We are now in the second year of the Presidential Leadership Academy at Penn State. It falls under my administration and I teach a course each spring for the Academy. Our focus is upon developing critical thinking skills as being crucial for good leaders. I have always felt a bit […]
Monthly Archives: October 2010
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Ps 37:9 Refrain from anger, leave rage alone; * do not fret yourself; it leads only to evil. Morning Prayer.
When I was working on my doctorate at Oxford I scanned ALL the existing photos of the scrolls at an amazing 300dpi for the first ever CD-ROM published by OUP, Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Reference Library. If anybody could be forgiven for missing the deadline to opt out of the Google […]
Heres the thing, we nerds like to think were inheriting the earth now that everyone is playing video games and carrying too many gadgets and stuck at their computers all day. The fact is, however, that the average consumer doesnt give a moofs fanny about whether their phone or tablet […]
Our local web site StateCollege.com is having a fall photo contest (the prize is a gift certificate to a local restaurant so no interloping! 😉 ). The question is, which picture to choose? I would love any votes or comments on my flickr page. I have most of the relevant […]
This morning was a short homily due to other items in the service. As you may be able to guess Gen. 1-3 has been on my mind lately so I took a bit of a liberty to bring it in to the lectionary for today. If you are patient you […]
A beautiful sunny day in Bellefonte PA. I only had the iPhone and the results are still pretty darn good! Take a look and tell me what you think.
While most of my readers know that the Book of Kells is a gorgeously illuminated book of the Gospels, you know, those stories about JC and the Boyz, apparently the people who made the movie The Secret of the Kells felt all that was irrelevant. You may have already seen […]
The following arrived in my mailbox and since I know a number of readers are ABD I thought I would share it here. Good luck (and finish that D!). TARGUM SHLISHI ANNOUNCES GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR DISSERTATION RESEARCH ON JEWISH STUDIES TOPICS October 14, 2010 – Targum Shlishi is awarding […]