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Excuse Me, My Cell Phone Is Ringing
I have recently been reading the new book by the author of Blink. In it the author argues that 10,000 hours of practice in one skill before early adulthood is necessary for world-class mastery of that skill. That is, name the best athlete, the best artist, the best musician – the best at any human endeavor that requires focus, practice, and skill – then (he argues) that person likely had 10,000 hours of practice by the age ...
<< MORE >>The Nazca Lines
This episode on the Nazca Lines is a good introduction to ideas beyond UFOs (or ancient helium
balloons):
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/solving-history/episode-guide/solving-history.html
Excellent coverage of looting (grave robbing) ... and anyone willing to take a hallucinogen in the name of history whose side effects may include ... << MORE >>
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/solving-history/episode-guide/solving-history.html
Excellent coverage of looting (grave robbing) ... and anyone willing to take a hallucinogen in the name of history whose side effects may include ... << MORE >>
Article Cricical of Wheaton College Nixed
<:od>Here is the article and an account of what happened:
http://whitherwheaton.org/
This is Wheaton College:
http://www.wheaton.edu/
Here is their statement of faith:
http://www.wheaton.edu/welcome/aboutus_community.html
(Think for a moment ...
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http://whitherwheaton.org/
This is Wheaton College:
http://www.wheaton.edu/
Here is their statement of faith:
http://www.wheaton.edu/welcome/aboutus_community.html
(Think for a moment ...
Aid to Haiti
Text “Haiti” to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross:
To help, people can make an unrestricted donation to the International Response Fund at www.redcross.orgor by calling 1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767). The public can also help by texting “Haiti” to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross, through an effort backed by the U.S. State Department. Funds will go to support American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.
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To help, people can make an unrestricted donation to the International Response Fund at www.redcross.orgor by calling 1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767). The public can also help by texting “Haiti” to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross, through an effort backed by the U.S. State Department. Funds will go to support American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.
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The Archaeology of Slavery
I recently watched this program on the archaeology of slavery. Harriott Lomax's comments
on history as giving voice to the voiceless struck me as a fine summary of archaeology: http://www.pbs.org/saf/1301/features/lives.htm
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A New Class of Links
Well, I must be doing something right: the online homework forgers have found this site.
Do not let someone else write your homework. Do not copy your sources word-for word. Do your own thinking and your own writing: once you have a job the consequences for plagiarism are far more severe than a bad grade.
(/Kushana goes back to blocking homework forgers and talking to her helper.)
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The last half of this past year has ushered in many changes and an avalanche of paperwork from seveal sources. I have though often about what I would rather being doing with my own time; I even missed the end of the Palm Tree Garden forums (although their website will continue.) Even the most casual writing for a weblog takes time, work, and revision (and invisible consultations with my assistants.) I was so snowed under that many of my ideas this Summer and Fall did not even make it to the note-next-to-the-computer stage. I think I have molified the senders-of-paperwork and I look forward to the new year being different from the prior one.
-Kushana
Do not let someone else write your homework. Do not copy your sources word-for word. Do your own thinking and your own writing: once you have a job the consequences for plagiarism are far more severe than a bad grade.
(/Kushana goes back to blocking homework forgers and talking to her helper.)
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The last half of this past year has ushered in many changes and an avalanche of paperwork from seveal sources. I have though often about what I would rather being doing with my own time; I even missed the end of the Palm Tree Garden forums (although their website will continue.) Even the most casual writing for a weblog takes time, work, and revision (and invisible consultations with my assistants.) I was so snowed under that many of my ideas this Summer and Fall did not even make it to the note-next-to-the-computer stage. I think I have molified the senders-of-paperwork and I look forward to the new year being different from the prior one.
-Kushana
Water Found on the Moon
Listen to this article
The recent effort to find water ice on the moon has succeeded:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/8359744.stm
(I am getting ready for SBL and hope to be in touch when I return.)
(Not a scholar? Want a taste of it? Sign up for this: http://www.bib-arch.org/travel-study/bible-fest-2009.asp)
-Kushana
Nobel Prize in Medicine
Congratulations to the first women to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine: Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider. Congratulations also to their colleague Jack W. Szostak.
They, and their colleagues, may have opened the door to curing cancer.
It has always been my position that when we support and encourage those with the tallent and capacity to do great ...<< MORE >>
They, and their colleagues, may have opened the door to curing cancer.
It has always been my position that when we support and encourage those with the tallent and capacity to do great ...<< MORE >>
Stonehenges Invisible Twins
Interpreting these sites is hampered by the difficulty in interpreting any ancient monument or symbol left by a past culture with no writing. (See the dozens of theories offered in the first article.)
The new discovery, 'Bluehenge': http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217752/Henge-stones-Unearthed-site-monuments-little-sister.htm
An older 'invisible' (wooden) twin to Stonehenge, Durrington Walls: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/world/europe/31iht-dig.4418941.html
-Kushana
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The new discovery, 'Bluehenge': http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217752/Henge-stones-Unearthed-site-monuments-little-sister.htm
An older 'invisible' (wooden) twin to Stonehenge, Durrington Walls: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/world/europe/31iht-dig.4418941.html
-Kushana
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To My American Readers
In Plymouth (Masachsetts) this September?
Want a taste of archaeology?
Help out at this year's dig in Duxbury: http://www.duxburyhistory.org/king_caesar_dig.htm
(If you are not in Massachusetts check with your local historical society: there may be opportunities in archaeolology that are less well advertised.)
-Kushana
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Want a taste of archaeology?
Help out at this year's dig in Duxbury: http://www.duxburyhistory.org/king_caesar_dig.htm
(If you are not in Massachusetts check with your local historical society: there may be opportunities in archaeolology that are less well advertised.)
-Kushana
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