Of Coffee, Art, and History

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→ 28 May 12 at 7 am historical-nonfiction:

Mike Strank was born in 1919 in Jarabenia, Czechoslovakia. Their leader and Sergeant, it was Mike who got the order to climb Mt. Suribachi. Mike picked his “boys” and led them safely to the top. Mike explained to the boys that the larger flag had to be raised so that “every Marine on this cruddy island can see it.” It was Mike who gave the orders to find a pole, attach the flag and “put’er up!” He is shown in the iconic picture with his left hand on the pole, and right helping a younger soldier push.

Mike died on March 1, 1945, at Iwo Jima. He was hit by a mortar as he was diagramming a plan in the sand for his boys. Mike is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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historical-nonfiction:

Mike Strank was born in 1919 in Jarabenia, Czechoslovakia. Their leader and Sergeant, it was Mike who got the order to climb Mt. Suribachi. Mike picked his “boys” and led them safely to the top. Mike explained to the boys that the larger flag had to be raised so that “every Marine on this cruddy island can see it.” It was Mike who gave the orders to find a pole, attach the flag and “put’er up!” He is shown in the iconic picture with his left hand on the pole, and right helping a younger soldier push.
Mike died on March 1, 1945, at Iwo Jima. He was hit by a mortar as he was diagramming a plan in the sand for his boys. Mike is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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→ 28 May 12 at 6 am ileftanote:

“Do you see how the ground level is higher on the left-hand side of this photo? To the right of the stone wall, the ground distinctly drops by a foot or more.

That wall is more than 200 years old. It marks the border between what was once a plowed field (on the left) and grazing pasture (on the right). Today, this site is woodland—part of the Harvard Forest, the most-studied forest in the world. But for generations, this land was farmed by Jonathan Sanderson and his descendants. And, even two centuries later, you can still see the way different uses of the land changed the land.

For instance, the ground level is higher on the left because plowed fields erode more easily. This site is on a slight slope. Water runs downhill, toward the right hand corner of the photo. As it did that, it carried bits of plowed field along with it—sediment that washed up against the stone wall and stayed there. Over many years, the effect changed the level of the land.

This isn’t necessarily a catastrophic thing. But it is change. I spent last weekend in the Harvard Forest, participating in science in a hands-on way as part of the Marine Biological Laboratory’s science journalism fellowship. One of the things I learned during my stint in the forest: The past ain’t past. History is recorded in geology and ecology as surely as it’s recorded in books. Very cool stuff!” -Maggie Koerth-Baker

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ileftanote:

“Do you see how the ground level is higher on the left-hand side of this photo? To the right of the stone wall, the ground distinctly drops by a foot or more.
That wall is more than 200 years old. It marks the border between what was once a plowed field (on the left) and grazing pasture (on the right). Today, this site is woodland—part of the Harvard Forest, the most-studied forest in the world. But for generations, this land was farmed by Jonathan Sanderson and his descendants. And, even two centuries later, you can still see the way different uses of the land changed the land.
For instance, the ground level is higher on the left because plowed fields erode more easily. This site is on a slight slope. Water runs downhill, toward the right hand corner of the photo. As it did that, it carried bits of plowed field along with it—sediment that washed up against the stone wall and stayed there. Over many years, the effect changed the level of the land.
This isn’t necessarily a catastrophic thing. But it is change. I spent last weekend in the Harvard Forest, participating in science in a hands-on way as part of the Marine Biological Laboratory’s science journalism fellowship. One of the things I learned during my stint in the forest: The past ain’t past. History is recorded in geology and ecology as surely as it’s recorded in books. Very cool stuff!” -Maggie Koerth-Baker

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→ 25 Mar 12 at 12 am

ronulicny:

That’s MR. EDWARD KIENHOLZ to….YOU!!!

I still remember the first day I discovered “Back Seat Dodge” my freshman year in college….I was like WTF is this!??!….& WHO did this?!?!….then when I moved to Los Angeles, CA. I actually got to see it in person @ LACMA and seriously, I just stood there for what seemed like forever….I can’t even remember what else I saw there that day….if anything at all….

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→ 24 Mar 12 at 7 pm

byeguy:

Seo Young Deok

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bookspaperscissors:

Sveta Dorosheva

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→ 10 Mar 12 at 4 pm evaunderwater:

here i dreamt i was an architect.

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