Science and Technology
UCSB researchers Douglas Heithoff and Michael Mahan, along with three University of Utah scientists, recently announced a breakthrough vaccine that can prevent multiple strains of salmonella.
Year: 2008
David Sedaris at the Arlington Theatre
Even if you’d never read his work, a glance at the titles of his essay collections-Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day-would give you a sense that Davis Sedaris isn’t the most serious writer around.
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Oliver Stone has had his eye, not to mention his wandering imagination, on history and presidents for some time, if in odd ways.
News to Yous
The James Irvine Foundation, a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting the arts throughout California, recently bequeathed grants to four S.B. organizations.
Evenings with the Winemaker
Every Wednesday at 5 p.m., the public is invited to meet area winemakers at Los Olivos Cafe (2879 Grand Ave.) as they present five of their selected wines accompanied by Chef Nat Ely’s tempting hors d’oeuvres.
Camerata Pacifica with Horn and Bassoon
John Steinmetz, Bassoon and Steven Becknell, Horn
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Global Warming in a Time of Economic Meltdown
California has been America’s leader in addressing two simultaneous and unprecedented global crises: The impending exhaustion of affordable oil and gas; and the ominous rise of the atmospheric, greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
City 10-23
The Santa Barbara City Council voted 5-2 on 10/21 to adopt a proposal from the city’s Transportation Division and Public Works Department to change the speed limit on portions of two heavily traveled downtown streets.
vol. 22, no. 145, Oct. 23-30, 2008
The Indy‘s de facto surf editor and self-proclaimed “weather junky” Ethan Stewart has been tracking waves on the Internet for 15 years.
