* बुद्ध पुर्णिमा/বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা Buddha Purnima or बुद्ध जयंती/বুদ্ধ জয়ন্তী Buddha Jayanti in India, Bangladesh and Nepal * 花祭 (Hanamatsuri) in Japan, * 석가 탄신일 Seokka Tanshin-il (Hanja: 釋�[...]
Archive for May, 2011
May 17th, 2011 - 8:20 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Libya
May 17 (Reuters) – Shokri Ghanem, the chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC), has defected from Muammar Gaddafi’s administration, security sources in neighbouring Tunisia and Libyan rebels said on Tuesday.[...]
May 17th, 2011 - 7:26 am § in Misc.
Notre Dame: Fighting Irish: Logos .. Made in the USA!
from Bloomberg The University of Notre Dame’s campus bookstore sells “Fighting Irish” lettermen jackets, “ND” license plate frames and stadium cups picturing the school’s leprechaun mascot. Not for sale: anything made in China. Ten years after adopting the policy, Notre Dame remains the [...]
May 17th, 2011 - 7:04 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: End is now 4 mournings away
Four more mornings to go. In the meantime, there are more signs….. Solar Storms Could Have ‘Potentially Devastating Effects’: NOAA Official 05/17/11 07:57 AM ET AP via Huff Post GENEVA — A senior official at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[...]
May 17th, 2011 - 6:58 am § in Schools & Colleges
Study: It’s not the teacher, But the tools that matter
Jeff Sandefer, a new colleague and educational entrepreneur from Texas, referred me to this report from NPR. The account illustrates the promise and the danger of terms like “on line education of” or “interactive learning.” The promise is very real. Watson and, later Ski[...]
May 16th, 2011 - 5:09 pm § in Misc.
Michelle: Commencement Speaker at Westpoint
Michelle Obama to address West Point, U.S. Military Academy, 3,000 grads on May 20, next Friday.[...]
May 16th, 2011 - 10:01 am § in Misc.
Head of IMF Refused Bail in New York Court
Strauss-Kahn brought before court for bail hearings. Bail was denied.[...]
May 16th, 2011 - 8:50 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: UPDATE for Sunday Revelations
BREAKING NEWS: Glenn Beck announced on his radio show Monday that he is planning to hold a rally in Jerusalem in August called “Restoring Courage.” Beck warned his listeners “God is involved in man’s affairs, but so is the force of darkness,” Beck continued ominously.[...]
May 16th, 2011 - 8:01 am § in Schools & Colleges
Feds Replace College Faculty With Online Quizzes.
Ed: Imagine a future where a politically influenced, centralized, federal bureaucracy can put its stamp on courseware that awards credit in evolution, economics or even American History. This article in the Chronicle talks about a $2 billion dollar federal effort to develop open courseware. Th[...]
May 16th, 2011 - 6:41 am § in Misc.
MLA in Seattle 2012
127th MLA Annual Convention The convention will begin on Thursday, 5 January, and end on Sunday, 8 January. Registration opens in early September for MLA members. PARTICIPATE The deadline to submit program forms and session proposals has passed (1 April). If you have already submitted program copy, [...]