Saturday, June 23, 2007
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The War Inside - washingtonpost.com
The War Inside - washingtonpost.com: "WALTER REED AND BEYOND
The War Inside
Troops Are Returning From the Battlefield With Psychological Wounds, But the Mental-Health System That Serves Them Makes Healing Difficult
By Dana Priest and Anne Hull
Sunday, June 17, 2007; Page A01"
The War Inside
Troops Are Returning From the Battlefield With Psychological Wounds, But the Mental-Health System That Serves Them Makes Healing Difficult
By Dana Priest and Anne Hull
Sunday, June 17, 2007; Page A01"
Friday, June 15, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
TRACK 16 GALLERY, Current Exhibition
TRACK 16 GALLERY, Current Exhibition
Glen Wexler: The Secret Life of CowsJuly 7 - August 4, 2007Opening reception on Saturday, July 7 from 7-10 P.M.View Invite...
Paul Joyce: Hollywoodland
Curated by Dennis HopperJuly 7 - August 4, 2007Opening reception on Saturday, July 7 from 7-10 P.M.View Invite...
Gail Greenfield Randall: Case Histories
Curated by Kristine McKennaJuly 7 - August 4, 2007Opening reception on Saturday, July 7 from 7-10 P.M.View Invite...
Glen Wexler: The Secret Life of CowsJuly 7 - August 4, 2007Opening reception on Saturday, July 7 from 7-10 P.M.View Invite...
Paul Joyce: Hollywoodland
Curated by Dennis HopperJuly 7 - August 4, 2007Opening reception on Saturday, July 7 from 7-10 P.M.View Invite...
Gail Greenfield Randall: Case Histories
Curated by Kristine McKennaJuly 7 - August 4, 2007Opening reception on Saturday, July 7 from 7-10 P.M.View Invite...
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Friday, June 8, 2007
A drought for the ages - USATODAY.com
A drought for the ages - USATODAY.com
By Patrick O'Driscoll, USA TODAY
DENVER — Drought, a fixture in much of the West for nearly a decade, now covers more than one-third of the continental USA. And it's spreading.
As summer starts, half the nation is either abnormally dry or in outright drought from prolonged lack of rain that could lead to water shortages, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly index of conditions. Welcome rainfall last weekend from Tropical Storm Barry brought short-term relief to parts of the fire-scorched Southeast. But up to 50 inches of rain is needed to end the drought there, and this is the driest spring in the Southeast since record-keeping began in 1895, according to the National Climatic Data Center.
PHOTO GALLERY: Historic drought grips nation
By Patrick O'Driscoll, USA TODAY
DENVER — Drought, a fixture in much of the West for nearly a decade, now covers more than one-third of the continental USA. And it's spreading.
As summer starts, half the nation is either abnormally dry or in outright drought from prolonged lack of rain that could lead to water shortages, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly index of conditions. Welcome rainfall last weekend from Tropical Storm Barry brought short-term relief to parts of the fire-scorched Southeast. But up to 50 inches of rain is needed to end the drought there, and this is the driest spring in the Southeast since record-keeping began in 1895, according to the National Climatic Data Center.
PHOTO GALLERY: Historic drought grips nation
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Ellen Dissanayake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ellen Dissanayake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ellen Dissanayake is an independent scholar whose work focuses on the anthropological exploration of art and culture. She is credited for re-defining art as 'making special'; that is, art making involves taking something out of its everyday use and context and making it somehow special.
As she states in her preface to 1995's Homo Aestheticus:
At first glance, the fact that the arts and related aesthetic attitudes vary so widely from one soceity to another would seem to suggest that they are wholly learned or "cultural" in origin rather than, as I will show, also biological or "natural". One can make an analogy with language: learning to speak is a universal, innate predisposition for all children even though individual children learn the particular language of the people among whom they are nurtured. Similarly, art can be regarded as a natural, general proclivity that manifests itself in culturally learned specifics such as dances, songs, performances, visual display, and poetic speech.
She lives in Seattle, and is affiliated with the University of Washington. She has taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Sarah Lawrence College, the National Arts School in Papua New Guinea, and the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. In 1997 she was a visiting professor at Ball State University in Indiana, and the following year taught at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
Her work emerged out of her lived experience in the countries Sri Lanka, Nigeria, India, Madagascar, and Papua New Guinea, where she observed first-hand the cultural differences and attitudes toward art and culture amongst this variety of peoples.
Ellen Dissanayake is an independent scholar whose work focuses on the anthropological exploration of art and culture. She is credited for re-defining art as 'making special'; that is, art making involves taking something out of its everyday use and context and making it somehow special.
As she states in her preface to 1995's Homo Aestheticus:
At first glance, the fact that the arts and related aesthetic attitudes vary so widely from one soceity to another would seem to suggest that they are wholly learned or "cultural" in origin rather than, as I will show, also biological or "natural". One can make an analogy with language: learning to speak is a universal, innate predisposition for all children even though individual children learn the particular language of the people among whom they are nurtured. Similarly, art can be regarded as a natural, general proclivity that manifests itself in culturally learned specifics such as dances, songs, performances, visual display, and poetic speech.
She lives in Seattle, and is affiliated with the University of Washington. She has taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Sarah Lawrence College, the National Arts School in Papua New Guinea, and the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. In 1997 she was a visiting professor at Ball State University in Indiana, and the following year taught at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
Her work emerged out of her lived experience in the countries Sri Lanka, Nigeria, India, Madagascar, and Papua New Guinea, where she observed first-hand the cultural differences and attitudes toward art and culture amongst this variety of peoples.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Worldandnation: Melting polar bear sends message
Worldandnation: Melting polar bear sends message: "Melting polar bear sends message
By TIMES WIRES
Published June 6, 2007
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UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. celebration of World Environment Day on Tuesday featured a melting polar bear, kids dancing with cardboard fish and an appeal from the daughter of late wildlife expert Steve Irwin to skateboard or take public transportation to school."
By TIMES WIRES
Published June 6, 2007
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UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. celebration of World Environment Day on Tuesday featured a melting polar bear, kids dancing with cardboard fish and an appeal from the daughter of late wildlife expert Steve Irwin to skateboard or take public transportation to school."
Worldandnation: EPA issues new water rules
Worldandnation: EPA issues new water rules: "EPA issues new water rules
Some streams and wetlands might lose Clean Water Act protection."
Some streams and wetlands might lose Clean Water Act protection."
Worldandnation: Scooter Libby gets 30 months
Worldandnation: Scooter Libby gets 30 months: "Scooter Libby gets 30 months
The judge says he's unlikely to allow Libby to be remain free during an appeal."
The judge says he's unlikely to allow Libby to be remain free during an appeal."
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Americas
Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Americas
Coke to cut water used in drinks
Published: Wednesday, 6 June, 2007, 01:57 AM Doha Time
NEW YORK: The Coca-Cola Co said yesterday it would reduce the amount of water used to produce its beverages and put more effort into recycling the water it uses in manufacturing.Coke, which along with its bottlers used 290bn litres of water for beverage production last year, said it would make a $20mn commitment to the World Wildlife Fund.“Our goal is to replace every drop of water we use in our beverages and their production,” Coke chief E Neville Isdell told the WWF’s annual meeting in Beijing.More than half the water Coke used in 2006 was dedicated to processes like rinsing, cleaning, heating and cooling, rather than going into the drinks themselves.Coke’s new measures include setting water efficiency targets for global operations by next year, and aligning its manufacturing system to return all water used in manufacturing to the environment. – Reuters
Coke to cut water used in drinks
Published: Wednesday, 6 June, 2007, 01:57 AM Doha Time
NEW YORK: The Coca-Cola Co said yesterday it would reduce the amount of water used to produce its beverages and put more effort into recycling the water it uses in manufacturing.Coke, which along with its bottlers used 290bn litres of water for beverage production last year, said it would make a $20mn commitment to the World Wildlife Fund.“Our goal is to replace every drop of water we use in our beverages and their production,” Coke chief E Neville Isdell told the WWF’s annual meeting in Beijing.More than half the water Coke used in 2006 was dedicated to processes like rinsing, cleaning, heating and cooling, rather than going into the drinks themselves.Coke’s new measures include setting water efficiency targets for global operations by next year, and aligning its manufacturing system to return all water used in manufacturing to the environment. – Reuters
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Justice? What a joke - Yahoo! News
Justice? What a joke - Yahoo! News: "Our insatiable desire to turn everything into a crime is creating a Gulag America with 714 incarcerated persons per 100,000 - the highest rate in the world. Millions of people are charged each year with new criminal acts that can stretch from first-degree murder to failing to shovel their sidewalks."
Monday, March 26, 2007
San Jose Mercury News - After fifth probe, Tillman family wants congressional hearings
San Jose Mercury News - After fifth probe, Tillman family wants congressional hearings: "'We base our beliefs on the relentless pattern of the Bush administration of deception, evasion, and spin in the conduct of the entire dual-occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan,' the statement said.
'We remain convinced that the priority of the Pentagon was to prevent the public knowing that Pat was killed by the military's highest priority shock infantry unit,' they said. 'And that he was killed by a combination of shoddy leadership and clear violations of the Rules of Engagement, as well as violations of the Law of Land Warfare.'"
'We remain convinced that the priority of the Pentagon was to prevent the public knowing that Pat was killed by the military's highest priority shock infantry unit,' they said. 'And that he was killed by a combination of shoddy leadership and clear violations of the Rules of Engagement, as well as violations of the Law of Land Warfare.'"
Sunday, March 25, 2007
International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News: "CAUGHT IN THE CLIMATE CONUNDRUM
Germany Plans Boom in Coal- Fired Power Plants -- Despite High Emissions"
DUH..........Hello humans.....are we here? Pay attention please.....Read the news at very least educate yourself.....the planet earth Your world that breathes...needs you...to wake up.......Yes we can make changes......Lets GO.....! I know you are here...because I am....
Think good place to repeat..;)
Germany Plans Boom in Coal- Fired Power Plants -- Despite High Emissions"
DUH..........Hello humans.....are we here? Pay attention please.....Read the news at very least educate yourself.....the planet earth Your world that breathes...needs you...to wake up.......Yes we can make changes......Lets GO.....! I know you are here...because I am....
Think good place to repeat..;)
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Keeping Out The Drug Money: F.D.A. Rule Limits Role of Advisers Tied to Industry - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
Keeping Out The Drug Money: F.D.A. Rule Limits Role of Advisers Tied to Industry - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News: "F.D.A. Rule Limits Role of Advisers Tied to Industry
By Gardiner Harris
The new rules would bar government advisers who receive money from a drug or device maker from voting on that company's products.
Expert advisers to the government who receive money from a drug or device maker would be barred for the first time from voting on whether to approve that company's products under new rules announced Wednesday for the F.D.A.'s powerful advisory committees."
Common sense to me...gads...come on Humans wake up please..
By Gardiner Harris
The new rules would bar government advisers who receive money from a drug or device maker from voting on that company's products.
Expert advisers to the government who receive money from a drug or device maker would be barred for the first time from voting on whether to approve that company's products under new rules announced Wednesday for the F.D.A.'s powerful advisory committees."
Common sense to me...gads...come on Humans wake up please..
The Blog | Raymond J. Learsy: Art and Art Collecting in This Age of Existential Anxiety | The Huffington Post
The Blog Raymond J. Learsy: Art and Art Collecting in This Age of Existential Anxiety The Huffington Post: "Art and Art Collecting in This Age of Existential Anxiety (5 comments )
This will be a considered digression from what these posts usually carry.
Art collecting, especially contemporary art ,has been an important part of my life. You may have "
THANKS FOR THE DIVERSION-MENTION 'RJ' AS I AM 'AN ARTIST' CREATING IMAGES FOR THOSE OF US WHOM ARE 'SENSITIVE' AND APPRECIATE THE ARTS.NOW; COULD YOU PLEASE GO TO HELYN DAVENPORTS WWW.PIXIPORT.COM AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND A CORPRATE DONER TO FINANCE HER HUGE PROJECT FOR THE 'PHOTO-DIGITAL ARTS'? HELYN 'BROADHURST' DAVENPORT HAS BEEN STRUGGLING TO KEEP PIXIPORT 'ALIVE' AS THE 100+SOME,WORLDS' MOST EXCELLENT ARTISES ARE 'THERE'....ENTERTAINING THE WORLD WITH SUCH DEDICATION AND DEVOTION,FOR THE 'SAKE OF ART'.HELYN HAS SARIFICED EVERYTHING FOR WE ARTIST TO 'SHOW' ON THE NET,BUT NEEDS (MORE $$) TO CONTINUE THIS WONDERFUL VENTURE.SHE NEEDS A 'MAC AUTHUR GRANT' OR SOMTHING LIKE IT.YES,I AM ONE OF THEM,YOU COULD CALL A 'STARVING ARTIST' AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DIVERSION FROM THE WORLDS' GOINGS-ON TO MENTION THE REASON WHY COLLECTERS COLLECT AND ARTISTS CREATE ART-DAILY.MY PERCEPTION,IS THAT ART 'HEALS' THE MIND AND MAKES THE MOST BRUTAL POLITICIAN(YOU-WE,KNOW THEM WELL)PERHAPS SHAMED INTO CORRECTING THEIR WAYS WITH SUCH VILLE DEEDS.THANKS FROM "DAWK" AND THANKS -ARIANA FOR ALLOWING ME THE PRIVLEGE TO BLOG ON THE HUFF -PO.
By: DAWK on February 23, 2007 at 11:41am
This will be a considered digression from what these posts usually carry.
Art collecting, especially contemporary art ,has been an important part of my life. You may have "
THANKS FOR THE DIVERSION-MENTION 'RJ' AS I AM 'AN ARTIST' CREATING IMAGES FOR THOSE OF US WHOM ARE 'SENSITIVE' AND APPRECIATE THE ARTS.NOW; COULD YOU PLEASE GO TO HELYN DAVENPORTS WWW.PIXIPORT.COM AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND A CORPRATE DONER TO FINANCE HER HUGE PROJECT FOR THE 'PHOTO-DIGITAL ARTS'? HELYN 'BROADHURST' DAVENPORT HAS BEEN STRUGGLING TO KEEP PIXIPORT 'ALIVE' AS THE 100+SOME,WORLDS' MOST EXCELLENT ARTISES ARE 'THERE'....ENTERTAINING THE WORLD WITH SUCH DEDICATION AND DEVOTION,FOR THE 'SAKE OF ART'.HELYN HAS SARIFICED EVERYTHING FOR WE ARTIST TO 'SHOW' ON THE NET,BUT NEEDS (MORE $$) TO CONTINUE THIS WONDERFUL VENTURE.SHE NEEDS A 'MAC AUTHUR GRANT' OR SOMTHING LIKE IT.YES,I AM ONE OF THEM,YOU COULD CALL A 'STARVING ARTIST' AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DIVERSION FROM THE WORLDS' GOINGS-ON TO MENTION THE REASON WHY COLLECTERS COLLECT AND ARTISTS CREATE ART-DAILY.MY PERCEPTION,IS THAT ART 'HEALS' THE MIND AND MAKES THE MOST BRUTAL POLITICIAN(YOU-WE,KNOW THEM WELL)PERHAPS SHAMED INTO CORRECTING THEIR WAYS WITH SUCH VILLE DEEDS.THANKS FROM "DAWK" AND THANKS -ARIANA FOR ALLOWING ME THE PRIVLEGE TO BLOG ON THE HUFF -PO.
By: DAWK on February 23, 2007 at 11:41am
Friday, March 23, 2007
What Washington is talking about this week. - By Christopher Beam - Slate Magazine
What Washington is talking about this week. - By Christopher Beam - Slate Magazine: "the zeitgeist checklist: What Washington is talking about.
Zeitgeist Checklist: Karl Rove, Come On Down
What Washington is talking about this week.
By Christopher Beam
Posted Friday, March 23, 2007, at 7:43 PM ET "
Zeitgeist Checklist: Karl Rove, Come On Down
What Washington is talking about this week.
By Christopher Beam
Posted Friday, March 23, 2007, at 7:43 PM ET "
Nine other oaths Karl Rove could swear to Congress. - By Hart Seely - Slate Magazine
Nine other oaths Karl Rove could swear to Congress. - By Hart Seely - Slate Magazine: "low concept: Dubious and far-fetched ideas.
Nine Other Oaths Karl Rove Could Swear
He doesn't want to tell 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth' to Congress. Here are some alternatives.
By Hart Seely
Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007, at 4:39 PM ET "
Nine Other Oaths Karl Rove Could Swear
He doesn't want to tell 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth' to Congress. Here are some alternatives.
By Hart Seely
Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007, at 4:39 PM ET "
The world's first self-help book. - By David Plotz - Slate Magazine
The world's first self-help book. - By David Plotz - Slate Magazine: "blogging the bible: What's really in the Good Book.
The World's First Self-Help Book
blogging the bible
entries
1from: David Plotz
How the Book of Proverbs Begat Chicken Soup for the Soul"
The World's First Self-Help Book
blogging the bible
entries
1from: David Plotz
How the Book of Proverbs Begat Chicken Soup for the Soul"
Thursday, March 22, 2007
PixiPort-Feminist Art Photography
PixiPort-Feminist Art Photography
Life With a Flim Flam Man-Man who Sins without Guilt
Life With a Flim Flam Man-Man who Sins without Guilt
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
PIXIPORT-Event Listings Contests Grants Call to artists
PIXIPORT-Event Listings Contests Grants Call to artists: "Pixiport Fine Art Photography contest. Black and white and Color photos. CLICK HERE for more information. "
Monday, March 5, 2007
Time Change a ‘Mini-Y2K’ in Tech Terms - New York Times
Time Change a ‘Mini-Y2K’ in Tech Terms - New York Times: "Time Change a ‘Mini-Y2K’ in Tech Terms "
Evolution and Religion - Darwin’s God - Robin Marantz Henig - New York Times
Evolution and Religion - Darwin’s God - Robin Marantz Henig - New York Times: "Darwin’s God "
God has always been a puzzle for Scott Atran. When he was 10 years old, he scrawled a plaintive message on the wall of his bedroom in Baltimore. “God exists,” he wrote in black and orange paint, “or if he doesn’t, we’re in trouble.” Atran has been struggling with questions about religion ever since — why he himself no longer believes in God and why so many other people, everywhere in the world, apparently do.
God has always been a puzzle for Scott Atran. When he was 10 years old, he scrawled a plaintive message on the wall of his bedroom in Baltimore. “God exists,” he wrote in black and orange paint, “or if he doesn’t, we’re in trouble.” Atran has been struggling with questions about religion ever since — why he himself no longer believes in God and why so many other people, everywhere in the world, apparently do.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Twelve Year Old Boy Dies From Abscessed Tooth - Science News - Playfuls.com - Science & Technology
Twelve Year Old Boy Dies From Abscessed Tooth - Science News - Playfuls.com - Science & Technology: "The death of a 12 year old boy in the US has highlighted a glaring gap in the health care system that is affectively shutting off dental coverage to millions of Americans. Deamonte Driver died from a tooth infection that spread into the brain, because his mother didn't have health insurance to pay for a visit to the dentist. "
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
BBC NEWS | Health | Early man 'couldn't stomach milk'
BBC NEWS Health Early man 'couldn't stomach milk': "Early man 'couldn't stomach milk'
Milk contains sugars that are hard to break down
A drink of milk was off the menu for Europeans until only a few thousand years ago, say researchers from London. "
Milk contains sugars that are hard to break down
A drink of milk was off the menu for Europeans until only a few thousand years ago, say researchers from London. "
Monday, February 26, 2007
Increased Demand for Ivory Threatens Elephant Survival - washingtonpost.com
Increased Demand for Ivory Threatens Elephant Survival - washingtonpost.com: "Demand for Ivory Threatens Elephant Survival"An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study released yesterday estimates that as many as 23,000 of the animals were slaughtered last year alone.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
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