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	<title>Zealot Outside the Building &#187; Pop Culture</title>
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		<title>This Just In: Language Shapes the Way We Think</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason A. Staples</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Language indeed shapes the way we think, says Lera Boroditsky&#8217;s article in the Wall Street Journal. For anyone with any common sense (or language training), this shouldn&#8217;t be especially surprising, but it is an interesting read nonetheless, exploring how the latest cognitive research demonstrates testable differences in cognition between those who speak different languages—differences that [...]


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		<title>Backwards Thinking of the Day: Pinellas Schools Reconsider Black Student Discipline</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 17:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason A. Staples</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great example of backwards thinking: apparently black students in Pinellas County schools are suspended and arrested at a disproportionately higher rate than students of other races. The proposed solution: an agreement has been drafted in which the schools are supposed to be &#8220;thinking about options and utilizing those options.&#8221; In other words, the [...]


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		<title>Blog Migrated, Upgraded, Fixed (No More Blank WordPress Admin Pages!)</title>
		<link>http://www.jasonstaples.com/blog/2010/blog-migrated-upgraded-fixed-no-more-blank-wordpress-admin-pages-641</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason A. Staples</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This site recently went through a back-end upgrade from PHP 4 to PHP 5, which allows more flexibility and should improve site performance. Unfortunately, the upgrade wasn&#8217;t especially smooth, with the process involving quite a few hiccups within the WordPress framework I use. I couldn&#8217;t relably add or activate plugins—either getting a blank screen after [...]


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		<title>A Great Example of Biased Reporting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason A. Staples</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, CNN posted a brief report (via health.com) on &#8220;new research&#8221; that shows cutting saturated fat from one&#8217;s diet isn&#8217;t necessarily helpful for heart health. Of course, this isn&#8217;t news at all; the last 20+ years of research has shown that saturated fat is in no way unhealthy (nor are fats in [...]


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		<title>Sports and Christianity: How Should Christians Handle Competition?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason A. Staples</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple days ago, a friend pointed me to, &#8220;Sports Fanatics,&#8221; a Christianity Today article in which Shirl James Hoffman (author of the book, Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports, from which the article is taken) argues that (mainly Evangelical) Christianity&#8217;s relationship with sports has ultimately been detrimental to the faith, with the [...]


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		<title>Why the iPad is a Game-changer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason A. Staples</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has released its long-awaited tablet computer to mixed reviews. Some apparently expected the so-called &#8220;JesusTablet&#8221; to have the ability to raise the dead in its first version, expressing disappointment at the lack of a built-in camera, the lack of Adobe Flash support, no GPS, and assorted other perceived shortfalls. Those criticizing the new release [...]


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		<title>A Few Thoughts on &#8220;Avatar&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason A. Staples</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally got a chance to watch Avatar in 3D the other night—strictly business, of course, since I had assigned it to the Sociology of Religion class for which I am guest-lecturing this evening on the nature and definition of religion, using Avatar as a launching point. It was essentially what I had heard: a [...]


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		<title>Interview about ESPN Report on the FSU Academic Scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason A. Staples</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back, I did a brief interview for a blog article examining ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;Outside the Lines&#8221; report on the Florida State athletic department&#8217;s academic scandal; since I was both a former player (albeit briefly) and a former tutor in the athletic department, I was able to see both sides of the academic support elements [...]


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		<title>Introverts Unite!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason A. Staples</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Bird has come out of the closet with pride, revealing that he is indeed an introvert (an INTJ, in fact). As another (prototypical) INTJ (if you want to see a near-perfect description of me, go here and here), I fully identify with his post; humorously, the comments section of Michael&#8217;s post has become a [...]


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		<title>Flyleaf &#8220;Memento Mori&#8221; Song by Song Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason A. Staples</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flyleaf's newly-released "Memento Mori" is definitely one of the better rock albums of the year. There is a distinctive "presence" about this album that I don't often hear, but when it's there, it's unmistakable. This is one of those rare albums without a weak song...


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