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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: ranunculus on August 02, 2009, 07:09:58 AM
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The item below has been featured very recently on Alpine-L and I thought it would be equally interesting to members of this forum? Many of us have been fortunate enough to hear one of Panayoti's magnificent lectures in person, but for those of you in more distant lands then this article will be a revelation:-
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 09:41:13 -0600
From: Panayoti Kelaidis
Subject: And now for something a bit different...
Some of us may have met one another, but for many of us our mutual
presence is two dimensional and rather abstract. I realized that I'd
enjoy hearing some of your voices: you may have the capacity on your
computer to hear mine: I recently did a segment on Colorado Public
Radio which is available for a week or so at least on their website.
The subject is a book I recently edited, but I think I touch on
several subjects that are relevant to Alpine-L in the course of my
ten or twelve minutes of parochial fame. If you have capacity for I-
Tunes or suchlike audio programs, you should have no problem
downloading the segment. I confess, I'm rather pleased with it:
If you click on this URL: http://www.kcfr.org/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=94
Scroll down to "New book tells story of Denver Botanic Gardens",
click and the segment will download onto your computer....
Good luck!
Panayoti Kelaidis
Denver, Colorado USA
(enjoying the tentative return of sunny weather...)
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Thanks for cross-posting this, Cliff. I had seen it on Alpine-L and it's very interesting (especially for those of us lucky enough to have been to DBG). I struggled with the link, (not because it was broken, I tried it both ways) but because the links on the site are in date order, or something, and the relevant one had disappeared.
However, the following link will take you directly to the podcast.
http://www.kcfr.org/cgi-bin/comatters/comatters_play.asx?play=5055&type=comatters.asx (http://www.kcfr.org/cgi-bin/comatters/comatters_play.asx?play=5055&type=comatters.asx)
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Thanks for pointing this out Cliff !
... and thank you for helping out to get there Diane ;)
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Made an interesting distraction for a few minutes - thanks for pointing this our way!
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However, the following link will take you directly to the podcast.
http://www.kcfr.org/cgi-bin/comatters/comatters_play.asx?play=5055&type=comatters.asx (http://www.kcfr.org/cgi-bin/comatters/comatters_play.asx?play=5055&type=comatters.asx)
Any tricks to play .wmv files on Apple?
johnw
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Any tricks to play .wmv files on Apple? johnw
Yes. Download Format factory (it's free). It will convert most formats of audio and video files to most others, including MP4. Highly recommended.
http://www.formatoz.com/ (http://www.formatoz.com/)
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Any tricks to play .wmv files on Apple?
johnw
John - alternatively use 'Switch', also free: http://www.nch.com.au/switch/
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Those who have listened to the Denver Radio podcast, will have heard that Panayoti has just returned from a trip to Kazakhstan and Mongolia and he has posted some photos in the Forum.... here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3953.new;topicseen#new
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Thanks Diane and Gerry. Form Factory worked just fine.
johnw
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John - alternatively use 'Switch', also free: http://www.nch.com.au/switch/
Switch is very good, I use it regularly at work, but Format Factory does more formats, including video formats. It will convert to MP4 and it will also convert to Flash formats, including flv and swf
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Just got this in from Panayoti........
" realize the last thing you need in your busy schedule is more Cyberdistraction…but I have finally carved out a bit of a niche for myself in metaspace, and I have a few posts that I think should interest you.
http://www.botanicgardensblog.com/index.php/2009/10/16/forest-on-fire/#more-2389
and http://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/
If those posts pleased you, you may want to dip into my picture file:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delosperma/sets/72157622391606197/show/
At least I’m not asking you to “Twitter”!
All the best in this colorful season,
Panayoti Kelaidis"
Senior Curator and Director of Outreach
Denver Botanic Gardens
909 York Street
Denver, CO 80206
www.botanicgardens.org
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Oh Gee, so that wasn't just a personal communication I received ::) ;D
cheers
fermi
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Well, in but a few hours there will be a gathering of growers in Salida, Colorado for the NARGS Meeting..... for those of you who might be wondering what you are missing out on by not being there for the field trips, see this page at the NARGS Forum to enjoy some photos from Panayoti as he prepares for the event...
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=329.msg3088#msg3088
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Panayoti has loaded some photos from his 2009 visit to
Mogolia Mongolia to his photobucket albums.... it's a long url but you should only need to click on it!
http://s979.photobucket.com/albums/ae272/kelaidis/Mongolia%202009/?action=view¤t=wierdRhodiolaroseaMongolia456.jpg#
PK says it begins with an out of focus rhodiola...... ;)
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I don't know about Mogolia, but his Mongolian pics are phenomenal ;D
There are some plants simply "to die for" in that gallery, dwarf Dracocephalums, unusual Apiaceae, Rhodiola beauties, that fuzzy-wuzzy Arnica sp with pink bracts :o :o :o
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perfect timing---after a warmer than average first half of november, we have dropped to -12 to -16 daytimes, at least 15 cm of snow over the last two days and still coming down for a couple more (nothing like the heavy wet dumps down east, but we have a large area to clear by shovel....);
i was out earlier sawing firewood in the bush (i still try every time i am out there to love that i am in the forest, even if i'd rather not have to be carrying a chainsaw -usually cutting standing dead trees-and dragging logs out) and doing some other chores, and thought to myself that this would be a perfect day for some online botanising..
now to hope these pics (and julias, from bhutan, don't send me running back to check out those czech seedlists!)
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A wee reminder that Panayoti continues his blogs - https://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/ - and these are always worth reading!