(link requires registration) Ireland’s Justice Minister Michael McDowell plans to drop the Irish language requirement for immigrant recruits to An Garda Siochana, something that is not going over well with Irish language advocates.
My search for a Ph.d. program continues.
I have been extremely disappointed with the lack of response to my many inquiries to various programs in Ireland, New Zealand and England. The most pleasant, informative and encouraging responses have all come from the ethnomusicology program at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. The International Council For Traditional Music will be holding their world conference there in August, 2005. I have submitted a proposal to present the research I conducted for my MA Thesis. If it is accepted I will be jetting there, both to attend and present at the conference, and to meet with the faculty of…
It’s been almost three months since my last post here. Bad Keola.
It’s been a hectic semester, but it’s a nice kind of hectic. I joined the faculty of UH-Hilo as an Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Studies. The change happened as our family celebrated the 10th anniversary of our move to Hilo, and the beginning of my career supporting our Hawaiian language programs. I’m teaching HAW101 (Elementary Hawaiian Language) this semester, and will be teaching a class in Polynesian Music in the spring, in addition to all of my ongoing technology duties.
This is what I want to get out of the Democratic Party convention: Give me a better reason to vote for Kerry.
As it is I’ll probably vote for him while holding my nose. As it is the ony reason I can see to vote for him is to get Bush out of the White House as quickly as possible. That may be reason enough, but I’d like to have a reason to vote for Kerry, not just against G.W.
The Honolulu Advertiser, one of Honolulu’s two major daily newspapers, finally has RSS feeds.
Though I can’t say for sure when they came online; I just stumbled across them last night. Unfortunately their category feeds only feature headlines, not even the first paragraph or first few lines of the stories. The “how-to” page does mention Radio as an example of a news reader.
Irish plead for EU gift of the gab.
It looks like Ireland is indeed going to push to have Irish added to the growing list of recognized languages in the EU. It was quite classy for Bertie to not have pushed for it while Ireland held the EU presidency. It does sound as though Ulster MEP Jim Allister could use a hand removing the broomstick from his arse.
UH-Hilo Wins 10 Year Reaccreditation
We’re proud of the WASC report, which cites our campus’ programs for Native Hawaiian students, and the work of our College of Hawaiian Language as “recognized worldwide and is a model for the study of the culture of indigenous people.” The accreditation extension is for a full 10 years, the longest possible.
Mayo Losing Gaeltacht?
The Mayo News reports that the status and funding granted the Gaeltacht regions of Mayo will soon be lost. It brings a new dimension to the old phrase “Use it or lose it.”
I received a disappointing reply from University College Cork regarding my Ph.d. inquiry.
While it seems that pursing a Ph.d. there is possible, they would want me to relocate to Cork for a minimum of two years, not just one. I understand the reasoning, but just don’t think it would be feasible financially, and not sure how the family would handle it, either. It was a nice dream while it lasted.
Adam discusses the postive and negative aspects of Apple’s forthcoming RSS support.
I’d like to see Safari RSS offer the option to use the aggregator of your choice (my is obviously NetNewsWire is my choice) when encountering an RSS feed in a page, rather than Safari.