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Here is where law, policy and technology get interesting: When can a government entity shut down service in the name of social order? Some might raise the bar of the question and ask: Should a government entity have the ability to shut down a communication service? If so, what is the "test," i.e. under what circumstances? The inquiry gets even better: Who gets to the define and set the bar?
Larry Summers Is Wrong About Languages
The argument that linguistic ignorance won't hold back future generations of Americans could have disastrous consequences for individuals -- and the nation, Michael E. Geisler argues.
The League Day 2: When Generations Clash
Go to enough panels, and you start to detect themes.
Reactions To My First 'Unconference'
Today I attended my first unconference, a one-day event put on by NERCOMP on the learning management system (LMS).
Things I Probably Should Have Considered More Deeply Before Complaining About the AWP Conference
I revise and extend my pre-conference complaints.
Mothering at Mid-Career: Spring Break, Day One
Today is the first day of my spring break. The day began at 5:45 am with a call from the local school system to tell us that there would be a 2-hour delay in school opening due to “predicted inclement weather.” I put the phone down, told my husband what was up, and tried to overcome the adrenaline that an early-morning phone call always elicits and get back to sleep—then realized that the call had come from my son’s former school system, not the one he’s in now. I was pretty fully awake by then, so I got up to check on his school—and saw the snow falling in large, lazy flakes, blanketing the cars but not, as far as I could see, the roads.
Stoicism in Grad School
Control is important, we need to be able to balance a number of lives as grad students, maintain multiple fellowships and jobs, work on our research as well as ace our classes, and make a good impression in the department as well as the broader discipline. Our success comes from the close control over every aspect of our professional and academic lives: mapping out every minute of our week into our Google calendars, tracking assignments through various iPhone apps, using Zotero to organize every bibliographic reference, and keeping up with the professionals through every social media site we can think of. This is good, it keeps us grounded. So here's the problem: you can't control everything.
Giving a Job Talk
Remember your audience, kill the jargon and keep everything understandable, writes Kathryn Hume.
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