Model Airplanes

Artists have traditionally gotten a rotten deal from the entertainment industry, but I think that the rottenness of that deal rises and falls based on the amount of competition there is for our services. If you are in the catbird seat, if you are lucky enough to be one of those superstar artists who has negotiated a really good share of that money, then your fortunes rise and fall with the fortunes of the investor class.

But I don’t think that’s true of the majority of artists. I think the majority of artists get the least that the investor class can get away with. They are, from the perspective of the investor class, largely interchangeable. That is to say, if you plan to publish 15 fantasy novels this month that are going to be primarily aimed at people who are buying them in airports to read on an airplane, then really what matters is that you just have 15 novels that are of readable quality. And there’s far more than 15 people willing to write you a novel this month for it.

What happens when the number of “channels” increases?

There’s more people competing to buy your stuff. And when there’s more people competing to buy your stuff, then they can be played against one another. You can shop around for a better deal. I think what’s happened, not just in the arts but everywhere around the world, is that we’ve had incredible waves of concentration in industry, where we have policies that

Article source: http://www.salon.com/2014/11/06/cory_doctorow_were_all_sharecroppers_in_googles_fields_for_the_rest_of_eternity/

Since ancient times, scientifically minded people have tried to figure out the mechanisms behind the physical world. Astronomers observed the movement of the sun and stars, biologists watched humans and animals interact with their environment, engineers noticed the angular similarities behind structurally sound buildings. They may have had simple tools to aid them—a basic measuring device, a compass, perhaps an early telescope.

Today, teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics mostly stick to the theoretical aspects. Students must know the number of degrees in a triangle, but rarely do they get to put that knowledge to use through structured lessons.

The tools listed here are transforming the way teachers approach STEM education. Integrating these new tools into their lessons can help teachers teachers reinforce theoretical concepts by demonstrating their real-world applications. By showing students that the knowledge is relevant and useful, teachers can help them unlock new realms of creativity in all scientific realms and possibly change their future career trajectories.

3-D Printers

Whether they’re used to create food, organs or mechanical parts, 3-D printers allow engineers to make their designs tangible and physical. And that’s just what they can do for students, too; as 3-D printers have become less expensive and more ubiquitous, schools have begun integrating them into their

Article source: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/11/five-tools-that-are-transforming-stem-education/382305/

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November 6, 2014 – Rachel Borsa is a 21-year-old student at Purdue University, studying aviation. But class for her is not the typical college experience.

“My class is to go fly, and I can’t think of a better class than to be able to go fly an airplane around for two hours and then come back,” Borsa said Thursday, at North Coast Air near the Erie International Airport. “I’m sitting in a jet and I know how to fly it and that’s just such a cool thing because that’s what I love to do.”

Borsa said her love of flying started around age three, and by age 15, she was enrolled in training courses to help her dream get off the ground.

“At North Coast, they opened this little pilots thing during the summer, so I said ‘well, let’s go down there and see how interested you are’, and when she got there it was all done, she was hooked,” said Rachel’s father, Bob Borsa. “It’s cool to see her dreams come true.”

Dreams are now a reality for the young aviator, who flew into her hometown of Erie for the first time under her own piloting. Rachel was in command of a private Phenom jet, manufactured by Embraer, and owned by Purdue University for training aviation students as well as transporting around the school’s president

Article source: http://www.yourerie.com/news/news-article/d/story/local-student-pilot-takes-career-to-new-heights/35708/jPmituqhoEqKaALcy_qvKg