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The Slice archive for July 30, 2012

MONDAY, JULY 30, 2012

Re: Your information media diet  

To what extent is it determined by habit? There's excellent stuff out there. But if checking it out doesn't become a routine it can just slip off your radar screen. What's the best way to keep that from happening? www.usersguidetotheuniverse.com

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Body language

Do you place an invisible asterisk next to your respect for athletes who are able to excel at the highest level in part because of a genetic gift such as unusual height, being a pixie or whatever? (I'm not suggesting that these attributes alone make…

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Internet and cheating in school

Sometimes when I hear discussions of how the web makes it easy for students to cheat, I recall a high school classmate whose academic fakery might actually have been uncovered if the Internet had been around back then. To complete an assignment for an English…

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Did you notice Ronny Turiaf?

Came in this morning to find several emails from readers who spotted the former GU basketball player in the French contingent Friday night during the opening ceremonies at the Olympics. Yes, I noticed him, too.

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Statute of limitations on travel advice

Should there be some sort of unspoken requirement that you have been somewhere in recent history before you presume to offer hints and tips to someone heading there for a visit? Last week, a colleague headed to a small city in the Southwest where I…

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