Archive for July, 2010
Looking Up – Bob Eklund
New Signaling Concept Could Refocus Search for Signs of Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life For 50 years, humans have scanned the skies with radio telescopes for distant electronic signals indicating the existence of intelligent alien life. The search—centered at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif.—has tapped into our collective fascination with the concept that we may not be alone [...]
Just a Thought- Then, My Cell Phone Went Mad
Being “New Media” often means learning a new medium every week. The amount of technology I use on a daily basis impresses me, often while I’m using it. That “eureka!” moment when I understand how to download the photos or where to cut the music in gives me absolute delight. The tools of the trade- my toys, as I like to think of them – all have batteries and cameras, keyboards and [...]
Dear Editor- Consider the PTA
PTA is much like a chain. The links are interconnected. At the basic level is the Unit. This can be at any school site. This is where the majority of PTA members come from and it is really the grass roots of PTA. A small geographical area, like a school district, is typically a Council of PTA units. They are joined for the purposes of providing support to the Units and implementing PTA [...]
Looking Forward by Ted Bellamy
RED-LIGHT CAMERAS -- A MODEST PROPOSAL (with apologies to the master, Jonathan Swift) We read with interest that a local political group has joined forces with the zany wing of the Libertarian Party to oppose red-light cameras. The language of the joint resolution is interesting, so we reproduce it here. We follow with a few notes to that text, and then propose some further action that might [...]
CCUSD Finances – Qualified for the Future?
The Los Angeles Times recently identified CCUSD as one of 160 school systems that have a "qualified" financial outlook, which the Times defined as "at risk although probably not in danger of immediate bankruptcy." According to Culver Currents, the newsletter from the district, this list also includes L.A. Unified, Burbank Unified, Glendale Unified, Inglewood Unified, Montebello Unified, Norwalk- [...]
Dee-Lightful Plays a “Seussical” This Weekend
A delight for children to perform, Seussical is now one of the most-performed shows in America! In this fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza, Tony winners Lynn Ahrens (Schoolhouse Rock) and Stephen Flaherty ("Ragtime," "Once On This Island") have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy [...]
Jeffrey Foundation Hosts Chamber Mixer
The Jeffrey Foundation strives to improve the quality of life for special needs children and their families through the development of community-based therapeutic, recreational, educational, and social programs. Alyce Morris Winston, CEO/Founder of The Jeffrey Foundation invites all Culver City Chamber members and their guests to this premier multi-disciplinary, family-centered agency, [...]
Fresh From the Farm by Katie Malich
There's the most amazing array of peppers at the Underwood Farms stand at the Tuesday Culver City Farmers Market. You'll find a rainbow of colors and a generous assortment of shapes and sizes: light lemon yellow bells nestled with aubergine bells; elongated spring green peppers which curve and taper at the end; bright red sweet peppers; and wonderfully tender green peppers (who could ever eat a [...]
Bloom Where You are Planted By Gabby Friedenthal
She is riding what that looks like an extra large, souped-up golf cart. Not fancy, just big. She swerves up on the tree laden path that Matt, my 7 year old, and I are walking on. We are on our way back from Laperts’ Ice Cream Parlor, licking our triple chocolate brownie ice-cream cones with fudge topping. Her dog, a Westie, is calmly sitting by her side, obviously used to this wild and [...]
Looking Up – Bob Eklund
Astronomers Discover an Unusual Cosmic Lens Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have discovered the first known case of a distant galaxy being magnified by a quasar acting as a gravitational lens. The discovery, based in part on observations done at the W. M. Keck Observatory on Hawaii's Mauna Kea, [...]
