Movies
Thirty-seven short Fluxus films by Nam June Paik, Paul Sharits, Yoko Ono, and others. There are more artists’ films at UbuWeb. British video artists at Luxonline. The Open Video Archive: “241 hours of contributed material.”
Mexican Sweets
Candy recipes by region. How they are made at Dultimex. Calaveras de azucar: picture and recipe.
Mexgrocer.com will mail you candy. There are real fun sounds army tank pinatas at pinatas.com. Skwinkles and other choices at Dandyboy. A recipe for caramels. A page of Mexican candy cigarettes. More pictures. Finally, George W. Bush pinatas at georgewbushpinata.com, evilpinatas.com, and other places. Delicias mejicanas.
Lilies of the Valley
A slow but aggressive spreader. Some facts: “In recent years it has been largely employed in experiments relating to the forcing of plants by means of anaesthetics such as chloroform and ether. It has been found that the winter buds, placed in the vapour of chloroform for a few hours and then planted, break into leaf and flower considerably before others not tested in this manner, the resulting plants being, moreover, exceptionally fine.” A poisonous plant that may strengthen the brain and renovate a weak memory. Flowers are associated with May Day in France. Also a book by Balzac.
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American Patriotism
Welcome to this section of my site honoring America the beautiful. Sheri’s Patriot Website. “This salute to President George W. Bush will remain here until the Iraq conflict is over. This reflects the promise of young conservatives across the U.S.A. to stand by our Commander in Chief!” Godd Bless America and godblessamerica.info. “America is great because of Jesus Christ, and if we lose Christ we lose our greatness.” America Triumphant, the movie, and America We Stand as One.
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Certain Phenomena
“When you come across something like this, it is hard to remain clam and refrain from contemplating people’s ignorance”: Woman pregnant for forty-six years. Woman with fetus in heart forever. “Indeed, circular patterns of concentrated light have been seen to glow on buildings across the northeastern United States and beyond.” “Please Click On His Payment to visit my other pages” (like The Jesus Slide Show). “Without presenting any evidence whatsoever that what he says is correct, Volpe has informed his students that . . . evolution is a fact.”
Colored Vehicles
Blue bus. White bike. Brown car. Red auto. Black bicycle. Yellow scooter. Orange truck. Yellow bus: “Managing and Promotion Celebrities Mannequins since 1986.” Green airplane. Gray ship. Rose cart. Black helicopter. Blue motorcycle: “Focuses on integrating customized off-the-shelf solutions often using the best-of-breed technologies to create ‘hybrid’ systems, that in many cases meet and exceed the capabilities of high-end proprietary technologies for small to mid-sized businesses.”
Weblogs
The Index of Political Blogs. Christopher Ian Applegate’s qwghlm.co.uk. Xogij.blogs.com. Alternative Hippopotamus. Spy Blog: “This United Kingdom based blog attempts to draw public attention to, and comments on, some of the current trends in ever cheaper and more widespread surveillance technology being deployed to satisfy the rapacious demand by state and corporate bureaucracies and criminals for your private details, and the technological ignorance of our politicians and civil servants who frame our legal systems.” Newspaper corrections examined at Regret the Error. The Observer Blog. Wind Rose Hotel: Mostly in Italian, with links to other Italian weblogs. Halfway Down the Danube: posts from Bucharest. We Make Money Not Art. Silt3. A collection of Microsoft Excel weblogs: Andrew’s Excel Tips, Automate Excel, Colo’s Excel Junk Room, Dick’s Daily Dose of Excel, Excel Pragma, J-Walk, The Planning Deskbook, van Gelder. R. Robot, the self-writing weblog. Bighappyfunhouse: excellent found photos.
Groundhogs
First, their distribution across North America and a groundhog cake. Second, sculptures of groundhogs in Farquier, Ontario and Wiarton, Ontario, and a groundhog crossing the street. Third, drawings of groundhogs as Pennsylvania animals and as actors in their classic drama, as well as with parts labeled.
Bush and the Environment: Four More Years
"Environmentalists See Trouble Ahead" -- John Heilprin (AP) in The Washington Post, 11/30/04:
WASHINGTON - Environmentalists see some of their worst fears playing out as President Bush moves to cement a second-term agenda that includes getting more timber, oil and gas from public lands and relying on the market rather than regulation to curb pollution.
Bush's top energy priority - opening an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling - is shaping up as an early test of GOP gains in Congress.
"This is going to be a definitional battle, and we're ready," said Deb Callahan, president of the League of Conservation Voters.
Though the election didn't emphasize such issues, administration officials believe the results validated their belief that many environmental decisions are better made by the marketplace, landowners and state and local governments.
James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said the administration will continue a "partnership with the oil and gas sector" but also will work with conservation organizations - as long as they are "willing to engage constructively on defining priorities and practices in domestic production."
Bush's environmental priority is to rewrite the Clean Air Act to set annual nationwide limits on three major air pollutants from power plants and to allow marketplace trading of pollution rights rather than regulation to meet those goals.
He does not plan to change his mind on his rejection of the Kyoto international climate treaty that would impose mandatory caps on carbon dioxide emissions. "Kyoto's unworkable," Connaughton said. . . .
Republicans in Congress plan to re-examine other landmark 1970s laws: the Endangered Species Act protecting rare plant and animal species and their habitats, and the National Environmental Policy Act that requires the government to judge beforehand if actions might damage natural resources.
One area where environmentalists and the White House could find agreement is ocean issues. The administration is looking at setting catch quotas for individual fish species, new protections for fragile coral reefs and ecosystem-based management of rivers and streams, Connaughton said.
Some huge regional issues also will get attention. They include restoring the Florida Everglades, aiding the recovery of Pacific Northwest salmon, improving water quality in the Great Lakes and dealing with drought in the West and coastal erosion in Louisiana.
The administration put off until after the election a final decision on a plan to allow road building and logging on 58 million acres of remote forests where both are now banned.
Interior Secretary Gale Norton's agency is rewriting 162 plans for managing about one of every 10 acres in the United States. The decisions will affect whether wildlife protections or new oil and gas drilling projects are favored. Norton wants to give local governments more say.
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