Transmission - A Radio Series

‘Transmission’ is a serialized radio drama released via podcast. It consists of ten episodes, ranging from 8-30 minutes in length. It is fully voiced, with music and sound effects. The plot concerns a lone astronaut who finds himself stranded on an alien world. At first, he is completely alone, but soon discovers that the planet is both inhabited and post-apocalyptic, with tribes of nomadic, human-like creatures moving through the ruins of a once great civilization. The astronaut must uncover the mystery of what happened to this alien world, while also surviving the many dangers that lurk in the ruins. The show is aimed to be an exciting science-fiction romp. ‘Transmission’ was created in the style of old radio dramas of the 1930s and 40s, shows like ‘The Shadow’, ‘Dragnet’, and (although it wasn’t serialized) Orson Welles’ radio adaptation of ‘The War of the Worlds’. Although radio and audio drama has fallen by the wayside somewhat, it is my intention to prove that audio drama can still be a vital medium for producing art. To create ‘Transmission’, I wrote a script that incorporated dialogue, sound effects, and music. I then got actors to voice various parts, created and added sound effects to their dialogue, and hired a composer to write music to accompany the piece. I both produced and edited the episodes. This has resulted in ten episodes of quality audio drama, with two and a half hours of content, which is on a CD that accompanies the work. I have also created a website for ‘Transmission’, and will release each episode to the wider public via iTunes. It is my hope that ‘Transmission’ proves to be interesting, engaging, and most of all, fun to listen to. To download and listen to Mark Sollinger’s Audio files, click this link:https://www.dropbox.com/sh/babyb6o58itkvu0/uaSYRwMm8

... da lass dich nicht ruhig nieder. Rassismus und Eurozentrismus in Musikbüchern der Sekundarstufe I

Die Autorin untersucht nahezu alle Musikbücher der Sekundarstufe I, die seit 1970 in den Verlagen der alten Bundesrepublik erschienen sind. Konkret stellt sie folgende Fragen: 1. Wie geht man auf die Existenz außereuropäischer Musik ein? Welche Themen- bzw. Länderauswahl wird getroffen? 2. Wird außereuropäische Musik latent abgewertet - aufgrund rassistischer Mechanismen, d.h. weil sie von fremden, insbesondere schwarzen Menschen hervorgebracht wird - aufgrund eurozentristischer Mechanismen, d.h. weil die eigenen Wertmaßstäbe an die fremde Kultur angelegt werden? 3. Werden allgemein rassistische oder eurozentristische Inhalte transportiert? Gibt es offenen Rassismus und Eurozentrismus? (DIPF/Orig.

We\u27ve Failed at Diversifying Our Librarian Ranks, Now What ? A Plan for Addressing the Pipeline Problem

Like many libraries, at our library, we have tried for many years to racially diversify our profession. One of our librarians even made it to the Library Journal Movers & Shakers list for raising awareness of the library profession to students of color through presentations, videos, dinners, and icebreaking activities. But despite our intentions and past efforts, the situation has not improved significantly. Let\u27s face it, we have all failed miserably: currently, the racial composition of librarianship, both at our library and in the librarian profession-at-large, is woefully unrepresentative of the United States’ population. Moreover, despite numerous analyses of this problem over the past decades, the demographics have remained stagnant. For example, for the past decade, our staff of roughly 40 professional librarians has not included any African American librarians. The Institute of Museum and Library Services tweeted a graph in November 2017, showing that the problem is nation-wide (see: https://twitter.com/US_IMLS/status/927922066896146432). Although we might take comfort in knowing that it\u27s not just us — that the profession as a whole has not been able to diversity its ranks — at our library we are not satisfied by the reason that many leaders in our field give for the whiteness of our profession, namely that the issue is simply a lack of a diverse MLS holders. At our library, we are attempting to address this problem at the root, by making graduate school in library science more financially accessible to people of color. This past year and a half, a group of library staff have worked out a proposal for a Post-Baccalaureate Diversity Recruitment Fellowship in which participants would have their tuition and educational expenses financially covered while attending library school and working at our library. The aim is to recruit people of color into the field of librarianship, thus increasing the pool of librarians of color both at our library and in the profession at large by removing the financial barrier of the cost of attaining a graduate dress in Library and Information Studies. We will outline the previous approaches as well, so that we can learn collectively about what did not work. For example, over the years, we held recruitment events for students of color; we post our jobs to listservs of the library ethnic caucuses; we have included diversity language in our recruitment and personnel materials. What we have found is that some of the efforts were inconsistent, not fully supported by library administrations, or simply not bold or big enough. There are other reasons that we will also discuss. Takeaways: -A positive new idea – a Diversity Fellowship that has been fleshed out in a proposal template that we will share. -Work on this proposal has established inclusion as a priority for library staff, catching the attention of the Dean who has looked for ways to make this a reality

Insulin Gene Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Unique Challenges Require Innovative Solutions

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a disease characterized by chronically elevated blood glucose levels that results from the autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing β cells of the pancreas. While treatment options exist, they all possess serious limitations. Insulin gene therapy provides a promising alternative aimed at replacing insulin production in native non-β cells. For insulin gene therapy applications to be successful in treating T1DM, a glucose-sensitive organ must be targeted for insulin expression, insulin production must be responsive to ever-changing blood glucose levels, and insulin expression must persist long term. In addition, the amount of insulin production is critical, as too little insulin would lead to poor glucose regulation and too much insulin would induce hypoglycemia, a potentially life-threatening state. Together, insulin gene therapy provides challenges that are absent with other gene therapy applications. In this chapter, we examine the challenges of insulin gene therapy and discuss how the two key components of insulin gene therapy—the insulin expression cassette and the delivery vehicle—can be tailored for the successful treatment of T1DM

Zooming In: Histories of Photography in China

Review of Zooming In: Histories of Photography in China, Reviewed July 2017 by Annie Sollinger, Digital Image Metadata Librarian, UMass Amherst, [email protected]

Democratic Art: The New Deal's Influence on American Culture

Review of Democratic Art: The New Deal's Influence on American Culture, Reviewed November 2015 by Annie Sollinger, Digital Image Metadata Librarian, Image Collection Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst, [email protected]

Türkischer Knoblauch stinkt! Deutscher auch! Fünf Jahre Interkulturelle Woche in Markdorf

In diesem Artikel berichtet die Autorin über die 68er, interkulturelles Zusammenleben und das Funktionieren einer Bürgerinitiative. (DIPF/Orig.

After Art

Book Review of After Art by David Joselit. Reviewed by Annie Sollinger