Correlation or Causation? – Businessweek

Correlation or Causation? – Businessweek. Similar:Joyful white guys finish ahead of struggling woman and black man in this university’s cata…Looks like the quality control process a…AcademiaThe Minecraft GenerationIt’s a world of trial and error and cons…AestheticsThe Chase (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 20) Planet-hopping archaeological DNA…Rewatching ST:TNG A well-done mystery…CultureThis is what happened when…

Blender 3D Update

Holy ray-tracing, Batman, it’s a Blender 3D update! I have not had the chance to try out Blender 2.61, which features an ocean simulator, motion-tracking, and real-time ray-tracing. blender.org – Blender 2.61. Similar:Seton Hill graduates its last "New Media Journalism" major this year.The English program is not going anywher…AcademiaHalloween Candy Poisonings, School Shootings and Human…

Blender Griffin

To celebrate yesterday’s on-time submission of final grades, I spent part of last night and much of today working on this Blender 3D model of our school mascot, the Griffin.   Similar:A Word About Group ProjectsOkay, students… who loves group projec…AcademiaWithout ComPUNction: Doing verbal battle at the O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships. “It doesn’t have to…

Narnia Lesson Plans: Activities Related to the Musical (based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) — Jerz’s Literacy Weblog

I just posted the latest musical theater education packet, written by my wife, as she aims to make the most of our home-schooled children’s participation in Stage Right Greensburg’s student theater production. 1.10) Narnia, once a utopia or paradise, has become a sad, cold dystopia under the Witch’s rule. Read & discuss other examples of…

Pittsburgh Parent Magazine: Future-oriented College Majors

Pittsburgh Parent Magazine’s December issue features Seton Hill’s New Media Journalism major in a cover story by Kelli Robinson. Similar:Obama vs. Romney D&D Smack-Down at NYC GalleryThis week, if you head to the Allegra La…AestheticsStudents tend to zone out during my lectures on proofreading. I time it so I can say “clas…AcademiaJournalism students guiltily ignoring…

Losing Face

This story features my Seton Hill colleague, Lee McClain. “It’s kind of like if you are looking at a bunch of leaves on a tree, you could study them, but you’d have to work really hard to tell them apart,” said McClain. That is how she sees faces. “That part of my brain that most…

On the Spot: Campus Diversity

One of my journalism students posted this insightful and well-edited documentary. (She also posted a brief introduction.) HTML5 HTML5 480p FLV360p FLV360p MP4240p FLVFlash Similar:The American Scholar: Celebrity ProfilesPhllip Lopate writes a good essay on the…Essays"I’d never heard of this play before now, but I love it." — World Drama studentA gifted graphic design major…

National study: Youth ‘sexting’ is downplayed

A national study released Monday suggests there is a smaller percentage of young people involved in “sexting” — sending or receiving explicit or sexually suggestive images via cell phone or Internet — than previous studies found. via National study: Youth ‘sexting’ is downplayed – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Wait a minute… who or what is doing the…

And With Your Spirit

My daughter was amused that, even with a cheat sheet in my hand, I automatically responded to “Peace be with you” with the traditional “And also with you,” every time this Sunday, instead of the new translation “And with your spirit.” Not once did I get it right. Similar:Heard any good stories lately?My daughter has…

Lego Rudolph

Before settling down to finish reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins, my daughter made this Lego reindeer. Similar:Progress over 11 years of Blender3D practiceOver the past few years I have created l…AestheticsDesk blotters, with procedural leather and wood materials by Blendermada. #blender3dAestheticsThe Outsiders Closing after Friday Night's ShowCurrent_EventsEric Bentley, Critic Who Preferred Brecht to Broadway, Dies at…