Cyril's Gleans

gleans + 1xlagniappe at 9:25 PM MT, 9/30

 

BBC News

Historic Disapproval: Bush Hits All-Time Low Amid Economic Meltdown
ABC News - Barack Obama maintains an advantage on the economy, especially economic empathy, and he's cracked majority acceptance on his key challenge, experience.
Voting for president begins in pivotal Ohio The Associated Press
McCain starts running ads in GOP-friendly Indiana Chicago Tribune
Washington Times - guardian.co.uk - FOXNews - Austin American-Statesman
all 607 news articles »

 

Swiss high court strikes down Geneva smoking ban - Smokers in Geneva were given a reprieve on Tuesday after the top Swiss court struck down a ban on smoking in public places, in force since July 1, saying the local government had overstepped its power...

 

Student celebrates $12 million lottery win - The credit crisis and tight student budgets hold no fears for a British teenager who won 7 million pounds ($12.68 million) on the Lottery.

 

Prize goes to "Mickey Mouse" Venice idea - A proposal to turn the lagoon city of Venice into a Disney-style theme park has won a prize from a famed Venetian academy, even though it rejected the idea.

 

Moscow super-rich pour millions into luxury homes

 

 

lagniappe

Down By the Riverside

Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Ain't gonna study war no more.

refrain

I ain't gonna study war no more,
I ain't gonna study war no more,
Study war no more.
I ain't gonna study war no more,
I ain't gonna study war no more,
Study war no more.

Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand;
Down By the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.

refrain

Gonna put on my long white robe;
Down By the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna put on my long white robe; Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.

refrain

Gonna put on my starry crown; Down By the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna put on my starry crown;
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.

refrain

Gonna put on my golden shoes;
(ETC)
Gonna talk with the Prince of Peace;
(ETC)
Gonna shake hands around the world;
(ETC)

 

 

gleans at 5:40 PM MT. 9/30

 

'Virtual strip searches' at EU airports by 2010

 

20 recipes for pumpkin and squash

 

 

 

Weather disasters explained

In 1816 a freak summer led to the creation of Frankenstein, in the winter of 1947, we nearly starved. Our weatherman explains

 

 

 

Economic picture gloomy all-round

From financial services to manufacturing, Britain faces worst postwar slump, according to pundits

• Ireland puts up €400bn to protect six big lenders
• Lessons to be learned from Japan's lost decade
• The 'bad bank' that came good in Sweden

 

 

Syria and Lebanon tensions grow

Fears grow that Syria may have designs on Lebanon after bus and car attacks kill 24 people

 

 

 

 

Britain on a plate  <== there will always be an England

Our diet today is as much about class as always - and it will take more than Jamie Oliver to change that

 

 

 

Easy as pie

Light on obscure ingredients and jargon, Sophie Wright even makes jam-making seem simple

 

 

 

Pullman defiant over US protests against Northern Lights

 

News: Children's author pleased to have been 'challenged' over book's 'religious viewpoint'

• Philip Pullman: The censor's dark materials
• Blog: Would you ban any children's books?

 

Awards bring translators out of 'darkened rooms'

News: £10,000 of prizes go to little heralded littérateurs

 

 

 

 

 

gleans + 2xaddenda at 5:20 PM MT, 9/30

 

NBC and News Corp.'s Hulu Is Off to a Strong Start

 

What Will Replace Big-City Newspapers?

 

Google + Rise to Power + Audacious

 

My Three Sons: The First Season, Vol. 1 ~ Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, William Frawley, and Don Grady (DVD - 2008)

 

Lawmakers Hope Small Changes Will Spur Bailout By CARL HULSE and EDMUND L. ANDREWS  President Bush and Senate leaders of both parties vowed on Tuesday to work toward quick approval of a financial bailout plan.

 

At the movies in North Korea: love, drama, and class warfare
The 20th annual Pyongyang International Film Festival reflects 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong Il's love of movies.

 

'Xenophobic climate' fueling policies, violence in Italy
The recent death of an African immigrant in Milan highlights racial and ethnic tensions.

 

Doubts about Palin grow, even among conservatives

Some rough TV interviews have prompted some to ask if McCain's running mate is ready.

 

addenda #1

This Week's Recipes

Pasta with Turkish-Style Lamb, Eggplant and Yogurt Sauce

Stuffed Flank Steak (Matambre)

Recipes: 1976: Challah

Recipes: 2008: Challah Revisited

Recipes for Health: Red Pepper Risotto

Recipes for Health: Pureed Red Pepper and Potato Soup

False Mahshi: Layered Swiss Chard, Beets, Rice and Beef

Apple Preserves With Cardamom

Delft Blue Cocktail

Braised Veal Shanks With Apricot, Orange and Fennel

Kasha Pilaf

Grilled Fish With Pimentón Aioli

 

addenda #2

Where the Wild West Never Dies Glenn A. Hazelwood Hazelwood Booksellers

Where the Wild West never dies? Yep, pilgrim, in the great American novel. America has the unique distinction of seeing the advent of a writing genre all its own. While it feeds from the roots of many other genres, its multifaceted backdrops, varied cast of characters in type and style, and locale, make it particular to only one place and time: the American frontier. Read more >>

What One Book? The American West courtesy of Bookmarks Magazine A Kiowa poet, N. Scott Momaday, once remarked that the American West "is a place that has to be seen to be believed, and it may have to be believed in order to be seen." The region has always occupied a unique niche in the American imagination. Authors and experts recommend their favorite books on the American west. Read more >>

On David Markson Tim Hull Biblio.com Bookseller Bookseller Tim Hull introduces the provocative works of contemporary writer David Markson, including information to help the reader start their own Markson collection. Read more >>

Inside the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar Neil Williams Biblio.com Bookseller Have you ever wondered what it would be like to attend a "summer school" for booksellers? Neil Williams, winner of Biblio's Don Dario Honorary Scholarship, gives us a peek inside the events of the 30th annual Colorado Book Seminar, a week-long seminar for booksellers, librarians and collectors. Check it out >>

 

 

gleans at 12:35 PM MT, 9/30

 

Nobel literature chief: US writing too 'insular'  <== today's worry

 

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AP

Lawmakers scramble to revise bailout bill

AP - 16 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders, with advice from their parties' presidential nominees, scrambled Tuesday to find out what changes are needed to sell the failed $700 billion financial system bailout to rank-and-file members.

• Slideshow: Stock Markets
• Video: Analyst: Monday was bad, but no so bad AP

Analysis: Bailout defeat now a political credibility crisis

Time.com - 51 minutes ago

Nearly every political and economic leader in the U.S. supported the bailout bill. Americans still didn't want it. Why?

• Video: Bailout rejection reaction CNN
• Full Coverage: U.S. Economy

 

Stocks prices surge; Credit worries persist

NEW YORK - Wall Street snapped back Tuesday after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. But the seized-up credit markets where businesses turn to raise money showed no sign of relief.

Video: The morning after Reuters

 

 

 

Gorbachev forming new political party independent of Kremlin

 

 

 

Grandparents boost kids' development: Aussie study

 

 

 

Herd mentality rules in financial crisis Reuters

 

 

 

S&P: Home prices post 16 pct. annual drop in July

 

 

 

Gas shortage plagues the Southeast

 

 

 

Horny Goat Weed may offer Viagra alternative

 

 

 

 

gleans at 12:35 PM MT, 9/30

 

Nobel literature chief: US writing too 'insular'  <== today's worry

 

Enlarge Photo

AP

Lawmakers scramble to revise bailout bill

AP - 16 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders, with advice from their parties' presidential nominees, scrambled Tuesday to find out what changes are needed to sell the failed $700 billion financial system bailout to rank-and-file members.

• Slideshow: Stock Markets
• Video: Analyst: Monday was bad, but no so bad AP

Analysis: Bailout defeat now a political credibility crisis

Time.com - 51 minutes ago

Nearly every political and economic leader in the U.S. supported the bailout bill. Americans still didn't want it. Why?

• Video: Bailout rejection reaction CNN
• Full Coverage: U.S. Economy

 

Stocks prices surge; Credit worries persist

NEW YORK - Wall Street snapped back Tuesday after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. But the seized-up credit markets where businesses turn to raise money showed no sign of relief.

Video: The morning after Reuters

 

 

 

Gorbachev forming new political party independent of Kremlin

 

 

 

Grandparents boost kids' development: Aussie study

 

 

 

Herd mentality rules in financial crisis Reuters

 

 

 

S&P: Home prices post 16 pct. annual drop in July

 

 

 

Gas shortage plagues the Southeast

 

 

 

Horny Goat Weed may offer Viagra alternative

 

 

 

 

gleans + 1xana at 10:10 AM MT, 9/30

 

Essay

 

What My Copy Editor Taught Me

By DOROTHY GALLAGHER

Helene had no literary theories — she had literary values: clarity, transparency, the skillful use of style.

 

 

 

On Poetry

 

The Roustabout

Reviewed by DAVID ORR

What kind of poetry does the British cultural polymath Clive James write? It involves, as you might expect, a little bit of everything.

 

 

 

Now and Then: The Poet's Choice Columns, 1997-2000 by Robert Hass (Paperback - Sep 1, 2008

 

 

 

'The King and the Cowboy'

By DAVID FROMKIN
Reviewed by JOHANN HARI

David Fromkin explores the odd political allegiance between President Theodore Roosevelt and King Edward VII of Britain.

• Times Topics: Theodore Roosevelt

 

 

The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British by Sarah Lyall (Hardcover - Aug 18, 2008)

 

 

 

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter (Hardcover - Sep 24, 2008)

 

 

 

 

ana <== recommended

Letters

Back to the Garden

The Literary Life

Buyers and Sellers

War Without End

No Small Thing

 

 

 

 

gleans at 9:55 AM MT, 9/30

 

'BusinessWeek' names the Web's top 25 Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg are included in the ranks of the magazine's mostly unsurprising list.  Tue, Sep 30 05:22:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story 

 

Nietzsche knew best. Morality comes not from society, not from pure reason. It is innate. To know it, we need experimental philosophy... more»  <== ?

 

How do you bring out the potential of the gifted child? ... [more]

 

Dark matter, dark energy, now dark flow is added to cosmological conundra ... [more]

 

 

The battle ahead Five weeks to go - the factors that will decide the US race

 

Venezuela splashes out on laptops Venezuela is buying one million Intel Classmate laptops from Portugal for its school children.

 

Woz words

Steve Wozniak on how to follow in his footsteps

 

 

 

In cyberspace Online amateurs help further solar system knowledge

Brazil bound Digital Planet looks at what's behind Brazil's web boom

 

Phoenix detects Red Planet snow

An instrument on the the US space agency's Phoenix robot detects snow falling from clouds above its Martian landing site.

 

 

 

 

 

gleans + 1xORA at 9:30 AM MT, 9/30

 

Murder Capitals of the World Reliable global crime statistics are hard to come by, but here are five cities that stand in a class all their own when it comes to brutal, homicidal violence.

 

Panic grips world's markets Shock as American rescue plan rejected on day of nationalisations and bail-outs

• Viewpoint: Nils Pratley
• Fears that more UK banks could fall
• Excerpts from House speaker Pelosi's speech
• Q&A: The US banking bail-out

 

Wall St crisis hits Europe's banks Governments of Iceland, Germany and Belgium forced to bail out banks as turmoil widens

• 'Congress does not understand the stakes'
• Santander grew under strict reserves regime
• Hundreds of branches expected to close

 

Web firms quietly win copyright victory in Congress As the media turned its attention last weekend to battles on Capitol Hill over the fate of the proposed Wall Street bailout bill, Internet companies including Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. quietly walked away with a legislative victory that could facilitate their use of copyrighted material. ...Read the rest of the story

 

ProtegeWiki: Wiki Home Page Protege Community of Practice (CoP) is a community of users, researchers, and developers who are using the Protege ontology-development environment. ...

 

Where were Russian tanks destined on ship hijacked off Somalia?

By Edmund Sanders

The Ukrainian vessel's cargo was headed for Kenya, according to that country and Ukraine. But U.S. officials and others suspect southern Sudan's fledgling army was to receive the tanks.

 

 

 

Why do people believe in God?

 

As scientists prove that faith can relieve pain, psychologist Dorothy Rowe examines the case for and against religion.

 

 

 

Saudis broker peace with Taliban

 

Afghanistan signalled it was open to a deal with Taliban as president revealed he used Saudi envoys to relay peace messages.

 

 

 

 

today's Ordinary Reading Assignment

Supersizing the Mind
Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension
Andy Clark

Drawing upon recent work in psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, robotics,human-computer systems, and beyond, Supersizing the Mind offers both a tour of the emerging cognitive landscape and a sustained argument in favor of a conception of mind that is extended rather than "brain-bound." The importance of this new perspective is profound. If our minds themselves can include aspects of our social and physical environments, then the kinds of social and physical environments we create can reconfigure our minds and our capacity for thought and
reason.

Enjoyment
The Moral Significance of Styles of Life
John Kekes

John Kekes examines the indispensable role enjoyment plays in a good life. The key to it is developing a style of life that combines an attitude and a manner of living and acting that jointly express one's deepest concerns. Kekes reorients moral thought toward a reasonable but pluralistic reflection on what we can do to make our lives better.

LOT 2
The Language of Thought Revisited
Jerry Fodor

LOT 2 sees Fodor advance undaunted towards the ultimate goal of a theory of the cognitive mind, and in particular a theory of the intentionality of cognition. No one who works on the mind can ignore Fodor's views, expressed in the coruscating and provocative style which has delighted and disconcerted countless readers over the years.

The Development of Ethics
A Historical and Critical Study
Volume II: From Suarez to Rousseau
Terence Irwin

The Development of Ethics is a selective historical and critical study of moral philosophy in the Socratic tradition, with special attention to Aristotelian naturalism. It discusses the main topics of moral philosophy as they have developed historically.

 

 

gleans at 5:15 PM MT, 9/29

 

House votes down bail-out package The US House of Representatives votes down a $700bn (£380bn) plan to bail out Wall Street, as it sees its biggest daily points fall ever. Kevin Connolly: Why did bill fail? Shares slump as rescue bid fails In quotes: Reaction to vote Peston: Worst day yet UK bank shares fall on B&B move Paulson: 'Much work to do'

 

Staring into the abyss as Wall Street bail-out rejected The $700 billion bail-out to save the global financial system from potential collapse has been rejected by US politicians.

• Bailout analysis: revolt on Main Street

• Dow Jones falls sharply hit as bailout plan defeated

• Congress rejects $700bn Wall Street bailout

 

Brown pledge to keep UK markets stable

PM will take "whatever action necessary" to keep markets stable in wake of the "very disappointing" US bail-out rejection.

• Osborne's council tax freeze worries Labour

 

Obama won debate, say polls Democratic candidate increases his lead over John McCain in a string of polls conducted after their presidential debate.

• Palin faces make or break debate

 

SAS target Baghdad car bombers

 

22 arrested over China milk

Arrest come as Cadbury confirms melamine in its Chinese chocolates.

 

 

Sign language

Another collection of bizarre signs and curious translations.

 

In cyberspace

Online amateurs help further solar system knowledge

 

 

 

Hubble glitch delays shuttle trip

A shuttle mission to service the Hubble observatory is delayed to allow time to deal with a malfunction on the telescope.

 

 

 

 

 

gleans + 1xaddenda at 4:40 PM MT, 9/29

 

<== recommended

 

Stocks crushed
CNNMoney.com - Approximately $1.2 trillion in market value is gone after the House rejects the $700 billion bank bailout plan. By Alexandra Twin, CNNMoney.
US stocks slide, Dow plunges 777 points, as bailout bill fails MarketWatch
Markets plunge in wake of bailout defeat in US House Bizjournals.com
Forbes - International Herald Tribune - The Associated Press - Houston Chronicle
all 1,589 news articles »

 

Could bailout's pay caps launch Wall Street trend?

Some see the beginning of the end for huge compensation for financial titans. Others say the limits are too weak to bring real change.

 

Europe pushed to produce its own rescue plans

Three major lenders were rescued on Monday as the global credit crisis spread.

 

Ecuador votes to lock in its shift to the left

Ecuadoreans easily approved a new socialist-leaning charter Sunday.

 

Dow's historic drop reflects financial system's challenges

After 778-point plunge, markets need private investment and bank restructuring for a recovery.

 

 

 

Stolen tanks add urgency to piracy fight

U.S. warships surrounded the hijacked MV Faina and its military cargo off Somalia's coast Monday.

 

 

 

Shelve the S.A.T?

It's up to colleges to stop the frenzy over the SAT and ACT.

 

The real solution to the financial crisis: recession

Stubborn efforts to avoid it have stoked the crisis.

 

What YouTube's 'Charlie bit my finger' tells us about Web 2.0

Our hunger to create, share, and talk is fueling a media revolution.

 

 

 

 

addenda <== from the 9/30 CSM (as are a number of the clickables above)

Hiking in the Himalayas is the height of trek-set adventures

Even if you're a fit and seasoned adventurer, you might not choose to hike Nepal's Annapurna Circuit, which follows ancient trade routes through unparalleled mountain scenery. Under optimal conditions, it takes at least 2-1/2 weeks, and for much of the way the terrain is rugged and steep and the air is thin, making even the act of breathing laborious. On the other hand, it's an exhilarating, spectacular journey that many experts consider to be the best hike in the world. Among them: the consultants at iExplore, an online resource for adventure and experiential travel. They've rated the 186-mile circuit as the No. 1 international destination for vacationing hikers and trekkers, just ahead of the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The Top 10 hiking and trekking vacation spots, according to iExplore's rankings, with the location of each:

• 1. Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
• 2. Appalachian Trail, US (Georgia to Maine)
• 3. Santa Cruz Trek, Peru
• 4. Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania
• 5. Tour de Mont Blanc, France/Italy/Switzerland
• 6. West Coast Trail, British Columbia, Canada
• 7. Overland Track, Australia
• 8. Torres del Paine, Chile
• 9. John Muir Trail, California
•10. Camino de Santiago, Spain