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...Still, Iraqis are remarkably nonchalant about the imminent conflict. "It is a media war," Wathek Al-Oubiedie, the chief cleric of Baghdad's Abu Hanifa Mosque declared blandly last week, after haranguing at length on American treachery. "I hate the news." Which is probably a good thing, because he does not get much. The local newspapers only report government statements and pledges of support from countries around the world. There is no access to international news channels and most web sites are blocked. (Ever since Iraq's top officials received an email from the Pentagon urging them to defect...
...searches history and recent news for stories of struggle and triumph, from World War II sailors capsized in shark-infested waters to families made homeless by tornadoes. (If there isn't a storm on the radar, there's always one in the video vault.) Half an hour in length, the show is meant to extend the average viewer tune-in of 12 minutes. "If the same people watch 10% longer," says Burke, "it's the same as growing your ratings...
...those and a number of other leading institutions.” Yale gives one semester of fully paid leave for every five spent teaching; Princeton’s rules for paid leave are based on the number of tenured professor in a department and do not depend solely on length of service. Stanford, on the other hand, is more parsimonious; it gives one quarter of full paid leave for every 12 quarters of teaching, approximately the same as Harvard’s old policy...
...have discussed the issue of tutor evaluation with the tutors at some length over the last year. They would welcome more feedback. They try to do their best for the students and would like to know how to do better. But almost all feel that feedback should be personal, not anonymous and numerical, because their relationship with the students is personal—not like the relationship between student and teaching fellow. And they agree with me that learning to give such feedback to people who care about you is an important part of growing...
...maple leaves can be proud to call her own is finally crossing the border. Stylish Hot Hot Heat create and innovate masterfully while sporting skintight pants and boyish smiles. Dress finesse aside, the four lanky British Columbians produce great music all over Make Up The Breakdown, their first full-length album with major label Sub Pop, best known as the birthplace of Nirvana. Mixing rhythmic drive with some of the catchiest hooks around, Hot Hot Heat belt out a unique brand of rock so irresistibly fun and spastic that bodies demand to twist and jive along with it. This...