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Champagne Glass Distribution of Wealth

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...found from the Graphic Sociology Blog at Contexts.org Another good visual of global distribution of income Conley, D. (2008) You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist . New York: W.W. Norton and Company. p.392.

Social connection and the formation of virtual identity

The New Socialism: Global Collectivist Society Is Coming Online http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-06/nep_newsocialism Reading: interesting article on the emergence of social order online.

To reprieve or not to reprieve? To Reprieve!!!

Greetings bloggees, students, friends, and fellow humans. Been taking a much need break, and am feeling so much better for it. Got several items on the agenda in the coming weeks. Looking to try some new things with two summer classes which begin Jume 10th. Also been staying in tune with national and international news and trends. Stay tuned for more posts, likely to pick up in a couple of weeks. --Via mobile bloggin'

This Blog tag/word cloud

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This is a word cloud created from all the words appearing in this blog. This was created at Wordle . Very cool.

Obesity and the Fastness of Food

Obesity and the Fastness of Food - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com An interesting graph of time spent eating per day vs. the national obesity rate. What factors might explain the vast discrepancy in time and obesity rate between the U.S. and say, France?