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• Scholarly Saturdays: Encyclopaedia Britannica & Tomorrowland, Pt. 5

  
  Davelandblog — Authority: 428
  Get ready to board your Skyway bucket as the Encyclopaedia Britannica takes us on a cruise high above Tomorrowland. In the background of this shot, we can see the circus tent left over from the short-lived Mickey Mouse Club Circus: The Flight Circle is shown here; too early for Cox Pilot! ...
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• Matador (The Britannica Blog “Guide” to Careers)

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  Are we too sophisticated today to kick back for a moment of silliness and enjoy a classic cartoon?  Hope not. Here with a classic Bugs Bunny episode by the legendary Warner Bros. director of animation  Chuck Jones . Each Saturday we highlight a humorous and sometimes poignant video, interview, ...
  3 days ago

• دیکشنری بابیلون Babylon Pro 8.0.5 (r5) Full Package

  
  ?????? ???? ?????? — Authority: 165
  در دنیای امروز که زبان حرف اول را میزند برای کسانی که تسلط خوبی بر زبان انگلیسی ندارند گشت زنی در سایتهای اینترنتی و مقالات انگلیسی غیر ممکن است و...
  4 days ago

• The Good Habit and Grooming Fairy (A Britannica Film Classic)

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  Encyclopaedia Britannica was a leading producer of educational films in English in the 1950s.  Here’s a look back at one of these many films, this one teaching kids the benefits of good grooming: 
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• Scholarly Saturdays: Encyclopaedia Britannica & Tomorrowland, Pt. 4

  
  Davelandblog — Authority: 428
  Welcome back to Tomorrowland! Susie and Bobby are wandering around looking for a fun attraction to try; they are sick and tired of the exhibits! Seems like they settled on the Phantom Boats— I can almost hear the putter of the motor as they slowly (let me emphasize “slowly”) leave the dock area. ...
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• Santa Claus (The Britannica Blog “Guide” to Careers)

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  Ever wonder what it takes to do Santa’s job?  The training the job takes is more strenuous than you might think, as this video shows. Each Saturday we highlight a humorous and sometimes poignant video, interview, comic, or skit concerning different professions and pastimes.  From W.C. Fields to Rowan ...
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• Can Technology Help Students Be Better Learners?

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  I’m sure that most of us are aware of the revolution that has been going on in schools around the world. The technology revolution is in full force as we make the transition from print-based learning to interactive whiteboards and Web-based references and curriculum. It’s happening faster in some countries ...
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• A.J. Jacobs on Reading Encyclopaedia Britannica in Its Entirety

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  Here’s writer A. J. Jacobs in a recent interview, discussing what he’s retained over the years since his reading of Encyclopaedia Britannica ’s print set for his book The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (2004):
  2 weeks ago

• Heroin and Drug Addiction, Part 2 (Britannica Film Classics)

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  Encyclopaedia Britannica was a leading producer of educational films in English in the 1950s.  Here’s a look back at one of these many movies, this one on heroin and drug addition (click here for part 1):
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• Interpreter (The Britannica Blog “Guide” to Careers)

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  Here’s a classic Candid Camera skit, with an interpreter on the hot seat: Each Saturday we highlight a humorous and sometimes poignant video, interview, comic, or skit concerning different professions and pastimes.  From W.C. Fields to Rowan Atkinson, from classic films and commercials to Monty Python ...
  2 weeks ago

• Heroin and Drug Addiction, Part 1 (Britannica Film Classics)

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  Encyclopaedia Britannica was a leading producer of educational films in English in the 1950s.  Here’s a look back at one of these many movies, this one on heroin and drug addition (part 2 tomorrow):
  2 weeks ago

• Stimulating Minds, Stimulating Links

  
  SharpBrains — Authority: 502
  Just a quick note to announce a new Silver Sponsor of the SharpBrains Summit , and link to a couple stimulating online conversations. The Institute For the Future is an independent, nonprofit strategic research group with more than 40 years of forecasting experience. The core of our work is identifying emerging ...
  2 weeks ago

• Scholarly Saturdays: Encyclopaedia Britannica & Tomorrowland, Pt. 2

  
  Davelandblog — Authority: 428
  Now we start getting into the good stuff! Yup, vintage Tomorrowland at its best. Susie and Bobby have rejoined us and are ready to take us through the Monsanto Hall of Chemistry. I never cared much for Chemistry, but when it’s Disney-fied, ANYBODY would enjoy it! Over at the Kaiser Hall of Aluminum, you can ...
  3 weeks ago

• Telephone Operator (The Britannica Blog “Guide” to Careers)

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  Tiger Woods could have learned something from Lily Tomlin and her Laugh-In skits as the wisecracking switchboard operator Ernestine: nothing’s private when it comes to phone service and your telephone company:   Each Saturday we highlight a humorous and sometimes poignant video, interview, ...
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• Michael Ross to the Hall of Fame

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  We’d like to extend congratulations to our colleague Michael Ross , who has been selected by his peers in the industry for the Educational Publishing Hall of Fame . He’ll be inducted later this week in a ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Induction into the hall of fame, which is administered ...
  4 weeks ago

• Information, Please! (Classic Broadcast: Feb. 15, 1943): Special Guest: Humorist Fred Allen

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  Information, Please! was one of the most popular, and literate, shows on American radio, airing from 1938-1948 and running briefly as a TV show in 1952. Its format was novel: instead of quizzing contestants from the general public, listeners submitted questions to quiz the experts, and if they stumped the panel ...
  4 weeks ago

• Scholarly Saturdays: Encyclopaedia Britannica & Tomorrowland, Pt. 1

  
  Davelandblog — Authority: 428
  For the handful that spoke out, I listened! We are beginning our journey through 1950’s Tomorrowland, courtesy of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Again, apologies for the spotty image quality, but as before, the rarity of some of these pictures will hopefully make up for that. Reading the description in frame 2 makes ...
  4 weeks ago

• History Teacher (The Britannica Blog “Guide” to Careers)

  
  Britannica Blog — Authority: 554
  Andy Griffith , as fans of  The Andy Griffith Show well know, was an expert storyteller and a master of “reverse psychology.”  In this classic scene he finds a way of getting Opie and his friends (and of course Barney, too) interested in studying American history:     Each Saturday we highlight a ...
  4 weeks ago

• Best-of-Breed SaaS Platform Delivers Better Customer Experience at Lower Total Cost of Ownership

  
  Customer Communications Management Community — Authority:
  Shop.org Annual Summit, Las Vegas, NV (September 22, 2009) – Venda, the leading global provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) e-commerce solutions, announced today that Encyclopaedia Britannica has selected Venda’s highly scalable and reliable on-demand SaaS e-commerce platform to power its new on-line store at ...
  5 weeks ago

• On Wikipedia and traditional Britannica

  
  Colin Charles Agenda — Authority: 111
  I was searching for information about an animal that is common in South-East Asia, and for once, Google not only had the Wikipedia link , but also the Encyclopaedia Britannica link . I thought I’d amuse myself and click it, considering I used to read dead-tree encyclopaedia’s from the 60’s. I can ...
  5 weeks ago

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