This is a MUST read about why museum professional need to think bigger -- much, much bigger -- about the future. "The dark matter of the Internet is open, social, peer-to-peer and read/write--and it's the future of museums." Michael Edson hits the nail on the head.
Referring to an exhibition called "Third Space: Inventing the Possible" set to open at North Miami's Museum of Contemporary Art, Director M'Bow said, "The Third Space is how people in hard times create a space that is no longer bounded by limitations."
The coup was there gathered in Infront of Istanbul metropolitan municipality in sarachane. They have opened fire on the crowd. Prime minister "Binali Yildirim," said on an interview that group within the army was making a coup attempt and blasted the social training center Golbasi in Ankara and they also stopped the air traffic.
The U.S. Education Department’s civil rights enforcement arm has launched an investigation into a North Texas school district whose superintendent was secretly recorded ordering librarians to remove LGBTQ-themed library books.
accused the district of violating a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender. The ACLU complaint was based largely on an investigation published in March by NBC News, ProPublica and the Tribune that revealed that Granbury’s superintendent, Jeremy Glenn, instructed librarians to remove books dealing with sexual orientation and people who are transgender.
An Education Department spokesperson confirmed the investigation and said it was related to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits schools from discriminating on the basis of sex, gender and sexual orientation.
After a volunteer review committee voted to return all but a few of the titles, two disgruntled members of the committee filed a police report in May accusing district employees of providing “pornography” to children, triggering a monthslong criminal investigation by Hood County Constable Chad Jordan, which remained open as of August.
The ACLU of Texas made similar legal arguments in another civil rights complaint filed last month against the Keller Independent School District in North Texas in response to a policy banning any books that mention “gender fluidity.” The Education Department has yet to decide whether to open an investigation in Keller,
the nonprofit PEN America, which has tracked thousands of school book bans since last year,
If the Education Department finds Carroll students’ rights have been violated, experts said, the federal agency could require the district to implement the same types of diversity and inclusion training programs that conservative activists have fought to block in Southlake.
Older Baby Boomers slated for retirement could create many new future job openings - if they decide to leave the job market at age 65. But that's a big "if." Several trends are now pointing toward delayed retirement due to increased personal expenses, better health and the desire to stay working - at least part-time - beyond age 65. For whatever reason, Baby Boomers are staying in the workforce longer than previous generations.
The BLS also predicts that the arts, entertainment, and recreation industry is expected to grow by 15 percent by 2018, with most of the growth in the amusement, gambling, and recreation sector.
Job growth is projected to stem partially from retired Baby Boomers who have more leisure time, more disposable income and more concern with being physically fit than the generations before them - all driving a need for more recreational programs.
Data in a human context
March 6, 2012 to Data Art • Comments (3)
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Jer Thorp, a data artist in residence at The New York Times, shows off some of his work (like this and this) and speaks about the connection between the real world and the mechanical bits we know as data. Worth your 17 minutes.
a data artist in residence at The New York Times, shows off some of his work (like this and this) and speaks about the connection between the real world and the mechanical bits we know as data.
Gets to the human context at ~13:30 mins.
Great illustration of how to make meaning from the seemingly meaningless, or at least from data that we don't usually connect to our daily experience.