Cyril's Gleans

gleans + 1xaddenda at 6:05 PM MT, 11/14

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Sign Language: week 74

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/signlanguage/6554025/Sign-Language-week-74.html

 
Telegraph.co.uk is 15 years old on Sunday. In the last 15 years the state of modern technology has changed somewhat: we take a look at 15 of the most important advances.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6562188/Happy-birthday-Telegraph.co.uk-15-tech-advances-from-the-last-15-years.html

 
The machinery for putting the news online has changed a lot in the 15 years that Telegraph.co.uk has been live, says Ian Douglas

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6562443/Telegraph.co.uk-at-15-making-the-news.html

 
What is beauty? As a fascinating new season is launched on BBC2, the broadcaster defines the 10 qualities that make art beautiful.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6546426/What-is-beauty.html

 
Latest episode on BBC iPlayer Letter From...Clive James - 12/11/2009 Battle of Britain commander Sir Keith Park is honoured with a public monument. BBC World Service, broadcast on 14 Nov 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004w686
 
A Threatened Fruit, Preserved in Amber - By JORDAN MACKAY - No spirit speaks to the agricultural heritage of Northern California like apple brandy, which sadly is hardly produced at all anymore. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/dining/13SFdine.html
 
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SMITH -- Duane Smith was born in Boise, Idaho, May 19, 1950. He died Tuesday, November 3, 2009 after a long battle with depression. Duane loved to play racquetball. He thoroughly enjoyed food, motorcycles and interesting and quirky people. Above all, Duane loved his family, He is survived by his loving daughter, Mary Nicole Smith of Albuquerque; his dear sister, June Cash and her husband Bob of Indianapolis, Indiana; former wife, Caroline Gupton of Albuquerque; niece, Deanna; nephew, Jay; pet, Jersey; as well as numerous other family and friends who loved and will miss him. A Memorial Gathering will take place in the Chapel of Direct Funeral Services, 2919 4th St. NW. on Monday, November 9, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions to the Animal Humane Association, 615 Virginia SE. Albuquerque, NM. 87108. Arrangements by Direct Funeral Services, 2919 4th St. NW. ABQ. 505-343-8008
 
UGs/SCORs/Friends,
Duane Smith (aka The Hammer of TCOTSerF) crossed the Jordan November 3, 2009. His ex, Caroline, called me this morning with the news. She said he committed suicide as long planned and left things well organized. Some of his family and some of her family are coming in for support. I cannot go because of the situation in Colorado Springs.
Duane was/is one of my best friends (and sometime student and business partner). I first met him in September 1987 when I was the faculty advisor to the newly reactivated Epsilon Delta Pi at Central Texas College and he was the appointed president in charge of the reactivation.
At the time, he was still a biker (BMWs): over 300 pounds, red beard and hair with long pony tail. He and I hit if off and became pretty much immediately the best of friends. Shortly we were working together as student and teacher and business partners (beginning with an IBM contract engineered by Don Raines (El LoCoBo) to write various reports on activities at the 1988 COMDEX in Las Vegas, we formed Endicott Smith Associates).
I left CTC in May of 1992 but our business association continued until 2000 when we dissolved the partnership. We continued as good friends up til (and beyond?) his death. He was a great travel and party companion. We travelled together all over the U.S., and prior to GPS were frequently lost - he managed to get us lost one time driving from Temple, Texas, to Texas A&M - his best effort (there is only one highway from Temple to Aggieville - plus we were lost one time after GPS due to Duane setting it wrong).
I miss him.
Sanders, Founder, Good Shepherd, and Regular Buckaroo 
Swing low, sweet chariot,

Coming for to carry me home

Swing low, sweet chariot,

Coming for to carry me home
I looked over Jordan, and I what did I see

Coming for to carry me home?

A band of angels coming after me

Coming for to carry me home
If you get there before I do

Coming for to carry me home

Tell all my friends I coming too

Coming for to carry me home
I'm sometimes up, I'm sometimes down

Coming for to carry me home

But still my soul feels heavenly bound

Coming for to carry me home

 
 
 

gleans at 8:10 AM MT, Friday, November 13, 2009

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Old books smell like grass, with a tang of acidity and a hint of vanilla, according to scientists who have discovered a way to tell the condition of an works by their odour.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6554567/The-smell-of-old-books-analysed-by-scientists.html

 
 Umberto Eco, himself on most people’s list of top world intellectuals, enjoys lists. “I like lists for the same reason other people like football or pedophilia. People have preferences” http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,659577,00.html
 

Is the end of the world really nigh? http://www.csicop.org/si/show/update_on_the_nibiru_2012_doomsday/
 
We still have a lot to learn about strange lights in the sky http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/The-Shining.html

Families spend four days a year arguing. Parents and children have at least three disagreements a day, with mothers causing most of the rows, according to new research. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/6559883/Families-spend-four-days-a-year-arguing.html

Oliver has written for a variety of national and international publications and talked about current affairs and the arts on radio and television. He was on the staff of The Observer for four years and is currently training to be a barrister. He blogs about books. Britain's best – and worst – bookshops http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/olivermarre/100004767/britains-best-%E2%80%93-and-worst-%E2%80%93-bookshops/
 
 
 
 

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Animals may use sounds to communicate but talking is uniquely human. Yet despite decades of research scientists still haven't unlocked the secrets of speech. So why do we talk?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8352525.stm

 
Women with curvy figures are likely to be brighter than waif-like counterparts and may produce more intelligent offspring, a US study suggests.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/health/7090300.stm 

 
Book-buying tribes: trendy Amazonians versus high street shoppers

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/olivermarre/100004703/book-buying-tribes-trendy-amazonians-versus-high-street-shoppers/

 
 
Google Caffeine, the project name for the newest reincarnation of the search engine, is launching imminently. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6537200/Google-Caffeine-ready-for-roll-out.html
 
 
The Big Idea: Roger Highfield explains why Garrett Lisi, the surfer who drew up a 'theory of everything' to explain the universe, is a great role model for science. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6532614/Surfer-dudes-theory-of-everything-the-magic-of-Garrett-Lisi.html
 

 
Paradise of Exiles: The Anglo-American Gardens of Florence by Katie Campbell (Hardcover - Sep 22, 2009)

http://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Exiles-Anglo-American-Gardens-Florence/dp/0711229562/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257898526&sr=1-1

 
 
Every Japanese code was eventually broken, and the intelligence gathered ... and IBM punch-card tabulating machines (when available), a successful ... Note that the Purple cipher (also sometimes referred to as AN-1), used by the Japanese ... especially later in the war, and was generally referred to as "Magic". ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_naval_codes

 
 

... researchers are just beginning to untangle the mysteries of how they arise. Black holes are extremely dense masses jammed into single points of space. ...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,573327,00.html

 

today’s quote – p7 of the 10/30/09 TLS
“The shake-up that British literature received in the first two decades of the twentieth century, mainly at the hands of visiting Americans, was both timely and salutary. In poetry, Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot are recognized as the principal shakers though the details and emphasis of the legend vary according to the teller. Among the most influential, Hugh Kenner’s version in The Pound Era (1971) places Pound at the forefront, while the book’s subtitle acknowledges Eliot, James Joyce, and Wyndham Lewis as his sidekicks.”

 
addenda - updated short list of IBM books
  The two best books on IBM are
 
The Maverick and His Machine – Kevin Maney
 
Building IBM: Shaping an Industry and Its Technology -- Emerson W. Pugh
 
  The book with the most flavor is
 
Inside IBM: The Watson Years -- William W. Simmons
 
  The oddest book is
 
And Tomorrow…the World -- Rex Malik
 
  The following are pretty much mandatory
 
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
 
Father, Son & Co. – Watson and Petre
 
A Business and Its Beliefs: The Ideas That Helped Build IBM – Watson (Jr.)
 
  Cyril liked
 
The Computer Establishment – Katherine Fishman
 
The Sun Never Sets on IBM -- Foy
 
The Romance Division…a Different Side of IBM -- Deloca and Kalow
 
  Cyril edited
 
IBM System/38 Technical Developments (1978 IBM General Systems Division) – ISBN – 0-933186-00-2
 
  Indirectly about IBM
 
Design & Memory: Computer Programming in the 20th Century / Peter H. Huyck and Nellie W. Kremenak

 
 
 

gleans at 12:10 AM MT, 11/08

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'Lost' cargo ship Arctic Sea gives up its secrets - The crew at the centre of the hijacked cargo vessel tell of their ordeal for the first time http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6907933.ece
The cheat's guide to dinner-party chat - No time to read the latest idea lit? Then take our crash course in the groovy new philosophies http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article6900872.ece
 
'Mad Men' is putting the Manhattan martini back on lunchtime menus in New York, says Stephen Whitlock.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/northamerica/usa/newyork/6513320/New-York-The-perfect-Manhattan-martini.html

Christopher Middleton applauds ’World Have Your Say’ - a phone-in radio programme that has taken the world by storm.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6501080/World-Have-Your-Say-global-discussion-that-asks-the-unaskable.html

Barack Obama's reaction to bad news is to play it so cool that Americans yearn for a bit more drama - and some even for his predecessor, writes Toby Harnden in Washington.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/6520286/Bloodless-President-Barack-Obama-makes-Americans-wistful-for-George-W-Bush.html

 
Parent Academies (Life / Education)

How schools are helping moms and dads do more for their kids

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine#ixzz0WD5zH1IO
 
The Dollar in Danger (The Curious Capitalist)

Much of the worried talk about our currency sounds like hyperbole. But what if it isn't?

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine#ixzz0WDDQEvNv addenda

 

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The Underlying Order and other Essays is a gathering of six previously uncollected essays by Kathleen Raine, selected and with an Introduction by her Literary Executor Brian Keeble. Contents: Nature and Meaning, The Underlying Order: Nature and Imagination, A Sense of Beauty, John Donne and the Baroque Doubt, Shelley as a Mythological Poet, Wordsworth: A Remembered Experience. A downloadable order form with further information is available here

Inward Lies the Way – German Thought and the Nature of Mind by Stephen Cross and Jack Herbert (Temenos Academy Papers no. 26) is a 136 page softcover book comprising four lectures originally given at the Temenos Academy in 2002. The lectures included in the book are ‘The German Romantics and the Vision of India’, ‘Goethe’s Faust as Opus Alchymicum’, ‘Arthur Schopenhauer and the Thought of India’ and ‘C G Jung and the German Tradition’. The book costs £9.50 inclusive of postage and packing (UK only, other rates apply for overseas). A downloadable order form is available here

Kathleen Raine – Poetic Imagination and the Vision of Reality by Brian Keeble has been published as Temenos Academy Papers no. 28. A booklet of 23 pages, with Sue Hufton’s calligraphy on the cover, it is the text of the Kathleen Raine Centenary Memorial Lecture which was given by Brian Keeble on 2nd June this year. The book costs £6 inclusive of postage and packing (UK only, other rates apply for overseas). A downloadable order form is available here