Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Rebecca Solnit, “Other Loves: Public Life and Unsaid Emotions” | Facebook - l to l - Top

Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism, and the Mark Lynton History Prize, and a 2004 Wired Rave Award for _River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West_, plus an NEA Fellowship for Literature and the Lannan Literary Award, among many others, Rebecca Solnit writes aboutlandscape, cities, place, cultural geographies, the environment, visual culture, counter-narratives and the uses of story.

Her twelfth book, just published in August, _A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster_ tells of community and the government response to disasters:

Surveying disasters from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, she shows that the typical response to calamity is spontaneous altruism, self-organization and mutual aid, with neighbors and strangers calmly rescuing, feeding and housing each other. Indeed, the main problem in such emergencies, she contends, is the elite panic of officials who clamp down with National Guardsmen and stifling regulations.

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16 comments:

  1. cheapshirtsnow1November 18, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    No I didn't.

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  2. bestclothingwholesalersNovember 18, 2009 at 9:58 AM

    what the hell was that you almost blew the god damn motor

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  3. clothingapparelyouwantNovember 18, 2009 at 10:10 AM

    ya in 95 jeep slammed in the redesigned amc l6 which improved in alot of thing such as more torque/horsepower and less engine vibration less noise and much more. the amc l6 is said to be the best offroad motor in the world also cause its high amount of torque at low rpms

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  4. cheapshirtsnow1November 18, 2009 at 10:17 AM

    Wait is the torque curve different in the 95-98?

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  5. bestclothingwholesalersNovember 18, 2009 at 10:22 AM

    yea OK buddy.

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  6. clothingapparelyouwantNovember 18, 2009 at 10:36 AM

    GIVE ER HELL!

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  7. bestclothingwholesalersNovember 18, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    Is a wj....is it weak?

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  8. cheapshirtsnow1November 18, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    zj motor is the best that jeep offers?? What do you think a inline 6 for a 2004 grand cherokke

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  9. bestclothingwholesalersNovember 18, 2009 at 10:54 AM

    ya the straight 6 takes a beating expecially the 1996 grand cherokee when they redisigned the engine.and is now 1 of the longest lasting engines. i got lucky and got a 96 zj the motor kicks ass love the torque

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  10. wholesalefashionclothesNovember 18, 2009 at 10:57 AM

    does sea foam really work? i have ran it in my tank before but never straight into the throttle body. I have an 04 wj thats got about every bolt on you can amagine and its "chipped" with a hypertech maxx energy. Im sure its full of carbon b/c i run 90-93 octane fuel and when i really get on it, it billows black smoke like a diesel!

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  11. allthefashionclothesNovember 18, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    then he will tell you "I'LL BE BAAAACK" LOL

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  12. wholesalefashionclothesNovember 18, 2009 at 11:21 AM

    Yeah I have a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee too. 181,500 miles haha

    he's right when he says the engine can take a beating. sometimes i go well into the reds and my engine still runs wonderfully. They really designed the 242 I6 really well.

    I'm going to Sea Foam it tomorrow

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  13. bestclothingwholesalersNovember 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM

    The engine was idling a bit roughly prior to seafoam. I did notice smoother idling/pickup after I completed this process.

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  14. wholesalefashionclothesNovember 18, 2009 at 12:01 PM

    for all the people crying about bumping redline and sayin the guy is an idiot

    my first question do you know anything about engines
    and two do you know anything about the 242 I6

    im guessing thats a NO to both so shut up its an I6 and can take a hell of a beating i speak from experience with mine and wheeling the hell out of it bouncing the redline wont harm it holding it at redline for extended periods of time will

    good video

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  15. cheapshirtsnow1November 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM

    yes that is a really strong motor

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  16. bestclothingwholesalersNovember 18, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    Redlining an engine isnt bad for it..only thing thats bad about it is wasting gas..haha good video!

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