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PBS' Cranford to be viewed and the Gaskell novel read online: It was pleasant to suspect that a peeress could be poor, and partly reconciled us to the fact that her husband had never sat in the House of Lords; which, when we first heard of it, seemed a kind of swindling us out of our prospects on false pretences; a sort of "A Lord and No Lord" business CultureWatch: Jo Freeman reviews Band of Sisters:American Women at War in Iraq. Putting death and injury aside, these are success stories of a dozen women who overcame numerous challenges and how the 'grunts' learned to respect the female soldiers as soldiers Les Liaisons Dangereuses Online: "... she has taken it into her head to pray to God to make her forget him; and as she renews this prayer every hour in the day, she is thus incessantly thinking of him" Book Crossing: n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. Concise English Dictionary Rose Mula, Do You Believe That Outfit?!: At least our clothing today is more democratic. We all have the right to look slutty and cheap, regardless of our social standing. And, of course, the fewer clothes we wear, the easier our laundry. (Wouldn’t you have hated to be Elizabeth I’s personal maid?) CultureWatch — In The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead the author's relationship to his father is full of love and laughter, but he reveals old wolf/young wolf competition; The Blue Star is more than evocative of the early days of World War II. It rings true in every way; The Life of the Skies links our desire to watch birds as from a time when apprehending the natural world was a matter of life and death Julia Sneden's supermarket trip in her new car becomes an adventure, Rules of the Road: I parked neatly, but I had to haul out the manual to figure out how to turn off the motor — excuse me, both motors (electric & gasoline). Gone are the days of turning a key in the ignition |
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Doris O'Brien, It's Becoming a Habit: As grateful as we are for modern science, all the contradictory claims can prove downright confusing. It's enough to drive one to drink — or at least to nibble nervously on a heartwarming bar of chocolate The Source on Women's Issues in Congress keeps you up to date in a weekly newsletter. Example: On May 1, the House passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, passed by the Senate on April 24. The president is expected to sign the bill Keeping Informed: A new USGS map tracks flood waters across the country; a daily earthquake fact informs us that Florida and North Dakota have the fewest number of earthquakes in the US A MedPage article, Pediatricians Should Screen Moms for Domestic Violence: The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that pediatricians attempt to recognize domestic violence in caregivers and intervene in a sensitive manner Media: How has Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal changed since he took over? The Project for Excellence in Journalism takes a close look |
Joan James Rapp's Yin and Yang on the Yangtze; A Senior's Adventure in the People's Republic of Steps |
FuelEconomy.gov: Since Flexible Fuel Vehicles have been produced since the 1980s and look just like gasoline-only models, you may have an FFV and not know it. To determine if your car is an FFV, check inside your car's fuel filler door for an identification sticker or consult the owner’s manual Reading from The New Yorker: Vengeance Is Ours; What can tribal societies tell us about our need to get even? Surprisingly to outsiders, most Highland wars start ostensibly as a dispute over either pigs or women Two New Sociological Studies: Age increases the frequency of socializing with neighbors, religious participation, and volunteering; levels of happiness increase with age but baby boomers have experienced less happiness on average Roberta McReynolds, Exploring Railtown 1897 From Every Angle: I went through training to become a docent. The women wore fashions reflecting the 1897 timeline: long skirts, flowery broad-brimmed hats, parasols and reticules. That wasn’t my calling, however National Trust's 2008 Distinctive Cities range from a French colonial village along the Mississippi, to a Texas gateway to the 19th century western frontier, to a gorgeous Southern city with roots three centuries deep and a town renowned for seafood and historic buildings |
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ShopForHome and Yourself: When you can't find your Burrows Studio Voysey Stag curtains, consider John Robshaw's collection of fabrics for home and yourself (kurtas, kaftans and robes) Ode to Seersucker, Anon: It lifts in the breeze, as light as silk, But not nearly as hot and clingy; Bumpy, puckery, crisp Beloved of children and old ladies, Ignored by the chic and sleek Fine Homebuilding profiles the Irion Company Furniture Makers: 90 superb American period pieces made over nine years for an empty Pennsylvania house Garden: The NYPL's series of collections: Nature Illustrated: Flowers, Plants, and Trees, 1550-1900 Shop for Home: Finally, Sara Hotchkiss has her own site for the rugs she so beautifully weaves We've moved into our new house but will continue our building blog which incorporates aging-in-place and green features. Please join us for occasional and unpredictable posts to the blog |
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A Doleful Disaster, or Miss Fubby Fatarmin's Wig Caught Fire by Rowlandson, part of Yale Library's Preposterous Headdresses and Feathered Ladies: Hair, Wigs, Barbers, and Hairdressers History of Medicine's Bathtub Collection: Curator Dorothy Schullian "took the leftovers of conservation work home and soaked them in her bathtub to retrieve the often interesting bits and pieces of medieval manuscripts and early printed ephemera" Examining La Loge at The Courtauld: "Depictions of men with over-sized opera glasses, middle-aged women struggling to maintain their appeal, fathers parading their elegant daughters, and gauche visitors from the provinces" MarketWatch, Inexact Copies: How Generics Differ From Brand Names: "While there is no hard evidence of growing problems from generics, consumers and physicians are increasingly concerned as cost pressures push more patients away from brand-name drugs" Style: Coco Chanel, "Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." Discarded to Divine fashion show and Designs in Digital and Analog Clothing at the Exploratorium |
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Saving for College: Morningstar Ranks 529 College Savings Plans and College Plans Savings Network provides answers to the most common questions WSJ Column, Rules for Giving: With all the tax-law changes enacted in recent years, it's easy even for tax-savvy donors to make costly mistakes Try to Resist the GeoSearchNews site: "The site pulls news stories from a wide range of sources, geocodes them appropriately, and then allows users to view the locations on an interactive map" Fed Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh: When liquidity faltered, the weaknesses of the existing architecture abruptly revealed itself. A metaphor, perhaps, is instructive: Fish don't know they are wet. And they don't learn unless their memories are long or the water is gone |
