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Julia Sneden, Learning Differently: We do not bind the feet of our babies so that all will fit into one, universal shoe size. Why do we try to wrestle their minds into one educational box? They are divergent learners, and our world is full of them Rose Mula, Paranoia, Paul Newman, and Other Pet Peeves: On my 'Unloveables' list are people who feel impelled to forward to me every single email others send to them regardless of my level of interest in the subject matter The Dickinson Electronic Archive: The first poem To Sue is beautiful. I could have wept over it.... I must read them many times. Such genius and mysticism as Emily possessed often transcends mortal comprehension CultureWatch Reviews by Joan L. Cannon: Pulitzer winner The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao is horrifying and often funny, gripping, sad and cathartic in the Aristotelian sense. Alice Hoffman's The Third Angel is literate, out-of-the-ordinary fiction. Robert Parker's Sea Change is a suspenseful story that carries one or two moral messages On Exhibit, Three Vermeer paintings reunited at The Frick: "Wilhelm Bode, the distinguished German scholar and museum director, wrote ... that a painting by Vermeer was 'the greatest treasure for an American collector' " Julia Sneden, No Sweat: As I sprawled limply on a reclining porch chair, I watched the birds fluttering around our bird feeders. “I wonder how birds stay cool,” I muttered. Men perspire, ladies glow, but birds do the gular flutter |
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Jo Freeman for SeniorWomen.com at the Democratic Convention, Recreate 68? — A Protesters' Pipedream: There will be protests of varying kinds by different groups all week. But judging from the numbers (or lack thereof) I saw on Sunday, the police won't need the "overflow" detention center they created "just in case Men or Women: Who's the Better Leader from Pew: A mere 6% of respondents ... say that, overall, women make better political leaders than men. About one-in-five say men make the better leaders, while the vast majority — 69% — say men and women make equally good leaders Jo Freeman's book review of 500 years of Chicana women’s history: Women are now fighting not only in the streets and on their jobs, but through the political system. You will enjoy reading how Chicanas went from protesters to politicians — in only 500 years FactCheck.org: On the defensive over the extent of multiple McCain homes, the GOP candidate strikes back. But his TV spot gives an oversimplified and misleading account of how Obama bought his own $1.6 million house Doris O' Brien, The Girth of a Nation: Prohibition's failure proved that drinking didn't stop simply because the law, in effect, hid the bottle. The same can be said of any attempt to ban fast foods or the selective use of trans-fat. We learn good nutrition by example, not by condemnation Current Reading: "Imagine Being Old. First, Define Old" ... ask them to observe how they’re treated by everyone from store clerks to doctors ... We must deal with how American society abandons those whom it wrongly sees as having nothing to contribute" |
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Ferida Wolff, Friendship: In Memory of Harriet May Savitz: We had been together for family births and deaths, for achievements and disappointments, for joys and distresses. Our friendship was too deep, too dear, to slip away unrecognized at the end Look at that Face: Princeton scientists decided to search for a way to quantify and define exactly what it is about each person's face that conveys a sense they can be trusted or feared
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Arnold Arboretum's search for the fragrant lilac: "We began by sniffing a few lilacs, including Syringa pubescens, which is widely considered to be one of the most fragrant, although spicier" Sharon Kapnick, Food Friendly Wines, Part Six: Pinot Noir: While Burgundian Pinot Noirs have been revered for centuries, all Pinot Noir wines have been gaining popularity since 2004, when Sideways demonized Merlot and glorified Pinot Noir Cooper Hewitt's Multiple Choice, From Sample to Product: Sample books of wall coverings; woven and printed textiles; ribbons, lace and embroidery; sample plates; and drawings and prints showing design alternatives Shop for Home, Koo de Kir: Home accessories, Vosges Chocolate Chaud, Boontje's etched glass tumblers and a ceramic cupcake Home and Shopping, Folly Cove Designers Revival: Woodblock printed fabric created by a Gloucester, MA-based group of women in 1938 finds a new appreciative audience Roberta McReynolds, If The Cup Fits, Wear It: Shopping for bras is on my ‘Ten Most Dreadful Activities I Will Avoid as Long as Possible’ list. Every two or three years the issue of new bras creeps up to the top of ‘Things I Can’t Ignore Anymore’ list and I literally have to do the math |
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Coming Clean Campaign: The word 'organic' is not properly regulated on personal care products (example: toothpaste, shampoo, lotion, etc.) ... unless the product is certified by the USDA National Organic Program Excerpt, Hyping Health Risks: "Over time, the succession of media reports raising the possibility of new potential hazards has the contradictory effects of reinforcing a general message — the importance of 'lifestyle' behaviors and the environment on health — and at the same time thoroughly confusing the public about what to believe John Malone, Broca's Aphasia: Why was Rosie the dog scratching at the closed bedroom door? Or, rather, why was the white, furry thing with the licking tongue and anxious, pawing feet trying to get into our dark bedroom? Because I did not really think of the word 'dog' |
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Excerpt, Born Digital: For these young people, new digital technologies ... are primary mediators of human-to-human connections. They have created a 24/7 network that blends the human with the technical ... and it is transforming human relationships in fundamental ways Nudge by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler offers an email Civility Check: Every hour of every day, people send angry emails they soon regret, cursing people they barely know (or even worse, their friends and loved ones) Joan Cannon, Surviving Outlook Express: Can you believe seven days, averaging six hours per day, to establish correct settings on Microsoft's Outlook Express? John Malone, A Retirement Odyssey: "The area is rife with magnetic leylines and vortices and contains the oldest mountains on the planet ... We sensed the wonderful energy of the mountains as we searched for our spot to retire" |
