nprmusic: Philip Glass turns 75 tomorrow. Impossible, you say? Given his two dozen operas, reams of orchestral music, virtually uncountable film scores and scads of projects in every discipline, isn’t he like 90 or 100 or 110? Or, judging by his kaleidoscopic connections and collaborators, isn’t he somewhere between 20 and 50, hunkered down among hipsters and plotting his next move toward musical world domination? (Photo by Stewart Cohen) Hear our essential Glass playlist.

nprmusic:

Philip Glass turns 75 tomorrow. Impossible, you say? Given his two dozen operas, reams of orchestral music, virtually uncountable film scores and scads of projects in every discipline, isn’t he like 90 or 100 or 110? Or, judging by his kaleidoscopic connections and collaborators, isn’t he somewhere between 20 and 50, hunkered down among hipsters and plotting his next move toward musical world domination? (Photo by Stewart Cohen)

Hear our essential Glass playlist.

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theatlantic: A View of Detroit As Captured Beneath a Photographer’s Dangling Feet Detroit-based photographer Dennis Maitland has conceived of a new way to see the city, turning the experience of the skyscraper up on its head. In a series called “Life on the Edge,” Maitland climbs atop some of the highest perches in his hometown, dangles his feet precariously over the edge, focuses his lens downwards, and snaps a photo that is sure to induce perspiration. Maitland not only documents his personal overcoming of a fear of heights, but he captures views of Detroit that elevate city streets from their quotidian designation and paint a new image of our built environment. See more. [Image: Dennis Maitland]

theatlantic:

A View of Detroit As Captured Beneath a Photographer’s Dangling Feet

Detroit-based photographer Dennis Maitland has conceived of a new way to see the city, turning the experience of the skyscraper up on its head. In a series called “Life on the Edge,” Maitland climbs atop some of the highest perches in his hometown, dangles his feet precariously over the edge, focuses his lens downwards, and snaps a photo that is sure to induce perspiration. Maitland not only documents his personal overcoming of a fear of heights, but he captures views of Detroit that elevate city streets from their quotidian designation and paint a new image of our built environment. See more.

[Image: Dennis Maitland]

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“The schism between content creators and platforms like Kickstarter, Tumblr and YouTube is generational. It’s people who grew up on the Web versus people who still don’t use it. In Washington, they simply don’t see the way that the Web has completely reconfigured society across classes, education and race. The Internet isn’t real to them yet.”

Yancey Strickler, a founder of Kickstarter | The Danger of an Attack on Piracy Online - NYTimes.com (via courtenaybird)

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emergentfutures: Paul Higgins : read this. It may seem like exotic mathematics but it could have huge and widespread ramifications smarterplanet: How Speeding The “Most Important Algorithm Of Our Lifetime” Could Change This Modern World | Fast Company Math breakthroughs don’t often capture the headlines—but MIT researchers have just made one that could lead to all sorts of amazing technological breakthroughs that in just a few years will touch every hour of your life. 

emergentfutures:

Paul Higgins : read this. It may seem like exotic mathematics but it could have huge and widespread ramifications


smarterplanet:

How Speeding The “Most Important Algorithm Of Our Lifetime” Could Change This Modern World | Fast Company

Math breakthroughs don’t often capture the headlines—but MIT researchers have just made one that could lead to all sorts of amazing technological breakthroughs that in just a few years will touch every hour of your life. 

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Join the Ultimate Block Party!

“On October 2, Baltimore City Public Schools is partnering with the Learning Resource Network, Johns Hopkins University, and a host of local and national sponsors to celebrate play at the Ultimate Block Party  at Rash Field in the Inner Harbor from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., a daylong offering of play-based activities for children from birth to 13, that are rooted in play and built on the science of learning and development.”

more info —> http://whatweekly.com/2011/09/28/ultimate-block-party/

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