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Psychology Today Blogs gay pride | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

A while ago, a gay couple-I'll call them Tony and Don-came to see me, because they were about to break up. Tony, an outgoing guy, was active in the gay community, and on various groups and political committees. He had many friends, most of them gay and lesbian...

ReadWriteWeb Products | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Yahoo today announced a closed beta of a major update to its online calendaring application that will feature a tighter integration with Yahoo Mail and other Yahoo properties. The new calendar is based on the Zimbra platform, which Yahoo acquired in...

High Techpectations from Lucy Gray Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components Education Week: Historic Election and New Tech Tools Yield Promising Vistas for Learning Project Look Sharp - Media Literacy at Ithaca College Glassbooth - Quiz to help you choose best 2008...

Psychology Today Blogs Media | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

I had the chance to go see B.B. King in concert the other night at the Arena, a concert-sports venue on the campus of Southern Illinois University. King's opening act was a bitchin' band led by the A-list blues guitarist/singer/actor/dramatic stage presence,...

Psychology Today Blogs Child Development | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Standing, in my best party dress, my father at my side, a prettily wrapped present in hand, I waited for the door to open. After what seemed like an eternity, the door was opened by a tall, imposing man - who immediately looked perplexed. "Hello?" -...

Around the Corner - MGuhlin.net MGuhlin.net | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Paul Alex Briseno has a funny cartoon that I had to capture and share. He created it using ToonDoo.com and you can read more about it on his site and see the Flash Animation. In the meantime, here are the two images... ...

Linguaphiles Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Posted this in linguistics but I forgot that community is pretty dead. Does anyone know anything/done research about the impact of writing direction on well.... ANYTHING. :P For example, why did Greek bother to switch to left-right when the writing systems it...

Advances in the History of Psychology men | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

In the latest issue of Social History of Medicine, 21 (2) , Elizabeth Siegel Watkins explores why “male menopause” vanished from medical discourse in the 1950s. This disappearance offers an interesting case study of how and why diagnoses...

Publishing 2.0 Publishing 2.0 | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Matt Thompson and Jeff Jarvis have been doing some important thinking on how news coverage needs to change in the Internet Age. They argue that a flow of shallow, time-dependent stories no longer works as a foundation for helping readers understand the...

SITE Blog All | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Details now available at http://ctlt.iastate.edu/~tedd REMINDER–CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: October 30, 2008 ?International Explorations of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social...

ReadWriteWeb Book Reviews | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Tough economic times and startups have at least one thing in common - you need character and determination to survive. Character is what it takes to win, to believe and to persuade others. It's a mix of passion, determination, sleepless hours, hard...

Wishydig debate | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Barack Obama: Now Senator McCain suggests that somehow, you know, I'm green behind the ears and I'm just spouting off and he's somber and responsible. John McCain:: Thank you very much. McCain could have responded with a bit more of a chide. Something like...

Psychology Today Blogs CNN | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Tonight's second McCain/Obama debate just ended, and I've finally reached an important decision. No, I'm not one of the uncommitted Ohio voters who gets to go on TV and become a Warholian celebrity because of my lack of decisiveness. I mean, who knew that...

podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history podcasts | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

There seem to be only two words these days that refer to one of those things that one spends time on while observing, in rotation, short segments of several different channels on TV. One term is sofa , the other couch . There used to be lots more,...

podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history podcasts | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

There seem to be only two words these days that refer to one of those things that one spends time on while observing, in rotation, short segments of several different channels on TV. One term is sofa , the other couch . There used to be lots more,...

Moving at the Speed of Creativity schoolreform | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

My daughter’s 3rd grade homework assignment this evening was completing the following “Listening for Syllables” worksheet. Sarah has a fantastic teacher, and my perception of the value of this homework assignment is not reflective of...

Everyone's Blog Posts - Classroom 2.0 Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Please join our K-12 Google online Postcard exchange project. This project was started this month by my school in Beaverton, Oregon. We invite you to participate in our collaborative Google Map project (see URL below). It is open to...

EagerEyes.org blog | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

The Electoral College is a key aspect of the US presidential elections. Its mechanics and distribution of electors are crucial for presidential campaigns and determine the so-called battleground states , and possibly also distort the will of the people. I...

EagerEyes.org blog | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

The Electoral College is a key aspect of the US presidential elections. Its mechanics and distribution of electors are crucial for presidential campaigns and determine the so-called battleground states , and possibly also distort the will of the people. I...

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

Boris passed this along. We've struggled with cost of living indexes (see here , here and here ), so maybe this will be helpful. TrackBack (0) | Comments (0)

Practical Theory SLA | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

SLA History teachers Gamal Sherif and Joshua Block were featured in the national publication Education Week in a story, " Historic Election and New Tech Tools Yield Promising Vistas for Learning " talking about how the SLA history teachers are using the 21st...

Wordlustitude Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

adj . A word that does not apply to current conditions. Real citation: "Somewhat reassuringly, an immersion in today?s chilly e-bathwater suggests that I am far from alone in finding almost intolerable the latest attempt to suggest that a politician who...

Language Log Language and politics | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

In a recent post on " Affective demonstratives ", I quoted the curious codicil to the OED's entry on th at: "Also that one , used disparagingly of a woman." and I wondered whether this disparaging use really always has a female referent. And sure...

Language Log Language and politics | Wednesday October 08, 2008 |

In a recent post on " Affective demonstratives ", I quoted the curious codicil to the OED's entry on th at: "Also that one , used disparagingly of a woman." and I wondered whether this disparaging demonstrative really always has a female...