Der Spiegel speculates that Beijing is alarmed by the recent popular uprisings in the Arab world and may have the seeds of unrest in Chongqing. The fous of their worries is Bo Xilai, 61, the Communist Party secretary for Chongqing. Bo’s governments is promoting Maoist populism and cultur[...]
Archive for June, 2011
June 3rd, 2011 - 9:43 am § in America
Why I Find the Chihuly Museum Gauche
Letter to a Friend Hi Bob, I am NOT at all among the community that dislikes Dale Chihuly. I have met Dale and exchanged holiday cards with his family for some years. I enjoy his work and think entrepreneurial art is a real part of the mix. I enjoy the work of Ai Weiwei and […][...]
June 3rd, 2011 - 7:41 am § in Misc.
Petition to 94.9 KUOW regarding the firing of Dr. Cliff Mass
If you are interesting in supporting a petition to reinstate my weather segment here is the petition site: http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/cliffmassonkuow[...]
June 3rd, 2011 - 7:30 am § in Misc.
UW Prof Cited in World Health Organization Concerns That Cell Phones Cause Cancer
Dear Colleagues: By now I assume that most of you have heard that the World Health Organization has just decided to endorse the idea that cell phone use may be a cause of cancer (for example, see http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/). Disturbing though this may be, this WHO action[...]
June 3rd, 2011 - 6:10 am § in Misc.
Belgium: The Ungovernable
Ed. The Belgians need to bring Schwarznegger in. Eleven months after elections that proved to be inconclusive, Belgium still has a caretaker government with bickering legislators unable to agree on sharing power. Talks have broken down numerous times but now King Albert II has again turned to Fran[...]
June 2nd, 2011 - 9:13 am § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: French writer passes Libya rebel message to Israel
Will The Arab Spring Bring Peace? AFP – French writer Bernard Henri Levy said he delivered a message on Thursday from Libyan rebel leaders to Israel’s premier saying they would seek diplomatic ties with Israel if they came to power. Levy told AFP he passed on the verbal message from Liby[...]
June 2nd, 2011 - 3:49 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
BREAKING NEWS: UW ranks #5, worldwide, in math!
from Reuters Times Higher Education: The 50 universities and research institutes listed above were among the world’s most influential in the field of mathematics – whether by total citations received or by citations per paper – for papers published during the period 1 January 200[...]
June 1st, 2011 - 11:32 pm § in Misc.
Breaking News: Microsoft can innovate!
I highly recommend this video of Windows 8. Impressive![...]
Breaking News: State replaces classes that lead to jobs with programs that give diplomas
Katherine Long has a very disturbing story at the Times about programs being cut from the community colleges. The irony in Katherine’s story is that these community college programs have a documented record of real productivity .. over 80% of the grads get REAL jobs. Why are these real progr[...]