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The Sunset Cutoff of the Red Car Trolley

This property map from the 1920s shows the Pacific Electric street car trackage along Ocean Avenue, connecting the Westgate line in Brentwood to the "Santa Monica Line" on Santa Monica Boulevard.

So, there’s this little park in Santa Monica. It’s right near the Volkswagen dealership on Santa Monica Boulevard near 26th Street. Anyway, the park is on a street named Park Drive. So the park is named, “Park Drive Park.” There’s this riddle I liked as a kid: “Why do people drive on a parkway and parkContinue reading “The Sunset Cutoff of the Red Car Trolley”

$1.8 Trillion Just Went poof

$1.8 trillion has been lost between now and the first quarter — and overwhelmingly, those losses occurred in the last few days. This will probably be the worst quarter for stock-market destruction since the third quarter of 2011, when $2.8 trillion was wiped away. via Households just saw $1.8 trillion in wealth vanish as stocksContinue reading “$1.8 Trillion Just Went *poof*”

World Bank Deletes Critical Passage on China – WSJ

When I read this last Friday, it concerned me more than anything else I read that day. And Friday is the day I get both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. The “World Bank” is the popular name for the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development, an institution originally founded to helpContinue reading “World Bank Deletes Critical Passage on China – WSJ”

BBC Blogs – Internet Blog – List of BBC web pages which have been removed from Google’s search results

This is, by far, the most interesting piece of news I’ve seen today. For all it’s faults, I’m glad the BBC has decided to publish this. Google removed a large number of links from its search results, including some to BBC web pages, and continues to delist pages from BBC Online. via BBC Blogs –Continue reading “BBC Blogs – Internet Blog – List of BBC web pages which have been removed from Google’s search results”

Medicine’s Hidden Roots in an Ancient Manuscript – NYTimes.com

Scholars are just beginning to pore over the text, the oldest known copy of Galen’s “On the Mixtures and Powers of Simple Drugs.” It may well provide new insights into medicine’s roots and into the spread of this new science across the ancient world. via Medicine’s Hidden Roots in an Ancient Manuscript – NYTimes.com.