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| Beloit College Mindset List offers cultural keys to the Class of 2014 - HULIQ.com Posted: 17 Aug 2010 06:16 PM PDT Adults may recall a time when Russia and the United States were at constant loggerheads, but their children have known the two countries only as roommates in space. For them, "Dirty Harry" directs films, not acts in them. And almost none of them know cursive handwriting. These are just a few of the facts about the Class of 2014 revealed in the annual Beloit College Mindset List. Since 1998, Beloit humanities and English professor Tom McBride and recently retired Public Affairs Director Ron Nief have produced the list as a guide to advise faculty which cultural references their incoming freshmen will get and which ones they won't. But the Mindset List has taken on a life of its own beyond the confines of the Wisconsin college. Its Facebook fan page and Mediasite webcast draw more than 400,000 visitors a year, and the list serves as a cultural touchstone and a reminder to older generations of the passage of time. Here are some facts about the incoming freshman college class from the Beloit College Mindset List: They were born in 1992, the year Bill Clinton apologized to everyone about his sexual behavior and Ross Perot warned anyone who would listen about a "giant sucking sound." More of them are female than male, and one in four of them has at least one immigrant parent, rendering rancorous arguments about immigration moot. They are the first college class to grow up in a totally digital world. E-mail is too slow for them, and they almost never send "snail mail." As they tell time with their cell phones, they wouldn't understand that someone pointing at their wrist is asking them for the time of day. Now for some of the cultural touchstones. For the Class of 2014:
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| Posted: 17 Aug 2010 08:11 PM PDT MADRID — Ernest Hemingway was fascinated by bullfighting and artist Goya depicted it in some of his most famous paintings. Now Spain's leading opposition party wants to enshrine it as part of the nation's cultural heritage -- and stop efforts to ban the bloody pastime. Supporters who say bullfighting is a form of art crucial to Spanish national identity say the move would also overturn the high-profile bullfighting ban enacted last month in the populous northeastern Catalonia region, and strike down a 1991 ban in Spain's Canary Islands. Other parts of Spain would be prevented from enacting regional bans so Spaniards and tourists would have the freedom of choice to attend bullfights, said lawmaker Juan Manuel Albendea, the spokesman for the long-shot bill being pushed forward by the conservative Popular Party. "What if, say, Madrid banned the cinema?" Albendea asked. "It would be ridiculous." The proposal also states that Spain's government must protect bullfighting as culture, though Albandea didn't say how that would happen and the initial proposal doesn't offer details. However, the Culture Ministry is already responsible for preservation of historic buildings, and for protecting development from encroaching on hiking routes through various parts of Spain that lead to the famed medieval Catholic shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
While the ruling center-left Socialist Party opposes the bill, the center-right Popular Party has filed paperwork to put it up for debate in Parliament after national lawmakers return to work in September after their summer break. Mimi Bekhechi, the anti-bullfighting campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, calls the effort "just a desperate attempt by a small minority of people to cling to this former tradition that most Spaniards have no interest in whatsoever." She added: "There is nothing cultured about torturing an animal." Some tourists attending a fight Sunday at Madrid's historic Las Ventas ring, however, said bullfighting should be protected quickly because the Catalonia ban represents a threat to fights elsewhere.
She said bullfighting deserves protected status because it has been passed from generation to generation and is a huge draw for tourists learning about Spain. "We should preserve culture, and you cannot have Spain without bullfighting," said Case, who was touring Spain with her daughter. The number of bullfights across Spain has declined sharply over the last two years after a lengthy Spanish recession hit the sector hard. And Spain's economic woes have prompted small towns and cities with lower tax revenue to reduce or eliminate the subsidies they provide to bullfight promoters to put on the shows during traditional summer pueblo parties. Luis Corrales, who headed the Barcelona-based pro-bullfight organization that opposed the Catalonia ban, denied that Spanish interest in bullfighting was waning. He said there also was widespread speculation that bullfighting would die in Spain in 1930, after a new law mandated giving horses a special form of protective armor in the rings so they wouldn't be killed or badly hurt by gorings.
Spanish newspapers still feature pages of reviews of bullfights, along with prominent pictures of leading national figures watching fights from grandstands overlooking the rings, including members of the royal family. Elena Valenciano, a leading Socialist Party lawmaker, said last week that Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero's administration is against the bullfighting proposal because such decisions should be in the hands of Spain's regional governments. If the ruling party maintains its stance, the effort to enshrine bullfighting as part of Spanish culture will almost certainly fail in Parliament, Albendea and Martin-Penato conceded. But the popularity of Zapatero and his party declined substantially over the last year as Spain's economic problems mushroomed. Polls show the Popular Party, known here as the PP, probably would win national elections if they were held now, although Zapatero doesn't have to call them until 2012. So bullfight supporters are pinning their hopes on a win after the next national elections, and want the PP to include the issue in its electoral platform. "It will have a much better chance of becoming law in two years if the PP wins," Corrales said. If the bill fails, the opposition will file a lawsuit with Spain's highest court to repeal the Catalan law on grounds that regions have jurisdiction to oversee bullfighting but not ban it, Albendea said. The Popular party also plans to ask UNESCO to declare bullfighting part of the world's cultural heritage. RELATED FARM ANIMAL NEWS: -- Alan Clendenning, Associated Press 1st photo: Spanish matador Jose Maria Manzanares challenges his bull during a fight at the Illumbre bullring in San Sebastian, Spain, on Aug. 16. Credit: Javier Etxezarreta / European Pressphoto Agency 2nd photo: Spanish matador Miguel Tendero makes a pass during the first bullfight in Barcelona after the ban, which did not immediately go into effect, was passed. Credit: Josep Lago / AFP/Getty Images 3rd photo: Spanish matador El Juli makes a pass during a July 18 bullfight. Credit: Manu Fernandez / Associated Press 4th photo: A bull tries to push Spanish picador Jose Palomares during an Aug. 15 bullfight. Credit: Juan Herrero / European Pressphoto Agency This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2010 09:06 AM PDT PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 16, 2010 – Library and archives specialist, Axiell Library Group, has crowned Sweden's Norrköping City Library 'The Digital Cultural Institution of 2010' for its progressive work in creating 'Salongen' – a complete website reflecting the gamut of the library's activity and accomplishments in a very educational and engaging way. The award was presented at the 76th IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) conference in Gothenburg in August 2010. Jerk Sintorn, CEO of Axiell Library Group, commented, "The Axiell 'Digital Cultural Institution of 2010' award is designed to encourage cultural institutions in making their transition into the digital world. We want to encourage cultural institutions to reach their communities, partnering with local government, business and other organisations to be responsive to local needs and to develop new services for the benefit of end-users." The awards are open to institutions in the UK, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Norrkö ping City Library was selected for the award because it realised the importance of showcasing its activities and services on the web at a very early stage and allocated resources to make this possible. Norrkoping was also the first Swedish library to test Axiell Arena, Axiell's virtual library and Web 2.0 social networking facility. Norrköping staff prepared a comprehensive strategy for Salongen's content and design. The site includes a wide variety of interesting subject matter for all target groups, ranging from tips on books, films and music, to author and artist portrayals and articles on different genres and trends within film, literature and art. The website also includes a large image archive consisting of photos and annotations from Norrköping in the 19th century to date. Lise Søderberg, Axiell Library Group's Chief Communication Officer, says, "The library staff are doing great pioneering work to make the library and its services accessible on the net in a very creative way – in terms of content as well from a technical perspective. The library's own staff contribute their knowledge to create interesting content in text and image form, supplemented by contributions from other areas of the local authority, such as an article about an exhibition at the Norrköping Art Museum from a museum lecturer." This is the third time that Axiell has presented an award, the 2007 winner was Danish library Aalborg for its mobile library project and the 2008 winner was Celia, the Finnish library for the visually impaired. The award is presented to cultural institutions which, in ground-breaking fashion, find new ways of marketing themselves in the digital society, by being innovative and demonstrating ideas that can inspire other libraries. Notes to Editors 1. Picture shows Birgitta Hjerpe, Library Manager at Norrköping City Library with Jerk Sintorn, CEO Axiell Library Group. High res photo available on request. Press Contact Press Contact TA607 Axiell Library Group AB Axiell Library Group is the world's fifth largest company in the sector, supplying IT systems and services dedicated solely to libraries and archives as a target group and with its focus on library development. Axiell develops technically advanced and innovative solutions for libraries and archives in close cooperation with its customers. More than 1000 library organisations with thousands of branches in the Nordic countries and in the UK use Axiell's library management systems and Axiell Arena, the tool for the virtual library. The system for archives and museums, CALM, is used by over 350 archives and museums in Europe. Axiell Library Group is a group company with five subsidiaries in Sweden, Denmark and Finland as well as the UK. Axiell UK This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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