Island Girl - Jacky LaChienne
The other day, my Google+ Stream was inundated with “pin-up” style photos of girls. I thought I would join the trend by posting my own Girl-Sun-Sand photo
Island Girl 2 by James Petersen
James Petersen
Educational Administrator and Generalist - graduate student - cellodad and friend of Jacky LaChienne
Educational Administrator and Generalist - graduate student - cellodad and friend of Jacky LaChienne
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…we would like to call your attention to the complexities of translating the words of the Prophet Isaiah of around 2,800 years ago, as reflected in the different Hebrew variants and subsequent English translations.
The museum’s mission here is to provide you the background information required to reach your own objective perspective when reading this English translation of the biblical text.
"This is an incredible resource for both biblical scholars as well as historians and those with an interest in the development of the Abrahamic Monotheistic religions
Written between the third and first centuries BCE, the Dead Sea Scrolls include the oldest known biblical manuscripts in existence. In 68 BCE, they were hidden in 11 caves in the Judean desert on the shores of the Dead Sea to protect them from the approaching Roman armies. They weren’t discovered again until 1947, when a Bedouin shepherd threw a rock in a cave and realized something was inside. Since 1965, the scrolls have been on exhibit at the Shrine of the Book at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Among other topics, the scrolls offer critical insights into life and religion in ancient Jerusalem, including the birth of Christianity.
Digital Dead Sea Scrolls Home
http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/
Great Isaiah Scroll:
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Very Cool - Mrs. Tong’s Hybrid AP Econ Class gets their iPads
(from my G+ post)
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ames Petersen - Yesterday 11:49 PM (edited) - Public
Students in Mrs. Tong’s Hybrid AP Economics class at Mililani High School were issued their iPad2s. Course textbook is loaded on, classwork and homework as well as research, outside reading, presentations and other projects will be completed on the iPads. The course meets both F2F and online… -
This is absolutely wonderful. People should like it too.
(Thanks to Rachel Ann Foster)
Jazz for Cows (by newhot5)
(apologies for the archaic Flash) But, this is an entertaining over-view. [especially for the night before the AP Econ exam]
(via Sylvia Nasar’s Animated Guide to Econ - The Daily Beast)
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It occurred to me this morning that one of the skills that will be increasingly important for citizens of this century is the ability to communicate effectively for a number of different purposes on the web. These skills should probably be a component of any new course in expository writing.
I then asked myself, “Where will students learn these skills?” The obvious answer would be “At School, of course.”
""Another strange phenomenon of stringed instrument sound production is that while violinists and violists have the sound coming right into their left ear, cellists are physically behind the sound production of their instrument. Cellists hear their instrument in a markedly different way. They perceive the sound of their instrument as it vibrates the air around them."
Interesting blog post via Fein Violins dealing with differences in perception. I’d never thought before about how cellists hear the music differently from other string players…
The Violin Shop: Do You Hear What I Hear? Perceptions of Violin, Viola & Cello Tone
"America’s deep problem is not cyclical, and that’s why conventional counter-cyclical fiscal and monetary treatments have not worked well."
A very compelling argument about why Keynesian measures are not proving terribly effective. (I suppose one could make an analogy of an organism, having contracted a viral infection, acquires a secondary bacterial one. The doctor prescribes antibiotics and some of the symptoms abate but the patient still isn’t getting healthy.)
