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Click of the Wrist – Recycle!

Recycling is easy?for the basics, like glass, paper, and aluminum. But what about items that are harder to classify (?weird? plastics, electronics, ink and toner cartridges, and more)? Click these links to learn how to recycle some of your other household junk. Ink and Toner While there are options for refilling your ink cartridges and… Read more »

In Conversation With . . . Paul Leighton, Part II

Paul Leighton is a Diversity Fellow and a Technology Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at the Eastern Michigan University. He has co-authored a number of important books on crime and violence, including Class, Race, Gender and Crime. He’s often quoted by major media outlets in the United States and beyond. On… Read more »

Did You Know? – Google Art Project

Searching for artistic inspiration?or the chance to relax while examining works of art? Whether you prefer the Louvre (Paris), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), or the Museum of Islamic Art (Qatar), there’s a world of exploration available right at your fingertips with Google’s new Art Project. And you don’t even need to leave… Read more »

From Where I Sit – Money Well Spent

What do designer coffees, magazines, bottled water, fast food, and cigarettes have in common? According to money experts, they are standing between you and future wealth. David Bach first coined the expression ?latte factor? to identify those small, unconscious, often daily purchases many of us make. He contends that if we invested the money we… Read more »

Write Stuff – Guidestones

A mysterious monument. Whispers of a conspiracy. Grisly murders and a search for clues. It’s the stuff of darkened theatres, the type of thing we love to sit back and enjoy. But what if you could join the search?and never be quite sure how much is real and how much is pure invention? Guidestones, an… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – Project Nim

Film: Project Nim (2011) Director: James Marsh Genre: Documentary ?The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men’s apples and head their cabbages.? Cyrano de Bergerac How do you make a sociopath?… Read more »

In Conversation With . . . Paul Leighton, Part I

Paul Leighton is a Diversity Fellow and a Technology Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at the University of Eastern Michigan. He has co-authored a number of important books on crime and violence, including Class, Race, Gender and Crime (see his blog here). He’s often quoted by major media outlets in the… Read more »