Among all the events held on Monday to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, I chose to attend the one at the
National Cathedral. Geared toward youths, it was lively, fun and inspiring. Did you know that Dr. King gave his final Sunday sermon in the National Cathedral? Youth leaders read excerpts from his powerful speech, "
Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution," from the same pulpit from which Dr. King spoke forty years ago.
The afternoon was filled with wonderful music, speech, poetry and theater. The highlight was the Urban Nation H.I.P. H.O.P. Choir's performance of Bob Marley's "One Love." It was such a perfect embodiment of the spirit of the day that a lot of us -- Episcopal priests, Teen USA queens complete with tiaras, and 50-something folklorists from Wisconsin -- started dancing in the aisles of the Cathedral!
Among all the events held on Monday to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, I chose to attend the one at the National Cathedral. Geared toward youths, it was lively, fun and inspiring. Did you know that Dr. King gave his final Sunday sermon in the National Cathedral? Youth leaders read excerpts from his powerful speech, "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution," from the same pulpit from which Dr. King spoke forty years ago.
The afternoon was filled with wonderful music, speech, poetry and theater. The highlight was the Urban Nation H.I.P. H.O.P. Choir's performance of Bob Marley's "One Love." It was such a perfect embodiment of the spirit of the day that a lot of us -- Episcopal priests, Teen USA queens complete with tiaras, and 50-something folklorists from Wisconsin -- started dancing in the aisles of the Cathedral!
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Ack spent Jan 20-24 at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society in New Orleans. Not nearly as much fun as when he, Anne, Andy and Marianne spent time there in about 2000. Ack was co-author of some posters and gave a talk on "New Tool, Old Dogs". The theme was how the field has developed wonderful tools that enable us to teach weather and climate in ways inconceivable 15 years ago. And yet little systemic change has occurred. While we talk a lot about student learning, our higher-ed courses still remain faculty centric. I got to visit with lots of folks from CIMSS (we had over 60 presentations/posters) as well as catch up with colleagues and friends from other place. A number of folks, including international leaders, called for NOAA to come up with a high spectral resolution sounder. Refreshing to see call of leadership and not compliance to be second best.
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