http://kvpr.org en http://kvpr.org/post/california-missions-undergo-upgrades-resist-quakes At California's nearly two dozen Spanish missions, conversion these days isn't just about religion; it's also about seismic retrofitting. That's because the missions — which date to the late 1700s, when Spain's king sent Franciscan missionaries to convert natives to Christianity — would not withstand a major earthquake.<p>At a mission in Carmel, a 220-year-old basilica is in the middle of an earthquake retrofit. Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:44:00 +0000 Krista Almanzan 8729 at http://kvpr.org California Missions Undergo Upgrades To Resist Quakes http://kvpr.org/post/practical-side-great-american-jam-band <a href="http://www.npr.org/artists/15440218/grateful-dead" target="_blank">The Grateful Dead</a>'s eponymous live album started it all for Nicholas Meriwether.<p>It was 1985. He was studying history at Princeton and got hooked by psychedelic jams like "Wharf Rat." After his first concert, he knew: "I will spend the rest of my life thinking and studying this."<p>Meriwether now heads the Grateful Dead Archive at the University of California, Santa Cruz, which recently opened to the public. Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:38:00 +0000 Krista Almanzan 958 at http://kvpr.org The Practical Side Of The Great American Jam Band