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Man Found Shot to Death in Minneapolis Alley (from Kuehl Updates)

A man was found shot to death near Powderhorn Lake Park on Saturday morning, police told the Star Tribune.

The man was indentified as 32-year-old Jeremee Jon Kraskey by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, according to 5 Eyewitness News. Kraskey died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Kraskey was found at the 3500 block of 14th Avenue South, the Star Tribune said, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are still looking for the person responsible, and they have no one in custody, ... Notebook School Laptop Wifi Hacker

Bad news for the oceans

I try occasionally to report good news on this site, to counteract the tendency of most environmental lawyers to suffer periodic depression. But this week (end of Feburary) I can?t find anything but bad news in the marine context. Pour yourself a glass of wine, click, and cry:
Bleached fire coral and christmas tree worm on top. Credit: NOAA, FGBNMS

The World Resources Institute has published a new report, Reefs at Risk Revisited, updating a 1998 study on threats to coral reefs. The key conclusion: more than 60% of the world?s coral reefs ?are under immediate ... More >Lab Laboratory Student Administrator Advertising

Thanksgiving Dinner Drive for Students A Full Meal Deal

Twenty-five students and their families received a Thanksgiving Day grocery dinner package, with all the fixings, thanks to the hard work and generosity of LSC faculty, staff and students. “We were overwhelmed with the generosity of people on campus. Some of the students were in tears when they picked up their groceries,” said Shannon Fries, [...]Pencil Pen Car Cars Bicycle

What have we unlearned from our Great Recession?

My role here is the role of the person who starts the Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. My name is Brad DeLong. I am a Rubinite, a Greenspanist, a neoliberal, a neoclassical economist. I stand here repentant.
I take my task to be a serious person and to set out all the things I believed in three or four years ago that now appear to be wrong. I find this distressing, for I had thought that I had known what my personal analytical nadir was and I thought that it was long ago behind me
I had thought my personal analytical nadir had come ... More >Pencil Pen Car Cars Bicycle

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LSC to Host 11th Annual Throw-a-thon Dec. 3-4

Wheels are spinning again this December, as students and area artists will use their creativity to fight hunger in the region.� Members of the Lake Superior College Art Club are conducting a ?Throw-a-thon,? creating hundreds of ceramic bowls in support of Duluth’s ?Empty Bowl? project, an annual event to raise money for Second Harvest Northern [...]Pencil Pen Car Cars Bicycle

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Since we were on a roll, we installed an additional plugin to make software code examples in blog posts more readable using the “Syntax Highlighter and Code Prettifier” plugin.
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So, this is the black and white image now, i wasn’t sure if we were to create a different moving still pic. or, use the same one, but i beileve we were to use the same one and to alter the image if necessary.:)� I like it better in color personally:)
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LSC Choir and Strings Presents Candlelight Carol Concert

What: LSC Candlelight Carol Concert When: Tuesday, December 14 @ 7:00 p.m. Where: LSC Atrium Need a little spring in your holiday step? Here?s one way ? stop by Lake Superior College?s annual high-energy holiday season ?Candlelight Carol Concert? on Tuesday, December 14 at 7 p.m. in LSC?s Atrium. The concert will present both the [...]School Laptop Wifi Hacker Software

Blog Traffic Plugins

The LSC web team has installed various plugins to the WordPress blogging site. Most of these can be very useful depending on your blogging intention. One plug-in that you don’t need to activate is the “List-All” item that will create a list of all blogs on a WPMU (WordPress Multi-User) site. That plug-in was needed [...]Student Administrator Advertising Blog Education

Former NASA Astronaut / ?Top Gun? Grad Visits LSC?s Flight School

Lake Superior College’s Center for Advanced Aviation (CAA) recently hosted a surprise visitor this past week – an aviator who has been inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Robert L. “Hoot” Gibson, former NASA astronaut and graduate of the Naval Fighter Weapons School – known more familiarly as “Top Gun” – was at [...]Wifi Hacker Software Pencil Pen

2011 Smiley Award Competition Opens

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We?re Taking Over

As part of our plot to take over the world, we have taken over student, staff, and faculty blogs and the MyWeb service.� You should start seeing more and more features pop up as we migrate services off of the old system onto our new High-Availability cluster.
More information will be posted soon!
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Moving to Des Moines

There are so many things to consider when picking your next place to live. Here’s a nice blog on things to consider about your potential new neighborhood! I know students for the incoming classes are already asking current students for recommendations on where to live. What other info should we share with these new-to-Des Moines [...]Administrator Advertising Blog Education College

LSC hosts third and final ?Green 101? Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 27

?Locally Adapted Food Systems?

Finding whole, organic and unprocessed foods is becoming an increasing challenge in our hurry-up fast food culture.
But that might be changing.
In ?Locally Adapted Food Systems,? presenter Randel Hansen discusses how more and more people are pursuing alternatives such as farmers markets, agricultural endeavors, community and household gardens. Hansen, a food systems [...]Hacker Software Pencil Pen Car

Snagfilms

Deborah Proctor shared this with individuals on the MnSCU technology list.� I found at least a dozen films I thought would be helpful in my classes.� Good stuff! She found information about SnagFilms on the Cool Cat Teacher Blog “SnagFilms.com is a website where you can watch full-length documentary films for free, but we?re also [...]Car Cars Bicycle Horse House

Direct Engagement #2 (from feminist debates: spring 2011)

I think that the feminist movement has a lot at stake in terms of the womens reproductive rights. I hesitate in using the word "rights" after reproductive because after reading the ACRJs New Vision for Reproductive Justice, it seems like there is three categories to show the whole struggle. Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Justice, and Reproductive Health these terms describe three different sides to one subject and I think it is very helpful for the cause to differenciate between them so ... Pen Car Cars Bicycle Horse

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Instructor Kelly Rauzi to Sign her Book ?Fearless John? at LSC

What: LSC Instructor Kelly Rauzi to sign copies of her book “Fearless John: The Legend of John Beargrease When: Monday, December 13 / 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Where: Lake Superior College Bookstore Duluth has hosted the start and finish of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon since 1984. With a little research at local [...]Book Notebook School Laptop Wifi

Using Bloglines

Gary Kruchowski and I are putting together a series of blog training classes for both employees and students.
The first session will be for employees, and especially targeted at those employees who are looking for an easy way to read entries from multiple blogs … such as faculty who have a whole class of bloggers. It [...]Pencil Pen Car Cars Bicycle

LSC President Kathleen Nelson Announces Retirement as of June 2010

Dr. Kathleen Nelson, President of Lake Superior College (LSC), has announced her intent to retire after 13 years as the college?s CEO and after 30 total years as a leader in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.� Her retirement will be effective June 30, 2010.� Nelson became the second president of LSC in 1997, [...]Wifi Hacker Software Pencil Pen

DE # 2 (from feminist debates: spring 2011)

The health reform bill is a very major issue currently in the United States. The issue of reproductive rights is one that is really gaining more and more debate. It is obvious that Democrats and Republicans cannot and will not come to an agreement on this topic. Currently, Congress is doing what it can to undo the national health care reform in how it was in favor of reproductive rights. In the Crunk Feminist, congress is trying to overrule certain ... Advertising Blog Education College Major

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Let?s Get Personal (Part One)

About My Growth Since I’ve been Here @ MUM: Jessi’s Strength
I’m the kind of gal that pushes through the tough times because it’s in my character and this is what I’ve known to work. I was raised to be strong. Mom and Pops did a great job. Mused and motivated to continue on my journey [...]Software Pencil Pen Car Cars

Summer Time is Around the Corner (from Do What Matters)

What are you doing this summer? School, travel, and work are the 3 BIG choices.

If you're interested in summer school, Tuesday, Apr. 19 is the date that you cant start to register for May and Summer courses here at the U of M.

If you plan to travel and want some help finding an international course, country, volunteer or internship program then you should get in touch with or search the Learning Abroad Center's website. They are a wonderful reference for ... Bicycle Horse House Lab Laboratory

Money and character

One of the criticisms that foreigners (and many of us, too) have long had about Americans, going back to the earliest years, is how materialist and money-grubbing we are. Tocqueville was gentler than most when he wrote that ?the desire to acquire the good things of this world is the dominant passion among Americans. . . . .?
In the early 20th century, an Egyptian civil servant visiting the U.S. wrote that ?Americans measure man by his income, according to his bank balance, and this wave of idolatry is spreading from America to the rest of the ... More >Laboratory Student Administrator Advertising Blog

IBM?s Watson, SCS Faculty Featured Wednesday on PBS?s NOVA

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Amazing Summer Wilderness Employment Opportunity (from Do What Matters)

Wilderness Inquiry is currently hiring about 25 Trail Staff to lead trips in Minnesota, North America, and Internationally.

They are looking for people with:
Strong self-awareness
Great judgment and decision-making skills
Commitment to serving others
Canoeing, kayaking, backpacking and general camping experience

You can learn more about these positions and apply here. ... Laptop Wifi Hacker Software Pencil

The D2L Checklist

I am intrigued by the D2L checklist feature!� Every once in awhile I’m involved in the review of a course that seems might benefit from what a checklist�might provide.� My goal is to learn more about this tool and incorporate it into one of my spring online courses.� I’ll share what I learn here. Today [...]Wifi Hacker Software Pencil Pen

"Race to the Museum": moving day

Last month we asked you to vote on which historic car you?d most like to see on temporary display, and after 24,000 votes, the 1929 Miller race car and 1948 Tucker sedan proved to be your two favorites. This is...Administrator Advertising Blog Education College

LSC Choir and Strings Presents Candlelight Carol Concert

What: LSC Candlelight Carol Concert When: Tuesday, December 14 @ 7:00 p.m. Where: LSC Atrium Need a little spring in your holiday step? Here?s one way ? stop by Lake Superior College?s annual high-energy holiday season ?Candlelight Carol Concert? on Tuesday, December 14 at 7 p.m. in LSC?s Atrium. The concert will present both the [...]Laptop Wifi Hacker Software Pencil

Great Firewall of China

Turns out that the Chinese won’t be reading our blogs here at LSC. You can go to the Great Firewall of China website to see if any URL is blocked in China. One thing I found on my trips over there is that things are not always bloacked in every location. However, it appears the [...]Advertising Blog Education College Major

My MUM Family :)

Family: Some of us may not want to admit it, but I am not ashamed to say that I have favorites here at MUM. My best friends have become family here for me and I have completely enjoyed their company. They have helped me on my journey in grounding myself and cultivating my soul. They [...]Software Pencil Pen Car Cars

LSC Candlelight Carol Choir and String Ensemble Concert Dec. 10

(Duluth, Minn.) ? The Lake Superior College Choir and String Ensemble?s Candlelight Carol Concert will take place on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. in the�LSC Atrium. �The concert is free and open to the public.
The choir will perform a variety of carols including Sing We Now of Christmas (Trad. French), Still, Still, Still (German), [...]Pen Car Cars Bicycle Horse

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Instructor Kelly Rauzi to Sign her Book ?Fearless John? at LSC

What: LSC Instructor Kelly Rauzi to sign copies of her book “Fearless John: The Legend of John Beargrease When: Monday, December 13 / 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Where: Lake Superior College Bookstore Duluth has hosted the start and finish of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon since 1984. With a little research at local [...]College Major Book Notebook School

From Empathy to Denial: Arab Responses by the Holocaust by Ester Webman and Meir Litvak (from Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Reading Discussion Group)

The second meeting of the CHGS Reading Discussion Group was held on February 15th, 2011. The book discussed was From Empathy to Denial: Arab Responses to the Holocaust by Ester Webman and Meir Litvak. Below are some talking points and questions that were generated through the discussion. Please feel free to comment on any or all of the points.

A paradigm shift in Holocaust denial
? Denial in the Arab world - ideologies imported from European/North American deniers
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Astrobotic Signs Contract for SpaceX to Launch Robot to Moon

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LSC President Kathleen Nelson Announces Retirement as of June 2010

Dr. Kathleen Nelson, President of Lake Superior College (LSC), has announced her intent to retire after 13 years as the college?s CEO and after 30 total years as a leader in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.� Her retirement will be effective June 30, 2010.� Nelson became the second president of LSC in 1997, [...]Student Administrator Advertising Blog Education

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West African Dance !!! :)

Dance class is a perfect way to let go, become more familiar with your body, �get rid of stress, and have some fun. It’s also a good way to meet new people, challenge yourself, workout, and learn something new. I got to do every single one of these things last Sunday at a private African [...]Laptop Wifi Hacker Software Pencil

Using Slideshare in D2L

This�SlideShare presentation by Barry Dahl shows just how useful this Web 2.0 tool can be.Bicycle Horse House Lab Laboratory

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On English in India, the New York Times offers confusion, not light

Mr. Manu Joseph, writing ?India Faces a Linguistic Truth: English Spoken Here? in a ?Letter From India? in the New York Times, makes some incredible claims about the status of English in India, with random bits of ?evidence? that wouldn?t pass muster with, I?d wager, most Indians familiar with its linguistic diversity. Indian issues are not showcased too frequently in the New York Times, and, as an Indian reader of the NYT, I feel especially sad that such a superficial piece received prominence (particularly when the topic is close to my heart, incredibly ... More >Lab Laboratory Student Administrator Advertising

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

Stop what you are doing, go to the bookstore or library, and get this book (the title of the blog) right now! I?m being serious, because this is a must read book for anyone living in Des Moines and going to DMU. Did you know there was a world-famous author who grew up just two [...]Notebook School Laptop Wifi Hacker

SCS Alum Conitzer Wins Computers and Thought Award

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Cassell Joins Panel to Discuss Brain and Behavior

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?and more about the checklist.

After posting a question in the Desire2Learn Community discussion area requesting more information about the usefulness of the checklist feature, I received only generic information about the tool — nothing new or exciting.� I’m glad I checked back, however, as this was just recently posted: “After I realized that I could put Quicklinks into the [...]Pen Car Cars Bicycle Horse

System Specifications

Its not often that IT puts out information on the systems that run the various services on campus, but I figured it would be fun to post this to satisfy the geeks among us.
The IT High-Availability Linux Cluster is responsible for running the following services for the university:

File services via NFS for the High-Performance computing [...]House Lab Laboratory Student Administrator

LSC President Kathleen Nelson Announces Retirement as of June 2010

Dr. Kathleen Nelson, President of Lake Superior College (LSC), has announced her intent to retire after 13 years as the college?s CEO and after 30 total years as a leader in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.� Her retirement will be effective June 30, 2010.� Nelson became the second president of LSC in 1997, [...]Car Cars Bicycle Horse House

Checklist how-to

The D2L checklist tool may be especially helpful to�an instructor�who requires students to follow a step-by-step process to complete a project, research paper, or other complex activity.� Students can check off each step of a process they’ve completed.� Instructors can clearly lay out activity steps and due dates.� In an effort to retrieve more information [...]College Major Book Notebook School

Ideas and inspiration

As you wrap up this semester and thoughts of spring online courses begin to�enter your thoughts, consider checking out the articles below. �I found them�filled with�ideas and inspiration.� Wishing you a happy and peaceful holiday season! An absolutely riveting online course:� Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching� http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/179/177�(be sure to attend the round-table discussion [...]Lab Laboratory Student Administrator Advertising

Embedded Video from Google Video

Upload your video to Google Video. Embed HTML code here in Wordpress following this process. NOTE: this video is from 2005 and is no longer completely accurate.
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Using Bloglines

Gary Kruchowski and I are putting together a series of blog training classes for both employees and students.
The first session will be for employees, and especially targeted at those employees who are looking for an easy way to read entries from multiple blogs … such as faculty who have a whole class of bloggers. It [...]College Major Book Notebook School

Marlise Riffel of Lake Superior College the 2009 Minnesota Professor of the Year

(Duluth, Minnesota) ? The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) have named Marlise Riffel of Lake Superior College the 2009 Minnesota Professor of the Year.



Faculty member Marlise Riffel with students, right to left, Michelle House, Elise Verhel, Vicky Shaeffer, and Samantha Krause.


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Quatrefoil Library volunteer experience (from GLBT Social Movements in the US: Spring 2011)

People meet up at the Third Saturday Work Party to assist in the development and operation of the Quatrefoil Library. From 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month. Volunteers gather to assist with new book processing, newsletter mailings, sorting recent donations, re-arranging materials, and assisting patrons (front desk).

On Saturday, February 19, 2011, I attended the Third Saturday Work party with approximately five or six other people. The "regular" volunteers and members really go out of their way to ... Cars Bicycle Horse

Identities in Movements (from GLBT Social Movements in the US: Spring 2011)

A lot of different point of views for us to discuss this week and I can already see that our blog is getting heated! I'm actually posting to you all straight from my internship this morning. Laura, my boss, is on an emergency trip to the East Coast for some family affairs and contacted me desperately last night to come in and do some work this morning. A night person myself, I begrudgingly agreed.

So, needless to say, us queers ... Lab Laboratory Student

Friday recipe: crepes to make you swoon

I am such a huge fan of crepes. Sweet, savory, plain ? I love them. When we had special breakfasts growing up, my parents usually made crepes. They rock. I once wandered St. Louis on a COLD wintery morning with Andrea Cooley for a good 30+ minutes because we were told there was a crepe [...]Education College Major

LSC Hosts Laurel and Hardy Film Society

Laurel and Hardy return to LSC. The January meeting of the Busy Bodies, the Duluth/Superior Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, January 14 in the LSC Commons. This month?s theme is ?Dancing in the New Year,? featuring a bunch of slapstick celebrations. Scheduled films include three Laurel and [...]Lab Laboratory Student

Student Spotlight (from CLA: Religious Studies Program)

By Derk Renwick

Graduating senior Ashley Talberg worked with faculty from across the College of Liberal Arts while researching the effect religious belief has on game theory. She learned that there is a connection between trust and religious belief, regardless of religious affiliation.

Where did you get the idea for your research project?

I took a course with Professor Oliver Nicholson on the beginning of the Christian movment (RELS 3541: The Age of St. Augustine of Hippo) and began to wonder ... Major Book Notebook

Final Shoot: Good Ole Fashion Fun

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Nick Seguin ? Final

This is a character from a comic I stopped working on years ago.
I had him in my old sketches and for the final I decided to add more to him.
I used textures I’ve made in the past to make most of his skin and I tried my best to change the lighting on him in [...]Hacker Software Pencil

LSC Choir and Strings Presents Candlelight Carol Concert

What: LSC Candlelight Carol Concert When: Tuesday, December 14 @ 7:00 p.m. Where: LSC Atrium Need a little spring in your holiday step? Here?s one way ? stop by Lake Superior College?s annual high-energy holiday season ?Candlelight Carol Concert? on Tuesday, December 14 at 7 p.m. in LSC?s Atrium. The concert will present both the [...]House Lab Laboratory

LSC Hosts Laurel and Hardy Society Holiday Program

LSC Student Life will host the December meeting of the Busy Bodies, the Duluth-Superior Laurel and Hardy appreciation society.� The group will present a special holiday program “yule” love in the LSC Commons at 7 p.m. on Friday, December 3. This month?s program celebrates the season with a showing of Babes in Toyland (1934), one [...]Car Cars Bicycle

Convergence & Divergence of Gender Roles: What About Today? (from AMST3252W - Popular Culture and Politics 1900-1940 Spring 2011)

Gail Bederman's book, Manliness and Civilization, is an exploration of the connection between manhood and race during the early twentieth century (p. 5). Specifically, the author examines the cultural and hegemonic processes used by white middle-class men to maintain power and authority in light of changing social and economic conditions. Chapter one of this book, "Remaking Manhood," uses the story of Jack Johnson to illustrate these forces in action. Similarly, Nan Enstad's essay, "Fashioning Political Identities: Cultural Studies and the Historical ... Blog Education College

Donor Spotlight: Honoring a father?s quiet patriotism

Editor?s Note: Today?s post is the first in a new series that will profile some of the museum?s generous donors. Each Veterans Day, the museum offers the opportunity to make a gift in honor of a veteran, and to have...Major Book Notebook

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EPA prepares to wade into the Bay-Delta

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced ?an information-gathering process on how the EPA and the State of California can achieve water quality and aquatic resource protection goals? in the California Bay-Delta. EPA is not proposing any new regulations yet, but it is seeking public comment on what it might do to address water quality conditions in the Bay-Delta that affect aquatic species. It is considering not just regulatory changes, but changes in ?enforcement, research, revisions in water quality standards, etc.?
(The Federal Register notice is here, and EPA?s longer ?unabridged? version, which ... More >Software Pencil Pen

Watson Victorious in IBM Jeopardy Challenge

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Egypt: Military, money and motives

?Egypt has passed through a critical period in her recent history characterized by bribery, mischief, and the absence of governmental stability . . . Accordingly, we have undertaken to clean ourselves up and have appointed to command us men from within the army whom we trust in their ability, their character, and their patriotism. It is certain that all Egypt will meet this news with enthusiasm and will welcome it.?
The statement above could have been uttered in the recent past by some YouTube revolutionary or Facebook organizer, but Free Officer Anwar Sadat made this early morning rally call nearly ... More >Advertising Blog Education

Final Shoot: A Little Bit of Luck or A Little Poison Ivy

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Stoffregen interviewed by South Carolina newspaper (from CEHD News)

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2011 Smiley Award Competition Opens

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Berkeley goes to India

Some 50-odd years ago, UC Berkeley scholars (including Kingsley Davis and Catherine Wurster) organized a path breaking conference on India?s urban future, here at the Claremont Hotel. This coming spring break, more than twenty faculty, researchers and graduate students will travel to New Delhi from Berkeley, to take part in a symposium/workshop (March 23-25) on The 21st-Century Indian City: Developing an Agenda for Urbanization in India.
Sponsored by the Kanwal and Ann Rekhi Foundation, the Center for South Asia Studies, Global Metropolitan Studies, and the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics, it is perhaps the first time a ... More >House Lab Laboratory

LSC to Host 11th Annual Throw-a-thon Dec. 3-4

Wheels are spinning again this December, as students and area artists will use their creativity to fight hunger in the region.� Members of the Lake Superior College Art Club are conducting a ?Throw-a-thon,? creating hundreds of ceramic bowls in support of Duluth’s ?Empty Bowl? project, an annual event to raise money for Second Harvest Northern [...]Pencil Pen Car

Entry 3 (from GWSS 3406: Gender, Labor, and Global Politics)

I thought the piece on trans' was very interesting. I guess I have never thought about the lack of tran's represented in the media. The only transgendered person I can think of was the character on real world. This caused an up rise with some of the other characters and a lot was said behind her back, and this only happened because she was trans. When trans people do come into the media their identities are all about, "the man ... Pen Car Cars

New Website ? New Name

We will be launching our new website and our new name for what has previously been called the LSC Virtual Campus. Starting on April 30, 2008 we will be called Lake Superior Connect. Our new website is pictured below:

We believe that this site will be more useful and more modern. A team of college representatives [...]Lab Laboratory Student

Creative Relationships?

The theme of this post is Relationships: the relationship between our inner and outer worlds, relationships between individuals, and the relationships of the individual and the whole (?whole? can encompass the ENTIRE UNIVERSE if you want it to).One of my high school professors once told us that in college the caliber of students matters more [...]Bicycle Horse House

Byron Johnson Final Design

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For my final design I decided to revisit the world of radial balance.� I had these circular designs floating around in my head and this is what emerged.�
As I stated above the dominate design element is radial balance.� The mandalas are all emerging, or disappearing into,�a central location.� Each circular element is also radially balanced [...]Pen Car Cars

Instructor Kelly Rauzi to Sign her Book ?Fearless John? at LSC

What: LSC Instructor Kelly Rauzi to sign copies of her book “Fearless John: The Legend of John Beargrease When: Monday, December 13 / 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Where: Lake Superior College Bookstore Duluth has hosted the start and finish of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon since 1984. With a little research at local [...]Education College Major

LSC Choir and Strings Presents Candlelight Carol Concert

What: LSC Candlelight Carol Concert When: Tuesday, December 14 @ 7:00 p.m. Where: LSC Atrium Need a little spring in your holiday step? Here?s one way ? stop by Lake Superior College?s annual high-energy holiday season ?Candlelight Carol Concert? on Tuesday, December 14 at 7 p.m. in LSC?s Atrium. The concert will present both the [...]Administrator Advertising Blog

Margaret Sanger and Birth Control (from feminist debates: spring 2011)

Birth Control, eugenics, and the improvement of a country
The eugenics movement was used to "cleanse" America of the "feebleminded" by improving the race of a nation by increasing the reproduction of the best stock (60). Birth control, in combination with eugenics, was then used as a tool to regulate the poor, immigrants, and black Americans (59). Even more damaging and permanent was the use of sterilization as a remedy for social problems (61). "Between 1929 and 1941, more than 2,000 eugenic sterilizations were performed each ... College Major Book

A blogpost I would write if I weren?t busy prepping for teaching and grading papers

I would start with the example of Bill Maher “mansplaining” Mona Eltahawy on his show the other day (on how she�should be afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood). I would then briefly gloss the idea of ?mansplaining? ? noting, in passing, some of the conversational topographies of its use on the blogosphere.
I then would move on towards Saba Mahmood?s point in her�Politics of Piety that the assumption that a woman�should adopt a certain attitude towards something like ?Islam? not only relies on a particular (and usually very limited) definition of Islam, but also presumes that ?woman? has a particular set of ... More >Lab Laboratory Student

Getting off to a great start!

� Good organization�is important at any point in an online course, but it is especially appreciated by students the first week.� Just a few�points to remember as you put the finishing touches on your courses before launching into a new semester: Welcome students to�the class in�your homepage news area.� �Specifically tell students�what they should do [...]School Laptop Wifi

Crockpot hen & potato

After making this dish, I spent little time thinking about taking a picture and instead scarfed it down in a matter of minutes. I’ll try to get a picture next time, but I promise this is easy-breezy poultry that you have to keep handy for last-minute meals. Ingredients 1-2 Cornish game hen (or whatever poultry [...]Administrator Advertising Blog

The individual mandate in the healthcare bill: Why we should trade broccoli and asparagus for hotdogs and apple pie

The Republican vote to repeal the new health care law is purely symbolic.�But there?s one provision of the law that Republicans are likely to try to defund, and they may have the public with them on this. It?s the so-called ?individual mandate? ? the requirement that everyone purchase health insurance, or pay a fine. According to a recent poll, 60 percent of the public opposes it. They just don?t like the idea of �government telling them they have to buy something.
The mandate is also particularly vulnerable to legal challenge. So far, two federal judges, one in Virginia and another in�Florida, ... More >College Major Book

Final

For my final design I chose texture as one of my elements. I think this art shows a good amount of texture because of the detail. Next I chose symmetry because I�created a design that is equal on both parts. And last I did abstract because it is not a definite object. I really enjoyed [...]Advertising Blog Education

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Due to an outage on one of the systems that service NetID, blog.usf.edu was not able to handle login requests. That problem has been resolved, and the blog.usf.edu login page is now able to handle NetID system failures more gracefully. Please contact the helpdesk at help@usf.edu if there are any problems. We apologize for any [...]Pen Car Cars

Friday recipe: crepes to make you swoon

I am such a huge fan of crepes. Sweet, savory, plain ? I love them. When we had special breakfasts growing up, my parents usually made crepes. They rock. I once wandered St. Louis on a COLD wintery morning with Andrea Cooley for a good 30+ minutes because we were told there was a crepe [...]Laptop Wifi Hacker

Yammer Network for LSC

Maybe you’ve heard of Twitter a bit lately. Or maybe you’ve been living under a great big rock for the past several months. If Oprah has discovered it, then everyone has discovered it.
I use Twitter and I like it. However, I don’t really think Twitter is very useful for communicating about work stuff with the [...]Laptop Wifi Hacker

LSC Continues Industry Pathways Job Training, Thanks to the Ordean Foundation

(Duluth, Minn.) ? Targeted training for low-income, low skill residents of Duluth is now available through Lake Superior College?s Industry Pathways, thanks to a $40,000 Ordean Foundation grant. The funding will provide 16 residents of Duluth with the soft and hard skills training needed to prepare them for livable wage manufacturing jobs
In the next ten [...]Major Book Notebook

Snagfilms

Deborah Proctor shared this with individuals on the MnSCU technology list.� I found at least a dozen films I thought would be helpful in my classes.� Good stuff! She found information about SnagFilms on the Cool Cat Teacher Blog “SnagFilms.com is a website where you can watch full-length documentary films for free, but we?re also [...]Book Notebook School

What is SPAL?

SPAL? What is it and how does it give our students an advantage? Check it out:Advertising Blog Education

Final

This is a picture I took a few winters ago in Jay Cooke State Park.� I thought it looked pretty cool.� This is the original.

I took this picture and added some different filters to it.� I changed the contrast and brightness.� I think the winding road has flow to it.� Also, the contrast between the [...]School Laptop Wifi

So, this is the black and white image now, i wasn’t sure if we were to create a different moving still pic. or, use the same one, but i beileve we were to use the same one and to alter the image if necessary.:)� I like it better in color personally:)
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Truth and fiction: My connection to American Girl Addy

Editor?s note: To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, the National Museum of American History is partnering with American Girl to bring the stories of the Civil War to life for students and families through the real objects...Laptop Wifi Hacker

Embedding Audio

Steve was having a hard time posting an mp3 file to his new blog site. Here is an example of an mp3 embedded with a flash player in a post.
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First step is to make sure you have activated the audio player plug-in on your dashboard.

In the Audio Player Options (this tab will only appear [...]Advertising Blog Education

Fruit Fly Nervous System Provides New Solution To Fundamental Computer Network Problem

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LSC Artists Hold 10th Annual Throw-a-thon to Benefit Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank

(Duluth, Minn.) ?Again this December, students and area artists will use their creativity to fight hunger throughout the region. �Members of the Lake Superior College Art Club have announced plans for a Throw-a-thon fund-raising activity in support of Duluth’s ?Empty Bowl? project, an annual event to raise money for Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank.
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Rockin? CMU Computer Scientist Develops Tools That Suggest Novel Song Titles and Lyrics

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Crockpot hen & potato

After making this dish, I spent little time thinking about taking a picture and instead scarfed it down in a matter of minutes. I’ll try to get a picture next time, but I promise this is easy-breezy poultry that you have to keep handy for last-minute meals. Ingredients 1-2 Cornish game hen (or whatever poultry [...]Education College Major

2011 Smiley Award Competition Opens

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13 Indigienous Grandmothers: Jessi?s Personal Experience

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How wonderful it was to experience the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers in Fairfield, Iowa! It was an honor to serve as an usher for this past weekend?s� conferences. I also joined a group of women to offer song and dance to praise the presence of these divine women [...]House Lab Laboratory

LSC Choir and Strings Presents Candlelight Carol Concert

What: LSC Candlelight Carol Concert When: Tuesday, December 14 @ 7:00 p.m. Where: LSC Atrium Need a little spring in your holiday step? Here?s one way ? stop by Lake Superior College?s annual high-energy holiday season ?Candlelight Carol Concert? on Tuesday, December 14 at 7 p.m. in LSC?s Atrium. The concert will present both the [...]Software Pencil Pen

Packers Win Super Bowl XLV (from PFord Blog)

The Green Bay Packers Beat the Pittsburg Steelers 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV Sunday.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers went 24-39 with 304 yards and three touchdowns en route to winning the MVP award, according to ESPN
The Packers got out to an early lead and never trailed in the game. This was Green Bay's first championship since 1996 and fourth overall, according to NFL.com. ... Pen Car Cars

Circle Pines Victim Feared Ex (from Andrew Johnson's Blog)

Developments regarding Nicole Meier and details regarding her relationship with her ex reveal more about the murder-suicide that took place on Thursday.

Meier and Jesse Oakley's, her former boyfriend, were found dead at his Circle Pines home with a single bullet through each of their heads.

Meier had gone to Oakley's home to pick up rent he had owed her, according to the Star Tribune. She had expressed fears of being alone with him.

PressPubs reports that the the couple ... Laboratory Student Administrator

Bringing heroes to the classroom

Recently in the online community run by our partner, Verizon Thinkfinity, an educator asked how members of our history teachers group ?connect the classroom with the outside world.? An avid Skyper, this teacher often finds opportunities to bring experts to...College Major Book

The mid-point!

Well, we’re halfway through the semester! �By now our students should fully understand how their online classes work.� Why not give them a chance to let you know what they really like and what they may find frustrating/confusing?� Invite them to post an anonymous comment to a special forum you’ve set up in the discussion [...]Pen Car Cars

Let's Protect the Dope (from High Anxieties)

I thought this picture definitely says alot about how the government views drugs. Not as something to be played with, but as something that needs to be kept on heavy security and the public will face great consequences when they dabble with drugs. ... College Major Book

Fall Student Art Show Full of Imagination

Lake Superior College?s annual student Fall Art Exhibit opened �Monday, Dec. 6 at noon with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. �For many of the approximately 350 participating students, it is their first-ever exhibition. Students are presenting a variety of art, including watercolor, sculpture, jewelry, digital photography, painting, drawing, two and three-dimensional design projects, [...]Software Pencil Pen

Getting off to a great start!

� Good organization�is important at any point in an online course, but it is especially appreciated by students the first week.� Just a few�points to remember as you put the finishing touches on your courses before launching into a new semester: Welcome students to�the class in�your homepage news area.� �Specifically tell students�what they should do [...]Cars Bicycle Horse

Snap Preview Plug-in

The LSC Blogs received a new plug-in the other day. It is the Snap Preview Anywhere (SPA). I do not have it activated on this blog, and I probably won’t be doing so. Can’t say that I care for it much. Here’s a bunch of people who don’t like it at all.
On all of these [...]Pencil Pen Car

IBM?s Watson, SCS Faculty Featured Wednesday on PBS?s NOVA

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Embedded Video from Google Video

Upload your video to Google Video. Embed HTML code here in Wordpress following this process. NOTE: this video is from 2005 and is no longer completely accurate.
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Friday recipe: bean & corn chili

Good hearty, cozy meals for winter aren’t always healthy. I like this easy crockpot recipe because it sounds fairly easy and full of veggies and beans! Bean & corn chili, from the Disney Family site (makes 6 servings) Ingredients 2 tablespoons red wine 1/2 teaspoon olive oil 2 medium onions, finely chopped 5 cloves garlic, [...]Lab Laboratory Student

Faculty and Staff Win Coveted Golden Boot at 2011 Campus Showdown (from UMC Highlights)

A team of students faced off against a team of faculty and staff as it tradion at the annual Campus Showdown, held Wednesday evening, February 2.andnbsp; While it was close, this year the faculty and staff team took back possession of the Golden Boot, the traveling trophy markingandnbsp;the competition.andnbsp; Events included Pictionary, Snack Cake Forehead Stacking, Balloon vs. Cup, Apple Stacking, the Mandamp;M Pencil Elevator, Eating Pickled Herring and Spam, and the Superhero/Wedding Story Switcheroo!andnbsp; ... Laptop Wifi Hacker

LSC Candlelight Carol Choir and String Ensemble Concert Dec. 10

(Duluth, Minn.) ? The Lake Superior College Choir and String Ensemble?s Candlelight Carol Concert will take place on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. in the�LSC Atrium. �The concert is free and open to the public.
The choir will perform a variety of carols including Sing We Now of Christmas (Trad. French), Still, Still, Still (German), [...]Laptop Wifi Hacker

Summer Trip-Brenna Malovrh (from Experimental and Media Arts - Spring 2011)

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Final

This is a picture I took a few winters ago in Jay Cooke State Park.� I thought it looked pretty cool.� This is the original.

I took this picture and added some different filters to it.� I changed the contrast and brightness.� I think the winding road has flow to it.� Also, the contrast between the [...]Pen Car Cars

The Dollar: Dominant no more?

If the euro?s crisis has a silver lining, it is that it has diverted attention away from risks to the dollar. It was not that long ago that confident observers were all predicting that the dollar was about to lose its ?exorbitant privilege? as the leading international currency. First there was financial crisis, born and bred in the US. Then there was the second wave for quantitative easing, which seemed designed to drive down the dollar on foreign exchange markets. All this made the dollar?s loss of pre-eminence seem inevitable.
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Blizzard bags

Everyone likes to wear jeans to work and everyone likes to help others in the community. This month DMU employees can do both, in combination! The Community Service Committee is selling casual day stickers in trade for items to put in blizzard bags. All the needed items are listed on the portal on the community [...]Notebook School Laptop

SPARK 2010 / OVERVIEW VIDEO (from Spark 2010 Documentation)

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Pop Culture Blog #1 Prompt (from GWSS Pop Culture Women Spring 2011)

In reflecting on the readings, what are some important critical tools and considerations we need to take into account when becoming a cultural critic? Please cite specific concepts and examples from the assigned readings to situate your claims. You may also connect concepts/critical tools explored in the readings to examples of your own interactions with pop culture. ... Wifi Hacker Software