Congratulations to Teresa for winning Cozy in Kansas by Nancy Mehl and Carolyn for winning Reunion by Staci Stallings.This week I am hosting Lyn Cote and Michelle Griep. This is historical romance week with Her Captain’s Heart by Lyn Cote and Gallimore by Michelle Griep
Larry is having some trouble with his blog so I am posting this important news from him on his behalf. – Joi It is with a complicated mix of excitement and sadness that I make the following announcement. As some of you remember, just over a year ago I reported that I was shifting my academic (and activist) work from free culture related issues to (what I called) “corruption.” At Stanford, a year ago, I outlined what this work would be: To focus on the many institutions in public life that dep
For 100 years, Native Alaskans went to a school where their own language was forbidden, their history and culture benignly ignored or violently demeaned, denigrated, even persecuted. Teachers were given no orientation to the language or culture of their students or the communities in which they taught.
Nina Foch, the Dutch-born actress who often played cool, calculating women in films, theater and television and was a respected coach of aspiring actors and directors, has died. She was 84
Hello! It’s been a while since I’ve posted, not because I haven’t wanted to..only because we are not that exciting, nor do we have a pet or kid to post about! (all in good time!) I am ALMOST done with student teaching (10 days to be exact, but who’s counting?) I cannot believe it is almost over! I will be a credentialed teacher in the beginning of January! Hooray! School will be OVER! Double Hooray! But, I will be jobless which is OK I guess. Something will come up! We got our Christmas tree l
Over at Framing Science, Matt Nisbet just posted a short section from a first draft of an article he and I are putting together for a special upcoming journal symposium on the future of science communication.”In a way its an updated, bigger picture on the arguments we made in the cover article we wrote last year for The Scientist. It also draws upon insights and lessons learned from talks at a diversity of venues over the last year, our work with organizations such as the National Academies, and
I’ve spent the last bit caught in a purgatory of sorts… York U’s teaching assistants are on strike which has suspended classes at the university. I’ve been taking care of bedridden Sa who has a broken foot and has now come down with the flu on top of it. As much as I can, I’ve been watching Craigslist job postings and getting in to and out for interviews, but that’s had the usual set of stupid obstacles.
There are many actions parents can take to help children become better students and achieve higher grades at school: staying in touch with teachers; checking homework after it is finished, reviewing the work children bring home after it has been graded, providing a set time and location for work to be completed, and discussing over dinner what your children learned that day in the classroom. Fortunately one of the most powerful research supported actions is an easy one to accomplish – esta
Directed by: Sarah Moon Featuring: David Lynch, John Boorman, Wim Wenders, Costa Gravas, Spike Lee, Lasse Hallstrom, Peter Greenaway and Arthur Penn (this is a list of the unpretentious, non-French directors featured) Year: 1995 Well, this is going to be short. It’s hard to write about a DVD that really just consists of a bunch of short films (under a minute) made by mostly international (read: unknown) filmmakers
