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We may make snap judgments, or mull things carefully. Possibly two kinds of thought: intuitive, based on past experience; and rational, rule-based, to evaluate intuition or come into play when decisions are difficult.

Tags: science, Research, theory, academic, identity, definitions on 2008-06-09 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Scientists can clone cells from tissues taken from dead people who donated their bodies for medical research. Much of it is frozen stored tissue, and cells can be viable for up to thirty years. UK, not US.

Tags: Research, science, identity, usability, statistics, sustainability, news on 2008-06-02 -All Annotations (0) -About

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"The goals of this project are to gather testimonies of prisoner abuse in Guantánamo, to organize them in meaningful ways, to make them widely available online, and to preserve them there in perpetuity."

Tags: progressive, politics, space, rhetoric, identity, history, culture, activism, firstperson, narrative, autobiography on 2008-05-31 -All Annotations (0) -About

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the author's own ideas plus links to other major Powerpoint strategies; he says, and I agree, do not have things you will end up reading to audience; think about how to engage audience

Tags: culture, design, identity, presentation, usability, users, learning, multimedia on 2008-05-28 and saved by5 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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athletic enhancements, diagnostic refinements, bionic disease cures or stabilization--these may cause a class divide in the near future; well written essay; need for "ability studies," not just "disability studies."

Tags: activism, culture, progressive, science, politicaleconomy, politics, Research, identity on 2008-05-28 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.nanowerk.com

it's always a good idea to study up on behavioral cues that will help you fit in, and it's a mark of respect to do this kind of background research before traveling to a new place

Tags: culture, Research, tips, travel, space, identity on 2008-05-28 and saved by7 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Rebecca Walker has written the Mommy Dearest of the feminist movement about her mother, Alice Walker.

Tags: feminism, gender, history, politics, women, culturalstudies, definitions, identity, ethnicity, rhetoric, literature on 2008-05-26 and saved by3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.dailymail.co.uk

Culture, mind reading, tool use, morality, emotions, personality

Tags: culture, news, tools, Research, space, science, identity on 2008-05-26 and saved by5 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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chilling report about 2002 conference FBI held with behavioral psychologists, prefiguring much of US interrogration practice to come

Tags: activism, culture, definitions, history, space, politics, science, identity on 2008-05-25 -All Annotations (0) -About

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extensive set of web links on torture; international; kept up to date

Tags: politics, space, science, rhetoric, news, links, definitions, history, culture, identity, activism on 2008-05-25 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Kenneth S. Pope resigned APA over policy on psychologists participating in the planning or implementation of detainee interrogation. Here is his important, long bibliography on topic.

Tags: academic, culture, definitions, history, identity, learning, links, politics, portals, space, rhetoric, search on 2008-05-25 -All Annotations (0) -About

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interview with author of I Am a Strange Loop, about what "I" means to us humans in age of cyborgs.

Tags: science, definitions, culture, history, identity, rhetoric on 2008-05-25 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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4/28/08:"Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing [yet]... believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help them."

Tags: education, Internet, Research, statistics, composition, rhetoric, teen, pedagogy, identity on 2008-05-23 and saved by9 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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liberal reproductive and embryo legislation; I am not sure about saviour siblings, having a baby for sake of surgically saving another child; embryo ok, but more than that? a heavy existential burden for all

Tags: culture, definitions, identity, science, Research, news on 2008-05-19 -All Annotations (0) -About

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surprising and profound video essay from self-advocate for people with cognitive disabilities; make sure to see all videos in this series; contribution to autobiographical media

Tags: culture, video, autobiography, definitions, firstperson, identity, users, narrative on 2008-05-18 and saved by4 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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"Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst part is: we act on them"; useful analysis of something most of us have observed about others and possibly about ourselves

Tags: culture, news, Research, science, politics, identity on 2008-05-14 and saved by3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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A brief introduction to Giddens' general approach, plus more detail on his ideas about self, gender and identity in modern societies; great mother site for culture and media theory

Tags: politics, theory, culture, culturalstudies, definitions, gender, history, identity, education, academic on 2008-05-12 and saved by3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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"scientists are learning to harness the body's own power to regenerate itself, with astonishing results." Includes a powder to sprinkle on an amputation, say a finger, so the finger will regenerate itself--it's already happened.

Tags: tech, usability, science, tools, identity on 2008-03-23 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Barthes writes on the power relations, temporality, and states of consciousness and desire involved in this moment. He does not see that is it mostly women who wait.

Tags: theory, usability, space, gender, narrative, identity, women on 2008-03-21 -All Annotations (0) -About

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links to blogs that analyze reactions to Obama's speech on race, furthering the discussion of race in US today; it has been a long time since I have seen such a sensible, full discussion of race in public discourse here

Tags: definitions, culture, culturalstudies, history, identity, blogs, rhetoric, politics, politicaleconomy, US, theory on 2008-03-19 -All Annotations (0) -About

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