Sweet Honey in the Rock on the true meaning of spirituals
I love this quotation. It's spoken in the middle of a live gospel performance by Sweet Honey in the Rock, performed in a church in 1980.
africna_american, christianity, gospel, mp3, music, postfacebookclip, religion, social_justice, theology saved by: nbr more details ...
http://nbr.tumblr.com/post/41141392/its-good-news-when-you-reject-things-as-they-are
I love this quotation. It's spoken in the middle of a live gospel performance by Sweet Honey in the Rock, performed in a church in 1980.
africna_american, christianity, gospel, mp3, music, postfacebookclip, religion, social_justice, theology saved by: nbr more details ...
http://nbr.tumblr.com/post/41141392/its-good-news-when-you-reject-things-as-they-are
Maurice Bloch: religion is a consequence of imagination
Maurice Bloch produces what sounds on first glance like a neo-Durkheimian theory of religion with a foundation in cognitive psychology. I need to look more closely at this.
anthropology, postfacebookclip, religion, research, social_science, theory, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13782-religion-a-figment-of-human-imagination.html
Maurice Bloch produces what sounds on first glance like a neo-Durkheimian theory of religion with a foundation in cognitive psychology. I need to look more closely at this.
anthropology, postfacebookclip, religion, research, social_science, theory, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13782-religion-a-figment-of-human-imagination.html
Montaigne's skepticism: Apologie of Sebond, 1580
Montaigne's famous defense of Raymond Sebond, the proponent of natural theology, in which he lays out a profoundly, even shockingly skeptical view of human knowledge.
christianity, france, history, philosophy, postfacebookclip, primary_source, reformation, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/montaigne/2xii.htm
Montaigne's famous defense of Raymond Sebond, the proponent of natural theology, in which he lays out a profoundly, even shockingly skeptical view of human knowledge.
christianity, france, history, philosophy, postfacebookclip, primary_source, reformation, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/montaigne/2xii.htm
Illustrations of the "Harrowing of Hell"
Happy Good Friday, everybody. Here are a few interesting historical images of the "harrowing of Hell" tradition drawn from various Christian iconographic sources.
christianity, history, image, postfacebookclip, posttumblrsource, primary_source, religion, rels333 saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.patzinakia.ro/libri/Harrowing%20of%20Hell/illustrations.html
Happy Good Friday, everybody. Here are a few interesting historical images of the "harrowing of Hell" tradition drawn from various Christian iconographic sources.
christianity, history, image, postfacebookclip, posttumblrsource, primary_source, religion, rels333 saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.patzinakia.ro/libri/Harrowing%20of%20Hell/illustrations.html
UK educator decries domination of education by management-oriented language
An Oxford professor examines the gradual takeover of all policy writing on education by the language of business management: "efficiency," "providers," "audits," "performance indicators,"...
education, language, news, pedagogy, postfacebookclip, schools, teaching, viatwitter saved by: nbr more details ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7247160.stm
An Oxford professor examines the gradual takeover of all policy writing on education by the language of business management: "efficiency," "providers," "audits," "performance indicators,"...
education, language, news, pedagogy, postfacebookclip, schools, teaching, viatwitter saved by: nbr more details ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7247160.stm
Three of my favorite second-century martyrs: Polycarp, Ignatius, Perpetua [5]
Here's what I'm having students read this week, just in case you're wondering what a true tenured radical does.
christianity, history, postfacebookclip, posttwitter, primary_source, religion, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/perpetua.html
Here's what I'm having students read this week, just in case you're wondering what a true tenured radical does.
christianity, history, postfacebookclip, posttwitter, primary_source, religion, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/perpetua.html
Three of my favorite second-century martyrs: Polycarp, Ignatius, Perpetua [3]
Here's what I'm having students read this week, just in case you're wondering what a true tenured radical does.
christianity, history, postfacebookclip, posttwitter, primary_source, religion, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0107.htm
Here's what I'm having students read this week, just in case you're wondering what a true tenured radical does.
christianity, history, postfacebookclip, posttwitter, primary_source, religion, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0107.htm
Three of my favorite second-century martyrs: Polycarp, Ignatius, Perpetua
Here's what I'm having students read this week, just in case you're wondering what a true tenured radical does.
christianity, history, postfacebookclip, posttwitter, primary_source, religion, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0102.htm
Here's what I'm having students read this week, just in case you're wondering what a true tenured radical does.
christianity, history, postfacebookclip, posttwitter, primary_source, religion, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0102.htm
Haeckel's "Art Forms in Nature" (1899) on the web
An incredible collection of illustrations of strange and beautiful shapes taken from nature: microscopic organisms, fungi, sea animals, etc. Hard to describe, but worth a look.
art, cool, history, image, postfacebookclip, random_sht, science saved by: nbr more details ...
http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/haeckel/kunstformen/natur.html
An incredible collection of illustrations of strange and beautiful shapes taken from nature: microscopic organisms, fungi, sea animals, etc. Hard to describe, but worth a look.
art, cool, history, image, postfacebookclip, random_sht, science saved by: nbr more details ...
http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/haeckel/kunstformen/natur.html
R.I.P. Tom Lantos (D-CA), Congress's only Holocaust survivor
Lantos will be familiar to anyone who's seen Spielberg's Holocaust documentary, "Last Days," as well as anyone who's followed human-rights debates in Congress over the past thirty years. ...
congress, news, obituary, politics, postfacebookclip, u.s.-news saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Obit-Lantos.html
Lantos will be familiar to anyone who's seen Spielberg's Holocaust documentary, "Last Days," as well as anyone who's followed human-rights debates in Congress over the past thirty years. ...
congress, news, obituary, politics, postfacebookclip, u.s.-news saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Obit-Lantos.html
Abraham Lincoln on religion [4]
Two lesser-known pieces of writing from Lincoln that give some hints about his religious beliefs. Lincoln was notoriously cagey about his religious commitments -- he never attended church...
america, christianity, history, postfacebookclip, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/meditat.htm
Two lesser-known pieces of writing from Lincoln that give some hints about his religious beliefs. Lincoln was notoriously cagey about his religious commitments -- he never attended church...
america, christianity, history, postfacebookclip, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/meditat.htm
Abraham Lincoln on religion
Two lesser-known pieces of writing from Lincoln that give some hints about his religious beliefs. Lincoln was notoriously cagey about his religious commitments -- he never attended church...
america, christianity, history, postfacebookclip, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/handbill.htm
Two lesser-known pieces of writing from Lincoln that give some hints about his religious beliefs. Lincoln was notoriously cagey about his religious commitments -- he never attended church...
america, christianity, history, postfacebookclip, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/handbill.htm
"Fogcatchers": a new source for potable water
In remote Chilean villages where fresh water is often scarce and contaminated, a simple new technology -- mesh sheets strung between posts -- captures condensation from coastal fog, provi...
international, news, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, south_america, sustainability, technology, water saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-26965-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
In remote Chilean villages where fresh water is often scarce and contaminated, a simple new technology -- mesh sheets strung between posts -- captures condensation from coastal fog, provi...
international, news, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, south_america, sustainability, technology, water saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-26965-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Stuff on Amazon I've been looking at lately [7]
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Humanity-Cambridge-Cultural-Anthropology/dp/0521296900/ref=cm...
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Humanity-Cambridge-Cultural-Anthropology/dp/0521296900/ref=cm...
Stuff on Amazon I've been looking at lately [6]
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Anthropology-of-Religion/lm/R32MLQX1Q6EBXQ/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_2_rsr...
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Anthropology-of-Religion/lm/R32MLQX1Q6EBXQ/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_2_rsr...
Stuff on Amazon I've been looking at lately [4]
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/Selling-Spirituality-Silent-Takeover-Religion/dp/0415302099/ref=cm_lmf...
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/Selling-Spirituality-Silent-Takeover-Religion/dp/0415302099/ref=cm_lmf...
Stuff on Amazon I've been looking at lately
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/Marxism-Foucault-Religion/lm/R1SEPXZB9IYIOC/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_1_rsrssi0
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/Marxism-Foucault-Religion/lm/R1SEPXZB9IYIOC/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_1_rsrssi0
Stuff on Amazon I've been looking at lately [10]
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/28FYTXSKKNWI8/ref=cm_syt_fvlm_f_3_rlrsrs0
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/28FYTXSKKNWI8/ref=cm_syt_fvlm_f_3_rlrsrs0
Stuff on Amazon I've been looking at lately [9]
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/8DEK9V1C44O2/ref=cm_syt_fvlm_f_2_rlrsrs0
Just a batch of links and lists. Probably of no interest to anyone. But I want to come back to these. Links also here: http://snipr.com/1yi3g
academe, books, links, postfacebookclip, religion, research, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/8DEK9V1C44O2/ref=cm_syt_fvlm_f_2_rlrsrs0
Travelling by bus in Sweden? Beware of dwarves
One of the weirdest news stories I've read in some time. Apparently some criminal gangs are smuggling dwarves in duffel bags into the luggage compartment of long-haul buses, where they lo...
crime, europe, news, postfacebookclip, travel, viatwitter, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/24/wdwarf124.xml
One of the weirdest news stories I've read in some time. Apparently some criminal gangs are smuggling dwarves in duffel bags into the luggage compartment of long-haul buses, where they lo...
crime, europe, news, postfacebookclip, travel, viatwitter, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/24/wdwarf124.xml
Václav Havel's 1994 speech on transcendence
Inspiring, but also provocative and fascinating. Havel basically insists that some kind of religiousness is all that can "save" us now, though he doesn't really say how or what.
international, metatheolgy, politics, postfacebookclip, postmodernism, posttumblr, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.worldtrans.org/whole/havelspeech.html
Inspiring, but also provocative and fascinating. Havel basically insists that some kind of religiousness is all that can "save" us now, though he doesn't really say how or what.
international, metatheolgy, politics, postfacebookclip, postmodernism, posttumblr, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.worldtrans.org/whole/havelspeech.html
"People who are just meat now, man" (Denis Johnson, short story)
I love this writer. He's a genius. I need to get his most recent book. This is an excerpt from "Steady Hands at Seattle General," a short story of his almost entirely in dialogue form, pu...
fiction, literature, postfacebookclip, psychology, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.cockscrow.com/rooster/johnson.html
I love this writer. He's a genius. I need to get his most recent book. This is an excerpt from "Steady Hands at Seattle General," a short story of his almost entirely in dialogue form, pu...
fiction, literature, postfacebookclip, psychology, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.cockscrow.com/rooster/johnson.html
Peter Bruegel the Elder, The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish (1556) - image
A reasonably nice reproduction of Brueghel's 1556 ink drawing, "The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish," one of Brueghel's many extremely harsh social satires.
art, history, image, postfacebookclip, primary_source, rels365 saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.abcgallery.com/B/bruegel/bruegel154.html
A reasonably nice reproduction of Brueghel's 1556 ink drawing, "The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish," one of Brueghel's many extremely harsh social satires.
art, history, image, postfacebookclip, primary_source, rels365 saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.abcgallery.com/B/bruegel/bruegel154.html
Wabash teaching bibliography (1997), selections
Four participants in a nationally-regarded teaching workshop put this bibliography together in 1997. Emphasis is on reflective, critical practice. Many more works listed at the source.
academe, bibliography, books, education, links, pedagogy, postfacebookclip, teaching, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www2.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/buchanan.html
Four participants in a nationally-regarded teaching workshop put this bibliography together in 1997. Emphasis is on reflective, critical practice. Many more works listed at the source.
academe, bibliography, books, education, links, pedagogy, postfacebookclip, teaching, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www2.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/buchanan.html
Beloit's "Mindset List" for the class of 2011
Each year, Beloit publishes its "mindset list": things incoming freshmen can't remember or have always known that blow their professors' minds! (Examples: there's never been a Berlin Wall...
funny, history, popular_culture, postfacebookclip, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/2011.php
Each year, Beloit publishes its "mindset list": things incoming freshmen can't remember or have always known that blow their professors' minds! (Examples: there's never been a Berlin Wall...
funny, history, popular_culture, postfacebookclip, teaching saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/2011.php
What is cephalophory?
Ever wonder what "cephalophory" is? In a nutshell, it's the iconographic tradition whereby saints martyred by decapitation are traditionally depicted carrying or otherwise prominently dis...
art, history, postfacebookclip, random_sht, words saved by: nbr more details ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cephalophore&oldid=152838924
Ever wonder what "cephalophory" is? In a nutshell, it's the iconographic tradition whereby saints martyred by decapitation are traditionally depicted carrying or otherwise prominently dis...
art, history, postfacebookclip, random_sht, words saved by: nbr more details ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cephalophore&oldid=152838924
Hannibal Lecter as Lolcat
Normally I would not clip one of these ridiculous photos, but this is really funny.
animal, funny, image, lolcat, postfacebookclip saved by: nbr more details ...
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/09/04/quid-pro-quo-clarice
Normally I would not clip one of these ridiculous photos, but this is really funny.
animal, funny, image, lolcat, postfacebookclip saved by: nbr more details ...
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/09/04/quid-pro-quo-clarice
Mel Stuart on the making of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
An interview with the man behind the film version of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." I never knew the movie was funded by the Quaker Oats Co. as part of a product tie-in that nev...
film, interview, popular_culture, postfacebookclip, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.failuremag.com/arch_arts_willy_wonka.html
An interview with the man behind the film version of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." I never knew the movie was funded by the Quaker Oats Co. as part of a product tie-in that nev...
film, interview, popular_culture, postfacebookclip, posttumblr saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.failuremag.com/arch_arts_willy_wonka.html
Dr Moeller's 400-mph flying saucer
How is this "news"? Still and all, it's amusing.
postfacebookclip, posttumblr, technology, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6970031.stm
How is this "news"? Still and all, it's amusing.
postfacebookclip, posttumblr, technology, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6970031.stm
Ten minutes with the Christians United for Israel
Max Blumenthal's highly unauthorized ten-minute video piece on what John Hagee's influential organization, the Christians United for Israel, actually preaches: mass conversion of Jews, Mu...
christianity, conservatives, evangelicalism, middle_east, nbrrrb, politics, postfacebookclip, religion, viarevealer saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjMRgT5o-Ig
Max Blumenthal's highly unauthorized ten-minute video piece on what John Hagee's influential organization, the Christians United for Israel, actually preaches: mass conversion of Jews, Mu...
christianity, conservatives, evangelicalism, middle_east, nbrrrb, politics, postfacebookclip, religion, viarevealer saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjMRgT5o-Ig
Knoxville: KKK humiliated by clown counterdemonstration (5/2007)
From May 2007. Knoxville residents respond to a Klan & neo-Nazi rally by showing up dressed as clowns and parodying the racist groups' slogans. Original clip: http://snipr.com/1qjfo ; thi...
funny, news, postfacebookclip, race, racism, u.s.-news saved by: nbr more details ...
http://asheville.indymedia.org/article/107Clowns
From May 2007. Knoxville residents respond to a Klan & neo-Nazi rally by showing up dressed as clowns and parodying the racist groups' slogans. Original clip: http://snipr.com/1qjfo ; thi...
funny, news, postfacebookclip, race, racism, u.s.-news saved by: nbr more details ...
http://asheville.indymedia.org/article/107Clowns
Colossians 2.20-23: warning against false teachers
I recently rediscovered this little snippet from Colossians 2. Fascinating. Not sure what to think of it.
bible, christianity, new_testament, paul, postfacebookclip, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=56440431
I recently rediscovered this little snippet from Colossians 2. Fascinating. Not sure what to think of it.
bible, christianity, new_testament, paul, postfacebookclip, primary_source, religion saved by: nbr more details ...
http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=56440431
The original critical-theorist trading cards!
Download, print, & swap!
academe, criticism, funny, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, theory saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.theorycards.org.uk/main.htm
Download, print, & swap!
academe, criticism, funny, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, theory saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.theorycards.org.uk/main.htm
Audio stream of "Magic," the Boss's next album (out Oct. 2, and yes, this is legal)
Whoa. Yes, it's true. You can listen to the soon-to-be-released album, "Magic," on the Q104.3 website. And it rocks pretty hard too.
audio, cool, music, postfacebookclip, posttumblrv, rock saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.q1043.com/cc-common/news/sections/special/springsteen_bruce.html
Whoa. Yes, it's true. You can listen to the soon-to-be-released album, "Magic," on the Q104.3 website. And it rocks pretty hard too.
audio, cool, music, postfacebookclip, posttumblrv, rock saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.q1043.com/cc-common/news/sections/special/springsteen_bruce.html
Ian Buruma: religion and resistance to oppression
Ian Buruma on the positive efforts of religious communities in resisting oppressive regimes around the world: Burma, the Philippines, Poland, etc.
commentary, journalism, politics, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, religion, toread, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-oe-buruma29sep29,1,1324795.story
Ian Buruma on the positive efforts of religious communities in resisting oppressive regimes around the world: Burma, the Philippines, Poland, etc.
commentary, journalism, politics, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, religion, toread, violence saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-oe-buruma29sep29,1,1324795.story
Rilke, "Archaic Torso of Apollo" (1908)
Rilke's text, untranslated.
art, german, literature, poetry, postfacebookclip, primary_source saved by: nbr more details ...
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:J0tS37ErsncJ:www.kalliope.org/digt.pl%3Flongdid%3Drilke...
Rilke's text, untranslated.
art, german, literature, poetry, postfacebookclip, primary_source saved by: nbr more details ...
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:J0tS37ErsncJ:www.kalliope.org/digt.pl%3Flongdid%3Drilke...
Tom Tomorrow on Alan Greenspan
Like the bumper sticker says, "Where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?"
bad_news, comics, economics, funny, humor, money, politics, postfacebookclip, sick_humor saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/09/booksigning_today_by_alan_gree.html
Like the bumper sticker says, "Where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?"
bad_news, comics, economics, funny, humor, money, politics, postfacebookclip, sick_humor saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/09/booksigning_today_by_alan_gree.html
Is an end to capital punishment possible?
Today was the international Day against the Death Penalty. Worldwide, more countries are placing moratoria on executions. Only "25 countries carried out executions in 2006," and "91% [we...
civil_rights, crime, international, law, news, postfacebookclip saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=ENGPOL300242007
Today was the international Day against the Death Penalty. Worldwide, more countries are placing moratoria on executions. Only "25 countries carried out executions in 2006," and "91% [we...
civil_rights, crime, international, law, news, postfacebookclip saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=ENGPOL300242007
Performance artist Stelarc implants an ear into his arm
Truly bizarre. Cyprus-born Australian resident Stelios Arcadious had a human ear grown in a lab and then implanted under the skin of his left arm. He intends to implant a microphone and t...
art, news, postfacebookclip, science, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=4870...
Truly bizarre. Cyprus-born Australian resident Stelios Arcadious had a human ear grown in a lab and then implanted under the skin of his left arm. He intends to implant a microphone and t...
art, news, postfacebookclip, science, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=4870...
Feel the hate... Hatebook, a social networking site for haters
Make an anonymous post about whatever you hate. There's a "me too" button next to every post. Ranges from ridiculous on one extreme to suicide-hotline material on the other.
2.0, funny, postfacebookclip, social, web saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.hatebook.com
Make an anonymous post about whatever you hate. There's a "me too" button next to every post. Ranges from ridiculous on one extreme to suicide-hotline material on the other.
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http://www.hatebook.com
More on the crime of feeding the Orlando, Fla. homeless
Also see this clip: http://snipr.com/1scg6
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http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3358/feeding_the_hungry_is_a_crime
Also see this clip: http://snipr.com/1scg6
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http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3358/feeding_the_hungry_is_a_crime
Colorado Rockies: the "Christian" baseball team?
I'm not completely sure I believe this, but one take on the Rockies is that they are sort of a clandestinely evangelical organization. The evidence strikes me as a little weak. But it's a...
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http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/article3033367.ece
I'm not completely sure I believe this, but one take on the Rockies is that they are sort of a clandestinely evangelical organization. The evidence strikes me as a little weak. But it's a...
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http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/article3033367.ece
Sleep loss hurts academic performance (this is news?)
People who habitually deprive themselves of sleep generally have lower GPAs. Sleep loss also hurts athletic performance and overall health. Anyone surprised?
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-16-sleep-deprivation_N.htm
People who habitually deprive themselves of sleep generally have lower GPAs. Sleep loss also hurts athletic performance and overall health. Anyone surprised?
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-16-sleep-deprivation_N.htm
BookGlutton: online reading communities [2]
Looks cool. Combines reader software with extensive social capabilities so you can exchange comments with other people reading the same thing.
2.0, beta, books, cool, literature, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, social, viago2web20, web, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://blog.bookglutton.com/?p=21
Looks cool. Combines reader software with extensive social capabilities so you can exchange comments with other people reading the same thing.
2.0, beta, books, cool, literature, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, social, viago2web20, web, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://blog.bookglutton.com/?p=21
BookGlutton: online reading communities [5]
Looks cool. Combines reader software with extensive social capabilities so you can exchange comments with other people reading the same thing.
2.0, beta, books, cool, literature, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, social, viago2web20, web, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://blog.bookglutton.com
Looks cool. Combines reader software with extensive social capabilities so you can exchange comments with other people reading the same thing.
2.0, beta, books, cool, literature, postfacebookclip, posttumblr, social, viago2web20, web, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://blog.bookglutton.com
Gary Snyder, "What You Should Know to Be a Poet" (1967)
Gary Snyder's short 1967 poem. Flagged mature for language and sexual imagery. From a post at MetaFilter.
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http://www.metafilter.com/35589/Dino-amp-Sibilla
Gary Snyder's short 1967 poem. Flagged mature for language and sexual imagery. From a post at MetaFilter.
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http://www.metafilter.com/35589/Dino-amp-Sibilla
Undergraduate conference on "talking about religion", New Wilmington, PA, March 2008
CFP and announcement for an undergraduate religion conference scheduled for March 2008. Proposals due mid-January. Featured speakers are Bob Abernethy of PBS's "Religion and Ethics Newswe...
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http://faculty.francis.edu/aremillard/conference.htm
CFP and announcement for an undergraduate religion conference scheduled for March 2008. Proposals due mid-January. Featured speakers are Bob Abernethy of PBS's "Religion and Ethics Newswe...
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http://faculty.francis.edu/aremillard/conference.htm
U.S. public schools' problem: too much hugging?
A few days ago, a 13-year-old middle school girl was punished with detention for hugging several friends. A few Google searches later, I find that bans on hugging (along with other restri...
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http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/39e2a650-9353-473c-b7a7-df27913aead8
A few days ago, a 13-year-old middle school girl was punished with detention for hugging several friends. A few Google searches later, I find that bans on hugging (along with other restri...
children, education, jetpak, law, links, postfacebookclip, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/39e2a650-9353-473c-b7a7-df27913aead8
Albrecht Dürer's "The Death of Mary" (woodcut, 1510)
Besides being a beautiful piece of religious art, also shows what an early modern deathbed scene might have looked like.
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http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1966/da606d6dc57640c595f3ff8bh4.jpg
Besides being a beautiful piece of religious art, also shows what an early modern deathbed scene might have looked like.
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http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1966/da606d6dc57640c595f3ff8bh4.jpg
The economics of the liberal-arts education
I think this guy's statement of the problem faced by liberal arts institutions is pretty good, but his solution (make decisions based on values) isn't all that compelling (i.e., it doesn'...
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http://liberalarts.wabash.edu/cila/home.cfm?news_id=5190
I think this guy's statement of the problem faced by liberal arts institutions is pretty good, but his solution (make decisions based on values) isn't all that compelling (i.e., it doesn'...
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http://liberalarts.wabash.edu/cila/home.cfm?news_id=5190
