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One of the most famous brands of champagne bears a woman's name, but for many years women played little role in the industry. Now that is changing. Juliet Rix met some of the new wave of female tastemakers.
I am sitting in a contemporary stripped-wood conservatory looking out at a much more traditional view.
Beyond a gentle slope, neatly striped with perfect vines, stands a fairytale French chateau, its decorative creamy façade topped with turrets and spires.
It was built by Widow Clicquot - Veuve Clicquot in French - a name more closely associated with famous champagne than with an actual woman.
But she was very real. In 1805, when she was just 27, her winemaker husband died. And, against all 19th Century expectations - and considerable opposition - the young widow took over his winemaking business.
Adapting and improving it, she spread its effervescent product across the globe, turning it into one of the most successful maisons de champagne.
Clicquot was the first female champagne producer. A few more followed. All were widows, the only women French society of the time would allow to take such a public role.
They did a remarkably good job. In fact the Champagne Widows were so successful that some champagne houses without a widow added Veuve to their labels nonetheless!
But this was not exactly a female takeover. It was just a handful of women there, as it were, "by accident". Most champagne production remained firmly in the hands of men. Until now.
Sitting with me at one of the conservatory's narrow, polished tree-trunk tables is Charlotte Le Gallais. Her great-great-grandfather - an Armenian diamond merchant - bought the turreted Clicquot chateau and the domaine surrounding it, nearly a century ago.
Five generations later, it is not the son, but the daughter, who is taking over the champagne-making. She is part of a new wave of women making significant inroads not only into selling but also growing and blending.
There are now three organisations specifically for women working in the business and 60% of the students studying winemaking in the Champagne region are female.
So does it make a difference if champagne is made by women? "Of course!" laughs Francoise Peretti, director of the UK Champagne Bureau, which promotes and educates about champagne: "[They] are more intuitive and more attentive to aroma and taste - and maybe more curious, more daring". Other leading women in the industry agree.
"Women are more aware of the delicate flavours of champagne," says Sophie Signolle, president of the Commission of Women Winemakers of Champagne. "Their nose and palate have more finesse, more subtlety."
One of the few female cellar-masters in a big champagne house, Floriane Eznack, says "there is love" between women and champagne.
"Champagne was first bought for the mistresses of the Kings of France - and even today, to seduce a woman, a man wouldn't buy red wine, he would buy champagne!" she says.
It must be said that Eznack is no bubbly girly type. Her first choice of career was fighter pilot. Only having failed to do that did she turn to making champagne.
Charlotte Le Gallais makes no claims to superiority over male champagne-makers, but as she shows me the shiny silver tanks that receive the juice pressed from her grapes, and carefully explains the details of the highly regulated production method, she does reveal that her favourite part of the process is the blending - the repeated mixing and tasting of wines from different grapes, soils and years to find just the right combination of flavours.
The rise of women winemakers will certainly change champagne, says Eznack, though exactly how is yet to be seen. Blends created today will not be on the market for another four or five years and the number of women involved is still rising.
Le Gallais points up at one of the towers of Clicquot's chateau. "That was her room," she says. It's empty now. The Le Gallais family moved out of the chateau during World War Two and now occupy the 16th Century manor house across the vineyard that the Clicquots used for the servants.
The manor house is unheated - hard on the people but perfect for the bottles of champagne laid in neat racks in the cellar.
Back in the warm conservatory, I raise a sparkling glass of Le Gallais' golden bubbly to my lips and have to agree that this woman makes excellent champagne.


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Q: Conditionally rendering gifs on shiny I would like to render a gif on shiny based on a selection made by a user. For example if a user selects a given fighter, if I have saved a gif with the id associated with the selection, a gif would be rendered at the bottom of the web app.
This is the code I have:
   #select player name
   uiOutput("Names")
   #render gif
   imageOutput("gifs")
   #in server function
     output$Names <- renderUI({
       req(input$dropdown)
       df <- boxing %>% filter(division %in% input$dropdown)
       selectInput("names","Player A",choices = df$name)
     })
   #render gif from server
   output$gifs <- renderImage({
       tags$video(src=paste(boxing[boxing$name == input$names, "global_id"],".gif",sep="",type="video/gif"), width=100)
     })

Here is a sample of my data
   name      global_id
   Fox         121
   Jim         122
   Felix       123
   Joel        124
   Paul        125

These are the gifs in my www directors
123.gif
124.gif

If no gif exists I do not want to show anything for that particular player.
This is the error message I am currently getting
Error: invalid filename argument

A: I believe the error is in your paste(). Try this:
output$gifs <- renderImage({
  tags$video(src=paste(boxing[boxing$name == input$names, "global_id"],".gif",sep=""),type="video/gif", width=100)
})

While your code works the way it is, you may also consider using a switch-case. However, this will be messy if you have a lot of characters/gifs. For example:
output$gifs <- renderImage({
  this_gif <- switch (input$names,
    "Fox" = 121,
    "Jim" = 122
    # Etc
  )
  tags$video(src=paste(this_gif,".gif", sep = ""),type="video/gif", width=100)
})

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It all began in Brooklyn, NY on the sandy shores of Gravesend Bay within walking distance of Coney Island. Ed's lifelong obsession with drawing began with the Sunday paper comic strips, rendering characters such as Mutt & Jeff, Krazy Kat, Winnie Winkle and more. Commercial art, at the time, in newspapers and magazines was pen and ink, black and white, as were the movies. Color printing was a rare luxury.
During the Great Depression, Ed attended Pratt Institute and trained as an art teacher. After three years of teaching in New York City high schools, he spent three years creating masks and decorative props for Broadway musicals, working with Vincente Minelli and the famous Fanny Brice in one of the last editions of Zeigfield Follies.
Like most of his generation, Ed enlisted in the army during World War II. Always slight of build, he had to beg and connive to gain entry. His sketches and watercolors from this period detail his experiences working a POW camp in the Deep South and hospitals on the French and German battlefronts. As the war ended, he extended his stay in Paris to study cinematography.
Following WWII, Ed worked in the art department at Macy's Herald Square, while also freelancing for various magazines including, The New Yorker, New York Times, and Good Housekeeping. He then embarking on a 25-year career as a designer for Norcross Greeting Cards. It was Norcross the brought him to Chester County in the 1970's, where he flourished as an accomplished painter in oils and watercolors. He became an active member of the Chester County Art Association, and for several years he sponsored a special prize for youthful artists.
Ed's works reflect a broad vision. From landscapes to still life depictions of found objects, outrageous humorous characters, and wide vistas reminiscent of Flemish paintings, he entertains the viewer with a unique combination of wit and whimsy.

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Daniel Craig Walks with Crutches and a Boot Through Airport After Ankle Injury on James Bond Set
Daniel Craig was photographed walking with crutches after undergoing ankle surgery from injuries sustained while filming Bond 25
By Alexia Fernández June 10, 2019 08:21 PM
Daniel Craig is — almost — back in action.
Craig, 51, was photographed arriving at JFK International Airport in New York City on Sunday and walking on crutches while wearing a boot cast.
Craig was dressed in jeans, a checkered button down shirt, a black leather jacket, sunglasses and a baseball hat as he made his way through the airport.
The actor suffered an ankle injury while filming for Bond 25 in Jamaica. In a statement released on the film's official Twitter account, it was revealed the James Bond actor would be "undergoing minor ankle surgery" resulting from his injury.
"Production will continue whilst Craig is rehabilitating for two weeks post-surgery. The film remains on track for the same release date in April 2020," the statement read.
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About two weeks later, a crew member also suffered an injury while a "controlled explosion on the set" was being filmed at Pinewood Studios in England.
This isn't the first time Craig has been injured on the set of the spy movie franchise. While working on 2006's Casino Royale, Craig smashed out his two front teeth during a particularly grueling fight scene, according to a report by the Sunday Mirror.
He was injured twice while filming 2008's Quantum of Solace and wore a sling during the promotional tour after he had surgery to repair his shoulder.
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Craig told The Telegraph it was an old injury he had "probably aggravated by jumping around on Bond movies."
"It wasn't an essential operation but if I don't do it now, I could do something on the next movie and rip it out of its socket," he said. "It's just a pain in the ass, really, and it'll be a long wait before it heals properly."
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His other injury involved his finger.
"It wasn't as extreme as all that. I lost the pad. Here," the actor told Playboy in 2008 while showing off a scab on his fingertip. "This is after a month's healing, so it's nothing."
He continued, "I was bleeding a lot. I had to get it cauterized. Filming stopped and everybody went, 'Oh my God! He sliced the end of his finger off!' They went looking for it, but couldn't find it."
Craig also sprained his knee on the set of Spectre during the filming of a fight scene in London, according to The Guardian. He lucked out, however, as it was a minor injury and filming resumed within a few days.


My rides on public transit were prefaced with the question "book or podcast?" After a full recovery from surgery on both wrists (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), I am finally back to knitting. Sylvie might get the scarf before winter ends. The other day I pondered how TV watching is an escape for me, since I am not watching the news. So I asked myself, "what would be an equal escape for me?" The answer is knitting. Then it hit me. In knitting my focus is to see the needles, so I don't miss a stitch. In listening to a podcast, my focus is just that, listening. So I plan instead of escaping into a crime drama, to listen to a podcast and knit. Now my transit rides, are question free and filled with books.


The HEADS UP! Revision Skills Coaching Programme is a 4 part programme one to one programme covering vital elements, hints, tips and strategies for Year 10 and 11 students.
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Caitlyn Buongiorno
Caitlyn Buongiorno is a freelance writer in the Chicago area.
Fermilab receives DOE funding to develop machine learning for particle accelerators
January 8, 2021 | Caitlyn Buongiorno
Fermilab scientists and engineers are developing a machine learning platform to help run Fermilab's accelerator complex alongside a fast-response machine learning application for accelerating particle beams. The programs will work in tandem to boost efficiency and energy conservation in Fermilab accelerators.
One step closer: Mu2e reaches milestone in construction of novel experiment
November 11, 2020 | Caitlyn Buongiorno
Magnets play a key role in looking for the direct transformation of muons into electrons, a theorized phenomenon that Fermilab's Mu2e experiment will hunt for when it comes online in 2023. In an important milestone, seven essential magnets have passed testing and been accepted for the construction of the experiment.
Jonathan Jarvis wins prestigious DOE award for development of next-generation particle beam cooling and control
August 31, 2020 | Caitlyn Buongiorno
This award, totaling $2.5 million, will fund the development of a faster particle beam cooling method as well as the implementation of machine learning advancements to optimally control the system.
Multimedia artists Chris Klapper and Patrick Gallagher and composer David Ibbett selected as Fermilab's 2020 artists-in-residence and guest composer
January 15, 2020 | Caitlyn Buongiorno
Continuing the yearly induction of a new artist-in-residence each year, Fermilab is welcoming a pair of artists and the lab's first guest composer to the lab in 2020.
ADMX experiment places world's best constraint on dark matter axions
ADMX has ruled out a region where a hypothetical dark matter particle called an axion could have been hiding. The new results are drawn from four times more data than the previous results and will serve as an important guide for other experiments on where to look for this elusive particle.
A partnership turns to neutrinos
October 16, 2019 | Caitlyn Buongiorno
A collaboration with fewer than 100 members has played an important role in Fermilab's ongoing partnership with Latin American scientists and institutions.
MAGIS-100: Atoms in free fall to probe dark matter, gravity and quantum science
September 26, 2019 | Caitlyn Buongiorno
A collaboration led by Fermilab and Stanford University combines their expertise in quantum science and accelerator technologies to build the world's largest atom interferometer. The instrument will push the boundaries of quantum physics into macroscopic scales, providing a gateway for dark matter searches and tests of gravitational waves.
A million pulses per second: How particle accelerators are powering X-ray lasers
Three United States DOE national laboratories – SLAC, Fermilab and Jefferson Lab – have partnered to build an advanced particle accelerator that will power the LCLS-II X-ray laser. Thanks to technology developed for nuclear and high-energy physics, the new X-ray laser will produce a nearly continuous wave of electrons and allow scientists to peer more deeply than ever before into the building blocks of life and matter.
Physics in the eyes and ears of an artist
August 8, 2019 | Caitlyn Buongiorno
Photographer Adam Nadel started his residency at Fermilab taking the portraits he is known for, but then he found himself venturing onto new artistic ground.
The future of particle accelerators may be autonomous
June 25, 2019 | Caitlyn Buongiorno
Particle accelerators are some of the most complicated machines in science. In today's more autonomous era of self-driving cars and vacuuming robots, efforts are going strong to automate different aspects of the operation of accelerators, and the next generation of particle accelerators promises to be more automated than ever. Scientists are working on ways to run them with a diminishing amount of direction from humans.


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Ash Green School
Father's school wrangle threat
A FATHER has threatened to keep his son at home in Bedworth after all the youngster's choices for a secondary school were rejected....
A FATHER has threatened to keep his son at home in Bedworth after all the youngster's choices for a secondary school were rejected.
Christopher Trenfield, aged, 10, who lives a stone's throw from Nicholas Chamberlaine School, applied for other schools across Nuneaton and Bedworth. He was not accepted by any of them.
After appealing against the decision by Ash Green School, and being rejected, Christopher's father, Colin, eventually decided to apply to Nicholas Chamberlaine.
But the situation had dragged on for so long that the school had by then filled its quota.
The family was offered Manor Park Community School in Nuneaton as the only option.
Now Mr Trenfield, of Beechwood Road, says he will refuse to allow his son to go to school unless the situation is sorted out to his satisfaction.
He said: "We wanted Christopher to go to the best possible school, which was how we made our choices.
"The schools were out of our area but to be told we couldn't get into any of them was unbelievable. Then to find Nicholas Chamberlaine was full made it even worse.
"We don't want Christopher to go to Manor Park. He will have to catch a bus into Nuneaton, then walk right across the other side of the town to get there."
The Trenfields are running out of time to find an alternative for Christopher, who is having to watch his peers attend induction days at their new schools.
Mr Trenfield said: "We are in the process of appealing to Etone Community School but we are not holding out much hope.
"We have been told we will just have to accept what's left over but, if it comes to it, I will keep Christopher off school. I'm prepared to break the law over this.
"They are not going to push me around."
No one at the local education authority was available for comment.


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Q: JavaScript and AJAX call  As far as I know, it's possible for a client to block JavaScript in his browser. If that happens, what will happen to AJAX calls? Will they work or not?

A: No, the J in AJAX stands for JavaScript - if Javascript doesn't work, then neither will AJAX.

A: The AJAX call will not be executed if the user has disabled JavaScript.

A: AJAX is JavaScript.  No JavaScript, no AJAX.

A: If javascript is disabled it will not work... You should read into Progressive Enhancement and "HIJAX"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_enhancement
http://domscripting.com/blog/display/41

A: I never bother with users without javascript, well I do bother but only to a certain extend. It might be a bit harsh but people or companies which disable javascript know that they will be missing out. Ofcourse text-only browsers should not be forgotten.


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A Short History Of Australian Republic
In Australia, there is a discussion about whether the country should switch to a republican system of government and forsake its present constitutional monarchy. The major suggestion is to replace the monarch of Australia (Queen Elizabeth II of England) and her appointed Governor-General in Australia with an elected president. This argument erupted in 1999, when Australians were offered a referendum on the issue, along with other relevant constitutional reforms.
The proposal was defeated in a vote. Those who voted against the motion, however, favor a republic in principle, prompting many to argue that the referendum's failure should not be understood as a full rejection of the notion of a republic. In Australia, calls for a republic remain strong. The controversy resurfaced in 2008 when newly elected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd stated that he was both a republican and dedicated to establishing a republican system of governance in Australia. Republicans appear to have recovered and are initiating a new push for a second referendum with such a famous figurehead spearheading the cause. They are faced with vehement hostility from constitutional monarchy proponents. There are factions in this discussion that support the monarchy, advocate for minor modifications to the status quo, and advocate for a comprehensive rewrite of the constitution along republican lines. Traditional monarchists, pragmatic monarchists, minimum change republicans, ultra-minimalist republicans, progressive republicans, and radical republicans are among them. They all have distinct perspectives on the subject and take views ranging from pro-monarchy to pro-republic. While other plans represent these distinctions, it is critical to note that they all debate the core pro/con concepts of a republic vs. a constitutional monarchy. They just give varying weight to different arguments, causing them to fall on different ends of the spectrum.
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Some may argue that The abolition of the monarchy would provide Australia independence from the United Kingdom.
The presence of an English king as Australia's "ruler" is a roadblock to our country's eventual independence and true self-government. A country that does not have its own leader is not entirely independent. It's ludicrous that Australia's next Prime Minister will be picked in a country on the other side of the world (Australia has no say in who the Monarch is to be succeeded by). Some argue that having a foreign Monarch is unimportant since it is simply a "symbolic ruler" – but then why should we be concerned about being "symbolic serfs"? People place a high value on symbols, as indicated by the passionate disputes over attempts to modify the design of the national flag." Any system that relies on hereditary appointment rather than elections is by definition undemocratic. There is absolutely no doubt about that. The real question is whether people believe Australia's procedure for selecting its head of state is undemocratic.
While others argue that The monarchy checks the executive's misuse of authority.
"Today, [the monarchy] symbolizes the refusal of absolute authority." Nobody else can be the leader of any of our big institutions of state while the Crown is at the helm of all of them. As a result, the Crown is the ultimate and unassailable guarantee of our liberty and genius. Republicans are enraged by the lack of authority that the Crown denies them. They object to the Senate's ability to obstruct supplies to a rogue government. They are irritated by the Governor-capacity General's to remove a renegade Prime Minister."
The monarchy checks the executive's misuse of authority. One of the reasons Australia has been so stable since its foundation in 1901 is its constitutional check, which allows the monarch to fire the Governor-General and the Governor-General to replace the Prime Minister if these leaders misuse authority or jeopardize Australia's interests. The sheer possibility of removal deters the Governor-General or Prime Minister from misusing their positions.
Many people in the United States think that President Bush overused his executive powers precisely because there was no check against it (in a word, he could). Some say that this enabled the Iraq War and breaches of individual rights in the name of the War on Terror. The monarchy, as a check on such abuses and ensuing instabilities, is provided under Australia's constitution.
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Chat show host Alan Carr has revealed that he was approached to take part in Channel 4 series The Jump – but turned it down over fear of injury.
Speaking to the Daily Star the Chatty Man host made it clear just how concerned he was about something going wrong on the slopes in the series which left seven celebrity skiers nursing their wounds.
'Channel 4 wanted me to be on The Jump. Seriously,' he explained.
Ouch. Of course given all the injuries on the recent series of the show, he might just have had a lucky escape.
Among those laid low during the series were gymnast Beth Tweddle, who underwent emergency neck surgery after breaking two vertebrae in training.
Made In Chelsea's Mark-Francis Vandelli also quit after fracturing his ankle, while Linford Christie made an early exit with a hamstring injury – and fellow contestant Joe Swash broke his shoulder, but was able to continue competing.
The series was eventually won by late arrival Ben Cohen.


A paper about the first results of our field trial with 30 elderly participants over the course of 5 month within the projects of Brelomate 2/ UmBrello was accepted! Over 200.000 data points were recorded and analysed in a first step. The constribution is titled "Improving user engagement and social participation of elderly people through a TV and tablet-based communication and entertainment platform" and will be available in a 2-series book "Computers Helping People with Special Needs 2018" at Springer LNCS.
More Information in the "Publications" section as soon as the book is available.


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From the City Room Oct 27, 2015 Oct 27, 2015
Please Note: The N.Y. Today and Metropolitan Diary Columns Are Not Going Away
Our announcement yesterday that City Room is retiring may have confused some readers.
Many of you seem to think that New York Today, the morning roundup column, is going away.
It is not. As it has since its inception, New York Today appears every weekday morning in Top Stories on the app, on the nytimes.com home page, and at nytoday.com. You can read this morning's column here.
The only regular features that were still running on City Room, Metropolitan Diary and Big City Book Club, are not going away either. They are continuing on the main nytimes.com site.
Metropolitan Diary can be read here each weekday, with a week's worth running in print, as usual, every Monday. And the next Big City Book Club is Nov. 10 — watch this space for details.
Thank you all for your kind words about City Room, and for joining us over the years.
City Room, a Blog With a Broad Mandate, Is Retiring
We shall spend the rest of our days lounging and cracking open mollusks.Credit Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society
In the distant clamor of another decade, a group of wise men and women put their heads together and decided that what the New York Times website needed was a blog about New York City.
Focus groups were convened. Committees were formed. "We need a tone and mindset that are hip but NOT trendy," one memo read.
The result was City Room. It debuted on June 14, 2007, "a news blog of live reporting, features and reader conversations about New York City."
Now, eight years, 20,000 posts, 425,000 reader comments and perhaps 100 million clicks later, City Room has an announcement to make: Read more…
Metropolitan Diary Oct 25, 2015 Oct 25, 2015
No Cheating at Zabar's
By Heidi Olson
Zabar's deli counter has its rules: Get your number by the roasting chickens and take your turn.
Last night there were no tickets. Fearing a pending crisis, I opened the number machine and refed the pink numbers into the tongue groove. That solved, I went back to the counter with No. 19 in hand.
There stood a tall man in an Army green jacket with a prominent mole on his cheek. He had arrived after me but before I fixed the machine. Then he turned and said, "Where are we with these numbers?" showing me No. 17.
Did he think I wouldn't notice that he picked No. 17 off the counter after another customer had finished? Really! Every New Yorker knows there are some things you just don't do.
Discovering New York Together
By Adele P.
We met on the F train platform at Jay Street, both new arrivals to Brooklyn. (I asked him for directions, though I knew the way.)
On our first date, a couple of weeks later, a vendor at the Grand Army Plaza greenmarket looked at us together and told him to "put a ring on it." Somehow it became a joke between us that we were already married.
We discovered the city together: carrying my Craigslist find (a shoe rack) on our trip to the Bronx Zoo, devising a private rating system for every hot chocolate at every cafe, letting a Chinese tourist photograph us on a swing set after a jazz concert.
Now, four years later and 3,000 miles away, everything I miss most about New York is tied up in the autumn we spent together.
After 82 Years, No More Driving
By Dawes Potter
I'm 93, a World War II Navy vet and all that stuff. Today I sold my final car. Tomorrow, as we prepare to move into our West Side co-op, I'll turn in my New York vanity plates and get rid of my E-ZPass.
Strangely it's been mostly a very happy day, flooded with great car memories. Like sitting in Pop's lap at 7 and proudly steering our used Willys-Knight. Yes, I know. It's now against the law, but it was so much fun I did the same for my own two and for my much younger stepsons. And if nobody was looking, I'd do it for my great-grandchildren.
Once, when I was 11, and Pop and I were, as usual, fiddling with our little cruiser down at the St. Paul Boat Club on the Mississippi, he discovered he'd forgotten something at home, a couple of miles away. He looked straight at me. "Have you driven by yourself?" "Yes I have!" I don't know if he knew I was lying, but he tossed me the keys and off I drove, proud as a king.
In 1936 I turned 14, the legal driving age in Minnesota back then. I went to the local license bureau to apply. They gave me an application to fill out. At the very end came the Yes or No question: Can you drive a car? You can guess my answer. And that was it! I walked out with my license.
I've been driving for 82 years. It's probably best for me to stop, especially with all those people and cars and bikes and buses in Manhattan. It's kind of happy/sad for me, but probably safer for the rest of New York City.
Dating on a Budget in the 1960s
By Ivan Berger
Back in the '60s, when my gross salary was $75 a week, I could still afford to take a date for dinner and a cruise:
Two subway fares to Mott Street in Chinatown: $0.30.
Two noodle dishes washed down with water or free tea: $1.50.
Two subway fares to South Ferry: $0.30.
Two Staten Island Ferry fares outbound $0.10.
Two Staten Island Ferry fares inbound: $0.10.
Two subway fares back home: $0.30.
Total, $2.60.
Grieving With a Firefighter
By Helen Malmgren
It's Sept. 20. I'm thinking about my morning commute, 14 years ago today. It's Sept. 20, 2001. I am riding the A train downtown. A New York City fireman gets on at 125th Street, and everyone in the car looks up.
He is heartbreaking in his dress blues, with his broad shoulders. We all know where he's going. He's going to a funeral. Every fireman is going to funerals this week.
"Was it someone from your station?" asks a woman in black heels and a pencil skirt.
The fireman says yes, then asks, "Do you want to hear about him?"
Yes, we want to hear every detail about him, and about you, and about the towers, and the flying ashes, and the bodies hitting the ground, shoeless. We want you to open up and let all the stories out; we love your stories and we love you.
The woman says yes, she'd like to hear.
Several women around the car leave their seats and approach the fireman. I do, too.
The A train starts its express run to Columbus Circle. The tunnel is roaring around us as we lean toward one another to hear the story of how our heroes fought for us, who lived and who died.
Then it's quiet again. The bell dings, the subway doors open and we, women of New York City, snap open pairs of sunglasses and slide them over our teary eyes as we march up out of the station and into Columbus Circle. A blonde on my left nods at me and I nod back, and then we both head off to work.
The River Watchers
By Peter Tiso
I spent Saturday night to Sunday morning slowly making my way around Manhattan island in a canoe, and one thing struck me among the varied scenery and changeable waters:
On every pier, dock, spit, peninsula, jetty, and wharf, no matter what fences block them or how near to completely falling into the water they are, there is a backlit person (or persons) watching the water. Some call to you as you pass, some wave, but most just follow you with their eyes. They sit or stand, they cuddle and huddle, they drink and smoke and absently flick in stones. They were there at 9 in the evening, at midnight and at 3 in the morning.
I would love to know two things: how many eyes watch the water at this moment I write just before the dawn, and if a drop of water has ever passed from Spuyten Duyvil to the Battery unobserved since the land bore those names.
'Is That Your Money?'
By Phoebe Chao
Every morning, I make the same commute. On this October day, it was no different: the G train from Court Square in Queens to Nassau Avenue in Brooklyn.
I got on the train, picked a seat, and found myself next to a sluggish, tired middle-aged man. All black-clad, baseball hat, one eye closed and falling asleep. More people start boarding and crowding around us, and the train starts going. All of a sudden, a lady approaches us and asks, in a shrill voice: "Sir? Is that your money?"
I look down. Right at our feet, it's a folded $100 bill. Maybe there's more than one in there. I can feel my face flush as I look over at the man. He seems to have just woken as he peers up at her and says, "No."
The train keeps on going. At the next stop, more people come on, and at this point, everyone within our vicinity is staring at this $100 bill. A teenage boy approaches and says, "Whoa!" before backing away. I can feel the tension in the car. One woman, who has just boarded, sits across from us. I see her eyes travel down to the money. She quickly jumps up, waving people out of her way, and comes to snatch it off the ground.
I watch her as she unfolds it. It's a fake.
By this time, I'm at my stop and I look over at the man before I get off. Suddenly energized and appearing to be wide awake, he smiles at me.
Almost Missing Summer
By Jessica Fu
Today I woke up cocooned in my comforter, yet still chilly. I looked out of my window at the stale October gloom and almost began to miss summer. Almost. I caught myself in time to remember what we often forget when we romanticize seasons, forgetting their hidden wraths because we do not endure them in the present time.
I remembered consecutive weeks so sweltering that I was endlessly caught between the lesser of two hells: a stickily hot night or slightly less hot one throughout which my free-off-of-Craigslist fan would propel warm air around my room at the volume of a tractor.
I recalled ice-cold morning showers that still weren't enough to bring my internal temperature down. I reminisced about afternoons laying about, icing last night's mosquito bites with a tub of ice cream, a bag of frozen peas. I recollected dusks descending, finally, after I had loitered with my journal in cool (literally) coffee shops for hours, and the mercy of baristas who hadn't kicked me out.
I remembered my unlucky penchant for always stepping into that single No. 1 train carriage that lacked air-conditioning.
So this morning, when the autumnal chill impelled me to draw my bare legs closer to my chest and pull an extra blanket around my shoulders, I almost — almost — longed for summer. But then I remembered, and I thanked goodness that I had caught myself just in time.
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void BGSSaveLoadManager::SaveGame_Hook(const char * saveName)
{
#ifdef DEBUG
	_MESSAGE("Executing BGSSaveLoadManager::SaveGame_Hook. saveName: %s", saveName);
#endif

	Serialization::SetSaveName(saveName);
	PluginManager::Dispatch_Message(0, SKSEMessagingInterface::kMessage_SaveGame, (void*)saveName, strlen(saveName), NULL);
	CALL_MEMBER_FN(this, SaveGame_HookTarget)(saveName);
	Serialization::SetSaveName(NULL);

#ifdef DEBUG
	_MESSAGE("Executed BGSSaveLoadManager::SaveGame_Hook.");
#endif
}

bool BGSSaveLoadManager::LoadGame_Hook(const char * saveName, bool unk1)
{
#ifdef DEBUG
	_MESSAGE("Executing BGSSaveLoadManager::LoadGame_Hook. saveName: %s", saveName);
#endif

	g_loadGameLock.Enter();

	Serialization::SetSaveName(saveName);
	PluginManager::Dispatch_Message(0, SKSEMessagingInterface::kMessage_PreLoadGame, (void*)saveName, strlen(saveName), NULL);
	bool result = CALL_MEMBER_FN(this, LoadGame_HookTarget)(saveName, unk1);
	PluginManager::Dispatch_Message(0, SKSEMessagingInterface::kMessage_PostLoadGame, (void*)result, 1, NULL);
	Serialization::SetSaveName(NULL);

	g_loadGameLock.Leave();

	// Clear invalid handles in OnUpdate event registration list
	UInt32	enableClearRegs = 0;
	if(GetConfigOption_UInt32("General", "ClearInvalidRegistrations", &enableClearRegs))
	{
		if(enableClearRegs)
		{
			UInt32 count = (*g_skyrimVM)->ClearInvalidRegistrations();
			if (count > 0)
				_MESSAGE("ClearInvalidRegistrations: Removed %d invalid OnUpdate registration(s)", count);
		}
	}

#ifdef DEBUG
	_MESSAGE("Executed BGSSaveLoadManager::LoadGame_Hook.");
#endif

	return result;
}

bool		s_requestedSave	= false;
bool		s_requestedLoad	= false;
std::string	s_reqSaveName;
std::string	s_reqLoadName;

void BGSSaveLoadManager::RequestSave(const char * name)
{
	s_requestedSave = true;
	s_reqSaveName = name;
}

void BGSSaveLoadManager::RequestLoad(const char * name)
{
	s_requestedLoad = true;
	s_reqLoadName = name;
}

void BGSSaveLoadManager::ProcessEvents_Hook(void)
{
	CALL_MEMBER_FN(this, ProcessEvents_Internal)();

	// wants both? gets nothing.
	if(s_requestedSave && s_requestedLoad)
		_MESSAGE("BGSSaveLoadManager: save and load requested in the same frame, ignoring both");
	else if(s_requestedSave)
		Save(s_reqSaveName.c_str());
	else if(s_requestedLoad)
		Load(s_reqLoadName.c_str());

	s_requestedSave = false;
	s_requestedLoad = false;
	s_reqSaveName.clear();
	s_reqLoadName.clear();
}

typedef void * (__stdcall * _DeleteSavegame_Hooked)(const char * saveName, UInt32 unk1);
_DeleteSavegame_Hooked DeleteSavegame_Hooked = (_DeleteSavegame_Hooked)0x00680350;

void __stdcall DeleteSavegame_Hook(const char * saveNameIn, UInt32 unk1)
{
	std::string saveName = saveNameIn;

	PluginManager::Dispatch_Message(0, SKSEMessagingInterface::kMessage_DeleteGame, (void*)saveName.c_str(), strlen(saveName.c_str()), NULL);
	DeleteSavegame_Hooked(saveNameIn, unk1);
	Serialization::HandleDeleteSave(saveName);
}

#if 0

// 008
class BSStorage
{
public:
	virtual	~BSStorage();

	virtual SInt32	Unk_01(void);						// pure
	virtual UInt32	Unk_02(void);						// pure
	virtual SInt32	Unk_03(UInt32 unk0, UInt32 unk1);	// pure
	virtual SInt32	Unk_04(UInt32 len, void * out);		// pure
	virtual UInt32	Unk_05(UInt32 unk0, UInt32 unk1);	// pure

//	void					** _vtbl;	// 000
	BSIntrusiveRefCounted	refCount;	// 004
	UInt32					unk008;		// 008
	void					* unk00C;	// 00C
	void					* unk010;	// 010
};

// vtbl 0107F8E4
class SaveStorageWrapper : public BSStorage
{
public:
	virtual	~SaveStorageWrapper();

	virtual SInt32	Unk_01(void);
	virtual UInt32	Unk_02(void);
	virtual SInt32	Unk_03(UInt32 unk0, UInt32 unk1);
	virtual SInt32	Unk_04(UInt32 len, void * out);
	virtual UInt32	Unk_05(UInt32 unk0, UInt32 unk1);
};

// vtbl 0107F8FC
class LoadStorageWrapper : public BSStorage
{
public:
	virtual	~LoadStorageWrapper();

	virtual SInt32	Unk_01(void);						// 04
	virtual UInt32	Unk_02(void);						// 08
	virtual SInt32	Unk_03(UInt32 unk0, UInt32 unk1);	// 0C
	virtual SInt32	Unk_04(UInt32 len, void * out);		// 10
	virtual UInt32	Unk_05(UInt32 unk0, UInt32 unk1);	// 14
};

class IHandleReaderWriter
{
};

class BaseHandleReaderWriter : public IHandleReaderWriter
{
};

// vtbl 0109D0F0
class SaveFileHandleReaderWriter : public BaseHandleReaderWriter
{
public:
	virtual	~SaveFileHandleReaderWriter();
	//	void					** _vtbl;	// 000

	virtual SInt32	Unk_01(void);	// 04
	virtual UInt8	Unk_02(void);	// 08
	virtual UInt8	Unk_03(BSStorage * storageWrapper, UInt64 * handleOut);	// 0C
	virtual UInt8	Unk_04(void);	// 10
	virtual UInt8	Unk_05(void);	// 14
};

#endif

void Hooks_SaveLoad_Commit(void)
{
	// Load & save
	WriteRelCall(0x006814D0 + 0x01E2, GetFnAddr(&BGSSaveLoadManager::SaveGame_Hook));
	WriteRelCall(0x006821C0 + 0x00B5, GetFnAddr(&BGSSaveLoadManager::LoadGame_Hook));
	WriteRelCall(0x0069CBD0 + 0x0064, GetFnAddr(&BGSSaveLoadManager::ProcessEvents_Hook));

	// Delete savegame
	WriteRelCall(0x00677600 + 0x10, (UInt32)DeleteSavegame_Hook); // DeleteGame
	WriteRelCall(0x00677890 + 0x73, (UInt32)DeleteSavegame_Hook); // SaveGame overwrite (= delete+new)
}

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Third Colony Brewery & Winery | Brewery
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The story of Third Colony began in February of 2012. Founder, brewer, and disabled veteran Wade Ward, had been in the midst of preparing for a St. Patrick's Day celebration with other members of the armed forces, when he got the call. His son, a proud US Army enlisted man, was in critical condition after being involved in a roadside IED incident. Without hesitation, Ward's military brethren sent him to be by his son's side to aid in his recovery. Before departing, as a token of appreciation for their support, he delivered a case of his home brewed Double IPA for enjoyment by all.
In the days following, he received numerous compliments regarding the quality of his libation, along with urgings from his compatriots to share his gift with the masses. For more than a year, he humbly accepted the acclaim of his peers as nothing more than kind words. However, as the overwhelming praise continued, he began to believe that he and his brew were destined for more.
In May of 2013, Ward and co-founder Mary Jackson, inspired by the support of friends and family, embarked on a journey to establish this N.H. based brewery as the first disabled veteran owned brewery of the modern era. Together the team of Ward and Jackson compiled the market analysis, built a sound business plan and set their sights on the perfect location.
Credit for the Third Colony name goes to Jackson. Ward challenged her to create a brand name that reflected a patriotic theme; paid homage to Ward's disabled veteran status, and reflected the "Live Free or Die" attitude of the State of New Hampshire. Needless to say, she delivered. Jackson was also instrumental in the brewery's logo conception, ensuring all the same target elements of the Third Colony brand name were incorporated into the logo to complete the brand package. Again, she was successful. The imagery selected resulted in a beautiful and well received logo, which underscores the values & principles of the Third Colony brand.
The first brew crafted by Third Colony for commercial consumption was the Double IPA, using the same ingredients as the home brew that started it all. Third Colony's Double IPA, code named "Peer Pressure," an ode to all of those who "influenced" Ward's decision to bring his beer to the people, remains the brewery's best seller to date.
The Third Colony brewery is housed in a 2000 square foot building. The location boasts easy highway access for distribution and customer tours.
Ward's son recovered and returned home to complete his college degree. He plans to complete his degree and then embark on a new mission, working the family business.
726 East Industrial Park Drive Unit 2
Taproom Hours:
Friday 4:30pm–8:30pm
Saturday 1:30pm–8:30pm


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26 October 2006 / SF Restaurants, Food & Drink / Jon
Chocolate. Yummy, Yummy Charles Chocolates
SFist braved a visit to Emeryville to check out the happenings at Charles Chocolates. There we learned a bit about tea, a bit about chocolate, and a whole lot about how the two combined can be pretty darn tasty.
The main reason for the occasion was to help get the word out about Charles Chocolates teaming with Teance Fine Tea. The new Teance Fine Tea will be moving to a new location in Berkeley and when the new store opens, they will be working together to create not just new types of chocolate, but to show how one can work with the other. Some teas help bring out the flavor of the chocolates and some of the chocolates help bring out the tea. Either way, it was all good.
More pictures after the jump...
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Ann remembers almost every year to make a pilgrimage to see the blossoms. This year, she was willing to do it again so I could go too. I left my house at 6:30 this morning, just as the sky behind the buildings was lightening to that beautiful Maxfield Parrish blue that makes everything look like a stage set. By the time I got to the Mall, the sun was an orange ball peeking around the Capitol dome.
We still had the morning light as we strolled around the Tidal Basin. Some of these pictures make it look like we were the only people around…but that's deceiving. There was an army of photographers – people carrying cameras with long lenses and tripods, people who looked quite serious about framing their shots. I'm sure we walked into quite a few of them. Other people had brought blankets and were having breakfast picnics between the Roosevelt Memorial and the water.
This year, for the first time, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is on the cherry blossom path; the statue of Dr. King gleamed among the blossoms in the early morning light.
By the time we finished our circuit, tourists were arriving in force. We made our getaway, serene and smiling.
In ALL the years that I lived in Washington, DC, can you believe I NEVER went down there for this yearly craziness?? I would see them on my way to Haine's Point and that was about it. Great post. Made me want to come back. Thanks for sharing!
Good for you for doing this! We're going to look at what's left this evening on our way to seeing the Hirshhorn projection. There is a lot that makes DC wonderful.


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Welcome to Ecotopia KZFR
Ecotopian Resources
ECO 355 DECEMBER 29, 2015
In this program we focused (mostly) on positive news stories, focusing on the themes of Ecotopia: exploring ecosystems—environmental, social, technological. Our reading ranged from the Paris COP 21 Conference to futuristic technological possibilities, linked, as we said "inextricably" to social concerns and social justice issues. This was not, however, a pollyanish program, and we found ourselves discussing threats to the planet, not only environmentally, but socially and technologically.
Listen to the program.
BONUS: THE REAL ISSUE--SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY
23 DECEMBER 2015
Steve substituted for Sue Hilderbrand on The Real Issue and spoke with two groups and some amazing individuals who are building community in OurTown. First he spoke with Gerard Ungerman and Stacy Wear, whose Respectful Revolution project is creating short videos of people who are making a difference in their communities. Respectful Revolution can be found online at respectfulrevolution.org. The site features an interactive map, where you can click on cities from Florida to California and beyond to hear these amazing people tell their stories.
Then he interviewed Leslie Johnson, Bob Trausch, Donn Forgy, and Sheldon Praiser of the Chico Housing Action Team. At the moment, CHAT's work is focused on Safe Space, which provides overnight housing 90 nights for homeless people in the area. CHAT has also leased a house that provides independent living for five people and continues its long-range effort to develop a Tiny House Village in Chico. They're at www.chicohousingactionteam.org, where you can also volunteer to participate in Safe Space.
WORLDREADER (AND HOLIDAY GIVING)
We interviewed Zev Lowe of WorldReader, a nonprofit that distributes e-readers, small solar units, and free libraries to 69 countries around the world, reaching over 5 million readers (and they've only been operating for five years!). We were impressed by the program's focus on literacy, curating libraries with local focus, and technology. And we and Zev mentioned end-of-year giving, which can be done at the WorldReader website: http://www.worldreader.org.
Continuing the theme of end-of-year giving, we also described organization who, we think, deserve support—this based on our interviews with their representatives on Ecotopia the past year.
These include:
Heifer International <heifer.org>
Food Democracy Now <fooddemocracynow.org>
EarthJustice <earthjustice.org>
350.org <350.org>
Reef Rescue Alliance <reefrescuealliance.org>
The Sea Shepherd Project <seashepherd.org>
The Safiina Center <safinacenter.org>
The Post-Carbon Institute <postcarbon.org>
We noted that there are so many deserving local/regional organizations that we felt it would be unfair to identify a few, but you can go to the website of the North Valley Community Foundation <nvcf.org> to see a long list of local nonprofits doing great work and to make a contribution.
Listen to the Program
RALLY FOR THE CLIMATE
This program was the third in our series covering the Paris COP 21 climate conference. We began by describing some of the highlights of the accords signed by 190 participating countries. In addition to mentioning the highlights, we also reminded listeners of the weak spots in the accord and observed that beyond the work of politicians, saving the climate will be up to citizens. Then we took to the streets to talk with NorthState people participating in a climate change rally in Chico. They voiced their concerns about climate change and spoke of some of the ways in which individuals can make a difference. We concluded the program with a brief interview with Robyn DiFalco, Executive Director of the Butte Environmental Council, where she offered her thoughts on the Paris accords and discussed what BEC and others are doing locally on behalf of the environment. As part of the rally conversation, Chris Nelson read a pledge for nonviolence that many participants signed. For a copy, click here. Listen to the program: click here.
PROGRESS IN PARIS: REPORT ON COP 21
ECO 352 DECEMBER 8, 2015
Erika Rosenthal was our guest on this program, she in Paris, we in Chico. Erika was a delegate to the COP 21 conference and spoke to us about her perspective on what was happening at the conference and the hopes for its successful conclusion. She is a staff attorney at EarthJustice, where her work focuses on climate change, international negotiations, and with U.N. Environment Programme and regional bodies like the Arctic Council to reduce emissions of atmospheric pollutants such as black carbon and ozone.
Listen to the interview.
climate change and cop 21
Continuing our coverage of the Paris COP21 conference, we spoke with Abigail Dillen of EarthJustice. She leads the organization's litigation docket and legal advocacy work on climate change and reducing carbon pollution, identifying strategic opportunities for the expansion of clean energy and bringing down barriers to clean energy nationwide. In this excellent interview, she spoke with us about the Paris COP21 climate change talks, their possible impact, and the hopes for a successful, meaningful, and binding agreement from the participants.
Click here to listen to the program.
We had two great local activist guests on this program. In the first half hour, we spoke with Barbara Vlamis, Executive Director of Aqualliance, the organization that is fighting to keep Northstate waters where they belong: in the Northstate.
Then we spoke with Kevin Killion of Chico 350.org about plans for climate change rallies here in Chico during the Paris COP 21 climate change talks.
From September through November, we were on vacation while Ecotopia was run by our colleagues Guillermo Mash, Chris Nelson, Sandyi Morales, Sue Hilderbrand, and Amy and Natalie Harris. These shows are not archived, so there's a wee gap in the fossil record.
SAVING TREES AND RIVERS
ECO 340 AUGUST 25, 2015
In this week's program, we spoke with two activist groups. Mark Stemen of the Butte Environmental Coalition, Charles Withuhn of Chico Creek Advocates, and Emily Alma of Friends of Commanche Creek Greenways spoke to us about Pacific Gas & Electric's proposed tree cutting along Commanche Creek. They urged listeners to participate in a public meeting of the Bidwell Park and Recreation Committee and to demand that PG&E follow the Chico Tree Ordinance and not cut down trees without further environmental review.
Then we spoke with Lucas RossMerz, Executive Director of the Sacramento River Preservation Trust, and Robb Gage of Gage's Fly Fishing and Eco Tours about Robb's tours that educate about the river and provide financial support for the River Trust. They spoke as well about fish populations during this time of drought and about ways in which all of us can work to preserve our rivers and streams.
In this program, we interviewed Steve Rodowick, supervisor of Butte County Recycling. (Click for their website.) He described the county's recycling efforts and amazed us with the complexity of the operation, from collection to sorting to reuse, all with the (successful) aim of reducing the amount of material deposited at the landfill. He also talked about future plans for recycling here in Butte County as well as around the world and linked recycling to energy conservation, land use, the design of industrial products, and even the use of landfills as "mines" for materials and flammable gases. Listen to the program.
YOGA AND YOU
Our guests were Tom Hess and Rex Stromness, co-owners and founders of the Yoga Center of Chico. We asked them about the philosophy and history of yoga, the variety of yoga practices and traditions, how yoga made its way from East to West, and how it has influenced their own lives. This was a highly informative discussion for us and allowed us to understand yoga in ways that you can't just by reading a Wikipedia article. And if you listen to the show, you can hear Susan actually execute a yoga pose, this as part of our ongoing efforts to make radio visual. Listen to the interview.
ECO 337 august 4, 2015
We interviewed Carl Safina who has written a book titled Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel. Carl argues for and has research to support the thesis—or fact—that animals think and feel much more than we have given them credit for. He spoke of elephant empathy, wolves at play, and the intelligence of orcas: the maligned "killer whales." He said, in addition, that this kind of research is not a "boutique" or hobby effort—that preservation of species is vital to the earth, including the humans who are not as smart as they think and who could learn a lesson or several from animals. Listen to the interview.
THE END OF PLENTY
ECO 335 JULY 28, 2015
This week we spoke with Joel K. Bourne, Jr., author of a new book called The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World. He explored some of the ways in which the food supply chain is failing and will continue to fail as and if population continues to grow. He talked about the work of Thomas Robert Malthus and his much debated idea that procreation happens faster than food supply increase and discussed current issues such as pesticides and soil depletion, market manipulation, corn-for-oil, and more. He ended the interview by offering alternatives: keep on as we are or turn to education, especially education for girls, as a way of heading off population growth. Listen to the interview.
DOES ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM WORK?
We interviewed Michigan State University professors Tom Dietz and Ken Frank about an article they recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In it, they reported their research correlating environmental activism (as measured by congressional voting records) with state-by-state carbon emissions. They found that activism does make a difference in that projected C02 emissions due to population increases and affluence are mitigated by environmental activism. We spoke with them about the complexities and certainty of their statistical analysis and, more broadly, what this means for activism. There's hope!
OAKS AND MORE
ECO 333 JULY 7, 2015
In this episode, we spoke with Dr. Jada White, a local Chico environmentalist, and Becca Holden of the Butte Environmental Council. They described their work studying and saving Blue and Valley Oaks in our area. Jada's research looked into why many oaks are not growing much above sapling size, and she discovered some interesting causes and practical solutions. Becca described BEC's oak reforestation project, where volunteers provide water and protection for saplings that are raised and cared for by volunteers. She also discussed some of Butte Environmental Coalition's other educational and volunteer projects. Hear all about oaks.
BONUS: THE REAL ISSUE
On July 1, we substituted for Sue Hilderbrand on The Real Issue, and we discussed how individuals can stand up against Big Government and Big Business. Our first guest was Dave Garcia, who has led the anti-fracking campaign in Butte County and is now going up against Big Oil and Big Railroads in wanting new regulations for the oil trains that have had so many derailments and explosions. Then we spoke with Pamm Larry, who has led the crusade in California and around the country to require labeling of foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). These two people are a testament to what individuals can do to sling some shots at Big Problems on the local and national scenes. Listen to the Program.
BILL MCKIBBEN LECTURE IN CHICO
On this program, we played excerpts from a speech by 350.org founder Bill McKibben, given here in Chico. In the four segments, Bill discusses the problem of climate change, what is and isn't being down to lessen it, the work of 350.org, and what individuals can do, both as individuals and collectively. Listen to the program.
THE BETTER WORLD SHOPPING GUIDE
ECO 332 JUNE 23, 2015
On this edition of Ecotopia we explored the ecosystem of shopping, how to do it so "every dollar makes a difference." Our guest was Ellis Jones, author of The Better World Shopping Guide (5th Edition) recently published by New Society. He received his doctorate in sociology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and has since focused his work on global citizenship and everyday activism. The Better World Shopping Guide gives information on what you need to know to shop "green" for everything from airlines and appliances to vitamins, water, and wine.
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RADIO: 1920S, '30S, AND '40S
This program featured the work of Linda Holm's 5th-6th grade students at Wildflower Charter School. They researched the history of those decades, including radio itself, plus history and culture. They then wrote and recorded fifteen minute programs with news, comedy, music, advertisements, and mock interviews. We thought their work made a fascinating study of the "ecosystems" of those decades, and as you listen to the programs, you'll hear about prohibition, flappers, electric refrigerators, Al Capone, the stock market crash and Great Depression, the invention of computers and hair dryers, and World War II. We are always pleased to have young people on Ecotopia, and this program shows the value of radio as a part of the curriculum.
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CHICO BICYCLE MUSIC FESTIVAL
ECO 330 JUNE 9, 2015
Our guest was our daughter-in-law Sammey Zangrilli, who organizes and sponsors the free-to-all Bicycle Music Festival. She shared plans for this year's festival, which begins at Farmer's Market and wends its way to Manzanita Place via Bidwell Park. She and we also shared bicycle facts and humor. We don't have a recording of this program, but you can find it on the KZFR website: kzfr.org. Click on "programs"; then find and click on "Ecotopia" in the Tuesday lineup—that will take you to the station's audio file.
BILL MCKIBBEN AND 350.ORG
Our guest is the founder of 350.org, the climate change campaign organization that has organized 20,000 rallies and demonstrations around the world. In just eight years, Bill and 350.org have used social media to create a vast network of people taking to the streets to let the world know about earth's fate if we continue to let carbon in the air move beyond the optimum level of 350 parts per million (we're already at 400 ppm and climbing).
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ECO 328 MAY 26, 2015
As we scan the news for interview topics for Ecotopia, we frequently run across stories, ideas, and people that we simply can't fit into the program. So from time time, we collect some of these materials for reading and commentary. In this program, we read about topics that ranged from science . . . to species . . . to coffee . . . to oil . . . to water. To listen, click below.
FISH AND 'PHINS
In the first half of this program, we interviewed Gabe Kopp and Michael Hellmair of BioFish, Ltd., a fish monitoring and habitat restoration firm with offices in Chico and around the world. We asked them about their numerous projects in the Sacramento Valley and beyond and focused particularly on the "green economy," where people can make a living while working to restore and enhance the environment. We learned that BioFish is doing that, but, in addition, it does a great deal of pro bono work in our area. We hope to have them back to talk in more detail about their projects.
And then we spoke with seven fifth graders from Linda Holm's class at Wildflower Charter School. They have been studying dolphins in captivity and read their letters addressed to local media, dolphin shows, and to the general citizenry. We were impressed not only with their writing, but with their discussions of why dolphins are harmed in captivity and should be treated differently. This interview shows clearly what young people can do when they get engaged in environmental issues.
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UNDERSTANDING LYME DISEASE
In this program we explored Lyme Disease with Lisa Sun, President of the Lyme Center; Shelly Mariposa, Vice President of the Lyme Center; Nick Fararr, Board Member; and Mitch Hoggard, pharmacist and researcher of Lyme Disease. Our guests described their personal experiences with this complex and often undiagnosed disease and discussed current treatments and research which sometimes bring results and cures. To listen to the program, click below.
AFTERBURN: LIVING IN A POST-CARBON WORLD
ECO 325 MAY 5, 2015
Our guest was Richard Heinberg, author of Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels (New Society, 2015). The book is a collection of his essays and addresses, and we spoke with him about a range of topics, including fracking and peak oil, consumerism and why it's difficult to persuade people that climate change is a threat, living on borrowed time, local economies, and "the Cooperative Darwinian Movement," where, Richard says, we can learn to evolve socially and culturally in ways that will allow us to live successfully and sustainably in a post-carbon world. You can read more about Richard and his work at richardheinberg.com and we particularly recommend that you check out the Post-Carbon Institute, where he is a distinguished fellow. post-carbon.org.
FEATHERS, FUR, OR FINS? the endangered species faire
ECO 324 APRIL 28, 2015
The program focused on the Butte Environmental Coalition's annual Endangered Species Faire, a Chico tradition for 35 years, with demonstrations, displays, educational activities and more sponsored by Northstate environmental groups and organizations. We spoke with Nani Teves and Neena Daliwar, organizers of the Faire
Then we interviewed fifteen kids from Sherwood, Llittle Chico Creek, and Wildflower schools about their experiences making puppets of endangered species They and some 300 other children marched in a Procession of the Species at the Faire. We wrapped up the program by having the children sing Don Spencer's "Feathers, Fur or Fins," which the assembled children also sang at the Faire. Music not to be missed. Click to listen:
population overshoot: HOW MANY IS TOO MANY?
Our guest in the first part of the show was Tom Butler, editor of an amazing coffee table book titled Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot. It includes a series of photo essays with quotations from significant thinkers about population issues. The book opens with Lord Man: A Parable, written by Tom. We had a few technical problems but played portions of Tom's recording of the parable. Then we spoke with him about the book, its aims and contents, and its audience. The book is being given away free and is also available free by Population Speakout and is also free online at https://populationspeakout.org/the-book/
Our second guest was Phil Cafaro, professor at Colorado State University. Our technical woes continued, and we were not initially able to reach him by phone. So . . . we did an impromptu reading of our correspondence with Phil, where he addressed many of the questions we planned to ask. Midway through the program, we did manage to reach him to begin (or resume) the conversation. Despite being slighty flawed, this is a good program for you to listen to: click below.
Our first guest on this program was Walker Foley, Southern California Organizer of Food and Water Watch. He discussed Governor Brown's new 25% reduction of water use (for consumers, not farmers) and also explained what's happening with fracking, how the oil industry is injecting poisoned water into SoCal aquifers, and how his organization is working to stop the abuse of our water systems.
And then we spoke with Jim Brobeck and Barbara Vlamios of Aqualliance, who discussed a recent California Water Commission public meeting in Chico concerning water storage and the proposed Sites Reservoir. They also explained the dangers in the recently approved north-south water transfer scheme and how they plan to take legal action to stop it.
BONUS: PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PROGRAM
TRACKING MILITARISM . . . latin american relations
As guest hosts on the Peace and Social Justice Program, we did two segments that will likely be of interest to Ecotopia listeners.
Jim Haber of World Beyond War explained their project, Mapping Militarism. They have create a series of interactive (click here) maps that show military actions and preparations around the world: how much governments are spending on the military, where drone strikes are taking place, the number of military incursions a country has conducted over the past 50 years, and much more. Check out the maps at <http://worldbeyondwar.org/aboutmaps/>. Click below to hear this segment.
We also spoke with Ana Maria Cardenas of The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) and the Pastors for Peace Program about their work supporting Latin American solidarity as well as President Obama's efforts to normalize relations with Cuba. She also spoke about the coming Pastors for Peace Friendshipment to Cuba, which takes bus loads of medical and other supplies to Cuba in a direct action protesting the U.S blockade of Cuba. For more information about IFCO and Pastors for Peace (including an application if you'd like to join the Caravan) go to <ifconews.org>. Listen to the segment by clicking below.
FUSION ECONOMICS
ECOTOPIA #320 APRIL 7, 2015
Our topic was "Fusion Economics," with the author of a book by that title. Laurence Brahm argued that we need to stop imposing abstract and and academic economic theories around the world and turn to pragmatism that leads to localized diversification and green living to create a sustainable and socially just economy. He's an attorney, economic specialist, filmmaker, and global activist. Many of his ideas about pragmatic economics were developed in Asia where he has been a consultant in China, Laos, Vietnam, and Tibet, and he has also worked in Africa, Russia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan. Of particular interest was his discussion of the Himalayan Consensus <himalayanconsensus.org> and the African Consensus <africanconsensus.org>. Also check out his website at < www.laurencebrahm.info>.
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POTATO MANIA
ECOTOPIA #317 MARCH 17, 2015
This program was originally broadcast on St. Patrick's Day, and we chose the occasion to celebrate the potato: its history and culture and its role in supplying food around the world. We also read some fun and punny stories and several poems, serious and otherwise. And we played some potatoesque music for your enjoyment. To listen to the show, click below.
Bomb Trains
Freight trains loaded with crude oil from the Bakken field in North Dakota and the tar sands in Canada have dramatically increased in number and length in North America, and the number of oil train derailments and resultant fires and environmental contamination has increased proportionally. In this program, we first spoke with Richard Pranulis from Alderson, West Virginia, who has been deeply concerned about CSX railroad oil trains, one of which recently went off the rails and exploded in Mt. Carbon, WVA. Then we talked with researcher Paul Rea from Newark, California, who is among a growing number of Californians (and environmentalists nationwide) who are calling for increased safety measures for the oil trains, including some passing down the Feather River Canyon, something he calls a "fast track to disaster." Paul also alerted us to a petition about the oil trains to President Obama <http://bit.ly/Obamapetition> and has made available copies of his pamphlet, Oil Trains in Feather River Canyon--Fast Track for Disaster , available at the Chico Public Library, the Chico Peace & Justice Center, and the Butte Environmental Council office. We can send listeners a pdf copy, just e-mail us at ecotopiakzfr@gmail.com.
REWILDING AND POPULATION ISSUES
ECO #314 FEBRUARY 24, 2015
Our guest was Dave Foreman. He was one of the founders of Earth First! back in the 1970s and has had a long career as an environmental conservationist. He is also the founder of the Rewilding Institute, which seeks to connect the need to save and recover endangered species with the recognition that population explosion is the cause of much species lost. Population and rewilding are the subject of his new book ManSwarm: How Overpopulation is Killing the Wild World (coauthored with Laura Carroll, LiveTrue Books). We spoke with Dave about overpopulation, including what he calls "the thorny topic of immigration." Click below to listen to the program.
respectful revolutionaries
In this program, we spoke first with Gerard Ungerman and Stacy Wear, who are conducting a fabulous film/video project, "Respectful Revolution." They travel the countryside looking for and talking with people who are making a difference in their communities. They post their videos at respectfulrevolution.org. Then we talked with Charles Withuhn of Chico Tree Advocates, a group that is campaigning to save Chico trees from destruction and is engaged in planting trees for future generations to enjoy. Check out their web page at http://www.becnet.org/chico-tree-advocates.
REEF LIBRE
We welcome back to the microphone Robert Wintner, aka Snorkel Bob, whose environmental mission is to preserve coral reefs and the tropical fish that inhabit them. He spoke about his new book and film, Reef Libre, based on his observation of the still-pristine coral reefs of Cuba. For more information about Robert and his work, go to snorkelbob.com and reefrescuealliance.org. To listen to the program, click below.
ECO #311 JANUARY 27, 2015
Kathryn Miles has written a nonfiction page-turner titled. Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy (E. P. Dutton). She read several gripping sections the book and discussed the ecological and meterological predictions that we can make on the basis of Sandy. Kathryn also spoke articulately about the role of writing for the "popular" market as a way of promoting environmental awareness. By coincidence, as we were talking with Kathryn in Portland, Maine, New England was being battered by a big snowstorm, so this gave us a chance to talk more about weather forcasting and the tightrope walked by city officials when it comes time to take emergency measures. Listen to the program. Click below.
OF GEESE AND BAGS
This program focused on local activists and some events and actions in Chico. First we spoke with Claire Greene, a member of the steering committee of the 16th Annual Snow Goose Festival, celebrating the Pacific Flyway and its critters through workshops, field trips, and events for kids and adults. Then we spoke with Linda Herman of the City of Chico, who was the lead in getting Chico's new plastic bag ban implemented in area food stores and more. Click below to listen to the program.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND FUEL SOURCES
This week we began by talking with and turning the microphone over to KZFR programmer Sterling Ogden, who has been studying the development of hydrogen fueled cars in California and elsewhere. He spoke about the environmental impacts and discussed the future of these vehicles. He was highly persuasive, and we're thinking hard about a hydrogen-fueled ZEV (Zero Emissions Vehicle) for our next car.
Then we spoke with Derek Hundert of PlanET Biogas USA, whose company creates digesters that can create biogas--mostly methane--from a wide range of organic materials. We spoke with him about the size of these units and the kinds of operations that PlanET has installed around the world. We were especially impressed by Derek's explanation of the complex outputs of this process and the "revenue streams" that can be produced via biogas and electrical generation.
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SIERRA CLUB AT WORK
ECO #308 JANUARY 6, 2015
Our guest in the first half of the program was Ilana Solomon, Director of the Responsible Trade Program at Sierra Club national office in Washington. She discussed various projects her department conducts in a search for global trade that does not damage the earth. She was particularly helpful in describing how international trade pacts have been done largely in secret and even allow big business to sue governments.
Then we spoke with Joni Stellar and Dave Garcia of the Yahi Chapter of the Sierra Club. They are remarkable activists who have led the anti-fracking fight in Butte County and who continue to fight for environmental justice on issues ranging from water to trees..
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