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The Brevard Zoo is more than a place to feed a giraffe or go zip-lining. It?s also a business, a publicly supported tourist attraction and a nonprofit education center.
Executive Director Keith Winsten oversees all of those disciplines, juggling zoology with marketing concerns. I asked Winsten about the zoo?s inhabitants and strategy in a TV interview posted at Floridatoday.com. Excerpts:
Question:I understand the zoo population of 550 just grew by one. Please share.
Winsten: We are a huge dating system for animals. Accredited zoos manage our animal populations carefully, and this was a planned birth of a baby anteater, our first ever born at the zoo. We had to work with...
Creighton University’s Dr. Isabelle Cherney will discuss the benefits of interdepartmental collaboration at upcoming conference
Omaha, NE (PRWEB) February 15, 2012
Collaboration across disciplines and departments to design and teach programs can result in new and exciting work, potentially leading to ideas that can solve problems in society and around the world. Isabelle D. Cherney, PhD, associate dean of Creighton University’s Graduate School and director of the interdisciplinary Doctor of Education (EdD) program in Leadership, will present a talk exploring those ideas as part of the upcoming Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities’ Graduate Dean...
Can science give us the perfect sleep-inducing song?
Ive been a bit of an insomniac lately. Somewhere in the depths of 2 am last night (or this morning?), I Googled most relaxing song ever.
And what did I expect to find? Well, a bunch of songs esteemed Most Relaxing by the court of popular opinion.
But instead, I foundscience. Maybe.
From The Telegraph:
the eight minute track [by Marconi Union], called Weightless, is so effective at inducing sleep it should not be listened to while driving.
Carefully arranged harmonies, rhythms and bass lines help to slow the heart rate, reduce blood pressure and lower levels of the stress hormone...
M-Sport has today announced the dates for the FIA WRC Academy pre-season training as 6 to 8 March 2012. Registered competitors will be invited to M-Sport’s HQ at Dovenby Hall where they will receive expert tuition in a number of disciplines ahead of the season opener in Portugal next month.
The training sessions will be split over three days with two groups each completing two full days of training: one day to familiarise competitors with the Ford Fiesta R2, and one centring on the administrative side of the sport and mentor guidance.
The practical training will start with a technical introduction to the award-winning Ford Fiesta R2 from an experienced team of M-Sport...
Now that it is winter again, children tend to stay indoors more often. When I received a flyer about our towns winter sports program, I realized that it was exactly what I needed for my grade school boys to keep themselves busy before their rowdiness at home drives me crazy.
Ricard, my Grade 3 boy, insists that I stay with him while they have their basketball practice. Since I want to support him and show him that I am interested in his new endeavor, I patiently stay and watch. There are a couple of moms and dads who watch the practices as well. On weekends, most if not all parents are present for the games.
I found out from one of the moms that his son has been in a basketball...
How many people does it take to create a website, design a T-shirt, plan a VIP lounge, make product packaging and put together a video installation? James Chang has shown that sometimes you need only one.
In his 15 years as a designer, Chang has taken on numerous jobs in different design fields. He has moved back and forth among interactive, graphic, interior, product and multimedia design. And theres no other place hed rather be.
It is how I like to market myself right now – as a one-stop-solution designer, says the 35-year-old creative director of TC Interactive, an e-commerce startup in Zhejiangs provincial capital Hangzhou.
I can work in all different disciplines,...
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
Canadians may be a winter-hardy lot overall, but thousands end up in hospital each year after breaking bones on the ski slope or snowboard run, sustaining a concussion from a hit on the hockey rink or suffering multiple injuries in snowmobile crashes.
In the fiscal year 2010-2011, more than 5,600 Canadians of all ages were hospitalized with serious injuries related to winter sports and recreational activities, says a report by the Canadian Institute for Health...
No more classes, no more books, no more teachers . . . well, at least for a few days, anyway.
The fourth week of February marks winter recess for many students across the region, a time when freedom reigns, as well as free time.
So, if parents are looking to fill the void left by homework and studying, they might want to check out a bevy of museums, nature centers and community groups hosting vacation week activities next week.
Programs range from walks in the woods to fun with fossils to hands-on aquatic adventures:
Vacation Drop Off Days at Stamford Museum and Nature Center: Kids ages 5 to 8 can view the night sky in the planetarium, play winter games and discover...
Israeli company launches TV channel for canines
Channel features images of happy dogs, people playing soccer and relaxing piano music 24 hours a day.
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Ruta Kupfer