University Lectures Are Going Global

Seeded on Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:02 PM EST (The New York Times)

Walter H. G. Lewin, a physics professor at M.I.T., has found devotees across the country and beyond with his free online lectures. MIT OpenCourseWare includes courses in modern physics, modern poetry, and even cooking.

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Ode Magazine : Exchange : Local college closes leaving small town in crisis, creativity needed

Seeded on Sat Nov 3, 2007 6:55 PM EDT (Ode Magazine)

Small town college is Sitka, Alaska closes on a day's notice. Employees no sense of direction, seek public's ideas. Blog (http://www.sitkaprogress.blogspot.com/) shows negligible public response.

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drive-by wifi

Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:47 PM EDT

I recall back in the late 1980s when I first communicated via old DOS-level BBS software with a friend. The other person was in the same city as I, and I could have just as easily picked up the phone and talked on the phone.

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Putting Korean toddlers on the fast language track

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 10:03 PM EDT (Digital Chosunilbo)

The citizens and leaders on the Korean peninsula seem to be reaching new milestones in regional awareness: not only are North and South Korea currently engaged in Peace, Prosperity, and Unification Talks on this historic Korean National Foundation Day holiday (October 3), but Kor …

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Kenyan environmentalist says to emulate hummingbird

Seeded on Mon Oct 1, 2007 5:23 PM EDT (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya gave a lecture recently in Seattle. When she said that we should be (like) a hummingbird, many in the audience were puzzled.

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the eternal quest

Mon Oct 1, 2007 3:39 PM EDT

Britney Spears (or, rather, one of her songwriters) (see earlier story here is not the only one expressing frustration at understanding the Big Story, or the Ultimate Purpose of Human Life.

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