http://catonavenue.com a neighborhood blog for Ditmas Park, Windsor Terrace, and people who live near the Parade Ground and Prospect Park Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:14:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Christine Hauser and Kathryn Carlson reported in yesterday's Times - online editions, in any case, that Rondell Grant, eleven years old, was killed last Saturday by a hit-and-run driver. Brooklyn Boy, 11, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver. Grant was apparently killed after two cars sped past him - he then stepped ... http://catonavenue.com/2008/07/19/nyt-brooklyn-boy-11-killed-by-hit-and-run-driver/ The Energy Blog reports that a private vendor is working with Con Edison to make the grid more secure. We're intrigued - but concerned that the grid will remain heavily centralized - and not in a position to accept many small, decentralized production nodes - e.g., the solar panel that ... http://catonavenue.com/2008/07/10/energy-blog-393-con-ed-project-to-secure-grid/ Alexis Madrigal of ABCNews reports that Google - and its nonprofit branch, Google.org, will start tracking disease outbreaks. A new website, HealthMap, addresses that challenge by siphoning up text from Google News, the World Health Organization and online discussion groups, then filtering it and boiling it down ... http://catonavenue.com/2008/07/10/google-to-track-disease-outbreaks/ Sarah Lyall reports in the Times that the British, trailing EU countries in recycling, are experiencing some friction trying to catch up: WHITEHAVEN, England — The citizens of Whitehaven try, really they do. They separate out their cans, their ... http://catonavenue.com/2008/07/09/british-having-difficult-adjustment-to-recycling/ In a country so harsh about other matters of personal autonomy (sex, in particular) I found it surprising that Iran would have a progressive syringe exchange policy and and a fairly gentle drug regime. From Nazila Fathi's June 27th piece in the Times, "Iran Fights Scourge of Addiction in Plain ... http://catonavenue.com/2008/07/05/irans-surprising-non-punitive-addiction-treatment-strategy/ Our neighbor Megan Elias has produced at least two wonderful things this year: first, her new book:Stir it Up: Home Economics in American Culture. Second, with her collaborator, the urban planner Preston Johnson, their project Petra. Photo and more reporting to follow. http://catonavenue.com/2008/06/10/megan_elias_double-play/ Bottlemania - How Water Went On Sale and How We Bought It - Elizabeth Royte ventures to Fryeburg, Maine, to look deep into the source—of Poland Spring water. In this tiny town, ... http://catonavenue.com/2008/05/21/liz_royte_bottlemania/ We saw Elizabeth Streb's Slam Show XI last night at the Streb Laboratory for Action Mechanics - it's each year's repertory (repertoire?) improves on the last - old pieces get better, and one fantastic, "TRAP," choreogaphed by Kevin Lindsay, and several new pieces, including "AIR," - each one beter ... http://catonavenue.com/2008/04/20/slam-show-xi/ An excerpt from Marcelle Manhattan's lovely piece this week, There's No Place Like Home: I move at least once a year. Since 2003, I've subjected myself to six rounds of searches on Craig's List, six tedious packing rituals, and six tales of mishap with sundry scurrilous moving companies. You might think me a ... http://catonavenue.com/2008/04/04/102/ All the air knocked out of air Rinsing Feeling -- not so bad what you knew would happen has only happened later than you expected the delay: a blip. By Todd Colby - at Todd Colby's GleeFarm. http://catonavenue.com/2008/04/01/all-the-air-knocked-out-of-air-from-todd-colby-at-gleefarm/