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Reel Education: 50 Free Open Courses for Movie Lovers - (USA)
By Jessica Merritt Whether you’re an aspiring filmmaker, or just a major fan, you’ll be pleased to find out that there are a number of open courses available to movie lovers. These courses are offered by top universities, and cover topics including film culture, visual arts, and video production. Read on to learn more about them, and get access to the courses. Concepts & Philosophy These courses will help you lay the foundation for creating and appreciating fine movies. Studying the Art
http://www.online-college-blog.com/index.php/open-courseware/reel-education-50-free-open-courses-for-movie-lovers/
The College of Wooster - (USA)
Type : Private, 4-year, Liberal Arts College Located : Wooster, OH Size : just a bit under 2000 undergraduates Cost : $44,280 (including tuition, room/board) Degree Offerings: Bachelor’s Kauke Hall Hello! It is with great pleasure that I invite you along with me to visit The College of Wooster, a 4-year Liberal Arts College located in Wooster, OH. The College of Wooster enrolls just under 2,000 undergraduates annually, with about 40% of its students coming from Ohio, and
http://www.al-jamiat.com/finding-college/college-wooster/
Economy Sends Fund Raisers’ Confidence Down - (USA)
The fundraising climate for U.S. charities continued to decline in the first half of 2009, according to the latest Philanthropic Giving Index (PGI) released yesterday by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. The PGI, similar to a Consumer Confidence Index for charitable giving, includes three indexes on a scale from 0 to 100, based on a semiannual national survey of nonprofit fundraising professionals. Higher scores indicate more positive or optimistic attitudes about the climate f
http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/economy-sends-fund-raisers-confidence-down/
Was My Ancestor a Medieval Knight? - (USA)
A medieval knight, and perhaps your great, great (etc) grandfather (PD photo)Anyone can research their ancestors going back a generation or two. Just ask grandma!But how about going back, say, six or seven centuries. A new genealogical database will let you do just that, particularly if your family has roots in England, and even more particularly, if one of your ancestors was a medieval soldier.A recently-released database, The Soldier in Later Medieval England, let’s you search 14th and 15th
http://quezi.com/9729
Floatin' Powa News Service: So, Sufi...What The Fatwa? - (USA)
The sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights up the whole sky... ~ Sufi Proverb I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~ Sufi Proverb Drought problems envelop Syria New York Times covers up fierce anti-Israel radicalism at "moderate" Fatah Confab In its Aug. 7 edition, the New York Times runs an article by Jerusalem correspondent Isab
http://babbazeesbrain.blogspot.com/2009/08/floatin-powa-news-service-so-sufiwhat.html
How Will NEA?s Landesman Play in Peoria? Congressman’s Spokesperson (and readers) Speak Out - (USA)
Aaron Schock, freshman Republican Congressman from Peoria Rocco Landesman , the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, virtually guaranteed that there would be backlash against his plans for that agency by shooting from the lip before he had located his Washington office's paper clips. Sometimes the best management style (especially as a government bureaucrat) is to start a new job by patiently elucidating one's ideas and seeking to build consensus, rather than by precipi
http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2009/08/how_will_landesman_play_in_peo.html
Associate Degrees for In-Demand Careers - (USA)
by Sophie Peters An associates degree is generally awarded by community colleges and junior colleges. However, a few four-year colleges and universities also award the degree. You need about 60 credit hours to graduate from most associate programs. On average, if you take classes full-time, you can earn your associates degree in about two years. However, part-time students enjoy are quite flexible with online classes and have a broad selection of classes that they require to complete their
http://blog.financenewstoday.com/careers/associate-degrees-for-in-demand-careers/
Apple Student Gallery - The Life of Frida Through Claymation (12824) - (USA)
http://edcommunity.apple.com/gallery/student/item.php?itemID=12824
He's won the "Bad Writing Contest" twice, but now Professor Fredric R. Jameson has won the $900,000 - (USA)
"The prize, established in 2003 by the Norwegian Parliament and worth about $900,000 this year, is awarded annually to an outstanding scholar in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, theology, or law."The Duke literature professor has written such things as "Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism."His 1997 "Bad Writing" prize honored such sentences as -- from "Signatures of the Visible":The visual is essentially pornographic, which is to say that it has its end in rapt,
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/11/hes-won-bad-writing-contest-twice-but.html
Those to Whom I Would Like to Offer My Thanks - (USA)
Thanksgiving, properly conceived, is a time to pay tribute, or as Craig Biddle puts it, “say justice“–to those who have created the values that sustain us. In that vein, I would like to offer thanks to those whose life-giving contribution makes it possible for me to stomach the morass of the modern world. This is my “top ten” list of human beings in history, to whom I would like to say “thank you.” Aristotle - “The Philosopher” — the fountainhead of Western civilization — the greatest man of
http://powellhistory.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/those-to-whom-i-would-like-to-offer-my-thanks/
Tony Gittens to Leave D.C. Arts Commission - ARTINFO.com - (USA)
http://www.artinfo.com/articles/story/27824/new-artistic-director-for-reykjavik-arts-festival/
20090804 - (USA)
Slate Magazine — How Is America Going To End? The top 144 scenarios '#22. Media Piracy: The American film and music industries go bankrupt as piracy becomes universal. The United States ceases to be the world's leading exporter of culture, and the country declines in influence as images of America no longer proliferate worldwide. #23. Decadence: Rome had bread and circuses. America's descent into a mindless stupor can be seen in the popularity of pornography and NASCAR. If you think ragging
http://www.adamcrowe.com/2009/08/05/20090804/
DARWIN ANNIVERSARY - SPECIAL BULLETIN 1 - (USA)
From an email from BSHS's Outreach and Education Committee (2008/11/27): BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE DARWIN ANNIVERSARY - SPECIAL BULLETIN 1 1.) Cambridge Darwin Festival - July 2009 2.) Natural History Museum - Darwin 200 3.) British Council Darwin Now Awards - deadline 5th December 4.) Darwin Correspondence Project Teaching Resources - online now 5.) Wellcome Trust Evolution resources 6.) Darwin's 'Birthday Party' - Birmingham - 7th February 7.
http://thedispersalofdarwin.blogspot.com/2008/11/darwin-anniversary-special-bulletin-1.html
Information about Grants from the US government agencies – where to find them and how to apply for t - (USA)
http://grants.gov/aboutgrants/grants.jsp What is a Grant? Grants are not benefits or entitlements . A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States. Federal grants are not federal assistance or loans to individuals. A federal grant may not used to acquire property or services for the federal government’s direct benefit. The 26 federal agencies offe
http://cricketdiane.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/information-about-grants-from-the-us-government-agencies-where-to-find-them-and-how-to-apply-for-them-general-info-found-on-grants-site-in-these-pages/
Math, meet Spanish; Spanish, meet Math... - (USA)
A reader picks up on the recent math conversation with an interesting comment: Just as math and science teachers need to incorporate the arts in their instruction, those of us in the humanities must support math and science learning. For example, do creative writing and word problems need to be mutually exclusive? (Maybe students would be more engaged with word problems that are personalized and not about two trains!) Another expample: my Spanish students learn numbers in my class but will do s
http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/2009/08/math-meet-spanish-spanish-meet-math.html
college major discounts - (USA)
Here’s a simple idea: why not discount college tuition according to the market value of the major? For example, why should philosophy majors pay the full $40k at leading schools? Those folks should pay way less. Pros and cons: Improve enrollments in majors that people would like to take, but are viewed (justifiably) as financial burdens. Allow people more flexibility after college. The dreamer who majored in art may not have to do that corporate gig if the college debt is, say, $30,000 inst
http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/college-major-discounts/
Today in Congress - (USA)
The House is in recess, returning Sep. 8th. In the Senate, courtesy of the Secretary of the Senate: Convenes: 10:00am Resume consideration of H.R.2997 , Agriculture Appropriations, with the time until 10:30am equally divided between the Managers and Senator McCain, or their designees. The filing deadline for second degree amendments is 10:15am. 10:30am series of votes in relation to the following amendments: McCain amendment #1912 [link] McCain amendment #2030. [link]
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/4/761596/-Today-in-Congress
The List: Every event worth listing Thurs., Aug. 13-Wed., Aug. 19 - (USA)
Ed. note: This piece was compiled by Danielle Favreau.VISUAL ARTS: OPENINGART UPTOWN 1367 Main St., Sarasota (955-5409 or artuptown.com). Shirley Dean will showcase her landscape, beach and local scene acrylics. Exhibit runs Aug 15-21. Dog Days Juried Art Show will feature submissions from local area artists 21 and over. Exhibit runs through Aug. 27. Regular hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. Free.SUMNER STUDIO 1365 Blvd. of the Arts, Sarasota (957-3728). Pamela Sumner pr
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/the941/2009/08/11/the-list-every-event-worth-listing-thurs-aug-13-wed-aug-19/
Rocco Landesman Confirmed as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts - (USA)
Damon Winter/The New York Times Rocco Landesman The Broadway producer Rocco Landesman was confirmed by the Senate on Friday as the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Mr. Landesman, 62, produced award-winning productions like “Angels in America,” “Big River” and ”The Producers” and has for more than 20 years been president of Jujamcyn Theaters, New York’s third largest theater owner. Jim Leach, 66, a former Republican congressman from Iowa who is now a professor at Princet
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/rocco-landesman-confirmed-as-chairman-of-the-national-endowment-for-the-arts/
Your Morning Giggle - (USA)
From the Telegraph: Rules at University College London dictate that staff … must not use words including “chairman”, “chairwoman” and “homosexual”. However, research found 3,000 documents on the university’s website containing the word “chairman”. In another example, Loughborough University’s “inclusive language policy” advised staff to use “older people” in preference to phrases such as “the elderly”, “pensioners” or “senior citizens”. However, a press release last year announcing th
http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=16070
Carnegie Mellon’s Silicon Valley Campus Celebrates Seventh Annual Graduation Ceremonies Aug. 8 - (USA)
Carnegie Mellon’s Silicon Valley Campus Celebrates Seventh Annual Graduation Ceremonies Aug. 8PITTSBURGH, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Carnegie Mellon University’s Silicon Valley campus will host Hitachi Ltd.’s Elizabeth (Liz) King at its seventh annual graduation ceremony Aug. 8 at Moffett Field, Calif.(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020422/CMULOGO )King, vice president and general manager of Hitachi Ltd., will encourage the 50 new software engineering and software management graduates t
http://www.only2press.com/archives/18365
Basics - New Curriculum Designed to Unite Art and Science - NYTimes.com - (USA)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/science/27angi.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print
Senate confirms Rocco Landesman as NEA head [Updated] - (USA)
Rocco Landesman, the colorful head of Broadway's Jujamcyn Theaters, has been approved by the Senate to assume the top position at the National Endowment for the Arts. The Senate also unanimously confirmed Jim Leach to head the National Endowment for the Humanities. An imposing figure on the New York theater scene, Landesman was seen by many as an unusual but welcome choice by the Obama administration to head the troubled NEA, which has been reeling from years of budget cuts and accusations of i
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/08/senate-confirms-rocco-landesman-as-nea-head.html
Help me advise a 1L part II: “This whole pomo individualistic idealism is totally screwing up my gen - (USA)
So ends the latest message in an e-mail correspondence I’ve been having with a dissatisfied medicine/law student. And so, once again, I throw matters to you to help me advise a 1L. Anyone have some bright ideas for this fellow? Him: Paul, I stumbled upon your blog, in one of those what-to-do-with-my-life internet trawling blurs. Your posts resonated with so many of my thoughts. I did a biology degree at a liberal arts university. I very quickly realized that biology is extremely boring and
http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=830
Task Force no waste of time for Sen. Dan Kelly - (USA)
Here’s whyAnother blogger just reported on his interview with Kentucky State Senator Dan Kelly (See the article “A Softball for Dan Kelly” dated Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Here) and the recent Assessment and Accountability Task Force. That other blog reports Senator Kelly didn’t consider the Task Force to be a total waste of time, but it is important to understand why.When last year’s Senate Bill - 1 on education was floated, Senators Kelly and Williams took a lot of heat for not consulting te
http://bluegrasspolicy-blog.blogspot.com/2008/11/task-force-not-waste-of-time-for.html
YouTube - About Writing, Radio Interview with B.K. Bazhe, Part 2 - (USA)
About Writing - http://www.BAZHE.comThe American Perspective.Radio Interview with B.K. Bazhe, Part 2B.K. Bazhe speaks about Writingwith Judyth Piazza.BAZHE i...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVyI_0eTKyo
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