Of the many photographs in a new history of UCLA, one is especially arresting. The photo, from April 1929, shows the school’s first four buildings on its soon-to-open Westwood campus with little else around for miles but rolling hills and a few houses. “The campus is so far out in the country that it’s obvious only farmers …
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Criteria for Autism is changing as the DSM-5 creates a new category: Autism Spectrum Disorder
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has proposed new diagnostic criteria for Autism in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). While final decisions are still months away, the recommendations reflect the work of dozens of the nation’s top scientific and research minds and are supported by more than a decade …
Visit an amazing new piece at LACMA, Metropolis II, a sculpture of a modern city
“It wasn’t about creating a scale model of the city it was about creating the noise of city” – artist, Chris Burden Metropolis II is an intense and complex kinetic sculpture, modeled after a fast paced, frenetic modern city. Steel beams form an eclectic grid interwoven with an elaborate system of 18 roadways, including one 6 …
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The perfect, easy two hour hike in Orange County – Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park
From OC Parks: …encompasses approximately 4,300 acres of riparian and oak woodland canyons, rolling grassland hills and steep slopes of coastal sage scrub and chaparral. The park is highlighted by scenic rock formations, including the beautiful Red Rock Canyon. There are three intermittent streams: Borrego, Serrano and Aliso Creek meandering through the park, each hosting …
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Will.i.am – “I will always be the best me I can be” – song on Sesame Street
Will.i.am sings “What I Am” as part of Sesame Street’s 41st season premiering September 27th, 2010, on PBS Kids. If you like this also check out Richard Pryor doing the Sesame Street alphabet.
Will.i.am – "I will always be the best me I can be" – song on Sesame Street
Will.i.am sings “What I Am” as part of Sesame Street’s 41st season premiering September 27th, 2010, on PBS Kids. If you like this also check out Richard Pryor doing the Sesame Street alphabet.
The internet invents another way for musicians to get paid – iTunes Match
The first royalty payments from Apple’s iTunes Match are in, and they got me excited – the total amount is over $10,000 for the first two months. This is magic money that Apple made exist out of thin air for copyright holders. — A person has a song on her computer hard drive. She clicks …
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Instant Watcher turns the Netflix API into the perfect way to find a movie to watch
Instant Watcher is the perfect site for Netflix Instant users. You can quickly and easily find movies to watch and avoid the miserable search and click on Netflix’s own site. “About a quadrillion times easier to browse than Netflix’s own site” — Boing Boing Offworld, Feb 6, 2009 Within a few clicks you can figure out …
The Oscar-nominated foreign language films of 2011
Every year the Academy invites countries to submit their best film for the Oscar of Best Foreign Language Film. Each film must have been released in theaters, produced outside the United States, and contain primarily non-English dialogue. In 2012, sixty three countries submitted a film and nine were shortlisted as contenders. On January 24, the five …
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The first big controversy in Christianity? Whether Jesus was God or not
I recently listened to a podcast that brought up several interesting ideas about Christianity. The most important of which was a huge debate between Arius and Athanasius in 325 A.D., concerning the “Divinity of Jesus.” Arius was against saying Jesus was God, while Athanasius believed Jesus definitely was. This debate had been raging for hundreds …
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