This is worth casting a vote in.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Fantasy or Reality
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| Italiano: Siena - Palazzo Pubblico (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The surprise of going by train to Sienna from Florence and traveling through the Tuscan landscape was finding that the Fresco below was not fantasy but a very good rendition of what was then the local landscape.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montemassi
The village originated as a fortified village of the Aldobrandeschi family. The Republic of Siena conquered it in the mid-13th century, but in the following century it was held by the Pannocchieschi and the Cappucciani of Sticciano families. In 1328 it was conquered by the condottiero Guidoriccio da Fogliano, fighting for Siena: the event is depicted in a famous fresco in the Palazzo Pubblico of Siena.
Cave Painters Were Realists, DNA Study Finds
It looks as if science has shown now that the horses in some of the earliest know cave paintings were not just made up either.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles" | Video on TED.com
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| Eli Pariser - PopTech 2010 - Camden, Maine (Photo credit: kk+) |
Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles" | Video on TED.com
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Some history about my Alma Mater
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| Subiaco Abbey and Academy, where Stanford attended prep school from 1964-1966. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Some one asked about where I went to High School so thought this bit of history might be of interest.
And they did not ban "Slaughter House Five".
Friday, June 17, 2011
Green Bans
Yesterday was the 40th Anniversary of Green Bans. The amount of controversy these actions caused have been forgotten but the legacy of what these achieved is thankfully still here for us to enjoy.
May one well ask what have unions ever done for us on these days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_ban
May one well ask what have unions ever done for us on these days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_ban
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Laurie Garrett: AIDS at 30: The Real Story
Image via Wikipedia"June 5th marks the 30th anniversary of the recognition that a new disease was killing our species. It would become our era's Great Plague, killing somewhere between 28-35 million human beings, and infecting about 75 million with HIV."
I lost my friend in 1991 not to Aids but the stigma associated with this infection. This article is a eye opener.
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