The Chucksphere

I finally got around to submitting my clues for May Day 2009. They go as follows:

Channel-rhodopsins are proteins that serve as photoreceptors. In experiments conducted on zebra-fish, it has been found that manipulation of zebra-fish neurons with ChR2 can enable researchers to manipulate zebra-fish behavior through the application of “brief pulses of blue light.” (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18682213)

4-ethylguaiacol is a compound formed during alcoholic fermentation that can give a “bacon” flavor to wines. Presence of 4-ethylguaiacol in wine generally indicates that the batch has spoiled.

Rosumovi Univerzalni Roboti are Rossum’s Universal Robots, from a play by the same name by Karel Capek. His play represented the first appearance of the concept of “robot” in English. However, the robots in the story were not mechanical, but biological.

When these clues are taken together with these lines: “the first field tests…have demonstrated…that Pigs guzzling vin rouge of any grade, respond to the empirical exemplars. Their “will”—if they possessed such—is statistically immaterial when pitted against the repetitive imbibition coupled with THE ORPHANAGE’s imaginal archetypes”; suggest that the Orphanage are drugging the Pigs (the police?) and planning to use them to further their own ends.

The horizontal music is Azmon CM, alluded to in the bottom-right quadrant. That tune is used in the song UMH 057 “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing” by Charles Wesley, who said that every man should sing it on the anniversary of his conversion (http://biographies.texasfasola.org/charleswesley.html). Sheet music here: (http://www.strictbaptist.com/YOUNG%20PEOPLE%27S%20HYMNAL/PDF/5%20Azmon.pdf).

The vertical music is the hymn UMH 110 “A Mighty Fortress is Our God (Ein Feste Burg),” written by Martin Luther, whose meter is 87.87.66.667 (also int he lower-right quadrant). Music here: (http://www.hymnsite.com/pdf/110piano.pdf).

The photo of the child playing over the map of the U.S. looks very very similar to the black-top at the elementary school I went to so long ago. I’m not sure it would be possible to get that perspective at at the school, as there is nothing very high at that point. Also, common sense would dictate that there is no way in hell that is my old elementary school. Right?

Clue also posted at the Wildcat Code.