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PUBLISHER'S CORNER
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The cabbage patch in front of St. Isaac’s Cathedral in 1942.
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I read through a long but fascinating story in The Guardian of the world's first seed bank - and what the scientists had to go through to protect their collection. It's a story I knew nothing about but it is one that I have to sit with for a while. Partly there is that doomsday scenario and questions about what we would do to survive personally, versus what we would do for the protection of the greater good. If you have an interest in history, and humanity, it's worth adding to your reading list.
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The following passage demonstrates the essence of the drama:
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"Throughout December and January, more than a dozen of the botanists succumbed to starvation. Weeks earlier they had collectively decided they would not consume any of the seeds. Now, everyone’s commitment to the plan and resolve to uphold it was privately tested to the extreme. In thousands of tins sat packets of nuts and seeds that could be tapped into open palms and consumed by the handful. Almost everything was edible, and the quarter of a million seeds could have been eked out to sustain the botanists for months.
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And yet to consume these specimens would, for the scientists, feel like a betrayal of the past two decades’ worth of effort, and the thousands of miles that their imprisoned leader, Vavilov – who like many his colleagues would starve to death before the war ended, his death sentence having been commuted to two decades’ hard labour – had travelled around the world. The botanists had been faced with this ultimate and fundamental dilemma: to save a collection built to eradicate collective famine, or to use the collection to save themselves."
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In less than two weeks, we will once again be celebrating Thanksgiving. That once per year celebration of family, friends, football, and food…in some cases, lots of food!Â
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It's a mild, breezy day with a mix of sunshine and clouds. The high temperature is 61 degrees, but it feels more like 57.
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Do you remember watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, ogling Elvis as he gyrated his hips, or Mick Jagger as he frowned while singing “Let’s spend some time together”?Â
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New Hampshire’s advanced manufacturing job growth has increased since 2017, bucking a regional downward trend, but more coordination on workforce training is needed to grow the industry to its full potential, a report released by the Department of Business and Economic Affairs found.
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Tom Puskarich who operates Restoration Café at 235 Hanover St., said one of the unintended consequences of the city’s decision to prevent the homeless from camping in city parks and on sidewalks is that they are gravitating to areas where they are vacant, privately owned buildings. And that, he said, has affected his business.
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State agencies submitted their budget requests at the beginning of October, offering insights into the results of the first phase in the State Budget process, as well as into the needs State agencies have identified to fulfill their missions.
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Stop by Brady Sullivan Plaza Monday for a 50th Anniversary celebration of the Brady Sullivan Plaza and the Grand Opening of The Residence at 1000 Elm.
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