In Passing

Those who knew him were saddened by the death yesterday of former Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory Director Harlyn O. Halvorson.

In the Journal “Biology of the Cell” in 2024, Professor Halvorson reported on the development of the molecular biology program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, under his direction. He was at the University of Wisconsin at a critical time, and, in addition to his own research, he helped pull together the laboratory facilities and academic talent that assured UW’s distinction in the field for decades to come. Later in his career he performed a similar service for Brandeis University and again for the MBL.

Professor Halvorson was 83 years old. My sympathy to his friends and family.

[tags]Harlyn Halvorson, MBL[/tags]

Karaoke at Harry’s Tijana



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Love the new summer weight hat.

Impeachment – Article Eight

Article 8
INVADING IRAQ, A SOVEREIGN NATION, IN VIOLATION OF THE UN CHARTER AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional
oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability,
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution “to take care that the laws be faithfully executed”, violated United States law by invading the sovereign country of Iraq in violation of the United Nations Charter to wit:

(1) International Laws ratified by Congress are part of United States Law and must be followed as
evidenced by the following:

(A) Article VI of the United States Constitution, which states “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land;”

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Sensible Talk

USC’s Annenberg School of Communications Online Journalism Review (OJR) will be no more, reports Robert Niles through a post on the OJR blog and via a Facebook announcement. A goal of OJR “has been to help mid-career journalists make a successful transition from other media to online reporting and production.” USC Annenberg refers OJR readers to the Knight Digital Media Center, where support in this area will continue.

Details about the reasons for shuttering the OJR site are missing at this point, but Niles will continue blogging and community organizing at a new site he calls “Sensible Talk.” Sensible Talk is billed as “Analysis from the reality-based world.”

I can get behind that.

[tags]robert niles, sensible talk, online journalism review, ojr, USC annenberg, KDMC[/tags]