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Friday, September 24, 2010
Authors @ Google: Jerry Beck
In a world of rogue rabbit, megalomaniac ducks, pigs and stuttering, what defines greatness? This question has been asked thousands of fans of comics, historians and leaders of The 100 Greatest Cartoons Looney Tunes, Looney Tunes to create the ultimate collection. Assessing their comic brilliance, innovative animation, creative merit and historical importance, comics historian Jerry Beck and Cartoon Brew expert team of animation (www.cartoonbrew.com) show the funAnecdotes and the origins secret behind such classics as "What's Opera, Doc?", "One Froggy Evening" and "Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½ Century." With more than 300 pieces of original art from private collections and archives Warner Bros., The 100 Greatest Cartoons Looney Tunes settle the debate on the best, and represents a new question is your favorite of the greatest? Jerry Beck is an animation historian and cartoon producer. His more than fifteen books on this subject isAnimated Movie Guide, Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide and the 50 Greatest Cartoons. He is also co-founder/co-writer the popular video-animation, Cartoon Brew. Beck is a former studio executive with Nickelodeon and Disney, and is currently a consulting producer for Warner Bros., Universal and Disney for its classic compilation DVD. Beck has programmed retrospectives for the Annecy and Ottawa Animation Festival, the Museum of Modern Art and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &Science ...
Friday, August 13, 2010
Authors @ Google: Ben Wildavsky
The Great Brain Race tells the story of the transformation of landscape academic world in recent years. Nearly 3 million students now study outside their country of origin may hop Nations around the world by the United States to Singapore, Saudi Arabia, western universities to establish branch campuses in the Middle East and Asia, and research universities new or rejuvenated in China, South Korea, Europe and American giants vie for the top ranking in Global Education. Wildavsky'sBook makes the case that, despite concerns about increased competition and the University of ever stiffer competition for talent, the globalization of higher education should be embraced, not feared. This is because more and more knowledge is not a zero sum game: the free movement of people and ideas in the world has enormous economic and intellectual benefits for people, nations and the world. You can find more information www.greatbrainrace.com. Also, check out his op-ed piece inTimes Higher Education: bit.ly
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