The Daily Show's John Oliver sounds off on, um, apocalyptic literature. Featuring Rob Kutner's "Apocalypse How" and sponsored by JBooks.com. Eschatology and comedy: together at last.Editor: Alfred DeGrandDP: Nathan MilfordWritten & Directed by Rob KutnerMusic by Fletcher MooreAnimation by Nick CoganSpecial thanks to Nigel Savage
Google Tech TalksJanuary 29, 2007ABSTRACTEveryone wants to improve on Web structure, but few see how stuck it is-- the browser limits what can be seen, and the one-way embedded links limit connectivity. I still want to implement the original hypertext concept from the sixties and seventies. Politics and paradigms, not possibility, have held it back.Transclusion-based hypertext has great promise, fulfilling (I believe) all the things people want that the Web cannot do.But to build a clean system around transclusion, we do not embed, since that brings inappropriate markup and links to new contexts.Most importantly, we must have editability with persistent addresses-- which means...
The areas in which philosophy and literature overlap are examined in this program by renowned Oxford novelist Iris Murdoch. Style and structure in philosophical writing are compared and contrasted with those in literature. The narrative abilities of Plato, Schopenhauer, and Kant are examined. Philosophy's predilection for accepting only literature that supports its theories is discussed as a source of antagonism between the two disciplines.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_pr zes/literature/laureates/1950/award-docu.htmlA documentary from the 50th anniversary of the Nobel ceremonies. The Nobel Laureates arrive at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10, 1950. The Royal family enters the hall: Sweden's King Gustaf VI Adolf, Queen Louise, Princess Sibylla, Prince Bertil and Prince Wilhelm. The Nobel Laureates then enter the scene. After that Birger Ekeberg delivers his presentation speech. The Nobel Prizes are awarded: for Physics to Cecil Powell, for Chemistry to Otto Diels and Kurt Adler, and for Physiology or Medicine to Edward C. Kendall, Tadeus Reichstein and Philip S. Hench. William Faulkner receives the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. Bertrand Russell receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1950. A glittering Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall follows afterwards.From SF Veckorevy 1950-12-11.
Juan Felipe Herrera traveled as a child with his parents through many small farming towns and cities in California, until finally settling in San Diego. He has taught poetry from kindergarten to the university level and is the author of numerous poetry and children's books, including Calling The Doves, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Award, and Crashboomlove, which was prized with the Americas Award. He also wrote Upside Down Boy, which was adapted into a musical in New York City, and Laughing Out Loud, I Fly, winner of a Pura Belpré honor award. He holds the Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. [9/2005] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 11119]
This is a movie Deborah Pardes put together to celebrate how literature has impacted so many songwriters. It also is in support of a non profit called www.artistsforliteracy.org.
The blueprint for living systems is built on a molecular language contained within cells. From an alphabet of only 4 letters comes a mute but eloquent 'literature' whose highest expression is human existence. Join Dr. Daniel Masys as he explores the opportunities and challenges as we learn to read the molecular book of life. Series: "Science Matters" [1/2001] [Science] [Show ID: 5403]
Bladerunner is a dystopic vision of a nightmarish future where the masses live in squalid conditions and dream of getting off world. Little do they know their masters are engaged in a plan to engineer them into more perfect slaves...a plan called the New World Order.For more information, please visit http://www.corbettreport.com
The areas in which philosophy and literature overlap are examined in this program by renowned Oxford novelist Iris Murdoch. Style and structure in philosophical writing are compared and contrasted with those in literature. The narrative abilities of Plato, Schopenhauer, and Kant are examined. Philosophy's predilection for accepting only literature that supports its theories is discussed as a source of antagonism between the two disciplines.
The areas in which philosophy and literature overlap are examined in this program by world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and Oxford novelist Iris Murdoch. Style and structure in philosophical writing are compared and contrasted with those in literature. The narrative abilities of Plato, Schopenhauer, and Kant are examined. Philosophy's predilection for accepting only literature that supports its theories is discussed as a source of antagonism between the two disciplines.
The areas in which philosophy and literature overlap are examined in this program by world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and Oxford novelist Iris Murdoch. Style and structure in philosophical writing are compared and contrasted with those in literature. The narrative abilities of Plato, Schopenhauer, and Kant are examined. Philosophy's predilection for accepting only literature that supports its theories is discussed as a source of antagonism between the two disciplines.
