Obama's Weekly Video Addresses Becoming Increasingly Avant-Garde | The Onion - America's Finest News Source WASHINGTON—Hailed as a sign of renewed government transparency when they began airing last year, President Barack Obama's weekly video addresses have grown increasingly experimental in recent weeks, raising eyebrows nationwide. Videos like the one that aired Tuesday morning, which begins with Obama outlining his new plan to provide healthier school lunches to the nation's children, but soon devolves into frantic editing, unsettling imagery, and dissonant audio effects, have left many wondering about the president's ultimate message. "I found the whole thing a bit confusing," said New York resident Abe Klein, who added that he has watched Obama's videos transform over time from informative to aesthetically challenging to just plain bizarre. "Don't get me wrong, I'm all for these weekly addresses," Klein added. "The president still wants to continue his dialogue with the American people," Pfeiffer said. Since then, the president's work has grown more abstract and drawn mixed reviews.
MobilizeThis Symposium The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut There was a tap at the door at five in the morning. She woke up. Shit. Now what? She’d fallen asleep with her Palm Tungsten T3 in her hand. “I know you’re home,” he said. Kalle fucking Blomkvist. She tried to remember whether she was speaking to him or not. Salander opened the door a crack and spent several paragraphs trying to decide whether to let Blomkvist in. “Please,” he said. He was cradling an iBook in his arms. “I can’t really go on without an umlaut,” he said. But where in Sweden were they? “I need my umlaut,” Blomkvist said. It was a compelling argument. She opened the door. He handed her the computer and went to make coffee on her Jura Impressa X7. She tried to get the umlaut to work. <Where are you? She went to the bathroom and got a Q-tip and gently cleaned the area around the Alt key. Finally, she spoke. “It’s fixed,” she said. “Thanks,” he said. She thought about smiling, but she’d smiled three hundred pages earlier, and once was enough
The Art of Learning Better: 101 Tips to Find and Fit Your Learning ... By Sarah Russel Sometimes, information is hard to understand just because it’s presented in a manner that just doesn’t quite appeal to the way we like to learn best. While it isn’t always possible to take every class or complete every project in a way that fits into your individual style, there are ways that you can help to ensure that you’re making the most of the material at hand. Visual Learners Those who are visual learners understand concepts and ideas better when they are presented in pictures, text, drawings, graphs, charts or other visual representations. Organization Keeping your stuff together and staying on task can sometimes be a challenge. Color code. In Class Keep focused in class with these tips. Always take notes. Studying Studying can be a bore sometimes, but you can make the time you spend more effective with these tips. Create a timeline. Using Other Learning Methods The fact is that sometimes you’re not going to be able to use the learning method that works best for you.
We all feel like that now and then At the height of World War II on April 6th, 1943, British Ambassador to Moscow, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, wrote a letter to Foreign Office minister Lord Reginald Pembroke in an effort to simply brighten up his day, which has since become a classic piece of correspondence for reasons that will soon become obvious. The letter is indeed hilarious, and proof, if it were needed, that name-based punnery and mild xenophobia did a roaring trade long before the Internet was fired up. Thanks to Christopher Dawkins for the tip. Transcript H.M. EMBASSY MOSCOWLord Pembroke The Foreign Office London6th April 1943My Dear Reggie,In these dark days man tends to look for little shafts of light that spill from Heaven.
Teaching Tips.com - Online Teacher Certificates - Become a Teacher Google Responds To Privacy Concerns With Unsettlingly Specific Apology | The Onion - America's Finest News Source MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Responding to recent public outcries over its handling of private data, search giant Google offered a wide-ranging and eerily well-informed apology to its millions of users Monday. "We would like to extend our deepest apologies to each and every one of you," announced CEO Eric Schmidt, speaking from the company's Googleplex headquarters. "Clearly there have been some privacy concerns as of late, and judging by some of the search terms we've seen, along with the tens of thousands of personal e-mail exchanges and Google Chat conversations we've carefully examined, it looks as though it might be a while before we regain your trust." Google expressed regret to some of its third-generation Irish-American users on Smithwood between Barlow and Lake. Schmidt's apology appeared suddenly at 9 a.m. Monday's apology comes after the controversial launch of Google Buzz, a social networking platform that publicly linked Gmail users to their most e-mailed contacts by default.
National Centre for Technology in Education) - The Internet (Ireland) According to Encyclopedia Britannica the Internet is: ".....a network connecting many computer networks and based on a common addressing system and communications protocol called TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)." What this means is that the Internet is a vast global network, which in turn connects smaller computer networks. Unlike online services, which are centrally controlled, the Internet is decentralized by design. The Internet is made up of the following: The World Wide Web (WWW)Electronic Mail (email)NewsgroupsFile transfer protocol (FTP) Bulletin boards (BBS)Remote computer access (Telnet). The components familiar to most people are the World Wide Web and email. History of the Internet: The Internet began as an American Department of Defense project called Arpanet in the late 1960s. It attracted the attention of a group of academics and researchers, the National Science Foundation (NSF) who was working on a similar project. The World Wide Web: In this section
U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion | The Onion - America's Finest News Source WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy ceased to function this week after unexpected existential remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke shocked Americans into realizing that money is, in fact, just a meaningless and intangible social construct. Calling it "basically no more than five rectangular strips of paper," Fed chairman Ben Bernanke illustrates how much "$200" is actually worth. What began as a routine report before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday ended with Bernanke passionately disavowing the entire concept of currency, and negating in an instant the very foundation of the world's largest economy. "Though raising interest rates is unlikely at the moment, the Fed will of course act appropriately if we…if we…" said Bernanke, who then paused for a moment, looked down at his prepared statement, and shook his head in utter disbelief. "You know what? "It's just an illusion," a wide-eyed Bernanke added as he removed bills from his wallet and slowly spread them out before him.
Top Ten No Sympathy Lines (Education/Training) Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay First - time Visitors: Please visit Site Map and Disclaimer. Use "Back" to return here. This Course Covered Too Much Material... Great! The Expected Grade Just for Coming to Class is a B This belief seems to be making the rounds in some college circles. Unlike Lake Wobegon, all the children in the real world are not above average. I Disagreed With the Professor's Stand on ---- The time to deal with this issue is when it comes up in class. But the professor might put me down, or the students might laugh at me. Some Topics in Class Weren't on the Exams The point of a class is the material, not the exam. Do You Give Out a Study Guide? Hmm. So what you're saying is the cutoff grade for an A should be 10%, right? How Am I Doing In Class? You're failing. You may luck out and get something higher than an F, but as theologians say, don't confuse mercy with merit. I Studied for Hours How many? I Don't Have Time For All This
How to Survive a 35,000-Foot Fall - Plane Crash Survival Guide 35,000 Feet You have a late night and an early flight. Not long after takeoff, you drift to sleep. Suddenly, you’re wide awake. You’re 6 miles up. Things are bad. Or at least you will be. Granted, the odds of surviving a 6-mile plummet are extraordinarily slim, but at this point you’ve got nothing to lose by understanding your situation. Surviving a plunge surrounded by a semiprotective cocoon of debris is more common than surviving a pure free-fall, according to Hamilton’s statistics; 31 such confirmed or “plausible” incidents have occurred since the 1940s. Whether you’re attached to crumpled fuselage or just plain falling, the concept you’ll be most interested in is terminal velocity. Depending on your size and weight, and factors such as air density, your speed at that moment will be about 120 mph—and you’ll get there after a surprisingly brief bit of falling: just 1500 feet, about the same height as Chicago’s Sears (now Willis) Tower. 22,000 Feet But at what? 1000 Feet 7:02:25 am
Khan Academy Stewart Lee's insider's take on William and Kate | Stage The selection of Kate Middleton, a lowly commoner drawn from the very dregs of society, as Prince William's bride has been the subject of great speculation, much of it thinly veiled snobbery. But Britain is broken. Social mobility is at a historic low, state education and public healthcare are in crisis, and our own prime minister has blamed the truculent immigrant and his concealed wife for our lack of national cohesion. Once upon a time, royal marriages were political acts that forged links between different nations. Instead, William and Kate's wedding will bind this nation to itself, and in marrying so very far beneath himself, I believe the young prince has made a heroic and deliberate sacrifice to achieve this end. Pause for a moment. Jessie L Weston's 1920 study of Holy Grail mythology, From Ritual to Romance, pictures Britain as a wasteland, an image appropriated by TS Eliot to describe the aftermath of the first world war. Kate was educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire.
30+1 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom « Magic in education! Facebook isn’t just a great way for you to find old friends or learn about what’s happening this weekend, it is also an incredible learning tool. Teachers can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication, and for engaging students in a manner that might not be entirely possible in traditional classroom settings. Read on to learn how you can be using Facebook in your classroom, no matter if you are a professor, student, working online, or showing up in person for class. Class Projects The following ideas are just a starting point for class projects that can be used with Facebook in the classroom.1.Follow news feeds. Facilitate Communication An excellent way to ensure students are more engaged in the learning experience is by strengthening the communication between students and student-to-teacher. Benefits Why use Facebook with your class? Like this: Like Loading...