Federalism
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
[Revised entry by Andreas Føllesdal on March 9, 2010.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
Federalism is the theory or advocacy of federal principles for dividing powers between member units and common institutions. Unlike in a unitary state, sovereignty in...
2010 Interpreter Education Program Award of Excell...
Inttranews - Daily News Site for Linguists
Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
/img_CCr0BN4iHjbxgPcv1DWP_0.jpgUtah, USA (Business Wire): Sorenson Communications®, the nation's leading provider of Video Relay Service (VRS) for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who use sign language to communicate, today announced that submissions are...
On A Whim
Linguaphiles
Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
I was thinking about compiling a resource book for writers which would include commonly asked for phrases in other languages, but also how to utilize resources and translate for yourself. It would include mini grammar lessons, as well, because I find it...
TED Talk - Kites Tap Wind Energy
Free Technology for Teachers
Educational Videos | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
I watched this short TED Talk twice today because I was intrigued by ideas for using wind energy as presented by Saul Griffith. The does a nice job presenting ideas for using wind energy. The first half of the talk is probably more accessible to middle...
Optimism, Pessimism, Possumism: What Precious, Hur...
Blogs
Behavioral Economics | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
“It’s a mystery,” said the plumber. “Your toilet is overflowing. I have no idea what this could mean.” “You’ve got something unique here,” said the doctor. “I can’t imagine what would cause you to have a fever, headache and chills.” ...
Beer-stained T-shirt
Junk Charts
Bubble chart | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Reader Jeff G. sent us to this post from Floating Sheep, which walks through an analysis showing which states have the highest beer consumption in the United States. Jeff is not amused by several of their maps. The first one utilizes overlapping ...
Emotional Shifts in “Parenthood”
Blogs
Creativity | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Last week marked the premiere of NBC's highly anticipated family drama "Parenthood," featuring Gilmore Girls' Lauren Graham and Six Feet Under's Peter Krause. At first glance this show is a more melodramatic version of "Modern Family," and strives for an equal...
The Positive Effects of Entrepreneurship
Media Psychology Cafe
Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Entrepreneurship is the ultimate
exercise in positive psychology.
Hello Friends
你好
There's a lot of buzz about
entrepreneurship right now. This is especially obvious if you visit
LinkedIn, Twitter, or cruise the Ning social networks. It is...
Hilbert Space Methods for Differential Equations
Ars Mathematica
Uncategorized | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
In addition to individual articles, the Electronic Journal of Differential Equations also publishes monographs in the area of differential equations. The first one was a book that I think I remember seeing on library bookshelves: Showalter’s Hilbert...
Fail Forward, Move Forward
Cool Cat Teacher Blog
inspiration | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
John Maxwell in his book Attitude 101 quotes a story from two artists David Bayles and Ted Orland about an art teacher who did an experiment with his grading system.
The ceramics teacher told the left half of the room that they would just be graded on...
Patchwork quilt post, March 2010
Librarians Matter
Uncategorized | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
….made up of scraps I had lying around that you might enjoy…eclecticism ahead…
1. Public libraries and the future
Role of public libraries in supporting and promoting digital participation – from the British Museums, Libraries...
How cannabis makes thoughts tumble
Mind Hacks
Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Cannabis smokers often report that when stoned, their thoughts have a free-wheeling quality and concepts seem connected in unusual and playful ways. A study just published online in Psychiatry Research suggests that this effect may be due to the drug...
Interactive Map: Internet Growth 1998-2008
ResourceShelf
Technology and Internet | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
An interactive map from the BBC allows users to visualize network usage around the world for ten years beginning in 1998. Cursor over any country to see users online for that year. At the bottom of the map is a slider to change the year.
A second tab...
449 – “Great Party Place, Wisconsin”, or: America’...
Strange Maps
Uncategorized | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
ROSE: Yah it’s a lot of braunschweiger.
[Brenda starts to ring up the braunschweiger]
ROSE: It’s for my dad….. for his….. trip. My dad……. He… is going to……. Wisconsin.
BRENDA: Oh Wisconsin! A...
448 – Germany’s Worst School Names
Strange Maps
Uncategorized | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Is there such a thing as collective guilt? Or if not that, then at least some kind of national responsibility for past state crimes? Was the Nazi period a freak of history, or an inevitable culmination of the revanchist, reactionary forces of German...
Higher Ed Marketing - Social media and sustainabil...
BlogHighEd.org
Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
This is not some wild-eyed screed about saving Mother Earth by harnessing the networking power of Twitter or Facebook. No, I’m talking here about another kind of sustainability: the care and feeding of your social media presence.
In most of the pres...
FCC to Propose National Digital Literacy Corps and...
ResourceShelf
Libraries and Librarianship | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Note: As you’ll read in the article, new spending will be proposed to improve training at libraries. We also think that librarians would make for excellent “digital ambassadors” and with the assistance of the major professional organizations,...
How do you pronounce “both”? Please take the surve...
The Lexicographer's Rules
Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Do you pronounce the word "both" differently from other English-speakers? Take the survey and tell others about it. The more respondents we get, the more we'll know.
Snap Groups - Create Private Message Board Groups
Free Technology for Teachers
Technology Integration | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Snap Groups is new service that allows anyone to create private or public message groups. In Snap Groups you can create your own group in which to share short messages with other group members. Groups take just a few seconds to create and are given their...
Happy Birthday, PZ
The Greenbelt
birthdays | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Today is the birthday of the godless cracker-abusing cephalopodophiliac blogger lord we call PZed... Head on over to Pharyngula and wish him many more.
Fresh from The Greenbelt
Learning online - JOHN NORTON, THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAI...
Online Learning Update
Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Pam Ice, online support director for the Colorado Department of Education, said recently, “Students in Colorado continue to see the value of online learning. The 2008-09 school year brought improvements in student success in many of Colorado’s online programs....
Awesome New Ebooks on Simplicity
Zen Habits
Books | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Post written by Leo Babauta . Follow me on twitter or identica .
I don’t often write reviews of ebooks, but a handful of them have come out in the last couple weeks that I just can’t ignore — I really think they’ll be of interest...
A Creativity Researcher's Thoughts on the Oscars
Blogs
Media | Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
Most of initial thoughts to the Oscars on Sunday were similar to most people's: • Ben Stiller is not and has never been funny • I think Neil Patrick Harris should host the next American Psychological Association convention • Dang, there were virtually no...
At HISD lab, dropouts get chance for better life -...
Online Learning Update
Wednesday March 10, 2010 |
The stage for redemption, it turns out, can be a dingy, florescent-lit room tucked down a long hall at Sharpstown High School. Here, on mismatched chairs and a second-hand sofa, teens toil on laptops for hours on end — trying to atone for bad decisions and...