BBC News: John Barry talks about his memories working in cinema http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12323565 David Arnold pays tribute to 'governor' John Barry http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12324183 Cutting Edge Tries New Model for Film Music [Free registration may be required] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/business/media/31score.html?ref=todayspaper Film...

Improving access to various financial institutions, particularly in inner-city neighborhoods, has been of great interest to policy makers and advocates for decades. In some cases, various groups have had moderate success extending the availability of basic services (such as bank branches) to impoverished areas. This recent paper, authored by Anna Paulson, Audrey Singer, Robin Newberger, and Jeremy...

In the 1970s and 1980s, many countries in the Middle East found themselves flush with an oil boom, both in terms of production and in terms of its buying power and price. This recent 142-page report created by the World Bank reports on what some of these countries are planning to do with these increasing revenue streams, and some of the results may be a bit surprising. The report notes that oil...

The Financial Times is well-respected for their forays into business journalism and their reporting on various related matters. Recently, they have entered the world of podcasting with great vigor, and this site contains a trove of podcasts and audio files. Visitors can subscribe to their podcasts via iTunes, but they may first wish to look through the drop-down menu on the homepage. Here,...

In the golden age of podcasts, how can listeners find the latest and greatest to grace their ears? Find That Pod is here to help with an email newsletter highlighting five new podcasts each week. For example, Issue 33 spotlighted picks in self-help, comedy, Canadian history, and apocalyptic fiction. For each featured podcast, Find That Pod gives a brief summary of why it was picked, a favorite...

In the early 1990s the journalist and social commentator Joel Garreau coined the term "edge cities" to refer to the growing quasi-urban places that were centered around major suburban freeway interchanges. Some fifteen years later, more and more scholars are interested in the movement towards exurban areas, which in many cases, are further distant than many edge cities. Recently, a team of...

The National Postal Museum recently created a rather nice in situ exhibit with this great online component to bring together materials on two marvels (and disasters) of modern transportation: the Titanic and the Hindenburg. The exhibit brought together unique items such as postcards and programs in one place so that visitors could learn about these rather fantastic forms of conveyance. The exhibit...

Hogs called via cell phone at state fair http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/08/10/news/doc489fb1ce768eb378815659.txt Meet the Illinois State Fair hog-calling champion http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1103226,hog081208.article Iowa Public Television: Hog Calling [Windows Media Player] http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/554/sf07_20070818_6_10 Calling the Hogs: Arkansas Alumni...

The peer-reviewed Internet journal, First Monday (discussed in the August 23, 1996 Scout Report), presents a dreary picture for open access publishing and research. The author of this article, Joseph J. Esposito, comments on The Unexpected Future of Open Access Publishing. Esposito is skeptical of the idea that the age of the Internet and online publishing will bring access to the world's research...

Almost all of the remaining veterans of World War One have passed on, but the "Great War" remains a subject of considerable interest for the general public and historians alike. This intriguing site created by the Guardian newspaper in Britain features slideshows, articles, and a set of external links to additional websites of note. First-time visitors may wish to click on the "Series" section to...