Closing time nears for Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
– OC Register
Pacific Symphony holds its Summer Festival concerts at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.
More should be done to protect the last outdoor music venue in Orange County. Why not mixed-use to keep the storied venue open?
Here’s an idea, since Irvine has been considering an amphitheater for the Great Park, why not swap the land for this venue, and save all the money? The neighborhood is used to this treasure. Ask them.
We need to save this last outdoor open musical amphitheater in Orange County. Some things are worth saving aren’t they?
App reveals hidden ubiquitous world of wifi and cell networks all around us
– Architecture of Radio
The Architecture of Radio is a site-specific iPad application that visualizes the existing wifi network of networks by reversing the ambient nature of the infosphere; hiding the visible while revealing the invisible technological landscape we interact with through our devices.
We are more and more surrounded by wifi and cellular networks, invisible, pulsing and ubiquitous. Nice to see it visualized in real-time.
The question is what is the effect on human beings of all these invisible radio waves?
The Android version will be available in Jan 2016.
A California November in the Sierras as I remember it.
Good news.
“Looks like California will have a ski season this year and maybe even a winter snowpack. After receiving about 30 inches of snow, Mammoth Mountain will open two chairs for skiing on Thursday.”
Millions of Gallons of Water are Being Pumped Out of California from Federal forests by private bottlers without Federal oversight
In the midst of an ‘historic drought’ millions of gallons of pristine water on Federal land is being pumped by private corporations for private profit with little or no oversight or transparency.
“While the Nestlé news in California has garnered a significant amount of media attention, this is hardly the only instance where bottled water companies have taken precedence over local ecosystems.
Crystal Geyser Water Company opened a facility in Mount Shasta in 2014, much to the dismay of local residents, without performing an environmental impact report. Like Nestlé, Crystal Geyser is not closely monitored by the Forest Service but submits water usage reports. According to the Forest Service, the impact of the company’s water use on groundwater supplies and aquifers is “unknown.” Apparently, “unknown” is the new “okay.”
According to the National Resources Defence Council, “Other springs in national forests across the country have been tapped for use by bottled water companies, including Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin, Ocala National Forest in Florida, Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee, Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia, Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina, and Sumter National Forest in South Carolina. Information on the consequences is hard to come by.”
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