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Travel

What's it Really Like on a Women-only Tour?

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jlesage:

It seems to me a good idea to go on a woman-only tour if I could not go with my husband. Maybe I could fine a few other slow pokes, older gals, like myself. And maybe I could find others who would like to shop and window shop. Sounds like great fun.

Posted on Jun 22, 2011

Movies

A new generation of Quebec filmmakers captures a culture...

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jlesage:

New generation of Quebec filmmakers: lots of things I want to see; hope they are available for mail order rental soon

Posted on Jul 17, 2010

Filmmaking

Jump Cut 53 table of contents

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jlesage:

Jump Cut 52, new issue online, over 60 essays

Posted on Jul 17, 2010

Photography

Works of Art and Home Décor From Snapshots

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jlesage:

take favorite photos and turn them into works of art that go beyond oversize prints, like custom wallpaper, murals and decals; can't wait to try this, especially on canvas

Posted on Jul 17, 2010

Philosophy

UnderstandingSociety: Conceptual schemes and social ontology...

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jlesage:

"Look at this site as a web-based, dynamic monograph on the philosophy of social science; and look at this list of threads as one possible route through some foundational issues in the philosophy and methodology of social science." Useful for anyone writing in social sciences or humanities.

Posted on Feb 5, 2010

Education

Plagiarism Prevention Without Fear

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jlesage:

Students doing a tutorial on what constitutes plagiarism and how to correctly avoid it in fact plagiarize less. Neither teachers nor students think punishment reduces the problem. But this kind of education about plagiarism does work.

Posted on Jan 29, 2010

Internet

The World Question Center 2010

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jlesage:

each year this site asks major thinkers to answer a question, here, "How is the Internet changing your way of thinking?" A great question with lots of respondents' short essays--enough to keep me reading for a week.

Posted on Jan 13, 2010

Movies

The best films of 2009 - Roger Ebert's Journal

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jlesage:

I have not seen most of these films but I will be sure to rent them and catch up; Ebert is one of my favorite reviewers

Posted on Dec 21, 2009

Liberties/Rights

Dred Scott Redux: Obama and the Supremes Stand Up for Slavery...

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jlesage:

"After hearing passionate arguments from the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court acquiesced to the president's fervent request and, in a one-line ruling, let stand a lower court decision that declared torture an ordinary, expected consequence of military detention, while introducing a shocking new precedent for all future courts to follow: anyone who is arbitrarily declared a "suspected enemy combatant" by the president or his designated minions is no longer a "person." They will simply cease to exist as a legal entity. They will have no inherent rights, no human rights, no legal standing whatsoever -- save whatever modicum of process the government arbitrarily deigns to grant them from time to time, with its ever-shifting tribunals and show trials."

Posted on Dec 21, 2009

Marine Biology

Deep thinkers

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jlesage:

all the ways dolphins show their intelligence

Posted on Dec 19, 2009

Photography

The decade in news photographs

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jlesage:

high resolution photos that will make you think, both about what's shown and from whose point of view, and about what else should have been there窶"and from whose point of view

Posted on Dec 19, 2009

Photography

10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits

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jlesage:

first of a two part tutorial; my response was, yes, that's right, why didn't I think of that before. You will want to take lots of portraits after reading this and the follow-up tip sheet

Posted on Dec 19, 2009

Politics

What Is Living and What Is Dead in Social Democracy? by...

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jlesage:

thoughtful essay about the pitfalls of thinking about social policy primarily in economic terms rather than in terms of the public good

Posted on Dec 19, 2009

Education

10 Power Tools for Lifelong Learners

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jlesage:

many links for audio and video to download; intellectually and artistically interesting material; all free

Posted on Dec 19, 2009

Feminism

danah boyd | apophenia » spectacle at Web2.0 Expo… from...

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jlesage:

dana boyd gave a talk that did not go well, which she analyzes as partly her problem with delivery and partly the problem of the Twitter backchannel going on while she was speaking; she also responds to the kinds of electronic commentary that describes her as a sexual object; since she is one of the most important thinkers about teens and social media, sexual comments seem to be a (male) writer's way of expressing his own inadequacy.

Posted on Nov 27, 2009

Travel

WanderGear Wednesday: Stocking Stuffers for Women Travelers...

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jlesage:

especially valuable: the SteriPEN Traveler that looks like a pen and purifies water to 99% pure

Posted on Nov 27, 2009

Weblogs

On the Pleasures of Not Belonging, or Notes on Interstitial...

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jlesage:

first part of good article against genre, or at least for narrative that unsettles genre; many good points about what genre does accomplish; useful essay for teaching both film and literature students

Posted on Nov 22, 2009

Books

Don't patronise popular fiction by women

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jlesage:

long comments section is fascinating, as readers tell which contemporary writers they do and do not like, often disagreeing with each other.

Posted on Nov 14, 2009

Books

Books news, reviews and author interviews

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jlesage:

one of my favorite sites for thoughtful book reviews; I use these to keep a list of books to check out from the local library.

Posted on Nov 14, 2009

Politics

Trebor Scholz and Paul Hartzog: Toward a critique of the...

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jlesage:

political and economic analysis: "we are facing the 'end of cyberspace.' In other words, as the information world becomes layered onto the physical world by mobility and ubiquity, the whole online/offline distinction becomes less useful as a framing metaphor (e.g. see http://www.endofcyberspace.com). It is not a 'here' and 'there,' but rather, a relationship of complex landscapes that intersect and interact at many points."

Posted on Nov 14, 2009