On Technology in Education
Thu, 05 May 2011 08:58:29 -0700

However, presenting a student with scanned-in textbook pages, followed by a few multiple choice questions, under the guise of "blended learning" (in this case, 19th century pedagogy with a 21st century spin) is not a future I imagine nor hope for. ...

Culture clash - Las Arenas, Barcelona
Thu, 05 May 2011 16:29:24 -0700

What do you get when you turn a 19th - century bullring into a 21st-century shopping centre? A theatrical melding of Spain's cultural past and present What do you do with a crumbling, disused 19th - century Barcelona bullring that has not been in ...

Fake 19th century coins seized at O'Hare
Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:32:52 -0700

US Customs agents this week seized a shipment of counterfeit money shipped in from China -- not fake 20s, 50s or 100s, but fake 19th century coins made to look like US silver money that was circulated widely in China. The fake coins likely were meant ...

To the Editor: The Challenge of Perserving Cannondale
Thu, 05 May 2011 02:08:46 -0700

By Marc Gueron | Email the author | 5:00am The historic core of Cannondale represents one of the few authentic village centers dating from mid- 19th century New England rural life that survive to this day in practically intact form. ...

Until 1950s, the King James Version was 'the Bible'
Thu, 05 May 2011 14:44:34 -0700

When the modern missionary movement begins with people like William Carey and Hudson Taylor and David Livingstone, this again is the Bible that's used through the 19th century ," Haykin said. "It's the Bible Charles Spurgeon would have preached from, ...

Book review: how the victorians collected the world
Thu, 05 May 2011 16:14:51 -0700

This is Jacqueline Yallop's subject, the great 19th - century collecting boom before the democratisation of possession in the 20th century. She concentrates on three collectors and two dealers. None is well-known but all were fantastically hard-working ...

Kristof brings sky down to earth
Thu, 05 May 2011 08:13:50 -0700

He points out that whereas slavery was the central moral issue of the 19th century and totalitarianism the fundamental moral issue of the 20th century, gender discrimination the oppression of women presents the greatest moral issue of the current ...

Young talent finds musical path in Martinez
Thu, 05 May 2011 10:56:22 -0700

Lucas Ohio Pattie, a newcomer to Martinez whose parents named him after the early 19th century explorer and fur trapper James Ohio Pattie, said he moved here because of Armando's. I learned about Martinez from playing Armando's. ...

Mikhail Baryshnikov-own ed 19th century Russian painting fetches $746K for his ...
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:00:00 -0700

NEW YORK, NY A 19th century painting of St. Petersburg that Mikhail Baryshnikov purchased decades ago, and depicting the Russian city he loved, was auctioned Tuesday for $746500 to benefit the famous dancer's New York City performing arts centre. ...

Rare 19th century Hawaiian coins auctioned online
Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:44:14 -0700

The 19th century coins belonged to a Hawaiian memorabilia collector whose widow showed them to a coin dealer. The more valuable coin is a 12 1/2-cent piece known as a hapawalu, which means "one-eight h" in Hawaiian, said Win Callender, a coin expert and ...

Beehackers Bring Cheap Widgets to a 19th - Century Craft
Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:55:32 -0700

While bee researchers play with high-frequency dancing robotic bees, DNA scanners, and forensic pollen analysis, beekeepers must scavenge 19th - century feed scales off e Bay. The problem is money. Even though bees play a crucial role in the pollination ...

Architecture a big draw for downtown walking tours
Wed, 04 May 2011 23:46:44 -0700

Come see Staunton's nationally renowned preservation, and experience and learn about town's 19th century architecture at the Historic Staunton Foundation' s Free Saturday Walking Tours. The foundation is celebrating its 26th year of giving free tours in ...

Hopper etchings, Henry rifle are special at Case's auction May 21
Thu, 05 May 2011 13:59:18 -0700

There are also two rare Tennessee needlework samplers including the first Nashville-made one ever to come on the market, two rare state maps, and a good selection of early 19th century Southern furniture. Among the 70-plus lots of fine silver are a ...

Still some limits on campaign donations
Thu, 05 May 2011 00:08:17 -0700

A: Worries about the influence of money in federal campaigns stretch back to the 19th century , and histories of the reform movement point to President Theodore Roosevelt's call in the early 20th century for a ban on corporate contributions as a key ...

Trying to cultivate an urban vintage
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:34:34 -0700

An entrepreneur fights to turn a crumbling 19th century estate in a rundown part of Chicago into a vineyard and winery. Bill Lavicka hopes to turn this vintage estate house in Chicago into an urban winery. (Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune / May ...

Elmhurst park mystery
Thu, 05 May 2011 10:17:22 -0700

by Michael Cusenza, Editor The tombstone of a man born in the 19th century is not listed as one of the many attractions and amenities at the new Elmhurst Park. But a grave marker belonging to a man named Leon Nascimbene was found last week in the rear ...

Artists will take to the streets July 23-24
Thu, 05 May 2011 05:48:37 -0700

En plein air is a French phrase meaning in the open air, and it refers to painting outdoors, a practice landscape painters took up in the 19th century . For centuries before tube paint (invented by an American artist), artists had sketched outdoors, ...

Old Kentucky With a Twist
Thu, 05 May 2011 14:55:57 -0700

Ms. Brown has incorporated some of her family's 19th - century English furniture collection into the home, including her great-grandmoth er's four-poster bed. An 1870s chapel, imported from several miles away, is set up as a guest cottage. ...

Conn. historic Barnum circus posters dating to 19th century getting makeover ...
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:17:07 -0700

The Bridgeport History Center recently received a $26700 grant for cleaning and restoration work to the posters, which date to the late 19th century . The grant also helps pay to have the posters digitally photographed and preserved electronically so ...

After the bin Laden era, is America 'weaker?&#3 9;
Thu, 05 May 2011 13:27:10 -0700

But unlike the Gilded Age of the late 19th century , or those kooky go-go 1960s, America is exiting the bin Laden years in worse shape than it entered, argues big-dog defense analyst Loren Thompson. Americans and their policymakers focused so closely on ...