In the Steps of Rufus Porter, Yankee Original
The News Review:
- In the Steps of Rufus Porter, Yankee Original
- In Finland’s Footsteps
- School scornful of Idol worship
- Terror fills the identity gap
- Tropical fruit from the fog Many exotic edibles will grow — and even…
In the Steps of Rufus Porter, Yankee Original
New York Times – Aug 7, 2005
He was at various times a fiddler, an inventor, an author, a publisher, a soldier and a sailor. As painter, he turned out portraits, signs and, most famously, murals such as this one. At a time when fashionable homes bore imported wallpapers depicting elaborate landscape scenes, Porter created and popularized a school of home-grown home décor, painting recognizable native landscapes in a plain style directly on the walls. Traveling country roads on foot, painting kit on his back, Porter would arrive in a town and set up shop, distributing leaflets publicizing his services as a short-order portraitist and mural painter – and on occasion offering pieces in exchange for room and board. “Correct Likenesses in full Colours for two Dollars,” proclaimed his 1821 notice in the Haverhill (Mass. “No Likeness, no Pay.
In Finland’s Footsteps
Washington Post – Aug 7, 2005
Miapetra Kumpula, a 32-year-old member of Parliament, volunteered this on the American dream: "Sure, anyone can get rich — but most won’t. "Finns are enormously proud of their egalitarian tradition. They are the only country in Europe that has never had a king or a home-grown aristocracy. Finland has no private schools or universities, no snooty clubs, no gated communities or compounds where the rich can cut themselves off from everyday life. I repeatedly saw signs of a class structure based on economics and educational attainment, but was also impressed by the life stories of Finns I met in prominent positions, or who had made a lot of money. One of the richest Finns is 39-year-old Risto Siilasmaa, founder and CEO of F-Secure, an Internet security firm that competes successfully with American giants Symantec and McAfee. Siilasmaa, a teenage nerd turned self-made tycoon, is worth several hundred million dollars.
School scornful of Idol worship
New Zealand Herald – Aug 6, 2005
Some who received the email believed Baldwin Boyle was being asked to help distance the university from Idol. “It’s very elitist,” a source who did not want to be named told the Weekend Herald. “It’s saying our market is only the classical establishment – so the home-grown talent who want to do popular music are being put in a third-class category. ” Professor Hollis last night released the content of the email and its responses, saying it had been misunderstood. He was proud of Paulse’s achievement and had offered his support to her. Reading his email, he said: “One of our popular music stage-one majors is in the final group for the NZ Idol TV competition – Keshia.
Terror fills the identity gap
Taipei Times – Aug 7, 2005
In this case, says Taseer, an Islamic identity, a sense of kinship not with the UK or Pakistan but with the global brotherhood of Muslims, the Ummah. Is he right? The experience of one country suggests he might be. The US has not — yet — had a brush with home-grown Islamist terrorism; Sept. 11 was the work of Egyptian and Saudi outsiders. Why might that be? Islamist radicals certainly find it harder to enter the US. It’s also true that American Muslims tend not to live in the segregated urban enclaves that exist in Britain. It might even be relevant that, in contrast with Britain and France, the US has no former colonial populations — no equivalent of French Algerians or British Pakistanis.
Tropical fruit from the fog Many exotic edibles will grow — and even…
San Francisco Chronicle – Aug 6, 2005
herbertiana, and P. actinia, to name a few, all thrive at the often chilly San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum. Many gardeners enjoy growing a few things that make friends and neighbors exclaim, “Wow, I didn’t know that would grow here!” How about trying popular beverages and spices? A tiny coffee plant purchased from a local home-improvement center turned, three years later, into a 7-foot-tall, potted, year-round outdoor coffee plant that produced dozens of berries. Coffee trees are hardy to at least 32 degrees, so you could even have your own Bay Area micro-roast. I attained similar results with an 8-foot-tall curry (Murraya koenegii) tree that not only flowered, but gave fruit for several years. The curry tree is the true curry, not the tiny, silver-leaved herb, nor the popular yellow, turmeric-based powder. The latter was actually developed by the British as a convenient alternative to curry and does not contain any actual curry…
The curry tree is the true curry, not the tiny, silver-leaved herb, nor the popular yellow, turmeric-based powder. The latter was actually developed by the British as a convenient alternative to curry and does not contain any actual curry. Both of these trees were grown on a deck with a northern exposure, sheltered from dry winds from the hills that often hit the area in fall. Both should be protected from hard freezes. I have also grown cherimoyas in pots that produced small fruits, still having their characteristic rich, custard flavor. A neighbor has two fully grown trees that produce many larger fruits. A gardener with little space may grow numerous tomato (Solanaceae) relatives.