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17th November, 2009. 7:22 am. Stand by, the sky is about to explode
So apparently the meteors last night were a bit of a dud, too much light and cloud, not enough meteors. I woke up at 5:30am and thought, "Oh well, I missed it." and went to the loo as usual. The sun was already well up.
And I'm increasingly glad that in 1998 we went out to Gingin for a night and watched the sky from a paddock out there. And boy did we see meteors. It was a spectacular, dark, cloudless night out there. Meanwhile Perth was suffering from thunderstorms - we could see the flashing clouds on the horizon, which just made the night even more spectacular.
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drhoz |
17th November, 2009. 2:53 am. Bugger
Looks like tonight predicted Leonid peak was a dud. Just sat out there for 20 minutes and didn't see a amn thing, other than some Christmas lights, a Taurid, and a stunned moth flying around some street lights.
*sigh*
Will try again tomorrow morning - hopefully catch second peak, altho supposedly that one will be brief
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mynxii |
17th November, 2009. 2:00 am. Treasure Hunting for 2010 Semester 1 Units....
First Year Units (I have to choose 2)
Introduction to Literature
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.au/units/detail.lasso?unit=EGL121&year=2010
The unit introduces a wide and challenging range of literary texts. Designed to provide an essential foundation for further literary studies, the unit encourages students to explore different ways of reading and interpreting genres: narrative fiction, poetry and drama. This unit should also have wide appeal to enterprising students from other majors who are interested in reflecting on the role and value of literature in society.
Introduction to Community Development
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.au/units/detail.lasso?unit=COD125&year=2010
This unit introduces students to sociological approaches to community development, with particular reference to its application in the Australian context. It will examine the emergence of the concept of community development and its meanings across diverse areas of practice. A key focus of the unit will be challenges posed by matching theory and practice in community development. Towards this end students will be expected to become familiar with, and aware of the limitations of key methodologies in community development.
Critical and Creative Thinking
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.au/units/detail.lasso?unit=PHL131&year=2010
Achieving a high level of critical and creative thinking is one of the most important goals of a university education. This unit aims to enhance the thinking and communication skills that are fundamental to all of your academic studies. Employers in most professions and industries regard these abilities as essential. Effective thinking demands rigorous analysis, imagination and insight. In this unit you will develop and practise these skills and learn how to structure a successful, systematically reasoned essay.
Introduction to History
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.au/units/detail.lasso?unit=HIS181&year=2010
Different societies and different groups within a society construct different histories. By analysing these different histories, students are introduced to the historian's craft and to the nature of historical knowledge. Topics include: The European witch hunts; British colonisation of New South Wales; Ned Kelly; the significance of the 1914-18 War for Australia; 'Typhoid Mary'; the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan; the Holocaust as history.
Introduction to Sociology
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.au/units/detail.lasso?unit=SOC134&year=2010
To what extent are we products of our social environments? How do gender, class, ethnicity, ideology etc., influence how we think and act? What is power, how is it used, by whom, and for what ends? What methods can we use to study society? Examine Australian society, using research and insights from sociological theories on the nature of social institutions, power and inequality and the possibility of social change. Have your assumptions challenged and your understanding of the world stimulated.
Then, I get to do a second year unit... I have to pick 1.... (I should point out that there some *very* cool units mentioned on the search that aren't being offered in 2010 alas). Link for the degree is here:
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.au/courses/detail.lasso?us=88566&year=2010 Just so you know what my second year constraints are :)
Television and Video Cultures (CORE ELECTIVE 1 OF SEVERAL TO CHOOSE FROM, NEED 2 ALL UP)
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.au/units/detail.lasso?unit=MCC219&year=2010
This unit examines the cultures which form around television and video technologies. It considers the rise to dominance of broadcast television and the contemporary transformations which are now displacing it. Students will gain an understanding of the distinctiveness of television and video as media and the social and economic forces which have shaped their development. Topics may include: music video, gendered performance in talk shows, reality television, home video and digital storytelling, interactive television and video-downloads.
Popular Culture and Everyday Life (CORE UNIT)
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.au/units/detail.lasso?unit=MCC235&year=2010
Develops an awareness of critical themes, research methods and forms of writing appropriate to the study of 'everyday life'. Topics covered include suburbia, shopping, food, sex and urban space. Students will be introduced to major traditions of thinking about the everyday and sensitised to the major forces which are moulding everyday life in the twenty-first century. They will also have the opportunity to develop skills in research with possible applications across the academy, government, industry and the media.
Professional Communication
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.au/units/detail.lasso?unit=MCC246&year=2010
This unit teaches students theoretical foundations and practical skills in professional communication. Students critically analyse different modes and genres of communication including public information, rhetorical communication, organisational communication and interpersonal communication. Students will gain skills in planning strategic communication, writing and delivering speeches, integrating visual communication in written work, writing reports, editing written material, conducting interviews and managing professional communication projects.
Moral and Political Philosophy
http://handbook.murdoch.edu.au/units/detail.lasso?unit=PHL219&year=2010
Moral and political philosophy is about the study of the values, rules and justifications we use in deciding how we should live individually and together with other people. Questions such as: How do we know right from wrong? What makes a person good? and What makes a society just? are explored in light of the diversity of cultures and values, and the unprecedented freedom of choice for some people in a world of increasing inequalities and exploitation of others.
Apologies for length. However, if I cut the likelihood of a particular person offering their opinion is rather low, and I sincerely hope they'll offer their thoughts, thus I choose not to cut.
Current mood:  tired.
Current music: nil.
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