Sunday, February 14, 2016
February 14th, 2016 from Zona Politics with Jim Nintzel on Vimeo.
On this week's episode of Zona Politics: UA engineering professor Kimberly Ogden talks about making fuel from algae, carbon sequestration and other strategies to combat climate change ahead of her Feb. 29 talk in the UA College of Science spring lecture series.Then we talk with two authors, Tom Prezelski and Megan Kimble, as part of our ongoing preview of the Tucson Festival of Books.
Watch the show at 8 a.m. Sunday on the CW Tucson, Channel 8 on Cox and Comcast and Channel 58 on broadcast, DirecTV and Dish. Or listen at 5 p.m. Sunday on community radio KXCI, 91.3 FM.
Here's a transcript of the show:
Hello, everyone. I'm Tucson Weekly senior writer Jim Nintzel, and we're here to talk Zona Politics. Today, we are once again highlighting the U of A College of Science Spring Lecture Series on Climate Change. Joining us in the studio are Dr. Kimberly Ogden, UA professor of chemical and environmental engineering, who has been studying how to turn algae into fuel. Dr. Ogden will discuss "Carbon Sequestration: Can We Afford It" as part of its Spring Lecture Series at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 29, at Centennial Hall. Dr. Ogden, welcome to Zona Politics.
(Ogden) Thank you. Thanks for having me.
(Nintzel) You do a lot of work with biofuels such as algae Tell us a little bit about how that works and where the resource is at this point.
(Ogden) Well, at the University of Arizona, I lead up a program that's collaborative with one of the government labs, specifically Northwest Labs and New Mexico State University and Texas A&M, but the U of A is the lead institution and our goal right now for the research is to understand if we can grow algae or cultivate algae outside, 24-7, 365 days a year to be able to make fuel The Department of Energy is our funding source for that. And WE also if you don't want to make fuel when fuel is only $30 a barrel right now, oil is, and you can also use the algae to make food.
(Nintzel) And how do you make fuel out of algae?
Friday, February 12, 2016
Dissard's studio albums—L'Entredeux, L'Abandon and The Cat. Not Me—found her collaborating with a who's who of Tucson musicians, many of whom she'd take on tours in Europe, expanding Tucson's reputation as a musical oasis. Three other releases form the City Series collected different arrangements in live takes recorded during impromptu sessions while on tour in Paris, Berlin and Cologne.
Today, Dissard is releasing Cibola Gold, a 13-song best-of collection that pulls from five of those albums, presenting an overview of her Tucson years and musical output. Dissard moved to Europe in 2013 and talked via e-mail about putting the new project together and how that found her looking back over her years spent in Tucson:
What sort of thoughts and reflections about your musical experiences in Tucson did this collection spark?
I didn't anticipate that I'd be so moved by the process of putting together this collection of, not only music, but images and words. To design the 24-page booklet, I sifted through hundreds of photos. I saw faces of people who had been dear throughout the years, some dead already.
I left Tucson in 2013 and had been glad at first to not look back, diving into countless projects here in Europe to numb the shock of being uprooted again. But truly, what surfaced after the thrill of remembering and the pangs of regrets waned is the generosity of the Tucson music scene, its work ethic and a sense of community so strong that I feel like the kid now off to college who still struggles to justify skipping his first Thanksgiving family reunion.
Tags: marianne dissard , tucson , music , french , cibola gold , new , album , release , Video
Congressman Raul Grijalva's office coordinated the event with local elementary schools, churches and others.
The Innovate UA program is hosting the first ever TEDxUofALive event, a live-cast of the 2016 TED conference in Vancouver, Canada this week.
The University of Arizona has been issued a licence to broadcast the live talks on Wednesday Feb. 17 across the UA campus.
"What I have noticed about campus, and our culture in general, is that innovation is heavily dominated by technology," said Justin Williams of Innovate UA. "What TED does that is really great, is it's intentionally multidisciplinary so it pulls from fields, in our case, what would be all across campus."
Speakers at the TED conference are separated into sessions. The whole day of events is free but seating is limited so be sure to reserve your spot at the sessions that interest you!
Tags: ted talk , ted , technology , innovation , al gore , activist , conference , ted conference , university of arizona , tedx
Curious neighbors in Dunbar/Spring need wonder no more. The sky blue building with the bright yellow flags at 111 W. Fourth St. is definitely tough to miss, and soon you could find yourself stopping in for local produce, grains and fresh vegan cooking at reasonable, wholesale pricing. That's because Zinman's Food Shop is in it's very soft opening stage right now, testing out its three different food experiences slowly.
First, the Gershonsvitz Grainworks will offer local milled grains like Pima Club Wheat, grown at the San Xavier Co-op Farms, for $4 per pound or $2.50 for a bulk rate. The wholesale granary will be open to the public.
Another side of Zinman's will offer fresh local produce as a wholesale grocer primarily intended for local chefs, but also open to the public. Zinman's will be growing some of the produce on-hand in their off-site garden and some herbs in the on-site thousand-square-foot herb garden behind the shop.
Finally, C. Hopkins Café will offer a modest selection of seasonal vegan dishes freshly stir fried in the restaurant's wok. Waffles, pancakes, pastries and more will be available for breakfast. The café is testing recipes currently and looking for more cooks and a baker, but will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner once it's fully staffed.
Zinman's Food Shop, which is located west of Stone Avenue and south of University Boulevard, seeks to have all components of the business ready in about a month. You can stay up-to-date with the market and restaurant's progress and hours by following Zinman's on Facebook.
Tags: zinman's food shop , local grain , produce , vegetables , wholesale , market , dunbar/spring , vegan , restaurant , c. hopkins cafe , Image
Like most women in their mid-20s, I've got a soft spot for the Powerpuff Girls. Those flying children were tough, cute and complete badasses. Their villains were ridiculous and ruthless. They exploded into existence because The Professor was an idiot who didn't understand spacial relationships. I couldn't get enough.
I was obviously delighted when I found out Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup would once again be using their Ultra Super Powers to fight the forces of evil. We don't yet have a release date, but we do have a preview of Buttercup losing her damn mind when a lumberjack bent on getting Townsville back to its "manly roots" tells her to "go play with her dollies, princess."
And once again, the day is saved...
Tags: powerpuff girls , buttercup , don't call her princess , feminist fury , feminist justice league , Video
On top of that, national forecaster Larry Sabato updated his list of competitive races and moved CD2 from “toss-up” to “leans Republican.” That’s a few weeks after Stu Rothenberg moved the race from “lean Republican” to “Republican favored.”
CD2, which includes eastern Pima County and all of Cochise County, is basically one-third Democrat, one-third Republican and one-third independent, so it’s a competitive district on paper. But McSally, an Air Force veteran who has out-raised nearly every other member of Congress, is proving to be a formidable candidate, even though she unseated Democrat Ron Barber by just 167 votes.
McSally campaign spokesman Patrick Ptak said that the national Democratic Party machine is “giving up on re-taking her seat.”
“Congresswoman McSally hit the ground running from day one and continues to rack up achievements for her constituents that include successfully protecting the A-10 and getting a veterans jobs-bill signed into law,” Ptak said in a bulletin to reporters. “Given her impressive start and the Democrats' complete 180, it's clear they now consider her unbeatable.”
Good news for the freshman Republican is bad news for the two Democrats who are seeking the seat, former state lawmakers Victoria Steele and Matt Heinz.
The show ends its run on Sunday, Feb. 14. All the info you need to visit the museum is here.
Here's TMA's description of the show:
Bang! Bang! To children and adults alike, the imagined West of shoot outs and damsels in distress has been ingrained into the American psyche. This exhibition examines how dime novels, pulp fiction art, comic books, and other forms of visual art created these fictional, often sensational, versions of people, places, and historical events of the West.Next up at TMA: Into the Night: Modern and Contemporary Art and the Nocturne Tradition opens on Saturday, Feb. 27.
Beginning with dime novel covers in the mid-19th century, the wild, fictional West served as the perfect backdrop for stories that captivated imaginations and built legends. Pulp fiction magazines and comic books, which emerged in the early-20th century, continued this trend. Illustrators created cover images of stories in Wild West Weekly, New Western Magazine, and Western Story, among hundreds of other publications available to mass audiences.
These images portrayed stereotypes of Native Americans, cowboys, gunslingers, “delicate women”, and outlaws, but also perpetuated ideas of violence and prejudice. Along with original Western pulp art and illustrations, the exhibition includes works of today’s artists who look at these materials and incorporate them into their art.
Or, celebrate your own space by stocking up for a movie night at home. Here's a list of Casa Video's most sought after movies from the last week:
1. The Martian
The hour-long, high energy class mixes asana flows and the beats of DJ Elektra Tek to reduce stress and enhance one-ness between your mind, body and soul. The class' Facebook page encourages everyone to show up if they want to move and feel great. Oh, and it's free. Class starts at 8:45 p.m. at Movement Culture. Namaste.
Tags: yoga , movement culture , DJ Elektra Tek , deep house , music , DJs
