Blistering Barnacles! That iconic quiff has finally arrived on the big screen in The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn. Tintin‘s creator Hergé stated before his death that ‘if anyone can bring Tintin successfully to the screen’, it would be Spielberg, and he has done exactly that, [...]
Archive for November, 2011
November 23rd, 2011 - 10:59 pm § in Misc.
CHINA Advertisement for New Blockberry
The ad reads: “Obama have BlackBerry, I have BlockBerry.” BlockBerry, of course, being haff-comm’s Huawei K3-based WinMo 6.1 handset. This Storm 9500 KIRF packs a 460MHZ processor, a 3.2-inch touchscreen, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and supports 3G and EDGE. Some people’s audacity,[...]
November 23rd, 2011 - 1:11 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Fox dumps young fox.
James Murdoch quits as director of U.K. titles Mr. Murdoch continues as the executive chairman of News International, chairman of BSkyB, director of Times Editorial Board and deputy chief operating officer of News Corp. » Related: Now, James Murdoch faces “bombshell” emails[...]
November 23rd, 2011 - 11:05 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Anyone at the UW know who David Frockt is?
King County Council unanimously appoints David Frockt to be Scott White’s successor … NPI Advocate Seattle’s 46th legislative district has a state senator again! Following last Thursday’s joint meeting between the 46th District Democrats and the King County Democrats, where Repr[...]
Woody Allen’s son to join UW Rhodes Scholars!
Woody Allen’s son to join UW Rhodes Scholars! NEW YORK (AP) — The son of actress and activist Mia Farrow and director Woody Allen has been chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. Ronan Farrow is among 32 American students who will be awarded scholarships to study at Oxford University. It’s not the[...]
November 22nd, 2011 - 9:48 am § in Misc.
Thanksgiving in Canada
The other American Thanksgiving The Order of Good Cheer, 1606 by Charles William Jefferys, (1925). The origins of the first Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean. Frobisher’s Thanksgiving celebrati[...]
November 22nd, 2011 - 9:32 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: What The Super Committtee Debacle Means for the NIH
Yesterday President Obama was asked how he would respond to any effort to block the automatic spending cuts without corresponding abandonmment of the huge tax cuts Bush made for the very wealthy. Obama’s sho9srt answer was “NO.” “I will veto any effort to get rid of those aut[...]
November 22nd, 2011 - 12:18 am § in Schools & Colleges
Education Reform
Yenia Silva Correa DURING the last two years Cuba has been redesigning its strategies in order to enhance the training of its teachers, reduce spending without affecting class quality, use resources rationally and encourage students to train in pedagogical and technical careers. These topics were wi[...]
November 21st, 2011 - 11:46 pm § in Schools & Colleges
UW Bothell Prof Predicts Privitization of Universities
” “from each according to his or her abilities, to each according to his or her needs” is not a bad motto for public higher education.” “ (from AAUP Magazine, Academe) By Bruce Burgett (redacted and edited) In spring 2010, a group of University of Washington administrators [...]
Halstead’s Ennui
From: Halstead Harrison <[email protected] > To: Chris Mathews <[email protected]> Subject: Kennedy AnecdoteFriend Chris .. A review by Jacob Heilbrunn of your “Elusive Hero” in the NYTimes Book Review, Nov. 6th 2011, quotes you as saying “.. someone who wa[...]