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kitaristi0 · #31 03-09-2007, 08:41 PM

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paul harris was my hero when I was like 10 [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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Paul Harris is my hero now [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (along with Dai Vernon).

51cards · #32 03-09-2007, 09:42 PM

Economics in one lesson

It is good. Should be required high school reading or something.

tsearcher · #33 03-09-2007, 11:17 PM

If you are interested in learning more about the Arab-Israeli conflict, then this is a great place to start:
The Gun and the Olive Branch: the Roots of violence in the Middle East by David Hirst.

It has a real nice historical overview of the situation, along with some nice analysis. Also well documented to lead you to additional reading.

SHOwnsYou · #34 03-10-2007, 12:15 AM

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I'd like to learn more about basic political theory, particularly in the US but World politics interests me too.

Are there any basic primers or websites that discuss foundational issues such as the left/right spectrum, conservative vs. liberal, the origin of our existing political parties and their original platforms vs. today, etc...? (Ideally something non-biased if that's even possible.)

Basically when I try to have an intelligent discussion about politics I feel extremely undereducated and I'd like to know a little more what I'm talking about.

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Look up Democracy and Its Discontents by Michael J. Sandel. He is a professor of government at Harvard. He also wrote Liberalism and the Limits of Justice, which is basically a critique of modern liberalism. The latter is much more philosophical (obviously) than the former. The former will be a great primer on American politics. It covers a bunch of topics. He even throws in a but of Keynesian economics in the later chapters... I had read this book prior to college and it taught everything and beyond what I learned in my American Fed Gov't class... and was several hundred dollars cheaper.

Kneel B4 Zod · #35 03-10-2007, 12:41 AM

The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, by Charlie Papazian

in case you couldn't figure it out, it's about homebrewing. beer.

jeffnc · #36 03-10-2007, 11:22 PM

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Classical Music.

But I'm looking for an online site that combines information about composers, various styles/genres and so on with links to streaming samples or clips or even downloads if in the public domain.

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The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music sounds like a good match. It includes a code to access the Naxos site with 525 referenced selections.

'Chair · #37 03-11-2007, 11:50 AM

...Asterisk

1) Building Telephony Systems With Asterisk by Gomillion and Dempster
- a waste if you already know the basics of industry telco...

2) The internets

3) Asterisk: The Future of Telephony by Smith, Meggelen, Madsen
- typical dry O'Reilly computer book...use as reference if you suck at using resource #2 above

Rick Nebiolo · #38 03-11-2007, 05:17 PM

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Classical Music.

But I'm looking for an online site that combines information about composers, various styles/genres and so on with links to streaming samples or clips or even downloads if in the public domain.

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The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music sounds like a good match. It includes a code to access the Naxos site with 525 referenced selections.

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I have the similar The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection : The 350 Essential Works . Maybe I need to get in the habit of picking it up and reading it but that seams so passe (and hard since it's heavy!). Seriously, I just pulled it off the shelve and I realize I need some sort of "keep big books flat" thing with a magnifier if I'm going to use it next to the computer. Not sure this one has coded links yet (it's a beautiful day outside and I'm wasting it getting up past the crack of noon).

I'm still hoping to find an online site with links to samples. If any type of music needs links to sample music clips IMO it's classical. Googling a bit I did just find a [url:http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com/home.asp]Naxos streaming site[/url] but its $15 a month. I was hoping to find a free site with clips and links to whole CDs.

Googling further I also just found ClassicalDOTcom which has free samples but the links are to MP3s. For classical I prefer samples at low bit rate with links to CDs.

I'll Google more later and report back if I find something that really fits.

~ Rick

Rick Nebiolo · #39 03-11-2007, 05:23 PM

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as far as books go, "The Vintage Guide to Classical Music" by Jan Sawfford is pretty good. It covers major composers and styles along with some very basic music theory. Plus it has "A Classical Library" as an appendix, which lists major works.

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With reference material that has a potentially multimedia element I'm really hoping to find online resources. In other words something I can search or browse, listen to a sample, and then be able to click on a link to the Amazon or similar site where I can put it on a Christmas or birthday list. I'm so backed up on reading that I hope for an all music Christmas and I want to make careful choices.

~ Rick

Rick Nebiolo · #40 03-11-2007, 05:29 PM

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You might be interested in some of these courses from The Teaching Company. I haven't listened to any of the music ones, but the several history and philosophy courses I've gotten have been amazing.

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I just bookmarked the site's home page. This is something I need to look at, but with my lifestyle and level of general ignorance it might be the sort of thing that might work best in my car. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

~ Rick