Would you eat here?
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The media are...
Media, like data, is the plural form of a word borrowed directly from Latin. The singular, medium, early developed the meaning “an intervening agency, means, or instrument” and was first applied to newspapers two centuries ago. In the 1920s media began to appear as a singular collective noun, sometimes with the plural medias.
Monday, September 24, 2012
A Vast Wasteland?
From Wikipedia:
The Wasteland Speech was a speech given by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Newton N. Minow to the convention of the National Association of Broadcasters on May 9, 1961. The speech was Minow's first major speech after he was appointed chairman of the FCC by President John F Kennedy. In the speech, Minow referred to American commercial television programming as a "vast wasteland" and advocated for programming in the public interest.
The Wasteland Speech was a speech given by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Newton N. Minow to the convention of the National Association of Broadcasters on May 9, 1961. The speech was Minow's first major speech after he was appointed chairman of the FCC by President John F Kennedy. In the speech, Minow referred to American commercial television programming as a "vast wasteland" and advocated for programming in the public interest.
- "When television is good, nothing — not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers — nothing is better.
- But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your own television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.
- You will see a procession of game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western bad men, western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons. And endlessly commercials — many screaming, cajoling, and offending. And most of all, boredom. True, you'll see a few things you will enjoy. But they will be very, very few. And if you think I exaggerate, I only ask you to try it."
Do you believe it or not?
An Australian man says he saw a UFO (OVNI) over the skies of Melbourne this past weekend. What do you think?
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/ufo-sighted-over-carlton-gardens-in-central-melbourne/story-e6frf7kx-1226479683210
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/ufo-sighted-over-carlton-gardens-in-central-melbourne/story-e6frf7kx-1226479683210
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Saturday morning funny...
I am grading homework this weekend. Look for your grades in the next class!
Friday, September 21, 2012
How much do British universities cost?
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UNIVERSITY
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PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ?
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COST PER YEAR
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Public
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11,229
euros
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Public
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4,323
euros (Northern Ireland
residents)
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Private
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12,228
euros
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
University debt isn't funny...
Chapter eleven is a form of bankruptcy (faillite) in the United States.
Read this story about a man who is $80,000 in debt from his schooling... He left a good job to go back to school and later earned LESS than before! This is all too common now in the United States.
http://economywatch.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/19/13965923-economy-leaves-many-returning-students-disappointed-deep-in-debt?lite
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