I’ve never seen or heard Mr. Churkin speak before – and found his demeanor impressive. However, I was kind of disappointed with Mr. Rose’s questions – there were stock questions about Russia as covered in American media. I realize that’s difficult to get to the essence of as many subject as Mr. Rose covers, but [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2007
TED Talks: Alan Russell, Why can’t we grow new body parts?
A fascinating video about helping the body heal itself. Mr. Russell shows (graphic!) examples of how this is already being done, for example by re-growing an old man’s finger tip! http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/142
African Community Center: Initial Reaction
For a while now I’ve been thinking about volunteering locally in Denver, and now that I don’t have to spend 3 hours everyday commuting to Boulder I think I can finally devote some time to it. Yesterday I visited the African Community Center in Denver. The ACC is “Denver’s newest Refugee Resettlement program which welcomes [...]
Mt. Evans: First Attempt
I forgot to write about it here, but last week I attempted to climb Mt. Evans from Guanella Pass. I went with 4 friends, two of whom were first time 14er hikers. The route was brutal, especially willows. We could not find a good way to pass around them, and those of us who didn’t [...]
