2010 election results--Select senate, house or governor, then roll mouse over the desired state. http://www.politico.com/2010/maps/

The Art of Memory or Ars Memorativa ("art of memory" in Latin) is a general term used to designate a loosely associated group of mnemonic principles and techniques used to organize memory impressions, improve recall, and assist in the combination and 'invention' of ideas. It is sometimes referred to as mnemotechnics. It is an 'art' in the Aristotelian sense, which is to say a method or set of prescriptions that adds order and discipline to the pragmatic, natural activities of human beings. It has existed as a recognized group of principles and techniques since at least as early as the middle of the first millennium BCE, and was usually associated with training in rhetoric or logic. See much more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_memory

Spirit comes from the Latin spirare meaning to breathe. It also produced aspire (breathe upon), conspire (breathe together), expire (breathe out), inspire (breathe into), perspire (breathe through) and transpire (breathe across). Spire is, however, nothing to do with inspired but comes from the German Spier meaning tip of a blade of grass. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/oxford-dictionary-of-word-origins-edited-by-julia-cresswell-2106655.html

Vino Volo (Wine Flight) is a chain of wine bars with food located in various airports. Vino Volo at the Philadelphia International Airport is open every day of the week 7 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Philadelphia has a law that if an establishment serves food, it must be open for breakfast, and this is why their business day starts so early. In contrast, hours for Vino Volo at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m, and Sunday, noon-10 p.m. There are about ten locations now with more coming.

Panade is a basic dish similar to the Spanish sopa seca, or "dry soup." Or if you're familiar with the Italian ribollita--same thing. The foundation is always dry bread moistened with water or stock and any combination of vegetables, greens, and cheese you have on hand. While it sounds a lot like bread pudding, the recipe doesn't call for any eggs so it's actually best after setting and retaining its shape two or even three days after it's made. You slice it in wedges to serve and reheat it. See recipe, directions and pictures at: http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/09/27/book-review-tartine-bread/

Ethan Zuckerman served a fellow of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society from 2003 through 2009. Since 2009, he's been a senior researcher at the center, working on projects that focus on the impact of technology and media on the developing world and on quantitative analysis of media. Ethan and Berkman fellow Rebecca MacKinnon founded Global Voices, a global citizen media network. Beginning at a Berkman conference in 2004, Global Voices has grown into an independent Netherlands-based nonprofit with over 200 employees and volunteers in over 100 countries. Global Voices' work has been supported by the MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Knight Foundation, Hivos, Open Society Institute as well as Google, Reuters and private donors. In 2000, Ethan founded Geekcorps, a non-profit technology volunteer corps. Geekcorps pairs skilled volunteers from US and European high tech companies with businesses in emerging nations for one to four month volunteer tours. Volunteers have served in 14 nations, including Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Rwanda, Armenia and Jordan, completing over a hundred projects. Geekcorps became a division of the International Executive Service Corps in 2001. Prior to founding Geekcorps, Ethan helped found Tripod, an early pioneer in the web community space. Tripod was acquired by Lycos in 1998. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/ezuckerman

See Ethan Zuckerman's blog at: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/

In the hush of tranquil evening, 'mid a blaze of gold and crimson,
Now in state the red sun passes, to the west, in silence sinking.
Like a chant of color rising, slowly through the soft air drifting,
Tones of amethyst and topaz, sky and cloud are faintly tinting.
Puerto Rican school children