Links for 12/19/15

“Acapulco, 1961.” Our third and final visit with the cast of this short-lived NBC detective series starring James Coburn and Ralph Taeger. 4×5 negative from the Shorpy Publicity Department archive.

Source: Low Tide: 1961


 

What Is No Pop And Why I Will Use This Tag On All Future Releases

Source: What Is No Pop And Why I Will Use This Tag On All Future Releases – MTT – Music Think Tank


 

Two days after #COP21 agreement, India says it’s still planning to double its coal output

Source: India still plans to double its coal output by 2020.


 

The coming energy crunch will lead to volatile prices and an overall long-term economic contraction…A new type of institution is needed to handle non-debt finance. It should help promoters plan their projects and then find outside investor-partners in return for a share of each project’s income rather than its profits. <div class=

Source: The Mondragon bank – an old model for a new type of finance

Links for 12/2/15

https://vimeo.com/141974643


 

Opponents of $250m project on island Barbuda say the government is trampling on citizens’ rights by approving project under new celebrity-incentive law

Source: Robert De Niro’s plan for Caribbean mega-resort opposed by island residents


 

Bruce’s Beach and the Inkwell served as sites of leisure, agency, community, and controversy, and demonstrate the complex racial history of the Golden State.

Source: Fighting for Leisure: African Americans, Beaches, and Civil Rights in Early 20th Century L.A.


 

Come explore these corals in 3D (no SCUBA certification required)

Source: Corals, Now Playing in 3D

Links for 11/9/15

Millions of people around the world live in “energy poverty,” including 15-year-old Hannah Herbst’s pen pal in Ethiopia.

Source: This Ninth Grader Invented A Device That Harvests Power From Ocean Waves


 

In November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga went fishing off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, a storm hit and he made a desperate SOS. It was the last anyone heard from him – for 438 days. This is his story

Source: Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months


 

…an area roughly the size of Maryland—drifted into the Caribbean. So much of this floating brown algae has been washing ashore that beaches are positively blanketed in stinky, rotting piles that are more than a few feet deep.

Source: Formerly pristine Caribbean beaches are blanketed in stinky, rotting piles of seaweed


 

George Orwell thought they were ‘sex maniacs’. They thought they were spiritual samurai, rebuilding Britain after the Great War. With their magical rituals, outdoor living and utopian vision, they are the most fascinating of forgotten youth movements – and their ideas still resonate

Source: The other KKK: how the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift tried to craft a new world | Art and design | The Guardian


 

German surfer Sebastian Steudtner rides a speed run display on a massive wave at Praia do Norté in Portugal on Tuesday

Source: German surfer Sebastian Steudtner rides huge wave in Portugal – video | Sport | The Guardian

Links for 11/8/15

Source: Giant sculptures made entirely of beach waste to make you rethink plastic use


 

Thousands of the fires raging through the forests of Indonesia were deliberately started to clear land for industrial use. The results have been deadly

Source: Setting a country alight: Indonesia’s devastating forest fires are manmade | Global Development Professionals Network | The Guardian


 

https://vimeo.com/44647548


 

It’s our time to act. Boldly and bravely. It starts with 24 Hours of Reality: The World Is Watching. 24hoursofreality.org #WhyImWatching

Source: 24 Hours of Reality and Live Earth: The World Is Watching | Climate Reality


 

The findings follow a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study two weeks ago that said the world is in the midst of a third global coral bleaching event.

Source: How we are all contributing to the destruction of coral reefs: Sunscreen – The Washington Post

 

Links for 11/7/15

I wonder what their fossil fuel overlords make of this:

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Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH Hollingsworth Hound infiltrates a meeting of climatologists, and learns the TRUTH!

Source: Hollingsworth Hound Learns the Truth About Climate Scientists!


 

https://vimeo.com/129838698


 

The best Goldfinger (1964) The gold standard1 for themes. Sweeping, sultry and backed by urgent jazz orchestra horns and quotes from the iconic Bond theme. This John Barry song is not just a Bond theme it is the Bond theme. It defines an entire genre. Its close association with the film and Dame Shirley Bassey’s iconic performance has kept it from becoming a standard, but it’s among the great movie songs of all time. It also casts a long enough shadow that attempts to match it have led to a string of dreary copies and retreads. Dr. No (1962) It’s borderline cheating to rank this one. In a literal sense this is just the Bond theme everyone knows and has heard dozens of times. Duh duh duh-duh, da da duh – the seven notes that denote Bond told with blaring horns and guitar jangle. Is this song venerable because it’s great or great because it’s venerable?

Source: David Putney | Bond title songs, ranked


 

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Links for 11/2/15

Source: The Trick-tionary | The Canalian


 

Built-up areas around the UK coast have increased by more than 40%, but conservationists have saved the ‘most pristine’ areas, Patrick Barkham reports

Source: Coastal construction: how Britain’s shoreline changed in 50 years | Environment | The Guardian


 

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Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events


 

source A Funky Trip – Detroit Funk From The Dave Hamilton Archive by Various Artists (Dave Hamilton) on BGP


 

https://vimeo.com/54586876


 

A Few Of The Things We Love – The Chattahoochee Recordings And More by The Murmaids on Ace Records

Source: The Murmaids – A Few Of The Things We Love – The Chattahoochee Recordings And More – Ace Records


 

The Broad Beach community is well placed to be a leader on this issue; unfortunately they have yet to demonstrate leadership. It’s time for homeowners to do what is right and codify public access by entering into a legal agreement.

Source: Public Beach Poached for Private Privilege? | Stefanie Sekich

Links for 10/12/15

https://vimeo.com/78827998


 

By Stefan Rahmstorf via Scilogs The past 2000 years of climate change have now been reconstructed in more detail than ever before by the PAGES 2k project.

Source: Most Comprehensive Paleoclimate Reconstruction Confirms Hockey Stick


 

Joining the chorus of watchdogs who say Volkswagen (VW) must pay for its corporate crime, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) on Tuesday released an analysis charging that financial penalties for the company’s environmental violations should be no less than $25.1 billion in the United States alone.

Source: Not Just Consumer Fraud, VW Scandal Called ‘Crime Against Climate’


 

This is How Americans were Enjoying Their Beaches in 1948


 

Check out this clip of Jan and Dean lip-syncing Sidewalk Surfin’ on American Bandstand. August 22, 1964. Dick Clark talks with audience a little bit about skateboarding (a young man’s g…

Source: Jan and Dean, which one was a poser?