After Effects intro videos in 6 languages

Todd Kopriva points the way to video tutorials in several languages in his recent post, After Effects video tutorials, esercitazioni, tutoriales, didacticiels, Lehrgänge, チュートリアル. In English, he points to searches for videos using Adobe Community Help and to the Adobe AE Help page Services, downloads, extras, and video tutorials, which organizes Adobe (and partners) video tutorials into categories forming a comprehensive introductory "course."

Another free intro course (in English) is Basic Training, offered by Andrew Kramer and Video Copilot.

Language Log on the language evolution debate

On August 19, 2005, the journal Cognition posted on line a 19,000-word article by Tecumseh Fitch, Marc Hauser and Noam Chomsky, entitled "The evolution of the language faculty: Clarifications and implications" (free version here), referencing an additional 6,000-word appendix "The Minimalist Program". This is the third turn in a (so far) four-turn, three-year debate with Steve Pinker and Ray Jackendoff.

Language Log (old) gives you the overview -- and where else can you get articles on remedial edcucation for Pat Robertson or the bizarre phrasing of the Arabic in the claim of responsibility for the London bombings!