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[ Wednesday, November 14, 2007 08:19 ]

Legacy Journal: Lost in Translation: Lessions from the San Francisco Bay

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Summary:
As a onetime time resident of Sausalito, a lover of our family traditional holiday meal of Dungeness crab, and a fair weather sailor on San Francisco Bay, the coverage of the cargo ship oil spill is of more than a passing fancy. Crab from northern California and Oregon is available on the Wharf and around The City.

* Rodeo beach, a “fouled area” is just around the corner from Sausalito. But, Oracle World attendees from around the world as taking in The City sites.

* Sadly, the swim portion of the weekend San Francisco Triathlon at Treasure Island, off shore from the wharf of tourist Tiburon, was canceled because of the spill.

* The Major of San Francisco was reportedly missing in action while in Hawaii with girl friend, actress Jennifer Sibel. He has now returned and declared a local “disaster”.

* Verbal communication between the Chinese Captain and the local pilot on the bridge of the cargo ship was apparently snarled by technical glitches in both the ship,s radar and mapping systems.

* The Governor is being asked to delay the opening of the crab season by the well organized and well connected Italians that represent the Wharf based commercial fishing fleet. The sport fishing guys are not on board and are still departing with their paying charter clients. Tourist cruises and commuter ferries schedules are apparently unaffected.

* Finally, Intelligent Design on Trial is a recent PBS Nova presentation.

Main:
The size, impact and lasting effects of the spill pales in comparison to the recent storm related Russian oil tanker spill in the in the Strait of Kerch. btween the Black and Azov seas. There, oil in the water was reported to be 2,000 tons, more than 100 times that in the Bay.

Meanwhile, Al Gore, the 100 million dollar man, has announced that he will be an “active partner” in his new VC firm post. He will participate in weekly meeting in person if he is in town, or by video conference from home in Nashville, TN. $2 billion is the 2007 forecast for VC funds for 2007 flowing to “clean technology” firms. California is the center of the universe for the lion’s share of that activity. In the mean time, plan to be responsible during Thanksgiving and earn carbon credits by donating your turkey grease to a biodiesel site near you. Do get a receipt.

Finally, The PBS science series Nova featured a documentary with dramatization on a trial on Intelligent Design and a school board supported change in the curriculum of a public school 9th grade Biology class in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. An interactive website supplements the program website. Included are six short audio clips by presiding District Judge, John Jones,lll. He neatly summarizes for the public the key points of the 126 page written opinion in the case. His interview on the Tuesday, PBS News Hour was a forthright and thoughtful prelude to the program. Judge Johns acknowledged that he received death threats for his part in the case, but that he hopes that science, judicial independence, and education have been well serviced by the opinion and the documentary. Among the target audience are present and future school board members.

In Rochester, the leading candidate for city schools superintendent has been selected by the school board. That candidate is young, foreign born, black, male, a physics teacher, and administrator in the New York City School System. Most, but not all, are happy with the candidate or the selection process. He appears to be a good match for the clear needs of The City schools. USAToday reports that on standardized math proficiency testing, students in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Singapore and Korea continue to excel. Those in Washington, D.C. do not.

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