books that I've seen. The bracelets chosen for inclusion in the book are a little too "way out" in their styling for my taste.

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Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Ethan Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context. Despite the difficulties now confronting the parks, their continued ability to attract millions of visitors suggests that their creators succeeded in presenting a captivating vision of a once-wild America.

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Finally, a book I can learn from and relate to - the perfect combination!

Ex wifes and Ex lives

More realistic book than many others

Good to feel normal!

Not what I thought

Ex-Wives and Ex-Lives: Survival Guide for the Next Wife
Paula J. Egner
Manufacturer: Aptly Spoken Enterprises
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Marriage | Relationships | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
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A candid, albeit at times tongue-in-cheek, expose of the challenges facing today's blended family. Written from the next wife's point of view, it delves into the murky waters of step-mothering, climbs the treacherous terrain of reluctant in-laws, and warns the next-wife against tripping in the footsteps of the woman who came first.

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Finally, a book I can learn from and relate to - the perfect combination!.......2007-10-12

Rarely have I found information on being the "next wife". One day while Googling I found this amazing book and read it through in one sitting. I know I am one of many ex-wives/next wives, but the fact that I have come to understand how others are going through what I am going through . . . I am not alone. While I didn't experience everything in the book, I certainly identified with it!

It is so refreshing to hear an authentic voice from someone who clearly understands my situation, instead of just a textbook written from someone who might not have ever actually experienced being a second wife. (I want to learn from someone who is there!) Ex-Wives and Ex-Lives is a good starting place, ending place, and in-between place for understanding the complexities of re-marriage. I have recommended it to my friends who have stepchildren, and those who have struggled like me to define my role . . . it is on my MUST READ list.

Ex wifes and Ex lives.......2007-10-01

This book is great to tell ex wifes what is coming or what is normal but it does not give steps or suggetions on how to deal with the situation which is what i thought survival guide meant. This did not help me.

More realistic book than many others.......2007-06-28

I've been in 2 marriages with step-baggage so I have personal experience here. This book was more realistic than others in the feelings a new wife may have, but it really doesn't get into the dirt. I never had bad feelings or jealousy toward my husband's first wife until she barged into our lives and started acting like she was still married to him. In no way should you be, as the author said "the forgotten toy at the bottom of the toy box". If you are, then you're doing it all wrong. I've (after much prodding from friends) have decided to write my own thoughts and maybe one day my book will be here. Until then, if you're a new wife and need some consoling that you are not crazy, selfish or alone in your feelings, then by all means read this book. Welcome to the sisterhood.

Good to feel normal!.......2007-05-26

The beauty of this book is not in the advice (it has no tips, or practical tools) but in the opportunity it offers the reader to identify with the writer's situation. I am a divorced woman seriously dating a man with an ex-partner and a daugther and always felt "weird" due to the emotional reactions I had around certain situations, particularly those that involved his ex. Given that I had little support from family and friends (none are divorced or dating people with ex-es), the book was a welcomed reassurance that my emotions were NORMAL!

Not what I thought.......2007-01-12

It was an ok read. It didn't really fit my situation. Know that this book concentrates on two divorce people with kids getting remarried. I have never been married and my husband has been married twice and has one child with each ex. This book also concentrates on stories of the husband not being suppotive. My husband is wonderful in helping me in the situation But the ex-wives are spawns of the devil. The have both tried every trick in this book. and they are good firends! I was looking for something more about how to handle the ex-wives.
This is a good read if you have both been married before and you are having trouble with the kids and ex-wives not being accepting to you or if your husband is not being very supportive of the situation. This book makes you feel like you are not alone in this battle. After you read this book make your husband read it also.

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Amazing Grace is an intimate portrait of African American artist Beauford Delaney (1901-79). Author David Leeming, who knew Delaney, limns the complex inner life that informed his paintings--notable for psychological depth and vibrant colors--but also fueled his alcoholism and mental illness. A gentle, charming man, Delaney maintained close friendships with writers as diverse as Henry Miller and James Baldwin, yet often felt lonely and underappreciated as an artist on his life's journey from Tennessee to New York City to Paris. Leeming tells this culturally and personally poignant story with sensitive grace.

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Described by those who knew him best as a Buddha, a Merlin, and "a cross between Brer Rabbit and St. Francis of Assisi," the artist Beauford Delaney was anything but ordinary. James Baldwin, his closest friend, wrote that "He has been starving and working all of his life--in Tennessee, in Boston, in New York, and now in Paris. He has been menaced more than any other man I know by his social circumstances and also by all the emotional and psychological stratagems he has been forced to use to survive; and, more than any other man I know, he has transcended both the inner and the outer darkness." Indeed, these themes--grinding poverty, excruciating psychological torment, and the transcendence of inner and outer darkness through the light of his art--give shape and drama to Beauford Delaney's most extraordinary life. In Amazing Grace: A Biography of Beauford Delaney David Leeming, author of the acclaimed life of James Baldwin, tells the story of one of the most important black artists of our time with an affection, tact, and insight all too rare in recent biography. In chronicling Delaney's remarkable trajectory from a strong religious family in Knoxville to his death in an Parisian insane asylum, Leeming maintains a dual focus on Delaney's troubled inner life--his complicated homosexuality and the "voices" that would drive him mad--and his vibrant external life--his friendships with an amazing range of writers, artists, and musicians. Delaney seems to have known everyone, from Henry Miller, Jean Genet, Countee Cullen, and Elizabeth Bishop to Al Hirshfield, W.C. Handy, Alfred Steiglitz, Georgia O'Keefe, Louis Armstrong, and virtually every other significant creative figure in New York and Paris. In many ways, Delaney's life focuses the major currents of twentieth century art. Leeming quotes generously from the journals, notebooks, letters, and critical reviews, tracing Delaney's movement away from representation--the street scenes and portraits of his "blues aesthetic"--into the abstract paintings where his dominant concern is with the "architecture" of color and a religious sense of light that "held the power to illuminate, even to redeem and reconcile and heal." Along the way, we're treated to a wealth of delightful anecdotes--Delaney in the manner of a Zen master telling James Baldwin to look at the water standing in a gutter; William de Kooning trying to tell Delaney how to market his work better and Delaney responding by rolling his eyes, patting de Kooning on the shoulder, and saying "Bless you, child"; Delaney immersed in the cafe life of Greenwich Village and Montparnasse, painting in his unheated studio in a parka and wool hat, giving away to friends and strangers what little money came to him. Amazing Grace illuminates both the work and milieu of a major black talent and gives us a portrait of a man spiritually devoted to his art, a man we would have very much liked to know and who, after closing the book, we feel we have known.

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SAVED BY GRACE?.......2000-07-09

America's artistic milieu is known for dismissing from its memory those artists whose works and lives are deemed trivial and not worthy of consideration. Such an attitude has denied younger generations of artists the experience of knowing some of the great artistic man and women of our time. Beauford Delaney was one of those artists relegated to the halls of obscurity.

Amazing Grace is David Leemings biographical piece that examines Delaney's life and contributions to the art world. He looks at the forces which brought forth America's premiere modernist artist and shows how his gift impacted on the way one views life and art.

Who is this man, Delaney? A superficial view of his life reveals him as an impoverished homosexual Black artist who is plagued by many demons as he struggles to find himself as an artist and at peace with his sexuality. James Baldwin called him his spiritual father who was a cross between Brer Rabbit and St. Francis of Asissi. Others knew him as the good negro or an eccentric gadfly. Whatever one may call him, Delaney's goal was to infuse the concept of love within his work that would bring him the wholeness that he failed to capture in his life.

Plagued by paranoia, alcoholism and guilt over his homosexuality, Delaney failed to achieve intimacy in his relationships but poured out his inner struggle through his art. Like many artists, he went through several stages of development in his career which reached its climax in France. Unfortunately the demon of paranoia stripped him of his artistic ability in his later years.

This book must be read to get a handle on the artistic struggles of African Americans and how they succeeded inspite of their alienation from the mainstream art world. Delaney also struggled with being homosexual which undoubtably alienated him from his family and Black colleagues. His struggle opens up a new chapter in examining how sexuality impacts on a minority artists life. Delaney was saved from obscurity through this view of his life. Whether he was saved by grace is a moot point for his demonic voices did him in.

Reviewed in Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review.......1999-02-14

James E. Coleman, Jr., writing in the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1999 notes: "Whether Leeming is as successful in taking on an artist's life as he had been with the literary life of [James] Baldwin, I am not certain. His knowledge of Baldwin's literary world is not quite matched by his savvy of the art world of the same period. Nevertheless, we have a fine introduction to an artist whose reputation is growing and who lived a fascinating life." That's high praise coming from Coleman, editor of The Encyclopedia Homophilica.

Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney

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Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney
David Leeming
Manufacturer: Oxford Univ Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBUJ1W

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