Sunday, 6 February 2011
Greetings Upper School Parents!
Here is a fresh set of “Articles of Interest” for the start of February, with topics spanning: re-cap from Punxsutawney; protests in Egypt and lessons from Turkey; Julian Assange and the news media; and an epic man vs. machine show-down, coming soon to Jeopardy!
In case last week’s ice storm distracted you from the weather forecasting prowess of a woodchuck, the information is available from ‘Phil’s official website’ Re-cap: Spring IS on the way!
Regarding recent events in Egypt: Landon Thomas Jr. writes, In Turkey’s Example, Some See a Map for Egypt. Having visited Turkiye last spring while co-leading 2010 Immersion program, the comparisons are simply fascinating!
As the cover story in last week’s New York Times Magazine, Executive Editor Bill Keller presents insights to the curious relationship Julian Assange holds with the news media: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/magazine/30Wikileaks-t.html Apparently, there is already “Hollywood buzz” surrounding a future film.
Richard Powers offers his opinion in “What Is Artificial Intelligence” on the up-coming, epic battle on the popular quiz show Jeopardy! between Ken Jennings (longest unbroken winning streak), Brad Rutter (biggest money winner), and IBM’s Watson (newest ‘super computer’). The series will air 14-16 February.
And less we forget that today is Super Bowl Sunday, in Bruce Weber’s article, “How to Muster a Rooting Disinterest in the Super Bowl,” he defines “asking where in Ohio Pittsburgh is” as an example of “unnecessary roughness.” Does the hype of the advertisements eclipse the fervor for the game?
Happy reading,
Sam Wagner
Head of Upper School
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment