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2,454 boring, unillustrated words about my PhD - (USA)
The great thing about having a blog that nobody reads is that I can write pretty much for myself. And as I need to start splurging and archiving and generally find out what I think for my PhD, I may as well attempt to do it publicly here. To start, then, with why I'm doing it in the first place – a question I don't ever stop asking myself, but rarely try to answer. 1: Architecture is more about the book than the building So why do a PhD at all? Firstly, I'm academically minded and as such, wa
http://www.sesquipedalist.com/2009/08/2454-boring-unillustrated-words-about.html
Creative Partnerships from Arts Council England. Exciting minds... - (USA)
Creative Partnerships from Arts Council England. Exciting minds...
http://www.creative-partnerships.com/
Chairs - (USA)
World Usability Day Taps Sustainability Experts as Five-Year Anniversary Event Co-ChairsCHICAGO, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ — Elizabeth Rosenzweig, founder and president of World Usability Day, announced today that Nathan Shedroff, chair of the ground-breaking MBA in Design Strategy at California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco, CA, and Brian Sullivan, the Usability Principal at the Sabre Human Factors Center, are the 2009 co-chairs. Held annually, the second Thursday in November (November
http://www.only2press.com/archives/19940
Can you hear me now? Work-related injuries for musicians - (USA)
Last week, 61-year old rock musician Steven Tyler fell off the stage and suffered a broken shoulder, along with stitches in his head and back. He has had to cancel upcoming shows, though it's likely he'll be on a self-imposed return-to-work plan in the near future. Many musicians are like athletes in their devotion to their profession and their determination to return to work as soon as feasible. (Not to mention the economic impact of canceling shows, which although there is event cancellation
http://www.workerscompinsider.com/archives/001093.html
Sins Invalid 2009: Oct 2-4 - (USA)
( Rodney Bell and Seeley Quest perform the Opening to the Sins Invalid Performance 2008) WHEN: 8pm Friday, October 2nd 8pm Saturday, October 3rd (interpretation provided by Stage Hands) 7pm Sunday, October 4th WHERE: Brava Theater 2789 24th St. (at York), San Francisco [ map ] For more info please call 510.689.7198 ACCESSIBILITY: This venue is wheelchair accessible. Although we cannot
http://sexgenderbody.com/content/sins-invalid-2009-oct-2-4
Photographer Interview: Aida Muluneh - (USA)
Above: Photo by Award-winning Photographer Aida Muluneh - whose upcoming book “explores (her) country through, identity, personal journey and family nostalgia after a 30-year absence - established an NGO in 2008 to train a new generation of African photographers to compete in the global media industry while reshaping the image of Africa to reflect their personal experiences. Dodge & Burn Diversity in Photography Saturday, August 08, 2009 Aida Muluneh is an award-winn
http://www.tadias.com/2009/08/11/photographer-interview-aida-muluneh/
Full Results From The American Cheese Society Competiton In Austin - (USA)
David Brawley , chef instructor at Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts Art Institute’s Culinary School was a judge at the American Society of Cheese competition in Austin. He sends the final results. They are posted below. (Let’s go to Quebec!) ACS 2009 Judging Results • 1 AMERICAN CHEESE SOCIETY 2009 JUDGING AND COMPETITION RESULTS Austin, Texas August 7, 2009 The American Cheese Society is an active, not for profit trade organization that encourages the understanding, ap
http://sidedish.dmagazine.com/2009/08/09/full-results-from-the-american-cheese-society-competiton-in-austin/
MUMBAI 11/26: WAKE UP TO ISLAMIC TERROR,THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING - (USA)
After the blasts in Ahmedabad on 26 July this year, I had written a detailed post about Islamic terrorism in India, indeed the world. But at that time, terror was not an item of discussion on the dinner tables of Indians who have a voice. Then, it was something that happened only to poor, nameless, faceless Indians who travelled in trains and shopped in crowded markets. The terror that hit the very heart of India on November 26, 2008, has changed everything dramatically forever. Its unpreceden
http://vinodksharma.blogspot.com/2008/11/mumbai-1126-wake-up-to-islamic.html
The Pleasures of Building - (USA)
A number of readers of this blog began an interesting discussion some postings back on the nature of a cabin, the virtues of self-building and the place of these matters in American life. Let me quote three of them, and then mention an essay that I recently read that has become a book that I would like to read.It was Mark van Roojen who first wrote in: “I do think that some of the lure of building a cabin is thinking of oneself as part of a tradition of cabin builders. It is one of the reasons I
http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/the-pleasures-of-building/
Blue Nose Edutainment - (USA)
http://www.bluenoseed.com/
The Jiu Jitsu Theory of Education - (USA)
Image courtesy of ADD Photography Woohoo! I found it! An education system that works! As you might know, I’m a big fan of rebuilding the education system. What we have now does a dozen things reasonably well… but helping students learn isn’t one of them. Thankfully, I recently came across a model of teaching that REALLY works! My Jiu Jitsu club. I joined up at the beginning of October. And now, after two months, I figured out what they do so well. And a lot of the things could be transf
http://anamazingmind.com/blog/2008/11/the-jiu-jitsu-theory-of-education/
Black Friday: The 'Sanctity of Life' vs Cheap Digital Camera? - (USA)
Troops Search India Hotel After Rampage EndsNBC News and news servicesReport: Militants wanted notoriety for 'India's 9/11'; 6 Americans deadMUMBAI, India - A 60-hour terror rampage that killed 195 people across India's financial capital ended Saturday when commandos killed the last three gunmen inside a luxury hotel while it was engulfed in flames.Authorities searched for any remaining captives hiding in their rooms and began to shift their focus to who was behind the attacks, which killed 18 f
http://headlines-youshouldknow.blogspot.com/2008/11/black-friday-sanctity-of-life-vs-cheap.html
No politics or sex: Art feels Myanmar junta's grip - (USA)
Sun Aug 9, 12:58 AM ET In this June 6, 2009 photo, a Myanmar student artist practices her skills at an art studio in Yangon, Myanmar. As members of a small but vibrant community, Myanmar artists are determined to forge a space for creative arts despite the restrictions in a country where the ruling military junta has an iron grip over free expression. Any signs of government criticism or political or sexual content can force an art show's clo
http://blog.luciolepress.com/2009/08/08/no-politics-or-sex-art-feels-myanmar-juntas-grip.aspx?ref=rss
Links - (USA)
Going forward, I am going to do a better job of presenting collections of articles/links that, while not worthy of a post of their own, are of interest to a Williams audience. (Many of these first appeared in Speak Up, but very few readers check that useful resource.) Here is the first set: Article on the presidential search process from the search consultant’s point of view. Discussion of endowment spending. Complaints about the Harvard model of endowment management. Includes: O
http://www.ephblog.com/2009/08/09/links-3/
The Science Museum: not Just a Tourist Hotspot - (USA)
Sir William Bragg, the eminent physicist, once stated, “The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.” The profundity and truthfulness of this statement seems nowhere more relevant than in the National Science Museum in London – one of the country’s most loved historical institutions. As part of the National Museum of Science and Industry, the Science Museum is more than a tourist attraction for London’s many visitors: it preser
http://www.mygr8blog.com/business/the-science-museum-not-just-a-tourist-hotspot/
Zodiac Arts News - (USA)
Zodiac Arts News November 29th, 2008 @ 5:41 am by admin November 27 , 2008 Kaaawa, Hawaii Here’s the chart for the Sagittarius New Moon. Sagittarius The sign of Sagittarius is associated with foreign cultures, long distance travel, higher education, religion and law; all things that expand one’s experience. It is an idealistic and future oriented sign. At this darkest time of the year, the joy in perceiving future possibilities fuels the drive to aim for the stars. Enthusiasm is high
http://www.astrodispatch.com/2008/11/29/zodiac-arts-news/
The fabric - (USA)
Last week, my eight year old daughter brought home a book to read from her school library. A comic book illustrating—you will not guess this—French Revolution! And it was fascinating as I read it from cover to cover. I mean I have learnt about the French revolution as part of my high-school history academic curriculum. But not like this. And just from these graphic images—for the first time really—I realized how the fabric of their society, and eventually, their living conditions eroded to
http://ckunte.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28Atom%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fckunte.com%2Farchives%2Fthe-fabric&seed_title=The+fabric
Towards A Department of Alternative Thinking - (USA)
Earlier this year, Paper magazine 's co-founder Kim Hastreiter attended a White House briefing and symposium on cultural activism. The Obama administration made an outreach to over 60 influential artists and cultural activists left out in the cold during the last eight years. But the speakers -- incoming political deputies with law degrees -- did not particularly impress our favorite gatekeeper as taking artists and the artistic process seriously. Artists, unfortunately, are not thought of as s
http://awearnessblog.com/2009/08/towards-a-department-of-altern.php
European talent Ilja Alexander talks to K-popped! - (USA)
Wait a minute, Ilja Alexander ain’t Korean (he’s from Amsterdam, the Netherlands), what on earth is he doing in K-popped!? Read on and we’ll let you in on the connection. Hallyuwood beckons?: European talent Ilja Alexander wants to break into South Korea You know that tiny rumour about Ilja Alexander being cast for Full House 2? It’s just that – a ‘lil rumour. Even the talent's manager was surprised to hear it. Nonetheless, the 28-year-old wants to break into South Korea. So far, the only Kor
http://k-popped.com/2008/11/european-talent-ilja-alexander-talks-to.html
-The Islamization of Europe? - (USA)
Europe is gradually becoming Muslim while most Europeans are trying to ignore it and worse yet, politicians who should see it coming seem to be contributing to the surrender in the name of multi-culturalism and religious diversity. Here’s a few quotes from one article in the U K Telegraph on the implications of a increasingly Muslim Europe: “Muslim Europe: the demographic time bomb transforming our continent” : “The numbers are startling. … Europe’s Muslim population has more than doubl
http://answersforthefaith.com/2009/08/08/the-islamization-of-europe/
The Colors Of Pewabic Pottery - (USA)
Pewpabic Pottery is a U.S. National Historical Landmark still in operation today much like it was when it was founded in 1903. The studio and school continues its long history of creating pottery and tiles with the iridescent glazes that made them famous, which are like an oil slick with an incredible translucent quality and a phantasmagoric depth of color. The works of Mary Chase Perry Stratton and Horace James Caulkins, the two responsible for the studio's start, can be seen in collections a
http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/29/the-colors-of-pewabic-pottery/
Download Britney Spears - (USA)
The “wild child” of the song world, Britney Spears, was born Dec. 2, 1981. I also have a birthday which is Dec. 2, 19.., which makes me much older than Britney, but I had my days of being wild as well. I remember all the young girls being smitten with this young lady’s music and style. Little did I know that she would bring a different style later as she grew in to a young woman. Britney became well known for her clothes, which later began to show off her young body. In an audition she was
http://nitawatson.com/blog4/2008/11/30/download-britney-spears/
Raise The Red Lantern - (USA)
Indulging myself with food, friends, cooking, further education and work just wasn’t enough for me. In an artsy-fartsy Melbourne, how could I not dwelve into the international arts scene displayed at The Arts Centre? This time around, brought to you by the National Ballet of China, Zhang Yimou’s movie “Raise The Red Lantern” in 1991 played by Gong Li is brought to stage, in his collaboration with Wang Xinpeng. The original movie depicted a girl forced to marry into a household of concubines an
http://www.kimong.com/?p=698
“Supporting a family on my job at the NFL betting corporation is difficult because I don’t have the - (USA)
“Supporting a family on my job at the NFL betting corporation is difficult because I don’t have the experience to move up the ladder yet,” said Lean Felling Nov 30th, 2008 by “It’s always hard finding work after college,” remarked Banas Rheingold, an HR rep with Mivshek Golas INC, “and we realize that. As a result, we provide new NFL betting business hirees with substantial benefits to stay onboard and grow their career with us.” This attention to the needs of entry level employees has ear
http://www.bet-on-the-nfl.com/?p=9977
MUSLIM DEMOGRAPHIC A TIMEBOMB FOR EUROPE - (USA)
Europe's low white birth rate, coupled with faster multiplying migrants, will change fundamentally what we take to mean by European culture and society " title="muslims-in-europe-2" width="515" height="322" class="size-full wp-image-37898" /> Europe's low white birth rate, coupled with faster multiplying migrants, will change fundamentally what we take to mean by European culture and society BY ADRIAN MICHAELS Britain and the rest of the European Union are ignoring a demographic time
http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=37897
Palmyra native named Rowan dean - (USA)
A former Palmyra resident has been promoted in the administration at Rowan University in Camden.Tyrone W. McCombs recently was named assistant provost and dean of Rowan’s city campus. He also serves as an associate professor of educational leadership in the College of Education at Rowan, whose main campus is in Glassboro.A 1987 Palmyra High School graduate, he holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Rutgers University and a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of P
http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/news/bct/palmyra-native-named-rowan-dean/
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