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gleans + 2xaddenda at 7:20 PM MT, 3/22

 

 

Clinton branded 'modern McCarthy'

Ex-president "queries" Obama's patriotism.

 

 

	Wind Power in Paradise How an international team of engineers brought wind power to the Galápagos Islands
	When the Wind Blows in the Galápagos How an ambitious wind-power project is helping protect one of the most exquisitely beautiful places on Earth
	People Who Read This Article Also Read... The recommendation systems that suggest books at Amazon and movies at Netflix will soon bring you personalized news
	Eye Candy This candy cane-studded satellite is the newest element in the U.S. Global Positioning System
	Electronic Noses Sniff Success E-noses will soon be ubiquitous, thanks to printed organic semiconductors
	Behold the Flying Robots Slideshow: Whether as rescue robot or flying spy, this micro-aerial vehicle could

 

 

 

addenda #1 - DVDs

	What Happened to Kerouac?- Steve Allen DVD $12.99
	The Source- Jack Micheline DVD $12.99

The Stunt Man ~ Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, and Allen Garfield (DVD - 2001)

Tristram Shandy - A Cock and Bull Story ~ Stephen Fry, Patrick Wildgust (II), Steve Coogan, and Rob Brydon (DVD - 2006)

 

addenda #2 - Books

Leucippe and Clitophon (Oxford World's Classics) by Achilles Tatius, Helen Morales, and Tim Whitmarsh (Paperback - May 8, 2003)

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach (Hardcover - April 7, 2008)

The Making of a Sonnet: A Norton Anthology by Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland (Hardcover - Mar 31, 2008)

 

gleans + 1xaddenda at 9:15 AM MT, 3/22

 

 

'The Invention of Everything Else'

By SAMANTHA HUNT
Reviewed by LOUISA THOMAS

In this novel, a chambermaid strikes up a friendship with a guest, the dying inventor Nikola Tesla.

First Chapter

 

 

 

In Mexico, on the Lam With Ken Kesey

By LAWRENCE DOWNES

 In 1966, the Merry Prankster fled to a dead-end town in Mexico to escape a jail term. Four decades later, a journey to that same town becomes a pilgrimage in search of both the man and the myth.

Audio Slide Show: Ken Kesey's Trip to Mexico

Related Article: Three Books That Will Take You Back on the Road

 

 

 

On the Road Again: Friends and scholars recall the man behind the myth of Jack Kerouac. Compiled by Meghan O'Rourke, Slate, September 4, 2007

 

 

 

Weekend in New York | Manhattan Teahouses

Morning or Afternoon, There’s a Kettle Brewing

By SETH KUGEL

Sample a few of the dozens of vastly different corners of Manhattan that devote themselves largely, if not exclusively, to the relaxing art of tea.

New York City Travel Guide »

Where to Stay, Where to Eat and What to Do in New York City.

 

 

 

addenda

Noted practitioners of creative nonfiction include

• Norman Mailer Armies of the Night
• Jack Kerouac Jack used his actual life experiences, along with personal confessions, to influence such novels as On The Road and The Subterraneans.
• Truman Capote In Cold Blood
• Bill Bryson: writer of humorous travelogues
• Philip K. Dick VALIS Dick is noted mainly as a Science Fiction author but VALIS, chronicling a psychic or - possibly - psychotic episode is also an Autobiographical novel.
• Annie Dillard
• Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes is perhaps the most widely known work of creative nonfiction.
• Davis Miller The Tao of Muhammad Ali is the best known of a series of meditative and autobiographical works drawing heavily on fictional techniques.
• Joyce Carol Oates: On Boxing, which includes a portrait of Mike Tyson.
• P. J. O'Rourke: Holidays in Hell
• Robert Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Autobiographical novel exploring issues of philosophy.
• George Plimpton: Paper Lion
• David Sedaris
• Sebastian Junger
• John McPhee; an author whose works reflect his oft-eclectic interests including oranges, Bill Bradley and Alaska.
• Tom Wolfe Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
• Richard Rodriguez: a writer often specializing in issues of sensitivity - race, ethnicity, and sexuality.
• Joan Didion
• Gay Talese: "Frank Sinatra Has A Cold", one of the finest examples of journalistic nonfiction.
• Susan Orlean: The Orchid Thief
• David Eggers: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
• Chuck Klosterman: Fargo Rock City, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto and Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
• Hunter S. Thompson:: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hell's Angels
• Dinty W. Moore: editor of Brevity [1] and author of "The Accidental Buddhist."
• Derrick Jensen: Endgame, A Language Older Than Words

 

gleans at 1:05 AM MT, 3/22

Hospital patients with a view of trees have shorter stays and need less pain medication than those without. Virginia Postrel on the patient’s environment... more»

Hopes for Wireless Cities Fade as Internet Providers Pull Out By IAN URBINA  Plans for municipal Wi-Fi grids have been tripped up by unrealistic ambitions and technological glitches.

Obama struggles to limit damage in row as white voters slip away Latest poll in Pennsylvania by Public Policy Polling puts Clinton on 56% and Obama on 30%

• Investigation call after passport files breached
• Leader: Language lessons
• Graphic: Latest poll in Pennsylvania

 

gleans at 5:05 PM MT, 3/21

 

 

Hospital confirms first UK case of extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis

Virulent form of 'white death' can only be spread through close and prolonged contact

Graphic: Tuberculosis

 

 

I wasn't born in 1968 - but I yearn for its dizzying spirit

John Harris: Evaluating the Prague Spring or Tet offensive is one thing, but the demise of the left-utopian soul is truly a theme for our times

 

 

The dazzling walls of medieval England deserve a bold restorer

Simon Jenkins: These enigmatic church murals were once the national gallery. Art conservation must bring them back to brilliant life

 

 

The wow factor

Women's websites offering intelligent content are booming. Viv Groskop reports 

 

 

 

 

Panama's hottest secret

If you're looking to get ahead of the game, Panama City's Casco Viejo is as up-and-coming as it gets

 

 

 

Paris Hilton? She's a great actress!

 

 

 

10 things you didn't know about Easter

 

 

 

The Spiderwick Chronicles

 

 

 

addenda - a very short list of computer books - all with an IBM flavor

• A Business and Its Beliefs: The Ideas That Helped Build IBM – Watson (Jr.)
• A Handbook of Software and Systems Engineering – Endres and Rombach
• And Tomorrow…the World -- Rex Malik [not reliable but fun]
• Automatic Data Processing [IBM 650 edition] – Brooks and Iverson
• Building IBM: Shaping an Industry and Its Technology -- Emerson W. Pugh [best IBM history book]
• Coded Character Sets: History and Development – MacKenzie
• Computer Establishment, The -- Katherine Fishman [fun and I think reliable]
• Design & Memory -- Huyck and Kremenak
• Father, Son & Co: My Life at IBM and Beyond – Watson (Jr.)
• IBM System/38 Technical Developments (1978 IBM General Systems Division) – ISBN – 0-933186-00-2
• IBM’s 360 and Early 370 Systems -- Emerson W. Pugh, Lyle R. Johnson, and John H. Palmer
• IBM’s Early Computers -- Charles J. Bashe, Lyle R. Johnson, John H. Palmer, Emerson W. Pugh
• Inside IBM - Maisonrouge
• Inside IBM: The Watson Years -- William W. Simmons [well worth reading – full of flavor]
• Maverick and His Machine, The - Maney  (mandatory)
• Mythical Man Month, The - Brooks
• Romance Division…a Different Side of IBM, The -- Deloca and Kalow
• SAGE Air Defense System, The – Jacobs
• Story of Magic, The – Rowlett
• Sun Never Sets on IBM, The -- Foy

NB #1 – for a list of books on various aspects of computer history, see List of Books on The History of Computing

NB #2 - two books by ex-BMer Mark Halpern:  Language & Human Nature; Binding Time

gleans + 1xaddenda at 12:10 PM MT, 3/21

 

Culturekiosque The Media And Race CBS News - By Kevin Drum (Political Animal) THE MEDIA AND RACE....Ezra Klein on the media's followup to Barack Obama's race speech: America tells itself a story about its history with race, and the story is that it has a history with race, abuses that were long ... The Origin of Obama's Pastor Problem TIME Comment by Molefi Kete Asante Professor, African American Studies, Temple U. Washington Post - Wall Street Journal - Seattle Post Intelligencer - Huffington Post all 2,228 news articles »       Soldier Sends Special Gift to Elementary School KRDO - By Stephanie Wurtz COLORADO SPRINGS - Just days after the five-year anniversary of the Iraq war, a soldier sends a patriotic gift to one Colorado Springs elementary school.       CNET News.com Lessig & Zittrain talk at Google Washington Washington Post - It was a geek double-header at Google's Washington offices yesterday afternoon, where Professor Jonathan Zittrain of Oxford University and Professor Larry Lessig of Stanford Law School showed up to share some of their thoughts about the future of the ... Stanford's Lessig using Wikipedia-style project to overhaul Congress Computerworld Larry Lessig: Time to reject corporate influence on Washington CNET News.com San Jose Mercury News - Slashdot - Wired News - Mother Jones all 27 news articles »     Monsters and Critics.com Lindsay Lohan’s Ex Denies Existence of Sex Tape eFluxMedia - By Jane Ivory It was only a matter of time before Lindsay Lohan was associated with a sex tape, was it not, as she has already managed to get herself into all sorts of other troubles. Reports: Lindsay Lohan, Ex-Boyfriend Deny Sex Tape FOXNews Is Lindsay Lohan Sex Tape for Real? Actress Archives TMZ.com - TheOnlinewire - Fametastic - The Daily Blabber from iVillage all 82 news articles »   Albany Times Union Morning Mix: Report -- Lohan Tape Deemed a Fake Washington Post - Alleged Lindsay Lohan sex tape a fake... Winona Ryder caught shoplifting again? 'Lost' Hour: Join Jen Chaney and me for 60 minutes (or is it? While You Were Sleeping OK! Magazine Ashley Alexandra Dupre Offered $1 Million for Girls Gone Wild Associated Content all 942 news articles »

addenda:  Boris Akunin <== best fiction writer at work today

Boris Akunin is the biggest selling Russian writer of our time. Several of his crime fiction novels have been turned into films and plays.

Though his books are set in the late 19th Century, they are also a comment on contemporary Russia.

 Listen to Boris Akunin talk to Carrie Gracie on The Interview

 

Boris Akunin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Under the pseudonym Boris Akunin he has written several works of fiction, mainly novels and stories in the following series: "Adventures of Erast Fandorin", ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BorisAkunin - 37k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

The Winter Queen (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Chkartishvili, a Russian writer and ... Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheWinter_Queen_(novel) - 39k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this More results from en.wikipedia.org »

Boris Akunin: the Evil Spirit or Good Luck of Modern Russian ...

Boris Akunin enjoys being the most successful commercial writer on the Russian ... ru.wikipedia.org · www.arba.ru. Vera Ivanova and Mikhail Manykin ... www.russia-ic.com/culture_art/literature/236/ - 35k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

 

gleans + 1xana at 5:05 AM MT, 3/21

 

Canadian university faces off with digital generation TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian university has instilled a culture of fear by threatening to expel a student for cheating because he set up an online study group on Facebook, critics said this week.

 

Wikipedia questions paths to more money  <== recommended

 

500000 to 2 Million Children in US Are Homeschooled
Voice of America - USA
As Faiza Elmasry tells us, parents who homeschool their kids have many resources to call on. The Spring fishing season at Lake Fairfax, a park in northern ...

 

Convenient Omissions  Charles Krauthammer | Elegantly crafted and delivered, Obama's race speech ignored key questions.
Stumped: It Won't Help Obama

• E.J. Dionne Jr.: Another Angry Black Preacher
• Tom Toles: Mission Not Unaccomplished
• Editorial: Don't Exclude Florida and Michigan

Obama Spends $1.5 Million a Day

 

Clinton Lie Kills Her Credibility on Trade Policy

 

Motive sought for Obama passport breach

 

FBI Is Looking Into China-Based Hackers

 

NASA: Tile repair test a huge success

 

Saturn moon may have ocean of water

 

UC Davis launches olive research center

 

ana

• Study: Small planes financially obsolete AP - Thu Mar 20, 4:53 PM ET
• Publisher pulls book by ex-concierges AP - Thu Mar 20, 4:49 PM ET
• Central Park bathrooms used as theater AP - Thu Mar 20, 4:47 PM ET
• Israel's airport security questioned AP - Wed Mar 19, 4:55 PM ET
• Temporary ban on Tibet tour groups AP - Wed Mar 19, 12:42 PM ET

» All Travel from AP News

 

gleans + 1xaddenda at 3:15 AM MT, 3/21

 

Slump Moves From Wall St. to Main St. By PETER S. GOODMAN  The economic downturn is seeping into new parts of the country, to communities that seemed insulated only months ago.

Oil and Gold Prices Continue to Slide

 

 

Monet Meets the Colt .45 in Hartford

 

Storming the Campuses By BRAD STONE  The historic rivalries of the Ivy League have reached the Internet in the form of an online computer game that is a riff on classic territorial-conquest board games, such as Risk.

• Go to the Slide Show

 

prnewswire.com

PLAYSTATION 3 To Support New Interactive Blu-ray Movie Features

 

Crave: The gadget blog

Bezos apologizes for Kindle delays, says more coming

 

At Harvard, Students’ Muslim Traditions Are a Topic of Debate By NEIL MacFARQUHAR  The controversy focused on whether the call to prayer should ring out across Harvard Yard and whether the university should grant women separate gym hours.

 

In Iraq, U.S. seeks jobs for surplus hired guns

By Alexandra Zavis

As calm returns to some areas, the U.S. military is faced with the question of what to do with the tribesmen it hired to defend their neighborhoods.

 

 

 

Pentagon battle breaks out over a spy plane

By Peter Spiegel

Defense Secretary Gates wants more unmanned Predator aircraft in Iraq. But the Air Force worries about the long-term viability of the spy plane program.

 

 

 

Tribune hits one out of Wrigley Park

By P.j. Huffstutter

The paper secretly enters a contest sponsored by rival Chicago Sun-Times over CEO Sam Zell's plan to sell the park's naming rights. And its entry wins.

 

 

 

War-ravaged Iraq city 'alive again'

By Tony Perry

Fallouja has been rebuilt since the 2004 battles. Stores again are doing a brisk business, and the population is nearly back up to 300,000.

 

 

 

U.S. sea power in crisis 
Former Navy secretary says industrial base needs rebuilding
--WND

 

 

 

Israeli ex-security guard solves 38-year-old math problem
'Even in layman's terms it is completely counterintuitive, but somehow it works'
--Associated Press

 

 

Rev. Wright was White House guest in '98
Clinton reportedly told assembled clerics he had 'repented' after Lewinsky scandal
--Politico

Ferraro resents being lumped with Wright
'To equate what I said with what this racist bigot has said ... is unbelievable'
--Torrance Daily Breeze, California

What do Pennsylvanians think of Obama's speech?
'I don't want to hear that you are blaming us for [Rev. Wright] saying this'
--Politico

Kerry: Obama can bridge Islam gap 'because he's a black man'
Would be 'symbol of empowerment' for those who have been disenfranchised around world
--ABC News

 

addenda

Ars Poetica: Poems about Poetry

"What a poem is / Is never to be known, for which I have learned to be grateful," writes Hayden Carruth. With National Poetry Month only two weeks away, discover the many ways poets have sought definitions of poetry and defined their craft. Read a new essay on the history of poems about poetry, complete with a selection of poems that explore and expand views on verse, including newly added work by C. D. Wright, Ruth Stone, Howard Nemerov, Marvin Bell, W. S. Merwin, and many others.

On the web at: www.poets.org/arspoetica

 

gleans at 8:20 PM MT, 3/20

 

Polls show Obama hit by link to radical pastor  Hillary Clinton has regained her lead over Barack Obama in national poll and is well ahead in Pennsylvania race

• Ten must-see Jeremiah Wright videos

• Comment Central: the Wright danger

 

Clarke's honour delayed by sex claims

Sir Arthur C. Clarke received his knighthood two years later than planned after he was accused of paedophilia, it has emerged

 

 

 

Literary greats

Read about the lives of outstanding authors who defined their times

 

Oxford Literary Festival 

Singular genius of a double man

Tom Stoppard's disjointed upbringing gave him a talent for unlikely associations. Peter Kemp sizes up the man

• Tom Stoppard: 1968: The year of the posturing rebel

• Award for literary excellence

 

Times Recommends

Five get Disney makeover

Enid Blyton's Famous Five rebooted in a 'relevant' form for children

 

 

 

The Spiderwick Chronicles

 

 

 

gleans at 6:10 PM MT, 3/20

 

Scientists list potential threats to UK

Scientists have drawn up a list of 25 technological advances and environmental changes which could threaten the UK.

List of the 25 potential threats <== today's 25 worries for Brits

 

Books of The Times

 

Climate Change? Been There, Done That

By WILLIAM GRIMES

Brian Fagan has written a fascinating account of the Medieval Warm Period, when mild weather blessed Western Europe while widespread drought and catastrophic rainfall ruined civilizations elsewhere in the world.

Times Topics: Global Warming

 

 

 

Clinton widens lead in poll

Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama for first time in weeks in the wake of row over his pastor

 

 

 

Clinton camp attacks Obama over pastor

Democrats warned Barack Obama would be 'more vulnerable' in national campaign.

Hillary Clinton papers sink experience claims

 

 

 

Obama's Minister's Remarks Won't Fade
The Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) - Even if Hillary Rodham Clinton and her aides do not mention Barack Obama's fiery-tongued spiritual mentor, don't expect the Illinois senator's well-publicized speech Tuesday to make the controversy disappear, political strategists ...

 

 

 

 

MTV.uk Lohan Sex Tape? San Francisco Chronicle - AP Photo/The Atelier, Dave Allocca Lindsay Lohan is at the center of a possible sex tape scandal after footage emerged allegedly showing the actress performing a sex act on Irish model Calum Best. Lindsay Lohan Sex Tape? MTV.uk Close Call For Lindsay Lohan, Sex Tape Not Her…This Time Glosslip Gay Socialites - TransWorldNews (press release) - Showbiz Spy - Anorak.co.uk (satire) all 47 news articles »       80,000 Angry Men. Is the US Surge collapsing? Video (7min 32sec): GuardianFilms investigates how thousands of Iraqis employed at $10 a day by the US to take on al-Qaida are threatening to go on strike Seumas Milne: Blowback all over again       'We live in a nightmare. Death and carnage is everywhere' Ghaith Abdul-Ahad marks five years since the US-led invasion by meeting an Iraqi bomb attack survivor Video: Baghdad, city of walls More on Iraq, five years on       A new leaf <== this week's headline award winner Fancy going on holiday to Colombia? Claire Armitstead on how the country is using books - including a sister festival to Hay - and film to woo tourists       Cow flatulence targeted Climate change experts believe the problem threatens the planet. <== it's all them herbivores, damn it all