Thursday, March 31
LDS Church hoping hefty investment will shield its temples | The Salt Lake Tribune
LDS Church hoping hefty investment will shield its temples | The Salt Lake Tribune: "“The church’s primary notion is to protect the Temple Square and the headquarters of the church,” Mark Gibbons, president of the church’s development arm City Creek Reserve told Forbes magazine last year. “That’s first and foremost. This development would not have been done just on a financial basis.”"
Tools for Thinking - NYTimes.com
Tools for Thinking - NYTimes.com: "We often try to understand problems by taking apart and studying their constituent parts. But emergent problems can’t be understood this way. Emergent systems are ones in which many different elements interact. The pattern of interaction then produces a new element that is greater than the sum of the parts, which then exercises a top-down influence on the constituent elements."
Wednesday, March 30
GOPers Demand Sean Duffy Salary Tape Be Pulled From The Internet (VIDEO) | TPMDC
GOPers Demand Sean Duffy Salary Tape Be Pulled From The Internet (VIDEO) | TPMDC: "I can guarantee you, or most of you, I guarantee that I have more debt than all of you. With 6 kids, I still pay off my student loans. I still pay my mortgage. I drive a used minivan. If you think I'm living high on the hog, I've got one paycheck. So I struggle to meet my bills right now. Would it be easier for me if I get more paychecks? Maybe, but at this point I'm not living high on the hog."
Tuesday, March 29
Monday, March 28
What Technology Wants. What Kevin Kelly Says. An interview with Kevin Kelly
What Technology Wants. What Kevin Kelly Says. An interview with Kevin Kelly: "H : A related question… this whole movement toward the quantified self and self-tracking…�does the future favor the sort of person who wants to constantly chart and keep track of everything?
KK: Currently the only folks who are tracking themselves quantitatively are slightly obsessive, slightly nerdy. �But like many nerdy pursuits before it – say typography, cartography, statistics – self tracking is on its way to become the new normal.� Everyone knows about kerning and fonts today, or about mapping coordinates, or about baseball statistics. Soon everyone will be self-tracking."
KK: Currently the only folks who are tracking themselves quantitatively are slightly obsessive, slightly nerdy. �But like many nerdy pursuits before it – say typography, cartography, statistics – self tracking is on its way to become the new normal.� Everyone knows about kerning and fonts today, or about mapping coordinates, or about baseball statistics. Soon everyone will be self-tracking."
Sunday, March 27
utopia & dystopia - bookforum.com / in print
utopia & dystopia - bookforum.com / in print: "Games end. Even Raphael Hythlodaeus left Utopia after five years and sailed home to tell his story. But the thing about games, especially the ones with well-defined rules, is that they can be played again. The utopian fiction is the seed from which new games spring, each one a little different from the one that came before."
Saturday, March 26
Japan | Tsunami | Ookawa
Japan | Tsunami | Ookawa: "One of the teachers, Jinji Endo, pleaded with the others to seek higher ground. He took the one child who would listen to him and fled up the steep hill behind the school.
Everyone else was still inside the school grounds when the 25-foot wall of water rose out of the Kitakami River, up and over the nearby rice paddies.
All but a shell of the school was washed away by the tsunami. Only the one teacher who went up the hill and a couple of dozen pupils survived, most of whom were absent that day."
Everyone else was still inside the school grounds when the 25-foot wall of water rose out of the Kitakami River, up and over the nearby rice paddies.
All but a shell of the school was washed away by the tsunami. Only the one teacher who went up the hill and a couple of dozen pupils survived, most of whom were absent that day."
Friday, March 25
Laundry staff on $420k a year | Herald Sun
Laundry staff on $420k a year | Herald Sun: "If the employee works a three-week-on, three-week-off roster for a year, the AMMA said, the maximum remuneration was $317,734 for a laundry hand; $334,408 for a cook; $337,484 for a tradesperson; and $373,701 for a barge welder."
Tuesday, March 22
Chernobyl Cleanup Survivor's Message for Japan: 'Run Away as Quickly as Possible'
Chernobyl Cleanup Survivor's Message for Japan: 'Run Away as Quickly as Possible': "How did working in the dead zone begin to affect your health?
I started to feel as if I had the flu. I would get a high temperature and start to shiver. What happens during first contact with radiation is that your good flora is depleted and the bad flora starts to flourish. I suddenly wanted to sleep all the time and eat a lot. It was the organism getting all the energy out."
I started to feel as if I had the flu. I would get a high temperature and start to shiver. What happens during first contact with radiation is that your good flora is depleted and the bad flora starts to flourish. I suddenly wanted to sleep all the time and eat a lot. It was the organism getting all the energy out."
Monday, March 21
"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."
"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.": "The story of California in the 20th century is really the story of water. The state exists as it is today because of the efforts of a few powerful men to move water from where it was plentiful to where it was not. One of the most powerful and influential was William Mulholland, the head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from 1886 to 1928. The Los Angeles areas is essentially a desert, and Mulholland's most important achievement while in office was the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, a 250-mile-long pipeline from the Owens River to the San Fernando Valley. On November 5, 1913, with the words 'There it is. Take it,' Mulholland opened a valve at a San Fernando reservoir, the water began to flow, and modern Los Angeles was born. The building of the pipeline and the maneuvering Mulholland and his cronies performed to bring it about have become known as the Rape of the Owens Valley, and Chinatown tells its story. If you've noticed a similarity between the names 'Hollis Mulwray' and 'William Mulholland,' you can assume it's not a coincidence."
Cormac McCarthy on The Road - WSJ.com
Cormac McCarthy on The Road - WSJ.com: "The last time the caldera in Yellowstone blew, the entire North American continent was under about a foot of ash. People who've gone diving in Yellowstone Lake say that there is a bulge in the floor that is now about 100 feet high and the whole thing is just sort of pulsing. From different people you get different answers, but it could go in another three to four thousand years or it could go on Thursday. No one knows."
Saturday, March 19
How Men Lose Weight
How Men Lose Weight: "Men are also more likely to carry their excess fat around their stomach – think beer belly – and it’s fat distributed in this area that’s particularly related to health problems such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and heart disease."
SpringerLink - Journal of Gambling Studies, Volume 3, Number 3
SpringerLink - Journal of Gambling Studies, Volume 3, Number 3: "Contrary to popular beliefs, winners did not engage in lavish spending sprees and instead gave large amounts of their winnings to their children and their churches. The most common expenditures were for houses, automobiles and trips. It was found that overall, winners were well-adjusterd, secure and generally happy from the experience."
Wednesday, March 16
You Say You Want a Revolution - Esquire
You Say You Want a Revolution - Esquire: "But let's imagine that the government had done even less; let's imagine that the president and most of Congress decided that New Orleans was a lost cause, barricaded all the roads into the city, and gave up. Let's pretend they made no attempts to relocate the survivors or deliver aid, and New Orleans was allowed to devolve into a rogue dystopia that was no longer recognized as part of the union."
Heroes of Fukushima - 50 remain at Daiichi - Japan tsunami - NZ Herald News
Heroes of Fukushima - 50 remain at Daiichi - Japan tsunami - NZ Herald News: "Officials in Fukushima say around 190 people may have been exposed to radiation, and around 230,000 units of iodine have been distributed to evacuation centres in the area around Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini as a precautionary measure.
The ingestion of stable iodine can help to prevent the accumulation of radioactive iodine in the thyroid."
The ingestion of stable iodine can help to prevent the accumulation of radioactive iodine in the thyroid."
Tuesday, March 15
Cedar Breaks National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Cedar Breaks National Monument (U.S. National Park Service): "Although the park is OPEN for these winter activities, visitors should be aware of the following:
Visitor facilities, including fee booth, visitor center, restrooms and campground are CLOSED for the winter.
The Scenic Drive (Utah Highway 148) is CLOSED for the winter
Utah Highway 143 will remain OPEN throughout the winter, except during and immediately after big snowstorms."
Visitor facilities, including fee booth, visitor center, restrooms and campground are CLOSED for the winter.
The Scenic Drive (Utah Highway 148) is CLOSED for the winter
Utah Highway 143 will remain OPEN throughout the winter, except during and immediately after big snowstorms."
Things to Do in Cedar City - Cedar City Attractions - TripAdvisor
Things to Do in Cedar City - Cedar City Attractions - TripAdvisor --Fun things to do in Cedar City. No, really.
Monday, March 14
Rob Galbraith DPI: Alex Majoli points and shoots
Rob Galbraith DPI: Alex Majoli points and shoots: "It would seem reasonable to guess that all that award-winning work in remote and frequently dangerous places must have been shot with big, fast, bulletproof pro SLR cameras. But in fact, Majoli shot every frame with Olympus C-5050 digital point-and-shoots -- the same camera your snap happy Uncle Maury takes to Disney World."
Sunday, March 13
Flamingos Drop From Siberian Sky: Locals Mystified : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
Flamingos Drop From Siberian Sky: Locals Mystified : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR: "We called the zoo and a spokesman told us that one of the birds died 'after a long illness'. One imagines the surviving flamingo quietly dreaming of warm nights in Persia, sipping pond-scum, their favorite food. The flamingos we know don't care much for borscht."
Thursday, March 10
In Groupon’s $6 Billion Wake, a Wave of Start-Ups Follows Suit - NYTimes.com
In Groupon’s $6 Billion Wake, a Wave of Start-Ups Follows Suit - NYTimes.com: "RISE ABOVE THE FRAY Why jump into the gold rush when you can sell picks and shovels to the prospectors? Groupon imitators have created a system with plenty of secondary markets. Lifesta, a site that had its debut in July, lets remorseful buyers resell unused deal vouchers, charging 99 cents apiece in addition to 8 percent of the sale price. Agriya, a Web developer in Chennai, India, builds and sells Groupon clone sites for aspiring deal-mongers. Tickets for the first-ever industrywide conference, the Daily Deal Summit, are on sale for $495 a person."
Wednesday, March 9
The Ashtray: The Ultimatum (Part 1) - NYTimes.com
The Ashtray: The Ultimatum (Part 1) - NYTimes.com: "I had imagined graduate school as a shining city on a hill, but it turned out to be more like an extended visit with a bear in a cave."
As Charlie Sheen Tweets, Twitter's Valuation Grows - NYTimes.com
As Charlie Sheen Tweets, Twitter's Valuation Grows - NYTimes.com: "For Mr. Sheen, Twitter has become a highly profitable endeavor. Through Ad.ly, a marketing service that matches celebrities and brands, Mr. Sheen is selling endorsements through Twitter messages — his current going rate, according to the report, is more than $50,000 per tweet."
ABC Family Finds Formula in Spinning New Scripted Dramas - NYTimes.com
ABC Family Finds Formula in Spinning New Scripted Dramas - NYTimes.com: "The recent success of ABC Family has been nothing short of stunning. When Disney bought the channel in 2001 for a hefty $5.3 billion from the News Corporation and the media investor Haim Saban, it planned to show reruns from its broadcast network, ABC. But ratings plummeted without fresh programming."
Tuesday, March 8
Monday, March 7
Latter-Day Saints
Latter-Day Saints: "For Parker, who loves to talk about �Joseph Campbell’s theories of the hero-journey, there’s no real difference between being a Mormon and being a Trekkie. “These people who get up every morning and put on their uniform and adhere to the rules of the Federation, to me that’s just sort of what a Mormon is, and I love that,” he says.
“In that decision to do that is something remarkable,” says Stone.
“To be a really good person,” says Parker."
“In that decision to do that is something remarkable,” says Stone.
“To be a really good person,” says Parker."
Latter-Day Saints
Latter-Day Saints: "“Kind of my daily existence at South Park was being farted on,” Howell says. “I would leave the room and return and they would have farted all over my lunch. I’d come back and everyone would be laughing.”"
Sunday, March 6
Fox and ********** Stare Into a Dark Future - NYTimes.com
Fox and ********** Stare Into a Dark Future - NYTimes.com: "What had been a fast and loose assault on all things liberal has grown darker and less entertaining, especially with the growing revolution in the Middle East, a phenomenon Mr. Beck sees as something of a beginning to some kind of end. He’s often alone in the studio with his chalkboards and obscure factoids, a setting that reminds me of an undergrad seminar on macroeconomics with an around-the-bend professor I didn’t particularly enjoy."
Rebel Advance in Libya Set Back by Heavy Assault - NYTimes.com
Rebel Advance in Libya Set Back by Heavy Assault - NYTimes.com: "Airstrikes pounded the area through the day, and attack helicopters fired on rebel gatherings. There were lingering questions about the intentions of some of the pilots, who seemed to have missed easy targets in recent days. Early on Saturday, a warplane dropped a bomb east of Ras Lanuf, but it did not explode. Later, the plane bombed the same position again, but missed."
Sheen-ology - Charlie Sheen, Deconstructed - NYTimes.com
Sheen-ology - Charlie Sheen, Deconstructed - NYTimes.com: "Walter Kirn posted on his blog “The Uses of Charlie Sheen, a Wittgensteinian Investigation,” in which he analyzed three ways of analyzing Mr. Sheen."
The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday - NYTimes.com
The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday - NYTimes.com: "As for beating those statistics, “There’s been no documented intervention that has been shown to radically extend duration of life — ever,” says S. Jay Olshansky, an expert on aging who teaches at the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Told of Murdock’s health-minded habits, Olshansky said that just about all of them were prudent ways of probably “letting his body live out to its genetic potential,” but added, “He’ll be disappointed when he doesn’t reach 125.”"
The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday - NYTimes.com
The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday - NYTimes.com: "“You’re probably going to die before this job’s done, because you’re so fat and unhealthy,” Murdock told Griffin, as Griffin recalls, adding that Griffin’s family would wind up paying extra money for an extra-large coffin. Later he did something more constructive: he offered Griffin a bonus if he lost 30 pounds. Griffin did and collected $100,000. He has since regained 22 of them."
Saturday, March 5
Taking on Tyson reviewed: Mike Tyson loves pigeons. - By Troy Patterson - Slate Magazine
Taking on Tyson reviewed: Mike Tyson loves pigeons. - By Troy Patterson - Slate Magazine: "Here Tyson tells the story, not for the first time, of having raised pigeons as a kid back in horrible Brownsville, Brooklyn, and of getting into his first fight at the age of 10 'because the guy ripped the head off my pigeon.' A pigeon is a dove, and this show is what it sounds like when doves cry."
Thursday, March 3
Wednesday, March 2
Libya Rebels Rout Gaddafi Forces In Fierce Battle For Oil Port
Libya Rebels Rout Gaddafi Forces In Fierce Battle For Oil Port: "In the capital of Tripoli, Gadhafi warned against U.S. or other Western intervention, vowing to turn Libya into 'another Vietnam,' and saying any foreign troops coming into his country 'will be entering hell and they will drown in blood.'"
ThinkProgress � BREAKING: Wisconsin Voters Launch Recall Campaign Against Eight GOP State Senators
ThinkProgress � BREAKING: Wisconsin Voters Launch Recall Campaign Against Eight GOP State Senators: "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who was inaugurated last January, will be eligible for a recall in January of 2012."
Salt Lake City Blogs:Gavin's Underground-Jenna Kim Jones
Salt Lake City Blogs:Gavin's Underground-Jenna Kim Jones: "I also started a Twitter account that first year at the show and, this might sound crazy, but Twitter taught me A LOT about writing jokes. Tweets had to be quick, funny, short and timely. And then I realized that jokes did too! So with that new skill set, I was more confident in pitching ideas for the show."
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