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Lost Architecture: Four Forgotten Avant-Garde Structures

July 13, 2021 / 2 Comments
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by Asia Leonardi for the Carl Kruse Blog From fires to bombings, from building speculation to structural risks, the list of edifices, neighborhoods, avant-garde buildings that we have lost in the course of our history is endless. Sometimes, this was due to unforeseeable agents, causes of force majeure, such as environmental disasters, war, invasions; other … [Read more…]

Posted in: Archaelogy, Architecture Tagged: Asia Leonardi, Buildings, Forgotten structures

A Summer Conversation Between Oakley and Eagerton

June 21, 2021 / 5 Comments
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by Fraser Hibbitt In 1894, two ordinary men set off on a three-day walk through the south downs in England. Their names were Thomas Oakley and Hans Eagerton, and both hailed from London. A short fragment of their journey was preserved by a certain anthologist, Richard Eseat, who compiled a work dedicated to the summer: … [Read more…]

Posted in: Great Britain, Seasons, Summer, Travels Tagged: Fraser Hibbitt, Journaling, Oakley and Eagerton, Summer Walks

Von Braun and Dreams of Mars

May 30, 2021 / 4 Comments
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by Vittorio Compagno A bright red sphere millions of kilometers from here is what Mars meant for most people throughout human history. At first, it was just dance on the stage where the Sun and other stars revolved around the Earth, a luminous celestial body with its reddish reflections, until finally we recognized it as a planet. Before recent space missions, little was known about the red planet, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Dreamers, Enabling The Future, Science, Space Exploration Tagged: Astronomy, Mars, Mars exploration, Rocket Science, Saturn V, Werner Von Braun

It’s DNA Day Again!

April 24, 2021 / 4 Comments
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by Hazel Anna Rogers Intro by Carl Kruse Intro Every year we take some time to celebrate that moment on 25 April 1953 when Crick and Watson issued their findings on the structure of DNA, and of the benefits to humanity that such knowledge has wrought. Our previous celebrations of DNA Day on the blog … [Read more…]

Posted in: Celebrations, DNA, Science Tagged: DNA DAY, DNA History, Rosalind Franklin, Watson and Crick

Stoicisim

April 19, 2021 / 5 Comments
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 By Fraser Hibbitt At the end of the fourth century B.C.E, a wealthy merchant sailed from Phoenicia to a port town in Athens. Though his ship was wrecked along the way, he managed to survive and made his way to Athens. This shipless man, Zeno by name, walked by a bookseller and happened on a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Stoicism Tagged: Classics, Marcus Aurelius, Stoic Philosophy

The Spring Equinox & Eggs

March 20, 2021 / 5 Comments

by Hazel Anna Rogers Readers of the blog know that we love celebrating the change of seasons. Today being the first day of Spring, Hazel gives us a roundup of some Spring folklore. Take it Hazel! For other takes on Spring see here and here. (Chinese – Yin Dynasty) Chien Ti and her sister are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Myths, Seasons, Spring Tagged: Chien yi, China, Germanic Myth, Osatra and the Hare, Spring Myths

Goodbye Steven Spurrier, Wine Master Extraordinaire

March 17, 2021 / 4 Comments
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by Carl Kruse Steven Spurrier, who almost single-handedly put California wines on the world map, died recently. In May 24, 1976 he organized what has come to be known as the “Judgment of Paris,” where he presented a blind mix of 10 whites and 10 reds from California and France to a panel of 1 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Wine Tagged: Alan Rickman, Chateau Montelena, Judgment of Paris, Napa Valley, Paris, Stags Leap Cellars, Wine tasting

“Bread, glorious bread!” Micro-Bakeries and the Trajectory of Bread-Making

February 17, 2021 / 4 Comments
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by Hazel Anna Rogers I remember the fat white bread maker sat on the kitchen counter throughout many years of my childhood, and the smell that wafted up in the morning before I could properly open my eyes. Bread is my father’s pride, a baby to nurture and encourage long after my siblings and I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Food, Great Britain Tagged: artisanal bread, Bread, Micro Bakeries, Sourdough

Those Glorious Trees

February 6, 2021 / 5 Comments
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by Hazel Anna Rogers North-east of Brighton, continuing past both the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex, one eventually comes to the gated entrance of Stanmer Park, a green haven of around 470 acres. To the south-west, the park connects all the way through the smaller Wild Park and then onto Hollingbury Golf … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Plants, Trees Tagged: England, Forestry, Peter wohlleben, Stanmer Park

Houses of Great Minds

January 26, 2021 / 9 Comments
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by Fraser Hibbitt and Carl Kruse Einstein’s house in Princeton, New Jersey saw some of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century. The little unassuming place stands today as private property due to the expressed wish in Einstein’s will that the house be not turned into a museum or memorial. The Historical Society of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Princeton, Travels Tagged: Genius tour, Great houses, Great minds, Memorials without Museums, New Jersey, Walking tours

Martin Luther King Day Redux

January 18, 2021 / 2 Comments
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By Carl Kruse For some years now whenever Martin Luther King Day comes around I’ve made it a point to re-read his “Letter From A Birmingham Jail.” I sit down to briefly pay respect to the man and commune with some of his thought. That, and to give myself a jolt of moral fortitude during … [Read more…]

Posted in: Holidays, Politics Tagged: martin luther king, MLK Day

Gene Cernan, Apollo 17

January 17, 2021 / 5 Comments
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by Carl Kruse It was on January 16, 2018 that Eugene Cernan — the Apollo 17 commander and last astronaut to walk on the moon — left our world. Cernan was famous for saying, “Dream the impossible and make it happen. I walked on the moon. What can’t you do?” What can’t you do indeed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Dreamers, Space Exploration Tagged: Gene Cernan, Moon Landings, Naval Aviation, Pushing the envelope

Why Be Kind?

January 3, 2021 / 9 Comments
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A Study of the inherence of altruism in us by Hazel Anna Rogers Why be kind? I have dwelled long over this statement, questioning why it is that I specifically choose not to allow egoism to cloud my everyday judgements. It seems logical that I should wish to advance myself and pursue my own avaricious … [Read more…]

Posted in: Kindness Tagged: Being Kind, Hazel Anna Rogers, Margaret Mead

Winter Solstice

December 20, 2020 / 2 Comments
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A quick peek at the blog shows how much we like to celebrate the change of seasons as we honor them each time they come around – Summer, Fall, Spring, and Winter. And now Winter again. For this post Fraser Hibbitt takes over the reins to welcome Winter Solstice, once again. Carl Kruse The cycle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Seasons, Winter Tagged: Change of Seasons, Fraser Hibbitt, Winter Solstice

Kepler Update and SETI

December 8, 2020 / 7 Comments
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by Fraser Hibbitt It is not difficult to imagine that somewhere in our galaxy there is a planet like ours. A planet suited for life. The unimaginably vast, mind-boggling space outside our solar system always makes one wonder about other life out there. And extra-terrestrial life likely begins on a planet. This is what Dr. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Exploration, Frazer Hibbitt, Kepler Telescope, Search For Extraterrestial Intelligence, TESS

Schliemann’s Discovery of Troy

December 2, 2020 / 4 Comments
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By Asia Leonardi, writing for the Carl Kruse blog The story of Heinrich Schliemann and his discovery of Troy, has all the elements of a children’s adventure novel and gives archeology that passionate and not very academic character that feeds the dreams of kids at that tender age when they fantasize about their future. Schliemann … [Read more…]

Posted in: Archaelogy Tagged: Dreams, Excavations, Heinrich Schliemann, The Iliad, Troy

It’s Time To Dance!

November 3, 2020 / 13 Comments
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SOBR and His Dancing Silhouettes by Hazel Anna Rogers I grew up dancing. I started in ballet, which I quit at around the age of 12, but took up again after a stint of street dance in my early teen years. When I moved to Leeds at 18, I began regularly dancing at a Freestyle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Art, Berlin, Street Art Tagged: Dance, Graffiti, Music, SOBR

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

October 21, 2020 / 3 Comments
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By Stella Karageorgi For those young at heart, the Rainbow Village is a must-visit if ever near Taichung, Taiwan. People often cheer as they encounter the vibrant place, even more so after learning of its story. The location spreads across a neighborhood of 11 houses of what used to be a former military housing complex … [Read more…]

Posted in: Art, Rainbow Village, Taiwan, Travels Tagged: Rainbow Grandpa, Rainbow Village

Captive Breeding – Culture of Guilt?

October 12, 2020 / Leave a Comment
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by Hazel Anna Rogers Throughout history, we have knowingly driven species upon species of animals to near or full extinction. In 2018, the last male Northern White Rhinoceros died in Sudan leaving two impotent females to die, a forced downfall of the magnificent species resulting from poaching and deforestation. The elegant passenger pigeon, once a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Captive Breeding, Environment Tagged: Hazel Anna Rogers, Improving The World

Plastics to Prosthetics

September 30, 2020 / 5 Comments

By Jaymie Hilder It’s not uncommon for kids to be born with missing or under-developed fingers, hands or arms. These differences in development are often painless, but can make life hard later. Handicapped children often are bullied, for a start, and they can wind up feeling left out or self conscious. For many of these … [Read more…]

Posted in: Enabling The Future, Ivan Owens, Nonprofits Tagged: E-Nable, Helping Kids, Lids For Kids, Makers, Prosthetics
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