tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56276469226806513022024-02-07T04:07:18.452-08:00RAPSU BLOGDavid Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.comBlogger865125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-10898983916153410962016-03-04T07:39:00.000-08:002016-03-04T07:39:05.403-08:00<b>Check out Artsy's <a href="https://www.artsy.net/artist/edgar-degas" target="_blank">Edgar Degas</a> page.</b><br />
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<b>douce \doos\, adjective:</b><br />
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<b>“So should I have been, in my interview with Sir Thomas— how shall I put it— more douce?”</b><br />
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<b>Port Glasgow is to the east of Greenock, Gourock to the west. The latter town combines a douce middle-class residential area and a Ken MacLeod.</b><br />
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<b>Douce comes from the French word of the same spelling meaning "sweet." It became widely used in English after it was used in the Chanson of Roland, a epic poem written about Charlemagne.</b><br />
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David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-24401992093834154402012-09-04T15:43:00.002-07:002012-09-04T15:43:45.019-07:00World's Smallest Bicycle in Action<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SSkBRskWdzs" width="420"></iframe>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-26126729116415210832012-08-31T08:15:00.000-07:002012-08-31T08:15:48.984-07:00Changing our tune on Exercise<b>“Exercise has to be portrayed as a compelling behavior that can benefit us today.”</b><br />
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<b>Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.</b><br />
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</b> David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-23367228992317782472012-01-16T08:03:00.000-08:002012-01-16T08:03:24.308-08:00The North Plan: Review<b>'<a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2012/01/the_north_plan_review_at_portl.html" target="_blank">The North Plan' review</a>: At <a href="http://www.pcs.org/north-plan/" target="_blank">Portland Center Stage</a>, the revolution is a laugh riot</b><br />
<b>Published: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 4:10 PM </b><br />
<b>By Marty Hughley, The Oregonian </b><br />
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<b>The revolution will not be televised. But it will have a soundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd. </b><br />
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<b>So just as well for this humble movement to begin in humble surroundings -- such as a police station in the tiny (and fictional) Southern Missouri town of Lodus. That’s where we meet Tanya Shepke, the most -- let’s try to be polite here -- colorful character in the<a href="http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/critics/content/playwright-jason-wells-honored-critics" target="_blank"> Jason Wells</a> play “The North Plan,” and the most unlikely political-thriller heroine you’ve ever encountered. </b><br />
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<b>The country is in turmoil, a provisional government has taken power, checkpoints have been set up on the highways and curfews have been imposed in the cities. But Tanya’s concern is a DUI she feels she doesn’t deserve. (Sure she was blasted on Long Island iced teas, but shouldn’t she get credit, she argues, for turning herself in?)</b><br />
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<b>Directed by Rose Riordan with a fine sense of timing and tension, it overcomes its rather static setting (a pair of jailhouse rooms, rendered with apt institutional efficiency by scenic designer Tony Cisek), building a headlong momentum until its sudden conclusion -- which on opening night brought the crowd to a hooting, hollering standing ovation. </b><br />
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<b>Considering that nothing less than the fate of the nation is at stake, you might expect the story’s protagonist to be renegade State Dept. staffer Carlton Berg (an amusingly undone Brian Patrick Monahan), who has stolen a database that might provide liberty’s last hope. But Tanya might be a more authentic representative of the people, and in any case Kate Eastwood Norris (pretty much unrecognizable from the prim professional woman she played here in 2009’s terrific “How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found”) portrays her in such brilliant redneck hues that she’s the clear people’s choice.</b><br />
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<b>Tanya’s profanity flows like a mountain spring, so quoting her here is pretty much impossible. But Norris gives her enough dimensions that, however outrageous, she no mere cartoon. </b><br />
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<b>While Tanya goes about her idiosyncratic way, the other characters have more rational calculations to make. Carlton expects to be shipped to some secret prison, but hopes his database can help save “the blood of millions.” The police chief (Portland veteran Tim True, disappearing into a subtle, fully realized character role) and a lowly administrative officer (the endearing Ashley Everage) have to decide whether to stick their necks out for motormouth prisoners or just pray the new government won’t be so bad. </b><br />
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Dark; gloomy.<br /><br /></span></div></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><div class="origin"><span style="font-size:130%;">Origin:<i> Tenebrous</i> derives from Latin <i>tenebrosus</i>, from <i>tenebrae</i>, "darkness."<br /><br /></span></div></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><div class="quote"><span style="font-size:130%;">And lurking behind our every move is the knowledge of our own mortality. It gives life its edgy disquiet, its <strong>tenebrous</strong> underside.<br /><br /></span></div> <div class="au_src"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;">-- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Kennedy_%28writer%29">Douglas Kennedy</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-essay-sudden-death-1104004.html">"Sudden death", <cite>Independent</cite>, June 3, 1999</a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncRgxakYAb0ON_G34ntLIwGpDRetBpkJgHHyQseq9HX1Wa-N75QdXK2FTIyCAjwJJ7eISnbHj7Xgwj3jJh8Ow6YXL3tsoU4mD9uk_DX54d2yGONuOWRrv7U4yGlA1xb4K2b4O-WoMoEQ/s1600-h/Tenebrous.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncRgxakYAb0ON_G34ntLIwGpDRetBpkJgHHyQseq9HX1Wa-N75QdXK2FTIyCAjwJJ7eISnbHj7Xgwj3jJh8Ow6YXL3tsoU4mD9uk_DX54d2yGONuOWRrv7U4yGlA1xb4K2b4O-WoMoEQ/s400/Tenebrous.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398397658725605474" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div></div></div><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-10890601511843001732009-10-30T08:34:00.001-07:002009-10-30T08:41:01.109-07:00Iran's National Poet Speaks Out On Recent Events In Her Country<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; width: 400px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSdF5KCuxy8&feature=player_embedded" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">www.youtube.com</a></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Iran's National Poet Speaks Out On Recent Events In Her Country<br /><br /></span></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simin_Behbahani">Simin Behbahani,</a> Iran's national poet, spoke with NPR's Davar Iran Ardalan from Tehran on Friday June 26th. She recites two poems inspired by the protests -- one dedicated to the people of Iran and the other dedicated to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neda_Agha-Soltan#Biography">Neda Agha-Soltan</a>, the young woman mourned around the world because her death during last Saturday's protests was viewed by millions on the Web and TV.<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wSdF5KCuxy8&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wSdF5KCuxy8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-22272306421692001582009-10-30T07:39:00.001-07:002009-10-30T07:49:25.033-07:00Invisible man<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; width: 400px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/invisible-man.shtml" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">www.hoax-slayer.com</a></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">[The] attached photographs show a man who skillfully paints himself so that he so closely resembles his surroundings that he appears to be virtually invisible. At first glance, these amazing images may appear to be the result of digital manipulation and indeed a number of self-proclaimed experts have already dismissed them as being "photoshopped".<br /><br /></span></div><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);" size="2"><img src="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/invisible-man-1.jpg" alt="Invisible Man 1" height="431" width="340" /><br /><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);" size="2"><img src="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/invisible-man-2.jpg" alt="Invisible Man 2" height="273" width="344" /><br /><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; font-size: 85%; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);"><img src="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/invisible-man-3.jpg" alt="Invisible Man 3" height="273" width="345" /><br /><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; font-size: 85%; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);"><img src="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/invisible-man-4.jpg" alt="Invisible Man 4" height="431" width="348" /><br /><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; font-size: 85%; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);"><img src="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/invisible-man-5.jpg" alt="Invisible Man 5" height="349" width="426" /><br /><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; font-size: 85%; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);"><img src="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/invisible-man-6.jpg" alt="Invisible Man 6" height="431" width="240" /><br /><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; font-size: 85%; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);"><img src="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/invisible-man-7.jpg" alt="Invisible Man 7" height="274" width="348" /><br /><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; font-size: 85%; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >However, the images are in fact genuine photographs depicting the work of clever Chinese artist <a title="Artnet - Liu Bolin" class="norm" href="http://www.artnet.com/artist/425227158/liu-bolin.html">Liu Bolin</a>. The Beijing based artist has exhibited his work around the world with shows in China, Paris, the United States and elsewhere. News.com.au <a title="'Invisible man' to wow the world" class="norm" href="http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,25952008-5014090,00.html">notes that</a> Mr Bolin is a perfectionist who can take up to ten hours to ready himself for photographs of his performances. The UK's Telegraph also reports on Mr Bolin's art, <a title="Artist uses body art to become invisible" class="norm" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5887085/Artist-uses-body-art-to-become-invisible.html">noting</a>:<br /><br />In a series of mind-boggling pictures Liu melts into any background, almost entirely invisible in front of red phone boxes, Chinese flags and even earthquake rubble.<br /><br />It means people walking by while he is carrying out his performance often have no idea he is nearby until he moves away. Liu said he wanted to show how city surroundings affected people living in them and how.<br /><br />He said the inspiration behind his work was a sense of not fitting in to modern society and as a silent protest against the Government's persecution of artists.<br /><br />Mr Bolin generally uses assistants who help to paint him in readiness for performances.<br /><br /><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b7cqsx8QgZE&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b7cqsx8QgZE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /></span></div></span></div></div></div><br /></div></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-28675339150247634712009-10-28T07:59:00.001-07:002009-10-28T08:17:00.599-07:00Book thieves beware<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; width: 400px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/10/security_returns_to_multnomah.html" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">www.oregonlive.com</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h1><span style="font-size:100%;">Security returns to Multnomah County's thief-prone library system</span></h1> <h4 style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span> <a href="http://connect.oregonlive.com/user/nhannahj/index.html">Nikole Hannah-Jones, The Oregonian</a></span> </h4> <h5 style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">October 27, 2009, 5:56PM</span></h5></div><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />For years now, stealing from the <a href="http://www.multcolib.org/">Multnomah County Library </a>has been an easy feat. You just have to pick up a book and walk out with it. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The <a href="http://www.multcolib.org/agcy/cen.html">Central Library</a> -- which holds half of the library's collection -- has had no security system since the building was renovated 13 years ago. None of the 16 branches has working security systems either, leading to hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost materials each year -- nearly $300,000 in the last six months alone. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">But book thieves beware: The days of easy pickings are almost over. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">For the past month, workers at the Central Library have been busy in the back rooms sticking little flat tags in books and CDs that officials hope will reduce the number of missing items by 40 percent or more.<br /><br /></span></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large" style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="library1.JPG" src="http://media.oregonlive.com/portland_impact/photo/library1jpg-93830e8ed21cfd67_large.jpg" /><a class="full-size-popup" target="_blank" href="http://media.oregonlive.com/portland_impact/photo/library1jpg-93830e8ed21cfd67.jpg">View full size</a><span class="byline"><br />Doug Beghtel/The Oregonian<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-center large" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="caption">Library pages Deanne Gabriel (right) and Wendy Dudelheim attach security tags to books at the Central Library in the Multnomah County system's new attempt to cut down on thefts. </span></span></div></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Multnomah County commissioners approved about $1.3 million last year from the general fund and another $1.6 million this year from a planned bond to pay for installation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Frequency_Identification">Radio Frequency Identification</a> (RFID) system at all the branches by the end of 2010. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">"We're going from security that is pretty much people watching to an automatic system that works," said Deanna Cecotti, Central Library collections administrator. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The move comes four years after a police officer discovered hundreds of stolen library CDs and DVDs at a patron's home and the public learned that staff annoyed by repeated false alarms had turned off the few security gates that existed in library branches. The discovery led to a study of library security released two years later that showed massive annual losses.<br /><br /></span></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span class="photo-breakout photo-right medium" style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="library2.JPG" src="http://media.oregonlive.com/portland_impact/photo/library2jpg-6a727fdff740aff5_medium.jpg" /><span class="byline"><br /><br />Doug Beghtel/The Oregonian</span><span class="caption"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Multnomah County Library is installing a new $2.9 million system to reduce theft and make materials handling easier in the Central Library and 16 branches. The small, flat RFID tags allow several books to be cataloged at once and will set off an alarm at new security gates if someone tries to remove an item that hasn't been checked out. </span></span></span></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />The library made security changes after that, said Cindy Gibbon, access service manager for the library, such as moving DVDs -- the items of choice for thieves -- and some other media behind counters and experimenting with locking shelves. But Gibbon said it took time to come up with the money to pay for a security program that would work systemwide and with all library materials. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">RFIDs are small devices about the size of a nametag sticker that adhere to books, CDs and the other materials. They've been gaining popularity among libraries nationwide for the last five years and have been used in libraries in Europe even longer. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The tags store and retrieve data and contain antennas that enable them to respond to radio-frequency queries. They can't be removed from items without damaging them and will trigger an alarm at the door if the item isn't checked out. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">RFIDs are favored because they're much more accurate than the magnetic strip systems often used by libraries. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">In a year, items lost from the Multnomah County Library account for about 10 percent of the system's annual materials budget. The tag project, which will cost about $155,000 a year to maintain and mark new materials, could save $238,000 a year in lost materials, according to library estimates. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">But just as important, library officials said, is that RFIDs are more efficient for both library workers and users and will save both time and money in handling books and other material. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">"We wanted to make sure that whatever we did for security would make handling easier, not harder," said Gibbon. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The library is one of the busiest in the nation, but also has among the smallest in square footage for the number of books it circulates. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">That means employees spend huge amounts of time logging books that must be transferred to, or that come in from, different branches throughout the county. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">With the current system, workers must pick up each item that comes in and scan it in. Check-out workers must touch each item twice -- once to scan it into the system, the other to demagnetize the metal strip. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The new system allows workers to scan an entire shelf at once with a hand wand. Or, they can set a stack of books on a flat scanner and the scanner will catalog the entire stack. The tags will also allow the library to put DVDs back on the shelves where patrons can get them themselves. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Checking items in and out can be 60 percent faster with RFID tags, Gibbon said. That could save another $425,000 annually in streamlined materials handling. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The library is also adding new self-checkout kiosks that will work the same for library patrons. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">"It speeds the checkout for patrons and for us," said Lucien Kress, project manager for the new system. "We handle so many items in this system and it take so much time that it can take 24 hours to get a book back on the shelf. With this system, things will go much quicker." </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">So far, the Central Library has tagged about 250,000 of its 800,000 items with a completion goal of early January. The new Kenton library will open by February with the new system and other branches coming online after. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">"This should make it harder for someone whose intention is to steal materials," Cecotti said. "And it makes us better stewards." </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/10/mailto:nhannahjones@news.oregonian.com">-- Nikole Hannah-Jones</a></span></div></div></div><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-4427858646825854452009-10-24T07:38:00.001-07:002009-10-24T07:45:42.041-07:0022@Barcelona, District of Innovation<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; width: 400px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://citiwire.net/post/1432/" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">citiwire.net</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2 class="entry-title"><span style="font-size:100%;">Industrial Graveyard To Hot Innovation Center</span></h2> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="author-name"><span style="font-size:130%;">Neal Peirce / Oct 23 2009</span></p> <div style="font-weight: bold;" class="entry-content"> <p><span style="font-size:130%;">For Release Sunday, October 25, 2009<br />© 2009 Washington Post Writers Group</span></p></div></div><hr style="margin: 2px 4px;" size="2" color="#dcdcdc"><img src="http://citiwire.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/npeirce.png" alt="Neal Peirce" height="150" width="100" /><br /><hr style="margin: 2px 4px;" size="2" color="#dcdcdc"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><br /></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona">BARCELONA</a> — How can a city resuscitate an entire depressed, old inner city district, many of its blocks marked by the skeletons of abandoned factories?<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Even more challenging–how to transform the same area into a high-powered knowledge hub that adds jobs by the thousands and draws dozens of high-powered national and international firms?</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The "free enterprise" American approach might be to bring in the bulldozers, create an industrial park that displaces the old residents, and maybe offer companies public subsidies to move in.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Not Barcelona. Ten years ago this entrepreneurial city decided to build a modern "knowledge economy" close to downtown in its old waterfront Poblenou district, once a leading cotton mill center, renaming it "<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=3&ved=0CBYQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare.net%2F22arrobabcn%2Fpresentation-22barcelona-the-innovation-district-454884&ei=ABLjSt7PEYWkswP4tImyBA&usg=AFQjCNFvgL6phBNO0CnAOTPuKMMiAUazJg&sig2=s_Zra3XFez9p-q2_84hKag">22@Barcelona, District of Innovation</a>."</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Barcelona's then-mayor, Joan Close, took the initiative. But an extraordinary political consensus–ranging all the way from the city's capitalist right wing to socialist-oriented left–came together to design 22@Barcelona and set it in motion.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Their central idea: Talent is the gold of our time, crucial to build thriving new economic clusters. Talented people (and cutting-edge firms) want lively urban environments. Instead of the isolation of corporate campuses, they're anxious to brush shoulders with other gifted people from companies, universities and the artistic realm.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">So 22@Barcelona has been consciously shaped to include attractive green spaces, restaurants and entertainment, bike lanes, and plentiful public transit both within the area and between it and greater Barcelona.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4xgwcuvnNC4&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4xgwcuvnNC4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">But to create that environment–and not force out the families and workers living there–the Barcelona politicians decided on an ingenious but highly controlled form of real estate redevelopment.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Each of the district's 100-square meter blocks–rather than individual land holdings–were made the basic unit for regeneration. Once 60 percent of landowners in any one of the 115 blocks agree to act collectively, they can–as a community–increase the value of their property by getting city permission to rebuild with greater height (more stories) than allowed in the past.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">But there's a tradeoff. In return, owners must agree to release 30 percent of their land holding for new public investment. Of that 30 percent, the city takes a third each for shared green space, for publicly subsidized housing, and for knowledge-based activity such as a technology center or university facility. The land parcels can also be exchanged across blocks–for a larger park, for example.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">One can imagine American property owners screaming "property rights" and "eminent domain abuse" at any such proposal. Not to mention another "taking": 22@'s owners are obliged to pay 50 percent of street infrastructure improvements.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">But look at what they gain, notes Josep Miquel Piqué, Barcelona's forceful CEO of 22@ operations. There's revitalized public space to lift the spirits of residents and workers. District heating and cooling, plus fiber optic connections are provided. There's actually a pneumatic underground waste disposal system (with colored bags to make recycling easy). Plus a system of underground "galleries" for cables and pipes and future needs, avoiding the need to keep digging up streets for improvements.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">And 22@ isn't shy about defining and shaping the economic environment. It's defined five top "innovation clusters" –information technology, media, design, medical devices and energy efficiency. And, says Piqué, "We are managing the ecosystem for innovation. We've grown to 1,441 companies, many international, in nine years. If we need university talent, finance, or information technology, we promote the connections to make it possible. We incite artists to work with the companies, for inspiration. We work together with the private firms, the universities, to create a critical mass to compete in the world."</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The physical result is an amazingly eclectic neighborhood. Technology centers and new apartments are cheek by jowl with old lots and housing still in transition. Government offices, television and radio studios, cultural centers, social service agencies–they're all there, and much more.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Yet Piqué claims "We don't forget the people living here beforehand. We are including social housing. We recognize residents' children as the new generation of talent we want right here. We invite students for internships in the firms, the activities we have. That's the difference between the Silicon Valley model and ours."</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">An American can't visit 22@ without wondering: Could U.S. cities ever find the left-to-right political consensus, muster the faith in a government-chartered organization with 22@-like powers, to remake our lagging neighborhoods with parallel stem-to-stern remedies and approaches?</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">For our dawning back-to-the-city era, what better? But I'm not optimistic. Barcelona-style collaboration (and trust in government) just isn't in our political DNA.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">But what if a talent-focused economic era, marked by keen global competition, <em>requires</em> intensely entrepreneurial and rule-setting city government on the 22@Barcelona model? It will be a tough shift. But we Americans can't keep saying "no" and "can't" forever.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <hr /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Neal Peirce's e-mail is <a href="http://citiwire.net/post/1432/mailto:npeirce@citistates.com">npeirce@citistates.com</a>. </span></div></div></div><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-90871366317882745572009-10-23T07:55:00.001-07:002009-10-23T08:03:21.016-07:00Autumn in Portland by June Underwood<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; width: 400px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://southeastmain.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/autumn-in-the-city/" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">southeastmain.wordpress.com</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2><a href="http://southeastmain.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/autumn-in-the-city/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Autumn in the City</span></a></h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >By <a href="http://www.juneunderwood.com/about.php">june [Underwood]</a><br /><br /></span> </div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;" class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p><span style="font-size:130%;">When I read <a href="http://andsewitgoes.blogspot.com/2009/10/annual-autumn-color-edition.html">Terry Grant's post</a> about the gorgeous fall we've been having in Portland, Oregon, I almost just sent you to her site. She stole my fire — and my blog post idea, too. Not that that's so surprising; we do live in the same place, after all.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:130%;">But then I looked at my photos and decided that all was not lost. I take different photos of fall than Terry does, even though I have equal amounts of abject adoration of its colors:</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><img src="http://southeastmain.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/cityfall1.jpg?w=400&h=533" alt="CityFall1" height="533" width="400" /></span><br /></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">This looks like the usual fall color photo — with the addition of the bike, the fire hydrant, cars, and utility wires. But aren't those grasses yummy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><img src="http://southeastmain.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/cityfall2.jpg?w=450&h=330" alt="cityFall2" height="330" width="450" /></span><br /></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Even when Hawthorne fills the camera's screen with debris, there's still no denying the advent of the color.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><img src="http://southeastmain.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/cityfall5.jpg?w=450&h=338" alt="cityFall5" height="338" width="450" /></span><br /></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">And southeast Grand Avenue's bars can't match the maple across the street.</span></p></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />I have a couple more that I couldn't resist, but I'll put them in the continuum. I wouldn't want to show Terry up <snort> <em><strong>June<br /><br /></strong></em></span></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><img src="http://southeastmain.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/cityfall4.jpg?w=400&h=533" alt="cityFall4" height="533" width="400" /></span><br /></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><img src="http://southeastmain.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/cityfall3.jpg?w=400&h=533" alt="cityFall3" height="533" width="400" /></span><br /></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">I was particularly fond of the one above, particularly as I had just been complimented on my photo processes a moment before, when I took this next one:</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><img src="http://southeastmain.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/cityfall7.jpg?w=450&h=338" alt="cityFall7" height="338" width="450" /></span><br /></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;color:#dcdcdc;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">This one is nice, but there's something very zen about the glimpse of beauty amidst the debris of the quotidian — telephone poles, posters for rock bands, graffiti on the back of a walk light — and a blaze of oak leaves.</span></p></div></div></div><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-65757490745807870192009-10-23T07:18:00.000-07:002009-10-23T07:48:51.617-07:00Portland Opera's next production: Orphée by Philip Glass<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWOtK8PFCtCENz81f9tiIKrcg1LUBNuSERk4WoW-gN5CneYcLClT-hWd_6UlJdtUcoCVT4Tt-Tf9I4dyTeQi6kdEHrvlm86JTLsJN8EjwINq5TAPYoBZr5k0z-BAs0k9ymba55FfWGUY/s1600-h/Orphee.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWOtK8PFCtCENz81f9tiIKrcg1LUBNuSERk4WoW-gN5CneYcLClT-hWd_6UlJdtUcoCVT4Tt-Tf9I4dyTeQi6kdEHrvlm86JTLsJN8EjwINq5TAPYoBZr5k0z-BAs0k9ymba55FfWGUY/s400/Orphee.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395803304823217010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z4q1NJBoDrc&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z4q1NJBoDrc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/21/arts/review-opera-glass-s-orphee-built-on-cocteau-s.html">Orphée </a>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass#Symphonies.2C_opera.2C_and_concerti_.281997-2004.29">Philip Glass</a> Events in Portland<br /><br />"Northwest Previews" Tune in for an in-depth preview of Orphée. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >October 29 | 6pm <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yfkacak">All Classical</a> 89.9 fm </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >We're also happy to point you to YouTube where you can meet the man, kind of in person: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yjq6qdt">A preview of Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts</a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >This one <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yhqv2sf">features Philip Glass</a> talking about how he approaches writing music.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >An interview and concert with Philip Glass: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yf95fxb">In Conversation: Philip Glass and Tim Page</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Opera Appreciation Lecture Explore the history and culture surrounding Orphée. Lecture presented by Portland State University </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >October 31 | 2pm Portland State University Tickets: 503-725-4832 or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yz75cuf">online</a> $20 general $7.50 students </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Orphée Preview Enjoy a lively, 50-minute sneak peek of Orphée featuring the Portland Opera Studio Artists. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >November 1 | 2pm Multnomah County Central Library FREE! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Creativity and Collaboration: An Evening with Philip Glass </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Philip Glass will present an animated exploration of artistic collaboration, featuring film clips, live piano selections, and lively discussion. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >You also have the chance to meet Philip Glass at a post-event reception!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >November 3 | 7:00pm</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Portland Art Museum, Kridell Ballroom, 1219 SW Park Ave. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Event: $20 Portland Opera Subscriber, $25 General <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yl58h4w">Online</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Event and Reception w/ Philip Glass: $75 <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yl58h4w">Online </a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >or call the Portland Opera Box Office at 503-241-1802</span><br /><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-82985777100199801422009-10-22T10:03:00.000-07:002009-10-22T10:04:58.061-07:00Beam me up, Scotty<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ELY8P5PWNo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ELY8P5PWNo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-91361891173530885162009-10-22T09:35:00.001-07:002009-10-22T09:52:25.441-07:00Climate Change<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; width: 400px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114029917" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">www.npr.org</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h1><span style="font-size:100%;">Innovative 'Times' Reporter Draws Limbaugh's Ire</span></h1><div style="font-weight: bold;" class="storylocation" id="storybyline"><div id="res114030029" class="bucketwrap byline"><p class="byline"><span style="font-size:130%;">by <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4459112"><span>David Folkenflik</span></a></span></p><p class="byline"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4459112"><span><br /></span></a></span></p></div></div></div><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">October 22, 2009</span></div><hr style="margin: 2px 4px;" size="2" color="#dcdcdc"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><br /></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh suggested this week that perhaps climate change reporter <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/andrew_c_revkin/index.html">Andrew C. Revkin</a> of <em>The New York Times</em> should take his own life to reduce carbon emissions, if he felt it was so important to the planet's future to reduce them.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">"If he really thinks that human beings, in their natural existence, are going to cause the extinction of life on Earth," Limbaugh asked, "Mr. Revkin, why don't you just go kill yourself, and help the planet by dying?"</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Limbaugh accused Revkin of being part of a radical environmentalist fringe. But those who know Revkin say he's a scrupulous journalist who's somewhat revolutionary in an altogether different aspect: the way he reports the news.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Part old-school newspaper reporter, part frenetic blogger, Revkin is curating information on the question of how the world can grow to a projected population of 9 billion people over the next 40 years with as little damage as possible.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">"My way is to say, 'What do we know? What don't we know? What can we learn? What's essentially unknowable?' And then, 'What does society do with that body of information that's left'?" Revkin says.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Revkin's first long article on climate change appeared in <em>Discover</em> magazine 21 years ago. His blog, <a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/author/andrew-c-revkin/">Dot Earth</a>, is just two years old, an outgrowth of earlier online reports he filed while on extended reporting trips to the North Pole and Greenland.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">On the blog, Revkin posts early versions of his own reporting, excerpts of stories from other news outlets, links to government documents and scientific journal articles, corporate presentations and blog postings. Revkin often solicits and publishes the opinions of readers — relying on them for tips and insight, while simultaneously helping them sift through the flood of information coming their way.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">It's a new role for someone who had been a fairly conventional though distinguished print reporter.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">"It's more like being a mountain guide after an avalanche, than being the old-style, 'Here's the news, take it or leave it, thank you very much, goodnight,' " Revkin says.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">New York University journalism professor <a href="http://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu">Jay Rosen</a> says Revkin's work on Dot Earth represents an important step toward a new model for how the news business will work.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">"One day, I think all beat reporting will be done this way," Rosen says. "The pressures to be in the paper regularly, to be on the front page have kept traditional reporters from really exploring what the Web — the two-way Web, the read-write, back-and-forth nature of the Web — can do for their reporting."</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Even after all these years, the sensitive nature of the climate change debate can lead Revkin to wade into controversial areas. Sometimes he gets slapped by environmental advocates who take issue with Revkin's reporting. Former Clinton administration energy official Joe Romm, who writes the Climate Progress Blog for the left-of-center Center for American Progress, is <a href="http://climateprogress.org/2009/10/04/revkin-nonstory-uk-guardian-senate-climate-bill-copenhagen/">a frequent critic</a>.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwLAsiiOD5Alha1V4jfds-PEt3pznquLQqPWmI4Ww6t1OYbFG15bRg7k_1dud06qsxGp84WYrs8Vhkwy4jNhXuPH7P4eqyWZvnPWWQiaJBVEyQ00wSSqhXkGm15bYBPPqHZeVHGsbhqI/s1600-h/carbon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwLAsiiOD5Alha1V4jfds-PEt3pznquLQqPWmI4Ww6t1OYbFG15bRg7k_1dud06qsxGp84WYrs8Vhkwy4jNhXuPH7P4eqyWZvnPWWQiaJBVEyQ00wSSqhXkGm15bYBPPqHZeVHGsbhqI/s400/carbon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395467457509383250" border="0" /></a></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">But more often, Revkin finds himself attacked from the right. Such was the case after a recent public forum held by the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Revkin <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=55667">spoke</a> long distance by Internet videophone to the group.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">He says his remarks were intended to indicate skepticism toward the push for governments to grant financial credits for reducing carbon emissions. "Probably the single most concrete and substantive thing an American, a young American, could do to lower their carbon footprint is not turning off the lights or driving a Prius — it's having fewer kids," Revkin said.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">If the country pursues carbon-centric policies, Revkin asked, should there be financial rewards for families that have one child rather than two or three?<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">He told the audience, "Obviously it's just a thought experiment, but it raises some interesting questions."</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">By Revkin's account, those statements reverberated around the Internet — and were quickly distorted.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">"In this case, I was asking a question about population and carbon — and it got conflated with those who make strong statements about depopulating the world and that kind of thing," Revkin says.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The conservative editorial page of <em>Investors' Business Daily</em> ran a critical piece. Then the nation's top-rated radio talk show host spoke up. Limbaugh invoked the much maligned Chinese government's "one child" policy — and made pointed comparisons to jihadists and Palestinian suicide bombers.<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Revkin has received angry hate mail and telephone messages. <a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/thought-experiments-on-sex-and-death/">He wants Limbaugh to apologize</a> to the rest of his family — especially his older son, a regular Limbaugh listener who is, Revkin says, currently serving in the Israeli military.</span></p></div></div><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-4825615810214336562009-10-21T17:27:00.000-07:002009-10-21T17:32:39.981-07:00Philosophy<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diderot">Diderot </a>wrote, "All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings." </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3wH4oeFspUSsQUNSzNAtU8T9ZzRFIbgi-ZaZgoOjaiREErqHQ_eUr8Lch_NcjGQbWbnTXFcQ3vMxKKZRbvwp9HWiilzV8s8OMU6YwN0GOQvMsAmfMusr5AkZ8Nn6IAAPOmEjYeSv5xM/s1600-h/Diderot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3wH4oeFspUSsQUNSzNAtU8T9ZzRFIbgi-ZaZgoOjaiREErqHQ_eUr8Lch_NcjGQbWbnTXFcQ3vMxKKZRbvwp9HWiilzV8s8OMU6YwN0GOQvMsAmfMusr5AkZ8Nn6IAAPOmEjYeSv5xM/s400/Diderot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395215462936864946" border="0" /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Click to Enlarge.</span></a><br /></div><br /><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-25034221788858719952009-10-21T16:58:00.000-07:002009-10-21T17:06:45.139-07:00Now playing in Portland: A Serious Man<object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tcUTv3LH3ss&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tcUTv3LH3ss&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Tzadik: one whose merit surpasses his iniquity.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-5915969385590440722009-10-21T10:01:00.001-07:002009-10-21T10:17:01.776-07:002009 H1N1 (Swine) Flu in Humans<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; width: 400px; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;font-family:arial;font-size:12px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">www.cdc.gov</a></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;">2009 H1N1 Flu in Humans<br /><br /></span><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>How does 2009 H1N1 virus spread?<br /><br /></strong> Spread of 2009 H1N1 virus is thought to occur in the same way that seasonal flu spreads. Flu viruses are spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing by people with influenza. Sometimes people may become infected by touching something – such as a surface or object – with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose.<br /><br /></span> <hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>How long can an infected person spread this virus to others?<br /><br /></strong> People infected with seasonal and 2009 H1N1 flu shed virus and may be able to infect others from 1 day before getting sick to 5 to 7 days after. This can be longer in some people, especially children and people with weakened immune systems and in people infected with the new H1N1 virus.</span><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><h2 id="d"><span style="font-size:130%;">Prevention & Treatment</span></h2> <p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><strong>What can I do to protect myself from getting sick?</strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"> <br />This season, there is a <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/">seasonal flu vaccine</a> to protect against seasonal flu viruses and a <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/">2009 H1N1 vaccine </a>to protect against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (sometimes called "swine flu"). <span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><br />A flu vaccine is the first and most important step in protecting against flu infection. </span><br /><br />For information about the 2009 H1N1 vaccines, visit <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/">H1N1 Flu Vaccination Resources</a>. For information about seasonal influenza vaccines, visit <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/">Preventing Seasonal Flu With Vaccination</a>.</span><br /> <span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />There are also everyday actions that can help prevent the spread of germs that cause respiratory illnesses like the flu.</span> <p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Take these everyday steps to protect your health:</strong></span> </p> <p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:130%;">Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm#antibacterial">*</a></span> </li> <li><span style="font-size:130%;">Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:130%;">Try to avoid close contact with sick people.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:130%;">If you are sick with flu-like illness, <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance/exclusion.htm">CDC recommends that you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone</a> except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.) Keep away from others as much as possible to keep from making others sick.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Other important actions that you can take are:</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li><span style="font-size:130%;">Follow public health advice regarding school closures, avoiding crowds and other social distancing measures.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:130%;"> Be prepared in case you get sick and need to stay home for a week or so; a supply of over-the-counter medicines, alcohol-based hand rubs <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5627646922680651302&postID=591596938559044072#antibacterial">* </a> (for when soap and water are not available), tissues and other related items could help you to avoid the need to make trips out in public while you are sick and contagious. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></li></ul><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><img src="http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/images/H1N1_fluyou03.jpg" alt="Photo of man sneezing" height="155" width="210" /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:UhLO2zi9QI0J:www.molokaiadvertiser-news.com/MAN_9-2-09_.pdf+Dr.+Vinay+Goyal+correct&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">74.125.155.132</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a href="http://www.aiims.ac.in/aiims/departments/spcenter/nsc/neurology/vinay-g.htm">Dr. Vinay Goyal</a> is a renowned doctor who visited last week to lecture on the topic H1N1 (SWINE FLU), its origin and precautions. To summarize, Dr. Goyal reported that virus H1N1, like other Influenza A viruses, only infects the upper respiratory tract and proliferates only there. The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/ throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible not coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all pre- cautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is. Will a face mask protect? What most N95 respirators are designed to filter is about 95% particulates of 0.3, while the size of H1N1 virus is about 0.1. Hence, dependence on N95 to protect against H1N1 is like protecting against rain with an umbrella made of mosquito net.<br /><br />Tamiflu drug does not kill the virus, but it prevents H1N1 from further prolif- eration till the virus limits itself in about 1-2 weeks during the virus’ natural cycle.<br /><br />While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps not fully highlighted in most official communications - can be practiced:<br /><br />1. Frequent hand-washing.<br /><br />2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach except to eat, bathe, etc.<br /><br />3. Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don't trust salt). H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/ nasal cavity to pro- liferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected person. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.<br /><br />4. Clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water, swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bring- ing down viral population.<br /><br />5. Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C, or Vitamin C tablets that contain Zinc to boost absorption.<br /><br />6. Drink as much of warm liquids as you can. Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive.<br /></span><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px;font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:UhLO2zi9QI0J:www.molokaiadvertiser-news.com/MAN_9-2-09_.pdf+Dr.+Vinay+Goyal+correct&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank"></a><br /></span><br /></div></div></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-35487186788525852422009-10-21T08:32:00.001-07:002009-10-21T08:40:39.144-07:00Portland Views<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; width: 400px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?PropertyID=105&action=ViewPark" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">www.portlandonline.com</a></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Four pieces of public art, created by <a href="http://www.rhizaaplusd.com/studio/press/rigga-the-independents/">RIGGA</a> - a group of local artists, are featured between the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrison_Bridge">Morrison Bridge</a> and the floating walkway [of the <a href="http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?PropertyID=105&action=ViewPark">Eastside Esplanade</a>.]<br /><br /></span></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The <i>Alluvial Wall</i>, clings to a concrete retaining wall and echoes the natural shape of the river before Portland was Portland. It alludes to the interwoven layers of the river's pre-industrial geology and human artifacts; an amalgam of sedimentation and erosion formed of cold-forged steel plate with bronze castings lodged between its layers.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg675bNikAsVNsGuRBHlwvPjRYYBSogwSkvw6YZ5f84KZei-2jtLOJ7cdnyfSSPtzRlVS67jX4yCQmFBi6qDYPi2ey0SBPRTX56Gc2GLWnWBGTMe2I_RVsm9t2FvvNqhaIC-90hOD_1PJY/s1600-h/Sculpture+along+East+Side+Esplanade.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg675bNikAsVNsGuRBHlwvPjRYYBSogwSkvw6YZ5f84KZei-2jtLOJ7cdnyfSSPtzRlVS67jX4yCQmFBi6qDYPi2ey0SBPRTX56Gc2GLWnWBGTMe2I_RVsm9t2FvvNqhaIC-90hOD_1PJY/s400/Sculpture+along+East+Side+Esplanade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395077090817859474" border="0" />Click to Enlarge</a><br /></div></div></div></div><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-89635724338580912702009-10-20T09:02:00.001-07:002009-10-20T09:27:24.310-07:00National Chemistry Week<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; width: 400px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://chemistry.about.com/b/2009/10/18/national-chemistry-week-elements-in-the-human-body.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">chemistry.about.com</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h1><span style="font-size:100%;">National Chemistry Week - Elements in the Human Body</span></h1> <div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;" class="date"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sunday October 18, 2009<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Today marks the start of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=1033&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=ec6db32c-2e40-4772-8d5a-c9a052fcfca1" target="Netscape582">National Chemistry Week</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">, an ACS-sponsored event designed to help foster an interest and understanding of chemistry. This year's focus is on the elements, so I thought the best way to kick off National Chemistry Week would be to introduce the elements found in the human body. 99% of the human body is made up of just six elements.<br /><br /><a href="http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/journal/issues/2009/Oct/abs1163.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">clipped from jchemed.chem.wisc.edu </span></a><br />What could be more central to the study of chemistry than the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table">periodic table of the elements</a>? It combines all of the known elements into a tabular form, arranged by atomic number, grouping elements together by similarities in their chemical properties. "Chemistry—It's Elemental" is exactly what this year's National Chemistry Week is celebrating—and it is no accident that this is the 140th anniversary of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendeleev">Mendeleev</a>'s periodic table.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://chemistry.about.com/b/2009/10/18/national-chemistry-week-elements-in-the-human-body.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">chemistry.about.com</a></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Most of the human body is made up of water, H2O, with cells consisting of 65-90% water by weight. Therefore, it isn't surprising that most of a human body's mass is oxygen. Carbon, the basic unit for organic molecules, comes in second. 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of just six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus.<br /></span><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><p> </p><ol> <li><span style="font-size:130%;">Oxygen (65%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Carbon (18%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Hydrogen (10%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Nitrogen (3%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Calcium (1.5%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Phosphorus (1.0%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Potassium (0.35%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Sulfur (0.25%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Sodium (0.15%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Magnesium (0.05%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Copper, Zinc, Selenium, Molybdenum, Fluorine, Chlorine, Iodine, Manganese, Cobalt, Iron (0.70%) </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Lithium, Strontium, Aluminum, Silicon, Lead, Vanadium, Arsenic, Bromine (trace amounts) </span></li></ol></div><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div id="ssimg"><q><a title="View Full-Size" target="_blank" href="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/z/P/oxygen.gif"><img alt="Liquid oxygen is blue." src="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/z/P/oxygen.gif" class="photo" /></a></q><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="caption"><span style="font-size:130%;">Liquid oxygen in an unsilvered dewar flask. Liquid oxygen is blue.</span></p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><cite>Warwick Hillier, Australia National University, Canberra</cite></span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px;"><a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/ig/Elements-in-the-Human-Body/Carbon.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div id="ssimg"><q><a title="View Full-Size" target="_blank" href="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/X/6/graphite.jpg"><img alt="Photograph of graphite, one of the forms of elemental carbon." src="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/X/6/graphite.jpg" class="photo" /></a></q><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="caption"><span style="font-size:130%;">Photograph of graphite, one of the forms of elemental carbon.</span></p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><cite>U.S. Geological Survey</cite></span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px;"><a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/ig/Elements-in-the-Human-Body/Hydrogen.--WD.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div id="ssimg"><q><a title="View Full-Size" target="_blank" href="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/u/P/hydrogen.jpg"><img alt="NGC 604, a region of ionized hydrogen in the Triangulum Galaxy." src="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/u/P/hydrogen.jpg" class="photo" /></a></q><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="caption"><span style="font-size:130%;">NGC 604, a region of ionized hydrogen in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulum_Galaxy">Triangulum Galaxy</a>.</span></p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><cite>Hubble Space Telescope, photo PR96-27B</cite></span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px; font-weight: bold;font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/ig/Elements-in-the-Human-Body/Nitrogen.--WG.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><div id="ssimg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><q><a title="View Full-Size" target="_blank" href="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/y/P/nitrogen.jpg"><img alt="Image of solid, liquid, and gaseous nitrogen." src="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/y/P/nitrogen.jpg" class="photo" /></a></q></span><p class="caption"><span style="font-size:130%;">Image of solid, liquid, and gaseous nitrogen.</span></p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndbzw60fiYU"><span style="font-size:130%;"><cite>chemdude1, YouTube.com</cite></span></a></div></div><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px; font-weight: bold;font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/ig/Elements-in-the-Human-Body/Calcium.--WM.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><div id="ssimg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><q><a title="View Full-Size" target="_blank" href="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/w/3/1/Calcium_1.jpg"><img alt="Calcium is a metal." src="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/w/3/1/Calcium_1.jpg" class="photo" /></a></q></span><p class="caption"><span style="font-size:130%;">Calcium is a metal. It readily oxidizes in air. Because it makes up such a large part of the skeleton, about one-third of the mass of human body comes from calcium, after water has been removed.</span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><cite>Tomihahndorf, Creative Commons License</cite></span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px; font-weight: bold;font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/ig/Elements-in-the-Human-Body/Phosphorus.--WY.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><div id="ssimg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><q><a title="View Full-Size" target="_blank" href="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/4/Q/phosphorus.jpg"><img alt="Red phosphorus is one of several forms taken by this element." src="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/4/Q/phosphorus.jpg" class="photo" /></a></q></span><p class="caption"><span style="font-size:130%;">Red phosphorus is one of several forms taken by this element.</span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><cite>RTC, wikipedia.org</cite></span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px; font-weight: bold;font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/ig/Elements-in-the-Human-Body/Potassium.--Wa.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><div id="ssimg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><q><a title="View Full-Size" target="_blank" href="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/8/Q/potassium.jpg"><img alt="Chunk of potassium metal with peroxides/superoxides and ozonide on its surface." src="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/8/Q/potassium.jpg" class="photo" /></a></q></span><p class="caption"><span style="font-size:130%;">Chunk of potassium metal with peroxides/superoxides (yellow crystals) and ozonide (red coloring) on its surface</span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><cite>Justin Urgitis, www.wikipedia.org</cite></span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px; font-weight: bold;font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/ig/Elements-in-the-Human-Body/Sodium.--Wj.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><div id="ssimg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><q><a title="View Full-Size" target="_blank" href="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/2/Q/sodium.jpg"><img alt="Sodium metal chunks under mineral oil." src="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/2/Q/sodium.jpg" class="photo" /></a></q></span><p class="caption"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sodium metal chunks under mineral oil.</span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><cite>Justin Urgitis, wikipedia.org</cite></span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid; 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height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><cite>Ben Mills</cite></span></div><hr style="margin: 2px 4px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><div class="desc"><span style="font-size:130%;">Chlorine is a part of hydrochloric acid, used to digest food. It is involved in proper cell membrane function.</span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px; font-weight: bold;font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/ig/Elements-in-the-Human-Body/Magnesium.--Wg.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><div id="ssimg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><q><a title="View Full-Size" target="_blank" href="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/b/6/magnesium.jpg"><img alt="Photograph of the element magnesium, with a penny to indicate size of the sample." src="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/b/6/magnesium.jpg" class="photo" /></a></q></span><p class="caption"><span style="font-size:130%;">Photograph of the element magnesium, with a penny to indicate size of the sample.</span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><cite>U.S. Geological Survey</cite></span></div></div><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: 8px; font-weight: bold;font-size:11px;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://chemistry.about.com/od/periodictableelements/ig/Elements-in-the-Human-Body/Sulfur.--WS.htm" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"><div id="ssimg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><q><a title="View Full-Size" target="_blank" href="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/6/R/sulfur1.jpg"><img alt="Crystals of the nonmetallic element sulfur." src="http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/6/R/sulfur1.jpg" class="photo" /></a></q></span><p class="caption"><span style="font-size:130%;">Crystals of the nonmetallic element sulfur.</span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><cite>Smithsonian Institution</cite></span></div></div></div></div><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-30384428394661228792009-10-19T15:16:00.000-07:002009-10-19T15:27:18.947-07:00Drawing<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >To watch this image emerge <a href="http://fcmx.net/vec/v.php?i=030328">Click Here.</a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8wPtgNuLQpBhFJOSzwqd8PkPy3R7HRScxHaKN_yZY4WevPzCQYtAqKMQdX9kYlWe1QuwK9PEObNPa6iEcQxjuHcAov3t5nfr0ro6Tsotu1r7iPlh-JMs_KrsW6J3wWY0FNEul8j56wM/s1600-h/Viloin3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">writersalmanac.publicradio.org</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="episode_title"><h2><span style="font-size:100%;">Autumn Waiting</span></h2> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="author"><span style="font-size:130%;">by <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=fGIJN56SoEgC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=%22looking+into+the+weather%22+hennen&source=bl&ots=18ZeI2pTz0&sig=zokWi1CsQk-OmxNk39e5-crDXWs&hl=en&ei=6TjbSuCDNIniswOCseyxCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22looking%20into%20the%20weather%22%20hennen&f=false">Tom Hennen</a></span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: bold;" class="work"> <p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Cold wind.<br />The day is waiting for winter<br />Without a sound.<br />Everything is waiting—<br />Broken-down cars in the dead weeds.<br />The weeds themselves.<br />Trees.<br />Even sunlight<br />Is in no hurry and stays<br />For a long time<br />On each cornstalk.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="author"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lioOPBsHsSHOpiSQj2yopWl-W37aw1zZ9c8kC37LFoQFScF8dWlFBFtcOZLxkr0i-I9OgpTwNipmV93SKvoDiTqDp8nxgtRg-DHSU6xhyr-XlGvXwdgXT-Gou_6eo3B6EB93Jz2OkLM/s1600-h/un-dried-corn-stalks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lioOPBsHsSHOpiSQj2yopWl-W37aw1zZ9c8kC37LFoQFScF8dWlFBFtcOZLxkr0i-I9OgpTwNipmV93SKvoDiTqDp8nxgtRg-DHSU6xhyr-XlGvXwdgXT-Gou_6eo3B6EB93Jz2OkLM/s400/un-dried-corn-stalks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394002223087515218" border="0" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">Blackbirds are silent<br />And sit in piles.<br />From a distance<br />They look like<br />Something<br />Spilled on the road.<br /></span></p> <p class="author"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p class="author"><span style="font-size:130%;">"Autumn Waiting" by Tom Hennen, from <em>Looking into the Weather</em>. © Westerheim Press, 1983.</span></p></div></div></div></div><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-39835462887267536782009-10-18T07:46:00.001-07:002009-10-18T08:14:39.215-07:00Two more nights to experience this great concert<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; width: 400px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://tickets.orsymphony.org/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=986" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">tickets.orsymphony.org</a></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span class="huge c1" id="ctl00_mainContent_lbl_title" style="font-size:130%;">[Do you like classical? Do you like jazz? Hear <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_Gerstein">Kirill Gerstein</a> perform <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein">Bernstein</a>. He is performing tonight 10/18/09 and tomorrow night 10/19/09 at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Schnitzer_Concert_Hall">Schnitzer</a>.]<br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Bach! … Beethoven! … Bernstein? It's an updated version of music's "Three Bs," featuring the first Oregon Symphony performance ever of Leonard Bernstein's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_%28Bernstein%29">Symphony No. 2</a>, [The Age of Anxiety] with Portland audience favorite Kirill Gerstein at the piano.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITkTKAkJxGtjTgydhPtd6BA4omwbrxc7eziHCixSBsWOnIgAmXj6Dbvb7L-O-HTdASAH0S_tuEdraYw9lPXqeNo9ShPxV81B4mqcqQP6Gp1uYzY7J2zeecvSdzcbphAehTphGIcRModY/s1600-h/Gerstein,Kirill_Kirill%2BGerstein_4260034863231.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITkTKAkJxGtjTgydhPtd6BA4omwbrxc7eziHCixSBsWOnIgAmXj6Dbvb7L-O-HTdASAH0S_tuEdraYw9lPXqeNo9ShPxV81B4mqcqQP6Gp1uYzY7J2zeecvSdzcbphAehTphGIcRModY/s400/Gerstein,Kirill_Kirill%2BGerstein_4260034863231.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393955686610812914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><hr style="margin: 2px 0px; height: 4px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 220, 220);font-size:85%;" ><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.orsymphony.org/orchestra/conductors/kalmar.aspx"><br /></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.orsymphony.org/orchestra/conductors/kalmar.aspx"><br /></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.orsymphony.org/orchestra/conductors/kalmar.aspx"><br /></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.orsymphony.org/orchestra/conductors/kalmar.aspx"><br /></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.orsymphony.org/orchestra/conductors/kalmar.aspx"><br /></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.orsymphony.org/orchestra/conductors/kalmar.aspx"><br /></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.orsymphony.org/orchestra/conductors/kalmar.aspx"><br /></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.orsymphony.org/orchestra/conductors/kalmar.aspx">Carlos Kalmar</a>, </strong>conductor<br /><strong><a href="http://www.orsymphony.org/bios/guestartists/gerstein.aspx">Kirill Gerstein</a>, </strong>piano</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> Bach:</strong> Orchestral Suite No. 4<br /><strong> Bernstein:</strong> Symphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, "The Age of Anxiety"<br /><strong> Beethoven:</strong> Symphony No. 7<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">[Watch Kirill Gerstein in action performing Rachmaninoff at another venue.]</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jrlQh3Ii9Ts&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jrlQh3Ii9Ts&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /></span></p></div></div></div><br /></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627646922680651302.post-23426683697514043752009-10-17T09:25:00.001-07:002009-10-17T09:32:30.101-07:00Beer and molasses tsunamis<div style="padding: 2px 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; width: 400px;"><div style="border: 3px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin: 4px 10px 30px; padding: 6px 10px 10px;"><div style=""><div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; padding: 3px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 20px; vertical-align: middle; margin-bottom: 8px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle;" border="0" height="19" width="19" /> clipped from <a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/" style="color: rgb(71, 138, 204);" target="_blank">writersalmanac.publicradio.org</a></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><p><span class="note_intro" style="font-size:130%;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood"><strong>London Beer Flood</strong></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> occurred on this day in 1814. At 6:00 on a Monday evening, a torrent of beer came rushing through the streets of the St. Giles district of London.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:130%;">It started at the Horse Shoe Brewery at Tottenham Court and Oxford Street, where there were huge vats of porter perched on top of the roof. They contained beer, which had been fermenting right there for months. The wooden vats were enormous — some as tall as 22 feet — and were structurally supported by large iron hoops, dozens of them. They sat on the roof of the Meux Brewing Company, each of them containing hundreds of thousands of liters of beer.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:130%;">The largest vat had started to strain under the weight and pressure of all that porter, and on this day, around 6:00 p.m., one of the iron hoops gave way and all the porter in the 22-foot-tall vat came gushing out. There were about 600,000 liters of beer in there, and when the vat burst and all that beer came exploding out, there was a chain reaction and the surrounding vats on the roof also burst. More than a million liters of beer toppled the brewery's brick wall (it was 25 feet tall) and began flooding the streets of St. Giles.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5V2ULT_gCTI0d-DcfaqU5ree_o3XGr0q3FghyGUZ79k2_xJtUCe_f_9Ya8h2i-2T7hic8YGsJ2ek8bhg6Ed-DqfewaG3FiEnI1iNUqgnWohNm6Kvv2Gt_YxT1IPCW1guKdrb2r3o1Dhw/s1600-h/beer-flood-456bb072808_001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5V2ULT_gCTI0d-DcfaqU5ree_o3XGr0q3FghyGUZ79k2_xJtUCe_f_9Ya8h2i-2T7hic8YGsJ2ek8bhg6Ed-DqfewaG3FiEnI1iNUqgnWohNm6Kvv2Gt_YxT1IPCW1guKdrb2r3o1Dhw/s400/beer-flood-456bb072808_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393606858902004050" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p> <p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;">People came out onto the streets of St. Giles with mugs and buckets and pots and pans to collect the free beer; others leaned over and drank directly from the streams gushing down the streets. But many people were injured by the torrent and sent to the hospital, where inpatients smelled the beer and nearly rioted to get their share.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:130%;">Nine people died. About half were children who drowned or sustained fatal injuries from the flood, which had also crushed the roofs of buildings near the brewery, adding heavy timber to the gushing rivers of beer. One man died a few days after the flood from alcohol poisoning. Trying to prevent all of it from going to waste, he had drunk a lot of beer in the span of a few days. People brought a lawsuit against the Meux & Company Brewery, but in court the flood was ruled an Act of God, and the brewery was not held legally responsible.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:130%;">In 1919 there was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_molasses_flood">molasses flood</a> in Boston, Massachusetts, after a massive tank of molasses crumpled and burst. The molasses flood destroyed houses and trains and killed 21 people.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXrrbTehLIo0ZI4IE39V-yDrYmjCjOIg6OGd1Ll9an4yFgx3y2yERfL844uuCD5it-LbWOoGoK_AKSD_u2hz4-12fDG54ms0Mflk7PbauDLxVYtWNnd7pBkMgZ1AbQ6QN2v1rqTHdpwE/s1600-h/BostonMolassesDisaster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXrrbTehLIo0ZI4IE39V-yDrYmjCjOIg6OGd1Ll9an4yFgx3y2yERfL844uuCD5it-LbWOoGoK_AKSD_u2hz4-12fDG54ms0Mflk7PbauDLxVYtWNnd7pBkMgZ1AbQ6QN2v1rqTHdpwE/s400/BostonMolassesDisaster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393607592661086466" border="0" /></a></p></div></div></div></div>David Sessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14030041482087107792noreply@blogger.com0