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Charles Wakefield Cadman

January 26, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

While correcting the San Francisco Call, 26 October 1918, I ran across this article: ANNOUNCE SECOND TRIO CONCERT Provided the embargo on concert gatherings is raised before the date set for their second concert of the season, the Shavitch-Saslavsky-Bem Chamber Music Trio will give their next programme at the Italian Room of the St. Francis … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, Faits Divers, History, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: 1918, 1918 Spanish Influeza, Charles Wakefield Cadman, From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water, San Francisco, Spanish Influenza, St. Francis Hotel

A ‘Big Night’ for Newts

January 25, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

A ‘Big Night’ for Newts, and for a California Newt Brigade

Posted in: California History, Environment, Ethical and green living, Science Tagged: California, Chileno Valley, Chileno Valley Newt Brigade, Laguna Lake, newts, Petaluma, Sally Gale

Synhelion – Swiss Synfuel Project

January 25, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Synhelion uses solar heat to convert CO2 into synthetic fuels – so-called solar fuels. Solar radiation is reflected by the mirror field, concentrated onto the receiver, and converted into high-temperature process heat. The generated heat is fed to the thermochemical reactor that produces syngas, a mixture of H2 and CO. The syngas is then processed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: carbon emissions, CO, diesel, gas-to-liquids, gasoline, H2, heat, high-temperature, jet fuel, reactor, solar CO2, syngas, Synhelion, synthetic fuels, technology.fuels, thermochemical

Casey Hayden Dies at 85

January 14, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Casey Hayden, a Force for Civil Rights and Feminism, Dies at 85 New York Times By Neil Genzlinger Published Jan. 13, 2023 While working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the early 1960s, she helped write two memos that spurred the modern women’s movement. Casey Hayden with Dorie Ladner, a fellow member of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, History, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: 1962, anti-segregation, Casey Hayden, civil disobedience, Civil Rights, Ella Baker, Freedom Rides, New York Times, Port Huron Statement, S.D.S., sexism, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society

Books in 2023

January 10, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Last half of “Bleeding Edge” by Thomas Pynchon 01/06/2023 – Done – enjoyable. Started “White Noise” by Don DeLillo 01/06/2023 – WIP – no affinity with characters so far. Checked out “American Midnight” by Adam Hochschild from the library, 01/02/2023 – not sure I’ll finish it, too depressing. About the years 1917-1920 and the American … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arts, Content, Thinking about Tagged: American Midnight, Bleeding Edge, Don DeLillo, Herbert Gold, Slow Learner, Thomas Pynchon, White Noise

“Smile like a hairdresser / Giving Cameron Diaz a shampoo.”

January 9, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Charles Simic, Pulitzer-Winning Poet and U.S. Laureate, Dies at 84 A Serbian-born American, he left the impression in his verse that he had “poked a hole into everyday life to reveal a glimpse of something endless.”

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Obituaries, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Belgrade, Charles Simic, poet, poet laureate, Pulitzer Prize

Michael Snow, Prolific and Playful Artistic Polymath, Is Dead at 94

January 6, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

He was a painter, a musician, a photographer and a sculptor. But he was best known for experimental (and often contentious) films like “Wavelength.” New York Times, Jan. 6, 2023 “I am not a professional,” he declared in a statement written for a group show catalog in 1967. “My paintings are done by a filmmaker, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arts, Content, Faits Divers, Obituaries, Photography, Thinking about Tagged: animation, Annette Michelson, Canadian, Cecil Taylor, filmmaker, Hollis Frampton, jazz pianist, Jonas Mekas, Joyce Wieland, Ken Jacobs, Michael Snow, movie, painter, photographer, polymath, Richard Foreman, Richard Serra, sculptor, Steve Reich, Toronto, Wavelength

Angelo Badalamenti, Is Dead at 85

December 12, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Angelo Badalamenti, Composer for ‘Twin Peaks,’ Is Dead at 85

Posted in: Faits Divers, Modern Music, Obituaries Tagged: 1990 Grammy, Angelo Badalamenti, Composer, David Lynch, films, Isabella Rossellini, music, musical, Soundtrack

Lee Lorenz, 90, Cartoonist at The New Yorker, Dies

December 10, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

This obituary of Mr. Lorenz contains many links to other cartoonists as well as his insights on the New Yorker.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, History, Obituaries, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Cartoonist, Jack Ziegler, Lee Lorenz, Robert A. Gottlieb, Roz Chast, The New Yorker, Tina Brown, William Shawn

Big Oil talks ‘transition’

December 9, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Big Oil talks ‘transition’ but perpetuates petroleum, House documents say A House committee, accusing oil companies of deception, releases a trove of internal documents revealing how these firms view the ‘energy transition’ By Steven Mufson and Timothy Puko December 9, 2022 Some of the world’s major oil companies remain internally skeptical about the “energy transition” … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Future of Work, Politics, the Anthropocene Tagged: 2022, BP, Canadian oil sands, carbon, carbon capture, carbon footprints, climate science, economy, energy transition, ExxonMobil, House Committee, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, low-carbon, low-carbon economy, oil company, oversight, Politico, Reform, Shell, the American Petroleum Institute, TotalEnergies, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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