Cyril's Gleans

gleans + 1xBBCstuff + 1xORA at 6:55 PM MT, 09/19

 

Our weekly post for Saturday, September 19, 2009.

Do Americans Get Second Chances? By Jeff Nilsson We can’t let September pass by without noting the birthday (September 24th) of one of its greatest contributors. F. Scott Fitzgerald published 69 of his short stories in our magazine between 1920 and 1937. He was the defining voice of the Jazz-Age generation—probably, as some have argued, because he invented it. Americans read his stories avidly, savoring their technical brilliance and looking for explanations for the brash, frantic young adults who were so unlike their parents. Read more »

 

Munich's annual beer festival began on Saturday, hours before voters go to the polls in Germany's general election.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/6209348/Oktoberfest-beer-festival-begins.html

 

 

Obama stumped by Israel as all world's problems arrive‎ -

IT was supposed to be the week President Barack Obama saved the world. More than 100 heads of state are preparing to descend on New York for talks on

 

 

The 50 best foods in the world and where to eat them | Life and ...

Sep 13, 2009 ... Killian Fox roamed the world to find the 50 best things to eat and the best places to eat them in, with a little help from professionals ...

 

 

 

BBC Stuff

 

Podcasts - Business Weekly

In New York we talk to John Thane, the bricklayer's son who became head of Merrill Lynch - and then fell back to earth. Plus how John McAfee lost a fortune and gained a new perspective about wealth.

www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/bizweekly

 

 

today's Ordinary Reading Assignment

 

The Crisis of Islamic Civilization by Dr. Ali A. Allawi (Hardcover - April 28, 2009)

Buy new: $27.50 $18.15  47 Used & new from $15.    (5)

 

 

The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace by Dr. Ali A. Allawi (Paperback - Mar 18, 2008)  Buy new: $20.00 $11.12   (32)

 

 

LOT 2: The Language of Thought Revisited by Jerry Fodor (Hardcover - Oct 15, 2008)  Buy new: $37.95 $30.36  32 Used & new from $28.29

 

 

 

 

 

 

gleans + 1xORA at 7:45 AM MT, 09/19

 

Many could not abide him, but if you care about the English language and questions of human nature, you must love Samuel Johnson... more»

 

Irving Kristol, the man who put the “neo” into conservatism, is dead at the age of 89 ... WSJ ... Wash Post ... NYT ... Myron Magnet ... AP ... Wash Times ... John Podhoretz

 

 

Global Warming Reopens the Northeast Passage

By ADAM SMITH

A successful navigation of the Northeast Passage off Russia's inhospitable coast promises a faster shipping route between Europe and Asia. But the Suez Canal should not worry about loss of business just yet

 

 

Cursive may be a fading skill, but so what?‎ -

For Jeffers, cursive writing is a lifelong skill, one she fears could become lost to the culture, making many historic records hard to decipher and robbing ...

 

 

Author author: Aspiring writers from India guardian.co.uk - UK ... the only English considered pure and acceptable; PG Wodehouse and Jane Austen clubs flourished. I, too, grew up reading Henry James and DH Lawrence, ...

Sunil Sethi: Goa's monsoon sosegade Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India My purchases included PG Wodehouse and Agatha Christie, ample demonstration of Goan sosegade in the monsoon. Drip, drip, drip goes the rain, it comes down ...

Queen Elizabeth II with the Queen Mother on the latter's 80th birthday The Queen Mother could lead in a way that our politicians cannot Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK Her favourite books were the novels of PG Wodehouse. Only a person of her upper-class background and temperament could have praised them, as she did, ...

 

You can buy roast pork like this from vans all over Tuscany; it is one of the best street snacks in the world. Your guests will be drooling over this seasonal recipe.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/6206948/Seasonal-recipe-Roast-pork-loin-porchetta-style.html

 

 

A Liquid Keepsake  By JONATHAN MILES  The signature cocktail at wedding receptions has gone, in the last few years, from optional to almost obligatory.

 

 

today's Ordinary Reading Assignment

Reading assignment for Friday, September 18, is "An Introduction to Poetry":
http://www.cyrilsgleans.com/introductiontopoetry.html

Cyril's Gleans: An Introduction to Poetry

Source: www.cyrilsgleans.com

Gleans from the farthest reaches of the Internet courtesy of Cyril, aka Sanders of the River and Eques of the High Plains. Links, with occasional commentary, to interesting news, books, technology, pop culture.

 

 

In conjunction with Cyril's musings on verse, you might like to read Wikipedia on poetry (pretty much an altogether other kettle of fish):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry

Poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Poetry (from the Greek "ποίησις", poiesis, a "making") is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. ...

 

 

 

 

 

gleans + 1xlagniappe at 4:45 PM MT, 09/18

 

Escapes »

Life in the Slow Lane: On a Boat on the Erie Canal

 

36 Hours in Cleveland

By BRETT SOKOL

David Ahntholz for the The New York Times

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Local entrepreneurs and bohemian dreamers alike are sinking roots into this city by opening a wave of funky boutiques and sophisticated restaurants.

• Slide Show: A Weekend in Cleveland

Cleveland Travel Guide »

Where to Stay, Where to Eat and What to Do in Cleveland.

 

 

 

Afghanistan: Why Efforts to Disarm the Taliban Have Failed

By TIM MCGIRK / KABUL

So far, all attempts to coax the guerrillas to give up their arms have failed because of greed, suspicion and ancient feuds. Besides, the Taliban sense victory

 

 

New Airline Ticket Tax to Aid the Developing World

By PETER GUMBEL / PARIS

Window seat or aisle? Special meal? Oh, and would you like to help fight HIV/AIDS and malaria in Africa? An innovative new scheme will ask travelers if they want to donate $2 to help the United Nations and aid groups fight disease in the developing world

 

 

Australia: Boat Arrivals of Asylum Seekers Rising

By MARINA KAMENEV / SYDNEY

After years of tough immigration measures under the Howard administration, conservatives in Australia are now blaming Rudd's "relaxed" policy on a steep increase in asylum seekers arriving by boat this year

 

 

100 world facts from the Economist's Pocket World In Figures

Telegraph.co.uk - Tom Chivers - ‎The Economist's Pocket World In Figures 2010 is out. We pick 100 of the most interesting facts about our globe here. By Tom Chivers The Economist's Pocket ...

 

As the Episcopal Church collapses, Anglican nuns are turning to Rome

Telegraph.co.uk - Damian Thompson - ‎He abolished papal jurisdiction in order to get his annulment from Cranmer, newly consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury with the authority of a papal bull ...

 

 

lagniappe

 

The Dark Pool Trader

 

And all should cry, Beware! Beware!

His flashing eyes, his floating hair!

Weave a circle round him thrice,

  And close your eyes with holy dread,

  For he on honey-dew hath fed,

And drunk the milk of Paradise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

gleans at 11:15 AM MT, 09/18

 

Escapes »

O, to Be Like a Hawk, Gliding on the Wind

 

Rarefied Islamophobia: When Americans Duplicate the European ...

Religion Dispatches - Jocelyne Cesari - ‎Christopher Caldwell's book, Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West [see “New Book Stokes Fear of a Muslim Europe” by ...

Western Immigration and Global Jihad EuropeNews

 

 

'Islam is in no sense Europe's religion'

Catholic Herald Online - ‎It says much that the book has received rave reviews from the New York Times, Observer and Guardian, all staunch supporters of immigration and ...

 

 

DOJ to file concerns about Google Books Friday

The Daily Deal - ‎On Friday, the US Department of Justice is expected to outline a range of concerns it has about an October 2008 settlement that Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) ...

 

 

World's 2 most valuable brands: Coca-Cola, IBM

The Associated Press - Emily Fredrix - ‎Coca-Cola's brand value rose 3 percent in 2009 to $68.73 billion, while IBM's gained 2 percent to $60.21 billion. The technology giant, often known as "Big ...

 

 

Swine flu's tendency to strike the young is causing confusion

By Karen Kaplan  Even as health officials anticipate a new onslaught of H1N1 cases, the pattern of the pandemic influenza strain -- which tends to be fatal for the middle-aged but not the elderly -- remains a mystery.

 

 

Heritage Walk Will Describe Chestnut Restoration Effort
Litchfield County Times - New Milford,CT,USA
Mr. Sinclair said that historically American chestnuts accounted for one in five hardwood trees from Georgia to Maine, providing timber for building as well ...

 

1st woman takes charge of Army's drill sergeants

The Associated Press - Susanne M. Schafer - ‎As the first woman to take charge of the Army's school for its order-barking drill sergeants, the 28-year military veteran and sharecropper's daughter said ...

 

 

Video: Army Picks 1st Woman to Lead Drill Sergeants The Associated Press  

 

 

 

 

 

 

gleans at 6:15 AM MT, 09/18

 

Did Bernanke save us from another Great Depression?

 

How the US deepened the crisis in Honduras

 

 

World's 2 most valuable brands: Coca-Cola, IBM

The Associated Press - Emily Fredrix - ‎Coca-Cola's brand value rose 3 percent in 2009 to $68.73 billion, while IBM's gained 2 percent to $60.21 billion. The technology giant, often known as "Big ...

 

 

Swine flu's tendency to strike the young is causing confusion

By Karen Kaplan  Even as health officials anticipate a new onslaught of H1N1 cases, the pattern of the pandemic influenza strain -- which tends to be fatal for the middle-aged but not the elderly -- remains a mystery.

 

 

1st woman takes charge of Army's drill sergeants

 

 

The genteel world of lawn bowls has been rocked by match-fixing allegations after the New Zealand national team was accused of deliberately losing to Thailand.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/6205462/Lawn-bowls-rocked-by-match-fixing-allegation.html

 

 

Google loves to slip in-jokes and hidden features known as "easter eggs" into its products. Here are 15 of our favourites.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6201814/Google-easter-eggs-15-best-hidden-jokes.html

 

 

The Planck observatory that was sent into space to record the origins of the universe has beamed back the first glimpse into the past.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6203244/Planck-telescope-beams-back-first-images-of-the-fall-out-after-the-Big-Bang.html

 

 

Somerset's Rock Inn pub in Somerset combines laid-back country chic with succulent cooking.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/pubs/6202403/Somerset-pub-guide-The-Rock-Inn-Waterrow-Somerset.html

 

 

Does reading absurdist literature make you smarter? How about Kafka? Beckett? Giraffe carpet cleaner, it seems that it does... more»

 

 

There’s a lot of bad food in America, almost all of it eaten in god-awful chains. But in back streets and strip malls, you can also find uncounted small acts of culinary genius... more»

 

 

The work and influence of three engineering titans of the Victorian Age lives on ... [more]

 

 

If you thought going to an international science conference as a journalist was glamorous, think again ... [more]

 

 

New rice hybrid provides a high yield grain that doesn't need cooking ... [more]

 

 

Be a good team player and you'll feel less pain ... [more]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gleans + 1xBBCstuff at 7:15 PM MT, 09/17

 

U.S. household wealth up for first time since 2007

 

 

U.S. household wealth up for first time since 2007 ç today’s less alert item

 

 

AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb ç and another

 

 

Early, smaller version of T. rex discovered

 

 

Seniors largely spared of swine flu

 

 

Pause in Arctic's melting trend BBC News

 

 

BBC Stuff

 

Aftershock: Join the hunt for the missing trillions This week, Aftershock presents The Crash, a documentary that seeks to provide a definitive account of the Global recession and how it affected everyone - from the bankers and politicians to you. While Chasing the Tax Cheats goes on the trail of the missing trillions.  Assignment's Lesley Curwen investigates reports that tax evaders have effectively squirreled away between 7 and 11 trillion dollars in safety deposit boxes and offshore bank accounts.  As G20 leaders meet in Pittsburgh to try and solve the problem, we examine the new proposals and question how successful they will be at recovering the world's missing trillions. And G20 Special Reports from Pittsburgh to find out how the world leaders are planning to stimulate the economy.  Aftershock: All this month on BBC World Service, BBC World News and bbc.com/aftershock The Crash: The bank that bust the world 21 September; Chasing the Tax Cheats 24 September; G20 Special Reports 24&25 September

 

 

 

 

 

gleans at 11:25 AM MT, 09/17

 

Ebooks will make authors soulless, just like their product

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎In the new digital age, readers and writers and publishers will increasingly come to reflect their soulless product. Yes, you can call me a reactionary, .

 

 

100 world facts from the Economist's Pocket World In Figures

Telegraph.co.uk - Tom Chivers - ‎The Economist's Pocket World In Figures 2010 is out. We pick 100 of the most interesting facts about our globe here. By Tom Chivers The Economist's Pocket ...

 

 

Planck telescope's first glimpse

BBC News - Jonathan Amos - ‎The European telescope sent far from Earth to study the oldest light in the Universe has returned its first images. The Planck observatory ...

Planck tunes in to cosmic noise Nature.com (subscription)

Planck First Light Universe Today

all 15 news articles »

 

 

As the Episcopal Church collapses, Anglican nuns are turning to Rome

Telegraph.co.uk - Damian Thompson - ‎He abolished papal jurisdiction in order to get his annulment from Cranmer, newly consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury with the authority of a papal bull ...

 

 

·                                 'I felt like a child in a sweetshop'

Audio (12min 25sec): John Curran, author of Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks, talks to Sarah Crown about his uncovering of the 73 plain exercise books in which Christie worked out the details of her plots

o                                                        Top 10: perfect murders

o                                                        Val McDermid: Agatha and I

o                                                        Quiz: How well do you know Agatha Christie?

o                                                        More about Agatha Christie

 

 

A Wink at Colleges and a Nod to Clichés

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY   “Community” is a mercilessly snarky and also bracingly funny NBC comedy that purports to send up community college, but mostly skewers many of the clichés of movies and television.

 

Text-to-Speech Technology Reaches an Inflection Point

By ASHLEE VANCE   A flood of new devices and software has made text-to-speech technology cheaper and more accessible to the speech-impaired.

Insurers Fight Speech-Impairment Remedy (Sept. 15, 2009)

 

Cracking the Spine of Libel

By OLIVIA JUDSON  Britain's libel laws are making things tricky for science writers.

 

 

Why flamingos stand on one leg LiveScience.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gleans + 1xaddenda at 10:00 AM MT, 09/17

 

Voyeurs have a new perch in New York

By Geraldine Baum  For naked-people watching, a newly opened park on abandoned elevated train tracks on the West Side of Manhattan can't be beat. Uninhibited guests at the Standard Hotel are happy to oblige.

 

 

When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, counterinsurgency theory was about as popular in American military circles as tank warfare is today. But things change... more»

 

 

Airline trade group predicts 2009 loss of $11B

 

 

IBM Sets Out to Make a City in Iowa 'Smarter'

New York Times - Steve Lohr - ‎“We're trying to make Dubuque into the first integrated, smart city,” said Robert Morris, vice president of services research at IBM The benefits, ...

 

 

IBM Launches a 'Smart City' Project in China

Wall Street Journal - Aaron Back - ‎Associated Press IBM hopes its "smart-city" project in Shenyang in northeastern China will lead to more chances to get in on the country's infrastructure ...

 

 

The Afghanistan Problem: Why Are We in Helmand?

By JOE KLEIN   The military's summer campaign in Afghanistan has been misguided and needs to be fixed — now

 

 

G-20 Summit

Pittsburgh Welcomes G-20 in 17 Syllables

A G-20 haiku contest drew hopeful messages, congenial welcomes, Pittsburgh Steeler cheers and a mix of political messages and pleas for peace.

• Econ: Succinct Lesson for Diplomats
• Discuss: Share your G-20 haiku

 

A Competitive Frame of Mind  

Scenes from the art-dealer world: venal, volatile, infantile and . . . fun.  

 

OUT THERE: Phantom Canyon Road offers killer views, ghosts from ...

story recording the description of the canyon by artist ... and fantastic and well deserve the name ‘Phantom.’. ... columns with all sorts of phantoms, goblins and ...

NEWS September 16, 2009

 

 

 

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gleans + 1xBBCstuff at 12:05 AM MT, 09/17

 

Marathon du Médoc's wine-running

French event is perfect for the national character, but what food sporting event might sum up Britain? 13 comments

• A survivor's report from the Marathon du Médoc

 

Back to School: Popular Poems to Teach

Browse a new list of twenty popular poems to teach. This newly updated resource also collects our readers' favorite poems for classroom use and presents them categorically, offering poems that demonstrate imagery, irony, forms and traditions, narrative, and cultural context, as well as recommendations for memorization and performance.

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

 

 

Google Buys Service to Help Digitize Books

With its acquisition of ReCaptcha, Google will use "human computation" to help scan old library books.

 

 

Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks‎

Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks. As part of a deal announced Thursday, Google is ...

 

 

Coqui chorus

BBC News - ‎It's a tiny, but vociferous tree frog that lulls residents to sleep every night with the male's lusty "croak." But they're not so welcome on the Big Island ...

 

How the Railroads Took Control of Time  By ALAN FEUER  In the late 1880s, the railroads adopted a version of time zones, long before the country did.

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What Exercise Can Make You Smarter?

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

For some time, researchers have known that exercise changes the structure of the brain and affects thinking. But fundamental questions remain, like whether exercise must be strenuous or aerobic to be beneficial.

 

The Holy Grail of the Unconscious

By SARA CORBETT

What the unearthing of Carl Jung’s Red book is doing to the Jungs and the Jungians (and maybe your dreams).

 

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A year after Lehman Brothers collapsed, is the financial industry still too complacent? A special BBC panel discusses the aftermath of one of the most turbulent years for the global economy.

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gleans + 1xaddenda at 10:00 AM MT, 09/16

 

Art historical roads – from Virgil, Ovid, and Dante to Vasari’s Michelangelo – begin with Homer, who incites us to imagine magnificent Greek palaces and their art... more»

 

What's the connection between Darwin, art and Australia? ... [more]

 

New self-erasing paper is a giant leap from lemon juice ... [more]

 

Reviews posted by Amazon customers have become one of the online retailer's most useful and popular features. But they are open to abuse by mischievous commenters.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6189803/Amazon-hijacked-10-funniest-review-threads.html

 

Facebook has announced that it now has 300 million members worldwide and is making money

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/6196720/Facebook-reaches-300m-users.html

 

Slovenia's Lake Bled has the feel of an alpine resort – but at a fraction of the cost, says Natalie Paris.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/slovenia/6196725/Lake-Bled-Slovenia-alpine-panoramas-at-half-the-price.html

 

Less is more with the seductive and subtly charming fig

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/6192912/Easy-ways-with-figs.html

 

A special collection from our Sign Language archive: our favourite misspelled and poorly-translated restaurant menus.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/6193716/Sign-Language-special-restaurant-menus.html

 

 

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