I recently had a nine hour layover in Houston. Houston is, like most of real America, for driving only. No reasonable public transportation. That means renting a car. Since a Cadillac with steer horns was out of my price range, I thought the most appropriate vehicle for Texas would be a Crown Victoria. I rented […]
Ex-Im Extends its Support to RIL, Offers $2.1bn loan
The Export Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) of the United States has guaranteed a loan amount of $2.1 billion to RIL( Reliance Industries Limited) predominantly for its megaproject complex in Jamnagar, sponsoring for the necessary products and services that will sourced from America. This has been the largest amount ever granted to the conglomerate in the […]
RIL In A Joint Venture With SIBUR, To Produce Butyl Rubber In India
Reliance Industries Limited inks a joint venture with Russian based leading rubber company, SIBUR, named Reliance SIBUR Elastomers Private Limited, with the objective of producing butyl rubber in India. They intend to be the fourth largest supplier of Butyl rubber. The joint venture will have RIL owning 74.9% and SIBUR owing the rest. SIBUR is […]
“The Pronouns (Experiment #2)”
I saw "The Pronouns (Experiment #2)" by Clarinda Mac Low at Mount Tremper Arts on June 9. The show began outside the hall, with two children hopping on a trampoline, while a man shouted out instructions from The Pronouns: 40 Dances for the Dancers by Jackson Mac Low, the conceptual poet (1922-2004). Here are some […]
Pete Seeger in Phoenicia
On Sunday, July 15 John Stobaeus e-mailed me, "Do you know about the mini-folk fest in Phoenicia today at the Parish House? They’ll be celebrating the Roots of Folk," so I walked over to see. It was a reunion of Camp Woodland, a summer camp founded in this area in 1939, which continued until 1962. […]
"Laughs from the Saturday Review of Literature"
I had forgotten the Saturday Review (a magazine which folded in 1986) though I clearly remember the Saturday Evening Post, from a recent Norman Rockwell show at the Brooklyn Museum. What was the whole "Saturday" craze in naming magazines of the late Victorian era? I guess Saturday represented blissful leisure. The Saturday Review […]