Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
Christianity: Some interesting research on church
attendance during the Christmas season, from Christianity
Today.
Education: Adjunct professors don't get paid much, and may have to teach at more than one institution, to get enough to live on, according to an NPR report.
From Global Citizen Foundation: "50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About."
Food: NPR reports on how
the food industry has been manipulating us, and not for our good.
Health: An article about the most
common receiving blanket (for newborn babies).
NPR reports that surgeons had a saxophonist playing his instrument during brain surgery, and why.
Politics: (and Christianity) Michael Gerson, of the Washington
Post, on how
un-evangelical Donald Trump is.
Science: Wired reports that you
have tiny mites on your face. So do I. Scientists can trace the
connections between racial groups by studying these mites.
Sports:
Image
source (public domain)
Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Sunspots 552
Labels:
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4 comments:
Several interesting articles. My sons and my grandchildren has those baby blankets!
I sincerely hope Trump doesnt' win the Republican nomination. I may vote Democrat, or not vote at all.
Thank you.
I can't imagine any circumstance that would persuade me to vote for Mr. Trump.
When I became a department chair at a rural public university in Tennessee I was appalled to learn that adjuncts were paid $600 per credit. So, for a standard 3-credit course they made just $1,800. No one who wasn't local could afford to work for that. And the rate had not been raised in more than 20 years! The business office and academic affairs got upset when I wanted to pay them more per credit, or for mileage. I could do so only if I took it out of my small operating budget. The rate was still unchanged when I retired 6 years later.
And it's probably still unchanged. Using "part-timers" (some of them actually full-time, but not paid full-time) can be exploitation, for sure.
Thanks for trying.
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