Online Zines Shape New Reading Era in Web Debates
Karen Wickie surveys how Internet driven public discourse fuels all or nothing debates about books pornography literacy and news. Salon and Feed epitomize early web zines with reader comments hyperlinks and rapid publishing while critics seek paperback comfort.
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Toll Dand
Trethiur Alais
Salon Magazine: A word driven interactive culture site
Salon positions itself as an interact e magazine focusing on culture and ideas with essays by Paglia Carville Tan Horowitz and Hitchens. It features 2 506 forums for reader comments on topics like motherhood culture and travel and aims to entice frequent visits with print selections and discussions.
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Salon
Lke Camille Paglia
James Carville
Susie Baght
David Horowitz
Amy Tan
Christopher Hitchens
Sai
Word TS Mente Web journal blends art and prose
WWWLWORD.COM presents four sections Work Habit Pay Machine Place Desire offering personal essays and fiction with graphics and audio clips. Editor Marisa Bowe fuses a down home tone with diary excerpts and letters, leaning toward personal ennui over current events, like a chaotic self aware web art journal.
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Word TS Mente
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Marisa Bowe
Word
Monica Lewinsky
Iraq
Feedmag: Aview with a view and sharp commentary
Feedmag presents a 40s style look with concise writing by Steven Johnson Stefanie Lyman and others. It offers daily commentaries on news events or obscure tidbits including Hallmark condolence cards Oprah versus Texas beef barons and race card debates.
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Steven Johnson
Stefanie Lyman
Hallmark
Forthcomme
Oprah
Texas
Leston Sproreau
Mar- Tabeene Calentha
Harper San Francisco
Spices May Shield Warm-Climate Cooks From Pathogens
Cornell researchers report spices including garlic onion and peppers inhibit many bacteria and fungi, suggesting a coevolved taste for hot climates. The study analyzes 4578 recipes from 36 countries showing hotter regions use more spices to cleanse food and defend health, with garlic onion and capsicums prominent in tropical cuisines. The team notes synergies among spices amplify effects and that cultural and genetic factors may drive spice use from the womb onward.
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Jenniifer Buling
Paul W Sherman
Thomas Easner
Cornell
Sherman
Buling
United States
China
Billing
Indonesia
Ireland
India
Norway
Marvin Harns
University of Florda
Gainesville
Moon Penumbral Eclipse Window Near Thursday Night
The Moon will pass through Earth's penumbral shadow causing a subtle dimming, with the maximum 73.5 percent immersed. Observers may notice a slight smudge on the Moon's lower portion as the eclipse progresses from 14:00 to about 02:30, per Joe Rao of the Hayden Planetarium.
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Spacegun in Orbit A Murder Mystery Twist
A space set murder mystery explores firing a gun aboard a ship or station. Physics govern bullet trajectory though slight drift occurs in weightlessness. Recoil, air loss from bullet hole, and gun access considerations shape plot.
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