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Poesy and Poetics: Shook Foil in the Dust
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A selection of interesting poems and armchair analysis. Tuesday, February 20, 2007. Shook Foil in the Dust. The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;. It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil. Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;. And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;. And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil. Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
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Poesy and Poetics: February 2007
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A selection of interesting poems and armchair analysis. Tuesday, February 20, 2007. Shook Foil in the Dust. The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;. It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil. Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;. And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;. And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil. Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
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Poesy and Poetics: Love and Subjectivity
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A selection of interesting poems and armchair analysis. Wednesday, February 14, 2007. Since it's Valentine's Day, I figured I would start with a poem about love. There are lots of poems about love out there, but one of the things I find so totally amazing about love is that you really don't love someone because of what they do. You can objectively see their flaws but not hold those against them. In Sonnet 144, Shakespeare says just that:. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;. Previous Poems and Po...
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Poesy and Poetics: Bounded Freedom
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A selection of interesting poems and armchair analysis. Friday, February 16, 2007. The question of the value of form in poetry comes up frequently. Are poets constrained by writing within a strict poetic form, or do they gain freedom by not having to worry about devising their own rhyme and metrical scheme? Do rhyme and meter add value to a poem? William Wordsworth (1770-1850) takes on this issue in the sonnet "Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent's Narrow Walls":. Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room.
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Epi Epiphanies: I should post this on Friday . . .
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A veterinary epidemiologist with an eye on the news. Sunday, March 09, 2008. I should post this on Friday . . . But at least it's still Lent. Yes, that's right, fish is not meat and poultry are not livestock! I wonder if the Pope will ratify the judge's ruling? Judge rules poultry are not 'livestock'. On 3/5/2008 for Meatingplace.com. A San Francisco judge has ruled that chickens are not "livestock," and, as a result, are not subject to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, according to court filings.
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Epi Epiphanies: November 2007
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A veterinary epidemiologist with an eye on the news. Tuesday, November 20, 2007. Apparently, epidemiologists have been saying for a while that the UN's estimation of AIDS cases in low-income countries is flawed. Turns out, they were right. Lesson: think about biases before you extrapolate results to a general population. Labels: epi in the news. Thursday, November 15, 2007. Can you pay extra for a sterilized cooking staff? My first thought seeing this article. Labels: epi in the news. I'm very worried by...
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Epi Epiphanies: October 2007
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A veterinary epidemiologist with an eye on the news. Tuesday, October 30, 2007. How not to be part of the problem. Good, timely article. In the NYT today about MRSA and antibacterial . . . umm . . . stuff. Methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus. Which caused, apparently,. 19,000 deaths in the last year, 2 recently in healthy high schoolers. Antibacterial stuff: soaps, toys, cutting boards, etc. that have been impregnated with triclosan (an antibiotic) to prevent bacterial growth. Do we over-use the stuff?
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Epi Epiphanies: February 2008
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A veterinary epidemiologist with an eye on the news. Tuesday, February 26, 2008. You should read/listen to this. This week, NPR's series Climate Connections. Is focusing on the effect of global warming on disease spread. Yesterday was an interview. With epidemiologists on the ground in the Amazon, today was a review. Of a book on yellow fever, which I reviewed here. Labels: epi in the news. Sunday, February 10, 2008. A response to the meat industry, minus the shrillness. To quote another NYT columnist.
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Epi Epiphanies: September 2008
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A veterinary epidemiologist with an eye on the news. Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Much delayed posting of a good link or two. Here's a few articles I've put aside to post, and haven't had time for:. How to read medical papers. Applying epi to gang violence. Growing meat in vitro. The feasibility of eradicating malaria. The loss of biodiversity in developing agriculture. No promises to start posting again, just thought I'd clean up my old backlog. Labels: epi in the news. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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