Album: The Changing Lights Artist: Stacey Kent Vous êtes, chère Stacey Kent, une chanteuse de l?âme, un peintre des sentiments. Raconter une histoire, saisir une émotion, une humeur, l?exprimer au plus juste et la partager avec votre public, comme une confidence, voilà ce qui vous fait vibrer. French Minister Of Culture, Christine Alabanel, in her… Read more »
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employes (AUPE) are the support staff at Athabasca University. They’re the people who process your applications, your loan papers, your library requests, who answer the phones at the information desk and try to get your question to the right person?who is usually another member of the AUPE. They’re also the… Read more »
When we think of technology, the lowly doorknob doesn’t usually spring to mind. Yet its humble presence is a fundamental part of our lives, opening and closing billions of doors every day. Now, the city of Vancouver has passed a bylaw to ban the doorknob from all new private homes. Is it a case of… Read more »
Liberté ma douceur, pour chanter tes refrains Aux recoins de ton feu, j?ai fait le pied de grue Dans ma solitude tu m?as tendu les mains En clamant l?oraison de mon âme éperdue Je t?offre liberté l?écrin de mon amour J?ai plaisir a humer ta délicieuse haleine Nul ne fermera les paupières de ton jour… Read more »
Film: Hannah Arendt Director: Margarethe von Trotta Genre: Historical Drama The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. Hannah Arendt Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Hannah Arendt As Hannah Arendt observes portions of the trial of Adolf Eichmann… Read more »
You’ve found the perfect quote or written a bit of sparkling dialogue. You’ve gotten your citation just right?or your dialogue tag. But have you punctuated it properly? American versus British One of the most common punctuation errors arises from confusion over whether to place punctuation marks inside or outside the quotation marks. It’s complicated by… Read more »
In a continuing attempt to assimilate what I experienced during a recent trip to New York City, bear with me as I explore this paradox: the city is both bigger and smaller than I expected. Through a lifetime of watching movies and reading novels set in New York, certain locations and place names have taken… Read more »
Film Shorts: Various, Get Animated Producers: National Film Board of Canada “What I love most about animation is, it’s a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination.” ~Jeffrey Katzenberg “My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.” ~Gore… Read more »
One of my favorite albums when I was a kid was Harry Nilsson’s The Point. It’s a tale of a child who lives in a land where everybody has a point growing on the top of their head, except him. In the end, it’s a story about diversity, tolerance, friendship, and finding self-confidence in being… Read more »
APA. Chicago. MLA. Turabian. CSE. Struggling to properly format the citations in your paper is bad enough. But what if You’re unsure which style guide to use in the first place? Which is which? The various citation style guides were developed in response to the needs of different academic disciplines. Although it can feel overwhelming,… Read more »