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Martin Luther King's Acceptance Speech, on the Occasion of the Award of the Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, December 10, 1964
The Nobel Foundation has granted the publication Folly permission to publish the Nobel lecture by Martin Luther King. Martin Luther
King is the sole author of the text. © The Nobel Foundation 1964. Right photograph: KING Jr., Martin Luther. Nobel Laureate PEACE
1964. © Nobelstiftelsen. Martin Luther King, © Nobel Foundation (see January 2007 issue)
Oslo, December 10, 1964
The Nobel Foundation has granted the publication Folly permission to publish the Nobel lecture by Martin Luther King. Martin Luther
King is the sole author of the text. © The Nobel Foundation 1964. Right photograph: KING Jr., Martin Luther. Nobel Laureate PEACE
1964. © Nobelstiftelsen. Martin Luther King, © Nobel Foundation (see January 2007 issue)
The Poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The essay, The Poet was written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1844. (see January 2007 issue)
The essay, The Poet was written by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1844. (see January 2007 issue)
Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts
(Excerpts from the Rand Corporation 2004 Study for the Wallace Foundation. By Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth H. Ondaatje, Laura Zakaras, Arthur
Brooks) The goal of the study described here was to improve the current understanding of the arts’ full range of effects in order to inform public
debate and policy. The study entailed reviewing all benefits associated with the arts, analyzing how they may be created, and examining how they
accrue to individuals and the public through different forms of arts participation. (see January 2007 issue)
(Excerpts from the Rand Corporation 2004 Study for the Wallace Foundation. By Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth H. Ondaatje, Laura Zakaras, Arthur
Brooks) The goal of the study described here was to improve the current understanding of the arts’ full range of effects in order to inform public
debate and policy. The study entailed reviewing all benefits associated with the arts, analyzing how they may be created, and examining how they
accrue to individuals and the public through different forms of arts participation. (see January 2007 issue)
Critical Issues Facing the Arts in California
The James Irvine Foundation
Prepared in September 2006 by AEA Consulting and reprinted with permission from The James Irvine Foundation. In January 2006, The James
Irvine Foundation hired AEA Consulting to identify critical issues facing the cultural sector in California and illuminate the implications of these issues.
The Foundation initiated the work to address challenges facing California’s artistic and cultural community. The project was designed in two phases.
The first, conducted between January and June 2006, was qualitative, consisting of consultations with a small advisory committee, an extensive
literature search, interviews with a cross-section of cultural leaders, and preparation of a written report on the initial findings and recommendations
for further action. (see April 2007 issue)
The James Irvine Foundation
Prepared in September 2006 by AEA Consulting and reprinted with permission from The James Irvine Foundation. In January 2006, The James
Irvine Foundation hired AEA Consulting to identify critical issues facing the cultural sector in California and illuminate the implications of these issues.
The Foundation initiated the work to address challenges facing California’s artistic and cultural community. The project was designed in two phases.
The first, conducted between January and June 2006, was qualitative, consisting of consultations with a small advisory committee, an extensive
literature search, interviews with a cross-section of cultural leaders, and preparation of a written report on the initial findings and recommendations
for further action. (see April 2007 issue)
The Making of Art
Notes from the Painting Class of Fred Reichman (see May 2007 issue)
Notes from the Painting Class of Fred Reichman (see May 2007 issue)
Your Brain on Jazz: Researchers Use fMRI to Study Improvisation, Creativity
Research, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and musician volunteers
from the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute, sheds light on the creative
improvisation that artists and non-artists use in everyday life. A pair of Johns Hopkins and
government scientists have discovered that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains
turn off areas linked to self-censoring and inhibition, and turn on those that let self-
expression flow. It appears, they conclude, that jazz musicians create their unique
improvised riffs by turning off inhibition and turning up creativity.
In a report published February 27, 2008 in Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE, the
scientists from the University’s School of Medicine and the National Institute on Deafness
and Other Communications Disorders describe their interest in the possible neurological
underpinnings of the almost trance-like state jazz artists enter during spontaneous
improvisation. (see July 2008 issue)
Research, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and musician volunteers
from the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute, sheds light on the creative
improvisation that artists and non-artists use in everyday life. A pair of Johns Hopkins and
government scientists have discovered that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains
turn off areas linked to self-censoring and inhibition, and turn on those that let self-
expression flow. It appears, they conclude, that jazz musicians create their unique
improvised riffs by turning off inhibition and turning up creativity.
In a report published February 27, 2008 in Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE, the
scientists from the University’s School of Medicine and the National Institute on Deafness
and Other Communications Disorders describe their interest in the possible neurological
underpinnings of the almost trance-like state jazz artists enter during spontaneous
improvisation. (see July 2008 issue)
Audubon Insectarium: By the Numbers
♦ Audubon Insectarium comprises 23,000 square feet and features 70+ dynamic and
interactive exhibits with thousands of live and mounted specimens.
♦ Insects make up nearly 90 percent of the world’s species. At any one time, it’s
estimated there are 10 quintillion individual live insects (10,000,000,000,000,000,000).
♦ Worldwide, some 900 thousand different insects are known – with thousands more
discovered each year. The U.S. has approximately 91,000 species of insects; another
73,000 species may still be undiscovered by science.
♦ There are 31 different classes of insects. The largest and most common are: Diptera
(flies and mosquitoes); Hymenoptera (bees, ants and wasps); Lepidoptera (butterflies
and moths); and Coleoptera (beetles).
♦ Beetles are the largest single group of animals on the planet, with more than 300,000
different known species and thousands more discovered each year. If you lined up all
the animals on earth, every 4th one would be a beetle.
♦ Beetles are so popular in Japan, there are more pet beetles than dogs or cats.
Insects are an amazing species:
♦ Cockroaches haven’t changed much in 300,000,000 years.
♦ Early dragonflies had wingspans of two feet or more.
♦ A bee may fly up to 60 miles a day seeking food.
♦ There are 8,800 species of ants, almost as many as the number
of known bird species (9,000).
♦ Ants can lift 50 times their own weight.
(see August 2008 issue)
♦ Audubon Insectarium comprises 23,000 square feet and features 70+ dynamic and
interactive exhibits with thousands of live and mounted specimens.
♦ Insects make up nearly 90 percent of the world’s species. At any one time, it’s
estimated there are 10 quintillion individual live insects (10,000,000,000,000,000,000).
♦ Worldwide, some 900 thousand different insects are known – with thousands more
discovered each year. The U.S. has approximately 91,000 species of insects; another
73,000 species may still be undiscovered by science.
♦ There are 31 different classes of insects. The largest and most common are: Diptera
(flies and mosquitoes); Hymenoptera (bees, ants and wasps); Lepidoptera (butterflies
and moths); and Coleoptera (beetles).
♦ Beetles are the largest single group of animals on the planet, with more than 300,000
different known species and thousands more discovered each year. If you lined up all
the animals on earth, every 4th one would be a beetle.
♦ Beetles are so popular in Japan, there are more pet beetles than dogs or cats.
Insects are an amazing species:
♦ Cockroaches haven’t changed much in 300,000,000 years.
♦ Early dragonflies had wingspans of two feet or more.
♦ A bee may fly up to 60 miles a day seeking food.
♦ There are 8,800 species of ants, almost as many as the number
of known bird species (9,000).
♦ Ants can lift 50 times their own weight.
(see August 2008 issue)
Photo by Kellyann Estrem (c). Printed with permission.
Photograph courtesy of and with permission from Johns
Hopkins Medical © 2008
Hopkins Medical © 2008
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The X PRIZE Foundation is a non-profit organization that awards monetary prizes to individuals and teams that discover solutions to global challenges
in the areas of energy and the environment, life sciences, education, global entrepreneurship and exploration (space and ocean). It is widely
recognized as a model for fostering innovation through competition.
The foundation hosts competitions to achieve a goal, set by the foundation, which has the potential to benefit humanity. Rather than awarding money
to honor past achievements or directly funding research, an X PRIZE fosters cross-disciplinary innovation through competition, public interest and
entrepreneurship. (see September 08 issue)
in the areas of energy and the environment, life sciences, education, global entrepreneurship and exploration (space and ocean). It is widely
recognized as a model for fostering innovation through competition.
The foundation hosts competitions to achieve a goal, set by the foundation, which has the potential to benefit humanity. Rather than awarding money
to honor past achievements or directly funding research, an X PRIZE fosters cross-disciplinary innovation through competition, public interest and
entrepreneurship. (see September 08 issue)
What's the difference between a challenge and a banning and who challenges books?
According to the American Library Association (ALA), a challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person
or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an
attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others.
Throughout history, more and different kinds of people and groups of all persuasions than you might first suppose, who, for all sorts of reasons, have
attempted—and continue to attempt—to suppress anything that conflicts with or anyone who disagrees with their beliefs.
According to the “The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books, Challenges by Initiator, Institution, Type, and Year,” parents challenge materials more
often than any other group. (see October 08 issue)
According to the American Library Association (ALA), a challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person
or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an
attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others.
Throughout history, more and different kinds of people and groups of all persuasions than you might first suppose, who, for all sorts of reasons, have
attempted—and continue to attempt—to suppress anything that conflicts with or anyone who disagrees with their beliefs.
According to the “The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books, Challenges by Initiator, Institution, Type, and Year,” parents challenge materials more
often than any other group. (see October 08 issue)