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There is a quality to Crispin Glover's voice that makes it sound like he is smiling every time he talks; but he never does. There is a constant look of intense seriousness on his face at all times, but I do not think this is because he takes himself seriously. I think it is because he takes his audience seriously. This is what I felt while listening to him speak, anyway.
I saw Glover at a screening of his second film as a director, It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE., a collaboration with the scenic artist David Brothers in his directorial debut. Ordinarily, I don't especially like to mention when I see filmmakers in attendance at their movies - not just that it smacks of name-dropping, but also because I'm much happier when I don't need to have the director explain his film to me so I can write about it - but given that this particular film has never once been screened without the director present, and given how much of the experience of the film is the context of watching it with Glover, I think I will make this exception, especially given the fact, made clear in a screening I attended of Glover's first film What is it? only a couple of days before, that he intends for the films to never screen without him there.
So I'm not just reviewing It Is Fine!; I'm reviewing Crispin Glover himself, the things he says and the extraordinary absurdist slideshow he presents for an hour before the film begins in earnest. I'm reviewing an experience, which is not at all an easy thing to do - nor an appropriate one, really.
What the film is, is not nearly as interesting as what the director thinks it is, although I don't mean to set up some kind of false conflict; I'm very sure that the movie I watched was the movie Crispin Glover wanted me to see. But listening to him explain that is significantly more enjoyable than actually sitting through the thing.
It Is Fine! was written in 1986 by a man named Steven C. Stewart, who suffered from cerebral palsy. The central character, Paul, was essentially autobiographical, sharing Stewart's limitations and predilection towards women with long hair; though Stewart was not, so far as any of us know, a serial killer. The film follows Paul (played by Stewart) as he meets women in various forms of physical or emotional disability, charms them with his keen insights (spoken without subtitles, meaning that those of us who have a hard time making out the words of persons with cerebral palsy - including both Glover and myself - do not understand what he is saying), having sex with them, and choking them to death.
Only the first 20 minutes have anything really like a plot, after that it's just a series of nearly-identical meet-fuck-kill sequences, but I think anyone who gets hung up on that is well and truly missing the forest for the trees. The film is clearly not plot-driven, and it doesn't take Glover's looming presence to figure that out. Even setting aside the giant white elephant in the room that is "actor with cerebral palsy has sex onscreen," there's a lot of unmistakably bent cinema going on: Brothers's sets, in their infinite staginess, are a rough pastiche of the early 1960s, the 16mm cinematography is too hideous to be accidental and too well-framed to be condemned, and the soundtrack - peppered with Tchaikovsky and Beethoven - is a layer of artifice that makes the film a little bit easier to consider as a construct and not a mindfuck.
But since Glover's presence does loom, I'm willing to chip it to him: which requires backtracking. As he conceives it, What is it?, a film in which nearly every actor suffers from Down syndrome, and a film in which several snails are killed onscreen (Glover expressed sorrow over this, though not exactly regret), as an active experience for the viewer to confront very basic issues: is it right that this film was made? Is it right that I am watching it? Should I be very angry now? He didn't come around to saying it, quite, but I have the sense that he has similar expectations for It Is Fine!, or maybe I'm just extrapolating from my own thoughts during the film. As I sat there watching scenes of a man with cerebral palsy having explicit, graphic sex onscreen, I found myself wondering what the actresses involved felt about the scenes. Then I felt guilty at the foundational assumption that a man with cerebral palsy "shouldn't" be a sexual being, an assumption that It Is Fine! goes to great lengths to explode.
It comforted me a great deal that Glover himself obviously doesn't have a really good handle on what to think about the film. He mentioned, in what may have been a cute anecdote or may have been a confession, that he and co-director Brothers spent much time debating whether the entire project was just Stewart's excuse to nail several beautiful women in a short span. I'd be a liar if I said that the same idea hadn't crossed my mind. Actually, that describes my entire experience watching the film, really: oscillating between thinking about the filmmaking process instead of the film, and then feeling guilty that I harbored unsavory thoughts towards the man at the center of the project.
Certainly, Glover doesn't expect anyone to view the film as a triumph of overcoming adversity, and I don't doubt that he would be completely understanding of my reaction, although I have no idea if he'd be sympathetic. I do know that it isn't the point what Crispin Glover thinks. The point is what I think, and what I think is that there was a very quiet but very constant undercurrent of exploitation throughout the film, although it gets a little bit hard to explain who was exploiting whom. Most of all, I know that what I think doesn't have a damn thing to do with what anyone else thinks, and that's a comfort.
At any rate, I think I'm very glad that I saw the film as part of an experiential package, for surrounding this altogether discomfiting film with significantly easier material helps it a lot. The hour-long slideshow that Glover travels with is certainly weird, but very accessible, almost "hip" weird: the actor reads from heavily redacted field guides and short stories published early in the 20th century. It has nothing to do with It Is Fine! but it's sort of limbering anyway.
And as for the talk that Glover gave after the film - as long as the film itself! - well, maybe it did give me too many answers about what the film "is," but it was still one of the very few filmmaker Q&A's I've ever enjoyed. Glover is a through-and-through professional, going into great (too great, really) detail on why he made the choices he did, even in some of his more seemingly mainstream work - listening to him discuss how he developed his Charlie's Angels character was almost inspirational, given how upfront he was about how much of a naked cash-grab it was, but how he still engaged with the character and altered what he felt needed to be altered to make the role work as well as he knew how.
And now comes the point where I must be a professional, and try to put a number rating on this thing. I don't really want to - any response to this film is aggressively subjective (not that this isn't always the case). Now, the question I must ask is, Did I enjoy the film? I did not. It didn't get me worked up but it made me feel kind of bad inside. The thing is, I think if I told that to Crispin Glover, he would nod a bit and in a voice that sounded like a tiny smile, he would tell me that I should feel that way. Everything is not actually fine.
So, I guess 6/10.
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this "editorial" that ran in Saturday's Globe? I have tried three different approaches now - incredulity, sarcasm, parody - and each time have ended up using words that are not appropriate for a family blog. Look, I get it. Two Globe columnists - first Yvonne Abraham, then Adrian Walker - devoted their columns recently to illuminating and candid looks at the spiraling disaster that is Mayor Willy Lantigua. Both studiously avoiding mentioning the pivotal role Governor Patrick played in bringing Lantigua to power, or Patrick's refusal to appoint a much-needed financial control board for Lawrence, or even the Governor's curious refusal, even in light of the parody of urban corruption that the Lantigua Administration has become, to criticize his former protege. But still - all the attention to Lantigua has exposed the Govenor's rear end, and the Globe is itself arguably at least partly responsible. Clearly the editors felt they needed to do something to cover that buttock.
But they couldn't do better than this?
So far, the suspicions surrounding Lantigua haven't hindered his efforts to steer Lawrence toward fiscal stability. That accomplishment, however, comes with considerable help from a fiscal overseer appointed by Governor Deval Patrick who ensures that up to $35 million in loan guarantees from the state won't go down the drain.This is like hiring a kid to paint a peeling house, and then ignoring the fact that he's broken all the windows, set fire to the roof and is treating the neighbors to a daily full frontal, because he's done a passably good job on the trim.
The Most Important Meal of the Day
Speaking of Adrian Walker, his column today was about the breakfast meeting in 2007 where Sal DiMasi allegedly put the squeeze on the Governor to support his self-interested bid to award an egregiously over-priced state software contract to Cognos. Here's Walker:
At the Patrick-DiMasi breakfast described by prosecutors, the politicians exchanged wish lists. Patrick's fondest desire was a life-sciences bill, a big appropriation with long-term implications; one of DiMasi's wishes was approval of a contract to Cognos — a comparatively minor issue, but one apparently dear to the speaker, or so the government alleges.
"Now, no one is suggesting any impropriety on the part of the Patrick administration." Certainly not! In fact, like Mr. Walker many commentators are going out of their way to preemptively absolve the Governor and his administration of any and all blame for the mess that is about to see a former Speaker off to prison.Now, no one is suggesting any impropriety on the part of the Patrick administration. Still, some members of his team may be called to testify. Even the governor himself may take the stand.
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And then, to return to the 2007 Patrick/DiMasi breakfast, we are now given to understand that DiMasi sought to trade his support for Patrick's highest legislative priorities, all for the Patrick Administration's acquiescence to the Cognos deal. And the famously political Governor never thought, apparently, to question the Speaker's motivation for that lopsided trade.
So yes, Walker is correct. "[N]o one is suggesting any impropriety on the part of the Patrick administration."
But, golly, shouldn't somebody be?
What's in a name?
A couple of weeks ago David Bernstein had an excellent piece in the Phoenix sussing out the increasing signs that Boston's Mayafalife, Tom Menino, is likely to run for yet another term in office when his current term expires. Since then the Bostonist and the Herald have both picked up on the theme.
I have long since given up trying to understand the appeal of Tom Menino. Strolling through Boston last week, however, an argument for reelection occurred to me that just might clinch for Menino the lifetime sinecure that he seems to desire: Boston cannot afford a different Mayor. The cost of replacing all of the ego signage that bears Menino's name would bankrupt the city. Boston would be better off requiring all future occupants of the office to legally change their names to Thomas M. Menino.
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Welcome to my third year of blogging! I love teaching; I don't love school and all that scheduling and seat time and blah blah blah, but I sure as bananas do love teaching kids stuff.
Well, I've been guerrilla professional-developing for two years now. I've done more in these two years to become a better teacher, scientist, mathematician, and all around person than I have in the entire preceding portion of my life.
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My students have benefited. I've never seen gains like this. My kids' post-FCI scores are off the charts.
My hunch that assessment reform is the gateway drug to better teaching has been nice to see affirmed in myself and countless others around the nation. The standards-based express is pulling into a station near you.
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You bet. We're taking this BlueHarvest thing on the road. I have a team of programmers and some serious motivation behind me. I have to get schools to stop grading what kids don't have, and start recording what they do have.
This is the key to the whole thing, people.
Also, I'm going to start posting heavily on project-based learning. I've been doing a lot of it, and there are some serious hang-ups that might deter the less masochistic.
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| With this guide, I will take
the reader on a circle trip from Vancouver east on Hwy 14 along the
BNSF. Then we will cross the Columbia River at Mary Hill to Biggs, and
use both US 30 and Interstate 84 to return to Portland along the UP.
I've traveled up and down the gorge since 1983, and have been railfanning
there since the early 1990's. While I will do my best to point out the
best railfanning and sites of interest that I know of, it must be clearly
understood that the Gorge is so wonderfully varied and complex, that
every twist and turn of the rail opens a multitude of new photographic
opportunities. While many will hold up Tehachapi, Cajon, the Rockies,
or Appalachia as scenic railfanning wonders, I will strongly contend that
they pale in comparison to what the Columbia River Gorge can offer. And
so on with the guide!
I also strongly urge that you acquire the following items that will greatly help you on your trip. First, Altamont Press's Northwest Region Timetable is one of a series of Railfan Timetables that is a must for Western Railfans. Inside is a sub by sub timetable that details all kinds of useful info like mileposts, speeds, detectors, signal systems, sidings, radio frequencies, ect. The timetable can be found in most well stock model railroad shops. The other useful item is Delomre's Washington State Atlas & Gazetteer, and can be found in most truck stops, book stores and roadside convenience stores. This very detailed atlas covers both sides of the Gorge very well on Pages 22 to 29. Both items run in the $15-$20 range.
Railfans are perched high above the OT Bridge on the Oregon side of the Columbia River (Above).
| Simply the busiest railroad
spot in the entire Pacific Northwest, Vancouver has long been a railfan
hangout. Day or night, fans can be found observing a ceaseless parade
of trains. It therefore may surprise many that this spot was a latecomer
to the PNW railroad map. Only with the completion of the SP&S and
shortly linking up of a new NP line between Kalama and Vancouver in 1906,
could one board a train here. But Vancouver's glory only became assured
when Harriman and Hill inked a deal that turned the NP Vancouver-Tacoma
main into the joint Arterial that NP, GN, UP and later, briefly the Milwaukee
Road would use. The bridge across the Columbia River here has long
been the key to why the wye has remained so busy. As the only railroad
crossing of the Columbia west of the Cascades, all UP trains coming south
out of Western Washington, and all Amtrak and BNSF trains coming north
and east out of Western Oregon must use this structure.
What makes the Wye such a joy is that the Amtrak deport and plenty of parking is available inside the three legs. In fact, you can park right along the busy north-south line and still enjoy 360 degrees of railfanning action. The Columbia River Swing Bridge is immediately south of the depot and can be easily used as a photographic prop. The north-east leg of the wye also doubles as a yard lead, and switchers often will be working here in between through trains. The BNSF employee terminal building is also inside the wye, just north of the train depot. BNSF trains will park at many locations in the general area in order to change crews. The Fallbridge sub is controlled by the Pasco West dispatcher (ARR 87, 161.415). The Seattle Sub is controlled by the Centralia South dispatcher (ARR 66, 161.100). The Vancouver Terminal dispatcher can be heard on ARR 76, 161.250.
A Seattle bound UP Z train skirts past the Vancouver Depot and some BNSF light power ( Right). A westbound BNSF train waits for a new crew at Eavan (Above Right).
| The depot can be somewhat
tricky to find the first time. So here is how you get there if you
are coming from Portland. Take I-5 north into Washington. After you
cross the Columbia River drawspan, you need to take the second off ramp
to the right (exit 1B). This is a hairpin turn that sends you in a 360
degree loop, so be careful. As you come out of the hairpin an additional
lane comes in from the left. You will need to get in that lane ASAP, as
you need to take the first left (6th street) when you come to it. If you
happen to miss the 6th street turnoff, go on up to 8th street and make a
left and head straight until you cross the tracks. If you did get on 6th
Street, head straight and pass under the low railroad overpass. More often
or not you will pass under the power of some westbound train holding for
a signal. As you come up to grade level there will be a restaurant off
to the right with an obvious railroad theme. You can park on the backside
of the restaurant in order to get pics of the trains holding there.
This location is known 8th street. A couple miles east of 8th street is
a set of crossovers known as Eavan (pronounced "E-Van"), short for East
Vancouver. I wouldn't venture onto the tracks because of the railroad
police that frequent this part of town.
Continuing on to the depot, make a right onto Jefferson and head up one block to 8th, and make a left. Head down 8th until you cross an industrial track and make a right onto Hill street just beyond. This will take you directly to the depot, provided a train isn't blocking the way (at times the depot is completely blocked in by trains). Park along the west leg of the wye somewhere north of the depot. To give you an idea of the area, to the south is the Columbia River Drawbridge. Both the Columbia River Draw and the Willamette River Drawbridge each have their own operators due to the number of trains and ships in this area. All UP, BNSF, and Amtrak trains have to talk to the Columbia River Draw operator, but the Willamette River Draw only gets to converse with the BNSF and Amtrak train. This all happens on the main BNSF channel.
The Z-CHCPTL prepares to enter the Columbia River Draw from the Fallbridge sub (Above Left). A southbound UP stack train ducks under a new road bridge and the classic signal bridge just north of the Vancouver depot (Left).
| Directly west
is the huge North Pacific Grain Terminal (ex-Northern Pacific property)
that exports trainloads of grain. Both BNSF and UP grain trains terminate
here. A track just to the north of the BNSF terminal building comes off
the Fallbridge sub and crosses the mainlines to Seattle before is descends
to the grain terminal. This was a recent addition, only having been installed
in the past eight years. Another track, which lies opposite the depot,
connects to this downhill track. Often switch engines are parked on
the aforementioned track. Just to the north is a cantilevered signal
bridge and number of diamonds and crossovers that connect various lines.
A highway bridge over the tracks was added in the past few years. The small
yard to the west of the mainlines is the destination of UP grain trains
bound for the grain terminal west of the depot. Those trains are taken
down to the terminal in small cuts by BNSF switchers. To the right is BNSF's
Vancouver Yard. While this is just one of three important yards in the
Portland/Vancouver metro area on the BNSF, it still originates and terminates
trains to a variety of points. This yard at one time was the main classification
point of the former SP&S, and even today, switchers are busy around
the clock. Another interesting fact is the northeast leg of the
wye you are in the midst of doubles as a yard lead for the south end of
the Vancouver Yard, and often a switcher is busier here, working in between
through trains. Through trains heading between the Seattle and Fallbridge
subs also stop on this lead to change crews at the crew office located
Passengers prepare to board a Pacific Northwest Corridor Talgo train at Vancouver (Above Right).Vancouver is an important stop for Amtrak. A freight train from Pasco enters the Seattle line ahead of a Amtrak train stopped at the depot (Right).
The Columbia River Drawbridge is a well used structure, important to both the railroads and ships. A BN local heads south toward Portland across the swing span (Left). Amtrak's Coast Starlight enters Vancouver, as seen from the end of the station platform (Right).
| While one could easily spend
all day watching trains at the Vancouver wye, it might be a good idea
to begin your journey into the Columbia River Gorge. If you're lucky,
you might have an eastbound parked at the crew office changing crews.
At any rate, the trick is to get on Hwy 14 eastbound, The best way is
to backtrack to 6th street and after you pass under the tracks, make a
right at the first light onto Columbia Street. Go just one block and make
a left. From here you got your choices, but read the highway signs to get
directed onto Hwy 14 eastbound. Hwy 14 follows the BNSF mainline to Pasco,
which is on a tall fill just to the south of the road. The track east from
Portland to Wishram is part of the Fallbridge sub. Fallbridge is the former
name for Wishram, and relates to Celio Falls that passed beneath the Oregon
Trunk Bridge at that location. Some two miles out of Eavan is the end of
Double Track at McLoughlin.
| Steam locomotive SP 4449 at various
locations in Vancouver. Racing railfans and motorists alongside Hwy
14 on the fill at Fort Vancouver - Aaron Hockley (Above Left). Gaining
speed through a park-like East Vancouver neighborhood (Above). Just out
from under the I-205 bridge along the old Evergreen Hwy - Ken Storey (Left).
Once you return to Hwy 14 eastbound, a
mile out of Camas you come to a interchange. From here you can drive
right into downtown Camas and visit the tracks in both Camas and Washougal.
But I would suggest that we keep moving on Hwy 14 and bypass the two
cities. Just beyond the interchange where Hwy 14 passes over the mainline
is a well know photo spot. The photo spot here is hard to use because
there is no walkway on the bridge over the tracks, but you can capture
westbound trains passing the James River Paper mill. A old joke about
Camas goes "To know Camas is to smell Camas", as the paper mill has a long
history here. Beyond Camas is Washougal, and the two are separated by the
Washougal River. BNSF crosses the river on a well rusted through truss
bridge that is easily accessed by a parallel road. The first CTC siding
out of Vancouver is also in Washougal, and is a popular meeting spot for
trains. Trains are also held here when Vancouver gets backed up. Hwy 14
crosses over the BNSF mainline two miles east of Washougal, and this spot
is fairly wide open and easily photographed in either direction. Hwy 14
is a fairly busy two lane road in this area, and some care must be taken
when entering or exiting the roadway.
A empty grain train exits the Washougal River Bridge - Steve Eshom (Above). A eastbound V-PTLBLU is about to pass under the Hwy 14 bridge east of Washougal - Aaron Hockley (Far Left). A westbound stack train passes the paper mill in Camas as viewed from the Hwy 14 bridge (Left).
A eastbound empty grain train
exits the Cape Horn Tunnel in the afternoon light - Steve Eshom (Left). A westbound is seen far below the Cape
Horn overlook with Beacon Rock in the distance (Right).
From here the highway begins to climb into the hills up away from the tracks. It briefly drops to track level at Mt Pleasant, but shortly begins a steep twisting climb to the top of Cape Horn. Four miles from where you last saw the tracks is a beautiful overlook looking directly into the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge. A stop here is strongly suggested to not only enjoy the view, but a good telephoto can bring in the tracks far below, or even those of the Union Pacific across the river. The afternoon light favors this location. At the base of the cliff upon which you are perched is BNSF's Cape Horn Tunnel. The first road to the right (Cape Horn Road) about a mile down Hwy 14 would take you down to the tunnel, but agate erected by homeowners on the river blocks your access trackside in the last ¼ mile. This is unfortunate as there was a great view of the tunnel that favored eastbounds in the morning light. Cape Horn Tunnel is also known as tunnel #1, and curves 2382' through solid basalt.
Continuing on Hwy 14, the first real trackside access is at Prindle. But the woods here are dense, and shadows are difficult to work with. Five more miles will take you to the next CTC Siding at Skamania. Skamania offers more possibilities, particularly the reverse curves just to the west of the siding along the highway. But the trees still encroaching upon the tracks. Just beyond Skamania is Beacon Rock, a local icon in the Gorge. Some have said the view from the top offers some railfanning possibilities, but I haven't verified it myself. The BNSF mainline passes by the base of the rock, and the highway climbs a small summit behind the rock.
| The first real chance
for photography is at North Bonneville. The mainline here is part
of a more recent line change when a new powerhouse was added to the
Bonneville Dam. The line change included two new bridges, a tunnel,
and a long fill. You will encounter a highway underpass and a rusty
through truss bridge over Moffet Creek before you reach the dam itself.
There is also a detector near this location at mp 48.4. The area is
still fairly open and most of the trees are rather small, but that is
rapidly changing. Trains on the fill can be photographed from the highway,
and there is a parking area opposite the dam that is right next to the
west portal of the tunnel. Some snooping in this area can lead to great
photos, particularly of eastbounds about to enter the tunnel. The North
Bonneville Tunnel became # 1.5, and is 1503' long. Depending upon weather
or not the fish viewing center and/or the power house is open, both are
worthwhile. A few years ago I went on the self guided tour of both, and
now greatly wish to do the tour again with a digital camera in hand. Nothing
like standing above Plexiglas panels on top of one of the monster generators,
and watching the power being generated for hundreds of thousands of homes.
A westbound "Earthworm" at Skamania-Steve Eshom (Top Left). A eastbound crossing Moffet Creek at North Bonneville - Steve Eshom ( Left). A westbound at Prindle - Steve Eshom (Right). This view can be had by taking a road next to the Prindle School down to the tracks.
| Continuing on Hwy 14 around
the point, the highway leaps over the mainline at the east portal
of the tunnel. A Historical marker just east of the bridge talks about
the completion of the SP&S mainline at this point. This is also the
west end of a long non-CTC siding that is often used to store surplus
intermodal equipment. This location is narrowest point on the Columbia
River inside the United States, and Union Pacific trains can easily be
seen on the opposite shore. Just to the east is the majestic Bridge of
the Gods, a cantilevered structure that stands high above the river linking
shore to shore. It's also a terrific photo prop for westbounds. Hwy
14 climbs up the east end of the bridge. The bridge has no walkways,
and even though it allows some nice photo angles, dodging traffic on the
steel grate deck is not fun. The Bridge of the Gods is also a toll bridge,
with a 75 cent fare for passenger vehicles.
A eastbound Stack train is about to enter Tunnel # 1.5 at North Bonneville - Steve Eshom (Above Right). The Bonneville Dam was the first to tame the mighty Columbia, but far from the last (Right). A eastbound garbage train exits the east portal of Tunnel # 1.5 and is about to pass under the Hwy 14 underpass - Mike Smith (Left).
|A eastbound V-PTLBLU west of Stevenson late one
afternoon-Robert Scott (Above Left) Two of the SP&S painted pieces
of Equipment at the Columbia Gorge Museum (Above Center and Right). A
westbound storms through downtown Stevenson (Below).
|I would suggest you continue
until come across the Wind River Bridge at Home Valley. Both ends of
the rusty through truss bridge are great photography spots. A little
further to the east you will fine Home Valley Park Road that bridges
the tracks. The road crosses the tracks on a classic wooden road bridge so
common in earlier times, but now a relic in it's own right. The tracks run
through a hollow of trees on either side of the bridge. Just beyond the
bridge is location that has long been a favored photography spot. Where
the highway draws close to the tracks is a great view of a reverse curve
at the base of Wind Mountain with photogenic Shellrock Mountain plainly
visible across the river.
Home Valley is the start of very scenic section of track that quite literally offers dozens upon dozens of photo angles per mile. One could quite literally spend all day here shooting trains, and feel that he would need another solid week to do the area justice. This section extends past Lyle to nearly the CTC siding at North Dalles. I will try to carefully detail the possibilities here, almost on a foot by foot basis. The tracks and highway are right side by side for a mile from the east side of Home Valley to the detector at mp 61.0.
A westbound Garbage train highballs under the wooden overpass in Home Valley - Mike Smith (Above Top). A eastbound on the Wind River Bridge (Above). Two views of the scenic reverse curves at the east end of Home Valley. A tight shot of the Z-STPPTL in the mid-afternoon - Robert Scott (Left). A wide angle showing the M-PASPTL with the barren Shellrock mountain in the background (Below Left).
Z-CHCPTL westbound near Collis (Above Left). A manifest snakes through
the reverse curves at the west end of Cooks Siding (Above Right).
A westbound highballs through
the great Horseshoe at Cooks (Below Right).
At the Cooks station sign we see a empty grain train (Below).
A westbound exits the short Drano Tunnel onto the Causeway that seperates Drano Lake from the Columbia River (Left). Another westbound manifest exits Tunnel #4 and is about to enter tunnel #3 (Below Left). It's quite possible for long trains to be in three or four tunnels at a time in this area.
Just beyond Cooks is Drano Lake, where the tracks and highway divide the lake from the Columbia River via a long causeway. The railroad crosses the lake outlet with another through truss bridge. Just before you cross the outlet, there is a road off to the left that follows the backside of the lake. You can use this road to get a photo of the trains on the fill out in the river. Sunlight only works from this spot north of the tracks early in the morning or late in the afternoon during the warmer months. Back on the highway just east of the outlet is a boat launch. There is parking available here, and allows one to get a photo of a eastbound in the morning light passing through the truss bridge, or a westbound coming out of the tunnel at the east end of the lake in the afternoon light. Drano Tunnel is #2, and is a short 122', and is often used for look-through shots of eastbounds.
As good as the Columbia River Gorge has been up to this point, the scenery and photographic possibilities reach a level unknown elsewhere from here to Hood. For the next two miles, the tracks and highway punch through 5 rock outcroppings with side-by-side tunnels. Halfway through the road jumps the tracks on a classic highway bridge that serves as a excellent photo prop. The next tunnel beyond Drano tunnel is Blum Tunnel (#3) and runs just 416'. Between the two, there is only one small area to park just outside the east portal of the first tunnel between the highway and the tracks. You can climb around on the rocks here for many different angles of both tunnels.
In the first image above, you can just make out the old flume half way up the hillside. The other two views above and at left show the flume at a point above Drano Lake. At this point where the flume enters the Columbia River Gorge, there are the remains of some sort of station along the flume. Below, two different angles of the spot between Tunnel #4 and the highway overpass. Only in the last part of the day does the sun swing around to light up the highway side of the train (Both at Below).
| From
the gravel lot at the southeast end of the overpass, you can find the
old highway grade around the outside (river side) of the small knob. From
the backside of the knob is a great view of eastbounds coming along the
river (Top Left). A similar view can also be had from the highway bridge
itself, but Hwy 14 can be a busy road at times, and standing on the roadway
isn't the safest place. But at least that angle includes the signal located
there - Mike Smith (Top Right). A bit further east near Hood, the highway
is just below the tracks, though parking is near impossible (Left).
| Within half a mile the
highway jumps the tracks again in the midst of an old mill complex
that lies at the end of the old flume. Hood siding located here is only
used to store MOW or surplus equipment. Just before the highway bridges
the tracks, is a park favored among windsurfers. In the warmer months,
this intersection can be a scene of congestion, so be careful here.
Soon the tracks come alongside the highway again, for the next three
miles into Underwood. At Underwood, the tracks bridge the Salmon River
in yet another rusty through-truss bridge (BNSF really needs to start
a bridge painting project on this line). This bridge is easily photographed
from either side. Westbounds in particular are nice to photograph in
this area since trains can be see snaking along the river east of the
A eastbound empty grain shuttle passes through the bridge over the White Salmon River (Above Right). A westbound train from Kansas City snakes along the river on a Gloomy day at Underwood (Right).
| Beyond Underwood
the highway climbs up onto the mountainside while the tracks snake
along down by the river. Shortly you will come across the north end of
the highway bridge that comes across the Columbia River from Hood River,
Oregon. The very north end of the bridge crosses the tracks, and there
is a great view in either direction. There is also a parking area just
to the west of the end of the bridge, providing easy access. Beyond this
point you are entering Bingen proper, and the speed limit will decrease
in increments down to 25 mph. Beware of the local cops in this area, as
they keep a keen eye on speeders. There are still active lineside industries
in Bingen that keep a local out of Wishram coming this way. A 11,115'
CTC siding is located east of town where the highway comes alongside
the tracks again.A bit beyond the east end of the two mile long siding
is a great place to photograph eastbounds coming around a rock face.
Westbounds can easily be photographed here, but I prefer some spots
just to the east for westbound trains. The highway separates from the
tracks briefly at Look Lake just before both the tracks and highway
make a curve to the north around a rock point.
A eastbound empty trailer train passing Locke Lake-Robert Scott (Left). SP 4449 is about to pass under the north end of the Hood River Bridge across the Columbia River (Above Right). The area just beyond the east switch to Bingen Siding has always been a great spot to railfan. A couple examples are a westbound coal load bound for Centralia, WA about to enter the siding (Right). And a eastbound garbage train just rolling past the east switch of Bingen Siding (Below Right).
views of the broad sweeping curved causeway at Rowland Lake. The top
two pics are both from the west end of the fill. Kristopher Johnson climbed
the bluffs at the west end of the causeway for a spetacular view of a
detouring UP westbound grain train (Middle Left). Robert Scott did likewise
on the other side of the tracks for a westbound manifest (Middle Right).
A eastbound empty grain train from a overlook near the Old Hwy along
side the back of Rowland Lake (Above Left). Amtrak #28 skirts along the
waters of the Columbia River east of Rowland Lake in the failing sunlight
(Above Right).
| The tracks and highway
remain separated for the next two miles. About halfway through
this two mile section is the detector at mp 81.7. Your next ready
trackside access is at the east end of yet another causeway, and just
before Tunnel #7 (966'). Hewitt's Tunnel is the first in a series of four
tunnels that fit within one mile of track. The next three tunnels in
order west to east are, Anderson's Tunnel (#8 - 755'), Woldson's Tunnel
(#9 - 392'), Jackson's Tunnel (#10 - 575'). Hwy 14 climbs on the bluffs
above the bores, and enters no tunnel of it's own. A rest area just off
Hwy 14 is situated above Tunnel #8, and is a great place to view the short
sections of track on either side of the bore.
From the rest area along Hwy 14 on the bluffs above the river, The eastbound AFT 4449 is cruising along toward it's destination of Bend, OR (Above Right). The Z-CHCPTL cruises along Chamberlain Lake just west of Lyle - Ken Storey (Right).
| The tracks exit
the last bore on a long causeway that divides Chamberlain Lake from
the Columbia River. Westbounds can be photographed from the high bluffs
at the west end of the lake in the afternoon, while eastbounds can be
photographed from the smaller bluffs at the east end of the lake in the
morning. The bluffs at the east end of the lake also provide a excellent
view of westbounds passing through the reverse curves at Lyle and across
the concrete arch bridge over the Klickitat River. This is an excellent
view late in the afternoon. The first road the right (Depot Rd) after Hwy
14 crosses the river will take you down to the tracks in the middle of the
reverse curves, but lineside poles somewhat obstruct the possibilities here.
This road will take you around the backside of the small yard here to a bridge
over the tracks. The 7th street bridge provides some excellent vantage points,
particularly of westbounds exiting unnamed Tunnel #11 (269'). Lyle was also
the start of the former branchline to Goldendale, until it was pulled up
by the BN in the late 1980's.
Beyond Lyle, Hwy 14 passes through two tunnels. After the tunnels, the tracks are right at roadside for the next mile. Near the end of this mile the river and tracks begin a broad turn to the south in the direction of The Dalles, Oregon. On either side of this turn the highway is on some small bluffs above the tracks that provide some excellent vantage points. From here the highway cuts overland while the tracks follow a large bend in the river. If you happen to be just behind an eastbound at this point, you can easily beat it to overlooks above Horsethief Lake and Avery.
An eastbound grain empty with two warbonnet SD75M's is strung out across the long Lake Chamberlain causeway as it enters Lyle - Robert Scott (Above Top). Another eastbound is shown crossing the concrete arch over the Klickitat River-Robert Scott (Above). The old H-EVEBAR "Heavy Bar" glints in the late day sun as it enters Lyle (Above Left). A eastbound grain train east of Lyle where Hwy 14 and the tracks part company going east. (Left).
If you are not worried about catching up
to a train, there are some areas around the North Dalles that are
worth working at. In two miles you come to the intersection of Hwy 14
and Hwy 197. Turn south on 197 and drive two and a half miles to the
Bridge over the Columbia River. Stop in the gravel lot just before the
bridge and walk out onto the bridge above the tracks. There is a walkway
along the east side of the bridge but none on the west side. A signal
just to the east of the bridge warns if a train is in the blocks between
the CTC siding of the North Dalles and Avery. The best view here is of
an eastbound exiting the rock cut above the river with Mount Hood in the
background. Since you need to stand on the side of the bridge with just
a curb, wait until the signal pops on before waiting on the curb. For a
westbound shot, or a different view of a eastbound head north to the first
road that heads to the right (east), and this will take you to a bridge
over the tracks just before a gate to the Dalles Dam. From here you can
shoot westbounds passing through the rock cuts, or a eastbound ducking
under the end of the Hwy 197 bridge over the Columbia River. From here
backtrack just a little bit south on Hwy 197 and make a right onto the
road to Dallesport. The road will bend to the left and then to the right,
and just a bit further it will go up a rise. As you crest the rise, slow
down and look for a small spot to pull off the road to the left. You can
walk out to the edge and have an excellent view of a westbound coming out
of a rock cut in the distance and down a straight. Backtrack to Hwy 197
and start heading north. This is just one more little detour work looking
at. At Dock Road, make a right and follow it back to a overpass over the
tracks (through the Dallesport industrial park). From the overpass there
is a great view in either direction. That covers all the angles on the Washington
side in this area, so backtrack all the way to Hwy 14.
Continuing east, in a mile and a half is the entrance to the park at Horsethief Lake. This used to be a favorite railfan spot at the west end of the long causeway, but now it requires a $5 Park Pass to enter. But the overlooks just a mile further along Hwy 14 are still free. During most of the day the tracks are in silhouette, but in the later afternoon this area is nicely lit. The appealing aspect of this view is the causeway appears to be in the middle of the river, far from shore. It is quite possible to get trains and barges side by side. The detector at mp 100.0 is just below as well. Three miles further is Avery Road that leads down to Avery. Near the top of this road is an overlook from where eastbounds can be caught passing along the base of a rock face.
A westbound stack train cruising through the rock cuts opposite the river from The Dalles on a gloomy rainy day-(Top Left). A westbound grain train is about to hit the east switch to the North Dalles siding-Aaron Hockley (Top Right). A westbound stack train from Tacoma exits the rock cut just before passing under the Hwy 197 bridge over the Columbia River, while Mount Hood looks on (2nd Down on Right). Amtrak #27 has just passed under the entrance road to The Dalles Dam, and will shortly pass under the Hwy 197 bridge. Either Bridge offers great vantage points (3rd Down on Right). A empty grain train passes under the end of the Hwy 197 bridge (Bottom at Right).
A overview of the Wishram area in the Columbia River Gorge, looking west from a Hwy 14 overlook east of Wishram - Aaron Hockley(Above).
Within a couple miles you come upon the small community of Wishram Heights. Boulder Road leads down to Wishram from here, but I will urge you on to the second road down to Wishram (Wishram Rd). In another mile along Hwy 14 you will come to first of several overlooks above Wishram. These overlooks offer a fantastic view of this area, although they look into the sun during most of the day. Across the river are the tracks of the Union Pacific and BNSF's Oregon Trunk line climbing up to the siding of Moody. Dawn would be a good time to visit these overlooks. Just a half a mile further, a road leads down to Wishram proper. On the way down is yet more overlooks of the Wishram vicinity, including a nice one of the east end of the yard and tunnel #12 (385'). As you continue down into town you will get a nice view of the mainline in front of the station with the Oregon Trunk Bridge in the background. The road takes you to the far side of town and right down near the station. Just behind the station is a recent addition, a GN 4-8-2 protected by a shed. This locomotive has a unusual history tied to the area. After the steam era on the SP&S had passed, the town of Maryhill and Klickitat County asked to have a steam locomotive to be put on display. The SP&S had already succeeded in scrapping their roster of such machines, and pleaded to it's parent roads for a retired locomotive. The GN supplied one of it's much acclaimed 4-8-2's, which was painted in a SP&S scheme and put on display next to the Columbia River at Maryhill. In the late 1980's a group from Pasco that desired to return the locomotive to operating condition, struck a contract to lease the steamer from Klickitat County. The locomotive was barged up river to Pasco, but languished at the old navel supply depot there until 2003. With grant money, it was cosmetically restored and pulled back to Wishram on the BNSF mainline in September of 2003. It was then placed in a park behind the depot and protected from the elements with an open shed. This establishes Wishram as a railroad town first and foremost, a fact that they have started to advertise. The classic depot and beanery at Wishram have long since been replaced by a more modern steel structure, as have many of the former depots in the gorge. The track closest to the depot is the mainline. The next track is also CTC controlled, but sees limited use due to speed restrictions. The rest of the tracks are part of the yard. The OT Bridge is just down river.
At one time Wishram was the crew change point between Portland/Vancouver and Pasco, but was bypassed in 1989. Wishram still remains a crew change point for trains to and from Bend, Oregon on the Oregon Trunk. Often, trains to and from the OT are parked in either Wishram or Avery yard. West of the depot, a road crosses the track and follows the shoreline back toward Tunnel #12, and toward the OT Bridge. The BNSF mainline east of Wishram is part of the Wishram sub, still controlled by the Pasco West Dispatcher. After you are done here, backtrack to Hwy 14.
Wishram is truly a town off the beaten track, and is quite happy to advertise itself as such (Top Right). The old and new at Wishram (Second Down). While Wishram as a crew change point between Vancouver and Pasco was "run through" in the 1990's, trains to and from the Oregon Trunk still change crews here - Robert Scott (Third Down). A eastbound empty grain train passes the west end of Wishram yard, where strings of new doublestack cars from Gunderson occupy a couple tracks (Fourth Down). At the east end of the yard, a M-PASRRB threads into a yard track while a baretable train waits (Fifth Down). Looking across the river from Wishram, a northbound train on the Oregon Trunk decends from Moody to the Ceilo Bridge (Bottom Right).
Once you are finished here, backtrack to Hwy 97. Turn left onto the highway, but only go a short distance to a gravel lot on the right just before the road turns up onto the bridge over the Columbia River. Start down the gravel road that heads off to the west (this is the old SP&S grade again), but take the first road to the right, and it will take you up to the west switch to the Maryhill Siding. Being the first siding east of Wishram, it is a popular meeting point. This is also good spot to photograph westbounds coming under the Hwy 97 overpass.
Return to the old grade and continue west into the rock cuts to see the area Maryhill is best known for. First, a note: The road is somewhat rough, but passable in most cars if you take it easy. Also the rocks on the road are somewhat rough on tires, bring along a spare or two. Follow this road down until it curves to the right. As you exit the last rock cut at this curve, you can park off the side of the road and climb the rocks between the road (former SP&S grade) and the river. Here you will find a great view of eastbounds coming through the reverse curve here in the first half of the day. This area is known as Henderson's Canyon. Continuing through the curves, as the track straightens out, there is a great view of Mount Hood in the distance on clear days. After the straight section, where the track again curves to the right, can be found a great view for westbounds. You can continue to follow the road, and it will take you to the west end of a long rock cut, which you can stand on top of for great views in both directions. Where the road ends at the west end of the cut is known as Hells Gate Point. Again like many areas, a little hiking around will reveal a number of great views.
While in this area you may be approached by Indian Tribal Police who are interested in protecting and preserving indian artifacts common at this location. It would be in your interest not to pickup any arrowheads or pieces of pottery that you comes across. The tribal police are not interested in railfans, but are on the lookout of people who purposely come here to collect those artifacts. After you are done here, return to Hwy 97 and cross the river to Biggs. This finishes our tour of the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Consult part 2 for the Oregon side trip from Biggs to Portland.
| Four miles further down Hwy 14 is
the Maryhill Museum. The Maryhill mansion has a nice overlook of
the gorge below. Two miles further is the intersection with Hwy 97.
Make a right on 97 and head down the hill. As you near the bottom there
will be an unofficial overlook on the left side of the road. This is
a great spot to capture westbounds going through the reverse curves
below in the afternoon. Continuing down the hill and over the tracks,
take the first road to the left. This road (Maryhill Hwy) will take you
back through the orchards of Maryhill. Continue down the road until you
come to a intersection with Stonehenge Drive that leads up and over
the tracks. Take this road over the tracks and up to the Stonehenge Memorial.
From here is a nice overlook of eastbounds in the morning. You also
may be able to catch the next detector to the east from here, which
is quite some distance away at mp 128.0 beyond Towal (there are no detectors
between Wishram and Maryhill). Return to the intersection again, and
continue east on the Maryhill Hwy. You will pass through a sharp right
and then left turn and then through a jog over the original SP&S grade.
The road continues toward the far end of the orchards. Just before the
road makes another hard right, there is a gravel road that takes off straight
ahead. This is the old grade again, and it can be followed all the way
to the John Day Dam beyond Cliffs. We really do not need to follow it
that far, but there is a nice little-known area just around the corner.
As you exit the orchards, you will notice the tracks above you at left.
This is neat looking-up view of eastbounds during most of the day. But
continuing along the old grade around a point, you come to a area where
the tracks follow the base of the cliffs away from the river at first,
and then back toward the river under a large escarpment. You can climb
up on one of the many rocks and cliffs in this area for a variety of
views of both westbounds and eastbounds. The John Day Dam in the distance
also makes a great photo prop.
From a overlook along Hwy 97, a Centralia bound coal train snakes along the Orchards at Maryhill (Top Left). A eastbound in the hole at Maryhill with Mount Hood in the background. This view was taken from the grade crossing seen in the photo above it - Drew Mitchem (Second Down at Left). Another eastbound climbing toward Cliffs above the Maryhill Orchards (Third Down at Left). Between Maryhill and Cliffs is a neat little area where the tracks run along the base of some rock cliffs, as shown with this westbound - Drew Mitchem (Fourth Down at Left). A empty garbage train rounds a point just downstream from the John Day Dam (Bottom Left).
A westbound S-BPATAC west of Maryhill rounding a series of curves popular with area railfans (Below). A eastbound through the same curves - Drew Mitchem (Second Down). A going-away shot of a westbound from the same rock that stands between the ex-SP&S grade and the Columbia River (Third Down).
Reference Area
BNSF Scanner Frequencies
Pasco West Dispatcher
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Vancouver Terminal Dispatcher : 161.250mhz
Centralia South Dispatcher : 161.100mhz
Portland PBX : 161.130mhz
Stevenson PBX : 160.620mhz
Bingen-Wishram PBX : 160.665mhz
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From the 40th floor of the 7 World Trade Center building in downtown Manhattan, I'm live-blogging today to cover an important symposium exploring the historic gulf between science and the humanities.
In 1959 the prominent British scientist and novelist C.P. Snow gave a pivotal lecture before a crowd of his colleagues in Cambridge. The lecture focused on what he saw as a serious divide between the sciences and the humanities. As a researcher and creative writer he had a unique perspective on the problem and its impact on society at large.
Now, 50 years after that famous lecture, Science & the City is gathering together a wide array of experts to discuss whether or not the divide still exists and how it affects contemporary society. This full-day symposium will feature keynotes by E.O. Wilson, Dean Kamen, and former Congressman John Edward Porter, as well as panel discussions on politics, education, and the history surrounding the two cultures debate.
We should be getting underway in the next five or ten minutes.
Following a round of introductions and acknowledgments, Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, co-authors of the forthcoming book Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, kicked off the event with a cute skit in which they staged a mock "argument" between a scientist (Sheril, who is a marine biologist) and Chris (who is a journalist), dramatizing the concept of misunderstandings between the two cultures.
The renowned biologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner E.O. Wilson of Harvard University, author of Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, is the morning keynote speaker. Discussing his classic treatise on bringing the sciences and humanities together, Dr. Wilson showed the graphic below, describing it as his "mandala."
His presentation is an attempt to illuminate the roots of C.P. Snow's two cultures all the way back to the origins of the human species. How did we become what we are, and what do evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology tell us about the evolution of human culture and today's conflicts?
Wilson reviewed several of the concepts from his great book, Consilience (a must-read), demonstrating the similarities present in all human cultures, whether "primitive" or "modern." Although he is an entertaining speaker, I'm not sure that on this occasion he provided any special insight into the questions that we are here to consider at this symposium. He did, however, express his optimism about the future, and concluded by stating his strong belief that the separation between the sciences and the humanities is largely a matter of perception, and does not represent the fundamental reality in which all knowledge is united.
We're taking a morning coffee break and will resume in about 20 minutes.
Back to the symposium now with a panel discussion on "The Two Cultures in Historical Perspective: From Aristotle to 'Science Wars' and the 'Third Culture'." The plan is to examine the intellectual trends that have carried us to the present moment. Beginning with a survey of academic and disciplinary divides up to and through the scientific revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries, it includes an introduction to the historical milieu in which C.P. Snow wrote and spoke, and what motivated him to do so.
Panelists are: Ann Blair, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Harvard University; Kenneth Miller, Professor of Biology, Brown University; and Guy Ortolano, Assistant Professor of History, University of Virginia and author, The Two Cultures Controversy: Science, Literature and Cultural Politics in Postwar Britain. Moderating the session is D. Graham Burnett, Professor of History, Princeton University.
Ann Blair provided a quick review of historical change in the western world as science emerged to be a strong discipline its own right by the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Prior to that, theology was considered the preeminent field of scholarly study. In the 19th century, the "ologies"—biology, geology, physiology, chemistry, etc.—become established as separate and individually important sciences. Moving forward to today, Professor Blair insisted that science should be clearly demarcated from politics, but that scientists also should learn to be good communicators of scientific knowledge, as it can help inform political and social discourse.
Kenneth Miller, a cell biologist, is best known for his role in the debate over the teaching of evolution in American public schools. He spoke briefly about the state of this ongoing legal and societal conflict in the United States, and his own experience in book writing and testifying in court trials related to how and whether science classes teaching evolution also should include creationism or "intelligent design."
Guy Ortolano recently authored a book (see link above) about the C.P. Snow lecture that inspired today's symposium. In researching Snow's papers and notes while writing his book, Ortalano says he was surprised to find that perhaps Snow was not as convinced about the actual division between the two cultures as his lecture—and its subsequent dissection—might suggest.
Moderator Graham Burnett then gave a brief summary of Snow's lecture (after asking how many in the audience had previously read it; about 1/3 of the 200+ people in the room raised their hands). Burnett emphasized that the final section of the lectured, subtitled "Rich and Poor," was what Snow considered to be the heart of the issue. In fact, it is fairly well known that after the talk's publication, Snow was quoted as saying that he regretted not making that the title of the lecture as a whole. He believed that unless the humanities and the sciences can bridge their misunderstandings, the underdeveloped world would never receive the help from the West that they so badly needed.
In audience Q&A, I asked whether this perception of a division between these two cultures was as prevalent in the East (Japan, China, India, etc.) as in the West. The panelists all agreed that science as a whole is almost universally viewed as a Western invention, and that the idea of a gulf between sciences and humanities has been exported to the rest of the world.
Other questioners asked about Snow's personal background (he was a trained scientist, a successful knowledge, and an influential nonfiction writer) and whether his Two Cultures lecture was perhaps fundamentally intended as a political or ideological polemic as opposed to an academic inquiry (apparently that's a reasonable supposition). In conclusion, the question was posed to the audience and for consideration during the rest of the day: Since most of today's early speakers—and most attendees—are involved in science, from what perspective should we view the humanities?
The next session is on "How to More Effectively Communicate Science Issues to the Public." The Two Cultures divide has often been understood as a rift between science and the humanities. But in truth, C.P. Snow's interest was to bring an appreciation of science into politics, policymaking, and international affairs. Read today, Snow's lecture points not to one rift—between science and the literary sphere—but rather to many. What role can the media play in amending these miscommunications?
Panelists are: Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producer of NOVA, and Director of WGBH (Boston) Science Unit; Ira Flatow, Executive Producer and Host, NPR's Science Friday; Andrew Revkin, environment reporter, The New York Times; and Carl Zimmer, author and science essayist.
To begin with, all of the panelists seemed to agree that there are actually more than two cultures that are sometimes in conflict. In addition to the sciences and the humanities, there also are politicians, the public, and both left and right interest groups, among others. Paula Apsell emphasized that, in her experience as a public television producer, the greatest challenge to scientific progress may not come from literary intellectuals, but from a middle class anti-intellectual "couch potato" generation who have, in her words, "no aspirations" to learn and understand science. Ira Flatow agreed with this and told a story about the dumbing down of TV news, where even national network anchors eagerly project their personal ignorance of scientific concepts as a way of bonding with the "common man."
Ira Flatow challenged scientists to be more technically proficient in communicating their projects and their findings to the public, making use of interactive websites or posting links to Google Earth. At the very least, he said, scientists should know how to write a blog, or be able to explain in 15 minutes in front of a TV camera what they do. Paula Apsell, who said she has been doing science journalism for a long time, observed that things seem to be better now than in the past: more scientists are more willing to talk to the media, and they are getting better at it. But she also spoke about the different challenges in creating science shows for public television versus shows that may try to pass for science on commercial TV—such as "Dirty Jobs"—where it's all about getting audience numbers and selling ads.
Now the discussion seems to be veering toward, why isn't science sexy? Flatow and Revkin seem convinced that there is a large mainstream potential audience for science literacy, but that there exists some sort of at-large cultural mindset, or at least a barrier of resistance in media boardrooms, that science is not cool or not of general interest. Why is that?
Q&A: An audience member asked whether there is room anywhere for spirituality in the sciences, or at least in presentation of the sciences. The panel did not seem very supportive of the idea. A scientist and educator stood up to point out that all of the panelists in this session are science journalists, and that many scientists don't like the job that these journalists do. Andrew Revkin said part of the problem is poor communication from scientists to journalists, and especially to follow through when there are disagreements. From the perspective of the journalists, scientists should take at least half of the blame.
I think it unfortunate that you allowed Revkin's comments regarding the sharing of blame to end this section. It may be the way it ended the discussion, but as a consumer of science journalism, I am not willing to agree with that assessment
Just a few days before this session, the Senate Committee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on the Future of Journalism. I was particularly interested in the testimony of David Simon (Producer: The Wire and one time Reporter) as well as that of Stephen Coll (ex-Editor, Washington Post.) They both made reference to the loss of expertise and institutional knowledge in the media that is happening every day. Revkin is one of the few who manage to communicate the science but even he is not without his critics for allowing the he-said, she-said appearance of fairness overshadow the presentation of fact.
If science journalism, and the public perception of science has a problem, we might look to the hearing in Washington for a solution rather than to this discussion in NY.
Next entry: Live from New York: Two Cultures, Part Two
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Hardware news tagged 3G
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Nvidia's Affordable 4G/LTE Modem Certified by AT&T.
[2:25 pm]
Nvidia's Icera 410 4G/LTE Modem May Power Affordable Devices
Monday, May 14, 2012
Nvidia Teams Up with Intellectual Ventures to Acquire Wireless Communication Patents.
[6:20 am]
Nvidia and Intellectual Ventures Jointly Acquire Patents Owned by IPWireless
Thursday, May 10, 2012
AT&T Predicts End of Tablets without WWAN Support.
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End of Wi-Fi Only Tablets Is Looming - AT&T
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
GSMA and WBA to Simplify Wi-Fi Hotspot Access for Smartphones and Tablets.
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Smartphones and Tablets to Get Simplified Wi-Fi Hotspot Access
Friday, March 2, 2012
Nvidia to Introduce Tegra "Grey" with Integrated Baseband Late This, or Early Next Year.
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Nvidia Tegra to Integrate Baseband Capabilities in Late 2012 or Early 2013 - Company
Friday, January 20, 2012
Intel Vows to Integrate 3G, 4G Tech into Mobile SoCs.
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Intel: We Have Communication Technologies In-House
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
4G/LTE to Account for 10% of Mobile Subscribers by 2015 - Analysts.
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Although 2G and 3G Networks Will Dominate, 4G/LTE Will Prosper


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Just Who Do You Think You Are, Anyway?
By Irene Conlan –
"Just Who do you think you are, anyway?" This may be a phrase you have heard hurled at you in anger or one that you have hurled at someone else. Putting the anger aside, it's a great question. Who are you? Who do you think you are?
We generally identify ourselves according to what we do.
Women in particular define themselves as a mother or a wife. When the children fly the coop or for some other reason are no longer home some women lose all sense of identity. They have the "empty nest syndrome." and some go into deep depression. Their entire identity was centered on a child. Or if their husband dies or divorces them they are left stunned and without identity.
Men identify with their job. In answer to the question, "Who are you?" they respond: I'm a banker, a mechanic, a policeman, an attorney, a web developer, a bail bondsman, a carpenter, a home builder, etc. When they retire or lose their job or their business some have no idea who they are anymore.
Some of us identify with our country of origin" I'm an American or a Brit, or a Canadian, or a German. Some are African-Americans, Mexican-Americans or another hyphenated American.
What if you were stripped of ALL titles – all job, ethnic, geographical, political, religious, gender specific or other labels stripped off? Sitting naked in the middle of an empty room, who would you be?
Who am I? Does it change or does just my understanding of it change? John Lennon said, "Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty." John Lennon Do we all have identity swings like that? Which is closest to reality?
Where do I start in learning who I am? Do I read book about self image/self concept? Do I seek counseling and/or guidance?Do I ask my friends what they see in me and know about me? Do I ask my parents?
But the most true and realistic thoughts about yourself and who you are will come from you – you are the only one who has access to the wealth of information about you.
My recommendation?
Sit quietly in meditation with the question "Who am I?" Ask it repeatedly and relax with it. If you are not a meditator then simply do this. Sit in a comfortable chair in a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. Take several deep breaths making the exhalation a few seconds longer than the inhalation. Relax. Let your thoughts dwell on something soothing and relaxing for a few moments. and then ask yourself the question, "Who am I." Sit quietly for 5 – 10 minutes in expectation of an answer. Do this on a regular daily basis until you begin to get some information. The information may not come during the time of your sitting quietly. It may flit through your mind when you least expect it – while you're at work, at a ballgame, watching TV, etc. Something you see, on a billboard, for example, might trigger an inner response. Something you see on TV, even in a commercial, might give you an "Aha" moment.
By the inquiry 'Who am I?'. The thought 'who am I?' will destroy all other thoughts, and like the stick used for stirring the burning pyre, it will itself in the end get destroyed. Then, there will arise Self-realization. Sri Ramana Maharshi
My own personal "Aha" came when I realized I was not just a human machine but a "spiritual being having a physical experience." This identity has shifted and grown as my own self awareness and awareness of the Universe has expanded. For me the concept of being a spiritual being key and began to put everything else in perspective.
Your great adventure will be to find you own key that unlocks the secret of who you truly are. Be patient. Give it time. It will be one of the richest and valuable adventures you can take.
Some resources to help you on your trip:
I: Reality and Subjectivity. David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., Veritas Publishing, Sedona,AZ. 2003
Happiness Now:Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good FAST. Robert Holden, Ph.D., Hay House, Inc., 2007.


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On the afternoon of Dec. 30, the two of us were sailing along on Highway 54, when we came to the intersection of 54 and I-40 at Tucumcari, and we came upon the blocked road, from snow. The motels were all full and we were directed to the Baptist Church fellowship hall. They were so kind, and were making preparations to take us in, when a very nice lady stepped out of the kitchen and said she had the very place for us.
She made a phone call, and A.J. Williams from the Quail Ridge Senior Care Center, came and guided us to the care center. Turns out, they had a vacant room. We were there two days and two nights. They fed us and made us feel at home.
We don't believe in good luck. We feel God was directing this one.
We are so grateful to all the kind people in Tucumcari. God bless every one of you.
Bev McGlothlen
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- Weed Science Society of America Endorses strategies to reduce the threat of herbicide resistance to agricultural productivity
- WSSA Recommendations for Other Key Stakeholders
The Weed Science Society of America is endorsing specific strategies to reduce the threat of herbicide resistance. A full list of those strategies and recommendations follows the release at bottom below
WSSA Recommendations for Other Key Stakeholders
In addition to best practices for growers, the WSSA report also recommends important steps that other key stakeholders should take to address the increasingly urgent problem of herbicide resistance. Examples include:
- Requiring that product labels show each herbicide's mechanism of action – helping growers more readily identify suitable products for a diversified weed management program.
- Developing government and industry incentives to encourage adoption of best practices.
- Using federal, state and industry funding to support education programs and to pursue research that will help everyone learn more about resistance.
"Herbicides are critical to the sustainability of agriculture and to the security of our food, feed, fiber and energy," Lym says. "It is time for us to treat them as the scarce resources they are. Using herbicides in an appropriate way as part of an integrated weed management program can mitigate resistance and preserve herbicide effectiveness for future generations."
The WSSA's recommendations and full report, including supporting scientific references, are accessible online(http://wssa.net/Weeds/Resistance/BMPExecutiveSummary.pdf). The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) supported the development of the document.


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It might seem kind of redundant, but Lego Minecraft exists... the set is coming out this summer, but you can pre-order your Lego Minecraft set now for $34.99.
The sets contain mini-figs of a creeper, Steve, a bunch of brick-types, mining equipment and more! A total of four modules exist, giving you hidden resources, extra pieces for wood, dirt, and stone. I've put another picture under the Read More tag for you, too. I'm nice like that.
All of the best people are following Stephen Johnson's twitter feed. Also, email me if you wanna.


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Category: General News
West Nile in Washington
The Franklin County Mosquito Control District says West Nile virus has been detected in a mosquito in the northwest of the Tri-Cities. The district says is going to spray that area from the air and on the ground for the next two days. The state Health Department says nobody has gotten West Nile while in Washington.