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...should appreciate geekiness that doesn’t just relate to one highly technical expertise. You never know when a great deal of knowledge about one country might come in handy, and at the very least, all academic geeks have sharp memories. Even the Star Wars geek has a keen eye for minutiae—perfect for proofing the final presentation...
Whether moving and speaking Swahili to illustrate the function of vocal and physical gesture in storytelling or describing how scientists and dancers are collaborating to create work about the human genome, Foster provides a significant example of how to fruitfully combine a keen intellect with embodied creativity. And in the end, it’s all about the intersections in teaching and in art: “I give to you when you reach out to me. It’s what happens in the integration of the work and the observer...
...befall England. Tough days, then, for Baldrick, Branwen, Gwyllum, Hugine, Munin and Thor - the sextet normally roaming in the fortress grounds, now placed in aviaries. Still, the birds - and the nation - are safe for now. DUC CHICKEN France is Europe's biggest poultry-producing country - and its consumers are keen on organic and free-range produce. Or they were, before fears of avian flu cast a shadow. Duc, one of France's two publicly quoted poultry producers, is attaching photos of caged hens to its products as a marketing device. So far, though, sales are hardly flying in response...
...publishing business also reaps rewards from the growing use of music in other media: advertising, films and TV soundtracks, electronic games and toys. EMI even has a contract with a pottery company that prints song lyrics onto coffee mugs. Nicoli is particularly keen on the future of wireless sales of digital music. Noting that MP3-player penetration is only around 15%, but "that nearly everyone has a mobile phone," he's excited by the prospect that half of all mobiles will be music-enabled within two years, and that the technology for wireless downloads of music is nearly at hand...
Professors, keen on retaining their increased access to the Corporation, have been guarded in discussing their conversations with its members. But in recent interviews, professors have pointed out a rising level of interest among some Corporation members in the crisis brewing on campus...