May 2002

World Webcast | Free Ice Cream | NHL Playoffs Round Two | Donald Keene On Meiji Tenno | Life in a Rice Paddy | Mishima, Hosoe, and Barakei | Film: Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (Code Unknown) | Frontier House | | Mother's Day | American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant | Sweet Victory at Claudia's | | Film: (Time Out) | | |

Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (Code Unknown) (France 2000; Dir: Michael Haneke)
- Juliette enjoys Unknown pleasure
  Actress Binoche on working with director Michael Haneke
- Agent Provocateur
  What has made Jean-Marie Le Pen a walking time bomb of racism, xenophobia and right-wing nationalism? Lots of practice.
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Sis In Sunset
Ichiro's Town

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Life in a Rice Paddy
Tonight I happened upon a repeat broadcast of Japan's Secret Garden, an NHK production for the PBS series NOVA about a year in the life of wildlife and people around Lake Biwa, Japan. In trips to Japan, I have passed by many a rice paddy, but never realized that much more was going on there than just rice growing. This program shows many Japanese seasonal traditions and a way of life that is fast disappearing in modern times.

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Yukio Mishima’s Ordeal by Roses
Norman Bryson, Chair of the History and Theory of Art, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London gave an Art History undergraduate student symposium on Barakei by HOSOE Eikoh. " target="_top">
- HOSOE Eikoh Timeline
  Important events in the life of one of Japan's foremost photographers
- Photographer's Spotlight On HOSOE Eikoh
  Some of his famous images, including one of HIJIKATA Tatsumi, the butoh artist
- Remembering Mishima
  Radical Japanese nationalist was one of HOSOE Eikoh's most enigmatic subjects
- PhotoGuide Japan: Photo Who's Who
  Database of biographies of prominent people in Japanese photography
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Donald Keene On Meiji Tenno
This evening Dorami-chan and I went to hear a talk at Portland State University by Donald Keene, one of America's foremost experts on Japan and Japanese culture. His topic was the reception of foreign dignitaries by Emperor Meiji, whose reign transformed Japan into a modern nation state. No doubt his notes were part of the research he had done for his just-published book, Emperor of Japan : Meiji and His World, 1852-1912.
- Review: Redefining himself and the nation
  PSU's Ruoff calls Keene's Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World "a definitive and engaging biography"
- Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University, New York NY
- Center for Japanese Studies at Portland State University, Portland OR
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NHL Playoffs Round Two
Surprise, surprise, there are three Canada-based teams left in the NHL playoffs! From a Canadian standpoint, there can't be a bad result -- more likely than not, one of them will be the Eastern Conference representative in the Stanley Cup final. Here are my predictions for Round Two, the conference semifinals (winners in CAPITALS):
Western Conference
DETROIT vs. St. Louis - Wings have more depth
COLORADO vs. San Jose - Avs have more depth
Eastern Conference
TORONTO vs. Ottawa - Leafs tougher
MONTREAL vs. Carolina - Ghosts of Cups past
- Playing for pride ... and a whole lot more
  The beaver bites back as three Canadian teams venture into the meat of the playoff run
- Warm hockey nights
  Order is restored as Canada's teams return to prominence
- Veteran leadership key to advancement
  Analyst John Davidson on the NHL Conference Semi-final matchups
- With a wild first round in the books, we look ahead
  Analyst Kostya Kennedy on the NHL's Round Two
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More Free Ice Cream
Dorami-chan heard from one of her classmates that Baskin Robbins was giving away ice cream tonight. A check of their website confirmed that this was the third annual Free Scoop Night, when, for every scoop given away from 6-10 p.m., the company makes a donation to First Book, a non-profit organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. Though the weather was chilly, we were happy to do our part to help the cause.

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World Webcast
One of the applications of medical informatics is in the area of medical education. Today I listened in on a webcast organized by the International Association of Medical Science Educators, Technology Enhanced Learning in the Basic Health Sciences by Peter G. Anderson, Director of Pathology Undergraduate Education, University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine. People from as far away as the United Kingdom, Turkey and Pakistan also participated. This is how information dissemination should be done. It is far more time efficient and cost-effective than events like the Mess In Texas I attended last month.
- Technology Enhanced Learning in the Basic Health Sciences (PowerPoint slides)
- Pathology Education Instructional Resource
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